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• The Latest: Police: Tulsa man held in California killings

  07-11-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on an arrest in the shooting deaths of a mother and her 4-year-old daughter (all times local):
  
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• Battle for Mosul: IS 'herded human shields like sheep'

  07-11-2016 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Karen Allen spoke to residents of one town near Mosul who say they were used as "human shields" by retreating so-called Islamic State fighters.
  
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• Sid vs. The Kid; Crosby, McDavid meet for 1st time Tuesday

  07-11-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The comparisons are inevitable. Connor McDavid understands it. So does Sidney Crosby.
  
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• California mom selling homemade food sparks charges, debate

  07-11-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A single mother of six in California is headed to trial and possibly a year in jail for selling homemade ceviche through a Facebook group she created as a hobby, officials said Monday.
  
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• Clinton all-clear from FBI sends global stocks surging

  07-11-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Global equities markets were cheered Monday, taking heart in the final hours before the US elections after authorities again cleared Hillary Clinton of criminal wrongdoing over her emails.
  
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• Bautista, Encarnacion, Cespedes get $17.2M qualifying offers

  07-11-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Toronto sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, and New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and second baseman Neil Walker were among 10 players to receive $17.2 million qualifying offers from their teams Monday as general managers gathered for their annual meeting.
  
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• On eve of election, Trump reflects on his presidential bid

  07-11-2016 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump reflected Monday on the movement that has propelled his candidacy, and let loose on the stump as during his last full day of campaigning ahead of Election Day.
  
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• Husband-wife ticket wins election

  07-11-2016 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has clinched a fourth term in office with a landslide victory -- this time with his wife as his running mate.
  
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• Migrant crisis: Hungary MPs to vote on EU quota

  07-11-2016 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hungary's parliament will vote on EU migrant quotas and "foreign populations" on Tuesday.
  
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• The Latest: Philadelphia transit on track for Election Day

  07-11-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on a tentative agreement to end the Philadelphia transit strike (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia's main transit agency says it's on track to restore full service for Election Day after ...
  
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• Five states consider legalizing marijuana

  07-11-2016 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  On this election day, voters in five states will get to decide whether marijuana should be legal to use recreationally.
  
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• Jose Mourinho: Gareth Southgate defends Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw

  07-11-2016 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England interim boss Gareth Southgate defends Manchester United duo Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw after criticism from Jose Mourinho.
  
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• RBs Perine, Mixon set to return for No. 9 Sooners vs Baylor

  07-11-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine is expected to play Saturday against No. 25 Baylor after missing three games with a pulled muscle in his right leg.
  
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• Killer gets life term for rampage at Los Angeles airport

  07-11-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A gunman who killed a federal transportation security officer and wounded three other people during a rampage at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced to life plus 60 years in prison Monday for ...
  
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• Clinton: upbeat, smiling, and sprinting to the end

  07-11-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a red pantsuit and full of smiles, Hillary Clinton embarked on a marathon final day of campaigning Monday covering three states and four cities -- and featuring two presidents, one rock Boss and Lady Gaga. The 69-year-old Clinton is used to epic travel days -- as secretary of state, she logged nearly a million miles on the road. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Raleigh, North Carolina -- all swing states, all vital to secure a historic win Tuesday that would make Clinton America's first woman p
  
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• Australia senate stops gay marriage vote

  07-11-2016 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia's upper house defeats a government proposal to hold a plebiscite on same-sex marriage.
  
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• Colorado surgery tech gets 6 1/2 years for stealing drug

  07-11-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A surgery technician who jumped from hospital to hospital around the West after getting hooked on fentanyl while serving as a medic in Afghanistan was sentenced to 6 ½ years in federal prison on Monday for stealing a syringe with the powerful painkiller from an operating room in suburban Denver.
  
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• Filipino militants ‘abduct German, kill wife on yacht'

  07-11-2016 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A German yachtsman is believed to have been abducted and his wife killed by Filipino militants.
  
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• Nuclear weapon missing since 1950 'may have been found'

  07-11-2016 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A diver off the west coast of Canada may have found a US nuclear weapon missing since 1950.
  
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• U.S. banks gird for Brexit-style tumult following Tuesday's election

  07-11-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bank preparations ahead of the election reflect their experience following Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union in June, when the S&P 500 fell 3.6 percent the day after the poll. Morgan Stanley told staff to consider using stop-loss orders, an automated trading mechanism that sells an investor's position as soon as a stock hits a preset level, if the election result causes trading volumes and volatility to spike.
  
