CAIRO (AP) - Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been put on a list of 34 players in the running for the African player of the year award.
The Egypt international won the award last year.
Other big-name nominees announced by the Confederation of African Football include Sadio Mane of Senegal, ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - In need of a jolt of holiday joy? Or a comforting share of romance or silliness or spirituality?
Television has you covered. There are classic old movies ("It's a Wonderful Life") and a sleigh full of new wannabes; Christmas carols galore; the majesty of the Mormon ...
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Washington Wizards center Dwight Howard has fought a piriformis muscle injury since training camp. Now, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Howard was told he will need surgery on it and could miss "a significant portion of the regular season."
Howard saw a nerve specialist in Los Angeles, Wojnarowski reported ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State University is ending the use of print-at-home tickets to athletic and other events as fakes have become an increasing problem in recent years.
The associate athletic director for ticketing, Brett Scarborough, tells The Columbus Dispatch the change was made when tickets went on sale ...
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - Jeremy Harris scored 21 points, Nick Perkins added 20 with nine rebounds, and No. 21 Buffalo beat Milwaukee 96-77 on Friday in the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic.
CJ Massinburg contributed 16 points as the Bulls improved to 6-0 for the first time since ...
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Rugby World Cup winner Naka Drotske was shot three times after charging at armed robbers to force them out of his brother's house, police and a community safety official said.
Drotske was shot in the chest, arm, and abdomen but was in a stable condition in hospital on Friday after ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - American sculptor Robert Morris, one of the founders of the minimalist movement that emerged in the 1960s, has died. He was 87.
The Castelli Gallery, which is currently exhibiting his work, confirmed that Morris died Wednesday of pneumonia in Kingston, New York.
Morris studied art at ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The International Olympic Committee has ordered an inquiry into the amateur boxing federation, which elected an alleged heroin trafficker as president four weeks ago.
The IOC says AIBA cannot contact organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during the inquiry.
The IOC says the inquiry into finance, governance ...
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SAO PAULO (AP) - Colombia's Junior Barranquilla will play Brazil's Atletico Paranaense in the final of the Copa Sudamericana.
Playing at home on Thursday, Junior beat their countrymen of Santa Fe 1-0 and qualified. They had won the first leg 2-0.
Striker Teo Gutierrez scored the only goal of the ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Don Henley and Mavis Staples will perform in tribute to Dolly Parton when she's honored as the 2019 MusiCares Person of the Year by the Recording Academy.
The academy announced the latest additions to the lineup Thursday for the tribute concert and ...
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MADRID (AP) - The Spanish league has taken legal action against the country's soccer federation in an effort to get approval for a regular-season match in the United States.
A Madrid commercial court says the league filed a lawsuit accusing the Spanish soccer federation of unfair competition. The court says ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is paying tribute to Nelson Mandela and promoting gender equality at an event in South Africa, where she opened an academy for girls a decade ago.
The former talk show host on Thursday joined Graca Machel, Mandela's widow and an advocate of women's and children's ...
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DALLAS (AP) - Kitsch and high-tech are linking up just in time for Christmas.
Big Mouth Billy Bass is programmed to respond to Alexa voice commands through a compatible Amazon Echo device. That means the singing and talking fish will lip synch to Alexa's responses and will dance to songs ...
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ROME (AP) - Already the first Italian club to earn three straight promotions, Parma is in position to add another chapter to its fairytale-like rise.
Three years after being declared bankrupt and being forced to restart in Serie D, the squad nicknamed the "Crusaders" is sixth in Serie A and ...
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PARIS (AP) - The verdict was delivered by none other than Pep Guardiola.
"People say the French league is just PSG, but they are so wrong," the Manchester City manager said after Lyon midfielders Houssem Aouar and Tanguy Ndombele left an indelible mark on his mind.
The pair - 20 ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Hollywood director has announced the death of his wife, Gloria Katz, who co-wrote "American Graffiti" and helped give Princess Leia her power in "Star Wars." She was 76.
Huyck told the Hollywood Reporter that Katz died on Sunday, their 49th wedding anniversary, at Cedars-Sinai Medical ...
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BANGKOK (AP) - Rights groups are urging Thai authorities not to deport a Bahraini professional soccer player to his homeland, where he faces imprisonment for what his supporters say are political reasons.
Human Rights Watch says Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali AlAraib was tortured after a 2012 arrest and fled in ...
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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man is accused of killing his 2-month-old son, who died of two brain bleeds and a fractured skull.
Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson tells The Sun Herald that 28-year-old Byron Allen Ellison was initially arrested on a child abuse charge in the October death ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Basketball is moving from the court to the classroom at NYU, though students won't be tested on dribbling or shooting.
Nor will they spend much time on the game's role as exercise or entertainment.
The theme is how it can save the world.
That's the ambitious ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - NPR's "Fresh Air" has parted ways with contributor David Edelstein after the film critic made a joke about the rape scene in "Last Tango in Paris" on his Facebook page following Monday's death of director Bernardo Bertolucci.
In a statement Tuesday, "Fresh Air" said the post ...
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POLTAVA, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian club Vorskla Poltava says it can't guarantee it will be able to play Arsenal in Kiev on Thursday after UEFA moved the game.
The Europa League game was moved from Poltava to the capital on Tuesday after the Ukrainian parliament voted to introduce martial law ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Beyonce, Jay-Z and Ed Sheeran are among the stars scheduled to perform at a South African concert on Sunday in honor of the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, a century after he was born.
The Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 will be hosted in Johannesburg by ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The National Basketball Association has reached a deal to provide official league data to licensed sports betting providers.
In a pact announced Wednesday morning, the NBA is partnering with Sportradar and Genius Sports to distribute NBA betting data to sports betting providers in the U.S.
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MINTURN, Colo. (AP) - A Vail ski academy teacher has died in a backcountry snowboarding accident at the East Vail Chutes.
Fellow snowboarder John Spriggs tells the Vail Daily that Bindu Sky Pomeroy went off a jump and landed head first in deep snow Tuesday morning.
Spriggs says the group ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Leonard Fournette's appeal of a one-game suspension for fighting has been denied, meaning he will sit out Sunday's game against Indianapolis.
The Jacksonville Jaguars running back was suspended without pay for leaving the sideline, running across the field and punching Buffalo Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson. ...
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DUBLIN (AP) - A death notice for a soccer player was posted in a local newspaper. A game was postponed. Teams across the league held a minute's silence.
Soccer clubs in the Leinster Senior League in Ireland united over the weekend to honor the memory of a player who was ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Austrian public broadcaster ORF is reporting that a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir has been stolen from an auction house in Vienna.
The station reported Wednesday that the unknown thief walked into the Dorotheum auction house, removed the painting from the wall and walked off with ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The corruption case involving a powerful IOC member promised to sow confusion as 206 national Olympic committees - known by the acronym ANOC - started two days of meetings in Tokyo on Wednesday.
It did just that and offered some good theater.
Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad as ...
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CARY, N.C. (AP) - Police in North Carolina say a man shot and wounded his son on Thanksgiving after a heated fight about NFL athletes kneeling during the national anthem.
Cary police say 21-year-old Esteban Marley Valencia and his brother argued during dinner about the athletes' protest of racial injustice. ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Have you heard the one about the girl who didn't care about Christmas but found herself in a small town for the holidays surrounded by decorations, cookies and carolers, and found a new boyfriend and her Christmas spirit by Dec. 25? Hallmark Channel has, and they're ...
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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - A tour guide in the Aspen Mountain Powder Tours permit area on Richmond Ridge was unharmed after being buried by an avalanche.
The Aspen Daily News reports the Aspen Skiing Company employee was rescued Saturday by his skiing partner. The company says the staff members were ...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - State records show that former Southeast Missouri State University baseball player Broc Kreitler settled a lawsuit over an injury he suffered during a practice for $200,000.
The Southeast Missourian reports that the settlement was reached earlier this year, although the only details disclosed in ...
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BERLIN (AP) - A German court has convicted a man on 28 counts of attempted murder in last year's attack on the Borussia Dortmund soccer team's bus.
The dpa news agency reported that the defendant, who has been identified only as Sergej W. in line with German privacy rules, was ...
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LONDON (AP) - Lawmakers from nine countries grilled a Facebook executive on Tuesday as part of an international hearing at Britain's parliament on disinformation and "fake news."
Richard Allan, Facebook's vice president for policy solutions, answered questions in London in place of his boss, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who ignored repeated ...
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DAMASCUS, Md. (AP) - Four Maryland 15-year-olds are out on bail but face life in prison after being charged as adults with first-degree rape in a locker room attack.
WTOP-FM reports Jean Claude Abedi, Kristian Jamal Lee, Will Smith and Caleb Thorpe were released on Monday. A fifth teen is ...
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LONDON (AP) - British socialite, codebreaker, politician and bon vivant Jean Baker - better known by her title, Baroness Trumpington - has died. She was 96.
Son Adam Baker says she died Monday in her sleep.
Born into a wealthy family, Baker served in naval intelligence at the Bletchley Park ...
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In what has become an annual holiday tradition, first lady Melania Trump was needled Monday by the media for her decorations, in this case the crimson Christmas trees lining the White House East colonnade.
Slate roasted Mrs. Trump for "her red Christmas trees of death," while The Washington Post called ...
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South American soccer body CONMEBOL has opened a disciplinary hearing against River Plate after its fans attacked the Boca Juniors bus before the Copa Libertadores final on Saturday.
CONMEBOL made the announcement on social media on Tuesday. It said River has 24 hours to present its defense to the hearing ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - UEFA says the Europa League game in Ukraine between Arsenal and Vorskla Poltava will go ahead as planned even as the country's president calls for martial law.
Ukraine's navy said six of its seamen were wounded when Russian coast guards opened fire on three ships in waters ...
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's parliament has seized confidential Facebook documents from the developer of a now-defunct bikini photo searching app as it seeks answers from the social media company about its data protection policies.
The parliament's digital committee sought the documents ahead of an international hearing it's hosting on Tuesday ...
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It took one dreadful 90-minute performance to expose the growing list of shortcomings in the Chelsea team that its coach had forewarned for much of the season.
Chelsea was fortunate to come away from Wembley Stadium with only a 3-1 loss to Tottenham on Saturday. So rampant and dominant were ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Alec Baldwin is due to answer assault and harassment charges in a New York court after being accused of striking a man in the face over a parking space.
The actor is set to be arraigned Monday on the misdemeanor and violation-level charges. He has said ...
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DUBLIN (AP) - Joe Schmidt will leave as Ireland coach after next year's Rugby World Cup and will be replaced by Andy Farrell.
