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• Bielsa quits as Marseille boss after season opener

  08-08-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Marcelo Bielsa stunned French football on Saturday when he quit as coach of Marseille just minutes after his team had lost their season opener 1-0 at home to Caen. "I have resigned from my post as manager of Marseille," the Argentine announced at the end of his post-match news conference. Bielsa, 60, has been linked to the Mexico national team manager's role in recent weeks, and Marseille looked every inch a side affected by the off-field uncertainty surrounding his future.
  
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• Hiker Killed by Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park

  08-08-2015 23:48
  
  The man's coworkers had reported him missing.
  
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• Uber Admits Mistake in Accepting Sex Assault Suspect

  08-08-2015 23:43
  Uber says it accepted by mistake a driver now accused of sexually assaulting female passenger
  
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• Carphone Warehouse in data breach

  08-08-2015 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Personal details of up to 2.4 million Carphone Warehouse customers may have been accessed in a cyber-attack, the retailer says.
  
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• Officials lift evacuations in Northern California wildfire

  08-08-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. (AP) — All evacuations were lifted Saturday after cooler weather helped firefighters gain more ground against a Northern California wildfire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes.
  
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• Tigers SS Jose Iglesias OK with role in dugout scrap

  08-08-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Jose Iglesias says he's OK with his role in a dugout scrap Friday night in which he shoved Detroit Tigers teammate James McCann and threw his glove at him.
  
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• Bielsa quits as Marseille coach after season opener

  08-08-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Marseille (AFP) - Marcelo Bielsa stunned French football on Saturday when he quit as coach of Marseille just minutes after his team had lost their season opener 1-0 at Caen.
  
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• Record 108 contract Legionnaires disease in New York

  08-08-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The number of people diagnosed with Legionnaires disease has risen to 108 as America's largest city suffers from a record outbreak of the form of pneumonia, authorities said Saturday. No new deaths have been reported on top of the 10 announced earlier in the week and officials say the outbreak is now on the decline. To date, 94 people have been admitted to the hospital with the infection since the outbreak began on July 10 in the south Bronx, the poorest section of New York state.
  
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• Ukraine blacklists Russian artists

  08-08-2015 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukraine names 14 Russian singers and actors, including French-born Gerard Depardieu, whose work will be banned from TV, radio and cinemas.
  
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• Attacks on army, police and U.S. special forces kill 50 in Kabul

  08-08-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul have killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader's death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and ended with an hours-long battle at a base used by U.S. special forces. It became the d
  
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• Officials: 3 dead are related to Vermont shooting suspect

  08-08-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Three women found dead in a Vermont home on Saturday are related to a woman arrested a day earlier in the fatal shooting of a state social worker, state police said.
  
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• Authorities: Man planning robbery inadvertently calls 911

  08-08-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man planning a burglary inadvertently dialed 911, allowing dispatchers to listen in on his conversation.
  
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• Mourinho angry at Blues medical team

  08-08-2015 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho criticises his "naive" medical staff for treating Eden Hazard in their draw with Swansea.
  
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• At least 12 killed as Mali hotel siege ends

  08-08-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 12 people including four foreign UN contractors died in a hostage siege at a hotel in central Mali that ended early Saturday when government troops stormed the building. The UN mission in Mali MINUSMA said two Ukrainians, a Nepalese and a South African were killed in the hours-long drama as well as a Malian driver working for a company contracted by the mission. South Africa's foreign ministry said a 38-year-old man from Pretoria was killed in the siege while two other South Africa
  
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• Thirteen dead as Mali siege ends

  08-08-2015 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mali's security forces storm a hotel in the central town of Sevare, ending a deadly siege in which at least 13 people have been killed.
  
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• Migrant crisis in Greece: Dutch couple holidaying in Lesbos cancel flight home to stay and help refugees

  08-08-2015 22:45
  
  The vacation had been everything that Angelique and Onno Bos dreamed it would be.
  
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• Migrant crisis in Greece: Dutch couple holidaying in Lesbos cancel flight home to help refugees

  08-08-2015 22:45
  
  The vacation had been everything that Angelique and Onno Bos dreamed it would be.
  
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• Stephen Harper: Canadian Prime Minister accused of taking country too far to the right

  08-08-2015 22:38
  
  Secretive, vindictive and patronising are not words in keeping with the popular stereotype of Canadians. Yet that’s how citizens of the world’s second-largest country are increasingly portraying the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, these days.
  
