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• Morgan Hoffmann takes 3-shot lead with 9 birdies at Bay Hill

  20-03-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Equipped with his first PGA Tour lead in 67 starts, Morgan Hoffmann played Friday like he wanted to keep it a little longer in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
  
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• Clayton Kershaw loses tooth when hit in face by liner

  20-03-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw lost part of a tooth when he was hit by a line drive in the third Friday, but the NL MVP and Cy Young Award winner finished a five-inning outing.
  
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• Ibrahimovic treble lifts PSG to the top

  20-03-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic put his recent disciplinary problems behind him by bagging a hat-trick to give Paris Saint-Germain a 3-1 victory over Lorient on Friday night. The big Swede was banned for one Champions League match on Thursday for his sending off against Chelsea last week, while he also faces a possible domestic ban for a foul-mouthed outburst following PSG's 3-2 defeat at Bordeaux last week in which he insulted both the referee and France. "He confirmed that he scores goals but we
  
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• Ex-Wisconsin Rep. Kastenmeier, early Vietnam critic, dies

  20-03-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bob Kastenmeier, a liberal Democrat from Wisconsin whose 32 years in Congress were marked by his early and staunch opposition to the Vietnam War, died Friday. He was 91.
  
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• Pompeii Villa of Mysteries opens in fresh start for Italy heritage

  20-03-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pompeii's sumptuous, fresco-adorned Villa of Mysteries reopened fully to the public Friday after two years of painstaking restoration, as Italy promised an era of ruin and decay at the ancient city was over. After decades of bad publicity as bits of the UNESCO World Heritage Site crumbled away under neglect, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini told journalists "here in Pompeii we're turning over a new leaf". The villa is just one of dozens of houses, shops and streets at the
  
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• Netanyahu row casts doubt on Obama pledge to 'have Israel's back'

  20-03-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, who once famously said he would “always have Israel’s back,” may be rethinking that promise as aides begin weighing options in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict. Following Obama’s warning that the United States would “reassess” its relationship with Israel, the administration is not only reconsidering the diplomatic cover it
  
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• Price to start opening day for Tigers, not Verlander

  20-03-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — David Price is getting the nod as opening-day starter for the Detroit Tigers, ending Justin Verlander's run of having that honor at seven straight seasons.
  
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• FBI asks for patience in black man's hanging in Mississippi

  20-03-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORT GIBSON, Miss. (AP) — An FBI agent appealed for patience Friday after a black man was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi, saying 30 federal, state and local agents were working intensively to determine whether he was killed or committed suicide.
  
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• NC State temporarily bans alcohol at most fraternity events

  20-03-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State University says it is temporarily banning alcohol at social events for most fraternities after two chapters were suspended, including one in light of drug and sexual assault allegations.
  
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• Column: This NCAA tourney is a BOGO no one should pass up

  20-03-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This NCAA Tournament feels like one of those BOGO specials at the supermarket.
  
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• Hospitals, tax-scofflaw docs targeted in House Medicare deal

  20-03-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An emerging bipartisan House deal changing how Medicare pays physicians would raise money in part by targeting Medicare providers who are tax scofflaws and by curbing reimbursements for hospitals and nursing homes.
  
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• Arabic pledge sparks controversy at New York school

  20-03-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It was intended to celebrate language and diversity. Wednesday's incident at Pine Bush High School, 80 miles (128 kilometers) northwest of New York City, angered students, parents, residents and even those who lost loved ones in Afghanistan. The initial plan to celebrate National Foreign Language week was that students would read the daily American pledge of allegiance in a different language each day. Pine Bush Central School District apologized and said that from now on, the pledge of all
  
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• RSVP by Peterson's agent to Vikings GM is no go for dinner

  20-03-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The relationship between the Minnesota Vikings and star running back Adrian Peterson remains tenuous.
  
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• Otis Byrd: 30 FBI agents probing whether convicted killer found hanging from noose in Mississippi took his own life or was murdered

  20-03-2015 22:53
  Thirty agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are trying to determine whether a convicted killer found hanging from a noose in Mississippi was the victim of a hate crime
  
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• Otis Byrd: 30 FBI agents probing whether convicted killer found hanging from noose in Mississippi took his own life

  20-03-2015 22:53
  Thirty agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are trying to determine whether a convicted killer found hanging from a noose in Mississippi was the victim of a hate crime
  
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• A-Rod's cousin set to plead guilty in Florida steroids case

  20-03-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A cousin of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez is scheduled to plead guilty to drug charges, the last defendant whose case is pending in the federal government's Biogenesis of America investigation.
  
