TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Two Egyptian mummies first brought to the Toledo Museum of Art more than 100 years ago are returning to the institution for an exhibit early next year.
The Blade reports the ancient remains will be featured in an exhibit called "The Mummies: From Egypt to Toledo" ...
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HUDDERSFIELD, England (AP) - Harry Kane extended his brilliant scoring run with another double in Tottenham's 4-0 win over Huddersfield in the Premier League on Saturday, taking the England striker's tally in September to 13 goals in eight games for club and country.
Fresh off his sixth hat trick of ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Rapper Kendrick Lamar and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman are among the celebrities, athletes and business leaders heading to Boston for Forbes' Under 30 Summit.
The four-day event focused on technology and business starts Sunday and runs through Wednesday.
It includes panel discussions, competitions for startup companies, networking ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - "Saturday Night Live" kicks off its new season with Ryan Gosling as host, Jay-Z as the musical guest - and pretty likely some jokes at the expense of the White House.
The sketch comedy show starts up again Saturday and is hoping to build off one ...
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - Kateryna Bondarenko won her first WTA singles title in nine years Saturday after beating Timea Babos of Hungary 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Tashkent Open.
The 31-year-old Ukrainian broke once in the first set and quickly went two breaks up early in the second ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Richmond Tigers ended a 37-year championship drought when they beat the Adelaide Crows 16.12 (108) to 8.12 (60) Saturday in the Australian Football League grand final.
The Tigers hadn't won a national Australian Rules football title since 1980, and lost to Carlton when they last ...
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Going to the Olympics was a life-changing experience for T.J. Oshie, a shootout star for the United States against Russia in Sochi.
Oshie and dozens, if not hundreds, of NHL stars are disappointed they won't get a chance to do it again at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Dawn Staley is excited to lead her first USA Basketball camp as head coach of the national team.
She will oversee three days of training in Santa Barbara, California, this weekend. Originally 30 players were supposed to attend, but that number is down to 17 because ...
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Luke Falk threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, Erik Powell kicked a 32-yard field goal with 1:40 left and No. 16 Washington State beat No. 5 Southern California 30-27 on Friday night.
With the national stage to themselves, the Cougars proved they are ready to ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - Tom Alter, a well-known Indian theater, television and Bollywood actor of American descent, has died in Mumbai of cancer. He was 67.
A statement issued by his family on Saturday says Alter died Friday night at home with his family around him in Mumbai, India's financial ...
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"We're all just looking out for something real," says Robin Wright's police captain in "Blade Runner 2049."
Wright, an icy, steely actress seemingly born for the world of "Blade Runner," is speaking to her replicant detective whose name is his serial number: KDC-3-7 - or "K," for short (Ryan Gosling). ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson's attorney says he expects the former football star and actor to be released from a Nevada prison "a few days" after Sunday, the first eligible date for Simpson to be paroled under a decision reached by a state panel in July.
Malcolm LaVergne tells ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees says the team will kneel and then stand for the national anthem before their game against Miami in London.
Brees says in a tweet on Friday, "As a way to show respect to all, our #Saints team will kneel in solidarity ...
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - Former world No. 2 Vera Zvonareva fell short in her bid to make a second successive WTA final on her comeback to professional tennis, retiring against Kateryna Bondarenko in the Tashkent Open semifinals on Friday.
Bondarenko was leading 7-6 (7), 4-1 when Zvonareva retired. The cause ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Beyonce has released a surprise single on which she sings in Spanish, English and French to raise relief money for those affected by hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico.
Beyonce is featured on a remix of J. Balvin and Willy William's "Mi Gente," which ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Jerome Boateng and Leroy Sane have been recalled by Germany as it bids to wrap up World Cup qualification against Northern Ireland on Oct. 5.
World champion Germany, which has eight wins from eight games in Europe Group C, will seal its place at next year's tournament ...
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PARIS (AP) - There's something vaguely familiar about this charcoal sketch of a woman's face and nude torso - could it be an unclothed precursor to the Mona Lisa?
French government art experts are trying to find out, analyzing the sketch in a laboratory beneath the Louvre Museum to see ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - Twin brothers Marcus and Markieff Morris are absent from their respective NBA training camps because the starters are being tried on felony assault charges in Phoenix.
The Morris brothers are accused of helping three other people beat Erik Hood two years ago.
Prosecutors urged jurors to convict ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester City says Sergio Aguero has been injured in a road accident in the Netherlands.
The English Premier League club says the incident happened on Thursday, on his day off.
City says the Argentina striker is returning to Manchester on Friday and will be assessed by ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kim Kardashian West is finally confirming that she and Kanye West are having a third child - and she's doing it through a promo for her reality series.
Kardashian West is shown in a short video released Thursday for "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" in which ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Sofia Vergara is debuting a new lingerie line, but she says it's about more than sexy underwear - it's also about empowering women in business.
The "Modern Family" star promoted her EBY line in New York this week. It's a subscription-based service that also sets aside ...
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MARATHON, Fla. (AP) - The lights flickered off during the lunchtime rush and the principal had to use a cellphone light to make sure everyone got their food, but school is back in session at a Florida school that was a Red Cross shelter after Hurricane Irma.
Wednesday was the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Melania Trump has invited experts and people affected by addiction to opioids to the White House for a listening session and discussion about the epidemic.
The first lady is hosting Thursday's event in the State Dining Room and has invited journalists to attend a portion of the ...