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• Turkey-Kurdish conflict: PKK distracted by Turkish bombs as it continues fight against Isis

  08-08-2015 22:31
  
  In a guerrilla camp to the south-west of Irbil in Kurdish Iraq, fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) huddle on sofas in a darkened room, some bearing scars from the war with Islamic State (Isis). That morning the Islamists sent a rocket whizzing towards the nearby town of Makhmour, killing one civilian and injuring two.
  
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• Trainee officer shoots unarmed college football player

  08-08-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — An unarmed college football player was shot dead at a suburban Dallas car dealership by a trainee police officer during a middle-of-the-night burglary call. The death of 19-year-old Christian Taylor has raised some of the same questions as other recent police shootings involving unarmed suspects.
  
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• Trump, top adviser part ways

  08-08-2015 22:23 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's campaign said Saturday it has fired top political adviser Roger Stone.
  
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• How Namibian charcoal workers pay a high price for the cheap British barbecue

  08-08-2015 22:20
  
  Britain moves into peak barbecue season this weekend, and the smell of slightly charred burgers, ribs, halloumi and salmon will fill the nation’s gardens, parks and balconies.
  
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• Finland could stay out of new Greek bailout: foreign minister

  08-08-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Finland could stay out of a planned third bailout deal for Greece, the Nordic country's Eurosceptic foreign minister said on Saturday, amid calls from his nationalist party, The Finns, for a more critical stance toward the EU. Finland has taken one of the hardest lines against bailouts among euro zone members, and got even tougher in May when The Finns joined a new center-right coalition. "Of course we can stay out of (the third bailout), that is possible," Timo Soini told Reuters on the sidelin
  
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• Price, Smoak lead Blue Jays over Yankees for 7th win in row

  08-08-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — David Price pitched three-hit ball for seven innings, Justin Smoak lined Toronto's first grand slam in the Bronx and the Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-0 Saturday for their seventh straight win.
  
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• Trump backlash over blood jibe

  08-08-2015 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A key US conservative forum drops Donald Trump as a speaker, saying he was wrong to suggest a journalist was tough on him because she was menstruating.
  
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• The Latest: Vermont police investigate 4 deaths

  08-08-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — The latest in the investigation into four deaths in Vermont, including a state child protection worker (all times local):
  
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• Immigrant in church sanctuary reaches one-year mark

  08-08-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Rosa Robles Loreto could leave the small, Tucson church where she has spent the past year. But there is no guarantee she won't be sent back to Mexico, her native country.
  
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• Mom arrested in death of 1-month-old found in NYC courtyard

  08-08-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A mother was arrested on a murder charge after her newborn baby boy was found dead in the courtyard of their apartment building, police said Saturday.
  
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• Judge to Texas Man: Get Married or Go to Jail

  08-08-2015 21:51
  
  As part of his probation, Josten Bundy was sentenced to marry his girlfriend.
  
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• Burning Man gets federal permit; BLM scraps 'lavish' request

  08-08-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has rescinded its request for VIP accommodations at the Burning Man festival and granted the permit needed to hold the event in Nevada's Black Rock Desert starting Aug. 30.
  
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• VIDEO: On board with Rio water protesters

  08-08-2015 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A flotilla of boats sails across Rio's Guanabara Bay to protest against water pollution ahead of the 2016 Olympics - the BBC's Julia Carneiro was on board.
  
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• Republicans pile on Trump as U.S. presidential campaign stumbles

  08-08-2015 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Bill Trott and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rival Republican presidential candidates piled on Donald Trump on Saturday for his caustic remarks about a female debate moderator, and the billionaire celebrity candidate backpedaled in an effort to keep his campaign from unraveling. Trump blasted Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly during a debate in Cleveland on Thursday when she questioned him about insulting comments he had made about women. The backlash to his exchange with Kelly has threatene
  
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• At least 12 dead as Mali siege ends, some U.N. workers freed

  08-08-2015 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed during a nearly 24-hour siege of a hotel in central Mali seized by suspected Islamist gunmen that ended on Saturday as security forces stormed the building and released some of the United Nations workers trapped inside. Four U.N. contractors were freed in the pre-dawn raid, but Mali's U.N. peacekeeping operation MINUSMA said five people associated with the mission had died, while Malian officials counted three hosta
  
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• Rwandan peacekeeper kills four colleagues in Central African Republic

  08-08-2015 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Rwandan soldier serving with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic shot dead four Rwandan troops and wounded eight others on Saturday, before himself being shot dead, according to the Rwandan Defence Ministry. "Investigations have immediately commenced to establish the motive behind this deplorable shooting," spokesman Brigadier General Joseph Nzabamwita said. "We suspect terrorism, without ruling out mental illness as the cause." The statement said the injured soldiers had
  
