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• UK football sex abuse investigation widens

  25-11-2016 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four police forces say they are looking into allegations of historical child sex abuse within football.
  
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• Tropical storm Otto kills nine in Costa Rica

  25-11-2016 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least nine people have been killed by tropical storm Otto in Costa Rica, officials say.
  
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• Sister ecstatic over return of missing California woman

  25-11-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The older sister of a Northern California mother who was missing for three weeks said Friday the return of her sibling made for the best Thanksgiving ever.
  
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• Canada's Marineland faces animal cruelty charges

  25-11-2016 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canada's Marineland amusement park is facing five charges of animal cruelty.
  
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• Reporter becomes Canada's first hijab-clad news anchor

  25-11-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — A Toronto television journalist is believed to be Canada's first anchor to don a Muslim head scarf at one of the city's major news broadcasters.
  
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• Photographer David Hamilton found dead in Paris

  25-11-2016 23:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Briton, 83, was best known for his pictures of teenage girls and had recently denied rape allegationsThe British photographer David Hamilton has died at the age of 83, according to French police.A police source told Reuters that Hamilton, best known for his pictures of teenage girls, killed himself in Paris. Continue reading...
  
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• Green Party files for vote recount in Wisconsin: state election commission

  25-11-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The organization behind the presidential campaign for Green Party candidate Jill Stein, along with one other group, on Friday filed a petition with the Wisconsin Elections Commission for a recount of votes in the Nov. 8 election, the commission said. “The Commission is preparing to move forward with a statewide recount of votes for President of the United States, as requested by these candidates,” Commission Administrator Michael Haas said in a statement.
  
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• 6.5 quake hits China's Xinjiang region, one dead

  25-11-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A powerful 6.5-magnitude quake rocked a mountainous area of far western China Friday night, with one person killed when a house collapsed in a region often plagued with seismic activity. The tremor struck southern Xinjiang, a vast region bordering central Asia, at a relatively shallow depth of 12 kilometres (seven miles), the US Geological Survey said. Pakistani authorities said the quake had been felt in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the National Disaster Management Authority
  
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• Amid Herman rumors, No. 18 Houston loses to Memphis 48-44

  25-11-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — In what might be sought-after coach Tom Herman's final game with No. 18 Houston , Riley Ferguson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass with 19 seconds left in a wild fourth quarter Friday to lift Memphis to a 48-44 win over the Cougars.
  
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• Space photos show something's missing in N. Korea

  25-11-2016 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Canadian company UrtheCast shot the first HD, full-color videos of Earth from space. Its images take you to the most remote places in the world.
  
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• N. Korea space pics show what's missing

  25-11-2016 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Canadian company UrtheCast shot the first HD, full-color videos of Earth from space. Its images take you to the most remote places in the world.
  
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• Charges: Mom injected son's IV with feces

  25-11-2016 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  An Indiana mother is accused of injecting fecal matter into her 15-year-old son's IV bag while he was undergoing cancer treatments at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.
  
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• The Latest: Green Party's Stein files for Wisconsin recount

  25-11-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump's transition (all times EST):
  
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• 'Brady Bunch' Stars React to Death of TV Mom

  25-11-2016 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The former child actors and actresses who grew up with Henderson as their TV matriarch responded to her death with heartbreak and sadness.
  
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• Trump's circle divided over Cabinet choices

  25-11-2016 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has begun assembling his administration -- the country's first indication of how he will govern from the White House.
  
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• With recounts looming, Trump adds new administration picks

  25-11-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwestern battlegrounds that could complicate Trump's push for national unity.
  
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• Sport-Club Freiburg 1-4 RB Leipzig

  25-11-2016 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  RB Leipzig extend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga table to six points after an easy win at Freiburg.
  
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• With big lift from rookie Bertans, Spurs top Boston 109-103

  25-11-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The trade that brought Kawhi Leonard to San Antonio was already a success for the Spurs, even before throw-in Davis Bertans began contributing.
  
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• Volcano spews ash miles into air

  25-11-2016 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano surprised observers with a startling sight Friday: a massive column of ash billowing in the air.
  
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• Popocatépetl spews ash miles into the air

  25-11-2016 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano surprised observers with a startling sight Friday: a massive column of ash billowing in the air.
  
