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• Paradise Lost: Attack dims sunny Nice's sparkle

  16-07-2016 23:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  An eerie feeling hung over Nice's blood-stained Promenade des Anglais as shops and restaurants opened for business Saturday, with small vigils and flowers peppering the walkway outside.
  
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• The man blamed for coup attempt

  16-07-2016 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Was a plan to overthrow Turkey's government really hatched behind a gated compound in a small, leafy Pennsylvania town, or is that merely a smoke screen?
  
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• The man being blamed

  16-07-2016 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Was a plan to overthrow Turkey's government really hatched behind a gated compound in a small, leafy Pennsylvania town, or is that merely a smoke screen?
  
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• Is this exiled imam behind coup attempt?

  16-07-2016 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  Was a plan to overthrow Turkey's government really hatched behind a gated compound in a small, leafy Pennsylvania town, or is that merely a smoke screen?
  
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• Miami Heat exec Riley 'floored' by Wade's departure

  16-07-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miami Heat president Pat Riley admitted Saturday that the departure of veteran Dwyane Wade "floored" him and he regretted not taking a more active role in talks to retain the star. Wade, a three-time champion with Miami, accepted Chicago's two-year, $47 million contract after turning down an offer of two years for $40 million to return to Miami. "What happened with Dwyane floored me," Riley told reporters at the team's AmericanAirlines Arena on Saturday.
  
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• US-based Turkish cleric denies involvement in coup

  16-07-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An exiled Muslim cleric whom Turkey's president has accused of orchestrating a failed coup attempt denied any responsibility Saturday, saying he had no knowledge of the plot.
  
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• Darvish returns with 9 Ks, but Hammel, Cubs down Rangers 3-1

  16-07-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Yu Darvish returned from the disabled list to strike out nine but was inefficient and wild at times, and Anthony Rizzo's two-run double helped lead the Chicago Cubs past the Texas Rangers 3-1 on Saturday.
  
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• 'Absolutely Wrong': Bill Nye Takes on Noah's Ark Exhibit

  16-07-2016 23:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The bow-tied man of science — openly skeptical of the experience from the start — was an invited guest at the Ark Encounter, a new attraction.
  
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• Campaign to force Russia out of Rio Olympics divides sport leaders

  16-07-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A North American-led campaign to ban Russia from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has opened up an international divide on how to deal with the doping scandal engulfing Russia. European Olympic Committees president Pat Hickey said he was "shocked" by a move led by the United States and Canada to have Russia completely banned from the Summer Games, which start in Rio on August 5. Hickey said he was alerted to the move when the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency's athletes commission sent out an appe
  
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• With VP Pick, Trump Reminds Voters He's No. 1

  16-07-2016 23:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  If Donald Trump was looking to move past reports that he was uncomfortable with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, this event didn't do it.
  
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• Egypt blocks U.N. call to respect 'democratically elected' government in Turkey

  16-07-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council failed on Saturday to condemn the violence and unrest in Turkey after Egypt objected to a statement that called on all parties to "respect the democratically elected government of Turkey," diplomats said. The U.S.-drafted statement, seen by Reuters, also expressed grave concern over the situation in Turkey, urged the parties to show restraint, avoid any violence or bloodshed, and called for an urgent end to the cr
  
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• France Calls Up Reserves, Boosts Security Measures

  16-07-2016 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Anger has mounted in France following the Nice attack, with many stunned that the government failed to thwart yet another mass tragedy.
  
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• Bonnie Brown of the country music trio the Browns dead at 78

  16-07-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A publicist for Bonne Brown, one of three siblings whose smooth harmonies as the Browns influenced generations of singers from the Beatles to Lady Antebellum, has died.
  
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• Timeline: How the coup was quashed

  16-07-2016 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Turkey's mayhem started with an attempted coup, followed by a chaotic night of gunfire, violence and uncertainty.
  
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• Selin Girit: From calm, to coup, to who knows what in Turkey

  16-07-2016 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In only a few hours, Turkey survived a violent coup attempt: but where does it go from here?
  
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• Sidney Crosby hoists Stanley Cup at hometown parade

  16-07-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Sidney Crosby showed off the Stanley Cup to his hometown fans.
  
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• British Open showdown: Stenson leads Mickelson by a shot

  16-07-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TROON, Scotland (AP) — Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson delivered what everyone expects out of a major championship.
  
