BOSTON (AP) - Boston Red Sox left-hander David Price will stay with the team he led to a World Series title, declining a contract option on Wednesday that would have enabled him to become a free agent.
Price announced his decision on the field at Fenway Park before a victory ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The lead guitarist for heavy metal band Manowar has been charged with possessing child pornography in North Carolina.
According to Mecklenburg County jail records, 53-year-old Karl Logan was arrested Aug. 9 on six counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. That charge involves possessing material ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Oprah Winfrey will campaign Thursday for Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.
Abrams' campaign confirmed that the billionaire media mogul will appear with Abrams, who is vying to become the country's first black female governor. The Atlanta Voice and BuzzFeed News first reported Winfrey's plans.
Winfrey is ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Muffet McGraw and Notre Dame start the new season where they left off - atop women's college basketball.
The Irish were the unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press women's basketball preseason poll that was released Wednesday.
The defending national champions received all 31 first-place ...
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LONDON (AP) - A paperback copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" used by the judge in the U.K. obscenity trial of the novel's publisher has sold at auction for 56,250 pounds ($72,000), more than three times its pre-sale estimate.
The tattered Penguin paperback - along with a damask bag designed to ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The 91-year-old award-winning actor who played Mr. Feeny on "Boy Meets World" scared off a burglar from his home.
William Daniels and his 89-year-old wife, Bonnie Bartlett, were in their San Fernando Valley home on Saturday night. The Los Angeles Police Department tells KABC-TV an intruder ...
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PRAGUE (AP) - The Czech Republic will have its top-10 players available for next weekend's Fed Cup final against the defending champion United States.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, who is ranked seventh, and No. 8 Karolina Pliskova have been named to lead the Czechs in their sixth final in ...
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PARIS (AP) - Cello maestro Yo-Yo Ma will perform at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe as part of the ceremonies marking the centenary of the end of the World War I next month in Paris.
Joseph Zimet, director of the First World War Centenary Mission, says Ma will ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Xavier University is presenting a free concert and discussion Sunday about the musical roots and styles that have made New Orleans an important musical and cultural center.
Xavier clarinetist and music historian Dr. Michael White will host the program, called "Tricentennial Soul: 300 Years Of Black ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The head of soccer's governing body for Asia has announced his bid for re-election and urged that election "rules and regulations must be respected."
Asian Football Confederation President Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa took office in 2013 to finish the term of former president Mohamed bin ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The life of the late rapper Mac Miller will be remembered with a benefit concert to raise funds for arts education in underserved communities.
Chance the Rapper, John Mayer and SZA are expected to perform at the "Mac Miller: A Celebration of Life" concert Wednesday at ...
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A variety of factors prevented Kansas State's Dean Wade, Wisconsin's Ethan Happ and Kentucky newcomer Reid Travis from ending the season the way they would have wanted last year.
They want their senior years to conclude differently.
A foot injury caused Wade to play a total of eight minutes in ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - When Hurricane Michael left a snowy landscape of ruined white cotton on Georgia's red clay, it also brought the prospect of hard times to rural areas that depend on agriculture.
Farmers say south Georgia is in for a long-lasting struggle that will be felt in many of ...
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WACO, Texas (AP) - As a Dec. 7 deadline nears for the $2.5 million Doris Miller Memorial under construction on the east bank of the Brazos River, organizers are preparing for a final fundraising push.
They got a bump Monday afternoon, when Bank of America and Merrill Lynch representatives marched ...
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DOVER, Del. (AP) - A University of Delaware football player is charged with assaulting a 77-year-old driver who struck his mother.
Lt. Andrew Rubin with Newark police tells news outlets the man's car struck Sakeena Pickett as she crossed a street outside of a crosswalk Saturday. Police say the driver ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hilary Duff is celebrating the birth of her daughter.
The 31-year-old actress and singer and her boyfriend, Matthew Koma, announced the news Monday on Instagram . Banks Violet Bair was born on Oct. 25.
Duff wrote "this little bit has fully stolen our hearts!"
Duff has ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing will honor Willie Nelson days before the 2019 Grammy Awards.
The academy announced Tuesday that Nelson's career and achievements will be celebrated on Feb. 6, 2019, at The Village Studios in Los Angeles.
Neil Portnow, the academy's president and ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympics says national government spending on the event is billions less than a recent national government audit showed.
Olympic Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada says "we need to ensure transparency and gain understanding from the people."
Tracking Olympic costs is difficult with ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The actress at the center of Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush's defamation trial has told a Sydney court that he deliberately touched the side of her breast in a Shakespearean stage scene in which her character lay dead on the ground.
Rush is suing the publisher of Sydney's ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Australian actor and director John Jarratt appeared in a Sydney court on Tuesday charged with raping a woman 42 years ago.
The 66-year-old actor told the Downing Center Local Court through his lawyer Bryan Wrench on Tuesday that he will deny the charge.
The accuser, now aged ...
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Ever since he topped the 10,000 career yards rushing mark last season, LeSean McCoy set a "12K or bust" objective.
Bust was more like it for the Buffalo Bills running back on Monday night, when McCoy totaled 13 yards on 12 carries in continuing what's ...
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ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's Foreign Ministry says pop singer Fakhre Alam, who is attempting to fly around the world in 28 days, has been released by officials in Russia after briefly detaining him upon his arrival in the country with an expired visa.
In Tuesday's statement, it said Alam embarked ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Frank Reich thought he could exploit the Indianapolis Colts' tight end advantage.
Defenses still haven't solved it.
Less than a year after helping the Philadelphia Eagles win their first Super Bowl, Reich brought the philosophy to his first head coaching job and is getting similar results.
"I ...
