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• California shooters 'radicalized for quite some time': FBI

  07-12-2015 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The husband and wife behind the shooting in California that left 14 people dead were radicalized for "quite some time", authorities said Monday, and both went for target practice before the massacre. The update from the FBI on the terror probe into the December 2 rampage in San Bernardino came after President Barack Obama vowed to destroy the Islamic State group and hunt down its followers, in an address to a jittery nation. The Islamic State has praised the California attackers -- husband and w
  
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• U2 shares stage with Eagles of Death Metal

  07-12-2015 23:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Eagles of Death Metal took the stage in Paris Monday for the first time since terrorists killed 90 people at the rock band's last concert in the French capital.
  
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• As many as 200 sickened in Seattle tower norovirus outbreak

  07-12-2015 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — As many as 200 people have gotten sick in a norovirus outbreak at a downtown Seattle office building, health officials reported Monday.
  
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• Trump wants Muslims temporarily barred entry to US

  07-12-2015 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump called Monday for a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the United States, following last week's mass shooting in California by a Muslim couple believed to have been radicalized. Trump's aides did not specify if the proposal would affect both tourists and immigrants, and also did not say if it would target American Muslims currently abroad. The statement drew sweeping condemnation by presidential rivals and the White House, which den
  
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• 76ers hire Colangelo as chairman of basketball operations

  07-12-2015 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have brought in longtime NBA executive Jerry Colangelo as chairman of basketball operations.
  
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• Outerwall slashes guidance on weak Redbox DVD rentals

  07-12-2015 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Outerwall Inc. lowered its financial guidance Monday and said the head of its Redbox division was leaving as DVD rentals from its kiosks plummet.
  
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• Eagles of Death Metal back in Paris almost a month after attacks

  07-12-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Eagles of Death Metal, the American rock band who survived a jihadist attack on their concert in Paris last month, made an emotional return to the stage in the French capital on Monday night alongside U2. "They were robbed of their stage three weeks ago, and we would like to offer them ours tonight," U2 frontman Bono said, embracing the band's lead singer Jesse Hughes before breaking into a rousing rendition of Patti Smith's "People Have The Power". In the worst of the Paris atrocities, 90 peopl
  
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• Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift lead Grammy nods

  07-12-2015 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rapper Kendrick Lamar on Monday received a near-record number of Grammy Award nominations, with pop superstar Taylor Swift leading for the most prestigious categories. Lamar -- who has won wide critical acclaim for his politically charged album "To Pimp a Butterfly" -- earned 11 nominations for the music industry's biggest awards, the highest number in a single night other than Michael Jackson's 12 nods in 1984 during the King of Pop's "Thriller" days. "To Pimp a Butterfly," Lamar's first album
  
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• FBI says California shooters were radicalized for 'some time'

  07-12-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators believe the married couple who massacred 14 people in California last week - the U.S.-born husband and his Pakistani wife - had been radicalized "for some time," but no clues pointing to an international plot have yet emerged, the FBI said on Monday. Authorities also have evidence that Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his spouse, Tashfeen Malik, 29, had engaged in firearms target practice near their Southern California home, at least once within days of last week's deadly shooting rampa
  
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• Can light therapy treat depression darkness?

  07-12-2015 23:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The days are short and the nights are long, and you can't help think that winter would be so much more pleasant if it were just a bit more like summer.
  
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• Fox suspends 2 analysts for language against Obama

  07-12-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two Fox News contributors were suspended Monday for using inappropriate language about President Barack Obama while discussing his speech on terrorism the night before in two separate episodes.
  
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• LeBron James signs lifetime deal with Nike

  07-12-2015 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James has signed a lifetime contract with Nike.
  
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• Syrian-born US citizen charged with smuggling to militants

  07-12-2015 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Syrian-born U.S. citizen has been charged with smuggling rifle scopes, night-vision goggles and other military-style gear from the United States to Islamic militants in his home country.
  
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• Oil price drops to lowest since 2009, sinking energy stocks

  07-12-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A sharp drop in the price of oil on Monday rattled investors and helped push stocks lower across several industries.
  
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• DOT challenges cities to envision future transportation

  07-12-2015 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Transportation is challenging cities to envision how new technologies and data can improve the movement of people and goods.
  
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• Revolutionary US destroyer begins sea trial: Navy

  07-12-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The largest US destroyer ever built headed for sea trials Monday, its angular radar-evading form cutting a distinctive figure on Maine's Kennebec River, the US Navy said. The $4.3 billion USS Zumwalt is the first in a new line of revolutionary guided missile destroyers. Hundreds of workers were on hand to cheer the ship as it departed the Bath Iron Works in Maine on Monday traveling down the Kennebec River to the sea, local media reported.
  
