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Suarez Scores as Barca Beats Madrid 2-1 to Extend Liga Lead

Luis Suarez scored the winning goal to give Barcelona a 2-1 win over title rival Real Madrid on Sunday in a back-and-forth "clasico" between the Spanish league's main title rivals.

Suarez broke free from Madrid's defense to restore Barcelona's lead in the 56th minute, ensuring Barcelona opened up a four-point gap over Madrid with another 10 rounds remaining to decide the league crown.

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Djokovic Beats Federer in 3 Sets to Win Indian Wells Title

Move over Roger Federer, there is another guy with a share of your crown as king of the desert.

Novak Djokovic defeated Federer 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 to win his fourth BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, tying him with Federer for the most titles in the desert after winning for the second straight year.

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Spurs Win 114-95 at Faltering Hawks

San Antonio won comfortably at Atlanta 114-95 in Sunday's clash of two teams with form lines heading in opposite directions leading up to the NBA playoffs.

The Spurs have won three straight and the Hawks have lost three straight, though they can afford to ease up given they are still eight games clear atop the Eastern Conference, ahead of Cleveland, which won at Milwaukee.

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Arjen Robben Pulls out of Netherlands Team for Key Qualifier

Injured Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has pulled out of the Netherlands squad for a key European Championship qualifier against Turkey and a friendly against Spain.

Robben, who has been in stand-out form for club and country, was substituted in the 24th minute of Bayern's 2-0 home defeat Sunday to Borussia Moenchengladbach with a stomach muscle injury.

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Country Star Jason Aldean Marries Brittany Kerr

Country star Jason Aldean has married former "American Idol" contestant Brittany Kerr.

A representative for the singer confirmed that the pair tied the knot Saturday in Mexico. They announced their engagement in September.

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David Copperfield's Rooftop Pool Ruptures, Floods Penthouse

Now you see it, now you don't.

The water in magician David Copperfield's rooftop pool vanished — and flooded his penthouse apartment as well as multiple floors of his New York City apartment building on East 57th Street.

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Australia a Puzzling Hotbed of Islamic State Recruiting

A nightclub bouncer who reportedly became a terror group leader. A man who tweeted a photo of his young son clutching a severed head. A teenager who is believed to have turned suicide bomber, and others suspected of attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State movement. All of them, Australian.

The London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence reports that between 100 and 250 Australians have joined Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria. Given Australia's vast distance from the region and its population of just 24 million, it is a remarkable number. The center estimates that about 100 fighters came from the United States, which has more than 13 times as many people as Australia.

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Teachers Take 1,000 Apples to New York Governor in Protest

Teachers from an apple-growing region in New York have delivered 1,000 of them to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH'-moh) to protest education funding levels.

The teachers from the Finger Lakes say each of the shiny red apples represents a local teaching position unfilled because of years of underfunding for public education. They laid the baskets of apples in front of Cuomo's office Friday as a guard looked on.

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Smell Like a Whopper: Burger King Will Sell Cologne in Japan

For hamburger aficionados who want the smell even when they can't get a bite, Burger King is putting the scent into a limited-edition fragrance.

Burger King said Friday that the Whopper grilled beef burger-scented cologne will be sold only on April 1, and only in Japan.

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Petition for 'Top Gear' Presenter Clarkson Hits 1 Million

An online petition to reinstate Jeremy Clarkson at the hit BBC programme "Top Gear" reached a million signatures on Friday as the controversial presenter hinted that he may be sacked by the corporation.

In a stunt organised by the Guido Fawkes political blog, the petition was delivered to BBC headquarters in central London on a tank hired for the occasion with a banner reading "Bring Back Clarkson".

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