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• Cavani hits quadruple in PSG romp

  16-09-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Edinson Cavani shrugged off his Champions League woes to score four goals in the first half as Paris Saint-Germain romped to a one-sided 6-0 win at Caen in Ligue 1 on Friday. The Uruguayan, charged with filling Zlatan Ibrahimovic's sizeable boots this season, was criticised for missing several gilt-edged chances in PSG's 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Tuesday, despite scoring the opener against the Premier League club inside 42 seconds. Lucas Moura and Jean-Kevin Augustin added further goals after the
  
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• Trump finally backs off Obama birth claim, falsely accuses Clinton of starting it

  16-09-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday abandoned his false claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States after spending five years peddling conspiracy theories that the country's first African-American president started life as a foreigner. Trump, who has won back some ground in opinion polls and made the White House race competitive again after he went through a summer slump, made his announcement in an a
  
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• Montero homers as Cubs rally for 5-4 win over Brewers

  16-09-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Miguel Montero homered in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs celebrated the NL Central title with a dramatic 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.
  
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• Judge considering penalties in polygamous child labor case

  16-09-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal labor lawyers asked a judge Friday to order a contracting company with ties to a polygamous sect to pay at least $200,000 in back wages to children who were sent to work picking pecans for long hours in the cold.
  
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• The Latest: UN says Syria meeting canceled

  16-09-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria, where a cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Russia has been holding since coming into effect earlier this week (all times local):
  
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• When a mom needs her fix

  16-09-2016 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  Heroin's shatting force hit Huntington, WV, in a span of 5 hours: 28 overdoses, 2 deaths. Here is the story of the day when "all hell broke loose."
  
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• This is your baby on heroin

  16-09-2016 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  Heroin's shatting force hit Huntington, WV, in a span of 5 hours: 28 overdoses, 2 deaths. Here is the story of the day when "all hell broke loose."
  
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• Heroin's youngest victims

  16-09-2016 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  Heroin's shatting force hit Huntington, WV, in a span of 5 hours: 28 overdoses, 2 deaths. Here is the story of the day when "all hell broke loose."
  
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• Chicago police officer indicted on civil rights charges

  16-09-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Chicago police officer who was videotaped firing shots that injured two black teenagers inside a car was indicted on federal civil rights charges. U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon said in a statement that ...
  
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• US Special Ops Forces Working With Turks in Syria

  16-09-2016 23:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Will advise and assist Turkish forces and Turkish-supported rebels.
  
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• Kagan: 8-member Supreme Court a problem over time

  16-09-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Elena Kagan says the longer the Supreme Court is stuck with only eight members, the more it has to deal with the prospect of not being able to decide cases.
  
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• First lady: 'This is not a reality show'

  16-09-2016 23:36 via cnn.com
  
  With virtually unmatched popularity at her back, First Lady Michelle Obama debuts on the stump for Hillary Clinton Friday, hoping to galvanize suburban voters behind a candidate she once fiercely opposed.
  
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• 2nd woman's body identified in Ohio abduction, slaying case

  16-09-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — Authorities have identified a second woman whose body was found in Ohio after a 911 call from a home where another woman said she was being held captive.
  
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• Ben Stiller and Alek Wek stand with refugees

  16-09-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Actor Ben Stiller and supermodel Alek Wek are standing with refugees.
  
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• Attorneys of boy shot by Columbus officer seek witnesses

  16-09-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorneys for the family of a 13-year-old Ohio boy fatally shot by a policeman said Friday they want to hear from witnesses, because the police version of events "might not be true." Meanwhile, ...
  
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• iPhone launch generates crowds, queues worldwide

  16-09-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple's global iPhone launch Friday was marked by excitement and frustration as fans queued to find scarce models of the coveted smartphone. Scenes in Apple stores around the world on Friday were reminiscent of days before online ordering became a norm and people camped out for days to be first to get hands on the California company's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. Enthusiasm was peppered with disappointment due to shortages of the large-screen iPhone 7 Plus and a jet-black iPhone 7, but it was unclear if
  
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• Rams' Donald fined $21,269 by NFL for actions in opener

  16-09-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald has been fined $21,269 by the NFL for his actions that led to his ejection in the team's season opener against San Francisco on Monday night.
  
