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• Hurricane Matthew soaks Colombia, heads for Jamaica, Haiti

  01-10-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.
  
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• PM vows to make Britain 'sovereign' in first Brexit detail

  01-10-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May will promise to make Britain "a sovereign and independent country" by repealing the act that took it into what is now the European Union next year, she told the Sunday Times newspaper. In an interview, May, appointed after Britain's vote in June to leave the EU, said she would not wait for an election in Germany next September before triggering Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty to start formal divorce proceedings. The former interior minister has been under pressure
  
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• NTSB: No signal problems at station before train crash

  01-10-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators say there were no problems with signals at a New Jersey station where a commuter train crashed, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 others.
  
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• Russian and Syrian missiles pound Aleppo, destroy hospital: rebels and aid workers

  01-10-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Russian warplanes and their Syrian government allies battered rebel-held areas in and around Aleppo on Saturday and rebels and aid workers accused them of destroying one of the city's main hospitals, killing at least two patients. The strike on hospital M10 in eastern Aleppo - the city's main trauma hospital - came as the United States and its allies urged Russia, which is trying to crush resistance to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to halt the bombing
  
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• The Latest: In leaked speech, Clinton discusses young voters

  01-10-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 campaign (all times EDT):
  
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• Hundreds march in memory of man shot by police in California

  01-10-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Alfred Olango, the unarmed black man shot and killed by police in a suburb of San Diego, was remembered in a demonstration Saturday organized by clergy members and supporters of Olango's family.
  
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• The Latest: Reed holes approach shot on 6 for US boost

  01-10-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the Ryder Cup (all times local):
  
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• Pigs' teeth and shells

  01-10-2016 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Asaro mud men from Papua New Guinea's eastern highlands are known for their ghoulish clay masks - now four of them are "artists in residence" at Sydney's Australian Museum.
  
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• Rudolph has 3 TD passes, Oklahoma St tops No. 22 Texas 49-31

  01-10-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Mason Rudolph passed for 392 yards and three touchdowns to help Oklahoma State defeat No. 22 Texas 49-31 on Saturday.
  
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• Mets beat Phillies 5-3 to clinch top NL wild card

  01-10-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Mets clinched a playoff spot Saturday, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 to secure the top National League wild card.
  
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• Black-clad Poles protest proposal to completely ban abortion

  01-10-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles, many dressed in black, rallied Saturday in front of parliament in Warsaw to protest a proposed bill that would impose a complete ban on abortion.
  
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• 2 TDs by defense help No. 14 Miami beat Georgia Tech 35-21

  01-10-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Shaquille Quarterman and Joe Jackson each returned fumbles by Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas for touchdowns in a span of less than a minute in the second quarter and No. 14 Miami beat the Yellow Jackets 35-21 on Saturday.
  
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• Boy, 6, dies days after South Carolina school shooting

  01-10-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who was critically wounded in a school shooting died Saturday, days after a 14-year-old boy opened fire on a school playground, authorities said.
  
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• Powerful Hurricane Matthew churns towards Jamaica, Haiti

  01-10-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade, churned towards Jamaica and Haiti Saturday on a path that forecasters said could eventually take it to the eastern United States. Briefly a top threat overnight as a furious Category 5 storm on the 1-5 Saffir-Simpson scale, Matthew has now weakened into a still dangerous Category 4 hurricane, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. "On the forecast track, the center of Matthew will move across the central Caribbean Sea tod
  
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• Kashmir conflict: Tension on the India Pakistan border

  01-10-2016 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil travels to Kasmir's Line of Control - the de facto border between India and Pakistan, where tensions run high between the two nuclear powers.
  
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• Ex-reporter: Trump called me c-word

  01-10-2016 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  A former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter alleged Saturday that Donald Trump called her the c-word back in the 1980s.
  
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• Republic of Congo police say 14 killed in train attack

  01-10-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Republic of Congo police say 14 people have been killed in an attack on a train in the country's southeast.
  
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• Kizer covers for shaky D as Notre Dame beats Syracuse 50-33

  01-10-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — DeShone Kizer threw for a career-best 465 yards to help Notre Dame overcome another shaky performance by its defense and special teams and beat Syracuse 50-33 Saturday.
  
