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• Bellinger robs Yelich, homers off Hader, Dodgers top Brewers

  21-04-2019 23:58
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cody Bellinger reached over the right field wall to rob Christian Yelich in the eighth inning of yet another home run, then hit a solo drive off Josh Hader with two outs in the ninth to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Sunday.
  Bellinger connected for his 11th home run. On Friday night, the hard-throwing Hader (0-2) gave up a three-run homer to Enrique Hernandez in the eighth that led Los Angeles to a 5-3 win.
  Joc Pederson hit two home runs, in
  
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• Syndergaard battered despite gift homer, Cards top Mets 6-4

  21-04-2019 23:57
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs and Noah Syndergaard had better luck at the plate than on the mound, hitting a homer with Dexter Fowler’s help as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday.
  Syndergaard (1-2) allowed six runs, four earned, on eight hits in five innings, but his most memorable play came while batting in the fourth. He hit a deep flyball to center that Fowler leaped for on the warning track even though it was well below the fence. T
  
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• Brett Anderson leaves A’s start with left ankle sprain

  21-04-2019 23:39
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics pitcher Brett Anderson was pulled from his start against Toronto with a left ankle sprain he injured running off the mound in the third inning.
  Randal Grichuk hit a slow infield grounder in between third base and the mound. Anderson quickly moved to field the ball, slipped, then got up limping as a team trainer came out along with manager Bob Melvin.
  After a brief discussion Anderson threw two warmup pitches before Melvin called for reliever Yusmeir
  
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• North Macedonia police say 58 migrants found in stopped van

  21-04-2019 23:30
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police say officers patrolling a main highway in North Macedonia found 58 migrants packed into a van and detained three men on suspicion of smuggling migrants.
  Police said in a statement issued Sunday that the officers stopped the van on Saturday afternoon and arrested two Macedonian citizens and a third man from Kosovo.
  The statement says 56 of the people packed inside the van were from Pakistan and two were from Syria.
  Police say they were taken to a shelte
  
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• Northern Ireland police free 2 men held in reporter’s death

  21-04-2019 23:22
  LONDON (AP) — Two teenagers who were arrested in the shooting death of a 29-year-old journalist in Northern Ireland have been released from police custody without being charged.
  Police let the 18- and 19-year-old men go Sunday night and appealed to anyone with information about whoever killed Lyra McKee to come forward.
  McKee was fatally wounded during rioting Thursday night in the city of Londonderry.
  Police say she was probably hit by a bullet someone fired at police. Video from the scen
  
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• Police kill suspect at North Carolina shopping center

  21-04-2019 23:20
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina investigators are conducting a probe into the fatal shooting of a man by a police officer in the state’s capital city.
  Raleigh police announced Sunday that 30-year-old Soheil Antonio Mojarrad was shot in an encounter with an officer Saturday night at a shopping center in the eastern part of the city.
  Officials did not immediately disclose whether Mojarrad was armed with a gun or other weapon when he was shot.
  Police identified the officer involved
  
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• Stolen pickup truck strikes, kills Uber passenger in Oregon

  21-04-2019 23:17
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police say a man driving a stolen pickup truck 100 mph (161 kph) crashed into an SUV, killing an Uber passenger.
  Police believe the pickup truck driver was under the influence of intoxicants when he collided head-on with the SUV Saturday night.
  According to police, the Uber passenger sitting in the backseat of the SUV was ejected through the front windshield and died. The driver of the SUV was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
  The truck driver was ej
  
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• Romine, Yankees shake bullpen meltdown, top Royals 7-6 in 10

  21-04-2019 23:11
  NEW YORK (AP) — Austin Romine drove in the winning run in the 10th inning with his third RBI single, and the New York Yankees overcame a bullpen collapse that followed another scoreless start by James Paxton to beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 Sunday.
  After adding All-Star slugger Aaron Judge to their ever-growing injury list, the Yankees escaped a couple late jams and got back over .500.
  Jake Diekman (0-1) walked Mike Tauchman and Gio Urshela leading off the bottom of the 10th, and 23-year
  
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• Bote lifts Cubs past Diamondbacks 2-1

