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• Official: Boko Haram using civilians as human shields

  25-03-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram is using an unknown number of civilians as human shields as its fighters flee an offensive by multinational forces, a top Nigerian official said Wednesday.
  
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• GOP-controlled House approves balanced budget plan with trillions in spending cuts

  25-03-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP-controlled House approves balanced budget plan with trillions in spending cuts .
  
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• Ohio House OKs bill banning abortions after 1st heartbeat

  25-03-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A ban on most abortions after the first detectable fetal heartbeat has again cleared the Ohio House following a startlingly emotional floor debate in which a veteran female lawmaker revealed she'd been raped and had an abortion.
  
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• Four dead as Ukraine bus hits mine

  25-03-2015 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least four people are killed after a passenger bus hit a landmine near a government-held town in eastern Ukraine, local officials say.
  
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• Investigators hope cockpit tape will explain Airbus crash

  25-03-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jean-Francois Rosnoblet and Tim Hepher SEYNE-LES-ALPES/PARIS (Reuters) - Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from one of the "black boxes" of the German jet that crashed in the Alps, killing everyone onboard, and they expect a preliminary read-out of their content in days, an official said on Wednesday. The development came as French President Francois Hollande, Germany's Angela Merkel and Spain's Mariano Rajoy traveled to the crash site in a remote Frenc
  
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• Booz Allen contractor, two other Americans die in Airbus crash

  25-03-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A Booz Allen Hamilton Inc contractor, her daughter and a third U.S. citizen were among 150 people killed when a Germanwings Airbus crashed in a remote Alpine region in France, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Yvonne Selke and her daughter, Emily, were on the flight along with a third U.S. citizen whose name was being withheld "out of respect for the family." Booz Allen said Yvonne Selke was a contractor with the National Geospat
  
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• Police: Case of reappeared woman being treated as kidnapping

  25-03-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police in the San Francisco Bay Area say they're treating the case of a missing woman who reappeared in Southern California as a kidnapping-for-ransom until evidence points them in another direction.
  
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• France gets audio from jet's black box, but cause a mystery

  25-03-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France (AP) — The last communication from a doomed German jetliner was routine. The mangled black box has yielded sounds and voices, the lead investigator said Wednesday, but so far not the "slightest explanation" why the plane plunged into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 on board.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo to receive US literary award in May

  25-03-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A prominent US literary society devoted to freedom of expression is to honor French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo with an award at a New York gala in May. PEN American Center said that Charlie Hebdo film critic and essayist Jean-Baptiste Thoret would accept the award for freedom of expression on behalf of the magazine on May 5. Two Islamist brothers on January 7 stormed into the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, killing 12 people and claiming to avenge the magazine's depiction of the Proph
  
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• Tornado touches down in Arkansas, ending twister drought

  25-03-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Weather Service said Wednesday that a severe weather system in Arkansas produced the nation's first tornado for the month of March, ending a twister drought in a month when tornado season is usually starting to ramp up for parts of the U.S.
  
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• Lee Kuan Yew: How will Asia remember him?

  25-03-2015 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How will Lee Kuan Yew be remembered in Singapore's neighbourhood?
  
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• Alps disaster victims from across the world

  25-03-2015 23:36 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Two Iranian sports reporters, two German opera singers and an Australian son and mother (pictured) were on board the Germanwings plane that crashed in the Alps. | FULL STORY | DISTRAUGHT PILOTS REFUSE TO FLY
  
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• Investigators risk lives looking for clues in Alps

  25-03-2015 23:32 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Investigators risk their lives on the treacherous Alps mountainside -- strapped together in case they slip -- searching in the debris for clues to why Flight 9592 crashed. | FULL STORY | DISTRAUGHT PILOTS REFUSE TO FLY
  
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• Kentucky judges ponder case of school bullying suicide

  25-03-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Can schools and teachers be held responsible if a bullied student commits suicide?
  
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• Worries grow as new courts hand Pakistan army more power

  25-03-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Katharine Houreld RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Weeks after Taliban gunmen massacred 134 pupils at an army-run school, Pakistani lawmakers significantly expanded the power of military courts by allowing them to try civilians accused of terrorism. A Reuters investigation of legal documents provided by lawyers and families of those tried under existing military courts also highlights concerns over how fair and accountable the new courts will be. Some convictions would have been thrown out by
  
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• FA plans contract talks with Hodgson

  25-03-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Football Association chairman Greg Dyke plans contract talks with England boss Roy Hodgson within the next year.
  
