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• 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo has season-ending knee surgery

  03-10-2018 23:59
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo underwent reconstructive surgery on his injured left knee.
  Coach Kyle Shanahan said Garoppolo had the operation to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament on Wednesday. Shanahan said he didn’t know whether any additional damage needed to be repaired or know whether Garoppolo would be recovered in time for the offseason program next spring.
  Garoppolo injured his knee on Sept. 23 in Kansas City when he tried to
  
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• Two men sought in strong-arm robbery at TJ Maxx

  03-10-2018 23:58
  Two men are sought in connection to a strong-arm robbery at the TJ Maxx on Oracle Road near Orange Grove Road/ Tucson Police Department
  TUCSON – Two men are sought in connection to a strong-arm robbery at the TJ Maxx on Oracle Road near Orange Grove Road.
  According to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, the two men entered the store at 6320 N. Oracle Rd.  and loaded a cart with more than $400 worth of merchandise. When loss prevention staff attempted to stop the two, one of th
  
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• Mavs’ DeAndre Jordan misses China trip for personal reasons

  03-10-2018 23:58
  DALLAS (AP) — New Dallas Mavericks center DeAndre Jordan missed the team’s trip to China for two exhibition games for unspecified personal reasons.
  Jordan and fellow starter Harrison Barnes stayed behind when the team left for China this week. Barnes injured a hamstring in practice and could miss all the preseason games.
  The 30-year-old Jordan joined the Mavericks this year, three years after agreeing to sign with them in free agency and changing his mind before contracts could be si
  
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• Ex-Border Patrol supervisor pleads guilty in child porn case

  03-10-2018 23:55
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former supervisory U.S. Border Patrol agent has pleaded guilty in New Mexico to a child pornography charge.
  Federal prosecutors say 46-year-old Jason Christopher Davis of Las Cruces could serve up to 15 years in prison under the plea agreement.
  Davis pleaded guilty Wednesday in an Albuquerque courtroom to production of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He will have to register as a sex offender.
  The ex-border agent was arrested i
  
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• Epstein: Maddon to return for fifth season as Cubs manager

  03-10-2018 23:49
  CHICAGO (AP) — Theo Epstein says Joe Maddon will return for a fifth season as manager of the Chicago Cubs.
  Chicago’s president of baseball operations confirmed Maddon will stay on for at least the final year of his contract. Epstein says there are no ongoing discussions about an extension for Maddon.
  Though he acknowledged some disagreements, Epstein insists he has a “terrific” relationship with Maddon.
  Maddon is 387-261-1 in four years with Chicago — 95-68 this sea
  
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• Amazon to cut bonuses, stock benefits as it raises wages

  03-10-2018 23:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon made a big splash this week with its $15 an hour minimum wage announcement, but lost in the fine print: Existing warehouse workers will no longer receive stock in the company or collect bonuses.
  The online giant says next month it will end bonuses, which paid workers extra based on their attendance and warehouse productivity, as it boosts its minimum wage.
  Amazon will also phase out its restricted stock unit program, which gave shares to workers if they stayed at Ama
  
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• Brewers turn to bullpen to open NLDS, Senzatela for Rockies

  03-10-2018 23:44
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell says he will open the National League Division Series against the Colorado Rockies with a bullpen day on the mound.
  The Rockies are turning to Antonio Senzatela to start Game 1 at Miller Park on Thursday. The right-hander is 6-6 with a 4.38 ERA in 23 games, including 13 starts.
  Counsell says he hasn’t decided the order of relievers he’ll use in the series opener. The bullpen is a strength for the Brewers, who will have h
  
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• N4T Cooks: Pumpkin Mousse Parfait

  03-10-2018 23:19
  Name of Restaurant: Apple Annie’s Orchard
  Name of Dish: Pumpkin Mousse Parfait
  Ingredients:1 cup milk
   1 package (4-serving size) butterscotch instant pudding and pie filling mix
  1 can (15 oz) solid-pack pumpkin
  1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  1 container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
  2 tablespoons crystalized gingerWhisk milk and pudding mix in large bowl. Add pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice; whisk until well blended. Reserve 1/4 cup whipped topping for garnish. Fold rema
  
