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• Group: Illinois restaurant tried to reseat over skin color

  03-11-2019 23:57
  NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A group of mostly African-American people celebrating a birthday party at a Buffalo Wild Wings in suburban Chicago allege they were asked to change tables because of their skin color.
  Justin Vahl says he was at a Naperville restaurant last month with children and adults when a host asked him about his ethnicity. Later, a manager asked the group to move because a regular customer didn’t want to sit near black people.
  Vahl, of nearby Montgomery, says he’s
  
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• President Trump threatens to cut US funding for California wildfires

  03-11-2019 23:56
  THE WEATHER COMPANY – As firefighters gain edge on California wildfires, President Trump slams Governor, Gavin Newsom.There were some indications a power line may have sparked the Maria Fire.
  At least one home was destroyed by the fast-moving blaze.
  Firefighters have gained ground on several other blazes.
  More than 350 buildlings have been destroyed in the Kincade Fire.
  More evacuees were allowed to return home Sunday as California firefighters continued to make headway against several wil
  
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• Sociedad wins at Granada to pull level with Barca, Madrid

  03-11-2019 23:52
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Cristián “Portu” Portugués scored two goals to give Real Sociedad a 2-1 win at Granada as his team pulled level on points with Barcelona and Real Madrid at the crowded top of the Spanish league on Sunday.
  Sociedad’s fourth victory in seven away matches moved it into third place, behind the league’s two traditional powerhouses on goal difference.
  Atlético Madrid and Sevilla are one point behind. Granada fell to sixth place
  
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• Colorful Columbia Sportswear Co. chairwoman Gert Boyle dies

  03-11-2019 23:43
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gert Boyle, the colorful chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear Co. who starred in ads proclaiming her as “One Tough Mother,” died Sunday. She was 95.
  Company spokeswoman Mary Ellen Glynn did not disclose the cause of death. She says Boyle died at a Portland, Oregon, assisted living facility.
  Boyle took over the small outdoor clothing company in 1970 after her husband died from a heart attack.
  Boyle’s father founded Columbia after the family fled Nazi Ger
  
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• New coach for Bayern; Schalke rallies to beat Augsburg

  03-11-2019 23:38
  BERLIN (AP) — Schalke twice came from behind to beat Augsburg, and Fortuna Düsseldorf won the Bundesliga’s Rhine derby, on a day dominated by Bayern Munich parting company with coach Niko Kovac.
  Bayern said Sunday it decided to let Kovac go after the team had its heaviest league loss in more than 10 years — a 5-1 defeat at his former side Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.
  “The performances of our team in recent weeks and the results have shown us that there was a need
  
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• National weather: First snow of the season on the way for some

  03-11-2019 23:33
  THE WEATHER COMPANY – A southern soaker may wring out the first snow of the season.An expansive area of rain will soak parts of the South starting Wednesday.
  Parts of the Southern Plains could pick up a few inches of rain.
  Some of this moisture may overlap cold air in the East late this week.
  This could lead to some “first snow of the season” in parts of the Northeast.
  Any snow that does fall should be light, and there’s considerable uncertainty if any will fall at all.
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• The week ahead: Sunny to stormy

  03-11-2019 23:15
  TUCSON – Tucson experienced warm and mild conditions this weekend, but a change is on the way.
  Tomorrow, expect mostly sunny skies and daytime highs to be about 5-8 degrees above average across Southern Arizona.Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High: 84°
  Tomorrow night: Mostly clear. Low: 54°
  Tuesday: Slight chance of late showers. (20%) High: 86°On Tuesday, a deep weather system will dig into Arizona. This will bring a slight chance of scattered showers and isolated
  
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• Brendon Todd shoots 9-under 62 to win Bermuda Championship

