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• Australia considers moving embassy to Jerusalem

  15-10-2018 23:59
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says he is open to relocating the Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday that Australia remained committed to finding a two-state solution to Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians.
  Morrison said the idea was suggested to him by a former ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma, who is a candidate for Morrison’s conservative Liberal Party at a crucial by-electio
  
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• Chile says 2 US citizens, 1 Chilean gone missing found dead

  15-10-2018 23:53
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities say two young Americans and a Chilean who went missing over the weekend have been found dead in a river estuary, the apparent victims of accidental drowning.
  Divers on Monday recovered the bodies of 23-year-old Rose Simonsen Franke and 25-year-old Hannah Lov Bozzy of the United States along with 21-year-old David Abdala Huenchunao of Chile. They were found in the waters of the Malalcura estuary, about 260 miles (580 kilometers) south of the Chilea
  
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• Australia’s prime minister says he is open to relocating the Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

  15-10-2018 23:50
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says he is open to relocating the Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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• Gusty winds sweep Dodger Stadium for Game 3 of NLCS

  15-10-2018 23:44
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Strong wind gusts are raking Dodger Stadium ahead of Game 3 in the National League Championship Series.
  The first fall Santa Ana winds arrived on Monday. The warm, sustained gusts blow from the desert to the ocean, but rarely affect the stadium on the northern edge of downtown Los Angeles.
  During batting practice, the flags in center field blew in with the temperature around 80 degrees (26 Celsius).
  Palm trees in the outfield waved in the wind.
  Dodgers manager Dave Rober
  
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• Ex-students file sexual abuse suit against boarding school

  15-10-2018 23:43
  BOSTON (AP) — Two former Massachusetts boarding school students who say they were sexually abused by employees in the 1960s and 1970s have filed a lawsuit.
  John Sweeney says he was drugged and raped in his dorm room by then-assistant headmaster Arthur Clarridge when he was 11 years old at the Fessenden School.
  Sweeney told reporters Monday that he wants Fessenden to “come out and tell the truth.”
  Clarridge denied Sweeney’s accusation in a 2016 Boston Globe story . He died
  
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• The Latest: US wants drugmakers to put prices in TV ads

  15-10-2018 23:42
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on drugmakers disclosing list prices of advertised drugs (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  The federal government wants to force drugmakers to disclose prices for prescription medicines in their TV commercials.
  Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said a proposal unveiled Monday would apply to brand-name drugs that are covered by the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
  Hours earlier, the drug industry’s main trade group said drug companies were willing
  
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• The Latest: Judge withholds Confederate vandalism punishment

  15-10-2018 23:39
  HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a University of North Carolina student accused of vandalizing a Confederate monument (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  A judge has declined to punish a University of North Carolina graduate student who admitted to splashing red ink on a Confederate statue on campus last April.
  Orange County Judge Samantha Cabe noted that Maya Little had admitted to the crime on the stand and that the facts showed she was guilty of the misdemeanor charge of de
  
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• Witness grilled over texts to Kansas college hoops coach

  15-10-2018 23:38
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a former Adidas executive on trial in New York City have zeroed in on texts sent by a college basketball recruiting fixer and the head coach at Kansas.
  The jury on Monday was shown texts sent by government witness Thomas “T.J.” Gassnola last year to Coach Bill Self. In one of them, Gassnola indicated he was in touch with the guardian of Kansas recruit Silvio De Sousa.
  Lawyers for ex-Adidas executive Jim Gatto have sought to use the texts to show that
  
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• Ann Curry to host TV show to solve medical mysteries

  15-10-2018 23:37
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ann Curry is getting into the business of medical crowdsourcing on television.
  The former “Today” show anchor has agreed to anchor a Turner series that describes people with mysterious medical ailments, in the hope of reaching doctors or patients who have seen something similar and gotten help.
  Curry said Monday that she hoped real good can come from the series, tentatively titled “M.D. Live.”
  TNT will air 10 episodes of the series sometime next year
  
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• Johnny Miller retiring after 3 decades at NBC Sports

