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• Dr. Pepper seeks to become official soft drink of Texas

  15-01-2019 23:58
  HOUSTON (KPRC) – Dr Pepper is making a play to become the official soft drink of Texas.
  Dr Pepper posted a petition on Change.org, asking people to sign. The effort has nearly 300 signatures as of this writing.
  Texas, like many states, doesn’t have an official soft drink.
  However, Dr Pepper is trying to change all that, even using the social-media hashtag #DrPepperLovesTX to promote the petition.
  But is the hype backed by Texas cred? Seems so.
  As no
  
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• Milwaukee Bucks sign F Bonzie Colson to 2-way contract

  15-01-2019 23:56
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks signed forward Bonzie Colson to a two-way contract Tuesday.
  The 6-foot-5 forward has spent the 2018-19 season with the Canton Charge of the NBA G League after going undrafted in last year’s draft out of Notre Dame. In 23 games with the Charge, Colson averaged 15.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.5 blocks in 28.9 minutes per game. He also shot 49.1 percent from the field and 38.5 percent from 3-point range.
  The 23-year-old Colson played in
  
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• Final defendant sentenced in Bundy ranch standoff in Nevada

  15-01-2019 23:56
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former bodyguard for Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has become the fijnal person sentenced following the collapse of a federal prosecution stemming from an armed standoff with U.S land management agents nearly five years ago.
  Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro sentenced Brian Cavalier to the 20 months he already served in custody for the April 2014 confrontation.
  The 47-year-old Cavalier previously pleaded guilty to two conspiracy charges.
  He told the judge on Tuesday
  
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• Panthers owner: Team needs contingency plan behind QB Newton

  15-01-2019 23:51
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers owner David Tepper says it’s important for the team to have a solid contingency plan in place at quarterback next season given the uncertainty surrounding franchise QB Cam Newton’s bothersome right shoulder.
  Newton struggled most of the season throwing the ball more than 15 yards downfield because of a lingering shoulder issue. The Panthers eventually shut him down with two weeks left in the season after being eliminated from playoff contention.
  
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• Newcastle avoids another upset in FA Cup

  15-01-2019 23:48
  BLACKBURN, England (AP) — Newcastle avoided becoming the latest Premier League team to be upset by lower-league opposition in the FA Cup by beating second-tier Blackburn 4-2 after extra time in a third-round replay on Tuesday.
  Spanish forwards Joselu and Ayoze Perez scored in extra time to earn Newcastle only a fifth victory in the competition in the past 11 seasons.
  With the northeast team currently fighting a relegation battle in the Premier League, the win might not be entirely welcomed
  
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• No officers injured in Tempe police shooting, officials say

  15-01-2019 23:46
  BREAKING: Officer-involved shooting in Tempe in the area of 48th Street and Baseline Road.
  Posted by News 4 Tucson – KVOA on Tuesday, January 15, 2019TEMPE, Ariz. (KPNX) – Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Tempe Tuesday afternoon.
  The shooting happened in the area of 48th Street and Baseline Road, Tempe police say.
  No officers were injured in the shooting, according to police.
  The Tempe Police Department is asking people to stay away from the area.
  No othe
  
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• OKC school district approves the use of medical marijuana

  15-01-2019 23:41
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Students in the Oklahoma City school district with medical conditions that require cannabis are now permitted to use the drug at school.
  The Oklahoman reports the Oklahoma City Public Schools board voted to approve the policy Monday night. The district will provide a place for a guardian to administer medical marijuana to students at school.
  The policy also states that the caregiver would be responsible for delivering the cannabis to the qualifying students and removin
  
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• Ivanka Trump to work on World Bank president search

  15-01-2019 23:40
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Ivanka Trump will take part in the nomination process for a new head of the World Bank.
  The senior adviser was asked to participate by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin because she has worked with World Bank leaders on a variety of projects. The White House said she is not a contender for the post.
  Jim Yong Kim, the current president of the World Bank, announced last week that he is resigning.
  With Kim’s exit, President Donald Trump will have th
  
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• NOT REAL NEWS: False quote attributed to Clemson QB

