Soldiers sweep ice for Dutch skating race (AP)
AP - Dutch troops joined a race against time Wednesday to prepare ice for a legendary 125-mile (200 kilometer) race across frozen waterways in the northern Netherlands that could be staged for the first time in 15 years.
Donovan says Kentucky has champions’ ‘disposition’ (AP)
AP - Florida coach Billy Donovan handicapped what could be the national title game in April.
Durant’s shot lifts Thunder past Warriors 119-116 (AP)
AP - Kevin Durant came hard off the screen, took the pass and launched a jumper that banked off the glass and through the net.
Wade’s 26 helps Heat top Cavs, 107-91 (AP)
AP - Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, LeBron James added 24 against his former team and the Miami Heat tuned up for a long road trip by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-91 on Tuesday night.
Find puppy love (cats too) through Meet Your Match (AP)
AP - Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places?
Giants lauded as Super Bowl champs in NYC parade (AP)
AP - Thousands of fans roared as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoisted the team's Super Bowl trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float Tuesday during a victory parade through New York City, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg quipped should now be nicknamed the "Big Blue Apple."
Mayor calls NYC ‘Big Blue Apple’ for Giants’ win (AP)
AP - Thousands of fans roared as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoisted the team's Super Bowl trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float Tuesday during a victory parade through New York City, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg quipped should now be nicknamed the "Big Blue Apple."
Pa. vending machine dispenses ‘morning-after’ pill (AP)
AP - Students at Shippensburg University in central Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine installed at the request of the student government.
Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110 (AP)
AP - Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets.
Staff removed at LA school during abuse probe (AP)
AP - The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the school's teachers, one of whom is accused of blindfolding children, taping their mouths and photographing them in a classroom.
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