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• Type in jebbush.com, get Trump's presidential campaign page

  07-12-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A website containing GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush's name is mysteriously redirecting users to rival Donald Trump's campaign website.
  
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• Search on for NFL quarterback Jay Cutler's brother-in-law

  07-12-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Investigators on Monday were trying to piece together what happened to NFL quarterback Jay Cutler's brother-in-law, whose abandoned car was found more than a week ago with its engine on and the air bag deployed near a remote dirt road in Utah.
  
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• Ethiopia: Over 10 million will need food aid in January

  07-12-2015 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The Ethiopian government says more than 10 million people including nearly 6 million children will need emergency food by January because of drought.
  
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• Trump calls for 'complete shutdown' on Muslims entering US

  07-12-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is calling for a "complete and total shutdown" on Muslims entering the United States.
  
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• The Latest: 6 injured in mass shooting still hospitalized

  07-12-2015 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on the shootings in San Bernardino, California (all times local):
  
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• US consumer credit rises $16 billion in October

  07-12-2015 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers borrowed more heavily for auto and student loans in October, taking out debt that helps them find jobs and commute to work.
  
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• British DIY collective win 2015 Turner Prize

  07-12-2015 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Architectural collective Assemble has won 2015 Turner Prize for contemporary visual art, the British competition's organisers said Monday. "I think it's safe to say this nomination was a surprise to all of us, and the last six months has been a kind of super surreal experience," said Assemble member Joseph Halligan at the awards ceremony in the Scottish city of Glasgow. "It's allowed us this amazing opportunity to start something, Granby Workshop, which we really hope will live on for a very, ve
  
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• Regulators move to stop Staples' deal with Office Depot

  07-12-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it is seeking to block the proposed combination of Staples and Office Depot because the deal would reduce competition in the office supplies market. The companies said they plan to fight to preserve the deal.
  
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• Mariners obtain left-hander Wade Miley from Red Sox

  07-12-2015 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Seattle Mariners obtained left-hander Wade Miley and reliever Jonathan Aro from the Boston Red Sox on Monday for reliever Carson Smith and pitcher Roenis Elias in the first trade announced at the winter meetings.
  
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• PIMCO hires Bernanke, Jean Claude-Trichet to advisory board

  07-12-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fund giant PIMCO has named former heads of two of the world's biggest central banks to its advisory board, tapping Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and former European Central Bank President Jean Claude-Trichet.
  
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• GOP seeks curbs in Obama environmental agenda in budget bill

  07-12-2015 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are pressing for an end to the four-decade ban on exporting crude oil and further curbs on President Barack Obama's environmental agenda as part of a sweeping $1.1 trillion spending bill.
  
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• GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump calls for "complete shutdown" of Muslims entering US

  07-12-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump calls for "complete shutdown" of Muslims entering US.
  
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• FBI: Killers were 'radicalized,' took target practice

  07-12-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The husband and wife who carried out the San Bernardino massacre had been radicalized and had taken part in target practice, one time within days of the attack that killed 14 people, the FBI said Monday.
  
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• Pitbull owner on murder charge

  07-12-2015 22:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The owner of four pitbulls is facing a murder charge after his dogs mauled to death a 4-year-old boy in Detroit, Michigan.
  
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• Italian PM attends La Scala premiere amid extra security

  07-12-2015 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Matteo Renzi attended La Scala's gala season premiere of Verdi's "Giovanna d'Arco" ("Joan of Arc") on Monday amid tighter security following the Paris attacks, saying "we must not underestimate anything, but we can't close ourselves at home."
  
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• Somali forces arrest American fighting with Islamic rebels

  07-12-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's security forces on Monday arrested an American who was fighting with the Islamic extremist al-Shabab group, says an African Union official.
  
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• San Bernardino County: Workers had active shooter training last year in same room as attack

  07-12-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — San Bernardino County: Workers had active shooter training last year in same room as attack.
  
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• Republicans assail Obama on ISIS _ despite similarities

  07-12-2015 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Minutes after a solemn President Barack Obama spelled out his plans to protect Americans from terrorism, Marco Rubio declared that he "may have made things worse." Jeb Bush called the president "weak" and his approach "business as usual." And Donald Trump declared on Twitter, "We need a new President - FAST!"
  
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• Vote shows Venezuela a 'great democracy,' says envoy to U.S.

  07-12-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Girish Gupta CARACAS (Reuters) - The stinging defeat for President Nicolas Maduro's candidates in Sunday's legislative election has proven Venezuela's democratic credentials, belying warnings from the opposition that it might not be fair, a senior government representative said on Monday. "Venezuela is a great democracy. Nobody can question the system itself," said Maximilien Arvelaiz, who is Venezuela's top diplomat in Washington and has been proposed as ambassador.
  
