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• Why our sense of time speeds up as we age — and how to slow it down

  26-11-2018 23:57
  The expression “time flies,” originating from the Latin phrase “tempus fugit,” is one we all find ourselves saying or thinking, even when we aren’t having fun (as the extended expression goes).
  The flight of time can be so fast it can feel, upon reflection, like our life is passing us by. Whether we’re scrolling through Facebook looking at the photos of old friends, dropping our children off at school and feeling moved by how big they&rsquo
  
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• Celebrate Tamales this Weekend at AVA Amphitheater

  26-11-2018 23:57
  Celebrate the rich tastes, smells and variations of tamales from the Southwest and Mexico at the 14th Annual Tucson Tamal & Heritage Festival, held every year on the first Saturday of December at Casino Del Sol’s AVA Amphitheater.Enjoy live local entertainment including Tejano acts, Folklorico groups, Aztec dancers and Mariachis this Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.…
  
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• Michigan professor unearths inmates’ music from Auschwitz

  26-11-2018 23:56
  DETROIT (AP) — A University of Michigan ensemble is going to play a musical arrangement that hasn’t been heard since it was performed by prisoners at Auschwitz during World War II.
  The Contemporary Directions Ensemble last month recorded “The Most Beautiful Time of Life” — the title translated from German to English. It will perform the piece Friday during a free on-campus concert.
  Music theory professor Patricia Hall discovered the handwritten manuscript while doin
  
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• Where major rugby teams stand after the November series

  26-11-2018 23:54
  In the last showdown between the major rugby teams of the northern and southern hemispheres before the Rugby World Cup, the north came out on top 7-5 in wins this month.
  The south filled the semifinals at the last Rugby World Cup in 2015, and three years later the north appears to have caught up.
  Here’s where the major rugby teams stand after the November series, listed by world ranking.
  1. NEW ZEALAND
  All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has expressed confidence in his team’s state of read
  
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• Local fulfillment center says this is the busiest Cyber Monday

  26-11-2018 23:53
  TUCSON – Cyber Monday is the day everyone is gathered around their computers looking to snag the best deals. But it is also the busiest day for a local fulfillment center.
  Custom Back Office Solutions’ employee is shipping out product for customers.
  It was all hands on deck Monday morning at Custom Back Office Solutions on the south side. News 4 Tucson stopped by the center.
  Employees were picking out products and shipping them out. Custom Back Office Solutions said this is thei
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false equivalence on migrant policy

  26-11-2018 23:50
  The post AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false equivalence on migrant policy appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• The Latest: Trump jokes about youthful resemblance to Elvis

  26-11-2018 23:45
  TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump in Mississippi (all times local):
  4:40 p.m.
  Opening a political rally in Tupelo, Mississippi — the birthplace of Elvis Presley — President Donald Trump is joking that people used to say he looked like the king of rock ‘n’ roll.
  Trump was in Mississippi stumping for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a Senate runoff. She is running against Democrat Mike Espy in a contest that has increasingly taken on
  
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• The Latest: Trump defends US response to migrants in Tijuana

  26-11-2018 23:45
  TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump in Mississippi (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is defending his administration’s response to Central American migrants who tried to illegally cross the border in Tijuana.
  The action on Sunday prompted a chaotic clash that included U.S. agents firing choking tear gas into the crowds.
  Trump said Monday at a campaign rally in Mississippi that he is sending the caravan members a clear message: “Turn aroun
  
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• The Latest: Trump asks why moms would let kids near tear gas

  26-11-2018 23:45
  TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump in Mississippi (all times local):
  8:05 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is defending his government’s use of tear gas on women and children in a group of Central American migrants that included some who tried to storm the border in Tijuana over the weekend.
  At a roundtable in Mississippi on Monday, Trump asked why mothers had put themselves and their children in harm’s way. He says, “You really say, ‘Why is a pare
  
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• Nooses, hate signs found at Mississippi State Capitol

