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• Photos: Jennifer Garner Goes Casual and Makeup-Free

  28-05-2015 23:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Celebrities go for the au naturel look!
  
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• Argentina judge orders arrest of executives in FIFA scandal

  28-05-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alejandro Burzaco, Hugo Jinkis and his son Mariano Jinkis, all Argentine citizens, are among five defendants who have apparently not been detained or arrested a day after the U.S. Department of Justice named them as among those facing corruption charges. The U.S. Justice Department alleges that Burzaco, Hugo Jinkis and his son conspired to win and keep hold of lucrative media rights contracts from regional soccer federations through the payment of up to $110 million in bribes. To date, at least
  
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• Latest on flooding: Brazos River recedes ... for now

  28-05-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  4:50 p.m. (CDT)
  
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• THE LATEST: Ex-FIFA VP Warner leaves jail in ambulance

  28-05-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ZURICH (AP) — The Latest on FIFA developments:
  
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• Photos: Jennifer Lopez Goes Seriously Sheer

  28-05-2015 23:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Would you dare to wear these jaw-dropping gowns?
  
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• Obama: TX, OK storms a reminder to prepare for disasters

  28-05-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that deadly flooding in Texas and Oklahoma is a reminder that the U.S. needs to toughen its response to the effects of natural disasters. He said climate change is affecting both the pace and intensity of storms.
  
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• Chicago police asked to keep racially charged photo sealed

  28-05-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police asked a judge to seal a photograph of two white officers holding rifles over a black man wearing deer antlers in an effort to protect the unidentified black man's privacy, an argument that sparked skepticism Thursday by some community activists.
  
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• Ex-US Speaker Hastert indicted on bank-related charges

  28-05-2015 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced bank-related charges against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Thursday, accusing the 73-year-old Illinois Republican of structuring the withdrawal of $952,000 in cash in order to evade the requirement that banks report cash transactions over $10,000. He's also accused of lying to the FBI.
  
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• 'Taliban 5' Could Be Free to Travel by Monday

  28-05-2015 23:39 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Lawmakers want the Obama administration to extend the travel ban.
  
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• Tebow makes his Philly debut

  28-05-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A slimmer Tim Tebow threw passes in shorts while a horde of reporters critiqued his mechanics and analyzed his arm motion.
  
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• Heavy rain eases Texas drought, but high water could linger

  28-05-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — This week's record rainfall in Texas eased the state's drought and swelled rivers and lakes to the point that they may not return to normal levels until July, scientists said Thursday.
  
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• Wisconsin governor: Obama power plant rule 'unworkable'

  28-05-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is telling President Barack Obama that his plan to reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants is "unworkable."
  
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• Man suing his ex for half of $1M prize gets a win in court

  28-05-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is still trying to get half of his ex-girlfriend's $1 million lottery prize, eight years after he says she took the winning ticket and left him. He says she reneged on a long-ago promise that they'd split any winnings if either of them hit it big.
  
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• CDC investigating error that caused live anthrax shipments

  28-05-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army's top general said Thursday that human error probably was not a factor in the Army's mistaken shipment of live anthrax samples from a chemical weapons testing site that was opened more than 70 years ago in a desolate stretch of desert in Utah.
  
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• Bush on books: From Bible to historical thriller

  28-05-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANSING, Michigan (AP) — Looking for a summer book list? Jeb Bush has some to recommend.
  
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• AP Source: Contract talks between Wade, Heat at impasse

  28-05-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A person with knowledge of contract negotiations between Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat says talks are at an impasse, and that Wade is considering all options — including potentially leaving the team that drafted him 12 years ago.
  
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• Hartford mayor calls strategy meeting in wake of shootings

  28-05-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hartford is dealing with a spike in violence that has included five homicides in two weeks and the brazen drive-by shooting of a city minister outside his church.
  
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• Uruguay union looks to get Suarez's FIFA ban annulled

  28-05-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Uruguay's players' union plans to ask FIFA to annul its nine-match international ban on Luis Suarez for biting an opponent at last year's World Cup in light of investigations into corruption at world soccer's governing body. The union, in consultation with Barcelona striker Suarez, has decided to present a petition to the world players' union FIFPro to be raised to FIFA's executive committee, its legal adviser Ernesto Liotti said on Thursday. "With these facts (of alleged corruption), FIFA's dec
  
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• O'Malley: Clinton foil or formidable Democrat contender?

