You may be surprised, but Hamas does not call for only killing Jews and eliminating Israel. If you are Christian, a member of another religion or even participate in your local Rotary club or the Lions, Hamas also considers you an enemy, too. “Hamas is using Gaza as an umbrella …
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Eric Montross, a former NCAA college basketball champion and NBA first-round draft pick, has died after a battle with cancer, his family said in a statement through the University of North Carolina on Monday. He was 52. Montross died on Sunday, about nine months after he was diagnosed with cancer. …
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Maldives government says the prosecutor general will appeal the former president’s 13-year jail sentence after finding irregularities in the terrorism case against him. The government statement issued Friday said the prosecutor general found “procedural irregularities, including the violation of some fundamental rights,” in the case …
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NEW YORK – The NBA owners’ advisory and finance committee will hold a meeting Thursday to discuss the next steps in the removal of Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. The 10-member committee will have a conference call two days after Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for …
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LONDON – Retired American soccer star Brian McBride is among five people appointed to a search committee to find Fulham’s next manager. Cottagers chairman Shahid Khan, an American who also owns the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, selected McBride on Tuesday along with Danny Murphy, who like McBride is a former Fulham …
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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – Buster Posey went 4-for-4 and hit a go-ahead solo home run in the fifth inning as the San Francisco Giants earned a 5-3 win over the Cubs to wrap up an elongated three-game series at Wrigley Field. The finale of this set wound up being a …
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MILWAUKEE – Masahiro Tanaka pitched into the seventh inning, Yangervis Solarte hit a three-run homer and the New York Yankees beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 on Friday night. It was New York’s first game in Milwaukee since 2005, and Yankees captain Derek Jeter got an unusual greeting when a fan …
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Harrison, NJ – Harrison, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) – Bradley Wright-Phillips bagged a hat trick on Saturday as the New York Red Bulls rolled to a 4-1 victory over Seattle Sounders FC at Red Bull Arena. Wright-Phillips opened the scoring after just 30 seconds, converted a penalty kick in the 54th minute …
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SUNRISE, Fla. – The “C” stands for captain. In Willie Mitchell’s case, it may as well stand for Cup. There are 319 people who have appeared in at least one game for the Florida Panthers, and Mitchell isn’t among them. But when the season starts at Tampa Bay on Thursday, …
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ALGIERS, Algeria – A coalition of armed opposition groups says it’s not ready to sign a peace accord for restive northern Mali. International mediators, some regional groups and Mali’s government signed the accord Sunday, after nine months of peace negotiations hosted by neighboring Algeria. The agreement includes provisions for local …
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