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• NY court documents show big business of daily fantasy sports

  20-11-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Documents filed at the court examining the legality of daily fantasy sports in New York show a rapidly growing national business built on billions in entry fees.
  
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• One American killed in attack in Mali: U.S. State Dept

  20-11-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One U.S. citizen was killed in Friday's attack on a hotel in Bamako, Mali, the U.S. State Department said. (Reporting by Eric Beech)
  
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• Obama to visit Asia refugee center amid raging debate in US

  20-11-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning to visit a refugee center in Malaysia, casting a spotlight on the plight of those fleeing violence and persecution from Myanmar to Syria.
  
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• Wawrinka eliminates Murray, books Federer showdown

  20-11-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stan Wawrinka booked a potentially feisty all-Swiss semi-final clash against Roger Federer after knocking Andy Murray out of the ATP Tour Finals with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 victory on Friday. Wawrinka's victory sealed second place behind group winner Rafael Nadal and the world number four will play six-time champion Federer in a rematch of last year's stormy semi-final at the prestigious season-ending event at London's O2 Arena. Federer won that meeting in three sets after saving four match points, bu
  
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• Airbnb brings home cash in fresh funding round

  20-11-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Home-sharing startup Airbnb raised more than $100 million in a new funding round that kept its value at about $25.5 billion, sources with knowledge of the matter said Friday. The latest fundraising round was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which said the San Francisco-based firm generated $340 million in the recently ended fiscal quarter on bookings of $2.2 billion. Airbnb expects to become profitable next year, a source close to the firm told AFP while confirming details of the fundi
  
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• UN unanimously approves 'all necessary measures' to fight IS

  20-11-2015 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Friday authorized countries to "take all necessary measures" to fight the Islamic State group in a resolution that won unanimous backing a week after the Paris attacks.
  
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• Mali hotel attack puts veteran militant back in spotlight

  20-11-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Matthew Mpoke Bigg ACCRA (Reuters) - The deadly attack on a hotel in Mali's capital on Friday claimed by two radical Islamist groups has put veteran militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar back in the spotlight months after he was reported killed. U.S. military officials said he was targeted, only for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to deny four days later that he was dead. "He (Belmokhtar) has been wanted by several countries for a long time and he is probably behind this attack," French D
  
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• Republican rivals blast Trump for Muslim database comments

  20-11-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump drew criticism from White House rivals on Friday for saying he would implement a database to keep track of Muslims in the United States and require them to register in response to the attacks in Paris. Trump, speaking to an NBC News reporter after a campaign appearance in Iowa on Thursday night, was asked if there should be a database to monitor Muslims in the United States. Asked how that dif
  
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• Trial of 'Shield' actor will include talk of wife's affair

  20-11-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wife of an actor known for his role on "The Shield" was having an affair before she was fatally shot by her husband last year and a jury should be told about it, a judge ruled Friday.
  
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• Trump's support for registering Muslims angers rivals

  20-11-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's support for registering US Muslims in a database drew criticism Friday from rival Republicans and Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton, amid bursts of controversial rhetoric from GOP candidates. Trump, leading the polls for the Republican nomination, has made several belligerent remarks about Muslims and Syrian refugees in the wake of last week's attacks in Paris claimed by the Islamic State extremist group. Trump was asked by NBC News on Thursday whether he would s
  
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• Gunmen attack hotel in Mali's capital, killing at least 19

  20-11-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Heavily armed Islamic extremists seized dozens of hostages Friday at a Radisson hotel, but Malian troops, backed by U.S. and French special forces, swarmed in to retake the building and free many of the terrified captives. At least 19 people were killed in the more than seven-hour siege, officials said.
  
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• Chappell builds 1-shot lead at Sea Island

  20-11-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Sea Island seems to be a good fit for California native Kevin Chappell.
  
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• APNewsBreak: 2 high-ranking VA officials demoted

  20-11-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two high-ranking officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs have been demoted in response to allegations that they manipulated the agency's hiring system for their own gain.
  
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• COUPS, CLASHES Recent history of instability

  20-11-2015 23:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The West African country endured decades of instability until its first democratic presidential election in 1992.
  
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• Scott, Havlicek among college hoops Hall of Fame inductees

  20-11-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It never occurred to Charlie Scott that he would make history when he accepted a scholarship offer from Dean Smith to play basketball at North Carolina in the late 1960s.
  
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• NO HOSTAGES LEFT Attack now over, U.S. official confirms

  20-11-2015 23:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Robyn Kriel reports that AFP, quoting the Malian security minister, says that there are no more hostages in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako.
  
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• Red panda goes missing from Northern California zoo

  20-11-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A red panda is missing on California's far north coast.
  
