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• PSG need just 10 men to beat Chelsea

  11-03-2015 23:58 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Thiago Silva's path to redemption took a mere 12 minutes.
  
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• 'Still Alice' writer-director Richard Glatzer dies at 63

  11-03-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Glatzer, who wrote and directed the Alzheimer's drama "Still Alice" alongside his husband, Wash Westmoreland, while battling ALS, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 63.
  
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• Civilian plane crashes, killing Marine on ground in Arizona

  11-03-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A Marine died Wednesday after an aircraft operated by a civilian crashed on a runway at a southwest Arizona military base, Marine Corps officials said.
  
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• Jim Parsons of 'Big Bang Theory' gets Hollywood star

  11-03-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jim Parsons, the American actor famous for his portrayal of a quirky, self-centered scientist Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory," earned a star Wednesday on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Parsons, 41, was flanked by Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Johnny Galecki and the rest of his castmates in the wildly popular series now going into its eighth season. "That credit goes to Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady and Steve Molaro.
  
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• 15-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Kidnapping Caught on Video

  11-03-2015 23:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Sheriff's office arrests 15-year-old boy for kidnapping in case that was caught on video
  
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• Girlfriend Says Man Shot by Cop Had Stopped Medication

  11-03-2015 23:41 via abcnews.go.com
  AP Exclusive: Girlfriend says naked Ga. man shot by cop had recently stopped taking medication
  
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• Colorado Officers Held Hostage Before Suspect Fatally Shot

  11-03-2015 23:40 via abcnews.go.com
  Authorities: Colorado officers were briefly held hostage before suspect was fatally shot
  
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• Thiago Silva lifts PSG over Chelsea into quarterfinals

  11-03-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Thiago Silva scored on a looping header over goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in the 114th minute Wednesday night, lifting Paris Saint-Germain over Chelsea and into the Champions League quarterfinals.
  
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• Hutchison's 4 Shutout Innings Help Jays to 5-2 Win Over O's

  11-03-2015 23:39 via abcnews.go.com
  Drew Hutchison pitches 4 scoreless innings in Toronto's 5-2 win over Baltimore
  
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• Colts sign veteran WR Andre Johnson

  11-03-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andre Johnson just wanted a chance to win a championship.
  
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• Richard Branson's Virgin Group sued by former partner who claims the company 'stole his plans' for cruise line

  11-03-2015 23:35
  
  Virgin Cruises, the yet-to-be-inaugurated ocean-going cruise ship company unveiled last December, has sailed into early choppy waters as a former CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line sued owner Richard Branson and his Virgin Group for allegedly stealing his ideas and business plans.
  
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• Huge 13ft alligator spotted on Florida golf course

  11-03-2015 23:34
  
  Golfers at a course in Florida proved their commitment to the game today, as they continued to play despite sharing the green with a huge alligator.
  
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• Secret Service Agents Accused of Drinking and Driving

  11-03-2015 23:33 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President Obama is aware of the incident, officials said.
  
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• Streisand to present Redford 42nd annual Chaplin Award

  11-03-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Redford will receive Lincoln Center's 42nd annual Chaplin Award from his "The Way We Were" co-star, Barbra Streisand.
  
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• Secret Service investigating agents' crash near White House

  11-03-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service is investigating two senior agents after a car crash at the White House complex.
  
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• Counter-rallies unfold in Madison following police shooting

  11-03-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mother of a biracial 19-year-old killed by a white police officer urged hundreds of protesters who gathered Wednesday to keep their march as peaceful as other rallies have been in the wake of the shooting five days earlier.
  
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• Endo Intl. tops Valeant's offer for fellow drugmaker Salix

  11-03-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Specialty drugmaker Endo International PLC is trying to lure Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. with an offer Endo said is worth 11 percent more than the $10 billion Salix has agreed to accept from serial acquirer Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.
  
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• Fed approves dividend, buyback plans for US banks

  11-03-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve approved plans by major U.S. banks to raise dividends and buy back shares, but gave only conditional approval for Bank of America, citing weaknesses in the bank's planning processes.
  
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• Bank of America to buy back $4 billion in stock

  11-03-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America is announcing plans to buy back $4 billion in stock after getting conditional approval from the Federal Reserve.
  
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• Alabama child dies after drinking laced grape soda

  11-03-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — Alabama police say a toddler has died after drinking from a bottle of grape soda believed to be laced with methadone.
  
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• Photos: Reese Witherspoon Gets to Work on a Secret Project

  11-03-2015 23:10 via abcnews.go.com
  
  See your favorite stars transform into the characters you love.
  
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• Ireland's 'accidental' drug law

  11-03-2015 23:09 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Well, it was weird while it lasted.
  
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• Guns seized at Pakistan party HQ

  11-03-2015 23:05 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Pakistani Armed Forces paramilitary personal stormed the headquarters of one of the country's most powerful regional opposition political parties in a predawn raid on Wednesday, seizing a stash of weapons and arresting several wanted criminals, officials said.
  
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• Ferguson police chief quits after racism report

  11-03-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The embattled police chief in Ferguson, Missouri resigned Wednesday, a week after a scathing US Justice Department report into the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by one of his officers. Thomas Jackson is the latest prominent official in the St. Louis suburb to stand down, seven months after Brown was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson, igniting angry protests and a national debate about race and law enforcement. "It has been an honor and a privileg
  
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• How ISIS abuses children for photo op

  11-03-2015 23:00 via edition.cnn.com
  
  ISIS gets its claws into children -- sometimes foreign fighters take their children with them, sometimes via online grooming -- and turns them into killers to be used for propaganda videos.
  
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• Ohio State doubters, really? Champs think they exist

  11-03-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State linebacker Joshua Perry says the doubters are out there, questioning and putting down the Buckeyes.
  