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• Spain's Socialists oust party leader in bid to end deadlock

  01-10-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spain's Socialists have voted against party leader Pedro Sanchez in a move that seeks to end the party's internal divisions and possibly resolve the country's nine months of political deadlock.
  
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• El Cajon, California, sees fifth day of protests over police shooting

  01-10-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest march in the San Diego suburb came one day after police released two videos of the shooting death on Tuesday of Ugandan-born Alfred Olango, 38, at a strip mall. The shooting follows a number of killings of black men and women in encounters with police that have sparked protests across the United States and calls for greater accountability of law enforcement in the use of deadly force. Two El Cajon police officers encountered Olango after receiving calls about a "mentally unstable" man
  
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• Coroner says 6-year-old boy who was shot at South Carolina elementary school has died

  01-10-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Coroner says 6-year-old boy who was shot at South Carolina elementary school has died .
  
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• Spain's Socialist Party chief steps down

  01-10-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The embattled head of the Spanish Socialists Pedro Sanchez resigned Saturday after losing a vote among top party members, in a move that could pave the way to unblocking the country's political paralysis. Since December 2015, the country has been without a fully-functioning executive as rivals have failed to agree on a government following two elections in which none of the main parties won an absolute majority. Sanchez's announcement came after 17 of his 35-strong executive quit together on Wed
  
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• Gulf Arab states call on U.N. to intervene to stop Aleppo assault

  01-10-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) demanded on Saturday that the U.N. intervene in Syria to stop aerial bombardments of the city of Aleppo that it said were killing hundreds of civilians. The Sunni Muslim dominated council - representing Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar - said a Syrian government offensive on the city was systematically destroying neighborhoods and a "flagrant aggression contrary to international laws." "The Secretary-General ... demands that the
  
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• Barrett sets record, Ohio State blows out Rutgers 58-0

  01-10-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — J.T. Barrett broke the school record for career touchdown passes with the third of his four TD tosses Saturday, No. 2 Ohio State's stifling defense forced Rutgers to punt on each of its 10 drives and the surging Buckeyes romped to a 58-0 victory.
  
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• 'Folksong Festival' radio host Oscar Brand dies at 96

  01-10-2016 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The manager for folk singer, writer and longtime New York radio host Oscar Brand says that he has died. Brand was 96.
  
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• NTSB: More information on deadly train crash coming Saturday

  01-10-2016 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says it will release more information about a New Jersey commuter train crash that killed one and injured more than 100.
  
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• Garcia, McIlroy spark Europe as US clings to Ryder Cup lead

  01-10-2016 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Emotional Ryder Cup efforts by Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy sparked a Europe rally Saturday but the United States clung to a 6 1/2 - 5 1/2 lead after alternate shots foursomes matches. Garcia shrugged off hecklers and joined Spanish compatriot Rafa Cabrera Bello to win four of the last six holes and halve with Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed in one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the biennial team golf showdown. "To turn things around and take back that half, to push it that little
  
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• Cop slams man's face into windshield

  01-10-2016 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  Pele Smith is suing the Lorain Police Department in Ohio for use of excessive force after an encounter between Smith and the police in 2014 ended with Smith's face getting smashed into the windshield of a police cruiser.
  
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• Unscripted Trump overshadows his own economic message

  01-10-2016 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Thousands of Michigan voters roared with approval as Donald Trump lashed out at an economic system he said was rigged against everyday Americans. They cheered louder when he declared that Hillary Clinton was to blame.
  
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• U.N. atomic agency chief says Iran sticking to nuclear deal

  01-10-2016 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be used to make atomic weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told French daily Le Monde. Confirming the findings of a confidential report by the U.N. agency seen by Reuters last month, IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano said Tehran had observed the deal which was opposed by hardliners inside Iran and by skeptics in the West. "The deal is being im
  
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• The Latest: McIroy-Pieters up early on Koepka-Johnson

  01-10-2016 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the Ryder Cup (all times local):
  
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• Clinton resurgent, while Trump stalls

  01-10-2016 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton has been rewarded with a sizeable poll bump on the heels of her commanding presidential debate performance, surveys showed on Saturday, while Donald Trump remained bogged down by his row with a former beauty queen. Trump had erased an advantage in polls enjoyed by his Democratic rival, but the latest average posted by RealClear Politics now shows Clinton ahead by three percentage points, 43.8 to 40.9 percent. A Clinton victory in next month's election, however, is by no means in
  
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• Man tries to attack Moscow synagogue

  01-10-2016 21:03 via cnn.com
  
  An armed man carrying a gas canister attempted to barge into a Moscow synagogue Saturday and wounded a security guard who tried to impede him from entering the building, police told CNN.
  
