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• MCSO: Stolen rifle used by man in Phoenix freeway shootout

  31-10-2018 23:54
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a high-powered rifle a suspect used to fire at state troopers during a pursuit before he was fatally shot on a Phoenix freeway was stolen from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
  Sheriff Paul Penzone says a second firearm stolen from the agency also was found in the suspect’s truck after the shootout.
  Penzone says an audit started in 2016 before he took office showed 29 firearms were missing.
  Phoenix police say 27-year-old Arnaldo Caraveo was pr
  
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• Footsteps into America: A migrant’s journey of struggle, hope and the unknown

  31-10-2018 23:54
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• Brewers pitching coach Derek Johnson leaving team

  31-10-2018 23:52
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers pitching coach Derek Johnson is leaving the team, the third departure on manager Craig Counsell’s staff since the end of the season.
  General manager David Stearns said on Wednesday that Johnson was leaving the NL Central champions. Johnson wrapped up his third season with the Brewers, overseeing a staff that was fifth in the majors with a 3.73 ERA.
  The Brewers’ bullpen was fifth in the majors with a 3.47 ERA, but even better in September with
  
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• Hibs manager Lennon struck by coin in Edinburgh derby

  31-10-2018 23:51
  EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Hibernian coach Neil Lennon was struck by a coin thrown from the crowd in his team’s 0-0 draw with Edinburgh rival Hearts in the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday.
  Lennon fell to the ground, clutching his face, after being hit during injury time of the game at Tynecastle. He had just been celebrating in front of Hearts fans after their team had a goal disallowed for offside.
  Lennon was attacked by a fan on the touchline at Hearts’ ground while manager
  
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• A Halloween Chill followed by a freeze

  31-10-2018 23:49
  TUCSON – Heads up trick-or-treaters, this Halloween will bring a spooky chill to the area and temperatures will quickly fall into the 50s as soon as 8 PM tonight.
  Much cooler air has filtered into the region after yesterday’s cold front and a Freeze Warning – the first of the season – has been issued for the coolest sections of SE Arizona. So expect freezing to briefly sub-freezing temperatures in the areas shaded in purple.And here's the seasons first Freeze Warning for
  
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• Athletics exercise 2019 option on RHP Fernando Rodney

  31-10-2018 23:44
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics have exercised right-hander Fernando Rodney’s $5.25 million club option for 2019.
  The A’s announced the move on Wednesday to bring the 41-year-old Rodney back for another season.
  Rodney was acquired from Minnesota on Aug. 9 for minor league pitcher Dakota Chalmers. Rodney went 1-1 with a 3.92 ERA in 22 games for the A’s after saving 25 games for the Twins before the deal.
  Rodney has pitched for 10 teams in a 16-year career and
  
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• Police officers surprise hospital patients in yearly superhero tradition

  31-10-2018 23:41
  CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) – Members of the Mount Pleasant Police SWAT Team brought Halloween to MUSC today.
  The team put on their Halloween costumes and rappelled past the windows of the atrium play area at the hospital.
  Officers dressed as superheroes to provide some fun for the patients inside and stayed in character when they hit the ground to visit with children at the hospital.
  This is a yearly event for the Mount Pleasant Police Department.
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• The Latest: Libertarian boss disavows GOP support in Montana

  31-10-2018 23:40
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on a Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate in Montana saying he supports Republican Matt Rosendale (all times local):
  3:55 p.m.
  The chairman of the Montana Libertarians is disavowing comments from the party’s U.S. Senate candidate that support Republican Matt Rosendale.
  Francis Wendt says the Libertarian Party doesn’t support Rosendale because he’s from another party and lacks a strong enough stance on privacy issues.
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• Former Peruvian first daughter detained in corruption probe

  31-10-2018 23:40
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former Peruvian first daughter Keiko Fujimori has been ordered jailed in a case that has captured attention in the South American nation as it reels from a series of corruption scandals reaching into the highest echelons of power.
  Judge Richard Concepcion ruled Wednesday that the 43-year-old opposition leader should be detained as a preventative measure while prosecutors investigate allegations she led a criminal network within her party that received about $1 million in
  
