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• The Latest: 'Very special meeting' set for Sanders delegates

  20-07-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the Republican National Convention (all times EDT):
  
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• The Latest: Police: About a dozen in custody after protests

  20-07-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on demonstrations and gatherings outside the Republican National Convention (all times local):
  
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• Clinton leads electoral college map

  20-07-2016 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  The recent flurry of battleground state polling shows Hillary Clinton maintaining her electoral college advantage and provides some clarity to the best possible paths to 270 electoral votes for each candidate.
  
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• Clinton leads electoral college

  20-07-2016 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  The recent flurry of battleground state polling shows Hillary Clinton maintaining her electoral college advantage and provides some clarity to the best possible paths to 270 electoral votes for each candidate.
  
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• Police handcuff protesters outside Republican convention

  20-07-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Police fired pepper spray at a surging crowd and took several people into custody as skirmishes broke out during a flag-burning Wednesday in the streets outside the Republican National Convention.
  
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• Defense, foreign ministers to plan next steps against IS

  20-07-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — Defense leaders at a counter-Islamic State meeting expressed concerns about what happens after the expected defeat of the militant group, and whether countries are ready to help stabilize and rebuild the war-torn cities, particularly in Iraq, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday.
  
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• Turkey declares state of emergency

  20-07-2016 23:54 via cnn.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the nation is imposing a three-month state of emergency in the aftermath of last week's bloody coup attempt.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan declares state of emergency after coup bid

  20-07-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Asli Kandemir and Gareth Jones ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as he widened a crackdown against thousands of members of the security forces, judiciary, civil service and academia after a failed military coup. Erdogan said the state of emergency, which would last three months, would allow his government to take swift and effective measures against supporters of the coup and was allowed under the constitution. The state of emerge
  
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• Strong demand for chips buoys Qualcomm forecast

  20-07-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc forecast current-quarter profit largely above market estimates as demand for its mobile chips rose and the company made progress with its licensees in China. Shares of the company, which also posted a better-than-expected third-quarter profit, rose 5.5 percent in extended trading on Wednesday. The company said it expected to earn $1.05 to $1.15 per share in the fourth quarter, compared with analysts' average estimate of $1.08, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. ...
  
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• How plagiarism flap hurts Trump

  20-07-2016 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Hypocrisy hurts. Donald Trump's team has spent the first two nights of its convention making the case that voters should reject Hillary Clinton because she lies. At the same time, though, the Trump team hasn't looked like it has been upfront about the fact that some of Melania Trump's comments were lifted from Michele Obama's 2008 convention speech.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Woman discusses alleged assault by deputy

  20-07-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — For more than a month, a South Carolina woman has struggled with the burden of worrying if anyone would believe her harrowing allegation: a law officer forced her to perform a sex act, saying that he'd arrest her boyfriend if she refused.
  
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• Brazil central bank holds steady on high interest rate

  20-07-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's central bank left unchanged Wednesday its benchmark interest rate as Latin America's largest economy remains mired in recession and high inflation. The central bank, as expected, kept the key Selic rate at 14.25 percent, where it has been pegged for a year to support the flailing economy. The meeting of the Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) was the first one headed by the new market-friendly central bank governor, Ilan Goldfajn.
  
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• Soul-searching after failed coup

  20-07-2016 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  The power of the President to call up massive crowds of supporters has been on clear display in Istanbul's Taksim Square every night since last week's failed coup.
  
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• WADA reinstates Rio Olympic drug-testing laboratory

  20-07-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency says it has reinstated the laboratory that will carry out drug testing for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, which start in just over two weeks.
  
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• The Latest: Gunman's manifesto describe his actions

  20-07-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on shootings of six Baton Rouge police officers (all times local):
  
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• Protesters burn flag

  20-07-2016 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  Video shows protesters outside of the Republican Nation Convention setting fire to an American flag.
  
