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• U.S. store sales down slightly for Thanksgiving and Black Friday

  28-11-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nandita Bose CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sales at U.S. brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday were down slightly from last year, but the performance was still seen as strong in a holiday shopping season where discounts spread well beyond the weekend and many shoppers moved to the web. Online sales were up by double digits, according to data released on Saturday. Data from analytics firm RetailNext showed overall sales for both days fell 1.5 percent on flat customer traffic, whil
  
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• No. 8 Ohio State runs all over No. 12 Michigan in 42-13 win

  28-11-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott ran through, around and past Michigan's defense a week after running his mouth.
  
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• Kosovo police crack down on opposition

  28-11-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police in Kosovo arrest a prominent opposition MP and 86 members of his party after he addresses a big anti-government protest.
  
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• The Latest: Neighbors say suspect hid food, skinny dipped

  28-11-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The latest on the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. (All times local):
  
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• Shiffrin uses blazing final run to win World Cup slalom

  28-11-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin shook off the disappointment of a fall the day before and turned in two blistering runs to win a World Cup slalom by 3.07 seconds Saturday, the largest margin of victory in the history of the women's discipline.
  
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• Fuente, Virginia Tech AD call reports of hiring 'premature'

  28-11-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Memphis coach Justin Fuente and the Virginia Tech athletic director said Saturday that reports Fuente will replace Frank Beamer as Hokies coach are "premature."
  
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• Three dead in rocket attack on UN base in north Mali

  28-11-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two UN peacekeepers from Guinea and a civilian contractor were killed Saturday in a rocket attack on a UN base in northeastern Mali claimed by the jihadist Ansar Dine group, a week after a deadly siege at a Bamako hotel shocked the country. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said in a statement that the pre-dawn attack on the camp in Kidal also left some 20 people injured, four of them seriously. The UN Security Council urged the Malian government to "swiftly investigate t
  
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• 30 years after art heist, museum hopes to get piece back

  28-11-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An empty wooden frame once occupied by Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre" sits at the center of a gallery at the University of Arizona's Museum of Art in Tucson.
  
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• VIDEO: Canadian PM makes Queen 'feel old'

  28-11-2015 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Queen has joked that she was made to feel old by the new Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, after he spoke of her historic visits to Canada.
  
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• Obama says 'enough is enough' after latest deadly shooting

  28-11-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Barack Obama declared "enough is enough" and made an impassioned call for tighter controls on military-style weapons Saturday, a day after a gunman killed three people at a family planning center. The alleged shooter, Robert Lewis Dear, 57, entered a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday in a six-hour siege that left a policeman among the dead and nine others wounded. Dear eventually surrendered and is in police custody, after just the latest deadly rampage to conv
  
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• Golden boot Vardy breaks EPL record

  28-11-2015 22:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Jamie Vardy struck in Leicester City's 1-1 draw with Manchester United Saturday to break the Premier League record for goals scored in consecutive matches.
  
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• Carson after tour: Syrian refugees don't want to come to US

  28-11-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (AP) — After touring refugee camps in Jordan, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Saturday suggested that camps should serve as a long-term solution for millions, while other refugees could be absorbed by Middle Eastern countries.
  
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• Hokies give Beamer 1 more win over Virginia, 23-20

  28-11-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — It looks like coach Frank Beamer has a chance for one more going-away party, at a bowl game.
  
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• Suspected jihadists kill three in rocket attack on U.N. base in Mali

  28-11-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Unknown attackers fired rockets at a United Nations peacekeeping base in northern Mali on Saturday, killing three people inside, the U.N. said, in the latest sign that the West African country's Islamist insurgency is intensifying. French troops and the 10,000-strong U.N. force, known as MINUSMA, are struggling to stabilize the former French colony. Islamist militants attacked a hotel in the capital Bamako on Nov. 20 and killed 20 people, in their bloodiest a
  
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• Suspect in Colorado clinic shooting had past brushes with the law

  28-11-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - The 57-year-old man with a bushy white beard who is suspected of killing three people in a shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado has a history of brushes with the law, including a "peeping Tom" complaint in his home state of South Carolina. Robert Lewis Dear, named as the suspect in the Friday shooting in Colorado Springs, was in jail on Saturday awaiting an initial hearing on Monday, police and jail records showed. Polic
  
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• Norway's Aksel Lund Sinvdal wins Lake Louise downhill

  28-11-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the first men's World Cup downhill of the season Saturday.
  
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• Sheriff's deputies rescue newborn found buried near river

  28-11-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Sheriff's officials asked for the public's help Saturday in gaining information about a newborn baby deputies rescued after finding her buried beside a popular Compton bike path.
  
