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• Hermine strengthens off North Carolina en route to Middle Atlantic

  03-09-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ian Simpson and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A powerful Atlantic storm strengthened on Saturday afternoon after passing over North Carolina's Outer Banks en route to the U.S. Middle Atlantic coast, where it was expected to spoil the holiday weekend with high winds, soaking rains and surging seas. The storm, dubbed Hermine and classified as a Category 1 hurricane until it lost power as it cut a path of destruction through Florida and Georgia, was expected to linger off the co
  
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• The Latest: Williams discusses gender equality in sports

  03-09-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• Ace showdown: Bumgarner, Giants knock off Arrieta, Cubs 3-2

  03-09-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Madison Bumgarner outpitched Jake Arrieta with 10 strikeouts over six innings, and the San Francisco Giants pounced on rare miscues by the Chicago Cubs in a 3-2 victory on Saturday.
  
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• 49ers keep Colin Kaepernick as backup QB to Blaine Gabbert

  03-09-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Colin Kaepernick survived San Francisco's roster cuts on Saturday when the 49ers determined that his ability as a quarterback more than offset any potential distraction over his refusal to stand during the national anthem.
  
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• Jacob Wetterling's mother says remains found; officials mum

  03-09-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of a Minnesota boy missing since 1989 said Saturday that his remains have been found, potentially providing answers to a mystery that has captivated people in the state and around the country for decades.
  
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• 'Wonder Woman' Serena breaks record

  03-09-2016 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  Serena Williams swept aside Johanna Larsson in round three of the US Open Saturday with an impressive display of powerful and aggressive tennis.
  
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• 49ers keep Colin Kaepernick as 1 of 3 quarterbacks on roster

  03-09-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Colin Kaepernick survived San Francisco's roster cuts on Saturday when the 49ers determined that his ability as a quarterback more than offset any potential distraction over his refusal to stand during the national anthem.
  
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• Los Angeles skyscraper tops out as tallest Western building

  03-09-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles has become the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.
  
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• Eagles trade quarterback Sam Bradford to Vikings

  03-09-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sam Bradford got the trade he wanted months ago — just eight days before the season opener. The Philadelphia Eagles sent Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday for a pair of draft picks. Bradford ...
  
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• The Latest: Fan favorite del Potro rolls on at the US Open

  03-09-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Over 150,000 without electricity in Florida

  03-09-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on Tropical Storm Hermine (all times local):
  
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• Broncos cut QB Mark Sanchez

  03-09-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Mark Sanchez, Denver's biggest offseason acquisition, didn't make the roster, saving the Broncos $3.5 million and a seventh-round draft pick.
  
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• Trump courts black voters with visit to Detroit church

  03-09-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised African Americans prosperity and jobs Saturday in a tempered speech to black churchgoers in a US city famous as a symbol of economic and urban decline. Setting aside his usual stridency, Trump adopted a humble tone, telling his audience at Great Faith Ministries International that he came to listen, expressing sympathy for the out-of-work young men he had seen on boarded-up Detroit streets. "Nothing is more sad than when we sideline young b
  
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• Cop shot, critical after gunfire exchange; 1 suspect dead

  03-09-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — One police officer remains in critical condition and one suspect is dead in an exchange of gunfire following a car stop outside an Atlantic City casino early Saturday.
  
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• No. 6 Ohio St posts record romp over Bowling Green 77-10

  03-09-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — J.T. Barrett threw six touchdown passes and No. 6 Ohio State rolled up a school record 776 yards in a 77-10 romp over Bowling Green on Saturday.
  
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• Jamaica to prosecute 16 people on lottery scam charges

  03-09-2016 22:25 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Sixteen people arrested for allegedly defrauding U.S. citizens will appear in court this month as Jamaican authorities take aim at lottery scam gangs that they blame for much of the island nation's violent crime.
  
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• Bolivia proposes prison time for illegal coca production

  03-09-2016 22:13 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Bolivia's government is proposing a law to punish illegal growers of coca with prison time.
  
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• Oklahoma rocked by one of its strongest earthquakes

  03-09-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton PAWNEE, Okla. (Reuters) - One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Oklahoma rattled the area northwest of Pawnee on Saturday, fuelling growing concern about seismic activity linked to energy production, a federal agency said. The magnitude 5.6 quake, which was felt from South Dakota to Texas, prompted the closure of some 35 wastewater disposal wells in the area, officials said. It shallow quake struck 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Pawnee in north-central Oklahoma
  
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• South Alabama stuns Mississippi State 21-20 after missed FG

  03-09-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — South Alabama pulled off the first major upset of the college football season, holding off Mississippi State 21-20 Saturday when Westin Graves' 28-yard field goal try smacked off the upright in the final seconds.
  
