PARIS (AP) - Yannick Noah is staying on as France captain for the Davis Cup defense next year.
The French Tennis Federation announced Noah's decision on its Twitter feed on Thursday.
France won its 10th Davis Cup recently by defeating Belgium 3-2 in Lille.
It was France's first victory in ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Former NBC "Today" show host Matt Lauer provided the network with the following statement on Thursday morning, a day after being fired amid sexual misconduct allegations:
"There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and ...
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ROME (AP) - He reads Charles Bukowski, wears retro spectacles, and hunches over to jot down notes on a small pad during matches.
Maurizio Sarri seems like a throwback to another era of football coaches but his vision of the game is at the sport's vanguard.
If Serie A leader ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Fired "Today" show host Matt Lauer expresses sorry and regret, says repairing the damage is now a full time job.
MOSCOW (AP) - Scarf-wearing soccer fans in Russia are already getting excited about next year's World Cup, and some are even expecting quite a lot from the country's national team despite its poor recent record.
Sergei Martyshin, a 34-year-old marketing manager in Moscow sporting a Russian national team scarf, used ...
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MILAN (AP) - The Uffizi Gallery in Florence says lightning struck the museum overnight, setting off alarms that drew both firefighters and anti-terror police. No damage was caused to artwork.
Director Eike Schmidt said the emergency services arrived within minutes of the alarms, just after 5 a.m. Thursday.
The lightning ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's top anti-discrimination official for soccer has indicated spectators will be allowed to fly rainbow flags at the World Cup.
Alexei Smertin, a World Cup ambassador and the Russian Football Union's anti-racism and anti-discrimination inspector, says spectators won't be affected by a Russian law prohibiting "propaganda" of ...
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - As Zimbabweans celebrated the ouster of dictator Robert Mugabe, they danced on the streets to previously banned protest songs by one of the country's most famous musicians - a man jailed by the country's former white rulers and hounded by the black government that succeeded them.
...CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Two women have pleaded guilty to charges that they took thousands of dollars from a West Virginia youth soccer league for personal use.
WCHS-TV reports Crystal Lawrence and Kyra Phillips entered pleas to embezzlement Wednesday in Kanawha (kuh-NAW) County Circuit Court.
Court records show the pair ...
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Karen Chen's autobiography just hit the book shelves. Imagine what she can write about if she wins an Olympic medal in February.
The defending U.S. women's figure skating champion authored the book "Finding the Edge" with the help of Natalie England over the past few months. Chen calls it a ...
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ROME (AP) - For all his leadership qualities, Daniele De Rossi still can't shake his tendency to overreact to physical contact.
The Roma midfielder's slap to the face of Genoa forward Gianluca Lapadula over the weekend was the latest in a long line of undisciplined behavior.
There was the elbow ...
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man who pretended to be pop stars like Justin Bieber and Harry Styles to entice young girls into performing sexual acts during online video chats has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old John Eastman, of Waterbury, was also sentenced ...
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WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) - Alan Pardew has been hired as coach of West Bromwich Albion, securing a return to the Premier League after nearly a year out of management.
West Brom announced the appointment of the 56-year-old Pardew on Wednesday as a replacement for Tony Pulis, who was fired ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - NBC terminates 'Today' show host Matt Lauer for inappropriate behavior at workplace .
TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo marked 1,000 days to go until the 2020 Paralympics on Wednesday with a ceremony at the world's tallest tower.
The 634-meter (2,080-feet) Tokyo Sky Tree was lit up in red, blue and green - the three colors of the Paralympic symbol.
"We all have high expectations ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Television travel guide Rick Steves has made a stop in Chicago to advocate for legalizing marijuana in Illinois.
Steves is the host of the program "Rick Steves' Europe" and a proponent of legalizing recreational pot. He spoke Tuesday at a hearing called by Illinois legislators to consider ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is spending part of his work day in the midst of champions.
Cooper is scheduled to make remarks on Wednesday at the celebration marking the Durham Bulls' 2017 Triple-A national minor league baseball championship. The celebration is being held at Durham ...
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - One category on Rankin Elementary School report cards in the late 1960s proved prophetic for one of teacher Marsha Stewart's second-graders.
"There's a phrase on the cards that says, 'Works and plays well with others,'" Stewart recalled. "And that was Jerry."
"Jerry" was a polite, ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) - The murder of a Baltimore homicide detective shot in the head with his own gun two weeks ago has transformed into a feeding frenzy of speculation in a city filled with armchair sleuths and deeply suspicious views of law enforcers.
The unsolved Nov. 15 killing of Detective ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Four super maxis will be among 107 yachts entered in the Sydney to Hobart race beginning Dec. 26 from Sydney Harbour.
Christian Beck, the new owner of last year's champion Perpetual Loyal, now known as InfoTrack, has never experienced an offshore race.
He'll be up against Mark ...
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HOUSTON (AP) - Martha Barden hobbled around in so much pain - barely able to navigate stairs, always calculating distances she could walk - that her husband told her she needed knee replacement.
The Houston Chronicle reports the Friendswood woman didn't disagree, but she wasn't keen on surgery, which hadn't ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Snooki, JWOWW, The Situation and most of the original "Jersey Shore" cast is returning to MTV for another installment of the reality series next year.
MTV announced "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" on Monday during the premiere of "Floribama Shore," a spinoff of the original "Jersey Shore," ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is renewing his complaints about NFL players who kneel during the national anthem.
Players have been kneeling to protest racism and police brutality, particularly toward people of color. Trump says the act is disrespectful and is hurting the game.
