EXCHANGE: Longtime softball coach shapes love of the game

BEECHER CITY, Ill. (AP) - During a hot and steamy August morning at the Beecher City park, Carolyn Wendte was doing what she's been doing for nearly 30 years - getting her junior high softball team ready for another season. It'll be her 28th season coaching the Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick Eagles. ...
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Sony promises VR music video, other entertainment content

TOKYO (AP) - The head of Sony Corp.'s video game division says the Japanese electronics and entertainment company is readying not just games but also music, movies and other kinds of entertainment for its Virtual Reality headgear, set to go on sale next month.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia President ...
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Crawford advances in Quebec City after edging Bonaventure

QUEBEC CITY (AP) - Samantha Crawford of the United States edged Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4 in the opening round of the Coupe Banque Nationale on Monday.

The eighth-seeded Crawford finally put the match away in just over two hours after Bonaventure saved two match points ...
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Rockies' 15 hits not enough in 12-9 loss to Diamondbacks

PHOENIX (AP) - Colorado manager Walt Weiss thought he had the right reliever on the mound for a shutdown inning after the Rockies had just taken the lead in the top of the sixth. But things didn't go as planned.

Yasmany Tomas hit his first career grand slam, and the ...
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The bizarre world of bitcoin ?mining? finds a new home in Tibet

The industry behind the digital currency is starting to come of age, but its center of gravity has shifted away from utopian dreamers toward venture capitalists. Today, mines run by Chinese companies account for about 70 percent of the world's bitcoin processing power.
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They're cowboys _ and they're coming straight outta Compton

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - Long before NWA put the place on the map as the birthplace of gangsta rap and its streets echoed with the sounds of drive-by gunfire, Compton was a cowboy town. And it still is.

Go down any major thoroughfare on most any weekend, and you're likely ...
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Mississippi gospel singers perform for members of Congress

CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) - A gospel choir and a soloist from the Mississippi Delta are preparing to sing for members of Congress.

The Coahoma Community College Gospel Choir is made up of high school and college students. The group will perform Thursday in Washington during a gospel extravaganza hosted by ...
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