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• Athletic Bilbao 4-0 Barcelona

  14-08-2015 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Athletic Bilbao destroy Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup as Aritz Aduriz nets a hat-trick.
  
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• Apple said to show interest in automotive testing facility

  14-08-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Adding fuel to rumors that Apple is working on designs for a car, local officials say engineers for the giant tech company recently made inquiries about a former navy base that's been converted into a testing ground for self-driving cars and other cutting-edge vehicles.
  
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• Brazil probes World Cup corruption

  14-08-2015 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brazilian prosecutors launch an investigation into allegations of corruption and overpricing in the construction of a stadium used during the 2014 World Cup.
  
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• Terrence Howard tearfully describes ex-wife's threats

  14-08-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terrence Howard tearfully told a judge Friday that his ex-wife repeatedly threatened to leak damaging information about him to get him to sign a divorce settlement in 2012.
  
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• Uzbek who threatened Obama pleads guilty in NY

  14-08-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 25-year-old Uzbek resident of New York pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to provide material support for the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria, prosecutors said. Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev posted a message online last August offering to kill President Barack Obama or bomb New York's beach resort of Coney Island if ordered to do so by the IS group. "The defendant planned to travel to Syria to wage jihad... and was prepared to commit a terrorist attack on American
  
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• White officer ends testimony in black man's shooting death

  14-08-2015 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As prosecutors attempted to discredit him, a white Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer completed nearly six hours of testimony Friday, recounting the events of the night he shot and killed an unarmed black man nearly two years ago.
  
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• Eurozone approves Greek bailout in return for far-reaching reforms

  14-08-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "New loans of up to 86 billion euros ($96 billion) will be made available over the next three years to Greece," the European Commission said after six hours of talks in Brussels. Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker said six months of negotiations with the left-wing government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras -- who won office in January opposed to the creditors' demands -- had been difficult and testing. Greece is living up to its ambitious reform commitments," Juncker said i
  
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• State Dept.: No matches for emails sought in Clinton suit

  14-08-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it has not found documents relating to the employment status of a former senior aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
  
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• Eurogroup agrees new Greek bailout

  14-08-2015 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Eurogroup agrees on a new bailout deal for Greece, which will now "irreversibly" remain in the eurozone.
  
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• Johnny Depp makes surprise appearance at Disney convention

  14-08-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Although he might have been one in spirit, Johnny Depp is now a Disney Legend in title too. The actor made a surprise appearance at Disney's D23 Expo, a fan convention, to accept the honor from Disney CEO Bob Iger on Friday.
  
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• Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United

  14-08-2015 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United maintain their impressive record at Villa Park as they beat Aston Villa with a goal from Adnan Januzaj.
  
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• Disney fans get peek at Shanghai park, 'Avatar' attraction

  14-08-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Plans for a new theme park in Shanghai and a Florida attraction inspired by the blockbuster film "Avatar" stole the show Friday at the kick-off of a convention for fans of all things Disney. While the Shanghai Disneyland Park is only due to open next year, visitors of the D23 Expo got an early tease of what to expect -- Chinese lanterns, traditional tea house-themed restaurants, Disney characters cast as the signs of the Chinese Zodiac and Treasure Cove, the first pirate-themed land in
  
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• The Latest: Henley joins group at the top at PGA

  14-08-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Latest from the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits (all times local):
  
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• In a slow-growth world, technology stocks are trending again

  14-08-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks are trending big-time as investors latch on to innovative companies racing ahead in a slow-growth world.
  
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• Yosemite campground shutting after 2 squirrels die of plague

  14-08-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Officials at Yosemite National Park say they are temporarily shutting a popular campsite after two squirrels died of plague in the area.
  
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• DA: Theater shooter's life sentence came down to 1 juror

  14-08-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The district attorney who prosecuted Colorado theater shooter James Holmes says a jury's refusal to give him the death penalty doesn't mean the public is growing wary of capital punishment.
  
