Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Austria forward Burgstaller returns for Moldova qualifier

VIENNA (AP) - Austria forward Guido Burgstaller will return to the national team for next week's World Cup qualifier against Moldova and a friendly against Finland.

Missing from the team since being dropped ahead of the 2016 European Championship, the Schalke player has been included in the 23-man squad announced ...
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Derby brings in former player Rowett to replace McClaren

DERBY, England (AP) - English club Derby has moved swiftly to replace fired manager Steve McClaren, bringing in former player Gary Rowett as its fifth coach in 13 months.

Rowett was hired Tuesday, two days after McClaren departed for the second time with Derby in 10th place in the second-tier ...
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How Butler made its bulldog a marketing dynamo

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Eighteen years ago, Butler University alumni office staffer Kelli Walker came to her department head, Bill Farkas, with a quirky idea: Bring back a live bulldog as school mascot.

The reaction that ran through Farkas' mind: "That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard of."

The Butler Bulldogs ...
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Judge extends deadline in SEC suit over 38 Studios deal

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation has been given more time to respond to charges in a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over the state's failed $75 million deal with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company.

The ...
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Meow Madness: The Purrfect mix of kittens and basketball

NEW YORK (AP) - Watch out Villanova and Kentucky (and Arizona and Northwestern), there's a new set of cats going wild for March Madness.

Time for Meow Madness , coming in April.

Buoyed by the success of the Kitten Bowl, the Hallmark Channel is debuting a new show hosted by ...
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Notre Dame confident after recent NCAA Tournament success

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Notre Dame basketball is doing something its football team hasn't been able to do in recent years: thrive in big games.

The Fighting Irish (25-9), who this past weekend advanced to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game for the second time in three years, head ...
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Monday, 13 March 2017

3 charged with assaulting officer after disturbance call

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Police in Virginia say three people are facing charges for assaulting an officer who was responding to a disturbance call.

The Roanoke Times (http://bit.ly/2mC1L7p) reports 36-year-old Chad Edward Boothe, 35-year-old Bryan Lee Boothe and 33-year-old Erin Nicole Turner were arrested Saturday and charged with assaulting a ...
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