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• Misfiring Madrid stumbles again; Juve wins without Ronaldo

  02-10-2018 23:59
  Real Madrid is having trouble scoring with Cristiano Ronaldo no longer on the team. His new club, Juventus, did just fine without him on Tuesday.
  For the first time in more than a decade, Madrid has gone three straight games without a goal after losing 1-0 at CSKA Moscow in an early setback to the Spanish club’s title defense in the Champions League.
  Madrid is running into some problems in the post-Ronaldo era, having won only two of its last six games in all competitions. They arrived at
  
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• Prosecutor: Teen suspect in library shooting to plead guilty

  02-10-2018 23:54
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a teenager who opened fire at a rural New Mexico library last year has signed an agreement saying he will plead guilty. The August 2017 shooting killed two librarians and injured four others.
  District Attorney Andrea Reeb said Tuesday that 17-year-old Nathaniel Ray Jouett, of Clovis, has agreed to plead guilty to 30 counts listed in an indictment filed against him, including two counts of first-degree murder.
  Jouett’s attorney says he agreed to ple
  
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• Professor cooks up class inspired by Anthony Bourdain

  02-10-2018 23:52
  THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — A professor in Louisiana is cooking up a class inspired by the late globe-trotting food chronicler Anthony Bourdain.
  News outlets report the three-credit course titled “Anthony Bourdain and His Influencers” will be offered at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, starting in spring 2019. Students will compare some of Bourdain’s most famous work with the writings and films that influenced him.
  The class was the brainchild of Todd Kennedy, who heads
  
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• Rangers GM likely to interview 5-8 manager candidates

  02-10-2018 23:48
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels says he expects to interview five to eight candidates in his search for the team’s new manager.
  Daniels wasn’t ready Tuesday to talk about a list of potential candidates to replace Jeff Banister, who was fired with 10 games left in the season. Don Wakamatsu, the bench coach who became interim manager, is considered a candidate.
  Texas finished last in the AL West for only the second time in 11 seasons.
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• Kurt Warner’s son emerges as Nebraska walk-on wide receiver

  02-10-2018 23:38
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Kade Warner had a pretty good role model when it came to learning patience and perseverance.
  The son of Kurt Warner, whose rise from humble beginnings to the Pro Football Hall of Fame is well documented, was a star receiver in high school in suburban Phoenix but attracted no serious recruiting attention.
  He walked on to Nebraska at the invitation of the previous staff last year, broke his hand three days into fall practice and sat out as a redshirt. After Mike Riley wa
  
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• Police: Boy brings gun to Florida school; threatens others

  02-10-2018 23:35
  LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy brought a loaded gun to his Florida school and aimed it at three classmates.
  News outlets report the boy was arrested Tuesday at Lauderhill Paul Turner Elementary School, near Fort Lauderdale.
  Police say the boy made threatening comments to his classmates, and one of the students told school officials. A school resource officer responded and took the handgun.
  Police were trying to determine where the boy found the gun and what prompt
  
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• Post-Florence coal ash tests at 1 site yet to raise alarms

  02-10-2018 23:33
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina environmental officials say sludge washed from buried coal-ash pits by Hurricane Florence’s flood waters hasn’t polluted a neighboring river with heavy metals at levels concerning to human health.
  State officials say water samples taken from three sites near Duke Energy Corp.’s closed H.F. Lee power plant in Goldsboro more than a week after Florence hit the state, found arsenic, mercury and three other metals within acceptable levels.
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• The Latest: Pritzker to repay $331,000 in toilet ‘scheme’

  02-10-2018 23:21
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on an investigator’s report on an alleged “scheme to defraud” by Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker on property tax breaks on a Chicago mansion (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  The Democratic nominee for Illinois governor says he will repay the Cook County treasurer more than $330,000 worth of property-tax breaks he received in what an investigator called a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers.
  The Chicago Tribune reported Tue
  
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• Mueller shedding more attorneys in Russia investigation

