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• Laughing Stock: Straight Outta Jersey

  21-02-2019 22:45
  Joey “Coco” diaz may be from Cuba, but he’s the very soul of New Jersey.…
  
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• Photographer Puspa Lohmeyer's Lens Captures XIXA In Flagrante

  21-02-2019 21:41
  After spending the day plotting a kidnapping and burying mannequin parts in the loam; before seeking expiatory purification for their sins at Bisbee’s notorious St. Elmo Bar; even as the members of XIXA figuratively scaled the seven terraces of purgatory, photographer Puspa Lohmeyer captured the essence of a band with blood, and a few tattoos, on their hands.
  Calling the artist enclave of Bisbee home—this native of Germany spent long years working in NYC—Lohmeyer now is enamor
  
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• USA Today editor apologizes for yearbook blackface photo

  21-02-2019 20:41
  PHOENIX (AP) — The editor of USA Today is apologizing for an image portraying blackface that was published in the Arizona State University yearbook on her watch.
  Nicole Carroll said in an editorial published in the newspaper Thursday that it was recently brought to her attention “that I was involved in publishing such a photo when I was in college.”
  Carroll says she edited the 1988-89 ASU yearbook that included a photo of people at a Halloween party dressed as Mike Tyson and Ro
  
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• US says airfares hit new lows after factoring inflation

  21-02-2019 20:40
  The average fare for airline travel within the United States has hit the lowest level since the government started keeping track in 1995, after adjusting for inflation.
  However, that doesn’t count fees that airlines add for things like checking a bag, getting a better seat, or moving up in the boarding line.
  Airlines get an increasing share of their revenue from those fees and from deals with credit-card providers, helping them remain profitable.
  The Bureau of Transportation Statistics sai
  
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• Massachusetts gas explosions cost utility more than $1B

  21-02-2019 20:30
  BOSTON (AP) — The natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts last September have cost Columbia Gas more than $1 billion.
  NiSource, Columbia’s parent company, said in a financial report filed this week that $757 million of that was for third-party claims against the utility, including property damage. Another $266 million was for other expenses, including the workers needed during the recovery effort.
  The financial losses do not include the cost of pipeline replacement, or the
  
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• Somebody's Got to Win: Arizona and Cal Put Losing Streaks on the Line

  21-02-2019 20:28
  The Arizona Wildcats will look to snap their longest losing streak in three decades tonight, as the Cal Bears come to town.…
  
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• Billy Graham Library: Attendance up after namesake’s death

  21-02-2019 20:28
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Billy Graham Library in North Carolina says it has seen a surge in visitors in the year since its namesake’s death.
  Citing a blog post on the library’s website, WLOS-TV reports that 214,000 people visited the Charlotte complex in 2018, up from 144,000 in 2017. According to the post , visitors came from 55 countries.
  Graham died Feb. 21, 2018, at age 99. He’s credited with transforming American religious life through his preaching and activism, b
  
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• Bencic upsets Halep to reach Dubai semifinals; Kvitova wins

  21-02-2019 20:24
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Unseeded Belinda Bencic rallied to beat second-ranked Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Thursday to reach the Dubai Championships semifinals.
  Bencic, who saved six match points in the previous round against Aryna Sabalenka, failed to capitalize on an early break in the first set but Halep continued to struggle with her serve and was broken seven times in total. Bencic broke for a 5-4 lead in the second and then raced out to a 3-0 lead in the decider, having won
  
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• The Latest: Lawsuit takes aim at HBO’s Jackson documentary

  21-02-2019 20:21
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a documentary featuring two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys (all times local):
  11:15 a.m.
  The estate of Michael Jackson is suing HBO over a documentary about two men who accuse the late pop superstar of molesting them when they were boys.
  The lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleges that by co-producing and airing “Leaving Neverland,” as HBO intends to do next month, the cable channel is violat
  
