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• The Latest: Brady, Goodell leave court after hearing, talks

  12-08-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Here are the latest developments in a federal court hearing in football's "Deflategate" scandal, with the NFL, the players' union and superstar quarterback Tom Brady at odds about a four game suspension he received for using underinflated footballs (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Well-wishers tweet support for Jimmy Carter

  12-08-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The latest on former President Jimmy Carter, who said Wednesday that he has cancer (all times local):
  
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• Mexican prosecutors seek arrest of 22 in 2009 fire at day care center that killed 49 children

  12-08-2015 23:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Federal prosecutors in Mexico have asked a judge to issue arrest warrants for 22 employees of a day care center where a 2009 fire killed 49 babies and toddlers and injured 70 other children.
  
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• Officials: At least 13 dead in China port explosions

  12-08-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TIANJIN, China (AP) — Huge explosions sparked overnight at a warehouse for dangerous materials in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin killed at least 13 people, injured hundreds and sent massive fireballs into the night sky, officials and state media outlets said Thursday.
  
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• The Latest: Halt mine cleanup field work, EPA chief says

  12-08-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local):
  
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• Officer fired for shooting football player may face charges

  12-08-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A police officer fired after fatally shooting an unarmed black college football player during a suspected burglary at a Texas car dealership could face criminal charges or civil lawsuits by the man's family members. Former officer Brad Miller's attorney has criticized the firing as political, after the police chief said in dismissing him that the deadly confrontation was unreasonable. Authorities say the Tarrant County District Attorney could present the case to a gran
  
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• Mexico central bank lowers economic growth for 2015 to between 1.7 percent and 2.5 percent

  12-08-2015 23:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mexico's central bank has lowered its forecast for the country's 2015 economic growth.
  
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• Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma has no-hitter through 6 innings

  12-08-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Mariners' right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma has not allowed a hit to the Baltimore Orioles through six innings on Wednesday.
  
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• UN statement on Syria political transition delayed by Venezuela objections

  12-08-2015 23:35 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Security Council approval of a draft U.N.
  
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• Rural woman march in Brazil's capital in defense of their rights and demand agrarian reform

  12-08-2015 23:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  More than 30,000 rural women took part in a march Wednesday demanding sustainable development, agrarian reform and an end to gender violence and inequality in Brazil.
  
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• The Latest: Brady exits court after 'Deflategate' hearing

  12-08-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Here are the latest developments in a federal court hearing in football's "Deflategate" scandal, with the NFL, the players' union and superstar quarterback Tom Brady at odds about a four game suspension he received for using underinflated footballs (all times local):
  
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• Auctioned Oscar will be sold for $10 after legal fight

  12-08-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has signed an agreement allowing the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to buy a 1940s-era Oscar statuette that had been auctioned last year without its permission.
  
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• Email troubles persisting, Clinton camp reassures backers

  12-08-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Try as she might to focus on the policies she wants to enact if elected president, Hillary Rodham Clinton just can't dig out of her inbox.
  
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• Former President Carter: I have cancer

  12-08-2015 23:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former President Jimmy Carter has cancer that has spread from his liver to other parts of his body, he announced Wednesday.
  
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• Judge orders Kentucky clerk to issue gay marriage licenses

  12-08-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a Kentucky county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same sex-couples.
  
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• Kasich defends immigrants as 'contributing significantly'

  12-08-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DERRY, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John Kasich defended millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally as "people who are contributing significantly" to the nation, taking on a divisive issue Wednesday as he promised to redefine conservatism during his latest New Hampshire appearance.
  
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• Federal court: Anti-Muslim group can't post ads on buses

  12-08-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court says an anti-Muslim group can't post ads on Washington state buses showing photos of terrorists and saying the FBI offers a $25 million reward for their capture.
  
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• Hometown of Croat allegedly slain by IS in disbelief

  12-08-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VRPOLJE, Croatia (AP) — In Tomislav Salopek's hometown Vrpolje in Croatia, residents refuse to believe Wednesday's reports that the 30-year-old surveyor appears to have become the first Croat to be beheaded by the Islamic State group.
  
