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• Guinea president wins second term, opponent vows to protest

  17-10-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea President Alpha Conde has won a second term, the election commission announced Saturday, avoiding a runoff with his closest rival, who vowed to protest the results.
  
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• Wadley has 4 TDs, No. 17 Iowa tops No. 20 Northwestern 40-10

  17-10-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Reserve running back Akrum Wadley ran for 204 yards and tied a school record with four rushing touchdowns to carry No. 17 Iowa over No. 20 Northwestern 40-10 on Saturday.
  
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• New Zealand rout France, Springboks sneak past Wales

  17-10-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Julian Savea scored a bulldozing hat-trick as New Zealand delivered a record-setting rugby masterclass to rout France 62-13 and set up a World Cup semi-final against South Africa. The Springboks earlier had a tougher time getting past Wales with captain Fourie du Preez touching down with five minutes left to snatch a 23-19 win at Twickenham. New Zealand went into their match at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium facing romantic hopes from their rivals that France could pull off a repeat of their upset
  
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• Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh battling bladder cancer

  17-10-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh says he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer and is being treated in Arizona.
  
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• Backpack Exhibit Shines Light on College Student Suicide

  17-10-2015 23:52 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A traveling exhibit of 1,100 backpacks — representing the number of college students who kill themselves each year — is trying to raise awareness.
  
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• In Alabama, Clinton goes after Republicans on voting rights

  17-10-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Near the heart of the civil rights movement, presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton roused black Alabama Democrats on Saturday with a pledge to champion voting rights and accusations that Republicans are dismantling generations of racial progress.
  
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• The Latest: Blue Jays take 2-0 lead in sixth inning of ALCS

  17-10-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest on the League Championship Series. The Blue Jays and Royals play Game 2 in Kansas City with a first pitch set for 4:07 p.m. The Cubs and Mets play the opener of the NL best-of-seven at 8:07 p.m. Here's a look at what's happening (all times EDT):
  
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• All Blacks on fire with nine-try blitz of France

  17-10-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The All Blacks buried their demons when Dan Carter directed a nine-try symphony to wipe France out of the World Cup with a 62-13 victory in their quarter-final showdown on Saturday. Julian Savea bagged a hat-trick to overtake Jonah Lomu in the all-time All Blacks try scorers list, 38 to 37. A beaming and bloodied Richie McCaw was replaced 10 minutes from the final whistle knowing his side had put a decisive end to the legendary nightmare losses to France at the 1999 and 2007 tournaments.
  
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• 'Extensive' cleanup underway in wake of California storms

  17-10-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeowners in northern Los Angeles County communities were spending their Saturday digging mud out of their houses as crews continued extensive work to clear tons of dirt that clogged roadways and buried hundreds of cars.
  
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• No. 2 Baylor rolls over WVU 62-38, Coleman has 3 TD catches

  17-10-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — Seth Russell did something for second-ranked Baylor only a Heisman Trophy winner had done before. Corey Coleman is well on the way to his goal of setting a standard for the Bears that will be hard to match.
  
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• Rugby: New Zealand thrashes France

  17-10-2015 23:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There was once a time when France was considered New Zealand's bete noir on the World Cup stage.
  
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• Mexican drug lord flown to Sinaloa mountains after escape

  17-10-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was flown to a mountainous region of his home state of Sinaloa following his daring July 11 escape from prison through a mile-long tunnel, a federal official said Saturday.
  
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• Memphis upsets No. 13 Ole Miss 37-24 to stay perfect

  17-10-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Paxton Lynch and the upstart Memphis Tigers showed that their high-scoring offense can work against anybody.
  
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• China's lighthouses in Spratlys beckon recognition from passing ships

  17-10-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - The next time the United States sends warships by China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China, officers aboard will have to decide how, if at all, they will engage with a pair of giant lighthouses that Beijing lit up there this month. Chinese officials say the lighthouses on Cuarteron Reef and Johnson South Reef in the disputed Spratly islands will help maritime search and rescue, navigational security and disaster relief. Experts, diplomats an
  
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• Taiwan's ruling party dumps candidate

  17-10-2015 22:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Taiwan's ruling pro-Beijing Kuomintang (KMT) party moved to nominate its chairman as the party's new bid for the 2016 presidential election, replacing its former candidate who had been facing increasing setbacks in polls.
  
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• Thirty Yemeni fighters killed by friendly fire from Saudi-led strikes, officials say

  17-10-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saudi-led coalition jets targeting Houthi militiamen in Yemen killed 30 fighters loyal to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi when they mistakenly bombed a military camp in the province of Taiz on Saturday, local officials said. Officials from the Saudi coalition and the Yemeni government could not immediately be reached for comment. Saturday's strikes hit a mountainous area close to the southwestern city of Taiz where fighting is intense between local fighters and troops loyal to veteran fo
  
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• Justices mull appeal of Chicago suburb's assault weapons ban

  17-10-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has so far resisted elaborating on two landmark decisions that established a nationwide right to defend one's home with a gun.
  
