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• Winchester leads Cent. Connecticut past Columbia 24-14

  12-10-2019 23:55
  NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Winchester threw for one touchdown and ran for another to lead Central Connecticut past Columbia 24-14 on Saturday.
  Winchester had 299 yards passing and 94 yards rushing for the Blue Devils (5-1), including a 62-yard dash for a score late in the fourth quarter. Tyshaun James caught four passes for 126 yards.
  Winchester threw a 71-yard scoring strike to Keonte Lucas midway through the first quarter and Francis Cole added a 45-yard field goal early in the second for a 1
  
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• Tropical Storm Melissa forms off Northeast coast; expected to weaken as it moves away from US, Hurricane Center says

  12-10-2019 23:53
  MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa forms off Northeast coast; expected to weaken as it moves away from US, Hurricane Center says.
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• Nats ace Scherzer loses NLCS no-hit bid in 7th vs Cards

  12-10-2019 23:49
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer lost his no-hit bid on Paul Goldschmidt’s clean single leading off the seventh inning in Game 2 of the NL Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
  Goldschmidt’s line drive dropped in front of left fielder Juan Soto, who played the ball conservatively with Washington clinging to a 1-0 lead. Scherzer got a strikeout and a double play to end the inning.
  Washington won 2-0 in Game 1 behind Aníbal Sánch
  
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• Cook-to-Trautman connection leads Dayton’s win

  12-10-2019 23:42
  VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Jack Cook passed for 277 yards and his three touchdowns all went to Adam Trautman as Dayton defeated Valparaiso 41-28 on Saturday.
  Cook completed 23 of 28 passes and Trautman had 10 receptions for 122 yards and the three touchdowns.
  The Flyers (4-1, 2-0 Pioneer League) led 14-0 in the first quarter and later 28-14 in the third after the last Cook-to-Trautman touchdown. Valpo’s Ollie Reese returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, but Dayton wrappe
  
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• Typhoon causes a 3rd game to be canceled at Rugby World Cup

  12-10-2019 23:39
  TOKYO (AP) — Rugby World Cup organizers have canceled a third game because of Typhoon Hagibis, deciding early Sunday morning to call off the last of the Pool B games between Canada and Namibia.
  World Rugby issued a statement saying an evacuation order remained in place in the Kamaishi area where the game was set to be played and there had been landslides and flooding in the vicinity of the stadium.
  Two of Saturday’s three scheduled games were canceled well before the destructive typh
  
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• Bryant holds off Long Island University 27-22

  12-10-2019 23:30
  SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Andre Brackett returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, Daniel Adeboboy ran for 145 yards and a score and Bryant held off Long Island University 27-22 on Saturday.
  Bryant (2-5, 2-1 Northeast Conference) used Brackett’s return and Luke Samperi’s 33-yard field goal to forge a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Long Island (0-5, 0-4) stormed back with Clay Beathard’s 2-yard TD run and Briant DeFelice’s 30-yard field goal to
  
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• Bucknell rolls to 32-14 win over winless Colgate

  12-10-2019 23:27
  HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Logan Bitikofer threw a pair of touchdown passes as Bucknell picked up its first win, rolling to a 32-14 victory over Colgate on Saturday.
  Bitikofer finished with 250 yards passing for the Bison (1-5, 1-1 Patriot League), who scored on their first two drives, starting with Bitikofer’s 13-yard touchdown throw to Alex Barnard. Bernard followed up with a 16-yard scoring run to make it 14-0.
  Colgate’s Malik Twyman ran for a touchdown late in the first to close
  
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• Barron, Austin tied for lead on Champions Tour

  12-10-2019 23:25
  CARY, N.C. (AP) — Woody Austin birdied his last two holes Saturday for another 5-under 67 that moved him into a share of the lead with Doug Barron going into the final round of the SAS Championship on the PGA Tour Champions.
  Barron, who seemingly took control with an eagle on the 571-yard 12th hole at Prestonwood Country Club, played the last six holes in 1 over for a 68.
  They were at 10-under 134.
  Jerry Kelly, No. 2 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, had a 67 and was one shot behind. Ev
  
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• Norway ends Spain’s perfect record; Italy at Euro 2020

  12-10-2019 23:22
  Sergio Ramos was seconds away from celebrating his record for most appearances for Spain with a victory that would have ensured his country a spot at next year’s European Championship.
  But Norway’s last-gasp push for an equalizer paid off in their evenly fought qualifier on Saturday.
  That ended Spain’s perfect run of six wins in six matches. Italy did stay perfect by overcoming Greece’s defensive tactics in a 2-0 victory and qualified for next year’s continent-wide
  
