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• Priceless Stradivarius, missing for 35 years, returned to heirs

  06-08-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A priceless Stradivarius stolen 35 years ago from an American concert violinist was back in the hands of his heirs Thursday -- a happy ending to a long-running mystery cracked by a luthier's keen expert eye. The violin -- made in 1734 and estimated to be worth $5 million -- had been lifted in May 1980 from the office of Roman Totenberg at the Longy School of Music near Boston, where he taught. "Our only sadness is that our father is not here to see this," said his daughter, NPR pu
  
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• Bank of England signals early 2016 hike after sterling climb

  06-08-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England pointed to a possible rise in interest rates early next year as just one of its top policymakers backed an immediate move and it said the strength of sterling meant inflation would only pick up slowly. The pound fell sharply and investors briefly pushed back their bets on a first rate hike until June next year, before BoE Governor Mark Carney said the Bank was getting closer to beginning to undo its stimulus for Brita
  
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• Democratic presidential hopefuls woo labor in Iowa

  06-08-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — Union leaders at a candidates' forum in Iowa are grilling four Democrats but not front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has drawn scrutiny over her positions on trade. She has skipped the event because of a scheduling conflict.
  
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• Missouri man gets 20 years in prison for making child porn

  06-08-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who prosecutors say admitted while applying for a Missouri State Highway Patrol job that he had had sexual contact with several underage girls was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison.
  
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• 2nd Plague Death Reported as Residents Warned to Protect Themselves

  06-08-2015 23:46
  
  Cool and wet summer means more fleas that can carry plague.
  
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• Study finds women few, far between in Hollywood films

  06-08-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Less than a third of the characters in top-grossing Hollywood films are female, and women directors are much rarer still, according to a study Thursday that bemoaned Tinseltown's lack of diversity. Of the more than 30,000 speaking characters who appeared on screen between 2007 and 2014, only 30.2 percent were female, the study said. "Clearly, the norm in Hollywood is to exclude girls and women from the screen," the 29-page study said.
  
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• The Latest: Mother of movie attacker just visited Tennessee

  06-08-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANTIOCH, Tenn. (AP) — The latest on an attack at a Nashville-area movie theater (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Trump absent, but much discussed, at early forum

  06-08-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign for president:
  
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• Hackers turn Square readers into crime tools

  06-08-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hackers on Thursday showed how to turn the latest model Square mobile payments readers into crime tools. Independent security researchers and self-described hackers Alexandrea Mellen and John Moore were at the Black Hat computer security conference in Las Vegas to demonstrate hacks targeting Square software or the dongle that plugs into audio jacks to read credit card magnetic strips. "We converted a Square Reader into a credit card skimmer in under 10 minutes," Mellen told AFP.
  
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• Republican debate will be first test for brash Trump

  06-08-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  All eyes were on brash billionaire Donald Trump as the Republican Party's White House hopefuls -- all 17 of them -- prepared to do battle Thursday in the first debates of the 2016 race. Six months ahead of the start of primary elections to choose the Republican flagbearer, real estate mogul Trump has taken an unexpected lead in opinion polls in the run-up to the debate in Cleveland, Ohio. The main debate with 10 candidates will take place at 9:00 pm (0100 GMT Friday) at a Cleveland arena fi
  
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• Police say suspect in custody in Louisiana officer's death

  06-08-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A suspect wanted in the shooting death of a Shreveport police officer was taken into custody after a round-the-clock manhunt, Louisiana State Police said Thursday.
  
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• Wacha wins 13th, Cardinals beat Reds 3-0 to take series

  06-08-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The mound was slippery, the rain was steady, the bullpen was exhausted. Michael Wacha overcame all of it for another win.
  
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• Republican Presidential Debate - Live Report Coming Soon

  06-08-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - All eyes were on brash billionaire Donald Trump as the Republican Party's White House hopefuls prepared to do battle Thursday in the first debates of the 2016 race.
  
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• The Latest: Jury now deliberating theater shooter's sentence

  06-08-2015 23:38 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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• California wildfire evacuees fear finding homes destroyed

  06-08-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of people driven from their homes by a massive Northern California wildfire are anxious to check on their pets and possessions, but for now are stuck camping in cars and trailers, drinking coffee from Styrofoam cups and hoping their houses have not been reduced to ash.
  
