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• Otto Warmbier parents seeks over $1B from North Korea

  20-12-2018 23:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit filed this year by the parents of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier (WARM’-beer) against North Korea is now seeking more than $1 billion from the government the Warmbiers say tortured and killed their son.
  Fred and Cindy Warmbier, of suburban Cincinnati, sued in April in federal court in Washington. North Korean authorities arrested their son in January 2016 for stealing a propaganda poster. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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• Florida’s DeSantis wants pardon review for Groveland 4

  20-12-2018 23:59
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s incoming governor says he wants to consider a pardon for four young African-American men who were wrongly accused of raping a white woman nearly 70 years ago.
  Republican Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis said in a statement Thursday he would make the cases of the Groveland Four a priority at the first meeting of the Florida Cabinet next month.
  Florida’s outgoing governor Rick Scott and other Republicans on the state clemency board have refused to take u
  
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• Titans place Fluellen on injured reserve, promote linebacker

  20-12-2018 23:51
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have placed running back David Fluellen on injured reserve and filled his roster spot by promoting linebacker Nigel Harris from the practice squad.
  The Titans announced the moves Thursday.
  One of four running backs on the roster, Fluellen had missed the past five games with an injured knee. With the Titans declaring linebackers Brian Orakpo (elbow) and Sharif Finch (left shoulder) out after practice Thursday, they needed another linebacker for d
  
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• Ex-Senate staffer gets 2 months behind bars for lying to FBI

  20-12-2018 23:50
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Senate intelligence committee staffer will serve two months behind bars after he admitted to lying to the FBI.
  James Wolfe was sentenced Thursday in Washington. He also will have to serve four months of supervised release.
  Prosecutors said Wolfe told a reporter in October 2017 that he served someone with a subpoena involving the potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign and later lied to FBI agents about the exchange. He admitted he didn’t tell a
  
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• Anchored in Tradition: Sweet Potatoes

  20-12-2018 23:48
  Priscilla Casper: Sweet Potatoes
  Ingredients:
  -3 sweet potatoes-1 teaspoon cinnamon-1 cup marshmallows-1 cup chopped walnuts
  Preparation Instructions:
  Peel and boil sweet potatoes until soft.Then in pan, smash sweet potatoes until all mashed. Then add all ingredients. Sprinkle marshmallows and walnuts on top. Then bake.
  Bake 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
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• Honduran gang member facing 11th deportation following arrest

  20-12-2018 23:46
  TUCSON – Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona have apprehended a member of a Honduran street gang, who has an extensive criminal background.
  Customs and Border Protection officials say Hector Gustavo Montoya-Irias,51, was stopped Tuesday evening after he illegally entered the United States.
  CPB says Montoya-Irias is an 18th Street gang member, and is no stranger to law enforcement.
  Authorities say Montoya is a member of the dangerous 18th Street gang, and has been arrested by the&
  
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• Anchored in Tradition: Sizzlin’ BBQ Curls

  20-12-2018 23:46
  Matthew Schwartz: Sizzlin’ BBQ Curls
  Ingredients:
  Soy curls
  Vegetable broth
  Barbecue sauce
  Preparation:
  1)    Soak curls in vegetable broth for 10 minutes.
  2)    Put curls in pan until browned, usually about 10 minutes. Can put in some barbecue sauce when putting curls in pan.The post Anchored in Tradition: Sizzlin’ BBQ Curls appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Top Mississippi lawmaker again charged with drunken driving

  20-12-2018 23:45
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A top Mississippi state senator has been charged with drunken driving after authorities say his truck went into a ditch.
  State Senate President Pro Tem Terry Burton was found uninjured Wednesday night by a Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper near Starkville. Burton was taken to jail and charged with DUI second offense and failure to maintain proper lane. Oktibbeha County Sheriff Steve Gladney says the 62-year-old was subsequently released on $992 bail.
  Burton pleaded g
  
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• Slain student’s family says university failed to protect her

