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• Putin says IS seized 700 hostages in Syria; executing some

  18-10-2018 23:58
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says Islamic State militants in Syria have recently seized some 700 people as hostages and are carrying out executions.
  At an international policy forum in Sochi on Thursday, Putin said “they have been recently expanding their area and took about 130 families hostage, which accounts for about 700 people.”
  Putin said the militants have put forth demands, which he did not specify, and have warned that they would kill 10 people a day
  
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• Adopt this pet: Yoshi

  18-10-2018 23:58
  There’s a new pet looking to be adopted.
  Meet Yoshi!She is a very sweet girl waiting to meet her forever family. Yoshi is very energetic and would make a great jogging partner.
  If you’re If you’re interested in meeting Yoshi you can find her at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s (HSSA) Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can also call an adoption counselor at 520-327-6088, ext. 173.
   
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• Saints place wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr on injured reserve

  18-10-2018 23:57
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Saints have placed veteran receiver Ted Ginn Jr., who has been struggling with knee soreness, on injured reserve.
  Ginn has played in four games this season, catching 12 passes for 135 yards and two touchdowns, but has regularly appeared on New Orleans’ official injury report since early in Week 2.
  Ginn’s production had largely dipped since Week 2 and he did not have a reception in Week 4 before sitting out a Week 5 triumph over Washington.
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• Rhett Rod at QB & Zona is underdog vs. UCLA

  18-10-2018 23:57
  TUCSON – With Khalil Tate’s injured ankle not getting any better, the Arizona Wildcats are saying sophomore quarterback Rhett Rodriguez will start against UCLA.
  Rhett Rodriguez, the son of former U of A football coach Rich Rodriguez, threw for over 200 yards and completed 20 passes (including a TD-pass) in just over two quarters against Utah.
  Rodriguez was a four-year-starter at Catalina Foothills High School.  Here’s more as seen on KVOA sportscast:The post Rhett Rod at Q
  
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• Authorities say man illegally in U.S. sexually abused girl over several years

  18-10-2018 23:52
  TUCSON – Authorities in Yavapai County have arrested an Ash Fork man who is accused of sexually abusing a young girl over the course of several years.
  Rigoberto Mendez-Hernandez, 34, was arrested by Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detectives last Monday.
  Detectives say the abuse began when the female victim, a family member, was six-years-old, and the abuse continued for several years.
  Mendez-Hernandez is charged with sexual conduct with a minor and child molestation, and is being he
  
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• St. Odilia Catholic Community to host ‘Dia de los Muertos’ event

  18-10-2018 23:50
  ORO VALLEY, Ariz. – The St. Odilia Catholic Community is inviting the public to the 2018 Fiesta: Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
  This year’s event will be from 5p.m.-9 p.m. on Fri., Oct. 19 and from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Sat., Oct. 20 at St. Odilia Catholic Community, located at 7570 N. Paseo del Norte.
  The Fiesta: Dia de los Muertos will include face painting, vendors, raffles, music and culture.
  This event is free and open to the public.
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• Iconic Dodge City moves its only polling site outside town

  18-10-2018 23:50
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Access to the ballot box in the November election will be more difficult for some people in the western Kansas town of Dodge City, where Hispanics now make up the bulk of its population of more than 27,000.
  This November, Dodge City’s sole polling location has been moved outside city limits to a facility more than a mile from the nearest bus stop.
  An election official blames the last-minute move on road construction that blocked access to its usual location.
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• Trump’s Texas campaign rally to be held in bigger venue

  18-10-2018 23:47
  HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s rally in Houston next week with Sen. Ted Cruz and other top Republicans is moving to a larger venue, though it’s still not the biggest stadium in Texas.
  Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted Thursday that the Monday night’s event would now be held at the 19,000-seat Toyota Center, home of the NBA’s Houston Rockets.
  It had been scheduled for the 8,000-seat NRG Arena, but Pascale tweeted that ticket demand “has been
  
