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8 ways to lower your blood pressure

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Researchers say more evidence suggests keeping your blood pressure below 120 to lower the risk of a heart attack or stroke. Here are eight simple ways to lower blood your blood pressure.


Hurricanes waste 23-point lead, then top Nebraska 36-33 in OT

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Miami gave Nebraska the game. Then Nebraska gave it back.

Corn Elder's interception on the first play of overtime put Miami in control, and Michael Badgley's 28-yard field goal gave the Hurricanes a 36-33 win that once seemed absolutely certain and then came perilously close to slipping away in an epic fourth-quarter collapse.

"Give Nebraska credit for the way they played," Miami coach Al Golden said. "But give our kids a lot of credit for fighting, scratching, clawing, staying together, having poise and finishing it in overtime."

For a while, everything was looking great for Miami -- sans for the final 8:36 of the fourth quarter, when Nebraska stormed back from a 33-10 deficit on the strength of three touchdown passes by Tommy Armstrong. His fourth scoring throw of the game went to Stanley Morgan with 33 seconds remaining, and the Cornhuskers then tied it when Jordan Westerkamp hauled in a 2-point conversion toss.

But Elder snared Armstrong's third interception of the night to start OT, an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty allowed Miami to start its ensuing drive at the Nebraska 13 instead of the 25, and after three running plays Badgley's fifth field goal won it for the Hurricanes (3-0).

"I really like this team," Nebraska coach Mike Riley said. "You can't help but appreciate what happened in the second half today, but there's always going to be something that gnaws at you because you know it didn't have to be like that."

The Cornhuskers (1-2) have a losing record after three games for the first time since 1981.

"We're going to keep battling," Westerkamp said.

They did Saturday, for certain. And it nearly paid off.

Miami gave Nebraska plenty of help in the final minutes. The Hurricanes lost safeties Deon Bush and Jamal Carter after both were ejected for targeting in the fourth quarter, and Nebraska found the end zone on both of those drives -- with Armstrong finding wide-open receivers against a rapidly depleting Miami defense. The Hurricanes had two would-be scores from Mark Walton taken off the board by holding penalties in the second half as well.

But the last mistake was made by Nebraska, and it basically decided everything.

"I didn't really see the corner. That's on me," Armstrong said. "I made throws. Some were great. Some were bad. That one cost us the game. There were three guys on the pattern. There was only one I could throw to. I underthrew it."

Brad Kaaya threw for 379 yards and two touchdowns for Miami, while Joe Yearby ran for 125 yards and a score and Rashawn Scott caught nine passes for 151 yards. Artie Burns became the first Miami player since Sean Taylor in 2003 with an interception in three straight games, and Christopher Herndon and Tyre Brady had their first career touchdown catches in the first quarter as Miami raced to a 17-0 lead.

In the end, the Hurricanes needed every bit of that cushion. Elder helped Miami avoid disaster.

"I didn't have a receiver to my side so I was basically just playing the field," Elder said of his interception at the goal line to start the extra period. "I saw him scramble, I took off deep, he threw it and it came right to me."

It was Nebraska's first true road game in the Sunshine State since visiting Miami in 1951. The Huskers' last 22 Florida trips were for bowl games, 17 of them Orange Bowls, including three where this Nebraska-Miami rivalry was forged. In all, they've played four times to decide the national championship, Miami winning three -- starting with 1983, when Nebraska went for a two-point conversion when an extra-point probably would have been enough to clinch the title.

Miami deflected that pass away, and Hurricane football forever changed that night.

Ironically, two 2-pointers for Nebraska in the fourth quarter weren't enough Saturday. The Cornhuskers have never won game in which they trailed by 21 points -- but nearly changed that.

"We won the game," Kaaya said. "That's all that matters."

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3 South Florida Fantasy 5 players each win jackpot

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Three "Fantasy 5" players in South Florida selected all five winning numbers to each take home a jackpot of $75,102.97.

The Florida Lottery said Saturday that the winning tickets were purchased in Margate, Miami Beach and North Lauderdale.

A total of 321 tickets matching four numbers won $113 each.

Another 9,808 tickets matching three numbers won $10 each and 97,535 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking two numbers.

The numbers drawn Friday night were 7-12-25-31-36.

Trump: I'm not 'obligated' to defend Obama

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Donald Trump on Saturday said it is not his job to correct supporters' claims about the President, defending his decision not to take issue with a man who disparaged Muslims and said President Barack Obama is not an American.

