Another day of searching has yielded no news in the hunt for a missing Washington mother. Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said Friday afternoon that a search plane was sent up to look for Shantina Smiley in the general area where her 8-year-old son’s body was found on Thursday. Another …

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SEATTLE - A day after a boy’s body was found on an island beach in Puget Sound, authorities searched unsuccessfully for his missing mother. “No, we haven’t heard of anything being found,” Thurston Co. sheriff’s Lt. Chris Mealy said Friday night. Thurston County had a boat in the water Friday looking …

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SPOKANE, Wash. — The trash-talking that began days before Michigan State and New Mexico State took to the court on Friday night, as players from both teams engaged in a stirring debate of vocal one-upmanship and sharp-shooting rebuttals. Stay on top of all the news, on and off the court, on The …

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Boston remained tied with Atlanta for third place in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks beat Charlotte on Friday night. Luis Scola and Kevin Martin scored 17 points apiece for the Rockets. Boston trailed early, then hit nine of its last 14 shots of the first quarter to take a 28-24 lead. The Celtics …

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Cal swingman Patrick Christopher set his season high of 28 points against Washington earlier this year, and he’s taking aim at it against Louisville. He already has 15 points to go with eight rebounds, and the Bears may need all he can muster. They got out to a 22-4 run to start the game, but …

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MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Georgia Tech players earned themselves some extra credit the next time coach Paul Hewitt holds one of his little free throw games. Gani Lawal scored 14 points, Derrick Favors came within a rebound of a double-double and the free throw-challenged Yellow Jackets scored their last …

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan prosecutors charged a government opponent with conspiracy and other crimes Friday after he said on a television program that the country has become a haven for drug trafficking. Former Zulia state Gov. Oswaldo Alvarez Paz is accused of spreading false …

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NEW YORK (AP) — A Lehman Brothers whistleblower warned his bosses that accounting gimmicks the bank used before its collapse may have been illegal, his lawyer said Friday. Matthew Lee, a former Lehman senior vice president, was fired days after questioning the accounting tricks in a letter to his …

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SPOKANE, WASH. — New Mexico State guard Jahmar Young created a stir this week because he had never heard of Michigan State’s Kalin Lucas. After Friday’s first-round NCAA tournament game, Young won’t soon forget the point guard. Lucas, who scored 25 points and managed the floor game despite an ankle …

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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Four-time Pro Bowl linebacker Joey Porter agreed to a three-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals on Friday. Porter, entering his 12th season, spent the past three with the Miami Dolphins , who released him in March. He played the first eight years of his career with the …

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