Minneapolis, MN (SportsNetwork.com) – Alcides Escobar doubled twice and matched a season-high with four RBI to help the Kansas City Royals to a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game set at Target Field. Salvador Perez hit a solo home run and Omar Infante drove …
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VIRGINIA WATER, England – The European Open is returning in 2015 after a six-year absence from the European Tour’s schedule. The tournament will be staged at the Hartl Resoirt in Bad Griesbach, Germany, from Sept. 24-27 and will carry a prize fund of 2 million euros ($2.5 million). The European …
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TORONTO – Police in Toronto say they have identified the builders of a mysterious tunnel and say there was no criminal intent. Police said in a statement Monday that two men told investigators they built the tunnel for “personal reasons.” Police investigators verified their account and are satisfied there was …
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BEIRUT – Activists and Iranian media are reporting that the commander of a Shiite Afghan faction has been killed in a battle against Syrian rebels. The Iranian conservative news website, rajanews.com, says Ali Reza Tavasoli, who led the Fatimiyoun Brigade, was killed Saturday south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. It …
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A former Puerto Rico police sergeant has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in the fatal beating case of a 19-year-old man. The U.S. Justice Department said Erick Rivera Nazario was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. He previously pleaded guilty to depriving …
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A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death for renouncing his Islamic faith along with other reported acts of blasphemy which included ripping up a Koran and cursing Mohammad. The Saudi Gazette reported the unnamed man in his 20s posted a video online on the social networking site, Keek, …
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MEXICO CITY – A Mexican government commission for victims’ rights may pay tens of thousands of dollars in reparations to relatives of those killed in the army’s June 30 slaying of criminal suspects after most of them had surrendered. The head of the Executive Commission for Victims Support said all …
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon’s military says it attacked Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic extremists in a Nigerian village, killing several of the militants and destroying some of their equipment. Col. Jacob Kodji said Monday that Cameroonian forces entered Nigeria last week after residents of Ndaba in Borno state said the militants …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s president says Armenians pressing Turkey to recognize the century-old massacres of Armenians as genocide are not looking for the truth but to score points against his country. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday Armenians had rejected numerous Turkish calls for joint research to document precisely what happened. …
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CAIRO – An Egyptian security official says a shark killed a German citizen on Egypt’s Red Sea Coast. The official says the 52-year old man’s body had been moved to a local hospital after the attack Saturday and that officials were conducting an investigation. He says the shark bit off …
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