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• Johnson takes 1-shot lead at Tour Championship

  23-09-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Dustin Johnson powered his way down the fairways and occasionally out of the brutal rough for a 3-under 67 to take a one-shot lead at the Tour Championship and move closer to the $10 million FedEx Cup prize.
  
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• Harden focused on helping Rockets improve after tough season

  23-09-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden was second in the NBA with 29 points per game last season and his 7.5 rebounds were a career high.
  
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• Moby launches new album with environmental manifesto

  23-09-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Moby, the electronic artist known for his dark musical undertones and staunch advocacy of animal rights, has announced a new album in the form of an environmental manifesto. Entitled "These Systems Are Failing," the album to be released on October 14 will be the debut of his new act called Moby and the Void Pacific Choir. Moby released an initial two tracks, which have echoes of the techno sound that made him famous in the 1990s but carry a forceful wall of guitar and bleak minor-key arrangement
  
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• Bucs release Seferian Jenkins after arrest on DUI charge

  23-09-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers waived tight end Austin-Seferian Jenkins on Friday, hours after the third-year pro was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence.
  
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• 911 transcript: Club gunman said US must stop Syria strikes

  23-09-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history told a police negotiator during a standoff at a Florida nightclub that the United States needed to stop its airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, according to a transcript of the phone conversation released Friday.
  
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• VP says South Sudan isn't a 'dumping place' for peacekeepers

  23-09-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Sudan's vice president dismissed the need for peacekeepers in his country, insisting Thursday that peace has been achieved after a civil war that broke out in 2013 and produced more than 1 million refugees.
  
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• Clinton to visit Charlotte, urges release of police video

  23-09-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton said Friday that the police video of the fatal shooting of a black man by Charlotte police should be released immediately as she prepared to make a pre-debate visit to the embattled North Carolina city.
  
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• Loaded gun found in North Carolina had fingerprints matching victim: CNN

  23-09-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Robert MacMillan and Andy Sullivan CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - A gun recovered at the scene of the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, was loaded and fingerprints, DNA and blood from the weapon matched those of the victim, CNN reported on Friday. News of the gun came after the family of shooting victim Keith Scott released its own video of the encounter, which sparked three days of protests. The moment when a black police officer shoots Scott, a 43-year-old f
  
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• Yahoo faces growing scrutiny over when it learned of data breach

  23-09-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yahoo on Friday faced pointed questions about exactly when it knew about a cyber attack that exposed the email credentials of 500 million users, a critical issue for the company as it seeks to prevent the breach from affecting a pending takeover by Verizon Inc . The internet company has so far not provided a clear, detailed timeline about when it was made aware of the breach announced Thursday. Yahoo blamed the incident on a "state-sponsored actor" but has n
  
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• California governor backs protecting whales from crab traps

  23-09-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he signed legislation meant to bring down the record numbers of whales getting caught in fishing gear meant for Dungeness crabs, causing unknown numbers ...
  
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• CAA to move women's golf event from NC if law not repealed

  23-09-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Colonial Athletic Association says it will pull its women's golf championship from North Carolina unless a state law that limits protections for LGBT people is repealed or voided by Jan. 10.
  
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• Family releases shocking video of Charlotte shooting

  23-09-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The family of the African-American man whose death has triggered days of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday released a dramatic video of the moment he was shot by police, raising pressure on the authorities to make their own footage public. Police have refused to release body-cam and dash-cam video of the shooting Tuesday, which they say shows Keith Lamont Scott posed officers a threat.
  
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• Intensified talks on Twitter sale lift shares

  23-09-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chatter about a sale of Twitter is intensifying amid sputtering efforts to transform the one-to-many messaging platform into a profitable business. Twitter shares soared 21.45 percent Friday to close at $22.62 on unconfirmed media reports of a potential sale, with Alphabet-owned Google and Salesforce named as possible suitors. The share price gave the San Francisco-based company a market value of $16.13 billion, still well below the $26 level when Twitter made its stock market debut in November
  
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• Ten-man PSG stunned at Toulouse

  23-09-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier was sent off against his old club as Paris Saint-Germain slumped to a 2-0 defeat away at Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Friday. Aurier was shown a second yellow card for conceding a penalty that Yann Bodiger converted early in the second half to put Toulouse in front at Le Stadium. Jimmy Durmaz then secured the win for the home side late on as PSG suffered a second defeat in just seven league games this season to leave new coach Unai Emery facing more questions about hi
  
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• Imam in bombing suspect's hometown speaks against violence

  23-09-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An imam spoke against violence and in support of law enforcement during the first Friday prayer service since a local man was charged in last weekend's New Jersey and New York City bombings. Imam Syed ...
  