  20-12-2018 23:42
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a University of Utah student killed on campus after reporting she was being harassed says the institution missed multiple chances to prevent her death.
  Lauren McCluskey’s mother said Thursday that university police and housing officials failed to take her case seriously enough and act on warnings that her ex-boyfriend was dangerous.
  The 21-year-old McCluskey was fatally shot by 37-year-old Melvin Rowland on Oct. 22, after she dumped him because he&
  
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• California CEO imprisoned for smuggling gun parts to Syria

  20-12-2018 23:38
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California business executive has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for helping smuggle rifle parts and other military equipment to rebels in his native Syria.
  Prosecutors said Rasheed Al Jijakli was sentenced Thursday to 46 months in federal prison after a judge said he delivered “instruments of death” to Syria.
  Jijakli pleaded guilty to conspiring to export tactical gear that included dozens of laser-sighting devices and day- and night-v
  
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• Annapolis planning memorial to 5 slain in newspaper shooting

  20-12-2018 23:38
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A fundraising campaign is being launched to build a memorial to honor the five people killed in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper.
  Plans for the memorial that will also honor the First Amendment were discussed Thursday at the Annapolis City Council meeting with Mayor Gavin Buckley and other city officials.
  Architect Jay Graham of Moody Graham outlined a variety of proposals. One contains five lit pillars to represent the five lives lost at the Capital Gazette. Anothe
  
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• DPS: Arizona lawmaker arrested on suspicion of extreme DUI

  20-12-2018 23:37
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say Arizona state Rep. David Cook has been arrested on suspicion of extreme DUI.
  State Department of Public Safety officials say a trooper stopped Cook as he was driving on the Loop 202 freeway in Mesa on Wednesday night.
  They say the trooper smelled alcohol and conducted a field sobriety test on the Republican lawmaker from Globe.
  DPS paperwork shows Cook’s blood-alcohol content was measured between 0.15 and 0.19 percent. That’s far above Arizona&rsq
  
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• Trump says Defense Secretary Mattis will retire in February

  20-12-2018 23:36
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will retire at the end of February.
  Trump says on Twitter that a new secretary of defense will be named soon.
  Trump’s announcement comes a day after he surprised U.S. allies and members of Congress by announcing the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.
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• Arizona Among Top Five States for New Residents, Report Shows

  20-12-2018 23:36
  According to a new study released by the United States Census Bureau, more new residents are movingto Arizona than nearly any other state in the U.S.In terms of overall resident growth, Arizona ranked fourth in the nation with 122,770 new Arizonans recorded between July 1, 2017 and July 1, 2018. In terms of percentage growth, Arizona also ranked fourth, with a growth rate of 1.7 percent.…
  
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• Jim Mattis says Trump deserves a defense secretary ‘whose views are better aligned with yours,’ says he’s stepping down

  20-12-2018 23:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Mattis says Trump deserves a defense secretary ‘whose views are better aligned with yours,’ says he’s stepping down.
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• Los Angeles-area freeway named for Barack Obama

  20-12-2018 23:34
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Signs have gone up naming a section of a Los Angeles-area freeway as the President Barack H. Obama Highway.
  The signs posted Thursday on State Route 134 apply to a stretch running from State Route 2 in Glendale, through the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles to Interstate 210 in Pasadena.
  The former president attended Occidental College in Eagle Rock from 1979 to 1981 and lived in Pasadena.
  The designation was authorized in 2017 when the Legislature signed off on a resolu
  
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• Czech mine explosion kills at least 5, leaves 8 missing

  20-12-2018 23:27
  PRAGUE (AP) — A spokesman for a mining company in the Czech Republic says a methane explosion inside a coal mine in the country’s northeast has killed at least five miners.
  Ivo Celechovsky of the OKD mining company says at least 10 miners are injured and eight others are missing after the explosion Thursday afternoon at the CSA mine near the town of Karvina.
  He says teams are searching for the missing miners.
  The explosion occurred in the part of the mine where mostly Polish miners a
  
