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• Swedish Christmas goat burns on 50th anniversary

  27-11-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's Christmas Goat — a giant decorative goat made of straw and wood — didn't last long on its 50th anniversary.
  
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• Kaepernick's Castro comments anger fans

  27-11-2016 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was greeted with a chorus of boos Sunday when he took the field at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
  
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• Nearly 10,000 civilians flee east Aleppo: monitor  

  27-11-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly 10,000 civilians have fled battered eastern Aleppo towards government-held districts and the Kurdish-controlled neighbourhood of Sheikh Maksoud, a monitoring group said Sunday. "Nearly 10,000 civilians have fled east Aleppo since the night of Saturday to Sunday," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
  
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• Trump says 'millions' voted illegally, decries recount

  27-11-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With the recount threatening to revive debate about the legitimacy of Trump's victory -- his rival Hillary Clinton won far more popular votes, while he carried the all-important Electoral College count -- Trump and his aides pushed back hard on Sunday. Trump let fly a series of early-morning tweets in which he quoted Clinton about the need to respect the electoral process, while continuing to wage an extraordinarily public battle over the makeup of his future cabinet.
  
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• Portugal's CGD bank boss quits after weeks of pressure

  27-11-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The board chairman of Portugal's troubled state-owned Caixa Geral de Depositos bank has resigned after weeks of pressure as he refused to declare his assets, the government announced late Sunday. Portugal's Socialist government said it "regretted" Antonio Domingues' decision, adding he would not leave his post until the end of December. A finance ministry statement said the government would submit its nomination for his replacement to European banking authorities shortly, with Domingues' success
  
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• French PM Valls raises prospect he could challenge Hollande in election

  27-11-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jean-Baptiste Vey PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Sunday raised the prospect he could challenge his boss Francois Hollande as the Socialists' candidate in the 2017 presidential election. A challenge to President Hollande could divide the Socialists further, just as their center-right rivals get down to serious campaigning against the far right after choosing former prime minister Francois Fillon as their candidate on Sunday. In past weeks, the message from the Valls ca
  
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• Trump falsely claims illegal votes cost him popular vote

  27-11-2016 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump alleged Sunday, without evidence, that "millions of people" voted illegally for Hillary Clinton and otherwise he would have won the popular vote. It's an unprecedented allegation by a president-elect.
  
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• Ravens beat Bengals 19-14 to earn 1st-place tie in AFC North

  27-11-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — One touchdown and Justin Tucker's flawless right leg were enough to thrust the Baltimore Ravens into a first-place tie in the AFC North.
  
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• Delbonis seals Argentina's maiden Davis Cup title

  27-11-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federico Delbonis swept aside Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in Sunday's deciding rubber as Argentina clinched a first Davis Cup title with a stunning fightback in Zagreb. Juan Martin del Potro, cheered on by Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, staged an incredible comeback from two sets down to beat Marin Cilic in the opening reverse singles to level the tie at 2-2. Left-hander Delbonis then tamed the big-serving Karlovic as Argentina, runners-up on four previous occasions, became j
  
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• The Latest: Bills, Saints, Falcons all win early games

  27-11-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on Week 12 of the NFL season (all times Eastern):
  
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• Fillon, the Margaret Thatcher admirer in France's presidential race

  27-11-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Fillon, center-right candidate in France's presidential election as of Sunday and pollsters' favorite to win that vote next May, is a social conservative and free marketeer who wants to cut half a million public sector jobs. Behind a mild, refined demeanor, the 62-year-old who won his Les Republicains party primaries, says he will slash the cost of government. An admirer of late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Fillon, who has spent half his life
  
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• Kaepernick stopped at 2 as Dolphins beat 49ers 31-24

  27-11-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Ndamukong Suh tackled Colin Kaepernick 2 yards short of the goal line as time ran out, and the Miami Dolphins handed the San Francisco 49ers a franchise-record 10th consecutive loss with a 31-24 victory on Sunday.
  
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• France's Fillon would beat Le Pen in presidential election: poll

  27-11-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French conservative candidate Francois Fillon would easily beat far-right party leader Marine Le Pen in next year's presidential election, according to a Harris Interactive poll conducted on the day Fillon won his party's nomination for the election. Fillon would beat Le Pen in the presidential election's second round with 67 percent of the votes versus 33 percent for Le Pen, the poll said. In the first round, Socialist President Francois Hollande would only get 9 percent of the votes.
  
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• Miami Cubans party relentlessly after death of Castro

  27-11-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cuban-Americans who loathed Fidel Castro celebrated tirelessly Sunday to mark his death, dancing, singing and honking car horns for the second full day. Crowds first spilled into the streets of Little Havana Friday night as news of the 90-year-old revolutionary leader's death in Cuba spread. The vast majority of those live in Miami and many saw Castro as a brutal tyrant.
  
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• Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally

  27-11-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump claimed without evidence Sunday that "millions" voted illegally in the national election, scoffing at Hillary Clinton's nearly 2 million edge in the popular vote and returning to his campaign mantra of a rigged race even as he prepares to enter the White House in less than two months.
  