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• Pats QB Brissett's right thumb could be concern in Week 4

  23-09-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots could be looking for yet another quarterback — or two — after third-stringer Jacoby Brissett injured his right thumb in Thursday night's victory over the Houston Texans.
  
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• Colombia's FARC rebels ratify peace accord to end 52-year war

  23-09-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Symmes Cobb YARI PLAINS, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebel group voted unanimously to approve a peace deal with the government on Friday, declaring an end to the five-decade war as it prepares to transition into a new political party. After four years of negotiations in Havana, the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia reached a final peace accord last month that will end a war that has left a quarter of a million people dead. "The war is over, long live Col
  
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• AP Source: Kevin Garnett plans to retire after 21 seasons

  23-09-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Garnett has decided to retire after 21 seasons in the NBA, leaving a legacy as one of the best defensive players in league history and one of the game's most influential and intense competitors.
  
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• Warplanes bomb Aleppo after Syrian army launches offensive

  23-09-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ellen Francis and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Warplanes bombed Aleppo on Friday with what residents described as unprecedented ferocity after the Russian-backed Syrian army announced an offensive to fully capture Syria's biggest city, killing off any hope of reviving a ceasefire. "What's happening now is annihilation in every sense of the word," he told Reuters.
  
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• Mariners suspend Clevenger without pay for rest of season

  23-09-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Reserve catcher Steve Clevenger was suspended for the rest of the season without pay Friday by the Seattle Mariners in the wake of his tweets regarding a recent police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
  
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• North Korea: US faces 'consequences beyond imagination'

  23-09-2016 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  North Korea went on the offensive Friday, blasting the US for "aggression" in Asia, blaming Washington for its pursuit of nuclear weapons and threatening the US with "tremendous consequences beyond imagination."
  
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• North Korea vows in UN speech to strengthen nuclear forces

  23-09-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea's foreign minister condemned the United States on Friday for flying supersonic bombers over South Korea earlier this week and vowed his country will strengthen its nuclear capabilities in defiance of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions.
  
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• U.S., Canada native groups to join Dakota Access pipeline fight

  23-09-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A coalition of 75 U.S. and Canadian native groups that opposes expansion of North American oil production will join a U.S. tribe's fight against the Dakota Access pipeline if tensions escalate, a regional Canadian chief said on Friday. The Standing Rock Sioux oppose the 1,100-mile (1,886-km) pipeline being developed by Energy Transfer Partners LP , which they say threatens water supply and sacred sites. An encampment in North Dakota against the $3.7 billion Dakota Access pipeline represents the
  
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• Company buys land near North Dakota pipeline route: report

  23-09-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal oil pipeline regulators do not have authority over private land and cannot block construction on it. North Dakota's Forum News Service was first reported the sale on Friday. Dakota Access is controlled by Energy Transfer Partners LP , which did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
  
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• The Latest: Mother says rioting worsens family's situation

  23-09-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on unrest in Charlotte following the shooting of a black man by police (all times local):
  
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• Westbrook on police shootings: "Something has to change"

  23-09-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook is a multi-millionaire basketball player, far removed from the rough community he came from in the Los Angeles area.
  
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• Obama vetoes 9/11 bill; possible override by Congress looms

  23-09-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nixed a bill Friday that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, arguing it undermined national security and setting up the possibility that Congress might override his veto for the first time of his presidency.
  
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• The Latest: Clinton calls for release of Charlotte video

  23-09-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential election campaign (all times EDT):
  
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• Obama vetoes 9/11 lawsuit bill

  23-09-2016 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Barack Obama vetoed Friday a bill that would allow family members of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. The White House claimed it could expose US diplomats and servicemen to litigation in other countries.
  
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• Year's busiest week for U.S. IPOs offers little comfort to banks

  23-09-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Friday capped the busiest week for the U.S IPO market this year, but the country's six largest banks have little reason to cheer. Combined fees from advising on deals and from equity and debt underwriting have dropped a 18.5 percent this year at JPMorgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo & Co, Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Thomson Reuters data shows. Despite an uptick in IPOs since June, activity remains below 2015 levels, largely due to low U.S.
  
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• Ted Cruz endorses Trump

  23-09-2016 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  Ted Cruz plans to endorse Donald Trump for the presidency, a stunning turn of events after a contentious primary filled with nasty personal attacks and a dramatic snub at the Republican National Convention, CNN has learned.
  
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• 6 Portland health providers give $21.5M for homeless housing

  23-09-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Five major hospitals in Portland, Oregon, and a nonprofit health care plan said Friday they will donate a combined $21.5 million toward the construction of nearly 400 housing units for the city's burgeoning homeless and low-income population — a move hailed by national housing advocates as the largest private investment of its kind in the nation.
  