  26-11-2018 23:41
  JACKSON, MS (WLBT) –Two nooses and several hate signs were found hanging at the Mississippi State Capitol Monday morning around 7:15 a.m.
  State Capitol police took the nooses and signs down and are investigating.
  Noose found at MS State Capitol; Source: WLBT (Noose found at MS State Capitol; Source: WLBT)
  The Mississippi Department of Public Safety posted pictures of the signs that were placed at the Capitol and are asking for anyone with any information about people who may be r
  
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• Real Sociedad beats Celta 2-1, ends winless streak at home

  26-11-2018 23:35
  MADRID (AP) — Real Sociedad’s winless streak at home is finally over in the Spanish league.
  Real Sociedad defeated Celta Vigo 2-1 on Monday to win for the first time in six matches at its Anoeta Stadium.
  The club had lost twice and drawn three times this season at the newly renovated stadium in the city of San Sebastian.
  Mikel Oyarzabal scored in 37th minute the David Zurutuza in the 47th to give Real Sociedad its second straight win and extend its unbeaten streak to four matches in
  
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• Hawaii’s false missile alert leads to new recommendations

  26-11-2018 23:31
  HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is recommending changes to the nation’s emergency alert system after Hawaii officials in January mistakenly warned the public about an incoming ballistic missile.
  The report calls for mandating that software vendors include message preview and cancelling features in their alert software. It recommends requiring that software vendors provide training to officials using their products.
  The agency issued
  
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• No answers yet to gas leak that disrupted bridge traffic

  26-11-2018 23:23
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Officials are still trying to determine what caused a chemical gas leak that force the closure of a heavily used bridge connecting Delaware and New Jersey on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
  The leak of highly flammable ethylene oxide from a Croda production facility on Sunday forced the precautionary closure of the Delaware Memorial Bridge for about six hours as the Thanksgiving holiday weekend wound down.
  The bridge carries traffic along Interstate 295, a ma
  
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• Witness: ‘El Chapo’ paid massive bribes to top Mexican cop

  26-11-2018 23:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — A government witness testifying at the U.S. trial of the Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo” (ehl CHAH’-poh) claims his cartel paid massive bribes to a top law enforcement official.
  Miguel Angel Martinez told a New York City jury on Monday that Joaquin Guzman (wah-KEEN’ gooz-MAHN’) ordered $10 million bribes at least twice to the police commander starting in the late 1980s. He said in exchange the commander, Guillermo González Calderon
  
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• Couple to pay $42K in Josh Pastner defamation lawsuit

  26-11-2018 23:20
  The lawsuit asks for damages in medical expenses, general damages, punitive damages, the cost of the suit and any other relief deemed appropriate and demands a jury trial.
  TUCSON – An Oro Valley couple owes Josh Pastner, a former Arizona Wildcats player and assistant coach, a total of $42,082.93 in legal fees and costs, according to court documents.
  Pastner initially filed a defamation lawsuit in January against his accusers, Ronald Bell and Jennifer Pendley, after the two accused Pastner
  
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• APNewsBreak: Watchdog clears Zinke in Utah monument probe

  26-11-2018 23:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal watchdog has cleared Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of wrongdoing following a complaint that he redrew the boundaries of a national monument in Utah to benefit a former state lawmaker and political ally.
  The Interior Department’s office of inspector general says it found no evidence that Zinke gave former state Rep. Mike Noel preferential treatment in shrinking the boundaries of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Noel, who publicly
  
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• Proposed changes on Medicare drugs, but would costs go down?

