Celtic drawn against Stjarnan in Champions League qualifier
Paris (AFP) – Celtic, the first British team to win the European Cup, have been paired against Icelandic side Stjarnan in the second qualifying round of the Champions League, after the draw in Nyon,...
View ArticleCooler weather expected to aid fight against California fire
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cooler weather Monday was expected to aid crews making progress against a huge forest fire in a remote area of the San Bernardino Mountains — the largest of several blazes burning...
View ArticlePhiladelphia man gunned down near Coney Island
A 51-year-old man from Philadelphia is dead, after shots were fired near Coney Island. …read more
View ArticleMaradona’s road to FIFA presidency filled with obstacles
If Diego Maradona is serious about running for the FIFA presidency, he still has a lot of work to do just to get on the ballot. …read more
View ArticleTeen killed by 650-pound stone slab in Ocean County ID’d
Authorities have released the name of a teenager who was killed when a stone slab weighing about 650 pounds fell on him outside a southern New Jersey business that makes countertops. …read more
View ArticleRepublican Presidential Candidates Say They Will Return or Donate...
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and former Sen. Rick Santorum said this morning they would return or donate thousands of dollars possibly linked to the head of the Council of Conservative Citizens, which the...
View ArticleColombia faces hard task to reinsert rebels if peace struck
By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) – Jessica Quintero awakes drenched in sweat and instinctively grabs for her AK-47 assault rifle. “The bombs still scare me, I don’t...
View ArticleEx-MLB Darryl Hamilton fatally shot in apparent murder-suicide
Former Major League outfielder and baseball broadcast analyst Darryl Hamilton was fatally shot at a suburban Houston home where his girlfriend was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gun wound,...
View ArticleAt European Games, athletics attracts a motley crew
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — With a vast, brand new stadium and passionate home crowds, European Games athletics offers a near-Olympic experience. There’s just one thing missing – the Olympic athletes....
View ArticleHow small-town police foiled the accused Charleston killer’s getaway
For 13 hours and 44 minutes last week, an unemployed high school dropout just barely of legal drinking age was the most wanted man in America. Then in an unexpectedly mundane fashion and in an...
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