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• 14 missing, 1 child dead after boat capsizes on Chinese lake

  04-06-2016 23:56 via salon.com
  BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southwestern China say a leisure boat capsized on a lake during strong winds, killing one child and leaving another 14 people missing.
  Guangyuan city authorities say the incident happened Saturday afternoon on Bailong Lake in Sichuan province.
  An online statement from the news office of Guangyuan city government said late Saturday that the boat was carrying 18 people and the three survivors were receiving treatment.
  The child was pulled out from the water and
  
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• Spain’s ex-PM meets with jailed Venezuelan opposition leader

  04-06-2016 23:49 via salon.com
  
  FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2016 file photo, supporters of Venezuela's jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez hold posters of him during a protest demanding the release of Lopez and other jailed opposition leaders, on the second anniversary of his imprisonment, in Caracas, Venezuela. Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero had a surprise jailhouse meeting with Lopez on June 4, 2016. It's the first time an outside visitor besides Lopez's family or lawyers have met with Lopez in th
  
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• Police: Suspect didn’t act in self-defense in fatal shootout

  04-06-2016 23:36 via salon.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge Police say a man suspected in a shootout that left two Southern University students dead wasn’t acting in self-defense when he fired on a fleeing gunman.
  According to an arrest affidavit, 25-year-old Brandon Henderson fired the first shots in the air outside an apartment complex early April 10. In response, 22-year-old Ernest Bernard Felton did not flee to safety. Instead, police say he fired a Glock 9 mm handgun as he walked toward the car Henders
  
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• In Mongolia, Kerry hails ‘oasis of democracy’

  04-06-2016 23:13 via salon.com
  
  US Secretary of State John Kerry samples cheese curds alongside a woman in traditional attire as he disembarks from his airplane upon arrival at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 5, 2016.(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) (Credit: AP)
  ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is hailing Mongolia as an “oasis of democracy” as he makes a rare, high-profile visit to the Asian country.
  Noting Mongolia’s difficult geographical
  
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• Clinton says toddler granddaughter Charlotte cheers her on

  04-06-2016 23:05 via salon.com
  
  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Clinton says she has had a secret weapon in her debate prep: her 20-month-old granddaughter.
  Clinton told a group of women gathered at a campaign event Saturday in Santa Barbara, California, that her granddaughter, Charlotte, cheers her on before debates at the urging of her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, and her son-in-law, Marc Mezvinsky.
  Clinton says that before debates Charlotte would hold up a sign reading, ‘Good luck, Grandma.” As the chil
  
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• Phelps falls again at Texas meet, taking 4th in 200 free

  04-06-2016 22:52 via salon.com
  
  Michael Phelps went down again at the Longhorn Elite Invitational in Austin, Texas.
  The 18-time Olympic gold medalist finished fourth in the 200-meter freestyle Saturday. Townley Haas won in 1 minute, 47.86 seconds, while Phelps, the American record holder, finished in 1:48.73.
  On Friday night, Phelps won the 100 freestyle, then lost to Singapore’s Joseph Schooling — a star at the University of Texas — in the 100 butterfly
  Allison Schmitt beat Missy Franklin for the second stra
  
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• Penguins-Sharks under way in Game 3 of Stanley Cup Final

  04-06-2016 22:37 via salon.com
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks (all times local):
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  5:25 p.m.
  The Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks are under way in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
  Sidney Crosby snagged the opening faceoff for the Penguins away from Sharks center Logan Couture, with the speedy Penguins taking a 2-0 series lead to the Bay Area. The Sharks took their home ice without first-line forward Tomas Hertl, who was r
  
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• Donald Trump, pitiful cry-baby: The GOP nominee plans to whine his way to the White House

  04-06-2016 22:30 via salon.com
  
  Donald Trump (Credit: AP/Gene J. Puskar)
  That was quite a temper tantrum Donald Trump threw at his press conference this week.
  Irked that news reports raised questions about his promised donations to American veterans and their charities, Trump responded by denouncing the political press as “disgusting” and “among the most dishonest people that I’ve ever met.” Trump even dismissed one ABC News reporter as “a sleaze,” an
  
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• Strasburg limps off, Reds rally to beat Nationals 6-3

