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• U.S. Cuba opening embassies

  30-06-2015 23:59 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The United States and Cuba on Wednesday plan to officially seal the renewal of diplomatic ties begun last year, announcing the reopening of embassies in Washington and Havana for the first time in more than half-a-century, two senior administration officials told CNN on Tuesday.
  
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• Drug and device firms paid $6.5B to care providers

  30-06-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — From research dollars to free lunches and junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading hospitals nearly $6.5 billion last year, according to government data posted Tuesday.
  
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• Pennsylvania track to start races earlier to avoid deer

  30-06-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Deer, not deuces, are wild at Presque Isle Downs and Casino, and the racetrack is making changes to get its horses back in the starting gate.
  
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• KKK plans South Carolina rally as Confederate flag debate continues

  30-06-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at South Carolina's capitol, where a statue of a former state governor who championed white supremacy was vandalized on Tuesday amid scrutiny of symbols associated with slavery. The Civil War-era flag and related monuments have become flashpoints after nine black men and women were gunned down at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina. The suspected shooter, Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man, had posed with a Confederat
  
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• Donald Trump speech: Mexico says it will not send contestant to tycoon's Miss Universe contest

  30-06-2015 23:50
  
  The fall-out from Donald Trump’s remarks about immigrants from Mexico continued on Tuesday as Mexico announced it will not send a contestant to the Miss Universe contest, which the tycoon partly owns.
  
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• British shoe seller tries to crowdfund Greek bailout

  30-06-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A British shoe shop worker has launched an online crowdfunding campaign to raise the money for Greece to meet its IMF debt repayment due on Tuesday, saying he just wanted to help austerity-stricken Greeks. Thom Feeney told AFP outside his shop in London's Covent Garden that he had been overwhelmed by the response and the messages of support, raising 209,000 euros ($233,000) by 1600 GMT after just two days. More than 13,000 people donated to the "Greek Bailout Fund" project, and a
  
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• AP source: US, Cuba to announce plan to open embassies

  30-06-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will announce Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba have reached an agreement to open embassies in Havana and Washington, a senior administration official said.
  
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• 3,000 Clinton emails to be released

  30-06-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some 3,000 pages of Hillary Clinton's emails from her time as top US diplomat will be made public online Tuesday by the State Department, following orders from a federal judge. The email dump will occur around 9:00 pm (0100 GMT Wednesday) on the State Department's Freedom of Information Act website, officials said. Clinton's electronic correspondence has been the focus of controversy since her admission in March that she had used a private account for all her email correspondence
  
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• Mackanin to remain Phillies' manager for rest of season

  30-06-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies say Pete Mackanin will stay as their manager for the rest of the season.
  
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• Ex-Iowa egg farm manager gets probation after assisting feds

  30-06-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa egg farm manager will avoid jail time after cooperating with investigators in a criminal prosecution stemming from a 2010 salmonella outbreak.
  
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• Ex-Colombian paramilitary leader sentenced on drug charges

  30-06-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Colombian paramilitary leader convicted of federal cocaine trafficking charges will serve nearly seven more years in an American prison before he is sent back to his country.
  
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• Paul is first major-party candidate to court pot donors

  30-06-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul courted donors from the new marijuana industry Tuesday, making the Kentucky senator the first major-party presidential candidate to publicly seek support from the legal weed business.
  
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• Greece heads for IMF default, despite last-minute overtures to creditors

  30-06-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece made last-minute overtures to its international creditors for aid on Tuesday, but it was not enough to save the country from imminent default on loans with the International Monetary Fund, people close to the negotiations said. Athens asked its European partners for new aid and offered to scrap a referendum in an attempt to lure creditors back into talks after five months of inconclusive negotiations have brought Greece close to leaving the euro currency bloc. Sources said the offer was m
  
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• U.S. Justice Dept. cites missteps by police during Ferguson unrest

  30-06-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police responding to race-related protests and riots in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer made a series of missteps, including antagonizing crowds with attack dogs and military-style tactics, according to a U.S. Justice Department report. A Justice Department representative said the "after-action assessment ... will convey the findings and lessons learned." The report focuses on the tactics of police from Ferguson, St. Louis, St. Louis County and the Missouri Highway Patrol. All four age
  
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• 'Truth' teller Chris Christie launches White House bid

  30-06-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie launched his presidential campaign on Tuesday, seeking respect rather than love from Americans and promising to speak bluntly with voters as he battles several rivals for the Republican nomination. The bombastic politician said his intent was to present voters with a dose of "truth about the problems we have" in the United States when he hits the campaign trail. "I don't seek the presidency for any other reason than because I believe in my h
  
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• AP Source: US, Cuba to announce embassy openings Wednesday

  30-06-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Obama administration official says the U.S. and Cuba will announce the opening of embassies in Washington and Havana on Wednesday.
  