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For many of us, the menu for Thanksgiving is etched in stone. We eat the same dishes every year because we love every one of them. But what about switching it up a little by swapping in a Grape and Cranberry Crisp for the more traditional apple, pumpkin or pecan ...
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MONACO (AP) - More than six years after the London Olympics, the IAAF has provisionally suspended an athlete from Kazakhstan who tested positive for two anabolic steroids in a re-analysis program.
The Athletics Integrity Unit says Natalya Ivoninskaya tested positive for turinabol and stanozolol in London. She was eliminated in ...
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LEICESTER, England (AP) - The Latest on helicopter crash in Leicester (all times local):
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino sent his condolences to the friends and families of Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and the four other victims who perished in a helicopter crash.
In a Twitter post attributed ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Latest on a deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue (all times local):
7:20 a.m.
A rabbi who helped alert authorities to the synagogue shooting that killed 11 people says it was because of recent security training that he had a cellphone on him and was able ...
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LEICESTER, England (AP) - Prince William has offered his condolences to the family of the owner of the Leicester soccer club and the four others who perished in a helicopter crash.
William says his "thoughts today are with the family and friends of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and all the victims" in ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Way up in the reserve seating level at Dodger Stadium, thousands of Boston Red Sox fans screamed, hugged and danced with just as much fervor as the World Series-winning players on the field below.
Amid the gleeful chaos, a father in a Red Sox T-shirt and ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - P.J. Williams was having a hard time keeping up with Minnesota's dominant wide receiver duo, with frequent attacks by the Vikings on the third-year nickel cornerback for New Orleans during long touchdown drives each of their first two possessions.
Williams and the Saints sure enjoyed their revenge.
...GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - The Arizona Cardinals were winning. The crowd was chanting "LAR-RY, LAR-RY!"
For a few noisy minutes, it was just like the good old days in Glendale.
Forget that this was a game between teams with two of the worst records in the NFL, Arizona's come-from-behind 18-15 ...
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RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont ski who some consider the state's greatest athlete of all time is being remembered with a new sculpture in her honor in her native Rutland.
The statue of Andrea Mead Lawrence is the latest sculpture in Rutland's growing trail of public art that is ...
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ROME (AP) - Sassuolo twice came back from a goal down to draw 2-2 with Bologna in an Emilia derby on Sunday.
Former AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng scored a decisive penalty five minutes from the end, giving him four goals in eight matches since returning to Serie A.
Rodrigo ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The National World War II Museum has joined the New Orleans Public Library 's museum pass program.
It's the fourth museum to do so, allowing anyone with a library card to check out a two-week pass providing free admission for two adults and some children. The ...
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Running back Carlos Hyde is active and is expected to make his debut for the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday when they face the Philadelphia Eagles at Wembley Stadium in London.
Hyde, acquired via trade with the Cleveland Browns on Oct. 19, averaged 63.7 rushing yards per game in six appearances. ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) - For one of his first tricks during a September show, magician Spencer Horsman revealed his girlfriend, Caroline Gayle, huddled in the bottom of a box on the stage. She emerged, dazed and barefoot, starting to cry when she saw a mosaic of more than 500 boxes of ...
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LEICESTER, England (AP) - The Latest on the helicopter crash at English soccer club Leicester City (all times local):
10:45 a.m.
Police say the air accident watchdog has launched an investigation into why the aircraft fell to the ground in a parking lot near King Power stadium.
The Air Accident ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The video assistant referee system stirred new controversy in Australia's A-League when Western Sydney Wanderers coach Markus Babbel was red carded for his angry reaction to a decision in his team's 2-0 derby loss to Sydney FC.
Babbel flung his jacket and kicked an advertising sign when ...
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MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - Eyes and ears on. A steady squeeze of the trigger. A muffled explosion marked by muzzle flash sends a round into the target four yards away. Another and another, until the poster is pockmarked with holes.
Mari Hiltz turns around with a wide smile, pleased with ...
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The 14-year-old skateboarder from California frequently wears outfits inspired by 1990s pop music videos. She's a budding song writer and jots down lyrics based on life experiences, which she points out have been rather limited so far.
That's changing fast. The world of Brighton Zeuner keeps getting bigger and broader ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A first-time guest to the Meridian Ball might be forgiven for thinking this is what Washington is really like behind the scenes: men in tuxedos, women in ballgowns, wealthy and powerful people sipping champagne and dancing by candlelight in a historic mansion.
More than 800 people attended ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - This was a true fall classic for Eduardo Nunez.
The Boston third baseman became a one-man blooper reel when he flipped, tripped, tumbled and sprawled Friday night in Game 3 of the World Series.
"He was all over the place, huh?" Red Sox manager Alex Cora ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Brian Dozier swung bananas from a rope over the dugout railing.
How appropriate. The longest game in World Series was bananas.
Twenty-three players on each team, including nine pitchers.
Eighteen innings - four more than any of the previous 662 World Series games.
Seven hours, 70 ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Guys, it's all happening for Busy Philipps.
She's got a New York Times best-selling book, "This Will Only Hurt a Little," and her late-night talk show on E! called "Busy Tonight" premieres Sunday.
These career milestones come on the heels of her popular Instagram account, where ...
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LONDON (AP) - Police in southwestern England say a man arrested on suspicion of attempting to steal the Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral has been released on bail.
Wiltshire police said Saturday the 45-year-old man had been bailed until Nov. 20 as officers continue their investigation.
Cathedral employees on Thursday ...
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - A rights group has sharply criticized the Serbian government after the defense ministry published and promoted books written by two former generals convicted of war crimes by a U.N. court.
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights on Saturday said the move amounted to open state support ...
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PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia (AP) - Newly crowned world champion Marc Marquez overcame intermittent rain on Saturday to claim pole position for the Australian MotoGP for the fifth straight year.
