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No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 10-18-22-37-45
No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 10-18-22-37-45. The Powerball was 9. The Power Play was 2. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $25 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $33 million for Saturday. Tickets that match the first five numbers but miss the Powerball win $200,...
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Pens win must-win Game 3
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Sidney Crosby is the Pittsburgh Penguins' leader. Their best player. The franchise figurehead. A player who brings out the best in those who surround him, even if the 20-year-old is half the age of some. On a night that effectively could have ended the Penguins' Stanley Cup run in every way except mathematically, Crosby showed another side to his teammates: Sidney Crosby, the loner. In the Penguins' dressing room before the...
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Twins 9, Royals 8, 10 innings Minnesota ab r h bi Kan
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Hail hurts crops in western part of state
SCOTT CITY -- Memorial Day weekend storms that spawned tornadoes also packed some whopping hail that damaged some western Kansas crops. "Three miles north of Scott City it was hailing baseballs, but they weren't getting any rain in town," said Glenda Randall, who farms with her husband, Richard, in Scott County. She said crop adjusters were sitting at her kitchen table Wednesday preparing to assess the damage. "Depending on where you were sta...
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Myanmar blasts aid donors YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's ruling junta lashed today at aid donors who promised millions of dollars for cyclone relief, saying survivors didn't need "bars of chocolate
Myanmar blasts aid donors YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's ruling junta lashed today at aid donors who promised millions of dollars for cyclone relief, saying survivors didn't need "bars of chocolate." State-run media criticized donors for only pledging up to $150 million -- a far cry from the $11 billion the junta said it needed to rebuild. The Myanma Ahlin newspaper, a government mouthpiece, said cyclone victims from the hardest-hit areas could...
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Prep football player dies IRVINE, Calif
Prep football player dies IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- A high school football player is dead after collapsing during practice in Southern California. Irvine police Lt. Rick Handfield says 15-year-old Dylan Bradshaw apparently had an asthma attack during junior varsity practice Wednesday at Northwood High School. A trainer took Bradshaw to the locker room, where he went into cardiac arrest. The trainer administered CPR and Bradshaw was in critical c...
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Bush plans visit to Kansas
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush will be in Kansas for a fundraiser today, but several of the state's top Republicans are skipping the event. Both of the state's Republican senators are taking a pass, as are both GOP congressmen. They say the luncheon with Bush, whose popularity is at record lows, conflicts with prior commitments. The fundraiser at a private home in Bucyrus, Kan., is expected to raise at least $420,000 for the state GOP and ...
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Officials probe train wrecks NEWTON, Mass
Officials probe train wrecks NEWTON, Mass. -- Federal investigators arrived today at the tracks outside Boston where two commuter trains collided and derailed during rush hour a day earlier, trapping and killing a train operator and injuring more than a dozen passengers. Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board were trying to determine what caused Wednesday's above-ground crash, which killed 24-year-old Terrese Edmonds near ...
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Coach fired over religion DEARBORN, Mich
Coach fired over religion DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- A longtime high school wrestling coach has lost his job amid concerns a former assistant coach tried to convert Muslim students to Christianity. The Detroit News reports 35-year coach Jerry Marszalek's contract with Fordson High School in Dearborn, Mich., was not renewed. The decision was supported by 200 to 300 parents, who packed a Board of Education meeting Tuesday to support the principal'...
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Former officer gets 'hard 20' DODGE CITY -- A former police officer convicted of murder has been sentenced to a "hard 20" in the death of his former girlfriend
Former officer gets 'hard 20' DODGE CITY -- A former police officer convicted of murder has been sentenced to a "hard 20" in the death of his former girlfriend. Ford County District Judge Leigh Hood sentenced Chris Tahah to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 20 years for the felony first-degree murder of Erin Jones. Hood also sentenced Tahah to a consecutive eight-year sentence for criminal discharge of a firearm. Tahah decl...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today
NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today. Aluminum -$1.319 per lb., London Metal Exch. Wed. Copper -$3.7860 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. Copper $3.7240 N.Y. Merc spot Wed. Lead - $1992.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Zinc - $0.9785 per lb., delivered. Gold - $883.00 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Gold - $900.50 troy oz., NY Merc spot Wed. Silver - $16.690 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Silver -...