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• Spring brings New York snow storm

  20-03-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York welcomed the first day of spring Friday with a snow storm that could dump up to six inches (15 centimeters) in parts of the northeastern United States. More than 1,150 flights were cancelled within, to or from the United States on Friday, including to and from airports in Washington DC, Boston and Philadelphia, the website said. The National Weather Service put a winter weather advisory into effect from Northern Virginia to southern New England, forecasting three to six inches (7.6 to 1
  
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• 30 state, federal, local investigators probe hanging death

  20-03-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORT GIBSON, Miss. (AP) — The FBI says a black man found hanging in Mississippi is Otis Byrd, a convicted killer whose family reported him missing more than two weeks ago.
  
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• Anger over 'Exclusively for White People' stickers on Texas stores

  20-03-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Texas officials have reacted angrily after someone plastered stickers reading "Exclusively For White People" on several businesses in the state capital Austin. "This is an appalling and offensive display of ignorance in our city," Austin mayor Steve Adler said in a statement. While clearly offensive in character, it wasn't clear if the stickers were intended as racist or if they were some sort of ironic comment on the effects of gentrification in the hip city that has se
  
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• US leaves open chance of Afghan troop presence beyond 2016

  20-03-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is suggesting it could reconsider its plan to remove nearly all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016.
  
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• Fred VanVleet scores 27 in Shockers' 81-76 win over Indiana

  20-03-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Fred VanVleet matched his career high with 27 points, Ron Baker made big free throws late, and Wichita State defeated Indiana 81-76 in the NCAA Tournament on Friday.
  
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• Police: Man beat wife, mother before killing Navajo officer

  20-03-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — In the hours before a deadly shootout on the Navajo Nation, authorities say the gunman hit his wife and mother with a pistol, taunted police by making a U-turn in front of a command station, and disabled a police vehicle that was chasing him.
  
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• Suicide bombers kill 137 in Yemen mosque attacks

  20-03-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The attacks on mosques used by supporters of the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi fighters who control the city were the deadliest in a years-long campaign of violence in the country, where Washington has been waging a drone air war against a local branch of the Sunni Muslim militant group al Qaeda. "Let the polytheist Houthis know that the soldiers of the Islamic State will not rest and will not stay still until they extirpate them," the group said in a statement posted by supporters on Twitter, claiming
  
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• Mets' Wheeler to have elbow surgery next week; Murphy hurt

  20-03-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler will have Tommy John surgery early next week and is expecting a 14-month rehabilitation, a schedule that would put him back in the major leagues in June 2016.
  
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• Twisted Sister drummer dies

  20-03-2015 22:39 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A.J. Pero, a longtime drummer for the metal band Twisted Sister, has died, the band posted on its Facebook page.
  
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• Rap mogul 'Suge' Knight collapses in court as bail set

  20-03-2015 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight collapsed in court Friday and was hospitalized as a Los Angeles judge set bail at $25 million over his fatal hit-and-run case. Knight's eye fluttered and he was sweating profusely before he fell to the ground, knocking his head on a table and falling unconscious, his lawyer said after the latest court hearing for the 49-year-old. Knight's bail had previously been revoked as he was considered a flight risk. He suggested bail be set at $2 million,
  
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• Latest on wrong-way crash: NYPD applies for blood warrant

  20-03-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  5:30 P.M.
  
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• No tornadoes reported anywhere across US in March

  20-03-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — With only about two-dozen twisters recorded so far this year during a period when 100 or more are typical, the U.S. appears to be in a tornado drought as cool, stable air prevents the ingredients of the violent storms from coming together, meteorologists said Friday.
  
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• MLB tweaks schedule on final day, hopes for playoff scramble

  20-03-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Fans at Camden Yards, Dodger Stadium and Safeco Field might need to bring a few extra screens to the ballpark on the final day of the season.
  
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• Known to police, Tunisia attackers had trained in Libya

  20-03-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Radicalized, trained in Libya, and already in police files, the two young men who shot dead 21 people at a renowned Tunisian museum embody what many see as the main threat to this North African country bent on building democracy.
  
