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• Bolivia, OEA discuss audit of contested presidential vote

  27-10-2019 23:54
  LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian officials say they’re negotiating with the Organization of American States for an audit of the country’s presidential election, which is being challenged by opponents who say it fraudulently gave President Evo Morales an outright re-election victory.
  Bolivia’s vice minister of foreign commerce, Benjamín Blanco, said Sunday the government hopes for an agreement as soon as possible.
  Official results from the Oct. 20 elections gave Mora
  
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• Panthers routs Oilers to extend points streak to 8 games

  27-10-2019 23:51
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Brian Boyle and Jayce Hawryluk each had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers scored three goals in just over two minutes to open the second period in a 6-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.
  Aaron Ekblad, Noel Acciari, Evgenii Dadonov and Frank Vatrano also scored for Florida. The Panthers improved to 5-2-4, earning at least a point in eight straight games.
  James Neal and Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers. They have lost three of four to fall t
  
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• Get ready for cooler temperatures!

  27-10-2019 23:43
  TUCSON – Expect dry conditions and below-average highs this week in Tucson.Tomorrow: Cooler temperatures. High: 74°
  Tomorrow night: Clear skies. Low: 43°
  Tuesday: Slightly warmer. High: 76°Tomorrow, daytime highs will run 5-10 degrees cooler than today.  Highs will only reach the mid 70s across the Tucson metro. This cool-down is courtesy of a cold front sweeping into the area.
  Another deeper system will move into the area Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Th
  
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• Trump Series visit comes at a high-profile moment for him

  27-10-2019 23:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan for a low-profile appearance at Game 5 of the World Series comes at a high-profile moment of his presidency. It will be his first appearance as president at a major league game.
  Trump’s White House staff has long tried to shield him from events where he might be loudly booed or heckled, and he rarely ventures out into the heavily Democratic city.
  The appearance, however, comes hours after Trump announced the death of terrorist lea
  
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• Reports: LVMH seeking to buy luxury jeweler Tiffany’s

  27-10-2019 23:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has made an offer to purchase U.S. jeweler Tiffany & Co., according to news reports.
  LVMH has offered $120 a share, or $14.5 billion, for Tiffany, according to the Wall Street Journal. LVMH made the offer earlier this month, Bloomberg News reported. Representatives of both LVMH and Tiffany declined to comment on the reports.
  The offer comes as Tiffany, like other luxury brands, has struggled with stagnating sal
  
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• ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in U.S. raid in Syria, Trump confirms

  27-10-2019 23:28
  The world’s most wanted terrorist, the Islamic State militant group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed Saturday in a U.S.-led raid in northwestern Syria, President Donald Trump announced Sunday.
  Addressing the nation live from the White House, Trump said al-Baghdadi killed himself and three of his children, detonating a suicide vest as U.S. forces closed in after a “dangerous and daring” raid.“Last night, the United States brought the world’s No. 1 terr
  
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• Houston DE Watt out for season with pectoral injury

  27-10-2019 23:22
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt sustained a season-ending injury to his pectoral muscle on Sunday in a win over the Oakland Raiders.
  Watt was injured in the second quarter of Houston’s 27-24 win and tweeted afterward that he was done for the season. His tweet said: “This game can be beautiful and it can also be brutal. Absolutely gutted that I won’t be able to finish the season with my guys and give the fans what they deserve. I truly love this game
  
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• Houston DE Watt injures shoulder against Raiders

  27-10-2019 23:22
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt sustained a shoulder injured on Sunday against the Oakland Raiders.
  It was unclear how Watt, a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, was injured, but he went to the locker room with about 5 ½ minutes left in the second quarter after spending a few minutes in the medical tent. The team announced just before the start of the second half that he wouldn’t return, but they did not specify which shoulder he injured.
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• Stafford-led Lions beat Giants 31-26 and end 3-game skid

  27-10-2019 23:08
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions were waiting for the right time and team to try a trick play they’ve worked on in practice recently.
  Early in the fourth quarter Sunday, the New York Giants proved to be the perfect opponent.
  Matthew Stafford threw a 41-yard flea flicker to Kenny Golladay to restore a double-digit lead Detroit needed to help them hold on for a 31-26 win over the slumping Giants.
  “That was a good one,” Stafford said. “A great call.”
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• Schroder leads Thunder past Warriors, 120-92

