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• Iranian navy in 'unsafe' intercept of US destroyer: defense official

  24-08-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Four Iranian military vessels sped close to the USS Nitze with their weapons uncovered in the Strait of Hormuz in an "unsafe and unprofessional" encounter, a US defense official said Wednesday.
  
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• Italy earthquake kills at least 159, reduces towns to rubble

  24-08-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rescue crews using bulldozers and their bare hands raced to dig out survivors from a strong earthquake that reduced three central Italian towns to rubble Wednesday. The death toll stood at 159, but the ...
  
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• The Latest: Deaf driver killed by trooper afraid of police

  24-08-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the police shooting of a deaf man in North Carolina (all times local):
  
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• TIMELINE: Kayla Mueller in ISIS Captivity

  24-08-2016 23:51
  
  Arizona woman traveled halfway around the world to help refugees.
  
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• Jury deliberates case of Russian man charged with hacking

  24-08-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Roman Seleznev, the son of a Russian lawmaker, made millions by hacking into U.S. businesses to steal credit card information and selling that data to other criminals, a federal prosecutor told the jury during his closing argument on Wednesday.
  
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• The Latest: Authorities say quake death toll at 159

  24-08-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AMATRICE, Italy (AP) — The Latest on the earthquake in central Italy (all times local):
  
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• Wounded-Nun Photo Captures Her Serenity After Quake

  24-08-2016 23:49
  
  The magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck at 3:36 a.m. local time.
  
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• Italy quake death toll at least 159: civil protection agency

  24-08-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROME (Reuters) - The earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday has killed at least 159 people, the country's civil protection agency said, raising a previous count of 124. The search for bodies is continuing through the night, authorities said. (Reporting by Gavin Jones, editing by G Crosse)
  
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• Trump Hanging on to Slim Lead in Arizona, New Poll Shows

  24-08-2016 23:43
  
  Arizona voted for Mitt Romney by 9 percentage points in 2012.
  
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• Italy's civil protection agency says death toll in earthquake rises to 159

  24-08-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AMATRICE, Italy (AP) — Italy's civil protection agency says death toll in earthquake rises to 159.
  
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• Paisley Park, home of Prince, opens for public tours Oct. 6

  24-08-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Paisley Park, the private estate and studio complex of the late rock superstar Prince, will open for daily public tours starting Oct. 6, the trust company overseeing his estate announced Wednesday.
  
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• NTSB: El Faro audio includes captain's abandon ship order

  24-08-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The captain of the doomed freighter El Faro ordered his crew to abandon ship about 10 hours after leaving a Florida port and becoming caught in a hurricane last year, audio from the sunken ship's "black box" shows.
  
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• Italy quake: Live updates

  24-08-2016 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  An earthquake, about 10 kilometers deep, has shaken central Italy. Here's what we know:
  
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• People May Still Be Trapped Inside University After Attack in Kabul

  24-08-2016 23:27
  
  An Associated Press photographer has tweeted from inside.
  
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• Coal towns hit by layoffs to get job grants from US gov't

  24-08-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Communities in nine U.S. states that have been hard-hit by coal layoffs are being promised more than 3,000 jobs in several industries through a multimillion-dollar federal grant. Officials for the Appalachian ...
  
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• 120 dead; rescuers digging by hand to save survivors

  24-08-2016 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit southeast of Norcia, Italy, according to the United States Geological Survey.
  
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• U.S. banking regulators focused on cyber security after SWIFT attacks

  24-08-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. banking regulators said on Wednesday they are focused on cyber security risks and controls for U.S. financial institutions after attacks earlier this year involving the global financial network known as SWIFT. In a letter responding to questions from Representative Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat from New York, the regulators also said the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency was drafting guidance on interbank messaging and wholesale payment systems. "As part of
  
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• Underwater expedition off California reveals sunken warship

  24-08-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An underwater expedition along the California coast has revealed for the first time a sunken World War II-era aircraft carrier once used in atomic tests in the Pacific.
  
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• US Olympic swimmer Feigen apologizes for Rio scandal

  24-08-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US swimmer James Feigen apologized Wednesday for his actions with three other gold medalists in a controversial incident during the Rio Olympics. "First and foremost I would like to apologize for the serious distractions from the Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, and Team USA," Feigen said in a statement. "I want to thank the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and the people of Rio de Janeiro for their hospitality in hosting these games," he said.
  
