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• Closing arguments wrap up in Sandy, Perez murder trial

  06-10-2016 23:52
  
  The Latest on the trial of two former police officer charged in the on-duty shooting death of a homeless man in Albuquerque, New Mexico (all times local):
  
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• Attorney General appeals juvenile sentencing for Nehemiah Griego

  06-10-2016 23:43
  
  The New Mexico Attorney General filed an appeal in court Thursday for the sentencing of Nehemiah Griego. 
  
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• Updated: White knight? Colombia peace deal hinges on hardliner Uribe

  06-10-2016 22:31
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia — Former President Alvaro Uribe fanned widespread resentment of Colombia’s largest rebel group as he crisscrossed the country, campaigning for weeks against a peace deal he said would appease “terrorists” or lead the country down the path of communist Cuba. But Colombians now look to the conservative hardliner as a potential savior of […]
  
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• Updated: The kiss: These babies held or smooched by presidential candidates are all grown up

  06-10-2016 22:30
  
  “Here is a beautiful specimen of young American childhood,” Andrew Jackson declared as he examined a dirty-faced baby handed to him at a campaign stop in the early 1800s. It would have been the beginning of the most sacred of campaign traditions, baby kissing, except Jackson foisted the boy on a nearby politician with a […]
  
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• Updated: Baker, Roberts 1st opposing black managers in playoff series

  06-10-2016 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON — The NL Division Series between Dusty Baker’s Washington Nationals and Dave Roberts’ Los Angeles Dodgers is the first postseason matchup in major league history involving two black managers. “It gives us some pride, in being African-American, to show people that not only can we do the job, but we can do the job […]
  
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• Updated: A bridge not far from Fenway latest honor for Sox slugger

  06-10-2016 22:30
  
  BOSTON — It’s official: Massachusetts has named a bridge in honor of retiring Red Sox slugger David Ortiz. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a spending bill Thursday that includes the provision designating the span over the Massachusetts Turnpike the David Ortiz “Big Papi” Bridge. The bridge runs along Brookline Avenue between Newbury Street […]
  
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• Updated: Hurricane Matthew forces postponement of LSU-Florida game

  06-10-2016 22:25
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The LSU-Florida football game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed because of Hurricane Matthew. The universities and the Southeastern Conference will work to reschedule the game later in the season, if possible. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says “it became clear that the University of Florida could neither host nor travel to a […]
  
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• FCC proposal: internet providers must ask to share your data

  06-10-2016 22:25 via krqe.com
  
  (AP) – A new privacy proposal unveiled Thursday will require broadband providers like Verizon and Comcast to get your permission before sharing with advertisers what you’ve been doing on your phone or computer.
  The Federal Communication Commission has changed its broadband-privacy plan since it was initially proposed in March. The wireless and cable industries had complained that under the initial plan, they would be more heavily regulated than digital-ad behemoths like Google and Fa
  
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• Evacuations continue as Hurricane Matthew nears

  06-10-2016 22:10 via krqe.com
  
  TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (MEDIA GENERAL) – A mandatory evacuation is in effect for Tybee Island, Georgia. Busses were stationed outside the town hall on Thursday to help shuttle residents off the island. One of the people boarding the buses was Marie Milburn.
  She’s been on the island for nearly 30 years but this is only her second time evacuating. She left the island during Hurricane Hugo in 1989. She’s not alone for the trip. The 79-year-old widow is joined by her caregiver and her s
  
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• PNM working to repair power outage in Albuquerque

  06-10-2016 21:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A power outage is affecting 4,241 customers in Albuquerque south of Menaul between San Mateo and Carlisle, PNM reports.
  The outage was reported just after 1 p.m. Thursday. PNM says a repair crew is working to restore power.
  No further information is available.
  To view PNM’s outage map, click here.Outage in #ABQ affecting 4,241 customers. Boundaries: N=Menaul; S=I-40; E=San Mateo; W=Carlisle. Cause is… https://t.co/2xa33FVVZP
  — PNM (@PNMtalk) Oc
  
