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• Obama celebrates Black History Month, ahead of Selma visit

  26-02-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is celebrating what he calls "the central role that African Americans have played in every aspect of American life."
  
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• Llamas go on the lam in US, Twitter explodes

  26-02-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twitter lit up after their heroics, with #whitellama, #llamas and #teamllama all trending. The Arizona Cardinals, the NFL football team, got in on the fun, tweeting: The #AZCardinals have agreed to one-year deals with the #llamasontheloose.
  
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• Neighbors of 'Jihadi John' suspect shocked

  26-02-2015 23:56 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A former neighbor of Mohammed Emwazi, the man identified as ISIS killer Jihadi John remembers him as a "polite young man" as others express their shock.
  
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• Photos: Lady Gaga Shares a Glam Selfie

  26-02-2015 23:56 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The best shots of your favorite stars snapping selfies.
  
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• Carly Fiorina criticizes Clinton over foundation money

  26-02-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Former technology executive Carly Fiorina, the only woman known to be contemplating a Republican presidential bid, on Thursday challenged Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton to explain millions of dollars from foreign governments donated to her family's foundation.
  
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• New York Daily News, tabloid NYC paper, may be up for sale

  26-02-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Daily News may be up for sale.
  
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• Police call death of Missouri auditor an 'apparent suicide'

  26-02-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis are calling the death of Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich an "apparent suicide."
  
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• Actress's $150,000 Oscar dress stolen

  26-02-2015 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A $150,000 designer dress worn by actress Lupita Nyong'o at this year's Oscars is stolen from a Hollywood hotel.
  
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• $150K dress worn by Lupita Nyong'o at Oscars reported stolen

  26-02-2015 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A $150,000 gown adorned with thousands of pearls and worn by Lupita Nyong'o at the Academy Awards has been reported stolen, sheriff's officials said Thursday.
  
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• Atheist US blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh

  26-02-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin was hacked to death with machetes by unidentified assailants in Dhaka on Thursday, police said, with the atheist writer's family claiming he had received numerous threats from Islamists. The body of Avijit Roy, founder of Mukto-Mona (Free-mind) blog site which champions liberal secular writing in the Muslim-majority nation, was found covered in blood after the attack which also left his wife critically wounded. She has lost a finger,"
  
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• Llamas escape, lasso stops them

  26-02-2015 23:36 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Several llamas escaped captivity in Arizona and ran free through a local neighborhood before being captured. CNN affiliate KNXV provided footage of the llamas.
  
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• Bulls say Rose to have surgery on Friday

  26-02-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls say Derrick Rose will have surgery Friday to repair a medial meniscus tear in his right knee and a timetable for his return will be determined after the operation.
  
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• Senate votes to award congressional medal to Selma marchers

  26-02-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to award the Congressional Gold Medal to honor those who participated in the historic Selma civil rights protest 50 years ago, enduring police violence as they peacefully marched for the right to vote.
  
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• Judge rules for Peterson, opening door for reinstatement

  26-02-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge has opened the door for faster reinstatement of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, ruling an NFL arbitrator "failed to meet his duty" in a child abuse case that brought national backlash for the league and widened its rift with the players' union.
  
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• Biker gang: We will die for Putin

  26-02-2015 23:34 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A Russian biker gang, known as the Night Wolves, back President Putin and have been hit with U.S. sanctions because of it. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
  
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• 'Jihadi John' identified as London-raised college grad

  26-02-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The world knows him as "Jihadi John," the masked, knife-wielding militant in videos showing Western hostages being beheaded by the Islamic State group. On Thursday, he was identified as a London-raised university graduate known to British intelligence for more than five years.
  
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• Stock market shrugs off net neutrality vote

  26-02-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market largely shrugged off the Federal Communications Commission's vote to impose tougher rules on broadband providers like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T to prevent them from creating paid fast lanes for the Internet and slowing or blocking Web traffic.
  
