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• Gift returns: Sterling wife wants house, $1 million

  27-03-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the wife of ex-Clipper's owner Donald Sterling says his former mistress should surrender a house and more than $1 million in money he lavished on her.
  
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• Notre Dame eyes history, shot at upsetting No. 1 Kentucky

  27-03-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Beware, Kentucky. That little leprechaun looms.
  
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• Fed weighs rate hike 'this year': Yellen

  27-03-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Federal Reserve is considering raising near-zero interest rates this year even though this may slow the US recovery, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said Friday. The Federal Open Market Committee is now "giving serious consideration to beginning to reduce later this year some of the extraordinary monetary policy accommodation currently in place," Yellen said in a speech in San Francisco, according to the prepared text. Earlier this month, the Fed's policy arm opened the door to a feder
  
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• Fitch downgrades Greece amid bailout uncertainty

  27-03-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Greece's sovereign rating amid growing uncertainty over the new government's pledge to overhaul reforms needed to restart bailout loan payments and avoid default.
  
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• Aaron Hernandez fiancee discusses money, gun at murder trial

  27-03-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez and his fiancee traded expressionless glances Friday as she took the witness stand to testify in his murder trial.
  
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• Amanda Knox 'relieved and grateful' after court saga ends

  27-03-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Amanda Knox says she's "tremendously relieved and grateful" that Italy's highest court overturned her murder conviction in the slaying of her roommate.
  
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• Guatemala arrests alleged gang member as suspect in slaying of journalist over extortion

  27-03-2015 23:29 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Guatemalan authorities have arrested an alleged gang member as the suspected mastermind in the killing of a journalist.
  
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• Gowdy: Clinton wiped email server clean, deleted all emails

  27-03-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, says Hillary Rodham Clinton wiped her email server "clean" and permanently deleted all emails from it.
  
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• Knox 'relieved and grateful' after Italy verdict

  27-03-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - American Amanda Knox expressed "tremendous" relief Friday after Italy's top court cleared her of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher, drawing a line under the eight-year legal saga.
  
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• Knox's Lawyer: She wants to return to Italy

  27-03-2015 23:24 via edition.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Barbie Nadeau speaks to Amanda Knox's chief lawyer about the Italian Supreme Court overturning the guilty verdict against her.
  
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• Amanda Knox acquitted: Finally they are free. This was an outrageous miscarriage of justice

  27-03-2015 23:22
  
  The verdict of Italy’s Supreme Court, exonerating Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of involvement in the murder of the English student Meredith Kercher, leaves Ms Kercher’s family struggling again to understand how and why their daughter met her terrible end.
  
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• Amanda Knox free: Italian court closes the case for embattled American

  27-03-2015 23:20
  
  After almost eight years of legal strife, Italy’s highest court has overturned the murder convictions of American woman Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the 2007 killing of Ms Knox’s flat-mate in Perugia.
  
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• U.S. Victim's Dad After Jet Crash: 'I Don't Feel Anger'

  27-03-2015 23:18 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The father of an American victim of the Germanwings crash said Friday he is "really sad" for the parents of the pilot, Andreas Lubitz.
  
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• Crash recovery worker: Most bodies aren't 'in one piece'

  27-03-2015 23:16 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Crash recovery workers in the French Alps are having to undergo with a grim task that few could prepare for. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
  
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• Italy clears Knox and Sollecito of Kercher murder

  27-03-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italy's top court on Friday cleared Amanda Knox of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher, bringing a sensational end to an eight-year legal drama. Judges at the Court of Cassation also cleared Knox's Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito after ten hours of deliberations in Rome. Obviously she is very happy," said Knox's lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova. Sollecito's lawyer Giulia Bongiorno reacted to the shock verdict by shouting "yes, yes, yes" and lea
  
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• Jury rejects Silicon Valley sex bias charge

  27-03-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A California jury rejected charges of gender discrimination against a prominent venture capital firm Friday in a case seen as a proxy trial of Silicon Valley sex bias. The state court jury found Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB) did not discriminate against Ellen Pao, who claimed she was fired after complaining about bias at the firm that notably backed Amazon, Facebook and Google.
  