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ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish club Antalyaspor has hired former Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo as coach.
Antalyaspor says on its website that the former Brazil, PSG and Milan player signed a two-year contract.
Leonardo coached both Milan clubs, AC and Inter, for brief spells before returning to PSG as ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - The owner of a suburban bar plans to open a Chicago Music Hall of Fame next year.
Ron Onesti is the owner of the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. He tells the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald that after doing shows for 30 years he's seen the impact ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA has picked Ireland to host the draw for 2020 European Championship qualifying groups.
UEFA says the 55-team draw will be held Dec. 2, 2018 in Dublin, which will stage four games at Euro 2020.
The 10-group qualifying program in 2019 will decide 20 teams advancing ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments Thursday for the assault trial of NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris.
The Morris brothers are accused of helping three other people beat Erik Hood on Jan. 24, 2015.
Hood testified last week his relationship with the twins became strained ...
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Things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 5:
GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 2 Clemson at No. 12 Virginia Tech . In a possible preview of the ACC championship game, the Tigers (4-0, 2-0) visit the Hokies (4-0) in what shapes up as tough tests for each ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Members of the New York City Council took a knee outside City Hall in order to show solidarity with football players who have taken to the demonstration recently condemned by President Donald Trump.
At least 16 members of the council took part in the protest around ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Quotes from the long life of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who died Wednesday at 91.
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"Much of my life has been like an adolescent dream of an adult life. If you were still a boy, in almost a Peter Pan kind of way, and could ...
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Chelsea Gray was driving to lunch with a Los Angeles Sparks teammate last year when she noticed a large number of homeless children near where she was going to eat.
The guard wanted to help them, so she partnered with HavASole , a group that works with at-risk youth and ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he has spoken to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones amid his extended attacks on NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem.
On Twitter Wednesday, Trump says the two spoke Tuesday. He says: "Jerry is a winner who knows how to get things ...
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WHITESBORO, N.Y. (AP) - A New York village has changed its official seal that was ridiculed by Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."
The Oneida County village of Whitesboro worked with an art student to replace the original 40-year-old seal that depicted founder Hugh White wrestling an American Indian.
Meant to ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Spartak Moscow is facing a disciplinary charge after its fans displayed an anti-UEFA banner and used smoke grenades during Tuesday's Champions League game against Liverpool.
Spartak fans unfurled the banner reading "UEFA mafia" and let off white smoke during the 1-1 home draw. Loud bangs were also ...
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COSTESTI, Romania (AP) - Getting down on their knees, hundreds of Roma kiss the relics of an Orthodox saint at a hillside monastery for their annual celebration of the birthday of St. Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Every autumn, Roma - also known as Gypsies - flock to worship at ...
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VIENNA (AP) - Norman Dyhrenfurth, a Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker who organized the successful American expedition in 1963 to Mount Everest that put six climbers on the summit and inspired generations of Americans, has died. He was 99.
Ditta Vogt, the sister of Dyhrenfuhrt's long-time partner, Maria Sernetz, said he ...
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PARIS (AP) - Sunshine and starlight will dance over visitors to the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum when it opens in November, filtering through a huge dome that appears to hover over land and sea.
The aery dome, held aloft with four massive but invisible structures, weighs 7,500 tons - 200 ...
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MOUNT VERNON, Ga. (AP) - A 20-year-old college student-athlete was shot and killed while attending an off-campus party in Georgia.
News outlets report Stevenson Derival, of Decatur, was fatally hit when gunshots rang out at a party early Sunday in Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon Police Chief Calvin Burns says at ...
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WUHAN, China (AP) - Australian Ashleigh Barty continued her strong form at the Wuhan Open, beating her second consecutive top-20 player with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 win over ninth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round on Wednesday.
In hot and humid conditions, Barty broke Radwanska's service six times to advance ...
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - University of Arizona assistant basketball coach Emanuel Richardson entered the federal court wearing the same clothes he was arrested in earlier in the day, there to face charges of accepting bribes and paying at least one recruit to attend the school.
Across the country, nine other ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Frozen" star Idina Menzel has married actor Aaron Lohr.
Menzel posted wedding pictures to her Facebook page on Monday, writing: "Wanted to let you know... married the love of my life Aaron Lohr this weekend at our home. Dad & son walked me down the aisle. ...
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina restaurant says it will not show NFL games on its televisions until all players stand for the national anthem.
David McCraw of the Palmetto Restaurant and Ale House in Greenville said Sunday he would no longer show NFL games after players began kneeling ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Plant is going on tour in North America next year to support his upcoming album, "Carry Fire."
The former Led Zeppelin frontman announced Tuesday that his 2018 tour will begin Feb. 9 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He'll also visit New York, Boston, Toronto, Chicago and ...
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - About 300 demonstrators gathered outside a Cardinals and Cubs game in St. Louis to protest the acquittal of a white former police officer in the killing of a black suspect.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the demonstrators gathered briefly Monday night at Busch Stadium ...
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PARIS (AP) - Renowned British painter David Hockney says his hearing loss has helped sharpen his sense of space and perspective.
Speaking Tuesday at a retrospective of his work at Paris' Pompidou Center, Hockney said: "If you lose one sense, you gain other senses, and I feel I could see ...
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MADRID (AP) - Manolo Marquez has resigned as coach of Las Palmas after less than three months in charge of the Spanish club.
Marquez quit after a 2-0 loss to Leganes on Sunday left Las Palmas with six points from six games. The team next faces Barcelona on Sunday.
