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• The Latest: Dad says he’s angry travel ban kept family apart

  29-12-2018 22:35
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a boy whose Yemeni mother fought the Trump administration travel ban (all times local):
  3:40 p.m.
  A man whose Yemeni wife successfully fought the Trump administration’s travel ban to reunite with their dying son in the United States says he’s angry that the policy kept the family apart.
  Ali Hassan told mourners before a funeral Saturday for his son Abdullah that the boy didn’t die in vain. He says he hoped their struggle w
  
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• No. 16 Kentucky tops Louisville 71-58 in Bluegrass rivalry

  29-12-2018 22:32
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tyler Herro had a career-high 24 points, Keldon Johnson added 15 and No. 16 Kentucky beat Louisville 71-58 on Saturday in this fierce Bluegrass rivalry.
  A close game for 10 minutes quickly swung toward the Wildcats (10-2) behind an 11-0 run for a 31-17 lead. The spurt typified their success on both ends. They kept the Cardinals (9-4) from passing and driving inside and grabbed offensive rebounds leading to second and third chances.
  Herro thrived the most, making 10 o
  
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• Missouri ends perfect month with victory over Morehead State

  29-12-2018 22:32
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri completed a perfect December, beating Morehead State 75-61 at Mizzou Arena for its sixth straight victory.
  Mark Smith led the Tigers (9-3) with 22 points, Jordan Geist scored 20 and Kevin Puryear added 12 points and eight rebounds.
  A.J. Hicks led Morehead State (4-9) with 18 points, Jordan Walker added 12 and Lamontray Harris finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
  Missouri established control early, taking a 28-point lead on a Geist 3-pointer with 7:35 left
  
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• Oklahoma State pushes the tempo to beat Texas A&M-CC, 69-59

  29-12-2018 22:31
  STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — After a cautious start, Oklahoma State pushed the tempo and let the 3-point darts fly in a 69-59 victory Saturday over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
  Cameron McGriff had 15 points and 11 rebounds while Thomas Dziagwa made four 3- pointers, three in the second half, for 12 points as OSU concluded its nonconference slate at 6-6. Transfer Curtis Jones, playing his second home game, added 12 points.
  Kareem South led Texas A&M-CC (5-8) with 18 points, followed by Eli
  
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• Italy’s contentious budget wins government’s confidence vote

  29-12-2018 22:26
  ROME (AP) — The lower chamber of the Italian Parliament has approved a 2019 national budget that includes funding to realize campaign promises made by leaders of Italy’s populist government.
  The Chamber of Deputies Saturday night passed the budget law on Saturday night, following the Senate’s approval last Sunday.
  The government tied support for the budget to a confidence vote to assure the spending package’s quick passage to avoid European Union sanctions for excessive d
  
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• Azubuike returns, No. 2 Kansas beats Eastern Michigan 87-63

  29-12-2018 22:26
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Udoka Azubuike scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds in his return from an ankle injury, and No. 2 Kansas cruised to a 87-63 win over Eastern Michigan on Saturday.
  Azubuike hit the ground running after missing four games, scoring seven points in the first six minutes, highlighted by a couple of and-one dunks. He finished with 14 in the first half and added nine in the second before being sat to rest.
  The 7-footer’s presence opened things up offensively for
  
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• Eaddy, Vrankic lead Santa Clara over WSU 79-71

  29-12-2018 22:20
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Tahj Eaddy and Josip Vrankic each scored 16 points as Santa Clara beat Washington State 79-71 on Saturday in the non-conference finale for both teams at the Spokane Arena.
  Guglielmo Caruso added 14 points for Santa Clara (8-6), which has won seven of its past eight games after an 0-4 start.
  CJ Elleby and Marvin Cannon each scored 19 points for Washington State (7-6), which has lost four of its past six.
  Washington State played without leading scorer Robert Franks, out
  
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• Winston scores 24, No. 8 Michigan St beats N. Illinois 88-60

  29-12-2018 22:18
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Cassius Winston matched a career-high with six 3-pointers and scored 24 points, leading No. 8 Michigan State to 88-60 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday.
  The Spartans (11-2) have won six straight, heading into the Big Ten season.
  The Huskies (7-6) have alternated between winning and losing for much of the season.
  Northern Illinois coach Mark Montgomery returned to the school where he played point guard from 1988-92 and was one of Tom Izzo’s assistants f
  
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• Georgia lynching marker vandalized again

