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• Terror tweets lured 'Draw Mohammed' gunman

  05-05-2015 23:58 via edition.cnn.com
  A CNN investigation reveals the extent and details of Twitter posts between known jihadists and one of the men killed trying to attack a 'Draw Mohammed' event in Texas.
  
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• Obama administration approves licenses for Cuba ferry service

  05-05-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday approved an unknown number of licenses for passenger ferry service between the United States and Cuba, a Treasury Department official told Reuters. One of the licenses was issued to Baja Ferries, part of a major shipping group with passengers and cargo operations, including on Mexico's west coast, according to a lawyer who handled the license application. Ferry services between Cuba and the United States was cut off in the early 1960s, following the C
  
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• Stunning drone images of bombed town

  05-05-2015 23:52 via edition.cnn.com
  
  It's been called Kobanigrad. Months of fighting reduced the Syrian town of Kobani to rubble. But incredibly, a bakery and schools are open. Children are living here. Fly with the drone to see how they live.
  
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• Capital murder indictment returned in U.Va. slaying case

  05-05-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The man charged with abducting and killing a University of Virginia student has been charged with capital murder and now faces the prospect of the death penalty.
  
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• Utah law allows gun owners to use deadly force in many cases

  05-05-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say two Utah men fatally shot would-be criminals a few miles apart over the weekend, but neither shooter is expected to face charges in a gun-friendly state that was one of the first to pass a "Stand Your Ground"-style law more than 20 years ago.
  
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• VIDEO: Abducted girl safe after Boko Haram ordeal

  05-05-2015 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old girl abducted by Boko Haram six months ago, has been reunited with her family following a dramatic rescue by Nigerian forces.
  
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• ISIS role 'more than just inspiration'

  05-05-2015 23:45 via edition.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jim Sciutto takes a closer look at lone wolf terror attacks in the United States and the connection with ISIS.
  
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• Contract battle brewing over $14M Blackbeard 'treasure'

  05-05-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Nearly 300 years after the pirate Blackbeard's flagship sank off the North Carolina coast, a shipwreck-hunting company and the state are battling over treasure linked to the vessel — but they're fighting with legal filings, not cutlasses, and the treasure is $14 million in disputed revenue and contract violations.
  
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• Manny Pacquiao faces $5 million lawsuit over shoulder injury

  05-05-2015 23:43
  
  Two Las Vegas residents filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday seeking more than $5 million in damages from Manny Pacquiao.
  
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• Manny Pacquiao faces $5 million lawsuit over injury to shoulder

  05-05-2015 23:43
  
  Two Las Vegas residents filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday seeking more than $5 million in damages from Manny Pacquiao.
  
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• How hero police officer stopped attackers with assault rifles

  05-05-2015 23:42 via edition.cnn.com
  
  When two men with assault rifles and wearing body armor attacked an event in the U.S. featuring controversial cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed they were stopped by a security officer.
  
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• Pacquiao sued over shoulder injury

  05-05-2015 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manny Pacquiao is sued in Nevada after claims he lied about an injury sustained before his fight against Floyd Mayweather.
  
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• 11 dead after Mali separatists launch central region attack

  05-05-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Members of a coalition of separatist groups attacked a town in central Mali on Tuesday, killing 11 people and moving violence farther south after a cease-fire was broken last week, a spokesman and the government said.
  
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• 5 Things to Know About Gen. Joseph Dunford

  05-05-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated Marine Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford on Tuesday to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top U.S. military position, replacing Army Gen. Martin Dempsey.
  
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• 5 paintings missing since WWII returning to Germany

  05-05-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Five paintings missing since World War II are being returned to collections in Germany at the behest of the heirs of their American acquirers.
  
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• Fans push to preserve Jim Morrison's New Mexico home

  05-05-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Fans of Jim Morrison, the late singer for The Doors, are in a push to preserve his childhood home in New Mexico.
  
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• Vet Searches for Twins He Left Behind in Korea in 1970s

  05-05-2015 23:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Allen Thomas says the children's mother put them up for adoption without his knowledge. He is using Facebook to try to find them.
  
