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• Australia signs up to negotiations on Chinese-led bank

  28-03-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has announced that it will join negotiations to establish a new a Chinese-led Asian regional bank.
  
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• Boko Haram kills 41, prevents hundreds voting in Nigeria

  28-03-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists killed 41 people, including a legislator, and scared hundreds of people from polling stations but millions voted across Nigeria Saturday in the most closely contested presidential race in the nation's history.
  
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• Painstaking search continues after NYC blast, but hope dims

  28-03-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Searching with hands and dogs through scoops of rubble from three apartment buildings leveled in an apparent gas explosion, emergency workers painstakingly looked for signs of two missing people Saturday, though authorities acknowledged the chances were slim.
  
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• Seahawks QB Russell Wilson works out with Texas Rangers

  28-03-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is spending a day with the Texas Rangers and drawing on his Super Bowl experience to deliver a message to the team.
  
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• Williams wins Miami opener

  28-03-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  World number one Serena Williams launched her bid for an eighth title at the Miami WTA and ATP Masters on Saturday with a victory over Monica Niculescu. The 33-year-old American defeated the cagey Romanian for the second tournament in succession, showing no sign of the knee injury that forced her to forfeit her Indian Wells quarter-final in a 6-3, 6-1 win. "It was a little sore in practice, but it was OK today," Williams said of her knee. Williams, who had more trouble beating spin-mer
  
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• Serena Williams easily wins opening match at Miami Open

  28-03-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Seven-time champion Serena Williams won her opening match at the Miami Open on Saturday, beating Monica Niculescu 6-3, 6-1.
  
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• Rescued Chilean miner loses home

  28-03-2015 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Chilean miner who was trapped underground for 69 days in 2010 has lost his home in flash floods in the Atacama desert region.
  
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• Bale stars in Euro 2016 win

  28-03-2015 23:00 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Gareth Bale scored twice for Wales as they beat Israel 3-0 in Euro 2016 qualification, taking them to the top of their group and on course for a first major finals since the 1958 World Cup.
  
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• Tom Brady posts video of cliff jump

  28-03-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tom Brady really went deep.
  
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• Boko Haram blamed for decapitations

  28-03-2015 22:35 via edition.cnn.com
  Suspected Boko Haram gunmen decapitated 23 people in a raid on Buratai village in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, residents and a politician said Saturday.
  
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• Prince Bishop wins Dubai World Cup, California Chrome 2nd

  28-03-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Prince Bishop pulled away from favorite California Chrome on the home straight and won the $10 million Dubai World Cup by 2 ¾ lengths at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday.
  
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• Lights out as world observes Earth Hour

  28-03-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paris's iconic Eiffel Tower switched off its lights, Berlin's Brandenburg Gate went dark and Hong Kong's famed skyline dimmed Saturday as landmarks the world over observed Earth Hour, the global climate change awareness campaign. This year's event comes as the French capital will be hosting a crucial UN climate conference in December that will bring together the international community to discuss efforts to limit global warming. Millions of people around the world were taking
  
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• Penske Expects Ambrose Back in V8 Supercar This Season

  28-03-2015 22:11 via abcnews.go.com
  Roger Penske says Marcos Ambrose will be back in V8 Supercar for endurance races this season
  
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• Trooper Wounded in Barracks Ambush Hopes to Return to Force

  28-03-2015 22:07 via abcnews.go.com
  Trooper wounded in barracks ambush says he feels good, hopes to go back to work on the force
  
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• Red Sox Rough up Rays Starter Karns in 9-6 Victory

  28-03-2015 22:03 via abcnews.go.com
  Napoli, Ramirez drive in 2 runs apiece, Red Sox beat Rays 9-6.
  
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• Questions and answers about the Arab peacekeeping force

  28-03-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Arab League member states have agreed in principle to form a joint inter-Arab military peacekeeping force. While details of how such a force would actually operate remain thin, the agreement is a telling sign of a new determination among Saudi Arabia, Egypt and their allies to intervene aggressively in regional hotspots, whether against Islamic militants or spreading Iranian power. Here's a look at some of the questions surrounding the plan:
  
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• Afghan court sentences AP journalist's killer to 20 years

  28-03-2015 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's highest court has ruled that the police officer convicted of murdering Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding AP correspondent Kathy Gannon almost one year ago should serve 20 years in prison, according to documents sent to the country's attorney general on Saturday.
  
