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• Refinery workers, Shell reach tentative agreement

  12-03-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United Steelworkers union has reached an agreement with Shell that could soon lead to the end of a six-week strike that has affected 12 U.S. refineries.
  
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• Top rusher Murray expected to dump Dallas for Eagles

  12-03-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  National Football League rushing leader DeMarco Murray was expected to sign a free agent deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, already receiving farewell wishes from 2014 Dallas Cowboys teammate Dez Bryant. Murray ran 392 times for a league-best 1,845 yards and 13 touchdowns last season for the Cowboys and caught 57 passes for 416 yards, all of those statistics being career-highs for the fourth-year NFL player. "I wish you would have stayed but I understand your decision... Congrats bro you de
  
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• Several questioned, no one in custody in Ferguson shooting

  12-03-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Authorities questioned several people on Thursday in connection with the wounding of two police officers at the Ferguson police station, but no arrests have been made and no one remains in police custody, the St. Louis County Police said in a statement. (Reporting by David Bailey in Minneapolis; Editing by Sandra Maler)
  
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• Photos: Jim Parsons Gets His Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

  12-03-2015 23:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
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• Murray, Forsett, Mathews run to paydirt

  12-03-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Look who's running to paydirt: DeMarco Murray, Justin Forsett and Ryan Mathews.
  
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• Major piece of Obama anti-IS strategy is stalled

  12-03-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military and intelligence officials are increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for political reconciliation in Iraq, a key tenet of the Obama administration's strategy to dislodge the Islamic State group and stabilize the country.
  
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• Exclusive: Major nations hold talks on ending U.N. sanctions on Iran - officials

  12-03-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Major world powers have begun talks about a United Nations Security Council resolution to lift U.N. sanctions on Iran if a nuclear agreement is struck with Tehran, a step that could make it harder for the U.S. Congress to undo a deal, Western officials said. The talks between Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — the five permanent members of the Security Council — plus Germany and Iran, are taking place ahead of difficult nego
  
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• More die in factory roof collapse

  12-03-2015 23:28 via edition.cnn.com
  At least five people have died and up to 40 were injured after the roof of a partially built cement factory collapsed Thursday afternoon in southwestern Bangladesh, a local police chief told CNN.
  
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• God is bigger than your religion

  12-03-2015 23:25 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Hear the interfaith chant sung by D.E.'s congregation that combines sayings from several major religions.
  
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• Terror's middle-class jihadists

  12-03-2015 23:25 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Jihadi John, Osama Bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mohamed Atta, Faisal Shahzad and many more terrorists come from wealthy backgrounds.
  
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• Scientists unlock how chameleons change colors

  12-03-2015 23:24 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Researchers at the University of Geneva studied chameleons in Madagascar to unlock how they alter their skin cells to change colors.
  
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• Andy Samberg to Host the 2015 Emmy Awards

  12-03-2015 23:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The awards show will air this September.
  
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• US dailies join 'micropayments' news startup Blendle

  12-03-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three major US daily newspapers announced plans Thursday to make their articles available through a Dutch-based startup pioneering the use of "micropayments" for news. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post agreed to work with Blendle, which describes itself as a "digital newsstand" allowing readers to buy individual articles online, according to a joint statement. "It's a great honor that three of the most important newspapers in the wo
  
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• Serena ends 14-year boycott with return to Indian Wells

  12-03-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Serena Williams returned to the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday, ending a 14-year personal boycott of the $5 million tournament that began when she was booed as a teenager on her way to winning the title in 2001.
  
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• Man Accidentally Shoots Self to Death While Riding Bicycle

  12-03-2015 23:18 via abcnews.go.com
  Police: Florida man riding bicycle is killed when handgun in jacket pocket accidentally fires
  
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• Women's Wear Daily to become weekly

  12-03-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Women's Wear Daily, the authoritative newspaper for the fashion industry, will become a weekly from next month, breaking more than a century of tradition. The 105-year-old WWD will end its run as a daily on April 24 and launch a new weekly edition on April 29. To fill the gaps for news-hungry fashionistas, WWD will boost its online content, according to a message to its readers online Thursday.
  
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• US court ruling closes avenue for Argentine debt payments

  12-03-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - A US judge prohibited Citibank from handling payments on Argentine bonds issued under Argentine law Thursday, adding a new challenge in the country's bitter debt fight with US hedge funds.
  