The Spanish star, who clinched his seventh world title last week in Japan, had struggled to find the best setup for ...
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TAOYUAN CITY, Taiwan (AP) - Nelly Korda shot a 3-under 69 to share the lead with Wei-Ling Hsu after three rounds of the LPGA Taiwan Championship on Saturday.
Playing in front of a home crowd, Hsu finished with an even-72 on Saturday after shooting 68 and 67 in the first ...
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PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia (AP) - Honda rider Marc Marquez continued his dominance of the Moto GP championship by claiming pole position at the Australian GP on Saturday.
After clinching his seventh world title with victory in Japan last week, Marquez was again in imperious form as he overcame rainy conditions ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Discerning buyers squeezed bundles of diabetic socks and scrutinized sweet potato cream cheese pies. Grown men reverted, unsheathing ninja swords while wives rolled eyeballs and shook their heads "No."
Some of the shoppers at the Cowtown Flea Market on a recent Saturday breezed right past Eunji Kim, ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Supreme Court has directed a commission to study the portraits hanging inside its courtroom amid a complaint about one of a pro-slavery judge.
The News & Observer reported Thursday that the state's top court formed a commission tasked with making a recommendation by ...
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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - The Latest on the FIFA Council meeting (all times local):
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The FIFA Council is opposed to Spanish league games being played in the United States.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says the council backed the principle that "official league matches must be played within ...
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a Florida teen threatened football players at his former high school with a gun.
The Palm Beach Post reports that 19-year-old Xavier Martin was arrested Thursday and charged with aggravated assault and possessing a weapon on school property.
Authorities say members ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Romania will have to play its next competitive game behind closed doors and its soccer association has been fined by UEFA for racist chants and banners at a Nations League game.
UEFA says the Romanian soccer association was fined 50,000 euros ($57,080) for the racist behavior ...
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LONDON (AP) - Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has described how she worked with designer Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy to create a "timeless" wedding gown for her wedding to Prince Harry earlier this year.
Harry and the former Meghan Markle recorded their memories of the wedding for an audio ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - Tony Finau overcame a bad break that led to double bogey for a 5-under 67 to build a three-shot lead over Masters champion Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood and defending champion Justin Rose in the HSBC Champions.
Finau was stunned when his approach to the 11th hole at ...
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AMES, Iowa (AP) - The matchup between freshman quarterbacks Alex Bowman and Brock Purdy could wind up being appointment viewing.
But the key to Saturday's Texas Tech-Iowa State game in Ames might lie with a pair of better-than-expected defenses.
Bowman has thrown for 2,088 yards and 14 touchdowns with just ...
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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino understands why female footballers are unhappy about the lack of gender equality in World Cup prize money but says doubling the cash for finalists to $30 million represents significant progress.
Ahead of the FIFA Council on Friday ratifying the financial package for ...
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HOUSTON (AP) - Lamar Miller's second big game in a row helped the Houston Texans to their fifth straight win.
This one, a 42-23 victory Thursday night over the Dolphins, meant a little more to the running back because of his ties to South Florida. Miller was born and grew ...
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LONDON (AP) - Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has announced she has converted to Islam and said she has changed her name to Shuhada' Davitt.
The 51-year-old has been posting selfies of herself wearing hijabs on Twitter in recent days, as well as a video in which she sang the Azan, ...
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ROME (AP) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino labeled the chaos in Italy's lower divisions an "absurdity."
And it's hard to argue with him.
Two months into the season, several clubs still don't know which division they will be playing in and some teams have hardly played at all.
The disorder ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police bomb squad has removed a suspicious package from a Manhattan building associated with actor Robert De Niro.
A law enforcement source tells The Associated Press that the device found Thursday appeared to be linked to the others sent to Democratic ...
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SINGAPORE (AP) - Karolina Pliskova won the first set to eliminate Petra Kvitova, and then won the second set to advance to the semifinals at the WTA Finals.
Pliskova, who advanced from her group for the second straight year, beat Kvitova 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to improve her record to ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union on Thursday awarded its top human rights prize to Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia accused of plotting acts of terrorism, calling him a symbol of all political prisoners being held there.
Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2015 ...
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MADRID (AP) - Even though Real Madrid had just won a match, Julen Lopetegui still wasn't smiling.
The Madrid coach sported a gloomy look and spoke softly as he tried to explain the team's narrow 2-1 win over Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League.
It was as if he knew ...
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LONDON (AP) - A group of British lawmakers says the BBC has failed to live up to its duty to pay men and women the same for equal work - a damning indictment after year of pay scandals.
Parliament's media committee said Thursday that BBC salaries are set by "an ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Fenway Park gave the Los Angeles Dodgers the cold shoulder.
No wonder they were California Dreamin' about Thursday's flight home.
"I think all the players are happy about going back to LA, but obviously we have some games to win," pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu said through a translator ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit says she has a lung-scarring disease which may occasionally "limit the exercise of her official program."
Mette-Marit said that she has "had health challenges for several years" and has been diagnosed with an early stage of pulmonary fibrosis, in which scar tissue ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Suspended defenseman Nate Schmidt and the Vegas Golden Knights agreed to a $35.7 million, six-year contract extension Wednesday that runs through the 2024-25 season.
The team announced the move late Wednesday night after losing 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks in a shootout. Schmidt's new deal is ...
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Stephen Curry appreciated the freedom from coach Steve Kerr to shoot from wherever he darn well pleased, no distance off limits.
On this night, Curry could get away with anything. He was feeling it.
"It is nice to turn around and not hear your coach on ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - ABC News says that it is treating midterm election night coverage as if it were a presidential year, promising Wednesday to get a one-hour jump on its broadcast rivals by devoting the entire prime-time schedule on Nov. 6 to reporting results.
