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• No. 1 UConn wins 99th straight, 83-41 over SMU

  11-02-2017 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn may have 99 problems, but losing ain't one.
  
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• Cats at the Westminster dog show? Sort of, in a first

  11-02-2017 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dogs from petite papillions to muscular Rottweilers showed off their four-footed agility Saturday at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, tackling obstacles from hurdles to tunnels. And next door, so did some decidedly rare breeds for the American dog world's marquee weekend:
  
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• Brazil police strike continues despite agreement

  11-02-2017 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Relatives of police in southeastern Brazil blockaded law enforcement stations Saturday as part of a weeklong protest, despite an agreement meant to end an officers' strike that has plunged the region into chaos. At least 137 people have been reported killed amid looting and robbery in Espirito Santo state since police went on strike a week ago demanding better pay. According to an agreement Friday night between local authorities and police representatives, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, th
  
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• Hundreds of police back on duty in paralyzed Brazil state

  11-02-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Several hundred military police returned to duty in Espirito Santo on Saturday, but authorities said a weeklong strike that has paralyzed the southeastern Brazilian state and led to a wave of homicides was not over.
  
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• US anti-abortion rallies met by counter-protests

  11-02-2017 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Anti-abortion activists staged dozens of rallies across the US on Saturday against Planned Parenthood, while vocal counter-protests backed the family planning group targeted by Republicans who hold the White House and Congress. Activists held more than 200 demonstrations near Planned Parenthood locations in 45 states, according to the website protestpp.com, demanding the federal government cut off funding to the non-profit health care group. "We have the wind in our sails," said Eric Scheidler,
  
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• US agents conduct first Trump-era raids targeting undocumented migrants

  11-02-2017 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US authorities arrested hundreds of undocumented migrants this week in the first large-scale raids under President Donald Trump, triggering panic in immigrant communities nationwide. The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency rounded up undocumented individuals living in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and other cities two weeks after Trump signed an executive order that broadened which undocumented immigrants would be targeted for deportation. David Marin, head of IC
  
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• Shanghai designer readily embraces Trump daughter

  11-02-2017 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  To boycott or not to boycott First Lady Melania Trump because of her husband's politics has been hotly debated in US fashion circles, but for one Chinese designer, at least one member of the first family is a major asset. Tiffany Trump, the youngest daughter of the US president, was guest of honor in the front row at Taoray Wang's New York fashion week show Saturday, accompanied by her mother, Trump's ex-wife Marla Maples. The 23-year-old first daughter, who wore Taoray Wang at her father's inau
  
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• NY men plead guilty in ISIS terror case

  11-02-2017 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  Two New York residents accused of conspiring to support ISIS and plotting to set off a pressure-cooker bomb in the city have pleaded guilty to all charges, federal prosecutors and New York officials said.
  
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• Many Marlins fans applaud possible ownership change

  11-02-2017 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — One of several long lines at the Miami Marlins' fanfest stretched past the beer and pizza kiosks, beyond a stairwell, an elevator, rest rooms and the team store, as fans waited more than 30 minutes for an autograph from Severino Gonzalez, a pitcher with four career victories.
  
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• Police blamed as Angola probes deadly football stampede

  11-02-2017 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Angola announced an investigation Saturday into a stadium stampede that killed at least 17 and injured scores, as the nation's president, the host team and witnesses blamed the deaths on police error. Many people didn't have a ticket and that created confusion," Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos said.
  
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• Disney increasing park tickets for certain times of year

  11-02-2017 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World is increasing single-day tickets at certain times of the year and setting expiration dates on tickets in hopes of preventing overcrowding during the theme parks' busiest times, company officials said Saturday.
  
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• The Latest: Emergency spillway use goes on at California dam

  11-02-2017 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on water flowing over the emergency spillway at the nation's tallest dam at Lake Oroville in Northern California (all times local):
  
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• Gangs of French youth clash with police in Paris suburb

  11-02-2017 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A peaceful demonstration protesting the alleged rape of a black youth by police has degenerated, with small groups setting at least one vehicle afire and throwing projectiles at police in a Paris suburb. Officers responded with tear gas.
  
