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• Red Wings acquire Perlini in trade with Blackhawks

  28-10-2019 23:55
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings have acquired forward Brendan Perlini in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks.
  The 23-year-old Perlini has been a healthy scratch for most of this season, appearing in just one game. But he has 45 goals and 27 assists in 200 career appearances with Chicago and Arizona.
  Perlini was selected by the Coyotes with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 draft.
  The Red Wings parted with defenseman Alec Regula in Monday’s deal. The 19-year-old Regula will remai
  
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• Driver involved in fatal collision identified

  28-10-2019 23:55
  TUCSON – A driver that was involved in a collision after failing to stop for a red traffic signal near E. 22nd St. and S. Alvernon Way died on Saturday, according to Tucson Police Department’s Traffic Investigations Unit.
  Keith Russell Reed, 51, was allegedly impaired at the time of the collision, according to a DUI officer.
  Tucson Fire Department had transported Reed to Banner University Medical Center for treatment of serious life-threatening injuries. Another passenger in the same
  
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• Oklahoma governor, lawmakers weigh in on opioid judgment

  28-10-2019 23:54
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s governor and Republican legislative leaders are telling the judge who ordered a drugmaker to pay $572 million to help clean up the state’s opioid crisis that the company should be responsible for additional payments if more money is needed to fully abate the problem.
  Gov. Kevin Stitt, Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and House Speaker Charles McCall filed a brief in the case on Monday.
  Following a trial this summer, District Judge Thad Bal
  
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• 10 most needed food items for Season 4 Hope

  28-10-2019 23:38
  TUCSON – With News 4 Tucson’s Season 4 Hope campaign kicking off in November, residents are encouraged to drop off their donations, from food to toys, at the participating drop-off locations across southern Arizona this holiday season.For food items, donations may be a little difficult to pinpoint what delectable treats would be best to drop off.Luckily, the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona released a list of their top 10 needed items this holiday season.  Peanut ButterOa
  
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• Facebook employees sign letter opposing political ads policy

  28-10-2019 23:26
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of Facebook employees have signed a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives saying they oppose the social network’s policy of letting politicians lie in advertisements.
  The New York Times reported Monday that more than 250 workers have signed the letter urging Facebook leaders to change the policy that they say is a “threat to what FB stands for.” While that’s a small fraction of Facebook’s workforce of more than 35,000
  
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• Vermont remembers farmer who refused to sell for interstate

  28-10-2019 23:16
  ASCUTNEY, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Agency of Transportation is asking the public for ideas for a permanent memorial to an Ascutney farmer who took his life after his farm was seized to make way for the construction of Interstate 91.
  A maple tree that has stood on what was once Romaine Tenney’s farm is dying and will be removed.
  Officials say the tree is a reminder of the impact the construction of the interstate system had on Vermont.
  Tenney refused to sell his farm as the interstate w
  
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• Tribes start casino gambling negotiations with Oklahoma

  28-10-2019 23:16
  SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s attorney general is beginning casino gambling negotiations with more than two dozen tribal nations, but the sides remain locked in a stalemate over whether the existing gaming compacts automatically renew at the end of the year.
  Attorney General Mike Hunter described Monday’s two-hour, closed-door meeting at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Grand Casino Hotel & Resort as “positive and constructive,” but offered few details a
  
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• The Latest: Judges uphold changes to state legislative maps

  28-10-2019 23:07
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on redistricting rulings from a panel of North Carolina judges. (all times local):
  6:05 p.m.
  North Carolina state judges who rejected state legislative district maps over what they called GOP-slanted bias have upheld all the remapping that they ordered Republicans to perform. They rejected an appeal from groups that weren’t satisfied with the changes.
  A three-judge panel declined Monday to agree to the demands of Common Cause, the state Democratic Part
  
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• 4 Your Health: More information about artificial sweeteners on food labels

  28-10-2019 22:56
  (NBC News)- There should be more information about artificial sweeteners on food labels, according to the latest policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  Experts say there needs to be more research about how artificial sweeteners may possibly impact children’s long-term health.
  Previous research has shown that more than a quarter of children consume artificial sweeteners and parents may not be aware of it.
  So now they are calling for the amount of no- or low-calories sweet
  
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• Congresswoman’s exit prompts question of equity amid scandal

  28-10-2019 22:54
  The resignation of a female congresswoman over a consensual, sexual relationship with a campaign aide has sparked questions about whether women are held to higher standards in public life.
  First-term California Democrat Katie Hill announced her resignation Sunday following the publication of explicit photos that outed the relationship with the female aide. She describes the photos as “revenge porn” and vows to fight the problem so women and girls don’t shy away from politics.
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• Vermont to remember man who took his life fighting progress