  15-10-2018 23:26
  Johnny Miller is retiring as the lead golf analyst for NBC Sports after three decades of giving viewers his unfiltered views.
  Miller says he will sign off on Feb. 3 at the Phoenix Open. He chose the event because he played some of his best golf in Arizona and earned the nickname “Desert Fox.” He started with NBC at the Bob Hope Desert Classic in 1990 and has done 23 majors and 14 Ryder Cups.
  A person with knowledge of the move tells The Associated Press that Paul Azinger will replace
  
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• UA College of Science presents 'The Race for Ground Water – A Shrinking Resource'

  15-10-2018 23:00
  On Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m., the University of Arizona College of Science will be hosting UA Science Café. This installation of the Cafe is titled ‘The Race for Ground Water-A Shrinking Resource’ and is held at Magpies Gourmet Pizza on Fourth Ave.Presented by Jen McIntosh, associate professor for UA Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, the talk will bring the community together to talk about the competition and shrinking supply of the last deep groundwater
  
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• Patriots fan who threw beer in Tyreek Hill’s face banned from Gillette Stadium

  15-10-2018 22:45
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSHB) — If you were on the edge of your couch watching the Kansas City Chiefs face the New England Patriots like much of Kansas City, you probably saw the moment Tyreek Hill scored the game-tying touchdown… and had beer thrown in his face.
  The wide receiver had just come off a 75-yard run into the end zone, and as he came to a halt at the wall in front of Patriots fans, several threw up middle fingers and one threw beer in Hill’s face.
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• Morocco to let prisoner complete terror sentence in France

  15-10-2018 22:42
  RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has agreed to turn over a French prisoner convicted of terror charges after French President Emmanuel Marcon intervened in the case.
  Morocco’s official MAP news agency published a Justice Ministry statement on Monday saying Thomas Gallay would be allowed to serve the remainder of his four-year sentence in France.
  Gallay, an IT engineer, was arrested during anti-terrorism raids in February 2016. He was found guilty of giving 70 euros ($74) to two Moroccan
  
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• US: Cuba’s political prisoners are “affront” to democracy

  15-10-2018 22:37
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. says 130 political prisoners in Cuba are a “blatant affront” to democratic freedoms.
  But the Cuban ambassador to the United Nations said Monday that the U.S. lacks the moral authority to teach other countries such lessons given what she calls the Trump administration’s “agenda of supremacist, racist and xenophobic ideas.”
  The U.S. plans to formally launch an anti-Cuban campaign Tuesday at the United Nations called “Jailed f
  
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• Ex-West Virginia player faces child sex charge in Georgia

  15-10-2018 22:35
  COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Police say a former West Virginia football player has been charged in Georgia with aggravated child molestation.
  Authorities say Jamal Crawford was arrested after a 12-year-old girl told her mother Crawford had sex with her Saturday in his Columbus home.
  The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported that Detective Mark Scruggs testified during a preliminary hearing Crawford’s wife saw her husband standing over the girl Saturday morning, then told the girl’s mother.
  
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• Hawks exercise contract options on Bembry, Prince, Collins

  15-10-2018 22:34
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have exercised their 2019-20 contract options on DeAndre’ Bembry, Taurean Prince and John Collins.
  Bembry, the No. 21 pick by the Hawks in the 2016 draft, has averaged 3.7 points and 2.0 rebounds in his first two games. He made three starts last season while averaging 5.2 points.
  Prince, acquired by the Hawks from the Utah Jazz in a three-team trade on July 7, 2016, started all 82 games for Atlanta last season and averaged 14.1 points, 4.7 rebounds an
  
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• Jaguars PR/KR Mickens on injured reserve, re-sign WR Greene

  15-10-2018 22:33
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have placed kick returner Jaydon Mickens on injured reserve and re-signed receiver Rashad Greene.
  The team announced the roster moves Monday, one day after a 40-7 loss at Dallas. Mickens broke his left ankle returning a punt in the third quarter.
  The Jaguars (3-3) now have seven key contributors on IR, including receiver Marqise Lee (knee), left tackle Cam Robinson (knee), backup left tackle Josh Wells (groin), tight end Austin Seferian-Je
  
