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• No more pipelines, Louisiana environmental group says, citing 144 accidents

  10-01-2017 22:41
  
  Oil-gas industry says pipelines safer, more efficient way than trains, barges, trucks
  
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• Honda adds 772,000 vehicles to ongoing air bag recall

  10-01-2017 21:38
  
  TOKYO - Honda Motor Co. says it is recalling 772,000 additional Honda and Acura vehicles in the U.S. for defective front passenger seat air bag inflators made by Japanese supplier Takata Corp.The vehicles, announced in a recall late Tuesday by Honda in the U.S., are part of an expanded recall of 1.29 million vehicles, including those affected by earlier recalls. There are no recalls being announced in other regions yet, related to the U.S. recall, Tokyo-based Honda said Wednesday.Takata is at th
  
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• Baker City Council votes to take control of Police Chief's pay

  10-01-2017 21:11
  
  BAKER - The Baker City Council voted to take control of the Police Chief's salary.The salary was previously set by a pay-scale determined by one's years of service, according to the City.Current Chief Carl Dunn earns thousands of dollars less than his predecessor due to the policy.Dunn told News 2 today that he just wants the same rules to apply to everyone.Although the City voted to take control, the Chief isn't eligible for a new raise until after the next election due to cur
  
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• Obama says Biden was his 1st, best choice

  10-01-2017 20:25
  
  CHICAGO - President Barack Obama says choosing Joe Biden to be his vice president was the first and best choice he made.He says Biden - "the scrappy kid from Scranton who became Delaware's favorite son" - has not only been a great vice president during the past eight years, but he also was an unexpected gift. Obama says that in Biden, he gained a brother.Obama says he loves Biden and his wife, Jill, like family. He says their friendship has been one of the "great joys" for the Obama fam
  
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• Obama promises peaceful transfer of power

  10-01-2017 20:25
  
  CHICAGO - President Barack Obama says in his farewell address that in 10 days the world will witness the peaceful transfer of power to a new president, drawing some jeers ahead of Donald Trump's presidency.Obama says he committed to Trump that his administration would "ensure the smoothest possible transition" just as his predecessor, President George W. Bush, did for him.The outgoing president says in Chicago "it's up to all of us to make sure our government can help us meet the many challenges
  
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• Lawmaker reaches plea deal as sex-assault trial set to start

  10-01-2017 20:22
  
  DALLAS - A judge has dismissed conservative commentator Glenn Beck as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the father of a Muslim boy arrested after taking a homemade clock to his Dallas-area school.The Dallas Morning News reports state District Judge Maricela Moore on Monday dismissed claims against Beck, his network, and against a conservative think tank.Beck's attorney, Michael Grygiel, said Beck was pleased with the ruling.In September, Mohamed Mohamed filed the defamation lawsuit on behalf of
  
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• Feds: Ex-UN official's relatives indicted in bribe scheme

  10-01-2017 19:46
  
  NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors in New York have charged two relatives of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with plotting to bribe a Middle East official to influence the $800 million sale of a building complex in Vietnam.The relatives were named in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday. One of those charged was identified as Manhattan commercial real estate broker Joo Hyun Bahn, Ban's nephew. He also is known as Dennis Bahn and was released on $250,000 bail.Defense la
  
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• Boy locked in bathroom was there at least 1 year

  10-01-2017 19:41
  
  SALT LAKE CITY - Utah authorities say two siblings of a 12-year-old boy found dangerously malnourished and locked in a filthy bathroom say their brother had been there for at least one year.Washington County Sheriff's Office Lt. David Crouse said Tuesday the children said they hadn't even spoken to their brother through the door in six months.He declined to give their ages, but said one was old enough to understand things.The boy was found Sunday at his home in the small southeastern Utah city o
  
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• Anti-doping leaders call for ban of Russian teams