Trump did not dispute the man's allegations made at a town hall event this week, and added that if someone criticized him to Obama, there would be "no chance" the President would come to his defense.

"Am I morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him? I don't think so!" he tweeted Saturday morning.

Seven minutes later, Trump suggested, "This is the first time in my life that I have caused controversy by NOT saying something."

He then followed up by saying Obama would not have defended him in the roles were reversed.

"If someone made a nasty or controversial statement about me to the president, do you really think he would come to my rescue? No chance!"

Trump then said that if he had challenged the man, the media would have accused him of infringing on the man's speech.

"If I would have challenged the man, the media would have accused me of interfering with that man's right of free speech. A no win situation!" he tweeted.

He also slammed Obama for being "horrible" in protecting Christians' religious liberty.

"Christians need support in our country (and around the world), their religious liberty is at stake! Obama has been horrible, I will be great"

Speaking at the Iowa Faith and Freedom presidential forum Saturday night, Trump -- carrying a Bible to the podium -- acknowledged he had had "quite a couple of days" before reading his tweets from the morning and maintaining his position that he had done nothing wrong.

Contrast to McCain

Trump's response contrasts with John McCain's now-famous exchange during a town hall in 2008, when he took the microphone away from and corrected a woman who called Obama "an Arab."

"No ma'am," McCain said. "He's a decent family man citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues."

The White House pointed out that difference in a sharp response on Friday.

"Is anyone really surprised that this happened at a Donald Trump rally?" White House spokesman Josh Earnest said during his daily briefing. "The people who hold these offensive views are part of Mr. Trump's base. ... It is too bad that he wasn't able to summon the same kind of patriotism that we saw from Senator McCain, who responded much more effectively and directly when one of his supporters and one of his campaign events seven years ago raised the same kind of false claims."

The White House on Saturday declined to add to Earnest's remarks.

Asked about Trump's tweets Saturday morning, Democratic presidential contender Martin O'Malley said Trump did have an obligation to correct the questioner.

"I think any of us who are in the public arena, especially for the most important office of the presidency of the United States, have an obligation to correct errors and hateful things when people say them," O'Malley said at the New Hampshire Democratic Party convention. "I mean, it certainly was a different reaction that Donald Trump gave than somebody like John McCain would give when a person wrongly maligns people of the Muslim faith or tries to mischaracterize the President's faith. But I'll leave that to Trump."

Speaking to the New Hampshire convention Saturday, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton -- whose 2008 campaign was notably accused of insinuating that Obama was a Muslim, with Clinton herself saying the then-senator wasn't a Muslim "as far as I know" -- ripped Trump over the controversy.

"His latest outrage, the way he handled the question about President Obama, was shocking but not surprising," Clinton said. "He has been trafficking in prejudice and paranoia throughout this campaign."

'When can we get rid of them?'

The controversy arose on Thursday, when an unidentified man asked Trump when the U.S. can "get rid" of Muslims, asserting that Obama was not an American and was a Muslim himself.

"We have a problem in this country. It's called Muslims," the man said at a question-and-answer town hall event in Rochester, New Hampshire. "You know our current president is one. You know he's not even an American."

A seemingly bewildered Trump interrupted the man, chuckling, "We need this question. This is the first question."

"Anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us," the man, wearing a "Trump" T-shirt, continued. "That's my question: When can we get rid of them?"

"We're going to be looking at a lot of different things," Trump replied. "You know, a lot of people are saying that and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening. We're going to be looking at that and many other things."

The real estate mogul did not correct the questioner about his claims about Obama before moving on to another audience member.

Corey Lewandowski, Trump's campaign manager, said Thursday that the candidate did not hear the question about Obama being a Muslim.

"All he heard was a question about training camps, which he said we have to look into," Lewandowski said. "The media want to make this an issue about Obama, but it's about him waging a war on Christianity."

Trump reiterated that claim in an interview with The New York Times published Friday, saying, "The bigger issue is that Obama is waging a war against Christians in this country."

Republican presidential contenders have been split over the controversy.

Rick Santorum and Ted Cruz refused to criticize Trump or say whether they believe Obama is a Christian, instead slamming reporters for asking about the incident. Jindal said it wasn't a candidate's "role" to correct a questioner -- but also said he would have pointed out the U.S.'s anti-discrimination values.

