| Dow drops 358 points after China fears spur global sell-off Posted: 20 Aug 2015 02:36 PM PDT  The U.S. stock market is closing with its worst performance in 18 months, driven lower by another slump in Chinese shares and heavy selling by technical traders.
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| St. Louis police chief defends fatal shooting by officers Posted: 20 Aug 2015 02:49 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The police chief on Thursday unapologetically defended the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old who was killed by two white officers in a confrontation that drew protesters and unrest back to the streets.
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| 1st women to pass Ranger School are Army pilot, military cop Posted: 20 Aug 2015 03:43 PM PDT  FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — The first two women to pass the Army's notoriously difficult Ranger School impressed male classmates left in their dust during road marches and proved their mettle as teammates by helping carry heavy weapons when others were too fatigued to lift another ounce.
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| Bergdahl lawyer slams candidate Trump over 'traitor' comments Posted: 20 Aug 2015 02:41 PM PDT  By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The lawyer for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the former Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan charged with desertion, on Thursday chastised U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for calling his client a "traitor." "Sergeant Bergdahl is not charged with treason or anything like it," attorney Eugene Fidell said in a statement. "I condemn Mr. Trump's reckless disregard for the truth.
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| Former President Jimmy Carter to be treated for brain cancer Posted: 20 Aug 2015 09:47 AM PDT  By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Thursday that his cancer has spread to his brain and he will start radiation treatment for it later in the day, adding that his fate was "in the hands of God." Carter, 90, held a news conference on his condition barely a week after announcing he had undergone surgery for liver cancer. Carter served as president from 1977 to 1981 and became active in humanitarian causes and monitoring elections after leaving office. Asked on Thursday if he had any regrets, Carter said he wished he had sent one more helicopter in the failed attempt to rescue the Iran hostages, adding that he would have been re-elected had the effort succeeded.
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| Rumors fed unrest following St. Louis police shooting: alderman Posted: 20 Aug 2015 02:00 PM PDT  Rumors that a black teenager killed by St. Louis police was only 13 years old helped stoke angry clashes between police and protesters, a city alderman said on Thursday, and police said they were ready should protests flare anew.City streets were largely calm a day after Wednesday's fatal shooting during a house search triggered the protests, but St. Louis Alderman Antonio French said it was hard to say if protesters would take to the streets again Thursday night. Small groups typically stage peaceful demonstrations nightly in Ferguson but others, not part of organized groups, can be unpredictable, he said, adding: "It's hard to say right now about what the mood is. Many arrived angry because they heard a 13-year-old kid was killed," said French, a prominent voice in the community since police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson killed an unarmed black teenager last year and sparked months of sometimes violent protests.
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| Trump pictured holding live American bald eagle in Time magazine Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:58 AM PDT  Donald Trump appears on the cover of Time magazine this week — but it's not the cover that's drawing the most attention. Inside, the Republican presidential frontrunner is pictured standing in his 25th-floor office in midtown Manhattan holding an eagle.
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| With humor and honesty, Carter talks about his cancer Posted: 20 Aug 2015 04:16 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — With a broad smile and an upbeat attitude, former President Jimmy Carter told the world Thursday that he has cancer in his brain, and feels "perfectly at ease with whatever comes."
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| North, South Korea trade fire along border Posted: 20 Aug 2015 04:54 PM PDT  South Korea fired rounds at the North in response to a suspected projectile.
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| Where the 2016 presidential candidates stand on the 14th Amendment Posted:  Donald Trump and some of his fellow Republicans are speaking out against birthright citizenship.
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| 'A hole in our state's heart': 3 firefighters mourned Posted: 20 Aug 2015 04:23 PM PDT  TWISP, Wash. (AP) — The firefighters — members of a specially trained unit that is sent into danger ahead of everyone else to size up a wildfire — rushed up a narrow, winding gravel road with steep hills on either side.
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| Astronaut 'holding up' 145 days into journey Posted:  Scott Kelly tells Yahoo's Katie Couric what life is like on the International Space Station.
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| Fake pot has become a real crisis in Washington, D.C., attorney general says Posted: |
| Donald Trump, Jeb Bush trade barbs in New Hampshire Posted: 19 Aug 2015 07:36 PM PDT  Trump dismisses Bush as unelectable, while Bush labels his rival a tax-hiking Democrat.
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