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• Michigan-Michigan State spat spills into new week

  22-10-2018 23:55
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The pregame spat between Michigan and Michigan State is showing no signs of going away.
  Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says the athletic directors for both schools should probably talk about what happened on Saturday before the game at Michigan State. The Spartans walked from one end zone to the other with their arms locked, as they do before each game, but it happened while some of the Wolverines were stretching near the middle of the field.
  Contact was made, words we
  
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• Arsenal beats Leicester 3-1 for 10th straight win

  22-10-2018 23:52
  LONDON (AP) — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang came off the bench to score twice as Arsenal beat Leicester in the English Premier League on Monday.
  Aubameyang gave Arsenal a 2-1 lead midway through the second half and added his second goal just three minutes later.
  Arsenal’s seventh straight league win, and 10th in a row overall, moves it up to fourth place.
  Leicester went in front in the 31st minute when Ben Chilwell’s shot deflected off Hector Bellerin and past Bernd Leno.
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• ADOT moves to replace 1960s era bridge on I-10

  22-10-2018 23:51
  TUCSON – The Arizona Department of Transportation is set to replace an aging bridge deck on Interstate 10 at Pinal Air Park Road.
  Preliminary work on the $1.85M dollar project will get underway on Wednesday, October 24, and the bridge will close early next month.
  ADOT said the project will replace the deck on the bridge, which was constructed in 1963, and crews will also repair girders under the bridge itself.
  The project will take about four months to complete, and will cause some travel
  
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• Kentucky center Harrison out indefinitely for health reasons

  22-10-2018 23:44
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell says center Dorie Harrison will be out indefinitely for unspecified personal health reasons.
  Mitchell said in a release Monday that the team looks forward to the 6-foot-3 sophomore’s return and asked for her privacy to be respected. The coach added that Harrison has the program’s full support and “We will give her the time she needs to get healthy.”
  The Nashville native averaged 6.7 points and rebounds per game w
  
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• Police: Suicidal man parked outside hospital in Alaska

  22-10-2018 23:43
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Police in Alaska say they’re negotiating Monday with a suicidal man parked in a vehicle with a woman outside a town’s only public hospital.
  Fairbanks police won’t say if the woman is being held against her will in the parking lot of Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. It is the only hospital for the general public in the city of almost 32,000.
  Police spokeswoman Yumi McCulloch says the man in the vehicle has a gun.
  McCulloch says locals are being asked t
  
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• Boston marathon bomber’s handwritten hospital notes released

  22-10-2018 23:39
  BOSTON (AP) — Notes written by convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to law enforcement agents who were interrogating him in the hospital have been made public by lawyers appealing his case.
  The notes were included in court documents filed by his lawyers, who are asking the court to suppress all statements he made to agents while hospitalized after his arrest on April 19, 2013. His lawyers say, among other things, the statements were not made voluntarily.
  In the notes, Tsarnae
  
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• N4T Cooks: Erma & Joyce’s Macaroni and Cheese

  22-10-2018 23:26
  Name of Restaurant: Downtown Kitchen & Cocktails
  Name of Dish: Erma & Joyce’s Macaroni and CheeseIngredients for dish:1 cup cooked Macaroni
  ¼ cup of Cheese
  20oz of Cheese Sauce
  1 qt whole pack of tomatoes
  1 tsp of Salt
  1 tsp of PepperPreparation Instructions:Squeeze juice from tomatoes and tear into large pieces
  Toss Macaroni, cheddar cheese and cheese sauce
  Season with salt and pepper
  Bake in casserole at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. 
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• Real Sociedad winless at home after 0-0 draw with Girona

  22-10-2018 23:24
  MADRID (AP) — Real Sociedad could not manage more than a 0-0 draw against Girona in the Spanish league on Monday, staying winless at home this season.
  The Basque Country club has drawn twice and lost twice in four games at its Anoeta Stadium.
  It was the fifth straight winless match for Girona, which remains unbeaten in four away matches this season, including a 2-2 draw at Barcelona’s Camp Nou Stadium.
  Sociedad didn’t play at home until the fourth game because of renovation wor
  
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• Man whose flatulence ended police interview pleads guilty

