NEW YORK (AP) — Video game publisher Electronic Arts is removing former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice from its recently released Madden NFL 15 title, the latest company to pull its support for the player. EA Sports says Rice will be removed from the game’s roster Friday through an online update. EA Sports cited […]
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Longer Rice Video Shows Obscenities, Spitting
In this still image taken from a hotel security video released by TMZ Sports, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punches his fiancee, Janay Palmer, in an elevator at the Revel casino in Atlantic City, N.J., in February 2014. The Ravens terminated their contract with Rice Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, hours after the video surfaced […]
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Monkey Study: Ebola Vaccine Works, Needs Booster
WASHINGTON (AP) — New monkey studies show that one shot of an experimental Ebola vaccine can trigger fast protection, but the effect waned unless the animals got a booster shot made a different way. Some healthy people are rolling up their sleeves at the National Institutes of Health for the first human safety study of […]
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Gretna, La. Festival Cuts CeeLo Green over Rape Remarks
CeeLo Green performs at Rachael Ray’s Feedback Party during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. TBS spokeswoman Karen Cassell said Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, that the network isn’t renewing Green’s reality show “The Good Life.” (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File) GRETNA, La. (AP) — The Gretna Heritage Festival is saying “Forget You” to CeeLo […]
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Kris Kross Rapper Chris Kelly to Receive Honor at Hip-Hop Black Out Gala
ATLANTA (AP) — Former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly will be honored at the first annual Live and Die for Hip-Hop Black Out gala. Former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly The event will pay tribute to the life of Kelly, who died last year from a suspected drug overdose. The gala will take place Saturday […]
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Lawyer: Jameis Winston Being Investigated– Again
Florida State Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An attorney said Florida State is investigating the sexual assault case involving Jameis Winston in an effort to determine if the Seminoles quarterback violated the student code of conduct policy. Baine Kerr, one of the attorneys for the woman who said Winston sexually assaulted her, […]
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Violent Disturbance at Nashville Detention Center Where 32 Escaped
One of 32 escaped teenagers, right, is taken into custody after he was turned in by family members, according to a Tennessee Department of Children’s Services spokesman, in front of the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. The teenagers, ages 14 to 19, escaped from the facility Monday night. […]
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Michael Brown: Faced No Juvenile Charges at Time of Death, No Serious Felony Charges
Lesley McSpadden, right, the mother of 18-year-old Michael Brown, watches as Brown’s father, Michael Brown Sr., holds up a family picture of himself, his son, top left in photo, and a young child during a news conference Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Michael Brown, 18, was shot and killed in a confrontation with […]
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2 Black NC Men’s Convictions Overturned in 1983 Killing
Henry McCollum, 50 (left), and Leon Brown, 46. LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — One of North Carolina’s longest-serving death-row inmates and his half brother are being freed after three decades in prison after another man’s DNA was discovered on a cigarette butt left near the body of a girl the siblings were convicted of killing. On […]
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Son of Disgraced Ex-Bush Aide Pleads Guilty in 2013 Md. Slaying
Claude Alexander Allen III ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The son of a former aide to President George W. Bush has pleaded guilty to killing a friend with a hatchet and will be committed to a state psychiatric facility. The Washington Post reports (http://wapo.st/1ts0YFO) that 21-year-old Claude Alexander Allen III of Gaithersburg pleaded guilty Tuesday to […]
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32 Teens Escape from Nashville Detention Center
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thirty-two teens “overwhelmed” their minders and escaped from a juvenile detention center by crawling under a weak spot in a fence, a state government spokesman said. Hours later Tuesday, eight were still on the run. One of 32 escaped teenagers, third from right, is turned in by family members, according to […]
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Williams Sisters Defeated in U.S. Open Doubles Quarterfinals–Serena Takes Medical Timeout
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams took a medical timeout because of a problem with her right foot and later double-faulted on the last two points as she and sister Venus lost in the doubles quarterfinals at the U.S. Open. Serena, left, and Venus Williams slap hands between points against Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez […]