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• Road Rage Gun Victim's Family: 'You Took a Mom Away'

  14-02-2015 23:57 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A mother was shot in the head and was not expected to survive after an apparent road-rage attack, her husband and police in Las Vegas said Friday.
  
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• Ukraine peace 'threatened' by rebel actions: Poroshenko

  14-02-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The peace process in Ukraine is being "threatened" by pro-Russian separatists who have virtually encircled Ukrainian troops in the key battleground town of Debaltseve, President Petro Poroshenko said early Sunday, shortly after the start of an agreed ceasefire. "Unfortunately, the peace process is threatened, the rebels will use Debaltseve to undermine the ceasefire," Poroshenko said during a meeting with the army chief of staff broadcast live on television, after ordering th
  
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• Peace, Finally? Cease-Fire Period Begins in Ukraine

  14-02-2015 23:52 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  There are no immediate indications of whether either side in the conflict that has killed more than 5,300 people is observing it.
  
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• American Mikaela Shiffrin defends slalom title at worlds

  14-02-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin defended her slalom title at the world championships Saturday with a strong burst near the end of a choppy course.
  
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• Shelling halts in Ukraine's Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire

  14-02-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to cease firing at midnight in line with a peace agreement reached last Thursday. Reuters correspondent Anton Zverev reported heavy artillery and rocket fire roughly every five seconds in the run-up to ceasefire time, but then the big guns fell silent just seconds after midnight. (Writing By Richard Balmforth; Editing by
  
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• Significant shelling before deadline

  14-02-2015 23:27 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Ukraine's president said a ceasefire began at midnight local time between the military and pro-Russian militants in the nation's east.
  
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• Man Agreed to Buy $12,600 Worth of Snakes, Then Shot Dealer

  14-02-2015 23:25 via abcnews.go.com
  Man convicted of shooting snake dealer after agreeing to buy $12,600 worth of snakes
  
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• Cease-fire period begins in Ukraine

  14-02-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The cease-fire period for fighting in Ukraine began one minute after midnight Sunday, but there are no immediate indications of whether either side in the conflict that has killed more than 5,300 people is observing it.
  
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• American Shiffrin defends world slalom crown

  14-02-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Beaver Creek (United States) (AFP) - Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin saved her best for last Saturday, defending her world slalom crown with a blistering second run in the final ladies event of the Beaver Creek Worlds.
  
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• FAA seeking drone rules favorable to commercial operators

  14-02-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is readying rules largely favorable to companies that want to use small drones for commercial purposes, according to a federal analysis, potentially leading to the widespread flights by unmanned aircraft performing aerial photography, crop monitoring, inspections of cell towers and bridges and other work.
  
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• Braced for Another Blizzard: Northeast Faces 'Monster Storm'

  14-02-2015 23:14 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Fifty million Americans were braced for another punishing winter blast Saturday - even as the Northeast was digging out from three major storms.
  
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• Not again! Another storm blankets winter-weary New England

  14-02-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A Valentine's Day storm bought snow and dangerously high winds to New England for the fourth time in less than a month, the latest blow to a region that has already seen more than 6 feet of snow in some areas.
  
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• Ukraine ceasefire comes into force

  14-02-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - A ceasefire agreed between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels came into force Sunday, the first step in a fragile peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of conflict in east Ukraine.
  
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• Correction: Vermont Teacher Killed story

  14-02-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — In a story Feb. 12 about a Vermont woman pleading guilty in the killing of a school teacher, The Associated Press reported erroneously the charge involved in her plea. Patricia Prue pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, not aggravated murder.
  
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• Obama talks cease-fire with leaders of Ukraine, Germany

  14-02-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama has spoken with the leaders of Ukraine and Germany as fighting continued between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine hours before a scheduled cease-fire.
  
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• Artist believes he was intended target in Copenhagen attack

  14-02-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At least one gunman opened fire Saturday on a Copenhagen cultural center, killing a man in what authorities called a likely terror attack against a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.
  
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• Fatal Copenhagen Shooting a 'Terrorist Attack': PM

  14-02-2015 23:00 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  At least one person is dead and three were wounded at a Copenhagen cafe, where a meeting about freedom of speech was interrupted by gunfire Saturday.
  
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• Merkel, Hollande consult with Putin ahead of cease-fire

  14-02-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The German government says the German and French leaders have spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and have stressed that a planned cease-fire in Ukraine must be adhered to fully by all involved.
  
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• No. 1 Kentucky ties best start at 25-0, routs South Carolina

  14-02-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Top-ranked Kentucky matched the best start in the program's storied history, improving to 25-0 on Saturday when Willie Cauley-Stein scored 14 points and Aaron Harrison added 11 in a 77-43 rout of South Carolina.
  
