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• Utah Jazz look to future without injured Gordon Hayward

  08-10-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz began life without Gordon Hayward on Saturday with the first practice since the franchise player broke a finger on his non-shooting hand. There is no set timetable for his return.
  
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• Divided UN council fails to act to 'save Aleppo'

  08-10-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia on Saturday vetoed a UN draft resolution demanding an end to the bombing of Aleppo, but its own rival measure on a truce in Syria's war-battered city was rejected. The failure of the two resolutions deepened divisions at the Security Council between Damascus ally Moscow and the Western powers backing opposition rebels in the war. It was the fifth time that Russia used its veto to block UN action to end the five-year war in Syria, which has claimed 300,000 lives.
  
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• Haiti mourns as families bury loved ones killed by hurricane

  08-10-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) — As the pale blue coffin came into view, the grieving women flung themselves to the floor near a morgue that overlooked the hurricane-ravaged city of Jeremie, the apparent epicenter of Haiti's growing humanitarian crisis.
  
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• Jays' Liriano has concussion, no timetable for return

  08-10-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays left-hander Francisco Liriano sustained a concussion when he was struck in the back of the head by Carlos Gomez's line drive in Game 2 of the AL Division Series.
  
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• Weakened Hurricane Matthew still deadly as it buffets U.S. Southeast

  08-10-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Harriet McLeod and Scott Malone CHARLESTON, S.C./SAVANNAH, Ga. (Reuters) - Hurricane Matthew slammed into South Carolina on Saturday, packing a diminished yet still powerful punch after killing almost 900 people in Haiti and causing major flooding and widespread power outages as it skirted Florida and Georgia. Now weakened, the most powerful Atlantic storm since 2007 left flooding and wind damage in Florida before moving slowly north to soak coastal Georgia and the Carolinas. Wind speeds had
  
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• Rival Syria resolutions by West and Russia defeated at UN

  08-10-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Rival resolutions on Syria backed by the West and Russia were defeated in the U.N. Security Council on Saturday, offering no relief to the besieged city of Aleppo and leaving the key powers even more divided over a course of action in the war-ravaged country.
  
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• The Latest: I-95 drivers stranded during Matthew floods

  08-10-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on Hurricane Matthew (all times local): 5:30 p.m. At least a couple of dozen people are stranded on Interstate 95 after their vehicles got caught on a stretch of road between two parts of the ...
  
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• Hurricane's blow was less than feared; 'We are blessed'

  08-10-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A weakening Hurricane Matthew lashed Georgia and the Carolinas on Saturday in what appeared to be the last leg of its march up the East Coast, leaving in its wake millions of Americans relieved that one of the most fearsome storms on record in the U.S. wasn't that bad after all.
  
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• Patriots activate Brady and 'Deflategate' comes to an end

  08-10-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots activated Tom Brady from the NFL exempt list Saturday, bringing the 21-month "Deflategate" saga to an end.
  
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• McCain withdraws support

  08-10-2016 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  The Republican Party is in a meltdown unlike anything it has experienced in modern times.
  
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• World Cup games see England win Southgate opener, Germany cruise

  08-10-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  England ground out a low-key 2-0 victory over Malta in Saturday's 2018 World Cup qualifier in interim manager Gareth Southgate's first game in charge, while defending champions Germany strolled past the Czech Republic 3-0. Daniel Sturridge and Dele Alli scored first-half goals in front of a crowd of 82,000 at Wembley to steer England to a second straight win in Group F, leaving them two points clear at the top. Liverpool striker Sturridge headed superbly back across Malta goalkeeper Andrew Hogg
  
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• The Latest: Trump salutes supporters outside Trump Tower

  08-10-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before the second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump (all times EDT):
  
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• 17 years of interviews reveal Trump's penchant for lewd talk

  08-10-2016 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  Warning: This story contains graphic language.
  
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• Leader for former Tuareg separatist group killed in Mali

  08-10-2016 23:19 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The spokesman for a former Tuareg rebel group says its leader has been killed after attending a meeting at a United Nations camp in the northern Mali town of Kidal.
  
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• Mueller brace inspires impressive Germany win

  08-10-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thomas Mueller netted twice as Germany eased to an impressive 3-0 home win over the Czech Republic to keep them top of their World Cup qualifying group on Saturday. It leaves Germany with a perfect six points ahead of Tuesday's next qualifier, home to Northern Ireland, who beat San Marino 4-0 in Belfast. "We can be very happy with the win and we had a good grip on the game," said Germany coach Joachim Loew.
  
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• Hurricane Matthew kills 10 in US, floods Carolinas

  08-10-2016 22:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in the US, causing flooding and bringing the death toll to at least 10.
  
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• Rugby Championship: South Africa 15-57 New Zealand

  08-10-2016 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand hand South Africa their heaviest-ever home defeat, winning 57-15 to secure a record-equalling 17th straight victory.
  
