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• Play ball! Kershaw, Trout, Bumgarner all set for opening day

  05-04-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  No team lost more games in spring training than the champion San Francisco Giants, hardly any pitcher struggled more than World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner.
  
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• Czech president bans U.S ambassador from Prague Castle: media

  05-04-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Milos Zeman has "closed the door" of Prague Castle to the U.S. ambassador following comments perceived as critical of the Czech's decision to attend a World War Two commemoration in Moscow, according to local media reports on Sunday. European Union leaders are boycotting the ceremony in May over Russia's role in the Ukraine conflict but Zeman -- who has frequently departed from the EU line -- has said he would attend. "I can’t imagine the Czech ambassador in
  
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• Harden out-duels Westbrook as Rockets down Thunder

  05-04-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  James Harden scored 41 points and the Houston Rockets withstood a triple-double by Russell Westbrook to edge Oklahoma City 115-112 in an NBA thriller on Sunday. The contest at the Thunder's Chesapeake Energy Arena had plenty of plotlines: Houston's race for the Southwest Division title and Oklahoma City's bid for the last Western Conference playoff spot as well as the battle between Harden and Westbrook for the regular-season scoring title.
  
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• Pacers' Paul George gets warm reception in season debut

  05-04-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George is getting a warm welcome back Sunday.
  
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• Harden's 41 points helps Rockets beat Thunder 115-112

  05-04-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — James Harden led a postgame dance session in the Houston locker room.
  
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• NYC's Easter Parade brings out creative hats

  05-04-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The bonnets were out on Fifth Avenue for the annual Easter Parade — outlandish 21st century headpieces that were hardly bonnets, featuring everything from bunnies and butterflies to grassy, egg-dotted lawns and even a tall ship on the high seas.
  
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• Duke, Wisconsin step into spotlight in national title game

  05-04-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Duke languished in the shadows of Kentucky all season, the big blue juggernaut that nobody seemed to be talking about. It was a rarity for a program with such a championship pedigree, not to mention a record-setting coach and superstar freshmen.
  
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• Church Roof Collapses During Easter Service; Several Injured

  05-04-2015 23:12 via abcnews.go.com
  Church roof collapses during Easter Sunday service; cause unknown; several people injured
  
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• Cairo bomb blast kills policeman

  05-04-2015 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A bomb blast in an upmarket district of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, kills a policeman and wounds several other people.
  
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• 85K Raised for Washington Florist Who Refused Gay Couple

  05-04-2015 23:11 via abcnews.go.com
  85K raised for Washington florist fined after refusing to sell same-sex couple wedding flowers
  
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• Djokovic wears down Murray for Miami title

  05-04-2015 22:58 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Novak Djokovic outlasted Andy Murray in stifling heat and humidity to win the Masters 1000 title in Miami Sunday for the fifth time.
  
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• Abbas rejects Israel's partial transfer of Palestinian tax revenue

  05-04-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday Israel had released frozen tax revenue to the Authority but that he had ordered the funds to be returned because money had been deducted to cover debts to Israeli utility companies. Israel started withholding around $130 million a month in tax and customs revenue in December. The move came after the Palestinians announced that they were joining the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move finalised on April 1. Under international pre
  
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• Pemex Begins to Restore Production at Fire-Damaged Platform

  05-04-2015 22:53 via abcnews.go.com
  Mexico's Pemex begins to restore production at fire-damaged gulf platform
  
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• AP PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Easter celebrations across the world

  05-04-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Christians in the Holy Land and across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
  
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• Husband and Wife on Railroad Tracks Struck, Killed by Train

  05-04-2015 22:47 via abcnews.go.com
  Police: Husband, wife on railroad tracks struck and killed by Amtrak train; no passengers hurt
  
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• Djokovic overpowers Murray for fifth Miami Masters title

  05-04-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-0 on Sunday to win his fifth Miami Masters title. Serbia's Djokovic pushed his career record against the Scot to 18-8, adding the triumph in the championship match on the hardcourts of Miami to victories over Murray this year in the Australian Open final and the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters. Djokovic became the first man to complete the Indian Wells-Miami Masters title sweep three times. On Monday, Djokovic wi
  
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• After loss, Kentucky awaits decisions on players' futures

  05-04-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Big, blue lockers provided fitting shelter for Kentucky players stunned after leaving the court.
  
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• Mason Makes 46 Saves, Flyers Beat Penguins 4-1

  05-04-2015 22:22 via abcnews.go.com
  Mason makes 46 saves, Flyers beat Penguins 4-1 to hurt Pittsburgh's playoff chances
  
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• Djokovic wins 5th Key Biscayne title by beating Murray

  05-04-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Novak Djokovic earned his fifth Key Biscayne title Sunday, beating Andy Murray for the seventh straight time and showing superior stamina in the heat to win the Miami Open final 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-0.
  
