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• Global stocks rise on expectations of Clinton victory

  08-11-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Global equities markets gained more ground Tuesday on investor expectations that Hillary Clinton would clinch the US presidency after a raucous campaign that had seen stocks seesaw on political developments.
  
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• Not much of a choice for voters...

  08-11-2016 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  Not much of a choice.
  
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• NFL Halfway: Jags' Gus Bradley could be first coach to go

  08-11-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Gus Bus might be first to hit the road.
  
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• Girl, 4, decapitated in Indian ritual sacrifice

  08-11-2016 23:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A 4-year-old girl was decapitated and her arms were severed last week in rural India as part of a black magic ritual aimed at finding a lost cell phone.
  
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• Ardent statehood supporter wins Puerto Rico's governorship

  08-11-2016 23:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  An ardent supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico won the governor's race on the island Tuesday, after campaigning on a pledge to turn the economically troubled U.S. territory into the 51st state during his term.
  
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• The Latest: Senegalese gather at US Ambassador's residence

  08-11-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Latest on world reaction to the U.S. election (all times EST):
  
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• Officiating again the story after mistakes in Seattle's win

  08-11-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Richard Sherman took the opportunity last week to criticize NFL officiating for what he deemed incorrect calls, almost daring the league to fine him for being so outspoken.
  
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• Energy Department grows less bearish about US oil production

  08-11-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The decline in U.S. oil production may not be as severe as expected just a month ago.
  
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• The Latest: Australian minister expects easy Clinton win

  08-11-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Latest on world reaction to the U.S. election (all times EST):
  
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• US stocks close broadly higher as investors eye election

  08-11-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investors remained in a buying mood on Election Day, sending U.S. stocks broadly higher and building on big gains from a day earlier.
  
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• The Latest: Control of Senate, House up for grabs

  08-11-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional races on Election Day 2016 (all times EST):
  
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• Mexican drug lord appeals US extradition

  08-11-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman filed an appeal on Tuesday to prevent his extradition to the United States, which the government hopes to carry out in early 2017. The higher court could take three to six months to issue a ruling, Granados said, although the lawyer also plans to take the case up to the Supreme Court. "We know it's a high-profile case, which is very complex because it has to do with Mr Guzman," he told reporters after filing the appeal.
  
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• Control of Congress up for grabs in contested campaigns

  08-11-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress was up for grabs Tuesday as Republicans' hopes of protecting their narrow majority in the Senate rested on a handful of states that were toss-ups until the end.
  
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• Americans pick between Clinton and Trump after brutal campaign

  08-11-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland NEW YORK (Reuters) - The long and contentious race for the White House between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump hurtled toward its conclusion on Tuesday as millions of Americans cast ballots, with only hours left to vote. Clinton led Trump, 44 percent to 39 percent, in the last Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll before Election Day. A Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation poll gave her a 90 percent chance of defeating Trump and becoming the first U.S. woman pr
  
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• Trump in last-minute appeal to voters: 'Don't let up'

  08-11-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Republican White House nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday made a last-minute appeal to voters to turn out, saying the election was "far from over," just a few hours before the first East Coast polling stations close.
  
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• Eye for an eye? Iranian thug blinded for throwing acid in 4-year-old girl's face

  08-11-2016 22:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Iranian media says authorities have blinded a man to punish him for throwing chemicals in the face of a four-year-old girl in a 2009 assault that destroyed her vision.
  
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• Gun control measures expected to win in four U.S. states

  08-11-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gun control-related ballot measures in four states are expected to pass on Tuesday, opinion polls showed, after gun safety advocates poured a massive amount of money into backing the initiatives. In Maine and Nevada, residents are voting on whether to mandate universal background checks for firearm sales, including private handgun transactions. Voters in Washington state will consider allowing judges to bar dangerous people, such as accused domestic abusers, fro
  
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• Trump son tweet may have broken law

  08-11-2016 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  Eric Trump may have broken the law Tuesday after he tweeted a picture of what appears to be his own ballot with a vote for his father. Then he broke social media code by deleting his tweet of the ballot picture.
  
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• Wall Street stocks rise as US votes; S&P 500 up 0.4%

  08-11-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street stocks posted solid gains Tuesday, extending a rally fueled by market expectation Democrat Hillary Clinton will win the tightly-contested US presidential race. While votes have yet to be counted, analysts said investors believe election polls showing Clinton with a modest, but clear, edge over Republican candidate Donald Trump. The broad-based S&P 500 also rose 0.4 percent to 2,139.53, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index increased 0.5 percent to 5,193.49.
  
