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• Peanut company CEO sentenced to 28 years for salmonella outbreak

  21-09-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rich McKay ALBANY, Ga. (Reuters) - The former owner of Peanut Corporation of America was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 28 years in prison for his role in a salmonella outbreak that was linked to nine deaths. In a rare case of criminal prosecution linked to food contamination, Stewart Parnell, the former owner of Peanut Corporation of America, and his brother, Michael Parnell, who was a food broker on behalf of the company, were convicted on federal conspiracy charges in September 20
  
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• Baylor assistant on sideline during Oklahoma game vs. Tulsa

  21-09-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Baylor coach Art Briles said Monday he was embarrassed to find out that one of his assistant coaches was on the sideline during an Oklahoma home game, the second potential NCAA rules violation by his staff to be disclosed in as many weeks.
  
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• Bears QB Jay Cutler has strained hamstring; status unknown

  21-09-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears can breathe a little easier knowing quarterback Jay Cutler suffered no major damage to his hamstring.
  
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• The Latest: 3 people sentenced in deadly salmonella outbreak

  21-09-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — The latest developments in the sentencing of a former peanut company executive convicted in a deadly salmonella outbreak from 2008 and 2009.
  
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• New York Film Festival to host Albert Maysles tribute

  21-09-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lincoln Center will host a tribute to the late documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles during the upcoming New York Film Festival.
  
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• EU jitters as victorious Tsipras hints at showdown

  21-09-2015 23:53
  
  Triumphantly returned to power in Athens, Alexis Tsipras has shed his most troublesome radicals. What gives Europe the jitters now is the fear he will use his new-found authority not to persuade Greece that Brussels must be obeyed, but to try to find ways around its stringent bailout terms.
  
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• Burkina Faso coup: Hope fades for peaceful end to tense days following removal of President Kafando

  21-09-2015 23:46
  
  Outside the capital, as residents were confined to their homes under a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Monday night, the army was preparing to seize back power. Hopes for a peaceful end to the coup in Burkina Faso seemed lost.
  
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• Man guilty of pushing wife off Colorado cliff to her death

  21-09-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A federal jury on Monday convicted a man of murder for pushing his wife to her death off a cliff as they hiked in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park to celebrate their wedding anniversary, rejecting his claim that her fall was a tragic accident.
  
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• Pastor: 'Jittery' suspect aimed directly for woman's head

  21-09-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A man who allegedly walked into church and sat down on the front pew before pulling out a gun and opening fire on his estranged girlfriend and infant son aimed directly at the woman's head, a minister wounded in the shooting said Monday.
  
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• White House cites August jump in children entering U.S. illegally

  21-09-2015 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House said on Monday there was a surprising increase in August in the number of children entering the country illegally from Mexico and Central America after those figures fell steadily since the child migrant crisis a year ago. "We have seen over the last year a precipitous decline in the number of unaccompanied children attempting to enter this country without proper documentation and we have seen just in the last month, in the month of August, a surprising uptick," White House spoke
  
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• Russia starts Syria drone surveillance missions: U.S. officials

  21-09-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has started flying drone aircraft on surveillance missions in Syria, U.S. officials said on Monday, in what appeared to be Moscow's first military air operations there since staging a rapid buildup at a Syrian air base. The beginning of Russian drone flights underscored the risks of U.S.-led coalition planes and Russian aircraft operating within Syria's limited airspace, without agreeing on coordination or objectives in Syria's civil war. The former
  
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• Dishwasher duty provides May with World Cup escape

  21-09-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fixing a dishwasher may be an unlikely way for a professional sportsman to relax, but England wing Jonny May reckons it will help him get away from the strains and stresses of the World Cup. England, as the host nation, are allowing their players limited time away from camp during the tournament, having opened the World Cup with a 35-11 win over Fiji at Twickenham on Friday. Senior players will have a day off on Wednesday from their training base at the upmarket Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot,
  
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• Togolese plane turned away from airport in Burkina Faso capital

  21-09-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The international airport in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou denied a Togolese airplane permission to land late on Monday as members of the presidential guard awaited its arrival, a control tower official said. The incident occurred as troops loyal to the West African nation's interim government converged on the city seeking to disarm the 1,200-strong elite unit headed by General Gilbert Diendere, which carried out a coup last week. (Reporting by Nadoun Coulibaly; Writ
  
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• The Latest: Pope arrives in Santiago, last stop on Cuba trip

  21-09-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOLGUIN, Cuba (AP) — The latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to Cuba and the United States. All times local:
  
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• Photos: Pope Francis Visits Cuba

  21-09-2015 23:34
  
  Pope Francis is embarking on a 10-day trip to Cuba and the U.S.
  
