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• Angry Bowles denies report he’s taking over Jets’ defense

  26-09-2018 23:56
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets coach Todd Bowles vehemently denies a published report that says he is stripping defensive coordinator Kacy Rodgers of some play-calling duties.
  Bowles says Wednesday that the story by the New York Daily News on Tuesday was “100 percent false,” adding that it’s “completely a lie.”
  The newspaper reported that Bowles, according to sources, would call the defensive plays when the Jets face two-minute and hurry-up situations
  
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• Trump rejects one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau over tariff dispute

  26-09-2018 23:49
  NEW YORK (AP) — Trump rejects one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau over tariff dispute.
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• Adopt this pet: Bandicoot

  26-09-2018 23:44
  There’s a new pet looking to be adopted.
  Meet Bandicoot.He is an outgoing boy who will purr very loudly, when given the attention. Handlers say Bandicoot is very friendly. Unfortunately, there’s not much more information on him.
  If you’re interested in meeting Bandicoot, you can fin him at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s (HSSA) Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can also call a counselor at (520) 327-6088, ext 173.
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• Woman faces charges in fatal crash into bus that killed 2

  26-09-2018 23:35
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — An Ann Arbor woman has been arraigned on murder and other charges after her SUV slammed into the rear of a disabled school bus, killing two people.
  Michigan State Police say a fugitive team arrested 25-year-old Andre Edwards in suburban Detroit on Tuesday. She faces two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of operating while intoxicated causing death, three counts of child abuse and other charges.
  She’s being held on $500,000 bond following her arraignm
  
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• Trump: I would “certainly prefer not” to fire Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, may delay meeting with him

  26-09-2018 23:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump: I would “certainly prefer not” to fire Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, may delay meeting with him.
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• Sen. Flake says his family has received death threats over Kavanaugh nomination

  26-09-2018 23:27
  In this Sept. 6 file photo, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, for the third day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers has come forward to The Washington Post. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
  WASHINGTON — A Republican senator says his family has rece
  
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• Police: Pedestrian is fatally struck by train in Casa Grande

  26-09-2018 23:21
  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — Police say a pedestrian has been hit and killed by a train in Casa Grande.
  They say a man was struck around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Florence and Main streets.
  Police say the train stopped — blocking Hermosilla, Florence and Sacaton streets.
  They say the man hasn’t been identified yet and authorities continue to investigate the fatality.
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• Trump says he’s open to ‘changing my mind’ about Supreme Court pick if Kavanaugh hearing evidence is compelling

  26-09-2018 23:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — Trump says he’s open to ‘changing my mind’ about Supreme Court pick if Kavanaugh hearing evidence is compelling.
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• Christine Blasey Ford says in prepared Senate testimony she believes Kavanaugh tried to rape her when they were teens

  26-09-2018 23:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Christine Blasey Ford says in prepared Senate testimony she believes Kavanaugh tried to rape her when they were teens.
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• Magic mushroom sleep aid

  26-09-2018 23:15
  Magic mushrooms are for more than just a psychedelic trip.
  Doctor at Johns Hopkins analyzed the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms” and say it could be a safe and effective sleep aid. The ingredient is called Psilocybin (Sigh-low-sigh-bin). Its currently categorized as a highly restricted schedule 1 drug.
  Researchers say users are unlikely to become addicted, or abuse the drug.
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• Pilot Flying J ex-president sentenced to 12 ½ years

  26-09-2018 23:14
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The former president of the largest U.S. fuel retailer has been sentenced to 12 ½ years in prison and fined $750,000 in a scheme to defraud trucking companies.
  The Knoxville News Sentinel reports U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier sentenced former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood to 150 months on Wednesday.
  Hazelwood was convicted this year of conspiracy, wire fraud and witness tampering. The jury heard secret recordings of Hazelwood using racial slu
  
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• Georgia Nuclear plant gets go-ahead despite budget overages

  26-09-2018 23:14
  ATLANTA (AP) — The owners of the last nuclear power plant still under construction in the U.S. say the project will continue after a disagreement about budget overages was resolved.
  The utilities said in a joint statement late Wednesday that they had reached an agreement that mitigates financial exposure in the construction of two new reactors at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia.
  One part-owner, Oglethorpe Power, earlier said it was only willing to move forward if it received concessi
  
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• Biker gang’s president sentenced to life imprisonment

