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• Snoopy gets a star on Walk of Fame in Hollywood

  02-11-2015 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Snoopy now has his own star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, just in time for the release of "The Peanuts Movie" -- starring him. The beloved black and white pooch that first came to life 65 years ago was already a star this weekend with the release of "The Peanuts Movie". On the Walk of Fame, Snoopy joins other comic book or animated movie characters such as Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the ogre Shrek.
  
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• California settles debt collection suit with JPMorgan Chase

  02-11-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The nation's largest bank will pay $100 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging it used illegal methods to collect debts from more than 125,000 credit card holders, the state's attorney general announced Monday.
  
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• Villa caught off Garde as Spurs stroll

  02-11-2015 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Aston Villa's new manager Remi Garde discovered just how hard it will be to save his club from relegation as the Premier League strugglers slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Tottenham on Monday. Garde was confirmed as Villa boss on a three-and-a-half-year contract earlier in the day, but Kevin MacDonald, in charge on a caretaker basis since Tim Sherwood's sacking nine days ago, selected the team before the official start of the Frenchman's reign. Villa, whose only league win this season came on the open
  
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• Tech tycoon spearheads pot legalization bid in California

  02-11-2015 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The push to put California among the states where marijuana can be sold to and legally used by adults for recreation took a major step forward on Monday as ballot language backed by Napster co-founder Sean Parker, other wealthy entrepreneurs who support pot legalization and leading advocacy groups was filed with the state.
  
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• CORRECTS: Ex-student at Winston-Salem State charged in weekend killing of student on campus

  02-11-2015 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — CORRECTS: Ex-student at Winston-Salem State charged in weekend killing of student on campus. (Corrects APNewsAlert to show that ex-student has been charged only with murder; he has not been charged with wounding a second student)
  
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• Army Vet Helps Girl Injured in Nepal Earthquake Walk Again

  02-11-2015 23:41 via abcnews.go.com
  Shane Basi is a trained medic and former member of the Oregon National Guard.
  
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• Ice-cold Bryant frustrated amid NBA Lakers' lackluster start

  02-11-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kobe Bryant's 20th NBA season isn't starting out the way the five-time champion had hoped. "I freaking suck," was the 37-year-old's assessment after his Los Angeles Lakers fell 103-93 to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night -- the Lakers' third defeat in three games of the fledgling season. Bryant isn't about to lean on the cumulative impact of the injuries he's endured over the years, or on the troublesome calf bruise he suffered in training camp to excuse his 31.4 percent shooting average.
  
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• It was only logical: New 'Star Trek' series to launch in 2017

  02-11-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cult TV franchise "Star Trek" will boldly return to the small screen with a brand-new series in 2017, CBS said Monday, sparking a frenzy among its millions of fans around the world. The original "Star Trek" told the story of the flight crew aboard the USS Enterprise spaceship, which ventured around the galaxy exploring new worlds in death-defying adventures.
  
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• A year from Election Day, GOP faces chaos it hoped to avoid

  02-11-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After a devastating loss in the 2012 presidential election, the Republican Party entered a period of intense self-reflection and emerged with a firm promise to learn from its mistakes.
  
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• Bush hits campaign reset, retools slogan: 'Jeb Can Fix It'

  02-11-2015 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — As longtime backers fret over the viability of Jeb Bush's candidacy, the two-term Florida governor has an answer: "Jeb Can Fix It."
  
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• What's ahead in long grind of 2016 campaign for president

  02-11-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day 2015 is Tuesday, which means we're a year away from the big Election Day to come — the one with the next president on the ballot. Here's a look at some of the milestone ahead before the end of the 2016 presidential campaign.
  
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• Congo clears the way for 72 adoptions after 2-year wait

  02-11-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's government cleared the way Monday for dozens of children to join their adoptive families abroad after more than two years of waiting, though a further 1,000 others will have to remain in orphanages for now.
  
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• Britain needs legal safeguards for protection in EU - Osborne

  02-11-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain cannot give up any more sovereignty to the European Union (EU) and must have legal safeguards to make sure members of the euro zone monetary bloc do not damage British interests, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will say. In some of his strongest language yet to defend Britain's push to change the terms of its relationship with the EU, Osborne will also tell German businessmen in Berlin "the British people do not want to be part of an ever clos
  
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• Autism study 'Neurotribes' wins Samuel Johnson book prize

  02-11-2015 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — A book that challenges readers to think differently about autism has won Britain's leading literary award for nonfiction.
  
