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• Microsoft names Brad Smith president and chief legal officer

  11-09-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft has given longtime executive Brad Smith the title of president, as the company continues its transition to a new generation of leadership.
  
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• Kansas State Fair offers hairy competition

  11-09-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Mustaches and beards will be judged along with livestock for the first time this year at the Kansas State Fair.
  
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• French train heroes: Foiling attack gives new view on 9/11

  11-09-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three Americans who stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound passenger train say in a TV interview that thwarting the attack makes them feel more connected to the Sept. 11 terror strikes.
  
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• Givenchy is star of New York fashion day two

  11-09-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French giant Givenchy will be the main attraction at New York fashion week on Friday, with its bolt across the Atlantic after decades in Paris one of the most hotly anticipated events of the season. With Givenchy a favorite of power couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, celebrities are expected to mob the show at Pier 26 overlooking the Hudson River and New Jersey, announced only on the eve of the event. Doors open at 6:30 pm (2230 GMT) on what began as a somber day in New York -- the 14th anniv
  
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• Airbnb acquires travel planning tool Vamo

  11-09-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airbnb, the peer-to-peer accommodation platform, has acquired the trip-planning tool Vamo for an undisclosed amount. Under the deal, Airbnb will take on the staff and technology of Vamo, but will shut down by October 1 the tool that uses Big Data to help travelers find deals for multi-destination trips. "So much has changed since we started, but our vision to make travel better has always been the same," said founder and chief executive Ari Steinberg, who launched Vamo after leaving Facebook.
  
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• 9/11 rescue dog celebrates 16th birthday in New York City

  11-09-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A rescue dog that flew to New York for the 9/11 recovery effort returned last month to celebrate her 16th birthday.
  
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• Hundreds pay tribute to US heroes of French train attack

  11-09-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of people waving American flags lined the streets of Sacramento on Friday to pay tribute to three local heroes who helped thwart a train attack in France. Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos, who grew up in Sacramento, the capital of the western state of California, waved and smiled as they took part in the "Hometown Heroes Parade".
  
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• Jessica Simpson's 'biggest money mistake'

  11-09-2015 23:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Jessica Simpson is a mogul with a shoe line and other ventures, but even the singer has some financial regrets.
  
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• Kentucky town's brush with gay marriage spotlight stirs tensions

  11-09-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Bittenbender MOREHEAD, Ky. (Reuters) - The calm that returned to Morehead, Kentucky - home to the county clerk who had refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples - could be short-lived when Kim Davis returns to work on Monday, along with crowds of demonstrators and the media. Davis has been absent from work since she was released on Tuesday from a six-day stint in jail for her refusal to issue marriage licenses because it conflicted with her religious beliefs. A district judge ha
  
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• Trapp nightmare as PSG held by Bordeaux

  11-09-2015 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Kevin Trapp endured a nightmare evening as the reigning French champions saw their perfect start to the season ended in a 2-2 draw with 10-man Bordeaux on Friday. PSG had looked set to make it five straight Ligue 1 wins to start the campaign thanks to an Edinson Cavani first-half brace either side of Henri Saivet's equaliser. It was a sweet result for the visitors, who had been forced to take the metro earlier in the day when their bus broke down and were reduced t
  
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• Tennis star's arrest video released

  11-09-2015 23:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former tennis star James Blake was casually standing outside a New York hotel when an undercover cop suddenly grabbed and threw him to the ground before handcuffing and leading him away, according to a surveillance video that police released Friday.
  
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• Carson after Ferguson tour: Nation should de-emphasize race

  11-09-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says America needs to "de-emphasize race" as a national issue. Carson accuses President Barack Obama of taking the nation backward on race by talking about it too much.
  
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• With a cartwheel and a split, Betsey Johnson marks 50 years

  11-09-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Of course she did her signature cartwheel. Of course she landed in a split, rolled over on her back and lay splayed on the ground, just luxuriating in the applause.
  
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• Amid ongoing crisis, Baltimore mayor won't seek re-election

  11-09-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's announcement Friday that she won't seek re-election in 2016 comes as the city struggles to stabilize in the wake of riots, a harrowing spike in violence, and the firing of a police commissioner who oversaw a department now under federal investigation.
  
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• Rick Perry ends presidential run

  11-09-2015 23:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rick Perry suspended his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Friday.
  
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• Chris Brown granted joint custody of daughter in Texas

  11-09-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has granted R&B singer Chris Brown joint custody of his young daughter in Texas.
  
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• Harsh sentence for protest leader a gamble for Venezuela

  11-09-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The stiff sentence handed down to Venezuela's most prominent jailed opposition leader brought a cascade of criticism on Friday as President Nicolas Maduro's government continued along a combative path despite a crushing economic crisis, feuds with neighboring countries and accusations of authoritarianism.
  