The Irish Rugby Union Federation made the announcement on Monday, a day after Schmidt was named Coach of the Year in the World Rugby awards.
Schmidt has ...
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ROME (AP) - Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with "The Last Emperor" and whose erotic drama "Last Tango in Paris" enthralled and shocked the world, died Monday. He was 77.
Bertolucci's press office, Punto e Virgola, confirmed the death in an email to The Associated Press. Italy's state-run ...
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A prominent Islamic leader and at least 17 of his followers were killed by extremists Monday for having music in their religious ceremonies in Somalia's northern city of Galkayo, say police.
Two suicide bombers exploded in front of the preacher's residence, which is also a Sufi ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Some state lawmakers in Virginia say they're drafting legislation to allow sports betting in the state.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported last week that the proposals follow a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May that allows states to legalize and regulate wagering on sports.
Sports gambling had ...
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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) - Experienced Gonzaga and Virginia sent not-so-subtle reminders not to discount talented, veteran-led teams.
While Duke and its vaunted freshmen class were the talk college basketball for the first two weeks of the season, Gonzaga and Virginia walked away with titles to cap off Thanksgiving holiday ...
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PARIS (AP) - A trailblazer and visionary in the auto industry, Carlos Ghosn is also a highflyer prone to excesses that may have helped bring on his surprise downfall as head of the world's best-selling auto group.
Ghosn turned around France's Renault SA and then Japan's Nissan Motor Co., eventually ...
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Boca Juniors has requested the suspension of the Copa Libertadores final against River Plate, which is currently set to be played later Sunday.
The second leg of the final was postponed 24 hours to Sunday after Boca players were injured when their bus was attacked ...
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LILLE, France (AP) - Marin Cilic sealed Croatia's victory over defending champion France in the Davis Cup final with a 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-3 win over Lucas Pouille on Sunday.
Cilic, a former U.S. Open champion, gave Croatia a 3-1 unassailable lead in the best-of-five series on indoor clay in ...
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - He's a cobbler, a 50s-era rock n' roll star and the unofficial mayor of Osage.
Now Al Anderson is about to become the first subject of the documentary series "Morgantown Memories," produced by the Morgantown History Museum.
The episode will premiere at the museum, located at ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) - Getting the crowd fired up to watch the Baltimore Ravens is a big part of the job for Baltimore's Marching Ravens. It's a passion that requires long hours to get things just right on game day. For two of the band members, it's something they've been doing ...
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CHANGZHOU, China (AP) - The first winner of the Women's Champions Trophy is also the last. The Netherlands swamped Australia 5-1 in the field hockey final on Sunday.
Inaugural winner in 1987, the Dutch equaled Argentina by winning a seventh title. They have medaled in 21 of the 23 tournaments.
...WARSAW, Poland — A U.S.-owned broadcaster said it was the target of attempted intimidation by Polish authorities, describing how security agents appeared at the home of a cameraman who went undercover to film neo-Nazis and told him he must appear for questioning on suspicion of propagating fascism.
TVN, owned by ...
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San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster was arrested Saturday night at the team hotel in Tampa, Florida, on charges of domestic violence.
An arrest report from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office said Foster was booked into jail at 11:11 p.m. He is being held without bail.
Foster was arrested by ...
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LILLE, France (AP) - France captain Yannick Noah is sending out Lucas Pouille to face Croatia's top player Marin Cilic in Sunday's first reverse singles match of the Davis Cup final in an attempt to keep his team in contention.
France cut Croatia's lead to 2-1 by winning the doubles ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Japan star Keisuke Honda scored from the penalty spot Sunday to give the Melbourne Victory a 2-1 win over Sydney FC in a meeting of the glamor clubs in Australian football's A-League.
Jop Van Der Linden brought down Honda in the 71st minute and the former AC ...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton jokingly says he has revenge on his mind when his No. 14 Seminoles face Villanova coach Jay Wright and the defending national champion Wildcats in the championship game at the AdvoCare Invitational.
"I've got tremendous amount of respect for ...
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MADRID (AP) - Sergio Ramos has denied breaking anti-doping rules as suggested by German magazine Der Spiegel in the latest "Football Leaks" revelations.
The magazine reported Ramos failed a doping test after the Champions League final against Juventus in 2017, and that the Real Madrid captain did not follow proper ...
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GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas town that was nearly wiped out by a massive tornado has added a new sculpture to a park that stands on the grounds of its leveled city hall.
The Hutchinson News reports the 5-foot-tall (1.5-meter-tall) spiral of stainless steel shaped around an elegant ...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama hosts who rent their homes through Airbnb in Tuscaloosa and Auburn are cashing in during college football weekends.
New statistics from the hospitality company show that Lee County and Tuscaloosa County Airbnbs have raked in more than $1 million on football weekends this season.
But ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans chef Isaac Toups celebrates the Cajun cooking he grew up with in his first cookbook.
"Chasing the Gator: Isaac Toups and the New Cajun Cooking" is a treatise on Cajun cooking along with stories about Toups' culinary upbringing.
Toups hails from Cajun country - ...
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EIBAR, Spain (AP) - Santiago Solari's first game as Real Madrid's full-time coach was one to forget.
After leading Madrid to four straight victories as interim manager, Solari saw his team lose 3-0 at Eibar in the Spanish league on Saturday.