  03-11-2019 23:14
  SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — Brendon Todd ran away with the Bermuda Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title, shooting a 9-under 62 after flirting with a sub-60 round at calm Port Royal Golf Club.
  Needing to birdie the final two holes to shoot 59, Todd missed a 20-foot birdie try on the par-5 17th and closed with a bogey after taking three shots to reach the green on the par-4 18th. He finished at 24-under 260 for a four-stroke victory over Harry Higgs in the first-year event.
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• Flames’ Lucic suspended 2 games for roughing Sherwood

  03-11-2019 22:54
  NEW YORK (AP) — Calgary Flames forward Milan Lucic has been suspended for two games without pay by the NHL for roughing Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kole Sherwood during Saturday’s game.
  The league announced Lucic’s punishment Sunday.
  The incident happened five minutes into the second period of Calgary’s 3-0 win. Lucic punched Sherwood behind the Flames net, knocking him to the ice, after Sherwood had poked at Calgary goaltender David Rittich’s pads and received a
  
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• Vinatieri misses late, Steelers edge Colts 26-24

  03-11-2019 22:42
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Not this time, Adam Vinatieri.
  The Indianapolis Colts kicker missed a go-ahead 43-yard field goal with 1:14 remaining, helping the Pittsburgh Steelers escape with a 26-24 victory on Sunday.
  Vinatieri, whose 55-yard kick last week against Denver gave the Colts their third straight victory, pulled his attempt left of the uprights as the Colts (5-3) fell out of first place in the AFC South.
  Mason Rudolph threw for 191 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Pittsburgh
  
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• McCaffrey scores 3 TDs as Panthers defeat Titans 30-20

  03-11-2019 22:35
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Christian McCaffrey had 166 yards from scrimmage and scored three touchdowns, and the Carolina Panthers bounced back from an embarrassing defeat with a 30-20 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
  Kyle Allen, who threw three interceptions in last week’s 51-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, threw TD passes of 7 yards to McCaffrey and 12 yards to Curtis Samuel to improve to 5-1 this season as Carolina’s starting QB.
  Carolina’s defense forced t
  
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• McDonald’s CEO steps down after relationship with employee

  03-11-2019 22:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s Corporation says its chief executive officer has left the company after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee.
  The fast food giant announced former CEO Steve Easterbrook’s departure Sunday, saying he demonstrated poor judgment. McDonald’s forbids managers from having romantic relationships with direct or indirect reports.
  In an email to employees, Easterbrook acknowledged he had a relationship with an
  
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• McDonald’s says its CEO has stepped down after violating policy by engaging in consensual relationship with employee

  03-11-2019 22:33
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s says its CEO has stepped down after violating policy by engaging in consensual relationship with employee.
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• Butker’s late FGs help Chiefs rally past Vikings, 26-23

  03-11-2019 22:32
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Harrison Butker matched a career long with a 54-yard field goal to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, then drilled a 44-yarder as time expired to give the Kansas City Chiefs a thrilling 26-23 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
  The first person to greet Butker in celebration? Patrick Mahomes, the reigning league MVP, who missed his second consecutive game as he recovers from a dislocated kneecap.
  Mahomes looked just fine rushing onto the field to par
  
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• Dolphins get first win of 2019, top Jets 26-18

  03-11-2019 22:29
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three touchdown passes, two of them to rookie Preston Williams, and the Miami Dolphins got their first win of the season by beating former coach Adam Gase and the New York Jets 26-18 on Sunday.
  The Dolphins avoided what would have been the second 0-8 start in franchise history, joining 2007. The win leaves Cincinnati (0-8) as the NFL’s lone winless team this season, and for now the frontrunners to win the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NFL dr
  
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• Help the homeless or criminalize them? Las Vegas debates a public sleeping ban

  03-11-2019 22:19
  A homeless woman and her dog sit on a pedestrian bridge in the sun as temperatures reached 115 degrees Fahrenheit on July 13, 2017 in Las Vegas. (George Rose / Getty Images file)
  LAS VEGAS — As Valachie Peeples gathered his laundry late on a recent afternoon, he knew he wouldn’t be able to find a bed at a shelter that night.
  By the time he finished cleaning the clothes he needs for his job at a convention center and got to the Salvation Army shelter in downtown Las Vegas, it would be
  