  28-10-2019 22:52
  ASCUTNEY, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Agency of Transportation is asking the public for ideas for a permanent memorial to an Ascutney farmer who took his life after his farm was seized to make way for the construction of Interstate 91.
  A maple tree that has stood on what was once Romaine Tenney’s farm is dying and will be removed.
  Officials say the tree is a reminder of the impact the construction of the interstate system had on Vermont.
  Tenney refused to sell his farm as the interstate w
  
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• Envoy for North Korea expected to get No. 2 State Dept. job

  28-10-2019 22:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, is expected to be nominated this week to be second-in-command at the State Department.
  Biegun has had a prominent role in the delicate negotiations that led to historic meetings between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
  Two Trump administration officials said Monday that the envoy is likely to be nominated as early as this week to replace John Sullivan as the top aide to Secretary of State M
  
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• Bronx steps in ‘Joker’ movie become a tourist attraction

  28-10-2019 22:40
  NEW YORK (AP) — Move over, Rocky, there’s a new stairway to climb.
  A set of outdoor steps in the Bronx has become a tourist attraction in recent weeks since the release of the movie “Joker.”
  The stairs are between two buildings on Shakespeare Avenue, about a half-mile from Yankee Stadium.
  In the movie, lead actor Joaquin Phoenix dances as he goes down the steps, wearing a bright red suit and clown makeup.
  These days, neighborhood residents using the steps are being joined
  
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• Cleanup continues Monday from Olga’s windy remnants

  28-10-2019 22:39
  TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Thousands of people in Mississippi and Tennessee are still waiting for power to be restored as cleanup continues from winds associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Olga.
  High winds swept across a broad area Saturday, the National Weather Service reports. Some schools cancelled classes Monday for lack of power.
  Winds up to 70 mph (110 kph) were reported along the storm’s track from Mississippi to Indiana.
  A highway worker cleaning up debris in central Missi
  
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• Military dog that tracked down ISIS leader is recovering after being wounded

  28-10-2019 22:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The name is still classified but President Donald Trump on Monday outed the military working dog that tracked down the head of the Islamic State.
  Trump tweeted a photo of a Belgian Malinois that he said worked with a team of special forces in the capture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a tunnel beneath a compound in northeastern Syria.
  The name and other details about the dog remain a secret.
  “We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declas
  
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• Arizona elected official accused of adoption fraud suspended

  28-10-2019 22:37
  PHOENIX (AP) — The governing board in Arizona’s most populous county has suspended an elected official accused of running a human smuggling scheme involving pregnant women from the Marshall Islands brought to the U.S. to give birth for adoptions.
  The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday to suspend Assessor Paul Petersen without pay for up to 120 days.
  Board members lack the authority to permanently remove Petersen from his office that determines the value of
  
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• North Carolina judges throw out current congressional map

  28-10-2019 22:36
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges have blocked the state’s current congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections. They sided with Democratic and unaffiliated voters who say there’s plenty of evidence showing Republicans drew the districts chiefly to maximize their seat total.
  The state judges issued a preliminary injunction Monday preventing elections under the district lines, starting with the March primary.
  The judges halted the use of these districts less
  
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• North Carolina judges block current congressional map challenged for extreme partisan bias from use in 2020 elections

  28-10-2019 22:31
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges block current congressional map challenged for extreme partisan bias from use in 2020 elections.
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• Nationwide program uses schools to spread word about census

  28-10-2019 22:31
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau is giving a homework assignment to schoolchildren across the country: Tell your parents to fill out the census form. Your school’s funding depends on it.
  Census officials launched a nationwide program Monday that uses schools to encourage participation in the once-per-decade head count.
  Hundreds of students from Shelby County Schools in Memphis, Tennessee, gathered at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium and participated in activities teachin
  
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• Feds: Brothers with alleged Hezbollah ties are ‘dangerous’

  28-10-2019 22:31
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say two brothers charged with conspiring to export drone parts and technology to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon are dangerous men and should remain in custody.
  Usama and Issam Hamade are charged with conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws. Usama Hamade is also charged with smuggling. Prosecutors say the Lebanese brothers arranged the shipment of drone parts to Hezbollah from 2009 to 2013.
  The brothers were arrested in February 2018 in Sou
  
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• WADA pushes Russia doping decision to December

