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• CEO resigns as Calif. utility faces billions in liability

  13-01-2019 23:58
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The CEO of Pacific Gas and Electric is stepping down and a newspaper says employees could learn this week if the utility will declare insolvency while facing billions of dollars in liability over its role in recent California wildfires.
  PG&E said in a statement Sunday that Geisha Williams has resigned.
  The San Francisco Chronicle reports Sunday that under a new state law, PG&E must tell its employees at least 15 days before a change of control in the company &m
  
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• Bankruptcy possible for California utility after wildfires

  13-01-2019 23:58
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A newspaper says employees of Pacific Gas and Electric could learn this week if the utility will declare insolvency while facing billions of dollars in liability over its role in recent California wildfires.
  The San Francisco Chronicle reports Sunday that under a new state law, PG&E must tell its employees at least 15 days before a change of control in the company — including a bankruptcy filing.
  That notice may come as soon as Monday. The news was first repo
  
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• Super Bowl halftime show set

  13-01-2019 23:48
  NEW YORK (AP) – Big Boi and Travis Scott will join Maroon 5 in this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
  Maroon 5 had been the widely reported halftime show act since September, but the NFL officially announced the band as its headliner Sunday. The league says Maroon 5 will feature guest artists including Big Boi, the Atlanta-based rapper from Outkast, and Scott.
  Many acts have turned down the halftime show this year in support of Colin Kaepernick and other players who have taken a knee
  
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• Robinson, Georgia hand No. 13 Lady Vols rare 3-game skid

  13-01-2019 23:40
  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Caliya Robinson had 16 points, six rebounds, five assists and two of her six blocks in a critical last-minute possession on Sunday and Georgia defeated No. 13 Tennessee 66-62, giving the Lady Vols a three-game losing streak for the first time in 33 years.
  Tennessee, which had never lost three-straight Southeastern Conference games, lost to Missouri, Kentucky and Georgia by a total of eight points. The first two games were at home, the first time they lost consecutive hom
  
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• Mexico widens small pension program to all country’s elderly

  13-01-2019 23:38
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has expanded nationwide a program that provides small pensions to Mexicans over age 68, an extension of an effort that he began in Mexico City while mayor of the capital in 2000.
  Lopez Obrador said Sunday that the elderly will receive 2,550 pesos — about $133 — every two months to help cover basic needs. The starting age will be 65 for people in indigenous communities, which tend to have more poverty.
  The payments
  
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• Lochte, Anthony Scaramucci among ‘Big Brother’ celeb cast

  13-01-2019 23:32
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olympic champion swimmer Ryan Lochte is among the cast announced for the second season of “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition.”
  Other house members announced Sunday by CBS include former NFL star Ricky Williams, Olympian Lolo Jones and former WWE wrestler Natalie Eva Marie.
  Lochte has said he is training for a shot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 12-time Olympic medalist was undergoing alcohol counseling in October. He recently announced his wife is expecting the
  
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• The Latest: Utah mall closes after gunman opens fire, 2 hurt

  13-01-2019 23:31
  MURRAY, Utah (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Utah mall (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  A mall in a suburb of Salt Lake City is closed after a gunman opened fire and wounded two people.
  The Fashion Place mall says in a tweet that Sunday’s shooting happened outside the shopping center in Murray.
  The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper reports officers are searching for the gunman.
  The Deseret News newspaper quoted Murray Fire Department officials as saying two people were injured but no addi
  
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• The Latest: Shooting near Utah mall possibly gang related

  13-01-2019 23:31
  MURRAY, Utah (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Utah mall (all times local):
  3:50 p.m.
  Utah police say two people are in the hospital after a shooting Sunday outside a popular mall in a Salt Lake City suburb.
  Murray Police officer Kenny Bass (bas) says the incident is possibly gang related and they are searching for three suspects.
  Bass says the two people were shot at about 1:30 p.m. just outside the southeast entrance to the Fashion Place mall in Murray, which is about 6.6 miles south
  
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• Oregon State women overwhelm USC, 76-52

  13-01-2019 23:30
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mikayla Pivec scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half and No. 10 Oregon State routed USC 76-52 on Sunday.
  Maddie Washington added 19 points and Aleah Goodman had 17, hitting a career-high five 3-pointers, for the Beavers (13-2, 4-0 Pac 12). Oregon state led by five when it took command by closing the third quarter with a 19-2 run. The Beavers held the Trojans (10-6, 0-5) to just 17.6 percent shooting (3 of 17) in the period.
  Oregon State held USC to just 25 percent
  