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• US says airstrike in Syria may have killed civilians

  24-08-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says an airstrike in Syria may have inadvertently killed an unspecified number of civilians.
  
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• Trust overseeing Prince's estate says studio complex Paisley Park to open to public for tours in October

  24-08-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trust overseeing Prince's estate says studio complex Paisley Park to open to public for tours in October.
  
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• Pfizer on buying spree with AstraZeneca antibiotics deal

  24-08-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. is continuing its shopping spree with its fourth acquisition since the April collapse of its planned $160 billion megadeal to buy rival Allergan PLC and move its headquarters, on paper, to Allergan's base in lower-tax Ireland.
  
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• 2 Flights Suffer Bird Strikes Arriving at JFK 2 Hours Apart

  24-08-2016 23:11
  
  No humans were injured during the two incidents.
  
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• Polls: Trump and Clinton tied in key state

  24-08-2016 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are neck and neck in North Carolina, a state solidifying its position as a perennial presidential election battleground, while Trump holds a 5-point lead in the traditionally GOP-tilting state of Arizona, according to new CNN/ORC battleground state polls.
  
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• Dismal time for Gulf oil = record low lease bidding

  24-08-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government's annual sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico attracted hardly any interest on Wednesday, reflecting a dismal outlook for offshore drilling.
  
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• US firefighter feels 'normal' year after face transplant

  24-08-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A US firefighter who received a face transplant a year ago said Wednesday that he feels normal again and even managed to swim for the first time in 15 years. Patrick Hardison, 42, from Senatobia, Mississippi, was horribly disfigured when the roof of a burning home collapsed on top of him in 2001. "My family and I took a trip to Disney World this past June and I swam in the pool with them.
  
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• Texas students use sex toys to protest new gun laws on campus

  24-08-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  To protest a new state law that makes the carrying of concealed handguns legal in college classrooms, students at the University of Texas on Wednesday openly displayed sex toys, an act considered illegal under local indecency laws. "We are fighting absurdity with absurdity," said Jessica Jin, leader of the protest called "Cocks Not Glocks: Campus (Dildo) Carry," where hundreds of sex toys were given away at the rally on Wednesday that coincided with a return to classes at university's flagship c
  
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• Bridge tape records final minutes of wrecked El Faro

  24-08-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The captain of US container ship El Faro gave an abandon-ship order just minutes before she sank in a hurricane off the Bahamas with the loss of all 33 people on board. A recording made on the bridge on the morning of October 1, 2015, cuts out 10 minutes after the evacuation order, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday. The SS El Faro was carrying cargo from Jacksonville, Florida, to Puerto Rico when it was caught up in Hurricane Joaquin, and began to list and take on
  
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• Why region wasn't prepared

  24-08-2016 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  When my bed in Rome rocked Wednesday at 3.36 a.m., I knew an earthquake had hit somewhere close, in central Italy. And hard. But when I switched on the TV and heard the epicenter was in the tiny hilltop town of Accumoli on the Apennine hills, my first question was: Where is that?
  
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• Officers penalized for taking recruits to play 'Pokemon Go'

  24-08-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Two officers in a suburban Denver police department that's under federal investigation are no longer allowed to train recruits after taking them to play "Pokemon Go" instead of teaching them.
  
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• Trump says immigration enforcement would protect jobs for minorities

  24-08-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would crack down on illegal immigrants disobeying the law to help protect the jobs of minority workers, as he seeks to widen his appeal to black and Hispanic voters. At a rally in Tampa, Trump expanded on what appears to be a softening of his hardline stance on illegal immigration. "Hillary Clinton wants a totally open border so people can just pour in," Trump said of his Democratic ri
  
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• Giants owner Mara 'comfortable' with NFL suspension of Brown

  24-08-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A visibly shaken Giants owner John Mara said Wednesday he was fine with the NFL's suspension of placekicker Josh Brown for one game, despite allegations Brown abused his ex-wife as many as 20 times prior to the Giants signing Brown to a two-year extension last spring.
  
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• Colombia, rebels say they have reached historic peace deal

  24-08-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government and leftist rebels said Wednesday that they have reached a deal to end Latin America's last major guerrilla war, opening a new chapter for the country after more than a half-century of political bloodshed.
  
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• Manchester City 1-0 (agg: 6-0) Steaua Bucharest

  24-08-2016 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Hart marks possibly his last appearance for Manchester City with a clean sheet as his side reach the Champions League group stage.
  
