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(SportsNetwork.com) – The Los Angeles Kings’ homestand began with the return of goaltender Jonathan Quick. Three games in and it looks as though it may also get the club back on track. The Kings resume the five-game stay at home on Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to this …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Quarterback Andy Dalton is armed with a new contract that could keep him with the Bengals through the 200 season. It may just set the market for Chiefs counterpart Alex Smith. On Thursday night, Smith will get a chance to prove whether the two of them …

Frisco, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Defending Southland Conference champion Southeastern Louisiana football team gained a high of 15 selections on the conference’s preseason squad announced Wednesday. Southeastern, which finished 11-3 overall and 7-0 in Southland play last season, had five more selections than the next closest team, McNeese State. Representing the …

(SportsNetwork.com) – All eyes in Group H will be on Belgium as Mark Wilmots’ team look to make their mark on the World Cup with a young and talented squad. Belgium’s last trip to the knockout round at a World Cup came in 2002, and it was also the last …

ATLANTA – After two summers of jarring change, the Atlanta Hawks expect things to be a lot quieter this offseason. Not that they’re planning to sit still. The Hawks will surely have several new faces next season, whether it’s from the 15th pick in the draft or a plunge into …

ISTANBUL – All that stands between the U.S. women’s basketball team and a second straight world championship gold medal is Spain. This is the game everyone expected for the finals of the men’s world cup last month, but Spain fell short, losing before the gold medal game, which was won …

TEHRAN, Iran – Monday’s report quotes a statement by the Guard’s cyber security division as saying it has tracked “likes” by 8 million Facebook users. It accuses Facebook of trying to attract users to “immoral pages” with “obscene content” through its suggestion system. It says Facebook openly supports pages that …

MONTREUX, Switzerland – Fresh from the latest round of Iran nuclear negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Saudi Arabia to ease Gulf Arab concerns about an emerging deal and discuss ways to calm instability in troubled Yemen. Kerry flies later Wednesday to Riyadh where he will …

SANTIAGO, Chile – Prosecutors are asking a judge to charge the owners of a prominent Chilean financial company with bribery, tax evasion and illegally financing the campaign of right-wing politicians. Attorney General Sabas Chahuan is seeking formal charges against Carlos Delano and Carlos Lavin, who own the Penta Group, which …

DUBLIN – A top Irish court has ruled a key plank of the country’s anti-narcotics laws illegal, temporarily legalizing the possession of many street stimulants and hallucinogens. The government scrambled to close the surprise loophole Tuesday with an emergency late-night bill. Health Minister Leo Varadkar said the government hoped its …