  15-01-2019 23:36
  Posts circulating on social media Tuesday quoted Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence after the team’s visit to the White House as saying: “President Trump got all our favorite foods. It was the best meal we ever had. Then we go and see the coastal elite media trashing it for not being organic vegan. We’re football players, not bloggers. This was a perfect blue collar party.”
  Lawrence denounced the quote Tuesday tweeting, “I never said this by the way. I don’t
  
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• For ‘Miracle’ flight survivors, a decade of thankfulness

  15-01-2019 23:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — For the people who were on US Airways flight 1549, it’s been 10 years of being around to enjoy milestones and important moments since the “Miracle on the Hudson.”
  That was Jan. 15, 2009, when their plane collided with a flock of geese after takeoff from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. Everyone on board survived the crash landing into the Hudson River.
  Survivors, including Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who helmed the controls in t
  
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• Shepard taking over play-by-play for Tigers’ TV broadcasts

  15-01-2019 23:26
  DETROIT (AP) — Matt Shepard is taking over as play-by-play announcer of the Detroit Tigers on their Fox Sports Detroit television broadcasts.
  FSD said Tuesday that Shepard will work alongside analysts Jack Morris and Kirk Gibson. Dan Petry and Craig Monroe will be analysts for pregame and postgame shows.
  The previous announcing duo of Mario Impemba and Rod Allen was suspended in September.
  Shepard has worked for FSD in a variety of roles since 1999, including play-by-play for the Tigers an
  
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• MLS formally announces Austin expansion team for 2021

  15-01-2019 23:23
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber formally announced Tuesday that Austin will be an expansion franchise for the 2021 season.
  The move has been long expected as Austin became the target destination for efforts last year to move the Columbus Crew. The Crew instead will stay in Ohio under a new ownership group.
  Austin recently signed a lease with Austin FC majority owner Anthony Precourt, a California-based investor, to provide land for a privately-funded $225 m
  
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• Bills hire Bobby Johnson, offer special teams job to Farwell

  15-01-2019 23:23
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have hired Bobby Johnson to take over as offensive line coach, and are also offering their special teams coordinator’s job to Carolina Panthers assistant Heath Farwell.
  Johnson was hired Tuesday after spending the past season as the Colts assistant offensive line coach. His status in Indianapolis became uncertain after offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo was fired following the Colts playoff loss at Kansas City on Saturday.
  A person familiar w
  
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• Teen dies after falling from cruise ship, landing on pier

  15-01-2019 23:22
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a teenager from the South Pacific died after falling from a cruise ship onto a pier in Haiti. The Sun Sentinel reports the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday announced 16-year-old Laurent Mercer’s death. He’d been on a seven-day Caribbean trip with his family when he died Friday.
  Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas was docked at Labadee, Haiti, where the company owns a private beach. Officials say Mercer apparent
  
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• Judge rules Somalis targeted in Kansas bomb plot can testify

  15-01-2019 23:22
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Somali immigrants can testify at the sentencing of three militia members convicted of plotting to bomb their Kansas apartment complex.
  The decision Tuesday is a blow to the efforts by defense attorneys to block 20 short videos of testimony that prosecutors want to play at the men’s Jan. 25 sentencing hearings.
  Attorneys for Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen contend that the Somalis aren’t victims because no one was
  
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• Government shutdown leads to nearly 43,000 canceled immigration hearings

  15-01-2019 23:22
  The government shutdown has led to the cancellation of nearly 43,000 immigration hearings as of last week, burdening an already backlogged system, according to data from researchers tracking immigration statistics.
  Between Christmas Eve and January 11, an estimated 42,726 immigration court hearings have been canceled, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).
  As the shutdown drags into its 25th day on Tuesday, the canceled hearings will like
  
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• Giants hire pitching analyst to aid with training efforts

  15-01-2019 23:11
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have hired pitching analyst Matt Daniels to join the staff of new president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, who vowed when hired in November to find a wide array of experts to help the club.
  Now, he has a data-focused staff member to aid in pitching training.
  Daniels announced Tuesday he was leaving his position in Seattle as Pitching Coordinator of Driveline Baseball to join the Giants, calling it “such an incredible opportunity.&rd
  
