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• Tina Fey strips for Letterman

  08-05-2015 23:59 via edition.cnn.com
  
  On her last appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman," Tina Fey stripped down and gave Letterman her dress.
  
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• Murray & Nadal in Madrid semis

  08-05-2015 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray beats Milos Raonic 6-4 7-5 to reach the Madrid Masters semi-finals, joining Rafael Nadal in the last four.
  
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• Jaguars rookie Fowler injures knee, likely out for season

  08-05-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr., the third overall pick in the NFL draft, is likely out for the season after tearing a knee ligament during his first practice.
  
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• Woman who singer Chris Brown found in his home faces charges

  08-05-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman authorities say broke into the Los Angeles-area home of Chris Brown and spent several days there before he returned has been charged with felony burglary, stalking and vandalism.
  
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• Team Penske stays dominant, puts Will Power on Indy GP pole

  08-05-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Defending IndyCar champion Will Power won the pole for Saturday's Grand Prix of Indianapolis with a qualifying record in the second-year event.
  
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• Guy Carawan, who made 'We Shall Overcome' anthem, dies

  08-05-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Guy Carawan, a scholarly folk singer who helped turn "We Shall Overcome" into the anthem for the US Civil Rights Movement, has died. The Highlander Research and Education Center, a hub for activism in the South with which Carawan was affiliated for decades, said he died on May 2 near the institute's base in eastern Tennessee after several years of declining health. Born in southern California to white Southern parents, Carawan initially was drawn to folk music as an academic and h
  
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• Tour the International Space Station's Bathroom

  08-05-2015 23:45 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  You have to have wondered at some point while contemplating the ISS and its tenants — what's the bathroom situation up there?
  
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• Diplomats die in fiery crash on goodwill tour

  08-05-2015 23:43 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Two ambassadors are killed and two more injured in a Pakistan helicopter crash during a program to boost tourism to the area. CNN's Michelle Stockman reports.
  
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• Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemeni province, hours after warning locals to leave

  08-05-2015 23:38
  
  Saudi-led warplanes have bombed targets in Yemen, hours after dropping leaflets in the province warning residents to leave.
  
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• Video Shows Cop Shoot Suspect After She Pulls Gun

  08-05-2015 23:35 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Dash cam video shows the moment in which a Virginia police officer chose to shoot at a suspect, who pointed a gun at him after a high-speed chase.
  
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• Gerrard made me better - Mourinho

  08-05-2015 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea's Jose Mourinho says Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard made him a "better manager" ahead of their final meeting.
  
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• Dazzled by Australia's precious opals

  08-05-2015 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Already legally defined as Australia's "National Gemstone", the country's precious opals are punting for a new international designation - that of Global Heritage Stone Resource.
  
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• Storm-weary Oklahoma braces for more tornadoes this weekend

  08-05-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOORE, Okla. (AP) — When spring arrives in Oklahoma and conditions are right for tornadoes, David Wheeler and his family don't take any chances.
  
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• Column: After sullied week in sports, let's all shower off

  08-05-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After a sullied week in sports, we sure could use a shower.
  
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• U.S. factory job gains come slowly despite corporate vows

  08-05-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nike Inc's announcement that it could create up to 10,000 manufacturing jobs in the United States will spark further debate on whether the country is starting to see an industrial renaissance after many years of job losses. Evidence from government and private data suggests it is too early for U.S. workers, or politicians, to celebrate. Any boost in U.S. manufacturing appears so far to be, at best, modest and fragile. The athletic shoemaker Nike on Friday joined Wal-Mart Stores Inc , Apple Inc ,
  
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• Underwater grave of migrants found

  08-05-2015 23:26 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The Italian Navy says it has found the underwater wreckage of a boat -- overloaded with migrants -- that capsized off the coast of Libya, killing hundreds.
  
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• Ambassadors killed in helicopter crash

  08-05-2015 23:24 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Two ambassadors, the wives of two other ambassadors and two pilots die in a helicopter crash -- and the Pakistan Taliban is claiming responsibility. They were flying in a chopper convoy as part of a program to boost tourism.
  
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• Behind the Scenes of Garth Brooks' 'GMA' Mother's Day Surprise

  08-05-2015 23:21
  
  Up-close look at Garth Brooks' 400-mile journey for a Mother's Day surprise.
  