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• Kardashian, Kanye welcome 'Saint' to family

  07-12-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rapper Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian are rarely accused of understatement and have given a fittingly grand name to their second child -- Saint. Two days after announcing the boy's birth over social media, Kardashian again took to Twitter and announced "SAINT WEST" -- along with emoji faces depicting the now four-member family.
  
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• Struggle looms as Venezuela opposition vows to fix crisis

  07-12-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Venezuela's jubilant opposition vowed Monday to drag the oil-rich country out of its economic crisis and free political prisoners after it broke the socialist government's 16-year grip on congress. Despite his fiery campaign rhetoric, Maduro promptly conceded defeat in Sunday's legislative election and called for "coexistence" between the opposition and his PSUV party, which lost control of the National Assembly for the first time since 1999.
  
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• US announces workaround in its Myanmar trade sanctions

  07-12-2015 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Monday announced a work-around in its Myanmar sanctions regime to allow trade through ports and other infrastructure run by cronies of the former ruling junta, drawing sharp criticism from a leading Republican lawmaker.
  
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• Venezuelan opposition wins Congress, aims for supermajority

  07-12-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition, still rejoicing from its shock triumph in legislative elections, is now waiting anxiously for the final tally to see whether it secured a two-thirds supermajority that could dramatically wrest power from President Nicolas Maduro after 17 years of socialist rule.
  
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• House set to tighten restrictions on visa-free travel to US

  07-12-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid frightening attacks at home and abroad, the House is poised to crack down on visa-free travel to the U.S. from friendly nations like Belgium and France, aiming to ensure that the Paris attacks won't be repeated here.
  
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• Cabinet secretary urges US to avoid suspicion of Muslims

  07-12-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson was meeting with Muslims in northern Virginia. The meeting occurs as the U.S. government says it needs to take a new approach to counterterrorism and homeland security that includes outreach to Muslim communities.
  
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• And the Kimye baby's name is .... Saint West

  07-12-2015 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — And the baby de jour's name is ... Saint West.
  
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• New suspected US-led Syria raids kill dozens of civilians

  07-12-2015 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Suspected US-led coalition air strikes killed at least 26 civilians in a Syrian village Monday, piling pressure on the alliance after allegations that another bombing raid left regime soldiers dead. The coalition has been bombarding the Islamic State group for more than a year in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, where the jihadists have declared a self-styled caliphate. Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said IS is in control of Al-Khan, but is only on its outskirts, "which
  
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• Both California shooters 'radicalized for quite some time': FBI

  07-12-2015 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The husband and wife who killed 14 people in last week's shooting rampage in California were both radicalized and "for quite some time," the FBI official in charge of the investigation said Monday. David Bowdich, the FBI's assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles field office, said investigators were still trying to determine how and by whom Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik were radicalized before the December 2 shooting. Farook and Malik left their baby daughter at home on Wednesd
  
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• Hillary Clinton says she would be tough with Wall St

  07-12-2015 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Monday that she supports tougher regulation of US banks, after her rival Bernie Sanders accused her of being soft on Wall Street. Writing in The New York Times, Clinton said that if elected she would fight efforts from the Republican-controlled Congress to roll back reforms like the complex Dodd-Frank law designed to prevent a repeat of the devastating 2008 financial crisis. "As president, I would not only veto any legislation that w
  
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• Early progress seen at UN talks seeking to avert climate disaster

  07-12-2015 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ministers seeking to avoid climate catastrophe reported rare cooperation Monday as they launched five days of frenetic negotiations in Paris to reach a historic global deal. The 195-nation UN talks have been billed as the last chance to avert the worst consequences of global warming: deadly drought, floods and storms, and rising seas that will engulf islands and densely populated coastlines. "The opportunity to rise to the call of history is not given to everyone or every day," UN climate chief
  
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• Oil prices sink near seven-year lows on OPEC decision

  07-12-2015 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Oil prices finished at their lowest levels since February 2009 on Monday as markets continue to reel from OPEC's refusal last week to cut back production. The January contract for West Texas Intermediate crude, the US benchmark, sank $2.32 to $37.65 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, a drop of 5.8 percent. The 13-member OPEC cartel took no action to shore up the market and observers said it appeared to be in disarray.
  
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• Steve Sarkisian sues USC for contract breach after firing

  07-12-2015 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Steve Sarkisian sued the University of Southern California on Monday, alleging the school breached the football coach's contract and discriminated against him on the basis of a disability when it fired him this fall.
  
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• How goats are conquering the world

  07-12-2015 21:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Goat leather is in fashion in Nigeria, and one young designer has taken it upon herself to control her supply chain from herd to haute couture.
  
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• Izzo has mixed emotions about Michigan State being No. 1

  07-12-2015 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tom Izzo has mixed emotions about Michigan State being ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll.
  
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