MONROEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - The will of "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee is public following a lawsuit by The New York Times, but details on her estate remain a secret.
The Times reports the will unsealed Tuesday shows most of Lee's assets were transferred into a trust days ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA is expanding its international academies to include developmental camps for top female prospects.
The league announced Wednesday that the first camp will be held in Mexico City from March 9-11 and will bring in the top 20-25 players ages 17 and under from the ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wes Studi will take the stage at Sunday's Oscars to present an award. But the actor, among the few Native Americans included in the ceremony's 90-year history, has reason to feel like a winner.
"Exciting News!" the veteran actor tweeted when he and Gal Gadot, Mark ...
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CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian courts have sentenced two singers to prison time for seemingly tame behavior deemed threatening to society in a country growing increasingly repressive on all fronts.
One, the famous singer Sherine Abdel-Wahab, was given six months over a joke suggesting that the Nile River is polluted, which ...
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PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A university in New Hampshire has welcomed home a student who finished competing in the Winter Olympics with a packed assembly of supporters.
Members of the Plymouth State University community gathered Tuesday night to welcome back Freydis Einarsdottir, a junior who competed in alpine skiing for ...
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CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian court has sentenced a little-known female singer to two years in prison over an online video it says "incites debauchery and immorality."
The decision late Tuesday against Laila Amer by the Giza misdemeanor court came on the same day that another court sentenced a famous ...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Quincy Jones, Halle Berry, Kobe Bryant and Common were among the stars paying tribute to former film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs at the sixth annual Icon Mann pre-Oscar dinner.
They lauded her decades of leadership in entertainment and her legacy of bringing more diversity ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Of all the clubs that made deals before the NHL's trade deadline, a surprise team took perhaps the biggest gamble.
The expansion Vegas Golden Knights.
They rolled the dice by trading three high draft picks for Red Wings left wing Tomas Tatar.
Vegas has set records ...
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MIAMI (AP) - Joaquin Oliver was buried in a jersey bearing Dwyane Wade's name. So perhaps it was fitting that Wade's best game this season came in sneakers with Oliver's name scrawled on them.
The Miami area is reeling right now, and will be for a while, in the aftermath ...
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The cracked facade of NCAA hoops appears to be crumbling and while LeBron James, John Calipari and many agree that college basketball should be overhauled, there's no consensus on how to repair the system.
A federal investigation has alleged hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks being funneled ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Should any of this year's Oscar winners use the occasion to promote a political cause, you can thank - or blame - Marlon Brando.
Brando's role as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" remains a signature performance in movie history. But his response to winning an Academy ...
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PARIS (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery has denied reports Neymar will undergo surgery after breaking his right foot and spraining the ankle.
Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Emery says Neymar needs rest and there is a chance he will recover in time to play against Real ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sandra Bullock, Dave Chappelle, Christopher Walken, Rita Moreno and Helen Mirren are among the latest slate of stars set to appear on the 90th Academy Awards.
Oscar telecast producers revealed another round of celebrity presenters on Tuesday, which also includes Jane Fonda, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong'o, ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dubai officials say investigators have closed the case into Indian actress Sridevi's death last weekend, calling it an accidental drowning.
Officials said on Tuesday that her family had been given permission to take her body back to India.
The state-run Dubai Media office tweeted ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania family has filed a lawsuit against Pittsburgh Steelers football safety Sean Davis, claiming he posted a video on social media mocking their teenage son.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the 24-year-old uploaded a video to Snapchat of the teen working at a Chick-fil-A drive-thru in Cranberry ...
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PARIS (AP) - Luxury travel meets murder.
Aboard the original Orient Express for the first time, Agatha Christie's great-grandson James Prichard reminisced on how the Queen of Crime became enchanted with the fabled locomotive, and how its legendary route to the exotic east not only inspired one of her most ...
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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - The headache began on a Tuesday in April three years ago. Delta freshman diver Sam Bennett was in his third-period class of the sixth grade when his brain started to warn him it had some unwelcome visitors.
Bennett never was a complainer. Tough it out, his ...
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Liz Cambage needed some time away from basketball to rediscover her passion for the sport.
The 6-foot-8 Australian center took more than a year off after the 2016 Rio Olympics to "find herself."
Now she's back in the WNBA, signing a multiyear contract with the Dallas Wings earlier this month. ...
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Officials in Las Cruces are hoping to attract more film productions to southern New Mexico.
KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, reports the Las Cruces City Council is set to vote on an incentive that would offer a 10 percent rebate to attract more experts in ...
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon youth softball program has decided to move forward with plans to raffle off an AR-15-style assault weapon as part of its fundraiser.
The Statesman Journal reported Monday that residents have called the raffle tone-deaf in wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.
The Lady ...
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March 4: Actress Paula Prentiss (1975's "The Stepford Wives") is 80. Movie director Adrian Lyne ("Fatal Attraction") is 77. Singer Chris Rea is 67. Actor-singer Ronn Moss of Player ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 66. Actress Kay Lenz is 65. Musician Emilio Estefan of the Miami Sound Machine is ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Researchers at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague are using the latest technology to take a long, hard look at one of their most prized paintings, Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring," and they are inviting the public in to watch.
For two weeks ...
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University of Iowa basketball player Jordan Bohannon missed a free throw on purpose Sunday to avoid breaking a program record held by the late Chris Street.
Bohannon had tied Street's Iowa record of 34 consecutive free throws made, but did not want to supplant him. Street died in a car ...