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• Rugby World Cup organizers cancel Canada-Namibia group-stage match in wake of Typhoon Hagibis

  12-10-2019 23:21
  TOKYO (AP) — Rugby World Cup organizers cancel Canada-Namibia group-stage match in wake of Typhoon Hagibis.
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• Sinnett throws 5 TD passes, San Diego streak hits 31 games

  12-10-2019 23:09
  DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Reid Sinnett threw five touchdown passes, Michael Bandy caught two, including the tie-breaker, as San Diego held Davidson scoreless in the second half while pushing its conference win streak to 31 games with a 37-17 victory on Saturday.
  The Toreros’ (3-2, 2-0 Pioneer Football League) conference win streak, which began October 10, 2015, is the longest active streak in Division I.
  Davidson (4-2, 1-1) led 17-10 after Wesley Dugger’s second touchdown run of th
  
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• Carter propels Norfolk State past Howard 49-21

  12-10-2019 23:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Juwan Carter passed for 375 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 56 yards and two more scores as Norfolk State rolled to a 49-21 victory over Howard on Saturday.
  Kevin Johnson’s 4-yard TD run and Carter’s 19-yard scoring strike to Da’Kendall James were sandwiched around a 14-yard TD run by Howard’s Dedrick Parson and the Spartans (2-5, 1-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) led 14-7 after one quarter.
  Josiah Crute pulled the Bison (1-6, 1-2) even
  
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• Cooper throws 3 TD passes, Jacksonville State holds on

  12-10-2019 23:03
  CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Zerrick Cooper threw three touchdown passes, the biggest a 39-yard hookup with Josh Pearson early in the fourth quarter, and Jacksonville State defeated upset-minded Eastern Illinois 28-20 on Saturday.
  The Gamecocks (No. 17, STATS FCS) led 21-20 after the Panthers’ Isaiah Hill scored on a 10-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter and the extra point was missed.
  Jacksonville State (5-2, 2-1 Ohio Valley) responded with a four-play, 67-yard drive. Coope
  
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• Boyd gets 1st career win after Sauter stripped of victory

  12-10-2019 23:02
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Spencer Boyd was named winner of the Truck Series race Saturday after Johnny Sauter was stripped of the victory for forcing a driver below the out-of-bounds line at Talladega Superspeedway.
  Sauter had blocked his way around the 2.66-mile superspeedway for the final two-lap overtime shootout. His defensive driving included forcing Riley Herbst below the yellow line right before he crossed the finish line. That put the finish under review; NASCAR had to determine if Sa
  
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• Unbeaten Darmouth thumps Yale 42-10

  12-10-2019 22:58
  HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Jared Gerbino threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score, backup Derek Kyler threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score and Dartmouth beat Yale 42-10 on Saturday for coach Buddy Teevens’ 100th career win.
  Gerbino hit Drew Estrada on a 75-yard TD pass on the second play of the game, then ran six yards for a score and a 14-0 lead and Dartmouth never looked back.
  Kyler added a 2-yard scoring run, set up by Quinton Arello’s interception of a Kurt Rawlings pas
  
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• Italy qualifies for Euro 2020 with 2-0 win over Greece

  12-10-2019 22:49
  ROME (AP) — Italy overcame Greece’s defensive tactics for a 2-0 win Saturday and qualified for the European Championship, ensuring the Azzurri will play in the tournament’s opening match in Rome next June.
  Brazilian-born midfielder Jorginho converted a penalty after the hour mark after a blatant handball by Andreas Bouchalakis. Then substitute Federico Bernardeschi scored from outside the area with a low, bouncing shot that was deflected.
  Roberto Mancini’s squad extended
  
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• Brooks scores 4TDs and Penn downs Sacred Heart 38-24

  12-10-2019 22:49
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Karekin Brooksran for 178 yards and scored four touchdowns and Pennsylvania never trailed in its 38-24 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday.
  Brooks scored twice in the first quarter — each from 1-yard out — ending drives of 75 and 35 yards, respectively. With 1:48 before halftime, Nick Robinson threw a 17-yard TD pass to Brooks to finish another 75-yard scoring drive for a 24-3 lead.
  Sacred Heart reached the end zone on its ensuing drive when Logan Marchi threw
  
