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Fellow lawmakers despise him, but for many of them, the alternative is even worse.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Derek Reese's two free throws with 13.3 seconds left proved the difference, and the Tennessee Volunteers held on to upset No. 5 seed Vanderbilt 67-65 Thursday afternoon at the Southeastern Conference tournament.

The four who have been there from the start are passionate — sometimes to a fault, as witnessed firsthand when the campaign manager grabbed a reporter’s arm and yanked her out of Trump’s way.

Cong slams budget for cutting social sector allocations

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico governor wants lawmakers to try again next year to develop what she calls meaningful and balanced reforms to ensure the solvency of the state's lottery scholarship program. Annual revenue from ticket sales has plateaued at about $40 million, while tuition costs for eligible students are expected to top $65 million a year, according to state higher education and lottery officials. In her veto message, Martinez said she supported the spirit of the legislation... Читать дальше...

The Dolphins were one of the teams believed to have interest in cornerback Adam Jones before Jones re-signed with the Bengals on Wednesday and they’ve now moved on to other options. PFT has learned, via a league source, that the Dolphins are visiting with cornerback Josh Robinson. Robinson, a 2012 third-round pick, has spent his…

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Familiar foreign strikers and local heavyweights are to battle for the top scoring title in South Korea's first division football league this season, but their closest rivals could lie within their club.

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Baltimore Orioles outfielder Kim Hyun-soo ended a long drought at the plate to pick up his first U.S. hit and RBI in preseason action Thursday. Kim snapped out of a 0-for-23 funk with a bases-loaded single in the bottom

“Indian women are something that Indian men should everyday strive to be.”

At least 25 illegal Sikh immigrants, including children, were found hiding in a secret compartment of a Romanian truck transporting onions by police at an industrial zone in Belgium.

At least 25 illegal Sikh immigrants, including children, were found hiding in a secret compartment of a Romanian truck transporting onions by police at an industrial zone in Belgium.

(AP) — The host of a long-running radio program at an East Lansing-based radio station is retiring after five decades behind the microphone. The Lansing State Journal (http://on.lsj.com/1Yzzz16 ) reports 89-year-old Dick Estell's run as host of WKAR's "Radio Reader" that began in the 1960s ends Thursday, along with the program itself.

NEW YORK - Providence quickly figured out that all Ben Bentil needed was the ball.

The Utah legislature on Thursday abandoned an ambitious bid to repeal the death penalty in the state which would have made life without parole the maximum penalty for murder.

The Tomah High School girls golf team has been recognized as academic all-state by Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada, to watch New Mexico men's college basket teams play at conference tournaments and help raise money for political causes. The Republican governor left on Thursday to cheer on both the New Mexico State University Aggie team and the University of New Mexico Lobos. Martinez's political committee is paying for her travel. Martinez is the chair of the Republican Governors Association, a fundraising arm of the GOP.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley had announced the scheme in the budget, allocating Rs 2,000 crore for providing 1.5 crore connections in 2016-17.

SURPRISE, Arizona - Jose Quintana pitched into the fifth inning in his first outing, Jerry Sands homered and drove in four runs and a Chicago White Sox split squad defeated the Texas Rangers 8-2 Thursday.

Pope Francis on Thursday made key changes to the complex and often opaque financial procedures involved in the making of Roman Catholic saints.

Pope Francis on Thursday made key changes to the complex and often opaque financial procedures involved in the making of Roman Catholic saints.

PHOENIX - Gay rights organizations called on a Phoenix city councilman to resign Thursday in the wake of video showing him bemoaning same-sex marriage and transgender people's use of restrooms that correspond with their gender identity.

An accident on the interstate shuts down two lanes of traffic in McDuffie County.

PHOENIX (AP) — Gay rights organizations called on a Phoenix city councilman to resign Thursday in the wake of video showing him bemoaning same-sex marriage and transgender people's use of restrooms that correspond with their gender identity. Several activists and fellow Democrats said Councilman Michael Nowakowski, who has supported gay rights in the past, had broken the trust of his constituents. According to the post, Nowakowski was addressing a group of Evangelical ministers last month about public prayer at meetings. Читать дальше...