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• Suspect in killing of Kansas mom was arrested in July attack

  22-11-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Dallas woman accused of killing a Kansas woman and kidnapping her newborn daughter was arrested in July for allegedly threatening another woman with a knife and trying to hold that woman's two daughters for ransom.
  
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• Father of injured pipeline protester says she may lose arm

  22-11-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A New York woman seriously hurt protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline faces multiple surgeries and could lose an arm, her father said Tuesday, and protesters and law enforcement gave conflicting accounts about what might have caused the explosion that injured her.
  
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• For Kanye West, a swirling, eventful year ends in a hospital

  22-11-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It's been a hectic year for Kanye West. There was a new album that had a tortured, months-long release. Two fashion shows that were plagued by last-minute changes and long delays. There also was the reopening of a bitter feud with Taylor Swift, an ambitious U.S. concert tour, a newborn son, and a harrowing robbery of his wife.
  
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• After raucous weekend, NFL will likely be back in Mexico

  22-11-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican fans welcomed the NFL in raucous fashion, and it probably won't be the last time Azteca Stadium hosts American futbol.
  
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• Nepotism looms over presidency

  22-11-2016 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  The high-profile presence of Donald Trump's family in the transition team has drawn more than a few negative comments in the media. The President-elect's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, reportedly even played a key role in undermining the prospects of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The alleged motive, moreover, was Christie's earlier prosecution of Kushner's father for fraudulent dealings.
  
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• RIVALRY WEEK: Title game berths on line in Pac-12

  22-11-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two down, four to go.
  
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• Trump steps back from media feud in NY Times sit-down

  22-11-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump started the day tweeting about the "unfair" news media. Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted that Trump "says he has been treated unfairly during campaign. The Times' journalists live-tweeted the conversation, which touched on concerns over conflicts of interest involving Trump's business empire, the "alt-right" movement that has cheered his election, and his decision not to push for prosecution of Hillary Clinton.
  
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• AP Power Rankings: Cowboys keep No. 1 spot

  22-11-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dak Prescott and the surging Dallas Cowboys keep on rolling.
  
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• 'Your party is now one of oppression'

  22-11-2016 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  Political commentator Angela Rye attacked Republicans' record on race Tuesday morning, saying the GOP has become a party of "oppression."
  
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• Trump booed as he leaves the New York Times office – video

  22-11-2016 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Boos rang out as President-elect Donald Trump departed the New York Times office in Manhattan on Tuesday following a high-profile meeting with the newspaper’s staff and management. Trump had previously threatened to cancel the meeting before rescheduling the sit-downHours after cancelling on New York Times reporters, Trump meets themContinue reading...
  
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• Syrian group: Rebels preventing refugees from fleeing Aleppo

  22-11-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian monitoring group alleged Tuesday that rebels are preventing dozens of families from fleeing eastern Aleppo as Russian-backed government forces intensify their bombardment of the besieged quarter.
  
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• Rare hurricane threatens Central America

  22-11-2016 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  The Atlantic hurricane season may be coming to an end, but not before one last storm brings some rare and significant impacts.
  
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• Rare hurricane in Central America

  22-11-2016 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  The Atlantic hurricane season may be coming to an end, but not before one last storm brings some rare and significant impacts.
  
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• School bus driver arrested as city mourns 5 children

  22-11-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A school bus driver was behind bars Tuesday after a crash killed five youngsters and plunged Chattanooga into mourning over what the mayor called the "most unnatural thing in the world" — a parent ...
  
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• Donald Trump disavows 'alt-right' white nationalism

  22-11-2016 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump denied Tuesday that he did anything to energize the "alt-right" movement through his presidential campaign and sought to distance himself from it, even though many of the movement's leaders have sought to tether their political views to Trump's rise.
  
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• Disavows white nationalism

  22-11-2016 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump denied Tuesday that he did anything to energize the "alt-right" movement through his presidential campaign and sought to distance himself from it, even though many of the movement's leaders have sought to tether their political views to Trump's rise.
  
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• No. 13 Oregon beats Tennessee 69-65 in OT in Maui

  22-11-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Dillon Brooks came up short with a chance to win the game in regulation. Given another shot, he wasn't going to miss.
  
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• Hammond aims to ease UK living standards squeeze, focus on budget

  22-11-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Britain's Chancellor will say on Wednesday that he is raising the minimum wage and taking the edge off a benefits squeeze for low-paid workers, but that fixing the public finances will be a bigger priority as the country gets ready for Brexit. Philip Hammond's first detailed economic policy announcement of the new government at 1230 GMT will focus on tackling a still large budget deficit and injecting more dynamism into the world's fifth-biggest economy, his office said in a statement. When he b
  
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• Police say blackjack player doubled down by robbing bank

  22-11-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a man stood up from a blackjack table in West Virginia, drove to rob a bank and then returned to continue gambling.
  
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• In shift, Trump says humans may be causing global warming

  22-11-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump appears to be softening his tone on whether climate change is real and on his stated plans to scrap the recent multinational agreement to limit carbon emissions.
  
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• How should we respond to our own deaths?

  22-11-2016 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  The case of a 14-year-old girl who asked that her body be cryopreserved after her death raises important questions about life and death, writes Robert Klitzman.
  
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• Leicester march into Champions League last 16 with Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspurs crash out

  22-11-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Leicester kept their Champions League dreams aflame Tuesday, cruising into the last 16 with a 2-1 win over Belgium's Club Brugge, where they were joined by Real Madrid -- but not a crestfallen Tottenham. Joining the hopeful debutants and the holders on the night were Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen and Monaco.
  
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• The presidential medal of freedom awards ceremony 2016 – in pictures

  22-11-2016 23:08 via theguardian.com
  
  In his final ceremony granting the medal of freedom, the highest civilian honour, Barack Obama chose 21 people from the worlds of sports, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, activism, academia and entertainment. Recipients included Tom Hanks, Diana Ross, Michael Jordan and Bill Gates Continue reading...
  
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• 'Don't use the N-word on my show'

  22-11-2016 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  "The more I've sat here and listened to the fact that somebody used the N-word on this show -- it is not okay.It is not okay, Charles Kaiser."
  
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• Driver in deadly Tennessee school bus crash accused of speeding

  22-11-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Johnthony Walker, 24, was driving the bus full of students home from Chattanooga's Woodmore Elementary School when, just before 4 p.m. CST, it veered off a road, flipped onto its side and smashed into a tree and telephone poll, according to a police affidavit. Walker was driving on a narrow winding road at well above the speed limit of 30 miles per hour (48 km per hour) when he lost control, leaving the bright yellow bus mangled and nearly severed in two, the affidavit said. Walker, who was coop
  
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• Pentagon says al-Qaida figure killed in Syria airstrike

  22-11-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military airstrike in Syria killed an al-Qaida leader with ties to militant movements across the Middle East, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
  
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• Statehouse workers deem Christmas tree too puny, replace it

  22-11-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Christmas tree selected for the Rhode Island Statehouse rotunda has been removed after staff decided it was too puny.
  
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• Network confirms Kanye West is hospitalized in Los Angeles

  22-11-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kanye West has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after abruptly canceling the last 21 dates of his national tour. A spokeswoman for the E! network, which airs the Kardashian family reality show and its ...
  
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• Trump memorabilia special helps Fox News channel

  22-11-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The election may be over, but Donald Trump is still providing dividends for Fox News Channel.
  
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• Dow closes above 19,000 for the first time

  22-11-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Dow finished above 19,000 for the first time Tuesday, a landmark in a post-election stock rally propelled by expectations of pro-growth policies from Washington. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4 percent to 19,023.87. The S&P also hit a new record, winning 0.2 percent to 2,202.94, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 0.3 percent to 5,386.35, also a new record.
  
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• Pipeline protester seriously injured; conflicting accounts

  22-11-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A New York woman seriously hurt protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline faces multiple surgeries and could lose an arm, her father said Tuesday, and protesters and law enforcement gave conflicting accounts ...
  
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• Top US civilian honor goes to 21 artists, athletes, others

  22-11-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Saying they had touched him in a powerful and personal way, President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest civilian honor to 21 groundbreaking actors, musicians, athletes and others during a ceremony Tuesday at the White House.
  
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• Suspect got married after cop killing

  22-11-2016 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  Just one day after he is alleged to have killed a San Antonio police officer, and hours before he was arrested, Otis Tyrone McKane got married.
  
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• Mos Def to say farewell with concerts in NYC, Washington

  22-11-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Yasiin Bey — formerly known as Mos Def — will say goodbye to fans in a series of concerts in December in New York and Washington, D.C.
  
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• Trump meets with NYT

  22-11-2016 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump brushed aside his campaign promises to jail Hillary Clinton, batted away questions about conflicts of interest over his business empire and denounced the neo-Nazi movement that is celebrating his victory.
  
