MOSCOW (AP) - A key Russian government official overseeing preparations for the World Cup next year says there are delays at some sites but no need to worry.
Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, who chairs Russia's organizing committee, says that with less than eight months to go until the tournament ...
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DUBLIN (AP) - South Africa has been recommended as the best host for the 2023 Rugby World Cup ahead of France and Ireland.
World Rugby released a bid evaluation report on Tuesday, and said South Africa was the unanimous pick.
South Africa hosted and won the tournament in 1995.
The ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gary Oldman will be honored with a career achievement award at the Hollywood Film Awards on Sunday.
Dick Clark Productions, which produces the awards, made the announcement Tuesday.
The Oscar-nominated British actor has taken on numerous memorable roles in a nearly 40-year career, including a drug-dealing ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The Olympic flame has been handed to organizers of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games as it heads off on a 100-day journey in South Korea before the opening ceremony on Feb. 9.
Dressed as a high priestess, actress Katerina Lehou led the 90-minute ceremony in Athens at ...
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CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - Officials at a Pennsylvania college are investigating after a photo surfaced that appeared to show a student dressed as former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick with a gun pointed at his head.
Dickinson College vice president and dean of student life Joyce Bylander says she ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana University says actress Glenn Close has donated her collection of costumes from projects including "The Big Chill" and "101 Dalmatians" to its School of Art, Architecture + Design.
The collection, from 47 projects, spans Close's career through film, television and theater.
The collection will be ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's sleepy skiing destination of Pyeongchang is finally looking like a Winter Olympics host city after more than a decade of work, two failed bids, and chapters of controversy over venue locations, construction delays and costs.
With a little more than three months until ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - An appeals court is lifting a gag order in a court fight over naming rights between two rival pop-culture conventions.
Organizers of Salt Lake Comic Con said Monday they're taking to social media once again to make their case against rivals in San Diego after ...
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Notre Dame
Last season: 26-10, lost in second round of NCAA Tournament
Nickname: Fighting Irish
Coach: Mike Brey
Conference: Atlantic Coast
Who's gone: G Steve Vasturia, F V.J. Beachem, F Patrick Mazza, F Matt Ryan (transfer to Vanderbilt)
Who's back: F Bonzie Colson. The long-armed, 6-foot-6 senior is the preseason ...
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Romantic images of cowboys and covered wagons, railroad barons and Gold Rush-era prospectors that typically depict the settling of the American West play only supporting roles at best in a Nevada art exhibit with a broader perspective on Earth's "final frontier."
The show stars the indigenous ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Netflix is exploring a "House of Cards" spinoff as the show's final season nears amid controversy surrounding star Kevin Spacey.
The streaming channel, which reportedly is weighing different concepts for the spinoff, said Monday that the upcoming sixth season will be the last for "House of ...
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PARIS (AP) - French feminist groups on Monday staged a protest against a retrospective honoring director Roman Polanski at film institute La Cinematheque Francaise.
A few dozen protesters gathered near the Paris institute as the event was starting Monday night, booing as Polanski attended the opening.
Two members of the ...
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HOUSTON (AP) - Nobody needs a day off in this World Series more than those run-down relievers.
Brandon Morrow has pitched in all five games for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He had never pitched three straight days before talking himself into a wild Game 5, then allowed a tying home ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA has fined German club Cologne 60,000 euros ($70,000) and ordered the team to pay for damage caused by its fans at Arsenal last month.
Cologne was charged with crowd disturbances, setting off fireworks, throwing objects, and acts of damage at the Emirates Stadium around a ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Roberto Mancini was supposed to be the coach who turned Zenit St. Petersburg's vast financial might into success on the field.
And if someone got in Mancini's way, it was likely to be Massimo Carrera, another Italian coach who won the Russian title with Spartak Moscow last ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Christiana Aguilera will perform a medley of the late Whitney Houston's hits at the American Music Awards next month to mark the 25th anniversary of Houston's film, "The Bodyguard."
Aguilera will perform songs from the film's soundtrack, which included one of Houston's signature numbers, a cover ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia will allow women into sports stadiums as of next year, the kingdom's latest step toward easing rules on gender segregation - but they will be seated in the so-called family section, an area separate from the male-only crowd.
The General Sports Authority ...
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Stanford's Bryce Love remains in strong position to win the national rushing title despite sitting out the Cardinal's game against Oregon State as San Diego State's Rashaad Penny ran for a career-high 253 yards against Hawaii.
Love was held out of a 15-14 win over the Beavers with an ankle ...
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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - The two most significant events of the NFL weekend took place at the same site:
First, dozens of Texans players knelt during the national anthem as a rebuke to team owner Robert McNair and his comment about "inmates running the prison." Then, quarterback Deshaun Watson and ...
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Both inside and outside "The Kennel," Gonzaga is undergoing an upgrade.
New locker room. New practice facility. New fancy center-hung scoreboard in the arena. All the accompaniments of being a major college basketball program.
"Those things are just, basically, kind of keeping up with the Joneses," ...
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DETROIT (AP) - For much of the second half, it felt like the Pittsburgh Steelers were just holding on, trying to make it to their bye week before the Detroit Lions could reach the end zone.
Afterward, Ben Roethlisberger and his teammates could relax a bit. This wasn't their best ...
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MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Visitors to antique shops on Main Street in Mesa will see stores crammed with primarily benign American memorabilia. A 19th century record player, a vintage 1990s Barbie, or a campaign button promoting Richard Nixon for president line the shelves.
