PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - In the ecosystem of who directs Hollywood's top-grossing films, women of color are the rarest kind.
But the 2019 Sundance Film Festival is proving to be a referendum on the dismal industry statistics . And the positive reception to and pricey acquisitions of films like ...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Aryna Sabalenka recovered from a second-set slipup to reach the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarterfinals on Thursday, beating Alison van Uytvanck 6-1, 6-4.
In her first match since reaching a career-high ranking of No. 10 on Monday, the Belarusian trailed 3-1 in the second before ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Best-selling thriller writer Brad Meltzer is returning to his publishing roots.
Meltzer has a 3-book deal with the HarperCollins imprint Morrow, which released his debut novel "The Tenth Justice" in 1997. Morrow announced Thursday that his next book will come out in 2021 and will feature ...
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MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A private jet carrying a comedian who had just performed in North Carolina had to make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
News outlets cite an Instagram post from Canadian comedian and actor Russell Peters, who says the plane suffered a flat tire while taking ...
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LONDON (AP) - The head of the Spanish league has called on members at the upcoming UEFA Congress to block Paris Saint-Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi from taking a seat on European soccer's top decision-making body.
Al-Khelaifi has been elected by the European Club Association board to be one of ...
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LONDON (AP) - The Latest on transfer deadline day in European soccer (all times local):
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Wolverhampton has completed the permanent signing of defender Jonny Otto from Atletico Madrid on transfer deadline day.
The 24-year-old Otto has made 22 appearances on loan in the first half of the season ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Mariah Carey, one of the world's most celebrated artists, is performing in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for the first time, but there's a growing chorus of Saudi women calling on her to cancel the concert to show support for detained women's rights activists.
Carey ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities say 33 people have been arrested in Atlanta on sex trafficking charges ahead of the Super Bowl.
Homeland Security Investigations Agent Nick Annan tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the arrests happened this week, but declined to discuss case specifics due to ongoing investigations.
Authorities say four ...
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An Australian football team said on Thursday it wants to continue Huawei's longest-ever sports sponsorship despite the Chinese communication giant's legal wrangle with the United States and its ban from Australia's 5G networks.
Huawei has been the major sponsor of the Canberra Raiders, the national capital's ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Yes, it's time for another story about the Patriots trying to accomplish something nobody has done since the 1972 Dolphins.
But not THAT story.
Eleven years after falling one win short of matching Miami's undefeated season, New England is attempting to become the first team since those ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Retired Dallas Cowboys safety Dextor Clinkscale gets a chance each year to re-experience the camaraderie of playing in the NFL when the Super Bowl Gospel Choir convenes to perform in the city hosting the league's marquee game.
The choir provides about 60 players - mostly retired and ...
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Asian Cup organizers have opened an investigation after soccer fans threw shoes and bottles at Qatar's players during their semifinal victory over the United Arab Emirates.
The stadium in Abu Dhabi was packed with home fans. The UAE has cut economic, diplomatic and ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Rapper J. Cole will headline the halftime show at the NBA All-Star Game.
The seven-time Grammy Award nominee will return to his home state to perform a medley of hits at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Feb. 17. He released his latest single, ...
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - United States defender Matt Polster has joined Scottish club Rangers from the Chicago Fire.
The 25-year-old Polster has signed a 2½-year deal with the Glasgow club, which is managed by former England captain Steven Gerrard.
Rangers is second in the league, three points behind Glasgow rival ...
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CAMBRIDGE, Neb. (AP) - A March 4 sentencing hearing is scheduled for two 18-year-olds accused of planning to attack a high school in south-central Nebraska.
Furnas County Court records say Joseph Williams, of Oxford, and Aron McMains, of North Platte, pleaded no contest Monday to misdemeanor attempted terroristic threats. Prosecutors ...
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PARIS (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain says Neymar is expected to be sidelined for about 10 weeks with a right foot injury.
That would rule the Brazil striker out of both legs of PSG's matchup against Manchester United in the last 16 of the Champions League, and potentially both legs of ...
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"Antisemitism: Here and Now" (Schocken Books), by Deborah E. Lipstadt
Deborah E. Lipstadt was surprised at how hard it was to write her latest book. A leading authority on the Holocaust, she was used to "skulking in the sewers of antisemitism and genocide." But that was history.
What made her ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt University's baseball stadium is set to start pouring beer for fans, but only in a premium section of the ballpark.
The school's athletic department announced Tuesday that Hawkins Field will feature the Home Run Lounge, a premium tented area where fans 21 years old and ...
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MUNICH (AP) - Former Germany striker Sandro Wagner is leaving Bayern Munich after one year to join Chinese club Tianjin Teda.
The 31-year-old Wagner's contract had been due to expire in 2020.
Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic says "Wagner came to us to ask us to free him from his ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Among comics lovers, Stan Lee was as much a superhero as the characters he helped create.
Those fans, along with Lee's friends and colleagues, will get to pay their final respects at a Los Angeles memorial Wednesday night for the Marvel Comics mastermind who helped bring ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russia is bidding to host the 2023 edition of the European Games despite a backdrop of years of doping scandals.
Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov is working with regional officials on the Kazan bid and says the city has "unique sports infrastructure at both the Russian ...
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After all the points were piled up in the second-highest scoring season in NFL history, the popular prototype for a head coach became predictably clear.
Teams on the annual coaching carousel this winter searched for their own version of prodigy Sean McVay, the creative play caller and quarterback whisperer who ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is dismissing a tell-all book by a former White House aide as "made up stories and fiction."