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• AP sources: Perry to exit 2016 Republican presidential race

  11-09-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two people familiar with his plans tell The Associated Press that former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is dropping out of the 2016 campaign for president.
  
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• Video shows tennis star James Blake being slammed to floor by New York police officer

  11-09-2015 23:16
  
  Police in New York have released video footage showing the controversial take down of black former tennis star being “taken down” by a plainclothes officer.
  
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• The Latest on US Open: Paes and Hingis win mixed doubles

  11-09-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• Jason Wu wants to woo Cate Blanchett

  11-09-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jason Wu is one of the most celebrated designers of his generation who dresses some of America's most influential women, but he says there's one elusive Australian lady he wants to woo. "I'd love to dress Cate Blanchett," Wu told AFP on Friday, barely missing a beat when asked if there was a woman he would love to dress but hasn't yet. The 46-year-old actress, mother of four and two-time Oscar winner is currently earning fresh Academy Award buzz for playing a bisexual woman in 1950s New York in
  
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• Eurofighter says Kuwait purchasing 28 warplanes

  11-09-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kuwait has agreed to buy 28 Typhoon warplanes, becoming the third country in the Gulf region to order the combat aircraft, the Eurofighter consortium said Friday. Its statement did not give financial details about the deal, which was struck between the governments of Kuwait and Italy. Eurofighter is a partnership between Italy's Finmeccanica, Britain's BAE Systems and civilian planemaker Airbus.
  
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• Irish student hurt in balcony collapse recalls 'big rumble'

  11-09-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Niall Murray heard a "big rumble" and then saw two of his friends falling alongside him as the Berkeley, California, balcony they packed for a party snapped and dumped more than a dozen college students to the pavement below.
  
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• Whitney Houston hologram to debut next year via FilmOn

  11-09-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A hologram of the late, great Whitney Houston will arrive next year.
  
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• Giant virus found in ancient squirrel's nest

  11-09-2015 22:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Thank an ancient squirrel, climate change and French scientists for the new discovery of an ancient virus, Mollivirus sibericum, that sounds like it could launch a creepy movie.
  
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• Planned Parenthood files suit over Arkansas decision to cut funding

  11-09-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday seeking to a block a move by Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson that cut state funding for certain programs the reproductive health provider has in the state, the group said. Arkansas was one of several Republican-controlled states that have cut funds for the organization in the wake of the release of videos by anti-abortion activist group Center for Medical Progress, in which a Planned Parenthood official is seen talking about transact
  
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• Obama warns Russia against helping arm Syrian government

  11-09-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Russia Friday against doubling down on its support for Syrian President Bashar Assad, casting a recent buildup of Russian military equipment and personnel in Syria as an effort to prop up the embattled leader.
  
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• Man gets 12 years in prison for air-traffic facility fire

  11-09-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Federal Aviation Administration contractor has been sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison for setting a fire at a Chicago-area radar facility that forced the cancellation of thousands of flights nationwide.
  
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• Donald Trump becomes sole owner of Miss Universe

  11-09-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump announced he has purchased NBC's half of Miss Universe Friday, taking sole ownership after the station refused to broadcast the pageant in July. NBC and Spanish-language Univision both declined to air the show following the business mogul's controversial comments on Mexican immigrants, leading to a breakdown in their relationship. "Just purchased NBC's half of The Miss Universe Organization and settled all lawsuits against them.
  
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• Raiders sign troubled pass rusher Aldon Smith

  11-09-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders signed troubled pass rusher Aldon Smith to a contract Friday, five weeks after he was released by San Francisco.
  
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• Lawmaker expelled, another resigns after affair cover-up

  11-09-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One socially conservative Michigan lawmaker was expelled from office and another resigned early Friday after they outraged the Legislature with an extramarital affair and a botched attempt to conceal it with a fictional, sexually explicit email.
  
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• After a wobble, US stocks manage slight gains

  11-09-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock indexes shook off an early stumble to finish with slight gains on Friday as traders turned their attention to a key meeting of the Federal Reserve next week.
  
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• Exclusive: Iran to take Parchin military site samples with IAEA present - diplomats 

  11-09-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Irish and Louis Charbonneau PARIS/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations inspectors will be present with Iranian technicians as they take samples from a key military site, two Western diplomats said, undercutting an objection by U.S. Republicans to the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. The diplomats were familiar with details of a confidential arrangement between Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog for inspections at the Parchin site, where some countries suspect nuclear weap
  
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• Wall St. climbs, S&P 500 posts best week since July

  11-09-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. stocks rose on Friday and the S&P 500 posted its biggest weekly gain since July as investors weighed whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week. Energy shares dropped after Goldman Sachs cut its oil price forecast through next year. Eight of the 10 S&P 500 sectors closed higher, led by gains in utilities , which tend to rise as bond yields fall.
  
