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• Lesbian couple, like Kentucky clerk, standing up for beliefs

  02-09-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — As April Miller drove to work, still too stunned to grasp the magnitude of the fight erupting around her, an old song crackled over the car radio.
  
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• Tesla says it will take orders for cheaper car in March

  02-09-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Tesla Motors says it will reveal its lower-cost Model 3 electric car in March and will start taking orders then.
  
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• Kentucky clerk seeks same-sex marriage license reprieve

  02-09-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Bittenbender MOREHEAD, Ky. (Reuters) - A county clerk in Kentucky sought an emergency injunction on Wednesday to temporarily block a federal court order requiring her to issue same-sex marriage licenses as she prepares to go to court on Thursday to face contempt charges. Kim Davis, the elected Rowan County clerk, says her religious beliefs as an Apostolic Christian stop her from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples as ordered by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
  
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• Autopsy: Football player shot by police had drugs in system

  02-09-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — An initial autopsy report has found that a black college football player killed by a police officer had used a synthetic psychedelic drug and marijuana prior to the deadly confrontation at a Texas car dealership.
  
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• Troubling image of drowned boy captivates, horrifies

  02-09-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey's prime tourist resorts swept across social media on Wednesday after at least 12 presumed Syrian refugees died trying to reach the Greek island of Kos. Turkish media identified the boy as 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, whose 5-year-old brother died on the same boat.
  
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• Obama's fish tale: salmon spawning on his shoes

  02-09-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DILLINGHAM, Alaska (AP) — This oh-my moment was nowhere on the official schedule for President Barack Obama's visit to Alaska: salmon spawning on his shoes.
  
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• Clerk Asks Judge For Way Out of Gay-Marriage Order, Again

  02-09-2015 23:49
  
  A Kentucky court clerk has once again asked a federal judge for an order freeing her from the obligation of issuing marriage licenses.
  
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• U.S. appeals court asked to halt NSA phone spying program

  02-09-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court appeared reluctant on Wednesday to put an immediate halt to the federal government's collection of millions of Americans' phone records, with the controversial spy program set to expire in November. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York previously found the program illegal in May, ruling that the Patriot Act did not authorize the National Security Agency to install such sweeping surveillance. The decision came in a lawsuit filed
  
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• Obama scores policy win in securing votes for Iran nuclear deal

  02-09-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama scored a major foreign policy victory on Wednesday by securing enough Senate votes to protect the Iran nuclear deal in Congress, but Republicans pledged to keep up their fight against the pact with new sanctions on Tehran. Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski said she would support the deal announced on July 14 between world powers and Iran, which exchanges relief on economic sanctions for Tehran's agreeing to curtail its nuc
  
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• Is It a Sin? Here's Where U.S. Catholics Clash With Church

  02-09-2015 23:43
  
  The Catholic Church teaches that premarital sex, gay marriage, contraception, and divorce are wrong — but much of the American flock does not agree.
  
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• Watchdog: 900,000 vets have pending health care requests

  02-09-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 900,000 military veterans have officially pending applications for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the department's inspector general said Wednesday, but "serious" problems with enrollment data make it impossible to determine how many veterans were actively seeking VA health care.
  
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• New NASA soil moisture satellite loses 1 science instrument

  02-09-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A NASA satellite launched seven months ago has lost use of one of two science instruments, but the agency says the mission to map global soil moisture will continue.
  
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• Germans offered glimpse into migrants' hell inside chiller truck

  02-09-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A German theatre troupe invited punters to pack into a refrigerated truck on Wednesday to give them a glimpse into the hardships experienced by refugees and migrants trying to reach Europe. Organised by the Schauspielhaus Bochum theatre, the event was billed as a memorial to the 71 people, four of them children, who were found dead inside an abandoned lorry in Austria last week. Around 200 people took part in the event, entering a 7.5 tonne refrigerated truck which was similar in size to the one
  
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• Disney star actor dies

  02-09-2015 23:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Dean Jones, the go-to Disney actor whose films included "The Love Bug," "The Million Dollar Duck," "That Darn Cat!" and "The Shaggy D.A.," died Tuesday, according to his publicist. Jones was 84.
  
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• Extended power outages hit home for Phoenix residents

  02-09-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A savage storm with wind, rain and lightning that damaged buildings, knocked down trees, utility poles and power lines added up to sweaty predicaments for many Phoenix residents.
  