  27-10-2019 23:06
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Dennis Schroder scored 22 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder rout the Golden State Warriors 120-92 on Sunday for their first victory of the season.
  The blowout matched Oklahoma City’s largest margin of victory over the Warriors since the franchise moved from Seattle before the 2008-09 season.
  Danilo Gallinari added 21 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Thunder. They opened the season with losses to Utah and Washington
  
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• NC Courage wins NWSL title with 4-0 win over Chicago

  27-10-2019 22:48
  CARY, N.C. (AP) — Debinha scored in the fourth minute and the North Carolina Courage went on to beat the Chicago Red Stars 4-0 on Sunday for the their second straight National Women’s Soccer League title.
  Jessica McDonald, Crystal Dunn and Sam Mewis added goals for the Courage, which won the NWSL Shield for the third straight year with a league-best 15-5-4 regular-season record. The Courage beat Reign FC 4-1 in extra time in the semifinals.
  The Red Stars had a six-game winning streak
  
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• The Latest: Polls close in polarized Argentine election

  27-10-2019 22:46
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Latest on Argentina’s elections (all times local):
  6:30 p.m.
  Polls have closed in Argentina where officials say there was a heavy turnout in what has been a largely peaceful election.
  Voting could bring a political shift leftward with center-left Peronist candidate Alberto Fernández favored to win a presidential vote dominated by frustration over an economic crisis that has eroded support for conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri.
  Initial off
  
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• The Latest: Early results: Fernández leading Argentine vote

  27-10-2019 22:46
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Latest on Argentina’s elections (all times local):
  9 p.m.
  Argentine authorities say center-left Peronist candidate Alberto Fernández is leading the presidential election as frustrated voters appear to reject conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri’s handling of an economic crisis.
  Authorities say Fernández has 47.21 percent of the votes compared to 41.42 percent for Macri, with 65 percent of the votes counted Sunday. 
  
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• The Latest: Argentine ex-president congratulates Fernández

  27-10-2019 22:46
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Latest on Argentina’s elections (all times local):
  10:30 p.m.
  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is congratulating her running mate, Alberto Fernández, before thousands of jubilant supporters in Buenos Aires.
  She presided over Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and is poised to make a dramatic return to high office as Alberto Fernández’s vice president.
  Authorities say Alberto Fernández has 47.83% of the votes compare
  
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• The Latest: Soto’s homer cuts Astros’ Game 5 lead to 4-1

  27-10-2019 22:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Game 5 of the World Series (all times local):
  10:40 p.m.
  Juan Soto hit his second home run of the World Series, cutting the Houston Astros’ lead to 4-1 after seven innings of Game 5.
  Soto, who turned 21 on Friday, hit a 98-mph fastball from Gerrit Cole just over the wall in right-center field. Soto also took Cole deep in Game 1 when the Nationals beat him in Houston.
  It was the Nationals’ first homer in three World Series home games.
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• The Latest: Scherzer can’t lift arm, has cortisone shot

  27-10-2019 22:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Game 5 of the World Series (all times local):
  6:20 p.m.
  Max Scherzer says he can’t lift his right arm and needed help from his wife to get dressed because of a muscle spasm and pinched nerve in his neck.
  Scherzer was scratched as the Washington Nationals’ starting pitcher for Game 5 of the World Series against the Houston Astros. Joe Ross will take his place.
  Scherzer says his neck spasms started over the last few days and he got treatment in an
  
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• The Latest: Nats’ Joe Ross revs up fans in easy 1st inning

  27-10-2019 22:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Game 5 of the World Series (all times local):
  8:28 p.m.
  Nationals fans looking for something to cheer for are rallying around spot starter Joe Ross, who took the mound for Game 5 after Max Scherzer was scratched with a neck injury.
  Ross walked leadoff batter George Springer but got red-hot José Altuve to bounce into a double play on the first pitch. He retired Michael Brantley on a grounder into the shift in right field to end his first inning.
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• The Latest: Cole pitches Astros to 3-2 Series lead over Nats

