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So many whistles.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- North Carolina, one shot short of the national championship a year ago, made sure a potential heartbreaker did not even get to the rim this time.

Members eligible to vote will receive a separate email with more specific voting instructions and additional meeting details, including a link to RSVP. The online strike authorization vote will start on Wednesday, April 19th at 8:30 pm PDT/11:30 pm EDT and conclude on Monday, April 24th at 12:00 noon PDT/3:00 pm EDT, and will be conducted through Votenet. Members eligible to vote will receive a separate email with more specific voting instructions and additional meeting details, including a link to RSVP. Читать дальше...

For those who missed the singing star on her Australian tour this might be the next best thing.

Having been forced to ''fly the flag'' last weekend, winless Carlton insist they will be ready for a fierce contest against an Essendon side set to welcome back ruckman Matthew Leuenberger on Sunday.

POTSDAM, N.Y. (AP) — Clarkson University will give an honorary degree to the top executive at General Electric. The northern New York school says GE chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt will receive one of three honorary degrees being handed out at its graduation ceremony on May 13. Immelt has led GE since 2001. Clarkson's Capital Region Campus will hold a separate commencement on June 9 in Schenectady.

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Aubrey Plaza (aka April Ludgate) and Elizabeth Olsen (aka Scarlet Witch) are starring in an upcoming movie together about Instagram fame and the dark side of social media.

Olsen plays Taylor Sloane, an Instagram star whose posts make her life look perfect from the outside. Plaza plays Ingrid Thorburn, a mentally unstable woman who becomes obsessed with Sloane and moves to California to try and befriend her IRL.

Thornton had difficulty skating off the ice, and he needed assistance from the bench to the locker room after colliding with Vancouver forward Michael Chaput along the boards in the Canucks’ end. Recently having become the 13th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career assists, Thornton has seven goals and 50 points this season. Couture has missed four games since needing significant dental work to repair damage done by taking a redirected puck to the mouth March 25 at Nashville. There is no... Читать дальше...

There will be no heartbreak for the North Carolina Tar Heels this time. A year after losing on the first buzzer-beating three in NCAA men’s basketball championship history, the Tar Heels are back on top, defeating Gonzaga 71-65 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It’s UNC’s sixth title and first since 2009. In […]

Wilmer Flores’ 2016 season ended trying to score from second against Atlanta and getting hurt on a headfirst slide at the plate. When he got another chance in Monday’s season opener, he didn’t hesitate. His play at the plate — a close one that needed a replay reversal — broke open a scoreless seventh-inning pitcher’s...

The young swing singer brings his show, full of songs from Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Tom Jones and other Las Vegas legends, to Canberra.

The legendary Hondo has retired, replaced by our new baseball handicapping column called Stitches. Enjoy. And good luck. Rebound, Stitches. Close shaves on Day 1, but we’re back in business. Put two in the win column playing a pair of prohibitive favorites. Both the Amazin’s and Nats did as expected in their respective openers. Thor...

MOCOA, Colombia (AP) — Lines of people quietly walked the streets of Mocoa, followed by hearses carrying coffins to a cemetery where open graves waited for the next somber burials.

MOCOA, Colombia (AP) — Lines of people quietly walked the streets of Mocoa, followed by hearses carrying coffins to a cemetery where open graves waited for the next somber burials.

MOCOA, Colombia (AP) — Lines of people quietly walked the streets of Mocoa, followed by hearses carrying coffins to a cemetery where open graves waited for the next somber burials.

BEIJING — The shiny bicycles in bright orange, yellow or blue are everywhere in China’s most prosperous cities, even in places they probably shouldn’t be. The two-wheelers are unlocked and tracked using smartphone apps and can be rented for as little as 7 U.S. cents for half an hour. They are the latest symbol of

Riordan searching for boys basketball coach Two weeks after naming a football coach, Riordan is searching for a basketball coach. The school announced last week that 19-year coaching veteran Rich Buckner would not be retained following an 8-18 season, including a 1-13 record in West Catholic Athletic League play. Buckner went 132-152 in 10 seasons, winning section titles his first season in 2007-08 and in 2014-15. The previous nine seasons, he was an assistant for Rich Forslund, helping the Crusaders win a state crown in 2002. Читать дальше...

Police observe a 2016 protest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody. Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Joel Berry II headed a trio of players for national champion North Carolina named to the all-tournament team for the Final Four. Berry, hobbled by two bad ankles, played well enough in the championship game Monday night after a clunker in the semifinals to be named the outstanding player of the Final

MILFORD, Pa. — A prosecutor asked jurors Tuesday to deliver “full justice” in the trial of a man accused of killing a police trooper and injuring a second in a 2014 sniper attack at their barracks, calling the defendant an assassin who targeted law enforcement in hopes of sparking a revolution. Eric Frein “slithered through

BEIJING (AP) - The shiny bicycles in bright orange, yellow or blue are everywhere in China's most prosperous cities, even in places they probably shouldn't be.

BEIJING (AP) — The shiny bicycles in bright orange, yellow or blue are everywhere in China's most prosperous cities, even in places they probably shouldn't be.

BEIJING (AP) — The shiny bicycles in bright orange, yellow or blue are everywhere in China's most prosperous cities, even in places they probably shouldn't be.