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• Costa dazzles as Bayern rout Hamburg in season opener

  14-08-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bayern Munich launched their bid to win an historic fourth successive Bundesliga title on Friday with a 5-0 rout of Hamburg as new signing Douglas Costa shone on his league debut. Bayern's established campaigners Robert Lewandowski, Medhi Benatia and Thomas Mueller, who netted twice, grabbed Bayern's first four goals with Brazil winger Costa adding the fifth to seal a show-stopping performance. Costa, who Bayern coach Pep Guardiola has said can be the best winger in the world, showed w
  
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• Kerry calls for democracy as US flag is raised in Cuba

  14-08-2015 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Jubilant crowds waved American flags and chanted "Long live the United States!" as the Stars and Stripes rose over the newly reopened U.S. Embassy in Cuba on Friday after a half-century of often-hostile relations. Secretary of State John Kerry celebrated the day but also made an extraordinary, nationally broadcast call for democratic change on the island.
  
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• The Latest: Kerry visit gives Old Havana locals 'goosebumps'

  14-08-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — The latest on ceremonies to raise the U.S. flag over the embassy in Havana after 54 years of broken diplomatic relations:
  
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• Yuan and oil stabilize, giving US stocks a lift

  14-08-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A rocky week for the stock market ended on a bright note as investors bought stocks across industries.
  
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• France's Hollande says Greek bailout deal is thanks to Tsipras reform plan

  14-08-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Friday welcomed the agreement reached by euro zone finance ministers to launch a third Greek bailout, saying it showed Europe could move forward after months of negotiations.
  
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• Pan Am Games manager files sexual harassment lawsuit against former Ontario premier

  14-08-2015 22:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Pan Am Games manager says in a lawsuit she was sexually harassed by David Peterson, the former Ontario premier and chairman of the competition's organizing committee.
  
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• Stocks end week lower, bruised by China yuan weakness

  14-08-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Equities on world bourses ended the week lower on Friday after China's currency devaluation on Tuesday shook investors, though volatility declined late in the week, suggesting markets had absorbed Beijing's surprising actions. China's modest devaluation of its currency dominated market activity, as the yuan lost 3 percent on the week, and investors were left questioning whether the move will continue to pressure the Japanese yen and other Asian
  
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• Column: Generals take final defeat, and it's loss for us all

  14-08-2015 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Say it ain't so.
  
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• ISIS using chemical weapons?

  14-08-2015 22:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The U.S. is investigating what it believes are "credible" reports that ISIS fighters used mustard agent in an attack against Kurdish Peshmerga this week, causing several of them to fall ill, U.S. officials working in at least three separate parts of the Obama administration said Thursday.
  
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• US tabby, 26, claims title of world's oldest cat

  14-08-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Newly crowned by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest living cat, Corduroy was feted on Friday by his owner, Ashley Reed Okura. "We are thrilled! I bought Corduroy a mouse to celebrate," she wrote. Corduroy was born on August 1, 1989.
  
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• Red Sox manager Farrell says he has 'very treatable' cancer

  14-08-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox manager John Farrell said Friday that he had a "very treatable" form of cancer and would take a medical leave to deal with lymphoma.
  
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• Hillary Clinton offers plan to help students with children

  14-08-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amanda Becker CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Friday that if elected she would dramatically expand a program that provides child care for college students with children, and to create a scholarship program for student parents. Clinton announced the plan at a town hall meeting in Dubuque, Iowa, as she continued to highlight her platform to make college more affordable. Clinton also said she would create a "SPARK College Scholarship&qu
  
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• Donald Trump called for jury duty

  14-08-2015 22:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's a good thing Donald Trump has his own jet -- because he's been summoned for jury duty.
  
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• 50 Cent out with song about dark past

  14-08-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - 50 Cent, who recently filed for bankruptcy after losing a suit over a sex tape, came out Friday with a new song about his dark past as he looks to reboot his career. 50 Cent describes the hard times as a series of nine shots -- the same number of times he was shot during a 2000 assassination attempt, which he survived. 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson, rose from poverty to become a successful rapper and entrepreneur whose net worth was estimated earlier this year
  
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• 2 people killed aboard plane that crashed, sparked wildfire

  14-08-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says two people aboard a small plane died when it crashed in northern Washington state and sparked a wildfire that chased hundreds of people from their homes.
  
