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• The Latest: Ireland's Highland Reel wins Breeders' Cup Turf

  05-11-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Wilton Speight helps No. 2 Michigan rout Maryland 59-3

  05-11-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Wilton Speight finished with a career-high 362 yards after accounting for three touchdowns in the first half, helping No. 2 Michigan build a huge lead before coasting to a 59-3 win over Maryland on Saturday.
  
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• Ireland stuns All Blacks in rugby shocker

  05-11-2016 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  The New Zealand All Blacks saw their 18-match winning run come to a shuddering halt Saturday in the unlikely setting of Soldier Field -- home of the World Series-winning Chicago Cubs.
  
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• Suspect accused of holding woman captive called a 'devil'

  05-11-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WOODRUFF, S.C. (AP) — When he was 15 and facing charges he raped a neighbor after forcing her into his home at gunpoint and tying her up, Todd Christopher Kohlhepp's father told court officials the only emotion the teen was capable of showing was anger, and a neighbor called him a "devil on a chain."
  
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• Shots fired at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport: CNN Turk

  05-11-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities barred cars from entering and leaving Istanbul's main Ataturk Airport on Sunday after police fired shots when a motorcycle refused an order to stop, CNN Turk said. One of the two men was wounded and the second was still being sought by police, the private broadcaster reported. (Reporting by Ayla Jean Yackley; editing by Grant McCool)
  
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• Technical glitches delay auction of 123-year-old jeans

  05-11-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There are vintage jeans. And then there are the 123-year-old jeans up for sale in Maine. The bona fide Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans from the American Old West are still awaiting a new owner after technical ...
  
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• Nigeria: Missing Chibok girl found with baby

  05-11-2016 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  One of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 was found Saturday by the Nigerian army, the army said.
  
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• Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey dies at 87

  05-11-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Jean-Jacques Perrey, the French composer and pioneer of electronic music, has died at 87.
  
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• CNN crew caught in middle of all-out assault in Mosul

  05-11-2016 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  For more than 28 hours CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon and photojournalist Brice Lane were with Iraqi special forces as they pushed forward into ISIS-held Mosul on Friday. It was a new phase of the liberation operation -- switching from villages and open terrain to a dense city that a well-equipped ISIS is determined to defend.
  
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• The Latest: Classic Empire wins BC Juvenile

  05-11-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Suspect charged with keeping woman captive was troubled teen

  05-11-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — When he was 15 and facing charges he raped a neighbor after forcing her into his home at gunpoint and tying her up, Todd Christopher Kohlhepp's father told court officials the only emotion the teen was capable of showing was anger and a neighbor called him a "devil on a chain."
  
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• Thousands in S. Korea call on Park to resign

  05-11-2016 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  South Korean President Park Geun-hye's two apologies have not quelled some Koreans' anger over an abuse-of-power scandal engulfing her administration.
  
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• The Latest: Kaine accuses some in FBI of aiding Trump

  05-11-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• Clemson QB Watson out with a bruised shoulder

  05-11-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson left the Syracuse game with a bruised right shoulder after getting tackled in the second quarter.
  
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• The secrets first ladies always keep

  05-11-2016 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's emails aren't her first tangle with classified information; Tim Naftali uncovers the little-known fact that first ladies have always had access to secrets.
  
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• No. 11 Auburn survives for 23-16 win over Vanderbilt

  05-11-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Sean White gave Auburn fans something to cheer about when he trotted onto the field, then Josh Holsey helped make sure they had something even bigger to celebrate.
  
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• Germany investigates 60 possible Islamists in armed forces

  05-11-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Germany plans security investigations of all military recruits from July 2017 after its military counter-espionage service (MAD) identified 20 Islamists in the country's armed forces, German media group Funke reported on Saturday. Draft legislation to be considered by the German parliament in the coming weeks would mandate investigations of all recruits to counter efforts by Islamic State to infiltrate the military and get weapons training, Funke Mediengruppe reported. A German Defence Ministry
  
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• Three days out, Trump and Clinton blitz swing states

  05-11-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the world looked on agog three days before the US presidential election Saturday, Donald Trump's campaign was building to a crescendo with a mad scramble to secure a plausible route to the White House. The populist Republican's rhetoric remains triumphant, but his carpet bombing of eight swing states in a weekend betrayed doubt, while his Democratic rival Hilary Trump was to hit a relatively restrained five. "We are just three days from the change you have been waiting for your entire life!"
  