But Chris Christie, Lindsey Graham and Jeb Bush emphatically said they believe Obama was born in the U.S. and criticized Trump for not standing up to the questioner.

Panther killed in southwest Florida

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Officials say a Florida panther was killed by a vehicle on a southwest Florida highway.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that the 4-year-old female was found Friday after being hit by a vehicle on Interstate 75 in Collier County. The remains will be taken to a Gainesville facility for a necropsy.

This is the 27th Florida panther killed this year, the 18th by a vehicle strike.

Florida set a record last year with 25 road kills and 33 overall deaths.

Florida panthers once roamed the entire southeastern U.S., but only around 180 remain in the wild.

Coast Guard: Teen free diver found, airlifted to hospital

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A 15-year-old boy who disappeared in the Atlantic after free diving with friends has been found.

The Coast Guard says the boy was diving without breathing gear when he lost contact with his friends Saturday off the Boca Raton Inlet.

The Coast Guard launched a search. Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios says a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office boat crew first spotted the boy in the water and brought him aboard.

Rios says the teen was airlifted to a hospital in serious condition. Additional details were not immediately available. The boy's name has not been released.

Two other Palm Beach County teenagers went missing in July while fishing in the ocean off Jupiter. Their boat was found capsized off, but the 14-year-old boys were not found.

Suspect in Daytona Beach shooting kills himself in Miami jail cell

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The suspect in a triple shooting that killed two Bethune-Cookman University students died after hanging himself in his Miami jail cell.

According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said he learned Saturday afternoon about York Zed Bodden's death.

Chitwood said, "He saved the state the expense."

Officials said Bodden was arrested Friday in North Miami after fatally shooting Diona McDonald and Timesha "Lisa" Carswell and critically injuring Micah Parham, also a B-CU student, Thursday in a residence at Carolina Club Apartments in Daytona Beach.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Thursday the suspect had been asked to leave the residence. They had asked a male friend to help them evict Bodden.

Chitwood said the women were shot in the head and the man was sprayed with bullets.

Pope Francis gets euphoric welcome in Cuba

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After Cubans gave Pope Francis a hero's red-carpet welcome Saturday at Jose Marti International Airport, thousands cheered as his iconic popemobile made its way down the municipality of Boyeros. He will spend the night at the home of the Vatican's ambassador to Cuba in the neighborhood of Miramar.

Although the pope has been urging Raul Castro and President Barack Obama to work together, the pope didn't talk about politics. He said his visit to Cuba coincides with the 100 anniversary of the Virgin of Charity, the patron saint of Cuba. And he closed his short address with a message of reconciliation.

"May Cuba, with all its magnificent potential, open itself to the world, and may the world open itself to Cuba," Pope Francis said during his speech at Jose Marti International Airport, where Raul Castro welcomed him and held a ceremony with the Cuban military honor guard in his honor.

RAW VIDEO: Sights, sounds of welcoming ceremony

It's the first time the 78-year-old Argentine Jesuit -- who became the first Latin American pope in 2013 -- visits the island. His Sunday morning Mass will be at the Revolution Square.

He is the third pontiff to visit Cuba in the past 17 years — a remarkable record for any country, much less one with such a tiny Catholic community. During his address after landing, Pope Francis did not repeat his criticism of the atheist revolution, which he has said denies individuals their "transcendent dignity."

Andrew Chesnut, a Virginia Commonwealth University professor, said the pope's mention of Jose Marti was a criticism of the Castro brothers.

"He specifically referenced Marti as a fighter against 'dynasties,' a reference of course to the five decade-long Castro regime," Chesnut said.

TRANSLATION:  Castro's speech | Pope's speech

Guzman Carriquiry, a close Vatican aide of the pope's, said Francis' key aim in traveling to Cuba was pastoral, not political. That's not to say there won't be politics on the agenda: It will just take place behind closed doors.

"The motive of the trip is to confirm the Catholic faith of Cubans and encourage a church that has suffered in the past decades," Carriquiry said at a recent church conference.

Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the issue of Cuban dissidents could come up in private discussions between Francis and Raul Castro, and their respective secretaries of state.

"You can discuss problems of this type without dealing with them in clamorous ways," Lombardi said.

PROFILE: Rev. Gilbert Walker's story

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In Havana, the Cuban government launched an effort to bring crowds into the streets of the capital.