  10-01-2017 19:38
  
  A global group of anti-doping leaders is calling for Russian teams to be excluded from international competitions while establishing a process to allow individuals from the country to compete if they can prove they have taken part in effective anti-doping programs elsewhere.Leaders from 19 national anti-doping organizations, including those in the United States, Britain and Sweden, held a summit this week and released their recommendations Tuesday.They also call for removal of major internationa
  
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• NC governor expands lawsuit against GOP laws

  10-01-2017 19:28
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina's new Democratic governor is expanding his lawsuit against Republican legislative leaders who pushed through laws just before he got sworn in that reduce the longstanding powers of his office.Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday broadened litigation he previously filed in state court seeking to block a law that takes the authority to oversee elections away from the governor and giving it to the legislature. Now Cooper is seeking to stop laws requiring his Cabinet to be subje
  
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• Deputy suspended over leaked airport shooting video

  10-01-2017 19:24
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Authorities say a deputy assigned to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has been suspended as part of an investigation into leaked surveillance video from last week's fatal shooting.The Broward Sheriff's Office informed Deputy Michael Dingman in a letter Tuesday he was being suspended with pay indefinitely as an internal affair investigation continues.The video recording posted on TMZ's website appears to show Esteban Santiago walking through the airport's ba
  
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• Los Angeles beats San Francisco for George Lucas museum site

  10-01-2017 19:22
  
  LOS ANGELES - "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and his team have chosen Los Angeles over San Francisco as the home of a museum that will showcase his work.After what organizers called an extremely difficult decision, they announced Tuesday that the museum will be built in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, where it will sit alongside other more traditional museums.Lucas has been trying to build the museum, called The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, for nearly a decade, and is financing the project b
  
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• Retailer pays back wages after inquiry questions timesheets

  10-01-2017 19:19
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A Mississippi-based tire retailer is paying $27,000 in back wages and damages to 14 employees at its Montgomery, Alabama, store for altering employee timesheets to cut wages.The U.S. Labor Department, in a news release Tuesday, said an investigation shows the Rent-n-Roll franchisee, which sells and rents custom wheels and tires, changed records in ways that meant some employees ended up working for less than minimum wage. Others worked more than 40 hours a week without receivi
  
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• Officer won't be charged in killing of unstable black man

  10-01-2017 19:14
  
  SAN DIEGO - Prosecutors say criminal charges won't be filed against a California police officer who killed a mentally unstable black man he thought was aiming a gun.San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced Tuesday that her office determined the shooting of 38-year-old Alfred Olango last September was justified because the officer thought his life was in danger.Video showed Olango in a shooting stance, with both hands wrapped around a cylindrical object that turned out to be an
  
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• Mississippi ex-Gov. Winter moves out of intensive care unit

  10-01-2017 19:12
  
  JACKSON, Miss. - Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter remains in fair condition as he recovers from head injuries after falling on his icy driveway.University of Mississippi Medical Center spokeswoman Ruth Cummins says Winter was moved Tuesday from the intensive care unit to a regular room at the hospital.The 93-year-old Winter was walking his miniature schnauzer, Charlie Brown, when he slipped and fell Saturday outside his north Jackson home. It happened a day after a storm system left a coat
  
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• US warns of unusual cybersecurity flaw in heart devices

  10-01-2017 19:10
  
  WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department is warning the public about an unusual cybersecurity flaw for one manufacturer's implantable heart devices that could allow hackers to remotely take control of a person's defibrillator or pacemaker.The U.S. says security patches will be rolled out automatically over several months to patients with affected St. Jude Medical device transmitters at home, as long as they are plugged into the network. The transmitters send device data back to medical prof
  
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• LSU allows fewest touchdowns in the nation for 2016 season

  10-01-2017 18:19
  
  BATON ROUGE - With Monday night's CFP national championship game, LSU has overtaken Alabama as the team to allow the fewest touchdowns for the entire 2016 season.Clemson scored five touchdowns in a 35-31 win over Alabama in the championship game, knocking them from the top spot.LSU gave up 16 touchdowns over the course of 12 games and allowed an average of only 15.8 points per game. And the tigers gave up more than 21 points in only one game, a 54-39 shootout against Texas A&M. Dave
  
