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• Trump’s border deployment could cost between $200M and $300M

  05-11-2018 23:58
  (CNN) – President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy US active duty troops and earlier deployment of National Guard forces to the southern border could cost between $200 million and $300 million, according to an independent analysis and Department of Defense figures on guard deployments.
  The Pentagon has yet to determine the cost of the operation, nor has it identified the account where the funding would come from. But the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments estimates
  
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• Administration asks high court to fast-track DACA cases

  05-11-2018 23:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to fast-track cases on the president’s decision to end a program that shields young immigrants from deportation.
  The administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up three cases about Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in one of the cases in May but hasn’t
  
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• Espanyol beats Athletic, jumps to second in Spanish league

  05-11-2018 23:46
  MADRID (AP) — Espanyol continued to show its strength at home, defeating Athletic Bilbao 1-0 on Monday to move from fifth to second in the Spanish league, just behind city rival Barcelona.
  Striker Borja Iglesias scored a first-half winner to give Espanyol its fifth win in as many matches at its RCDE Stadium.
  The victory moved Espanyol within three points of the lead after its closest rivals faltered during the weekend. Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and Alaves — which were ahead of Espanyo
  
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• USOC moves to shut down USA Gymnastics after Nassar scandal

  05-11-2018 23:40
  The U.S. Olympic Committee is moving to revoke USA Gymnastics’ status as the governing body for the sport at the Olympic level, meting out the nuclear option to an organization that has botched its own reorganization in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal involving former team doctor Larry Nassar.
  In an open letter to the gymnastics community Monday, USOC CEO Sarah Hirshland said “you deserve better,” and that the challenges facing USA Gymnastics are more than it is capable of over
  
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• Local High Schoolers Meet Molecular and Cellular Biology

  05-11-2018 23:38
  The University of Arizona department of Molecular & Cellular Biology hosted students from 10 different Phoenix, Tucson and Marana high schools on Oct. 31 for their annual “Meet MCB!” event. “Meet MCB!…
  
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• Bills QB Allen resumes practice 3 weeks after elbow injury

  05-11-2018 23:33
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Rookie quarterback Josh Allen has resumed practicing for the first time since spraining his right throwing elbow, though Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott says it’s too early to determine whether he can play against the New York Jets this weekend.
  McDermott says Allen began testing his arm Friday, and threw about 100 passes during a workout Monday, which translates into an average workload during a normal practice.
  In saying he won’t rule out Allen fr
  
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• Tennessee death row inmates ask to have firing squad used

  05-11-2018 23:22
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four Tennessee death row inmates are asking a federal court to allow them to have a firing squad used as an execution method.
  The lawsuit was filed Friday, a day after Edmund Zagorski was executed in Tennessee using the electric chair. Zagorski argued the method was more humane than selecting lethal injection. It was the first electrocution the state had conducted since 2007.
  The four inmates named in the lawsuit include David Earl Miller, who is scheduled to be exe
  
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• US Olympic Committee moves to revoke USA Gymnastics’ status as a national governing body

  05-11-2018 23:20
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — US Olympic Committee moves to revoke USA Gymnastics’ status as a national governing body.
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• Predators sign Matt Donovan to two-year, two-way contract

  05-11-2018 23:11
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Predators have signed defenseman Matt Donovan to a two-year, two-way contract.
  Donovan’s deal will be worth $650,000 at the NHL level and $162,500 at the American Hockey League level this season. Next season, Donovan’s contract will pay him $700,000 at the NHL level and $200,000 at the AHL level.
  The 28-year-old Donovan has six goals and six assists in 13 games for the Predators’ AHL affiliate in Milwaukee. He leads the Milwaukee Admi
  
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• NFL flexes Vikings-Bears to prime time on Nov. 18

  05-11-2018 23:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has moved the Vikings game at Chicago from Sunday afternoon to prime time on NBC on Nov. 18.
  That bumps Steelers at Jaguars to 1 p.m. EST on CBS. Also moving that days is the matchup between the Eagles and Saints in New Orleans, now a 4:25 p.m. game on Fox rather than at 1 p.m.
  Chicago currently leads the NFC North at 5-3, a half-game in front of Minnesota, which has a bye this week. The Bears will play the early game at Detroit on Thanksgiving less than four days a
  
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• Amazon offering free shipping for holidays

  05-11-2018 23:04
  Amazon is offering free shipping this holiday season.The online retailer says it’s offering free shipping with all holiday orders shipped before Christmas. Amazon had previously set a threshold of $25 for orders to qualify for free shipping. Starting today, November 5th, Amazon is waiving that requirement.
  Prime members, who are already entitled to free two-day shipping will also receive the new perk. More than 3 million items will be available for same day delivery.
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• News 4 Cooks: Vegan Pumpkin Chili

