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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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McIlroy sees ‘tricky’ U.S. Open
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Even though he has yet to play at the Olympic Club, Rory McIlroy already knows what to expect this June.All he has to do is look at his scorecard from last year.After a record-setting performance at rain-softened Congressional, the defending champion is counting on the U.S. Open to truly return to “golf’s toughest test” on the San Francisco shoreline. Just listening to USGA executive director Mike Davis explain the Lake Course’s layout Monday from three time zones away made
May 1, 2012
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Dufner takes Zurich for first PGA Tour win
AVONDALE, Louisiana (AP) ― Jason Dufner beat Ernie Els with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff Sunday in the Zurich Classic to win for the first time in 164 starts on the PGA Tour.Entering the fourth round with a two-shot lead, Dufner shot a 2-under 70 at TPC Louisiana, while Els had a 67 to match Dufner at 19-under 269.Both missed birdie putts within 8 feet on the par-5 18th in the first playoff, so they went back to the 18th tee for the second extra hole, which Dufner won by hitting the
April 30, 2012
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Lewis leads in Mobile
MOBILE, Alabama (AP) ― Stacy Lewis will probably chat away with Brittany Lincicome, who might squeeze in some Sudoku time during pauses in the action.Nothing like good friends and puzzles to keep a high-stakes round of golf loose. The two pals and France’s Karine Icher will play in the final group Sunday with the Mobile Bay Classic title on the line.Lewis birdied five of the last seven holes Saturday for her second straight 5-under 67, giving her a two-stroke lead over Lincicome entering the fin
April 29, 2012
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4-way tie at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
MOBILE, Alabama (AP) ― Jennifer Rosales birdied five of the first seven holes on the back nine and finished with a 5-under 67 on Thursday in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic for a share of the first-round lead with Katie Futcher, Lindsey Wright and Caroline Hedwall.Rosales, the Filipino player who won the last of her two LPGA Tour titles in 2005, had a birdie and a bogey on the front nine before making her back-nine move on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Magnolia Grove co
April 27, 2012
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Koreans struggle in testing early conditions
SEOUL (AFP) -- Local heroes Kyung-Tae Kim and Bae Sang-moon found it tough to live up to the weight of expectation at their home tournament during the first round of the Ballantine’s Championship on Thursday.Bae, the highest ranked Korean in the field at world number 32, was five-over par after 11 holes before battling back in gusts at up to 45kph, to finish at three-over 75 at the mountain setting of Blackstone Golf Club near Seoul. “From the very first hole things did not go well,” Bae said, r
April 26, 2012
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Yang has high hopes at Ballantine’s
Korea’s veteran golfer Yang Yong-eun is determined to find his form at this week’s Ballantine’s Championship after a sluggish start this season.Yang, Asia’s first major champion, is back in Korea to prove his talent at the home event, which is scheduled from April 26-29 at the Blackstone Golf Club in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province.“My condition is great, and I will work hard so that I can get better results compared to last year,” Yang said in a news conference at the golf club on Tuesday.Yang is mak
April 24, 2012
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Curtis holds on at Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO (AP) ― Ben Curtis won the Texas Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title since 2006, holding off Matt Every and John Huh in a tense back-nine finish for a two-stroke victory.Curtis birdied the par-5 18th for an even-par 72 and 9-under total. It was a redeeming and emotional win for the 2003 British Open winner whose long slump relegated him to status so low that the victory came in only the fourth PGA Tour event that he managed to get into this year.Curtis calmly hugged his caddie
April 23, 2012
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Miyazato wins LOTTE tourney
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) ― Japan’s Ai Miyazato won the LPGA LOTTE Championship on Saturday for her eighth career LPGA Tour title, birdieing three of the last six holes for a 2-under 70 and a four-stroke victory.Miyazato finished at 12-under 276 at wind-swept Ko Olina. She opened with rounds of 71, 65 and 70 to take a three-stroke lead in the final round.Lee Mee-na, ahead early on the back nine and tied for the lead after a birdie on No. 15, had a 70 to tie for second with Azahara Munoz at 8 under. M
April 22, 2012
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Every shoots course-record 63 at Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO (AP) ― Matt Every arrived at the Texas Open having sworn off instructors, proudly cutting practices short and cringing at the sight of other players endlessly tweaking their swings.His reward was a course record at a PGA Tour stop.Outshining the few big PGA Tour names in a weakened field, Every made nine birdies in a bogey-free 9-under 63 for a three-stroke lead over Hunter Haas after the first round Thursday.It was a career best on a notoriously unforgiving TPC San Antonio course th
April 20, 2012
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Bader leads at LPGA LOTTE Championship
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) ― Beth Bader shot a 4-under 68 on Wednesday at windy Ko Olina to take a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Yani Tseng and three other players in the LPGA LOTTE Championship.Winless in 13 seasons on the LPGA Tour, Bader birdied Nos. 5, 6 and 7 to reach 5 under, but closed with a bogey on the par-4 ninth in the first-year event.Tseng, the Taiwanese star who has won three of the first six events this year, was second along with HSBC Women’s Champions winner Angela Stanford, Shin J
