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• Oilers acquire defenseman Chris Wideman from Senators

  22-11-2018 23:42
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenseman Chris Wideman from the Ottawa Senators on Thursday for a 2020 sixth-round pick.
  Wideman has two goals, three assists and 12 penalty minutes in 19 games this season. The 28-year-old St. Louis native and former Miami University star had 16 goals, 27 assists, 98 penalty minutes and a plus/minus rating of plus-7 over 175 games in four seasons with Ottawa.
  The pick was previously acquired by Edmonton from St. Louis for defenseman
  
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• Gallinat, Dorsey lead Pacific past UC Riverside 74-54

  22-11-2018 23:42
  STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Roberto Gallinat scored 20 points and Lafayette Dorsey 18 to lead Pacific over UC Riverside 74-54 on Thursday.
  Gallinat was 5-of-10 shooting and made 9 of 10 free throws while Dorsey was 7 of 9 from the field with the Tigers shooting 52 percent, including 58 percent in the second half when the Tigers (4-2) outscored the Highlanders by 13. Khy Kabellis added 11 points and Jahlil Tripp grabbed 10 rebounds to go with nine points.
  Pacific dominated points in the paint 3
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to embezzling Girl Scout cookie profits

  22-11-2018 23:36
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling Girl Scout cookie funds from her daughter’s troop.
  The Daily Sentinel reported Wednesday that 32-year-old Jennifer L. Hooten of Clifton pleaded guilty to felony theft on Sept. 13 and was ordered to pay $1,400 in restitution as part of a deferred judgment.
  The judgment means her case will be dismissed if she meets court-ordered conditions in the next two years.
  Hooten was arrested after other sco
  
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• Mane agrees new long-term deal with Liverpool

  22-11-2018 23:33
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Senegal forward Sadio Mane agreed a new long-term contract with Liverpool on Thursday.
  The length of the deal was undisclosed by the English Premier League club, but media reports suggested it would run until 2023.
  Mane joins fellow strikers Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in signing new contracts in the last six months.
  “I am very happy to extend my time at Liverpool,” Mane said. “It is a great day for me and now I am looking forward to helpin
  
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• No. 1 Notre Dame women advance in Vancouver Showcase.

  22-11-2018 23:26
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored 21 points and No. 1 Notre Dame beat Gonzaga 81-65 on Thursday in the first game of the inaugural Vancouver Showcase.
  Brianna Turner added 16 points and 10 rebounds for Notre Dame (4-0). The Fighting Irish dominated in the paint, outscoring the Bulldogs 56-32 and finishing with 29 defensive rebounds.
  Zykera Rice had 16 points and seven rebounds for Gonzaga (4-1). The Bulldogs scored the first seven points and forced nine first-half
  
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• No. 11 Tennessee women use big 4th quarter to beat Clemson

  22-11-2018 23:17
  BIMINI, Bahamas (AP) — Zaay Green scored eight of her 12 points and Cheridene Green six of her 11 in the fourth quarter when No. 11 Tennessee pulled away for a 78-66 victory over Clemson on Thursday in the Junkanoo Jam.
  Meme Jackson, who made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points, tied the game with a pair of free throws with six minutes to go and start a 13-0 run that left the Lady Vols (4-0) ahead 71-60 with 2:19 remaining — the first double-digit lead for either team. Two Chyna Cot
  
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• FIFA’s Infantino gets election backing from 11-voter Oceania

  22-11-2018 23:09
  AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The 11-member Oceania Football Confederation says it is backing FIFA President Gianni Infantino for re-election.
  The Oceania group says its executive committee — comprising 11 member federation presidents in New Zealand and the Pacific islands — voted unanimously to support the FIFA leader.
  Infantino is seeking a full four-year term from 211 FIFA member countries at a June 5 vote in Paris. He was elected in February 2016 to complete the mandate of S
  
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• Spain PM visits Cuba, uses hotel banned to US visitors

  22-11-2018 23:04
  HAVANA (AP) — A Spanish prime minister is visiting Cuba for the first time in three decades, a historic visit that suggests a warming of relations between Cuba and the former colonial power.
  Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is scheduled to meet with Cuban officials and intellectuals during the two-day trip that began Thursday. He’ll also host business meetings in a hotel that the Trump administration recently put on a list of places banned to U.S. visitors. He’s not expected to mee
  
