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• The Latest: Brazil president reportedly clears out office

  11-05-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Latest on the debate and vote in Brazil's Senate on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff (all times local):
  
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• Depp to star in Dominique Strauss-Kahn-inspired film

  11-05-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Johnny Depp and Marion Cotillard are set to star in a movie inspired by the scandal that brought down the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The film, entitled "The Libertine," will be directed by Brett Ratner and is "loosely based on the DSK incident," Ratner's spokesperson Kate Rosenbaum told AFP. Several media reports said Depp will play a character based on the disgraced former French politician, who stepped down as head of the IMF after he was accused of
  
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• FBI head: Islamic State brand losing power in US

  11-05-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans are traveling to fight alongside the Islamic State and the power of the extremist group's brand has significantly diminished in the United States, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday.
  
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• Venezuelans clash with police in march to demand recall

  11-05-2016 23:51 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Venezuelan protesters clashed Wednesday with police who fired tear gas on marchers demanding that election officials start counting signatures for a vote to recall President Nicolas Maduro.
  
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• Unprecedented 'red tide' crisis deepens in Chile's fishing-rich waters

  11-05-2016 23:50 via theguardian.com
  
  The ‘red tide’ algal bloom, which turns the sea water red and makes seafood toxic, is believed to be one of the country’s worst recent environmental crises A “red tide” outbreak is widening in southern Chile’s fishing-rich waters, the government has said, deepening what is already believed to be one of the country’s worst environmental crises in recent years. The red tide – an algal bloom that turns the seawater red and makes seafood toxic –
  
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• Padres rally for 7-4 win, snapping Cubs' 8-game win streak

  11-05-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Injuries gave Brett Wallace the chance to play every day. His performance is likely to keep him in the lineup even after the injured players return.
  
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• Trump draws even with Clinton in national White House poll

  11-05-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson and Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump pulled even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday, in a dramatic early sign that the Nov. 8 presidential election might be more hotly contested than first thought. While much can change in the six months until the election, the results of the online survey are a red flag for the Clinton campaign that the billionaire's unorthodox bid for the White House cannot be
  
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• Samsung Gear expands virtual-reality arsenal

  11-05-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Virtual reality specialist Oculus is trying to dazzle consumers by adding more entertainment and educational options to the Samsung Gear headset in hopes of transforming the technological curiosity into ...
  
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• Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter mentally incompetent

  11-05-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic is mentally incompetent to continue with his criminal case, a judge ruled Wednesday, stalling the proceedings and potentially setting the stage for a mental health defense.
  
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• The Latest: Romney slams Trump's on releasing tax returns

  11-05-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• Obama signs bill to deter theft of trade secrets

  11-05-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed into law Wednesday a bill that gives employers a new tool in preventing the theft of trade secrets.
  
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• Nationals OF Bryce Harper appeals 1-game suspension by MLB

  11-05-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Harper has been suspended one game and fined by Major League Baseball for his behavior following an ejection this week.
  
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• Hyperloop One test bodes well for transit's fast future

  11-05-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hyperloop One, a start-up hoping to revolutionize transport systems, held its first public test of engine components being designed to rocket pods carrying people or cargo through tubes at speeds of 700 miles per hour (1,125 kilometers) or more. The company hopes to realize a futuristic vision laid out three years ago by billionaire Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind electric car company Tesla and private space exploration endeavor Space X. "This is a significant moment for us as a team," Hyperl
  
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• Brazil Senate debates impeachment trial as Rousseff's removal looms

  11-05-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court rebuffed a last-ditch bid by President Dilma Rousseff to halt a vote in the Senate on Wednesday that is expected to put her on trial for breaking budget laws and end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest country. If her opponents garner a simple majority in the 81-seat Senate in a session that will last late into the evening, Rousseff will be replaced on Thursday by Vice President Michel Temer as actin
  
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• The Latest: Aunt says mall killer sought mental health help

  11-05-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on stabbing attacks at a Massachusetts shopping mall and home (all times local):
  
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• LeBron says Curry deserves MVP, debates meaning of award

  11-05-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James won't debate whether Golden State's Stephen Curry should be the NBA's MVP this season. That's an indisputable slam dunk.
  
