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• Toxic mine water accidentally released by EPA in Colorado river flows south

  07-08-2015 23:55 via feeds.theguardian.com
  An estimated 1m gallons of the orange-brown water broke free from a shoddy dam and is flowing down the Animas River toward a lake in a national parkA cloud of orange-brown, toxic mine water and sludge accidentally released by the US Environmental Protection Agency is flowing down the Animas River through the hearts of towns in Colorado and New Mexico, and ultimately toward a lake in a national park. The water, described as an “unnatural” orange color and loaded with heavy metals, was flowing
  
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• Fiorina looks to capitalize on undercard debate performance

  07-08-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — As Carly Fiorina stood at the back of a packed hotel ballroom Friday to give a television interview, a gaggle of conservative activists watched, chattered and snapped pictures as if she were a Hollywood celebrity.
  
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• Swedish filmmakers expose homophobic discrimination in secretly recorded job interview

  07-08-2015 23:53
  
  It can be difficult to prove incidents of discrimination in the hiring process, but two Swedish filmmakers have tried to with an undercover video.
  
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• The Latest: Jury continues debate in Russian-Taliban trial

  07-08-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The latest on the federal trial for a Russian military veteran who is accused of leading a Taliban attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan (all times local):
  
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• Nascar driver sued over race death

  07-08-2015 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of a racing driver who was struck and killed by Nascar star Tony Stewart file a wrongful death suit against him.
  
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• Man denies illegally gaining access to bank and medical details

  07-08-2015 23:42 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Prosecutors allege Stephen Anderson unlawfully acquired data of one person from HSBC and medical practice, and of second person from different practiceA man has denied gaining unlawful access to, and then disclosing, medical records and bank details.Prosecutors allege that, in 2011, Stephen Anderson unlawfully acquired the data of one person from HSBC and from a medical practice. They say that he also unlawfully gained access to data belonging to a second person from a different medical practice
  
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• Kabul suicide attack kills many police cadets

  07-08-2015 23:39 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Blast at training institution in Afghanistan capital comes less than 24 hours after explosion kills 15 civilians in centre of the city
  A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 20 police cadets and wounded another 25 when he blew himself up outside the gates of a police academy in Kabul on Friday evening. The bomber, dressed in police uniform, detonated an explosives vest after approaching a group of cadets who were waiting outside the academy.
  The assault on the academy was the second major insu
  
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• Dozens killed as wave of bomb attacks hits Kabul

  07-08-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed dozens of cadets at a Kabul police academy and insurgents struck an area near a U.S. special forces base on Friday in a wave of attacks in the Afghan capital that began with a huge early morning truck bomb explosion. The attacks came just over a week after the Taliban announced a new leader and appeared to dash any hope of a swift return to peace talks between the insurgent movement and the government of President As
  
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• Man dies in industrial accident in Suffolk

  07-08-2015 23:34 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Police investigate incident at port of Felixstowe
  A man has died following an industrial incident at an eastern England port.
  Suffolk police said they were contacted just before 3pm by the port of Felixstowe police who said there had been an incident on the quayside and paramedics were working to save a man. The man, believed to be in his 50s, was pronounced dead a short time later. Continue reading...
  
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• Several foreigners held, at least seven killed in Mali hotel attack

  07-08-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several hostages, including a number of foreigners, were caught in a standoff in central Mali Friday after gunmen stormed a hotel during a shootout with soldiers that killed at least five troops and two attackers, the government said. "At around 7 am (0700 GMT), a terrorist attack was carried out at the Byblos hotel in Sevare, where a part of the (UN mission) MINUSMA staff is staying," the government said in a statement sent to AFP Friday evening, in the first official comment on the a
  
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• 35 dead, hundreds wounded as multiple bombings rock Kabul

  07-08-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Multiple bombings rocked Kabul Friday, killing at least 35 people and wounding hundreds more in the first major attacks in the Afghan capital since the announcement of Taliban leader Mullah Omar's death. The explosions, which devastated buildings and overwhelmed hospitals with casualties, mark the deadliest day in Kabul since the end of the NATO combat mission in December. In the first attack, a powerful truck bomb tore through the centre of Kabul just after midnight on Friday, killing 15 c
  
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• EU told Greece on track for possible bailout deal next week: source

  07-08-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece is on track to complete a draft deal with international creditors on a third bailout by next Tuesday with a possible first disbursement by Aug. 20, a source familiar with a conference call of senior EU finance officials on Friday said. If a draft memorandum of understanding and an updated debt sustainability analysis are ready as planned on Tuesday, the Greek government and parliament would be expected to approve them by Thursday. Euro zone finance ministers could then meet or hold a tele
  
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• The teenage weightlifting beauty queen

  07-08-2015 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Life as weightlifting beauty queen in World War Two
  
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• Russia burns banned brie, bacon

  07-08-2015 23:13 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The Russian government banned food imports from Western countries last year in retaliation for sanctions; now, they're destroying food that has been banned. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.
  
