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• Marine traffic monitoring site shows Iranian tanker suspected of breaching US sanctions to be moving away from Gibraltar

  18-08-2019 23:59
  GIBRALTAR (AP) — Marine traffic monitoring site shows Iranian tanker suspected of breaching US sanctions to be moving away from Gibraltar.
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• Giants’ Golden Tate III placed in concussion protocol

  18-08-2019 23:56
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate III has been placed in concussion protocol.
  Tate sustained the concussion Friday night in the Giants’ 32-13 preseason victory over the Chicago Bears. It was not known Sunday how long the 10-year veteran will be kept out of practice.
  It was not a great week for the 30-year-old Tate, who learned earlier in the week that his appeal of a four-game suspension to start the season was upheld by the NFL office. Tate insis
  
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• Jones, Sun beat Wings 78-68, clinch playoff spot

  18-08-2019 23:49
  UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Courtney Williams scored 18 points and the Connecticut Sun beat the Dallas Wings 78-68 on Sunday to clinch a playoff berth.
  Jonquel Jones had 16 points and 10 rebounds for her 14th double-double of the season, and Jasmine Thomas added 16 points and nine assists. Connecticut (19-8) has won three games in a row and eight of 10.
  Shekinna Stricklen converted a 3-point play to make it 35-32 with 39 seconds left in the first half and Connecticut led the rest of the way.
  
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• Officials seize marijuana mixed with jalapeño peppers

  18-08-2019 23:41
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Officials say they seized $2.3 million worth of marijuana mixed in with a shipment of jalapeño peppers at a Southern California port.
  A Customs and Border Protection K-9 unit alerted officers to a shipment of peppers Thursday at the Otay Mesa cargo facility in San Diego.
  A CBP news release says officers discovered more than 7,500 pounds (3,401 kilograms) of marijuana in the peppers’ pallets.
  Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan congratulated the officers on Twi
  
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• Bayern at Bochum in German Cup; Borussia teams to clash

  18-08-2019 23:32
  DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Bayern Munich’s German Cup defense continues at second-tier Bochum, and Borussia Dortmund was drawn against Borussia Mönchengladbach in Sunday’s second-round draw.
  Former Germany defender Christoph Metzelder also drew three other all-Bundesliga games: Bayer Leverkusen at home to Paderborn, Freiburg against visiting Union Berlin, and Wolfsburg hosting Leipzig in matches scheduled for Oct. 30-31.
  Eintracht Frankfurt, the 2018 winner, was drawn at St.
  
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• Mystics break WNBA record with 18 3s, beat Fever 107-68

  18-08-2019 23:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Elena Delle Donne scored 25 points and hit three of Washington’s WNBA-record 18 3-pointers in the Mystics’ 107-68 victory over the Indiana Fever on Sunday.
  The Mystics (20-7) scored the most points in a WNBA games this season. They have won six in a row, averaging 95.3 points during the run, and 11 of their last 12. Washington broke the 3-point record of 17 set by Seattle last year against Las Vegas.
  Aerial Powers added 19 points, going 4 of 6 from 3-point ran
  
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• Nationals match team HR record with 8, rout Brewers 16-8

  18-08-2019 23:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Nationals matched a team record with eight home runs — including two by Juan Soto — in a 16-8 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday as Washington took two of three from a fellow contender in the NL playoff race.
  Matt Adams and Victor Robles hit back-to-back homers in the first to give the Nationals a 4-0 lead, and Anthony Rendon and Soto did the same in the third as the advantage ballooned to 13-0. Washington has gone for back-to-back homers ten times th
  
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• Jack Whitaker, Hall of Fame sports broadcaster, dies at 95

  18-08-2019 23:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jack Whitaker, whose Hall of Fame broadcasting career ranged from the first Super Bowl to Secretariat’s Triple Crown to short essays from major sporting events, died Sunday morning, CBS reported.
  The network said Whitaker died of natural causes in his sleep in Devon, Pennsylvania. He was 95.
  Whitaker, a Philadelphia native who was wounded on Omaha Beach three days after the D-Day Invasion, began his broadcast career at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and spent 22 years for CB
  
