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• U.N. report cites Israel crimes against children, no consensus on listing

  05-06-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims in last year's war in the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children's rights, a U.N. document said. The 22-page confidential country report, obtained by Reuters on Friday, was prepared by United Nations agencies on the ground for submission to the U.N. special envoy for children and armed
  
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• Tornadoes, storms and floods sweep through Colorado

  05-06-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERTHOUD, Colo. (AP) — Violent storms across Colorado have swirled into tornadoes that destroyed homes, popped open a sinkhole that swallowed a police cruiser and dropped so much hail on a Denver neighborhood that residents had to dig out of waist-deep ice with shovels.
  
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• NASCAR stars voice support for new drivers' council

  05-06-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Jeff Gordon's lone regret about the NASCAR drivers' council is that it wasn't formed well before he races into retirement.
  
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• Australia romp to victory over sorry West Indies

  05-06-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Australia completed a comprehensive nine-wicket victory just before stumps on the third day of the first Test against the West Indies at the Windsor Park Stadium in Dominica on Friday after the home side's second innings resistance crumbled. A 144-run fourth-wicket partnership between Shane Dowrich and Marlon Samuels frustrated the visitors, who led after the first innings by 170 runs. Mitchell Starc led the rout with four wickets, the last two off successive deliveries with the second new
  
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• U.N. council condemns attacks on Syria civilians, barrel bombs

  05-06-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned continued indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Syria, including aerial bombardment and barrel bombings that Western powers say only the government is capable of carrying out. Last week the U.N. humanitarian chief painted a harrowing portrait of savagery in Syria's civil war, now in its fifth year, and urged the Security Council to take collective action to put an end to the carnage.
  
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• Cavs' Irving has fractured knee cap, out for 3-4 months

  05-06-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving has a fractured left knee cap and will have surgery that will end his season.
  
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• Carter: US must boost military exercises to counter Russia

  05-06-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the United States needs to increase the number of military exercises and training programs across Europe and strengthen NATO's intelligence sharing to counter Russian aggression in the region.
  
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• U.S. lawmakers urge action on cyber bill after latest hacking

  05-06-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged Congress on Friday to pass legislation permitting sharing of cyber threat information between companies and the government, after one of the largest known cyber attacks on federal networks. "It's impossible to overstate this threat ... We need to act quickly," said Senator Dianne Feinstein, a co-sponsor of the "Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act" and the leading Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. In April, the House pas
  
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• A foreign policy checkmark for Jeb Bush

  05-06-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush heads to Europe next week to put a checkmark in a final box before making his campaign for president official: an overseas visit to catch up with a few of America's friends.
  
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• White House locked down briefly after drone spotted nearby

  05-06-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has once again been locked down after a drone was spotted in the area.
  
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• Boston bomber's friends sentenced for hampering investigation

  05-06-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Two college friends of the Boston Marathon bomber were sentenced to prison on Friday for removing a backpack containing empty fireworks shells from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room amid a massive manhunt three days after the deadly 2013 attack. Kazakh exchange student Azamat Tazhayakov was sentenced to 3-1/2 years for obstructing justice by taking, with his roommate, Tsarnaev's pack and dropping it in a dumpster by the off-campus apartment they shared. R
  
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• Performers take part in BBC Music Day

  05-06-2015 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of musicians are taking part in BBC Music Day - a UK-wide celebration of sound - with events in Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast
  
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• Sculptor defends 'vagina' artwork

  05-06-2015 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The British sculptor Anish Kapoor comes under fire for artwork in the French palace of Versailles that has been called "dirty" and "gross".
  
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• Latest on Hastert: Friend: Reinboldt 'nicest, kindest soul'

  05-06-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  4 p.m. (CDT)
  
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• Stade stun Toulon to reach Top 14 final

  05-06-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stade Francais stunned triple European champions Toulon 33-16 on Friday to reach the French Top 14 final. Led by the irrepressible Italian back row forward Sergio Parisse, Stade scored tries through flankers Rapahel Lakafia and Antoine Bourban, before a freak late score from wing Julien Arias gave a flattering skew to the final score as they reached their first final since defeating Clermont 23-18 in 2007. Toulon had opened the scoring through Australian wing Drew Mitchell but then paid for cruc
  
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• Christie administration sues to halt ocean-blasting research

  05-06-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's administration is seeking federal court action to halt research that involves blasting the ocean floor off New Jersey with sound waves.
  
