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• Conservative newcomer Duda wins Polish presidential cliffhanger

  24-05-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Conservative opposition challenger Andrzej Duda on Sunday won Poland's presidential run-off, exit polls showed, trumping incumbent centrist Bronislaw Komorowski on promises of generous social spending. An MEP and lawyer with a populist streak, Duda scored 53 percent support ahead of Komorowski, who mustered 47 percent, exit polls showed, giving a key indicator of the national mood ahead of an autumn parliamentary election. Analysts said voters hungry for change in the EU and NATO member sta
  
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• 'Beautiful Mind' mathematician killed

  24-05-2015 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Renowned mathematician John Nash, subject of the film A Beautiful Mind, dies in a New Jersey taxi crash with his wife.
  
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• Poland's new president Andrzej Duda heralds shift to the right

  24-05-2015 23:42
  
  Andrzej Duda's shock win in Poland's presidential election has capped a rapid rise from backroom obscurity to head of state, and may herald a new political chapter in eastern Europe's biggest economy.
  
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• The Latest: Johnson, Harvick favorites for NASCAR's 600

  24-05-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Associated Press covers the biggest day in motorsports, from Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix to the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600. The latest from the tracks:
  
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• The Latest on flooding: Storm spreads across Missouri

  24-05-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Actress and comedian Anne Meara dies at 85

  24-05-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Actress and comedian Anne Meara, who appeared in dozens of films and television shows and is the mother of Hollywood star Ben Stiller, has died. Meara, who with her husband Jerry Stiller formed a popular comedy duo in the 1960s, died Saturday, according to US media.
  
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• Nash's ground-breaking ideas

  24-05-2015 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Nash, the US mathematician who has died aged 86, made an enduring contribution to his field, writes maths lecturer John Moriarty.
  
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• Photos: High Speeds and Death-Defying Crashes

  24-05-2015 23:24
  
  The Spills and Thrills of the Indianapolis 500
  
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• Federer 'not happy' about on-court fan's French Open selfie

  24-05-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer was not amused.
  
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• FRENCH OPEN LOOKAHEAD: American teen Tiafoe makes Slam debut

  24-05-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — When Frances Tiafoe steps on Court 5 at the French Open for his Grand Slam main-draw debut Monday, he'll be the first 17-year-old American man to play in the clay-court tournament since 1989, when a couple of guys named Pete Sampras and Michael Chang did it.
  
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• Flash floods in Texas, Oklahoma kill 2; 100s of homes gone

  24-05-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Record rainfall was wreaking havoc across a swath of the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, causing flash floods in normally dry riverbeds, spawning tornadoes and forcing at least 2,000 people to flee.
  
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• Protester leaves Shell ship north of Seattle; 1 remains

  24-05-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — One of two protesters who affixed themselves to an Arctic oil-drilling support ship parked north of Seattle left the vessel Sunday, but the other remained suspended from its anchor chain in an effort to draw attention to climate change and the risks an oil spill could pose in the remote waters off northwestern Alaska.
  
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• The Latest on flooding: 1 person killed in Central Texas

  24-05-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• After officer's acquittal, 2 more cases loom for Cleveland

  24-05-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland emerged unscathed and intact after a day of protests following the acquittal of a patrolman who had been on trial in the shooting deaths of two unarmed suspects killed in a 137-shot barrage of police gunfire.
  
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• Polish president concedes defeat after exit poll released

  24-05-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has conceded defeat in the presidential election, minutes after an exit poll showed him trailing Andrzej Duda, a previously little-known right-wing politician.
  
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• US veterans ride with pride at Rolling Thunder biker rally

  24-05-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With the rev of motorcycle engines, the ground rumbles underfoot, and they're off: hundreds of thousands of military veterans ride out for the annual Rolling Thunder memorial rally in the US capital Sunday. "It's just an honor to come here with all these veterans who've served and just remember those who have given their lives and made this country what it is today," said Chuck White, sitting next to his shiny black Harley-Davidson. White, an air force veteran who spent
  
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• Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski concedes defeat after exit poll shows him trailing

  24-05-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski concedes defeat after exit poll shows him trailing.
  
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• Kazuo Ishiguro: treatment of African Americans is a 'buried giant' for the US

  24-05-2015 22:35 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Race problems in America are a ‘buried giant’ – something general society might prefer to forget – according to Booker prize winnerContinue reading...
  