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• North Carolina students sue U.S. over stance on bathroom access

  11-05-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - A group of North Carolina public school students and their parents is asking a U.S. court to block two federal agencies from withholding education funding in a dispute over a state law mandating bathroom access according to birth sex. The conservative Alliance Defending Freedom filed the complaint on Tuesday on behalf of a group called "North Carolinians for Privacy." It is the fifth lawsuit to seek judicial input on the law enacted in March. Th
  
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• Caps latest Presidents' Trophy champs to go poof in playoffs

  11-05-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals became the latest in a long line of NHL teams to discover regular-season dominance doesn't translate into playoff prominence.
  
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• AP Interview: Trump down to 5 or 6 choices for VP

  11-05-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shifting swiftly to the general election, Donald Trump says he's narrowed his list of potential running mates to "five or six" people and doesn't want to accept taxpayer money to finance a fall campaign against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
  
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• CBS News veteran Morley Safer retiring

  11-05-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News veteran Morley Safer, a "60 Minutes" correspondent for all but two of the newsmagazine's 48-year history, said Wednesday that he's retiring from television.
  
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• Woody Allen opens Cannes; son resurrects sex abuse questions

  11-05-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — The 69th Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday with stormy skies, heightened security, the premiere of a new Woody Allen film and resurrected sex abuse allegations against the 80-year-old director regarding his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow.
  
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• Trio of Kessel, Hagelin and Bonino leading way for Penguins

  11-05-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The line that sent the Pittsburgh Penguins full throttle into the Eastern Conference finals wasn't even on the roster a year ago.
  
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• 'This is impossible:' New York man wins his 2nd $1M lottery

  11-05-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — A construction worker who won $1 million in a lottery scratch-off game four years ago has defied enormous odds by hitting a $1 million jackpot again.
  
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• Pew study sees a shrinking middle class in major US cities

  11-05-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In cities across America, the middle class is hollowing out.
  
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• Microsoft exec: No silver bullet to fight terror on internet

  11-05-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Microsoft executive told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that "there is no silver bullet that will stop terrorist use of the Internet."
  
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• Cruz files paperwork for 2018 re-election bid

  11-05-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Ted Cruz says he wants another term in the Senate.
  
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• Top 10 embarrassing mic slip-ups

  11-05-2016 22:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Accused Planned Parenthood clinic gunman ruled mentally incompetent

  11-05-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others in a shooting rampage last year at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado was declared incompetent to stand trial at a court hearing on his mental state on Wednesday. The ruling by El Paso County Judge Gilbert Martinez effectively means a suspension in criminal proceedings against the defendant, Robert Lewis Dear, 58, stemming from the first fatal attack on a U.S. abortion provider since 2009. Dear, who has proclaimed himself guil
  
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• 46 people abandon ship during Great Barrier Reef fire

  11-05-2016 22:48 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Police say all 46 people aboard a tourist catamaran have been rescued after the vessel caught fire and sank on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
  
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• Why won't Trump release his taxes?

  11-05-2016 22:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump continues to resist calls to release his tax returns.
  
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• 1D's Zayn Malik gets it from Azealia

  11-05-2016 22:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  You would be forgiven if you have no idea who Azealia Banks is or what she does.
  
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• What Queen's Chinese gaffe shows

  11-05-2016 22:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The spirit of Lord Elgin must be smiling.
  
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• Reid confronts fellow Democrat over ethics allegations

  11-05-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former welterweight boxer, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is not one to back down from a fight — even with a fellow Democrat. Neither is Rep. Alan Grayson, the combative Florida congressman running for the Senate.
  
