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• How the Oumuamua mystery shook up the search for space aliens

  25-12-2018 23:57
  Last year, an enigmatic object named Oumuamua startled astronomers when it came streaking past the sun, giving humanity its first close-up look at an object from beyond our solar system. This year, the interstellar visitor did something even more remarkable: It made it respectable to talk about alien spaceships.
  The turning point came in November, when Avi Loeb, the head of the astronomy department at Harvard University, co-wrote a paper saying that Oumuamua is so unusual tha
  
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• Harden’s 41 helps Rockets over Thunder 113-109

  25-12-2018 23:57
  HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden scored 41 points and the Houston Rockets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 113-109 on Tuesday for their seventh win in the last eight games.
  Harden has scored 30 points or more in a career-high seven games in a row, marking the first time a player has done that since Russell Westbrook had eight consecutive 30-point games in November 2016.
  A 3-pointer by Paul George with less than two minutes left got Oklahoma City within 4 before Harden missed a 3. Westbrook missed
  
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• Hawaii beats URI 68-60, takes 5th at Diamond Head Classic

  25-12-2018 23:55
  HONOLULU (AP) — Zigmars Raimo scored 19 points, Drew Buggs had 12 points and eight rebounds and Hawaii beat Rhode Island 68-60 on Tuesday for fifth place at the Diamond Head Classic.
  Brocke Stepteau dribbled around a double team at the top of the key, drove the lane and finished in traffic for a 62-58 lead with 54.6 seconds left. URI was off on a 3-pointer and Eddie Stansberry extended Hawaii’s lead to six points at the free-throw line.
  Stepteau and Stansberry each finished with 11 p
  
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• 3 men steal $800,000 in jewelry at Colorado luxury hotel

  25-12-2018 23:42
  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say three men stole about $800,000 worth of diamond-encased jewelry from a display case in the lobby of The Little Nell hotel in Aspen, Colorado.
  The Aspen Daily News reports that police say one of the men involved in the theft Friday used a screwdriver to pop open the locked case and put a necklace and at least one ring and a set of earrings into a backpack.
  The items belonged to Piranesi, a New York City-based business that has an outlet in Aspen.
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• Utah student’s 911 calls asked police to stop her harasser. Days later she was murdered

  25-12-2018 23:26
  (CNN) – Lauren McCluskey was both concerned and frustrated when she called Salt Lake City Police on October 19.
  A convicted sex offender whom she had met just a month earlier was continually harassing her after she ended their short relationship. But police at the University of Utah, where she was a student, weren’t doing enough to put a stop to it, she said in a call to 911.
  “I’m worried because I’ve been working with the campus police at the U, and last Saturday I
  
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• Cardinals sign S Swearinger 1 day after release by Redskins

  25-12-2018 23:08
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Safety D.J. Swearinger, released by Washington after he criticized the team, was signed Tuesday by the Arizona Cardinals.
  Swearinger said Monday, when he was cut by the Redskins, that he received no explanation for the move. A day later, the Cardinals claimed him off waivers and placed offensive lineman Korey Cunningham (foot) on injured reserve.
  Washington lost 25-16 at Tennessee on Saturday night. Swearinger was reportedly critical of the lack of aggressive play calli
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory issued December 25 at 2:27PM MST expiring December 26 at 5:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  25-12-2018 22:27
  * WHAT…Snow expected. Plan on slippery road conditions. Totalsnow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches above 7000 feet can beexpected. Localized amounts up to one foot at the highest peaksof the Catalina Mountains and the Pinaleno Mountains (includingMt. Graham), are expected.
  * WHERE…White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties,Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, Dragoonand Mule and Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains and Catalinaand Rincon Mountains.
  * WHEN…5
  
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• VIDEO: Hundreds of surfers in Santa suits ride waves in Cocoa Beach

