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• O'Hare opens latest new runway in decadelong modernization

  15-10-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's O'Hare International Airport opened a new runway and air traffic control tower Thursday, completing the latest piece of a nearly $9 billion overhaul of its outdated airfield.
  
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• Small Turkish town haunted by lost sons, hand of Islamic State

  15-10-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Humeyra Pamuk ADIYAMAN, Turkey (Reuters) - In a small teahouse in the conservative southeastern Turkish town of Adiyaman, two brothers would hold court with young followers, praying, reading the Koran and painting a picture of a better life across the border in Syria, in the ranks of Islamic State. Adiyaman, though clearly poor and offering scant employment to the young, is an unremarkable Anatolian town of narrow streets, kebab houses, small shops and tea houses where men linger over backgam
  
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• Photos: A Young Woman's Journey to a Life Dedicated Unequivocally to Love

  15-10-2015 23:40
  
  A photographer documents a young woman's journey to becoming a cloistered nun.
  
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• How they got these stunning photos

  15-10-2015 22:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN speaks to the winners of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards at London Natural History Museum, as the exhibition of winning photos goes on display.
  
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• Trump threatens debate boycott

  15-10-2015 22:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republican front-runners Donald Trump and Ben Carson are threatening to pull out of the next Republican primary debate if the hosts don't agree to their demands.
  
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• What a real chicken says on Twitter

  15-10-2015 22:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When it comes to the world of animal Twitter, you can have your Sockington the cat and his 1.3 million followers, your common squirrel and his 98,000. Betty the chicken is the real deal.
  
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• Treasure or trophy? Elephant kill dilemma

  15-10-2015 22:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  This time it is not a lion named Cecil, but an unnamed "tusker" elephant whose death is causing controversy.
  
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• 6 reasons to visit San Francisco now

  15-10-2015 22:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Yes, San Francisco is changing, but don't panic. The touristy classics aren't going anywhere. You can still watch the fog swallow up the Golden Gate Bridge from Crissy Field for years to come.
  
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• What 'The Martian' can teach us

  15-10-2015 21:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded in space in his latest movie, and NASA is capitalizing on his star power to promote its future travels to Mars.
  
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• Women pose topless with purpose

  15-10-2015 21:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Never in a million years would Anna Beckingham have dreamed of posing topless.
  
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• Migrants meet polar bear -- in truck

  15-10-2015 21:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A polar bear named Nissan traveled from Russia to a British zoo -- but not before an encounter with migrants who climbed next to him in the back of a truck.
  
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• Afghan delay busts Obama's vow

  15-10-2015 20:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama announced Thursday that U.S. forces will remain in Afghanistan at their current levels throughout much of 2016, yet another delay in their scheduled withdrawal and an acknowledgment that America's longest war won't be concluded on his watch.
  
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• $5M Billy the Kid pic cost $2

  15-10-2015 20:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A California collector appears poised to cash in to the tune of $5 million five years after paying just $2 for what has turned out to be only the second known photo of Western outlaw Billy the Kid.
  
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• Forbes lists video gamer 'PewDiePie' as top YouTube earner

  15-10-2015 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — YouTube's top-earning celebrity is a 25-year-old video-game-playing jokester who took in $12 million over the past year.
  
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• Kurdish forces in Syria recovered some air-dropped U.S. weaponry

  15-10-2015 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Pentagon said on Thursday that Kurdish forces in Syria appeared to have recovered some of the ammunition and equipment that the United States air dropped for Syrian Arab groups on Sunday. "My understanding is that it was specifically to Syrian Arab forces and that there were other groups, opposition groups, that may have also been able to recover some of the weaponry as well," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told a news briefing. Pressed as to whether that included Kurdish groups, Cook said: "
  
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• Correction: Egypt Parliament story

  15-10-2015 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — CAIRO (AP) - In a story Oct. 14 about Egypt's parliamentary elections, The Associated Press reported erroneously that TV anchorman Ahmed Moussa is running for a seat. Moussa is an avid supporter of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi but he is not running in the election.
  
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• The Latest: Kardashians show support for Lamar Odom online

  15-10-2015 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest on the hospitalization of Lamar Odom, who was found unconscious Tuesday in a Nevada brothel (all times local):
  
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• Is Turkey doomed?