Officials offered state workers' a day's pay, snacks and transportation, so that they could gather along the pope's route from the airport to the papal ambassador's home. University students were also recruited to turn out.

"This visit is like a breath of hope blowing over Cuba, more than anything because of the role that the pope played in the reestablishment of relations," said Diego Carrera, a 71-year-old retired state worker in Havana.

Pope Francis will travel to the eastern Cuban city of Santiago Monday to pray at the sanctuary of Cuba's patron saint and stop in the city of Holguin en route, demonstrating once again his desire to visit the most peripheral of places that often get overlooked.

POPE'S U.S. VISIT

After five days in Cuba, he will part to the U.S., where his popularity ratings are high. He has gained detractors, particularly among conservatives over his critiques of the excesses of capitalism. But that view has endeared him to Castro, who vowed earlier this year that if Francis kept it up, he would return to the Catholic Church.

It will also be the first time Pope Francis visits the United States.

COMMENTARY: Could Pope bring Raul Castro back to faith?

The pope, who is the son of Italian migrants, arrives in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.  The first family will greet him at Andrews Air Force Base.

His trip boasts several firsts for history's first Latin American pope: He will be the first pope to address the U.S. Congress. He will proclaim the first saint on U.S. soil when canonizing the controversial missionary, Junipero Serra.

He will also grab the world stage at the United Nations to press his agenda on migration, the environment and religious persecution.

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said the Holy See hopes the U.S. will remove the embargo, which the Vatican has long opposed. On Friday, Obama eased rules for U.S. citizens wishing to travel to Cuba and simplified procedures for telephone and Internet investments and money transfers.

POPE'S ITINERARY: From Sept. 19 in Havana to Sept. 27 in Philadelphia

Spanish-speaking undocumented migrants were making plans to see Pope Francis.  They make up about 38 percent of adult Catholics in the U.S., according to the CARA research center at Georgetown University.

Francis will deliver most of his speeches in his native Spanish, even though he speaks very good English. He will meet with immigrants on several occasions and bless a wooden cross particularly important to the faithful.

Francis has called for countries to be more welcoming of migrants seeking a better life for themselves and decried in particular the plight of would-be migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border— signaling he has no qualms about wading into a politically charged issue during the U.S. presidential campaign.

ABOUT THE POPE Pope Francis is the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first non-European and the first Jesuit priest to be named pope. He took the title after St. Francis of Assisi of Italy. Birth: Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is the son of Italian immigrants. Education: He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in 1958 and he was ordained a pried in 1969. He studied chemistry, philosophy and theology, and he finished his doctorate in theology in Germany in 1986. Church history: In Argentina, he was bishop of Auca and auxiliary of Buenos Aires in 1992. In 2001, he became cardinal to Pope John Paul II. He was president of the Bishop's Conference of Argentina from 2005 to 2011. He became Pope Francis March 13, 2013.

Another hot-button issue the pope will raise is religious liberty, following the legalization of gay marriage across the country. For the pope though, religious liberty also means denouncing the persecution of Christians by Islamic extremists in the Mideast and Africa.

He will also likely talk about the church's opposition to the birth control coverage requirement in the Obama administration's health care plan. Next week, the pope will travel to Philadelphia to participate in the church's World Meeting of Families, a big Catholic rally to reinforce church teaching on marriage.

Traditional family values are expected to be high on the agenda, especially since the Philadelphia event amounts to the opening act of a major and contentious meeting of the world's bishops on family issues — including gays and divorcees — that gets underway a week after Francis returns to Rome.

The archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, said he expected Francis would do what his predecessors have done on trips to the U.S.: Remind America of its greatness, of its long history of welcoming foreigners and of the freedoms, first sketched out in Philadelphia, that formed the foundation of American democracy and society.

"He will remind of us our nobility," Dolan said in a recent interview in the New York City archdiocese. "He will affirm our heritage and in doing that he'll also remind us of the moral imperative to live up to that."

Reporters' notebook:

While on the flight from Italy to Cuba, Pope Francis shared meat-filled "empanadas" with the 75 reporters who were traveling with him. A Spanish-language correspondent gave the pope an official copy of the winged statue they won for covering the 2013 conclave that elected him.

Pope Francis also talked to reporters about a meeting with refugee Syrian family of four, who arrived from Damascus and was taken in by the Vatican.  In his words, "You could see the pain in their faces."

