June 19, 2013

Boston Marathon Bombers: CIA wanted Boston suspect on terror watch list

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Story Highlights FBI traveled to Dagestan and questioned mother Wednesday Father said he was too ill to be interviewed Dagestani officials deny that Tamerlan Tsarnaev met with radical Islamists during 2012 visit (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — WASHINGTON — The CIA submitted the name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects for a terrorist [...]

College Basketball: NCAA investigating Syracuse men’s basketball for major violations

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse has been under investigation for possible NCAA violations, mostly in its basketball program, for at least a year, according to two media reports. CBS Sports.com, citing an unidentified source, reported Wednesday that the school has received a letter of preliminary inquiry from the NCAA. The Post-Standard reported [...]

MLB: Former MLB All-Star Doug DeCinces indicted for insider trading

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(Photo: Gail Burton, AP) Story Highlights DeCinces profited about $1.3 million from the 2009 deal in question Three associates were also indicted after profiting from $140,000 to $350,000 DeCinces was charged with 42 counts of securities fraud and one count of money laudering LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Baltimore Orioles All-Star Doug DeCinces and three [...]

Feds drop sexual abuse case against ex-Syracuse assistant Fine

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Federal authorities have dropped their investigation into sexual abuse claims that cost a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach his job, threw a top-ranked team into turmoil and threatened the career of Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim. After a probe spanning nearly a year, U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian said Friday there [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Okla. horse ranch in cartel case raised suspicions

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LEXINGTON, Okla. (AP) – If associates of a reputed Mexican drug cartel leader had wanted to lay low while laundering money at an American horse ranch, they seemed to do everything wrong. They swept their fields at night with a giant spotlight, threw around lots of cash, bought parcels of land in a deep recession [...]

Horse Racing: Feds – Horse racing operation tied to drug cartel

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RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) – In the stables at a prominent quarter horse track in New Mexico, workers quietly nicknamed Jose Trevino Morales’s stables as the “Zetas’ stables” and say they often saw people show up with bags of cash to buy the horses. On Tuesday, authorities raided those stables and a horse ranch in Oklahoma [...]

NFL: Saints player penalties in final stages – Goodell

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NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is still doing interviews regarding player punishments that likely will be handed down for the Saints’ pay-for-hits bounty system. Speaking to reporters at an NFL draft event on Wednesday, Goodell said he doesn’t expect to issue a decision this week, but the league is [...]

NCAA College Basketball: Federal authorities investigating Auburn’s Ward for point shaving

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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating suspended Auburn point guard Varez Ward for alleged point shaving involving in at least two games this season, Yahoo Sports reported Thursday. The report cited anonymous sources and said the FBI began an investigation in late February centering on losses to Alabama on Feb. 7 and Arkansas [...]

MLB: Larkin curious on fate of steroids-era Hall of Famers

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(Reuters) – Barry Larkin, baseball’s newest Hall of Famer, is curious to see how some of the best known players of the so-called steroids era would be treated in next year’s election. Candidates for the class of 2013 include Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, players with Hall of Fame credentials who have all [...]

Online gambling crackdown puts poker world in limbo

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(PhatzRadio/ USA Today) – Greg Raymer, whose $160 entry fee in an online poker tournament led to a $5 million win at the 2004 World Series of Poker, says it’s hard to tell how a federal crackdown on online gaming will affect WSOP entries this year. But he’s a gambler. If he had to bet, [...]