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• PNM restores power after outage in Albuquerque

  06-10-2016 21:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Power has been restored after an outage affecting 4,241 customers occurred in Albuquerque south of Menaul between San Mateo and Carlisle, PNM reports.
  The outage was reported just after 1 p.m. Thursday and restored around 2 p.m.. PNM says the outage was caused by birds getting into equipment.
  To view PNM’s outage map, click here.Power in #ABQ has been restored.Cause of outage was birds getting into equipment.Thank you for your patience… https://
  
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• Special Session adjourned, budget passed

  06-10-2016 20:55
  
  The New Mexico Legislature has adjourned from a special legislative session without considering a measure to reinstate the death penalty and other criminal justice initiatives backed by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez.
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Woman testifies in Derrick Rose rape lawsuit

  06-10-2016 20:48
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the trial of a lawsuit claiming NBA star Derrick Rose and two others raped a woman (all times local): 11:30 a.m. The woman accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape is testifying in the trial of her $21.5 million civil lawsuit. The woman told […]
  
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• Plane evacuated after Samsung smartphone starts smoking

  06-10-2016 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An overheating, smoking Samsung smartphone forced the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines jet that was preparing to take off Wednesday from the Louisville airport.
  The incident raised fresh trouble for Samsung, which saw its new Galaxy Note 7 device recalled last month because of overheating batteries.
  Samsung, Southwest and federal aviation-safety officials declined to say what model of Samsung phone was involved, saying they were still investigating.
  But a
  
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• UNM to reduce designated smoking areas on campus

  06-10-2016 20:29
  
  The University of New Mexico will cut the number of smoking areas within the next year, mostly on the main campus. University officials could fine people who smoke or use tobacco products on campus in non-designated areas, reports the Daily Lobo, though a UNM administrator told the Journal that offending parties would be warned before […]
  
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• Police seek witness to incident near Cibola High School

  06-10-2016 19:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are searching for a woman who may have witnessed a girl falling off the ledge above the Black Diversion Channel Arroyo near Cibola High School.
  The Albuquerque Police Department says the girl fell on Monday, September 26, 2016, around 12:30 p.m. The woman they are looking for is believed to have been jogging in the area and may have witnessed an incident between two juveniles before the girl fell off the ledge.
  Police are asking that the woman come forward
  
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• New: Journal Voter Guide now online

  06-10-2016 19:49
  
    The Albuquerque Journal is launching its online 2016 general election voter guide at abqjournal.com/voter-guide. It features key election dates and voter information, as well as Q&A’s with candidates in key state and local races. As the election nears, the site will be updated to include candidate profiles published in the Journal as well as […]
  
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• Updated: FCC proposal: internet providers must ask to share your data

  06-10-2016 19:37
  
  A new privacy proposal unveiled Thursday will require broadband providers like Verizon and Comcast to get your permission before sharing with advertisers what you’ve been doing on your phone or computer. The Federal Communication Commission has changed its broadband-privacy plan since it was initially proposed in March. The wireless and cable industries had complained that […]
  
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• Inmate who grabbed medical device as weapon shot by deputy

  06-10-2016 19:35
  
  HOUSTON — Authorities say a Harris County sheriff’s deputy has shot and wounded a county jail inmate who was at a Houston hospital for treatment. Sheriff Ron Hickman says the deputy shot the inmate twice in the chest after the prisoner grabbed some type of edged medical device as a weapon. Sheriff’s department spokesman Thomas […]
  
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• Updated: AP EXPLAINS: How the food surplus stuffed US freezers

  06-10-2016 19:14
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Warehouses, distribution centers and grocery stores are overflowing with some food staples, such as milk, eggs and frozen fruits and vegetables, the result of increased production and decreased exports. Take dairy, for example: With the most milk ever produced in the U.S. — about 24 billion gallons — that means there […]
  
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• Breaking: DEA investigating multiple fentanyl overdose deaths in Ruidoso

  06-10-2016 19:06
  
  Federal narcotics agents are investigating the deaths of at least six people who overdosed on the st ...
  