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• Blue Jackets acquire Saad in trade with Blackhawks

  30-06-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have traded forward Brandon Saad to the Columbus Blue Jackets in a seven-player deal.
  
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• In Supreme Court loss, death penalty foes see an opening

  30-06-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A loss in at the U.S. Supreme Court this week is offering a glimmer of hope for death penalty opponents.
  
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• AP Source: US, Cuba to announce opening of embassies on Wednesday

  30-06-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — AP Source: US, Cuba to announce opening of embassies on Wednesday .
  
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• U.S. court rules NSA can temporarily resume bulk phone data collection

  30-06-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. court has ruled that the eavesdropping National Security Agency can temporarily resume its bulk collection of Americans' telephone records, according to documents made public on Tuesday. The controversial program, exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, was rocked in May by an appeals court ruling that the USA Patriot Act had never authorized the NSA to collect Americans' phone records in bulk. A new law, called the Freedom Act,
  
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• Same-sex marriage fight turns to clerks who refuse licenses

  30-06-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis shut her blinds at work Tuesday morning to block the view of rainbow-clad protesters outside. They carried flowers and flags and signs saying "you don't own marriage." They chanted "do your job."
  
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• Since 1981, Bush paid an average tax rate of 36 percent

  30-06-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush paid an average federal income tax rate of 36 percent over the past three decades.
  
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• Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck to divorce and end 10-year marriage

  30-06-2015 23:18
  
  Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner will divorce husband Ben Affleck after 10-years of marriage.
  
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• State Dept.: Trade bill can't defend Israel's territories

  30-06-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is taking issue with language in a new trade bill meant to discourage boycotts of Israel.
  
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• Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner split

  30-06-2015 23:12 via edition.cnn.com
  
  One day after their 10-year anniversary, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner confirmed they are filing for divorce.
  
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• Nike co-founder Knight will step down as chairman

  30-06-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nike Chairman Phil Knight plans to step down, and says he wants President and CEO Mark Parker to succeed him.
  
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• After 'gratifying' week, Obama sees long to-do list in time left

  30-06-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It did not match the week of his wedding or the weeks his daughters were born, but President Barack Obama acknowledged on Tuesday that last week was a particularly momentous one for him. The Supreme Court legalized gay marriage and upheld his signature healthcare law, and Congress passed legislation critical to a Pacific trade pact Obama wants to finalize before leaving office in January 2017. "I might see if we can make next week eve
  
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• Candidate Jeb Bush bares 33 years of tax returns in show of transparency

  30-06-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and Linda Stern WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush released 33 years of tax records on Tuesday showing that his net worth of between $19 million and $22 million has been amassed largely through investments and speaking fees that have been as high as $75,000 per engagement. In a show of transparency expected to pressure his rivals to bare their tax records, Bush revealed that since the end of his tenure as Florida governor in 2007, his annu
  
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• Theater shooter's attorneys focus on his dazed, sullen look

  30-06-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Attorneys for Colorado theater shooter James Holmes are showing video footage of him looking sullen and dazed after the attack in their effort to show he was insane.
  
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• US stocks edge higher as investors follow Greek debt talks

  30-06-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market stabilized on Tuesday as investors followed the latest developments in the Greek debt saga.
  
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• Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck say they're getting divorced

  30-06-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actors Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck say they've decided to divorce after 10 years of marriage.
  
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• Blatter skips women's World Cup final - lawyer

  30-06-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FIFA President Sepp Blatter will not attend the final of the Women's World Cup in Canada, his US lawyer confirmed Tuesday, the first time since his election in 1998 that he has missed the climax of the showpiece event. "Mr Blatter has informed the organizers that, for personal reasons, he will not attend the women’s World Cup finals in Canada," attorney Richard Cullen said in comments to AFP. A FIFA spokesperson later confirmed that Blatter, along with the football body's S
  
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• Police finish replacing Brazilian soldiers on security duty in big slum in Rio de Janeiro

  30-06-2015 22:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Police in Rio de Janeiro have finished replacing more than 2,000 soldiers who have been stationed in the Mare complex of shantytowns to improve security and drive out the drug gangs that ruled the slum for decades.
  