The loss - Madrid's first-ever defeat against the Basque ...
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ROME (AP) - So versatile were Leonardo da Vinci's talents in art and science and so boundless his visionary imagination, he is known to the world as the universal genius.
But not to Italy's nationalist-tilting government, which is livid about plans by the Louvre museum in Paris for a blockbuster ...
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LONDON (AP) - Like many a couple before them, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are moving to the suburbs ahead of the anticipated birth of their first child.
Kensington Palace said Saturday that Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will move from Kensington Palace in central London to ...
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HONG KONG (AP) - Aaron Rai shot a 2-under 68 Saturday in the third round to extend his lead from four to six strokes at the Hong Kong Open.
The 23-year-old Englishman is on 16-under 194 at Hong Kong Golf Club. Rai - who wears gloves on both hands while ...
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FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) - IOC President Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a quick trip Saturday to the region northeast of Tokyo that was devastated by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami that destroyed three nuclear reactors.
The Fukushima region will hold baseball and softball games during the ...
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MEDIA, Pa. (AP) - As Jack Kelly looks ahead to celebrating Thanksgiving this week, he is grateful for so many things, especially his beloved wife, Ginger, their two sons, Ken and Kevin, daughters-in-law Kate and Tish, and their five grandchildren, Erin, Riley, Porter, Quinn and Chase.
Looking back, he's also ...
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Tom Allen and Jeff Brohm understand the short-term stakes of Saturday's Old Oaken Bucket game..
The winner plays another game this season while the loser starts offseason work - just like last year. Just like it seems every year.
"It's looking like every year, it's always going to come down ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - On the surface, the new film "Bodied" may not seem like the right fit for an actor known for the Disney Channel's "Austin and Ally." But for Calum Worthy, it couldn't be more perfect.
"That's one of the things coming out of a Disney Channel-type show ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah had to travel a rocky road to finally claim the school's first Pac-12 South title.
The No. 18 Utes navigated a tough conference schedule and survived season-ending injuries to quarterback Tyler Huntley and running back Zack Moss. Still, Utah did not stumble before the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Behind every great book are the books which influenced it.
The "micro-learning" app and platform blinkist.com has been compiling literary sources for such classics as "A Clockwork Orange," ''Oliver Twist" and "1984." Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was inspired by each of her parents - William Godwin's "An ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says left back Benjamin Mendy could miss up to three months with his latest knee injury.
It leaves the Premier League leaders without a natural left back for one of the busiest parts of the season. Fabian Delph and Oleksandr Zinchenko ...
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MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - A rapper from Georgia served Thanksgiving dinner to a Marietta family who lost their home to a fire and then he promised to help them with housing.
WSB-TV reports Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Jenkins, offered to pay the Natt family's hotel bill for the ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Emperor Akihito has given thanks to the gods for a bountiful autumn harvest, the last time he will perform one of most important annual palace rites before abdicating next spring.
Akihito conducted the Niiname ritual on Friday at an Imperial Palace shrine illuminated by torchlight as ...
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BEIJING (AP) - The co-founders of Dolce&Gabbana apologized Friday in a video on Chinese social media after promotional videos seen as racist and subsequent Instagram messages stoked a furor in one of the world's largest markets for luxury goods.
Domenico Dolce and Steffano Gabbana appeared in a nearly 1 ½ ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union regulators have launched an investigation into flight ticket distribution services on concerns that their agreements with airlines might result in more expensive plane tickets.
The EU's executive Commission said Friday that it has opened an antitrust investigation into Amadeus and Sabre, two major "global distribution ...
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PARIS (AP) - From Ethiopia to Senegal, museums and governments are eagerly awaiting a report commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron on how former colonizers can return African art to Africa.
French art historian Bénédicte Savoy and Senegalese economist Felwine Sarr are submitting the report Friday in Paris.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - If given the chance to deliver an inspirational talk to teammates this week, Wisconsin offensive lineman Beau Benzschawel would keep it short and get right to the point.
The exact two-word phrase is best left said in the privacy of the locker room, though it might ...
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DETROIT (AP) - The late music great Aretha Franklin will be recognized during America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit.
Thousands of spectators are expected to line the three-mile (4.8-kilometer) route along Woodward Avenue Thursday morning from Midtown to downtown for the parade's 92nd year. The event will feature 26 floats.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - No. 8 UCF isn't content with having the nation's longest winning streak. The Knights want more. A lot more.
The defending American Athletic Conference champions can complete a second consecutive undefeated regular season by beating intrastate rival South Florida on Friday.
Next on their list of ...
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DENVER (AP) - Haute couture gowns worn by the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Jennifer Lawrence and Rihanna are now on view at the Denver Art Museum.
The museum's new exhibition, "Dior: From Paris to the World," opened Monday and runs through early March. It is the first major ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - With his imposing frame, aggressive attitude and talent for scoring difficult goals, Diego Costa has rightfully earned his reputation as a terror for defenders.
But that status is in serious danger after a scoring drought in the Spanish league that dates back to February.
The 30-year-old ...
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LILLE, France (AP) - France captain Yannick Noah has chosen Jeremy Chardy ahead of Lucas Pouille for the opening match of the Davis Cup final against Croatia.
Chardy will lead 10-time champion France against Borna Coric on indoor clay at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium on Friday.
Pouille sealed France's victory ...
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ROME (AP) - The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn't leaning so much anymore.
