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• Kangaroo-type pet on the loose in Arizona

  18-08-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say one or two wallaroos, a type of kangaroo, have escaped from a north Tucson home.
  
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• New Mexico police officers ordered to stand trial for murder

  18-08-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge ruled Tuesday that two police officers must stand trial on murder charges in the on-duty shooting of a homeless man whose killing was caught on video and sparked national outrage while fueling reforms at the Albuquerque Police Department.
  
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• Drone footage shows moment migrants arrive

  18-08-2015 23:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hoping to make a new life in a new country, thousands of migrants have journeyed to the Greek island of Kos.
  
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• WW II fighter ace Fritz Payne dies; fought at Guadalcanal

  18-08-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frederick R. "Fritz" Payne, a World War II fighter ace who left his mark on aviation and wartime history by shooting down six Japanese warplanes during the Battle of Guadalcanal, a bloody, months-long confrontation that helped change the course of the war, has died at age 104.
  
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• Records: Men linked to militia accused in smuggling rip-off

  18-08-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Three men affiliated with an Arizona militia group were charged in federal court with trying to replicate a tactic long used by smugglers: Stealing drugs from people who have already transported them across the Mexico border.
  
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• Lonely Planet reveals 'ultimate' destinations

  18-08-2015 23:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Four decades after it began as a penniless backpacker's bible to traveling on the cheap, Lonely Planet is publishing what it says is the definitive guide to the world's top tourism attractions.
  
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• Star Wars joins forces with airline

  18-08-2015 23:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's no Millennium Falcon, but soon there will be more ways than ever to experience air travel "Star Wars" style.
  
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• AP sources: Brady, Goodell meet but 'Deflategate' unresolved

  18-08-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell met Tuesday to discuss settling the "Deflategate" legal case but were unsuccessful, two people familiar with the case told The Associated Press.
  
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• Man who can't use his arms has gun possession charge dropped

  18-08-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man who can't use his arms because of a spinal condition has had a New Jersey gun possession charge against him dropped.
  
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• Former Georgia officers charged with murder in death of man

  18-08-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury indicted two former Atlanta-area police officers on murder charges after prosecutors said they used stun guns on a man while his hands were cuffed behind his back.
  
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• Clinton endorsed by 2 ex-South Carolina governors

  18-08-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is getting endorsements from two former Democratic governors in the early-voting state of South Carolina, including one who helped lead President Barack Obama's first campaign.
  
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• Brugge made to pay, CSKA run comes to an end

  18-08-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A superb double by Memphis Depay took Manchester United a step nearer a return to the Champions League group stages as they ran out 3-1 winners over Belgian outfit Club Brugge on Tuesday in their play-off first leg clash. While United -- who missed out on Champions League action last year -- will take a comfortable looking two-goal lead to Belgium, Sporting Lisbon will have a slender one-goal advantage to bring with them to Moscow, although their 2-1 win over CSKA ended the Russian side's nine-g
  
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• Two Georgia police officers charged with murder after using stun guns on unarmed black man in handcuffs

  18-08-2015 23:33
  
  A grand jury has filed murder charges against two former Atlanta, Georgia police officers on Tuesday.
  
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• Iowa team wins LLSWS tiebreaker after questioning no-hitter

  18-08-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Iowa team advanced to the Little League Softball World Series semifinals Tuesday by beating an opponent forced to play a tiebreaker after it was accused of deliberately losing a game.
  
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• Cleveland Clinic boots McDonald's from US hospital

  18-08-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Cleveland Clinic health center will be getting rid of a McDonald's franchise after nearly a decade of trying to push the fast-food giant out of its hospital, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The renowned US hospital said the move is part of a series of reforms aimed at helping its 44,000 workers and millions of patients make healthier choices. "It's not about McDonald's, it's part of a broader effort by the Cleveland Clinic to try to change the conversation from sick care to health care," spokesw
  
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• Idaho replaces mile marker 420 with 419.9 to thwart stoners

  18-08-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — If you're looking for milepost 420, you won't find it in Idaho.
  
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• Obama's Iran deal may well survive on Capitol Hill

  18-08-2015 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The fiercely contested Iran nuclear deal will likely survive in Congress despite unified GOP opposition and some Democratic defections, the top Senate Republican says. That would mean a major foreign policy win for President Barack Obama.
  