  26-09-2018 23:12
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced the national president of the notorious Bandidos biker gang to life plus 10 years in prison for directing a violent racketeering and drug trafficking enterprise.
  Jeffrey Faye Pike of Conroe, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday. The 63-year-old leader of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization was convicted with Vice President John Xavier Portillo (pohr-TEE’-yoh) of San Antonio in May after a lengthy trial in San Antonio.
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• WikiLeaks names one-time spokesman as editor-in-chief

  26-09-2018 23:06
  LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks has named one-time spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson as its new editor-in-chief. The ramifications of the move are unclear.
  The organization was founded and has been led for more than a decade by Julian Assange, the 47-year-old ex-hacker, but the silver-haired Australian has been isolated for years at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.
  WikiLeaks tweeted that Assange will stay on as the group’s “publisher.”
  WikiLeaks’ job titles have proven fluid ov
  
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• Prosecutors rest in killing of pregnant North Dakota woman

  26-09-2018 23:05
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of a man accused in the killing of a pregnant North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb.
  Thirty-three-year-old William Hoehn is charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the August 2017 death of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind, of Fargo. Hoehn’s girlfriend, Brooke Crews, pleaded guilty in the case and is serving a life sentence. The baby survived.
  Prosecutors on Wednesday questioned the lead detective who sum
  
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• US agency to hold hearing on Lithuanian fighting extradition

  26-09-2018 23:03
  CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. agency will hear testimony on a former Lithuanian lawmaker who is jailed in Chicago and fighting extradition.
  The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe says on its website that it’ll hear testimony Thursday in Washington, D.C., regarding 47-year-old Neringa Venckiene (vehn-KEE’-ehn-nayz).
  Her lawyers recently asked the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals to halt her extradition . She faces Lithuanian charges linked to her claims that there’s an infl
  
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• Soldier convicted of capital murder in deaths of wife, cop

  26-09-2018 23:03
  MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — An Army staff sergeant is facing possible execution after being convicted of capital murder in the deaths of his wife and a police officer who responded to the woman’s 911 call.
  A jury in Manassas returned guilty verdicts Wednesday on all counts against 34-year-old Ronald Hamilton of Woodbridge. He was charged in the 2016 shootings of his wife, Crystal, and officer Ashley Guindon, who was working her first shift after being sworn in.
  Hamilton was also convicted o
  
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• Argentina, IMF reach deal to boost financing to $57 billion

  26-09-2018 23:03
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’ economy minister says the South American country has reached a revised lending agreement with the International Monetary Fund increasing the amount of a loan package.
  Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne said Wednesday that Argentina has secured an additional $7.1 billion in funding, in addition to the $50 billion in financing included in a deal worked out with the IMF in June after Argentina was battered by a currency crisis and double-digit inf
  
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• For 3 senators, Kavanaugh-Ford hearings may cause deja vu

  26-09-2018 22:57
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Three senators may be experiencing some deja vu when they hear Thursday from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school.
  Of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s 21 lawmakers, these three also participated in the 1991 hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, who was accused of sexual harassment by former employee Anita Hill. The committee heard testimony from both Thomas and Hill be
  
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• Argentina economy minister says deal reached with IMF to increase lending agreement to $57.1 billion from $50 billion

  26-09-2018 22:44
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina economy minister says deal reached with IMF to increase lending agreement to $57.1 billion from $50 billion.
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• Wyoming wildfire destroys over 40 homes; highway closed

  26-09-2018 22:43
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A wildfire in Wyoming has destroyed over 40 homes, and firefighters have closed a highway while they set their own fires to try to stop the main fire’s spread.
  Some of the homes burned Sunday. But sheriff’s officials weren’t immediately able to get close to assess the damage in a subdivision of widely spaced mountain retreats.
  As of Wednesday, authorities continued to assess damage in the Hoback Ranches development near Bondurant in western Wyoming.
  
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• Wyoming wildfire destroys at least 25 homes; highway closed

  26-09-2018 22:43
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A wildfire in Wyoming has destroyed at least 25 homes, and firefighters have closed a highway while they set their own fires to try to stop the main fire’s spread.
  Some of the homes burned Sunday. But sheriff’s officials weren’t immediately able to get close to assess the damage in a subdivision of widely spaced mountain retreats.
  As of Wednesday, authorities had checked on 50 homes in the Hoback Ranches development near Bondurant in western Wyoming.
  