  05-11-2018 22:58
  Gourmet Girls: Vegan Pumpkin Chili
  Ingredients:¼ Cup Cooking Oil1 large onion diced1 bell pepper diced1 c diced butternut squash1 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed1 15 oz can kidney beans, drained and rinsed1 15 oz can white beans, drained and rinsed1 46 oz can tomato juice3 15 oz cans peeled and diced tomatoes with juice1 c pumpkin puree2 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice3 Tablespoon smoked paprika1 Tablespoon granulated garlic
  Preparation Instructions:In a large pot over medium heat
  
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• Dusk Music Festival Takes Place at Armory Park This Weekend

  05-11-2018 22:57
  Dusk Music Festival will take place on Nov. 10 and 11 at Armory Park. Festival gates open at 2 p.m. and the last act ends at 11:50 p.m. on both days.…
  
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• Woman accused of smuggling $85K in meth

  05-11-2018 22:44
  TUCSON –  A Phoenix area woman is facing criminal charges, after authorities said she tried to smuggle 28 pounds of methamphetamine through the Port of Lukeville.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said the 19-year-old woman was arrested last Saturday.
  Investigators said a CPB canine alerted to the Nissan sedan the woman was driving into Arizona from Mexico.
  Officers said they discovered  25 packages of meth concealed inside the vehicle’s rear quarter panels.
  The p
  
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• Civilian board files lawsuit seeking Baltimore police files

  05-11-2018 22:36
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A civilian watchdog panel has filed a lawsuit, seeking to force Baltimore police to comply with subpoenas demanding 60 internal affairs files.
  Baltimore’s nine-member civilian review board has been joined by 15 members of the public in the suit. Their complaint was filed Monday in the city’s circuit court.
  In August, the civilian review panel voted unanimously to subpoena the Baltimore Police Department for withheld internal affairs cases. Board lawyer Robin Co
  
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• Amazon is planning to split its new headquarters between two cities

  05-11-2018 22:26
  More than a year after Amazon announced that it was searching for a second headquarters, the company has decided to split the new offices between two cities, according to a person familiar with Amazon’s thinking who was not authorized to speak publicly.
  The two-city plan, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, drastically shifts the expectations for what has become known as Amazon HQ2, which the company touted as bringing $5 billion in capital investments and
  Jeff Bezos, CEO of A
  
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• Newlyweds killed in helicopter crash in Texas hours after wedding

  05-11-2018 22:22
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAS) – A newlywed couple was killed Sunday morning in a helicopter crash just hours after exchanging vows in Uvalde, Texas, about 80 miles west of San Antonio, officials said.
  The helicopter carrying Will Byler and Bailee Ackerman Byler crashed in a remote area about 15 miles northwest of Uvalde, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The helicopter’s pilot was also killed in the crash, FAA spokeswoman Lynn Lunsford said.
  The circumstances of the
  
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• Pipe bomb suspect to appear Tuesday in NY federal court

  05-11-2018 22:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc is set to make his first court appearance in New York.
  Sayoc was being transferred from federal custody in Florida and was expected to arrive in New York ahead of a Tuesday court hearing.
  Prosecutors say they will ask a judge to hold Sayoc without bail because he is considered dangerous.
  Sayoc faces charges for allegedly mailing more than a dozen explosive devices to prominent Democrats, critics of President Donald Trump and CNN.
  Prosecutors sa
  
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• NYC Marathon sets record with nearly 53,000 finishers

  05-11-2018 21:55
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Marathon has set a record for the most finishers of any marathon worldwide — 52,812.
  Organizers said Monday the total topped the mark of 51,394 from the 2016 NYC Marathon. The race through the city’s five boroughs Sunday was watched by more than 1 million spectators on a crisp fall day.
  Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia and Mary Keitany of Kenya were the men’s and women’s winners. It was Keitany’s fourth victory in New York. Desisa wo
  
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• The Latest: Suspect in deadly rehab shooting in custody

  05-11-2018 21:45
  SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting at a California rehab center (all times local):
  5:55 p.m.
  Northern California authorities say a 37-year-old transient who opened fire inside a rehab center, killing one and wounding two others, is in custody.
  The Marin County Sheriff’s Office says Davance Lamar Reed is being held in Sonoma County Jail after a pursuit unrelated to the shooting.
  They say Reed made admissions that tied him to the crime scene at the Helen Vine Deto
  