  25-12-2018 22:07
  COCOA BEACH, Fla (AP) – The waves of red in the waters off Florida’s Space Coast weren’t the dreaded red tide algae but rather hundreds of surfers dressed as Jolly Old St. Nick.
  Hundreds of surfers in Santa suits jumped on their boards off the beach in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on Monday in what has become an annual tradition.
  On Christmas Eve in 2009 George Trosset went surfing behind his house in Cocoa Beach in a Santa suit with his son and daughter-in-law. A photo made the
  
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• Mexico invites US experts to investigate helicopter crash

  25-12-2018 21:48
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has invited experts from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to investigate a helicopter crash that killed the governor of the western state of Puebla and her husband.
  Mexico’s assistant transportation secretary says the invitation was made “to leave no doubts” about the Monday crash that killed opposition Gov. Martha Erika Alonso and her husband, ex-Gov. Rafael Moreno Valle.
  Carlos Moran said Tuesday that the manufacturers of the helic
  
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• Colorado finishes 7th at Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii

  25-12-2018 21:01
  HONOLULU (AP) — Lucas Siewert scored 17 points, freshman Daylen Kountz added 12 and Colorado beat Charlotte 68-53 on Tuesday in the seventh-place game of the Diamond Head Classic.
  Colorado trailed by eight points with 5:20 remaining in the first half, but closed on a 19-2 run — with nine points from Namon Wright — for a 35-26 lead. Both teams were 11-of-23 shooting in the first half but Colorado attempted 10 more free throws. Charlotte was held to just six points in the first s
  
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• ACLU asks court to help learn about NSA call records program

  25-12-2018 20:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — A civil rights group wants a New York court to help it learn about the U.S. government’s use of phone and financial records to fight terrorism.
  The American Civil Liberties Union sued the National Security Agency, the director of national intelligence, the CIA and the Justice Department Friday in Manhattan federal court.
  The lawsuit says the government has been unresponsive to its recent requests for information about government surveillance of Americans.
  It notes tha
  
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• Antetokounmpo powers Bucks past Knicks in Christmas debut

  25-12-2018 20:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 14 rebounds in his Christmas debut, and the Milwaukee Bucks celebrated their return to the holiday schedule by beating the New York Knicks 109-95 on Tuesday.
  Brook Lopez scored 20 points for the Bucks, who played on Christmas for the first time since 1977. They were selected for the showcase slate of games largely because of Antetokounmpo but the timing also was perfect to show an emerging team, which improved the NBA’s second-b
  
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• The Latest: Greek warehouse with 44 migrants brings arrests

  25-12-2018 20:37
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on Europe’s response to mass migration (all times local):
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  Police in northern Greece have arrested a 34-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman from Romania for alleged migrant trafficking.
  Police in the city of Thessaloniki said the arrests happened on Tuesday morning as the two suspects left a warehouse where 44 migrants who allegedly crossed the Greece-Turkey border in small groups were being housed temporarily.
  The Thessaloniki police department said
  
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• Trump offers holiday greetings to US troops

  25-12-2018 20:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has wished U.S. troops worldwide a merry Christmas.
  Speaking by video conference to members of all five service branches on Christmas morning, Trump said, “I know it’s a great sacrifice for you to be away from your families, but I want you to know that every American family is eternally grateful to you, and we’re holding you close in our hearts, thoughts and prayers.”
  The president was spending a rare Christmas in Washington
  
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• Fearing it may attack kids, man shoots his own dog in park

  25-12-2018 19:41
  HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say a man shot and killed his own dog in a park because he feared it might attack some children.
  The incident happened Sunday in Hamden and remains under investigation.
  Police Capt. Ronald Smith says the man told officers that his dog, a pit bull that was not on a leash at the time, attacked and seriously injured another dog that was on a leash. The owner of the injured dog was also with his three children at the time.
  Smith says the owner of the
  
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• US says 8-year-old Guatemalan boy has died in custody

  25-12-2018 19:34
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities say an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala has died in government custody, the second immigrant child to die in detention this month.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection say the boy died shortly after midnight Tuesday.
  CBP says the boy showed “signs of potential illness” Monday and was taken with his father to a hospital in Alamogordo, New Mexico. There, CBP says, he was diagnosed with a cold and a fever. He was given medications and
  