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• Yale to change name of college tied to 19th century slavery defender

  11-02-2017 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The college is named for John C. Calhoun, a South Carolina native who served as U.S. vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Yale said it will rename Calhoun College for Grace Murray Hopper, an alumnus who received a PhD in mathematics and mathematical physics in 1934.
  
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• Piers Morgan, J.K. Rowling in Twitter fight over politics

  11-02-2017 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — British TV personality Piers Morgan and British author J.K. Rowling are in a Twitter war over American politics.
  
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• 'Significant uncertainty' about fiscal policy under Trump: Fed's Fischer

  11-02-2017 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Helen Reid and Abhinav Ramnarayan COVENTRY, England (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said there was significant uncertainty about U.S. fiscal policy under the Trump administration, but the Fed would be strict in meeting targets of creating full employment and getting inflation to 2 percent. Speaking at the Warwick Economics Summit on Saturday, Fischer also said he thought Dodd-Frank financial regulation would not be repealed as a whole, and he hoped capital requirem
  
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• Gorsuch returns 68-page questionnaire to Senate

  11-02-2017 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee has returned a 68-page questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee ahead of confirmation hearings expected in March.
  
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• Panama arrests partners in Mossack-Fonseca firm

  11-02-2017 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Panama say they've formally arrested the partners of a law firm involved in last year's "Panama Papers" scandal, in which thousands of pages of documents related to offshore accounts were leaked.
  
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• Semi blows over, crushes patrol car on Wyoming highway

  11-02-2017 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyo. (AP) — Dramatic video of a tractor-trailer toppling onto a Wyoming Highway Patrol car shows just how windy it can get on the high plains.
  
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• Military police begin patrols in paralyzed Brazilian state

  11-02-2017 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — A few dozen military police returned to duty in Espirito Santo on Saturday, but it was unclear if the force as a whole was ready to end a weeklong strike that has paralyzed the southeastern Brazilian state and led to an outburst of violence in which more than 130 people have reportedly died.
  
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• Mane sparks Liverpool as Arsenal, Man Utd rise

  11-02-2017 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The jet-heeled Sadio Mane scored a quick-fire brace as Liverpool revitalised their Premier League campaign with an impressive 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Saturday. Senegalese flier Mane netted twice in three first-half minutes as Jurgen Klopp's team claimed a first league win of 2017 at the sixth attempt and ended Spurs' nine-game unbeaten run. "It was how you have to play against Tottenham and of course we had to show a reaction," Klopp told Sky Sports.
  
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• Tom Petty hails rock's subversive power at Grammy gala

  11-02-2017 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tom Petty declared himself a willing part of the subversive "conspiracy" of rock and roll as he was honored in a star-studded bash ahead of the Grammy Awards. A-listers including Stevie Nicks and Foo Fighters interpreted Petty's songs Friday night at MusiCares, an annual concert that celebrates an artist's contributions and raises money for musicians in need. In a speech to the gala, which takes place ahead of Sunday's Grammys, Petty delved into the history of rock 'n roll, a term credited to th
  
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• Trump and Japan's Abe share high-five on Florida golf course

  11-02-2017 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has long boasted about his prowess on the golf course. Now he's putting his game to work. The president spent his Saturday morning golfing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
  
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• Daly stars as England fight back to win Wales thriller

  11-02-2017 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Elliot Daly's dramatic try four minutes from time saw Grand Slam champions England come from behind to beat Wales 21-16 in a Six Nations international in Cardiff on Saturday. Wales were 16-11 in front with nine minutes left but an Owen Farrell penalty reduced their lead before left wing Daly went in at the corner for a converted try that extended England's national record winning streak to 16 victories. A fast-paced first half ended with Wales five points in front at 13-8.
  
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• Fire tornado captured on camera

  11-02-2017 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  Amateur video shows a fire tornado formed during a bushfire in Western Australia. CNN meteorologist Julie Martin reports.
  
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• Baby sitter pleads guilty in Colorado bank robbery

  11-02-2017 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A baby sitter accused of using two children in her care to rob a Colorado bank has pleaded guilty to theft, forgery and attempted robbery.
  