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• Honduran migrant caravan arrives at Guatemala border

  15-10-2018 22:33
  OCOTOPEQUE, Honduras (AP) — Hundreds of Honduran migrants have arrived at the Guatemalan border hoping to make it to new lives in the United States, far from the poverty and violence of their home nation.
  They came under a broiling sun Monday singing the Honduran national anthem, praying and chanting, “Yes, we can!”
  Many are traveling light with just backpacks and bottles of water. Some pushed toddlers in strollers or carried them on their shoulders.
  An estimated 1,600-plus peo
  
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• Bills QB Allen week to week with injured throwing arm

  15-10-2018 22:30
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills rookie Josh Allen is out indefinitely after hurting his right throwing arm and leaving Buffalo in a quandary at quarterback.
  Without providing many details, coach Sean McDermott would only list Allen as being “week to week” on Monday, a day after Allen hurt his elbow in the third quarter of a 20-13 loss at Houston. McDermott said he will know more about the nature of Allen’s injury after meeting with team doctors.
  The injury to the first-ro
  
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• Thousands raised for kids of Chicago cop convicted of murder

  15-10-2018 22:27
  CHICAGO (AP) — More than 500 people have contributed over $45,000 for the two daughters of the white Chicago police officer who was convicted in the shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
  One of Jason Van Dyke’s attorneys, Tammy Wendt, launched the GoFundMe campaign shortly after a jury earlier this month found the officer guilty of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm — one for each time Van Dyke shot the teen on Oct. 20, 2014.
  Van
  
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• Man said to be Jamaican lottery scam kingpin gets 6 years

  15-10-2018 22:26
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Jamaican man who authorities said masterminded a lottery scam that defrauded at least 95 mostly elderly Americans out of more than $5.8 million has been sentenced to six years in federal prison.
  Prosecutors said 29-year-old Lavrick Willocks operated the scam out of a Jamaica mansion. They eventually charged 27 people and identified victims in several states.
  It’s believed to be the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam tried in U.S. courts. It was prosecuted
  
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• US envoy for NKorea to hold talks in Russia, France, Belgium

  15-10-2018 22:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s envoy for North Korea is traveling to Russia, France and Belgium for talks with counterparts there as the U.S. prepares for a second leadership summit with the North.
  The State Department says envoy Stephen Biegun will hold “working level” meetings in Moscow, Paris and Brussels. It provided no further details and said it had no meetings to announce with North Korean officials.
  According to Interfax news agency, Russian Deputy F
  
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• Contestants accuse Mrs. America pageant owner of racial bias

  15-10-2018 22:25
  NEW YORK (AP) — Four contestants in this year’s Mrs. America pageant are calling for an apology from the pageant’s owner over accusations he used racial slurs and stereotypes in a conversation.
  The four women, three African American and one white, spoke at a news conference Monday in Manhattan with lawyer Gloria Allred.
  They accuse David Marmel of using the racially biased language at a pageant event in August in Las Vegas.
  They says at a pre-competition party, Marmel told them
  
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• Contestants accuse Mrs. America pageant CEO of racial bias

  15-10-2018 22:25
  NEW YORK (AP) — Four contestants in this year’s Mrs. America pageant are calling for an apology from the pageant’s CEO over accusations he used racial slurs and stereotypes in a conversation.
  The four women, three African American and one white, spoke at a news conference Monday in Manhattan with lawyer Gloria Allred.
  They accuse David Marmel of using racially biased language at a Las Vegas pageant event in August.
  They say at a pre-competition party, Marmel’s comments in
  
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• Serb official denounces US ambassador over Kosovo

  15-10-2018 22:24
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s pro-Russia defense minister has denounced the U.S. ambassador to Serbia as arrogant for calling the former Serbian province of Kosovo a sovereign state.
  Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said in a statement that U.S. Ambassador Kyle Scott “has forgotten that Serbia is not a colony and that he cannot trample on its dignity.”
  Earlier Monday, Scott said in response to a Serbian journalist’s question that “we recognize Kosovo as an
  
