What to expect from Bernie Sanders at Tuesday's Democratic debate

He may be an outsider, but that doesn't mean he's a stranger to the debate stage.
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Hillary Clinton: 'How is a woman supposed to behave?'
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No more nudes in Playboy magazine, centerfold's future at risk: report

(Reuters)
- Now readers of Playboy, the glossy men's magazine known for its nude
fold-outs, can honestly say they are buying the magazine for its
articles. Playboy will no longer publish nude photographs of women, the
New York Times reported on Monday in an article quoting Scott Flanders,
the company's chief executive. Founder and editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner,
89, who in his trademark silk pajamas has embodied the Playboy
lifestyle, agreed last month with a suggestion by top editor Cory Jones
to stop publishing images of naked women, the Times said.
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Zimbabwe will not charge U.S. dentist for killing Cecil the lion

By
MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will not charge American
dentist Walter Palmer for killing its most prized lion in July because
he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt, a Cabinet minister
said on Monday, angering conservationists. Palmer, a lifelong big-game
hunter from Minnesota, touched off a global controversy when he killed
Cecil, a rare black-maned lion, with a bow and arrow outside Hwange
National Park in Western Zimbabwe. Environment Minister Oppah
Muchinguri-Kashiri said on Monday that Palmer's hunting papers were in
order, and therefore he could not be charged.
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Washington Post says Iran's conviction of its reporter is 'contemptible'

The
Washington Post on Monday denounced the conviction in Iran of the
newspaper's U.S.-born Tehran correspondent in an espionage case as an
"outrageous injustice" and urged Iranian leaders to overturn it. Jason
Rezaian, who was arrested in July 2014, had 20 days to appeal the
verdict, the Iranian news service ISNA said, citing an Iranian judiciary
spokesman. The case is a sensitive issue in Washington's contentious
relationship with Tehran and it played out as the United States and
other major powers forged a deal in July with Iran to curb its nuclear
program in return for relief from sanctions.
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Two firefighters killed, two hurt in Kansas City apartment blaze
The
two firefighters who died had pulled two residents out of the burning
building, the Kansas City fire department said. "This is the worst day,”
Kansas City Fire Chief Paul Berardi told reporters. The names of the
firefighters were not immediately released.
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Iran says Washington Post reporter convicted

Jason Rezaian has been detained for more than a year on charges including espionage.
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Poll: Half of Democrats want Biden in race

By
James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The drumbeat for Joe Biden to
jump into the 2016 presidential race is growing louder. Almost half of
the nation’s Democrats want the vice president to enter the field and
challenge front-runner Hillary Clinton, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos
poll. The declared Democratic presidential candidates, including
Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, her closest rival,
will take the stage Tuesday night in Las Vegas for the first party
debate.
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Trump won't be next president: Obama
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President
Barack Obama is fairly certain of one thing when it comes to next
year's election: Donald Trump won't succeed him in the White House. The
billionaire businessman, the frontrunner in the race to become the
Republican party's White House nominee, has raised hackles with his
controversial comments on immigration, gun control and women, among
other issues. "I don't think he'll end up being president of the United
States," Obama said in the interview, which aired on Sunday.
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Chase Utley suspended by MLB for 'illegal' slide
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