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• Serena calendar Slam bid foiled in Vinci shocker

  11-09-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Serena Williams saw her dream of a calendar year Grand Slam title sweep destroyed in stunning fashion Friday as Italy's Roberta Vinci shocked the world number one to reach the US Open final. Vinci battled back for an epic upset of the three-time defending champion 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, ending Williams' 33-match Grand Slam win streak. In Saturday's final, world number 43 Vinci will face 26th-seeded compatriot Flavia Pennetta -- who upset Romania's second-ranked Simona Halep 6-1, 6-3 -- in the first all-
  
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• US stocks end higher after choppy session

  11-09-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - US stocks finished higher Friday following a choppy session as investors looked ahead to next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting.
  
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• Official: Al-Qaida bomb-maker believed killed in airstrike

  11-09-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon officials say they believe a top bomb-maker for a cell of al-Qaida jihadists was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria earlier this summer.
  
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• Police body cameras show more than just the facts

  11-09-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Seattle man was arrested in January during a demonstration to protest police violence. Though he has yet to be charged with an offense, his arrest — captured on police body-camera recordings, along with his full name, address, phone number and birthdate — are public records.
  
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• Migrant quota plan rebuffed by 4 European nations

  11-09-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — At least four countries Friday firmly rejected a European Union plan to impose refugee quotas to ease a worsening migrant crisis that Germany's foreign minister said was "probably the biggest challenge" in the history of the 28-nation bloc.
  
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• The Latest on US Open: Dignitaries send tweets of support

  11-09-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• House votes against Iran deal in two symbolic votes

  11-09-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives defeated a resolution on Friday backing the nuclear agreement with Iran in a symbolic vote engineered by congressional Republicans who object to the deal. House members defeated the measure 269 to 162 in a strongly partisan vote, part of an effort by Republicans to underscore their objections to the international accord despite a vote on Thursday in the Senate that blocked a Republican-led effort to kill it by passing a res
  
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• South Korean eyes first major title

  11-09-2015 22:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Mi Hyang Lee took a big step towards a first major title on Friday as she claimed the outright lead at the Evian Championship in France.
  
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• De Gea 'delighted' to sign for Man Utd

  11-09-2015 22:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For a moment, David De Gea was all set for Real Madrid -- now he's on course for four more years at Manchester United.
  
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• Appeals court weighs Justice deal to settle Iran charges

  11-09-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday considered whether a judge could reject as too lenient a deal to settle criminal charges against a Dutch company accused of illegally selling aircraft parts to Iran, Sudan and Myanmar.
  
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• Syrian toddler Aylan's father drove capsized boat, other passengers say

  11-09-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The father of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi was working with smugglers and driving the flimsy boat that capsized trying to reach Greece, other passengers on board said, in an account that disputes the version he gave last week. Ahmed Hadi Jawwad and his wife, Iraqis who lost their 11-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son in the crossing, told Reuters that Abdullah Kurdi panicked and accelerated when a wave hit the boat, raising questions about his claim that somebody else was driving the boa
  
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• Japan in urgent search for missing after deadly floods

  11-09-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The heaviest rain in decades pounded the country in the wake of Typhoon Etau, which smashed through Japan this week, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Hundreds of thousands were ordered to leave their homes and at least 22 people -- including a pair of eight-year-old children -- were still unaccounted for late Friday in disaster-struck Joso city, which lies about 60 kilometres (37 miles) outside Tokyo. Ryosei Akazawa, a member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet, acknowledged that e
  
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• NY Fashion week: Selena Gomez at Polo, Race on the runway

  11-09-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press is all over New York Fashion Week, from the runways to celebrities as eight days of spring previews entered their second day Friday.
  
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• Surveillance footage released of ex-tennis pro's NYC arrest

  11-09-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police have released hotel surveillance footage that shows a police officer tackling former tennis star James Blake.
  
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• Democrat Sanders gaining on front-runner Clinton in 2016 presidential race: poll

  11-09-2015 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining fast on front-runner Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race and has moved within single digits of her for the first time, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed on Friday. Clinton leads Sanders nationally among Democrats by eight percentage points, 39 percent to 31 percent, her smallest cushion since the nominating battle began for the November 2016 election.
  
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• Donald Trump's deleted 9/11 tweet

  11-09-2015 22:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump has deleted a tweet about the Sept. 11 attacks that drew notice for its reference to "haters and losers" when he posted it on the anniversary two years ago.
  
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