Trump tweeted Tuesday that at ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood designer Gary Goddard is taking leave from his company amid accusations of sexual misconduct.
Goddard Group chief operating officer Barry Kemper announced in a press release late Monday night that Goddard would take "a leave of absence" from the company. Kemper says Goddard's absence will ...
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - A former Massachusetts high school girls' basketball coach charged with exposing himself to teenage girls has pleaded to sufficient facts in the case and been sentenced to probation.
Richard Moussette was also ordered by a judge Monday to undergo sex offender treatment, but he will not ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When the members of the rock band U2 were just young Irish lads, they made a pledge to each other that has remained steadfast throughout their decades-long run as rock stars. But frontman Bono said the band is now willing to break that promise in order ...
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Aaron Sorkin has a bit of a history with the nation's capital. The creator of "The West Wing" and writer who adapted his play "A Few Good Men" into an award-winning 1992 film extols Washington, D.C., as a terrific — though logistically difficult — place to make a film.
"I ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - An Australian soccer player will miss two league games for shoving a 10-year-old ball boy late in his team's FFA Cup final loss last week.
Adelaide United defender Michael Marrone received a four-match ban, with two suspended, after appearing at Football Federation Australia's independent disciplinary committee on ...
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Trent Williams isn't used to this.
The Washington Redskins' stellar left tackle for years has played through so many injuries that he figures "something has to be torn or broken" to not be in uniform. After missing just three games for injury from 2012-2016, Williams has ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah's professional soccer team, Real Salt Lake, has saved about $5 million over the last five years after its owner quietly persuaded the county to cut the team's stadium property tax assessment by about half.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported Sunday that Rio Tinto Stadium's ...
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SASSUOLO, Italy (AP) - Relegation-threatened Sassuolo has fired coach Cristian Bucchi.
The move comes two days after a 2-0 home loss to relegation rival Hellas Verona left Sassuolo in 16th place, only one point above the drop zone.
Bucchi was hired in June after Eusebio Di Francesco left to coach ...
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) - A 22-year-old woman has become the first contestant with Down syndrome to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant.
Mikayla Holmgren received the spirit award and the director's award at Sunday night pageant at the Ames Center in Burnsville. The audience gave Holmgren a standing ovation ...
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MILAN (AP) - AC Milan fired Vincenzo Montella and named Gennaro Gattuso as coach Monday after the club failed to produce inspiring results with a completely revamped squad.
Milan, which spent more than 200 million euros (nearly $250 million) on new players in the offseason, has won only two of ...
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LONDON (AP) - Prince Harry, who is fifth in line for the British throne, has become engaged to the American actress Meghan Markle. They plan to marry in the spring.
Here are some key events in Harry's life.
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Sept. 15, 1984: Prince Harry is born to Prince Charles, the ...
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - Ajax will share its experience in nurturing young talent with Guangzhou R&F and help the Chinese soccer club develop its own youth academy.
Four-time European champion Ajax signed a five-year, 10 million euro ($12 million) deal Monday, saying it will also help the Dutch club to grow.
...PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) - Notre Dame, Villanova and Wichita State have serious potential for deep March runs.
Duke's freshmen are fast learners.
And Arizona is in an early funk.
Three Thanksgiving-week tournaments - the Maui Invitational, the Battle 4 Atlantis and the PK80 Invitational's two brackets - provided early ...
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When soccer officials gather this week in Russia for the World Cup draw, some will have a wary eye on reports from a New York courtroom.
FIFA leaders will be joined by delegations from 32 World Cup teams as guests of President Vladimir Putin on Friday evening in Moscow. They ...
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Alabama's body of work is complete.
All that's left is the waiting game.
The powerhouse program, which had been ranked No. 1 all season by The Associated Press, ceded control of its playoff destiny with its first loss of the season.
A 26-14 setback to bitter rival Auburn dropped ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ben Roethlisberger used the phrase "Hall of Famer." So did Ramon Foster.
Antonio Brown is flattered by the lengths his Pittsburgh Steeler teammates go to try and describe what their remarkable wide receiver does on a weekly basis. And while there's little doubt the supremely confident Brown ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters didn't shy away when asked to comment on sexual harassment just after being crowned.
The representative from South Africa said that women who stand together are unbreakable and able to speak up when they see something wrong in the workplace or at ...
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FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) - Malachi Flynn had 24 points and Robert Franks added 22 to lead Washington State to the championship of the Wooden Legacy tournament with a 93-86 victory over San Diego State on Sunday night.
The Cougars (6-0) rallied from nine points down midway through the second half ...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos estimates it will take two or three years to return the football program to a level of competitiveness more in line with its traditional place as one of the college game's blue bloods. He has a list of a half-dozen names ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Members of the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit will begin their annual campaign to raise money toward holiday gifts for children.
The sales day starts at 6 a.m. Monday. Detroit police officers and firefighters will take to the streets to sell "Goodfellow editions" of The Detroit ...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Game and Parks has scheduled three free Family Ice Fishing clinics in January.
The first, a classroom clinic, will be held Jan. 6 at Yanney Heritage Park's Environmental Resource Center in Kearney from 5 to 9 p.m.
An on-ice clinic will be held Jan. 7 ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For the second time this year, fire has damaged the velodrome built for last year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics. There were no reports of injuries.
Images from local media showed firefighters early Sunday extinguishing flames from the building's rooftop. There was no immediate word on ...
