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• Amazon and Starbucks pay less tax than sausage stall, says Austria

  02-09-2016 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  International firms like Amazon and Starbucks pay less tax in Austria than a local sausage stall, the country's Chancellor Christian Kern tells a newspaper.
  
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• New images of Jupiter released

  02-09-2016 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NASA has released spectacular images of Jupiter that have never been seen before.
  
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• 'The archetypal dictator' dies

  02-09-2016 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It has been confirmed that the president of Uzbekistan has died, following days of speculation.
  
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• Trump ramps up minority outreach with Philadelphia visit

  02-09-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Donald Trump was met with tears and gratitude as he sat with African-American supporters Friday, including the mother of a slain young woman who was killed by a man who entered the U.S. illegally.
  
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• Hermine pounds Florida, raising new Zika fears, then heads north

  02-09-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Letitia Stein TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Hurricane Hermine wreaked havoc across Florida on Friday, knocking out power to nearly 300,000 homes and businesses, flooding low-lying areas and raising concerns about the spread of the Zika virus from pools of standing water left behind. The first hurricane to make landfall in Florida in 11 years, Hermine came ashore early on Friday near the Gulf shore town of St. Marks, Florida, 20 miles (30 km) south of the capital of Tallahassee, packing winds of 80
  
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• After daughter's birth, Besler helps US rout St Vincent 6-0

  02-09-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Matt Besler scored his first international goal just hours after the birth of his daughter, 17-year-old Christian Pulisic added two late strikes and the United States routed St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6-0 on Friday to move into prime position to advance to the final round of World Cup qualifying.
  
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• Hawaii tourists salvage vacations during hurricane threats

  02-09-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Tourists in Hawaii who had been planning an escape to a sunny island paradise were instead hit with the threat of back-to-back hurricanes, but they're making the best of their vacations.
  
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• Global stocks rise on middling US jobs data

  02-09-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - World stock markets rose Friday as analysts said middling US jobs figures hit a sweet spot -- showing a healthy US economy but not supporting an interest rate rise soon.
  
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• Brexit has weakened Europe, says Russia's deputy PM

  02-09-2016 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brexit has weakened Europe and created uncertainties about its future, Russia's deputy prime minister Arkady Dvorkovich says.
  
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• EgyptAir: Passenger detained after storming pilot's cockpit

  02-09-2016 23:24 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  EgyptAir says a passenger has been detained after storming the pilot's cockpit on a flight carrying 150 passengers.
  
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• Turkey kills 27 Kurdish militants as southeast violence escalates: military

  02-09-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's military killed 27 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the largely Kurdish southeast on Friday, the armed forces said in a statement, in a day of violence in which at least seven security force members were also killed. Turkey's southeast has been scorched by waves of fighting following the collapse last year of a 2-1/2-year ceasefire between state and the outlawed PKK. The military said it killed 27 militants and wounded 30 more in air strikes and land operations in Hakkari, a p
  
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• Obama says security ties with Turkey undiminished since coup bid

  02-09-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Barack Obama said security relations with Turkey have not diminished as a result of a failed Turkish coup attempt in mid-July, according to excerpts of an interview with CNN to be broadcast on Sunday. "We haven't seen a diminishing effect on our security relations. Turkey continues to be a strong NATO ally," Obama said.
  
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• U.S., Russia said nearing deal on Aleppo truce, aid access

  02-09-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are nearing a deal that would set a 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo, allow U.N. humanitarian access and limit Syrian government aircraft flights, diplomatic sources said on Friday. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the deal is not set in stone, key elements are still being discussed and critical stakeholders, including U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Syrian opposition groups, are likely to have doubts.
  
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• Lester takes no-hitter into 7th, hot Cubs top Giants 2-1

  02-09-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester pitched 7 2/3 innings of no-hit ball and settled for his second complete game of the season, helping the sizzling Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Friday to move a season-high 40 games over .500.
  
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• Djokovic through in 32 minutes, Keys wins battle of tears

  02-09-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the US Open last 16 in just 32 minutes Friday when Mikhail Youzhny retired at 2-4 down in the first set of their third round clash. Russian 34-year-old Youzhny had needed treatment on a left leg injury after five games and called it quits just a game later. The outcome completed a bizarre first week for world number one Djokovic who was also champion in New York in 2011.
  
