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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three billion dollars. That's what Samsung says discontinuing the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone will cost the company. Samsung decided to stop producing the phone and to recall the original and replacement ones it's already sold because they can overheat and catch fire. Samsung says the total cost of the recalls is at least $5.3 billion.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Supporters cheered Donald Trump at a Florida rally Thursday, as he denied allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances toward at least four women. Trump says he doesn't know and never even met some of the women accusing him. Trump says, "These vicious claims about me, of inappropriate conduct with women, are totally and absolutely false. And the Clintons know it."

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama and the first lady are speaking out about the allegations of sexual assault against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. At a rally yesterday in New Hampshire, Michelle Obama told supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, "We can't expose our children to this any longer, not for another minute, let alone for four years."

LONDON (AP) — United Airlines says it's fixed a computer systems outage that resulted in delays and cancellations globally. Passengers travelling late Thursday and early today took to social media to complain about delays as long as six hours. Flight tracking service FlightStats showed 20 United flights were delayed and seven canceled worldwide by European morning hours.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Creepy clown incidents have spread from the United States to other countries, thanks to social media. Police in Sweden say they're looking for a man wearing a clown mask and a yellow jacket who slightly wounded a person with a sharp object. The stabbing of a 19-year-old in southern Sweden last night is the latest incident involving adults in creepy outfits scaring passers-by. A police spokeswoman says the incidents "likely had spread via social media from the United States."

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