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DETROIT (AP) - A bike sharing organization will offer free rides to celebrate its first summer of operation in Detroit.
Executive Director Lisa Nuszkowski says MoGo Detroit hopes Sunday's promotion encourages "more people to get out and get active."
The free ride share also celebrates Sunday's Open Streets Detroit, a ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Coach Andre Villas-Boas has been fined for insulting the match referee after his Shanghai SIPG team won an Asian Champions League quarterfinal against Guangzhou Evergrande.
The Asian Football Confederation says Villas-Boas must pay $14,000 for "bringing the game into disrepute."
Villas-Boas "insulted the AFC referee" ...
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Several NFL owners locked arms with their players this weekend instead of taking a challenge from President Donald Trump to fire them for protesting during the national anthem. NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty said he would get rid of anyone on his racing team who ...
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MIAMI (AP) - NBA teams are going to do something.
What, no one is exactly sure yet.
The first practice of the year awaits most NBA teams Tuesday - and as if the task of getting ready for a regular season that starts in three weeks wasn't daunting enough, coaches ...
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MILAN, Ohio (AP) - Residents of inventor Thomas Edison's Ohio hometown have marked its 200th anniversary by burying mementos in a time capsule that's intended to be opened in a century.
The Sandusky Register reports people in Milan (MY'-lan) contributed dozens of items. They included photos and drone footage ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - On a day when NFL teams grabbed the nation's attention by coordinating demonstrations during the national anthem, a 97-year-old World War II veteran went viral with a solitary show of support for the protests.
Brennan Gilmore posted a Twitter picture Sunday morning of his grandfather, John ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. John McCain says doctors have given him a "very poor prognosis" as he battles brain cancer.
McCain underwent surgery in July for a brain tumor that was later found to be a form of glioblastoma, the same type of cancer that took the life of ...
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PRAGUE (AP) - Jan Triska, an actor who moved to the U.S. after being banned by the Czechoslovak Communist regime, has died, more than a day after he fell from Prague's iconic Charles Bridge. He was 80.
Prague theater director Jan Hrusinsky confirmed the death Monday. Triska died in Prague's ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - With his attacks on activist athletes, President Donald Trump plunged into the middle of his favorite kind of drama - personal, aggressive, culturally volatile and entirely of his own making.
For three days, the provocateur president has drawn criticism from the worlds of politics and sports for ...
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WUHAN, China (AP) - U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens and runner-up Madison Keys were knocked out of the Wuhan Open in straight-sets first-round upsets Monday.
In their first matches since the final at Flushing Meadows, 17th-ranked Stephens succumbed to 55th-ranked Chinese Wang Qiang 6-2, 6-2, while 12th-ranked Keys lost to ...
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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Bill Weber and Bette Weber Flock had disparate teaching styles, despite their close relationship from children dancing together to young adults opening their own studio.
Bill possessed a booming voice and a high energy, said former student Emily Carter-Essex, while Bette was more nurturing.
"It was ...
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South Korea has named an entirely overseas-based roster to start preparations for the 2018 World Cup and warm-up games between host Russia and possibly Morocco in October.
Coach Shin Tae-yong has called upon three English Premier League players for the Oct. 7 trip to Moscow. Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur ...
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The nation's top two rushing games had big a big weekend, with Kansas' Khalil Herbert going for 291 yards on 36 carries against West Virginia and Stanford's Bryce Love running for 263 yards on 30 carries against UCLA.
Herbert had the best rushing day by a Jayhawk since Tony Sands ...
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) - The University of Akron's former football stadium in northeast Ohio is moving closer to demolition that could cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Akron Beacon Journal reports that the dilapidated Rubber Bowl's current owner, Team 1 Properties, has less than a month to ...
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FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis native Justin Timberlake returned to his home state for one of his few performances this year to declare his love for Tennessee.
Timberlake and his band the Tennessee Kids performed on Saturday in Franklin at the Pilgrimage Festival, a 3-year-old music festival that he now ...
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MUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich players forgot about their troubles in the Bundesliga for a few hours with a visit to the traditional Oktoberfest beer festival.
Wearing leather trousers and accompanied by partners in traditional Alpine dirndl dresses, players enjoyed 1-liter jugs of beer on Saturday in Munich.
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WUHAN, China (AP) - Katerina Siniakova beat a top-20 player for the sixth time this year when she ousted Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Wuhan Open on Sunday.
The Czech, who has two singles titles already this year, deepened the hole occupied by ...
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - British actor and director Ralph Fiennes has received a Serbian passport from the Balkan country's president after he was granted citizenship earlier this month.
President Aleksandar Vucic handed the passport to Fiennes at a meeting Sunday in the Serbian presidency building in Belgrade. Vucic says "we ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge held off the challenge of debutant Guye Adola to win the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.
The Kenyan won in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 32 seconds, missing out on the world record by 35 seconds in wet conditions.
Compatriot Dennis Kimetto ran 2:02:57 on ...
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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - Terrelle Pryor figured playing quarterback in the NFL wasn't his thing when he was cut four times in 13 months.
Now a wide receiver, Pryor will go against the team that drafted him when he and the Washington Redskins face the Oakland Raiders on Sunday night. ...
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The NFL's players and owners are frequently at odds over the issues, finances and rules of the game, a long-running feud that looms large toward another potential work stoppage after the 2020 season.