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• Colorado braces for more tornadoes, storms and flooding

  05-06-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERTHOUD, Colo. (AP) — Violent storms across Colorado have swirled into tornadoes that destroyed homes, popped open a sinkhole that swallowed a police cruiser and dropped so much hail on a Denver neighborhood that residents had to dig out of waist-deep ice with shovels.
  
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• Yahoo folding up map site as priorities shift

  05-06-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo will fold up its online map service this month as it strives to re-capture past glory by re-inventing itself as a premier venue for digital lifestyles. Word that Yahoo will shut-down an array of tools and services by the end of June comes as the California-based Internet search pioneer spins off an Alibaba investment that bolstered the company's coffers despite lackluster earnings from its own offerings. "We continue to focus on our key product pillars: search, communications and
  
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• Giant hack may be first step in pursuit of bigger US secrets

  05-06-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is worried that hackers who raided more than 4 million federal employment files will use their loot to pry into more-secure computers and plunder secrets about the U.S. military, economic strategy or foreign relations.
  
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• Fast-food worker praised for feeding disabled customer

  05-06-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Dr. David Jones is still impressed by the sight of it: A smiling fast-food worker taking the time to feed a disabled woman her favorite meal, a steak burrito.
  
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• Mexican climbers find another mummified body on Pico de Orizaba mountain

  05-06-2015 22:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mountaineers have discovered another mummified body on Mexico's tallest peak, making it the third cadaver found there in recent months.
  
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• Late goals by Williams, Wood lead US over Netherlands 4-3

  05-06-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — Danny Williams scored in the 89th minute and Bobby Wood in the 90th, capping a comeback from a two-goal second-half deficit and leading the United States over the Netherlands 4-3 Friday night for the Americans' first win against the Dutch.
  
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• Cavs' Irving being evaluated, no word on NBA Finals Game 2

  05-06-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is being evaluated and there is no word yet on his availability for Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
  
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• OWN scraps reality show about father of 34 kids by 17 women

  05-06-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — OWN network is pulling the plug on a prospective reality series about the father of 34 children by 17 women.
  
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• Robust U.S. jobs report boosts chances of Sept Fed rate hike

  05-06-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in May and wages picked up, signs of strong momentum in the economy that bolster prospects for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike in September. While the unemployment rate rose to 5.5 percent from a near seven-year low of 5.4 percent in April, that was because more people, including new college graduates, entered the labor force, indicating confidence in the jobs market. This leaves the Fed on course to start hiking rates in September," said Michelle Me
  
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• Boston Marathon bomber's friends sentenced for hampering probe

  05-06-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Two college friends of the Boston Marathon bomber were sentenced to prison on Friday for removing a backpack containing empty fireworks shells from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room amid a massive manhunt three days after the deadly 2013 attack. Kazakh exchange student Azamat Tazhayakov was sentenced to 3-1/2 years for obstructing justice by taking, with his roommate, Tsarnaev's pack and dropping it in a dumpster by the off-campus apartment they shared. R
  
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• Romanian president urges PM to resign over allegations

  05-06-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president on Friday urged Prime Minister Victor Ponta to resign over corruption allegations including tax evasion and money laundering. Ponta refused, saying that only Parliament could dismiss him.
  
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• Colombia offers $40,000 for help finding kidnapped 11-year-old daughter of security official

  05-06-2015 22:42 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Colombian authorities are offering $40,000 for help finding the kidnapped daughter of a high-profile security official.
  
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• Latest on Hastert: Ex-lawmakers: No hints of Hastert's past

  05-06-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  3:30 p.m. (CDT)
  
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• Tim Hortons facing calls for a boycott

  05-06-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Alberta's Wildrose Party says he's boycotting Tim Hortons to object to the coffee chain pulling ads for pipeline giant Enbridge from its in-store TV channel.
  
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• Firm: Woman behind Silicon Valley gender suit demanded $2.7M

  05-06-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley venture capital firm says the woman behind a high-profile gender discrimination lawsuit demanded $2.7 million not to appeal the jury verdict against her.
  
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• 5 reasons why US employers are showing confidence in economy

  05-06-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers last month delivered a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy.
  
