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• Indicted re-elected congressman vows ‘business-as-usual’

  07-11-2018 23:58
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who won re-election while facing federal corruption charges, promised constituents Wednesday it will be “business-as-usual” in his deeply red Southern California district, but some wonder whether that will be possible.
  Hunter won by eight percentage points over first-time Democratic candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar in the San Diego-area district that President Donald Trump won by double digits in 2016.
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• Sierra Vista man accused of making online terrorist threats

  07-11-2018 23:57
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — Cochise County authorities say a Sierra Vista man has been arrested after allegedly making terrorist threats on social media.
  County Sheriff’s officials say 27-year-old Kurtis Lemaster was taken into custody Tuesday and remains jailed without bond.
  It was unclear Wednesday if he has a lawyer yet.
  Sheriff’s officials say deputies received information that Lemaster was allegedly threatening a school shooting in the Sierra Vista area by the end of this y
  
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• Michigan attorney set to be first Muslim woman in Congress

  07-11-2018 23:57
  DETROIT (AP) — Rashida Tlaib’s opposition to President Donald Trump began while he was still candidate Trump and before she decided to run for Congress.
  The 42-year-old attorney, who is set to become the first Muslim woman elected to Congress, was booted from a 2016 Trump campaign speech in Detroit for heckling the polarizing Republican.
  After winning Tuesday’s Democratic primary to run unopposed for the House seat that Rep. John Conyers held for more than five decades before r
  
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• Motel 6: $7.6 million for guests reported to immigration

  07-11-2018 23:53
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Motel 6 chain has agreed in a proposal to pay up to $7.6 million to Latino guests who say the company’s employees shared their private information with immigration officials.
  A federal judge must still approve the settlement agreement filed last week in federal court in Arizona.
  The agreement between Motel 6 and guests represented by the Los Angeles-based Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund springs from a class-action lawsuit filed in January.
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• Patriots sign offensive lineman Matt Tobin to 53-man roster

  07-11-2018 23:52
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots have signed offensive lineman Matt Tobin to the 53-man roster.
  Tobin practiced with the team on Wednesday. He takes the place of Brian Schwenke, who was placed on injured reserve. The move comes a day after the Patriots signed linebacker Albert McClellan and defensive back Obi Melifonwu and released offensive lineman Cole Croston and defensive lineman Geneo Grissom.
  Tobin played four seasons in Philadelphia from 2013 to 2016 and spent 2017 in Seattle.
  
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• Anti-abortion activist who shot Kansas abortion doctor freed

  07-11-2018 23:52
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An anti-abortion activist who shot and wounded Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller in 1993 and committed clinic attacks in several states has been released from prison in Oregon.
  The U.S. Bureau of Prisons on Wednesday confirmed the release of 62-year-old Rachelle “Shelley” Shannon. The bureau says she’ll be on supervised release for three years. Conditions of her release aren’t public.
  Shannon was sentenced to 20 years in prison for six fir
  
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• Alaska fishermen sentenced for killing endangered sea lions

  07-11-2018 23:42
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska salmon boat skipper has been fined $20,000 for killing endangered Steller sea lions with shotguns.
  Federal prosecutors say 31-year Jon Nichols was sentenced Tuesday to five years’ probation, three months of home confinement and 400 hours of community service.
  U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Smith also ordered him to publicly apologize in a national commercial fishing magazine.
  Smith sentenced 21-year-old crewman Theodore “Teddy” Turgeon to
  
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• Trump administration finalizes birth-control opt out

  07-11-2018 23:36
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is finalizing an exemption that allows some employers with religious or moral objections to opt out of providing no-cost birth control for women workers.
  The new regulations were announced Wednesday, a day after Republicans retained their Senate majority. They apply mainly to nonprofits and small businesses. Major companies whose stock is sold to investors are not eligible for the opt-out.
  Under former President Barack Obama’s health care la
  