  27-10-2019 22:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Game 5 of the World Series (all times local):
  11:27 p.m.
  The Houston Astros handed the ball to Gerrit Cole, and he gave them a firm grip on the World Series.
  Cole looked exactly like the stud who dominated baseball most of this season, bouncing back from a Game 1 clunker to pitch the Astros to a 7-1 win Sunday night and a 3-2 lead.
  Minus ailing ace Max Scherzer, the Nationals were no match in this Washington wipeout.
  Rookie Yordan Álvarez and Carlos C
  
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• Police: Man killed after shootout with officers in Georgia

  27-10-2019 22:27
  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in Georgia are investigating the death of a man shot by police.
  The Athens-Clarke County Police Department says the shooting happened Saturday night. According to a news release , officers were investigating a noise complaint when they were told one neighbor had threatened to shoot another.
  The release said officers attempted to question a suspect, who produced a handgun and fired at officers. It says officers returned fire and the man died at a hospital.
  The
  
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• The Latest: Jackson says no King holiday without Conyers

  27-10-2019 22:26
  DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on the death of former Rep. John Conyers of Detroit (all times local):
  5:25 p.m.
  The Rev. Jesse Jackson says there would be no federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. without the work of John Conyers.
  Conyers, the longest-serving black member of Congress, died Sunday at his Detroit home, two years after leaving the U.S. House.
  Jackson, the Chicago-based civil rights leader, tells The Associated Press that even some of Conyers’ allies doubted
  
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• Maryland police sentenced for assault of handcuffed suspect

  27-10-2019 22:24
  UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A white Maryland police officer has been sentenced to spend six months in jail after he was convicted of assault for repeatedly punching a black suspect who was handcuffed and seat-belted in a police vehicle.
  The Washington Post reports that a judge on Friday also ordered Prince George’s County Police Corporal Stephen Downey to attend anger management sessions and perform community service at a homeless shelter.
  Downey was one of several officers who respon
  
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• Arsenal captain Xhaka enraged; Liverpool beats Tottenham

  27-10-2019 22:15
  LONDON (AP) — Arsenal and Tottenham scored early before all it started to unravel for the north London clubs in the Premier League on Sunday.
  Arsenal established a two-goal lead over Crystal Palace before capitulating, conceding twice and seeing its captain appearing to storm off in anger in a 2-2 draw.
  Tottenham took a shock lead at Anfield but there would be no first away win since January as unbeaten Liverpool fought back to win 2-1 and restore its six-point lead over champion Mancheste
  
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• Kentucky gov’s race stirs clash over casino suicide claims

  27-10-2019 22:12
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Heading into the final days of Kentucky’s bitter race for governor, Republican incumbent Matt Bevin has exposed himself to a new attack by denying his recorded claim that suicides happen nightly in casinos.
  Telling a debate audience Saturday night that the truth matters, Bevin challenged his opponent, Democrat Andy Beshear, to produce a tape proving his denial wrong.
  Beshear offered up the audiotape Sunday.
  The televised exchange turned Bevin’s summer rad
  
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• Kupp has 220 yards receiving as Rams roll 24-10 in London

  27-10-2019 21:55
  LONDON (AP) — Wide receiver Cooper Kupp caught seven passes for a career-best 220 yards, Jared Goff threw for two touchdowns and the Los Angeles Rams beat the winless Cincinnati Bengals 24-10 Sunday to make for another successful trip to London.
  Kupp caught a 65-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter on a double reverse flea-flicker from Goff, and the duo teamed up for a 40-yarder shortly after halftime to set up another score at Wembley Stadium.
  Goff went 17 of 31 for 372 yards, 273 of
  
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• PM’s party has strong showing in Bulgaria’s local elections

  27-10-2019 21:52
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Exit poll results from Sunday’s local elections in Bulgaria reaffirm Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s center-right GERB party’s political dominance.
  The main challengers, the Socialists and a liberal pro-Western bloc, failed to gain outright victories in the capital, Sofia, and in most of the largest cities.
  Turnout was 43%. Observers said many people likely did not vote because they felt the outcome was predetermined.
  In the capital the incumbent, G
  
