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• Hundreds of animal shelters to offer free or cheap adoptions

  13-08-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Animal lovers will be able get a new sidekick for next to nothing in the push to help more than 400 animal shelters in the U.S. and Puerto Rico find homes for wayward pets.
  
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• The Latest: Tough finish on tap for 1st round at PGA

  13-08-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Latest from the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits (all times local):
  
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• Dustin Johnson rides eagle to early lead at Whistling Straits

  13-08-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dustin Johnson shook off any bitter memories of Whistling Straits on Thursday, firing a six-under par 66 to seize the clubhouse lead in the first round of the US PGA Championship. A 28-foot eagle at the par-five 16th and five birdies saw Johnson sign for a six-under par 66 just as the marquee group of Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Zach Johnson were heading to the first tee. The superstar trio -- McIlroy is the world number one and defending champion, Spieth is the Masters and US Open champion
  
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• Three Marines to raise US flag in Cuba, 54 years after lowering it

  13-08-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three Marines, now retired, who lowered the US flag at the American embassy in Cuba in 1961 will be back Friday with Secretary of State John Kerry to raise the Stars and Stripes once again. "I'm gonna love seeing that flag go back up," said 78-year-old Jim Tracy in a video posted on the State Department website. Tracy -- who served in the Marines for 30 years -- was a master gunnery sergeant tasked with lowering the flag at the embassy in Havana when the United States severed rela
  
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• Actor Terrence Howard takes witness stand in divorce hearing

  13-08-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Terrence Howard has taken the witness stand as he tries to overturn a 2012 divorce settlement on the grounds his ex-wife extorted him.
  
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• U.S. believes Islamic State likely used mustard agent in Iraq attack: WSJ

  13-08-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States believes Islamic State militants likely used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, the first indication the militant group has obtained a banned chemical weapon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Citing senior U.S. officials, the Journal said Islamic State could have obtained the mustard agent in Syria, whose government admitted to having large quantities of the blistering agent in 2013, when it agreed to give up its chemical weapon
  
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• ISIS Used Mustard Gas Against Kurds in Iraq: Officials

  13-08-2015 23:40 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The attack against Kursdish forces is the second time the terror group is believes to have used chemical weapons, officials told NBC News.
  
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• Adidas sign NBA star James Harden to '$200 million deal'

  13-08-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German sports giant Adidas on Thursday agreed a sponsorship deal with NBA superstar James Harden which was reported to be worth $200 million in a major blow to heavyweight rivals Nike. The contract for the 25-year-old Houston Rockets star takes effect from October 1 and is understood to span 13 years. Adidas said it would not divulge the value of the long-term deal although American sports network ESPN claimed it was worth $200m (180 million euros).
  
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• Apple more than doubles hiring of women and minorities

  13-08-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple says it more than doubled the numbers of women, blacks and Hispanic workers hired in the last year, although that moved the needle only slightly in terms of improving the overall diversity of its workforce.
  
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• Fidel Castro celebrates 89th birthday with leftist allies

  13-08-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Retired Cuban President Fidel Castro celebrated his 89th birthday on Thursday with two of his country's closest leftist allies from Latin America, a day ahead of a historic visit by the U.S. secretary of state. Castro, who handed power to his brother Raul in 2008 because of failing health, met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Bolivian President Evo Morales, both staunch supporters of Havana's Communist government. Castro's birthday f
  
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• The Latest: McIlroy and Spieth take different routes to par

  13-08-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Latest from the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits (all times local):
  
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• Despite order, office refuses to issue gay marriage license

  13-08-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A gay couple marched into the county clerk's office Thursday, carrying a federal judge's order that said the clerk can't deny them a marriage license based on her deeply held Christian beliefs.
  
