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• China warns UK over 18 billion pound nuclear power deal - FT

  08-08-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - China has warned Britain that bilateral ties stand at a "crucial historical juncture" over London's deferral of an 18 billion pound nuclear power project, the Financial Times reported on Monday. China's Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming wrote in the FT that he hoped London would keep its door open to China and that the British government would continue to support the nuclear project and come to a decision as soon as possible.
  
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• Protesters interrupt Trump 14 times during speech

  08-08-2016 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  Protesters interrupted Donald Trump 14 different times during his economic speech in Detroit.
  
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• GOP national security experts: Trump would be 'dangerous' president

  08-08-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifty prominent Republican national security officials, including a former CIA director, on Monday called party nominee Donald Trump unqualified to lead the country and said he would be "the most reckless president in American history." The statement was the latest repudiation of Trump's candidacy by veteran Republican national security specialists, and was remarkable for the harshness of its language. "Mr. Trump lacks the character, values, and experien
  
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• Japan's Emperor Akihito hints he will abdicate

  08-08-2016 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan's Emperor Akihito has strongly indicated he wants to step down, saying he fears his age will make it difficult to fulfil his duties.
  
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• The Latest: Longshot effort to stop Trump surfaces in GOP

  08-08-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• Tourist Mistakenly Spends 12 Days in German Refugee Camp

  08-08-2016 23:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  The well-dressed 31-year-old spoke only Mandarin — officials discovered their mistake after turning to a local Chinese restaurant to interpret.
  
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• Man charged with fatal shooting after 'hoodlums' complaint

  08-08-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A white man who apparently called police to complain about "hoodlums" near his house was charged with murder after he shot and killed a black man outside, authorities said.
  
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• Trump Touts Sweeping, and Costly, Tax-Cut Plan

  08-08-2016 23:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  It remains to be seen where the money will come from to pay for Trump's tax cuts.
  
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• Rio 2016 officials apologize to China

  08-08-2016 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  Olympics officials in Rio have apologized after discovering they were raising an incorrect Chinese national flag during medal ceremonies.
  
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• China gets the wrong flag

  08-08-2016 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  Olympics officials in Rio have apologized after discovering they were raising an incorrect Chinese national flag during medal ceremonies.
  
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• Storm nears tip of Mexico's Baja; 45 dead from earlier storm

  08-08-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Javier strengthened as it pushed closer to the resort city of Cabo San Lucas on the tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Monday, while the death toll from former Hurricane Earl rose to 45 in the country's eastern mountains.
  
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• Mexico hunts for missing after landslides kill 45

  08-08-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of soldiers and rescue workers searched for the missing Monday after the remnants of Tropical Storm Earl triggered landslides in central Mexico that killed at least 45 people. Trudging through mud that was sometimes up to their knees, emergency teams used sniffer dogs to find more bodies in the rubble and worked to dig damaged homes out of the muck. Among the bodies they uncovered were those of Antonia Orozco and her month-old baby, whom she died clutching in her arms as a river of mud
  
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• The Latest: Kansas park where boy died may reopen Wednesday

  08-08-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a 10-year-old boy at a Kansas City, Kansas, water park (all times local):
  
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• Kansas waterslide remains closed amid probe of boy's death

  08-08-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas thrill ride billed as the world's tallest waterslide remained off-limits Monday as authorities pressed to figure out how a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son was killed on a day the park honored elected officials and their families.
  
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• Cool temperatures, few mosquitoes make Games Zika-free, so far

  08-08-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - So far, at the Olympics many feared would be the Zika Games, so good. With as many as one million people expected to attend the spectacle, half of them foreigners, Rio de Janeiro has not turned out to be the Zika hothouse some athletes and visitors feared as the virus wreaked havoc in Brazil earlier this year. Despite some hot days, swings back to cooler temperatures in Brazil's winter mean that the population of the mosquito responsible for spreading th
  
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• MSF says a hospital it supports in Syria bombed, 13 killed

  08-08-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — A hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders and specializing in pediatrics in a rebel-held northern Syria province has been destroyed in a series of airstrikes over the weekend that killed 13 people, including four staff and five children, the international medical charity said Monday.
  
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• Alabama Judicial Court to rule on chief justice's ouster

  08-08-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's Court of the Judiciary said it could decide soon whether to remove the state's suspended chief justice from office after hearing Monday from both sides on his misconduct charges.
  
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• The Latest: FL election officials: No credible threat

  08-08-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• Rio 2016: Giant leap for Games goers

  08-08-2016 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French street artist JR has created giant installations for the Olympic Games.
  
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• Fox's 'Pitch' isn't just a baseball show

  08-08-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — An upcoming Fox drama about the first woman to play Major League Baseball is not merely about baseball, said its co-creator and co-executive producer, Dan Fogelman.
  
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• The Latest: Australian rider taken on stretcher after crash

  08-08-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest from the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Pokemon fight back against Pokemon Go players

  08-08-2016 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  Pranksters dressed as Pikachu played a practical joke on the citizens of Basel, Switzerland, and the video has gone viral.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump shapes facts to fit economic agenda

  08-08-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump changed some of his facts to fit his agenda Monday, pitching shades of truth and misconceptions in what was billed as a major economic policy speech.
  
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• Clinton attacks Trump economic proposal

  08-08-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hillary Clinton offered a simple reply to Donald Trump's economic address Monday: "Don't let a friend vote Trump."
  
