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Clinton foundation announces changes NEW YORK – Hillary Clinton's family foundation will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations if she is elected president, and will bring an end t...

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Thousands flee as wildfire burns Calif. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – A wildfire with a ferocity never seen before by veteran California firefighters raced up and down canyon hillsides, instantl...

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Neighbor closes deal on Playboy Mansion LOS ANGELES – The deal is done, and the Playboy Mansion has a new owner. Daren Metropoulos, who lives next door, said Tuesday that escrow ...

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Friends call imam slaying a hate crime NEW YORK – The daylight slaying of a mosque leader and his associate set off fear and anguish Sunday among Bangladeshi Muslims in a New York City neigh...

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Baby dead after being left in hot SUV HELOTES, Texas – A 6-month-old boy died after being left all day in a hot sport utility vehicle in a San Antonio-area Walmart parking lot, authorities s...

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Swiss man sets fire on train, stabs people BERLIN – Police in Switzerland say a Swiss man set a fire and stabbed people on a train in the country’s northeast, wounding six people as well as ...

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‘Making a Murderer’ conviction tossed out MADISON, Wis. – A federal judge in Wisconsin on Friday overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case p...

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Pakistan says it will expel American ISLAMABAD – An American who entered Pakistan last week after being expelled from the country five years earlier will be deported again after being interr...

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California wildfire blamed on hot tub SAN FRANCISCO – A hot tub’s faulty wiring ignited one of California’s most destructive wildfires, a blaze that killed four people, sent four firefighter...

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Judge refuses to cut ex-mayor’s sentence CHICAGO – A federal judge refused Tuesday to lighten Rod Blagojevich’s original 14-year prison sentence for corruption, rejecting pleas for lenience ...

Sports Extra

College Football Longtime ACC head coach Dooley dies at 82 WILMINGTON, N.C. – Former North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest coach Bill Dooley died at the age of 82. ...

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Warming, waterborne illnesses linked WASHINGTON – Rising global temperatures are linked to increasing waterborne food poisoning, particularly from eating raw oysters, along with other nasty ...