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• Monaco, Atletico reach Champions League quarterfinals

  17-03-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Monaco reached the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2004 despite a 2-0 loss at home to Arsenal on Tuesday night, advancing on away goals after a 3-3 aggregate tie in the home-and-home series.
  
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• Opening statements next in trial over boy cuffed to porch

  17-03-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONROE, N.C. (AP) — A jury was seated Tuesday in the trial of a North Carolina man accused of handcuffing an 11-year-old boy by his ankle to a porch with a dead chicken around his neck as punishment.
  
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• Twists, turns mark bizarre life of Robert Durst

  17-03-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at the twists and turns in the bizarre life of Robert Durst, the estranged heir to a New York real estate empire who was charged with murder after an HBO series focused on his links to three killings.
  
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• U.S. Loses Contact with Predator Drone Over Syria

  17-03-2015 23:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Syria claims it shot down drone, but U.S. can't confirm that.
  
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• VIDEO: The art of the spacewalk

  17-03-2015 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How spacewalks have been depicted over 50 years
  
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• Error-prone Serena Williams makes 4th round at Indian Wells

  17-03-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Struggling with her serve and a rash of errors, Serena Williams needed three sets to get by Sloane Stephens 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 and reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday.
  
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• Documentary about Tower Records debuts at SXSW festival

  17-03-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A documentary about the legacy of Tower Records, the retail store that dominated for decades before filing for bankruptcy in 2006, earned a standing ovation at the South by Southwest festival.
  
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• Jeb Bush rejects idea of raising federal minimum wage

  17-03-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that minimum wage increases should be left to businesses and state governments, opposing a hike in the federal pay floor as an impediment to individuals trying to escape from poverty.
  
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• Ware wants to be remembered for something more than injury

  17-03-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Kevin Ware shows no queasiness toward that nasty scar running down the front of his right leg. He even rubs it from time to time — a good luck charm, one might say.
  
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• Herzog: Result enables us to get back to power

  17-03-2015 23:36 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Zionist Union candidate Isaac Herzog addresses supporters as Israel awaits official election results.
  
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• Iowa GOP criticizes Walker aide who questions state's status

  17-03-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party lashed out Tuesday at a new member of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's political team for questioning the state's role in the presidential nominating process.
  
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• Israeli opposition leader seeks to lead new government

  17-03-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog is refusing to concede defeat in Israel's closely fought parliamentary election.
  
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• Syria claims drone shot down

  17-03-2015 23:25 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The Syrian military claims to have shot down a U.S. drone, Syria's state-run news agency reported Tuesday.
  
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• UKIP's Farage warns Britain: Brace for a second election in 2015

  17-03-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is likely to win a May 7 national election and form a minority government, but his grip on power could be so tenuous that Britain will hold a second ballot this year, the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) warned. Opinion polls indicate neither Cameron's Conservatives nor the opposition Labour Party will win an overall majority in the 650-seat parliament as millions of voters turn to Farage's anti-EU UKIP party an
  
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• Frat suspended for nude photos

  17-03-2015 23:22 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A Pennsylvania State University fraternity has been suspended after allegedly posting on a private Facebook page compromising photos of women, including some who appeared to be asleep or passed out.
  
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• AP PHOTOS: MLB teams break out green for St. Patrick's Day

  17-03-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Many Major League Baseball teams at spring training followed their annual tradition of wearing green jerseys and hats at spring training for St. Patrick's Day. The Detroit Tigers went for matching caps and jerseys, while the New York Mets combined mostly green hats with an orange logo and wore their regular royal blue and orange jerseys. Detroit and St. Louis put had green shamrocks on the white bases, and fans also got into the spirit with their attire.
  