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• Baker man arrested for robbing teenagers at gunpoint

  10-01-2017 17:44
  
  BAKER - A man was arrested Monday evening for a suspected armed robbery of a group of teenagers.A witness reported seeing a tall thin black male robbing three teenage boys with what appeared to be a handgun. Upon arrival, police found the victims who said they were robbed by a man heading to the Meadows of Chaleaur subdivision on a bicycle.Officers patrolled the area and found a white mountain bike lying in front of a home with a man matching the suspect's description sitting out front. Police q
  
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• Lapsed car insurance fine strikes nerve with flood victim

  10-01-2017 17:28
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Office of Motor Vehicles fines drivers for expired or lapsed car insurance.Dr. Daniel Burch is facing a $125 fine for not renewing his insurance on time, but says he never missed an insurance payment before and this bill struck a nerve."It just hit me wrong," said Burch.He recently moved back into his home after it took on about 20 inches of water in August. Most of his belongings were tossed away or packed in boxes."I put it into storage, plus I still ran the sign lan
  
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• Boat crashes into pier, killing Pierre Part man

  10-01-2017 16:29
  
  NAPOLEONVILLE - State authorities say a 31-year-old Pierre Part man died after his boat hit a pier, throwing him into the Belle River in Assumption Parish.Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokesman Adam Einck says witnesses recovered 31-year-old Aaron Vickrey's body and brought it to shore. But rescue workers were unable to revive him.Einck says the 16-foot aluminum boat crashed sometime before 9 p.m. Monday. He says the Assumption Parish Coroner's Office will determine the cause o
  
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• 11-year-old shot in hand on Weston Avenue

  10-01-2017 16:09
  
  BAKER – An 11-year-old was shot on Weston Avenue in Baker on Tuesday afternoon.According to EMS, the child was shot in the hand and transported from the scene to an area hospital.  The shooting occurred at an apartment building on the street. The grandmother of the boy who was shot said that she thought the boy was joking around, but then saw the blood coming from his hand."I grabbed anything I could grab and wrapped around his hand," Lorse Harris said. "He got a big
  
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• Mayor Broome announces January as mentoring month in BR

  10-01-2017 16:02
  
  BATON ROUGE - Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced that a proclamation has been issued to declare January as "National Mentoring Month" in Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish.The Mayor's Office My Brother's Keeper – Baton Rouge initiative is celebrating 15 years of supporting and mentoring opportunities in the area.Parish officials are encouraging residents to become active mentors and participate in events throughout the month.Events include:– January
  
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• Charleston shooter Dylann Roof sentenced to death

  10-01-2017 16:01
  
  CHARLESTON, SC - A jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for the murder of nine church goers in Charleston, South Carolina. The jury came to its decision after about three hours of deliberations.Roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, was guilty of opening fire on an African-American church congregation in June 2015 and killing nine people. Roof confessed to the killings upon his arrest and claimed that he hoped to start a race war.The decision comes at the end of a trial that bega
  
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• Parish president requests flags to be lowered for late Clerk of Court

  10-01-2017 15:39
  
  AMITE – Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller has requested that all flags in the parish be lowered in honor of the late longtime Clerk of Court Julian Dufreche.Dufreche died on Monday after his battle with colon cancer.Dufreche was a city councilman and Mayor of Ponchatoula prior to being the Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court.Miller said that he "went out of his way to help people.""There is no doubt that he will be remembered for the kindness he showed over a lifetime of selfless s
  
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• Man faces child porn charges involving children in eight different states

  10-01-2017 14:16
  
  MAYS LANDING, NJ - A New Jersey man has been indicted on child porn charges involving children spanning eight different states.Prosecutors say Sherman Miller, 49, faces 12 counts of child pornography. The charges include causing a child to engage in child pornography, possessing or viewing child pornography and engaging in sexual conduct with children.Miller is accused of sending images to a child in Texas and failing to register as a sex offender. Authorities later discovered that he allegedly
  
