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Category 4 Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and JOHN MYERS, JR. Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was sustaining Category 4 strength late Sunday and may get stronger while threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica. Melissa is expected to move near or over Jamaica early Tuesday then cross Cuba into

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NCAA Football Scores

EAST Akron 24, Buffalo 16 Albright 32, FDU-Florham 18 Alfred St. 54, Hartwick 28 Anna Maria 30, Fitchburg St. 22 Assumption 35, American International 14 Bentley 42, Pace 13 Bloomsburg 37, Millersville 21 Bridgewater (Mass.) 35, Mass.-Dartmouth 15 Brockport 61, Morrisville St. 3 Case Western 55, Thiel 7 Charleston (WV) 45, Fairmont St. 35 Christopher

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MLB Postseason Glance

By The Associated Press All Times EDT x-if necessary WILD CARD SERIES (Best-of-3) American League Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Cleveland 6, Detroit 1 Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit 6, Cleveland 3 New York 2, Boston 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Boston 3, New York 1 Wednesday, Oct.

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The AP Top 25 Fared

No. 1 Ohio St. (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. Penn St., Saturday. No. 2 Indiana (8-0) beat UCLA 56-6. Next: at Maryland, Saturday. No. 3 Texas A&M (7-0) beat No. 20 LSU 49-25. Next: at No. 15 Missouri, TBA. No. 4 Alabama (7-1) beat South Carolina 29-22. Next: vs. No. 20 LSU, TBA. No.

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Left-leaning independent Connolly wins Irish presidential election

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Ireland’s left-leaning parties including Sinn Féin, has won the country’s presidential election in a landslide victory against her center-right rival. Official results showed strong voter support for Connolly as president, a largely ceremonial role in Ireland. She won

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Venezuela’s Maduro says the US is fabricating a war, seeks to revoke citizenship of opponent López

CARACAS (AP) — Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro said the U.S. government is forging a war against him as the world’s biggest warship approached the South American country, while moving to revoke the citizenship of an opponent he accuses of egging on an invasion. Maduro said in a national broadcast on Friday night that the administration

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Sports on TV for Sunday, Oct. 26

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Oct. 26 AUTO RACING 2 p.m. NBC — NASCAR Cup Series: The Xfinity 500, Playoffs – Round of 8, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va. 4 p.m. ABC — Formula 1: The Mexico City Grand Prix, Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City COLLEGE BASKETBALL

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NBA Glance

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 2 0 1.000 — Philadelphia 2 0 1.000 — Toronto 1 1 .500 1 Boston 0 2 .000 2 Brooklyn 0 2 .000 2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 1 1 .500 — Charlotte 1 1 .500 — Washington 1

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Poker’s NBA-and-Mafia betting scandal echoes movie games, and cheats, from ‘Ocean’s’ to ‘Rounders’

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The stakes. The famous faces. The posh private rooms. The clever cheating schemes. The federal indictment of a big-money poker ring involving NBA figures on Thursday, in which unsuspecting rich players were allegedly enticed to join then cheated of their money, echoed decades of movies

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