The book by Cliff Sims is called "Team of Vipers" and compares many Trump aides to serpents.
Trump tweeted Tuesday that Sims "pretended to be an insider ...
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's leading literary award, the Man Booker Prize, faces uncertainty after its main financial backer announced it is ending its sponsorship after almost two decades.
Investment manager Man Group PLC says it will stop funding the Man Booker and Man Booker International prizes after 2019. The firm ...
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HUA HIN, Thailand (AP) - American qualifier Jennifer Brady achieved her second career top-20 win when she upset Caroline Garcia of France 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the first round of the Thailand Open on Tuesday.
Brady, ranked 117th, used aggressive and consistent groundstrokes to upset Garcia, ranked 19th, in two ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - The Latest on snow coming to Atlanta along with Super Bowl (all times local):
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Atlantans awoke to mild weather five days before the Super Bowl, but forecasters say temperatures will soon plunge as a winter storm front moves eastward, threatening to coat the streets in ...
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LONDON (AP) - John Malkovich is returning to the London stage as a powerful Hollywood producer accused of sexual misconduct, in a play with strong echoes of the Harvey Weinstein saga.
Producers announced Tuesday that Malkovich will star in the world premiere of David Mamet's "Bitter Wheat," which recounts the ...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Julia Goerges rallied to win the final four games of the match and beat Maria Sakkari 6-2, 7-5 Tuesday in the first round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy.
The fifth-seeded German trailed 5-3 in the second set before going on her run.
Goerges will ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority in Atlanta says it may seek a court order to stop a sick-out by bus drivers who are upset over a union contract.
MARTA CEO Jeffrey Parker told news outlets Monday that the agency was experiencing delays as at least 80 ...
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Andy Murray did have a second hip operation, after all, getting a metal implant one year after his first procedure on the joint.
The three-time major champion posted a message Tuesday on Instagram saying that he had the surgery in London on Monday.
"Feeling a bit battered and bruised just ...
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A word of warning to all those soon-to-be Super Bowl champions in New England or Los Angeles: Don't get too comfortable. You might be looking for a job fairly soon.
The NFL's inexorable trend of going younger and cheaper does not bypass the best teams in the league. In fact, ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Zenit St. Petersburg has signed Ukrainian defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy, prompting criticism from Ukrainian fans of Rakitskiy's decision to play in Russia.
The 29-year-old has signed a contract with Zenit through the end of the 2022-2023 season after spending his entire career with Shakhtar Donetsk and winning seven ...
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WACO, Texas (AP) - Chloe Jackson took an unusual path to being the starting point guard for top-ranked Baylor and coach Kim Mulkey.
Jackson was a graduate transfer last summer after two seasons as a shooting guard at LSU. She was a standout soccer player who also loved basketball in ...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Reginald Gee scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers, and AJ Farrar had a double-double to help Alabama State beat Southern 68-65 on Monday night for its fourth win in a row.
Farrar finished with 17 points, on 6-of-7 shooting, and a career-high 14 rebounds. Tobi Ewuosho ...
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TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - A 19-year-old Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to trying to steal a jet in order to fly to Chicago to attend a rap concert.
The Texarkana Gazette reports that Zemarcuis Scott of Texarkana pleaded guilty last Thursday to charges of attempted theft of property and ...
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IOLA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver DeAnthony Thomas has been arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
The sheriff's office in southeast Kansas' Allen County said in a Facebook post that Thomas was booked Saturday. The 26-year-old from Lee's Summit, Missouri, has since been released ...
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Anthony Davis' agent says the five-time All-Star has told the New Orleans Pelicans that he wants to be traded to a contending team.
Agent Rich Paul confirmed the request to The Associated Press early Monday. ESPN first reported that Davis has told the Pelicans he wants to go elsewhere.
Davis ...
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LONDON (AP) - The family of missing Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala is in the Channel Islands to oversee a private search of the plane that disappeared last week.
An official search-and-rescue operation for the light aircraft carrying Sala and pilot David Ibbotson was called off on Thursday. The flight ...
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CAIRO (AP) - This year's African Cup of Nations in Egypt has been pushed back by six days to cater for Ramadan and allow Muslim players time to rest and recover after a month of fasting.
The Confederation of African Football says the tournament will now kick off on June ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Espanyol says it has signed striker Wu Lei, the second Chinese player to join the Spanish league.
Wu has been playing for Chinese club Shanghai SIPG, where he thrived for several seasons. The 27-year-old player was the league's Golden Boot winner last year, and its top ...
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PARIS (AP) - A French judicial official says police are investigating the theft of an artwork by the British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 terror attacks at the Bataclan music hall in Paris.
The artwork, a black image appearing to depict ...
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Though the next labor fight between the NFL and its players is more than two years off, one issue is already clear.
Avoiding a work stoppage in 2021 could depend on whether players can secure more guaranteed money in the next collective bargaining negotiations with the league.
"You can't look ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Novak Djokovic sounds like a man ready to embrace the chase.
Already at 15 Grand Slam titles, Djokovic is now only two majors behind Rafael Nadal's total of 17, and five shy of Roger Federer's men's record of 20.
So a day after winning the Australian ...
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The Golden State Warriors don't just have streaks.
They have streaks of streaks.
