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• Family: Military changed Dallas suspect; robot use defended

  11-07-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Military service changed the Dallas gunman from an extrovert into a hermit, his parents said in an interview excerpt published Monday.
  
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• Who is UK's new leader Theresa May?

  11-07-2016 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  Theresa May is not a mother -- her opponent made that clear, to her own demise -- but you may be wondering who exactly is this conservative politician tapped to lead post-Brexit Great Britain.
  
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• Who is next UK PM Theresa May?

  11-07-2016 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  Theresa May is not a mother -- her opponent made that clear, to her own demise -- but you may be wondering who exactly is this conservative politician tapped to lead post-Brexit Great Britain.
  
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• Who is next UK leader Theresa May?

  11-07-2016 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  Theresa May is not a mother -- her opponent made that clear, to her own demise -- but you may be wondering who exactly is this conservative politician tapped to lead post-Brexit Great Britain.
  
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• House GOP ask US attorney to investigate Clinton over emails

  11-07-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are asking the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to investigate Hillary Clinton and determine whether she lied to Congress.
  
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• A bull market record that doesn't feel like it

  11-07-2016 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It’s the second-longest bull market in history, and its old age is showing. There’s nothing like a new high,” says John Manley, chief equity strategist for Wells Fargo Fund Management. No matter what you think of the stock market — love it, fear it — you’ve got to admire its resilience.
  
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• Tech leaders urge Silver to consider moving NBA All-Star

  11-07-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Technology industry leaders have urged NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to move the All-Star Game out of Charlotte unless a North Carolina law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people is repealed "in very short order."
  
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• NY rapper charged in fatal concert shooting released on bail

  11-07-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn rapper charged in connection with a fatal shooting at a popular Manhattan concert venue in May has been released on bail.
  
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• Trump and Christie join forces to attack Obama, Clinton

  11-07-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans Donald Trump and Chris Christie teamed up on Monday to assail Democratic President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as weak on domestic security, making the kind of one-two punch possible if Trump picks Christie as his running mate. Much of the debate about security in the presidential campaign has been about threats abroad.
  
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• Metals giant Alcoa earnings beat expectations, shares leap

  11-07-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US aluminum and metals giant Alcoa, in the process of splitting into two companies, reported second-quarter earnings Monday that topped market forecasts, sending shares sharply higher. Alcoa reported after the market closed, marking an upbeat start to the quarterly earnings season. According to S&P Global, earnings per share of the S&P 500 companies are expected to decline 5.4 percent compared with last year.
  
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• Clinton, Sanders team up Tuesday as Trump highlights safety

  11-07-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bernie Sanders will join one-time rival Hillary Clinton for a campaign rally Tuesday in New Hampshire as the presumptive Democratic nominee faces Donald Trump, who has proclaimed himself "the law and order candidate" amid rising gun violence. With Sanders expected to endorse the former secretary of state's bid to become the nation's first female leader, Clinton's Republican opponent Donald Trump will campaign in Indiana.
  
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• Dallas police chief expresses worry about armed civilians in Texas

  11-07-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Dallas police chief said on Monday that Texas state laws allowing civilians to carry firearms openly, as some did during the protest where five officers were fatally shot, present rising challenges to law enforcement, as he stepped into America's fierce debate over gun rights. Dallas Police Chief David Brown, during a wide-ranging news conference, also gave fresh details about his department's use of a bomb-carrying robot to kill Micah Johnson, the 25-year-old former U.S. Army reservist who
  
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• A lot of holes in GOP presidential ground game in key states

  11-07-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Presidential battleground states were supposed to be swarming with Republican Party workers by now.
  
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• Taylor Swift world's highest paid celebrity: Forbes

  11-07-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At the tender age of 26, Taylor Swift is the world's highest-paid celebrity, pulling in a whopping $170 million over the past year, Forbes magazine said Monday. The "Shake It Off" singer also outpaced rival Katy Perry who last year took in more than $135 million as opposed to Swift's $80 million, according to Forbes magazine's annual list of 100 highest-paid celebrities. It said Swift's top earnings were largely thanks to her "1989 World Tour" during which she smashed the Rolling Stone's North A
  
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• GM sees self-driving cars as gradual rollout

  11-07-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  General Motors believes in autonomous vehicles as a safer mode of transport, and expects the technology to come more quickly than most people think, a top executive said Monday. "There isn't going to be a particular moment or day when we see it -- it will unfold in a gradual way, but it will be a lot faster than people are expecting," said GM president Dan Ammann at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Colorado. Amman declined to comment on the fatal accident involving a Tesla electric car
  
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• Cosby switching lawyers in civil cases around country

  11-07-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby is switching law firms to oversee civil lawsuits around the country that involve accusations he drugged and molested women.
  