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• Kidnapped California jogger found safe on roadside in restraints, sheriff says

  25-11-2016 22:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Sherri Papini flagged down a driver on Thanksgiving, authorities say
  Details of her three-week captivity remain unclearA woman who was kidnapped and held captive for three weeks after leaving her northern California home to jog was found safe on the side of a rural road bound in restraints, a local sheriff said Friday. Authorities were looking for two armed women they believe abducted Sherri Papini, 34, on 2 November, Shasta County sheriff Tom Bosenko said in an interview on Good Morning America
  
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• Australian government concedes evidence against asylum seeker was obtained by torture

  25-11-2016 22:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Sayed Abdellatif is still held in detention in Sydney even though immigration minister Peter Dutton was briefed 18 months ago that evidence used in Egypt to convict him was discreditedSayed Abdellatif’s horizons are low already, and narrowing still. Where once he could wave to his family through a wire fence, he has been told by guards – without explanation – that the behaviour was a security risk and prohibited. Continue reading...
  
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• London has been plunged into darkness by a power cut

  25-11-2016 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parts of central London, including Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Carnaby Street, have been hit by a power cut.
  
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• Penn State won't fight $2.4M fine for lax crime reporting

  25-11-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State said Friday it won't fight a $2.4 million fine stemming from a five-year federal investigation that found the university repeatedly violated campus crime reporting requirements, including in the case of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is now serving decades in prison on child sexual abuse charges.
  
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• City eyes key permit for oil terminal on Washington coast

  25-11-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — As the small city of Hoquiam considers a key permit for a proposed terminal that would move millions of barrels of crude oil through Grays Harbor, opponents are raising concerns about the potential for oil spills and impacts on tribal fishing rights.
  
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• Spurs top Boston 109-103 on Leonard's 25 points, 10 rebounds

  25-11-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Kawhi Leonard had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Patty Mills scored 19 to lead the San Antonio Spurs past Boston 109-103 Friday for their eighth straight victory. Mills sank a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left after the Celtics made it a one-possession game.
  
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• Trump turns to Washington lawyer to navigate legal, ethics issues

  25-11-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Friday chose Washington insider Donald McGahn to be his White House counsel, giving him the job of untangling potential conflicts of interest that the New York businessman's presidency may present. McGahn, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, had been the chief counsel of the Trump campaign and was one of the few members of the Republican establishment to embrace the
  
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• Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano emits huge columns of ash and smoke – video

  25-11-2016 21:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupts on Friday morning, spewing a significant amount of ash and smoke into the sky. According to authorities, there were 324 volcanic eruptions in the last 24 hours, and the ash reached an altitude of 5km. There have been a series of rumblings at the volcano in recent months, with the most recent large eruption occurring on 3 AprilMexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupts in fiery show – videoContinue reading...
  
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• Oil falls $2 a barrel on OPEC cut uncertainty ahead of meeting

  25-11-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jessica Resnick-Ault BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. crude fell nearly 4 percent on Friday, dragged down by uncertainty over whether the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will reach an output deal, after Saudi Arabia said it will not attend talks on Monday with non-OPEC producers to discuss supply cuts. U.S. crude futures settled down $1.90 a barrel at $46.06, a 3.96 percent decline. Prices continued to decline in post-settlement trading, dropping as low as $45.88 a barrel.
  
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• Johnson & Johnson approaches Actelion about takeover deal

  25-11-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Paul Arnold and Ludwig Burger ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare company Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it was in preliminary talks with Actelion about a potential takeover of Europe's largest biotech firm, currently valued at about $20 billion. Lung disease specialist Actelion confirmed it had been approached and said there was no certainty a deal would occur. An acquisition of the Swiss company would boosts J&J's drug pipeline and diversify its prospects.
  
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• See 'Spider-Man's' View of Daring Skyscraper Free Climb

  25-11-2016 21:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  'The French Spider-Man' Alain Robert scaled and descended Barcelona's 472 feet tall Torre Agbar in just one hour, with no ropes or safe
  
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• Global stocks rise but oil slides on OPEC skepticism

  25-11-2016 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Global stocks ended the week higher, with US indices all finishing at new records, while oil prices fell sharply amid continued skepticism about chances for a deal at next week's OPEC meeting.
  
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• KT McFarland joins administration

  25-11-2016 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  National security analyst KT McFarland will join President-elect Donald Trump's administration as the deputy national security adviser, the transition announced Friday, also naming Donald McGahn, general counsel for Trump's campaign, to be White House counsel.
  
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• Colombia rebel leader hopes Trump will back peace effort

  25-11-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The top commander of Latin America's oldest rebel army said Friday he hopes that President-elect Donald Trump will continue strong U.S support for ending Colombia's half-century conflict that past administrations helped fuel.
  
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• Cowboys Hall of Fame QBs never did what rookie Prescott has

  25-11-2016 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are accomplishing things in Dak Prescott's rookie season that never happened under Hall of Fame quarterbacks Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman.
  
