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• Whipple steps down after 5 years in 2nd stint as UMass coach

  21-11-2018 23:59
  AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts coach Mark Whipple is stepping down after his second stint leading the Minutemen produced just 16 victories in five seasons.
  UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford announced in a news release Wednesday that the school and the 61-year-old Whipple had worked out a mutually agreed upon separation.
  Whipple had two years remaining on a contract that pays $500,000 annually in base salary. UMass finished this season 4-8, the same mark as last year, after there wa
  
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• The Latest: Whitt hits winner with 4.4 seconds left for SMU

  21-11-2018 23:59
  CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on the Cancun Challenge (all times local):
  8:30 p.m.
  Jimmy Whitt Jr. made a go-ahead baseline jumper with 4.4 seconds left, Jahmal McMurray hit a season-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points, setting a Cancun Challenge record, and SMU rallied past Wright State 77-76 on Wednesday night.
  SMU trailed for the majority of the game. After a SMU turnover, Loudon Love rebounded his own miss and put it back to give Wright State a 74-73 lead with 30.5 seconds le
  
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• The Latest: Jacksonville State wins Mayan Division in Cancun

  21-11-2018 23:59
  CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on the Cancun Challenge (all times local):
  6 p.m.
  Jamall Gregory dunked it for a late three-point lead and Jacksonville State made six straight free throws in the last 36 seconds to edge North Florida 83-78 Wednesday in the title game of the Mayan Division of the Cancun Challenge.
  Maurice Dunlap made two free throws with 1.7 seconds left — one on either side of a North Florida timeout — to ice the game.
  The win was the second straight for the Ga
  
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• The Latest: Bradley holds off cold-shooting Penn St. 59-56

  21-11-2018 23:59
  CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on the Cancun Challenge (all times local):
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  Elijah Childs scored 18 points and Bradley held on to beat cold-shooting Penn State 59-56 in the championship game of the Cancun Challenge on Wednesday night.
  Down by four with 20.8 seconds remaining, Penn State (3-2) had possession but missed three shots before Lamar Stevens was fouled with 1.5 seconds left. Stevens made the first free throw and intentionally missed the second. Penn State grabbed the r
  
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• Authorities identify man charged in attack on suburban St. Louis religious supplies store as 53-year-old Thomas Bruce

  21-11-2018 23:53
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities identify man charged in attack on suburban St. Louis religious supplies store as 53-year-old Thomas Bruce.
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• McCowan, No. 6 Miss. St. roll past Furman 106-41

  21-11-2018 23:50
  STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Teaira McCowan notched her 43rd career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds, and sixth-ranked Mississippi State rolled past Furman 106-41 on Wednesday.
  The Bulldogs (5-0) used a 30-0 run over 12 minutes of the first and second quarters to run away from the Paladins. Mississippi State led 60-18 at halftime.
  The Bulldogs closed the third quarter on a 16-0 run and had 18 points in the period from McCowan for an 88-26 advantage.
  Le’Jzae Davidson scored 17
  
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• Woman in burning Dallas apartment drops baby to bystander

  21-11-2018 23:49
  DALLAS (AP) — Some residents of a Dallas apartment complex leaped from third-floor windows onto mattresses, and a woman dropped her baby to a bystander to escape the flames. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says several residents and bystanders, assisted by police officers, went door-to-door to alert others to the fire Wednesday morning. Authorities say three people, including a firefighter, suffered minor injuries. KDFW-TV reports one woman dropped her infant to a man below as he
  
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• Pass food right, cars left: ADOT reminds Arizona about driving etiquette

  21-11-2018 23:46
  TUCSON – If there’s one thing that we’ve come to expect for the holidays in Arizona, it’s the quirky signs above the state’s freeways.
  Another holiday in Arizona brings another eccentric safety message from ADOT.
  The Arizona Department of Transportation is behind the clever words that often receive social media praise and sometimes even national attention.
  The sign equating drinking and driving to eating peas with your guacamole started it all three years ago today.
  
