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• Jamaica police force hunting for man suspected in quadruple slaying, rare reward offered

  14-06-2015 23:56 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Jamaica's police force is offering a rare reward for information leading to the capture of a man suspected in a quadruple killing.
  
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• Officer who fatally shot man swinging flag pole identified

  14-06-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A store surveillance video obtained by a Kentucky television station shows a man violently swinging a flagpole at a Louisville Metro Police officer before police say the officer fatally shot him.
  
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• The Latest: Webb says he's close to decision on 2016 bid

  14-06-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential campaigns are trekking across Iowa on Sunday to appeal to voters in the state the starts off the 2016 presidential calendar. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Des Moines and Burlington while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders holds events in Waterloo, Iowa Falls and Indianola. Former Sen. Jim Webb, who is considering a presidential bid, addresses supporters in Panora and Urbandale. The latest from Sunday's events:
  
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• Fabian Gomez wins 1st PGA Tour title at St. Jude Classic

  14-06-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Fabian Gomez of Argentina won his first PGA Tour title Sunday at the St. Jude Classic, beating England's Greg Owen by four strokes.
  
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• Default dangerously closer after Greece debt talks collapse

  14-06-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Default by debt-wracked Greece loomed dangerously closer after last-ditch talks between Athens and its EU-IMF creditors collapsed on Sunday, bringing the threat of a Greek exit from the euro closer than ever. The crunch negotiations failed in their second day, heaping worry that the cash-starved Greek government was heading irreversibly into a financial abyss with a huge IMF debt payment due at the end of the month. "They came with their hands in their pockets," a furious EU source clo
  
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• Scherzer throws 1-hitter and fans 16, Nationals beat Brewers

  14-06-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Max Scherzer struck out a team-record 16 and pitched a one-hitter, losing his perfect-game bid on a bloop single that barely fell in during the seventh inning Sunday and leading the Washington Nationals over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0.
  
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• Spain grind out win, Rooney the late hero for England

  14-06-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reigning European champions Spain closed in on a place at Euro 2016 by grinding out a 1-0 qualifying win over Belarus on Sunday as Wayne Rooney's late goal gave England victory in Slovenia. Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck a brace as Sweden beat Montenegro but Russia were the day's big losers, a defeat to Austria coming as a blow to their prospects of reaching the finals in France in a year's time. England are on a fast track to Euro 2016 having won six games out of six in qualifying Gro
  
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• Mayor says town full, temporarily closed to outsiders

  14-06-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BELMAR, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of a central New Jersey town is barring nonresidents from entering the community via a major highway — but it's just a temporary prohibition.
  
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• Prosecutor says escaped killers used contractors' tools

  14-06-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — The two killers who cut their way out of a maximum-security prison apparently used tools left behind by contractors, taking care to return them to their toolboxes after each night's work so that no one would notice, a prosecutor said Sunday.
  
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• Blue Jays win 11th straight to tie team record, rout Red Sox

  14-06-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays won their 11th straight game to tie the team record, routing the Boston Red Sox 13-5 Sunday as Ryan Goins homered, doubled and drove in five runs.
  
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• Silva wins it for Spain in Del Bosque's 100th game

  14-06-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A solitary first-half strike by David Silva was enough for reigning European champions Spain to win 1-0 in Belarus in Euro 2016 qualifying on Sunday in coach Vicente del Bosque's 100th game in charge. Spain remain second in the group, three points behind leaders Slovakia, who maintained their perfect record by defeating Macedonia 2-1. One year and one day after their infamous 5-1 defeat to the Netherlands at the World Cup in Brazil, this was a potential banana skin of a fixture for the Span
  
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• US airstrike targets al-Qaida militant in Libya

  14-06-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says it launched an airstrike Saturday targeting a mid-level al-Qaida operative in Libya.
  
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• Prosecution of charges deferred in Waldorf Astoria gunfire

  14-06-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The prosecution of charges in a gunfire incident at the famous Waldorf Astoria hotel is being put on hold while the investigation continues, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney said Sunday.
  
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• Crowds, music, floats for NYC's Puerto Rican Day Parade

  14-06-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Entertainer Rita Moreno took Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan for a dancing spin in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue during the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
  
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• Clinton urges Obama to work with Pelosi on trade deal

  14-06-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alana Wise DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged President Barack Obama to work with congressional Democrats who rejected his trade agenda last week, and to seek tougher labor protections in a proposed Pacific trade deal. Clinton had until now declined to take a stand on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but her comments amounted to an implicit rebuke of Obama and a nod toward liberal critics of the deal. At a campaign stop in Iowa, Cli
  
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• Scherzer loses perfect game bid on bloop hit in 7th vs Brews

  14-06-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer has lost his bid for a perfect game on a bloop single in the seventh inning by Milwaukee's Carlos Gomez.
  
