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Agenda of Japan's Abe challenged as scandals mount 10/27/2014 12:10pm • ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's honeymoon with Japan's voters is fading as scandals and a slowing economic recovery take a toll on his popularity and hinder progress on his policy agenda.The resignations of two ministers in Abe's newly reshuffled Cabine Northern Va. Army contractor gets 4 years 10/27/2014 09:40am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- A key player in what prosecutors say was the biggest bid-rigging scheme in U.S. contracting history has been sentenced to four years in prison.In Seon Lim of Fairfax Station, Virginia was sentenced Friday in federal court. He pleaded guilty in July to bribery and wire fraud c Yellow Jackets top mistake-prone Pitt 56-28 10/25/2014 07:24pm • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Broderick Snoddy ran for 82 yards and three touchdowns and Georgia Tech took advantage of six Pittsburgh turnovers in a 56-28 win on Saturday.The Yellow Jackets (6-2, 3-2 ACC) ended a two-game losing streak by racing to a quick 28-0 lead, with each tou Ban to remain on IOC member visits to bid cities 10/23/2014 11:08am • STEPHEN WILSON AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- The IOC pushed forward Thursday with plans to revamp the troubled Olympic bidding process by making it more of an "invitation" rather than an "application" -- but upheld the ban on member visits to candidate cities.The International Olympic Committee ex Court: NY woman can keep $10K ring from ex-beau 10/23/2014 10:30am • MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- A judge has ruled that a Long Island woman who broke up with her boyfriend can keep the $10,000 ring he gave her because he never proposed to her.The judge said Debbie Lopez of Valley Stream, New York, wasn't bound by a law requiring women to return engagement rings because it Murphy sets pace as Missouri's offense stumbles 10/23/2014 03:16am • JAKE KREINBERG Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri running back Marcus Murphy expects to make a big play every game."On Saturday, it happened a lot," he said about his performance against Florida.The fifth-year senior scored three touchdowns in the Tigers' 42-13 victory in Gainesville, f Review: 'John Wick' delivers non-stop action 10/23/2014 12:28am • JUSTIN LOWE The Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In an intriguing cinematic twist, Keanu Reeves' Matrix stunt double Chad Stahelski becomes his co-director with David Leitch on "John Wick," a visceral revenge thriller that marks a confident, muscular action debut. After a marked absence from t Love and Marriage wins Belmont feature 10/22/2014 07:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Love and Marriage rallied in the slop to nip Get Gorgeous by a head on Wednesday in the $75,460 allowance feature for fillies and mares at Belmont Park.The wet conditions forced the race off the turf course onto the main track at the same 1 1/16 miles distance. The surface shift did Desharnais scores in OT to give Montreal 2-1 win 10/22/2014 07:24am • MONTREAL (AP) -- Alex Galchenyuk is showing that he wants to establish himself as a top offensive player for the Montreal Canadiens.The gifted 20-year-old scored the tying goal with 3:09 left in regulation time and David Desharnais got the game-winner in overtime as the Canadiens downed the Detroit Giants rout Royals 7-1 in World Series opener 10/22/2014 07:24am • MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer Madison Bumgarner goes eight innings, and rookie Hunter Strickland closes it out in the ninth for San Francisco.The Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 in the World Series opener. Game 2 is Wednesday night.___Two impressive streaks end for Bumgarner on one swing Stiviano lawsuit against Shelly Sterling dismissed 10/21/2014 12:32pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge reversed course Monday and dismissed a defamation lawsuit by Donald Sterling's mistress against the estranged wife of the former Los Angeles Clippers owner.Judge Richard Fruin issued a tentative ruling last week saying he planned to Lower expectations, but Nets expect to contend 10/21/2014 12:20pm • BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The payroll is lower and so are the expectations.The Brooklyn Nets were one of the biggest stories in basketball at this time last year, a team that had spent like never before and believed it had built a title contender.They didn't get close.Even Iran military ready to ship equipment to Lebanon 10/20/2014 01:17pm • NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's defense minister said his country is ready to ship defensive materials to Lebanon to aid its army in the fight against Sunni extremists on Monday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.The report quoted Gen. Hossein Dehghan, speaking a Spurs' Popovich jabs Suns owner Sarver 10/18/2014 10:56pm • RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich dismissed Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver's critical comments as silly and said they should have been made while wearing a "chicken suit."Sarver got on the public address microphone Thursday night in Phoenix Judge mulls tossing lawsuit by Sterling mistress 10/17/2014 05:30pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge who was on the verge of allowing a defamation suit by Donald Sterling's mistress to go forward decided Friday to reconsider after hearing from a lawyer for Shelley Sterling.Attorney Pierce O'Donnell called the filing by V. Stiviano a