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• Arizona governor, lawmakers call water their top priority

  13-01-2019 23:30
  PHOENIX (AP) – Gov. Doug Ducey and state legislative leaders say approving a drought contingency plan before the end of January is their No. 1 priority during the annual session starting Monday.
  Ducey and the lawmakers spoke Friday at the yearly legislative outlook held by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce.
  The contingency plan must pass Arizona’s legislature this month or risk having federal water managers impose unspecified measures on Arizona.
  Colorado River water supports about 40
  
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• Grizzlies’ Kyle Anderson to miss at least 2-4 weeks

  13-01-2019 23:27
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies forward Kyle Anderson is expected to miss at least two to four weeks because of a sprained left ankle.
  The Grizzlies announced Sunday that Anderson had a Grade 2 sprain. Anderson hurt the ankle Saturday in a 112-108 loss at Miami.
  Anderson has made 38 starts this year in his first season with the Grizzlies. He is averaging 7.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 29.7 minutes.
  The 6-foot-9 Anderson received a four-year, $37.2 million deal with the G
  
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• No. 25 Indiana women hold off Wisconsin 75-68

  13-01-2019 23:21
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jaelynn Penn scored 15 of her 21 points in the first half, Ali Patberg had 15 points, six rebounds and nine assists and No. 25 Indiana beat Wisconsin 75-68 on Sunday.
  Kym Royster added 15 points for Indiana (15-2, 4-1 Big Ten), which rebounded after a 55-50 loss to Ohio State on Thursday. Indiana has won four straight in the series and six of the last seven.
  IU’s 37 points in the first quarter were the most for any quarter since coach Teri Moren took over in the
  
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• Saints’ Rankins, Eagles’ Brooks each carted off field

  13-01-2019 23:18
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints starting defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins and Eagles right guard Brandon Brooks each had leg injuries within a few plays of one another and each was taken from the field in a cart during the first quarter of New Orleans’ divisional-round playoff game with Philadelphia on Sunday.
  Rankins, a 2016 first-round draft choice, entered the game second on the Saints with eight sacks. His departure came as the Saints struggled to slow Nick Foles and the Eagles, who re
  
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• Woman killed, man injured in crash of small plane in Kingman

  13-01-2019 23:15
  KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a woman is dead and a man injured after the crash of a small plane in northwestern Arizona.
  Mohave County Sheriff’s officials say the plane went down in Kingman shortly before noon Sunday.
  They say a man told a citizen that he was involved in an airplane crash about 100 yards from the sheriff’s parks ranger station and sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene.
  Authorities say the woman was declared dead at the scene.
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• Gunman opens fire at mall in Salt Lake City suburb, 2 hurt

  13-01-2019 23:09
  MURRAY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a gunman has opened fire at a mall in a suburb of Salt Lake City and that two people were wounded.
  The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper reported that officers are searching for the gunman.
  The shooting happened Sunday afternoon at the Fashion Place mall in the suburb of Murray.
  The Deseret News newspaper quoted Murray Fire Department officials as saying two people were injured but no additional details were immediately available.
  Murray is south of Salt Lake
  
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• Mangakahia’s triple-double paces No. 12 Syracuse women

  13-01-2019 23:08
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Junior guard Tiana Mangakahia scored 34 points and had 10 rebounds and 10 assists for her first triple-double and No. 12 Syracuse defeated North Carolina 90-77 on Sunday.
  Mangakahia was 11-of-20 shooting, including 4 of 6 from the arc and made 8 of 9 free throws for the Orange (14-2, 3-0 ACC), who won their eighth straight and improved to 6-0 at home. The last triple-double by a Syracuse player was Cornelia Fondren’s on Dec. 20, 2015.
  Syracuse took a 56-37 lead
  
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• Ceballos late goal saves Madrid from another slip in Spain

  13-01-2019 23:05
  SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Substitute Dani Ceballos scored from a free kick in the final minutes to save Real Madrid from another setback in the Spanish league title race on Sunday.
  Ceballos sent his strike through a gap in the defensive wall to claim the winning goal in a 2-1 victory at Real Betis.
  Ceballos, who joined Madrid from Betis before the start of last season, went on in the 74th minute to jeers from Betis fans and with Madrid on the defensive.
  But when Casemiro earned a foul just out
  