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• Nigeria: IS-linked extremists kill abducted health worker

  15-10-2018 22:23
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government says Islamic State-linked extremists have killed an abducted health worker despite an urgent plea from the International Committee of the Red Cross to spare her life.
  The statement does not say which of the two abducted health workers, both women, was killed. The death comes a month after a third health worker was killed by the same group, the Islamic State West Africa Province.
  All three workers were seized in March in Nigeria’s north
  
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• Minnesota prep player apologizes for 12th-player tackle

  15-10-2018 22:23
  ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota high school football captain has apologized after running from the sidelines to tackle an opponent racing for the goal line.
  St. Cloud Cathedral senior Brad Reuter (ROO’-tur) apologized on Twitter for running onto the field toward the end of the Crusaders’ home game against Zimmerman Friday night. Reuter says his decision was “the result of not thinking and was based purely on passion, emotion and frustration.”
  Zimmerman’s C
  
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• Lions put Agnew on injured reserve with knee problem

  15-10-2018 22:21
  ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have put All-Pro punt returner Jamal Agnew on injured reserve because of a knee problem.
  Lions coach Matt Patricia doesn’t seem to be ruling out a return for Agnew at some point this season, but Detroit will obviously be without him for a while. The Lions signed linebacker Trevor Bates to the active roster from the practice squad.
  Agnew earned All-Pro honors last season, when he returned two punts for touchdowns. He’s averaged only 5.6
  
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• Arkansas loses RB Whaley to ankle injury

  15-10-2018 22:21
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas running back Devwah Whaley is out until at least November after ankle surgery.
  Coach Chad Morris said Whaley was injured during Saturday’s loss to Mississippi, leaving midway through the third quarter. Fellow running back Rakeem Boyd was injured in the first half for the Razorbacks (1-6, 0-4 SEC).
  Morris said Boyd, defensive lineman McTelvin Agim and running back T.J. Hammonds are all expected to play against Tulsa (1-5, 0-3 American Athletic) on Sa
  
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• Pima Community College buys another West Drachman motel

  15-10-2018 22:20
  Pima Community College has purchased another motel on West Drachman, as expansion continues at their Downtown Campus.
  In an email to News 4 Tucson, PCC confirmed the college purchased the Frontier Motel, at 227 West Drachman, between North Stone Avenue and Main Avenue.
  According to PCC, the sale on the property closed last month.
  The purchase price was $1.35M.
  PCC says the Frontier property will become part of their Applied Technology Center of Excellence at Downtown Campus.
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• Cattle Corral Concludes: Last cow caught from highway crash

  15-10-2018 22:19
  ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say a cow who managed to hoof it for two weeks on the lam after a tractor-trailer overturned on a busy interstate junction north of Atlanta has been caught.
  News outlets report 89 cows escaped when the livestock truck transporting them flipped Oct. 1 around 3 a.m. on the cloverleaf of Interstate 75 and I-285. Eleven cows were killed in the wreck.
  The Georgia Department of Transportation’s metro Atlanta district tweeted a photo Monday morning of the final cow
  
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• Mexican officials arrest last suspect in activist’s killing

  15-10-2018 22:16
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have arrested a man accused of participating in the killing of an activist last year.
  The Tamaulipas state prosecutor’s office says Erick Leonel Villatoro Hernandez, alias “El Diablo,” was arrested Friday in the western state of Jalisco in connection with the slaying of Miriam Rodriguez. He was later moved to Tamaulipas.
  Rodriguez was shot to death in her home in the Tamaulipas town of San Fernando on Mother’s Day 2017. She had
  
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• Trial set for Delaware police chief in parking lot crash

  15-10-2018 22:10
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware police chief accused of hitting another vehicle in the police department’s parking lot and trying to cover it up is facing a January trial.
  A judge held a final case review Monday for Newport Police Chief Michael Capriglione, who is accused of striking another vehicle with his police car in May. Capriglione appeared in court Monday but did not speak.
  His attorney told the judge that he plans to hire an accident reconstruction expert. The lawyer declined
  
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• Judge changes conditions of release for Sophia Richter

