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High School Sports

Hermiston girls size up Hanford in road win

McKenzie Byrd and Jansen Edmiston combined for 33 points to lead the Hermiston Bulldogs to a 60-52 win over the host Hanford Falcons in a nonleague matchup Tuesday.

Tri-City Americans

Hockey: Americans' Comrie sharp in loss to Thunderbirds

The Seattle Thunderbirds were lighting the lamp for an average of 5.3 goals a games during their current six-game win streak.

Mid-Columbia

Chiawana edges Richland in girls bowling

Brenda Vela rolled a 165-167 to help the Riverhawks pick up a Mid-Columbia Conference girls bowling road victory on overall pin count on Tuesday. Chiawana won 1,789 to 1,703 at Atomic Lanes.

College

From left, Kristopher Pratt, 20, of Detroit, and Ed Jones, 20, of Detroit, both suspects in the shooting death of Eastern Michigan football player Demarius Reed stand during a preliminary examination at district court in Pittsfield Township, Mich., on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. The hearing was adjourned until January, 2014. (AP Photo/AnnArbor.com, Melanie Maxwell) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT

Police: Slain player targeted because of clothes

Police say an Eastern Michigan University football player killed during a possible robbery may have been targeted because he had on expensive-looking clothing. 1 hour ago

AP PHOTOS: The highs and lows of championship week 1 hour ago
Texas AD: 'No decisions' made yet about Mack Brown 1 hour ago
FCS Quarterfinal: Soaring Eagles host surging Jacksonville St. 2 hours ago
FCS Quarterfinal: NDSU defense ultimate test for Coastal 2 hours ago

"Want me to tell you?" receiver Phil Bates says in front of his locker. Bates is standing next to fellow receiver Jermaine Kearse During the Seahawks' Monday night victory over New Orleans on Dec. 2, Kearse and quarterback Russell Wilson connected...

NFL Football

Patriots at Dolphins opens 3 weeks of showdowns

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones knows how it goes this time of the season, with so much at stake for so many teams. 1 hour ago

Outdoors

Emily and Travis Motter, with Madeline and 5-month-old Jack, walk on the Pacific Crest Trail, which crosses the Columbia River at the Bridge of the Gods between Cascade Locks, Ore., and Stevenson, Wash. (AP Photo/Statesman-Journal, Thomas Patterson)

Legend adds to mystique of Bridge of the Gods

Such a grandiose name for a bridge. But the Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia River between Cascade Locks and Stevenson, Wash., has a more colorful history than most similar structures.