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• Man convicted of 3 rapes cleared after DNA tied to fugitive

  23-11-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday exonerated a man convicted of three rapes after DNA evidence linked the crimes to a serial rapist wanted for assaults dating back two decades.
  
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• U.S. issues travel warning, sees 'increased terrorist threats'

  23-11-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. State Department issued a worldwide travel alert on Monday warning U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling because of what it described as "increased terrorist threats." "Current information suggests that (Islamic State), al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, and other terrorist groups continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions," the department said in a warning posted on its website. A State Department official noted that the agency has issued worldwide travel alerts in the past and said t
  
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• Defensive howler lets Defoe stun Palace

  23-11-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jermain Defoe boosted Sunderland's bid to escape the Premier League relegation zone as he pounced on a defensive howler to snatch a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Monday. Centre-back Scott Dann and goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey made a hash of clearing a hopeful ball forward, allowing Defoe to slot into an empty net 10 minutes from time in south London. Sam Allardyce's side won for just the second time in the league this season thanks to the former England international.
  
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• White House asks allies to step up in IS campaign

  23-11-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House urged allies on Monday to do more in the campaign against the Islamic State, while President Barack Obama faced pressure in return to show the U.S.-led coalition will intensify efforts in response to the Paris attacks, even without a major shift in strategy.
  
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• Fed Chair Yellen defends Fed's low-rate policies

  23-11-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says while many savers have been frustrated by years of low interest rates, the rock-bottom rates were needed to boost the economy after the Great Recession.
  
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• Shootout that wounded 17 in New Orleans park is gang-related: police

  23-11-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A weekend shootout that wounded 17 people, including a 10-year-old boy, in a New Orleans park appears to be gang-related, city officials said on Monday, as they urged hesitant witnesses to come forward with information about the suspects and a motive. The incident unfolded Sunday evening at a playground in the city's Upper 9th Ward where a crowd of as many as 500 people had gathered for a block party and the filming of a music video, police said. Two groups began shooting at each other "with hun
  
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• McClendon hired to manage Triple-A Toledo

  23-11-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Lloyd McClendon is returning to the Detroit organization as manager of the Tigers' Triple-A team.
  
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• NCAA committee to provide procedures for filling bowl games

  23-11-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The NCAA football oversight committee will provide guidelines for matching bowls with sub.-500 teams if there are not enough bowl-eligible squads to fill the record 80 postseason spots available this year.
  
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• Arizona governor wants major new spending on border security

  23-11-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday he wants the Legislature to approve "tens of millions of dollars" in new funding for a border security force made up of state police, a move intended to address border smuggling even as immigration and terrorism worries emerge as potent 2016 political issues.
  
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• Planned Parenthood sues Texas over threat to cut Medicaid funding

  23-11-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood, other women's health providers and a group of women in need of reproductive healthcare sued Texas on Monday, seeking to halt its threatened cut in Medicaid funding, a move they said was more about politics than healthcare. The suit filed in federal court in Austin comes as Texas and several other Republican-controlled states try to cut funding for Planned Parenthood after an anti-abortion group released videos it said showed Planned
  
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• Mali TV shows photos of 'authors' of hotel attack

  23-11-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tiemoko Diallo and Kissima Diagana BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali state television showed images on Monday of two dead men that it said were the "authors" of an attack by Islamist militants on a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako and appealed for information as to their identity. Twenty people plus two gunmen died in Friday's assault on the Radisson Blu hotel. Jihadist group Al Mourabitoun and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) declared they had carried out the attack in a joint operation agains
  
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• Republicans' tough Senate map gets another twist

  23-11-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans' plans to defend their Senate majority in 2016 just got a bit more complicated.
  
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• Traumatised by attacks, Parisians seek comic relief

  23-11-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Social media is rife with schoolyard mockery and black humour, and comedians have quickly got back to work after the attacks that killed 130 people and wounded some 350. "They asked me if I could make Molotov cocktails and I said no, I'm not a bartender," reads one such tweet. A mischievous account parodying Bendaoud, @LogeurDuDaesh ("ISIS Landlord") has garnered more than 50,000 followers on Twitter as the city tries to cheer itself up.
  
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• Markets fade after an early gain, finish with small losses

  23-11-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gained ground early Monday as they came off their best week in 2015, but faded in the afternoon and sustained small losses for the day.
  
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• Carson wants mosques, schools, supermarkets watched closely

  23-11-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PAHRUMP, Nevada (AP) — Not only mosques, but schools, supermarkets, car repair shops and "any place where radicalization is going on" should be monitored in light of terrorist threats, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Monday while campaigning in Nevada.
  