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• Sooners hold on for 45-40 win over Texas

  08-10-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Dede Westbrook had three touchdown catches longer than 40 yards while setting an Oklahoma single-game record with 232 yards receiving, and the No. 20 Sooners held on for a 45-40 victory over Texas in the Red River rivalry on Saturday.
  
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• Say what? Owner of tower rides out storm in middle of ocean

  08-10-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, N.C. (AP) — Talk about braving the storm.
  
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• CoreLogic: Matthew insured US property losses as much as $6B

  08-10-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Insured losses on homes and commercial properties damaged by Hurricane Matthew are likely to be in the billions, but well short of the hefty costs caused by Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina. Property ...
  
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• Maine couple wins beer, cash in wife-carrying competition

  08-10-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Carrying your wife over the threshold means good luck in your new marriage.
  
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• Dodgers-Nats rained out in Game 2 of NLDS; will play Sunday

  08-10-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Persistent rain led Major League Baseball to postpone Game 2 of the NL Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals to Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Weakened Hurricane Matthew kills at least nine as it buffets U.S. Southeast

  08-10-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C./SAVANNAH, Ga. (Reuters) - Hurricane Matthew slammed into South Carolina on Saturday, packing a diminished yet still powerful punch after killing almost 900 people in Haiti and causing major flooding and widespread power outages as it skirted Florida and Georgia. Now weakened, the most powerful Atlantic storm since 2007 left flooding and wind damage in Florida before moving slowly north to soak coastal Georgia and the Carolinas. Wind speeds had dropped by nearly half from their p
  
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• Medics head to southwest Haiti as Cholera kills 13 in Matthew's wake

  08-10-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE/LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - Cholera has killed at least 13 people in southwest Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, government officials told Reuters on Saturday, as health workers sought to reach the epicenter of one outbreak. Six people died of Cholera in a hospital in the southern town of Randel, which is inland near a river, and another seven died in the western coastal town of Anse-d´Ainault, the officials said, likely as flood waters mixed with sewage. "Randel is i
  
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• IMF members to push spending, revive trade to boost growth

  08-10-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The International Monetary Fund's member countries on Saturday pledged to revive flagging global trade, boost government spending and remove barriers to business to fight weak growth that has left too many people behind. The pledge came as world finance leaders fretted over a rising populist backlash against trade and globalization at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Washington. "The persistently low growth has exposed underlying structural weaknesses and risks further dampening potenti
  
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• The Latest: Ryan greeted with some boos from Trump backers

  08-10-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before the second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump (all times EDT):
  
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• Syrian government, allies advance as Russia vetoes U.N. demand

  08-10-2016 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Davison BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia vetoed a French-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution on Saturday that would have demanded an immediate end to air strikes and military flights over Syria's Aleppo city and called for a truce and humanitarian aid access throughout Syria. Meanwhile, a rival Russian-drafted resolution that aimed to revive a failed Sept. 9 U.S. and Russia ceasefire deal on Syria did not garner the minimum nine votes. Fighting continued in the almost six-year co
  
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• Russia vetoes U.N. demand for end to bombing of Syria's Aleppo

  08-10-2016 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia vetoed a French-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution on Saturday that would have demanded an end to air strikes and military flights over Syria's city of Aleppo, while a rival Russian draft text failed to get a minimum nine votes in favor. Moscow's text was effectively the French draft with Russian amendments. It removed the demand for an end to air strikes on Aleppo and put the focus back on a failed Sept. 9 U.S./Russia ceasefire de
  
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• Kuwait arrests suspected Islamist after truck attack on Americans

  08-10-2016 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kuwaiti security forces have detained a suspected Islamist militant who rammed a truck believed to be carrying explosives into a car carrying five Americans, state news agency KUNA reported on Saturday. The agency quoted an interior ministry statement as saying the Americans were unhurt, but the assailant, identified as Egyptian national Ibrahim Suleiman, was injured and was taken to a hospital under security escort. "After an initial investigation of the suspect Suleiman, who was born in 1988,
  
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• Rolling Stones bring fireworks to Desert Trip festival

  08-10-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIO, Calif. (AP) — Mick Jagger told the boomer-heavy crowd at the Desert Trip music festival, which boasts a legendary lineup of septuagenarians, that he wasn't going to "do a bunch of age jokes."
  
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• Russian resolution on Syria defeated in UN Security Council

  08-10-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Russian resolution calling for a separation of moderate and extremist forces in Syria but making no mention of a bombing halt in the besieged city of Aleppo has been defeated in the U.N. Security Council.
  
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• US says Iran rules don't ease sanctions, but others disagree

  08-10-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Obama administration says its new guidance for foreign companies doing business with Iran doesn't ease remaining sanctions on the country. Although some sanctions experts disagree, the administration ...
  
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• Trump vows to press on as GOP calls grow for him to quit

  08-10-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Donald Trump insisted Saturday he would "never" abandon his White House bid, rejecting a growing backlash from Republican leaders across the nation who disavowed the GOP's presidential nominee after he was caught on tape bragging about predatory advances on women.
  
