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• Universal Orlando unveils virtual reality Halloween show

  29-09-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — As you enter the dark set — an old library from the 1700s filled with ancient artifacts — at Universal Orlando Resort's new Halloween experience, it's obvious you're in for a creepy time.
  
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• Factbox: Recent major U.S. commuter transportation crashes

  29-09-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A commuter train derailed and crashed through the station in Hoboken, New Jersey, near New York, on Thursday, killing a woman on the platform and injuring more than 100 people. Here is a list of some recent noteworthy passenger train and commuter ferry crashes: October 2003: A New York City-operated ferry carrying commuters from Manhattan to Staten Island struck a maintenance pier on Staten Island, killing 10 passengers and injuring 70. January 2005: A Metrolink commuter train hit an
  
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• Suspended Browns WR Gordon entering rehab on brink of return

  29-09-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Suspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon says he's entering a rehab facility to "gain full control of my life."
  
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• Zika travel advisory issued for 11 Southeast Asia countries

  29-09-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are advising pregnant women to postpone travel to 11 countries in Southeast Asia because of Zika outbreaks in the region.
  
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• Anthem protest opportunities are limited in college football

  29-09-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — If Nebraska's Michael Rose-Ivey and teammates want to kneel during the national anthem again, their next opportunity will be the Nov. 5 game at Ohio State.
  
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• Why is China buying up the global supply of donkeys?

  29-09-2016 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  Gelatin produced from donkey hide is a key ingredient of one of China's favorite traditional remedies, known as ejiao, which is used to treat a range of ailments from colds to insomnia.
  
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• Movie mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg honored by Hollywood

  29-09-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg sank his hands and feet into the cement at Hollywood's Chinese Theatre on Thursday to mark a 40-year career as a pioneering movie maker. A former studio boss at Disney, the 65-year-old is best known as the head of DreamWorks Animation, which made the money-spinning "Shrek," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Madagascar" franchises. "That's what all these handprints and footprints are really all about -- the dreams we, in Hollywood, have delivered," Katzenberg said bef
  
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• Trump goes after Clinton _ Bill Clinton _ in rancorous race

  29-09-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump abruptly resurrected Bill Clinton's impeachment on Thursday, adding the former president's infidelities to the already-rancorous 2016 campaign. Trump warned voters in battleground New Hampshire that a Hillary Clinton victory would bring her husband's sex scandal back to the White House.
  
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• The Latest: Clinton says Trump flouted US law in Cuba work

  29-09-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (All times EDT):
  
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• Led by Kanye, New York festival season expands

  29-09-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York's "summer" music festival has expanded into October with rap superstar Kanye West leading a busy weekend of new events amid an ever-growing demand for live music. Promoters behind Governors Ball, a summer festival launched in 2011, are throwing a new event, The Meadows, in the parking lots next to the Citi Field baseball stadium on Saturday and Sunday. West -- one of the top attractions in live music whose scheduled appearance at Governors Ball in June was canceled due to weather -- wil
  
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• WR Bryant avoided Cowboys for 2 days, fearing news on knee

  29-09-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dez Bryant appeared in the locker room Thursday and seemed to be in a good mood, which was more than the Dallas receiver could say for the first two days of the week.
  
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• Train crash horror: 1 dead, 108 injured in NJ

  29-09-2016 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  A New Jersey Transit train crashed into a platform in Hoboken -- one of the busiest stations in the New York metropolitan area -- during Thursday morning's rush-hour commute, leaving multiple people injured.
  
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• Senator: Education Dept. mishandling Corinthian student debt

  29-09-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Education Department is pursuing debt collection — rather than debt relief — for nearly 80,000 former students of Corinthian Colleges, despite federal and state findings that the now-defunct for-profit ...
  
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• The Latest: 7 victims of train crash at New Jersey hospital

  29-09-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey (all times local):
  
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• At United Nations, Pakistan flags rising tension with India

  29-09-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Pakistan's U.N. envoy asked the president of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to informally brief the body on the country's escalating tension with neighboring India and said she will discuss it with U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday. Indian officials said elite troops crossed into Pakistan-ruled Kashmir on Thursday and killed suspected militants preparing to infiltrate India and carry out attacks on major cities, in a raid that raised
  
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• Report claims Trump violated US embargo against Cuba

  29-09-2016 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  A new report says Donald Trump sought to invest in Cuba in the late 1990s, raising the possibility that the GOP presidential nominee violated US law.
  
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• Did Trump violate Cuba embargo?

  29-09-2016 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  A new report says Donald Trump sought to invest in Cuba in the late 1990s, raising the possibility that the GOP presidential nominee violated US law.
  