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• Ambassadors killed in copter crash

  08-05-2015 23:16 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Two ambassadors are killed and two more injured in a Pakistan helicopter crash that also claimed the lives of two ambassadors' wives -- and the Pakistan Taliban is claiming responsibility. They were flying in a chopper convoy as part of a program to boost tourism.
  
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• Cameron savors shock triumph in British election

  08-05-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron swept to a stunning election victory on Friday, confounding forecasts that the vote would be the closest in decades and winning a clear majority that left his Labour opponents in tatters. The sterling currency, bonds and shares surged on a result that reversed near-universal expectations of an inconclusive "hung parliament", in which Cameron would have had to jockey for power with Labour rival
  
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• South Carolina Cop Shoots Man Who Called for Help

  08-05-2015 23:12 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A deputy sheriff in Charleston County, South Carolina, shot a homeowner who'd armed himself after calling 911 to report a home invasion.
  
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• The Latest: Obama congratulates Cameron

  08-05-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — 10:17 p.m. (2107 GMT; 5:07 EDT)
  
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• Bojangles climbs 25 percent after IPO raises $147.3M

  08-05-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Bojangles surged 25 percent in their market debut after the chicken and biscuits restaurant operator's initial public offering raised $147.3 million.
  
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• Latest in Etan Patz trial: Holdout wanted more evidence

  08-05-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  5:05 p.m.
  
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• Bollywood star's jail term suspended

  08-05-2015 23:09 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Mumbai's High Court has suspended Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's prison sentence while he appeals his conviction in a fatal hit-and-run case.
  
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• Cameron savours shock triumph in British election

  08-05-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron swept to a stunning election victory on Friday, confounding forecasts that the vote would be the closest in decades and winning a clear majority that left his Labour opponents in tatters. The sterling currency, bonds and shares surged on a result that reversed near-universal expectations of an inconclusive "hung parliament", in which Cameron would have had to jockey for power with Labour rival
  
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• Tropical storm warning area expanded as Ana approaches US

  08-05-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A tropical storm warning was issued Friday for parts of North and South Carolina as Ana approached the U.S. coast, kicking up rough surf and rip currents ahead of what was forecast to be a rainy weekend.
  
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• Yemen civilians warned to flee

  08-05-2015 23:04 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Yemen TV reports new air attacks after Saudi Arabia planes dropped leaflets warning civilians to flee. A spokesman for Medecins Sans Frontieres sent a message via CNN: "Stop attacking civilians and hospitals."
  
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• Saudi announces Yemen humanitarian truce dependent on Huthis

  08-05-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia Friday announced a humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen starting May 12, even as it stepped up retaliatory air strikes on Shiite Huthi rebels in the north of the country. "We have made a decision that the ceasefire will begin this Tuesday, May 12, at 11:00 pm and will last for five days subject to renewal if it works out," Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said at a meeting of Gulf ministers in Paris. "The ceasefire will end should Huthis or their allies not live up to
  
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• VIDEO: Bus driver falls, nearly hits train

  08-05-2015 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A bus driver, who was not wearing her seatbelt, fell from her seat and lost control of the vehicle, narrowly missing a freight train.
  
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• Serena, Sharapova stunned, Nadal and Murray into Madrid semis

  08-05-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Serena Williams's stunning 27-match winning streak was snapped in resounding fashion by Petra Kvitova on Friday as the Czech progressed to the Madrid Open final 6-2, 6-3. Kvitova will face Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova in Saturday's final after she also pulled off a big upset in beating defending champion Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-4. Andy Murray is also safely into the semi-finals for the first time in Madrid on clay as he overcame a hobbled Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-5.
  
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• Georgia politician who campaigned against motorcycle helmets dies in motorcycle crash

  08-05-2015 22:54
  
  A Georgia politician who was well known for his efforts to repeal a state law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets died this week in a motorcycle accident.
  
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• Latest in Etan Patz trial: Jury found confession compelling

  08-05-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  4:50 p.m.
  
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• FDA unaware of listeria in Blue Bell plant before outbreak

  08-05-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it wasn't told listeria had been found in a Blue Bell Creameries plant before an outbreak linked to its ice cream turned deadly.
  