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• McCain, in reelection battle, abandons plan to weaken vets’ leg up in federal hiring

  06-10-2016 18:53
  
  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has abandoned a proposal he pushed through the Senate that would knock out a key advantage for veterans applying for federal jobs, following pressure from the powerful veterans lobby. The senator, locked in his toughest reelection fight in two decades in a state filled with former service members, told the American […]
  
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• Updated: Newton misses 2nd straight day of practice with concussion

  06-10-2016 18:51
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was not at the start of practice for the second straight day while dealing with a concussion. Derek Anderson continues to take first-team reps, with Joe Webb the backup. Anderson is 2-0 as a starter since coming to the Panthers as a free agent in 2011. Both wins […]
  
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• Updated: Aces aren’t the only pitchers who can dominate in October

  06-10-2016 18:51
  
  October isn’t just for aces. Max Scherzer, Jake Arrieta, Clayton Kershaw and Cole Hamels are a few of the star pitchers teams are counting on this postseason. But closers and middle-rotation pitchers can steal the spotlight, too. Dennis Eckersley (1988 A’s), Sterling Hitchcock (1998 Padres), Mariano Rivera (2003 Yankees), Jeff Suppan (2006 Cardinals), Michael Wacha […]
  
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• Today in History: October 6

  06-10-2016 18:33 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Thursday, Oct. 6, the 280th day of 2016. There are 86 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Oct. 6, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford, in his second presidential debate with Democrat Jimmy Carter, asserted that there was “no Soviet domination of eastern Europe.” (Ford later conceded such was not the case.)
  On this date:
  In 1683, thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s o
  
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• Fuel company helps to offset Fiesta’s emissions

  06-10-2016 17:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It takes thousands of pounds of propane to get balloons at Balloon Fiesta Park off the ground every year. Now, a familiar name in fuel is helping cut down on the event’s affect on the environment.
  They are mesmerizing. Balls of flickering light dot the sky. Plumes of fire propel giant envelopes, sending them towards space.
  Locals may not think twice about what fuels those fires, but Eric Corely’s team did.
  “Each year, they burn about 100,00
  
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• Chinese man gets 3-year term for stealing US trade secrets

  06-10-2016 17:44
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — A businessman from China who pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from U.S. seed corn companies has been sentenced to three years in prison. Mo Hailong was accused of traveling to the Midwest with other employees of Kings Nower Seed to take corn seeds out of fields in Iowa with the […]
  
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• Why was ‘The Birth of a Nation’ ever considered an Oscar contender?

  06-10-2016 17:43
  
  Back in August, I wrote that renewed attention to the fact that as college students Nate Parker and Jean Celestin had been tried on charges of rape might have a paradoxical effect. “The Birth of a Nation” met with rapturous reaction and a record sale price at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, as […]
  
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• Why Donald Trump is incapable of accepting praise for Mike Pence

  06-10-2016 17:43
  
  By most accounts, Mike Pence won the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night. He was calm, cool and collected, albeit somewhat fast and loose with the facts. For Donald Trump, his running mate’s strong performance should have been a moment for celebration, a welcome change from the relentless drumbeat of negative stories caused by a series […]
  
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• NMSU receives $4M STEM grant

  06-10-2016 17:37
  
  CARLSBAD — New Mexico State University at Carlsbad will receive a $4.3 million grant to support Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs for low-income and Hispanic students. The $4,369,543 Title III federal grant will be used by the university to hire additional staff, provide training to staff and renovate the engineering department. “NMSU Carlsbad […]
  
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• Runway closure at Phoenix Sky Harbor may mean flight delays

