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• US investigating leak related to Petraeus case

  28-11-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department is conducting a new leaks investigation related to the sex scandal that led to the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus, The Associated Press confirmed Monday, the same day Petraeus was meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in New York.
  
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• 'Rude and Disrespectful': Delta Bans Trump Supporter for Life

  28-11-2016 23:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  After video footage of a Trump supporter's on-board rant went viral, the airline banned him for life and provided refunds to the other passengers.
  
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• French strike thought to kill Al-Qaeda ally Belmokhtar

  28-11-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One-eyed hostage killer Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of Al-Qaeda's most notorious allies in North Africa, was said Monday to have been slain in a French air strike. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed a report in the Wall Street Journal that US intelligence helped France target the veteran jihadist. The news came as French defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Washington for talks with his US counterpart Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.
  
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• Iranian Small Craft Aimed Weapon at US Navy Helicopter

  28-11-2016 23:43
  A Defense Department official called the encounter "unsafe and unprofessional."
  
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• Why extreme weather is the new normal

  28-11-2016 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  If it feels like it hasn't rained in months in the South, you're right. The region is experiencing an extreme drought. But just a few months earlier, we were talking about record-breaking floods in the South. These shocking extremes are happening more often, and it is all part of an unfortunate new normal in a world with climate change.
  
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• Why extreme weather is new normal

  28-11-2016 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  If it feels like it hasn't rained in months in the South, you're right. The region is experiencing an extreme drought. But just a few months earlier, we were talking about record-breaking floods in the South. These shocking extremes are happening more often, and it is all part of an unfortunate new normal in a world with climate change.
  
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• Slager Jury Hears About Use of Force, Other Police Shootings

  28-11-2016 23:38
  Four of Michael Slager's old colleagues from the North Charleston Police Department have testified for the defense in the fired white officer's murder trial
  
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• Former Tesco boss Clarke will not face charges over accounting scandal

  28-11-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Philip Clarke, the former chief executive of Tesco , will not face charges from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over the accounting scandal that rocked Britain's biggest retailer in 2014, his lawyer said on Monday. David Corker, partner at CorkerBinning, told Reuters he had received a letter from the SFO informing him that Clarke would not be prosecuted. The SFO declined to comment beyond stating its investigation into Tesco was continuing.
  
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• Stein Recount Effort Progresses With Minor Snags

  28-11-2016 23:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The recount effort hit some snags Monday as Wisconsin officials turn down a request for a hand recount and a Pennsylvania deadline passes.
  
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• Beginning of the end in Syria

  28-11-2016 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  Thousands of people are fleeing the eastern, rebel-controlled part of Aleppo. Pro-regime forces have breached the once stable front lines in this battered city. The end is near.
  
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• Prince to be celebrated at Paisley Park one year after death

  28-11-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Influential pop star Prince will be celebrated over a four-day festival at his Paisley Park Studios compound in Minnesota on the first anniversary of his death, organizers said on Monday. Prince, known for songs including "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry," died on April 21 of an accidental overdose of the powerful painkiller fentanyl at his Paisley Park estate in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen. Organizers said the event will "reflect the spirit" of the singer's inaugural "Prince: A Celebr
  
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• Order could have little effect on pipeline protest camp

  28-11-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A government order for protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline to leave federal land could have little immediate effect on the encampment where scores of people have been gathered for months to oppose the $3.8 billion project.
  
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• Iranian vessel points weapon at U.S. helicopter: officials

  28-11-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessel pointed its weapon at a U.S. military helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, two U.S. defense officials told Reuters on Monday, an action they described as "unsafe and unprofessional." The incident is the latest in a series of similar actions by Iranian vessels this year, but the first reported since Republican Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 8. During his campaign, Trump vowe
  
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• Big Ten reprimands Harbaugh for criticizing officials

  28-11-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Big Ten reprimanded Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and fined the school $10,000 on Monday for violating the conference's sportsmanship policy by criticizing officials after the Ohio State game.
  
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• Iranian boat, US helicopter in 'unsafe encounter'

  28-11-2016 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  A US Navy Seahawk helicopter had what the Navy is calling an "unsafe and unprofessional encounter" with an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps patrol boat Saturday near the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Baylor's Jim Grobe has no plans to coach after this season

  28-11-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jim Grobe came out of semiretirement to help Baylor get through a tumultuous season. After that is done, he has no plans to coach again.
  