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Baseball free agents will play two exhibition games this week against a Japanese amateur team.
The Major League Baseball Players Association says the games against JR East will take place at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The games will be open to media and scouts but not the public.
...WASHINGTON (AP) - Ivanka Trump says she believes her father's denials of sexual misconduct.
Trump, who led the U.S. delegation at the closing ceremony for the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, made the comment in an interview aired Monday on NBC. Asked if she believed women who have accused President Donald Trump ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president joined a growing number of supporters of the country's MeToo movement, adding momentum to recent allegations of sexual misconduct against some of the most powerful men in the nation's art and entertainment industry.
President Moon Jae-in said in a meeting with his ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana State Police say law-enforcement agencies across Indiana will increase patrols looking for dangerous and impaired driving during the NCAA basketball tournament and St. Patrick's Day.
Police will be conducting random patrols, saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints.
Police say the weekend beginning St. Patrick's Day last ...
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FRANKLIN, Ky. (AP) - Officials say Kentucky Downs plans to show off its extensive renovations during a grand reopening next month.
The racetrack in southern Kentucky says in a statement that the event is set for Friday, March 23. The makeover included a new bar and lounge, renovated gambling areas ...
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A company owned by Tennessee candidate for governor Randy Boyd will manage day-to-day operations of another minor league baseball team.
According to The Greeneville Sun , Boyd Sports announced its agreement with the Greeneville Reds in a statement last week.
Boyd Sports operates the Chicago Cubs-affiliated ...
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MADRID (AP) - Sergio Asenjo saved two penalty kicks as Villarreal held on to a 1-0 win against Getafe in the Spanish league on Sunday, ending a five-match winless streak and moving to fifth place.
Enes Unal scored from close range three minutes into the match for the hosts, and ...
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Rangers have traded forward Rick Nash as part of a multiplayer deal with the Boston Bruins.
The Rangers acquired the Bruins' first-round pick in this year's draft as well as forwards Ryan Spooner and Matt Beleskey and a seventh-round pick in the 2019 ...
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When Hollywood screenwriter Shukree Tilghman called his mother in Dover last year, he had an out-of-the-blue question for the retired schoolteacher.
"Where do you keep your fire extinguisher?" he asked, before telling Eleanor Siyon to move it to her bedroom.
She didn't ask any questions and did as she was ...
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ROME (AP) - Spal boosted its hopes of Serie A survival with a vital 3-2 win in a relegation battle at Crotone on Sunday.
Spal remained 18th in the 20-team league, but moved to within a point of Crotone, which occupies the last position of safety.
Roma hosts AC Milan ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Olympic flag passes to acting Beijing Mayor Chen Jining, signifying transfer of responsibility for Winter Games to China.
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - South Korean presidential office: North Korean delegate to Olympics says Pyongyang willing to hold talks with U.S.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - They weren't allowed to fly their flag or play their anthem. That didn't mean there were no celebrations for the Russians in Pyeongchang.
A drought-breaking hockey victory on Sunday and a women's figure skating title provided a prestige boost for a team of athletes who ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - Marissa Brandt isn't quite sure what her new position will require, and she's only had a couple of days to start getting used to the idea of being an honorary ambassador.
The Korean-American hockey player is more than happy to do whatever she can.
"It's ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Wind, snow, ice or shine, the Winter Games had its share of golden moments that will forever be etched in Olympic lore.
The American men's so-called Miracurl on Ice. Alina Zagitova. Ester Ledecka. Chloe Kim. The U.S. women's hockey team.
There were also several not-so-spectacular ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Ester Ledecka's brother, Jonas, designs comic books and dabbles in fashion on the side, putting together racing outfits for his little sister that transform the 22-year-old from the Czech Republic into something akin to a superhero.
And his next project is practically writing itself: a ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - It's almost impossible for a West Virginian to go without seeing painting contractor W.Q. Watters Company's mark of influence in the state.
If you have seen the state Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, The Greenbrier resort, the Charleston Civic Center or a hefty portion of the bridges ...
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CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Jessica Korda kept an eye on her younger sister while firing a 4-under 68 in the third round of the LPGA Thailand on Saturday to lead Moriya Jutanugarn by four strokes.
A day after a course-record 62 at Siam Country Club, Korda fought back from a ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - They've had their moment on prime-time TV, the skiers and skaters who dazzled or flopped in the Winter Olympics. But fame can be fleeting, and a lot of Olympians are quickly forgotten as we concentrate on other sports in the four years between games.
With ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - On a snowboard and skis, Ester Ledecka is a history-making Olympic gold medalist.
One of the surprising breakout stars of the Winter Games, the Czech pulled double-duty on the slopes in Pyeongchang and became the first to win snowboarding's parallel giant slalom and skiing's Alpine ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - In the waning days of the Pyeongchang Olympics, athletes are pressing to win now or wait four years for their next chance.
Emotions are running high from the ski jumping center to the cross-country skiing trail. Associated Press photographers are on hand to capture them ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - While hundreds of millions of the world's people get ready to watch the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Sunday, North Koreans are still waiting to see the first event.
The lack of news at home is a stark contrast with how North ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin, spurred the shutdown of his former Los Angeles-area high school and was questioned by police after a menacing Instagram post appeared on his account.
The post from Martin, who has struggled with mental health issues after a 2013 bullying ...