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• Report of fake cash at Waffle House leads to police shooting

  03-10-2018 23:17
  GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (AP) — Police fired their guns when a woman hit two officers with her car as she fled possible arrest on suspicion that she used counterfeit cash at a Waffle House in Tennessee.
  Police in the Memphis suburb of Germantown said 23-year-old Chelse Chambers hit an officer’s vehicle with her Nissan Altima and then struck him with her car as he got out. Police said she pinned another officer against a vehicle as she tried to elude police Tuesday.
  Officers fired their guns
  
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• Jury finds ex-Charlotte QB Olsen not guilty of rape changes

  03-10-2018 23:16
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A jury has found former Charlotte 49ers quarterback Kevin Olsen not guilty on rape charges.
  News outlets report the jury returned its verdict Wednesday.
  Authorities had filed multiple charges against Olsen, including three counts of felony second-degree forcible rape and communicating threats. Kevin Olsen is the younger brother of Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen.
  The 23-year-old Olsen could have been sentenced to as many as 10 years in prison on each of the th
  
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• Man pleads guilty in hit-and-run death of Cleveland officer

  03-10-2018 23:13
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A motorist arrested in the hit-and-run death of a Cleveland police patrolman has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges.
  Forty-six-year-old Israel Alvarez also pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges including driving under the influence and drug possession in David Fahey’s death on Interstate 90 on Jan. 24, 2017.
  Alvarez was arrested after a Department of Homeland Security agent spotted his damaged car in a driveway. Authorities said Alvarez w
  
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• Confident Dortmund beats Monaco 3-0 in Champions League

  03-10-2018 23:11
  DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Paco Alcacer made up for a missed penalty by scoring on his first start for Borussia Dortmund, helping the German side beat Monaco 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.
  The Spanish striker, who joined Dortmund from Barcelona in the offseason, drove his penalty against the crossbar midway through the second half, then atoned by eluding two defenders before blasting in Dortmund’s second goal.
  Marco Reus completed the scoring in injury time as the Bundesliga
  
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• Maryland councilman gets backlash over posts about Muslims

  03-10-2018 23:06
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland councilman has shared a series of posts that have been perceived by some as being Islamophobic and xenophobic.
  News outlets report Anne Arundel County Councilman John Grasso started sharing the series of Facebook posts in September, including one that stated: “One nation under God, Not Allah.” Grasso also posted an article that encouraged people to “share” if they thought President Donald Trump “should ban Islam in American sch
  
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• Late Insigne strike earns Napoli 1-0 win over Liverpool

  03-10-2018 23:05
  NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Lorenzo Insigne scored in the 90th minute to give Napoli a 1-0 win over a surprisingly listless Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday.
  Having threatened all night without anything to show for it besides Dries Mertens’ volley off the crossbar, Napoli finally broke through when Insigne redirected a cross from Jose Callejon by the far post.
  The victory vaulted Napoli atop Group C with four points, one ahead of Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain, which beat R
  
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• Porto beats Galatasaray 1-0 to take group lead in CL

  03-10-2018 22:58
  PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Moussa Marega scored a second-half winner to give Porto a 1-0 win over Galatasaray in the Champions League on Wednesday, leaving the Portuguese club tied for the Group D lead.
  Marega headed home the only goal after a corner by Alex Telles in the 49th minute at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto.
  It was Porto’s first game without striker Vincent Aboubakar, who will be sidelined for several months after tearing a knee ligament.
  The win left Porto even with Schalke on
  
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• Utah boy dead after falling from houseboat into Lake Powell

  03-10-2018 22:57
  BULLFROG, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a young Utah boy is dead after falling into Lake Powell while sleeping overnight on the upper deck of a houseboat.
  The National Park Service on Wednesday identified the boy as 3-year-old Jayden Cooper Vokas from Park City, Utah, and said authorities learned of his death Friday.
  According to the Park Service, the boy reportedly wasn’t wearing a life jacket when he fell into 5 feet (1.5 meters) of water while on the boat with eight other people in
  
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• Griezmann leads Atletico Madrid to 3-1 win over Club Brugge