  22-10-2018 23:24
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man whose excessive flatulence forced a police detective to cut shot an interrogation has pleaded guilty to federal gun and drug charges. The Kansas City Star reports that 25-year-old Sean Sykes Jr. entered the plea Monday. The charges stem from a police traffic stop in September in Kansas City, Missouri, in which officers found a backpack with drugs and guns. Sykes was a passenger in the vehicle.
  A detective reported that when asked for his address, Sykes “
  
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• The Latest: Obama says Republicans sowed divisions in US

  22-10-2018 23:22
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on former President Barack Obama’s rally in Las Vegas (all times local):
  2:20 p.m.
  Former President Barack Obama is delivering a biting critique of Republicans in Washington and President Donald Trump without mentioning his successor by name.
  Obama said Monday at rally for Democrats in Las Vegas that Republicans were promising to “fight for the little guy” but instead helped corporations and sowed divisions in America.
  The former president says
  
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• 3 more Proud Boys arrested in NYC brawl; 8 charged overall

  22-10-2018 23:14
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three more members of the far-right Proud Boys group have been arrested in connection with an Oct. 12 street brawl after the group’s founder spoke at a New York Republican club.
  New York City police say the men turned themselves in Monday, bringing the total number of arrests to eight.
  Two other Proud Boys members were arrested Friday. Three protesters were arrested for an alleged robbery the night of the brawl.
  Police have said they’re looking to arrest nine Pr
  
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• Berlusconi names former Milan player Brocchi as Monza coach

  22-10-2018 23:12
  MONZA, Italy (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi has been reunited with Cristian Brocchi after appointing the former AC Milan player and manager as coach of third-division Monza.
  Berlusconi’s company took over Monza last month, less than 18 months after selling Milan.
  Monza announced on Monday that it had fired Marco Zaffaroni and replaced him with the 42-year-old Brocchi.
  Having won its first three matches of the season, Monza is without a victory since Berlusconi’s takeover — losi
  
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• Hurricane Willa weakens slightly, now Category 4 storm but still ‘extremely dangerous’ as it heads toward Mexico

  22-10-2018 23:09
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Willa weakens slightly, now Category 4 storm but still ‘extremely dangerous’ as it heads toward Mexico.
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• Sampdoria held to 0-0 home draw by Sassuolo

  22-10-2018 23:02
  GENOA, Italy (AP) — Sampdoria was held to a 0-0 home draw by Sassuolo on Monday as it failed to make it three wins in a row.
  There were few clear-cut chances in a drab match but Sassuolo forward Domenico Berardi curled an effort off the left post in the first half.
  Gregoire Defrel, who spent two seasons at Sassuolo, had Sampdoria’s best chance but his volley went just wide.
  The start of the second half was delayed by technical issues with the video review system, which wasn’t i
  
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• Police: 2 suspects arrested after fatal shooting in Chandler

  22-10-2018 22:53
  CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Chandler say two men have been arrested after a fatal shooting.
  They say 18-year-old Joseph Caballero and 30-year-old Matthew Vacaneri went to a home early Sunday and allegedly were trying to “sell the services” of two women who were with them to 29-year-old German Roman Medina.
  Police say an argument started over the cost Medina was charged for the women.
  A scuffle followed and Medina was shot in the chest.
  Both suspects fled from the scene wit
  
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• West Virginia governor renews call for justice’s resignation

  22-10-2018 22:52
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s governor has renewed his call for suspended state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry to resign.
  Responding to a question about Loughry at a news conference Monday, Gov. Jim Justice said “it just seems to me like the right thing is resignation and go on down the road.”
  Loughry was convicted of 11 counts at a criminal trial in federal court Oct. 12.
  The day before, a panel of temporary Supreme Court justices ruled that articles of i
  
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• Two men sought in vehicle-break in theft on northwest side

  22-10-2018 22:48
  TUCSON – Two men are sought in connection to a theft that occurred early August at an apartment complex on the northwest side.
  According to officials, Pima County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a vehicle-break in at the parking lot of the apartment complex at 5700 block of West River Road, near Orange Grove. PCSD said a credit card was stolen in the incident.
  Shortly after, video surveillance captured two men reportedly using the stolen credit card to make about $350 w
  