  15-10-2018 22:10
  TUCSON – A Pima County Superior Court Judge reduced the bail amount for Sophia Richter. Richter’s bail was originally set at $75,000 and has now been reduced to $5,000.
  The judge also imposed new guidelines if she posts bond. If Richter posts bond she must live with her mother and check in with Pretrial Services three times a week.
  Contact with two of the victims, who are now adults, is granted at the victim’s discretion. In addition, a guardian from the Office of Children&rsqu
  
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• Albany to host all-women international sports festival

  15-10-2018 22:10
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new women’s international sports, entertainment and cultural festival is coming to Albany.
  The inaugural Aurora Games will be held at the Times Union Center in August 2019. The six-day event is to take place every two years.
  Team and individual competitions featuring athletes from 15 countries will be held in basketball, tennis, figure skating, gymnastics, ice hockey and beach volleyball. Also part of the program will be musical performances, food tastings, spor
  
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• Chicago Cubs hire Rangers’ Anthony Iapoce as hitting coach

  15-10-2018 22:02
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have hired Anthony Iapoce as its major league hitting coach, replacing the fired Chili Davis.
  Iapoce was the major league hitting coach for the Texas Rangers the last three seasons. He spent the previous three years in the Cubs organization and the team said he is familiar with many members of the big league club.
  During Iapoce’s three years in Texas, the Rangers ranked fifth in the American League in runs and fourth in home runs.The 2017 Rangers were
  
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• Falcons K Bryant (hamstring) likely to miss next game

  15-10-2018 22:01
  ATLANTA (AP) — Falcons kicker Matt Bryant is likely to miss the next game against the New York Giants after straining his right hamstring making a 57-yard field goal.
  Coach Dan Quinn said Monday that the Falcons are going to bring in another kicker by the time they return to practice this week. Giorgio Tavecchio, who was with the team at the end of the preseason, is among the candidates to fill in for at least one game.
  The 43-year-old Bryant is one of Atlanta’s most reliable offensi
  
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• Catholic priest killed in northern Mexico

  15-10-2018 21:59
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the northern Mexican state of Baja California are investigating the apparent slaying of a Roman Catholic priest in the municipality of Playas de Rosarito.
  Tijuana Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barron announced the death of Icmar Arturo Orta in a statement issued Sunday.
  An official in the state prosecutor’s office who was not authorized to speak publicly about the case confirms that Orta was found Friday and his death is being investigated as a homicid
  
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• Massachusetts MGM casino earns $27M during 1st month open

  15-10-2018 21:58
  BOSTON (AP) — MGM has reported nearly $27 million in revenue during the first full month of operation at its Massachusetts casino.
  The state Gaming Commission reported Monday that MGM Springfield generated $18 million in gross revenues from slot machines and another $8.8 million from table games like blackjack and roulette.
  That generated $6.7 million in state taxes. Massachusetts collects 25 percent of the facility’s gross gambling revenues.
  The numbers don’t reflect revenues
  
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• Authorities investigating deaths of 2 wild horses in Arizona

  15-10-2018 21:57
  HEBER, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of two wild horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in northern Arizona.
  The Heber Wild Horse group says two stallions were found dead Saturday along Forest Service Road 50 and had gunshot wounds.
  The Navajo County Sheriff’s Department has turned over the investigation to U.S. Forest Service officials.
  A $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible for deaths of the wi
  
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• Ukrainian brothers given tennis life bans for match fixing

  15-10-2018 21:54
  LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian twin brothers Gleb and Vadim Alekseenko have been banned from tennis for life and each fined $250,000 for multiple match-fixing and corrupt betting.
  Independent anti-corruption hearing officer Richard McLaren found the brothers guilty on Monday based on an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit.
  The 35-year-old brothers committed offences in Romania, Russia, Germany, and Turkey from June 2015 to January 2016, and they solicited a third party to wager on matches
  
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• Senate aide pleads guilty to lying to FBI