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RUKA, Finland (AP) - Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo completed a perfect opening weekend in the cross-country skiing World Cup, taking his third win Sunday in a 10-kilometer freestyle pursuit.
Fresh off winning Friday's sprint and Saturday's 10K classic, Klaebo completed his clean sweep by beating fellow Norwegian Martin Johnsrud Sundby in ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Kashima Antlers missed a chance to secure their record ninth J-League title on Sunday after being held to a 0-0 draw at home against Kashiwa Reysol.
A win for Antlers would have secured the title with one game remaining.
Kashima are five points clear of second-placed Kawasaki ...
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Stud and Muffin, the Humane Society of the Palouse's beloved doggy duo since 2014, have been adopted to separate homes in Pullman, HSoP officials said.
Executive Director Tara Wimer told the Daily News the two mixed-breeds, once inseparable when they came to the shelter nearly three ...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Shawn Roundtree had 15 points and six assist to lead Central Michigan to a 75-72 win over CSU Bakersfield on Saturday night in the championship game of the 40th, and final, Great Alaska Shootout.
Luke Meyer shot 6 of 7 from the field and finished with ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The pedestals of confederate monuments taken down in New Orleans and North Carolina are being repurposed for a video made for singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples.
In one scene, a black woman approaches the pedestal that once showed off the Confederacy's first president and ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Downtown Boston is bracing for a tuba takeover.
More than 150 tuba players will lug their instruments to Faneuil Hall Marketplace for this weekend's 32nd annual Boston Tuba Christmas Concert.
Saturday afternoon's free concert will be held at the west end of the sprawling marketplace starting at ...
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Rafael Silva scored late to give Urawa Reds of Japan a 2-1 aggregate victory over Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal in the Asian Champions League final on Saturday.
The Brazilian fired home at Saitama Stadium in the 88th minute for a 1-0 win in the second leg. Silva also scored for ...
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RUKA, Finland (AP) - Marit Bjoergen, the most successful women's cross-country skier in history, won a 10-kilometer classic race in the World Cup on Saturday as she builds up to her fifth Olympics.
The 37-year-old Norwegian claimed her 111th career World Cup win by a comfortable 17-second margin from Sweden's ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, has banned the director of a Stockholm cultural center from attending a Nobel banquet after several women made sexual misconduct allegations against the man.
Earlier this week, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter published allegations from 18 women claiming ...
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HONG KONG (AP) - S.S.P. Chawrasia shot a 1-under 69 Saturday in the third round for a one-stroke lead at the Hong Kong Open.
The 39-year-old Indian is at 10-under 200 overall at the Hong Kong Golf Club.
Last year's runnerup, Rafa Cabrera Bello, hit six birdies, two bogeys and ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Caleb Martin tossed in 22 points and snared six rebounds and twin brother Cody added 16 points, seven boards and three steals to power Nevada to a 67-54 victory over Hawaii on Friday night.
Jordan Caroline added 13 points for the unbeaten Wolf Pack (6-0), who closed ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Jalen Hudson had a career-high 35 points, including eight 3-pointers, and No. 7 Florida downed No. 17 Gonzaga 111-105 in double overtime on Friday night at the PK80 Invitational.
Chris Chiozza added a career-high 26 points and 10 assists for the Gators (5-0), who go on ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Lionel Messi received his fourth Golden Shoe award on Friday for leading all of Europe's leagues in scoring last season.
It was the fourth time the Barcelona forward has received the honor, drawing him even with Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo as the record-holders for the ...
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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - When Stanford steps on the field to take on No. 9 Notre Dame, it would be understandable if the 20th-ranked Cardinal also paid close attention to what was happening several hundred miles north of the Bay Area.
Because as much as it would mean for Stanford ...
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LILLE, France (AP) - A four-man coaching team will take provisional charge of French soccer club Lille in the wake of Marcelo Bielsa's dismissal.
Lille says Fernando Da Cruz, Joao Sacramento, Benoit Delaval and Franck Mantaux will be in charge of the team until further notice.
Lille announced earlier this ...
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LONDON (AP) - A major London bookmaker has suspended betting on whether Prince Harry will marry American actress Meghan Markle in 2018 amid rumors an engagement may be announced soon.
Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes said Friday that it seems an engagement announcement "is to be confirmed imminently."
The bookmaker has ...
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MONACO (AP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport has imposed a four-year ban on a road runner in a steroid doping case, after judging that Kenyan authorities treated him too leniently.
The Athletics Integrity Unit says it welcomes the CAS ruling in an appeal brought by the IAAF.
Benjamin ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A University of Louisville graduate student has been named a George J. Mitchell scholar.
The school says in a statement that music student James May is one of 12 students across the nation - and the first at UofL - to be selected for the Ireland ...
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HONG KONG (AP) - S.S.P. Chawrasia extended his lead at the Hong Kong Open to two strokes Friday after a 4-under 66 in the second round.
Chawrasia, who had led by one at the Hong Kong Golf Club, is at 9-under 131 overall and took as much as a five-stroke ...
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Lindsay Weiss once lost her cellphone and got it back, so she and a friend knew what they had to do when they discovered a camera under a pew during a festival in the Nevada desert - even though it meant giving up their coveted, shady ...
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FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) - Devin Watson scored 12 points, Trey Kell added 11, and San Diego State made 10 of 25 3-pointers in beating Sacramento State 89-52 in Thursday night's opening round of the Wooden Legacy.
Jalen McDaniels scored eight points and grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and Matt Mitchell ...
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Two firms hoping to join forces and become a leader in the as-yet unapproved U.S. sports betting market are trying to outmaneuver a rival as they scramble for position in what will likely be a multi-billion dollar market.