  02-10-2018 23:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller is shedding more attorneys.
  Two prosecutors detailed to the Russia investigation are returning to their duties in other parts of the Justice Department. The moves come after two other attorneys left the team over the summer.
  They are the latest signs that Mueller’s team is wrapping up parts of his investigation and focusing his efforts on only the most important remaining strands, including an active grand jury probe of longtime Trump
  
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• Zoo elephant is being ‘unlawfully imprisoned,’ group says

  02-10-2018 23:16
  NEW YORK (AP) — An animal welfare group says an elephant named Happy who has lived mostly alone since her mate was fatally injured is being “unlawfully imprisoned” by a New York City zoo.
  In a legal petition filed Tuesday in Orleans County, the Nonhuman Rights Project says Happy has similar rights to a human being and should be relocated from the Bronx Zoo to a larger private sanctuary.
  Bronx Zoo Director Jim Breheny says the lawsuit is based on “ludicrous legal arguments
  
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• Flash Flood Watch issued October 2 at 2:15PM MST expiring October 3 at 5:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  02-10-2018 23:15
  The Flash Flood Watch continues for
  * A portion of Southeast Arizona, including the following areas,South Central Pinal County, Southeast Pinal County, TohonoO’odham Nation, and Western Pima County.
  * Through late tonight
  * Abundant moisture associated with tropical system Rosa is stillworking it’s way through the area. Additional heavy rainfallwill be more isolated but localized areas will still be prone toflash flooding. In addition, heavy flow and ongoing floodingwill continue fro
  
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• Champions League: Semedo rescues Benfica to beat AEK 3-2

  02-10-2018 23:15
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Substitute Alfa Semedo rescued 10-man Benfica with a late goal to beat AEK Athens 3-2 Tuesday as the Greek champion was punished for chaotic defending with a second Champions League defeat.
  Left unchallenged, the 21-year-old Semedo fired past goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas in the 74th minute at Athens’ Olympic Stadium.
  Benfica looked set to secure the Group E match early, scoring twice in the opening 15 minutes through Haris Seferovic and Alex Grimaldo.
  But Benfica l
  
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• Bayern draws 1-1 against Ajax in Champions League

  02-10-2018 23:10
  MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich held on to a 1-1 draw against Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday as the German team’s recent wobbles continued.
  Noussair Mazraoui scored for the visitors after Mats Hummels headed Bayern into an early lead, and the home side was fortunate to secure a point after Lasse Schone rattled the crossbar in injury time. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer got his fingertips to the shot.
  “We could have and should have won,” Ajax coach Erik ten Hag said. “
  
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• A One Issue State Election?

  02-10-2018 23:01
  This is the year to vote education.It's been the number one issue in the state for years. It's on everyone's minds and most candidates' lips. The decision voters make, whether to continue with the Republican-majority status quo or shift more power to Democrats, will be a major factor in deciding our children's present and future.If you have patience enough and time, by all means look beyond education when you choose who to vote for. The more you know when you cast your
  
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• NY Times: Trump got $413M from his dad, much from tax dodges

  02-10-2018 22:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is reporting that President Donald Trump received at least $413 million from his father over the decades, much of that through dubious tax dodges, including outright fraud.
  The Times report contradicts Trump’s portrayal of himself as a self-made billionaire who started with just a $1 million loan from his father.
  The Times says Trump and his father, Fred, avoided gift and inheritance taxes by setting up a sham corporation and undervaluing assets to
  
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• Chile church says sorry for conduct guidelines for priests

  02-10-2018 22:55
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s Roman Catholic Church is apologizing for a set of conduct guidelines for its clergy that have caused outrage just as the South American country is being rocked by a clerical sex abuse scandal.
  The recommendations include asking priests not to fondle, kiss or sleep with minors.
  The document published on the site of the archbishopric of Santiago was signed by Cardinal Riccardo Ezzati. He is under investigation by prosecutors for allegedly covering up year
  
