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Today on the beat:
Wal-Mart and allies in face-off with Apple Pay over mobile payments
Peshmerga troops start entering Syrian border town
Exclusive: Canada spy agency must improve information sharing – watchdog
Maine nurse defies Ebola quarantine with bike ride
Kerry says reported U.S. slur of Israel’s Netanyahu ‘damaging’
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