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• Brussels extends terror alert, fourth suspect charged over Paris attacks

  23-11-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brussels will stay at the highest security threat level for another week over fears of an imminent attack, the Belgian government said Monday, as authorities charged a fourth suspect in connection with the terror assaults in Paris. France meanwhile launched its first strikes against Islamic State from a newly deployed aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, as the country ramped up its fight against the jihadist group in response to the November 13 gun and suicide bomb attacks. Separately, French
  
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• Kentucky is No. 1 in men's AP poll after Tar Heels loss

  23-11-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is back in a very familiar spot — on top of The Associated Press college basketball poll.
  
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• Adele has already sold 2.3 million copies of disc

  23-11-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Adele's new album "25" has sold more than 2.3 million copies in the United States during its first three days on the market, a stunning number for a music industry that has seen sales steadily fall in the digital era.
  
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• France finds explosive belt, detects Paris suspect's phone

  23-11-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chine Labbé and Gabriela Baczynska PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A suspected explosive belt was found dumped near Paris on Monday and the mobile phone of a fugitive believed to have taken part in the attacks on Nov. 13 was detected in two locations in the city, a source close to the investigation said. France and Belgium have launched a manhunt following the attacks that killed 130 people, with a focus on Brussels barkeeper Salah Abdeslam, 26, who returned to the city from Paris hours aft
  
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• Stocks give up an early gain and end lower; GameStop sinks

  23-11-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An early gain for US stocks faded away in the afternoon, leaving indexes slightly lower.
  
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• Mali releases photos of slain gunmen in hotel attack

  23-11-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — State media broadcast photos Monday of the two slain attackers of a luxury hotel in Mali's capital, appealing for anyone who knew them to come forward with information about the gunmen.
  
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• With lessons for today, movies bring back the '50s

  23-11-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fear of unexpected strikes from overseas. Battles over First Amendment rights. Simmering tensions of inequality.
  
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• U.S. military helicopter crashes in South Korea, two dead

  23-11-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. Army Apache helicopter crashed in central South Korea on Monday during a training mission, killing two pilots aboard, police and military officials said. The attack helicopter went down in the county of Wonju in Gangwon province, officials said. The helicopter was assigned to the Second Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, said Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman.
  
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• Correction: Amazon Trees story

  23-11-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Nov. 20 about Amazon trees, The Associated Press erroneously reported how much area the forest has been losing. About 15 years ago, it was losing about 11,600 square miles of forest a year, not 11.6 million square miles. That figure has dropped to about 3,800 square miles a year, not 3.8 million square miles.
  
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• The Latest: 11 park shooting victims were under age 21

  23-11-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The latest on the shootout at a playground in New Orleans' 9th Ward (all times local):
  
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• Sanders invokes MLK legacy as he aims for black support

  23-11-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is invoking the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. as he tries to increase black support in his bid to catch Hillary Rodham Clinton.
  
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• 'Motown the Musical' to Broadway: 'I'll Be There' _ again

  23-11-2015 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — We've heard it through the grapevine — "Motown the Musical" is coming back to Broadway.
  
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• Dronestagram: See world through bird's eyes

  23-11-2015 21:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Dronestagram is a social site for drone photography -- and it's taking off
  
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• UConn stays No. 1 in AP women's hoops poll; Iowa in at 25

  23-11-2015 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer is starting to build the Bulldogs into a women's basketball power.
  
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• See USAF's newest gunship

  23-11-2015 21:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The AC-130J Ghostrider is the latest iteration of the Air Force's premiere gunship, and is being hailed as the ultimate battle plane.
  
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• Argentina's president-elect inherits large economic problems

  23-11-2015 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri on Monday prepared to confront myriad problems in Latin America's third largest economy, including soaring prices and high government spending that are a legacy of outgoing President Cristina Fernandez.
  
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• Graffiti artist honors France in the sky

  23-11-2015 21:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Erin Burnett speaks with artist JonOne, who just released his version of the French flag, reimagined.
  
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• European Council: Turkey summit set for Sunday

  23-11-2015 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Council President Donald Tusk says he has called for a summit with Turkey this Sunday to "re-energize relations and stem migration flow."
  
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• Like old times, Kentucky on top of men's AP poll again

  23-11-2015 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kentucky, its star-filled roster decimated by the NBA draft, didn't wait long to get back to the top of The Associated Press poll.
  
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• Eighth Wonder of the World?