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• Trump says Defense Secretary James Mattis will be retiring at the end of February and a new chief will be named shortly

  20-12-2018 23:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says Defense Secretary James Mattis will be retiring at the end of February and a new chief will be named shortly.
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• Jets team up to donate $800,000 to social justice causes

  20-12-2018 23:22
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets players, coaches and ownership have teamed up to commit to donating $800,000 to social justice causes. The team announced Thursday that funds will be given to five nonprofit organizations that focus on combating social inequality and reducing barriers to opportunities for people.
  Jets players and coaches committed $200,000, and the team will match that donation. Team Chairman and CEO Christopher Johnson added a $250,000 donation, and additional funds
  
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• Alaska regulators approve rules for onsite marijuana use

  20-12-2018 23:21
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska regulators have approved rules for onsite consumption of marijuana at specially designated shops, a significant step for the cannabis industry in the state after years of debate.
  The Marijuana Control Board had gone back and forth on the issue since passing regulations in 2015 that contemplated allowing for onsite consumption. It wasn’t until Thursday that the board adopted rules governing how onsite use would work.
  The rules call for consumption areas th
  
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• No. 5 Maryland women rout Delaware to improve to 11-0

  20-12-2018 23:15
  NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Shakira Austin had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Kaila Charles added 16 points and 11 rebounds and No. 5 Maryland beat Delaware 77-53 on Thursday to improve to 11-0.
  Stephanie Jones and Taylor Mikesell each had 15 points for the Terrapins, with Mikesell hitting five 3-pointers.
  Makeda Nicholas had 12 points for Delaware (4-7) before leaving with an injury with 7:28 to play. The Blue Hens are 0-13 against the Terrapins.
  Maryland had a 16-2 run to take a 24-10 lead with 7:29
  
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• Kentucky submits its hemp oversight plan to USDA

  20-12-2018 23:15
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is looking to get a quick start in overseeing hemp’s comeback as a legal commodity with an application submitted to federal agriculture officials.
  State Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles submitted Kentucky’s hemp regulation plan to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday, the same day President Donald Trump signed the new federal farm bill into law. The measure legalizes hemp by removing it from the federal list of controlled substance
  
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• Lefty reliever Rosscup agrees to 1-year with Mariners

  20-12-2018 23:08
  SEATTLE (AP) — Left-handed reliever Zac Rosscup and the Seattle Mariners agreed to a one-year contract that pays $610,000 in the major leagues and $140,000 in the minors, adding depth to their overhauled bullpen.
  Rosscup started this year with the Colorado Rockies, spent the entire first half of the season on the disabled list and was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers in July. He had two more stints on the DL due to finger and calf injuries and was limited to 17 appearances an
  
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• Former NFL receiver Green-Beckham arrested in Missouri raid

  20-12-2018 23:08
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police say former NFL wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham has been arrested after diving through a glass window when officers arrived to search a Missouri house.
  The Springfield News-Leader reports officers who caught up to the 25-year-old found a pound marijuana in his backpack. A search found another 7 pounds in the house.
  Green-Beckham was booked into jail early Thursday, but online records do not show formal charges have been filed.
  Springfield police spokeswoman
  
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• Yuma man accused of exchanging nude photos with 13-year-old-girl

  20-12-2018 23:00
  YUMA – A 32-year-old Yuma man is under arrest facing 19 sex-crime related charges.
  Yuma Police arrested Kevin Alvarez for allegedly sending and receiving nude pictures from a 13-year-old girl,
  Alvarez was arrested  Wednesday night after police received a tip from the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a group they are a member of.
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• Trump signs $867B farm bill without food stamp program cuts

  20-12-2018 22:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a massive $867 billion farm bill that reauthorizes agriculture and conservation programs without any cuts to the food stamp program.
  Trump signed the bill Thursday after the Agriculture Department announced plans to tighten work requirements for recipients of food aid. Negotiations over the farm bill had stalled for months in Congress over a provision by the House to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and over the Senate&rs
  
