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• Latest on Houston deputy: Suspect charged with murder

  29-08-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Here are the latest developments regarding the fatal shooting of a suburban Houston sheriff's deputy (all times local):
  
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• Protest over 'torture ship' docking

  29-08-2015 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens of people protest against the "outrageous" docking of a Chilean naval vessel, dubbed the "torture ship", in east London.
  
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• Are Nurse Practitioners a Replacement for Doctors?

  29-08-2015 23:41 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Patients are increasingly turning to nurse practitioners instead of physicians for a less expensive healthcare alternative.
  
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• Teen charged with pushing Texas boy into pond in drowning

  29-08-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — An East Texas teenager is accused of pushing his pregnant girlfriend's 3-year-old nephew into a pond so the boy would drown to make room for the unborn child to live at their home.
  
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• New Orleans mourns dead, celebrates life on Katrina anniversary

  29-08-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New Orleans remembered the dead and celebrated its painstaking comeback from disaster on Saturday, a decade after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the "Big Easy" leaving devastation and chaos in its wake. New Orleans was plunged into a nightmarish scene of death and looting after Katrina barreled her way through and government help was painfully slow to come, something which still rankles in the city. Mayor Mitch Landrieu, at a solemn ceremony attended by about 400 people on the lawn of Charity
  
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• Suspect arrested in killing of suburban Houston deputy

  29-08-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A sheriff's deputy in uniform was shot and killed Friday night while filling up his patrol car at a suburban Houston gas station, according to authorities.
  
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• U.S. Warplanes Buzz Moscow — and Locals Are Delighted

  29-08-2015 23:02 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  American DC-3s flew over Moscow this summer — recreating their dangerous wartime route from the U.S. to Russia via Siberia.
  
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• Encarnacion hits 3 HRs, 9 RBIs as Blue Jays rout Tigers

  29-08-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion hit three home runs and tied a Toronto record with nine RBIs as the AL East-leading Blue Jays routed the Detroit Tigers 15-1 Saturday.
  
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• Hungary Orders Arrest of Four in Refugee Truck Deaths

  29-08-2015 22:55 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The four suspects appealed the court decision, saying they had not committed any crimes in the deaths of 71 refugees found in a truck in Austria.
  
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• Al-Jazeera journalist on being sentenced: 'I'm devastated by this completely unjust verdict'

  29-08-2015 22:53
  
  In the latest part of an ordeal that began in December 2013, three al‑Jazeera journalists were sentenced to three years in prison after a retrial in Egypt for operating without a press licence and “broadcasting false new”.
  
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• Latest on Houston deputy: Suspect arrested in shooting

  29-08-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Here are the latest developments regarding the fatal shooting of a suburban Houston sheriff's deputy (all times local):
  
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• 1st African-American actor to play Valjean on Broadway dies

  29-08-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean (zhahn val-ZHAHN') on Broadway in "Les Misérables" has died. He was 21.
  
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• Sheriff's office: Suspect arrested, to be charged in killing of deputy in Houston suburb

  29-08-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Sheriff's office: Suspect arrested, to be charged in killing of deputy in Houston suburb.
  
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• US policeman shot dead in 'cold-blooded assassination'

  29-08-2015 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A sheriff's deputy was gunned down from behind and shot multiple times at close range while fueling his patrol car in a "cold-blooded assassination," Texas authorities said Saturday, appealing for help in tracking down the killer. The fatal shooting prompted an emotional reaction from local officials, who pointed their finger at ramped-up rhetoric against police officers in the United States in protests against perceived police brutality, although they had yet to identify a suspect. Sheriff Ron
  
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• With heavy hearts, pilots perform at NY air show after death

  29-08-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (AP) — The first-ever New York Air Show opened Saturday with a moment of silence and tributes to mark the death a day earlier of a Texas stunt pilot killed when he crashed during practice.
  
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• Naked, body-painted bicyclists ride through Philadelphia

  29-08-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of bicyclists in various stages of undress have pedaled their way around Philadelphia to promote fuel conservation and positive body image.
  
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• Deputy ambushed, killed at gas station; no one in custody

  29-08-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A sheriff's deputy in uniform was shot and killed Friday night while filling up his patrol car at a suburban Houston gas station, according to authorities.
  
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• Even No. 2 Halep rooting for Serena to win US Open

  29-08-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The No. 2 women's tennis player in the world hopes Serena Williams wins the U.S. Open.
  
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• IS cracks down on western Iraqi town after rare protest

  29-08-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State militants moved on Saturday to stamp out dissent in a remote western Iraqi town, detaining at least 70 and tying dozens of residents, including tribal leaders, to streetlight poles as a punishment, security officials said.
  