Golden State has won 10 straight games, the longest winning streak in the NBA this season. And that makes this the sixth consecutive season that the Warriors have had a double-digit streak of victories - which ties ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka is the youngest woman to make her debut at No. 1 in nine years and the first man or woman from Asia to lead the tennis rankings.
Simona Halep's 48-week stay atop the WTA ended Monday. She slid to No. 3 ...
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HANNOVER, Germany (AP) - Struggling Hannover has fired Andre Breitenreiter after eight Bundesliga games without a win.
Breitenreiter, who led the side back to the top flight as second-division runner-up after taking over in March 2017, was already under pressure before the team's 5-1 loss at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
...LONDON (AP) - Britain's Prince Philip has apologized to woman who was injured when the car she was riding in collided with a Land Rover that he was driving.
The 97-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II told the woman he was "deeply sorry" that she was injured in the Jan. ...
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A glance at contracts given to the top 5 draft picks in 2010, the year before a rookie salary scale was put into place, as compared to 2018. Note that all money for first-round picks in 2018 is guaranteed.
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1. Sam Bradford (Rams) 6 years, $78 million ($50 million ...
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There should be one word on the minds of every NFL player and the union that represents them.
Guaranteed.
It's way past time for those who play America's most popular - and physically demanding - sport to be paid what they're worth. The most obvious starting point would be to ...
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By the time NFL players reach their third and fourth years in the league, the vast majority are struggling just to hang on because of injuries or younger, faster and often cheaper rookies out for their jobs.
In 2006 and 2011, the players union and the NFL tried to do ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Novak Djokovic overwhelms Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 for record seventh Australian Open title .
BANGKOK — A popular Thai music act has apologized amid a scandal set off when one of its members wore a shirt showing the swastika flag of Nazi Germany during a performance.
The incident involving the girl group BNK48 occurred just two days ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Not long after Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut completed their career Grand Slam in men's doubles, the Frenchmen were already turning their attention to the next goal. And that's gold.
Mahut and Herbert beat Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia 6-4, 7-6 (1) ...
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BANGKOK (AP) - A popular Thai music act has set off a scandal after one of its members wore a shirt showing the swastika flag of Nazi Germany during a performance.
The incident involving the girl group BNK48 occurred just two days ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked Sunday ...
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HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) - Fiji beat the United States 38-0 to win the New Zealand leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday, defending its title and consigning the Americans to their third straight loss in a tournament final.
The win was Fiji's second in consecutive tournaments this ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Sheriff Drammeh hit 4 of 5 from 3-point range and finished with 18 points, Drew Buggs had 12 points and a career-high 12 assists, and Hawaii beat UC Davis 80-60 Saturday night to snap a two-game skid.
Zigmars Raimo scored 14 on 6-of-7 shooting and Dawson Carper ...
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Music is on the program in a Mississippi city that is hosting a series of concerts.
WDAM-TV reports that Hattiesburg Mayor Tobey Barker and community leaders announced the City Lights + Music Nights series.
Performers scheduled so far are Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn on ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Golden State star Stephen Curry has told ESPN that he and brother Seth Curry of the Portland Trail Blazers will be taking part in the 3-point contest during the NBA's All-Star weekend.
They'll be squaring off Feb. 16 in Charlotte, their hometown.
Stephen Curry told ESPN ...
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PARIS (AP) - Neymar needs further medical tests next week to determine how best to treat his latest right foot injury, and assess how long he will be out for.
The Paris Saint-Germain forward sustained the injury in a French Cup game against Strasbourg on Tuesday . Initial tests showed ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Petra Kvitova really wanted to be the Australian Open champion. Of course she did.
That she lost the final at Melbourne Park to Naomi Osaka 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday night was "painful, for sure," to use Kvitova's words. It was not, however, what ...
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PRAGUE (AP) - A unique collection of some 4,500 drawings by children who were interned at the Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust still attracts attention, 75 years since their creation.
Amid brutal conditions at the ghetto, the children made them during secret art classes led by artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan officials say an accidental explosion killed four insurgents and a civilian near a sporting event in an area controlled by the Taliban.
Maj. Hanif Rezaie, an army spokesman, says one of the fighters killed in the northern Baghlan province was a local commander. A provincial ...
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's Telegraph newspaper has apologized and paid "substantial damages" to U.S. First Lady Melania Trump after publishing an article it says contains many false statements.
The newspaper said Saturday it apologizes "unreservedly" for the content of a cover story published Jan. 19 in the newspaper's weekly magazine ...
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HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) - Fiji, the United States, South Africa and New Zealand topped their pools with unbeaten records Saturday after the first day of the New Zealand leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series.
Defending world champions South Africa will play Samoa, World Series leaders the United States ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Screen Actors Guild Awards turn 25 on Sunday, a milestone not only for the show but also for the executive producer who has shaped it since its inception.
Kathy Connell has worked on every show since the SAG Awards were first held in 1995. She's ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The governing body of field hockey says it is working with South Korea and North Korea to combine teams and try to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The International Hockey Federation hosted both Korean federations in Lausanne last week to discuss "future steps to reach ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Berlin police say three watercolor landscapes allegedly painted by a young Adolf Hitler are being examined by experts to determine if they are fakes.
Police spokesman Martin Halweg said Friday the paintings were seized from a city auction house before they could be sold after they had ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya ran the third fastest time for a woman in winning the Dubai Marathon on Friday.
Chepngetich crossed the line in 2 hours, 17 minutes, 8 seconds, beating the course record by more than two minutes.
Only Paula Radcliffe and Mary ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Louisiana man has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of LSU basketball player Wayde Sims.