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• The final sprint

  07-11-2016 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are poised to fight late into the night Monday as they barnstorm across battleground states on the final full day of campaigning.
  
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• Brandis says Labor 'playing politics with gay people's lives' as plebiscite bill fails – politics live

  07-11-2016 23:09 via theguardian.com
  
  The bill to establish a plebiscite on same sex marriage failed 29 to 33 in the senate with Liberal senator Dean Smith abstaining. Follow it live...10.09pm GMTSome housekeeping first. Remember there were cabinet and shadow cabinet meetings last night and there will be party room meetings this morning.9.44pm GMTAs I said yesterday, the Liberal moderates are coming out slowly, slowly. Which places Malcolm Turnbull between a rock and a hard place. Turnbull is firmly entrenched in the NSW moderate po
  
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• US election: Trump and Clinton in tight race on campaign's final day – live

  07-11-2016 23:07 via theguardian.com
  
  What’s going to happen? Five scenarios that could play outDeath, marijuana and condoms: a complete guide to US ballot questions
  Support our fearless, independent journalism with a contribution or by becoming a member 10.07pm GMT"If your own campaign can't trust you to tweet, how can we trust you with the nuclear codes?" – President Obama, on Donald Trump 10.06pm GMTTomorrow night, the Guardian is offering an innovative way to get live presidential election results right on your phone
  
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• The Latest: New York heir Durst pleads not guilty to murder

  07-11-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on real estate heir Robert Durst's murder charge in Los Angeles. (all times local):
  
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• Early voting: Record levels in 2016 may give Clinton edge

  07-11-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A record number of Americans have voted ahead of Election Day, driven by soaring turnout from Latino voters. That could be good news for Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Minute by minute: The last day of the 2016 campaign

  07-11-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's go time.
  
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• The Latest: Pence says falsely Clinton wants 'open borders'

  07-11-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):
  
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• US stock market notches biggest gain in 8 months; oil rises

  07-11-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. stock market rebounded from a nine-day losing streak Monday, posting its biggest gain in eight months and driving the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 370 points. Financial stocks led ...
  
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• US Election 2016: Could vote-swapping help Clinton?

  07-11-2016 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People living outside "swing states" and those planning to vote for third parties are swapping votes.
  
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• The Latest: California mom cited for selling ceviche

  07-11-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a California woman awaiting trial for selling homemade ceviche (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: LA airport gunman sentenced to life in prison

  07-11-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a gunman who killed a federal transportation security officer and wounded three other people during a 2013 rampage at Los Angeles International Airport (all times local):
  
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• Woman Dies After Being Pushed in Front of NYC Subway Train

  07-11-2016 22:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The incident happened at Times Square around 1:20 p.m., police said.
  
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• India stuntmen drown after reservoir jump goes wrong

  07-11-2016 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two stuntmen have drowned after jumping into a reservoir as part of a film shoot in southern India.
  
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• This NASA astronaut voted from space

  07-11-2016 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  From infinity and beyond, he found a way to vote.
  
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• Raid on 20,000 Tesco Bank accounts fuels cybercrime fears

  07-11-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco Bank, owned by Britain's biggest retailer Tesco , halted online transactions from all current accounts on Monday after money was stolen from 20,000 of them in the country's first such cyber heist. The bank, which manages 136,000 current accounts, said it would repay people who had lost money in the attack, which targeted 40,000 accounts in all and fuelled fears about the British financial sector's vulnerability. Tesco Bank's Chief Executive Benny Higgi
  
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• WikiLeaks show CNN reaching out to Dems for Trump questions

  07-11-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest WikiLeaks release shows CNN reaching out to Democratic officials to suggest questions for host Wolf Blitzer to ask Donald Trump in an interview, a practice the network defended Monday as "completely unremarkable" and sound journalism.
  