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• Svindal wins Lake Louise men's downhill

  28-11-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lake Louise (Canada) (AFP) - Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won Saturday's Alpine Ski World Cup men's downhill race at Lake Louise, edging Italy's Peter Fill by .01 of a second.
  
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• Russia slaps economic sanctions on Turkey over jet downing

  28-11-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Moscow on Saturday slapped economic sanctions on Turkey in the latest tit-for-tat move over the downing of a Russian warplane, as Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was "saddened" by the jet incident. With the row showing no sign of abating, the Kremlin released the text of a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin that announced an end to charter flights between the two countries, a ban on Russian businesses hiring any new Turkish nationals and import restrictions on certain
  
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• Trump goes after GOP rivals Rubio, Bush in their home state

  28-11-2015 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump bragged about his high standing in the polls, slammed super political action committees and dismissed rivals Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush in a campaign stop Saturday in their home state of Florida.
  
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• No. 8 Ohio State tops No. 12 Michigan 42-13 with ground game

  28-11-2015 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott ran for 214 yards and two touchdowns to help No. 8 Ohio State rout No. 12 Michigan 42-13 Saturday.
  
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• More deaths blamed on wintry storm moving through central US

  28-11-2015 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A slow-moving wintry storm system that has been blamed for more than a dozen deaths began moving eastward out of Texas on Saturday but kept coating some states to the north in ice, making driving dangerous.
  
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• Watson's 4 TDs lead No. 1 Clemson to 37-32 victory

  28-11-2015 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Deshaun Watson ran for three touchdowns and passed for a fourth as No. 1 Clemson capped an undefeated regular season by holding off rival South Carolina 37-32 on Saturday.
  
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• Obama shops at Washington bookstore, popular frozen pop shop

  28-11-2015 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama kept up his holiday tradition of supporting small businesses.
  
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• Greek political leaders fail to agree on pension reforms

  28-11-2015 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of five of the seven parties represented in Greece's Parliament have failed to agree on pension reforms after a six-hour meeting, prompting the prime minister to criticize the opposition for being "irresponsible" and "unserious."
  
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• In a donated dress, girl dubbed Baby Doe is buried

  28-11-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WINTHROP, Mass. (AP) — The 2-year-old girl known for months as Baby Doe after her remains were found in a plastic bag on a Boston Harbor beach was buried Saturday in a donated dress with a donated quilt.
  
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• The Latest: Colorado cafe owner says suspect didn't say much

  28-11-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The latest on the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. (All times local):
  
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• Putin orders sanctions against Turkey after downing of jet

  28-11-2015 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for sanctions against Turkey, following the downing this week by Turkey of a Russian warplane.
  
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• Migrants clash with Macedonian police on Greek border

  28-11-2015 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — Migrants on the Greek-Macedonian border attacked police with stones Saturday, enraged by the sight of Macedonian authorities erecting a fence along the border and an accident that injured a young Moroccan man.
  
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• Putin, citing national security, signs Turkey sanctions decree

  28-11-2015 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Osborn and Polina Devitt MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing a raft of punitive economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday, underlining the depth of the Kremlin's anger toward Ankara four days after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane. The decree, which entered into force immediately, said charter flights from Russia to Turkey would be banned, that tour firms would be told not to sell any holidays there, and that unspecified Turkish imports would be
  
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• Protesters push leaders to avert climate catastrophe

  28-11-2015 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Masses of people joined a worldwide wave of marches on Saturday demanding leaders craft a pact to avert a climate catastrophe when they gather in a still-shaken Paris. From Australia to New Zealand, the Philippines, Bangladesh and Japan, people rallied at the start of a weekend of popular protests pleading for world powers to overcome the logjams when the UN climate summit officially opens in the French capital Monday. Some 150 leaders, including US President Barack Obama, China's Xi Jinping, In
  
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• Four Egypt policemen killed in attack claimed by IS

  28-11-2015 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Masked gunmen on a motorcycle killed four Egyptian policemen south of Cairo Saturday, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. The policemen died when the assailants fired on their vehicle in an area between the famed Giza pyramids west of Cairo and the Saqarra pyramids to the south, the ministry said. The jihadist group said a "security detachment from the soldiers of the caliphate" targeted the checkpoint and killed at least five officers and wounded several
  
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• Messi on target for Barcelona

  28-11-2015 21:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Barcelona's holy trinity of Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi all scored as Barcelona comfortably swept aside Real Sociedad 4-0 at the Nou Camp Saturday.
  
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• Tennis: GB close to winning Davis Cup

  28-11-2015 21:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Great Britain is on the verge of winning a first title in 1936 after the Murray brothers, Andy and Jamie, won the key doubles Saturday.
  
