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• Study: Most of methane hot spot comes from natural gas leaks

  15-08-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A puzzling concentration of the greenhouse gas methane over the Southwestern United States appears to come mostly from leaks in natural gas production, scientists said Monday.
  
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• LA housing solutions may bring more homeless problems

  15-08-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A strategy of placing homeless people in permanent housing instead of short-term shelters actually may have increased the problem in Los Angeles County, it was reported Monday.
  
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• Trump spells out ISIS plan

  15-08-2016 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  The GOP nominee frames the battle versus ISIS as a battle of civilizations, and vows "extreme vetting" of all entrants to the U.S. CNN's Sara Murray reports.
  
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• Hain delays results, expects to fall short of forecast

  15-08-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Hain Celestial plummeted Monday after the organic and natural foods maker said it's delaying the release of its fourth-quarter results while it evaluates its internal control over its financial reporting.
  
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• Trump vows 'Cold War' terror fight, immigrant controls

  15-08-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump on Monday laid out a US blueprint for defeating global terrorism in partnership with NATO and Middle East allies, demanding extreme restrictions on immigration and likening the fight to the Cold War. The Republican nominee, who is tanking in the polls following weeks of self-inflicted disasters, made his pitch to be a security strongman as the Democratic vice president accused him of imperiling the lives of Americans. "We will defeat radical Islamic terrorism just as we have defeate
  
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• Curfew to be enforced in Milwaukee after weekend unrest

  15-08-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A nighttime curfew for teens in the US city of Milwaukee will be more strictly enforced from Monday in the wake of two nights of violence over the fatal police shooting of a black man. Police in the Midwestern city faced off with protesters in the city's Sherman Park neighborhood on Saturday and again on Sunday after the death of 23-year-old Sylville Smith, who officials say was armed. Fourteen people were arrested Sunday and three police cars were damaged, according to officials.
  
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• Giuliani, backing Trump, appears to briefly forget 9/11

  15-08-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Rudolph Giuliani, promoting Donald Trump's national security plan, said Monday that in the "eight years before (President Barack) Obama came along, we didn't have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States." That's an apparent omission of the largest terror attack in United States history.
  
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• The Latest: Vets treat animals burned in California wildfire

  15-08-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires burning in California (all times local):
  
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• Bolt says tight schedule slowed down 100-meter sprinters

  15-08-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt rarely complains about going too fast.
  
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• Trump promises to work with NATO in defeating Islamic State

  15-08-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump said on Monday he would work closely with NATO allies to defeat Islamic State militants if he wins the White House, reversing an earlier threat that the United States might not meet its NATO obligations. In his second big policy speech in as many weeks, Trump said he would wage a multi-front "military, cyber and financial" war to defeat Islamic State. "We will also work closely with NATO on this new mission," said Trump, whose
  
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• Man bought gun, killed family 3 weeks after wife called cops

  15-08-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man bought a gun one day after police responded to a domestic dispute at his home and used it less than three weeks later to kill his wife, three children and then himself, authorities said.
  
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• Berkshire takes bigger bite of Apple, pares Wal-Mart

  15-08-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday said it has increased its stake in Apple Inc by 55 percent, boosting its bet on the iPhone and iPod maker even as prominent investors like Carl Icahn and George Soros have reduced theirs. Berkshire owned 15.23 million Apple shares worth roughly $1.46 billion as of June 30, up from 9.81 million shares as of March 31, according to a regulatory filing detailing Berkshire's U.S.-listed stock holdings at the end of the second quarter. It w
  
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• DC businessman gets 3 months' jail for corrupting elections

  15-08-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A District of Columbia businessman who illegally poured more than $3 million into city, state and federal elections — helping a mayor of Washington get elected and then creating a scandal that helped drum that mayor from office — was sentenced Monday to three months in prison.
  
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• The Latest: South Korean cyclist crashes at velodrome in Rio

  15-08-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Gymnastics: Wevers switches tactics at last minute to beat Biles

  15-08-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mark Trevelyan RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Dutch gymnast Sanne Wevers changed her gameplan at the last minute on Monday after American Simone Biles lost her footing on the beam, and it paid off when she became the first woman from her country to win an individual gymnastics gold. Biles had been favorite to win her fourth gold medal of the Rio Games but drew gasps as she lost her balance after a front somersault and had to grab the beam with both hands to stop herself falling. In a sport where
  
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• The Latest: Clinton, Biden stop at his boyhood home

  15-08-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):
  
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• Biles's five gold bid ends as Wevers takes beam title

  15-08-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Simone Biles's bid for a record five women's gymnastics gold medals in Rio ended Monday when the US star was beaten into third place on the beam by Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands. Biles -- a gold medallist in the team, all-around and vault -- fought to stay on the apparatus during her routine, scoring just 14.733 points. Wevers, 24, surged to gold with 15.466 points ahead of American Lauren Hernandez, who won silver with 15.333.
  