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• Political fight hits hard in Illinois' poorest corner

  02-11-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO, Ill. (AP) — The only public health clinic in Illinois' poorest county is in a former synagogue off a largely abandoned main street, a bright spot with multicolored windows where seniors can get flu shots and moms get help feeding their kids. But today the lights are off and the doors locked. A sign on the door apologizes for the inconvenience: Because of the impasse over the state budget, we are only open on Wednesdays.
  
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• US marshal in New York says security is top priority

  02-11-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Michael Greco became the U.S. marshal in the judicial district that includes Manhattan, he dreamed of becoming a police officer, a cowboy, an astronaut and the pope. Decades later, his wish list dwindled.
  
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• World Series Game 5 has highest TV rating since 2009

  02-11-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The World Series' Game 5 had its highest television rating since 2009.
  
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• Notre Dame worker fired after student claims sexual coercion

  02-11-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A University of Notre Dame official said Monday that the school has fired an academic coach after a student complained the woman coerced him into having unwelcome sexual encounters with her daughter.
  
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• Police backlash puts pressure on Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight'

  02-11-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Calls by police groups to boycott Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" are putting pressure on one of December's most anticipated releases and inserting one of Hollywood's top directors into a pitched cultural battle.
  
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• Rancher dies in shootout with deputies planning to kill bull

  02-11-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COUNCIL, Idaho (AP) — A crash between a car and a bull near a tiny Idaho town turned into a bizarre tragedy when an armed rancher confronted Idaho deputies planning to shoot the animal that was charged rescuers, leading to a gunbattle that left the well-known businessman dead, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Rare early photographs of Peking

  02-11-2015 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thomas Child's photographs of 19th century China on show in London.
  
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• Mystery, confusion surround Russian plane crash in Egypt

  02-11-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Mystery and confusion surrounded the final moments of a Russian jetliner that plummeted suddenly from high altitude to the Egyptian desert, killing all 224 people aboard. The airline Monday ruled out pilot error or a technical fault, but Russian aviation officials dismissed those comments as premature.
  
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• Steelers place All-Pro RB Bell on IR

  02-11-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A season-ending injury to Pittsburgh's star running back Le'Veon Bell has thrust DeAngelo Williams into the spotlight again.
  
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• Kansas City World Series champs' parade planned for Tuesday

  02-11-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Preparations are underway to squeeze thousands of people into downtown Kansas City to celebrate the Royals' World Series win.
  
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• Touring rehab, Obama calls for 2nd chances after prison

  02-11-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — President Barack Obama toured a drug rehab and met with former inmates Monday in the rough-and-tumble city of Newark, calling on the nation to ensure those regaining their freedom get a second chance instead of a return ticket to prison. Although his visit boosted his campaign for a criminal justice overhaul, it also pulled the president into a war of words with presidential candidate and GOP Gov. Chris Christie.
  
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• Feds: Wreckage identified as ill-fated cargo ship El Faro

  02-11-2015 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal investigators on Monday identified wreckage found 15,000 feet deep in the sea as that of the ill-fated cargo ship El Faro.
  
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• Justin Bieber completes sentence in egg vandalism case

  02-11-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Bieber's cleanup work at a homeless shelter has paid off, with a judge agreeing Monday to take him off formal probation in a vandalism case filed after he damaged a neighbor's home with eggs.
  
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• ISIS kill activists in Turkey

  02-11-2015 23:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The dark tentacles of ISIS' brutality have reached across the border with Syria and into the homes of two Syrian activists living in the southeastern Turkish town of Sanliurfa.
  
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• US firm Sprint signs roaming telecom deal with Cuba

  02-11-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Telecom giant Sprint on Monday became the first US company to sign a deal to provide a direct roaming mobile phone service for foreigners visiting Cuba, executives said. The Kansas-based firm signed a deal with the Cuban state telecom company Etecsa, hoping to tap into the millions of visitors they hope will visit the island now that Washington and Havana have restored diplomatic relations. Sprint customers will be able to generate and receive calls and text messages in Cuba from their own phone
  
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• Phoenix area takes note when quakes rattle central Arizona

  02-11-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is regularly rattled by small earthquakes, but every now and then the ground shakes hard enough to be felt in its populous Phoenix metro area.
  
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• Photos: Who's Nearly Unrecognizable in 'The Bleeder'?

