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• Alleged San Bernardino shooter attended services in Riverside mosque

  03-12-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO (Reuters) - Syed Farook, the alleged shooter in Wednesday's San Bernardino rampage, attended daily services and celebrated his wedding reception at the Islamic Center of Riverside, Center Director Mustafa Kuko said on Thursday. Farook attended morning and evening services from 2012 to 2014, Kuko said. In 2013, Farook asked for Kuko's blessing to marry a Pakistani woman living in Saudi Arabia. Kuko said he felt betrayed by Farook's alleged actions, which contradict the teachings of
  
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• Female attacker stands out in California mass shooting

  03-12-2015 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tashfeen Malik, 27, and her husband Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, who had a 6-month-old daughter together, were killed in a shootout with police after the massacre at the Inland Regional Center social services agency in the city of San Bernardino. Research conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the New York Police Department and others show that mass shooters in recent decades are overwhelmingly male.
  
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• Obama lights National Christmas Tree

  03-12-2015 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has jumpstarted the holiday season by lighting the National Christmas tree.
  
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• The Latest: Arkansas to appeal execution secrecy law ruling

  03-12-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Here is the latest on a judge's ruling striking down a portion of Arkansas' law that keeps confidential details about execution drugs (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: AP Source: No 'significant players' in contacts

  03-12-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on the mass shooting at a social service facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local):
  
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• Explosives at California attackers' home

  03-12-2015 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bomb equipment and a hoard of weapons are found at the home of two people who killed 14 at a workplace Christmas party in California, say police.
  
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• U.S. asks Honduras to extradite ex-president over alleged FIFA ties

  03-12-2015 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States government has made a formal extradition request to Honduras for the country's former President Rafael Callejas over his suspected links to the FIFA corruption scandal, the Honduran government said on Thursday. The government said in a brief statement it had received the extradition request for Callejas, who was named on Thursday in a U.S. indictment over alleged multimillion-dollar bribery schemes for marketing and broadcast rights. Callejas, who later served as head of the Ho
  
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• Photos: Spoiler Alert! Find Out Why Emmy Rossum Slipped Into a Wedding Dress

  03-12-2015 23:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  See your favorite stars transform into the characters you love.
  
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• Senate rejects more gun background checks after CA attack

  03-12-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted anew against expanding background checks for more gun purchases, rejecting the proposal a day after the latest U.S. mass shooting left 14 people dead in California.
  
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• US military to open frontline combat roles to women

  03-12-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US military will open up all positions -- including frontline combat roles -- to women, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced Thursday in a sweeping move officially ending centuries of men-only tradition. "As long as they qualify and meet the standards, women will ... be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars, and lead infantry soldiers into combat," Carter said. Given the tough physical standards, Carter stressed that equal opportunity would probably not translate to equal participation o
  
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• Politics of grief, gun control, prayer after latest shooting

  03-12-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a natural reaction in times of grief: Politicians from both parties offered supportive thoughts and prayers for those killed in the San Bernardino shootings. But within hours, social media was awash with pushback from gun control advocates calling out those who offer prayers without pushing for tighter gun laws.
  
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• Photos: Is Anne Hathaway Covering a Baby Bump?

  03-12-2015 23:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Celebrity Baby Boom
  
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• No designer babies, but summit calls for cautious research

  03-12-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A tool to edit human genes is nowhere near ready to use for pregnancy — but altering early embryos as part of careful laboratory research should be allowed as scientists and society continue to grapple with the ethical questions surrounding this revolutionary technology, organizers of an international summit concluded Thursday.
  
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• Casey part of 3-way tie for the lead at World Challenge

  03-12-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Paul Casey is off to a good start in his final chance to win a tournament this year.
  
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• Danes 'vote No' in EU rules referendum

  03-12-2015 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Results suggest Danes vote No in referendum on adopting EU rules strengthening cross-border policing that would have seen closer ties with the bloc.
  
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• Jon Stewart, 9/11 responders ask Congress to extend benefits

  03-12-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Jon Stewart, firefighters, policemen and other 9/11 first responders confronted lawmakers Thursday as they pressured Congress to extend health care benefits before they run out.
  
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• Check Out Pamela Anderson's Final Nude Cover of Playboy

  03-12-2015 23:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  "Baywatch" star covers the final nude issue of the magazine.
  
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• Virgin presses 747 into space action

  03-12-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Richard Branson is going to use one of his old Virgin Atlantic 747-400 jumbos to act as a platform to launch rockets into orbit.
  
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• VIDEO: Mount Etna erupts for first time in two years

  03-12-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mount Etna, the volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, has erupted in spectacular fashion for the first time in two years.
  