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• U.S. raids schools with fake Asians

  11-03-2015 22:59 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Three area residents were arrested and charged Wednesday for allegedly operating four California schools for Korean and Chinese students who never attended classes, including many who lived in other states on student visas in a "pay-to-stay" scheme.
  
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• Boston-area transit board approves snow compensation

  11-03-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The board overseeing the Boston area's beleaguered public transit system voted Wednesday to offer free fares for one day and discounts for monthly pass holders as a goodwill gesture to commuters who endured massive breakdowns during a brutal stretch of winter weather.
  
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• Robert Redford to receive Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award

  11-03-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Redford is being honored with Lincoln Center's 42nd annual Chaplin Award.
  
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• IMF sees Ukraine returning to growth next year

  11-03-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Ukraine's economy should return to growth in 2016 after a deep contraction this year. In a news release providing details of its $17.5 billion loan to Ukraine, the IMF said the economy would likely shrink by about 5.5 percent this year, before rebounding with growth of 2 percent in 2016 and 4 percent annually in the medium term. It said inflation should subside to around 27 percent by the end of this year after a spike led by a sharp drop in
  
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• Witness IDs Tsarnaev as man near slain MIT officer's cruiser

  11-03-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student says he saw Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) lean into the police cruiser of an MIT officer who was fatally shot after the bombings.
  
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• Fed orders BofA to resubmit dividend, buyback plans

  11-03-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bank of America must resubmit its plans to raise dividends or buy back stock, the Federal Reserve has ordered, citing weaknesses in the bank's planning processes.
  
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• Mayweather, Pacquiao begin countdown to their big fight

  11-03-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have made their first joint appearance to promote their highly anticipated bout.
  
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• Photos: Heidi Klum Cuddles With Her Dogs

  11-03-2015 22:45 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Celebs and their pets.
  
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• VIDEO: Meet Liverpool’s Bollywood actress

  11-03-2015 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British actress Amy Jackson has just appeared in her fifth Bollywood film,
  
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• Iran Letter: 165,000+ Sign Petition to Prosecute GOP Senators

  11-03-2015 22:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Petition to the White House quickly gains support online.
  
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• Nick Gordon's Mother Details Bobbi Kristina Incident

  11-03-2015 22:37 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Nick Gordon's mother revealed details of the incident that took place prior to Bobbi Kristina Brown being discovered unresponsive in her Georgia home on Jan. 31.
  
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• Suh inks record deal with Dolphins

  11-03-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Miami Dolphins put the final details on a six-year contract with All-Pro defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh Wednesday, making him the highest paid defensive player in league history. The National Football League club declined to disclose financial terms of the massive deal but American sports broadcaster ESPN reported Sunday that Suh would be paid $60 million over the first three years and can earn up to $114 million over the life of the deal, of which $60 million is guaranteed. Suh's pact
  
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• Police chief resigns after racist tactics exposed

  11-03-2015 22:37 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The police chief in Ferguson resigns. His downfall began when an officer killed an unarmed black man, and ended with a scathing government report that exposed racist tactics in his force.
  
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• Shake Shack Digests Loss, 'Shack-Attack' in Earnings Debut

  11-03-2015 22:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A "Shack"-attack is hitting the country since Shake Shack went public in January, as the food chain aims to triple its presence in the U.S. After a successful IPO, Shake
  
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• Inmate admits sending Obama letter threat to wrong address

  11-03-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man convicted of child molestation has admitted mailing a threatening letter from a western Pennsylvania prison to President Barack Obama — albeit to the wrong address.
  
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• VIDEO: Will US-Cuba thaw reach pro baseball?

  11-03-2015 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Now that relations are normalising between the US and Cuba, will Cuban baseball players make it to the major leagues?
  
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• Boston bombing jury hears 'officer down' police radio call

  11-03-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer who found a colleague in his squad car covered in blood three nights after the Boston Marathon bombing frantically repeated two words into his radio "officer down, officer down." A recording of that radio call was played to jurors hearing the trial of accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, on Wednesday, as prosecutors turned to the charge that the defendant and his older brother murdered MIT po
  
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• No. 19 North Carolina beats Boston College 81-63 in ACCs

  11-03-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Brice Johnson scored 17 points to help No. 19 North Carolina beat Boston College 81-63 on Wednesday in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
  
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• Latest on military helicopter crash: More fog hampers search

  11-03-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  5:10 P.M
  
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• Apple reopens iTunes, App stores after lengthy outage

  11-03-2015 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple has restored service to its widely used iTunes and app stores.
  
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• Democrats stand by Clinton, but with some reservations

  11-03-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats closed ranks around Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday after her public explanation of her email practices — yet party officials in important election states appeared resigned to the prospect that her all-but-certain presidential campaign will be saddled with drama and controversy.
  
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• Rallies related to Madison police shooting planned

  11-03-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mother of a biracial 19-year-old killed by a white police officer urged hundreds of protesters who gathered Wednesday to keep their march as peaceful as other rallies have been in the wake of the shooting five days earlier.
  
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• 1 Black Hawk crashed in fog, killing 11; Another turned back

  11-03-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) — Two helicopters flew in the nighttime training mission that cost the lives of seven Marines and four soldiers, but one turned back in the dense fog, military officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Police charge NY man with pointing laser at aircraft

  11-03-2015 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Authorities have charged a man with pointing a laser at aircraft departing and landing at New York's LaGuardia airport, prosecutors said on Wednesday. His arrest followed several incidents in which lasers were directed into the cockpits of commercial aircraft near LaGuardia. A police helicopter in the same area was targeted by the same green laser, authorities said.
  
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