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• Italy: Catholic church, Albania, Ireland to take migrants

  25-08-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  ROME (AP) — Catholic bishops, tiny Albania and Ireland agreed to take the 140 migrants blocked aboard an Italian coast guard vessel, Premier Giuseppe Conte said Saturday, announcing the end of 10-day standoff over the asylum-seekers but making clear an angry Italy could avenge a perceived lack of overall European Union solidarity by refusing to approve the bloc's next multi-year budget.
  
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• Congo: 2 who received experimental Ebola treatment recover

  25-08-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's health ministry says two of the first 10 people to receive an experimental treatment for the Ebola virus in the latest outbreak have recovered, and monitoring could show what role the treatment played.
  
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• Italy's far-right interior minister faces probe over stranded migrants

  25-08-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  Prosecutors in Sicily on Saturday opened an inquiry into Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for "illegal confinement, illegal arrest and abuse of power", reports said, over his refusal to allow over 100 rescued migrants off a coastguard ship.Authorities earlier allowed a dozen migrants to leave the Diciotti where they have been stranded for days, as it also hailed Albania for offering to accept some of those on board.Rome has blocked most of the migrants from stepping off the boa
  
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• Pope in Ireland decries abuse cover-up, meets with victims

  25-08-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  DUBLIN (AP) — Pope Francis faced a lukewarm reception and scattered protests Saturday on his trip to Ireland, with even his vow to rid the church of the "scourge" of sexual abuse and his outrage at those "repugnant crimes" dismissed as a disappointment by some of Ireland's wounded victims.
  
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• 7 arrested in protest over torn-down Confederate statue

  25-08-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Seven people were arrested Saturday at a rally calling for a century-old Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina to be returned after it was yanked down five days ago.
  
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• Pope faces calls for action over abuse 'shame' in Ireland

  25-08-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis expressed "pain and shame" over the Catholic Church's failure to deal with abuse and met with eight victims during a visit to Ireland on Saturday where the prime minister pressed him to take action.Francis said the "failure of ecclesiastical authorities... adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage, and remains a source of pain and shame for the Catholic community."I myself share those sentiments," he said in a speech in Dublin Castle, speaking al
  
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• Pope compares Church sexual abuse, corruption to excrement, victims say

  25-08-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  On the first papal visit to the country in almost four decades, Francis used a speech at a state event that was also attended by some abuse survivors to acknowledge that it was to the Church's shame it had not addressed these "repugnant crimes" and said he sought a greater commitment to eliminating this "scourge".In a statement, the representatives from the Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes group said Francis condemned corruption and cover up within the Church as "caca", an Italian and Spanish
  
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• Duesenberg becomes most expensive American car ever sold!

  25-08-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  One of just two SSJs built, owned by Hollywood star Garry Cooper and later by Briggs Cunningham, also becomes the most expensive pre-war car ever
  
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• Pope Francis meets Irish abuse victims, expresses 'shame'

  25-08-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis on Saturday met with eight Irish abuse victims after expressing "pain and shame" over the "failure" of Catholic Church authorities to deal with the abuses, the Vatican said."Pope Francis met early Saturday evening for an hour and a half with eight survivors of clerical, religious and institutional abuse," Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said in a statement.The eight included a victim of Catholic priest Tony Walsh, who abused hundreds of children over a period of nearly two decades befo
  
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• Palestinians: US cut aid to bring end to Jerusalem claim

  25-08-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' spokesman said Saturday that the U.S. decision to cut more than $200 million in aid is meant to force the Palestinians to abandon their claim to Jerusalem.
  
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• Tesla CEO Musk drops pursuit of $72 billion take-private deal

  25-08-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  The decision to leave Tesla as a publicly listed company raises new questions about its future.Tesla shares have been trading well below their Aug. 7 levels, when Musk announced on Twitter that he was considering taking Tesla private for $420 per share, as investors wondered what this meant for Musk's ability to steer the company to profitability.
  
