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CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton was sharp in his return, leading the Cincinnati Bengals into field goal range on his only drive during the Minnesota Vikings’ 17-16 preseason victory Friday night. Dalton’s season ended at Paul Brown Stadium last Dec. 13 when he broke the thumb on his passing hand while making a tackle during an

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

Vikings pre season game against Cincinnati.

WASHINGTON — The Atlanta Braves used home runs from Jace Peterson, Freddie Freeman and Anthony Recker to beat the Nationals 8-5 on Friday night, snapping a 14-game losing streak in Washington. Mike Foltynewicz (6-5) allowed four runs over 5 2-3 innings as Atlanta won for the 11th time in 17 games. Jim Johnson pitched the

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A pair of draft picks helped the Detroit Lions defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-17 Friday.

A few, definitely. H/T Reddit.

Recently, Javier Garcia-Cuesta, the coach of the US handball team (which did not qualify for the Olympics), said LeBron James could become the best handball player in the world if he trained for six months.

Handball is a sport that involves running around and throwing a ball into a net, which LeBron is pretty good at.

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Hmm.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlanta Braves used home runs from Jace Peterson, Freddie Freeman and Anthony Recker to beat the Nationals 8-5 on Friday night, snapping a 14-game losing streak in Washington.

Hennepin County looks to spread the word and boost attendance at Parkers Lake facility, located outside the county workhouse.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton was sharp in his return, leading the Cincinnati Bengals into field goal range on his only drive during the Minnesota Vikings' 17-16 preseason victory Friday night.

We don’t have good evidence to say bullying causes suicide, but it can be the most recent or salient contributing factor.

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Michael Phelps' only silver medal of the Rio Olympics came at the hands of 21-year-old Singaporean swimmer Joseph Schooling.

Schooling beat Phelps in the 100-meter butterfly, claiming his and Singapore's first gold medal in Olympic history.

And for his achievement, Schooling will be paid handsomely.

As Stefanie Loh of Seattle Times Sports notes, Schooling just became a millionaire in Singapore.

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The setting for the Angels’ Friday night descent into the historical depths of defeat was the same. Only the monikers were different.

An emboldened Hillary Clinton piles pressure on the beleaguered Republican presidential nominee.

HELOTES, Texas (AP) — A 7-month-old boy died Friday after being left all day in a hot sport utility vehicle in a San Antonio-area Wal-Mart parking lot.

HELOTES, Texas (AP) — A 7-month-old boy died Friday after being left all day in a hot sport utility vehicle in a San Antonio-area Wal-Mart parking lot.

HELOTES, Texas (AP) — A 7-month-old boy died Friday after being left all day in a hot sport utility vehicle in a San Antonio-area Wal-Mart parking lot.

The child's father is employed at the store in Helotes, a San Antonio suburb, and told officers that he forgot to drop the child off at day care before going to work about 6:15 a.m., said Helotes police Capt. Anthony Burges. When police arrived, they found people holding the girls in the water of a baby pool behind the duplex, some with ice packs, trying to cool the girls off. Other strategies include keeping a stuffed animal in the car seat and placing it in the front seat when the child is strapped in as a reminder that the child is there.

BOSTON (AP) — Investigators probing the killing of a New York City woman who went for a run near her mother's home in central Massachusetts and was found dead in the woods Sunday have received more than 500 tips.

BOSTON (AP) — Investigators probing the killing of a New York City woman who went for a run near her mother's home in central Massachusetts and was found dead in the woods Sunday have received more than 500 tips.

Vanessa Marcotte, a 27-year-old Google account manager, was found dead Sunday night hours after she went for a run near her mother's home in Princeton, a rural town west of Boston.

Bhubaneswar/ The Nandankanan near here on Friday celebrated World Elephant Day with schoolchildren serving varieties of food to the pachyderms of the zoo.

A Venezuelan court upheld the 14-year sentence of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Friday, in a move likely to increase tension in the crisis-hit South American country. "They upheld his sentence under the same terms," Gutierrez said, referring to the 14-year sentence. A 45-year-old US-educated economist, Lopez was arrested in February 2014 amid a wave of pro- and anti-government protests that swept Venezuela and left 43 people dead.