  28-10-2019 22:24
  MONTREAL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency says it has received responses to follow-up questions asked of Russian authorities regarding altered lab data and hopes to have the case resolved before president Craig Reedie’s term expires at the end of the year.
  In September, WADA gave the Russians three weeks to explain the discrepancies in data being used to corroborate doping cases stemming from the country’s scheme to cheat during the Sochi Olympics and other events. But those
  
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• Jets’ Adam Lowry suspended 2 games for boarding

  28-10-2019 22:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has suspended Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry for two games for boarding Calgary Flames defenseman Oliver Kylington.
  Lowry is considered a repeat offender under the labor agreement will lose about $71,000 in salary. He will be eligible to return when Winnipeg visits the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.
  The infraction came with two seconds left in the second period of Winnipeg’s 2-1 overtime win over Calgary in Saturday’s outdoor game in Regina, Saskatc
  
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• Arizona fire crews asked to help with California wildfires

  28-10-2019 22:10
  TUCSON – Nearly 120 firefighters and 34 engines from Arizona arrived in California over the last few days to assist with handling the multiple wildfires burning within the state, according to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.
  Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management officials first received an order for 10 fire engines to head to California last Thursday. On Sunday, California fire officials requested an additional 24 engines.
  Some of the Arizona crews are s
  
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• Argentina election to deepen South America’s fragmentation

  28-10-2019 21:58
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A center-leftist’s victory in Argentina’s presidential elections is set to cement a rift between South America’s largest nations, and suggests regional turbulence could extend for years.
  Alberto Fernández and his far-right Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro have been antagonizing each another since August, and their statements since Sunday’s vote signal that neither plans to relent.
  In his victory speech, Fernández urged freedom
  
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• Louisville kicker Creque out rest of season with knee injury

  28-10-2019 21:57
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville says kicker Blanton Creque will miss the remainder of the season with a torn left anterior cruciate ligament.
  Creque’s injury, sustained while attempting a tackle late in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 28-21 victory against Virginia, also ends the collegiate career of the Cardinals’ most accurate kicker (82.3. The senior will undergo surgery in the next couple of weeks. Creque made 8 of 11 field goals and all 33 extra-point attempts for
  
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• Florida pastor facing sexual abuse charges found dead

  28-10-2019 21:57
  ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida pastor and popular Christian radio show host who was charged with raping a teenage girl appears to have killed himself.
  Altamonte Springs police spokeswoman Michelle Sosa tells the Orlando Sentinel that the Rev. Bryan Fulwider was found dead in his home Sunday night. The Medical Examiner’s Office for Seminole County ruled the death a suicide.
  Fulwider had been free on a $700,000 bond. The 59-year-old pastor was arrested Oct. 2
  
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• NASCAR: Logano crew member suspended for tackling Hamlin

  28-10-2019 21:48
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR on Monday suspended a member of Joey Logano’s crew for one race after the tire specialist dragged Denny Hamlin to the ground in a chaotic scuffle between the rival drivers.
  Dave Nichols Jr. horse-collared Hamlin and pulled him to the pavement after Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Hamlin and Logano had been discussing an on-track incident that suddenly flared into a confrontation.
  Many Team Penske crew members shielded Logano fro
  
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• GOP death-penalty opponents look to new effort in 2020

  28-10-2019 21:42
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Republicans in states including Wyoming, Utah and Ohio plan to keep pushing for death-penalty repeal even as U.S. officials move toward resuming executions.
  A national group, Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, released a statement Monday saying the death penalty is costly and prone to error.
  Over 250 people signed including Republican Rep. Jared Olsen, of Cheyenne, who promised in a news conference to try again with death-penalty repeal legislation in Wy
  
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• Pistons’ Morris fined $35,000 for abusive language at ref

  28-10-2019 21:40
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Detroit Pistons forward Markieff Morris $35,000 for his offensive language toward a referee.
  NBA Executive Vice President Kiki VanDeWeghe announced the discipline Monday.
  Morris’ actions came during the Philadelphia 76ers’ 117-111 victory Saturday in Detroit.
  He is averaging 10.7 points in his first season with the Pistons.
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• Doctor gets 2 years prison in bribe scam over painkiller

  28-10-2019 21:40
  NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor once honored for his efforts in relieving patients’ chronic pain has been sentenced to two years in prison for accepting bribes to prescribe large amounts of a highly addictive painkiller.
  Todd Schlifstein was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge.
  Schlifstein was among five New York doctors charged last year with accepting bribes in the form of speaking fees to prescribe millions of dollars’ wor
  