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• Kirk, reformed as tropical storm, gains strength

  26-09-2018 22:42
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Kirk is gaining strength in the eastern Caribbean.
  The system was downgraded to a tropical depression earlier this week. But the National Hurricane Center says it has since reorganized,
  At 5 p.m. EDT, the center of Kirk was located about 260 miles (415 kilometers) east of Barbados. It had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) and was moving westward at 18 mph (30 kph).
  A tropical storm warning is in effect for the islands of Barbados, St. Lu
  
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• Correa returns at DH after six-game absence with sore back

  26-09-2018 22:39
  TORONTO (AP) — Infielder Carlos Correa returned to Houston’s lineup as the designated hitter, ending a six-game absence caused by a sore back.
  It’s the same injury that cost the 2015 AL Rookie of the Year a month earlier this season.
  Correa, who batted third, struck out swinging in his first at bat Wednesday. He had been out since Sept. 18, when he went 0 for 3 in a victory over Seattle.
  Correa is batting .238 with 14 home runs and 62 RBIs in 107 games. He is hitting .180 with
  
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• Injured turtle gets around on Lego wheelchair while healing

  26-09-2018 22:34
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A wild turtle with a broken shell is rolling around on a wheelchair made of Legos while he’s on the mend at the Maryland Zoo.
  News outlets report that veterinarians had performed surgery on the grapefruit-sized eastern box turtle found in July with fractures to the underside of his shell.
  Zoo veterinary extern Garrett Fraess says keeping the shell bottom off the ground is important so it can heal. Fraess says no one makes turtle-sized wheelchairs, so he sent sketches
  
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• Dortmund scores 7 to deal Bayern challenge in Bundesliga

  26-09-2018 22:34
  BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund finally delivered the performance its fans were waiting for, routing promoted Nuremberg 7-0 to become Bayern Munich’s closest challenger in the Bundesliga on Wednesday.
  Marco Reus scored twice to take his Dortmund tally to 100 as Lucien Favre’s side took advantage of Bayern’s draw with Augsburg on Tuesday to narrow the gap on the defending champion to two points after five games played.
  After rescuing the side with two goals in his last two
  
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• Louisiana’s ‘admitting privileges’ abortion law upheld

  26-09-2018 22:33
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that abortion providers have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals does not violate women’s constitutional abortion rights.
  Wednesday’s 2-1 ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals notes a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down an admitting privileges law in Texas. But, the majority said, Louisiana’s law does not impose the same “substantial burden” on wome
  
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• Texas lawmaker denies sending explicit texts to grad student

  26-09-2018 22:30
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a Texas lawmaker say he didn’t send “any inappropriate texts” following a report that the University of Texas is investigating allegations made by a graduate student.
  Republican state Sen. Charles Schwertner has denied allegations reported by the Austin American-Statesman that he sent a sexually explicit text message to a student he met this summer during an on-campus event.
  Schwertner’s attorneys said in a statement Wednesday that
  
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• Red Sox send Orioles to record-112th loss, 19-3

  26-09-2018 22:30
  BOSTON (AP) — J.D. Martinez had three of Boston’s season-high 22 hits, including a three run homer that brought his major league-leading RBIs total to 127, and the Red Sox beat Baltimore 19-3 Wednesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader that sent the Orioles to a franchise-record 112th loss.
  The once-proud Orioles (45-112) had lost more than 100 games just once since moving to Baltimore in 1954, in 1988 when they lost their first 21 games en route to a 55-107 record. The p
  
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• San Francisco official says $2 billion transit center closed over cracked support beam has second beam showing cracking

  26-09-2018 22:20
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco official says $2 billion transit center closed over cracked support beam has second beam showing cracking.
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• Rams CB Talib on injured reserve, out until Thanksgiving

  26-09-2018 22:19
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have placed cornerback Aqib Talib on injured reserve, sidelining the veteran until at least Thanksgiving.
  The Rams also promoted cornerback Dominique Hatfield from the practice squad Wednesday ahead of their home game against Minnesota on Thursday.
  Talib will have surgery on his ankle Thursday after getting hurt during the Rams’ (3-0) victory over the Chargers. Marcus Peters, Talib’s fellow former Pro Bowl cornerback, also injur
  
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• Countries pledge billions to fight tuberculosis worldwide

  26-09-2018 22:16
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The World Health Organization says governments have agreed to contribute $13 billion a year by 2022 to prevent and treat tuberculosis, a communicable disease that claimed at least 1.3 million lives last year.
  The agency said Wednesday that countries at a high-level meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly committed an additional $2 billion annually for research into TB.
  Health experts have warned that millions of sufferers, particularly in poor countries,
  
