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SAN FRANCISCO – Brandon Crawford thought back to 2002, when he was 15. He’s pretty sure he sat in the stands for a World Series game in San Francisco, though he’s not sure which one. He remembers the Giants leaving town with a 3-2 Series lead, bursting ahead 5-0 in …

If recent history is any indication, Kansas won’t be the only school to fire its football coach before the end of the regular season. Kansas made the season’s first coaching change Sunday when it dumped Charlie Weis. Last year, Southern California fired Lane Kiffin, Connecticut removed Paul Pasqualoni and Miami …

LONDON – The former school principal of the man who became “Jihadi John” says he was a relatively hardworking student who showed no signs of radicalization. Jo Shuter, former head teacher at Quintin Kynaston school in London, told BBC Radio on Monday that Mohammed Emwazi was a “hardworking and aspirational …

BOGOTA, Colombia – A new report by Human Rights Watch says gangs still operate freely in the crime-plagued port city of Buenaventura, with criminals carrying out murders and dismembering victims at an alarming rate a year after Colombia created a special task force to curb violence there. President Juan Manuel …

PARIS – The head of the U.N.’s cultural agency says the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage like that at an archaeological site in Nimrud, Iraq, amounts to a “war crime.” UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova appealed in a statement Friday to people around the world — “especially youth” — to protect …

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – An Ivory Coast court has sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to 20 years in prison for her part in post-election violence that killed more than 3,000 people four years ago. Her lawyer called it a “purely political decision.” Former President Laurent Gbagbo awaits trial for …

LONDON – Oil prices have further to drop with no signs of slowing production in the U.S., according to a global energy agency. The International Energy Agency, a watchdog group based in Paris that represents the world’s main oil-importing nations, said in its monthly report Friday that the recent stabilization …

YANGON, Myanmar – The death toll in a weekend ferry accident off Myanmar’s northwestern coast has increased to 59 as more bodies were recovered, state-run media reported Tuesday. The Myanma Ahlin newspaper said that rescuers pulled 23 more bodies out from inside the ship in about 30 meters (90 feet) …

WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s foreign minister says his government will reciprocate if Russia continues to bill for Poland’s diplomatic buildings. Grzegorz Schetyna spoke Wednesday after the Arbitration Court in St. Petersburg allowed bailiffs to evict Poland’s consulate there, saying Poland owes some $1 million in rent. The decision is seen …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – A governor says fighters from Central African Republic have kidnapped 16 people from a Cameroonian border town, including local politicians and clergy. Gov. Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua said Saturday that 30 heavily armed fighters seized a bus of people who were returning from a burial Thursday night. …