  03-10-2018 22:55
  MADRID (AP) — Antoine Griezmann scored a goal in each half — including the 8,000th Champions League goal — to lead Atletico Madrid to a hard-fought 3-1 win over Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday.
  Griezmann opened the scoring in the first half then netted the winner midway through the second after Club Brugge equalized with a superb long-range shot by Arnaut “Danjuma” Groeneveld just before halftime. Atletico’s third goal was scored by Jorge &ldq
  
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• Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman dies at 96

  03-10-2018 22:53
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Leon Lederman, an experimental physicist who won a Nobel Prize in physics for his work on subatomic particles and coined the phrase “God particle,” has died. He was 96.
  Ellen Carr Lederman, his wife of 37 years, said her husband died Wednesday at a nursing home in the Idaho town of Rexburg.
  Lederman directed the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago from 1978 to 1989. He’s described as a giant in his field who also had a passion for sharin
  
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• Shots fired report puts TUSD school in lockdown

  03-10-2018 22:48
  TUCSON – A local elementary school was placed on temporary lockdown Wednesday after police received a shots fired report in the area.
  According to a TUSD spokesperson, Lineweaver Elementary “was placed in hard lockdown reference to shots fired in area of school.”
  The Tucson Police Department and School Safety responded to the scene.
  TUSD says the lockdown transitioned into a “soft lockdown” within minutes. TPD has the suspect in custody.
  No further details have been
  
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• MLB gives Russell 40-game ban under domestic violence policy

  03-10-2018 22:45
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell has accepted a 40-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
  Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the ban in a statement Wednesday. MLB had been investigating domestic violence allegations against Russell made by his ex-wife, Melisa Reidy. Russell had denied the accusations, which Reidy detailed in a blog post in September.
  Russell’s unpaid suspension includes the 11 regular-season games he
  
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• Pakistan urges restraint by new US envoy for Afghan peace

  03-10-2018 22:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pakistan’s top diplomat is urging the Trump administration’s envoy for reconciliation in neighboring Afghanistan to be more sensitive to Pakistani opinion than he has been as a private citizen.
  The recent appointment of veteran U.S. diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad has raised hackles in Pakistan. Khalilzad is a former ambassador to Afghanistan. He’s previously called on the U.S. to declare Pakistan a terrorist state unless it stops harboring insurgents.
  Pakista
  
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• White House midterm message: Embrace Trump or start packing

  03-10-2018 22:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has a message for vulnerable House Republicans tiptoeing around President Donald Trump: Get on board or start packing.
  The warning comes in a memo from White House political director Bill Stepien. He argues that GOP candidates who are trying to distance themselves from the president are only doing themselves harm in the upcoming midterm elections.
  The Associated Press obtained a copy of the memo, which serves as a response to a grim White House briefing by
  
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• Ohio hiker’s body found in Great Smoky Mountains park

  03-10-2018 22:38
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The body of an Ohio woman has been found a week after she went missing while hiking with her daughter in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  News outlets cite a park release saying Mitzie Sue “Susan” Clements was found Tuesday near the Appalachian Trail on the North Carolina-Tennessee border, not far from the Clingmans Dome parking area.
  The cause of death was unclear.
  The 53-year-old woman had last been seen Sept. 25, when she and her daughter becam
  
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• Fourth victim dies in string of attacks on men in LA area

  03-10-2018 22:36
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say they will seek a fourth murder charge against a man suspected of killing mostly homeless victims in the Los Angeles area.
  Santa Monica police Lt. Saul Rodriguez says the fourth victim, who was not immediately identified, died late Saturday. He had been hospitalized since being struck in the head while sleeping on a sidewalk early on Sept. 24.
  Rodriguez says police will ask Los Angeles County prosecutors to file an additional murder charge against Ramon Escobar
  
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• Dortmund’s Pulisic ruled out for 2 games with calf tear

  03-10-2018 22:36
  DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund midfielder Christian Pulisic has been ruled out for at least two games with a muscle tear in his calf.
  The 20-year-old American missed Dortmund’s Champions League game against visiting Monaco on Wednesday and the club says he will definitely miss the side’s Bundesliga game at home to Augsburg on Saturday.
  The club did not give further details on when he could return.
  Pulisic was included on Monday in the United States’ 24-man ros
  
