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• Crews begin pumping oil cargo from sunken barge in Lake Erie

  21-11-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Salvage crews have begun an underwater operation to pump a hazardous oil-based substance from a sunken barge that apparently had been sitting undiscovered on the bottom of Lake Erie for nearly 80 years.
  
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• Djokovic to face Federer in ATP final

  21-11-2015 23:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  On Saturday, a global audience of about 400 million people is expected to watch "El Clasico" between Real Madrid and Barcelona. The Spanish football game hardly ever disappoints as a spectacle.
  
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• Djokovic to face Federer for 4th straight Tour Finals crown

  21-11-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Novak Djokovic will face Roger Federer in Sunday's World Tour Final when he attempts to lift the trophy for a fifth time and become the first player to win the season-ending showpiece four years in a row. Djokovic said clashes between the pair were always nervy affairs as he prepared to face his rival for a second time at London's O2 Arena this week -- Federer having got the better of the Serb in the group stage. Federer then defeated Swiss compatriot Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 6-3 to book his place in
  
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• Investigators in NYC say baby cut from womb; mother dies

  21-11-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A baby was cut from the womb of a 22-year-old woman who was nearly nine months pregnant by a childhood friend with a knife, and the suspect was arrested on a murder charge, police said Saturday.
  
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• Citadel stuns big brother South Carolina in 23-22 upset

  21-11-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Citadel running back who scored the deciding touchdown against South Carolina used to sell peanuts during Gamecocks' games in high school. The kicker who kicked a career-long 48-yard field goal in the fourth quarter is prepping for an Army career just like his grandfathers.
  
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• European games largely incident-free as tight security works

  21-11-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Stadiums were on high security alert on Saturday, as domestic leagues around Europe resumed a week after the deadly attacks in Paris that took 130 lives and left hundreds more injured.
  
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• Carson says he'd support monitoring of 'un-American' groups

  21-11-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he would support government monitoring of any group deemed radical and "un-American."
  
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• Northern Iowa stuns No. 1 North Carolina 71-67

  21-11-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — North Carolina only scheduled a trip to Northern Iowa as a homecoming for Marcus Paige.
  
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• Western leaders agreed to extend Russia sanctions by six months: diplomat

  21-11-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Western leaders who met on the margins of last week's Group of 20 summit in Turkey agreed to extend sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine by six months until July of next year, a senior European diplomat told Reuters. The decision was taken despite mounting calls to cooperate more closely with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the fight against Islamic State militants following the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris which killed 130 people. U.S. President Barack Obama, Germany'
  
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• The Latest: Anti-police graffiti removed in Minneapolis

  21-11-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The latest in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police that has sparked days of demonstrations (all times local):
  
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• No. 8 Florida barely beats huge underdog FAU 20-14 in OT

  21-11-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A little too close for comfort for No. 8 Florida.
  
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• Carson questions claims of racial bias against police

  21-11-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he is still waiting to see evidence of racial bias by police forces in the U.S.
  
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• Fed's Williams sees strong case for December interest-rate hike

  21-11-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ann Saphir BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - There is a "strong case" for raising interest rates when Federal Reserve policymakers meet next month, as long as U.S. economic data does not disappoint, a top Fed official said on Saturday. "The data I think have been overall encouraging, especially on the labor market," San Francisco Fed President John Williams told reporters after a conference at University of California Berkeley's Clausen Center. "Assuming that we continue to get good data on the ec
  
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• Federer downs Wawrinka to set up Djokovic final

  21-11-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Roger Federer will face Novak Djokovic in the World Tour Final after defeating Swiss compatriot Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday. Earlier, Serbian world number one Djokovic beat Spain's resurgent Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-3 in his semi-final to secure his place in Sunday's title match. Third seed Federer beat Djokovic in straight sets in the group stage.
  
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• Ambassador swims Nile at Khartoum for Facebook bet

  21-11-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Dutch ambassador to Sudan swam across the Nile in Khartoum on Saturday in a stunt that began as a bet to win more "likes" for her embassy's Facebook page. Clad in an bright orange swimsuit bearing the embassy logo, Ambassador Susan Blankhart swam several hundred metres (yards) across the Blue Nile with six other Dutch women and seven Sudanese women, cheered on by dozens of supporters on the riverbank. After she hit the target, the 63-year-old organised the swim with two charities to raise aw
  
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• No. 6 Iowa tops Purdue 40-20, clinches share of Big Ten West

  21-11-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa barely acknowledged winning the Big Ten West.
  
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• 'JFK' opera explores president just before the bullets

  21-11-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ever since John F. Kennedy died from an assassin's bullet, the indelible image has been the silent Zapruder film of the president's doomed motorcade. The opera "JFK" looks at the hours before Kennedy's assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963, particularly his night staying at the Hotel Texas in adjacent Fort Worth, as a window into his character as well as into the national hope that died with the young president. Commissioned by the Fort Worth Opera for a premiere in April, "JFK" purposely
  
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• No. 12 North Carolina spoils Beamer's finale in OT, 30-27

  21-11-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Marquise Williams hit Quinshad Davis with a 5-yard pass in overtime and No. 12 North Carolina spoiled coach Frank Beamer's final home game at Virginia Tech with a 30-27 victory on Saturday.
  