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• Pope Francis makes historic visit to Ireland

  25-08-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis vowed on Saturday to end the “repugnant” sexual exploitation of children by Catholic clergy as he made a highly charged visit to once-devout Ireland where years of reported abuse have driven many Irish away from the church.More than three-quarters of Ireland’s population flocked to see Pope John Paul II in 1979 when divorce and contraception there were illegal.Francis was greeted by far smaller numbers.
  
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• Russian Opposition Leader Detained in Moscow Ahead of Anti-Government Rallies

  25-08-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Alexei Navalny was detained Saturday outside his home
  
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• Russian opposition says Navalny detained outside his home, slightly injured

  25-08-2018 20:09 via yahoo.com
  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained outside his home in Moscow on Saturday for reasons that were not immediately clear, injuring a finger in the process, his spokeswoman said on Twitter.In an interview to radio station Ekho Moskvy, Yarmysh said it was "probably linked" to Navalny's plans to hold protests against the Russian government's unpopular pension reform on September 9.The opposition politician has criticised the planned pension age hike -- a first in nearly 90 years --
  
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• Russian police briefly detain three people marking 1968 protest

  25-08-2018 19:35 via yahoo.com
  Moscow police on Saturday briefly detained three people marking the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Red Square protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Russian media reported.According to liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta, two of those detained were relatives of some of the eight Soviet protesters who stood on Red Square half a century ago before being hauled away by the KGB secret police.Anna Krasovitskaya, the granddaughter of the poet and translator Natalya Gorbanevskaya who spent tw
  
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• Best Labor Day Refrigerator Deals

  25-08-2018 19:17 via yahoo.com
  Holidays are often a good time to snag a deal on large appliances, and Labor Day is no exception. This year, many Labor Day sales extend through the following weekend. Though you won't be seeing ...
  
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• Franco family accepts dictator's body will be exhumed after feud 

  25-08-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  The grandson of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco has said the family will accept the dictator’s remains if Spain’s government carries out its plan to remove his body from a controversial mausoleum after a battle over his resting place. “Of course we will take care of my grandfather’s remains. We won’t leave it in the hands of the government,” Francis Franco told the newspaper La Razón in an interview on Saturday.  It cam
  
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• Best Labor Day Deals on Vacuums

  25-08-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  During Labor Day weekend you can find great deals if you're in the market for a new vacuum cleaner. And if you're already getting into holiday shopping mode, it's also a good time to get on retai...
  
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• Protesters clash at rally over Silent Sam statue

  25-08-2018 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Police made several arrests on Saturday after protesters clashed on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill at a rally over a toppled Confederate statute. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Former Head of the CDC Arrested, Accused of Sexual Abuse

  25-08-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  Tom Frieden, the former head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been taken into custody for allegedly forcibly touching at least one woman.
  
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• 7 Arrested at Protest Over Torn-Down Confederate ‘Silent Sam’ Statue at UNC

  25-08-2018 18:40 via yahoo.com
  Three people were also charged
  
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• Neighbor Calls Police, Child Services About 8-Year-Old Girl Walking Dog

  25-08-2018 18:17 via yahoo.com
  An Illinois mother says that trying to teach her daughter a little
  
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• Trump launches fresh attack on Jeff Sessions amid growing speculation attorney general could be fired

  25-08-2018 18:09 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has issued a fresh attack on Jeff Sessions, amid growing talk from Republican leaders about replacing the harried attorney general.Mr Trump has been outwardly dissatisfied with Mr Sessions since the former senator relinquished oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election meddling last year.“Jeff Sessions said he wouldn’t allow politics to influence him only because he doesn’t understand what is happening underneath his com
  
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• US cut in aid amounts to 'cheap blackmail': Palestinians

  25-08-2018 18:01 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump's administration is resorting to "cheap blackmail" against the Palestinians, revealing its true intentions by cutting more than $200 million in aid for the West Bank and Gaza Strip, senior Palestinian officials said Saturday.A State Department official said Friday that the decision, made "at the direction of the president", came after a review of aid programmes to the Palestinian territories.Saeb Erekat, secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO),
  
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• Navy Blue: The Admiral's Ferrari 500 Mondial Goes Up for Sale

  25-08-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  A Ferrari with a most interesting history.
  
