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• Arsenal cruise as Sanchez double shatters Hull

  04-05-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alexis Sanchez scored twice as Arsenal all but secured a top-four finish in the Premier League for the 18th consecutive season with a 3-1 victory at struggling Hull on Monday. Arsene Wenger's side swept into a three-goal half-time lead thanks to Sanchez's double and a strike from Aaron Ramsey before Stephen Quinn pulled one back for Hull after the break. The victory put third-placed Arsenal nine points clear of fifth-placed Liverpool, who have only three matches remaining and a vastly
  
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• Photos: Phylicia Rashad Shines at a Broadway Premiere

  04-05-2015 23:56 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Some celebrities never seem to age.
  
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• Clinton willing to testify once to Benghazi panel -lawyer

  04-05-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton is willing to testify once before a special congressional panel investigating the 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, not twice as the panel's chairman has asked, her lawyer said on Monday. The attack has hounded former Secretary of State Clinton for years, and Republicans in charge of the House of Representatives investigative panel are digging deeper as she ramps up her bid for the 2016 Democratic president
  
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• Chris Brown accused of battery in Las Vegas

  04-05-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chris Brown is accused of beating a man at a casino just days after performing in Las Vegas over the weekend.
  
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• State Department Says No Undue Influence After Foreign Gifts to Clinton Foundation

  04-05-2015 23:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  So far, the department says Clinton's actions as secretary were proper.
  
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• Study: Trace amount of drilling fluid found in water well

  04-05-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new study says toxic fluids used in drilling and hydraulic fracturing likely escaped an unlined borehole and migrated thousands of feet into a residential drinking-water well in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Photos: Cindy Crawford Stuns Without Makeup

  04-05-2015 23:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Celebrities go for the au naturel look!
  
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• Saudi accused of using cluster bombs

  04-05-2015 23:47 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Human Rights Watch has accused Saudi Arabia of dropping U.S.-supplied cluster bombs in the fight against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
  
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• Holcim and Lafarge will sell some assets to complete deal

  04-05-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. antitrust regulators say Holcim and Lafarge agreed to sell assets including cement plants and transportation assets to complete their merger, which will make the world's largest cement company.
  
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• How to survive a week without screens

  04-05-2015 23:43 via edition.cnn.com
  
  As a child of the 1970s, I love my television set with its approximately 400 cable channels.
  
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• Former US leader Clinton praises Liberia progress on Ebola

  04-05-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton said Monday he was pleased to see Liberia's progress in the fight against the deadly Ebola disease, and urged residents of the West African nation to support those who survived.
  
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• Boston bomber cried for 'Lion King'

  04-05-2015 23:38 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Raisat Suleimanov remembers her cousin -- convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- as a sweet boy with a big smile who wept when Mufasa, Simba's father in the animated movie, "The Lion King," is killed by Scar, his evil brother.
  
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• Accused Texas gunman well-known to FBI before attack

  04-05-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Since at least 2007, the FBI has been able to recognize the voice of Elton Simpson — one of the men suspected in the Texas shootings outside a contest featuring cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
  
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• Google tractor-beams Star Wars universe into Knowledge Graph

  04-05-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Star Wars fans no longer have to search their feelings to discover the truth. They can just Google it.
  
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• FBI probed Texas gunman 'over jihadist sympathies'

  04-05-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the men shot dead by police when he and an accomplice attempted to storm an event hosted by an anti-Muslim group in Texas was sentenced to three years' probation in 2011 for lying to US federal agents investigating his alleged jihadist sympathies, it emerged Monday. Investigators were delving into the backgrounds of the two suspected Islamist gunmen -- they were roommates, The Los Angeles Times reported -- who opened fire with assault rifles outside Sunday's controversial exhibi
  
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• Crater collapse causes lava explosion on Hawaii's Kilauea

  04-05-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Molten lava and rocks went flying through the air on Hawaii's Kilauea (kih-luh-WAY'-uh) volcano after an explosion caused by the partial collapse of a crater wall.
  
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• Q&A: A look at the big waves pounding California beaches

  04-05-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big waves have been lashing Southern California, attracting surfers and thousands of gawkers to south-facing beaches.
  