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• The Latest: Prep school alumni want action on abuse report

  26-09-2018 22:12
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on a sexual abuse reports at New Hampshire prep school (all times local):
  3:40 p.m.
  Alumni from a prominent New Hampshire prep school are calling for a more thorough investigation into decades of sexual misconduct.
  The Phillips Exeter Alumni for Truth and Healing or PATH says it wants details on administrators who mishandled abuse claims.
  The group’s call follows two reports released by the school last month, in which 11 former staffers are accused of
  
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• Barcelona shocked by last-place Leganes in Spanish league

  26-09-2018 22:04
  MADRID (AP) — Last-place Leganes stunned Barcelona with a 2-1 win in the Spanish league on Wednesday, handing the defending champions their second straight setback.
  The result gives Real Madrid a chance to take over the league lead with a draw at Sevilla later Wednesday.
  Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring early, but the host rallied with goals two minutes apart in the second half to earn its first win in six league games this season.
  Leganes’ winner came thanks to
  
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• California official wants probe of pension chief’s education

  26-09-2018 22:02
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state Treasurer John Chiang is calling for an independent investigation after critics raised questions about the educational background of the head of the nation’s largest public pension system.
  California Public Employees’ Retirement System CEO Marcie Frost is facing criticism after a blogger wrote that she implied in her application and in a statement announcing her hiring that she was working on obtaining a college degree form Evergreen S
  
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• Former UA coach’s family shed light on FBI arrest

  26-09-2018 22:01
  TUCSON – One year after the arrest of Emanuel “Book” Richardson, the family of the former University of Arizona assistant basketball coach shed some light on the situation in an interview with the sports network, Stadium.
  On Sept. 26, 2017, Richardson was arrested on corruption and bribery charges in connection to an NCAA scandal that accuses the former coach of paying a Wildcat recruit about $20,000. That month, Richardson was suspended shortly after the news broke
  
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• Arizona city ends contract for immigrant detention center

  26-09-2018 21:59
  ELOY, Ariz. (AP) — A small city in Arizona has ended its role in an unusual contract that allowed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to run a family detention center in Texas where lawyers say a child became sick and died after her release.
  Eloy already had an agreement with ICE and the private detention company CoreCivic for a detention facility in that city when it entered the contract in 2014 involving the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley.
  A report by the Depa
  
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• Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones will miss 4-6 weeks

  26-09-2018 21:53
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones will be sidelined four to six weeks with a knee injury.
  The team says the 23-year-old Jones sprained his knee during the second period of Tuesday night’s preseason game against Buffalo. An MRI on Wednesday revealed the sprain.
  It’s a huge blow for the Blue Jackets, with Jones’ defensive line mate Zach Werenski recovering from a shoulder injury and defenseman Ryan Murray also hampered by an injury.
  Jones was
  
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• 3 men facing charges in double homicide in Apache Junction

  26-09-2018 21:50
  APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (AP) — Three men are facing charges in connection with a double homicide two years ago in Apache Junction.
  Pinal County sheriff’s officials say 31-year-old Clint Wendelschafer was arrested Tuesday in Mesa.
  Wendelschafer allegedly was involved in the May 2016 shooting deaths of 51-year-old Keith Andrew Long and 45-year-old Renae Gardner at the couple’s Apache Junction home.
  Sheriff’s officials say 33-year-old Nicholas Douglas of San Tan Valley and 41
  
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• The Latest: Suspect in Calif. deaths was questioned in Texas

  26-09-2018 21:45
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a man suspected in beatings of homeless men in Southern California (all times local):
  12:45 p.m.
  A man who Los Angeles police say is a “deportable felon” responsible for the beating deaths of three men was questioned weeks earlier by Houston authorities about the disappearance of his aunt but released because he had no outstanding warrants.
  Houston police spokesman Kese Smith said Wednesday that 47-year-old Ramon Escobar was not a suspect in his
  
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• Latest: Foul play against suspect’s missing uncle, aunt eyed

  26-09-2018 21:45
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a man suspected in beatings of homeless men in Southern California (all times local):
  10 p.m.
  A Houston police spokesman says foul play is now suspected in the disappearance of the aunt and uncle of a suspect in several California homicides.
  Houston Police Department spokesman Kese (KEEZ) Smith said late Wednesday that he had no further information on the development in the disappearance of 60-year-old Dina Escobar and 65-year-old Rogelio Escobar, whose nep
  