  29-12-2018 22:16
  VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — A marker identifying the location of one of the most gruesome lynchings in Georgia history has been vandalized for a second time.
  The Valdosta Daily Times reports the Mary Turner and the Lynching Rampage historical marker was riddled with bullet holes for the second time in five years. In an email to the newspaper Thursday, Mary Turner Project coordinator Mark Patrick George said the marker was shot 13 times in the last two to three months. It was shot five times in Ju
  
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• AP source: Wizards’ John Wall needs surgery on left heel

  29-12-2018 22:14
  A person with knowledge of the situation says Washington point guard John Wall has been told that he needs surgery to address bone spurs in his left heel, a procedure that would keep the five-time All-Star sidelined for at least six months.
  The person says Wall learned of the surgery diagnosis Saturday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Saturday on condition of anonymity because neither Wall nor the Wizards have publicly disclosed the diagnosis. It remains unclear when Wall will have the
  
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• Blackwood gets 1st shutout, Devils beat Hurricanes 2-0

  29-12-2018 22:12
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rookie goalie Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 37 shots for his first shutout and Pavel Zacha scored short-handed as the New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Saturday.
  It was the second straight victory for Blackwood, giving the Devils their first two-game winning streak since Nov. 13-15. Andy Greene added an empty-netter to seal the win.
  Curtis McElhinney made 28 saves for the Hurricanes who have lost four of their last five.
  Zacha broke a scoreless deadloc
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued December 29 at 2:07PM MST expiring December 30 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  29-12-2018 22:07
  * TEMPERATURES…As low as 26.
  * TIMING…Sunday morning.
  * IMPACTS…Freezing temperatures could kill sensitive vegetationand damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.A Hard Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures areimminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops andother sensitive vegetation.
  The post Hard Freeze Warning issued December 29 at 2:07PM MST expiring December 30 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Freeze Warning issued December 29 at 2:07PM MST expiring December 30 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  29-12-2018 22:07
  * TEMPERATURES…As low as 30.
  * TIMING…Sunday morning.
  * IMPACTS…Freezing temperatures could kill sensitivevegetation and damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent orhighly likely. These conditions will destroy or damage crops andother sensitive vegetation.
  The post Freeze Warning issued December 29 at 2:07PM MST expiring December 30 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Yetna helps South Flordia hold off Fairleigh Dickinson

  29-12-2018 22:04
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alexis Yetna finished with 16 points and 16 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season and South Florida held off Fairleigh Dickinson 60-54 on Saturday.
  Yetna hit 6 of 9 shots, snagged seven of his boards off the offensive glass, and added two blocked shots and two assists for the Bulls (10-2). Justin Brown hit three 3-pointers and scored 12 with six rebounds as USF won the battle of the boards 47-24. David Collins pitched in with 10 points and eight rebounds.
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• Police: Florida commissioner shoots intruder in self-defense

  29-12-2018 22:03
  PALMETTO, Fla. (AP) — Police say a Florida city commissioner shot a man who broke into his home after crashing into a neighbor’s house.
  Palmetto Police Chief Scott Tyler said the man climbed a fence into the backyard of Commissioner Brian Williams and broke into his garage after fleeing a traffic stop and crashing his car late Thursday.
  Williams’ daughter lives next door and alerted her father to the intruder. In a Miami Herald report , Tyler said Williams confronted the suspec
  
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• Lee leads Vanderbilt to win over Tennessee State

  29-12-2018 22:00
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Saben Lee scored a season-high 23 points, Joe Toye added a career-high 18 points and Vanderbilt beat Tennessee State 95-76 on Saturday.
  Lee — a sophomore — hit 8 of 9 shots from the floor and 7 of 9 from the foul line. Lee has taken over point guard for freshman Darius Garland, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the fifth game against Kent State. Garland is projected as a lottery pick in the NBA Draft.
  Toye, Vanderbilt’s only senior, hit f
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory issued December 29 at 1:57PM MST expiring December 29 at 11:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  29-12-2018 21:57
  * WHAT…Areas of light snow occurring. Plan on slippery roadconditions. Additional snow accumulations of up to one inch,with localized higher amounts, especially on the eastern slopesof the Chiricahuas.
  * WHERE…Upper Santa Cruz River Valley/Altar Valley, Upper SanPedro River Valley, Eastern Cochise County below 5000 feet,Chiricahua Mountains and Dragoon and Mule and Huachuca andSanta Rita Mountains.
  * WHEN…Until 11 PM today.
  * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Look for reduced visibi
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued December 29 at 1:57PM MST expiring December 30 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  29-12-2018 21:57
  * IMPACTS…These temperatures can kill or damage sensitive andunprotected plants, and damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
  * TEMPERATURES…Morning low temperatures in the middle to upper20s.
  * TIMING…The coldest temperatures are expected near daybreak.
  * For a detailed view of the hazard area…visitweather.gov/Tucson and click on the Detailed Hazards IconA Hard Freeze Warning means widespread temperatures at or below28 degrees are expected…with sub-freezing temper
  