Las Vegas-based Scientific Games has begun buying ...
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RAYMOND, Maine (AP) - Police in Maine say a driver was hospitalized after crashing into a tree and his girlfriend traveling in a separate car who called 911 was arrested on a drunken driving charge.
Police said 47-year-old Tom Hardy, of Poland, Maine, suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries in the ...
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MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) - Some 13,000 runners and walkers are expected to turn out for the 81st running of the Manchester Road Race.
The elite runners signed up for the Thursday morning race include five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat along with fellow Olympians Paul Chelimo and Hassan Mead.
Ben True of ...
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portuguese referees say they will go on strike next month if soccer clubs, coaches and players continue to excessively complain about their performances.
The referees also want the approval of actions to reinforce punishment for those who break ethical and disciplinary regulations that are in place ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico Museum of Art is marking its centennial year with a special reopening.
Officials say the daylong celebration is set for Saturday. It will include events in the museum, the surrounding streets and on the historic plaza in downtown Santa Fe.
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CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - Wales recalled its frontline forwards and kept faith with playmaker Owen Williams at inside center for the rugby test against New Zealand on Saturday.
Welsh hopes of a first victory over the All Blacks since 1953 have been hit by injuries to fullback Liam Williams and ...
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LONDON (AP) - A major study into whether soccer players are at risk of degenerative brain disease has been commissioned amid concerns that the sport's authorities in England haven't done enough to tackle the issue.
The Football Association and Professional Footballers' Association have appointed a research team, based in Scotland, ...
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Here are some things to watch in the final week of the Southeastern Conference regular season:
GAME OF THE WEEK: The Iron Bowl. There are plenty of solid rivalry games this week, but it doesn't get any better than No. 1 Alabama (No. 1 CFP) at No. 6 Auburn (No. ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Brandon McCoy scored 26 points and grabbed 17 rebounds on Wednesday night to lead UNLV to an 85-58 victory over Utah in the Heavyweight bracket's championship game at the MGM Grand Main Event.
McCoy was named MVP of the tournament.
Ahead by 10 at halftime, the ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Disney Channel star Jordan Fisher has been crowned the winner of "Dancing with the Stars" alongside partner Lindsay Arnold.
Fisher beat out violinist Lindsey Stirling and actor Frankie Muniz for the Mirrorball Trophy on the season 25 finale of the ABC reality competition Tuesday.
Fisher paid ...
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Bragging rights, trophies, division titles and playoff chances.
They are all on the line this week in the last full slate of the season, a Thanksgiving college football feast from the Egg Bowl to the Apple Cup.
A conference-by-conference rundown of the races:
POWER FIVE
Atlantic Coast Conference
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Reaction to the death of singer and actor David Cassidy:
"I have known, loved, and admired David Cassidy for 48 out of my 58 years. He has been as kind to me as any real brother could ever be. We've been through a lot together and ...
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The Boston Celtics' story right now defies logic.
They spent the summer ripping up a team that was the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs last season. They won the Gordon Hayward sweepstakes and got to have the All-Star for all of five minutes before a gruesome injury ...
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BERLIN (AP) - One of Germany's most famous rock stars, the frontman of punk band Die Toten Hosen, is throwing his support behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel, calling on her to "hang in there" after talks to form new government collapsed over the weekend.
Party talks broke down after the ...
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - For someone once constantly told he was too small to have an NHL future, Brian Gionta is enjoying a few last laughs entering the twilight of his career.
At 38, the 5-foot-7, 180-pound forward has no regrets with the decision he made last summer to put ...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to exposing her unborn child to opioids.
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy, in a news release Tuesday, said 29-year-old Nikki Cox-Musgrove was sentenced Monday in the drug case.
Dowdy says ...
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SEVILLE, Spain (AP) - Spanish club Sevilla says coach Eduardo Berizzo has been diagnosed with a malignant tumor.
The announcement was made a day after Sevilla rallied to hold Liverpool to a 3-3 draw in the group stage of the Champions League.
The club says future exams will determine what ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 55.
Hvorostovsky's office said in a statement Wednesday that the acclaimed singer "died peacefully" earlier and was "surrounded by family" near his home in London.
"May the warmth of his voice and his ...
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Some things to watch on the final weekend of the regular season in the Big 12 Conference, with two games the day after Thanksgiving and three more on Saturday:
GAME OF THE WEEK
West Virginia (7-4, 5-3) at No. 3 Oklahoma (10-1, 7-1, No. 4 CFP). While the Sooners have ...
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BERLIN (AP) - A cigarette case, a handwritten musical score, three diaries and two pairs of John Lennon's signature metal-rimmed glasses were among stolen goods belonging to the Beatles' star that have been recovered in Germany.
Berlin police spokesman Winfrid Wenzel on Tuesday called the recovery of the trove of ...
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Students and teachers are mourning the loss of an 18-year-old New Hampshire youth killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest at a hardware store parking lot in Goffstown.
Several hundred people gathered at Memorial High School on Monday night for a candlelight vigil in ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is working on a book about his views on race and his support for taking down four Confederate monuments earlier this year.
Viking told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Landrieu's "In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History" ...
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UDINE, Italy (AP) - Udinese has fired coach Luigi Delneri after earning only 12 points from 12 matches this season.
The Serie A club says Delneri and assistant Giuseppe Ferazzoli have been relieved of their duties.
Former Pescara coach Massimo Oddo, who won the World Cup with Italy as a ...
