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• Division II Charleston (WV) rallies past Valparaiso 19-13

  28-09-2019 23:59
  VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Tim McCutchen kicked four field goals, and his 20-yarder late in the third quarter gave Division II Charleston (West Virginia) the lead for the first time as the Golden Eagles held off winless Valparaiso Saturday.
  Valparaiso (0-4) took a 13-10 lead into intermission but was shut out in the second half while McCutchen kicked field goals of 39, 20 and 41 yards for the Golden Eagles (3-1). Charleston scored 10 points off three Valparaiso turnovers and held Valpo to 72
  
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• Arraez gets hurt in Twins’ 4-3 victory over Royals

  28-09-2019 23:40
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Minnesota Twins lost third baseman Luis Arraez to an apparent right leg injury in the seventh inning of their 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.
  Arraez collided with first baseman Willians Astudillo while he was chasing Hunter Dozier’s pop fly at the mound. Astudillo caught the ball and Arraez grabbed the back of his right leg as he tumbled to the ground.
  Arraez, a rookie who is batting .334 in 92 games for the AL Central champions, had t
  
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• Georgetown defeats Columbia 24-10 in defensive battle

  28-09-2019 23:38
  NEW YORK (AP) — Herman Moultrie III ran for two touchdowns and Georgetown drove 90 yards for a key fourth-quarter touchdown, defeating Columbia 24-10 on Saturday.
  The Hoyas (3-1) led 17-7 through three quarters and held Columbia (1-1) to three points on two red zone possessions early in the fourth period. With the score 17-10, linebacker Justin Fonteneaux intercepted Lions quarterback Josh Bean and the Hoyas took possession at their own 10-yard line. Thirteen plays and 7:39 later quarterba
  
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• Thompson’s 3 FGs send St. Francis (PA) past Bryant 16-6

  28-09-2019 23:36
  SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Trevor Thompson kicked three field goals on Saturday, giving St. Francis (PA) what it needed for a 16-6 win over Bryant in Northeast Conference play.
  Jason Brown had 119 yards passing and ran for a touchdown for the Red Flash (3-2, 2-0). Joel Denley ran for 100 yards on 15 carries.
  Thompson initiated the scoring for St. Francis with a 37-yard field goal late in the second quarter to make it 6-3 after a holding penalty negated a Brown touchdown throw to Sean Davis ea
  
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• James Madison has 6 rushing TDs in 45-10 victory

  28-09-2019 23:33
  ELON, N.C. (AP) — Latrele Palmer and Solomon Vanhorse ran for two scores each, part of James Madison’s six rushing touchdowns, as the Dukes rolled past Elon 45-10 on Saturday.
  Davis Cheek connected with Avery Jones for a 66-yard touchdown in the opening minute but that was Elon’s only score until Skyler Davis kicked a career-long 50-yard field goal to make it 38-10 early in the fourth quarter.
  Ben DiNucci ran for a score and passed for 185 yards and moved into the Dukes’
  
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• Cornerback Ramsey rejoins Jaguars, makes trip to Denver

  28-09-2019 23:32
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Cornerback Jalen Ramsey has rejoined the Jacksonville Jaguars following the birth of his second child.
  Ramsey, who has requested a trade two weeks ago, flew with the team to Denver on Saturday after returning from his hometown — Nashville, Tennessee.
  Ramsey remains questionable to play against the Broncos (0-3) because of a back injury that kept him out of practice earlier in the week. Ramsey hasn’t missed a game or a start in four NFL seasons.
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• Mar-a-Lago Army officer lied during child porn investigation

  28-09-2019 23:31
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A military officer who had been in charge of the U.S. Army’s White House communications at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club received probation for lying to federal agents during a child pornography investigation.
  The Palm Beach Post reports that Staff Sgt. Richard Ciccarella tearfully apologized to a federal judge during sentencing Friday after he posted photos on a Russian website of an underage girl who was wearing only underwear.
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• Hundreds of residents allowed to return home after gas leak

  28-09-2019 23:19
  BOSTON (AP) — Crews are beginning the task of restoring service to the approximately 150 homes and businesses in Lawrence whose gas service was disconnected after a gas leak.
  Columbia Gas said Saturday all residents displaced by the leak can now return to their homes. Technicians will begin going door to door to perform safety checks and relight gas appliances.
  The Massachusetts city is still reeling from a destructive series of gas explosions and fires a year ago.
  The company said it anti
  
