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• Exclusive: Wal-Mart presses suppliers to share benefits of cheaper yuan

  23-09-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc is seeking price cuts from suppliers that produce goods in China, saying the retailer should share in the savings generated by China's devaluation of the yuan, people with knowledge of the matter said. Wal-Mart managers in recent weeks have contacted more than 10,000 suppliers in various countries, all of which have manufacturing facilities in China, seeking cost cuts of 2 percent to 6 percent on mainly general merchandise including home furnishings, apparel, health and beaut
  
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• Did waitress abduct or defect?

  23-09-2015 23:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Four years ago, Mun Su Gyong's parents in Pyongyang received a letter from their daughter, colorfully decorated with pink hearts, embellished with cut-out photographs of her. Because the majority of the country doesn't have Internet access, North Koreans still mostly communicate the old-fashioned way, in pen and ink.
  
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• Defector's tears across the border

  23-09-2015 23:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  North Korean defector says she's "trapped" in South Korea -- desperate to return to her family in Pyongyang. CNN's Will Ripley reports.
  
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• Pope wows Washington but takes on controversy

  23-09-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome to Washington on Wednesday but did not shy away from controversy, addressing church sex abuse and urging action on immigration and climate change. President Barack Obama was clearly delighted to welcome to the White House a pontiff who can lend moral and spiritual force to his own priorities, but others may be left uncomfortable by the pope's stances. Meeting Catholic bishops in Washington, he praised their handling of the child sex abuse scandal that ro
  
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• Controversial missionary made saint

  23-09-2015 23:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Pope Francis on Wednesday canonized Junipero Serra, a Spanish missionary, a moment of deep pride for Latinos but a source of controversy for many Native Americans.
  
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• Clinton plan to cut health costs includes tax credits, more sick visits

  23-09-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled a plan on Wednesday to lower out-of-pocket health costs, including expanded coverage of sick visits to the doctor and tax credits for those with substantial medical bills. Clinton, who has promised to build on President Barack Obama's signature healthcare initiative, also pledged to try to strengthen efforts to block or modify what her campaign called "unreasonable" health insurance rate increases. Clinton's campaign released the proposa
  
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• Yankees legend Yogi Berra dies at 90

  23-09-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama led the tributes to baseball legend Yogi Berra on Wednesday after the New York Yankees icon beloved as much for his unique turn of phrase as his on-field exploits died at the age of 90. "He epitomized what it meant to be a sportsman and a citizen, with a big heart, competitive spirit, and a selfless desire to open baseball to everyone, no matter their background," Obama said of Berra, who died late Tuesday of natural causes. New York authorities ordered all flags across th
  
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• Sainthood for California missionary, foe of native Americans

  23-09-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Franciscan friar who brought Christianity to California in the 18th century will be canonized by Pope Francis on Wednesday, to the anger of Native Americans who see his legacy as murderous. Junipero Serra founded the first nine of what would become 21 Spanish missions stretching from San Diego to San Francisco, giving the Roman Catholic Church a firm foothold in what was then called New Spain. Beatified by Pope John Paul II in September 1988, he is to be elevated to sainthood in Washington o
  
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• Charleston street renamed to memorialize US church shooting victims

  23-09-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The nine black victims massacred by a white man in a church in the US city of Charleston were remembered Wednesday in a ceremony renaming the area around the church. It's a monument to all we have seen and observed and felt since then," Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said. "What happened here at Mother Emanuel back in the summer has changed this church, this city, this state and this nation forever," said Charleston City Councilman William Dudley Gregorie, who had proposed the renaming, unanimously
  
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• China's Xi promises better investment climate as Boeing announces China plant

  23-09-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michael Martina and Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seeking to project a sunny climate for U.S. business, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday his country planned to greatly reduce restrictions on foreign investment, as Boeing announced plans for an aircraft finishing center in China, its first outside the United States. Boeing's long-expected move into manufacturing in low-cost China followed its news of a big order for some 300 planes from China, valued at about $38 billion at
  
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• Obama 'pretends to be Christian'

  23-09-2015 23:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Mike Huckabee suggested President Barack Obama "pretends to be" a Christian in knocking the President's handling of Pope Francis' first visit to the U.S.
  
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• Pilgrims drive 13,000 miles for Pope

  23-09-2015 23:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  They left their home in Buenos Aires in March, and this week they made it to their destination: Philadelphia. Now they are there awaiting the Pope.
  
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• Should the monkey own the photo?

  23-09-2015 23:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One is an endangered monkey with a cheesy grin. The other is a wildlife photographer who stepped away from his camera.
  
