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• Red Sox closer Uehara out for season

  10-08-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara will miss the rest of the season with a broken right wrist.
  
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• Premier League & NBC agree new deal

  10-08-2015 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Premier League announces a new deal with American broadcaster NBC to show live football matches for the next six years.
  
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• New College Compact: Hillary Clinton's $350bn plan to help students

  10-08-2015 23:53
  
  Hillary Clinton, the Democrat front-runner in the race for the White House, has announced a sweeping plan to ease the financial burden on young Americans going to college and pull down interest rates on those who have already graduated with large loans still to pay off.
  
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• Nearly 60 people arrested for Ferguson-related protest in St Louis: officials

  10-08-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Nearly 60 people were arrested on Monday for obstructing the entrance of a St. Louis court house in a peaceful protest related to the anniversary of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman in nearby Ferguson, Missouri. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said 57 people were arrested and are being processed for blocking the entrances at the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse.
  
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• Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible' tops US box office again

  10-08-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" fought off competitors to claim the top spot on the North American box office chart for a second straight week, industry data showed Monday.
  
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• Residents demand health answers as mine spill fouls rivers

  10-08-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Farmers, towns and tribes slammed water-intake gates shut as a sludge-laden plume from a Colorado mine spill rolled down principal rivers in the desert Southwest on Monday, prompting local officials and families to demand answers about possible long-term threats from heavy metals borne along by the spill.
  
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• Actress Melissa Gilbert to run for Congress in Michigan

  10-08-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former "Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert is running for Congress in Michigan.
  
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• VIDEO: Leak turns Colorado river yellow

  10-08-2015 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A toxic leak from a mine is three times larger than previously thought
  
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• Drake scores year's first platinum album

  10-08-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Drake on Monday become the first artist to release an album this year that has sold more than one million copies in the United States, ending the latest industry drought. The Canadian rapper's "If You're Reading This It's Too Late," which he put out digitally without prior warning in February, has sold 1.007 million copies as of the week ending Friday, tracking service Nielsen Music said. Only one other album has sold more than one million copies in the United States thi
  
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• West Brom 0-3 Manchester City

  10-08-2015 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yaya Toure inspires Manchester City to victory at West Brom as £49m signing Raheem Sterling makes his debut for the visitors.
  
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• The Latest on athlete's death: Details scarce on shooting

  10-08-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The latest on the fatal shooting by police in Texas of unarmed college football player (all times CDT):
  
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• Mexican governor to be questioned in probe of photojournalist's killing in the capital

  10-08-2015 23:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mexico City's mayor says investigators will travel to the Gulf coast state of Veracruz to question its governor about the July 31 killing of a photojournalist.
  
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• The Latest: New Mexico calls out feds over mine spill

  10-08-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local):
  
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• City stroll on Sterling debut

  10-08-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Raheem Sterling's Manchester City debut was overshadowed by the old guard as Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany made the decisive contributions in an impressive 3-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Monday. Having seen rivals Chelsea and Arsenal both slip up over the weekend, Manuel Pellegrini's team took full advantage as they provided an early glimpse of their Premier League title credentials with a dominant display at the Hawthorns. Toure and David Silva combined to hand City the initiativ
  
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• CBS News to overhaul 2016 convention coverage

  10-08-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — CBS News will overhaul its coverage of the 2016 Democratic and Republican conventions to emphasize participants "on the ground" rather than chatter in the network's skybox, CBS News President David Rhodes said.
  
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• Journalist Rasim Aliyev killed in Azerbaijan after criticising a football player on Facebook

  10-08-2015 23:23
  
  A journalist from Azerbaijan was killed after he was attacked by football fans for criticising a popular footballer.
  
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• Google to become Alphabet Inc in shakeup

  10-08-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Google Inc announced a new operating structure Monday, creating a holding company called Alphabet to encompass the search engine unit and other subsidiaries. Alphabet Inc will replace Google as the publicly-traded entity and all shares of Google will automatically convert into the same number of shares of Alphabet, with all of the same rights. "This new structure will allow us to keep tremendous focus on the extraordinary opportunities we have inside of Google," Larry Page said in a bl
  
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• One billion dollars in cocaine seized by one US ship

  10-08-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A single US Coast Guard ship has recovered cocaine worth more than one billion dollars in under a year, authorities said Monday. "This is about more than just trying to keep drugs off US streets," said Coast Guard Commander Paul Zukunft.
  