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The Associated Press Reporters Nicole Winfield, Michael Weissenstein and Reachel Zoll worked on this report. CNN Religion Editor Daniel Burke contributed to this story. And Local 10 News' producer Michelle Lacamoire also contributed to this story.


Rescue crews search Pompano Beach's intercoastal waterway

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Dive teams and rescue boats searched the intercoastal waterway for several hours Saturday night in Pompano Beach.

The search took place near the 3000 block of West Atlantic Boulevard.

Witnesses in the area said they heard a crash and that two boats had collided.

The possible boating accident has not been confirmed, but debris that appears to be from a boat was floating in the water.

That stretch of the intercoastal waterway is considered a no-wake zone and boats must idle through it.

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Man found shot to death in car in Opa-locka

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A man was found shot to death inside a car Saturday, Opa-locka police said.

Freddie London was a man of many words.

"If he had something to say, it was encouraging words to make you feel better every day," Katina Woods said.

They were peaceful words that brought Woods comfort just six months ago after her own son, Centrell Corker, was shot and killed on the streets of Opa-locka.

"Every day since my son died (he said) 'It's going to be all right. We're going to get justice. We're going to get peace.' When is it going to stop?" Woods said.

Now Woods and many other loved ones are in mourning all over again after London -- the familiar voice of positivity -- was gunned down early Saturday morning.

The 36-year-old was in a car in front of the supermarket on Northwest 22nd Avenue and Rutland Street when police said Turane Mark Rouse Jr. fired the fatal shots.

A random robbery allegedly was the motive.

"Trust God. Oh, believe in God. Let God do it. It's easy to say that but it's very hard to do that and I'm speaking for me," London was recorded a few days ago preaching in church. "Thank God anyway. Amen."

Positive posts also filled London's Facebook page. His final message written Friday said, "If you can't find anything to be thankful for, just check your pulse."

No one could imagine that London would fall victim to an accused gunman's bold act just 24 hours later.

"He never did anyone any harm, and he doesn't deserve this and his family doesn't either," Woods said.

Investigators have charged Rouse with second-degree murder, police said.

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Reasons why Pope Francis is cool

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With Pope Francis arriving in the United States tomorrow for his first American visit, he continues to ride a wave of popularity that has earned him accolades and criticisms alike. Take a look at the many reasons why Pope Francis is cool.

Spanish-language TV host Don Francisco ends 53-year career with emotional show

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Spanish-language TV host Don Francisco ended a 53-year career Saturday night, offering a last, emotional show in which President Barack Obama and his wife praised him by video and a constellation of Latin American pop stars thanked him for advancing their careers.

Don Francisco, whose real name is Mario Kreutzberger, praised his production team and fellow performers for making the show such a long-running success.

"Sábado Gigante" was seen in millions of households in the U.S. and Latin America and holds the world record for the longest-running variety program with the same host.

"A show is not done by one person," Don Francisco said as he bade farewell to his audience. "It is done by a team, by many people, many of whom you do not see, you do not know who they are, but they work hard, they put their hearts into it and their talent into it."

Some of the celebrities who made brief appearances include Enrique Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Marc Anthony, and Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles.

Iglesias reminisced about being scared and nervous during his first appearance on the show, and thanked Don Francisco for helping him reach success.

Marc Anthony appeared by video and recalled being on the show for the first time in 1993.

"That was a very important moment for me," Marc Anthony said, "because I was young and insecure and I felt as if I had graduated, and then I was surprised to find out that my father was there."

Colombian pop singer Juanes thanked Don Francisco "for giving me all your support, in good times and bad, I thank you and your entire team." Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo and pop star Shakira also sent him best wishes via video.

Jorge Ramos, the Univision journalist who recently made headlines after being thrown out of a news conference with Donald Trump, praised Don Francisco for being not only entertaining but also informative.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican, handed Don Francisco a congressional merit award. Puerto Rican singer Daddy Yankee appeared via video link from his concert at Madison Square Garden.

Among the staff, there were mixed feelings about saying goodbye.

"Obviously there is sadness in the team because an era is coming to an end, but we should be happy and proud of everything we've achieved through this show," said Cristian de la Fuente, one of the show's regular performers.

Don Francisco was joined onstage by his brother, his wife, his children and several grandchildren.

After the show, Don Francisco told a group of reporters that he would continue to work in media, but gave no details.

"I never thought we would get this reaction. It's very emotional to see that this show had such an impact, that we showed to the very last day how professional we are," he said.