  04-06-2016 22:24 via salon.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Stephen Strasburg gave up Joey Votto’s two-run homer and limped off the field a few pitches later, and the Cincinnati Reds overcame a pair of rain delays while rallying to beat the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.
  Adam Duvall hit Shawn Kelley’s fourth pitch for a tiebreaking three-run homer following a 64-minute rain delay in the bottom of the eighth, extending Cincinnati’s best winning streak of the season.
  The Nationa
  
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• Kuchar endures up-and-down day for share of lead at Memorial

  04-06-2016 22:10 via salon.com
  
  William McGirt jumps before hitting his shot on the 17th hole during the third round of the Memorial golf tournament, Saturday, June 4, 2016, in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Credit: AP)
  DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Matt Kuchar finished the third round of the Memorial in a share of the lead, just how he started Saturday.
  But it was a wet and wild ride for Kuchar and everyone else at Muirfield Village.
  Kuchar fell off the pace quickly with two bogeys only to surge back into the lead with
  
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• Ali found icon status in blending politics, activism, sports

  04-06-2016 21:38 via salon.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — During the Beatles’ first visit to the United States in 1964, clever publicity agents arranged a meeting with Cassius Clay, then training for the bout that would make him heavyweight champion. The result was a memorable photo of a whooping Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, standing astride four “knockout victims.”
  They were two emerging cultural forces beginning their path to global fame.
  But as popular as the Beatles became, it was Ali who
  
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• West African leaders discuss setting up anti-extremist force

  04-06-2016 21:31 via salon.com
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — West African leaders discussed setting up a force to combat extremists in the region and will send an observation mission to Gambia before elections, the regional economic body said Saturday.
  The decisions were announced after about a dozen heads of state, including presidents from Ivory Coast, Niger and Mali, met in Dakar, Senegal, for the 49th session of the Economic Community of West African States.
  “We must constantly reconcile the free movement of people an
  
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• Donald Trump uses Alex Jones as an actual news source

  04-06-2016 21:30 via salon.com
  
  Alex Jones, Donald Trump (Credit: AP/Tony Gutierrez/Reuters/Scott Morgan/Photo montage by Salon)
  Donald Trump keeps on upping the ante. Consider what he said at a rally last week in Fresno, on the subject of California’s apocalyptic drought.
  Make that “drought,” for according to Donald J. Trump, there isn’t one. Never mind that the years between late 2001 and 2014 have been the driest in California history since record-keeping began; nor the 12 million trees that have die
  
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• Spike Lee throws dance party ahead of Prince’s 58th birthday

  04-06-2016 21:23 via salon.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The dress code was purple, and the only requirement was to party. Hundreds of people obliged Saturday as Spike Lee threw a huge outdoor party for Prince ahead of the late legend’s 58th birthday.
  Al Sharpton, Rosie Perez, former Prince associates and others joined the crowd in paying tribute to the late superstar, whose birthday is Tuesday.
  Prince died April 21, and an autopsy revealed this week that he had died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a powerful opioid
  
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• Sharks return home, facing 2-0 deficit to Penguins

  04-06-2016 21:11 via salon.com
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks have returned to their home ice, hopeful the shift in venue will help spark a climb back into the Stanley Cup Finals with Pittsburgh.
  After losing the first two games to the Penguins by one-goal margins despite being outplayed through much of the action and outshot 71-48, the Sharks are back at the comfort of the SAP Center. They’re 7-2 there during the playoffs this year.
  The Sharks have a couple of hurdles to clear. First-line forward Tom
  
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• Tropical rains, possible tornadoes threaten half of the US

  04-06-2016 20:43 via salon.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — From tropical rains to tornadoes, about half of the U.S. expected to see wet and at times severe weather this weekend, capping a week of scorching temperatures out West and flooding that killed nine soldiers when their military vehicle got caught in the rushing waters of a rain-swollen creek at Fort Hood, Texas.
  People along the Gulf Coast kept a watchful eye on a system over the Caribbean Sea that was forecast to bring 5 to 10 inches of rain to parts of Florida. The storm i
  
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• No stranger to adversity, Cavs have more of it in NBA Finals

  04-06-2016 20:18 via salon.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers know what’s being whispered — and sometimes shouted — at the NBA Finals.
  The Cavaliers play in the Eastern Conference, they say. They haven’t been tested, they say. What happens when the adversity finally hits?
  It came in Game 1, with the Golden State Warriors not even needing their two biggest stars while flattening the Cavaliers in the din of Oracle Arena. Now everyone wants to know how the Cavaliers
  
