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• The Latest: Internet mogul gets year in jail in abuse case

  12-08-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on sentencing of Silicon Valley mogul for probation violation in domestic violence case (all times local):
  
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• Robert De Niro opens Sarajevo film fest

  12-08-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US actor Robert De Niro on Friday opened the Sarajevo film festival which honoured the star with a lifetime's achievement award. The 72-year-old, who has starred in over 100 films, received the festival's "Heart of Sarajevo" award in front of 3,000 festival goers at an open air viewing of "Taxi Driver". De Niro earned an Oscar nomination for the 1976 film directed by Martin Scorsese.
  
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• U.S.-backed forces wrest control of Syria's Manbij from Islamic State

  12-08-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Lisa Barrington BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed forces have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after the last remaining Islamic State fighters, who had been using civilians as human shields, left, a spokesman for the group said Friday. Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) were now sweeping the city after the departure of a last remaining group of militants who had been holed up in the city. The SDF, with heavy air support from a U
  
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• Can these creatures survive?

  12-08-2016 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  On World Elephant Day, CNN's David McKenzie takes a look at the future and the threats faced by these noble and endangered animals.
  
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• USA women roll on with 81-51 win over Canada in basketball

  12-08-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The five-time defending champion USA women went on a 15-2 second-quarter run to split open a close game and defeat Canada 81-51 at the Rio Games on Friday. Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore each had 12 points for the Americans, who dominated the boards with 43 rebounds to Canada's 25. The USA women have won seven of the past eight gold medals and Friday's win was their 45th in a row in Olympic competition.
  
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• Police expect death toll to rise in apartment explosion

  12-08-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Additional bodies will likely be found in the debris of an apartment explosion and fire in Maryland that has already claimed two lives and injured more than 30 people, police said Friday.
  
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• IS leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed in US strike

  12-08-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Islamic State group's leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed, was killed last month in an airstrike in Nangarhar province, the Pentagon said Friday. Saeed was named head of IS's "Khorasan province," which includes Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of neighboring countries, early last year when a group of Pakistani Taliban switched allegiance to the jihadist group.
  
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• Clintons earned $10.75 million in 2015, paid 34.2 percent federal tax rate

  12-08-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amanda Becker and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton on Friday released her 2015 tax returns, which showed the Democratic presidential nominee and her husband had $10.75 million in income that year and paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2 percent. Clinton's running mate, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, along with his wife, Anne Holton, released 10 years of tax returns.
  
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• US women's basketball routs Canada 81-51, clinches Group B

  12-08-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There was no question coming into the Olympics that the U.S. women's basketball team could score.
  
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• Clinton releases tax return, blasts Trump for not doing so

  12-08-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic White House candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday released her tax return for last year and criticized her Republican rival Donald Trump for bucking a long-standing tradition by failing to do the same. Over the course of their careers, the Clintons have published all of their tax returns since 1977. Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine also released his returns for the past 10 years on Friday.
  
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• Goalkeeper Solo blasts Sweden 'cowards' as USA women bow out

  12-08-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Outspoken USA women's goalkeeper Hope Solo labelled Sweden "cowards" after the world champions' bid for a fourth straight Olympic gold ended in quarter-final defeat Friday. Sweden progressed to their first ever Olympics semi-final 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Brasilia as Sweden coach Pia Sundhage ousted the US team she led to gold in 2008 and 2012. "We played a bunch of cowards," Solo told Sports Illustrated.
  
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• Texas, other states ask judge to halt Obama transgender policy

  12-08-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jon Herskovitz FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - Texas and a dozen other states asked a U.S. judge on Friday to block Obama administration guidance to public schools that transgender students must be allowed to use bathrooms of their choice, saying it usurps the authority of school districts nationwide. Berwick also said the primarily Republican-governed states objecting had failed to show the guidelines would harm them.
  
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• US stock indexes edge mostly lower; oil rises

  12-08-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street capped a record-setting week with a day of mostly listless trading Friday that left the three major U.S. stock indexes essentially flat.
  
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• Robert De Niro opens the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival

  12-08-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Robert De Niro opened the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival on Friday, presented Martin Scorsese's restored "Taxi Driver" and received the festival's first lifetime achievement award — The Heart of Sarajevo.
  
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• Tougher tribal antiquities legislation comes under criticism

  12-08-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A push for federal legislation that would prohibit Native American items protected by U.S. laws from being exported to international markets has come under scrutiny from dealers and collectors as tribal leaders try to defend the proposals.
  
