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• NYPD Searching for Escaped Prisoner in East Harlem

  25-07-2015 23:59
  
  Police said 57-year-old Arthur Collins was in custody of police in the 25th Precinct when he escaped barefoot at about 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
  
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• Stable Steelers arrive in style for training camp

  25-07-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers arrived for their 50th training camp at Saint Vincent College on Saturday with some new toys and the same old expectations.
  
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• Moore leads West to 117-112 win over the East

  25-07-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Maya Moore scored a record 30 points to lead the West to a 117-112 victory over the East on Saturday in the WNBA All-Star Game.
  
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• Reclaiming the booty: Minaj shows black women's challenges

  25-07-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" video opens in a jungle and the camera goes straight to the heart, or rather bottom, of the matter -- the rapper's derriere, which she gyrates with sensual delight. The failure of "Anaconda" to land a nomination in the top category at MTV's Video Music Awards led Minaj to speak out, charging that the music industry preferred to recognize women with "very slim" forms. Much of the media attention focused on the response by nomin
  
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• Sandra Bland: Sorrow mixes with fury as mourners gather for black woman's funeral

  25-07-2015 23:34
  
  Those in mourning for Sandra Bland come in a trickle to the shrine of candles, bouquets and teddy bears laid at the spot where she was pulled over for failing to indicate while changing lanes. It’s a different kind of grief, one that has recently been the special experience of many in black America: sorrow mixed with fury.
  
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• Sandra Bland: Sorrow mixes with fury as mourners gather for black activist's funeral

  25-07-2015 23:34
  
  Those in mourning for Sandra Bland come in a trickle to the shrine of candles, bouquets and teddy bears laid at the spot where she was pulled over for failing to indicate while changing lanes. It’s a different kind of grief, one that has recently been the special experience of many in black America: sorrow mixed with fury.
  
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• Obama Takes Jab at 'Birther' Movement on Kenya Trip

  25-07-2015 23:32
  
  If you can't beat members of the so-called "birther" movement, join 'em.That's the approach that President Obama appeared to take on Saturday night in Kenya.
  
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• New attack hits north Cameroon

  25-07-2015 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 19 people are killed and many others injured in a suicide bombing in Cameroon's northern town of Maroua - the second such attack this week.
  
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• Trump slams Walker as governor leads in early voting Iowa

  25-07-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump opened up a line of attack Saturday on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, accusing the leader in recent polls in Iowa of running his neighboring state into financial trouble.
  
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• Rolling Jamaica, reeling Mexico meet in Gold Cup final

  25-07-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mexico is the favorite to win its record-extending seventh CONCACAF Gold Cup title, and coach Miguel Herrera is answering questions about his future with the team.
  
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• Escaped Mexican drug lord no saint, but lesser evil at home

  25-07-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BADIRAGUATO, Mexico (AP) — People living in the hometown of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman have heard stories of his benevolence: gifts of medicine for the poor, deliveries of drinking water to storm-stricken towns. But finding anyone who's actually received or even seen such a gift is another matter.
  
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• The Latest: Obama jokes Kenya trip is family reunion

  25-07-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The latest on President Barack Obama's visit to Kenya (all times local):
  
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• Movie theater shooter's mental problems didn't stop gun buy

  25-07-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — John Russell Houser was deeply troubled long before he shot 11 people in a movie theater in Louisiana, but decades of mental problems didn't keep him from buying the handgun he used.
  
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• Trump opens attack on Walker, who leads in early voting Iowa

  25-07-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Now, it's Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's turn for Trump thump.
  
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• Turkish airstrikes against PKK in Iraq throw two-year ceasefire with Kurds into jeopardy

  25-07-2015 22:28
  
  Turkey has launched airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, with more said to be on the way, threatening to bring to an end a two-year ceasefire between the group, which is outlawed in Turkey, and the government.
  
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• Hundreds attend Sandra Bland funeral

  25-07-2015 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people gather in Illinois for the funeral of Sandra Bland, who died in a Texas prison cell nearly two weeks ago after being arrested.
  
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• Turkey strikes Kurdish bases in Iraq, truce in danger

  25-07-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's military Saturday carried out a new wave of air and artillery strikes against both Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, putting in jeopardy a fragile ceasefire with Turkish Kurds. The two-pronged operation against IS and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) -- two groups who are themselves bitterly opposed -- came after a week of deadly violence in Turkey the authorities blamed on both organisations. The strikes on the PKK threw into d
  
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• Obama challenges Kenya on gay rights, corruption

  25-07-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Barack Obama on Saturday called for gay rights in Africa during his landmark visit to Kenya, comparing homophobia to racial discrimination he had encountered in the United States. In a joint press conference after talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Obama also pushed a tough message on Kenyan corruption, the civil war in South Sudan, controversial elections in Burundi and the fight against Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants.
  