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• Nick Gordon Found Civilly Liable in Bobbi Kristina Brown's Death

  16-09-2016 23:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Brown's estate is seeking millions in the wrongful death suit.
  
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• The Week in Pictures: Sept. 9 - 16

  16-09-2016 23:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  French protester green with anger, nation marks 15 years since 9/11, cease-fire begins in Syria and more.
  
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• Donald Trump: President Obama Was Born in the U.S. 'Period'

  16-09-2016 23:15 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Trump did not apologize for fueling the 'birther' conspiracy theory for years.
  
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• Only Clinton and Trump Will Participate in 1st Presidential Debate

  16-09-2016 23:04 via abcnews.go.com
  
  CPD announced today that Jill Stein and Gary Johnson did not meet criteria.
  
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• Michelle Obama Rips Trump's 'Birther' Comments Stumping for Clinton

  16-09-2016 22:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The first lady will make her debut stop for Clinton in swing state of Virginia.
  
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• EU leaders look at 6 months for rebuilding EU dream

  16-09-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — With policy splits among European Union countries putting their bloc under existential threat, national leaders agreed Friday on a six-month time table to come up with solutions for the multiple crises hobbling their union. But they delivered few concrete commitments on ways to bridge the deep differences.
  
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• Trump, Reid Trade Insults After Senator Mocks Weight

  16-09-2016 22:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Harry Reid called for more scrutiny of the 70-year-old Trump's health.
  
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• Fertilizer Plant Sinkhole Reportedly Leaks 215 Million Gallons of Radioactive Water

  16-09-2016 22:51 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The fertilizer plant took swift corrective action, a state environmental official said.
  
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• Bill Bratton Retires After 2nd Stint as NYPD Commissioner

  16-09-2016 22:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  James O'Neill, the chief of department, will be the new police commissioner.
  
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• Stocks decline, hurt by declines in banks; Waiting for Fed

  16-09-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were moderately lower Friday, pushed down, in part, by the price of oil. Investors continue to remain on edge regarding the possibility of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates at its meeting next week.
  
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• Clinton leads Trump as Americans shrug off her pneumonia scare: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  16-09-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 4 percentage points, and her recent bout with pneumonia doesn't appear to have scared away her supporters, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.   The Sept. 9-15 tracking poll showed that 42 percent of likely voters supported Clinton while 38 percent backed Trump. Clinton, who has mostly led Trump in the poll since the Democratic and Republican national con
  
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• US stocks finish volatile week on down note

  16-09-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks ended a volatile week on a down note Friday, with weakness in energy, industrials and financials pushing the overall markets lower.
  
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• Many black voters skeptical at Trump's birther about-face

  16-09-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Black voters reacted skeptically Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's admission that he now believes the nation's first black president was indeed born in the United States. Many said ...
  
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• Arrest follows freezer bearing mom's body sold at yard sale

  16-09-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman sought after her mother's corpse was found in a freezer sold at a yard sale has been arrested, Goldsboro police said Friday.
  
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• Foreign holdings of US Treasury debt declined in July

  16-09-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell in July as China, the biggest foreign owner of Treasury debt, trimmed its holdings.
  
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• CNN in Aleppo: What truce looks like

  16-09-2016 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  The sounds of intermittent shelling are a reminder of just how fragile the nationwide truce in Syria is. Syrian authorities gave our crew access to an area that saw some of the worst fighting in the run-up to the cessation of hostilities: Aleppo's southern suburb of Ramouseh.
  
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• CNN in Aleppo: What Syria's truce looks like

  16-09-2016 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  The sounds of intermittent shelling are a reminder of just how fragile the nationwide truce in Syria is. Syrian authorities gave our crew access to an area that saw some of the worst fighting in the run-up to the cessation of hostilities: Aleppo's southern suburb of Ramouseh.
  
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• Aleppo hospital busy despite ceasefire

  16-09-2016 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  The sounds of intermittent shelling are a reminder of just how fragile the nationwide truce in Syria is. Syrian authorities gave our crew access to an area that saw some of the worst fighting in the run-up to the cessation of hostilities: Aleppo's southern suburb of Ramouseh.
  
