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• Watch the Dalai Lama impersonate Donald Trump

  22-09-2016 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  Piers Morgan asked the Dalai Lama what he thought of Donald Trump on the TV show "Good Morning Britain." His Holiness' response was priceless.
  
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• Dalai Lama impersonates Trump

  22-09-2016 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  Piers Morgan asked the Dalai Lama what he thought of Donald Trump on the TV show "Good Morning Britain." His Holiness' response was priceless.
  
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• US military confirms mustard attack

  22-09-2016 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  The military assesses that the shell fired on a joint US-Iraqi base Tuesday was indeed a chemical weapon, according to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford.
  
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• Betty Shelby's emotional post

  22-09-2016 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  As a second night of protests rent the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, a police officer from another town feeling the pain of an officer-involved shooting wrote an emotional and compassionate plea on Facebook.
  
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• Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen kill 30

  22-09-2016 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  At least 30 civilians were killed and dozens more injured when Saudi-led airstrikes attacked a populated neighborhood in Yemen's port city Hodeida Wednesday.
  
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• My first interview with a Muppet

  22-09-2016 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  A remarkable transformation takes place when Mansoora Shirzad slips the Afghan Muppet named "Zari" onto her hand.
  
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• Muppet changes lives in war-torn Afghanistan

  22-09-2016 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  When the Afghan Muppet named Zari makes an appearance at an orphanage on the outskirts of Kabul, the faces of the children light up in wonder.
  
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• UN extends Syria chemical weapons investigation

  22-09-2016 23:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
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• Tulsa officer charged in fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher

  22-09-2016 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby has been charged with manslaughter in the first degree, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler told reporters Thursday.
  
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• Digitally unwrapped scroll reveals ancient Hebrew scripture

  22-09-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An extremely fragile, ancient Hebrew scroll has been digitally unwrapped for the first time, revealing the earliest copy of Old Testament Bible scripture since the Dead Sea Scrolls, researchers said Wednesday. Known as the En-Gedi scroll, it contains text from the Book of Leviticus, and dates at least to the third or fourth century, possibly earlier, according to the report in the journal Science Advances. The scroll is not the oldest ever found -- that honor belongs to the biblical Dead Sea Scr
  
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• AP NewsBreak: Patterson pulls 'The Murder of Stephen King'

  22-09-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson has decided that an upcoming novel, "The Murder of Stephen King," wasn't a good idea after all and is having the scheduled Nov. 1 publication withdrawn.
  
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• Virginia officers won't face federal charges in stun gun use

  22-09-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Three Virginia police officers will not be charged with federal civil rights crimes for repeatedly using a stun gun on a black man who died soon after he was taken into custody, a prosecutor said Thursday.
  
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• Comedian and sitcom star Jerrod Carmichael will author book

  22-09-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stand-up comic and TV star Jerrod Carmichael is now set to be an author.
  
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• Witnesses: Sacramento mayor tackled man who hit him with pie

  22-09-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man took a pie from a grocery bag, grabbed Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson from behind and smacked him in the face with the creamy dessert at a charity event, witnesses say, leading the former NBA star to start swinging and then tackle the man who was left with stitches and facing assault charges.
  
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• Sexual harassment common at national parks, panel told

  22-09-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sexual harassment, bullying and other misconduct is rampant among employees at national parks across the country, including at iconic sites such as Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, a congressional committee was told Thursday.
  
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• Man dies, days after fight with police; lawyer blames cops

  22-09-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (AP) — A black man died three days after he called police to his suburban Baltimore home during an outburst of strange behavior and was punched in the face and held to the ground by officers, police and relatives said.
  
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• 7 firefighters missing in Moscow blaze

  22-09-2016 23:11 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Emergency officials in Moscow say that seven firefighters are missing in a large blaze at a plastics warehouse.
  
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• Hackers steal data from 500 million Yahoo accounts

  22-09-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Unprotected passwords, payment card data and bank account information did not appear to have been compromised, Yahoo said, signaling that some of the most valuable user data was not taken. "This is the biggest data breach ever," said well-known cryptologist Bruce Schneier. It was not immediately clearly when Yahoo learned of the hack and why it took two years to come to light.
  
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• Trump debate challenge: Keeping his cool if Clinton attacks

  22-09-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's advisers are urging him to keep his cool during next week's presidential debate and resist attempts by Hillary Clinton to provoke him with questions about his business record, wealth or controversial comments about minorities.
  
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• Pressure grows on Charlotte police to release shooting video

  22-09-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andy Sullivan and Greg Lacour CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - Pressure on Charlotte police intensified on Thursday to release a video showing the fatal shooting of a black man by officers that has sparked two nights of violent protests in North Carolina's largest city. The video will only be shown to the family of Keith Scott, 43, who was shot dead by a black police officer in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Tuesday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said. "I'm not going t
  
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• The Latest: Trump sounds confident about his debate prep

  22-09-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• Mother of Keith Lamont Scott Talks About Shooting of Her Son

  22-09-2016 23:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The mother of Keith Lamont Scott speaks with ABC News about the shooting.
  
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• Tulsa Officer to Be Charged With Manslaughter in Terence Crutcher's Shooting

  22-09-2016 23:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  She shot and killed Terence Crutcher on Friday night.
  
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• Top Dems: Russians Trying to Influence U.S. Election

  22-09-2016 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  "This effort is intended to sow doubt about the security of our election and may well be intended to influence the outcomes."
  
