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• Saunders, Timberwolves ready to shine on NBA draft night

  24-06-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Flip Saunders was in the Minnesota Timberwolves front office in 1995 when they drafted a teenager named Kevin Garnett, ushering in an era of respectability for the franchise.
  
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• House votes to block Obama's climate plan amid veto threat

  24-06-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a plan Wednesday to block a key element of President Barack Obama's strategy for fighting climate change.
  
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• Obama raises cyber, maritime concerns with Chinese

  24-06-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama closed out two days of talks between U.S. and Chinese officials on Wednesday by raising concerns about Chinese cyber behavior and tensions over disputed seas of East Asia. He urged China to take action to reduce the tensions, the White House said.
  
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• The Latest on church shooting: Hate crime charges likely

  24-06-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
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• Farrakhan plans rally for Million Man March 20th anniversary

  24-06-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is planning to hold a Millions for Justice march in the nation's capital this fall, 20 years after the Million Man March.
  
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• Fiat Chrysler recalls Jeep SUVs for water leak problem

  24-06-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling 164,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs worldwide to install shields that stop water from getting into the power rear lift gate controls.
  
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• Greek debt talks stumble before EU leaders gather

  24-06-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jan Strupczewski and Alexander Saeedy BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Negotiations to avert a Greek debt default stumbled on Wednesday and euro zone finance ministers accused Athens of refusing to compromise despite a deadline next week that could put it on a path out of the euro zone. With European Union leaders due in Brussels for a summit on Thursday, leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was set to negotiate through the night with heads of creditor institutions to try to thrash out a cash-for-
  
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• Senate halts for emotional salute to 9 Charleston victims

  24-06-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott says the nation is committed to replacing "sadness with love" in the grief-stricken aftermath of the Charleston church murders.
  
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• Iran lays out new nuclear red lines

  24-06-2015 23:34 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Following more harsh words from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the impending nuclear deal between Iran and the West, Jeb Bush took to Twitter Wednesday to denounce the Obama administration's efforts to broker an agreement.
  
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• Obama wins Pacific trade vote

  24-06-2015 23:34 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The Senate on Wednesday cleared a bill to give "fast-track" congressional approval of major international trade deals and will send it to President Barack Obama for his signature. The vote was 60 to 38.
  
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• Many in Boston unmoved by marathon bomber's apology

  24-06-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Before he was sentenced to death on Wednesday, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized in court for his role in the attack and its aftermath that claimed four lives and injured 264. "I regret ever wanting to hear him speak, because he showed no remorse, no regret," said Lynn Julian, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in the bombing and still lives near the site of the blasts.
  
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• Photos: Emilia Clarke Shares a Vintage-Looking Selfie

  24-06-2015 23:33
  
  The best shots of your favorite stars snapping selfies.
  
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• See the decades old meat

  24-06-2015 23:31 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Decades old meat was found being transported for sale in Chinese restaurants and supermarkets. Amara Walker and Michael Holmes have the details.
  
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• Army defends past use of Confederate soldiers in base names

  24-06-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is defending its practice in the past of naming forts and posts after Confederate generals, saying they represent individuals, not causes.
  
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• Beyonce, The Weeknd to headline Jay Z's Made In America fest

  24-06-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce is heading back to Jay Z's Made in America festival this September.
  
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• House approves bill blocking Obama climate plan

  24-06-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a plan Wednesday to block a key element of President Barack Obama's strategy for fighting climate change.
  
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• How Digital Devices Are Keeping Us Up All Night

  24-06-2015 23:19 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  At least 95 percent of us use some kind of electronic device within an hour of bedtime and it's robbing us of precious sleep.
  
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• Tsarnaev Speaks: 'I Am Sorry for the Lives That I Have Taken'

  24-06-2015 23:17 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The judge was bound to sentence him to death for his role in the April 2013 attack.
  
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• AP source: Kevin Love opts out of contract with Cavs

  24-06-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Love is about to find out how much the league values him, and how much the Cavaliers want him.
  