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• Kerry to call for calm in Israel and West Bank

  21-11-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Israel and the Palestinian territory next week for the first time in more than a year to push for an end to a spate of violence. The United States has called for both sides to take "concrete steps" to reduce tension, end provocative rhetoric and ensure access to Jerusalem holy sites. US officials said Kerry would travel to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ramallah on Tuesday for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas
  
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• Clinton says she would break up "big banks" if needed

  21-11-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said in South Carolina on Saturday she is willing to split apart big financial institutions should the need arise.
  
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• 2 Bangladesh opposition leaders executed, jail official says

  21-11-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — A senior jail official in Bangladesh says two influential opposition leaders have been executed for committing war crimes during the country's 1971 independence war against Pakistan.
  
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• The Latest: 10,000 participate in Toulouse peace march

  21-11-2015 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local):
  
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• Four Israelis stabbed ahead of Kerry visit

  21-11-2015 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Four Israelis were stabbed and wounded in the country's south on Saturday while violence continued to roil the West Bank ahead of US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit next week. Police also raided and shut down a Palestinian radio station in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, and a Palestinian fireman was allegedly shot by Israeli forces. Israel's Magen David Adom emergency medical service said the victims included a man and woman in their 50s, a women in her 40s and a 13-year-old girl
  
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• Barcelona thrashes Real Madrid

  21-11-2015 21:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Barcelona thrashed Real Madrid to win the first El Clasico match of the season amid tight security in light of last week's terror attacks at the Stade de France and in central Paris.
  
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• Michigan State's Cook does not start vs. No. 2 Ohio State

  21-11-2015 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook is not starting for the No. 9 Spartans against No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday.
  
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• 'Sopranos' Cadillac auctioned off for nearly $120K

  21-11-2015 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A car used by fictional mobster Tony Soprano was a hit at auction, selling for nearly $120,000.
  
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• Bangladesh executes two opposition leaders for 1971 war crimes

  21-11-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh executed two opposition leaders on Sunday for war crimes committed during the 1971 war to break away from Pakistan, a senior police official said, in a move likely to draw an angry reaction from supporters. Islamist opposition leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, former legislator from former premier Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), were hanged shortly after President Abdul Hamid rejected their appeals l
  
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• Front-runners, total dark horses to run in New Hampshire

  21-11-2015 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The near-record field for the upcoming New Hampshire primary includes favored front-runners and a dark horse touting a pony-heavy platform.
  
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• 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick goes on season-ending IR

  21-11-2015 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Quarterback Colin Kaepernick was placed on season-ending injured reserve by San Francisco on Saturday with a left shoulder injury, possibly signaling an end to his time with the 49ers just three seasons after he led them to a Super Bowl.
  
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• Bangladesh hangs opposition leaders for war crimes

  21-11-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two senior Bangladeshi opposition leaders were executed early Sunday for war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war with Pakistan after their last-ditch pleas for clemency were rejected. Justice Minister Anisul Huq said Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury had been hanged at Dhaka's Central Jail in a move that was celebrated by supporters of the ruling Awami League. The execution took place at 00:45am (1845 GMT Saturday)," Huq told AFP.
  
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• The Latest: Union leaders: Civil rights are workers' rights

  21-11-2015 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The latest in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police that has sparked days of demonstrations (all times local):
  
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• No. 6 Iowa tops Purdue 40-20, clinches Big Ten West

  21-11-2015 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — C.J. Beathard threw three touchdown passes and No. 6 Iowa clinched a share of the Big Ten West title and a spot in the league championship game with a 40-20 win over Purdue on Saturday.
  
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• Citadel stuns big brother South Carolina in 23-22 win

  21-11-2015 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tyler Renew scored the winning touchdown with a 56-yard run up the middle as lower division The Citadel shocked South Carolina 23-22 on Saturday.
  
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• Early season snowstorm coats Midwestern U.S., affects travel

  21-11-2015 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO/DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - A heavy fall snowstorm hit the Midwestern United States on Saturday, blanketing states from South Dakota to Wisconsin with as much as 16 inches (40 cm) of snow, slowing air travel and delaying some events for U.S. presidential candidates. The storm was forecast to travel east into the Great Lakes region, reaching Michigan and upstate New York according to the National Weather Service. "We have snow across the area with heavier amounts across northern Illinois
  
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• 2 Bangladesh opposition leaders executed for 1971 war crimes, jail official says

  21-11-2015 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — 2 Bangladesh opposition leaders executed for 1971 war crimes, jail official says.
  