The network said its "Your ...
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Vanderbilt
Last season: 12-20
Nickname: Commodores
Coach: Bryce Drew
Conference: Southeastern
Who's gone: G Matthew Fisher-Davis, G Riley LaChance and F Jeff Roberson finished their eligibility. Larry Austin Jr., graduated in May and transferred to Central Michigan. G Payton Willis transferred to Minnesota, and C Djery Baptiste left team to ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Mimi dies of tuberculosis. Tosca leaps off a castle roof. Butterfly kills herself. But Minnie?
Unlike so many of Puccini's operatic women, the saloon-keeper heroine of "La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West)" survives the final curtain, though she must leave behind her ...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama coach Avery Johnson manages to find a silver lining to losing Collin Sexton to the NBA.
Sure, that means replacing one of the Southeastern Conference's most dynamic players, but it also forces the Crimson Tide to build more offensive diversity.
"Collin was an alpha dog," ...
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OREM, Utah (AP) — Taylor Swift has donated $15,500 to a GoFundMe account of a fan whose family is struggling with medical bills.
Sadie Bartell's mother has been in a coma for three years, and the family is worried about losing their Orem, Utah, home because of mounting medical bills. ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a woman stole about $40,000 from a Des Moines soccer club.
Thirty-four-year-old Brandi Preul, of Carlisle, is charged with theft. Her attorney is Michael Culp, and he told The Des Moines Register that Preul will be pleading not guilty.
She's accused of stealing ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A University of Utah student and track athlete who was shot and killed on campus by a former boyfriend had filed a police complaint against him after she learned he was a sex offender and broke off the relationship, authorities said Tuesday.
Investigators had been ...
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FORT LEE, Va. (AP) - The U.S. Army Women's Museum is set to reopen after a $3 million expansion and renovation.
A grand reopening ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 2. A remembrance garden will be rededicated the same day.
The project more than doubled the exhibit space, from 5,000 square ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - An athlete who met with Prince Harry and was featured in promotions for the Invictus Games has withdrawn from the event while facing drugs and weapons charges.
Australian army veteran Tyronne Gawthorne revealed he was arrested in Cairns last month and charged with possessing drugs including cocaine ...
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - No one would have blamed Creighton's Martin Krampelj if he had decided basketball wasn't for him anymore after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Coming back from one ACL tear is quite common.
Coming back from three is not.
Krampelj was establishing ...
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TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) - A crash between an Alabama school bus and a passenger vehicle has killed one person and injured 11 others.
State Police Trooper Cpl. Jimmy Harrell tells AL.com the driver of the passenger vehicle died. The driver's identity hasn't been released. Handley High School coach Larry Strain ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Although Borussia Dortmund is scoring at a remarkable rate, Atletico Madrid has the defenders to stop that flow of goals.
The teams, one with the best attack in Germany and the other with the tightest defense in Spain, will meet Wednesday in the Champions League with both ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - More than 40 years after working on the impeachment of Richard Nixon, former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman is back on the case.
This time, it's with a book: "The Case for Impeaching Trump."
"The book really forced me to think this through," Holtzman, a New York Democrat ...
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Hamburger SV fired coach Christian Titz on Tuesday after some poor results in Germany's second division.
Hamburg said former Stuttgart coach Hannes Wolf would take over with immediate effect and would lead the team's training session on Wednesday.
"It's our responsibility to analyze the sporting situation ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Alliance of American Football will stage its championship game in Las Vegas.
The new eight-team league, which begins play on Feb. 9 - the weekend after the Super Bowl - will conclude with a Saturday night title match on April 27 on CBS. That game ...
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BARRON, Wis. (AP) - The Latest on the search for a Wisconsin girl whose parents were killed in their home in northwestern Wisconsin (all times local):
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Several hundred people gathered on a blustery high school football field to support the extended family of a missing 13-year-old girl whose ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Rosie O'Donnell is getting married.
The 56-year-old confirmed to People magazine on Monday her engagement to 33-year-old Elizabeth Rooney.
O'Donnell says their wedding date is "a long time in the future." They've had a long-distance relationship because O'Donnell lives in New York and Rooney lives in ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese director Naomi Kawase has been commissioned to make the documentary film about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Kawase was introduced Tuesday by the local organizing committee. She said she hoped to focus partly on reconstruction efforts in the northern Fukushima region of Japan, which was devastated in ...
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LONDON (AP) - The Dutch king and queen are beginning a state visit to Britain that will include full ceremonial honors.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands are to be welcomed Tuesday morning by Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Pavilion at Horse Guards in central London.
Prince ...
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - German prosecutors have appealed against a court's decision to reject tax evasion charges against three people involved in organizing the 2006 World Cup.
The charges against Theo Zwanziger, Wolfgang Niersbach and Horst R. Schmidt are linked to a payment to FIFA. The Frankfurt state court decided ...
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A look at what's happening around the major leagues Tuesday:
FENWAY FRESHMAN
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will pitch at Fenway Park for the first time when he starts Game 1 of the World Series against the Red Sox. The oldest park in the majors has a lot of quirks that ...
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Czech coach Pavel Hapal has agreed to take over Slovakia's national soccer team.
The 49-year-old Hapal will succeed Jan Kozak, who quit after the team's second straight loss in the UEFA Nations League.
The Slovakian soccer association says its executive committee has approved the appointment. A ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The sharks on "Shark Tank" are supporting an invention created by a New York City firefighter who died of cancer after helping with the cleanup of ground zero following the Sept. 11 attacks.
Kevin Young's children on Sunday pitched his Cup Board Pro, a chopping block ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Two teams with Borussia in their name have given the Bundesliga some much-needed excitement.
