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• Russian airliner crash in Egypt's Sinai kills all 224 on board

  31-10-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The IS affiliate in Egypt said it was behind the crash of the flight run by the Kogalymavia airline, which operates under the name Metrojet, but did not give details and Cairo and Moscow both cast doubt on the claim. Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail said experts had confirmed that a plane cannot be downed at the altitude the Airbus 321 was at, while Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said the claim "cannot be considered accurate". Germany's Lufthansa, Emirates and Air France all said
  
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• US nightclub fire victims lament deadly Romanian blaze

  31-10-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Survivors and families of victims of a deadly nightclub blaze in Rhode Island over a decade ago said Saturday the tragedy in Bucharest, Romania, was sadly and eerily similar.
  
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• High-and-tight purpose pitch may have outlived its purpose

  31-10-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Somewhere in the past few decades, pitching high and inside has become an offense, a violation of baseball etiquette if not the rules.
  
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• Storms, tornadoes lash Texas; death toll rises to 6

  31-10-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The death toll rose to six in Texas as more bodies were recovered on Saturday after another band of strong storms and heavy rain spawned three tornadoes and dangerous flooding in the waterlogged state.
  
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• The Latest: American Pharoah wins Breeders' Cup Classic

  31-10-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The latest on the Breeders' Cup, in which Triple Crown winner American Pharoah races for the last time before retiring (all times EDT):
  
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• Trade trumps hostility for S. Korea-China-Japan summit

  31-10-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Korea, China and Japan hold their first leadership summit in more than three years Sunday, marking a victory for political, and particularly economic pragmatism over historical antipathy and territorial rivalry. The triumph of realpolitik will be capped by a first ever one-on-one summit between South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after an extended diplomatic freeze. "China hopes the meeting will be an opportunity for the three countries to review the
  
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• Smarting Rosberg claims pole again

  31-10-2015 22:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nico Rosberg will be hoping his recent domination of qualifying can be converted in a victory Sunday after taking pole for the Mexico Grand Prix -- his fourth in a row on the F1 circuit.
  
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• Officials search for cause of plane crash over Egypt's Sinai

  31-10-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — A Russian passenger airliner crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous part Egypt's Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from a popular Red Sea resort, killing all 224 people on board, including 25 children.
  
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• The Latest on Texas storms: Body found; death toll at 6

  31-10-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The latest on the strong storms buffeting Texas for a second day, causing flooding and possible tornadoes (all times local):
  
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• Found stuns Golden Horn in Breeders' Cup Turf

  31-10-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - Found came on late to stun Golden Horn in the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland in Kentucky on Saturday, spoiling the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero's swansong.
  
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• The Latest: Found wins Breeders' Cup Turf

  31-10-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The latest on the Breeders' Cup, in which Triple Crown winner American Pharoah races for the last time before retiring (all times EDT):
  
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• UK police make third arrest over TalkTalk cyber attack

  31-10-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British police have made a third arrest in connection with a cyber attack this month on telecoms company TalkTalk in which the company said bank details of more than 20,000 customers were hacked. A 20-year-old man from Staffordshire, central England, was being held in custody and his address was being searched, London police said in a statement.
  
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• The Latest: Co-pilot's wife: He complained about plane

  31-10-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The latest news on a Russian passenger plane that crashed Saturday on a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to St. Petersburg, Russia.
  
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• Police say gunman kills 3 in downtown Colorado Springs

  31-10-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Four people are dead, including a suspected gunman, following a shooting spree in Colorado Springs on Saturday that ended in a gunbattle between police and the suspect.
  
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• Bush-Rubio rivalry intensifies as Iowa caucuses draw closer

  31-10-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio emphasized the need to do well in Iowa in the early months of the 2016 presidential campaign. But that's changed as their rivalry intensifies and pressure mounts to emerge from the Feb. 1 caucuses as the favorite among mainstream conservatives.
  
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• Survivors describe horror as fire spread in Bucharest club

  31-10-2015 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — When the first sparks flew, the lead singer of Goodbye to Gravity joked that they weren't part of the heavy metal band's performance.
  
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• Popcorn at the cemetery on All Saints' Day in Poland

  31-10-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Poles are visiting family graves en masse this weekend for All Saints' Day, which falls on Sunday, leaving flowers and lanterns for their dear departed while taking time to reflect. "The things I see around cemeteries sometimes, it boggles the mind. You couldn't dream up more curious things," said Cezary Banaszek, a Warsaw priest.
  
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• Peru Catholic society admits sex abuse probe against founder

  31-10-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — A secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. has revealed under pressure that a Vatican investigator is looking into allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits.
  
