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• Officials: Florida man shoots at 'Pokemon Go' players outside house

  16-07-2016 21:31
  
  PALM COAST - Authorities say a Florida man fired shots at two late-night "Pokemon Go" players in a car outside his house but no one was injured.Flagler County Sheriff's Office spokesman James Troiano says in a news release that the homeowner awoke to a noise outside about 1:30 a.m. Saturday and saw a car sitting in the road in front of his house. He told authorities he got a handgun and approached the vehicle.Troiano says the two teens in the car sped away and the man fired several shots at them
  
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• Cleveland gets ready for Republican National Convention

  16-07-2016 20:29
  
  CLEVELAND - Two days out from the official start of the Republican National Convention, security in downtown Cleveland appears ready for the thousands of political delegates and news media heading to the city.Vehicle and pedestrian traffic began thickening Saturday on the city's main thoroughfares and traversing downtown has become a challenge.Barricades staffed by Ohio National Guard members are blocking or restricting a number of streets surrounding police headquarters and the Cleveland Conven
  
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• New Black Panther Party forms Baton Rouge chapter

  16-07-2016 17:05
  
  BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge residents gathered Saturday afternoon to form the newest chapter of the New Black Panther Party.The New Black Panthers arrived in Baton Rouge last Saturday to protest the officer-involved shooting death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling. Two videos of the shooting sparked national outcry and protests across Baton Rouge.Jerald Justice said the group was approached by local residents like Edwin Smith to help establish a Baton Rouge chapter.“It is
  
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• Car drives off bridge into canal on Greenwell Street

  16-07-2016 16:10
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police say a car drove off of a bridge into a canal early Saturday morning in the 4700 block of Greenwell Street in Baton Rouge.According to Baton Rouge Police, the crash happened after midnight Saturday morning. Investigators say the driver was heading west on a footbridge when he ran off the bridge and slid down a canal wall.The passenger of the vehicle was transported to a local hospital "for precautionary care." The driver refused EMS care at the scene.Police have not
  
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• Sharpton blasts effort to mute Black Lives Matter rallies

  16-07-2016 14:17
  
  NEW YORK - The Rev. Al Sharpton is criticizing efforts to mute the Black Lives Matter movement, saying a sustained protest is the only way to force change.Sharpton spoke Saturday, a day before the two-year anniversary of the death of Eric Garner. Garner died in a police chokehold in the New York City borough of Staten Island on July 17, 2004.Sharpton said during his weekly address at the National Action Network's "House of Justice" in Harlem that numerous unjustified killings across the country
  
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• Disney intern fired over alligator tweet gets job back

  16-07-2016 14:14
  
  ORLANDO - A Walt Disney World intern is back on the job after she was briefly fired for tweeting a photo of a sign telling employees how to respond to questions about alligators in the theme park's waters.The Orlando Sentinel reported that Shannon Sullivan was fired this week after posting the photo on Twitter. It told employees that if guests ask whether alligators live in the park's waters, they should reply, "Not that we know of." It added, "Please do not say that we have seen them before."Su
  
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• Judge reignites debate over researching jurors online

  16-07-2016 14:11
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Mining prospective jurors' Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts is common practice for many attorneys looking to spot biases that might cost their clients a fair trial.But a federal judge's ruling earlier this year in a copyright battle between Silicon Valley heavy weights Oracle and Google has reignited debate about the practice and its effect on jurors' privacy.U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup in a March order told attorneys for Google and Oracle they could
  
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• World leaders voice support for Turkey, condemn coup

  16-07-2016 14:09
  
  World leaders expressed support for Turkey and its democratic institutions on Saturday after the government quashed an attempted military coup.UNITED STATESU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would entertain an extradition request for exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey's president blames for a failed coup.But Kerry added that Turkey's government would have to present evidence of Gulen's wrongdoing that withstands scrutiny.While visiting Luxembourg, Kerry said Turkey
  
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• 8 years after hope and change, voters are angry, anxious

  16-07-2016 14:07
  
  ARVADA, Colorado - Eight years ago, Barbara Conley was one of the millions of Americans swept up in Barack Obama's promises of hope and change when he accepted the Democratic nomination at a packed stadium a few miles from her home in the Denver suburbs.But those optimistic days are almost unrecognizable to Conley now.With Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton preparing for their own nominating conventions, Conley is filled with so much frustration at the candidates that she can't even imagine voting
  
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• New 9/11 document reveals no smoking gun of Saudi complicity

  16-07-2016 14:04
  
  WASHINGTON - Saudi officials hope the release of top secret pages of an early congressional inquiry into 9/11 will end allegations about Saudi complicity in the attacks.Those who pushed for Friday's release of the last chapter of the 2002 congressional report say it's only the beginning.The document says the hijackers received help from individuals who "may be" connected to the Saudi government, but offers no definitive proof.The foreign minister for Saudi Arabia, Adel al-Jubier, says the docume
  
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• Political outsider Trump introducing insider Mike Pence

  16-07-2016 14:02
  
  NEW YORK - His running mate largely unknown to the public, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is introducing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a steady conservative with governing experience inside and outside of Washington.Trump and Pence will appear together Saturday morning at a midtown Manhattan hotel, an unofficial kickoff event to the Republican National Convention two days before it opens in Cleveland.While Trump showcases his choice, Democrat Hillary Clinton's team is already painting
  
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• Livingston Parish science educator named La. teacher of year

  16-07-2016 13:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - A science educator from Livingston Parish is driving a new Mercedes free for a year after being selected as Louisiana's teacher of the year.The education department announced Friday that Joni Smith, a seventh grade science teacher at Albany Middle School, was selected for the award. Her students' scores on life science tests rank first in the parish and fourth statewide.The award comes with a paid one-year lease for a new Mercedes.Named Louisiana's principal of the year was Sedric
  
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