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UPDATE: Woman in "Jamaican lottery scam" behind bars
A 74-year-old woman is behind bars in the Kosciusko County Jail, accused of defrauding an elderly couple. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s detectives drove to Georgia last week and arrested Joanne McCrary, of Calhoun, Georgia, on two counts of felony...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Theft, Lifestyle and Leisure, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Trials
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American jet makes emergency landing in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — An American Airlines jet en route to Miami from Ecuador has made an emergency landing in Jamaica. The airline says the jet landed at the Montego Bay airport and all passengers disembarked normally without incident....Tags: Emergency Planning, Ecuador, American Airlines, Inc., Boeing Co., Disasters and Accidents
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Church says Mormon missionary killed during police shootout in Jamaica
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A church spokesman says a Mormon missionary was killed in Jamaica after he was caught in the crossfire during a police shootout. Mormon church spokesman Scott Trotter says in a statement Monday that Jermaine Luther Walker was...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Christianity, Motorvehicle Accidents, Mormonism
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Kentucky tourist killed by car in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Authorities in Jamaica say a car has hit and killed a tourist from Lexington, Kentucky, and injured his girlfriend as they were walking in the resort area of Negril. Jamaican police say 57-year-old Roy Anthony Stout was...Tags: Kentucky
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Need for speed
NEW YORK — For his most recent race, at the Diamond League meet on Randall's Island in Manhattan late last month, Tyson Gay showed up with a full beard that gave him the look of an Old Testament character. Methuselah, maybe? "I think I will...
Tags: Beijing Games, Track and Field, Minority Groups, Awards and Prizes, Tyson Gay
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Tiger Woods won't play until British Open
In little more than a month, Tiger Woods went from being tough to beat to having a tough time even playing. Woods, a four-time winner this year, said Wednesday that soreness in his left elbow would keep him from defending his title next week in the AT&T...Tags: Tiger Woods, Indiana Hoosiers, Prosecution, Oregon State Beavers, Sexual Assault
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Former Barton sprinter Campbell Brown suspended amid probe
Associated PressOlympic champion Veronica Campbell Brown of Jamaica is serving a suspension while anti-doping officials rule on her recent positive drug test. The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association announced Tuesday that the 2004 and 2008 Olympic...Tags: Track and Field, Human Interest, Usain Bolt
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FUTBOL-EEUU y Costa Rica afianzan primeros lugares en eliminatoria Concacaf
ReutersMEXICO DF, 18 jun (Reuters) - Las selecciones de fĂștbol de Estados Unidos y Costa Rica se afianzaron el martes en los primeros lugares de la eliminatoria de la Concacaf para el Mundial Brasil 2014 tras vencer a Honduras y PanamĂĄ, respectivamente, en...Tags: Costa Rica, Honduras
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Sunny Jamaica cast into shadow after new drugs bust
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Jamaica, sunlit home of the world's finest sprinters, was cast into shadow on Tuesday after confirmation that the Caribbean island's most successful female sprinter has failed a drugs test. Twice Olympic...Tags: Beijing Games, Germany, OxyContin (drug), Track and Field, Human Interest
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Hexagonal Concacaf: EEUU y Costa Rica ponen un pie en Brasil (clasificaciones y calendario)
Estados Unidos y Costa Rica pueden empezar ya a empacar su equipaje rumbo al Mundial 2014 de Brasil. Los norteamericanos lograron el martes en Utah su tercera victoria en el hexagonal final de la Concacaf al vencer por 1-0 a Honduras; y con 13 puntos...
Tags: Costa Rica, Honduras
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Athletics-Campbell-Brown could avoid maximum doping ban - sources
ReutersBy Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 18 (Reuters) - Twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown could avoid a maximum two-year doping ban because she declared a cream containing a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told...Tags: Track and Field, World Anti-Doping Agency
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Campbell-Brown could avoid maximum doping ban - sources
ReutersKINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown could avoid a maximum two-year doping ban because she declared a cream containing a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters on Tuesday....Tags: Track and Field, World Anti-Doping Agency
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