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• Tempe cancels New Year’s Even fireworks show

  25-12-2018 19:32
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Dry brush on a Tempe peak has prompted organizers this year to cancel the fireworks show that’s part of a popular New Year’s Eve celebration.
  Downtown Tempe, the organization in suburban Phoenix that produces the annual celebration, says launching fireworks would be unsafe on Hayden Butte.
  Also known as “A Mountain,” the Tempe landmark overlooks Mill Avenue, where thousands gather each year on New Year’s Eve. Part of the butte also extends
  
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• Nigeria says 14 military, police killed in Boko Haram ambush

  25-12-2018 19:31
  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military says 14 military and police personnel have been killed in an ambush by Boko Haram extremists.
  An army statement says the security forces were on escort duty when they were attacked on Monday just outside Damaturu town in Yobe state in the north of the country.
  The statement signed by army spokesman Col. Onyema Nwachukwu says efforts to pursue and “eliminate” the Boko Haram extremists are ongoing.
  Nigeria’s military has be
  
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• French boat rescues 9 migrants stranded in English Channel

  25-12-2018 19:29
  PARIS (AP) — French authorities say eight migrants were rescued from a boat with a failed engine while trying to sneak across the English Channel to Britain.
  The French regional maritime authority, or prefecture, said in a statement that the small rubber boat was spotted Tuesday of the coast of Calais.
  A police helicopter monitoring the area helped a tugboat reach the migrants as the boat neared English territorial waters. The prefecture said the group brought back to French shores include
  
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• U.S. immigration authorities say an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala has died in government custody

  25-12-2018 19:13
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities say an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala has died in government custody.
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• Gunmen kill ex-Pakistani lawmaker outside home in Karachi

  25-12-2018 19:12
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A senior Pakistani police officer says gunmen opened fire on a former lawmaker outside his home in the southern port city of Karachi before fleeing.
  Javed Odho says Ali Raza Abidi was critically wounded in Tuesday evening’s attack and he later died at a hospital.
  No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which drew condemnation from Prime Minister Imran Khan and several other opposition politicians.
  Abidi was a former member of the National Assembly and h
  
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• Singing janitor brings joy to seniors

  25-12-2018 18:52
  (WEYI/NBC News) Sterling Brooks is using his talent to help residents overcome their obstacles at Michigan’s Bay Shores Senior Care and Rehab Center.
  Brooks is a janitor tech, but he does more than just buffing the floors and vacuuming.
  When he’s around, you don’t just hear the sound of a vacuum, you’ll hear some old school tunes.
  “It’s like a habit,” he says. “You got to catch yourself and go stop that.”
  One resident got wind of Sterling&rs
  
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• ‘Below Deck’ reality series cast member arrested in Florida

  25-12-2018 18:37
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A cast member on the reality television series “Below Deck” has been arrested in Florida.
  According to a West Palm Beach police report, 30-year-old Ross Inia was arrested early Saturday on charges of disorderly conduct and battery on a police officer or firefighter.
  The report says Inia punched an officer who was trying to break up an altercation involving Inia and two other men.
  Inia, a native of New Zealand, is featured on the sixth season of the
  
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• Trump: ‘I do’ have confidence Treasury Secretary Mnuchin

  25-12-2018 18:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has confidence in Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (mih-NOO’-shin), calling him a “very talented guy” and a “very smart person.”
  Trump reiterated his view that the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates too fast, but called the independent agency’s rate hikes a “form of safety” for an economy doing well.
  The president lashed out at the Fed on Monday after administration officials spent the
  
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• Passengers aboard diverted flight land safely in Seattle