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• CBP seizes $148K worth of marijuana inside SUV

  31-10-2018 23:37
  DOUGLAS – A Mexican national is facing narcotics smuggling charges, after he was stopped with nearly 300 pounds of marijuana inside his vehicle.
  Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas said a drug-sniffing dog alerted to the man’s Ford SUV on Tuesday.
  Officers said they found more than 200 packages of marijuana littered throughout the vehicle.
  Authorities said the drugs have an estimated value of more than $148,000
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• Ferguson protester blames son’s death on lynching

  31-10-2018 23:32
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a Ferguson protester’s son as a suicide, although a message on social media posted by his mother has sparked assertions that it was a lynching.
  Melissa McKinnies, who was active in the St. Louis suburb after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, posted the Facebook message, saying “They lynched my baby.”
  The message, which Facebook later removed, began trending on social media sites, causing people
  
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• AC Milan moves into Champions League places with 2-1 win

  31-10-2018 23:27
  MILAN (AP) — Alessio Romagnoli scored a spectacular goal in added time as AC Milan beat Genoa 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday to move into the Champions League places.
  Romagnoli, a center back, met a punched clearance from goalkeeper Andrei Radu with a lobbed volley from beyond the area.
  The winner made up for Romagnoli’s own goal earlier, after Suso had given Milan an early lead.
  Milan moved level on points with fifth-place Lazio but ahead on goal difference. The Rossoneri trail second-
  
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• The Latest: Wreck survivor was found alert in dry riverbed

  31-10-2018 23:24
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the rescue of a woman who survived for six days in the Arizona desert (all times local):
  3:25 p.m.
  A transportation worker says an injured woman who survived six days in the Arizona desert after a car crash was found in a “fetal position” in a dry riverbed.
  Zach Moralez recounted Wednesday how the 53-year-old woman was alert and oriented when he and others found her Oct. 18 near the historic Western town of Wickenburg.
  Moralez says he, his rancher b
  
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• Mexico court sets precedent on legal, recreational pot use

  31-10-2018 23:22
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has issued two more rulings in individual cases establishing a precedent that a blanket prohibition on recreational marijuana use is unconstitutional.
  The court finds that adults may decide their personal activities without interference from the state. It adds that the right is not absolute and the government may regulate use of controlled substances, but “the effects provoked by marijuana do not justify an absolute prohibition of its c
  
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• CNN not commenting on Lemon’s remark about white men

  31-10-2018 23:20
  NEW YORK (AP) – CNN isn’t commenting about Don Lemon’s statement that white men represent the biggest terrorist threat in the country.
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  Lemon’s statement, on his show Monday, attracted criticism in conservative circles. He was talking about the negative attention given to a caravan of potential refugees in central America. Meanwhile, white men are the suspects in recent shootings of two blacks in Kentucky and at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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• Feds accuse ex-CIA employee of continuing leaks from prison

  31-10-2018 23:19
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have beefed up charges against a former CIA employee, saying he has leaked classified national defense materials while incarcerated.
  The new charges against Joshua Adam Schulte were contained in a rewritten indictment filed Wednesday.
  Prosecutors say he is now charged with the unlawful transmission of and an attempt to transmit national defense secrets from prison.
  A lawyer for Schulte declined comment.
  Schulte has told a Manhattan federal judge that evi
  
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• Judge orders alleged Islamic State propagandist held

  31-10-2018 23:16
  CHICAGO (AP) — A judge says a Chicago computer-science specialist accused of running online propaganda campaigns for Islamic State poses a threat and so must stay jailed until trial.
  At a Wednesday hearing in Chicago, the federal judge cited photos arresting agents allegedly found on Ashraf Al Safoo’s phone this month showing bomb-making components.
  The 34-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Iraq is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. A conviction ca
  
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• N4T Investigators: Man charged for helping make bombs had history of drug charges

