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  • Zenits Shirokov sorry for obscene gesture at fans

    Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Roman Shirokov has apologised for making an obscene gesture at his team's fans during a game. Shirokov was booed by large sections of the crowd during Sunday's 3-1 home win over FC Volga, apparently for congratulating arch-rivals CSKA Moscow on winning the Russian Premier League title on Twitter. After scoring the third goal in injury time, the midfielder ...

  • Zephyrhills a hotspot over Powerball win

    The secretary of the Florida Lottery showed up in Zephyrhills on Monday, talking about what's next for the $590 million Powerball jackpot winner. She also brought a big check with a lot of zeros on it. "We'll take them through the steps, to go through the claiming of the ticket, the validating of the ticket, make sure it's a legitimate ticket. And they'll we'll work ...

  • St. Petersburg Denies Zenit Arena in New Trouble

    ST. PETERSBURG, May 20 (R-Sport) - St. Petersburg's vice governor responsible for construction on Monday denied claims by Russia's federal Audit Chamber that the city's 2018 World Cup football stadium might not be complete until 2017. Audit Chamber head Sergei Stepashin said earlier on Monday that the best-case scenario is for construction of the $1.1 billion arena to be finished ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 20

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Cleveland Indians: 1. ...

  • More connections of the week Disneys Yellow Shoes Creative Group

    Want to know about more events where readers can learn and connect? The Tampa Bay business community loves to network and there is not always enough space in the Tampa Bay Business Journal print edition to include a deeper offering of events coming up the next week. We will now begin sharing extra events for the upcoming week. In general, were interested in including events that are ...


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Sorority Row

Sorority Row

What to say about a horror movie in which murderous antics of a bladed-carjack-wielding psychopath are infinitely less scary than the vicious infighting among a bunch of catty college seniors? Is true pain better inflicted by a sharp instrument or barbed jokes about bulimia, breast impl ... ...

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  • Woman questioned in fatal shooting

    HILLSBOROUGH - A Hillsborough County woman was taken into custody following the shooting death of a man at 130 Winston Manor Circle. Officials received a call just before 6 a.m. Monday. The female suspect is being questioned about the shooting. Stay with ABC Action News and abcactionnews.com for the latest ...

  • $2.5M in incentives while cutting 129 jobs

    Pierce Manufacturing recently announced it is ending its ambulance line. Despite qualifying for about $2.5 million in incentives from Enterprise Florida since 2007, the Pierce Manufacturing plant in Bradenton has cut jobs leading critics to question the use of the state money. Pierce Manufacturing announced that it is ending its ambulance line resulting in 129 layoffs but intends to keep ...

  • 1 killed homes leveled in Okla. storms

    SHAWNEE, Okla. - Authorities say a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park southeast of Oklahoma City killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the ...

  • 10 things you need to know for Monday

    C-City Blogger Presenting Chester City's news and views to Delco Times web visitors who want to know more of what's going on in the City besides the stories they read in the ...

  • Bae wins Byron Nelson tournament

    IRVING, Texas o Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship.When the ball landed on the front edge of the green fronted by water, he bent his knees and leaned backward, obviously relieved. He was only a few shots away from his first PGA Tour victory and a congratulatory hug from Byron Nelson's widow.After ...

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