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• Arizona opposes request for fees in suit over inmate care

  22-10-2018 22:43
  PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers representing the state of Arizona in a lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in its prisons want a judge to reject a request from opposing attorneys for $1.6 million in additional legal fees.
  The state has already spent $15 million in the lawsuit, including $8.8 million for the attorneys defending prison officials and $5.7 million for lawyers who pressed the civil case against the state.
  An additional $1.2 million was awarded to inmates’ attorneys for
  
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• Health workers in Congo’s Ebola outbreak attacked weekly

  22-10-2018 22:33
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Congo’s health ministry says health teams in the latest Ebola outbreak are attacked about three or four times a week by wary residents, a level of violence unseen in the country’s nine previous outbreaks of the deadly virus.
  The coordinator of the outbreak response, Dr. Ndjoloko Tambwe Bathe, spoke to reporters on Monday after a weekend marked by deadly rebel attacks and violent protests.
  Two health workers were killed by rebels in the first such deaths sinc
  
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• Losing Jaguars sticking with Blake Bortles as starting QB

  22-10-2018 22:32
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars are sticking with Blake Bortles as the team’s starting quarterback.
  Coach Doug Marrone made the announcement Monday, one day after benching Bortles early in the third quarter of a 20-7 loss to Houston.
  Marrone says he “spoke to both quarterbacks this afternoon and told them Blake will be our team’s starting quarterback. I believe this gives us the best opportunity to win.”
  Bortles fumbled on Jacksonville’s thi
  
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• Congregants at oldest US synagogue ask high court to step in

  22-10-2018 22:26
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The congregants at the oldest synagogue in the United States are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision giving a New York congregation control of Rhode Island’s Touro Synagogue and a set of bells valued in the millions.
  The Newport congregation on Monday asked for a review of last year’s decision by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying it will fundamentally alter how ordinary disputes between religious parties are decided and allow c
  
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• Injury could put Vinatieri’s record-breaking quest on hold

  22-10-2018 22:23
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Adam Vinatieri’s quest to become the NFL’s career scoring leader could be put on hold because of a groin injury.
  He reinjured his kicking leg Sunday when he two missed extra points. It was the first time in Vinatieri’s 23-year career he missed multiple extra points in a game.
  Coach Frank Reich acknowledged Monday that Vinatieri had an MRI on his right leg and was uncertain if Vinatieri would play next weekend in Oakland. He also said the Colts will try
  
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• Gase: Hip injury to Dolphins WR Wilson likely season-ending

  22-10-2018 22:22
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase says receiver Albert Wilson’s hip injury is likely season-ending, although a visit to a specialist is planned before a determination is made.
  Wilson was hurt in Sunday’s loss to the Detroit Lions. Receiver Kenny Stills injured his groin late in the game, and Gase ruled him out of Thursday’s game at Houston.
  Another receiver, DeVante Parker, has been nursing a quadriceps injury and was inactive Sunday. After the game, Parke
  
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• Wawrinka withdraws from Swiss Indoors as Cilic wins opener

  22-10-2018 22:18
  BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka has ended his season after withdrawing from the Swiss Indoors with a back injury.
  Wawrinka says there is “disappointment and sadness” in taking a decision for his long-term plans.
  The 33-year-old Swiss, who was due to play Wednesday against Adrian Mannarino, is now ranked 68th after battling knee injuries for more than a year.
  Third-seeded Marin Cilic moved into the second round by beating Denis Shapovalov 6
  
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• Browns’ Jackson not shaken by close losses in sinking season

  22-10-2018 22:11
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns coach Hue Jackson believes owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam still support him despite the team’s continued losing.
  Jackson said his confidence is based on “conversations” he’s had with both the Haslams and general manager John Dorsey. The Browns (2-4-1) lost in overtime on Sunday and dropped to 3-35-1 in two-plus seasons under Jackson.
  Jackson disputed on Monday that he was not accepting responsibility for the loss following Sunday’s 26-23
  
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• Trump wants to push middle-income tax cut through Congress