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• Denied abortion, 11-year-old Paraguay rape victim gives birth

  13-08-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An 11-year-old Paraguayan girl who was raped by her mother's boyfriend gave birth Thursday, rekindling the uproar over authorities' refusal to let her have an abortion. The child, who was 10 when she was raped, gave birth by C-section to a girl that weighed 3.5 kilos (eight pounds), said Dolores Castellanos, the doctor that monitored the pregnancy. The pregnancy came to light when the girl went to the doctor with stomach pains in April.
  
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• Jeb Bush leaves door open for use of torture by government

  13-08-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday declined to rule out resuming the use of torture under some circumstances by the U.S. government.
  
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• US presses China on human rights ahead of leaders' summit

  13-08-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says it is pressing China to improve its deteriorating human rights record ahead of the September state visit to Washington by President Xi Jinping.
  
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• Air pollution killing 4,000 in China a day, US study finds

  13-08-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows that air pollution is killing about 4,000 people in China a day, accounting for 1 in 6 premature deaths in the world's most populous country.
  
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• Couple who took pet snake for swim in river say it vanished

  13-08-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A couple who took their nearly 5-foot boa constrictor for a swim in a Pennsylvania river say the pet slipped away and they're concerned about its welfare.
  
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• The Latest: Officer says unarmed black man came after him

  13-08-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The latest on the trial of a white Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man seeking help after a crash in September 2013 (all times local):
  
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• Life in Sadr City: 'We are living in a state of fear'

  13-08-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — In this torrid Baghdad summer, Karim Kadim, his wife and five children have been sleeping in their living room, where the air conditioning works best and often muffles noise from the street. But nothing could drown out the thunderclap that roused the family about 5:45 a.m. Thursday.
  
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• Officials: Pope fans should expect long walk from New Jersey

  13-08-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Be prepared, be patient — and if you can't be on your feet for many hours, stay home.
  
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• Oregon Wildfire Started by Lawnmower, Investigators Say

  13-08-2015 23:14 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The 24,000-acre Stouts Creek fire was sparked by a lawnmower, and the person responsible could be on the hook for millions of dollars.
  
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• Without mentioning Geno Smith, Enemkpali says he's sorry

  13-08-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Without mentioning New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith — the player he sucker punched — by name, linebacker Ikemefuna Enemkpali said he's sorry, and never meant to hurt anyone.
  
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• Stolen Picasso Reclaimed After Marked as $30 'Handicraft'

  13-08-2015 23:09
  
  ???La Coiffeuse,??? or ???The Hairdresser,??? went missing for at least 14 years.
  
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• The Latest: Flushing out irrigation ditches discolors river

  13-08-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local):
  
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• Tel Aviv sur Seine: Pro-Palestinian protests mar Paris festival to celebrate the Israeli coastal city

  13-08-2015 23:04
  
  Steve Albert, a stylist living in the third arrondissement, Le Marais, is standing on a small stretch of Tel Aviv sand, surrounded by chanting Palestinians, in Paris. It’s no ordinary day at the beach. “It’s the Spanish inquisition,” he complains.
  
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• DNA Frees Man Who Served 34 Years for Teen's Murder

  13-08-2015 23:04 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Pennsylvania prosecutors must decide whether to retry Lewis Fogle for the 1976 rape and murder.
  
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• 'Dear Evan Hansen' making the jump from DC to New York

  13-08-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — "Dear Evan Hansen," a musical about growing up in the age of social media, will make the jump from Washington, D.C., to New York City.
  
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• Terrence Howard returns to court for divorce hearing

  13-08-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A hearing in which actor Terrence Howard is trying to overturn a 2012 settlement in his divorce has begun in Los Angeles.
  
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• Autopsy reports released from Waco biker shooting

  13-08-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — Autopsy reports for nine people killed in a shootout involving bikers and police in Waco have been released.
  
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• The Latest: Windy afternoon no problem for Lingmerth

  13-08-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Latest from the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits (all times local):
  
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• Jeb Bush leaves door open for use of torture

  13-08-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he would leave the door open for resuming the use of torture by the U.S. government.
  
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• Guinea-Bissau president dismisses government

  13-08-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau's president has dismissed the government amid mounting tensions between the leader and the prime minister.
  
