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• The Latest: Europe finally puts a point on the board

  30-09-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the Ryder Cup (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: NTSB says probe into train crash is progressing

  30-09-2016 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on a commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others (all times local):
  
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• RNC Goes After Bill Clinton's Half-Brother in New Memo

  30-09-2016 23:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The memo goes after Roger Clinton and Clinton aide Justin Cooper.
  
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• Children of Syria's Aleppo bear brunt of violent onslaught

  30-09-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 6-year-old girl was found trapped under the rubble of her home, destroyed by an airstrike in Syria's rebel-held city of Aleppo. "Dust!" she wailed as rescue workers pried away the stones ...
  
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• Redskins' Norman fined $48,620 for hit vs. Giants receiver

  30-09-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman was fined $48,620 by the NFL on Friday for his unnecessary roughness foul on New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard last week.
  
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• Clinton calls Trump Twitter tirade 'unhinged, even for him'

  30-09-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Hillary Clinton is criticizing Donald Trump's Twitter tirade against a former beauty pageant winner, calling it "unhinged, even for him."
  
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• USC football player accused of rape appears in Utah court

  30-09-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A suspended University of Southern California football player charged with rape in Utah and facing allegations involving the same woman in California was ordered Friday not to contact the alleged victim.
  
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• Clinton moves to cement post-debate lead in pivotal Florida

  30-09-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton embarked on a lightning swing through Florida on Friday, trying to strengthen a newly minted lead in the pivotal swing state and capitalize on a spasm of setbacks for her presidential opponent Donald Trump. The Democratic candidate barnstormed through populous southeast Florida, visiting Fort Pierce and Coral Springs, trying to rally reenergized supporters and boost her campaign war chest. Florida, with its prodigious number of electoral votes, has swung back toward Clinton since
  
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• Andrew Walker: Is OPEC back in charge?

  30-09-2016 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The oil producers' group OPEC agreed a preliminary deal on Wednesday to reduce supply. The decision at a meeting in Algiers marks the first time in eight years that OPEC's members have agreed to cut production, and oil prices rose on the news. But will the deal hold?
  
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• Clinton Describes Trump's Latest Twitter 'Meltdown' as 'Unhinged'

  30-09-2016 23:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  She said the meltdown proves Trump's not fit to be president.
  
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• Debate Commission Says There Were 'Issues' With Trump's Audio

  30-09-2016 23:34 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Trump said his mic at the debate "was bad."
  
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• Shimon Peres: The kind face of Israel?

  30-09-2016 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Shimon Peres, the ninth President of Israel, who died this week at 93, personified the acceptable, kind face of Israel. It was a face, however, that wore a mask -- or at the very least a heavy layer of makeup.
  
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• Peres: The kind mask for Israel's failings?

  30-09-2016 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Shimon Peres, the ninth President of Israel, who died this week at 93, personified the acceptable, kind face of Israel. It was a face, however, that wore a mask -- or at the very least a heavy layer of makeup.
  
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• Hurricane Matthew powers to Category 4 major storm: US

  30-09-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hurricane Matthew rapidly gained power Friday, escalating to a powerful Category 4 storm as it moved over the open Caribbean sea just south of Jamaica, US forecasters said. A hurricane watch was issued for Jamaica due to the approaching storm, and forecasters warned of tropical storm conditions for Haiti and Cuba over the next two days. The hurricane watch issued for Jamaica indicates that hurricane conditions are possible by Monday.
  
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• Witness to Milwaukee police shooting confirms friend had gun

  30-09-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A witness to a fatal police shooting that led to riots in Milwaukee last month said his friend was carrying a gun when he was killed, according to a report Friday.
  
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• WATCH: Rescue Worker Cries as He Pulls Baby Alive From Rubble in Syria

  30-09-2016 23:23 via abcnews.go.com
  
  "I felt like she was my daughter," he said.
  
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• With grim topicality, 'The13th' opens New York Film Festival

  30-09-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The 54th New York Film Festival kicked off Friday under gray autumn skies, cloaked by an unusual degree of topicality.
  