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• Watchdogs: US police shootings fueling black extremism

  11-07-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The public backlash against police shootings of black people is helping fuel the growth of black hate groups, some of which advocate retaliatory violence against law enforcement, watchdog groups said Monday.
  
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• Family: Dallas suspect changed after military service

  11-07-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Military service changed the Dallas gunman from an extrovert into a hermit, his parents said in an interview excerpt published Monday.
  
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• Suspect in San Diego homeless killings is freed, no charges

  11-07-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man who police had identified as the sole suspect in a spate of attacks on homeless men that left three people dead was released from jail Monday and not charged with any crimes, authorities said.
  
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• Sheriff: 2 bailiffs, suspect dead in Michigan courthouse

  11-07-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — Two bailiffs were shot and killed Monday inside a southwestern Michigan courthouse before officers killed the gunman, a sheriff said.
  
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• The new secret to losing weight? Water

  11-07-2016 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  Suddenly starving? Try drinking some water.
  
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• Two bailiffs, suspect dead in Michigan courthouse shooting: sheriff

  11-07-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two bailiffs were shot and killed inside a courthouse in St. Joseph in southwest Michigan on Monday and law enforcement officers then killed the shooter, Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said. "At about 2:25 we had a disturbance on the third floor of the courthouse. A person has shot two bailiffs, they are both deceased, and a deputy sheriff who is at the hospital right now being treated in the emergency room," Bailey said in a brief news conference.
  
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• Criticism mounts over how police handle Louisiana protesters

  11-07-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Criticism mounted Monday over how Baton Rouge police dealt with throngs of protesters during the weekend, including nearly 200 demonstrators who were arrested and may yet face criminal charges.
  
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• 'It has to stop,' says surgeon who worked to save police in Dallas ambush

  11-07-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  A black surgeon who saved the lives of some of the Dallas police officers shot in a racially motivated ambush last week said on Monday he supported law enforcement but also understood the anger driving recent protests across the United States. Black men dying, it has to stop," Brian Williams, staff surgeon at Parkland Hospital, which received the five officers killed and nine wounded in Thursday night's attack. A former U.S. Army Reservist opened fire on police officers at the end of a march pro
  
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• Sanders to back Clinton. Will supporters follow?

  11-07-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It looks as if Bernie Sanders is ready to back Hillary Clinton. But not all his supporters are prepared to give up revolution for realism.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Escaped psychiatric patient had planned bombing

  11-07-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A patient accused of torturing a woman to death before escaping from a troubled Washington state psychiatric hospital earlier this year also had a fascination with the Islamic State group and planned to blow up a state building, newly released documents revealed.
  
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• Obamacare 2.0: Obama calls for revisiting the public option

  11-07-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law, including a renewed call for a "public option" to let Americans buy insurance from the government.
  
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• The grooms wore black: Christian Siriano weds Brad Walsh

  11-07-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The grooms wore black to their all-white wedding.
  
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• Three reported dead at Michigan courthouse: media

  11-07-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A shooting Monday at a county courthouse in the US state of Michigan has left three people dead including the attacker and several others injured, local media reported, citing the county sheriff. Two of the dead are court bailiffs, while the shooter was the third, local ABC affiliates reported, citing Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey. A sheriff's deputy was also shot and several civilians were injured, Bailey said.
  
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• 'Pets' fetches big earnings, sinking Dory

  11-07-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - After a three-week reign, the beloved fish Dory's top box office spot has gone to the dogs -- literally.
  
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• Obama stepping into storm of emotion in Dallas speech

  11-07-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When he pays tribute to fallen police officers in Dallas on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will be aiming to comfort the mourning and calm the angry.
  
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• The Latest: Trump: Clinton unlawfully used email server

  11-07-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on developments in the 2016 presidential campaign ahead of the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions (all times EDT):
  
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• Famed cancer theorist Dr. Alfred G. Knudson Jr. dies at 93

  11-07-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Scientist and oncologist Dr. Alfred G. Knudson Jr., who was renowned for a groundbreaking theory of how cancer develops, has died after a long illness, according to a funeral home and the research center where he worked for decades. He was 93 years old.
  