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• Man arrested on terrorism charges in Sierra Vista

  07-11-2018 23:35
  TUCSON – A Sierra VIista man has been arrested on terrorism charges after he reportedly made threats on social media Tuesday.
  Kurtis Lemaster was taken into custody for a social media threat in Sierra Vista/ Cochise County Sheriff’s Office
  According to Cochise County Sheriff’s Office, 27-year-old Kurtis Lemaster was taken into custody at his residence on North Fifth Street in Sierra Vista. CCSO said the deputies received information that Lemaster was allegedly cr
  
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• Oklahoma zookeeper accused of killing 5 tigers, selling cubs

  07-11-2018 23:34
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma zookeeper and candidate for governor already accused in a murder-for-hire plot has been indicted on 19 new counts accusing him of killing tigers and selling tiger cubs.
  A federal grand jury unsealed the charges Wednesday against 55-year-old Joseph Maldonado-Passage, who’s known as “Joe Exotic” and formerly operated a zoo in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. Maldonado-Passage ran unsuccessfully for Oklahoma governor this year.
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• New Kansas governor faces skeptical GOP-led Legislature

  07-11-2018 23:33
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrat Laura Kelly promised a new tone of bipartisanship after a victory in the Kansas governor’s race brought her national attention.
  She faces a Republican-dominated Legislature with leaders who call her proposals impractical and vow to hold her to a pledge she made during the campaign not to raise taxes.
  Kelly is a veteran state senator from Topeka and defeated Republican firebrand Kris Kobach. He is the Kansas secretary of state and an ally of President Dona
  
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• US: Attacker at Michigan airport was on ‘mission to murder’

  07-11-2018 23:24
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor says a man accused of stabbing a police officer was willing to die if he could get the victim’s gun and attack others at a Michigan airport.
  Jurors heard opening statements Wednesday in the trial of Amor Ftouhi (ah-MOOR’ fuh-TOO’-ee), a Tunisian who was living in Montreal. He’s charged with three crimes at the Flint airport in 2017, including an act of terrorism .
  Federal prosecutor Jules DePorre says Ftouhi saw himself as a martyr w
  
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• Safety Jones says he and Dolphins are ‘on the same page’

  07-11-2018 23:23
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Reshad Jones is expressing no regrets and offering no explanation.
  The Miami Dolphins safety mysteriously took himself out of last week’s win over the New York Jets and watched the second half from the sideline. In the aftermath, coach Adam Gase said communication problems between defensive coordinator Matt Burke and players needed to be addressed.
  On Wednesday, Jones declined to say why he was a spectator for much of the game, but he may have been unhappy with the
  
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• New acting attorney general is a GOP loyalist from Iowa

  07-11-2018 23:23
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The man who will serve at least temporarily as the nation’s top law enforcement official is a Republican Party loyalist from Iowa who has called for limiting special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
  Matthew G. Whitaker will become the nation’s acting attorney general following the forced resignation of Jeff Sessions. President Donald Trump announced the appointment Wednesday. He says a permanent attorney general will be nominated later.
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• Weather IQ at Copper Creek Elementary School

  07-11-2018 23:20
  News 4 Tucson Weather IQ with Matt Brode at Copper Creek Elementary School.The post Weather IQ at Copper Creek Elementary School appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Lyon held to draw by 10-man Hoffenheim in Champions League

  07-11-2018 23:19
  LYON, France (AP) — Pavel Kaderabek scored in stoppage time to salvage a 2-2 draw for 10-man Hoffenheim at Lyon on Wednesday and keep alive a glimmer of hope for the German club in the tournament.
  With Manchester City thrashing Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 in Group F’s other game, a loss would have put Hoffenheim out of contention. But Kaderabek, a Czech international, put the teams level with a simple finish from a free kick two minutes into added time after being left unmarked at the far p
  
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• California Elementary School’s ‘Mexican Culture’ Reading Assignment Sparks Concern