News outlets report 20-year-old Dyteon Simpson was indicted on the charge by a grand jury Thursday. Authorities have said Sims was shot to ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's athletics federation has dropped its legal challenge against its ban from international competitions.
Russia has been banned from international meetings since 2015 because of doping, though dozens of top athletes have been allowed to compete by the IAAF in a neutral status.
In September, the Russian ...
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Here are some things to watch in Southeastern Conference basketball this week:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND
No. 9 Kansas at No. 8 Kentucky: This matchup of two top-10 teams is the headline attraction in Saturday's SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Kentucky (15-3) has won five straight, beating No. 16 Auburn (No. 14 ...
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Every now and then Alex Zanardi has a chance encounter with someone who reminds him there's never any reason to feel sorry for himself, not that he ever had during his two vastly different lifetimes: the one with legs, and the other as a double-amputee.
...DALLAS (AP) - First-year Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery called out the franchise for a "culture of mediocrity," led a feedback-sharing session with players and briefly benched one of his top-scoring forwards.
And this was all in less than a week, not long after team CEO Jim Lites profanely ripped ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Hornets point guard Kemba Walker can't imagine what the atmosphere will be like when he's introduced as an NBA All-Star game starter next month on his home court.
"I haven't given it any thought, but I'm sure it will be an unbelievable moment being that the ...
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The piano-playing video announcing his arrival generated record social-media interactions, and sales of his No. 7 jersey went through the roof in the club shop.
By that measure, Alexis Sanchez couldn't have been more of a let-down in his first 12 months at Manchester United.
This week marked a year ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A bill to help people wrongfully convicted by flawed forensic science is under consideration in Virginia, helped by a man who spent more than three decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the senate bill would allow people who maintain ...
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MUNICH (AP) - Leon Goretzka's emergence at Bayern Munich is bad news for James Rodriguez.
James, as he is known, watched from the bench Friday as Goretzka - playing in the Colombian's favored No. 10 position - scored two goals in Bayern's 3-1 victory at Hoffenheim.
"We did everything right ...
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam says that a "full body scan" carried out on its version of the Dutch master's iconic "Sunflowers" has shown the painting is in "stable but vulnerable" condition and not fit to travel.
The museum's director Axel Rueger said Thursday that results ...
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid complained about it. Barcelona defended it. Fans are struggling to understand it.
Video review is not escaping controversy in its first season in Spain.
As in other countries, the implementation of VAR hasn't been smooth in the Spanish league, with confusion and criticism coming along ...
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LONDON (AP) - Diana Athill, a writer and editor who honed the work of novelists including John Updike and Margaret Atwood before finding late-life fame as a memoirist, has died. She was 101.
Publisher Granta Books said Thursday that Athill died after a short illness.
Athill began her career soon ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A quick look at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO FRIDAY
There's only one main draw singles match on Day 11: No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic's semifinal against No. 28 Lucas Pouille. Six-time champion Djokovic wants the record for most Australian Open men's singles titles to himself - ...
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LONDON (AP) - The search has resumed to find the plane that was carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala as the operation moved into its third day.
The light aircraft with the 28-year-old striker and pilot David Ibbotson on board disappeared from radar on Monday night near Guernsey in the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has proposed going back to a 15-day disabled list and increasing the time optioned players usually must spend in the minor leagues, a person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press, moves aimed at reducing the use of relief pitchers and reviving ...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and two assists, Nino Niederreiter scored twice and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Wednesday night.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves for Carolina in his first NHL start. Greg McKegg and Dougie Hamilton each added a goal ...
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Last year, a high-profile overhaul of NCAA transfer rules stopped short of creating free agency in college sports.
A much quieter change, however, helped quarterback Shea Patterson play for Michigan and will determine whether Justin Fields is eligible this fall at Ohio State. The modification to the waiver process can ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A war crimes suspect who is also head of Central African Republic's soccer federation has been sent to the International Criminal Court, where he faces allegations of leading a mainly Christian militia that targeted Muslims in deadly interreligious fighting.
The court says in a statement ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Cardi B will have her first Last Vegas residency this spring.
Palms Casino Resort announced Wednesday the 26-year-old singer's appearance as part of its debut of KAOS, a dayclub and nightclub amphitheater-style complex that is set to open in April.
Above and Beyond, G-EAZY, Kaskade and ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - David Beckham has joined some of his former Manchester United teammates by investing in fifth-tier English team Salford.
The move comes five years after Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt first bought a stake in the non-league team, which is located ...
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HOUGHTON, Mich. (AP) - Conservation officers are conducting snowmobile patrols in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to promote safety and enforce state laws.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says weekend patrols started Jan. 11 along the state-managed trail system in Houghton County and on Jan. 12 in Ontonagon County.
The patrols ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans City Council member says she will file a resolution calling on the NFL to thoroughly review officiating rules, the use of replay technology and the league's assessment of conflicts of interest.
It's Council Member Helena Moreno's response to officials' decision not to call ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Having an Australian Open champion in his corner has helped Lucas Pouille overcome a drought at Melbourne Park, where he's reached the semifinals after five previous first-round exits.
Working with 2006 Australian Open women's champion Amelie Mauresmo has been one of the key factors.
Pouille reached ...
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Mariano Rivera sailed into the Hall of Fame without a single dissenting vote. Next year, it's Derek Jeter's turn - and don't expect much opposition then, either.
