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• The Latest: Saints win a shootout over Giants

  01-11-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest from NFL games around the league on the eighth Sunday of the season (all times EST):
  
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• Belichick mum on suspicions that Jets locker room was bugged

  01-11-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots coach Bill Belichick says he's not commenting on reports that the New York Jets had their locker room swept for listening devices when they visited New England.
  
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• U.S. completes complex test of layered missile defense system

  01-11-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. military on Sunday hailed the success of a complex $230 million test of the U.S. missile defense system that it said showed the ability of the Aegis and THAAD weapons systems to identify and destroy ballistic and cruise missiles at once. The test was conducted near Wake Island in the western Pacific Ocean around 11:05 p.m. EDT by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, U.S. European Command, U.S. Pacific Command, the Ballistic Missile Defense System Operational Test Agency and the Joint Functi
  
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• Steve Smith, Bell among the key injuries in Week 8

  01-11-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From Steve Smith to Le'Veon Bell to a pair of Pro Bowl defenders in Cleveland, it was another rough day for injuries to some of the NFL's biggest stars.
  
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• Turkish PM calls for new constitution after election victory

  01-11-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on Turkey's political parties to come together and agree a new constitution after his ruling AK Party regained its parliamentary majority at a general election on Sunday. "I'm calling on all parties entering parliament to form a new civilian national constitution," he said in a balcony speech to thousands of AKP supporters at the party headquarters in Ankara, as fireworks lit the sky. "Let's work together towards a Turkey where conflict, t
  
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• Officiating decisions mar Miami's madcap return to beat Duke

  01-11-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Miami kept its final chance alive for nearly a minute, flinging the ball all over the field. The officials reviewed the play for another nine minutes.
  
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• The Latest: Total of 19 dead recovered from Aegean Sea

  01-11-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest as hundreds of thousands of people seeking safety flood into Europe in search of a new life. All times local.
  
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• Orange County Register owner files for bankruptcy protection

  01-11-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Freedom Communications Inc., owner of the Orange County Register, has filed for bankruptcy, and the newspaper's publisher said he plans to lead a bid to purchase the troubled company.
  
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• IS claims murders of Syrian activist, friend in Turkey: video

  01-11-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday posted a video claiming responsibility for the brutal murders of a Syrian anti-IS activist and his friend in southern Turkey last week. The video posted online said IS "slaughtered" Ibrahim Abdul Qader, 20, and fellow media activist Fares Hamadi in Sanliurfa on Friday "after they conspired with the Crusaders against the Islamic State". Abdul Qader had been working with the Raqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) activist group, which sheds light on IS
  
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• Brees' 7 TDs help Saints top Giants, 52-49 on last-second FG

  01-11-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It took the most prolific game of Drew Brees' career and a clutch field goal by a new kicker for the New Orleans Saints to spoil a scintillating homecoming for Giants stars Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr.
  
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• European minority rights body says Cyprus hate crimes on rise, underreported

  01-11-2015 23:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A European minority rights body is urging Cypriot authorities to ensure that hate crimes are properly identified an effectively dealt with following reports of an increase in racially motivated violence.
  
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• Russia plane 'broke up in air', bodies flown home from Egypt

  01-11-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WADI Al-ZOLOMAT (Egypt) (AFP) - A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt broke up "in the air", an investigator said Sunday, as the bodies of many of the 224 people killed on board were flown home. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged patience to determine the cause of Saturday's crash, after the Islamic State jihadist group (IS) claimed it brought down the A-321 in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula. "The disintegration happened in the air and the fragments are strewn over a large area," said Vikt
  
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• Police: Concealed carry license holder kills armed gunman

  01-11-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A customer with a concealed carry license shot and killed an armed man attempting to rob a Chicago neighborhood store, police said Sunday.
  
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• Erdogan's AKP regains majority in stunning election comeback

  01-11-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's long-dominant Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a stunning electoral comeback on Sunday, regaining its parliamentary majority in a poll seen as pivotal for the future of the troubled country. The party founded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 49.4 percent of the vote to secure 316 seats in the 550-member parliament with nearly all votes counted, easily enough to form a government on its own. "Today is a day of victory," a beaming Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a crowd
  
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• Cardinal: Pope Francis to visit Mexico starting February 12

  01-11-2015 23:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A leading Roman Catholic official in Mexico says Pope Francis will visit that country starting Feb. 12, 2015.
  
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• Most Gulf carriers re-route flights over Sinai after Russian crash

  01-11-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nadia Saleem DUBAI (Reuters) - Most Gulf airlines said on Sunday they were re-routing flights to avoid Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where a Russian aircraft carrying 224 passengers crashed on Saturday. Carriers from United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait said they would re-route flights as a security precaution until there was more clarity. Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said it would continue to fly over Sinai but avoid certain areas on the advice of Egyptian authorities.
  
