Saturday, November 28, 2015

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  • Alleged Colorado gunman was adrift and alienated

    Alleged Colorado gunman was adrift and alienated
    BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. —To neighbors, it looked like a “moonshine shack,” a little yellow wooden hut, with overgrown weeds and no power or indoor plumbing, banged together by its owner, Robert Lewis Dear Jr.And whenever Dear came to stay in his shack in the woods, the neighbors in Anderson Acres, a community of about seven houses along a steep, gravel road here, kept their kids inside.“He was the kind of person you had to watch out for,” said one neighbor, who asked not to be identified, saying he..
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  • Investigators search for motive in Planned Parenthood shooting that...

    Investigators search for motive in Planned Parenthood shooting that...
    Ozy Licano, a witness to the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, describes the ordeal and says, "I just don't know what possessed" the gunman. (Reuters)The day after a gunman stormed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, investigators were working to determine what prompted the shooting that resulted in the death of three people, including a police officer.Police identified the shooting suspect as 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear but released no other information..
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  • Obama shops at Washington bookstore, popular frozen pop shop - US News

    Obama shops at Washington bookstore, popular frozen pop shop - US News
    Obama, daughters shop Small Business Saturday at Washington bookstore, popular frozen pop shopPresident Barack Obama, joined by his daughters Malia, left, and Sasha, right, orders at Pleasant Pops on Small Business Saturday in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Associated PressNov. 28, 2015 | 3:51 p.m. EST+ MoreBy STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama kept up his holiday tradition of supporting small businesses.Obama and daughters ..
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  • Chris Culliver fined for unsportsmanlike conduct, not unnecessary...

    Chris Culliver fined for unsportsmanlike conduct, not unnecessary...
    Redskins cornerback Chris Culliver (29) knocked this ball loose from Carolina tight end Greg Olsen and took it back for a touchdown. The play was not only nullified by penalty, but it got Culliver fined. (Ricky Carioti/ The Washington Post)Flagged for unnecessary roughness after officials said he was guilty of a helmet-to-helmet hit in last week’s loss to the Carolina Panthers, Redskins cornerback Chris Culliver instead was fined this week for unsportsmanlike conduct, according to a person with ..
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  • TV and radio listings: November 28

    November 28 at 12:50 AMNBA7 p.m. Toronto atWashington» CSN, WNEW (99.1 FM)8:30 p.m. Denver at Dallas » NBA TVNHL7 p.m.Washingtonat Toronto » CSN Plus, WJFK (106.7 FM)MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALLNoon Bryant atGeorgetown» Fox Sports 2, WNEW (99.1 FM)1 p.m. Tenessee Martin at Mississippi State » SEC Network7:30 p.m. Cleveland State atMaryland» Big Ten Network, WTEM (980 AM)7:30 p.m. Georgia at Seton Hall » Fox Sports 19 p.m. Texas Southern at Washington State » Pac-12 NetworkSOCCER7:30 a.m. English Cha..
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  • Saudi Arabian executioners are having an unusually prolific year

    Saudi Arabian executioners are having an unusually prolific year
    Saudi Arabia's King Salman REUTERS/Jim Bourg/FilesWill more than 50 people be executed in just one day in Saudi Arabia? That's exactly what the popular newspaperOkaz reportedthis week, stating that 55 people were awaiting execution for "terrorist crimes." Another newspaper, the pro-government daily al-Riyadh, put the number at 52 in a report that has now been deleted online.Whether these reports are true is unclear – the Saudi state is less than transparent about its criminal justice system, fea..
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  • Putin orders sanctions against Turkey after downing of jet

    Putin orders sanctions against Turkey after downing of jet
    Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while listens to a question during a meeting with representatives of “popular front” broad movement at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) (Associated Press)BySuzan Fraser and Jim Heintz | APNovember 28 at 3:42 PMANKARA, Turkey — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for sanctions against Turkey, following the downing this week by Turkey of a Russi..
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  • UK government minister quits amid Conservative bullying row

    UK government minister quits amid Conservative bullying row
    FILE - In this file photo dated March 25, 2015, showing Grant Shapps, in central London. British government International Development Minister Grant Shapps has resigned accused of failing to act amid allegations of bullying within the governing Conservative Party sparked by the death of a young activist. Shapps quit Saturday saying “the buck should stop with me.” (Yui Mok / PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES (Associated Press)ByAssociated PressNovember 28 at 11:42 AMLONDON — ..
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  • In surprise Jordan visit, Carson calls for refugees to settle in Middle...

    In surprise Jordan visit, Carson calls for refugees to settle in Middle...
    Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson visited Syrian refugees, medical personnel and relief workers in Jordan on Saturday. (Ben Carson campaign)AZRAQ, Jordan —Republican presidential contender Ben Carson visited two camps for Syrian refugees in the Jordanian desert Saturday, in a quick “fact-finding” trip with no media coverage.Carson’s convoy rolled into the Azraq refu­gee camp along a highway with heightened security, with each car being stopped and searched at a police checkpoint. Afte..
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  • The Latest: Macedonia: 18 officers injured in migrants clash

    The Latest: Macedonia: 18 officers injured in migrants clash
    Macedonian policemen shelter behind their shields from stones hurled by migrants during clashes at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. Tension has flared on the Greek side of the Greece-Macedonia border when a migrant who was stopped from crossing into Macedonia, suffered severe burns when he climbed on top of a stationary train carriage and touched a overhead power cable. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)ByAssociated PressNovember..
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