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• No. 15 Houston looks Big 12-ready in 33-23 victory over OU

  03-09-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Brandon Wilson went end line to end zone to score a touchdown with an Oklahoma missed field goal and No. 15 Houston beat No. 3 Oklahoma 33-23 Saturday, looking every bit ready to compete in the Big 12.
  
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• Donald Trump dances at church service

  03-09-2016 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump, for the first time as a presidential candidate, addressed members of a predominantly African-American congregation at the Great Faith Ministries in Detroit, part of his outreach to African-American voters.
  
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• The Latest: Serena sets Grand Slam milestone: 307 wins

  03-09-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• Trump promises African Americans jobs, prosperity at black church

  03-09-2016 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised African Americans prosperity and jobs Saturday in a gently delivered speech to a black congregation in a US city famous as a symbol of economic and urban decline. Setting aside his usual stridency, Trump adopted a humble tone, telling his audience at the Good Faith Ministries International church that he came to listen, expressing sympathy for the out-of-work young men he had seen on boarded-up Detroit streets. "Nothing is more sad than whe
  
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• Serena advances at US Open with record 307th Grand Slam win

  03-09-2016 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Serena Williams powered to a record 307th Grand Slam match win on Saturday to reach the fourth round of the US Open.
  
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• 'Yes, I was dead:' Zimbabwe's Mugabe back after disappearing

  03-09-2016 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe arrived home Saturday after an overseas absence that led to rumors about a health crisis, joking to reporters that "Yes, I was dead."
  
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• Bumpy start to Obama's China trip, beginning with the stairs

  03-09-2016 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HANGZHOU, China (AP) — If President Barack Obama was hoping for a graceful start to his final trip to Asia as commander in chief, this wasn't it.
  
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• Libyan forces report further progress against Islamic State holdouts in Sirte

  03-09-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Libyan forces said they had advanced against some of Islamic State's last holdouts in Sirte on Saturday as fighting resumed after several days of relative calm. The forces, which are aligned with Libya's U.N.-backed government, launched their campaign to recapture the city in May and have been aided by dozens of U.S. air strikes since the beginning of August. Forces made up mostly of fighters from Misrata, 230 km (145 miles) to the north west, now say they are in the final stages of their campai
  
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• Political? Mais oui, of course, EU insiders say of Apple case

  03-09-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alastair Macdonald and Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission denies that its shock demand that Apple Inc. hand 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland is, in the pungent phrase of Apple CEO Tim Cook, "total political crap".     But, say senior EU officials involved, the decision certainly has a strong political element, even if Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager says she is confident her case will stand up to Cook's appeal on its legal merits alon
  
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• 15 oil workers kidnapped at gunpoint in southern Nigeria

  03-09-2016 20:48 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Police say gunmen have kidnapped 15 oil workers near Nigeria's petroleum capital of Port Harcourt in the latest apparent hostage-for-ransom incident.
  
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• Hermine prompts state of emergency in three New Jersey counties

  03-09-2016 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a state of emergency for Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties on Saturday in preparation for Storm Hermine. The declaration activates part of the state's emergency operations plan, allows wider powers to state police and enables the National Guard to assist with rescue and storm clean-up. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by James Dalgleish)
  
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• The Latest: Young gun Dominic Thiem advances at US Open

  03-09-2016 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• Former N.W.A manager Jerry Heller dies at 75

  03-09-2016 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The music manager who helped introduce N.W.A to the masses has died. Jerry Heller was 75 years old. Heller's cousin, Gary Ballen, says Heller died Friday night at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, California, ...
  
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• Obama consulting Turkish, British leaders on Islamic State

  03-09-2016 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HANGZHOU, China (AP) — At an economic summit in China, President Barack Obama is turning attention to the Islamic State group, consulting with the leaders of Turkey and Britain, important allies with their own challenges at home.
  
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• The Latest: Outer Banks hit by high winds

  03-09-2016 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on Tropical Storm Hermine (all times local): 1:55 p.m. Tropical Storm Hermine may be moving away from North Carolina's coast, but the storms strong winds are still causing problems on the Outer ...
  
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• Address rape victims of South Sudan hotel rampage, US says

  03-09-2016 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is calling for an independent commission to take testimony from rape victims of a rampage by South Sudanese soldiers at a hotel compound popular with foreigners in July.
  