The two sides in the nation's most popular professional sports league united on Saturday in a manner ...
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FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts (AP) - Lee Nguyen and Kei Kamara scored late goals and the New England Revolution, with a 2-1 win, denied Toronto FC an opportunity to clinch the MLS Supporters' Shield on Saturday.
Elsewhere, Federico Higuain had three assists in Columbus' 3-2 victory over New York Red Bulls and ...
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump's remarks about pro football (all times local):
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The commissioner of the National Football League says President Donald Trump's comments about players who kneel during the national anthem are "divisive" and show an "unfortunate lack of respect."
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ALCANIZ, Spain (AP) - Maverick Vinales took pole position at the Aragon MotoGP on Saturday, ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.
Rossi impressed with the third fastest time just three weeks after he needed surgery after breaking two bones in his right leg while riding an off-road motorcycle. The ...
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SOMERSET, N.J. (AP) - President Donald Trump says if a basketball player doesn't want to visit the White House to celebrate an NBA title, then don't bother showing up.
Trump responded Saturday on Twitter to star Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors - who's made it clear he's not ...
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DETROIT (AP) - The birthplace of the Model T is opening a replica of the secret room where auto industry pioneer Henry Ford developed the iconic vehicle.
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant museum unveils the new exhibit Sunday at an event to mark the 109th birthday of the Model T. ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Naomichi Ueda scored late in stoppage time as Kashima Antlers beat Gamba Osaka 2-1 to widen its lead in the J-League on Saturday.
Leandro equalized with his 10th goal of the season in first-half stoppage time after Hwang Uijo had given Osaka the lead in the seventh ...
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MILAN (AP) - It's a season of celebration and commemoration at Milan Fashion Week, in its fourth day Saturday.
Angela Missoni marks 20 years as creative director at the family-owned and -run brand founded by her parents. Donatella Versace made an emotional tribute to her brother, fashion house creator Gianni ...
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BEIJING (AP) - The Los Angeles Kings beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in penalties to win both of the National Hockey League's first-ever preseason games in China.
Saturday's game in Beijing caps a push by the NHL to popularize ice hockey in China ahead of the country's hosting of the ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says being an itinerant teacher has become "a way of life" as he takes up a post as visiting professor at the University of Johannesburg.
The 83-year-old Nigerian playwright and author told students and journalists at the South African university on Friday that ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki upset world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the final of the Pan Pacific Open on Saturday.
Wozniacki, a champion here in 2010 and 2016, converted six of seven break points to reach her seventh final of 2017.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - In a game against with the rival New York Yankees in 2014, Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell strolled out of his dugout to alert the umpire to a foreign substance on Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda's neck.
When the substance turned out to be pine tar, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City Police Department says one of its helicopter crews flew 15 miles off the coast of Queens to rescue a man who was badly injured in a fall aboard a ship.
The man is expected to survive after he was airlifted off the ...
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Lady Gaga has written an emotional message to fans to mark of the release of her new Netflix documentary.
In a note posted to Twitter on Thursday, Gaga writes that the film reveals "that fame is not all it's cracked up to be." She says fame is lonely, isolating and ...
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PRAGUE (AP) - Ilie Nastase is taking on a new role as a diplomat for the Czech Republic.
The Romanian tennis great has been banned by the International Tennis Federation for two years because of his foul-mouthed comments and bad behavior as Romania's Fed Cup captain. But Czech Foreign Minister ...
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) - Some television viewers in southern California were startled when an apocalyptic emergency alert flashed on their screens.
The Orange County Register reports (http://bit.ly/2wE42az ) a Lake Forest woman says she was watching HGTV on her Cox Communications cable service on Thursday when the alert flashed ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza advanced to the semifinals of the Pan Pacific Open by beating Caroline Garcia 6-2, 6-4 Friday.
A rare double-fault by the top-seeded Muguruza allowed Garcia to pull even at 3-3 in the second set, but the Spaniard broke back in the next game.
...KNOXVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Tom Lytle began his work in the arts while studying at Eastern Illinois University, where he dabbled in forms such as painting, drawing and photography. However, he found that more and more he was turning toward sculpting for a method of stress relief and creative flow. ...
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The Golden State Warriors were the last team standing when the NBA season closed in June. Thanks to a preseason trip to China, they are one of the first teams to get going this season as the league gets up and rolling again.
The Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves will hold ...
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Quarterback Mason Rudolph and Oklahoma State have put up crazy numbers in three nonconference wins this season.
Now, the Cowboys face their first major test as they open Big 12 play. Sixth-ranked Oklahoma State will host No. 16 TCU on Saturday in a game that could affect the national championship ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - While Sylvia Fowles was sitting out the 2015 season waiting for a trade to the Minnesota Lynx, the 2017 WNBA MVP spent a lot of time cycling. It was a chance for her to stay in shape and keep her mind focused on other things besides ...
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BERLIN (AP) - The way he has been playing so far, Hoffenheim forward Mark Uth could end up at the World Cup for Germany.
The 26-year-old Uth scored again late Wednesday - in the second minute of injury time - to clinch a remarkable 3-2 win at Mainz after a ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jimmy Kimmel used his late-night platform to continue his assault on the GOP health care bill, firing back at critics including U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade.
The ABC star on Wednesday was following up on his monologue from Tuesday, when ...
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YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - A member of a violent New York gang has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for the killing of a 16-year-old Yonkers teenager more than 12 years ago.
