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• US House backs 3 bills to support protests in Hong Kong

  15-10-2019 23:57
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed three bills aimed at showing U.S. support for Hong Kong protesters who have been fighting a human rights crackdown by China.
  The votes Tuesday follow months of protests aimed at the Beijing government’s aggressive attempts to enforce control over the semi-autonomous territory.
  One of the bills condemns China’s intrusions into Hong Kong’s affairs and supports the right of people to protest. Another requires regular evaluations of Beij
  
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• NFL: Preseason concussion rate increased by 44 percent

  15-10-2019 23:56
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The NFL says the number of concussions in exhibition games this year rose to 49 from 34 in 2018, an increase of 44 percent and a setback in efforts to reduce brain trauma.
  Concussions in preseason practices fell to 30 from 45 in 2018, perhaps a reflection of the NFL’s decision this year to eliminate drills that involve especially violent one-on-one contact. The total of 79 preseason concussions in practice and games was the same a year ago.
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• Gov. Cuomo criticized for using racial slur during interview

  15-10-2019 23:55
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being criticized for using a racial slur for African Americans while discussing historical discrimination toward dark-skinned Italian immigrants.
  Cuomo used the slur Tuesday in an interview on WAMC radio while speaking about Columbus Day and a recent New York Times article about how Italians overcame bigotry in the U.S.
  The Democrat seemed to realize the word might bother people. He said “pardon my language” before he used the N
  
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• Panel: Florida should tighten school shooter drills

  15-10-2019 23:46
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The commission investigating last year’s Florida high school massacre wants the state legislature to tighten the requirements for school active shooter drills.
  The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission voted Tuesday to recommend that the state’s public schools each have four active-shooter drills per year and that each be unique so teachers and students have to react to the situation presented. The drills might include fleein
  
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• Cup champion Blues visit Trump at White House as full team

  15-10-2019 23:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump honored the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, using the occasion to touch on the situation in Turkey and an agriculture deal with China.
  Every returning member of the title-winning team went to the White House several months after a couple of 2018 Cup champion Washington Capitals players opted not to visit Trump. Alternate captain Alex Steen says the Blues do everything as a team on and off the ice and cited that as one reason they ca
  
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• Police: Woman’s body found in small lake in Tempe identified

  15-10-2019 23:38
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say they have identified a body found in a small lake in a residential area of Tempe.
  Police in Tempe say foul play doesn’t appear to be a factor in the death of 49-year-old Jing-Li Morley.
  They say a cause of death will be determined by the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner.
  City police and fire crews responded to a possible drowning call Tuesday afternoon and discovered a woman dead in the water.
  Authorities say it’s unclear how lo
  
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• Dead body found in lake in Tempe residential area; No ID yet

  15-10-2019 23:38
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a dead body has been found in a small lake in a residential area of Tempe.
  City police and fire crews responded to a possible drowning call Tuesday afternoon and discovered a woman dead in the water.
  Authorities say it’s unclear at this time how the woman died and how long the body had been in the water.
  The woman hasn’t been identified yet.
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• Missouri appeals court overturns $110 million talc verdict

  15-10-2019 23:36
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has overturned a $110 million verdict in a case alleging that Johnson & Johnson products containing talcum powder caused a Virginia woman’s ovarian cancer.
  The appeals court ruling Tuesday reversed a 2017 judgment on behalf of Lois Slemp. She is among many women whose lawsuits have claimed that Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder contributed to their cancer.
  Johnson & Johnson says its Baby Powder is safe and does not cause can
  
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• Turkish bank charged with evading US sanctions on Iran

  15-10-2019 23:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — A major Turkish bank has been criminally charged in an indictment with participating in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.
  The charges against Halkbank, a state-owned bank, were announced Tuesday by federal authorities.
  In a release, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman says senior bank officials designed and carried out the scheme to move billions of dollars of Iranian oil revenue illegally.
  He says the crimes were supported and protected by hig
  
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• Sentencing delayed for LSU student convicted in hazing death

  15-10-2019 23:31
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A sentencing hearing has been postponed for a former Louisiana State University student convicted in the hazing death a Phi Delta Theta fraternity pledge.
  The Advocate reports 21-year-old Matthew Naquin was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for negligent homicide in the 2017 death of 18-year-old Max Gruver of Roswell, Georgia. A continuance was granted because one of Naquin’s relatives was hospitalized with a serious illness.
  Naquin’s new sentencing da
  
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• Spain qualifies for Euro 2020 with stoppage-time goal

