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Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker pauses while watching from the dugout during the team's 6-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of a baseball National League Division Series, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal Constitution via AP)

Snitker gets 2-year extension; managed Braves to playoffsBrian Snitker gets 2-year extension after managing Braves to NL East title

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FILE - This March 1, 1959, file photo shows a Sears building in downtown Houston. Sears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. The company once dominated the American landscape, but whether a smaller Sears can be viable remains in question. (Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Sears files for Chapter 11 amid plunging sales, massive debtSears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses

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Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., right, looks on as President Donald Trump talks with reporters after arriving at Eglin Air Force Base to visit areas affected by Hurricane Michael, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump gets bird's-eye view of devastated Florida communitiesPresident Donald Trump got a bird's-eye view of Florida communities left in ruins by Hurricane Michael, including houses without roofs.

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Family members of Nepalese guides cry as bodies of those killed in Gurja Himal mountain arrive at the Teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Rescuers retrieved the bodies of five South Korean climbers and their four Nepalese guides from Gurja Himal mountain, where they were killed when their base camp was swept by a strong storm. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Recovery of Nepal climbers delayed by mountain's remotenessOfficials say it took two days to recover the battered bodies of nine climbers, including one of the world's best, who died in Nepal's worst mountaineering disaster in recent years

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A European Union flag flies outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Britain's Brexit secretary and the top European Union negotiator met for surprise talks Sunday and ambassadors from the 27 remaining EU countries gathered for a hastily scheduled discussion as the push for progress on a divorce deal quickened ahead of a vital summit. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The Latest: EU's Tusk says Brexit deal and no-deal possibleEU Council President Donald Tusk is expressing continued optimism that the European Union and Britain can reach a Brexit deal despite an impasse on the Irish border issue

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FILE - In this March 7, 2017 file photo, rowers paddle down the Charles River past the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against Asian American applicants in Harvard's admissions process is heading to trial in Boston's federal court on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Harvard denies any discrimination, saying it considers race as one of many factors when considering applicants. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Harvard: Race can only help, never harm, applicants' chancesA group suing Harvard University says the school uses a loosely defined "personal rating" to discriminate against Asian-Americans who apply to the school

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FILE - This Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, shows the Capitol at sunrise in Washington. Republicans have begun to concede defeat in the evolving fight to preserve the House majority. The party’s candidates may not go quietly, but from Arizona to Colorado to Iowa, the GOP’s most powerful players are shifting resources away from vulnerable Republican House candidates deemed too far gone and toward those thought to have a better chance of political survival. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP plays blame game while fighting to save House majorityGOP plays blame game while fighting to save House majority

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, joined by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, left, and Jessie Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, right, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia in Washington, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, to announce on efforts to reduce transnational crime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sessions: MS-13 gang, drug cartels among top threats to USAttorney General Jeff Sessions says taking down the brutal MS-13 street gang and international drug cartels will be a priority for federal law enforcement

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Trader John Santiago, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Stocks are opening mostly lower as technology companies continue to fall. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Major US indexes continue to wobble; Tech stocks sink againUS stock indexes are wavering as technology companies continue to fall but high-dividend stocks rise

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A security guard passes a document to a colleague outside Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Turkey and Saudi Arabia are expected to conduct a joint "inspection" on Monday of the consulate, where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing nearly two weeks ago, Turkish authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Investigators enter Saudi Consulate where writer vanishedA team of investigators has entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul for what Turkish officials say is a joint inspection of the building where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared nearly two weeks ago

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, to board Marine One helicopter for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Florida to tour areas the devastation left behind from Hurricane Michael last week. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Trump sees storm damage near Mexico BeachNoon President Donald Trump got a bird's-eye view of Florida Panhandle communities shattered by Hurricane Michael

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