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• Brees, Ingram, help Saints rout Rams, 49-21

  27-11-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees passed for 310 yards and four touchdowns, Mark Ingram scored twice, and the New Orleans Saints defeated the Los Angeles Rams, 49-21 on Sunday.
  
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• U.S. shoppers spend less over holiday weekend amid discounting

  27-11-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nandita Bose CHICAGO (Reuters) - Early holiday promotions and a belief that deals will always be available took a toll on consumer spending over the Thanksgiving weekend as shoppers spent an average of 3.5 percent less than a year ago, the National Retail Federation said on Sunday. The NRF said its survey of 4,330 consumers, conducted on Friday and Saturday by research firm Prosper Insights & Analytics, showed that shoppers spent $289.19 over the four-day weekend through Sunday compared t
  
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• Manning, Giants down Browns 27-13 for 6th straight win

  27-11-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Eli Manning threw two touchdown passes to Odell Beckham Jr., Jason Pierre-Paul returned a fumble for a TD and the New York Giants extended their winning streak to six games, holding off Cleveland 27-13 on Sunday to keep the Browns winless.
  
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• Local militia named in slayings of 37 civilians in Congo

  27-11-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A regional administrator says a local militia in Congo's northeast allegedly has killed at least 37 civilians with machetes and guns.
  
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• Argentina makes tennis history

  27-11-2016 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Only two teams in Davis Cup history have come back from a 1-2 deficit to win tennis' most coveted team prize -- on Sunday, Argentina became the third.
  
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• Argentina beats Croatia 3-2 to win its 1st Davis Cup title

  27-11-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Argentina won its first Davis Cup title on Sunday when Federico Delbonis swept past Ivo Karlovic in straight sets to complete a stunning 3-2 comeback win over Croatia.
  
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• Miami Cuban celebration turns to reflection on Castro death

  27-11-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Celebration turned to somber reflection and church services Sunday as Cuban-Americans in Miami largely stayed off the streets following a raucous daylong party in which thousands marked the death of Fidel Castro.
  
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• Fillon wins France's conservative presidential primary

  27-11-2016 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Francois Fillon won France's first-ever conservative presidential primary Sunday after promising drastic free-market reforms and a crackdown on immigration and Islamic extremism, beating a more moderate ...
  
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• Rosberg foils Hamilton to claim maiden title

  27-11-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nico Rosberg clinched his maiden world title on Sunday, finishing second in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix despite Lewis Hamilton ignoring team orders in his quest to foil the German. The 31-year-old Rosberg concluded the longest season in the sport's history with a nail-biting second place under intense pressure after leader and ultimate race winner Hamilton had slowed the field to create a difficult finish. Hamilton reeled off his 10th win of the season –- the most by any driver not to win the
  
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• Elian Gonzalez: Castro was a father to me

  27-11-2016 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  Former Cuban castaway Elian Gonzalez calls Fidel Castro a father figure. CNN's Boris Sanchez has the latest.
  
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• Conservative Fillon wins French rightwing primary

  27-11-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Francois Fillon, a conservative reformist promising to shrink the French state, on Sunday clinched the rightwing nomination to stand in next year's presidential election with a resounding victory. Ex-prime minister Fillon will now become a favourite to be France's next leader after winning the US-style primary to pick the nominee of the Republicans party and its allies. "France wants the truth and France wants action," he told cheering supporters after his centrist rival Alain Juppe conceded def
  
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• Fillon scores huge win in French conservative presidential primaries

  27-11-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Fillon, a socially conservative free-marketeer, won France's center-right presidential primaries on Sunday, setting up a likely showdown next year with far-right leader Marine Le Pen that the pollsters expect him to win. With votes from four-fifths of 10,228 polling stations counted, Fillon, who went into Sunday's second-round run-off as firm favorite, had won over 67 percent of the vote in a head-to-head battle with another ex-prime
  
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• Like father, like son: Another Rosberg wins F1 title

  27-11-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nico Rosberg will no longer be known simply as the son of Formula One champion Keke Rosberg.
  
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• Castro shunned statues, monuments but still became icon

  27-11-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There are no statues of Fidel Castro in Cuba. No school, street, government building or city bears his name. And while his likeness stares back from billboards and official portraits, it is absent from ...
  
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• The Latest: Bio author had trouble processing Castro's death

  27-11-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — The latest on the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (all times local):
  
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• Syria forces retake 6 Aleppo rebel areas, civilians flee

  27-11-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Government forces retook six rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo over the weekend, forcing thousands of civilians to flee as they pressed their offensive Sunday to retake Syria's second city. In a major breakthrough in the push to retake the whole city, regime forces on Saturday captured Masaken Hanano, which had been the biggest rebel-held district in eastern Aleppo. Inzarat, Al-Sakan al-Shaabi and Ain al-Tall have all returned to regime hands and government forces have made large forays int
  
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• Fillon promises 'software change' for France in primaries' victory speech

  27-11-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - Former prime minister Francois Fillon pledged to unite his camp behind a project to carry out deep reforms in France in a victory speech after winning the conservative ticket for next year's presidential election. "My approach has been understood: France can't bear its decline. It wants truth and it wants action," Fillon told supporters at his campaign headquarter. "I will take up an unusual challenge for France: tell the truth and completely change its software," he said. (Rep
  
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• Patriots' Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski set to go against Jets

  27-11-2016 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski are playing in the New England Patriots' game against the New York Jets.
  
