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• Federer wins with a little help from friends Nadal and Borg

  21-09-2019 23:46
  GENEVA (AP) — Coaching each other courtside, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won their singles matches Saturday to help Team Europe retain its lead over Team World on Day 2 of the Laver Cup.
  Federer got his great rival’s input at his shoulder before rallying late and raising his game in the decisive super-tiebreaker to beat Nick Kyrgios 6-7 (5), 7-5, 10-7 in the afternoon session.
  “What I really enjoy with Rafa is just that we very often align, our ideas align,” said Feder
  
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• Federer, Nadal win singles to keep Europe ahead in Laver Cup

  21-09-2019 23:46
  GENEVA (AP) — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won their singles matches Saturday to help Team Europe retain its lead over Team World on Day 2 of the Laver Cup.
  Using some courtside coaching from Nadal, Federer rallied late and raised his game in the decisive super-tiebreaker to beat Nick Kyrgios 6-7 (5), 7-5, 10-7 in the afternoon session.
  Nadal opened the evening session by beating Milos Raonic 6-3, 7-6 (1), and was quickly back on court partnering Stefanos Tsitsipas in the day’s dou
  
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• Howard beats Delaware State 24-9, gives Prince first victory

  21-09-2019 23:36
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Caylin Newton threw for two touchdowns, ran for another score, and Howard beat Delaware State 24-9 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener and gave Ron Prince his first victory as head coach of the Bison.
  The Hornets (1-2, 0-1) took a 7-0 lead on a 2-yard pass from Tylik Bethea to Kwannah Kollie, but Newton connected with Michael Cornwell on a 24-yard TD, ran 4 yards for a score and then hit Damion Gillespie for a 6-yard touchdown and an 18-9 halftime lead. Newton&rs
  
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• Keselowski seeking repeat of history at Richmond

  21-09-2019 23:32
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Brad Keselowski is hoping he can make history repeat itself.
  The Penske Racing driver earned his only victory at Richmond Raceway on Sept. 6, 2014, when he started from the pole and led 383 of the 400 laps. He’ll be in that same starting spot Saturday night for the second of three races in the first segment of the playoffs in NASCAR’s Cup Series.
  Keselowski will have plenty of accomplished company at the front of the field.
  Kevin Harvick, who has three vict
  
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• Barron Hilton, hotel magnate and AFL founder, dies at 91

  21-09-2019 23:26
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barron Hilton, a hotel magnate who expanded his father’s chain and became a founding owner in the American Football League, has died. He was 91. Hilton’s family says he died Thursday of natural causes in his Long Angeles home. He transformed Hilton into the industry’s top brand during his 30 years as its chief executive.
  Hilton also founded the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFL and oversaw the AFL-NFL merger.
  William Barron Hilton was born in Dallas in 19
  
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• Barcelona loses in worst start to league in 25 years

  21-09-2019 23:24
  MADRID (AP) — Not even Lionel Messi’s return was enough to prevent Barcelona from making its worst start to the Spanish league season in 25 years.
  Messi came off the bench in the second half to make his first league appearance of the season on Saturday night as Barcelona lost 2-0 at promoted Granada.
  Barcelona is seventh with seven points from its first five matches. Not since 1994-95 — five points after the first five games — has Barcelona had such a bad start.
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• Barcelona loses in its worst start in Spain for 25 years

  21-09-2019 23:24
  MADRID (AP) — Not even Lionel Messi’s return was enough to prevent Barcelona from making its worst start in the Spanish league for 25 years.
  Messi came off the bench in the second half for his first league appearance of the season on Saturday as Barcelona lost 2-0 at promoted Granada.
  Barcelona is seventh with seven points from its first five matches. Not since 1994-95 — when it had five points after the first five games — has Barcelona had such a bad start.
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• Lions sign Hall to active roster, release Lacy

  21-09-2019 23:23
  ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have signed wide receiver Marvin Hall to the active roster from the practice squad and released receiver Chris Lacy.
  The Lions also announced Saturday that they have signed defensive end Jonathan Wynn to the practice squad.
  Hall spent the preseason with Chicago. He appeared in 24 games with the Atlanta Falcons over the past two seasons, catching 12 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns. He also averaged 23.7 yards on kickoff returns.
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• Young leads Columbia past St. Francis (PA) 31-14

