TOKYO (AP) - An IOC inspector working on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics says a powerful typhoon and a deadly earthquake that hit Japan in the last 10 days have been a wake-up call for organizers.
The most powerful typhoon in 25 years left 11 dead in the Osaka area of ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A Swedish court says the trial of the man at the center of a sex-abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature will face a trial later this month.
The Stockholm District Court says Jean-Claude Arnault, a ...
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A triathlon that will be part of the Ironman 70.3 series has been scheduled for next summer in Traverse City.
The race will be Aug. 25, 2019, in the northern Michigan resort town.
Officials say the course layout is still being designed. But early plans ...
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HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) - Police say suspected insurgents have ambushed a unit of patrolling army rangers in southern Thailand, killing two and wounding four.
Pol Lt. Col. Sarawut Nucharong, deputy investigator of a local police station in Pattani province, says an unknown number of gunmen ambushed six rangers who ...
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ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A new course to train people to work in housing for senior citizens is starting in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Officials from the county and Montgomery College will launch the year-old course on Wednesday in Rockville. The course is called: "Understanding Aging: A Leadership Training Certificate Course ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After 90 minutes of nonstop singing and piano playing - which had the audience on their feet and desperately waiting for more - Elton John returned to the stage dramatically, and epically.
There was the sound of loud thunderstorms, dark blue, smoky lights surrounding the arena, and ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio State University team doctor accused of groping scores of young men decades ago also had an off-campus men's clinic that was marketed in the campus newspaper with a series of ads promising prompt treatment of genital problems, plus a student discount, according to two ...
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