After more than two decades of efforts to straighten it, engineers say the famed Tuscan bell tower has recovered four centimeters (1.57 inches) more and is in better structural health than predicted.
ANSA news agency quotes a ...
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HONG KONG (AP) - The 2019 European Tour got underway on Thursday with Aaron Rai, Jason Scrivener and Yusaku Miyazato shooting 5-under 65s to share the lead after the first round of the Hong Kong Open.
They were already 10 strokes ahead of Masters champion Patrick Reed, who made four ...
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Before burgers must come the basics.
The arrival of Claudio Ranieri as Fulham coach should ensure an end to the chaotic selections, loose defending and naive approach that marked the promoted team's turbulent first three months back in the Premier League under now-departed manager Slavisa Jokanovic.
Soccer is a simple ...
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Here are some things to watch during the final week of the Southeastern Conference football regular season:
GAME OF THE WEEK
Auburn at No. 1 Alabama (No. 1 College Football Playoff): The Iron Bowl looks lopsided on paper this season, with the Tide picked as a 24½-point favorite at home. ...
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Mega-developer Glenn Straub is a proud, hard-nosed businessman with a reputation as a litigious bulldog quick to pounce with lawsuits over broken deals and delinquent debts.
But two former girlfriends say he's dragging them into court over a more personal breach - a broken ...
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Dan Mullen is gone. So is the Egg Bowl bravado.
First-year Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead will experience his first "Battle of the Golden Egg" on Thursday when the 22rd-ranked Bulldogs make the short trip to face Ole Miss in Oxford.
So far, he's shown little interest in continuing the ...
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PARIS (AP) - Laid-back in everyday life, Yannick Noah is meticulous when it comes to being a tennis coach.
So over the last 10 days, the France captain has been paying close attention to anything that could derail his team's chances of winning an 11th Davis Cup title against Croatia ...
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PARIS (AP) - France's rugby players will wear rainbow laces on their boots for Saturday's match against Fiji in support of former Wales captain Gareth Thomas, who was the victim of an anti-gay assault last weekend.
Serge Simon, the vice president of the French Rugby Federation, wrote on Twitter that ...
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LONDON (AP) - In the battle for online privacy, U.S. search giant Google is a Goliath facing a handful of European Davids.
The backlash over Big Tech's collection of personal data offers new hope to a number of little-known search engines that promise to protect user privacy.
Sites like Britain's ...
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MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say four relatives of Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones have been wounded in a shooting at an Alabama trailer park.
Al.com reports Baldwin County Sheriff Hoss Mack says the cause of the Sunday shooting remains unclear. He says Jermain Dickerson, Tamarius Dickerson and ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Golf Australia says the 2019 Vic Open, which features both men and women playing simultaneously, will be co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.
The men's portion of the tournament has already been announced to be on the European Tour next year.
Golf Australia said Wednesday the Vic ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese media report Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn will be held in custody for another 10 days.
Ghosn was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of falsifying income reports by millions of dollars and misusing company assets for personal gain.
Kyodo News service also reported Wednesday that another ...
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MIAMI (AP) - Two children of a 52-year-old Alabama woman who died on a cruise from Florida to Aruba say she was nervous about taking the trip.
Timothy Tenorio told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that his mother, Almarosa Tenorio, told him when she said goodbye that it might ...
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas cornerback Jordon Curtis escaped serious injury after he was struck by a car while leaving practice Sunday.
Razorbacks coach Chad Morris says Curtis was treated and released from a hospital, but he won't play in Friday's game against Missouri. According to a police report, Curtis ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Tim Cahill's farewell game for Australia ended in a 3-0 win over Lebanon on Tuesday, leaving the Socceroos' all-time leading scorer with 50 goals and 108 caps.
Cahill, who scored in three of the four World Cups he contested, went on with about 10 minutes remaining at ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Martha Stewart's first Uber ride was not a good thing.
Stewart ordered the "most expensive version" outside Tiffany's flagship store in New York City on Monday. As Stewart explained on Instagram , she wanted to be picked up on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.
Stewart wrote ...
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) - A Portuguese official says Spain has made no approach about the possibility of presenting a three-way bid to host the 2030 World Cup with Morocco.
Education Minister Tiago Brandao Rodrigues, who oversees sports, says he has "no formal knowledge of any official announcement about a three-way ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Muhammad Ali Center in Kentucky has received a donation to support an exhibit showcasing the diversity of Muslim cultures.
The $100,000 donation from Islamic Relief USA was announced Monday at the Ali Center in Louisville.
Center officials say the exhibit promotes the need to understand ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The PGA Tour will hold its first official tournament in Japan. And the main sponsor of next year's event, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, is describing it as a kind of "moonshot" for golf in his country.
Maezawa should know.
The founder of the Japanese fashion website Zozotown, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - When fans tune into NBC's Thanksgiving night broadcast of the Falcons-Saints game, they might do a double take.
Rather than seeing Mike Tirico, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison in the studio for the pregame and halftime programs, those three will be calling the game.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A Davenport man whose wife's intellectually disabled daughter was always locked in a bedroom has been given 10 years in prison.
The Quad-City Times reports that 56-year-old Eugene Harris was sentenced Friday. He'd been convicted of neglect of a dependent person, but the jury couldn't reach ...
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LONDON (AP) - Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on board a train.
The 51-year-old Gascoigne, who has struggled with alcohol and mental-health problems, was arrested at Durham station on Aug. 20.