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• Treadwell's TD lifts No. 19 Mississippi past Auburn 27-19

  31-10-2015 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — With a defender draped over his back, Laquon Treadwell clutched the ball in both hands as he fell to the ground.
  
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• Maguire and Patrick lead No. 17 Florida State past Syracuse

  31-10-2015 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — No Everett Golson and Dalvin Cook? No problem.
  
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• Trump releases plan aimed at improving veterans' care

  31-10-2015 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released a plan on Saturday aimed at improving veterans' health care and other services in the wake of continued criticism of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
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• BP drops effort to retrieve Gulf oil spill business payouts

  31-10-2015 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP has decided to end its effort to recoup money it paid in economic damage claims to businesses and individuals under a settlement arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
  
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• Campaigning wraps up for critical Turkey vote

  31-10-2015 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Opinion polls are predicting a replay Sunday of the shock June election which stripped the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of its majority after 13 years of single-party rule, leaving the country without a government after coalition talks failed. Turkey goes into the election more polarised than ever on ethnic and sectarian lines, and deeply on edge after the Ankara bombings blamed on Islamic State jihadists that killed 102 people, the worst in the country's modern history. The AKP of Presid
  
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• Carter stars in All Blacks historic World Cup triumph

  31-10-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dan Carter bowed out as the king of rugby Saturday when he kicked the All Blacks to a historic 34-17 World Cup victory over Australia at Twickenham. Carter scored 19 points in his final match as New Zealand held off a fierce Australia fightback to became the first team to retain the World Cup and the first to win three titles. The Wallabies closed to within three points of the All Blacks in the second half, but Carter steadied the ship with a monstrous drop goal and a 50 metre penalty to decide
  
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• Rossi appeals to court in MotoGP dispute

  31-10-2015 21:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Valentino Rossi has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after he was banished to the back of the grid for next month's decisive final race of motorcyling's elite championship.
  
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• 'Nightmare': Club Fire Death Toll May Rise

  31-10-2015 20:49 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Hundreds went clubbing at Colectiv Friday to enjoy a free concert. The night ended in horror as a fire caused a panic that left at least 27 dead.
  
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• Deadly Storms Wreak More Havoc on Waterlogged Texas

  31-10-2015 20:48 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Up to 11 inches of rain had fallen in parts of the Harris County by noon Saturday.
  
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• Secular publisher murdered, three wounded in Bangladesh attacks

  31-10-2015 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dhaka (AFP) - The publisher of an atheist writer killed earlier this year by suspected Islamists was hacked to death in Bangladesh Saturday, hours after two secular bloggers and another publisher were also attacked.
  
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• Palestinians clash with Israel soldiers at Hebron funerals

  31-10-2015 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Violence broke out Saturday in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron as Palestinians buried five teenagers killed in a wave of attacks and clashes with Israeli forces. The funerals came as Israeli border guards shot dead a Palestinian at a checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel after he allegedly tried to stab one of them, police said. The surge of unrest since early October has triggered fears of a third Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation by a generation gripped by despair a
  
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• The Latest on Texas storms: Soggy Halloween in flooded Texas

  31-10-2015 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The latest on the strong storms buffeting Texas for a second day, causing flooding and possible tornadoes (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Runhappy wins Breeders' Cup Sprint

  31-10-2015 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The latest on the Breeders' Cup, in which Triple Crown winner American Pharoah races for the last time before retiring (all times EDT):
  
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• The Latest: Rubio casts rival Bush as part of the past

  31-10-2015 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Many of the Republican candidates seeing the White House in 2016 are in Iowa Saturday, wooing early caucus goers. The Latest from a candidate forum at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. All times are local.
  
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• 'Kurdish capital' holds its breath ahead of Turkey vote

  31-10-2015 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hit hard by the return to violence between security forces and Kurdish rebels, Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir is preparing for Sunday's crucial election with a mixture of worry, sadness, but also anger. The entry into parliament of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for the first time after June's parliamentary polls prompted scenes of jubilation in Diyabakir, the country's main Kurdish city.
  
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• Kenya's Kipsang, Keitany try to defend NYC Marathon titles

  31-10-2015 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wilson Kipsang is a four-time major marathon champion and former world-record holder.
  