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Some of the biggest names in the restaurant biz are chilling in the Sunshine State this weekend, including Giada De Laurentiis, Bobby Flay and Guy Fieri, for the 17th annual Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival.
De Laurentiis hosted an ...
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The first blow to college basketball came in August, when a federal investigation revealed hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks being funneled to influence recruits.
The games went on under the dark cloud hanging over the sport, the season playing out while everyone wondered when the other ...
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Vic Graybeal has outlived most of the folks he photographed over the years - celebrities including Marilyn Monroe and Louis Armstrong, and Twin Falls locals Clarence Smith and grocer Joe Shelby, to name a few.
Graybeal began his career at KLIX-TV, the Magic Valley's first ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - The scream of victory. The tears of defeat.
Athletes at the Pyeongchang Olympics haven't held back on their emotions, whether they have won or lost their competitions. And Associated Press photographers have been on hand to capture those reactions.
While the American women hugged to ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Russian Bobsled Federation president Alexander Zubkov says Nadezhda Sergeeva has failed a doping test at the Olympics.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - AJ Mleczko understands there is not a lot of women's hockey on television outside the Olympics.
Mleczko took home Olympic gold with the U.S. in 1998 and silver in 2002. She took on a broadcaster's role for the 2006 Games. And now she will make ...
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A look at the upcoming week around the Southeastern Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 12 Auburn at Florida: After being ranked in the top five early this season, the Gators (17-11, 8-7) now find their NCAA Tournament hopes in jeopardy. Florida has lost three straight and needs a high-profile ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Americans Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, twin sister Monique Lamoureux-Morando, Hilary Knight, Meghan Duggan, Gigi Marvin and Kacey Bellamy have a luxury their predecessors lacked after finally capturing the nation's first Olympic gold in women's hockey in two decades.
Time to enjoy and celebrate the accomplishment. And no ...
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An ex-soldier awaiting trial for a Facebook bomb threat has had his 2011 conviction for threatening violence in YouTube rap lyrics vacated.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Franklin Delano Jeffries II will get a new trial in connection with a 2010 video that referenced killing the ...
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SIHEUNG, South Korea (AP) - Gus Kenworthy stood stone-faced, a shivering black puppy curled in his arms and more scurrying around him on the dirty, uneven cement floor. A few feet away, the pups' mother barked and paced, eyeing the 2014 Olympic silver medalist while trying not to trip over ...
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Elijah Brown had 19 points and seven rebounds, and MiKyle McIntosh added 16 points to lead Oregon past Arizona State 75-68 on Thursday night.
Paul White had 11 points for the Ducks (18-10, 8-7 Pac-12), who beat the Sun Devils (19-8, 7-8) for the eighth consecutive ...
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ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire city is planning to sell off a long-vacant theater at an auction in April.
The city of Rochester recently took ownership of the Scenic Theater building through a tax deed, after the owner fell behind on paying taxes. Foster's Daily Democrat reports the ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Zigmars Raimo scored 13 of his career-high 17 points in the second half to lead Hawaii to a 74-63 victory over Long Beach State on Thursday night.
Gibson Johnson added 13 points for the Rainbow Warriors (16-10, 7-6 Big West Conference). Raimo was 6 of 7 from ...
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Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has endorsed Morocco's 2026 World Cup bid while banned from soccer roles for financial misconduct.
Blatter tweeted on Thursday that "Morocco would be the logical host! And it is time for Africa again!"
The 2010 World Cup was staged in South Africa.
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Kim Muir can now say that she has made it all the way back.
To the place where her life began in so much uncertainty. To the place where she was adopted as a 4-year-old orphan by an American family that raised her as its ...
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BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) - The tunnel that connects Atlantic City with Brigantine is closed for much of the day because a television series is filming in it.
Police say the connector tunnel is closed in both directions until 4 p.m. Thursday.
The HBO drama "Succession" is filming at the location. ...
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JEONGSEON, South Korea (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin already was assured of earning her third career medal, each in a different event, when Lindsey Vonn prepared to propel herself out of the starting gate as the final starter in the final race of her Olympic career.
This slalom portion of the ...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - The Gold and Black Sound - the pep band for the Purdue women's basketball program - was playing in the hotel lobby.
This was nearly one year ago when the Boilermakers were in South Bend for the NCAA tournament preparing to face Notre Dame in ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - A group of high school students plan to keep their new flags all their lives, as a souvenir of this historic political and Olympic moment that they traveled across their nation to witness.
They joined thousands of others at a women's hockey game, waving their ...
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The Sacramento Kings are looking to bring the NBA All-Star game to California's capital city for the first time ever.
Kings owner Vivek Ranadive, Mayor Darrell Steinberg and local tourism officials are set to detail plans for the bid for the game in either 2022 or '23 later Thursday and ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - When Joe Serpico closes his eyes, he can go right back to that day in 1961.
Serpico's big Italian family gathered for cake and coffee for his 10th birthday. On a table full of presents, there was one unwrapped Wieboldt's department store box from uncle Jerry "The ...
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LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) - An under-10 girls' softball team is the latest entity to attract attention for a fundraiser raffling off an AR-15 assault rifle.
Fully Loaded Inc. owner Kenny Barnett tells the Lexington Herald-Leader the winners of the Central Kentucky BatCats' raffle will have to pass background checks to ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it will hear the doping case against Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky on Thursday.