  26-11-2018 23:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is proposing changes to Medicare’s prescription drug benefit that would affect people’s costs over the next few years.
  Officials say their goal is to lower costs and modernize Medicare, the government health insurance program that covers about 60 million seniors and disabled people. Some proposals could create winners and losers among seniors, insurers, middlemen and drugmakers.
  The changes include more leeway for insurers to exclude a
  
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• Video of gender-reveal explosion that ignited Sawmill fire released

  26-11-2018 23:03
  TUCSON – New video of the baby gender reveal party gone wrong on Arizona state land near the Santa Rita Mountains foothills has been released.
  Back in April, U.S. Border Patrol agent Dennis Dickey allegedly started the Sawmill Fire after he reportedly shot an explosive compund known as Tannerite. Dickey said the blaze, which burned nearly 47,000 state land for more than a week, was started at Dickey’s baby’s gender reveal party.
  According to officials, no injuries were re
  
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• 300 troops shifted to California for border duty

  26-11-2018 22:58
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The military says about 300 troops who had been deployed in south Texas and Arizona as part of a border security mission have been moved to California for similar work.
  In a statement Monday, U.S. Northern Command says the 300 include military police and engineering and logistics troops. They were moved to California over the past several days.
  The total number of active-duty troops now involved in the border mission, which began in late October, has dropped to about 5,60
  
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• Adoptable Pet: Caleb Needs a Home

  26-11-2018 22:56
  “I am a shy guy but you can easily win my trust with some tasty treats.”
  - Caleb
  Caleb is a 5-year-old boy who can’t wait to meet you! Bring your family, dogs included, to meet Caleb at HSSA Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. Give an adoptions counselor a call at 520-327-6088, ext.…
  
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• Inspections show concerns at Whitaker’s former Iowa daycare

  26-11-2018 22:55
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Inspectors found some violations at a large Iowa daycare center when it was owned by Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, including deficiencies in 2007 that prompted a downgrade in its license status.
  Whitaker and his wife owned Little Endeavors in his hometown of Ankeny, Iowa, a center with a capacity for 204 children from newborn to school-age, from 2003 until 2015. He has said that owning the center and other businesses has given him valuable experience.
  The As
  
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• The Latest: 7 nooses found outside Mississippi Capitol

  26-11-2018 22:46
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on nooses found outside the Mississippi Capitol (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  A state spokesman says five additional nooses have been found hanging in trees outside the Mississippi Capitol, bringing the total to seven.
  The nooses and six handwritten signs referring to the state’s history of lynchings and to a U.S. Senate election were found Monday — the day before a runoff between appointed Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is white, and Demo
  
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• Ex-convict gets 12-year Arizona prison term for purse thefts

  26-11-2018 22:45
  PHOENIX (AP) — An ex-convict has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison for stealing purses from elderly women west of Phoenix.
  Maricopa County prosecutors say 46-year-old Gabriel Tovar was sentenced Monday after being accused of being involved in eight different incidents where purses were taken from vehicles in June and July.
  Tovar was taken into custody on July 31 and authorities say he admitted to the crimes.
  Prosecutors say Tovar had been released from the Arizona Department of Co
  
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• Cagliari draws Torino 0-0 to step toward Serie A safety

  26-11-2018 22:44
  CAGLIARI, Italy (AP) — Relegation-threatened Cagliari gained a precious point by holding Torino to 0-0 on Monday in Serie A.
  Goalkeeper Alessio Cragno had a solid performance to deny Torino forwards Andrea Belotti and Simone Zaza on numerous chances.
  Torino was without coach Walter Mazzarri, who has left the squad temporarily due to health issues.
  Torino won the previous four meetings, outscoring Cagliari 14-4.
  Cagliari moved up to 13th, four points above the drop zone.
  Torino is 11th.
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• Pipeline builder asks judge to allow pre-construction work

  26-11-2018 22:43
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The company that wants to build the Keystone XL pipeline is asking a Montana judge to change his order blocking the project so that pre-construction work can continue.
  Attorneys for TransCanada will argue on Wednesday that U.S. District Judge Brian Morris should clarify or amend his ruling to say the injunction does not apply to activities such as finalizing contracts, purchasing materials, conducting land surveys and discussing federal permits.
  On Nov. 8, Morris block
  
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• Justices weigh free speech case involving ‘Arctic Man’ event

