McCain to be eulogized by Bush, Obama at memorial service

Former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will be among those offering prayers and tributes at a memorial service for John McCain at Washington National Cathedral. The ceremony marks the end of a week of national mourning and the last of the public services for the late Arizona senator.
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You've come a long way, baby: Wigstock now star-studded

NEW YORK (AP) - Neil Patrick Harris and his husband, chef and actor David Burtka, are firing up what they call New York's "last summer blowout" - a six-hour, 50-act drag-queen spectacle being staged Saturday on a glitzy Manhattan pier.

It's the revival of a 1980s festival called Wigstock - ...
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IOC: Esports has no Olympic future until 'violence' removed

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach isn't certain if, or when, esports might be incorporated into the Olympic Games.

But he was clear in an interview with The Associated Press at the Asian Games on Saturday that "we cannot have in the Olympic program a game ...
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Gio Gonzalez reflects on his career in D.C.

Gio Gonzalez was a single 26-year-old man when he became part of the Nationals franchise late in 2011, living in Arlington early in his career in D.C.

Late Friday night he said goodbye to the perennial contenders, now living with his wife and two children in the Maryland suburbs close ...
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Indonesian president announces bid for 2032 Olympics

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia will bid to host the 2032 Olympics following the success of the Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang over the past two weeks, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Saturday.

Jokowi made the announcement at a meeting in Bogor with the presidents of the International ...
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Colorado rolls to 4th straight win over Colorado State

DENVER (AP) - Steven Montez ran the offense at an energetic, up-tempo pace. Colorado piled up points at that rate, too.

Montez threw for 338 yards and four touchdowns, including an 89-yard strike to Laviska Shenault Jr. , as the Buffaloes beat Colorado State for the fourth straight time with ...
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Journalists who worked on documentary arrested in N. Ireland

LONDON (AP) - Two journalists who worked on a documentary about a mass killing in Northern Ireland have been arrested on suspicion of stealing confidential documents.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney tweeted Friday that Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey had been detained, calling it "outrageous."

Birney and McCaffrey worked on ...
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