  21-04-2019 23:07
  CHICAGO (AP) — David Bote hit a game-ending RBI single in the ninth inning, and the Chicago Cubs used a terrific performance by Tyler Chatwood to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 on Sunday.
  Led by Chatwood’s six sparkling innings, Chicago carried a 1-0 lead into the ninth. But Jarrod Dyson hit a drive to right off Pedro Strop (1-1) with one out, tying it at 1.
  The Cubs then got right to work against Archie Bradley (1-2) in the bottom half. Javier Báez led off with a double up
  
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• Spurs’ DeRozan fined $25K for throwing ball toward ref

  21-04-2019 22:47
  NEW YORK (AP) — San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for heaving a ball past an official and into the stands of a playoff game against the Denver Nuggets.
  The fine was handed down Sunday by league discipline executive Kiki VanDeWeghe.
  The incident occurred with about 5 minutes remaining in the Spurs’ 117-103 loss to the Nuggets on Saturday night that tied the series at 2-2. DeRozan was called for an offensive foul against Denver’s Gary Harris
  
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• Posey ends long homerless drought, Giants edge Pirates 3-2

  21-04-2019 22:40
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Buster Posey snapped the longest homerless drought of his career with a three-run shot and tagged out Pittsburgh’s Jung Ho Kang at the plate for the final out as the San Francisco Giants edged the Pirates 3-2 on Sunday.
  Posey sent a fastball from Chris Archer (1-1) just over the fence in center field with one out in the fifth to give the Giants the lead. The home run was the first for the six-time All-Star catcher since he went deep against the Miami Marlins on June
  
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• Solid start by Gibson helps Twins beat Orioles 4-3 for sweep

  21-04-2019 22:39
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Kyle Gibson pitched six sharp innings, Willians Astudillo drove in two runs and the Minnesota Twins held off the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.
  After hitting 11 home runs in a doubleheader Saturday, the Twins used a different approach to secure their ninth straight victory over Baltimore. Minnesota failed to go deep, Nelson Cruz scored after being hit by a pitch and a botched fly ball led to a pair of unearned runs.
  That proved to be just enough of
  
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• British, Nigerian nationals shot dead in central Nigeria

  21-04-2019 22:36
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police and the British High Commission say a British woman and a Nigerian citizen have been shot dead in north-central Nigeria.
  A High Commission statement says they were killed on Friday when gunmen attacked the Kajuru Castle holiday resort in Kaduna state. The statement identified the British national as Faye Mooney.
  The aid group Mercy Corps says Mooney had worked as a communications specialist in Nigeria for almost two years. Its statement says that “we are
  
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• France beats Romania in doubles to reach Fed Cup final

  21-04-2019 22:33
  ROUEN, France (AP) — Caroline Garcia held her nerve on serve in the decisive doubles match as France reached the Fed Cup final with a nail-biting 3-2 win Sunday against a Simona Halep-inspired Romania.
  Teaming up with Kristina Mladenovic for the first time in two years in the Fed Cup, Garcia sealed victory on her first match point as the French pair rallied to beat Halep and Monica Niculescu 5-7, 6-3, 6-4on clay at the Kindarena in Rouen, northwest France.
  France has won the Fed Cup twice
  
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• Police: Peeping Tom suspect with shotgun killed by officer

  21-04-2019 22:30
  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia have identified an armed man shot to death by one of the officers who responded to a “Peeping Tom” call.
  The Athens-Clarke County Police Department said in a news release that the man was shot Saturday night. The victim who had made the call identified a suspect and officers went to the man’s residence to try to contact him. The release posted on Facebook says one officer fired after the man “brandished a shotgun at the officers.
  
