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Kavanaugh Accuser Agrees to Talk to Senate Judiciary Committee
Roll Call • cached • 1 hour ago
Christine Blasey Ford agreed Saturday to discuss with the Senate Judiciary Committee next week her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her decades ago. In an email from Ford's lawyers to Senate Judiciary Committee staff, Ford accepted the “request to provide her first-hand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh's sexual misconduct” but did not specify how she would do that.

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Lille off to best French league start in 66 years
San Antonio Express-News • cached • 2 hours ago
PARIS (AP) - After struggling last season, Lille is transformed. Lille has won its three home games this season and is off to its best start in the league since 1952.

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Rutherford County man charged with killing his father
The Tennessean • 1 hour ago
Lancaster was booked into Rutherford County Adult Detention Center where he is being held without bond. Officers discovered that an "assault occurred" when they responded to a domestic assault call to the home where Lancaster lived with his father and mother.

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For These Florence Survivors, The Threat Of Drug Relapse Was Scarier Than Any Floodwaters
HuffPost • cached • 2 hours ago
The 30-year-old had come from Louisiana for a contract job fixing power lines damaged by Hurricane Florence. Leake hadn't anticipated that a patient from as far away as Louisiana would need his help during Hurricane Florence.

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Militants attack Iran military parade, killing at least 25
The Spokesman-Review • cached • 2 hours ago
TEHRAN, Iran - Militants disguised as soldiers opened fire Saturday on an annual Iranian military parade in the country's oil-rich southwest, killing at least 25 people and wounding over 60 in the deadliest terror attack to strike the country in nearly a decade. “Iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of Iranian lives,” Zarif wrote on Twitter.

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Art exhibit canceled amid concerns over Trump satire
WCVB Channel 5 • cached • 4 hours ago
An art exhibit satirizing President Donald Trump has been canceled at a town arts center after its leaders worried it would make them appear biased. Mavor, of Falmouth, planned to display about 20 scenes with figurines depicting Trump and his staff.

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not whether to fire him, but when
POLITICO • cached • 2 hours ago
“Under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody.”. Meanwhile, the “fire Rosenstein” faction of Trumpworld was equally adamant that the president should take action.

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Two men killed in overnight D.C. shootings
The Washington Post • cached • 2 hours ago
Two men were killed by gunfire in D.C. between Friday evening and Saturday morning, police say, with suspects in both slayings at large. There were also several non-fatal shootings overnight, including one with four victims at 18th Street and Benning Road NE.

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Comcast beats Fox in Sky auction with $39B bid
The Washington Post • 1 hour ago
LONDON - British regulators say Comcast has beat 21st Century Fox in a rare auction that allowed both sides to bid for European broadcaster Sky. The regulator, the Takeover Panel, set up the auction to reduce uncertainty for Sky.

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The Latest: Official: Campaign office raided in bribery case
Houston Chronicle • cached • 2 hours ago
Police spokesman Ahmed Shifan says police raided Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's campaign office late Saturday. Aminath says the warrant also names senior opposition campaign team member Ahmed Shahid as a suspect.

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Vatican and China reach 'provisional' deal on the appointment of bishops
San Antonio Express-News • cached • 3 hours ago
ROME - The Vatican said Saturday it had reached a "provisional agreement" with China on the process used to appoint bishops, a breakthrough after years of contentious negotiations on the management of Catholic leadership in the Communist country. Estimates put the number of Catholics in China between 10 and 12 million.

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Chicago Cubs, White Sox announce Saturday lineups
Bergen Record • cached • 1 hour ago
Entering Saturday, the Cubs lead the National League Central by 1.5 games over the Milwaukee Brewers. Before the game, the White Sox announced they were activating infielder Leury García from the 10-day disabled list.

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White House Drafts Executive Order to Look Into Google, Facebook
Fortune • 2 hours ago
Facebook has said it has no reason to believe its algorithm is biased. The White House has drafted an executive order for President Donald Trump's signature that would instruct federal antitrust and law enforcement agencies to open probes into the practices of Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Facebook Inc., and other social media companies.

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See Beto O'Rourke Air-Drum to the Who's 'Baba O'Riley'
Rolling Stone • cached • 2 hours ago
Beto O'Rourke showcased his air-drum skills following his debate with Ted Cruz as the Democratic senatorial candidate rocked out to the Who's “Baba O'Riley” while waiting in a Whataburger drive-thru line. “This may be the best song ever written,” O'Rourke proclaimed of the Who's Next classic.

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From kitchen to cars, Amazon expands Alexa reach
prensariotiretail.com • cached • 5 hours ago
Amazon has updated the Echo range of smart home speakers. Amazon unveiled a new gadget called the Smart Plug, which is way cooler than it sounds.

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China Cancels Trade Talks With U.S. Amid Escalation in Tariff Threats
News OK • 3 hours ago
The decision to pull out of the talks follows the latest escalation in trade tensions. China scotched trade talks with the U.S. that were planned for the coming days, according to people briefed on the matter, further dimming prospects for resolving a trade battle between the world's two largest economies.

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UK envoy urges EU to step back from the Brexit 'abyss'
Connecticut Post • cached • 7 hours ago
LONDON (AP) - Britain's foreign secretary on Saturday urged European Union leaders to "step back from the abyss" and seek a compromise over stalled Brexit negotiations. He spoke a day after May used a rare televised address to complain the EU was acting in bad faith by rejecting her proposed Brexit plan without offering an alternative.

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Apple and Verizon pointing fingers at each other about iPhone XS activation failures
AppleInsider • cached • 5 hours ago
New owners of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are struggling to get the mobile devices to connect to Verizon Wireless, with the carrier allegedly having issues activating the devices for some customers on its network. Neither Apple nor Verizon are willing to accept blame, with the companies pointing the blame at the another.

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Survivor found inside capsized Tanzania ferry; death toll hits 209
Chicago Tribune • cached • 5 hours ago
Accidents are often reported on the large freshwater lake surrounded by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. A survivor has been found inside a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster on Lake Victoria, an official said Saturday, while coffins arrived for at least 209 victims and counting.

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Russia protests: Thousands decry Putin plan to raise pension age
USA TODAY • cached • 6 hours ago
Similar protests were also held Saturday in many cities across Russia's 11 time zones, most of them sanctioned by authorities. Several hundred demonstrators rallied against the pension age hike in Sevastopol in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

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(VIDEO) Volunteers Helping Veterans
New Jersey Hills Media Group • cached • 1 hour ago
Hundreds of volunteers from the Home Depot Foundation partnered with the Community Hope organization on Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Valley Brook Village development for veterans at the Lyons Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center in Bernards Township. The volunteer workforce constructed a pavilion, patio and gazebo, provided outdoor furniture and did other landscaping enhancements at the property for residents of Valley Brook, a unique community for formerly homeless veterans.

(VIDEO) Little Red Schoolhouse opens for 'Pathways to History' tour
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performance audits local option sales tax vote Collier Lee referendums
Naples Daily News • cached • 1 hour ago
Each county now has just the 6 percent state sales tax. Unfortunately, we don't believe either performance audit exercise carried out based on an inequitable decision by the Legislature will help voters decide whether to approve or reject a local option sales tax.

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