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• OSU Community Trying to Make Sense of Attack

  30-11-2016 23:44
  
  “We’re blindsided by this whole thing,” said a vigil attendee.
  
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• Ohio to invest $15M on corridor for testing smart vehicles

  30-11-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — As Gov. John Kasich announced a $15 million investment in advanced self-driving highway technology on Wednesday, he urged Ohioans to push back against old ideas about the state.
  
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• Midway, a plastic island

  30-11-2016 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Nick Paton Walsh travels to Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean to investigate how the plastic we throw away everyday enters the food chain and possibly, our bodies.
  
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• From paradise to plastic wasteland

  30-11-2016 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Nick Paton Walsh travels to Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean to investigate how the plastic we throw away everyday enters the food chain and possibly, our bodies.
  
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• The Latest: Feds say North Carolina man set 2 wildfires

  30-11-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in Tennessee that killed seven people and destroyed hundreds of buildings (all times local):
  
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• Cespedes, Mets finalize $110M, 4-year contract

  30-11-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Having finalized a $110 million, four-year contract with the New York Mets, Yoenis Cespedes declared: "God willing, I will finish my career with this team."
  
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• Wall St. posts big Nov gains; mostly dips on day despite energy

  30-11-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Energy shares jumped with oil prices after OPEC agreed to cut production. Bank shares also rose after comments by Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Treasury secretary, told CNBC that tax reforms and trade pact overhauls would be top priorities of the new administration. Bank of America gained 4.5 percent, while Goldman Sachs ended up 3.6 percent and hit a high of $220.77, its best level since the financial crisis.
  
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• Trump to Launch Thank You Tour in Ohio

  30-11-2016 23:29
  
  President-elect and vice president-elect to return to the battleground state.
  
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• D'Onta's done: Texas' 2,000-yard rusher heading to NFL

  30-11-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas running back D'Onta Foreman said Wednesday he will skip his senior season to enter the NFL draft after rushing for 2,028 yards and 15 touchdowns this season.
  
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• Ibra, Martial see Man Utd through, Arsenal crash

  30-11-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Anthony Martial scored twice as Manchester United crushed West Ham United 4-1 in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday, while Arsenal were humbled by Southampton. United manager Jose Mourinho served a one-game touchline ban after his dismissal for kicking a water bottle during Sunday's 1-1 Premier League draw against West Ham, but his absence had no ill-effects.
  
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• Asylum protests hit parliament for second day – politics live

  30-11-2016 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  After protests in the public gallery, on the final sitting day, more protestors have scaled the building hang signs ‘justice for refugees’. Follow it live... 10.21pm GMTLee Rhiannon giving presser after bringing chocolates for @akaWACA refugee protesters #auspol @gabriellechan pic.twitter.com/uksNufJqd9 10.21pm GMT Continue reading...
  
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• 3 victims of Thanksgiving meal ranged in age from 43 to 69

  30-11-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities have identified the three victims, ranging in age from 43 to 69, who died from apparent food-poisoning at a church-sponsored Thanksgiving meal in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  
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• Victoria's Secret rocks Paris with $3M bra and Lady Gaga

  30-11-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The laciest, if not raciest, catwalk event of the year — aka, the Victoria's Secret fashion show — was taking place in Paris on Wednesday night. Among the anticipated highlights: performances by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, as well as a $3 million Fantasy bra modelled by Jasmine Tookes. Here's a behind-the-scenes look:
  
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• NY court hears appeal against salt-warning fines

  30-11-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court has heard arguments on New York City's first-of-its-kind rule that requires chain restaurants to use menu icons to warn patrons of salty foods.
  
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• Sundance unveils diverse slate of competition films

  30-11-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jenny Slate reunites with her "Obvious Child" director in the '90s-set "Landline," Sam Elliott plays a stoner Western film icon in "The Hero," Aubrey Plaza gets serious in "Ingrid Goes West," and Jennifer Aniston teams up with the future Han Solo, Alden Ehrenreich, in the Gulf War drama "The Yellow Birds" in some of the films in competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
  
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• 3 UFC champions join attempt to form fighters association

  30-11-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former UFC champions Georges St. Pierre, Cain Velasquez and T.J. Dillashaw have joined an attempt to form a mixed martial arts fighters association.
  
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• Colombia crash pilot reported 'total electrical failure, no fuel'

  30-11-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Medellín (Colombia) (AFP) - The pilot of a plane that crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing 71 people, radioed the control tower in a panic to report he had run out of fuel, according to a recording aired Wednesday by Colombian media. "Ma'am, LAMIA 2933 has a total failure, total electrical failure, without fuel," pilot Miguel Quiroga says in the recording, minutes before the charter flight crashed outside the city of Medellin.
  