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• The Latest: Runoff vote inevitable in North Macedonia

  21-04-2019 22:14
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The Latest on the presidential election in North Macedonia (all times local):
  9:55 p.m.
  Returns from North Macedonia’s presidential election are giving an indication of which of the three candidates will compete in a runoff early next month.
  The May 5 runoff is inevitable because the small European country’s election law requires a candidate to get 50% plus one of registered voters, not just voters who cast ballots for president, to be elected in
  
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• Norris gets first win since 2017, Tigers top White Sox, 4-3

  21-04-2019 22:06
  DETROIT (AP) — Daniel Norris struck out six batters in five innings to earn his first win in two years and help the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Sunday.
  Norris (1-0) allowed two hits and walked one, earning his first victory since Sept. 28, 2017, and Gordon Beckham homered against his former team as the Tigers won two of three in the series.
  Norris took Matt Moore’s spot in the rotation after his season-ending knee surgery. The former top prospect, acquired from T
  
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• Strasburg Ks 11 in 8 innings as Nationals beat Marlins 5-0

  21-04-2019 22:04
  MIAMI (AP) — Stephen Strasburg dominated his favorite foil Sunday, striking out 11 and allowing two hits in eight innings to help the Washington Nationals avert a series sweep by beating Miami 5-0.
  Ryan Zimmerman hit two solo home runs, and Brian Dozier also had a solo homer.
  Strasburg (2-1) improved to 18-7 in 32 career starts versus the Marlins. He has won his past nine decisions against them, and has more victories over Miami than against any other team.
  The right-hander threw 104 pitch
  
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• Celtics complete rare sweep by beating Pacers 110-106

  21-04-2019 21:58
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gordon Hayward scored 20 points and Marcus Morris started a decisive 3-point flurry late in the fourth quarter Sunday to give the Boston Celtics a series-clinching 110-106 victory at Indiana.
  It’s the first four-game sweep for the Celtics since 2011 and their second since 1986-87, becoming the first team to reach the second round of the playoffs.
  Bojan Bogdanovic finished with 22 points and Tyreke Evans finished with a playoff career-high of 21 to lead the Pacers.
  
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• Malian army camp reported attacked near Mauritania border

  21-04-2019 21:54
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Armed men on motorcycles have attacked a Malian army camp and killed an unknown number of people near Mali’s border with Mauritania.
  Army spokesman Diarran Kone said the complex attack took place Sunday morning in the village of Guire. Kone says the military is still working to determine the death toll.
  Guire resident Souleymane Maiga told The Associated Press at least a dozen people had been killed. It wasn’t clear how many of the victims were soldiers.
  The
  
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• Owners of Tempe medical clinic accused of running pill mill

  21-04-2019 21:45
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say two women who own a Tempe medical clinic have been arrested for allegedly running a pill mill.
  They say Dr. Jelina Ip and her mother face charges of fraudulent schemes, illegally conducting an enterprise, illegal administration of a narcotic and illegal administration of a dangerous drug.
  Drug Enforcement Administration officials say Jelina Ip and Alane Ip allegedly abused prescription privileges and pushing out significant quantities of prescriptions fo
  
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• Lyon, Barca win 1st legs of Women’s Champions League semis

  21-04-2019 21:40
  LYON, France (AP) — Defending champion Lyon defeated Chelsea 2-1 Sunday in the Women’s Champions League semifinals, and Barcelona beat host Bayern Munich 1-0.
  Watched by a crowd of almost 23,000, Delphine Cascarino opened the scoring for Lyon in the 27th minute and Amandine Henry doubled the lead for the French hosts before halftime.
  Chelsea’s Fran Kirby had a penalty kick saved by Sarah Bouhaddi, but the English side grabbed a valuable away goal thanks to a long strike by Erin
  
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• The Latest: Sudan protesters halt talks with military

  21-04-2019 21:09
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The Latest on Sudan, where protests drove long-ruling President Omar al-Bashir from power earlier this month (all times local):
  9 p.m.
  The organizers of Sudan’s protests say they have suspended talks with the ruling military council because it has failed to meet their demands for an immediate transfer to a civilian government following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir.
  Mohammed al-Amin Abdel Aziz, a spokesman for the Sudanese Professionals Association,
  
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• Bonnets, costumes on display at NYC’s Easter Parade

  21-04-2019 21:07
  NEW YORK (AP) — The fancy hats and finery were out and on display for New York City’s annual Easter extravaganza.
  Participants in the annual Easter Parade made their way along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Sunday in a processional of the wild and whimsical.
  The annual event is a New York City tradition that goes back well over a century, when the wealthy would get dressed in their best and go out for a stroll after Easter church services.
  These days, people wear a slew of outrage
  
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• Mexico warns of ‘deep concern’ over armed groups on U.S. border