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• Exclusive: Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative's 'mistake'

  22-09-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph Menn and John Walcott SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. investigation into a leak of hacking tools used by the National Security Agency is focusing on a theory that one of its operatives carelessly left them available on a remote computer and Russian hackers found them, four people with direct knowledge of the probe told Reuters. The tools, which enable hackers to exploit software flaws in computer and communications systems from vendors such as Cisco Systems and Fortinet Inc
  
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• Poland's lawmakers open debate on divisive anti-abortion law

  22-09-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's lawmakers on Thursday opened a divisive debate on changing the restrictive anti-abortion law, among Europe's toughest, in this predominantly Catholic nation.
  
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• Yahoo hack steals personal info from at least 500M accounts

  22-09-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Computer hackers swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what is believed to be the biggest digital break-in at an email provider.
  
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• Police Say Video Shows Keith Lamont Scott Had Gun in Hand

  22-09-2016 22:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Charlotte-Mecklenburg police plan to show the video to Scott's family.
  
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• Gigi Hadid fends off man-handler between runway turns

  22-09-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — This was already Gigi Hadid's season.
  
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• Chief: Officers justified in pepper-spraying Maryland girl

  22-09-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Police video shows an officer in Maryland pepper-spraying a 15-year-old girl who refused to cooperate after her bicycle hit a car.
  
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• AP-GfK poll shows which candidate voters trust on top issues

  22-09-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more likely to trust Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump to handle a variety of issues facing the country, even when it comes to national security topics that have been a major focus of his campaign, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
  
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• Tulsa police officer charged in man's death

  22-09-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Prosecutors in Tulsa, Oklahoma, charged a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man on a city street with first-degree manslaughter Thursday.
  
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• WATCH: Video Shows 15-Year-Old Girl Being Pepper-Sprayed by Police

  22-09-2016 22:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Maryland police said they believe an appropriate amount of force was used.
  
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• UNICEF: We Need to Treat Refugee Kids Like Our Own

  22-09-2016 22:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Beyond a single image, a UNICEF official on the scale and scope of the child refugee crisis.
  
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• UK may not need two years to get EU divorce deal -minister

  22-09-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Britain expects to start the divorce procedure to leave the European Union early next year and may not need two years to negotiate a deal, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday. London is under pressure from fellow EU members to invoke Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which triggers the start of the exit from the bloc. After that, Britain will have two years to negotiate a deal.
  
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• The Latest: Arrangements underway for Tulsa cop's surrender

  22-09-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the death of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma (all times local):
  
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• Charlotte victim's family to see video police won't show

  22-09-2016 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  Protesters clashed with police in Charlotte for a second night Wednesday --a day after violence erupted in the city over the killing of an African-American man by an officer.
  
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• The Latest: Hungary FM rejects criticism of referendum

  22-09-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local):
  
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• Deplorable? Trump more so than Clinton, AP-GfK poll finds

  22-09-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was supposed to be her "47 percent" moment.
  
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• Wisconsin teen dies after ending care for incurable disease

  22-09-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager who drew attention for deciding to end her life instead of continuing a battle with an incurable disease has died.
  
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• Stocks gain moderately, led by high-dividend sectors

  22-09-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks posted solid gains on Thursday as investors, comfortable that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates low, bought up stocks that pay big dividends.
  
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• Sold: New York mansion of 'Keeping up with the Joneses' fame

  22-09-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) — A dilapidated New York mansion believed to have inspired the phrase "Keeping up with the Joneses" has sold at auction for $120,000.
  
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• Ex-con charged with killing 4 at family home in Detroit area

  22-09-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area man who served 16 years in prison for killing his first wife was charged Thursday with killing his two children and two stepchildren, and torturing his wife.
  
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• NYC Bombing Suspect Was Shot 7 Times, Officials Say

  22-09-2016 22:36 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Wife of Ahmad Rahami was questioned in the UAE by FBI and local authorities.
  
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• Leaked Contractor's Email Reveals First Lady's Passport

  22-09-2016 22:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Emails apparently sent from the Gmail account of a young contractor were made public by the group DC Leaks.
  
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• Iran slams US on nuclear deal

  22-09-2016 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States Thursday of "a lack of compliance" with the nuclear deal agreed between Tehran and world powers last July.
  
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• Priest kidnapped in Mexico adds to worries after 2 killed

  22-09-2016 22:34 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Roman Catholic Church officials in Mexico are pleading for the life of a priest who was kidnapped from his parish residence one day after two other priests were killed.
  
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• Police Video Shows Officer Pepper-Spraying Teen

  22-09-2016 22:33 via abcnews.go.com
  Maryland police said they believe an appropriate amount of force was used.
  
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• Wall Street extends Fed-fueled rally; Nasdaq hits new high

  22-09-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The S&P 500 tallied its best two-day performance in more than two months, while the Nasdaq closed at a record high. Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that U.S. growth was looking stronger and rate increases would be needed to keep the economy from overheating and fuelling high inflation. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 98.76 points, or 0.54 percent, to 18,392.46, the S&P 500 gained 14.06 points, or 0.65 percent, to 2,177.18 and the Nasdaq Composite added 44.34 points, or 0.8
  
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• Factbox: What does a state of emergency mean for Charlotte? 

  22-09-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency amid a second night of unrest following the fatal police shooting of a black man. The circumstances surrounding the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a 43-year-old father of seven, remain in dispute: Authorities say Scott was shot after refusing police orders to drop his handgun. Below are details on what the state of emergency means: ** The North Carolina state of emergency applies to the city of Cha
  
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