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• NBA: Curry was fouled on tying 3-pointer in Game 3

  24-04-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry's tying 3-pointer could have been a four-point play.
  
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• Family of Mexican teen shot dead across border can't sue US agent, court rules

  24-04-2015 23:54 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Court says border patrol agent Jesus Mesa Jr entitled to immunityNo dispute that Mesa shot 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez in 2010 Continue reading...
  
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• Dallas Zoo giraffe whose birth was seen online named Kipenzi

  24-04-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A giraffe born at the Dallas Zoo as people around the world watched online has been named.
  
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• 2 nuke launch officers face illegal drug charges

  24-04-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is charging two nuclear missile launch officers with illegal drug use.
  
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• Activists seek probe of prosecutor's role in Ferguson case

  24-04-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge gave strong indications Friday that he might toss a lawsuit by four activists seeking an independent investigation of a prosecutor's handling of grand jury proceedings in the Michael Brown shooting case.
  
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• Tower of London poppies shortlisted for museum of the year award

  24-04-2015 23:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  WWI commemoration Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red among six institutions in running for £100,000 prize Continue reading...
  
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• Bowyer and Stewart looking for good runs at Richmond

  24-04-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Clint Bowyer is having a terrible year. Tony Stewart, too.
  
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• Jillian Tamaki: 'I need to spend less time in the minds of straight men'

  24-04-2015 23:27 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The Canadian comic artist talks about the new print version of her popular webcomic SuperMutant Magic Academy, gender and life after divorce Continue reading...
  
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• Italian judge keeps migrant disaster ship skipper behind bars

  24-04-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Tunisian captain of a migrant boat in which at least 700 people drowned is to remain behind bars as an Italian judge continues his inquiry into the deadly disaster. A judge in the Sicilian city of Catania on Friday ruled that Mohammed Ali Malek, 27, should be kept in detention along with his alleged deputy, Syrian national Mahmud Bikhit, who is 25. The 20-metre (66-foot) former fishing boat Malek was in charge of capsized and sank off Libya in the early hours of Sunday after a collision with
  
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• Court: Family of teen shot across border can't sue US agent

  24-04-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court says a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired across the border into Mexico and killed a teenager cannot be sued in U.S. courts by the Mexican teen's family.
  
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• Greek parliament approves law forcing local governments to lend to state

  24-04-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's parliament on Friday approved a decree forcing state entities to lend cash to the near-bankrupt state, defying protests by municipalities and labor unions. Just weeks away from running out of cash, Athens has been tapping into the cash reserves of public sector entities through so-called repo transactions to cover its needs. On Monday it ordered entities, including local governments, to lend spare cash to the state while it tries to reach a deal with
  
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• Liquid mercury found under Mexican pyramid could lead to king's tomb

  24-04-2015 23:23 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Researcher reports ‘large quantities’ of the substance under ruins of Teotihuacan in discovery that could shed light on city’s mysterious leaders Continue reading...
  
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• Appeals court: Family of teen shot in Mexico by US Border Patrol agent can't sue in US courts

  24-04-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Appeals court: Family of teen shot in Mexico by US Border Patrol agent can't sue in US courts.
  
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• Canada bails ex-Guantanamo detainee

  24-04-2015 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Canadian court grants bail to a former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr until he completes his appeal against his US conviction.
  
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• Ohio officials closer to finding source of deadly botulism

  24-04-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials say they are closer to finding the source of botulism that killed one person and sickened many more after a church picnic in central Ohio last weekend.
  
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• Cleveland Play House wins Regional Theater Tony Award

  24-04-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — This year's Regional Theater Tony Award will go to the Cleveland Play House as it embarks on its centennial season.
  
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• Glenn Close, Lena Dunham strike emotional chord at event

  24-04-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Using her own family and Robin Williams as an example, a tearful Glenn Close urged some of the most powerful women in entertainment to help society shed its fear of those fighting mental illness in an emotional speech Friday at Variety's Power of Women luncheon.
  
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• Several U.S. probes likely of drone strikes that killed hostages

  24-04-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mark Hosenball and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Central Intelligence Agency's Inspector General will conduct what could be the first of several investigations into the CIA drone strikes that killed American and Italian hostages and two U.S.-born al Qaeda militants, U.S. government sources said on Friday. The Senate Intelligence Committee also is reviewing the attacks, a Congressional source said. Depending upon the results of the CIA watchdog's investigation, U.S. Pres
  
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• Questions after Indiana school stage collapse injures 16

  24-04-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The last of 16 Indiana students injured when a stage collapsed during a high school musical performance is out of the hospital.
  