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• Wentz, Howard lead Eagles past Bears 22-14

  03-11-2019 22:16
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carson Wentz threw for 239 yards and one touchdown, Jordan Howard ran for 82 yards and a score and the Philadelphia Eagles held on for a 22-14 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
  The Bears had just 9 yards in the first half and trailed 19-0 before David Montgomery had a pair of 1-yard TD runs to make it a one-possession game in the fourth quarter.
  But Philadelphia put it away with 16-play, 69-yard drive capped by Jake Elliott’s 38-yard field goal. Wentz comp
  
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• Buffalo Bills outrun Washington in 24-9 victory, move to 6-2

  03-11-2019 22:16
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Rookie Devin Singletary had 95 yards rushing, including a 2-yard touchdown, and the Buffalo Bills are off to their best start since 1993 following a 24-9 win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday.
  Josh Allen had a touchdown pass and scored on a 1-yard plunge for the Bills, who improved to 6-2 — a record built on victories over some of the NFL’s worst teams.
  The Bills’ wins have come against teams that entered this weekend with a combined record
  
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• Hamilton clinches F1 championship No. 6 at US Grand Prix

  03-11-2019 21:58
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lewis Hamilton secured his sixth Formula One championship with a second-place finish Sunday at the U.S. Grand Prix, a race won by his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas.
  The British driver now ranks second in F1 history behind German Michael Schumacher’s record seven titles. Hamilton has won the last three season championships and secured this one with two races left.
  Hamilton has been a dominant force at the Circuit of the Americas, with five wins here since it o
  
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• Dem Rep. says impeachment transcripts likely coming ‘within the next five days’

  03-11-2019 21:51
  Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., at the Capitol on Sept. 27, 2019. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call file)
   
  Leading Democrats said Sunday that the public can soon expect the release of full transcripts of witness testimony in the House impeachment probe, as well as the launch of open, televised hearings.
  “I think you’re going to see all of the transcripts that are going to be released probably within the next five days,” Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., told CBS’s “Face
  
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• White nationalists seen filming at lynching victim memorial

  03-11-2019 21:49
  GLENDORA, Miss. (AP) — Men carrying a white nationalist flag were caught on security cameras trying to film in front of a new memorial to lynching victim Emmett Till in Mississippi.
  Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, says cameras captured the incident Saturday.
  Security footage from the commission shows the men, one carrying a neo-Confederate group flag, filming at the site. They are seeing running away when a security alarm sounds.
  Weems says he beli
  
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• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins 6th Formula One world title at US Grand Prix

  03-11-2019 21:48
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins 6th Formula One world title at US Grand Prix.
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• Video review has an impact as Saint-Etienne beats Monaco 1-0

  03-11-2019 21:42
  PARIS (AP) — Monaco was losing 1-0 at Saint-Etienne in the French league with about 20 minutes remaining on Sunday when video review made a significant impact.
  Referee Jérôme Brisard showed Saint-Etienne defender Wesley Fofana a red card for apparently impeding Jean-Kévin Augustin near the edge of the penalty area as the Monaco striker broke through on goal.
  The linesman on the right side of the field had not raised his flag despite having a clear view of the action. Bu
  
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• Nice beats Reims 2-0 to ease pressure on coach Vieira

  03-11-2019 21:42
  PARIS (AP) — The pressure was growing on Nice coach Patrick Vieira after six matches without a win, so a 2-0 home victory in the French league against Reims on Sunday was timely.
  It was a first win since Sept. 21, at which time the south-coast team had climbed into third place. Nice’s form then spiraled with four league defeats and a draw, followed by elimination from the League Cup midweek against second-tier Le Mans.
  Nice desperately needed to beat Reims and was helped when visitin
  
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• Florida State fires football coach Willie Taggart