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• Report: Social Security overpaid disability benefits by $17B

  05-06-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security overpaid disability beneficiaries by nearly $17 billion over the past decade, a government watchdog said Friday, raising alarms about the massive program just as it approaches the brink of insolvency.
  
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• Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam aide, dies

  05-06-2015 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tariq Aziz, known as the face of Saddam Hussein's regime on the world stage for many years, has died in an Iraqi hospital, officials say.
  
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• Two friends of Boston Marathon bomber sentenced for hampering probe

  05-06-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Two college friends of the Boston Marathon bomber were sentenced to prison on Friday for removing a backpack containing empty fireworks shells from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room amid a massive manhunt three days after the deadly 2013 attack. Kazakh exchange student Azamat Tazhayakov was sentenced to 3-1/2 years for obstructing justice by taking, with his roommate, Tsarnaev's pack and dropping it in a dumpster by the off-campus apartment they shared. R
  
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• General: Criticism of air war against IS based on fiction

  05-06-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an emphatic defense of the air war in Iraq and Syria, a senior American general fired back Friday at critics who call the campaign timid and ineffective, saying bombs have tied down Islamic State fighters without killing large numbers of civilians.
  
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• House memo says U.S. agency knows types of data exposed to hackers

  05-06-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Office of Personnel Management knows what types of data were exposed to hackers who broke into government computers but not what data was actually taken, a U.S. House of Representatives memo said on Friday. The memo was sent to all House staff by Chief Administrative Officer Ed Cassidy, and was obtained by Reuters. Cassidy's office provides support services to the House, including cyber-security services.
  
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• Smithsonian documentary captures earthquake in Nepal

  05-06-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It's now a given that most every natural disaster, even in a location as remote as Nepal, will be captured by gripping amateur video. The challenge for the Smithsonian Channel was taking this material and making it mean something more.
  
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• Southwest says website recovering from slowdown during sale

  05-06-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Southwest says customers are able to get back on the airline website after a slowdown caused by heavy traffic during a fare sale.
  
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• Bergdahl wants court to disqualify courts-martial general

  05-06-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (boh BURG'-dahl), the soldier who left his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years, is asking a military appellate court to disqualify the general with broad discretion in his case.
  
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• It's cool to love cats at CatConLA event this weekend

  05-06-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The online cat craze is stepping into the real world.
  
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• Ukraine Finance Ministry says creditors' debt offer 'unacceptable'

  05-06-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ukraine's Finance Ministry said on Friday a debt restructuring offer from its biggest group of creditors was unacceptable and bondholders should do more to reach a deal. Kiev and a creditors' committee led by Franklin Templeton had earlier held a teleconference aimed at reaching a deal that would enable Ukraine to meet targets attached to a $40 billion International Monetary Fund-led bailout package. "The Committee's proposal to offload their sovereign claims into the books of the National Bank
  
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• Yay or neigh: Would a Triple Crown help or hurt racing?

  05-06-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Will the long, long wait finally end in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday?
  
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• Burst of hiring drives US bonds lower; stocks slip

  05-06-2015 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — News of a burst of hiring last month sent bond prices down as investors bet that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates later this year. Stocks edged mostly lower.
  
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• US stocks mostly down as market weighs good jobs data

  05-06-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks finished mostly lower Friday after a strong US jobs report sparked talk that the Federal Reserve would move more quickly to raise interest rates.
  
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• Opec oil output fix boosts prices

  05-06-2015 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oil prices rise, then fall, then rise again after Opec oil ministers keep their current production levels unchanged.
  
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• The Latest on Colorado tornadoes: Tornado watch across east

  05-06-2015 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  1:30 p.m. (MDT)
  
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• Turkey blast: Two dead and 100 injured after explosions hit Kurish part election rally

  05-06-2015 22:01
  
  Two people died and more than 100 were injured after two explosions rocked a large Kurdish party election rally in southeast Turkey on Friday, the country's Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker said.
  
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• Turkey blast: Two dead and 100 injured after explosions hit Kurdish part election rally

  05-06-2015 22:01
  
  Two people died and more than 100 were injured when two explosions ripped through a pro-Kurdish election rally in south east Turkey.
  
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• Fed Chair Yellen won't provide some documents in leak probe

  05-06-2015 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is balking at turning over some of the documents ordered by a key House lawmaker in his investigation of a possible leak of market-sensitive information.
  
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