Tuesday, October 13, 2015

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What to expect from Bernie Sanders at Tuesday's Democratic debate
What to Expect From Bernie Sanders at Tuesday's Democratic DebateHe 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
2015 Playmate of the Year, holds a plaque with the cover of the Playboy June 2015 issue at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles(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
Walter Palmer arrives at the River Bluff Dental clinic in BloomingtonBy 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'
File photo of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian speaking in the newspaper's offices in WashingtonThe 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
FILE - In this photo April 11, 2013 file photo, Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for the Washington Post, smiles as he attends a presidential campaign of President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran. Iran's official IRNA news agency reported that the verdict against Rezaian has been issued. Rezaian, the Post's Tehran bureau chief, is accused of charges including espionage in a closed-door trial that has been widely criticized by the U.S. government and press freedom organizations. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)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
U.S. Vice President Biden delivers remarks at the American Job Creation and Infrastructure Forum in WashingtonBy 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
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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