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• Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq set fresh records as oil prices rise

  15-08-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3 percent to 18,636,05, about 23 points above the record set Thursday. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.3 percent to 2,190.15, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.6 percent to 5,262.02.
  
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• The Latest: Hitchhiker with fugitives faces drug charges

  15-08-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on the cross-state motorcade procession for a fallen New Mexico police officer (all times local):
  
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• NASA mulls Russian idea to cut staff at space station

  15-08-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASA is weighing a Moscow proposal to cut the number of Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station from three to two, particularly its potential risk to the crew, an official said Monday. Asked during a news conference about media reports that Russia was considering reducing its staff there to two, NASA's Kenneth Todd said the ISS partners -- which include Canada, Japan and the European Space Agency -- are aware of the proposal. "They are exploring the option of going down to two crew
  
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• German Olympic coach dies following car accident in Rio

  15-08-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A canoe slalom coach from Germany died Monday after sustaining head injuries last week in a car crash in Rio de Janeiro, the country's Olympic team said.
  
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• State wants to review FBI's notes on Clinton before Congress

  15-08-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it wants a chance to review notes and other materials from the FBI's probe of former Secretary Hillary Clinton's email use before any documents are provided to Congress.
  
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• Thousands mourn slain New York imam as police question man

  15-08-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of mourners gathered in New York City on Monday for the outdoor funeral for a Muslim imam and his associate who were gunned down over the weekend, as police questioned a man about what many in their Bangladeshi community believe was a hate crime. Traditional Islamic services for Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and Thara Uddin, 64, drew a large crowd to a parking area near where the men were killed after Saturday prayers at the Al-Furqan Jame Mosque in the Ozone Park section of Queens. Speaker
  
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• The Latest: Milwaukee's teen curfew moved earlier

  15-08-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Latest on violence in Milwaukee following the shooting of a man by police (all times local):
  
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• IOC reprimands Egyptian who wouldn't shake Israeli's hand

  15-08-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An Egyptian athlete who refused to shake his Israeli opponent's hand after their judo bout has been reprimanded and sent home from the Rio Olympics, officials said Monday.
  
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• NASA: Last month was Earth's hottest in recorded history

  15-08-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA calculates that Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history.
  
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• Pew report shows divide in social media exposure to race

  15-08-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by the Pew Research Center shows black social media users are nearly twice as likely to encounter race-related posts as their white counterparts.
  
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• Oregon refuge defendant who appeared in video pleads guilty

  15-08-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Marine whose appearances in widely shared videos made him one of the most recognizable figures during the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge pleaded guilty Monday for his role in the weekslong standoff with authorities.
  
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• Love writ large for gold medal Dujardin

  15-08-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Charlotte Dujardin won her third Olympic dressage gold medal on Monday, watched by her fiance who made good on a longstanding marriage proposal by scrawling 'Can we get married now?' on his shirt. Dujardin, riding Valegro, finished ahead of German duo, Isabell Werth on Weiheigold and Kristina Broring-Sprehe on her mount, Desperados. The 31-year-old Dujardin also won silver in the team event last week and was a double gold medallist at the London Games four years ago.
  
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• NFL, Pepsi respond to Adele's Super Bowl show turn-down

  15-08-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — NFL and Pepsi said Monday they have had several conversations with artists about performing at the Super Bowl, but said they haven't formally asked Adele or any other musicians to appear.
  
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• Moss boosted Earth's oxygen 400 million years ago: study

  15-08-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said mossy ground cover began to proliferate about 470 million years ago, giving our planet its first stable source of oxygen and allowing intelligent life to thrive. "It's exciting to think that without the evolution of the humble moss, none of us would be here today," said co-author Tim Lenton, a professor at the University of Exeter. Oxygen first appeared in Earth's atmosphere about 2.4 billion years ago, in what was known as t
  
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• Controversial crash in cycling

  15-08-2016 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Welcome to day 10 in Rio! Lightening struck thrice courtesy of the world's fastest man yesterday, but there's plenty more action to come.
  
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• Anxious New York Muslims demand justice in imam murder

  15-08-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Muslim New Yorkers demanded stepped up security and justice on Monday, urging police to arrest the killer of an imam and his assistant before hundreds of mourners attended their funeral service. Maulama Akonjee, 55, who migrated to the United States from Bangladesh, and his friend, 64-year-old Thara Uddin, were shot dead in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon in the Ozone Park neighborhood of New York's Queens borough. The New York Daily News quoted police sources as saying the killer may have
  
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• Browns' Gordon grateful upon return to practice field

  15-08-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — After he was suspended from the NFL for a year, Josh Gordon didn't know if he'd ever take the practice field for the Cleveland Browns again.
  