  21-04-2019 21:05
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico said on Saturday it had “deep concern” about armed groups that intimidate and extort migrants on the border, shortly after the ACLU and Democratic senators called for a probe into such citizen efforts to block migrants from crossing.
  “These types of practices can drive human rights abuses of people who migrate or request asylum or refuge in the United States,” Mexico’s Foreign Relations Ministry said in a statement, referring to
  
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• Dortmund keeps pace with Bayern in tight Bundesliga race

  21-04-2019 21:02
  Borussia Dortmund moved back within one point of Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich with a 4-0 win against Freiburg on Sunday.
  Dortmund went ahead in the 11th minute when 19-year-old Jadon Sancho scored from the six-yard box after a run by Marco Reus. It was Sancho’s 11th Bundesliga goal this season.
  Dortmund added three after the interval with goals from Reus, Mario Gotze and Paco Alcacer with a penalty.
  In the day’s other game, Hertha Berlin was held 0-0 at home by bottom side Hannove
  
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• Cuba tells officials to reduce electricity consumption

  21-04-2019 20:47
  HAVANA (AP) — An official newspaper in Cuba reports that officials are restricting electricity use at a time the economy is being squeezed by a series of setbacks, including reduced fuel shipments from Venezuela and tighter U.S. sanctions.
  The local Communist Party newspaper Invasor in Ciego de Avila province said Sunday that authorities across the island have been told to cut consumption to conserve fuel and avoid blackouts. It says a 10 percent cut is being imposed on Ciego de Avila itse
  
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• Voter excitement for 2020 election already on par with the days before the 2016 vote

  21-04-2019 20:33
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  (CNN) – Americans won’t go to the polls to choose who they want to be president for about 18 months. But bipartisan enthusiasm for the 2020 vote is so high that it’s comparable to the days before the last time they cast a presidential ballot.
  In a new poll by Fox News released Thursday, more than half of voters said they w
  
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• PAOK wins Greek league, still unbeaten with 1 round left

  21-04-2019 20:25
  THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — PAOK won the Greek league with a round to spare after beating Levadiakos 5-0.
  Yevhen Shakhv scored twice for the hosts, along with goals from Diego Biseswar, Fernando Varela and Karol Swiderski.
  With one round left, PAOK is five points ahead of second-place Olympiakos.
  This is the third league championship for PAOK, after 1976 and 1985 titles.
  A huge celebration at the city’s waterfront was planned later Sunday.
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• PAOK fans celebrate their 1st Greek league title in 34 years

  21-04-2019 20:25
  THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — PAOK won the Greek league for the first time in 34 years after beating Levadiakos 5-0 Sunday.
  Yevhen Shakhv scored twice for the hosts, along with goals from Diego Biseswar, Fernando Varela and Karol Swiderski.
  With one round left, PAOK is five points ahead of second-place Olympiakos.
  PAOK also won the title in 1976 and 1985.
  With PAOK already up 2-0 after Biseswar scored from the penalty spot in the eighth minute, the game turned into a long, raucous celebratio
  
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• Arab League pledges $100M per month to Palestinian Authority

  21-04-2019 20:18
  CAIRO (AP) — The Arab League has pledged $100 million per month to the Palestinian Authority to make up for funds withheld by Israel because of payments made to the families of Palestinian attackers and prisoners.
  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the Arab League in Cairo on Sunday as part of a diplomatic effort to rebuff the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan, which American officials indicate could be released this summer.
  Abbas says “the Arabs need to
  
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• Kansas State receiver Hunter Rison suspended after arrest

  21-04-2019 20:09
  MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State wide receiver Hunter Rison has been indefinitely suspended after his arrest on a domestic battery charge.
  The Manhattan Mercury reports that Riley County police arrested Rison on Friday on suspicion of domestic battery. The charge also covers knowingly or recklessly causing bodily harm to family or a person in a dating relationship.
  Rison was released on $1,000 bond. He said on Twitter that he’d done nothing wrong.
  Kansas State football coach Chris
  
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• Large brawl involving mostly teenagers at Worlds of Fun

