NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Elbert Drungo Jr., who played 120 games over nine seasons with the Houston Oilers and a season with Buffalo, has died. He was 71. Drungo died Saturday at home after battling cancer the past six years, his wife, Deborah, said Monday. The Houston Oilers drafted Drungo in …
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Colombia was already without Radamel Falcao. Now Uruguay is without Luis Suarez. Instead of a matchup between two of the world’s top strikers, the Round-of-16 game between Colombia and Uruguay at the World Cup will be a test of which team copes best without its talisman. …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Adrian Peterson, the 2012 NFL Most Valuable Player, was indicted in his native Texas for reckless or negligent injury to a child, his attorney confirmed Friday following several media reports. Peterson was taken into custody Saturday morning in Montgomery County, Texas at 1:06 a.m CT, according to NFL.com. …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – The Denver Nuggets put an eight-game losing streak in the rearview mirror by winning their last four games. They will try to stay in the win column Saturday versus the Orlando Magic at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets will try to complete a perfect three-game homestand versus the …
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Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Cliff Lee hurled eight innings of scoreless ball and struck out 10 to help the Philadelphia Phillies blank the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-0, on Monday in the opener of a four-game set. Lee (3-2) was the tough-luck loser in his last start against the Atlanta …
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ROME – The principality of Monaco has signed an accord with Italy aimed at ending banking secrecy, days after Switzerland and Liechtenstein inked similar pledges to exchange financial information with Rome. The accords are key instruments in the Italian government’s quest to fight tax evasion, a chronic problem plaguing the …
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A newspaper says six Saudi nationals were behind al-Qaida’s abduction of the kingdom’s diplomat in Yemen, who was released this week after three years in captivity. The state-linked Saudi Okaz newspaper reports Wednesday that the six militants are on the kingdom’s most-wanted terrorist list but did …
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MEXICO CITY – Climbers have found a second mummified body in a glacier on Mexico’s tallest peak. The mayor of the town nearest the Pico de Orizaba volcano said Friday that a rescue team found the second body. Mayor Juan Navarro in the town of Chalchicomula de Sesma said the …
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JERUSALEM – A poll shows Israel’s opposition Zionist Union edging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud a week ahead of the March 17 election. Tuesday’s Panel Politics poll showed the center-left camp led by Isaac Herzog earning 24 out of parliament’s 120 seats. Likud trailed slightly with 21 projected seats. …
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – A United Nations-backed court says a former militia leader convicted of war crimes during Sierra Leone’s civil war has been granted provisional release and will serve out the remainder of his term in his community. The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone said in a statement …
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