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• Harden's 41 points helps Houston beat Oklahoma City 115-112

  05-04-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — James Harden scored 41 points, and the Houston Rockets overcame Russell Westbrook's triple-double to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-112 on Sunday.
  
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• Kentucky's 1st loss draws best audience for semi since '96

  05-04-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Wisconsin's win over previously undefeated Kentucky drew the most viewers for an NCAA semifinal in 19 years.
  
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• Watson hails Augusta National youth skills champs

  05-04-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Defending Masters champion Bubba Watson was among the past green jacket winners to greet youth players Sunday at the second annual Drive, Chip and Putt finals at Augusta National. South Africa's Gary Player, Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal and American Mark O'Meara were among the others who watched eight children's age-group champions crowned on the eve of the first official practice for next week's Masters tournament. More than 80,000 youth from US and Canadian cities enter
  
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• U.S. Republicans push demand for a vote on Iran nuclear deal

  05-04-2015 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Sunday pressed their demand that the U.S. Congress be allowed to vote on a nuclear agreement with Iran, but signaled they are willing to wait for last week's interim agreement to be finalized before passing judgment. "Look, the President needs to sell this to the American people, and Congress needs to be involved," said Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Corker did not condemn the f
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury: Christians murdered in Kenya and Libya by Islamist terrorists are 'martyrs'

  05-04-2015 21:34
  
  Christians murdered in Kenya and Libya by Islamist terrorists are “martyrs”, the Archbishop of Canterbury said in his Easter Sunday sermon, as the Pope also called for an end to the bloodshed.
  
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• Radio silence in France as strike hits network in dispute over spending freeze

  05-04-2015 21:32
  
  In one of the most eventful periods in recent memory, France’s most respected radio shows are broadcasting “oldies” instead of the news.
  
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• Adam Scott back to the long putter for Masters

  05-04-2015 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Adam Scott says the Masters is too important to keep experimenting with the short putter.
  
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• With Placido Domingo ill, Luca Salsi sings Met doubleheader

  05-04-2015 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — When Placido Domingo was too ill to sing, Luca Salsi got to perform a rare operatic day-night doubleheader.
  
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• Pope at Easter prays for killed Kenyan students, decries persecution

  05-04-2015 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis prayed for an end to the persecution of Christians in his Easter Sunday address, commemorating the students massacred by Islamist militants at Garissa University in Kenya. Attacks on Christians in Africa and the Middle East have been the grim backdrop of all Holy Week ceremonies leading up to Easter. The pope spoke as churches in Kenya, where al Shabaab gunmen massacred nearly 150 people, singling out Christians for point-blank executions,
  
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• California water shortage: One drought for the rich and another for everyone else as Golden State goes brown again

  05-04-2015 21:21
  The lush front lawns of Los Angeles are in the full bloom of spring, and it’s difficult to believe the Golden State is about to turn brown. But that is the inevitable implication of the drought, and of new rules which call for a 25 per cent cut in urban water use.
  
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• Netanyahu: Iran Would Use Sanction Relief to Bolster 'Terror Machine'

  05-04-2015 21:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Israeli PM calls framework agreement with Iran a "bad deal."
  
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• Murder Trial of Ex-NFLer Aaron Hernandez to Go to Jury Soon

  05-04-2015 20:53 via abcnews.go.com
  Murder trial of ex-New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez expected to go to jury this week
  
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• The dramatic growth in plant cover will not offset the damage made from deforestation

  05-04-2015 20:50
  
  The dramatic growth in plant cover in the past decade gives a huge boost to the battle against global warming. But any celebrations should be muted by this sobering fact: the extra carbon being stored by this additional vegetation, while enormous, only represents seven per cent of the 60 billion tonnes of carbon that has been emitted into the atmosphere over the same period, which will remain there for centuries.
  
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• The climate change paradox: Rainforests are being felled... but the world is getting greener

  05-04-2015 20:45
  
  The dramatic demise of the world’s rainforests has caused concern for years while they have been chopped down at breakneck speed to grow crops and rear cattle – yet the planet has actually become greener in the past decade, with the total amount of plant coverage soaring.
  
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• Grand Slam buzz builds around unstoppable Serena

  05-04-2015 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Serena Williams' latest landmark achievement -- an eighth Miami hardcourt crown -- sends the US superstar into the claycourt season surrounded by talk of an even greater feat -- the calendar Grand Slam. Williams is 18-0 in 2015, a perfect run that included her 19th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. Although age doesn't seem to be dimming her physical abilities, injuries remain a potential stumbling block -- witness the sore knee that forced her to withdraw from the WTA premier l
  
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• Matriarch of Wallenda Circus Preforming Family Dies at 87

  05-04-2015 20:34 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Jenny Wallenda died following a lengthy illness.
  
