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• Count calories on NYC's Citi Bikes? New features coming soon

  17-04-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers may soon be able to count calories burned and miles traveled while pedaling Citi Bikes, the popular bicycle-sharing program with a troubled history that is undergoing a major overhaul under new leadership.
  
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• Oklahoma teenager convicted of murder in Australian Chris Lane's death

  17-04-2015 23:54
  
  Defense acknowledged that Chancey Allen Luna, 16 at the time, shot Lane, who was in Oklahoma on a college baseball scholarshipAn Oklahoma teenager whose attorney said he only meant to scare an Australian college baseball player by firing a shot at him was convicted Friday of first-degree murder. The Stephens County jury found Chancey Allen Luna guilty in the 16 August 2013 death of Christopher Lane, 22, who was shot in the back while jogging along a city street in Duncan. The jury recommended th
  
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• APNewsBreak: Video released of 'Suge' Knight running over 2

  17-04-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video of Marion "Suge" Knight plowing into two men with his pickup truck and other key evidence in the former rap music mogul's murder case was released Friday by a Los Angeles court.
  
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• Spanish official slams Greece, says time 'running out'

  17-04-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos is criticizing Greece's left-wing government for its "not very coherent" approach to negotiations over its finances and economy.
  
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• Prosecutor: Reputed mobster discussed stolen Boston artwork

  17-04-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal prosecutor says a reputed Connecticut mobster suspected of a connection to the artwork stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum discussed the paintings with an undercover FBI agent.
  
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• Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond accuses Argentina of bullying over lawsuit against drilling firms

  17-04-2015 23:40
  
  Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has accused Argentina of “outrageous” bullying after its government launched legal action against companies drilling for oil and gas near the Falkland Islands.
  
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• Before ruling out an upset in NBA East, listen to these guys

  17-04-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Having trouble envisioning an upset in the Eastern Conference playoffs?
  
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• Nevada Common Core testing OK as state offers mandate relief

  17-04-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Limited testing has been successful Friday in Nevada for the troubled Common Core assessments but now the state is offering school districts an out.
  
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• Bryant 0 for 4 with 3 Ks in debut as Cubs lose to Padres 5-4

  17-04-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Kris Bryant had such a Chicago Cubs-like start to his major league career.
  
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• Gulf states unhappy about U.N. chief's ceasefire appeal: sources

  17-04-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Several Gulf Arab states are unhappy about U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in Yemen and are expected to raise the issue in a meeting with him early next week, U.N. diplomatic sources said on Friday. The main topic of the meeting will be the replacement for the outgoing U.N. envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar, who announced his resignation on Wednesday. "Gulf states are not happy about the speech and expect to make th
  
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• Opt-out movement accelerates amid Common Core testing

  17-04-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of students are opting out of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core standards, defying the latest attempt by states to improve academic performance.
  
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• No. 1 egg-producing state aims to keep bird flu out

  17-04-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The discovery of bird flu on an Iowa turkey farm has raised serious concerns that the poultry-killing virus could find its way into chicken barns in the nation's top egg-producing state and rapidly decimate flocks that provide the U.S. with its breakfast staple.
  
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• West Indies hold on to deny England

  17-04-2015 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Indies hold on to draw the first Test on the day James Anderson becomes England's leading Test wicket-taker.
  
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• Obama: World would be 'pretty barren' without poetry

  17-04-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says poetry helps people understand themselves and each other and says the world would be "pretty barren" without it.
  
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• Eurogroup head warns against a game of chicken with Greece

  17-04-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece and the euro zone should not play a game of chicken to see who can hold out longer in negotiations about more lending to Athens in exchange for reforms, the chairman of euro zone finance ministers Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Friday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meetings, Dijsselbloem said representatives of Greece's creditors would not be able to produce a deal for the approval of euro zone finance ministers on April 24th as hoped, because prog
  
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• Italy struggles with fresh wave of Mediterranean migrants

  17-04-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A surge of migrants pouring into Europe from across the Mediterranean won't end before chaos in Libya is controlled, Italy's prime minister said Friday, as the Vatican condemned a deadly clash between Muslim and Christian refugees on one boat. The migrant wave has swelled in recent days on the back of the worsening security situation in Libya -- the staging post for most of the crossings -- as well as milder spring weather. Alarm and outrage is growing in Europe as the death toll mount
  
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• China: New bank to enhance international finance system

  17-04-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Chinese official says that Beijing's proposed infrastructure bank for Asia is intended to complement and not replace existing lenders dominated by the U.S. and Japan.
  