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• The Latest: French probe if detonators were sold to fugitive

  28-11-2015 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the attacks in Paris and security aftermath. All times local:
  
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• Trump reframes claim that Muslims cheered 9/11

  28-11-2015 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Erin McPike WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday reframed his claim that he saw Muslims in Jersey City, New Jersey, cheering the attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001 by asserting the sentiment was shared worldwide. “Worldwide, the Muslims were absolutely going wild,” the real estate mogul said at a campaign rally in Sarasota, Florida. Trump came under fire a week ago for saying at another r
  
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• The Latest: Wintry storm blamed for 4 more Kansas deaths

  28-11-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest on a band of storms causing wintry conditions in the nation's midsection (all times local):
  
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• Hamstrung by Congress, Obama tries to clinch climate pact

  28-11-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to negotiate a legacy-making climate change pact this coming week in Paris with one hand tied behind his back. Congress can't even agree whether global warming is real.
  
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• Black Friday store sales fall as Americans buy more online

  28-11-2015 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Black Friday shopping is shifting from hours spent in line to more time online.
  
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• Putin approves economic retaliation measures against Turkey

  28-11-2015 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday, four days after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian-Turkish border. The decree, posted on the Kremlin's web site, said a ban on charter flights from Russia to Turkey would be introduced, that Russian tour operators should stop selling trips to Turkey, and that imports of some Turkish products would be halted. It also said the operations of Turkish companies in Russia and the e
  
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• Sanctions only deepen Russia-Turkish problem: Turkish official

  28-11-2015 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA (Reuters) - Sanctions like those Russia imposed on Turkey only serve to deepen the problem between them, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Saturday after President Vladimir Putin ordered further economic retaliation for Turkey downing a Russian jet. "Sanctions like this would only damage relations. These steps do not make anything easier, but deepen the problem," the official said. (Reporting by Orhan Coskun, writing by Dasha Afanasieva and Humeyra Pamuk; editing by Susan Thomas)
  
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• Vardy breaks scoring record, City go top

  28-11-2015 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy made history on Saturday by scoring for the 11th Premier League match running in his side's 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United. The England forward struck in the 24th minute, running onto Christian Fuchs's pass and arrowing a shot past David de Gea to break a record he had previously shared with former United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. Van Nistelrooy, whose record had stood since 2003, was quick to congratulate Vardy, writing on Twitter: "Well done @vardy7
  
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• Colorado officer killed in shooting was church elder, retired figure skater

  28-11-2015 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - A police officer killed by a gunman who stormed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs was a retired champion figure skater and an elder at a Christian church where he taught, led worship teams and played guitar. Officer Garrett Swasey, 44, was on duty at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus on Friday afternoon and he rushed through billowing snow to support colleagues at the scene when first reports came in of a shoo
  
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• Iran lures foreign investors with new oil contracts

  28-11-2015 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran unveiled a new model of oil contracts Saturday aimed at attracting foreign investment once sanctions are lifted under a landmark nuclear deal reached earlier this year, and said U.S. companies would be welcome to participate.
  
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• The Latest: Planned Parenthood vows to reopen clinic soon

  28-11-2015 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The latest on the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. (All times local):
  
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• Thousands cheer Trump at raucous rally in Florida

  28-11-2015 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has boasted about his high standing in polls, slammed super PACS as "a scam" and dismissed rivals Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush at a campaign stop in their home state of Florida.
  
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• Six graphics that explain climate change

  28-11-2015 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Find out how and why the Earth’s climate is changing as world leaders gather in Paris to discuss a deal to tackle global warming.
  
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• Russia announces economic sanctions against Turkey over jet downing

  28-11-2015 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree adopting a series of retaliatory economic measures against Turkey over the downing of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border. The sanctions are "aimed at ensuring national security and that of Russian citizens" and included a ban on charter flights between the two countries and on Russian businesses hiring any new Turkish nationals as well as import restrictions on certain Turkish goods, according to a text of the decree released by t
  
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• VIDEO: Dashboard camera catches near miss

  28-11-2015 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three people in Connecticut have a narrow escape after a car careens out of control and smashes into the vehicle next to them.
  
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• Britain one point from Davis Cup delight

  28-11-2015 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andy and Jamie Murray took Britain to the cusp of Davis Cup glory in Ghent on Saturday, defeating David Goffin and Steve Darcis of Belgium 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a crucial doubles match to grab a 2-1 lead with just the reverse singles to follow. Andy Murray could get the job done when he takes on Goffin in the first of those rubbers on Sunday, giving Britain its first Davis Cup win since 1936 and 10th overall. Both number ones won their opening matches on Friday and the win for the Murray brother
  
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