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• Police: Felton didn’t act in self-defense in deadly shootout

  04-06-2016 20:17 via salon.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A man suspected in a shootout that left two Southern University students dead wasn’t acting in self-defense when he fired on a fleeing gunman, Baton Rouge police said.
  According to an arrest affidavit, Brandon Henderson, 25, fired the first shots in the air outside an apartment complex early April 10 but did not fire at any person in particular.
  In response, Ernest Bernard Felton, 22, fired a Glock 9 mm handgun and advanced upon Henderson’s vehicle as He
  
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• Police officer shot near apartment complex in Atlanta

  04-06-2016 20:14 via salon.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say an officer has been shot near an apartment complex in Atlanta.
  Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy tell local news media that the officer was alert, conscious and breathing after being shot Saturday afternoon at the Allure at Brookwood apartment complex, about five miles from downtown Atlanta. Police say the officer was wearing a vest.
  Police say the officer was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
  WSB-TV says a suspect was sh
  
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• Steve Earle on backing Bernie “until he’s out”: “The Democratic party is going to have to deal with both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren when they get to the convention”

  04-06-2016 20:00 via salon.com
  
  Steve Earle (Credit: Alexandra Valenti)
  Nashville songwriter, Townes Van Zandt disciple, and onetime actor on “The Wire” Steve Earle is one of the great ornery figures in alt-country. His latest album,“Colvin and Earle,” is a collaboration with the folkie Shawn Colvin — a short, winning album with a fair bit of rootsy twang. (“Colvin and Earle” also includes four covers, among them songs by Emmylou Harris and the Rolling Stones.)
  The two m
  
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• Bourdais races to first win of season at Belle Isle

  04-06-2016 19:46 via salon.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Sebastien Bourdais raced to his first IndyCar victory of the season, beating Conor Daly by 2 seconds Saturday at Belle Isle.
  Bourdais had not led a single lap in any of the season’s first six races, and he hadn’t finished higher than eighth. He led only 12 of the 70 laps Saturday on the 2.35-mile street course, but Bourdais was able to hold on the rest of the way after Daly made a pit stop on lap 61 and gave up the lead.
  Bourdais won for the second time at Belle
  
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• “A champion of civil rights”: Reaction to the death of Muhammad Ali

  04-06-2016 19:46 via salon.com
  
  Muhammad Ali (Credit: AP/Ross D. Franklin)
  Quotes from around the world after the death of three-time heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali:
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  “The true GOAT. What a sad day for everyone to (lose) someone so great and kind and someone who really stood up for what they believed in. He was my hero. He always will be. #muhammadali #cassiusclay” – tennis great Serena Williams on Instagram.
  “I gave Ali the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 and wondered aloud how he staye
  
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• Alarm over Nigerian Christian killed for insulting Islam

  04-06-2016 19:43 via salon.com
  
  KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Christians are demanding that authorities do more to protect them after a woman was stabbed to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north.
  Nigeria’s police chief said Saturday that two suspects have been arrested in Thursday’s killing of a middle-aged petty trader, Bridget Abihime, who allegedly said the Prophet Muhammad was not important.
  But the Christian Association of Nigeria said police are not doing enoug
  
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• Padres trade Shields, cash to White Sox for Johnson, Tatis

  04-06-2016 19:14 via salon.com
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have traded pitcher James Shields and cash to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Erik Johnson and shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr.
  The deal was made Saturday. It came three days after Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler criticized the team’s recent performances as being “embarrassing” and “pathetic,” and called out Shields for his poor start Tuesday at Seattle.
  Shields was one of several big-name players the Padres brought in
  
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• North Carolina high school prank upsets Latino students

  04-06-2016 19:07 via salon.com
  MARION, N.C. (AP) — A group of students at a western North Carolina high school built a wall made of boxes and blocked access to a common area, and their Latino classmates are upset.
  Local media outlets report the students were allowed into McDowell High School, about 100 miles northwest of Charlotte, on Wednesday to perform a prank as a teacher supervised them.
  A photo of the wall with about 30 students standing in front of it was shared on Instagram and captioned, “We built the wal
  
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• Conclusion of Brazil subway line depends on loan approval