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87 ex-NFL players had brain disease, researchers say

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Eighty-seven of 91 former NFL players who donated their brains to science after death tested positive for a brain disease that is believed to be linked with repeated head trauma and concussions, researchers said.

The former players were found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University.

It's not clear why some players develop the disease and others don't.

The study results don't necessarily mean that 96% of all NFL players are at risk for CTE, said Dr. Robert Cantu. The brains came from players who, while they were alive, had concerns about CTE. His group began its work in 2008.

The data was published on the website for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, which Cantu co-founded, and first reported Friday by the documentary TV program "Frontline."

NFL reacts

The NFL said it had taken several steps to make play safer. Among the changes in recent years has been conducting pregame medical assessments of players, along with on-field and postgame assessments of players involved in hard hits. Another has been moving the kickoff spot 5 yards forward, reducing the number of kick returns.

"We are dedicated to making football safer and continue to take steps to protect players, including rule changes, advanced sideline technology and expanded medical resources," the league said. "We continue to make significant investments in independent research through our gifts to Boston University, the (National Institutes of Health) and other efforts to accelerate the science and understanding of these issues."

In May, Dr. Russ Lonser, chairman of the NFL's Head, Neck and Spine Subcommittee, said there has been a 25% reduction in concussions and 40% reduction in helmet-to-helmet hits in the past three seasons.

Postmortem diagnosis

CTE is a progressive degenerative brain disease found in some athletes and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma.

The brain tissue of people found to have CTE displays an abnormal build-up of tau -- a protein that, when it spills out of cells, can choke off, or disable, neural pathways controlling things like memory, judgment and fear.

Cantu is unequivocally clear that CTE is not unique to athletes.

"There are a number of cases in people who never saw an athletic field," he said. Cantu gave the examples of former military members, people who have suffered from gram mal seizures, autistic children who rocked and banged their heads, abuse victims, and even people who were shot out of a cannon as part of a circus act.

CTE can be diagnosed only after death.

Earlier this year, the NFL and thousands of former players settled a lawsuit that provides up to $5 million per retired player for serious medical conditions associated with repeated head trauma.

While the lawsuit was a combination of hundreds of actions brought by more than 5,000 former players, it may apply to as many as 20,000 former ex-NFLers.

The overall rate of incidence of CTE among NFL players can only be determined after a number of brains from players who did not exhibit or experience any symptoms of CTE, are studied, Cantu said.

Myers' chip shot helps Jaguars beat Dolphins 23-20

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Rookie Jason Myers kicked a 28-yard field goal with 40 seconds remaining and the Jacksonville Jaguars held on to beat the Miami Dolphins 23-20 on Sunday.

The Jaguars (1-1) took over with 1:48 left, and Blake Bortles put them in field-goal range with pass plays of 18, 19 and 9 yards.

[WATCH: Fins Flash: Will's take on Dolphins' loss in Jacksonville]

The Dolphins (1-1) provided some help, too, with a 15-yard personal foul penalty called on Olivier Vernon. The defensive end was flagged for hitting tight end Clay Harbor after the whistle, making it a chip shot for Myers.

[READ: Clay's plays: Breakdown of Dolphins-Jaguars]

Then again, Myers missed an extra point and field goal in the season opener. So nothing was certain until his kick split the uprights.

Miami had one final chance, but with no timeouts and lots of ground to cover, the Dolphins didn't even mount a threat.

Jacksonville avoided its fourth consecutive 0-2 start.

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'Black Mass': Depp's biggest box office opening since 2013

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For Johnny Depp, crime does pay.

"Black Mass," the biopic that stars Depp as Boston crime lord James "Whitey" Bulger, brought in $23.3 million at the U.S. box office this weekend.

For Depp, "Mass" is his biggest opening as a lead actor since 2013's "The Lone Ranger."

While Depp has had an illustrious box office career, the actor had a string of box office bombs like January's "Mortdecai," which only opened to $4.2 million.

Away from the solid debut, Depp's transformation into the real life Bulger is gaining acclaim with some critics who think it could nab Depp an Oscar nomination.

The Warner Bros. crime thriller is not the first time Depp has played a real life gangster. The actor stepped into true crime roles with 2001's "Blow" and 2009's "Public Enemies." (Warner Bros., like CNN, is owned by Time Warner.)