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• Cowboys WR Terrance Williams gets 3-game substance abuse ban

  18-10-2018 23:35
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrance Williams has been suspended three games for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, a ban he will serve while on injured reserve because of lingering issues from offseason surgery for a broken right foot.
  The league said Thursday the suspension will be in effect Sunday when the Cowboys visit Washington. After Dallas’ open week and a home game against Tennessee, the final game of the ban will be Nov. 11 at Philadelphia.
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• Nature-themed resort will be built at Walt Disney World

  18-10-2018 23:32
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World says it’s going to build a new nature-themed resort.
  The Florida-based theme park resort said Thursday that the as-yet-unnamed resort will open in 2022. It will have 900 hotel rooms as well as villas for Disney’s timeshare program.
  The new project joins three other resort construction projects underway at Disney World.
  The 27,000-acre tourist destination already has 36 resorts on its property, as well as four theme parks.
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• At least 240 animals rescued from ‘deplorable’ home

  18-10-2018 23:31
  PENNSBURG, Pa. (AP) — At least 240 animals, including more than 100 snakes, several alligators, five tortoises, two skunks, at least a dozen ferrets and some guinea pigs, have been rescued from a Pennsylvania home.
  Robin Royer, a code enforcement officer for Upper Hanover Township, tells the Allentown Morning Call the home’s condition was “deplorable.”
  Tracie Graham, an officer with the Montgomery County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, tells the Reading
  
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• 3rd preschool worker charged over giving melatonin to kids

  18-10-2018 23:31
  SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — Police have charged another Pennsylvania preschool worker after the school’s owner was accused of putting the sleep aid melatonin in children’s lunches.
  WJAC-TV reports Janie Hersh was charged Wednesday for failing to act as a mandated reporter and disorderly conduct.
  A criminal complaint states Hersh knew Teryll Gribble, owner of Learning Links Preschool in Somerset Township, was putting melatonin in certain students’ lunches so they would nap.
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• Man who fell into Arizona mine in good condition

  18-10-2018 23:30
  AGUILA, Ariz. (AP) – A hospital spokeswoman says a man who fell into an old abandoned mine shaft in Arizona is in good condition awaiting surgery for two broken legs.
  Alexis Kramer-Ainza of Banner University Medical Center Phoenix says John Waddell will undergo an operation later Thursday.
  The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office earlier reported Waddell’s Wednesday rescue from the 100-foot (30-meter) shaft in the town of Aguila, about 90 miles (144 kilometers) northwest of Phoenix
  
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• Phoenix Police to unveil first ever Phoenix Police Ice Cream Truck

  18-10-2018 23:27
  PHOENIX – The Phoenix Police Department added a new vehicle to its fleet, but it’s not for catching criminals and it certainly doesn’t drive faster.
  It’s an ice cream truck.
  Photo: Phoenix PD
  It’s the first-ever ice cream truck for Phoenix PD, maybe even the first police ice cream truck in general, we’ll have to do some research on that.
  On Oct. 20, Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams and other representatives will introduce the truck, donated by Courtesy
  
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• LA Kings G Jonathan Quick activated from injured reserve

  18-10-2018 23:26
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings have activated goalie Jonathan Quick from injured reserve.
  The Kings also sent goalie Peter Budaj back to their AHL affiliate in Ontario on Thursday before Los Angeles’ home game against the New York Islanders.
  Quick played in the Kings’ season opener, but missed the next five games with a lower-body injury sustained in practice. Jack Campbell played all five games in Los Angeles’ net during Quick’s absence.
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• Teen drivers are more deadly with passengers

  18-10-2018 23:25
   
   According to a new AAA report, teen drivers are even deadlier behind the wheel, when they have a passenger.
  Research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows the risk of dying for teen drivers with passengers jumps 45%. The crash risk goes up to 56% for occupants of other vehicle and 17% for pedestrians and cyclist.
  Teen drivers were involved in more than 1,000,000 police-reported crashes in 2016, resulting in more than 3,000 deaths.
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• 2nd guilty plea about autistic relative held captive

