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• Apple CEO says hard to gauge smartwatch demand

  27-04-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Monday demand continued to outstrip supply for the new Apple Watch, released earlier this month.
  
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• Conservatives take one point lead ahead of election - YouGov poll

  27-04-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives took a one percentage point lead over the opposition Labour Party, according to a YouGov opinion poll for the Sun newspaper published on Monday. The poll showed Conservatives on 35 percent, up two points from Sunday, versus Labour at 34 percent, unchanged from yesterday, polling company YouGov said. The two main parties have been neck-and-neck in most opinion polls since the start of the year, with neither establishing a susta
  
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• Republicans reach deal for budget plan, target Obamacare

  27-04-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican budget negotiators on Monday reached a compromise deal for the first joint House-Senate budget in six years, one that seeks to boost military spending while calling for deep cuts to social programs to eliminate deficits in a decade. Instead, it will focus on the use of budget procedural tools on repealing or replacing President Barack Obama's signature health reform legislation, the aides said. As reported by Reuters last week, the compromis
  
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• Apple profit soars on iPhone, China sales

  27-04-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple on Monday reported a sharp rise in its quarterly profit, lifted by robust sales of its iPhones and a jump in revenue from China. Revenue increased 27 percent from the same period a year ago to $58.01 billion, Apple said. A major contributor was the expansion of iPhone sales in China. Revenue for "greater China" leapt 71 percent to $16.8 billion in the quarter, allowing the region to overtake Europe as Apple's second-largest market.
  
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• Missing Americans: Loved Ones Await Word From Nepal

  27-04-2015 23:52 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The catastrophic earthquake over the weekend took out power and phone service for whole swaths of the country.
  
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• Bosnia gunman 'kills police officer'

  27-04-2015 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A gunman attacks a police station in Bosnia, killing an officer and injuring two others before being shot dead, officials say.
  
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• Shock turns to anger as Nepalese wait for quake assistance

  27-04-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rupam Jain Nair and Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Shock turned to anger in Nepal on Tuesday, as some of the tens of thousands of people stricken by the weekend's devastating earthquake expressed frustration at what they said was their government's slow response to the crisis. International aid has finally begun to arrive in the Himalayan nation of 28 million people, as the death toll topped 3,900 people. About 6,500 more people were injured in Nepal's most deadly quake in 81 years. It tr
  
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• Miller says he will plead guilty in Jewish site shootings

  27-04-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A white supremacist from Missouri who is accused of killing three people at two Jewish centers in Kansas plans to plead guilty to capital murder to avoid a lengthy trial because of his failing health.
  
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• 'Furious 7' outruns box office rivals for 4th week

  27-04-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Los Angeles (AFP) - "Furious 7" showed no signs of running out of gas, notching a fourth straight weekend at the top of the North American box office, industry data showed Monday. The movie, which last week surged past the $1 billion mark in global sales, is the first since "The Hunger Games" in March 2012 to dominate the box office for four successive weeks, the Hollywood media reported. Third place went to fantasy drama "The Age of Adaline" starring Blake Lively a
  
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• Marlins catcher Saltalamacchia designated for assignment

  27-04-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins' free agent deal with catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia will be remembered as a bust. They are optimistic his rookie replacement will fare much better.
  
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• The Latest: Defender says Holmes was insane during attack

  27-04-2015 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Latest on police-custody death: Parents urged to locate kids

  27-04-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Republicans propose directly funding Iraqi militias in war against Isis

  27-04-2015 23:37
  
  According to text from next year’s defence bill released Monday, at least $178m would go directly to ‘Kurdish and tribal security forces or other local security forces with a national security mission’ Continue reading...
  
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• Rand Paul faces tough questions from Orthodox Jewish crowd

  27-04-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential contender Rand Paul faced tough questions as he tried to woo New York's Orthodox Jewish community, including how he would fight lingering perceptions about his commitment to Israel.
  
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• Greek PM says working hard for deal but disagreements remain

  27-04-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said his government was working hard to reach an interim deal with EU and IMF lenders to unlock aid but that the two sides still disagreed on issues like labor reform and a proposed value-added tax hike. The lenders are also asking for pension cuts and urging the government to enact a law making it easier for companies to carry out mass layoffs, Tsipras told Star TV in an interview. Tsipras also defended Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis against criticism that
  
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• IPhone sales, China boosts Apple; shares up modestly

  27-04-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc beat Wall Street's revenue and profit forecasts on Monday on the back of surging iPhone sales, especially in China, but it gave no sales figures for its new Apple Watch. As investors had expected, the most valuable publicly traded U.S. company raised its dividend and boosted its share repurchase program. Apple sold 61.2 million iPhones in the quarter, up 40 percent from the year-ago quarter, but down from the record-breaking holiday quarter. Revenue in China rose 71 p
  
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• Riot erupts after funeral for man hurt in police custody

  27-04-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Rioters looted stores and hurled rocks and bricks at Baltimore police Monday, injuring several officers just hours after thousands mourned the man who died after suffering a severe spinal injury in police custody.
  