  04-06-2016 18:43 via salon.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian officials say the conclusion of a new subway line crucial for the transportation of visitors to the upcoming Rio Olympic Games depends on the federal government’s approval of a $390 million loan.
  Rio de Janeiro’s Transportation Department said Saturday in a statement that the National Development Bank has agreed to extend the loan but the Finance Ministry must still approve it.
  The line is scheduled to be inaugurated on Aug. 1, four days before t
  
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• Crews work to contain sheen after Oregon train derailment

  04-06-2016 18:23 via salon.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — Environmental crews worked Saturday to contain a sheen of oil that appeared in the Columbia River along the Washington-Oregon border after a Union Pacific train derailed and caught fire, but officials said there was no immediate indication of harm to wildlife.
  Sixteen of the 96 tank cars on the train derailed Friday near Mosier, Oregon, about 70 miles east of Portland. Four burned, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky before firefighters were able to extinguish
  
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• Paul Ryan’s secret plan to save the GOP, after Trump: Turn it into Uber

  04-06-2016 18:00 via salon.com
  
  (Credit: Rueters/Yuri Gripas/pio3 via Shutterstock/Photo montage by Salon)
  I’m not sure whether the current Trump-zombie condition of the Republican Party is best described as a headless chicken or a runaway locomotive. Can something be both terrifying and pathetic at the same time? Washington Irving’s Headless Horseman, mixed with Super Chicken, riding the Steel Wheels of Doom? Anyway, while virtually the entire Republican establishment got into line this week behind a prospective n
  
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• Police to escort body of Blue Angels pilot

  04-06-2016 17:34 via salon.com
  
  SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — The body of an elite fighter jet pilot who was killed in a crash near Nashville Thursday has been flown home.
  The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/1t8LRnv ) that a Navy C-130 “Fat Albert” plane flew out of Smyrna Saturday morning with the body of Capt. Jeff Kuss. People braved the rain, some carrying American flags, others wiping tears away as a police procession guided a white hearse from Murfreesboro to the Smyrna Airport, which are just southeast of Na
  
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• Clinton says Trump’s rhetoric ‘hateful, very prejudicial’

  04-06-2016 17:04 via salon.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Calling immigration a key issue in the presidential race, Hillary Clinton is attacking Donald Trump for talking in “hateful, very prejudicial, really unacceptable ways.”
  At a campaign event focused on immigration, Clinton continued her criticism of the likely Republican nominee, saying that when he “talks about deporting 11 million immigrants, he’s talking about ripping apart families.”
  Clinton kicked off a long day of California campaigning
  
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• Ex-Stanford swimmer’s jail term decried as too lenient

  04-06-2016 16:57 via salon.com
  
  PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — A six-month jail term for a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman is being decried as a slap on the wrist.
  A California judge sentenced 20-year-old Brock Turner to six months in county jail and three years’ probation after the woman who was assaulted read the court an emotional statement that has gone viral.
  She described how the attack left her “closed off, angry, self-deprecating, tired, irritable, em
  
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• Rain slows, but flooding still threat in southeast Texas

  04-06-2016 16:39 via salon.com
  KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — The heavy rain that’s been hovering over parts of southeast and central Texas and caused deadly flooding began to lift Saturday, but officials said the flooding emergency near the Gulf Coast was worsening and Army officials kept up their investigation of a training exercise that went horribly wrong at Fort Hood.
  Only the wheels of an Army transport truck were visible after swift floodwaters washed the 2½-ton vehicle from a low-water crossing on Thursday,
  
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• The Latest: UN urges probe after Syrian drowns in Hungary

  04-06-2016 16:23 via salon.com
  ATHENS (AP) — The Latest on Europe’s migration crisis. (all times local):
  9:20 p.m.
  The UN refugee agency is urging authorities to investigate the death of a 22-year-old Syrian man reported to have drowned while trying to cross a river from Serbia to Hungary.
  The UNHCR said Saturday that others in the group claimed they were pushed back into the Tisza River from Hungary. The agency is also concerned about allegations of the abuse of asylum-seekers by Hungarian officials, including ex
  
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• Sharks F Tomas Hertl to miss Game 3 with lower-body injury