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• The Latest: Police go to island to look into US man’s death

  21-11-2018 23:45
  NEW DELHI (AP) — The Latest on the death of an American who was killed by an isolated Indian tribe (all times local):
  7 a.m.
  Police investigating the apparent killing of an American by an isolated island tribe off the coast of India said they have surveyed the island by air and have carefully visited the area to identify where the man died.
  A statement issued by the police for the Andaman and Nicobar islands late Wednesday said the police and India’s coast guard carried out an aerial
  
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• The Latest: man killed on remote island was big outdoorsman

  21-11-2018 23:45
  NEW DELHI (AP) — The Latest on the death of an American adventurer and missionary who was killed by an isolated Indian tribe (all times local):
  4:30 a.m.
  John Allen Chau spent summers alone in a California cabin as a wilderness emergency responder. He led backpacking expeditions in the Northwest’s Cascade Mountains, almost lost his leg to a rattlesnake bite, and coached soccer for poor children in Iraq and South Africa. 
  But kayaking to a remote Indian island, home to a tribe kn
  
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• PG Seventh Woods out for No. 7 UNC with concussion

  21-11-2018 23:42
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina says point guard Seventh Woods will miss this week’s two games in Las Vegas with a concussion.
  Team spokesman Steve Kirschner said Wednesday that the junior suffered the injury Tuesday during practice. He will miss Thursday’s game against Texas and Friday’s matchup with No. 11 Michigan State or No. 17 UCLA.
  Woods has a team-best 27 assists in five games for the seventh-ranked Tar Heels (5-0).
  Kirschner says he will be re-evaluated w
  
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• Freshman Wynter leads Drexel past Boston University 86-67

  21-11-2018 23:40
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Freshman Camren Wynter had 22 points, eight rebounds and nine assists — all season highs — and Drexel beat Boston University 86-67 on Wednesday for its third straight win.
  James Butler added 17 points and eight rebounds for Drexel (3-2), which opened the season with losses to Eastern Michigan and Rutgers. Zach Walton scored 13, Trevor John 12 and Alihan Demir 11. The Dragons play at Bowling Green on Sunday.
  Drexel scored the first six points of the game, led
  
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• Brown wins fourth straight, beats D-III Salve Regina 96-64

  21-11-2018 23:39
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Tamenang Choh scored 13 points to lead Brown to a 96-64 victory over Division III Salve Regina on Wednesday for its fourth straight win.
  Brandon Anderson, Joshua Howard, and George Mawanda-Kalema chipped in 11 points apiece for Brown (4-2), which won three games at the Brown Bear Tip-Off Classic. The Bears shot 52 percent from the field and made 13 3-pointers — with three apiece from Anderson and Desmond Cambridge. Fourteen of the 15 Brown players scored.
  Chri
  
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• Anne Frank House renovated to tell story to new generation

  21-11-2018 23:33
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — The museum built around a secret annex in a canal-side house where Anne Frank hid from Nazis during World War II has been renovated to better tell the teenage Jewish diarist’s tragic story to a new generation of visitors who may know little about the horrors of the Holocaust.
  It’s not just the buildings that have been renovated. The museum also has revamped the way it tells the story of the Frank family, and by extension the Nazi persecution of Jews.
  Museum off
  
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• Twins hire Bill Evers for major league coaching staff

  21-11-2018 23:30
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have hired Bill Evers for the final opening on their coaching staff under new manager Rocco Baldelli.
  The Twins announced Wednesday the addition of Evers, who has spent more than 30 years as a coach, scout and instructor. He has been the minor league field coordinator for Tampa Bay since 2010. He spent two seasons as a bench coach for the Rays in 2006-07. Evers has also managed more than 2,500 games in the minor leagues. With the Twins, he will work w
  
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• America’s Cup vet Outteridge to lead SailGP’s Japanese team

  21-11-2018 23:20
  TOKYO (AP) — Double Olympic medalist and former America’s Cup skipper Nathan Outteridge has been named CEO and helmsman of Japan’s entry in the new SailGP sailing league.
  The Japanese team is the last of six crews to be announced for the series, which will open its five-regatta 2019 schedule in mid-February in Sydney.
  Outteridge of Australia is one of the world’s most experienced high-performance foiling sailors. He recently skippered Sweden’s Artemis Racing in the
  
