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Manziel to start for injured McCown against unbeaten Bengals (Yahoo Sports)

With starting quarterback Josh McCown unable to play because of a painful rib injury, Johnny Manziel will start Thursday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals, who treated him so rudely as a rookie on the road last year and now get him on their home turf. In his first NFL start last season, Manziel was chased, sacked, intercepted and taunted by the Bengals in a 30-0 embarrassment. McCown was unable

Oilers get 4-2 win over Flyers but lose McDavid to injury (Yahoo Sports)

McDavid left the game late in the second period favoring his left shoulder after an awkward collision at full speed into the boards alongside Philadelphia defensemen Michael Del Zotto and Brandon Manning, who also lost their balance on the play. McLellan said he was impressed how his team came together after the loss of the star rookie for a 4-2 victory over the Flyers. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice and Taylor

Oklahoma woman charged in parade crash that killed 4 (Yahoo Sports)

A woman accused of running a red light and purposely driving around a barricade and over a police motorcycle before crashing into spectators at Oklahoma State University’s homecoming parade was formally charged Wednesday with four counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of felony assault. Payne County District Attorney Laura Thomas filed formal charges against 25-year-old Adacia Chambers of Stillwater. Chambers has remained jailed in Stillwater on $1 million bond

Plane crashes in South Sudan, witnesses say dozens killed

By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) – A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital, killing dozens of people, witnesses said. The precise death toll was not immediately clear after the Antonov-12 B plane turbo prop plane crashed soon after take off, leaving chunks of wreckage, bodies and cargo strewn along a bank of the White Nile River.

18 dead, scores trapped as Pakistan factory collapses

By Mubasher Bukari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 18 people were killed and up to 150 trapped on Wednesday when a factory collapsed near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said, adding to a number of industrial disasters to hit the South Asian nation. Rescue workers digging for survivors with construction equipment have recovered 40 injured people so far, said Mohammed Younis Bhatti, an information officer with Edhi

For Southeast Asia, growing U.S.-China maritime row means a balancing act

By Yeganeh Torbati KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – As the United States and Japan tussled with China over the wording of a concluding statement at an Asian security meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week, caught in the middle was host Malaysia. Plans for a joint statement were eventually dropped by the Malaysian government because of disagreements over the disputed South China Sea. U.S. and Japanese officials wanted to address Beijing’s island-building.

Russia says Lavrov, Kerry hold phone call on Syria crisis

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday held a phone call in which they discussed ways for the international community to help support efforts to end the Syria crisis, Russia’s foreign ministry said. Their discussion included ways to form a united Syrian opposition delegation so as to swiftly improve Syrian national political dialogue and to consolidate positions on fighting terrorism,