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| From football to golf for 'Sheva' | | | Andriy Shevchenko was one of the finest football players of his generation. He retired last year but is now making his debut on the professional golf circuit. |
| Toddler's mom wants arrest | | | The mother of missing Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds disclosed new details about purported blood evidence discovered in the home where the 20-month-old was reported missing in 2011. |
| Classes canceled to deal with race issues | | | Oberlin College in Ohio suspended classes Monday after a student reported seeing a person resembling a Ku Klux Klan member near the college's Afrikan Heritage House. |
| Rangers Stay Close, Astros Drop 11th in Row | | | Adrian Beltre homered at home for the first time in more than a month and the Texas Rangers stayed close in the wild-card race, beating Houston 3-2 Tuesday night and sending the Astros to their 11th straight loss. |
| British woman completes rowing trip from Japan to Alaska | | | ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A British woman has completed a 150-day journey rowing solo from Japan to Alaska, local officials and an expedition spokeswoman said on Tuesday as the adventurer rested at one of the state's remote Aleutian Islands. |
| Ready for a winter World Cup? | | | That prospect looks set to become a reality in 2022 after Europe's football associations voted against holding the tournament in the Qatari summer. |
| Haye sets February date for Fury fight | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Former world heavyweight champion David Haye's postponed fight with Tyson Fury has been rescheduled to February 8 in Manchester, promoters announced on Tuesday. |
| NBA wants African stars, fans | | | Soccer may be the number one sport in Africa but basketball is growing fast and the NBA is targeting the continent to provide future stars, and tomorrow's fans. |
| Gas price spike spurs violent Sudan protests | | | Civic unrest over a spike in gas prices roiled Sudan for a fourth straight day Wednesday, with gunshots ringing out around the capital of Kharthoum and elsewhere as government forces tried to clamp down. |
| Too cute? Hello Kitty plane in L.A. | | | Cute and adorable or simply odd? The first of EVA Air's long range Hello Kitty jets completed its maiden flight to Los Angeles last week, drawing a litter of curious Kitty enthusiasts. |
| Moore, Rays Dim Yanks' Playoff Hopes With 7-0 Win | | | Matt Moore had New York flailing for five wild innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 7-0 on Tuesday night to push them to the brink of missing out on the postseason for the second time in 19 years. |
| U.S. Revives Aid Program for Clean Energy | | | A controversial federal loan-guarantee program intended to support greener energy technologies will shift to supporting development of cleaner oil and coal technology. |
| Cardinals Win 4-1, Sweep Nats to Close In on Title | | | Rookie Shelby Miller won his 15th game, and Yadier Molina had the go-ahead hit for the St. Louis Cardinals, who wrapped up a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals and moved another step closer to the NL Central title with a 4-1 victory on Wednesday. |
| ArtsBeat Levine Returns to the Met | | | James Levine was greeted to a thundering ovation as he returned to the conductors podium at the Metropolitan Opera after a two-year absence because of injury. |
| Enon, by Paul Harding, and More | | | The novel Enon, by the Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Harding, is among the new novels and story collections touching on mortality. |
| New York creates state-wide court system for helping prostitutes | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York is creating the nation's first statewide system of courtrooms aimed at helping people escape lives of prostitution, which the law treats as a crime, but the state's chief judge on Wednesday described as akin to "modern-day slavery." |
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