  25-12-2018 18:28
  SEATTLE (AP) — Passengers who were aboard a Delta Air Lines flight that made an emergency landing on a remote Alaskan island have arrived safely at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
  Delta spokesman Drake Castaneda said in an email Tuesday that the customers took off on an alternative aircraft from Shemya and arrived in Seattle at about 10 p.m. Monday Pacific time.
  The original flight from Beijing to Seattle carrying 194 passengers was diverted to a military base on the island in Alaska
  
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• Kentucky man charged with throwing Christmas ham at woman

  25-12-2018 18:22
  LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky man has been arrested after he threw a ham at a woman during an argument over which day Christmas dinner should take place.
  WAVE-TV reports that David Brannon was arrested Sunday after he tried to flee from police officers who reported to a home on a domestic dispute call.
  The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said Brannon threw items at the woman, including the ham to be eaten for Christmas dinner.
  Deputies say several items were found on t
  
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• GoFundMe says donors to homeless man refunded

  25-12-2018 17:47
  MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — GoFundMe says it has issued refunds to everyone who contributed to a campaign involving a homeless veteran from Philadelphia who prosecutors allege schemed with a New Jersey couple to scam donors out of $400,000.
  GoFundMe spokesman Bobby Whithorne said Tuesday that “all donors who contributed to this GoFundMe campaign have been fully refunded.” He said the organization is cooperating fully with law enforcement.
  Burlington County prosecutors allege that
  
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• Israeli anti-drone company sees spike in interest

  25-12-2018 17:41
  JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli technology company says its anti-drone system is drawing major interest after rogue unmanned aircraft sowed chaos at London’s Gatwick Airport last week.
  The Israeli company Skylock is among a growing industry specializing in detecting and downing intruder drones by “jamming” them, or disrupting their frequencies.
  The company said Tuesday it saw a 40 percent spike in inquiries into its product since the Gatwick episode.
  Product manager Asaf Lebo
  
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• 20 hurt in Germany as horse carriages collide on Christmas

  25-12-2018 17:24
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German police say 20 people were injured, two of them seriously, when two horse-drawn carriages collided during a Christmas Day outing.
  The dpa news agency quoted police in southern Bavaria as saying the two carriages, each with 10 passengers, were approaching a rail crossing single file when the first carriage halted. The second did not and overturned during the collision.
  One man had to be taken to the hospital by helicopter. Dpa says the driver of one of the ca
  
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• Austrian writer released from custody, can’t leave Turkey

  25-12-2018 17:14
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — An Austrian student and journalist has been released from pre-trial detention in a Turkish prison but barred from leaving the country.
  Austria’s apa news agency on Tuesday cited Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Peter Guschelbauer as saying 29-year-old Max Zirngast was released from the high-security Sincan 2 prison near Ankara.
  Zirngast was taken into custody in September after Turkey accused him and two others of “membership in an armed terrorist o
  
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• New Jersey businessman, son aboard plane missing off Florida

  25-12-2018 16:59
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A New Jersey businessman and his 18-year-old son have been identified as the pair aboard a small private plane that disappeared off Florida’s Atlantic coast.
  Fifty-one-year-old Peter Renzulli and his son Daniel were flying home to Bridgewater, New Jersey, from a Disney vacation when their single engine Piper PA-46 Malibu vanished Thursday.
  Authorities said a distress call came from the plane as it rapidly lost altitude near Ponte Vedra Beach. The Coast Guard
  
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• Washington river crossing scuttled, but shore events planned

  25-12-2018 16:20
  WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — High water levels have forced cancellation of the river crossing for the annual reenactment of George Washington’s daring 1776 crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas Day, but organizers said events were still going on at shoreline parks in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
  Officials at the Washington Crossing Historic Park on the Pennsylvania side of the river said there will be ceremonies and speeches Tuesday. On the New Jersey side of the river, offi
  
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• Report: Carbon monoxide fumes kill French tourists in Italy

  25-12-2018 16:10
  ROME (AP) — An Italian news agency is reporting that two French tourists have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in northwest Italy.
  The ANSA news agency said the 57-year-old tourists were found dead on Tuesday in a two-room house in Monterosso Grana, a small mountain town near Cuneo, in the Piedmont region that borders France.
  It quoted rescue crew as saying one of the two wood-burning stoves in the house was lit when they arrived and carbon monoxide saturated the rooms.
  The identities of
  