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• Violence in the emergency room

  02-10-2018 22:50
   New research show violence in the emergency room is on the rise.
  A new poll show nearly half of physicians reported being physically assaulted at work. The violent offenders were mainly patients. A third reported being injured due to being hit, punched, slapped, kicked, or even spit on.
  Over 77% of those polled say patient care is being affected, due to the violence. Nearly half of the physicians say hospitals can do more to prevent violence, including increasing security.
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• Texas man gets life imprisonment for attempt to kill judge

  02-10-2018 22:50
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 31-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2015 assassination attempt on a state judge outside her home.
  U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel sentenced Chimene Onyeri in Austin on Tuesday, months after a jury found Onyeri guilty of multiple counts of fraud, racketeering and other charges.
  Trial evidence showed Onyeri, as part of a racketeering enterprise, shot state District Judge Julie Kocurek as she was in a vehicle returning to her home in Austin.
  
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• Falcons sign former Jaguars DT Michael Bennett

  02-10-2018 22:46
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have signed defensive tackle Michael Bennett in a move which could reflect a new injury concern with starter Grady Jarrett.
  Jarrett left the final drive of the Falcons’ 37-36 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday with an ankle injury. Coach Dan Quinn said Monday that Jarrett is still being evaluated.
  The Falcons’ defense already has lost starting safeties Keanu Neal and Ricardo Allen to season-ending injuries and linebacker Deion Jones for
  
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• Come for the Food, Stay for the Culture! Tucson Meet Yourself is Just Around the Corner

  02-10-2018 22:46
  The Annual Tucson Meet Yourself Folklife Festival celebrates 45 years and will take place on Oct. 12 to 14, running on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Pima County Library’s Jácome Plaza and adjacent blocks of Church Ave., Stone Ave. and Pennington Street. Festival organizers say while food is often what draws the public to the festival, it’s the music, dance and folk arts that keep them there. This year there will be 56 fo
  
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• NASCAR to remove restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega

  02-10-2018 22:42
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR will use two primary rules packages next season and race at Daytona and Talladega without restrictor plates for the first time since 1987.
  The rules packages revealed Tuesday will be tailored to specific tracks and designed to slow Cup Series cars to create more passing for the lead. At Daytona and Talladega, the two fastest tracks in NASCAR were horsepower-sapping plates are used on the engines, NASCAR will now use a thicker tapered spacer with tapered ho
  
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• From Africa to the anteroom: Flake, Coons forge rare bond

  02-10-2018 22:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware forged their friendship in Africa, thousands of miles away from the divisiveness of Washington.
  Both spent formative time there as young men in the early 1980s — Coons studying in Kenya during college, Flake doing his mission for the Mormon church in southern Africa — and they bonded over their shared interest on a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee. They traveled to the conti
  
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• Browns place CB Terrance Mitchell on injured reserve

  02-10-2018 22:41
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns placed starting cornerback Terrance Mitchell on injured reserve with a broken right wrist.
  Mitchell got hurt in the second quarter of Sunday’s 45-42 loss at Oakland. He underwent surgery on Monday, when coach Hue Jackson said he didn’t think Mitchell’s injury was season-ending. The team can designate two players to return from injured reserve after six weeks.
  Mitchell broke his wrist while breaking up a pass intended for Jordy Nelson. Following
  
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• MLB attendance down 4 percent as 6 ballparks set lows

  02-10-2018 22:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s average attendance dropped 4 percent to 28,830, its lowest since 2003 after 14 consecutive seasons topping 30,000, and six stadiums set record lows.
  Baltimore’s Camden Yards, Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field, Minnesota’s Target Field, Miami’s Marlins Park and Pittsburgh’s PNC Park also drew their smallest attendance since opening as part of a ballpark boom. In a season of unusually cold and wet weather, 17 of the 30
  
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• Lawsuit accuses Facebook of enabling human traffickers

