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The stage is prepared for the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado Oct. 27, 2015, in Boulder, Colorado.(Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
Can Ben Carson assert himself as the new front-runner?
Boulder is famously liberal. The Republican field is famously not. What will happen at the University of Colorado debate tonight? A preview: Donald Trump will still be at center stage, but he’s now trailing Ben Carson in three polls in Iowa. Uh-oh. Carson is soft-spoken. Trump, not so much. And they've been less friendly in recent days, so watch for sparks to fly. (That's not a Colorado pot joke.) The record-size<span style="color: Red;">*</span>GOP field (there will be 10 on stage tonight) is beginning to winnow. Here's how to watch tonight's debate, which starts at 8 p.m. ET on CNBC (the undercard debate is at 6 p.m. ET.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>We’ve got full social coverage of #GOPdebate – follow @usatoday2016 on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat for live updates tonight, and look for Periscopes from @USATODAY.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>And of course, you can find our bingo cards here.
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USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page gives us the rundown of what to expect from the GOP debate Wednesday night. USA TODAY
Deputy fired because it's 'not acceptable' to throw a student across a room
It's a video that captured national attention. A South Carolina school resource officer throws a student across a classroom with a shocking show of force. Another recording — one of three —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>showed the teen striking the officer.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Now the officer, Deputy Ben Fields,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has been fired. <span style="color: Red;">*</span>Richmond County Sheriff Leon Lott said Wednesday that an internal investigation found that the force Fields used was "not based on training or acceptable." If there's a criminal investigation, it will be handled by federal and state agencies, but for now the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice have launched a civil rights investigation.
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The school resource officer who was seen on cellphone video slamming a student to the ground has been fired, the Richland County sheriff announced Wednesday.
There might be something fishy about that fancy wild salmon you're about to eat
Well, this stinks. An advocacy group reports that in the winter months restaurants are mislabeling<span style="color: Red;">*</span>entrees made from farmed salmon as pricier, more sustainable wild salmon.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Oceana, a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>group that's previously found fraud in retail marketing of other fish, shrimp and crab cakes, released findings Wednesday that diners were misled in restaurants when ordering salmon 67% of the time.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Oceana also tested salmon in grocery stores, where the fish was less likely to be mislabeled — about 20% — and found that large grocery stores were significantly more reliable with salmon sourcing than small markets.
Take another look at your restaurant salmon this winter.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Getty images)
More Adele news that includes an awesome bit about Amy Winehouse
Ah, Adele. You make us so happy. We can't wait to stream <span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>or maybe<span style="color: Red;">*</span>buy —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>25, due on Nov. 20.(And BTW, even though it's your first album in almost five years, and the question isn't if the release will be big – it's exactly how big it will be. Despite that flip phone in the video.) And then as we're waiting, you share the lovely personal nuggets that make us feel like we know you. Like how Amy Winehouse inspired you to write Daydreamer and Someone Like You. Yes, we miss her, too, but we're so happy to have you.
Take this to the bank: Guy cashes in 45 years' worth of pennies
Cha-ching! A Louisiana man cashed in 513,614 pennies<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that he’s been collecting for 45<span style="color: Red;">*</span>years. For those playing from home, that’s $5,136.14<span style="color: Red;">*</span>filling<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>if you can picture it<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— 15 5-gallon<span style="color: Red;">*</span>plastic water jugs. Otha<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Anders<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said he never spent any pennies (he’d rather break a dollar) or took donations. Why? He says he "wanted the inner satisfaction that God and I acquired this collection.” It took the bank five hours<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to count the pennies after the plastic jugs were hacked open with an ax and hammer.
The pennies are counted at Origin Bank in Ruston.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Frededreia Willis/The News-Star)
If you only read one thing tonight:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The gap between CEO retirement benefits and the nest eggs of average U.S. workers is even wider than the imbalance between compensation.
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Fifty years ago, on Oct. 28, 1965,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Gateway Arch was officially completed.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Swipe through our readers' fantastic photos of the St. Louis icon.
Have you seen it? It's OK to cry.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Inside Out's "Honest Trailer"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will give you all the feels again.
Now, that’s the pits.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A Massachusetts man whose Jeep got stuck in a mud pool says a towing company billed him nearly $49,000 for pulling it out.
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This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY.
Contributing: Trevor Hughes, Susan Page, Katie Smith, Cooper Allen,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Andrea Mandell, Kelly Lawler, Jaleesa Jones,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>USA TODAY; USA TODAY Sports; Lindsay Deutsch, USA TODAY Network; Frededreia Willis, Special to The (Monroe, La.) News-Star;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>WLTX-TV, Columbia, S.C.;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Associated Press
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