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• Are more police getting killed? A look at officer deaths

  02-09-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The killing of a veteran police officer north of Chicago is the latest in a string of recent law enforcement deaths. Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz' death on Tuesday triggered a manhunt for three suspects around the small Illinois community where the 52-year-old officer worked. A look at some of the latest slayings and data on other officer killings:
  
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• Serena struggles but advances at US Open

  02-09-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Serena Williams struggled but moved nearer to the first calendar Grand Slam since 1988 by defeating Dutch qualifier Kiki Bertens 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 Wednesday at the US Open. World number one Williams, a three-time defending champion seeking her seventh US Open title overall, was outplayed early by her 110th-ranked rival at Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I just kept fighting for each point, not for a lot but just one at a time," Williams said.
  
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• Williams puts aside slow start to reach 3rd round of US Open

  02-09-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — This was, in just about every measurable way, an up-and-down performance by Serena Williams, filled with double-faults — 10 in all — and two dozen other unforced errors.
  
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• Two women arrested over alleged child 'fight club' at a New Jersey nursery

  02-09-2015 23:26
  
  Two women have been arrested in New Jersey for allegedly staging a child 'fight club' at the nursery where they worked.
  
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• No mess! Ice cream that melts slower

  02-09-2015 23:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Portable and refreshing, an ice cream cone is a perfect hot-weather treat. Until it starts dripping all over your hand.
  
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• More and More Men Are Getting Double Mastectomies

  02-09-2015 23:24
  
  More and more men with breast cancer are opting to get the unaffected breast removed, despite evidence that the surgery doesn't help women with the di
  
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• Judge refuses to drop charges against police in Gray death

  02-09-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss charges against six police officers in connection with the death of a black man from injuries he suffered while in custody. The judge also refused to remove the prosecutor in the case.
  
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• Sheriff: Lawyer says deputies didn't need to kill Texas man

  02-09-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The latest on Texas sheriff's deputies' fatal shooting of a man whose arms were raised. All times are local.
  
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• Judge OKs gender surgery opposed by 48-year-old's parents

  02-09-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday cleared the way for a 48-year-old transgender woman to undergo gender-reassignment surgery, rejecting an effort by her parents to have the operation blocked.
  
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• ISIS claims Yemen mosque bombings

  02-09-2015 23:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  At least 28 people were killed in two suicide bombings at a mosque in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, the Houthi-controlled state-run Saba news agency said Wednesday.
  
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• Rescuer to meet kid from Hurricane Katrina hug photo

  02-09-2015 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The three-year-old girl pictured hugging a helicopter crewman that plucked her from a New Orleans rooftop after Hurricane Katrina struck will be reunited with her rescuer later this month. The picture, taken by a military photographer, was one of the few images of hope amid the devastation unleashed by Katrina in 2005. Ten years ago, Staff Sargeant Mike Maroney, a US Air Force pararescue jumper, was called in to help evacuate residents from their rooftops as floods consumed large swaths of the s
  
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• Dean Jones, boyish Disney star, dies at 84

  02-09-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dean Jones, whose boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney's favorite young actor for such lighthearted films as "That Darn Cat!" and "The Love Bug," died of Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles on Sept. 1. He was 84.
  
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• Indian man injured by police testifies against officer

  02-09-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Indian man who was partially paralyzed when a police officer slammed him to the ground in Alabama says he never resisted officers.
  
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• Anti-gay marriage clerk's 3 divorces

  02-09-2015 23:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses for religious reasons despite a Supreme Court ruling has been divorced three times, according to court documents.
  
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• Police officer killed in Illinois was on brink of retirement

  02-09-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was on the brink of retiring after a 30-year-career in law enforcement. At 52, the tall, tattooed police officer with a shaved head could still be tough and intimidating if the job called for it.
  
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• Biden testing political waters in Florida

  02-09-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden came to Florida to lend a hand to Senate Democrats and the administration's education agenda Wednesday on a trip watched for any hint that he'll seek the presidency.
  
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• Joe Biden's Tough Reality if He Enters 2016 Fray

  02-09-2015 23:09
  
  If the vice president was photographed in the same room as an inspirational cat poster, it would be instantly hailed as a Statement of Candidacy.
  