  23-11-2015 21:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's said if you don't visit the Terra-cotta Army while in Xi'an, your visit to the ancient Chinese city doesn't count.
  
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• 2 men charged with murder in killing of pastor's wife

  23-11-2015 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two men were charged Monday with murder in the fatal shooting of a pastor's pregnant wife during an apparent break in of their Indianapolis home, court records show.
  
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• Kerry says more cooperation with Russia possible, seeks to reassure opposition

  23-11-2015 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lesley Wroughton ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday the United States could broaden military cooperation with Russia in Syria, but that such a move should not deter opposition groups trying to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Washington has long resisted working more closely with Russia, or inviting it to be part of an international coalition of 61 countries trying to defeat Islamic State militants, until Moscow shows that its air strikes in Syria are n
  
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• House Dean Rep. Conyers announces re-election campaign

  23-11-2015 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Rep. John Conyers declared his candidacy for a 27th consecutive term in Congress on Monday, saying he wants to continue pressing for employment opportunities and universal health care coverage.
  
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• Turkey PM to attend summit with EU leaders on November 29: official 

  23-11-2015 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will attend an extraordinary summit with EU leaders next week to improve bilateral ties and tackle the migrant crisis, his office announced on Monday. European Union President Donald Tusk called Davutoglu to invite him for the November 29 summit which will be hosted by leaders of members states. Turkey's relations with the EU will be discussed thoroughly, Davutoglu's office said.
  
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• Tens of thousands shivering without power in Washington city

  23-11-2015 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people who have been shivering for nearly a week without power after deadly storms swept through Washington state were bracing for snowfall Monday and the possibility of preparing Thanksgiving dinner in the dark.
  
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• LSU's Miles sidestepping questions about his future

  23-11-2015 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Les Miles considers talk about his job security "off limits" as the Tigers prepare to host Texas A&M on Saturday night.
  
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• New York prepares for Thanksgiving parade as Islamic State threat looms

  23-11-2015 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  David Huddle and his daughter Megan, a flute player for the North Hardin High School marching band in Kentucky, have been preparing for more than a year for the band's performance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. "The main goal of a terrorist attack is to create terror," David Huddle said in a phone interview. Millions of New Yorkers and tourists are expected to line the streets on Thursday for the parade, more than a week after Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, releas
  
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• Fraternity suspended following death of female student

  23-11-2015 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A fraternity at a Florida International University has been suspended following the death of a female student who attended an off-campus party the fraternity hosted.
  
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• New York excited for Thanksgiving parade despite fears

  23-11-2015 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to take part in one of America's most iconic events: the Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. After the Paris attacks killed 130 people, the Islamic State group threatened New York in a propaganda video showing images of Times Square and Herald Square. An extra 1,300 counter-terrorism and crowd-control police officers will be deployed on Thursday, but the heightened security is doing nothing to dampen spirits.
  
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• Using new gene drive to create malaria-resistant mosquitoes

  23-11-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — California researchers hatched some malaria-resistant mosquitoes and then gave evolution a shove — using a groundbreaking technology to ensure the insects pass on that protective gene as they reproduce, with implications far beyond the promise of fighting malaria.
  
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• Quarterback questions for contenders going into big games

  23-11-2015 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Big 12 championship could be decided by backup quarterbacks — as could a few other rivalry games this weekend.
  
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• France strikes IS targets as Syria diplomacy hits 'high gear'

  23-11-2015 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France launched air strikes Monday from its aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean as global efforts to combat the Islamic State group gathered pace and world leaders met for talks on the Syrian crisis. British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would make his case to parliament on Thursday to join the coalition striking IS in Syria. France bombed IS targets in Iraq on Monday in the first sorties from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, newly deployed in the eastern Mediterranean.
  
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• Adele Mailer, former wife of Norman Mailer, dead at age 90

  23-11-2015 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Adele Morales Mailer, an actress and artist who studied under Lee Strasberg and Hans Hoffman, but found unwanted fame as the stabbing victim of her then-husband Norman Mailer, died Sunday at age 90 at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
  
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• Real president gives Benitez vote of confidence

  23-11-2015 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Real Madrid president Florentino Perez on Monday gave under-fire coach Rafael Benitez his full backing, just two days after a smarting 4-0 home defeat to arch rivals Barcelona. "The coach Rafael Benitez has our full support and confidence. Perez, 68, acknowledged "we had a very bad match" against Barcelona, saying he understood the fans' anger.
  
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• The Latest: Belt found where fugitive's phone was located

  23-11-2015 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris and the heightened security in Europe (All times local):
  
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