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• Latest in 'biblical' string of snowstorms slams New England

  15-02-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Another weekend, another major snowstorm: The latest system to sweep the Northeast brought another foot to Boston — on top of 6 feet that has fallen over the last month — and tested New Englanders who say the winter is beginning to feel like one without end.
  
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• Julie Bishop refuses to comment on claims Bali Nine judges asked for bribes

  15-02-2015 23:54
  
  Foreign minister says Indonesia should allow fresh appeal against executions, but says the ‘very serious’ allegations are a matter for the legal team Continue reading...
  
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• Alabama gay marriage fight echoes states' rights battles

  15-02-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's judicial building office overlooks Montgomery's Dexter Avenue, a history-soaked thoroughfare topped by the Alabama Capitol where Jefferson Davis was inaugurated president of the Confederacy and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. ended the 1965 march for voting rights.
  
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• Grange storms back to win slalom in final event at worlds

  15-02-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jean-Baptiste Grange of France won the slalom title Sunday at the world championships after first-run leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria straddled a gate in deteriorating conditions.
  
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• Psychosis 'link' to potent cannabis

  15-02-2015 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Using potent forms of cannabis is a factor in 24% of new psychosis cases analysed by King's College London researchers.
  
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• Sisi says Egypt will avenge IS beheadings of 21 Egyptians in Libya

  15-02-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (Reuters) - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday that Egypt reserved the right to respond in a way it sees fit to the Islamic State's beheading of 21 Egyptians in neighboring Libya. Sisi warned Cairo would choose the "necessary means and timing to avenge the criminal killings". He was speaking on national television hours after Islamic State released a video purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Michael Georgy;
  
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• U.N. council demands Houthis withdraw, end Yemen violence

  15-02-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Sunday demanded Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen withdraw from government institutions, called for an end to foreign interference and threatened "further steps" if the violence does not stop. The United Nations has warned that Yemen is collapsing. Shi'ite Muslim Houthi fighters have sidelined the central government after seizing the capital Sanaa in September and expanding across Yemen, whi
  
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• No. 6 Lady Vols overcome injuries, top No. 10 Kentucky 72-58

  15-02-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ariel Massengale scored 17 points to end her slump and No. 6 Tennessee overcame the loss of starting center Isabelle Harrison to beat No. 10 Kentucky 72-58 on Sunday.
  
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• Miss Saigon dominates theatre awards

  15-02-2015 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Musical Miss Saigon has dominated this year's WhatsOnStage awards, winning nine trophies including best West End show.
  
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• Pair of New Breeds Join Field in Westminster Dog Show

  15-02-2015 23:03 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Two new breeds will make their debuts at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City this week, joining a field of nearly 200 blood lines.
  
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• Hackers steal up to $1 billion from banks, security co. says

  15-02-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A hacking ring has stolen up to $1 billion from banks around the world in what would be one of the biggest banking breaches known, a cybersecurity firm says in a report scheduled to be delivered Monday.
  
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• Draft U.S. rules on commercial drones keep some limits on use

  15-02-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. aviation regulator proposed rules on Sunday for commercial drone flights that would lift some restrictions but would still bar activities such as the delivery of packages and inspection of pipelines that have been eyed by companies as a potentially breakthrough use of the technology. The long-awaited draft rules from the Federal Aviation Administration would require unmanned aircraft pilots to obtain special pilot certificates, stay away from bystande
  
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• Swedish Mohammad cartoonist did not expect Muslim backlash

  15-02-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - When Swedish artist Lars Vilks drew the Prophet Mohammad as a dog in 2007, the cartoon - which earned him death threats from radical Islamists and may have triggered a weekend attack in Copenhagen - was not intended to provoke Muslims. Its aim was to challenge political correctness in the art world, he said after the sketch sparked an uproar in the Islamic world, and he had been naive to think its effect would be limited. Since then, Vilks has had a $100,0
  
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• Israel's Arab leaders join forces in attempt to oust Benjamin Netanyahu and influence future government

  15-02-2015 22:54
  
  For years Arabs have been effectively marginalised in Israel’s political life. But at the weekend leaders of the country’s substantial Arab minority launched an alliance which puts them on course to become a powerful force in next month’s general election – with the potential to tip the outcome against the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
  
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• Cartoonist survives: 'They threw me in a storage room'

  15-02-2015 22:46 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Lars Vilks is no stranger to threats. The Swedish cartoonist is on an al Qaeda hit list and travels everywhere with bodyguards at his side.
  
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• Official: Canada to introduce legislation to end rail strike

  15-02-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada's Conservative government will introduce legislation to end a strike at Canadian Pacific Railway by more than 3,000 Teamsters members.
  