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• Suarez, Neymar star as Barca rout Madrid 4-0

  21-11-2015 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Luis Suarez and Neymar continued their sensational goalscoring form as Barcelona moved six points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga with a 4-0 thrashing of their bitter rivals at the Bernabeu on Saturday. Barca even had the luxury of leaving Lionel Messi on the bench, but the Argentine did make his return from a two-month injury layoff half an hour from time and played a part in Suarez's second and Barca's fourth goal. Suarez got Barca off to the perfect start after just 10 minutes and
  
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• Fed may need permanently big balance sheet, Williams says

  21-11-2015 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ann Saphir BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve and other global central banks may need to consider new tools in a world of permanently lower interest rates, including keeping big balance sheets or using negative interest rates to combat shocks, a top Fed official said on Saturday. With the so-called natural interest rate in the United States now near zero, and equilibrium rates in other countries around the world also lower than in the past, central banks have "significantly
  
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• Romo back for Cowboys, Niners end Kaepernick's season

  21-11-2015 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tony Romo, sidelined for two months by a broken collarbone, was reactivated Saturday by the Dallas Cowboys while fellow NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick of San Francisco saw his season end. Romo will return for Dallas on Sunday at Miami as the Cowboys, who won their first two games this season but have lost all seven contests Romo has missed, try to revive their fortunes in time to make a run at a playoff spot. Despite their poor record, the Cowboys are only 2 1/2 games behind the NFC East divis
  
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• Snow piles up beyond expected amounts in Wisconsin, Illinois

  21-11-2015 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People fired up snowblowers and dug out their shovels Saturday after a storm system dumped anywhere from three to 20 inches of snow across parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.
  
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• The Latest: More than 500 flights canceled in Chicago

  21-11-2015 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest developments in a storm bringing snow to parts of the Midwest (all times local):
  
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• Sanders allows he'd lose Democratic primary if held today

  21-11-2015 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders acknowledged on Saturday that he'd lose the Democratic primary to Hillary Rodham Clinton if the election were held now.
  
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• 'Brotherhood of crime' to stand trial for Vatican leaks

  21-11-2015 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Vatican said Saturday it has charged five people over a leaks scandal at the heart of the Catholic Church, accusing the alleged ringleaders of forming a "brotherhood of crime". Spanish priest Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda and Italian PR expert Francesca Chaouqui were arrested early this month on suspicion of stealing and leaking classified papers to the media. Journalists Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi were questioned following the publication of books containing leaked information whic
  
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• Trump tries to pull back from support for Muslim database

  21-11-2015 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Saturday tried to back away from his support for a government database to track Muslims in the United States, an idea that drew sharp rebukes from his Republican presidential rivals and disbelief from legal experts.
  
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• A look at the rivalry between al-Qaida and IS

  21-11-2015 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The attack on a Mali hotel claimed by al-Qaida may have been partly aimed at asserting the global terror network's relevance as it faces an unprecedented challenge from the Islamic State group for leadership of the global jihadi movement.
  
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• Honduras detains Syrian, Pakistanis traveling illegally: police

  21-11-2015 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Honduran police arrested a Syrian woman and two Pakistanis on Saturday after determining the three were traveling illegally and presumably en route to the Untied States, a police official said. The two Pakistanis are Muhammad Shafiq, 30, and Nassem Abbas, 21, police added.
  
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• The Latest: Italy: Muslims protest attackers' abuse of Islam

  21-11-2015 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local):
  
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• Taiwan's Hou snatches Golden Horse best feature, best director titles

  21-11-2015 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien scooped top honours at this year's Golden Horse film awards in Taipei Saturday, with his "Assassin" winning five gongs, building on his success at Cannes earlier this year. As expected, "The Assassin" grabbed the two most coveted prizes -- best feature and best director awards -- in a tense contest between 39 film nominations at the 52nd edition of the Golden Horse, touted as the Chinese-language equivalent to the Oscars. "I want to thank my team for their hard
  
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• Elkeson magic as Evergrande reclaim Asian crown

  21-11-2015 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A moment of magic from Brazil's Elkeson earned China's Guangzhou Evergrande their second AFC Champions League title in three years on Saturday after a tense second leg of their final against Al Ahli. The striker's brilliant turn and finish on 54 minutes finally unlocked the Emirati team's defence to earn a 1-0 win for Luiz Felipe Scolari's side after the first leg in Dubai ended goalless. It was also a personal victory for Scolari, who led Brazil to a humiliating 7-1 defeat to Germany in last ye
  
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• Fed's Williams says central banks need to consider new tools

  21-11-2015 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Federal Reserve and other global central banks need to consider new stimulus tools to deal with what may be permanently lower interest rates worldwide, a top Fed official said on Saturday. With the so-called natural interest rate in the United States now near zero, and equilibrium rates in other countries around the world also lower than in the past, central banks have less room to stimulate their economies in the face of shocks, San Francisco Fed President John Williams said at a conference
  
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• Rapper Snoop Dogg helps deliver 1,500 turkeys in Inglewood

  21-11-2015 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg has helped deliver more than 1,500 turkeys to families in Inglewood.
  
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