While some may have expected Borussia Dortmund to again challenge six-time defending champion Bayern Munich this season, few would have picked Borussia Moenchengladbach to be near the top of the standings after eight ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police say one person died and three people were injured when an off-duty Kansas City police officer riving a department van hit another vehicle.
Police spokesman Capt. Lionel Colon said the crash occurred Sunday afternoon on Interstate 435 near Arrowhead Stadium as Kansas City Chiefs ...
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NBC Sports is hiring Paul Azinger as its lead golf analyst with hopes he can deliver his own brand of sharp, candid observations that made Johnny Miller such a strong presence in the broadcast booth for three decades.
Miller is retiring. His last tournament will be the Phoenix Open the ...
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A museum is being planned to tell the story of basketball great Larry Bird and his Indiana roots.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Saturday that the museum will be located in a new convention center that's being built in Terre Haute in western Indiana. The ...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Hot coals left by tailgaters are blamed for fires that damaged seven vehicles at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium parking lot.
It happened Sunday during the game between New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings.
State Trooper Alejandro Goez tells the Star-Ledger of Newark a driver parked ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Spartak Moscow has fired coach Massimo Carrera after a disappointing start to the season.
In his first season, the former Juventus assistant coach took Spartak to its first Russian title in 16 years, but has he struggled to build on that achievement. Spartak finished third last season ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Elvis Presley Enterprises has sued the city of Memphis over a delay in approval for expansion plans at Graceland.
According to The Commercial Appeal , the federal lawsuit last week alleges illegal retaliation last month when the Land Use Control Board delayed consideration of a Graceland ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The latest on the fallout from the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul (all times local):
9:45 a.m.
A top German official is pressing for a joint European Union position on Saudi Arabia after Berlin backed a freeze ...
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Sen. Ben Sasse continued his spat with conservative host Sean Hannity on Sunday, saying the Fox News star's business model is bad for the next generation.
He also put blame on MSNBC host Rachel Maddow for contributing to the problem of political tribalism, which he details in his new book, ...
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GRETNA, Va. (AP) - Five years ago Hazeray Wyche stood on a field here, soaking in the sights and sounds of youth league drills.
Actually, she did quite a lot of standing around, because the fundamentals of football were foreign to her.
"I don't know what I'm doing," Wyche told ...
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NEW YORK — Lena Dunham is shutting down her online feminist newsletter.
The author and creator of "Girls" announced Friday that the publication she co-founded three years ago, Lenny , had reached its "final chapter." In a message to readers, Dunham wrote that there was "no one reason" for the ...
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Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon will not play against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday after aggravating a hamstring injury during the trip to London.
Gordon, who has rushed for 466 yards and scored a total of nine touchdowns this season, did not practice on Friday, when coach Anthony ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Best-selling Japanese author Haruki Murakami says he enjoys writing novels because he doesn't know how they'll end up.
Murakami, hosting a special radio show on Sunday, said he starts writing without deciding how the story should end. Ideas pop up as he writes and he goes with ...
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The Ethiopian marathon runner who made global headlines with an anti-government gesture at the Rio Olympics finish line returned from exile on Sunday after sports officials assured him he will not face prosecution.
Feyisa Lilesa's return from the United States came several months after a ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Usain Bolt's long-time agent Ricky Simms said Sunday that the eight-time Olympic sprint gold medalist had received an A-League contract offer from the Central Coast Mariners, but did not provide any further details.
"In response to the media stories, yes, Usain has been offered a contract. I ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - Danielle Kang shot a 3-under 69 on Sunday to win the LPGA Shanghai by two strokes for her second career title.
Kang, who started the final round one stroke off the lead, offset a lone bogey on the par-5 fourth hole with four birdies after the turn ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Toa Taua had 126 yards rushing and a touchdown on 18 carries and Ty Gangi passed for 247 yards and a score to help Nevada beat Hawaii 40-22 on Saturday night.
Elijah Cooks had three receptions for 54 yards and a touchdown and added a 40-yard rushing ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The pregnant Duchess of Sussex has had her schedule cut back during her first royal tour, after a hectic start to her visit to Australia and the South Pacific with husband Prince Harry.
Meghan's first tour is an extremely busy one, with the royal couple scheduled to ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - John Baron II made three field goals, including a go-ahead 51-yarder late in the fourth quarter, to help San Diego State beat San Jose State 16-13 on Saturday night for the Aztecs' sixth win in a row.
Baron is tied with Illinois' Chase McLaughlin for the ...
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Dick Modzelewski, a star defensive tackle for the New York Giants in the 1950s and '60s, has died at 87.
The team said in a statement Saturday he died Friday at his home in Eastlake, Ohio, outside Cleveland. No cause was given.
Modzelewski spent 14 years in the NFL, eight ...
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MILAN (AP) - Roma fell to a surprise 2-0 defeat at home Saturday to 10-man Spal, which won at the Stadio Olimpico for the first time in Serie A in 53 years.
Roma had gone into the international break with four straight wins in all competitions while Spal had lost ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Beneath sparkling chandeliers hanging in the famed Rainbow Room, as a gala crowd dotted with rock stars sat around white-clothed dinner tables, Ringo Starr stood at a podium and described what it felt like to be 30 years sober.
With wife Barbara Bach Starkey - herself ...
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DETROIT (AP) - An engaged western Michigan couple plan to tie the knot halfway through a marathon in downtown Detroit and then complete the event as husband and wife.
A wedding will be held Sunday morning for 31-year-old Whitney Black and 33-year-old Steven Phillips at the 13.1-mile (21-kilometer) marker. Black ...
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - China's propaganda machine has taken aim at American soybean farmers as part of its high-stakes trade war with the Trump administration.