British Transport Police say Gascoigne "was charged via postal requisition with ...
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Defending NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title holder North Dakota State is the top seed for this year's playoffs.
The unbeaten Bison will get a bye in the first round and will host a second-round game on Dec. 1 against either Incarnate Word or Montana State.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pamela Anderson is criticizing Australia's prime minister for making "smutty, unnecessary comments about a woman voicing her political opinion."
Appearing on Australia's "60 Minutes" this month, the "Baywatch" star urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison to bring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Australia. The Australian citizen claimed ...
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GENEVA (AP) - Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad has stepped aside from his IOC work while facing a criminal trial in Switzerland.
The Kuwaiti sheikh denies wrongdoing but says in a statement he does not want "these politically motivated allegations to distract attention" from his Olympic work.
Sheikh Ahmad has been ...
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VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican is hosting an unprecedented exhibition of Russian fine art, bringing treasures from Moscow's famed Tretyakov Gallery to Rome following a sold-out exhibit of Vatican works at the state museum two years ago.
The Tretyakov is loaning some of its most important paintings and religious ...
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DETROIT (AP) - The Kresge Foundation has given $50,000 to a $500,000 fundraising campaign in support of the Detroit Repertory Theatre's operations.
Theater officials hope to complete the fundraising campaign over the next three years as Bruce Millan prepares to step down after 61 years as artistic director. The 194-seat ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Incoming Football Federation Australia chairman Chris Nikou has called for unity in the national game after winning an election Monday to replace Steven Lowy.
Governance issues, the agenda for an expanded A-League and divisions over a promotion-relegation system in the national top flights created tensions between the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Quentin Hillsman is already thinking ahead to March and the NCAA Tournament.
Syracuse's coach scheduled up in the early part of the season with games against No. 3 Oregon and No. 20 Texas A&M with the hopes of playing well and potentially getting a home game ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual Governors Awards may be in its 10th year, and the honorary Oscar itself in its 60th, but that doesn't mean there isn't still room for a few firsts.
This Sunday in the heart of Hollywood, the film ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Former President Barack Obama, author Dave Eggers and actress and singer Janelle Monae are will be among the speakers at the second Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago.
The summit is Sunday and Monday. It brings together young leaders from the foundation's programs, including Obama Foundation Fellows, Africa ...
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - No. 16 Virginia Tech will take on No. 23 Purdue for the championship at the Charleston Classic on Sunday night.
The Hokies (3-0) are playing for their first in-season tournament title in coach Buzz Williams' five seasons.
The Boilermakers (4-0) have won a tournament crown in ...
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NEW YORK — First day sales for Michelle Obama's "Becoming" topped 725,000 copies, making it one of the year's biggest debuts.
Crown Publishing told The Associated Press on Friday that the figures include sales and pre-orders for the former first lady's memoir include hardcover, audio and e-books editions for the ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Danny Willett ended his title drought in thrilling fashion, winning the DP World Tour Championship by two shots despite a last-hole blunder on Sunday.
It was the 31-year-old Englishman's first victory since the 2016 Masters, secured with a final-round 4-under-par 68 for an 18-under ...
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Akwasi Yeboah had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Jaron Cornish scored 15 points to help Stony Brook beat Norfolk State 72-65 on Saturday night in a consolation game of the Air Force Reserve Tip-Off Tournament's Springfield bracket.
Elijah Olaniyi had 14 points and eight rebounds ...
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ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - The Paradise Jam resumes Sunday with four teams playing to reach the championship game.
Oregon State meets Missouri in the day's first semifinal. Then, Penn faces No. 12 Kansas State. The winners advance to Monday's title game.
Two games were held in Saturday's ...
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Justin Herbert threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns in what might be his last game at Autzen Stadium and Oregon held off a late rally by Arizona State to win 31-29 and knock the Sun Devils out of contention for a spot in the Pac-12 ...
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - The semifinals of the Air Force Reserve Tip-Off Tournament get started Saturday with a game between No. 18 Michigan and George Washington.
The winner will face either Providence (2-1) or South Carolina for the championship on Sunday.
The Wolverines (3-0) are coming off Wednesday's 73-46 win ...
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio university basketball team had plenty of time to think about a New York City tournament when snow stranded them on a city bridge for more than nine hours.
The Youngstown State team was on its way to New York for the Johnny Bach Classic ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has given a green light to a transgender performance artist's lawsuit challenging a Chicago ordinance prohibiting women but not men from exposing their breasts in certain public venues.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports the ruling rejects a city request to toss the suit. ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) - Cincinnati's historic Union Terminal is reopening Saturday after a $224 million restoration.
WCPO-TV reports the reopening is being celebrated with the release of a documentary produced by local filmmaker Billy Miossi called, "Saving Union Terminal."
The documentary chronicles the history of the landmark which opened as a ...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - It's rather odd to find Jesse Jakomait this way - in a hoodie and jeans, walking. Walking. Just walking the mostly flat trails of Ute Valley Park after work.
The sun is still up, so shouldn't Jakomait be up in the mountains on his bike, ...
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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - Ben Stiller's seven-part TV series about the Dannemora prison escape is premiering Sunday on Showtime.
Stiller hosted a local premiere in Plattsburgh earlier this week. He thanked North Country residents for their patience during the filming of "Escape at Dannemora," which was filmed on location.