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• Greece and creditors fail in 'last attempt' to reach deal

  14-06-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jan Strupczewski and Renee Maltezou BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - Talks on ending a deadlock between Greece and its international creditors broke up in failure on Sunday, with European leaders venting their frustration as Athens stumbled closer toward a debt default that threatens its future in the euro. European Union officials blamed the collapse on Athens, saying it had failed to offer anything new to secure the funding it needs to repay 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) to the International
  
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• Man linked to Dallas police HQ shooting had violent past

  14-06-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The man linked to a violent assault on Dallas police headquarters was accused two years earlier of choking his mother, then fleeing to an East Texas town where schools were locked down out of fear he would attack them as "soft targets," according to accounts from police and family members.
  
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• South African court puts restrictions on Sudan's president

  14-06-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African judge on Sunday ordered authorities to prevent Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who was in South Africa for an African Union summit, from leaving the country because of an international order for his arrest.
  
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• Blackhawks return home just 1 win away from title

  14-06-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks are one win away from their third Stanley Cup title in six seasons, and their depth has played a key role against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  
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• Nationals' Scherzer perfect through 6 innings vs Brewers

  14-06-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer is perfect through six innings against the Milwaukee Brewers.
  
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• Bonnaroo Music Festival: Jon Hamm and Zach Galifianakis sang 'We Are The World' during SuperJam

  14-06-2015 22:11
  
  Mad Men actor Jon Hamm and comedian Zach Galifianakis surprised fans at the Bonnaroo SuperJam on Saturday night.
  
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• Bonnaroo Music Festival: Jon Hamm and Zach Galifianakis sang 'We Are The World'

  14-06-2015 22:11
  
  Mad Men actor Jon Hamm and comedian Zach Galifianakis surprised fans at the Bonnaroo SuperJam on Saturday night.
  
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• 'Jurassic World' eats box office alive to set record

  14-06-2015 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fearsome "Jurassic Park" dinosaurs have done it again, gobbling up the competition to score the biggest worldwide box office opening weekend ever with the latest franchise. Action-packed "Jurassic World," featuring a new and particularly lethal hybrid dino, raked in a whopping $511 million globally in its debut at cinemas, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations on Sunday. The unprecedented haul for "Jurassic World" was boosted by the $100 million ea
  
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• Madrid's new culture councilor criticized for joking about Holocaust on Twitter 4 years ago

  14-06-2015 21:55 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Madrid's newly appointed leftist culture councilor has come under heavy criticism for posting a joke on Twitter about the Holocaust four years ago.
  
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• DA: Prosecution deferred in Waldorf Astoria gunfire incident

  14-06-2015 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney says a prosecution into a gunfire incident at the famous Waldorf Astoria hotel is being deferred while an investigation is continuing.
  
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• F1 star wins at Le Mans 24 Hours

  14-06-2015 21:47 via edition.cnn.com
  
  While speculation continues as to whether Audi or Porsche might join the ranks of Formula One, the two German car manufacturers' commitment to endurance racing was in no doubt this weekend.
  
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• Jurassic World in record weekend

  14-06-2015 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fourth instalment in the Jurassic Park series has become the first film to take more than $500m on its opening weekend.
  
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• 'Jurassic World' bites off biggest global debut of all time

  14-06-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dinosaurs are anything but extinct at the box office.
  
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• Greece crisis: Risk of Greek euro exit rises as Brussels talks fail to agree last-minute deal

  14-06-2015 21:26
  
  Germany has given its most explicit warning that Greece could leave the eurozone as officials were reported to have failed to hammer out a last-minute deal in Brussels.
  
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• Greece crisis: Risk of Greek euro exit rises as Brussels talks fail to agree deal

  14-06-2015 21:26
  
  Germany has given its most explicit warning that Greece could leave the eurozone as officials were reported to have failed to hammer out a last-minute deal in Brussels.
  
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• Spacecraft that landed on comet finally wakes up

  14-06-2015 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — To scientists' relief and delight, the Philae spacecraft that landed on a comet last fall has woken up and communicated with Earth after seven long months of silence, the European Space Agency announced Sunday.
  
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• 'Last attempt' to seal Greek deal with creditors fails

  14-06-2015 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jan Strupczewski and Renee Maltezou BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - Talks on breaking a deadlock between Greece and its international creditors broke up in failure on Sunday, with European leaders venting their frustration as Athens stumbled closer toward a debt default that threatens its future in the euro. With Athens insisting it would never give in to demands from the EU and IMF for pension and wage cuts, the European Commission declared that the negotiations in Brussels, also involving the E
  
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• Lorenzo wins in Catalunya, cuts Rossi lead to one point

  14-06-2015 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spain's Jorge Lorenzo won a fourth consecutive MotoGP on Sunday after holding off Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi at the Catalunya Grand Prix. Rossi pushed hard and with five laps to go around the Montmelo circuit outside Barcelona, the gap was just 1.288sec. Dani Pedrosa, on a Honda, was third for his first podium finish of an injury-hit season.
  
