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• Family of Teen With Autism Kicked Off Flight

  10-05-2015 23:59 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  An Oregon mom plans to sue United Airlines after it removed her family from a flight after deciding her daughter, who has autism, was "disruptive."
  
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• Garrett Richards' no-hit bid for Angels broken up in 7th

  10-05-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A no-hit bid by Los Angeles Angels pitcher Garrett Richards has been broken up when Jason Castro singled with one out in the seventh inning for the Houston Astros.
  
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• NATO chief urges restraint in Macedonia, calls for investigation

  10-05-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged restraint in Macedonia on Sunday and called for a transparent investigation of violence in which the government said eight police and 14 members of an "armed group" were killed. "It is important that all political and community leaders work together to restore calm and conduct a transparent investigation to establish what happened." "I urge everyone to exercise restraint and avoid any further escalation, in the interest of the country and the whole r
  
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• Gun battle in ethnic Albanian region deepens Macedonian crisis

  10-05-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Matt Robinson and Fatos Bytyci KUMANOVO, Macedonia (Reuters) - Macedonia said on Sunday its police had wiped out a group of ethnic Albanian "terrorists" in a day-long gun battle that left at least 22 people dead at a moment of deep political crisis in the former Yugoslav republic. NATO, which dragged Macedonia from the brink of civil war in 2001, called for a "transparent investigation" of what went on when heavily armed police entered a mainly Albanian neighborhood in the
  
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• Prosecutor to Deliver Decision in Tony Robinson Shooting

  10-05-2015 23:39 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The fatal shooting of Robinson, 19, on March 7 by Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny sparked peaceful but emotional protests in the city.
  
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• Oh, baby! Phillies fan snags foul ball with son strapped in

  10-05-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The best catch at Citizens Bank Park on Mother's Day came from a daring dad — with a baby strapped to his chest.
  
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• Four Suspects Charged After Two Cops Fatally Shot

  10-05-2015 23:36 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Three men and a woman have been charged in the fatal shooting of two police officers during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, authorities said Sunday.
  
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• 2 slain police officers mourned in Mississippi town

  10-05-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — One was a decorated "Officer of the Year." The other was a proud recent graduate of the police academy.
  
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• Baby Kangaroo Stolen From Mother's Pouch at Zoo

  10-05-2015 23:28 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  "There's just bad people in the world," said zoo owner Dona Wheeler of the barbaric burglary, which included the theft of four baby goats.
  
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• US storm Ana weakens to tropical depression

  10-05-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ana, which formed before the official June 1 start of the hurricane season, hit around the border of North and South Carolina early Sunday after barreling toward the coast overnight as a tropical storm. The low-pressure system became "nearly stationary" after making landfall, but is expected to increase speed toward the northeast, the National Hurricane Center said. The Miami-based NHC had issued a tropical storm warning over a 277-mile (445-kilometer) stretch of South and North Caroli
  
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• Escaped Chibok students offer help to freed Boko Haram hostages

  10-05-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Deborah knows just what to say to the 275 women and children who were held hostage by Boko Haram and rescued recently by the Nigerian military. The 19-year-old speaks from experience: she was among another group of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters from her secondary school in the remote northeastern town of Chibok, on April 14 last year. "We have already forgiven them (Boko Haram). Deborah is sitting in a small, modern classroom at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in
  
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• Merkel says 'still no ceasefire' in east Ukraine

  10-05-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said there was still no genuine ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, as she paid a visit to Moscow to commemorate millions of Soviet soldiers and civilians who died in WWII. "Unfortunately we still do not have a ceasefire today," Merkel said after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "As Germany's chancellor, I bow before the millions of victims caused by this war, which was started by Nazi Germany," Merkel told a news conferenc
  
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• Afghan clerics uneasy as civil rights movement gains momentum

  10-05-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - Powerful religious leaders in Afghanistan are growing uneasy about the challenge to their authority posed by rare civil rights protests in Kabul and widespread anger over the lynching of a young woman wrongly accused of burning a Koran. The highest religious authority, the Ulema Council, exerts considerable influence in a country that remains deeply conservative despite significant changes since the hardline Islamist Taliban fell in 2001. S
  
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• Michelle Obama Recalls 'Name Calling, Doubting'

  10-05-2015 22:56 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Michelle Obama recalled "the name-calling (and) the doubting" that caused her sleepless nights when her husband ran for president in 2008.
  
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• Poll: Poland's 1st round presidential vote won by opposition

  10-05-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll predicted Sunday that nationalist opposition candidate Andrzej Duda will win the most votes in the first round of Poland's presidential election and will face incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski in a May 24 runoff.
  