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• Clevinger fans 10, Indians tame Yankees 8-4 for 4-game split

  18-08-2019 23:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Clevinger struck out 10 in five shutout innings, Mike Freeman had three extra-base hits and the Cleveland Indians tamed the New York Yankees 8-4 Sunday for a four-game split between AL pennant contenders.
  A day after manager Aaron Boone and two other Yankees were ejected for again ranting against umpires, it was a relatively quiet afternoon. Miffed by a strike three call against rookie Mike Ford, Boone merely threw his hands up and walked down the dugout steps without
  
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• Red-hot Devers helps Red Sox rally past Orioles, 13-7

  18-08-2019 23:11
  BOSTON (AP) — Rafael Devers went 4 for 5 with a homer, two doubles and four RBIs, and the Boston Red Sox rallied from an early six-run deficit for a 13-7 victory Sunday that completed a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles.
  J.D. Martinez added three hits and two RBIs, and Sam Travis hit a solo homer for the Red Sox, who won their fifth straight as they try to climb out of a deep hole for the second AL wild card. Boston trails Tampa Bay by 6½ games.
  In his last eight games, Deve
  
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• Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana governor during Katrina, dies

  18-08-2019 22:59
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who led Louisiana through Hurricane Katrina as her state’s first elected female governor, has died.
  The office of Gov. John Bel Edwards confirmed Blanco died Sunday. She was 76.
  Blanco had battled a rare eye cancer successfully in 2011, but that later returned and spread to her liver.
  Her death came more than a year after the Democrat who served in state government offices for more than two decades announced she was in a “fight
  
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• Tesla restarts its solar-panel business, offers rental plans

  18-08-2019 22:52
  PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Tesla is trying to spark its solar-panel business by letting consumers rent rooftop systems rather than buy them.
  Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk announced the offering in a series of tweets Sunday.
  The company will allow residents of six states to rent solar-power systems starting at $50 a month — or $65 a month in California — for a small set-up.
  Musk says consumers can cancel anytime, although Tesla’s website says there’s a $1,500 charge to remo
  
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• Goldschmidt homers, Cardinals edge Reds 5-4 to stay in 1st

  18-08-2019 22:51
  CINCINNATI (AP) — An inconsistent St. Louis Cardinals lineup cranked out just enough offense Sunday to stay in first place.
  Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer, Tommy Edman added a solo shot among his three hits and the Cardinals held off the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 to split a strange four-game series in which they totaled two runs in their two losses and 23 in a pair of wins.
  “It was up and down,” Edman said. “We scored one run in the first and third games, exploded in the
  
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• Ex-Gov Kathleen Blanco, who led Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina, has died, according to officials close to the family

  18-08-2019 22:51
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Ex-Gov Kathleen Blanco, who led Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina, has died, according to officials close to the family.
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• Choi has 2-run single in 9th, Rays beat Tigers 5-4

  18-08-2019 22:50
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ji-Man Choi’s two-run single in the bottom of the ninth completed a rally from a late three-run deficit and gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.
  The Rays trailed 4-1 after seven before coming back with two in the eighth and then the winning hit in the ninth.
  Travis d’Arnaud reached to open the ninth against Joe Jimenez (3-7) on shortstop Gordon Beckham’s throwing error and went to second when Willy Adames walked.
  The
  
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• Hedges homers, has 4 hits to lead Padres past Phillies

  18-08-2019 22:46
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Austin Hedges had four hits, including a tiebreaking homer in the seventh, and Joey Lucchesi pitched six strong innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
  Luis Urías also went deep for the Padres, who had lost seven consecutive rubber games before taking two of three in Philadelphia.
  Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper left after the fifth inning because of dehydration.
  On a hot, muggy afternoon with a gametime te
  
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• Acuña yanked, Ortega slam lead Braves over Dodgers 5-3

  18-08-2019 22:44
  ATLANTA (AP) — With All-Star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. banished for his lack of hustle, Rafael Ortega stepped up with a sixth-inning grand slam to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
  Acuña was pulled before the fifth inning after failing to run out a drive off the right field wall in the third. The ball bounced off the wall for a long single. The 21-year-old Acuña likely would have had an easy double if he had hustled from hom
  
