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Jay Matthew Price

Last updated Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 6:58pm

Jay M. Price, 89, of Ogden, died Saturday, December 15, 2012. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at the Orchard Park 1st Ward, 3270 Orchard Ave., where friends may call from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Burial will take place at a later date in Paris, ID. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com. Read the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Name game: French team signs a Lionel Messi

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 3:26pm

PARIS -- What's in a name? A struggling French soccer club hopes plenty.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech to magistrates and policemen who took part in the investigations in the shooting of seven persons and the siege of the gunman Mohamed Merah in Toulouse, at the Elysee palace in Paris, Tuesday, March, 27, 2012. Al-Jazeera has received video footage that appears to show the deadly attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school in southwestern France, including the cries of the victims and the voice of the perpetrator. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said it should not be broadcast.(AP Photo/Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool)

Al-Jazeera won’t air video of French attacks

Jamey Keaten, Sarah DiLorenzo The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 9:54am

PARIS — Al-Jazeera said Tuesday it will not air a video that appears to show the attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school in southwestern France earlier this month from the killer’s point of view, including the cries of his victims.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, shakes hands with supporters near his campaign party headquarters, Paris, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Sarkozy said Thursday an investigation was under way to see if the suspect in a series of radical Islam-inspired killings had any accomplices. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

No sign French suspect had al-Qaida ties

Jamey Keaten The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 12:26pm

PARIS -- French authorities have no evidence that al-Qaida commissioned a French gunman to go on a killing spree that left seven people dead, or that he had any contact with terrorist groups, a senior official said Friday.

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In this photo of Thursday March 15, 2012, soldiers are seen at the site of the shooting of three French soldiers in Mautauban, southern France. A gunman on a motorbike opened fire on three uniformed paratroopers at a bank machine Thursday in Montauban in southern France, killing two and critically wounding the other. The incident occurred not far from their barracks. French police have broadened a probe into the shooting deaths of two paratroopers to include counterterrorism investigators and specialists in serial killers, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Frederic Lancelot)

2 French soldiers dead, 1 injured in shooting attack

Ralf Krueger Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 10:56am

PARIS -- Two soldiers in their 20s were killed Thursday when an unidentified assailant shot at a group of soldiers in southwest France, a military spokesman told the German news agency dpa.

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A graph shows the fall of the Euro in Paris, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. The euro fell to a 17-month low against the dollar on news reports that France’s credit rating might be downgraded by Standard & Poor’s. If France were downgraded it could hurt efforts to resolve Europe’s debt crisis. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Standard & Poor’s defends mass European downgrade

Angela Charlton The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 5:32pm

PARIS — Amid a wave of criticism, Standard & Poor’s defended its decision to downgrade nine European countries and insisted Saturday that the region’s leaders aren’t doing enough to solve their debt crises.

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France to bring home staff from embassy in Iran

Jenny Barchfield The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 3, 2011 - 9:21am

PARIS -- France is temporarily downsizing its embassy in Iran and will bring some employees and their families home, a French official said Saturday. The move is the latest fallout from protesters' storming of the British embassy in Tehran and adds to the international pressure on the Iranian government.

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Beckham's age not a problem, says PSG's Leonardo

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 10:24pm

PARIS -- David Beckham is wanted by Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo, who dismisses suggestions the former England captain is too old at 36 to play in the French league.

They worked together when Beckham had a second loan to AC Milan last year, and Leonardo would welcome the chance to bring him to PSG -- which has wealthy Qatari backers and spent (euro) 82 million ($116 million) this season.

"Beckham is unique in the world of football. He's very happy in Los Angeles now," Leonardo said on Tuesday in an interview with sports daily L'Equipe. "Anything can happen. His family will weigh heavily in his choice."

Beckham's Major League Soccer contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy expires this month.

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Column: For once, FIFA does the right thing

John Leicester The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 7:52pm

PARIS -- It's often fishy when politicians wade into the world of sports, popping up at just the right moment to be photographed with a winning team and scoring political points off the back of sports as freely as Lionel Messi scores goals.

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'Carlos the Jackal' goes on trial

Clare Byrne Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 2:49pm

PARIS -- Jailed Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, nicknamed "Carlos the Jackal," went on trial Monday in France accused of orchestrating a deadly bombing campaign in the early 1980s.

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FILE - In a July 26, 2011 file photo, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde addresses a gathering at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. A French court on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 ordered an investigation into new IMF chief Christine Lagarde's role in a much-criticized $400 million arbitration deal in favor of a controversial tycoon. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

French court orders probe of IMF chief Lagarde

Cecile Brisson The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 9:40am

PARIS -- A French court on Thursday ordered an investigation into new IMF chief Christine Lagarde's role in a much-criticized $400 million arbitration deal in favor of a controversial tycoon.

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Ryan Lamke poses for a photograph in Washington recently. Lamke was a corporal in the Marine Corps and served as an infantry assault man in Iraq. While in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2005, he suffered traumatic brain injury, orthopedic injuries to his left arm and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Brain injury raises dementia risk, new U.S. study claims

Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 10:53pm

PARIS -- A large study in older veterans raises fresh concern about mild brain injuries that hundreds of thousands of troops have suffered from explosions in recent wars. Even concussions seem to raise the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other dementia later in life, researchers found.

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American actress and singer Liza Minnelli sports the medal of Officer of the Legion of Honor she was awarded by French culture minister Frederic Mitterrand in Paris, Monday July 11, 2011. (Remy de la Mauviniere/The Associated Press)

France honors US entertainer Liza Minnelli

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 11, 2011 - 12:13pm

PARIS -- France has paid tribute to storied songstress Liza Minnelli, making the "Cabaret" star an officer in the country's Legion of Honor.

French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand pinned the red-ribboned medal on Minnelli's lapel in an emotional ceremony in a gilded hall Monday.

Minnelli called the distinction "a dream come true" and said she was "honored to be a part of France, a part of Paris."

A visibly moved Minnelli told spectators at the ceremony: "Thank you for watching me, thank you for caring about me."

Federer beats Djokovic in French Open semifinals

Chris Lehourites, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, June 3, 2011 - 2:31pm

PARIS -- No go, Djoko. It's Roger vs. Rafa in the French Open final again.

Novak Djokovic's perfect season and 43-match winning streak were ended by Roger Federer in the semifinals at Roland Garros. The 16-time Grand Slam champion beat the second-seeded Serb 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) Friday and will face Rafael Nadal in the final for the fourth time in six years.

"I've trained a lot during my whole life for these kinds of matches," Federer said. "There was an enormous amount of pressure on Novak and he really played well."

Five-time champion Nadal, who is one victory away from equaling Bjorn Borg's record of six French Open titles, defeated Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 earlier on Court Philippe Chatrier to improve his record at Roland Garros to 44-1.

On Sunday, Nadal will try to beat Federer for the sixth time in eight Grand Slam finals.

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