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• DOJ: Sanford to pay $20M to settle kickback allegations

  28-10-2019 21:36
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says Sanford Health has agreed to pay more than $20 million to resolve kickback allegations.
  The DOJ said Monday the settlement resolves allegations that the Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based health system knowingly submitted false claims to federal health care programs resulting from medically unnecessary spinal surgeries.
  The settlement resolves allegations that Sanford knew that one of its top neurosurgeons was improperly receiving k
  
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• Beyond Meat raises sales forecast as competition grows

  28-10-2019 21:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — Beyond Meat is raising its sales forecast for the year even as it faces more competitors making vegetarian meat alternatives.
  The El Segundo, California company updated its outlook Monday after seeing its sales more than triple in the latest quarter and logging its first quarterly profit. The results come as plant-based options keep popping up on more menus, including at fast-food chains such as White Castle and Burger King. Last month, McDonald’s said it would run a
  
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• Woman killed by explosion debris at gender reveal party in Iowa

  28-10-2019 21:28
  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (nbcnews) – An Iowa woman was killed by debris from an explosion at a gender reveal party on Saturday, police said.
  The Marion County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at around 4 p.m. on Saturday reporting that a woman, 56, had been seriously injured in an explosion in rural Knoxville, Iowa, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. The woman, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead on the scene.
  An investigation concluded that a
  
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• Former Vice President Gore to speak during climate event

  28-10-2019 21:27
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore will speak at Vanderbilt University on climate change as part of a worldwide event called “24 Hours of Reality: Truth in Action.”
  According to the school, the presentation in Nashville, Tennessee, will be one of thousands happening around the world on Nov. 20. The worldwide event is led by Gore and The Climate Reality Project, which he founded and chairs.
  Gore has written best-selling books on climate change and received the
  
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• Texas sheriff says a man suspected of opening fire at an off-campus college party, killing 2, has been arrested

  28-10-2019 21:23
  GREENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas sheriff says a man suspected of opening fire at an off-campus college party, killing 2, has been arrested.
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• UNLV aide Barney Cotton’s heart transplant called successful

  28-10-2019 21:21
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The family of UNLV assistant football coach Barney Cotton said Monday he is progressing well after a heart transplant in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.
  The operation was Oct. 22 at Nebraska Medical Center. The 63-year-old Cotton stepped away from his position as UNLV’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach in July.
  In a statement, the Cotton family said: “The medical staff tells us the surgery and recovery up to this point have gone as expected. While
  
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• Anti-doping agencies subjected to ‘significant’ cyberattacks

  28-10-2019 21:20
  Microsoft Corp. says a Russia-linked cyberhacking group has made “significant” attacks on at least 16 sports and anti-doping organizations across three continents since September.
  The technology company says the attacks are coming from a group associated with Fancy Bear, which has hacked into systems at the World Anti-Doping Agency and elsewhere to publish reams of confidential medical material on Olympic athletes.
  Fancy Bear was among those cited in a 2018 indictment brought by U.S.
  
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• Google falls short on third-quarter profit

  28-10-2019 21:18
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google parent company Alphabet reported mixed third-quarter results Monday that beat analyst expectations for revenue, but fell short on profits. The stock fell almost 3% in after-hours trading.
  The company reported a profit of $7.1 billion, or $10.12 per share. Alphabet says quarterly revenue rose 20% to $40.5 billion.
  Alphabet makes the majority of its money from selling targeted advertising across the web, apps and Google products including its search engine and vid
  
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• Monarch butterflies arriving late in Mexico

  28-10-2019 21:10
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Environmentalists and officials in Mexico say they expect this year to see a strong turnout of monarch butterflies, millions of which make the 3,400-mile (5,500-kilometer) migration from the United States and Canada each year to small patches of forest in central Mexico.
  The protected wintering grounds have long been threatened by illegal logging, tree diseases, drought and other causes, but officials say the loss is 25% less than last year.
  Mexico has clamped down on il
  
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• The Latest: Obama says Hagan was ‘terrific public servant’

  28-10-2019 21:08
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the death of former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan: (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  Former President Barack Obama says former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan was “a terrific public servant” who worked to find common ground.
  Hagan died Monday morning at her home in Greensboro after a prolonged illness. She was 66.
  Obama said in a statement that he appreciated Hagan’s “reasoned, pragmatic voice” on issues such the Affordable Care Act, reforming Wall Street
  
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• Netanyahu aides questioned in possible witness harassment