  21-04-2019 20:00
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say officers responded to a brawl involving up to 300 teenagers at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri.
  Kansas City police say several law enforcement agencies were called to the park Saturday night when an off-duty Clay County sheriff’s deputy reported several large fights involving mostly teenagers.
  Kansas City police said Sunday that no injuries were reported and no one was arrested. But police said the Clay County Sheriff&
  
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• Dallas area leads American cities in 2018 population growth

  21-04-2019 19:51
  DALLAS (AP) — New population estimates show that the Dallas-Fort Worth area led American cities in new residents from 2017 to 2018.
  U.S. Census Bureau numbers show that the two cities, along with Arlington in between, grew by nearly 131,700 residents and have gained more than a million residents since 2010.
  Houston and its neighboring cities of The Woodlands and Sugar Land also gained more than 1 million people over the last decade.
  The Dallas and Houston areas are the fourth and fifth mos
  
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• Florida man pretended to be an officer, then tried to pull over an undercover cop

  21-04-2019 19:50
  A Florida man was arrested in the Tampa Bay area Tuesday after police said he pulled over an undercover detective while pretending to be an officer.
  Matthew Joseph Erris, 26, was in his 2007 white Chevrolet Trailblazer when he allegedly turned on red and blue lights in order to pull over another driver, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.That other driver happened to be an undercover detective with the sheriff’s department, who then called the 911 dispatcher to rep
  
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• Average US price of gas spikes 13 cents per gallon, to $2.91

  21-04-2019 19:46
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline surged 13 cents a gallon (3.8 liters) over the past two weeks, to $2.91.
  Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says one of the reasons for the spike is an increase in crude oil costs.
  Lundberg says Sunday that prices at the pump have jumped 25 cents over the past month and 60 cents over the past 14 weeks.
  The highest average price in the nation is $4.04 a gallon in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  The lo
  
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• Diamondbacks 1B Walker hampered by hip pointer

  21-04-2019 19:45
  CHICAGO (AP) — Christian Walker is out of the starting lineup for the Arizona Diamondbacks’ series finale against the Chicago Cubs because of a hip pointer.
  Walker got hurt on a play at the plate during Saturday’s 6-0 victory. The first baseman finished with a career-high four hits.
  Wilmer Flores got the start at first on Sunday. Walker says he is available off the bench and should be ready to go for Monday night’s series opener at Pittsburgh.
  The Diamondbacks also recall
  
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• Arsenal top-4 bid dented by 3-2 home loss to Crystal Palace

  21-04-2019 19:44
  LONDON (AP) — Christian Benteke’s first goal in almost a year set Crystal Palace on its way to a 3-2 victory at Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, denting the north London club’s top-four bid.
  After Benteke netted his first goal in 20 games in the 17th minute, Mesut Ozil equalized at the start of the second half.
  But Benteke set up Wilfried Zaha to restore Palace’s lead in the 61st before James McArthur headed in the visitors’ third.
  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
  
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• Report: Man arrested on weapons charge faced similar in 2006

  21-04-2019 19:32
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A newspaper reports a New Mexico man, who is a member of an armed civilian group that has detained migrants at the border, was arrested on a criminal complaint accusing him of being a felon in possession of firearms and faced similar charges 13 years ago in Oregon.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican says 69-year-old Larry Mitchell Hopkins also was accused of impersonating a police officer in Oregon’s Klamath County in 2006 and claimed to be a fugitive bounty hunter.
  The
  
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• Rays put Meadows on IL with thumb sprain, reinstate Wendle

  21-04-2019 19:30
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have placed outfielder Austin Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right thumb.
  Meadows was hurt when he awkwardly slid into third base on a two-run triple in the seventh inning of Saturday night’s 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox. He called it a “freak accident.”
  The 23-year-old right fielder said an MRI showed some damage and that he would be examined by a hand specialist.
  Meadows is hitting .351 with six homers
  
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• Man sentenced after father-in-law dies in drug test scam

  21-04-2019 19:29
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 35-year-old Kansas man has been sentenced to prison after his father-in-law died while taking methadone to help the younger man cheat on a drug test.
  Justin Jones was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the 2017 death of 47-year-old Eric Everts. Both men lived in Baldwin City.
  The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Jones also pleaded guilty in January to distribution of methadone.
  As part of his treatment for drug addiction, Jon
  