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• Clinton: Obama should use trade fight to his advantage

  14-06-2015 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Barack Obama should use a setback in Congress to seek the best possible trade agreement with a dozen Pacific Rim nations, pointing to the stumbles over the pact as an opportunity to address Democrats' concerns about job protections and wages.
  
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• Kansas tax cutting model tarnished by sales tax increase

  14-06-2015 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's signature personal income tax cuts emerged mostly intact from a grueling legislative fight to close a budget deficit that arose after revenue failed to match the conservative governor's predictions of an economic boom.
  
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• Greece last-chance talks end with no deal

  14-06-2015 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The crunch negotiations failed in their second day, heaping worry that the cash-starved Greek government was heading irreversibly into a financial abyss. "While some progress was made the talks did not succeed as there remains a significant gap between the plans of the Greek authorities and the joint requirements of the (European) Commission, ECB and IMF," a EU spokesperson said. All sides had agreed that the talks were the last chance for Athens to unlock vital bailout cash in return
  
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• Kansas tax cutting model tarnished after sales tax raised

  14-06-2015 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's signature personal income tax cuts emerged mostly intact from a grueling legislative fight over closing the budget deficit that arose afterward.
  
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• The Latest: Clinton says Obama must work with Dems on trade

  14-06-2015 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic presidential campaigns are trekking across Iowa on Sunday to appeal to voters in the state the starts off the 2016 presidential calendar. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Des Moines and Burlington while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders holds events in Waterloo, Iowa Falls and Indianola. Former Sen. Jim Webb, who is considering a presidential bid, will address supporters in Panora and Urbandale. The latest from Sunday's events:
  
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• Parishioners in Massachusetts vow to continue their 11-year sit-in and save their church from closure

  14-06-2015 20:48
  
  It was bad enough that the Archdiocese of Boston had included their church, with its full pews and healthy finances, among the 70 it was eliminating in the name of streamlining. Worse was how, when the moment came, they broke a promise to let the parishioners stay put for just a few extra days. To say goodbye.
  
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• Cuban artist puts on hair competition to bolster black pride

  14-06-2015 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — A young Afro-Cuban performance artist transformed a Havana cultural center into the stage of a black hairstyle competition this weekend in a rare public commentary on racial beauty standards in Cuba, where prejudice remains widespread and largely undiscussed.
  
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• Bush ready to jump into presidential campaign

  14-06-2015 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The campaign logo is ready, so is the big speech, and his message is taking shape: Jeb Bush is about to join the crowded Republican field running for president in 2016. It reads "Jeb!" in big red letters on a white background, with 2016 in smaller blue lettering underneath the name. "I think the transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary for the next president to fix a few things," Bush told CNN in an intervi
  
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• Israelis go on offensive ahead of UN report

  14-06-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday launched a pre-emptive assault on an upcoming U.N. report into last year's war in the Gaza Strip, saying it is unfairly biased and issuing its own report that blames Gaza's Hamas militant rulers for the heavy civilian casualties.
  
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• Insight - Ground force push by Yemen's Hadi faces uphill task

  14-06-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Sami Aboudi ADEN/DUBAI (Reuters) - Crawling under barbed wire and leaping over burning tires, dozens of bare-chested young fighters train in a barren part of central Yemen, preparing to head to the frontlines of their country's worsening conflict. Less than 100 miles (150 km) away in Aden, former army officers are readying a separate contingent of volunteers to join a war that has put the energy-rich Gulf on edge. Recruited by different factions, both units are set
  
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• US gasoline prices rise 3 cents to $2.87 a gallon

  14-06-2015 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — U.S. gasoline prices have risen again but at a slower pace.
  
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• Greece says ready to resume talks, bridge gap with creditors

  14-06-2015 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece remains open to finding a deal with lenders and is prepared to bridge a budget gap as demanded by lenders but not by cutting pensions or raising taxes, the deputy prime minister said on Sunday after a breakdown in negotiations. In a statement, Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis said the Greek delegation remains ready to resume talks but blamed European lenders for insisting on pension cuts and value-added-tax hikes to close the projected budget gap.The comments came after the Europea
  
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• Wine thieves targeting leading French vineyards

  14-06-2015 20:31
  
  Fears are growing of a new type of organised crime in France: the “theft to order” of high-quality Burgundy and other wines.
  
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• NY Gov: Escaped inmates could be close or 'in Mexico by now'

  14-06-2015 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Two convicted murders who used power tools to cut their way out of a prison near the Canadian border could be nearby or "in Mexico by now," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.
  
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• Zoo animals escape amid flooding in former Soviet republic

  14-06-2015 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Severe flooding in the Georgian capital killed at least 12 people Sunday and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other dangerous animals that escaped from Tbilisi's ravaged zoo.
  
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• Greek bailout talks end without breakthrough in Brussels

  14-06-2015 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says that weekend talks to find common ground between international creditors and Greece were unsuccessful and left a wide rift that needs to be closed within two weeks to avoid a possible Greek default.
  
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