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• A look at some of the world's worst nightclub fires

  31-10-2015 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — A deadly fire at the Colectiv nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest has claimed at least 27 lives and left around 180 people injured. Here is a look at some other nightclub fires that have exacted terrible death tolls in crowded conditions:
  
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• Egypt says finds both black boxes from crashed Russian plane

  31-10-2015 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has found and obtained both black boxes from a Russian passenger plane that crashed in the country's Sinai peninsula on Saturday, the civil aviation minister told a news conference. There are normally two black boxes on an aircraft, one for cockpit voice recordings and one for flight data. Egyptian authorities had earlier said they only found one. (Writing by Ahmed Aboulenein; Editing by Alison Williams)
  
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• Would You Like to Spend Halloween Alongside Six Million Skeletons?

  31-10-2015 19:43 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  One 'lucky' couple will win the chance to spend Halloween night in the Catacombs of Paris, France, surrounded by the remains of six million Parisians.
  
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• Vodafone says hackers broke into nearly 2,000 customer accounts this week

  31-10-2015 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vodafone UK said on Saturday hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month. The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said. "This incident was driven by criminals using email addresses and passwords acquired from an unknown source external to Vodafone,
  
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• Israelis and Clinton pay tribute to Rabin at memorial rally

  31-10-2015 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israelis, along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, are gathering at the Tel Aviv square where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated to mark the 20th anniversary of the former prime minister's death and remember his call for peace.
  
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• Merkel says VW must act in transparent manner

  31-10-2015 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - The "Made in Germany" brand has not been damaged by the Volkswagen scandal, but the carmaker needs to deal with the matter in a transparent manner, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in her weekly podcast. Almost six weeks after it admitted using illegal software to falsify U.S. diesel emissions tests, VW is under pressure to identify those responsible, fix up to 11 million affected vehicles and convince regulators, investors and customers it can be trusted again
  
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• Storms, tornadoes lash Texas; death toll rises to 5

  31-10-2015 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Another band of strong storms and heavy rain spawned three tornadoes and dangerous flooding in east Texas on Saturday, with the death toll rising to five after Houston police found two bodies.
  
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• The science of fear explained

  31-10-2015 19:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  "I'll huff, and I'll puff and blow your house down," calls out the deranged writer Jack Torrance, hunting down his wife and son, in Stanley Kubrick's classic 1980 horror movie, "The Shining." And as he takes a breath, he brings an axe down on the bathroom door and starts to hack away. At the same time you hear Shelly Duvall, who plays his wife, scream from the other side. Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson, splits enough of a hole in the door to push his head through. "Here's Johnny!"
  
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• Crunch talks for Merkel on refugee crisis as thousands more arrive

  31-10-2015 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly 10,000 refugees continued to arrive in Germany daily, police said on Saturday, highlighting the scale of the challenge facing the country's stretched border staff ahead of a crunch meeting between Angela Merkel and a Bavarian ally on the crisis. Chancellor Merkel will discuss refugee policy on Saturday evening with Bavarian premier Horst Seehofer, head of the Christian Social Union (CSU) and who has criticized her asylum policy and handling of the crisis. The CSU, sister party to Merkel's
  
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• These Rescued Lions Are Recovering From a Lifetime of Abuse

  31-10-2015 19:32 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The animals will be headed in November to a big cat sanctuary in South Africa, along with another nine rescued in Colombia.
  
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• Honda recall affects 2016 CR-Vs over potential air bag issue

  31-10-2015 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Honda is recalling some 2016 CR-V SUVs to replace Takata air bags that could rupture in a crash and send metal fragments flying.
  
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• Turkish jets hit Islamic State targets in Syria: government official

  31-10-2015 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish jets on Saturday launched bombing raids against Islamic State targets in Syria, the day before Turks are due to vote in a parliamentary election, a senior government official said. American jets were standing by to assist and all aircraft involved in the operations returned safely, the official told Reuters. Turkey vowed to take a more active role in combating Islamic State (IS) in July, as part of a multi-pronged offensive which also saw them ramp up attacks on Kurdish militants.
  
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• Fire tears through busy market, killing 15

  31-10-2015 19:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A fire left 15 people dead, including six children, early Saturday at a public market in the Philippines, the Philippines News Agency reported. Thirteen others were injured .
  
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• Russian airliner crash in Egypt's Sinai kills 224

  31-10-2015 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing everyone on board, officials said. It was one of the deadliest incidents involving Airbus aircraft over the past decade. The Islamic State (IS) group affiliate in Egypt claimed it downed the plane, without saying how.
  
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• Season-long fantasy sports now a question in Nevada

  31-10-2015 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has already decided daily fantasy sports are gambling and that people can't put their dollars down on DraftKings and FanDuel until those sites obtain a license in the state.
  
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• With labor boost, Clinton seeks general election coalition

  31-10-2015 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton picked up endorsements from another major labor group and a longtime ally of Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday.
  
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