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• VIDEO: Rescuers save baby blown into river

  14-02-2015 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A six-month old baby is rescued by three men after her pram is blown into the River Severn by a gust of wind.
  
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• Brogdon steals helps No. 2 Virginia beat Wake Forest, 61-60

  14-02-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Anthony Gill scored 19 points and Malcolm Brogdon stole the ball from Cody Miller-McIntyre to prevent a potential game-winning shot in the final seconds Saturday, preserving No. 2 Virginia's 61-60 victory against Wake Forest.
  
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• Labor secretary to help reach West Coast port deal

  14-02-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Labor Secretary Tom Perez will travel to California to help broker an agreement between shipping companies and dockworkers in a dispute that has led to a partial shutdown of ports along the U.S. West Coast, the White House said on Saturday. The shipping companies said they were unwilling to pay union workers higher wages for weekend shifts and the Presidents Day holiday on Monday while productivity declines and cargo backups reach the point of near gri
  
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• See Michelle Obama's Valentine's Day Message to Barack

  14-02-2015 22:31 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  First lady Michelle sent President Obama a loving Valentine's Day message via Twitter on Saturday.
  
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• When fake news goes viral, blame the media, says study

  14-02-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In fact, according to a study by media researchers, many news organizations fail to do enough to separate fact from fiction, and often help unverified rumors and reports to go viral online. "Rather than acting as a source of accurate information, online media frequently promote misinformation in an attempt to drive traffic and social engagement," said the study led by Craig Silverman, a research fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. Instead, they rely
  
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• Germany warns of 'high price' of violating ceasefire in Ukraine

  14-02-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Germany's Foreign Minister warned Kiev, Moscow and separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday of the "high price" of violating a ceasefire agreement as fighting intensified hours before its start. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he did not expect such an intense surge in violence following Thursday's accord and urged all parties to obey its terms, which go into effect at midnight. "If we fail with these efforts now, everyone in the region ... will pay a high price," Steinmeie
  
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• Anwar back in jail but problems mount for Malaysian PM Najib

  14-02-2015 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Trinna Leong and Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The biggest political threat to Malaysia's government is behind bars after a court upheld a sodomy conviction for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, but more thorny problems confront Prime Minister Najib Razak. Anwar, jailed for five years on Tuesday on a charge he called politically motivated, has for years represented the greatest challenge to Najib's coalition, which has ruled the multi-ethnic Southeast Asian country s
  
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• Health law sign-ups hit snag on big weekend

  14-02-2015 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says some people trying to sign up for health insurance ahead of a looming deadline are getting snagged by technical difficulties.
  
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• Apple studies self-driving car, auto industry source says

  14-02-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Edward Taylor and Alexei Oreskovic FRANKFURT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Technology giant Apple is looking beyond mobile devices to learn how to make a self-driving electric car, and is talking to experts at carmakers and automotive suppliers, a senior auto industry source familiar with the discussions said on Saturday. The Cupertino, California-based maker of phones, computers and, soon, watches is exploring how to make an entire vehicle, not just designing automotive software or individual co
  
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• Polish presidential candidate vows better ties with Russia

  14-02-2015 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OZAROW MAZOWIECKI, Poland (AP) — The presidential candidate for Poland's main left-wing party on Saturday criticized what she called the Polish government's antagonistic attitude to Russia, saying she would be willing to speak directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Iran's Panahi wins Berlin film fest Golden Bear top prize

  14-02-2015 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi won the Golden Bear top prize at the 65th Berlin film festival Saturday for "Taxi", his third movie made in defiance of an official ban. Panahi, who is outlawed from travelling abroad and was absent from the festival, appears on screen in the film as a Tehran cab driver, swapping stories with the denizens of his city. "Limitations often inspire storytellers to make better work but sometimes those limitations can be so suffocating they destro
  
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• 140 Stranded Whales Die on New Zealand Beach

  14-02-2015 21:28 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  About 140 of the pilot whales that were stranded on a remote beach of New Zealand have died, an official said Saturday. Another 60 were refloated.
  
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• Valentine's Day Massacre Plot Foiled: Canada Cops

  14-02-2015 21:25 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A murder-suicide plot to open fire in public and kill a "large number of individual citizens" on Valentine's Day was foiled, police in Canada said.
  
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• Congressional panel seeks governor's health-agency documents

  14-02-2015 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. House committee investigating Cover Oregon has asked the office of departing Gov. John Kitzhaber to preserve all documents related to the shutdown of the botched health insurance exchange.
  
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• Oubre, Ellis lead No. 8 Kansas past No. 16 Baylor 74-64

  14-02-2015 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kelly Oubre scored 18 points, including a clinching 3-pointer in the final minutes, and eighth-ranked Kansas overcame a slow start to beat No. 16 Baylor 74-64 on Saturday.
  