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• Michigan man sentenced to life for neighbor’s fatal shooting

  05-11-2018 21:36
  CROCKERY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan man will spend the rest of his life in prison in the fatal shooting of a neighbor as she cleared snow near her home. WOOD-TV reports that 64-year-old Wendell Popejoy was sentenced Monday. He was found guilty last month of first-degree murder.
  Sheila Bonge (BON’-gee) was slain in December 2017 outside her Crockery Township home, northwest of Grand Rapids. Police say she was shot while using a snowblower on an easement that she and nei
  
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• Weinstein lawyers try again to get sex assault case tossed

  05-11-2018 21:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are making a new attempt to get the New York sexual assault case against him dismissed.
  The former Hollywood producer’s attorneys say in a court filing Monday his indictment was “irreparably tainted by police misconduct,” among other problems.
  Weinstein’s attorneys want a dismissal — or a hearing on what they call “the extent of the misconduct.”
  The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined
  
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• Senate, governor, school vouchers top Arizona elections

  05-11-2018 20:40
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters on Tuesday will pick a female senator for the first time in state history to replace the retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, decide whether GOP Gov. Doug Ducey gets a 2nd term in office and if the state’s private school voucher program should be expanded.
  Nearly 1.5 million early ballots had been received by county elections officials as of Friday. That’s about 40 percent of the state’s registered voters. Total turnout is estimated
  
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• NextGen Arizona to Give Rides to Polls on Party Bus

  05-11-2018 20:34
  NextGen, a liberal political group, is working to get out the youth vote by giving rides to the polls from the University of Arizona campus on Nov. 6 on a “party bus”. Rides will be going from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and pick up will be at the Sixth Street Garage with drop off at the polling station on Donna R. Liggins Neighborhood Center.…
  
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• Relatives bury Mississippi toddler who died in hot oven

  05-11-2018 19:58
  CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) — Relatives have buried a 20-month-old Mississippi Delta girl who was stabbed and placed in a hot oven. WREG-TV reports Royalty Marie Floyd was buried Saturday in Clarksdale.
  The girl’s father, John Floyd says he still finds the girl’s death “unbelievable.” Floyd says it still feels unreal. A preliminary autopsy found the toddler was still alive when she was placed in the oven Oct. 15 at a home in Shaw. The autopsy says her death was caused by
  
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• Shaquille O’Neal, Ken Jeong team for reality TV comedy pilot

  05-11-2018 19:55
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal and Ken Jeong are trying out as comedy teammates.
  TBS said it has ordered a reality series pilot that will test the pair’s ability to take on odd jobs.
  The pilot, with the working title “Unqualified,” could be the basis for a series.
  The concept: O’Neal and Jeong try to master jobs including mall rent-a-cop, substitute schoolteacher and train conductor.
  TBS said basketball great and sports commentator O’Neal and doctor
  
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• Trump to announce UN ambassador candidate this week

  05-11-2018 19:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll announce a candidate for the post of U.N. ambassador this week.
  Asked about the opening, Trump told reporters Monday that “I will announce before the end of the week.” Trump departs Washington on Friday for a trip to Paris.
  Nikki Haley, the current U.S. ambassador to the U.N., announced last month that she’s leaving the administration at the end of the year.
  Trump said last week that State Department spokeswoman He
  
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• Justices skeptical of argument to overturn Va. mining ban

  05-11-2018 19:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems skeptical of arguments by companies seeking to overturn a decades-old ban on uranium mining in Virginia.
  The justices heard arguments Monday in a case brought by the owners of a massive uranium deposit in the state’s Pittsylvania County. It’s the largest known deposit in the U.S.
  Virginia says nothing in the federal Atomic Energy Act keeps it from banning the mining of the radioactive metal. But the uranium companies say the state&rsquo
  
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• Jury selection begins for El Chapo’s US trial

  05-11-2018 19:52
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection began Monday for the U.S. trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman with potential jurors, including a self-described professional Michael Jackson impersonator, quizzed about how much they knew about Guzman’s reputation as a ruthless drug lord in Mexico.
  They were also questioned in Brooklyn’s federal court about their views on the legalization of marijuana, their fluency in Spanish and their feelings toward both law enforcement and cooperati
  
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• Jury selection begins for El Chapo’s trial

  05-11-2018 19:52
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection has begun under tight security at the New York trial of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo (ehl CHAH’-poh).
  Potential jurors were quizzed Monday about their attitudes on drug trafficking and how much attention they’ve paid to news reports about Joaquin Guzman (wah-KEEN’ gooz-MAHN’).
  American prosecutors have accused Guzman of overseeing a multibillion-dollar drug operation and a ruthless campaign of murders and kidnappings of his
  