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• Why this is safest time in history

  30-06-2015 22:46 via edition.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jim Sciutto tells us why despite an increase in terrorism worldwide, we are living in the safest time in history.
  
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• Cheryl Burke, Thomas Roberts won't host Miss USA

  30-06-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Miss USA has lost its all of its co-hosts.
  
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• How to spot Venus Jupiter show

  30-06-2015 22:45 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Put down the cell phone. Go outside. Look up.
  
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• Russia fails to clinch deal on gas supplies to Ukraine

  30-06-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Talks on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine have failed to reach an agreement on future supplies.
  
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• Russia fails to reach deal on future gas supplies to Ukraine amid price differences

  30-06-2015 22:44 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Talks on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine have failed to reach an agreement on future supplies.
  
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• Misty Copeland's success shows ballet leaping in the right direction

  30-06-2015 22:40 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  For years, the ballet world has been overwhelmingly white; Copeland’s entirely deserved promotion will inspire legions of young people who feel excludedAfter much conjecture and a barrage of media coverage so intense it must have turned her spring season into an unenviable gauntlet of pressure – as if debuting in Swan Lake on her home turf weren’t pressure enough – Misty Copeland has been promoted to the top rank of principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater. At the age of 32, and a
  
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• Iran extends nuclear talks

  30-06-2015 22:39 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Negotiations with Iran over nuclear capability have been extended to July 7, a U.S. State Department official said Tuesday.
  
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• Wimbledon heatwave tests stars

  30-06-2015 22:37 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won during a heatwave in London on Tuesday, but stopped short of saying a heat rule should be adopted for the men.
  
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• Why we spoke out: former detention centre workers explain

  30-06-2015 22:37 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Ten people who have worked in immigration detention centres outline why they took the risk to defy new secrecy laws that would prevent abuses being reported Former staff who have worked in Australian run detention centres on Manus Island, Nauru and across the country have signed an open letter in defiance of new laws that will criminalise public disclosure of information about what is happening to asylum seekers in Australia’s care. Related: Detention centre staff speak out in defiance of new
  
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• Pennsylvania racetrack to start races earlier to avoid deer

  30-06-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania thoroughbred track will start its races more than two hours earlier and remove nearby bushes and trees to discourage deer from jumping onto the track.
  
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• What it's like being female in Nigeria

  30-06-2015 22:33 via edition.cnn.com
  
  In her famed TEDx talk, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie tells the story of the first time she was called a feminist, at age 14, by a male friend.
  
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• Greece seeks last-minute debt deal as default nears

  30-06-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece asked for a fresh two-year rescue deal with the European Union on Tuesday in a final roll of the dice just hours before its current bailout expires and it misses a critical IMF payment. The eleventh-hour appeal came as 20,000 pro-bailout supporters took to the streets of Athens, where banks have been shut by the spiralling debt crisis and people are queueing for cash. Athens is about to enter uncharted waters without international aid for the first time in five years, sparking fears of a
  
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• Rand Paul to court marijuana industry donors at campaign fundraiser

  30-06-2015 22:33 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The Republican is the first major-party presidential candidate to publicly seek out legal cannabis entrepreneurs to financially support his runLeslie Bocskor is looking forward to Rand Paul’s fundraiser.
  As the managing partner in Electrum Partners, a consulting firm specialising in the medical marijuana industry, and the founding chairman of the Nevada Cannabis Industry Association, the only thing that would stop Bocskor from attending the fundraiser would be if business gets in the way – w
  
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• The Latest: Fitch downgrades Greece further into junk status

  30-06-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest news on Greece's financial woes (all times local):
  
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• Greece will be in default tomorrow, says Eurogroup president – video

  30-06-2015 22:29 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The head of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, speaks to the press on Tuesday evening and says that it is too late to agree a deal to save Greece from defaulting at midnight. Appearing after an emergency conference call of the currency bloc's finance ministers, Dijsselbloem says that Greece's request to extend the current bailout package 'simply isn't possible' Continue reading...
  
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• Greece crisis: Nation defaults despite extraordinary last-minute bid for new bailout deal from EU

  30-06-2015 22:28
  
  Greece defaulted on its €1.55bn loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), despite an extraordinary attempt by the country’s Prime Minister to prevent it from tumbling out of the euro.
  
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• Greece crisis: Alexis Tsipras makes extraordinary last-minute bid for new bailout deal from EU

  30-06-2015 22:28
  
  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras made an extraordinary last-minute bid to prevent his country tumbling out of the euro as he appealed for a new bailout from his European and international partners.
  
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