FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - It's still unclear if a Long Island high school's football team will play this season in the aftermath of a player's death during a training drill.

Sachem school district Superintendent Kenneth Graham told Newsday (http://nwsdy.li/2fMzNqp ) that district officials will assess the status of Sachem East's ...

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DETROIT (AP) - Michigan high school students are being invited to match wits with their peers in a contest measuring knowledge of information technology and cyber security.

The Governor's High School Cyber Challenge is intended to build interest in cyber security as a career.

It's run by Merit Network, a ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Voters in Providence have overwhelmingly elected a political newcomer to take the seat of a city councilman who lost a recall election after he was indicted on embezzlement charges.

Democrat Nirva LaFortune took 94 percent of the vote in Wednesday's special election to fill the Ward ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A special recipe designed to appease even the most snobby of craft beer drinkers.

That's how top officials at New Mexico State University and the brew masters they have partnered with describe "Pistol Pete's 1888 Ale," the school's first officially licensed beer.

To be unveiled at ...

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BASEBALL

CHICAGO (AP) - Derek Jeter won five World Series during a 20-year run with the New York Yankees. He piled up 3,465 hits and made the All-Star team 14 times while becoming one of baseball's biggest stars.

Will that success continue in the front office of the Miami Marlins? ...

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Football is back in full swing and that means the start of your fantasy league is right around the corner. August is an extremely important time for fantasy football prep. It is crucial to keep a watchful eye on player news out of training camp, preseason performances, injuries and positional ...

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NEW YORK (AP) - A big dry erase board hangs on the wall of one side of the meeting room. It has rows and rows of numbers and words handwritten in blue marker that only make sense to someone who speaks the language of football.

On the opposite wall sits ...

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Whether it's playing for the flag in Iowa or playing for a job in North Carolina, the stakes are high this week in golf.

Nothing brings out the passion and pressure quite like a team competition between the United States and Europe, especially when the last edition of the Solheim ...

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