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• Ledecky makes history by sweeping swimming worlds golds

  08-08-2015 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Katie Ledecky wrote more swimming history at the world championships on Saturday by breaking her own 800m freestyle record and claiming an historic fifth gold medal. The 18-year-old became the first swimmer to sweep the world titles for the 200, 400, 800 and 1500m freestyle, while she also won gold in Kazan in the 4x200m freestyle relay. It was a mark of her dominance that New Zealand's Lauren Boyle set a new Oceania record of 8:17.65 to take silver, but still finished 10.26secs behind Lede
  
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• NYC sought to fire man for missing work _ but he'd died

  08-08-2015 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City tried to fire an employee for missing about 18 months of work — though he was dead during some of that time.
  
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• Iran Military Chief Backs Nuke Deal Despite Concerns

  08-08-2015 21:19
  
  The country's military chief backed a landmark nuclear deal, a report says.
  
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• Buffett's Berkshire nears deal for Precision Castparts: WSJ

  08-08-2015 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is nearing an agreement to buy Precision Castparts Corp , in what could be the company's largest purchase ever, the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. The purchase of Precision Castparts, which makes aircraft components and energy-production equipment, could be announced as soon as next week and cost more than $30 billion, assuming typical premiums for mergers, the newspaper said. Precision C
  
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• The Latest: Pennsylvania prosecutor arraigned on charges

  08-08-2015 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The latest in the arraignment of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (all times local):
  
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• Trump Pushes Back After Being Disinvited From Event

  08-08-2015 21:07
  
  He was disinvited over comments about Fox News' Megyn Kelly.
  
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• Anti-Houthi forces take strategic city in Yemen, Emirati troops killed

  08-08-2015 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ADEN/DUBAI (Reuters) - Fighters backed by an Arab military coalition seized the key city of Zinjibar in southern Yemen on Saturday, residents and militia sources said, dealing another major blow to the dominant Houthi group. Three soldiers from the United Arab Emirates were reported killed while taking part in the Saudi-led military campaign against the Houthis, UAE state news agency WAM said on Saturday. Southern militia sources said they had been killed by landmines planted by the Houthis whil
  
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• Backups to see plenty of action in Hall of Fame game

  08-08-2015 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The bold-faced names will wear baseball caps and not helmets on Sunday night during the annual Hall of Fame game.
  
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• Belichick: Long injury list linked to Super Bowl run

  08-08-2015 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — There were 23 players missing from New England Patriots practice on Saturday when running back Travaris Cadet walked off the field with a trainer and kicked the ground in disgust.
  
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• A Year Later, Has Ferguson Stopped Treating Its Residents 'Like ATMs'?

  08-08-2015 20:56 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A new law is supposed to stop police in St. Louis County from treating civilians "like ATMs," but critics think it may have a dangerous side effect.
  
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• Trump Dumped From Event After Megyn Kelly Quips

  08-08-2015 20:55 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump has been told not to attend a conservative gathering after making comments about a female Fox News journalist that many found shocking.
  
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• Palestinians bury second arson victim as accusations fly

  08-08-2015 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebomb attack by Jewish extremists last week died from his burns Saturday, and relatives at his funeral denounced Israel for complicity in settler violence. Thousands of mourners, many waving Palestinian flags, turned out to lay Saad Dawabsha to rest as his flag-draped body was carried by an honour guard of Palestinian security forces. "It's a crime committed by the settlers but with the agreement of the (Israeli) occupation," rela
  
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• Injured father of toddler killed in West Bank arson dies

  08-08-2015 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebomb attack blamed on Jewish extremists died Saturday of the wounds he suffered in the assault.
  
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• Obama tees off on 1st full day of Martha's Vineyard vacation

  08-08-2015 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is spending his first full day of vacation on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard playing golf.
  
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• Rio Olympic water pollution protest

  08-08-2015 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A flotilla of more than 30 vessels cruises across Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay to protest against water pollution a year before the 2016 Olympics.
  
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• Unstoppable Ledecky powers to fifth gold

  08-08-2015 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rod Gilmour KAZAN, Russia - American Katie Ledecky entered the record books as she smashed the women's 800 meters world record to claim her fifth gold medal of a remarkable world championships on Saturday. Ledecky, the 18-year-old high school graduate, blitzed her way to gold in eight minutes 7.39 seconds, setting her third world record of the week and 10th of a glittering career. New Zealander Lauren Boyle upgraded her 2013 world bronze to claim silver, 10.26 seconds behind Ledecky, as
  
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