LONDON (AP) - Japanese tennis player Junn Mitsuhashi, who reached a career ranking high of No. 295 in 2009, was banned for life Tuesday for match-fixing and fined $50,000.
The Tennis Integrity Unit said in a statement that Mitsuhashi was found guilty of "making corrupt approaches to other players, betting ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - College basketball teams from North Carolina and South Carolina had an unforgettable year with Final Fours and national championships. Now legislators from both states are looking for a small fraction of that glory on the court.
Lawmakers from the North Carolina General Assembly and South Carolina ...
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DENVER (AP) - As a Colorado community mourns the loss of seven students who recently killed themselves, a school district official ordered librarians to temporarily stop circulating a book that's the basis for Netflix's popular new series "13 Reasons Why," which some critics say romanticizes suicide.
The order rankled some ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - An old-fashioned cocktail bar tucked away in Grand Central Terminal is set to reopen this week - with two additional bars and the end of its secretive nature.
The Campbell Apartment, once the private office of millionaire railroad executive John Williams Campbell, will reopen on Wednesday ...
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LONDON (AP) - The latest on the global extortion cyberattack that hit dozens of countries (all times local):
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Tom Bossert, a homeland security adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, says the recent global cyberattack is something that "for right now, we've got under control" in the United States.
...LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Olympic timekeeper Omega has extended its IOC sponsorship deal for three more Summer Games through to 2032.
The 12-year extension signed Monday will complete a centenary since Omega first timed Olympic events at the 1932 Los Angeles Games.
The value of the deal, which includes the ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powers Boothe, the character actor known for his villain roles in TV's "Deadwood," and in the movies "Tombstone," ''Sin City" and "The Avengers," has died. He was 68.
Boothe's publicist said he died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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