Krushelnitsky returned a positive test for meldonium at the Pyeongchang Olympics after winning a bronze medal in mixed doubles with his wife, Anastasia Bryzgalova.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wonder Woman and Luke Skywalker will be at the Academy Awards - or at least the actors who play them onscreen.
Oscar producers announced Wednesday that Gal Gadot and Mark Hamill will appear on the show, along with fellow "Star Wars" actors Oscar Isaac and Kelly ...
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A third man has been sentenced in connection with the shooting death three years ago of an 18-year-old former high school football standout in Massachusetts.
The Telegram & Gazette reports that 21-year-old Connor Ferguson, of Leicester, was sentenced Tuesday to up to 12 ½ years in ...
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LONDON (AP) - FIFA has lifted a ban on voters publicly endorsing a 2026 World Cup bid.
Soccer's governing body last month ordered officials not to openly discuss the merits of either the joint Northern American bid, featuring the United States, Canada and Mexico, or the rival Morocco contender.
It ...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on the Costume Designers Guild Awards (all times local):
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The Costume Designers Guild says Wonder Woman's gilded bustier, the spangled skating dresses in "I, Tonya" and the subdued shades of the 1960s as shown in "The Shape of Water" were among ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - CORRECTS: Marit Bjoergen wins record 14th Winter Olympic medal; US wins 1st medal in women's cross-country skiing. (Corrects APNewsAlert that said it was the first medal ever for the US in cross-country skiing)
A look at things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEK: UCLA at Utah, Thursday. Big bubble game for both teams. The Bruins (19-8, 10-5 Pac-12) are in decent shape for an NCAA Tournament berth after beating the Oregon schools last week. UCLA has wins ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A high school basketball player in Philadelphia says a referee forced her to leave a game because she was wearing a hijab.
Sixteen-year-old Nasihah Thompson-King says she was playing in a playoff game Friday when she was told she couldn't continue with her headscarf on.
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SPARTA, N.J. (AP) - Police in New Jersey say a movie theater had to halt a showing of "Black Panther" after a woman yelled a racial slur, upsetting the rest of the audience.
Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon said Tuesday the woman was "extremely intoxicated" and was not yelling at ...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The president of the Costume Designers Guild says there's so much to the art form, it can't be contained in one award.
The organization launched its annual celebration of the best work in film and television two decades ago to highlight costumes' contribution to storytelling, ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - When Elise Christie was asked whether an Olympic curse was ruining her chances for gold, the three-time short-track speedskating world champion had no option but to agree.
"You can say that," Christie said Tuesday, hobbling on a swollen right ankle and a bruised body that ...
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LONDON (AP) - An art collection amassed by billionaire David Rockefeller could raise more than $500 million for charity when it is auctioned this spring.
Auctioneer Christie's is selling hundreds of artworks from the collection of Rockefeller and his wife Peggy, including major paintings by Monet, Matisse and Picasso.
Rockefeller, ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - South Korea defended its women's Olympic short-track 3,000-meter relay title on Tuesday, overtaking China with two laps to go in the penalty-filled final.
The team of Shim Suk-hee, Choi Min-jeong, Kim Ye-jin and Kim Alang crossed the finish line first after rallying from third spot ...
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WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) - Relegation-troubled Wolfsburg has hired Bruno Labbadia as coach to replace Martin Schmidt, who quit on Monday.
The Volkswagen-backed club says it agreed on Tuesday to work with the 52-year-old Labbadia until summer 2019, and he is to take charge of his first training session in the ...
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DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Court documents show R&B singer R. Kelly has been evicted from two Atlanta-area homes over unpaid rent.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday that Feb. 13 filings with the Fulton County magistrate court show Kelly owes more than $31,000 in past due payments to SB Property Management ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were golden in their final Olympic performance.
The Canadian couple took the ice one last time and produced a dramatic interpretation of "Moulin Rouge," flawlessly executing their four-minute program that earned them the gold medal in ice dancing on Tuesday.
...GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - A Norwegian curler who lost out on the Olympic bronze medal to a Russian rival charged with doping said Tuesday he feels robbed of his moment of glory.
Magnus Nedregotten and his partner finished fourth in mixed doubles last week after losing 8-4 to Alexander ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - It's been 50 years since Fred Rogers first appeared on TV screens, a gentle and avuncular man who warbled "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" as he changed into a cardigan and sneakers.
The low-key, low-tech "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" presented Rogers as one adult in a busy ...
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Moments after Serena Williams won her seventh Wimbledon title, she proudly raised her fist in a black power salute.
It caused a bit of frenzy at the All-England Club in 2016, but Williams' action shouldn't have surprised anyone: She'd already been one of the most vocal supporters of the Black ...
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PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) - The Latest on the deadly Florida high school shooting (all times local):
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The couple who took in the Florida school shooting suspect after his mother died says he told them he was sorry after the shooting.
Speaking Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America," James ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - When word broke on Monday that a Russian Olympic curler was facing a doping charge, the curling world was floored. Not because of the tired cliche that curling isn't a real sport (and therefore, why would a curler need to dope?) But because doping goes ...
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SYDNEY (AP) — A lawyer has accused Oscar-winning Australian actor Geoffrey Rush of repeatedly touching an actress inappropriately on a Sydney stage three years ago while he was starring in a production of "King Lear."
Rush is suing Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper in the Federal Court for defamation over ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - It sounds like some kind of cheap joke, though no one here seems to be laughing about the Russian curler who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.
This is, after all, curling we're talking about. Aside from the lean-and-mean Norwegian men's team, these generally aren't ...
