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• Sandra Bullock adopts 3-year-old daughter

  02-12-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Bullock has adopted a 3-year-old girl named Laila.
  
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• Designers channel their 'Star Wars' geekdom for charity

  02-12-2015 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Chewbacca never had it so good.
  
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• Tourism industry anxious as Congress mulls visa-program changes

  02-12-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lawmakers were introducing legislation this week tightening the program that allows millions to travel to the United States without a visa, as Congress moves to enhance security following the deadly Paris attacks. "Now we're looking at the Visa Waiver Program, those gaps and vulnerabilities in that," number two House Republican Kevin McCarthy told CNN Wednesday. "You'll see it roll out tomorrow" in the House of Representatives, he added on Fox, adding that it would be introduced on the floor of
  
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• The Latest: US facing pattern of mass shootings, Obama says

  02-12-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on a shooting at a social services facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local):
  
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• At least 14 dead in shooting at California disabled center

  02-12-2015 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One or more gunmen opened fire inside a center for the disabled in San Bernardino, California on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding the same number before fleeing the scene, officials said. "So far there's one to three suspects that are still at large -- nobody is in custody," Olivia Bozek, deputy public affairs officer for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, told MSNBC. "It's still an active scene," Sergeant Vicki Cervantes of the San Bernardino Police told CNN.
  
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• Record Cyber Monday spending tops $3 billion

  02-12-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers spent more than $3 billion online this "Cyber Monday," making it the biggest online shopping day ever.
  
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• At least three dead, 20 wounded in San Bernardino, California shooting

  02-12-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police searched on Wednesday for up to three suspects in the shooting of as many as 20 people, some of them fatally, at a social services agency for the developmentally disabled in the Southern California city of San Bernardino, authorities said. San Bernardino Police Lieutenant Richard Lawhead told a local NBC television network affiliate there were multiple fatalities, and a reporter for that channel said he saw the bodies of three victims following the shooting rampage. MSNBC also reported th
  
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• The Latest: Britain votes to join airstrikes against IS

  02-12-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The latest developments regarding the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq: All times local:
  
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• Parliament votes for air strikes against militants in Syria

  02-12-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - MPs voted by 397 to 223 on Wednesday in favour of launching air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria after more than 10 hours of debate. Britain has been bombing in Iraq for more than a year and Prime Minister David Cameron had urged lawmakers to back extending air strikes to Syria to target militants he said were plotting attacks on the West. (Reporting by Kylie MacLellan, editing by Elizabeth Piper)
  
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• Cynthia Robinson of Sly and the Family Stone dead at 71

  02-12-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Cynthia Robinson, a trumpeter and vocalist whose bold and brassy style made her a key member of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at age 71.
  
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• Orioles acquire Trumbo from Mariners

  02-12-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Orioles have acquired outfielder/first baseman Mark Trumbo and left-hander C.J. Riefenhauser from the Seattle Mariners for catcher Steve Clevenger.
  
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• 14 dead, more than a dozen wounded in California shooting

  02-12-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — As many as three gunmen believed to be wearing military-style gear opened fire Wednesday at a Southern California social services center, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than a dozen others, authorities said.
  
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• The Latest: California shooters used long guns, police say

  02-12-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on a shooting at a social services facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local):
  
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• Satellite photos show North Korea digging new nuclear tunnel: report

  02-12-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Satellite photographs from October and early November indicate North Korea is digging a new tunnel for nuclear testing, but there are no signs that a such a test is imminent, a U.S. research institute said on Wednesday. A report on 38 North, a North Korea monitoring website run by Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, said the images showed significant construction since April at Punggye-ri, on North Korea's east coast, where three previous nuclear te
  
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• Hornets sign coach Clifford to contract extention

  02-12-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Charlotte Hornets coach Steve Clifford, who guided the best November run in the NBA club's history, was rewarded Wednesday with a contract extension. The 54-year-old American, whose deal is reportedly for three years to 2019 with a team option for a fourth season, has the Hornets at 10-7 to start this season, including a 10-5 November run. "We like what Coach Clifford and his staff have been doing," Hornets general manager Rich Cho said in a statement.
  
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• Former U.S. national security adviser Sandy Berger dies

  02-12-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Samuel "Sandy" Berger, a U.S. national security adviser to President Bill Clinton whose reputation was later marred by his theft of classified documents after leaving office, died early on Wednesday. Berger, who was 70, had been suffering from cancer, according to a statement from Albright Stonebridge Group, the consulting firm where he worked. "Sandy was a consummate national security adviser because he embraced our common humanity and advanced our national interests," Clinton said in a stateme
  
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• Shooting in photos

  02-12-2015 23:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Authorities in San Bernardino, California, respond to reports of a mass shooting.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Bush numbers off on bombing missions in Syria

  02-12-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GOOSE LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush frequently pans the Obama administration's war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria for being too timid in its bombing campaign. But some statistics he cites to bolster his argument are wrong or outdated.
  
