Julio Jones scorches Eagles as Falcons win Dan Quinn's Debut

ATLANTA (AP) — In his first game with that big contract, Julio Jones was worth every penny. Jones hauled in nine passes for 141 yards, including a pair of touchdowns, and the Atlanta Falcons came back after squandering...

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Take This Job And Shove It' author owes IRS $466

CINCINNATI — Country music singer-songwriterDavid Allan Coe pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Cincinnati to income tax evasion and owes the IRS more than $466,000, officials said. Coe, 76, who wrote the...

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Bond denied for S.C. cop charged with murder in black man's dead

A former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the April shooting an unarmed black man in the back will remain jailed, according to a court order. Former North Charleston police officer Michael...

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VF all-male comedy cover sparks outrage

Talk about a stark image. Vanity Fair released its October 2015 feature on the titans of late-night television, and something was missing: a single woman. Instead, there sat a boys' club of Stephen Colbert,Conan O'Brien, Trevor...

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REO Speedwagon guitarist Gary Richrath dies

Reo Speedwagon guitarist Gary Richrath has died, the band announced on its website andFacebook page Sunday. He was 65. Band frontman Kevin Cronin said in a message that "my longtime friend and collaborator...

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For EU, the strains of a humanitarian crisis

WASHINGTON — European Union interior ministers holding an emergency meeting in Brussels agreed Monday to resettle an initial group of 40,000 Syrian refugees, the EU ambassador to the United States says. But they'll...

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Donald Trump's Great Wall — it didn't work for the Ming Dynasty either

Donald Trump is vowing to build a wall along the U.S. Southern border with Mexico, likening it to the Great Wall of China and even dubbing his proposed border barrier "The Great Wall of Trump." It's a key part of a tough-on-immigration...

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Carlos Hyde, 49ers overshadow Adrian Peterson's return in 20-3 victory

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Adrian Peterson showed flashes of his former MVP self in Monday night's opener. But there weren't nearly enough to save the Minnesota Vikings. The San Francisco 49ers spoiled Peterson's return with a 20-3...

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7 dead, 6 missing as Utah flood sweeps away cars

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Seven people were confirmed dead and six more were missing late Monday after two cars were caught in a flash flood in Hildale. Several vehicles were reportedly swept into waterways after...

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Trump tells Dallas crowd he'll reduce taxes

DALLAS — Republican front-runner Donald Trump told thousands gathered at the American Airlines Center Monday evening that if elected president he would reduce taxes. "Corporations are paying far too much, far...

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Roll back the tape! We've ranked the routines from the premiere of 'DWTS'

Welcome back to the ballroom. The pseudo-celebs were movin’ and groovin’ Monday evening when Dancing with the Stars kicked off its 21st season. Although Len Goodman wasn’t sitting at the judge’s table, he...

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Voices: Dreamforce conference is tech's hot event

SAN FRANCISCO — It's the city's most richly anticipated tech event. No, not Apple's glitzy — and largely panned — iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus introduction last  Wednesday. The two-hour-plus show, staged...

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Gone, absolutely gone' is refrain of California wildfire

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — Corie Barloggi looked across a charred field in this once scenic Northern California town, best known for hot springs and its proximity to Napa Valley, and was struck by what she didn't see: her neighbors'...

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Punchlines: Is Kim Davis a hero

Is the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples a hero? It depends on who you ask. Mike Huckabee and other GOP politicians who greeted Kim Davis (she spent five days locked up...

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Wolff: Ad blockers impair digital media

Ad blocking, traversing through the denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance stages of Internet grief, has come. Software can strip out tiresome search, banner, pop-up and video ads — and, hence, the lion’s share...

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Chip Kelly's field-goal indecision cost the Eagles a chance to win on 'Monday Night Football'

Chip Kelly’s decision to try for a 44-yard field goal with just under three minutes remaining in the Philadelphia Eagles 2015 debut wasn’t the problem. Yes, you’d think if there was one NFL coach who would might have gone for...

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