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• U.S. job growth recovers, keeps 2015 Fed rate rise in play

  08-05-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. job growth rebounded last month and the unemployment rate dropped to a near seven-year low of 5.4 percent, suggesting underlying strength in the economy at the start of the second quarter that could keep alive prospects for a Federal Reserve rate hike later this year. Nonfarm payrolls increased 223,000 as gains in services sector and construction jobs offset weakness in mining, the Labor Department said on Friday. The one-tenth of a percentage point decline in the unemployment rate to its l
  
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• President Obama Visits All 50 States

  08-05-2015 22:47
  
  Joining Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, President Barack
  
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• Obama to Democrats on Asia trade pact: like Nike, 'just do it'

  08-05-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama, co-opting Nike Inc's famous slogan, told Democrats on Friday to "just do it" and support a trade deal with Asian countries that the shoe company said would help it create up to 10,000 U.S. jobs over 10 years. The setting - Nike's headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon - was an unusual one for a presidential trade pitch. Obama used that promise of new jobs to try to convince skeptical lawmakers from his own party to support TPP and join Republicans in granti
  
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• Court: Border search of businessman's laptop 'unreasonable'

  08-05-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court has ruled that the government's search of a traveling businessman's laptop at the California border was unreasonable and violated his privacy.
  
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• Oklahoma sheriff defends 'patronage' jobs he gave friends

  08-05-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Some friends and family members of Tulsa County's sheriff, including the daughter of a reserve deputy who shot and killed an unarmed suspect last month, have each received tens of thousands of dollars per year for part-time property appraisal work the sheriff gave them, court records show.
  
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• Latest in Etan Patz trial: Jury voted 11-1 in favor of guilt

  08-05-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jurors in the New York murder trial involving the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz say they were 11-1 in favor of guilt.
  
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• Officials, community leaders confer after deputy shoots man

  08-05-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As a South Carolina sheriff's deputy responded to a report of a home invasion, he shouted commands at a black man holding a gun before firing at the man and wounding him in the neck, according to an incident report released Friday.
  
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• US stocks jump the most since March following hiring gains

  08-05-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market had its best day in two months Friday following encouraging news about the job market.
  
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• Cameron's rocky roads ahead

  08-05-2015 22:39 via edition.cnn.com
  
  No one, probably not even David Cameron himself, thought it would end like this.
  
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• Obama to confer with Saudi king over Mideast troubles

  08-05-2015 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet one-on-one with Saudi Arabia's new monarch, King Salman, in Washington next week as the two allies struggle to reduce turmoil across the Middle East.
  
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• Four Danish buses torched and daubed with 'anti-Israel' graffiti

  08-05-2015 22:36
  
  Danish police are investigating after four buses in Copenhagen were set ablaze and daubed with “anti-Israel” slogans.
  
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• Police: Man admits role in mom's death; 5-year-old missing

  08-05-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man walked into an Omaha jail and told staffers that he was involved in his mother's death, police said Friday as officers searched a river and its banks for the woman's missing 5-year-old son.
  
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• Monsanto set to press ahead with Syngenta takeover plan: source

  08-05-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Pamela Barbaglia and Alexander Hübner (Reuters) - U.S. agrochemicals firm Monsanto has not given up on a proposed takeover of Swiss rival Syngenta , a source close to Monsanto said on Friday after its $45 billion offer was rejected. A deal would give Monsanto, which dominates the market for seeds and genetically-modified crops, access to lucrative crop protection chemicals and create an industry behemoth with combined sales of more than $31 billion. Syngenta rebuffed the cash-and-shares offe
  
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• US concerned China behind cyberattack on US sites

  08-05-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States voiced concern Friday over a report that China manipulated international Internet traffic intended for a major Chinese Web service company and used it for a cyberattack on U.S. sites.
  
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• Storm-weary Oklahoma braces for more possible tornadoes

  08-05-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOORE, Okla. (AP) — When spring arrives in Oklahoma and conditions are right for tornadoes, David Wheeler and his family don't take any chances.
  
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• Stocks, bonds rally on U.S. jobs data; sterling jumps

  08-05-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - An April rebound in U.S. jobs growth boosted Wall Street and supported the dollar on Friday, while a surprise Conservative victory cast away fears of a hung British Parliament and sparked a rally in sterling and European stock markets. Global bond markets recovered for a second day, focusing on weak aspects of the latest U.S. jobs report, which may cause the Federal Reserve to be even more cautious toward ending its near- zero interest rate policy later this
  
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