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• MLBPA head Tony Clark says he'd like Rose to be reinstated

  17-03-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — The head of the Major League Baseball Players Association says he'd "love" to see Pete Rose reinstated.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar album breaks Spotify record

  17-03-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rapper Kendrick Lamar's latest album has broken the first-day record on Spotify after its surprise early release, the streaming service said Tuesday. "To Pimp a Butterfly" was streamed on Spotify more than 9.6 million times around the world Monday, according to the streaming site, which says it has some 60 million users. The previous record was Michael Buble's Christmas album in 2011. Spotify and its rivals -- such as Rhapsody, Google Play and Deezer -- enjoyed an advantage o
  
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• Arsenal brave in defeat, Atletico go to extra-time

  17-03-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Arsenal exited the Champions League on Tuesday despite beating Monaco 2-0 in their Champions League last 16 second leg clash in Monaco but losing on the away goals rule after the tie finished 3-3 on aggregate. A first-half goal by Olivier Giroud and then Aaron Ramsey 11 minutes from time gave the Gunners hope but desperate defending by Monaco saw them hold on to reach the quarter-finals. Monaco emulated fellow Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain in eliminating a Premier League giant from this seaso
  
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• Ferguson police shooting suspect returns to court

  17-03-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of shooting two police officers in Ferguson returned to court Tuesday over a claim that St. Louis County police used excessive force during his arrest.
  
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• Missouri official accuses Justice Department of racism

  17-03-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's lieutenant governor is accusing Justice Department officials of "fanning the flames of racial division," as the federal agency is criticizing Ferguson police for alleged racial biases following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown.
  
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• AP source: Paul eyes April 7 to announce White House run

  17-03-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul's advisers are preparing to launch a White House bid on April 7.
  
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• U.S. cites 'progress' at nuclear talks

  17-03-2015 23:10 via edition.cnn.com
  World powers and Iran have made progress in closing some of the remaining gaps preventing a deal on Tehran's nuclear program, according to U.S. senior administration officials, but they warned Tuesday that difficult issues remain.
  
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• U.S. Republican budget cuts social spending, boosts military

  17-03-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday proposed higher defense spending and deep cuts to social services including healthcare for the poor in an aggressive new budget plan that seeks to eliminate deficits by 2024. The blueprint from House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, which has almost no chance of becoming law, prescribes $5.468 trillion in spending cuts and interest savings over 10 years compared to current policies. Like the budgets of Price's predecessor, Representative Paul Ryan, the
  
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• 'Starving models' face ban

  17-03-2015 23:07 via edition.cnn.com
  
  France's parliament is set to debate a proposed new law banning too thin models and websites supporting anorexia and other eating disorders. Erin McLaughlin reports.
  
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• US says it lost a drone aircraft in Syria

  17-03-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says a U.S. Predator drone aircraft went down in Syria, but it's not clear whether it was shot down.
  
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• FBI Probes Health Insurer Cyberattack That Could Affect 11 Million

  17-03-2015 23:04 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The FBI is investigating a massive cyberattack on the Premera health insurance company Premera that may have compromised the personal information.
  
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• Insiders reap rewards of Chris Christie's Camden tax breaks

  17-03-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Under Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey has provided more than $2 billion in state tax breaks since 2014, often to corporations with political connections and at least once to a developer who already owed millions in unpaid state loans, according to an Associated Press review of the financial incentives.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu emerges with slight edge after tight race

  17-03-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have fended off a strong challenge from the country's opposition leader in parliamentary elections Tuesday, emerging from an acrimonious campaign in a slightly better position to form Israel's next government.
  
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• Ohio lawmakers take on Connecticut over 1st in flight claim

  17-03-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A resolution moving through the Ohio Statehouse challenges Connecticut's insistence that one of its aviators beat the Wright brothers to the first successful airplane flight by two years.
  
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• VIDEO: When doomsday cult attacked Tokyo subway

  17-03-2015 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Man's guilt over surviving 1995 Tokyo sarin gas attack
  
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• Facebook rolling out payments to friends in Messenger

  17-03-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Facebook announced Tuesday it was launching a system to send money to friends for US customers using its Messenger mobile app. The free service will be offered "in the coming months," according to a Facebook statement, and will put the huge social network in competition with services such as Square Cash and Venmo. The money transfer will use bank debit cards of members for a quick cash transfer, which may take up to three days depending on the banks used, Facebook said. Facebook alread
  
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• Drought-stricken California ramps up water restrictions

  17-03-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California residents have to turn off their sprinklers, and restaurants won't give customers water unless they ask under new drought regulations approved Tuesday.
  