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• Iona wins it at line, beats Hartford 80-75 in Las Vegas

  21-11-2018 23:19
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — E.J. Crawford scored a season-high 19 points and Iona made 12 free throws inside the final three minutes to pull away and beat Hartford 80-75 on Wednesday in a MGM Resorts Main Event consolation.
  Rickey McGill and Tajuan Agee added 12 points apiece for Iona (2-2).
  The game was tied 68-68 with 2:41 to play.Isaiah Still and McGill each made a pair of free throws for the Gaels to make it a four-point lead. George Blagojevic drove the lane to pull Hartford to 72-70 with 1:50 t
  
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• California police: Cold case murder solved with DNA database

  21-11-2018 23:19
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California authorities say they have cracked a 45-year-old murder case using the same publicly available DNA database investigators accessed to arrest alleged serial killer Joseph DeAngelo.
  The Santa Clara County sheriff’s department said Wednesday that officers arrested 74-year-old John Arthur Getreu on suspicion of killing 21-year-old Leslie Perlov in 1973. Perlov’s body was under an oak tree near Stanford University and her panty hose were stuff
  
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• Daum, SDSU claim 5th place at Gulf Coast Showcase

  21-11-2018 23:16
  ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — David Jenkins scored a career-high 32 points, South Dakota State’s all-time scoring leader Mike Daum added 11 points and the Jackrabbits beat Colorado State 78-65 on Wednesday for fifth place at the Gulf Coast Showcase.
  Jenkins was 13 of 23 from the floor with seven rebounds and three assists. Daum hit 4 of 8 shots in just 26 minutes, and his 3-pointer with 2:32 remaining put him into double-figures for the 103rd career time. Daum, who became the program’s s
  
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• Sports betting goes live in Pennsylvania

  21-11-2018 23:15
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sports betting is live in Pennsylvania, making it the seventh state where it’s allowed.
  Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course near Hershey is in its first week of taking bets after getting the green light from Pennsylvania regulators.
  A spokesman says Hollywood Casino is taking just about every kind of bet that’s offered in Las Vegas.
  Parx Casino in suburban Philadelphia, SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia and Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh also could
  
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• Woman in alleged homeless scam suspended from state job

  21-11-2018 23:05
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman charged with scamming GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake story about a homeless veteran has been suspended from her state job.
  Katelyn McClure was a receptionist within the state Department of Transportation. A DOT spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that McClure is on “suspension status,” but declined to say if it was a paid or unpaid suspension.
  McClure and her former boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, are charged with conspi
  
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• The Latest: Police say woman was killed for refusing sex

  21-11-2018 23:01
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into a fatal attack at a religious supplies store near St. Louis (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  Authorities say a woman who was killed at a suburban St. Louis religious supplies store earlier this week refused her attacker’s demands to “perform deviant sexual acts on him.”
  Detectives say in a probable cause statement released Wednesday that the attacker forced the three women who were in the store into a back room at gunpoint
  
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• The Latest: Man jailed in religious supplies store attack

  21-11-2018 23:01
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into the fatal attack at a Catholic supply store in St. Louis County (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  A man has been jailed on suspicion of murder, armed criminal action and sodomy in connection with a sexual assault and fatal shooting at a suburban St. Louis religious supplies store.
  Formal charges haven’t been filed, but multiple media reports say the suspect was booked Wednesday into the St. Louis County jail. Police confirmed earlier Wedn
  
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• Mexico detains 213 Central American migrants in 4th caravan

  21-11-2018 23:00
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration agents have detained almost all of the Central American migrants on a fourth caravan that recently entered Mexico seeking to reach the United States.
  Mexico’s National Immigration Institute says 213 migrants have been detained. Those found to lack proper documents face repatriation to their home countries.
  The migrants were detained Wednesday on a highway between the Guatemalan border and the southern Mexican city of Tapachula.
  They included 186
  