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• Western Illinois snaps four-game losing streak

  20-12-2018 22:56
  MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — C.J. Duff had season highs of five 3-pointers and 17 points, Brandon Gilbeck posted a double-double and added six blocks to his nation-leading total and Western Illinois rolled past Chicago State 81-52 on Thursday.
  Duff made 5 of 7 from the arc with the Leathernecks (5-8) shooting 42 percent (10 of 24) from distance and 51 percent overall in snapping a four-game losing streak.
  Gilbeck had 12 points and 14 rebounds and now has 51 blocks this season. Kobe Webster added 16
  
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• Wisconsin QB Hornibrook sidelined for bowl game, Coan starts

  20-12-2018 22:41
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin will start Jack Coan at quarterback in the Pinstripe Bowl against Miami with Alex Hornibrook sidelined by a recurrence of concussion symptoms.
  Coach Paul Chryst said Thursday that Hornibrook, a third-year starter, took part in more than two weeks of bowl practice before symptoms returned.
  Hornibrook missed the 31-17 loss at Northwestern on Oct. 27 with a head injury. Hornibrook returned to start the following week against Rutgers, but sat out the second half
  
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• Virginia police ID robbery suspect shot, killed by officer

  20-12-2018 22:40
  HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia have identified a woman suspected in an armed robbery who they say was fatally shot after she pointed a gun at an officer.
  Hopewell police identified the woman on Wednesday as 31-year-old Angel Decarlo of Hopewell. Police say officers responding to an armed robbery report at a convenience store Tuesday saw a woman who matched the suspect’s description and ordered her to stop.
  Police say Decarlo refused and pointed a gun at one officer, who fire
  
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• Ex-Southern Baptist leader indicted on sexual abuse of teen

  20-12-2018 22:38
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former Southern Baptist official has been indicted in Texas on charges related to the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in 1997, when he was a 25-year-old seminary student in Fort Worth.
  Mark Aderholt, now 47, was indicted by a Tarrant County grand jury Tuesday on a count of sexual assault of a child under 17 and three counts of indecency with a child.
  Aderholt, a prolific missionary, was the associate executive director and chief strategist for the South Caro
  
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• NY mayor supports legalizing marijuana, if it’s done right

  20-12-2018 22:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh) says he’s in favor of legalizing marijuana, but only if it’s done right.
  The mayor spoke Thursday at a Dominican cultural center in upper Manhattan.
  De Blasio follows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in jumping aboard a marijuana legalization train that is gaining momentum.
  The Democratic mayor says legalization should include the expunging of petty crimes for pot. And he’d like marijuana sales to be closed
  
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• Louisiana police officer arrested on animal sexual abuse charges

  20-12-2018 22:30
  Terry Yetman/ Louisiana State Police
  BOSSIER CITY, La. (LSP) –On Wednesday, a Bossier City officer turned himself in on animal sexual abuse charges.
  Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Special Victim’s Unit began an investigation in August, which resulted in a search warrant being obtained for electronic devices belonging to a Bossier City Police Officer.
  During the search, evidence indicating possession of pornography involving sexual acts with an animal was found on devices
  
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• New LA sheriff says will remove immigration agents from jail

  20-12-2018 22:28
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new Los Angeles County sheriff says he is going to remove federal immigration agents from the county’s jails.
  Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at a Board of Supervisors’ meeting this week that he also plans to limit the crimes that lead jail authorities to cooperate with federal deportation agents.
  His comments came Tuesday during a forum on a California law aimed at increasing transparency surrounding police collaboration with immigration agents.
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• Alabama asks Supreme Court to review abortion ruling

  20-12-2018 22:24
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s attempt to ban the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions.
  State lawmakers voted in 2016 to ban the abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation. A federal judge blocked the law as an unconstitutional restriction on abortion access.
  Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office asked the high court Thursday to review an August ruling by the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of App
  
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• Floyd has go-ahead basket, big block in Holy Cross victory

