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• U.S.'s Kerry breaks leg in cycling accident in Alps, plans to return home Monday

  31-05-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lesley Wroughton GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his right leg in an accident while cycling a portion of the Tour de France route near Scionzier, France, on Sunday and will remain in a Geneva hospital overnight for observation, his spokesman said. Kerry, who canceled visits to Madrid and Paris, initially planned to return to the United States later on Sunday. "But after further consultation it was sensible for him to remain in the hospital for observation over
  
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• Rangers' Beltre out at least 2 weeks with sprained thumb

  31-05-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre will miss at least two weeks with a sprained thumb that he also cut while sliding into second base Sunday.
  
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• Climate change: Six major energy companies write to United Nations to request help in setting up carbon pricing scheme

  31-05-2015 23:56
  Six major energy companies have written to the United Nations asking for help in setting up a carbon pricing scheme to help tackle climate change.
  
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• Climate change: Major energy companies write to UN to request help in setting up carbon pricing scheme

  31-05-2015 23:56
  Six major energy companies have written to the United Nations asking for help in setting up a carbon pricing scheme to help tackle climate change.
  
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• Beau Biden dies: Tributes pour in after Democrat on the rise dies

  31-05-2015 23:56
  
  Tributes poured in from across the political spectrum following the death, on Saturday, of 46-year-old Beau Biden, a rising star in the Democratic Party and son of the Vice-President Joe Biden.
  
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• Intel reportedly will offer $17 B for chip designer Altera

  31-05-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Semiconductor chip maker Intel Corp. is expected to announce plans Monday to buy chip designer Altera Corp. for about $17 billion, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
  
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• Watchdog finds ex-Nazis got $20.2 million in Social Security

  31-05-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Elfriede Rinkel's past as a Nazi concentration camp guard didn't keep her from collecting nearly $120,000 in American Social Security benefits.
  
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• John Kerry bicycle accident: US Secretary of State cancels European tour after breaking leg on Tour de France route

  31-05-2015 23:44
  John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, has been forced to cancel the remainder of a European tour after breaking his leg in a cycling accident in France.
  
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• Kerry delays return to US after injury in bicycle crash

  31-05-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has delayed his trip back to the United States to stay in a Swiss hospital overnight after breaking his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday.
  
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• Kerry breaks leg in bicycle crash outside Geneva; calls off rest of 4-nation diplomatic trip

  31-05-2015 23:40 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has delayed his trip back to the United States to stay in a Swiss hospital overnight after breaking his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday.
  
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• Gay Head lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard moved to safety from edge of crumbling cliff

  31-05-2015 23:35
  
  With the help of human ingenuity, hydraulic pistons and just a little bit of soap, a historic lighthouse on the US East Coast has been moved approximately 135ft inland, away from the eroding cliff-face that threatened its existence.
  
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• O'Malley says he's ready to campaign hard in New Hampshire

  31-05-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A day after jumping into the presidential race, Democrat Martin O'Malley vowed Sunday to fight hard in New Hampshire, home of the first presidential primary and a stronghold for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
  
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• Puerto Rico firefighters evacuate dozens at condo complex when water tank crashes through roof

  31-05-2015 23:19 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Nearly two dozen people have been evacuated from their condominiums in Puerto Rico's capital after a water tank collapsed through a residential building's roof.
  
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• Putin's blacklist: If Russia wants to punish the West for imposing sanctions by banning people, it can do so – but this will not sway us

  31-05-2015 23:17
  The release of a list of 89 European figures that the Kremlin will no longer allow into Russia has drawn an angry response from EU leaders, while confirming Russia’s utter lack of interest in winding down the confrontation with the West over Ukraine. No surprise there.
  
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• 92-year-old becomes oldest woman to finish marathon

  31-05-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 92-year-old cancer survivor has rocked her way into the record books, becoming the oldest woman to finish a marathon.
  
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• Johnson makes history with 10th win at Dover

  31-05-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson pulled away on the final restart Sunday to win at Dover International Speedway and become the fifth NASCAR driver with 10 or more Sprint Cup victories at a single track.
  
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• O'Malley ready to campaign hard in New Hampshire

  31-05-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A day after jumping into the presidential race, Democrat Martin O'Malley is vowing to fight hard in New Hampshire, home of the first presidential primary and a stronghold for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
  
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• Pressure on US Senate to act before NSA spy programs expire

  31-05-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CIA chief John Brennan warned Sunday that allowing vital surveillance programs to lapse could increase terror threats, as the US Senate scrambled to renew the controversial provisions hours before their expiration. With key counterterrorism programs under threat of suspension at midnight Sunday, the top intelligence official made a final pitch for Senate action, arguing that the bulk data collection of telephone records of millions of Americans unconnected to terrorism has not abused civil liber
  
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• Qatar extends travel ban on ex-Gitmo inmates; talks continue

  31-05-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. official says Qatar has agreed to temporarily extend travel bans on five senior Taliban leaders released last year from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
  
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• AP source: Qatar extends travel ban on ex-Gitmo inmates traded for Bergdahl; talks continue

  31-05-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Qatar extends travel ban on ex-Gitmo inmates traded for Bergdahl; talks continue.
  