  03-11-2019 21:31
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State has fired Willie Taggart one day after the Seminoles were beaten by Miami and fell closer to missing a bowl game for the second consecutive season.
  Taggart was 9-12 in parts of two seasons at Florida State. He was fired Sunday.
  The school says Odell Haggins has been asked to take over as interim coach and that a national search for a permanent replacement will begin immediately.
  The Seminoles are 4-5 this season.
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• Florida State fires football coach Willie Taggart after he goes 9-12 in parts of two seasons

  03-11-2019 21:28
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State fires football coach Willie Taggart after he goes 9-12 in parts of two seasons.
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• Bayern parts company with Kovac after 5-1 loss in Frankfurt

  03-11-2019 21:23
  MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich chose to part company with coach Niko Kovac on Sunday — one day after the seven-time defending German champion slumped to its heaviest Bundesliga defeat in more than 10 years.
  Bayern lost 5-1 at Kovac’s former team Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, the team’s second league loss and the fifth game from 10 in which it has dropped points this season.
  Bayern said in a statement that it had “relieved head coach Niko Kovac of his duties” a
  
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• El Salvador archbishop apologizes over priest sex abuse case

  03-11-2019 21:07
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s top Roman Catholic cleric has apologized for the alleged sexual abuse by a priest of an unidentified minor 25 years ago.
  San Salvador Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas said in a news conference after celebrating Sunday Mass that “we have apologized to the victim and now I am repeating it publicly.”
  He asked people for forgiveness as well as prayers “for the victim and also for the priest.”
  In 2016, the chur
  
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• German champion Bayern Munich has fired coach Niko Kovac

  03-11-2019 21:06
  MUNICH (AP) — German champion Bayern Munich has fired coach Niko Kovac.
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• Gomes’ injury overshadows Everton’s 1-1 draw with Spurs

  03-11-2019 20:46
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton substitute Cenk Tosun scored deep in injury time to salvage a 1-1 draw against 10-man Tottenham in a Premier League game overshadowed by André Gomes’ serious injury on Sunday.
  The visitors were left hanging on after Son Heung-min was sent off in the 79th minute for a late challenge on Gomes. Both sets of players appeared shaken at the extent of the injury to Gomes’ right ankle as medics treated the Portuguese midfielder before he was str
  
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• Vigil planned for couple found dead at Texas beach

  03-11-2019 20:29
  RUMNEY, N.H. (AP) — A vigil is planned in the hometown of a New Hampshire couple whose bodies were found buried in at a South Texas beach.
  Authorities say the deaths of 48-year-oild James Butler and 46-year-old Michelle Butler are being investigated as homicides.
  WMUR-TV reports that their family planned to hold a vigil on the Rumney Town Common at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
  The sheriff’s office had announced last week that the Butlers were reported missing, along with their truck and RV. Rel
  
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• Demonstrators demand halt to killings of women in Mexico

  03-11-2019 20:28
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Relatives of women and girls murdered or missing in Mexico have marched through the capital to demand justice.
  The demonstration set out Sunday from the Independence Monument and headed for Mexico City’s sprawling main square to set up an offering near a massive altar erected to mark Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
  They carried purple crosses inscribed with the names of dozens of victims.
  Dia de Muertos is observed Nov. 1-2. The demonstration was billed as a &l
  
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• ‘Shame on you’: Balotelli lashes out at fans for racism

  03-11-2019 20:25
  ROME (AP) — Mario Balotelli’s most important kick on Sunday had nothing to do with the curling shot that he whipped into the top corner of the goal from beyond the box.
  Rather, it was the drop-kick the Brescia striker made moments earlier when he booted a ball high into the stands to express his frustration at racist chants from Hellas Verona fans.
  Balotelli then attempted to leave the field in the most high-profile incident yet in a Serie A season that has been marred by constant ep
  
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• Israeli PM’s son, driver strike settlement over leaked tape

  03-11-2019 20:25
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son has reportedly reached a court settlement with a former driver whom he sued for releasing a recording made while he was joyriding with his friends during a drunken night at Tel Aviv strip clubs.
  Israeli media said Sunday that Roi Rozen has agreed to pay Yair Netanyahu $8,500 and publicly apologize for leaking the covert recording.
  In the recording, Yair Netanyahu and his friends make disparaging comments about strippers
  