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• Trump transition team limits EPA at environmental forum

  11-02-2017 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency halved the number of staffers attending an annual Anchorage forum on issues like climate change in response to a request from President Donald Trump's transition team.
  
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• Turkish Cypriots decry Greek Cypriot teachings on 1950 vote

  11-02-2017 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots on ethnically divided Cyprus has decried a new law making the annual commemoration of a 1950 plebiscite in support of union with Greece mandatory in Greek Cypriot schools.
  
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• Anti-abortion activists, counter-protesters rally around US

  11-02-2017 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Anti-abortion activists emboldened by the new administration of President Donald Trump staged rallies around the country Saturday calling for the federal government to cut off payments to Planned Parenthood, but in some cities counter-protests dwarfed the demonstrations.
  
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• Protesters face off as U.S. abortion debate heats up

  11-02-2017 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON/MARIETTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Anti-abortion protesters rallied at scores of Planned Parenthood clinics on Saturday to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the health services provider of federal funding, while supporters of the organization staged counter-demonstrations around the United States. With anti-abortion groups expecting protests at up to 225 clinics, Planned Parenthood supporters organized 150 protests of their own at parks, government buildings and other sites, in
  
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• Rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone after protests turn violent

  11-02-2017 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two rockets landed in Baghdad's highly fortified Green Zone on Saturday night following clashes at anti-government protests that left five dead, according to Iraqi security and hospital officials. The ...
  
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• Yale drops slavery proponent Calhoun from college name

  11-02-2017 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — After years of debate, the trustees of Yale University announced Saturday they will change the name of a residential college that honors a 19th century alumnus who was an ardent supporter of slavery.
  
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• Egypt: Inflation rose nearly 30 percent in January

  11-02-2017 20:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Egypt says its annual inflation rate has risen to 29.6 percent in January, a rise of more than five percent over the previous month.
  
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• Sears, Kmart drop 31 Trump Home items from their online shops

  11-02-2017 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Major U.S. retailers Sears and Kmart this week removed 31 Trump Home items from their online product offerings to focus on more profitable items, a spokesman said on Saturday. The decision follows retailer Nordstrom Inc's announcement this week it had decided to stop carrying Ivanka Trump's apparel because of declining sales, prompting President Donald Trump to take to Twitter to defend his daughter. White House spokesman Sean Spicer characterized the Nordstrom move as a "direct atta
  
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• Trump's travel ban legal battle an uphill undertaking

  11-02-2017 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After his travel ban suffered two defeats in the US court system, President Donald Trump has vowed to continue his judicial fight -- but with the controversial measure now on shaky ground, it is likely to be an uphill battle. Trump's executive order -- issued on January 27 with no prior warning -- suffered two blows over the course of two weeks in western US courts. Since then the president has proffered a variety of solutions, from taking the matter to the Supreme Court to simply writing a new
  
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• Spieth, Day share lead at weather-hit Pebble Beach

  11-02-2017 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Australia's top-ranked Jason Day fired back-to-back birdies Saturday in finishing an eight-under-par 64 second round to grab a share of the lead at the PGA Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Day matched Americans Jordan Spieth and Derek Fathauer on 10-under par after 36 holes in the event, which is contested over three courses -- Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula. Day fired seven birdies in 12 holes at Pebble Beach before being halted Friday, closing with a run of three in a row.
  
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• Jason Day catches leaders at Pebble Beach with 8-under 64

  11-02-2017 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jason Day took one step back and two birdies forward to complete an 8-under 64 and join Jordan Spieth and Derek Fathauer as 36-hole leaders in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
  
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• Major Dutch firms combine to fight 'populism'

  11-02-2017 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Major Dutch corporations including Shell, Unilever, Philips and dairy produce giant FrieslandCampina have joined forces to showcase national talents in a bid to roll back gloom and populism, the Dutch press reported Saturday. A PR campaign -- whose launch coincides with a tense election campaign -- will point to Dutch success in meeting five challenges of the future, the financial daily Het Financieele Dagblad said.
  