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• White House rebuts Trump vote fraud claim

  28-11-2016 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There has been no evidence to suggest widespread voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election, the White House said.
  
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• Sunnis outraged by new Iraq law

  28-11-2016 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  Sunni politicians raised an alarm Monday after the Iraqi Parliament passed a law recognizing Iraq's Shiite-led Hashad al-Shabbi, known as the Popular Mobilization Units, or PMU, as an independent military force.
  
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• Witnesses Recount Chaos at Ohio State

  28-11-2016 23:04
  
  "At first it didn't really seem real," one student said.
  
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• The Latest: Trump to attend 1st post-election fundraiser

  28-11-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Southern storms should ease drought, but fire threat remains

  28-11-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Storms rolling across the South appeared to be taking aim at some of the largest wildfires burning across the region, which could finally help firefighters in their efforts to subdue the blazes, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Texas announces its first locally transmitted Zika case

  28-11-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Texas health officials are reporting the first case of the Zika virus that was likely transmitted within the state.
  
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• Attacker drove into Ohio crowd, then 'cut people'

  28-11-2016 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  An active shooter has been reported on the Ohio State University campus, according to the university's Department of Public Safety website.
  
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• Iranian Navy Boat Threatens U.S. Helicopter

  28-11-2016 22:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Iranian Navy boat trained its gun at a passing U.S. military helicopter over the weekend, two senior U.S. military officials told NBC News.
  
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• No Texas football teams in AP poll for 1st time since 1997

  28-11-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  College football in Texas has hit a low point not seen for nearly two decades.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump won presidency but lost popular vote

  28-11-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's tweets can't erase the reality that he lost the popular vote in this month's election, according to The Associated Press' vote-counting operation.
  
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• Lame-duck Congress works to set stage for President Trump

  28-11-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The lame-duck Congress is gaveling in for its final work session of 2016, and its last under President Barack Obama, as lawmakers face a Dec. 9 deadline for spending legislation to keep the government running.
  
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• Former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych court appearance

  28-11-2016 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukraine’s former president, Viktor Yanukovych, has been questioned via video-link from Russia.
  
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• Trump's threat to end Cuba detente may rouse GOP opposition

  28-11-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's threat Monday to "terminate" the U.S. detente with Cuba could trigger opposition from some Republican lawmakers and corporate leaders who favor continued engagement ...
  
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• Robot Changes School for Students with Disabilities

  28-11-2016 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Second grader Maeve Coffey of New York City has spinal muscular atrophy—and a "telepresence" bot that puts her in the classroom when she's too sick to leave home.
  
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• Exclusive - Tata Steel, Thyssenkrupp looking at reducing Port Talbot's capacity

  28-11-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Maytaal Angel and Georgina Prodhan LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp are looking at reducing the size of Britain's largest steel plant in Port Talbot, Wales, industry sources said, as the two firms press ahead with plans to merge their European steel operations and deal with the overcapacity afflicting the industry. The move could see one of Port Talbot's two blast furnaces shut, halving the plant's capacity. An industry source close to Thyssenkrupp's board said the Ger
  
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• 'Viva Fidel!': Tens of thousands pay last respects to Cuba´s Castro

  28-11-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nelson Acosta and Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Cubans, some wrapped in red, white and blue Cuban flags, paid final respects in Havana on Monday to Fidel Castro, who led a leftist revolution, ruled for half a century and resisted the United States throughout the Cold War. Castro died on Friday at the age of 90, a decade after stepping down due to poor health and ceding power to his brother Raul Castro. While he had been retired as an active leader, his death removed any
  
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• Liberty names former Baylor AD McCaw new athletic director

  28-11-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Ian McCaw, former athletic director at scandal-plagued Baylor, is the new athletic director at Liberty University.
  
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• Texas announces first local Zika case

  28-11-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Texas has announced its first case of local Zika virus, making it the second US state after Florida to say it likely has mosquitoes spreading the disease that can cause birth defects. The case involves a woman who is not pregnant and has not recently traveled anywhere that Zika is spreading, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas health officials said there are no other cases of suspected local transmission at this time, but vowed to continue surveillance.
  
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• Oil up ahead of OPEC meet; dollar slips, stocks fall

  28-11-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude futures rose in choppy trading on Monday ahead of an OPEC meeting later in the week that could reap production cuts, while the dollar pared losses and U.S. stocks fell. The dollar index dipped 0.24 percent after having fallen as much as 0.8 percent. The U.S. currency sank as much as 1.6 percent to 111.32 Japanese yen before recovering to 112.1.
  
