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• Harvick makes it 4 straight wins at Phoenix with a rout

  15-03-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kevin Harvick is redefining dominance at NASCAR's highest level.
  
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• Dayton has home-court advantage vs Boise State in First Four

  15-03-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Dayton gets to open the NCAA Tournament at home, hosting Boise State in a First Four game on Wednesday night.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands march to ask Brazil president's ouster

  15-03-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians marched peacefully Sunday in more than 50 cities around the country to demand President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment and to criticize government corruption amid a sprawling graft inquiry at state-run oil firm Petrobras.
  
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• Low-tech sexism in America’s high-tech heartland sees $16m gender discrimination court case

  15-03-2015 23:36
  
  For all its promises of a bright technological future, Silicon Valley’s corporate culture seems mired in a less progressive past – at least according to a landmark $16m (£11m) gender discrimination lawsuit now playing out at San Francisco’s superior court.
  
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• Man, 20, charged with shooting 2 officers in Ferguson

  15-03-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old man charged Sunday with shooting two police officers watching over a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department had attended a protest there earlier that night but told investigators he wasn't targeting the officers, authorities said.
  
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• Undefeated Kentucky in Midwest Region with Kansas

  15-03-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Undefeated and overall No. 1 seed Kentucky will start the NCAA tournament in the Bluegrass State.
  
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• Kentucky leads the way with top spot in March Madness

  15-03-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kentucky's chasing history, trying to become the first undefeated champion in March Madness since Indiana in 1976.
  
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• Man charged in Ferguson police shooting

  15-03-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police charged a young African-American man Sunday in connection with the shooting in Ferguson last week that wounded two police officers and rekindled tension in the racially troubled Missouri city. Jeffrey Williams, 20, is charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and shooting a firearm from a motor vehicle causing injury, St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch told reporters, after an intense four-day manhunt. "Essentially what we have charged him with is firing shot
  
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• Blue Jays' Pillar sidelined by sneeze

  15-03-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar is being sidelined — by a sneeze.
  
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• Suspect charged in shooting of police officers in Ferguson, Missouri

  15-03-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Valdmanis FERGUSON, Missouri (Reuters) - A 20-year-old man was charged on Sunday with first-degree assault in last week's shooting of two policemen during a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, a crime that shocked a city that has been devastated by months of racial strife. The suspect, Jeffrey Williams, has admitted to firing the shots that wounded the officers early on Thursday, said St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch. The gunfire rang out just after midnigh
  
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• 'Cinderella' fits into top US box office spot

  15-03-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The live action remake of animated-classic "Cinderella" had a nice fit in North American movie theatres, topping the list of estimated weekend ticket sales. The Disney movie, featuring Lily James as enchanted princess Ella and Cate Blanchett as her cruel stepmother, took in $70 million. Action flick "Run the Night," featuring grizzled tough-guy Liam Neeson playing a hit man going up against the mob to protect a son, took second on the charts hauling in an estimated $11 millio
  
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• Suspect held in Ferguson police shooting

  15-03-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police on Sunday charged a young African-American man in connection with the shooting in Ferguson four days ago that left two police officers wounded and rekindled tension in the racially troubled Missouri city. Jeffrey Williams, 20, is charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and shooting a firearm from a motor vehicle causing injury, St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch told reporters. "It's possible at this point that he was firing shots at someone other than
  
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• Timeline of events in life of wealthy eccentric Robert Durst

  15-03-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A timeline of key events in the life of Robert Durst, a member of a wealthy New York real estate family, who was arrested in New Orleans on a murder warrant for the killing of Susan Berman in Los Angeles 15 years ago.
  
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• Schumacher Racing sweeps top NHRA series at Gatornationals

  15-03-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Don Schumacher Racing swept the top two NHRA series at the Gatornationals on Sunday, giving the car owner the perfect welcome back gift following cancer treatment.
  
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• Refugees from Isis tell of fears of forced marriages

  15-03-2015 22:14
  
  Fear that their sons will be conscripted and their daughters forced to marry Isis fighters are the main reasons for Iraqi families to flee the self-declared Islamic State, according to interviews by The Independent with recent arrivals in Iraqi Kurdistan.
  
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• Romania finance minister resigns amid bribe-taking probe

  15-03-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's finance minister has resigned amid an investigation into suspicions that he took 2 million euros ($2.1 million) in bribes when he was a mayor.
  
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• Gay groups march at last in Boston St. Patrick's Day parade

  15-03-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  
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• US, Iran press for nuke pact; lesser announcement on table?