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National Basketball Association Playoffs By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Monday's Game Detroit 94, Boston 75 Tuesday's Game L
National Basketball Association Playoffs By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Monday's Game Detroit 94, Boston 75 Tuesday's Game L.A. Lakers 93, San Antonio 91 Wednesday's Game Boston 106, Detroit 102, Boston leads series 3-2 Today's Game San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m., L.A. Lakers lead series 3-1 Friday's Game Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Saturday's Game L.A. Lakers at San An...
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Officials fear sect might flee AUSTIN, Texas -- Child welfare authorities are warning that members of a polygamist sect could flee Texas jurisdiction now that a court has found the state's removal of their children was improper
Officials fear sect might flee AUSTIN, Texas -- Child welfare authorities are warning that members of a polygamist sect could flee Texas jurisdiction now that a court has found the state's removal of their children was improper. Texas Child Protective Services lawyers argued Tuesday that if the custody orders are rescinded, parents could take the children out of the state and "no Texas court would have any authority to enter any orders to pro...
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Europe slowdown hurts earnings
NEW YORK -- Big corporate profits fueled by strong international sales could disappear fast if Europe's economy begins to falter, stripping many multinational companies of a huge source of earnings growth. Europe? Not China or India? That's right. Europe. Europe accounts for almost half of U.S. companies' foreign sales, according to Citigroup. That's something you can't ignore when domestic sales are faltering under the weight of higher pric...
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DENVER (AP) -- Former Denver Broncos punter Todd Sauerbrun pleaded guilty today to disturbing the peace in a confrontation with a taxi driver last December and was sentenced to perform 24 hours of community service
Punter pleads DENVER (AP) -- Former Denver Broncos punter Todd Sauerbrun pleaded guilty today to disturbing the peace in a confrontation with a taxi driver last December and was sentenced to perform 24 hours of community service. County Court Judge Andre L. Rudolph ordered Sauerbrun to perform the community service through NFL Charities by Oct. 1. He also sentenced Sauerbrun to a year's unsupervised deferred judgment, meaning if he stays out ...
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Westar seeks price hike TOPEKA -- Westar Energy Inc
Westar seeks price hike TOPEKA -- Westar Energy Inc. is seeking a 15 percent rate hike that would add about $10 to a home's average monthly electric bill. The utility filed with the Kansas Corporation Commission Wednesday to raise nearly $178 million in new revenue. The request cites expenses related to new natural gas plants, wind energy and restoring power during the December ice storm. Repairs after the winter storm cost $69 million. Topek...
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Lifetime teaching ban part of new law
TOPEKA (AP) -- A conviction for certain crimes against children will carry a lifetime ban from teaching in Kansas under a new state law. A bill making the change slipped quietly through the Legislature. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed it last month, and it took effect May 1. "Anybody who had a preponderance to do things to children, we didn't want them to be around teaching," Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Jean Schodorf said Tuesday. Gen...
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Sharapova barely gets by firstround
PARIS (AP) -- When the ball was in play, Maria Sharapova at least was able to make something happen. The top-seeded Russian struggled with her serve in the wind at the French Open, hitting 17 double-faults and barely managing to defeat 103rd-ranked Evgeniya Rodina 6-1, 3-6, 8-6 today in the first round. Rafael Nadal had an easier time in his opener, improving to 22-0 for his career at Roland Garros by defeating Thomaz Bellucci 7-5, 6-3, 6-...
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Bryant leads Lakers to Game 4 win
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Even though his Los Angeles Lakers are one win away from the NBA finals, Kobe Bryant knows of a reason to remain wary of the San Antonio Spurs. "They're the defending champs," Bryant said after the Lakers beat the Spurs 93-91 Tuesday night in Game 4 to take command of the Western Conference finals. Still, winning three straight is a tall order even for the Spurs, and they know it. "We had a hill to climb being 0-2. Now we'...
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Royals lose ninth straight
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Losing doesn't get any easier to accept for the Kansas City Royals. Michael Cuddyer singled home Joe Mauer in the 12th inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a 4-3 victory Tuesday night and sending the Royals to their ninth straight defeat. "It's all disheartening and disappointing," Royals first-year manager Trey Hillman said. "I'm not going to sit here and sugarcoat it. It's frustrating. People like playing us right ...
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