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The Kentucky Enquirer reports (http://cin.ci/1PO8YNy) school officials announced Thursday in a news release the firing of 53-year-old Robert Marshall. Thomas More College President David Armstrong says the school had no prior knowledge of the investigation and first became aware of it Wednesday.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A former Ohio seminarian arrested for allegedly seeking to have sex with infants and young girls in Mexico was carrying $2,000 in cash along with baby clothes and a bottle in his luggage, a Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said Sunday. According to the criminal complaint, the former student at Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus tried in 2014 to adopt a child in Mexico — going so far as to hand over an "adoption fee" in a Tijuana hotel room — and... Читать дальше...

Michael Barton will play his final season of eligibility at Arizona, the former Cal linebacker announced Sunday on Twitter. The Richmond native plans to graduate from Cal this spring with an American Studies degree, making him eligible under NCAA rules to play immediately at Arizona next season. Barton, a product of powerhouse De La Salle High School in Concord, missed four contests in 2015 with a knee injury. With Barton transferring and Jalen Jefferson out of eligibility, Cal will return four rotation regulars at linebacker... Читать дальше...

The Wichita Public Library Foundation has raised some of the money - about $5.5 of an $8 million campaign. Supporters say the new library will be an advanced learning center with new technology and community gathering spaces.

Students at Free State High School have started a petition to ban the Confederate flag and plan to present it to the Lawrence school board at an upcoming meeting. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/1SiIPqJ ) the move comes after school administrators told a student he could not fly a Confederate flag on the vehicle he parked in the school parking lot.

ATLANTA (AP) — Doris Payne exudes a seemingly effortless elegance, her white hair neatly smoothed back and gold hoops dangling from her ears. She speaks calmly and deliberately, inspiring the kind of trust that would ease any jewelry store employee eager to make a high-dollar sale. The people in charge dictate what happens with me when I walk in the store, Payne said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. Police would dispute her claim that she's never concealed any jewels. Because of the pending charges... Читать дальше...

Bears basketball game day: Coors Events Center; Boulder, Colorado Cuonzo Martin, 2nd year at Cal (32-22 at Cal and 156-104 overall); Tad Boyle, 6th year at Colorado (124-73 at Colorado and 176-115 overall) The game will be televised on FOX Sports 1; Radio on KGO 810 AM; Live stats on CalBears.com The Bears will take aim Sunday at their first Pac-12 road win this season. Midway through Pac-12 play, the Buffaloes — the preseason pick to finish seventh in the league — are just a game back from Oregon for the No. Читать дальше...

[...] as he traveled across the state in the final weekend before voting, Trump had a quiet air of satisfaction, with seemingly little worry about the outcome. While other candidates have a great deal to lose or gain in the schools, churches and community centers where Iowans will gather after dark on Monday evening to cast the first votes of the 2016 presidential nominating contest, for Trump, the spotlight is glaring. A first-place finish in the state, coupled with a strong win in New Hampshire... Читать дальше...

The 59-year-old said he wants to dedicate more time to his wife, DeaNa, their two grown children and three grandchildren. Ribble ran his family's roofing business before running for the U.S. House in 2010, when he unseated Democratic incumbent Steve Kagen in Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a fellow Wisconsin Republican, praised his colleague in a statement released Sunday.

The three-term Republican from Sherwood said in a statement Saturday he wants to dedicate more time to his family. Ribble also notes that when he first ran for Congress, he promised to limit his service to a maximum of four terms.

(AP) — When Fond du Lac High School student reporters published an article on sexual assault two years ago, they expected to ignite a conversation about rape, not free speech. A 1988 U.S. Supreme Court ruling gave public school officials power to censor student newspapers. The court held that a high school principal in Hazelwood, Missouri, didn't violate students' rights when he barred publication of two articles on teen pregnancy and divorce. Under the bill, school administrators can only exercise... Читать дальше...

The collegiate theatrical organization calls the 34-year-old Gordon-Levitt a "talented actor" and "visionary entrepreneur." The former child actor is set to portray Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone's upcoming movie about the man who leaked classified National Security Agency documents.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Seeking victory in Iowa, Hillary Clinton has begun channeling the economic indignation of her rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose unapologetically liberal campaign has tightened the race ahead of Monday's caucuses and given him a lead in the New Hampshire contest that follows. The former secretary of state's fiery new tone underscores a strategic decision to co-opt some of the political style from the insurgent candidate who has galvanized the Democratic party and put her long-held lead in jeopardy. Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were: 2-8-5, Lucky Sum: 15 (two, eight, five; Lucky Sum: fifteen)

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City says it has struck a deal with helicopter operators to reduce the number of tourism flights by 50 percent, meaning thousands fewer such trips starting next year. The agreement was jointly announced by the New York City Economic Development Corp. and the Helicopter Tourism and Jobs Council.

(AP) — Three years into a frosty experiment in a finger-numbing laboratory, Randy Roberson thinks he's identified the future of winter snow coach travel in Yellowstone National Park — big, fat black rubber tires. Snow coaches — bus and van-like vehicles that can travel over snow — must meet stricter exhaust and sound guidelines. Roberson, a former auto mechanic who now owns Yellowstone Vacations in West Yellowstone, believes his testing of fat-tired snow coaches could be the new wave of winter travel for a number of reasons... Читать дальше...

A Senate committee on Monday will hear a bill that would ensure equal pay for men and women performing similar work. A House committee will talk Tuesday about allowing counties to run their own public utilities. [...] a Senate committee will consider a proposal to allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Faculty members at North Dakota State University plan to conduct research in an effort to make wind power more widespread, reliable and efficient. The project will be led by Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, an assistant professor with the university's electrical and computer engineering department, and will be funded by a five-year, $502,810 grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Community and Cyber Systems.

BALTIMORE (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Maryland Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were: 6-3-6-1 (six, three, six, one)

BALTIMORE (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Maryland Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were: 4-0-2 (four, zero, two)

When Constand, a Temple women's basketball staffer, mentioned that her back was bothering her, the 66-year-old comedian offered his "layman's" fix in the women's locker room. The friendship that followed between Temple's most famous booster and the then-31-year-old employee colors the sex-assault prosecution that starts in earnest Tuesday, when Cosby's lawyers will ask a judge to throw out charges stemming from a 2004 encounter at his suburban Philadelphia home. In the deposition, Cosby paints himself as Constand's friend... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday's leadoff Iowa caucuses (all times local): Even at church, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz can't escape politics. Even the candidate who says he's the best, the smartest and the highest-energy in the Republican field is leaving nothing to chance a day out from the Iowa caucuses. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says the hubbub over whether she had secret... Читать дальше...

The victims' names have not been released, and a motive for the shooting remains under investigation. Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose blames the deaths on "the availability of too many guns."

The Austin American-Statesman (http://atxne.ws/1VzmmDl ) reports that the protest on Saturday night of the sold-out fundraiser for the nonprofit Williamson Museum was peaceful. Mickie Ross, the museum's director, has said they weren't promoting slavery but were "just telling the story of the people who lived here during the Civil War."