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• Christmas presents saved after fire hits 3-family home

  25-12-2018 16:04
  WHITMAN, Mass. (AP) — Three families are homeless after a Christmas Eve fire struck a triple-decker home in Whitman, but firefighters were able to save at least some holiday cheer for the residents.
  Fire Chief Timothy Grenno says after firefighters put out the blaze on Monday night they re-entered the building and removed already wrapped Christmas presents from all three apartments in the building.
  Grenno says flames were visible from second-floor windows when the first units arrived.
  No o
  
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• Confusion, anger grow as Congo faces Sunday’s election

  25-12-2018 15:57
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — As Congo hurtles toward Sunday’s already troubled election, the opposition is urging mobile phone companies to disable SIM cards provided for voting machines.
  Concerns are growing about how the ballots of 40 million voters will be counted and shared. Some worry that electronic transmission of results by the machines could open the door to manipulation.
  Several people being trained to be electoral agents told The Associated Press they have been taught about the
  
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• Portable breathalyzers not best way to prevent a DUI

  25-12-2018 15:46
  While some people believe they are doing the right thing by using personal portable breathalyzers before getting behind the wheel, they may not prevent you from being arrested for DUI.Arizona law enforcement has an important warning about using the popular devices in a story that could keep you from ending up behind bars.
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• Salvation Army hosts 29th annual Christmas Meal

  25-12-2018 15:27
  TUCSON –The Salvation Army Tucson is expected to feed about 2,000 people on Christmas Day.
  Meals will be served from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Tucson Convention Center, located at 260 S. Church Ave.70 tables are all set up to serve up to 2,000 people in the community!! It’s the 29th annual @SalvationArmyUS #ChristmasMeal @KVOA pic.twitter.com/u71tB58AU6
  — Kendra Hall (@kendrahallTV) December 25, 2018
  MERRY CHRISTMAS!!we’re live at the @TCCTucson for the 29th annual C
  
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• Pakistani lawyer to return home to defend Christian woman

  25-12-2018 14:58
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani lawyer who successfully fought a legal battle to acquit a Christian woman in a high-profile blasphemy case says he will return home to represent her whenever the country’s Supreme Court takes up a review petition against her.
  Saiful Malook, who fled to the Netherlands following threats to him from radical Islamists after the Oct. 21 acquittal of Asia Bibi, said Tuesday that no date has been set by the court to hear the petition.
  The announcement by Malook
  
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• Nissan executive Greg Kelly released after being granted bail in Japan over alleged underreporting of Carlos Ghosn’s pay

  25-12-2018 14:57
  TOKYO (AP) — Nissan executive Greg Kelly released after being granted bail in Japan over alleged underreporting of Carlos Ghosn’s pay.
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• GoFundMe says donations in alleged homeless scam fundraiser returned

  25-12-2018 14:49
  A picture of Katelyn McClure, right, Mark D’Amico, center, and Johnny Bobbitt Jr. is displayed during a news conference in Mt. Holly, N.J., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Authorities say a New Jersey couple and a homeless man, Bobbitt Jr., made up a “feel good” story about the man helping them so they could raise money through an online fundraiser. Seth Wenig | AP / Courtesy: CNBC
  The popular site GoFundMe said Monday that it has given refunds to people who donated money to a charity
  
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• Keeping kids and their electronic devices safe this Christmas

  25-12-2018 14:20
  More children than ever before will be getting their first phone, tablet, or laptop for Christmas. Check out this story to find out how to keep your kids and their devices safe.
   
