UPDATE 1-Soccer-Ligue 1 summaries

Jan 11 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the Ligue 1 matches on FridayParis St Germain 0Red Card: Thiago Motta 45+1Ajaccio 0Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 43,000- - -St Etienne 2 Loic Perrin 26, Yohan Mollo 62Toulouse 2 Etienne Didot 27, Serge Aurier 43Halftime: 1-2; Attendance: 18,410- - -Next Fixtures (GMT):Saturday, January 12ES Troyes AC v Olympique Lyon (1600)AS Nancy v Lille (1900)Evian Thonon...

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UPDATE 1-Soccer-Ligue 1 top scorers

Jan 11 (Infostrada Sports) - Top scorers of the Ligue 1 on Friday18 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris St Germain)11 Bafetimbi Gomis (Olympique Lyon)10 Dario Cvitanich (Nice)9 Anthony Modeste (Bastia)Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse)8 Julien Feret (Stade Rennes)Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (St Etienne)7 Jeremie Aliadiere (FC Lorient)Yoan Gouffran (Girondins Bordeaux)Romain Alessandrini (Stade Rennes)Eden Ben Basat...

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UPDATE 1-Soccer-Ligue 1 results and standings

Jan 11 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Ligue 1 matches on FridayFriday, January 11Paris St Germain 0 Ajaccio 0St Etienne 2 Toulouse 2Standings P W D L F A Pts1 Paris St Germain 20 11 6 3 36 12 392 Olympique Lyon 19 11 5 3 33 17 38-------------------------3 Olympique Marseille 19 12 2 5 24 20 38-------------------------4 Stade Rennes 19 10 2 7 29 24 32-------------------------5...

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Locals say shifting sea ice frees trapped whales

MONTREAL (AP) — About a dozen killer whales trapped under sea ice appeared to be free after the ice shifted, village officials in Canada's remote north said Thursday, while residents who feared they would get stuck elsewhere hired a plane to track them down.The whales' predicament in the frigid waters of Hudson Bay made international headlines, and locals had been planning a rescue operation with...

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U.S. attack submarine strikes vessel in Gulf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nuclear-powered U.S. attack submarine struck a suspected fishing vessel shortly after passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf on Thursday, damaging one of the submarine's periscopes but injuring no one, a Navy official said on the condition of anonymity.The Navy's Fifth Fleet said in a statement the vessel appeared unaware of the incident, adding it "continued on...

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From monkeys to surfers, San Diego braces for cold

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Strawberry growers covered their crops while San Diego zookeepers turned on heaters for the chimpanzees as Southern California braced for a cold snap that was expected to drop temperatures to a six-year low.Forecasters warned that a low pressure trough sinking over San Diego County and parts of neighboring Orange County could keep nightly temperatures below freezing in coastal areas,...

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Senator Reid rejects Boehner "fiscal cliff" backup plan

Congressional leaders and the Obama administration are attempting to negotiate a …more WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner's backup plan that would simply extend low income tax rates for households with incomes below $1 million a year "cannot pass both houses of Congress," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday.Reid, a Democrat, said Boehner instead should focus on reaching...

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White House defends offer as 'good faith effort'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defending President Barack Obama's proposal to set a higher threshold for tax increases than what he vowed to do during his presidential campaign. The White House says Obama has moved halfway to meet House Speaker John Boehner on a "fiscal cliff" deal that raises $1.2 trillion in tax revenue, down from the $1.6 trillion Obama had initially requested.White House...

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Factbox: U.S. House "Plan B" tax bill likely to have short shelf life

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote this week on what is being called "Plan B" on avoiding the "fiscal cliff."The Republican-sponsored legislation aims to extend current low tax rates for most families. Without such action by Congress, across-the-board income tax rates will rise on January 1.The combination of $500 billion in tax hikes and $100 billion in spending...

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UPDATE 1-NBA-Nuggets survive Kobe fireworks to ice Lakers

* Gasol, Howard banged up in loss* Gallinari three-pointer snuffs out Lakers (Adds quotes)LOS ANGELES, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Denver Nuggets dropped the stumbling Los Angeles Lakers further into the doldrums on Sunday with a 112-105 win despite some fourth-quarter fireworks from Kobe Bryant.Ty Lawson scored 21 points and 10 assists and Danilo Gallinari hit five of his 20 in the final seconds to kill...

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