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• Exclusive: NADOs, some athletes want total Russia ban if doping report damning

  16-07-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several anti-doping agencies, including those of the United States and Canada, want a complete ban on Russia competing at the Rio Olympics if next week's key report into allegations of state-backed doping at the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics is damning, they said on Saturday. Russia's track and field athletes are already banned from competing at next month's Olympics by the world governing International Association of Athletics' Federations (IAAF) over widespread doping in the sport. In a leaked dr
  
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• Britain reaffirms commitment to Gibraltar post Brexit

  16-07-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson reaffirmed Britain's commitment to Gibraltar on Saturday and said it would fully involve the territory in its discussions with the European Union following last month's vote to leave the bloc. Johnson told Chief Minister Fabian Picardo in talks in London that Britain would never agree to the people of Gibraltar being transferred to the sovereignty of another state against their wishes, the Foreign Office said in a statement. Last month acting Spanish foreign minis
  
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• Is Pence OK with Trump remarks?

  16-07-2016 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  Now that Donald Trump has made it official that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will be his vice presidential candidate, the media needs to ask Pence one critically important question:"Why would you agree to be the running mate to a man who has spewed so much sexism, bigotry and racism?"
  
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• Does Trump's VP actually agree with him?

  16-07-2016 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  Now that Donald Trump has made it official that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will be his vice presidential candidate, the media needs to ask Pence one critically important question:"Why would you agree to be the running mate to a man who has spewed so much sexism, bigotry and racism?"
  
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• A contrite Riley wishes he'd done more to keep Wade in Miami

  16-07-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A contrite Pat Riley revealed Saturday that he blames himself for Dwyane Wade's decision to leave the Miami Heat, adding that he wishes he could have done more to keep the three-time champion.
  
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• Lonely battle of a gay Mormon

  16-07-2016 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  On the night of February 12, 2016, Harry Fisher spent a few hours online: He scrolled through Facebook, checked his email. He searched Google Maps for nearby canyons and read through the lesson plan for a Sunday school class he would not live to teach.
  
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• Turkey rounds up plot suspects after thwarting coup against Erdogan

  16-07-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Dolan and Gulsen Solaker ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters on Saturday and ordered thousands of judges detained after thwarting a coup by rebels using tanks and attack helicopters to try to topple President Tayyip Erdogan. For several hours overnight on Friday violence shook Turkey's two main cities, as the armed faction which tried to seize power blocked a bridge in Istanbul and strafed the headquarters of Turkish intell
  
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• Turkish President Wants Extradition of U.S.-Based Cleric

  16-07-2016 22:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. would consider an extradition request for the Pennsylvania-based cleric blamed for the attempted military coup in Turkey.
  
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• Social media star strangled

  16-07-2016 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  Qandeel Baloch, one of Pakistan's most famous and controversial social media stars, has been strangled to death in what police are calling a case of so called "honor" killing in the city of Multan in the country's province of Punjab.
  
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• Draft letter from sports leaders: Ban Russia from Olympics

  16-07-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  A letter drafted by U.S. and Canadian anti-doping leaders urging Russia's removal from the upcoming Olympics is circulating days before the public release of a report expected to detail a state-sponsored doping system that corrupted the country's entire sports program.
  
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• Open 2016: Stenson takes over lead

  16-07-2016 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  It will likely go down to a duel of the sons. Henrik Stenson against Phil Mickelson for the 145th British Open at Royal Troon Sunday.
  
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• Meet Tom Vilsack, a Dark Horse for Clinton's VP

  16-07-2016 22:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  There are no hit musicals about the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, but if someone wanted to make one, Tom Vilsack could be the hero. Really.
  
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• France calls up reserves to boost security after Nice attack

  16-07-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NICE, France (AP) — Seeking to quell fear and criticism, the French government called up thousands of police reserves Saturday to increase security around the country, after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a beachfront Bastille Day attack that security forces failed to thwart.
  
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• The Latest: Turks flood into city squares to back democracy

  16-07-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the attempted military coup in Turkey (all times local):
  
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• Stenson leads British Open, with Mickelson a shot back

  16-07-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TROON, Scotland (AP) — Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson went toe-to-toe for four hours Saturday in the British Open, trading pivotal par saves and four lead changes in the cold wind and occasional rain at Royal Troon.
  