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• Senate meets to debate future of U.S. telephone spying powers

  31-05-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate convened a rare Sunday session in a last-ditch attempt to pass legislation to allow U.S. spy agencies to continue to sweep up information on Americans’ telephone calls and other business records. Failure to pass such legislation would mean that key provisions of the USA Patriot Act would expire and, facing a midnight Monday) deadline, the National Security Agency would have to shut off a vast surveillance system. The Patriot Act was s
  
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• Manziel tosses water bottle at heckler during PGA event

  31-05-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  IRVING, Texas (AP) — Johnny Manziel threw a water bottle at a heckler in an incident that didn't lead to any arrests or charges at the AT&T Byron Nelson golf tournament.
  
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• World War II vet fulfills goal of pitching at Wrigley Field

  31-05-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — More than 70 years after he hoped to make his major league debut, a World War II veteran has fulfilled his goal of pitching at Wrigley Field.
  
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• IMF lowers Ukraine's 2015 growth projection to minus nine percent

  31-05-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The dismal projection -- down from a forecast in April of minus five percent -- followed a two-week-long visit by an International Monetary Fund delegation to Kiev earlier this month. Inflation in Ukraine will hit an estimated 46 percent, officials said, largely due to the skyrocketing price of oil and a large exchange rate depreciation in February. The IMF last month made a risky new $17.5 billion loan to Ukraine after eight failed programs with the country, stressing the government was committ
  
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• Kremlin blacklist of EU politicians is 'tit-for-tat reaction' to Western sanctions, says Lib Dem source after Nick Clegg banned

  31-05-2015 22:23
  Britain has joined the rest of Europe in expressing outrage at the Kremlin’s decision to ban 89 EU politicians, military leaders and critics from entering Russia in what was seen as a tit-for tat-response to Western sanctions against Moscow over its intervention in the Ukraine.
  
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• Greece's Tsipras attacks creditors over 'absurd' reforms

  31-05-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday attacked its creditors for insisting on what he described as absurd reforms which have only held up progress in negotiations for a deal aimed at preventing his country from defaulting. "The lack of an agreement so far is not due to the supposed intransigent, uncompromising and incomprehensible Greek stance," Tsipras wrote in a column published by French newspaper Le Monde. Greece has been locked in talks with its creditors -- the Eu
  
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• Wheaton College Removes Dennis Hastert's Name From Center

  31-05-2015 22:21
  
  J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy renamed.
  
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• Boehner urges U.S Senate to pass surveillance reform bill

  31-05-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives urged the U.S. Senate on Sunday to pass the USA Freedom Act, a bill that reforms an expiring domestic surveillance program, and do so "expeditiously." House Speaker John Boehner issued a statement warning of the danger of letting the surveillance program expire shortly before the Senate began a rare Sunday session addressing how to deal with the issue. "Al Qaeda, ISIL (Islamic State) and other terrorists around the globe continue to plot
  
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• Federer-Monfils halted after 2 sets; Sharapova doesn't play

  31-05-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer could be excused if he has a restless night.
  
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• Burundi govt open to postponing elections: spokesman

  31-05-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bujumbura (Burundi) (AFP) - The Burundian government said it was open to heeding a call by East African leaders Sunday to delay upcoming parliamentary and presidential polls by at least a month and a half amid violent protests sparked by President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term.
  
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• EU referendum: David Cameron boosted by political support for a 'two-speed Europe'

  31-05-2015 22:03
  
  Two senior European politicians have sketched the outline of a possible pre-referendum deal with David Cameron that would allow Britain to become a kind of “low-definition” member of the European Union.
  
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• Beau Biden dies at 46; son of VP had life of adversity

  31-05-2015 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — He was the privileged son of a longtime U.S. senator and two-term vice president, yet Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III was no stranger to personal adversity.
  
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• Q&A: A look at the indictment of ex-House Speaker Hastert

  31-05-2015 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The federal indictment of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is as notable for the details it excludes as for the allegations that the longtime high school teacher and wrestling coach agreed to pay $3.5 million in hush money to an unidentified person from his past.
  
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• Kei Nishikori makes history at French Open

  31-05-2015 21:56 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Kei Nishikori got the job done quickly at rain-hit French Open Sunday to become the first Japanese man to reach the quarterfinals at the clay court grand slam in 82 years.
  
