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• Obama talks drug war with 'The Wire' creator David Simon

  26-03-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Talk of overhauling the criminal justice system is serious business — but before diving into the subject, President Barack Obama had something else he wanted to say.
  
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• Latest on NY fire, building collapse: Red Cross aids victims

  26-03-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  6:45 p.m.
  
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• Bergdahl charges stoke fresh criticism of prisoner swap

  26-03-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The tough military charges against Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have revived the questions and controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's decision to swap five Taliban detainees to secure his release, as well as the wisdom of the White House fanfare that followed.
  
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• NCAA says it will monitor impacts of Indiana religious law

  26-03-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With the Final Four a week away from shining a spotlight on Indianapolis, NCAA President Mark Emmert said Thursday that the governing body for college sports is concerned about an Indiana law that could allow businesses to discriminate against gay people.
  
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• House panel asks White House for documents on Bergdahl swap

  26-03-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight panel is asking the White House for intelligence information, reports and documents on the swap of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive for five years, for five members of the Taliban.
  
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• Gov. Scott Walker's immigration stance at center of dispute

  26-03-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's position on immigration erupted on Thursday, highlighting the Republican's struggle to appeal to conservatives on the explosive issue as he prepares to launch a Republican presidential bid.
  
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• BASEBALL 2015: Hurry up! Nats, Cubs, Red Sox on the clock

  26-03-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Even before Max Scherzer, Bryce Harper and the rest of the ramped-up Washington Nationals hit the field for their first full-squad workout at spring training, they got the message.
  
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• What We Know About the Germanwings Co-Pilot

  26-03-2015 23:39 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The co-pilot who was at the controls when the Germanwings plane crashed in the French Alps had a relatively low number of hours logged prior to the fatal flight.
  
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• Tractor-Trailer Plows Into Texas Interstate Bridge, 1 Killed

  26-03-2015 23:37 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Tractor-trailer crashes into bridge along major Texas interstate, killing 1 person
  
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• Del Potro Loses 1st-Round Match at Miami Open

  26-03-2015 23:36 via abcnews.go.com
  Del Potro's latest injury comeback begins with 1st-round loss at Miami Open
  
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• 3 Critical After Explosion Tears Through NYC Building

  26-03-2015 23:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Three people were in critical condition and nine others were also injured after a seven-alarm fire erupted in Manhattan's East Village.
  
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• Potential Yankees Starter Warren Has Another Solid Outing

  26-03-2015 23:35 via abcnews.go.com
  Adam Warren states case for job in Yankees rotation with solid outing in 6-5 loss to Rays
  
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• Report: Teen Says Mom Killed Her Siblings Found in Freezer

  26-03-2015 23:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Report: Detroit girl says mother killed her siblings, made her put sister's body in freezer
  
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• Google's New CFO Gets $70M for Defecting From Morgan Stanley

  26-03-2015 23:32 via abcnews.go.com
  Google pays new CFO Ruth Porat $70 million to make the move from Wall Street to Silicon Valley
  
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• Jason Alexander to replace Larry David in 'Fish in the Dark'

  26-03-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Larry David will hand over his starring role on Broadway to an old "Seinfeld" pal — Jason Alexander.
  
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• Mexico Double-Transplant Patient Eyes US Humanitarian Entry

  26-03-2015 23:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Mexico man twice denied US visa for double-organ transplant seeks humanitarian entry
  
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• GOP Congressman: Paying NCAA Athletes an ???Inevitability???

  26-03-2015 23:29 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Pressure is building from Congress and former athletes to push colleges to pay their student-athletes.
  
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• Latest on NY fire, building collapse: Regulators investigate

  26-03-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  6:20 P.M.
  
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• Periscope: Twitter app off to flying start as it captures New York explosion

  26-03-2015 23:21
  
  An explosion rocked the East Village neighbourhood of New York on Thursday afternoon, and even before local news crews could arrive on the scene, users of the Periscope application helped break the news.
  
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• Periscope: Twitter app off to flying start as it captures East Village explosion

  26-03-2015 23:21
  
  An explosion rocked the East Village neighbourhood of New York on Thursday afternoon, and even before local news crews could arrive on the scene, users of the Periscope application helped break the news.
  
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• German police remove boxes

  26-03-2015 23:20 via edition.cnn.com
  
  German police search Andreas Lubitz's apartment in their quest to figure out what caused the Germanwings crash. Diana Magnay and Richard Quest report.
  