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• The Latest: Nissan American executive Kelly released on bail

  25-12-2018 14:01
  TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Japanese finance allegations against Nissan executive Greg Kelly (all times local):
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  Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly has been released from detention in Japan after being granted bail over the alleged underreporting of his boss Carlos Ghosn’s pay.
  The release of Kelly, who is American, on 70 million yen ($635,600) bail ends his 37 days in custody.
  He and Ghosn were arrested on Nov. 19 and charged with underreporting Ghosn’s pay
  
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• The Latest: Japan denies prosecution challenge to bail Kelly

  25-12-2018 14:01
  TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Japanese finance allegations against Nissan executive Greg Kelly (all times local):
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  A Japanese court has rejected prosecutors’ challenge to a court’s approval of bail for Nissan Motor Co.’s American executive Greg Kelly.
  The rejection Tuesday clears the last hurdle for Kelly’s release from detention over the alleged underreporting of the income of his boss, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn.
  Earlier in the day, the court
  
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• Bus crash on university campus in Iran kills 7 students

  25-12-2018 13:56
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says a bus overturned on a university campus, killing seven students and injuring 28.
  It says the crash happened Tuesday at Azad University in Tehran, which is nestled in the foothills of the Alborz Mountains.
  Iran suffers from a high rate of traffic accidents, with an estimated 17,000 casualties every year. The toll is widely blamed on poor safety, the presence of older vehicles and the inadequacy of emergency services.
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• Vermont community attempts to make world’s largest s’more

  25-12-2018 13:46
  MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) — One Vermont community is celebrating the holidays and the winter solstice with a massive bonfire and what they hope will be the world’s largest s’more.
  The Winter S’morestice takes place Saturday at Camp Meade in Middlesex.
  A local bakery will make the 4-by-8-foot (1.2-by-2.4-meter) s’more. A co-owner says it will be a feat of bakery engineering.
  The giant dessert will be chopped up and shared with attendees.
  Organizers said they were too late
  
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• Tuesday Forecast: Parade of storms set to arrive

  25-12-2018 13:28
  TUCSON – For the first time in 4 years, measurable rainfall is likely for the Old Pueblo on Christmas.
  The first of two storm systems sweeps across Arizona over the next 24 hours. Christmas Day features upper 60s for highs and gusty southwest winds up to 30 MPH. Scattered showers may develop late in the afternoon.
  Primetime for valley rain/mountain snow arrives Christmas Night, continuing through Wednesday morning.The Sky Islands of southern Arizona will be under a Winter Weather Advisory
  
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• The Latest: Russia hopes to keep hotline with US in Syria

  25-12-2018 13:14
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest developments in, and related to, Syria (all times local):
  2:10 p.m.
  A top Russian official says that Moscow expects that a hotline between Russia and the U.S. military will be kept in place despite the impending U.S. withdrawal from Syria.
  President Donald Trump announced last week that the U.S. will withdraw all of its 2,000 forces in Syria, a move that will leave control of the oil-rich eastern third of Syria up for grabs. Russia launched its military operation i
  
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• Paul McCartney tells fans: Don’t be like me and eat too much

  25-12-2018 13:12
  LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney’s Christmas message to his fans around the world: Don’t be like me and eat and drink too much.
  The 76-year-old former Beatle tweeted his lighthearted holiday wishes Tuesday illustrated with photos from his younger days.
  He says “don’t eat and drink too much! I know I will, but that’s no excuse for you”before wishing everyone a good holiday.
  He says “I hope you enjoy all your presents and I hope you remember the true mea
  
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• At least 27 dead after bus, truck collide in Congo

  25-12-2018 13:09
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A Congolese health official says at least 27 people are dead after a bus and a truck collided west of the capital, Kinshasa.
  Dr. Sylvain Yuma with the health ministry says the accident occurred overnight and that excessive speed was to blame.
  The crash occurred in Kisantu in Kongo-Central province, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) southwest of Kinshasa. The city is on the main highway between the capital and the country’s Matadi seaport.
  Yuma says at least 17 p
  
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• At least 27 dead after bus, truck collide in Congo, with speeding to blame, health ministry says

  25-12-2018 13:07
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 27 dead after bus, truck collide in Congo, with speeding to blame, health ministry says.
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