  15-03-2015 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Iran plunged back into negotiation Sunday, hoping to end once and for all a decades-long standoff that has raised the specter of an Iranian nuclear arsenal, a new atomic arms race in the Middle East and even a U.S. or Israeli military intervention. Two weeks out from a deadline for a framework accord, some officials said the awesomeness of the diplomatic task meant negotiators would likely settle for an announcement that they've made enough progress
  
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• Kerry says Syrian transition would have to be negotiated with Assad

  15-03-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lesley Wroughton SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and was exploring ways with other countries to pressure him into agreeing to talks. She reiterated that Washington would never negotiate with the Syrian leader. Harf added: "By necessity, there has always been a need for representatives of the Assad regime to be a part of this proces
  
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• Merkel urges closer tech ties with rising IT giant China

  15-03-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday urged closer high-tech cooperation with China as she opened a major IT business fair where the Asian giant is the official partner country. "German business values China not just as our most important trade partner outside of Europe but also as a partner in developing sophisticated technologies," she said. Merkel was speaking at the opening the CeBIT fair in the western city of Hanover, where more than 600 Chinese companies will exhibit their t
  
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• Cyprus president to seek removal of Central Bank chief

  15-03-2015 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' president says he will seek to have the bailed-out country's embattled Central Bank chief removed from her post over a perceived conflict of interest.
  
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• Tony Blair 'to step down' as Middle East peace envoy

  15-03-2015 21:58
  
  Tony Blair has questioned the value of democracy in the Middle East saying “effective government” is more important - amid reports that he is preparing to step down from his high-profile role as peace envoy to the region.
  
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• Tony Blair says democracy isn't everything amid claims he is to step down as Middle East envoy

  15-03-2015 21:58
  
  Tony Blair has questioned the value of democracy in the Middle East saying “effective government” is more important - amid reports that he is preparing to step down from his high-profile role as peace envoy to the region.
  
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• Blair ‘to step down’ as Middle East peace envoy

  15-03-2015 21:58
  
  Tony Blair has questioned the value of democracy in the Middle East saying “effective government” is more important - amid reports that he is preparing to step down from his high-profile role as peace envoy to the region.
  
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• Saddam's tomb suffers extensive damage in Iraq fighting

  15-03-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OUJA, Iraq (AP) — The tomb of Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein was virtually leveled in heavy clashes between militants from the Islamic State group and Iraqi security forces in a fight for control of the city of Tikrit.
  
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• Man, 20, charged with shooting St. Louis-area officers

  15-03-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old charged Sunday with shooting two police officers watching over a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department attended a protest there earlier that night but told investigators he wasn't targeting the officers, officials said.
  
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• Prevent 'left-wing' government, Netanyahu tells campaign rally

  15-03-2015 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, trailing in opinion polls two days before a parliamentary election, on Sunday implored right-wing voters to turn out and "stop a left-wing government from coming to power." Speaking to a rally of thousands of supporters of Israel's right-wing parties from behind a bulletproof screen at Tel Aviv's main square, Netanyahu warned that the right-wing government he leads could be voted out of office. "Our rivals are investing a huge e
  
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• Goalie interference, 3-on-3 OT on tap for NHL GMs

  15-03-2015 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Goaltending and three-on-three overtime will be at the forefront of discussions when NHL general managers gather Monday in Boca Raton, Fla.
  
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• Israel elections: Netanyahu claims foreign money is being channelled to help the left-wing Zionist Union beat him

  15-03-2015 21:37
  With less than 48 hours to go until an election that he appears on course to lose, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested today that there was an international conspiracy to topple him, talked up security fears over Iran and played on anti-Arab sentiment in an effort to galvanise wavering supporters.
  
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• Israel elections: Benjamin Netanyahu claims foreign money is being used to help left-wing Zionist Union beat him

  15-03-2015 21:37
  With less than 48 hours to go until an election that he appears on course to lose, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested today that there was an international conspiracy to topple him, talked up security fears over Iran and played on anti-Arab sentiment in an effort to galvanise wavering supporters.
  
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• Israel elections: Benjamin Netanyahu claims foreign money is being channelled to help left-wing Zionist Union beat him

  15-03-2015 21:37
  With less than 48 hours to go until an election that he appears on course to lose, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested today that there was an international conspiracy to topple him, talked up security fears over Iran and played on anti-Arab sentiment in an effort to galvanise wavering supporters.
  
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• Maine teacher wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize in Dubai

  15-03-2015 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An English teacher from rural Maine won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize on Sunday after 42 years of work as an innovator and pioneer in teaching literature.
  
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• Chile contains huge blaze threatening UNESCO city

  15-03-2015 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Firefighters have contained a huge forest blaze that had threatened the picturesque Chilean port city of Valparaiso, officials said Sunday, adding the government plans to charge those responsible for the fire. One person died and thousands were evacuated on Saturday from around the UNESCO World Heritage site, known for its narrow and steep roads, as the blaze raised fears of a repeat of a destructive 2014 fire that killed 15 in the same area. "We are keeping the Valparaiso fire contained an
  
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• Pacquiao undergoes random blood, urine testing

  15-03-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Manny Pacquiao was given a random drug test Saturday, only two days after the US Anti-Doping Agency revealed the Filipino boxing icon and future foe Floyd Mayweather agreed to Olympic-style testing. A report on GMA News in Pacquiao's homeland detailed that he had given blood and urine samples to a medical technician that made an unannounced visit to Pacquiao's training area in Los Angeles. Pacquiao agreed to the extra doping protocol as part of the contract signed to fight unbeaten US
  