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• Images show activity at North Korea satellite launch site: report

  08-10-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An increase in activity at a North Korean satellite launch site could indicate preparations for a new test or other activities, a U.S.-based monitoring group said on Saturday. The 38 North group, run by Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, said satellite images taken on Oct. 1 show increased activity at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, including crates on the launch pad and vehicles near the fuel and oxidizer buildings. North Korea has been testing nuclear w
  
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• Utah Republicans out front in opposing Trump after recording

  08-10-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — If the pushback against Donald Trump becomes a Republican Party revolt, it could be said that it got its start in Utah.
  
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• Donald Trump Defiant as Top Republicans Flee

  08-10-2016 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  A defiant Trump pledged to finish out the race as a stampede of GOP politicians denounced his behavior and a number openly called on him to quit.
  
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• Erdogan takes spin in Bosphorus's first road tunnel

  08-10-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went for an inaugural spin on Saturday in Istanbul's latest mega-project: the first-ever road tunnel linking the city's European and Asian sides under the Bosphorus Strait. Images released by the presidency showed Erdogan behind the wheel of a black car, with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan as his passengers as they made the first journey through the tunnel. Travel across the two sides of Istanbul will be cut down to 15 mi
  
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• Russian draft resolution on Syria truce fails to get minimum votes

  08-10-2016 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Russian-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that aimed to revive a failed Sept. 9 U.S./Russia ceasefire deal on Syria did not garner the minimum nine votes on Saturday. A U.N. resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes to be adopted. The veto powers are the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China.
  
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• England 2-0 Malta

  08-10-2016 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England ease past Malta in 2018 World Cup qualifying as interim manager Gareth Southgate's reign gets off to a winning start at Wembley.
  
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• Ruling party declares win in Georgia vote, opposition cries foul

  08-10-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The ruling Georgian Dream party declared victory Saturday in Georgia's parliamentary elections but the opposition has questioned the results of two exit polls, sparking fears of political instability. One exit poll commissioned by a group of TV channels considered close to the ruling party, gave Georgian Dream 53.8 percent of the vote, with the opposition United National Movement (UNM) in second place at 19.5 percent. The other exit poll, released by the pro-opposition Rustavi 2 TV, said the two
  
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• German police find explosives in hunt for bomb plot suspect

  08-10-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German police were carrying out a huge manhunt Saturday for a 22-year-old Syrian suspected of planning a bomb attack, after finding "highly explosive" materials in his apartment. The suspect, Jaber Albakr, could have had "an Islamist motive", police sources told AFP. Police said "several hundred grams" of an "explosive substance even more dangerous than TNT" were found in Albakr's apartment in the eastern city of Chemnitz, about 260 kilometres south of Berlin.
  
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• Yemen rebels say more than 100 killed in Sanaa air strikes

  08-10-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rebels in control of Yemen's capital accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting them of killing more than 100 people and wounding hundreds more Saturday in air strikes on a funeral in Sanaa. The coalition, which has come under increasing international scrutiny over alleged civilian deaths, denied any responsibility for the attack. "The toll is very high: more than 520 wounded and more than 100 martyrs," the spokesman of the health ministry in Sanaa, Tamim al-Shami, told rebel Almasirah television.
  
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• Germany hunts bomb suspect in Chemnitz

  08-10-2016 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  German police in the eastern city of Chemnitz detain three people as they continue searching for a man allegedly planning a bomb attack.
  
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• Clarification: Music-Desert Trip story

  08-10-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIO, Calif. (AP) — In a story Oct. 7, The Associated Press reported that Bob Dylan opened the Desert Trip concert with his song "Everybody Must Get Stoned." The actual name of the song is "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35."
  
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• De Niro: I'd like to punch Trump in the face

  08-10-2016 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  Actor Robert DeNiro strongly criticized Donald Trump in a video filmed for the #VoteYourFuture campaign but was later excluded because the producers deemed it too partisan.
  
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• The Latest: US storm death toll reaches 10

  08-10-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on Hurricane Matthew (all times local):
  
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• A weakening Matthew rakes Atlantic coast; US deaths at 10

  08-10-2016 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fast-weakening Hurricane Matthew continued its march along the Atlantic coast Saturday, lashing two of the South's most historic cities and some of its most popular resort islands, flattening trees, ...
  
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• The Latest: Melania Trump says she's accepted Trump apology

  08-10-2016 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before the second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump (all times EDT): 3:06 p.m. Melania Trump is coming to her ...
  
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• Pence: I don't condone remarks

  08-10-2016 21:06 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump will "never" drop out.
  
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• Super League Grand Final: Warrington Wolves 6-12 Wigan Warriors

  08-10-2016 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Josh Charnley scores in his final rugby league match before switching codes to help Wigan beat Warrington in the Super League Grand Final.
  
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