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• The Latest: Churchgoers: Prayers answered by teen’s return

  13-01-2019 23:03
  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Wisconsin teenager found alive three months after she disappeared following her parents’ deaths (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  Churchgoers in a small northwestern Wisconsin town say their prayers were answered by the safe return of a 13-year-old girl nearly three months after authorities say she was abducted during a home invasion that left her parents dead.
  At St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Barron, Mary Haas says the reappearance of Jayme Closs
  
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• 3 bodies believed to be missing students found in Mexico

  13-01-2019 22:54
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they believe they have found the bodies of three students who have been missing in the northern Mexico state of Sonora for two weeks.
  The Sonora state prosecutor’s office said Sunday that DNA samples will be compared in the coming days to determine whether the bodies discovered in the municipality of Huatabampo are the remains of the three young men who were reported missing Dec. 30.
  Family members, friends and police had been searching for
  
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• Hiedeman, No. 15 Marquette women turn back Hoyas 72-62

  13-01-2019 22:48
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Natisha Hiedeman scored 20 points with 10 rebounds, Erika Davenport also had a double-double and No. 15 Marquette held off Georgetown 72-62 on Sunday.
  Hiedeman had five points in an 8-0 run that gave the Golden Eagles (14-3, 4-0 Big East) a 68-60 lead with 35 seconds left. The Hoyas (8-9, 2-4) missed their last 10 shots, making just two free throws in the last five minutes.
  Davenport had 10 points and 10 rebounds, Danielle King went 12 of 14 from the foul line for 16 poin
  
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• Michel scores 3 TDs, Patriots roll past Chargers 41-28

  13-01-2019 22:44
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Sony Michel ran for 129 yards and had three touchdowns and the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Chargers 41-28 in the divisional playoffs on Sunday to earn their eighth straight trip to AFC championship game.
  New England (12-5) will play at Kansas City in next week’s AFC title game. The Patriots beat the Chiefs 43-40 in Foxborough in Week 6.
  It is the 13th conference championship game appearance by the Patriots during the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era
  
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• Iona’s shooting blitz leads to 88-70 win over Canisius

  13-01-2019 22:43
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — E.J. Crawford and Rickey McGill each scored 20 points, Ben Perez added 17 with 11 rebounds and Iona controlled most of the way for an 88-70 win over Canisius on Sunday.
  The Gaels (5-10, 3-1) maintained their second-place tie with Quinnipiac in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Bobcats beat Fairfield 80-78 earlier on Sunday.
  Asante Gist added 18 points for Iona, which finished shooting 30 of 56 from field, 14 of 26 from beyond the 3-point arc and 14 of 15 from
  
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• With no new talks, LA teacher strike all but inevitable

  13-01-2019 22:41
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A massive teachers strike in Los Angeles is all but inevitable starting Monday after the two sides did not renew negotiations over the weekend.
  The teachers’ union rejected a new offer Friday from the LA Unified School District after hours of talks.
  United Teachers Los Angeles called the district proposal “woefully inadequate.”
  With no new talks scheduled, pickets are likely to begin at 7 a.m. as teachers push for a raise and lower class sizes.
  Schools
  
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• Maryland seafood business saves rare lobster received

  13-01-2019 22:37
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A seafood distributor wants an extremely rare lobster with a speckled orange and black shell to be viewed by many, rather than enjoyed by just one on a plate.
  Ocean City Seafood of Silver Spring, Maryland, was unloading a shipment from Maine last month when the owner found the rare “calico” lobster. Lobsters usually have dark blue or greenish-brown shells.
  The University of Maine’s Lobster Institute says calico lobsters occur about once in every
  
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• Police: 1 dead in shooting inside North Carolina mall store

  13-01-2019 22:35
  PINEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police in a North Carolina town say a person was shot and killed during a dispute at a store inside a mall.
  Multiple news outlets report the shooting occurred shortly after midday Sunday in the DTLR store in Carolina Place Mall in Pineville, a bedroom community of Charlotte, and that a suspect is in custody.
  Pineville police didn’t immediately return a phone call Sunday to The Associated Press seeking comment. Charlotte TV broadcasters cite police as saying the
  
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• South Dakota hands Mastodons first Summit League loss