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• Seven dead, 300 hurt as huge blast hits China's Tianjin: reports

  12-08-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A massive explosion at a warehouse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin killed seven people and sent a fireball ripping through the sky, state media reported Thursday. The blast, which could be felt kilometres (miles) away, was triggered when a shipment of explosives detonated in the container where it was being stored, according to the official Xinhua news agency. "An explosion ripped through a warehouse storing 'dangerous goods' in north China's Tianjin City late We
  
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• U.S. begins air strikes against Islamic State from Turkish base

  12-08-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States launched its first manned air strikes against Islamic State targets from the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Wednesday, the U.S. military said. The U.S.-led coalition had launched flying, unmanned missions against the militants earlier this month, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement. Turkish fighter jets were not involved in the manned U.S. air strikes on Wednesday, Turkish security sources said.
  
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• Latest on athlete's death: Prayer rally set with officials

  12-08-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The latest on the fatal shooting by police in Texas of unarmed college football player Christian Taylor (all times CDT):
  
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• NBCUniversal invests $200 million in digital news outlet Vox

  12-08-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — NBCUniversal says it is investing $200 million in digital media company Vox Media, which owns popular sites such as food blog Eater, the sports-focused SB Nation and the tech blog Re/code.
  
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• Animas pollution: The toxic orange river that America cannot ignore

  12-08-2015 23:08
  
  You may not want to dive in, but as it wends its lazy way just west of downtown Cleveland into Lake Eerie, the Cuyahoga river looks, well, sparkling. Rowers take double-sculls on to its waters. Upstream some whitewater stretches have become a destination for kayakers.
  
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• Former US president Carter reveals he has cancer

  12-08-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Former US President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday said that recent liver surgery had shown he has cancer.
  
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• Argentine government tries to ease tensions, fix damage from flooding that forced evacuations

  12-08-2015 23:06 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Argentina's government tried to ease public anger Wednesday over flooding that forced an estimated 11,000 people to flee their homes in Buenos Aires province.
  
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• About 20 percent of NY students refused to take spring tests

  12-08-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — About 20 percent of New York's third- through eighth-graders refused to take the statewide English and math tests given in the spring, the state's education chief said, acknowledging the opt-outs affected assessment data released Wednesday, which otherwise showed a slight uptick in overall student achievement.
  
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• Court sketches of Tom Brady cause social media flurry

  12-08-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A courtroom artist whose gaunt sketches of Tom Brady at the first "Deflategate" civil suit hearing in Manhattan federal court led to a Twitter flurry says it's her job to show what's going on.
  
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• Stocks, yields stumble after China lets yuan fall again

  12-08-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks, the U.S. dollar, and emerging market currencies around the world remained under pressure for a second day on Wednesday after China's yuan weakened again, a day after the country devalued its currency. On Wednesday, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the yuan's midpoint rate lower than Tuesday's closing market rate, resulting in nearly a 4.0 percent devaluation of the yuan in two days against the U.S. dollar. Shares in China drop
  
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• Former US President Jimmy Carter reveals that he has cancer

  12-08-2015 23:00
  
  Former US President Jimmy Carter has revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer.
  
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• Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery

  12-08-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday.
  
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• Switzerland lifts some sanctions against Iran

  12-08-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland is lifting some sanctions against Iran in what it calls a sign of support for the agreement between Tehran and world powers over its nuclear program.
  
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• Switzerland lifts some sanctions against Iran in sign of support for nuclear deal

  12-08-2015 22:55 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Switzerland is lifting some sanctions against Iran in what it calls a sign of support for the agreement between Tehran and world powers over its nuclear program.
  
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• Ferguson state of emergency extended

  12-08-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A state of emergency in the racial flashpoint US city of Ferguson was extended Wednesday despite a night of calm, officials said. St. Louis County first declared a state of emergency on Monday -- though it stopped short of imposing a curfew -- after a day of peaceful protests marking the first anniversary of the police shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown devolved into violence and looting on Sunday. Tyrone Harris, 18, was shot by police Sunday after allegedlyopening fire in the chaos in
  
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• Seven dead in Tianjin warehouse blast: Chinese state media

  12-08-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A massive explosion at a warehouse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin Wednesday sent a fireball ripping through the sky that killed seven people and injured at least 300, state media reported. The blast, which could be felt kilometres (miles) away, was triggered when a shipment of explosives detonated in the warehouse where it was being stored, according to the official Xinhua news agency. "An explosion ripped through a warehouse storing 'dangerous goods' in north China&
  
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• Former US president Carter says has liver cancer

  12-08-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Former US President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday said that recent surgery had shown he has cancer and that it has spread from his liver.
  
