WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Brad Keselowski has won the Nationwide pole for Saturday’s Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International. Keselowski, the defending race winner, turned a fast lap of 124.194 mph in the No. 22 Ford in the second and final round of qualifying to edge teammate Joey Logano and …
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CHICAGO – Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner has been ruled out for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky. Griner was hit in the right eye Sunday and underwent an outpatient procedure to correct a retinal issue. She has played a key role in helping Phoenix to …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Unbeaten over his last 13 starts, Clayton Kershaw will try to secure his 15th win of the season on Saturday night and even the Los Angeles Dodgers’ three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers. Kershaw has won 11 times and pitched to a 1.16 earned run average since his …
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Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Mike Moustakas snared a liner at third and Alex Gordon made a sensational diving catch down the left field line, but no one was able to get to Adam Jones’ roller up the middle. Danny Duffy lost a perfect game in the seventh inning and …
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LONDON – Newly published emails suggest the man who became known as “Jihadi John” had suicidal thoughts before leaving Britain for Syria. In an email exchange with the Mail on Sunday five years ago, he talked of taking too many sleeping pills and sleeping forever as a way to get …
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A spokesman for South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar says peace talks are deadlocked over how to share power and that the only way forward is for the president to make concessions. Puoch Riek Deng, who is attending the South Sudan peace talks as a member …
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BEIJING – At least two assailants armed with knives attacked people at a train station in southern China on Friday, injuring nine, and police fatally shot one of the suspects, officials said. The second suspect was captured, police in the city of Guangzhou said in a statement. The incident was …
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DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh’s government has ordered a North Korean diplomat to leave the country after discovering $1.4 million of unauthorized gold in his bag when he arrived at Dhaka’s airport, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday. The ministry summoned North Korean Ambassador Ri Song Hyon on Monday and gave …
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ATHENS, Greece – The former finance minister who handled Greece’s first international bailout in 2010 has denied criminal charges of allegedly removing relatives’ names from a list of Greeks holding Swiss bank accounts with HSBC. Speaking in court Thursday, George Papaconstantinou claimed the three names were intentionally deleted to inculpate …
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BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s finance minister has resigned amid an investigation into suspicions that he took 2 million euros ($2.1 million) in bribes when he was a mayor. Darius Valcov handed in his resignation Sunday evening, hours after President Klaus Iohannis urged the prime minister to fire him as criticism …
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