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• Virginia school board delays ending transgender bathroom ban

  21-02-2019 20:20
  GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) — A school board in Virginia says it won’t take any immediate action to overturn its transgender bathroom ban after some community members spoke in favor of keeping it.
  The board’s announcement Thursday comes two days after it met some resistance at a public forum over changing the policy. A policy was proposed to allow transgender high school students to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
  The Gloucester County School Board has consid
  
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• Kentucky teen at center of viral encounter sues over stories

  21-02-2019 20:12
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Kentucky teen at the heart of an encounter last month with a Native American activist is suing The Washington Post for $250 million. He is also threatening legal action against The Associated Press and other news organizations.
  In papers filed Tuesday in federal court in Kentucky, Nicholas Sandmann and his parents alleged that the Post had engaged in “targeting and bullying” and modern “McCarthyism.”
  President Donald Trump cheered the lawsuit,
  
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• Clark says Machado’s deal doesn’t mean system is working

  21-02-2019 20:10
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Players’ union head Tony Clark is guarding against drawing any conclusions about the free-agent market based on Manny Machado’s contract and says Adam Wainwright’s recent comments about a possible strike were in line with the level of concern he hears from the pitcher’s colleagues.
  Clark met with the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, starting his spring training tour as several top players still look for teams.
  While Machado is nearing finalization
  
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• Tennessee gov. says he regrets wearing Confederate uniform

  21-02-2019 20:08
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he regrets wearing a Confederate uniform as part of “Old South” parties while attending Auburn University in Alabama.
  A spokeswoman for Lee on Thursday confirmed that Auburn’s 1980 yearbook includes a photo of Lee in Confederate clothing.
  Lee was 17 when he joined the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Auburn, which held the “Old South” party every spring.
  In the 1980 yearbook photo, Lee wears a Confederate soldier u
  
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• Mulling presidential bid, Howard Schultz again fails to vote

  21-02-2019 20:08
  SEATTLE (AP) — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who has been criticized for having a spotty voting record in his home state, has missed another election as he considers an independent bid for president.
  The Seattle Times reports that records show Schultz failed to vote this month on whether to approve two school levies in Seattle.
  Schultz has voted in just 11 of 39 elections since 2005. He has voted in every presidential election, but skipped most state and local elections.
  Washington
  
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• The Latest: Threat allegations keep military officer jailed

  21-02-2019 20:06
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — The latest on the case against a Coast Guard Officer accused of stockpiling guns and compiling a hit list of prominent Democrats (all times local):
  2 p.m.
  A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of being a white supremacist who stockpiled guns and compiled a hit list of prominent Democrats will remain detained in federal custody after his arrest.
  Federal Magistrate Judge Charles Day ordered 49-year-old Christopher Paul Hasson held Thursday but said he might be willing to rec
  
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• Driver rescued after car trapped in flooded area near Tanque Verde Wash

  21-02-2019 20:06
  TUCSON – A driver was rescued by Pima County Sheriff’s Department Thursday morning after the motorist attempted to drive their vehicle through a flooded area at Tanque Verde Loop.According to PCSD, the driver was identified as a 31-year-old woman. Her vehicle required to be towed out of the flooded area.
  She was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device.
  Rural Metro Firefighters from station 72 responded to the Tanque Verde Loop area for a report of a vehicle in the wash&hel
  
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• Huskers’ coach Tim Miles apologizes for millionaire remark

  21-02-2019 20:05
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska coach Tim Miles apologized Thursday for saying he will still be a millionaire if he gets fired.
  Miles and college basketball writer Jeff Goodman of WatchStadium.com on Sunday discussed how Miles and his family have dealt with speculation about his future next season. The Cornhuskers (15-12, 5-11) are tied for 10th in the Big Ten after returning four starters from the team that finished fourth, and the team has made the NCAA Tournament only once in Miles’
  
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• Tennessee Republican defends accused lawmaker appointment