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• New York fire, building collapse injure 12; gas blast blamed

  26-03-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An apartment building collapsed in a fiery burst of rubble and flames spread to nearby buildings in what officials said appeared to be a gas-related explosion, injuring at least a dozen people and scattering debris across surrounding streets in the heart of Manhattan's trendy East Village.
  
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• Germanwings crash: Andreas Lubitz - the killer co-pilot who deliberately flew 150 people to their deaths

  26-03-2015 23:17
  
  A deliberate act of suicide – and mass murder – by a young German co-pilot without known terrorist links is believed to have caused the Germanwings disaster in the French Alps, which killed 150 people.
  
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• Brazil come from behind to down France

  26-03-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fine finish from captain Neymar helped secure a come-from-behind 3-1 win for Brazil over France in a friendly in Paris on Thursday as they maintained their perfect record since the return as coach of Dunga. Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane had headed the hosts in front on a cold night at a packed Stade de France, only for Oscar to equalise late in the first half. Barcelona forward Neymar then controlled a Willian pass and lashed the ball high into the roof of the net from the left edge of t
  
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• Before close election, Cameron says got some things wrong, but got economy right

  26-03-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday conceded he'd made mistakes during his five years in power during a special pre-election interview, but implored voters to give him a second term to finish the job of rebuilding the economy. Opinion polls indicate neither Cameron's Conservatives nor the opposition Labour Party will win an overall majority on May 7 as millions of voters turn to Nigel Farage's anti-EU UKIP and the separatist Scottish National Party (SNP). Subjected to his tou
  
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• Co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing Germanwings jet

  26-03-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  They offered no motive for why Andreas Lubitz, 27, would take the controls of the Airbus A320, lock the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately set it veering down from cruising altitude at 3,000 feet per minute. German police searched his home for evidence that might offer some explanation for what was behind Tuesday's crash in the French Alps. EasyJet, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Air Berlin were among other carriers that swiftly announced such policies. Among those that didn't was
  
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• Yemeni leader Hadi leaves country as Saudi Arabia keeps up air strikes

  26-03-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Khaled Abdallah and Sami Aboudi SANAA/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi left his refuge in Aden for Saudi Arabia on Thursday as Houthi rebels battled with his forces on the outskirts of the southern port city. Throughout the day, warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck at the Shi'ite Houthis and allied army units, who have taken over much of the country and seek to oust Hadi. Warplanes resumed bombing the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Thursda
  
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• Latest on NY fire, building collapse: Inspectors were there

  26-03-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  6 P.M.
  
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• Germanwings Co-Pilot Got Training in Arizona

  26-03-2015 23:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The co-pilot who was at the controls when the GermanWings flight crashed received some of his training in America, the airline's CEO revealed today.
  
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• Yemen President will seek "Marshall Plan" from Arab leaders: minister

  26-03-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi will seek a "Marshall Plan" from Arab leaders to aid his war-torn country, his foreign minister told pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV on Thursday. Hadi departed Yemen earlier on Thursday with Saudi assistance en route to an Arab summit in Egypt, quitting his base in the Southern port city of Aden which is within striking distance of Houthi rebels determined to unseat him. "Hadi will discuss with Arab leaders a Marshall plan to aid Yemen," Riyadh Yaseen was quoted as
  
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• Warplanes hammer ISIS targets

  26-03-2015 22:51 via edition.cnn.com
  
  U.S.-led warplanes continued to hammer ISIS positions around the pivotal Iraqi battleground city of Tikrit, stepping in at the Iraqi Prime Minister's request to get at what a spokesman called "difficult targets."
  
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• Gov. Scott Walker immigration position under fresh scrutiny

  26-03-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's position on immigration is facing new scrutiny.
  
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• Stephen King gets no apology from Maine governor

  26-03-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CUMBERLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he doesn't owe Stephen King an apology.
  
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• Man retraces Daniel Boone's nearly 240-mile trek to Kentucky

  26-03-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT BOONESBOROUGH, Ky. (AP) — Inspired by his own family's pioneering roots in the Kentucky wilderness, Curtis Penix walked nearly 240 miles through arduous Appalachian terrain, to follow in the footsteps of frontiersman Daniel Boone.
  
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• Co-pilot 'activated descent,' autopilot set to 100 feet

  26-03-2015 22:46 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The autopilot on Germanwings Flight 9525 was reprogrammed by someone in the cockpit to change the plane's altitude from 38,000 feet to 100 feet, according to Flightradar24 website.
  