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• The Latest: Lawyer surprised by pick of Kavanaugh questioner

  26-09-2018 21:40
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on an Arizona prosecutor tapped to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over sexual assault allegations (all times local):
  1 p.m.
  A Phoenix area attorney who specializes in sex abuse cases and once worked for prosecutor Rachel Mitchell says he is surprised she was picked to pose questions in the sexual assault investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brent Kavanaugh.
  Lawyer Matt Long said Wednesday he initially believed Mitchell was a good choice given her
  
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• Court to examine NFL’s Super Bowl ticketing policies

  26-09-2018 21:27
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The NFL’s Super Bowl ticketing policies will be put under a microscope this week in a New Jersey courtroom.
  The state’s Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in the case of a man who says the league violated state consumer fraud laws for the 2014 game at MetLife Stadium.
  Josh Finkelman says he had to pay more than double the $800 face value because the NFL made only 1 percent of the tickets available to the public. The NFL says in court filings that its
  
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• ‘This is my city’: Harper plays possibly last home Nats game

  26-09-2018 21:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper showed up early for what could be his final home game as a member of the Washington Nationals so he could put on his white uniform and “just cherish that moment.”
  The National League’s 2012 NL Rookie of the Year and 2015 MVP can become a free agent this offseason.
  He spoke wistfully Wednesday about the possibility of leaving the Nationals, the only major league club he’s played for.
  He was drafted No. 1 overall by Washington at age 17
  
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• The Latest: Temporarily shoring up 2 beams is a priority

  26-09-2018 21:19
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the closure of San Francisco’s new transit center (all times local):
  2:55 p.m.
  A San Francisco official says his first priority is to shore up two cracking beams so a $2.2 billion transit center can re-open while engineers search for a permanent fix.
  Transbay Joint Powers Authority executive director Mark Zabaneh said Wednesday he expects the Salesforce Transit Center to be closed through next week.
  Workers discovered the first crack early Tuesday w
  
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• The Latest: San Francisco transit hub has 2nd cracked beam

  26-09-2018 21:19
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the closure of San Francisco’s new transit center (all times local):
  1:25 p.m.
  A San Francisco official says a new $2 billion transit terminal that shut down over a cracked support beam has a second adjacent beam that also shows signs of cracking.
  Salesforce Transit Center executive director Mark Zabaneh said Wednesday that the facility would remain closed “at least through the end of next week” as inspections continue.
  He says the probl
  
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• Lazio wins 2-1 at Udinese for 5th successive victory

  26-09-2018 21:19
  MILAN (AP) — Lazio is heading into this weekend’s capital derby against Roma full of confidence after recording a fifth consecutive victory with a 2-1 win at Udinese on Wednesday.
  Lazio went in front in the 60th minute when Udinese goalkeeper Simone Scuffet could only parry Luis Alberto’s free kick and Francesco Acerbi volleyed in the rebound from close range for his first goal for the club.
  Joaquin Correa also added his first Lazio goal six minutes later. The Argentine beat Je
  
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• Anaheim Ducks F Corey Perry out 5 months after knee surgery

  26-09-2018 21:14
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Anaheim Ducks right wing Corey Perry is likely to be out for five months after undergoing surgery on his right knee.
  Ducks general manager Bob Murray says the 2011 NHL Most Valuable Player had surgery Wednesday.
  The 33-year-old Perry warmed up for the Ducks’ preseason game Monday but didn’t play.
  He had surgery to repair his meniscus and a knee ligament, Murray says. Recovery time for the surgery is typically at least 20 weeks.
  Perry scored 50 goals durin
  
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• Ford CEO says steel, aluminum tariffs will cost company $1B

  26-09-2018 21:10
  DETROIT (AP) — Ford CEO Jim Hackett says the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum will cost the company $1 billion.
  Ford says the figure is a year-over-year increase from March through 2019.
  Hackett told Bloomberg television that Ford gets most of its metals from U.S. producers, which raised prices due to the tariffs this year.
  IHS Markit Senior Analyst Peter Nagle says other automakers will see the same cost increases. Eventually they’ll have to raise
  
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• Appeals court hears Johns Hopkins black lung lawsuit

  26-09-2018 21:10
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by the families of West Virginia coal miners who were denied benefits for black lung disease after a Johns Hopkins Health System doctor insisted their X-rays did not show the disease.
  A judge last year dismissed the lawsuit, finding that the doctor had immunity under Maryland and federal law.
  During arguments before a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday, the families’
  
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