  07-11-2018 23:15
  CHULA VISTA, CA – A reading assignment for fourth-grade students at a Chula Vista elementary school sparked concern from several parents who said the article portrayed stereotypes against Mexican culture.
  Reading assignment causes concern.
  The article, assigned to students of Hilltop Drive Elementary School in the Chula Vista Elementary School District, was meant to teach students about Mexican heritage and idioms.
  Instead, some parents say, the text reflected an old and mistaken way
  
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• Man United score 2 late goals to win 2-1 at Juventus

  07-11-2018 23:09
  TURIN, Italy (AP) — Two late goals gave Manchester United a surprising 2-1 victory at Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday despite Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a stunning opener against his former club.
  Juan Mata leveled with a free kick four minutes from time and Alex Sandro netted an own goal in the final minute as United blew Group H wide open.
  Juventus, which was the only team in the Champions League still with a perfect record, remained top of Group H but is only two points ahea
  
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• Steve King unflinching, determined after narrow House win

  07-11-2018 23:06
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A defiant Iowa Congressman Steve King says his “head is bloodied but unbowed” by an unexpectedly difficult election in which he eked out the narrowest victory margin of his career.
  The Republican’s victory over Democrat J.D. Scholten came amid outcry over his association with white supremacist groups, which he says is false, and his hardline views on immigration, abortion and gun rights.
  King, in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday,
  
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• Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic fined $25K for postgame comments

  07-11-2018 23:06
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic $25,000 for using derogatory and offensive language during a postgame interview.
  Jokic made his comments to the media following the Nuggets’ 108-107 overtime victory against the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 31.
  The fine was handed down Wednesday by league discipline executive Kiki VanDeWeghe.
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• Bayern beats AEK Athens 2-0 to move closer to knockout stage

  07-11-2018 23:06
  MUNICH (AP) — Robert Lewandowski scored twice for Bayern Munich to beat AEK Athens 2-0 on Wednesday and move even closer to the Champions League knockout stage.
  The Polish striker opened the scoring with a penalty in the first half and sealed the win in the second after a Bayern corner.
  “We knew it wouldn’t be easy but we’ve taken a good step forward,” said Lewandowski, who was already looking ahead to Saturday’s game at Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund. &l
  
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• Sterling wins farcical penalty, City wins 6-0 in CL

  07-11-2018 23:03
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Raheem Sterling went from the farcical to the sublime in helping Manchester City to a 6-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk and the brink of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stage on Wednesday.
  The England winger provided the main talking point in another convincing victory for City when he stubbed his toe in the turf as he attempted a shot in the 24th minute and toppled over. Referee Viktor Kassai awarded a penalty despite there being no contact with a defen
  
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• All eyes are back on Mueller’s investigation after the midterms

  07-11-2018 23:01
  Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into President Donald Trump has returned to the limelight following Tuesday’s midterms, and the battles with the White House are now likely to heat up fast.
  Trump fired the first shot as the probe returns to the forefront of the political sphere on Wednesday when he announced that Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned and Sessions’ chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, was elevated to acting attorney general.
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• Surprise: Large alligator found in Kansas City hot tub

  07-11-2018 23:00
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri landlord stumbled upon an unwanted house guest while evicting a tenant: a large alligator in a hot tub.
  The tenant described the 150-pound reptile as “gentle as a puppy” after animal control workers were called to the Kansas City home on Wednesday. The workers also found two boa constrictors and a rabbit.
  The Kansas City Star reports a specialist removed the alligator, which was at least 6 feet (1.8 meters) long. No one was injured.
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• Surprise: 6-foot alligator found in Kansas City hot tub

  07-11-2018 23:00
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri landlord stumbled upon an unwanted house guest while evicting a tenant: a 6-foot-long alligator in a hot tub.
  The tenant described the 150-pound reptile as “gentle as a puppy” after animal control workers were called to the Kansas City home on Wednesday. The workers also found two boa constrictors and a rabbit.
  The Kansas City Star reports a specialist removed the alligator. No one was injured.
  The tenant, Sean Casey, said he’d owned the
  