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• 'Birth of a Nation' star, rape survivor faces complex issues

  02-09-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — As a rape survivor, victim's advocate and an actress in "The Birth of a Nation," Gabrielle Union has found herself in an impossible position. Union recently, along with the much of the world, learned that her film's director, writer, producer and star, Nate Parker, was accused and acquitted of rape 17 years ago.
  
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• Jackie Chan to receive honorary Oscar

  02-09-2016 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  Jackie Chan is set to receive an honorary Oscar in November to honor the martial arts movie star's "distinctive international career."
  
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• Tweet NY Public Library an emoji, get a related image back

  02-09-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While brainstorming ways to highlights it digital image archive, The New York Public Library came up with — the emoji bot. If you tweet an emoji to NYPL Emoji Bot (@NYPLEmoji) , you will get an automatic ...
  
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• US judge: Gov't can keep killing salmon-eating birds

  02-09-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps Engineers can continue killing cormorants that prey on Columbia River salmon and steelhead in a move that shows just how complex the debate has become over how to best sustain imperiled fish species emblematic of the Pacific Northwest.
  
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• Argentines protest president's job cuts, subsidy reductions

  02-09-2016 22:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Argentina's unions brought thousands of people into the capital's streets Friday to protest government job cuts, the elimination of subsidies and other policies of President Mauricio Macri.
  
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• Brazil's ousted president blasts process, talks about future

  02-09-2016 22:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Former President Dilma Rousseff, who was ousted this week, is slamming the process that led to her demise and promising to provide a strong opposition voice to the new government.
  
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• The Latest: Djokovic gets another free pass at US Open

  02-09-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• Fred Hellerman, member of Weavers folk group, dies at 89

  02-09-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WESTON, Conn. (AP) — Fred Hellerman, a founding member of the influential folk music quartet the Weavers, has died. He was 89.
  
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• Released? Waived? Practice squad? An NFL roster moves primer

  02-09-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This will be the busiest weekend without actual games played on the NFL calendar, with all 32 teams required to pare their rosters to 53 players for the regular season before signing a 10-man practice squad.
  
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• Market bomb attack kills 12 in Philippines

  02-09-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 12 people died and dozens were injured when a bomb tore through a bustling night market in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's home city on Friday, authorities said. The blast occurred just before 11:00pm (1500 GMT), leaving bodies strewn amid the wreckage of plastic tables and chairs on a road that had been closed to traffic for the market in the heart of Davao city. An improvised explosive device caused the explosion, presidential spokesman Martin Andanar said, adding drug traffick
  
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• Lester's no-hit bid ends on Pence's 2-out homer in 7th

  02-09-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs left-hander Jon Lester's bid for a second career no-hitter has been broken up by Hunter Pence, who homered with two outs in the seventh inning.
  
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• Nation's first and only president dies

  02-09-2016 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  Uzbekistan's first and only president has died, leaving an uncertain future for a government marred by controversy.
  
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• Slain nuns honored in funerals in Kentucky, Wisconsin

  02-09-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Eulogized in the church where she took her vows decades ago, a slain nun was remembered Friday for her devotion to the poor and for the Donald Duck impression she used to comfort her young patients in Mississippi.
  
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• NASA spacecraft beams back close-up views of Jupiter's poles

  02-09-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A NASA spacecraft has sent back the best views of Jupiter yet, revealing turbulent storms in the north pole.
  
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• How did Brock Turner get away with it?

  02-09-2016 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  "As this is a first offense, I can see where leniency would beckon," the woman said at her attacker's sentencing, taking a page from the California Penal Code.
  
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• How Brock Turner got away with a 3-month sentence

  02-09-2016 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  "As this is a first offense, I can see where leniency would beckon," the woman said at her attacker's sentencing, taking a page from the California Penal Code.
  
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• Syrian government sees siege tactics pay off

  02-09-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Once hubs of the Syrian uprising, the country's rebellious capital suburbs are submitting to government control at a quickening pace, in a sign that the military's grinding siege tactics are paying off.
  
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• Back us so we can block Clinton agenda, say some Republicans

  02-09-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's just a trickle now, but some Republicans are urging people to back GOP congressional candidates because they'd constrain Hillary Clinton's agenda should she be elected president this November.
  
