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• Isner at it again at Wimbledon, tied 10-all in 5th vs. Cilic

  03-07-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Marathon man John Isner is at it again at Wimbledon.
  
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• Clinton says she takes a 'backseat to no one' among liberals

  03-07-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she takes a "backseat to no one" on championing liberal causes, presenting herself as a standard-bearer for Democrats as primary challenger Bernie Sanders generates large, energetic crowds.
  
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• Greek finance minister Varoufakis says bail-in report 'malicious rumor'

  03-07-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Friday a Financial Times report that Greece was making contingency plans for the possible bail-in of deposits was a "malicious rumor".
  
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• Aussie Kyrgios keeps talking and winning

  03-07-2015 23:45 via edition.cnn.com
  
  For those who hope Nick Kyrgios will tone it down a little, it doesn't look like it's going to happen anytime soon.
  
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• Eager eaters weigh-in ahead of NYC July 4 hot dog contest

  03-07-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Four avid eaters have hit the scales ahead of the annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest at Coney Island's Nathan's Famous.
  
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• Hammon to become 1st female head coach of NBA summer league

  03-07-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Becky Hammon is about to become the first woman to serve as the head coach of an NBA summer league team.
  
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• Children being killed and forced to flee from school in Burundi election-related violence

  03-07-2015 23:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
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• Greek bank official dismisses 'haircut' report as 'baseless'

  03-07-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Financial Times reported on Friday that Greek banks were preparing contingency plans for a possible "haircut" on deposits amid fears of financial collapse, a report the country's banking association said was "completely baseless".
  
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• NASCAR distances itself from Donald Trump after remarks

  03-07-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR is the latest corporation to distance itself from Donald Trump.
  
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• Iranian foreign minister raises prospect of joint action against Islamic State

  03-07-2015 23:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Zarif says there will be opportunities for Iran and the US to cooperate if a deal is cut on the nuclear issue Sealing a nuclear deal will allow the west and Iran to face the common challenge of violent extremism, the Iranian foreign minister said in a video message on Friday evening.Mohammad Javad Zarif released the video at a crucial moment in long-running negotiations in Vienna aimed at concluding a comprehensive and enduring agreement on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran and six
  
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• Solar Impulse lands in Hawaii, completing historic flight

  03-07-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft completed a historic flight in its quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel, touching down gracefully in Hawaii on Friday after the most arduous leg of its journey. The sun-powered plane, piloted by veteran Swiss aviator Andre Borschberg, took 118 hours -- about five days -- to make the voyage from Japan to Hawaii and landed shortly after dawn at Kalaeloa Airport on the main Hawaiian island of Oahu. "Just landed in #Hawaii with @solarimpulse! F
  
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• IMF gives Greece something to mull over

  03-07-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reviled in Greece for pushing the bitter medicine of austerity, the IMF has nonetheless thrown Athens a bone by urging European countries to cough up more money to ease Greece's titanic debt load. Ignoring its own procedures, the International Monetary Fund threw caution to the wind Thursday and shook up things both in Brussels and Athens, two days before the referendum in Greece on accepting new bailout terms. A report released Thursday by the IMF said the European Union may need to take l
  
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• US on alert for terror threat on July 4 holiday

  03-07-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States is ramping up security across the country and urging people to stay alert over the Independence Day holiday weekend over fears of a terrorist threat. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security and National Counterterrorism Center have all warned of an increased risk of attacks during the long Fourth of July weekend. New York State is ratcheting up its monitoring of celebrations and events on Saturday, expected to draw large crowds to America's big
  
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• Get the best shirt you'll ever wear

  03-07-2015 23:20 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Jolyon Bexon, General Manager at Gieves and Hawkes, Number 1 Saville Row gives CNN Style tips on how to buy a perfectly fitted shirt.
  
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• ISIS fighter: It was kill or be killed

  03-07-2015 23:16 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Where ISIS goes to recruit | Pipeline of radicalized young men | Moment of silence in UK
  
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• Hulk Hogan vs Gawker: Wrestling legend takes on website in $100m sex-tape legal battle

  03-07-2015 23:14
  
  During a long and storied career in the ring, Hulk Hogan defeated many formidable challengers, taking on and trouncing The Undertaker, Andre the Giant, “Macho Man” Randy Savage and more. But now the 61-year-old former wrestler is approaching what could be the biggest win of his career, in a Florida courtroom.
  
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• San Francisco: No 'legal basis' to hold shooting suspect

  03-07-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An attorney for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department says it had no authority to honor an immigration hold when it released a man who's now suspected in shooting death of a woman at a tourist site.
  
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• Mexico set to free founder of Michoacan vigilante movement held on weapons, drug charges.

  03-07-2015 23:09 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mexican authorities say they are near to freeing Jose Manuel Mireles, a founder of the self-defense movement that rose up to fight an entrenched drug cartel in the western state of Michoacan.
  
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• 2 points from loss, Serena wins at Wimbledon; Venus next

  03-07-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Twice, Serena Williams stood merely two points from a loss at Wimbledon against a British opponent buoyed by a roaring, flag-waving Centre Court crowd.
  