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• Thousands flee Kathmandu as aftershocks continue - video

  27-04-2015 23:33
  
  Thousands of people flee Kathmandu amid a continuous stream of tremors that have rattled the Nepalese capital after Saturday's deadly earthquake. Buses and trucks leaving the city are grossly overloaded with passengers keen to leave. Shortages of drinking water, food and electricity, as well as the threat of disease, have also triggered panic Continue reading...
  
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• Jayne Meadows, actress and TV personality, dies at 95

  27-04-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress and TV personality Jayne Meadows, who often teamed with her husband Steve Allen, has died.
  
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• Boston bomber obsessed with Islam, mother-in-law says

  27-04-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The American mother-in-law of the deceased mastermind of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings described Monday a man obsessed with Islam and politics who insisted she read the Koran. Nurse Judith Russell, whose daughter Katherine converted to Islam after meeting Tamerlan Tsarnaev, told a court in the northeastern US city that no one in the family went to their wedding. Russell was a witness called by defense lawyers battling to save Tamerlan's younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the death p
  
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• The Latest: Sobbing in courtroom at Colorado shooting trial

  27-04-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Pennsylvania top court reinstates monsignor's conviction

  27-04-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The state's highest court on Monday reinstated the landmark child-endangerment conviction of a Roman Catholic monsignor who was the first U.S. church official ever prosecuted over his handling of sex abuse complaints.
  
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• Street Fight: Baltimore Cops Hurt in Clash With Protesters

  27-04-2015 23:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  As people gathered to mourn Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man who died in police custody and was buried Monday, gang members joined forces for a different purpose — to kill cops.
  
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• Baltimore Burns: Buildings, Police Cars Set on Fire in Gray Protests

  27-04-2015 23:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  As people gathered to mourn Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man who died in police custody and was buried Monday, gang members joined forces for a different purpose — to kill cops.
  
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• Valencia move past Sevilla into fourth

  27-04-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Valencia moved into Champions League contention on Monday with a 4-0 win at home against relegation-threatened Granada. Javi Fuego's header and Faniel Parejo's penalty had the hosts well in command at the break, with late efforts from Sofiane Feghouli and Alvaro Negredo completing the scoring. Valencia's 20th La Liga win of the campaign lifted them two points clear of Sevilla and into fourth and contention for a place in the Champions League play-offs next season.
  
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• 'Hundreds' found dead, buried in Damasak, NE Nigeria

  27-04-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of people have been found dead in the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak, apparently victims of Boko Haram insurgents, residents and officials said on Monday. "Dead bodies were found in houses, streets and many more in the Damasak River which has dried up," said local man Kaumi Kusur, adding the victims were buried in 20 mass graves at the weekend. Mohammed Sadiq, another local who helped in the burials on Saturday, put the death toll at more than 400 but the Borno state gover
  
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• 'Batman' theater gunman trial hears massacre plans

  27-04-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  James Holmes, the allegedly disturbed gunman accused of opening fire in a packed "Batman" movie premiere, killing 12 people, finally went on trial Monday, nearly three years after the shocking massacre. In opening remarks, prosecutors said the 27-year-old "meticulously" planned the the July 2010 shootings in Aurora, Colorado, and talked about wanting to kill people months before the killings.
  
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• Surrogate moms, unborn children at risk

  27-04-2015 23:20 via edition.cnn.com
  
  As Nepal grapples with an earthquake that has killed more than 3,400 people, Ronen Ziv worries about someone he has never met.
  
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• Box office top 20: 'Furious 7' leads box office for 4th week

  27-04-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — "Furious 7" had enough gas left in the tank to lead the box office for the fourth straight weekend.
  
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• 'Good kid': Lawyer pleads for Boston Marathon bomber's life

  27-04-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers pleaded with a jury Monday to spare his life, portraying him as "a good kid" who was led down the path to terrorism by his increasingly fanatical older brother.
  
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• Woman convicted of murder after young daughter disappeared

  27-04-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona mother was convicted of murder Monday in the death of her 5-year-old daughter, who prosecutors say was beaten, neglected and confined to a closet before being dumped in a trash bin in 2011.
  