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• Copenhagen Suspect Was 22, Danish, Known Criminal

  15-02-2015 22:42 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The suspect was shot and killed by police on Sunday morning after opening fire on officers who were investigating two Copenhagen attacks.
  
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• Boston breaks monthly snowfall record after latest storm

  15-02-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boston braced for another pummeling of wintry weather Sunday, as officials declared February the snowiest month in the city's history. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a cold weather warning in the New England hub, with windchill temperatures reaching a stinging -10 degrees Fahrenheit (-23 Celsius). Forecasters also issued a blizzard warning, with blowing snow predicted accompanied by wind gusts of up to 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour expected. The NWS said the major snow dump B
  
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• Lady Vols center Isabelle Harrison hurt, carried off floor

  15-02-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee center Isabelle Harrison was carried off the floor early in the second half of the sixth-ranked Lady Volunteers' game Sunday with No. 10 Kentucky.
  
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• Armed migrant smugglers threatened Italian Coast Guard

  15-02-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — An Italian government official says four smugglers brandishing Kalashnikovs threatened a Coast Guard motorboat involved in one of several operations that rescued more than 2,000 migrants leaving Libyan shores in one day.
  
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• Ukraine, World Leaders Agree to Next Phase of Cease-Fire

  15-02-2015 22:29 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Ukrainian president held a telephone conference Sunday with the world leaders who forged a cease-fire to the violence in eastern part of the country.
  
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• U.S. condemns Danish attacks, defends right to free speech

  15-02-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States on Sunday condemned the deadly weekend attacks in Copenhagen at a free speech event and a synagogue and said it stood with Denmark and others in defending freedom of speech and opposing anti-Semitism. "The people of the United States stand united with the people of Denmark and all others who defend the universal right of freedom of speech and stand against anti-Semitism and bigotry in all its forms," the State Department said in a statement.
  
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• Bahrain sends warplanes to Jordan to fight Islamic State

  15-02-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bahrain has deployed war planes to Jordan, the state news agency BNA said on Sunday, becoming the second Gulf Arab country to send warplanes to help in the fight against Islamist militants in Syria and Iraq. Jordan has taken a leading role in conducting air strikes against Islamic State strongholds in Syria and Iraq since the militants killed a Jordanian pilot, Mouath al-Kasaesbeh, who was captured by the group after his plane crashed in Syria in December. "A group of Bahraini Royal Air Force pl
  
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• Hear the moment when gunshots rang out

  15-02-2015 22:22 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Several gunshots can be heard in what the BBC claims is a recording of the first attack that took place in Copenhagen. CNN cannot independently confirm this.
  
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• Jewish graves vandalised in France

  15-02-2015 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of Jewish graves are desecrated at a cemetery in eastern France, an act condemned by French officials.
  
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• Las Vegas Mom Dies After Road Rage Shooting

  15-02-2015 22:20 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A Las Vegas mother who was shot after an apparent road rage incident died late Saturday, hospital officials said Sunday morning.
  
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• Copenhagen shootings: Survivors speak of ordeal - 'We could see in his eyes that something terrible had happened'

  15-02-2015 22:19
  
  As Anat Taboul sat on the floor of the safe room under Copenhagen’s synagogue with her 13-year-old son Noah on Saturday night, she made every effort not to let the children around her pick up on her growing feeling of dread.
  
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• California man's murder case prompts new state law

  15-02-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — This much is not in dispute. William Richards' wife, Pamela, was strangled and her skull smashed in the summer of 1993. A California jury convicted Richards of the slaying after hearing now-recanted bite-mark testimony.
  
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• Danish police kill 22-year-old suspected of Copenhagen shootings

  15-02-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sabina Zawadzki and Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Police shot dead a 22-year-old Danish-born gunman on Sunday after he killed two people at a Copenhagen synagogue and an event promoting free speech in actions possibly inspired by an attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, authorities said. Spy chief Jens Madsen said the gunman was known to intelligence services prior to the shooting and had probably acted alone. Witnesses said the gunman had fired up to 40 shots at a cafe
  
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• In Indonesia, fresh chance to break gas pump monopoly

  15-02-2015 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nicholas Owen and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) - Government price-fixing has largely shut them out for decades, but foreign oil companies at last see an opportunity to sell gasoline on a mass scale in Indonesia. President Joko Widodo's scrapping of gasoline subsidies has removed one of the biggest obstacles stopping motorists filling up at pumps owned by foreign firms. "Of course we are looking at expansion," Emmanuel Dujeu, head of downstream operations at Frances's To
  
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• CNN Exclusive: We're on high alert, says Prime Minister

  15-02-2015 22:09 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt tells CNN what she knows about the attack in her country.
  