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• All Blacks make rugby history

  01-11-2015 22:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It may have been Halloween, but any demons who dared show themselves at Twickenham on Saturday were quickly exorcised.
  
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• The Latest: Turkey's nationalist party head stays after vote

  01-11-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The latest as tens of millions of Turkish voters cast ballots in a contest that will determine whether the ruling party can restore the parliamentary majority it had enjoyed for over a decade. All times are local.
  
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• The Latest: Perez sets mark for innings caught over 2 years

  01-11-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on the World Series, where the Kansas City Royals lead the New York Mets three games to one and try Sunday night to win their first title since 1985 (all times EST):
  
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• Gurley leads way with 133 yards as Rams handle 49ers 27-6

  01-11-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Todd Gurley rushed for 133 yards on 20 carries, topping 100 yards for the fourth straight start to open his career, and the St. Louis Rams' defense shut down the San Francisco 49ers and contributed a safety to a 27-6 victory on Sunday.
  
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• Dalton's late TD leads unbeaten Bengals over Steelers 16-10

  01-11-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andy Dalton threw a touchdown pass with 2:57 to go, and the Bengals picked off Ben Roethlisberger twice in the fourth quarter while rallying for a 16-10 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday that kept them unbeaten and in command of the AFC North.
  
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• Police investigate if medical issue caused Halloween crash

  01-11-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators of a horrific Halloween crash that killed three people including a 10-year-old girl are looking at whether a medical problem may have caused a motorist to smash into a group of New York City trick-or-treaters, police said Sunday.
  
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• Palmer throws 4 TD passes as Cardinals beat Browns 34-20

  01-11-2015 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Carson Palmer threw for four touchdowns — three in the second half — and 374 yards as the Arizona Cardinals rallied for a 34-20 win Sunday over the Cleveland Browns, who lost two defensive starters with concussions.
  
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• Tucker's field goal lifts Ravens over Chargers 29-26

  01-11-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Justin Tucker kicked a 39-yard field goal on the final play of the game, and the Baltimore Ravens overcame three touchdown passes by Philip Rivers to squeeze out a 29-26 victory over the San Diego Chargers on Sunday.
  
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• Turkey's Kurds see fear behind election setback

  01-11-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Humeyra Pamuk DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish police fired tear gas against protesters in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Sunday after an election that saw President Tayyip Erdogan's hold on the country tightened and the main pro-Kurdish party almost voted out of parliament. FEAR, WEARINESS The HDP denies Erdogan's accusations of links to the PKK and says it rejects violence.
  
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• Rosberg wins 1st Mexican Grand Prix since 1992; Hamilton 2nd

  01-11-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nico Rosberg won the first Mexican Grand Prix since 1992 on Sunday for his fourth victory this season, denying Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in his bid to tie the Formula One record of 13 victories in a season.
  
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• Rosberg grabs consolation win in Mexico

  01-11-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nico Rosberg gained some consolation for his grievances Sunday when he outpaced Mercedes team-mate and newly-crowned triple world champion Lewis Hamilton to win the Mexican Grand Prix. In the first Formula One race in Mexico for 23 years, the 30-year-old German made light of the altitude of more than 2,000 metres and his anger at the manner of Hamilton's successes by leading, bar the pit-stops, from the 20th pole position of his career to the chequered flag. "What an amazing day, it was a great
  
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• US Speaker Paul Ryan won't work with Obama on immigration

  01-11-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fresh off his election as speaker of the US House of Representatives, Congressman Paul Ryan refused to cooperate with President Barack Obama on immigration, ruling out any reform before 2017. The lawmaker made the rounds on America's Sunday morning talk shows, following a vote that swept him into the most powerful job in Congress on Thursday. The 45-year-old Republican made it clear that he would not negotiate with the Democratic president.
  
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• The Latest: Report: Blast in Turkey sends 20 to hospital

  01-11-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The latest as tens of millions of Turkish voters cast ballots in a contest that will determine whether the ruling party can restore the parliamentary majority it had enjoyed for over a decade. All times are local.
  
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• The Latest from NFL: Jets Fitzpatrick hurt, Smith goes in

  01-11-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest from NFL games around the league on the eighth Sunday of the season (all times EST):
  
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• Hoyer's 2 TD passes help Texans top Titans 20-6

  01-11-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Brian Hoyer got things going for the Houston Texans on Sunday and the defense did the rest.
  
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• Ryan: No comprehensive immigration overhaul with Obama

  01-11-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Sunday ruled out a comprehensive overhaul of the immigration system while President Barack Obama is in office.
  
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• The Latest: Russian plane to evacuate crash victims' remains

  01-11-2015 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The latest developments after a Russian passenger plane crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board (all times local).
  
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• Search on for 'black box' in wreckage believed to be El Faro

  01-11-2015 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Sonar indicates that the wreckage believed to be the cargo ship El Faro landed upright on the ocean floor, which may aid efforts to recover the ship's voyage data recorder, a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman said Sunday.
  
