| Royals win the World Series with another epic comeback against the Mets Posted: 01 Nov 2015 10:08 PM PST  Of all the ways for Kansas City to win its first title in 30 years, this was the most fitting.
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| Metrojet exec says external impact caused Egypt plane crash Posted: 02 Nov 2015 08:04 AM PST  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Only an external impact could have caused a Russian plane to dive into the Egyptian desert, killing all 224 people on board, its Russian operator said Monday, adding to a series of confusing statements from investigators that left unclear why the plane broke up in mid-flight.
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| Former senator, actor Fred Thompson dies Posted: 01 Nov 2015 08:08 PM PST  Fred Thompson, a former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who briefly ran for president and straddled the world of politics and entertainment with a prolific television and film acting career, died of cancer on Sunday at age 73. Thompson, a onetime real-life federal prosecutor best known to prime-time TV audiences for his role as a district attorney on NBC's hit show "Law & Order," died from a recurrence of lymphoma, said Brent Leatherwood, executive director of the Tennessee Republican Party. The actor-politician, who first made a name for himself in Washington as a Watergate investigator, was in hospice care at the time of his death, Leatherwood said.
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| Trial to start for Michigan police officer accused in videotaped beating Posted: 02 Nov 2015 07:59 AM PST  The trial of a white former suburban Detroit police officer accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Floyd Dent in January is scheduled to begin this week. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday, and Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Vonda Evans said opening statements in the case could begin on Wednesday in a case that made national headlines after Inkster police officer William Melendez was caught on a police dashboard-camera punching Dent in the head during a traffic stop. Dent, 58, who has said he suffered memory loss and other damage from the beating, earlier this year reached a $1.4 million settlement in a civil lawsuit against the city of Inkster, which has a majority black population but a majority white police force.
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| Republican landslide projected ahead of Mississippi elections Posted: 02 Nov 2015 08:54 AM PST  Mississippi's Republican governor, Phil Bryant, appears poised for a landslide re-election victory this week along with other incumbents from his party, according to an opinion poll, reflecting the strength of conservatives in the Deep South state. Bryant, who is seeking a second term, faces a little-known challenger in truck driver Robert Gray, the surprise victor of a Democratic primary in which he did not spend money or seriously campaign. Gray's name was first on the ballot, and his victory was viewed by many analysts as indicative of the sorry state of the Mississippi Democratic Party.
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| Bodies flew in the air at deadly 2014 SXSW crash, Texas trial told Posted: 02 Nov 2015 09:18 AM PST  The man accused of murdering four people when he rammed a car through a crowd at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival last year acted maliciously and with abandon, a prosecutor said in opening statements of the suspect's trial on Monday. "Bodies were flying in the air as the defendant continued to hit victims without stopping," prosecutor Amy Meredith told the jury in Austin. Lawyers for Rashad Owens, 23, said he did not intend to kill anyone.
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| Frustrated Republicans agree on push for debate changes Posted: 02 Nov 2015 06:11 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates have agreed on a series of demands to give them greater control of debates, as the GOP's frustrated 2016 class works to inject changes into a nominating process that was supposed to create a smoother path to the White House.
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| Jeb Bush: ‘I know that I got to get better at doing the debate’ Posted: 01 Nov 2015 12:41 PM PST  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he knows he needs to improve his lackluster performance in the debates if he's going to have a chance at the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. "I know that I got to get better at doing the debate," Bush said in an interview that aired on NBC's "Meet The Press" Sunday. "I'm a grinder. I mean, when I see that I'm not doing something well then I reset and I get better."
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| Royals win World Series, rally late and beat Mets 7-2 in 12 Posted: 02 Nov 2015 01:39 AM PST  Kansas City wins its first World Series crown since 1985.
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| Turkey's ruling party sweeps back to majority in parliament Posted: 01 Nov 2015 08:03 PM PST  Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has declared victory for his ruling party after preliminary election results showed it restoring its majority in parliament.
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| Paul Ryan’s first challenge as House speaker Posted: 01 Nov 2015 11:27 AM PST  Newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan says it's time for his fellow House Republicans to "take some policy risks" on an ambitious conservative agenda that includes comprehensive tax reform, an overhaul of federal poverty programs and the replacement of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature health care law better known as Obamacare.
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