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• Greek PM hastens Russia visit amid cash crunch

  17-03-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday unveiled a surprise trip to Russia but also sought talks with European leaders to break a deadlock over reforms that has revived default fears. The radical Greek government said Tsipras, who was already scheduled to visit Russia in May for its annual Victory Day parade, would now also travel to Moscow on April 8 to see Russian President Vladimir Putin. "The prime minister will visit the Kremlin following an invitation from Russian President Vla
  
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• Betsey Johnson to receive CFDA lifetime achievement honor

  17-03-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Betsey Johnson will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
  
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• How You Can Pay Your Friends Back on Facebook

  17-03-2015 22:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  You can now pay your friends back on Facebook.
  
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• Correction: Blue Bell-Listeriosis story

  17-03-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — In stories on March 13-14 about listeria contamination of some Blue Bell products, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Food and Drug Administration found listeria bacteria in 10 Blue Bell frozen novelty products. Contamination was confirmed in three of the recalled products.
  
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• Netanyahu claims victory in knife-edge Israel vote

  17-03-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in elections Tuesday as exit polls put him neck-and-neck with centre-left rivals after a late fightback in his bid for a third straight term. Analysts said Netanyahu was in a stronger position to forge a coalition with his rightwing allies that would extend his six years in power. Figures published by public Channel 1 and private Channel 10 television both gave Netanyahu's Likud and Isaac Herzog's Zionist Union 27 seats each in
  
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• U.S.: 'Definite progress' at nuclear talks

  17-03-2015 22:43 via edition.cnn.com
  World powers and Iran have made progress in closing some of the remaining gaps preventing a deal on Tehran's nuclear program, according to U.S. senior administration officials, but they warned Tuesday that difficult issues remain.
  
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• Ferguson police shooting suspect back in court

  17-03-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old St. Louis County man accused of shooting two police officers in Ferguson returned to court Tuesday over a claim that county police used excessive force during his arrest.
  
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• In neck-and-neck race, Netanyahu claims win

  17-03-2015 22:37 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Voting closes in Israeli elections with preliminary exit polls from TV stations indicating a virtual tie -- but incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling it "a great victory."
  
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• Photos: How Vanessa Hudgens Stays Cozy and Chic

  17-03-2015 22:37 via abcnews.go.com
  
  This month's hottest celebrity pictures.
  
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• Durst murder case: When should the media go to the police?

  17-03-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It was a filmmaker, not police, who uncovered a crucial piece of evidence in the murder case against Manhattan real estate millionaire Robert Durst.
  
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• Russia unease sat between U.S., Ukraine

  17-03-2015 22:26 via edition.cnn.com
  
  As President Barack Obama's top adviser on Russia spoke Tuesday about that country's aggression in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. fidgeted with the event pass strung around his neck, then glanced at his watch.
  
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• Major US health insurer hacked, affecting 11 million

  17-03-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Premera Blue Cross said Tuesday its computer network had been hacked, potentially exposing data from 11 million people, in the second recent such attack on a major US health insurer. Premera said it learned on January 29 that the company had been the victim of a "sophisticated attack" to get into its computer network. The company said hackers may have been able to access members' names, dates of birth, social security numbers, email addresses, bank account data and medical claims
  
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• A look at California's emergency drought water restrictions

  17-03-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Amid a historic drought, the California State Water Resources Control Board voted Tuesday to extend and expand restrictions on water use.
  
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• Bush starts busy week of 2016 maneuvering in South Carolina

  17-03-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — On his first extended trip to South Carolina this year, Jeb Bush blasted President Barack Obama as a failed leader and pitched himself as a principled conservative who gets things done.
  
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• Man in Darth Vader Mask Robs Bank at Gunpoint

  17-03-2015 22:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A man wearing a Darth Vader mask and dark clothing robbed a Pineville, North Carolina, bank Monday, authorities said.
  
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• Pelosi embraces tough questions about Obama's trade agenda

  17-03-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's bid for a new trade deal didn't get easier Tuesday when the House's top Democrat said her caucus embraces a dozen demands that may be tough to meet.
  
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• Transgender teen gets reality TV gig

  17-03-2015 22:18 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The transgender community is celebrating several recent milestones thanks to one teen doing her part for transgender visibility.
  
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