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• Pastor talks of breakdown in Turkey, but also forgiveness

  19-10-2018 23:57
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The American pastor who was recently released from Turkey says he suffered a breakdown during his time in prison and was put on anti-anxiety medication.
  Andrew Brunson said Friday that he’s still processing the trauma of the past two years. The pastor who had led a small congregation in Turkey was convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to three years in prison earlier this month. But he was freed and allowed to leave for the two years he had already s
  
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• This bizarre-looking font helps you remember what you read

  19-10-2018 23:56
  Sans Forgetica is a font that helps you remember things.
  Cramming for exams, learning new languages, and remembering your to-do list can be tough — but a team of Australian researchers think they can help. They’ve developed a font called “Sans Forgetica” that uses the principles of cognitive science to help readers better remember their typed notes.
  The typeface’s unusual look is deliberately designed to be a challenge to read, according to Janneke Blijlevens, a pro
  
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• The Latest: Man gets life for Walmart shooting that killed 3

  19-10-2018 23:53
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a man who shot and killed three people in a suburban Denver Walmart (all times local):
  3:50 p.m.
  A man who shot and killed three people at a Walmart in suburban Denver has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
  Scott Ostrem was sentenced Friday to three consecutive life terms plus 48 years after reaching a deal with prosecutors, who agreed not to seek the death penalty.
  Prosecutors say the 48-year-old walked into the store in
  
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• Freese leads off for Dodgers with Brewers LHP Miley on mound

  19-10-2018 23:52
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Left-hander Wade Miley will have to face to a right-handed hitter right away in Game 6 as the Milwaukee Brewers try to stave off elimination in the NL Championship Series.
  First baseman David Freese is leading off for the Los Angeles Dodgers after hitting third in Game 5.
  Miley also started that game on Wednesday but was pulled after walking the leadoff hitter, left-hander Cody Bellinger, in a planned move by manager Craig Counsell to exploit Los Angeles’ righty-heav
  
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• APNewsBreak: Kickoff fair catches not catching on

  19-10-2018 23:51
  The new college football rule rewarding teams for making fair catches on kickoffs has not caught on like officiating supervisors expected.
  If a fair catch is made on a kickoff anywhere between the goal line and 25 this season, it is ruled a touchback. The ball is marked at the 25.
  Fair catches have been made on 11 percent of kickoffs in the Bowl Subdivision through seven weeks, according to NCAA data released Friday. Officials expected a higher rate.
  More changes could be made in 2019 to further
  
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• Renowned heart transplant program selects new leadership

  19-10-2018 23:50
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital is replacing the surgical director of its renowned heart transplant programs with two veteran transplant surgeons and a veteran transplant program executive.
  Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center announced Friday that Dr. Kenneth Liao and Dr. Alexis Shafii will jointly lead the program previously led by Dr. Jeffrey Morgan. Deborah Maurer, who has long administered transplant programs in Chicago and Arizona, will fill a new position overseeing the operatio
  
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• Paul Manafort shows up to court in a wheelchair, learns sentencing date

  19-10-2018 23:49
  
  NBC – Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was rolled into a Virginia federal court Friday in a wheelchair, wearing a green prison uniform instead of his signature tailored suit.
  The judge scheduled Manafort to be sentenced Feb. 8 for eight counts of tax evasion and bank fraud and dismissed the remaining charges against him.
  Manafort, appearing visibly grayer, was pushed into court in a wheelchair, missing his right shoe.
  “There are significant issues w
  
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• Spanish sensation Alaves wins at Celta to take league lead

  19-10-2018 23:47
  VIGO, Spain (AP) — Alaves continued its sensational start to the season by winning 1-0 at Celta Vigo on Friday to go top of Spanish league.
  A modest club from Spain’s northern Basque Country, Alaves secured another notable victory following a 1-0 win over Champions League winners Real Madrid.
  True to the formula installed by coach Abelardo Fernandez, Alaves defended superbly and executed a set piece to perfection in the 58th minute when Victor Laguardia squared a long ball for unmark
  