  02-11-2015 22:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  See your favorite stars transform into the characters you love.
  
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• Anti-ISIS activists killed in Turkey

  02-11-2015 22:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The dark tentacles of ISIS' brutality have reached across the border with Syria and into the homes of two Syrian activists living in the southeastern Turkish town of Sanliurfa.
  
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• Nazi landmark gets new life -- helping refugees

  02-11-2015 22:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tempelhof Airport, originally closed in 2008, has been reopened to help temporarily house refugees. CNN's Atika Shubert reports.
  
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• The tiny world of big buildings

  02-11-2015 22:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's the lap of exquisite luxury -- but on a tiny scale.
  
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• Murder mansion for sale in D.C.

  02-11-2015 22:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The red brick mansion in which a wealthy D.C. family and their housekeeper were held hostage, tortured and murdered this past spring is now up for sale.
  
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• 167,427 Pounds of Beef Recalled for Possible E. Coli Bacteria

  02-11-2015 22:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Ground beef sample tested positive for E. coli after routine testing last week.
  
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• Apple's New Campus: Get a Drone's Eye View

  02-11-2015 22:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  New aerial video shows the progress being made at Apple's Campus 2, the spaceship-like office complex under construction in the heart of Cupertino, California.
  
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• Catherine Opie: The provocateur who photographed Elizabeth Taylor's home

  02-11-2015 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Self-portrait 'Pervert' was possibly Catherine Opie's most angry piece. In the photograph, Opie sits, bare-chested, facing the camera with the word pervert slashed into her upper body. Her arms are punctured with nails (46 of them) and her face is masked with a skin-tight black leather hood.
  
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• Tensions bubble around torched mosques

  02-11-2015 22:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It has been more than been two years since this town burned with the fires of deadly violence. Look closely, and there are haunting scars left behind.
  
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• Putin breaks silence

  02-11-2015 21:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The impact of the Metrojet crash in Russia is still being felt from the Kremlin to the mourners in St. Petersburg. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.
  
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• Adele's 'Hello' Is 1st Song to Sell 1 Million in a Week

  02-11-2015 21:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The singer's long-awaited album drops later this month.
  
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• Heavy Fog in Europe Causes Major Delays and Epic Pictures

  02-11-2015 21:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Fog has caused at least 2,000 hours of accumulated flight delays in Europe.
  
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• Remote sub IDs El Faro wreckage

  02-11-2015 21:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The U.S. Navy, using a remotely controlled submersible operating almost 3 miles below the ocean's surface, has identified the cargo ship El Faro, Navy spokesman Christopher Johnson said Monday.
  
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• Refugees return to fight ISIS

  02-11-2015 21:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  On an abandoned chicken farm, a few dozen Yazidi volunteers in mismatched uniforms go through their drills. They are training for an offensive they have long dreamed of: to reclaim the town of Sinjar, their home until ISIS stormed in.
  
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• Bush Seeks ???Fix??? to What GOP Contest Has Become

  02-11-2015 21:10 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The fix-it list grows for Bush since the long-ago time of his campaign launch.
  
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• Look at the Celebrities Supporting Ohio Pot Measure

  02-11-2015 20:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Ohioans will vote on competing marijuana measures Tuesday, one with the support of celebrities like Nick Lachey.
  
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• Comeback kings win World Series

  02-11-2015 20:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the New York Mets 7-2 in Game 5 to win the World Series. Play stretched out over 12 innings that began late Sunday and ended early Monday.
  
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• Hillary Clinton: Warrior or peacemaker?

  02-11-2015 20:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Richard Holbrooke, Hillary Clinton's mentor and a longtime foreign policy expert, is the central figure in HBO's new documentary, "The Diplomat."
  
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• Beam me up, Scotty: New 'Star Trek' TV series released in 2017

  02-11-2015 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - "Star Trek," the TV cult classic with legions of devoted fans around the world, is being recreated in an entirely new production -- just in time to mark the 50th anniversary of the original series. US broadcaster CBS announced Monday it will release a new version of "Star Trek" in January 2017. "The brand-new 'Star Trek' will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature
  
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• State Dept to review agents' press role after Uzbek incident

  02-11-2015 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it will review the role its diplomatic security agents play at photo opportunities following a weekend incident in Uzbekistan. In the incident a reporter was removed from a meeting between Secretary of State John Kerry and the Uzbek president.
  
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