Then, the eyes flit across something more ...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - No statewide offices are up for grabs on this year's ballot and congressional and legislative races elections are still a year away. But Texans are being asked to vote on seven amendments to the state Constitution - which has already grown to among the nation's longest ...
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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Nostalgia was the rule on Wednesday, as news emerged that Antoine "Fats" Domino, the New Orleans singer, pianist and rock 'n' roll pioneer, had died at 89.
Yet Domino's career, including iconic numbers "Ain't That A Shame" and "Walking To New Orleans," included bleaker episodes. The ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Cristie Kerr holed a 35-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for an even-par 71 and a one-shot victory in the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia.
Kerr was in a four-way tie for the lead until her big putt made her the 27th player in ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Dimitri Petratos scored in the 68th minute to give Newcastle a 1-1 draw with the Western Sydney Wanderers in the A-League on Sunday, keeping the Jets unbeaten on the season and within four points of first-place Melbourne City.
Mark Bridge gave the Wanderers a 1-0 lead in ...
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell has been arrested after a female food delivery person alleged he pointed a gun at her.
Maxwell was the only player in Major League Baseball this year to take a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.
Scottsdale police ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - Justin Rose took advantage of a record-tying collapse by Dustin Johnson and rallied from eight shots behind to win the HSBC Champions.
Johnson, the world's No. 1 player going for his third World Golf Championships title of the year, lost a six-shot lead. That matches the largest ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Rashaad Penny ran 30 times for a career-high 253 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday night and San Diego State beat Hawaii 28-7.
Penny led the way with runs on all six plays of a 99-yard drive when the Aztecs (7-2, 3-2 Mountain West Conference) broke away ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Clippers didn't pass Doc Rivers' eye test.
He saw finger pointing and blame in the second half of a 95-87 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night that was the Clippers' first defeat in five games, leaving the NBA without an unbeaten team this ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Anthony Martial struck late to give Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Tottenham at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Having lost for the first time in the Premier League this season at Huddersfield a week ago, United needed a victory to keep the pressure on leader Manchester ...
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut state troopers and local officers who are immigrants or first-generation U.S. citizens will share their stories with the public at an event aimed at strengthening relationships between ethnic communities and law enforcement.
The "Community, Cops & Culture" program is scheduled for Saturday at Albertus ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Virginia's Isaiah Wilkins didn't have to look in the mirror last March to know something was wrong. He'd been losing weight for more than a month, and he had trouble swallowing, but his mother's shocked reaction confirmed how dire it had gotten.
When she saw him ...
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LONDON (AP) - A British Cabinet minister has apologized after joking that being interviewed by a senior BBC radio presenter was like "going into Harvey Weinstein's bedroom."
Environment Secretary Michael Gove sent a tweet apologizing "unreservedly" for making a "clumsy attempt at humour" when the BBC's John Humphrys, known for ...
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SINGAPORE (AP) - Caroline Wozniacki reached her second career final at the year-end WTA Finals with a 7-6 (9), 6-3 win over Karolina Pliskova on Saturday.
The sixth-ranked Wozniacki, a finalist in 2010, leads the tour with most match wins in the season at 59-21 as the Dane heads into ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Cristie Kerr fired a 6-under 65 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion Feng Shanshan at the Sime Darby.
The American veteran, who posted the tournament's lowest score of 63 on Friday, had five birdies in the opening nine holes of the third ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo marked 1,000 days until the 2020 Olympics on Saturday with a ceremony that included a demonstration of new sports that will debut at the Summer Games.
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa were among the dignitaries attending the festivities in the Nihonbashi district ...
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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - On a moonlit October morning, Rose Freeman is a quarter of the way up a 5,541-foot mountain when she pauses to ask: "Did I forget my dress?"
She drops her monstrous backpack. Out comes a Yamaha digital piano with 76 keys. Freeman roots around in the ...
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ARTHUR, N.D. (AP) - An iconic venue for dances and concerts in rural Cass County has been destroyed by fire.
Firefighters from Gardner, Arthur, Hunter and Grandin responded to the blaze Thursday afternoon at what is now known as Arthur's Burn. For decades it was known as Johnson's Barn.
The ...
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KOLKATA, India (AP) - The 2018 World Cup champion will get $38 million from a prize fund FIFA has increased by 12 percent to $400 million.
FIFA says each of the 32 competing national federations will get at least $8 million, the same as in 2014 when the overall prize ...
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A second lawsuit has been filed in an attempt to stop a Massachusetts museum from auctioning 40 works of art, including two by Norman Rockwell.
The suit filed Thursday by three Lenox residents says the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield breached its contract with members by exceeding ...
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid is trying to keep the focus on soccer as it travels to Catalonia to play a Spanish league match this weekend.
Madrid faces Catalan club Girona on Sunday amid heightened tensions in the northeastern region, which is seeking independence from Spain.
The political crisis could ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Ashley Judd says the continuing flurry of allegations against Harvey Weinstein means society is at a "tipping point" on sexual harassment.
The actress added that "this will be the end of it if we decide that's what we want" before being honored at the Women's Media ...
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Min Woo Lee of Australia holed a 60-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole Friday for a 3-under 68 to build a one-shot lead in the Asia-Pacific Amateur.
Lee is the 19-year-old brother of LPGA player Minjee Lee and regarded as the longest hitter among ...
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The promoter of a popular concert series in Maine is expected to enter a new plea to a domestic violence charge.
Court records show 41-year-old Alexander Gray, of Waterfront Concerts, will enter a new plea during a court hearing Friday. The man previously pleaded not guilty ...
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Superstar golfer Tiger Woods is due in court to resolve a driving under the influence case, expected to plead guilty to reckless driving and agree to enter a diversion program.