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• AP News Guide: A night of decision after venomous campaign

  08-11-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans were choosing a new president Tuesday, but not just that. They were making history, reshaping Congress, saying good riddance to a campaign of numbing negativity and setting the political calculus of a nation that won't be healed any time soon.
  
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• Trump's voting lawsuit slapped down

  08-11-2016 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  In a sign that the legal team for the Trump campaign is aggressively laying the groundwork for potential legal challenges -- big and small -- lawyers have gone to state court in Nevada in an early vote dispute.
  
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• Trump peeks at Melania voting

  08-11-2016 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  As Donald Trump and his family strode into their assigned polling locales, cameras flashed, and mics were hot.
  
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• Trump peeking at Melania ballot sparks memes

  08-11-2016 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  As Donald Trump and his family strode into their assigned polling locales, cameras flashed, and mics were hot.
  
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• YouTube star pleads guilty to vandalism in false report case

  08-11-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gay YouTube personality has pleaded guilty to felony vandalism in an incident in which he claimed he was the victim of a hate crime.
  
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• U.S. voters want leader to end advantage of rich and powerful: Reuters/Ipsos

  08-11-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chris Kahn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans who had cast their votes for the next president early on Tuesday appeared to be worried about the direction of the country, and were looking for a "strong leader who can take the country back from the rich and powerful," according to an early reading from the Reuters/Ipsos national Election Day poll. The poll of more than 10,000 people who have already cast their ballots in the presidential election showed a majority of voters are worried about thei
  
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• Pacers forward George fined $15K for kicking ball into crowd

  08-11-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indiana Pacers forward Paul George was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for kicking the ball into the stands in a home victory over the Chicago Bulls. The incident, which brought George a technical foul and ejection, took place with 1:42 remaining in the third quarter of Indiana's 111-94 triumph on Saturday. George, who scored 13 points, apologized for his actions and said after the game he expected to be fined.
  
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• Stocks, Mexican peso climb ahead of U.S. election results

  08-11-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Global equity markets climbed and the Mexican peso rallied on Tuesday as investors tilted toward a potential victory for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election. Markets turned higher near midday after treading water for the early portion of the session, although U.S. equities finished off the session's highs. While the dollar strengthened slightly against a basket of currencies, the Mexican peso shot to a two-month high versus the greenback.
  
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• The Latest: Cubans say they prefer Clinton in US election

  08-11-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Latest on world reaction to the U.S. election (all times EST):
  
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• Taxi drivers protest against Uber in Brazil's capital

  08-11-2016 22:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Taxi drivers from around Brazil staged a protest in the capital Tuesday against the presence of Uber, demanding that it be prohibited.
  
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• Nevada judge rejects Trump request for order over early voting

  08-11-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Nevada judge on Tuesday rejected Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's request for records from a Las Vegas polling place that the campaign said had allowed people to vote after a deadline last week. Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are in a close contest for Nevada's six electoral votes in Tuesday's election after a long and contentious campaign. Nevada is one of several states that permits early voting and Las Vegas is viewed as a base of support for Clinton.
  
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• Legalization movement faces biggest test yet in 9 states

  08-11-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The movement to legalize marijuana faced its biggest test yet Tuesday as voters in nine states, including the nation's most populous, considered proposals to expand legal access to the drug, which is still forbidden by the federal government.
  
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• Road to 270: States to watch

  08-11-2016 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  There are very few things that the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns agree on these days, but one point of total agreement is that this race has tightened over the last 10-14 days.That tightening is reflected in our new CNN "Road to 270" map.
  
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• Dozen governors' races give Republicans shot at more gains

  08-11-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republicans, who already control a solid majority of governorships, sought to add to their ranks Tuesday as voters picked chief executives in a dozen states.
  
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• El Salvador raises alert for security forces after 2 killed

  08-11-2016 21:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Authorities in El Salvador have increased their vigilance in an effort to protect their own against gang attacks.
  
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• Americans choose between Clinton and Trump after divisive campaign

  08-11-2016 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a long and exceptionally negative campaign, millions of Americans voted on Tuesday for their next president as opinion polls showed Democrat Hillary Clinton with a narrow lead over Republican Donald Trump. In a battle focused on the character of the candidates, Clinton, 69, a former U.S. secretary of state, and Trump, 70, a New York businessman, accused each other of being unfit to lead the United States against challenges like an arduous economic reco
  
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• CSI investigator: I was concerned when I saw body's wounds

  08-11-2016 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A state crime scene investigator testified Tuesday that he was concerned when he examined the body of a black motorist shot by a white police officer because what he saw didn't jibe with what he was told about how Walter Scott died.
  