  06-10-2016 17:36
  
  PHOENIX — A runway closure at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport could translate into delays for travelers over the next month. Airport officials closed the north runway Thursday for construction work in order to harness more power from an APS substation to Terminal 3. They say the work and closure will last through Nov. 6. […]
  
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• Report: Los Alamos to end on-site radioactive waste disposal

  06-10-2016 17:33 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – A new report says Los Alamos National Laboratory will stop the disposing of low-level radioactive waste on site by October 2017.
  The Los Alamos Monitor reports that the environmental report says the lab will end on-site radioactive waste disposal at the storage compound known as Area G. That’s the lab’s largest disposal area.
  The lab was shipping the low-level waste from Area G to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad. That stopped when an improper
  
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• APD releases images of women possibly connected to West Mesa murder suspect

  06-10-2016 16:46
  
  Police have released new images of women connected to a possible suspect in the West Mesa Murders.
  
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• Updated: Wet, wild and weird: Some answers about Hurricane Matthew

  06-10-2016 16:26
  
  WASHINGTON — Hurricane Matthew is wet, wild and weird. Meteorologists say its path has been harder to pin down than that of other storms, but Matthew is definitely dangerous and may possibly stick around to bedevil the Southeast coast for a week or so. Here’s are some questions and answers about Matthew : ___ Q: […]
  
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• Updated: Trump, once a data skeptic, spending millions on data

  06-10-2016 16:26
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump once called data “overrated” in politics. But with Election Day swiftly approaching, the Republican presidential nominee is spending millions of dollars on data and digital services in an effort to land donations and win over voters. Ushering Trump toward a more analytical approach are Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, and […]
  
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• Updated: Report faults top Pentagon aide’s behavior

  06-10-2016 16:26
  
  WASHINGTON — A Pentagon investigation has concluded that Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s former senior military aide used his government credit card at strip clubs or gentlemen’s clubs in Rome and Seoul, drank in excess and had “improper interactions” with women, The Associated Press has learned. The report by the Defense Department’s inspector general says Maj. […]
  
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• Updated: Advice for parents on body image amid 2016 campaign insults

  06-10-2016 16:26
  
  WASHINGTON — Even if your daughters don’t pay much attention to politics, they’d be hard-pressed to have missed Donald Trump’s attack of a former Miss Universe’s weight or comments about a 400-pound hacker. It resonated with a 15-year-old who said this week the words damage girls’ body image and asked Hillary Clinton how to help. […]
  
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• Activists blast ‘O’Reilly Factor’ Chinatown piece as racist

  06-10-2016 16:25
  
  LOS ANGELES — Watchdog and activist groups are outraged by a Fox News Channel segment in which an interviewer asked people in New York’s Chinatown if he was supposed to bow to greet them, if they were selling stolen goods and if they could “take care of North Korea for us.” Several organizations condemned humorist […]
  
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• Defense rests in trial against former APD officers

  06-10-2016 16:07
  
  Following testimony from the second officer on trial in the fatal 2014 shooting of a homeless man, the defense rested its case Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Thursday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Closing arguments expected in Sandy, Perez trial

  06-10-2016 15:44 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Closing arguments are expected to begin Thursday in the murder trial for two former Albuquerque police officers, then the case will go the jury. Dominique Perez and Keith Sandy are facing murder charges for the shooting death of homeless camper James Boyd in the Foothills in 2014. Both testified in the trial, defending their actions and saying the shooting was justified because they were protecting a K-9 handler who was dangerously close to Boyd.
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• Mall of America to close on Thanksgiving

  06-10-2016 15:33 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mall of America, the nation’s largest shopping mall, will be closed on Thanksgiving this year.
  The Bloomington, Minnesota, center has been open on the turkey feast since 2012. But the mall told The Associated Press it wants to offer workers time with their families on the holiday.
  The mall will re-open at 5 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving.
  Given its size and status, the move could inspire other stores to follow suit.
  Mall of America said some of its ten
  
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• How long can people live? New study suggests there’s a limit