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• Mi Jung Hur shoots 66, maintains 2-shot lead in Indy

  28-09-2019 23:15
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mi Jung Hur kept her two-stroke lead in the Indy Women in Tech Championship on Saturday, birdieing five of the final eight holes for a 6-under 66.
  Hur rebounded from an opening bogey with a birdie on the par-5 second. She added birdies on Nos. 9, 11, 13, 14, 16 and18 to get to 17 under at Brickyard Crossing, the layout that features four holes inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval.
  The South Korean player won the Ladies Scottish Open last month for her third LPGA
  
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• Police: 5 hurt, knife-wielding suspect dead at Maryland mall

  28-09-2019 23:02
  COCKEYSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland say five people at an outdoor shopping mall were stabbed before officers shot and killed a suspect.
  The Baltimore County Police Department said the victims were rushed from the Hunt Valley Towne Centre to hospitals Saturday afternoon, but they didn’t appear to suffer life-threatening wounds. The shopping center is in Cockeysville, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of Baltimore.
  Police spokeswoman Jennifer Peach said four people were stab
  
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• Yale’s special teams come up big in 27-16 win over Cornell

  28-09-2019 23:01
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — J.P. Shohfi returned an onside kick for a 49-yard touchdown and helped Yale thwart a late Cornell rally with a 27-16 win on Saturday in an Ivy League opener.
  Kurt Rawlings led Yale (2-0) on a 12-play, 79-yard scoring drive that ended with his 5-yard scoring toss to make it 17-10 for the Bulldogs with 11:21 left to play. Sam Tuckerman’s 33-yard field goal with 2:48 to go made it a 10-point lead.
  Cornell (1-1) responded when Richie Kenney marched the Bulldogs do
  
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• Balanced Stetson defeats North Carolina Wesleyan 55-21

  28-09-2019 22:55
  DELAND, Fla. (AP) — Gaven DeFilippo threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more and Stetson defeated Division III North Carolina Wesleyan 55-21 on Saturday.
  Jareem Westcott had 111 yards rushing and Jalen Leary ran for 98 yards with a touchdown for the Hatters (3-1). DeFilippo was 21-of-24 passing for 176 yards and gained 51 yards on the ground.
  Stetson, which entered the game averaging 542.7 yards per game, had a total of 524 yards — 271 rushing and 253 passing. The Hatters led
  
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• Wassink, Bellamy lead W Michigan past C Michigan 31-15

  28-09-2019 22:53
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Jon Wassink threw for a touchdown and ran for another, LeVante Bellamy ran for 105 yards and a touchdown and Western Michigan defeated rival Central Michigan 31-15 on Saturday.
  Patrick Lupro stopped CMU’s game-opening drive with an interception at midfield. Bellamy cashed in four plays later with an 11-yard run. By the time Wassink scored on a 1-yard plunge late in the third quarter, the Broncos (3-2, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) led 24-0.
  Wassink was 18 of 29
  
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• Williams’ 4 TDs spark Bethune-Cookman past Howard, 37-29

  28-09-2019 22:52
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Akevious Williams ran for three touchdowns and Bethune-Cookman scored three first-quarter touchdowns and eased past Howard, 37-29 in its Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener Saturday afternoon.
  The Wildcats snapped a two-game losing streak to Howard in conference openers and are off to a 3-1 start for the first time since 2015.
  Williams drove Bethune-Cookman 69 yards in five plays to open the game and dashed into the end zone from 13-yards out two minutes into the
  
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• Judge blocks extension of fast-track deportations nationwide

  28-09-2019 22:51
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s move to vastly extend authority of immigration officers to deport people without allowing them to appear before judges.
  The policy would allow fast-track deportations to apply to anyone in the country illegally for less than two years. Now, they are largely limited to people arrested almost immediately after crossing the Mexican border.
  Ruling late Friday in Washington, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson s
  
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• Turner, Jacksonville run over NAIA-Ave Maria, 42-28

  28-09-2019 22:44
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Calvin Turner Jr. ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns and running back B.J. Riley fired a 69-yard touchdown bomb to Mitchell Bailey as Jacksonville cruised past Ave Maria, an in-state, private NAIA school, 42-28 in a nonconference game Saturday afternoon.
  Riley’s touchdown pass came on the second play from scrimmage less than a minute into the game and Turner darted 57 yards for the Dolphins’ second touchdown four minutes later.
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• DeMorat with 3 TDs as Fordham edges Richmond 23-16