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TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama sheriff says he believes an Atlanta-based rapper and a music promoter were slain outside of the county where their bodies were found.
The bodies of rapper Edward Reeves, known as Bambino Gold; and Kendrick Stokes, known as Skooly Kee Da Tooly, were found about ...
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VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican and China have announced a first-ever exchange of artworks for exhibits in Beijing and the Vatican Museums, as the two states forge ahead with soft diplomacy amid a stalemate in negotiations to heal decades of diplomatic estrangement.
The parallel exhibits, involving an exchange of ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Portland is clamping down on defense and the effort is leading to recent success for the Trail Blazers.
The team has held seven of the last eight opponents under 100 points, including Memphis on Monday night as the Trail Blazers pulled away from the Grizzlies for ...
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ZURICH (AP) - Diego Maradona will be reunited on stage with World Cup rival Gary Lineker at the draw in Moscow next week.
FIFA says Maradona will represent Argentina in the State Kremlin Palace, where all eight World Cup-winning nations will send a playing great to assist in the draw.
...NEW YORK (AP) - Charlie Rose is the latest public figure to be felled by sexual misconduct allegations, with PBS halting distribution of his nightly interview show and CBS News suspending him following a Washington Post report with the accusations of eight women.
The women, who all worked for Rose ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU coach Ed Orgeron and the 19th-ranked Tigers can hardly afford to have their remarkable turnaround fizzle out now.
A home finale against Texas A&M is all that stands between the 19th-ranked Tigers (8-3, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) and their best record in SEC play since ...
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MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - One of Virginia's newly elected lawmakers has made a red carpet appearance at the American Music Awards.
The Washington Post reports pop star Demi Lovato took Del.-elect Danica Roem as her date to the show in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Lovato says she is "completely ...
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Struggling Premier League team West Bromwich Albion fired manager Tony Pulis on Monday despite his reputation as a virtual guarantee against relegation.
The move seemed inevitable after West Brom's 4-0 loss at home to Chelsea on Saturday, which dropped the team to within a point and a place of the ...
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URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois plans to offer new degrees that combine computer science with music or crop sciences.
University officials say the new bachelor of science in computer and crop sciences will be the first degree of its kind in the U.S.
They say it's a ...
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WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) - West Bromwich Albion has fired manager Tony Pulis after the team dropped to within a point of the Premier League's relegation zone.
West Brom announced the move on Monday, with chairman John Williams saying "we are in a results business and over the back end ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - One of the nation's largest domed stadiums is set for implosion.
Nearly 5,000 pounds of explosives are on hand to blast the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to smithereens Monday at 7:30 a.m.
If all goes well, the dome that opened in 1992 will be flattened within about ...
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The countdown to launch creeps closer and there's still plenty for self-taught rocket scientist Mad Mike Hughes to do: Last-second modifications to his vessel. Pick up his flight suit. Leave out enough food for his four cats - just in case anything happens.
Hughes is a 61-year-old limo driver who's ...
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Hour after hour in a New York City courtroom, the schemes to corrupt world soccer are spilling out.
The millions of dollars in "inducements" to secure contracts to televise matches. The bribes sought by FIFA executives with the power to determine World Cup hosts. The death threats for cooperating with ...
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Dallas Cowboys have lost both games without Ezekiel Elliott, and owner Jerry Jones is still trying to explain what the six-game suspension for his star running back has to do with his objections over a contract extension for Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Jones said after a ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Jeff Walz and his Louisville Cardinals are off to a hot start.
The fifth-ranked Cardinals won the preseason WNIT by beating No. 10 Oregon in the championship game Sunday. That came after a superb second-half defensive effort against No. 24 Michigan in the semifinals. The Cardinals ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland, Oregon, man who has studied gap's in the city's policy for protecting undocumented immigrants from deportation is among this year's class of Rhodes scholars.
JaVaugh T. "J.T." Flowers graduated from Yale University with a degree in political science. He helped start an organization that ...
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No. 5 Wisconsin handled its close-up in a most Wisconsin way and No. 2 Miami went back to being the Cardiac 'Canes.
Saturday was the sort of the calm before and after college football's storms. The past two weeks featured 14 games matching ranked teams. The next two weeks are ...
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A University of Vermont music professor is resigning his position as chairman of the Department of Music and Dance because of reductions in course offerings.
The Burlington Free Press reports that D. Thomas Toner stepped aside this month after he was asked to recommend cuts estimated ...
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Geneva, Monaco, Luxembourg and ... Delaware?
Long a darling of secretive limited liability companies, the First State is building a reputation as a prime location for out-of-state art collectors and investors to park their multimillion-dollar masterpieces and reap the tax benefits.
In the last two years, ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Tommy Fleetwood was crowned the European Tour's Race to Dubai champion Sunday after a spectacular collapse on the back nine by his nearest challenger, Justin Rose.
Rose appeared to be on track for a third win in as many starts when he eased to ...
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PARIS (AP) - France, the country of both Brigitte Bardot and Simone de Beauvoir, is in a bind over where seduction ends and sexual harassment begins.
Since the allegations of rape and sexual harassment emerged against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein, the country synonymous with love has been torn between ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Emerging Australian soccer star Aaron Mooy and former winners Shinji Kagawa of Japan and South Korean Son Heung-min make up the shortlist for this year's Asian International Player of the Year award.
And Ange Postecoglou - who's still to decide whether he'll take Australia to the World ...
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LONDON (AP) - When Britain's 21-year-old Princess Elizabeth married 26-year-old Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in 1947, the wedding sparked joy and celebration in a country just recovering from World War II.
