No jail for school bus driver charged in Maryland crash
A former Prince George\’s County school bus driver
was sentenced Friday to 30 days of home detention for a crash that occurred
after he left his bus unattended in Beltsville.
Britain claims victory in EU bill standoff
RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain claimed victory on Friday in its standoff with the European Union over a 2.1 billion euro ($2.7 billion) budget contribution, saying it was able to delay and reduce payment. Others, however, quickly dismissed Britain’s boast it had cut its dues in half as an effort to save…
Alabama-LSU game a high-stakes affair yet again
BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban wants his players to understand that facing 14th-ranked LSU in Death Valley’s famously frenzied atmosphere Saturday night is one of the hardest things they’ll do all season. He also wants the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide to embrace it. “If you’re a great…
Mora returns to Washington with No. 18 Bruins
TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — In any other week, all the talk would revolve around Jim Mora coming back to face Washington in Husky Stadium for the first time since moving into the college ranks and taking the head coaching job at UCLA. Washington is where Mora played, where he got his…
Irish, Sun Devils set for epic showdown
JOHN MARSHALL AP College Football Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 11 Arizona State have spent two months jockeying for position. Both have won big games, rallied from disappointing losses. The Irish and Sun Devils are both among a glut of one-loss teams fighting to get into the College Football…
FIFA rules panel to study video replay options
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA says football’s rule-making panel is preparing to study options for video replays to help referees. A call by FIFA President Sepp Blatter for coaches to challenge on-field decisions could be assessed when the International Football Association Board meets Nov. 24-25 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Meetings of the full IFAB panel and…
Ashes sparked Va. day care fire that killed child
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Fire officials say hot ashes sparked an Oct. 21 fire at an in-home day care in Chesterfield County that killed a 1-year-old boy. Fire officials on Friday said a trash bag containing ashes from a fire pit had been placed in the garage of the Midlothian home. The Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1xhvxOJ)…
Thunder sign Ish Smith to injury-riddled team
The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City has signed free-agent guard Ish Smith to the injury-riddled team. The Thunder said Friday the transaction was allowed under the NBA’s hardship rule. They’re missing Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook and other key players because of injuries. Smith spent the 2013-14 season with Phoenix, where he…
Climate change inspires rise of ‘cli-fi’ flicks
TAMARA LUSH Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The giant, inflatable whale in this Gulf Coast city signals not only the arrival of one of the world’s biggest documentary festivals, but also the emergence of film as a way to tell the story of climate change. Once perhaps relegated to National Geographic and PBS…
Bill would require background checks for Md. docs
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland doctors would undergo criminal background checks and be continuously monitored under legislation the state medical licensing board plans to propose next year. The Board of Physicians released a draft of the bill Thursday. It would require fingerprinting and a one-time background check for license applicants and doctors seeking to renew their…
