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- U.S. takes Walker Cup
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMU.S. Golf Association
WALKER CUP
At National Golf Links of America
Southampton, N.Y.
Yardage: 6,986; Par: 72
U.S. 17, BRITAIN AND IRELAND 9
Foursomes
Britain and Ireland 2, U.S. 2
Bobby Wyatt and Cory Whitsett, U.S., def.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Not finished yet
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMPORT CHARLOTTE — At times in the Florida State League, summer rain is a blessing, others a curse.
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The Charlotte Stone Crabs experienced both ends of the spectrum on Sunday during a 3-2 win against Daytona that extended their season by at least one more ga... - Pope thanks public for joining his Syria vigil
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced arms proliferation and illegal weapons trade, saying the desire to make profits from arms possibly fuels wars in the world.
Francis told people in St.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 2 suffer minor shark bites in central Fla waters
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMNEW SMYRNA BEACH (AP) — Two men have suffered minor shark bites in central Florida waters.
Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Capt. Tammy Marris says the men were in waist-deep waters off New Smyrna Beach when they were bitten Saturday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Greer expects notoriety will be used against Crist
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMWEWAKHITCHKA (AP) — Former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer is in prison now, but he expects to be included in the next gubernatorial campaign — as the subject of negative political ads.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- NYC street named for boy killed in Conn. massacre
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City street has been renamed in honor of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut elementary school massacre last year.
Family and friends of Benjamin Wheeler gathered Saturday for a ceremony in Queens.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Arkansas SWAT officers kill man, 107, in standoff
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMPINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — A 107-year-old man was killed after SWAT officers shot back at him during a standoff at a home, police in the southeastern Arkansas city of Pine Bluff said Sunday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Doubts linger over Syria gas attack responsibility
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMBEIRUT — The U.S. government insists it has the intelligence to prove it, but the public has yet to see a single piece of concrete evidence produced by U.S. intelligence — no satellite imagery, no transcripts of Syrian military communications — connecting...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 9/11 responders far from NYC seek compensation
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMNEW YORK — They weren’t exposed to anywhere near the same level of ash, grit and fumes, but emergency workers who rushed to the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania countryside on 9/11 are signing up for the same compensation and health benefits being given to N...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Teen found dead in North Port
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMNORTH PORT — Police are investigating the death of a 15-year-old boy found at a home in the 6800 block of Kappa Place, off Pan American Boulevard in North Port.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- North Port Huskys roll to win
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMFive players scored a touchdown to lead the North Port Huskys varsity to a 44-0 victory against the Parrish Steelers on Saturday in a Youth Football League game.
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Ja’ma Washington returned a a fumble 68 yards for a touchdown, Chris Brown led the offense an... - NATO accused of killing Afghan civilians
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials accused NATO of killing civilians in an airstrike that left at least 10 dead in the country’s remote east, while the Taliban on Sunday staged a car bomb and gun attack outside an Afghan intelligence office, killi...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Syrian rebels seize control of Christian village
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Syrian rebels led by al-Qaida-linked fighters seized control of a predominantly Christian village northeast of Damascus, sweeping into the mountainside sanctuary in heavy fighting overnight and forcing hundreds of residents to flee, a...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Crab catches dwindle in Indian River Lagoon area
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMMELBOURNE (AP) — Catches of blue crabs and stone crabs appear to be dwindling in the same central Florida lagoon area where manatees, dolphins and other wildlife have died in large numbers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Veterans race Jet Skis from Florida Keys to NYC
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMKEY WEST (AP) — Veterans are racing from the Florida Keys to New York City on Jet Skis to raise money for organizations helping veterans and their families.
The Never Quit Challenge began early Friday in Key West.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Conn. home invasion killer: ‘I just snapped’
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMSOMERS, Conn. (AP) — One of two men sentenced to death for a 2007 triple murder home invasion in Connecticut says no one was supposed to get hurt and he “just snapped.”
Steven Hayes recently gave an hour-long interview to the New Haven Register.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $4 million
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMTALLAHASSEE (AP) — The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $4 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- US: ‘Irrefutable’ evidence lacking
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMWASHINGTON — The White House asserted Sunday that a “common-sense test” dictates the Syrian government is responsible for a chemical weapons attack that President Barack Obama says demands a U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Riddick’ illuminates box office with $18.7M debut
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMLOS ANGELES (AP) — “Riddick” is seeing light at the box office.
The sci-fi thriller starring Vin Diesel as an intergalactic criminal with built-in night vision debuted in first place with $18.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Riding for veterans
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMPatriot Riders of America held their 4th Annual Benefit on Saturday, starting with a Poker Run leaving the event site at the American Legion Post 110, Port Charlotte, and making four other stops before returning to the post for a day long event raising fu...
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- Bucs’ costly penalty allows Jets to escape
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Lavonte David sat on a stool in front of his locker, his head down, trying to make sense of what just happened.
A couple of Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates came over and patted the linebacker on the back.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More parents opting kids out of standardized tests
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMDELAWARE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — While his eighth-grade classmates took state standardized tests this spring, Tucker Richardson woke up late and played basketball in his Delaware Township driveway.
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Tucker’s parents, Wendy and Will, are part of a small but ... - Nigeria attacks kill 13 vigilantes, 5 sect members
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — An attack by suspected Islamic sect members on a town guarded by a vigilante group in northeast Nigeria on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured 17, residents and a government official said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Florida corrections official to run Orleans jail
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Orleans Parish sheriff has hired the chief of corrections for Orange County, Fla., Michael Tidwell, to run New Orleans’ only jail.
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A federal consent agreement requires Sheriff Marlin Gusman to hire a professional corrections adminis... - Union attempt to storm Fort Sumter observed
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Monday marks the 150th anniversary of the only Union attempt to storm the South Carolina fort where the Civil War began — an attack doomed to failure by rivalries between commanders, poor planning and the fact the Confederates knew...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Band of Republicans pushes immigration in US House
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMGROVELAND, Fla. (AP) — In the five weeks since he declared his support for a comprehensive immigration overhaul, U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster has gotten an earful.
One constituent told the second-term Republican that immigrants carry disease.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 1 Fantasy 5 player wins $268,778.37 top prize
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMTALLAHASSEE (AP) — One winner of the “Fantasy 5” game will collect $268,778.37, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.
The winning ticket was bought in Hialeah, lottery officials reported.
The 361 tickets matching four numbers won $120 each.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nyad’s team responds to skeptics
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMMIAMI — Diana Nyad’s 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida has generated positive publicity and adoration for the 64-year-old endurance athlete — along with skepticism from some members of the small community of marathon swimmers who are questioning whether ...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NAACP President Ben Jealous to step down
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Sunday that he plans to step down at the end of the year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Local effort helps kids in storm-ripped Oklahoma
Sunday - 09/08/2013 - 05:31 PMWhen they were all counted, there were just under 9,000 crayons.
That’s how many our community collected and shipped to the schoolchildren in Oklahoma this summer.
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