  13-01-2019 22:31
  VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Stanley Umude scored 26 points and South Dakota handed Purdue Fort Wayne its first Summit League loss with an 87-73 victory on Sunday.
  The Coyotes shot 54 percent, including 63 percent in the second half when they overcame a five-point halftime deficit. They scored 14 straight points, 10 from Triston Simpson, over four minutes to lead by 16 with a half-minute left.
  Simpson made all 10 of his free throws and scored 19 points while Tyler Peterson had 14 points and 10
  
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• Ibaka’s 3-pointer helps Raptors survive Wizards in double OT

  13-01-2019 22:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Toronto Raptors began with a rush. They scored the first nine points against the Washington Wizards, built a 19-point lead in the first quarter and went ahead by 23 in the second quarter.
  Near the end of the third quarter, Toronto still led by 17 points. Then Washington got hot and forced one overtime and then another.
  Serge Ibaka’s 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in the second overtime allowed the Raptors to survive and earn their fifth straight win, 140-138 ove
  
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• Clemson women end long skid against No. 22 FSU, 57-45

  13-01-2019 22:29
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Kobi Thornton scored 19 points with 10 rebounds and Clemson ended an 18-game losing streak against No. 22 Florida State with a 57-45 victory on Sunday.
  The Tigers (12-5, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won three straight, had not won in Tallahassee in 17 years. Aliyah Collier added 11 points.
  Clemson did it with defense, holding the Seminoles (14-2, 2-1), who entered with a 10-game winning streak, to a season-low 26.6 percent shooting (17 of 64) and a seas
  
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• Durr, No. 2 Louisville beat Georgia Tech 61-44

  13-01-2019 22:25
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Asia Durr scored 21 points and No. 2 Louisville bounced back nicely from its first loss of the season, topping Georgia Tech 61-44 on Sunday.
  The Cardinals shot 38 percent from the field in Thursday’s 82-68 loss at top-ranked Notre Dame. But they put together a fast start against Georgia Tech and then used their defense to put away the Yellow Jackets after they made a charge in the third quarter.
  Sam Fuehring had 13 points and a career-best 14 rebounds for Louis
  
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• Young scores 20 points, Quinnipiac gets past Fairfield 80-78

  13-01-2019 22:20
  HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Cameron Young scored 20 points with six rebounds and five assists and Quinnipiac held off Fairfield 80-78 on Sunday.
  The Bobcats (8-7, 3-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic) took the lead for good when Tyrese Williams’ layup made it 74-72 with two minutes left. Quinnipiac made six of its last eight foul shots to secure the win and Fairfield’s Jesus Cruz hit a 3 with 0.7 left for the final margin.
  Abdulai Bundu and Aaron Robinson each scored 12 points — Bundu ad
  
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• Rider stays undefeated in MAAC with 104-84 victory

  13-01-2019 22:14
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (AP) — Tyere Marshall posted his first double-double this season with 22 points and 14 rebounds and Rider remained unbeaten in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play Sunday with a 104-84 victory over Niagara.
  The Broncs (9-7, 4-0) have won their first four MAAC games for the first time since the 2000-01 team went 6-0. The Broncos shot 74 percent in the second half and topped 100 points for the first time this season.
  Keleaf Tate’s 3-pointer to open the second half gav
  
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• 76ers escape with 108-105 win over Knicks; Embiid scores 26

  13-01-2019 22:09
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons fell an assist short of a triple-double with 20 points and 22 rebounds, Joel Embiid scored 26 points and the Philadelphia 76ers escaped with a 108-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday.
  New York’s Emmanuel Mudiay missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have sent the game into overtime.
  JJ Reddick had 22 points for the 76ers, who ended a two-game skid. Philadelphia survived a scare after leading by as many as 24 points late
  
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• Mexico Federal Police discover tunnel across Arizona Border in Nogales

  13-01-2019 22:08
  NOGALES — Mexico’s federal police have discovered a tunnel across the Arizona Border in Nogales.
  According to a video that was posted on the law enforcement’s Twitter, the tunnel is around 30 feet long.#Nogales #Sonora. Como parte de nuestro servicio para brindar seguridad en la zona fronteriza, policías federales detectaron un túnel de casi 10 metros de longitud, presumiblemente usado para cometer ilícitos. Tu reporte es seguro y confidencial llama 088 o u
  
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• Smith, Carrington lead No. 6 Stanford’s rout of Arizona

