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• 'Pokemon Go' Players Launch Pepper Spray Campaign

  21-07-2016 23:59 via nbclosangeles.com
  
  Two 'Pokemon Go' gamers who were attacked by armed robbers earlier this month have started raising money to buy pepper spray for fellow players.
  
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• US sues Pennsylvania town for ban on building mosque

  21-07-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US Justice Department said Thursday it is suing a Pennsylvania community for religious discrimination over the town's refusal to grant a permit to build a mosque. The lawsuit alleges that Bensalem Township violated a religious land use act when it refused to grant zoning approval "to allow the Bensalem Masjid to build a mosque on three adjoining parcels of land in the township," the Justice Department said in a statement. The denial "imposed a substantial burden on the Bensalem Masjid's reli
  
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• Water contaminated with pot chemicals in small Colorado town

  21-07-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  HUGO, Colo. (AP) — Officials in a small Colorado town say well water has been contaminated with marijuana's psychoactive chemical.
  
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• Here's What Tesla's Master Plan Is All About

  21-07-2016 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Solar roofs are just one part of Tesla Chief Elon Musk's plan for the car manufacturer.
  
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• Biden urges rule of law in call with Turkey PM

  21-07-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged Turkey to pursue the instigators of a failed coup according to the rule of law during a call with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Thursday, the White House said. "(Biden) expressed his unyielding support for Turkish democracy and praised the Turkish people's commitment to democratic institutions," it said in a statement.
  
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• Shooting of unarmed black man in Florida heightens calls for police review

  21-07-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Zachary Fagenson NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (Reuters) - The shooting by police of an unarmed black man as he lay on the ground with his hands in the air in North Miami, Florida, raised calls on Thursday for U.S. police to review their training programs and policies. Behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey was shot on Monday as he tried to get an autistic patient back to a nearby group home from which he had wandered. A cell phone video showed Kinsey with his hands extended above his chest moments before a
  
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• Memo details allegations against ex-archbishop of St. Paul

  21-07-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lawyers investigating a Minnesota archbishop in 2014 found compelling and credible allegations from nearly a dozen people that he engaged in sexual misconduct and harassment, then retaliated when his advances were rejected, according to an internal church document made public this week.
  
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• Chile toughens sentences in 'Missing' killings of Americans

  21-07-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's Supreme Court on Thursday lengthened the prison sentences of two former military officers convicted in the 1973 killing of two Americans during the early days of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
  
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• Brazil nabs 10 IS backers in Olympics anti-terror swoop

  21-07-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ten Brazilians who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group were arrested Thursday, authorities announced, describing them as "amateurs" who discussed on social media the possibility of staging attacks during next month's Olympics.
  
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• Boeing hit by $2.1 bn in tanker, production costs

  21-07-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boeing warned Thursday that second-quarter earnings will be hit by $2.1 billion in unexpected after tax costs, including its third charge in a year on a large Air Force tanker contract. Boeing said its quarterly earnings release on July 27 will recognize $393 million in costs associated with the KC-46 tanker program, a next-generation military refueling aircraft. "This additional investment in the KC-46 supports the delivery timeline for the initial production aircraft and our transition to full
  
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• Utah militia leader vows to 'strike back' in video

  21-07-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah prosecutors played a secretly recorded video in court Thursday of a Utah militia group leader accused of trying to blow up a federally owned cabin in Arizona talking about his plans to go on the offensive and strike back by damaging government buildings and vehicles.
  
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• Crunch time: Who will Clinton pick as VP?

  21-07-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton will be anointed her party's presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention next week. Clinton is expected to reveal her vice presidential pick by Saturday, when she campaigns in Florida. Newly-nominated Republican Donald Trump, who will square off with Clinton in November's general election, picked Mike Pence as his running mate, going with experience, steadiness, and rock-solid conservative credentials to balance out Trump's reputation as an antagonistic political o
  
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• US swept by England on opening day of UL International Crown

  21-07-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  GURNEE, Ill. (AP) — For the United States and Taiwan, the first session of the UL International Crown was a repeat of the first day of the inaugural event two years ago.
  
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• Old lobster spared the pot, will retire to Maine aquarium

  21-07-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — It's not common for senior citizens to move from Florida to Maine, but Larry the Lobster's life depends on it.
  
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• Roger Ailes' resignation letter to Rupert Murdoch

  21-07-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  It was provided to Reuters by Ailes' lawyer. With your support, I am proud that we have built Fox News and Fox Business Channels into powerful and lucrative news organizations that inform our audience and reward our shareholders. Fox News has become Number 1 in all of cable because I consistently identified and promoted the most talented men and women in television, and they performed at the highest levels.
  