  28-09-2019 22:40
  BRONX, N.Y. (AP) — Tim DeMorat threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score as Fordham edged Richmond 23-16 on Saturday.
  Fordham trailed 13-10 late in the third quarter when DeMorat capped a 75-yard drive with a short touchdown throw to Fotis Kokosioulis with 3:30 left. The Rams (2-3) missed the extra-point try, leaving them with a 16-13 lead. DeMorat closed out the quarter with a 3-yard scoring run to make it 23-13.
  A Jake Larson field goal early in the fourth pulled Richmond within
  
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• Hughes’ 3 FGs helps New Hampshire boot Duquesne 23-6

  28-09-2019 22:39
  DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Jason Hughes kicked three field goals and Evan Gray put the finishing touches on New Hampshire’s 23-6 victory over Duquesne with a 72-yard fourth-quarter touchdown run on Saturday.
  The Wildcats came within 58 seconds of notching their first shutout of the season, but Daniel Parr connected with Kareem Coles Jr. for a 12-yard TD to provide the final margin of victory.
  Hughes started the scoring for the Wildcats (2-2) when he capped an eight-play, 42-yard drive with
  
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• Lehigh halts 3-game losing skid, tops Merrimack 10-3

  28-09-2019 22:28
  BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Addison Shoup’s 36-yard touchdown scramble to open the fourth quarter staked Lehigh to a 10-3 win over Merrimack on Saturday, breaking a 3-game losing streak.
  The Mountain Hawks (1-3) survived four turnovers, all interceptions, gained just 75 yards on the ground and were outgained 303-280 in total offense.
  Merrimack (2-3), a Division II school transitioning to D-I and membership in the Northeast Conference, took a 3-0 lead into halftime only to be held to four p
  
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• Drake takes 41-17 road win against Marist

  28-09-2019 22:20
  POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Ian Corwin threw a career-high four touchdown passes and Drake won for the first time this season beating Marist 41-17 on Saturday.
  Corwin led Drake (1-3, 1-0 Pioneer League) on a six-play, 59-yard scoring drive on the Bulldogs’ first possession. A 22-yard touchdown pass to Devin Cates gave Drake a lead that was never challenged.
  Corwin threw a 32-yard TD pass to Shane Feller for a 13-0 lead after one quarter. Drew Lauer ran it in from four-yards out to exte
  
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• Bester, Gabbert lead Miami (Ohio) past Buffalo 34-20

  28-09-2019 22:20
  OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Jaylon Bester ran for 107 yards and a touchdown and Miami scored 31 straight points to race past Buffalo 34-20 on Saturday in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams.
  Quarterback Brett Gabbert started the comeback with a 1-yard plunge that cut the RedHawks’ deficit to 14-10. Bester capped scoring for Miami (2-3) with a 4-yard run that made it 34-14 late in the third quarter.
  In between, Gabbert had a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Walker and Mike Brown
  
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• Canucks winger Brock Boeser skating again after concussion

  28-09-2019 22:18
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canucks right wing Brock Boeser returned to practice Saturday less than a week after his concussion.
  He wore a noncontact jersey and spent about a half hour participating in drills and skating on the first power-play unit.
  Boeser was placed in concussion protocol after being hit from behind in Vancouver’s 6-4 exhibition win over Ottawa on Monday.
  He missed training camp this month because of protracted contract talks before signing on Sept. 16. He h
  
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• Robinson’s INT sets up Toledo’s winning TD in 28-21 victory

  28-09-2019 22:17
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Kahlil Robinson’s 40-yard interception return to the BYU 2-yard line in the final minute set up Shakif Seymour’s touchdown run to rally Toledo to a 28-21 victory on Saturday.
  Robinson’s pick of a Zach Wilson pass came immediately after BYU’s Chaz Ah You stripped the ball from Rockets running back Bryant Koback and recovered it at the Cougars 20.
  Koback’s 1-yard score tied the score at 21 early in the fourth quarter, capping a nine-play, 70-
  
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• Head of UN nuclear test ban group: Teach your children well

  28-09-2019 22:15
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s nuclear test ban treaty organization says that in his “wild dreams,” very young children around the world will be taught that nuclear testing isn’t good.
  Lassino Zerbo says in an interview with The Associated Press during the U.N. General Assembly that he started a youth group three years ago with nine members with that aim. It has grown to 780 today, from many places.
  He says that “fortunately, we started before Gr
  
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• Fuman holds off East Tennessee State 17-10