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• Big numbers of Central Americans arriving at Arizona border

  19-10-2018 23:37
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say large groups of Central America migrants continue to surrender to Border Patrol agents in Yuma, with the arrival of one recent group numbering 108 captured in dramatic video images.
  The agency says camera operators monitoring movement along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Yuma area captured images Thursday afternoon of a large number of people being dropped over the border wall east of the San Luis Port of Entry.
  It said Friday the smugglers never crossed t
  
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• Answers sought in deaths of couple found in Grand Canyon

  19-10-2018 23:18
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are trying to figure out what led to the deaths of a young couple in the Grand Canyon.
  National Park Service investigators said Friday that 25-year-old Garret Bonkowski and 22-year-old Jessica Bartz were found dead earlier this month in an area overlooking a popular trail on the South Rim. Their vehicle was nearby.
  Grand Canyon National Park spokeswoman Kari Cobb says there is no account of their activities from when they entered the par
  
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• Philadelphia songwriter wins $44M in suit over Usher song

  19-10-2018 23:00
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia songwriter who claims he was cut out of profits and credit from song that was recorded by R&B star Usher has been awarded more than $44 million in damages in a suit that targeted the track’s other co-writers.
  A jury last week awarded the sum to Daniel Marino. His former co-writer William Guice was ordered to pay $6.75 million in compensatory damages, and $20.25 million in punitive damages.
  Also last week Destro Music Productions, owned by co-def
  
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• Khalil Mack questionable for Bears’ game with Patriots

  19-10-2018 22:57
  LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Bears linebacker Khalil Mack must wait until just before game time to learn if he gets a chance to rush New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at Soldier Field.
  Mack played through an ankle injury in Chicago’s last game, a 31-28 loss to Miami. On Friday, he practiced for the first time this week, although on a limited basis. Bears coach Matt Nagy says he thought Mack “moved around pretty good.”
  Mack is listed as questionable for Sunday. Nagy s
  
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• US tries to stop youth climate lawsuit days before trial

  19-10-2018 22:55
  SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government is trying again to stop a high-profile climate change lawsuit days before young activists are set to argue at trial that the government has violated their constitutional rights through policies that have caused a dangerous climate.
  Justice Department lawyers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss the case, saying the lawsuit attempts to redirect federal environmental policies through the courts rather than through the political process.
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• 2 arrested, Proud Boys probed after brawl outside GOP club

  19-10-2018 22:55
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say they’ve arrested two of a dozen people wanted in connection with a street brawl after a speech last week by the founder of a far-right group that’s now facing a criminal investigation.
  Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes told The New York Times on Friday he was arranging the surrender of wanted group members who were still at large.
  NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller told the Times the Proud Boys “are the subject of a regular crimin
  
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• Arizona Theatre Company Partners with Chapel Haven West

  19-10-2018 22:54
  TUCSON – The Arizona Theatre Company has teamed up with three Chapel Haven West students to provide them with hands-on internship experience on and off the stage.
  Chapel Haven West is a non-profit organization that empowers adults with social and developmental disabilities to live happy and independent lives.
  Hunter Nall, Chapel Haven West Job Coach Elise Gregory, Matt Margolis/ Jasmine Roth
  Chapel Haven West Students Anderson Smith, Hunter Nall and Matt Margolis, will be spending the
  
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• US goals in Afghanistan seem ever more distant after attack

  19-10-2018 22:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A brazen attack that the Taliban says targeted the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is a stark reminder of the formidable task the Trump administration faces as it tries to extricate America from its longest war.
  The commander, Army Gen. Scott Miller, escaped unharmed from Thursday’s deadly attack. Elections for the lower house of parliament are expected to be held as scheduled Saturday in much of the country. And administration officials said U.S. resolve is unsha
  
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• Bengals, Chiefs could be missing key players to injuries

