PHOENIX (AP) — Calling him “off-the-charts dangerous,” authorities outlined the evidence against a Phoenix man who they say helped orchestrate a shootout on an anti-Islam event in Texas and had aspirations to join the Islamic State terrorist organization and attack the Super Bowl. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, 43, was arrested last week on charges related […]
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World Cup probe uncovers wider fraud
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss banks have noted 53 possible money-laundering incidents in the investigation of FIFA’s 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests, the country’s attorney-general said Wednesday Michael Lauber said the “suspicious bank relations” were reported within the framework of Switzerland’s anti-money laundering regulations. Lauber said he “does not exclude” interviewing FIFA President […]
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Tropical Storm Bill moves inland
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Flood-weary Texans were bracing for heavy rain and possible flooding as the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill crept further inland early today. The center of the storm was expected to move northward just west of the Interstate 35 corridor, dropping 4 to 5 inches of rain on areas of Central Texas […]
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Judge awards Beastie Boys $668,000 in legal fees
NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of the Monster Energy drink must pay $668,000 of the Beastie Boys’ legal fees after the rappers chose to win at all costs in their copyright violation trial, a decision that resulted in a $1.7 million jury verdict in their favor, a judge says. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer […]
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Bobcats take advantage, roll past Vikings
STANDISH There’s not much that junior softball player Kalah Patterson hasn’t heard from her coach, Richmond High School headman Rick Coughlin, over the past three seasons. So, with the bases loaded in a second inning made possible by three errors by Searsport in Tuesday’s rainy Western D Regional final at St. Joseph’s College, Coughlin summoned […]
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Richmond ousted by Searsport
STANDISH Tuesday’s Western Class D Regional Final baseball game between No. 1 Richmond and No. 2 Searsport all boiled down to pitching, and not in the way that most people might imagine. Typically it’s about which pitcher had the ability to outduel the other, but this time it came down to which pitcher walked the […]
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Warriors capture NBA championship
CLEVELAND Revived by a fresh-faced shooting superstar and a first-year coach who made them believe, the Golden State Warriors again reign supreme. Their 40-year NBA championship drought is finally over. A half century of misery in Cleveland drags on. LeBron James just didn’t have enough help. Stephen Curry and finals MVP Andre Iguodala scored 25 […]
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Big day for Brock Holt
BOSTON Boston Red Sox fans seemed too excited about the end of a long losing streak to notice the significance of Brock Holt hitting a triple in the eighth inning. Holt was a little surprised himself after the three-base hit meant he had hit for the cycle as the Red Sox slugged their way out […]
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U.S. downs Nigeria in World Cup soccer
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Abby Wambach scored late in the first half and the U.S. women’s national team went on to beat Nigeria 1-0 on Tuesday night for a firstplace finish in its group at the Women’s World Cup. It was Wambach’s 14th World Cup goal, pulling her even with Birgit Prinz for second […]