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• Canadian scientist names beetle after Jose Bautista

  22-11-2018 22:59
  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Jose Bautista has a new namesake buzzing around.
  Entomologist Bob Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature has dubbed a newly discovered species of beetle Sicoderus bautistai after the former Toronto Blue Jays star.
  Anderson decided to name the insect — known as a weevil for its long snout — after Bautista because of the bat-flip home run that propelled Toronto to the 2015 American League Championship Series.
  “It was one of those moments in Toronto
  
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• 2 men killed in shooting in Guadalupe identified

  22-11-2018 22:59
  GUADALUPE, Ariz. (AP) — Maricopa County sheriff’s officials say two men have been killed in a shooting in Guadalupe.
  Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Bryant Vanegas says the incident took place late Wednesday near Ave del Yaqui and Calle San Angelo.
  Deputies responded to multiple 911 calls about a shooting.
  When they arrived, they found 26-year-old Henry Mary’s-Sanchez dead at the scene.
  They transported another man to the hospital where he died. He has since been identified as 2
  
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• Miami rolls over La Salle 85-49 in Wooden Legacy

  22-11-2018 22:54
  FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Chris Lykes scored 18 points and Miami embraced the morning tipoff in a dominant 85-49 win over La Salle in the first round of the Wooden Legacy on Thursday.
  The Hurricanes (4-0), who came in as the highest-scoring team in the tournament, continued to put up big numbers and got to the lane with ease. Five players scored in double figures for Miami.
  It was a dunk-fest early on as guard Anthony Lawrence dunked for the game’s first basket inside two minutes afte
  
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• Mac Collins, pioneering rural Georgia Republican, dead at 74

  22-11-2018 22:42
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgians are remembering Mac Collins, a truck driver-turned-lawmaker who helped build Georgia’s Republican Party. Collins died Tuesday and a funeral is scheduled Sunday.
  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the cause of death of the 74-year-old Collins wasn’t immediately known.
  Collins represented a Macon-based U.S. House district from 1992 to 2004. He stepped down to run for U.S. Senate, losing a Republican primary to Johnny Isakson. He narrowly lost a come
  
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• Cold turkey! Minus 26 atop Mount Washington for Thanksgiving

  22-11-2018 22:41
  PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — It’s downright cold atop Mount Washington, home to some of the most brutal weather in the Northeast.
  The Mount Washington Observatory says it plunged to minus 26 (minus 32 Celsius) on Thursday morning. The observatory says that broke its daily record low of minus 11 (minus 23 Celsius).
  It also broke the lowest temperature it has seen in November. The old record was minus 20 (minus 28 Celsius) on Nov. 30, 1958.
  The observatory says winds over hurricane force
  
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• Police: Officer shoots teen during domestic disturbance

  22-11-2018 22:25
  HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida police officer shot and wounded a teen after responding to a domestic disturbance. The Miami Herald reports that the shooting occurred on Thanksgiving at a Leisure City home, near Homestead.
  Miami-Dade police say the 15-year-old boy was shot in the lower torso during a struggle with four officers. He was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
  Police Director Juan Perez said during a news briefing that he had “a lot of concerns
  
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  22-11-2018 22:21
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World (all times local):
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  Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree had 15 points and 13 rebounds as defending national champion Villanova stopped a two-game skid by beating Canisius 83-56 in the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World.
  Phil Booth also scored 15 points for the Wildcats (3-2), who will play the winner of Memphis-Oklahoma State in the semifinals on Friday.
  Villanova went from No. 8 t
  
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• The Latest: Villanova stops 2-game skid, beats Canisius

  22-11-2018 22:21
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree had 15 points and 13 rebounds as defending national champion Villanova stopped a two-game skid by beating Canisius 83-56 in the AdvoCare Invitational.
  Phil Booth also scored 15 points for the Wildcats (3-2), who will play the winner of Memphis-Oklahoma State in the semifinals on Friday.
  Villanova went from No. 8 to out of the AP Top
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma State reaches AdvoCare semifinals

