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Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields leaves loss to Vikings with right hand injury
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'Black city': Polish port Gdansk chokes on coal dust
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Tornado damages 125 homes in suburb of Canadian capital Ottawa
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An Oklahoma judge could be removed from office for sending more than 500 texts during a murder trial
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