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• Jurors get an up-close look at Freddie Gray van

  03-12-2015 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Jurors in the trial for a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray got an up-close look Thursday at the police transport van where he broke his neck.
  
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• Family sues after police question 3rd-grader for hours

  03-12-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A third-grader was taken off a school bus and questioned for hours by police because another girl falsely reported the 8-year-old had chemicals in her backpack, her family said in a lawsuit Thursday.
  
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• No sign US mass shooter radicalized: imam

  03-12-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The imam at a mosque frequented by a California man who killed 14 people with his wife said Thursday there was no indication he had been radicalized, and had not been seen for about three weeks. Others described Syed Farook, 28, as a committed Muslim who was quiet and respectful of others. Farook and his 27-year-old wife Tashfeen Malik died in a shootout with police after a chase following the killings at a center for the disabled in San Bernardino, about an hour's drive east of Los Angeles.
  
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• Lyft allies with Asia peers in Uber challenge

  03-12-2015 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US ridesharing service Lyft on Thursday announced an expansion of its alliances with Asian partners in a move that ramps its challenge to Uber. Lyft, which in September unveiled a partnership with Didi Kuaidi in China, has added Ola in India, and GrabTaxi in Southeast Asia to the alliance, which allows interoperability of the mobile applications in various countries. Each of the partners' mobile apps will be able to tap into one another's ride sharing services where available and let them call f
  
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• The Latest: AP Source: Shooter contacted extremists online

  03-12-2015 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on the mass shooting at a social service facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local):
  
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• Brazil's del Nero asks for temporary leave: football federation

  03-12-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's football federation said President Marco Polo del Nero had asked for a leave of absence on Thursday in order to focus on defending himself from accusations made in an indictment by U.S. authorities. Del Nero appointed the federation's vice-president, Marcus Antonio Vicente, to take over as interim president. (Reporting by Caroline Stauffer; Editing by Dan Grebler)
  
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• Renault complete takeover of Lotus

  03-12-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Renault completed their takeover of the Lotus team on Thursday ahead of the French manufacturer's return to Formula One in 2016, company boss Carlos Ghosn announced. "Renault had two options: to come back at 100 percent or leave," said Renault chairman Ghosn. "After a detailed study, I have decided that Renault will be in Formula 1, starting 2016," he added.
  
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• Q&A: A look at the Nevada court fight over life-support

  03-12-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A father's bid to keep his 20-year-old daughter on life-support at a Reno hospital after doctors declared her brain-dead is pending before a Nevada state court judge. Beyond the family attorney's claim on Wednesday that the cost of caring for Aden Hailu (AY'-dehn HEHL'-oo) is driving hospital efforts to pull the plug, the case raises key questions about Nevada's interpretation of national end-of-life guidelines.
  
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• Politics of grief and gun control after latest shooting

  03-12-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a natural reaction in times of grief: Politicians from both parties offer thoughts and prayers for those killed in the San Bernardino shooting. But within hours of the mass shooting, social media was awash with pushback from gun control advocates calling out those who offer prayers without pushing for tighter gun laws.
  
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• Depositions set for Bill Cosby, wife in defamation case

  03-12-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Bill Cosby's wife of nearly 52 years will answer questions under oath next month in her first deposition since dozens of women came forward over the last year with sexual abuse allegations against Cosby.
  
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• Cameron warns of long Syria campaign

  03-12-2015 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Cameron says the mission against Islamic State militants could take some time, as RAF Tornado jets "successfully" bomb an oilfield in Syria.
  
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• UN climate talks turn hostile over money

  03-12-2015 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Angry developing nations warned Thursday that increasingly tense UN talks aimed at averting catastrophic climate change would fail unless a bitter feud over hundreds of billions of dollars was resolved. Negotiators from 195 nations are haggling in Paris over a planned universal accord to slash greenhouse-gas emissions that trap the Sun's heat, warming Earth's surface and oceans and disrupting its delicate climate system. The question of finance to help developing countries make the shift to clea
  
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• US indicts 16 more in probe of world soccer corruption

  03-12-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Five current and former members of FIFA's ruling executive committee were among 16 additional men charged with corruption in an indictment unsealed Thursday as part of U.S. prosecutors' widening investigation into soccer corruption.
  
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• More US police charged with murder, manslaughter in 2015

  03-12-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The number of U.S. police officers charged with murder or manslaughter for on-duty shootings has tripled this year — a sharp increase that at least one expert says could be the result of more video evidence.
  