  21-02-2019 19:55
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A top Tennessee Republican has gone on the defensive after detailing what he would do if he were sexually assaulted as he fielded questions on appointing a lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct to oversee an education committee.
  A video recording released this week showed House Speaker Glen Casada saying that if he were raped, he would move and “hell would have no fury.”
  Casada has since clarified he did not mean physically moving his home, but instead h
  
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• Oro Valley Police Department welcomes new K-9 officer to the force

  21-02-2019 19:52
  ORO VALLEY, Ariz. – Oro Valley Police Department recently hired a new officer – and it is fair to say, he has already stolen the hearts of the whole town.
  After completing a 12-week training course, OVPD announced Thursday that K-9 Diesel officially joined the force.
  The Czech Republic native was purchased from a $12,000 donation from Long realtor Lisa Bayless. The 2-year-old Belgian Malinois originally came from the Adlerhost Inernational LLC.
  K-9 Diesel/ Oro Valley Police Dep
  
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• MLB players oppose closing of unionized cap plant

  21-02-2019 19:52
  NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball players’ union is urging the sport’s exclusive cap supplier to keep open its plant in Derby, New York, and not move production to a non-unionized facility in Florida.
  New Era Cap Co. said in November it was planning to shut the site in March and reached a closing agreement with the union last month. New Era has been Major League Baseball’s cap supplier since 1993.
  MLB caps are less than 2 percent of New Era’s total. The company said it w
  
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• Verdict pending for Swiss veteran who joined anti-IS militia

  21-02-2019 19:51
  GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss military official says a verdict is expected Friday in the trial of a former sergeant accused of jeopardizing Switzerland’s standing as a neutral nation by joining a foreign Christian militia to fight the Islamic State group in Syria.
  Swiss media say Johan Cosar is accused of training and fighting with the Syriac Military Council militia from 2013 to 2015.
  Cosar’s military trial on charges of joining a foreign army and recruiting other Swiss citizens opene
  
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• Police identify man killed in rash of shootings

  21-02-2019 19:50
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police have released the name of the Bristol man killed in a rash of shootings in Hartford.
  Authorities say 46-year-old Richard Kinoshita was shot at least once Tuesday night and brought to a hospital where he later died.
  Another shooting victim was found around the same time near St. Francis Hospital. Police are looking into whether the shootings are connected.
  Authorities say Joseph Goiangos, of Middletown, was killed in a shooting earlier in the day Tuesday.
  He wa
  
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• Chicago police chief angry over alleged Smollett hoax

  21-02-2019 19:50
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he’s angry and offended that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett allegedly lied about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.
  He says Smollett exploited racial divisions for his own gain — and smeared the reputation of a city that Johnson has worked his entire career to protect.
  Johnson was asked to lead the department in 2016 after former Superintendent Garry McCarthy was fired following the rel
  
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• Pacific typhoon expected to lash Guam with gusty wind, rain

  21-02-2019 19:49
  HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — A growing typhoon in the Pacific is heading toward the Mariana Islands and could lash Guam with strong winds, rain and surf this weekend.
  The U.S. National Weather Service in Guam reports Typhoon Wutip packs 100 mph (161 kph) winds and will continue to intensify through Saturday. The storm was about 480 miles (772 kilometers) southeast of Guam Friday.
  Wutip has typhoon-force winds extending about 35 miles (56 kilometers) from its center and tropical storm-force winds u
  
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• Fire guts home of family whose 2002 slayings remain unsolved

  21-02-2019 19:44
  BASSETT, Va. (AP) — More than 16 years after the still-unsolved slayings of the Short family, their Virginia home has burned to the ground.
  The Martinsville Bulletin reports that the former home of Michael, Mary and Jennifer Short was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning. Collinsville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tyler Beam says the house appeared unoccupied.
  Michael and Mary Short were found dead in that house on Aug. 15, 2002, each with a gunshot wound to the head. Their 9-year-o
  
