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10 things to know for the Champions League final

LONDON (AP) -- It's time for the biggest game in club soccer - brought to you by Germany....

Late turnovers doom Heat in Game 2 loss, 97-93

MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James blamed one person after the Miami Heat let home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals slip from their hands....

Column: IndyCar needs to start playin' the feud

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- They have dinner together. They chat it up on Twitter. They offer congratulations on jobs well done, solace when things don't go so well....

Sanabia : I didn't know spitter was against rules

CHICAGO (AP) -- Miami Marlins pitcher Alex Sanabia said he didn't know it was illegal to spit directly onto a baseball....

AP Source: Jets RB Goodson to practice Tuesday

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that Jets running back Mike Goodson is expected to return to practice Tuesday despite his legal troubles....

10 things to know about the Indianapolis 500

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 is Sunday with a wide-open field and a pair of drivers trying to join the elite list of four-time winners. Two Americans start on the front row, along with Carlos Munoz, an unknown Indy 500 newcomer who grew up idolizing Juan Pablo Montoya - a fellow Colombian who won "The Greatest Spectacle In Racing" as a rookie....

AP source: FIFA task force seeks 5-game racism ban

LONDON (AP) -- FIFA's new anti-racism task force will ask soccer's governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday....

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A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) -- For 66 years, the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize, the Palme d'Or, has been one of the most prestigious in movies. Winners have ranged from classic American films (Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation") to European classics (Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita")....

Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France (AP) -- After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d'Or....

Iranian director facing jail appears in Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) -- "Manuscripts Don't Burn" tells the story of an Iranian author secretly writing his memoirs and authorities' attempts to destroy the manuscript - a topic the director, Mohammad Rasoulof, knows quite a bit about....

Actor Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio schools

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in the city's South-Western schools....

Calif. teen takes supermodel to prom

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- A Southern California teen turned heads at his prom when he showed up with a Sports Illustrated model as his date....

Stone Temple Pilots sue ex-frontman Scott Weiland

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Stone Temple Pilots accuse former frontman Scott Weiland of misusing the band's name to further his solo career and want a judge to strip the rocker of his ability to use the group's name or songs....

Rare Superman comic found in house insulation

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota....

Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'

CANNES, France (AP) -- For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."...

Man charged with stalking Jennifer Lawrence's kin

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Jennifer Lawrence after authorities say he repeatedly insisted that the man put him in touch with the Oscar-winning actress so he could protect her, according to court documents....

Snooki: NJ Gov Christie 'just doesn't like us'

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV's "Jersey Shore," saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light....
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