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• Biden, Other Mourners Choke up in Tribute to John Glenn

  17-12-2016 23:56
  
  Vice president and a retired Marine Corps general were among the dignitaries.
  
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• ACC fines Louisville, Virginia Tech for role in Wake scandal

  17-12-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference has fined Louisville and Virginia Tech $25,000 each after reviewing the findings of a Wake Forest investigation that concluded a former Demon Deacons assistant coach-turned-broadcaster leaked game plans to opponents.
  
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• The Latest: Winter storm dumps snow in southern New England

  17-12-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on severe winter weather impacting parts of the United States (all times local):
  
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• Kuemper has 27 saves, Wild beat Coyotes for 7th straight win

  17-12-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Darcy Kuemper stopped 27 shots in his first start in nearly three weeks, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-1 on Saturday for their seventh straight win.
  
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• Cracknell helps Stars end Flyers' 10-game win streak, 3-1

  17-12-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Adam Cracknell scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period to lead the Dallas Stars to a 3-1 victory over Philadelphia on Saturday, ending the Flyers' 10-game winning streak.
  
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• Venezuelans defy Colombia border ban, unrest continues

  17-12-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Anggy Polanco SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - Hundreds of Venezuelans jumped barriers to defy their government's closure of the Colombian border on Saturday while looting and protests continued due to a cash shortage, causing pre-Christmas chaos. The unrest began on Friday following this week's surprise pulling from circulation of Venezuela's largest denomination note, 100 bolivars, before replacement bills were available. The move left Venezuelans flooding banks to deposit or swap their
  
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• Forced to Leave, Aleppo Evacuees Tell of Their Pain

  17-12-2016 22:47
  
  As the last holdouts leave the rebel-held enclave in Aleppo, they speak of their love for the city despite witnessing so much destruction and death
  
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• EU's Tusk, Poland's PM differ on nation's democracy

  17-12-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two days of anti-government protests have exposed clashing views on the shape of Poland's democracy, with a European Union leader and the protesters saying it is threatened by the government, and the prime minister insisting the threat is coming from the opposition's actions.
  
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• Grambling St blocks kick, stops North Carolina Central 10-9

  17-12-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Grambling State won the Celebration Bowl when it blocked an extra-point kick set back 15 yards by an excessive celebration with just over two minutes left, holding off North Carolina Central 10-9 Saturday.
  
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• 'Unpresidented' Trump tweet on China sets off deluge of mockery

  17-12-2016 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President-elect Donald Trump got plenty of attention -- but not the kind he was looking for -- after a tweet Saturday calling out China for its seizure of an unmanned US naval probe. "China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters -- rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented (sic) act," the real estate magnate wrote on his favorite platform.
  
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• Strain on forgiveness after church massacre, other killings

  17-12-2016 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The victims' families spoke words of forgiveness in Charleston after nine black people were massacred in a historic church by Dylann Roof, a white man who harbored dreams of launching a race war. The relatives ...
  
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• Nadal hires Moya in bid to climb rankings

  17-12-2016 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  Rafael Nadal has turned to former world number one Carlos Moya in a bid to revive his stalled tennis career.
  
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• 'Tatooine' and other alien planets re-imagined

  17-12-2016 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  Robert Hurt and Tim Pyle have provided the world with stunningly photo-realistic glimpses at what gravitational waves, Earth-like exoplanets, rain storms of molten iron and even the Milky Way from above might look like if we could ever see them for ourselves. They also have the joy of illustrating when science fiction meets science fact, like planets orbiting two stars that harken back to twin suns setting on Tatooine in "Star Wars: A New Hope."
  
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• Talks stall over Congo's delayed election; violence feared

  17-12-2016 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Talks in Congo between President Joseph Kabila's party and the opposition are on hold after they failed to reach an agreement before the date Kabila was originally supposed to step down from power, mediators said Saturday.
  