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• Pentagon: Russian jet flies too close to US aircraft

  05-11-2018 19:48
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says that a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a U.S. military reconnaissance plane in international airspace over the Black Sea on Monday.
  Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon says the Russian SU-27 made a high-speed pass directly in front of the U.S. EP-3 and came “very, very close” to the American aircraft. Pahon says the Russian jet then activated its afterburners creating more turbulence, and then made a second pass by the U.S. plane.
  He
  
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• Trump says he ‘probably’ won’t meet with Putin in Paris

  05-11-2018 19:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he probably won’t meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO’-tihn) in Paris, but will meet with him at the G-20 gathering of world leaders this year in Argentina.
  White House national security adviser John Bolton had said previously Trump would meet Putin this week when he travels to Paris for the Armistice Day 100th anniversary.
  But Trump told reporters as he departed for a trio of rallies Monday that he wasn’t sure the
  
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• The Latest: Official: Helicopter struck rural Texas hillside

  05-11-2018 19:42
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a Texas helicopter crash that killed three people (all times local):
  12:40 p.m.
  A Texas official says a helicopter carrying 24-year-old newlyweds shortly after their wedding ceremony struck a rural hillside, shattering the aircraft and killing the couple and the pilot.
  Uvalde County Justice of the Peace Steve Kennedy told the San Antonio Express-News Monday that the aircraft was carrying William Byler and Bailee Ackerman Byler late Saturday to a regional
  
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• The Latest: Helicopter crashed 5 to 10 minutes after takeoff

  05-11-2018 19:42
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a Texas helicopter crash that killed three people (all times local):
  3:15 p.m.
  A federal official says a helicopter carrying a young couple who were married just hours earlier crashed into a rocky hillside five to 10 minutes after takeoff from a Texas ranch.
  Craig Hatch, an air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said during a news conference Monday that wreckage is strewn across the hillside that rises above rugged terrain
  
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• Copa Libertadores final will be without visiting fans

  05-11-2018 19:38
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Copa Libertadores final between Boca Juniors and River Plate will be played without opposing fans.
  The presidents of both Buenos Aires clubs made their decision on Monday, three days after Argentine President Mauricio Macri said visiting fans would be allowed. Macri’s decision went against a 2013 ban on visiting fans in Argentine soccer aimed at reducing violence. Macri later backtracked and left the decision to the clubs.
  The president of the Argen
  
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• Rights group condemns Egypt’s media law as ‘extortion’

  05-11-2018 19:33
  CAIRO (AP) — An international press freedom group says new regulations in Egypt amount to “extortion” and aim to silence the country’s last remaining independent media.
  Reporters Without Borders said Monday that the new law, which went into effect last month, requires online newspapers to register and pay exorbitant fees for licenses. It says websites would have to pay more than $30,000 to register, and up to five times that amount for non-compliance.
  The group’s So
  
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• Trump says he probably won’t be meeting with Putin in Paris, but will meet with him at G-20 in Argentina

  05-11-2018 19:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he probably won’t be meeting with Putin in Paris, but will meet with him at G-20 in Argentina.
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• Police accuse man of threatening synagogue, burning cross

  05-11-2018 19:31
  CARY, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina have accused a man of burning a cross in a park and threatening to damage a synagogue.
  Cary police Capt. Randall Rhyne said a man went to the synagogue Saturday and rang the doorbell.
  Rhyne said a woman who monitors the internet-connected doorbell and camera answered. Police said the man made disparaging statements against Jews and their religion.
  Investigators looking into the incident at the synagogue say the same man had erected a cross in a ci
  
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• UK man charged with preparation of ‘terrorist act’

  05-11-2018 19:27
  LONDON (AP) — British police have charged a south London man with preparing a terrorist act and collecting information likely to be useful to a person preparing an attack.
  Police said Monday that 40-year-old Steven Bishop has been charged with violating the Terrorism Act and will appear in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Police say he was arrested Oct. 29.
  The statement also says a 47-year-old south London man arrested on Oct 29 on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts has
  
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• New England pizza, sandwich chain closes dozens of locations

  05-11-2018 19:06
  DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The company that owns the Papa Gino’s pizza parlor and D’Angelo sandwich shop chains has confirmed it has closed about 95 locations throughout New England, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and reached an agreement to sell the business.
  The announcement Monday by Dedham-based PGHC Holdings Inc. came a day after many employees showed up for work Sunday to find the restaurants closed without explanation.
  PGHC in a statement said it had reached an &ld
  