Prosecutors say Juan "KJ" Martinez recruited a hit squad to kill Ka'Shawn Phillips in 2005 after ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Reflective presentations and quiet contemplation are planned on Detroit's Belle Isle to mark the deadly rioting 50 years ago that convulsed the city.
"67 Seconds of Peace" is scheduled for Thursday at the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon Tower on the island park. It will include 67 seconds ...
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PARIS (AP) - With eight wins in as many matches this season, Paris Saint-Germain should be bursting with confidence ahead of Bayern Munich's visit next week in the Champions League.
A war of egos between the club's biggest stars, however, is tarnishing PSG's perfect start to the season, as well ...
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Things to watch in the Southeastern Conference in Week 4:
GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 17 Mississippi State at No. 11 Georgia: The first matchup between the SEC's two sets of Bulldogs since 2011 features a pair of undefeated teams. This is the first time Georgia and Mississippi State have ...
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CHIBA, Japan (AP) - The Japanese video game industry is finding its way out of the doldrums by adapting new technology for decades-old titles. And that energy was evident at the annual Tokyo Game Show, which opened to media Thursday before opening to the public over the weekend.
"Our old ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Francisco Lindor snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer and the remarkable Cleveland Indians held off the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 on Wednesday night for their 26th victory in 27 games.
It was Lindor's 31st home run of the season, most by a switch-hitting shortstop ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Fergie says even though she and husband Josh Duhamel are splitting up they're still "great friends" who love one another and their young son.
The singer talked about her marriage Wednesday at a screening for her new visual album, "Double Dutchess," at iPic Theaters Fulton Market. ...
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New mom Serena Williams is thanking her own mother for being the role model she says she needed.
In an open letter to her mother posted to Reddit , Williams calls mom Oracene Price "one of the strongest women I know." Williams mentions some of the criticisms she's endured about ...
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Don't address the 30-year-old freshman kicker from Australia as "Sir." It makes him feel old.
As for any sort of age joke, go ahead, because Colorado's James Stefanou has heard them all - and usually it's him cracking them.
"I figure if you make the jokes, ...
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GENEVA (AP) - UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has challenged European lawmakers to help make the business of soccer fairer.
Ceferin says he awaits "the green light from those who publicly condemn the current situation but have yet to enable us to put it right."
The UEFA leader agrees with politicians ...
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Top officials at the University of Akron are recommending that the school restore its baseball program, which was dropped in 2015 as a cost-cutting measure, and start a women's lacrosse team.
University President Matthew Wilson and athletics director Larry Williams said Tuesday that they hope the ...
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KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - For a little over a month, the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library played host to art from one of the world's most famous - and elusive - street artists. This weekend, Kokomo said goodbye.
The "Haight Street Rat," a piece by Banksy, drew thousands of people to ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Second-seeded Karolina Pliskova used a strong serve to help overpower Magda Linette of Poland 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday to advance to the Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals.
After coasting through the first set, the Czech player broke her opponent with a backhand to the corner in the sixth ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is creating an entertainment investment company as the deeply conservative kingdom loosens the reins on fun.
The kingdom's Public Investment Fund announced Wednesday it will develop the new company with an initial capitalization of 10 billion riyals ($2.7 billion). ...
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WILMORE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky college says it wants to help people who aspire to work in the film industry.
Asbury University on Tuesday announced a workforce development initiative to help people get the skills needed to break into the film industry. The school says the certificate can be ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Kaiser High School has decided to forfeit the remainder of its 2017 varsity and junior varsity football games.
Principal Justin Mew says the decision came after "a series of prevailing events and extreme concerns for student and staff safety," including an incident Monday night that brought police ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Conservative commentator Jedediah Bila has announced her departure from ABC's "The View."
Bila made the announcement on Monday's program, saying she was leaving to work on a new book and had "a lot of opportunities" to consider.
Bila served as the chat panel's resident conservative. Co-hosts ...
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BOSTON (AP) - The Boston area's five major professional sports franchises are teaming up to fight racism.
The Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, and Revolution later this month will unveil a public service project called "Take the Lead" featuring videos of athletes calling on fans to take a stand against ...
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PARIS (AP) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants the next edition of the Women's World Cup to draw a billion TV viewers across the world.
Infantino, who attended the official launch of the tournament that will be organized in France in 2019, said on Tuesday that the previous edition in ...
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ROME (AP) - The 16-year-old sensation of Serie A wouldn't mind taking advantage of his sudden stardom among classmates.
The problem is, he's being home-schooled.
"I can't even be the cool guy at school," Pietro Pellegri lamented after scoring twice for Genoa in a 3-2 loss to Lazio on Sunday ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Republican governors are getting into the "news" business.
The Republican Governors Association has quietly launched an online publication that looks like a media outlet and is branded as such on social media. The Free Telegraph blares headlines about the virtues of GOP governors, while framing Democrats negatively. ...
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KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - A summer job has turned into a new Bishop McNamara High School program, thanks to senior Amanda Graf.
The program is called Mac Pals, where students will be paired with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Students and their pals will be participating in activities ...
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RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) - As Phillip Wright was leaving Lyboult Field on Friday night, he made a quick detour to salute one of his grandchildren.
The Wright family has had quite an effect on Richmond athletics.
Phillip's nephew, Billy Wright, led the Red Devils to the 1992 state championship in ...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The president of the film academy says being a member isn't just about getting all those free DVD screeners during Oscar season.