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• Freeze Warning issued December 29 at 1:57PM MST expiring December 30 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  29-12-2018 21:57
  * IMPACTS…These temperatures will damage sensitive andunprotected plants, and damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
  * TEMPERATURES…Morning low temperatures in the upper 20s andlower 30s.
  * TIMING…The coldest temperatures are expected near daybreak.
  * For a detailed view of the hazard area…visitweather.gov/Tucson and click on the Detailed Hazards IconA Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are expected.These temperatures will kill sensitive crops and vegetation
  
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• Peach Bowl: Gators rout Michigan 41-15 to cap comeback year

  29-12-2018 21:56
  ATLANTA (AP) — Lamical Perine had a 5-yard scoring catch and 53-yard touchdown run to lead No. 10 Florida’s strong rushing attack Saturday, helping the Gators cap their comeback season with a 41-15 rout of No. 8 Michigan in the Peach Bowl.
  After finishing 4-7 in 2017, Florida enjoyed a dramatic turnaround in Dan Mullen’s debut season as coach. Florida (10-3) closed the season with four straight wins. Michigan (10-3) closed a promising season with two straight lopsided losses.
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• Kirkwood leads Harvard past Mercer 71-67

  29-12-2018 21:56
  ATLANTA (AP) — Noah Kirkwood came off the bench to score 19 points as Harvard built a big lead in the first half and then held off Mercer in the final minutes for a 71-67 win on Saturday afternoon.
  Harvard (6-5) led 41-28 at the break, pushed that to 48-33 before Ross Cummings drained two straight from long range to close to 48-39 with 12:30 left. The Crimson pushed their advantage to 67-56 before Mercer’s Fardaws Aimaq scored six unanswered points to cut the margin to 67-62 with 28
  
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• Oregon hotel fires 2 employees who ‘mistreated’ black man

  29-12-2018 21:51
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland, Oregon, hotel has fired two employees it says were involved in the mistreatment of a black guest kicked out of its facility.
  DoubleTree Portland tweeted Saturday that the two men’s “actions were inconsistent with our standards.”
  Jermaine Massey accused the hotel of racially profiling him after a security guard called police to remove him from the lobby.
  The guard told Massey that if he could not provide a room number, he would be asked to
  
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• Mitchell, Phillips lead Georgia State victory

  29-12-2018 21:51
  ATLANTA (AP) — Devin Mitchell scored 21 points, all from 3-point distance, Nelson Phillips added 20 points and Georgia State routed NAIA Middle Georgia State 117-69 on Saturday.
  Georgia State, the defending Sun Belt Conference champion, improved to 9-4. The Panthers have victories over Georgia and Alabama.
  Malik Benlevi and Damon Wilson scored 16 points each, D’Marcus Simonds had 13 and Jeff Thomas added 11 for Georgia State. Wilson and Phillips combined to make 14-of-17 shots.
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• Fort Wayne Purdue downs N. Dakota in Summit opener

  29-12-2018 21:49
  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Kason Harrell scored 22 points, John Konchar added 18 and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Purdue Fort Wayne never trailed in beating North Dakota 84-73 on Saturday in the Fighting Hawks’ Summit League debut that was postponed from Friday due to hazardous winter weather.
  Matt Holba scored 13 points with three 3-pointers, Dylan Carl added 12 points with eight rebounds and Dee Montgomery scored 10 for the Mastodons (9-7, 1-0), who held the Fighting Hawks to 39 percent
  
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• Idowu, Turner lift Saint Peter’s past Hampton in OT, 83-80

  29-12-2018 21:48
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sam Idowu scored nine of his 20 points in overtime before fouling out and Saint Peter’s broke a four-game skid, edging Hampton 83-80 on Saturday.
  Devauhnte Turner led the Peacocks (3-9) with 23 points and his two free throws with 24 seconds remaining in OT gave Saint Peter’s the winning cushion. Quinn Taylor added 18 points.
  Hampton’s Greg Heckstall lofted a fadeaway 3-pointer from the right wing that bounced off the back rim and KC Ndefo corralle
  