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• Brown: Howell to start getting 1st-team QB reps for UNC

  18-08-2019 22:16
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina coach Mack Brown says true freshman quarterback Sam Howell will start working with the first-team offense in preseason practices.
  Brown said Sunday that Howell’s consistency had given him an edge in a three-way competition with redshirt freshmen Cade Fortin and Jace Ruder. The plan is for Fortin and Ruder to split reps behind Howell with just less than two weeks to go until the opener against South Carolina in Charlotte on Aug. 31.
  Howell was a
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 18 at 1:15PM MST until August 21 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  18-08-2019 22:15
  * WHERE…Northwest Pinal County, Superior, Apache Junction/GoldCanyon, West Pinal County and Sonoran Desert National Monument.
  * IMPACTS…Increase in heat related illnesses, including heatcramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. Heat stroke can leadto death.
  * THREAT…Very High HeatRisk. Afternoon temperatures 106 to116. Overnight lows in the mid 80s.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by local standards, will occur. Actions shouldbe tak
  
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• Madison Keys rallies late to take 1st Cincinnati title

  18-08-2019 22:14
  MASON, Ohio (AP) — Madison Keys rallied late in both sets and beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 7-6 (5) for her first Cincinnati championship Sunday, sending her into the U.S. Open on a one-week upswing.
  By winning her first hardcourt final since the 2017 U.S. Open, she’ll be No. 10 when she returns to New York. Keys entered the tournament on a streak of early flameouts in her last three tournaments.
  At 34, Kuznetsova was the oldest finalist in the Western & Southern Open’s his
  
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• Kikuchi throws 2-hitter for 1st shutout, Mariners top Jays

  18-08-2019 21:57
  TORONTO (AP) — Yusei Kikuchi pitched his first shutout in the major leagues, throwing a two-hitter Sunday that led the Seattle Mariners over the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0.
  Kikuchi (5-8) struck out eight, walked one and retired the final 14 batters in his first win since beating Baltimore on June 23. The rookie left-hander went 0-3 with a 6.53 ERA in eight starts covering 40 innings between victories.
  The 28-year-old Kikuchi was a star in Japan before signing a $56 million, four-year deal with
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 18 at 12:57PM MST until August 21 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  18-08-2019 21:57
  * IMPACTS…Increase in heat related illnesses, including heatcramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. Heat stroke can leadto death.
  * AFFECTED AREAS…Tucson Metro, Southeast Pinal County, Marana,Vail, Mammoth, Oracle, and Safford as well as the westerndeserts including Sells, Ajo and Organ Pipe National Monument.
  * TEMPERATURES…108 to 113 degrees.
  * For a detailed view of the hazard area…visitweather.gov/Tucson and click on the Detailed Hazards IconAn Excessive Heat Wa
  
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• Phillies star Harper leaves game because of dehydration

  18-08-2019 21:48
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper left Sunday’s game against the San Diego Padres after the fifth inning because of dehydration.
  On a hot, muggy afternoon in Philadelphia with a gametime temperature of 90 degrees, Harper was lifted prior to taking the field in the sixth. Harper, who signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Phillies in the offseason, has played in 123 of 124 games this season.
  Harper singled in the fourth inning, pulling up abru
  
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• Lopetegui’s Sevilla beats Espanyol in Spanish league opener

  18-08-2019 21:46
  MADRID (AP) — Sevilla had a successful start under former Spain coach Julen Lopetegui with a 2-0 win at Espanyol in its Spanish league opener on Sunday.
  Sergio Reguilón and Manuel “Nolito” Agudo scored a goal in each half in Sevilla’s first competitive match with the new coach.
  This is Lopetegui’s first job since being fired after a brief stint with Real Madrid last year. He lost his Spain job just before the 2018 World Cup for taking the Madrid position with
  
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• Canada ‘disappointed’ by British decision on Jihadi Jack