  15-10-2019 23:28
  MADRID (AP) — With an equalizer in stoppage time, Spain earned the point it needed against Sweden to qualify for the 2020 European Championship on Tuesday, while Ireland missed its chance to seal a spot in next year’s tournament by losing to Switzerland.
  Already qualified Italy routed Liechtenstein 5-0 for a record-equaling ninth straight win.
  After conceding a late equalizer against Norway on Saturday to miss an opportunity to qualify in advance, Spain salvaged a 1-1 draw in its vis
  
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• New study: Opioid crisis cost US economy $631B over 4 years

  15-10-2019 23:27
  A new study finds that the opioid crisis cost the U.S. economy $631 billion over the past four years.
  The Society of Actuaries released its report Tuesday. It found the highest cost was in lost earnings for those who died in the crisis. Next was health care, a cost borne largely by Medicaid and Medicare.
  The society’s tally was higher than a cost estimate contained in a 2016 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study, but lower than one from the White House Council of Economic A
  
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• MGM Resorts sells Circus Circus, Bellagio on Las Vegas Strip

  15-10-2019 23:26
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International has announced the sale of two casinos that will significantly alter its portfolio of Las Vegas Strip properties.
  The Las Vegas-based company announced Tuesday it’s sold the Circus Circus hotel-casino for $825 million to Treasure Island casino owner Phil Ruffin.
  The company also sold the Bellagio for $4.25 billion.
  MGM and the Blackstone investment group are forming a joint venture that is purchasing the Bellagio and leasing it back to an MGM
  
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• The Latest: Magnitude 4.7 quake shakes central California

  15-10-2019 23:24
  HOLLISTER, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a central California earthquake (all times local):
  2:14 p.m.
  Seismologists have slightly revised the magnitude of a central California earthquake down to 4.7.
  The quake struck at 12:42 p.m. and was centered about 16 miles (25 kilometers) southeast of Hollister in a mountain range with agricultural areas to the west. It was previously listed at magnitude 4.8.
  The U.S. Geological Survey’s citizen reporting pages show it was felt in communities aro
  
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• School suspends girls, says rape-awareness note was bullying

  15-10-2019 23:24
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is calling on federal court to stop the suspension of a high school student who was punished for bullying after she charged the school failed to address concerns about sexual assault.
  The organization filed a motion Sunday in Maine asking for a temporary restraining order against the Cape Elizabeth district.
  Sophomore Aela Mansmann is appealing a suspension for posting a note that said: “There’s a rapist in our
  
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• The Latest: Michigan governor vows to appeal e-cig ruling

  15-10-2019 23:23
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on Michigan’s ban on flavored electronic cigarettes (all times local):
  5:21 p.m.
  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she will appeal a judge’s decision to block enforcement of the state’s new ban on flavored electronic cigarettes.
  The Democrat issued a statement Tuesday calling the ruling “wrong” and saying it “sets a dangerous precedent” of a court second-guessing the expert judgment of public health officials.
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• Appeals court to hold rehearing on Trump hotel lawsuit

  15-10-2019 23:23
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court will reconsider a ruling from a three-judge panel that threw out a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel.
  The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Tuesday to hold a hearing before the full court of 15 judges. Arguments are scheduled for Dec. 12.
  Maryland and the District of Columbia have accused Trump of violating the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution by
  
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• Only 3 returning big network shows see rise in live viewers

  15-10-2019 23:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — What do ABC’s drama “A Million Little Things,” its reality show “Shark Tank” and Fox’s first-responder drama “9-1-1” have in common?
  The Nielsen company says they are the only returning shows on the big television networks to have more live viewers than they had at this point in 2018.
  Yet network executives aren’t panicking yet.
  Because of the rapid changes in how people watch TV, many programs get the majority of their
  
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• Jets sign former Rams DB Blake Countess

  15-10-2019 23:21
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets have signed defensive back Blake Countess and waived cornerback Arthur Maulet.
  Countess was most recently with Philadelphia, which claimed him off waivers from the Rams in May but waived him in August. He was a sixth-round draft pick of the Eagles in 2016. He was cut before that season and signed with Los Angeles. He had 54 tackles, two interceptions, one sack and three passes defensed in 37 games for the Rams from 2016-18. He also returned kicks
  
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• British family decries treatment by US after border crossing

  15-10-2019 23:20
  Seven members of an extended British family who made an unauthorized border crossing into the United States from Canada are being held in federal custody at a Pennsylvania detention center nearly two weeks after their arrest.
  The family says they mistakenly crossed the border into Washington state while trying to avoid an animal in the road. An affidavit says family members have been “treated like criminals” by their U.S. jailers, forced to bide their time in a series of cold and uns
  