April 19, 2012
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Major winner Yoo back on course at new LPGA event
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AFP) ― Korea’s Yoo Sun-young, fresh off capturing her first major title earlier this month, returns to the course at the inaugural $1.7 million LPGA Lotte Championship.The 72-hole event with a Saturday finish features a field of 144 chasing the top prize of $255,000 at Oahu’s Ko Olina Golf Club, which has hosted nine prior LPGA events, most recently in 2008 when American Paula Creamer was the winner.Yoo sank a 20-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole three weeks ago to win
April 18, 2012
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Pettersson wins RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) ― Save the fitness trailer for the rest of the PGA Tour, Carl Petterson knows he’s fine the way he is.Petterson used another fast start for a 2-under 69 and a five-shot victory over Zach Johnson on Sunday at the RBC Heritage. Pettersson has never fit the tapered, powerful build made popular by Tiger Woods and copied by scores of young players.The one time the 34-year-old Pettersson did slim down and lost 30 pounds, he also lost his winning golf swing.“Ulti
April 16, 2012
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Pettersson holds 1-stroke lead at RBC
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) ― Carl Pettersson couldn’t have had a better time with Colt Knost at the RBC Heritage. He hopes to have as much fun when the two play again on Sunday.Pettersson had a run of five straight birdies on the front nine and finished with a birdie on the 18th hole for a 66 and a one-stroke lead over Knost heading into the final round of the RBC Heritage on Saturday.Pettersson and Knost chatted and laughed throughout the round, looking more like a pair of duffers
April 15, 2012
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Three tied for lead at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) ― Chad Campbell used a fast start, and Vaughn Taylor and Colt Knost had strong finishes to share the first-round lead at 4-under 67 in the RBC Heritage on Thursday.Campbell birdied four of his first seven holes, Knost birdied three of his last five, and Taylor holed out from the fairway for a closing eagle on the par-4 ninth hole at Harbour Town Golf Links.Jim Furyk, the 2010 winner, was a stroke back along with Harris English, Charlie Wi and Matt Every. F
April 13, 2012
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Kuchar set to tee off at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) ― Matt Kuchar wasn’t smiling much Sunday night after his near miss at the Masters last week.The world’s 14th-ranked golfer had hoped a night in his own bed would prepare him for this week’s RBC Heritage. Instead, Kuchar replayed the most critical shots of the round as he tied for the lead with three holes left, then gave it away with a bogey on the par-3 16th.Kuchar, who gained his nice-guy reputation with his megawatt smile as a college golfer at Augusta
April 12, 2012
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World’s top golfers set to clash in Korea
Asia’s first major champion Yang Yong-eun, world No. 8 Adam Scott and 2011 Open Championship winner Darren Clarke are set to clash in Korea in the country’s biggest golf tournament later this month.Marking its fifth year, the 2012 Ballantine’s Championship will be held at Blackstone Golf Club, Icheon, April 26 to 29. Also joining the lineup will be last year’s runner-up Miguel Angel Jimenez and his Ryder Cup teammate, Ian Poulter. The two have won an impressive 29 European Tour titles between th
April 12, 2012
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Tigers stay unbeaten with 5-2 win
DETROIT (AP) ― Now in his fourth season, Rick Porcello has a lot of experience for a 23-year-old.Detroit hopes he’s finally ready to become one of the game’s elite pitchers.Porcello threw seven solid innings on a snowy afternoon at Comerica Park, and Detroit’s powerful offense finally broke through in the eighth Tuesday to give the Tigers a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Miguel Cabrera doubled and scored on Prince Fielder’s single, part of a decisive three-run rally.Porcello allowed two runs a
April 11, 2012
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Watson forces playoff, hits shot of his life to win first major
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) ― Trapped in the trees, Bubba Watson had no chance. Good thing he’s one of those guys who never hits the ball straight.Unable to even see the green from where he was standing, Watson curled a shot from out of the pine straw and safely onto the 10th green to win the Masters on the second hole of a playoff Sunday over South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen.Watson won his first major and sobbed hard, his shoulders heaving, as he embraced his mother on the 10th green. He won by hittin
April 9, 2012
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Hanson leads Mickelson in Masters
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) ― Peter Hanson could hear the roars that signalled a Phil Mickelson charge at the Masters on Saturday, and the Swede calmly responded with a series of birdies that gave him a one-shot lead over the American heading into the final round.While the crowd urged on Mickelson, the 34-year-old Hanson, playing in only his second Masters, made four birdies over the last five holes for a 7-under 65, the lowest score of the tournament.“I’m standing in the middle of the fairway and I f
April 8, 2012
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A wide open field at Masters
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) ― Tiger Woods couldn’t see the green through the trees, though that was only a minor obstacle. He choked up on a 5-wood and played a sweeping draw around the pines, over the water and onto the back of the green.As he approached the Sarazen Bridge to the 15th green Wednesday, the grandstand rumbled when fans suddenly rose in unison to see him walk by. Some of them held cameras as high as they could, clicked and hoped for the best.Woods is worth watching at the Masters for al
April 5, 2012