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• Pentagon weighs bolstering defenses against missile attack

  15-01-2019 23:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is considering ways to expand U.S. homeland and overseas defenses against potential missile attack.
  This might involve adding a network of satellites in space to more effectively detect and track hostile targets.
  Details on how far the administration hopes to press this in a largely supportive Congress are expected to be revealed when the Pentagon releases results of a missile defense review as early as Thursday.
  The administration is not expected
  
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• Police pursue vehicle through Dallas

  15-01-2019 22:58
  HIGH-SPEED CHASE: Police are pursuing a vehicle through Dallas.
  Posted by News 4 Tucson – KVOA on Tuesday, January 15, 2019Live video from Texas Sky Ranger will appear in the player above. From time to time the signal may go black — this is normal and the video should return soon.
  DALLAS (KXAS) – Police are pursuing a vehicle through Dallas, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office says.
  The vehicle, apparently a blue minivan, fled from police along Royal Lane in Garland and is
  
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• Parry will lead 7-person officiating crew for Super Bowl

  15-01-2019 22:58
  ATLANTA (AP) — Referee John Parry will lead the seven-person crew of on-field game officials working the Super Bowl in Atlanta.
  This will be the third Super Bowl that Parry has worked. He also worked the Super Bowls following the 2006 and 2011 seasons.
  The other members of the officiating crew for the game are Fred Bryan (umpire), Edgar Camp (down judge), Jeff Bergman (line judge), Steve Zimmer (field judge), Eugene Hall (side judge) and Terrence Miles (back judge).
  Bergman, Zimmer and Mil
  
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• Somerton Middle School students arrested for alleged threat

  15-01-2019 22:57
  SOMERTON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in Somerton say two 13-year-old students have been arrested for allegedly making a threat against their middle school.
  Police say a girl who attends Somerton Middle School reported receiving an online message stating “don’t come to school, school shooter.”
  They obtained a copy of the message and detectives immediately began an investigation and officers were dispatched to the school’s campus.
  Police say two students — a boy a
  
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• Grocery robots detect spills – with some far-off human help

  15-01-2019 22:54
  SEEKONK, Mass. (AP) — A wheeled robot named Marty is rolling into nearly 500 grocery stores to alert employees if it encounters spilled granola, squashed tomatoes or a broken jar of mayonnaise.
  But there could be a human watching from behind its cartoonish googly eyes.
  Badger Technologies CEO Tim Rowland says its camera-equipped robots stop after detecting a potential spill. But to make sure, humans working in a control center in the Philippines review the imagery before triggering a clean
  
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• Adorable video shows baby manatees being bottle fed at SeaWorld

  15-01-2019 22:52
  ORLANDO, Fla. (WESH) — Video recently shared on Instagram shows a SeaWorld worker bottle feeding three baby manatees.Baby manatees bottle fed at SeaWorld
  So, feeding baby manatees looks like the BEST JOB EVERhttps://bit.ly/2TSoT0L: Michael George Photography
  Posted by WESH 2 News on Tuesday, January 15, 2019The video features baby manatees José, Dex, and Ursula, who were rescued in September 2017 after Hurricane Irma separated them from their parents.
  The Florida Fish and Wildl
  
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• Snapchat threat leads to arrest of two students at Arizona middle school

  15-01-2019 22:48
  SOMERTON, Ariz. – Two 13-year-old students are under arrest after they admitted to making threats of a school shooter at Somerton Middle School on Tuesday, according to the Somerton Police Department.
  According to KYMA-TV in Yuma, police  received a call from a concerned parent stating their child received threats on Snapchat saying “don’t come to school, school shooter.”
  SPD said the message was sent to several students in a group chat
  As a precaution, officers
  
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• Seven arrested after Florida boy used as sex slave