The ...
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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Massimo Luongo scored with almost the last kick deep into stoppage time to give Australia a 1-1 draw against South Korea on Saturday in a rematch of the 2015 Asian Cup final won by Australia.
Hwang Ui-jo's first-half goal gave South Korea the lead.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The Chinese-language version of the Oscars is being held Saturday night in Taiwan's capital, Taipei, with veteran director Zhang Yimou's monochrome historical epic "Shadow" a leading contender for best picture.
The Golden Horse Awards honor films from Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China and other parts of ...
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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The War to End All Wars ended a century ago.
The brash Americans through sheer numbers and individual heroics ended the stalemate of World War I trench warfare in western Europe.
"We got there in the nick of time to stave off the attack," said retired ...
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When things go sour, an NFL team's fan base often points to two people: the guy calling plays on the sideline, and the man behind center trying to execute them.
As we get deeper into the 2018 schedule, the futures of some coaches could be tied to how their quarterbacks ...
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Gary Myers has covered Jerry Jones longer than any pro football writer, so it seemed logical and natural to write a book about the owner of the most valuable franchise in the world.
"How 'Bout Them Cowboys?" (Grand Central Publishing) is an in-depth look at America's Team, still the most ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Not everyone was cursing the fall snowstorm that snared traffic throughout the Northeast.
The Philadelphia Flyers' mascot, Gritty, experienced his first snowfall on Thursday. And Gritty tweeted it's "Zamboni dust."
In video shared on his Twitter account, Gritty proclaimed his love for snow by shuffling his feet ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Homeland Security Department says it has seized more than six thousand counterfeit items in the New Orleans area, including fake Saints jerseys.
NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reported that Homeland Security officials told reporters in New Orleans on Thursday about counterfeit items that also included pirated DVDs ...
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HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) - An annual event showcasing artwork, crafts, and performances by active duty military members and veterans is being held at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum.
The sixth annual Veteran Arts Showcase is being held Friday evening through Sunday at the FDR site in Hyde ...
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BERN, Switzerland (AP) - A Swiss federal prosecutor has been cleared of possible misconduct in his work leading an investigation of FIFA, but will leave his job.
The office of Switzerland's attorney general says it agreed with Olivier Thormann "that the latter's employment contract will be terminated."
Thormann's suspension from ...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's offense has generated more than 450 yards in seven straight games, something not even the powerhouse Tom Osborne teams of the 1990s did.
If the Cornhuskers put up the same numbers Saturday against Michigan State's stout defense, it will be another sign first-year coach Scott ...
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CHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading to Chemnitz to talk with residents of the eastern city three months after it was the scene of violent far-right protests.
Merkel's plans Friday include a meeting with the local basketball team and then discussions with readers of the Chemnitz ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The man who gunned down John Lennon in 1980 says he feels "more and more shame" every year for his crime.
Mark David Chapman told a parole board in August about his remorse during his 10th unsuccessful attempt to win release. A transcript of the hearing ...
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Duke (7-3, 3-3 ACC) at No. 2 Clemson (10-0, 7-0, CFP No. 2), 7 p.m. EST (ESPN).
Line: Clemson by 27½.
Series record: Clemson leads 36-16-1.
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Clemson is in prime position for its fourth straight College Football Playoff, which could disappear with a loss to Duke - ...
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) - UConn coach Dan Hurley has announced his first signings for next season, guards from New York and New Jersey.
Hurley says the Huskies have received National Letters of Intent from James Bouknight of Brooklyn, New York, and Jalen Gaffney of Columbus, New Jersey.
Bouknight is a ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) - An audience member says a man interrupted a performance of "Fiddler on the Roof" in Baltimore with a pro-Nazi and pro-Trump salute.
Rich Scherr is a contributing sportswriter for The Baltimore Sun. He told the newspaper that a man seated in the balcony of the Hippodrome Theatre ...
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MORGANTON, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina brewery knew it had a real bear of a problem when it realized it had hundreds of pounds of old, unused peanuts with a new shipment on the way.
Catawba Brewing Company co-owner Billy Pyatt tells The News Herald his wife and brewery ...
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ROME (AP) - Enjoying its status as the leading contender to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo bid has received another boost with a funding promise from the Italian government.
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini says if "private funding isn't enough, we'll make the final push" to cover the ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A former world record-holding weightlifter has been banned for eight years in a doping case which caused confusion at the 2016 Olympics.
Lin Tzu-Chi of Taiwan held the world record in the women's 63-kilogram category ahead of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but was suddenly ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - A new nickname for Brook Lopez started floating around Twitter after the Milwaukee Bucks 7-footer had a career night from the 3-point line.
"Splash Mountain ." How appropriate for a self-described Disney aficionado who is quickly developing a reputation as one of the best-shooting big men in ...
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CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - The Myrtle Beach Invitational begins play Thursday with St. Joseph's against Wake Forest.
That is the first of four games in the day's first round for the eight-team field, which includes two power-conference teams in the Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference and West Virginia ...
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - J.D. Paige scored 23 points and Anthony Masinton-Bonner added three of his 14 from the free throw line in the final minute as Colorado State moved to 3-0 by holding on to beat Montana State 81-77 on Wednesday night.
Tyler Hall hit a 3 and ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California coach Andy Enfield has landed three forwards and a guard in the highest-ranked recruiting class ever by the school's basketball program.