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• Israel says more knife attacks thwarted, four Palestinians dead

  17-10-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israeli authorities said four Palestinians had been shot dead and a fifth seriously injured in thwarted knife attacks on Saturday in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of unrest. Forty-one Palestinians and seven Israelis have died in the recent street violence, which was in part triggered by Palestinians' anger over what they see as increased Jewish encroachment on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound. Israel says it is keeping the status quo at th
  
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• 4 Palestinians killed in anti-Israeli knife attacks

  17-10-2015 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Four Palestinians were shot dead and a fifth wounded in attacks on Israelis in east Jerusalem and the West Bank Saturday, as violence that has fuelled concerns of an uprising showed no let-up. The violence that has raged for more than two weeks prompted a "very concerned" US President Barack Obama to call for calm. Including alleged assailants, 41 Palestinians have been killed since the violence erupted on October 1.
  
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• Ex-Uber driver admits US rape

  17-10-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former Uber driver who raped and kidnapped a woman in Boston was sentenced to up to 12 years in prison, attorneys said Saturday, urging caution when using ride-sharing services. Alejandro Done, 47, pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated rape, kidnapping and assault and battery, said Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan. "I encourage the public to take precautions when using any ride-sharing service.
  
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• Golson's 3 touchdowns lead No. 12 Florida State to 41-21 win

  17-10-2015 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For the second straight season, Florida State is proving that it is a strong second-half team.
  
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• Hundreds of Sudanese troops arrive in Yemen's Aden

  17-10-2015 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Hundreds of Sudanese troops arrived in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Saturday, the first batch of an expected 10,000 reinforcements for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the country's Shiite Houthi rebels, security officials said.
  
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• Missing: 'Slightly sinister' Ronald McDonald statue

  17-10-2015 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts family has been searching in vain for its "slightly sinister" statue of Ronald McDonald, which was taken from their summer home during a teenage house party.
  
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• Cruz Mocks Clinton, Jokes Debate Should Be Held in Prison

  17-10-2015 21:20 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Ted Cruz couldn't help but throw a couple barbs at his favorite Democratic target Saturday at a campaign rally in New Hampshire.
  
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• Female Libido Drug Arrival Could Boost More Than Desire

  17-10-2015 21:04 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Experts believe restrictions on Addyi could spur development of better treatments for women's sexual problems.
  
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• In Alabama, Clinton blasts GOP on voting rights

  17-10-2015 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton is telling black Alabama Democrats that she'd champion voting rights in the White House. She says Republicans are dismantling the progress of the civil rights movement.
  
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• Super typhoon hits Philippines

  17-10-2015 20:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Super Typhoon Koppu's eye smashed into northern Philippines' Luzon island with ferocious winds and rain early Sunday, just the early stages of what forecasters fear could be a three-day period of floods and landslides.
  
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• Ole Miss says Nkemdiche has concussion, will not return

  17-10-2015 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Mississippi's Robert Nkemdiche will not return to Saturday's game against Memphis after the team says he suffered a concussion in the second quarter.
  
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• Ronaldo now club's leading scorer

  17-10-2015 20:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo officially became the leading goalscorer in Real Madrid history by firing home in Saturday's comfortable victory over Levante at the Santiago Bernabeu.
  
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• Violent attacks continue in Israel as tensions increase

  17-10-2015 20:53 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Palestinian assailants carried out five stabbing attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Saturday, authorities said, as a month-long outburst of violence showed no signs of abating. The unrest came despite new security measures that have placed troops and checkpoints around Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem.
  
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• 12 dead in Ukraine excursion boat capsizing off Odessa; 23 other people onboard rescued

  17-10-2015 20:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian officials say 12 people are dead and another person is missing after an excursion boat overturned in the Black Sea near the major port city of Odessa.
  
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• 12 dead in Ukraine excursion boat capsizing off Odessa

  17-10-2015 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian officials say 12 people are dead and another person is missing after an excursion boat overturned in the Black Sea near the major port city of Odessa.
  
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• Israel: 4 Palestinian attackers shot dead in latest violence

  17-10-2015 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian assailants carried out five stabbing attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Saturday, authorities said, as a month-long outburst of violence showed no signs of abating. The unrest came despite new security measures that have placed troops and checkpoints around Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem.
  
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• The Latest: Salvy in KC lineup; Cub-Mets rosters for NLCS

  17-10-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest on the League Championship Series. The Blue Jays and Royals play Game 2 in Kansas City with a first pitch set for 4:07 p.m. The Cubs and Mets play the opener of the NL best-of-seven at 8:07 p.m. Here's a look at what's happening (all times EDT) :
  
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• German woman kidnapped 2 months ago in Afghanistan released

  17-10-2015 20:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Germany's foreign minister says a German woman who was kidnapped two months ago in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has been freed.
  