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• Dolphins’ Gase says Jones will be back in lineup Sunday

  05-11-2018 19:04
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase says communication issues between defensive coordinator Matt Burke and his players need to be addressed after safety Reshad Jones took himself out of a game.
  Jones will be back in the lineup this week at Green Bay, Gase said Monday. They met hours after Jones watched the second half of Sunday’s 13-6 win over the New York Jets from the sideline.
  The coach declined to say why Jones, a Pro Bowl safety in 2015 and 2017, removed himself fr
  
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• New Rangers manager Woodward already shares bond in Texas

  05-11-2018 19:03
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — New manager Chris Woodward knows he shares a common bond with Texas Rangers fans.
  The Rangers formally introduced the Dodgers third base coach as their new manager Monday, just more than a week after Los Angeles lost in the World Series for the second year in a row. Texas had been the last team to do that, in 2010 and 2011.
  Woodward says being named manager helped take away the sting. He says he feels the real pain of Rangers fans. He said he also knows how to get t
  
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• Mexico tightens pay cap, eliminates presidential pensions

  05-11-2018 19:03
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has tightened laws dictating that public servants can’t earn more than the president and eliminated so-called golden parachutes for elected officials.
  Lawmakers decreed via the official gazette Monday that there will be some exceptions for salaries of employees with high levels of specialization and technical expertise, but even those salaries will be capped at 50 percent more than the president’s salary.
  President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tak
  
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• TVA announces solar installations being built for Facebook

  05-11-2018 19:02
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee and Alabama will get their largest solar power projects yet, to supply a Facebook data center with 100 percent renewable energy.
  Officials with the Tennessee Valley Authority announced an agreement with two developers to build the electricity providers.
  John Bradley, TVA’s senior vice president of Economic Development, said Friday that First Solar in Colbert County, Alabama and NextEra Energy Resources in Lincoln County, Tennessee, will produce 377 m
  
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• Iranians fear more economic pain as US sanctions kick in

  05-11-2018 19:00
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians already struggling to get by amid spiraling prices fear even more hardship is on the way with Monday’s restoration of crippling U.S. sanctions.
  At a Tehran pharmacy, customers said medicines were already getting further out of reach. On a normally busy commercial street there were few shoppers.
  The new sanctions end all economic benefits America had granted Tehran for its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, though Iran continues to abide by the accord, w
  
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• Adoptable Pet: Cleopatra Needs a Home

  05-11-2018 18:58
  “I am an affectionate girl who has done well with some dogs, cats, and kids in my previous home.” - CleopatraCleopatra is a one-year-old girl who can’t wait to meet you!…
  
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• Iowa winner claims huge Powerball jackpot

  05-11-2018 18:47
  CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — A single mother from the small Iowa community of Redfield has claimed her share of a nearly $700 million Powerball prize.
  Iowa Lottery officials confirmed Monday that Lerynne (lah-RINN) West was one of two winners of a $688 million jackpot drawn Oct. 27. She’ll share the prize with someone who bought the other winning ticket in New York City.
  West opted for the cash option, which will pay her an immediate $198.1 million, minus taxes.
  West said she dreamed of winnin
  
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• Ride-share companies embrace election frenzy

  05-11-2018 18:40
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ride-share companies are capitalizing on voter enthusiasm ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections by offering free or discounted rides to the polls in shared cars, bikes and scooters.
  They say they are aiming to remove what many consider a barrier to voting: lack of transportation.
  Lyft is offering half-price rides to people in need and free rides to people in underserved communities. Uber is offering $10 off a ride to the polls across the country. And Motivate is offeri
  
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• Justices sound favorable to Alaska hunter with hovercraft

  05-11-2018 18:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounds skeptical of the National Park Service’s authority to prevent an Alaskan moose hunter from using his motorized rubber boat to access remote areas of the state.
  The justices heard arguments Monday in a case that tests the limits of the federal government’s authority in a state in which more than 60 percent of the land is federally owned.
  The state and moose hunter John Sturgeon are arguing that the Park Service cannot enforce a national
  
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• Appeals court tosses out banker’s insider trading conviction

  05-11-2018 18:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in New York has tossed out an investment banker’s insider trading conviction, saying there were procedural errors at his trial.
  Prosecutors must now decide whether to seek a retrial of Yale-educated Sean Stewart.
  The 37-year-old Stewart served more than a year of his three-year prison sentence before he was released in June.
  A prosecutors’ spokesman had no immediate comment.
  A lawyer for Stewart says his defense team is pleased with the r
  
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