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• Slain officer responded to nightclub massacre

  10-01-2017 13:54
  
  ORLANDO - The Orlando police sergeant who was gunned down in a WalMart parking lot was one of the first responders to a mass shooting at a gay nightclub.The Orlando Police Department on Tuesday confirmed that Master Sgt. Debra Clayton was one of the officers who responded to the shooting at Pulse in which 49 patrons were killed.Last June's massacre in Orlando was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.Authorities say Clayton was gunned down Monday morning in a WalMart parking lot after s
  
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• Sessions has no reason to doubt Russian hacking

  10-01-2017 13:46
  
  WASHINGTON - Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions says he "has no reason to doubt" the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies that connected Russian President Vladimir Putin directly to the hacking of Democratic accounts during the election campaign.Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar asked Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, whether he would question the accuracy of the intelligence agencies' conclusion that Russia hacked into the emails of Democratic officials and paid "trolls" to make nasty
  
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• BRPD offering free self-defense classes for women

  10-01-2017 13:17
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Police Department is offering free self-defense classes for women later this month.The classes will be held at the Baton Rouge Department Training Academy located at 9000 Airline Highway.The class sessions are as follows:Session 1
  Tuesday, Jan. 31Session 2
  Thursday, Feb. 2Session 3
  Tuesday, Feb. 7Session 4
  Thursday, Feb. 9The sessions will be held from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. There is no charge for the classes and they are open to women over the age of 13.Par
  
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• BRPD offering free self defense class for women

  10-01-2017 13:17
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Police Department is offering free self-defense classes for women later this month.The classes will be held at the Baton Rouge Department Training Academy located at 9000 Airline Highway.The class sessions are as follows:Session 1
  Tuesday, Jan. 31Session 2
  Thursday, Feb. 2Session 3
  Tuesday, Feb. 7Session 4
  Thursday, Feb. 9The sessions will be held from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. There is no charge for the classes and they are open to the women over the age of 13
  
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• Appeal ruling affects funding for over 30 charter schools

  10-01-2017 12:59
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A state appeal court ruling could endanger funding for more than 30 of Louisiana's 148 public charter schools.Charter schools are public schools operated by independent organizations under agreements approved by state or local education officials.The schools in question were granted charters by Louisiana's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. But they were funded through a state education formula that distributes money to individual local school districts.That funding metho
  
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• WrestleMania to return to New Orleans in 2018

  10-01-2017 12:46
  
  NEW ORLEANS – World Wrestling Entertainment announced that WrestleMania will return to New Orleans in 2018.Governor John Bel Edwards and Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the event at a press conference at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Tuesday.Gov. Edwards is proud to announce that @WrestleMania will return to New Orleans in 2018. A big win for our state. #lagov pic.twitter.com/F2Hy0RtPQj— Gov John Bel Edwards (@LouisianaGov) January 10, 2017WrestleMania was held in New Orleans
  
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• New security plan could make Bourbon Street pedestrian only

  10-01-2017 11:57
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Mayor Mitch Landrieu is working on plans for new permanent security measures along Bourbon Street.It's an effort to prevent a repeat of two shooting incidents that each claimed one life and wounded nine on the city's most famous entertainment strip in the past few years. The idea also is to head off a potential terrorist attack.Ideas floated by the mayor in discussions with other officials include more centralized surveillance and more restrictions on vehicular traffic.A preliminar
  
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• Evacuation as California creek breaks banks

  10-01-2017 11:04
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Officials are say people are being evacuated from businesses and homes in downtown San Anselmo after a rain-swollen creek broke its banks.The Marin County Sheriff's Office says the Corte Madera Creek is flowing 1 foot over flood stage Tuesday evening.The office is urging residents of the town 20 miles north of San Francisco to seek higher ground.It says flood sirens are sounding in San Anselmo and nearby Fairfax.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Evacuation as California creek brakes banks

