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• What exit? New Jersey question getting a bit trickier

  13-03-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — It may take some New Jersey residents a little more thought to answer that quintessential question: What exit are you from?
  
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• Egypt unveils plans for new capital

  13-03-2015 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Egypt reveals plans to build a new administrative and business capital, on the outskirts of Cairo, which will house up to five million residents.
  
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• A man and his wallet, reunited after 65 years

  13-03-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man reunited with a wallet lost behind a bookcase for 65 years
  
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• It's a bird! It's a plane! Fall of Google balloon brings brief alert in Mexican mountain town

  13-03-2015 23:37 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
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• New York men held in IS terror probe plead not guilty

  13-03-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three New York residents accused of offering support to Islamic State jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges on Friday during a court appearance following their arrest last month. Uzbekistan nationals Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24 and Abror Habibov, 30, together with Kazakhstan citizen Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, are charged with offering support to a foreign terrorist organization. FBI agents arrested Saidakhmetov at New York's John F. Kennedy Interna
  
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• Dozens of leads, no arrests in Missouri police shooting, chief says

  13-03-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nick Carey and Jim Young FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Investigators are following dozens of leads in the hunt for whoever shot and wounded two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, during a protest rally this week, the head of the St. Louis County police said on Friday. Ferguson, a city with its legacy of racial rancor, has become the focal point of a national debate over race and policing since the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white officer last summer. There is certainly nobody i
  
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• Top Mexico journalist demands her station lift firing of colleagues who investigated president

  13-03-2015 23:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The host of Mexico's top-rated national morning news and commentary radio show is demanding that her station reinstate two investigative reporters who were fired for misusing its image.
  
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• Elephants can smell land mines, scientists find

  13-03-2015 23:22
  
  Elephants have become the latest creatures to join humans in the battle to detect explosives and potentially save lives.
  
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• VIDEO: Egypt 'to build new capital' east of Cairo

  13-03-2015 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Egypt's government has announced plans to build a new administrative capital to the east of Cairo.
  
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• No arrest imminent in shooting of Ferguson cops: police

  13-03-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators are working "around the clock" and have leads but are not close to arresting anyone over the shooting of two police officers in racially charged Ferguson, a police chief said Friday. Nearly 48 hours after the officers were shot in the Missouri town -- one in the face -- St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar admitted to reporters: "I cannot tell you at this point that an arrest is imminent. Ferguson hit the headlines in August when a white policeman shot dead unarm
  
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• Brazil union members, backers of Dilma Rousseff march to support Petrobras, president

  13-03-2015 23:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Unions and backers of President Dilma Rousseff marched Friday in several cities in Brazil, mostly to show support for state-run oil company Petrobras as it is engulfed by a corruption scandal, but also to bolster the leader.
  
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• Brewers say Dontrelle Willis ends comeback bid, will retire

  13-03-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers say pitcher Dontrelle Willis is ending his comeback bid and will retire at 33.
  
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• 5 things to know about Southern California's heat wave

  13-03-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — While parts of the country are still feeling winter's chill, Southern California is headed into an overheated weekend with record-breaking temperatures that suggest next week's arrival of spring may be a footnote in a region already looking at summer.
  
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• Common to headline Brooklyn hip-hop festival

  13-03-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Common, the rapper and actor who has been outspoken in his calls for racial justice, was announced Friday as the headliner for the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. One of the premier annual events in hip-hop, the festival takes place July 8-11 in the New York borough. Hip-hop was born in New York, although in The Bronx. Common, who turned 43 on Friday, won an Oscar this year with John Legend for Best Original Song with "Glory" from the civil rights drama "Selma," in which the rappe
  
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• Clarification: Venezuela-Wynton Marsalis story

  13-03-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — In a story March 12, The Associated Press reported that jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was to perform in Venezuela's capital with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra originally announced Dudamel as the conductor, but the role was later switched to Diego Matheuz.
  
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• Can the world get richer forever?