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• Despite Trump's Reversal, 'Birthers' Not Abandoning Him

  16-09-2016 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Birthers are OK with Trump abandoning their cause, as long it helps him win the presidency — even if they don't agree with him.
  
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• How Donald Trump Perpetuated the 'Birther' Movement for Years

  16-09-2016 22:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A look at the trajectory of Donald Trump's role in the birther movement.
  
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• Senior ISIS Leader Killed in Airstrike

  16-09-2016 22:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Dr. Wa'il produced ISIS execution videos.
  
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• Museum in New York acquires Billie Jean King archive

  16-09-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New-York Historical Society has acquired the archive of tennis great Billie Jean King .
  
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• 67 Times Trump Tweeted About the 'Birther' Movement

  16-09-2016 22:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Trump made a number of statements on social media about the claim.
  
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• Judge sets $1M bond for Ohio man in slayings, abduction case

  16-09-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — A judge has set a $1 million bond for an Ohio man facing charges in the deaths of two people and the sexual assault of a third person.
  
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• US guards jailed for New York inmate assault

  16-09-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Six jail guards were sentenced to prison Friday for savagely beating an inmate at one of the largest municipal jails in the United States. The former assistant chief of security who ordered the assault of Jahmal Lightfoot, who had been convicted of armed robbery, was jailed for six and a half years over the July 11, 2012 beating at New York's Rikers Island. "I hope these sentences will deter those who think a uniform and a badge gives them license to brutalize inmates or cover for officers who d
  
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• New Venezuela protests after anti-Maduro recall delayed

  16-09-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Banging empty pots, protesters in crisis-stricken Venezuela vented anger at the authorities Friday after a new delay in the process of calling a referendum on removing President Nicolas Maduro from power. Maduro's opponents, who blame the leftist leader for a crushing recession and severe food shortages, must collect four million signatures in three days to trigger a recall referendum. The National Electoral Council (CNE) had been due to announce the timeline Friday.
  
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• Reiner says those who support Trump aiding racism.

  16-09-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner says those who support Donald Trump for president are aiding and abetting racism.
  
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• Venezuela opposition running out of options to force 2016 Maduro vote

  16-09-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Cawthorne and Daniel Kai CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition failed to draw large numbers on Friday in its latest protests against President Nicolas Maduro, and the national election board delayed a decision on the next stage of a possible referendum on his socialist rule. The Democratic Unity coalition is running out of options to force a plebiscite this year to trigger a presidential election should Maduro lose. If a referendum is held in 2017 and he loses, the vice president
  
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• AP Source: Label let Frank Ocean out of contract early

  16-09-2016 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Even before Frank Ocean released his albums "Endless" and "Blonde" on Apple Music last month, he and his label decided the relationship was over.
  
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• Johnson & Johnson to buy Abbott's vision unit for $4.33B

  16-09-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Johnson & Johnson said Friday that it is paying more than $4.3 billion in cash to buy the eye health unit of Abbott Laboratories as it seeks to boost its vision business. The unit, called Abbott Medical ...
  
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• Trump' blows Clinton out the water

  16-09-2016 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  Election 2016 took a detour through the doctor's office this week: Dr. Lisa Bardack. Dr. Harold Bornstein. And, it seems only fitting, Dr. Mehmet Oz.
  
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• Third-party candidates excluded from 1st presidential debate

  16-09-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The commission that oversees presidential debates has invited only Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to the first presidential debate. It excluded two third-party candidates who had hoped the event could help them talk directly to an electorate unhappy with the two front-runners.
  
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• Divided European leaders struggle with post-Brexit vision

  16-09-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Noah Barkin and Jason Hovet BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - European leaders, struggling to overcome an historic crisis following Britain's vote to leave the EU, agreed on Friday to explore closer defense cooperation and boost security at their external borders, but could not hide deep divisions over refugees and economic policy. Meeting in the Slovak capital with the British conspicuously absent, the 27 other EU members unveiled a six-month "road map" of measures designed to restore public confidence
  
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