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• Results point to single-party rule in Turkey

  01-11-2015 21:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the five months since the last set of parliamentary elections in Turkey failed to produce a clear winner, the country has been severely shaken by terrorist attacks and become more deeply polarized than before.
  
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• Simone Biles earns record 10th world championship gold medal

  01-11-2015 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The five medals Simone Biles spent the better part of a week so easily collecting at the world gymnastics championships will join the nine others she's captured in a safe somewhere back in Texas.
  
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• NFL inactives: Dez Bryant returns in Week 8

  01-11-2015 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dez Bryant is active against Seattle, making his return from a five-game absence with a broken right foot.
  
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• Where in the world is Pete Rose? Signing, of course

  01-11-2015 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The most perplexing thing about the World Series for some wasn't how Daniel Murphy let a slow grounder go under his glove.
  
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• Perfect 10 as Biles joins gymnastics greats

  01-11-2015 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It was a perfect ten finish for Simone Biles at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday as the young American became the most decorated woman gymnast of all time on the final day of competition. Biles' four world titles brought her tally to ten as the tiny Texan become the most-titled female gymnast in history. It has been a meteroic rise in just over two years for Biles who has become the first woman since Russian Khorkina to win three all-around titles and first to win three in a row afte
  
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• Haitians flow into cemeteries to mark Voodoo day of the dead

  01-11-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Revelers streamed into cemeteries across Haiti on Sunday bearing beeswax candles, food offerings and bottles of rum infused with hot peppers to mark the country's annual Voodoo festival of the dead.
  
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• Erdogan's AKP defies polls in stunning election comeback

  01-11-2015 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's long-dominant Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a stunning electoral comeback on Sunday, regaining its parliamentary majority in a poll seen as pivotal for the future of the troubled country. The party founded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won over 49 percent of the vote to secure 315 seats in the 550-member parliament with nearly all votes counted, easily enough to form a government on its own. "Today is a day of victory," a beaming Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a cr
  
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• Turkey's ruling party sweeps back to majority in parliament

  01-11-2015 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's ruling party secured a stunning victory in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, sweeping back into single-party rule only five months after losing it.
  
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• US Episcopal Church installs first black leader

  01-11-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, installed Sunday as the first black leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church, urged Episcopalians to evangelize by crossing divides of race, education and wealth.
  
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• Virginia Tech coach Beamer to retire after 2015 season

  01-11-2015 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Frank Beamer has decided this will be his last season as Virginia Tech's coach, ending a 29-year run in Blacksburg, Virginia, that made Beamer Ball synonymous with winning.
  
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• Kenyans Stanley Biwott, Mary Keitany win NYC Marathon

  01-11-2015 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Keitany once tried to win a New York City Marathon by surging to a huge lead from the start.
  
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• In Central Asia, Kerry raises rights but tempers public criticism

  01-11-2015 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Matt Spetalnick SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday met Uzbekistan’s autocratic ruler and officials from other Central Asian states accused of being among the world’s worst human rights offenders. Kerry was in Samarkand to meet his five Central Asian counterparts and reassure them of continued U.S. engagement in the strategic region. On the fringes of that meeting, he spoke to Uzbek President Islam Karimov, who has ruled Uzbekistan for a quart
  
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• Turkey's election board to release official results in 11-12 days

  01-11-2015 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA (Reuters) - The official final results of Turkey's general election on Sunday will be released in 11-12 days' time, the head of the country's election board, Sadi Guven, told a news conference. The delay allows the board time to consider any complaints from political parties. Initial results broadcast by state-run TRT television put the ruling AK Party on 49.4 percent, comfortably enough to give it a parliamentary majority. (Reporting by Asli Kandemir; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing
  
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• 'Burnt,' 'Crisis,' add to a pileup of flops at box office

  01-11-2015 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Bullock's political satire "Our Brand Is Crisis" and Bradley Cooper's chef drama "Burnt" added to a pileup of flops at the box office, where new wide releases have gone a startling 0-for-9 in the last two weeks.
  
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• Merkel's conservatives align refugee policy but coalition still at odds

  01-11-2015 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed on Sunday to fully resolve differences within her ruling coalition over how to deal with the huge refugee influx, leaving open a row that has rocked her government. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert described talks between the three party leaders as "constructive", but said they would meet again on Thursday. Germany, Europe's biggest economy and long a magnet for migrants, expects between 800,000 and a million asylum see
  
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• Russian plane broke up 'in the air': expert probing crash

  01-11-2015 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WADI Al-ZOLOMAT (Egypt) (AFP) - A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt broke up "in the air" strewing fragments across a wide area, an expert said Sunday as investigators probed the disaster that killed 224 people. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged patience to determine the cause of Saturday's crash, after the Islamic State jihadist group (IS) claimed it brought down the A-321 in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula. "The disintegration happened in the air and the fragments are strewn over a lar
  
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