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• The Man Accused of Killing Mollie Tibbetts Lived on Land Owned by GOP Fundraiser

  25-08-2018 17:38 via yahoo.com
  A spokeswoman for the farm said the man had lived rent-free
  
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• China blasts Trump comment; Seoul regrets Pompeo trip delay

  25-08-2018 17:02 via yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China on Saturday lashed out at President Donald Trump for accusing Beijing of not being supportive in efforts to denuclearize North Korea, while South Korea called the U.S. decision to call off a trip to the North by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "unfortunate."
  
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• Vegas Shooting Survivor Is Inspired to Become Police Officer: 'I Want to Be That Person for Someone Else'

  25-08-2018 16:45 via yahoo.com
  "I want them to see me and be like, 'OK, she’s going to fix it. She’s going to make it better,'" said Lauren Card.
  
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• The Latest: China blasts Trump comments as 'irresponsible'

  25-08-2018 16:44 via yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. decision to call off a trip to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (all times local):
  
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• Trump cancels Pompeo's trip to North Korea over stalled nuclear diplomacy

  25-08-2018 16:38 via yahoo.com
  Trump partly blamed China for the lack of progress with North Korea and suggested that talks with Pyongyang, led so far by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, could be on hold until after Washington resolved its bitter trade dispute with Beijing.It was a dramatic shift of tone for Trump, who had previously hailed his June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a success and said the North Korean nuclear threat was over, despite no real sign Pyongyang was willing to give up its nuclear wea
  
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• Complete list of every full moon in 2018, including August's Sturgeon Moon

  25-08-2018 16:33 via yahoo.com
  Keep your eyes on the skies this weekend for August's full moon, which is dubbed the Sturgeon Moon. The first blue moon of the year was a spectacular sight, dubbed the 'super blue blood moon'. Falling on January 31, it was the product of three different phenomena: it was a supermoon, a blue moon and a blood moon. While many said it was the first to be seen in 152 years, other contested the fact, leading to a division among scientists. Stargazers were also treated to two
  
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• Tarboro child punished for calling teacher 'ma'am'

  25-08-2018 16:08 via yahoo.com
  Parents of a fifth-grader in North Carolina are concerned after their child was punished for referring to his teacher as "ma'am."
  
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• George Barris: possibly the most remarkable garage sale ever!

  25-08-2018 16:01 via yahoo.com
  A sale of memorabilia from the late legendary Hollywood customizer George Barris was never going to be ordinary – but who knew it would be this crazy...
  
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• Trump says trade deal with Mexico 'could be happening soon'

  25-08-2018 15:56 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump on Saturday hinted that the US and Mexico were on the verge of finalizing a deal, as negotiators from both sides were holding talks through the weekend to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement."Our relationship with Mexico is getting closer by the hour," the US president tweeted.Guajardo and Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray have been shuttling back and forth to Washington for more than a month for meetings with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to try to iro
  
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• Pope Francis Faces Lukewarm Reception in Ireland After Meeting Sex Abuse Victims

  25-08-2018 15:30 via yahoo.com
  Francis provided no new details of any measures he would take to sanction bishops who fail to protect their flocks
  
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• Trump Threatens FBI Over Hillary Clinton Emails: 'I May Have To Get Involved'

  25-08-2018 15:28 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Saturday issued a chilling warning to the FBI,
  
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• Elon Musk Abandons Plan to Take Tesla Private Two Weeks After Bombshell Tweet

  25-08-2018 15:26 via yahoo.com
  He says he was concerned with investors who wanted the company to stay public
  
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• Zimbabwe opposition leader insists he won elections