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• Board denies parole to 'San Francisco witch killer'

  02-12-2015 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of two so-called "San Francisco witch killers" was denied parole Wednesday, state prison officials said.
  
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• Zuckerbergs' philanthropy effort tests uncharted waters

  02-12-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Following the stunning news of their $45 billion philanthropy initiative, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife face the challenging task of ensuring the staggering sum is put to good use. The new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative aims "to advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation," according to the message posted as a letter to their newborn daughter. "One of the biggest challenges for the big donors is to make sure that their money benefits those who
  
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• The Latest: Attorney suggests Freddie Gray faked injury

  02-12-2015 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on the trial of a police officer accused in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who suffered a spinal injury in the back of a transport van (all times local):
  
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• At least 14 people killed in California shooting: police

  02-12-2015 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 14 people were killed and 14 others injured Wednesday in a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, the city's police chief said, adding that so far, the motive for the incident was unclear. Burguan said the suspects were still at large, and the motive was not yet known.
  
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• Carson says he's faced discrimination as black conservative

  02-12-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson says he's faced more discrimination because he's a black conservative than because of his race alone.
  
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• UN believes Iran worked on developing nuclear weapons

  02-12-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Iran did work related to developing nuclear arms in the past, the U.N. atomic agency concluded in a report Wednesday that wraps up a near decade of investigations and opens the way to implementing a landmark deal aimed at reducing any future nuclear threat from Tehran.
  
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• Sinatra gets star-studded tribute for centennial birthday

  02-12-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — 100 is turning out to be a very good year for Frank Sinatra.
  
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• US Grand Prix "subject to agreement" on 2016 calendar

  02-12-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The future of the struggling U.S. Grand Prix was thrown into further doubt Wednesday when the 2016 Formula One calendar listed the race as "subject to agreement" with the promotor.
  
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• Obama decries US mass shootings, says 'no parallel anywhere else in world'

  02-12-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama decried what he called the "pattern" of mass shootings in the United States after an incident in California Wednesday, and reiterated his call for tougher gun controls.
  
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• Impeachment proceedings opened against Brazil's Rousseff

  02-12-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Impeachment proceedings were opened Wednesday against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff by the speaker of the lower house of Congress, a sworn enemy of the beleaguered leader.
  
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• Origi, Sturridge fire Liverpool into last four

  02-12-2015 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Divock Origi plundered a hat-trick and Daniel Sturridge claimed a brace as Liverpool came from behind to destroy Southampton 6-1 on Wednesday and reach the League Cup semi-finals. Sadio Mane headed Southampton in front after 39 seconds, but Sturridge marked his first start since October 4 with a four-minute brace and 20-year-old Belgian striker Origi opened his Liverpool account with a treble as the visitors roared back, with substitute Jordon Ibe also on target.
  
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• Obama calls for bipartisan effort to address shootings

  02-12-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a bipartisan effort "at every level of government" to address mass shootings, such as the one that injured as many as 20 people in San Bernardino, California. "We don't yet know what the motives of the shooters are, but what we do know is there are steps we can take to make Americans safer and that we should come together in a bipartisan basis at every level of government to make these rare as opposed to normal," he told CBS News.
  
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• Supreme Court blocks Native Hawaiian election vote count

  02-12-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is blocking votes from being counted in a unique election that's considered a major step toward self-governance for Native Hawaiians.
  
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• Fatalities in California shooting, suspects at large: official

  02-12-2015 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  San Bernardino (United States) (AFP) - There are an unknown number of fatalities in a shooting Wednesday in the California city of San Bernardino, and as many as three suspects still at large, an official said.
  
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• 'Pray for us' plea

  02-12-2015 22:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  All Terry Pettit could do outside the offices of the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, was worry.
  
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• Men 'left scene in SUV'

  02-12-2015 22:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A source told CNN's Deborah Feyerick that three heavily armed men were reportedly seen leaving the Inland Medical Center in a black SUV after a shooting there.
  
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• Husband: Wife saw bodies

  02-12-2015 22:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The husband of a woman who witnessed the scene of the mass shooting in San Bernardino relays what she told him about the incident.
  