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• Scherzer scratched from Game 5, Ross to start for Nationals

  27-10-2019 21:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer was scratched from his scheduled start in Game 5 of the World Series because of spasms near his neck.
  Washington manager Dave Martinez made the announcement 3½ hours before the first pitch Sunday night.
  Joe Ross was scheduled to start in place of Scherzer. Gerrit Cole starts for Houston, with the Series tied 2-2.
  Martinez said Scherzer felt the spasm near his neck and trapezius muscle on his right side Saturday and woke up Sunday and
  
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• John Conyers, longest serving black congressman, dies at 90

  27-10-2019 21:42
  DETROIT (AP) — Former Rep. John Conyers, the longest-serving black member of Congress and founder of the Black Caucus, has died. The Detroit Democrat was 90.
  Detroit police say the former congressman died at his home on Sunday. Police spokesman Cpl. Dan Donakowski says Conyers died of what appears to be natural causes.
  Conyers’ resolutely liberal stance on civil rights and civil liberties made him a political institution. He also fought for 15 years to get the Rev. Martin Luther King
  
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• Wilson throws 2 TD passes as Seattle stops Atlanta 27-20

  27-10-2019 21:40
  ATLANTA (AP) — Russell Wilson threw two touchdown passes to DK Metcalf, Chris Carson ran for 90 yards and a score, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the reeling Atlanta Falcons 27-20 on Sunday.
  Seattle led 24-0 at halftime as the Falcons offense floundered early in their first start without quarterback Matt Ryan in 10 years. Ryan’s streak of 154 consecutive regular-season starts ended as he was held out with a sprained right ankle.
  The Falcons (1-7) have lost six straight games, leaving
  
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• Titans force 4 turnovers by Winston, hold off Tampa Bay

  27-10-2019 21:40
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Tannehill threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Brown with 6:55 left, and the Tennessee Titans rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-23 Sunday for their second straight win.
  Tennessee came in with the NFL’s No. 4 scoring defense, having not allowed more than 20 points in a game all season. The Buccaneers entered with the league’s fourth-best offense, averaging 28.8 points a game, and they became the first to top the mark.
  The Titans (4-4) led
  
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• Police: Former Detroit Rep. John Conyers, longest-serving black congressman and co-founder of Black Caucus, has died

  27-10-2019 21:40
  DETROIT (AP) — Police: Former Detroit Rep. John Conyers, longest-serving black congressman and co-founder of Black Caucus, has died.
  The post Police: Former Detroit Rep. John Conyers, longest-serving black congressman and co-founder of Black Caucus, has died appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Nationals ace Max Scherzer not starting Game 5 of World Series because of neck and back spasms, Ross pitches in place

  27-10-2019 21:40
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals ace Max Scherzer not starting Game 5 of World Series because of neck and back spasms, Ross pitches in place.
  The post Nationals ace Max Scherzer not starting Game 5 of World Series because of neck and back spasms, Ross pitches in place appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Rivers, Chargers beat Bears 17-16 after Pineiro misses FG

  27-10-2019 21:37
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago kicker Eddy Pineiro missed a 41-yard field goal as time expired and the Los Angeles Chargers hung on to beat Chicago 17-16 on Sunday.
  The Bears (3-4) took over at their 35 with 1:33 remaining and had a chance to win it after driving all the way to the 21. Chicago had quarterback Mitchell Trubisky take a knee with about 40 seconds left rather than try to get closer to the goal line. And Pineiro, who hit an upright on a miss earlier, hooked the potential winner wide le
  
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• Jets’ Darnold throws 3 more picks in 29-15 loss at Jaguars

  27-10-2019 21:34
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Darnold went from seeing ghosts to seeing teal.
  Darnold was sacked a career-high eight times and threw three interceptions in Jacksonville’s 29-15 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.
  He was picked off twice in the fourth quarter, including one that set up Gardner Minshew’s game-sealing score to DJ Chark with a little more than 4 minutes to play. Minshew completed 22 of 34 passes for 279 yards and three touchdowns. He scrambled for another 32
  