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• Union boosts strike pay for GM workers as talks continue

  12-10-2019 22:48
  NEW YORK (AP) — United Auto Workers is increasing strike pay for union workers picketing at General Motors as it continues to negotiate with the company nearly four weeks after more than 49,000 employees walked off factory floors.
  The union said Saturday that weekly pay will rise to $275 from $250 for members on strike, effective Sunday. It moves up the timing of a $25 weekly raise that had been planned to go into effect on Jan. 1. The union also voted to allow members to take part-time jo
  
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• The Latest: Search for missing suspended for night

  12-10-2019 22:47
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the partial collapse of a hotel under construction in New Orleans (all times local):
  8 p.m.
  The search for two people missing in the wreckage of a partially collapsed hotel under construction in New Orleans has been suspended for the night.
  News outlets at the scene said officials temporarily halted the search after nightfall Saturday for safety reasons. Much of the building is described as dangerously unstable. And a huge construction crane looming over th
  
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• The Latest: 2nd person dead in building collapse

  12-10-2019 22:47
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the partial collapse of a hotel under construction in New Orleans (all times local):
  11:35 p.m.
  New Orleans’ officials say a second person has been killed in the partial collapse of a hotel under construction.
  The city’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness released the news on its Twitter feed.
  There is still one person missing.
  Officials called off the search Saturday night but will resume Sunday morning.
  The collapse happe
  
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• The Latest: 1 dead, 2 still missing after building collapse

  12-10-2019 22:47
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the partial collapse of a hotel under construction in New Orleans (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  Emergency workers in New Orleans are preparing to enter a partially collapsed building at the edge of the French Quarter in hopes of finding two people missing since part of the building came crashing down at mid-morning.
  The Hard Rock Hotel was under construction when a large section of it collapsed Saturday. One person was killed at the scene. Approximately 20 o
  
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• Smith with 3 TDS, Harvard beats Cornell 35-22

  12-10-2019 22:47
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Jake Smith threw for three touchdowns and Harvard beat Cornell 35-22 on Saturday.
  Smith was 18 of 28 for 217 yards for the Crimson (3-1, 2-0 Ivy League) and was intercepted once. Devin Darrington ran for 94 yards and a score on 21 carries.
  Harvard trailed 7-0 late in the first quarter when Smith connected with Jack Cook for a 16-yard touchdown. Cornell’s Nickolas Null booted a 49-yard field goal early in the second quarter but Darrington answered for the Crims
  
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• Bahar leads Monmouth in 45-0 rout of Presbyterian College

  12-10-2019 22:43
  WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Kenji Bahar threw three touchdown passes and Monmouth blanked winless Presbyterian College, 45-0 in the Hawks’ Big South Conference opener on Saturday afternoon.
  Monmouth has won four of six conference games with the Blue Hose, who will join the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League beginning next fall.
  Bahar connected with Lonnie Moore IV for a 1-yard touchdown on the final play of a 16-14 win over Wagner College last week, and the pair combined to ca
  
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• Mukuamu’s 3 picks help SC shock No. 3 Georgia 20-17 in 2OT

  12-10-2019 22:40
  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Israel Mukuamu returned the first of his three interceptions 53 yards for a touchdown and South Carolina took advantage of Jake Fromm’s four turnovers to beat No. 3 Georgia 20-17 in double overtime on Saturday.
  Parker White’s 23-yard field goal in the second overtime proved to be enough when Georgia’s Rodrigo Blankenship was wide left on his attempt from 42 yards. Blankenship’s second miss of the game sent South Carolina players charging onto the
  
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• Morehead State ends 11-game skid against Jacksonville

  12-10-2019 22:39
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Morehead State had two touchdown runs in a 48-second span late in the fourth quarter and the Eagles ended an 11-game losing streak to Jacksonville with a 30-22 victory on Saturday.
  Morehead State (3-3, 1-1 Pioneer Football League) trailed the Dolphins (2-4, 0-2) 22-16 when backup quarterback Deandre Clayton vaulted his way into the end zone from a yard out to put the Eagles up a point with 2:31 remaining in the game. Jacksonville turned the ball over on downs at i
  
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• No. 16 Michigan needs late surge to hold off Illinois 42-25