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• AP source: Buffalo claims Enemkpali off waivers after punch

  12-08-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have claimed Ikemefuna Enemkpali off of waivers from the New York Jets after the linebacker was released for breaking quarterback Geno Smith's jaw with a punch in the team's locker room, a person familiar with the transaction said Wednesday.
  
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• Former President Carter says he has cancer

  12-08-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that recent liver surgery revealed he had cancer that had spread to other parts of his body. "I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare," Carter said in a statement. "A more complete public statement will be made when facts are known, possibly next week." Carter 90, was president from 1977 to 1981. (Reporting by Letitia Stein Tampa, Florida; Writi
  
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• Experts see long-term calamity from Colorado mine spill

  12-08-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DURANGO, Colorado (AP) — The toxic waste gushing from a Colorado mine and threatening downstream water supplies in at least three states will continue to be dangerous whenever contaminated sediments get stirred up from the river bottom, authorities said Wednesday, suggesting that there's no easy fix to what could be a long-term calamity.
  
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• PGA sticking with future tournaments at Trump courses

  12-08-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The PGA of America has no plans to take two golf tournaments away from courses Donald Trump owns over the next seven years.
  
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• Nasdaq, S&P 500 end slightly up as energy stocks gain

  12-08-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - US stocks finished mostly higher Wednesday as an afternoon rally led by Apple and energy equities overcame early weakness on fears about an economic slowdown in China.
  
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• US stocks wobble, then recover after China currency weakens

  12-08-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Another drop in China's currency shook markets around the world for a second straight day amid rising concerns about the world's second-largest economy. Major markets in Europe slumped, while the U.S. stock market recovered from an early drop to finish nearly flat.
  
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• The Latest: New Mexico official: Towns want answers on spill

  12-08-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local):
  
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• Alibaba takes hit as growth cools

  12-08-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chinese online giant Alibaba saw shares take a sharp hit Wednesday as a disappointing quarterly report showed sales growth cooling. Profit in the quarter ended June 30 doubled to $4.97 billion (30.8 billion yuan), mainly due to one-time gains of $3.9 billion from the sale of its stake in film unit Alibaba Pictures. "The added problem for Alibaba is a macro (economic) problem, and specifically the slowdown that is happening in China.
  
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• Trump tops CNN / ORC poll

  12-08-2015 22:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump has a significant lead in the race to win over likely Iowa caucus-goers, according to the first CNN/ORC poll in the state this cycle.
  
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• Officials: At least 7 dead in China port explosions

  12-08-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Huge explosions sparked at a warehouse for dangerous material in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin have killed at least seven people and injured hundreds, officials and state media outlets said Thursday.
  
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• Phony grenade sparks Ontario airport evacuation

  12-08-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say several hundred people were evacuated from a terminal at LA/Ontario International Airport after a phony novelty grenade was found in a traveler's baggage.
  
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• Islamic State's Egyptian ally says it beheads Croat: SITE

  12-08-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Omar Fahmy and Igor Ilic CAIRO/ZAGREB (Reuters) - An Egyptian group allied to Islamic State has published a photograph it said showed the beheaded body of a Croatian hostage it threatened to kill last week, the SITE monitoring service said on Wednesday. Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the picture, which carried a caption that said: "killing of the Croatian hostage, due to his country's participation in the war against Islamic State, after the deadline expi
  
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• The Latest: Police say at least 7 dead in explosion in Chinese port city of Tianjin

  12-08-2015 22:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The latest in the explosion in China's port city of Tianjin (all times GMT): 2024 GMT Police in the Chinese port city of Tianjin say at least seven people have been killed in explosions sparked at a warehouse or dangerous materials.
  
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• Obama to welcome South Korean president in October

  12-08-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to welcome South Korean President Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) to the White House in October.
  
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• U.S. automakers, fund managers looking past China's devaluation

  12-08-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For many U.S. companies and investors, the volatility in world markets this week, following Beijing's surprise currency devaluation, presents the challenge of balancing the country's current uncertain economic prospects against the hope for long term growth from the world's most populous nation. China this week devalued its currency against the U.S. dollar, after more data showed its economic growth is slowing. Investors globally reacted harshly, dumping shares of companies with significant amou
  
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