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• Muslim cleric Gulen: coup bid in Turkey could have been staged

  16-07-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose followers Turkey blames for a failed coup, said on Saturday the attempted overthrow may have been staged, and he urged the Turkish people not to view military intervention in a positive light. "There is a slight chance, there is a possibility that it could be a staged coup," Gulen told reporters through a translator in Pennsylvania, where he resides. "It could be meant for court accusations and associations." Gulen said democracy cannot be achieved throug
  
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• Boy, 12, Arrested in Alleged Plot to Kill Louisiana Cops

  16-07-2016 21:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 12-year-old was arrested Friday in connection with an alleged plot to kill Louisiana officers after the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling.
  
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• Astros sign Cuban free agent Gurriel to $47.5M, 5-year deal

  16-07-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston general manager Jeff Luhnow first saw Yulieski Gurriel play a decade ago in a tournament in Amsterdam.
  
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• Coup attempt in photos

  16-07-2016 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  Members of Turkey's military attempted to overthrow the government on Friday, July 15. The government says the coup failed and that it is still in control of the country.
  
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• Attacker Was No Jihadi, Had Nothing to Lose: Family Friend

  16-07-2016 21:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Claims that the Nice truck attacker was a radicalized Islamist just don't add up to at least one person who knew Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel.
  
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• Sheriff: Escaped Florida murder suspect armed, has help

  16-07-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Investigators believe a Florida murder suspect who escaped from a courtroom is armed and has help.
  
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• In circuitous speech, Trump touts VP pick Pence as man to unify party

  16-07-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Allen and Ginger Gibson NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Saturday presented his vice presidential running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, as the man who can unify a fractured Republican party and help him bridge the gap created by the candidate's outsider status. In a wide-ranging speech in which he touted his own "landslide" victory in the Republican primaries, Trump cast Pence as a perfect complement for the White House: a veteran of government, a m
  
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• Pence 'Grateful' To Jump Aboard Trump Train

  16-07-2016 21:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Indian Gov. Mike Pence, speaking in a plaintive and almost folksy language, said of Trump that he was 'grateful to this builder, this fighter.'
  
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• SpaceX launching space station docking port for NASA

  16-07-2016 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX aims to launch another load of space station supplies for NASA, including a critical docking port needed by new U.S. crew capsules set to debut next year.
  
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• Commander: US support of Afghans could be game-changer

  16-07-2016 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to allow more aggressive U.S. military action in support of Afghan combat operations against the Taliban could have a game-changing effect on the long war, Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said Saturday.
  
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• Safin, Henin inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame

  16-07-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Marat Safin enjoyed life as a tennis player, calling it like living in a rock n' roll band.
  
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• Why didn't the coup work?

  16-07-2016 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  If you're not up on the latest events in Turkey, here's a brief explainer about the coup attempt and what brought it about.
  
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• Arizona Terror Suspect Attacked by Inmates in Jail

  16-07-2016 21:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mahin Khan, 18, was assaulted by other inmates in a Maricopa County jail the day after his arrest on two state terrorism charges.
  
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• Trump presents 'partner' Pence, but no doubt who's the star

  16-07-2016 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump presented running mate Mike Pence to the nation Saturday, hailing the Indiana governor as his "first choice" and "my partner in the campaign." But he left no doubt in a sometimes awkward event that Pence's role will surely be as sidekick to the businessman-turned-reality-star-turned-politician at the top of the ticket.
  
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• The Latest: Nice's seafront reopens despite bloodstains

  16-07-2016 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NICE, France (AP) — The latest on the deadly truck attack in France (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Turks flood into city squares, cheer democracy

  16-07-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the attempted military coup in Turkey (all times local):
  
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• French unity unravels after latest attack

  16-07-2016 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right National Front party and a contender in the 2017 presidential race, called on France's interior minister to quit after the repeated bloodshed. "In any other country in the world a minister with a toll as horrendous as Bernard Cazeneuve -- 250 dead in 18 months -- would have quit," she told a news conference Saturday at her party's headquarters. France's own lawmakers said last week, following an exhaustive parliamentary inqiry, that the 2015 attacks represent
  
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• Pakistan's Shah stars with bat against England despite Woakes heroics

  16-07-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yasir Shah made a useful unbeaten 30 after starring with the ball to leave Pakistan well-placed come stumps on the third day of an intriguing first Test against England at Lord's on Saturday. Pakistan were 214 for eight in their second innings at the close, a lead of 281 runs, after leg-spinner Shah took six for 72 in England's first innings 272.
  
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