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• Oklahoma officials direct dozens of wastewater-disposal wells in 500-square-mile area near earthquake epicenter to shut down

  03-09-2016 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma officials direct dozens of wastewater-disposal wells in 500-square-mile area near earthquake epicenter to shut down.
  
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• Obama presses China's Xi on South China Sea ahead of G20

  03-09-2016 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Michael Martina HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on territorial disputes in the South China Sea, urging Beijing to uphold its legal obligations and stressing the United States' commitments to its regional allies. Tensions over the disputed waters between China and its neighbors were expected to hang over the G20 summit, which opens in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on Sunday. China is keen
  
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• Hermine kills 2, ruins beach weekends in northward march

  03-09-2016 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tropical Storm Hermine lost hurricane strength over land but was intensifying Saturday along the Atlantic Coast, threatening heavy rain, wind and storm surges on its northward march.
  
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• Son shot, home flooded: 2 tragedies rock 1 Louisiana family

  03-09-2016 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For nearly 50 days, James Tullier has barely left the Baton Rouge hospital where he's held vigil for his son, a sheriff's deputy wounded in an ambush that killed three other officers — not even when his ...
  
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• Spain's Popular Party backs Rajoy, defends Manuel Soria

  03-09-2016 19:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has met with his Popular Party to plan a strategy after lawmakers rejected his bid to form a minority government for a second time, pushing the country closer to a third election in a year.
  
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• Mother Teresa to become saint as thousands gather in Rome

  03-09-2016 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to gather in Rome to witness the canonization of Mother Teresa, the nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India.
  
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• Mother Teresa to become saint

  03-09-2016 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to gather in Rome to witness the canonization of Mother Teresa, the nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India.
  
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• F1: Lewis Hamilton claims pole in Monza

  03-09-2016 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  Lewis Hamilton may have started from an unfamiliar position at the back of the grid during last weekend's Belgian Grand Prix but the reigning F1 champion is back on pole after dominating qualifying in Monza Saturday.
  
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• China, U.S. and Europe pledge support for global aviation emissions pact

  03-09-2016 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China, the United States and Europe all pledged support on Saturday for a new deal to curb carbon dioxide emissions by airlines which is due to be finalised at a meeting of the UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in September and is expected to go into effect from 2021. The proposed new deal on aviation, which aims to cap the carbon pollution of all international flights at 2020 levels will be voluntary between 2021 and 2026 and then mandatory from 2027 for the world's largest
  
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• Bangladesh official says Islamist party leader executed

  03-09-2016 19:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  An official says a top Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes involving Bangladesh's 1971 independence war against Pakistan has been executed.
  
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• Gesink wins queen Vuelta stage, Froome keeps Quintana in sight

  03-09-2016 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dutch rider Robert Gesink claimed the queen 14th stage of the Tour of Spain Saturday as Chris Froome held off a series of attacks by race leader Nairo Quintana. Gesink, who missed the Tour de France in July after suffering a head trauma and memory loss due to a heavy crash in the Tour of Switzerland, crossed the line in a time of 5hrs 43min 24secs to see off France's Kenny Elissonde and Russian Egor Silin. Froome and Quintana finished 1min 47sec further back as the Brit neutralised multiple atte
  
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• Bangladesh official says top Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes is executed

  03-09-2016 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Bangladesh official says top Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes is executed.
  
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• Jerry Heller, N.W.A. manager turned nemesis, dead at 75

  03-09-2016 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jerry Heller, the manager of gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A. who brought mainstream audiences to the controversial group before a still-bitter falling-out, has died, his record label said Saturday. Heller, who was active in public in recent months and last year filed a lawsuit over the N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton," died Friday of undisclosed causes, a representative for Ruthless Records, which Heller co-founded, said in a statement. A Cleveland, Ohio native, Heller moved to Los Angeles and
  
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• Hawaii tourists salvage vacations; hurricane watches dropped

  03-09-2016 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Nina Wild and Andreas Maeder were planning to go out for a nice dinner after flying to Hawaii from Switzerland. But the manager of the bed and breakfast where they stayed near Hawaii Volcanoes National Park told them that wasn't a good idea.
  
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• Hermine strengthens off North Carolina after pounding Florida

  03-09-2016 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Storm Hermine gained strength as it plowed across North Carolina's Outer Banks Saturday, threatening the U.S. East Coast with high winds, heavy rain and surging seas after leaving a path of destruction in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. The storm, still powerful despite losing its tropical characteristics, is creeping north and east along the Carolina coast, and is expected to strengthen after moving offshore into the Atlantic, possibly reaching near-hurricane intensity on Sunday
  
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