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LONDON (AP) - The ferocious female-led tragi-comedy "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" was the big winner at the British Academy Film Awards in London, where women demanding an end to harassment, abuse and inequality dominated the ceremony.
Martin McDonagh's film about a bereaved mother seeking justice won five trophies Sunday ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - At the Pyeongchang Olympics, most days are very cold and very bright. As the sun moves through the sky, shadows contract and lengthen. Athletes are silhouetted as they trudge to starting lines and soar through the air.
Here, Associated Press photographers at the Pyeongchang Olympics ...
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Religious protesters in Romania have disrupted the screening of two movies in Bucharest, saying they violate traditional values in the Eastern European country.
The recent protests illustrate divided views about homosexuality which remains a difficult topic in the European Union member.
Recent years have seen traditionalists ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir floated across the ice in perfect harmony to break their own record for a short program. American Lindsey Vonn was third-fastest on the second day of Olympic downhill training. And the U.S. women's hockey team made it ...
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke women's basketball player Erin Mathias is turning the sideline into a runway - and her coach is the model.
The starting forward for the 17th-ranked Blue Devils - and budding fashion designer - is creating the outfit coach Joanne P. McCallie will wear during Monday ...
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - How do you move the oldest house in the three-county area of Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco?
Very carefully. Also very slowly, in pieces, and with the help of Google.
More than a year after Tampa-based EquiAlt purchased the 176-year-old, four-bedroom bungalow that stood outside of Ybor ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - U.S. women's hockey coach Robb Stauber said he doesn't expect captain Meghan Duggan to face disciplinary action that would keep her out of the Olympic gold medal match after a collision in the semifinals that required two people to virtually carry Finland's Ronja Savolainen off ...
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MARIETTA, W.Va. (AP) - A former Vienna resident has once again had a film selected for the Colony Short Film Festival at Peoples Bank Theatre on March 1-3.
Kevin Wines, a 1987 graduate of Parkersburg High School, now living in Knoxville, Tenn., is the director of his film "The Designer," ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - The Olympics are known for big moments: huge jumps, surprise victories, agonizing defeats. But sometimes it's worth taking a moment to look at the smaller details: Olympic rings reflected in a fan's sunglasses, the design on a figure skate, an athlete's hand as she holds ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - It was, perhaps, the defining moment for the U.S. team at this Olympics.
Not Shaun White blitzing the halfpipe in a final run to win gold, a win that came with some baggage by itself. Or Chloe Kim delighting fans from two countries when she ...
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LONDON (AP) - Where does one shop for a wedding gown set to be the dress of the year - an outfit chic enough for a fashion-loving bride but suitable for a church so regal it's the burial place of monarchs?
Everyone at London Fashion Week - and elsewhere - ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - Shooting the puck is not an issue for the Americans. Finding the back of the net is, especially considering how many shots they are taking at the Olympics.
The United States has outshot each opponent in each of their first three games with a combined ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo grabbed the Norwegian flag as he headed for the finish line and gave it a big wave, knowing his country's 16-year gold medal drought in the men's 4x10-kilometer relay was coming to an end.
The red, blue and white flag has been ...
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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - South Korea's Jin Young Ko shot a 3-under par 69 Sunday to clinch a 3-shot, start-to-finish win the Women's Australian Open.
Playing in her first tournament as a full LPGA member, Ko shot 65, 69, 71, 69 to lead after all four rounds and to finish ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The NBA's All-Star version of a pickup game is taking center stage in Hollywood.
The 67th version of the All-Star Game on Sunday night features teams picked by captains LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Dispensing with the usual East vs. West format, the league is creating ...
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LONDON (AP) - Many of Britain's most prominent female entertainment stars have signed an open letter demanding an end to sexual harassment ahead of Britain's major film awards.
A letter published Sunday has been signed by Academy Award winner Emma Thompson, Naomie Harris, Emma Watson, Gemma Arterton and many others.
...STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) - KJ Feagin and Henry Caruso scored 18 points apiece and Emmanuel Ndumanya had 15 points and nine rebounds to help Santa Clara beat Pacific 72-68 on Saturday night.
Feagin was 7-of-13 shooting and had five assists, while Caruso hit 2 of 3 from 3-point range, made ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan won figuring skating gold, becoming the first man to repeat as Olympic champion since Dick Button. American Nathan Chen didn't make the podium, but redeemed himself after a disastrous short program with a historic free skate.
On the slopes, Ester Ledecka ...
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Even after he went more than four years without a Grand Slam title, even after the first operation of his career led to the first prolonged absence of his career, even after a slide down to 17th in the rankings, Roger Federer never wavered.
Which, when you think about it, ...
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LONDON (AP) - The red carpet will be a sea of black as the movement against sexual misconduct takes center stage at the British Academy Film Awards .
Many female stars and other guests are expected to dress in monochrome for Sunday's ceremony as a statement of solidarity with victims ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he hopes his efforts to engage rival North Korea at the Olympics will lead to better ties between Washington and Pyongyang - and help to set up talks on ridding the North of its nuclear bombs.
But Moon wouldn't ...
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Soon as George Springer and his World Series MVP trophy arrived at Houston Astros camp, the All-Star leadoff hitter began knocking balls over the fence in batting practice.
Carlos Correa and Alex Bregman picked up right where they left off, too, silky smooth fielding ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The NBA's best players have arrived in Hollywood for a star-studded All-Star weekend.
