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  Mattress Firm files for bankruptcy, closing up to 700 stores

  October 05, 2018 23:00 IST

  Mattress Firm, Inc., the nation's largest mattress retailer, is filing for bankruptcy protection and plans to close up to 700 stores around the country

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  Amnesty chief: Trump factor helping human rights campaigns

  October 05, 2018 23:00 IST

  The head of Amnesty International said the human rights movement is being mobilized globally by an unexpected factor: U.S. President Donald Trump

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  Pope adviser says systematic reforms needed to address abuse

  October 05, 2018 23:00 IST

  One of Pope Francis' top advisers has warned that the Catholic Church risks increased police and government intervention if it doesn't address the clergy sex abuse scandal with system-wide reforms

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  BC-Money & Markets Digest

  October 05, 2018 22:45 IST

  Money & Markets modules for Saturday, Oct. 6THE WEEK AHEADThe Labor Department issues its monthly snapshot of producer prices Wednesday. Delta Air Lines serves up its third-quarter results Thursday. JPMorgan Chase reports quarterly results Friday.SPOTLIGHTCostco Wholesale shares are having their worst drop in a year after the warehouse club said it's reviewing past financial reports because of possible deficiencies.CENTERPIECEAre businesses investing?The direction of the U.S. economy might

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  Will Vinton, animator behind the California Raisins, dies

  October 05, 2018 22:45 IST

  Will Vinton, an Oscar-winning animator who invented Claymation, a style of stop-motion animation, and brought the California Raisins to TV, has died in Oregon at 70.

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  NBC's Chuck Todd says media must grapple with 2020 coverage

  October 05, 2018 22:45 IST

  NBC's Chuck Todd says news executives are going to have to discuss before the 2020 election how much they let President Donald Trump overshadow the event

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  Nebraska toddler dies of trauma in wind-tossed inflatable

  October 05, 2018 22:45 IST

  Authorities say a 2-year-old Nebraska boy died and his sister was injured when wind tore the giant inflatable he was playing on from its moorings and tossed it nearly 30 feet into the air

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  Buckingham Palace official says renovation will be on budget

  October 05, 2018 22:45 IST

  The official overseeing the 369 million pound ($483 million) restoration of Buckingham Palace says he is confident the decade-long project will be finished on time and on budget

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  2 Palestinians, including teenager, killed in Gaza protest

  October 05, 2018 22:30 IST

  Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in a protest near the fence dividing Israel and the Hamas-ruled territory

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  North Dakota honors agent who tried to shield Kennedys

  October 05, 2018 22:15 IST

  The Secret Service agent who famously used his body to shield first lady Jacqueline Kennedy the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated will receive the highest honor bestowed by his home state of North Dakota

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  Mormon no more: Tabernacle Choir renamed in big church shift

  October 05, 2018 22:00 IST

  The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been renamed to drop the word "Mormon," showing that the church's new president is serious about ending shorthand names for the faith

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  Ceaseless persecution marks the Yazidis' history

  October 05, 2018 22:00 IST

  Over the past centuries, the Yazidi community, one of Iraq's oldest religious minorities, has repeatedly been subjected to brutal attacks leaving thousands of its members dead

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  DNA evidence from dead man solves 3 homicides, rape case

  October 05, 2018 22:00 IST

  DNA evidence has found the man who killed three people and raped a girl, all in the 1990s, even though the suspect killed himself nearly 20 years ago

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  Players' union, rights activists urge IOC to shelve charter

  October 05, 2018 21:45 IST

  A coalition of athletes, their global trade union, and human rights activists are calling on the IOC not to adopt a proposed athlete charter

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  US stocks slide as job gains send bond yields even higher

  October 05, 2018 21:45 IST

  US stocks are falling further after the Labor Department said job growth remained solid in recent months and investors expect more increases in interest rates

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  How fair is it for just three people to receive the Nobel Prize in physics?

  October 05, 2018 21:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University(THE CONVERSATION) The Nobel Foundation statutes decree that “in no case” can a Nobel Prize be divided between more than three people. So it may not raise many eyebrows that the 2017 award in physics went to just three scientists on the LIGO team for their “decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational

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  The Latest: Migrant group says far-right occupied France HQ

  October 05, 2018 21:30 IST

  A humanitarian group that operates a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea says its headquarters in France was briefly occupied by far-right militants

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  Review: 'American Dreamers' presents huge talents, ambitions

  October 05, 2018 21:30 IST

  Music Review: "American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom" expertly meshes the musical talents of young Dreamers who await a political decision on their fates with a professional big band led by John Daversa

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  Redick perfect, 76ers top Mavs 120-114 in China Games

  October 05, 2018 20:45 IST

  JJ Redick hits all 10 shots and scores 28 points, leading 76ers past Mavs 120-114 in China Games

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  Pompeii excavation yields rich garden scene in home shrine

  October 05, 2018 20:45 IST

  Archaeologists have uncovered a new treasure in the ruins of Pompeii

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  Ohio State's bill for sex misconduct inquiry: $1.5M so far

  October 05, 2018 20:45 IST

  Ohio State University has been billed about $1.5 million and counting for the investigation into a team doctor accused of sexual misconduct against scores of athletes and other men

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  'Walking Dead' star trades arc of weapons for arc of story

  October 05, 2018 20:45 IST

  The upcoming season of AMC's "The Walking Dead," which premieres Sunday night, will be the last for Andrew Lincoln's character, sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes, and Lincoln has wrapped his final scene.

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  WADA says it has 400 doping cases from whistleblowers

  October 05, 2018 20:45 IST

  The World Anti-Doping Agency says it has registered 400 cases after a flood of information from new whistleblowers

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  Sewage pool rings West Bank village awaiting demolition

  October 05, 2018 20:45 IST

  A Palestinian Bedouin village slated for demolition is dealing with a large pool of sewage, apparently from a nearby Israeli settlement

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  GOP Sen. Collins says she'll vote to advance Kavanaugh nomination, will announce confirmation decision Friday afternoon

  October 05, 2018 20:15 IST

  GOP Sen. Collins says she'll vote to advance Kavanaugh nomination, will announce confirmation decision Friday afternoon

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  German government urges automakers to pay diesel upgrades

  October 05, 2018 20:15 IST

  The German government is calling on automakers to pay for upgrades to diesel vehicles with excessively high emissions, as part of a deal to avert driving bans next year

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  Review: Eric Church is a 'Desperate Man' on latest album

  October 05, 2018 20:15 IST

  Music Review: Eric Church's desperation to get some new music to his fans results in "Desperate Man." It marks the top-shelf entertainer's return three years after he turned in the CMA album of the year

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  German authorities apologize for mistaken jailing of Syrian

  October 05, 2018 20:15 IST

  Authorities in western Germany are apologizing for mistakenly jailing a Syrian man who died following a fire in his cell after more than two months in custody