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Sports on TV for Monday, Feb. 2

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Feb. 2 AUTO RACING 11 a.m. FS2 — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice and Qualifying, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 4:30 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup Series: Last Chance Qualifying Race, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 6 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup

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Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Iranian drama ‘It Was Just an Accident’ arrested in Tehran

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards. Representatives for the film on Sunday said that Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested Saturday. No details on the charges against Mahmoudian were available. But his

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College Basketball Scores

Sunday, Feb. 1 EAST Bates 89, Middlebury 71 Brandeis 90, Case Western Reserve 79 Duquesne 76, Rhode Island 61 Marist 58, Niagara 46 Merrimack 75, Sacred Heart 58 Mount St Marys 72, Manhattan 65 New York University 74, Carnegie Mellon 63 Penn State 77, Minnesota 75 Purdue 93, Maryland 63 Quinnipiac 72, Fairfield 65 Rider

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‘Melania,’ panned by some film critics, opens with strong ticket sales for a documentary

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Promoted by President Donald Trump as “a must watch,” the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The release of “Melania” was unlike any seen before. Amazon MGM Studios paid $40 million for the

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Costa Ricans vote on outgoing president’s conservative populist program

By JAVIER CÓRDOBA ASSOCIATED PRESS CARTAGO, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican voters choose Sunday between continuing the policies of outgoing conservative populist Rodrigo Chaves by electing his selected successor or giving a new chance to parties seeking to shed a self-serving, establishment image. The historically peaceful Central American nation’s crime surge in recent years

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Sports on TV for Monday, Feb. 2

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Feb. 2 AUTO RACING 11 a.m. FS2 — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice and Qualifying, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 4:30 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup Series: Last Chance Qualifying Race, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. 6 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup

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NBA Glance

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 31 18 .633 — Boston 31 18 .633 — Toronto 30 21 .588 2 Philadelphia 27 21 .563 3½ Brooklyn 13 35 .271 17½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 27 24 .529 — Orlando 25 23 .521 ½ Atlanta 24

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Pakistan says it has killed 145 ‘Indian-backed terrorists’ in Balochistan after deadly attacks

By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police and military forces killed over a 100 “Indian-backed terrorists ” in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over the past 40 hours, government officials said on Sunday, a day after coordinated suicide and gun attacks killed 33 people,

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Russian drones kill at least 12 in Dnipro as Zelenskyy says more Russia-Ukraine talks next week

By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Sunday, Feb. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Sunday, Feb. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Sunday, Feb. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Sunday, Feb. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Boston 107 Milwaukee 79 Final Detroit 130 Brooklyn 77 Final Miami 134 Chicago 91 Final Washington 116 Sacramento 112 Final Toronto 107 Utah 100 Final New York 112 L.A. Lakers 100 Final L.A. Clippers 117 Phoenix 93 Final Cleveland 130 Portland 111 Final San Antonio 112 Orlando

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Iran’s supreme leader warns any US attack would spark ‘regional war’

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a “regional war” in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on recent nationwide protests. The comments

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Texas stunner: Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips Republican state Senate district Trump won by 17 points

By JOHN HANNA and JULIE CARR SMYTH AP Political Writers Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday’s special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats across the U.S. in the year since Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Republican president immediately distanced himself from

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Seattle 4½ 4½ (45½) at NEW ENGLAND NBA Monday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Houston 5½ (218) at INDIANA at CHARLOTTE OFF (OFF) New Orleans Minnesota 7½ (227½) at MEMPHIS at LA CLIPPERS 2½ (220½) Philadelphia COLLEGE BASKETBALL Monday FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN

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