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• Life under Isis: The everyday reality of living in the Islamic 'Caliphate' with its 7th Century laws, very modern methods and merciless violence

  15-03-2015 21:08
  It is one of the strangest states ever created. The Islamic State wants to force all humanity to believe in its vision of a religious and social utopia existing in the first days of Islam. Women are to be treated as chattels, forbidden to leave the house unless they are accompanied by a male relative. People deemed to be pagans, like the Yazidis, can be bought and sold as slaves. Punishments such as beheadings, amputations and flogging become the norm. All those not pledging allegiance to the c
  
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• Kenyans Daniel Limo, Ogla Kimaiyo win Los Angeles Marathon

  15-03-2015 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Marathon didn't even wait for the sun to rise.
  
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• Coast Guard: Tug captain jumped in water without suit

  15-03-2015 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (AP) — The captain of a sinking tugboat died after he panicked and jumped into icy waters off New York's Fire Island without putting on his immersion suit, while three crew members managed to hang onto life rings, the survivors told the Coast Guard.
  
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• Greek Jews commemorate Auschwitz deportations

  15-03-2015 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some 2,000 Greek Jews on Sunday commemorated the 72nd anniversary of the first forced deportations to Auschwitz from Thessaloniki. Among them were more than 200 supporters of Syriza, Greece's new radical left ruling party that wants to revive claims for war reparations amid fraught negotiations over Athens' debt crisis with EU paymaster Germany and other creditors. More than 53,000 members of the Thessaloniki Jewish community -- out of a total of 56,000 -- were murdered at Auschwitz. &
  
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• Robert Durst: New York real estate heir arrested in connection with 2000 murder of Susan Berman

  15-03-2015 20:53
  
  A New York real estate heir who is currently the subject of a television series probing an unsolved murder and the disappearance of his first wife, has been arrested in connection with the murder of a friend.
  
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• Experts: Testimony in gender bias case won't tilt jury

  15-03-2015 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The trial of a $16 million gender bias lawsuit against one of Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capital firms had the potential for a dramatic showdown last week when plaintiff Ellen Pao took the witness stand.
  
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• Top U.S. Republican lawmaker to launch investigation of Clinton emails: ABC

  15-03-2015 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to announce an investigation this week into Hillary Clinton’s use of email when she led the State Department, ABC News reported on Sunday. ABC's "This Week" said that top Republicans briefed the program about Speaker John Boehner's plan to investigate Clinton's use of her personal email address when she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 However, the networ
  
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• Cruz: Lift all contribution limits on campaign cash

  15-03-2015 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BARRINGTON, N.H. (AP) — Unlimited political cash would give rank-and-file conservative activists greater sway in picking their representatives, including the president, White House hopeful Ted Cruz told New Hampshire voters on Sunday.
  
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• Senate Dems threaten to oppose deal on Medicare doc fees

  15-03-2015 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators would oppose a potential House bipartisan deal preventing cuts in physicians' Medicare payments if it doesn't finance a children's health program for four years, senior Senate Democratic aides said Sunday.
  
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• Algeria oil corruption trial begins after 5-year delay

  15-03-2015 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Five years after it first came to light, the trial began Sunday for one of Algeria's most notorious corruption scandals involving the state-run oil company that generates most of the country's revenue.
  
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• Texas' Cruz: Lift all contribution limits on campaign cash

  15-03-2015 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BARRINGTON, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Ted Cruz says limits on campaign donations restrict activists' free speech rights.
  
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• Kentucky beat No. 21 Arkansas 78-63 in SEC tourney final

  15-03-2015 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats are taking a 34-game winning streak into the NCAA Tournament in their quest for title.
  
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• Ferguson police: Jeffrey Williams charged with shooting two officers

  15-03-2015 20:25
  
  A 20-year-old man has been arrested for the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson Missouri last week, according to the police.
  
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• How 911 Call in Indiana Helped Save Student in Brooklyn

  15-03-2015 20:18 via abcnews.go.com
  Ji-Hoon Seo stayed on Skype as officers responded to his fiancee's apartment.
  
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• Senate Democrats threaten to oppose deal on Medicare fees

  15-03-2015 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Senate Democratic aides say Democratic senators will oppose a potential bipartisan deal from the House to prevent cuts in physicians' Medicare payments if it doesn't finance a children's health program for four years.
  
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• Suspect in Ferguson police shooting charged with assault

  15-03-2015 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A 20-year-old suspect in the shooting last week of two police officers during a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, has been arrested and charged with first-degree assault and gun violations, prosecutors said on Sunday. St Louis County District Attorney Robert McCulloch said the suspect, Jeffrey Williams, had admitted his involvement in firing the shots that wounded the two officers. Williams had earlier participated in the protest rally, the prosecutor said, and he was involved in
  
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