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• Coldplay to headline Super Bowl halftime show

  03-12-2015 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coldplay is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show.
  
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• Moody's says Brexit would hurt UK economy, benefits unclear

  03-12-2015 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Ratings agency Moody's said on Thursday that a British exit from the European Union would hurt the country's economy by damaging trade and investment and could put its credit rating at risk of a downgrade. Moody's, spelling out its thinking about a so-called Brexit in more detail than before, said Britain would face a long period of uncertainty if it had to negotiate a trade deal with its former EU partners following a vote to leave the bloc. Prime Ministe
  
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• Markets slide in US and Europe after stimulus falls short

  03-12-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Global markets sank Thursday after the European Central Bank announced stimulus plans that came up short of what investors had forecast. The bond market was especially roiled by the ECB's move. Bond prices in the U.S. and Europe fell sharply, and yields jumped.
  
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• Arkansas judge strikes secrecy portion of execution law

  03-12-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge has struck down a portion of the state's law that keeps secret details about the drugs used in executions, saying Thursday that drug suppliers do not have a constitutional right to be free from criticism.
  
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• More federal loan debt forgiven for Corinthian students

  03-12-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is erasing the loan debt of more than 7,000 former students of the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges — totaling over $100 million, but still representing a tiny fraction of a federal debt-forgiveness program that could run well into the billions of dollars.
  
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• Yellen: Under 100,000 jobs a month enough to keep up with population trends

  03-12-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Thursday that a pace of 100,000 new jobs per month is enough to keep up with demographic trends in the United States.
  
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• Ahead of jobs report, Yellen says 100,000 would cover new entrants

  03-12-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, speaking the day before a key employment report, said on Thursday the U.S. economy needs to add fewer than 100,000 jobs a month to cover new entrants to the workforce, setting an implicit floor for the jobs growth policymakers want to see. "To simply provide jobs for those who are newly entering the labor force probably requires under 100,000 jobs per month," with anything above that helping "absorb" those who are unemployed, discouraged or had dropped out of
  
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• Trump irks Jewish donors with comments on Mideast peace

  03-12-2015 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jewish donors gathered Thursday had two demands of the Republican presidential candidates who'd come to speak to them: unambiguous support for Israel and respect.
  
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• LOL! Dare you not to smile

  03-12-2015 22:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A lighthearted look at people having a laugh in 2015.
  
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• VIDEO: Star Wars: UK duo ready for opening day

  03-12-2015 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The British stars of the new Star Wars film have told the BBC they feel "no pressure" over how it will be received.
  
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• Top FIFA officials among 16 indicted in widening scandal

  03-12-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sixteen more top football officials were charged in a dramatic widening of the FIFA corruption scandal on Thursday as US prosecutors vowed to leave no stone unturned in their quest to root out graft. Several senior FIFA officials from the past or present were named in a 92-count US Justice Department indictment which came after a series of dawn raids at a luxury hotel in Zurich hosting FIFA officials. Among those indicted on Thursday were the president of the South American Football Confederatio
  
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• House overwhelmingly backs 5-year transportation bill

  03-12-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a 5-year, $305 billion bill that boosts highway and transit spending and assures states that federal help will be available for major projects. Senate approval was expected to follow later in the day.
  
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• Dance star Michael Flatley will hit the road a last time

  03-12-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Flatley's ailing legs will apparently be healthy enough for one last American tour.
  
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• Fifa: US charges 16 more officials

  03-12-2015 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Department of Justice indicts 16 officials - hours after two Fifa vice-presidents were arrested in Zurich.
  
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• Is this Trump call a 'war crime'?

  03-12-2015 22:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A leading Israeli counter-terrorism expert says Donald Trump's call to "take out" the families of terrorists would run afoul of international law and degrade the moral standing of the U.S.
  
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• California shooting -- what we know so far

  03-12-2015 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fourteen people were killed in a gun attack on a holiday party in San Bernardino, California on Wednesday, the worst mass shooting in the United States since the massacre of 26 people at Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut in 2012. Fourteen people were killed and 21 wounded when two assailants opened fire inside the Inland Regional Center, police said Thursday, revising the toll of injured up from 17. A married couple carried out the attack -- setting the shooting apart from other mass s
  
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• Chicago to release video in police shooting of second black man

  03-12-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A video of a 2014 Chicago police shooting of a black man will be released next week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Thursday after days of controversy over another fatal police shooting caught on tape. Emanuel said the city would release police squad car dashboard video of the shooting of 25-year-old Ronald Johnson III, who was killed by police on Oct. 12, 2014, a week before the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, 17. Details of when the video would be released were not available from the mayor's of
  
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