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• Sluggish PSG shocked at gutsy Guingamp

  17-12-2016 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French title favourites Paris Saint Germain slumped to a 2-1 loss at Guingamp on Saturday to stay four points adrift of leaders Monaco and make it just one point in their past three games. PSG, champions for the past four years to take their overall haul to six -- the Qatari-owned outfit was only founded in 1970 -- huffed and puffed in a dire opening period before being caught by a two-goal salvo after half-time. Angel di Maria and Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani did their best to rouse a slugg
  
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• Legislature: Ex-Mali president won't face treason charges

  17-12-2016 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's National Assembly has rejected the idea of trying former President Amadou Toumani Toure on treason charges.
  
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• Official: Texas city had 3 reports of dirty water before ban

  17-12-2016 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — There were three reports of dirty water before the 300,000 residents of Corpus Christi were told not to drink the city's water due to a chemical leak at an asphalt plant, a top Corpus Christi official said Saturday, adding that the city has not found evidence of water contamination.
  
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• Saudi Arabia calls for end of carnage in Syria's Aleppo

  17-12-2016 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia, a powerful supporter of the Syrian rebels, called on Saturday for an immediate end to what it said were war crimes being committed by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad as they retake rebel-held parts of Aleppo. "It is by far the worst humanitarian tragedy of the beginning of the 21st century unfolding before the international community's eyes," state news agency SPA quoted a foreign ministry official as saying. "The horrific massacres perpetrated in Aleppo ... have amounted
  
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• Winter storm slams parts of US, causing accidents, deaths

  17-12-2016 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A winter storm of snow, freezing rain and bone-chilling temperatures socked the nation's mid-section and East Coast on Saturday, causing hundreds of accidents on icy roads and putting a crimp on Christmas shopping.
  
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• Russia’s influence has risen but Iran is the real winner in Aleppo

  17-12-2016 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Tehran’s help in securing Syria’s second city is much less to do with re-establishing state sovereignty than about asserting its own agendaAs the green surrender buses trickled out of Aleppo last Wednesday, Bashar al-Assad’s two biggest backers reacted very differently.Russia, which had brokered the deal with Turkey to allow the refugees to leave, was urging the convoy on towards the countryside, where the first of the city’s final refugees were to be disgorged. Iran, on
  
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• Chelsea turn it up to 11, Ibra lifts Man Utd

  17-12-2016 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Diego Costa earned Chelsea a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday as the Premier League leaders claimed a club record-equalling 11th consecutive league victory. Costa headed home Cesar Azpilicueta's cross in the 43rd minute at a foggy Selhurst Park to send Antonio Conte's men nine points clear. "The run is fantastic," said Chelsea manager Conte.
  
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• China Agrees to Give Back US Underwater Drone Seized in South China Sea

  17-12-2016 20:53
  Drone had been seized in international waters
  
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• Trump pick: Palestinians prefer Israeli rule

  17-12-2016 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said in an interview earlier this year that the Trump administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process would be guided by what the Israeli government wants to pursue.
  
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• The Latest: Below freezing temperatures to hit Midwest

  17-12-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Donald Trump Closes Out His 'Thank You' Tour With Alabama Rally

  17-12-2016 20:48
  
  President-elect Donald Trump closes out his "thank you" tour Saturday afternoon with a rally in Mobile, Alabama.In coming to Mobile, Trump is also returning to the site of one of his biggest rallies as a candidate. In August 2015, Trump drew a crowd of some 30,000 supporters to the Ladd–Peebles Stadium.The president-elect tweeted this morning that he's expecting another big crowd.The rally is expected to be the president-elect's final public event before he goes to his Mar-A-Lago estate fo
  
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• Macedonian politician: Foreigners interfering after vote

  17-12-2016 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — The leader of Macedonia's conservative coalition that won a national election has accused "foreign mediators, ambassadors and representatives of foreign states" of meddling in his country's affairs.
  