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• Chappell eagles from bunker to seize PGA lead

  20-11-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American Kevin Chappell made a bunker shot for eagle at the par-5 15th hole Friday to seize the lead after the second round of the US PGA's RSM Classic. Chappell made a solid start with back-to-back birdies at the fourth and fifth holes, then birdied the eighth and 10th as well. After his lone bogey of the day at the par-3 12th, Chappell answered with style at the 15th.
  
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• Maybin heading back to Tigers in deal for 2 left-hander

  20-11-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have acquired outfielder Cameron Maybin from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for left-handers Ian Krol and Gabe Speier.
  
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• The Latest: Belgium charges 3rd person in Paris attacks

  20-11-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local):
  
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• Carson says safe zones in Syria better option than

  20-11-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Ben Carson said Friday that creating safe zones in Syria and establishing a coalition government in the war-torn nation are better ways to deal with Syrian refugees than resettling them in the United States.
  
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• Police detain man swinging samurai sword at NYC Apple store

  20-11-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a man has been taken into custody after swinging a samurai sword inside an Apple store in Manhattan.
  
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• Man freed after 3 decades in prison calls moment 'surreal'

  20-11-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DEER LODGE, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man who spent three decades behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit walked out of prison Friday after the governor granted his clemency request.
  
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• Refugee refusal today compared, contrasted to that of WWII

  20-11-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sol Messinger was just 7 when he stood with his father at the rail of the ocean liner St. Louis and stared into the gathering darkness. But nearly eight decades later, Messinger still recalls the lights of Miami glittering off the bow, so near to him and more than 900 fellow Jewish refugees aboard, yet beyond their reach.
  
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• EPA says VW cheating software is on more vehicles

  20-11-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal widened Friday after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the German automaker used software to cheat on pollution tests on more six-cylinder diesel vehicles than originally thought.
  
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• Man armed with sword tackled in NY Apple store

  20-11-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A male suspect waving a samurai sword in Apple's flagship store on New York's Fifth Avenue was tackled to the ground Friday but caused no casualties, police said. The incident happened at 3:55 pm (2055 GMT) with New York on alert after the Paris attacks ahead of the holiday season that formally kicks off with the Thanksgiving parade next Thursday. Security immediately stopped him and police responded and subdued him," a police spokesman told AFP.
  
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• By luck of the 'straw', Democrat wins Mississippi House race

  20-11-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republicans drew the short straw Friday in Mississippi. Seriously.
  
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• Parts of Midwest see 1st snowstorm of the season

  20-11-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Millions of people will feel the effects — to varying degrees — of the first significant wintry storm of the season, which is forecast to bring up to a foot of snow to parts of the Midwest.
  
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• Detective whose story is featured in McFarland USA arrested

  20-11-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California police detective who was a member of the championship 1987 track team depicted in the movie McFarland USA has been charged with tipping off a drug dealer in return for more than $15,000 in bribes over three years, federal authorities announced Friday in Bakersfield.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Nevada issues health guidelines for cryotherapy

  20-11-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has created health guidelines for cryotherapy after a Las Vegas spa worker was found dead in a tank that subjects users to subzero temperatures, a treatment that experts say has been growing in popularity but is largely unregulated and whose benefits are not proven.
  
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• A dozen US citizens rescued after Mali hotel attack

  20-11-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Around a dozen US citizens, including American embassy staff members, were rescued from a hotel in Mali after a deadly attack by suspected Islamist gunmen, the State Department said Friday. Two US special forces soldiers already in Bamako also responded to the incident and helped Malian forces in the rescue, according to Lieutenant Commander Anthony Falvo of US Africa Command. At least 22 people were killed in the attack and more than 100 guests were held hostage during the fighting, but State D
  
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• Column: DraftKings, FanDuel wrong for now, but on right side

  20-11-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Say goodbye to all those annoying commercials.
  
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• Global shares rise, euro falls as central banks in focus

  20-11-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in major markets gained on Friday and the euro weakened against the dollar as investors anticipated actions by U.S. and European central banks next month. The head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, offered the strongest hint yet that the ECB will unveil fresh stimulus measures at its Dec. 3 meeting. "Any siren call from a central bank, particularly a systemically important one, about more largesse on the part of that central bank’s b
  
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• Al Mourabitoun, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb carried out Mali attack: U.S. government source

  20-11-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. government agencies believe the North African Islamic militant groups al Mourabitoun and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb carried out Friday's attack on a hotel in Bamako, Mali, a U.S. government source said. The United States has no indication that Islamic State or Boko Haram militants were involved in the attack, the source said. U.S. officials said no Americans have been reported killed in the attack on a hotel frequented by foreigners including U.S. government officials.
  