  28-05-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maryland ex-governor Martin O'Malley is all but certain to unveil his White House campaign Saturday, amid debate about whether he is a viable contender or merely a foil for Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. With O'Malley virtually unknown in middle America, voters for now appear indifferent to his candidacy: a Quinnipiac poll released Thursday shows he has one percent of Democratic support. O'Malley, a loyal Clinton backer during her 2008 campaign, will roll out his 2016 na
  
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• Google unveils Android Pay in fresh challenge to Apple

  28-05-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Google on Thursday unveiled its pay-with-a-phone system for Android devices, ramping up its challenge to Apple in mobile payments. Android Pay, unveiled at the Google developers conference in San Francisco, brings together mobile carriers, payment networks, banks and retailers to allow smartphone users to use their handsets instead of payment cards. Google engineering vice president Dave Burke said Android Pay would work in more than 700,000 US retail outlets that accept contactless payments.
  
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• Ducklings waddle their way inside Alaska hardware store

  28-05-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife officials are deciding what's next for a group of ducklings that wandered into a Fairbanks hardware store.
  
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• Takata air bag recalls since 2008

  28-05-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Below are some key events in Takata Corp's ongoing recalls over defective air bags, which now exceed 53 million vehicles worldwide since 2008. Included in the global figure are nearly 34 million vehicles in the United States, making it the largest automotive recall in U.S. history. The faulty air bag inflators have been linked to six deaths. 2008: Nov. 4 – Honda Motor Co Ltd recalls 4,000 Accords and Civics (2001 models) globally as Takata air bag inflators may produce excessive in
  
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• When popping the question to @POTUS, anything goes

  28-05-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Give people a chance to pop a question to POTUS, and they'll take the invitation and run with it.
  
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• One World Trade's New Restaurants and Epic Views

  28-05-2015 23:04 via abcnews.go.comhttps
  The skyscraper will feature three eating options.
  
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• Chicago Bulls fire coach Tom Thibodeau, cite lack of trust

  28-05-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — In five seasons under Tom Thibodeau, the Chicago Bulls soared to heights they had not reached since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were collecting championships.
  
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• Automakers, gov't reveal models in expanded Takata recall

  28-05-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Car owners are beginning to find out if their cars or trucks are included in a big expansion of a recall of air bags made by Takata Corp.
  
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• Latest on flooding: Typically dry West Texas gets flooding

  28-05-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  4 p.m. (CDT)
  
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• Bush earned millions in juggling act as corporate adviser

  28-05-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — During his transition from Florida governor to likely presidential candidate, Jeb Bush served on the boards of or as an adviser to at least 15 companies and nonprofits, a dizzying array of corporate connections that earned him millions of dollars and occasional headaches.
  
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• Eagles' Kelly says McCoy was wrong to question his motives

  28-05-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eagles coach Chip Kelly says LeSean McCoy was wrong to suggest he favors white players over black players, adding he never considers race when building his roster.
  
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• U.S. Congress sets hearing on Takata, automakers expand recalls

  28-05-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Bernie Woodall DETROIT (Reuters) - Three automakers on Thursday widened recalls of cars and trucks with Takata Corp air bags and the U.S. Congress set a hearing next week on the safety issue that has been linked to six deaths. Takata last week complied with demands of U.S. safety regulators and doubled the vehicles to be involved in air bag recalls to 34 million, making it the largest recall in American history. The air bags are at risk of exploding with too much force and spewing metal fragm
  
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• THE LATEST: Brazilian soccer federation head leaves Zurich

  28-05-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ZURICH (AP) — The Latest on FIFA developments:
  
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• Google's new Android seeks to make smartphone smarter

  28-05-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Google's updated Android mobile software seeks to make the smartphone smarter, while keeping the search titan relevant in a world where people rely on apps on the go. At its annual Google developers conference Thursday, Google offered a preview of Android M, due for release later this year, with an upgraded version of "Google Now," the voice-activated assistant which competes with rivals like Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana. Google will take the software a step furt
  
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• Hozier, Nick Jonas to perform at daytime iHeartRadio fest

  28-05-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hozier, Nick Jonas and Trey Songz are among the performers set for the daytime portion of the upcoming iHeartRadio Festival.
  