  18-10-2018 23:25
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans-area man has admitted keeping an autistic relative captive in a tent, a shed and a cage installed for animals. Jody Lambert of Amite also admitted shoving the woman to the ground, regularly insulting and threatening her, and knowing about other physical and emotional abuse.
  Lambert pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of civil rights conspiracy. Prosecutors asked the judge to drop charges of forced labor, forced labor conspiracy and interference with housin
  
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• Guatemala lawmakers lower penalty for illicit campaign money

  18-10-2018 23:24
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan lawmakers have passed a bill dramatically reducing prison sentences for electoral financing crimes, acting as President Jimmy Morales is under suspicion of receiving illicit campaign funds.
  The bill lowers penalties for unregistered contributions and anonymous financing to one to five years. That’s down from four to 12 previously.
  Offenders would also be eligible for a commutable sentence. And legal representatives of political parties will now be abs
  
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• Trump administration sets deadline for immigration ruling

  18-10-2018 23:23
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration says it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene if a federal appeals court does not rule soon on the administration’s decision to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants.
  The U.S. Department of Justice said in a letter to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that it wanted a ruling on President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program by October 31.
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• Look up! Orionid meteor shower to peak this weekend

  18-10-2018 23:17
  TUCSON – Skywatchers are in for a treat this weekend. The Orionid meteor shower is expected to peak and there will also be a nearly full Moon.
  The shower takes place every October as Earth passes through a debris trail from Halley’s Comet and according to Space.com,  “the showers will be visible from anywhere on Earth and can be seen anywhere across the sky.”
  There are expected to be a rate of 20-25 meteors an hour.
  Officials say the peak time is about 2 a.m. on Oct.
  
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• My Pick For Superintendent of Public Instruction: Kathy Hoffman

  18-10-2018 23:15
  Kathy Hoffman and Frank Riggs are putting up a spirited fight to become our next Superintendent of Public Instruction. Their campaign websites are filled with educational plans and proposals, too many to list or discuss without getting so deep in the weeds, I'd never find my way out.…
  
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• Isner toughs out 3-set win in 1st match at Stockholm Open

  18-10-2018 23:14
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — John Isner was taken all the way by fellow American Bradley Klahn before winning his first match of the week at the Stockholm Open on Thursday.
  The top-seeded Isner, who can still qualify for the end-of-season ATP Finals in London, toughed out a 7-6 (2), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5) victory in the second round after receiving a bye in the first round.
  Isner led 5-0 and 6-2 in the final-set tiebreaker but Klahn, ranked No. 102, pulled the score back to 6-5. Isner then produced a big fi
  
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• What’s next for Paul Allen’s big investments? It’s not clear

  18-10-2018 23:10
  SEATTLE (AP) — Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen invested large sums in technology ventures, research projects and philanthropy, some of it eclectic and highly speculative.
  Allen died on Monday. What happens to those commitments now? Outside of bland assurances from his investment company, no one seems quite sure.
  Allen never married and had no children, and details of his estate aren’t known.
  His investment company, Vulcan Inc., said Allen “thoughtfully addressed how
  
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• Officials: Body found in Virginia river is Florence victim

  18-10-2018 23:10
  ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Florence has increased again, more than a month after the storm made landfall in North Carolina.
  Virginia’s Department of Emergency Management announced Thursday that the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has attributed the drowning death of a person found in Roanoke this week to Florence.
  Police reported finding apparent human remains in the Roanoke River on Tuesday. A police spokeswoman said Thursday that the victim, 53-yea
  
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• All Illinois Catholic dioceses targeted in sex abuse lawsuit