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• Peruvian mudslide emergency declared

  25-03-2015 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A state of emergency is declared in the Peruvian town of Chosica after it was engulfed by mud and rocks during heavy rain on Monday.
  
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• Maine ski area chairlift mishap caused by broken drive shaft

  25-03-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A chairlift malfunction that injured seven skiers at the Sugarloaf ski area and resort was caused by a broken drive shaft on a mechanical gearbox that took the main braking system offline, and another key braking system failed to work because of a design flaw, investigators said Wednesday.
  
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• Wife of ex-Clippers owner says girlfriend abused him

  25-03-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wife of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling says she sued a woman she believed was his mistress because she defrauded and abused him.
  
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• Young Mexican in need of transplant denied visa by the US

  25-03-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — A family in northern Mexico says their son who needs a heart and liver transplant has been denied a U.S. visa to go to the Mayo Clinic for treatment.
  
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• U.S. jury says Motorola infringed one Intellectual Ventures patent

  25-03-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Patent holding company Intellectual Ventures' second crack at holding Motorola Mobility liable for using its technology without permission partially succeeded on Wednesday after a U.S. jury in Delaware found Motorola infringed a patent on multimedia text messaging. The jury, which deliberated for about a day and a half, cleared Motorola on a second patent related to wireless bandwidth, which it said was invalid. Damages are to be determined later. It was
  
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• 10 things to know before visiting Colombia

  25-03-2015 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  There was a time when few travelers visited Colombia, when the country was synonymous with drug lords, when the only English you heard on the streets was spoken by American Marines.
  
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• Nutritionists share their McDonald's meals

  25-03-2015 23:15 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The scenario goes a little something like this: You're on a long drive, the road ahead is completely bare and your stomach is making noises louder than the radio.
  
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• Suspect in Wisconsin shootout may have hit multiple banks

  25-03-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — Federal authorities say they are looking at a man killed in a shootout with a Wisconsin state trooper as a suspect in at least two bank robberies in Wisconsin and possibly more in other states.
  
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• Obama highlights benefits of trade on small businesses

  25-03-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is meeting with mayors and business owners at the White House to highlight the benefits of trade on a broad swath of the economy.
  
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• US air strikes target IS in Tikrit

  25-03-2015 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US says it has begun air strikes to try to dislodge Islamic State militants from the Iraqi city of Tikrit, after a request from Baghdad.
  
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• President of Yemen flees by sea amid rebel advance in south

  25-03-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi fled Yemen by sea Wednesday as Shiite rebels and their allies moved on his last refuge in the south, captured its airport and put a bounty on his head, officials said.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Chairlift accident caused by broken drive shaft

  25-03-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — Investigators looking into a chairlift malfunction that injured seven skiers at Maine's Sugarloaf ski resort believe the rollback was caused by a broken drive shaft on a gearbox.
  
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• Heinz deal for Kraft expands food larder for Buffett, 3G

  25-03-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Anjali Athavaley and Sruthi Ramakrishnan (Reuters) - Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co, backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital, will combine with Kraft Foods Group Inc in a $46 billion deal to create the third-largest North American food company, executives said on Wednesday. Shares of Kraft, known for its namesake macaroni and cheese in a box, as well as Velveeta, Maxwell House coffee and Oscar Mayer processed meats, closed up nearly 36
  
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• Uber ramps up safety efforts after criticism

  25-03-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Uber said Wednesday it was ramping up safety in response to rape allegations against a driver in India and growing concerns about background checks for operators of the popular ride-sharing service. Phil Cardenas, safety chief for California-based Uber, said the company was implementing a new global "code of conduct" and creating worldwide "incident response teams" to reassure riders who have become increasingly worried for their safety after several high-profile incidents. &
  
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• Scotland 1-0 Northern Ireland

  25-03-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Christophe Berra's 85th-minute header is enough for Scotland to beat Northern Ireland at Hampden Park.
  
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• Groups eye Indiana pullout over religious objections bill

  25-03-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Organizers of at least two major conventions set for Indianapolis have joined some business leaders in urging Republican Gov. Mike Pence to veto a religious objections bill that opponents say could provide legal cover for discrimination against gay people.
  
