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• FDA bans some Mexican cilantro after feces found in fields

  27-07-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is banning imports of some fresh cilantro from Puebla, Mexico, after a government investigation found human feces and toilet paper in growing fields there.
  
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• The Latest: Colorado shooter's sister says his eyes changed

  27-07-2015 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial (all times local):
  
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• Hulk Hogan takes to Twitter after WWE cuts ties

  27-07-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hulk Hogan is taking to Twitter in the aftermath of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. cutting ties with him amid a report that the wrestling star used racial slurs in a conversation captured on a sex tape.
  
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• With Boston out, can Los Angeles revive a US Olympic bid?

  27-07-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympics was undercut by its own mayor, its skeptical public and, finally, leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee, who were tired of the city's ever-changing blueprint.
  
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• US plays Aruba or St Vincent in World Cup qualifying opener

  27-07-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The United States will host Aruba or St. Vincent and the Grenadines at St. Louis on Nov. 13 in the Americans' opening qualifier for the 2018 World Cup.
  
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• In New Jersey, Christie taps ex-classmates for plum posts

  27-07-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has remained especially close to his high school friends.
  
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• VIDEO: Why Americans give up holiday time

  27-07-2015 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Americans often don't use the little holiday time they have
  
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• 'Aggressive' search underway for 2 teens on fishing trip

  27-07-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard searched "aggressively" off the Florida coast and friends combed the shoreline Monday for any sign of two teenage fishermen, described as experienced boaters, who went missing three days earlier after setting out for the Bahamas on a stormy afternoon.
  
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• Turkey, U.S. aim for zone cleared of Islamic State in northern Syria

  27-07-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nick Tattersall and Phil Stewart ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkey and the United States are working on plans to provide air cover for Syrian rebels and jointly sweep Islamic State fighters from a strip of land along the Turkish border, bolstering the NATO member's security and possibly providing a safe haven for civilians. Long a reluctant member of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, Turkey last week made a dramatic turnaround by granting the alliance access to its air b
  
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• Correction: Movie Theater Shooting-Timeline story

  27-07-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a timeline of the life of Louisiana movie theater gunman John Russell Houser, The Associated Press, relying on court filings his family's lawyer submitted to obtain a protective order against him in 2008, reported erroneously that a Carroll County probate judge ordered him committed involuntarily to a mental hospital. Judge Betty Cason says her order was limited to ordering deputies to deliver Houser against his will if necessary to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
  
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• Correction: Movie Theater Shooting story

  27-07-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — In stories published July 25 about Louisiana movie theater gunman John Russell Houser, The Associated Press, relying on court filings his family's lawyer submitted to obtain a protective order against him in 2008, reported erroneously that Carroll County Probate Judge Betty Cason ordered him committed involuntarily to a hospital for mental health treatment. Cason says her order was limited to detaining Houser against his will if necessary and delivering him to a hosp
  
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• Judge says she did not involuntarily commit theater gunman

  27-07-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) — The gunman responsible for last week's deadly attack in a Louisiana movie theater was delivered by deputies to hospital for a mental evaluation in 2008 after his family said he was a danger to himself and others.
  
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• Get the waffles! Maple syrup spills on New Hampshire highway

  27-07-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The only thing missing was the waffles.
  
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• Swiss 'steal' French water for cows

  27-07-2015 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French officials are angered by an unexpected visit from Swiss army helicopters searching for lake water for thirsty cows.
  
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• GOP House chairman calls on Obama to remove IRS commissioner

  27-07-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of a powerful House committee is calling for the removal of the IRS commissioner, saying he has obstructed congressional investigations into the treatment of conservative groups.
  
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• Man possibly linked to missing women had contact with police

  27-07-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) — A man toting axes, a shovel and bleach when he was killed by an escort he met online had been stopped, interviewed or investigated by police in 21 states and is being looked into for possible links to unsolved disappearances or slayings, authorities said Monday.
  
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• NSA will stop looking at old US phone records

  27-07-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has decided that the National Security Agency will soon stop examining — and will ultimately destroy — millions of American calling records it collected under a controversial program leaked by former agency contractor Edward Snowden.
  
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• The Latest: Mourners say goodbye to theater shooting victims

  27-07-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  FRANKLIN, La. (AP) — 4:05 p.m.
  
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• Impact acquire former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba

  27-07-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal Impact have acquired former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba in a trade with the Chicago Fire.
  
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• NSA to stop using bulk US phone data in November

  27-07-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Security Agency will cease its access to most bulk data collected under a controversial surveillance program in November, but retain records for litigation purposes, officials said Monday. The office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement that the bulk telephony data -- the subject of leaks by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden which shocked many in the US and abroad -- would be destroyed "as soon as possible" to comply with a law passed by
  
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• A look at the sweeping Senate transportation bill

  27-07-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate and House are moving toward a showdown over a must-pass transportation bill this week. If they don't reach an agreement by Friday, the government will be forced to halt highway aid payments to states in the middle of the summer construction season.
  
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• 'Not Quitters': Families of Missing Teens Plead for Help

  27-07-2015 23:24 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The families of two teenage boys, who went missing while fishing off the coast of Florida, asked Monday that people search beaches for debris.
  
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• PBS special 'The Bomb' seeks to tell story of atomic weapons

  27-07-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A new PBS special looks into the creation of the atomic bomb at the then-secret city of Los Alamos and will feature newly restored and declassified footage.
  
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• Airstrikes against ISIS

  27-07-2015 23:17 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A special NATO meeting will be held at Turkey's request as they make an aggressive push against ISIS. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.
  
