KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has axed his deputy in a Cabinet reshuffle and sacked the attorney general, who heads a task force investigating allegations that Najib received some $700 million in government money. Najib is under increasing pressure over leaked confidential documents that allegedly show …
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ATHENS, Greece – Several opinion polls released over the weekend, 3 weeks ahead of Greece’s snap election, show a tight race and no overall majority in a Parliament even more fractured than the previous one. A total of six opinion polls were released Saturday and Sunday. All show the left-wing …
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After spending over seven years in space and traveling nearly 4 billion miles, a capsule containing precious asteroid samples will return to Earth on Sunday. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft — which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer — launched in 2016 to conduct the agency’s first mission …
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RENO, Nev. – Nick Watney made nine birdies Thursday in a bogey-free round in the Barracuda Championship to take a two-point lead in the modified Stableford event. Watney earned 18 points at Montreux Golf and Country Club. Players receive 8 points for double eagle, 5 for eagle, 2 for birdie, …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – The 2013 World Series champions aim to short-circuit a prolonged skid on Tuesday night when the Boston Red Sox host the Toronto Blue Jays to open a three-game series at Fenway Park. The Red Sox enter the set having dropped four consecutive games, which already exceeds their longest …
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Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Jonathan Herrera drove in the deciding run with a broken-bat pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Boston Red Sox took game one of a doubleheader with the Baltimore Orioles by a 3-2 score. Herrera’s one-out hit off T.J. McFarland (1-2) brought …
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Joliet, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Camping World Truck Series will kick off NASCAR’s triple-header weekend at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday night. This is the 15th event on the 22-race schedule. Johnny Sauter currently holds a seven-point lead over ThorSport Racing teammate and defending series champion Matt Crafton. Ryan Blaney, the …
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– The end is near for point guard Steve Nash. – (SportsNetwork.com) – The end is near for point guard Steve Nash. Wait, who am I kidding? The end is HERE for point guard Steve Nash. The nearly crippled Los Angeles Lakers star just announced he will sit out the …
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BOULDER, Colo. – Auburn transfer Shane Callahan has been declared eligible to compete for the University of Colorado’s football team this fall. Callahan, a 6-foot-6 offensive lineman from Chaparral High School in Parker, Colorado, redshirted as a freshman in 2012 for the Tigers and appeared in two games for them …
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Their program rocked by turmoil, the Oregon Ducks made a change by moving all of their players into a single apartment complex. Graduate assistants live there, too, helping the players make “day-to-day decisions.” And coach Dana Altman tries to look at the positives of perhaps the most challenging offseason of …
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