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| Jaguars blow huge lead, then rally to get a thrilling win in London Posted: 25 Oct 2015 09:55 AM PDT  So many of the NFL's games in London have been uninteresting blowouts, and Buffalo Bills-Jacksonville Jaguars looked like another one when the Jaguars went ahead 27-3.
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| In Hurricane Patricia's wake, heavy rains move toward Louisiana Posted: 25 Oct 2015 12:35 PM PDT  By Amanda Orr HOUSTON (Reuters) - Torrential rains pounded southeastern Texas on Sunday as the remnants of Hurricane Patricia converged with a second storm system, but the area that is home to more than six million people and the center of the U.S. refinery industry sustained little damage. More than 9 inches (23 cm) of rain swelled rivers and flooded roads in parts of the Houston area, but no injuries or deaths were reported as of Sunday morning as flash flood warnings ended and storms targeted southwest Louisiana. "Expect rain all day, but (the) storm has largely passed with minor problems," Houston Mayor Annise Parker said on Twitter on Sunday.
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| Deadly crash at Oklahoma parade was like bomb, witness says Posted: 25 Oct 2015 02:56 PM PDT  By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton STILLWATER, Okla. (Reuters) - A man who was watching the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade when a car plowed into a crowd and killed four people said the crash sounded like a bomb went off, transforming a festive mood into one of horror. Mark McNitt was standing beside his stepfather, Leo Schmitz, 54, when the sedan careened into a throng near the end of the annual parade on Saturday at the university in Stillwater, about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Oklahoma City. Police and emergency medical personnel were nearby, at the end of the parade route, before the start of an Oklahoma State University football game, he said.
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| Timberwolves coach Saunders dies at age 60 Posted: 25 Oct 2015 12:06 PM PDT  "It is with extreme sadness that the Minnesota Timberwolves today learned that Phil "Flip" Saunders, who served as the team's President of Basketball Operations and Head Coach, in addition to being a minority owner of the team, passed away today at age 60," the team said in a statement. Saunders, a veteran of 17 NBA seasons who posted a career record of 654-592, was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system, in June.
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| New video purportedly shows US-Kurdish raid against IS group Posted: 25 Oct 2015 07:48 AM PDT  IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq released a video Sunday purportedly showing the joint raid of a prison by U.S. and Kurdish peshmerga forces in which they released 70 hostages held by the Islamic State group.
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| Trump says world a better place if Saddam, Kadhafi still ruled Posted: 25 Oct 2015 12:29 PM PDT  The world would be a better place if dictators such as Saddam Hussein and Moamer Kadhafi were still in power, top Republican US presidential hopeful Donald Trump said in comments aired Sunday. The billionaire real estate tycoon also told CNN's "State of the Union" talk show that the Middle East "blew up" around US President Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, his biggest Democratic rival in the race for the White House. "100 percent," Trump said when asked if the world would be better off with Saddam and Kadhafi still at the helm in Iraq and Libya.
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| Tony Blair: Iraq war contributed to rise of IS, but was justified Posted: 25 Oct 2015 08:37 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has acknowledged that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was partly responsible for the emergence of the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East. But he insists that toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had been the right thing to do.
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| 4 dead, dozens injured in Oklahoma parade crash Posted: 25 Oct 2015 04:42 PM PDT  A 25-year-old woman is arrested on a DUI charge in connection with the incident.
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| AP-GfK Poll: Republicans prefer an outsider candidate Posted: 25 Oct 2015 05:39 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge majority of Republican voters prefer an outsider candidate to one with experience in Washington, and most see political rookies Donald Trump and Ben Carson as possible general election winners, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
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| Sanders, Clinton set tone for leadoff presidential caucuses Posted: 25 Oct 2015 02:39 AM PDT  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bernie Sanders sharpened the contrast with Hillary Rodham Clinton on a bevy of liberal causes on Saturday, casting himself as a principled progressive before thousands of Iowa Democrats in an appearance that could set the tone for the leadoff presidential caucuses in February.
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