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• Brazil busts Irish Olympic ticket fraudster

  08-08-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazilian police said Monday they arrested an Irishman for scalping Olympics tickets at exorbitant prices, as well as 10 Brazilians who were reselling tickets purchased through credit card fraud. Irish national Kevin James Mallon was described as a director at British firm THG, which already faced similar accusations during the 2014 World Cup. THG was offering tickets for the opening ceremony for $8,000, for example, when the highest official ticket price was $1,300, inspector Ricardo Barbosa to
  
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• What to Do if You're Flying Delta This Week

  08-08-2016 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  If you've got a ticket to fly on Delta Air Lines today — or any time this week — here's hoping there's some wiggle room in your plans and some underst
  
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• Britain's secretive and lethal force in Syria

  08-08-2016 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News has obtained exclusive photographic evidence, showing for the first time British special forces operating inside Syria.
  
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• 1823 schoolhouse moves to new foundation behind 44 oxen

  08-08-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BROWNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A hilltop village near the Canadian border grew to more than double its usual population of about 900 on Monday as people lined up to see dozens of oxen move an old schoolhouse back to its original location.
  
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• Taliban, IS claim Pakistan hospital suicide bombing

  08-08-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 70 people died when a suicide bomb tore through a crowd of mourners gathered at a Pakistani hospital Monday, in an attack claimed by both the Taliban and Islamic State group. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for security forces to "decimate" terrorists after the blast at the Civil Hospital in the Balochistan provincial capital Quetta, which also wounded more than 100 people.
  
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• China warns of 'crucial juncture' over Hinkley delay

  08-08-2016 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Failing to proceed with the Hinkley Point nuclear project could threaten China's relationship with Britain, its ambassador to the UK warns.
  
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• Nightclub fire families upset over 'Pokemon Go' stop at site

  08-08-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Relatives of 100 people killed in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire and survivors are upset that the site is a stop in "Pokemon Go."
  
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• Florida investigating another Zika case outside Miami

  08-08-2016 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Florida Department of Health is investigating another case of Zika contracted in the state.
  
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• Major resort operator buying largest North American ski area

  08-08-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The largest resort operator in North America is buying the continent's biggest ski area, the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
  
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• UN hears details of suffering in Syrian city of Aleppo

  08-08-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Experts painted a graphic portrait of barrel bombings, attacks on medical facilities, chemical weapons use and the ongoing suffering inside the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, shaming the international community for its inaction at an informal Security Council meeting Monday organized by the United States.
  
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• 'Game of Thrones' music to tour America with full orchestra

  08-08-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — If you can't get to Westeros, don't fret: It's coming to a town near you next year. Or, at least the music is.
  
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• Spats over doping dominate Olympic swimming events

  08-08-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lilly King has her sights set on winning Olympic gold and she's not about to let anyone get in her way, especially not world champion breaststroker Yulia Efimova of Russia.
  
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• Fox's 'New Girl' and 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' mashup planned

  08-08-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Worlds are colliding on Fox as Andy Samberg's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" character Jake is about to meet Jess from "New Girl," played by Zooey Deschanel.
  
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• Study links global warming to rise in waterborne illnesses

  08-08-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study clearly connects rising temperatures to increases in waterborne food-poisonings and other infections.
  
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• Russian athletes booed at Rio

  08-08-2016 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  Roughly 70% of Russia's Olympics contingent has been cleared to take part in the Rio Games, but that doesn't mean competitors or spectators have to like it.
  
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• Russian athletes booed at Olympics

  08-08-2016 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  Roughly 70% of Russia's Olympics contingent has been cleared to take part in the Rio Games, but that doesn't mean competitors or spectators have to like it.
  
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• Is Russia the pariah of Rio 2016?

  08-08-2016 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  Roughly 70% of Russia's Olympics contingent has been cleared to take part in the Rio Games, but that doesn't mean competitors or spectators have to like it.
  
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• Decline of fishing in Lake Tanganyika 'due to warming'

  08-08-2016 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New research blames rising temperatures over the last century as the key cause of decline in Lake Tanganyika, one of the world's most important fisheries.
  
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• How Trump's Tax Plan Might Play Out on Wall Street

  08-08-2016 21:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump's plan would create a higher tax bracket then originally indicated for the wealthy, and actually reduce revenue.
  
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• Tainted candy at San Francisco party likely edible marijuana

  08-08-2016 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco health officials suspect the gummy candies that sickened 19 people — including a 6-year-old — at a birthday party contained edible marijuana.
  
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• 'Utter horror and devastation' after blast

  08-08-2016 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  At least 25 people were killed and at least 30 others were injured in a blast at a hospital in northwestern Pakistan, a regional official said.
  
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• Homemade flamethrower used to kill cockroaches sparks fire

  08-08-2016 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) — Fire officials in Centralia say a resident sparked a small fire in an apartment while trying to kill cockroaches with a homemade flamethrower.
  
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• 7 square miles burn in Southern California mountains

  08-08-2016 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CRESTLINE, Calif. (AP) — Smoke plumes roiling from flaming ridges of the San Bernardino Mountains blew all the way across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas as California's latest big wildfire chewed through timber and brush Monday.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump on the economy

  08-08-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In his centerpiece speech on the economy, Donald Trump wrongly accused Hillary Clinton of proposing to increase middle-class taxes and blamed America's crumbling roads and bridges in part on the money spent on refugees, a minuscule expense in comparison with infrastructure.
  
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• Trump's Turn On Auto Bailout Could Backfire

  08-08-2016 21:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump's history of vacillating over whether or not the U.S. government should have come to the aid of Detroit's auto industry may not sit well.
  
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• 'The Simpsons' to air first one-hour episode; poor Mr. Burns

  08-08-2016 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — "The Simpsons" is doubling down with an hour-long episode in January.
  
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