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• Barack Obama’s presidency will be defined by his failure to face down Assad

  17-12-2016 20:40 via theguardian.com
  
  The US president’s indifference to chemical warfare led to the trail of violence that reached as far as EuropeOn Friday, near Palmyra, 14 tanks and an anti-aircraft system were destroyed in an air strike on Isis. Palmyra recently fell to the jihadists after the Syrian regime and its allies diverted forces to Aleppo, leaving the ancient city under-defended.This was a repeat of events last year when, on the advice of the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, the regime deployed troops away from
  
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• Zimbabwe's Mugabe wins party support for 2018 election

  17-12-2016 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The endorsement, which is likely to result in his 36-year rule being extended, was greeted with thunderous applause by thousands of party faithful attending the ruling ZANU-PF's annual conference. Mugabe accepted dressed in a green floral jacket bearing his own portrait and a map of Zimbabwe. The veteran leader has held power since independence from British colonial rule in 1980 and has always avoided naming a successor or laying out plans to retire.
  
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• The Latest: US cites 'understanding' for glider's return

  17-12-2016 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on China's seizure of a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider (all times local):
  
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• West African leaders aim to enforce Gambian election upset

  17-12-2016 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West African leaders promised Saturday to enforce the results of a Gambian election that was won by a challenger but is being rejected by the country's longtime coup leader.
  
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• Egypt to hand over MS804 air crash victims' remains

  17-12-2016 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Egypt's state prosecutor has ordered that the remains of victims from the crash of EgyptAir flight 804 from Paris to Cairo be handed over to relatives, his office said Saturday. On Thursday, the aviation ministry in Cairo announced that traces of explosives had been found on the victims' remains.
  
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• Trump's pick for budget director has urged big spending cuts

  17-12-2016 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President-elect Donald Trump's choice as his budget director, is a fierce deficit hawk with a record of pushing deep spending cuts across the federal government to balance ...
  
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• China to return seized US naval probe

  17-12-2016 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China said Saturday it would return a US naval probe seized in international waters, as it slammed the "hyping" of the incident as "inappropriate and unhelpful". The unmanned underwater vehicle was taken around 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay in the Philippines late on Thursday, according to the Pentagon, which called the capture unlawful and demanded its immediate return. The incident comes amid escalating tensions between China and the United States, with President-elect Donald Trump
  
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• Treacherous Travel for Midwest and Northeast As Winter Storm Brings Ice and Snow

  17-12-2016 20:06
  
  A winter storm that’s sweeping across the country with snow and ice is creating dangerous travel conditions from the Midwest to the Northeast.
  
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• Church massacre, other killings strain forgiveness for many

  17-12-2016 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When nine black churchgoers in Charleston were massacred by a white man with Confederate sympathies, the city stayed calm as the victims' families offered examples of grace and forgiveness amid the horror. ...
  
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• China to return seized U.S. drone, says Washington 'hyping up' incident

  17-12-2016 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ben Blanchard and Steve Holland BEIJING/WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - China will return an underwater U.S. drone seized by a naval vessel this week in the South China Sea, both countries said on Saturday, but Beijing complained the United States had been "hyping up" the incident. The drone, known as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), was taken on Thursday, the first seizure of its kind in recent memory. The Pentagon went public with its complaint after the action and said on Saturday i
  
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• On victory lap, few signs Trump focusing on unified nation

  17-12-2016 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday was wrapping up his postelection victory tour, showing few signs of turning the page from his blustery campaign to focus on uniting a divided nation a month before his inauguration.
  
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• Heimlich, doctor who devised maneuver to save choking victims, dies: media

  17-12-2016 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Henry Heimlich, the American doctor who devised a maneuver used to save countless chocking victims since the 1970's, has died at the age of 96, media reported on Saturday, citing a statement from his family. Heimlich, who the technique he developed was named for, died from complications from a heart attack he suffered on Monday, according to the reports, which Reuters could not immediately confirm. (Reporting by Frank McGurty, editing by G Crosse)
  
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• WATCH: Woman's Phone Number Mistaken for Recall Number

  17-12-2016 19:49
  
  Jacqueline McDonald has been flooded with calls since Cuisinart issued a major recall and the number given for customer service matches her home phone.
  