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• Intel in talks with Altera on tie-up

  27-03-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US tech giant Intel is in talks with rival Altera on a tie-up to broaden the chipmaker's product line amid growth in Internet-connected devices, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The Journal said such a deal for Altera, with a market capitalization of $10.4 billion before Friday, would be Intel's largest acquisition ever. Altera, which designs processors for phone networks, cars and other devices, would help Intel diversify its product line amid slumping demand for personal comp
  
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• 2 more Galileo satellites launched from French Guiana spaceport for EU navigation system

  27-03-2015 23:08 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A rocket fired from French Guiana has launched two Galileo satellites for the European Space Agency as the European Union continues to expand its global navigation system.
  
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• Jury Clears Firm of Gender Bias in Ellen Pao Lawsuit

  27-03-2015 23:08 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A court clerk said the jury ruled that the firm did not discriminate against Pao, but a judge found a discrepancy in the vote total.
  
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• Judge orders jury to resume deliberations in bias case

  27-03-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered a jury to resume deliberations in a Silicon Valley gender bias case after a discrepancy was discovered in the jury count.
  
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• Victory for Knox: Ruling a 'surprise'

  27-03-2015 23:07 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Italy's Supreme Court has overturned Amanda Knox's murder conviction in the 2007 death of her British roommate.
  
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• Obama urges expansion of 'take child to work' day

  27-03-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the White House will open next month's annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day to children whose parents don't work in the building.
  
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• California woman, friend charged in alleged baby-theft plot

  27-03-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 47-year-old woman and a friend were charged Friday with kidnapping, murder and attempted murder in an alleged plot to steal babies that investigators say was an effort by the woman to convince her married boyfriend that she had given birth to his twins.
  
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• Recovery work on treacherous Alps

  27-03-2015 22:57 via edition.cnn.com
  
  It's a dangerous task as well as a grim one.
  
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• England 4-0 Lithuania

  27-03-2015 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane scores on his international debut as England beat Lithuania 4-0 for their fifth Euro 2016 qualifying win.
  
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• Rooney, Kane on target in England stroll

  27-03-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wayne Rooney and debutant Harry Kane scored as England sank Lithuania 4-0 at Wembley on Friday to claim a fifth consecutive win in qualifying for the 2016 European Championship. Rooney's early header took him to 47 England goals -- two shy of Bobby Charlton's record -- and Tottenham Hotspur breakthrough star Kane netted with his second touch after coming on as a substitute to mark his first international appearance with a goal. Raheem Sterling also claimed his first goal in an England
  
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• Court acquits Amanda Knox and boyfriend

  27-03-2015 22:55 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Italy's Supreme Court overturns the verdict in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, acquitting Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito -- and closing the case.
  
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• Judge orders jury to resume deliberations in gender bias case after discrepancy in jury count

  27-03-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Judge orders jury to resume deliberations in gender bias case after discrepancy in jury count.
  
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• The Latest: Church service in Duesseldorf for crash families

  27-03-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  10:40 p.m. (2140 GMT, 5:40 p.m. EDT)
  
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• Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned by Italy high court

  27-03-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy's highest court has overturned the murder conviction against Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, bringing to a definitive end the high-profile case.
  
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• Silicon Valley: Ellen Pao loses landmark gender-discrimination case

  27-03-2015 22:43
  
  A California Superior Court jury on Friday ruled that Ellen Pao was not discriminated against because of her gender by her former employer, the famous venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
  
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• Italy's highest court acquits Amanda Knox of killing roommate

  27-03-2015 22:42 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Italy's highest court acquitted Friday American Amanda Knox of murder, ending her legal saga.
  
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• Amanda Knox murder conviction: Italy overturns verdict for US student and Raffaele Sollecito for killing of Meredith Kercher

  27-03-2015 22:42
  Italy's highest court has overturned the conviction of Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Meredith Kercher eight years ago.
  