  20-12-2018 22:22
  WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Jehyve Floyd scored a season-high 15 points, including the go-ahead basket, and blocked a shot at the buzzer as Holy Cross rallied for a 65-63 victory over Canisius on Thursday.
  The Golden Griffins led by 10 with just over five minutes left. But Floyd made the Crusaders’ last three field goals including a putback with 22 seconds left for a 64-63 edge that gave Holy Cross its first lead since 16:46 of the second half.
  Patrick Benson added a free throw before Ca
  
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• Arizona man pleads guilty in double murder case

  20-12-2018 22:21
  KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man has pleaded guilty in a double murder case.
  The Mohave Valley Daily News reports Francisco Javier Romero Jr. of Bullhead City pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of first-degree murder and kidnapping.
  He had been held on a $10 million bond before entering the plea.
  Romero and four other suspects had faced charges in the January deaths of Mona Carter and Daryl Ward in Fort Mohave.
  Under a plea agreement, Romero will spend at least 25 years in prison on
  
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• Saguaro National Park Changes Entrance Fee

  20-12-2018 22:20
  Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, the entrance fees at Saguaro National Park will increase by $5, the park announced in a press release Dec. 20.
  The seven-day private vehicle entrance fee at Saguaro National Park will go up from $15 to $20, the seven-day motorcycle entrance fee will rise from $10 to $15, individual entrance passes for pedestrians and bicyclists will increase from $5 to $10 and the Saguaro Annual Pass will increase from $35 to $40.According to Saguaro National Park, the change comes in res
  
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• The Latest: Exec: 4 on jet that crashed with no survivors

  20-12-2018 21:26
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the crash of a business jet in Atlanta (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  An airport official in Tennessee says four people were aboard a business jet that crashed with no survivors in Atlanta while bound for the Memphis area.
  Initial reports indicated there were three people onboard, but Millington-Memphis Airport Executive Director Roy Remington says there were actually four people aboard.
  The small jet crashed Thursday near Atlanta’s Fulton County Airport-Br
  
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• Report: Distributors, DEA failed to abate US opioid crisis

  20-12-2018 20:56
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A congressional report on prescription pill dumping in West Virginia blames U.S. prescription drug distributors and the Drug Enforcement Administration for not doing enough to help mitigate the nation’s opioid addiction and overdose crisis.
  The report released Wednesday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee follows an 18-month investigation and focused on the three largest U.S. wholesale drug companies, McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBerg
  
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• Accused DEA agent weeps at hearing on his freedom

  20-12-2018 20:56
  CHICAGO (AP) — A DEA agent accused of serving as a mole for Puerto Rican-based drug traffickers wept as he left a detention hearing in Chicago that didn’t resolve whether he’ll go free on bond.
  Fernando Gomez Thursday looked back at relatives with tears in his eyes as marshals led him back to jail. The 41-year-old could be heard weeping as a door closed behind him.
  Prosecutors said in a new filing opposing bond that Gomez joined the DEA around 2011 solely to protect the traffic
  
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• UNC’s Williams aims to coach as long as health remains good

  20-12-2018 20:51
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina coach Roy Williams says he plans to coach “as long as I feel good and have my health.”
  UNC announced Wednesday an eight-year extension for Williams through the 2027-28 season, when he would be nearly 78 years old.
  Asked if he could see himself coaching to 2028, Williams quipped Thursday: “Somebody sees me doing that, I don’t know who, but somebody does.”
  Williams has never publicly indicated retirement was imminent, incl
  
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• Cubs reach contract extension with radio’s Pat Hughes

  20-12-2018 20:48
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs and Entercom announced a multiyear contract extension to radio play-by-play announcer Pat Hughes on Thursday.
  Hughes, who joined the Cubs radio broadcast in 1996, will enter his 24th season as the voice of the Cubs alongside analyst Ron Coomer on WSCR-AM. Terms were not disclosed.
  Hughes began his baseball play-by-play career with the San Jose Missions (1978-1981) and the Columbus Clippers (1982). He joined Bob Uecker on the Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network b
  