Jeter headlines the group of candidates who will be newly eligible for the Hall next year , and now that Rivera has become ...
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - South Korea, defending champion Australia and Japan made it through to the Asian Cup quarterfinals knowing there is much room for improvement as the continental tournament enters its finals stages.
Even with the arrival of Son Heung-min from Tottenham, South Korea struggled to ...
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LONDON (AP) - Northern Ireland's wounds are deep: Bloody Sunday, Enniskillen, Belfast's sectarian killings of Catholics and Protestants by paramilitaries on both sides and British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary shootings and crackdowns.
Time has not completely healed the hatred, distrust and fear of those caught up in the decades-long ...
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WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) - A Maine group is looking for local art submissions for the state's annual summer film festival.
The Maine Film Center says it wants "original Maine-based art submissions" for the 22nd Annual Maine International Film Festival's artwork. The selected artwork will be used on posters, programs, advertisements ...
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Rachel Kushner's prison novel "The Mars Room," poetry and criticism by Terrance Hayes and essays by Zadie Smith were among the finalists announced Tuesday for the National Book Critics Circle prize.
Judges chose an eclectic range of 31 books in six competitive categories, from fiction to criticism to autobiography, for ...
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ZURICH (AP) - In their strongest attack yet on broadcasting theft, soccer's governing bodies and top leagues have condemned Saudi Arabia-backed pirate network beoutQ.
A joint statement by FIFA, UEFA and the Asian Football Confederation plus the English Premier League, German Bundesliga and Spanish league denounces "persistent and illegal screening" ...
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PARIS (AP) - Two police officials say U.S. singer Chris Brown and two other people are in custody in Paris after a woman filed a rape complaint.
One police official said the complaint was filed with police in the 17th arrondissement of northwest Paris. The official said one of the ...
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MADRID (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo pleads guilty to tax fraud, gets suspended 2-year sentence and pays huge fine.
MADRID (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived in court and is expected to plead guilty to tax fraud.
The Juventus forward, who is facing charges stemming from his days at Real Madrid, arrived in a black van and was wearing a black sports coat and black pants. He walked up ...
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SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - A Maryland man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing 10 packs of cigarettes from a Wicomico County gas station.
News outlets report 36-year-old John Edward Lowe was sentenced Thursday. He was convicted in November of robbery and second-degree assault in the crime. ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Li Na saw much of herself in a young player on the women's tour early last year.
The two-time Grand Slam champion didn't hesitate to identify Japan's Naomi Osaka as the player with a bright future.
So Li, set to be inducted into the International Tennis ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Oscars still don't have a host, but on Tuesday morning, they'll at least have nominees.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will unveil nominations to the 91st Oscars on Tuesday morning at 8:20 a.m. EST from the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, ...
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - A music professor at Wesleyan University has been named a music ambassador for the city of Middletown for 2019.
Professor Neely Bruce is the chorus director Connecticut Opera and music director at South Congregational Church in Middletown.
He received the new honor at a reception earlier ...
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Lady Gaga had a message for Vice President Mike Pence at her Las Vegas concert over the weekend, calling him the "worst representation" of Christianity.
"And to Mike Pence who thinks that it's acceptable that his wife works at a school that bans LGBTQ. You are wrong," the singer said ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Sundance Film Festival has another batch of buzzy documentaries premiering this year with subjects ranging from Harvey Weinstein to disgraced bio-tech company Theranos.
The mountainside festival that kicks off Thursday in Park City, Utah, is considered to be the premier spot to launch a non-fiction ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC says its ethics commission ended an investigation into Olympic official Alex Gilady after cases of alleged sexual harassment were settled in Israel.
The International Olympic Committee says its ethics panel closed the file after all parties "accepted their respective explanations."
Gilady, a former NBC ...
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BERLIN (AP) - The emperor has no clothes in this production of Puccini's "Turandot" by the Lithuanian National Opera, but then again neither does any other character.
Guetersloh police said Monday the costumes coming from Spain for the upcoming production of Giacomo Puccini's three-act opera were stolen from a truck ...
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DETROIT (AP) - A health system plans to turn a vacant commercial building in Detroit into an arts destination.
Henry Ford Health System plans to revitalize the building near Henry Ford Hospital with help from a $200,000 grant from the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation.
The building also will have ...
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MADRID (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo will make an unwanted trip back to Madrid on Tuesday and is expected to plead guilty to tax fraud.
Ronaldo will be in the Spanish capital on tax charges related to his time at Real Madrid.
The Juventus forward will appear before a judge and ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Serena Williams beats top-ranked Simona Halep to reach Australian Open quarterfinals.
NEW YORK (AP) - John Travolta's John Gotti biopic "Gotti" has topped the 39th annual Razzie Awards with a co-leading six nominations, while President Donald Trump also earned a nod for worst actor.
In nominations announced Monday, "Gotti," the Will Ferrell comedy "Holmes & Watson," conservative provocateur Dinesh D'Souza's "Death ...
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Kevin Durant cherishes the opportunity to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by playing basketball on the holiday that celebrates the civil rights leader.
"What MLK meant to the nation and just his message around the world. Still to this day his message has touched so ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Already without injured star LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers will be missing guard Lonzo Ball for the next four to six weeks after an MRI on Sunday showed a sprained left ankle.
Ball was injured in the third quarter of the Lakers' 138-134 overtime loss ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Some of Detroit's prominent artists are gathering to celebrate the music and memory of Aretha Franklin.
