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• Civilians pay the price for expanding conflict in Yemen

  02-04-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Violence in Yemen has killed an estimated 519 people the past two weeks, 90 of them children, and tens of thousands are fleeing their homes, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Thursday, signs of the humanitarian damage being wreaked in the Arab world's poorest nation in the rapid escalation of its conflict.
  
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• 15 states urge Supreme Court to uphold gay marriage bans

  02-04-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight states where same-sex couples can marry are among 15 states urging the Supreme Court to uphold gay marriage bans and leave the matter to voters and lawmakers.
  
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• Ku Klux Klan members arrested in US prison murder plot

  02-04-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida authorities arrested three alleged Ku Klux Klan members, two of them prison guards, Thursday on suspicion of plotting to kill a black inmate when he was released, officials said. They were arrested along with Charles Thomas Newcomb, 42, a former prisons worker, according to a statement from the office of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
  
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• Protesters arrested blocking road to giant telescope site

  02-04-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Protesters on Hawaii's Big Island have been blocking the road to a mountain peak where one of the world's largest telescopes is being built.
  
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• 'Real Housewives' husband loses driver's license for 2 years

  02-04-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A "Real Housewives of New Jersey" husband preparing to head to federal prison for bankruptcy fraud had his license suspended for two years by a state judge who called his driving record the worst he's ever seen.
  
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• Arkansas governor signs revised religious objections bill

  02-04-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed a revised version of a religious objections bill that supporters say addresses concerns that the original proposal sanctioned discrimination against gays and lesbians.
  
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• Arkansas governor signs revised religious freedom bill that bans anti-gay discrimination

  02-04-2015 23:32
  
  The day after he said he would not sign a religious-freedom bill, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has signed a revised version of the bill that explicitly denies people in the state the right to discriminate based on sexual orientation, the Associated Press reported.
  
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• Utah man returns 75-pound bag of cash found on highway

  02-04-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man got a surprise when he stopped to pull a large orange bag off the highway, fearing that it would become a traffic hazard.
  
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• Autonomous car completes 3,400-mile US road trip

  02-04-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An autonomous car's recent 3,400-mile U.S. road trip proves there's at least one thing computers do better than humans: Follow the speed limit.
  
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• Banksy masterpiece sold by mistake

  02-04-2015 23:26 via edition.cnn.com
  
  When Rabea Darduna's Gaza home was destroyed in last summer's war, he says he felt he was left with nothing. Only a doorway and a door. He sold the door to bring in some money to care for his six children, not realizing the prize he had.
  
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• Clarification: Christie-Lottery Woes story

  02-04-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story March 31, due to an editing error, The Associated Press reported that Gov. Chris Christie privatized New Jersey's lottery two years ago. Under the 15-year contract with Northstar New Jersey Lottery Group, the private company runs the majority of the lottery's operations, including ticket sales and marketing. A few functions, such as public relations, remain with the state, which oversees Northstar via a lottery commission whose members serve at the govern
  
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• Andretti adds de Silvestro to Indianapolis 500 lineup

  02-04-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With a race car parked on a city sidewalk, Simona de Silvestro shared tales of her ride from European karting all the way to a date in Indianapolis.
  
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• Alabama death row inmate to be freed after nearly 30 years

  02-04-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate who spent nearly 30 years on death row will go free Friday after prosecutors told a judge there is not enough evidence to link him to the 1985 murders he was convicted of committing.
  
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• Judge OKs sale of Revel casino to Florida developer

  02-04-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A bankruptcy court judge has finally approved the sale of Atlantic City's former Revel casino to a Florida developer.
  
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• Grieving and wounded fill hospital

  02-04-2015 23:07 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Gunmen stormed a university campus near Kenya's border with Somalia, taking students hostage and exchanging fire with security forces over several hours. Phil Black reports.
  
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• The Latest: Kenyan officials say all students accounted for

  02-04-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  12:00 a.m. (2100GMT, 5 p.m. EDT)
  
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• US officer: US helping Saudis monitor Yemen border

  02-04-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. military officer says the U.S. is conducting aerial surveillance of Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen to help the Saudis monitor potential threats of a ground incursion into their country by Iranian-supported rebels known as Houthis.
  