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• Police arrest man suspected in sexual assault and fatal shooting at a suburban St. Louis religious supplies store

  21-11-2018 22:56
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police arrest man suspected in sexual assault and fatal shooting at a suburban St. Louis religious supplies store.
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• Prosecutors: Denver shooting was between gang members

  21-11-2018 22:54
  DENVER (AP) — The two men arrested in a downtown Denver shooting that killed one person and wounded four others were members of warring groups within the Crips gang.
  That’s according to federal court records filed this week.
  The shooting occurred Monday evening in a neighborhood of new apartment buildings, restaurants and bars near the Colorado Rockies’ stadium.
  Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged Dashae Armstrong with being a felon in possession of ammunition. According t
  
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• Marlins LHP Peters traded to Angels for minor league pitcher

  21-11-2018 22:50
  MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins left-hander Dillon Peters has been traded to the Los Angeles Angels for minor league right-handed reliever Tyler Stevens.
  The trade was announced Wednesday.
  The 26-year-old Peters had been designated for assignment by Miami. He went 3-4 with a 6.10 ERA in 13 games, including 11 starts, for the Marlins in 2017-18.
  The 22-year-old Stevens had a 2-4 record with a 10.93 ERA in 29 games this year for Triple-A Salt Lake.
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• The Latest: Yarbrough leads ISU in Cayman Islands Classic

  21-11-2018 22:47
  GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — The Latest on the Cayman Islands Classic (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  Milik Yarbrough had 28 points, eight rebounds and six assists to lead Illinois State over short-handed Boise State 73-70 on Wednesday for fifth place in the Cayman Islands Classic.
  Yarbrough gave Illinois State a 69-60 lead with 3:59 remaining, but the Redbirds didn’t make another field goal the rest of the game. He made just enough free throws (4 of 7) down the stretch to hold of
  
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• The Latest: Georgia St beats UGA for 3rd in Cayman Islands

  21-11-2018 22:47
  GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — The Latest on the Cayman Islands Classic (all times local):
  7:30 p.m.
  Malik Benlevi made eight 3-pointers and had 24 points and seven rebounds, helping Georgia State beat Georgia 91-67 on Wednesday for third place in the Cayman Islands Classic.
  It was Georgia State’s third win in the eight-game series, after back-to-back victories in 2000 and 2001.
  D’Marcus Simonds, entering with a 22.6 scoring average, and Damon Wilson scored 17 points apiece
  
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• Rejected by family, gay athlete thankful for other support

  21-11-2018 22:45
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — After an upstate New York college athlete said she was cut off by her parents for being gay, $100,000 in online donations poured in to help with her living and school expenses.
  But for a time last week, it appeared 19-year-old Emily Scheck would have to choose between the much needed funds and her college eligibility, per National Collegiate Athletic Association rules.
  That changed with a decision by the NCAA to allow her to keep the donations, while continuing to run
  
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• Endangered Mexican wolf escapes at Colorado wildlife center

  21-11-2018 22:43
  DENVER (AP) — An endangered Mexican wolf has escaped from a Colorado wildlife center.
  The Association of Zoos and Aquariums said Wednesday the yearling got out of the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center in the town of Divide, 55 miles (90 kilometers) south of Denver. The wolf escaped Nov. 11, the day it arrived at the center.
  Trappers from the U.S. Interior and Agriculture departments are trying to recapture the animal.
  The zoo association said the wolf isn’t considered a threat to peo
  
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• Lawsuit says Virginia jail’s ‘God Pod’ violates Constitution

  21-11-2018 22:35
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A regional jail in Virginia is being sued over allegedly setting up a Christians-only unit dubbed the “God Pod.”
  A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by a Muslim civil rights group says the Riverside Regional Jail has set aside a housing pod exclusively for Christian inmates.
  The Council on American-Islamic Relations alleges that inmates housed there must promise to live in accordance with the Bible. The group says the Christian pod violates the Constitution b
  
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• The Latest: No.8 Auburn beats Arizona 73-57 in Maui