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• President Obama takes Kenya to task over corruption and gay rights record

  25-07-2015 22:06
  
  President Barack Obama has chided Kenya on its gay rights record and urged the government in Nairobi to take greater steps to tackle corruption, describing it as “the single biggest impediment to Kenya growing even faster”.
  
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• Barack Obama takes Kenya to task over corruption and gay rights record

  25-07-2015 22:06
  
  President Barack Obama has chided Kenya on its gay rights record and urged the government in Nairobi to take greater steps to tackle corruption, describing it as “the single biggest impediment to Kenya growing even faster”.
  
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• Mavi Marmara: Judges call for new investigation into deaths of activists on Gaza blockade ship

  25-07-2015 22:06
  
  The International Criminal Court has asked its chief prosecutor to reopen an investigation into the interception of the Mavi Marmara, the ship on which nine human rights activists were killed in 2010 after it was stormed by the Israeli Defence Force during an attempt to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
  
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• 'Dear Terror' Letter Resonates After Theater Shooting

  25-07-2015 22:00
  
  "You, terror, flexed your muscles in an attempt to intimidate us. But you see, this time you picked on the wrong people," the letter says.
  
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• Greece debt crisis threatens 70 years of peace

  25-07-2015 22:00
  
  Political crises in the Middle East and North Africa since 2011 have either produced extreme violence or caused countries to dissolve into civil war. The territorial settlement that followed the defeat of the Ottomans in 1918 is collapsing, but there is no clear sign of what will replace it, other than conflicts which nobody knows how to end.
  
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• Funeral on Monday for a Louisiana theater shooting victim

  25-07-2015 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mayci Breaux, 21, will be remembered in an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian burial at the Church of the Assumption in Franklin, Louisiana, Ibert's Mortuary said in an online obituary. Franklin is about 50 miles southeast of Lafayette. Breaux and Jillian Johnson, 33, were killed on Thursday night when authorities said John R. Houser, fired at them and others at the Grand 16 Theater in Lafayette during the movie "Trainwreck." Houser, 59, then killed himself.
  
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• Hundreds mourn for woman found dead in Texas jail cell

  25-07-2015 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mike Lansu LISLE, Ill. (Reuters) - Hundreds of people on Saturday attended the funeral of Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas jail cell days after she was arrested following a minor traffic offense, an incident said by activists to be yet another example of police brutality toward minorities. "This is not a moment of defeat, this is an hour of victory ... We are not funeralizing a martyr or a victim, we are celebrating a hero," said Reverend James Miller, who led the f
  
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• Exclusive: AFL-CIO may delay endorsement of Clinton as 2016 presidential candidate - sources

  25-07-2015 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a possible setback for Hillary Clinton, the AFL-CIO’s political committee has recommended the nation’s largest labor union federation delay endorsing a candidate for the 2016 presidential race as it seeks to push her to be more supportive of its policies on issues such as trade and wages. The move highlights the pressures Clinton is facing to take a tough stand against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed free trade deal backed by President Barack Obama but vigorously opposed by unio
  
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• Saudi-led airstrikes kill 120 in Yemen coastal town

  25-07-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit a residential area in a quiet Red Sea town in Yemen late Friday, killing at least 120 people in the deadliest strike against civilians since the March offensive began, security and medical officials said.
  
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• Judge rules Alzheimer's project belongs to UC San Diego

  25-07-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has ruled that control of a landmark project on Alzheimer's disease belongs to the University of California, San Diego — handing the school a major victory in its lawsuit against the University of Southern California.
  
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• Carl Edwards takes Brickyard 400 pole, with Tony Stewart 4th

  25-07-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Carl Edwards won the pole for the Brickyard 400, where passing could be at a premium Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  
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• Q&A: A look at Shell Oil and Arctic offshore drilling

  25-07-2015 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shell Oil drill vessels are heading to the Arctic.
  
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• The Latest: Conte says facing Spain 'very stimulating'

  25-07-2015 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The latest on Saturday's 2018 World Cup qualifying draw (times are local):
  
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• Timeline of theater gunman John Russell Houser's life

  25-07-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This timeline of the life of John Russell Houser is based on police statements, court records and Associated Press interviews. Police say Houser killed two people and wounded nine others inside a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater before fatally shooting himself as police approached.
  
