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• Icahn tops Bridgestone offer for Pep Boys with $1 bn bid

  28-12-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street activist Carl Icahn upped the ante Monday in the fight over US auto service chain Pep Boys, topping Bridgestone's Christmas Eve offer by about nine percent. Icahn, who wants to split the company and merge its retail side with his Auto Plus car parts network, offered $18.50 a share, or more than $1 billion, compared to Bridgestone's $17 proposal of December 24, worth $947 million. The two sides have been battling since Bridgestone first sealed a takeover deal with the Philadelphia-bas
  
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• 'Force Awakens' soars with $1B on record weekend at theaters

  28-12-2015 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" soared to a galactic $1 billion in ticket sales over a record-breaking weekend at the Christmas box office.
  
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• AP News Guide: A look at fatal police shooting in Chicago

  28-12-2015 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police fatally shot a 19-year-old man and 55-year-old woman over the weekend, again putting a spotlight on one of the nation's largest police departments and raising questions about whether its officers are too quick to use deadly force.
  
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• Alan Kurdi's relatives arrive in Canada

  28-12-2015 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Family members of Syrian boy Alan Kurdi, whose drowning off the coast of Turkey triggered an international outcry, have arrived in Canada as refugees.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Clown Prince of Basketball' dies

  28-12-2015 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Meadowlark Lemon, long-time star of the Harlem Globetrotters, has died at age 83.
  
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• US, European shares fall on oil pullback

  28-12-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US and European stocks fell Monday as the final trading week of the year began on a sour note courtesy of a pullback in the oil market.
  
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• US Attorney declines prosecution of former VA execs

  28-12-2015 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have decided not to press criminal charges against two former executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs who were accused of manipulating the agency's hiring system for their own gain.
  
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• Advocates say Chicago police crisis training has languished

  28-12-2015 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — In the wake of another police shooting, Mayor Rahm Emanuel called for an immediate review of how the Chicago Police Department trains officers to respond to calls involving people in crisis or with mental health problems.
  
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• The Latest: Mayor: Cops in Tamir Rice case could be punished

  28-12-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The latest on a Cleveland grand jury's decision to not indict two police officers in the November 2014 shooting death of Tamir Rice (all times local):
  
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• Adobe updates Flash amid renewed exploit fears

  28-12-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US software maker Adobe on Monday released security updates for its Flash video player amid ongoing concerns about security holes that could let hackers in. Adobe said it was aware of a report of "limited, targeted attacks" against unprotected versions of the software. Apple notably dropped the use of Flash in its iPhones several years ago, and earlier this year Amazon said it had stopped accepting advertising in Flash format.
  
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• Whole Foods to pay $500K to settle overcharging allegations

  28-12-2015 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Whole Foods said Monday it will pay New York City $500,000 to settle allegations it overcharged customers for prepackaged foods.
  
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• The Latest: Arkansas officials say man's death tied to storm

  28-12-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest developments on the severe storms across the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Relatives of drowned Syrian boy find new home in Canada

  28-12-2015 23:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Relatives of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide concern for the refugee crisis, have landed in Canada
  
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• Yankees get Aroldis Chapman from Reds for 4 minor leaguers

  28-12-2015 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees have bolstered an already dominant bullpen, acquiring hard-throwing All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman from the Cincinnati Reds for four minor leaguers.
  
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• Iran ships uranium to Russia under nuclear deal

  28-12-2015 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran sent a major shipment of low-enriched uranium materials to Russia on Monday, a key step in Tehran's implementation of this year's historic nuclear accord with world powers. The United States hailed the move, which Secretary of State John Kerry said marked "significant progress" in Tehran's fulfillment of a deal to stop it developing nuclear weapons.
  
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• Oklahoma's playoff journey began with stand against racism

  28-12-2015 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — On a balmy morning in south Florida, Baker Mayfield and his Oklahoma teammates goofed around beneath the swaying palms as they posed for a picture in front of the Orange Bowl logo, their tight bond forged by the ups and downs of a long season — the grueling practices, the lonely hours in the weight room, the incessant scrutiny that comes with playing in a high-profile program.
  
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• Fitbit likely a hot seller for Christmas

  28-12-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It was a very merry Christmas for fitness-tracking device maker Fitbit.
  