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• US officials say they’ll carry out Lithuanian’s extradition

  15-10-2019 23:14
  CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say they are proceeding with the extradition of a former Lithuanian judge and parliamentarian jailed in Chicago after the Supreme Court refused to hear her appeal.
  A Tuesday court filing by Chicago federal prosecutors says there are no longer any hurdles to extraditing Neringa Venckiene (vehn-KEE’-ehn-nay). The high court announced its decision hours earlier.
  The 48-year-old waged a two-year legal battle against extradition to Lithuania on charges linked to
  
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• Feds propose opening biggest national forest to logging

  15-10-2019 23:11
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is taking comments on a proposal that would exempt the country’s largest national forest, in southeast Alaska, from a ban on timber harvests and road building in roadless areas.
  This option is listed as the preferred alternative by the agency in a draft environmental review and would exempt the Tongass National Forest from the so-called Roadless Rule.
  The Forest Service says this alternative is in line with a request from the state. The s
  
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• Switzerland beats Ireland 2-0 in Euro 2020 qualifying

  15-10-2019 23:00
  GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland regained control of its European Championship qualifying destiny by beating outmanned Ireland 2-0 in the tight Group D on Tuesday.
  Haris Seferovic gave the Swiss a deserved lead in the 16th minute with a low shot from just outside the area. With the last kick of the game, an own goal by Shane Duffy settled an often testy game on a ragged, rain-soaked Stade de Geneve pitch.
  In a three-way fight for two qualifying places, Switzerland remains in third place, one poin
  
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• Formosa Plastics agrees to pay $50M for Texas Gulf pollution

  15-10-2019 22:59
  POINT COMFORT, Texas (AP) — Formosa Plastics Corp. has agreed to pay $50 million to settle allegations that a company plant in Texas spilled tons of pellets into waterways near the Gulf of Mexico.
  Texas RioGrande Legal Aid on Tuesday announced the agreement involving the Formosa plant in Point Comfort. A judge in Houston will consider approving the settlement, to be paid over five years into a fund supporting environmental water projects.
  U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt in June ruled in f
  
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• Rapper, actor Ludacris now resident artist at Georgia State

  15-10-2019 22:55
  ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper, actor and entrepreneur Chris “Ludacris” Bridges can add artist-in-residence to his resume as he takes on the position at Georgia State University.
  News outlets report the university announced Tuesday that Bridges will mentor students and work with professors at the Creative Media Industries Institute this fall. The Atlanta-based artist and former student of the university will focus his teaching on entrepreneurship in the music and film industries.
  Instit
  
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• Italy wins 5-0 against Liechtenstein to equal record

  15-10-2019 22:54
  VADUZ, Liechtenstein (AP) — An inexperienced Italy side eased to a 5-0 win at Liechtenstein in a European Championship qualifier on Tuesday to equal the record number of consecutive wins for the Azzurri.
  Andrea Belotti scored twice while Federico Bernardeschi, Alessio Romagnoli and Stephan El Shaarawy added a goal apiece to help Italy to its ninth successive win, equaling the record set between 1938-39.
  Having already qualified for Euro 2020 with Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Greece, I
  
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• Montana authorities: Device initially thought to be a homemade bomb was a hardware-filled bottle that didn’t explode

  15-10-2019 22:49
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana authorities: Device initially thought to be a homemade bomb was a hardware-filled bottle that didn’t explode.
  The post Montana authorities: Device initially thought to be a homemade bomb was a hardware-filled bottle that didn’t explode appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Mysterious fire burned in soil at California gas facility

  15-10-2019 22:46
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California utility is trying to find the source of a small ground fire at its large natural gas storage facility.
  A Southern California Gas Co. spokesman said the fire extinguished Tuesday did not appear to come from natural gas stored deep underground at Aliso Canyon outside Los Angeles.
  Chris Gilbride says the company discovered the flames while evaluating whether a wildfire last week caused damage. No damage or leaks have been reported.
  The storage area was the sigh
  
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• AP Source: Rams trade CB Peters to Baltimore for LB Young

  15-10-2019 22:44
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that the Los Angeles Rams have traded cornerback Marcus Peters to the Baltimore Ravens for linebacker Kenny Young and an undisclosed pick in the 2020 draft.
  The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the trade wasn’t finalized.
  Peters has been a starting cornerback for the Rams since they acquired him from Kansas City before last season. He has five interceptions since joi
  
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• Browns trade C Austin Corbett to Rams for undisclosed pick