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• Fawwaz guilty of US embassy attacks

  26-02-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A former aide of Osama Bin Laden has been found guilty of plotting the al-Qaeda bombing of US embassies in east Africa in 1998, killing 224 people.
  
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• Nevada gambling regulators sign off on Olympic betting

  26-02-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Come summer 2016, when the best of the best athletes climb podiums wearing gold, silver and bronze medals, Las Vegas gamblers could very well be counting their green.
  
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• Islamic State seizure of Syria Christians: What we know

  26-02-2015 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What we know about abduction of Syrian Christians by IS
  
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• 10 weird things Americans are doing in the snow

  26-02-2015 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From renting an igloo to dressing as a Yeti, the record snowfall in Boston has inspired some unusual and ingenious acts.
  
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• Obama steps up pitch for trade, exports, targets Democrats

  26-02-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Relying on Republicans and going against the grain of his own party for his legislative successes has not been much of a go-to play in President Barack Obama's game plan.
  
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• Black Madam: Client's buttocks injection death haunts me

  26-02-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A transgender hip-hop performer who called herself "the Michelangelo of buttocks injections" testified at her murder trial Thursday she has been haunted since the 2011 death of a client she injected with low-grade silicone.
  
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• Johansson: Nothing 'creepy or inappropriate' about Travolta

  26-02-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Scarlett Johansson is defending John Travolta and calls the image of him kissing her on the Academy Awards red carpet "an unfortunate still-frame from a live-action encounter that was totally sweet and totally welcome."
  
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• Video shows Llamas on the run in Arizona's Sun City

  26-02-2015 23:14
  
  For motorists in Arizona’s Sun City, it was no doubt an a-lama-ing sight.
  
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• Video shows Llama Drama in Arizona City

  26-02-2015 23:14
  
  For motorists in Arizona’s Sun City, it was no doubt an a-lama-ing sight.
  
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• The world didn't know how to contain itself when it saw two llamas running around a city

  26-02-2015 23:14
  
  For motorists in Arizona’s Sun City, it was no doubt an a-lama-ing sight.
  
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• Llama video shows two escaped animals go on the run in Arizona City

  26-02-2015 23:14
  
  For motorists in Arizona’s Sun City, it was no doubt an a-lama-ing sight.
  
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• Feds: 3 accused in Islamic State plot had vocalized beliefs

  26-02-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two men arrested on charges of plotting to help the Islamic State group were vocal both online and in person about their commitment and desire to join the extremists, with one speaking of shooting President Barack Obama to "strike fear in the hearts of infidels," federal authorities said.
  
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• NASCAR back on track for extra day of testing in Atlanta

  26-02-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — After the glitz of Daytona, now it's time for the NASCAR grind.
  
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• US consumer prices fall 0.7% in January

  26-02-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Plunging gasoline prices pulled US consumer prices down sharply in January, giving the consumer price index its first 12-month fall since 2009, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
  
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• Indiana's George has first full workout since injury

  26-02-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indiana Pacers star Paul George underwent Thursday his first full practice session since breaking his right leg last August and said he hopes to return for NBA games in March. Most expected that George would miss the entire 2014-15 NBA campaign but he vowed to return for at least a portion of the season and took a major step toward that goal Thursday. "It felt really good," George said.
  
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• CPAC 2015: See how Twitter reacted when asked to submit questions for right-wing political conference

  26-02-2015 22:57
  
  If there is one thing the Republican party is known for outside of political ideology, it is that the party recently has not made an impact on younger voters.
  