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• Stocks end higher, led by financial shares; drugmakers drop

  21-09-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose broadly on Monday, recouping some losses from a sell-off last week, as investors tried to look beyond uncertainty about the outlook for interest rates.
  
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• For Cuban family, pope's message on ideology hits home

  21-09-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOLGUIN, Cuba (AP) — In this quiet city in eastern Cuba, families know how ideology can divide.
  
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• Conservatives firm on Planned Parenthood as shutdown looms

  21-09-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Cowan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a possible U.S. government shutdown loomed, the leader of the House of Representatives' most conservative Republicans vowed on Monday to oppose any stop-gap funding bill that keeps federal money flowing to Planned Parenthood. In a showdown that threatens to jolt financial markets and the economy, Republican leaders were struggling to craft a government funding extension that meets anti-abortion conservatives' demands to cut off the wome
  
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• 4chan sold to founder of hit Japanese message board

  21-09-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The popular anonymous online forum 4chan on Monday announced that it has been bought by the founder of hit Japanese-language message board 2channel. Christopher Poole, who was 15 years old when he created 4chan in his New York City bedroom in 2003, said that Hiroyuki Nishimura has taken his place as the owner. "Hiroyuki is a pioneer in the world of anonymous communities, and can be thought of as the great-grandfather of 4chan," Poole said in an online post.
  
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• Former peanut executive sentenced to 28 years in prison for role in deadly salmonella outbreak

  21-09-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Former peanut executive sentenced to 28 years in prison for role in deadly salmonella outbreak.
  
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• Box Office Top 20: 'Maze Runner' scorches 'Black Mass'

  21-09-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" sprinted away with the box office lead with a $30.3 million debut that came in below its 2014 original but was still enough to surpass Johnny Depp's "Black Mass."
  
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• Scott Walker to pull out of US presidential race, say reports

  21-09-2015 22:44
  
  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is preparing to drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to a report by the New York Times.
  
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• Scott Walker pulls out of US presidential race, blaming Trump and 'personal attacks'

  21-09-2015 22:44
  
  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has dropped his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, saying that the race has "drifted into personal attacks", and suggesting that front-runner Donald Trump is to blame.
  
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• Scott Walker pulls out of US presidential race

  21-09-2015 22:44
  
  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has dropped his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, saying that the race has “drifted into personal attacks”, and suggesting that front-runner Donald Trump is to blame.
  
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• US soldiers say they’re ordered to ignore Afghan soldiers who sexually abuse young boys

  21-09-2015 22:38
  
  The last time Lance Corporal Gregory Buckley Jr spoke to his father, the Marine told him in 2012 that he could hear Afghan police sexually abusing children.
  
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• Muslims demand another candidate quits

  21-09-2015 22:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The leading Muslim civil liberties group in America called Monday for Republican Ben Carson to drop out of the presidential race after the retired neurosurgeon said this weekend that he doesn't believe any Muslim should be president of the United States.
  
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• Ex-treasurer of Brazil's governing Workers' Party sentenced in Petrobras corruption scandal

  21-09-2015 22:26 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The former treasurer of Brazil's governing Workers' Party has been sentenced to over 15 years in prison for his role in a kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras.
  
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• Man accidentally buried alive by road pavers in India

  21-09-2015 22:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A man was buried alive under a newly paved road, after he apparently got drunk and fell into a hole in central India.
  
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• Teen prostitute finds motherhood

  21-09-2015 21:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  How many people did Mary Ellen Mark photograph during her career?
  
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• Photos: Butterfly Crowns Lizards Head

  21-09-2015 21:37
  
  From fish to fowl, you have to see these creatures to believe they're real!
  
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• Emmys by the Numbers: HBO, 'Game of Thrones' score big

  21-09-2015 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — No matter how you do the math, HBO and its powerhouse series "Game of Thrones" had a big night at the 67th Emmy Awards.
  
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• Republican Ben Carson embraces benefits of Muslim criticism

  21-09-2015 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican White House contender Ben Carson is refusing to back off his weekend charge that Muslims shouldn't serve in the presidency.
  
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• Heat Check: Who should be No. 1? It's about what you know

  21-09-2015 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At certain points in the college football season, we need to forget about what we thought we knew and just deal with what we know.
  
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• Stocks gain, led by financial shares; drugmakers drop

  21-09-2015 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose in the afternoon Monday, recouping some losses from the sell-off last week, as investors tried to look beyond the uncertain timing of a possible interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. Drugmakers slumped on concern of new regulations for the industry following comments from Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton. Chipmaker Atmel jumped after accepting a bid from Britain's Dialog Semiconductor.
  
