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• Laramie leads Wyoming in moving to protect gays, lesbians

  13-05-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gay rights advocates have pushed unsuccessfully for years for a Wyoming law barring discrimination based on sexual orientation.
  
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• American citizen killed in Kabul guesthouse siege: US embassy

  13-05-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An American citizen was killed in an hours-long siege on a Kabul guesthouse late Wednesday, the US embassy in Kabul said. "We can confirm reports that a US citizen was killed in the attack on a guesthouse in Kabul," embassy spokeswoman Monica Cummings told AFP.
  
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• House approves bill to end bulk telephone data collection

  13-05-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would end spy agencies' bulk collections of Americans' telephone data, setting up a potential showdown with the U.S. Senate over the program that expires on June 1. As voting continued, the House overwhelmingly backed the USA Freedom Act, which would end the bulk collection program and instead give intelligence agencies access to telephone data and other records only when a court finds there is reasonable suspicion abo
  
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• For half a sentence, Bush is an official 2016 candidate

  13-05-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Over and over again, Jeb Bush says he's still thinking about whether to run for president.
  
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• Tony Robinson death: Protests in Madison after white officer isn't charged in black teen's death

  13-05-2015 23:44
  
  Protesters marched throughout the streets of Madison, Wisconsin after the state prosecutor announced a white police officer wouldn’t be charged for shooting an unarmed black teenager.
  
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• US Embassy: American citizen killed in Afghanistan attack

  13-05-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan says one U.S. citizen has been killed in an attack on Kabul guesthouse.
  
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• China police stops CNN at protest

  13-05-2015 23:42 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Political protests in China are snuffed out almost instantly these days, but the public airing of grievances, often dubbed "mass incidents" by the Chinese Communist Party, are frequent.
  
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• Colts taking quiet approach to debate over Deflategate

  13-05-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dwayne Allen was in an awkward position Wednesday.
  
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• Hopes for baby on migrant rescue boat

  13-05-2015 23:38 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The mother of a baby girl born after being rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the Italian navy says her daughter will have a better life in Europe. CNN's Isha Sesay reports.
  
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• Amtrak crash: Federal investigators say train was travelling double the speed limit

  13-05-2015 23:38
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board has said the Amtrak train that crashed Tuesday night killing at least seven people was travelling more than double the speed limit.
  
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• House approves GOP bill banning most late-term abortions

  13-05-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans finally won House approval Wednesday for a late-term abortion ban after dropping rape provisions that provoked a rebellion by female GOP lawmakers, forcing party leaders into an embarrassing retreat.
  
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• US Senate reaches deal on trade fast-track after setback

  13-05-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US senators reached a deal Wednesday that would help grant President Barack Obama authority to quickly complete a huge Pacific trade accord, one day after Democrats blocked the measure. Republican leaders and Democrats agreed to vote beginning Thursday on a package of trade-related measures, including two bills addressing issues like trade enforcement that are Democratic priorities. Debate and a final vote on the so-called Trade Promotion Authority, is expected next week. If it passes a 60-vote
  
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• Backlash in Austin over man's advice about female officials

  13-05-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — They ask lots of questions that can require patience, they tend to tune out financial arguments — and with Hillary Clinton running for president, more are probably on the way.
  
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• GOP wins House OK for bill banning most late-term abortions

  13-05-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won House approval for a late-term abortion ban after dropping rape provisions that were opposed by GOP women, forcing party leaders to rewrite the measure.
  
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• Engineer braked just seconds before fatal Amtrak derailment: NTSB

  13-05-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - The engineer of the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia killing seven applied emergency brakes just moments before the fatal accident, a U.S. transportation safety investigator said on Wednesday. "Just moments before the derailment, the train was placed into engineer-induced braking, and this means that the engineer applied full emergency brake applications," National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt told a news conference in Philadelphia.
  
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• US train engineer slammed on brakes before crash: NTSB

  13-05-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Philadelphia (AFP) - The engineer of a US passenger train that was traveling at more than 100 miles per hour -- twice the approved speed -- slammed on the emergency brakes just before it derailed in Philadelphia, investigators said Wednesday.
  
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• Judge lets Russian man charged with hacking fire his lawyers

  13-05-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A Russian man who prosecutors say made millions as a prolific computer hacker and credit card thief was allowed to fire his lawyers on Wednesday, just minutes before the start of a two-day hearing to decide whether his arrest in the Maldives was legal.
  
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• A nail in the eye, a lucky landscaper left without a scratch

  13-05-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There must have been a four-leaf clover in those weeds. A 27-year-old landscaper escaped with barely a scratch after a nearly 3-inch nail hurtled into his eye when he accidentally hit it with a weed-whacker.
  