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• Cavaliers C Henson could miss month with hamstring injury

  27-10-2019 21:30
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers center John Henson could miss a month with a strained right hamstring, his latest injury.
  Henson finally made his debut with Cleveland on Saturday night, getting hurt in the Cavaliers’ 110-99 win over the Indiana Pacers. The 28-year-old didn’t play for the Cavs last season after coming over in a trade with Milwaukee following wrist surgery. He was slowed during training camp and sat out Cleveland’s four preseason games because of ankle and groin
  
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• Saints triumphant in Brees’ return, top Cardinals 31-9

  27-10-2019 21:25
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees passed for 373 yards and three touchdowns in his first game in more than five weeks since thumb surgery, and the New Orleans Saints won their sixth straight with a 31-9 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
  With few exceptions, Brees was accurate and looked composed even as his pass blocking collapsed, completing 34 of 43 passes.
  He was intercepted once, by Patrick Peterson, but was not pressured before throwing that aggressive, risky pass down the lef
  
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• Truex wins 1st stage of NASCAR playoff race at Martinsville

  27-10-2019 21:22
  MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. has won the first stage of Sunday’s NASCAR playoff race at Martinsville Speedway.
  Truex took the lead coming off pit road during service stops under yellow and quickly went to work lapping half the field. He put fellow playoff driver Kyle Larson down a lap with five to go in the stage, and Larson running 17th at his worst track in this round of the playoffs.
  Denny Hamlin started from the pole but had a below-average first pit stop under cauti
  
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• Astros owner apologizes to SI reporter, retracts statement

  27-10-2019 21:18
  NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Astros owner Jim Crane has sent a letter to a Sports Illustrated reporter to apologize for his team accusing her of trying to “fabricate a story.”
  Stephanie Apstein reported Monday night that Astros assistant general manager Brandon Taubman repeatedly yelled toward a group of female reporters during the team’s celebration after clinching the AL pennant. The comments involved closer Roberto Osuna, who was suspended for 75 games last year for violati
  
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• Gladbach wins 4-2, reclaims Bundesliga lead from Bayern

  27-10-2019 21:05
  BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach returned to the top of the Bundesliga with a 4-2 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.
  Denis Zakaria scored late to seal the victory as Gladbach moved a point clear of seven-time defending champion Bayern Munich and two points clear of Freiburg and Wolfsburg after nine rounds.
  Breel Embolo whipped in a low cross to give Marcus Thuram a tap-in for Gladbach’s opener in the 28th, and Oscar Wendt let fly for the second in first-half inju
  
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• Average US price of gas drops 4 cents per gallon

  27-10-2019 19:54
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has dropped 4 cents per gallon (3.8 liters) over the past two weeks to $2.68.
  Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that there may be further drops soon, as refinery maintenance season starts to slow and demand for gasoline declines this time of year.
  The price at the pump is 24 cents lower than it was a year ago.
  The highest average price in the nation is $4.71 a gallon in San Francisco
  
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• Liverpool recovers to beat Tottenham 2-1, takes 6-point lead

  27-10-2019 19:52
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah completed the recovery after Liverpool conceded in the first minute against Tottenham on Sunday, clinching a 2-1 victory from the penalty spot and restoring a six-point Premier League lead.
  Salah’s 75th-minute winner — after Serge Aurier clumsily clipped Sadio Mane — was the striker’s eighth goal of the title chase.
  But Liverpool’s equalizer had come from the less likely source of Jordan Henderson who nettted for the fir
  
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• NY ballet crowd fetes Herman Cornejo on 20th ABT anniversary

  27-10-2019 19:51
  NEW YORK (AP) — Herman Cornejo has been a favorite of New York ballet audiences ever since he set foot on the American Ballet Theatre stage as a teenager from Argentina two decades ago.
  The company feted his 20th anniversary this weekend with showers of confetti, garlands of flowers and a ballet made in his honor by iconic American choreographer Twyla Tharp.
  Tharp, still limber at 78, leaped joyfully into Cornejo’s arms and wrapped her legs around him during curtain calls. He had jus
  