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• Henry Heimlich, life-saving maneuver creator, dies at 96

  17-12-2016 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims died early Saturday in Cincinnati. Dr. Henry Heimlich was 96. His son, Phil, said he died at Christ Hospital after suffering ...
  
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• Talks over Congo's delayed presidential vote stall

  17-12-2016 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials in Congo say negotiations between the country's political parties over the nation's delayed election are now on hold until Wednesday.
  
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• Desperate 'thousands' await evacuation from Aleppo

  17-12-2016 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trapped Syrian civilians and fighters waited desperately Saturday for evacuations to resume from a rebel-held enclave in Aleppo as the Red Cross pleaded for a deal to "save thousands of lives". Families spent the night in freezing temperatures in bombed out apartment blocks in Al-Amiriyah district, the departure point for evacuations before they were halted on Friday, an AFP correspondent reported.
  
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• Dozens of vehicles crash on icy Baltimore road, killing two

  17-12-2016 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The accident on Interstate 95, which occurred at about 5 a.m., left two people dead, including the driver of the fuel truck, said Lieutenant Kevin Ayd, spokesman for the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. The fiery pileup was one of dozens of crashes in the Baltimore-Washington area as freezing rain slowly accumulated into an icy sheet on roadways in the early morning darkness. "I want to share my deepest condolences to those affected by this morning's multi-vehicle crash," Baltimore Mayo
  
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• Berlin police detain suspect in brutal subway attack

  17-12-2016 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Berlin authorities say they've arrested the man suspected of brutally kicking a 26-year-old woman down a flight of stairs in a Berlin subway station in an assault caught on a surveillance camera.
  
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• Poland crisis: Donald Tusk calls for respect of people and constitution

  17-12-2016 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  EU council leader calls for ‘consideration of constitutional morals’ as police forcibly remove protesters from outside parliamentEuropean Union council president, Donald Tusk, called on the authorities in Poland to respect the constitution as a standoff between the opposition and the ruling party continued. Polish opposition leaders called for days of anti-government protests and pledged to keep blocking parliament’s main hall after being accused of trying to seize power illega
  
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• Donald Trump Taps Mick Mulvaney for Office of Management and Budget

  17-12-2016 19:23
  South Carolina Republican has advocated for spending cuts.
  
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• Niguez stunner hands Atletico much-needed win

  17-12-2016 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A stunning 25-yard strike from Saul Niguez snapped Atletico Madrid's three-game winless streak with a nervy 1-0 win over Las Palmas on Saturday to move up to fifth in La Liga. Atletico started the day 12 points adrift of leaders Real Madrid after a run of four defeats in seven league games.
  
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• Pope eats with homeless on 80th birthday, gets 70,000 emails

  17-12-2016 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated an active if low-key 80th birthday on Saturday, sharing breakfast with eight homeless people before celebrating Mass with cardinals as greetings poured in from around the world.
  
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• Rivera: Newton questionable, expected to play vs Redskins

  17-12-2016 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Ron Rivera says Cam Newton is "good to go" Monday night against the Washington Redskins although he's listed as questionable on the injury report with a right shoulder injury.
  
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• EU's Dombrovskis says Greek pension payout 'complicated' review talks

  17-12-2016 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece's decision to give pensioners a one-off bonus has delayed the conclusion of its second bailout review but an agreement can still be reached in the coming months, EU Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis was quoted as saying on Saturday. Greece angered its lenders this month by announcing it would spend about 600 million euros on a Christmas bonus for low income pensioners after beating its fiscal targets for the year. "Certainly I wouldn't describe the situation as a 'dead-end' but
  
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