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• U.S. stocks hit record highs on easing central bank outlook, oil rise

  15-08-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dion Rabouin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks closed at record highs on Monday, boosted by expectations for continued monetary policy easing around the globe and a jump in oil prices to nearly five-week highs on speculation top producers may be open to cutting output. The U.S. S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq stock indexes all closed at all-time highs. A strong monthly jobs report on Aug. 5 boosted optimism about the U.S. economy, driving all three major indexes to close at record levels la
  
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• Russia says it's edging closer to deal with US on Aleppo

  15-08-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense minister said Monday that Moscow and Washington are edging closer to an agreement that would help defuse the situation in the besieged Syrian city Aleppo.
  
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• The Latest: At least 11K in shelters after Louisiana floods

  15-08-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Deep South (all times local):
  
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• The slip that cost Biles

  15-08-2016 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  Welcome to day 10 in Rio! Lightening struck thrice courtesy of the world's fastest man yesterday, but there's plenty more action to come.
  
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• Trump: Clinton lacks 'stamina' to fight ISIS

  15-08-2016 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump on Monday sought to turn the tables on Democratic critics who are depicting him as unfit for office.
  
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• New Mexico restaurant selling 'black olives matter' shirts

  15-08-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Italian restaurant in New Mexico is drawing criticism on social media for making merchandise with a slogan mimicking the Black Lives Matter movement.
  
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• Streaking US hoops women have yet to show their best

  15-08-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With a 46-game Olympic win streak and five consecutive gold medals, the US women's basketball team will be a prohibitive favourite when medal-round knockout matches start Tuesday. "There are so many great players doing great things, it's scary how good this team could become by the gold medal game," said US forward Seimone Augustus. Diana Taurasi led the US women with 14.2 points a game with Tina Charles adding 12.2 and Brittney Griner contributing 11.6.
  
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• Deadly coalition air strikes hit Yemen hospital

  15-08-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Arab coalition air raids Monday hit a Yemeni hospital where international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders operates, killing six people 48 hours after air strikes that killed children. The Paris-based Doctors Without Borders (MSF) tweeted that Abs hospital in the rebel-held northwestern province of Hajja "was targeted by air strikes today at 15:45 Yemen time (1245 GMT)". Monday's strikes killed six people and wounded 20, according to Ayman Mazkour, who heads the health sector in Hajja.
  
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• France's Hollande to meet pope after priest killing

  15-08-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French President Francois Hollande will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday to discuss the aftermath of the jihadist murder of a French priest, Hollande's office said on Monday. An official told AFP the meeting was organised "following the events in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray", the northern town where 85-year-old priest Jacques Hamel was killed by two teens claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is likely to accompany Hollande, the official at
  
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• Biles' run at history ends with bronze in beam finals

  15-08-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Simone Biles' run at Olympic history hit a roadblock on Monday when a mistake on balance beam kept the American gymnastics star from a record-tying fourth gold in Rio.
  
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• Simone Biles's five gold bid ends as Wevers takes beam title

  15-08-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Simone Biles's bid for a record five women's gymnastics gold medals in Rio ended Monday when the US star was beaten into third place on the beam by Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands. Biles -- a gold medallist in the team, all-around and vault in Rio -- fought to stay on the apparatus during her routine, scoring just 14.733 points. Wevers, 24, took gold with 15.466 points ahead of American Lauren Hernandez, who won silver with 15.333.
  
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• Alex Rodriguez says he won't play for any team this season

  15-08-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez says he won't play again this season.
  
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• Tesla gained investor backing during second quarter

  15-08-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fidelity, Tesla's largest outside investor, increased its stake in the carmaker by 25 percent to 20.36 million shares as of June 30, according to filings analyzed by Thomson Reuters Eikon. Tesla shares were added to other portfolios during the second quarter including hedge fund Alyeska Investment Group, which took a new 100,000 share position. Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co of New York boosted its stake in Tesla by 24 percent to 808,661 shares.
  
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• Biden, stumping for Clinton, trashes Trump

  15-08-2016 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Joe Biden on Monday hit the 2016 campaign trail with Hillary Clinton for the first time, trashing Donald Trump as unqualified for the White House and accusing him of endangering the lives of US troops. In the former coal mining town of Scranton, where Biden grew up in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, the vice president said Clinton was the only choice for Americans who know what it's like to struggle. Biden's folksy demeanor and ability to connect with working-class vot
  
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• Trump says he would implement 'extreme vetting' of immigrants

  15-08-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Monday unveiled his anti-terrorism plan, saying he would implement "extreme vetting" of immigrants and suspend immigration from certain countries to protect the United States. In a policy speech in the swing state of Ohio, the billionaire real estate mogul -- who is vying with Hillary Clinton for the White House -- vowed to "crush and destroy" the Islamic State group, accusing Clinton and President Barack Obama of allowing it to grow. "We should on
  
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• Advisers charged in tribe's marijuana resort enter pleas

  15-08-2016 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — Two consultants who helped a Native American tribe plan the nation's first marijuana resort entered opposing pleas Monday to drug offenses, with the attorney for the man who pleaded not guilty arguing outside of court that South Dakota's top prosecutor is proceeding under a "legal fiction."
  
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