  21-09-2019 23:18
  LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — Ryan Young ran for 98 yards and a touchdown to help Columbia roll past St. Francis (PA) 31-14 on Saturday.
  Ty Lenhart threw for 101 yards and also ran for a score for the Lions (1-0) in their season opener.
  Columbia trailed 7-0 early when Young broke for a 65-yard touchdown run on first down to even it up with 11:08 left in the first quarter. St. Francis answered with another touchdown on a 74-yard pass from Jason Brown but Lenhart’s touchdown run tied it up again
  
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• Eastern Kentucky runs over Presbyterian College 35-10

  21-09-2019 23:12
  CLINTON, S.C. (AP) — Parker McKinney threw for two touchdowns and rushed for a third as Eastern Kentucky rolled to a 35-10 victory over Presbyterian College in the first meeting between the teams on Saturday afternoon.
  Daryl McCleskey Jr. rushed for 138 yards and a score and Keyion Dixon caught six passes for 101 yards and a touchdown for Eastern Kentucky (2-2).
  McKinney, who threw for 155 yards, hit Dixon on a 10-yard touchdown toss to give Eastern Kentucky a 14-10 lead early in the secon
  
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• Allen’s 1-yd TD lifts Duquesne to a 35-31 win over Dayton

  21-09-2019 23:09
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Mark Allen capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive with a 1-yard dive to lift Duquesne past Dayton, 35-31 in a nonconference contest Saturday afternoon.
  The Dukes (2-1) won their fourth straight over the Flyers and split back-to-back games in Ohio, falling to Youngstown State, 34-14 last week. They continue their three-game road trip next week at New Hampshire.
  The game was the home opener for Dayton (2-1).
  The teams were tied, 21-21 at intermission and Dayton took the lead on
  
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• Furman dominates Mercer with rushing attack, 45-10

  21-09-2019 23:08
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Devin Watts rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown, Corey Watkins added 97 yards rushing with two touchdowns and Furman defeated Mercer 45-10 on Saturday.
  Furman (2-2, 1-0 Southern) rushed for 410 yards and five rushing touchdowns and had 600 yards total offense.
  The Paladins (FCS No. 15) held the Southern Conference’s No. 1 offense to 283 yards and forced four turnovers. Robert Riddle was 18-of-34 passing for 149 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for
  
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• Woman runs own half marathon after mix-up with UK race

  21-09-2019 23:06
  WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman thought she was signing up to run a half marathon near her home, not across the Atlantic Ocean.
  Sheila Pereira learned too late that the Worcester City Half Marathon was actually being held in Worcester, England, and not Worcester, Massachusetts, on Sept. 15.
  She decided to run 13 miles that day anyway, only on this side of the pond. The Boston Globe reports Pereira sent the English race organizers a picture of her route from Worcester to Shrew
  
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• Army recruit dies before training exercise in South Carolina

  21-09-2019 23:05
  FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — An 18-year-old Army recruit at Fort Jackson in South Carolina has died before a training exercise.
  Fort Jackson spokesman Patrick Jones said in a statement that the recruit died Friday while preparing for outdoor physical training with his battalion.
  When the recruit showed signs of distress, Fort Jackson medical personnel immediately transported him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Jones says hospital staff reported that the death was not heat-related.
  
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• Marchi leads Sacred Heart to third win, tops LIU 34-10

  21-09-2019 23:03
  OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — Logan Marchi passed for 375 yards and his three touchdown strikes in the second quarter propelled Sacred Heart past Long Island 34-10 on Saturday in a Northeast Conference opener.
  The Pioneers (3-1) entered the second quarter trailing 7-6 but scored on their next three possessions. Marchi capped a nine-play, 88-yard drive with an 11-yard scoring pass to Tyrese Chambers, then found Del Driscoll from the 10 after the Pioneers got the ball back on a fumble and hit Ch
  
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• Yale opens season with 23-10 victory over Holy Cross

  21-09-2019 23:00
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Kurt Rawlings passed for 232 yards and a touchdown and Zane Dudek ran for 96 yards and a score to help Yale open its season with a 23-10 victory over Holy Cross on Saturday.
  Yale took the opening kickoff and marched 69 yards on nine plays with Dudek bulling his way into the end zone from 2 yards out. The Bulldogs missed the extra point and led 6-0 after the first quarter.
  Holy Cross got on the scoreboard in the second quarter on a 34-yard field goal by Derek Ng and
  
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• Reward upped to $35K in search for missing 5-year-old Dulce Alavez