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• Liverpool top of Premier League again after beating Cardiff

  21-04-2019 19:29
  CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 victory at Cardiff on Sunday, which was secured in the second half by Georginio Wijnaldum’s strike and James Milner’s penalty.
  It gave Liverpool a club-record 88 Premier League points, beating the 86 managed in the 2008-09 season, but there is still a first English title in 29 years to secure.
  Liverpool holds a two-point advantage over Manchester City, which has a game in hand and plays at Manc
  
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• Israeli scientists create world’s first 3D-printed heart using human cells

  21-04-2019 19:29
  Israeli researchers have created an entire 3D-printed heart made from human cells in what they say is a world first.
  The heart doesn’t beat and is too small for use in people — it’s only about the size of a rabbit’s heart. But the little organ is considered a big advance in the ongoing effort to find new treatments for heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.
  Heart transplantation is currently the only good option for people with sev
  
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• Colorado rescue was puppy stolen in Florida 2 years ago

  21-04-2019 19:28
  SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — Two years after a puppy was stolen in Florida, it was found abandoned in Colorado and returned to its family thanks to the pet’s microchip ID. The Miami Herald reports the German Shepherd named Cedar lay covered with snow in rural Colorado, apparently malnourished before she was rescued by a deputy marshal.
  Owner Tamara Peterson said Cedar was stolen from her backyard in the town of Southwest Ranches in May 2017.
  It was not clear how the dog wound up ne
  
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• Colorado dog reunited with Florida family after 2017 theft

  21-04-2019 19:28
  SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — A dog found abandoned in Colorado has been returned to its family, nearly two years after it was stolen in Florida as a puppy.
  Animal charity organization Wings of Rescue says the German Shepherd named Cedar was covered with snow in a rural Colorado ditch, apparently malnourished with an injured leg when a deputy marshal found her. The pet was identified thanks to its microchip.
  The youngest of four dogs in the Peterson family, Cedar was stolen from their bac
  
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• Nets GM fined, suspended for entering refs locker room

  21-04-2019 19:18
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nets general manager Sean Marks has been suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 for entering the referees’ locker room after Brooklyn’s loss to Philadelphia in Game 4 of their playoff series.
  The Nets lost 112-108 on Saturday in a game in which Brooklyn’s Jared Dudley and Philadelphia’s Jimmy Butler were ejected after a scuffle broke out following Joel Embiid’s flagrant foul against Jarrett Allen in the third quarter.
  The Nets were al
  
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• ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ reigns over weekend box office

  21-04-2019 19:17
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Curse of La Llorona” (yuh-ROH’-nuh) had only good fortune at the box office.
  The Warner Bros. horror film based on a Mexican legend about a woman who murdered her children and wanders the world looking for them brought in $26.5 million as the weekend’s top film.
  It ended the two-week reign of “Shazam!” in the top spot. The DC Comics superhero comedy was second with $17.3 million, continuing its strong run with a three-week domesti
  
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• Liverpool returns to top spot; Everton humiliates Man United

  21-04-2019 19:08
  LONDON (AP) — Before returning to the top of the Premier League, Liverpool got to savor a Manchester United humiliation.
  Now, unusually, Liverpool needs a swift recovery by its great rival after United’s despair in being routed 4-0 by Everton on Sunday.
  Liverpool’s hopes of ending a 29-year English title drought could hinge on a big favor from sixth-place United when it hosts Manchester City on Wednesday.
  After beating Cardiff 2-0 on Sunday, Liverpool is two points ahead of Cit
  
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• An exit poll from Ukraine’s presidential election shows comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy winning with 73% of the vote

  21-04-2019 19:04
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — An exit poll from Ukraine’s presidential election shows comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy winning with 73% of the vote.
  The post An exit poll from Ukraine’s presidential election shows comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy winning with 73% of the vote appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• 2 children shot in road rage incident involving father

  21-04-2019 19:01
  MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina man has been arrested after two children were shot in a road rage incident.
  Surry County officials say 41-year-old Byron Donnell Green of Mount Airy is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, discharging a weapon into an occupied property causing bodily injury and assault by pointing a gun. Bond for Green was set at $600,000.
  Investigators say a 9-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl wer
  
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