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• Palmer, Watson lead Huskers past DII SW Minnesota St. 79-38

  29-12-2018 21:47
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — James Palmer and Glynn Watson Jr. scored 16 points apiece, and Nebraska closed nonconference play with a 79-38 win over Division II Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday.
  Isaac Copeland Jr. had 12 points and Thomas Allen added 10 for the Cornhuskers (11-2), who are off to their best start since 1991-92.
  The Mustangs (7-4), playing for the first time in two weeks, got eight points each from Ryan Bruggeman and Steven McNease.
  Nebraska was missing starting forward Isaiah
  
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• Perkins, Zaccheaus lead Virginia over South Carolina 28-0

  29-12-2018 21:41
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Perkins threw three touchdown passes to Olamide Zaccheaus, Virginia’s defense dominated and the Cavaliers beat South Carolina 28-0 in the Belk Bowl on Saturday for their first bowl win since 2005.
  Perkins completed 22 of 31 passes for 208 yards and ran for 81 yards as the Cavaliers (8-5) ended the ACC’s longest bowl drought. Zaccheaus, named the game’s Most Outstanding Player, had 12 catches for 100 yards. Jordan Ellis ran for 106 yards and a
  
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• Note says Britain’s queen ‘naturally’ wanted new royal yacht

  29-12-2018 21:40
  LONDON (AP) — A newly discovered note in the U.K.’s National Archives shows Queen Elizabeth II let government officials know she would welcome a replacement for the Royal Yacht Britannia once it was decommissioned.
  The 1995 note is unusual because the queen is required to remain politically neutral and avoids lobbying the government on specific requests.
  The message from her deputy private secretary to the Cabinet office said Elizabeth would “naturally very much welcome”
  
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• Officer fatally shoots man in Walmart in Tennessee

  29-12-2018 21:38
  TULLAHOMA, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man by a police officer inside a Walmart in Tennessee.
  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that Tullahoma police went to the store Friday night after receiving information that a wanted person was inside.
  TBI says officers approached 34-year-old Mark Wade Luttrell Jr., and he attempted to pull a gun on them. TBI says an officer fired at Luttrell, who was hit and died at the scene.
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• Geu, Ward lead NDSU past South Dakota 71-65

  29-12-2018 21:31
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Deng Geu scored 20 points and Tyson Ward added 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists to help North Dakota State rally in the second half on Saturday for a 71-65 victory over South Dakota in a Summit League opener.
  Geu sank 9 of 13 shots for the Bison (6-8), who rallied from a 37-28 halftime deficit to win a game postponed Friday night because of hazardous conditions.
  Trey Burch-Manning’s layup gave the Coyotes (6-8) a 44-33 lead with 16:25 remaining in the gam
  
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• Miami billionaire, museum donor settles fraud complaint

  29-12-2018 21:29
  MIAMI (AP) — A Miami biotech billionaire with his name on the city’s science museum says he has reached an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a civil complaint of stock fraud.
  Phillip Frost and OPKO Health were charged in September in long-running fraudulent schemes that generated over $27 million from unlawful stock sales and caused significant harm to retail investors who were left holding virtually worthless stock.
  The 82-year-old CEO told the Miami He
  
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• The Latest: Suspended Clemson DT Lawrence supports teammates

  29-12-2018 21:27
  The Latest on the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Cotton and Orange Bowls (all times EST):
  3:50 p.m.
  Clemson defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, suspended by the NCAA for failing a test for performance-enhancing drugs, was on the field Saturday wearing an orange sweat shirt with the familiar tigers paw logo as his teammates warmed up for the Cotton Bowl against Notre Dame.
  Lawrence tested positive for a banned substance, along with two teammates who are both reserves for the Tigers.
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• The Latest: It’s Round 4 for Clemson-Alabama in title game

  29-12-2018 21:27
  The Latest on the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Cotton and Orange Bowls (all times EST):
  11:55 p.m.
  It will be Alabama vs. Clemson, Part IV.
  The top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 2 Tigers both had double-digit victories in their semifinal games Saturday and will meet in the College Football Playoff for the fourth consecutive year. This will be their third championship game matchup.
  The winner on Jan. 7 in Santa Clara, California, will become the first 15-0 FBS champion.
  This matchup h
  
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• Johnson’s 17 & 17 leads No. 23 Texas A&M women past UTRGV