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• Hamilton starts rehab in Triple-A after 'long, ugly process'

  10-05-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Josh Hamilton is starting over, calling his return to baseball a "small miracle."
  
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• Pineda strikes out 16, Yankees beat Orioles 6-2

  10-05-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Pineda struck out a career-high 16 in seven dominant innings Sunday and Carlos Beltran hit his first homer of the season, leading the New York Yankees to a 6-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
  
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• Australia faces 'horror budget'

  10-05-2015 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia tries to balance books as revenues plunge
  
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• Coors Field ready for baseball after overnight snow

  10-05-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Coors Field is shoveled out from a May snowstorm in time for the Colorado Rockies to play the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  
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• Jimmy Carter Unwell, Heads Home from Guyana

  10-05-2015 22:17 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Former president Jimmy Carter left Guyana a day before the election he was supposed to monitor. His foundation said he was feeling unwell.
  
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• Spain's leader praises men who helped plane crash survivors

  10-05-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Sunday praised the bravery of farmworkers who helped pull two survivors away from the burning wreckage of an Airbus A400M military transport plane that had crashed near Seville airport.
  
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• Mother's Day Surprise: President Gives Moms a Call

  10-05-2015 22:10 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Three moms who had written President Barack Obama letters got an additional Mother's Day gift this year when he called them to thank them.
  
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• Governor says nuclear plant fire produced Hudson oil slick

  10-05-2015 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUCHANAN, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says part of a nuclear power plant remains offline after a transformer fire that has created another problem: thousands of gallons of oil leaking into the Hudson River.
  
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• The Latest: Church members pray for the 2 slain officers

  10-05-2015 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — 4 p.m.
  
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• Cuba's Raul Castro Mulls Return to Catholicism

  10-05-2015 21:53 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  After a meeting with Pope Francis, Cuban President Raul Castro said that he may return to the Catholic Church.
  
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• Exit poll: Opposition wins 1st round of vote in Poland

  10-05-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll predicted that nationalist opposition candidate Andrzej Duda will win the most votes in the first round of Poland's presidential election Sunday and will face incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski in a May 24 runoff.
  
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• General MacArthur's watch sells for $75,000

  10-05-2015 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seventy years after the end of World War II, a watch worn by legendary US five-star general Douglas MacArthur was sold at auction Sunday for 70,000 Swiss francs ($75,000), far above the estimate. The steel Jaeger-Lecoultre "Reverso" watch -- a classic model in which the dial can be flipped to protect the glass front from shocks -- was the star offering at Sunday's Antiquorum auction in Geneva, streamed live on the Internet. The watch, made in 1937 and bought in Geneva, has MacArth
  
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• Murray stuns Nadal to win Madrid Open

  10-05-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andy Murray claimed his first Masters series title on clay with a stunning demolition of defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2 at the Madrid Open on Sunday. Victory was also Murray's first ever on clay over Nadal in seven attempts and stretched the Scot's perfect start on the surface this season to 9-0 after wining his first ever clay court tournament earlier this week in Munich. Defeat will see nine-time French Open champion Nadal slip to seventh in the world rankings, the first ti
  
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• Indonesia executions: Hope for death row British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford as UK diplomat’s ‘affair’ exposed

  10-05-2015 21:31
  
  The lawyer for a British woman sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling has called on the Foreign Office to offer her more help, after the “staggering” dismissal of a key UK diplomat for allegedly having an affair with the man accused of being behind the cocaine plot.
  
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• Ana Weakens to Depression, Dumping Rain on Carolinas

  10-05-2015 21:31 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Tropical Storm Ana lost the last of its strength and was downgraded to a depression as it created wet and windy conditions along the North and South Carolina coasts.
  
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• Tropical Storm Ana, Slightly Weaker, Makes Landfall

  10-05-2015 21:22 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Tropical Storm Ana weakened slightly before making landfall in South Carolina on Sunday morning.
  
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• Exit poll: Opposition wins 1st round of presidential vote

  10-05-2015 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll says nationalist opposition candidate Andrzej Duda will win the most votes in the first round of Poland's presidential election and will face incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski in a May 24 runoff.
  
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• Diplomats, Business People Flood Cuba Amid Warmer US Ties

  10-05-2015 21:18
  European diplomats, business people flood Cuba in search of opportunity after warming with US
  
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• Historic Ohio Inn Reopens After 8 Months of $9M Renovations

  10-05-2015 21:12
  Historic Ohio inn reopens after 8 months of $9M renovations, sells out its first weekend
  
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• Saudi King Salman to miss Gulf nation summit in US

  10-05-2015 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says that King Salman will not attend an upcoming summit of heads of Gulf Cooperation Council countries at Camp David.
  