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• Pickets, but no deal, in Atlantic City casino strike

  21-07-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's main casino workers union is surrounding the Trump Taj Mahal with hundreds of picketers as a strike against the massive gambling hall is about to enter its fourth week, with no end in sight.
  
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• Nevada ending discrimination of prison inmates with HIV

  21-07-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's Department of Corrections is changing a series of policies and practices that the U.S. Justice Department says illegally discriminate against prison inmates with HIV by housing them separately and denying access to work assignments that can speed their release.
  
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• Prosecutor charges man in Kansas police officer's death

  21-07-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old man was charged Thursday with capital murder in the death of a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer who was fatally shot while investigating a drive-by shooting, Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman said.
  
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• Men sentenced to 2 years in prison in Pokemon weapons case

  21-07-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Two Iowa men who made online threats against the Pokemon World Championships and took guns and ammunition to the event in Boston last August have each been sentenced to two years in prison.
  
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• New legal team granted for ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez

  21-07-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has a new legal team to defend him in the 2012 slayings of two men outside a Boston nightclub.
  
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• Russia facing calls for all-out Rio ban

  21-07-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia was facing calls to be kicked out of the Olympics on Thursday after their highly-regarded track and field squad lost their appeal over being banned from Rio for state-sponsored doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on the athletics team is seen as a key indicator as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) debates whether to order a blanket ban on Russia from the Rio Games that start August 5. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) asked that the IOC "consider its responsi
  
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• Fox: Trump a false prophet

  21-07-2016 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  In this interview with Christiane Amanpour, former Mexican President Vicente Fox asks the United States "to wake up" and say no to a Donald Trump presidency.
  
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• Oliver Stone says studios' boards led to 'Snowden' rejection

  21-07-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Director Oliver Stone said Thursday at Comic-Con that every major movie studio turned down his narrative film about Edward Snowden because of censorship from their corporate leaders.
  
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• Battered bronze sphere returning to World Trade Center site

  21-07-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A 25-ton, bronze sphere ripped open by the collapsing World Trade Center is returning to a spot overlooking the rebuilt site.
  
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• Turner, Dodgers hand Nats' Strasburg first loss of season

  21-07-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A hot streak and a home run earlier in the afternoon earned Justin Turner the green light on Stephen Strasburg. He made the most of it.
  
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• CORRECTS: Florida health officials have not ruled out sexual transmission in Miami-area woman's Zika infection.

  21-07-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — CORRECTS: Florida health officials have not ruled out sexual transmission in Miami-area woman's Zika infection. (Corrects APNewsAlert to reflect that a health department spokeswoman says her earlier statement was incorrect. She says she should have written that "sexual transmission related to travel has not been ruled out.")
  
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• Cruz stands by snub

  21-07-2016 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  Ted Cruz on Thursday strongly defended his refusal to endorse Donald Trump during his Republican National Convention speech, saying he's not "in the habit" of backing politicians who attack his family.
  
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• #TrumpYourself insult app launches

  21-07-2016 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's insults have been known to have a certain Shakespearean quality -- a cadence and structure all their own. He has even managed to co-opt one of the most simple words in the English language into a singular, quintessentially Trump-esque punctuation: Sad!
  
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• #TrumpYourself: Clinton launches new anti-Trump app

  21-07-2016 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's insults have been known to have a certain Shakespearean quality -- a cadence and structure all their own. He has even managed to co-opt one of the most simple words in the English language into a singular, quintessentially Trump-esque punctuation: Sad!
  
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• The Latest: Thousands on Istanbul bridge protest coup try

  21-07-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The latest developments on the situation in Turkey after the failed military coup last week (all times local):
  
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• Clinton launches new anti-Trump app

  21-07-2016 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's insults have been known to have a certain Shakespearean quality -- a cadence and structure all their own. He has even managed to co-opt one of the most simple words in the English language into a singular, quintessentially Trump-esque punctuation: Sad!
  
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• Visa earnings fall due to costs tied to Visa Europe purchase

  21-07-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Credit and debit card processor Visa Inc. said its fiscal third-quarter earnings fell 76 percent from a year ago, largely due to the cost of completing its purchase of its operations in Europe.
  
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• One Direction star signs solo record deal

  21-07-2016 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  One Direction seems to be heading in several directions. British boy band member Liam Payne announced in a tweet Thursday that he signed a solo deal with Capitol Records.
  
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• Report details affair that led to US attorney's downfall

  21-07-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The federal prosecutor whose accusation of sexual harassment led U.S. Attorney for Oregon Amanda Marshall to resign told investigators he reported her behavior because it was interfering with his ability to eat, sleep and work, and he worried about losing his job.
  