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• Merkel accepts Britain's decision to delay triggering Brexit

  20-07-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Germany and Britain agreed Wednesday that Prime Minister Theresa May needed time to prepare for talks to leave the EU, after London took the first step towards Brexit by giving up its presidency of the European Union. On her first foreign trip since taking office in the wake of Britain's seismic referendum, May told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that her government would not ask to leave the European Union before the end of 2016 in order to plan a "sensible and orderly departure". Merkel, who
  
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• The Latest: Strong winds keep highway to Yellowstone closed

  20-07-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires burning in the Western United States (all times local):
  
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• Five arrested at flag burning near Republican convention

  20-07-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police arrested at least five people Wednesday outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland as clashes erupted when protesters tried to burn American flags. Police Sergeant Jennifer Ciaccia later confirmed at least five people were arrested. Tensions flared on the streets just one block from Quicken Loans Arena where Republicans anointed Donald Trump as their party's 2016 presidential nominee, as a man believed to have burned a flag was confronted by a counter-protester.
  
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• World's best travel photos

  20-07-2016 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  If inspiration is the first step in travel, the journey starts here.
  
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• WATCH: Donald Trump Jr: 'For My Father, Impossible Is Just the Starting Point'

  20-07-2016 23:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The presumptive Republican Presidential nominee's eldest son stressed his father's business acumen and leadership.
  
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• Hawaii Democratic congressman Mark Takai dies

  20-07-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Mark Takai, a first-term Democrat from Hawaii, died Wednesday after battling cancer.
  
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• Southwest suffers technology outage; flights held at gates

  20-07-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines flights across the country were held up Wednesday while the airline worked to fix technology problems.
  
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• No lawsuit from parents of boy killed by gator at Disney resort

  20-07-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The family of a toddler killed by an alligator at a Walt Disney World lake in Florida said Wednesday that they will not sue the entertainment giant. Two year-old Lane Graves of Elkhorn, Nebraska was on vacation with his family and playing at the lakeside beach at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa when an alligator dragged him into the lake on the night of June 14. Soon after the attack, Disney put up signs at the lake warning of snakes and alligators.
  
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• Cosby Files Latest Bid to Question Accuser Before Trial

  20-07-2016 23:25 via abcnews.go.com
  Bill Cosby is again fighting for the chance to question his accuser in court before his sexual-assault case goes to trial near Philadelphia
  
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• Actor takes plea deal over prop pellet gun used in film

  20-07-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — An actor who played a bit part in an independent gangster film and used a prop pellet gun without a New Jersey gun permit likely won't have to serve a prison term.
  
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• Young boy beheaded in 'mistake'

  20-07-2016 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  Gruesome video footage has emerged of Syrian rebels beheading a young boy, in what leaders of the group involved called an "individual mistake."
  
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• Young boy beheaded 'by mistake'

  20-07-2016 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  Gruesome video footage has emerged of Syrian rebels beheading a young boy, in what leaders of the group involved called an "individual mistake."
  
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• Trump aide: Speech 'my mistake'

  20-07-2016 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  A Trump organization staffer identified herself on Wednesday as the person responsible for plagiarism in Melania's Trump convention speech and offered her resignation.
  
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• Investigators probe crane collapse on Tappan Zee Bridge

  20-07-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — State and federal officials are investigating what caused a huge construction crane to collapse across the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City, an accident that somehow caused no serious injuries but added to a list of crane wrecks in recent years that have prompted initiatives to improve safety.
  
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• American Express 2Q earnings jump, helped by Costco sale

  20-07-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — American Express said Wednesday that its second-quarter profit jumped 37 percent, helped by the sale of its Costco credit card portfolio and increased spending on its namesake cards.
  
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• Turkey coup attempt: State of emergency announced

  20-07-2016 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Turkey's president declares a state of emergency for three months following the failed coup in the country.
  
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• Garry Marshall: 5 of His Greatest Hits

  20-07-2016 23:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The famed film and TV director died Tuesday, leaving behind timeless classics.
  
