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MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Johnson scored a career-high 26 points, Goran Dragic added 21 against his former team and the Miami Heat beat the Phoenix Suns 115-98 on Monday night in a game that included […]
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LA police chief: Man killed on Skid Row reached for gun
By TAMI ABDOLLAH LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police fatally shot a homeless man on Skid Row during a “brutal” videotaped struggle in which a rookie officer cried out that the man had grabbed his gun, the […]
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BlackBerry to offer 4 new phones, speeds shift to software
By JOSEPH WILSON BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — BlackBerry will launch four new smartphones this year and a new package of cross-platform applications as it continues its “philosophical” shift to making software. The struggling company unveiled its […]
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Harden suspended 1 game for kicking James in the groin
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has suspended Houston star James Harden one game without pay for kicking LeBron James in the groin. The All-Stars and Olympic teammates became tangled in the third quarter of […]
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2 Jackson officers fired, charged with grand larceny
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Jackson police have charged two of their own with grand larceny. Two 25-year-olds, Willis Thomas and Rodney Vaughn, have been fired from the Jackson police force and charged in connection with […]
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Will Smith’s con-man caper ‘Focus’ tops box office with $19.1 million
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith’s con-man caper “Focus” dethroned “Fifty Shades of Grey” at the box office, but the film’s modest $19.1 million opening still left questions about the drawing power of the once […]
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Mississippi Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal in murder of George County Sheriff Garry Welford
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled arguments for April 14 in an appeal from a man convicted in the 2010 death of George County Sheriff Garry Welford. The state Court of […]
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Obama: Selma teaches his daughters there are ‘struggles for them to fight’
(AP) For President Barack Obama, it’s a week to invoke America’s civil rights struggles from past to present. The nation’s first black president plans a speech Saturday from the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, […]
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Southern Co. suing former Kemper plant manager, wants him to stop talking
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Southern Co. is suing a key employee who worked on the troubled Kemper County power plant, asking a judge to order him to not talk about the project. Southern Company Services, […]
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2 shot at T.I., Young Jeezy party in North Carolina club, police say
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were injured after being shot Saturday at a Charlotte nightclub where rappers T.I., Young Jeezy and Yo Gotti were advertised to appear, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesman said. The Charlotte […]