  21-09-2019 22:54
  NBC — The reward for information about the disappearance of Dulce Alavez was increased to $35,000 as the search for the missing 5-year-old girl entered its sixth day.
  The New Jersey State Police Benevolent Association said in a tweet late Friday that it was raising the award to $30,000 in hopes that “someone will come forward.”
  “We need everyone’s help to find this girl,” the agency’s president, Patrick Colligan, said.
  The FBI in Newark said in
  
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• Inter beats Milan 2-0 to keep perfect start in Serie A

  21-09-2019 22:52
  MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan maintained its perfect start to the season as it beat city rival AC Milan 2-0 in an entertaining derby match in Serie A on Saturday.
  Both teams had a goal ruled out in the first half and Inter hit the woodwork. The Nerazzurri broke the deadlock shortly after the interval with a deflected strike from Marcelo Brozovic.
  Romelu Lukaku all but sealed the result in the 78th minute with his third goal in four Serie A matches.
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• Elevator briefly breaks down at reopened Washington Monument

  21-09-2019 22:51
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The newly upgraded elevator at the Washington Monument stopped working just days after reopening to the public following a three-year renovation project.
  The National Park Service says there was a “brief interruption in service” for about an hour Saturday.
  Spokesman Mike Litterst said Parks Service staffers resolved the issue and visitors who were at the top of the 555-foot stone obelisk were able to return to the ground floor using the elevator.
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• Delaware rallies to defeat Pennsylvania 28-27

  21-09-2019 22:46
  NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Nolan Henderson threw three touchdown passes and Delaware scored 21 consecutive points in the second half to rally past Pennsylvania 28-27 on Saturday.
  The Blue Hens (FCS No. 20) rallied from a 21-7 third-quarter deficit then held on after Penn’s Isaiah Malcome scored on a 69-yard punt return to make the score 28-27. Nick Robinson’s pass for the 2-point conversion and the lead was incomplete.
  Henderson completed 20 of 29 passes for 260 yards with the three t
  
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• Rape followed threat of forced incest, prosecutors say

  21-09-2019 22:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a man raped a woman in New York after giving her the option of that, being killed or having sex with her son.
  The Queens district attorney’s office says 33-year-old Joshua Henderson raped and robbed the victim in her home Monday.
  Prosecutors say Henderson dressed as a construction worker to get into the building.
  They say he tied the woman and her adult son up and grabbed jewelry and cash. They say he then told her of her choices and raped her.
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• Edwards has 2 KO TDs, Maine tops Colgate 35-21

  21-09-2019 22:40
  HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Earnest Edwards returned two kickoffs for touchdowns for the second time in his career to lead Maine to a 35-21 win over Colgate on Saturday.
  Edwards added to his career record with his fifth kickoff return for a touchdown, a 100-yarder right up the middle of the field, to start the second half. Edwards, who hauled in a 40-yard touchdown bomb from Chris Ferguson in the final minute of the first half for a 21-7 lead, went 95 yards down the left sideline for his second
  
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• $6,000 in stolen quarters found in California baby stroller

  21-09-2019 22:37
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a woman stole $6,000 worth of quarters and her getaway car was a baby stroller.
  Bakersfield police officers noticed the woman Friday struggling to push the stroller but quickly realized there was no baby inside, according to the Bakersfield Californian .
  Police discovered the quarters, which 29-year-old Darrin Fritz is alleged to have stolen from a home, the newspaper reported. Fritz allegedly tried to flee from the officers.
  She was arrested on s
  
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• Merrimack steamrolls NAIA member Mayville State 76-7

  21-09-2019 22:36
  NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Christian Carter threw four touchdown passes — two each to Johnny Rosario and Marquis Spence — and Matt Brehon ran for 175 yards and three scores as Merrimack steamrolled NAIA member Mayville State 76-7 on Saturday.
  Carter completed 14 of 20 passes for 206 yards with one interception. Rosario finished with two catches, scoring on 40- and 53-yard strikes in the second quarter. Spence caught a 7-yard TD pass in the first quarter and hauled in a 6-yarde
  
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• Coastal Carolina rolls over UMass 62-28 for 3rd straight win

  21-09-2019 22:35
  AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Bryce Carpenter threw for 104 yards and two scores and rushed for 102 yards, Fred Payton threw for 203 yards and a touchdown and Coastal Carolina pummeled Massachusetts 62-28 in a nonconference game on Saturday afternoon.
  CJ Marable scored two touchdowns while rushing for 100 yards as the Chanticleers posted the most points since putting up 70 against Charleston Southern in 2010. Their 42 first-half points tied a school record as the Chanticleers led 42-14 going into
  