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• Scandal-hit Ailes resigns as head of Fox News

  21-07-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Roger Ailes, who built Fox News into a politically powerful cable network, resigned Thursday under the cloud of a sexual harassment lawsuit. The company said in a statement that the resignation was effective immediately and that Murdoch, 85, would take over the roles of chairman and acting chief executive of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. The news comes two weeks after Ailes was named in a lawsuit by popular Fox News host Gretchen Carlson, who claimed she was fired for rejecting Aile
  
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• Ban Russians from all Rio sports - US anti-doping boss

  21-07-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  America's anti-doping leader renewed the call to ban Russians across all sports from the Rio Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected an appeal Thursday by Russian athletics competitors. Three days after an investigation report unveiled evidence of a state-run doping scheme in Russia, CAS rejected a Russian appeal of world athletics governing body IAAF's decision to ban all Russian track and field competitors from the Rio Games, which open August 5. "It's a sad situation
  
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• American Airlines flight evacuated

  21-07-2016 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Passengers from an American Airlines flight were forced to evacuate Thursday afternoon while on the taxiway at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
  
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• The Latest: All about an aria; Pavarottis unhappy with Trump

  21-07-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the Republican National Convention (all times EDT):
  
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• Stocks pull back, halting a record-setting win streak

  21-07-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airlines had some of the sharpest drops on worries that falling fares will hurt their profits. The Dow and S&P 500 have been setting a series of all-time highs this week. “It’s surprising how strong the market has been,” said Rich Weiss, senior portfolio manager at American Century Investments.
  
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• Tillman gets 14th win, Orioles avert 4-game sweep vs Yankees

  21-07-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Worn down and banged up, the Baltimore Orioles found the perfect remedy for all their ailments — a well-pitched game.
  
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• Hundreds of demonstrators gather on convention's last day

  21-07-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators — including anarchists, anti-Muslim protesters, Bikers for Trump and those calling themselves pro- and anti-capitalist — gathered in Cleveland's Public Square on Thursday ahead of Donald Trump's star turn on the final night of the Republican convention.
  
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• Fox News chief Ailes resigns after sexual harassment claims

  21-07-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Roger Ailes, who built Fox News into a money-making ratings powerhouse, has resigned as chairman and chief executive of the popular cable channel following allegations of sexual harassment, according to the company. The media executive and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, the parent of Fox News, had been in negotiations over his departure, a person briefed on the discussions said on Tuesday. Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox, will assume the role of chairman
  
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• Ban all Russians from Rio -- US anti-doping boss

  21-07-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  America's anti-doping leader renewed the call to ban Russians across all sports from the Rio Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected an appeal Thursday by Russian athletics competitors. Three days after an investigation report unveiled evidence of a state-run doping scheme in Russia, CAS rejected a Russian appeal of world athletics governing body IAAF's decision to ban all Russian track and field competitors from the Rio Games, which open August 5. "It's a sad situation
  
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• U.S. warns of potential imminent threat to citizens in Jeddah

  21-07-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it had received reports of a "potential, imminent threat" against U.S. citizens in areas of the city of Jeddah frequented by Westerners. "It’s a security message, not a travel warning, that our consulate put out in Jeddah. Obviously, our consulate felt that the information they had was credible enough, serious enough to warrant sending that message out immediately," State Department spokesman John Kirby told a briefing.
  
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• The Latest: Syria's Assad criticizes Turkish govt crackdown

  21-07-2016 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Turkey after the failed military coup last week (all times local):
  
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• Anti-Trump march kicks off final day of GOP convention

  21-07-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — About 150 protesters carrying signs saying "Ban All Trumps Not Muslims" and chanting "Love Trumps Hate" marched across a Cleveland bridge Thursday afternoon as the four-day GOP convention neared its prime-time finale.
  
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• Oregon man sentenced in celebrity hacking case

  21-07-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who admitted hacking hundreds of email accounts and stealing explicit photos from several unidentified celebrities was sentenced Thursday to six months in federal prison.
  
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• US seeks extradition of alleged boss of Kickass Torrents piracy site

  21-07-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US confirmed Thursday it was seeking the extradition of the alleged boss of the world's biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, on charges of distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content. A day earlier, the US Justice Department unveiled a criminal complaint against Ukrainian national Artem Vaulin, 30, who was arrested in Poland and is wanted by American authorities for copyright infringement, money laundering and other charges. Vaulin is allege
  
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• NATO commitment has no caveats - British defence secretary

  21-07-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NATO's mutual defence guarantee is a commitment that comes without any "conditions or caveats," British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Thursday. "It is an absolute commitment that we help each other if any one member of NATO is attacked," Fallon said in Washington. Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump told the New York Times that if he is elected, he might abandon NATO's guarantee that any member, including the United States, would defend the others if they were attacked,
  
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• Muhammad Ali's old training camp sold to John Madd

  21-07-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DEER LAKE, Pa. (AP) — The son of NFL Hall of Fame coach John Madden is buying Muhammad Ali's former training camp in Pennsylvania.
  
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