  12-10-2019 22:28
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Hassan Haskins ran for 125 yards and a touchdown, Zach Charbonnet added 116 yards rushing, and No. 16 Michigan needed a late surge to put away Illinois 42-25 on Saturday.
  The Wolverines (5-1, 3-1 Big Ten) built a 28-0 lead by halftime, but turnovers and ineffective offense helped the Illini (2-4, 0-3) cut the lead to 28-25 with 12:50 left in the fourth quarter. Dre Brown ran in from a yard out and then converted a 2-point conversion for the Illini.
  Michigan responded
  
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• Degenhardt leads Holy Cross over Brown 47-31

  12-10-2019 22:20
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Connor Degenhardt threw for 315 yards and four touchdowns, Domenic Cozier and Peter Oliver each ran for scores and Holy Cross cashed in on two interceptions to beat Brown 47-31 on Saturday in the teams’ first meeting since 2014.
  Degenhardt completed 20 of 30 passes and put the Crusaders (3-3) up for good, 20-14, on a 69-yard toss to Ayir Asante in the second quarter and later hit Asante on a 5-yard scoring pass.
  Jacob Dobbs intercepted a pass by EJ Perry on th
  
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• Nationals C Suzuki returns to lineup for Game 2 of NLCS

  12-10-2019 22:16
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Washington catcher Kurt Suzuki is in the starting lineup for Game 2 of the NL Championship Series after being sidelined by a head injury.
  Suzuki got hurt during Washington’s clinching victory in Game 5 of the NLDS against the Dodgers on Wednesday night. He was hit on the left wrist by a pitch, and the ball shot up and knocked off his helmet.
  Suzuki missed the Nationals’ 2-0 victory over St. Louis in the NLCS opener, but he was back behind the plate on Saturday.
  
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• Duke overpowers Georgia Tech in first half

  12-10-2019 22:16
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — For the second week in a row, Duke played well for only a half. This time, it was enough to win.
  Deon Jackson rushed for 69 yards and two touchdowns to help Duke beat Georgia Tech 41-23 on Saturday.
  Victor Dimukeje had three sacks for the Blue Devils (4-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who scored 38 consecutive points after Georgia Tech took the lead with a touchdown on the game’s opening drive.
  Duke scored on its first five offensive possessions, capping the la
  
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• Lamb TDs, defense lift No. 6 OU past 11th-ranked Texas 34-27

  12-10-2019 22:12
  DALLAS (AP) — Jalen Hurts threw three touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma’s defense sacked Sam Ehlinger nine times and the No. 6 Sooners never trailed in a 34-27 victory over 11th-ranked Texas on Saturday.
  A year after a 48-45 loss in the Red River rivalry that led to the firing of their defensive coordinator, the Sooners harassed Ehlinger into minus-9 yards rushing while holding the quarterback with the three highest total yardage outputs for Texas against Oklahoma almost 200
  
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• Indiana wastes no time, races to a 35-0 home rout of Rutgers

  12-10-2019 22:12
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Reakwon Jones raced 17 yards with a Rutgers fumble to score 10 seconds into the game and Indiana set a one-sided tone in an embarrassingly easy 35-0 Big Ten Homecoming romp over the hapless Scarlet Knights on Saturday.
  The touchdown was the fastest in Memorial Stadium’s 60-year history.
  The Hoosiers scored three touchdowns in the opening 6:52, starting on the first play of the game. Indiana’s Demarcus Elliott drilled Rutgers quarterback Johnny Langan to
  
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• Russo, Temple upset turnover-prone No. 23 Memphis 30-28

  12-10-2019 22:11
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Anthony Russo threw two touchdown passes and Temple took advantage of four turnovers by Memphis to upset No. 23 Memphis 30-28 on Saturday.
  Brady White passed for 355 yards and two scores for Memphis (5-1, 2-1 American), which fell behind 16-0 as the Owls turned the Tigers’ mistakes into points.
  The win was secured when an apparent diving catch for Tigers tight end Joey Magnifico to convert a fourth-and-11 was overturned by instant replay with 1:50 to play in the f
  
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• Loy sparks Bowling Green to 20-7 upset of Toledo in MAC

  12-10-2019 22:07
  BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Grant Loy passed for one touchdown and ran for another, Nate Needham kicked two short field goals and Bowling Green upended Toledo 20-7 on Saturday, ending the Rockets’ four-game win streak.
  The Falcons (2-4, 1-1 Mid-American Conference) grabbed a 10-0 lead in the first quarter and never let Toledo (4-2, 1-1) get rolling. The defense forced four fumbles, recovered one, had five sacks and nine tackles for loss.
  The tone was set early. Loy, who rushed for 137
  
