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Cyclist tests positive for EPO, risks life ban

FILE -- In this file photo, taken on May 7 2013, Italy's Danilo Di Luca, right, pedals during the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia, from Policastro Bussentino to Serra San Bruno, Italy. Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise test at his home before this year's race, organizers announced Friday, May 24, 2013. If confirmed in a backup "B'' sample, Di Luca risks a lifetime ban since this is his third offense. The test was carried out April 29, five days before the Giro started. (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari)

ROME (AP) — Cycling’s first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday.

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Cyclist tests positive for EPO, risks life ban

FILE -- In this file photo, taken on May 7 2013, Italy's Danilo Di Luca, right, pedals during the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia, from Policastro Bussentino to Serra San Bruno, Italy. Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise test at his home before this year's race, organizers announced Friday, May 24, 2013. If confirmed in a backup "B'' sample, Di Luca risks a lifetime ban since this is his third offense. The test was carried out April 29, five days before the Giro started. (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari)

ROME (AP) — Former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise test at his home before this year’s race, organizers announced Friday.

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Ocean not all that separates US, European fans

In this May 12, 2013, file photo AC Milan players Mario Balotelli, left, Kevin Prince Boateng (10) stand on the pitch during a stoppage in play in a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and AS Roma, at Milan's San Siro Stadium.  The game was stopped for almost two minutes because of racial abuse by Roma fans towards Balotelli and Boateng.  (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the crowd.

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Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before death

Artist Jack Zajac gives an interview about his small bronze sculpture, right, during a press preview of the exhibit  "Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy," during a press preview at the Dallas Museum of Art Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

DALLAS (AP) — Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling “reverential.”

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Sorrentino, Bruni Tedeschi bring Italy to Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) — La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.

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