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• Eiffel Tower goes dark in symbolic move for Earth Hour

  28-03-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower has gone dark briefly, with lights going out to mark Earth Hour, the campaign to raise awareness about climate change.
  
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• Experts: Sex bias case will embolden women despite verdict

  28-03-2015 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A long legal battle over accusations that a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm demeaned women and held them to a different standard than their male colleagues became a flashpoint in the ongoing discussion about gender inequity at elite technology and venture capital firms.
  
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• Are Houston Regional shooting woes due to stadium?

  28-03-2015 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The South Regional of the NCAA Tournament in Houston is the only one being played in a football stadium.
  
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• Mubtaahij romps in UAE Derby, trainer says on to Kentucky

  28-03-2015 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Well, that was easy.
  
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• Crash Co-Pilot Seemed Like a 'Normal Guy,' Fellow Pilot Says

  28-03-2015 21:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  "We put our lives and our children's lives in their hands."
  
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• Decorated Boston Cop in Coma After 'Unprovoked' Shooting

  28-03-2015 21:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Officer John Moynihan was shot after he and five officers pulled over a driver.
  
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• Technical glitches, Boko Haram violence hit Nigerian election

  28-03-2015 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Problems with new technology on Saturday forced a 24-hour extension to the presidential election in Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, and renewed Boko Haram violence hit the knife-edge vote. The Islamist militants were suspected of killing at least seven people in separate attacks in northeastern Gombe state, including at polling stations, while on Friday, 23 people were beheaded in Borno state. President Goodluck Jonathan was the most high-profile victim of the glitches with handheld
  
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• Aaron Hernandez: Former New England Patriot used to be one of NFL's brightest talents, but now spends his time fighting murder charge

  28-03-2015 20:45
  For nine weeks now in the old Massachusetts mill town of Fall River, TV satellite trucks have been lining Borden Street, next door to the courthouse. The street is named after Lizzie Borden, Fall River’s most famous citizen who back in 1892 was accused of taking an axe to her parents, in one of the most notorious murder cases in US history.
  
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• Jihadists in Syria 'capture Idlib'

  28-03-2015 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Islamist militants capture the north-western Syrian city of Idlib for the first time, monitoring groups and jihadists say.
  
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• Tsonga makes successful 2015 debut with win at Miami Open

  28-03-2015 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made a successful 2015 debut Saturday by beating American Tim Smyczek 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 at the Miami Open.
  
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• UN staff flee war-torn Yemen, Russia voices concern

  28-03-2015 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United Nations evacuated staff from war-torn Yemen on Saturday as Russia warned Saudi-led air strikes on Iranian-backed rebels were affecting crunch nuclear talks between world powers and Tehran. Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi urged his Arab allies to keep up the bombing raids in his country until the Huthi Shiite rebels surrender, branding them Iran's "puppet". A Sunni Arab coalition, led by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies, is battling to avoid having a
  
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• Lessons in leadership from the late Lee Kuan Yew

  28-03-2015 20:21 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The death of the founding father of Singapore last Monday is an appropriate occasion to reflect on nation building.
  
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• 7 shot and injured at Florida spring break house party

  28-03-2015 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Seven people were injured, some critically, during an early-morning spray of gunfire Saturday at a spring break party on the Florida Panhandle, police said. An Alabama man was quickly apprehended and charged with attempted murder.
  
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• Investigators: Recovery is 'bit by bit'

  28-03-2015 20:18 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Investigators are finding the recovery operation of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps to be quite challenging. CNN's Karl Penhaul reports.
  
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• Photos: Olivia Wilde Spotted in Gramercy Park

  28-03-2015 20:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  This month's hottest celebrity pictures.
  
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• Boko Haram, hackers mar Nigerian election

  28-03-2015 20:15 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A Boko Haram attack, equipment failures and the hacking of an election website tainted Nigeria's presidential election, forcing voting to be extended into Sunday in some areas.
  
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• Hope dims as rescue workers search for 2 in NYC blast

  28-03-2015 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hope dimmed as emergency workers continued their search Saturday for two people still missing after an apparent gas explosion leveled three Manhattan apartment buildings and investigators worked to piece together what exactly caused the blast that injured 22.
  