  15-10-2015 20:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Once the poster-child of Muslim democracy, Turkey now seems vulnerable to the internal divisions that have plagued Iraq and Syria over the past decade.
  
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• Colorado prison town mixed on possible Guantanamo transfer

  15-10-2015 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) — Prisons have long been a way of life in this southern Colorado community, where schoolchildren practice inmate-escape drills and almost everyone counts a relative who works in corrections.
  
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• Yahoo Mail upgrade sheds passwords

  15-10-2015 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo on Thursday set out to make its free email service hip again with upgrades that included getting rid of the need for passwords on mobile devices. Yahoo's new email application allows users to sign-in without passwords, which have long been lambasted as paltry defense mechanisms by security specialists. The Yahoo Mail sign-in process called Account Key allows the option of having a message sent to a user's smartphone asking for confirmation that access should be granted online.
  
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• Authorities say Ohio man on electronic monitor raped teen

  15-10-2015 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio man on an electronic monitor in a pending criminal case had a 14-year-old girl dropped off at his home by taxi, held her captive for months and raped her.
  
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• Israel PM says he's 'perfectly open' to meeting with Abbas

  15-10-2015 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said he would be "perfectly open" to meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in order to end weeks of Israeli-Palestinian unrest.
  
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• The Latest: Mayor says she's not clear on protesters' goals

  15-10-2015 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on protests by the Baltimore Uprising coalition, which occupied City Council chambers at Baltimore City Hall to protest a council committee's vote in favor of making the interim police commissioner permanent:
  
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• New technology in credit cards leads to headaches for some

  15-10-2015 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans are getting new credit and debit cards with more secure chip technology, and that's already leading to headaches for companies that rely on working cards to charge their customers every month.
  
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• Actor Randy Quaid, wife released from Vermont jail

  15-10-2015 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont judge has released actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi from custody and the couple says they'll now address 5-year-old criminal charges in California.
  
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• EU moves to bolster overwhelmed borders, rethink asylum laws

  15-10-2015 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Faced with a refugee emergency that is only likely to deepen, European Union leaders moved on Thursday to shore up the bloc's borders to the outside world and fundamentally reshape the way they deal with asylum seekers.
  
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• Clinton says she won't 'be silenced' on gun violence

  15-10-2015 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she will "not be silenced" when it comes to talking about gun violence, renewing her debate-night tangle with rival Bernie Sanders.
  
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• Interim coaches face tricky situations, uncertain futures

  15-10-2015 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just about every assistant coach in the country considers the possibility of eventually getting a chance to run his own program.
  
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• Los Angeles doctor delivers baby on flight from Taiwan

  15-10-2015 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles doctor returning from her honeymoon ended up delivering a baby on an overseas flight when a fellow passenger went into early labor.
  
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• Is Obama's health overhaul losing steam?

  15-10-2015 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The health care law's historic gains in coverage may be leveling off: The Obama administration announced Thursday it expects only a slight overall increase in enrollment next year.
  
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• EU summit presses Turkey to halt migrant tide

  15-10-2015 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EU leaders urged Turkey on Thursday to help stem the flow of refugees towards Europe, offering concessions if a reluctant Ankara agrees to a plan to curb the biggest migration crisis since World War II. As leaders gathered for a summit in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that Europe could not tackle the problem without the help of Turkey, which is hosting more than two million Syrian refugees. "We cannot organise or stem the refugee movements without working with Turkey," said Me
  
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• Photos: Owen Wilson Looks Battered on Set

  15-10-2015 20:15
  
  See your favorite stars transform into the characters you love.
  
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• GOP hopeful Kasich offers ambitious balanced-budget plan

  15-10-2015 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John Kasich on Thursday pledged to balance the budget within eight years, cut taxes and pour more money into the military, while holding the line on all other government spending.
  
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• Syria regime in new offensive as Putin blasts US

  15-10-2015 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia said Thursday its warplanes had eased back on air strikes in Syria as regime forces press a widening ground offensive, while President Vladimir Putin criticised Washington for not cooperating over the conflict. As Moscow and Washington neared agreement on measures to avoid confrontation over Syria, Russia announced that a hotline had been set up with Israel to ensure there would be no clashes between their air forces.
  