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• Egyptian Church confirms 21 killed in Libya after Islamic State issues video

  15-02-2015 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the beheading of a group of Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya, violence likely to deepen Cairo's concerns over security threats from militants thriving in the neighboring country's chaos. Egypt's state news agency MENA quoted the spokesman for the Coptic Church as confirming that 21 Egyptian Christians believed to be held by Islamic State were dead. In the video, militants in black marched the captives, dressed in or
  
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• Kaminsky scores 23, No. 5 Wisconsin beats Illinois 68-49

  15-02-2015 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Frank Kaminsky scored 23 points, Bronson Koenig added 15, and No. 5 Wisconsin beat Illinois 68-49 on Sunday.
  
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• Isis post video allegedly showing mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages

  15-02-2015 22:02
  
  Militants in Libya claiming affiliation with the Islamic State group have been holding 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians hostage for weeksA video released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State (Isis) group purports to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages.
  The video, released on Sunday night, shows several men in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. The men are made to kneel and one militant addresses the camera in E
  
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• David Carr 'died of lung cancer'

  15-02-2015 21:56 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The New York Times' media columnist David Carr died from complications from lung cancer and heart disease, an autopsy revealed.
  
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• Copenhagen police investigate whether gunman acted alone

  15-02-2015 21:51
  
  Speculation that shootings were inspired by Charlie Hebdo attacks after Danish-born suspect is shot dead
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• Live From New York! It's 'SNL40'

  15-02-2015 21:49 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  "Saturday Night Live" turns 40 years old this year, and to celebrate, is hosting a three-and-a-half-hour star-studded special, "SNL40," this Sunday at 8 p.m.
  
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• Danish terror suspect was known to police

  15-02-2015 21:48 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Authorities have not named the suspect in the Copenhagen killings, but say he had been in involved in previous "criminal incidents."
  
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• Hundreds of tombs defaced in French Jewish cemetery

  15-02-2015 21:46
  
  France’s interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve described act in Sarre-Union as “despicable” Continue reading...
  
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• Family loses 3 kids in one day

  15-02-2015 21:40 via edition.cnn.com
  
  For Konopliovi family, the ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine is coming hours too late. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.
  
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• Isis video purports to show militants beheading Egyptian Coptic Christian hostages

  15-02-2015 21:38
  
  Isis militants have posted a gruesome video online in which they force 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian hostages to kneel on a beach in Libya before beheading them.
  
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• Isis video purports to show militants beheading Coptic Christian hostages

  15-02-2015 21:38
  
  A video released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purports to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages.
  
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• Freedom Ride: Turning point in Australia's race relations

  15-02-2015 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Retracing the journey that changed Australia's race relations
  
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• Sharp lifts Blackhawks to 2-1 shootout win over Penguins

  15-02-2015 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Sharp scored the decisive goal in the shootout, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Sunday.
  
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• Pace-setting Predators make deal with Maple Leafs

  15-02-2015 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  National Hockey League table-toppers the Nashville Predators, who have never been beyond the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, made a trade Sunday with Toronto mindful of a post-season run. The Predators obtained a pair of players that had been former Predators draft picks, defenseman Cody Franson and center Mike Santorelli, from the Maple Leafs. In exchange for the Canadian duo, Nashville sent Toronto veteran forward Olli Jokinen, prospect Brendan Leipsic and their first-round pick in t
  
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• NY Fashion Week: A nice hot cuppa at Victoria Beckham

  15-02-2015 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press is all over New York Fashion Week, from its runway fashions to celebrity-packed events. Here's what some AP writers are seeing:
  
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• ISIS video shows caged men

  15-02-2015 21:30 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A new ISIS propaganda video claims to show Kurdish Peshmerga fighters being paraded in cages. CNN's Phil Black reports.
  
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• Northeast hit by blizzards, cold, after record snow

  15-02-2015 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Northeast struggled to dig out on Sunday from the latest in a series of winter storms that made February the snowiest month in Boston's history, but bitter cold and huge drifts hampered the effort. Blizzard conditions forced the cancellation of more than 1,800 U.S. airline flights, most of them into and out of airports in Boston and New York, where wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour (97 kph) were predicted. Temperatures are 25 to 30 degrees
  
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• Cartoonist: Religion should be open to satire

  15-02-2015 21:27 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Lars Vilk, the controversial cartoonist who was in attendance when a free speech forum was attacked, speaks to CNN.
  
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• Video purports to show ISIS militants beheading Christian hostages

  15-02-2015 21:27 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A video released on Sunday by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purports to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages.
  
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