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• Bill Cosby ordered to testify in sex abuse case

  06-08-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US comedy icon Bill Cosby has been ordered to testify under oath in response to accusations from a woman who said he drugged and sexually abused her when she was a minor. A Los Angeles Supreme Court judge on Wednesday ordered the 78-year-old actor to submit to questioning from the lawyer of Judy Huth on October 9. Huth will have to answer questions from Cosby's lawyers six days later.
  
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• The Latest: Fire evacuees hope to find homes unscathed

  06-08-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — The latest on wildfires burning in California and throughout the West (all times local):
  
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• Baltimore Police Make Arrest in Killing of Transgender Woman

  06-08-2015 23:26
  Baltimore police announce arrest in 2014 killing of transgender woman
  
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• Wallet lost in Austria during WWII returned to US soldier

  06-08-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A wallet lost 70 years ago by an American soldier in Austria during World War II was returned to its rightful owner thanks to a doctor who discovered the item in his late grandfather's farmhouse. Josef Ruckhofer told AFP on Thursday he had been renovating the house near the city of Salzburg when he stumbled across the leather wallet under a wooden plank in June. Military identity papers revealed that the purse had belonged to Eligio Ramos, an American soldier from Texas whose battalion had
  
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• France steps up Reunion island search for MH370 wreckage

  06-08-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France said Thursday it would launch new searches by air, land and sea from Reunion in the hopes of finding more wreckage from MH370, after Malaysia said a wing part washed up on the Indian Ocean island came from the ill-fated flight. A Casa military aircraft will begin surveying the area from Friday morning, the French government said in a statement. The renewed efforts to hunt for MH370 wreckage came after Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that a two-metre-long (almost seven-foot)
  
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• Homeland official asks Black Hat crowd to build trust

  06-08-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A top Obama administration official says the government and the data security community need to focus on building trust so information about cyber threats can be shared between them for the greater good.
  
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• Russia bulldozes cheese mountain

  06-08-2015 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia has bulldozed a pile of Western-produced cheese and tonnes of other foodstuffs imported in violation of sanctions - sparking an outcry in the country.
  
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• The Latest: Rick Perry gets 1st debate question of 2016

  06-08-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign for president:
  
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• FBI: Up to $25K for info leading to arrest in officer death

  06-08-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man who was already wanted in a second-degree attempted murder case is now a suspect in the shooting death of a Louisiana police officer, authorities said Thursday, as they vowed to "scour the Earth" to find him.
  
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• Republican debate: Millions are tuning in for a unique piece of political theater

  06-08-2015 23:03
  
  Jeb Bush got in early enough to take lunch at Subway while Scott Walker stayed home until the last moment to open the annual Wisconsin state fair.
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutor: Death for theater gunman makes sense

  06-08-2015 22:59 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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• Hiroshima 70th anniversary: Mayor of city devastated by an atomic bomb leads call for action over nuclear weapons across the world

  06-08-2015 22:57
  The estimated crowd of 50,000 people in Hiroshima represented around a third of those to die when America launched the world’s first nuclear attack on civilians in the city.
  
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• Democrats plan 6 primary debates, starting in October

  06-08-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee unveiled plans on Thursday to hold six presidential debates starting this fall, with the first scheduled for Oct. 13 in Nevada.
  
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• Remains of two Japanese climbers found in Alps after half century

  06-08-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The remains of two Japanese climbers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps in 1970 have been found after emerging from melting ice, police said Thursday. The two climbers, identified by the Japanese consulate in Geneva as 22-year-old Michio Oikawa and 21-year-old Masayuki Kobayashi, were reported missing on August 18, 1970, it said.
  
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• Women tweet ilooklikeanengineer, among week's tech chatter

  06-08-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of female engineers, coders, self-described science nerds and other tech superstars joined a Twitter campaign this week to break down stereotypes about what engineers should look like.
  
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• Movie-theater attacker may have planned to set off explosion

  06-08-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The disturbed homeless man who attacked a movie theater with a pellet gun, an ax and pepper spray also had a propane tank and lighter fluid and may have been planning to set off an explosion, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• The Latest: NRA to run first ad of 2016 during GOP debate

  06-08-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign for president:
  
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• Investors in risk-off mode ahead of jobs data

  06-08-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - Weak earnings dragged stocks lower on Thursday and oil fell on continued oversupply concerns, while Treasuries prices rose ahead of U.S. jobs numbers seen as key to determine the timing of a rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Wall Street traded lower, weighed by biotech shares and on a second day of sharp declines in media companies after Viacom's revenue miss was linked to viewers increasingly shifting from cable television to online streaming. Marke
  
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• Egypt unveils Suez Canal extension with pomp-filled ceremony

  06-08-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) — In a defining moment of his young presidency, Egypt's Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi presided Thursday over the unveiling of a major extension of the Suez Canal that he hailed as a historic feat needed to revive the country's ailing economy after years of unrest.
  