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• Suspect in fatal stabbing at French missionary home arrested

  25-11-2016 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a suspect in the fatal knife attack on a woman at a retirement home for Catholic missionaries in southern France after a vast manhunt, authorities said.
  
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• Could Jill Stein's vote recount change the outcome of the election?

  25-11-2016 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  The Green party candidate has raised funds to file for recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania – but experts are skeptical about the effortIn two days, Jill Stein raised more than enough money, more than $5m, to file for recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, though her campaign is still seeking about $2m more to cover the associated legal fees. Related: Jill Stein to formally file for Wisconsin recount as fundraising effort passes $5mContinue reading...
  
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• Probes widen into youth sex abuse at English football clubs

  25-11-2016 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police investigations into the sexual abuse of youngsters within English football widened Friday as England captain Wayne Rooney praised victims for speaking out. Jason Dunford, once a youth player with Premier League giants Manchester City, added to the growing tide of abuse accusations that have rocked the English game by alleging that a football paedophile ring was covered up.
  
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• Mexico: Tip-off leads to grisly discovery

  25-11-2016 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  Mexican authorities say an investigation that began with an anonymous tip about kidnappings led to a grisly find: 32 bodies and nine severed heads.
  
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• 44 dead as trains collide in Iran

  25-11-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two trains collided and caught fire Friday in a remote region of northern Iran, killing 44 people and injuring dozens more, in one of the country's worst rail disasters. Provincial governor Mohammad Reza Khabbaz told state television that the crash took place in Semnan province on the main line between Tehran and Iran's second city Mashhad. An express train operating from Tabriz in the northwest to Mashhad had stopped, Khabbaz said, initially suggesting the cause could have been mechanical failu
  
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• Wave of Mexico violence reveals hidden graves, severed heads

  25-11-2016 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Soldiers and police fanned out Friday across the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, chasing a wounded gang leader and trying to quell a wave of violence that included the discovery of hidden graves holding dozens of bodies and a camp where gunmen stored the severed heads of nine rivals in a cooler.
  
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• The water gap: 'I've never showered'

  25-11-2016 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zimbabwe's capital is suffering from a major water shortage - and a generation has grown up never having taken a shower.
  
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• Michigan-Ohio State: Protecting JT; Peppers vs. Samuel

  25-11-2016 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The numbers strongly suggest they are two of the four — maybe five — best teams in the country, but after Saturday either No. 3 Michigan or No. 2 Ohio State will be on the outside looking in at the College Football Playoff race.
  
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• Detroit Man Charged With 1st-Degree Murder in Police Officer's Death

  25-11-2016 20:15
  
  The man suspected of killing a Wayne State University police officer in Detroit has been charged with first-degree murder, prosecutors said.
  
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• Authorities seek aid in finding escaped California prisoners

  25-11-2016 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities asked for the public's help in tracking down a pair of potentially dangerous California prisoners who cut through the bars of a jail window on Thanksgiving Eve, rappelled to the ground on a bedsheet rope and escaped.
  
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• What kind of president will Trump be? His erratic transition keeps us guessing

  25-11-2016 20:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The president-elect’s pick’n’mix approach since his victory has the nation wondering whether it will get a statesman, a businessman, or a provocateurFresh from his Thanksgiving Florida break, Donald Trump is due to finalise his cabinet in the coming days in an unconventional presidential transition that has kept supporters and critics alike in suspense as to the true nature of his administration.The president-elect has so far adopted a pick’n’mix approach to his app
  
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• Influence-peddling case fells Brazil president's ally

  25-11-2016 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Government secretary Geddel Vieira Lima, 57, is the sixth minister to quit in Latin America's biggest country since Temer took office in May. A string of scandals has snared numerous top politicians and threatens to engulf the conservative president himself. Brazilian newspapers reported another ex-minister telling police that Temer had pressured him to intervene in a business deal involving Vieira Lima.
  
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• Police kill 'armed' black teen? Where's gun?

  25-11-2016 20:09 via cnn.com
  A Chicago police officer says he shot and killed a black man this week after the man twice pointed a weapon at him, but so far investigators have not found the weapon, authorities say.
  
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• Sheriff: Mom held captive for weeks emotional after release

  25-11-2016 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman who was kidnapped after leaving her Northern California home to jog and held captive for three weeks was "very emotional" after a passing driver found her on the side of a rural road, a local sheriff said Friday.
  
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• The Latest: online, in malls and overseas, Black Friday's on

  25-11-2016 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Black Friday Holiday shopping (all times Eastern):
  
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