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• Sara Bareilles show, Mark Rylance highlight A.R.T.'s season

  02-04-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sara Bareilles' musical based on the film "Waitress," a play co-written and starring Mark Rylance and a stage adaptation of Eve Ensler's "In the Body of the World" are among the highlights of the American Repertory Theater's upcoming season.
  
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• US infrastructure: Secretary of Transportation touts $478 billion highway-funding plan

  02-04-2015 22:55
  
  US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx this week touted a $478 billion highway-funding plan that would help rebuild the crumbling American infrastructure, which has been under the spotlight recently.
  
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• Ohio governor signs new rules to help reduce Lake Erie algae

  02-04-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OREGON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's efforts to slow the spread of toxic algae in Lake Erie will soon force some farmers to change how they handle livestock manure and require more testing for pollutants at the state's largest wastewater treatment plants.
  
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• Text of agreement with Iran on its nuclear program

  02-04-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States, Iran and five other world powers announced a deal Thursday outlining limits on Iran's nuclear program so it cannot lead to atomic weapons. Negotiators now have to take that deal and shape it into a final accord by June 30. The agreement says that "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed."
  
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• Ko ties Sorenstam's record of 29 straight rounds under par

  02-04-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Lydia Ko tied Annika Sorenstam's LPGA Tour record with her 29th consecutive round under par, shooting a 1-under 71 on Thursday in the ANA Inspiration.
  
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• Islamists massacre Christian students

  02-04-2015 22:52 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Islamist gunmen burst into a Kenyan university, killing 147 people including Christian students as they prayed. Heavy gunfire and explosions continues for hours after the first bullets were fired.
  
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• Isner rolls at Miami Open, Suarez Navarro into women's final

  02-04-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Once John Isner started rolling, Kei Nishikori was simply overmatched.
  
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• Indiana, Arkansas pass revised religious objection proposals

  02-04-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Lawmakers in Arkansas and Indiana passed legislation Thursday that they hoped would quiet the national uproar over new religious objections laws that opponents say are designed to offer a legal defense for anti-gay discrimination.
  
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• Potential hurdles await prosecutors in Menendez case

  02-04-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal indictment against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez turns in part on prosecutors' ability to show that the lavish gifts and political favors at the center of the case amount to outright bribery rather than reflections of a decades-long friendship between the lawmaker and the donor.
  
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• Alabama: Taylor no longer student, won't be re-admitted

  02-04-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama football player Jonathan Taylor is no longer a student at the university after his arrest on domestic violence charges.
  
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• Israel gives cool reception to Iranian nuke deal

  02-04-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — In a statement distributed to reporters, Israeli officials are denouncing the framework nuclear agreement reached between Iran and world powers.
  
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• Is military action still an option?

  02-04-2015 22:40 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Does the Iran nuclear deal take the military option off the table?
  
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• What's in the nuclear deal?

  02-04-2015 22:38 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Six world powers led by the United States announced on Thursday a framework deal with Iran limiting its nuclear program. The agreement outlines major points to be flesh out in a final deal, the details of which have to be worked out by the end of June. Negotiators in Lausanne, Switzerland, twice extended the talks past Tuesday's deadline for a framework because of deep differences between the parties. So what exactly did they finally agree to? Here are 6 key points.
  
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• The Latest: UN secretary-general condemns attack in Kenya

  02-04-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  11:30 p.m. (2030GMT, 4:30 p.m. EDT)
  
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• California moves to kill the lawn, save the water

  02-04-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — What's it going to take to get people to use a lot less water in drought-stricken California, the Technicolor landscape of lush yards, emerald golf courses and aquamarine swimming pools?
  
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• Suarez Navarro reaches Miami final over Petkovic

  02-04-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Carla Suarez Navarro became the first Spanish woman in more than two decades to reach the final of the ATP and WTA Miami Masters with her 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Andrea Petkovic on Thursday. The last Spaniard to play for the trophy at Crandon Park was two-time champion Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1993, beating Steffi Graf in that final. Saturday's final against either seven-time winner Serena Williams or world number three Simona Halep will be the biggest career test yet for Suarez Navarro, seede
  
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• Arkansas lawmakers pass revised religious objections bill

  02-04-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a revised religious objections measure after Gov. Asa Hutchinson asked for changes in the wake of mounting criticism that a previous bill endorsed discrimination against gays and lesbians.
  