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• Ex-Real star puts Juventus into final

  13-05-2015 23:23 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Alvaro Morata's second-half goal ended the European title reign of his former club Real Madrid, putting Juventus into the Champions League final for the first time since 2003.
  
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• The Latest on Amtrak crash: Engineer hit emergency brakes

  13-05-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  5:15 p.m.
  
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• Smokers have better luck quitting when own money wagered

  13-05-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to offering cash to get smokers to quit, more people go for the carrots than the stick — but the stick gets better results.
  
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• Rubio vows to use U.S. power to guard economic interests

  13-05-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alistair Bell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday urged the United States to respond aggressively when rivals such as China and Iran flex their muscles to threaten U.S. economic interests. Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida, outlined a robust approach to world affairs at a time when China is attempting to assert greater control over the South China Sea, a vital shipping route, and Iran has threatened commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. In
  
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• Guyana ruling party asks for partial election recount while awaiting first official results

  13-05-2015 23:04 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Guyana's governing party is asking for a partial recount of ballots as the Elections Commission continues tabulating results from parliamentary elections in the South American country.
  
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• Prosecutor: Woman confessed to tampering with fiance's kayak

  13-05-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) — A woman accused of killing her fiance while out paddling on the Hudson River admitted tampering with his kayak and later confessed "it felt good knowing he would die," a prosecutor said Wednesday.
  
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• Investigators: Train in deadly wreck was going over 100 mph

  13-05-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Daylight on Wednesday revealed the destruction and devastation caused by an Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia that left at least six people dead and injured dozens more, six critically.
  
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• Latest on Boston trial: Jury deliberations done for the day

  13-05-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  4:55 p.m.
  
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• Gay's doping costs USA Olympic relay silver

  13-05-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US men's 4x100m relay team has been stripped of the 2012 Olympic silver medal because of Tyson Gay's doping case, the US Olympic Committee confirmed on Wednesday. USOC chief communications officer Patrick Sandusky said the International Olympic Committee had notified the USOC of the action, which was no surprise after the US Anti-Doping Agency's findings against Gay. "As expected, following USADA's decision in the Tyson Gay case, the IOC today confirmed that the US t
  
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• Correction: Venezuela-US story

  13-05-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — In a May 12 story about relations between the U.S. and Venezuela, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Venezuela ordered the U.S. to shrink its embassy in Caracas after the U.S. imposed sanctions on several Venezuela officials. Venezuela ordered the staff reduction before the U.S. sanctioned Venezuela, not after.
  
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• Amtrak train was traveling at twice speed limit when derailed

  13-05-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Federal investigators said on Wednesday that preliminary data showed an Amtrak train in Philadelphia was traveling at more than 100 miles per hour, or roughly twice the speed limit, when it derailed, killing seven people and injuring more than 200. The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) disclosure came as investigators pored over video footage and data from the black box aboard the train that crashed late Tuesday. The commuter rail rout
  
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• Lawmakers press admin over response to China island building

  13-05-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators pressured the Obama administration on Wednesday for a more robust response to China's provocative actions in East Asian seas, as concern grows in Washington that Beijing is building artificial islands to assert military control over disputed territory.
  
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• Morata sends Juventus into final at Madrid's expense

  13-05-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Juventus will face Barcelona in the Champions League final after Alvaro Morata came back to haunt former club and holders Real Madrid with the precious away goal in a 1-1 draw in the second leg of their semi-final on Wednesday to progress 3-2 on aggregate. With Juventus leading 2-1 from the first leg, Cristiano Ronaldo's first-half penalty had put the hosts ahead on away goals.
  
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• Dollar declines, gold up after soft U.S. data

  13-05-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar index hit its lowest in more than three months while gold prices jumped on Wednesday as weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales bolstered confidence the Federal Reserve will hold off raising rates soon. Wall Street's major indexes ended little changed after gaining early in the session on the data, which showed U.S. retail sales were flat in April as households cut back on purchases of automobiles and other big-ticket items, indicating
  
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• Bush chides Clinton's 'scripted' run, but won't revisit Iraq

  13-05-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Jeb Bush is criticizing Hillary Rodham Clinton for running what he calls a scripted presidential campaign.
  
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• AP Interview: Pelosi predicts GOP ruin on health care case

  13-05-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says Republicans will "rue the day" if the Supreme Court buys their arguments and invalidates tax subsidies for millions of people under President Barack Obama's health care law.
  