  31-10-2018 23:14
  Ahmad Suhad Ahmad has been charged with distributing instructions on how to make explosives/ Facebook
  TUCSON – The man who was charged for helping build explosives had a history of drug-related convictions.
  Ahmad Suhad Ahmad helped confidential sources and undercover agents build 2 improvised explosive devices on April 26, 2017, according to a complaint filed in federal court.
  Ahmad was born in Baghdad in 1988. His family fled to Syria when he was 18. His family moved to Tucson, where he a
  
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• Mystery deaths: Police say Saudi sisters entered water alive

  31-10-2018 23:14
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police investigating the mysterious deaths of two Saudi Arabian sisters whose bound bodies washed up on New York City’s waterfront on Oct. 24 say it appears they were alive when they went into the water.
  New York City police said Wednesday that 16-year-old Tala Farea and 22-year-old Rotana Farea were last seen Sept. 24 in Virginia, where they lived, and appear to have traveled together to New York.
  Investigators haven’t determined how the sisters died. They say
  
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• 2nd pediatric facility in New Jersey hit by viral outbreak

  31-10-2018 23:12
  VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — Patients at a second New Jersey pediatric facility have been found to have a respiratory virus, but authorities say it’s a different strain from the one linked to nine deaths.
  The state health department says there are four confirmed adenovirus cases among pediatric patients at Voorhees Pediatric Facility. But preliminary tests have ruled out Type 7, the strain linked to nine deaths at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation.
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• 10th patient dies at pediatric facility in viral outbreak

  31-10-2018 23:12
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Health officials say a 10th patient has died from an infection at a pediatric care facility in New Jersey as a different strain of the virus has been found at another facility in the state.
  The state health department on Wednesday confirmed the “medically fragile child” at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation had the adenovirus infection.
  The department says 27 cases have been associated with the respiratory virus at the center. The affected ch
  
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• The Latest: Caregiver charged in death of 4-year-old boy

  31-10-2018 23:11
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a 4-year-old Missouri boy who was missing for nearly a week (all times local):
  5 p.m.
  A 26-year-old woman who reported a 4-year-old Missouri boy missing about a week before his body was found is now charged in his death.
  Quatavia Givens was charged Wednesday with neglect or abuse of a child resulting in death.
  Police say Givens was caring for Darnell Gray on Oct. 24 at a Jefferson City housing complex while his father was at work. She r
  
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• Wages just hit their highest level in a decade

  31-10-2018 23:07
  Wages and salaries were up 2.9 percent in the 12 months through September, according to data released Wednesday by the Department of Labor. That’s the biggest increase since September 2008.
  Wages have been a sticking point in the nation’s economic recovery, rising at a sluggish pace despite robust growth in other economic metrics such as employment and participation in the labor force.Factory workers at the New Balance Shoe Factory operate machinery on July 20, 2017 in Lawrence, Mas
  
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• Son double sends Tottenham to English League Cup quarters

  31-10-2018 23:07
  Son Heung-min burst out of a 19-game goal drought to help Tottenham into the English League Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday, while a pair of early own-goals ruined Frank Lampard’s return to former club Chelsea.
  Son scored his first two goals and another of Tottenham’s forgotten men, Fernando Llorente, added one in a 3-1 win over West Ham in an all-Premier League London derby at the Olympic Stadium.
  While remaining a star for South Korea, which he led to a gold medal — thereby ea
  
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• Greece: Tear gas fired at protest of Albania police shooting

  31-10-2018 23:04
  THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police in northern Greece have set off tear gas and flash grenades during a rally to protest the fatal police shooting of a man in Albania.
  Albanian police shot Greek-Albanian dual citizen Constantinos Katsifas over the weekend, saying he opened fire on officers at an ethnic Greek village.
  The Greek government has urged Albania to provide more information. Katsifas’ death has prompted several protests, mostly by supporters of Greek far-right political grou
  
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• TUSD middle school put on soft lockdown