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• Amanda Knox murder conviction: Italian court overturns verdict for US student and Raffaele Sollecito in the killing of Meredith Kercher

  27-03-2015 22:42
  Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have been sensationally cleared of killing British student Meredith Kercher after a tortuous legal process that lasted more than seven years and saw five trials.
  
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• Meredith Kercher: Victim in Knox case

  27-03-2015 22:42 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Amid massive global interest in the trial, appeal and retrial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, it has been easy to overlook their alleged victim, Meredith Kercher, who was found brutally murdered in the flat she shared with Knox in Italy in 2007.
  
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• Italy's highest court overturns Amanda Knox murder conviction, closing legal saga

  27-03-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy's highest court overturns Amanda Knox murder conviction, closing legal saga.
  
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• Bustling capital closes as bombs drop

  27-03-2015 22:39 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Sanaa, the bustling capital of Yemen, has turned into a ghost town. Hundreds of shops are closed, and the once-crowded pavements are empty.
  
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• Mystery of California hilltop piano solved

  27-03-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — For a couple of days this week, a Southern California hilltop was alive with the sound of — mystery.
  
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• UN peacekeeping and rape: getting better—or worse?

  27-03-2015 22:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Even as United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon claims victory in the battle against sexual abuse by members of U.N. peacekeeping missions, a leaked U.N. internal report charges that peacekeepers are likely under-reporting sex crimes and exploitation, taking too long to investigate them, and clinging to a “culture of impunity”  that bolsters sexual misdeeds.
  
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• Indiana religious freedom law triggers gay rights fury

  27-03-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Supporters of gay rights united in outrage Friday after the US state of Indiana adopted a law critics say would allow businesses to deny service to homosexuals on religious grounds. Governor Mike Pence signed Senate Bill 101 on Thursday at a closed-door ceremony attended by Catholic nuns, orthodox Jews and socially conservative lobbyists. "It is vitally important to protect religious freedom in Indiana," the Republican governor said in a statement.
  
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• Banned girls from Syria trio's school

  27-03-2015 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four girls barred from travelling abroad attend the same east London school as three teenagers feared to already be in Syria, it is revealed.
  
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• Lawmakers, police chiefs clash over secrecy of officer names

  27-03-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers thought they were doing police a favor when they passed a measure that would keep secret for two months the name of any officer involved in an on-duty shooting.
  
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• Mexico pledges 25 percent cut in greenhouse gas, soot emissions by 2030 for climate talks

  27-03-2015 22:20 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mexico has become the first developing nation to submit pollutant reduction goals for next fall's Paris climate change talks, pledging to cut greenhouse gas and black carbon emissions 25 percent by 2030.
  
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• New York City explosion: Gas line may have been ‘inappropriately’ tapped, mayor says

  27-03-2015 22:20
  
  Workers may have “inappropriately” tapped into a gas line hours before an explosion rocked the East Village neighbourhood of New York City on Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday.
  
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• Jury decides Silicon Valley firm did not discriminate

  27-03-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury decided Friday that a prestigious venture capital firm did not discriminate or retaliate against a female employee in a case that shined a light on gender imbalance and working conditions for women in Silicon Valley.
  
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• Jury: Silicon Valley firm didn't discriminate

  27-03-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury says a prestigious venture capital firm did not discriminate or retaliate against a female employee in a case that drew attention to gender imbalance and working conditions for women in Silicon Valley.
  
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• Ex-Ole Miss Student Charged for Noose on Statue

  27-03-2015 22:09 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Graeme Phillip Harris faces two federal civil rights charges for the incident in which a noose was placed on a statute of the first black student.
  
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• Notre Dame eyes history with shot at beating Kentucky

  27-03-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — If there's one school unafraid to take on Kentucky, it's Notre Dame.
  
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• Jury decides Silicon Valley firm did not discriminate against female worker who filed lawsuit

  27-03-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jury decides Silicon Valley firm did not discriminate against female worker who filed lawsuit .
  
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• Opinion: Vote is key to U.S. terror fight

  27-03-2015 22:06 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Nigerians are scheduled to head to the polls this Saturday in what will be the most closely watched elections in Africa this year.
  
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