  26-11-2018 22:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is considering a freedom of speech case resulting from an arrest at Alaska’s Arctic Man — a snowmobile and ski race event that draws thousands to a remote campsite.
  The case before the justices on Monday could affect a range of people who might sue police over claims they were arrested as retaliation for something they said or wrote that’s protected by the First Amendment.
  Alaska resident Russell Bartlett was arrested by troopers at Arc
  
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• Utah woman shot ex’s girlfriend in front of kids, police say

  26-11-2018 22:42
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a Utah woman shot and killed her ex-husband’s girlfriend in front of the former couple’s children.
  Authorities say 32-year-old Chelsea Watrous Cook came to her former husband’s suburban Salt Lake City apartment to deliver cold medicine to one of their 3-year-old twins Sunday night.
  Jail documents say Cook locked herself in a bathroom, then came out and grabbed a gun from her coat.
  Police say she shot 26-year-old Lisa Vilate Williams twice
  
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• Union clings to GM plant in area where Trump promised jobs

  26-11-2018 22:37
  One of the last industrial anchors in what was once Ohio’s manufacturing core is on life support, just a little over a year after President Donald Trump told people not to leave and promised jobs would return.
  General Motors announced Monday it will stop small-car production at its assembly plant near Youngstown and consider closing it for good. Labor union leaders and others hope they can persuade the automaker to find another use for the Lordstown factory.
  But its outlook is bleak after
  
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• Bengals’ Dalton out for season with thumb injury

  26-11-2018 22:35
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton is out for the season with a thumb injury suffered in the Bengals’ latest loss.
  Dalton hurt the thumb on his passing hand when he tried to recover a fumble in the second half of a 35-20 rout by the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. He was placed on injured reserve after more tests on Monday.
  Jeff Driskel will start for the Bengals the rest of the way, getting his first chance to lead the team in his third NFL season. The Bengals claimed quarterback Tom Savage
  
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• Apple to tutor women in tech in bid to diversify industry

  26-11-2018 22:30
  CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple is opening a new training camp designed to address the technology industry’s scarcity of women in executive and computer programming jobs.
  Under the initiative announced Monday, female entrepreneurs and programmers will attend two-week tutorial sessions at the company’s Cupertino, California, headquarters.
  The camps will be held every three months beginning in January. For each round, Apple will accept up to 20 app makers founded or led by a woman
  
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• The Latest: Victims of air ambulance crash hailed as heroes

  26-11-2018 22:29
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on a memorial service for three people killed in an air ambulance crash in North Dakota (all times local):
  3:15 p.m.
  Three people killed in an air ambulance crash in North Dakota have been hailed as “heroes of the impossible.”
  A crowd estimated at up to 1,500 attended a memorial for the victims Monday at the Bismarck Event Center. The Bismarck Tribune reports members of dozens of North Dakota ambulance services, police and fire departments slowl
  
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• Barcelona’s Luis Suarez out for 2 weeks due to knee injury

  26-11-2018 22:29
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says Luis Suarez will be sidelined for two weeks because of a right knee injury.
  The club said on Monday Suarez will undergo stem cell treatment on the injury.
  Reserve goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen and midfielder Arthur also are nursing injuries.
  Cillessen has a small muscle tear in his right leg and will be out from two to three weeks. Arthur has an abductor strain that will keep him from playing at PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday.
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• The Latest: Zinke, Perdue visit wildfire-ravaged Paradise

  26-11-2018 22:26
  PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
  3:45 p.m.
  U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is back in Northern California to tour wildfire damage and says fire recovery costs will likely be in the billions.
  He said he’d rather spend that money on other public services, such as improving visitor experiences at Yosemite National Park or building more boat ramps on public lands.
  Zinke said he’s been astonished by the devastation caused by the Camp F
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff defends public ‘missing’ list after fire

  26-11-2018 22:26
  PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
  2:40 p.m.
  A Northern California sheriff says he has no regrets publishing an inaccurate list of people reported missing after a massive wildfire.
  Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Monday that he decided it was better to have as much information made public than “work to perfection” by releasing only the names of residents who were confirmed missing. Any message the department received with the name
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff: 88 killed, 203 still missing after fire

  26-11-2018 22:26
  PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
  A Northern California sheriff says no additional remains were found Monday, but the wildfire’s death toll rose to 88 after investigators determined human remains that had been assigned to two people actually belong to three.
  Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Monday that 203 names remain on the list of those unaccounted for after the Camp Fire swept through the rural area 140 miles north of San Francisco.
  