  13-03-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can the world get richer forever?
  
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• Long sentence for ex-Maldives leader

  13-03-2015 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed is jailed for 13 years after he was found guilty of ordering the arrest of a judge while in office.
  
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• Obama says more work needed to improve veterans' care

  13-03-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jeff Mason PHOENIX (Reuters) - Making his first stop at a troubled veterans facility in Phoenix that sparked a political crisis for his administration, President Barack Obama said on Friday that progress has been made but more work is needed to address delays for care. Obama joined a group of veterans and lawmakers, including Arizona Senator John McCain, his opponent in the 2008 presidential race, at the medical center that prompted outrage after revelations that wait-list delays had been cov
  
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• WADA drug-testing rules in place for Mayweather-Pacquiao

  13-03-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have agreed to follow World Anti-Doping Agency rules for their fight in May.
  
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• Idaho sheriff gives all-clear following triple killing

  13-03-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho sheriff says new evidence makes him confident there is no ongoing threat to the community following the arrest of a 22-year-old man connected to a triple killing.
  
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• Brown says Republican governors are welcome for jobs visits

  13-03-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has a message for Republican governors planning to visit California to woo business from the state: Welcome.
  
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• AP NewsBreak: Jurors in doctor's murder trial discuss case

  13-03-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two jurors in the trial of a Utah doctor accused of killing his ex-wife said Friday the panel made quick work of a key question in the case: whether the woman's death was a murder at all.
  
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• Slender Man stabbing: Wisconsin girls must be tried as adults, judge says

  13-03-2015 22:43
  
  Wisconsin law says those aged 10 and older must be charged as adults for severe crimes, but an appeal to move case to juvenile court is possible Continue reading...
  
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• Bush tells New Hampshire he won't change views to win votes

  13-03-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HUDSON, N.H. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told skeptical voters Friday that he would not soften his views on immigration or education to win their backing in his likely presidential campaign.
  
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• FDA: 3 people die from foodborne illness linked to ice cream

  13-03-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Officials say three people have died after developing a foodborne illness linked to Blue Bell ice cream products.
  
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• Obama spat shadows Israel vote

  13-03-2015 22:39 via edition.cnn.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face voters on Tuesday, just two weeks after he took a major political gamble by giving a controversial speech to the U.S. Congress against the Obama administration's wishes.
  
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• White House trespasser admits assault

  13-03-2015 22:36 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The man who climbed the White House fence on Sept. 19 and charged up the North Lawn before unlawfully entering the President's residence has pled guilty to two federal charges stemming from the incident.
  
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• Police following numerous leads in Ferguson manhunt

  13-03-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Police are following dozens of leads in the hunt for a shooter who wounded two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, during a protest this week, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said on Friday. Belmar told a news conference it was still unclear what kind of handgun was used or whether the shooter was deliberately aiming at police. He could not say whether police were close to an arrest. (Reporting by Fiona Ortiz and Mary Wisniewski; Editing by Sandra Maler)
  
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• Facebook to buy shopping search engine TheFind

  13-03-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it bought shopping search engine TheFind to help boost its advertising business.
  
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• Steelers, Roethlisberger agree to 5-year contract

  13-03-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers biggest move during the first week of free agency was making sure their franchise quarterback didn't get away.
  
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• State Dept: Most official email not auto-archived until Feb.

  13-03-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Friday it was unable to automatically archive the emails of most of its senior officials until last month, which could mean potential problems for historical record-keeping amid criticism of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of a private email server while in office.
  
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• Turcotte spokesman: Jockey in 'great spirits' in hospital

  13-03-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A spokesman for Ron Turcotte says the jockey who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown is in "great spirits" and has been gabbing with fellow riders while recovering in a hospital after breaking his legs. He was injured when the van he was driving hit an icy patch and flipped on its side earlier this week.
  
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• US anchor sorry for Obama ape remark

  13-03-2015 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fired Univision TV presenter has apologised in an open letter after likening Michelle Obama to a character from the film Planet of the Apes.
  