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• Sales of Ivanka Trump apparel slumped at Nordstrom: WSJ report

  11-02-2017 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nordstrom's sales of Ivanka Trump's line of clothing and shoes fell by nearly one-third in the past fiscal year, with sharp drops in sales weeks before her father Donald Trump was elected president, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Nordstrom announced this week it had decided to stop carrying Ivanka Trump's apparel, prompting President Trump to take to Twitter to defend her. "My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom," he said on Wednesday.
  
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• Trump and Abe retreat to Florida for golf course diplomacy

  11-02-2017 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After reportedly hitting it off in the Oval Office President Donald Trump and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe flew south to tee off on the golf course, meeting Saturday in Florida to discuss US-Asia engagement. As part of a two-day visit that began in Washington, Abe and Trump jetted to the US president's Mar-a-Lago estate together on Friday aboard Air Force One for more diplomatic talks and a round of golf at the "Trump International Golf Club" in West Palm Beach.
  
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• Lost 150-year-old wedding dress found

  11-02-2017 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A newly-wed is reunited with her great-great-grandmother's dress, lost after a dry cleaners went bust.
  
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• Police seize Sicilian olive companies linked to Mafia boss

  11-02-2017 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Police in Sicily have confiscated four olive companies, farmland, villas and other property that anti-Mafia prosecutors contend belong to the business empire of Italy's top Mafia boss, who has been on the run for more than 20 years.
  
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• Nine-try Ireland in record 63-10 Italy rout

  11-02-2017 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A hat-trick of tries for CJ Stander and Craig Gilroy, and nine conversions from fly-half Paddy Jackson, relaunched Ireland's Six Nations title hopes Saturday with a record 63-10 win over Italy in Rome. Ireland, the 2015 champions, arrived in the Eternal City looking to make amends for a 27-22 defeat at Murrayfield when Scotland scored three tries in the opening half hour.
  
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• Slow going for Turkish-backed forces in north Syria

  11-02-2017 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkish troops and allied Syrian opposition forces have managed to capture just one-tenth of a north Syrian town from Islamic State militants, a conflict monitoring group said Saturday, despite reaching its outskirts seven weeks ago.
  
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• Woman falls to her death inside World Trade Center Oculus

  11-02-2017 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a 29-year-old woman plunged about 30 feet to her death off an escalator inside the famed World Trade Center Oculus.
  
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• Tucci urges support for the arts at Berlin Film Festival

  11-02-2017 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — American director and actor Stanley Tucci is criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for not backing the arts and arts education.
  
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• Abortion protests on both sides erupt across U.S.

  11-02-2017 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lacey Johnson and Richard McKay WASHINGTON/MARIETTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Anti-abortion groups rallied at Planned Parenthood clinics in scores of U.S. cities on Saturday to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the health services provider of federal funding. With organizers expecting protests at up to 225 clinics nationwide, Planned Parenthood supporters in turn organized 150 counter-demonstrations at sites such as city parks, politicians' offices and government buildings. Supporters
  
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• Ireland batter Italy, Wales face England in Six Nations showdown

  11-02-2017 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ireland rebounded from their opening Six Nations defeat with an emphatic nine-try, 63-10 demolition of Italy on Saturday as flanker CJ Stander and reserve back Craig Gilroy both ran in a hat-trick of tries. Keith Earls touched down twice in the first half to go along with a pair of scores from Stander as Ireland swept into a 28-10 half-time lead at Rome's Stadio Olimpico. Joe Schmidt's side stormed to a commanding bonus-point victory with five more second-half tries as Stander grabbed his third
  
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• NATO says it sees sharp rise in Russian disinformation since Crimea seizure

  11-02-2017 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO accused Russia of escalating a disinformation campaign since the Kremlin's 2014 seizure of Ukraine's Crimea region, saying Russian websites such as Sputnik and RT had posted false stories, the alliance's spokeswoman said on Saturday. There is increasing concern among senior NATO and European Union officials over Russia's ability to use television and the Internet to spread what they say is fake news. The defense alliance of 28 democracies says it has rec
  
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• Cyprus tests to see if remains of missing were misidentified

  11-02-2017 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A committee uncovering the fate of hundreds of missing Greek and Turkish Cypriots said Saturday it's examining whether past DNA tests on unearthed remains were incorrect, resulting in individuals being misidentified.
  
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