  28-09-2019 22:13
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Devin Wynn scored on a 1-yard run three seconds into the fourth quarter and Grayson Atkins set a Southern Conference record with his 15th straight field goal as Furman held off East Tennessee State 17-10 on Saturday.
  The Paladins (3-2, 2-0), ranked 15th in the FCS coaches’ poll, used a nine-play, 80-yard drive to take a 7-0 first-quarter lead. Corey Watkins ran 30 yards on first down and Darren Grainger capped the drive with a 15-yard TD toss to Ryan DeLuca.
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• Alexander-Stevens accounts for 3 TDs in Wagner’s 24-14 win

  28-09-2019 22:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Alexander-Stevens ran for two touchdowns and passed for another as Wagner beat Long Island 24-14 on Saturday for the Seahawks’ first victory this season.
  Alexander-Stevens capped two second-quarter drives with short runs and Eric Silvester added a 48-yard field goal at the end of the first half for a 24-7 lead. Alexander-Stevens passed 6 yards to Joshua DeCambre for the game’s first score.
  Jerome Brooks III blocked Silvester’s 41-yard field-goal
  
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• Taylor, defense lead No. 8 Badgers past Northwestern 24-15

  28-09-2019 22:08
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jonathan Taylor ran for 119 yards and his 11th touchdown of the season, Wisconsin got two scores from its defense, and the eighth-ranked Badgers remained unbeaten with a 24-15 win over Northwestern on Saturday.
  Taylor carried 26 times to help Wisconsin (4-0, 2-0 Big Ten) avenge its 31-17 loss to the Wildcats last season. The junior reached 100 yards rushing for the 26th time in 31 career games and moved into fourth place on the Badgers’ career rushing list (4,730
  
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• Pitt survives scare from Delaware, 17-14

  28-09-2019 22:06
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Less than an hour before Pittsburgh kicked off against Delaware at Heinz Field on Saturday, coach Pat Narduzzi still wasn’t sure who his starting quarterback would be.
  Regular starter Kenny Pickett had suffered a shoulder injury the week before against UCF and though he returned to star in that upset, he didn’t practice much in the week leading up to the meeting with the Blue Hens.
  When the final decision was made, Pickett was out and redshirt freshman Nick Pa
  
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• Thousands protest arrest of Catalan separatists in Spain

  28-09-2019 22:04
  SABADELL, Spain (AP) — Several thousand Spaniards have marched in a town near Barcelona to protest the jailing of seven Catalan separatists on suspicion they planned to use explosives to commit extremist attacks.
  Protesters walked behind a banner that read “The repression won’t stop us. Liberty” as they marched through Sabadell, the hometown of some of the arrested separatists.
  Police said that 12,000 people joined the demonstration on Saturday.
  Supporters of independence
  
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• Mond-Davis twice for No. 23 Texas A&M to beat Arkansas 31-27

  28-09-2019 21:58
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Quartney Davis caught two of the three touchdowns thrown by Kellen Mond, including the go-ahead score for No. 23 Texas A&M, and the Aggies held on to beat Arkansas 31-27 on Saturday.
  After Mond was picked off in the end zone, the Razorbacks failed to get a first down and punted after Ben Hicks was sacked at the 2. That set up the short drive for Mond’s 3-yard TD to Davis with 12:21 left to put Texas A&M (3-2, 1-1 SEC) ahead 28-24.
  The Razorbacks (2-3,
  
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• Duggan leads TCU to easy win over Kansas 51-14

  28-09-2019 21:58
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Freshman Max Duggan led touchdown drives on all three of his first-half possessions as TCU scored on every first-half possession on Saturday and was never threatened in a 51-14 victory over Kansas to open Big 12 play.
  TCU (3-1, 1-0) dominated in every area of the first half against Kansas (2-3, 0-2), which ended a 48-game road losing streak to Power 5 opponents earlier this season at Boston College.
  TCU was locked in from the opening kickoff, coming off a home loss
  
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• Hurts throws No. 6 Oklahoma past Texas Tech with ease, 55-16

  28-09-2019 21:46
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jalen Hurts passed for 413 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 6 Oklahoma rolled past Texas Tech 55-16 on Saturday.
  Hurts also ran for 70 yards and another score for the Sooners (4-0, 1-0 Big 12). His 483 yards of total offense ranks eighth in Oklahoma history. It was the first 400-yard passing game for the senior transfer from Alabama.
  CeeDee Lamb had career highs of 183 yards receiving and three touchdowns, Charleston Rambo had 122 yards receiving on just two catches
  