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• Group backing Clinton gets $1M from untraceable donors

  10-08-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton told a cheering crowd at her largest rally so far that "the endless flow of secret, unaccountable money" must be stopped. Two weeks later, the main super PAC backing her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination accepted a $1 million contribution that cannot be traced.
  
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• Google forms new parent, 'Alphabet' in restructuring

  10-08-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  San Francisco (AFP) - Google unveiled a new corporate structure Monday, creating a parent company dubbed "Alphabet" headed by chief executive Larry Page with the Internet search unit as one of several entities.
  
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• Guilty plea in scheme to steal more than $1M in donations

  10-08-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Samuel K. Pate Jr.'s job was to deposit donations into the accounts of his conservative clients — including campaign funds for now-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and fellow Republican Sen. David Vitter. Instead, his bookkeeping scheme diverted more than $1 million into his own accounts to pay for a lavish lifestyle of vacation homes, luxury vehicles and jewelry, federal prosecutors said Monday.
  
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• Parent of Columbia House files for bankruptcy protection

  10-08-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The company that once offered to sell you eight CDs for 1 cent has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after almost 20 years of falling sales.
  
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• Google Inc to become Alphabet Inc in shakeup

  10-08-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Google Inc is changing its operating structure by setting up a new company called Alphabet Inc, which will include the search business and a number of other units. Larry Page said in blog post he would become the chief executive of Alphabet Inc, while Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai will be CEO of Google. Alphabet Inc will replace Google as the publicly-traded entity and all shares of Google will automatically convert into the same number of shares of Alphabet, with all of the sa
  
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• State of emergency called in Ferguson after gunfire mars protests

  10-08-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Carey Gillam FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Authorities declared a state of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday in an effort to quell a repeat of the violence that erupted during demonstrations overnight to mark the police shooting of an unarmed black man one year ago. The order was issued for the St. Louis suburb and surrounding areas amid already tense relations between residents and police after officers shot and critically wounded an 18-year-old man in an exchange of gunfire that marred
  
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• Clinton: Trump 'way overboard' in post-debate remarks

  10-08-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic White House frontrunner Hillary Clinton denounced her Republican rival and former supporter Donald Trump on Monday, saying he went "way overboard" in a crude verbal assault on a female journalist. Trump sparked a furor when he suggested that popular Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly had "blood coming out of her wherever" when she took a forceful line of questioning to him during last week's Republican debate. The remarks were the strongest yet by Clinton against
  
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• Google to be part of new holding company, 'Alphabet'

  10-08-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google is changing its operating structure and will become part of a holding company called Alphabet.
  
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• State of emergency in Ferguson as teen charged in police shootout

  10-08-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  St. Louis County declared a state of emergency Monday following a night of unrest in Ferguson, after a teenager was charged with shooting at police officers. In a statement, St. Louis County executive Steve Stenger said county police would immediately take charge of "police emergency management" in Ferguson and surrounding districts. "In light of last night's violence and unrest in the city of Ferguson, and the potential for harm to persons and property, I am exercising my au
  
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• Clinton signs court statement that she's turned over emails

  10-08-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says in a sworn statement to a federal judge that she's turned over all emails in her possession reflecting official government business.
  
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• Chargers slam San Diego's latest stadium proposal

  10-08-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Chargers have issued a stinging rebuke to the city and county's plans for a new $1.1 billion stadium, making it look increasingly doubtful the long-running, contentious issue can be solved by City Hall's Sept. 11 deadline to have a deal in place to qualify for a January vote.
  
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• Clinton thought Trump wedding would be "entertaining"

  10-08-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she didn't know Donald Trump very well when she attended his 2005 wedding but thought the event would be "fun" and "entertaining." She adds: "Now that he's running for president, it's a little more troubling."
  