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• Rams sign K Santos while waiting for Greg Zuerlein’s return

  03-10-2018 22:33
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams signed kicker Cairo Santos this week instead of rushing All-Pro Greg Zuerlein back from injury.
  Rams coach Sean McVay on Wednesday disclosed the reason for the decision to add Santos.
  Zuerlein isn’t quite ready to return from a groin injury, but the Rams weren’t happy with Sam Ficken after he missed two of his three field goal attempts, including a 28-yarder late in the Rams’ win over Minnesota last Thursday. Ficken was cu
  
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• UN calls for end to Congo fighting to combat Ebola outbreak

  03-10-2018 22:26
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is calling for an immediate end to hostilities by all armed groups to combat the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo.
  Council members stressed the urgency of getting medical teams to the affected areas quickly “because the disease can spread rapidly, including to neighboring countries, possibly impacting regional stability.”
  The council issued the statement after a closed-door video briefing Wednesday by World Health Organization Direc
  
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• Indianapolis rules out 7 players for game at New England

  03-10-2018 22:23
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts right tackle Denzelle Good will be one of seven players who will not play Thursday at New England.
  Good’s brother, Overton, was killed in an alleged drive-by shooting in South Carolina earlier this week.
  Also out will be Pro Bowl tight end Jack Doyle (hip) and four-time Pro Bowl receiver T.Y. Hilton (hamstring).
  The other starters sitting out are running back Marlon Mack (hamstring) and cornerback Kenny Moore II (concussion). Quincy Wilson (conc
  
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• Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell accepts 40-game suspension under baseball’s domestic violence policy

  03-10-2018 22:21
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell accepts 40-game suspension under baseball’s domestic violence policy.
  The post Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell accepts 40-game suspension under baseball’s domestic violence policy appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• The Latest: ATF: 2nd suspect arrested in stolen guns case

  03-10-2018 22:15
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the recovery of about 400 guns stolen from a UPS facility in Tennessee (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  A second suspect in the theft of around 400 guns from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee is in custody.
  Kim Nerheim, a spokeswoman at the Chicago office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said Wednesday that 24-year-old Roland Jackson is now in custody. She declined further comment, including where or when he was arreste
  
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• Kavanaugh had the edge over his accuser in TV audience size

  03-10-2018 22:15
  NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has the edge over accuser Christine Blasey Ford in television audience size.
  The Nielsen company says the audience for Kavanaugh’s testimony during last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at 5 p.m. was 35 percent higher than it was for Ford just before lunchtime. Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, and he angrily denied it.
  The hearing was carried live on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and CNN.
  Part of
  
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• Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino bought in $1.9B acquisition

  03-10-2018 22:14
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Eldorado Resorts has completed its purchase of Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino.
  The Press of Atlantic City reports the deal that finished Monday comes after the New Jersey Casino Control Commission granted the Reno, Nevada-based company interim authority to own the casino.
  The agency still has to approve a full casino license for Eldorado.
  The deal is part of a $1.85 billion acquisition of Tropicana Entertainment that billionaire investor Carl Icahn agreed
  
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• Next step unclear after judge dismisses triple homicide case

  03-10-2018 22:08
  PHOENIX (AP) — Whether a man already sentenced to prison for attacking police officers in a Phoenix suburb will eventually stand trial in the killings of three Washington state residents in western Arizona is uncertain after a judge dismissed charges in the triple homicide case while chastising prosecutors for being unprepared for trial.
  Judge Matthew Newman of La Paz County Superior Court said in a Sept. 21 order that he dismissed the case against Kitage Lynch because prosecutors failed t
  
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• Rainy harvest devastates Louisiana soybeans for 2nd year

  03-10-2018 22:04
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana congressman says the trade disputes with China are hurting the state’s soybean farmers at a time when rain during harvest season has also hit them badly. U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham is asking the federal government for help.
  Abraham says many soybean shipments are coming down the Mississippi River instead of going to the West Coast, filling storage silos and leaving little space for Louisiana’s big but damaged crop.
  Soybeans were a big target of
  
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• Prosecutors want botched music fest promoter to get prison