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• Photos: The Week in Pictures: April 11 - April 17, 2015

  17-04-2015 23:13
  
  Find this week's top photos from around the globe in ABC News' This Week in Pictures slideshow
  
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• Merritt's 61 trumps Masters champion Spieth's 62

  17-04-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Troy Merritt shot a 10-under 61 on Friday to tie the course record at the RBC Heritage only a few hours after Masters champion Jordan Spieth wowed the gallery with a bounce-back 62.
  
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• Bitcoin could be the Spanish Piece of Eight of 21st Century, says US academic

  17-04-2015 23:10
  
  Is revolutionary bitcoin the next Piece of Eight? 
  
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• 12 hurt in Denver-area crash involving tour buses amid fog

  17-04-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A dozen people were injured in a crash involving tour buses for two different bands and two trucks on a foggy stretch of Interstate 70 east of Denver on Friday, as a spring storm made driving dangerous across Colorado and Wyoming.
  
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• Clinton cautious about Obama's Pacific trade deal

  17-04-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she will be closely watching efforts by the Obama administration to negotiate a broad trade policy pact with Pacific nations that's raising concerns over potential harm to workers.
  
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• New Jersey arsenal evacuates; suspicious car tries to enter

  17-04-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A northern New Jersey arsenal has been evacuated after a driver tried to enter through its truck gate, and authorities are treating the situation as an explosive threat.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Video of 'Suge' Knight running over 2 released

  17-04-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video of Marion "Suge" Knight plowing into two men with his pickup truck and other key evidence in the former rap music mogul's murder case was released Friday by a Los Angeles court.
  
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• Marseille suffer new setback

  17-04-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Marseille's slump continued on Friday as Marcelo Bielsa's side went down to a 1-0 defeat at Nantes that further damaged their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League. Serge Gakpe scored the only goal of the game in the 20th minute at a packed Stade de la Beaujoire following a defensive mix-up as Nantes claimed a win that moves them a step closer to securing top-flight survival. As a consequence, OM remain in fourth place, a point behind Monaco in the third and final
  
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• Mylan skeptical of rumored Teva bid; hasn't received offer

  17-04-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Generic drugmaker Mylan, citing media speculation that Teva Pharmaceutical may be eyeing it as a takeover target, says it doubts that regulators would approve such a deal and says it is committed to its current strategy as a stand-alone company.
  
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• Volunteer deputy sold company, went back to police work

  17-04-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — After he sold his insurance company for around $6 million, Robert Bates sought to return to a profession he tried for a year in his early 20s: law enforcement.
  
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• For Bulls, time to deliver on expectations as Bucks loom

  17-04-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — With the return of Derrick Rose and the addition of Pau Gasol, the Chicago Bulls came into the season with soaring expectations.
  
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• Fish found in suspected tsunami debris boat quarantined

  17-04-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The wreckage of a fishing boat that appears to be debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami was carrying some unexpected passengers — fish from Japanese waters — when it was spotted off the Oregon coast.
  
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• Ford to build $2.5 bn Mexico engine, transmission plants

  17-04-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Ford Motor Company unveiled Friday a $2.5 billion investment for engine and transmission plants in Mexico, the second major project announced in the country by a foreign auto power this week. The US firm's plan to expand an engine plant in the northern border state of Chihuahua and build a transmissions factory in the central state of Guanajuato will create 3,800 jobs, the company said. The investment was announced by Ford's president for the Americas region, Joseph Hinrichs, and P
  
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• Disney measles outbreak that sparked vaccination debate ends

  17-04-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An outbreak of measles that popped up at Disneyland in late December soon spread to six other U.S. states, Mexico and Canada. Health officials suspect an infected traveler, who caught the virus overseas, visited the theme park and exposed others.
  
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• Four Royal Navy sailors charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm in Canada

  17-04-2015 22:44
  
  Four members of a Royal Navy hockey team have been charged by the Canadian authorities with sexual assault.
  
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• Michael Phelps fails to qualify for 400 free in Arizona

  17-04-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Michael Phelps failed to qualify for the 400-meter freestyle final in Arizona on Friday, finishing 17th overall in his first meet since serving a six-month suspension.
  
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• Barbie shows signs of life as Mattel plots comeback

  17-04-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Things are finally looking up for Barbie.
  
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• Family wins back seized gold coins that could be worth $80M

  17-04-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia family has been awarded the rights to 10 rare gold coins possibly worth $80 million or more after a U.S. appeals court overturned a jury verdict.
  