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• Russia and Assad to pound rebels as east Aleppo braces for attack

  05-11-2016 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The Syrian regime’s offer of safe passage for civilians has been shunned – now they are preparing for a renewed aerial onslaughtBesieged east Aleppo is braced for a fierce bombardment by Russian and Syrian aircraft as rebel forces intensify their efforts to break the siege using suicide attackers and heavy artillery.The attacks have claimed dozens of lives in western Aleppo, normally far less dangerous than the rebel-held east, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Co
  
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• Joe Gibbs quartet still pushing for Sprint Cup title shot

  05-11-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — All four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers are still in contention for the three spots left to race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup season championship.
  
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• Thousands of Israelis at peace rally honouring Rabin

  05-11-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of people attended a memorial rally for slain Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin on Saturday, despite earlier fears it would be cancelled, an AFP journalist said. There had been fears that lack of funding would for the first time in 21 years prevent the annual event in the central Tel Aviv square which bears the name of the Nobel peace laureate shot dead at the site by a Jewish extremist on November 4, 1995. The rally has traditionally been a display of respect for Rabin and of support for
  
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• A very bad day for Iraqi troops

  05-11-2016 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  It was a very bad day for Iraqi forces and Peshmerga fighters leading the offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS.
  
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• Queen's Trust wins Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf

  05-11-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Queen's Trust, with Frankie Dettori aboard, delivered a stirring stretch run to snatch victory at the wire in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita Park on Saturday. Trained by Michael Stoute, Queen's Trust gave Europe a first victory in this year's edition of the Breeders' Cup, the $28 million extravaganza that concludes later Saturday in the $6 million Classic. "The pace was a bit slow for her and the straights are a bit short, but when I got to Lady Eli's back whee
  
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• Journalists arrested as Ankara steps up crackdown on dissent

  05-11-2016 22:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Staff from the Cumhuriyet newspaper detained as critics claim Erdoğan is using failed coup as a pretext to crush the oppositionTurkish authorities ordered the formal arrest of nine staff members of a leading opposition newspaper and detained more pro-Kurdish officials, widening an anti-terror probe that has drawn condemnation from the west.
  The arrests, a day after the co-leaders of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic party (HDP) were jailed pending trial, are likely to spa
  
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• Evan McMullin -- Utah's presidential wild card

  05-11-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Serious, discreet, polite -- Evan McMullin is the exact opposite of Donald Trump. With only days to go before the US presidential election, McMullin is closing in on the Republican presidential nominee in Utah, which has turned into a battleground state. Should McMullin win the vote in Utah, he would be the first non-Republican presidential candidate in 50 years to be elected in the majority-Mormon western US state.
  
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• Turkish police turn hoses on protesters

  05-11-2016 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Clashes erupted Saturday in Istanbul between police and protesters demonstrating against the arrests of opposition politicians and journalists.
  
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• Tear gas, water cannons used against Istanbul protestors

  05-11-2016 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Clashes erupted Saturday in Istanbul between police and protesters demonstrating against the arrests of opposition politicians and journalists.
  
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• Tear gas used against Istanbul protestors

  05-11-2016 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Clashes erupted Saturday in Istanbul between police and protesters demonstrating against the arrests of opposition politicians and journalists.
  
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• Trump pressing into Democratic territory in final days

  05-11-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — Fighting as a party of one, Donald Trump vowed Saturday to press into Democratic strongholds over the campaign's final days as Hillary Clinton looked to an army of A-list celebrities and politicos to defend her narrowing path to the presidency.
  
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• Reporter's Notebook: Avenging the ISIS terror monster

  05-11-2016 21:43 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  We drove into the town of Hamdaniya some 10 miles outside of Mosul, and it looked like a deserted wreck. The once bustling place of 60,000 was seized and run by ISIS militants for two years. And then won back by Iraqi forces some ten days ago.
  
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• CNN crew, trapped in all-out assault, finds shelter in Mosul

  05-11-2016 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  For more than 28 hours CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon and photojournalist Brice Lane were with Iraqi special forces as they pushed forward into ISIS-held Mosul on Friday. It was a new phase of the liberation operation -- switching from villages and open terrain to a dense city that a well-equipped ISIS is determined to defend.
  
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• The Latest: Drefong wins Breeders' Cup Sprint for Baffert

  05-11-2016 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the Breeders' Cup (all times local):
  
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• Far-right protesters march in Berlin, demand that Merkel go

  05-11-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of far-right protesters have marched through Berlin calling for Chancellor Angela Merkel to be removed from office.
  
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• Oracle seals $9.3 bn NetSuite acquisition

  05-11-2016 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US software giant Oracle said Saturday that it has sealed its $9.3 billion acquisition of cloud computing company NetSuite. The acquisition is to be completed Monday, the company said in a statement. The takeover agreement was announced in late July at a price of $109 per share, but it attracted criticism because Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and his family own a major stake in NetSuite of nearly 40 percent.
  
