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• Arrest Made After Cocaine Found in Weiland's Tour Bus

  04-12-2015 23:59 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A cause of death for Weiland was not immediately known on Thursday, but the rocker's battles with substance abuse became public throughout his career.
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma governor says appreciates Patton's work

  04-12-2015 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The latest on Oklahoma's prisons director resigning (all times local):
  
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• New images show seaplane that sank in Pearl Harbor attack

  04-12-2015 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — New images of a U.S. Navy seaplane that sank during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor show a coral-encrusted engine and reef fish swimming in and out of a hull.
  
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• Lions could have done more on Green Bay's Hail Mary

  04-12-2015 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — There's no such thing as an easy Hail Mary.
  
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• Chipotle warns of sales slide as E. coli outbreak expands

  04-12-2015 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Chipotle warned Friday that an outbreak of E. coli linked to its restaurants is hurting its sales and warned that if recent trends continue, it expects earnings for the current quarter to come in way below analysts' prediction. Shares slid more than 7 percent in after-market trading.
  
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• Sharpest images of Pluto's surface

  04-12-2015 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The New Horizons probe has at last returned some of the super-sharp pictures it took of Pluto during its historic flyby in July.
  
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• San Bernardino attack raises fears in smaller cities

  04-12-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Anita Jefferson didn't know much about San Bernardino, California, before the apparent terror attack there. The West Coast town is nearly the exact same size as her hometown of Birmingham and hardly a high-profile target like New York or Paris.
  
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• Praise for Islamic State posted during shooting to suspect's Facebook page

  04-12-2015 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Facebook profile, established under an alias by Tashfeen Malik, was removed by the company on Thursday for violating its community standards, which prohibit praise or promotion of “acts of terror,” said the spokesman, who asked not to be named. The spokesman said there was pro-Islamic State content on the page but declined to elaborate. Facebook is cooperating with law enforcement on the matter, the spokesman added.
  
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• Oscar-nominated actor Robert Loggia is dead at 85, wife says.

  04-12-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar-nominated actor Robert Loggia is dead at 85, wife says.
  
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• Man named Bud Weisser arrested at Budweiser brewery

  04-12-2015 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say the Budweiser brewery got an unwelcome visit from a man with a memorable name.
  
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• Jordan Spieth in a 3-way tie for the lead in Bahamas

  04-12-2015 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Jordan Spieth feels like he's on vacation in the Bahamas. On the golf course, he's all business.
  
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• Belgium seeks 2 tied to Paris suspect

  04-12-2015 23:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Belgian authorities Friday released pictures of two unidentified men they're seeking in connection with the probe into the fatal Paris attacks, saying they believe the two are linked to fugitive suspect Salah Abdeslam.
  
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• Packers riding high after stunning win in Detroit

  04-12-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Packers coach Mike McCarthy left no doubt about where the team's no-time-left win in Detroit stands for him.
  
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• Factbox: Soccer officials in Americas charged in FIFA bribery probe

  04-12-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Twenty-seven soccer officials are under indictment in the United States over allegations they ran bribery schemes totaling as much as $200 million in the sale of television and marketing rights for soccer tournaments and matches. In addition, 12 people and two sports marketing companies have been convicted in the investigation by U.S. prosecutors. The following are some of the most prominent officials charged by the U.S. Department of Justice: Jack Warner (Trinidad & Tobago).
  
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• The Latest: STP bandmates react to Weiland's death

  04-12-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The latest in the death of Scott Weiland, the magnetic former frontman of the Stone Temple Pilots (all times local):
  
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• No. 2 Alabama's SEC dominance shows no signs of letting up

  04-12-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Alabama has set the bar high for the rest of the Southeastern Conference.
  
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• Arizona couple convicted of imprisoning daughters

  04-12-2015 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A jury convicted an Arizona couple Friday of kidnapping and child abuse charges for imprisoning their three daughters, monitoring them through video feeds and forcing them to urinate and defecate in their closets.
  
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• Oklahoma prisons boss resigns amid execution investigation

  04-12-2015 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The head of Oklahoma's prison system, who presided over two botched lethal injections, announced his resignation Friday amid an investigation into what went wrong with the executions.
  
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• South America: A 'breeding ground' for soccer corruption

  04-12-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The South American lands that are home to some of soccer's greatest players now are at the center of the sport's biggest corruption scandal.
  