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• Shares slide on China margin crackdown, dollar falls

  17-04-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets fell on Friday on reports about a crackdown on margin lending in China, while the dollar retreated on views that stronger U.S. consumer prices were not enough to offset recent weak data that could slow a Federal Reserve interest rate hike. China's securities regulator warned investors to be cautious as Chinese shares hit seven-year highs after seven weeks of gains. China on Friday also allowed fund managers to lend stocks for short-
  
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• Replica of French general's historic US independence ship sails again

  17-04-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A replica of the French navy frigate Hermione which brought General Lafayette to America to rally rebels fighting Britain in the US war of independence, will set sail for the United States again on Saturday, 235 years after the original crossing. French President Francois Hollande is expected to be on hand to wish the ship and crew godspeed on the journey from France's Aix island to the US east coast, a trip exciting sailing and history fans on both sides of the Atlantic. Some 80 crew membe
  
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• Man gets 100-year term in murder of teacher in oil boom town

  17-04-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) — A Colorado man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison in the murder of a Montana teacher whose death highlighted the downside of an oil boom that's altered the remote Northern Plains.
  
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• Amid growing migrant crisis, 20 burn victims rescued at sea

  17-04-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — The unabated flow of migrants fleeing instability in Libya brought a new horror on Friday: The discovery of 20 migrants adrift at sea who had suffered grave burn injuries in a cooking gas explosion before departing Libya, and then were forced onto a smuggler's boat without treatment.
  
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• Republican presidential contenders clash in New Hampshire

  17-04-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The Republican Party's most ambitious figures have stormed into New Hampshire for a showdown highlighting the diversity, political challenges and sheer size of the GOP's 2016 presidential class.
  
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• US stocks tumble on Greece fears; Dow -1.54%

  17-04-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - US stocks tumbled Friday on fresh worries about a Greek debt default as US President Barack Obama called on Greece to enact reforms.
  
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• U.S. urges Greece to strike deal with creditors

  17-04-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Obama administration on Friday urged Greece to move quickly with technical negotiations aimed at reaching agreement on bailout terms with the International Monetary Fund and European Union, saying a failure to strike a deal could hit the global economy. "We urge the (Greek) authorities to quickly and fully commit to technical negotiations with their international partners," U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in a statement prepared for delivery at a meeting of the IMF's steering committee
  
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• Pope considering Cuba visit in September: Vatican

  17-04-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis, who played a role in the diplomatic thaw between Washington and Havana, is considering a visit to Cuba as part of his US trip in September, the Vatican said Friday. The Vatican stressed that, while contact has been made with Cuban officials, it was too early to confirm whether the trip would take place. "The Holy Father has taken into consideration the idea of carrying out a leg to Cuba on the occasion of his upcoming visit to the United States" between September 22 and 2
  
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• Oil falls from 2015 peaks, Brent jumps 9.6 percent on the week

  17-04-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Robert Gibbons NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude futures fell from 2015 peaks in choppy trading on Friday, but Brent's 9.6 percent weekly gain was its biggest in more than five years as Middle East turmoil and signs of lower U.S. production lifted prices. Brent June crude fell 53 cents to settle at $63.45 a barrel, having swung from $62.95 to $64.50 after hitting $64.95, its 2015 high, on Thursday. Brent's second straight weekly gain, the fourth in five weeks, was its biggest since a 9.9 p
  
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• Italy struggles with fresh wave of migrants

  17-04-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Emotions were running high in Italy Friday as the country struggled to cope with a new influx of migrants amid "worrying" allegations of clashes between Muslim and Christian refugees on a boat. More than 11,000 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean and taken to Italy in the past six days, with hundreds more expected Friday, the coastguard said. The migrant wave has swelled in recent days on the back of the worsening security situation in Libya -- the staging post for most of
  
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• Dr. Oz tells critics: No conflict of interest on my TV show

  17-04-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz is defending himself against 10 doctors who've accused him of promoting "quack treatments" on his TV show.
  
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• Kris Bryant strikes out 3 times in big league debut

  17-04-2015 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Kris Bryant had a Chicago Cubs-like start to his major league career.
  
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• Peevish or loaded for bear _ Obama getting tough on critics

  17-04-2015 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Congress is hitting something of a bipartisan stride on such issues as Medicare, Iran and trade, President Barack Obama and his White House team have decided to go after their Republican critics, picking fights and scornfully calling them out by name.
  
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• Iraqi officials believe Saddam's top deputy killed

  17-04-2015 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — He was the last member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle still on the run, depicted with his distinctive red moustache as the "king of clubs" on the U.S. military's deck of cards of most-wanted Iraqi regime fugitives.
  
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• McVeigh defense archive shows bomber viewed blast as failure

  17-04-2015 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Timothy McVeigh considered the Oklahoma City bombing a failure because he left the building standing and once suggested the government should pay his defense attorneys $800,000.
  
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