  19-10-2018 22:49
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs could be without several starters on their already porous defenses when they meet Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium.
  The Bengals ruled out first-round pick Darqueze Dennard, their best slot cornerback, with a shoulder injury Friday. They also ruled out linebacker Nick Vigil with a knee injury and listed safety Shawn Williams as questionable with a concussion
  Running back Giovani Bernard (knee), tight end Tyler Kroft (foo
  
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• Trump wants to cut red tape, hasten water projects in West

  19-10-2018 22:45
  DENVER (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered the government to streamline regulations that he says are hindering work on four major water projects in the western United States.
  Trump signed a memorandum Friday aimed at helping the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project in California, the Klamath Irrigation Project in Oregon and the federal Columbia River system in the Pacific Northwest.
  The memorandum orders the Interior and Commerce departments to speed up envir
  
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• Unstoppable Jovic nets 5 as Frankfurt routs Duesseldorf 7-1

  19-10-2018 22:44
  BERLIN (AP) — Luka Jovic was in unstoppable form, scoring five goals as Eintracht Frankfurt crushed promoted Fortuna Duesseldorf 7-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday.
  The 20-year-old Serbian is the first Frankfurt player to score five goals in a league game.
  After grabbing two goals and two assists in his past two matches, he continued his rich vein of form. Jovic scored twice in quick succession during the first half after Sebastian Haller opened the scoring with a penalty.
  Haller scored his s
  
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• State trooper stabbed in head, neck during pursuit

  19-10-2018 22:38
  NEW SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts State Police trooper sustained stab wounds to the head, neck, shoulders and arm while trying to apprehend an 18-year-old who had earlier fled a traffic stop.
  Authorities say the teenager was then shot in the torso by the 47-year-old trooper and both were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The trooper was conscious and alert.
  State police first chased the teen Interstate 91 on Friday afternoon, but broke off pursuit when he left the highway.
  
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• Prosecutors: Bill Cosby’s bid for new trial is ‘meritless’

  19-10-2018 22:30
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors in the Bill Cosby case are calling his bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing “meritless.”
  Cosby wants a do-over in the Pennsylvania sex assault case that ended with him going to prison last month to serve a three- to 10-year sentence.
  His lawyers say Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill made mistakes that should invalidate the conviction and punishment. A jury found Cosby drugged and molested his accuser.
  District Attorney Kevin St
  
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• ‘Huge win’ for sex assault victims, says California victim

  19-10-2018 22:30
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $150,000 in damages to a California woman whose 2012 off-campus sexual assault case drew widespread attention.
  Now 26 years old, Yee Xiong calls the verdict a “huge win” for survivors and shows that people can be held accountable, no matter how long it takes.
  Xiong said she was raped at a college party by a fellow student at the University of California, Davis.
  He pleaded no contest to felony assault but then filed a $4 million
  
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• Chasity Melvin joins Hornets’ G League team coaching staff

  19-10-2018 22:26
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chasity Melvin has been hired by the Charlotte Hornets’ G League team, the Greensboro Swarm, as an assistant coach.
  She becomes the first female coach in Hornets and Swarm history.
  The former North Carolina State standout was the 11th overall selection in the 1999 WNBA draft. She played 12 seasons in the WNBA and was an All-Star in 2001.
  Melvin was part of the NBA Assistant Coaches Program, which prepares current and former NBA, WNBA and G League players for co
  
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• Buffalo Catholic Diocese acknowledges federal inquiry

  19-10-2018 22:25
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Diocese of Buffalo says federal investigators looking into clergy sexual misconduct collected documents in June, but haven’t been in contact since then.
  The diocese acknowledged the federal inquiry late Thursday amid reports the Justice Department has opened investigations across neighboring Pennsylvania into the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of child sex-abuse allegations against priests.
  There is no evidence the two investigations are related.
  Buff
  
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• All 20 people in limo crash died from accident impact

  19-10-2018 22:17
  SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say the 18 people in a limousine and two pedestrians who were killed when the vehicle crashed off a rural upstate New York road earlier this month all died from the impact of the accident.
  New York State Police say Friday that results of autopsies conducted at Albany Medical Center confirmed all 20 victims in the Oct. 6 crash in Schoharie (skoh-HAYR’-ee) died from “multiple severe traumatic blunt force injuries.”
  State police say they&rs
  
