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Bale's scissor-kick gives Madrid 3rd straight European title

Bale's scissor-kick gives Madrid 3rd straight European title

KIEV, Ukraine — With his back to goal but eyes on the incoming cross, Gareth Bale connected with the ball while leaping in the air and sent a scissor-kick arcing into the top of the net.
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With US talks in limbo, Korean leaders hold surprise summit

With US talks in limbo, Korean leaders hold surprise summit

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Saturday for the second time in a month, exchanging a huge bear hug and broad smiles in a surprise summit at a border village to discuss Kim's pote
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American jailed in Venezuela for 2 years arrives in US

American jailed in Venezuela for 2 years arrives in US

WASHINGTON — Joshua Holt, who travelled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA's top spy in Latin America, was set free by the anti-American Maduro government on
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US states prepare as Subtropical Storm Alberto heads north

US states prepare as Subtropical Storm Alberto heads north

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida and Mississippi launched emergency preparations Saturday ahead of the arrival of Subtropical Storm Alberto, a slow-moving system expected to cause wet misery across the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast over the holiday weekend.
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Prosecutor: Teen should get life for killing elderly woman

WARREN, Ohio — A prosecutor in Ohio says a teenager who tried to rape and beat to death a 94-year-old neighbour with a flashlight should spend the rest of his life in prison with no chance for parole.
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'Quiet revolution' leads to abortion rights win in Ireland

'Quiet revolution' leads to abortion rights win in Ireland

DUBLIN — In the end, it wasn't even close.
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Powerful cyclone strikes Oman, Yemen; 5 dead, 30 missing

Powerful cyclone strikes Oman, Yemen; 5 dead, 30 missing

SALALAH, Oman — A cyclone more powerful than any previously recorded in southern Oman slammed into the Gulf country and neighbouring Yemen on Saturday, deluging a major city with nearly three years' worth of rainfall in single day.
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Monument honours famous WWI war dog Stubby

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A new monument in Connecticut honours service animals with a statue of one of the nation's most famous war dogs. The sculpture, "Stubby Salutes," is being unveiled Saturday in Veterans Memorial Park in Middletown.
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Woman reaches goal of doing a headstand in all 50 states

KETCHIKAN, Alaska — A 71-year-old woman has completed her mission of performing a headstand in all 50 states.
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Mantel, Saunders up for best-ever Booker Prize accolade

Mantel, Saunders up for best-ever Booker Prize accolade

LONDON — Britain's Hilary Mantel, Canada's Michael Ondaatje and American author George Saunders are among five contenders for the title of greatest-ever winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction.
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