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• Former officer plans to plead guilty to manufacturing meth

  18-08-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former federal police officer was conducting an unauthorized training exercise when he tried to manufacture methamphetamine in a federal laboratory, leading to an explosion that injured the ex-officer, his lawyer said Tuesday.
  
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• Florida man pleads guilty to role in cybercriminal exchange

  18-08-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Florida man pleaded guilty to being part of a team that corrupted computer networks and sent millions of spam messages to people in order to help computer marketers collect email addresses and phone numbers.
  
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• American Airlines to launch LA-Cuba charter flights

  18-08-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American Airlines said Tuesday that it would begin weekly charter flights between Los Angeles and Havana in December, as the US and Cuba edge closer to full bilateral aviation relations. American would become the second major US airline to take advantage of loosened restrictions on travel between the two countries, after JetBlue launched direct charter flights between New York and Havana last month. American has operated charters from Florida to Cuba since 1991 principally serving the large expa
  
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• Lawyers: Accuser's testimony in prep school rape case is key

  18-08-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the trial of an elite prep school graduate charged with raping a freshman girl as part of a campus practice of sexual conquest told jurors on Tuesday the case hinges on the accuser's credibility.
  
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• German parliament seen backing Greek bailout despite rebellion

  18-08-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favor of Greece's third bailout on Wednesday, even though Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a dangerous rebellion in her own party ranks that suggests she cannot ask parliament to help Athens again. A significant minority of Merkel's conservatives may vote against the 86 billion-euro ($94.84 billion) bailout, sending the government a warning that the latest package is its last chance to keep debt-ridden Greece
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for Aug. 10-16

  18-08-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 10-16. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
  
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• Holt maintains NBC's lead in news ratings

  18-08-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two months into the transition from Brian Williams to Lester Holt as anchor of NBC's top-rated "Nightly News" broadcast, and executives at the network can breathe easier.
  
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• May the force be with these planes

  18-08-2015 23:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's no Millennium Falcon, but soon there will be more ways than ever to experience air travel "Star Wars" style.
  
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• Authorities in southeast Alaska searching for 3 people missing after landside in Sitka

  18-08-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in southeast Alaska searching for 3 people missing after landside in Sitka.
  
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• Investigation: Bales showed signs of potential violence

  18-08-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A soldier convicted two years ago of one of the worst American atrocities of the war in Afghanistan had exhibited warning signs of unwarranted violent behavior, but none that indicated he was capable of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians, including seven children, and burning some of their bodies, according to a military investigation report released Tuesday.
  
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• Exec pleads guilty for role in W. Virginia chemical spill

  18-08-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — One of the last executives charged in a chemical spill that left 300,000 West Virginians without clean tap water for days pleaded guilty to federal pollution violations Tuesday.
  
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• May the force be with Japan airline

  18-08-2015 22:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's no Millennium Falcon, but soon there will be more ways than ever to experience air travel "Star Wars" style.
  
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• US stocks fizzle as Wal-Mart falls and China slumps

  18-08-2015 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market shuffled to a slight loss in a lazy day of summer trading Tuesday.
  
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• 6 migrants drown off Turkish coast trying to reach Greece

  18-08-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BODRUM, Turkey (AP) — Six Syrian migrants, including an infant, drowned off the Turkish coast Tuesday as they tried to reach a Greek island, a rescuer said, underscoring the deadly risks taken by migrants making even short crossings to Europe in overcrowded smugglers' boats.
  
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• Zimbabwe man charged for helping to kill lion illegally

  18-08-2015 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has charged a man on whose land the well-known Cecil the lion was shot by American dentist Walter James Palmer in July.
  
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• US stocks dip as Walmart earnings disappoint

  18-08-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks finished lower Tuesday following a mixed batch of earnings from retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores, which tumbled 3.4 percent after slashing its profit forecast.
  
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• Querrey beats Isner in 1st-round match in Cincinnati

  18-08-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MASON, Ohio (AP) — John Isner's summer surge ended with an opening-round loss to friend and doubles partner Sam Querrey, leaving the top-ranked American with some things to work out before the U.S. Open.
  