Woods was scheduled to enter the plea Friday in Palm Beach County, Florida. In ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With this week's death of Fats Domino, a generation of New Orleans musical royalty fades further away.
But some of the stars who helped put New Orleans on the musical map in the '50s, '60s and '70s are still performing, like Dr. John, Irma Thomas, Aaron ...
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Jay Gruden will have what Vernon Davis is having.
Marveling at the physical condition of the 33-year-old tight end, the Washington Redskins coach asked Davis what he had for lunch and came away saying, "We should all get on the Vernon Davis diet." Davis is careful ...
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BEIRUT (AP) - Zena El Khalil's art exhibit has tapped into wounds that are more than 40 years old in war-scarred Lebanon.
"Sacred Catastrophe: Healing Lebanon" is being hosted in a landmark building in the center of Beirut that is a powerful reminder of the country's 1975-1990 civil war. Pockmarked ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian Tennis Federation says it will launch a new WTA tournament in Moscow next year.
The Moscow Open will run from July 23-29 on outdoor clay at the city's National Tennis Center and replace the Swedish Open in Bastad.
The federation says the dates could change ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Will & Grace" star Sean Hayes says he was hospitalized earlier this month after his small intestine burst.
Hayes told Ellen DeGeneres on her chat show Wednesday that he had to cancel a planned appearance on the show a few weeks ago because of the emergency. ...
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CHADRON, Neb. (AP) - Game officials say a mountain lion suspected of killing two goats in northwest Nebraska has been killed.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says a landowner near Chadron found the two carcasses and contacted commission officials Tuesday. Commission biologists examined the carcasses and checked the immediate ...
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LONDON (AP) - A U.S.-based historian who argues that greater social equality requires violent conflict is among finalists for a $75,000 book prize.
Stanford University professor Walter Scheidel is a contender for the Cundill History Prize for "The Great Leveler." The Austria-born author argues that, since the Stone Age, economic ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Columbus Crew SC says they have changed their position on refunding season ticket holders for 2018 after the team's owner announced a possible move to Austin, Texas.
In a statement Wednesday, owner and club CEO Anthony Precourt says those with 2018 season tickets will be able ...
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Shae Wools-Cobb tied a tournament record with a 29 on his opening nine holes Thursday and finished with an 8-under 63 to build a four-shot lead after the first round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur.
Wools-Cobb started on No. 10 at Royal Wellington and capped off ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Fats Domino didn't look like a typical teen idol. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, boyish smile and a haircut as flat as an album cover.
But Domino sold more than 110 million records, with hits including "Blueberry Hill," ''Ain't ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Jamaal Charles envisioned playing his entire career with the Chiefs, retiring from the organization that drafted him and having his name emblazoned on the ring of honor at Arrowhead Stadium.
The business of the NFL put a twist in those plans.
Now, the Chiefs' career ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Northeast Conference is changing its women's basketball postseason format, going to a pod system with the top two teams in the regular season hosting the quarterfinals and semifinals.
The championship game will still be played at the highest remaining seed. The schedule was also truncated ...
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PARIS (AP) - Tensions are creeping in at Paris Saint-Germain with questions raised as to whether Neymar and Kylian Mbappe - the world's two most expensive players - are so far justifying their price tags.
PSG is unbeaten and has scored 43 goals in 13 games overall, yet the mood ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A chain of central New Mexico stores that sells NFL-licensed gear says it's seeing a big drop in sales. Its owner is blaming the national anthem protests.
The Albuquerque Journal reports co-owner Andy Hageman said Tuesday his business, House of Football, has seen a 50 percent ...
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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Soccer officials in Ghana have opened an investigation into bribery, match-fixing and corruption.
Details of matches or officials under suspicion were not specified in a statement from the Ghana Football Association's ethics committee.
The association says it is investigating concerns about "the sanctity of the game ...
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LONDON (AP) - A British Supreme Court ruling says American poker star Phil Ivey used illegitimate means to amass 7.7 million pounds in winnings.
The court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that Ivey cheated in 2012 by using a technique known as "edge sorting" to gain an unfair ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - People who have a New Orleans library card and internet access can now see more than 30,000 movies for free.
The New Orleans Public Library says it has added the film-streaming service Kanopy to its electronic offerings.
The service was created in 2008 for college and ...
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STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine (AP) - A Maine writer has rallied a community to help fix a spelling error she saw on the gravestone of a soldier stationed in Maine in the 1800s.
Children's book author Angeli Perrow says she was doing research for a book and found out about Sgt. ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's sports minister has asked her Italian counterpart to crack down on racism in soccer after Lazio supporters littered a stadium with images of Holocaust victim and diarist Anne Frank wearing a jersey of city rival Roma.
Miri Regev's office says a letter dispatched to Luca Lotti ...
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BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a Qatari soccer and television executive, was questioned Wednesday by Swiss investigators who say he bribed a FIFA official in a World Cup broadcasting rights deal.
Al-Khelaifi met with Switzerland's federal prosecutors two weeks after they revealed criminal proceedings against him. ...
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BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Qatari soccer and television executive Nasser Al-Khelaifi was scheduled to be questioned Wednesday by Swiss investigators who allege he bribed a top FIFA official in World Cup broadcasting rights deal.
Al-Khelaifi, the Paris Saint-Germain president, was set to meet with Switzerland's federal prosecutors, two weeks after ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - The PGA Tour has its first Chinese members, and now has reason to believe they won't be the last.
After a one-year hiatus, the PGA Tour China Series resumes in 2018 under a four-year agreement between the PGA Tour and the China Golf Association in which the ...