  02-10-2018 22:39
  HOUSTON (AP) — A human trafficking survivor from Texas has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, alleging the social media giant provides traffickers an unrestricted way to “stalk, exploit, recruit, groom … and extort children into the sex trade.”
  The lawsuit was filed Monday in Houston against Facebook, the shuttered classifieds site Backpage.com and the owners of two Houston hotels.
  The suit seeks at least $1 million in damages on behalf of a woman identified as “Jan
  
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• Russia delivers S-300 air defenses to Syria

  02-10-2018 22:38
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has completed the delivery of S-300 air defense systems to Syria, the Russian defense minister said Tuesday.
  Sergei Shoigu said in televised remarks that Russia has delivered four S-300 launchers along with radars and support vehicles. Speaking during a Security Council meeting chaired by President Vladimir Putin, Shoigu said it will take three months to train Syrian personnel to operate the system.
  Russia announced the S-300 delivery to Syria after the Sept. 17 downin
  
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• Dolphins DT Phillips released after angry sideline outburst

  02-10-2018 22:38
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins have released defensive tackle Jordan Phillips in the wake of his angry outburst on the sideline after he came out of Sunday’s loss at New England.
  The Dolphins were off Tuesday and didn’t discuss the reason for the move. On Monday, coach Adam Gase defended defensive line coach Kris Kocurek’s substitution pattern.
  Phillips was a second-round draft pick in 2015 who has made 26 starts. He came off the bench this season as part of the de
  
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• Appeals court allows suit over Rams’ relocation to proceed

  02-10-2018 22:36
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Another attempt by the National Football League to stop a legal showdown over the move of the Rams from St. Louis to Los Angeles has been turned away. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a Missouri appeals court issued a ruling Tuesday that allows a lawsuit to proceed.
  The St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority, St. Louis city and St. Louis County filed suit in 2017, alleging that the Rams’ departure violated a 1984 league guideline that was
  
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• Prosecutor mulls Louisiana trial after Mississippi hung jury

  02-10-2018 22:35
  MONROE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana prosecutor says his office will confer with Mississippi counterparts before trying a man accused of murder in both states.
  Assistant District Attorney Geary Aycock tells The News-Star of Monroe that no decision has been made on trying Quinton Tellis there after a Mississippi jury couldn’t reach a verdict on separate murder charges.
  Tellis is charged with first-degree murder in the 2015 death of Ming-Chen Hsiao. The Taiwanese woman had been a university
  
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• The Latest: ATF: Guns stolen in Tennessee found near Chicago

  02-10-2018 22:32
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on guns stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee and recovered near Chicago (all times local):
  2 p.m.
  Federal authorities say hundreds of guns that were stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee have been recovered in the Chicago area.
  The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says in court documents that most of the roughly 400 guns stolen from a UPS facility in Memphis were found Sunday afternoon in M
  
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• Dansby Swanson may be longshot for Braves’ NLDS roster

  02-10-2018 22:31
  ATLANTA (AP) — Shortstop Dansby Swanson did not participate in the Atlanta Braves’ light workout Tuesday and appears to be a longshot to make the team’s roster for its NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  Swanson partially tore a ligament in his left hand on a swing against the Mets’ Noah Syndergaard on Sept. 24. He had pain when he tried to swing a bat Saturday in Philadelphia and received more treatment Tuesday, remaining inside while his teammates were o
  
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• 5 in Ukraine hospitalized with suspected anthrax from cattle

  02-10-2018 22:30
  MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s Health Ministry says five people have been hospitalized with suspected anthrax and are thought to have contracted the disease while slaughtering cattle.
  The ministry said in a statement Tuesday that the patients slaughtered cattle in the village of Minialivka, in the southern Odessa region.
  It said the village was put under quarantine and medical teams were checking if other local residents came into contract with the infected cattle.
  Anthrax spores can surviv
  
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• Protesters use images of Flyers’ new mascot to decry Trump