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• Man arrested as work tries to restart on Hawaii telescope

  24-06-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii County police say one man has been arrested as workers try to make their way up a Hawaii mountain to restart work on a giant telescope that many oppose.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth charms Europe's 'summit queen' on eve of EU negotiation

  24-06-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Erik Kirschbaum and Guy Faulconbridge BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - On the eve of Britain's bid to renegotiate its European Union membership, Queen Elizabeth charmed Germany's Angela Merkel, Europe's most powerful leader, who Prime Minister David Cameron hopes will help him strike an EU reform deal. Cameron, who won an unexpectedly decisive victory in a national election last month, has promised to recast Britain's relationship with the 28-member bloc and hold a referendum o
  
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• 8-Year-Old Basketball Star Is Deaf and Headed to Nationals

  24-06-2015 23:05 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Ask 8-year-old Zeke Ortiz what he wants to be when he grows up, and he'll answer without hesitation — a pro basketball player.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth says must guard against division in Europe

  24-06-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Queen Elizabeth urged Europe on Wednesday to guard against division in the continent, at a state banquet in Berlin where Germany's president declared: "the European Union needs Great Britain". On the first full day of her visit to Germany, the queen said she and German President Joachim Gauck had seen "the worst but also the best" of Europe in their lifetimes, adding: "we must work hard to maintain the benefits of the post-war world." The 89-year-old queen, now
  
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• Kerry to rejoin Iran nuke talks in Vienna

  24-06-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is rejoining the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna as negotiators race to meet a June 30 deadline to complete an agreement.
  
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• Vin Diesel test drives new 'Fast & Furious' ride

  24-06-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — "Fast & Furious" star Vin Diesel traded the franchise's signature muscle cars for a new kind of ride.
  
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• Jury to begin deliberations in gay conversion therapy case

  24-06-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A lawyer representing a New Jersey nonprofit that offers so-called "gay conversion" therapy called several men suing the group "flat-out liars" during closing arguments of a civil trial Wednesday, while their attorney characterized the group as "amateurs using scalpels" on the minds of young gay men.
  
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• Congress victory boosts Obama's Pacific trade pact

  24-06-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. lawmakers approved legislation key to securing a hallmark Pacific trade deal by a comfortable margin on Wednesday, advancing President Barack Obama's efforts to strengthen U.S. economic ties with Asia. After a six-week congressional battle including two brushes with failure, some fancy legislative footwork and myriad backroom deals to keep the legislation alive, the Senate voted 60 to 38 to grant Obama the power to negotiate trade deals and send them on a fast track through Congress. T
  
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• Lawsuit accuses Bobbi Kristina Brown's boyfriend of life-threatening injuries

  24-06-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - The boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of late singer Whitney Houston, was accused in a $10 million civil lawsuit filed on Wednesday of causing life-threatening injuries and stealing money from her bank accounts while she was in a coma. The lawsuit against Nicholas Gordon was filed on the same day that the family of Bobbi Kristina announced she had been moved to hospice care, five months after being found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub at her suburban Atlanta
  
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• Confederate symbols of Civil War divide U.S. 150 years on

  24-06-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Wayne Hester BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) - More and more voices across the U.S. South called for banishing the banner of the pro-slavery Confederacy on Wednesday in a fast-growing movement that adds new emotions and tensions to a year of soul-searching over race in America. From Alabama to Mississippi, Louisiana to Tennessee and beyond the South, politicians distanced themselves from Confederate flags and monuments memorializing southern heroes of the 1861-65 War Between the States. Alabama�
  
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• Pipeline firm unable to reach staff at California spill site

  24-06-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — As thousands of gallons of crude oil from a ruptured pipeline spread along the California coast, its operator was unable to contact workers near the break to get information the company needed to alert federal emergency officials, records released Wednesday said.
  
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• Greek PM Tsipras resuming talks with creditors 2100 GMT

  24-06-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will resume talks with senior EU officials and representatives of creditor institutions at 11 p.m. (2100 GMT) in Brussels, a Greek government official said.
  
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• 'War with no end' keeps families apart

  24-06-2015 22:48 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Many know the Korean War as "the war with no end." Sixty-five years after it began, it's still keeping families apart.
  
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• Republican-led Congress hands Obama major win on trade

  24-06-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a triumph of divided government, the Republican-controlled Congress passed major trade legislation Wednesday that was long-sought by President Barack Obama but vehemently opposed by most lawmakers in his party.
  