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• Kings ink Bhullar in historic move

  02-04-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - The Sacramento Kings signed Sim Bhullar to a 10-day contract on Thursday, making the towering center the first player of Indian descent on an NBA team's regular-season roster.
  
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• 'Wish me luck': Chris Rock posts selfies of police stops

  02-04-2015 22:17 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Comedian Chris Rock made light of racial disparities in police treatment of whites and blacks with a tongue-in-cheek guide to not being beaten by the police.
  
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• Netflix confirms new drama 'Montauk'

  02-04-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Internet streaming giant Netflix announced plans for its latest new drama series on Wednesday, a supernatural mystery series set in the New York state tourist resort of Montauk. A Netflix statement said the series, written and directed by Matt and Ross Duffer would be set in Montauk in 1980, revolving around the intrigue which is uncovered when a young boy vanishes into thin air. Their unique voice infuses this coming of age drama with supernatural thrills that will captivate our global audience
  
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• To win Senate, Dems turn to candidates who've lost before

  02-04-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are turning to some proven election losers as they aim to retake control of the Senate in 2016.
  
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• Arkansas lawmakers give final approval to revised bill

  02-04-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers have given final approval to a revised religious objections measure after Gov. Asa Hutchinson asked for changes in the wake of mounting criticism that a previous bill endorsed discrimination against gays and lesbians.
  
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• Boehner concerned about Iran nuclear deal

  02-04-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says he's concerned about an emerging nuclear agreement with Iran and says he wants Congress to review details of any pact before sanctions are lifted.
  
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• Somali Islamists kill 147 in Kenya university massacre

  02-04-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hurling grenades and firing automatic rifles, the gunmen had stormed the university in the northeastern town of Garissa at dawn as students were sleeping, shooting dead dozens before setting Muslims free and holding Christians and others hostage. The government said at least 79 people were wounded in the assault near the lawless border with war-torn Somalia, several seriously, and there are fears the death toll may still rise. In the final hour before darkness fell, Kenyan troops stormed a stude
  
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• The Latest: US condemns extremist attack on Kenyan college

  02-04-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  11:10 p.m. (2010GMT, 4:10 EDT)
  
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• Notre Dame takes different attitude into women's Final Four

  02-04-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame isn't planning business as usual this Final Four.
  
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• Broken in life, Billie Holiday enjoys revival at 100

  02-04-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Billie Holiday died with just $50 to her name taped to her thigh, but on the 100th anniversary of her birth the jazz legend is enjoying a renaissance as a trailblazer for generations of singers. Holiday was broken down by heroin use, police harassment and a husband who would beat her so severely she would tape her ribs before concerts.
  
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• Cops: Girl, 14, conspired with soldier in mom's killing

  02-04-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl conspired with her soldier boyfriend to have her mother killed, texting him hours before the woman's death, "I want her gone," authorities said Thursday.
  
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• Arkansas lawmakers give final approval to revised religious objections bill, send to governor

  02-04-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers give final approval to revised religious objections bill, send to governor.
  
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• Iran nuclear deal: Full transcript of President Obama's remarks

  02-04-2015 21:57
  
  The US and Iran, along with other world powers, on Thursday reached a tentative - and "historic" - agreement over Iran's nuclear program.
  
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• Pig rescued from swimming pool

  02-04-2015 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pig that fell into a swimming pool in Dorset has his bacon saved by firefighters.
  
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• Iran talks lead to late start for Obama's Kentucky visit

  02-04-2015 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is finally heading to Kentucky after delaying his departure by several hours because of the breakthrough in the Iran nuclear talks.
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: Gov. Walker helping senators raise money

  02-04-2015 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It never hurts presidential candidates to have senators owe them a favor or two. That's why Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a potential Republican presidential contender, is offering to have lunch with a donor to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the party's fundraising arm for Senate campaigns.
  
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