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• U.S. regulator says 'flash crash' manipulation hard to detect

  24-04-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The type of alleged market manipulation by the British trader accused of helping provoke the "flash crash" in 2010 is hard to detect, the chief of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said on Friday. Nonetheless, the alleged abuses were "somewhat surprising" given that his behavior was identified in 2009 but continued for another five years, said Richard Ketchum, chairman and chief executive of FINRA, a self-funded regulator for Wall Street. "I won't second guess what happened at the MERC
  
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• Barack Obama vows to 'review what happened' in hostage killings – video

  24-04-2015 23:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  President Barack Obama told members of the intelligence community on Friday that he wants to see whether changes are needed after a counter-terrorism operation on an al-Qaida compound inadvertently killed two aid workers held hostage. "We're going to review what happened. We're going to identify the lessons that can be learned and any improvements and changes that can be made," Obama said in a speech marking the 10th anniversary of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Continue re
  
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• Chileans moved after dangerous volcanic mudflows detected

  24-04-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ENSENADA, Chile (AP) — Authorities urged 2,000 people living near the Calbuco volcano to evacuate Friday after potentially devastating mudflows of volcanic debris were detected in a nearby river, the result of two huge eruptions this week that sent ash across large swaths of southern South America.
  
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• Police: Gray should've received medical care before ride

  24-04-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say Freddie Gray should have received medical care before he was put in a police van.
  
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• No expansion yet, but Bettman has fee in mind: $500 million

  24-04-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman might not yet have anything definitive to say about expansion, though he does have a fee in mind.
  
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• Canadian Henderson shoots tournament record for LPGA lead

  24-04-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Brooke Henderson is fearless and goes for it on shots when others might be more conservative, and that approach worked for the Canadian teen Friday morning in the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.
  
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• Winners and losers of the demise of the big Comcast deal

  24-04-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In the aftermath of Comcast's decision to walk away from buying Time Warner Cable, some winners and losers are emerging.
  
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• UN envoy on Syria warns that May talks are not negotiations; will meet parties 1 by 1

  24-04-2015 22:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
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• Italy court OKs arrest of suspected smuggler captain, crew

  24-04-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CATANIA, Sicily (AP) — A judge in Sicily on Friday confirmed the arrest warrants against the suspected captain and crew member of the smuggling boat that capsized in the Mediterranean's worst ever migrant disaster.
  
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• Arizona sheriff's re-election chances called into question

  24-04-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Sheriff Joe Arpaio has remained politically invincible in his 22 years in office in Arizona, despite federal investigations and a history of legal woes that have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
  
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• Netflix defends Sandler film after native American walkout

  24-04-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Streaming giant Netflix has defended a new Adam Sandler movie after a group of native American actors stormed off the set saying it used racially offensive stereotypes. Netflix implied that the native Americans were being oversensitive about what were clearly jokes. Among those who walked out was Navajo Nation tribal member Loren Anthony, who is also the lead singer of a metal band, Bloodline. Another native American actor, Allison Young, said: "We talked to the producers about our concerns
  
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• Nasdaq and S&P 500 at record highs

  24-04-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Nasdaq and S&P 500 close at new record highs after US tech firms report strong first quarter profits.
  
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• Seriously silly, Monty Python reunites for a weekend tribute

  24-04-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Today they reign as elder statesman of cerebral silliness, these alumni of the Monty Python comedy troupe and, some would argue, the funniest men who ever lived.
  
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• Equities hit record highs, dollar weakens on gloomy data

  24-04-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Equity markets worldwide climbed to record highs on Friday as solid corporate earnings and an all-time peak for the Nasdaq stock index stoked investor optimism, while the dollar eased on gloomy U.S. economic data. Amazon.com Inc , Microsoft Corp and Google Inc led Wall Street higher, pushing the Nasdaq to a second straight record closing high a day after it topped a record that had stood for more than 15 years.
  
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• Tech triumvirate propels Nasdaq, S&P to record highs

  24-04-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 chalked up record high closes on Friday, propelled by strong results from tech behemoths Google, Amazon and Microsoft. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.71 percent to end at 5,092.09, its second straight record high close. Amazon surged 14.13 percent to a lifetime high after revenue beat estimates. Google ended 2.9 percent after reporting higher quarterly results while Microsoft jumped 10.45 percent after it topped estimates.
  
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• Police commissioner: Freddie Gray should have gotten medical attention before being put in van

  24-04-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Police commissioner: Freddie Gray should have gotten medical attention before being put in van.
  