  15-01-2019 22:43
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – A seventh suspect is now in custody, accused in a disturbing human trafficking case involving a teenage boy who detectives say was used as a sex slave.
  Curtis Gruwell turned himself into authorities this morning, according to St. Petersburg police. Gruwell faces charges of conspiracy to commit human trafficking and interference with custody.
  Mark Dennis, Andrew Dennis, Michael Schwartz, Michael Blasdel, JR Gauthier, Eleanor McGlamory and Curtis Lee Gruwell/ WF
  
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• Missouri boy’s caregiver pleads not guilty in his death

  15-01-2019 22:33
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A caregiver who reported a 4-year-old Missouri boy missing about a week before his body was found has pleaded not guilty in his death.
  KRCG reports 26-year-old Quatavia Givens, of Jefferson City, is charged with neglect or abuse of a child resulting in death. She entered her plea Tuesday in Cole County.
  Givens reported Darnell Gray missing on Oct. 25. The report prompted a search by hundreds of volunteers and law enforcement. His body was found about a week later
  
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• Adopt this pet: Tipsy

  15-01-2019 22:33
  There’s a new pet looking to be adopted.
  Meet Tipsy!She is a very sweet girl who is looking for her forever family. Tipsy is a little shy, so she would need to go with a family that would be patient with her and help her build her confidence.
  She enjoys learning and would make a wonderful best friend. If your’re interested in meeting Tipsy you can find her at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s Main Campus, at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can also call an adoption counselor at 520
  
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• Razor burn: Gillette ad stirs online uproar

  15-01-2019 22:32
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Gillette ad for men invoking the #MeToo movement is sparking intense online backlash, with accusations that it talks down to men and groups calling for a boycott. But Gillette says it doesn’t mind sparking a discussion. Since it debuted Monday, the Internet-only ad has garnered nearly 19 million views on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter — a level of buzz that any brand would covet.
  The two-minute ad from Procter & Gamble’s razor brand shows men and boys
  
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• APNewsBreak: IRS recalling 46,000 workers to handle taxes

  15-01-2019 22:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown — nearly 60 percent of its workforce — to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won’t be paid.
  With the official start of the tax filing season coming Jan. 28, the Trump administration has promised that taxpayers owed refunds will be paid on time, despite the disruption in government services caused by the partial shutdown now in
  
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• Defense intel report fuels worries of China attack on Taiwan

  15-01-2019 22:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new defense intelligence assessment lays out U.S. concerns about China’s growing military might, underscoring worries that Beijing could decide it has the ability to attack Taiwan and win.
  A senior defense intelligence official says the key concern is that as China upgrades its military equipment and technology and reforms how it trains and develops troops, it becomes more confident in its ability to wage a regional conflict. And Beijing’s leaders have made
  
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• Judge won’t toss evidence in kidnapping of Chinese scholar

  15-01-2019 22:28
  URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge in central Illinois has denied defense motions to suppress evidence in the case of a 28-year-old man charged in the kidnapping and killing of a University of Illinois scholar from China. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports Tuesday that the judge accepted FBI assertions that agents obtained the voluntary consent of Brendt Christensen’s wife to search their apartment.
  Investigators went there in 2017, two weeks before Christensen was charged in Ying
  
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• Powder horn stolen from Detroit-area museum in 1952 returned

  15-01-2019 22:27
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — An oxen gunpowder container stolen more than 60 years ago from a Detroit-area museum has been returned.
  The FBI turned the Nowlin Powder Horn over Tuesday at the Dearborn Historical Museum, where it was on loan from the Detroit Historical Society in 1952 when it was taken.
  Authorities tracked it down late last year to an estate auction in Pennsylvania. They say it’s unknown who originally took the artifact and that the most recent owner may not have been aware
  
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• Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico

  15-01-2019 22:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman once boasted about paying a $100 million bribe to the former president of Mexico.
  Alex Cifuentes spoke about the alleged bribe to President Enrique Pena Nieto during his testimony Tuesday in Guzman’s trial in New York.
  The Colombian, who has been testifying for days about things he learned about Guzman’s gang while he was living at one of the kingpin&rs
  
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• UA Coach Sean Miller addresses transfer of 5-star player Emmanuel Akot