  18-10-2018 23:05
  CHICAGO (AP) — Four people who say they were sexually abused decades ago by five priests in parishes across Illinois are suing every diocese in the state for the abuse itself and what they say is a widespread and ongoing scheme to cover up clergy abuse.
  The lawsuit filed Thursday in Chicago alleges the abuse by the priests — three of whom are still alive and in the priesthood — took place between the early 1970s and the late 1990s in the dioceses of Rockford, Springfield and Pe
  
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• Interior contradicts Ben Carson on hiring of new watchdog

  18-10-2018 23:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Contradicting a claim by a Cabinet secretary, the Interior Department says a political appointee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development will not be reassigned to lead an internal watchdog agency at Interior.
  Spokeswoman Heather Swift says in a statement Thursday that an email sent by HUD Secretary Ben Carson last week “had false information in it.”
  Carson said in the Oct. 12 email that assistant HUD secretary Suzanne Israel Tufts would take over as
  
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• Astros move Correa into cleanup spot for ALCS Game 5

  18-10-2018 22:53
  HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa has been moved from seventh to fourth in the Houston Astros’ batting order for Game 5 of the AL Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox.
  Astros manager AJ Hinch made the switch for his team’s must-win game Thursday night after Correa had three hits and drove in two runs in Game 4. It was the first multi-hit game this postseason for Correa, the shortstop who has struggled with back problems for months.
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• Air Force: Thunderbird pilot blacked out before fatal crash

  18-10-2018 22:52
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An investigation into a fighter jet crash in southern Nevada determined the pilot lost consciousness before his jet slammed into the ground.
  The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports a U.S. Air Force investigation report released Tuesday says F-16 Thunderbird pilot Maj. Stephen Del Bagno lost consciousness for about five seconds prior to crashing his fighter at a speed of about 450 mph (724 kph).
  The report says Del Bagno crashed during a training performance of the “High
  
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• Volunteers join search for girl whose parents were killed

  18-10-2018 22:51
  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — One-hundred volunteers have joined the search for a Wisconsin girl who went missing earlier this week and whose parents were shot and killed in their home.
  Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald requested the help of volunteers on Thursday in the hopes of finding clues as to the whereabouts of 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who isn’t a suspect in her parents’ deaths. He said Wednesday that investigators believe she’s alive but in danger and he urged the publ
  
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• Key groups urge Turkey to seek UN probe of missing Khashoggi

  18-10-2018 22:48
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Leading human rights and journalists’ organizations are urging Turkey to ask the United Nations to launch an investigation into the disappearance and “possible extrajudicial execution” of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
  The Committee to Protect Journalists, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders said at a news conference at U.N. headquarters Thursday that Turkey should request that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
  
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• Dominion extends support of PGA Tour Champions for 10 years

  18-10-2018 22:45
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The PGA Tour Champions has announced that Dominion Energy has agreed to a 10-year extension of its sponsorship of a tour stop in Richmond.
  The extension, announced on the day before the opening day of the tour’s annual visit to the Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course, extends the company’s commitment through 2029. The tour for players 50 and older made its debut in Virginia’s capital city in 2016.
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• Todd Bol, founder of Little Free Library book sharing, dies

  18-10-2018 22:07
  HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin man who founded Little Free Library, a project that now sets up boxes for sharing books around the world, has died. Todd Bol was 62.
  A spokeswoman for Little Free Library says Bol died Thursday in a Minnesota hospice of complications from pancreatic cancer.
  Bol designed and built the first Little Free Library at his home in Hudson, Wisconsin, in 2009, as a tribute to his mother, who was a teacher and book lover. Bol put up a miniature version of a one-room
  
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• The Latest: Trump: ‘Certainly looks’ like Saudi writer dead

  18-10-2018 22:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s response to missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi (all times local):
  4:05 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says it “certainly looks” as though missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead.
  Trump did not say Thursday what he based his conclusion on. But he says the consequences for the Saudis “will have to be very severe” if they are found to have killed him.
  Trump has previously warned that the kingdom will
  