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• 5 rappers removed from NYC festival at request of police

  12-10-2019 22:05
  NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of a hip-hop festival taking place in New York this weekend say they have dropped five rappers from the lineup at the request of police.
  The New York Times reports that the performers were removed from the Rolling Loud festival after a New York Police Department official sent the organizers a letter citing safety concerns if the rappers took the stage.
  The traveling Rolling Loud festival is taking place at Citi Field in Queens on Saturday and Sunday and includes
  
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• Kenya: Police chief says roadside bomb kills 11 officers

  12-10-2019 21:58
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s police chief says a roadside bomb has killed 11 officers on the country’s southern border with Somalia.
  Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai said Saturday the officers’ patrol car was blown up on Damajale Hare Hare road near the town of Liboi. No one has claimed responsibility for the bomb, but al-Shabab militants from Somalia are suspected.
  The al-Qaida-linked group has increasingly targeted Kenyan security forces in recent years. It vowed to
  
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• Rams RB Todd Gurley ruled out for showdown with Niners

  12-10-2019 21:51
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rams running back Todd Gurley won’t play in Los Angeles’ divisional meeting with the unbeaten San Francisco 49ers on Sunday because of a bruised left thigh.
  The Rams confirmed Gurley is out while signing running back John Kelly to the active roster Saturday.
  Malcolm Brown is expected to make his second career start in Gurley’s place, with rookie Darrell Henderson as his backup.
  Gurley missed practice all week after getting hurt in the Rams’ 30-29
  
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• Purdue changes work perfectly in 40-14 victory over Maryland

  12-10-2019 21:43
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Jack Plummer threw for 420 yards and three touchdowns and Cory Trice returned an interception for a score to break open the game just before halftime, helping Purdue roll past Maryland 40-14.
  The Boilermakers (2-4, 1-2 Big Ten) snapped a three-game losing streak with their most lopsided win since upsetting No. 2 Ohio State last October.
  Maryland (3-3, 1-2) still hasn’t won consecutive conference road games since 2014 and never had a chance after Trice pick
  
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• California Democrats pay $800,000 in sex-misconduct cases

  12-10-2019 21:41
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Democratic Party has spent more than $800,000 in legal costs tied to three lawsuits alleging discrimination and sexual misconduct by its former chair, Eric Bauman.
  The Los Angeles Times reports Saturday that the party has paid $430,000 in attorney fees and $378,348 in legal settlements in the three cases.
  Bauman resigned as party chairman last year amid multiple allegations of excessive drinking and sexual harassment. He has denied the allegations.
  The law
  
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• New wave of gymnasts set to challenge traditional powers

  12-10-2019 21:38
  STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — From his back garden to the world championship podium, Rhys McClenaghan has come a long way.
  McClenaghan became the first gymnast to represent Ireland in a world championship final on Saturday. Winning bronze on the pommel horse made him Ireland’s first medalist.
  He’s part of a new wave of gymnasts from countries with little history in the sport now challenging the traditional powers. Growing up in Northern Ireland, where athletes can choose to represe
  
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• A healthy boy went to hospitals 320 times, had 13 surgeries. His mom is heading to prison

  12-10-2019 21:37
  NBC — A Texas mother was sentenced to six years in prison for faking her son’s illnesses and causing him to get medical treatments and surgeries he did not need.
  Kaylene Bowen-Wright was sentenced Friday in a Dallas courtroom after she pleaded guilty in August to recklessly causing injury to a child.
  Investigators said Bowen-Wright’s son, Christopher Bowen, spent the first eight years of his life in and out of the hospital because she claimed he had a number of health
  
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• Utah tech CEO reported missing in San Francisco Bay Area

  12-10-2019 21:32
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The CEO of a Utah-based tech company has been reported missing during a business trip to the San Francisco Bay Area.
  Family members say Erin Valenti, head of Tinker Ventures, was last seen in Palo Alto on Monday.
  Her husband, Harrison Weinstein, wrote on Facebook that phone activity suggests Valenti may have been driving in San Jose. He says she never returned her rental car or made it on her flight back to Utah.
  KRON-TV reported Friday that San Jose police are call
  
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• 2 people shot when gunman opens fire during wedding at New Hampshire church