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• Trump aide steps up bid to block possible Romney nomination

  27-11-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Donald Trump adviser warned Sunday that the president-elect's supporters would feel "betrayed" if he tapped former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as secretary of state, a move that would put a fierce Trump critic in a powerful Cabinet post.
  
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• Cuba prepares historic leader Fidel Castro's send-off

  27-11-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cuba on Sunday prepared a grand send-off for its revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, with a four-day funeral procession planned for a giant figure of modern history, widely loved but branded a tyrant by many. Students left lighted candles next to a portrait of the black-bearded communist firebrand during a vigil at Havana University. The most important thing is that he died when he chose, not when all the counter-revolutionaries wanted," said Carlos Manuel Obregon Rodriguez, a 43-year-old taxi dr
  
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• The Latest: Vargas Llosa says Castro death to change Cuba

  27-11-2016 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — The latest on the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (all times local):
  
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• Syria forces retake 3 Aleppo rebel areas, civilians flee

  27-11-2016 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Government forces retook three rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo over the weekend, forcing thousands of civilians to flee as they pressed their offensive Sunday to retake Syria's second city. In a major breakthrough in the push to retake the whole city, regime forces on Saturday captured Masaken Hanano, which had been the biggest rebel-held district in eastern Aleppo. On Sunday, the 13th day of the operation, they also took control of two adjacent neighbourhoods -- Jabal Badra and Baadeeen
  
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• France: Fillon declares victory in presidential primary

  27-11-2016 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Former Prime Minister Francois Fillon has declared victory in France's first-ever conservative presidential primary, beating a more moderate rival who had warned of encroaching populism.
  
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• The Latest: Brady, Gronkowski both active for Patriots

  27-11-2016 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on Week 12 of the NFL season (all times Eastern):
  
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• Alain Juppe concedes defeat in French presidential primary

  27-11-2016 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paris (AFP) - Alain Juppe conceded defeat and congratulated Francois Fillon on his "large victory" in France's rightwing presidential primary on Sunday.
  
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• France: Francois Fillon declares victory in conservative presidential primary over more moderate rival.

  27-11-2016 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — France: Francois Fillon declares victory in conservative presidential primary over more moderate rival.
  
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• Even dissidents hold back as Castro's death casts a pall over Cuba

  27-11-2016 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nelson Acosta and Ana Isabel Martinez HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's most prominent dissident group called off its weekly protest march for the first time in 13 years on Sunday following the death of its nemesis Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader whose passing has cast a pall over the island. Castro, an icon of the Cold War who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and defied half a century of U.S. efforts to topple him, died late on Friday at the age of 90. The Cuban go
  
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• Fillon takes early lead in French rightwing primary

  27-11-2016 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Francois Fillon, a conservative reformist promising to slash the French state, took a strong lead in the race to become the rightwing candidate in next year's presidential election, partial results showed Sunday. Ex-prime minister Fillon won 68.7 percent of early votes counted in the US-style primary to pick the nominee of the Republicans party, who will become a favourite to be France's next leader. The French presidential vote is seen as a key test for mainstream political parties after the su
  
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• France: Juppe concedes defeat in conservative presidential primary, congratulates Fillon on 'wide victory'

  27-11-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — France: Juppe concedes defeat in conservative presidential primary, congratulates Fillon on 'wide victory'
  
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• Iraqis in liberated Mosul district wave white flags

  27-11-2016 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The women ululated as residents waved white flags Sunday in celebration of Iraqi forces who drove Islamic State group jihadists from their eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Al-Khadraa. "We are raising white flags to show the army that we're peaceful," said shopkeeper Abu Mohammad, a man in his 70s, as he stood outside his store. Iraqi forces launched a major offensive on October 17 to retake Mosul, which is the country's second city and where jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a calip
  
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• Will Washington stop Colorado's surprise comeback?

  27-11-2016 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — For a team picked to be at the bottom, ninth-ranked Colorado sure made a quick ascent to the top.
  
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• Mourinho sent off, Man U draws 4th straight home league game

  27-11-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Hired to revitalize Manchester United, Jose Mourinho is instead turning the clock back and losing his temper in public.
  
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• Penn St-Wisconsin winner in Big Ten game no lock for playoff

  27-11-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Penn State was picked fourth in the Big Ten East in the preseason and 2-2 after an ugly loss at Michigan, prompting the athletic director to issue a public vote of confidence for third-year coach James Franklin.
  
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• Mark Helfrich is still coach of the Ducks _ for now

  27-11-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon coach Mark Helfrich was heading out to recruit while speculation swirled about his job security — or lack of it.
  
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• Israel to expand fleet of next-generation F-35 fighter jets

  27-11-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel on Sunday said it will expand its fleet of next-generation F-35 fighter jets in a move that officials believe will help maintain the country's qualitative military edge over its Mideast neighbors for years to come.
  
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