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• 'Noise' heard on Russian flight's data recorder, Egyptian official says

  

  Egypt’s investigative committee says it is too soon to draw any conclusions from its preliminary findings on the crash of a Russian passenger jet in the Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 31. (Reuters)CAIRO —Experts investigating the crash of a Russian airliner heard a specific “noise” that was captured on the flight’s data recorder immediately before the plane disintegrated over the Sinai Peninsula, the chief examiner said Saturday in the first public comments by investigators since the Oct. 31 crash.Lead investigator Ayman al-Moqqadem said his team had not received any intelligence from Western countries whose officials have suggested that a bomb brought down the Airbus 321-200 but that his team was ..

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• Russian Media Exec's Death 'Undetermined'

  

  MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Telecommunication Minister Leonid Reiman (L) and Minister of Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Mikhail Lesin (R), confer over documents 28 August 2000 during a meeting, headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the Kremlin in Moscow to discuss the situation concerning the fire at the main TV broadcasting tower in Ostankino. Putin said 28 August 2000 that only an improved economy can help avoid such accidents. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/Getty Images) Mikhail Lesin, a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin who helped found the English-language news service Russia Today, was found dead in an upscale Washington hotel room, police and..

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• DeSean Jackson uses more than speed to hurt defenses

  

  Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson hauls in an 81- yard touchdown pass against Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cary Williams. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post)It appears as if theWashington Redskinswill finally getDeSean Jacksonback on the field for the first time since he left the first quarter of the season opener with a strained hamstring.He is expected to return a much-needed element of explosiveness to Washington’s offense. Jackson during his first season with the team certainly made his presence felt. In addition to leading Washington with 1,169 receiving yards and six touchdowns, he also ranked first in the league in yards per catch, averaging 20.9 yards per reception.Washington ..

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• Celtics pull away in first quarter, Wizards never recover in loss

  

  BOSTON — TheBoston Celticsran at a pace even the up-tempoWashington Wizardscouldn’t match.Jared Sullinger scored 21 points, Isaiah Thomas had 16 points and eight assists and theCelticsended a three-game losing streak by beating theWizards, 118-98, on Friday night.“Our pace was amazing. That’s the pace we want to play,” Thomas said. “We were running up and down the floor. We got some stops and we got out and ran. I think that’s when we’re at our best.”Jae Crowder had 12 points, 10 rebounds and five steals as theCelticspestered theWizardsinto 24 turnovers. Kelly Olynyk added 19 points and Evan Turner scored 16 as theCelticswon for the first time since opening night with a dominant performan..

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• Inside Marco Rubio's messy American Express statements

  

  Surging Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio sought to tamp down an escalating controversy Saturday, releasing previously secret records that detailed his use of a Florida Republican Party credit card for personal expenses.The records, which cover a 22-month period in 2005 and 2006, combined with previously disclosed credit card statements, show that Rubio charged more than $22,000 in personal expenses to the card while the account incurred more than $1,700 in delinquency and late fees over a four-year period while he was in the Florida legislature.Rubio has maintained that he paid out of his pocket for any personal expenses on the American Express card, which he used from 2005 to 2..

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• Obama and Netanyahu to meet in DC, looking for a way past the...

  

  President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to move beyond the nasty public clash over the Iran nuclear deal and restore a more transactional approach to the U.S.-Israeli relationship — including delicate conversations about possible expansion of military aid — when they meet in Washington on Monday.Though they have sharply differing views on how to handle the current geopolitics of the Middle East and a history of sour relations, Obama and Netanyahu both are looking to set a course for the last year of the Obama presidency, which will also represent another critical period for Israeli security.The leaders plan to discuss how to counter Iranian aid to Hezbollah an..

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• Republicans raid the Federal Reserve

  

  Speaker of the House Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) (Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)ByEditorial BoardNovember 7 at 10:45 AMMEMBERS OF the House are patting themselves on the back for passing a $325 billion, six-yeartransportation bill, on a bipartisan basis. “This has been a great week in thepeople’s House,” new Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) crowed. The long-overdue bill would indeed provide much-needed stability to federally supported infrastructure upgrades around the country. And the process that produced it was relatively open, with members free to submit and vote on more than 100 amendments, as Mr. Ryan had promised.In a crucial sense, though, this bill both epitomizes the Unit..

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• 'It's like they were after Bonnie and Clyde'

  

  MARKSVILLE, La. —The night began with a dispute at a local bar.Christopher Few and his sometimes girlfriend, Megan Dixon, were playing pool at T.J.’s Lounge. They drank Budweisers chased with shots of tequila. She told others that they were no longer a couple.After she danced with one of the bartenders, Few became visibly upset, went outside and kicked the door loudly enough for those inside to hear it. Dixon left the bar, and the two quarrelled loudly in the dirt parking lot. Soon, Few and Dixon raced off in different vehicles, and someone called 911.Two city marshals — who usually serve arrest warrants — pursued Few’s SUV, cornering it two miles away at the closed entrance to a state park...

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• How to watch Utah vs

  

  Utah needs a win against dangerous Washington.As surprising as it might have been a few months ago, Utah vs. Washington has turned into a very big game for both teams. Once a contender to be the No. 1 team in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, Utah and its impressive resume lost big at USC, and the Utes are going to need to win out to have any chance of making the Playoff. The secondary goal has to be winning the Pac-12 South, and Utah can't afford to lose another game, which would drop the Utes out of control of the division. This week will present a significant test. Washington struggled under new coach Chris Petersen last year, and the start of this season was more of the ..

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• Washington State scored a TD on fifth down thanks to a Pac-12 ref's inadvertent whistle - SBNation

  

  Washington State ran a bad play on 4th-and-5 against Arizona State. The pass to Gabe Marks was well short of the first down marker, and with a slew of Sun Devils defenders in his face, he didn't have a hope of getting the first down. It should've been a turnover on downs. But then a ref blew a whistle: Look at the confusion in this screencap -- and save it for the next time a Pac-12 ref does something wrong. It looks like the ref with a whistle in his mouth accidentally let out a toot as Marks was tackled near him.SIGN UP TO GET THIS IN YOUR INBOXGet one roundup of college football stories, rumors, game breakdowns, and Jim Harbaugh oddity in your inbox every ..

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