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After finishing at the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season, the New Jersey Devils have been among the NHL's surprise teams.
The Devils have been atop the Metropolitan Division for most of the opening weeks and are 6-2-0 for their best start since beginning with the same record 15 ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Atlantic Coast Conference is aiming to extend one of the most successful runs in its recent history.
The 15-team league holds its preseason media day Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina. League coaches and players will discuss the upcoming 2017-18 season, which follows the ACC claiming ...
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"Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall says she didn't have kids in-part because of the demanding production schedule of the long-running HBO series.
The 61-year-old actress told Piers Morgan for an interview on Britain's ITV that she decided against undergoing fertility treatments when she was starring on the show ...
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LONDON (AP) - The British government has decided doping cheats should not face criminal prosecutions.
Sports minister Tracey Crouch says sanctions for drug offenses should be left to sports governing bodies to enforce. It follows a government review examining the merits of criminalizing doping.
Crouch says "it was right that ...
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ROME (AP) - The president of Lazio soccer club has visited Rome's main synagogue and promised a new anti-Semitism education campaign after fans plastered Rome's stadium with stickers of Anne Frank wearing crosstown rival Roma's jersey.
Lazio president Claudio Lotito sought Tuesday to disassociate the club from the hard-core ultra ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Mark Wahlberg says he hopes God will forgive him for his turn as a porn star in the 1997 film "Boogie Nights."
Wahlberg told the Chicago Tribune ahead of an event with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich on Friday that he hopes "that God is a movie fan ...
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - A 25-year-old man is facing multiple charges after police say he initiated a crash that injured five people, including New England Patriots linebacker Harvey Langi and his wife Cassidy.
Police Chief William Baker says Kevin Conroy is facing charges that include possession of a Class E ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - The head of the European Parliament has strongly denounced Italian football hooligans who used Anne Frank's image to offend the fans of an opposing team, saying that anti-Semitism has no place in Europe today.
Lazio fans were discovered Monday to have anti-Semitic stickers and graffiti that included ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A fallen soldier's angry widow joined the stormy dispute with President Donald Trump over his response to her husband's death, declaring that his failure to remember the soldier's name in last week's condolence call "made me cry." He retorted Monday that the call was "very respectful" and ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - An Asian Cup qualifier between North Korea and Malaysia, which has already been postponed three times, is set to be played in Thailand next month.
The Asian Football Confederation announced Tuesday that the Group B qualifying matches would be played on Nov. 10 and 13, ...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The diversion program for intoxicated drivers that Tiger Woods is expected to enter is one of several across the country aimed at dropping the number of repeat offenders while helping reduce the backlog of court cases.
The 41-year-old superstar golfer is scheduled to plead guilty ...
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Florida sure doesn't sound like a double-digit underdog against third-ranked Georgia.
The Gators made it clear Monday that they're the ones to beat in the rivalry known as "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party." They have won three in a row in the series and 21 ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Everton has fired manager Ronald Koeman with the Premier League club in the relegation zone.
The Dutchman was dismissed two months into his second season in charge following a 5-2 loss to Arsenal the previous day.
Everton has zero wins in its last five matches, and ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is defending his call to a fallen soldier's widow, saying he was "respectful" and did not forget the slain soldier's name.
Trump addressed the call on Twitter Monday after Myeshia Johnson, La David Johnson's widow, appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America." She said that ...
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BOWMAN, S.C. (AP) - Financial problems prompted the cancellation of a music festival in South Carolina.
WIS-TV reported that the Agrisonic Festival had been set Saturday in Bowman. But organizers on Thursday said losses from another event at Yonder Field earlier this month prompted them to cancel Saturday's event.
...WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a man was flown to a hospital after a train struck his car in eastern Iowa.
The crash occurred around 1 p.m. Sunday in West Liberty. Police say the sedan came to rest about two blocks away from where it was hit.
The ...
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MANGHAM, La. (AP) - Police in Louisiana say actor and musician Corey Feldman has been charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license after his tour bus was pulled over for speeding over the weekend.
Mangham, Louisiana, police say they pulled over a recreational vehicle driven by ...
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A look at the best-of-seven World Series between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers:
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Schedule: (All times EDT, televised by Fox) Game 1, Tuesday, at Los Angeles, 8:09 p.m.; Game 2, Wednesday, at Los Angeles, 8:09 p.m.; Game 3, Friday, at Houston, 8:09 p.m.; Game 4, Saturday, at ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — David Letterman was never known as a particularly political comedian, preferring a detached irony-drenched tone that favored the surreal and silly over topical humor. But there was an unmistakable political tint to much of Sunday night's ceremony to present Letterman with the Mark Twain award for American ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - David Letterman was never known as a particularly political comedian, preferring a detached irony-drenched tone that favored the surreal and silly over topical humor. But there was an unmistakable political tint to much of Sunday night's ceremony to present Letterman with the Mark Twain award for American ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dave Roberts' first two years as the Los Angeles Dodgers' manager have gone by in an action-packed blur.
He has watched 195 regular-season wins and survived one awful losing skid. He has won two NL West titles, three playoff series and a pennant. He persevered through ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The "Ask A Mexican" column, a satirical weekly installment about U.S. Latinos that once ran in more than three dozen alternative weekly newspapers across the country, is coming to an end.
The column's founder, Gustavo Arellano, told The Associated Press on Monday the final version will ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Though Jimmy Tingle has long made biting political humor a staple of his stand-up routines, he insists his dive into Massachusetts politics is anything but comic relief.
The Cambridge-born comedian and social activist is running as a Democrat for lieutenant governor, a job with little visibility and ...