  21-11-2018 22:30
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on the Maui Invitational (all times local):
  8:37 p.m.
  Bryce Brown scored 19 points, Malik Dunbar added 15 and No. 8 Auburn pulled away from Arizona to win the Maui Invitational third-place game 73-57 Wednesday night.
  Auburn (5-1) gave top-ranked Duke its first real test of the season in the semifinals before losing by six. The Tigers built a 10-point lead against Arizona, allowed the Wildcats to pull within one and took control with an 11-0 second-half run
  
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• The Latest: No. 3 Gonzaga holds off No. 1 Duke 89-87 in Maui

  21-11-2018 22:30
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on the Maui Invitational (all times local):
  2:18 p.m.
  Duke’s Maui mastery is over. Gonzaga blocked the Blue Devils out of another title.
  Rui Hachimura scored 20 points and No. 3 Gonzaga blocked four shots in the final 46 seconds to hold off five-time champion Duke 89-87 Wednesday in the Maui Invitational title game.
  Duke (5-1) trailed by 16 in the second half before mounting a massive charge with a series of dunks and drives to the basket. After the
  
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• The Latest: Iowa State beats San Diego State 87-57 in Maui

  21-11-2018 22:30
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on the Maui Invitational (all times local):
  11:26 a.m.
  Marial Shayok scored 21 points, Michael Jacobson added 19 and Iowa State blew out San Diego State 87-57 on Wednesday to win the Maui Invitational fifth-place game.
  The Cyclones (5-1) lost to Arizona and beat Illinois to open the Maui Invitational, then jumped on the Aztecs early. Iowa State built a 14-point halftime lead and kept pushing to close out the tournament on a positive note.
  San Diego State (
  
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• 6 killed in Haiti after police say govt car loses control

  21-11-2018 22:29
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian government car has gone out of control into a group of people, killing at least six and further inflaming unrest in a capital wracked by violent protests.
  Police spokesman Michel-Ange Louis-Jeune said one of the car’s wheels had come off Wednesday. Protesters later set fire to the car.
  Louis-Jeune said he didn’t know how many people died, but an Associated Press journalist on the scene counted six bodies.
  The deaths come as Haiti faces a f
  
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• The Latest: Trump, Roberts clash over judiciary independence

  21-11-2018 22:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Chief Justice John Roberts and President Donald Trump (all times local):
  7:50 p.m.
  President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts are clashing over the independence of America’s judiciary, with Roberts bluntly rebuking the president for denouncing a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.”
  Roberts has issued a strongly worded statement says there’s no such thing. Trump is defending his own comment, twee
  
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• The Latest: Trump defends his claim of ‘Obama judges’

  21-11-2018 22:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Chief Justice John Roberts and President Donald Trump (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts are engaged in an extraordinary public back-and-forth over Trump’s description of a judge who ruled against his administration as an “Obama judge.”
  Trump tweeted Wednesday: “Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have ‘Obama judges,’ and they have a much different point of vi
  
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• Miami kicks WR Jeff Thomas off its football team

  21-11-2018 22:18
  CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami has dismissed leading receiver Jeff Thomas from its team, a move that comes just three days before the Hurricanes play their regular-season finale.
  Thomas led Miami with 35 catches and 563 receiving yards this season. The team Wednesday did not say specifically why Thomas was dismissed.
  It’s the latest blow in a rocky season for the Hurricanes (6-5, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), the preseason pick to win the ACC’s Coastal Division and a team th
  
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• Ferrucci ready to return to Coyne’s team for IndyCar season

  21-11-2018 22:12
  PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Santino Ferrucci has been hired to drive full-time for Dale Coyne’s IndyCar team in 2019.
  The American competed in four races last season with Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais as his teammate on Coyne’s team. Ferrucci qualified 13th in the second race at Detroit and finished a season-best 11th in last season’s finale at Sonoma despite dealing with a mechanical problem the entire race.
  He has not yet raced on an oval track but did complete rookie orient
  
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• Amazon says error exposed customer names and emails