  25-08-2018 15:18 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday refused to accept a Constitutional Court ruling that upheld Emmerson Mnangagwa's win in presidential elections last month.In his first comments since the country's top court overturned the opposition's legal challenge to have the results annulled, Chamisa vowed to lead "peaceful protests"."I have a legitimate claim that I am supposed to lead the people of Zimbabwe," the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said Satu
  
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• China slams 'irresponsible' Trump accusations over N. Korea

  25-08-2018 15:16 via yahoo.com
  China on Saturday called Donald Trump "irresponsible" after the US president cancelled his top diplomat's trip to North Korea and suggested Beijing was stalling efforts to disarm Pyongyang.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was due to make his fourth visit to the reclusive state next week for what he described as the next step towards the "final, fully verified denuclearisation of North Korea".
  
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• Zimbabwe's Chamisa rejects court judgment confirming Mnangagwa as president

  25-08-2018 15:02 via yahoo.com
  Nelson Chamisa maintained that he had won the first election since the departure of Robert Mugabe last November and said the Constitutional Court had foiled his bid to subpoena the election commission to provide critical proof to bolster his case.The court dismissed Chamisa's challenge on Friday saying he had failed to prove his allegations of vote fraud.A widely condemned army crackdown in response to post-election violence by opposition supporters left six people dead on Aug. 1, recalling the
  
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• Smith & Wesson's M&P 2.0 Compact Handgun: Better Than Glock?

  25-08-2018 15:00 via yahoo.com
  In the crowded field of compact semi-automatic handguns, the M&P 2.0 Compact appears as close to the ideal as possible. A concealable handgun with a sixteen round capacity and absolute reliability, Smith & Wesson’s new pistol improves on an already solid platform.
  
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• Chris Watts Seemed Like a Warm Family Man, Friend Says: 'His Entire Life Was Those Girls'

  25-08-2018 14:56 via yahoo.com
  Chris Watts is accused of killing his pregnant wife and daughters.
  
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• Pope says church shamed by 'repugnant' Irish abuse

  25-08-2018 14:45 via yahoo.com
  Francis arrived on Saturday for a highly charged visit to a society transformed since more than three-quarters of the population flocked to see Pope John Paul II in 1979 and beset by the kind of abuse scandals that have once more mired the Catholic Church in crisis."I cannot fail to acknowledge the grave scandal caused in Ireland by the abuse of young people by members of the Church charged with responsibility for their protection and education," Francis told a state reception attended by some a
  
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• Russia Wants a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier

  25-08-2018 14:42 via yahoo.com
  But will it actually happen? Read on. 
  
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• Bear Defending Cub Attacks 10-Year-Old Boy at Yellowstone National Park

  25-08-2018 14:36 via yahoo.com
  The boy suffered multiple injuries in the attack, the first in the park since 2015.
  
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• Franco's family to take charge of Spanish dictator's remains

  25-08-2018 14:21 via yahoo.com
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The family of the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco will take charge of his remains after Spain's government has them exhumed from a mausoleum, his relatives said Saturday.
  
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• 'My 600-lb Life' Star Lisa Fleming Dies at 50

  25-08-2018 13:59 via yahoo.com
  Her daughter shared the news on Facebook.
  
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• Fox News' Neil Cavuto Spends 10 Minutes Taking Aim At His Trump-Supporting Critics

  25-08-2018 13:33 via yahoo.com
  Fox News host Neil Cavuto said he knew he'd "get an earful" after accusing
  
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• Why Elon Musk Just Abandoned His Plan to Take Tesla Private

  25-08-2018 12:51 via yahoo.com
  Musk cited investor worries among other reasons.
  
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• Can a Harbor Freight Generator Really Beat a Honda?

  25-08-2018 12:01 via yahoo.com
  Harbor Freight, a giant retailer of low-priced tools and power equipment, has been around since the 1970s. If you live near a Harbor Freight store, chances are you’ve received a circular comparin...
  
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