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• Rematch! Clemson, Alabama to play for title

  31-12-2016 18:36
  
  ATLANTA - Clemson gets its rematch with Alabama in the College Football Playoff championship game.Deshaun Watson accounted for 316 yards and three touchdowns, and the Tigers manhandled Ohio State 31-0 in the Fiesta Bowl Saturday night.Clemson (13-1) overpowered the Buckeyes (11-2) all night, shutting them out for the first time since 1993, a span of 295 games.The Tigers held Ohio State to 208 yards to earn a spot in the title game on Jan. 9 in Tampa Bay.Alabama beat Clemson 45-40 last year in th
  
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• Alabama rolls back to national title game

  31-12-2016 18:36
  
  ATLANTA - Alabama is going back to the national championship game.The top-ranked Crimson Tide scored 10 points off turnovers, including Ryan Anderson's interception return for a touchdown late in the first half, and Scarbrough's 68-yard TD run in the fourth quarter clinched a 24-7 victory over Washington in the Peach Bowl semifinal.Scarbrough finished with 180 yards and two scores.Alabama will get a chance to defend its national title on Jan. 9 in Tampa, Florida. The Crimson Tide will f
  
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• Istanbul governor: 35 dead in 'terror attack' on nightclub

  31-12-2016 18:32
  
  ISTANBUL - Turkey's state-run news agency says an armed assailant has opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations, wounding several people.The Anadolu Agency said the attack occurred in Istanbul's Ortakoy district.Istanbul's governor says at least 35 people were killed in the attack at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations.Vasip Sahin said some 40 other people were wounded in the assault in the early hours of Sunday.Sahin said the incident was
  
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• Revelers bid adieu to a year of conflicts, celebrity deaths

  31-12-2016 15:51
  
  As 2016 draws to a close, revelers around the world are bidding a weary adieu to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts and deaths of legendary celebrities.How people are ushering in the new year:AUSTRALIASydney sent up a dazzling tribute to 2016's fallen icons with a New Year's Eve fireworks display honoring the late singer David Bowie and late actor Gene Wilder, becoming the first major city to bid a bittersweet adieu to a turbulent year.The glittering display over Sydney'
  
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• Trump's praise of Putin could signal a new day for US policy

  31-12-2016 15:31
  
  HONOLULU - Moscow is hoping Donald Trump will reconsider the sanctions the U.S. is levying in response to its finding of election hacking. The wait-and-see strategy is being bolstered by the American president-elect's own approving words for Russian President Vladimir Putin.Putin's foreign minister encouraged him to slap back at Washington for the sanctions, but Putin decided that Russia wouldn't immediately retaliate.Trump then wrote on his Twitter feed: "Great move on delay (by V. Putin). I al
  
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• Silent march through downtown Chicago marks year of violence

  31-12-2016 14:25
  
  CHICAGO - Hundreds are marching silently along Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago and are carrying crosses for each person slain in the city this year.The crosses, made by a suburban Chicago man, have the names of a homicide victim. Authorities say there have been more than 760 people killed in Chicago in 2016. There were fewer than 500 homicides in the city last year.The Rev. Michael Pfleger says he hopes the visuals of the protest along Chicago's premiere retail street will inspire people to
  
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• UN backs Russian-Turkish efforts for Syria peace

  31-12-2016 13:34
  
  The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution supporting efforts by Russia and Turkey to end the nearly six-year conflict in Syria and jumpstart peace negotiations.The resolution approved Saturday afternoon also calls for the "rapid, safe and unhindered" delivery of humanitarian aid throughout Syria. And it looks forward to a meeting of the Syrian government and opposition representative in Kazakhstan's capital Astana in late January.Western members of the council had sought cha
  
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• Baghdad blasts kill at least 19

  31-12-2016 13:20
  
  BAGHDAD - Police and medical official say that a pair of bomb blasts targeting a market in central Baghdad have killed at least 19 people and wounded at least 45.The attacks took place early Saturday morning in al-Sinaq, a busy market selling car accessories, food and clothes as well as agricultural seeds and machinery.Details were sketchy in the immediate aftermath. Police at first said a pair of back-to-back roadside bombs exploded. But later a police official said first a roadside bomb explod
  
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• Sheriff's office: Man fatally shot after lunging at deputies

  31-12-2016 13:10
  
  LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. - Authorities say a sheriff's deputy fatally shot a South Florida man who was armed with a knife.In a statement, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Teri Barbera said deputies were called to the Loxahatchee home early Saturday about a man threatening family members with a knife.Barbera said the man refused to comply with the deputies' commands. She said one deputy used a "non-lethal weapon" to knock the man to the ground.According to Barbera, the man jumped up and lu
  
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• Planned Parenthood asks judge to halt Texas Medicaid cuts

  31-12-2016 13:03
  
  AUSTIN, Texas - Planned Parenthood is asking a federal judge to stop Texas from cutting off Medicaid funding to the nation's largest abortion provider in January.The request for an injunction was filed late Friday in Austin. It's part of ongoing lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood against Texas last year.Planned Parenthood has successfully used federal courts to block other Republican-controlled states from similarly ousting the organization from Medicaid programs.Planned Parenthood says about $
  
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• Houma fire chief retiring after 25 years in post

  31-12-2016 13:02
  
  HOUMA - After 25 years with the Houma Fire Department, Todd Dufrene is calling it quits.Dufrene became chief in May 2009 and will retire Sunday at age 54.Terrebonne Parish President Gordy Dove tells The Courier (http://bit.ly/2hDqE1M ) it's been a pleasure to work with Dufrene. Dove and a committee are in the process of interviewing applicants for the position and will bring their choice before the Parish Council on Jan. 11.Dufrene says whoever replaces him must stay up-to-date on laws, policies
  
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• WSJ: Reporter detained in Turkey for nearly 3 days released

  31-12-2016 13:01
  
  NEW YORK - The Wall Street Journal says one of its reporters was detained in Turkey for nearly three days before authorities allowed him to leave the country.Editor Gerard Baker says in a statement Saturday that national security reporter Dion Nissenbaum was prohibited from calling his family, editors or a lawyer while in custody.A newspaper spokesman says Nissenbaum's detention was likely related to Turkey's ban on reporting Islamic State terror group videos. He wouldn't comment further.A top T
  
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• US issuing new rules to curb illegal fishing, seafood fraud

  31-12-2016 12:56
  
  PORTLAND, Maine - The Obama administration is issuing new rules it says will crack down on illegal fishing and seafood fraud.The new protections are called the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. They are designed to stop illegally fished and misidentified seafood from getting into stores and restaurants in the U.S.An arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will administer the program. The government says the rules will require seafood importers to report information and mainta
  
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• Floods, riots and budgets: A look at 2016's biggest stories

  31-12-2016 12:52
  
  NEW ORLEANS - As 2016 comes to a close, The Associated Press looks at the biggest stories of the past year.It was a year of protracted budget negotiations as the cash-strapped state once again struggled to make financial ends meet.The shootings of two ex-NFL players in the New Orleans area grabbed headlines and shocked residents.Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capitol to protest the shooting death of a black man at the hands of two white police officers. Then the city was shoc
  
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• Early morning tralier fire kills one in St. George

  31-12-2016 11:45
  
  BATON ROUGE - An early morning fire claimed the life of one victim on S. Hendricks early Saturday morning.According to St. George fire authorities, around 4:09 a.m. Saturday morning, fire officials were called to the 7000 block of S. Hendricks for a reported trailer fire.Upon arrival, fire officials observed the bedroom end of the trailer to be fully involved in the fire, authorities said.Fire officials searched for an occupant of the residents upon arrival. The fire was brough
  
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