  15-01-2019 22:24
  TUCSON – After starting the last eleven games for the Wildcats, it appears sophomore Emmanuel Akot will be transferring.  This was first reported of 247 sports.  Akot was a 5-star recruit.
  Coming up in news segment of KVOA News 4 Tucson at 6 p.m., Arizona Coach Sean Miller will address the departure of Emmanuel Akot and how the Cats will adjust the lineup.  For now, here’s Sean Miller’s initial statement from today on Akot leaving the team:5-star recruit and @Uof
  
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• Tucson man gets life in prison for teen stepdaughter’s death

  15-01-2019 22:23
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson man convicted of killing his teenager stepdaughter in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
  Joshua Lelevier was sentenced Monday in Pima County Superior Court.
  A jury last November found the 39-year-old Lelevier guilty of first-degree murder, abandonment of a dead body and two counts each of sexual exploitation of a minor, domestic-violence-related surreptitious recording and voyeurism.
  Lelevier was charged in the May 2017 sl
  
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• New Maryland gun law used in 5 cases involving schools

  15-01-2019 22:23
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland sheriff says a new law that allows courts to temporarily restrict firearms access for people at risk to themselves or others resulted in more than 300 protective orders, five of which were related to schools.
  Montgomery County Sheriff Darren Popkin told state lawmakers Tuesday that 302 orders were sought under the state’s “red flag” law, in the first three months since the law took effect Oct. 1.
  He says five of them related to schools, an
  
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• Burger King trolls Trump on Twitter

  15-01-2019 22:23
  DETROIT (AP) — Burger King is needling President Donald Trump for his tweet about ordering more than 1,000 “hamberders” for the Clemson University Tigers’ visit to the White House.
  The spelling error was quickly corrected. But Burger King jumped in with a tweet of its own: “Due to a large order placed yesterday, we’re all out of hamberders. Just serving hamburgers today.”
  Atlanta-based marketing consultant Laura Ries said she understands companies wantin
  
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• Sanderson Farms moves golf tourney dates, increases purse

  15-01-2019 22:21
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Sanderson Farms Championship is moving its tournament dates for next season and increasing its purse money in hopes of attracting a better field.
  The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that the tournament will have its own weekend on the schedule in mid-September and increase its purse to $6.6 million, which is up from last year’s $4.4 million. It will be the second week of the 2019-20 season, one week after The Greenbrier Classic.
  The winner will also receive a ful
  
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• Karen Pence teaching art at religious school in Virginia

  15-01-2019 22:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s back to school for Karen Pence, Vice President Mike Pence’s wife.
  Mrs. Pence began teaching art to elementary students at Immanuel Christian School in Northern Virginia on Tuesday. Mrs. Pence accepted the job in December and was to have rebooted her teaching career on Monday. But classes were canceled after a heavy weekend snowfall across the Washington region.
  Her office says she’ll teach twice a week until May.
  Mrs. Pence was a teacher for 25 year
  
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• Kentucky residents again seek to block new Medicaid rules

  15-01-2019 22:20
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sixteen Kentucky residents have again asked a federal judge to block new eligibility requirements for Medicaid.
  The group, led by a trio of advocacy organizations, wants a federal judge to block Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan that would require some Medicaid recipients to get a job, go to school or volunteer to keep their health coverage. They argue the changes will irreparably harm the country’s most vulnerable residents.
  Bevin’s plan was suppose
  
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• Birth control patch developed for women

  15-01-2019 22:12
  Birth control could soon be a little easier for women.
  Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a patch that women can press into their arm, or leg. The patch distributes a month’s worth of birth control.
  Unlike other long-acting contraceptives like implants and IUD’s the patch would not require a doctor’s visit.It uses microneedles that implant into a woman’s skin and slowly dissolve over time. The microneedles deliver the hormone found in many
  
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• Businessman and philanthropist Raymond Perelman dies at 101

  15-01-2019 22:11
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A businessman who built a fortune buying and selling factories and became one of the Philadelphia region’s greatest philanthropists has died. Raymond Perelman was 101.
  Perelman’s son Ronald Perelman says in a statement that his father died Monday night.
  In 2011, Perelman donated $225 million to the University of Pennsylvania medical school, which was renamed the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine. Penn says the money sped up research, increased stu
  