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• Austria death truck suspects held, second vehicle found

  29-08-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kecskemét (Hungary) (AFP) - Four suspects in Austria's migrant truck tragedy were remanded in custody in Hungary on Saturday, as Austrian police rescued three "severely dehydrated" refugee children packed into another vehicle. Hungary, where the death truck with 71 corpses originated, said meanwhile that it has completed a razor-wire barrier along its 175-kilometre (110-mile) frontier with Serbia in an effort to prevent thousands of migrants entering the EU country. The incident came a da
  
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• Biden Pays Homage to Late Son, Attends Delaware Event

  29-08-2015 22:12 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Joe Biden made an unannounced appearance at an important political event in his home state: the Sussex Democratic Jamboree in Lewes, Delaware.
  
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• Blue Jays' Encarnacion hits 3 HRs against Tigers

  29-08-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion hit a grand slam in the seventh inning for his third home run of the game in Saturday's contest against Detroit.
  
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• Ten years later, resilient New Orleans reflects on Katrina

  29-08-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From the Lower Ninth Ward to the Super Dome, New Orleans launched a day of events on Saturday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, paying tribute to its victims and homage to the city's resilience in the face of disaster. Dignitaries made speeches to honor the 1,500 who died, brass bands marched through the streets and neighbors gathered for block parties across the city, where the mood shifted in turns from somber to reflective to celebratory. While residents and visitors a
  
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• Lebanese stage largest protests yet sparked by trash crisis

  29-08-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands rallied in downtown Beirut Saturday in the largest anti-government protest yet over a summer garbage crisis, chanting "revolution, revolution" and setting a three-day ultimatum for authorities to respond to demands, including the resignation of a Cabinet minister.
  
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• Turkey duped the US, and ISIS reaps rewards

  29-08-2015 22:00
  
  The disastrous miscalculation made by the United States in signing a military agreement with Turkey at the expense of the Kurds becomes daily more apparent. In return for the use of Incirlik Air Base just north of the Syrian border, the US betrayed the Syrian Kurds who have so far been its most effective ally against Islamic State (ISIS, also known as Daesh). In return for this deal signed on 22 July, the US got greater military cooperation from Turkey, but it swiftly emerged that Ankara’s
  
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• Dominica digs out from storm damage that killed at least 20

  29-08-2015 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Rescue crews jumped off boats and trudged Saturday through mud, rocks and uprooted trees to reach communities cut off by a tropical storm that killed at least 20 people and left nearly 50 missing in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica.
  
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• Fed's Fischer sees inflation rebound, allowing gradual rate hikes

  29-08-2015 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. inflation will likely rebound as pressure from the dollar fades, allowing the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates gradually, Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said on Saturday in a speech careful not to overreact to a possible Chinese slowdown. The influential U.S. central banker was circumspect whether he would prefer to raise rates from near zero at a much-anticipated policy meeting on Sept. 16-17. The cautious confidence from Fischer, as well as from Bank of England Governor Mark Car
  
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• Prep School Rape Case Spotlights Campus Sex Assaults

  29-08-2015 21:31 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A prosecutor in the St. Paul's prep school rape trial said the case has put an important spotlight on the need for conversations about sexual assault.
  
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• Anderson wins Winston-Salem crown

  29-08-2015 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Winston-Salem (United States) (AFP) - South Africa's Kevin Anderson ended his losing streak in ATP tournament finals here Saturday with a straight sets win over France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert to take the Winston-Salem Open crown. World number 15 Anderson ensured he would head to next week's US Open in New York brimming with confidence after downing Herbert 6-4, 7-5. Anderson had lost all seven finals he had contested since his last tournament victory at Delray Beach in 2012.
  
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• Donald Trump courts tea party voters in Nashville

  29-08-2015 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Donald Trump will decide soon whether to mount a third party bid if he loses the Republican nomination for president, the real estate mogul said Saturday.
  
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• 'Cops' Lives Matter': Person Questioned in Deputy Killing

  29-08-2015 21:12 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  No one has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a uniformed sheriff's deputy at a Houston gas station Friday night.
  
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• Richards-Ross looks to lead US to gold in 4x400 at worlds

  29-08-2015 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — A gold medal could make a tough trip to Beijing a little bit better for Sanya Richards-Ross.
  
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• Boy, 17, Charged With Raping 9-Year-Old Girl at Fair

  29-08-2015 21:03 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A 17-year-old boy was charged Friday with raping a 9-year-old girl at the Maryland State Fair, and the alleged victim told investigators that she had
  
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• More ID, bag checks on Europe's trains after foiled attack

  29-08-2015 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — European countries will increase identity checks and baggage controls on trains after American passengers thwarted an attack on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris, France's interior minister said Saturday.
  