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• Tips to keep kids safe on Halloween

  19-10-2018 22:13
  Halloween can be a dangerous holiday, so it’s important to try and keep your little goblins and witches safe.
  The American Academy of Pediatrics said parents should make sure costumes are bright and reflective. They also recommend making sure the costume is short enough that kids won’t trip over it.
  Experts suggested makeup or decorative hats instead of mask because they limit visibility.
  When it comes to carving pumpkins, they said kids should not do any of the carving. Doctors at t
  
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• California rejects plea to pump brakes on pot deliveries

  19-10-2018 22:13
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is moving a step closer to allowing marijuana deliveries in communities that have banned retail sales.
  Regulators on Friday announced preliminary approval of the proposed rule over objections from cities and police chiefs who say the policy will lead to crime.
  The proposed rule made public in July is one of many pieces still being put into place in the pot regulatory puzzle by the state after recreational marijuana sales became legal Jan. 1.
  Cities have been a
  
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• Jaguars trade draft pick for Cleveland running back Hyde

  19-10-2018 22:09
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have traded for Cleveland running back Carlos Hyde as they wait on starter Leonard Fournette to return from a nagging hamstring injury.
  Cleveland will get a fifth-round draft pick from the Jaguars in exchange for Hyde, who has 382 yards rushing and five touchdowns in his first season with the Browns. He signed with Cleveland as a free agent in March.
  Fournette was ruled out for Sunday’s game against Houston. It will be the fifth game
  
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• Jury acquits ex-Ohio State football player of rape charges

  19-10-2018 22:08
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio State University football player has been acquitted of rape charges. The Columbus Dispatch reports 25-year-old Bri’onte Dunn wept after the jury verdict was read Friday in a Columbus courtroom. He faced two counts of rape after a woman alleged Dunn forced her to have sex at her apartment last year.
  Dunn testified Thursday that he routinely had casual but consensual sex with the woman, whom he’d met on a dating app.
  The woman testified that sh
  
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• Candid candidate voluntarily airs dirty laundry

  19-10-2018 22:06
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — State delegate Lee Carter of Virginia is expecting a rough campaign when he’s up for re-election in 2019. So he’s getting a jump on the opposition by self-disclosing a series of private, sometimes embarrassing details about his personal life.
  In a series of 15 tweets, the 31-year-old Democrat from Manassas admitted he’s in the midst of his third divorce, that he made homophobic comments when he was younger, and that there may well be explicit phot
  
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• Usain Bolt Trades Track for the Soccer Field

  19-10-2018 22:05
  When you think of athletes that have professionally succeeded in more than one sport, you think of Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders or Jim Thorpe. But what about Usain Bolt?…
  
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• Border Patrol arrests eight people at Arizona checkpoint

  19-10-2018 21:53
  TUCSON – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a suspected human smuggler and seven others at the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint earlier this week.
  Authorities said a U.S. citizen tried to smuggle the seven undocumented immigrants from Mexico around the checkpoint early Wednesday morning.
  Agents said man was stopped in a Ford E350 van near Dome Valley, as he was trying to blend in with traffic.
  CBP said the Mexican nationals inside the van raged in age from 14 to 36.
   
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• Chicago man charged with recruiting for Islamic State

  19-10-2018 21:52
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has been charged with using social media to recruit people to fight for the Islamic State group.
  Ashraf Al Safoo appeared in federal court Friday on a charge of conspiring to support a terrorist organization. A judge read the charge and returned the 34-year-old to jail to await a detention hearing next Thursday.
  A 58-page criminal complaint describes Al Safoo as lead writer of a group that distributes IS propaganda, including violent videos.
  The FBI quotes Al S
  
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• The Latest: Sessions warns against Chicago police reforms