  15-10-2019 22:40
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Browns traded disappointing offensive lineman Austin Corbett to the Los Angeles Rams for an undisclosed 2021 draft pick.
  Corbett was the No. 33 overall selection in the 2018 draft, when he was viewed as a potential long-term answer at left tackle. But he hasn’t developed as quickly as the team hoped and general manager John Dorsey decided it was time to move him.
  The 6-foot-3, 306-pounder played in 11 games, making one start as a rookie. He’s appeared in
  
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• IndyCar back on track at Richmond for 1st time in a decade

  15-10-2019 22:38
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — IndyCar turned laps at Richmond Raceway for the first time in a decade during a Tuesday tire test that gave the series’ most recent two champions a look at both the Virginia track and new cockpit protection.
  Reigning series champion Josef Newgarden turned his first laps ever at Richmond and got his first official session with the aeroscreen that will be introduced next season. Newgarden, who won his second title in three seasons last month, was not part of IndyCa
  
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• Judge says he miscalculated award by $107M in opioid case

  15-10-2019 22:36
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has acknowledged making a $107 million miscalculation in determining how much drug maker Johnson & Johnson must pay the state to help address the state’s opioid crisis.
  Following a hearing Tuesday in Cleveland County, District Judge Thad Balkman acknowledged making the error in his judgment in August in which he ordered the company to pay the state $572 million to address the opioid crisis. Balkman said the actual amount he should have inclu
  
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• Defending champion Raptors experimenting after departures

  15-10-2019 22:36
  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse expects he’ll be experimenting with lineups a lot in the early part of the season.
  That’s the challenge when you lose two starters from any team, let alone an NBA champion.
  Nurse’s tinkering became a necessity after free agent forward Kawhi Leonard left the Raptors to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. Toronto also lost guard Danny Green, who joined LeBron James and the Lakers.
  “With the two guys missing, that ki
  
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• Trump’s lawyers ready for Supreme Court in tax record fight

  15-10-2019 22:29
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers are saying they’ll immediately go to the Supreme Court if an appeals court in New York says his tax returns can be released to state prosecutors.
  They notified the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan Tuesday as Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. filed written arguments insisting the president is not above the law.
  The appeals court will hear Trump’s challenge to a judge’s ruling tossing out a la
  
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• The Rickmobile is Coming to Town

  15-10-2019 22:01
  Time to get schwifty!…
  
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• San Antonio mourns firefighter who was struck, killed by van while battling blaze

  15-10-2019 21:07
  SAN ANTONIO (WOAI) — The San Antonio Fire Department confirmed the firefighter who was hit by a commercial van while responding to a fire call has died.
  He has been identified as Greg Garza, a 17-year veteran of the department.
  Greg Garza/WOAI
  Chief Charles Hood said Garza was getting out of the fire engine when he tripped or stumbled out of the truck and was hit by a commercial van.
  SEND YOUR PRAYERS: A San Antonio Firefighter was killed in the line of duty this morning. Please send
  
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• Nevada gaming bosses move to bar Wynn from casino industry

  15-10-2019 20:58
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada gambling regulators are seeking to bar former casino magnate Steve Wynn from ever working in the gaming industry in the state.
  The state’s Gaming Control Board filed a complaint Monday listing sexual misconduct allegations that have been lodged against the mogul since January 2018.
  The Las Vegas Review Journal reports the complaint asks Nevada’s Gaming Commission, which acts on the board’s recommendations and has final say on licensing, to revoke W
  
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• Court orders new sentencing for Alabama death row inmate

  15-10-2019 20:56
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court says an Alabama man condemned to die for a killing more than 30 years ago should get a new sentencing hearing because of questions over his mental competence.
  The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals released the decision Tuesday in the case of James McWilliams.
  Court records show McWilliams is on death row after being convicted of sexually assaulting and killing Patricia Vallery Reynolds in Tuscaloosa in 1984.
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• Man brings body to California police, says he killed family

  15-10-2019 20:53
  ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Police in Northern California have identified the suspect who they say showed up at a police station with a dead body in his car and confessed to killing that person and another three members of a family.
  Roseville Police Capt. Josh Simon said Tuesday 53-year-old Shankar Hangud was arrested Monday after he turned himself in to Mount Shasta police and told investigators he had killed the man in his car. He also confessed to killing three other people at his apartmen
  
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• Sheriff’s office involved in 2 fatal shootings in 24 hours