  15-10-2018 21:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Senate intelligence committee employee has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
  James Wolfe appeared in federal court in Washington on Monday and pleaded guilty to a single charge in the three-count indictment against him.
  Prosecutors had said Wolfe told a reporter in October 2017 that he had served someone with a subpoena involving the potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign and later lied to FBI agents about the exchange. He admitted he didn’t
  
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• Experts: Hurricane Michael failed to end Florida’s red tide

  15-10-2018 21:42
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Michael failed to break up a patchy and toxic algae bloom that has lingered in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida’s shoreline for the last year, experts said Monday, meaning the red tide outbreak could continue to cause problems in the weeks ahead.
  Hurricanes can break up algae blooms, but they also drop fresh water and increase nutrient-rich runoff from land, which can make them worse, said Robert Weisberg, a professor of physical oceanography at the U
  
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• Judge to hear arguments in police sex toy harassment case

  15-10-2018 21:40
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A judge is scheduled to hear arguments in a case involving a police department, a sex toy and harassment claims.
  A lawsuit filed in May by several members of the Mountainside police department claims superiors used a sex toy to harass them and subjected them to homophobic and racial slurs.
  The plaintiffs include five men and one woman.
  The borough just outside Newark says the allegations are frivolous and is seeking to have the suit thrown out. Attorneys say the plainti
  
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• Broncos say guard Ronald Leary has torn Achilles

  15-10-2018 21:32
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have lost guard Ron Leary, their best offensive lineman, to a torn Achilles, the latest misfortune for a team that’s mired in a four-game skid.
  Leary was injured early in the second half of Denver’s 23-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday and was replaced by Max Garcia.
  Coach Vance Joseph said Monday that Leary will be placed on injured reserve.
  “That’s a huge loss for us from a leadership perspective,” Joseph sa
  
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• Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson in concussion protocol

  15-10-2018 21:22
  The Vancouver Canucks say rookie forward Elias Pettersson is in concussion protocol while center Jay Beagle is out six weeks with a broken forearm.
  Pettersson was injured when he was taken hard into the end boards and slammed to the ice by Florida defenseman Mike Matheson in the third period of Vancouver’s 3-2 win Saturday. There was no penalty on the play.
  The 19-year-old Swedish center appeared woozy afterward and needed assistance to get to the locker room. He did not return to the game
  
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• Longtime Eastern Illinois football coach Bob Spoo dies at 80

  15-10-2018 21:19
  CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Former Eastern Illinois coach Bob Spoo, whose players included future NFL quarterbacks Tony Romo and Jimmy Garoppolo, has died at age 80.
  The university says Spoo died Monday in Rockford, Illinois. School spokesman Rich Moser says Spoo had been ill in recent weeks.
  Spoo retired in 2011 after 25 years as the Eastern Illinois coach. He had a career record of 144-131-1 and nine FCS playoff appearances.
  He had an 11-5 record playing quarterback for Purdue in 1957-58 bef
  
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• Vikings lose rising star rookie CB Mike Hughes to torn ACL

  15-10-2018 21:18
  EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings cornerback Mike Hughes has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, ending a promising rookie season after six games.
  Coach Mike Zimmer confirmed the diagnosis on Monday. Hughes was hurt in the fourth quarter of Minnesota’s 27-17 win over Arizona on Sunday.
  Though the Vikings had more pressing needs on the offensive line in the draft, they refused to pass up Hughes with the 30th overall selection out of Central Florida. In addition to
  
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• Jets’ Maye sidelined with broken thumb; Enunwa, Pryor hurt

  15-10-2018 21:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jets safety Marcus Maye has a broken right thumb that could sideline him for a few weeks.
  Maye was injured in the third quarter of New York’s 42-34 win over Indianapolis on Sunday. He was seen wearing a cast on his right hand after the game.
  Coach Todd Bowles had no immediate update on Maye’s status during a conference call Monday. Terrence Brooks filled in for Maye opposite Jamal Adams against the Colts. The Jets also have Doug Middleton at the safety spot.
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• Trick-or-Treat with a Pet in Need

  15-10-2018 21:00
  Head over to the PACC PUP-kin Patch, or pumpkin CAT-ch? You decide which of fuzzy, bundled of love you can't live without!
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