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• France, Saudi Arabia: Iran nuclear deal must avoid destabilizing region

  04-05-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France and Saudi Arabia said on Monday any future deal between Iran and major powers had to ensure that it did not destabilize the region further and threaten Iran's neighbors, the two countries said in a joint statement ahead of a summit in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose country is deemed to have a tough stance in Iran nuclear negotiations, to Riyadh to discuss regional issues with Gulf Arab states who fear a rapprochement with Tehran could lead to f
  
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• Former HP CEO Fiorina enters 2016 race, takes shot at Clinton

  04-05-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alistair Bell and Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Hewlett-Packard Co Chief Executive Carly Fiorina on Monday announced she is running for president, and took a shot at Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, who she said represents a political class that Americans are "disgusted" with. Once one of the most powerful women in American business, Fiorina registers near the bottom of polls of the dozen or so Republican hopefuls and has never held public office. Fiorina, 60, sai
  
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• Newborn safe in migrant rescue op

  04-05-2015 23:26 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Thousands of migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean this weekend, including a baby girl who was born at sea. Christiane Amanpour has more.
  
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• Bill Clinton defends foundation cash

  04-05-2015 23:25 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Former President Bill Clinton dismissed the controversy over foreign donations to his family's foundation, saying in a testy interview that the charitable organization has "never done anything knowingly inappropriate."
  
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• Blackhawks, Ducks could take 3-0 series strangleholds

  04-05-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Although the Chicago Blackhawks and the Anaheim Ducks appear to be steamrolling toward a meeting in the Western Conference finals, they're only halfway there.
  
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• How to enjoy a week without screens

  04-05-2015 23:23 via edition.cnn.com
  
  As a child of the 1970s, I love my television set with its approximately 400 cable channels.
  
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• UC Berkeley's Mark Twain project finds cache of new writing

  04-05-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have pieced together a collection of letters written by Mark Twain when the author was a young newsman in San Francisco.
  
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• Mohammad cartoonist says police killing of two gunmen 'justice'

  04-05-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Justice," artist Bosch Fawstin tweeted on Monday. Fawstin's winning entry depicts a sword-wielding Prophet in a turban shouting, "You can't draw me." In reply, a cartoon bubble portrays the artist, his hand grasping a pencil, as saying, "That's why I draw you." The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), sponsor of the Sunday night event, gave Fawstin, a Bronx, New York-born, former Muslim, $12,500 in prize money and introduced him to the crowd as a courageous and righteous man. The Southern
  
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• France, Saudi Arabia: Iran nuclear deal must avoid destabilising region

  04-05-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France and Saudi Arabia said on Monday any future deal between Iran and major powers had to ensure that it did not destabilize the region further and threaten Iran's neighbors, the two countries said in a joint statement ahead of a summit in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia invited French President Francois Hollande, whose country is deemed to have a tough stance in Iran nuclear negotiations, to Riyadh to discuss regional issues with Gulf Arab states who fear a rapprochement with Tehran could lead to f
  
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• Study: Trace amount of drilling fluid found in water wells

  04-05-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new study says toxic fluids used in drilling and hydraulic fracturing likely escaped an unlined borehole and migrated thousands of feet into residential drinking-water wells in Pennsylvania.
  
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• 'Pretty Girls': Britney Spears teams up with Iggy Azalea

  04-05-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Britney Spears, whose career has been full of both commercial success and criticism, has recorded a song with a younger kindred spirit, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. Entitled "Pretty Girls," the single officially came out Monday and a video was promised in a week's time after the audio file leaked over the weekend. "All around the world, pretty girls / Wipe the floor with all the boys / Pour the drink, bring the noise," the two women sing in unison. "Pretty Girls&q
  
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• Starboard Value says it bought 4M shares of Brink's

  04-05-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Activist investment firm Starboard Value says it bought an 8.2 percent stake in armored car company Brink's, and it called the stock undervalued.
  
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• Al-Jazeera America loses top executive

  04-05-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Al-Jazeera America news network, sued by a former employee who said he was fired for complaining about a colleague's anti-Semitic and sexist behavior, is losing one of its top U.S. news executives.
  
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• Nigeria's military: Battling tribal militia, not civilians

  04-05-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military is battling a dangerous tribal militia that could grow into a terrorist group in central Nigeria and denies accusations its troops have killed dozens of civilians, the Defense Ministry spokesman said Monday.
  