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• Newspaper weakness hits Murdoch at News Corp

  05-05-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Deepening woes at newspapers pulled down the earnings for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which saw declines in both circulation and advertising for print publications. Net profit fell 52 percent from a year earlier to $23 million in the quarter ending March 31, in results below most Wall Street forecasts. Chief executive Robert Thomson said News Corp "continues to build a firm foundation for digital growth" and highlighted positive results from online services such as the real estate
  
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• Garland shooting: Pamela Geller, organiser of Prophet Mohamed exhibition, vows to continue 'free speech' campaign

  05-05-2015 23:23
  
  The organiser of the event that was the target of a gun attack for which Isis has claimed responsibility, has vowed to continue her so-called free speech campaign. 
  
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• Juventus tops Real Madrid 2-1 as Champions semifinals start

  05-05-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TURIN, Italy (AP) — Alvaro Morata scored against his old team in the ninth minute, helping Juventus beat defending champion Real Madrid 2-1 Tuesday night in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal.
  
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• Florida Couple in 'Sex on the Beach' Case Found Guilty

  05-05-2015 23:15 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Jose Cabellero, 40, and Elissa Alvarez, 20, must register as sex offenders and could each be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
  
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• What Kinds of Candidates Are Voters Ready For?

  05-05-2015 23:12 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  What kinds of candidates are Americans ready to embrace?
  
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• US reprimands agents after man forgotten in San Diego cell

  05-05-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued reprimands and suspensions of up to seven days to agents involved in detaining a college student who was handcuffed and forgotten in a cell for five days — punishments that drew criticism from the Justice Department and others for being too light.
  
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• Republican Congressman DeSantis to run for Rubio Senate seat

  05-05-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis will announce Wednesday that he's running for the Senate seat Marco Rubio is giving up to seek the GOP presidential nomination.
  
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• Ex-FBI agent to undergo psychiatric exam after arrest at CIA

  05-05-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal magistrate has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a former FBI agent who was arrested at CIA headquarters after a confrontation with security officers.
  
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• Morata, Tevez strike as Juve hang on to stun Real

  05-05-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alvaro Morata and Carlos Tevez struck a goal apiece as Juventus boosted their Champions League final chances with a 2-1 win over Real Madrid in their first leg semi-final on Tuesday. Morata, who moved from Real to Juventus last summer, tapped home the rebound from a Tevez strike on eight minutes to send Juventus Stadium into raptures. The hosts were pegged back just before the half-hour thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's 76th goal in the competition, a simple header that beat Gianluigi Buffon fr
  
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• Yemen rebels fire into Saudi Arabia, killing at least 3

  05-05-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Yemen's rebels fired rockets and mortars into Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, killing at least three people and purportedly capturing five soldiers in an attack showing the insurgents' ability to launch assaults despite weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting them.
  
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• Moments from safety, migrants die trying to reach Europe

  05-05-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CATANIA, Sicily (AP) — Young men piled over each other, some shimmying up ropes dangling from the towering rescue ship and others falling into the churning sea. Women and children were the last off the stricken dinghy during a chaotic Mediterranean rescue in which at least five migrants died and more were feared drowned.
  
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• Energy rich US states move to quash local limits on drilling

  05-05-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANSFIELD, Texas (AP) — Lawmakers in Texas and energy producing states across the nation are rushing to stop local communities from imposing limits on oil and gas drilling despite growing public concern about the health and environmental toll of such activities in urban areas.
  
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• Turkey farmer hit by bird flu sees emotional, financial toll

  05-05-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Turkey farmer Greg Langmo says he knew right away when the flock that usually clustered around him turned lethargic that his Minnesota farm had been struck by the bird flu that has shaken the poultry industry.
  
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• Juventus 2-1 Real Madrid

  05-05-2015 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Juventus beat holders Real Madrid 2-1 in an absorbing first leg of their Champions League semi-final tie in Turin.
  
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• Ancient Roman mosaics ruined in botched restoration job

  05-05-2015 23:01
  
  Officials in Turkey are attempting to fix at least eight ancient mosaics, after they were ruined during a shoddy restoration job.
  