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• The Latest: Florida Sunshine Skyway Bridge open after storm

  02-09-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Latest on Hermine (all times local):
  
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• No Zika cases detected among Olympics participants: WHO

  02-09-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  No Zika cases have so far been detected among athletes, spectators or other participants in last month's Olympic Games in Brazil, the World Health Organization said Friday. "We don't have any confirmed cases of Zika amongst travellers or amongst... the athletes," Peter Salama, the WHO's chief on outbreaks and health emergencies, told reporters. The experts provided "very convincing data" showing that among all Olympic athletes and spectators who sought medical attention during the Games, not a s
  
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• Penn State student newspaper slams plan to honor Paterno

  02-09-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's student-run newspaper is objecting to the university's plans to honor the 50th anniversary of former head coach Joe Paterno's first game later this month.
  
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• The Latest: Trump meets with mother of slain New Jersey girl

  02-09-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• Sock, epic Keys give America double US Open joy

  02-09-2016 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jack Sock sent 2014 champion Marin Cilic crashing out while Madison Keys mounted an epic final set comeback to give the hosts a double US Open celebration on Friday. Sock, the 26th seed, reached the fourth round for the first time by knocking out a cramping seventh seed Cilic, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in tie where he did not face a single break point. The 23-year-old, whose last two appearances at the US Open had ended in retirements, goes on to face French ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
  
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• Clinton tells FBI she could not recall all briefings on preserving documents

  02-09-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Edwards and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton, under questioning by federal investigators over whether she had been briefed on how to preserve government records as she was about to leave the State Department, said she had suffered a concussion, was working part-time and could not recall every briefing she received. Clinton, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, raised the health scare during her 3-1/2-hour interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  
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• After slamming Florida, Hermine threatens East Coast

  02-09-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first hurricane to hit Florida in more than a decade wiped away beachside buildings and toppled trees onto homes Friday before plowing inland on a path that could send it rolling up the densely populated ...
  
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• Obama says security relations with Turkey have not diminished since coup

  02-09-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said security relations with Turkey have not diminished as a result of a failed Turkish coup attempt in mid-July, according to excerpts of an interview with CNN to be broadcast on Sunday. "We haven't seen a diminishing effect on our security relations. Turkey continues to be a strong NATO ally," Obama said. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Tim Ahmann)
  
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• US, China expected to join climate deal during Obama visit

  02-09-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to join Chinese leader Xi Jinping in announcing their countries are formally joining a historic global climate deal as Obama opens his final trip to Asia.
  
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• Cubs lefty Jon Lester hasn't allowed a hit thru 6 innings

  02-09-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs left-hander Jon Lester hasn't allowed a hit through six innings against the San Francisco Giants.
  
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• FBI releases notes on Clinton email probe

  02-09-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FBI on Friday released heavily redacted notes on its investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, which White House rival Donald Trump seized on to attack her fitness for office. The 58 pages -- 14 of which were entirely blacked out -- showed that the FBI found no evidence that her email system was compromised but that it could not be ruled out because not all the mobile devices she used were recovered. "The FBI did find that hostile fore
  
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• Swimmer's sex assault sentence spurs debate over prison plan

  02-09-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A November ballot measure backed by Gov. Jerry Brown would allow earlier parole for thousands of California inmates, but critics say it could result in the very situation that led to public outrage in the case of former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner.
  
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• US hiring slowed in August, yet Americans' outlook brightens

  02-09-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers slowed their hiring in August after two blockbuster months and barely raised their workers' pay, a pullback that may lead the Federal Reserve to leave interest rates alone until late this year.
  
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• Eastwood movie 'Sully' to open Telluride Film Festival

  02-09-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TELLURIDE, Colo. (AP) — Clint Eastwood's movie about the "Miracle on the Hudson" pilot will get its world premiere during the Telluride Film Festival.
  
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• No.1 draft pick 'not ready' to start - Rams

  02-09-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles Rams coach Jeff Fisher said Friday the team's number one draft pick Jared Goff is likely to start the season as third choice quarterback. Goff, chosen first overall by the Rams in April after a blockbuster deal with the Tennessee Titans for six draft picks, has struggled through four pre-season games and has not done enough to displace current starter Case Keenum, Fisher said.
  
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• Anger as ex-Stanford swimmer freed after three months for sex assault

  02-09-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman caused uproar was released from jail on Friday after serving half of his time. Controversy over the short sentence for Brock Turner, a one-time U.S. Olympic hopeful, has stoked the intense debate about sexual assault on U.S. college campuses. Turner, 21, left the Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose before dawn, three months after being jailed for assault with intent to commit rape
  
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• The Latest: Keys rallies again for 3-set US Open victory

  02-09-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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