  18-08-2019 21:44
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada says it is disappointed the United Kingdom has decided to “off-load their responsibilities” after the British Home Office revoked the citizenship of a dual citizen of the two countries imprisoned in Syria.
  Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale confirmed Sunday in statement that Jack Letts, a British-Canadian man dubbed Jihadi Jack by the media who has been behind bars in a Kurdish prison since 2017, has been stripped of his British citizenship.
  She
  
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• 4 Louisiana men to plead guilty in Mississippi bribe scheme

  18-08-2019 21:44
  Four Louisiana men say they’ll plead guilty to charges that they tried to bribe a Mississippi sheriff with $2,000 in casino chips, seeking lucrative jail contracts.
  Michael LeBlanc Sr. of Baton Rouge, Michael LeBlanc Jr. of Prairieville, Tawasky Ventroy of Opelousas and Jacque Jones of LaPlace have filed notices saying they will change their pleas.
  All are accused of scheming to win contracts to sell inmates phone service and commissary goods at a jail in Mississippi’s Kemper County.
  
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• Braves star Acuña pulled after failing to run out long drive

  18-08-2019 21:28
  ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. has been removed from the Atlanta Braves’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after he stood at the plate admiring a long flyball that did not leave the park.
  Acuña, an All-Star outfielder for the NL East leaders, was pulled before the fifth inning after failing to run out a drive off the right field wall in the third. The ball bounced off the wall for a long single. The 21-year-old Acuña likely would have had an easy double if he
  
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• The Latest: Rosenqvist taken to hospital after Pocono wreck

  18-08-2019 21:15
  LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway (all times local):
  3:35 p.m.
  IndyCar driver Felix Rosenqvist has been taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after he was involved in a five-car wreck at the start of the race at Pocono.
  The Chip Ganassi Racing driver was taken by ambulance shortly after the wreck triggered by Takuma Sato on the first lap. Sato, Ryan Hunter-Reay, James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi were treate
  
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• The Latest: Power wins shortened Pocono race marred by wreck

  18-08-2019 21:15
  LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway (all times local):
  6 p.m.
  Will Power has the won a shortened race at Pocono Raceway, the 13th straight season he’s won an IndyCar race. The race was called with 72 laps left because of lightning and severe weather in the area. Lightning strikes at Pocono after a rain-shortened NASCAR race killed one fan in 2012.
  Power was in the right position to a win a race marred by yet another horrific wreck that collected fiv
  
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• Tucson police investigating suspicious death on the south side

  18-08-2019 21:05
  Tucson police are investigating human remains found at a ranch on Tucson’s south side.
  Authorities say officers responded to human remains found by a ranch employee around 9:30 am on August 14th, 2019.
  Officers arrived at the property in the 12900 block of S. Old Nogales Highway and found the remains in an undeveloped area of the ranch.
  Officers contacted Gang Unit detectives to continue the investigation into the suspicious death.
  Detectives have released details of the deceased man in an
  
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• San Francisco bison named Brunhilda dies

  18-08-2019 21:04
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An 8-year-old female American bison living in Golden Gate Park’s famous paddock has died after suffering severe kidney disease.
  The San Francisco Zoo and Gardens, which cares for the bison herd, announced Brunhilda’s death Friday after a necropsy, according to The San Francisco Chronicle . Zoo officials could not be reached for comment Sunday.
  Brunhilda was one of six in the park’s current herd. Bison have lived in a paddock next to Spreckels Lake sin
  
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• Bail set at $200,000 for NYC subway scare defendant

  18-08-2019 20:54
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bail has been set at $200,000 for a homeless man from West Virginia who was charged with placing two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a New York City subway station.
  The bail was set Sunday when Larry Kenton Griffin II of Bruno, West Virginia, appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court.
  A message seeking comment was left with a lawyer for Griffin.
  Griffin was scheduled to return to court Friday.
  His bail was set by Criminal Court Judge Keisha Espinal two days after Fr
  
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• Silent start in Bundesliga for Union Berlin ends in 4-0 loss

  18-08-2019 20:42
  BERLIN (AP) — Life in the Bundesliga began in silence for Union Berlin with a 15-minute protest by the club’s fans against opponents Leipzig.
  A minute after Union fans finally unleashed their support on Sunday, it was the visiting supporters making all the noise after Leipzig scored the opening goal in a 4-0 rout of the first team from the former East Berlin to play in Germany’s top flight.
  The home fans stayed quiet for the opening 15 minutes, answering a call from Union ultra
  