  31-10-2018 23:02
  TUCSON – A Tucson Unified School District middle school has been put on lockdown Wednesday afternoon.
  According to TUSD, Doolen Middle School near Grant and Country Club roads was put on lockdown in reference to an internal incident. Officials said school security is currently dealing with the incident.The school is currently on a soft lockdown.
  TUSD officials said police have not been requested to respond to the incident, as of 2:50 p.m. Wednesday.
  Details are limited at this time.
  The po
  
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• Facebook removes pages belonging to far-right group ‘Proud Boys’

  31-10-2018 23:01
  Facebook on Tuesday began taking down pages affiliated with the “Proud Boys,” a far-right organization whose members were allegedly involved in a violent fight in New York this month.
  Pages on Facebook and Instagram that previously belonged to the group disappeared and instead showed messages saying they were not available. The social networking company confirmed the move and cited its policies against hate organizations and figures.
  Gavin McInnes at an alt-right rall
  
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• Indiana school district moves bus stop after fatal crash

  31-10-2018 22:56
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana school district says it’s relocating a bus stop after a pickup truck hit four students boarding a bus, killing three of the children and badly injuring the fourth.
  Superintendent Blaine Conley of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. says the bus stop will move Thursday from along State Road 25 to a nearby park.
  Conley also says he’s establishing a committee that will look at the safety of all the district’s bus stops.
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• Pirates decline option on 2B Harrison, 3B Kang

  31-10-2018 22:55
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Harrison’s tenure at second base for the Pittsburgh Pirates is over.
  Pittsburgh declined 2019 options for Harrison and third baseman Jung Ho Kang.
  The Pirates opted to pay Harrison a $1 million buyout rather than the $10.5 million he was scheduled to make next season. The 31-year-old, a key part of Pittsburgh’s run of three straight playoff berths from 2013-15, hit .250 with three home runs and 37 RBIs in 97 games in 2018. His playing time diminished near
  
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• Cottage cheese is a great late night snack

  31-10-2018 22:55
  Instead of reaching for your child’s Halloween candy you might want to reach for a little cottage cheese.
  A new Florida State University study suggests eating 30 grams of protein, at least 30 minutes before bedtime, may be good for the body. This is especially true with cottage cheese. Researches found cottage cheese had a positive effect on the body’s metabolism and improved muscle health.There was also NO increase in body fat.
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• AP NewsBreak: Track Palin’s custody delayed for treatment

  31-10-2018 22:51
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The oldest son of Alaska’s former Gov. Sarah Palin has won a delay on beginning a year in custody in an assault case after his lawyer said a bed at a treatment hospital for veterans became available.
  Track Palin was supposed to turn himself in to an Anchorage halfway house Wednesday after a judge decided new assault allegations disqualified him from a therapeutic court program.
  But Anchorage District Court Judge David Wallace approved a motion by Palin’
  
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• Adopt this pet: Charger

  31-10-2018 22:49
  There’s a new pet looking to be adopted.
  Meet Charger!He is a 5-years-old who loves his treats. Charger already knows how to sit, but right now he can’t stay still, as he awaits his forever family. Now, Charger does have a skin condition. His skin is sometime very itchy, so Charger needs specific food, some medication, and veterinarian follow-up care. Charger does come with a 60-day supply of medicine for his condition.If you would like to meet Charger you can find him at the Humane
  
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• Prince Charles in Gambia for first leg of Africa trip

  31-10-2018 22:44
  BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have arrived in Gambia for a three-day visit.
  President Adama Barrow and first lady Fatoumata Barrow greeted the royal couple on Wednesday along with Gambians who came out in throngs for their arrival.
  In February, Gambia was accepted back into the Commonwealth of Nations made up mostly of countries that were once British colonies. Former leader Yahya Jammeh withdrew in 2003, accusing the organ
  
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• Cubs exercise $10.5 million option for 2019 on Quintana