The event, "A Celebration of The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin in Song and Dance," is scheduled for Feb. 1 at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Producing and singing is Joan ...
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HENNIKER, N.H. (AP) - New England College is going to open an Esports Arena for students who will compete against other colleges in the region in a variety of live-action online games.
A ribbon-cutting is planned Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Henniker college's Simon Center.
Esports - competition using video ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Merely getting the chance to play against Roger Federer at a Grand Slam tournament is a thrill for many a young tennis player. Beating Federer? Well, that's a whole other story.
Federer's bid for a third consecutive Australian Open title ended in a surprising 6-7 (11), ...
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungary's National Film Fund says that Hungarian-American film producer Andy Vajna has died. He was 74.
Vajna, who produced several "Rambo" films starring Sylvester Stallone, as well as Madonna's "Evita," among many others, died Sunday at his Budapest home after a long illness.
Vajna was also ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Two-time defending champion Roger Federer loses to Stefanos Tsitsipas in Australian Open's 4th round.
SINGAPORE (AP) - Jazz Janewattananond shot a final-round 65 on Sunday to win the Singapore Open and qualify for this year's British Open.
The Thai player carded seven birdies over the Serapong Course at Sentosa Golf Club to finish at 18-under 266, two strokes ahead of Yoshinori Fujimoto (68) and ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Ash Barty didn't want to play tennis. Didn't want to watch tennis, or even talk about the sport. She took a break from the tour after the 2014 U.S. Open to explore another career - in cricket.
Yes, cricket. The game of wickets, tea breaks, of ...
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LONDON (AP) - British police have spoken with Prince Philip after the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was photographed apparently driving without wearing a seatbelt - just two days after he was involved in a serious car crash.
Norfolk Police said late Saturday "suitable words of advice have been given ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A quick look at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO MONDAY
It sounds like a compelling match-up for the fourth round: seven-time tournament champion plays the top-ranked player in the world. But on paper, Serena Williams owns No. 1 Simona Halep. Williams has beaten Halep eight times ...
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Mark Giordano, Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan and Mikael Backlund each had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames topped the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday night.
Oliver Kylington also scored for the red-hot Flames, who have gone 7-0-1 in their last eight games.
Ryan ...
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CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) - Rock the South is moving this year, but fans of the country music festival in Cullman needn't worry.
Al.com reports the festival is leaving its usual home in Heritage Park for a larger location about two miles (3.21 kilometers) away. Organizers say the site will expand ...
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WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) - Diogo Jota completed a hat trick in the third minute of stoppage time as Wolverhampton Wanderers snuffed out Leicester's fightback to recover a 4-3 win in the Premier League on Saturday.
Leicester captain Wes Morgan had brought his side level for the second time in the ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - As a child, Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray, Jr. hid under a bed when the Ku Klux Klan came to his parent's home in rural North Carolina. Racist groups often targeted the poor family of Shawnee Native American ancestry as the Wrays endured segregation in the American ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A lawyer for Russian cross-country skier Alexander Legkov says Switzerland's federal court has dismissed the IOC's appeal against Russian athletes being cleared of doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Lawyer Christof Wieschemann says in a statement "Alexander Legkov can rightly claim: 'My medals are clean!' Congratulations."
...HOUSTON (AP) - A historic Houston mural damaged during Hurricane Harvey is nearly restored to its original condition after floodwaters seeped into the structure, causing paint to pop off and mold to grow.
African-American muralist John Biggers' 1953 artwork, "Contribution of Negro Women to American Life and Education," is expected ...
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CLEVELAND (AP) - The film commissions of Cleveland and Cincinnati say the state needs bigger tax incentives to draw more film productions to the Buckeye State.
Greater Cleveland Film Commission head Ivan Schwarz and Film Cincinnati head Kristen Schlotman say they want Ohio to raise the cap on yearly incentives ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian anti-doping agency claimed Saturday that reforms in Russian sport are at risk if it is suspended again by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
WADA reinstated the Russian agency, known as RUSADA, in September on condition that Russian authorities turned over key doping data from the Moscow ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Liverpool and England defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has signed a new long-term contract with the Premier League leaders.
The deal ties Alexander-Arnold to Liverpool until 2024, according to media reports, reflecting the progress the 20-year-old has made since his last contract in 2017.
"There was no doubt ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Naomi Osaka had the umpire warning her for spiking her racket in the first set, and checking on her welfare when she tumbled near the baseline in the next.
The U.S. Open champion had a topsy-turvy third-round at the Australian Open on Saturday, getting within two ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - DeMarcus Cousins was nervous. His stomach felt tight and filled with butterflies. He grabbed his phone and fired off texts to family and friends. He talked to his brother and sister.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr and the rest of the Warriors reassured Cousins it wasn't ...
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HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) - A lawsuit alleges that a former Missouri high school coach had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student while the coach's father was the superintendent of the school district.
The Kansas City Star reports that the suit filed this month in Cass County Circuit Court says ...
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MILFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Roman Catholic school for girls in Connecticut has fired two male basketball coaches for allegedly making inappropriate comments.
Hearst Connecticut Media reports that Elizabeth Miller, head of school at Lauralton Hall in Milford, in an email said the head coach and his assistant were fired ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country soul icon Ronnie Milsap is a bit of a studio geek, and he thinks a lot about music technology and recording equipment. So it makes sense that he spent a long time getting 13 other singers and bands into the studio to record duets with ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The men's tennis tour picked four "sleepers" to watch at the Australian Open. One of them has reached the fourth round at the Australian Open as many times - 11 - as Stefan Edberg, who won two titles in five finals here. He also has won ...