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• Cumberbatch stars at Richard III reburial

  25-03-2015 22:49 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch will read a specially-written poem at the "funeral" of Richard III, the King found buried beneath a parking lot -- his own distant relative.
  
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• PayPal to pay $7.7M in sanctions violations settlement

  25-03-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — PayPal Inc. has agreed to pay $7.7 million to settle with U.S. regulators who said the payments company allowed violations of U.S. sanctions against Iran, Cuba and Sudan.
  
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• Oklahoma student who led racist chant meets black leaders

  25-03-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former University of Oklahoma fraternity member caught on video leading a racist chant says he's deeply sorry for his role in the incident and "upset and embarrassed" that he failed to stop it.
  
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• Woman reported kidnapped found safe after mysterious ordeal

  25-03-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A woman whose boyfriend reported that intruders abducted her from their San Francisco Bay Area home and held her for ransom was found safe Wednesday at her father's Southern California apartment.
  
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• Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler has Tommy John surgery

  25-03-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler has had Tommy John surgery, which likely will sideline him until late next spring.
  
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• Schlumberger Ltd. to pay $232M in sanctions violations case

  25-03-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's largest oil services company, Schlumberger Ltd., has agreed to a penalty of more than $232 million and one of its subsidiaries will plead guilty to trade sanctions violations.
  
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• Kraft shares soar on Heinz merger

  25-03-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kraft Foods Group shares jump 35% after an announcement that the firm will merge with tomato ketchup maker Heinz.
  
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• Allies of Yemen Houthis seize Aden airport, close in on president

  25-03-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sami Aboudi ADEN (Reuters) - Houthi militia forces and allied army units seized Aden airport and a nearby air base on Wednesday, tightening their grip on the outskirts of the southern Yemeni city after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi fled his residence for a safer location. The United States said Hadi, holed up in Aden since fleeing the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa last month, was no longer at the compound he has been using as a base. Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen and Hadi's aides s
  
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• Detroit woman whose 2 kids were found in freezer charged

  25-03-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The mother of two Detroit children whose bodies were found in a deep freezer in their home was charged with child abuse Wednesday and could face more serious charges once investigators determine how the boy and girl died.
  
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• Study: Ebola takes worst toll on babies, other young kids

  25-03-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ebola has taken its greatest toll on babies. About 90 percent of children under age 1 who caught the virus in West Africa died from it, the first large study of the epidemic's impact on children suggests.
  
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• Kansas lawmakers pass nation's 1st ban on abortion procedure

  25-03-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have approved a proposed ban on a common second-trimester procedure described by abortion opponents as dismembering a fetus.
  
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• The woman who nearly married Henry VIII: Book claims the king almost took a seventh wife

  25-03-2015 22:30
  
  Everyone knows that Henry VIII had six wives, but could he also have had a seventh? The king, so far as we know, never considered marrying any of his many mistresses, but did entertain such thoughts towards the wife and (later) the widow of his closest friend. Unfortunately, when Henry was unattached, the object of his amour was married, and by the time she was widowed, Henry was himself again a husband. A sad story of what might have been then – if it is ever really possible to feel sorry fo
  
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• UAW union head says no to new level of low wages for workers

  25-03-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The leader of the United Auto Workers union has rejected a new level of lower wages for members who make auto parts ahead of contract talks with automakers that start in summer.
  
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• The Latest: Spanish victims' relatives go to jet crash site

  25-03-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  10:25 p.m. (2125 GMT, 5:25 p.m. EDT)
  
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• New pox discovered in Eastern Europe, but not deadly

  25-03-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials have discovered a new germ in Eastern Europe that is related to the dreaded smallpox and monkeypox viruses but so far seems far less threatening.
  
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• USTelecom, Texas Internet provider sue over net neutrality

  25-03-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The FCC says the first lawsuits filed against the government's new Internet traffic rules are "premature" and may be dismissed because they were filed too early.
  
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• Bendtner hat trick gives Denmark 3-2 exhibition win over US

  25-03-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nicklas Bendtner scored his first international hat trick, taking advantage of an American defense that gave up two more late goals, and Denmark rallied to beat the United States 3-2 in an exhibition game at Aarhus on Wednesday night.
  
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• Sherlock's starring role at Richard III reburial

  25-03-2015 22:18 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch will read a specially-written poem at the "funeral" of Richard III, the King found buried beneath a parking lot -- his own distant relative.
  
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