  10-01-2017 11:04
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Officials are say people are being evacuated from businesses and homes in downtown San Anselmo after a rain-swollen creek broke its banks.The Marin County Sheriff's Office says the Corte Madera Creek is flowing 1 foot over flood stage Tuesday evening.The office is urging residents of the town 20 miles north of San Francisco to seek higher ground.It says flood sirens are sounding in San Anselmo and nearby Fairfax.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Man shot during apparent robbery on North 35th Street

  10-01-2017 11:03
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating an early morning incident where a man was shot during an apparent robbery.The incident occurred in the 1200 block of North 35th Street around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday. According to BRPD, a 40-year-old man suffered from a gunshot wound during the robbery. BRPD says that the man's injuries are not life-threatening.The identity of the man has not been released at the time of this post.The investigation is ongoing. This
  
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• Hostages 'fine,' suspect arrested near University of Alabama

  10-01-2017 09:53
  
  TUSCALOOSA – Police say a man was arrested after a hostage situation near the University of Alabama, and all the hostages are reported unharmed.Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, said the incident Tuesday morning ended peacefully and said "The hostages are fine." She said there were about eight hostages. She said the man had a gun.It happened at an Alabama Credit Union branch across the street from the UA law school.Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson said office
  
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• Hostage situation at Credit Union on University of Alabama campus

  10-01-2017 09:53
  
  TUSCALOOSA – Law enforcement agencies are responding to a hostage situation at a Credit Union on the campus of the University of Alabama Tuesday morning. According to ABC 33, a man entered the Credit Union before it opened Tuesday morning and took in hostages. Several police cars can be seen outside of the Credit Union trying to make contact with the man.It is unclear how many hostages there are at the time of this post.This is a developing story and will be updated as more de
  
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• Mom, son plead guilty in man's killing over lottery ticket

  10-01-2017 09:16
  
  ROCHESTER - A New York man and his 49-year-old mother have pleaded guilty in the slaying of a man who was killed over a winning scratch-off lottery ticket.The Monroe County District Attorney's Office says 29-year-old James McCracken, of Rochester, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the slaying of 66-year-old Robert Pinckney. McCracken's mother, Jacqueline Staples, pleaded guilty to a robbery charge.Prosecutors say Staples was with Pinckney at his residence in September 2015 when sh
  
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• Prosecutors expect lengthy closing in Roof sentencing

  10-01-2017 09:10
  
  CHARLESTON - Prosecutors say they will take about two hours to close out their argument as to why Dylann Roof should be executed for slaying nine people at a South Carolina church.Closing arguments are being made Tuesday morning in Roof's federal sentencing trial. This is the last chance for prosecutors to make their case as to why he should be sentenced to death over life in prison.Federal prosecutors wrapped up their case Monday with relatives of the youngest victim to die in the June
  
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• Accident on Airline SB before I-12

  10-01-2017 08:20
  
  BATON ROUGE - Commuters may want to take an alternate route Tuesday morning there is an accident on the shoulder of Airline Highway southbound just before I-12.The delay from this incident has reached Old Hammond Highway.News 2's Ashley Fruge is monitoring the roadways during Good Morning America. We will have updates on WBRZ.com and Twitter.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Afghan official says twin bombings wound 50

  10-01-2017 08:03
  
  An Afghan official says two large bombings in the capital have wounded at least 50 people.Mohibullah Zeer, a Health Ministry official, says they were brought to hospitals following Tuesday's attack.Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi says a suicide bomber targeted an area near government and lawmakers' offices, and that a car bomb went off nearby moments later. He says it is not yet clear how many people were killed or wounded.Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed the attacks.Ghulam
  
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• Graceland to open new entertainment complex in March

  10-01-2017 08:00
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A new entertainment complex featuring exhibits and restaurants focused on the life and career of Elvis Presley is scheduled to open in March at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.The 200,000-square foot complex will be located across the street from Graceland, Presley's longtime home. The house was turned into a museum after his death in 1977. It has attracted Presley fans and tourists from around the world ever since.Elvis Presley Enterprises, which operates Graceland, says Presle
  
