Wednesday, September 30, 2015

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Georgia's only woman on death row is executed
FILE - In this July 6, 2004, file photo, Kelly Renee Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgia's death row, looks through the slot in her cell door as a guard brings her a cup of ice at Metro State Prison in Atlanta. Georgia state officials have granted a new clemency hearing for Gissendaner. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles said in a news release Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, that it will hold the hearing Tuesday morning. (Bita Honarvar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; WXIA OUT; WGCL OUT; FOX 5 OUT MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT (WXIA, WGCL, FOX 5)Despite numerous clemency pleas, Kelly Gissendaner is put to death by lethal injection.



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Jeb Bush’s 2016 run wavers amid breakout stars
Top donors have reportedly told Bush that he will start hemorrhaging fundraisers if he does not rev up momentum.



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Fact-checking Planned Parenthood chief’s heated House hearing




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Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years: TV
Death row inmate Kelly Renee Gissendaner is seen in an undated picture from the Georgia Department of CorrectionsGeorgia executed the only woman on the state's death row early on Wednesday, marking the first time in 70 years the state has carried out a death sentence on a woman, a television station reported. Kelly Gissendaner, 47, died by injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at a prison in Jackson, Georgia, the Atlanta television station WSB-TV reported on its website. Gissendaner was sentenced to death for her role in plotting her husband's murder in 1997.



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Republicans, Planned Parenthood square off in Congress
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, questions Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, during the committee's hearing on By Megan Cassella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Republicans on Tuesday challenged Planned Parenthood's eligibility for federal funds, while the health organization's president said defunding it would restrict women's access to care and disproportionately hurt low-income patients. A series of videos that purport to show that Planned Parenthood improperly sells fetal tissue to researchers for profit has reignited anti-abortion voters' fervor during a turbulent Republican presidential primary campaign. At a five-hour House committee hearing, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards appeared alone to respond to hostile questioning from Republicans, some of whom have vowed to shut down the U.S. government if federal support for the organization is not cut off.



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Baltimore judge schedules police trials in black man's death
Members of Baltimore Police Department are pictured in this undated booking photos provided by the Baltimore Police DepartmentA Baltimore judge on Tuesday set trial dates, the first beginning in November, for six police officers charged in the death of a black man from an injury suffered in police custody, an event that triggered protests, arson and rioting. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams scheduled individual trials with start dates ranging from Nov. 30 to March 9 for the officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray in April. Gray, 25, died from a spinal injury suffered in the back of a police van following an arrest, leading to protests and a day of rioting in the largely black city.



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Trump gives Putin an 'A' on leadership
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks about his tax plan during a news conference, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in New York. The Republican front-runner is calling for an overhaul of the tax code that would eliminate income taxes for millions of Americans, while lowering them for the highest-income earners and business. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — One day after President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin made little headway in their standoff over Syria at their first formal meeting in more than two years, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is agreeing with Putin on his backing of Syrian President Bashar Assad.



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Ann Romney opens up about MS struggle
In her new memoir, "In This Together," Romney details her struggles with multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with in 1998.



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Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA
Edward Snowden revealed that the US National Security Agency was using Apple, Google and Facebook to gather user dataThe former National Security Agency contractor, who has been living in asylum in Russia after blowing the lid on the U.S. spy agency’s controversial domestic surveillance program, has joined Twitter.



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Obama and Putin: Awkward moments, few breakthroughs
U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin pose for members of the media before a bilateral meeting Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at United Nations headquarters. (Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin's first formal meeting in more than two years started with an awkward handshake and ended without a breakthrough on Syria, a crisis that has strained their already tense relationship.



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VW details brands affected by scandal; fix due in Oct
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015 file photo, company logos of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen sit in a box at a scrap yard in Berlin, Germany. Who knew about the deception, when did they know it and who directed it? Those are among questions that state and federal investigators want answered as they plunge into the emissions scandal at Volkswagen that has cost the chief executive his job, caused stock prices to plummet and could result in billions of dollars in fines. Legal experts say the German automaker is likely to face significant legal problems, including potential criminal charges. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen's commercial vehicles and cars from its Spanish unit SEAT are among the 11 million fitted with a diesel engine that can cheat on emissions tests, the company said Tuesday.



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Afghan forces struggle to retake Kunduz city from Taliban
A Taliban fighter sits on a motorcycle sporting a Taliban flag a day after the insurgents overran the strategic northern city of Kunduz, on September 29, 2015Taliban insurgents who seized the Afghan city of Kunduz have defied a counter-offensive and advanced on the airport where government forces retreated after the fall of the strategic northern gateway. Heavy fighting erupted near the airport on the city's outskirts as the insurgents closed in late Tuesday, highlighting the potent challenge the militants represent after their lightning capture of Kunduz the previous day. "The Taliban have laid landmines and booby traps around Kunduz, slowing the movement of convoys of Afghan army reinforcements driving to the city," a security official told AFP.



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Trevor Noah ‘Daily Show’ review: Putting a happy face on the news




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