  15-10-2019 20:51
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is looking into two unrelated shooting deaths involving the same sheriff’s office within 24 hours.
  News organizations report two Guilford County sheriff’s deputies were shot Monday during a standoff with a man barricaded in a house in High Point. After the 11-hour standoff, deputies entered the house, exchanged gunfire with the man and shot him dead.
  Authorities say deputies had been trying to serve the ma
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Yippee Ki-Yay Rudy

  15-10-2019 20:47
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• Judge blocks Michigan’s ban on flavored e-cigarettes

  15-10-2019 20:38
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge is blocking the state’s two-week-old ban on flavored e-cigarettes.
  Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday. She says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration’s delay in implementing the ban undercut its position that emergency rules were needed.
  Stephens also says there is evidence that if flavored vaping products are prohibited, adults will return to using more harmful combustible tobacco product
  
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• Iowa 20-year-old arrested for using fake ID with the name McLovin’

  15-10-2019 20:38
  IOWA CITY (KWWL) – A 20-year-old in Iowa City is facing charges for allegedly using a fake Hawaii ID with the name McLovin’.
  The Iowa City Press Citizen reports that Daniel Alfredo Burleson was arrested in downtown Iowa City. Police say he entered the Airliner Bar, and was drinking a beverage with vodka when an officer approached him.
  Daniel Alfredo Burleson/ Iowa City Police Department via KWWL
  Burleson reportedly refused to show his ID, and only after being taken outside of th
  
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• Michigan judge issues injunction to block state’s ban on flavored e-cigarettes, cites harm to adult users

  15-10-2019 20:34
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan judge issues injunction to block state’s ban on flavored e-cigarettes, cites harm to adult users.
  The post Michigan judge issues injunction to block state’s ban on flavored e-cigarettes, cites harm to adult users appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• After 42 years in prison, plea agreement bringing freedom

  15-10-2019 20:33
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans man who has spent two-thirds of his life in prison for a murder he always denied committing has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and will be released.
  Since his arrest in 1977, Elvis Brooks of New Orleans has maintained that he’s innocent.
  Advocates from the Innocence Project-New Orleans say evidence that would have cleared him was withheld at trial.
  Brooks said Tuesday that prosecutors offered the plea bargain while he was with his lawyers Thursday, pr
  
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• Palestinians, Saudis play to draw in historic match

  15-10-2019 20:28
  AL-RAM, West Bank (AP) — A historic soccer match between the Palestinian and Saudi national teams has ended in a 0-0 draw.
  Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier marked the first time the Saudi side has played in the West Bank.
  Previously, the teams have played in third countries, with the Saudis wary of being seen as legitimizing Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Teams must pass through an Israeli crossing in order to enter the territory from neighboring Jordan.
  The Palestinians ha
  
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• Jury selection begins in woman’s trial for bus stop deaths

  15-10-2019 20:28
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — Jury selection is underway in the trial of an Indiana woman accused of killing three children by striking them with a pickup truck as they crossed a two-lane state highway to board a school bus.
  Alyssa Shepherd faces three counts of reckless homicide and other charges in the Oct. 30, 2018, crash. She has pleaded not guilty .
  Prosecutors and attorneys began selecting jurors Tuesday in the 24-year-old woman’s trial in Fulton County.
  Six-year-old twin brothers Xza
  
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• Man charged after roommate attack, believed he was a vampire

  15-10-2019 20:26
  BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man was charged with a felony assault after police say he attacked his roommate believing he acknowledged being a vampire.
  Kitsap Sun reported Monday that a Kitsap County court charged the 40-year-old Bremerton man Monday after he was suspected of using a metal rod to nudge his roommate in the chest.
  The roommate told county deputies that the suspect accused him of being a vampire, threatened to kill him and struck him with a metal rod.
  The roomma
  
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• Netanyahu asks Russia to free imprisoned Israeli woman

  15-10-2019 20:24
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon a young Israeli woman imprisoned on drug charges in Russia.
  Russia last week sentenced Naama Issachar, 26, to seven and a half years in prison, months after she was stopped in Moscow’s international airport carrying a reported 9.6 grams of marijuana.
  Israeli officials have said the sentence was excessive and indicated that Russia is seeking the release of a suspected Russian hacker in
  
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• Deputies: Naked man wreaked havoc on business, then showered

  15-10-2019 20:23
  CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who was found nude inside a plumbing business is facing charges after being accused of using a forklift and a hammer to wreak havoc before taking a shower there. The News-Press reports 24-year-old Joseph Michael Bieniek was confronted by an employee at United Plumbing on Friday.
  The employee told Lee County deputies he was working late in the warehouse and went to investigate a noise when he found Bieniek standing naked and clutching a hammer. The empl
  
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