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• Former NEA chair Dana Gioia named California poet laureate

  04-12-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dana Gioia, the poet and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, has been named California Poet Laureate.
  
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• US stocks surge 2% on strong jobs report

  04-12-2015 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street equities jumped two percent on a strong US jobs report Friday that underscored the differences between the sturdy US economy and sluggish growth elsewhere. With markets around the world in the red -- including 2.2 percent plunges in Japan and Brazil and a 0.6 percent drop in London -- Wall Street headed in the opposite direction even though the official November employment report raised the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will decide to begin increasing interest rates at its Dece
  
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• New Yorker Cover Satirizes America's Gun Obsession

  04-12-2015 23:23 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The magazine's cover features a couple stocking up on firearms and weapons — tossing the items into a shopping cart as if they were on a grocery run.
  
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• Cities' policies on police shooting videos inconsistent

  04-12-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — There's often little commonality when it comes to cities' policies on how quickly they release video of police officers who shot civilians under disputed circumstances.
  
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• Fedora: UNC deserves to be in playoff with win vs. Clemson

  04-12-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Larry Fedora believes his North Carolina Tar Heels deserve a spot in the College Football Playoffs if they snap Clemson's 15-game winning streak Saturday night in the ACC championship.
  
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• U.S. yet to agree details on new force's role in Iraq: officials

  04-12-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Warren Strobel, Phil Stewart and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has yet to agree with Baghdad on crucial details governing the role of a new American special forces unit aimed at hunting Islamic State militants in Iraq, U.S. officials said, underlining the difficulties Washington faces dealing with Iraq's weakened leader. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Tuesday the planned deployment of the small force, whose raids against Islamic State targets would be the
  
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• Baby toys, a Koran: California shooters' home thrown open to media

  04-12-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Baby toys, shredded files, a Koran, computer paraphernalia: the home of the California shooters was bizarrely -- and controversially -- thrown open to the media on Friday, offering a glimpse of the life of the couple behind the carnage. Two days after US citizen Syed Farook and his Pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik burst into an office party in San Bernardino and shot dead 14 people, media crews were given access by the landlord to the two-story townhouse where they lived with their six-month-old da
  
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• Massacre Wife Pledged Allegiance to ISIS Leader

  04-12-2015 23:04 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Investigators are looking into whether she was the radicalizing influence in the life of her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook.
  
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• Turkish troops on Iraqi training mission moved near Mosul

  04-12-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish official says a military battalion has been deployed to a position close to the Islamic State-held city of Mosul as part of a training mission.
  
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• Strong job gains send US stock market sharply higher

  04-12-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market surged to its biggest gain since early September Friday after another strong month of hiring by U.S. employers.
  
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• TV viewers get look at home of couple behind massacre

  04-12-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Viewers from around the world received an up-close glimpse of the Southern California shooters' home Friday after the landlord opened the doors and reporters broadcast live everything from the couple's dirty dishes to their Quran.
  
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• Chipotle sales battered by widening E. coli outbreak

  04-12-2015 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc has expanded into nine U.S. states, authorities said on Friday, and the burrito chain said its sales have been hammered as it issued a warning for the fourth quarter. Chipotle said it now expects sales at established restaurants to fall 8 to 11 percent this quarter. Chipotle shares, which closed down 0.7 percent during the regular session, slid another 6.2 percent to $561.20 in extended trading.
  
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• Missouri AD put new coach Barry Odom "through the wringer"

  04-12-2015 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The second time Barry Odom interviewed for the Missouri coaching job was supposed to be a rough ride to see how he'd react.
  
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• Vonn wins World Cup downhill in Canada

  04-12-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Montreal (AFP) - American Lindsey Vonn won Friday's Alpine Skiing World Cup women's downhill race at Lake Louise, the Canadian layout among her favorites since her first World Cup win there in 2004.
  
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• The Latest: Order to release execution drug source on hold

  04-12-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The latest on the ongoing legal battle over an Arkansas law that keeps information about the supply of execution drugs secret (all times local):
  
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• 75 amazing sports moments from 2015

  04-12-2015 22:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  See some of the best photos from the year in sports.
  
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• Chipotle says E. coli outbreak significantly hurt sales

  04-12-2015 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc said the recent outbreak of E. coli at its restaurants had an adverse impact on sales so far in the current quarter, forcing the company to scrap its comparable sales forecast for 2016. The company said it expects comparable sales to decline by 8-11 percent in the fourth quarter.
  