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• The Latest: Attorney: Avery cheered by ruling for nephew

  12-08-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a court ordering the release of Brendan Dassey (all times local):
  
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• Trump backs away from ISIS comments, looks for party unity in Pennsylvania

  12-08-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland Erie, Pa. (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump on Friday backed away from comments calling President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton the founders of the militant group Islamic State, while the Republican Party sought to project unity behind their candidate. A new poll showed Trump, whose unfiltered speaking style has repeatedly landed him in hot water, losing ground in three crucial states ahead of the Nov. 8 general election against Clinton. In a surprise app
  
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• Soldier: I hid evidence, but teen girlfriend killed her mom

  12-08-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A soldier accused of killing his 14-year-old girlfriend's mother placed the blame squarely on the teen Friday, telling jurors that she committed the murder and his only role was helping dispose of evidence because she claimed to be pregnant.
  
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• Should a woman's testosterone level matter?

  12-08-2016 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  Sports are not a level playing field. They never will be.
  
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• Sandusky emphatically denies he's guilty of abusing boys

  12-08-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky forcefully asserted his innocence and described his own sexual history Friday during an hour of testimony as he seeks to have his child sexual abuse conviction overturned or be granted a new trial.
  
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• 'Criminal Minds' star fired

  12-08-2016 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Actor Thomas Gibson has been fired from CBS's long-running procedural "Criminal Minds," following an on-set altercation with one of the show's writers.
  
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• US court orders release of nephew in 'Making a Murderer'

  12-08-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal court in Wisconsin on Friday overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of helping his uncle kill Teresa Halbach in a case profiled in the Netflix documentary "Making a Murderer."
  
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• Clinton happily yields national spotlight to Trump, avoids its glare

  12-08-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If you haven’t heard a lot about what Hillary Clinton thinks of a string of controversial comments by Donald Trump that have generated round-the-clock coverage on cable news broadcasts, there is a reason – it’s by design. Since becoming the Democratic nominee last month, Clinton has been touring toy manufacturers, visiting tie makers and dropping in on public health clinics, where if she mentions Trump at all, it is usually to contrast their policies. Aides say Clinton’s
  
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• 2 Fox News execs named co-presidents, will report to Murdoch

  12-08-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel founder Rupert Murdoch on Friday appointed two longtime Fox executives as the new co-presidents of the news network as it restructures after last month's departure of Roger Ailes following sexual harassment allegations.
  
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• After verbal missteps, Trump blames others

  12-08-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) — It's the media's fault. That's out of context. Never said it in the first place.
  
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• The Latest: France has 1st judo gold of Rio Games in 78kg

  12-08-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• 'Skinny Joey' Merlino free on $5M bail in Mafia case

  12-08-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The flamboyant alleged head of the Philadelphia Mafia was released from jail Friday after a federal judge granted him $5 million bail as he awaits trial on racketeering charges.
  
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• Zambia's president takes narrow early lead in election

  12-08-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Stella Mapenzauswa and Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's President Edgar Lungu took a narrow early lead over his main challenger in a tight race for the presidency on Friday after the electoral commission delayed results twice and the opposition accused it of fraud. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) said audits were taking longer than expected partly due to a large voter turnout. The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) said that the ECZ was trying to manipulat
  
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• Sumner Redstone willing to be deposed in competency lawsuit

  12-08-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ross Kerber CANTON, Mass. (Reuters) - An attorney for Sumner Redstone said the media mogul would be willing to be interviewed briefly under oath in a lawsuit over his mental competency that could influence the future of his majority ownership of Viacom and CBS. The issue arose as part of a lawsuit that is questioning whether the 93-year-old Redstone knew what he was doing when he removed Viacom Inc Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman and fellow Viacom board member George Abrams in May fro
  
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• Post-Ailes Fox News to have two presidents

  12-08-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Following last month's abrupt departure of Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, the network on Friday announced that senior executives Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy would serve as network co-presidents. Shine, a senior executive vice president and former Ailes deputy, and Abernethy, CEO of Fox Television Stations, have assumed their new roles with immediate effect, the network said in a statement. Ailes stepped down as chairman of Fox News and the Fox Business Network on July 21 in a chain of events t
  
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• Man hit by car, ignored for 90 minutes

  12-08-2016 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  A man in India is hit by a vehicle.Not only the driver, but numerous people just pass by while he lies in the street bleeding. CNN's Isa Soares has the shocking story.
  
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• Foiled attack puts spotlight on Canada PM's security revamp

  12-08-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrea Hopkins OTTAWA (Reuters) - The death of a Canadian supporter of Islamic State who authorities said was preparing an imminent attack has increased calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to abandon his plan to scale back a 2015 law that gave increased powers to police and intelligence agents. One factor that may be motivating the government to stand firm on changing the law is possible legal pressure from liberties groups.
  
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• Messi says he will again play for Argentina's national team

  12-08-2016 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi has reconsidered his decision to quit international soccer and will continue playing for Argentina's national team.
  