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• Trump says it ‘certainly looks’ like Saudi writer is dead, pledges ‘severe’ consequences if Saudi royals are responsible

  18-10-2018 22:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says it ‘certainly looks’ like Saudi writer is dead, pledges ‘severe’ consequences if Saudi royals are responsible.
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• Man gets 2 life sentences for killing married couple

  18-10-2018 22:04
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A man was sentenced to two life sentences in jail for killing a married couple at their Arizona home.
  The Arizona Daily Sun reports Derrick Barnett was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced Wednesday in Division 2 of the Coconino County Superior Court.
  A jury found Barnett guilty of fatally shooting Michael and Nora Demuria on May 1, 2017, at their Williams home.
  Barnett maintains his innocence.
  In addition to killing the couple, Barnett was found guilty
  
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• SC officials ask Trump to save troubled nuclear fuel project

  18-10-2018 22:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and the state’s congressional delegation are urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his administration’s plan to shut down a half-built nuclear fuel facility in their state.
  A federal appeals court last week allowed the Energy Department to go forward with plans to close the multi-billion dollar facility at the Savannah River Site near Aiken.
  Closing the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility could cost hundreds of jobs a
  
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• Dow Jones Industrial Average falls more than 300 points, its sixth drop in the last eight days

  18-10-2018 22:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dow Jones Industrial Average falls more than 300 points, its sixth drop in the last eight days.
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• Let's Listen To Sharkk Heartt's New Single Ahead of Tonight's Show

  18-10-2018 22:00
  The song and video were recorded live at Frank Bair's studio in the old Comic Con building in downtown Tucson. Audio by Frank Bair, video by Theo Panousopoulos, James Grip, and Jedidiah Baker.Head over to CANS Deli tonight to celebrate the release of Sharkk Heartt's first single, "Maybe We Are Infinite."  Electronic producer, singer, songwriter and pianist Lara Ruggles is the one-woman show behind Sharkk Heartt.…
  
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• Alaska governor’s campaign moving ahead ‘a day at a time’

  18-10-2018 21:58
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker says his re-election campaign is moving ahead but says he’s taking it “a day at a time.”
  His campaign was rocked Tuesday by the abrupt resignation of Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott over what Walker has described as an inappropriate overture to a woman. Mallott apologized though few details have been released.
  During a speech at the Alaska Federation of Natives Conference in Anchorage Thursday, Walker referred to Mallott as his brother
  
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• The Latest: Navy: No evidence of shooting at shipyard

  18-10-2018 21:57
  PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — The Latest on a report of an active shooter at a Virginia shipyard (all times local):
  3:45 p.m.
  The Navy says it has found no evidence of a shooting aboard a barge in a Virginia shipyard after a report of an active shooter.
  Navy spokesman Jim DeAngio said in a statement Thursday that officials received a report of an active shooter aboard a barge next to the USS Carter Hall, which is in the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. shipyard.
  DeAngio says s
  
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• Jets’ Rodgers feeling better after ‘procedure’ for illness

  18-10-2018 21:57
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets defensive coordinator Kacy Rodgers says he is feeling better following a “procedure” to help deal with an unspecified illness.
  Rodgers returned to work this week on a full-time basis after missing the team’s past two games. He and coach Todd Bowles will determine over the next few days whether Rodgers will call the defensive plays against Minnesota on Sunday.
  Rodgers declined Thursday to provide details about the exact nature of his
  
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• Pompeo meets Panama’s president about Venezuela, Nicaragua

  18-10-2018 21:56
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting with Panama’s president to discuss the situations in Venezuela and Nicaragua.
  Political unrest and economic problems have sparked an exodus from both countries.
  Pompeo also discussed drug trafficking, migration and anti-terrorism efforts in his meeting Thursday with President Juan Carlos Varela.
  Both countries have encouraged talks between the government and opponents in Nicaragua and Venezuela.
  Pompeo is scheduled to
  