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• US stocks fall on dollar's strength

  13-03-2015 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US shares ended the week lower, despite a small recovery on Thursday, as investors fretted over falling oil prices and a strong US dollar.
  
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• State Dept shuts down parts of unclassified computer network

  13-03-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it is temporarily shutting down portions of its unclassified computer network to make security upgrades in response to attempted hacking attacks.
  
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• Women's groups want Libya human rights activist's murder investigated

  13-03-2015 22:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Women's rights groups are demanding an international investigation into the killing of a Libyan activist who had become a symbol of her country's efforts to create a democracy.
  
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• Why worry? USOC not concerned about tepid support in Boston

  13-03-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The polling data is about as ugly as a mud-caked snowbank in Boston these days.
  
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• Mexico jails US producer 12 years for wife's murder

  13-03-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Mexican court has sentenced a former producer of the US television show "Survivor" to 12 years in prison for murdering his wife in Cancun, but prosecutors may seek a harsher sentence. Bruce Beresford-Redman, 43, was convicted Thursday of killing Monica Burgos, 41, his Brazilian-born-wife of 11 years, at a beach resort during a family vacation in April 2010. The chief prosecutor for Quintana Roo state, Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres, said the sentence was light and that he would review
  
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• Tucson homeless camp has hours to leave downtown park

  13-03-2015 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — There were more social services providers than homeless people Friday afternoon at a downtown Tucson camp ordered to vacate by the end of the day.
  
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• Busch lifted by warm reception from race team upon return

  13-03-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kurt Busch was back in a car Friday preparing for his first race of the season.
  
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• Obama meets with Kayla Mueller's parents in Arizona

  13-03-2015 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — President Barack Obama is paying his condolences to the family of the American aid worker who died after being taken hostage by the Islamic State group.
  
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• Bill Cosby could be prosecuted if Nevada lifts statute of limitations on sex crimes

  13-03-2015 22:05
  
  Woman who accused comedian of sexual assault to testify to committee FridayMost accusations against comedian have occurred beyond legal cut-off period Continue reading...
  
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• 5 arrested in Bosnia for Scandinavia attack plans

  13-03-2015 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police said Friday they have arrested five men suspected of building an explosive device intended for an attack in an unspecified Scandinavian country.
  
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• Ikea closes Russia site over gay law

  13-03-2015 21:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Furniture giant Ikea says it is closing an online magazine in Russia over fears it could flout the country's anti-gay "propaganda" laws.
  
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• Lawyer says goal is to protect rights of fraternity members

  13-03-2015 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The actions of some fraternity members at the University of Oklahoma caught engaging in a racist chant are inexcusable, but student members still have rights that must be protected, an attorney hired to represent the local chapter said Friday.
  
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• Reagan library curator disputes Gov. Walker's Bible story

  13-03-2015 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's tale of how he came to hold the family Bible that President Ronald Reagan used when taking the oath of office doesn't match the memory of the presidential library curator charged with caring for the book.
  
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• Iraq militia leader hails Iran's 'unconditional' support

  13-03-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) — The U.S. has failed to live up to its promises to help Iraq fight Islamic State extremists, unlike the "unconditional" assistance being given by Iran, the commander of Iraq's powerful Shiite militias alleged Friday.
  
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• Photos: Jennifer Lopez Shares an 'American Idol' Selfie

  13-03-2015 21:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The best shots of your favorite stars snapping selfies.
  
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• White House trespasser pleads

  13-03-2015 21:46 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The man who climbed the White House fence on Sept. 19 and charged up the North Lawn before unlawfully entering the President's residence has pled guilty to two federal charges stemming from the incident.
  
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• Monster storm rips vulnerable Vanuatu

  13-03-2015 21:46 via edition.cnn.com
  
  One of the strongest storms seen in the South Pacific in years makes a direct hit on the capital of Vanuatu, Port Vila.
  
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