  03-10-2018 22:04
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say the promoter of a botched, highly publicized music festival in the Bahamas should serve over 15 years in prison.
  The government delivered its arguments prior to the sentencing next week of Billy McFarland in court papers filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.
  McFarland has twice pleaded guilty to charges. First, he admitted earlier this year he defrauded investors in the 2017 Fyre Festival in the Bahamas. Then, weeks later, he pleaded guilty to charges
  
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• Falcons RB Freeman cleared to return after missing 3 games

  03-10-2018 22:02
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Running back Devonta Freeman has been cleared to play after missing three games with a sore right knee, giving the Atlanta Falcons an important boost as they prepare to visit the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  Coach Dan Quinn confirmed Wednesday that Freeman, the team’s leading rusher each of the last three years, has full clearance to practice.
  Atlanta’s defense, meanwhile, will be without four starters against the Steelers. Quinn says defensive tackle Grady J
  
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• Raiders place right tackle Donald Penn on IR

  03-10-2018 22:00
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders placed right tackle Donald Penn on injured reserve with a groin injury Wednesday.
  Penn was injured in the third quarter of Sunday’s 45-42 overtime win against the Cleveland Browns. Penn limped off the field, returned briefly for a handful of plays then went to the sideline for good.
  Raiders coach Jon Gruden said the team is hopeful of getting Penn back later this season.
  Brandon Parker, Oakland’s third-round draft pick, replaced Penn a
  
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• Authorities: Bears fed on man’s body killed at Alaska mine

  03-10-2018 21:59
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say three bears fed on the body of a contract employee who was killed this week at a remote southeast Alaska mine site.
  Ken Marsh, a spokesman with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said Wednesday the circumstances surrounding Anthony David Montoya’s death remain unclear. Authorities say no one witnessed what happened to the 18-year-old from Hollis, Oklahoma.
  Megan Peters, an Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman, says an autopsy report from the me
  
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• Pathway to Purchase program says they had successful relaunch

  03-10-2018 21:57
  TUCSON –The Pathway to Purchase (P2P) program assisted more than 1,000 individuals purchase homes in the Tucson area in 2016-17.
  P2P is a program that “provides down-payment and closing costs assistance to prospective homebuyers.”  The program is run by the Industrial Development Authorities of the City of Tucson and the County of Pima partnered with the Arizona of Housing to work on this project.
  Since the relaunch of the program, nearly $25 million in loans have been res
  
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• Hersheypark set for new ‘hypercoaster’

  03-10-2018 21:56
  HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Hersheypark will get a new roller coaster that officials say will be the park’s “tallest, longest, fastest and sweetest” ever.
  The Pennsylvania amusement park said Wednesday its $150 million Chocolatetown attraction will “unlock an all-new chapter.” The 23-acre (9-hectare) area will include a restaurant and bar, a confectionary kitchen and an ice cream parlor. Patrons will also be able to shop at a 10,000-square-foot (929-sq. meter) store.
  
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• Putin hopes Europe will resist US pressure on pipeline

  03-10-2018 21:54
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended a prospective Russia-Germany natural gas pipeline as economically feasible and voiced hope that European Union nations will be able to resist U.S. pressure to thwart the project.
  U.S. officials have warned that Washington could impose sanctions on the undersea Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The U.S. and some EU nations oppose it, warning it would increase Europe’s energy dependence on Russia. The U.S. is also interested in selling
  
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• Ex Pennsylvania governor joins safe injection site effort

  03-10-2018 21:54
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia nonprofit says it plans on opening the city’s and possibly the country’s first supervised drug injection site with the help of former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.
  The move comes days after California’s governor vetoed legislation that would have given San Francisco some legal cover to open a safe injection site— a place for people to use drugs under medical supervision.
  They are illegal under federal law and the U.S. Attorney Gene
  
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• Capitals winger Tom Wilson banned 20 games for preseason hit

  03-10-2018 21:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson has been suspended 20 games by the NHL for a blindside hit to the head of an opponent during a preseason game.
  Wilson’s punishment was announced Wednesday, just hours before the reigning Stanley Cup champion Capitals were to raise their banner and open their title defense by hosting the Boston Bruins to begin the regular season.
  The physical right winger, who plays on Washington’s top line with captain Alex Ovechkin, drew
  
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