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• Breakfast just got sassier! ‘Golden Girls’ cereal has officially arrived

  18-10-2018 21:50
  Courtesy: TODAY Show
  “Golden Girls” has been off the air for decades, but its fanbase is holding steady as devotees of the hit comedy show have recently been able to enjoy everything from pop-up cafes to themed hot sauces inspired by the series.
  The latest food item inspired by the “Girls” is a limited-edition tribute cereal that’s available exclusively at select Target stores across the country.
  A representative for Funko (the brand behind the c
  
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• More charges filed against Navy veteran in ricin-letter case

  18-10-2018 21:47
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say they’ve found two additional letters a Navy veteran in Utah sent to members of President Donald Trump’s administration containing substance from which the poison ricin is derived.
  An indictment unsealed Thursday says 39-year-old William Clyde Allen III mailed envelopes to the CIA director and the Air Force secretary as well as Trump and other officials.
  Allen pleaded not guilty to seven charges, including threatening to use a biological tox
  
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• Report: Truck tire lost air before New Mexico bus crash

  18-10-2018 21:42
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal report says “sudden air loss” in a semi-truck’s front left tire occurred just before it collided with a passenger bus in a deadly crash along Interstate 40 in New Mexico.
  The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday released a preliminary report on the Aug. 30 crash east of Gallup.
  The agency is still evaluating driver performance, training and other factors.
  Authorities have said the truck driver lost control of the vehicle befo
  
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• Maddox alleges cover-up in Ivey’s 2015 hospitalization

  18-10-2018 21:34
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gubernatorial candidate Walt Maddox is asking Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to release more information on her 2015 hospitalization, including if her office told the state trooper accompanying her to keep it secret.
  Maddox said in a Thursday press conference the issue is not Ivey’s health, but if there was lying about what happened.
  Maddox told reporters, “this is about a cover up.”
  Ivey says she developed altitude sickness during the Colorado trip. Sh
  
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• Atlantic City’s new Call of Duty: Dominate esports tourneys

  18-10-2018 21:33
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City wants to become the East Coast capital of competitive video game tournaments, also known as esports.
  The activity is rapidly growing in popularity across the country and around the world. The New Jersey gambling resort wants to become a major player in the nearly $1 billion global market.
  Isle of Man-based Continent 8 is building a $5 million data center at the Atlantic City Convention Center to serve not only the data-intensive esports industry, bu
  
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• 3 Reasons Hypnosis Works for Weight Loss

  18-10-2018 21:30
  Sponsored Content*3 Reasons Hypnosis Works for Weight Loss Everybody knows losing weight and keeping it off is difficult, and many people feel like they’ve tried everything. However, something many people have not tried and may be surprised to learn is effective for weight loss? Hypnosis. A major reason losing weight is so difficult is that even if we want to drop the weight, our subconscious mind—where all of our habits are stored—prefers comfort and familiarity, explains
  
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• Spanish league says govt tax hike may scare away top players

  18-10-2018 21:29
  MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league has warned clubs that tax increases for the rich proposed by the government could scare away soccer’s top talents.
  The Associated Press has seen a letter Liga president Javier Tebas sent to clubs saying the suggested tax reform would “negatively impact the competitiveness of our league.”
  Tebas says the proposed hikes for wealthy individuals and businesses would cost clubs 80 million euros (91.7 million dollars) and “mean a loss of 20
  
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• Haslam: Tennessee ready to use electric chair for execution

  18-10-2018 21:29
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam says the state is prepared to execute death row inmate Edmund Zagorski using the electric chair.
  Haslam told reporters Thursday he is not reconsidering granting Zagorski clemency despite issuing a 10-day reprieve last week that delayed the inmate’s execution. Among the reasons Haslam handed down a reprieve was Zagorski’s request to die in the electric chair as a quicker and less painful execution method than lethal injection.
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