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• Court closes Chris Brown's case over 2009 Rihanna assault

  20-03-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has ended Chris Brown's felony probation in an assault case over his 2009 attack on pop singer Rihanna.
  
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• Los Angeles judge closes Chris Brown's assault case over 2009 Rihanna attack

  20-03-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles judge closes Chris Brown's assault case over 2009 Rihanna attack.
  
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• Remains found in wood stove in cooking show finalist's death

  20-03-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Investigators say they found human remains inside a wood stove in the home of a man charged with killing a finalist from the TV show "Food Network Star," her husband and their unborn child.
  
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• Russia, Ukraine and EU to hold further gas talks in April

  20-03-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Barbara Lewis and Vladimir Soldatkin BRUSSELS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission will hold a new round of gas supply talks next month in pursuit of a deal that could help to defuse wider tensions between Moscow and Kiev. A preliminary meeting in Brussels on Friday had never been expected to yield major progress, with the two sides still far apart as they jostle for position in the negotiations while European Union officials have set a target date of June for a new
  
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• Survivor: I felt bullets coming

  20-03-2015 22:17 via edition.cnn.com
  
  12 of the people who were killed at a museum attack in Tunisia were cruise ship passengers. Karl Penhaul speaks to some of those who survived the assault.
  
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• Latest on wrong-way crash: Officers remembered as good cops

  20-03-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  5:15 P.M.
  
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• Hillary Clinton formally asked to turn over her private email server

  20-03-2015 22:08
  
  Hillary Clinton officially has been asked to turn over her private email server, which she used to send and receive emails while serving as secretary of state, for independent review.
  
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• First Fans: Obamas' niece to play for Princeton in NCAAs

  20-03-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Nothing unusual about players' family members showing up in the crowd for NCAA Tournament games, of course.
  
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• 2 NC State frats among latest accused of ugly behavior

  20-03-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two fraternities at North Carolina State University have been suspended — one for what appeared to be an offensive pledge book, the other for drug and sexual assault allegations — two of the latest chapters reprimanded in a wave of unseemly fraternity behavior around the country.
  
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• Photos: Go On Set of 'Downton Abbey's' Final Season

  20-03-2015 22:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  See your favorite stars transform into the characters you love.
  
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• Father involved in custody dispute waives extradition

  20-03-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — A New Jersey father accused of violating a custody agreement by taking his two sons out of New Jersey has waived extradition from Florida.
  
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• Tourists show support for Tunisia

  20-03-2015 21:57 via edition.cnn.com
  
  "I will come to Tunisia."
  
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• Landmark legislation could see São Paulo authorities fine those who prevent mothers breastfeeding

  20-03-2015 21:56
  
  A Brazilian city is on the cusp of approving legislation that would protect a mother’s right to breastfeed in public.
  
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• How a Lab-Tech Saved This Baby's Life by Braving the Boston Snow

  20-03-2015 21:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  How lab techs braved Massachusetts snow and saved the life of a newborn.
  
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• Suspect arrested as driver in Las Vegas neighborhood killing

  20-03-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police have arrested a man suspected of being the getaway driver in a shooting in a Las Vegas cul-de-sac that killed a mother of four and led to the arrest of a 19-year-old neighbor.
  
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• Bullets fly in Boston bomber's last stand

  20-03-2015 21:46 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The brothers' last stand began with a ping.
  
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• 30 agents probe whether hanging was suicide or homicide

  20-03-2015 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORT GIBSON, Miss. (AP) — The FBI says a black man found hanging in Mississippi is Otis Byrd, a convicted killer whose family reported him missing more than two weeks ago.
  
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• Terror siege cafe reopens

  20-03-2015 21:44 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Robert Ovadia, a journalist with CNN affiliate Seven Network, reports on the reopening of the Lindt Cafe in Sydney after the hostage siege last year.
  
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• Federer rolls past Berdych to reach Indian Wells semifinals

  20-03-2015 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Roger Federer defeated Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-0 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, keeping alive his bid of winning an unprecedented fifth title in the desert.
  
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• Musical 'Ever After' to premiere in Paper Mill Playhouse

  20-03-2015 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey will have the world premiere of a musical based on the 1998 movie "Ever After."
  
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