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• Cohen talking to Senate panel Tuesday, kicking off busy week

  21-02-2019 19:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee will interview President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer behind closed doors on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  Michael Cohen’s Senate interview will kick off a week of congressional appearances for Cohen, who is already scheduled to testify publicly before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday and then behind closed doors again on Thursday to the House intelligence committee.
  The
  
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• Dodgers to honor Newcombe with uniform patch, bobblehead

  21-02-2019 19:42
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor pitching great Don Newcombe by adding a commemorative No. 36 patch to their uniforms this season.
  Newcombe died Tuesday at 92.
  The team said Thursday that Newcombe will be saluted in pregame ceremonies on April 27, when he is inducted into the Legends of Dodger Baseball. He will also have a commemorative bobblehead.
  Newcombe, along with Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, helped pave the way for blacks to play in the major leagues. He w
  
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• State lawmakers place their bets on sports gambling

  21-02-2019 19:41
  States are moving rapidly to legalize sports gambling even as lawmakers grapple with questions over how to implement it.
  How it will be regulated and taxed, whether betting should be allowed on college sports and how the state should spend the revenue are among the issues being debated in statehouses across the country.
  An Associated Press review of all sports gambling bills introduced this year found more than 100 in roughly two dozen states so far.
  This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court last
  
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• Pence tours church, movie theater helped by Trump tax law

  21-02-2019 19:34
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence says U.S. Sen. Tim Scott’s persistence is to thank for a law that gives federal tax breaks to people who invest in economically distressed areas.
  Pence came to South Carolina on Thursday to tour The Meeting Place Church and a movie theater at the Columbia Place Mall the church invested in through the Opportunity Zone program.
  Scott wanted to show his fellow Republican the investment in a mall that was in danger of being abandoned.
  Churc
  
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• Parade horses to be up for adoption after Mardi Gras marches

  21-02-2019 19:30
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sixteen horses that will march in this year’s Mardi Gras parades will be up for adoption as part of an effort to save them from being resold at auctions or for slaughter.
  News outlets report that the Humane Society of Louisiana, Cascade Stables and Barney’s Farm Sanctuary are working together to find new owners for the 16 parade horses after Mardi Gras.
  The program was started to prevent the transactions for horses that Cascade Stables in New Orleans wasn&rsq
  
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• Ferrari shows good pace, reliability in 1st week of F1 tests

  21-02-2019 19:27
  MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — The first week of Formula testing ended with Ferrari looking to be a step ahead of Mercedes.
  Ferrari showed good pace and reliability throughout the first four days of testing in Spain, while Mercedes didn’t look up to full speed.
  Although teams often avoid showing their full potential in testing, Mercedes has usually fared better at this point in previous seasons.
  “They do seem very strong, no matter which kind of fuel load or engine mode they’re r
  
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• Ex-NFL, college assistant Pep Hamilton to coach XFL in DC

  21-02-2019 19:26
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former NFL and college assistant coach Pep Hamilton will be the coach and general manager of Washington’s team in the new XFL.
  Hamilton’s hiring was announced Thursday.
  He was most recently Jim Harbaugh’s passing-game coordinator at Michigan. Hamilton previously worked at Stanford and Howard and for five NFL teams.
  This eight-city edition of the XFL plans to begin play in 2020. The football league’s original version folded after just one season in
  
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• Winter storms tromps concerns, delays for Arizona motorists

  21-02-2019 19:21
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The storm system blowing across Arizona causing some difficulties to motorists traveling on Interstate 40.UPDATE: I-40 has reopened between milepost 49 and 52 in Kingman, roughly between US 93 and SR 66. #aztraffic pic.twitter.com/zUJKzCmPek
  — Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) February 21, 2019According to Arizona Department of Public Safety, a trailer flipped upside down near Flagstaff on Interstate 40.
  DPS advised anyone considering on traveling up north to consider resc
  