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• US stocks jump more than 2% after FBI clears Clinton

  07-11-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street stocks jumped more than 2 percent Monday as global markets rallied after the FBI cleared US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in an email probe. Analysts described the gains as a relief rally in the final session before the US vote Tuesday, on the presumption the FBI's announcement Sunday boosted the odds for Democrat Clinton, a clear favorite of investors over Republican Donald Trump. "Now that uncertainty surrounding the FBI investigation has been lifted, investors believe Hil
  
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• Democrats see FBI controversy hurting chances in U.S. Congress races

  07-11-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Democrats said on Monday they feared their chances of winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives may have been ruined by the FBI's surprise announcement last month that Hillary Clinton's emails were again playing a role in a federal investigation. Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to choose Democrat Clinton or Republican Donald Trump for president, but also to fill 34 U.S. Senate seats in the 100-chamber body and all 435 House seats. Bo
  
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• Kurdish forces enter town near Mosul as Iraqi troops find mass grave

  07-11-2016 22:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Forces advancing south of Mosul uncover evidence of Isis brutality while peshmerga goes on offensive to recapture BashiqaIraqi Kurdish fighters have exchanged heavy fire with militants as they entered a town held by Islamic State east of Mosul, while troops advancing south of the city discovered a mass grave containing an estimated 100 or so decapitated bodies.The offensive to reclaim the town of Bashiqa is part of the broader push to drive Isis out of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, re
  
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• Hoax radio transmission at Melbourne airport forces plane to abort landing

  07-11-2016 22:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Police investigate 15 incidents of illegal interference with air traffic control broadcasts at Melbourne and Avalon airports Police are investigating 15 incidents of illegal radio transmissions with aircraft at Melbourne and Avalon airports, including hoax calls that forced at least one aircraft to abort its landing. In a statement issued on Monday night, the Australian federal police said there had been “unlawful interference with air traffic control broadcasts over several weeks”.
  
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• Inexperience, inconsistency cost Eagles; 3-0 start a memory

  07-11-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carson Wentz is playing like a rookie and Doug Pederson is making decisions like a first-year coach.
  
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• 2016 Race Stays at 47-43 Through Sunday (POLL)

  07-11-2016 22:38 via abcnews.go.com
  The ABC/Post tracking poll stood pat at 47 percent Clinton, 43 Trump.
  
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• Why desert dust brings hope to birdwatchers

  07-11-2016 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Reports of Sahara dust in late autumn are a signal to search for birds displaced from the desert and on to our shoresSome Novembers see southern Britain bathed in unseasonably warm sunshine, in that phenomenon known as an Indian summer. But few can match the events of early November 1984, when temperatures reached highs of 19°C, and balmy, southern breezes made it feel more like June than late autumn. Then, on 9 November, car-drivers from Sussex to Yorkshire discovered their cars covered wit
  
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• Official: 40 to 50 Buildings Damaged in Oklahoma Earthquake

  07-11-2016 22:28 via abcnews.go.com
  Dozens of buildings sustained "substantial damage" after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck an Oklahoma town that's home to one of the world's key oil hubs
  
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• New York subway death: Person shoved in front of train

  07-11-2016 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A person has died after being shoved in front of a moving subway train at Times Square station in New York City, police say.
  
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• The other big story of election week

  07-11-2016 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  The world's attention is rightly focused this week on the US election.
  
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• IMF approves $180M loan to Moldova ahead of key election

  07-11-2016 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has approved aid worth almost $180 million to Moldova ahead of a presidential runoff election that could see the impoverished former Soviet republic move closer to Europe or tilt toward Russia.
  
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• FBI agents, lawmakers hammer Comey over Clinton emails inquiry

  07-11-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director James Comey was under attack from some of his own agents and members of Congress on Monday over his handling of an inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails, but the White House was remaining supportive, for now. In stunning fashion, Comey has injected the Federal Bureau of Investigation, meant to be politically neutral, into the thick of the 2016 U.S. presidential race, making a series of announcements on the inquiry. The latest was on Sunday, wh
  
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• Acquittal of 7 occupiers poses questions on fate of 7 more

  07-11-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's office in Oregon has taken a beating since a jury acquitted seven defendants of conspiracy and weapons charges in an armed takeover at a federal wildlife refuge — and government prosecutors still have a long road ahead.
  
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• Stocks, dollar rally after FBI clears Clinton in email probe

  07-11-2016 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stock markets across the globe rallied on Monday, along with the U.S. dollar, notching their biggest gains in weeks after the FBI stood by its view that no criminal charges were warranted against Hillary Clinton over her email practices. European stocks jumped and many of the safe-haven assets that had performed strongly last week, when polls showed Republican candidate Donald Trump closing the gap with Clinton, reversed course. Investors had been unnerved in recent days by signs of a tightening
  
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