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• Bad weather keeps helicopter wreckage 25 feet under water

  12-03-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NAVARRE, Fla. (AP) — Divers have found the wreckage of a military helicopter in just 25 feet of water after it crashed in dense fog during a Florida training mission, killing seven elite Marines and four experienced soldiers. But more bad weather Thursday delayed the recovery of bodies and the flight recorder.
  
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• Officials: US drone strike in Somalia kills Westgate planner

  12-03-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.S. drone strike in Somalia on Thursday is believed to have killed a senior member of the al-Shabab extremist group who allegedly helped plan the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi, officials said.
  
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• Illinois, Texas A&M in serious bubble trouble

  12-03-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Illinois, Texas A&M and Old Dominion all picked a bad time for an unexpected loss.
  
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• Fraternity probe broadens amid more claims of racism

  12-03-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Investigations into racism at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapters have extended to college campuses in Louisiana and Texas, the organization said Thursday, after its national office received word that members in those places had direct knowledge of a racist chant caught on video in Oklahoma last weekend.
  
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• UK Ebola patient home for treatment, four more for monitoring

  12-03-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A British military healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone is being flown back to Britain along with four others who do not have the disease but need precautionary monitoring, health officials said on Thursday. The unnamed healthcare worker who has Ebola was transported in a specially equipped medical plane and will be treated in an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London, the country's designated Ebola treatment centre. Two of the four close contacts who
  
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• Bail set at $2 million for suspect in Idaho triple killing

  12-03-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge set bail at $2 million on Thursday for an Idaho man who prosecutors said was arrested with credit cards linked to a former Arizona power company executive, his wife and their adult son who were found slain in a foothill home outside Boise.
  
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• No. 25 Boise State pulls away for 80-68 win over Air Force

  12-03-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nick Duncan hit seven 3-pointers and finished with 23 points as No. 25 Boise State pulled away for an 80-68 quarterfinal victory over Air Force in the Mountain West Conference tournament.
  
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• Jeb Bush's emails detail communications with top donors

  12-03-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Among the many thousands of emails Jeb Bush received as Florida governor are a string of notes from campaign donors asking for favors and making suggestions.
  
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• Police seek suspects in Ferguson police 'ambush'

  12-03-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kate Munsch FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, were shot and wounded in what officials called an ambush early on Thursday, in the latest spasm of violence arising from months of tension between African-Americans and the city's mostly white police force. An intense manhunt was under way for a suspect or suspects in the shootings of the officers, who were treated and released from hospital, St Louis County Police said. A 41-year-old St. Louis County Police
  
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• Germany's Schaeuble says can't rule out 'Grexident'

  12-03-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday the onus was on Greece to help itself and he could not rule out an accidental exit of the country from the euro zone. "As the responsibility, the possibility to decide what happens only lies with Greece, and because we don't exactly know what those in charge in Greece are doing, we can't rule it out," Schaeuble told Austrian broadcaster ORF when asked about the prospect of a "Grexident".
  
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• No. 9 Jayhawks hold off TCU 64-59 in Big 12 tourney

  12-03-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kelly Oubre Jr. scored a career-high 25 points, Landen Lucas added 13 and ninth-ranked Kansas beat pesky TCU 64-59 on Thursday in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals.
  
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• NBC News medical editor Nancy Snyderman resigns

  12-03-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Nancy Snyderman says she's leaving her job as chief medical editor for NBC News.
  
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• Suspect held in shooting of Long Island, NY, police officer

  12-03-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (AP) — A suspect accused of shooting a suburban New York police officer while fleeing a traffic stop was ordered held without bail Thursday.
  
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• American Ebola patient to be treated near US capital

  12-03-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An American healthcare worker who has tested positive for Ebola will be treated at a government hospital near the US capital, Washington, officials said Thursday. The person, whose identity was not revealed, is expected to be admitted on Friday to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, said a statement from the NIH. The man, Thomas Eric Duncan, died. Earlier Thursday, the World Health Organization announced that the death toll from the world's largest Ebola
  
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• 'Firewater' remark draws ire of American Indian team's fans

  12-03-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An owner of a sports website apologized Thursday after one of its commentators used the term "firewater" in describing how supporters of an American Indian boys' high school basketball team would celebrate its first-round victory at the state tournament.
  