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• Exit poll shows Andrzej Duda ahead of President Bronislaw Komorowski in Polish election

  24-05-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exit poll shows Andrzej Duda ahead of President Bronislaw Komorowski in Polish election.
  
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• Greece's Syriza part leaders reject non-payment of debt

  24-05-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A call by hardliners within Greece's ruling Radical Left Coalition (Syriza) party to not pay the next installment to the International Monetary Fund and to nationalize the country's banks has been narrowly defeated.
  
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• The Latest in Cleveland: Rice family lawyer pans case plan

  24-05-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• BP would need to bring equipment from Texas to contain South Australia oil spill

  24-05-2015 22:20 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Internal documents show BP would have to transport a containment response system 14,000km in the event of a spill in the Great Australian Bight Continue reading...
  
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• The Latest on flooding: Several factors led to record rain

  24-05-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• War with Isis: Government quashes ex-Army head's call for 'troops on the ground'

  24-05-2015 22:17
  
  The Government has reacted quickly to quash any suggestion that Britain should send ground troops to fight Isis in Iraq and Syria after a former head of the Army urged ministers to “think the previously unthinkable”.
  
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• Steelers boss sees Germany, Mexico games by 2020

  24-05-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Football League will play regular-season games in Germany and Mexico within five years if Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II has his way. Rooney, among the owners on the NFL's International Committee, said in a posting on the team's website that he thinks the expansion of the league's global exposure will come by 2020. "If I had to put a timetable on it, I would be disappointed if we don't have games in those two countries within the next five years
  
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• French film Dheepan wins at Cannes

  24-05-2015 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French director Jacques Audiard's film, Dheepan, wins the top prize at Cannes, the Palme d'Or.
  
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• Juan's World! Montoya beats Power for second Indy 500 win

  24-05-2015 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Juan Pablo Montoya insisted he had the best car in the Team Penske stable — even to his three teammates, who all believed they were legitimate contenders to win the Indianapolis 500.
  
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• In the coalfields, dilapidated sites make way for renewal

  24-05-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — Inside a 1920s-era warehouse in the heart of a once-bustling coalfields hub, Brandon Blankenship saws through 8-foot boards pulled up from the building's floor, looking each one up and down for "a face that's not splintered — smooth with no breaks — and an intact tongue and groove." Portions that pass muster wind up in neat stacks for reuse by the crew remodeling the warehouse into office space, or for sale to builders looking to add a rustic to
  
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• Actor and comedian Anne Meara, mother of Ben Stiller, dies at 85

  24-05-2015 21:49 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Husband Jerry Stiller and son release statement to pressMeara performed with husband and had long acting career Continue reading...
  
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• Defense chief: Iraqis showed no will to fight at Ramadi

  24-05-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State group's takeover of the provincial capital Ramadi is stark evidence that Iraqi forces lack the "will to fight," Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a TV interview that aired Sunday. The harsh assessment raised new questions about the Obama administration's strategy to defeat the extremist group that has seized a strategically important swath of the Middle East.
  
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• AP NEWSBREAK: Actress Anne Meara, mom of Ben Stiller, dies

  24-05-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress and comedian Anne Meara has died. She was 85.
  
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• The Latest: Juan Pablo Montoya wins Indy 500 after late duel

  24-05-2015 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Associated Press covers the biggest day in motorsports, from Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix to the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600. The latest from the tracks:
  
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• George Orwell's son embarks on pilgrimage to save war site that inspired Homage to Catalonia

  24-05-2015 21:38
  
  For Richard Blair, the sight of the sandbagged trenches outside the Spanish village of Alcubierre gives rise to strong emotions. It was here that his father, George Orwell, came within millimetres of death as a sniper’s bullet traversed his neck and nearly robbed the world of some of modern literature’s greatest works.
  
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• Actress, comedian Anne Meara, mom of Ben Stiller, dies at 85

  24-05-2015 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress, comedian Anne Meara, mom of Ben Stiller, dies at 85.
  
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• Exit poll: New Spain parties get big support in local vote

  24-05-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — New parties won strong support in Spain's local elections Sunday as voters turned their back on the country's traditional political heavyweights, an exit poll indicated.
  
