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Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Asian shares were higher Monday, as investors continue to rejigger their read on President Donald Trump's trade war and growing worries about slowing economies around the world. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asian shares rise as investors watch trade war, economiesAsian shares are higher as investors continue to rejigger their read on President Donald Trump's trade war and growing worries about slowing economies around the world
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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, right, speaks with Constitutional Assembly President Diosdado Cabello at the Supreme Court during an annual ceremony that marks the start of the judicial year in Caracas, Venezuela. The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Cabello as members of Maduro’s inner circle seek guarantees they won’t face retribution if they cede to growing demands to remove him, a senior administration official told The Associated Press on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
AP Exclusive: US talks secretly to Venezuela socialist bossAP Exclusive: A senior administration official says the U.S. has opened up secret communications with Venezuela's socialist party boss
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FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump reacts at the end of his speech at a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H. The Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps ever. Many are questioning the results even as officials insist the penalties are achieving their aims. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Trump wields sanctions hammer; experts wonder to what endThe Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps ever
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New Orleans Saints kicker Wil Lutz (3) boots a field goal during the fourth quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo )
Hill rallies Saints to 19-17 victory over ChargersTaysom Hill had 191 yards of offense and directed three second-half scoring drives to help the New Orleans Saints rally for a 19-17 exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Chargers
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Oakland Athletics pitcher Brett Anderson works against the Houston Astros in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Greinke gets 200th win, pitches Astros past A's 4-1Zack Greinke threw seven smooth innings for his 200th win, pitching the first-place Houston Astros past the Oakland Athletics 4-1 to avoid a four-game sweep
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, from left to right, sportscasters Phil Simms, Jack Whitaker and Jim Nantz participate in the "CBS Sports" panel at the CBS 2016 Winter TCA in Pasadena, Calif. Whitaker, whose Hall of Fame broadcasting career ranged from the first Super Bowl to Secretariat's Triple Crown to short essays from major sporting events, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, CBS reported. The network said Whitaker died of natural causes in his sleep in Devon, Pa. He was 95. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/In vision/AP, File)
Jack Whitaker, Hall of Fame sports broadcaster, dies at 95Hall of Fame sports broadcaster Jack Whitaker, whose career spanned 1st Super Bowl, Secretariat and Olympics, dies at 95.
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Will Power, center, poses after winning the IndyCar Series auto race at Pocono Raceway with second place finisher Scott Dixon, left, and third place finisher Simon Pagenaud, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Power wins shortened Pocono race marred by wreck, weatherWill Power won the shortened race at Pocono Raceway, the 13th straight season he's won an IndyCar race
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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2005 file photo, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco assures Hurricane Katrina victims Joeliene L. West, right, and Verlinda Wagner, left, both of New Orleans, that the state and federal governments will assist them with emergency housing as fast as they humanly can, during a visit at the Cajundome in Lafayette, La. Blanco, who became Louisiana's first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. She was 76. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis, File)
Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's governor during Katrina, diesFormer Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state's first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by Hurricane Katrina, has died at 76
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Planned book by Mark Halperin faces widespread criticismA reported book deal for Mark Halperin, the "Game Change" co-author and political commentator who has faced multiple allegations of sexual harassment, is being greeted with widespread outrage
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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2005 file photo, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco assures Hurricane Katrina victims Joeliene L. West, right, and Verlinda Wagner, left, both of New Orleans, that the state and federal governments will assist them with emergency housing as fast as they humanly can, during a visit at the Cajundome in Lafayette, La. Blanco, who became Louisiana's first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. She was 76. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, right, speaks with Constitutional Assembly President Diosdado Cabello at the Supreme Court during an annual ceremony that marks the start of the judicial year in Caracas, Venezuela. The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Cabello as members of Maduro’s inner circle seek guarantees they won’t face retribution if they cede to growing demands to remove him, a senior administration official told The Associated Press on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump reacts at the end of his speech at a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H. The Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps ever. Many are questioning the results even as officials insist the penalties are achieving their aims. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, from left to right, sportscasters Phil Simms, Jack Whitaker and Jim Nantz participate in the "CBS Sports" panel at the CBS 2016 Winter TCA in Pasadena, Calif. Whitaker, whose Hall of Fame broadcasting career ranged from the first Super Bowl to Secretariat's Triple Crown to short essays from major sporting events, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, CBS reported. The network said Whitaker died of natural causes in his sleep in Devon, Pa. He was 95. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/In vision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump reacts at the end of his speech at a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H. The Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps ever. Many are questioning the results even as officials insist the penalties are achieving their aims. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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New Orleans Saints kicker Wil Lutz (3) boots a field goal during the fourth quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo )

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