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• German parliament approves compromise in abortion dispute

  21-02-2019 19:20
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has approved legislation to loosen, but not scrap, a ban on doctors “advertising” abortions.
  The dpa news agency reported Thursday parliament voted for the compromise measure proposed by the country’s governing parties.
  Chancellor Angela Merkel’s junior partner, the center-left Social Democrats, wanted to remove the ban from Germany’s criminal code but Merkel’s center-right party insisted it should stay.
  Under the
  
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• Ex-Lion gets preliminary approval for medical pot dispensary

  21-02-2019 19:20
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Lions star receiver Calvin Johnson has received preliminary approval of his license application for a medical marijuana dispensary in suburban Detroit.
  Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Licensing Board voted 4-0 Thursday in favor of the application.
  The board considered preliminary approval for 84 prospective medical marijuana companies and final approval for 17 medical marijuana business licenses.
  Johnson and his wife have registered the Bloomfield Hi
  
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• Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento dead at 91

  21-02-2019 19:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dominick Argento, the 1975 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, had died. He was 91.
  Argento died Wednesday in Minneapolis, according to Carol Ann Cheung, a spokeswoman for his music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes.
  Known for composing in styles ranging from melody to dissonance, he earned the Pulitzer for “From the Diary of Virginia Woolf,” a composition for voice and piano.
  He also won a 2003 Grammy Award for best classical contemporary composition for &ldqu
  
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• Acclaimed Camille A. Brown & Dancers Take Centennial Hall Tonight

  21-02-2019 19:12
  The dynamic troupe from the Big Apple is in town Thursday night only to perform Mr. TOL E. RAncE (Mr. Tolerance).A dance/theater work that excavates the history of black performance, the show combines comedy, animation, theater, live music and dance styles from hip-hop and African to modern, ballet and tap.Mr. TOL E. RAncE celebrates black humor while drawing on popular and scholarly sources to investigate blackface, minstrelsy past and present and sundry other indignities black performers have
  
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• 4 Your health: America leads wealthy nations in overdoses

  21-02-2019 19:08
  The U.S. has highest number of overdoses among wealthy nations.
  Some startling new statistics about the drug epidemic in this country.
  The U.S. has more overdose deaths now than any other wealthy nation, according to a study from the University Of Southern California. It showed drug mortality has now doubled that of Finland and Sweden, the countries with the next highest death rates. The overdose epidemic is also affecting American’s life expectancy.
  Researchers said the U.S. has lost the
  
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• Withdrawal of 1,000 Burundian soldiers from Somalia begins

  21-02-2019 19:07
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An official in Burundi says the withdrawal of 1,000 Burundian soldiers from the African Union regional force in Somalia has begun.
  The military official in Burundi, who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said Thursday that about 200 soldiers boarded a flight from Somalia to Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, in the afternoon.
  More soldiers are expected to be flown back from Burundi in the coming weeks.
  The African Union says it
  
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• Virginia wrestler with autism wins region championship

  21-02-2019 19:07
  BUCHANAN, Va. (WSLS) – The James River wrestling team won the Region 2C championship in dominating fashion. One of the contributing factors to the Knights first-place finish was junior Caleb Shipwash.
  “He’s smiling every day coming in the door. Always happy to be at practice. This is a grueling sport, to have that smile every day is unusual,” said James River wrestling coach Bobby Stewart.
  In the 170-pound region championship match, Caleb was the underdog and trailed thr
  
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• Lawyer: Rand Paul award excessive; new trial requested

  21-02-2019 19:07
  BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — The attorney for a man who attacked U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in a dispute over lawn maintenance has appealed a jury’s decision to award the lawmaker $580,000 in damages. The Daily News reports attorney Matt Baker argued in a motion filed last week for a new trial that the financial penalties levied against Rene Boucher at the civil trial were excessive given Paul’s injuries and Boucher’s cooperation with authorities.
  Paul had testified during the thre
  