  13-01-2019 22:05
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Alanna Smith scored 20 points, DiJonai Carrington added 19 and No. 6 Stanford rolled past Arizona 78-48 on Sunday to complete a two-game Pac-12 road sweep in the desert.
  Smith made four of six 3-pointers and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Cardinal, who turned the game into a rout with a 27-0 run at the end of the first half and the start of the second.
  Arizona’s Aari McDonald, who entered the game as the nation’s leading scorer at 26 points per game, scored 17
  
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• Cassell leads unbeaten No. 8 Wolfpack past Virginia, 66-38

  13-01-2019 22:03
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Erika Cassell had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 8 North Carolina State remained the only unbeaten Division I women’s team with a 66-38 victory at Virginia on Sunday.
  Kiara Leslie added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolfpack (17-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Kai Crutchfield and Elissa Cunane each scored 11.
  North Carolina State started the second quarter with a 15-3 run to open a 31-13 lead. Cassell, who was averaging 5.9 points coming into th
  
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• Dave? Dave? Kansas City man gets tickets for helping Chief

  13-01-2019 21:52
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A random act of kindness has netted AFC Championship tickets for a man called Dave who helped dig a Kansas City Chief out of the snow.
  Offensive linesman Jeff Allen posted on Twitter that his car got stuck as he was heading to Arrowhead Stadium to take on the Indianapolis Colts in Saturday’s playoff. Allen says “a nice guy named Dave,” who didn’t know he is a Chief, got him back on the road.
  The Chicago native asked his 21,000-plus followers
  
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• Saints’ Armstead, Eagles’ Bennett active for playoff clash

  13-01-2019 21:42
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints left tackle Terron Armstead and Eagles defensive end Michael Bennett are active for their NFC divisional round playoff game Sunday, setting up a key matchup of prominent starters trying to overcome physical ailments in the playoffs.
  Armstead, who has been hampered by a pectoral injury since Nov. 11, last played part of New Orleans’ victory over Pittsburgh on Dec. 23. He appeared to aggravate the injury during that game and went to the sideline early.
  Bennett
  
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• S Carolina stays perfect in SEC with 85-75 win over Missouri

  13-01-2019 21:36
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Keyshawn Bryant scored 15 points and Chris Silva added 14 points as South Carolina continued its surprising Southeastern Conference start with an 85-75 win over Missouri on Sunday.
  The Gamecocks (8-7, 3-0 SEC) led the entire second half, but struggled to shake the Tigers (9-5, 0-2).
  Javon Pickett’s 3-pointer with 3:17 left to go again got Missouri within a possession of tying the game. But Felipe Hasse and A.J. Lawson hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put South Car
  
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• Sarah Thomas 1st female on-field NFL playoff game official

  13-01-2019 21:32
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Sarah Thomas is the first woman to work an NFL playoff game as an on-field official.
  Thomas was the down judge in Sunday’s divisional round game between New England and the Los Angeles Chargers. That’s a first, according to the league’s Twitter account .
  Thomas was hired in 2015 and was already the league’s first female full-time official.
  Terri Valenti was the replay official in Saturday’s playoff game between the Chiefs and Colts, al
  
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• Ole Miss women upend No. 16 Kentucky behind Allen’s 28

  13-01-2019 21:31
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Crystal Allen scored 16 of her 28 points in the fourth quarter, La’Karis Salter had a double-double and Mississippi upset short-handed, cold-shooting No. 16 Kentucky 55-49 on Sunday.
  Salter had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Allen made six of her 10-for-10 performance at the foul line in the last 1:12 for the Rebels (7-11, 1-3 Southeastern Conference. It was the first road win over a ranked team since 2011.
  Kentucky (15-3, 2-2), who was 11-0 at home, was without
  
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• Aho leads Hurricanes past Predators 6-3

  13-01-2019 21:26
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sebastian Aho had three goals and an assist to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Sunday.
  Justin Williams, Saku Maenalanen and Lucas Wallmark also scored for Carolina, which won for the seventh time in eight games and earned its fifth consecutive victory at home. Micheal Ferland had two assists and had a first-period fight that helped jump-start the Hurricanes.
  Aho has five goals in the past two games, running his team-best total
  
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• Big Boi, Travis Scott to join Maroon 5 in Super Bowl show

  13-01-2019 21:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — Big Boi and Travis Scott will join Maroon 5 in this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
  Maroon 5 had been the widely reported halftime show act since September, but the NFL officially announced the band as its headliner Sunday. The league says Maroon 5 will feature guest artists including Big Boi, the Atlanta-based rapper from Outkast, and Scott.
  Many acts have turned down the halftime show this year in support of Colin Kaepernick and other players who have taken a knee
  