  29-12-2018 21:27
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Ciera Johnson scored 17 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds and No. 23 Texas A&M had its first undefeated December in 10 seasons, defeating UT Rio Grande Valley 84-61 on Saturday.
  Kayla Wells scored 21 points to lead the Aggies (11-2), who have won seven straight, and Jada Walton added a career-high 14. N’dea Jones, who had a school-record streak of three games with 17-plus rebounds, only had seven but Texas A&M still owned the boards 48
  
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• Illinois judge won’t dismiss charges in decades-old murder

  29-12-2018 21:21
  ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois judge won’t dismiss murder charges against a man who says police intentionally gave prosecutors the wrong gun to send him to prison for more than two decades.
  The Rockford Register Star reports Patrick Pursley is scheduled for another trial Jan. 10.
  Pursley won a new trial last year after ballistic testing proved the gun used to convict him wasn’t the same weapon used in Andy Ascher’s 1993 killing.
  Pursley’s attorneys argued the cha
  
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• No. 3 Vols trounce Tennessee Tech 96-53 for 7th straight win

  29-12-2018 21:18
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grant Williams scored 25 points and went 10 of 11 from the floor to lead a strong shooting performance for No. 3 Tennessee in a 96-53 blowout of Tennessee Tech on Saturday.
  Tennessee shot a season-high 63.8 percent (37 of 58), aided by 12 dunks. The Volunteers were shooting above 70 percent for much of the game before missing seven of their last eight attempts.
  The Vols (11-1) have won seven straight overall and 16 consecutive home games ahead of Southeastern Confer
  
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• Martin has 22 points, 8 assists and Memphis rolls over FAMU

  29-12-2018 21:13
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jeremiah Martin had 22 points and eight assists and Memphis defeated Florida A&M 96-65 on Saturday.
  Memphis has scored 90-plus points in five consecutive games.
  Tyler Harris added 16 points, Raynere Thornton and Isaiah Maurice each had 12 points and seven rebounds and Antwann Jones scored 11 points for the Tigers (8-5). Memphis made a season-high 13 3-pointers.
  Kamron Reaves scored 20 points and Justin Ravenal added 16 for Florida A&M (3-12), which has lost fi
  
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• Troy uses late run to beat UAPB; Hicks posts double-double

  29-12-2018 21:12
  TROY, Ala. (AP) — Alex Hicks scored 18 points, collected 10 rebounds and Troy won its fourth straight in beating Arkansas-Pine Bluff 71-63 on Saturday.
  It was Hicks’ second straight double-double and third of the season. Jordon Varnado scored 15 points and B.J. Miller and Charles Norman each scored 14 for Troy (7-5).
  After a 37-all first-half tie, the Golden Lions went on a 10-1 run and led 47-38 with 16:06 remaining. Troy gradually reduced the deficit, and after a layup from Miller,
  
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• Newspaper plant virus halts Los Angeles Times deliveries

  29-12-2018 21:10
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A computer virus hit newspaper printing plant in Los Angeles, preventing it from printing and delivering Saturday editions of the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune and other papers to some subscribers.
  The Los Angeles Times, which runs the facility, says the computer virus infected systems that are associated with the printing process.
  Spokeswoman Hillary Manning says the paper has been working to fix the issues but added that Sunday deliveries may be affect
  
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• Bolton, Stevens lead Penn State to final non-conference win

  29-12-2018 21:09
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Every time Rasir Bolton gets the ball in his hands, a familiar voice echoes in his head.
  “It’s my Pops,” Bolton said. “Since I was seven, he would just tell me, ‘Shooting is like breathing. Breath in, breath out, bring the ball up, breath in, shoot it, breath out.'”
  When he sticks to that, Bolton can make it look easy. The Penn State freshman scored 10 of his 18 points in the first half to help the Nittany Lions beat UMBC 74-52
  
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• Peru demolishes mausoleum holding dead Shining Path rebels

  29-12-2018 21:04
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian authorities have demolished a mausoleum holding eight Shining Path prisoners killed in a prison massacre more than three decades ago and relocated their remains to a cemetery in a northern part of Lima.
  More than 50 police officers and dozens of workers from the cemetery in the Comas district of Peru’s capital participated in the operation, said prosecutor Javier Zapata. The remains of the Maoist rebels will be buried in separate niches.
  The rebels died in
  
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• Jackson helps No. 13 Ohio State beat High Point 82-64