  22-11-2018 22:21
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World (all times local):
  6:25 p.m.
  Cameron McGriff had 11 points and 12 rebounds and Oklahoma State beat Memphis 84-64 on Thursday to reach the AdvoCare Invitational semifinals.
  Thomas Dziagwa had 14 points, and Michael Weathers added 13 for the Cowboys (3-1). They will face defending national champion Villanova on Friday.
  Memphis, which will play Canisius in the consolation round, got 14 p
  
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• The Latest: No. 19 LSU beats College of Charleston 67-55

  22-11-2018 22:21
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World (all times local):
  9:05 p.m.
  Emmitt Williams had 14 points and nine rebounds, and No. 19 LSU beat College of Charleston 67-55 on Thursday night to reach the AdvoCare Invitational semifinals.
  Skylar Mays added 12 points for the Tigers, who will play Friday night against No. 14 Florida State or UAB.
  LSU (5-0) is off to its best start since opening 6-0 in 2012-13.
  Tigers freshman Naz Rei
  
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• The Latest: No. 14 Florida St to face No. 19 LSU at AdvoCare

  22-11-2018 22:21
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World (all times local):
  11:45 p.m.
  Terance Mann scored 17 points and No. 14 Florida State advanced to the AdvoCare Invitational semifinals with an 81-63 victory over UAB on Thursday night.
  The unbeaten Seminoles (4-0) will play No. 19 LSU on Friday night for a spot in Sunday’s championship game. The Tigers defeated College of Charleston 67-55.
  Defending national champion Villanova an
  
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• Migrants march to border in Tijuana

  22-11-2018 22:16
  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A small group of Central American migrants has marched peacefully to a border crossing in Tijuana to demand better conditions and push to enter the U.S.
  Mexican police watched closely Thursday as authorities from the National Human Rights Commission and the Grupo Beta migrant support agency told the migrants their needs would be addressed.
  They urged them to apply for humanitarian visas in Mexico and seek work in Tijuana, where they said thousands of jobs were availa
  
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• Villanova stops 2-game skid, beats Canisius 83-56

  22-11-2018 22:14
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree had 15 points and 13 rebounds as defending national champion Villanova stopped a two-game skid by beating Canisius 83-56 on Thursday in the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World.
  Phil Booth also scored 15 points for the Wildcats (3-2), who will play the winner of Memphis-Oklahoma State in the semifinals on Friday.
  Villanova went from No. 8 to out of the AP Top 25 after losing to Michigan 73-46 in a rematch of last se
  
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• Chase Daniel fills in, leads Bears to 23-16 win over Lions

  22-11-2018 22:09
  DETROIT (AP) — Chase Daniel made the most of his chance to fill in for Mitchell Trubisky, having the best day of his journeyman career.
  Daniel set career highs with 230 yards passing and two touchdowns to keep the Chicago Bears rolling with a 23-16 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday.
  The NFC North-leading Bears (8-3) sealed their fifth straight victory with Kyle Fuller’s interception in the end zone with a little more than a minute left.
  Detroit (4-7) has lost four of five, plumm
  
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• Phoenix hiker freed after becoming trapped between boulders

  22-11-2018 22:07
  PHOENIX (AP) — A man on a Thanksgiving hike in Phoenix appears uninured after becoming trapped between two boulders.
  Phoenix fire officials say crews responded to South Mountain on Thursday to reports of a hiker being pinned and unable to free himself.
  Fire Capt. Danny Gile says the 50-year-old man had slipped and fallen 2-3 feet (0.61-0.91 meters).
  He landed right between the two large boulders.
  Gile says firefighters were eventually able to lift him out of the crevice.
  Gile says the man
  
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• Three and Out: Uncle Herm and the ASU Sun Devils Come to Tucson

  22-11-2018 21:59
  Welcome to the week that instills some good, old-fashioned hate to the malaise known as the Grand Canyon State. I'm talking, of course, about the Territorial Cup series between the Wildcats of Arizona and their horn-encrusted rivals from Tempe.…
  
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• Rules panel aims to let goalkeepers move more at penalties

  22-11-2018 21:52
  GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — World soccer’s rule-making panel says it wants to give goalkeepers more freedom to move when facing a penalty.
  Currently, the Laws of the Game state goalkeepers “must remain on the goal line … until the ball has been kicked.”
  The panel, known as IFAB, now proposes “needing only one foot on the goal line when a penalty is taken,” allowing goalkeepers to begin moving forward earlier.
  IFAB met Thursday to identify several changes i
  
