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VIDEO: Joe Frazier dies after battle with liver cancer

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.Joe Frazier, the heavyweight boxing champion who gave Muhammad Ali his first loss, died Monday night.He was 67.Frazier will...

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At Penn State, signs point to Paterno being ousted in wake of Sandusky scandal

Joe Paterno, the legendary Penn State coach for more than 40 years, appears to be losing support among university leaders, both the AP and the New York Times have reported.Calls for Paterno and Penn...

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VIDEO: Former NBA, UCLA star shining while playing in Israel during NBA lockout

Story from The World. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.As the NBA lockout drags on — and with players and owners seemingly worlds apart — there's some NBA action going on overseas.The...

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Joe Paterno announces he will retire from Penn State, Graham Spanier also...

Story from Here & Now. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.The Joe Paterno era at Penn State University will end this season, the legendary coach announced Wednesday morning."I am...

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VIDEO: Environmentalists find sensitive trees turned into building materials...

Australian environmentalists are outraged after they found high-conservation timber at an Olympic construction site in London.Markets for Change found plywood from Malaysian company Ta Ann at a site...

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Penn State fires Joe Paterno, Graham Spanier in wake of Sandusky scandal

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.Joe Paterno, the longest serving college football coach in college football, has been fired immediately by Penn State University...

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Texas officials open investigation into Penn State's Sandusky, advertiser bails

Story from Here and Now. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.The scandal around Penn State University's football program continues to spin.Today, word came down that prosecutors in Texas...

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NBA players reject owners' offer, season in doubt

Story from The Takeaway. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.The upcoming NBA season may simply not happen.Monday afternoon, the league's players rejected what the league had said was its...

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VIDEO: In interview with Bob Costas; Sandusky admits 'horseplay' with kids

Story from Here & Now. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.In an exclusive and startling interview with Bob Costas, aired on NBC's Rock Center Monday night, former Penn State Coach...

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Nickelback halftime performance stirs up controversy, petition in Detroit

Nickelback is kicking off the release of its seventh album, “Here and Now,” with a live performance at the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers football game on Thanksgiving Day.But this Turkey Day’s...

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NBA reaches agreement with its players, but small hurdles remain

After 149 days, the NBA lockout ended over the Thanksgiving weekend.The owners and the players reached a deal on a new labor agreement that saw the players give back millions of dollars to the owners,...

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Syracuse basketball assistant fired over allegations of molestation

Bernie Fine, the long-time assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University, has been fired effective immediately after a third man stepped forward to accuse the coach of molestation.Fine, who's been...

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In Colombia, tower racing's stars run for World Cup

 Some 5,000 racers are running to the top of the Colpatria tower in Bogota, site of this year's tower running World Cup.That means climbing 48 floors, 980 steps. Most will make it to the top in 10 to...

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Pakistani cricket star surging to political power

Pakistani sports-hero turned politician Imran Khan held a massive rally in the city of Karachi, attracting at least 100,000 people. This was his second rally in two months that’s attracted such a...

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As college sports get bigger, some want athletes to get more of the money

College sports generate about $6 billion a year, from ticket sales, licensing deals, broadcasting rights and other sources.And while college sports encompasses dozens of sports, hundreds of schools and...

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Pay TV providers getting into bitter disputes over retransmission consent

With the Super Bowl set to air on NBC in less than two weeks, DirecTV subscribers in Boston could be in trouble if they want to watch the hometown New England Patriots play the New York Giants.The NBC...

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Dozens killed, hundreds wounded in violent clash after Egyptian soccer match

Egyptians are trying to make sense of a soccer match that turned incredibly violent Wednesday night in Port Said, a city of 600,000 along the Mediterranean Sea, near the Sinai Peninsula.According to...

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Conspiracy theories run deep over cause of deadly Egypt soccer riot

Egypt is in an uproar right now as protesters take to the street over officials' failure to stop a riot that turned deadly at a soccer match Wednesday night.According to the BBC, some 10,000 protesters...

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Super Bowl 2012 set to be an epic sequel fit for Hollywood

This year's Super Bowl is perhaps best described not as Super Bowl XLVI, but rather simply as The Sequel.Tom Brady and his New England Patriots matched Eli Manning and the New York Giants in Super Bowl...

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Super Bowl 2012 halftime show presents Madonna opportunity to reconnect

While the in-game entertainment at Super Bowl 2012 will be a rematch, the half-time show will be all new.Madonna, the 53-year-old singer and superstar will headline her first Super Bowl halftime show,...

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