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• Cancer Drug Helps Parkinson's Patients

  17-10-2015 20:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A pill usually prescribed to treat leukemia has had dramatic effects in a few patients with Parkinson's disease.
  
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• Kardashians Plead for Privacy During Lamar Odom Crisis

  17-10-2015 20:23 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Kardashian family, famous for being famous, may live their lives publicly, but that doesn't mean they aren't entitled to privacy, an expert says.
  
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• Saudi airstrikes mistakenly kill 20 troops in southern Yemen

  17-10-2015 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Airstrikes from the Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels mistakenly struck a pro-government military encampment, killing at least 20 fighters and wounding another 20 in the latest instance of friendly fire in the anti-rebel camp, security officials said Saturday.
  
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• VW made several defeat devices to cheat emissions tests: sources

  17-10-2015 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andreas Cremer, Bruce Wallace and Paul Lienert BERLIN/LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - Volkswagen made several versions of its "defeat device" software to rig diesel emissions tests, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, potentially suggesting a complex deception by the German carmaker. During seven years of self-confessed cheating, Volkswagen altered its illegal software for four engine types, said the sources, who include a VW manager with knowledge of the matter and a U.S. off
  
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• Pope says Church needs more decentralization, changes to papacy

  17-10-2015 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Saturday for "healthy decentralization" of power in the Roman Catholic Church, including changes in the papacy and greater decision-making authority for local bishops. Francis made his comments at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Synod of Bishops, a worldwide gathering that occasionally advises the pope on a host of issues. The Argentine pope said the type of collegiality - the papal governing of the
  
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• North Korea rejects more nuclear talks, demands peace treaty with U.S.

  17-10-2015 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea on Saturday rejected the idea of resuming talks to end its nuclear program, saying previous such attempts ended in failure, and reiterated its demand that Washington come to the table to negotiate a peace treaty. The statement by the North's foreign ministry came a day after U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye said in Washington they were open to talks with North Korea on sanctions but that Pyongyang needs to show it was serious about abandoning its n
  
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• Yemen mulls U.N. invitation to attend peace talks

  17-10-2015 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yemen's Saudi-backed government said on Saturday it was studying an invitation from the United Nations to attend talks aimed at ending a war between a Saudi-led coalition and Houthi militiamen who control much of the country including the capital. "The Yemeni government confirms that we're always ready for and committed to peace," spokesman Rajeh Badi told Reuters from the Saudi capital Riyadh. "We value the role of the United Nations and thank its special envoy to Yemen, who has exerted great e
  
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• Israel says further knife attacks thwarted, three Palestinians dead

  17-10-2015 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three Palestinians were shot dead and a fourth was seriously injured on Saturday in what Israel said were thwarted knife attacks in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of unrest. Forty Palestinians and seven Israelis have died in the recent street violence, which was in part triggered by Palestinians' anger over what they see as increased Jewish encroachment on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound. Israel says it is keeping the status quo at the hol
  
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• The Latest: Israel: Palestinian stabs policeman at crossing

  17-10-2015 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest developments in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence (all times local).
  
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• Why Humanity's Survival May Depend on Colonizing Mars

  17-10-2015 19:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  After decades of space exploration, and countless movies on the subject, why exactly does Mars continue to inspire such high levels of fascination?
  
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• Croatia diverts migrants to Slovenia after Hungary closes border

  17-10-2015 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Aleksandar Vasovic and Marja Novak OPATOVAC, Croatia/LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Migrants streaming across the Balkans reached Slovenia on Saturday, diverted overnight by the closure of Hungary's border with Croatia in the latest demonstration of Europe's disjointed response to the flow of people reaching its borders. Hungary's right-wing government declared its southern frontier with Croatia off limits to migrants, blocking entry with a metal fence and razor wire, just as it did a month ago on its
  
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• Mexican drug lord flown to Sinaloan mountains after escape

  17-10-2015 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was flown to a mountainous region of his home state of Sinaloa following his daring July 11 escape from prison through a mile-long tunnel, a federal official said Saturday.
  
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• Israel says it foils 4 Palestinian stabbings

  17-10-2015 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis shot four Palestinians, killing at least three, whom they said had attacked them with knives on Saturday in Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Hebron, the latest in a month of violent confrontations.
  
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• Zimbabwe: Elephant with massive ivory tusks killed in legal hunt

  17-10-2015 19:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The killing of a huge elephant in Zimbabwe has been confirmed by the national parks agency, which defended the legal hunt as a source of much needed money for communities living near game parks.
  
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• Zimbabwe: Elephant with big ivory tusks killed in legal hunt

  17-10-2015 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The killing of a huge elephant in Zimbabwe has been confirmed by the national parks agency, which defended the legal hunt as a source of much needed money for communities living near game parks.
  
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