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• Lightning hits hand-holding teens

  07-08-2015 23:09 via edition.cnn.com
  
  California teens Lexie Varga and Dylan Corliss may do a lot more hand-holding after a frightening encounter with nature.
  
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• Prison escapee caught running his own furniture business after 34 years on the run

  07-08-2015 23:07
  
  Willie Lee Austin was arrested by the US Marshals on Thursday after 34 years on the run.
  
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• Movie theater murders: Verdict due

  07-08-2015 23:07 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A jury will announce its verdict Friday on whether James Holmes should be executed or spend life in prison for committing mass murder in a Colorado movie theater that became one of the worst shootings in U.S. history.
  
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• California child diagnosed with plague after camping at Yosemite

  07-08-2015 23:05 via feeds.theguardian.com
  The child with the disease, which is carried by rodents and the fleas that live on them, is the latest of several people infected with it in the western USA child who camped in California’s Yosemite national park has been diagnosed with the plague, the latest of several such infections in the western United States this year, health officials said. The California child became ill and was hospitalized with the disease, carried by rodents and the fleas that live on them, after visiting the Stanis
  
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• Plane bursts into flames on runway

  07-08-2015 23:04 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A Delta-operated SkyWest plane briefly flared up on the tarmac of Nashville International Airport on Friday morning. The plane was heading to Cincinnati, Ohio, scheduled to depart at 6:34 a.m. CDT.
  
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• Tea Party lawmaker faked rendezvous with prostitute to hide a different affair

  07-08-2015 23:03 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Michigan’s Todd Courser launched smear campaign against himself, claiming he was with male prostitute in bid to conceal extramarital affair with lawmakerFederal and state officials are calling for a Michigan lawmaker to resign after it emerged on Friday that he used his taxpayer-funded office to launch a smear campaign against himself, claiming that he had been caught having sex with a male prostitute. In audio recordings obtained by the Detroit News, Representative Todd Courser was heard aski
  
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• Solid US job growth keeps Fed rate hike on tap

  07-08-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US economy churned out solid job growth in July that looks likely to leave the Federal Reserve on track for an interest rate increase this year. The economy added 215,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, marking 65 straight months of gains -- the longest streak on record -- for a total of 13 million jobs. In another positive sign, job growth in May and June was stronger than first thought, by a combined 14,000 payrolls.
  
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• Attack on Syrian rebels raises questions about training

  07-08-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The murky aftermath of the attack on Syrian rebels last week by al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front militants has raised questions about how the U.S.-trained forces were sent into battle and whether the military needs to make adjustments to the program.
  
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• Country singer Jake Owen announces divorce from wife, Lacey

  07-08-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Jake Owen and his model wife, Lacey Buchanan, are divorcing.
  
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• Trump says he can't recall using insults he's made often

  07-08-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday he can't recall using words such as "dog," ''fat" and "disgusting" to insult women he believes have slighted him, but such language litters his Twitter feed and other public comments he's made for years.
  
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• Hostages held in Mali hotel after jihadist attack kills 7

  07-08-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Jihadists stormed a hotel where United Nations staff were staying in central Mali on Friday, seizing hostages and killing at least five Malian soldiers in one of the most brazen attacks in months, the government said.
  
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• Photos: Jude Law Plays the Pope

  07-08-2015 22:48
  
  See your favorite stars transform into the characters you love.
  
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• UN to examine Syria chemical attacks

  07-08-2015 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UN adopts a resolution aimed at identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
  
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• EPA confirms Colorado mine spill contains heavy metals

  07-08-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Federal environmental officials have confirmed the mustard-colored muck that surged into a river from a Colorado mine contained heavy metals including lead and arsenic, but they didn't immediately discuss amounts or health risks.
  
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• Trump says he can't recall using insults against women

  07-08-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday he can't recall using words such as "dog," ''fat" and "disgusting" to insult women he believes have slighted him, but such language litters his Twitter feed and other public comments he's made for years.
  
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• FX boss: There's 'too much television' with decline ahead

  07-08-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — John Landgraf, the CEO of FX networks, feels the audience's pain.
  
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• Florida man pleads guilty to trading in wild-caught snakes

  07-08-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man has admitted his role in the trade of 59 illegally caught wild snakes, including a live rattler mailed to him in a coffee can.
  
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• Ward's family files wrongful death suit against Tony Stewart

  07-08-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The family of a young driver struck and killed by Tony Stewart's car on an upstate New York sprint racing track has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
  
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• AP EXPLAINS: Puerto Rico's struggle with $72B of public debt

  07-08-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Puerto Rico is staggering under a $72 billion public debt load that its governor has said the U.S. territory cannot pay and must restructure. The island has missed a debt payment and its worsening economic crisis has spooked investors who fear it's headed toward default, with no options for a bailout or bankruptcy declaration. Here's a brief explanation of how Puerto Rico accumulated so much debt, how its territorial status complicates matters and how it could emerge from a nearly deca
  
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• McIlroy, if he plays, grouped with major champions at PGA

  07-08-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Rory McIlroy joins the marquee group of this year's major champions in the opening rounds of the PGA Championship.
  