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• Republican freshmen urge House to avoid government shutdown

  23-09-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eleven first-term Republicans in the House of Representatives on Wednesday appealed to party colleagues to back away from a threatened government closure on Oct. 1, citing concerns about the political and economic costs of such an action. "We are writing today to express our strong support for a funding resolution that will avoid another unnecessary and harmful government shutdown," said Ryan Costello, Elise Stefanik, Mimi Walters and eight other signers of
  
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• How the universe's brightest galaxies were born

  23-09-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The brightest galaxies in our universe are fuelled by what their gravity sucks in, not through explosive mergers of star systems as scientists previously argued, researchers said Wednesday. In what may be the most complete explanation yet of how these enormous collections of stars and dust came to be, scientists found the galaxies pulled in hydrogen gas and then used it to pump out the equivalent of up to 2,000 Suns per year, according to a study in Nature. "The massive galaxy grows via [pulling
  
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• Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown over funding

  23-09-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - The U.S. government could shut down next week if Congress does not resolve, even temporarily, a dispute over Planned Parenthood and agree on a plan to extend federal funding beyond Sept. 30. If a shutdown happens, essential national security and public safety programs would continue. In a 17-day shutdown in October 2013, an estimated 850,000 workers were idled.
  
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• China consumers tighten belts, a red flag for the global economy

  23-09-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By James Pomfret SHENZHEN (Reuters) - Terry Xu considers himself one of the lucky ones. The 32-year-old father-of-one invested 10 percent of his savings earlier this year in Chinese stocks. Now, with markets down around 40 percent since mid-June, he's selling off his portfolio at a loss. Painful, but not a catastrophe - he says his colleagues lost more, and he earns well above the average wage. ...
  
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• Mexican singers Garcia, Lafourcade lead Latin Grammy nods

  23-09-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexican singers Leonel Garcia and Natalia Lafourcade beat out newcomers for the most Latin Grammy nominations, announced Wednesday. The song "Hasta la Raiz"("Up to the Root"), which Lafourcade sings and Garcia wrote, garnered a Song of the Year nomination, and the album of the same name is up for Album of the Year. The song, which went viral on streaming sites after its release in February, also earned Lafourcade a nomination for Record of the Year, a category that is broader than the composer-f
  
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• Police: N. Carolina girl dies after dad's drowning attempt

  23-09-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A 3-year-old girl died after her father tried to drown her and her siblings in an apartment complex pond, police said Wednesday.
  
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• China dissident's wife rejects invite to State Department

  23-09-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of Chinese dissidents met Wednesday with Secretary of State John Kerry as the Obama administration sought to demonstrate it won't gloss over human rights during this week's state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
  
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• Chancellor set to end holdout, report to Seahawks

  23-09-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seattle Seahawks defensive back Kam Chancellor scheduled a face-to-face meeting with the NFL club Wednesday with plans to end his holdout for a new contract to boost his 2015 salary. The 27-year-old strong safety held out for the first two games of the NFL campaign and the Seahawks lost them both, delivering their hopes of a third consecutive Super Bowl berth a major setback. The Seahawks had been willing to make some adjustments in Chancellor's deal, but did not want to make major changes that
  
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• Amy Schumer memoir is scheduled to come late next year

  23-09-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amy Schumer is ready for the next stage of her soaring career: writing a book.
  
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• Trump lashes out at rivals in half-filled ballroom

  23-09-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is lashing out at rivals and complaining about mistreatment by the media.
  
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• Suspect in 4 of 11 Phoenix freeway shootings charged

  23-09-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors announced formal charges Wednesday against a 21-year-old man suspected in some of the freeway shootings that have rattled the Phoenix area.
  
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• Weak factories data weigh on shares; oil slips

  23-09-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michael Connor NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stock prices slid on Wednesday, dragged down by economic reports portraying U.S. factory growth as tepid and China in its worst manufacturing contraction since the global financial crisis. The data aggravated investor anxieties that global economic growth might be sputtering, sapped a rally in European equities and gave Asian stock markets their worst day in months. Prices of U.S. Treasuries eased, while oil prices declined as much as 4 percent
  
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• University of Delaware: Lantern remnants mistaken for nooses

  23-09-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — The remnants of lanterns hanging from trees were mistaken this week for nooses, prompting a social media frenzy at the University of Delaware and a police investigation of a possible hate crime, the campus police chief said Wednesday.
  
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• Dortmund drop first points to leave Bayern top

  23-09-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Borussia Dortmund dropped their first Bundesliga points of the season on Wednesday as their 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim left Bayern Munich two-points clear at the top. After Bayern's staggering 5-1 win at home to Wolfsburg on Tuesday, when Robert Lewandowski scored five goals in nine second-half minutes, Dortmund squandered the chance to regain top spot. Dortmund had their 11-match winning run ended as they failed to match the Bavarians' six straight wins, giving Pep Guardiola's side a psychological
  
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• Russia digs up remains of last tsar for new probe

  23-09-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian investigators on Wednesday exhumed the remains of the country's last emperor Nicholas II and empress Alexandra as part of a new probe into the notorious 1918 slaying of the Romanov family. A leading investigator involved in the probe, Vladimir Solovyov, told the Echo of Moscow radio station that they had taken "samples from Nicholas II, from the empress, and from the uniform of emperor Alexander II," the last tsar's grandfather, who was himself assassinated in 1881. The remains will be s
  
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• Man says wife who was arrested in China interrogated daily

  23-09-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — An American businesswoman arrested in China on claims she spied and stole state secrets is being held in solitary confinement and is interrogated at least once a day, her husband said Wednesday.
  