  19-10-2018 21:46
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on Attorney General Jeff Sessions speech in Chicago (all times local):
  2:45 p.m.
  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the kind of reforms planned for Chicago’s police force will cause a surge in violent crime.
  Sessions spoke Friday to the Chicago Crime Commission about a plan to bring the Chicago Police Department under close federal court supervision. The reforms include limiting officers’ ability to use force.
  Sessions reiterated criticisms he&rs
  
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• Police: Virginia man dies after trying to stop sex assault

  19-10-2018 21:42
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say a man is dead after he tried to stop a sexual assault.
  Arlington County Police said in a statement Friday that officers were dispatched to George Mason Drive in response to multiple 911 calls Thursday night. Police say 27-year-old Michael Nash physically and sexually assaulted a female victim he was walking with. When 54-year-old Patricio Salazar of Arlington tried to intervene, police say Nash assaulted him, leaving him unconscious. Salazar was
  
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• Prosecutors: Teen’s sketch helps make arrest in her rape

  19-10-2018 21:37
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say a North Carolina teenager’s artistic ability and keen eye has helped make an arrest in her 2017 rape.
  News outlets report Wake County prosecutors said in court Thursday the girl was able to give police a drawing of the man she says had sexually assaulted her when she was 15. Prosecutors say she was raped in a Raleigh neighborhood as she was walking home from a swimming pool.
  County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman says sketches in such cases are u
  
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• Uruguay passes law granting rights to trans people

  19-10-2018 21:31
  MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s Congress has approved a law that guarantees rights to the South American country’s transgender community.
  Lawmakers in the lower house voted in favor of the measure late Thursday. It had already been approved by the Senate.
  The law grants transgender people the right to get an operation that matches their sexual identity. It will be paid by the Uruguayan state along with hormone treatments.
  The law also ensures a minimum number of transgende
  
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• No grand jury indictments in death of man in police custody

  19-10-2018 21:28
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A grand jury has declined to issue indictments in the death of a New York City man who stopped breathing while in custody of an upstate police department.
  New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said Friday a Schenectady County grand jury declined charges in the May 2017 death of 36-year-old Andrew Kearse, of the Bronx.
  Kearse was visiting a friend in Schenectady when police pulled him over for a traffic violation. He sped away, pulled into his friend’s drivew
  
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• Jets’ secondary will be down a few key players vs. Vikings

  19-10-2018 21:25
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets cornerback Buster Skrine and safety Marcus Maye are out for the team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings with injuries, and cornerback Trumaine Johnson is doubtful to play.
  The Jets will have to face a Vikings offense on Sunday that includes wide receiver Adam Thielen, who leads the NFL in receptions and yards receiving.
  Skrine has a concussion that has caused him to miss most of the last two games. Maye is dealing with a broken right thumb. M
  
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• Browns’ Garrett complains about officiating after bad calls

  19-10-2018 21:19
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns defensive end Myles Garrett flagged NFL officials, saying he’s tired of bad calls going against Cleveland.
  Garrett spoke out on Friday and said he doesn’t care if he gets fined by the league for his comments because “something needs to be said.”
  He was particularly upset about a non-call last week against the Los Angeles Chargers, whose left tackle Russell Okung clearly moved before the snap to block Garrett. The play was allowed to continu
  
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• CEO Derek Bouchard-Hall to leave USA Cycling at year’s end

  19-10-2018 21:17
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Derek Bouchard-Hall is resigning as chief executive of USA Cycling at the end of the year and less three years after getting the job.
  The chairman of USA Cycling’s board of directors, Bob Stapleton, will help run the organization while a replacement is found. Stapleton said Friday the search has already begun.
  Bouchard-Hall plans to take over an undisclosed company with close ties to USA Cycling.
  Bouchard-Hall came from the retail sector of the cycling
  
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• The Latest: Multiple shots were fired in missing girl’s home

  19-10-2018 21:13
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the search for a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who vanished after her parents were killed (all times local):
  2:10 p.m.
  Dispatch logs show multiple shots were fired in the home of a northwestern Wisconsin girl who vanished after her parents were found dead inside the house.
  The Barron County Sheriff’s Department released dispatch logs Friday that indicate responding deputies found multiple rounds in the home and the door kicked in.
  The logs also indicat
  