The publication last month of a four-page advertising section in the Des Moines Register opened a new battle line in China's effort to break the ...
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid reached the worst scoring drought in its history in a 2-1 home loss to Levante in the Spanish league on Saturday.
Julen Lopetegui's team went more than 465 minutes without finding the net before Marcelo ended the streak in the second half at Santiago Bernabeu ...
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy says the Saudi account of the death of a journalist "reeked of a cover-up."
After initially denying any involvement in journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, the kingdom said early Saturday that the Saudi writer and critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Prince Harry paid tribute to Australian service members by opening a new wing of a war memorial on Saturday before heading to a delayed opening of the Invictus Games as he and wife Meghan continued their visit to Australia and the South Pacific.
A thus-far joyous debut ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - Carlota Ciganda of Spain fired a 5-under 67 Saturday to share the lead with Sei Young Kim after the third round of the LPGA Shanghai.
Ciganda carded her fifth birdie of the day on the par-4 18th to finish tied with overnight leader Kim at 11-under 205. ...
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BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Angeline Nanni didn't want to be a beautician.
But she got her license anyway and shampooed customers at her sisters' Blairsville beauty shop while running the business side.
It was there, while World War II raged on, that she heard of a government job opportunity in ...
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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - Elizabeth McGill spent 13 years navigating academia, eventually earning a doctorate in human development from Marywood University in 2015.
The following year, she purchased her first home in Dunmore - a modest two-story house with blue-gray siding and a large, white-framed window overlooking the street.
She ...
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CAMDEN-WYOMING, Del. (AP) - A Delaware man is accused of "inappropriately touching" two teens at a high school homecoming football game.
News outlets cite a Delaware State Police release that says 58-year-old Ricky D. Hardy was charged with two counts of second-degree sexual contact after turning himself in Thursday.
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid will travel to Spain's African enclave of Melilla to open the Copa del Rey.
Madrid was paired with the third-division club UD Melilla in Friday's draw, the first to include the top two tiers of Spanish clubs.
Defending champion Barcelona will face third-division side Leonesa, ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - A lawyer for a black preteen rapper charged with criminal trespassing says the case has been handled inappropriately.
WXIA-TV reports attorney Gerald Griggs says he wants the charges reduced or dismissed against Mississippi-native Corey Jackson, who performs under the name Lil C-Note.
Corey was arrested this month ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of volunteers have descended on Chicago's Field Museum to read, log, digitize and preserve specimens collected by the institution.
The effort is called WeDigBio. Over the next few days, volunteers' work is expected to help scientists get a better sense of the history of life on ...
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - All England Club says Wimbledon will introduce fifth-set tiebreakers starting next year.
SHANGHAI (AP) - Sei Young Kim led the LPGA Shanghai by one stroke at the halfway point after shooting a 5-under-par 67 in the second round on Friday.
Kim made six birdies, including four straight from the sixth hole, to move to a 10-under 134 total. Her only setback was ...
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Anti-India protests and clashes between Kashmiri demonstrators and government forces occurred this week in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Protests had taken place Tuesday during the last phase of local elections, and on Wednesday following a gunbattle between militants and government forces that killed two rebels, a police ...
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kip Keino has denied wrongdoing in the Kenyan Olympic corruption scandal, telling The Associated Press that he didn't have control over the government money that prosecutors say was embezzled and misused around the time of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Keino told the AP in ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Prince Harry has scaled the Sydney Harbor Bridge to raise a flag marking the arrival of the Invictus Games, his brainchild and the focus of his current royal tour of Australia and the South Pacific.
The sporting event, founded by Harry in 2014, starts on Saturday. It ...
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - There were a lot of orange-clad Denver fans in the stands in Arizona.
They must have loved watching the Broncos beat down the host Cardinals 45-10 Thursday night.
"That was unbelievable," Denver quarterback Case Keenum said afterward. "It felt like a home game there for a ...
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No. 18 Penn State (4-2, 1-2 Big Ten) at Indiana (4-3, 1-3), 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC).
Line: Penn State by 14.
Series record: Penn State leads 20-1.
WHAT'S AT STAKE?
Both teams have lost two straight and are likely out of contention in the Big Ten East. The losses also ...
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A judge in South Dakota has denied a motion to dismiss a drug charge against rapper Chief Keef.
The rapper, whose legal name is Keith Cozart, was arrested in June 2017 at the Sioux Falls airport when drugs were found in his carry-on bag after ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Anastasija Sevastova reached the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup by beating Russian veteran Vera Zvonareva 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday.
Sevastova, a U.S. Open semifinalist, will next face Tunisian qualifier Ons Jabeur, who upset eighth-seeded Anett Kontaveit 7-5, 6-1.
Jabeur has won six straight matches, including qualifiers. ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - If Republican Marsha Blackburn were to win in November, the congresswoman would become the first female U.S. senator in Tennessee history. And yet women have been slow to embrace her campaign.
A Vanderbilt University poll conducted Oct. 8-13 showed Blackburn trailing former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, ...
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ISTANBUL (AP) - Ara Guler, an acclaimed Turkish journalist and photographer known as "the Eye of Istanbul" for his iconic black-and-white pictures of the city and its residents, has died. He was 90.
The Florence Nightingale Hospital in Istanbul said that Guler died of heart and respiratory failure late Wednesday.
...STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden's Olympic leaders have tried to assure Stockholm's newly formed local government that the city's taxpayers will not be asked to foot the bill for the 2026 Winter Games.
Stockholm's bid to host the games is at risk after lawmakers in the new coalition running the city ...
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Red Star Belgrade plans to file charges against a French newspaper which alleged match-fixing in the Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain this month.