  12-10-2019 21:27
  NBC — Two people were shot and injured when a gunman opened fire during a wedding ceremony Saturday morning at a church in Pelham, New Hampshire.
  The incident happened at New England Pentecostal Church, about 24 miles southeast of Manchester.
  Pelham Police Chief Joseph Roark said officers were called to the church just after 10 a.m. and when they arrived several wedding guests had subdued the suspected shooter. The male suspect was arrested by police.
  Two people, a man and a woman, were fo
  
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• Defense delivers as Tennessee tops Mississippi State 20-10

  12-10-2019 21:21
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee intercepted three passes, shut down Southeastern Conference rushing leader Kylin Hill and withstood an injury to quarterback Brian Maurer in a 20-10 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday.
  The Volunteers (2-4, 1-2 SEC) snapped a six-game skid against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents that had begun last November. A change in gear helped provide the reversal of fortune, as Tennessee wore orange pants for the first time since a 49-36 victory over Kentu
  
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• 1 dead, three missing after Hard Rock Hotel construction site collapses in New Orleans

  12-10-2019 21:19
  NBC — One person was killed and three others are missing after a Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans collapsed Saturday morning.
  The city’s fire department received a call about the collapse just after 9 a.m. Police and emergency medical services also responded.
  One person was pronounced dead at the site, a fire official said during a news conference.
  “It’s a very dangerous situation,” Fire Superintendent Timothy McConnell said, adding that the bu
  
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• Mancuso leads Richmond past Maine 24-17

  12-10-2019 21:18
  ORONO, Maine (AP) — Joe Mancuso ran for two touchdowns and his 66-yard scoring pass to Keyston Fuller gave Richmond the lead for good in a 24-17 win over Maine on Saturday.
  The Black Bears led 10-7 at halftime to set up the decisive third quarter. Mancuso’s 1-yard TD plunge capped a 7-play, 79-yard drive with 6:22 left in the third.
  As the quarter drew to a close, Maine regained the lead when Joe Fagnano threw an 87-yard TD pass to Andre Miller. Richmond (3-3, 1-1 Colonial Athletic A
  
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• Egyptian officials say 9 killed in explosion in north Sinai

  12-10-2019 21:11
  EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian security and medical officials say an explosion in a town in restive northern Sinai Peninsula has killed at least nine people of the same family.
  The officials said the explosion in Bir al-Abd on Saturday also wounded six. It was not immediately clear who was behind the shelling and there were no additional details.
  Separately, officials say seven security forces were wounded in two militant attacks in Bir al-Abd and the border town of Rafah.
  The officials d
  
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• Serial stowaway arrested at Chicago airport again

  12-10-2019 21:07
  CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who has been arrested in or near airports dozens of times and sneaked onto planes without a ticket several times is back in custody after police say she tried to sneak through security at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
  Chicago police say 67-year-old Marilyn Hartman was arrested Friday night after officers determined she didn’t have a boarding pass or identification.
  The arrest marks the latest chapter in a story that’s played out for
  
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• Official: Spitting incident at museum not racially motivated

  12-10-2019 21:01
  SHELTON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut school official says she doesn’t believe race was a factor when a white student spat on a black visitor at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.
  School officials in Shelton say the Friday incident resulted in a group from Shelton Intermediate School being kicked out of the museum.
  Hearst Connecticut Media reports school Principal Dina Marks said on Twitter on Saturday morning that she doesn’t believ
  
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• Caravan of 2,000 head toward US from southern Mexico

  12-10-2019 21:00
  TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Around 2,000 migrants have set out in a caravan from southern Mexico in the hopes of reaching the U.S.
  Many of the migrants who departed from Tapachula, Chiapas early Saturday had been waylaid in the city just north of Guatemala for weeks or months, awaiting residency or transit papers from Mexican authorities.
  The migrants are originally from Central America, Africa and the Caribbean. They left their home countries sometimes because of violence, or simply in searc
  
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• Packers’ Jones fined $10K for taunting Cowboys’ Jones

  12-10-2019 20:58
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Packers running back Aaron Jones has been fined more than $10,000 for waving goodbye to Dallas Cowboys cornerback Byron Jones on his way to the end zone.
  Jones confirmed to ESPN on Friday that the NFL fined him $10,527 for taunting/unsportsmanlike conduct.
  The gesture came on the third of Jones’ franchise record-tying four touchdowns in a 34-24 victory Sunday at Dallas. Jones had 182 yards of total offense (107 rushing, 75 receiving) in the win.
  Jones says he w
  
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