  04-06-2016 15:33 via salon.com
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks will be without top-line forward Tomas Hertl for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
  Coach Peter DeBoer said Hertl will miss Saturday’s game with a lower-body injury. Dainius Zubrus will return to the lineup for San Jose with Melker Karlsson likely moving up to the wing on the top line with Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski.
  Hertl scored one of San Jose’s three goals in the series against the Pittsburg Penguins. His absence will make coming
  
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• PHOTO GALLERY: Inside ropes, Ali was a furious, loud fighter

  04-06-2016 15:18 via salon.com
  
  Muhammad Ali beat the invincible Sonny Liston, fought a string of thrilling fights with Joe Frazier and stopped George Foreman in the “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire.
  All told, he once said, he took 29,000 punches to the head during a career that made him perhaps the most recognized person in the world. He paid a terrible price for those punches later in life when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, which ravaged his body but could never dim his larger-than-life presence.
  Ali wa
  
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• Warren slams Trump, calls him ‘fraudster-in-chief’

  04-06-2016 15:10 via salon.com
  
  LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is once again taking aim at Donald Trump, calling him a “fraudster-in-chief” whose top goal is lining his own pockets.
  The Massachusetts Democrat and enthusiastic critic of the Republican presidential hopeful used a speech at the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s state convention Saturday to zero in on Trump University.
  Warren says Trump put together an army of salespeople to focus on how much money prospective students could come
  
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• Noam Chomksy: There’s nothing free about free trade agreements

  04-06-2016 15:00 via salon.com
  
  (Credit: AP/Ramon Espinosa)Two weeks after Greenpeace released 280 pages on the TTIP trade agreement, Noam Chomsky spoke with Channel 4 about why he believes the new agreement has nothing to do with reducing tariffs, calling it “pretty extreme.”
  According to Greenpeace: “Whether you care about environmental issues, animal welfare, labor rights or internet privacy, you should be concerned about what is in these leaked documents. They underline the strong objections civil so
  
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• Monster-size alligator big attraction at Florida golf course

  04-06-2016 14:36 via salon.com
  PALMETTO, Fla. (AP) — A giant alligator is getting worldwide attention after golfers took a video of it strolling across a Florida course.
  The Bradenton Herald reports (http://goo.gl/owcV1n) the estimated 15-foot alligator has roamed the Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Palmetto for years. But this week people from around the world have been asking about it after a video was viewed by millions on YouTube and other social media websites.
  Course manager Ken Powell said he’s received phone
  
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• Kentucky teen waives extradition, will face charges in WV

  04-06-2016 14:34 via salon.com
  CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) — A news report says an 18-year-old Kentucky man has waived extradition so he can be brought to West Virginia to face charges of killing longtime coal executive Ben Hatfield.
  The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports (http://bit.ly/1sWbXJr ) Brandon Fitzpatrick waived extradition during a video hearing in front of a Kenton County, Kentucky, judge. Prosecutors don’t know yet when Fitzpatrick will be brought to West Virginia to face charges.
  Fitzpatrick, who is from L
  
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• UCLA shooting renews concerns about classrooms with no locks

  04-06-2016 14:28 via salon.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — When an active shooter alert spread across the UCLA campus Wednesday, some students found themselves in a frightening predicament: They were told to go into lockdown but couldn’t lock their classroom doors.
  Images of students piling tables, chairs and printers against doors on social media sparked alarm and raised questions — yet it was hardly the first time students at a university or school were unable to lock their doors during a shooting.
  The same issue a
  
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• “America’s real religion is capitalism”: Bill Maher blasts the demonization of socialism

  04-06-2016 14:17 via salon.com
  
  “Real Time” host Bill Maher last night, during his popular “New Rules” segment, clowned laissez-faire bullshitters who demonize socialism while allowing capitalism to spread like wildfire into every nook of American life.
  “Someone needs to explain to the free-market crowd that when it comes to socialism, you’re soaking in it,” Maher said. “So many Americans hate the word ‘socialism’ but love the concept: Medicare, unemployment, dis
  
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• The Latest: Fire out, evacuation remains after derailment

  04-06-2016 14:11 via salon.com
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on a train derailment in Oregon’s scenic Columbia River Gorge (all times local):
  9 a.m.
  Federal authorities say crews have extinguished a fire at the site of an oil train derailment in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, but evacuations remain in place.
  Eleven cars carrying volatile Bakken oil derailed Friday, igniting a fire that sent a plume of black smoke into the sky. It forced the evacuation of a mobile home park in Mosier with about 50 homes, t
  