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• Besiktas stun Liverpool as holders Sevilla progress

  26-02-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tolgay Arslan was the hero as Besiktas stunned Liverpool to knock them out of the Europa League on penalties on Thursday. The Turks went into the game looking to claw back a 1-0 first leg deficit but Arslan scored the only goal of the game at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium and then, following a goalless half hour of extra-time, struck the decisive penalty before Dejan Lovren blazed his effort for Liverpool over the bar. With a tough clash against Manchester City in the Premier League at Anfield on
  
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• 5 things to know about 'net neutrality'

  26-02-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Netflix, Twitter and Internet activists have won. Big cable has lost. At least until the federal courts get involved, when everything could change. Five things you need to know about the Federal Communications Commission's vote Thursday to enforce "net neutrality" rules for the broadband industry:
  
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• Florida Panthers add Jaromir Jagr for playoff run

  26-02-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jaromir Jagr was traded to the Florida Panthers on Thursday, being acquired from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for two draft picks.
  
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• Adultery legalized in South Korea

  26-02-2015 22:55 via edition.cnn.com
  
  For 62 years, if you cheated on your husband or wife in South Korea, you could end up in prison. Not anymore.
  
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• Escaped llamas on the lam

  26-02-2015 22:53 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Several llamas escaped captivity in Arizona and ran free through a local neighborhood before being captured. CNN affiliate KNXV provided footage of the llamas.
  
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• Rodriguez participates in Yankees first full-squad workout

  26-02-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez walked into the clubhouse at the New York Yankees spring training complex, slipped on his uniform for the first time in more than a year and quietly launched his comeback from a season-long suspension caused by performance-enhancing drugs.
  
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• Islamic State 'smashes Iraq statues'

  26-02-2015 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A video released by the Islamic State group appears to show the destruction of statues said to be ancient artefacts from northern Iraq.
  
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• No word on possible MLB discipline for Angels star Hamilton

  26-02-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton was on the minds of his teammates Thursday, a day after he was in New York to meet with Major League Baseball officials about an unspecified disciplinary issue.
  
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• Net neutrality: US regulators vote to stop internet service providers offering paid-for 'fast lanes'

  26-02-2015 22:48
  
  Government officials have voted to impose strict new regulations on internet service providers in a move they hope will protect so-called net neutrality.
  
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• Prosecutor: No immediate charges in California train crash

  26-02-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — A decision on whether charges should be brought against a truck driver involved in a crash that derailed a California commuter train will not be made until the investigation is complete, Ventura County's top prosecutor said Thursday.
  
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• Pew study: Americans still stressed despite improved economy

  26-02-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly six years after the Great Recession, a clear majority of American families say they feel unprepared for a financial emergency.
  
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• Llama chase captivates Twitter

  26-02-2015 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two llamas went on the lam in Arizona. Thanks to a local news live feed, the US watched - and Tweeted - in rapt attention.
  
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• Liberia leader thanks US as Ebola mission ends

  26-02-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf paid emotional tribute to the American people on Thursday as the United States formally wound up its successful five-month mission to combat the west African nation's Ebola outbreak. With Liberia now in recovery from the worst outbreak of the deadly virus in history, the visiting Sirleaf thanked the United States for coming to the region's aid in its hour of need. "America responded, you did not run from Liberia," Sirleaf told US lawma
  
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• Kendall Jenner struts for Fendi, Kate Mara cozy in Max Mara

  26-02-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — Shape and color engaged designers on the second day of Milan Fashion Week of womenswear previews for next autumn and winter, featuring shows by Fendi, Max Mara, Just Cavalli and Prada.
  
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• U.S. Internet providers hit with tougher rules, plan challenges

  26-02-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the strictest-ever rules on Internet providers, who in turn pledged to battle the new restrictions in the courts and Congress, saying they would discourage investment and stifle innovation. The rules, which will go into effect in coming weeks, are expected to face legal challenges from multiple parties such as wireless, cable and other broadband companies and trade groups that represent them. ...
  
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• U.S. cops shoot Mexican 17 times

  26-02-2015 22:12 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Seventeen: That's how many shots police in Pasco, Washington, fired at Antonio Zambrano-Montes when they killed him after he allegedly hurled rocks at them.
  
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• LeBron not happy colleges recruiting 10-year-old son

  26-02-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LeBron James says there are colleges recruiting his 10-year-old son, and the superstar isn't happy about it.
  
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