  21-11-2018 22:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon says a technical error on its website exposed the names and email addresses of some customers.
  The online retail giant says it has fixed the issue and emailed those affected. Amazon says its website and systems were not hacked.
  An Amazon spokesman did not answer additional questions about how many people were impacted or whether any of the information was stolen.
  The disclosure comes as Amazon gears up for the busy holiday shopping season. The Seattle-based company i
  
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• Los Angeles County district attorney declines to charge lawyer Michael Avenatti with abuse

  21-11-2018 22:05
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County district attorney declines to charge lawyer Michael Avenatti with abuse.
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• Trump rejects criticism by Chief Justice John Roberts, says Obama-appointed judges have ‘much different point of view’

  21-11-2018 21:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump rejects criticism by Chief Justice John Roberts, says Obama-appointed judges have ‘much different point of view’
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• Reds closer Iglesias agrees to 3-year deal

  21-11-2018 21:58
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Reds closer Raisel Iglesias has agreed to a restructured three-year deal through the 2021 season, avoiding arbitration.
  Iglesias was on a seven-year, $27 million contract through 2020 that allowed him to opt for arbitration in 2018. He made $3,214,286 last season, when he had a career-high 30 saves in 34 chances and a 2.38 ERA.
  The Reds are trying to emerge from a massive rebuild that’s left them with three straight 90-loss seasons. Last year, they added setup men J
  
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• California raises more than $800 million in carbon auction

  21-11-2018 21:57
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California raised more than $800 million from selling permits to release greenhouse gases in the latest quarterly auction.
  Auction results released Wednesday show all available permits were sold through California’s cap-and-trade program. The program requires polluters to obtain permits for each ton of carbon they release.
  Sixty percent of the revenue is earmarked for specific projects including a high-speed train planned to run between San Francisco and Los
  
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• Lawsuit dismissed against deputies in death of Idaho rancher

  21-11-2018 21:55
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of an Idaho rancher who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies has been dismissed.
  A judge tossed the lawsuit Tuesday amid an apparent settlement.
  The dismissal was requested by the family of rancher Jack Yantis, Adams County, its sheriff and the two deputies.
  Adams County officials and attorneys involved in the case didn’t immediately return calls seeking further details.
  Widow Donna Yantis said Wednesday
  
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• Housing development near San Pedro River gets federal OK

  21-11-2018 21:55
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal officials have reinstated a key permit needed for the construction of a housing development in Benson near the San Pedro River.
  The Arizona Daily Star reports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told developer Michael Reinbold, of El Dorado Holdings, that it has approved a Clean Water Act permit for the 28,000-home Villages at Vigneto project “with modifications.”
  The Corps’ action reinstates a permit it had approved in 2006 but suspended in July
  
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• NJ lawmakers unveil legislation legalizing marijuana

  21-11-2018 21:43
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers have unveiled their latest proposal to legalize recreational marijuana for people 21 and over.
  A joint Democrat-led Assembly and Senate committee is expected to discuss the package of measures Monday.
  One bill provides for legalizing an ounce of marijuana for adults 21 and older, setting up a five-person cannabis commission and taxing the substance at 12 percent.
  That rate includes the 6.625 percent sales tax. The draft also permits local governmen
  
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• No. 10 Kentucky easily takes care of Winthrop 87-74

  21-11-2018 21:35
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — PJ Washington had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Tyler Herro added 15 points and No. 10 Kentucky shot 56 percent to run away from Winthrop 87-74 on Wednesday.
  Coming off Sunday’s tense victory over hot-shooting VMI, the Wildcats (4-1) had a far easier time against the Eagles during the afternoon contest as they used their size to control the boards 37-20 and scoring in the paint (42-24). They led by as many as 26 points midway through the second half and were never
  
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• London counter-terrorism unit involved after 2 devices found

  21-11-2018 21:32
  LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police are investigating after two devices were found in an unoccupied apartment in northwest London.
  Police said Wednesday the “initial assessment” is that the items were improvised explosive devices.
  Police said the devices were made safe and neighboring apartments that had been evacuated as a precaution have been re-opened to occupants.
  Officials say the surrounding area was searched and has been declared safe. The area had been cordone
  
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