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• Amid turmoil, Al Jazeera America names new CEO

  06-05-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Al Jazeera America on Wednesday shook up its top ranks with a new chief executive, after a week of turmoil at the US channel operated by the Qatar-owned news organization. Named CEO was Al Anstey, who has been managing director at Al-Jazeera English and prior to that headed foreign news for the British network ITN and US-based CBS. The change, effective immediately, replaces interim CEO Ehab Al Shihabi who was responsible for launching Al Jazeera America in 2013. The move came after a series of
  
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• Latest on Boston trial: Prison consultant describes Supermax

  06-05-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Reporters press for open session on defense bill

  06-05-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A group advocating for the Capitol Hill press corps is pressing the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee to open the panel's crafting of the annual defense policy bill.
  
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• Microbe is relative of complex life

  06-05-2015 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A newly discovered microbe could help solve one of the most controversial puzzles in modern biology.
  
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• Appeals court says police can withhold license plate scans

  06-05-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police don't have to disclose license plate records that advocacy groups sought to gauge how high-tech surveillance was being used, a California appeals court ruled Wednesday.
  
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• Hawaii enters national debate over future of ethanol in gas

  06-05-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers have put the state at the front of a national discussion over the future of ethanol in gasoline by passing a bill that puts an end to a requirement that the corn-based additive be mixed into fuel sold in the state.
  
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• Tesla ramps up output in first quarter but losses rise

  06-05-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Luxury electric car maker Tesla said Wednesday it was on track to deliver 55,000 cars this year even as its losses widened on revved up research spending. Founder Elon Musk and chief financial officer Deepak Ahuja said in a letter to shareholders that the company produced 11,160 Model S cars in the January-March quarter and expected to begin delivering the long-awaited Model X late in the third quarter.
  
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• Kentucky police purchase all-electric motorcycles – video

  06-05-2015 23:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Kentucky's Berea police department has purchased the state's first all-electric police motorcycle to quietly patrol the city's park system. Officers say it costs just over a dollar for a full-charge, giving officers around 300 miles of quiet, zero-emission travel Continue reading...
  
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• Netanyahu forms new government just ahead of deadline

  06-05-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held on to his job Wednesday, announcing that he had hammered together a new coalition government just ahead of a midnight legal deadline. "I am leaving here to call the president and the speaker of the parliament to inform them that I have been able to build a government," he said in remarks at the Knesset after marathon talks with Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett. "I am honoured to inform you that I have been successful in forming a go
  
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• Baltimore mayor, in reversal, asks for federal police probe

  06-05-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's mayor is asking federal investigators to look into whether the city's police department uses a pattern of excessive force or discriminatory policing.
  
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• Stocks slide as bond yields rise and U.S. dollar slumps

  06-05-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Leong and Jamie McGeever NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks on major world markets fell on Wednesday, as European borrowing costs reached their highest level this year, while the U.S. dollar slumped against major currencies after weak American economic data. Improving European economic data is easing the fear of deflation, pushing up bond yields in the euro zone, while persistently weak U.S. economic data in the first four months of the year, along with poor corporate earnings, is calling th
  
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• Latest on Boston trial: Bomber sorry after giving the finger

  06-05-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Tesla beats Wall Street forecasts on record quarterly sales

  06-05-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Electric car maker Tesla Motors delivered a quarterly record of 10,045 cars in the first quarter, and its results beat Wall Street's expectations despite investment in new products and factory capacity and the impact of the strong dollar.
  
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• Burundian police arrest opposition leader on warrant for insurrection

  06-05-2015 23:22 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Audifax Ndabitoreye arrested outside hotel after attending meeting of East African Community ministers trying to seek a solution to country’s unrest Continue reading...
  
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• No Clinton-bashing for Ohio Gov. John Kasich

  06-05-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For most Republican presidential hopefuls, the question from the audience would be a big fat softball lobbed across the plate: Name two or three reasons why Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a bad president.
  
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• Hospital efforts to save very premature babies vary widely

  06-05-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  They weigh as little as a pound yet force some of the toughest choices in all of medicine. Extremely premature babies face big differences in how hard hospitals try to save them, a study finds.
  
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• UFC's Reebok deal will pay fighters based on cage experience

  06-05-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — UFC fighters will be paid between $2,500 and $40,000 per bout for wearing Reebok gear under the mixed martial arts promotion's new sponsorship deal.
  
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• Guardiola loses on his return to Barca

  06-05-2015 23:11 via edition.cnn.com
  
  In a week loaded with dramatically hyped sporting events, Barcelona - Bayern Munich lived up to its billing -- thanks mainly to Lionel Messi.
  
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• Stocks drop on weak jobs data, jitters over Yellen comments

  06-05-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell across industries on Wednesday as investors worried over stock valuations, economic growth and rising interest rates.
  