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• The Latest: Wisconsin’s Trice sets Atlantis record with 7 3s

  22-11-2018 21:39
  PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — The Latest on the second day at the Battle 4 Atlantis (all times local):
  4:35 p.m.
  D’Mitrik Trice’s 3-point shooting display broke a Battle 4 Atlantis tournament record and nearly matched another.
  Trice hit seven 3-pointers in No. 25 Wisconsin’s 78-58 victory over Oklahoma in Thursday’s semifinals. That broke the previous single-game record of six, first set by UConn’s Shabazz Napier in the inaugural event in November 2011.
  Syra
  
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• The Latest: Trice, No. 25 Badgers beat Sooners at Atlantis

  22-11-2018 21:39
  PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — The Latest on the second day at the Battle 4 Atlantis (all times local):
  3:25 p.m.
  D’Mitrik Trice set career highs with 25 points and a tournament-record seven 3-pointers to help No. 25 Wisconsin beat Oklahoma 78-58 in Thursday’s semifinals at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
  Trice started 7 for 7 from behind the arc, the last coming when he pump-faked a defender and stepped to his right to bury the shot for a 66-47 lead with 6:22 left. But he finally miss
  
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• The Latest: No. 4 Virginia reaches Battle 4 Atlantis final

  22-11-2018 21:39
  PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — The Latest on the second day at the Battle 4 Atlantis (all times local):
  5:55 p.m.
  De’Andre Hunter matched his career high with 23 points to help fourth-ranked Virginia hold off Dayton 66-59 on Thursday in the Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals.
  Hunter made a 3-pointer with 53.1 seconds left and Virginia protecting a 60-56 lead. It turned out to provide just enough cushion to keep the Cavaliers (5-0) in control and send them into the championship game Friday
  
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• The Latest: Florida beats Stanford in Battle 4 Atlantis

  22-11-2018 21:39
  PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — The Latest on the second day at the Battle 4 Atlantis (all times local):
  8:50 p.m.
  Deaundrae Ballard scored a career-best 19 points to help Florida beat Stanford 72-49 in Thursday’s consolation bracket at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
  KeVaughn Allen added 13 points for the Gators (3-2), who arrived in the Bahamas with an offense that hadn’t performed the way coach Mike White expected. Then they scored 60 points in a first-round loss to Oklahoma, leaving
  
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• The Latest: Butler beats Middle Tennessee in Atlantis

  22-11-2018 21:39
  PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — The Latest on the second day at the Battle 4 Atlantis (all times local):
  11:40 p.m.
  Sean McDermott scored 21 points by tying the tournament record of seven 3-pointers, part of Butler’s Atlantis-record 16 made 3s in an 84-53 win against Middle Tennessee in Thursday’s consolation bracket at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
  McDermott’s seven 3s tied a record set by Wisconsin’s D’Mitrik Trice against Oklahoma earlier Thursday. The Bulldogs (4
  
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• Venezuela seeks to extradite former official indicted by US

  22-11-2018 21:33
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is seeking the extradition of a former national treasurer days after U.S. prosecutors say he pleaded guilty to accepting over $1 billion in bribes.
  Venezuela’s chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab announced Thursday a case against Alejandro Andrade, who was treasurer under the late President Hugo Chavez.
  Andrade currently lives in Wellington, Florida, an exclusive enclave known for its horses.
  U.S. prosecutors said that Andrade pleaded guilty to one
  
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• Mangakahia scores 18 points as No. 14 Syracuse women triumph

  22-11-2018 21:23
  CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Tiana Mangakahia scored 18 points with six assists and four steals and No. 14 Syracuse rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Kansas State 70-61 on Thursday at the Cancun Challenge.
  Digna Strautmane added 13 points and Emily Engstler had 10 points, seven rebounds and four steals for the Orange (4-1), who won their straight after shooting 52 percent.
  Mangakahia scored seven points and Miranda Drummond scored her only points with two 3-pointers in a 20-2 run as the Orang
  
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• Farmhand gets 105 years for bombing bosses’ bed

