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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, may appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week, just not on Monday as the committee had planned. Her attorneys say th

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KINGSTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings received a life ban by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) on Monday. The decision came four days after Mullings, 29, was found guilty of taking the masking agent furosimide. He fi

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