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• Steady US job gains likely foretell a new era: Higher rates

  07-08-2015 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new era of higher rates on home and car loans, steeper borrowing costs for businesses and the government — maybe even a bit more return for savers — is about to arrive.
  
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• Several foreigners held hostage, eight killed in Mali hotel attack

  07-08-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Ukrainian hostage managed to escape from the "four or five terrorists" who were still barricaded inside the hotel in Sevare, telling soldiers that he had been with three South Africans and a Russian when the shooting began. Is is unclear who the foreigners being held at the Byblos hotel are. French President Francois Hollande said French citizens could also "possibly" be caught up in the attack, without giving further details.
  
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• Tom Mulcair and Canada's New Democrat party lead push for change

  07-08-2015 22:23 via feeds.theguardian.com
  The New Democratic party has surged in polls and is now neck-and-neck with the ruling Conservatives, showing an electorate growing weary of the status quoSquinting slightly in the glare of the summer sun, Tom Mulcair stepped up to the podium in Montreal’s sprawling Mount-Royal park and made his appeal to Canadian voters. “I’m looking forward to when progressives from across the country can join those in Quebec to form the first New Democrat government in Canadian history,” said the leade
  
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• Jurors reach verdict on life or death for Colorado movie gunman

  07-08-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jurors deliberating on whether gunman James Holmes should be executed for the Colorado cinema massacre reached a verdict on Friday after watching a video of the body-strewn theater recorded after he killed 12 people and wounded 70 inside a midnight screening of a Batman film. A court spokesman said the verdict forms had been completed and that Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour would take the bench at 5 p.m. local time (1900 ET).
  
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• Dead Poets Society founder wraps up tour, visits 500th grave

  07-08-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  YORK, Pa. (AP) — A Maine man who travels the nation to document the final resting places of poets has completed a summer tour in which he visited his 500th grave.
  
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• Verizon will drop phone contracts, end discounted phones

  07-08-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon, the nation's largest wireless provider, will stop offering phones at discounted prices when customers sign two-year service contracts.
  
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• Braves reacquire Bourn in 3-player deal with Cleveland

  07-08-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves reacquired outfielder Michael Bourn in a trade Friday with Cleveland, also landing outfielder Nick Swisher while dealing third baseman Chris Johnson to the Indians in a swap of disappointing players.
  
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• Jury reaches decision on Colorado theater shooter's sentence

  07-08-2015 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Jurors in the Colorado theater shooting case reached a decision Friday on whether James Holmes should be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty.
  
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• The Latest: Jury reaches decision on James Holmes' sentence

  07-08-2015 22:09 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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• White House warns Chuck Schumer: disapprove of Iran deal at your own peril

  07-08-2015 22:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Spokesman Josh Earnest calls Democrat’s defiance on nuclear deal ‘not particularly surprising’ and says it may cost him party leadership in SenateThe White House fired a shot across the bows of New York senator Chuck Schumer on Friday for defying its position on Iran, warning that fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill may remember his voting record when deciding who to elect as their next leader.
  Though Schumer’s announcement that he would vote in disapproval of the nuclear deal – which lea
  
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• Lady A's Charles Kelley, wife announce pregnancy

  07-08-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lady Antebellum singer Charles Kelley and his wife, Cassie, are expecting their first child in February.
  
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• Jury in Colorado movie massacre trial reaches verdict on punishment

  07-08-2015 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The jury in the Colorado movie massacre trial has reached a verdict in the death penalty phase of the proceedings against convicted gunman James Holmes, a court spokesman said on Friday. The panel of nine women and three men has been deliberating since late Thursday afternoon on whether the 27-year-old Holmes should be executed or serve life in prison without parole. The court spokesman said the verdict forms had been completed and Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour would take th
  
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• 2 iconic New England lighthouses are back in the spotlight

  07-08-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Two beacons that guided New England mariners past treacherous shoals for generations are back in the spotlight.
  
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• US stocks drop after solid jobs report suggests higher rates

  07-08-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are closing lower after a solid jobs report kept alive the possibly that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates as soon as next month.
  
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• Jury reaches decision on whether Colorado theater gunman should get life term or death penalty

  07-08-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Jury reaches decision on whether Colorado theater gunman should get life term or death penalty.
  
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• 35 dead, hundreds wounded as suicide attacks rock Kabul

  07-08-2015 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the first attack, a powerful truck bomb tore through the centre of Kabul just after midnight on Friday, killing 15 civilians and wounding 240 others. Less than 24 hours later, at least 20 Afghan cadets were killed when a suicide attacker dressed in police uniform blew himself up at the entrance of Kabul Police Academy. The Taliban distanced themselves from the first bombing that struck near a Kabul military base -- as they usually do in attacks that result in a large number of civilian casual
  
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