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• California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares a statewide emergency as wildfires drive 200,000 people from their homes

  27-10-2019 19:38
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares a statewide emergency as wildfires drive 200,000 people from their homes.
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• Paul Barrere, guitarist-singer for Little Feat, dies at 71

  27-10-2019 19:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Barrere, guitarist and singer for the rock group Little Feat, has died. He was 71.
  Surviving members of the band announced Barrere’s passing in a statement Saturday. Little Feat said Barrere died Saturday morning at a hospital in Los Angeles due to side effects from an ongoing treatment for liver disease.
  Little Feat’s lead guitarist, singer and main songwriter, Lowell George, died in 1979. But Barrere was a foundational part of Little Feat’s funky, b
  
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• Brown wins Portugal Masters for his 1st European Tour title

  27-10-2019 19:15
  VILAMOURA, Portugal (AP) — Steven Brown won the Portugal Masters on Sunday to claim his first European Tour title.
  The Englishman shot 5-under 66 in the final round to finish one stroke ahead of South African pair Justin Walters (66) and Brandon Stone (70).
  Brown made par or better on each of his last 36 holes. He hit three birdies and an eagle on the par-5 12th to move from three shots off the lead before Sunday’s round to the top of the board with 17-under 267 overall.
  “You j
  
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• Uhlaender, Blaser win 2nd US skeleton trials races

  27-10-2019 19:13
  LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Katie Uhlaender and Andrew Blaser won their second consecutive USA Skeleton national team trials races Sunday, strengthening their bids to compete on the World Cup circuit this winter.
  The four-race series continues next Saturday and Sunday at Mount Van Hoevenberg. Uhlaender and Blaser are the front-runners to grab two of the four spots on the World Cup team that are available in the team trials.
  Reigning women’s national champion Kendall Wesenberg and men&rs
  
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• Former Marshall, MLB pitcher gives $1M for college ballpark

  27-10-2019 19:05
  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former Marshall University and major league pitcher has donated $1 million to help build the school’s new baseball stadium.
  News outlets report Rick Reed’s contribution will go toward a ballpark scheduled to open in March 2021 in Huntington.
  Reed says Marshall has been in need of a new stadium for a long time and that he was happy to make the donation.
  The contribution was announced Saturday at a groundbreaking ceremony at the Chris Cline Athletic Com
  
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• The Latest: Flowers at synagogue honor shooting victims

  27-10-2019 19:02
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on events marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue (all times local):
  2:40 p.m.
  A steady stream of people have been stopping by the closed Pittsburgh synagogue that one year ago was the scene of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.
  Lining the fence outside the Tree of Life synagogue stands 11 flowerpots, each bearing one of the names of a person killed in the attack, which also wounded seven others.
  
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• AP Top 25: LSU No. 1 ahead of ‘Bama, Ohio St in close vote

  27-10-2019 19:02
  The No. 1 vs. No. 2 game between Alabama and LSU in two weeks looks set, though the order of the Crimson Tide and Tigers changed in the AP Top 25 in one of the closet votes ever.
  Heading into an off date for both teams, LSU flip-flopped with Alabama to become the new No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll presented by Regions Bank. The Tigers received 1,476 points, two more than Alabama, for the closest margin between 1 and 2 since No. 1 Florida State was two points ahead of Auburn
  
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• POLL ALERT: LSU jumps to No. 1 in Top 25, just 2 points ahead of Alabama; Ohio St, Clemson, Penn St round out top five

  27-10-2019 19:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: LSU jumps to No. 1 in Top 25, just 2 points ahead of Alabama; Ohio St, Clemson, Penn St round out top five.
  The post POLL ALERT: LSU jumps to No. 1 in Top 25, just 2 points ahead of Alabama; Ohio St, Clemson, Penn St round out top five appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Puspa Lohmeyer's Short Film Anodyne Offers A Cure

  27-10-2019 18:39
  Is it the massive Precambrian quartz crystal deposits—and the subsequent energy vortexes created—that account for the wellspring of creativity that emanates from this dusty old mining town?…
  
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