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• Russia has deployed more than 28 military planes to Syria in recent days, claims US

  21-09-2015 21:30
  
  Russia has deployed at least 28 combat aircraft to Syria and has started flying unmanned surveillance drones as part of a steady military build-up, US officials have claimed.
  
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• U.N. chief urges European leaders to treat migrants properly

  21-09-2015 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged European leaders on Monday to ensure refugees and migrants are treated properly as many of them have endured arduous journeys to flee persecution, conflict and human rights abuses. "The Secretary-General has followed with increasing concern the closing of some borders in Europe, as well as the lack of proper reception facilities as well as the increased use of detention and criminalization of irregular migrants and asylum seekers," Ban's spokesm
  
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• Refugee crisis: British universities should create scholarships and bursaries for students fleeing violence, say academics

  21-09-2015 21:29
  Every university in Britain is being urged to play its part in tackling the migrant crisis by helping make it easier for refugees and asylum-seekers to access higher education.
  
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• AP Source: Tortorella to coach US World Cup hockey team

  21-09-2015 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A person familiar with the decision has confirmed to The Associated Press that former NHL coach John Tortorella has been selected to head the United States national team competing in the World Cup of Hockey tournament next year.
  
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• US expands VW pollution-skirting probe to other carmakers

  21-09-2015 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US government has expanded its investigation of pollution-skirting devices in diesel vehicles to other manufacturers after Volkswagen admitted it used them to thwart US environmental standards. The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it will screen for so-called "defeat devices" in diesel vehicles on the road that are produced by other manufacturers. The California Air Resources Board is a partner in the investigation, an EPA spokesperson said in an email to AFP.
  
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• Lawyer: US needs to present better data in encryption debate

  21-09-2015 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department lawyer says the federal government needs to do a better job showing why access to encrypted communications like that on smartphone is necessary in an investigation.
  
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• Saudi-led coalition strikes kill at least 50 in Yemen

  21-09-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed 50 people in Yemen when they hit a Houthi-held security compound in the north and a house in Sanaa, medical sources and officials said, in an escalating campaign that has claimed increasing civilian lives. The coalition intervened in Yemen in March to restore Hadi after he fled to Saudi Arabia when the Houthis, backed by supporters of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, overran his southern stronghold of Aden. A coalition jet fired a missile on Monday
  
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• U.S. Justice Dept. conducting criminal probe into Volkswagen's rigged emissions: Bloomberg

  21-09-2015 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe after Volkswagen admitted it had rigged emissions tests of diesel-powered vehicles in the United States, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing two U.S. officials familiar with the inquiry.
  
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• Photos: Meet the Rock's Daughter, Simone

  21-09-2015 21:18
  
  Meet the parents (and siblings, cousins and more!) of your favorite celebs.
  
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• Correction: Church Shooting-Alabama story

  21-09-2015 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SELMA, Ala. (AP) — In a story Sept. 20 about a shooting at a church in Alabama, The Associated Press, relying on information from law enforcement officials, erroneously identified the minister who was wounded. The injured pastor was Bob Carswell, not Earl Carswell.
  
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• Report says Apple moving forward on building a car

  21-09-2015 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new report says Apple is speeding up work on a project that could lead to the California tech giant building its own electric car.
  
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• Muslims demand candidate drops out

  21-09-2015 21:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The leading Muslim civil liberties group in America called Monday for Republican Ben Carson to drop out of the presidential race after the retired neurosurgeon said this weekend that he doesn't believe any Muslim should be president of the United States.
  
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• Lower doses of heart meds save lives: study

  21-09-2015 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People who suffered a heart attack lived longer when their dose of a medication known as a beta-blocker was a quarter of the amount commonly prescribed, researchers said Monday. The study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology journal involved more than 6,000 patients whose survival post-heart attack was compared according to the amount of beta-blockers they were prescribed afterward. The study found that patients taking one-fourth the dose tested in large clinical trials had a 20
  
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• Holy See says Vatican flag will be raised at UN without ceremony before pope arrives on Friday

  21-09-2015 21:11 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Holy See said Monday the Vatican flag will be raised for the first time at the United Nations just before Pope Francis arrives on Friday morning — without any ceremony.
  
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• FDA experts to review safety of Essure birth control implant

  21-09-2015 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal medical experts will take a closer look at a host of problems reported with the birth control implant called Essure, including chronic pain, bleeding, headaches and allergic reactions.
  
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• Golfer apogizes -- 8 times

  21-09-2015 21:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  European golfer Suzann Pettersen has issued an apology for her part in the Solheim Cup controversy that marred the competition.
  
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