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• Defiant PM rejects Grexit fears as he rallies 'No' vote

  03-07-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras got a rock-star welcome at an Athens rally late Friday as he sought to revive support for a "No" vote in a referendum called to bolster his stance in his struggle with international creditors. Countering EU leaders' warnings that a "No" could cause Greece to crash out of the eurozone, Tsipras told the crowd of 25,000 cheering supporters: "We are not simply deciding to remain in Europe -- we are deciding to live with dignit
  
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• Inheritance tax giveaway to feature in first Tory budget alongside welfare cuts

  03-07-2015 23:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor George Osborne set to unveil policy most likely to benefit higher earners on same day as setting out £12bn benefit reductionsGeorge Osborne is planning to use his first Conservative budget to lift all but the very richest households out of inheritance tax on the same day he sets out billions of pounds in welfare cuts.The move will allow a couple to pass a house worth up to £1m to their children or grandchildren. The chancellor will create a £175,000, tax-free allowance pe
  
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• Syrian civil war: Islamist rebel alliance launches major attack on Assad-held Aleppo

  03-07-2015 22:57
  
  Rebel groups fighting Syrian government forces have launched a large assault on Aleppo, hoping to deal a fatal blow to Bashar al-Assad’s grip on the key battleground.
  
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• Alexis Tsipras profile: A charismatic gambler with his nation's future

  03-07-2015 22:55
  
  Alexis Tsipras may well be a Pied Piper leading Greece out of the euro and bringing Europe’s single currency crashing down with it, but, if so, he is doing it with extraordinary poise and flair. In his many TV appearances over the past fortnight, Tsipras has displayed charisma and chutzpah as he has railed against the EU establishment that he claims is trying to debase his country, while reassuring voters that he has the answer to Greece’s abysmal predicament.
  
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• Eric Vercoutre: The controversial Calais union leader who has divided opinion while causing major cross-Channel disruption

  03-07-2015 22:52
  He is the bearded face and the strident voice of the dispute that threatens to cause recurrent misery for cross-Channel travellers this summer. To his followers, Eric Vercoutre is a courageous guerrilla fighter against big business and the British and French governments. To his enemies, however, he is an old-fashioned union gang boss – a reincarnation of the aggressive docklands trades-unionism portrayed in the movie On the Waterfront.
  
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• Greek campaigns, neck and neck, reach dramatic finale

  03-07-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — On a night filled with emotion and packed city squares, naysaying Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his "yes" vote rivals made their final pitches at bailout referendum rallies, as polls showed the two sides in a dead heat.
  
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• Greek debt crisis: referendum to go ahead as court rejects appeal

  03-07-2015 22:41 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Latest polls show country split down the middleEC president Tusk: referendum is not a vote on euro membershipTsipras: IMF report ‘great vindication’ for Greek governmentVaroufakis says deal in the offing – later denied by DijsselbloemEC says referendum question not legally correctTimings for Sunday’s pollGreek banks have enough cash until MondayShare your views with GuardianWitness 9.41pm BST Greece’s top court has overruled an appeal from two Greek citizens against the decision to hol
  
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• El Salvador's 677 murders in June most since end of civil war

  03-07-2015 22:36 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The month of June saw 677 murders in El Salvador, more than in any other single month since the end of the country's civil war.
  
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• AP sources: Mavericks, DeAndre Jordan agree to 4-year deal

  03-07-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — DeAndre Jordan has chosen the Mavericks over the Los Angeles Clippers in what turned into a tense boom-or-bust wait for Dallas in pursuit of the free-agent center.
  
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• The Latest: Isner, Cilic sent home at 10-all in 5th set

  03-07-2015 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
  
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• Tunisia attack: RAF flies more UK dead home – video

  03-07-2015 22:21 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  A Royal Air Force plane arrives at Brize Norton air base in Oxfordshire carrying the bodies of more UK victims of the Tunisian attack. The RAF have been transporting the dead back to the UK throughout the last few days. A total of 30 Britons died in the attack, which took place last Friday. Brize Norton is more usually associated with the repatriation of members of the armed forces Continue reading...
  
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• Hillary Clinton to gay Humans of New York teen: 'Your future will be amazing'

  03-07-2015 22:16 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  2016 candidate posts personal comment under Facebook photoCampaign takes remark to Twitter in search of viral followingHillary Clinton took to Facebook on Friday to offer words of encouragement and advice to a gay teen. The leading Democratic presidential candidate posted remarks in response to a photo posted by the page of Humans of New York, a project run by photographer Brandon Stanton. Continue reading...
  
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• Ipsos poll puts Greek 'Yes' camp narrowly ahead

  03-07-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greeks in favor of accepting the tough terms of an aid deal in a Sunday referendum were marginally ahead on 44 percent of the vote in an Ipsos poll published on Friday, compared to 43 percent against. Some 12 percent of respondents were undecided, underscoring significant potential for volatility, Ipsos said in a statement published on its website, describing the referendum as "too close to call".
  