  02-10-2018 22:25
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphians are using the city’s latest sports mascot to protest a visit by President Donald Trump.
  About 100 protesters gathered Tuesday outside of the Philadelphia Convention Center where Trump addressed the National Electrical Contractors Convention. Several carried homemade signs of the Flyers’ new mascot Gritty, a bearded orange monster.
  Gritty drew mixed reactions when he was introduced last week, drawing comparisons to ZZ Top, Muppets and horror mo
  
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• Penn State halts helicopter use after pilot flew over crowd

  02-10-2018 22:23
  Penn State is stopping the use of helicopters to make announcements outside the football stadium after a state police chopper flew so low over an unruly tailgating crowd that it sent tents and other items flying.
  A Penn State Police spokeswoman said Tuesday it won’t use a helicopter to make crowd announcements until the issue can be fully examined.
  The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s also looking into a complaint about the incident that occurred before last weekend’s
  
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• Whirlwind year lets Michelle Williams realize her own worth

  02-10-2018 22:12
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Williams knows that the comic-book movie “Venom” is not exactly the type of film she would normally do. The 38-year-old four-time Oscar nominee says however that she is opening up her own definition of herself and trying out new things.
  Williams says she wanted to make sure that “Venom” is a film for the #MeToo era. She helped choose costumes for her character and even advised on dialogue by nixing lines that she thought were too passive
  
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• White House drug office vows objective marijuana study

  02-10-2018 22:11
  A White House drug office official has told a Colorado senator that an administration marijuana policy committee will be objective and dispassionate in its work.
  Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet on Monday disclosed the assurances after he asked the Executive Office of the President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy to respond to a news report that its marijuana policy co-ordination committee aimed to counter growing public support for the drug.
  BuzzFeed reportedin August that the mari
  
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• State TV: Iraq’s new president taps Shiite politician Adel Abdul-Mahdi to form new government

  02-10-2018 22:06
  BAGHDAD (AP) — State TV: Iraq’s new president taps Shiite politician Adel Abdul-Mahdi to form new government.
  The post State TV: Iraq’s new president taps Shiite politician Adel Abdul-Mahdi to form new government appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Education Department rolls out new federal student app

  02-10-2018 22:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is unveiling a mobile program intended to make it easier for students to apply for federal financial aid.
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rolled out the myStudentAid app on Tuesday. She says applicants will now have the necessary tools to apply for loans and grants “in the palm of their hand.”
  Students and parents have long complained that the standard paper-based application form is long and cumbersome and could deter many from seekin
  
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• Pima County woman gets 14 years in prison for child abuse

  02-10-2018 22:00
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Pima County woman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison in connection with a child abuse case.
  Prosecutors say 37-year-old Rhiannon Dee Whitney was sentenced Monday after being found guilty of five counts of child abuse in July.
  Authorities say Whitney and her fiancee, Michael Brown, were taking care of a 2-year-old girl in their home in 2013.
  They say the child had bruises all over her body and a serious infection from not getting medical treatment.
  County Sherif
  
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• ECU, NC State to play Dec. 1 after game lost to hurricane

  02-10-2018 21:44
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — No. 23 North Carolina State and East Carolina have agreed to play on Dec. 1 after both teams had a game against other opponents canceled due to Hurricane Florence.
  The teams announced the replacement game in Raleigh on Tuesday, though it will take place only if neither reaches its conference championship game. Both the Atlantic Coast Conference and American Athletic Conference are holding their title games that day.
  N.C. State’s home game against West Virginia an
  
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• US secretary of state heads to North Korea for nuclear talks

  02-10-2018 21:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading back to North Korea for another round of talks aimed at getting Kim Jong Un to give up nuclear weapons.
  This will be Pompeo’s fourth visit to North Korea since spring. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters Tuesday that the secretary expects to meet with Kim in Pyongyang.
  President Donald Trump said last week that he hopes to meet again soon with the North Korean leader. They held the first-ever summ
  
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• FEMA faulted for oversight of debris removal after Irma