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• The Latest: Victims' photos shown in Colorado shooting trial

  27-04-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• New bird flu cases probable in Iowa, millions of birds affected

  27-04-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - Initial tests have found five probable new cases of the rapidly spreading avian influenza on commercial poultry sites in Iowa, affecting an estimated 6 million birds, the state's agriculture department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday. If these tests are positive, the state's tally of egg-laying chickens affected by the virus and needing to be culled would be more than 9.5 million birds, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said
  
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• Jenner's ex: 'Prisoner in own flesh'

  27-04-2015 23:12 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Actress Linda Thompson, Bruce Jenner's second wife, says she can "breathe a little easier" knowing her ex-husband has found the strength to publicly declare he is transgender.
  
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• Apple quarterly profit soars on iPhone sales

  27-04-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple on Monday reported a 33-percent rise in its quarterly profit, lifted by robust sales of its iPhones and a jump in revenue from China. Revenue increased 27 percent from the same period a year ago to $58.01 billion, Apple said. "We are thrilled by the continued strength of iPhone, Mac and the App Store, which drove our best March quarter results ever," said chief executive Tim Cook. "We're seeing a higher rate of people switching to iPhone than we've experienced in p
  
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• China overtakes France to become world's second biggest wine-growing area

  27-04-2015 23:08
  
  China has overtaken France to become the second largest wine-growing area in the world, according to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (IOVW).
  
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• Bush donors see him lay out contours of 2016 campaign

  27-04-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) — Donors say Jeb Bush's super PAC is raising eye-popping sums in a multi-pronged effort to define the former Florida governor for Republican presidential primary voters before his rivals can.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Miller to plead guilty in Jewish site shootings

  27-04-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A white supremacist accused of killing three people near two Kansas Jewish centers says he's ready to plead guilty to all charges to avoid a lengthy trial.
  
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• Clashes in Baltimore after funeral of man who died in custody

  27-04-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Violent street clashes erupted in Baltimore on Monday after friends and family gathered for the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man whose death in custody triggered a fresh wave of protests over US police tactics. They have broken bones, one is unresponsive," Baltimore police captain Eric Kowalczyk told reporters. Earlier in the day, thousands of people arrived at the New Shiloh Baptist church to pay final respects to Gray, who died on April 19 of severe spinal injuries, a week afte
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: Dems push higher pay for Senate workers

  27-04-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports about a Senate cafeteria worker who makes so little money he is homeless are prompting calls for change from Democrats on Capitol Hill.
  
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• US stocks drop at start of busy week for earnings,

  27-04-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped on Monday as investors looked ahead to a flood of earnings reports this week.
  
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• Latest on police-custody death: Store looted in Baltimore

  27-04-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Family Friend Held in Death of California 9-Year-Old

  27-04-2015 23:03 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Friends and neighbors left candles, flowers and teddy bears at the California home of 9-year-old Jordon Almgren after he was stabbed to death.
  
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• The Latest: DA says booby trap had 'detonation redundancy'

  27-04-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Colorado cinema gunman 'was sane'

  27-04-2015 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who shot and killed 12 people in a cinema in 2012 was found sane by two experts immediately following the attack, prosecutors say.
  
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• Hazing Lawsuit Charges NYC Frat 'Let Pledge Die'

  27-04-2015 22:59 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Pi Delta Psi members are accused of fatally injuring Michael Deng and then trying to covering it up.
  
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• Arrest warrant sought for UFC champ in hit-and-run crash

  27-04-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — UFC light heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones ran from a crash that hospitalized a pregnant woman but quickly came back to grab "a large handful of cash" from the car, witnesses told police.
  
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• Apple boosts dividend, buyback as profit beats Street

  27-04-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc raised its dividend and boosted its share repurchase program by $50 billion as it reported a 27 percent rise in quarterly revenue on the back of surging iPhone sales. "A 60 million-plus iPhone number is a home run and will be cheered by the Street as this remains the bread and butter of Apple," said FBR Capital Markets analyst Daniel Ives. "The Street was looking for a $150 billion buyback, we would characterize a $200 billion buyback as exactly what the Stre
  
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• New bird flu cases probable in Iowa, millions of birds affected: Iowa

  27-04-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - Initial tests have found five probable new cases of the rapidly spreading avian influenza on commercial poultry sites in Iowa, affecting an estimated 6 million birds, the state's agriculture department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday. If these tests are positive, the state's tally of egg-laying chickens affected by the virus and needing to be culled would be more than 9.5 million birds, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said
  
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• In US-Japan talks, China is the elephant in the room

  27-04-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet on Tuesday, a major subtext of their discussions will be the world leader not in the room — Chinese President Xi Jinping.
  
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