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• Owner says Cowboys "probably never" will solve QB issue

  08-11-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says his NFL team, on a seven-game win streak, might never solve the quarterback controversy between star rookie Dak Prescott and injury-recovered veteran Tony Romo. Romo has taken part in workouts on a limited basis the past two weeks as he recovers from a back injury sustained in pre-season play while Prescott has sparked the Cowboys to a 7-1 start and a share of the best record in the NFL with New England. "The key thing I want to emphasize is we probably are
  
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• Finally, it's Clinton or Trump: Long race ends, voters pick

  08-11-2016 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — America's contest for a new leader, long, rancorous and unpredictable to the end, entered its last hours Tuesday with Hillary Clinton hoping to become the first woman elected president and billionaire businessman Donald Trump looking to crown his improbable campaign in victory.
  
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• Candidates cast their ballots as America heads to the polls

  08-11-2016 21:04 via cnn.com
  
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• FANTASY PLAYS: Looking toward playoffs with waiver options

  08-11-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fantasy owners can heave a sigh of relief now that the two worst bye weeks have passed.
  
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• Bolivians carry human skulls asking for favors in festival

  08-11-2016 21:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Hundreds of Bolivians have carried human skulls adorned with flowers to a cemetery in the capital city of La Paz, asking for health, money, love and other favors.
  
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• Thin peaks: Britons grumble as Toblerone chocolate shrinks

  08-11-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — More valleys, fewer peaks: The maker of Toblerone Swiss chocolate has widened the spaces in some of its iconic, triangle-array bars, offering about 10 percent less product for the same price. Fans are outraged.
  
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• Stocks, Mexican peso advance ahead of U.S. election results

  08-11-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Global equity markets climbed and the Mexican peso rallied on Tuesday as investors leaned toward the potential victory of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election. Markets turned higher after treading water for the early portion of the session, although U.S. equities retreated from their session highs. While the dollar strengthened slightly against a basket of currencies, the Mexican peso shot to a two-month high versus the greenback.
  
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• Cubs curse-killer Epstein voted top MLB executive

  08-11-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Theo Epstein, who put an end to the second Major League Baseball "curse" of his career last week, was named Executive of the Year in a vote of 56 club executives. Epstein, 42, is president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs, who captured their first World Series crown since 1908 by defeating Cleveland in the best-of-seven final four games to three. In voting conducted by the Sporting News, Epstein received 13 votes to nine for Cleveland Indians president Chris Antonetti and eight for Ne
  
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• Long lines, raised voices, one Trump lawsuit on U.S. election day

  08-11-2016 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Voters reported long lines, malfunctioning equipment, and isolated cases of harassment at polling places in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election as fears of bigger problems did not appear to be materializing. Civil rights groups said they were receiving complaints about intimidating behavior at voting sites in Pennsylvania and Florida as supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and backers of Democrat Hillary Clinton went to cast their ballots. Trump sued the registrar of vot
  
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• Trump campaign sues in Nevada over Las Vegas polling place

  08-11-2016 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sued the registrar of voters in Clark County, Nevada, over a polling place in Las Vegas that had been allowed to remain open late last week to accommodate people who were lined up to vote. Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are in a close contest for Nevada's six electoral votes in Tuesday's election after a long and contentious campaign. Nevada is one of several states that permits early voting and Las Vegas is viewed as a base of support for Clint
  
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• Albania-Israel match moved over attack fears

  08-11-2016 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel said on Tuesday that the Islamic State group had been planning attacks "in the Balkans" and specifically warned its citizens not to attend an upcoming Israel-Albania football match. Albanian football officials said earlier Tuesday that the country's 2018 World Cup qualifier with Israel this weekend would be moved for "security reasons", following reports of a planned attack. "In recent days, persons linked to Islamic State have benn arrested in the Balkans," a Hebrew-language statement fr
  
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• One reported dead after couple kidnapped by pirates for a 2nd time

  08-11-2016 20:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A German couple who spent four decades sailing the world has apparently been abducted by pirates for a second time, with what appears to be a fatal result.
  
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• Giant 17-foot crocodile found in canal

  08-11-2016 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  Weighing close to a ton, the 17-foot long crocodile is one of the largest ever seen in Sri Lanka.
  
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• Trump files Nevada voting fraud lawsuit

  08-11-2016 20:23 via cnn.com
  
  In a sign that the legal team for the Trump campaign is aggressively laying the groundwork for potential legal challenges -- big and small -- lawyers have gone to state court in Nevada in an early vote dispute.
  
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