CLEVELAND – The Seattle Mariners have acquired veteran outfielder Chris Denorfia from the San Diego Padres for a pair of minor leaugers. Seattle announced the deal about 90 minutes before baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline Thursday. The Mariners sent outfielder Abraham Almonte, their opening day starter in center field, and right-hander …
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SUMMIT, N.J. – The organization that governs high school sports in New Jersey says there was insufficient proof that a high school football team’s prank was racially motivated. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association investigated after North Plainfield High School filed a complaint because the Summit team shoved bananas …
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London, England (SportsNetwork.com) – Liverpool rebounded from a loss to Manchester City by cruising to a 3-0 win over Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Sunday in Mario Balotelli’s Liverpool debut. The Italian didn’t find the net for the Reds, but he paired well with fellow forward Daniel Sturridge and …
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TORONTO – Canada’s largest airliner is immediately implementing a policy change to ensure two people are in the cockpit at all times in the wake of news that a co-pilot of the Germanwings jet barricaded himself in the cockpit and intentionally rammed the plane full speed into the French Alps. …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates’ budget carrier flydubai, in its fifth year of operation, has turned a profit of $68 million out of total revenue of $1.2 billion last year. The company’s earnings report released Wednesday shows flydubai’s profits were around 12 percent higher than in …
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ZANZIBAR, Tanzania – Tanzanian authorities say floods from a heavy 30-minute storm killed at least 42 people in an area close to Lake Victoria in Kahama district. Tanzania’s Meteorological Agency said Thursday rains from the storm left 900 people homeless and destroyed 160 houses in the deluge Tuesday night. Government …
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SANTIAGO, Chile – The president of Chile’s right-wing Democratic Union party is quitting the party over a campaign financing scandal. Lawmaker Ernesto Silva announced his resignation Wednesday. Ivan Moreira, another legislator who has admitted receiving “irregular” financing for his campaign, also quit. Two prominent Chilean businessmen and four associates are …
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia has issued a warning about a potential militant plot to kidnap Western oil workers. The warning, issued late Friday, said officials received information about a threat to kidnap the workers, including Americans, from oil fields in the kingdom’s Eastern province. …
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JERUSALEM – Exit polls from Israeli elections showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and its nationalist and religious allies deadlocked with the center-left Zionist Union, an Arab alliance and more dovish parties. The upstart centrist Kulanu party has emerged as the kingmaker in the elections, and could tip the …
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MEXICO CITY – The Mexican navy has detained 15 Cuban men found aboard a small, home-made boat just off the tip of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The navy said Thursday that the Cubans’ vessel was first sighted by a fishing boat. Navy personnel removed the Cubans from the craft Wednesday and …
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