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• U.S. employment report a green light for Fed interest rate rise

  04-12-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased at a healthy pace in November, in another sign of the economy's resilience, and will most likely be followed by the first Federal Reserve interest rate rise in a decade later this month. Nonfarm payrolls rose 211,000 last month, the U.S. Labor Department said on Friday. The jobless rate is in a range many Fed officials see as consistent with full employment and has dropped seven-tenths of a percentage point this year.
  
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• The Latest: Police find cocaine on Weiland's tour bus

  04-12-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The latest in the death of Scott Weiland, the magnetic former frontman of the Stone Temple Pilots (all times local):
  
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• Paris militant group had links to Britain - Wall Street Journal

  04-12-2015 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The militant network behind last month's attacks in Paris had links to people in Britain, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday, citing Western officials. Several people suspected of having connections to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Islamic State militant and alleged ringleader of the Nov. 13 attacks, are based in Britain, according to two Western officials, the Journal said. The officials told the Journal those people, including some of Moroccan heritage, were based in the Birmingham area, in cent
  
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• FBI chief says no sign California shooters were part of larger group

  04-12-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The head of the FBI said on Friday that investigators so far had uncovered no evidence that would suggest the alleged shooters in San Bernardino were part of an organized group, even though the rampage may have been an act of terrorism. There is no indication that they are part of a network," FBI Director James Comey told reporters.
  
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• Coal community takes little solace in ex-CEO's conviction

  04-12-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WHITESVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — A 48-foot black granite monument with life-size silhouettes of 29 fallen miners defines this small Appalachian town, just downhill from the site of one of the deadliest U.S. mine disasters.
  
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• Denmark's 'fairy tale' energy island

  04-12-2015 22:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  This is a fairy tale, but a true one.
  
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• Police: Cocaine in tour bus bedroom where Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland found dead

  04-12-2015 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police: Cocaine in tour bus bedroom where Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland found dead.
  
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• Correction: San Francisco Witch Killers story

  04-12-2015 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story Dec. 2 about a parole hearing for one of the so-called "San Francisco witch killers," The Associated Press reported erroneously that attorney Laura Sheppard didn't return calls from an AP reporter after the hearing. In fact, she texted the reporter and confirmed the outcome of the hearing. In an e-mail to AP Dec. 4, she said she would have no further comment.
  
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• Exclusive: Investigators piece together portrait of Pakistani woman in shooting massacre

  04-12-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Tashfeen Malik's path to accused mass killer in California began in a small city on the Indus River in Pakistan's Punjab province. It was from here, when she was a toddler, that she moved with her father Gulzar 25 years ago to Saudi Arabia, where he became more deeply religious, more conservative and more hardline, according to a family member. A picture slowly emerged on Friday of the role and possible motivations of 27-year-old Malik in this week's
  
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• The Latest: Medical examiner: Gray's spine was 'kinked'

  04-12-2015 22:24 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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• Crew seek second MLS crown against Timbers

  04-12-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With Sierra Leone striker Kei Kamara providing the scoring spark and Michael Parkhurst anchoring the backline, the Columbus Crew bid for a second Major League Soccer crown Sunday against Portland. The Crew, whose lone title came in 2008, will host the Timbers in the MLS Cup championship match. Portland won their only meeting this season 2-1 at Columbus in September.
  
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• Uncertainty deepens over Afghan Taliban leader

  04-12-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jibran Ahmed PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Uncertainty over the fate of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour deepened on Friday, as speculation grew over a possible successor, despite repeated denials by the spokesman of the Islamist movement that he had been badly wounded in a gunfight. Several sources in the Taliban have said that Mansour, whose claim to the leadership is rejected by rival factions, was seriously wounded and possibly killed in a shootout at the house of another Tali
  
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• At 3% in polls, Jeb Bush in free-fall

  04-12-2015 22:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Jeb Bush has tried everything.
  
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• Duo wins 2016 AIA Gold Medal for architecture

  04-12-2015 22:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Venturi and Scott Brown are the 2016 winners of the 72nd American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal. The Gold Medal is AIA's highest honor and it acknowledges a significant body of work that has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture. Past recipients include Frank Lloyd Wright (1949), Louis Sullivan (1944), Le Corbusier (1961), I.M. Pei (1979), and Moshe Safdie (2015).
  
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