Seven decades on, the couple who would become Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip - now 91 ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Rashaad Penny had a San Diego State-record 429 all-purpose yards and scored four touchdowns to help San Diego State beat Nevada 42-23 on Saturday night.
Penny finished with 24 carries for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, 201 yards and two scores on three returns (two kickoff ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - England has joined defending champion Australia, Tonga and Fiji in the semifinals of the Rugby League World Cup after weekend quarterfinals which showed the full flowering of Pacific Islands league on the world stage.
Australia continued its imperious progress to the final four with a 46-0 ...
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The performers at the 2017 American Music Awards are evenly split between men and women, but the nominees? Not so much.
In categories like artist of the year and favorite pop/rock album, where men and women compete, no female acts are in contention. Other categories where male acts dominate include ...
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has apologized after a gossip website posted a 4-year-old video of him making a racially insensitive comment.
The Blast website reported the video was shot in 2013 at a Dallas hotel by a white man who asked Jones if he would ...
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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) - One of Ohio's most storied prep gyms will host its final high school basketball game Dec. 8.
The Middletown school district in southwest Ohio says the Middies will play their archrival Hamilton Big Blue at Wade E. Miller Gym, then open play at the new Wade ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - In the weeks since dozens of women have accused movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of rape or sexual, unleashing an avalanche of similar charges against other prominent men across American life, women and men of color have been largely absent from the national furor.
The stories of abuse ...
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BOSTON (AP) - The charitable foundation founded by the Boston Marathon bombing hero seen in an iconic photo wearing a cowboy hat as he helped rescue victims is giving away Thanksgiving turkeys to veterans and their families.
The Arredondo Family Foundation is handing out 100 turkeys at each of five ...
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's official news agency says Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish weightlifter who was known as "Pocket Hercules" and who won three Olympic gold medals, has died. He was 50.
Suleymanoglu was considered one of the sport's greatest athletes and earned his nickname for his strength and diminutive ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Defender Elsinho scored late in the second half as Kawasaki Frontale beat Gamba Osaka 1-0 at home on Saturday to keep their J-League title hopes alive.
Elsinho scored his fifth goal of the season on a left-footed shot from close range in the 81st minute.
With the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Al Franken has written a letter to the woman who accused him of forcibly kissing and groping her, saying he is ashamed of his actions and apologizes.
Los Angeles radio host Leeann Tweeden read the letter Friday while appearing on the TV talk show "The View." ...
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CHARLO, Mont. (AP) - It all started with a headache.
During the third quarter of a Class C football game against Clark Fork Co-Op in Alberton, Charlo Vikings lineman Nick Daugherty started to feel nauseated. Maybe it was a cold, the 16-year-old sophomore with curly red hair thought to himself, ...
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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - Gordon Mellott lives a crazy busy life. And that is just the way he loves it.
From his work with Inland Oasis, his "day job" at Essence Salon, acting, directing and lending every helping hand he can with the Moscow Community Theater and his longheld role ...
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LOUDON, N.H. (AP) - A planning board has approved a three-day country music festival for next summer at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The Concord Monitor reports the board in Loudon granted permission just for a one-time concert between June 1 and Sept. 1, followed by a review of the ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A well-preserved issue of the 1938 comic book to feature Superman is heading to the auction block.
Profiles in History announced Friday that it will sell a copy of Action Comics #1 at a Dec. 19 auction in Los Angeles. The comic, which features Superman ...
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers University has fired its women's swimming and diving coach amid mental and verbal abuse allegations.
Petra Martin's dismissal came Thursday after athletics director Patrick Hobbs met with the team on Wednesday.
Hobbs told NJ.com "we both agreed that it was in the best interests ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - Supermodel Gigi Hadid said Friday she will not be walking the Victoria's Secret fashion show in Shanghai next week, a few months after Chinese internet users accused her of racist behavior.
Hadid said in a post on her Twitter account: "I'm so bummed I won't be able ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Actor Tom Sizemore has addressed recent allegations that he groped an 11-year-old Utah girl during a 2003 photo shoot.
Sizemore says he never inappropriately touched the child and calls the claims "highly disturbing."
A police report released Wednesday says the child actor reported that Sizemore ...
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Al Hilal captain Osama Hawsawi is heartened by World Cup qualifying results to believe his side can break east Asia's dominance in the Asian Champions League final.
Al Hilal hosts Urawa Reds of Japan on Saturday in Riyadh in the first leg.
Hawsawi's club has won the league twice from ...
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LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) - Officials say they will try to herd a wayward humpback whale that has been seen swimming in a Long Island channel back to the Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Marine Conservation Society scientist Rob DiGiovanni says the 28-foot (8.53-meter) teenage humpback whale was spotted a week ago ...
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Attendees of the University of Alabama's football game this weekend will be required to pass through metal detectors at select gates around Bryant-Denny Stadium.
The Tuscaloosa News reports the university said in a news release that the walk-through metal detectors and wands are part of a ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken faced a storm of criticism and a likely ethics investigation after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her and groping her during a 2006 USO tour. He was the first member of Congress caught up in the recent wave ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Soccer's attendance is up and fan interest is booming, even if television broadcasts are far less popular and some young Americans would rather play in Europe.
MLS averaged 22,000 in attendance for the first time in its history this season, ranked among the top ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - James Harden looked up at the halftime totals Thursday night and couldn't believe what he saw, despite how well he and the Houston Rockets had shot the ball.