Forwards Isaiah Mobley, Onyeka Okongwu and Max Agbonkpolo and guard Kyle Sturdivant will play for the Trojans in 2019-20. They are rated the ...
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GENEVA (AP) - Diamond and pearl earrings, pearl necklaces, a giant pearl pendant and other jewelry once belonging to ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette are set to go on auction in Geneva, showcasing perhaps the quintessential emblems of pre-Revolutionary royal opulence in France.
Sotheby's is billing the sale Wednesday as ...
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - DraftKings and Resorts Casino are firing the latest shot in New Jersey's sports book arms race, with a full-fledged sports betting facility due to open in a week.
The two companies told The Associated Press their 5,000-square-foot sports book will open on Nov. 20 in ...
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TREMEZZINA, Italy (AP) - Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are getting married at a villa on Italy's Lake Como with screen credits of its own.
The couple's wedding on Wednesday at Villa Balbianello coincides with the fifth anniversary of the release of their first movie together.
The lakeside ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Businessman and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has reached a $1 billion agreement to sell the Greektown Casino-Hotel in downtown Detroit, one of the city's three casinos, companies involved in the deal announced Wednesday.
Gilbert's Detroit-based JACK Entertainment said it planned to sell the casino to Pennsylvania-based ...
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U.S. left back Antonee Robinson will miss Thursday's exhibition at England and next week's match against Italy after spraining his right ankle in training, an injury expected to sideline him for four weeks.
The 21-year-old defender was hurt during training on Tuesday, the U.S. Soccer Federation said.
Robinson plays for ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Businessman and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has reached an agreement to sell Greektown Casino-Hotel in downtown Detroit for $1 billion.
Gilbert's Detroit-based JACK Entertainment said Wednesday it planned to sell the casino to Pennsylvania-based Penn National and New York-based VICI Properties. The deal requires state and ...
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A former Pilot Flying J president convicted of fraud will get to spend Christmas at home.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports an appeals court approved on Tuesday Mark Hazelwood's request to remain on house arrest until he finishes fighting his conviction. The 59-year-old Hazelwood was convicted ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana appellate court is set to hear the case of Cardell Hayes, convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith.
Hayes insisted he shot Smith in self-defense after Smith grabbed a gun and fired as the two argued following a ...
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Senior Dexter Williams has been through countless ups and downs during his four years at Notre Dame.
Injury, suspension, an arrest, the emotions of helping his ailing mother - all of it has weighed down Williams at times. He has emerged just the same as ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - CNN is suing the Trump administration, demanding that correspondent Jim Acosta's press credentials to cover the White House be returned.
The administration revoked them last week following President Trump's contentious news conference, where Acosta refused to give up a microphone when the president said he didn't ...
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"The End of the End of the Earth: Essays" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Jonathan Franzen
One subject comes up frequently in Jonathan Franzen's latest collection of essays: how to live responsibly in the face of our all but certain extinction as a species.
"Every one of us is now ...
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BANGKOK (AP) - The death of a 13-year-old boy who was knocked out during a boxing match in Thailand has sparked debate over whether to ban child boxing.
The death of Anucha Tasako came after a Muay Thai - Thai boxing - match Saturday in the Bangkok suburb of Samut ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon is hard to escape.
Whether you've bought shoes at Zappos, picked up milk at Whole Foods or listened to an audiobook on Audible, you've been caught up in Amazon's growing web of businesses.
And now, Amazon's sprawling empire will stretch even further. The company is ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Churchill Downs is auctioning 19 spots for people to race on its iconic thoroughbred track.
The racetrack says in a statement that the Nov. 21 race called Heart Race at the Track is being held to raise money and awareness for the American Heart Association in ...
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LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles turns 70 Wednesday and is still heir to the throne — a role he has served since he was a young child.
He's not lacking in things to do and shows few signs of slowing down — he is wealthy, extremely active in matters of ...
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A new report says Indiana's tourism and recreation industry will have to adjust as climate change makes the state warmer and wetter in the coming decades.
Monday's report by Purdue University's Climate Change Resource Center is the center's latest analysis of how climate change will impact ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois House tourism committee will open the General Assembly's fall session with questions about the future of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum .
The committee on Tuesday will question officials with the museum. Its fundraising foundation wants state tourism money to help pay ...
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's state TV says the Tehran city council has elected a new mayor after a law adopted in September banned retirees from being employed in government positions.
The report says 54-year-old Pirouz Hanachi was chosen for the post. He is an architecture professor at the Fine ...
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LONDON, Ky. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that a Kentucky school district is discriminating against boys by only allowing girls to play basketball at more than one grade level.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell said Friday that Laurel County Schools needs to change or ...
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CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian court has sentenced Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's greatest all-time soccer players, to a year's imprisonment for tax evasion.
The court also gave the 40-year-old the option to pay a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds, or $1,115, to have his sentence suspended. The verdict ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Ever been on a blind date with a rock star? How about four of them?
That was Grammy-winning producer Paul Epworth's experience when he initially met up with Mumford & Sons to see if he and the four rockers could vibe, and possibly create not just ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho and Real Madrid left back Marcelo have been dropped for Brazil's upcoming friendlies in England because of thigh injuries.
Beijing Guoan's Renato Augusto and Juventus' Alex Sandro will be their replacements for games against Uruguay in London on Nov. 16 and ...
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