"This is the Johnny Depp everyone wants to see," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Rentrak. "Kids may love him as Jack Sparrow and Willy Wonka, but it's interesting that Depp is really in his wheelhouse when he's playing gangsters."

The weekend's box office winner was "The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials," which made $30.3 million.

"Scorch Trials" is the second installment in the young-adult dystopian "Maze Runner" series.

The original installment, "The Maze Runner," surprised Hollywood last year by making $340 million worldwide.


15-year-old diver dies shortly after being pulled from ocean near Boca Raton

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A 15-year-old free diver pulled from the Atlantic Ocean has died.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Skyler Hunt had been diving without breathing gear in about 90 feet of water near the Boca Raton Inlet when he lost contact with his friends and father Saturday afternoon.

The teen was found in the water about an hour later and airlifted to a hospital.

Sheriff's office spokesman Eric Davis said the boy was pronounced dead about 4:45 p.m.

Hunt's death is the latest in a series of incidents this year near Palm Beach County inlets, which are scenic but high-risk areas where rivers and the Intracoastal Waterway meet ocean tides.

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Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jose 'Pepe' Diaz arrested on DUI charge

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Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jose "Pepe" Diaz has been arrested on a drunken driving charge in Key West.

The Key West Police Department said Diaz was arrested Saturday night on South Roosevelt Boulevard.

A police spokeswoman said Diaz was going 74 mph in a 30 mph zone. When he was pulled over, he didn't use a kickstand for his motorcycle, causing it to fall over, she said.

"Under advice of my legal counsel, I cannot discuss details at this time," Diaz said in a statement. "However, I look forward to resolving this matter. In the meantime, I will continue to serve my community and the residents of District 12 as I have done for the last 24 years, and I humbly ask for your patience during this time."

Diaz was elected to office in 2002. He spent the night at the Monroe County Detention Center and was released from jail Sunday on a $1,000 bond.

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Body recovered in Intracoastal Waterway where 2 boats collided

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A man whose body was recovered in the Intracoastal Waterway where two boats collided Saturday night has been identified.

Authorities said the body of the missing boater, William A. Ineson Jr., 51, of Coral Springs, was recovered Sunday afternoon.

The Broward Sheriff's Office said the crash Saturday night in Pompano Beach also injured two or three other people and left one man missing.

Nobody else has been identified.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also assisted local law enforcement in the search.

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Cuban police keep dissidents away from Pope Francis

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At least two dozen Cuban dissidents on their way to the Revolution Plaza couldn't make it to Pope Francis' Sunday morning Mass celebration.

Cuban police arrested the group of "Ladies in White," an opposition movement of relatives of jailed dissidents, both Saturday and Sunday, activists report on Twitter. Among them was Berta de los Angeles Soler Fernandez, 52, the leader of the group.

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Her last tweet was at 5:20 a.m.: "If we are not there by 7 a.m. at the entrance of the bus terminal that means we have disappeared."

Cuban dissidents report that there were arrests in Havana and Santa Clara early Sunday morning.  Soler reported on Twitter that they were also arrested Saturday and added that some of the dissidents detained were supposed to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican's diplomatic residence Saturday night.

Elizardo Sanchez, head of the Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation, said there were 30 to 40 opposition activists detained in both cities.

The detentions are a common occurrence for Ladies in White on Sundays when the hold their marches to the Santa Rita Catholic Church in Havana. The group is also critical of the Roman Catholic Church and Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega for failing to advocate on their behalf.

Soler said on Twitter that the Ladies in White were planning to also have a presence during Pope Francis' Mass in Holguin and Santiago de Cuba.  According to the Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation Cuban police often carry the women to buses to detain them and later release them, as a form of harassment.

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U.S. mulls abstention on Cuba embargo vote at UN

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Officials tell The Associated Press the Obama administration is considering taking the unprecedented step of abstaining from the annual U.N. vote condemning the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba.

If the administration abstains, it would mark the first time the U.S. has declined to take a stand against a U.N. resolution directly criticizing American law. And, it would effectively pit President Barack Obama and the rest of the world against Congress, which has refused to lift the embargo.

Obama has been urging Congress to scrap the 54-year-old embargo since December, when he announced that Washington and Havana would normalize diplomatic relations.

Last year's U.N. vote against the embargo was 188-2 -- and only Israel joined the U.S.

The officials aren't authorized to speak publicly on sensitive, internal deliberations and demanded anonymity.

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