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• Balotelli brings fight against racism directly to fans

  03-11-2019 20:25
  ROME (AP) — Mario Balotelli’s most important kick on Sunday had nothing to do with the curling shot that he whipped into the top corner of the goal from beyond the box.
  Rather, it was the drop-kick the Brescia striker made moments earlier when he booted a ball high into the stands to express his frustration at racist chants from Hellas Verona fans.
  Balotelli then attempted to leave the field in the most high-profile incident yet in a Serie A season that has been marred by constant ep
  
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• The Latest: Harvick wins at Texas again for another Cup shot

  03-11-2019 20:24
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway (all times local):
  6:10 p.m.
  Kevin Harvick has won the fall Cup race at Texas for the third year in a row, again taking one of the championship-contending spots at NASCAR’s season finale in two weeks.
  Harvick won from the pole, leading 120 of 334 laps in the No. 4 Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing. He took the lead for the seventh and final time on lap 255.
  With Martin Truex Jr. already locked in for the fi
  
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• The Latest: Harvick goes for 3rd straight Texas fall Cup win

  03-11-2019 20:24
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway (all times local):
  1:20 p.m.
  Kevin Harvick will start from the pole at Texas, where he will be trying to win the NASCAR Cup fall race for the third year in a row.
  A victory Sunday would give Harvick one of the three remaining championship-contending spots in the season finale in two weeks.
  Martin Truex Jr., who already is locked in for a title run on Nov. 17 at Homestead, starts 17th at Texas. He was the low
  
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• The Latest: Caution-free 2nd stage at Texas in Cup playoffs

  03-11-2019 20:24
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  A caution-free second stage at Texas with none of the playoff contenders for the NASCAR Cup title in the top three, after there were six yellow flags in the first 85-lap segment.
  Aric Almirola, Erik Jones and Jimmie Johnson were running in the top three with 170 of 334 total laps completed.
  Kyle Larson in fourth is the highest-running of the eight drivers still in contention for
  
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• The Latest: 2 Cup title contenders run into Texas trouble

  03-11-2019 20:24
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway (all times local):
  3:35 p.m.
  Pole sitter and NASCAR Cup title contender Kevin Harvick has taken the caution-filled first stage at Texas, where two playoff contenders have already run into trouble.
  Denny Hamlin, who entered the race second in points, got loose coming out the fourth turn on the 81st lap and then slid off the track and through the infield. He slammed hard across the grass and over asphalt.
  That
  
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• North Carolina police arrest man pretending to be officer

  03-11-2019 20:23
  WILSON, N.C. (AP) — Police say a North Carolina man has been arrested for impersonating a law enforcement officer after he got himself involved in a police chase.
  News outlets report that the incident happened on Oct. 5 after Wilson police stopped a car at a grocery store in search of a possible murder suspect. As they approached the car, it sped off.
  Police had chased the car for about two miles when a Ford Taurus with blue lights sped past the officers and got in front of the suspect&rsq
  
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• Bayern Munich drawn against Hoffenheim in German Cup

  03-11-2019 20:21
  BERLIN (AP) — Defending champion Bayern Munich has been drawn against Hoffenheim in the third round of the German Cup, and Borussia Dortmund faces a trip to Werder Bremen.
  Sunday’s draw gave Bayern — which scraped past second-division Bochum 2-1 in the second round on Tuesday — a home game.
  Matches will be played Feb. 4-5.
  The 2018 winner Eintracht Frankfurt was given a home game against Bundesliga rival Leipzig, last season’s beaten finalist.
  Fourth-tier sides Saar
  
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• Olivia Newton-John’s final ‘Grease’ ensemble fetches $405K