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• No. 23 California holds on to defeat Mississippi 28-20

  21-09-2019 22:33
  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Chase Garbers threw for four touchdowns, but No. 23 California needed a game-saving tackle at the 1-yard line from linebacker Evan Weaver on the game’s final play to defeat Mississippi 28-20 on Saturday.
  Cal (4-0) was in control until the final six minutes, when reserve quarterback John Rhys Plumlee led Ole Miss (2-2) on a late rally to wipe out a 28-13 deficit. Plumlee was stopped by Weaver for no gain on fourth down at the 1-yard line as time expired.
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• Dartmouth wins 10th straight opener, downs Jacksonville 35-6

  21-09-2019 22:32
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Drew Estrada scored two touchdowns and piled up 235 all-purpose yards as Dartmouth won its 10th straight season opener, knocking off Jacksonville 35-6 on Saturday afternoon.
  It was the first meeting between the Big Green and the Dolphins and just the second time Dartmouth has travelled to Florida. The last time Dartmouth lost its first meeting with an opponent was against Fordham in 1951. The win was the 14th straight win over a nonconference opponent.
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• Taylor helps No. 13 Wisconsin trounce No. 11 Michigan 35-14

  21-09-2019 22:27
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jonathan Taylor ran for 203 yards and two touchdowns, Jack Coan added a career-high two rushing touchdowns and No. 13 Wisconsin made it look easy in a 35-14 victory over No. 11 Michigan on Saturday.
  Taylor had 143 yards and both scores in the first quarter, including a 72-yarder. He missed the second quarter due to cramps, but the 2018 Doak Walker Award winner returned in the third to finish with 23 carries to help the Badgers (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) avenge a 38-13 loss to
  
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• Stanton homers, Paxton wins 10th straight as Yanks top Jays

  21-09-2019 22:19
  NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton launched his first homer since missing nearly three months to injury, James Paxton won his 10th straight start and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2 Saturday.
  New York manager Aaron Boone was ejected after another tangle with a rookie umpire, and the 101-win Yankees got promising news shortly before first pitch when an MRI of Gleyber Torres’ achy right hamstring came back negative.
  Two years after leading the majors with 59 homers f
  
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• School-record 6 TDs for Burrow, No. 4 LSU routs Vandy 66-38

  21-09-2019 22:18
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Joe Burrow tossed four of his school-record six touchdown passes to Ja’Marr Chase and threw for 398 yards Saturday, leading No. 4 LSU to a 66-38 romp over Vanderbilt in the Tigers’ Southeastern Conference opener.
  LSU (4-0) beat Vanderbilt (0-3, 0-2) for the eighth straight time and improved to 12-5 all-time in Nashville in the first game between these SEC charter members since 2010.
  The Tigers showed off their new high-powered offense, scoring their most
  
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• Cornell tops Marist 21-7, has 2 goal-line stops in opener

  21-09-2019 22:03
  POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Harold Coles rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown, Mike Catanese ran for a pair of scores and Cornell’s defense stopped Marist three times on fourth-down plays in the final period to win its season opener 21-7 Saturday.
  Cornell’s rushing game dominated with 263 yards while holding the ball for 40 minutes. Big Red (1-0) held Marist (1-2) to two yards on the ground and held a 419-220 edge in total offense.
  After a Big Red fumble in the fourth, Marist dro
  
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• DeVito leads Syracuse to 52-33 win over Western Michigan

  21-09-2019 21:59
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Tommy DeVito passed for a career-high four touchdowns and ran for one score and Syracuse broke a two-game losing streak to defeat Western Michigan 52-33 Saturday.
  The Orange (2-2) raced to a 21-0 lead but had to withstand a Western Michigan (2-2) rally as the Broncos closed to 38-33. A 9-yard touchdown catch by Aaron Hackett, who had two scores on a career day of six receptions, extended Syracuse’s margin to 45-33 with under nine minutes to go. Trishton Jackson,
  
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• Army beats Morgan State 52-21 heading into bye week

  21-09-2019 21:58
  WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Artice Hobbs IV scored twice, Connor Slomka rushed for a career-high 110 yards and another score, and Army beat Morgan State 52-21 on Saturday.
  Army (3-1) boosted its winning streak to 15 straight at home but had to overcome a surprising first-quarter deficit against Morgan State (0-3). The Bears who compete in the Championship Subdivision, haven’t won a nonconference road game since a 28-3 win over Bowie State five years ago. They’re 0-3 against Army, a
  
