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DAVIS CUPTHE NEWS
Norwegian sprint specialist Thor Hushovd won the sixth stage of the Tour of Spain here on Thursday, while Belgium's Philippe Gilbert retained the overall leader's red jersey.The Cervelo rider beat Italy's Daniele Bennati and Slovenia's Grega Bole to the line in a mass sprint at the end of the 151-kilometre ride from Caravaca de la Cruz to Murcia in southeastern Spain. Fourth was Australia's Allan Davis.The stage included a 2nd category climb toward the end followed by a steep downhill stretch to the finish.
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This week: The country singer Marty Stuart plays live in the studio, and Ben Ratliff discusses Miles Davis's album "Bitches Brew" on its 40th anniversary.
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North Carolina Coach Butch Davis suspended defensive tackle Marvin Austin indefinitely for violating unspecified team rules.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serbia's Novak Djokovic caught his second wind in the nick of time to overcome Davis Cup team mate Viktor Troicki 6-3 3-6 2-6 7-5 6-3 in the first round on a brutally hot day at the U.S. Open on Tuesday.
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Carlos Pena homered and drove in four runs, and Wade Davis won his sixth straight decision as the Rays beat the Blue Jays.
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Colm Tóibín celebrates the original and daring mind of Lydia Davis, whose spiky sensibility has made her one of the best writers in America
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The investigation of North Carolina’s football program has expanded into possible academic misconduct involving players and a woman who also has worked as a tutor for coach Butch Davis’ son, school officials said Thursday night.
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The September issue of Playboy will include an excerpt of what the magazine claims on its cover is "The Most Scandalous Novel of All Time" -- the 19th century French novel "Madame Bovary."The translation of the novel by Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) is by US writer Lydia Davis, herself a novelist and translator of works by the likes of Marcel Proust and Michel Foucault.Deep inside the magazine better known for nude models, readers will learn how Flaubert's heroine became "one of literature's most celebrated sinners," reads the magazine's introduction.
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Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a Georgia police officer in 1991 and sentenced to death. Although the case against him appears to have fallen apart, he remains on death row.
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The Christian Science Monitor - A federal judge in Georgia on Tuesday upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate Troy Davis after a special evidentiary hearing ordered by the US Supreme Court to determine whether he is innocent.
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AFP - A court ruled Tuesday that Troy Davis, a death row inmate given a rare second chance by the US Supreme Court, had failed to prove his innocence, clearing the way for his execution.
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AP - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Georgia death row inmate whose case attracted international support failed to prove his innocence after the U.S. Supreme Court gave him a rare chance to clear his name.
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AFP - Troy Davis, a death row inmate at the center of a high profile effort to void his conviction on murder charges, has failed to prove his innocence, clearing the way for his execution, a court in the southern US state of Georgia ruled Tuesday.
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AP - A federal judge says Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis failed to prove his innocence after the U.S. Supreme Court gave him a rare chance to clear his name.
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AP - On the great yawning porch that once belonged to Confederate president Jefferson Davis, two women sit in rockers listening to the cicadas and looking out over Mississippi Sound as they wait for their tour to begin.
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Australia will be without its top players -- Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur -- when tennis makes its Commonwealth Games debut in India, officials said Wednesday.Instead Davis Cup regular Peter Luczak and Anastasia Rodionova, ranked 121 and 62 respectively, will headline Australia's campaign in New Delhi, Tennis Australia said.Australian media reports suggest former world number one Hewitt and Stosur, who reached the French Open final this year, will be absent as their schedules clash with ranking events.
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Andy Murray has parted company with Miles Maclagan, the former British Davis Cup player who has been his coach since the end of 2007. Murray, who is playing in Los Angeles this week, has not won a tournament for more than nine months and suffered a poor run of form following the Australian Open, although he reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon.
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American photographer Herman Leonard, famous for his photos of jazz greats such as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, has died. He was 87.
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Politico - The Alabama Democrat says he won't campaign for his former primary opponent.
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US cyclist Taylor Phinney will make his debut for the RadioShack team of Lance Armstrong at the Tour of Denmark from August 4-8, the team confirmed on Thursday.The 20-year-old Phinney, son of two former Olympic medallists Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter, won the last two world pursuit titles.New Zealand's Jesse Sergent, 22, Phinney's rival in the pursuit final at the world track championships in Copenhagen last March, will also debut for the team in Denmark along with compatriot Clinton Avery.
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