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• Bruce Springsteen signs young student's absence note

  30-09-2016 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US schoolboy who skipped class to meet his musical hero had the best excuse ever - an absence note signed by Bruce Springsteen.
  
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• US election 2016: Trump berates Alicia Machado on Twitter

  30-09-2016 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump attacks a former beauty pageant winner who criticised him for alleged sexist and misogynistic remarks as "disgusting" in a Twitter outburst.
  
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• Hurricane Matthew aims at Jamaica, Cuba

  30-09-2016 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  Tropical Storm Matthew became a major hurricane Friday and threatens Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas as it begins its slow romp across the Caribbean.
  
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• Teen Charged With Attempted Murder in SC School Shooting

  30-09-2016 23:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  He appeared in court today.
  
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• Trump goes on offensive against former beauty queen, Clinton calls him 'unhinged'

  30-09-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump escalated his attacks on a former beauty queen with a vague and unsubstantiated allegation about a sex tape in predawn Twitter posts on Friday that prompted Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to denounce him as "unhinged." Trump's refusal to drop his invective against Alicia Machado, the Miss Universe he criticized for gaining weight after she won the crown in 1996, threatened to damage his already weak standing
  
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• FBI Eyes Gymnastics Doc Accused of Sex Abuse

  30-09-2016 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  His alleged victims include an Olympic medalist.
  
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• Trump vs Miss Universe: White House race hits new low

  30-09-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump urged voters on Friday to check out the supposed "sex tape" of a former Miss Universe backing his rival Hillary Clinton, provoking the Democrat to label him "unhinged" in a surreal new turn to the White House race. In a pre-dawn tweet-storm guaranteed to grab attention, the Republican nominee accused Clinton of helping Alicia Machado obtain citizenship in order to exploit her story against him. The Venezuela-born Machado, who claims the billionaire bullied her mercilessly after she
  
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• The Latest: Official: Train engineer is answering questions

  30-09-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on a commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others (all times local): 4:55 p.m. A U.S. government official says the engineer ...
  
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• Forecasters say Matthew has rapidly strengthened into powerful Category 4 hurricane

  30-09-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Matthew has rapidly strengthened into powerful Category 4 hurricane.
  
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• The Latest: Debate commission says Trump mic had 'issues'

  30-09-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• The Latest: Boy still in critical after school shooting

  30-09-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOWNVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a school shooting in South Carolina (all times local):
  
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• Police killing shakes diverse San Diego suburb

  30-09-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The family of an unarmed black man fatally shot by police is like thousands who have transformed the suburban San Diego city of El Cajon: Refugees from a strife-torn country. The family of 38-year-old ...
  
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• LeBron James puts pressure on Cavs to sign JR Smith

  30-09-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James didn't hold back in weighing in on J.R. Smith's contract impasse with the Cavaliers.
  
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• Syria regime advances in Aleppo, MSF decries 'bloodbath'

  30-09-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Syrian regime forces advanced in the battleground city of Aleppo Friday, backed by a Russian air campaign that a monitor said has killed more than 3,800 civilians in the past year. The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity accused Syria's government and its ally Moscow of provoking a "bloodbath" in the city, saying the eastern rebel-held portion had become "a giant kill box". Syria's army was advancing on two Aleppo fronts, as talks between key players Washington and Moscow -- which back opposin
  
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• Pentagon chief urges Southeast Asia security cooperation

  30-09-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KO OLINA, Hawaii (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is meeting in Hawaii with his counterparts from 10 Southeast Asian nations, even as U.S. relations with the Philippines grow shakier.
  
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• Officials: Thousands of Ground Troops Massing Around Aleppo

  30-09-2016 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two senior US officials tell NBC News that thousands of ground troops are massing around Aleppo.
  