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• Rockies’ Oberg again treated for blood clot in pitching arm

  18-08-2019 20:30
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies right-hander Scott Oberg has been treated for a blood clot in his pitching arm for the second time in his career.
  Manager Bud Black said Oberg had a procedure to dissolve the clot at a hospital on Saturday and remained there overnight. The Rockies put Oberg on the 10-day injured list Sunday.
  Black said the 28-year-old Oberg started feeling heaviness in his arm on Saturday and alerted the training staff. They sent him to the hospital for an examination and the
  
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• Top White House economic adviser says Trump still ‘looking at’ buying Greenland

  18-08-2019 20:19
  Greenland has said it’s not for sale, but that didn’t stop top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow from adding fuel to the idea that the Trump administration wants to purchase the world’s largest island from Denmark.
  Speaking with “Fox News Sunday,” Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council, said the administration is “looking at” purchasing Greenland.
  “It’s an interesting story,” Kudlow told host Dana Perino. “
  
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• Nats put struggling closer Doolittle on 10-day injured list

  18-08-2019 20:16
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals have put struggling closer Sean Doolittle on the 10-day injured list with right knee tendinitis, a day after he gave up three home runs in the ninth inning against Milwaukee.
  The NL wild-card leaders made the move Sunday. They recalled righty Kyle McGowin from Double-A Harrisburg.
  Doolittle has posted a career-worst 4.33 ERA with 28 saves. But the lefty blew his sixth save try Saturday in a 15-14, 14-inning loss. Doolittle allowed four runs on fou
  
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• Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to OK glacier

  18-08-2019 20:03
  OKJOKULL GLACIER, Iceland (AP) — It was a funeral for ice.
  With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandic officials, activists and others bade goodbye to what once was a glacier.
  Icelandic geologist Oddur Sigurðsson pronounced the Okjokull glacier extinct about a decade ago. But on Sunday he brought a death certificate to the made-for-media memorial.
  After about 100 people made a two-hour hike up a volcano, children insta
  
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• Suburban voters are pressuring Republicans to act on guns

  18-08-2019 19:54
  GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Following the news has grown stressful for Angela Tetschner, a 39-year-old nurse raising four children in this sprawling Phoenix suburb of tile roofs, desert yards, young families and voters who are increasingly up for grabs.
  “Sometimes I do think about the school shootings,” said Tetschner, who doesn’t pay much attention to politics but has been disappointed in President Donald Trump, days after sending her 5-year-old boy to kindergarten. She&rsquo
  
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• Bears release Elliott Fry, leaving Eddy Pineiro as kicker

  18-08-2019 19:45
  LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears’ kicking competition is over for now, with Eddy Pineiro the winner.
  The Bears announced Sunday that Elliott Fry has been released after an offseason and preseason competition with Pineiro and several other kickers.
  The Bears have been looking for a kicker since cutting Cody Parkey following his double-doink field goal miss of 43 yards in their 16-15 playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
  Pineiro, who kicked in college at Florida, cost the
  
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• Reds put Votto on IL with back strain, recall O’Grady

  18-08-2019 19:32
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds have placed first baseman Joey Votto on the 10-day injured list with lower back tightness that has kept him out of Cincinnati’s last three games.
  The move is retroactive to Thursday. In a corresponding move, the Reds recalled utility player Brian O’Grady from Triple-A Louisville on Sunday.
  Votto was on a six-game hitting streak before his back tightened up. The six-time All Star is hitting .262 with 12 home runs and 39 RBIs in 113 games this season.
  T
  
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• Lampard’s Chelsea homecoming ruined as Leicester earns draw

  18-08-2019 19:28
  Frank Lampard climbed the steps in the tunnel and emerged to rapturous applause from Chelsea fans, a flame display and a giant banner at one end of Stamford Bridge that read “Welcome Home Super Frank.”
  “The stuff of dreams,” Lampard described his homecoming on Sunday.
  He couldn’t mark it with a victory, though.
  Lampard’s winless run as manager of the club where he is the record scorer and one of its greatest players extended to three games after Leicester foug
  