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• GOP fundraiser admits fraud; accused of spending on escorts

  21-02-2019 19:02
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A GOP fundraiser and former congressional candidate from Rhode Island has agreed to plead guilty to fraud and violating campaign law after prosecutors say he used more than $1 million of the money he raised on himself, including for adult entertainment and escort services.
  Prosecutors say in filings with the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island that Russell Taub told donors that he was raising money for political action committees. They say one Ohio couple gave Taub
  
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• Manafort faces March sentencing in Virginia tax, fraud case

  21-02-2019 19:00
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has set a March 8 sentencing date for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on his Virginia conviction for hiding millions of dollars from the IRS that he earned advising Ukrainian politicians.
  The order issued Thursday by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III means Manafort will face sentencing in Virginia before he does in the District of Columbia. His sentencing in the District has already been set for March 13.
  In Virginia, a jury convicted Manafort o
  
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• Mixed martial arts star Georges St-Pierre retires at 37

  21-02-2019 18:54
  MONTREAL (AP) — Georges St-Pierre is retiring from mixed martial arts.
  The 37-year-old Canadian made the announcement Thursday at the Bell Centre.
  St-Pierre, a two-division champion, leaves with a record of 26-2-0 and a 13-fight winning streak. His success inside the cage put MMA on the map in Canada and helped fuel the UFC’s worldwide expansion.
  He has fought just once since stepping away from the sport in late 2013 after nine straight welterweight title defenses. But in November 20
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: A Poor Man's Nixon

  21-02-2019 18:53
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• Sanctions could ease if North Korea threat markedly reduced

  21-02-2019 18:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. will not ease economic sanctions on North Korea until it is confident that the nuclear weapons threat from Pyongyang has been “substantially reduced.”
  Pompeo didn’t elaborate, but his comment Thursday on NBC’s “Today” seemed to leave open the possibility of sanctions relief short of complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
  Ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeti
  
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• The Latest: Syracuse coach ‘heartbroken’ over fatal accident

  21-02-2019 18:49
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal accident involving Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim (all times local):
  1:50 p.m.
  Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim (BAY-heim) says he is “heartbroken” after striking and killing a man standing along an interstate late Wednesday night.
  Syracuse police say Boeheim struck 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez as he stood on the side of I-690. Police say Boeheim was trying to avoid hitting Jimenez’s disabled v
  
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• Washington Capitals acquire forward Carl Hagelin from Kings

  21-02-2019 18:47
  The Washington Capitals have acquired winger Carl Hagelin from the Los Angeles Kings for a 2019 third-round pick and a conditional sixth-round pick in the next year’s entry draft.
  The teams announced the trade Thursday after Washington winger Devante Smith-Pelly cleared waivers and was assigned to Hershey of the American Hockey League. The Capitals needed to wait until Smith-Pelly was claimed or cleared waivers to clear a roster spot and salary-cap space for Hagelin, a 30-year-old Swede wh
  
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• UN: Central African Republic peace deal may be turning point

  21-02-2019 18:45
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Central African Republic says the peace agreement signed this month by the government and 14 rebel groups “could be a turning point” in the conflict-torn country despite persistent dangers.
  Parfait Onanga-Anyanga told the Security Council Thursday that while there is reason “to rejoice” at the first agreement reached in face-to-face negotiations “we must be vigilant because the situation remains grave.”
  He said: &
  
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• The Latest: Russian, Venezuelan diplomats meet in Moscow

  21-02-2019 18:19
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  11:55 p.m.
  A Russian deputy foreign minister has met with his Venezuelan counterpart as tensions roil the South American country.
  Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and Venezuela’s Ivan Gil met Thursday in Moscow in a session that the Russian Foreign Ministry said was held in a constructive atmosphere.
  “The Russian side expressed solidarity with the friendly people of Venezuela, fir
  
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