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• Ajax holds Benfica to 1-1 draw in Champions League

  07-11-2018 22:59
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Dusan Tadic scored a second-half equalizer as Ajax held Benfica to a 1-1 draw in the Champions League on Wednesday, keeping a comfortable four-point cushion to the Portuguese side in Group E.
  Ajax is two points behind Bayern Munich, which defeated AEK Athens at home to stay atop the group after four matches.
  Benfica took the lead with a goal by forward Jonas in the 29th minute, but Tadic equalized in the 61st after getting past the goalkeeper and sending the ball in
  
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• Madrid routs Plzen, keeps thriving under coach Solari

  07-11-2018 22:57
  PLZEN, Czech Republic (AP) — Karim Benzema scored twice in the first half to lead resurgent Real Madrid to a 5-0 win over Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League on Wednesday.
  Casemiro, Gareth Bale and Toni Kroos also scored for the three-time defending champions, who have won three straight since Julen Lopetegui was fired and interim coach Santiago Solari took over.
  The victory puts Madrid level on nine points with Roma, which won 2-1 at CSKA Moscow earlier Wednesday.
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• Democrats knock holes in Republican wall of state control

  07-11-2018 22:54
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Republican wall that has stood in state capitols for much of the past decade now has a few holes in it.
  Democrats flipped control of seven gubernatorial offices and about a half-dozen state legislative chambers in Tuesday’s first midterm elections of President Donald Trump’s tenure.
  Yet those victories didn’t quite reach the lofty goals of an anticipated blue wave. That left both major parties with reasons for hope as they look ahead to anot
  
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• Unanimous vote: UA women hoops impressive in exhibitions

  07-11-2018 22:52
  TUCSON – Coach Adia Barnes and the U of A women’s basketball team have been impressive in the pre-season.  The Wildcats have outscored their two opponents by more than 100 points.  Here’s more from their big matchup against Western New Mexico as-seen-on-KVOA sportscast:Adia Barnes coaching for U of A
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  The Arizona women’s basketball team finished up exhibition play on Monday night with a 78-41 win over the Western New Mexi
  
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• Minority candidates see both success and veiled racism

  07-11-2018 22:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the many successes among candidates of color, the midterm elections also proved to some the enduring power of racism.
  Some minority politicians found their intelligence and integrity called into question by their opponents and President Donald Trump in what were widely seen as coded appeals to white voters.
  Several Democratic strategists say the outcome shows the need for the party to recalibrate its strategy heading into 2020 and beyond. To win, they say, the par
  
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• Campaign adviser: GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp claims victory in Georgia; AP has not called the race

  07-11-2018 22:52
  ATLANTA (AP) — Campaign adviser: GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp claims victory in Georgia; AP has not called the race.
  The post Campaign adviser: GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp claims victory in Georgia; AP has not called the race appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Kentucky clerk jailed over gay marriage licenses loses re-election bid

  07-11-2018 22:51
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky clerk who went to jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples lost her bid for a second term on Tuesday.
  Kim Davis, the Republican incumbent, was defeated by Democrat Elwood Caudill Jr. in the election for clerk of Rowan County in northeastern Kentucky. Caudill won with 4,210 votes, or 54 percent, to 3,566, or 46 percent, for DavisKim Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County in Kentucky, works with the county election board on El
  
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• 3 get prison in Fiat Chrysler-UAW training center scandal

  07-11-2018 22:46
  DETROIT (AP) — Two former Fiat Chrysler executives and a union official have been sentenced to prison in a corruption scandal at a labor training center.
  Jerome Durden, who controlled the finances at the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison. Michael Brown, who helped run the center, was sentenced to a year in prison. United Auto Workers official Keith Mickens got a similar sentence.
  Seven people have pleaded guilty in the federal probe, incl
  