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• As Trump claims to have saved Carrier jobs, details are hazy

  30-11-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In persuading Carrier to keep hundreds of jobs in Indiana, President-elect Donald Trump has claimed victory on behalf of factory workers whose positions were bound for Mexico. But the scant details that have emerged so far raise doubts about the extent of the victory.
  
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• Science panel urges rewrite of food allergy warning labels

  30-11-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — "Made in the same factory as peanuts." ''May contain traces of tree nuts." A new report says the hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain a troublesome ingredient is confusing to people with food allergies, and calls for a makeover.
  
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• Justice Dept. announces changes to halfway house system

  30-11-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department plans to overhaul its system of halfway houses, where most federal prisoners spend the final months of their sentences before being freed from custody, officials announced Wednesday.
  
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• AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS: Championship weekend spoilers

  30-11-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The trophies could be the only prizes for the winners in several games during championship weekend.
  
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• The Latest: Top prosecutor to stay on after meeting Trump

  30-11-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Tiger Woods returns amid varied expectations, high interest

  30-11-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Everyone is watching, everyone is curious, and Jordan Spieth had the perfect view of Tiger Woods for his return to golf.
  
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• Ryan: Aid to address lead in Flint, MI, water on track

  30-11-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan Tuesday promised that a long-delayed aid package to help Flint, Michigan, address its lead-tainted water system is on track to pass into law by the end of the year.
  
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• Goose bumps and bruises as Victoria's Secret models take to Paris catwalk

  30-11-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It took a fair bit of cheek -- and not a little phlegm on a freezing Paris night -- for the brash US lingerie brand Victoria's Secret to hold its first-ever fashion show in the city that invented sexy underwear. Lady Gaga -- the star draw for the annual extragavanza famous for bringing kitschy Las Vegas glamour to the catwalk -- picked up a "couple of bruises from (the) dance rehearsal", she told her 64 million Twitter followers. The show's mostly American models said they felt "goose bumps" --
  
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• Organizers expect march on Washington to attract big names

  30-11-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Organizers of a planned women's march on Washington said Wednesday they expect high-profile speakers and big-name entertainers to be part of the program for thousands of people heading to the nation's capital on the day after Donald Trump's inauguration.
  
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• Prosecutor to jury: Believe bystander's video, not fired cop

  30-11-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white police officer who fired eight shots at the back of an unarmed black motorist during a foot chase should be convicted of murder or manslaughter, a prosecutor argued Wednesday after a monthlong trial.
  
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• The tax man cometh: California ponders legal pot, paying up

  30-11-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's legal marijuana industry is expected to involve everything from backyard growers to sprawling fields in the farm belt, storefront sellers along rural roads to chain-store like outlets in Los Angeles.
  
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• GAO: About $108 billion in student loan debt to be forgiven

  30-11-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators say the federal government is expected to forgive at least $108 billion in student loan debt as part of popular plans that tie repayment to borrowers' earnings.
  
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• Eastern Aleppo becoming 'one giant graveyard' says UN humanitarian chief

  30-11-2016 22:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Stephen O’Brien says 25,000 forced to flee homes since SaturdayRussia dismisses ‘pointless’ resolutions in security council emergency sessionThe UN’s humanitarian chief has warned that eastern Aleppo was being turned into “one giant graveyard” as the rebel-held area was being overrun by Syrian regime and Russian forces.
  Stephen O’Brien told an emergency session of the UN security council that since Saturday 25,000 people had been forced from their homes
  
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• Record charitable donations reported for Giving Tuesday

  30-11-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Giving Tuesday, a 5-year-old phenomenon aimed at encouraging online charitable giving, produced record-shattering donations this week, according to two organizations which tracked the flow of gifts.
  
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• Judge adds $5M to McQueary's $7M verdict against Penn State

  30-11-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday awarded more than $5 million to a former Penn State assistant football coach over his treatment by the university following Jerry Sandusky's arrest on child molestation charges five years ago.
  
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• House bill would aid medical research, speed drug approvals

  30-11-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A sweeping biomedical bill glided toward House passage Wednesday that would help drug and medical device companies win swifter government approval of their products, boost disease research and drug-abuse ...
  
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• 3 more bodies found in Tennessee wildfire ruins, toll at 7

  30-11-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Three more bodies were found in the ruins of wildfires that torched hundreds of homes and businesses in the Great Smoky Mountains area, raising the death toll to seven, a Tennessee mayor said Wednesday.
  
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• Stocks end mostly lower, despite gains in banks, oil

  30-11-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks moved mostly lower Wednesday as gains in blue-chip energy companies and banks were not enough to make up for losses in the broader market.
  