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• Americans need short memory in the Ryder Cup

  29-09-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — The American Ryder Cup team could use what might be Dustin Johnson's greatest asset in golf.
  
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• 1 dead, over 100 hurt in train crash at New Jersey station

  29-09-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A rush-hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across the waiting area Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others in a grisly wreck ...
  
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• Saudi foreign ministry condemns passage of U.S. 9/11 law

  29-09-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry condemned the passage of a U.S. law that would allow families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to sue the kingdom for damages, calling it a matter of "great concern" in a statement on Thursday. "The erosion of sovereign immunity will have a negative impact on all nations, including the United States," said the statement, which was carried on state news agency SPA. (Reporting by Katie Paul; editing by Diane Craft)
  
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• Mother of slain California black man wants peaceful protest

  29-09-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in El Cajon, California (all times are local):
  
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• The Latest: Haley asks state to pray for shooting victims

  29-09-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOWNVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a teenager who is accused of killing his father before shooting three people at a school in South Carolina (all times local):
  
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• 6 emerging writers win film academy's Nicholl Fellowships

  29-09-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six emerging screenwriters are getting a boost from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  
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• British royal kids make rare appearance in Canada

  29-09-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — Princess Charlotte took her first steps in public on Thursday as she and brother Prince George played in a children's party with Prince William and Kate.
  
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• 'Poisonous Air': Sudan Accused of Using Chemical Weapons

  29-09-2016 23:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  The chilling report cites evidence for at least 30 likely chemical attacks in a remote and inaccessible part of Darfur, one as recent as Sept. 9.
  
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• Clinton accuses Trump of violating Cuba embargo in 1990s

  29-09-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrat Hillary Clinton on Thursday accused Donald Trump of breaking the law by violating the US trade embargo with Cuba, after a report emerged alleging her White House rival's company spent money there without Washington's approval. Clinton and her team highlighted a Newsweek report that documented a 1998 trip to the communist-ruled island by Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts executives, who were looking into seeking a foothold in the country in the event the United States were to loosen its
  
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• Oil prices rise despite doubts over OPEC output deal

  29-09-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Oil prices added Thursday to steep gains fuelled by OPEC's deal to cut crude output, but analysts doubted the cartel's ability to seriously tackle a supply glut. Following a meeting that included Russia, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries stunned markets Wednesday by saying it planned to trim total production by some 750,000 barrels per day. The cartel's announcement of a first official reduction in eight years sent crude prices surging six percent Wednesday, while energy firm
  
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• New Jersey train crash kills one at station, injures more than 100

  29-09-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A commuter train plowed into a station in New Jersey at the height of Thursday's morning rush hour, killing a woman on the platform and injuring more than 100 people as it brought down part of the roof and scattered debris over the concourse. Witnesses described terrifying scenes as the front of the train smashed through the track stop at high speed and into the Hoboken terminal, toppling support columns and creating chaos at one of the busiest transit hubs in the New York City area. One woman f
  
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• Google rebrands cloud business, adds more artificial intelligence

  29-09-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it renamed its business-to-business cloud computing brand and enhanced some enterprise applications using artificial intelligence, the company's latest gambit to better compete with Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp. in the lucrative cloud business. Discussing the rebranded Google Cloud, Diane Greene, senior vice president of Google's enterprise business, said the company has made good progress courting customers and improving its technology. Cloud computing us
  
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• Gridlock in Congress may presage more of the same to come

  29-09-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Congress adjourned Thursday for the election, having accomplished little more than the bare minimum, with lawmakers looking ahead to a lame-duck session and a weighty to-do list already piling up for next year.
  
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• German Economy Minister to raise Iran's role in Syria war during visit: Spiegel

  29-09-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel plans to raise concerns about Iran's role in the war in Syria and its human rights record during his upcoming visit to Tehran, weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported in its Friday editions. The magazine quoted Gabriel as saying Iran could only have normal, friendly relations with Germany when it accepted the right of Israel to exist. Gabriel will travel to Iran for two days from Sunday. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal)
  
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• Marlins' Fernandez remembered as larger than life at funeral

  29-09-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez was remembered Thursday as a larger than life figure during a homily at his funeral.
  
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• Stocks skid as drugmakers fall, then bank woes deepen losses

  29-09-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. stocks skidded Thursday as drug companies and banks absorbed large losses. Drugmakers faced scrutiny over price increases, while banks fell as investors worried about the stability of Deutsche Bank and other financial institutions. Stocks were slightly lower in morning trading, and they fell hard at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time on renewed concerns about Germany’s largest bank.
  
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• Ohio man could be linked to 5 deaths

  29-09-2016 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  A homeless Ohio man who was charged with two murders last week could now be linked to the slayings of up to five different women.
  