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• 'Five tool' Will Ferrell on spring training blitz

  12-03-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Telling everyone "I'm a five-tool guy," Will Ferrell was off on his barnstorming tour Thursday through five Arizona spring training games.
  
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• VIDEO: Nasa films biggest solar flare of 2015

  12-03-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa cameras have captured images of an X-class flare, the strongest category of Sun storm possible, and they are the first of its size in 2015.
  
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• American Diagnosed With Ebola in Sierra Leone Headed to NIH

  12-03-2015 22:36 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The unnamed American patient will travel to the U.S. on an isolated plane.
  
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• IS readies for Tikrit last stand but 'expands' to Nigeria

  12-03-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of Iraqi forces laid siege to jihadists holed up in Tikrit Thursday but the Islamic State group shrugged off setbacks by welcoming Nigeria's Boko Haram group into its "caliphate". After making major gains in and around the city Wednesday, commanders were confident that Baghdad's biggest victory yet against IS was only a matter of time. "Now we are moving to the second phase of our plan," Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi told reporters in Salaheddin provin
  
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• IS accepts Boko Haram allegiance pledge

  12-03-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The spokesman for Islamic State militants said Thursday that the extremist group has accepted the pledge of allegiance by West Africa's Boko Haram group.
  
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• U.S. watching Tikrit blazes with concern as Iraqi fighters advance

  12-03-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States is concerned over reports that Shi'ite militia have set fire to homes as they advance on the Iraqi city of Tikrit, say U.S. officials, but they have not confirmed cases of abuse during the major offensive against Islamic State militants. Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi'ite militia fought Sunni militants in Tikrit on Thursday, a day after they pushed into Saddam Hussein's home city in their biggest offensive yet against the militants. U.S. officials said they were closely m
  
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• No. 4 Villanova routs Marquette 84-49 in Big East quarters

  12-03-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Villanova called timeout and inserted Big East Sixth Man of the Year Josh Hart into the lineup. Just like that, a close game turned into a rout.
  
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• No. 3 Virginia tops Florida State 58-44 in ACC quarterfinals

  12-03-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Justin Anderson came back for No. 3 Virginia, and Florida State threatened a comeback of its own.
  
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• 15 immigrants protected from deportation arrested in sweep

  12-03-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents in a sweep targeting dangerous criminal immigrants arrested 15 people who have been allowed to remain in the U.S. under a program intended to protect children who came to the U.S. years ago with their parent.
  
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• Andy Samberg to host Emmy Awards on Fox in September

  12-03-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Samberg is taking center stage at the Emmy Awards.
  
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• Facebook fraud fugitive on lam with family, dog

  12-03-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of faking an ownership stake in Facebook to justify a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against its founder Mark Zuckerberg has vanished.
  
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• No. 5 Wildcats pull away for 73-51 win over Bears at Pac-12

  12-03-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stanley Johnson had 19 points and Brandon Ashley added 15, lifting No. 5 Arizona to a 73-51 win over California in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals Thursday.
  
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• Research firm IDC cuts its outlook for PC sales in 2015

  12-03-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A research firm is forecasting a bigger decline in personal computer sales in 2015.
  
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• Kenya official: Somalia drone strike kills Westgate planner

  12-03-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan official says a drone strike in Somalia is believed to have killed a senior member of the al-Shabab extremist group who allegedly helped plan the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi.
  
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• Jeb Bush's emails detail his relationships with top donors

  12-03-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Among the many thousands of emails Jeb Bush received as Florida governor are a string of notes from campaign donors asking favors and making suggestions.
  
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• Latest on Ferguson: Holder calls Ferguson shooter 'punk'

  12-03-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• ISIS 'accepts Boko Haram loyalty'

  12-03-2015 22:05 via edition.cnn.com
  In an audio message purportedly from an ISIS spokesman, the group announced that a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian-based Boko Haram has been accepted by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
  
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• 'Star Wars' standalone 'Rogue One' in 2016, Episode 8 in 2017

  12-03-2015 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Disney tantalized "Star Wars" fans Thursday with details of two new films, as the reinvention of the blockbuster sci-fi franchise went into light speed. Rian Johnson -- the force behind "Looper," "Brick" and "The Brothers Bloom" -- will write and direct the newest episode, Disney and Lucasfilm announced, without giving away any plot details. They also said that the first standalone film featuring characters from the "Star Wars" universe will be c
  
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