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• Chicago-area mall reopens after driver causes panic

  21-09-2019 21:47
  SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago mall has reopened after a man drove an SUV into it and sent frightened shoppers and employees scurrying.
  Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg reopened Saturday, a day after the 22-year-old man drove in and plowed into kiosks and a clothing store. Nobody was seriously hurt or hit by the vehicle despite the panic that ensued.
  Authorities say the man, who was arrested, may have been suffering from a medical condition. They don’t suspect terrorism or ot
  
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• Purdy scores 6 TDs, Iowa State throttles ULM 72-20

  21-09-2019 21:44
  AMES, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Brock Purdy threw for a career-high 435 yards and tied a school record with six touchdowns and Iowa State throttled Louisiana-Monroe 72-20 on Saturday.
  Purdy tossed three touchdown passes and ran for 75 yards and three TDs for the Cyclones (2-1), becoming the first player in school history to surpass 500 yards of total offense.
  Iowa State finished with a school-best 714 yards, breaking a record it set in 1949.
  Purdy pushed a 14-point halftime lead to 48-20 with
  
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• Lewerke’s 3 TDs lead Michigan State over Northwestern 31-10

  21-09-2019 21:41
  EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Brian Lewerke had three touchdown passes, Elijah Collins added a rushing TD and Michigan State bounced back from a stunning loss a week ago for a 31-10 victory over Northwestern on Saturday.
  Lewerke completed 18 of 31 passes for 228 yards and Collins had 76 yards rushing on 17 carries as the Spartans (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten Conference) snapped a three-game losing streak against the Wildcats (1-2, 0-1).
  Michigan State lost 10-7 to Arizona State last week after an apparent ga
  
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• Dillon runs for 150 yards, 2 scores as BC runs over Rutgers

  21-09-2019 21:33
  PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — AJ Dillon ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns and Boston College bounced back from a horrible performance a week ago to beat Rutgers 30-16 on Saturday.
  New Jersey native Anthony Brown scored on a quarterback sneak and running back David Bailey tallied on a career-long 42-yard run as the Eagles (3-1) used their big offensive line to hand Rutgers (1-2) its second straight loss. Dillon scored on second-half runs of 1 and 4 yards.
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• No. 9 Florida routs Tennessee 34-3, extends series dominance

  21-09-2019 21:32
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Trask threw for 293 yards and two touchdowns in his first start in nearly seven years and No. 9 Florida beat slumping Tennessee 34-3 Saturday, extending the Gators’ dominance in a series that used to be the most prominent in the Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division.
  Trask’s first collegiate start was far from perfect, though. The fourth-year junior lost a fumble and threw two interceptions against the Volunteers (1-3, 0-1 SEC)
  But he di
  
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• Annual commemorative motorcycle ride held in north Alabama

  21-09-2019 21:30
  WATERLOO, Ala. (AP) — Hundreds of motorcycles will be rumbling across north Alabama on Saturday for the 26th annual Trail of Tears commemorative ride.
  Riders departed Bridgeport in northeastern Alabama in the morning on their way toward the northwest Alabama town of Waterloo.
  There are no registration fees and anyone can participate. Tens of thousands of riders have joined in the event some years, and the weather is supposed to be good for this year’s ride.
  The more than 200-mile rid
  
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• Polish authorities mull evacuation after WWII bomb found

  21-09-2019 21:27
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Authorities in northwest Poland are mulling the evacuation of some 42,000 people after a giant British World War II seismic bomb was found buried in the waterway leading to the port of Szczecin.
  The 5.5-ton Tallboy bomb is 6 meters (20 feet) long and was found during works in a channel running through the town of Swinoujscie to Szczecin. With an impact range of over 10 kilometers (6 miles), it is the biggest wartime bomb found in Poland’s waters.
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• Holy anniversary! Displays of bat signal fete Batman at 80

  21-09-2019 21:19
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s no joker. The night sky all over the world is lighting up Saturday with an illumination of the famed bat insignia to mark a special anniversary for Batman.
  DC Comics is carrying off a celebration of Batman Day to mark the 80th anniversary of the appearance of crimefighter Bruce Wayne and his masked hidden identity.
  Fan gatherings are planned all over the world. But the most ambitious party plan is the illumination of the Batman signal.
  It will start at Fed Square
  
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• Tagovailoa throws 5 TDs, No. 2 Alabama rolls over USM 49-7