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• Woman Slashed Face of Boyfriend's Dead Ex, Police Say

  05-05-2015 22:59 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  She was charged with illegal dissection of a body after she allegedly cut the dead woman's hair and slashed her face.
  
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• Islamic State group claims responsibility for Dallas assault

  05-05-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the assault on a Texas cartoon contest that featured images of the Prophet Muhammad, but counterterrorism experts said IS has a history of asserting involvement in attacks in which it had no operational role.
  
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• Gun in officer's slaying 9th from Georgia heist found in NY

  05-05-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A handgun used to fatally shoot a New York Police Department officer is the ninth of 23 weapons reported stolen from a Georgia pawn shop in 2011 to be recovered on the city's streets.
  
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• Real reeling from Juventus attack

  05-05-2015 22:47 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Real Madrid's quest to become the first team to successfully defend the Champions League title is in severe jeopardy.
  
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• The Latest: Juventus beats Real Madrid 2-1 in semifinal

  05-05-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TURIN, Italy (AP) — 10:43 p.m.
  
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• VIDEO: Queen visits new royal princess

  05-05-2015 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Queen meets her fifth great-grandchild, Princes Charlotte, on the day that the new royal baby's birth is registered.
  
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• Christie says he would testify if called in bridge trial

  05-05-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he would have no problem testifying in a trial of former allies who face criminal charges for their alleged roles in politically-motivated traffic jams that caused long delays in 2013 over the George Washington Bridge connecting his state to New York.
  
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• Colorado police caught on video taking black man to the ground without giving reason

  05-05-2015 22:45
  
  A video taken during a police stop in Colorado shows officers refusing to inform two black men why they were pulled over before officers took one of the men to the ground.
  
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• Education Dept. sees increase in campus sex crime reporting

  05-05-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of sex offenses on college campuses reported to the Education Department has nearly doubled over a five-year period.
  
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• Morata, Tevez strike as Juve stun Real

  05-05-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alvaro Morata and Carlos Tevez struck a goal apiece as Juventus boosted their Champions League final chances with a 2-1 win over Real Madrid in their first leg semi-final on Tuesday. Morata, who moved from Real to Juventus last summer, tapped home the rebound from a Tevez strike on nine minutes to send Juventus Stadium into raptures. The hosts were pegged back just before the half-hour thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's 76th goal in the competition, a simple header that beat Gianluigi Buffon fro
  
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• Challenged by 'Going Clear,' another test awaits Tom Cruise

  05-05-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — When Janeane Garofalo asked Brad Bird, the director of "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol," about Tom Cruise at a recent Tribeca Film Festival event, she peppered Bird with allusions to the Scientology documentary "Going Clear." Bird called it "a very inside reference," but Garofalo quickly disagreed.
  
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• The Latest: Juventus beat Real Madrid 2-1 in semifinal

  05-05-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TURIN, Italy (AP) — RESULT: Juventus 2 Real Madrid 1.
  
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• US stocks sink as oil price jumps above $60

  05-05-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A combination of concerns knocked the U.S. stock market lower Tuesday, snapping a two-day run.
  
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• Woods seeks solace inside the ropes

  05-05-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Players Championship can't come soon enough for Tiger Woods, coping this week with the bleak emotions surrounding the anniversary of his father's death and his split with Lindsey Vonn. "Obviously it does affect me," Woods said Tuesday after a practice round at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. This three-day window is really hard," added the 14-time major champion, whose father and mentor Earl Woods died on May 3, 2006.
  
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• Cuba to hold 'mass gay wedding'

  05-05-2015 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gay rights activists in Cuba, led by the president's daughter, will hold a mass wedding this weekend, in a country where gay marriage is still not legal.
  
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• Photos: 50 Years of Grateful Dead

  05-05-2015 22:34 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Revisit the past 50 years of The Dead.
  
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• UKIP hopeful suspended over threat

  05-05-2015 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UKIP candidate is suspended after being filmed apparently threatening to shoot his Conservative rival.
  
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• The Latest: Juventus holding onto 2-1 lead vs. Real Madrid

  05-05-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TURIN, Italy (AP) — 10:29 p.m.
  
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