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• North Carolina's transgender law creates tangle of lawsuits

  11-05-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The dueling lawsuits over North Carolina's law on bathroom use by transgender people have landed in the hands of three federal judges appointed by Republican presidents.
  
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• SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth with precious science load

  11-05-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX capsule returned to Earth on Wednesday with precious science samples from NASA's one-year space station resident.
  
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• 'Mayan city' discovered by teen?

  11-05-2016 22:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  We're all suckers for a great story, and "Teen finds lost Mayan city" definitely sounds promising. Throw in some ancient cosmology, a little help from the Canadian Space Agency and some satellite sleuthing, and the movie offers practically write themselves. Sadly, the reality may not be as cinematic as promised.
  
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• Judge finds Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter incompetent to continue with his criminal case

  11-05-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Judge finds Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter incompetent to continue with his criminal case.
  
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• Alaska, JetBlue top annual survey of North American airlines

  11-05-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Airways still rank highest in the annual J.D. Power survey of passengers on the nine largest North American airlines, and the firm says overall traveler satisfaction with the industry is at a 10-year high.
  
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• The Latest: Grassley says Trump won't restructure US debt

  11-05-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• FBI head: Islamic State brand losing attraction in US

  11-05-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans are traveling to fight alongside the Islamic State and the power of the extremist group's brand has diminished in the United States, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday.
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: Warren, Trump duel again on Twitter

  11-05-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren has taken to Twitter again to bash Donald Trump, the latest in a series of Internet "tweetstorms" calling Trump on the carpet for his treatment of women and his insults toward her.
  
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• Baltimore archbishop lists priests, clergy suspected of pedophilia

  11-05-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland has published the names of 14 Catholic priests or clergy members suspected of pedophilia, a move greeted with skepticism by a prominent victim support group. The names of the 14 pedophilia suspects were in a list that included 57 others that have been in the public domain since a 2002 investigation by the Boston Globe into sexual abuse of children by members of the Catholic clergy. The list was quietly published in January by Archbishop William Lori and only
  
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• In new push, IS advances toward Syrian city of Palmyra

  11-05-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants advanced toward the central Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday, threatening to besiege the world-famous ancient site several weeks after the government recaptured it from the extremists.
  
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• The Latest: Victim's mother says a blast could occur again

  11-05-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WEST, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into what caused the massive 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant that killed 15 people in the Texas town of West (all times local):
  
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• Former South Carolina officer used excessive force in fatal shooting: indictment

  11-05-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A white former police officer caught on video as he shot dead a black man fleeing a traffic stop in South Carolina last year has been charged with a federal civil rights offense that could send him to prison for life, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday. Ex-North Charleston patrolman Michael Slager, 34, used excessive force and had no legal justification when he fired eight times at Walter Scott's back on April 4, 2015, a federal grand jury found. A three-count indictment also charged Slager with
  
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• Defiant Trump brushes off GOP critics on eve of Ryan meeting

  11-05-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump brushed off his Capitol Hill critics on Wednesday, declaring he doesn't need House Speaker Paul Ryan or other leery Republican leaders, even as he prepared to sit down with them. His defiant message came amid new signs that he might be right, with GOP voters becoming more willing to embrace him.
  
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• Nigerian President: British PM was 'honest'

  11-05-2016 21:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari has defended David Cameron's comments, caught on video this week, about Nigeria being "fantastically corrupt."
  
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• Study: Bakken oil field leaks 275,000 tons of methane yearly

  11-05-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A new study says the oil-producing region of North Dakota and Montana leaks 275,000 tons of methane annually, an amount that's less than previously reported. Researchers say it's the first field study ...
  
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• Russian soldier dies in Syria after shelling by militants

  11-05-2016 21:39 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Russian soldier has died in Syria, the Russian military's ninth casualty since the start of the Syrian campaign.
  
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• The Latest: Acquaintances try to make sense of mall attack

  11-05-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on stabbing attacks at a Massachusetts shopping mall and home (all times local):
  
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