August 2016 – Page 552 – The Portland Press Herald

Commentary: Rickie Fowler aims to salvage season on Olympic course

by DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press August 2, 2016August 2, 2016

His stock has taken a tumble, but an Olympic gold would boost his Ryder Cup chances.

by RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press August 2, 2016August 2, 2016

Ohio State is No .1 in the all-time rankings, followed by Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Alabama and USC.

by Chuck Culpepper Washington Post August 2, 2016August 3, 2016

Shocked in 2012 when asked to run the 800 for her father’s Saudi Arabia, Sarah Attar is back to run her preferred race – the marathon.

by NOAH TRISTER Associated Press August 2, 2016August 2, 2016

Teams are mostly set for the stretch run, and Texas is clearly making a strong push for the playoffs.

by ANTHONY McCARTNEY Associated Press August 2, 2016August 3, 2016

Actor Anton Yelchin’s 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled backward down a driveway and crushed him.

A nonprofit group hopes to reverse last month’s decision that a property owner has the right to block public access to Cedar Beach.

by Associated Press August 2, 2016August 3, 2016

The group of 12 defendants intends to seek a unified trial.

by Staff Report August 2, 2016August 3, 2016

The funds from the Northern Border Regional Commission will be used to upgrade infrastructure and provide job training.

The vote follows heated debate over a faltering voter initiative to reconfigure a one-block section of the street in Knightville.

by Max Bearak The Washington Post August 2, 2016

One person has died and nearly 100 are sickened in the first such outbreak since 1941.