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• Indian Air Force 'beats RAF 12-0 in training exercise' – using Russian-designed jets

  06-08-2015 22:48
  
  India’s top guns have claimed they humiliated the cream of the RAF during a two-week exercise which offered British pilots a rare chance to go up against some of the latest Russian-designed fighter jets.
  
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• Luke Bryan Reveals How His Life Affected His New Album

  06-08-2015 22:46
  
  "Kill the Lights" is more sultry, but also, more reflective.
  
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• Lochte writes history as Ledecky wins fourth gold

  06-08-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ryan Lochte wrote himself into the history books on Thursday while Katie Ledecky won her fourth gold at the world swimming championships to cap a great night for the United States. Lochte's victory in the 200m individual medley final saw him become the first swimmer to win four consecutive world championships gold in the event. "It's something I'll remember for the rest of my life," said Lochte.
  
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• Greinke's bat helps Dodgers beat Phillies 10-8

  06-08-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Greinke was 3 for 3 with a homer to offset his worst start in three years and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-8 on Thursday.
  
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• Suspect in killing of Louisiana officer arrested: state police

  06-08-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A suspect was arrested on Thursday afternoon in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Shreveport, Louisiana, ending a 16-hour manhunt, Louisiana State Police said in a social media post.
  
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• Hollande and Tsipras want Greek bailout agreed in late August

  06-08-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS/ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - A new bailout for Athens should be agreed by late August, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. Greece is in negotiations with the European Union and International Monetary Fund for as much as 86 billion euros ($94 billion) in fresh loans to stave off financial ruin and economic collapse. Hollande said by the end of the month.
  
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• Nashville assailant may have wanted to blow up cinema: police

  06-08-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - The hatchet-wielding man shot by police after an attack on a Nashville-area movie theater on Wednesday had a propane cannister and lighter fluid on him that he may have wanted to use to set off an explosion, police said on Thursday. The gunman, Vincente Montano, 29, a transient with a history of mental illness, refused numerous requests from police to surrender. Three people were injured when Montano doused the theater with pepper spray, including one
  
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• On anniversary, Obama says too few use hard-won voting right

  06-08-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Marking the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, President Barack Obama remembered the African-American men and women across the South who won their rights through persistence and courage, and he urged citizens today not to give up that hard-earned power of the ballot.
  
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• The rise of Singlish

  06-08-2015 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rise of Singlish - a uniquely Asian form of English
  
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• Candidate clash: Republicans face off in first 2016 debate

  06-08-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Republican bid to reclaim the White House begins in earnest Thursday with the first debate of the 2016 campaign, a 10-candidate face-off for leadership of a party grappling with internal divisions and a changing American electorate.
  
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• US stocks fall as media equities dive

  06-08-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - A major sell-off in media equities following disappointing earnings reports from Viacom and 21st Century Fox pushed US stocks lower Thursday, with the biggest hit taken by the Nasdaq.
  
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• The Latest: Theater attacker had registered at shelter

  06-08-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANTIOCH, Tenn. (AP) — The latest on an attack at a Nashville-area movie theater (all times local):
  
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• 'Orange Is the New Black,' 'Glee' stars join 'The Wiz Live!'

  06-08-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Uzo Aduba from "Orange Is the New Black" and Amber Riley from "Glee" have joined the cast of NBC's Dec. 3 live production of "The Wiz Live!" as witches.
  
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• IS affiliate claims responsibility for Saudi police bombing

  06-08-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — An allegedly new Islamic State affiliate in Saudi Arabia claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque inside a police compound in the country's southwest on Thursday that killed at least 15 people, most of them members and recruits of the kingdom's special forces.
  
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• NHL watching investigation involving Patrick Kane

  06-08-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The NHL says it is "following developments" of a police investigation involving Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane.
  
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• Ben Carson: Republican candidate's views on planned parenthood, gun control and abortion

  06-08-2015 22:10
  
  The 63-year-old former doctor is a favourite of American conservatives. Many people also like the fact that he is not a professional politician.
  
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