Serbian media said on Thursday that Red Star has engaged a French law firm after L'Equipe newspaper reported a Belgrade team official ...
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MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi school district says it will bolster spending on girls' sports as part of a proposed settlement of an antidiscrimination lawsuit.
The Meridian Star reports the proposed consent decree between parents Jeremy and Stacey Shields of Collinsville and the Lauderdale County school district was ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA has banned Rubin Kazan from one season of European competition for breaking rules that monitor spending on player transfers and wages.
UEFA says Rubin has been banned from the next Champions League or Europa League it qualifies for on merit in the next two seasons.
...NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Running great Kip Keino has handed himself over to police and is under arrest following allegations he and six other Kenyan sports and government officials embezzled and misappropriated more than $545,000 set aside for their team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Keino, former sports ...
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Things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 8:
GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 16 North Carolina State at No. 3 Clemson. The ACC's last two unbeaten teams meet with first place in the Atlantic Division on the line. Both teams are coming off open weeks and figure ...
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LONDON (AP) - English Football Association says Shad Khan has withdrawn his offer for Wembley Stadium and it will not be sold.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Like a lot of parents, Mike Herrick occasionally sees his 13-year-old daughter getting lost in her smartphone and wonders: Is technology messing with children's brains, even as it enlightens and empowers them in ways that weren't possible when his generation grew up?
What sets Herrick apart ...
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A pro-government Turkish newspaper on Wednesday published a gruesome recounting of the alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, just as America's top diplomat arrived in the country for talks over the Washington Post columnist's disappearance.
The report by Yeni ...
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FARMINGTON, Mich. (AP) - A Detroit-area school official is on paid leave after saying the high school's cheer team looked like strippers during a pep rally performance.
Angela Leach, an assistant principal at Farmington Harrison High School, apologized after last month's comment and is under investigation by the school district.
...WAUNAKEE, Wis. (AP) - A Waunakee man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Seventy-four-year-old Ronald Jenne was ordered to stand trial Tuesday after a preliminary hearing in Dane County Circuit Court. Jenne is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Sloane Stephens was eliminated from the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday, losing to Tunisian qualifier Ons Jabeur 6-3, 6-2.
The third-seeded Stephens, who had a first-round bye, lost her opening service games in each set.
Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, secured qualification for the WTA Finals last ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Even at age 88, actor Ed Asner still hangs out at the comic-book store with his kid.
Early last week, the Asners could be spotted at Hollywood's legendary Golden Apple Comics. But they weren't shopping.
Instead, the two were promoting an internet comic-art auction to raise ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors today:
SPYGATE, THE SEQUEL
The Houston Astros might find themselves defending more than their World Series title. The champions are under scrutiny after Cleveland filed a complaint to Major League Baseball about a man associated with Houston attempting to film in the ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Police in Georgia are investigating the arrest of a black preteen rapper by a white off-duty officer.
News outlets report Cobb Police Chief Mike Register says the department launched a probe Tuesday into the October arrest, which was partly captured on video and posted online. Register says ...
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Everything about 2018 is going almost exactly to plan for Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson.
The twin sisters scratched off the first item on their to-do list by helping the United States end a 20-year gold medal drought at the Olympics. Monique scored the tying goal late in regulation and ...
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - With a laugh, Kim Pegula's competitive nature kicked in when the subject of the Toronto Maple Leafs hiring Hayley Wickenheiser was broached.
Impressed as the Sabres president was by the gender-breaking move in August, Pegula's first reaction was wondering how Buffalo's cross-border rival beat her to ...
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PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - America's most famous pimp partied for days with porn stars, political pals and others to celebrate his 72nd birthday, but the revelry ended when Dennis Hof was found dead in one of his Nevada brothels.
Hof, a Donald Trump-style Republican who won a GOP primary for ...
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HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) - The artist who created an 800-pound (363 kilograms) sculpture of a hammer stolen from a Northern California community center is offering a $1,000 reward to nail the thieves.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported Tuesday that Healdsburg artist Doug Unkrey made the offer. He made the ...
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LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - Prosecutors say an Ohio woman accused of embezzling at least $180,000 from a youth baseball league while she was its treasurer has been indicted on charges including theft.
Authorities say a Warren County grand jury on Monday indicted Renee Nichols on aggravated theft and tampering with ...
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CLINTON, N.Y. (AP) - Former British Prime Minister David Cameron says it was right for the United Kingdom to hold the referendum that resulted in his nation voting to leave the European Union.
Cameron, the UK's prime minister from 2010 to 2016, spoke Monday night as part of Hamilton College's ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Construction has begun on a world-class skate park in downtown Des Moines after years of fundraising.
The Des Moines Register reports that ground was broken Monday for Lauridsen Skatepark. Officials say the skate park will be the second-largest in the country, with 65,000 square ...
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CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian officials say EgyptAir has removed the latest edition of its in-flight magazine over a contentious article it published, purportedly based on an interview with American actress Drew Barrymore.
They say the carrier had agreed with its publisher, Al-Ahram advertising agency, to stop printing more copies of ...
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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sadio Mane has broken a bone in his left hand while away with Senegal for African Cup of Nations qualifiers and won't play against Sudan on Tuesday.
Senegal team doctor Abdourahmane Fedior says the Liverpool forward was injured in the home qualifier against Sudan on Saturday, ...
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LONDON (AP) - The Man Booker Prize is set to be awarded to one of six finalists, including a gritty story set in a women's prison, a novel in verse about a divided America and an environmental epic that has been likened to "Moby Dick" for trees.
U.S. novelist Rachel ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - With the election coming up in three weeks, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner is reminding candidates and political committees that political signs aren't permitted on state property.