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• Puerto Rico implements water rationing amid dry spell, expecting summer drier than usual

  13-05-2015 22:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Puerto Rico imposed strict water rationing Wednesday that will make daily showers a challenge for tens of thousands of people and force businesses such as restaurants and car washes to brace for a summer expected to be drier than usual.
  
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• US stock indexes end mostly lower after a listless day

  13-05-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Weak U.S. retail sales data helped set the stage Wednesday for a listless day of trading on Wall Street.
  
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• Life on the line as Boston bombing jury weighs Tsarnaev's fate

  13-05-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Scott Malone and Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial on Wednesday began deliberating whether to sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death or to life in prison for the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264. Federal prosecutors wrapped up their case by arguing that the 21-year-old ethnic Chechen was a terrorist who wanted to punish America in one of the highest-profile attacks on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. Defense attorneys, meanwhile,
  
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• Yemen warns Iran to blame for any incident sparked by cargo ship

  13-05-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Yemen warned on Wednesday that if Iran does not allow a cargo ship bound for the Arabian Peninsula with a military escort to be searched, then Tehran "bears complete responsibility for any incident that arises from their attempt to enter Yemeni waters." Iran said earlier on Wednesday it would not allow Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces to inspect the ship, which it says is carrying humanitarian aid. The ship left Iran on Monday under escort by Irani
  
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• Jeb Bush, in apparent slip, says 'I'm running for president'

  13-05-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Jeb Bush appears to have unintentionally announced his candidacy for president in 2016 in a conversation with reporters on Wednesday that was caught on video. "I'm running for president in 2016, and the focus is going to be about how we, if I run, how do you create high sustained economic growth," Jeb Bush said in the video posted on the NBC News website. Bush announced in December that he would "actively explore" a run for the White House, but he has yet to f
  
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• The Latest: Juventus does it, will face Barcelona in final

  13-05-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — The Latest from the Champions League semifinal match between Real Madrid and Juventus at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium:
  
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• Rubio: Wouldn't have invaded Iraq based on what is now known

  13-05-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he wouldn't have invaded Iraq in 2003 based on what is now known about flaws in intelligence reports.
  
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• Naked exam call was right

  13-05-2015 22:37 via edition.cnn.com
  
  This week, a University of California San Diego professor came under fire for reportedly insisting his students take their final exams in the nude. The resulting story headlines were predictably incendiary: "Students Must Get Completely Naked With Their Professor to Pass This Class at UCSD" and "Mom is Outraged by USCD's Naked Final" and "Get Naked or Fail!"
  
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• Argentina's top court backs 97-year-old justice after government says he's unfit to serve

  13-05-2015 22:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Argentina's Supreme Court judges are backing a 97-year-old fellow justice amid government claims he is physically and mentally incapable of remaining in his post.
  
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• The Latest: Police arrest protesters in Wisconsin capital

  13-05-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — 3:30 p.m.
  
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• The Latest: Pirlo taken off to a standing ovation

  13-05-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — The Latest from the Champions League semifinal match between Real Madrid and Juventus at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium:
  
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• USDA rules will require safety labels on tenderized beef

  13-05-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government will soon require labels on packages of beef tenderized by machines so shoppers know to cook it thoroughly.
  
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• Mexico gripped by custody case after identity mixup

  13-05-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a custody case gripping Mexico, a Texas woman had an emotional reunion with a teenager believed to be her daughter after authorities forcibly sent the wrong girl to the United States. Dorotea Garcia, who flew in from Houston on Tuesday, said she embraced 13-year-old Alondra in the western state of Michoacan, eight years after her then husband took her daughter away. They met in court in Los Reyes to see the same judge who erroneously sent another child to Houston in April, even though the gir
  
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• Gunmen trap foreigners in Kabul guesthouse

  13-05-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gunmen stormed a downtown Kabul guesthouse late Wednesday, trapping several foreigners awaiting a planned concert and triggering a shootout with security forces, with fears of multiple casualties. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Park Palace guesthouse, but the assault comes as the Taliban -- who have attacked such guesthouses in the past -- press their annual spring offensive. "There was a concert planned to take place inside the Park Palace tonight, with f
  
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• Guinta disputes federal finding of illegal campaign cash

  13-05-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta illegally accepted more than $300,000 in campaign donations from his parents in 2009 and 2010, the Federal Election Commission has concluded after a nearly five-year investigation.
  
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• Bird flu adds to woes at Minnesota turkey litter power plant

  13-05-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota power plant fueled by turkey litter flopped and fell into receivership even before a virulent form of bird flu shook the Midwest's poultry industry in recent months, yet its new managers say they're confident they can keep it running for the long haul.
  
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