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• Congo plans to delay a national vote for 2 years to 2018

  01-10-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's electoral commission president says a national election, originally scheduled for November this year, will likely take place at the end of 2018 — a two-year delay likely to cause more unrest in the tense central African nation.
  
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• WATCH: 9-Year-Old Abstract Painter Opens Solo Show in Famed Museum

  01-10-2016 21:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Meet the painting prodigy who started her career as a toddler.
  
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• WATCH: 'Queen of Katwe' Rose From Slums to Become Chess Prodigy

  01-10-2016 20:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Phiona Mutesi's remarkable story is the inspiration for Disney's "Queen of Katwe."
  
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• Correction: Alabama Chief Justice story

  01-10-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — In a story Sept. 30 about suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age limit for judges could be raised if voters approve a measure on the November ballot to do so. The measure applies to other elected offices, but not judges.
  
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• Life normal in Pakistani Kashmir, but tense on Indian side

  01-10-2016 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGSAR, Pakistan (AP) — Life seems quite normal in the villages along the Pakistani side of Kashmir. But on the Indian side, villagers are spending sleepless nights in temporary shelters amid soaring tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
  
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• Spanish rally brings Europe closer in Ryder Cup

  01-10-2016 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — A sprint to the finish by Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera Bello enabled Europe to creep a little closer Saturday morning in the Ryder Cup.
  
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• Pope presses Georgian Orthodox agenda despite Mass absence

  01-10-2016 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis' efforts to improve relations with the Georgian Orthodox Church suffered a setback Saturday after the patriarchate decided at the last minute not to send an official delegation to his Mass ...
  
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• Pasadena 911 call released amid probe of death during arrest

  01-10-2016 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Los Angeles County released security video and a 911 call from the family of a man armed with a knife and later reported to be bipolar who died after a struggle with Pasadena police officers at an apartment complex.
  
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• Rally, march in memory of man shot by police in California

  01-10-2016 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Alfred Olango, the unarmed black man shot and killed by police in a suburb of San Diego, was remembered in a demonstration Saturday organized by clergy members and supporters of Olango's family.
  
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• U.S. says hackers probed voting systems, no sign of damage

  01-10-2016 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Hackers have probed the voting systems of many U.S. states but there is no sign that they have manipulated any voting data, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Saturday. National security officials are investigating a number of possible leads suggesting that cyber-criminals are trying to influence the Nov. 8 presidential election, including by hacking into systems run by the Democratic National Committee. Republican candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly charged that the U
  
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• Park service making author David McCullough honorary ranger

  01-10-2016 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Acclaimed author David McCullough can add a quirky new title to his resume: honorary park ranger.
  
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• Official: No 'manipulation' of data seen in election hacks

  01-10-2016 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Homeland Security Department says hackers have made their way into state election systems "in a few cases," but the federal government hasn't found "any manipulation" so far of voting information.
  
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• The Latest: Spaniards rally help Europe stay close

  01-10-2016 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on the Ryder Cup (all times local):
  
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• After suspension, what's next for Alabama chief justice?

  01-10-2016 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore built his career on defiance, and it has cost him his job — twice.
  
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• Orchestra musicians on strike in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh

  01-10-2016 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Musicians have been walking picket lines on both ends of Pennsylvania with strikes at orchestras in Pittsburgh and now Philadelphia.
  
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• The Latest: 4 Albanians arrested in Syrian refugees case

  01-10-2016 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migration crisis (all times local):
  
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• Patrick Dempsey returns to Maine for cancer fundraiser

  01-10-2016 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — After hitting the red carpet this month for the release of his new movie, actor Patrick Dempsey has returned to his home state for a cancer fundraiser.
  
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