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• Messi rejoins Argentina football for love of country

  12-08-2016 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Star striker Lionel Messi will return to play for the Argentine national football team for "love" of his country, despite earlier vowing to retire in frustration, he said on Friday. It was heartening news for the country's demanding soccer fans after Argentina were knocked out of the Olympic Games this week in the group stage, their latest in a string of humiliations. The 29-year-old Barcelona superstar abruptly had announced his international retirement in tears after Argentina lost the Copa Am
  
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• IS leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed in US strike: official

  12-08-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Islamic State group's leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed, was killed in July in a strike in the border region between the two countries, a US defense official said Friday. The death of Saeed represents a major setback for IS as it tries to establish itself as a serious force in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Afghan authorities erroneously believed Saeed had been killed in another strike in July 2015, when a US drone targeted dozens of IS-linked cadres in restive Nangarhar province, c
  
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• Ukraine accuses Russia of plotting as tensions rise

  12-08-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ukraine on Friday accused Russia of plotting further unrest as the international community sought to ease tensions after the two sides ramped up security around the disputed Crimean peninsula. Moscow also said it has delivered its most advanced S-400 air defence system to Crimea, which it annexed in 2014. EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini reiterated the bloc's support for Ukraine, saying it did not recognise the "illegal annexation of Crimea", while urging both sides to avoid any actio
  
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• Perseid meteors set to dazzle

  12-08-2016 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  This summer's brightest meteor shower has another hurrah.
  
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• USA women's football stunned by Sweden on penalties in Rio

  12-08-2016 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Women's football world champions the United States' bid for a fourth consecutive gold medal was ended by a shock 4-3 defeat on penalties to Sweden after a 1-1 draw in Brasilia on Friday. Defeat is the Americans' first in 15 games at the Olympics and only their third ever in Games history having won four golds and a silver since women's football was introduced to the Olympic programme. Star striker Alex Morgan and substitute Christen Press missed penalties before Lisa Dahlkvist converted the winn
  
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• UN approves robust South Sudan peace force

  12-08-2016 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — United Nations peacekeepers in South Sudan have a robust new mandate and thousands of additional troops despite government opposition to the move, raising the possibility of clashes between blue helmets and the country's armed forces.
  
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• Cannes bans full-body 'burkini' swimsuits from beaches

  12-08-2016 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits from its beaches, citing security reasons — a measure some are decrying as a discriminatory anti-Muslim move that only worsens religious tensions.
  
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• The Latest: Trump urges rivals to 'get over it' and back him

  12-08-2016 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times local):
  
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• Pressuring Trump, Clinton releases 2015 tax returns

  12-08-2016 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary and Bill Clinton earned $10.6 million last year, according to a tax filing released by her campaign Friday that sought to pressure presidential rival Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
  
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• Defending champions USA knocked out of women's football

  12-08-2016 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Women's football world champions the United States' bid for a fourth consecutive gold medal was ended by a shock 4-3 defeat on penalties to Sweden in Brasilia on Friday.
  
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• Tribes can gather national park plants under new rule

  12-08-2016 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Tribes can begin entering into agreements with the National Park Service to allow their members to pick plants on protected land under a new federal rule.
  
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• In 'The Get Down,' TV recreates hip-hop's vibrant origins

  12-08-2016 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hip-hop today permeates global sounds and fashions but the art form was born far from the spotlight in the tumult of the 1970s Bronx, then a no-go zone for many outsiders. "The Get Down," a new television series by Australian director Baz Luhrmann, aims to fill a void in historical memory as he recreates the sense of cultural wonder -- and the danger that was never far away -- when youths in the poorest New York City borough created the formula for hip-hop. The series, whose first six episodes c
  
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• Trump backs away from labeling Obama founder of Islamic State

  12-08-2016 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday backed away from repeated remarks labeling President Barack Obama and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton as the founders of Islamic State, saying they were sarcasm. A new opinion poll showed Trump losing ground in three crucial states. Trump used the unfounded description of Clinton and Obama on Wednesday night and all day on Thursday during campaign appearances in Florida, including in an inter
  
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• New Yorker jailed for sexual assault on Dubai flight

  12-08-2016 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 43-year-old US man was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for sexually assaulting a woman while she slept on a flight from Dubai to New York. Nadeem Mehmood Quraishi, from Staten Island in New York, was handed the statutory maximum punishment for carrying out the assault while on board an Emirates flight on October 26, 2015. Quraishi was convicted by a jury in April following a US federal trial in Brooklyn.
  
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• 'Criminal Minds' veteran Thomas Gibson fired from CBS drama

  12-08-2016 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from the long-running CBS drama "Criminal Minds."
  
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• Ancient sharks roam icy waters

  12-08-2016 20:16 via cnn.com
  
  The Greenland shark could live as long as 400 years, making it the world's longest-living invertebrate.
  
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• Mom asks court to let her visit son accused of Trump threat

  12-08-2016 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A British mother is asking a U.S. judge to let her personally visit her son, who is jailed in Nevada after what authorities say was an attempt to shoot presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a Las Vegas campaign rally.
  
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