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LONDON (AP) - A British art dealer says he has bought a mural stenciled by street artist Banksy on a garage wall in Wales for more than 100,000 pounds ($129,000).
The artwork in Port Talbot shows a child playing in falling ash from a dumpster fire, an apparent reference to ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A 93-year-old World War II veteran has finally been given a medal he won at the 1944 Drake Relays track meet.
The Des Moines Register reports that Ted Williams, of Altoona, had finished second in the discus among high school boys while competing for ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Levante says it has made a formal complaint against Barcelona, accusing its Spanish rival of using an ineligible player in last week's Copa del Rey.
Levante says Barcelona broke the rules by using youth player Juan "Chumi" Brandariz on Jan. 10 because the defender had incurred ...
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LONDON (AP) - A witness has described how he helped Queen Elizabeth II's husband out of his car after it rolled over in an accident on a busy road known for safety issues in eastern England.
Motorist Roy Warne told the BBC on Friday that he helped Prince Philip out ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Museums and arts-related attractions in Memphis, Tennessee are offering free admission to federal workers affected by the U.S. government shutdown.
Stax Museum, the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum and the National Civil Rights Museum are among organizations offering free admission for workers with badge identification from ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A quick look at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY
Top-ranked Simona Halep has beaten Venus Williams in their two most recent matches. Williams won their first three matches, and on Saturday they'll meet in a Grand Slam singles match for the first time. "She's very ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC says a freestyle wrestler from Georgia is stripped of his 2012 London Olympics silver medal after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.
The Olympic body says oral turinabol was found in Davit Modzmanashvili's sample in a reanalysis program using new testing methods.
Modzmanashvili is ...
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LONDON (AP) - Tottenham has sold midfielder Mousa Dembele to Chinese Super League side Guangzho R&F, and second-tier club Leeds has signed goalkeeper Kiko Casilla from Real Madrid to help its push for promotion.
The 31-year-old Dembele played a prominent role in Tottenham's resurgence under Mauricio Pochettino but he would ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Kei Nishikori wants to extend a Grand Slam sequence at the Australian Open. He's not making it easy.
Eighth-seeded Nishikori withstood 59 aces from Ivo Karlovic, and had to save three break points deep in the fifth, before beating the 39-year-old Croatian 6-3, 7-6 (6), 5-7, ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Many from Metallica and the Foo Fighters rocked on with electrifying performances as family members gave heartfelt speeches in memory of the late Chris Cornell.
Cornell's wife, Vickey, stepped onstage struggling to speak at first. But after gathering herself, she eventually thanked everyone for their support ...
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FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - Fairmont State University in West Virginia is hosting an appreciation day for federal workers and their families during the government shutdown.
The school said it will have a bounce house, open gym, games for children and other activities at Gym 2 in The Falcon Center from ...
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It's a six-day stretch that could make or break Arsenal's season and prompt renewed scrutiny into the machinations of a club that appears to have issues at every level.
A home game against Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday, soon followed by the visit of Manchester United in the ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida-based company featured on the television show "Project Runway All Stars" is kicking off a new line of leather accessories as part of an effort to help survivors of human trafficking.
Contestants on the fashion design competition show worked with Jacksonville-based Rethreaded on Wednesday night's ...
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - TCU walk-on Owen Aschieris was in a team meeting this week when a university police officer suddenly interrupted and asked to speak to him.
"It freaked me out a little bit," Aschieris said. "I was racking my brain trying to think of like what I ...
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's House of Lords has cleared the way for enactment of a law that will make it illegal to take so-called "upskirting" photos.
The Lords Tuesday made no changes to a voyeurism bill that would ban covertly photographing under people's clothes.
Gina Martin, 26, campaigned to ban ...
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WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) - A judge has dismissed a driving under the influence charge against a West Virginia school bus driver accused of being impaired while driving students to a soccer game.
WSAZ-TV reports a criminal judgment filed on Monday in Boone County magistrate court shows a judge dismissed the ...
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish prosecutors are seeking an international arrest warrant for New York Knicks player Enes Kanter, accusing him of membership in a terror organization.
Sabah newspaper says the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office had also prepared an extradition request for the NBA player. Officials at the prosecutor's office ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett's memoir and a new novel by acclaimed author Karl Marlantes are among dozens of upcoming works excerpted in a free online compilation.
Jarrett's "Finding My Voice" recalls her time as one of President Barack Obama's most trusted advisers. Marlantes, known for ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Six points behind midway through the season, Bayern Munich's bid to catch Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund begins Friday at Hoffenheim.
The six-time defending champions find themselves in the unusual position of challengers after a difficult opening half to the season.
Bayern dropped points at home against Augsburg, ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian state energy executive is set to take over as president of the country's soccer federation.
The Russian Football Union says the only registered candidate for the position ahead of next month's congress is Alexander Dyukov, who is chairman and CEO of Gazprom oil subsidiary Gazprom ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Broadway is remembering Tony-winning actress Carol Channing.
The marquee lights of every Broadway theater will dim at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday to honor Channing, who died Tuesday at her home in Rancho Mirage, California, at age 97. The Broadway League says the date marks the anniversary of ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Arts Commission is providing a music and memory program in more than 140 nursing homes across the state.