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• 2 Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned, released in Egypt

  23-09-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi pardoned and released two Al-Jazeera English journalists Wednesday, ending a case that was widely condemned by human rights groups and had raised questions about Egypt's commitment to democracy and free speech.
  
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• The Latest: Xi tours Boeing, says China needs new planes

  23-09-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The latest on Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States (all times local):
  
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• Papa! DC crowds cheer pope; he calls for climate action

  23-09-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Cheered by jubilant crowds across the nation's capital, Pope Francis forged common cause Wednesday with President Barack Obama on climate change, immigration and inequality, as the popular pontiff signaled he would not sidestep issues that have deeply divided Americans.
  
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• Little girl shares immigration message with pope

  23-09-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5-year-old girl in a brilliantly colored dress and braids who was handed up to Pope Francis for a blessing during a parade in Washington on Wednesday morning shared a message with the pontiff about immigration.
  
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• Number of US children in foster care up sharply

  23-09-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For the first time in a decade, there was a notable increase last year in the number of U.S. children in foster care, according to new federal figures released Wednesday.
  
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• 15 prisoners injured after Phoenix-area police van crashes

  23-09-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say 15 prisoners have been injured after a suburban Phoenix police transport van rolled over on a freeway.
  
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• Barca thrashed 4-1 by Aspas-inspired Celta Vigo

  23-09-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barcelona's 100 percent start to La Liga season was brought to a stunning end as Celta Vigo moved top of the table with a stunning 4-1 victory on Wednesday. The side formerly managed by Barca boss Luis Enrique were deservedly given a 2-0 half-time lead by excellent finishes from Nolito and former Liverpool striker Iago Aspas. Barca's first league defeat since February was sealed when Aspas struck again on the counter-attack early in the second period.
  
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• Court rules Batmobile is entitled to copyright protection

  23-09-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Batman won't have to worry about Batmobile knockoffs after a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday the caped crusader's vehicle is entitled to copyright protection.
  
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• Colombia leader, rebel chief meet for 'important' announcement

  23-09-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Colombia's president and the head of the FARC rebels flew into Cuba Wednesday for their first meeting, which officials said would conclude with an "important" announcement on ending a half-century guerrilla war. The FARC went even further, saying "Peace has arrived," in a message posted on their negotiating team's Twitter account announcing that their leader, Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, had arrived in Havana.
  
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• Deeply-divided EU holds emergency summit on migrant crisis

  23-09-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The migrant crisis overwhelming the European Union tugged at the very fabric of the 28-nation bloc Wednesday with bitter divisions casting a shadow over an emergency summit aimed at staunching the flow of asylum-seekers.
  
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• Polar dinosaur discovered

  23-09-2015 22:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Researchers in Alaska have unearthed a new species of duck-billed dinosaurs that lived in cold climates 69 million years ago.
  
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• The Latest: Pope is rebuked for words on sex abuse crisis

  23-09-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to the United States. All times local:
  
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• Materials and energy stocks slide on China growth worries

  23-09-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ending mostly lower, led by another drop in materials and energy companies as worries about global growth continue.
  
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• Carson says immigrants 'don't get to change who we are'

  23-09-2015 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SPRING ARBOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he welcomes immigrants to America but, "they don't get to change who we are."
  
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• Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor ends holdout and reports

  23-09-2015 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Kam Chancellor ended his holdout and reported to the Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday after missing training camp and the first two weeks of the regular season.
  
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• Gucci geek chic sparkles in Milan rain

  23-09-2015 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alessandro Michele's second womenswear collection since taking the creative reins at Gucci was unveiled to rave reviews on Wednesday as Milan's Spring/Summer 2016 shows got off to a flier. A collection immediately dubbed "geek chic" featured elements including oversized glasses of a kind last seen on 1970s librarians, pussy bow blouses, lots of berets, much intricate embroidery, including some on biker jackets featuring as one of several androgynous pieces. The overall feel was quirky feminine i
  
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• U.S. confirms bombmaker's death

  23-09-2015 21:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that a French bomb-maker with ties to al Qaeda was killed in a July airstrike.
  
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• Boko Haram 'kingpin' seized

  23-09-2015 21:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Nigerian military rescued 241 women and children in a raid on two camps controlled by the Boko Haram terrorist group, the country's military said Wednesday.
  
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• Migrant crisis: EU looks for unity

  23-09-2015 21:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  At least 8,750 new migrants entered Croatia in a single day this week, according to a statement released Wednesday by the country's Interior Ministry.
  
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• Aretha Franklin has a song _ and a gift _ for the pope

  23-09-2015 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Getting Aretha Franklin to sing for you could be considered a gift in itself. But the Queen of Soul has something special for Pope Francis when she performs for him at the Festival of Families concert in Philadelphia on Saturday.
  
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• NBA Thunder star Durant ready to roll

  23-09-2015 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant, who underwent three surgeries in six months on his right foot, has been cleared for full participation in the NBA team's training camp. "In terms of limitations, he doesn't have any," Thunder general manager Sam Presti said Wednesday. Presti said Durant, the Most Valuable Player of the 2013-14 NBA season, could still have his playing minutes managed by coach Billy Donovan once the season begins.
  
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