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• Tigers star Verlander shaky in 1st rehab start

  31-05-2015 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Detroit Tigers star Justin Verlander struggled in his first rehabilitation start, giving up three runs in 2 2-3 innings for Triple-A Toledo on Sunday.
  
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• Latest on flooding: 2 missing after Texas flood found safe

  31-05-2015 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Immunotherapy combo packs punch against melanoma

  31-05-2015 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the immune system in order to attack cancer, is more potent against melanoma when two agents are combined, but side effects rise too, researchers said Sunday. The findings of a randomized phase III trial compared nivolumab (Opdivo) alone or in combination with ipilimumab (Yervoy) and found the pair was "significantly more effective than ipilimumab alone," according to the results presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conferen
  
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• IMF lowers Ukraine's 2015 growth projection to minus 9%  

  31-05-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The dismal projection -- down from an earlier forecast of minus five percent -- followed a two-week-long visit by an IMF delegation to Kiev earlier this month. Inflation in Ukraine will hit an estimated 46 percent, officials said, largely due to the skyrocketing price of oil and a large exchange rate depreciation in February.
  
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• Greek leader in new conference call with Hollande, Merkel

  31-05-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has had a conference call with the leaders of France and Germany to discuss progress in the talks between Athens and its lenders, officials say.
  
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• Greek prime minister talks bailout deal in new conference call with Hollande, Merkel

  31-05-2015 21:42 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has had a conference call with the leaders of France and Germany to discuss progress in the talks between Athens and its lenders, officials say.
  
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• THE LATEST: Paul takes heat on Patriot Act, ISIS stances

  31-05-2015 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Israeli premier warns of Palestinian boycott campaign

  31-05-2015 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel faces an "international campaign to blacken its name" aimed at delegitimizing its very existence regardless to its policies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. The international community disproportionally singles out the Jewish state for condemnation while remaining silent on major conflicts and human rights abuses in other countries, he said.
  
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• Tsonga shines on gloomy day at French Open

  31-05-2015 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat fourth seed Tomas Berdych at a weather-hit Roland Garros on Sunday, winning their fourth round tie 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 on a day of mixed fortunes for French hopes. The 14th seed's emphatic win was followed by a loss for Gilles Simon, who went down 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 to eighth seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka. Then Gael Monfils saw his contest with Roger Federer suspended due to poor light with the score level at one set all.
  
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• Cancer treatments got gentler, yet kids' survival improved

  31-05-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend: More kids are surviving than ever before, and without the long-term complications that doomed many of their peers a generation ago, new research shows.
  
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• Kevin Love says he'll be back next season with Cavaliers

  31-05-2015 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Injured forward Kevin Love says he'll play for the Cavaliers next season.
  
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• Christian college removes Hastert's name after indictment

  31-05-2015 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Christian college in suburban Chicago has removed the name of former U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert from an academic research center.
  
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• Islamic State targeted in 17 air strikes in Iraq, Syria: military statement

  31-05-2015 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States and its allies carried out 17 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in a 24-hour period in their latest attacks on the group, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Sunday. In Syria, the targets were near Kobani and Al Hasakah. Islamic State tactical units, fighting positions, buildings, vehicles and mortar systems were hit in the strikes, the task force said in a statement.
  
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• Crunch time in US Senate as NSA spy programs set to lapse

  31-05-2015 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CIA chief John Brennan warned Sunday that allowing vital surveillance programs to expire could increase terror threats, as the US Senate convened for a showdown over whether to renew the controversial provisions. With key counterterrorism programs set to expire at midnight Sunday, the top intelligence official made a final pitch for Senate action, arguing that the bulk data collection of telephone records of millions of Americans unconnected to terrorism has not abused civil liberties and only s
  
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• S.Africa admits paying $10 mn but denies FIFA bribe

  31-05-2015 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Africa admitted Sunday that it paid $10 million in 2008 but denied it was in any way a bribe to FIFA for the 2010 World Cup, in the latest twist to the massive corruption scandal engulfing world football's governing body. Two separate investigations are being carried out by American and Swiss authorities for alleged rampant and long-running corruption within FIFA, with several top officials arrested and accused by US investigators of taking tens of millions of dollars in bribes. Sever
  
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• Watling century leaves England with record chase for victory

  31-05-2015 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BJ Watling became the first New Zealand batsman to score a Test century at Headingley as the tourists eyed a series-levelling victory over England on Sunday. Watling's 100 not out took New Zealand to 338 for six in their second innings at stumps on the third day, with their lead also 338 after both sides made first innings totals of exactly 350. It meant England would have to rewrite the record books were they to win this match and take the series 2-0 after their 124-run victory in the firs
  
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