All Stories from August 16, 2018 (Change date)
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Olympic gymnastics champion Shushunova dies at 49Aug 16, 2018 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Elena Shushunova, a Soviet gymnast who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, has died. She was 49. The Russian Gymnastics Feder...
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'Black-ish' creator Kenya Barris sets exclusive Netflix dealAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Netflix says it's signed "black-ish" creator Kenya Barris to an exclusive production agreement. The multi-year deal announced Thursday makes Barris th...
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PSG signs defender Thilo Kehrer from SchalkeAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French champion Paris Saint-Germain has signed defender Thilo Kehrer from German club Schalke on a five-year contract. PSG gave no financial details but Keh...
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Reese Witherspoon, Keith Urban on board for cancer telethonAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Reese Witherspoon, Mahershala Ali and Keith Urban are among the stars joining the sixth Stand Up To Cancer telethon. Jennifer Garner, Trevor Noah, Mar...
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Illinois Democrats, minus Biden, boost election hopefulsAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Joe Biden bowed out as keynote speaker but Illinois Democrats matched the verbal salvos from Republican opponents at their annual state fair ral...
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Grains higher, livestock mixedAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. delivery rose 11.4 cents at $5.4360 a bushel; Sept. cor...
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Madonna is the Queen of Pop and a soccer mom, tooAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - The Queen of Pop is also a soccer mom, and she's getting ever more involved in the beautiful game. Madonna has plans to open a soccer academy in ...
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Italy collapse points to difficulties with aging bridgesAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The bridge that collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa was considered a feat of engineering innovation when it was built five decades ago, but it ca...
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Jill Janus, singer of the metal band Huntress, dies at 43Aug 16, 2018 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Jill Janus, lead singer of the heavy metal band Huntress, has died at age 43, her family and band said Thursday. Janus had long struggled with ment...
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Johnny Sauter wins NASCAR Truck race at BristolAug 16, 2018 7:00 am - BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - Johnny Sauter took the lead with five laps left when John Hunter Nemechek slowed because of late fuel pickup issues, then held off Stewart Friesen ...