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• US stocks little changed on mixed signs in retail

  13-08-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks finished little changed Thursday in choppy trade as retail sales bested expectations, even as leading department stores reported lower profits.
  
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• Top-ranked Djokovic beats Sock in Montreal

  13-08-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONTREAL (AP) — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic beat American Jack Sock 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday in the third round of the Rogers Cup.
  
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• What Happens If a Drone Gets Sucked Into a Jet?

  13-08-2015 22:51 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  No one knows, but the FAA is finally going to order tests on the impact of drones on passenger plane engines.
  
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• Gray misses start with sore back, A's lose 4-2 to Jays

  13-08-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Sonny Gray's sore back forced the Oakland A's to juggle their rotation, and cost them a chance to send their staff ace against the hottest team in baseball.
  
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• Hisashi Iwakuma's gem finally ends AL no-hitter drought

  13-08-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — After years of waiting, the drought finally ended thanks to the Seattle Mariners' Hisashi Iwakuma.
  
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• Defenders Zettel and Johnson form colorful duo at Penn State

  13-08-2015 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State defensive tackle Anthony Zettel is amassing quite a collection of viral videos.
  
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• State of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri, extended at least 24 hours

  13-08-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The government of St. Louis County extended for at least 24 hours a state of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri, which has been the scene of protests a year after an unarmed black teenager was killed by a white police officer. County Executive Steve Stenger extended the state of emergency in Ferguson, a suburb of the city of St. Louis, through at least Friday, said his spokeswoman, Allison Blood. In consultation with police, Stenger put the state of emergency in place on Monday for Ferguson and sur
  
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• US stocks little changed; retail sales gain

  13-08-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks finished little changed Thursday in choppy trade following solid US retail sales, but lower earnings from department stores Kohl's and Dillard's.
  
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• 'Sesame Street' Is Moving to HBO in 5-Year Deal

  13-08-2015 22:32 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Episodes of the children's classic will also be shortened from one hour to a half-hour when they begin airing this fall on HBO.
  
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• NY police union 'shames' homeless with photos

  13-08-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A police union has been accused of shaming New York's poorest and most vulnerable by commissioning and sharing online photographs of the city's homeless, sparking a furious backlash. The Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) has responded to rising homelessness by launching the "Peek-a-Boo, We See you too!" campaign on photo-sharing website Flickr. It is the latest development in the union's criticism of Mayor Bill de Blasio -- a progressive Democrat increasingly under
  
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• Familiar foes eye 4th race in New Hampshire House district

  13-08-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — When voters in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District take a look at their ballots in November 2016, it could be deja vu all over again, and again and again.
  
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• U.S. Returns Stolen Picasso Painting to France

  13-08-2015 22:30 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Fourteen years after its reported theft from a Paris museum, "La Coiffeuse" by Pablo Picasso, will return home.
  
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• Santa Claus and Rockettes stop NYC traffic to publicize show

  13-08-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The temperature was around 80 degrees but that didn't stop Santa from showing up in midtown Manhattan.
  
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• First lady's healthy kids director understands good eating

  13-08-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The new director of Michelle Obama's initiative against childhood obesity knows first-hand the benefits of healthy eating.
  
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• Reputed gang leader, reporter, 4 others killed in Mexico

  13-08-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five gunmen burst into a bar early Thursday and killed a reputed drug gang boss, a reporter and four other people in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz, authorities said.
  
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• Grizzly put down after hiker killed

  13-08-2015 22:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A female grizzly bear was euthanized Thursday after an autopsy confirmed she killed a hiker in Yellowstone National Park last week.
  
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• The Latest: A dunk, a dip and a par for Rory at PGA

  13-08-2015 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Latest from the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits (all times local):
  
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• Ted Cruz sees path to White House running through the South

  13-08-2015 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — Ted Cruz sees his way to the White House, and it runs between the hedges and waters patrolled by the "Volunteer Navy."
  
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