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• Fitch raises Greece rating after new bailout deal struck

  18-08-2015 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fitch Ratings raised its credit grade for Greece by one notch to CCC Tuesday, saying the new bailout deal reached with EU institutions lowered the chance of a new default. The August 14 deal setting the framework for a third rescue program "has reduced the risk of Greece defaulting on its private sector debt obligations," Fitch said. At CCC, the new rating for Greece remains deep in junk-bond territory, reflecting the tenuousness of the 86 billion euro ($96 billion) rescue deal and the need for
  
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• Jeb Bush: NSA needs broader powers to combat 'evildoers'

  18-08-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush said Tuesday that the government should have broad surveillance powers of Americans and private technology firms should cooperate better with intelligence agencies to help combat "evildoers."
  
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• FBI seeking help to find 2 of 6 stolen N.C. Wyeth paintings

  18-08-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for help in finding two N.C. Wyeth paintings stolen from a home in Portland, Maine.
  
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• 'Family first' for NHL All-Star Briere in retirement

  18-08-2015 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — Danny Briere could have scrapped by for one more NHL season, hung on as fourth-line center and provided veteran leadership for a team needing an extra push toward a Stanley Cup.
  
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• UN: Some sexual abuse charges against peacekeepers ignored

  18-08-2015 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The 12-year-old girl said she had been raped by a foreign soldier, one of many who had come to Central African Republic to calm sectarian violence. So the military commander brought her in front of a dozen of his soldiers and asked: Can you identify him?
  
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• In Germany, 60 conservative MPs oppose Merkel course on Greece

  18-08-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A total of 60 lawmakers in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's 311-member conservative bloc voted against or abstained in a test ballot on Tuesday over a third bailout plan for Greece before the vote in parliament, participants told Reuters. Schaeuble, who last month told parliament that talks on the third bailout were a "last attempt" to solve the Greece crisis, threw his weight behind the package before Wednesday's vote and said Athens was ready to reform.
  
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• US weighs more security, withdrawal option for Sinai forces

  18-08-2015 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is quietly reviewing the future of America's three-decade deployment to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, fearful the lightly equipped peacekeepers could be targets of escalating Islamic State-inspired violence. Options range from beefing up their protection or even pulling them out altogether, officials told The Associated Press.
  
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• Canadian teen gets waiver to join LPGA Tour

  18-08-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two days after Canadian teen Brooke Henderson won on the LPGA Tour, she won the right to be a member.
  
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• In U.S. migrant babies denied birth certificates

  18-08-2015 21:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Two civil rights groups are suing the state of Texas, alleging authorities are denying birth certificates to children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
  
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• Obama appoints transgender staffer

  18-08-2015 21:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama has appointed the first openly transgender White House staff member, according to an announcement Tuesday.
  
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• Raffi Freedman-Gurspan: White House hires first transgender member of staff

  18-08-2015 21:35
  
  In the White House’s latest move to promote LGBT equality, the Obama administration has hired its first openly transgender staff member.
  
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• Rosie O'Donnell: Help find my girl

  18-08-2015 21:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rosie O'Donnell issued a plea for help Tuesday in finding her daughter Chelsea O'Donnell, who ran away from home and was last seen by her family on August 11, a family spokeswoman said.
  
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• Jury begins deliberating Charlotte police officer's manslaughter trial

  18-08-2015 21:06
  
  A jury began deliberating a Charlotte-Mecklenburg cop's voluntary manslaughter trial on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Are hookups replacing dating?

  18-08-2015 20:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tinder, the popular dating app, recently had a meltdown on Twitter over an article in Vanity Fair about today's harrowing hookup culture -- one that is fueled by the proliferation of online dating apps. After reading "Tinder and the Dawn of the 'Dating Apocalypse'," I must say that I feel like I should bath in Purell.
  
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• War with Isis: Iran seeks to join international coalition battling militants as part of significant shift in its foreign policy

  18-08-2015 20:38
  Iran is seeking to join the international coalition’s war with Isis in a move with huge repercussions for Syria’s civil war.
  
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• Sri Lanka election: Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa suffers narrow defeat in his bid to become PM

  18-08-2015 20:22
  
  After a bitterly fought comeback bid to become Prime Minister in Monday’s general election in Sri Lanka, the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was defeated by his rival, the sitting PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe.
  
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