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi quarterback Shea Patterson will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.
The school announced on Sunday that an MRI revealed a torn posterior cruciate ligament in Patterson's right knee. The sophomore appeared to suffer the injury during the second quarter of the ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Cologne and Werder Bremen played out a goalless draw that left both sides still searching for their first win after nine rounds of the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Cologne's need was greater after seven defeats, but the home side - already without injured players Jonas Hector, Nikolas Nartey, ...
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BOSTON (AP) - A coalition of Boston area law enforcement personnel is holding a fundraiser to help people of the Caribbean affected by Hurricane Maria.
The Latino Law Enforcement Group of Boston's "Taste of the Caribbean" fundraiser is scheduled for Sunday from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at VFW Post ...
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SINGAPORE (AP) - Third-seeded Karolina Pliskova cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over fifth-seeded Venus Williams at the WTA Finals on Sunday.
The Czech player raced to a 3-0 lead in the first set, but Williams regained her composure to break back in the fifth game.
Pliskova broke the Williams ...
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LONDON (AP) - A letter written by one of the Titanic's passengers a day before the ship sank has sold for 126,000 pounds ($166,000) at an auction in England.
The handwritten note, on embossed Titanic stationery, was penned by first class passenger Alexander Oskar Holverson on April 13, 1912 - ...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Eun-Hee Ji fired a 7-under-par 65 to win the Taiwan Championship on Sunday for her first LPGA title since the 2009 U.S. Women's Open.
Ji, who had a six-stroke lead heading into the final round, carded seven birdies to finish at 17-under 271, six strokes ahead ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Josh Hokit became the first Fresno State player with three rushing touchdowns in a single game since 2009 and the Bulldogs cruised to a 27-3 win over San Diego State on Saturday night.
Hokit finished with 14 carries for 77 yards, Jordan Mims had 112 yards ...
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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - An inclusive playground in Connecticut that fell into disrepair and closed in 2013 is reopening with new and improved equipment.
Jonathan's Dream in West Hartford reopens Saturday after a $1.2 million makeover.
The 25,000-foot playground is designed to be accessible to children with disabilities.
It ...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - All five living former U.S. presidents will be attending a concert Saturday night in a Texas college town, raising money for relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey, Irma and Maria's devastation in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Democrats Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Kawasaki Frontale kept its J-league title hopes alive with a 3-0 win at Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Saturday.
Shogo Taniguchi, Koji Miyoshi and Yu Kobayashi scored to put Kawasaki within two points of leader Kashima Antlers, which lost 3-2 to Yokohama F Marinos.
With three rounds remaining, Kashima ...
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DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - German second-tier leader Fortuna Duesseldorf has played in jerseys declaring the club's opposition to far-right politics.
Duesseldorf had "Gegen Rechts" (against right-wing) on its shirt fronts instead of the usual logo from main sponsor Orthomol in Friday's 1-0 home win over Darmstadt.
Players also warmed up ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - The slaying of five dozen people in Las Vegas did little to change Americans' opinions about gun laws, a poll finds.
The nation is closely divided on whether restricting firearms would reduce such mass shootings or homicides, though a majority favors tighter laws as they have for ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Argentina will travel to Russia to play the first game at Moscow's newly renovated stadium for the 2018 World Cup final.
The Argentine Football Association has confirmed the Luzhniki stadium will be the venue for its previously announced friendly with Russia on Nov. 11.
The stadium, originally ...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Eun-Hee Ji carded a 3-under 69 to open up a six-stroke lead after the third round of the Taiwan Championship on Saturday.
Ji, who shared the overnight lead with Jenny Shin, recovered from a bogey on the par-4 5th with four birdies for a total of ...
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan lawmakers want to regulate the fast-growing paid fantasy sports industry while leaving alone traditional private leagues in which money may change hands among friends.
Bipartisan bills that cleared a Senate committee 7-0 this past week would clarify that playing fantasy sports is not gambling, because ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Nick Stevens threw for two touchdowns in Colorado State's 21-point second quarter and the Rams defense forced a fourth-quarter turnover in a 27-24 victory over New Mexico on Friday night.
Colorado State linebacker Patrick Elsenbast forced a fumble by New Mexico running back Richard McQuarley and ...
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KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) - About 500 Humphrey Bogart aficionados are in the Florida Keys marking the 75th anniversary of the legendary actor's "Casablanca" and other film noir classics.
Hosted by Bogart's son Stephen Bogart, the Humphrey Bogart Film Festival continues through Sunday with screenings and panel discussions.
An exhibit ...
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A look at what's happening all around the majors today:
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GAME 7
A night after Justin Verlander extended Houston's season, the Astros and Yankees will play Game 7 of their AL Championship Series. It's the first Game 7 for either team since 2004, when New York lost to Boston ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - An upcoming memoir from Sen. John McCain has taken on new meaning since he first decided to write it.
"The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations" is scheduled to come out in April, Simon & Schuster told The Associated Press on ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin has accused the U.S. government of pushing for Russia's exclusion from the Olympics.
A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said "certain U.S. bodies" were pressuring the International Olympic Committee through its sponsors, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Putin meant "state (structures), including through social ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - E!'s long-running series, "Fashion Police," will come to an end next month with a special finale featuring its late host and co-creator Joan Rivers.
The series began in 1995 and became a staple on the red carpet at major awards shows with Rivers commentating on celebrity ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A partial agreement has been made with the women's team so they can play a Women's World Cup qualifier against Croatia next week after a qualifier against Sweden was canceled over a pay dispute, Denmark's football federation DBU said.