  06-10-2016 15:30 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just how long can people live?
  New research suggests there may be a limit to our life span — one that’s hard to extend without some sort of breakthrough that fixes all age-related problems.
  The record for the world’s oldest person is 122 years and the odds of shattering that record are slim, according to an analysis published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
  “It seems extremely difficult if not impossible to break through that ceiling due to the c
  
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• Highlands University, tribal leaders sign scholarship deal

  06-10-2016 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Highlands University and New Mexico’s tribal leaders have signed an agreement to give Native American students access to more scholarship.
  The memorandum of understanding signed last week sets aside 69 full-tuition scholarships per year through 2020.
  Highlands’ financial aid director Eileen Sedillo said the university has awarded more than $400,000 in scholarships to New Mexico’s Native American students since 2006.
  The first memorandum of understan
  
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• Commuter railroad changes arrival rule after station crash

  06-10-2016 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Transit implemented a new rule Thursday for pulling into two of its stations a week after one of its commuter trains crashed into a terminal, killing a woman on the platform and injuring more than 100 others.
  The conductor must join the engineer whenever a train pulls into Hoboken Terminal or its Atlantic City station, NJ Transit spokeswoman Jennifer Nelson said.
  That means a second set of eyes will be watching as a train enters the final phase of its trip at
  
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• NSA contractor arrest highlights challenge of insider threat

  06-10-2016 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The arrest of a National Security Agency contractor for allegedly stealing classified information was the second known case of a government contractor being publicly accused of removing secret data from the intelligence agency since 2013.
  The latest arrest came despite efforts to reform security after the Edward Snowden disclosures, especially in regards to insider threats.
  Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was arrested by the FBI in August after fed
  
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• Social Hub: #BalloonFiesta Day 6

  06-10-2016 14:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s day six of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and while kids get the day off of school many families will make their way to the field for the special shapes rodeo.
  Balloons,Balloons, nothing but Balloons.#BalloonFiesta pic.twitter.com/XgoPAFVXxk
  — Juan Lopez (@Pokemon_Iron) October 6, 2016
  Center Stage going up! #BalloonFiesta pic.twitter.com/FcbtxM7BeQ
  — Adam Atchison (@AdamAtchison) October 6, 2016
  Flyin' Gator taking shape
  
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• Balloon Fiesta Day 6: Time Lapse and Social Hub

  06-10-2016 14:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s day six of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and while kids get the day off of school many families will make their way to the field for the special shapes rodeo.Some special shapes re-inflating. #BalloonFiesta pic.twitter.com/D1kSKIPr7h
  — Adam Atchison (@AdamAtchison) October 6, 2016Balloons deflating. Launches and inflations SUSPENDED. #BalloonFiesta #KRQEMornings pic.twitter.com/q7g7nbvN4s
  — Adam Atchison (@AdamAtchison)
  
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• Updated: Weightlifter Norik Vardanian fails Olympic doping retest

  06-10-2016 14:32
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — One of the United States’ top weightlifters has tested positive for a banned substance in a sample he gave while competing for Armenia at the 2012 Olympics. The International Weightlifting Federation says Norik Vardanian tested positive for the steroid dehydrochlormethyltestosterone in a retest of his sample from the London Olympics. Vardanian was […]
  
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• Updated: Players from Spanish club Eibar apologize for sex video

  06-10-2016 14:32
  
  MADRID — Two players from Spanish club Eibar have apologized for an online video in which they appear having sex with a woman, saying they lament that it could hurt the club’s image. Sergi Enrich and former Aston Villa defender Antonio Luna released a joint statement on Twitter saying that they were not responsible for […]
  
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• 36 Olympic boxing judges, referees barred from future events

  06-10-2016 14:32
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Three dozen boxing referees and judges who officiated at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics have been barred from working at further world-level events until an investigation is completed. The international boxing association said Thursday the 36 referees and judges should be ineligible to officiate at events it organizes. AIBA’s youth world championships […]
  
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