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• Migrants left looking for shelter as Greece struggles in crisis

  25-07-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan and Syria have set up temporary camps in central Athens while waiting to move on to what they hope will be a more permanent home in Europe. "We need a campus because more and more people are coming so they cannot live like this in the center of the city," said Nikitas Kanakis, president of the Greek section of medical charity Doctors of the World. The migrants have all made the perilous journey from war-torn Afghanistan through Turkey to the Greek islands, w
  
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• Greek bailout talks pushed back by a few days on logistics-official

  25-07-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) - Talks between Greece and its international creditors over a new bailout package will be delayed by a couple of days because of organizational issues, a finance ministry official said on Saturday. The meetings with officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund were supposed to start on Monday after being delayed for issues including the location of talks and security last week. ...
  
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• The Latest: FIFA keeps Russia and Ukraine apart

  25-07-2015 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The latest on Saturday's 2018 World Cup qualifying draw (times are local):
  
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• Pollard's ex-wife: Israel should fund his legal defense

  25-07-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The former wife of Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of spying for Israel, called on the Israeli government to pay for an attorney to facilitate his freedom on Saturday amid international speculation he could be released soon.
  
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• The Latest: Froome earns Tour best-climber jersey too

  25-07-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALPE D'HUEZ, France (AP) — The Latest from the Tour de France (all times local):
  
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• Fiat Chrysler to recall more than 1.6 million vehicles in US

  25-07-2015 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 1.6 million vehicles in the U.S. to fix two separate issues affecting its Ram pickup trucks.
  
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• The Latest: Wales to play Irish, seeking 1st WC since '58

  25-07-2015 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The latest on Saturday's 2018 World Cup qualifying draw (times are local):
  
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• Damaged Shell icebreaker arrives in Oregon for repairs

  25-07-2015 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say the Fennica, a vessel that Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to use in its Arctic offshore drilling project, has arrived in Oregon for repairs.
  
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• US opens World Cup qualifying in group with Trinidad

  25-07-2015 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The United States' road to the 2018 World Cup opens in November with a four-nation group that includes Trinidad and Tobago.
  
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• Edwards earns pivotal starting spot at Indianapolis

  25-07-2015 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Carl Edwards has won the pole for the Brickyard 400.
  
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• Yemen 5-day ceasefire set

  25-07-2015 20:53 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The sounds of bombs and gunfire are set to go silent in Yemen at 11:59 p.m. Sunday as warring sides set down their weapons for a five-day humanitarian ceasefire.
  
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• The Latest: O'Neill puzzled by FIFA seeding system

  25-07-2015 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The latest on Saturday's 2018 World Cup qualifying draw (times are local):
  
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• Hundreds bid farewell to woman who died in Texas jail cell

  25-07-2015 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LISLE, Ill. (AP) — Family and friends of an Illinois woman found dead in a Texas jail remembered her Saturday as a "courageous voice" for social justice and promised to keep fighting for clarity on the circumstances surrounding her death.
  
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• Pearson says in talks to sell its 50 percent stake in The Economist

  25-07-2015 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - Britain's Pearson is in talks to sell its 50 percent stake in The Economist to the other shareholders of the weekly newspaper, with one, Italy's Agnelli family, confirming it wants to increase its stake. The move comes on the heels of Pearson's sale of the Financial Times newspaper to Japanese media group Nikkei, announced this week as its focuses on its education business. "Pearson confirms it is in discussions with The Economist Group Board and trus
  
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• Italy's Exor in talks to increase its stake in The Economist

  25-07-2015 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILAN (Reuters) - Italian holding company Exor said on Saturday it was in talks with Britain's Pearson on the possibility of raising its 4.72 percent stake in The Economist Group, publisher of The Economist newspaper.
  
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• French host reenactment of 1415 Battle of Agincourt

  25-07-2015 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AZINCOURT, France (AP) — France lost the Battle of Agincourt nearly 600 years ago, but they're not sore losers.
  
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• Ga. debates Confederate carving set in stone and state law

  25-07-2015 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Art, monument or embarrassment?
  
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• Kurds fight the IS group while being bombed by Turkey

  25-07-2015 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Turkish jets struck camps belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq Friday and Saturday in what were the first strikes since a peace deal was announced in 2013.
  
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