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• Saint Peter’s gets best of former coach with win over Marist

  13-01-2019 21:17
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Davauhnte Turner scored 22 points, Samuel Idowu added 14 points and nine rebounds and Saint Peter’s defeated Marist 72-63 on Sunday in the Peacocks’ first game versus their former head coach, John Dunne.
  Dunne coached the Peacocks (5-11, 2-2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) for 12 years before taking over at Marist (6-9, 1-2) last April.
  Turner, who came in second in the MAAC at 17.5 points per game, scored 13 points in the first half when the Peacoc
  
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• Samuelson reaches 2,000 points as UConn beats South Florida

  13-01-2019 21:12
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Katie Lou Samuelson scored 19 points to reach the 2,000-point milestone and No. 3 UConn overcame a sluggish start to beat South Florida 63-46 on Sunday.
  Megan Walker added 14 points and Napheesa Collier had 12 for the Huskies (14-1, 3-0 American), who have never suffered a conference loss in the AAC.
  Samuelson is the 10th UConn player to reach 2,000 points.
  Enna Pehadzic had 17 points and 12 rebounds for injury-plagued USF (10-7, 1-2), which led for much of the first h
  
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• Chicago mayor proposes reforms after alderman is charged

  13-01-2019 21:12
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing far-reaching ethics reforms for the City Council in the wake of a federal attempted-extortion charge filed this month against a powerful alderman.
  A Sunday statement from the mayor’s office doesn’t mention Ed Burke directly. But several suggested changes directly address City Council duties Burke allegedly manipulated to squeeze fast-food company executives.Emanuel’s proposals include requiring that aldermen fully exp
  
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• Shooting outside Phoenix motel kills woman, 5 wounded

  13-01-2019 20:59
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a shooting outside a motel left a young woman dead and five others wounded by gunfire.
  They say in a statement that the shooting happened shortly before noon Sunday after two men argued with a group of people on the second floor of the motel.
  Police say one suspect reportedly pulled out a handgun and fired multiple shots.
  They say one of the suspects was wounded in the incident and was among those shot. Three of those who were in shot were hospitalized in
  
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• Scruggs leads Xavier’s comeback for 70-69 win over Butler

  13-01-2019 20:52
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Paul Scruggs scored 23 points while leading another big Xavier comeback, and Naji Marshall made a free throw with 3.2 seconds left, sending the Musketeers to a 70-69 victory over Butler on Sunday.
  Down by 10 points with 4 minutes left, the Musketeers (11-7, 3-2 Big East) went on a closing 16-5 run that featured Scruggs’ fifth 3-pointer, a career high. Scruggs moved to the point guard spot with Quentin Goodin injured and had eight rebounds and six assists in 40 minut
  
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• Canada air traffic controllers buy pizza for US colleagues

  13-01-2019 20:51
  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian air traffic controllers are buying pizzas for their American counterparts as a show of support during the U.S. government’s partial shutdown.
  Nav Canada’s national media manager Ron Singer said Sunday the initiative began when employees at Edmonton’s control center took up a collection to buy pies for controllers in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Anchorage, Alaska.
  All seven of Canada’s control centers and many towers have since joined in
  
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• Alabama safety Deionte Thompson declares for NFL draft

  13-01-2019 20:43
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — All-America safety Deionte Thompson has joined a growing crowd of Alabama players leaving early for the NFL draft.
  Thompson announced his decision Sunday on Twitter. He’s the sixth Crimson Tide underclassman to announce his decision to leave early.
  Thompson was a consensus All-American in his first season as the starter. He made 79 tackles and had two interceptions and four forced fumbles.
  Thompson, who has already graduated, says his experience at Alabama was
  
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• Suarez, Messi lead Barca to 3-0 win over Eibar to keep lead

  13-01-2019 20:32
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Luis Suarez scored two goals and Lionel Messi added another to lead Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Eibar and stay five points ahead of Atletico Madrid as the Spanish league reached its midway point on Sunday.
  Messi scored his 400th league goal, and leads the competition this season with 17 through 19 rounds. Suarez is next with 14 goals.
  Suarez opened the scoring at Camp Nou in the 19th minute. The Uruguay striker exchanged two quick passes with Philippe Coutinho to br
  
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