  31-10-2018 22:44
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Cubs have exercised their $10.5 million option on pitcher Jose Quintana.
  The 29-year-old left-hander was 13-11 with a 4.03 ERA in 32 starts in his first full season with the Cubs. He was acquired from the White Sox in July 2017 as part of a deal in which they sent two top prospects to their crosstown rivals: pitcher Dylan Cease and outfielder Eloy Jimenez.
  Quintana’s deal had a $1 million buyout. It also includes an $11.5 million option for 2020 with a $1 million b
  
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• Feds recover stolen luxury vehicles bound for China

  31-10-2018 22:43
  LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities in California have recovered 23 stolen high-end vehicles that were set to be shipped to China.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport complex said the cars included 11 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450s and 12 Land Rover Range Rovers.
  Authorities said the vehicles have a combined value of more than $1.8M.
   
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• Tennessee inmate facing execution asks courts to intervene

  31-10-2018 22:40
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee inmate convicted of killing two men during a drug deal decades ago has asked the courts to halt his scheduled execution Thursday.
  Edmund Zagorski had requests for stays pending Wednesday afternoon before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
  The 63-year-old inmate came within hours of execution three weeks ago before Tennessee’s governor stepped in. That gave the state Correction Department time to comply with Zagorski&r
  
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• Real Sociedad player hospitalized after mild stroke

  31-10-2018 22:38
  MADRID (AP) — Spanish club Real Sociedad says midfielder Luca Sangalli has suffered a mild stroke.
  The club said Wednesday the 23-year-old midfielder was going through further tests in the stroke unit of a local hospital. It did not give any other details regarding his condition.
  Sangalli appeared in six matches this season, scoring once in a 3-1 win at Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league.
  He had not been included in the squad for Thursday’s Copa del Rey match at Celta Vigo because
  
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• Former big league pitcher Bill Fischer dies at 88

  31-10-2018 22:32
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former big league pitcher Bill Fischer, who spent more than seven decades as a player and coach in professional baseball, died Tuesday. He was 88.
  The Royals announced Fischer’s death in a statement Wednesday. No cause was given.
  Fischer was 17 when he signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1948. He was fresh out of high school and played until 1951, when he was drafted by the Marines. He returned to the White Sox in 1954 and wound up playing for nine organizati
  
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• Phoenix police arrest man, woman in a kidnapping-murder case

  31-10-2018 22:30
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say two people are in custody for allegedly kidnapping a couple and killing a woman in a hotel room.
  They say 43-year-old Mario Morris and 53-year-old Samantha Vasquez both are facing one count of first-degree murder and two counts of kidnapping.
  Bond has been set at $1 million apiece for Morris and Vasquez, who didn’t have attorneys at their initial court appearances Wednesday.
  They both have preliminary hearings on Nov. 8.
  Police say 29-year-old Tif
  
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• Former Seattle Seahawks coach Jack Patera dies at 85

  31-10-2018 22:27
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Jack Patera, the first head coach in the history of the Seattle Seahawks, has died at age 85.
  Patera died on Wednesday, the team said. The cause of death was not clear, but Patera had been battling pancreatic cancer.
  Patera was Seattle’s head coach for parts of seven seasons, beginning with the team’s inaugural season in 1976. Patera’s best seasons came in 1978-79 when the Seahawks went 9-7 in consecutive years, but failed to make the playoffs. Patera
  
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• UConn board approves $45 million plan for hockey rink

  31-10-2018 22:26
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees has approved a $45 million plan to build a hockey rink on campus.
  The rink, to be built adjacent to the current one, would seat 2,500 people, with the ability to expand to 3,500 seats. It is scheduled to open in 2021.
  The school’s conference, Hockey East, had earlier agreed to waive its requirement that the school build a 4,000-seat rink. UConn plans to keep its current 2,000-seat rink for general student an
  
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• Gardner gets $7.5M, 1-year deal from Yanks, who save $3M

  31-10-2018 22:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brett Gardner is staying with the New York Yankees at a lower salary.
  The 35-year-old outfielder agreed Wednesday to a $7.5 million, one-year contract after New York declined his $12.5 million option.
  Gardner, New York’s longest-tenured player, gets a $2 million buyout triggered by the team’s decision to decline the option, meaning he will receive $9.5 million total — a $3 million savings for the team under the option price.
  Gardner was no longer an automa
  