None of those stars currently play for the hometown Lakers or Clippers, and that dearth will be discussed when basketball's best get together Saturday for practice.
LeBron James is likely to be asked ...
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LITTLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Taking puffs from a cigar, Groucho Marx had a question for the inscrutable woman standing before him.
"Where are you from?"
The exchange that followed did not disappoint.
"Littlestown, Pennsylvania," she said.
"A little town in Pennsylvania?" Marx responded. "Well, what's the name of it?"
"Littlestown," ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California forward Bennie Boatwright will miss the rest of the season after injuring his left knee against Oregon.
The school said Friday that Boatwright will be sidelined several months although surgery is not expected.
The junior was averaging 13.6 points and 6.4 rebounds, both second ...
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - Nine years ago, Lexie Miller Wyman was recently divorced, in between teaching jobs, living in a one-bedroom apartment in Boise and trying to figure out her next step.
"My life was a mess," she said.
On a whim, she unearthed the accident report from her horrific ...
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MIAMI (AP) - Miami-Dade County is suing former Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria and the new ownership group led by Derek Jeter, seeking money from the $1.2 billion sale of the team.
The suit contends a 2009 agreement calls for the county and city of Miami to receive a share ...
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Alex McLeish has been appointed Scotland manager for a second time, tasked with qualifying for the 2020 European Championship.
The appointment of the former Rangers, Aston Villa and Birmingham coach concludes the drawn-out process to find Gordon Strachan's successor after failing to convince Michael O'Neill to ...
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LONDON (AP) - London's Tate Britain has announced an exhibition exploring how a formative period in Britain inspired Vincent van Gogh.
The gallery says the show, due to open next year, will focus on the Dutch artist's crucial but "obscure" years in the U.K.
Van Gogh lived in London between ...
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A former University of Illinois head basketball coach is being inducted into the state's Senior Hall of Fame.
The Department on Aging says the ceremony honoring Lou Henson takes place Friday afternoon in Champaign. He's one of three inductees for 2017.
Officials are noting his more ...
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Fish for free this weekend in Michigan.
Anyone fishing Saturday or Sunday won't need a license, although other rules still will be in effect, such as fish size and the number of fish to keep. The Department of Natural Resources says admission is free at state ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - A rare moment of controversy in the typically ultra-polite sport of curling erupted Friday over a foul known as a "burned rock" in the Canada vs. Denmark women's match.
The drama unfolded in the fifth end, or period, of the already tense game, when a ...
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LONDON (AP) - It's time for London to enjoy its stint as the center of the fashion world.
London Fashion Week is set to begin Friday with a number of catwalk shows including exhibits by Bora Aksu and Mulberry.
Headliners over the following days include Burberry, Christopher Kane, Roksanda and ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A film based on the story of a woman who became the first female coach of a men's Division I golf team while at Tennessee State University is airing this weekend.
"From the Rough" tells about Catana Starks' journey. It is scheduled to air at 8 ...
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A look at the upcoming week around the Southeastern Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 21 Texas A&M at Arkansas: Texas A&M (17-9, 6-7 SEC) responded to its return to the Top 25 by losing at Missouri and now likely must beat Arkansas (18-8, 7-6) on Saturday to remain in ...
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"Black Panther" is inspiring moviegoers to dress up for the superhero film, but it's not the typical costume play.
Fans donned bright dresses, head scarves, tribal shirts and traditional African garb for the first showings Thursday of Marvel Studios' latest blockbuster.
At a theater in New York's Times Square, Miquain ...
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Pima County Sheriff's officials say an assistant girls' basketball coach at Tucson's Cienega High School has been arrested on suspicion of sexual conduct with a minor.
They say 37-year-old Senecca Turner was taken into custody Thursday.
It's unclear if he has a lawyer yet.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Podcast host and former Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer has a book deal.
Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, told The Associated Press on Thursday that Pfeiffer's "Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter and Trump" is due June 19. Billed as ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Three defeats in a row, four losses from five games since the Bundesliga resumed, and a long injury list have battered Borussia Moenchengladbach's confidence and put the side's goal of European qualification in danger.
"It's been the same old story for weeks," coach Dieter Hecking complained after ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Federal authorities say a Delaware man snapped a selfie before stealing part of a $4.5 million statue at a Philadelphia museum.
According to an arrest affidavit filed Friday, 24-year-old Michael Rohana was attending an Ugly Sweater Party at the Franklin Institute Dec. 21 when he entered the ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - The Dutch Olympic team was hit by a 4-year-old match-fixing scandal involving one of its speedskating coaches on Thursday.
The Dutch Olympic committee said it has officially warned Jillert Anema, who also worked for the French team, for an attempt at match-fixing in the Olympic ...
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RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) - For the first time in more than eight months, the Richmond Art Museum was open for visitors Tuesday, marking the official end of a long renovation project.
The smell of fresh paint lingering in the air offered a hint of the work that's taken place since ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - Ilya Kovalchuk has a rule for any fans wanting an Olympic selfie - put the Russian flag away.
The forward for the "Olympic Athletes from Russia" hockey team is worried about breaking International Olympic Committee sanctions imposed on Russia after its Sochi doping scandal. ...
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A look at the upcoming week around the Big Ten Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 8 Ohio State (22-5, 13-1) at No. 22 Michigan (21-7, 10-5), Sunday. The first-place Buckeyes overcame a 20-point first-half deficit to win the first meeting in Columbus on Dec. 4. The Wolverines were playing ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The kooky caveman characters that come to life in "Early Man " have been kicking around in Nick Park's imagination for decades.