The DBU didn't disclose details of the ...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Jenny Shin shot a 5-under-par 67 for a share of the lead with Eun-Hee Ji after the second round of the Taiwan Championship on Friday.
Shin offset a pair of bogeys with seven birdies at Miramar Resort and Country Club, including a birdie-birdie finish.
"I had ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Police say a man has been arrested near the set of the film "Equalizer 2" starring Denzel Washington for robbery and an attempted carjacking.
WHDH-TV reports the suspect first took a woman's purse Thursday a few blocks from the set. The man then ran to the set, ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - When it was over, when Los Angeles had finally secured another trip to the World Series and Enrique Hernandez's three big swings had become a part of playoff lore, the emotional utilityman just wanted to give his dad a big hug.
It was one sweet performance for ...
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Doug Meacham is as familiar as anyone with TCU coach Gary Patterson's unique 4-2-5 defense. This time, it won't be practice.
After the past three seasons as TCU's co-offensive coordinator, Meacham will be on the other side running the Kansas offense when the Jayhawks play ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Harvey Weinstein is now facing criminal inquiries in three cities after an Italian actress told Los Angeles detectives the disgraced film mogul raped her in a hotel room in 2013.
Police confirmed Thursday they are looking into the woman's allegations, and her attorney said he would ...
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GRAY, Maine (AP) - The varsity football coach of a Maine high school in Gray has been dismissed after he allegedly instructed his players to taunt an opposing player for having two mothers as parents.
The parents, Lynn and Stephanie Eckersley-Ray of Yarmouth, say Gray-New Gloucester coach Duane Greaton told ...
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STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Swedish Football Federation is considering seeking compensation from its Danish counterpart for canceling a Women's World Cup qualifier over a pay dispute.
Marika Domanski Lyfors of the Swedish federation says calling off Friday's game in Goteborg "entails a number of costs for us and of course ...
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Helen J. DeVos, a philanthropist from western Michigan known for her support of children's health, Christian education and the arts, has died at age 90, her family said Thursday.
DeVos died Wednesday of complications from a stroke following a recent diagnosis of myeloid leukemia, her ...
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EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill has pleaded guilty to drunk driving and been banned from the road for 16 months.
O'Neill was caught by police on the outskirts of Edinburgh at about 1 a.m. on Sept. 10 and was found to be around three times the ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - A presidential bid by a celebrity TV host in Russia has stirred the country's political world.
The 35-year old Ksenia Sobchak announced her intention to run in the March 2018 election late Wednesday, saying the country has grown tired of stagnation and needs change.
She is the ...
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PARIS (AP) - Danielle Darrieux, a prolific French actress whose movie and theater career spanned eight decades, has died. She was 100.
One of France's best-loved actresses, Darrieux appeared in dozens of plays and more than 100 films during her long career.
Generations of French moviegoers watched her mature from ...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Eun-Hee Ji had a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA's Taiwan Championship.
Ji got off to a strong start with back-to-back birdies at the Miramar Golf Country Club, and added four more to finish the round ...
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski says President Donald Trump "should realize he's accountable to all people."
The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina, reports that Krzyzewski's comments came Wednesday as he spoke about how the NCAA's authority structure affects college basketball. Krzyzewski was ...
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Here are some things to watch in Week 8 of the Southeastern Conference season:
GAME OF THE WEEK: Kentucky at Mississippi State. The Wildcats and Bulldogs are often afterthoughts in the SEC, but both have quietly had a solid first half of the season. Kentucky has a 5-1 record and ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Celtics fans lined up to sign a banner urging Gordon Hayward to "come back stronger than ever." One player wrote his injured teammate's initials on his shoe. The crowd that bought tickets to see him make his Boston debut chanted his name.
A few miles away, Hayward ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Villanova has been picked by Big East coaches to win its fifth straight regular-season conference title.
Jay Wright's team received eight first-place votes from the league's coaches Wednesday. Wildcats guard Jalen Brunson was chosen as the conference's preseason player of the year, and Omari Spellman was ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The state of book criticism is getting a mixed review on gender parity.
A new survey of top literary publications finds that the ratio of women to men ranges from roughly equal in The New York Times Book Review and Granta to men substantially outnumbering women ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is again criticizing the NFL over players kneeling during the national anthem.
Trump said on Twitter Wednesday that the "NFL has decided that it will not force players to stand for the playing of our National Anthem."
He adds: "Total disrespect for our great ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Diana Ross will receive a lifetime achievement honor at next month's American Music Awards and will celebrate with a performance on the broadcast next month.
ABC and Dick Clark Productions announced the honor Wednesday. It's the first time the AMAs have given out the award since ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Relatives of Zell Miller say he will no longer make public appearances as he deals with health challenges.
The 85-year-old former Georgia governor and U.S. senator took a fall at a Young Harris College basketball game in February 2016.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that tests at a ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The Danish soccer federation says a women's World Cup qualifier against Sweden has been canceled after wage talks collapsed.
The DBU says it has informed FIFA and "expects now a disciplinary decision," including being excluded from World Cup qualifying.
DBU spokesman Kim Hallberg says it is ...
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MADRID (AP) - Olympic high jump champion Ruth Beitia says she is retiring after enduring a series of injuries this year.
The 38-year-old Spaniard made the announcement Wednesday while donating the gold medal she won at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to a sports museum in the northeastern city of ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Andre Ethier put his teammates on notice before the first pitch of the playoffs: win the World Series or watch one of the best seasons in Dodgers history go down as a bust.
Then he put his bat where his mouth was.
In his first start of ...