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• Wooing press, Trump softens climate stance

  22-11-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump signaled Tuesday his campaign trail dismissal of the threat of climate change may have been hot air after all, saying he was "open minded" on supporting global accords. The US president-elect emerged from cabinet-building talks in his Trump Tower headquarters and travelled ten minutes across town to the New York Times to give a wide-ranging interview on his plans. Campaigning ahead of November 8, Trump repeatedly told crowds of rustbelt and southern voters -- factory workers, coal m
  
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• Giuliani supports Trump decision not to prosecute Clinton – video

  22-11-2016 22:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Tuesday that he supported President-elect Donald Trump’s decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server. However, he said he would also support Trump in the prosecution, should he change his mind Continue reading...
  
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• Arena will stress teamwork for USA to reach World Cup 2018

  22-11-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An older, wiser Bruce Arena returned to the US national team coaching role Tuesday after a 10-year absence, vowing talent and hard work will result in a 2018 World Cup berth. Arena, who had guided the team from 1998-2006 before taking charge of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, was named to replace Jurgen Klinsmann, who was fired Monday after five years in the role. The Americans lost WC2018 qualifiers 2-1 at home to Mexico and 4-0 at Costa Rica, but their next qualifier is March 24 at h
  
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• Hammond gets boost from October borrowing data

  22-11-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British Chancellor Philip Hammond got some rare good news about the country's finances on Tuesday as he finalises his first budget statement, which is still likely to forecast a surge in borrowing as Britain prepares to leave the EU. Breaking with a pattern of borrowing overshoots earlier in the financial year, official figures on Tuesday showed public borrowing in October was 25 percent less than a year earlier at 4.8 billion pounds ($6.0 bill
  
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• Bruce Arena returns as US coach, replacing Jurgen Klinsmann

  22-11-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bruce Arena is returning to coach the U.S. national soccer team, a decade after he was fired. The winningest coach in American national team history, Arena was hired Tuesday, a day after Jurgen Klinsmann's ...
  
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• Utah teen targeted random students in school stabbing

  22-11-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teenager accused of stabbing five random classmates in a high school locker room brought a martial arts stick and knives with him that day and planned to kill, authorities said in charging documents made public Tuesday.
  
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• Dubai: Alleged rape was consensual

  22-11-2016 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  A rape investigation involving a British national allegedly assaulted in Dubai has been closed after a prosecutor concluded the sex was consensual.
  
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• Dubai: Alleged rape of UK woman was consensual

  22-11-2016 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  A rape investigation involving a British national allegedly assaulted in Dubai has been closed after a prosecutor concluded the sex was consensual.
  
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• 'Moonlight,' 'American Honey' top Spirit Awards nominations

  22-11-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Coming-of-age tale "Moonlight" and road movie "American Honey" led the pack of independent films tipped for Oscars glory as the Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday. Starring Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, Barry Jenkins's "Moonlight" tells the life story of a young African-American man struggling to find his place as he grows up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. It was passed over in the acting categories, despite Ali and Harris being considered strong contenders for Oscar nods
  
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• Ex-gymnastics doctor arraigned; police probing 50 complaints

  22-11-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MASON, Mich. (AP) — A former USA Gymnastics doctor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in his home with a girl under 13, charges that Michigan's attorney general said are the "tip of the iceberg" as authorities investigate roughly 50 complaints.
  
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• US airstrikes top 1,000 against IS in Iraq and Syria

  22-11-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  USS EISENHOWER, Persian Gulf (AP) — One after another, fighter jets catapult from the flight deck of the USS Eisenhower, a thousand-foot (305-meter) American aircraft carrier, afterburners glowing amber above the blue Persian Gulf, on their way northwest to join the fight in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State.
  
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• Ellen tears up at White House

  22-11-2016 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Ellen DeGeneres is among the honorees at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony on Tuesday, but she almost didn't make it into the White House.
  
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• Ellen DeGeneres's star-studded mannequin video

  22-11-2016 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Ellen DeGeneres is among the honorees at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony on Tuesday, but she almost didn't make it into the White House.
  
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• Ellen DeGeneres posts star-studded mannequin video

  22-11-2016 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Ellen DeGeneres is among the honorees at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony on Tuesday, but she almost didn't make it into the White House.
  
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• The Latest: Former DC schools chief not seeking a Trump post

  22-11-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on Donald Trump's transition to the presidency (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Former Washington, D.C., schools chief Michelle Rhee says she's not seeking a job in President-elect Donald Trump's ...
  
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