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• Officer shot outside Michigan courthouse

  11-07-2016 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  A law enforcement officer has been shot outside the Berrien County Courthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan, according to the Berrien County Sheriff's Department. Michigan State Police have secured the scene, according to a tweet from Gov. Rick Snyder.
  
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• S&P 500 rises to new record as global stocks rally

  11-07-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - The S&P 500 surged to a record Monday, joining a global equity rally as Wall Street brushed aside worries about the global economy and awaited second-quarter company earnings.
  
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• US website detects activity at NKorea nuclear test site

  11-07-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. website that monitors North Korea says satellite imagery shows a high level of activity at the isolated nation's nuclear test site.
  
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• Tyson Gay gets chance to recapture relay medal

  11-07-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sprinter Tyson Gay will be going to the Olympics, where he'll have a chance to help the U.S. win a relay medal more than two years after his doping case cost the team its silver from the 2012 Games.
  
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• Trump: 'I am the law and order candidate'

  11-07-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump proclaimed himself the "law and order candidate" Monday, emphasizing increased threats to police and declaring only he can keep Americans safe in a nation reeling from gun violence. "I am the law and order candidate," the Republican party's presumptive presidential nominee said in a speech in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The declaration, reminiscent of remarks made by former president Richard Nixon, came as Trump highlighted recent killings including the horrific shooting deaths of fiv
  
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• Judge says MLK Bible belongs to civil rights icon's estate

  11-07-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — The judge in a dispute over the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize and traveling Bible has ruled the Bible belongs to the civil rights icon's estate, which is controlled by two sons who had proposed selling it.
  
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• Trump: Plan to revamp veterans care will save lives, money

  11-07-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Touting himself as the "law and order candidate," Republican Donald Trump pledged Monday to crack down on Department of Veterans Affairs employees who fail to serve veterans, his latest in a series of prepared remarks aimed at articulating his policy agenda for his general election campaign.
  
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• In Christie, Trump would get tough advocate _ and baggage

  11-07-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) — In Chris Christie, Donald Trump has a potential running mate who's well-known in many roles: A political hero and a villain. A sensitive advocate and a bully. And, lately, a quiet political operative who's become an expert on Trump's unusual presidential campaign operation — something few on the outside understand.
  
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• Michigan governor says courthouse secured after shots fired

  11-07-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says state police have secured the scene after shots were fired at a southwestern Michigan courthouse.
  
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• Police officer, others shot outside Michigan courthouse: reports

  11-07-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Several people, including a police officer, were shot outside the Berrien County courthouse in St. Joseph in southwest Michigan on Monday, according to media reports. The police officer was shot in the arm and a finger, CBS affiliate WSBT television said, citing Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey. One or two civilian victims were also shot, but their conditions are unknown, WSBT reported, citing the sheriff.
  
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• N. Korea: U.S. on 'wartime' relations

  11-07-2016 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  North Korea said Monday it has decided to close its only direct diplomatic link with Washington, a move made days after the United States slapped sanctions on the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, and other officials over human rights abuses.
  
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• N. Korea severs last U.S. tie

  11-07-2016 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  North Korea said Monday it has decided to close its only direct diplomatic link with Washington, a move made days after the United States slapped sanctions on the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, and other officials over human rights abuses.
  
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• Judge rules Bible belongs to Martin Luther King Jr.'s estate, but question of who owns Nobel Peace Prize unsettled

  11-07-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — Judge rules Bible belongs to Martin Luther King Jr.'s estate, but question of who owns Nobel Peace Prize unsettled.
  
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• Workers at some Hanford tanks stop in dispute over vapors

  11-07-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A coalition of labor unions on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state stopped work Monday at some of the radioactive waste tank farms because of health concerns over chemical vapors.
  
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• Governor says state police have secured scene after shooting at western Michigan courthouse

  11-07-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — Governor says state police have secured scene after shooting at western Michigan courthouse.
  
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• Ceasefire declared after fierce fighting in Juba

  11-07-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Sudan's president and his estranged deputy ordered a ceasefire Monday after a new day of heavy fighting in the capital that sent thousands fleeing and threatened a return to civil war. President Salva Kiir's ceasefire order Monday evening was followed by a similar call from ex-rebel and Vice President Riek Machar, raising hopes of an end to three days of deadly fighting between the army and former rebels in the world's youngest nation. "The president has reiterated his commitment to the co
  
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• Sheriff warns: Stop trespassing to find Pokemon on new app

  11-07-2016 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  GOOCHLAND, Va. (AP) — Searching for Pokemon on a popular new smartphone game is not a valid excuse for trespassing.
  
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