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• Legendary Mexican crooner José José dies from cancer

  28-09-2019 21:43
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Local media outlets are reporting that legendary Mexican crooner José José, known as the “Prince of Song,” has died from pancreatic cancer. He was 71.
  Multiple outlets said Saturday the singer known for sad love songs had died at a hospital in South Florida.
  José José, whose real name is José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz, climbed to the top of the Latin charts in the 1970s slow ballads like “El Triste” or “The
  
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• Vaughn, Neal lead Vanderbilt over Northern Illinois 24-18

  28-09-2019 21:42
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ke’Shawn Vaughn rushed for 138 yards and one touchdown, Riley Neal threw for 189 yards and a touchdown and Vanderbilt defeated Northern Illinois 24-18.
  The victory was the first of the season for the Commodores (1-3), who dropped their first three games to Power Five teams, two of which came against Top Five ranked opponents No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 LSU.
  After winning their season opening game, Northern Illinois (1-3) has dropped three straight, all against Pow
  
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• Israel says 3 suspects in deadly West Bank blast arrested

  28-09-2019 21:37
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials say they have caught the Palestinian militants responsible for a bombing in the West Bank that killed a teenage girl last month.
  The Shin Bet internal security agency said Saturday the suspects were three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and lived in the area of Ramallah.
  The Aug. 23 attack killed 17-year-old Rina Shnerb and wounded her father and a brother at a water spring near Dolev, a settlement northwest of Jerusalem.
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• Syracuse defeats Holy Cross 41-3 on DeVito’s 4 scores

  28-09-2019 21:31
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse enters its bye week holding its collective breath on the status of starting quarterback Tommy DeVito and waiting for its offense to start playing at the speed coach Dino Babers expects.
  DeVito passed for four touchdowns to four different receivers, the Syracuse defense held Holy Cross to 18 yards rushing and the Orange (3-2) defeated the Crusaders (1-3), a member of the Football Championship Subdivision, 41-3 Saturday.
  But DeVito, who was 19 of 31 for 269 yar
  
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• Patterson’s 4 TDs helps No. 20 Michigan rout Rutgers 52-0

  28-09-2019 21:30
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Shea Patterson accounted for three touchdowns in the first half and ran for a fourth score in the third quarter, setting up No. 20 Michigan to rout Rutgers 52-0 on Saturday.
  The Wolverines (3-1, 1-1 Big Ten) enjoyed a confidence-boosting win following a humiliating loss at Wisconsin.
  “We came out with a chip on our shoulder,” Patterson said.
  The Scarlet Knights (1-3, 0-2) have not won a conference game since the 2017 season and have to improve a lot to e
  
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• Trump blurs lines between personal lawyer, attorney general

  28-09-2019 21:26
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has thrown Attorney General William Barr into a political firestorm by suggesting to Ukraine’s leader that Barr would work with Trump’s private lawyer to investigate Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden.
  Barr was “surprised and angry” when he learned he’d been lumped in with lawyer Rudy Giuliani. That’s according to a person familiar with Barr’s thinking who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss pri
  
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• No. 14 Iowa throttles Middle Tennessee 48-3

  28-09-2019 21:22
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nate Stanley threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns, Toren Young added a career-high 131 yards rushing and 14th-ranked Iowa throttled Middle Tennessee 48-3 on Saturday, moving to 4-0 for the third time in 10 years.
  Brandon Smith caught both of Stanley’s TD throws for the Hawkeyes. Iowa gained 644 yards, its most in coach Kirk Ferentz’s 21 seasons in charge.
  Iowa racked up 358 of those yards in the first half and scored on its first four drives, a stretch
  
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• Christian Coleman of U.S. wins men’s 100 meters at worlds three weeks after avoiding a ban for missing drug tests

  28-09-2019 21:20
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Christian Coleman of U.S. wins men’s 100 meters at worlds three weeks after avoiding a ban for missing drug tests.
  The post Christian Coleman of U.S. wins men’s 100 meters at worlds three weeks after avoiding a ban for missing drug tests appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Man City beats Everton 3-1, stays 5 points behind Liverpool

  28-09-2019 20:55
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Manchester City needed second-half goals from Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling to earn a 3-1 win over Everton and stay five points behind leader Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday.
  Mahrez curled home a free kick in the 71st minute to give City the lead for the second time at Goodison Park, just as Everton looked like taking points off the champions.
  Sterling then powered in a close-range shot off the crossbar to clinch victory for the visitors in the 84th
  