Long before he created Wallace and Gromit, Park was taken with Ray Harryhousen's animated dinosaurs in the 1966 Raquel Welch movie "One Million Years ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The head of the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops says he believes racism helped kill a proposal to expand early childhood education in the state.
Allen Sanchez, executive director of the group, said Wednesday that mainly wealthy whites opposed the plan that would have helped ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - The jury in the trial of former English youth soccer coach Barry Bennell will not deliberate on Wednesday after a juror fell ill.
The trial at Liverpool Crown Court in northwest England will resume on Thursday if the juror is deemed healthy enough.
Bennell was found ...
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MADRID (AP) - Atletico Madrid says Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has sold its stake in the Spanish club to an Israeli-owned company.
Idan Ofer's Quantum Pacific is raising its stake to 32 percent after acquiring the 17 percent of Atletico that Wanda has owned since 2015.
The share sale ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Snow volleyball is not an Olympic sport. Probably never will be.
But it had its finest moment on Wednesday when Prince Albert of Monaco - an International Olympic Committee member - showed up at a chilly outdoor exhibition of snow volleyball at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
...JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana museum is raising money to restore a Civil War-era painting of a horse that once roamed freely through a small community where locals considered it the "town pet."
New Albany resident Edgar Polley recently donated the painting to the Clark County Museum in ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - Hanae Kubo and Shoko Ono each scored in the first period, and Japan held off Korea 4-1 Wednesday for its first Olympic victory in women's hockey.
Japan came into its third Olympics winless, but it has the ninth-ranked team in the world and tops in ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's film board has banned an Oscar short-listed movie from family cinemas after complaints over its depiction of homosexuality.
"Inxeba" drew some protests for showing the relationship between two young men during traditional initiation rites but had been showing in theaters throughout most of the country.
...GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - Strong winds have forced the closure of the Olympic Park in Gangneung.
The local Olympic organizing committee announced the closure at about 5 p.m., though they were taking place well before that. Officials began evacuating the Olympic Park at about 3 p.m., with public-address announcements ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - American heavy metal band Metallica and Afghanistan's National Institute of Music have won the 2018 Polar Music Prizes, a Swedish award.
It is the first time a heavy metal band gets an award given each year for significant achievements in music.
The award panel said Metallica ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The new owner of the Carolina Hurricanes has a soft spot for his team's old identity - the Hartford Whalers.
In the month since Tom Dundon assumed control of the Hurricanes, they've brought back the old "Brass Bonanza" fight song, stocked the shelves in the team ...
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The NBA will reach the All-Star break with conference races that are too close to call.
In fact, they could be closer than ever at the league's showcase event.
The Toronto Raptors take a one-game lead over Boston in the Eastern Conference into Wednesday, the last full night of play ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore's latest police corruption saga could be tough to sell as a TV crime drama, short on heroes and too extreme to attract loyal viewers.
Detectives in an elite unit praised for taking guns off the streets secretly dedicated themselves to shaking down citizens and hunting for ...
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LONDON (AP) - It's a chilling cliche of thrillers that women often end up abducted, abused or dead.
One writer is so sick of the violence that she has set up a book prize to reward crime novels "in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered." ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A bill moving through the West Virginia Legislature has drawn criticism from the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball.
The Intelligencer of Wheeling reports the organizations issued separate statements Monday pointing out the bill's weaknesses and suggesting improvements. They say the bill doesn't protect consumers ...
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Shandor Alphonso never envisioned his hockey career taking him to officiating. He didn't have to look far to see it was possible.
As a young, black player, all Alphonso had to do was watch "Hockey Night in Canada" or the Stanley Cup Final and he saw fellow minority Jay Sharrers ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - When Song Hong used to tell his grandchildren about his childhood, he would joke that they were "country folks" from a rugged and rural corner of the world that none of their fellow Americans had ever heard of, or likely ever would.
Then one day, ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - A judge has sentenced a former Pennsylvania union boss and father to former NFL player Ross Ventrone to 41 months in prison for embezzling at least $1.5 million from the union.
Prosecutors say 60-year-old Ray Ventrone bought seven Cadillacs, purses from Louis Vuitton and spent $970,000 on ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Babe, I'm gonna feed you, one top North Carolina eatery reassured Led Zeppelin's famished frontman.
The News & Observer reports that Robert Plant and his backing band, Sensational Space Shifters, made their way to Garland after kicking off their U.S. tour in Raleigh on Friday night. ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - The legend, the brash upstart and the soft-spoken prodigy have been circling each other for months, trading boundary-pushing runs with one eye on the halfpipe and the other on their long-awaited faceoff in the South Korean mountains, the one for all the swag and an ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - Human displacement, the suffering of refugees and the notion of identity dominated the India Art Fair, an important platform for contemporary artists that provides a carefully curated glimpse into the Asian art scene through the years.
The themes are universal, the artistic expressions are deeply personal.
...MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) - Police have arrested a Massachusetts youth hockey coach in connection with the rape and assault of a 9-year-old boy.
Prosecutors say 31-year-old Christopher Prew, of Marblehead, was indicted Monday on aggravated rape and indecent assault and battery on a child.
Prew was arrested Thursday after the ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country singer Daryle Singletary, who sang songs like "I Let Her Lie" and "Too Much Fun," has died.