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• Chorus grows for Clintons to shutter charitable foundation

  24-08-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Clinton Foundation, the family philanthropy of Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, should shut down or transfer operations to another charity despite its good work to avoid perceptions of "pay-for-play," The Washington Post and USA Today said in editorials on Wednesday. Despite plans announced earlier this week to reorganize the Clinton Foundation if Hillary Clinton wins the Nov. 8 election, USA Today said the global charity must close for the Democratic candidate to avoi
  
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• Few companies, cautious bidding on offshore oil leases

  24-08-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government's annual sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico attracted hardly any interest on Wednesday, reflecting a dismal outlook for offshore drilling.
  
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• U.S. banking regulators focused on cybersecurity after SWIFT attack

  24-08-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators said in a letter released on Wednesday that they are continuing to focus on cybersecurity risks and controls for U.S. financial institutions after attacks earlier this year on the global financial network known as SWIFT.
  
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• PHOTOS: PHOTOS: Earthquake Hits Central Italy

  24-08-2016 22:32
  
  Dozens are killed after an earthquake hits Italy.
  
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• France: Syria and Islamic State blamed for chemical attacks

  24-08-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — France's deputy U.N. ambassador says an international team is blaming the Syrian government and Islamic State militants for chemical weapons attacks in the conflict-wracked nation during 2014 and 2015.
  
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• Trump, aiming to widen support, makes pitch to Hispanics

  24-08-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Visiting a battleground state he can't afford to lose, Donald Trump promised Hispanics "a much better life" on Wednesday in a Florida speech that continued his recent effort to soften his tone and broaden his support 11 weeks before the presidential election.
  
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• AP EXPLAINS: Difference between shallow, deep earthquakes

  24-08-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A strong earthquake rocks Italy, flattening towns and killing scores of people. An even bigger quake hits Myanmar the same day, killing a few people and shattering ancient Buddhist pagodas.
  
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• 'Eerily similar' quake hit Italy before

  24-08-2016 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  A powerful quake strikes near the Earth's surface in the early morning darkness, shaking people from their slumber and demolishing buildings in historic mountain towns.
  
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• Georgia man who threw boiled water on gay men gets 40 years

  24-08-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge sentenced a Georgia man to 40 years in prison Wednesday for throwing boiled water on a gay couple sleeping in an apartment, leaving them with severe burns that required surgery.
  
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• Ohio sheriff pleads not guilty to drug and theft charges

  24-08-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FREMONT, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff who is up for re-election this fall pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he stole medications from prescription drug disposal drop boxes, deceived doctors into giving him painkillers and misused department funds.
  
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• UN report finds Syria regime, IS used chemical arms: diplomat

  24-08-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A UN investigation has established that President Bashar al-Assad's regime and Islamic State group jihadists carried out chemical weapons attacks in Syria, France's deputy ambassador said Wednesday.
  
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• IS conflict: Turkey-backed Syrian rebels 'take Jarablus'

  24-08-2016 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish forces and US air cover, say they have taken the Syrian town of Jarablus from jihadists of so-called Islamic State.
  
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• Israel clears forces in several deadly 2014 Gaza war cases

  24-08-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Wednesday cleared its forces of wrongdoing in three deadly incidents that took place during the 2014 Gaza war — including an airstrike that killed 15 members of a single family.
  
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• U.N./OPCW inquiry blames Syria government for gas attacks, likely sanctions fight looms

  24-08-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian government troops were responsible for two toxic gas attacks and Islamic State militants used sulfur mustard gas, a joint investigation by the United Nations and the global chemical weapons watchdog found on Wednesday, according to a report seen by Reuters. The year-long U.N. and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inquiry - unanimously authorized by the U.N. Security Council - focused on
  
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• Teen Indian acid survivor to grace NY catwalk

  24-08-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 19-year-old Indian woman whose face was brutally disfigured in an acid attack will walk the catwalk in New York next month in her first trip overseas. Reshma Qureshi, who lives in Mumbai, was attacked by her brother-in-law and pinned down by his friends who doused her face in acid in 2014. FTL Moda, a fashion production company, invited her to take part in New York Fashion Week, the bi-annual style frenzy that brings together models, fashion editors, buyers and designers from across the world.
  
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• Mississippi Islamic State recruit gets 8 years in prison

  24-08-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who once tried to join the Islamic State group credited arresting FBI agents with saving his life as he was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday, telling a federal judge he didn't then understand what the Islamic State represented.
  
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