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• Work Up To Thanksgiving at the Marana Turkey Trot

  07-11-2018 22:45
  Looking to avoid the gravy induced guilt this Thanksgiving? Consider running in the 6th Annual Marana Turkey Trot. The event takes place on Saturday, Nov. 10 and features a half-mile fun run as well as a 5 and a 10k race.…
  
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• Prosecutors to seek death penalty in trooper’s death

  07-11-2018 22:41
  WHITEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say they’ll seek the death penalty for one of two men charged in the fatal shooting of a North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper during a traffic stop last month.
  The Columbus County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that a grand jury indicted 18-year-old Chauncey Askew on a first-degree murder charge Wednesday in the shooting death of Trooper Kevin Conner. District Attorney Jon David says his office intends to seek the death penal
  
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• Oilers’ Lucic fined $10K for hit on Lightning’s Joseph

  07-11-2018 22:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has fined Edmonton Oilers forward Milan Lucic $10,000 for roughing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mathieu Joseph.
  The league’s Department of Player Safety announced the fine Wednesday. The amount is the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and NHL Players’ Association.
  Lucic was assessed minor penalties for interference and roughing, as well as a 10-minute misconduct, for a hit on Joseph in the third period of Edmonton&r
  
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• Texas juvenile judge releases defendants after election loss

  07-11-2018 22:37
  HOUSTON (AP) — A day after losing his re-election bid, a Texas judge released nearly all of the juvenile defendants who appeared before him after asking them whether they intended to kill anyone.
  Harris County prosecutors expressed concerns after Judge Glenn Devlin made the decision Wednesday in Houston. The juveniles face charges ranging from misdemeanors to violent crimes. The Houston Chronicle reports the longtime Republican jurist rescheduled the cases for the first week in January, af
  
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• Woman who scammed star athletes out of millions sentenced

  07-11-2018 22:35
  HOUSTON (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for scamming star athletes out of millions of dollars by claiming to be an Ivy League university-trained financial adviser and money manager.
  A federal judge in Houston on Wednesday also ordered Peggy Ann Fulford to pay almost $5.8 million in restitution to her victims. She received the maximum penalty after pleading guilty in February to transporting stolen property across state lines.
  Evidence showed that Fulford cou
  
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• Man sentenced for smashing Trump’s Hollywood star with ax

  07-11-2018 22:35
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who smashed Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading no contest to a felony count of vandalism.
  City News Service reports a judge also sentenced Austin Mikel Clay on Wednesday to attend psychological counseling and pay more than $9,400 to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. He must also perform community service.
  Clay took a pickax to Trump’s star on Hollywood Boulevard in July. T
  
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• Man again sentenced to life, no parole for 1996 decapitation

  07-11-2018 22:32
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan man has again been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing and decapitating a teen in 1996 and mutilating the head in front of a video camera. WOOD-TV reports that 39-year-old Federico Cruz learned his fate Wednesday in a Kent County courtroom.
  Cruz was 16 when 17-year-old David Crawford was suffocated. Crawford’s head was cut off and later mutilated.
  Cruz was convicted of murder and got the mandatory sentence after a jury
  
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• US Air Force test-launches missile from California base

  07-11-2018 22:19
  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
  The Air Force Global Strike Command says in a statement the missile was launched at 11:01 p.m. Tuesday to determine the accuracy and reliability of the system and such tests “are not related to any real world events.”
  The command says the missile’s re-entry vehicle reached its inten
  
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• FDA approves pill to alleviate cow dung smell

  07-11-2018 22:18
  As we watched the midterms, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill meant to alleviate the offensive odor in cow pastures.The drug is called Experior. It’s purpose is to make cow manure less smelly. Experior is designed to reduce the amount of ammonia released in manure. The point is to make cow pastures a little more environmentally friendly. The FDA said, ” Ammonia gas emissions are a concern, because they have been implicated in atmospheric haze and noxio
  