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• The Latest: Wreck collects 3 more drivers late in Indy 500

  24-05-2015 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Associated Press covers the biggest day in motorsports, from Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix to the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600. The latest from the tracks:
  
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• The Latest on flooding: Tornado struck Houston apartments

  24-05-2015 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Mercedes gamble costs Hamilton as teammate Rosberg wins

  24-05-2015 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONACO (AP) — An ill-judged gamble by Mercedes cost Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton his fourth win of the season, gifting his teammate and rival Nico Rosberg a third straight win at the Monaco Grand Prix and putting him firmly back in the title race.
  
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• Federer furious with 'selfie boy'

  24-05-2015 21:07 via edition.cnn.com
  
  From world leaders to celebrities of all degrees of fame, taking a selfie with fans has become an accepted part of life -- but tennis great Roger Federer felt an unacceptable line was crossed Sunday at the French Open.
  
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• Cannes 2015: baffling set of prizes take the edge off a great competition line-up

  24-05-2015 21:07 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Giving the Palme d’Or to Audiard’s Dheepan may be a career recognition for a brilliant director, but it’s much less worthy of the big prize than Carol or The AssassinJacques Audiard’s Dheepan wins the Palme d’Or - as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• John Nash: A life of great struggle and even greater success

  24-05-2015 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Born to an electrical engineer, and later a precocious and dashing young man who attained an Ivy League education, John Nash seemed destined for a life of stunning success. That he achieved, winning a Nobel Prize in 1994, but not without a struggle with mental illness that would make him a household name even more so than his achievements in mathematics.
  
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• Polish election exit polls to be delayed due to voter death

  24-05-2015 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials say that exit polls in Sunday's presidential race are being delayed by 90 minutes and won't be announced until 10:30 p.m. local time (2030 GMT, 4:30 p.m. EDT).
  
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• Exit polls: New Spain parties get big support in local vote

  24-05-2015 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — Exit polls in Spain's local elections indicate that new parties have won strong support as voters turn their back on the country's traditional political heavyweights.
  
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• Gay couples awake to new Ireland, hope to wed by Christmas

  24-05-2015 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBLIN (AP) — Gay couples of Ireland woke up Sunday in what felt like a nation reborn, with dreams of wedding plans dancing in their heads.
  
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• Audiard's 'Dheepan' wins Palme d'Or in upset Cannes finale

  24-05-2015 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — Jacques Audiard's Sri Lankan refugee drama "Dheepan" on Sunday won the Palme d'Or, the top honor of the Cannes Film Festival.
  
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• Syria says Islamic State kills hundreds, including children, in Palmyra

  24-05-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters have killed at least 400 people, including women and children, in Palmyra since capturing the ancient Syrian city four days ago, Syrian state media said on Sunday. It was not immediately possible to verify the account, but it was consistent with reports by activists that the Islamist fighters had carried out extra-judicial executions since capturing the city from government troops. ...
  
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• Czech reality show recreates life under Nazi occupation

  24-05-2015 20:37 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Three generations of one family endure daily hardship typical of second world war for show, which has sparked criticismIn a remote mountainside village, a frightened Czech family struggles under the privations of Nazi occupation, with food rationed and Gestapo spies everywhere as German soldiers patrol the streets.
  The scene is not a costume drama but the first episode of a new Czech TV reality show that features a modern-day family living among actors who play Nazi soldiers and the hamlet’s o
  
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• Greece warns it is set to default on debt repayment loans

  24-05-2015 20:37 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Interior minister says Athens simply cannot satisfy IMF deadline next month unless it works out a deal with eurozone creditorsGreece has threatened to default on €1.6bn (£1.14bn) of debt repayment due on international bailout loans next month, claiming it does not have the funds to satisfy creditors at the same time as paying wages and pensions.
  The Greek interior minister, Nikos Voutsis, a long-standing ally of the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, insisted the country was near to financi
  
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• The Latest: Carpenter, Servia out of Indy 500

  24-05-2015 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Associated Press covers the biggest day in motorsports, from Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix to the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600. The latest from the tracks:
  
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• French immigration thriller bags Cannes Palme d'Or

  24-05-2015 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A French thriller spotlighting the plight of traumatised refugees building new lives, "Dheepan", captured the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. As countries around the world grapple with an influx of people fleeing global crises, a jury led by Hollywood filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen chose the gritty picture about Sri Lankan asylum-seekers by acclaimed French director Jacques Audiard among 19 international contenders. "To receive a prize from the Coe
  
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