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• Dunkin’ employee calls police on student speaking Somali with her family

  19-10-2018 21:06
  PORTLAND (NBC) – A student activist said a Dunkin’ employee in Portland, Maine, refused service and called police on her after a dispute started because she was speaking Somali with her family.
  Hamdia Ahmed, 20, said she and her family were having a conversation in their car while waiting in the Dunkin’ drive-thru on Monday when the employee working at the window asked them to stop yelling.
  Hamdia Ahmed says the shift manager called the police on her family at a Dunkin Don
  
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• Maryland asks Supreme Court to uphold law on drug pricing

  19-10-2018 21:03
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its first-in-the-nation law against pharmaceutical price gouging.
  Attorney General Brian Frosh petitioned the high court on Friday to uphold the law.
  A panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in April that the law is unconstitutional, because it forces manufacturers and wholesalers to act in accordance with Maryland law outside of Maryland, burdening interstate commerce. In J
  
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• Ohio boy, 2, who got early Christmas dies of brain cancer

  19-10-2018 21:00
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A 2-year-old boy with brain cancer who had an early Christmas celebration planned for him by his friends and family has died. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Brody Anderson’s father says the boy died Friday morning surrounded by his family.
  Todd Allen wrote last week that Brody’s body was failing and that he didn’t have much time left.
  Efforts to provide Brody an early Christmas drew national attention last month when two teenagers slashed inflatable yar
  
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• Stephen Hawking claims ‘no possibility’ of God in last book

  19-10-2018 20:56
  From his desk at Cambridge University and beyond, Stephen Hawking sent his mind spiraling into the deepest depths of black holes, radiating across the endless cosmos and swirling back billions of years to witness time’s first breath. He viewed creation as a scientist, and when he was called to discuss creation’s biggest puzzles — Where do we come from? What is our purpose? Are we alone? — he answered as a scientist, often to the chagrin of religious critics.
  Stephen
  
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• The Latest: Officials say lives saved with arrest of suspect

  19-10-2018 20:53
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on Kentucky authorities arresting a suspect accused of threatening schools (all times local):
  2:45 p.m.
  Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rick Sanders says he’s certain that lives were saved when authorities arrested a heavily armed man accused of threatening schools in two Kentucky counties.
  Sanders said Friday that the suspect “had it in his mind to go to schools and create havoc.”
  State police say they found the suspect, 20-year-old D
  
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• Former Puerto Rico policeman sentenced for bank robbery

  19-10-2018 20:53
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A former police officer in Puerto Rico found guilty of masterminding a bank robbery in the U.S. territory has been sentenced to 19 years in prison.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday that Jose Padilla Galarza received five additional years of supervised release.
  Police said Padilla recruited several men who disguised themselves in construction outfits for the 2014 robbery in which they stole more than $64,000 at a Banco Popular branch. Police said Pad
  
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• Vandals sought after sabotaging McKenzie Ranch Trails Park

  19-10-2018 20:49
  TUCSON – A trail in McKenzie Ranch Trails Park was recently vandalized this week, according to Pima County officials.
  Pima County Sheriff’s Department recent string of vandalism that occurred at the McKenzie Ranch Trails Park/ PCSD
  Pima County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the park after it was reportedly vandalized sometime Oct. 11 and 12. Authorities say in one of the acts, the vandals allegedly stretched two cables across a steep downhill section of a trail at c
  
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• WhatsApp tells companies to stop spam amid Brazil elections

  19-10-2018 20:48
  SAO PAULO (AP) — The messaging service WhatsApp says it has sent “cease and desist” letters to stop companies from sending bulk messages related to Brazil’s election and banned their accounts.
  The actions come after a report that businessmen linked to leading far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro allegedly bankrolled a campaign that planned to spread fake news on WhatsApp to benefit his candidacy. His rival, Fernando Haddad, has asked Brazil’s electoral court to invest
  
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