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• Royals claim right-hander Greene off waivers from Cardinals

  26-11-2018 22:20
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals claimed Conner Greene off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals and designated fellow right-hander Burch Smith for assignment on Monday.
  The 23-year-old Greene spent last season at Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis, going 4-5 with a 4.09 ERA in 40 appearances. He also made nine relief appearances for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League, where the Royals got a close look at him.
  Smith was acquired during last year’s winter meeting draft. He we
  
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• Former NASCAR driver sentenced for attempted underage sex

  26-11-2018 22:19
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former NASCAR driver has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison for trying to have sex with an underage girl.
  Court records show that 60-year-old Rick Crawford was sentenced Monday in Orlando federal court. He was convicted in August of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
  Crawford was arrested in Lake Mary earlier this year after communicating about sex with an undercover sheriff’s deputy posing as a 12-year-old girl. Autho
  
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• Scientists warn new Brazil president may smother rainforest

  26-11-2018 22:17
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Scientists warn that Brazil’s president-elect could push the Amazon rainforest past its tipping point, with severe consequences for global climate and rainfall. 
  Jair Bolsonaro promised to loosen protections for areas of the Brazilian Amazon designated as indigenous lands and nature reserves, calling them impediments to economic growth. He wants to gut the enforcement power of the environmental ministry and has talked about withdrawing from the Paris Climate Acc
  
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• Bulls F Markkanen moving closer to season debut

  26-11-2018 22:09
  CHICAGO (AP) — Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen is moving closer to his season debut after spraining his right elbow in September.
  Markkanen has been ramping up his workouts, and coach Fred Hoiberg says the plan is have him “fully participate in practice” on Tuesday. If that goes well, the Bulls could set a date for Markkanen’s return to game action.
  The 7-foot Markkanen was selected by Minnesota with the No. 7 pick in last year’s draft and then traded to Chicago in th
  
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• ABC to join ESPN, NFL Network in broadcasting NFL draft

  26-11-2018 22:08
  ABC is joining the NFL draft broadcast business and will televise all three days of picks next April.
  The network will join ESPN, also part of Walt Disney Company’s TV properties, for prime-time coverage on Thursday and Friday nights, April 25 and 26, from Nashville. NFL Network also will televise those two nights, which include the opening three rounds of the draft.
  ABC will have a separate broadcast crew from ESPN and NFLN. On Day 3, April 27, ABC and ESPN will simulcast the final four r
  
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• Clemson RB Etienne leads ACC’s all-conference team

  26-11-2018 22:04
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — No. 2 Clemson placed five players on the Atlantic Coast Conference’s all-league team.
  Running back Travis Etienne received a league-best 174 points in results announced Monday and determined by a vote of 46 media members and the league’s 14 head coaches.
  Players received three points for a first-team vote, two for a second-team vote and one for a third-team selection.
  Etienne, who leads the conference with 1,307 yards rushing and 20 touchdowns, was joine
  
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• The Latest: Picking jury slowly in white nationalist trial

  26-11-2018 21:56
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of an Ohio man accused of killing a woman during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville (all times local):
  3:55 p.m.
  Jury selection in the trial of an Ohio man accused of killing a woman during a white nationalist rally in Virginia has gotten off to a slow start.
  James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, is charged with murder in the 2017 death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Fields is accused of driving his car into a crowd of people p
  
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• Houston-area ATM mistakenly dispenses $100 bills, not $10s