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• Silicon Valley landlord rents $1,500 studio to 2 cats

  15-01-2019 21:42
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Two cats are living large at a $1,500-a-month studio apartment their owner rents for them in Silicon Valley, where a housing shortage has sent rents skyrocketing.
  The Mercury News reports the 20-pound (9-kilogram) cats named Tina and Louise moved to the studio in San Jose after their owner moved away to college.
  The student’s father, Troy Good, was unable to keep them and asked friend David Callisch to rent him the kitchen-less studio so he could keep his daug
  
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• PCSO on the look out for missing woman

  15-01-2019 21:26
  TUCSON – Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for a 46-year-old woman who went missing Sunday afternoon.
  According to officials, Elizabeth Breck was last seen near Edwin and N Lago del Oro Parkway at around 3 p.m. Sunday. She was said to be wearing a grey skirt and grey top.
  Breck was described to be five feet, four inches tall and weigh 123 pounds. She was said to have green eyes and blonde hair.
  Anyone with information is advised to call 520-866-5111.
  The post PCSO on th
  
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• GIVEAWAY: Reverend Horton Heat Swag!

  15-01-2019 21:26
  The Reverend Horton Heat is coming to town and we have a last-minute giveaway for ya! Enter for your chance to win a CD of the new album Whole New Life signed by the band.One lucky winner will also win the grand prize of a vinyl record of the album and two tickets to tomorrow night's show at 191 Toole!…
  
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• Toronto plans to sell Victor Vazquez to a team in Qatar

  15-01-2019 21:25
  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto says it plans to sell Spanish midfielder Victor Vazquez to a team in Qatar.
  The Major League Soccer team did not identify the purchasing club. The deal is pending a physical.
  Vazquez turns 32 on Jan. 20. He had 16 goals and 25 assists in 52 regular-season games and scored the second goal in Toronto’s 2-0 MLS Cup final win over Seattle in 2017.
  Toronto made the announcement Tuesday, when it opened preseason training.
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• Rihanna sues father over use of their last name for business

  15-01-2019 21:25
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna is suing her father over his use of their last name for a business.
  In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles, Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, says that her father, Ronald Fenty, and his partner have violated her trademark and falsely suggested that their business, Fenty Entertainment, is affiliated with her.
  The 30-year-old singer says in the lawsuit that she has used the name for her cosmetics brand and other businesses since
  
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• Super Bowl planners: Shutdown brings ‘uncharted territory’

  15-01-2019 21:13
  ATLANTA (AP) — A day after air travelers waited nearly 90 minutes in security lines at the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta’s mayor is concerned about the lines that could result when the city hosts the 2019 Super Bowl.
  Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Tuesday the partial government shutdown is “uncharted territory” amid planning for one of the world’s biggest sporting events.
  She said “Mass Exodus Monday” will bring a crush of passengers through Ha
  
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• Longtime AP journalist Ed Blanche has died at age 76

  15-01-2019 21:07
  BEIRUT (AP) — Family members say Ed Blanche, a longtime correspondent and Middle East editor for The Associated Press who covered transformative events from Northern Ireland to Lebanon, has died. He was 76.
  Blanche died Sunday in Beirut after losing a battle with cancer, said his wife, Mona Ziade.
  Blanche joined the AP in London in 1967 and went on to cover various crises around the world, including the 1967 Arab-Israeli war soon after he was hired as well as the Northern Ireland conflict.
  
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• Trapping ban urged for cat-sized forest predators in Montana

  15-01-2019 21:06
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates are asking Montana officials to ban trapping along much of the state’s border with Idaho to protect a cat-sized predator living in old-growth forests.
  Representatives of five environmental groups said in a petition submitted Tuesday to Montana wildlife commissioners that trapping is a serious threat to the Northern Rockies fisher.
  The fanged predators that feed on porcupines once ranged at least five states.
  They’re now limited to an ar
  
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