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• Beyond California, Sanders signaling post-primary future

  04-06-2016 14:05 via salon.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The end of the primaries looming, Bernie Sanders’ political revolution — and how far he’s willing to take his presidential campaign — may hinge on the outcome of the California primary.
  Hillary Clinton is poised to clinch the Democratic nomination in the coming days through a combination of pledged delegates and superdelegates. But Sanders is showing few signs of surrender, pointing out his differences with Clinton and vowing to take his bid to th
  
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• We can’t have more of the same: The very real dangers of Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy

  04-06-2016 14:00 via salon.com
  
  Hillary Clinton gives an address on national security, June 2, 2016, in San Diego. (Credit: AP/John Locher))
  Just what we needed: another foreign policy speech from Candidate Clinton. This one arrived last Thursday in San Diego—well-chosen ground, given the Navy’s immense base on the city’s shore and the Marine Expeditionary Force garrisoned at Camp Pendleton. It has a long military tradition, San Diego, and the projection of American power is what drives the local economy. Per
  
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• Ali’s hometown of Louisville mourns its favorite son

  04-06-2016 13:48 via salon.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A newborn arrived on a cold Louisville day in January 1942. His parents named him Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
  “Imagine that day,” Mayor Greg Fischer marveled on Saturday. “That little boy, eyes wide open, looking up, looking around the room at the old Louisville General Hospital, not knowing the life that awaited him, the life he would make, the world he would shake up, and the people he would inspire.”
  As the world mourned Muhammad Ali, his de
  
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• Tanker carries 221 shipwreck survivors to safety in Italy

  04-06-2016 13:47 via salon.com
  
  ATHENS (AP) — A Norwegian tanker carrying 221 migrants who survived a shipwreck Friday is expected to arrive shortly at the Italian port of Augusta on the island of Sicily.
  The Greek coast guard says Saturday the unnamed ship is also carrying the body of a migrant who drowned in Friday’s shipwreck of a smuggling boat that sank in the southern Mediterranean Sea.
  The other 97 survivors of the shipwreck and the bodies of 9 other victims are being taken back to Egypt by Egyptian ships.
  A
  
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• Belmont Stakes not the same without a Triple Crown at stake

  04-06-2016 13:46 via salon.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, the joint was jumpin’.
  Belmont Park, where Triple Crown hopes have been dashed so many times over nearly four decades, was the center of the sports universe. American Pharoah had done it. Kentucky Derby. Preakness. And now, he had come through with a sensational victory in the Belmont Stakes to claim the first Triple Crown in 37 years. A packed house of 90,000 jubilant fans stood and roared.
  “Wow! Wow, is all I can tell you,” were among the fir
  
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• Bonnie weakens to a tropical depression, moves east

  04-06-2016 13:42 via salon.com
  MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Bonnie has weakened to a tropical depression as it continues to move east and away from the U.S. East Coast.
  The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Bonnie’s maximum sustained winds had decreased early Saturday from near 40 mph (65 kph) to 35 mph (about 55 kph). Its center was located about 245 miles to the north-northwest of Bermuda.
  The storm was moving east at 15 mph. There was no threat to land, and the Hurricane Center said no coastal warnings or watc
  
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• Man charged in stabbing death of 11-year-old Houston boy

  04-06-2016 13:22 via salon.com
  
  This undated photo from a surveillance video provided by the Houston Police Department shows a man that Houston police are labelling a person of interest in their investigation of the slaying of Josue Flores as he walked home from school May 17, 2016. Police Sgt. Tommy Ruland says detectives are looking for the public's help in identifying the man as they try to solve the stabbing death. (Houston Police Department via AP) (Credit: AP)
  HOUSTON (AP) — A 27-year-old Houston man has been charg
  
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• “He stood for the world”: Muhammad Ali — “The Greatest” — is dead at age 74

  04-06-2016 13:12 via salon.com
  
  Muhammad Ali, photographed in 1963. (Credit: AP/John Lindsay)
  He was fast of fist and foot  — and lip, too — a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punches had taken their toll and his voice barely rose above a whisper.
  He was The Greatest.
  Muhammad Ali died Friday at age 74, according to a statement from the family. He was hospitalized in the Phoenix area with respiratory problems earlier this wee
  
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