  28-10-2019 21:07
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police are reportedly investigating whether two senior aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harassed a witness in a corruption case.
  Channel 13 TV says Ofer Golan and Jonathan Urich were both recently questioned and their phones have been confiscated.
  It says Golan hired a van in August to park outside the home of Shlomo Filber, blaring a message “to be a man” and stop lying about Netanyahu.
  Filber, a former Netanyahu aide, is a key witness in a c
  
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• Norm Stoneburgh, former star for CFL’s Argonauts, dies at 84

  28-10-2019 21:04
  TORONTO (AP) — Norm Stoneburgh, a star center with the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 84.
  The team said he died Thursday.
  Stoneburgh began playing professionally at 19 and spent 13 seasons with the CFL club in whose city he was born. He was with the Argos from 1955 to 1967, earning All-Star honors in 1965. The 250-pounder was named to Toronto’s all-time team in 2007.
  After football, he became a land developer and worked at a hospice center.
  The
  
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• Greece wins European creditors’ approval to repay IMF early

  28-10-2019 21:02
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has won approval from its European creditors to repay part of its debts to the International Monetary Fund earlier than required, thus avoiding cumbersome interest payments.
  Monday’s decision also spares Greece the obligation of having to make a massive early repayment to the Europeans too, whose loans carry lighter interest than the IMF ones.
  Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said the decision would improve Greek debt sustainability and boost market c
  
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• S&P 500 index closes at a record high for the first time since July; Nasdaq composite is near its own all-time high

  28-10-2019 21:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — S&P 500 index closes at a record high for the first time since July; Nasdaq composite is near its own all-time high.
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• 30 immigrants found alive in locked semitrailer in Arizona

  28-10-2019 20:58
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Border Patrol officials say 30 immigrants have been found alive in a locked semitrailer in southern Arizona.
  They say agents at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint near Amado arrested two U.S. citizens in connection with Saturday night’s incident.
  Tucson Sector agents referred a semitrailer for secondary inspection after a Border Patrol dog alerted to the vehicle.
  During the inspection, agents say 29 residents of Mexico and one from Ecuador were found hidden
  
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• Browns agree to send LB/DE Avery to Eagles for 2021 pick

  28-10-2019 20:52
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have agreed to trade linebacker Genard Avery to the Philadelphia Eagles for an undisclosed 2021 draft pick.
  A fifth-round pick from Memphis in 2018, Avery played 16 games — starting five — for Cleveland last season and showed potential as an edge rusher. However, he has been active for only two games this season and general manager John Dorsey figured it was time to move the 6-foot, 250-pounder, who can also play defensive end.
  Avery had
  
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• Florida officials say teen punched man dressed as Trump

  28-10-2019 20:50
  NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old girl punched a man dressed as President Donald Trump in line at a Florida haunted house while her friends recorded it.
  The Naples Daily News reports that the girl could face a misdemeanor charge of battery for the Saturday attack. Authorities withheld the girl’s name because of her age.
  The Collier County Sheriff’s Office says the man and his family were in line to go into the Naples Haunted Gross House exhibit at the county fai
  
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• Inmate convicted of rape accidentally released from prison in Georgia

  28-10-2019 20:46
  FORSYTH, Ga. (WXIA) — A search is underway after a convicted rapist was released “in error” from Rogers State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia.
  According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez was set free around 11:30 a.m. on October 25.
  Munoz-Mendez is serving time after being convicted of rape and aggravated child molestation charges in Gwinnett County. The alleged crimes took place in 2010 and 2012. Munoz-Mendez began serving a  life sentence i
  
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• CEO will tell Congress that Boeing made mistakes on Max jet

  28-10-2019 20:42
  On the anniversary of the first crash of a Boeing 737 Max, the CEO will begin two days of testimony before Congress by telling lawmakers that the aircraft company knows it made mistakes and is throwing everything into fixing the plane.
  Dennis Muilenburg says that after Boeing finishes upgrading flight-control software on the Max, it will be one of the safest planes ever.
  The chairman of the House Transportation Committee says Boeing should have made those improvements before the Max began carryi
  
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• Arizona fires Yates amid defensive struggles

  28-10-2019 20:40
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin has fired defensive coordinator Marcel Yates and linebackers coach John Rushing.
  Sumlin promoted defensive analyst and former NFL assistant Chuck Cecil to interim defensive coordinator. He also promoted Hank Hobson from analyst to an on-field coaching role.
  Yates remained on Arizona’s staff after Sumlin was hired to replace Rich Rodriguez, who was fired in 2018.
  Arizona has struggled defensively this season, ranking 119th in the FBS in
  
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