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• Wall Street falls sharply on worries about banks

  29-09-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The S&P 500 financial index declined 1.49 percent after Bloomberg reported that some hedge funds have withdrawn excess cash and positions held at the German lender. "This Deutsche Bank story is really casting a very long shadow over equity markets," said Peter Kenny, senior market strategist at Global Markets Advisory Group, in New York. Citigroup dropped 2.28 percent and JPMorgan Chase fell 1.59 percent.
  
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• Wall St falls sharply on worries about banks

  29-09-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Wall Street dropped on Thursday, weighed down by Apple as well as selling in Wells Fargo, Citigroup and other major banks as investors worried about the health of Deutsche Bank.
  
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• U.S. energy envoy says OPEC deal likely to be self defeating

  29-09-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top U.S. energy diplomat said he has little faith an OPEC deal would raise world crude prices for long because America's drilling revolution and global efficiency gains mean energy markets are resilient to producer cuts. Details are to be worked out in a November meeting, but there has been some scepticism that the cuts will come to fruition given the growth in U.S. oil drilling. "I don't think it's going to work," Amos Hochstein, the State Department's energy envoy, said in an interview on
  
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• White House lashes out at Congress after 9/11 bill vote

  29-09-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House lashed out at Congress on Thursday, a day after Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly overrode President Barack Obama's veto of a bill to allow families of the 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. The White House turned to mockery as top GOP leaders expressed buyer's remorse and vowed to fix the bill.
  
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• US twice tried to deport man killed by police in California

  29-09-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities twice tried to deport a black man who was fatally shot by police in a San Diego suburb this week but his native Uganda refused to take him.
  
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• In Charlotte, police shooting affects presidential politics

  29-09-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The killing of a black man by a Charlotte police officer, and the sometimes violent protests that followed, have intensified the political divide in a state crucial to deciding whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump wins the presidency.
  
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• The Latest: Hearing set for teen accused in school shooting

  29-09-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOWNVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a teenager who is accused of killing his father before shooting three people at a school in South Carolina (all times local):
  
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• Obama flies to Israel for Shimon Peres memorial service

  29-09-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Both were Nobel Prize laureates who labored for peace in the Middle East but failed to achieve it. Now, their joint efforts are at an end as President Barack Obama prepares to pay a final tribute to Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.
  
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• UN rights council seeks greater monitoring of Yemen abuses

  29-09-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution calling for greater U.N. monitoring of rights abuses in war-torn Yemen, while shrugging off calls from the U.N. human rights chief and others for an independent investigation of abuses.
  
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• Chris Christie to the rescue?

  29-09-2016 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Some of Donald Trump's advisers are discussing an overhaul in how he prepares for his second face-off with Hillary Clinton, and one option being floated internally is asking Chris Christie to take a leading role to get the Republican nominee ready.
  
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• U.S. to open new vetting agency for 'secret' security clearances

  29-09-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will open the doors next week to a new agency, with stronger data protections, meant to shorten by many weeks the time it takes to vet government workers seeking "secret" and "top secret" security clearances. The National Background Investigations Bureau will be headed by Charles Phalen, who has worked as a security executive at the CIA, the FBI and defense contractor Northrop Grumman, officials said on Thursday on a conference call wi
  
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• Rescue at sea turns new attention on unsolved 2013 killing

  29-09-2016 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — It was a crime that stunned a quiet suburb and stumped investigators: an 87-year-old real estate developer killed in his home, shot three times with a rifle.
  
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• U.S. lawmakers worry about September 11 law, day after rejecting veto

  29-09-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Thursday expressed doubts about Sept. 11 legislation they forced on President Barack Obama, saying the new law allowing lawsuits against Saudi Arabia could be narrowed to ease concerns about its effect on Americans abroad. A day after a rare overwhelming rejection of a presidential veto, the first during Obama's eight years in the White House, the Republican leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives opened t
  
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• Disbarred lawyer pleads guilty in kidnap once called a hoax

  29-09-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A disbarred Harvard University-trained attorney pleaded guilty Thursday to kidnapping in a bizarre case that police in California initially dismissed as a hoax.
  
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• 'I saw the body': N.J. crash witnesses describe bloody scene

  29-09-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amy Tennery and Frank McGurty HOBOKEN, N.J. (Reuters) - New Jersey Transit train No. 1614 headed south from Spring Valley, New York, shortly before 7:30 a.m., and for 16 stops it was a typical weekday morning commute for hundreds of passengers. Jaime Weatherhead-Saul, who boarded the train in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, was standing between the first and second cars when the train hurtled into the terminal's concourse, causing part of the building's roof to collapse.
  
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• The Latest: PATH train service to Hoboken station resumes

  29-09-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey (all times local):
  
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