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• Clinton challenges Bush on immigration as GOP shifts

  06-05-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton has injected new fire into the immigration debate with her call to allow people in the country illegally to gain citizenship, challenging a centerpiece of Republican presidential prospect Jeb Bush's likely candidacy.
  
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• IBM, Facebook team up on analytics, advertising

  06-05-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  IBM and Facebook announced Wednesday they would collaborate with marketers to develop better online advertising targeted to specific customers. The statement said IBM will use "deep analytics," on top of Facebook's anonymized and aggregate audience data, to give marketers a clearer picture of their target audiences. Facebook also becomes the first company to join the new IBM Commerce ThinkLab, a research group that works with marketers. "Our partnership with IBM will help top
  
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• Binyamin Netanyahu closes last-minute deal to form new Israeli government

  06-05-2015 23:07 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister relents to demands of Jewish Home party to strike agreement just before deadline to form rightwing coalition that will be sworn in next weekIsrael’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has finalised the formation of a rightwing coalition government, just 90 minutes before the midnight deadline.The coalition, consisting of Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Kulanu and the Jewish Home parties, will be sworn in next week. The agreement itself will be signed in the coming days as se
  
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• Al-Jazeera America ousts top executive

  06-05-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Al-Jazeera America news network ousted its chief executive on Wednesday, with the little-watched network suffering key defections and a lawsuit charging an employee with anti-Semitism.
  
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• Greenpeace wants Shell's lawsuit over protest dismissed

  06-05-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Attorneys for Greenpeace Inc. have again asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Royal Dutch Shell PLC seeking expanded, court-ordered safety zones to keep protesters away from Shell's Arctic drill fleet.
  
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• Spanish season to shut down in TV rights row

  06-05-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The race for Spain's La Liga title faces a chaotic conclusion after the country's football federation said Wednesday it would cancel all domestic matches in a row over TV rights. The proposed shutdown called by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) will first affect the penultimate round of fixtures due to take place on May 17. The RFEF said in a statement it will "suspend competitions of all categories starting from May 16 indefinitely". If there is no resolution to the dis
  
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• Yemen urges ground intervention to save country: letter to U.N.

  06-05-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Yemen urged the international community "to quickly intervene by land forces to save" the country, specifically in the cities of Aden and Taiz, according to a letter sent to the United Nations Security Council by Yemen's U.N. Ambassador Khaled Alyemany. The letter, dated May 6 and seen by Reuters, also urges international human rights organizations to document "barbaric violations against a defenseless population." (Reporting by Michelle Nichol
  
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• Messi leads Barcelona over Bayern 3-0 in Champions semis

  06-05-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi had two goals and set up Neymar for another as Barcelona scored three late goals on to overwhelm Bayern Munich and former coach Pep Guardiola 3-0 Wednesday night in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal.
  
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• Fat Ireland forecasts no surprise to obesity experts

  06-05-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ireland's growing weight problem is linked to a range of causes including generations of over-eating following historic poverty, experts said Thursday, after a study indicated it would become one of Europe's fattest nations. World Health Organization (WHO) statistics Wednesday indicated that, on current trends, 89 percent of Irish men are likely to be overweight by 2030 and 48 percent obese. While obesity is a problem in many European countries, experts suggested there could be some el
  
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• Burundi president, facing protests, says third term would be his last

  06-05-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's president, confronted by violent protests that have left a dozen people reported dead and driven thousands to flee the country, said on Wednesday that if he is re-elected in June he will not run for office again. The protests were triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term, which the protesters say violates a constitutional limit of two terms. The constitutional court has ruled his first term did not count beca
  
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• Bill Clinton admits mistakes

  06-05-2015 22:56 via edition.cnn.com
  
  President Bill Clinton concedes that over-incarceration in U.S. stems in part from his policies, including the controversial 'three strikes means life' rule. He told CNN: "We cast too wide a net and we had too many people in prison."
  
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• How to visit Cuba – without falling foul of US travel regulations

  06-05-2015 22:56 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Despite the thaw with Havana, US tourists are still officially banned by their own government but if your trip is a ‘people-to-people’ exchange you could be in luck Continue reading...
  
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• Winter proves tough on deer, states weigh hunting limits

  06-05-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Wildlife regulators in states where deer hunting is a way of life and an important tourism draw are implementing or considering deep cuts to hunting permits after a tough winter killed off many of the animals.
  
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• Brown lawns loom this summer in California

  06-05-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — It was with more hope than accuracy that the founder of this Orange County town picked the name Garden Grove in 1874 for what was little more than an open plain under the sweltering Southern California sun.
  