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• Groups file notice will sue over Wyoming, Idaho bear baiting

  20-12-2018 20:45
  JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Environmental groups have filed notice they will sue the U.S. government for letting hunters use bait to lure bears in national forests in two Western states.
  Hunters in Wyoming and Idaho often lure black bears with bait including livestock parts.
  Erik Molvar with the Western Watersheds Project tells the Jackson Hole News & Guide that baiting also attracts grizzly bears, causing hunters to kill several grizzlies in national forests.
  Grizzly hunting isn’t allo
  
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• Pediatrician admits to assaulting dozens of young patients

  20-12-2018 20:42
  EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania pediatrician has admitted he sexually assaulted 31 children, most of them patients.
  Dr. Johnnie Barto of Johnstown pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing two family members and admitted to sexually assaulting more than two dozen patients.
  The abuse spanned decades and typically involved girls and boys between ages 8 and 12. One of the victims was 2 weeks old. The attorney general’s office says Barto molested children in the exam room a
  
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• Greek league suspended amid protest over attack on referee

  20-12-2018 20:42
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Organizers of Greece’s top division have called off games scheduled for this weekend after referees announced a two-week walkout to protest the beating of a colleague by unknown assailants.
  The country’s soccer federation said Thursday that Greek cup matches would go ahead as scheduled. It said top-league referees called the walkout “for psychological reasons” after the “cowardly and unacceptable” assault.
  Referee Thanassis Tzilos w
  
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• CORRECTS: Former pediatrician Johnnie Barto admits in court to sexually assaulting 31 children, mostly patients

  20-12-2018 20:40
  EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — CORRECTS: Former pediatrician Johnnie Barto admits in court to sexually assaulting 31 children, mostly patients. (Corrects APNewsAlert that misspelled the dateline as Edensburg, Pa.)
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• Georgia Tech signs tight end Tyler Davis from UConn

  20-12-2018 20:38
  ATLANTA (AP) — Newly hired coach Geoff Collins has added a second tight end, Tyler Davis, a graduate transfer from UConn, to Georgia Tech’s class of early signees.
  The addition of Davis (6-foot-4, 243) on Thursday gives Collins, the former Temple coach, 18 players in his first signing class. The early signing period continues through Friday.
  Davis had 22 catches for 237 yards and six touchdowns as a junior in 2018.
  On Wednesday, Collins signed tight end Dylan Deveney. Georgia Tech di
  
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• Chase Jeter and Arizona Roll Past Montana, 61-42

  20-12-2018 20:38
  The tone of Wednesday's clash between the Arizona Wildcats and visiting Montana Grizzlies was decided on a thunderous dunk by Arizona forward Chase Jeter. Jeter, who finished the night with a game-high 21 points, caught the skyward pass by teammate Brandon Randolph, before throwing it down, to the delight of the 14,000 or so in attendance.…
  
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• Alaska mayor, mother fatally struck by bus in Washington, DC

  20-12-2018 20:34
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Residents of a tiny Alaska town are grieving the death of their mayor, who was fatally struck by a bus with her elderly mother during a visit to Washington, D.C.
  Metropolitan police say 61-year-old Skagway Mayor Monica Carlson and her 85-year-old mother, Cora Adams of Elbe, Washington, died at a hospital after the Wednesday night crash near the National Mall.
  Police say the bus struck the women in a crosswalk as the vehicle made a left hand turn. Police spokeswoman
  
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• House vote sends major criminal justice overhaul to Trump

  20-12-2018 20:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed an extensive criminal justice bill on Thursday that will reduce some of the harshest sentences for federal drug offenders and boost prison rehabilitation programs.
  The bill passed 358-36 and now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature. He had urged lawmakers to support it, saying the bill would provide hope and a second chance to those who earn it.
  The legislation addresses concerns that the nation’s war on drugs led to the imprisonment of
  
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