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Thick tomes on the laws of England. Half a dozen legal dictionaries. Books on Roman law and maritime law.
Those are some of the books Thomas Jefferson thought aspiring lawyers should be reading or using as reference. Now, almost 200 years after his death, the University ...
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Former Washington State slot receiver River Cracraft tweeted Tuesday that he's joined the injury-ravaged Denver Broncos, who lost Emmanuel Sanders and Isaiah McKenzie to ankle injuries last weekend.
Cracraft caught 218 passes for 2,701 yards and 20 touchdowns over four seasons for the Cougars. He went ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Game-worn jerseys from the four teams playing on the NBA's opening night will be auctioned to raise money for hurricane recovery efforts.
The NBA and Turner Sports, which will televise the Cleveland-Boston and Golden State-Houston doubleheader on TNT, will use the auction to benefit the One ...
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ZURICH (AP) - Draw Tuesday for European playoffs in qualifying for the World Cup:
First Leg=
Nov. 9-11=
Northern Ireland vs. Switzerland
Croatia vs. Greece
Denmark vs. Ireland
Sweden vs. Italy
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Second Leg=
Nov. 12-14=
Switzerland vs. Northern Ireland
Greece vs. Croatia
Ireland vs. Denmark
Italy vs. Sweden
ROME (AP) - Mauro Icardi may have finally repaired his rocky relationship with Inter Milan's hard-core "ultra" fans.
A year after offending the ultras in his autobiography, Icardi won back the supporters in style by scoring a hat trick - including a decisive 90th-minute penalty - in the Milan derby.
...NEW YORK (AP) - Solange is the most nominated artist for this year's edition of BET's Soul Train Awards.
The younger sister of Beyonce has seven nominations, including best R&B/soul female artist and video and song of the year for her single "Cranes in the Sky."
Bruno Mars has six ...
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has called President Donald Trump "a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others" in response to Trump's comment Monday that former President Barack Obama and other commanders in chief "didn't make calls" to families ...
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AMES, Iowa (AP) - School district leaders have declared their support for members of a central Iowa high school marching band who protested inequality in the nation by leaving the football field during the national anthem.
The incident happened before Ames High School's home football game against another school Friday ...
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LONDON (AP) - American author George Saunders is the bookmakers' favorite to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction with his novel of the afterlife, "Lincoln in the Bardo."
Six novels are contending for the 50,000 pound ($66,000) prize, including Saunders' tale of Abraham Lincoln and his dead son ...
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TRENTON, Mich. (AP) - Construction has been completed for a school ship dock and fishing pier at the gateway to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.
Officials said in a release Monday the dock opens this spring. It extends 740 feet (225 meters) into the river and connects to a ...
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HONG KONG (AP) - Actress Michelle Yeoh said Tuesday that she was aware of Harvey Weinstein's reputation and would have unleashed "years of martial arts training" on the fallen Hollywood mogul had he ever tried to sexually harass her.
In a statement to The Associated Press, the Malaysian star added ...
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LONDON (AP) - Silicon Valley is a uniquely American creation, the product of an entrepreneurial spirit and no-holds-barred capitalism that now drives many aspects of modern life.
But the likes of Facebook, Google and Apple are increasingly facing an uncomfortable truth: it is Europe's culture of tougher oversight of companies, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Alyssa Milano was in bed with her two young children when a friend of a friend on Facebook suggested something that struck her as a great way to elevate the Harvey Weinstein conversation. She took the idea to Twitter, posting: "If you've been sexually harassed or ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York lawmaker says the state should refuse to grant tax credits to companies who fail to address repeated problems of sexual harassment in the workplace.
State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal said Monday that she's written legislation that would require firms to disclose sexual harassment complaints ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Wichita State is set to say goodbye to the small towns and hello to the big cities.
The Shockers are ready for their call up.
True, the Athletic American Association may not be a premier league, but the Shockers earned a promotion of sorts when it jilted ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Statistics show that the University of Louisville's enrollment and growth have been relatively unscathed so far during a series of scandals at the school.
The Courier-Journal reports that UofL's enrollment increased 4 percent between 2005 and 2016. But some are wondering how long the university's luck ...
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LONDON (AP) - British singer Ed Sheeran has told fans via Instagram that he's had a bicycle injury and may have to change some concert dates.
The popular singer said Monday he's had "a bit of a bicycle accident" and is "currently waiting on some medical advice, which may affect ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli archaeologists on Monday announced the discovery of the first known Roman-era theater in Jerusalem's Old City, a unique structure around 1,800 years old that abuts the Western Wall and may have been built during Roman Emperor Hadrian's reign.
The edifice's elegant masonry was found during excavations ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville's Athletics Association is expected to vote Monday morning on whether to fire men's basketball coach Rick Pitino in the wake of a national federal investigation of the sport.
Pitino was placed on unpaid administrative leave Sept. 27 by interim university President Greg Postel after the ...
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ROME (AP) - Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis would like to see some key players rested against Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday in preparation for Saturday's top-of-the-table clash with Inter Milan in Serie A.
De Laurentiis tells the Gazzetta dello Sport, "Those players that have been compiling ...
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Woody Allen is sounding the alarm against a Hollywood "witch hunt" in the wake of the allegations of sexual misconduct against movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
The famed filmmaker said he hoped the revelations would "transform into a benefit for people rather than just a sad or tragic situation."
"You also ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - For art aficionados, President Donald Trump's tax plan paints a pretty picture.
The president's tax overhaul proposal - which he has pitched as a boost for hardworking farmers and truckers - would repeal the federal estate tax paid by people who inherit multimillion-dollar estates. That break could ...