  03-11-2019 20:19
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Two collectors said you’re the one that I want to Olivia Newton-John’s iconic “Grease” leather jacket and skintight pants at an auction Saturday in Beverly Hills.
  Julien’s Auctions says the combined ensemble, which Newton-John’s character Sandy wears in the closing number of the 1978 film, fetched $405,700 total. The leather jacket sold for $243,200 and the pants, which Newton-John famously had to be sewn into, went for $162,
  
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• ‘UArizona’ makes it on SNL’s Weekend Update

  03-11-2019 20:18
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  TUCSON—The University of Arizona’s decision to refer to the school as “UArizona” made it to Weekend Update on Saturday’s episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
  Host Colin Jost said, “Is it just me, or does the ‘UArizona’ sound like the punchline to a j
  
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• AP Top 25: Navy gives AAC 4 teams, 3rd-most by conference

  03-11-2019 20:03
  Navy moved into The Associated Press college football poll at No. 25, giving the American Athletic Conference four ranked teams, more than all but the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference.
  With nine ranked teams off this weekend, including four of the top five, there was little movement throughout the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank. LSU is No. 1 for a second consecutive week and Alabama is No. 2. The Tigers and Crimson Tide on Saturday will play the first regular-season 1-2 game since th
  
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• POLL ALERT: Georgia climbs to No. 6 as top five stand fast in Top 25; No. 25 Navy gives American four ranked teams

  03-11-2019 20:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: Georgia climbs to No. 6 as top five stand fast in Top 25; No. 25 Navy gives American four ranked teams.
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• Tucson police investigating fatal motorcycle crash near Golf Links and Swan roads

  03-11-2019 19:47
  TUCSON— Tucson police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash near Golf Links and Swan roads. TRAFFIC ALERTTraffic Detectives are investigating a fatal motorcycle collision (single vehicle) near Golf Links & Swan. Eastbound traffic is shut down. Westbound is restricted. Please avoid the area for the next few hours. pic.twitter.com/3N4tetYPyb
  — Sergeant Pete Dugan (@SgtDugan) November 3, 2019Officials say only one vehicle appears to be involved.
  Eastbound traffic is currently s
  
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• Sabourin has fractured nose after scary fall against Bruins

  03-11-2019 19:42
  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Ottawa Senators say forward Scott Sabourin has a fractured nose and is expected to be released from the hospital later Sunday, a day after being taken off the ice on a stretcher during a game in Boston.
  Sabourin was taken from the ice with his head immobilized following a collision with David Backes in which the players’ helmets hit at nearly full speed early in the first period of Boston’s 5-2 win on Saturday night.
  Sabourin gave the crowd a “t
  
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• The Latest: Evacuations lifted for Southern California fire

  03-11-2019 19:09
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local):
  10:10 a.m.
  Authorities have lifted all evacuations as firefighters make progress against a wildfire that sent thousands fleeing homes northwest of Los Angeles.
  Ventura County Fire Capt. Steve Kaufmann says crews on Sunday are battling hotspots and keeping an eye on lingering winds. But he says officials are “cautiously optimistic.”
  Firefighters working in steep conditions have contained 50% of the blaze
  
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• The Latest: District closes 8 of its schools because of ash

  03-11-2019 19:09
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local):
  7:35 p.m. The Ventura Unified School District says eight of its schools will be closed Monday because of ash and debris from the Maria wildfire.
  Superintendent Roger Rice says the schools that will be closed are Juanamaria Elementary, Portola Elementary, Citrus Glenn Elementary, Montalvo Arts Academy, ATLAS Academy of Technology and Leadership at Saticoy, Junipero Serra Elementary, Balboa Middle School, and Mound M
  
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• The Latest: Arson arrest for San Francisco Bay Area fire

  03-11-2019 19:09
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local):
  1:50 p.m.
  Authorities have arrested a man on suspicion of setting a series of small brush fires in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  The East Bay Times reports the blazes collectively burned fewer than 10 acres of Garin Regional Park in Hayward on Saturday. No injuries were reported.
  Park officials say responding firefighters spotted a suspicious person nearby. A short time later police arrested 42-year-old Roman Montalv
  
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