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• Secret Service Investigating Trump Adviser for Alleged Clinton Threat

  20-07-2016 23:14 via abcnews.go.com
  The Secret Service is looking into one of Donald Trump's advisers.
  
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• Migrant crisis: 22 bodies found on Mediterranean boat - MSF

  20-07-2016 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bodies of 22 people are found on a migrant dinghy off the coast of Libya, aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says.
  
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• RNC Taking Cues From 'The Apprentice' and Trump's Reality TV Past

  20-07-2016 23:08 via abcnews.go.com
  
  From the speaker lineup to the way Trump is taking the stage, there are parallels.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan says foreign states may be involved in failed coup

  20-07-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he believed foreign countries might have been involved in last weekend's failed coup attempt, though he declined to name any. Speaking through an interpreter in an interview with broadcaster Al Jazeera, Erdogan also dismissed suggestions that he was becoming authoritarian and that Turkish democracy was under any threat. "We will remain within a democratic parliamentary system, we will never step away from it," he said. (Repo
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan announces three-month state of emergency

  20-07-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced a three-month state of emergency to enable the authorities to take swift and effective action against those responsible for last weekend's failed military coup. Erdogan, who has launched mass purges of state institutions since the July 15 coup attempt, said the move was fully in line with Turkey's constitution and did not violate the rule of law or basic freedoms of Turkish citizens. ...
  
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• The Latest: Protests cause problems for delegates at arena

  20-07-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on demonstrations and gatherings outside the Republican National Convention (all times local):
  
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• Melania Trump's Speechwriter Comes Forward to Apologize

  20-07-2016 23:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Trump family rejected Meredith McIver's resignation offer.
  
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• Questions cloud Trump campaign after writer apologizes for speech 'chaos'

  20-07-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A staff writer for the Trump Organization took responsibility on Wednesday for the "chaos" caused by a speech given by the wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that drew accusations of plagiarism and cast a shadow over the party's convention this week. The writer, Meredith McIver, apologized and offered an explanation that threw into sharp relief two days of efforts by the Trump campaign to deny there had been a problem with Melania Trump's speech on Monday night. The Repu
  
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• Demonstrators, Armenia police clash outside station

  20-07-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Tensions in the Armenian capital rose on Wednesday night as demonstrators clashed with police near a police station where armed men have been holding hostages for four days and protesters erected barricades on a nearby avenue.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan declares state of emergency after coup attempt

  20-07-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared a three-month state of emergency in Turkey in order to hunt down all those deemed to be behind an attempted coup. The state of emergency was needed "in order to remove swiftly all the elements of the terrorist organisation involved in the coup attempt," he said at the presidential palace in Ankara. Turkey has accused the group of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of being behind the coup and acting as a terror group.
  
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• Mysterious Booms Have Small California Town Looking to the Sky

  20-07-2016 22:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The daily noise pollution remains a mystery, sparks alien theories.
  
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• Federal immigration court backlog tops 500,000 pending cases

  20-07-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The backlog in the federal immigration court system has eclipsed half a million pending cases, The Associated Press has learned.
  
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• The Latest: Secret Service investigating Trump supporter

  20-07-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the Republican National Convention (all times EDT):
  
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• Teen Dies in Dad's Arms After Allegedly Shot by Friend at Sleepover

  20-07-2016 22:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Texas father is heartbroken after losing his 15-year-old son who was shot and killed by a friend who had been at their home for a sleepover, according to police.
  
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• Parents of Boy Killed by Gator: 'Pain Gets Worse' Each Day

  20-07-2016 22:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Lane Graves, 2, died June 14 at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.
  
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• CDC probing possible first Zika case from US mosquito bite

  20-07-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Health officials in Florida are investigating whether the Zika infection of a woman in the Miami area could be the first transmission of the virus from a mosquito bite in the continental United States.
  
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• A technology surge tips stock indexes to new highs

  20-07-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks took another modest step further into record territory Wednesday after several companies reported profits that were stronger than expected, if not strong. Technology stocks led the way following an encouraging report from Microsoft.
  
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