  22-10-2018 22:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he wants to push a new middle-income tax cut through Congress after the midterm elections.
  Trump says he’s looking to cut middle-income taxes about 10 percent after signing a tax bill last year.
  He tells reporters as he left the White House for a Texas rally that “we’re doing it now for middle-income people. This is not for business. This is for middle.”
  Trump said over the weekend that he hoped to move forward with the
  
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• 5 of the 6 killed in Utah highway crash were from Honduras

  22-10-2018 22:04
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say five of the six men killed last week when a dump truck collided with a pickup truck on a Utah state highway were from Honduras.
  Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Nick Street said Monday that authorities are coordinating with Honduran consular officials to inform the victim’s families before making their identities public.
  They were killed Friday when a dump truck driven by 41-year-old Jamie Don McKenzie crossed a median and hit the pickup south of Park Ci
  
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• Chicago police say man ordered shots that killed 2-year-old

  22-10-2018 22:02
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police have arrested a man who they say ordered a fellow gang member to fire the shots into a crowd that killed a 2-year-old boy.
  Authorities said Monday that 27-year-old Alexander Varela was arrested Friday on murder charges and other counts in the Oct. 6 fatal shooting of Julien Gonzalez. They say they’re still searching for the gunman, but they didn’t release any information about that person.
  Police say an argument at a birthday party escalated into a
  
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• Report: Darius Bazley signs $1M internship with New Balance

  22-10-2018 22:01
  BRIGHTON, Mass. (AP) — Former Syracuse recruit Darius Bazley, who opted to forgo college to play in the NBA’s development league before entering the NBA draft, has landed a job as an intern for New Balance.
  The New York Times reports the 18-year-old Bazley signed in May with agent Rich Paul, who arranged for the 6-foot-9 forward from Cincinnati to work for the athletic equipment company for the first three months of 2019.
  Paul, who also has LeBron James, John Wall and Ben Simmons amo
  
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• Sandra Day O’Connor withdraws from public life, now stays close to home in Phoenix

  22-10-2018 22:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has stepped back from public life.
  For more than a decade after leaving the court in 2006, O’Connor kept up an active schedule: serving as a visiting federal appeals court judge, speaking on issues she cared about and founding her own education organization. But the 88-year-old, for more than two decades often the deciding vote in important cases, is now fully retired. She made her last public appearan
  
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• Police officer shoots, kills man in North Carolina

  22-10-2018 21:58
  WASHINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a white North Carolina police officer shot and killed a black motorist who stepped out of his vehicle with a gun during a traffic stop.
  Washington, North Carolina, Police and Fire Services Director Stacy Drakeford issued a statement saying the shooting happened Sunday afternoon.
  Drakeford said after the traffic stop was initiated, the driver got out of his vehicle with a gun. The officer then shot the man, fatally wounding him. The driver was identif
  
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• 14 years after surviving gas chamber, St. Louis dog dies

  22-10-2018 21:56
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A dog who gained attention 14 years ago when he emerged alive from a St. Louis gas chamber for strays has died.
  Quentin’s death was announced Sunday by his owner, Randy Grim, founder of Stray Rescue of St. Louis. The mixed-breed dog had suffered a stroke.
  Quentin was among eight dogs that were to be euthanized at the city pound’s gas chamber in 2003. Quentin’s owners surrendered him because they were moving to an apartment that didn’t allow pets.
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• Police say Arkansas woman wanted husband and ex-wife dead

  22-10-2018 21:52
  MONTICELLO, Ark. (AP) — Court records allege an Arkansas woman accused in a murder-for-hire plot wanted her husband and his ex-wife killed so she could inherit his business and receive his life insurance policy.
  Stephanie Rogers is the wife of former Monticello Mayor Joe Rogers. Records indicate the 48-year-old was jailed Monday on charges of capital murder conspiracy and solicitation. Her bond is $500,000. The records don’t indicate if she has an attorney.
  Rogers was arrested last w
  
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• Hurricane Michael killed at least 29 in Florida, 39 total