"I thought there was something wrong with the score," he said.
There wasn't. Harden scored 23 of his 48 ...
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LONDON (AP) - London's Old Vic theater says it has received allegations of "a range of inappropriate behavior" against Kevin Spacey.
The theater said Thursday the 20 allegations deal with incidents between 1995 and 2013. The allegations follow an investigation that a law firm began in October, at the request ...
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Borussia Dortmund's best start to the Bundesliga is all but forgotten amid the turmoil of failing to win in the league since September.
Now the club is hoping another start after the international break will bring a badly needed change of fortune to stay on new ...
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HUDSON, N.C. (AP) - A football team that finished the regular season with just one win is headed to the second round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association playoffs.
The Charlotte Observer reports that South Caldwell, with a record of 1-10, will host Hickory Ridge, with a record ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is exhorting three suspended UCLA basketball players to thank Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) for their freedom following a shoplifting incident while they were in China.
Trump had tweeted Wednesday: "Do you think the three UCLA basketball p layers will say thank you ...
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A trolley service connecting Evansville's most-popular entertainment districts could be running by the end of this year.
Organizers say they've raised more than the $25,000 necessary to receive a matching grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority.
The Evansville Courier & Press reports ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The massive Museum of the Bible, scheduled to open Friday in Washington, has three main exhibit floors, lecture and meeting space, restaurants and a rooftop garden, a ballroom and a 472-seat theater with wraparound projection walls. The museum is located three blocks from the Capitol and was ...
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A southern New Mexico promoter is eying a 21,000 seat amphitheater in Las Cruces while the city of El Paso's downtown arena is caught in a legal battle.
Barbara "Mother" Hubbard told the KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, this week she wants to see a ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight years ago, Hobby Lobby president Steve Green found a new way to express his Christian faith. His family's $4 billion arts and craft chain was already known for closing stores on Sundays, waging a Supreme Court fight over birth control and donating tens of millions of ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Louise Erdrich, Neil Gaiman and Mary Higgins Clark are among more than 35 authors contributing original stories for a collection supporting the American Civil Liberties Union.
Touchstone told The Associated Press on Wednesday that "It Occurs to Me That I Am America" will be published Jan. ...
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CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian officials say star singer Sherine Abdel-Wahab has been banned from performing in the country following what they say was her inappropriate remark during a recent concert in Lebanon.
A video clip of the concert purportedly shows the singer warning a fan against alleged health hazards involved ...
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey is launching a statewide campaign to prevent conflict between police officers and citizens.
Attorney General Christopher Porrino on Wednesday will discuss the information sharing initiative during a news conference at Friendship Baptist Church in Trenton.
The campaign includes a commercial featuring NBA champion and ...
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Ivory Coast's football federation says coach Marc Wilmots is leaving after the team's failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
The federation says it parted with the former Belgium coach on good terms after his six-month spell in charge.
Ivory Coast was eliminated Sunday ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and embattled Senate candidate Roy Miller (all times local):
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Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity has given Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore 24 hours to explain "inconsistencies" in his response to allegations of child molestation false or ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Mile Jedinak led Australia into next year's World Cup with three goals in Wednesday's 3-1 intercontinental playoff victory over Honduras.
Jedinak, who missed the latter stages of Australia's Asian qualifying campaign because of injury, opened the scoring with a deflected free kick in the 54th minute, bringing ...
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan State University is putting a $1 million gift toward expanding and renovating its music facilities.
The East Lansing school announced Tuesday the money from alumni Byron and Dolores Cook helps launch a project to build a Music Pavilion for the university's College of Music. ...
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LYNN, Ind. (AP) - Growing up at the Morrison house was always intense.
Brock Morrison was older and taller sibling, so when he played one-on-one with his younger sister, Jill, she didn't stand a chance.
That's his side of the story, anyway, though he admits, Jill often got the best ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter is at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to appeal against disqualification from the 2008 Olympics in a doping case that cost Usain Bolt a 4x100-meter relay gold medal.
Carter shielded his face from media on arriving at sport's highest court on ...
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Papa John's is apologizing for comments made by CEO John Schnatter blaming sluggish pizza sales on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.
Papa John's is a major NFL sponsor and advertiser, and Schnatter said on an earnings call Nov. 1 that "NFL leadership has hurt Papa John's shareholders" and ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - People magazine named Blake Shelton its Sexiest Man Alive for 2017 on Tuesday, but it took some convincing by his girlfriend Gwen Stefani to get her guy on board.
The country music superstar and coach on NBC's "The Voice" hates being the center of attention, the ...
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Bobby Doerr, the Hall of Fame second baseman dubbed the "Silent Captain" of the Boston Red Sox by longtime teammate and life-long friend Ted Williams, has died. He was 99.
Doerr died Monday, the Red Sox said Tuesday in a statement.
"Bobby Doerr was part ...
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MONROE, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan State basketball strength and conditioning coach has been charged with reckless driving causing death following a July crash that killed two people.
Monroe County authorities say a pickup truck driven by 37-year-old Todd Moyer struck the rear of a car on U.S. 23 in ...
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ROME (AP) - The best players in the world go elsewhere. The best coaches in Italy emigrate. The stadiums around the country are falling apart.
The lingering problems affecting Italy's domestic league might just be the reason for the country's failure to qualify for next year's World Cup.
The Italian ...
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BEIJING (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he's hopeful that three UCLA basketball players detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting will be allowed to return home soon.
Trump said he had a long conversation on the matter with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
"They're working on it right now," ...