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• FAA seeks drone rules favorable to commercial operators

  14-02-2015 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A government analysis of the economic and safety impact of small commercial drones appears to clear the way for proposed federal rules that would favor companies wanting to use the unmanned aircraft.
  
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• Clashes between Shi'ite Houthis and Sunnis in Yemen leave 26 dead

  14-02-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in several cities on Saturday against the rule of the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement as clashes between Houthis and Sunnis in a southern mountainous region left 26 dead. It was the second day of nationwide demonstrations against the Iranian-backed Houthis in less than a week after their dissolution of parliament this month unraveled security and sent Western and Arab embassies packing. Yemen's upheaval has
  
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• It's mud madness at Brazilian Carnival party

  14-02-2015 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARATY, Brazil (AP) — Mud madness has taken over at a Brazilian Carnival street party where a mineral-rich black slime is a substitute for more traditional costumes.
  
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• Portland considers smoking ban at city-owned golf courses

  14-02-2015 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland is considering a tobacco ban in public parks that would extend to its five golf courses.
  
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• Photos: Brazil Starts to Party for Carnival

  14-02-2015 20:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Brazil Starts to Party for Carnival
  
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• Danish PM says Copenhagen shooting was terrorist attack

  14-02-2015 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Denmark's prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, said the country was on high alert after a "terrorist attack" in Copenhagen that police said had been aimed at a controversial Swedish artist. "We feel certain now that it was a politically motivated attack, and thereby it was a terrorist attack," she told reporters close to the site of the shooting, in which one civilian was killed and three policemen were wounded.
  
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• Photos Prove Russian Weapons Deployed in Ukraine, U.S. Says

  14-02-2015 20:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The U.S. government today published commercial satellite images it says show Russian heavy weapons deployed near a strategic village in eastern Ukraine.
  
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• Rockets shatter nerves in southeast Ukraine

  14-02-2015 20:37 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Civilians continue to pay the price for the war in Ukraine. But no one seems to think this weekend's ceasefire will last.
  
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• Study: Oklahoma's daily small quakes raise risk of big ones

  14-02-2015 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN JOSE, California (AP) — New federal research says small earthquakes shaking Oklahoma and southern Kansas daily are dramatically increasing the chance of bigger and dangerous quakes.
  
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• Michele Ferrero, owner of Nutella empire, dies at 89

  14-02-2015 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Michele Ferrero, Italy's richest man and the owner of a global chocolate and confectionery empire, died on Saturday, two workers within the company said. His death is likely to spur talk of succession and potential tie-ups at the family-controlled Ferrero group, which has continued to grow even through Italy's longest recession since World War Two. The group, which makes chocolate-hazelnut Nutella spread, Ferrero Rocher pralines and chocolate Kinder eggs, is seen by analysts and bankers as Italy
  
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• Iran director Panahi's 'Taxi' wins top honor at Berlin fest

  14-02-2015 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Iranian dissident Jafar Panahi's movie "Taxi," which starred the director as a taxi driver talking to passengers in the streets of Tehran, won the top Golden Bear prize Saturday at the Berlin International Film Festival.
  
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• Gulf States urge U.N. to enforce resolution in Yemen: Arabiya

  14-02-2015 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf foreign ministers on Saturday urged the United Nations Security Council to authorize coercive measures to try to resolve the crisis in Yemen, the Saudi-owned news channel Al Arabiya reported. An emergency meeting of members of the Gulf Cooperation Council urged the Council to pass a "Chapter 7" resolution, which authorizes the use of military force or economic sanctions to enforce Council resolutions, the channel said. ...
  
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• Lebanon's Hariri: talking to Hezbollah necessary to ease tensions

  14-02-2015 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sylvia Westall BEIRUT (Reuters) - Former prime minister Saad al-Hariri, speaking on a rare visit marking the 10th anniversary of his father's assassination, said dialogue with Hezbollah was necessary to ease sectarian tensions in Lebanon. Five members of Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah have been indicted by an international tribunal over the 2005 killing of Rafik al-Hariri, who was commemorated on Saturday in the Lebanese capital. The group has denied any involvement in the murder,
  
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• '12 Hours of Hell': 'Fierce Storm' Targets New England

  14-02-2015 20:23 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Wind gusts could reach 75 mph, according to Weather.com, making it impossible for plow drivers to clear the roads due to white out conditions.
  
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• Valentine (yes, really) sinks game-winner for Michigan State

  14-02-2015 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State's Denzel Valentine celebrated Feb. 14 in style, sinking a 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds remaining to give Michigan State a 59-56 victory over No. 23 Ohio State on Saturday.
  
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• Gunmen hit Danish blasphemy debate

  14-02-2015 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One person dies after shots are fired at a Copenhagen cafe where a controversial cartoonist was attending a free speech debate.
  
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