  22-11-2018 21:22
  BENTON, La. (AP) — A northwest Louisiana farmhand has been sentenced to 105 years in prison for trying to kill his bosses by putting a bomb in a crawl space under their bed because the husband hadn’t saved his horse.
  News outlets report that Bossier Parish Judge Parker Self told 56-year-old Douglas Holley, “I’m going to remove you from normal society.”
  Holley was convicted in August on two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of making or possessing a
  
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• Trent Williams, Quinton Dunbar active for Redskins at Dallas

  22-11-2018 21:21
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Left tackle Trent Williams and cornerback Quinton Dunbar are active for Washington on Thanksgiving against Dallas after missing multiple games with injuries.
  Williams missed three straight games with a dislocated right thumb, while Dunbar was sidelined four of the previous five games with nerve damage as part of a shin injury.
  Cowboys defensive end Taco Charlton will miss his third straight game with a shoulder injury. Defensive tackle Daniel Ross is available after
  
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• In Mexico’s border city, Haitians hailed as success story

  22-11-2018 21:03
  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The Mexican border city of Tijuana welcomed thousands of Haitians to pursue a scaled-down American dream south of the border after the U.S. closed its doors on them more than two years ago.
  But it has not shown the same tolerance so far toward thousands of Central Americans.
  Many have been the subject of official complaints and anti-caravan protests even though most of the people in this city are migrants or the offspring of migrants.
  Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastel
  
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• Schmidt agonizing over whether to stay as Ireland coach

  22-11-2018 20:52
  MAYNOOTH, Ireland (AP) — Joe Schmidt is set to decide on Sunday whether he will stay on as Ireland rugby coach — and is still agonizing over the decision.
  Schmidt’s contract expires after next year’s World Cup in Japan and he is expected to be in demand after guiding his team from eighth to second in the world rankings in five years in the job.
  The 53-year-old New Zealander has masterminded Ireland’s only two victories over the All Blacks, including the 16-9 win in
  
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• Retired sheriff’s employee gives thanks to friend for kidney

  22-11-2018 20:36
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is celebrating an employee who donated a kidney to a former coworker.
  The Arizona Daily Star says Chad Avery, a civilian employee at the department in Tucson, volunteered to be tested to see if he was a match with his former boss and longtime friend, Jim Anderson, who is diabetic and needed a kidney.
  A year later, surgeons in Phoenix performed the transplant. Both are doing well.
  Anderson was Avery’s boss at the Pima County De
  
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• Pakistan to open new border entry for Indian Sikh pilgrims

  22-11-2018 20:32
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister says his government has decided to open a new cross-border corridor to allow minority Sikh pilgrims from neighboring India to visit their temple of worship in Pakistan.
  Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday that the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will lay the foundation stone next week for construction to begin on the Kartarpura Crossing in the eastern Punjab province.
  Pakistan and India have a history of bitter relations. They hav
  
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• More than 4 dozen sea turtles killed in Cape Cod cold snap

  22-11-2018 20:31
  WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — Animal rescue volunteers say more than four dozen sea turtles have died of exposure after washing ashore in frigid conditions on Cape Cod.
  The Cape Cod Times reports that low temperatures and high winds combined to kill most of the 50 turtles that washed up Thursday in Brewster, Orleans and Eastham on the lower part of the peninsula.
  The Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary says about 350 sea turtles have come ashore since Oct. 22.
  
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• Jets’ Darnold sits out again, appears unlikely vs. Patriots

  22-11-2018 20:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jets rookie quarterback Sam Darnold sat out team drills for a second straight day of practice, increasing the likelihood he’ll sit out against New England on Sunday.
  Darnold strained his right foot against Miami on Nov. 4 and didn’t play the following week against Buffalo. Josh McCown will start in Darnold’s place again if the youngster is unable to play.
  Darnold showed some progress Wednesday when he was in uniform for the first time since the injury, but
  
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• Macedonia files new charges against fugitive ex-premier

  22-11-2018 20:11
  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — A Macedonian special prosecutor has filed additional criminal charges against the country’s former prime minister, who has fled to Hungary seeking political asylum.
  The charges brought Thursday against Nikola Gruevski are for alleged unlawful funding of his conservative VMRO-DPMNE party and abuse of power during construction of the party headquarters in the capital, Skopje.
  Gruevski, who was head of government from 2006-2016, escaped to Hungary last weekend t
  
