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James, Bryant voted to All-NBA first team
LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection. James received all 119 votes for the first team from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the U.S. and Canada. Joining the league's MVP and Bryant on the first team ...
Dynamo D Ashe added to US training camp roster
Houston Dynamo defender Corey Ashe has been added to the roster for a U.S. training camp before its exhibition against Belgium. The call-up Thursday is the first to the full men's national team for Ashe, a former Under-17 co-captain. Training camp opens Sunday in Cleveland, and Ashe will be eligible ...
Man killed in Texas had fake 'anthrax' containers
Police say an armed robbery suspect who was shot and killed in a South Texas neighborhood had containers falsely labeled "anthrax." San Antonio police say no dangerous materials were found after the gunman was fatally shot early Thursday by a resident. Police believe the suspect followed a couple home in ...
McQuaid: Panel to study UCI-Armstrong 'collusion'
An independent panel will examine allegations that cycling's governing body was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping, UCI President Pat McQuaid said Thursday. Senior UCI and World Anti-Doping Agency officials will meet in Russia next week to discuss potential appointments to a three-member expert panel, McQuaid told The Associated Press. Long-standing ...
Man gets life for razor attack on Texas barber
A man who claimed self-defense has been sentenced to life in prison for grabbing a razor and slitting the throat of an East Texas barber during a robbery. Jurors in Nacogdoches (na-kuh-DOH'-chihs) earlier convicted Timothy Blanton of Garrison of aggravated robbery. The attack last July at a barber shop in ...
Federal indictment in real estate investment scam
A 52-year-old Houston man who portrayed himself as a pastor running a religious-themed investment program is charged with 24 counts of fraud for what federal prosecutors say was a real estate scheme that cost a Mississippi woman $650,000. U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson says Samuel Ray Palasota has surrendered to authorities ...
McQuaid: Panel to study UCI-Armstrong 'collusion'
Cycling federation president Pat McQuaid says an independent panel will examine the allegations that the UCI was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping. McQuaid tells The Associated Press that senior UCI and World Anti-Doping Agency officials will meet in Russia next week to discuss potential appointments to a three-member expert panel. ...
Texas lawyer gets prison for mail, medical fraud
An East Texas lawyer convicted in a mail and medical fraud scheme has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. A federal judge in Tyler on Wednesday also ordered 55-year-old Steven Rushing of Longview to repay more than $929,000. Rushing in February pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Investigators ...
Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas
A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S. The plane landed early Thursday at Dallas-Fort ...
Texan could get life term, $5M fine over meth ring
A North Texas man faces up to life in prison and a $5 million fine for his role in running a methamphetamine ring. Federal prosecutors in Fort Worth on Wednesday announced Jermaine Duane Irvin was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The 41-year-old Arlington man has ...
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