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• Murray stuns Nadal to win Madrid Open title

  10-05-2015 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andy Murray claimed his first Masters series title on clay with a stunning display to beat home favourite Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2 at the Madrid Open on Sunday. Victory was also Murray's first ever on clay over Nadal in seven attempts and stretched the Scot's perfect start on the surface this season to 9-0 after wining his first ever clay court tournament earlier this week in Munich. Defeat will see nine-time French Open champion Nadal slip to seventh in the world rankings, the first time
  
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• Turkish premier crosses into Syria to visit Ottoman tomb

  10-05-2015 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister crossed into Syrian territory in an armored convoy Sunday to pay a surprise visit to the tomb of the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire. The move prompted immediate criticism from Syria, which accused Turkey of acting aggressively toward a sovereign state.
  
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• Obama hits Elizabeth Warren on trade as Senate debate opens

  10-05-2015 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate prepares to debate his trade agenda, President Barack Obama is sharpening his criticisms of a vocal opponent on the left.
  
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• NATO, EU urge 'restraint' as Macedonia clashes leave 22 dead

  10-05-2015 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NATO and the EU called for a return to calm in Macedonia Sunday after clashes between police and an armed group left at least 22 people dead, raising concerns about alleged ethnic-Albanian unrest in the Balkan region. "I urge everyone to exercise restraint and avoid any further escalation, in the interest of the country and the whole region," NATO Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement. Police spokesman Ivo Kotevski said Sunday that "eight police officers were killed and 37 were inj
  
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• From Rockies east, severe weather casts a wide net

  10-05-2015 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Dakota was the center of weather extremes Sunday, with a tornado hitting a small town on the eastern side of the state and more than a foot of snow blanketing the Black Hills to the west.
  
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• Ana weakens to depression, dumping rain along NC, SC coasts

  10-05-2015 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Ana lost the last of its strength and was downgraded to a depression as it created wet and windy conditions along the North and South Carolina coasts.
  
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• Next Stop Oz?: Watch as Rainbow Meets Tornado

  10-05-2015 20:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The twister, one of about 40 reported in the Plains Saturday, appeared to intersect with a rainbow over Eads, Colorado.
  
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• Egyptian policeman suspected of killing protester detained

  10-05-2015 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian judge on Sunday ordered the detention of a policeman on trial for the January killing of an unarmed female protester taking part in a peaceful demonstration in downtown Cairo.
  
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• New series given the go-ahead by NBC

  10-05-2015 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New series given the go-ahead for next season on NBC:
  
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• Man, woman charged with murdering two policemen in Mississippi

  10-05-2015 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Therese Apel JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) - A man and woman in Mississippi were arrested and charged with murder on Sunday after two police officers were shot dead a day earlier while conducting a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg, officials said. Marvin Banks, 29, and Joanie Calloway, 22, were each charged with two counts of capital murder, police said. Banks' brother Curtis, 26, was also arrested and charged with two counts of accessory after the fact of capital murder. Hattiesburg Mayor John
  
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• Investigators probe cause of fire at New York nuclear plant

  10-05-2015 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Engineers on Sunday were probing the cause of a fire at a New York state nuclear power plant after an electrical transformer failed, forcing the shutdown of one of its two reactors, a spokesman said. There was no release of radioactivity and no threat to worker or public safety, the Indian Point Energy Center said in a statement. The fire broke out in one area of the Indian Point power plant in Buchanan, only about 35 miles (55 kilometers) north of New York city, after an electrical transformer
  
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• Poles vote for president; Vote expected to go to 2nd round

  10-05-2015 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Poles cast their ballots Sunday in a nationwide presidential election that was expected to see the incumbent, Bronislaw Komorowski, re-elected but not in the first round of voting.
  
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• ISIS Pushing US into 'New Environment' With Threats

  10-05-2015 20:09
  
  Role of Internet in extremism makes attacks harder to predict, said Jeh Johnson.
  
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• Bulls' Gasol out for Game 4 against Cavaliers

  10-05-2015 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls forward Pau Gasol will miss Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals because of a strained left hamstring.
  
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• Greece hoping for nod of approval at eurozone meeting

  10-05-2015 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he hoped that a key eurozone meeting on Monday would pave the way for a badly-needed loan deal with the country's creditors. Tsipras said that the deal that has eluded negotiators for nearly four months should respect the mandate received by his leftist government in January elections, ANA said. In particular, the Greeks have been demanding for months the release of 1.9 billion euros in bond profits from the European Central Bank. Under a pre
  
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