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• Christie Backing Away From Common Core in New Jersey

  28-05-2015 22:51 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Christie backs away from Common Core school standards in New Jersey as he eyes White House
  
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• Swiss.: We won't hesitate to question Blatter

  28-05-2015 22:49 via edition.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Hala Gorani speaks to the spokesperson for the Swiss Attorney General about their efforts to work with the United States in the investigation of FIFA.
  
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• US stocks fall slightly; Greece debt deadline looms

  28-05-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell slightly Thursday, following a sell-off in the Chinese market and continued worries about the approaching debt payment deadline for cash-starved Greece.
  
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• Syria Islamists 'seize Idlib city'

  28-05-2015 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Islamist rebel coalition has seized one of the last cities in western Idlib province held by the Syrian government, activists say.
  
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• McIlroy in danger of missing the cut after first round shocker

  28-05-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tournament host Rory McIlroy faces the embarrassment of missing the cut for a second week in succession after posting his worst European round in five years on day one of the Irish Open. At Newcastle in Northern Ireland, the world number one failed to record a single birdie in a shock round of a nine over par 80 on a difficult day of steady win and intermittent showers at the Royal County Down course. McIlroy ended the round sharing 150th place in the now 155-player field and trailing a massive
  
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• Bush suggests literature, from Bible to historical thriller

  28-05-2015 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANSING, Michigan (AP) — Jeb Bush is taking a break from questions about health care, immigration and Middle East policy to toss off some of his memorable reads, during a visit to Michigan.
  
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• Greece could use 'Zambia' option as progress on deal unclear

  28-05-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece and rescue lenders remained at odds over whether the two sides are close to a breakthrough in negotiations, as the International Monetary Fund confirmed Thursday that Athens had the right to ask for "bundled" repayments next month.
  
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• After security scandal, a tech firm says it's changing focus

  28-05-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley startup says it's shutting down operations and shifting to a new business model after it was blamed earlier this year for turning Lenovo computer users into targets for annoying web ads — and hackers.
  
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• Michael King, innovative syndicator of 'Oprah,' dies at 67

  28-05-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Michael King, an innovative TV syndicator who helped make stars of Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Phil McGraw and Rachael Ray, has died.
  
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• FIFA probe shines light on middle-man sports marketing firms

  28-05-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department's targeting of FIFA, soccer's global governing body, has put a spotlight on the powerful role that marketing firms play in the global sports arena.
  
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• Google I/O: Biggest Announcements of the Keynote

  28-05-2015 22:18 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The latest Android update -- M -- is in the pipeline, Google announced today at its annual I/O developer's conference.
  
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• Government audit finds improper behavior at Philadelphia VA

  28-05-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senior Veterans Affairs officials in Philadelphia acted improperly when subordinates were charged money to attend a work-related party featuring psychic readings, resulting in personal profits for the spouse of one official, according to an audit released Thursday.
  
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• Photographer gets 3-year prison term in L'Oreal heiress case

  28-05-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A French court has handed a famed photographer a three-year prison sentence on charges of swindling millions of euros from France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, by taking advantage of her weak mental state.
  
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• Millionaire NY mom jailed for killing autistic son

  28-05-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The millionaire mother who killed her eight-year-old autistic son in a luxury New York hotel room was sentenced to 18 years in a state prison on Thursday, prosecutors announced. A jury convicted Gigi Jordan, 54, of manslaughter in the first degree in the New York state supreme court in November over the February 2010 death of her son Jude Mirra at the Peninsula Hotel. Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance welcomed the sentencing.
  
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• Pitcher Lauren Haeger hits HR, Florida tops Tennessee 7-2

  28-05-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Pitcher Lauren Haeger outhit Tennessee all by herself.
  
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• Outpouring of Support for Pets Stuck in Texas Floods

  28-05-2015 22:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The devastation has stretched to four-legged victims.
  
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• Skanska group wins $3.6 bn LaGuardia airport project

  28-05-2015 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A consortium led by Swedish construction company Skanska was picked for a $3.6 billion project to modernize New York's LaGuardia Airport, regional transport officials announced Thursday. The Skanska team, called LaGuardia Gateway Partners, was tapped by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to demolish the existing central LaGuardia terminal and build and maintain a replacement. Other members of the consortium are Walsh Construction, Vantage Airport Group, which manages nine airport
  
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