The commission said in a news release that nursing home residents with dementia or Alzheimer's disease are among those being offered the program.
According to the ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A quick look at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO THURSDAY
Seven-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams plays Eugenie Bouchard in the second round and if their pre-match comments are any indication, there's some mutual respect there. "She does everything well, and I really like that she ...
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PHNON PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A veteran Cambodian politician and his son have become the first among 118 opposition members banned from politics for five years to have the restriction lifted.
Kong Korm and his son, Kong Bora, had their bans lifted when Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni signed a royal ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The only bug in the system was of the genuine flying variety when Naomi Osaka secured her first win at a major as a Grand Slam champion.
The U.S. Open champion beat Magda Linette 6-4, 6-2 to end play at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday at ...
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri's former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill has a new job as a network political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
"Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski made the announcement Tuesday morning during an interview with McCaskill on the MSNBC show. NBC St. Louis affiliate ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - It was happening all over again to Simona Halep: Seeded No. 1 at a Grand Slam tournament, in danger of bowing out in the first round - and against the same opponent, no less.
This time, Halep dug herself out of a deficit and figured out ...
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - "Jersey Shore" cast member Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is trading life on the beach for time behind prison bars.
The 36-year-old is scheduled to report to Otisville Federal Correctional Institution in upstate New York on Tuesday to begin serving an eight-month sentence for tax fraud. He ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Victoria Azarenka cried, pausing for a minute, trying to reflect on the differences between her past and present experiences of the Australian Open.
A back-to-back champion in 2012 and '13, Azarenka sat in a small interview room at Melbourne Park answering questions for 10 minutes in ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook says it is investing $300 million over the next three years in local news programs, partnerships and other initiatives.
The money will go toward reporting grants for local newsrooms, expanding Facebook's program to help local newsrooms with subscription business models and investing in nonprofits aimed ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Things were looking bad for Venus Williams, who was perilously close to an opening-round exit at the Australian Open for the fourth time in six years.
When she double-faulted twice in the span of three points, Williams suddenly trailed by a set and a break against ...
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - The public is invited to hear presentations on the latest Tennessee archaeological research this weekend at the 31st annual Current Research in Tennessee Archaeology meeting.
Presentations begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday and will be held in the Tennessee Room of Middle Tennessee State University's James ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Kings guard Iman Shumpert has been stopped from going into Portland's locker room by arena and Trail Blazers security after Sacramento's 115-107 victory Monday night.
Shumpert apparently was angry at Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, who set a hard screen in the second half.
"Some stuff needed ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jimmy Fallon said a "Tonight" episode taped in Puerto Rico with "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is a love letter to the island still in hurricane-recovery mode.
"It's a real celebration of Puerto Rico," Fallon said of Tuesday's episode of the NBC late-night show. "It's not just ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Kylie Jenner's birth announcement is no longer the most-liked post on Instagram.
A photo of a simple brown egg has more than 27 million likes, surpassing the 18 million generated last year when Jenner posted a photo of her daughter Stormi.
The photo was posted Jan. ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Rafael Nadal has missed a lot of tennis since last September. He hasn't missed a beat.
The No. 2-seeded Nadal had a 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 win over Australian wild-card entry James Duckworth on Monday in the first round of the Australian Open, his first match back ...
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LONDON (AP) - British actor Hugh Grant has a plea for the thief who broke into his car: Please return the script that was inside.
Grant, who shot to fame in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" in 1994, tweeted about the robbery late Sunday night.
He said that in "the ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Son Heung-min has arrived at the Asian Cup after missing South Korea's first two games while playing for Premier League club Tottenham.
The attacking midfielder posed for selfies and signed a jersey at the airport in Dubai a day after playing in Tottenham's 1-0 ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Fans of show tunes are getting another place to get their fix now that iHeartRadio has launched a Broadway channel and online hub.
iHeartRadio Broadway started offering streaming music from Broadway shows Monday. A companion website will provide news, videos, interviews and podcasts.
Recent songs heard ...
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ROME (AP) - The Latest on Italian fugitive captured in Bolivia (all times local):
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A left-wing Italian militant who was convicted of murder three decades ago has arrived in Rome to serve a life prison sentence, after his life as a celebrity fugitive came to an abrupt end ...
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MONACO (AP) - Four-time Asian Games champion Kemi Adekoya has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.
The Athletics Integrity Unit says a "notice of allegation" was sent to Adekoya, a Nigerian-born runner who switched allegiance to Bahrain.
The AIU says on its website the 25-year-old Adekoya ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - It was a bit as if John Isner was looking at a mirror-image across the net at the Australian Open on Monday, facing that rare guy who's actually a tad taller than he is and can smack serves nearly as well.
And so it was that, ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The late Aretha Franklin's songs were so impactful that some of music's bests from Alicia Keys to Celine Dion took the stage Sunday to relive the Queen of Soul's biggest hits in a taped tribute concert.
Every rendition of Franklin's songs from "Respect" to "I Say ...
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that MNG Enterprises, better known as Digital First Media, is preparing to bid for newspaper publisher Gannett Co.
The newspaper, citing "people familiar with the matter," reported Monday that MNG holds 7.5 percent of Gannett's stock and intends to push the company to sell ...
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LONDON (AP) - A women's soccer game between Manchester United and Charlton was abandoned Sunday after an injury to a player.
Charlton says winger Charlotte Kerr was hurt in a collision as United took the lead in the 10th minute of the second-tier FA Women's Championship match.
In a tweet, ...
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