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• White House: no evidence reports of Cuban troops in Syria are true

  15-10-2015 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it has seen no evidence that reports of Cuban troops in Syria are true. (Reporting by Julia Edwards; Editing by Sandra Maler)
  
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• U.S. 'excessive force' comment touches nerve in Israel

  15-10-2015 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel bristled on Thursday at U.S. suggestions it may have used excessive force to confront Palestinian stabbings, and also published hospital images it said refuted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's allegation a teen suspect had been "executed". Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was using legitimate force and any other country would do the same to deal with "people wielding knives, meat cleavers, axes, trying to kill people on their stree
  
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• APNewsBreak: US analysts knew Afghan site was hospital

  15-10-2015 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before the Oct. 3 U.S. air attack on a hospital in Afghanistan, American special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on the facility — which they knew was a protected medical site — because they believed it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity, The Associated Press has learned.
  
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• Guilty plea in hush money case

  15-10-2015 19:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert plans to plead guilty on charges of lying to federal investigators, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago.
  
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• Star Bouchard sues over concussion

  15-10-2015 19:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Eugenie Bouchard, who was this year named the world's most marketable athlete, is taking legal action potentially worth "millions and millions" of dollars after suffering a concussion at the U.S. Open in New York.
  
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• Government: No benefit hike for Social Security next year

  15-10-2015 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Older Americans got a double dose of bad news Thursday: There will be no cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits next year, and Medicare bills are set to soar for many.
  
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• Baby fairs: Catering to Kenya's middle class moms

  15-10-2015 19:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  At the Baby Banda mother and baby fair in Nairobi, sales of Beauty Bee's flagship product -- a pillow that helps new mothers support their babies while breastfeeding -- are brisk.
  
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• Valeant subpoenaed by U.S. prosecutors; shares slump

  15-10-2015 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S.-listed shares of Valeant , which said it would cooperate with the investigations, slumped 6.7 percent to $165.33 in afternoon trading on Thursday. While the magnitude of the price hikes has put Valeant in the political crosshairs, raising drug prices is not illegal in the United States.
  
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• Albanian labor camp, Chilean cemetery among threatened sites

  15-10-2015 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A labor camp in Albania, a burial site in Chile and a Spanish mission in New Mexico are among a list of cultural heritage sites threatened by neglect, overdevelopment or social, political and economic change, a preservation group announced Thursday.
  
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• Why The Donald? US Republicans explain their Trump fever

  15-10-2015 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The boundless enthusiasm for American real estate tycoon Donald Trump, the brash billionaire who leads the Republican White House race, can no longer be explained as a passing fad. Four months after launching his campaign, the 69-year-old Trump is the preferred presidential candidate of roughly one in four Republicans. Trump never hesitates to tout his own triumphs, whether in the polls or his sprawling international property empire.
  
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• The Latest: Church, police had few dealings before beating

  15-10-2015 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The latest on the fatal beating of a 19-year-old inside a church (all times local):
  
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• EPA: Proposed fix for some diesel Volkswagens expected soon

  15-10-2015 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators say they expect to receive a proposed fix later this week for some diesel Volkswagens caught up in the German automaker's emissions-rigging scandal.
  
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• UEFA members back suspended Platini in fight to clear name

  15-10-2015 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NYON, Switzerland (AP) — All 54 European soccer nations decided Thursday to back Michel Platini while the UEFA president fights to clear his name.
  
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• 'Await a letter in November', Cameron tells EU on renegotiation

  15-10-2015 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - David Cameron sought to defuse fellow EU leaders' frustration over a lack of detail in his demand for new membership terms from the bloc by promising on Thursday to send them his wish-list in writing in early November. The prime minister says his bid to renegotiate relations with the bloc it joined in 1973 is "bloody hard work", but many officials across the European Union have expressed frustration that London has failed to submit
  
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• Suspended Platini gets UEFA backing

  15-10-2015 19:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini has been backed by the 54 nations in European football's governing body -- putting it at odds with world body FIFA, whose ethics committee imposed his punishment.
  
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• Victims honored on both sides of the Atlantic

  15-10-2015 19:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One by one, surviving family members and friends stepped up to a podium in Arlington National Cemetery. Before them were short lists of names, which included their loved ones -- fathers, sisters, sons and more. Slowly, they read the names, each one punctuated with a ring of a bell, to honor and remember who was lost.
  
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