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ROME (AP) — A Rome court has ordered that the man convicted in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher and freed three years ago be placed under “special surveillance” for allegedly abusing a former girlfriend, Italian media reported on Friday. The order came after the former girlfriend filed a complaint last summer against Rudy Guede, a 36-year-old Ivorian …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. UNLV Rebels (12-9, 5-4 MWC) at New Mexico Lobos (19-4, 7-3 MWC) Albuquerque, New Mexico; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UNLV takes on No. 25 New Mexico …

PARIS (AP) — Metz snapped a seven-game losing streak in drawing at Marseille 1-1 in the French league and will rue not taking advantage of facing 10 men for more than an hour on Friday. A defeat in Marseille would have equalled Metz’s worst losing run and its hopes were raised after 30 minutes when Marseille captain Samuel Gigot was …