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• Whole Foods plans store geared toward millennials

  06-05-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Whole Foods is planning a new store concept geared toward millennials as it faces intensifying competition from traditional supermarkets and big box retailers muscling into organic and natural products.
  
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• Raif Badawi: The West is not doing enough to support a hero of liberalism

  06-05-2015 22:52
  
  Few rulers can match the House of Saud’s strategy for quelling discontent. They simply lack the funds for it. When King Salman came to the throne in January, he initiated a public giveaway that will ultimately total more than £21bn. Public sector workers received two months’ salary as a bonus; literary and sports clubs were blessed with plentiful grants. The last time Saudi citizens were shown such largesse coincided with the 2011 Arab uprisings, and its effect this time seems likely to be
  
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• Zynga's new game: cut costs, jobs

  06-05-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Zynga said Wednesday it was cutting staff by 18 percent amid ongoing losses, as the social games pioneer seeks to reboot its strategy. The announcement from the San Francisco group, which gained prominence with Facebook games like FarmVille, marks its second major restructuring in two years. The move came as Zynga unveiled a loss of $46 million in the past quarter, narrowing the deficit from $61 million a year ago, with revenues rising nine percent from a year ago to $183 million. "For our
  
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• Canada beats Sweden 6-4 to stay perfect at ice hockey worlds

  06-05-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — Canada rallied to maintain a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship by beating Sweden 6-4 on Wednesday for its fourth straight victory.
  
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• Hillary Clinton's Achilles' heel?

  06-05-2015 22:50 via edition.cnn.com
  
  So here we are, 18 months until the next presidential election, and the situation is this: Republicans are behaving like Democrats, and Democrats are acting like a bunch of Republicans.
  
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• How 'crisis mapping' is helping in Nepal

  06-05-2015 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Nepalis building crisis maps for aid to get through
  
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• Clinton defends foundation donations

  06-05-2015 22:47 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Former President Bill Clinton talks to Christiane Amanpour about accusations that donations to the CGI had undue influence on Hillary Clinton's decisions in office.
  
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• Texas attack shows evolution of 'lone wolf' militants -U.S. officials

  06-05-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mark Hosenball and Jon Herskovitz WASHINGTON/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. investigators believe two men killed after opening fire on a Texas event that offered a prize for cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad represent an evolving model of “lone wolf” militants who are radicalized partly by themselves and partly through long-distance engagement with organized militants. Although the Islamic State movement claimed credit for the Texas shooting, several U.S. officials said investigators have
  
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• Idaho man acknowledges killing Idaho officer, records say

  06-05-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Court documents say a man told investigators he used a gun hidden in his pocket to kill an Idaho police officer because he feared the officer would find the weapon.
  
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• The Latest: Barcelona beats Bayern 3-0

  06-05-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — 10:43 p.m.
  
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• Drug developer Adaptimmune skids after IPO raises $191M

  06-05-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of cancer drug developer Adaptimmune fell Wednesday after the British company's initial public offering raised $191.3 million.
  
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• Rivals still tied in last hours of election campaign

  06-05-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) - A late burst of opinion polls suggested on Wednesday that Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour challenger Ed Miliband had fought each other to a standstill on the eve of Britain's most unpredictable election in a generation. The stakes are high because of a rare confluence of factors which mean Britain's future in the European Union, as well as its national cohesion, could hinge on the result. Both the main party le
  
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• US stocks drop on jobs data, Yellen's warning on values

  06-05-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks fell for a second straight session Wednesday following disappointing jobs data and a warning from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on high equity valuations.
  
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• Bill Clinton: 'We have too many people in prison'

  06-05-2015 22:38 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Bill Clinton reflects on his criminal justice initiative during his presidency in an interview with CNN's Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
  
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• Astronomers find most distant galaxy ever measured

  06-05-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Astronomers have located the most distant galaxy ever measured in the universe, and it looks like a bright blue mass of stars some 13.1 billion light-years from Earth. The galaxy, called EGS-zs8-1, is "one of the brightest and most massive objects in the early universe," according to a statement from Yale University. Calculating its exact distance from Earth was possible using the MOSFIRE instrument on the W.M. Keck Observatory's 10-meter telescope in Hawaii, researchers said.
  
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• British rivals still tied in last hours of election campaign

  06-05-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) - A late burst of opinion polls suggested on Wednesday that Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour challenger Ed Miliband had fought each other to a standstill on the eve of Britain's most unpredictable election in a generation. The stakes are high because of a rare confluence of factors which mean Britain's future in the European Union, as well as its national cohesion, could hinge on the result. Both the main party le
  
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• Netanyahu forms new coalition

  06-05-2015 22:33 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has only hours left to announce he has formed a coalition government, but after a decisive election night victory, his coalition looks fragile.
  
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