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• US State Dept: Difficult work remains on Iran nuke talks

  28-03-2015 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program grew frantic on Saturday amid signs of discord, with the French and German foreign ministers joining U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in talks with Tehran's top diplomat ahead of an end-of-March deadline for a preliminary deal.
  
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• Germanwings plane crash: Father of British victim Paul Bramley says pilots should be 'looked after properly'

  28-03-2015 20:00
  
  The father of a British victim of the Germanwings air disaster has made an emotional appeal for the 150 dead not to be forgotten and demanded airlines be more "transparent".
  
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• Germanwings plane crash: Father of British victim Paul Bramley says pilots must be 'looked after properly'

  28-03-2015 20:00
  
  The father of a British victim of the Germanwings air disaster has made an emotional appeal for the 150 dead not to be forgotten and demanded airlines be more "transparent".
  
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• Nigerians argue politics in the street

  28-03-2015 19:58 via edition.cnn.com
  
  It's a unique world where friendships are forged, deals struck and more than the occasional argument breaks out.
  
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• Fore! Obama golfs with Alonzo Mourning on Florida getaway

  28-03-2015 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama kicked off the spring season on Saturday with a weekend golf getaway in Florida, teeing off with former NBA star Alonzo Mourning and former sportscaster Ahmad Rashad.
  
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• Graphene light bulb set for shops

  28-03-2015 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  A light bulb made with graphene - said by its UK developers to be the first commercially viable consumer product using the super-strong carbon - is to go on sale later this year.
  
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• Prince Bishop reigns at Dubai World Cup

  28-03-2015 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prince Bishop left racing fans scratching their heads when he cut down the rags-to-riches American horse California Chrome to win the $10 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday. The stage looked set for California Chrome to join a hallowed cast of previous winners when jockey Victor Espinosa moved his mount into a challenging position rounding the turn for home. Having countered Espinosa's move, Buick drove his mount past the sentimental favourite en route to a decisive victory by 2 3/4 length
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard upset by qualifier at Miami Open

  28-03-2015 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Eugenie Bouchard was upset Saturday in her opening match at the Miami Open by qualifier Tatjana Maria 6-0, 7-6 (4).
  
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• Couple marry in supermarket aisle

  28-03-2015 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple marry in the Easter egg aisle of the Cambridgeshire supermarket where they shared their first date.
  
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• Crash victim's father calls for more focus on pilot welfare

  28-03-2015 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SISTERON, France (AP) — The father of one of the victims of this week's plane crash in the French Alps called Saturday for airlines to take greater care over pilots' welfare.
  
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• Prince Bishop wins Dubai World Cup

  28-03-2015 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dubai (AFP) - Prince Bishop caused a huge upset at Meydan racecourse on Saturday when he won the $10 million Dubai World Cup ahead of rags-to-riches American challenger California Chrome.
  
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• Racist fraternity chant was taught at national leadership event, says head

  28-03-2015 19:06
  
  The national office of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity seems to have changed its tune regarding a racist song that its University of Oklahoma chapter was filmed singing around two weeks ago.
  
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• Islamic fighters led by al-Qaida in Syria seize major city

  28-03-2015 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic fighters led by al-Qaida's branch in Syria seized almost full control of the northwestern city of Idlib on Saturday, taking over major roundabouts and government buildings in a powerful blow to President Bashar Assad whose forces rapidly collapsed after four days of heavy fighting, opposition activists and the extremist group said.
  
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• New Matt Damon film shooting in Massachusetts

  28-03-2015 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. (AP) — Lights, camera, action: Manchester-by-the-Sea is the backdrop for a new Matt Damon movie of the same name.
  
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• UConn steamrolls past Texas 105-54, reaches regional final

  28-03-2015 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 31 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists to help UConn rout Texas 105-54 Saturday in the Sweet 16, earning coach Geno Auriemma his 100th NCAA Tournament win.
  
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• Things to know about Nigeria's 2 front-runners in vote

  28-03-2015 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's presidential election is a very tight race that many analysts say is too close to call. Here's a look at the two front-runners in the race.
  
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