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• Obama vetoes Sept. 11 Saudi bill; top Senate Democrat vows override

  23-09-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia Zengerle and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed legislation allowing families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, a move expected to prompt the U.S. Congress to overturn his decision with a rare veto override, the first of his presidency. Obama said the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act would hurt U.S. national security. The bill passed earlier this month in reaction to long-running suspicions, denied by Saudi Ar
  
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• Mariners suspend Clevenger for remarks about protesters

  23-09-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners suspended catcher Steve Clevenger on Friday for posting inflammatory comments about civil unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, that called for protesters to be "locked behind bars like animals." Back-up Clevenger, who has since apologized for posting the remarks on Thursday, was suspended for the last 10 games of the season without pay, the American League club said on Friday. Two nights of street violence sprung from protests in Charlotte ove
  
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• See wife's video

  23-09-2016 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  The family of Keith Lamont Scott has released cell phone video, recorded by his wife, that shows the moments leading to his fatal shooting by police Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About the Presidential Debates

  23-09-2016 22:51 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Everything You Need to Know About the Presidential Debates
  
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• Peace activist tries to calm Charlotte protests with free hugs

  23-09-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A peace activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been offering police and protesters free hugs in an attempt to calm three nights of unrest that have engulfed the city in the wake of the fatal shooting of a black man by police. In a video that was posted online on Thursday by the Free Hugs Project, activist Ken Nwadike is seen hugging two riot policemen at a protest on Wednesday. Protesters are then heard shouting abuse at Nwadike, who proceeds to explain his message and why he is
  
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• Police: 1 killed in Baltimore area search for bank robbers

  23-09-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LUTHERVILLE, Md. (AP) — Authorities say police shot and killed a man Friday while investigating a bank robbery in suburban Baltimore and that a second man was injured.
  
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• Bombing campaign in Syria kills dozens, demolishes buildings

  23-09-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's military threatened a ground offensive in Aleppo and pounded the city's rebel-held neighborhoods with airstrikes on Friday, killing dozens, demolishing buildings and damaging a main water station in an escalation that could doom faltering attempts to revive a cease-fire.
  
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• Lawmakers want speedier release of bin Laden documents

  23-09-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House intelligence committee pressed the Obama administration on Friday to speed up the release of documents and other materials seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
  
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• Tennis stars Williams, Djokovic take their game to Armani

  23-09-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — If even Giorgio Armani has a negligee-inspired dress, then baby doll looks are definitely a trend.
  
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• Everything Ted Cruz has said about Donald Trump

  23-09-2016 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ted Cruz hasn't always liked Donald Trump, even if he has now endorsed him. Here's the evidence.
  
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• Wall Street falls as Apple, energy shares weigh

  23-09-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street retreated on Friday as lower oil prices weighed on energy shares and Facebook and Apple declined, but major indexes still posted gains for the week.
  
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• U.S., Russia send mixed signals on Syria as bombing goes on

  23-09-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Yara Bayoumy and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and Russia sent mixed signals on whether any headway was made on reviving a moribund Syria truce amid intense bombardment of Aleppo on Friday suggesting the effort was dead. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he made "a little progress" on halting the violence in talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who cited no progress and accused the United States of failing to honor the latest ceasefire deal.
  
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• Missiles blast Aleppo as Syria army readies ground assault

  23-09-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Missiles rained down on rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo on Friday, causing widespread destruction that overwhelmed rescue teams, as the army prepared a ground offensive to retake the city. Forty-five civilians including several children were killed and dozens wounded in the raids on eastern Aleppo by Russian warplanes and regime aircraft, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group. The intensity of the bombardment, which included artillery barrages and barr
  
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• 'Don't shoot him!' N.C. victim's family releases own video

  23-09-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Robert MacMillan and Andy Sullivan CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - The family of a black man fatally shot by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday released its own video of the encounter that sparked three days of protests and continued to urge officials to release their own recordings of the slaying. The moment that a black police officer shoots Keith Scott, a 43-year-old father of seven, cannot be seen in the two-minute video recorded by his wife, Rakeyia, who can be heard urging offic
  
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• More Iowa cities mobilizing for flooding along Cedar River

  23-09-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in several Iowa cities were mobilizing resources Friday to handle flooding from a rain-swollen river that has forced evacuations in several communities upstream, while a Wisconsin town was recovering from storms now blamed for two deaths.
  
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• In dramatic reversal, Cruz to vote for Trump

  23-09-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ted Cruz announced Friday he will vote for Donald Trump, a dramatic about-face for the Texas senator who previously called the New York businessman a "pathological liar" and "utterly amoral."
  
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• Knicks not concerned about possible Rose rape trial

  23-09-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Knicks don't expect Derrick Rose's season to be affected because of a potential rape trial, but won't say if he might miss any games.
  
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• The Latest: Hungary FM: World migration policies have failed

  23-09-2016 21:54 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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