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• Chris Pine and David Mackenzie reunite for ‘Outlaw King’

  07-11-2018 22:15
  TORONTO (AP) — Chris Pine is tired of people talking about his brief scene of full-frontal nudity in the Robert the Bruce epic “Outlaw King.”
  In an interview, Pine says attention around the scene has been “like talking to a bunch of 14-year-olds.” Pine plays the Scottish king in the film, directed by David Mackenzie. Media interviews, Pine says, have been filled with “mind-numbing questions about nonsense.”
  “Outlaw King,” which debuts on Netf
  
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• With split Congress, prospect for economic deals looks dim

  07-11-2018 22:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With Democrats now in control of the House, President Donald Trump faces a tough test of whether he can forge compromises with a group of lawmakers who, he had warned his supporters, would wreck the U.S. economy.
  The president on Wednesday floated the possibility of agreements with Democrats to boost spending on America’s infrastructure and to limit drug prices. Yet the poisonous atmosphere in Washington, mandated federal spending limits and a potential duel over th
  
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• From bad to worse: Trump’s media relationship frays more

  07-11-2018 22:14
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump’s combative relationship with the media continues to deteriorate.
  During his post-midterms news conference on Wednesday, he called some journalists rude, told some to sit down and accused a PBS reporter of posing a racist question when she asked about white nationalists. He blamed the press for the divisiveness in politics today. One confrontation with CNN’s Jim Acosta turned bitterly personal.
  In response, CNN said Trump’s attacks on the p
  
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• US warns nations not to allow Iranian oil tankers

  07-11-2018 22:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is warning foreign countries not to allow Iranian oil tankers into their territorial waters or ports.
  The State Department says that such access may run afoul of U.S. sanctions and not only incur penalties but could result in catastrophic economic and environmental damage should an accident occur. That’s because insuring Iranian tankers is also a violation of the U.S. sanctions that came into force this week.
  As major insurers withdraw their covera
  
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• UA men’s hoops opens season tonight at McKale

  07-11-2018 21:59
  TUCSON – Arizona trailed by 8 in the second half against Chaminade, but comes out on top after spurt in final five minutes. Here’s more as-seen-on KVOA sportscast (with fans dressed up in Wildcat “Sugar Skulls” on last day of “Dia De Los Muertos” All Souls Day weekend: 
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• Shoppers still paying credit card debt from last holiday season

  07-11-2018 21:58
   
   Black Friday is right around the corner.
  The deals are racking up, but so is credit card debt. Many shoppers are still paying off credit card debt from last year. More than 1/4 of shoppers who charged holiday gifts in 2017 are still paying off those purchases. That’s according to a survey from personal finance website Nerd Wallet.
  Despite the lingering debt 73% of shoppers say they plan to use credit cards, to buy presents this holiday season.
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• Delaware to move hundreds of inmates to Pennsylvania

  07-11-2018 21:53
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware prison officials plan to move hundreds of inmates from the site of a deadly inmate uprising to Pennsylvania to reduce overtime for severely understaffed correctional officers.
  Delaware’s Department of Correction said Wednesday that officials entered into a two-year agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to accept up to 330 Delaware inmates. The agreement calls for Delaware to pay Pennsylvania $123 per inmate, per day, to house offenders
  
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• Thousands share photo of ex-inmate with #VOTED sticker

  07-11-2018 21:50
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A photo showing a smiling former death row inmate with a #VOTED sticker on his forehead has captured the social media spotlight.
  Anthony Hinton spent 28 years on Alabama’s death row before his release in 2015. The group that helped free him, Equal Justice Initiative, tweeted the picture with the message, “For 30 years, Mr. Hinton was stripped of all his rights while he sat on Alabama death row for a crime he didn’t commit. Today, he arrived at the
  
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