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• Lampard still without a win as Chelsea manager

  18-08-2019 19:28
  Frank Lampard’s winless run at the start of his tenure as Chelsea manager extended to three games Sunday after Leicester fought back to earn a 1-1 draw in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
  After a 4-0 loss at Manchester United on the opening weekend and then a penalty shootout defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday, Chelsea couldn’t hold on to the lead given by youngster Mason Mount’s seventh-minute goal.
  Holding midfielder Wilfred Ndidi was at fault for that goal afte
  
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• Nonprofit changing lives with service dogs for veterans and first responders

  18-08-2019 19:06
  The Patriotic Service Dog Foundation provides dogs free of charge to help first responders and veterans suffering from PTSD — changing lives for those who serve.
  At least a third of the dogs are rescues, trained to help their owners in large crowds or to “interrupt” when they notice signs of emotional distress.
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• Sacramento files lawsuit to ban 7 men from business district

  18-08-2019 19:04
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The city of Sacramento has filed an unusual lawsuit to ban seven men considered to be a “public nuisance” from a popular business corridor.
  The lawsuit alleges the men are “drug users, trespassers, thieves … and violent criminals” who have illegal weapons and ammunition and have forced police to dedicate an “excessive amount” of resources to the Broadway corridor.
  City Attorney Susana Alcala Wood filed the suit Aug. 9 in
  
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• Indiana lawmaker under fire for posting noose picture

  18-08-2019 19:01
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana lawmaker who posted nooses under a Facebook story about a black man pleading guilty to rape is drawing criticism for using racist imagery.
  Republican state Rep. Jim Lucas, from Seymour, posted a picture of a gallows with two nooses under a WISH-TV story about Marquise Dozier’s case.
  Lucas says he wanted to punish the man and believes in capital punishment. Dozier faces up to 72 years in prison.
  Lucas says he’s previously posted the image under sto
  
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• Cedric Benson, prolific rusher at UT who played in NFL, dies

  18-08-2019 18:58
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former NFL and Texas running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.
  Benson’s attorney, Sam Bassett, says Austin law enforcement told him that Benson was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday night.
  One of the top high school recruits in the country out of Midland, Texas, Benson was a key player in the Longhorns’ resurgence under former coach Mack
  
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• White House aide Kudlow confirms Trump interest in Greenland

  18-08-2019 18:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is confirming that President Donald Trump “wants to take a look at” buying Greenland, although the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark has said it’s not for sale.
  Kudlow tells “Fox News Sunday” that he won’t predict what might happen, but he calls Greenland — which is situated between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans — “a strategic place” with “a lot of valuable mine
  
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• Trump says buying Greenland ‘a large real estate deal’

  18-08-2019 18:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the idea of buying Greenland from Denmark came up in conversations within his administration and that it’s essentially “a large real estate deal.”
  The semi-autonomous territory of Denmark has said it’s not for sale.
  In remarks to reporters Sunday, Trump cast the possible purchase as a strategic move by the U.S. but not a top priority for his administration.
  Greenland is situated between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Th
  
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• Bomb blast kills Pakistani tribal elder near Afghan border

  18-08-2019 18:39
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a pro-government tribal elder has been killed by a bomb planted in his vehicle in the country’s northwest, near the Afghan border.
  Senior officer Mian Naseeb Jan said Sunday’s explosion killed four others and wounded six as they were traveling in the Upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. He said the bomb was likely detonated remotely.
  The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
  The mountainous border r
  
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• Pedestrian killed in hit and run on the Tucson’s west side

  18-08-2019 18:38
  Tucson Police Dept. says a pedestrian was fatally struck in a hit and run on Saturday.
  Officers responded to reports of a serious injury collision involving a pedestrian near 1st Ave. and Kelso.
  Arriving at the scene authorities found an unresponsive female in the street.
  The woman was being treated by other motorists who had stopped to help but was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Authorities have identified the woman as 40-year-old Robyn Gmyrek.
  We’re told a gray Mazda was driving sout
  
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