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• House chamber reopening after tests negative for asbestos

  10-08-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Capitol building's House chamber will reopen Tuesday after closing for a day when construction workers found an unknown substance behind one of the walls.
  
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• VIDEO: The gadgets that track workplace fitness

  10-08-2015 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News explains how some employers are trying to keep their staff in the peak of health and fitness - and are even issuing wearable health devices.
  
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• Health officials say amoeba did not kill Minnesota youth

  10-08-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Health officials say lab tests have determined that a Minnesota teenager did not die from a water parasite as initially suspected, but instead from a bacterial disease.
  
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• The Latest on athlete's death: Brother not angry at police

  10-08-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The latest on the fatal shooting by police in Texas of unarmed college football player (all times CDT):
  
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• US stocks jump as oil's bounce boosts energy stocks

  10-08-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A resurgent energy sector and another big acquisition by Warren Buffett propelled the stock market to its best day in three months on Monday.
  
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• Slender Man case goes to adult court

  10-08-2015 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two 13-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the fictional character Slender Man will be tried in an adult court, a US judge rules.
  
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• 'Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus' books NYC stage

  10-08-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A stage adaptation of one of the most popular self-help books in the world is coming to a Manhattan theater, starring a Martian.
  
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• Police shooting, protests put Ferguson back on edge

  10-08-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots and police critically wounded a black 18-year-old accused of opening fire on officers.
  
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• The Latest: Well water tested after Colorado mine spill

  10-08-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local):
  
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• Survey puts figure on fading cosmos

  10-08-2015 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A survey examining 200,000 galaxies in multiple wavelengths offers the best estimate yet of how fast the Universe is fading.
  
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• Box office top 20: 'Fantastic Four' flops to $25.7M debut

  10-08-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The flopping "Fantastic Four" put a major dent in the seemingly unbreakable armor of the superhero summer movie, amassing a mere $25.7 million in its weekend debut at the box office.
  
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• VIDEO: Astronauts bite into space salad

  10-08-2015 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) sample some space-grown lettuce.
  
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• Ukraine reports heaviest shelling by eastern rebels since February

  10-08-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of carrying out the heaviest artillery attacks on government positions in six months and warned of signs the conflict was escalating despite a ceasefire deal. The military said 400 rebel fighters supported by tanks had attacked government forces around the village of Starohnativka, 50 km (30 miles) north of the Kiev-held port city of Mariupol. The rebels denied attacking government troops.
  
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• The Latest: More charges could take time, attorney says

  10-08-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BARRE, Vt. (AP) — The latest in the case of a Vermont woman who police say fatally shot a social worker because she was upset about losing custody of her 9-year-old daughter. Police believe she also killed two cousins and an aunt (all times local):
  
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• Clinton proposes $350 billion college affordability plan

  10-08-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling for a "new college compact," Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday unveiled a $350 billion plan aimed at making college more affordable and reducing the crushing burden of student debt.
  
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• The huge Republican headache - and it's not Trump

  10-08-2015 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Donald Trump phenomenon may not be over yet. That, however, could be the least of the Republican Party establishment's concerns.
  
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• ISIS claims Iraq suicide bombing

  10-08-2015 22:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A suicide car bomb ripped through a busy outdoor market Monday night near the Iraqi city of Baquba, killing at least 30 people and wounding 40 others, police and health officials said.
  
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• China and Buffett fuel Wall St. rally, oil rebounds

  10-08-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street surged on Monday after a $37.2 billion deal by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and weak Chinese data that boosted hopes for fresh stimulus in the world's No. 2 economy, while oil jumped almost 4 percent. All three major U.S. stock indices finished more than 1 percent higher after Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy Precision Castparts, showing investors the M&A boom was alive and well. Mostly you see it pronounced in the cyclical sectors ... anything tied to China and
  
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• Trump says Fox News chief has promised him fair coverage

  10-08-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes has assured Donald Trump that he'll be "treated fairly" by the station, Trump tweeted Friday.
  
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• Ravens receiver Steve Smith to retire after this season

  10-08-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith, one of 12 players in NFL history with 900 catches, says he will retire after this season — his 15th in the league.
  
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