  02-10-2018 21:32
  MIAMI (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is being faulted for inadequate oversight of debris removal operations after Hurricane Irma.
  The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General released a management alert Tuesday saying auditors observed “virtually no debris oversight in Florida,” limited monitoring in Georgia and overstated debris loads in both states.
  A lack of oversight leaves FEMA vulnerable to fraud and waste. The report said debris
  
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• Bills, Sabres hire executive to oversee government relations

  02-10-2018 21:21
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The parent company that owns the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and NHL Sabres has hired Christopher Schoepflin to oversee its dealings with federal, state and local governments.
  The hiring on Tuesday comes at a time the Pegula Sports and Entertainment-owned teams will be seeking public financial support to upgrade their facilities, including the possibility of the Bills building a new stadium.
  Schoepflin has extensive connections at the state level by having spent the past
  
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• Adopt this pet: Melanie

  02-10-2018 21:15
  There’s a new pet looking to be adopted.
  Meet Melanie!She’s a loving kitty, but can also be a little shy. Melanie would do a great with a patient family that could provide her with a good life.
  If you’re interested in meeting Melanie, you can find her at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s Main Campus, at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can also give an adoption counselor a call at 520-327-6088, ext 173.
  The post Adopt this pet: Melanie appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• David Silva rescues City with late strike to beat Hoffenheim

  02-10-2018 21:06
  SINSHEIM, Germany (AP) — David Silva scored late for Manchester City to end its four-game losing streak in the Champions League with a 2-1 win at Hoffenheim on Tuesday.
  The Spanish forward struck from a narrow angle with three minutes remaining after pouncing on a loose ball ahead of 21-year-old defender Stefan Posch.
  City bounced back from its opening 2-1 home loss to Lyon in the competition despite falling behind inside the first minute, when Ishak Belfodil shot past Brazilian goalkeeper
  
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• Spoelstra’s new challenge: Combining coaching and fatherhood

  02-10-2018 20:45
  Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has never been through a training camp like this.
  Spoelstra’s rule for training camp has usually been that there’s a strict players-only policy at team events. He even has preferred getting out of Miami for camp, just so the team can be around each other without distraction.
  But this year, everything changed.
  Spoelstra and his wife Nikki became parents six months ago, and the Heat coach has new rules. He even invited players’ wives, girlfriends,
  
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• The Latest: Shiite independent tapped to be next Iraqi PM

  02-10-2018 20:32
  BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on Iraq’s election of a new president, a step toward forming a new government following May elections (all times local):
  11:15 p.m.
  Iraq’s new president has tasked veteran Shiite politician Adel Abdul-Mahdi with forming a new government nearly five months after national elections were held.
  Abdul-Mahdi, who was tapped to be the next prime minister late Tuesday, is an independent who previously served as vice president, oil minister and finance minister
  
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• Scrawny dwarf planet, named Goblin, found well beyond Pluto

  02-10-2018 20:26
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin has been discovered well beyond Pluto.
  A round frozen world just 186 miles (300 kilometers) across, the Goblin was spotted by astronomers in 2015 around Halloween, thus its spooky name. But it wasn’t publicly unveiled until Tuesday following further observations with ground telescopes.
  Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science , one of the astronomers who made the discovery, said the Goblin is on the
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: I Like Beer

  02-10-2018 19:34
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• Leafs lose 2 goalies to waivers; Capitals claim Jaskin

  02-10-2018 19:22
  The Toronto Maple Leafs’ goalie depth is suddenly thin after losing Curtis McElhinney and Calvin Pickard on waivers.
  McElhinney was claimed by the Carolina Hurricanes, who shored up the position with projected starter Scott Darling set to miss a few weeks with an injury. McElhinney has a 62-71-13 career record in 10 NHL seasons split among six teams.
  Pickard was claimed by the Philadelphia Flyers.
  The losses leave Toronto with no experienced depth behind starter Frederik Andersen and backu
  
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