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• Refugee children, close to death, found in van in Austria

  29-08-2015 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Karin Strohecker VIENNA (Reuters) - Three young children suffering from dehydration and close to death have been rescued from a van crammed with 26 refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Austrian police said on Saturday. The two girls and a boy, aged five and six, were found in a dire state when police stopped the vehicle after a chase near the Austrian town of St. Peter am Hart on the border with Germany, a police spokesman said. "The emergency doctor told us they would not have ma
  
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• Fed's Fischer says not clear how Fed discussions could affect China stocks

  29-08-2015 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said on Saturday it was not clear to him how Fed policy discussions could affect China's stock market, as Chinese officials have suggested. Fischer was asked about the issue by a professor from China's Tsinghua University during a monetary policy conference here. China's stock market "went up to a multiple of 70 when people knew our policy and it collapsed to 17 when they also knew our rate policy.
  
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• China premier insists economy 'within appropriate range'

  29-08-2015 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has issued assurances over his country's economy after global markets were roiled by concerns over its slowing growth, state media reported on Saturday. Top global markets ended the week Friday largely recovered from China-induced panic selling, but market watchers remain worried the turmoil in the world's number two economy will drag down global growth.
  
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• Family Scattered by Katrina Still Making Its Way Home

  29-08-2015 20:38 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Three generations of the Higgins-Chester family followed different paths in the storm's aftermath, but the lure of New Orleans and home is strong.
  
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• Jerry Seinfeld's Lemonade Stand Shut Down by Police

  29-08-2015 20:32 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  "Lemonade dreams crushed by local neighbor, but not before raising lots of money for @loverecycled," Seinfeld's wife wrote on Instagram.
  
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• Katrina's wrath and rebuilding marked on 10th anniversary

  29-08-2015 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mississippi and Louisiana marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday by ringing church bells, laying wreaths and celebrating the resiliency of a region still recovering from a disaster that killed more than 1,800 people and caused $151 billion in damage.
  
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• Donald Trump says he'll decide on third party bid soon

  29-08-2015 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Donald Trump says he's going to make a decision once and for all about whether he'll mount a third party bid if he loses the Republican nomination for president.
  
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• The Latest on Houston deputy: Sheriff: 'Cops' lives matter'

  29-08-2015 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Here are the latest developments regarding the fatal shooting of a suburban Houston sheriff's deputy (all times local):
  
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• Sales of unearthed Atari games total more than $100,000

  29-08-2015 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A cache of Atari game cartridges dug up in a New Mexico landfill last year has generated more than $100,000 in sales in the last several months.
  
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• Bank of England stance on rates unchanged by China - Carney

  29-08-2015 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Howard Schneider and Jonathan Spicer JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Saturday that a slowdown in China's economy could push down further on inflation but it did not change, for now, the central bank's position on when and how it might increase interest rates. Carney, speaking at an annual U.S. central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, reiterated his view that the recovery in Britain's economy "will likely put the decision as to when to st
  
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• Tropical Storm Erika breaks up over Cuba

  29-08-2015 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Erika broke up as it raked Cuba Saturday, bringing the drought-parched island heavy rains after the tropical storm earlier left at least 20 dead in the tiny island nation of Dominica. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said the storm had degenerated into a "trough of low pressure" and was just off the southeastern coast of Cuba at around 1730 GMT. In Cuba, the heavy rains came as welcome news to an island enduring its worst drought since 1901.
  
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• Harris County Sheriff: Suspect in fatal shooting of deputy at gas station still being sought

  29-08-2015 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Harris County Sheriff: Suspect in fatal shooting of deputy at gas station still being sought.
  
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• Health, election work elevated Jimmy Carter post-presidency

  29-08-2015 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — To Azaratu Zakaria, Jimmy Carter's battle against the Guinea worm is represented by a scar.
  
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• Lawyer: Tony Stewart's response to lawsuit 'appalling'

  29-08-2015 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for a racecar driver who was killed when he was run over by Tony Stewart's car says legal claims by the NASCAR star in response to a lawsuit are "appalling."
  
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• Golf club owner agrees to pay $100,000 over manure incident

  29-08-2015 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — The owner of a Southern California golf club, who raised a stink by spreading chicken manure on the course, has agreed to pay $100,000 to air pollution regulators.
  
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• Hurricane Katrina anniversary: Family of black man killed and burned by police still fighting for justice

  29-08-2015 20:01
  
  The remains of Henry Glover were discovered in the back seat of a burned-out Chevrolet Malibu.
  
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