John Bailey says the real benefit of belonging to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is being connected to the past ...
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ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - A newspaper reports three high school students have been disciplined for spelling out "rape" on their stomachs and circulating a photo on social media.
The Anderson Independent Mail reports that two sophomores and two seniors at Westside High School lined up to spell "rape" and took ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Producers of the now-closed Broadway musical "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" are keeping enthusiasm in the show going by opening a place to serve pierogis like the ones made for show attendees.
The New York restaurant is called Samovarchik and is located on ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Carson Daly's mother has died.
The "Today" show correspondent and "The Voice" host announced the death of Pattie Daly Caruso in a statement read by his "Today" colleague Matt Lauer on the NBC program Monday.
The statement said Caruso died Sunday. No cause of death was ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh police say a bystander followed a vehicle with three men suspected of shooting a 4-year-old girl in the head and wounding two adults.
That bystander chased the vehicle into traffic after the University of Pittsburgh football game Saturday afternoon, where others pointed out their vehicle enabling ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Seventh-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat local favorite Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-4 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Pan-Pacific Open.
The victory was additionally sweet for Kerber, who was looking for revenge after the Japanese teenager knocked her out of the U.S. Open ...
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"The Scarred Woman" (Dutton), by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Who is "The Scarred Woman"? That's a question you'll ask yourself as you read Jussi Adler-Olsen's latest mystery.
Department Q, Copenhagen's cold case squad led by Detective Carl Morck, has its hands full with a fresh murder that happens to resemble an unsolved ...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Recent eruptions of violence over Confederate symbols like the rebel flag have prompted impassioned national debates - and not just in the public arena. Churches, too, are wrestling with the question of what to do with emblems dotting their parishes that memorialize the former slaveholding states ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Former federal prosecutor and outspoken White House critic Preet Bharara is launching a podcast.
Bharara (bahr-AHR'-ah) was fired in March by President Donald Trump from his post as the U.S. attorney for parts of New York City, including Manhattan. He has been vocal on Twitter and ...
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STOCKPORT, England (AP) - Wayne Rooney has been banned from driving for two years after pleading guilty to drunk driving.
The 31-year-old Rooney, who plays for Everton, was stopped by police while driving near his home outside Manchester earlier this month.
The former England captain entered his guilty plea at ...
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LONDON (AP) - Lady Gaga has postponed her world tour's European leg until next year because of ongoing health problems.
The six-week part of the Joanne World Tour was set to kick off in Barcelona on Sept. 21.
Tour promoter Live Nation says that "Lady Gaga is suffering from severe ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris go on trial Monday on felony assault charges stemming from a beating outside a Phoenix recreation center more than two years ago.
The twin brothers could face a maximum of nearly four years in prison if they are found guilty. A ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - It was, not surprisingly, a night for politics, with everyone from host Stephen Colbert to Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Alec Baldwin getting in zingers about Donald Trump - all to be upstaged by Sean Spicer himself, in a controversial appearance that set social media afire. ...
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MOORESTOWN, N.J. (AP) - Sitting in the bright living room area of the Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown, Karen "Queen Nur" Abdul-Malik's face lights up and her eyes dance around when she talks about storytelling and her artistry.
Abdul-Malik is an international storyteller and teaching artist. She travels ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona says that Ousmane Dembele, the most expensive signing in club history, has torn a tendon in his left thigh and will be sidelined for three to four months.
The club says that the 20-year-old Dembele will travel to Finland to seek treatment next week.
Dembele ...
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Dot Miles stood on the sidewalk outside her building at the Atlantis Apartments holding a few decades-old photographs of a wedding.
One shows a boy in a white tuxedo holding a ring-bearer pillow. Another is of his parents getting married. The last shows the boy ...
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) - Last year's Davis Cup champion Argentina was knocked out of the competition's top tier Sunday with defeat to Kazakhstan.
Mikhail Kukushkin defeated Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in a battle between the teams' top-ranked players to give Kazakhstan an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - What was it like in a Nazi concentration camp? How did you survive? How has it affected your life since?
Technology is allowing people to ask these questions and many more in virtual interviews with actual Holocaust survivors, preparing for a day when the estimated 100,000 ...
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STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - Stuttgart captain Christian Gentner is expected to make a full recovery after breaking his lower and lateral eye-socket, nose and upper-jaw in the side's Bundesliga win over Wolfsburg on Saturday.
Stuttgart says the 32-year-old Gentner will undergo surgery in the coming days.
Gentner was struck in ...
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A look at what's happening all around the majors today:
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Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg tries to extend his franchise record of 34 straight scoreless innings when he starts at night against the Dodgers. Strasburg is 13-4 going into this matchup of NL division leaders vs. Hyun-Jin Ryu. ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - There are cracks in the curtains President Donald Trump tried to draw around the government early in his presidency, but the slivers of light aren't making it easier to hold federal officials accountable for their actions.
Trump still refuses to divest from his real estate and hotel ...
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) - In front of the largest crowd to attend a stand-alone MLS match, Josef Martinez had his second hat trick in a row and his third of the season to help Atlanta United hold on for a 3-3 draw against Orlando City on Saturday.
Atlanta United (12-8-7) ...
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LILLE, France (AP) - Two-time Grand Slam champions Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (3) to give France a 2-1 lead over Serbia in the Davis Cup semifinals on Saturday.
Apart from a scare in the third set when the Serb pair ...
