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YANGON, Myanmar – Campaigning kicked off Tuesday for Myanmar’s Nov. 8 general election, which is expected to be the Southeast Asian country’s most credible vote in more than a half-century. A long-ruling junta made way for a civilian government more than four years ago, but the military still retains a …

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kyle Busch broke his right leg and left foot in a vicious hit Saturday into a concrete wall during the Xfinity Series race. He’ll miss the Daytona 500 on Sunday and is out indefinitely. Busch sustained a right lower leg compound fracture and left mid-foot fracture …

PARIS – The International Energy Agency forecasts a sharp drop in oil supply from the United States, Russia and other non-OPEC countries because of continued low oil prices. In its monthly forecast Friday, the IEA says non-OPEC production is expected to drop nearly half a million barrels per day to …

Ty Dillon passed Kyle Busch with six laps to go to win Friday night’s Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It was Dillon’s first victory in 17 Truck Series starts. Busch, driving in his first Truck Series race of the year, dominated the proceedings, leading 75 of …

LONDON – Britain’s Home Secretary says the government was warned last month about Olympic security manpower issues — far earlier than has previously been admitted. Olympic security has been in crisis after contractor G4S made the last-minute admission that it hadn’t recruited enough people to guard London’s sensitive games sites. …

WASHINGTON – To prepare for the playoffs, Denver coach Brian Shaw said he wants his high-scoring team to learn to win tough games. There was no better training ground for bump-and-grind basketball than Monday’s 75-74 victory over the Washington Wizards. Wilson Chandler scored 17 points, Nate Robinson added 16, and …

Brad Keselowski and Roger Penske make an odd couple, no question about it. But in NASCAR, they are the Power Couple of 2012. Keselowski, 28, is a brash, cocky, blue-collar Michigan racer with a penchant for pissing off other drivers and a thumb on the pulse of social media. Penske, …

PARIS – It’s just wrong when a sports star with wealth and influence kicks a 17-year-old simply because he finds him annoying. The soccer players past and present who lined up on television and on Twitter to suggest otherwise, who reached for half-cocked justifications for the violence from Eden Hazard, …

AMES, Iowa – Bubu Palo sprinted out of Iowa State’s home locker room with his teammates last week while being showered with applause, culminating his long quest to rejoin the Cyclones. Then the lights came on, the fans took their seats and Palo grabbed his hard-fought spot the bench. To …

MADISON, Wis. – Four quarterbacks could be in play in the season opener Saturday night between two power conference programs. No. 14 Wisconsin meets No. 13 LSU in Houston in a prime-time matchup. The Badgers appear to have settled on dual-threat junior Tanner McEvoy as the starter, though coach Gary …