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MIAMI (AP) - If there was one takeaway from Lonzo Ball's first training camp and preseason, it was this: He doesn't sound like his dad.
There's no humility in Ball's game. The confidence of the Los Angeles Lakers' rookie point guard is through the roof when he's on the floor ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Just a year ago, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was attempting to get through the late innings of tight playoff games with long appearances by closer Kenley Jansen, a hodgepodge of veteran relievers and one desperate bailout from ace Clayton Kershaw.
One October later, Los Angeles' bullpen ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Like so many of her San Antonio teammates, Kelsey Plum was halfway around the world when she heard that the Stars were being sold and relocated.
Stars general manager Ruth Riley emailed the players to say they were having a conference call. The call confirmed rumors ...
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LONDON (AP) - British police are investigating three new allegations of sexual assault against film producer Harvey Weinstein, all made by the same woman.
London's Metropolitan Police force said Sunday that the woman reported being assaulted in London in 2010, 2011 and 2015. The force said officers from its Child ...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island congressman is pledging to donate his brain to research into a degenerative brain disease detected in former football players.
Democratic Rep. David Cicilline played Pop Warner football in his youth. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy has been detected after death in more than 200 men ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Las Vegas tourism sector is bracing for changes in the aftermath of the massacre that killed 58 people at an outdoor music festival.
Analysts who closely track the finances of the city's casino companies say Las Vegas will see a short-term dip in visitors in ...
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FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - The fans present at Fairmont Senior High School football games range from spirited students to the quarterback's parents, and it's Robert "Cam" Smith's goal to get them all hyped.
He's dressed as a polar bear, so it's hard to miss him as he dances and shakes ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - When the steamship considered the first cruise ship to originate in America left its New York City pier 150 years ago, the passenger list included a little-known California newspaperman writing under the pen name Mark Twain.
By the time the six-month overseas journey ended, the writer ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - Roger Federer extended his winning streak over Rafael Nadal this year to four matches after beating the top-ranked Spaniard 6-4, 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.
The Swiss 19-time grand slam winner, who still trails Nadal 23-15 in their overall head-to-head record, didn't face a ...
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's entertainment authority says it has cancelled plans for a concert featuring a famous Egyptian singer named Sherine, known for her rags-to-riches story.
The General Entertainment Authority said in a statement Sunday that the concert, which had been planned for the end of October ...
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INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - South Korean Jin Young Ko overcame a sluggish start to clinch her first LPGA Tour victory at the KEB Hana Bank Championship on Sunday.
Ko, who had been two strokes in front overnight, bogeyed two of the first three holes at the Ocean Course before ...
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Local governments and nonprofits trying to recover from major disasters have sometimes learned the hard way that money spent on protective measures, cleanup and rebuilding is not always reimbursed by the U.S. government.
The Associated Press analyzed more than 900 final appeals of public assistance from the Federal Emergency Management ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - After three years of underachievement, the Los Angeles Kings want to get back in championship form.
Drew Doughty thinks their outstanding start to the season shows they're on the way.
Doughty scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play with two minutes left in the Kings' ...
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - In his 14 years, Ayden Mills has endured more major health issues than most adults ever face.
An infection nearly claimed his life as a toddler. The damage the infection inflicted on his little body led to years of dialysis and, eventually, a kidney transplant. A ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Four female photo journalists have filed a pay discrimination lawsuit in federal court against the Detroit Free Press.
Former and current staff members allege in Friday's complaint that the newspaper underpaid them because they're women.
The lawsuit follows a study this year by the newspaper's union analyzing ...
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SHADY SPRING, W.Va. (AP) - Daylin Toms has loved sports since he was a toddler. Through the years, the sport that emerged as his favorite was wrestling.
He picked up the sport at age 4, and as the years went on he was giving the best wrestlers West Virginia had ...
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LEWES, Del. (AP) - At high tide on a clear day, you can forget about cruising down certain Lewes back roads, Janice Pinto said.
"It's impassible," she said. "It might be a beautiful sunny day, but because high tides are higher than they used to be, it's impassible."
Pinto, a ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - Top-seeded Rafael Nadal will play for his seventh title of the year at the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.
Nadal improved his current winning streak to 16 matches after beating fourth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia 7-5, 7-6 (3) Saturday in the semifinals.
Nadal, who won a tour-best sixth ...
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LONDON (AP) - British police say they've charged the uncle of the Duchess of Cambridge with assault after a late-night altercation in a London street.
The Metropolitan Police force says Gary Goldsmith faces a charge of assault by beating over an incident near his home Friday at 1:20 a.m. British ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Shoma Doi and substitute Yuma Suzuki scored as J-League leader Kashima Antlers beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 Saturday.
Doi put the hosts ahead in the 29th minute when he beat Sanfrecce 'keeper Hirotsugu Nakabayashi with a left-foot shot from 18 meters (yards).
Suzuki sealed the win with six ...
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LEEUWARDEN, Netherlands (AP) - A century ago on Sunday, an exotic dancer named Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad, condemned as a sultry Dutch double agent who supposedly caused the deaths of thousands of soldiers during World War I.
Her life and death became fodder almost overnight ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Pat Perez turned in an 8-under 64 at the third round of the PGA Tour's CIMB Classic to open up a four-shot lead over closest rival Xander Schauffele.
The American, who led by a single stroke coming into Saturday, turned on the style on the ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The University of New Mexico has announced that Native American potter and poet Nora Naranjo Morse will give the annual lecture named after Mexican-American novelist Rudolfo Anaya.
Naranjo Morse is scheduled to speak on campus Oct. 27 for the Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the ...
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