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• Stocks pull back from records; banks, retailers fall

  28-11-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks pulled back slightly on Monday, retreating from the records the market set last week.
  
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• Canada's Trudeau to skip Castro funeral after backlash

  28-11-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrea Hopkins OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not attend the funeral of Fidel Castro, his office said on Monday, days after Trudeau's warm comments about the late Cuban leader sparked a backlash. Trudeau referred on Saturday to Castro as a "remarkable leader" and expressed his sorrow at the death of "Cuba’s longest serving president." Trudeau acknowledged on Sunday that Castro had been a dictator as political opponents called on him to boycott the funeral
  
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• Trump meets Petraeus as he steps up search for next secretary of state

  28-11-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump stepped up his search on Monday for a new U.S. secretary of state, with the focus on former CIA head David Petraeus, who is a candidate despite admitting he shared classified information with his lover. Petraeus, a retired general, held a meeting with the Republican winner of the Nov. 8 election at Trump Tower in Manhattan. Once the top U.S. military commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, Petraeus was sentenced to t
  
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• The Latest: OSU cop who killed attacker on force for 2 years

  28-11-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on an attack at the Ohio State University campus (all times local):
  
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• Dear journalists: Stop taking Trump literally

  28-11-2016 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Just before the dawn of the Trump administration, journalism in Washington, DC, faces an existential crisis -- but virtually no one in the profession is willing to diagnose it.
  
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• Texas reports first case of Zika spread by local mosquitoes

  28-11-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The case involved a woman living in Cameron County near the Mexico border who is not pregnant, the Texas Department of State Health Services said. Pregnancy is the biggest concern with Zika because the virus can cause severe, life-long birth defects, including microcephaly, in which a child is born with an abnormally small head, a sign its brain has stopped growing normally. Texas said it currently has no other suspected cases of local Zika transmission, but officials there plan to step up effor
  
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• Victim: Pedophile football coach could 'do what he wanted'

  28-11-2016 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Andy Woodward's dream was to become a professional footballer, an aspiration wrecked by a "monster" and "master of control" who sexually abused him.
  
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• Pedophile coach did 'what he wanted'

  28-11-2016 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Andy Woodward's dream was to become a professional footballer, an aspiration wrecked by a "monster" and "master of control" who sexually abused him.
  
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• Michigan vote certified for Trump but recount requests loom

  28-11-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly three weeks after Election Day, Michigan officials certified Monday that Donald Trump won the state by 10,704 votes out of nearly 4.8 million to claim all of its 16 electoral votes. There's more wrangling to come, though, on the final vote count for this oh-so-contentious campaign.
  
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• Alabama's Nick Saban: 'It's never OK to lose a game'

  28-11-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nick Saban doesn't want to hear that maybe Alabama can lose in the Southeastern Conference championship game and still get into the playoffs.
  
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• National Front gears up for risky campaign against 'French Thatcher'

  28-11-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - Depending on who you ask, center-right presidential nominee Francois Fillon is either the perfect candidate to defeat the National Front, or the man whose economic radicalism will let France's far right pose as protector of working class rights. Pollsters predict Fillon, a former prime minister who clinched the nomination of his Les Republicains party on Sunday, will face the far National Front's Marine Le Pen in the run-off, casting him as the champion of th
  
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• FANTASY PLAYS: Gronkowski injury big Week 13 question

  28-11-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With just one crucial week left in the fantasy regular season, Week 12 snuck a few shots of chaos into the mix.
  
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• Trump threatens to 'terminate' US-Cuba thaw

  28-11-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened to end the US thaw with Cuba unless Havana makes key concessions, potentially upending the historic rapprochement engineered by the White House, which insists the opening serves American interests. Trump's tough comments sparked a flurry of speculation about the incoming Republican administration's policies regarding the communist-ruled island, and come after former leader Fidel Castro's death Friday. "If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal f
  
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• Thunderstorm asthma death roll rises

  28-11-2016 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  A freak illness known as thunderstorm asthma has now killed at least six people in Australia.
  
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• Cyber Monday transforms as shoppers are more connected

  28-11-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Monday after Thanksgiving is still a time when millions of Americans pause to check out online deals and check off items from their gift list — but a one-day Cyber Monday frenzy appears to be going ...
  
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