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• Pilot told Colombia controllers 'no fuel' before crash

  30-11-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel and desperately pleaded for permission to land before crashing into the Andes, according to a leaked recording of the final minutes of the doomed flight.
  
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• Oil rallies on OPEC deal; bonds end dismal November

  30-11-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped around 9 percent on Wednesday as OPEC members sealed a deal to cut production, while upbeat U.S. economic data and comments from the U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee triggered a bond market sell-off, marking a miserable November for Treasuries.
  
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• The Latest: Official: OSU attacker likely radicalized online

  30-11-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University (all times local):
  
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• Conflict rules hardly the same for president, others

  30-11-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. David McKinley has sold his West Virginia engineering and architecture firm, but it still bears his name — and that earned the Republican congressman a rebuke from the House Ethics Committee.
  
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• Hillary Clinton surprises Katy Perry to present her with Unicef award – video

  30-11-2016 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance at the Unicef Snowflake Ball on Tuesday in New York. The former secretary of state and US presidential candidate presented pop star Katy Perry with the Audrey Hepburn humanitarian award for her work as a Unicef goodwill ambassador Continue reading...
  
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• UN: Laws of War Systematically Disregarded in Syria

  30-11-2016 22:20
  Parties to the Syrian conflict have systematically disregarded the laws of war, showing time and again that they are willing to do anything to gain military advantage, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday
  
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• Families Search for Missing Loved Ones Amid Tennessee Wildfires

  30-11-2016 22:10
  
  One man said through tears that he is "just hoping for a miracle."
  
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• Huge backlog as EU citizens rush to secure British residency

  30-11-2016 22:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Home Office under pressure as Labour calls on PM to guarantee residency for more than 3 million peopleEU citizens worried about their right to remain in Britain have inundated the Home Office with applications to secure their UK residency, leading to an official backlog that has trebled since the summer of 2015.The figures emerged on a day that Labour demanded Theresa May guaranteed the rights of the more than 3 million EU citizens to remain in the UK before Brexit negotiations begin, with MP Ke
  
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• Committee calls for firing of judge who told woman 'keep your knees together'

  30-11-2016 21:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Committee recommends Robin Camp be removed from bench after he asked during trial why complainant hadn’t done more to prevent alleged rapeA judge who asked a complainant in a sexual assault trial why she couldn’t just keep her knees together should be removed from the bench, an inquiry tasked with probing the matter has concluded.In a unanimous recommendation released on Wednesday, the five-person inquiry committee of the Canadian Judicial Council said Robin Camp “committed mis
  
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• Prosecutor: Murder or manslaughter, fired officer is guilty

  30-11-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white police officer who fired eight shots at the back of an unarmed black motorist during a foot chase is guilty of murder or manslaughter, a prosecutor said Wednesday after a monthlong trial.
  
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• Opportunist thief steals pot of gold in New York – video

  30-11-2016 21:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Surveillance footage released on Tuesday shows an opportunistic thief stealing a bucket of gold, worth $1.6m, from the back of an armored truck in Manhattan, New York. In the footage, shot in September, the man is seen walking past the unguarded vehicle, he then spots the gold, and quickly walks off with it. The man is still at large Continue reading...
  
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• Stein makes Michigan third state for presidential recount

  30-11-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein on Wednesday requested a full hand recount of Michigan's presidential vote, making it the third state narrowly won by Republican Donald Trump where she wants another look at the results.
  
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• Ireland compensates woman forced to travel to Britain for an abortion

  30-11-2016 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Government agreed to pay compensation for trauma to Amanda Mellet after she was forced to obtain a termination of her pregnancy in England Ireland has for the first time in its history compensated a woman for the trauma caused by forcing her to travel to Britain for an abortion.Pro-choice campaigners in the Republic said the Fine Gael-led minority government’s agreement on Wednesday to pay compensation to Amanda Mellet was highly significant.Continue reading...
  
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• Colombia plane crash: leaked audio shows pilot said he ran out of fuel

  30-11-2016 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Pilot can be heard requesting permission to land due to a ‘total electric failure’ and lack of fuel in a recording from the crash that killed 71 people‘The Brazil that worked’: Chapecoense tragedy a blow to nation in crisis
  The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel before crashing into the Andes, according to a leaked recording of the final minutes of the flight. Related: Investigators return to s
  
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• US House Democrats re-elect Nancy Pelosi as leader

  30-11-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday swept aside a challenge to her Democratic leadership in the US House of Representatives by a congressman from a blue-collar district who warned the party has lost touch with working-class Americans. Pelosi, 76, retained her post as minority leader after an anxious closed-door vote in which she survived a challenge from congressman Tim Ryan of Youngstown, Ohio to extend her 13-year grip on party control in the chamber. "Honored to be elected by my colleagues to serve as
  
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