  29-12-2018 21:04
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — C.J. Jackson scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Kaleb Wesson added 17 points as No. 13 Ohio State beat High Point 82-64 on Saturday.
  Luther Muhammed had a career-high 15 points to help the Buckeyes (12-1) get their sixth consecutive win.
  Ricky Madison scored 12 points and Curtis Holland III had 11 for the Panthers (6-7), who have lost two straight.
  Ohio State shot 70.8 percent in the second half when it outscored the Panthers 45-36.
  The Buckeyes, who tr
  
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• Tucson man indicted in fatal shooting of deputy US marshal

  29-12-2018 21:01
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal indictment charges a Tucson man in the Nov. 29 killing of a deputy U.S. marshal.
  The indictment issued Thursday accuses Ryan Phillip Schlesinger of murder in the death of Deputy Marshal Chase White, the attempted murder of three other deputy marshals and other crimes.
  White was shot Nov. 29 when he and other members of the Marshals Service were at a home to serve a warrant to Schlesinger in the alleged stalking a female police sergeant.
  Two deputy public defe
  
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• Wofford runs away from Western Carolina behind Jackson

  29-12-2018 21:00
  CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) — Cameron Jackson scored 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds to help Wofford beat Western Carolina 74-54 on Saturday.
  Matt Pegram scored 15 points and Fletcher Magee added 14 with three 3-pointers for the Terriers (10-4, 2-0 Southern Conference), who outscored the Catamounts 40-20 in the paint and outrebounded them 39-28. Donovan Theme-Love dished four of the Terriers’ 13 assists and had two of the teams’ eight steals.
  Carlos Dotson led
  
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• Israeli hard-line ministers to form new party ahead of vote

  29-12-2018 20:56
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Two senior Israeli Cabinet ministers announced Saturday that they are forming a new party to run in April elections, hoping to present a hard-line alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party.
  Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said they were leaving the Jewish Home party and would instead lead a new list of candidates.
  The Jewish Home is a hard-line nationalist party that is especially popular with religious voter
  
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• 2 Israeli ministers to form new party ahead of elections

  29-12-2018 20:56
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Two senior Israeli cabinet ministers say they are forming a new party to run in April elections.
  Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announced Saturday that they are leaving the Jewish Home party.
  The Jewish Home is a hard-line nationalist party that is especially popular with religious voters and West Bank settlers.
  Bennett and Shaked said that their new movement, called “The New Right,” will have a broader appeal to both reli
  
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• Swiss-Spanish man arrested in attack on tourists in Morocco

  29-12-2018 20:48
  RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities have detained a Swiss-Spanish man for suspected links to Islamic extremists who allegedly killed two Scandinavian hikers.
  The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations said in a statement the man was detained Saturday in Marrakech. Moroccan counterterrorism forces allege he taught social media skills and archery to some suspects in the deaths, Morocco’s first terrorist attack in years.
  The statement says he is also suspected of involvement i
  
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• Retired Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Mulvee dies at 88

  29-12-2018 20:40
  A retired bishop who led Roman Catholic dioceses in Delaware and Rhode Island has died. He was 88.
  A statement posted on the Diocese of Providence’s website says former Bishop Robert E. Mulvee died on Friday at St. Antoine Residence in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, after a brief illness.
  In 1985, Pope John Paul II appointed Mulvee to serve as the seventh Bishop of Wilmington in Delaware. He served in that role for a decade before his appointment to lead the Diocese of Providence in Rhode
  
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• Islanders place F Eberle on IR, call up Dal Colle from AHL

  29-12-2018 19:39
  TORONTO (AP) — The New York Islanders have placed forward Jordan Eberle on injured reserve due to an upper body injury, and recalled forward Michael Dal Colle from Bridgeport of the AHL.
  Eberle missed practice on Thursday and then sat out the Islanders’ 6-3 win over Ottawa on Friday night due to stiffness. The move Saturday is retroactive to last Sunday.
  The forward has seven goals and 10 assists in 35 games this season, after totaling 25 goals and 34 assists a year ago in his first
  
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• Oklahoma prison worker charged after death-row shakedown

  29-12-2018 19:35
  McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A worker at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary is facing felony drug charges after authorities say more than 40 grams of methamphetamine were discovered in his prosthetic leg during a search of the prison’s death row.
  The McAlester News-Capitol reports 35-year-old Adam Michael Siemer of McAlester was charged Thursday with felony drug trafficking and bringing contraband into a prison.
  Prison authorities told police two bags of meth were found in Simer’s pros
  
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