  22-10-2018 21:50
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say Hurricane Michael has killed at least 29 people in the state, bringing the overall death toll to 39.
  Florida Emergency Management Division spokesman Alberto Moscoso says the state toll stood at 29 on Monday afternoon. Ten deaths have been reported in other states.
  The latest update in Florida adds four deaths from the hardest-hit coastal Bay County, bringing the total there to 19. Gulf County had 3 deaths, Gadsden and Jackson counties eac
  
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• Cowboys get Amari Cooper from Raiders for 1st-round pick

  22-10-2018 21:41
  DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have acquired Oakland receiver Amari Cooper for a first-round draft pick.
  Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said Monday his team will get the pick in the 2019 draft.
  The deal comes with the Cowboys struggling to make big plays in the passing game with quarterback Dak Prescott, and a few months after they released franchise touchdown catch leader Dez Bryant in a cost-cutting move.
  Cooper was the fourth overall pick by the Raiders out of Alabama three y
  
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• US general visits troops fighting Islamic State in Syria

  22-10-2018 21:25
  AL-TANF, Syria (AP) — The top U.S. commander for the Middle East has flown into a key outpost in Southern Syria where troops are fighting remnants of the Islamic State and trying to block Iranian-backed forces from gaining a foothold.
  Army Gen. Joseph Votel was making an unannounced visit to the al-Tanf garrison near the borders of Iraq and Jordan. The garrison supports 200-300 U.S. and coalition troops training Syrian opposition forces to fight the Islamic State.
  Votel says the coalition
  
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• ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel pushed back to summer 2020

  22-10-2018 21:23
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world will have to wait a little longer for the “Wonder Woman” sequel, which will now arrive in theaters in summer 2020.
  Warner Bros. announced Monday that “Wonder Woman 1984” will now open on June 5, 2020. The film starring Gal Gadot as the Amazonian superhero had been slated for a November 2019 release.
  Patty Jenkins is returning as director and has teased fans with tidbits about the series’ time jump to the 1980s.
  The first “Won
  
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• Sheriff: Man found with wife’s body in trunk, kids in car

  22-10-2018 21:22
  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Authorities say a soldier based in Louisiana was arrested in a car with his wife’s body in the trunk, their two toddlers in the car, and his girlfriend driving.
  A Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office statement says 22-year-old Logan Kyle was turned over to Army investigators at Fort Polk; 24-year-old Sarah Parker of Lake Charles was arrested on charges including failure to report a homicide; and the 1- and 2-year-old children are in state custody.
  Fort Pol
  
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• The Latest: Hyun-Jin Ryu to start Game 2 for Dodgers

  22-10-2018 21:17
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  6:15 p.m.
  Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu will start Game 2 of the World Series, followed by righty Walker Buehler in Game 3.
  Ace Clayton Kershaw had already been announced for the opener on Tuesday night, facing Boston’s Chris Sale.
  Ryu was 7-3 with a 1.97 ERA in the regular season. He pitched seven scoreless innings in the NL Division Series and made two starts in the NLCS against Milwa
  
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• The Latest: Cora understands Roberts’ popularity in Boston

  22-10-2018 21:17
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  3:40 p.m.
  Red Sox manager Alex Cora understands the enduring popularity in Boston of Los Angeles counterpart Dave Roberts.
  Roberts pinch ran and stole second base against the New York Yankees in the ninth inning of the 2004 AL Championship Series, then scored the tying run on Bill Mueller’s single. The Red Sox won in 12 innings, became the first major league team to overcome a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven postseason se
  
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• The Latest: Barrett picked as umpire crew chief for Series

  22-10-2018 21:17
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  7:40 p.m.
  Ted Barrett has been picked as the umpire crew chief for the World Series. This will be the fourth Series assignment for Barret.
  Tim Timmons will call balls and strikes for Game 1 Tuesday night between the Red Sox and Dodgers. The rest of the crew includes regular-season crew chiefs Fieldin Culbreth and Jeff Nelson, along with Kerwin Danley, Chad Fairchild and Jim Reynolds.
  Culbreth will be the replay official for th
  
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• Jury deliberates fate of 3 men in college basketball scandal