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• The Latest: Europe fighting back in the afternoon

  30-09-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the Ryder Cup (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Videos of shooting of black man to be released

  30-09-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a police shooting of an unarmed black man in a San Diego suburb (all times local):
  
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• Trump: Presidential campaign could be good for his hotels

  30-09-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump suggests in a videotaped deposition released Friday that his presidential campaign could boost business at his hotels and increase the value of his personal brand.
  
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• Police: Autopsies done for sisters found dead in Seychelles

  30-09-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two American sisters found dead in their tropical island villa while vacationing in Seychelles died of excess fluid in their lungs, according to police in the African archipelago nation. Annie Marie Korkki, ...
  
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• North Dakota tavern takes trademark as North American center

  30-09-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Crediting "barstool science," a small-town tavern in central North Dakota is laying claim as the center of North America after snatching the title from a nearby city that allowed its trademark to lapse.
  
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• Kashmir: A bitter dispute

  30-09-2016 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region, has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for the past 70 years.
  
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• Fury fights for future after cocaine test claim

  30-09-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tyson Fury was fighting for his boxing future on Friday after a media report said he had tested positive for cocaine and faced being stripped of his heavyweight title belts. The 28-year-old Briton had been due to defend the WBA and WBO world titles against former champion Wladimir Klitschko in Manchester on October 29, but the bout was called off abruptly last week for a second time, for unspecified medical reasons. A spokesman for Fury's promoters Hennessy Sports declined to discuss the cocaine
  
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• Police releasing video of fatal shooting in San Diego suburb

  30-09-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Videos of the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in a San Diego suburb will be released to the public Friday, police said.
  
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• 5 soldiers killed in attack on Mexican army convoy

  30-09-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman apparently launched a brazen and violent ambush on a military convoy using grenades and high-powered guns on Friday, killing five soldiers, officials said.
  
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• Managing the clock: staying calm along the chaos

  30-09-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Imagine driving down a highway with no signs. No speed limit indicators. No exit alerts.
  
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• Wall Street rallies, led by Deutsche Bank, financials

  30-09-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street rallied on Friday, lifted by a surge in Deutsche Bank shares and financial stocks after concerns eased about the health of the German bank. Deutsche Bank's U.S.-listed shares jumped 14 percent a day after sinking to a record low. French news agency AFP reported that Deutsche Bank was nearing a $5.4 billion settlement with U.S. officials over charges related to selling toxic mortgage bonds.
  
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• Stocks jump, euro edges up as Deutsche Bank rebounds

  30-09-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock prices across major markets rose on Friday, while the euro stabilized as Deutsche Bank's shares recovered from record lows on a report it is close to a deal to reduce a massive U.S. settlement over charges related to selling toxic mortgage bonds. The S&P 500 booked a 3.3 percent gains, while the Dow Jones Industrial average rose 2.1 percent and the Nasdaq gained 9.7 percent. "We are very much being driven by headline risks at Deutsche Bank," said G
  
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• Mother sues airline for flying 5-year-old son to wrong city

  30-09-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A New York City woman is suing JetBlue Airways for mixing up her 5-year-old son with another boy and flying him to the wrong city. Maribel Martinez filled a lawsuit Friday over the Aug. 17 mix-up involving ...
  
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• Africa's top shots: 23-29 September 2016

  30-09-2016 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.
  
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• Here's Why Art Thieves Steal Paintings They Can't Sell

  30-09-2016 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  The true art in art theft is not in the stealing, it's unloading the goods, experts said following the discovery of two stolen Van Goghs in Italy.
  
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• Investigators want to question engineer in Hoboken crash

  30-09-2016 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal investigators trying to figure out the cause of the deadly rail crash at the Hoboken station hoped to question the engineer and lift clues Friday from the train's black box recorders, though one ...
  
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• Man who got generations singing Oscar Mayer Wiener song dies

  30-09-2016 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man who got generations of hot dog lovers singing along to the Oscar Mayer Wiener song has died. Richard Trentlage died Sept. 21 in Libertyville, Illinois, at the age of 87, according to an obituary ...
  
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