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• Drowned toddler sparks fresh horror over Europe migrant crisis

  02-09-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Heart-rending pictures of a toddler's lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror on Wednesday as the cost of Europe's burgeoning refugee crisis hit home. The images of a tiny child lying face down in the surf at one of Turkey's main tourist resorts has once more put a human face on the dangers faced by tens of thousands of desperate people who risk life and limb to seek a new life in Europe. "If these extraordinarily powerful images of a dead Syrian child washed up on a beach
  
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• Latest on US Open: Serena Williams' Grand Slam bid moves on

  02-09-2015 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
  
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• Truckers fear migrants crisis will lead to more border controls

  02-09-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - Truckers caught up in Europe’s migrant crisis say business is increasingly disrupted by queues and stowaways, but they are far more worried governments will step up border controls. If the border-free zone within Europe were to disintegrate or be scrapped, it would call into question not only the road haulage industry's own, time-sensitive business model but the supply chains of industries across the continent, they say. Faced with an influx of migrant
  
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• Ozuna, Prado help Marlins top Braves 7-3 in 3-game sweep

  02-09-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Miami Marlins rarely play well in Atlanta.
  
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• Migrants resume protests in Budapest, riot police line up

  02-09-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants resumed protests in front of Budapest's main railway terminus on Wednesday, with riot police lining up on one side of the square. There was no sign of violence but sentiment was palpably tense, with one migrant holding up a sign saying, "We are under siege." Earlier, migrants briefly blocked a main road at the terminus. (Reporting by Krisztina Than; Writing by Sandor Peto; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
  
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• Merkel's conservatives want to limit incentives for refugees: paper

  02-09-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives want to limit the financial incentives for refugees coming to the country as their numbers soar, a paper showed on Wednesday, underlining the strain the crisis is putting on Europe's largest economy. With relatively liberal asylum laws and generous benefits, Germany is the EU's biggest recipient of people fleeing war in the Middle East and economic migrants from southeastern Europe. A record 104,460 asylum seekers entered the country in August, and
  
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• Migrants Resume Protests at Budapest Train Station

  02-09-2015 23:01
  
  Hundreds of refugees demonstrated in front of Budapest's Keleti Railway Terminus, demanding to be allowed on trains headed to Germany.
  
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• Just how big is China's military?

  02-09-2015 23:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Will Ripley looks at the size and history of China's huge military.
  
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• President Obama visits Alaska to raise climate change awareness and purchase cinnamon rolls

  02-09-2015 22:59
  
  President Barack Obama just became the first sitting US president to visit a community north of the Arctic Circle.
  
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• Thousands stranded by lockdown

  02-09-2015 22:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Will Ripley looks at preparations for a massive military parade in Beijing and its impact on local residents.
  
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• Six Cops in the Freddie Gray Case To Be Tried Separately

  02-09-2015 22:53
  
  The six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray will be tried separately, a Baltimore judge ruled Wednesday.
  
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• China lifting curtain on 'game-changing' missiles

  02-09-2015 22:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  On Thursday, 12,000 People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops, between 100 - 200 aircraft and about 500 pieces of military equipment will participate in a military parade in the Chinese capital commemorating the 70th anniversary of the surrender of regional rival Japan to end World War II.
  
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• Witnessing Japan's surrender in China

  02-09-2015 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When China's war with Japan ended in 1945, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes' great-uncle was sent to Shanghai to find out what had happened to British citizens trapped there in World War Two.
  
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• Family drags wheelchair across Europe

  02-09-2015 22:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Arwa Damon speaks to two Syrian families who feel that they are being left to languish in Budapest, Hungary.
  
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• Transgender teen Lila Perry 'just wants to be respected' by her classmates

  02-09-2015 22:28
  
  When Lila Perry decided in February to start living publicly as a woman, she knew the decision would not be easy.
  
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• Volunteers step up

  02-09-2015 22:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ordinary citizens have stepped up to help Syrian and Iraqi refugees arriving in Germany. CNN's Atika Shubert reports.
  
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• Raped symbol of Libya's revolution jailed

  02-09-2015 22:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Eman al-Obeidi escaped Moammar Gadhafi's dictatorship and became a symbol of freedom of the Libyan revolution. But four years later in America, she is no longer free.
  
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• Refugee crisis: Aylan's life was full of fear – in death, he is part of 'humanity washed ashore'

  02-09-2015 22:14
  
  There are no beaches in Kobani, just bombs. From the Syrian town besieged by Isis, Aylan Kurdi and his brother fled. For the three short years of his life, Aylan had apparently only known fear. 
  
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