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LONDON (AP) - Crystal Palace became the first club in Premier League history to lose its opening five games without scoring as Roy Hodgson's first match in charge ended in a 1-0 defeat against Southampton on Saturday.
Steven Davis's early strike ensured it was an unhappy return to club management ...
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SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (AP) - Millions know Ted Kaczynski as the Unabomber, a criminal mastermind who led the FBI on the infamous, and most expensive, 18-year manhunt for the person behind mail bombings, which killed three people and injured dozens of others.
But lesser known is former FBI agent ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Children's Museum of Indianapolis is planning bronze sculptures honoring more than a dozen sports stars as part of its new $38.5 million sports exhibit.
The museum says the statues will form an "Avenue of Champions" as part of its Sports Legends Experience that's scheduled to open next ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Qualifier Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan outlasted defending champion Christina McHale 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 Saturday to advance to the final of the Japan Women's Open.
Diyas was down 3-1 in the final set but broke the 25-year-old American twice to complete the victory and secure her second WTA ...
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PLEASANT HILL, Iowa (AP) - More than 50 artists will be showing and selling their work at the second Art on the Lake event at Copper Creek Lake Park in Pleasant Hill.
The event begins at 11 a.m. Saturday and will also include interactive experiences for children and art demonstrations, ...
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MUNICH (AP) - The beer is flowing again at Munich's fabled Oktoberfest.
Mayor Dieter Reiter inserted the tap into the first keg Saturday with two blows of his hammer and the cry of "O'zapft is" - "It's tapped."
About 6 million visitors are expected to come to Munich for the ...
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Adrian Peterson had an $18 million salary "scheduled" for 2017 on his last contract with Minnesota , but the franchise's all-time leading rusher was never realistically going to get that money from the Vikings given his age and position.
Russell Okung had the potential for $48 million and four more ...
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Dolly Parton says she's excited to be in the Hollywood mix on Emmy Awards weekend.
The 71-year-old entertainer was among the stars making the pre-show party rounds Friday with a stop at Variety and Women in Film's gathering at Gracias Madre restaurant in West Hollywood, ...
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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) - Sung Hyun Park took full advantage of a fresh start to the Evian Championship on Friday, firing an 8-under 63 to lead the rescheduled first round by three shots.
That meant a 14-shot turnaround for the No. 3-ranked Park, who had been 6 over in the ...
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TORONTO (AP) - Ben Stiller thought the best way to prepare for his role as a dad taking his son on a college tour in the film "Brad's Status" was to take the actor playing his son on an actual road trip.
So Stiller and Austin Abrams got in a ...
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) - Kazakhstan leads Argentina 1-0 in their Davis Cup World Group playoff.
Kazakh veteran leader Mikhail Kukushkin lost the first set against Guido Pella but responded strongly to win the opening singles 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in nearly four hours on Friday.
Pella was consistently ...
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LONDON (AP) - Arsenal will conduct a review into how large numbers of Cologne fans gained access to the home sections of Emirates Stadium for a Europa League match that was marred by crowd disorder.
The English club said on Friday it was "very disappointing" that touts sold tickets to ...
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ROME (AP) - Juventus president Andrea Agnelli is facing a possible ban over an allegedly illicit relationship with hard-core "ultra" fans that encouraged ticket scalping.
The Italian football federation is expected to make a ruling in the case late Friday, 10 days after Agnelli was elected to chair the 220-member ...
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GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) - Mary Boone's grandmother started taking her to art classes when she was 7 years old, but by the time she was 9, she was drawing with the teenagers.
Mary just turned 18 and is beginning her senior year at Granite City High School. She's explored ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Churchill Downs' opening weekend features stakes races awarding points toward the Kentucky Derby and Oaks along with berths in the Breeders' Cup.
The $200,000 Grade 2 Pocahontas for 2-year-old fillies and $150,000 Grade 3 Iroquois for juvenile colts headline four stakes races on Saturday. The winners ...
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With 644 words and two exclamation points, Alex Ovechkin put a final period on his and other NHL players' dreams of playing in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
The Washington Capitals' Russian superstar acknowledged in a lengthy statement released by the team Thursday night that, although he'd love to represent his ...
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Since Barry Odom took over as coach before the 2016 season, Missouri's defense has shed its swarming reputation of recent history.
The Tigers (1-1) ranked 118th nationally in total defense last season and opened 2017 by allowing 43 points to Missouri State before playing a little ...
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The NCAA is in the process of reforming its rules for athletes who transfer - and the mere suggestion of changes that could make it easier for football and basketball players to leave one school and play immediately for another was enough to stir things up.
"How can you plan ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - At a Rihanna charity event, she will encourage you to drink heavily - so that you donate generously.
The pop star played the role of slick bartender at her third Diamond Ball on Thursday night in New York City, encouraging the audience to drink up and ...
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Reggie Moore rarely gets through a day without stopping for an autograph or selfie in the basketball-mad African country of Angola.
"If I'm in the mall, it's going to be 30 to 40 selfies," said Moore, a bearded 36-year-old Californian who plays in Angola's professional league ...
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Selena Gomez says she has received a kidney transplant due to her struggle with lupus.
Gomez writes in an Instagram post confirmed by her publicist early Thursday that she has been somewhat out of the spotlight this summer because she was recovering from the procedure. She calls the transplant "what ...
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LILLE, France (AP) - Lucas Pouille and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will lead nine-time champion France in the opening singles against Serbia in the Davis Cup semifinals.