  21-09-2019 21:16
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa passed for 293 yards and five touchdowns in just three quarters and No. 2 Alabama rolled to a 49-7 victory over Southern Miss on Saturday.
  Tagovailoa had his second straight five-TD game and the Crimson Tide (4-0) raced to a 28-0 lead in the first 19 minutes in yet another lopsided victory. Last season’s Heisman Trophy runner-up completed 17 of 21 passes.
  The Golden Eagles (2-2) couldn’t keep up with speedy Tide receiver Henry Ruggs III ea
  
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• Arizona pension system sues state over public records

  21-09-2019 21:15
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System has sued the state Department of Administration to stop the release of public records containing employee sexual harassment allegations.
  The Arizona Republic reports that the state pension system for public safety personnel filed the lawsuit Thursday after the administration department had planned to release unredacted records to The Arizona Republic.
  The newspaper says it requested all legal claims filed against fired de
  
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• Newman’s 5 TD passes leads Wake Forest past Elon 49-7

  21-09-2019 21:14
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Jamie Newman completed 27 of 35 passes for 351 yards and five touchdowns, and Wake Forest eased past Elon 49-7 on Saturday at BB&T Field.
  The Demon Deacons (4-0) scored touchdowns on three of their first four drives. They ended any doubt as to the outcome just before halftime when Newman connected with receiver Sage Surratt for a 48-yard touchdown pass, Surratt’s second scoring reception of the game, to give the hosts a 28-7 lead.
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• Hoosiers, Ramsey bounce back with 38-3 blowout over UConn

  21-09-2019 21:11
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Peyton Ramsey threw three touchdown passes and linebacker Cam Jones returned an interception for his first career touchdown Saturday as Indiana rolled past Connecticut 38-3.
  The Hoosiers (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten) have won 17 of their last 18 nonconference games including all three this season — this one coming a week after a 41-point loss to No. 6 Ohio State.
  UConn (1-2) lost its 18th consecutive game against a Football Bowl Subdivision foe and it wasn’t even
  
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• Crews respond to package explosion at Phoenix post office

  21-09-2019 21:08
  PHOENIX (AP) – Phoenix police and Fire Department hazardous materials crews have responded to a post office where authorities say a package reportedly exploded Saturday, exposing three workers to an unknown chemical.
  Fire Capt. Danny Gile says personnel are investigating the substance and that the three postal workers are being evaluated.
  Gile says the workers were in stable condition with what he called “minor complaints.”
  No additional information was released.
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• The Latest: Deputies say SC shooting leaves 2 dead, 8 hurt

  21-09-2019 21:05
  LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly shooting Saturday at a South Carolina bar (all times local):
  1:50 p.m.
  South Carolina officials have identified the two people killed in an early morning shooting Saturday at a bar.
  Coroner Karla Deese tells news outlets that the two men killed were 39-year-old Henry Lee Colvin of Rock Hill, South Carolina, and 38-year-old Aaron Harris of Kershaw, South Carolina.
  The shooting happened at the Old Skool Sports Bar & Grill in Lancaster, about
  
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• Dual NZ pivots Barrett and Mo’unga stymie the Springboks

  21-09-2019 20:46
  YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — The heated debate in New Zealand rugby about playing Richie Mo’unga at flyhalf instead of Beauden Barrett, and Barrett at fullback instead of Ben Smith, might cool down now.
  The dual playmakers model, making a fourth appearance, was a hit for the All Blacks as they contained South Africa 23-13 to successfully open their Rugby World Cup title defense on Saturday in Yokohama.
  Barrett was even named man of the match. The boots of both also helped to finish off the
  
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• Padres fire manager Andy Green during season-ending skid

  21-09-2019 20:27
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have fired Andy Green in the midst of a season-ending collapse.
  General manager A.J. Preller announced the firing Saturday, less than 24 hours after the Padres played one of their worst games of the season in a 9-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
  Green was 274-366 since being before the 2016 season.
  Although the Padres were rebuilding, the season started with promise after the signing of slugger Manny Machado to a $300 million contract and top prospe
  
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• Rahm, Willett share lead after 3 rounds at BMW PGA Champs

  21-09-2019 20:23
  VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Jon Rahm endured a wild end to his third round at the BMW PGA Championship to drop back into a share of the lead with Danny Willett at the flagship European Tour event on Saturday.
  Holding a two-stroke lead after playing the first 16 holes in 5 under, Rahm hit a spectator with his second shot at No. 17 — though this did stop his ball going out of bounds. The world No. 6 pitched to 10 feet and three-putted for bogey.
  Rahm was also close to driving out of
  
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