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• New Ghana president's speech copies US inaugural addresses

  10-01-2017 07:58
  
  ACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's new president is facing criticism after passages in his inauguration speech appeared to be lifted from speeches given by American leaders.President Nana Akufo-Addo took the oath of office Saturday after he won election on his third bid for the presidency.One line in his speech is nearly identical to a phrase used by former President Bill Clinton in his 1993 inaugural address.Another phrase in Akufo-Addo's speech is almost the same as one in the inaugural speech given by fo
  
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• 25 dead, 1 million affected by floods in southern Thailand

  10-01-2017 07:57
  
  BANGKOK - Authorities say at least 25 people have died in severe flooding in southern Thailand since New Year's Day, leaving businesses paralyzed and thousands of tourists stranded.The Interior Ministry says the main highway connecting the south with the rest of the country was swamped.It says 12 provinces have been hit by unseasonal rains and surface runoff since Jan. 1, affecting more than 1 million people.One of the main airports and schools in the south remained shut.The Meteorological Depar
  
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• Most evacuated due to Detroit-area sinkhole allowed home

  10-01-2017 07:55
  
  FRASER, Mich. - Most residents evacuated following last month's collapse of a massive sewage line that caused a football field-sized sinkhole in suburban Detroit have been allowed home.Twenty-two houses were affected by the sinkhole in Fraser, including three that were condemned. Officials had temporarily evacuated 19 because water and gas service had to be shut off. A temporary access road was created and all but those in the condemned homes were allowed home starting Sunday.County and local re
  
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• Another powerful storm expected for NCal and Nevada

  10-01-2017 07:50
  
  FORESTVILLE, Calif. - Northern California and Nevada are bracing for another powerful storm after getting lashed by downpours that flooded the region over the weekend.Emergency crews in rescue boats and helicopters took advantage of a one-day respite from the rains later Monday to rescue stranded people and assess damage.The National Weather Service also says a winter storm warning is in effect until Thursday morning in the Sierra Nevada mountains.And there's a potential for blizzard and white-o
  
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• Deliberations begin today

  10-01-2017 07:46
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. - The same federal jury that convicted white supremacist Dylann Roof of killing nine black people at a Bible study in 2015 must now decide his fate.The government rested its case against Roof on Monday after emotional testimony from survivors and relatives of the victims.Roof represented himself in the penalty phase and made no effort to seek mercy or express remorse.Deliberations will begin Tuesday.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Search continues for suspect following police shooting

  10-01-2017 07:43
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. - A manhunt continues in Orlando, Florida, for 41-year-old Markeith Loyd, who's accused of fatally shooting a police officer outside a Wal-Mart store on Monday.Loyd had been wanted for the shooting death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend when Master Sgt. Debra Clayton approached him outside the Wal-Mart and was gunned down.In the search for Loyd, an Orange County Sheriff's deputy was killed in a traffic accident yesterday.Authorities have been searching for Loyd for several weeks.Perma
  
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• 8 fisherman killed in suspected pirate attack in Philippines

  10-01-2017 07:42
  
  MANILA, Philippines - Officials say eight Filipino fishermen are dead and five others are missing after at least five suspected pirates boarded a fishing boat in southern Philippine waters and strafed the crew.Coast Guard Lt. Commander Alvin Dagalea says that two fishermen survived Monday night's attack off the coast near Zamboanga city in Mindanao province by jumping into the water as the gunmen started shooting. The two swam toward a nearby island and were rescued by a passing motorboat.Dagale
  
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• Investigators: 'Inside job' suspected in Kardashian robbery

  10-01-2017 07:39
  
  PARIS - Investigators in Paris are focusing on a possible inside job in the theft of more than $10 million worth of jewelry from Kim Kardashian West.Three Paris officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation, confirm the arrest of the reality star's driver and his younger brother among 17 people taken into custody. The officials say Michael and Gary Madar worked for the same livery company.The officials would not elaborate on how they believe the theft was pla
  
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