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• N4T Cooks: Wagyu Tri Tip

  31-10-2018 22:17
  Name of Restaurant: PY Steakhouse, Casino Del Sol
  Name of Dish: Wagyu Tri-TipPreparation Instructions:
  Makes 6-8 people8 oz Wagyu Tri Tip
  4 oz mushrooms (we use lobster mushrooms and bears tooth mushrooms)
  2 cloves garlic, smashed
  4 sprigs thyme
  3 oz butter
  OilSalt and pepperInstructions:
  Get cast iron (preferably) pan very hot. Season tri tip with salt and pepper. Add enough oil to the pan to coat, roughly 2 TB. Add steak to pan, do not turn until you have a nice, caramelized sear. Flip steak,
  
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• Real Madrid wins in 1st match after firing coach Lopetegui

  31-10-2018 22:16
  MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid began life without Julen Lopetegui with a comfortable 4-0 win over third-division club Melilla in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday.
  Interim coach Santiago Solari was on the bench as Madrid cruised with goals from Karim Benzema, Marco Asensio, Alvaro Odriozola and Cristo Gonzalez in a match played in Spain’s small enclave in Africa.
  The second leg of the round-of-32 series will be played in December at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
  It was Madrid’s first game
  
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• Equality Tour Aims to Include Arizona in Historic Change

  31-10-2018 22:11
  The Equality Tour is coming to Tucson. The event is organized by Equal Means Equal, a charitable organization of the Heroica Foundation.…
  
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• Peralta, Royals agree to $3.25M deal

  31-10-2018 22:06
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Reliever Wily Peralta and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a $3.25 million, one-year contract Wednesday, ensuring one of the few bright spots in the team’s shaky bullpen will be back next season.
  The deal includes a $2.25 million salary next year and a $7 million mutual option for 2020 with a $1 million buyout. It replaces his previous contract, which contained a $3.25 million club option for 2019 with a $25,000 buyout.
  Peralta also can earn a series of perfor
  
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• More deaths seen for less invasive cervical cancer surgery

  31-10-2018 22:02
  New evidence about a cancer operation in women finds a higher death rate for the less invasive version.
  The unexpected findings are prompting changes at some hospitals that perform radical hysterectomies for early-stage cervical cancer.
  Researchers compared two types of radical hysterectomy. Women who had the less invasive technique were four times more likely to see their cancer return compared to women who had traditional surgery.
  Experts suspect there may be something about the technique that
  
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• Indians, Martin agree to $3M, 1-year deal, avoid arbitration

  31-10-2018 22:02
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Outfielder Leonys Martin has agreed to a $3 million, one-year contract with the Cleveland Indians months after he survived a life-threatening illness.
  Martin and the club avoided salary arbitration Wednesday with the deal.
  The 30-year-old was obtained by the Indians last season in a trade before the July non-waiver deadline from Detroit. Shortly after he arrived, Martin contracted a serious bacterial infection that affected his vital organs. Martin’s condition rapidl
  
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• US weighs in on political crisis in Sri Lanka

  31-10-2018 22:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has weighed in on a political crisis that has engulfed the Indian Ocean island nation of Sri Lanka since the president abruptly fired the prime minister and replaced him with an authoritarian former leader who has been accused of serious human rights abuses.
  State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters Wednesday, “It’s up to the parliament to decide who the prime minister is.” That follows the Sri Lankan president’s
  
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• The Latest: Cops plead not guilty to excessive force charges

  31-10-2018 21:55
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on the arrests of two Massachusetts police officers accused of unreasonable force in the arrests of two Latino teams (all times local):
  4:51 p.m.
  One current and one former Springfield police officer have pleaded not guilty to federal charges that they used excessive force while arresting two Latino teenagers.
  Gregg Bigda and Steven Vigneault appeared in U.S. District Court on Wednesday following their arrests earlier in the day.
  According to a federal
  
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