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• Egypt marks 2nd anniversary of Islamist ouster with mourning

  03-07-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Two years to the day after the army overthrew Egypt's Islamist president, the sounds coming from the mosque at Cairo's Tahrir Square were sadly telling. At the focal point of Egypt's upheavals, where authorities had hoped to stage celebrations, there was instead a prayer for the week's dead, including soldiers cut down by militants in Sinai and the country's chief prosecutor, assassinated by car bomb in the capital.
  
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• Egypt mourns soldiers, top prosecutor on 2nd anniversary of Islamist president's overthrow

  03-07-2015 22:13 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Two years to the day after the army overthrew Egypt's Islamist president, the sounds coming from the mosque at Cairo's Tahrir Square were sadly telling.
  
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• Bubba Watson to remove Confederate flag from 'General Lee'

  03-07-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Bubba Watson says he's painting over the Confederate flag on his car made popular in "The Dukes of Hazzard" television series.
  
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• Clinton says she hopes Iran talks yield a deal

  03-07-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HANOVER, N.H. (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton said on Friday she hoped that 18 months of nuclear talks between Iran and major powers would yield a deal to curb Iran's nuclear program.     "I so hope that we are able to get a deal in the next week that puts a lid on Iran's nuclear weapons program," the former secretary of state told a rally on the Dartmouth College campus in Hanover, New Hampshire, adding that even if a deal is reached, th
  
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• Solar Impulse 2 pilot becomes aviation legend

  03-07-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At 62 years of age, Swiss Solar Impulse 2 pilot Andre Borschberg has made aviation history with a record breaking solo flight across the Pacific that he has called "an interior journey". In 2013, over a period of two months, the dynamic aviation duo made the journey across the US.
  
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• The Latest: Isner in another long one at Wimbledon

  03-07-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
  
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• Iran nuclear talks could go beyond July 7 if exceedingly close

  03-07-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Iran nuclear talks could run past a July 7 deadline if the negotiators are on the verge of an agreement, a senior U.S. official said on Friday on condition of anonymity. Asked if Iran and the major powers were "exceedingly close" to a deal whether the talks might go past that deadline, the senior U.S. official told reporters: "Is it conceivable that we would go past the 7th?
  
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• Solar Impulse completes epic flight

  03-07-2015 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Solar Impulse, the aeroplane that is powered only by the sun, lands in Hawaii after making a historic 7,200km flight across the Pacific from Japan.
  
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• Iran to US: Nuke deal could result in joint cooperation

  03-07-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — In a message to Washington, Iran's foreign minister on Friday called for an end to "coercion and pressure" at the nuclear talks, suggesting a deal acceptable to his country will open the door to cooperation on fighting the upsurge of Middle East extremism threatening both nations' interests.
  
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• A-Rod, Yanks settle dispute, he gets ball from 3,000th hit

  03-07-2015 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees settled their dispute over a marketing payment with a deal announced Friday that gives $3.5 million to charitable groups, saves the team $5.5 million and gets A-Rod the home run ball from his 3,000th hit.
  
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• 7/7 survivor's animation recalls horror of King's Cross tube bomb – video

  03-07-2015 22:03 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  An animation film describing one person's memories of the bomb attack which took place at King's Cross on 7 July 2005. Georgina Ferguson, who has rarely spoken about her experience, created the feature in part to thank her 'guardian angel' on that day, ahead of the 10-year anniversary Continue reading...
  
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• France's Hollande promises Cameroon intensified military cooperation to fight Boko Haram

  03-07-2015 22:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  French President Francois Hollande has promised intensified military cooperation with Cameroon in the fight against Boko Haram during a visit to the West African country.
  
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• Mitt Romney hosts political sleepover for Chris Christie and Marco Rubio

  03-07-2015 22:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  2012 Republican candidate hosts 2016 hopefuls in New HampshireNew Jersey governor and Florida senator among crowded GOP fieldRelated: 'Grassroots movement working': Bernie Sanders gains on the Clinton machine Mitt Romney was set to host two rival Republican presidential contenders at a holiday sleepover on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• The Latest: Greek PM urges voters to ignore scaremongers

  03-07-2015 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest news on Greece's financial woes and its upcoming referendum on Sunday (all times local):
  
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• Serena Williams survives scare

  03-07-2015 21:47 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Serena Williams rallied to beat Heather Watson at Wimbledon on Friday, coming back from 3-0 down in the third set to win 6-2 4-6 7-5.
  
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• In Women's World Cup viewership, new generation is older one

  03-07-2015 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A generation of American women who grew up playing sports because of Title IX now makes up the television audience that advertisers covet.
  
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• Feds: San Francisco pier shooting suspect deported 5 times

  03-07-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal agency says a man suspected in the shooting death of a woman at a busy San Francisco tourist destination has seven felony convictions and has been deported five times, most recently in 2009.
  
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• Photos: Abandoned Sofas Inspire Photographer Series

  03-07-2015 21:36
  
  Abandoned Sofas Inspire Photographer Series
  
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