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• Harvard men's soccer team apologizes for sexual comments

  05-11-2016 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Harvard men's soccer team has apologized for sexual comments made about members of the women's soccer team that led the Ivy League school to suspend the men's team for the rest of the season.
  
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• Thousands in Paris protest Turkey's Kurdish crackdown

  05-11-2016 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Thousands of protesters have marched in Paris to protest Turkey's detention of a pro-Kurdish party's leaders amid a widening crackdown on opposition figures by the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  
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• The wave that wasn't curbs Dem chances for huge House gains

  05-11-2016 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are on track to bolster their numbers in Tuesday's election, perhaps picking off veteran Republicans from New Jersey, Florida and California along the way. But with no visible wave poised to engulf GOP lawmakers, there's little suspense about whether Republicans will keep control.
  
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• Senate control in question as candidates make final pitches

  05-11-2016 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of the Senate hung in the balance as candidates from Nevada to New Hampshire made their closing pitches to voters Saturday after a tough and costly campaign. Republicans feared their slim 54-46 majority could slip away as they battled cross-currents from all sides, not least their unconventional presidential nominee, Donald Trump.
  
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• The Latest: Obama criticizes Toomey over ad in Senate race

  05-11-2016 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• Swede tops showjumping world

  05-11-2016 20:37 via cnn.com
  
  Sweden's Rolf-Goran Bengtsson made it third time lucky as he wrapped up the Longines Global Champions Tour in Doha Saturday on his veteran stallion Casall ASK.
  
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• Mississippi St upsets No. 7 Texas A&M 35-28

  05-11-2016 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Nick Fitzgerald ran for 182 yards and two touchdowns, Aeris Williams ran for a career-high 140 yards and Mississippi State used a dominant ground game to upset No. 7 Texas A&M 35-28 on Saturday.
  
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• The Latest: Champagne Room wins BC Juvenile Fillies in upset

  05-11-2016 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the Breeders' Cup (all times local):
  
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• Clement leads No. 8 Wisconsin to 21-7 win over Northwestern

  05-11-2016 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Corey Clement ran for 106 yards and a touchdown, Jazz Peavy scored on a 46-yard run and No. 8 Wisconsin beat Northwestern 21-7 on Saturday.
  
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• Pogorilaya, Fernandez clinch Moscow skating titles

  05-11-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia's Anna Pogorilaya won the women's Cup of Russia title, while Spaniard Javier Fernandez claimed the men's on the ice at Moscow's Megasport Arena on Saturday. The 18-year-old Pogorilaya, the world and European medallist, who led after the short program, underlined her domination with a glittering free routine performance to win in her native town. Fellow Russian skater Elena Radionova was second almost 20 points behind.
  
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• Car crash in Greece reveals migrant smuggling operation

  05-11-2016 20:32 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Police say a car crash in northern Greece has revealed yet another migrant smuggling operation.
  
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• Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State say nearing Mosul airport

  05-11-2016 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Ahmed Rasheed NEAR HAMMAM AL-ALIL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces drove Islamic State fighters from the center of a town just south of the militants' main stronghold of Mosul on Saturday and reached within a few km (miles) of an airport on the edge of the city, a senior commander said. Lieutenant-General Raed Shakir Jawdat said security forces were in control of the center of Hammam al-Alil, about 15 km (10 miles) south of Mosul, although he did not say
  
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• Trump, Clinton court voters in swing states three days before election

  05-11-2016 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson and Amanda Becker WILMINGTON, N.C./MIAMI (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton traded barbs as they entered the last three days of campaigning in the U.S. presidential election with competing events on Saturday in Florida, a swing state that could prove decisive in Tuesday's vote. Clinton and Trump are making their closing arguments to American voters, crisscrossing the United States in hopes of convincing last-minute undecided voters and rallying t
  
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• Much of Broadway will be closed on Election night

  05-11-2016 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Many Broadway shows have planned not to compete with a big, real drama on Tuesday — the presidential election.
  
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• Jackson (7 TDs) leads No. 5 Louisville to 52-7 win over BC

  05-11-2016 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Lamar Jackson ran for three touchdowns and threw for four more in three quarters on Saturday to lead No. 5 Louisville to a 52-7 victory over Boston College.
  
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• Pence, Ryan urge Republicans to 'come home' for Trump

  05-11-2016 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MUKWONAGO, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan and Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, joined Saturday in a gesture of Republican unity at a rally in Wisconsin's most conservative county, a month after Ryan said he would no longer defend or campaign with Trump.
  
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