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• US, Turkey join forces to drive Islamic State from Syria

  27-07-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US and Turkey have agreed to work together to drive Islamic State (IS) jihadists from northern Syria, senior US officials said Monday, as Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed to press ahead with parallel strikes against Kurdish militants. The potentially game-changing accord with the US was revealed as Turkey fuelled the growing anger of its Kurdish minority by shelling a Kurdish-held village in northern Syria while its warplanes continued to pound Kurdish targets in northern Iraq. D
  
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• Five reasons Trump still tops polls

  27-07-2015 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Business tycoon Donald Trump's presidential campaign is still soaring despite predictions of its impending demise.
  
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• Sex and drugs story costs UK lord

  27-07-2015 23:11 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Lord Sewel, a senior figure in the United Kingdom's House of Lords, has resigned from his post as a deputy speaker after video emerged that allegedly showed him snorting cocaine in the company of prostitutes.
  
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• Actress faces child sex charges

  27-07-2015 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maggie Kirkpatrick, who starred in 1980s soap Prisoner Cell Block H and later Home and Away, is charged with indecent assault and gross indecency.
  
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• Plunge in Chinese shares helps send global markets lower

  27-07-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The worst drop in China's stock market in eight years helped drag down other markets around the world Monday.
  
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• Clinton pledges to be America's renewable energy president

  27-07-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton laid out ambitious plans Monday to invest in solar and other renewable energy if elected US president, drawing a contrast with her fossil fuel-loving Republican rivals. "We will make America the world's clean energy superpower," she declared at a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, unveiling highlights of a concept she said could ultimately impact every American household. "I refuse to turn my back on what is one of the greatest threats and greatest opportunit
  
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• True-crime author Ann Rule dies at age 83

  27-07-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — True-crime writer Ann Rule, who wrote more than 30 books, including a profile of her former co-worker, serial killer Ted Bundy, has died at age 83.
  
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• True-crime writer Ann Rule, who wrote about former co-worker Ted Bundy, dies at age 83

  27-07-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — True-crime writer Ann Rule, who wrote about former co-worker Ted Bundy, dies at age 83.
  
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• Cleveland Investigating Cop's Pepper Spray Use

  27-07-2015 22:57 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Transit officials are investigating a police officer's pepper spray use after cell phone video appears to show the cop using pepper spray on a crowd after concerns grew over cops removing a teen from a bus.
  
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• Greece launches bailout talks as Plan B details revealed

  27-07-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government on Monday launched complex bailout negotiations with creditors, but faced rebuke following revelations that former finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, formed a secret committee to plan for the possible conversion of euros into drachmas "at a drop of a hat."
  
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• Los Angeles could host the 2024 Summer Olympics after Boston withdraws bid

  27-07-2015 22:54
  
  Boston has officially withdrawn its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
  
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• Man charged in stabbings, including 1 fatal, at church camp

  27-07-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  URBANA, Md. (AP) — An apparently homeless Virginia man fatally stabbed a South Korean missionary and seriously wounded his wife at a Maryland church retreat center, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Feds: 'Wicked Tuna' TV fisherman claimed to be disabled

  27-07-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Massachusetts man seen manning big fishing rods and harpooning huge fish on the reality show "Wicked Tuna" collected government benefits while claiming to be disabled and unable to work, federal prosecutors said.
  
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• The Latest: Colorado theater shooter's sister takes stand

  27-07-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial (all times local):
  
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• Dad Admits Taking Rap For Son's Fatal Hit-and-Run

  27-07-2015 22:43 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Juan Silva went to prison for a 2013 fatal hit-and-run. Now it turns out that he was trying to protect the true suspect: his son.
  
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• James White, wrote screenplay to 'Ray,' dies at 67

  27-07-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — James L. White, who wrote the screenplay for "Ray," the 2004 movie about singer Ray Charles, has died in California. He was 67.
  
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• World Trade Organization approves Kazakhstan's membership

  27-07-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Kazakhstan is set to become the 162nd member of the World Trade Organization after the Geneva-based body formally approved the country's membership Monday.
  
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• 'Laughing gas' emissions understated

  27-07-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) from agriculture in some locations are underestimated by 40% according to new research.
  
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• Warriors trade David Lee to Boston for Wallace, Babb

  27-07-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors have completed the trade sending two-time All-Star forward David Lee to the Boston Celtics for Gerald Wallace and Chris Babb, the teams said Monday.
  
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• Shelling through Yemen ceasefire

  27-07-2015 22:35 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Day 1 of a scheduled five-day humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen witnessed more than a dozen Saudi airstrikes and Houthi clashes on numerous fronts as the dueling sides both breached the long-awaited break.
  
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• Chinese market dive pressures US stocks

  27-07-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street equities slid Monday after a big drop in the Chinese stock market sparked worries about global economic growth.
  
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• Chand wins appeal over hormone ban

  27-07-2015 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Indian sprinter Dutee Chand is cleared to race by a landmark ruling that questions the validity of so-called gender tests.
  
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• March, civil disobedience planned next month in Ferguson

  27-07-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A silent march and a day of civil disobedience are among the events being planned for next month in Ferguson to mark the first anniversary of the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer, an event that galvanized the "Black Lives Matter" movement.
  
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• Hiker climbs tree to escape coyotes, gets stuck for 5 hours

  27-07-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, N.J. (AP) — A hiker trying to escape from coyotes in a wooded area of southern New Jersey has gotten stuck in a tree for nearly five hours.
  
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• Bush Says He Was Hurt by Trump's Mexico Remarks

  27-07-2015 22:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Jeb Bush told MSNBC's Jose Diaz-Balart that he was "herido," Spanish for "hurt," by Donald Trump's comments about undocumented Mexican immigrants during an interview conducted entirely in Spanish on Monday.
  
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• NSA will stop looking at old phone records

  27-07-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has decided that the National Security Agency will soon stop using millions of American calling records it collected under a controversial program leaked by former agency contractor Edward Snowden.
  
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