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• Russian security agency says it prevented attacks on schools

  22-11-2018 20:05
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian official says the country’s top domestic security agency has thwarted a series of attacks on schools in the wake of last month’s shooting-and-bomb attack by a teenager on a school in Crimea.
  An 18-year-old student went on a rampage at his vocational school in the city of Kerch on Oct. 17, killing 20 and injuring more than 50 before killing himself. His motives remained unclear, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has drawn parallels to shooting attacks
  
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• Scientists find remains of huge ancient herbivore

  22-11-2018 20:01
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say they’ve found the remains of a giant herbivore that lived more than 200 million years ago, around the same time as dinosaurs, in what is now Poland.
  In a paper published Thursday by the journal Science, researchers described a four-legged, elephant-sized creature that belonged to the same evolutionary branch as mammals.
  Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki, a paleontologist at Uppsala University in Sweden, said the fossil named Lisowicia bojani overturns the notion that
  
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• Couple face charges over 100s of exotic pets found in home

  22-11-2018 19:58
  UPPER HANOVER, Pa. (AP) — A couple accused housing at least 240 exotic animals in a Pennsylvania home is now facing hundreds of animal cruelty and neglect charges.
  Montgomery County authorities say the animals found in the Upper Hanover home last month included five turtles, several alligators, numerous ferrets and dozens of snakes. Some of the animals were dead, while others were in poor health.
  Thirty-nine-year-old Jason Wieder and 33-year-old Melanie Rehrig each face felony counts of ag
  
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• Boy, 11, accused in 2nd high-speed police chase

  22-11-2018 19:54
  CLEVELAND (AP) — An 11-year-old Ohio boy accused of leading police on two separate high-speed chases in a year has been placed on house arrest. Cleveland.com reports the Ohio boy denied charges of grand theft, criminal damaging and failing to comply with a police order on Wednesday in Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County Juvenile Court. He’s has a court appearance in December.
  Police in the Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn said the boy sped off in his mother’s SUV on Nov. 4 after
  
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• No. 16 DePaul women use big 4th quarter to beat Princeton

  22-11-2018 19:35
  CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Mart’e Grays scored 23 points and Chante Stonewall had a double-double as No. 16 DePaul rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat Princeton 82-67 in the Cancun Challenge on Thursday.
  Trailing most of the game but getting even after three quarters, DePaul (2-1) outscored the Tigers 24-9 in the final quarter that included 3-pointers by Grays, Stoneman, Sonya Morris and Rebekah Dahlman.
  Princeton (1-4) built a 15-point lead early in the second quarter before Grays sc
  
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• Employees of Seattle suburb to undergo bias training

  22-11-2018 19:32
  KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — Employees of a Seattle suburb will undergo implicit bias training after police asked a black man to leave a frozen yogurt shop because employees said he made them feel uncomfortable.
  The Seattle Times reported Thursday that Kirkland City Manager Kurt Triplett and police Chief Cherie Harris will also include members of the City Council in the training.
  Police on Nov. 7 asked 31-year-old Byron Ragland to leave Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, where he was supervising a c
  
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• The Latest: Utah avalanche danger on rise through weekend

  22-11-2018 19:27
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the winter storms heading across Utah (all times local MDT):
  11:30 a.m.
  The Utah Avalanche Center expects backcountry avalanche danger to rise through the Thanksgiving weekend.
  The center said Thursday strong winds are already blowing and dense heavy snow is expected late Friday.
  Forecasters say the combination will overload weak, pre-existing layers of snow already on the ground. That will create tricky and potentially dangerous backcountry avalanche co
  
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• 14 curious stats about Thanksgiving

  22-11-2018 19:16
  (CNN) –Want to show your friends and family how smart you are this Thanksgiving?
  Here’s a list of turkey-related stats, facts and tidbits.
  $21.71 — This year’s average cost for a 16-pound turkey in the United States, down 3% from 2017 and the lowest since 2014, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s most recent annual survey.
  $48.90 — The average cost this year to serve 10 people a Thanksgiving feast, a 22-cent decrease from last year.
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misinformation on appeals court

  22-11-2018 19:13
  The post AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misinformation on appeals court appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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