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• Orlando Bloom: Ebola outbreak not over

  04-05-2015 23:00 via edition.cnn.com
  
  I recently traveled with UNICEF to Liberia. It is a beautiful country, with sandy beaches, lush tropical vegetation and most importantly, friendly and resilient people.
  
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• Reunited mother, daughter seeking court records

  04-05-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman who recently reunited with her 49-year-old daughter filed a petition Monday seeking court files and adoption records that might shed light on what exactly happened in 1965 at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, where the mother says she was told her newborn baby was dead.
  
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• Canada, USA keep perfect record at worlds

  04-05-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canada and the USA are the only teams with a perfect record at the ice hockey world championships after winning their third games in the group stage on Monday. The USA went top of Group B, played in the eastern city of Ostrava, after beating defending champions Russia 4-2. Los Angeles Kings forward Trevor Lewis put the US team 1-0 ahead in the sixth minute. Russian defenceman Anton Belov levelled the score early in the second period but Boston defenceman Torey Krug scored a second US goal three
  
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• The Latest on Texas attack: Mosque leader: Man quit coming

  04-05-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  3:50 p.m. CDT
  
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• 'Dances With Wolves' writer Michael Blake dies at 69

  04-05-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Academy Award-winning writer of "Dances With Wolves" has died.
  
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• US stocks extend gains on higher factory orders

  04-05-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks rose Monday as news of the first rise in US factory orders in eight months helped sustain positive momentum from last week's rally.
  
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• Photos: Tham Khoun Xe Is Exquisitely Beautiful

  04-05-2015 22:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Tham Khoun Xe is an intricate cave in Laos.
  
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• US ex-president Clinton praises Liberia progress on Ebola

  04-05-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton says he is pleased to see Liberia's progress in the fight against the deadly Ebola disease, and is urging residents of the West African nation to support those who survived.
  
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• SurveyMonkey CEO died of head trauma in exercise accident

  04-05-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg died of severe head trauma in an exercise accident in the Mexican resort town of Punta Mita, a Mexican state official said Monday.
  
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• Cracks in the Ice: Boston Bomber Cries in Court

  04-05-2015 22:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Until today, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hardly showed emotion during agonizing trial.
  
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• The Latest on Texas attack: Official identifies 2nd gunman

  04-05-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  3:30 p.m. CDT
  
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• US stocks gain, pushing the market close to record levels

  04-05-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market closed just short of a record on Monday as investors assessed some positive earnings reports.
  
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• Cop Who Took Down Garland Gunmen 'Saved Lives,' Police Say

  04-05-2015 22:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The officer who stopped two armed men "did what he was trained to do."
  
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• Boston Marathon bomber cries at federal death penalty trial

  04-05-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — For the first time in court, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev dropped his blank, impassive demeanor and cried as his sobbing aunt briefly took the stand Monday in his federal death penalty trial.
  
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• GOP field grows: Longshots Fiorina, Carson launch their bids

  04-05-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former technology executive Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson joined the rapidly expanding 2016 Republican presidential class on Monday, casting themselves as political outsiders in underdog campaigns, eager to challenge the elite of both parties.
  
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• 'Exceptional' NYPD officer dies from gunshot wound to head

  04-05-2015 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A 25-year-old police officer shot in the head over the weekend while attempting to stop a man suspected of carrying a handgun died Monday from his injuries, the third New York City officer slain on duty in five months.
  
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• Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth

  04-05-2015 22:37 via edition.cnn.com
  
  You've see the original "Star Wars" trilogy, right? If the answer is no, I'm troubled. You are suspect. We may never be best friends.
  
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• Bill Clinton defends foundation

  04-05-2015 22:35 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Former President Bill Clinton dismissed the controversy over foreign donations to his family's foundation, saying in a testy interview that the charitable organization has "never done anything knowingly inappropriate."
  
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• Boston bomber emotional as aunt breaks down on stand

  04-05-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev showed emotion in court for the first time on Monday, wiping his eyes as a distraught aunt was removed from the courtroom, too overcome to testify. A jury is mulling whether Tsarnaev -- found guilty last month of all counts related to the April 15, 2013 attack on the Boston Marathon that killed three people and wounded 264 more -- should be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole. Last week, his defense team began presenting evidence in a bid to save h
  
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