In the absence of Novak Djokovic, Pouille will take on 80th-ranked Dusan Lajovic on clay at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in the northern city of ...
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - A Clemson University student denied a ticket to the football game against Auburn used ESPN to watch the game - by creating a fake identification badge from the broadcaster on Photoshop.
The Anderson Independent Mail reports that the undergraduate's Saturday stunt comes amid student dissatisfaction with ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Ticket sales have started for next year's World Cup in Russia.
Fans can start applying for tickets to any of the 64 games, with prices ranging from 1,280 rubles ($22) for the cheapest tickets - a price available to Russian fans only - to $1,100 for top-level ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Small business owners in Detroit can apply for matching grants of up to $25,000 through Motor City Re-Store to improve the curb appeal of their shops.
Free information sessions are being offered across the city through Sept. 28.
Motor City Re-Store has about $500,000 available each ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA rankings published Thursday (last month's rankings in parentheses):
1. Germany (2)
2. Brazil (1)
3. Portugal (6)
4. Argentina (3)
5. Belgium (9)
6. Poland (5)
7. Switzerland (4)
8. France (10)
9. Chile (7)
10. Colombia (8)
11. Spain (11)
12. Peru (15)
13. Wales ...
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Things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 3:
GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 3 Clemson at No. 14 Louisville. The league gets a marquee matchup in the Atlantic Division with reigning Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson leading the Cardinals (2-0, 1-0) against the reigning national champion Tigers ...
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Just a little more than a month ago, Jay Bruce was in New York sinking with the Mets as a season that began with promise and a richness of pitching was undermined by injuries.
The plunge was dramatic. So was the rise.
A trade rescued Bruce and ...
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QUANTICO, Va. (AP) - A new exhibition at The National Museum of the Marine Corps features artwork created in the corps' Combat Art Program.
Active duty Marines and Reservists have been deployed to create art since World War II, documenting battles and humanitarian missions.
The exhibition, which opened last month, ...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides (Pas-TEE-Dees) wants to overhaul Carolina Coliseum.
The State newspaper reported Pastides said in his annual state of the university address Tuesday that he wants to find new uses for the 49-year-old coliseum that was the home court of ...
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What do you do when a hurricane blows away your vacation plans? The Associated Press asked Pauline Frommer of Frommers.com and the Frommer travel guidebook series for advice.
WHERE TO START
Frommer says it all depends on "how you booked that vacation." If you booked an air-hotel package through Expedia, ...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt are among the stars headlining a benefit concert next week to help Texas residents affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Organizers said the "Harvey Can't Mess With Texas" concert will be held in Austin on Sept. 22. It will ...
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating a police officer in connection with a sexual assault at a college football game.
News outlets report that the Murfreesboro Police Department confirmed Tuesday that the officer in question was the department's Mark Todd, who was off-duty during the ...
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LONDON (AP) - American author George Saunders is favored to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction with his novel of the afterlife, "Lincoln in the Bardo."
British bookmakers Ladbrokes and William Hill made Saunders the front-runner among six titles vying for the 50,000-pound ($66,000) prize.
The novel is ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA has opened a disciplinary case against Celtic after a fan ran on the field near Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe during a Champions League match.
UEFA says its disciplinary panel will judge the case on Oct. 19.
Ten years ago, UEFA fined Celtic 30,000 Swiss ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Jana Fett advanced to the second round of the Japan Women's Open by beating top-seeded Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday.
Mladenovic rallied briefly by winning three games in the second set before the 20-year-old qualifier from Croatia served out the victory.
Also, Sara Sorribes Tormo of ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - YouTube star Felix Kjellberg (SHEHL'-burg), who goes by the online name PewDiePie, says he regrets using the "n-word" during a video live stream, saying he was an "idiot".
Kjellberg who has more than 57 million subscribers, says in a 95-second YouTube post that he made the ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - A trial will begin for NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris, who allegedly assaulted a man outside a Phoenix recreation center two years ago.
Maricopa County Superior Court officials announced the trial's upcoming jury selection will start Wednesday morning.
The Morris brothers are accused of helping three ...
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LOGAN, Utah (AP) - School officials have confirmed that Utah State University is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, an unusual step that comes after a string of sexual assault cases.
S. Daniel Carter, president of Safety Advisors for Educational Campuses LLC, says federal officials' investigation into the ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Kid Rock may have more to say about his political future while performing in the opening concert at Detroit's new sports arena.
The musician opens the Little Caesars Arena Tuesday night after two months of teasing a potential Republican run for U.S. Senate in Michigan.
The National ...
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DENVER (AP) - ESPN sideline reporter Sergio Dipp has become an unlikely star of "Monday Night Football" thanks to an awkward debut.
Play-by-play commentator Beth Mowins, who became the first woman to call an NFL regular season game since 1987, went to Dipp for a report on new Denver Broncos ...
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"Bluebird, Bluebird: a Novel" (Mullholland Books), by Attica Locke
Attica Locke's incisive look at racial issues reaches another milestone in the gripping "Bluebird, Bluebird." Locke unflinchingly illustrates the intersection of race and justice as seen in an insular community in East Texas. The author packs the excellent novel with believable ...
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The Joplin Globe, Sept. 10
Our View: Bring a plan to restore cuts
When Missouri's legislators head to a Wednesday veto override session in Jefferson City this week, they need to plan on staying long enough to vote themselves into a special session.
And they need to come armed with ...
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