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• Speaker of Canada's Senate, Pierre Claude Nolin, has died at the age of 64

  24-04-2015 22:44 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Speaker of Canada's Senate, Pierre Claude Nolin, has died after a five-year battle with a rare form of cancer.
  
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• FBI: Korean firm scammed out of $375K for fake Pharrell show

  24-04-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The FBI in Pittsburgh says a man scammed a South Korean steel company out of $375,000 by pretending to work for a Japanese talent agency on behalf of musician Pharrell Williams.
  
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• Armenians hit Hollywood for massacre anniversary

  24-04-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tens of thousands of protestors marched through Hollywood on Friday to mark the centenary of the massacre of some 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman forces. "We demand justice," read placards carried amid a sea of red, blue and orange Armenian flags along Sunset Boulevard, as demonstrators marched towards the Turkish consulate. Los Angeles is home to the largest Armenian community in the United States, with nearly 200,000 living in the city and nearby suburb of Glendale, where about a th
  
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• Mexican prosecutors open investigation into case of girl wrongly taken to Texas

  24-04-2015 22:44 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Inquiry will focus on possible criminal conduct in case of 14-year-old girl who was mistakenly sent to the US to live with woman claiming to be her mother Continue reading...
  
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• Photos: Donald Faison and Cacee Cobb Introduce Their Newborn Daughter, Wilder Frances

  24-04-2015 22:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Meet the next generation of stars.
  
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• Night train kills 14 migrants 'sleeping' on Macedonia tracks

  24-04-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VELES, Macedonia (AP) — A group of migrants trying to reach European opportunity via what's billed by smugglers as a "safe" route — trekking along train tracks through the Balkans — was hit by an overnight train in a remote river gorge in Macedonia, killing 14.
  
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• Statue of Liberty 'safe' after bomb threat

  24-04-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Statue of Liberty and its surrounding island, one of the most visited monuments in the United States, was given the all-clear Friday after being evacuated because of a bomb threat, police said. New York police "deemed the area safe" following a "thorough check" but Liberty Island and the monument will remain closed for the rest of Friday due to scheduled closing hours, US park police said. The caller stated that they were going to blow up the Statue of Liberty, the servic
  
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• Baltimore police leader won't resign over Freddie Gray death: 'That's not going to happen'

  24-04-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police leader won't resign over Freddie Gray death: 'That's not going to happen'
  
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• Chile volcano belches more smoke after twin eruptions

  24-04-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A large column of smoke streamed from Chile's Calbuco volcano Friday, prompting new warnings that it could erupt again after unexpectedly roaring back to life and forcing thousands to evacuate. As thick plumes of pale gray smoke began to billow again from the volcano's crater, the National Geology and Mines Service issued new warnings that a third eruption could follow the spectacular bursts of ash and lava that sent southern Chile into panic late Wednesday and early Thursday. Authorit
  
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• Attorney general bids farewell after 6-year tenure

  24-04-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder bid farewell to the Justice Department on Friday after six years, outlining what he said were his major accomplishments and telling staffers that they helped produce a "golden age" in the department's history.
  
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• Top Olympics caterer threatens to withdraw from Rio de Janeiro games

  24-04-2015 22:32 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  US food caterer Aramark, which has assured safe and healthy meals for athletes since the 1968 Mexico City games, puts fate of 4m meals in flux Continue reading...
  
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• Surveillance footage shows abuse of teen in Rikers Island prison - video

  24-04-2015 22:29 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Surveillance footage obtained by the New Yorker from inside Rikers Island, a jail complex in New York City, shows the abuse one teen endured during three years while waiting for a trial. Kalief Browder was arrested in 2010 for allegedly stealing a backpack, but his case was repeatedly delayed by the courts until it was finally dismissed in May 2013 Continue reading...
  
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• Is ice cream safe? Federal health officials say yes

  24-04-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Is ice cream safe to eat? Federal officials say yes, even amid recalls by two ice cream companies after the discovery of listeria bacteria in their frozen confections.
  
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• Goodell: LA projects viable for bringing back team

  24-04-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Goodell says the two stadium projects in the Los Angeles area look promising enough to lead to the return of the NFL to the nation's second-largest city.
  
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• HIV cases skyrocket among US painkiller abusers

  24-04-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cases of HIV have skyrocketed among injection drug users in a rural community in the midwestern state of Indiana where 142 people have been diagnosed since the beginning of the year, officials said Friday. Indiana State Health Commissioner Jerome Adams described the current outbreak as "unprecedented," noting that HIV used to be quite rare in Scott County, a community of 4,200 people and just one doctor in southeastern Indiana. Only three new cases of HIV were recorded there from 2009
  
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