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• World warned: Prepare for more Ebola-like outbreaks

  05-04-2015 20:32
  
  Outbreaks of deadly animal‑to-human viruses such as Ebola could become more likely due to climate change and human encroachment into untouched natural habitats, a leading United Nations expert has warned.
  
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• Gunman in Kenyan massacre was government official's son

  05-04-2015 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GARISSA, Kenya (AP) — One of the gunmen who slaughtered 148 people at a college in Kenya was identified Sunday as the law-school-educated son of a Kenyan government official, underscoring the inroads Islamic extremists have made in recruiting young people to carry out attacks against their own country.
  
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• Mexico non-violence art features guns with knotted barrels

  05-04-2015 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Replicas of a sculpture of a knotted pistol that was designed in honor of the late musician John Lennon are being displayed this month in Monterrey, a northern industrial city that knows about gun violence.
  
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• Refugees 'profoundly threatened'

  05-04-2015 20:15 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Thousands of Palestinians are trapped in the devastated Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, which has mostly been seized by groups including ISIS, activists report.
  
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• Yemen rebels advance in battleground Aden

  05-04-2015 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yemeni rebels made new gains in the battleground southern city Aden Sunday as a Saudi-led coalition trying to halt their advance faced growing calls for a humanitarian pause in air strikes. The Red Cross has appealed for an immediate truce to allow families to seek water, food and medical assistance, describing the situation as "dire". Russia presented a draft resolution to the UN Security Council on Saturday calling for a humanitarian pause in the Saudi-led air war against the Huthi S
  
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• Iran nuclear deal: Benjamin Netanyahu presses US to seek better terms to prevent Iran's 'free path to the bomb'

  05-04-2015 20:04
  
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Washington to seek a better deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programme, saying today that he would press the US not to give Tehran “a free path to the bomb”.
  
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• Red Cross gets approval from Saudi-led coalition for Yemen aid

  05-04-2015 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The International Committee Red Cross hopes to bring vital medical supplies and aid workers into Yemen on Monday after receiving approval from the Saudi-led military coalition, an ICRC spokeswoman said. The aid agency has been negotiating for nearly a week to deliver life-saving supplies and equipment to Yemen, where the coalition has conducted 11 days of air strikes against Iran-backed Shi'ite Houthis. "We have received permission from the coalition for two planes now, one carrying supplies and
  
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• Hadron collider restarts after 2 years

  05-04-2015 19:54 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The world's biggest and most powerful physics experiment is taking place as you read this.
  
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• Dozens killed in fighting near Yemen's Aden port

  05-04-2015 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mohammad Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) - Houthi fighters and allied army units clashed with local militias in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, and eyewitnesses said gun battles and heavy shelling ripped through a downtown district near the city's port. The Houthi forces have been battling to take Aden, a last foothold of fighters loyal to Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, advancing to the city center despite 11 days of air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition of mainly Gul
  
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• Obama, first family attend boisterous Easter service

  05-04-2015 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama attended a spirited Easter service at a historic black church on Sunday, in keeping with the first family's tradition of visiting local Washington area congregations. The president, his wife Michelle and their two teenaged daughters attended the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, its pews filled with congregants who could barely contain their excitement over the visit. "How fitting that on the day we celebrate the rising of our Lord and Savior,
  
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• Large Hadron Collider starts up again after two-year upgrade

  05-04-2015 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The world's largest particle smasher restarted Sunday after a two-year upgrade that will allow physicists to explore uncharted corners of what makes up the universe, including dark matter and antimatter. "After two years of intense maintenance and several months of preparation for restart, the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is back in operation," the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said. In 2012, the Large Hadron Colli
  
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• Yemen eyewitness: Saudi-led coalition's bombardment of Houthi rebels is hitting civilians too

  05-04-2015 19:36
  
  It was after midnight. We woke to an earth-shattering explosion that shook buildings and knocked people out of their beds, including me and my two boys of five and 10 years old.
  
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• AP PHOTOS: Christians celebrate Easter across the world

  05-04-2015 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Christians in the Holy Land and across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
  
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• Romanian security officer kidnapped while working at mine in Burkina Faso

  05-04-2015 19:17
  
  Security forces in Burkina Faso searched the desert close to the borders with northern Mali and Niger today for a Romanian security officer kidnapped at a manganese mine where he worked.
  
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• Teenage basketball player chased out of US school by boys yelling 'f****t' after coming out as gay on court

  05-04-2015 19:16
  
  A teenage basketball player has told how he was chased out of a school by boys calling him a “f****t” after he came out in the US.
  
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