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• Airlines introduce two-person cockpit rule after Alps crash

  26-03-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Victoria Bryan and Tim Hepher BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Airlines rushed on Thursday to change rules to require a second crew member in the cockpit at all times, hours after French prosecutors suggested a co-pilot who barricaded himself alone at the controls of a jetliner had crashed it on purpose. The United States already requires two crew members to be in the cabin at all times, but many other countries do not, allowing pilots to leave the flight deck, for example to use the toilet, as long
  
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• Twelve hurt in New York building collapse, blaze

  26-03-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twelve people were hurt Thursday when a New York building collapsed and a large blaze tore through a neighboring property, which was also at risk of falling down, the fire department said. Four of the injured were in a critical condition as a result of the emergency just after 3:00 pm in Manhattan's popular East Village neighborhood on Second Avenue, a spokeswoman told AFP. A gaping hole, where once a commercial and residential building stood, was engulfed in thick smoke and reduced to debr
  
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• VIDEO: Alps rescuer: 'The scene was surreal'

  26-03-2015 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jean Sebastien Beaud from the mountain police, who arrived at the French Alps site soon after the plane crash, describes the scene as "surreal".
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: Senators vote on amendments, score points

  26-03-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is a place where hidebound tradition mixes with raw politics, sometimes with a touch of the absurd. Then there's the "vote-a-rama."
  
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• NYC building collapse critically injures one, others assessed: fire department

  26-03-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least one person was critically injured in a building collapse in New York City's East Village neighborhood on Thursday and others were being assessed, fire officials said. Live footage on local television showed a residential apartment building engulfed in flames and heavy smoke. Local media also reported a large explosion at the scene. (Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Sandra Maler)
  
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• Iran's Rouhani intervenes as deadline for nuclear deal approaches

  26-03-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Irish and Louis Charbonneau LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Iran's president spoke with the leaders of France, Britain, China and Russia on Thursday in an apparent effort to break an impasse to a nuclear deal between Tehran and major world powers. He also raised the Saudi-led military operation against Iranian-backed Houthi fighters in Yemen, as did U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of nuclear negotiations in Switzerland with Tehran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Za
  
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• Indiana religious objections bill signed as dispute swirls

  26-03-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence vigorously defended the state religious objections bill that he signed into law Thursday as businesses and organizations including the NCAA pressed concerns that it could open the door to legalizing discrimination against gay people.
  
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• Third American on Germanwings Flight Identified

  26-03-2015 22:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Comes after announcement that an American mother-daughter pair were on board.
  
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• Hit British show Downton Abbey to end after six series

  26-03-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The sixth season of British television series Downton Abbey will be its last, producers said Thursday, bringing an end to the hit drama followed by millions around the world. "Inevitably there comes a time when all shows should end and Downton is no exception," said Gareth Neame, managing director at Carnival Films and executive producer of the show, which is now in production. In the past five years it has also become "one of the UK's biggest ever drama exports", accord
  
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• Meerkat vs. Periscope: Live-streaming app battle & buzz

  26-03-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Download Periscope, Twitter's just-launched live video-streaming app, and you'll find people broadcasting all sorts of mundane stuff: waiting for AT&T to fix their wiring, getting out of bed in Silicon Valley, looking outside their office window in Chicago.
  
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• Mysterious deaths baffle aquarium

  26-03-2015 22:17 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Dozens of tuna have died at the Tokyo Sea Life Park, leaving workers fishing for answers.
  
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• Grateful Oklahomans salvage belongings after killer storm

  26-03-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAND SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) — Oklahomans salvaged soggy belongings Thursday after the Plains' first tornado outbreak of 2015, expressing gratitude that casualties were low but understanding that nature's next punch could be far worse.
  
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• Oil council: Shale won't last, Arctic drilling needed now

  26-03-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. should immediately begin a push to exploit its enormous trove of oil in the Arctic waters off of Alaska, or risk a renewed reliance on imported oil in the future, an Energy Department advisory council says in a study to be released Friday.
  
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• Poetry pulled Texas center McGee-Stafford from depression

  26-03-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Poetry, Imani McGee-Stafford says, saved her life.
  
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• Photos: Alyssa Milano Steps Out in a Lacy Jumpsuit Six Months After Giving Birth

  26-03-2015 22:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  You won't believe how these stars transformed their bodies.
  
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