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• US protester Berry: ‘It’s crazy how people suffer sometimes’

  28-09-2019 20:43
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — If Gwen Berry gets another chance on the medal stand someday, she probably won’t repeat the protest that turned her into a lightning rod over the summer.
  Still, she has no regrets about raising her fist during “The Star-Spangled Banner” after winning gold at the Pan Am Games in Peru last month.
  The American hammer thrower didn’t earn near the same platform at world championships Saturday night. All three of her throws in the finals ended up in the
  
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• Judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant kids

  28-09-2019 20:35
  FILE – In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, an asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway after arriving from an immigration detention center to a shelter in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely.
  U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles said the rules conflict wi
  
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• Air tests OK after France chemical plant fire, officials say

  28-09-2019 20:09
  PARIS (AP) — French authorities say tests show the air quality in and around the city of Rouen is normal despite a strong irritating odor from a huge fire at a chemical plant.
  Regional prefect Pierre-Andre Durand said Saturday that authorities ordered a freeze on local agricultural production and sales as a precaution while awaiting further test results.
  Schools were closed due to Thursday’s fire but are scheduled to reopen Monday after thorough cleaning.
  The fire was extinguished Th
  
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• Anniversary of Baltic Sea ferry wreck that killed 852 marked

  28-09-2019 19:56
  HELSINKI (AP) — The sinking of a Baltic Sea ferry that killed 852 people has been observed 25 years after one of Europe’s deadliest maritime disasters.
  The MS Estonia was damaged by high waves and sank while traveling from Estonia’s capital to Stockholm early on Sept. 28, 1994. The wreck had 137 survivors.
  Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid marked Saturday’s anniversary by laying a wreath at a memorial in Tallinn for the victims. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and
  
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• At 38, Japan lock still a force in upset of Ireland

  28-09-2019 19:53
  SHIZUOKA, Japan (AP) — You couldn’t pick out the oldest player at this Rugby World Cup as Japan was bringing Ireland back to earth on Saturday.
  He was out there, though.
  Luke Thompson defied his advancing 38 years with a terrific defensive shift that helped Japan defeat Ireland for the first time, by a 19-12 margin, and kept the Irish scoreless for the last hour in this tournament’s biggest boil-over yet.
  Thompson was mowing down green jerseys and acting as if the grass was on
  
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• Perez, Southgate lead Dunhill Links after 3 rounds

  28-09-2019 19:28
  ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship had two more surprise leaders Saturday, with Victor Perez and Matthew Southgate out in front on 20 under par after the third round.
  Perez shot an 8-under 64 at Kingsbarns while Southgate returned a 7-under 65 at St. Andrews, leaving them two shots clear of Paul Waring after his 7-under 65 at Carnoustie.
  None of those players are in the top 100 of the world rankings, with Southgate as low as No. 300.
  The first-round leader,
  
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• West Ham draws 2-2 at Bournemouth, up to 3rd in EPL

  28-09-2019 19:22
  BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — West Ham climbed to third in the Premier League after Aaron Cresswell’s 74th-minute goal earned a 2-2 draw from a pulsating match at Bournemouth on Saturday.
  Joshua King’s goal, which was initially ruled out for offside before the decision was overturned by VAR, and Callum Wilson’s fifth strike in four games put Bournemouth on course for victory at the Vitality Stadium after Andriy Yarmolenko’s early opener for West Ham.
  But Cresswell ext
  
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• U.S. special envoy to Ukraine resigns amid impeachment inquiry

  28-09-2019 19:22
  The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, resigned Friday amid a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump and his dealings with the Ukraine government, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
  Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, said Thursday that Volker had encouraged him to speak to Ukrainian officials regarding former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
  In the complaint that sparked the impeachment inquiry, a whistleblower sa
  
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• Palace wins 2-0 to hand Norwich more away pain

  28-09-2019 19:18
  LONDON (AP) — Luka Milivojevic’s first-half penalty and an injury-time strike by Andros Townsend were enough to give Crystal Palace a third win of the season and inflict more away pain on Norwich in the Premier League on Saturday.
  The Canaries had chances in the opening 45 minutes at Selhurst Park, but failed to take them and struggled to create after the break as mid-table Palace ran out 2-0 winners.
  It saw the promoted visitors leave London with another defeat – making it fiv
  
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