A publicist says Singletary died at his home in Lebanon, Tennessee on Monday at 46.
The cause of death is pending. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Some ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - The Winter Olympics are supposed to be cold, of course. Just maybe not THIS cold.
Wind and ice pellets left Olympic snowboarders simply trying to stay upright in conditions that many felt were unfit for competition, the best ski jumpers on the planet dealing with ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Celebrated Israeli author David Grossman has been awarded the country's highest literary accolade, the Israel Prize for Literature, for this year.
Israel's Education Ministry announced on Monday that Grossman, who also won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for his novel "A Horse Walks Into a Bar," ...
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DETROIT (AP) - The Downtown Detroit Partnership plans to hold its annual meeting and release the group's 2017 report showcasing the past year's accomplishments and progress.
The meeting takes place Tuesday in the Red Wings training facility at Little Caesars Arena.
Downtown Detroit Partnership Board Chair Cynthia Pasky, Ilitch Holdings ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - Sara Benz scored two power-play goals, and Switzerland smothered Japan's quest for its first Olympic victory in women's hockey Monday with a 3-1 win.
This is the third Olympics for the Japanese, who went winless in 1998 in Nagano and 2014 in Sochi. Forward Rui ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Snowboarder Chloe Kim was close to her best in leading the qualifying round of the women's halfpipe at the Olympics on Monday. For that, she was off to get some ice cream .
American teammate Kelly Clark was nowhere near her best over her qualifying ...
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - As a student, Leah Wangari imagined a glamorous life as a globe-trotting flight attendant, not toiling in dirt and manure.
Born and raised in Kenya's skyscraper-filled capital, Nairobi, the 28-year-old said farming had been the last thing on her mind. The decision to drop agriculture classes ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Coach Marlene Stollings challenged her Minnesota Gophers this fall to do something special for their Play4Kay game Sunday.
So the players, after discussing it for a few days in October, decided to each donate $250 to the Kay Yow Fund and asked the coach to match ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Austrian film director Michael Haneke, an Academy Award and two-time Palme d'Or winner, has compared the Hollywood sexual harassment scandal to a "witch hunt" that has ushered in a "new, men-hating puritanism."
The director of "Amour" and "The White Ribbon" told Austrian daily Kurier that the #MeToo ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Martin Johnsrud Sundby isn't worried about winning an Olympic gold medal for himself, as long as a Norwegian is standing on the top step of the podium.
While cross-country skiing is primarily an individual sport, the Norwegians excel at using what they call "team tactics" ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art is extending its hours for the final day of its blockbuster Michelangelo exhibit.
The museum will be open until 9 p.m. Monday - three hours past normal closing time - to allow stragglers to see the limited exhibition "Michelangelo: ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Boston police are facing heavy criticism online for a now-deleted post on Twitter for Black History Month that celebrated a white man.
The original post on the department's official Twitter account Saturday night was in honor of former Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach. The department said in ...
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LONDON — Forget the Winter Olympics, the Champion's League or the Super Bowl. The real competition right now is who's going to be invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding.
Everyone who is anyone in Britain is angling for an embossed royal ticket.
British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua, who ...
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MUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich has rewarded goalkeeper Sven Ulreich for impressive performances this season by extending his contract for three years.
The Bundesliga leader says the 29-year-old Ulreich, whose deal was due to expire at the end of the campaign, will stay at the club until at least June ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - At the Sochi Games, he was the medal-winning athlete who overshadowed that achievement by rescuing five stray dogs. In Pyeongchang, he's vacuuming up attention with his "We're here. We're queer. Get used to it" posts and photos of him kissing skater Adam Rippon, and taking ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - A blustery morning wind had just about everyone scrambling in the men's slopestyle event. Except for Red Gerard, who kept his footing all the way to the podium.
Kicking off the second day of full events at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the 17-year-old snowboarder won the ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - And now: sports.
After a weekend in which a fusillade of can't-believe-it political surprises got the world talking about Olympic-flavored international relations rather than just the thrill of victory, the 2018 Winter Games settled Sunday into what everyone came here for. At least for the ...
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LONDON (AP) - Forget the Winter Olympics, the Champion's League or the Super Bowl. The real competition right now is who's going to be invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding.
Everyone who is anyone in Britain is angling for an embossed royal ticket.
British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua, ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - The tension was thick. The mood was glacial. And the siblings were sparring.
"Hey, Becca. Come here," American curler Matt Hamilton said to his frustrated sister, whose stone had just glided past its intended target. "Don't roll your eyes at me."
That eye roll turned ...
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Simen Hegstad Krueger crashed and fell on the first lap, and even that couldn't stop him from winning Olympic gold.
The 24-year-old Norwegian completed an amazing comeback to win the men's 30-kilometer cross-country skiathlon Sunday at the Pyeongchang Games.
After Krueger crossed the line in ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - South Korea wins host country's first gold of Pyeongchang Olympics in short track; Russian athlete takes bronze.
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Charlotte Kalla won the gold and Marit Bjoergen made Olympic history.
In the first medal event of the Pyeongchang Games, Kalla won the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon by more than seven seconds on Saturday.
"It feels very good to be ahead of Marit," the Swede said. ...
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - For the life of him, Sven Kramer could not remember what it feels like to be an underdog. He has been the favorite whenever he came on the ice since childhood.
"I don't know anything else," Kramer said, without even a hint of braggadocio. "I ...
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