  22-10-2018 21:16
  NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating the fate of three men charged with conspiring to cheat major college basketball programs by paying young athletes to sign with schools sponsored by Adidas.
  Attorneys for the defendants say their clients broke NCAA rules but no laws.
  Deliberations began Monday after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan instructed the jury.
  The defendants are Adidas sports marketing manager James “Jim” Gatto, aspiring sports agent Christopher Dawkins and
  
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• Billionaire Boys Club’s Joe Hunt seeks cut in life sentence

  22-10-2018 21:13
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The founder of the infamous Billionaire Boys Club who is serving a life sentence for murder is appealing to California Gov. Jerry Brown for a chance at freedom.
  Joe Hunt after spending 34 years in prison says that he has asked Brown to commute his sentence.
  But time is running out for Hunt because the Democratic governor leaves office at the end of the year.
  Hunt’s case inspired two Hollywood movies and he has launched a media blitz to promote his get out of pris
  
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• Rose Bowl Blues: Rhett Rodriguez and Arizona Fall Flat Against UCLA, 31-30

  22-10-2018 21:10
  The tide of Arizona's one-point defeat to the UCLA Bruins at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday night turned on a gallant run by running back JJ Taylor.
  Taylor, who finished the night with a game-high 154 rushing yards on 19 carries, found a huge hole in the UCLA defense, racing into the void for a 55-yard gain.…
  
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• Tim McGraw, Chris Stapleton and Dierks Bentley headlining Country Thunder Arizona

  22-10-2018 21:02
  FLORENCE, Ariz. — Organizers of Country Thunder Arizona said their 2019 lineup was “jaw-dropping,” and for country fans it definitely won’t disappoint.
  The music festival announced Monday Chris Stapleton, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley and Brett Eldredge would be headlining the event.
  Stapleton will be closing out the weekend in Florence, Ariz. with a Sunday performance while Eldredge will start off the country music weekend with a Thursday night performance followed by McGra
  
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• Trump says he’s ‘not satisfied’ with what he’s heard from Saudis on journalist’s killing

  22-10-2018 20:57
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he’s ‘not satisfied’ with what he’s heard from Saudis on journalist’s killing.
  The post Trump says he’s ‘not satisfied’ with what he’s heard from Saudis on journalist’s killing appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Oklahoma parents arrested after malnourished infant dies

  22-10-2018 20:54
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Oklahoma City say the parents of a 5-month-old boy were arrested and charged with child neglect after the severely malnourished infant died at a hospital.
  Twenty-eight-year-old Secoya Angelee McNeary was being held Monday at the Oklahoma County jail. She’s also charged with neglect by a caretaker and failure to provide. Thirty-seven-year-old Sir Tramane Antoine Neal was being held on just the child neglect charge.
  Online jail records don’t indicat
  
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• Georgia Tech student sues US senator over cellphone dispute

  22-10-2018 20:48
  ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Tech student is suing U.S. Sen. David Perdue, accusing the politician of snatching a cellphone from him during a campaign event in Atlanta.
  Perdue’s staff has disputed the allegations, saying the senator thought he was being asked to take a picture so he grabbed the phone to take a selfie and then returned it when he realized the student didn’t want a photo.
  The lawsuit against Perdue, a Republican, was filed Monday by Georgia lawyer David Dreyer, who&r
  
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• Barton strains core and right hip; no timetable for return

  22-10-2018 20:46
  DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets say starting forward Will Barton strained his right hip along with his core and there’s no timetable for his return.
  Barton was carted off the court Saturday after he said he felt something pop when he took off for the basket during the third quarter of a win over Phoenix. He underwent an MRI on Sunday and missed the Golden State game that night.
  The 27-year-old Barton signed a four-year deal to remain in Denver over the summer. He averaged 15.7 point
  
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• 155 cases of polio-like illness now under investigation, CDC says

  22-10-2018 20:45
  (CNN) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday that there are 155 patients under investigation this year for acute flaccid myelitis, a condition that that can cause paralysis and mostly affects children.Of these, 62 have been confirmed by the CDC in 22 states, and the remainder continue to be investigated.Acute flaccid myelitis, also called AFM, is a rare but serious condition that affects the nervous system — specifically, the area of the sp
  
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