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• Euro ministers give blessing to Greek bailout, wooing IMF on debt

  14-08-2015 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alastair Macdonald and Lefteris Papadimas BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the euro zone gave their final blessing to lending Greece up to 86 billion euros ($95.5 billion) after the parliament in Athens agreed to stiff conditions overnight. After six hours of talks in Brussels, ministers said in a statement: "The Eurogroup considers that the necessary elements are now in place to launch the relevant national procedures required for the approval of the ESM financial assi
  
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• US hostage raped by Baghdadi before death: report

  14-08-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US hostage Kayla Mueller was raped repeatedly by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State jihadist group, before her death, US television reported Friday. Top IS leader Baghdadi personally brought the 26-year-old aid worker to be imprisoned inside the home of the group's top financier, ABC News reported. The television network quoted US counter-terrorism officials and spoke to Mueller's parents, who confirmed being told by government officials that their da
  
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• VIDEO: 'A terrible episode of violence'

  14-08-2015 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gunmen have killed at least 19 people on the outskirts of Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, in a series of overnight attacks.
  
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• US attorney says evidence disputes allegation of stolen baby

  14-08-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Recently discovered medical files further dispute a St. Louis woman's allegations that her baby was stolen from a hospital here five decades ago and a federal investigation into the matter has now been closed, a U.S. attorney said Friday.
  
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• WH race -- the week in insults

  14-08-2015 22:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The election season is in full swing and candidates are trying to fire up their supporters and draw distinctions with their opponents. Things got a little pointed and hard to keep track of this week as Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton squared off, most Republicans ganged up on Clinton, she hit back at them and Trump lashed out at just about everyone.
  
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• Group files complaint against judge over marriage sentence

  14-08-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group that advocated for the separation of church and state has filed a complaint about a Texas judge who ordered a man to marry his girlfriend as a condition of probation.
  
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• University of Maryland assistant resigns after allegation

  14-08-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Maryland said Friday that an assistant women's basketball coach resigned, following his suspension after a player he coached at Xavier University accused him of groping her.
  
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• EPA tightens rules for greenhouse gas emissions at landfills

  14-08-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tightened standards for the nation's landfills to reduce emissions of methane and other harmful air pollutants.
  
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• Officer investigated after jumping in car with arrested man

  14-08-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — An internal affairs investigation was underway Friday after a 47-second video emerged showing a Miami police officer putting a handcuffed young man in the back of a cruiser and then jumping on top of him.
  
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• Woman faces lashes for trousers

  14-08-2015 22:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A young Christian woman has been sentenced by a court in Sudan to 20 lashes and a fine for "indecent dress," her lawyer said. Her crime? Wearing trousers.
  
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• US stocks gain on solid economic data

  14-08-2015 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks rose Friday, closing the week on a high note following solid US data on wholesale prices and industrial production.
  
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• North Korea goes back in time

  14-08-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  North Korea has put its standard time back by half an hour, to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of rule by "wicked" imperialist Japan.
  
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• President Obama has released his summer reading list

  14-08-2015 22:37
  
  President Obama packed a mix of fiction and nonfiction books for his two week vacation with his family in Martha's Vineyard.
  
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• Greek Finance Minister says bailout deal will take country forward

  14-08-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Friday that a deal reached with the country's international creditors will take Greece forward and create a more stable financial system without harming bank depositors.
  
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• Salma Hayek obtains restraining order against 2 women

  14-08-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Salma Hayek has obtained a restraining order against two women she says have impersonated her and threatened to kidnap her daughter.
  
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• Pentagon assessing US options for Guantanamo detainees

  14-08-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Department personnel are taking another look at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Navy Brig in Charleston, South Carolina, in a renewed effort to evaluate a number of potential U.S. facilities where detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could be transferred.
  
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• Man killed after 6-hour standoff told mom he would surrender

  14-08-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly before emerging from an apartment armed with a fully automatic AK-47, Garland Tyree tenderly told his mother over the phone Friday he had agreed to surrender after a six-hour standoff with police.
  
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• Tree limb falls on tent killing 2 young campers in Yosemite

  14-08-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Officials say an oak tree limb fell on a tent in the heart of Yosemite National Park killing two young campers.
  
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• Young campers killed by falling branch in California's Yosemite

  14-08-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two young campers died early Friday in California's Yosemite National Park when a huge tree branch fell on their tent, officials announced. The massive oak tree branch crashed into the tent around shortly before dawn, killing the two minors, park officials said. The youths had been staying at the centrally located Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite Valley.
  
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