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• Ex-inmate tells of relationship between escapee and prison worker.

  24-06-2015 22:45 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Killers' inspiration? | Fate of tailor | Prison culture to blame?
  
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• No bailout deal yet for Greece as talks get bogged down

  24-06-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Crucial talks between Greece and its creditors to keep the country solvent and within the euro got bogged down again Wednesday amid differences over what kind of reforms the country should make in exchange for loans.
  
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• NATO says won't be dragged into arms race with Russia

  24-06-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Adrian Croft and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of NATO said on Wednesday the alliance would not be forced into a new arms race with Russia but said what he called Moscow's aggression in Ukraine had compelled it to strengthen its defenses. The United States announced plans this week to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO member states on Russia's border, shortly after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would add 40 missiles to its nuclear arsenal. "We will not
  
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• House panel OKs cuts to education, boosts medical research

  24-06-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the powerful House Appropriations panel have adopted a sweeping spending bill that seeks to protect popular programs like medical research, drug treatment and AIDS prevention but slashes education grants and funding for family planning centers and community service programs.
  
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• US Congress passes key trade bill in victory for Obama

  24-06-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - After weeks of political wrangling President Barack Obama scored a key victory Wednesday with Congress passing legislation that allows him to swiftly negotiate a Pacific trade accord.
  
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• Senate Passes 'Fast Track'; Gives Obama Boost on Trade

  24-06-2015 22:41 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Senate vote to give the president "fast-track" authority to negotiate a sweeping 12-nation trade pact without filibuster threats.
  
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• Nova sparkles in return, pitches Yankees past Phillies 10-2

  24-06-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ivan Nova stifled the Phillies on three hits over 6 2-3 scoreless innings in his first major league appearance in 14 months, leading the New York Yankees over Philadelphia and Cole Hamels 10-2 on Wednesday.
  
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• Read the Boston Marathon Bomber's Full Statement

  24-06-2015 22:37 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev broke his long silence Wednesday, delivering a statement to a packed Boston federal courtroom.
  
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• Senate grants Obama big win with fast track trade authority

  24-06-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has handed President Barack Obama a major victory by approving "fast track" authority to negotiate trade agreements in Asia and elsewhere.
  
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• Boston bomber apologizes

  24-06-2015 22:37 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Tsarnaev sentenced to death| Who were the victims?| Timeline of the bombings
  
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• Senate approves fast-track trade bill, sends to Obama

  24-06-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would help President Barack Obama seal a Pacific Rim trade pact passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. Senators voted 60 to 38 to approve legislation to streamline Congress's consideration of trade deals, including Obama's 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership. The bill now goes to Obama to be signed into law. (Reporting by Krista Hughes; Editing by Eric Walsh)
  
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• Shia LaBeouf's head, hand injured on set of 'American Honey'

  24-06-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shia LaBeouf has received stitches to his head and hand after injuring himself on the North Dakota set of the film "American Honey."
  
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• Man Gets $500K After Phone Records Doctors Mocking Him

  24-06-2015 22:29 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A Virginia, man was awarded $500,000 after his cell phone recorded his doctors mocking and insulting him while he was under anesthesia.
  
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• The Latest: US attorney: Tsarnaev didn't renounce terrorism

  24-06-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The latest on the formal sentencing of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (all times local):
  
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• Bobbi Kristina Brown in hospice, placed in 'God's hands'

  24-06-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of late singer Whitney Houston, has been moved to hospice care and placed "in God's hands," five months after being found unresponsive in a bathtub, her family said on Wednesday. Bobbi Kristina, 22, was hospitalized on Jan. 31 after being found face down in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta home. Few details about her condition have been released officially but her grandmother, Cissy Houston, said in April that doctors had diagnosed
  
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• Stocks retreat as optimism for a Greek debt deal fades

  24-06-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks retreated Wednesday, erasing all of the week's earlier gains, as negotiations between Greece and its creditors seemed no closer to reaching a resolution.
  
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• Do you recognize these people?

  24-06-2015 22:23 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Scores of Korean War photos have surfaced in upstate New York. Air Force veteran Betty Perkins-Carpenter has made it her mission to identify the troops and get the photos to their families.
  
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