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• In rare admission, U.S. says civilians killed in Iraq strike

  20-11-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Yeganeh Torbati and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike that targeted an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March likely killed four civilians, one of whom may have been a child, the U.S. military said on Friday in a rare statement acknowledging the death of civilians. An investigation of the March 13 strike found the checkpoint was a legitimate target, that "all reasonable measures" were taken to avoid unintended deaths and the presence of civilians could not be detecte
  
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• Israeli spy Pollard released after 30 years in U.S. prison

  20-11-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on Friday after 30 years in an American prison but he will stay in the United States under strict parole conditions in a case that strained relations between the two allies for decades. Pollard, a former civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in 1987 of passing classified information to Israel. "After 30 years in prison, he wants to get his life back on t
  
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• Obama administration asks top court to revive immigration plan

  20-11-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive President Barack Obama's executive action to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, saying Republican-led states had no legal basis to challenge it. Exactly a year to the day after Obama announced the plan, the Justice Department formally appealed a 2-1 decision on Nov. 9 by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that affirmed a lower court's Febr
  
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• Parisians voice shock, defiance a week after attacks

  20-11-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A week after their city was shaken to the core by a bloody series of attacks, Parisians turned out in their thousands Friday to pay tribute to the dead and express defiance at those who would try to challenge the French way of life.
  
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• Chipotle E. coli outbreak reaches six states, shares tumble

  20-11-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that three additional states reported E. coli infections from the same strain as the Chipotle Mexican Grill outbreak, sending shares in the chain down more than 12 percent. The reports of illness came from California, Ohio and New York, the CDC said, bringing to six the number of states affected. The CDC earlier this week reported one Minnesota case with the same DNA fingerprint as the others, but it was not linked to the p
  
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• Athletics add versatile lefty Rich Hill on $6 million deal

  20-11-2015 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Left-hander Rich Hill agreed to a $6 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics on Friday, giving the low-budget franchise a versatile, experienced pitcher who can handle a variety of roles.
  
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• What to do in the event of a terror attack

  20-11-2015 21:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The British National Counter Terrorism Security Office has released guidance on what do in the event of a terror attack. CNN's Max Foster reports.
  
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• Farmer finds over 4,000 ancient coins in orchard

  20-11-2015 21:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One farmer in Switzerland has hit the jackpot after discovering a treasure trove of Roman coins thought to be more than 1,700 years old.
  
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• Tony-winning actor Nathan Lane marries longtime love

  20-11-2015 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award-winner Nathan Lane has tied the knot with playwright and producer Devlin Elliott.
  
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• Trump rivals decry his call for registering US Muslims

  20-11-2015 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates swiftly condemned Donald Trump's call for requiring Muslims in the United States to register in a national database, drawing a sharp distinction Friday with the GOP front-runner.
  
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• Cotto vs Alvarez in big middleweight fight in Las Vegas

  20-11-2015 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The grand plan for Canelo Alvarez is to win Saturday night, then set up his pay-per-view franchise on the same Mexican holiday weekends that Floyd Mayweather Jr. always made his millions.
  
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• US: Larger VW diesels had emissions cheat devices going back to 2009

  20-11-2015 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Volkswagen's use of emissions cheating devices on its larger 3.0 liter diesel engine cars extends back five years earlier than originally reported, US regulators said Friday. The Environmental Protection Agency said that officials from the Volkswagen group informed it that technology the EPA says is an illegal "defeat device" was on all model years for the larger engines since 2009, rather than just the 2014-2016 models, as originally reported. The new report expanded the number of VW, Audi and
  
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• Tyra Banks scaling back involvement with her 'FABLife' show

  20-11-2015 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tyra Banks is "scaling back" involvement with her new lifestyle show, "FABLife."
  
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• Merkel berated over refugee policy by Bavarian ally

  20-11-2015 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel came under fire on Friday for her welcoming refugee policy from her powerful Bavarian coalition ally, who demanded she cap arrivals "in the national interest". Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer berated Merkel's open-door policy as the chancellor stood on stage beside him at a Munich congress attended by some 1,000 members of his conservative CSU party. "We want control and order, but we also want a limit -- in the national interest," said Seehofer, whose state
  
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• Exclusive: Pfizer, Allergan CEOs agree on combined company roles - sources

  20-11-2015 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pfizer Inc and Allergan Inc chief executives have agreed on the roles they would assume in a combined company, removing one of the last hurdles to the largest ever healthcare merger, people familiar with the matter said. Pfizer CEO Ian Read will be CEO of the combined company, while Allergan CEO Brent Saunders will have another very senior role, the people said on Friday, without providing more details. Pfizer and Allergan declined to comment.
  
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• Health authorities: 3 new Ebola cases in Liberia

  20-11-2015 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in Liberia, a health official said Friday, more than two months after the West African nation was declared Ebola-free for a second time.
  
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