Warner's office said in a news release that state property includes rights of way and roadsides. Anyone ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Muhammad Ali Center will host a screening of a documentary that follows the life and times of the boxing great, as shown through his appearances on The Dick Cavett Show.
Ali Center officials say the documentary - "Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes" ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Kanye West handed Uganda's president a pair of his autographed sneakers during a visit to the East African nation in which the rapper is said to be recording music in a tent.
The 74-year-old President Yoweri Museveni said he and West held "fruitful discussions" on Monday ...
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Emails the California State Transportation Agency provided to The Associated Press through a public records act request include exchanges with Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks about projects, meetings, compilations of articles about SB1, legislation approved last year that raises the gas tax, and other topics.
Brandon Castillo and Kathy Fairbanks are ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - The father of Belgium defender Vincent Kompany will become mayor of a Brussels municipality after his party won Sunday's elections.
The Manchester City defender says in a video message that his father is the "first black mayor in Belgium - ever" before erupting in cheers.
Pierre Kompany, ...
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Running great Kip Keino has been given more time to report to police in Kenya after being one of seven former Olympic and government officials accused of corruption relating to the misappropriation of more than $545,000.
The seven were ordered to report to police and appear ...
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LONDON (AP) - A baby born to Prince Harry and Meghan, the duchess of Sussex, would be seventh in line for the British throne when it is born next spring. Here is the current line of succession to the British throne upon of the death of 92-year-old Queen Elizabeth II:
...Coming off a division title that included a victory against its archrival, Auburn faced the prospect of losing its coach.
Who knows whether Gus Malzahn really wanted to return to his home state and become the head football coach at Arkansas, another SEC school, but Auburn's leadership decided it did ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fleetwood Mac disputes allegations in a lawsuit filed by Lindsey Buckingham for kicking him off the band's new tour.
In a statement, band spokesperson Kristen Foster says, "Fleetwood Mac looks forward to their day in court."
In the suit, the guitarist and songwriter is seeking his ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The Latest on Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, who are expecting a child in the spring (all times local):
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has welcomed the news of Meghan's pregnancy, which provided a bit of relief from concerns about the ...
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OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum is opening this week in Kentucky.
The museum said in a news release its $15 million building in downtown Owensboro will celebrate with three days of music, Thursday through Saturday.
Hall of Fame members performing Thursday include Bobby ...
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LONDON (AP) - Simona Halep is back as the year-end No. 1 for the second year in a row, despite a back injury that doctors say could lead to a long-term problem.
Halep, who won her first major title at this year's French Open, clinched the year-end top tennis ranking ...
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LONDON (AP) - Kensington Palace says Prince Harry and his wife the Duchess of Sussex are expecting a child in the spring.
The palace says the couple has "appreciated all of the support they have received from people around the world since their wedding in May and are delighted to ...
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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - D.J Swearinger didn't even want a few hours to soak up a victory before preparing for the Dallas Cowboys.
In the aftermath of a gutsy performance without two top players and after a short turnaround from an embarrassing defeat, the Washington Redskins safety figured he'd start ...
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) - Columbia University political science professor and author Keith Boykin is scheduled to deliver the keynote at Eastern Michigan University's 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration.
The free event will be held Jan. 21 at the school's Student Center Auditorium in Ypsilanti. The celebration runs from ...
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Newly named USA Gymnastics head Mary Bono apologized Saturday for a month-old tweet showing her blacking out a Nike logo after the post was slammed by Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles.
"I deeply regret posting the Tweet because I respect everyone's views and their fundamental right to express them," said ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - Novak Djokovic won a record fourth Shanghai Masters title with a 6-3, 6-4 win over 13th-seeded Borna Coric on Sunday.
The second-seeded Djokovic has won all four Shanghai finals he's contested in his career (2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018). He previously shared the record of winning three ...
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DAVIE, Fla. — The first full length documentary on the Florida school shooting that left 17 dead shows graphic cellphone footage from inside the school and much of it is not blurred.
Charlie Minn is the director of "Parkland: Inside Building 12", a graphic, two-hour retelling of the Valentine's Day ...
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Patrick Baumann, the secretary general of basketball's world governing body who was seen as a potential IOC president, has died at the Youth Olympics. He was 51.
The International Basketball Federation says Baumann "unexpectedly succumbed to a heart attack" in Buenos Aires.
FIBA says "basketball ...
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TIANJIN, China (AP) - Second-seeded Caroline Garcia won her first tournament of the year with a 7-6 (7), 6-3 win over top-seeded Karolina Pliskova in the Tianjin Open on Sunday.
It was the 16th-ranked Garcia's first title since she won back-to-back trophies at the Wuhan and Beijing tournaments in Asia ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Close to seeing his career stagnate, Paco Alcacer is making the most of a second chance to become Spain's top striker.
Alcacer scored twice in his first appearance for Spain in two-and-a-half years to lead a 4-1 away win at Wales in a friendly last week.
...INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - Local favorite In Gee Chun fired a 6-under 66 to win the KEB Hana Bank Championship on Sunday.
In, who started the final round two strokes off the pace, carded seven birdies against a lone bogey at the Sky 72 Ocean Course to finish at ...
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Brett Rypien threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns as Boise State held on for a 31-27 win over Nevada on Saturday night.
The contest included four lead changes in the first half, and both teams scored on their first two possessions of the second half ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Executives with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra say they have hired an independent investigator to examine the organization after the arrest of an artistic adviser on child pornography charges.
The Boston Globe reports the group's leaders also acknowledged Friday that a second employee recently resigned amid allegations he ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A paraplegic man who was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2016 shooting death of his neighbor in a Chicago high-rise has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.
The Chicago Tribune reports that 51-year-old Reggie Daniel was sentenced on Friday after he told the judge that ...
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