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• US space station delivery on tap after 8-month stoppage

  02-12-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA hopes to resume commercial shipments this week to the International Space Station, following months of frustrating delay.
  
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• Mass shooting in California, reports of 20 victims

  02-12-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One or more gunmen opened fire inside a building in San Bernardino in California, with reports of 20 victims at a center that provides services for the disabled. The city fire department said on Twitter that it was responding to "reports of 20 victim shooting incident" and was working to clear the scene. "It appears there is more than one shooter," Sergeant Vicki Cervantes of the San Bernardino Police told CNN.
  
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• Democratic Rep. Levin of Michigan fine after fainting

  02-12-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Congressman Sander Levin of Michigan is being treated for dehydration by the Capitol physician after having a coughing fit and fainting.
  
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• Orbital to fly first space cargo mission since 2014 explosion

  02-12-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Orbital ATK on Wednesday counted down to its first space launch since a sudden explosion last year destroyed its Antares rocket and cargo craft bound for the International Space Station. Thursday's planned liftoff of the unmanned Cygnus cargo ship uses a different rocket -- an Atlas V made by United Launch Alliance -- and is scheduled for 5:55 pm (2255 GMT). The weather forecast for launch was 60 percent favorable, NASA's weather officer said.
  
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• U.S. forces can capture ISIS terrorists

  02-12-2015 22:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  U.S. special operations forces headed into Iraq and Syria may be given authorities to capture ISIS terrorists, and interrogate them for intelligence, even though there is no current framework for where such individuals could be held and questioned, according to two U.S. officials.
  
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• AP Conversation: Cruz: US more secure with Assad in power

  02-12-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says the U.S. is more secure with Syrian President Bashar Assad in power, accepting one of the Middle East's most brutal dictators as an unfortunate ally in the fight against the Islamic State.
  
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• US economy shows 'modest' growth: Fed report

  02-12-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Fed released its Beige Book report Wednesday as Chair Janet Yellen, in a speech, signaled the rate hike could come in two weeks at the Federal Open Market Committee's policy meeting on December 15 and 16. The report, a collection of anecdotal evidence from the central bank's 12 districts, provides some of the context for the FOMC policymakers in deciding monetary policy. "Economic activity increased at a modest pace in most regions of the country since the previous Beige Book report" in Octo
  
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• Prosecutor: Ohio gunman wanted to kill police officers

  02-12-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — An armed suspect who killed a Cincinnati police officer and then was shot to death by police wanted to ambush and kill as many officers as possible, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
  
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• The Latest: Man says son escaped gunfire in California

  02-12-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on reports of an active shooter at a social services facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local):
  
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• Source: 3 men left scene in black SUV

  02-12-2015 21:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A source told CNN's Deborah Feyerick that three heavily armed men were reportedly seen leaving the Inland Medical Center in a black SUV after a shooting there.
  
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• Zuckerberg: from Harvard dropout to Silicon Valley legend

  02-12-2015 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mark Zuckerberg has grown from a Harvard dropout who changed what it means to be social into a billionaire philanthropist bent on shaping a better world for his daughter. Zuckerberg and his doctor wife, Priscilla Chan, set the Internet abuzz this week with news of the birth of their first child, a girl named Maxima. Zuckerberg and Chan also pledged to give away their Facebook fortune to make the world a "better place" for baby daughter Maxima and others.
  
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• Three deaths reported, up to 20 wounded in San Bernardino, California shooting

  02-12-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three people were killed and as many 20 were wounded on Wednesday in when at least one person opened fire at a social services agency in the Southern California city of San Bernardino on Wednesday, authorities and a witness said. MSNBC reported that law enforcement authorities confirmed the three deaths, and a reporter for the local NBC affiliate said he saw three bodies following the shooting rampage. The San Bernardino Police Department
  
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• The Latest: Center CEO: Focus of shooting on conference area

  02-12-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on reports of an active shooter at a social services facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local):
  
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• Benzema says victim of 'persecution' in sex-tape case

  02-12-2015 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Karim Benzema claimed Wednesday that he was a victim of "persecution" in the sex-tape blackmail case which has rocked French football and insisted he is an innocent man. "It is persecution," the Real Madrid star told French broadcaster TF1. Benzema, 27, has been charged with complicity to blackmail and conspiring to commit a criminal act for his alleged participation in a blackmail case involving international teammate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex-tape.
  
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• Study finds problems in detecting fraud among asylum seekers

  02-12-2015 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is having trouble detecting fraud in asylum requests from immigrants seeking to stay in the United States for their protection.
  
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