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CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - Wales says center Jonathan Davies will miss around six months because of a foot injury.
The Welsh Rugby Union said on Tuesday that Davies requires surgery after he was injured in the final seconds of Wales' 29-21 loss to Australia on Saturday.
It means Davies is ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - In a ceremony that balanced the glitz that Las Vegas embodies and the tragedy from which it is still recovering, the Oakland Raiders broke ground on a 65,000-seat domed stadium across the freeway from the city's world-famous casinos.
Prince protegee Judith Hill opened Monday's ceremony with ...
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No Zeke means no playoffs for the Dallas Cowboys.
Without Ezekiel Elliott, who began serving a six-game suspension for allegations of domestic abuse, the Cowboys (5-4) couldn't do anything on offense in a 27-7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Elliott had four 100-yard games and seven touchdowns rushing ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - There were movie stars and supermodels, TV hosts and pop stars.
But perhaps the most rapturous ovation at Glamour magazine's annual Women of the Year awards went to 79-year-old Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters of California, who delighted the crowd - including hundreds of cheering young ...
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Jordan Caroline had a double-double and Caleb Martin scored 24 points to help Nevada hold on for an 88-81 win over Rhode Island on Monday night.
Caroline made 7 of 13 field-goal attempts and hit a career-high 14 free throws on 17 attempts to finish with ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Sherriff Drammeh had 15 points, five rebounds and five assists and Jack Purchase added 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists to help Hawaii beat Troy 72-67 in overtime Monday night to win the Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic.
Gibson Johnson also had 12 points and eight rebounds ...
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The Race to Dubai has reached the home straight, and only three players are still in the running.
Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose or Sergio Garcia will be Europe's No. 1 player for 2017 after the final event of the season on the European Tour, this week's DP World Tour Championship ...
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"Future Home of the Living God" (Harper), by Louise Erdrich
Evolution runs amok in Louise Erdrich's new novel, "Future Home of the Living God." Ladybugs are the size of cats. Dragonflies have three-foot wingspans. Few women survive childbirth because of a fatal autoimmune response, and because infants are bigger, some ...
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PARIS (AP) - As empires fall, brands rise.
No longer buoyed by Napoleonic empire-making and the power the French language once commanded, the French have honed new ways to exert cultural influence in a rapidly-changing, globalized world: brand diplomacy.
The opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi over the weekend is ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Sadio Mane is returning to Liverpool after being released earlier than expected by Senegal following a recurrence of a hamstring injury.
The forward helped Senegal beat South Africa 2-0 on Friday to secure a place in its first World Cup since 2002.
The teams will meet ...
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LONDON (AP) - A British newspaper has reported that a noted Scrabble star has been banned from competition for a year for allegedly breaking rules of the popular board game.
The Times said Monday that Allan Simmons has been banned for a year by the Association of British Scrabble Players ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Vice Media, the North American media network popular among millennials, has launched an ambitious new project in Arabic targeting youth in the Middle East.
Known for tackling thorny and controversial issues, Vice and its regional partner, Moby Group, will have to navigate the region's ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Derby Museum has announced a $6.5 million project to renovate and expand.
A statement from the nonprofit museum says plans call for adding more than 11,000 square feet (1,022 sq. meters) to the facility in Louisville and renovating about 5,000 square feet (465 sq. ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The sweaters with the intricate designs inspired by the art of Andrew Warhol, Picasso or a Grecian urn, can fit in the palm of a small adult's hand.
The knitted gloves sit on a fingertip.
It's hard to imagine that human hands, however deft, created the elfin-sized ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - What an opening weekend in college basketball as the stars shined and the top teams played liked contenders.
UConn showed it has moved past its shocking loss in the national semifinals last season with a rout of No. 10 Stanford in the top-ranked Huskies' opener on ...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Six-time Iditarod finisher Wade Marrs says one of his dog has suffered a broken leg after a car hit his team and then drove away.
KTUU-TV reports that rookie Iditarod musher Andrew Nolan was running Marrs' team on Friday when an oncoming vehicle hit the dogs.
...NEW YORK (AP) - Three former South American soccer officials are going to trial in a U.S. case expected to provide a window into systemic corruption within FIFA, the sport's governing body.
Jose Maria Marin, Manuel Burga and Juan Angel Napout have pleaded not guilty to racketeering, wire fraud and ...
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa Western Community College professor and literacy advocate has donated hundreds of books to a county jail.
Nicole Juranek, a communications professor at the community college in Council Bluffs, hauled 800 paperback books to the Pottawattamie County Jail on Wednesday to give inmates there ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police say a livery cab driver has died after he crashed shortly after an angry pedestrian struck him in the head with a hockey stick.
Police say the 68-year-old Lincoln Town car livery cab driver was hit in the head by the pedestrian ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Open houses are planned this month on a proposed garden for Detroit's Belle Isle by Dutch designer Piet Oudolf.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Garden Club of Michigan are hosting public meetings Tuesday and Nov. 28. Oudolf's work is seen at Lurie Garden in ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Boston's art scene is getting a Dutch treat with a twist: a flurry of donated 17th-century masterpieces that experts say will change the city's museum landscape for decades to come.
First, collectors gifted the Museum of Fine Arts with 113 leading Golden Age masterpieces - including a ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Samuel Kalalei has won the Athens Marathon, beating Milton Rotich by just over two minutes in a Kenyan sweep of the top five.
Kalalei broke away from the pre-race favorite Rotich after the 35-kilometer mark to win the hilly course in 2 hours, 12 minutes and ...
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