Five preposterously positive predictions for the Redskins' 2016 season

A first-round playoff bye? Get outta here.
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Opening Ceremony tackles issues in star-studded pageant

NEW YORK (AP) - Opening Ceremony, always game for something different at New York Fashion Week, threw a "Pageant of the People" hosted by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein with a star-studded panel that took on tough issues ranging from personal identity to prison reform.

Staged on Sunday night at ...
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Connecticut author tells NY Yankees' story by the numbers

PLYMOUTH, Conn. (AP) - When Mark Simon noticed online that the copy of his book which he had presented to the Terryville Public Library had been checked out for the first time, he was so excited he took a photo of the computer screen.

"I think it said it was ...
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Quake-hit Italian town files complaint over cartoon satire

ROME (AP) - The Italian town hardest hit by last month's earthquake has filed a criminal defamation complaint denouncing French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for a cartoon depicting victims in layers of lasagna.

Amatrice lawyer Mario Cicchetti told The Associated Press he lodged the complaint about the "macabre" cartoons on ...
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US Open champ Kerber replaces Williams at No. 1 in rankings

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Open champion Angelique Kerber officially has become the oldest woman to debut at No. 1 in the WTA rankings, ending Serena Williams' record-tying run of 186 consecutive weeks in the top spot.

Monday's rankings are the first since February 2013 without Williams at No. 1.

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'SNL' comedian Davidson honors dad, a 9/11 firefighter

NEW YORK (AP) - "Saturday Night Live" cast member Pete Davidson is paying tribute to his late father, a New York City firefighter who died while responding to the Sept. 11 attacks.

The comedian was 7 when his father was killed on 9/11.

He posted several photos of his dad ...
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Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to speak at Notre Dame

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set to take part in a discussion of law with a federal appeals court judge at the University of Notre Dame.

Ginsburg's discussion Monday with U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ann Claire Williams will take place at ...
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