  26-11-2018 21:56
  HOUSTON (AP) — An ATM in the Houston area has been shut down and was temporarily guarded by law officers after mistakenly dispensing $100 bills instead of $10s and word of the glitch got out on social media.
  Some Harris County sheriff’s deputies protected the outdoor ATM after Sunday night’s incident and notified Bank of America.
  A bank statement Monday says a vendor incorrectly loaded $100 bills in place of $10 bills. Bank of America also says customers will be able to keep th
  
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• Yankees claim Bridwell, drop Torreyes from big-league roster

  26-11-2018 21:53
  NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Parker Bridwell was claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels by the New York Yankees, who opened a roster spot by designating infielder Ronald Torreyes for assignment.
  Bridwell, 27, was 10-3 with a 3.64 ERA in 20 starts and one relief appearance for the Angels in 2017, then missed much of this year because of right elbow inflammation. He was 1-0 with a 17.55 ERA in one start and four relief appearances over 6 2/3 innings for the Angels and 1-1 with an 8.
  
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• 2nd Tennessee prisoner chooses death in the electric chair

  26-11-2018 21:53
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A second Tennessee prisoner is requesting to die in the electric chair rather than by lethal injection.
  Lawyers for David Earl Miller have argued that Tennessee’s midazolam-based, three-drug injection method causes excruciating pain.
  Tennessee’s preferred method of execution is lethal injection, but prisoners whose crimes occurred before 1999 have the option to choose electrocution.
  In a Monday court filing, attorneys for the state said Miller has picked
  
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• Ronald McDonald House hosts 6th Annual Walk for Kids

  26-11-2018 21:52
  TUCSON- The Ronald McDonald House will host its 6th Annual Walk for Kids this Sunday at the University of Arizona Mall.
  Registration will begin at 8 a.m. followed by the walk beginning at 9 a.m.
  This year in addition to the 3K walk, there will be activities for children including workshops and kid obstacles with special appearances by Santa Claus and Disney princesses.
  Parking is free in the Cherry Avenue garage.
  Organizers expect to raise $100,000, which will provide 1,000 families with a night
  
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• Border Patrol arrests convicted sex offender near Amado

  26-11-2018 21:50
  TUCSON – A man with a violent criminal history has been arrested, after authorities say he illegally entered the United States.
  U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Enrique Reynoso-Rojas, 36, on Thanksgiving evening near Amado.
  Authorities said Reynoso-Rojas, a Guatemalan national, was convicted of attempted sexual battery of a child under 12 in Florida in 2006.
  Reynoso-Rojas is now in federal custody, and will face felony criminal immigration charges.
  The post Border Patrol arrests convicte
  
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• Cardinals release starters Smith, Benwikere after blowout

  26-11-2018 21:40
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — In the wake of another embarrassing loss, the beleaguered Arizona Cardinals have released two starters — right tackle Andre Smith and cornerback Bene Benwikere.
  Coach Steve Wilks also said Monday that linebacker Josh Bynes (thumb) and kicker Phil Dawson (hip) were placed on injured reserve.
  Wilks cited “inconsistent” play on the part of Smith and Benwikere. Smith, a former starter for the Cincinnati Bengals, was in the first year of a two-year contract
  
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• Authorities: Hurricane Michael killed at least 43 in Florida

  26-11-2018 21:38
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities have linked more deaths to Hurricane Michael, raising the state’s death toll to 43.
  Florida Division of Emergency Management spokesman Alberto Moscoso said Monday that two more deaths were confirmed in hard-hit Bay County, raising the total there to 23.
  Florida has also raised the toll in Jackson and Washington counties to four deaths in each county.The new totals also include one death in Leon County, one death in Franklin County and one
  
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• Rams designate CB Aqib Talib to return from injured reserve

  26-11-2018 21:35
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Cornerback Aqib Talib is eligible to return from injured reserve this week for the Los Angeles Rams’ game at Detroit.
  The Rams designated Talib to return Monday as they returned to work after their bye week.
  Talib injured his ankle during the third game of his first season with the Rams (10-1), and the five-time Pro Bowl selection hasn’t played since.
  Talib has targeted the Rams’ trip to Detroit for his return for the past several weeks, and h
  
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