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• Relatives of drowned Syrian boy land in Canada

  28-12-2015 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Relatives of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide concern for the refugee crisis, have landed in Canada
  
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• 'Star Wars' makers have high hopes for China success

  28-12-2015 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SHANGHAI (AP) — The latest Star Wars movie broke the $1 billion mark before fans in China could see it, but producers anticipate "The Force Awakens" will play "very very well" in the world's second-biggest film market.
  
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• Iran 'on track with nuclear deal'

  28-12-2015 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US says Iran has taken a significant step towards meeting its nuclear commitments, by sending a large quantity of uranium abroad.
  
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• The Latest: Union: No reason to celebrate Tamir Rice ruling

  28-12-2015 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The latest on a Cleveland grand jury's decision to not indict two police officers in the November 2014 shooting death of Tamir Rice (all times local):
  
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• U.S. defense chief congratulates Iraq on progress in Ramadi fight

  28-12-2015 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday congratulated the Iraqi government on its progress in retaking the city of Ramadi, after Iraqi forces declared earlier in the day that they had recaptured the city. Islamic State, also called ISIL or ISIS, seized Ramadi, a provincial capital west of Baghdad, in May, and its apparent recapture was a major milestone for the Iraqi army, which crumbled when Islamic State fighters charged into Iraq in June 2014. "The expulsion of ISIL by Iraqi security forc
  
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• Equities pulled lower by oil, China concerns

  28-12-2015 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equities were lower on Monday, pressured by another downdraft in oil prices and worries over growth in China's economy, while the holiday season kept trading volumes muted. "You have energy and tax-loss harvesting moving markets back and forth in these last few weeks,” said Tim Courtney, Chief Investment Officer at Exencial Wealth Advisors, which oversees $1.4 billion in assets. In contrast to oil, U.S. natural gas prices settled up 10 perce
  
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• No reason to resign - Van Gaal

  28-12-2015 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he will not resign and the club's board has every confidence in him.
  
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• A turning point in beating this bug

  28-12-2015 22:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  2015 will be remembered as a year when vital progress was made against a deadly disease, says Martin Edlund
  
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• Plenty of Broadway cheer for Christmas as 18 shows break $1M

  28-12-2015 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of Broadway gave theater producers reasons to smile this Christmas, with 18 of the current 37 shows breaking the $1 million mark for the week, led by "Hamilton," the new Andrew Lloyd Webber production "School of Rock — The Musical" and Disney's "Aladdin" and "The Lion King."
  
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• Major NYC hotels pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions

  28-12-2015 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than a dozen of New York City's most famed hotels are pledging to get greener. The Waldorf Astoria New York, the Lotte New York Palace and the Crowne Plaza Times Square are among 16 major hotels where ...
  
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• The Latest: Georgia official: 2nd death not storm-related

  28-12-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest developments on the severe storms across the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Obamas to welcome Trudeaus for State Dinner in March 2016

  28-12-2015 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Barack Obama will welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for talks on March 10, the White House said Monday -- the Liberal leader's first official visit since taking office in November. The US president and First Lady Michelle Obama will also host a state dinner for Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, on the same date, the White House statement said. "The visit will be an opportunity for the United States and Canada to deepen their bilateral relationship, which is
  
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• Washington prisoner freed early is charged in deadly wreck

  28-12-2015 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state prisoner mistakenly released early because of a computer error has been charged with killing his girlfriend in a car crash when he should have been behind bars, officials said Monday.
  
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• Guyer Institute says Manning's accuser not employed in 2011

  28-12-2015 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The founder of an Indianapolis medical facility said Monday that a former unpaid student intern who claimed Peyton Manning used a banned substance in 2011 didn't even work at the clinic until two years later, long after the NFL star was undergoing treatment.
  
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• Russia removes Iran's enriched uranium as per nuke deal

  28-12-2015 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — A landmark nuclear deal with Tehran moved closer to implementation Monday, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announcing that tons of enriched uranium were on a ship heading from Iran to Russia.
  
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• The Latest: Feds will continue review of Tamir Rice case

  28-12-2015 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The latest on a Cleveland grand jury's decision to not indict two police officers in the November 2014 shooting death of Tamir Rice (all times local):
  
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• Journalist released from Egyptian prison says he'd like his Egyptian citizenship

  28-12-2015 22:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Canadian journalist who spent much of the last two years jailed in Egypt said Monday his lawyer has requested Egyptian authorities restore the citizenship he renounced in order to win his release.
  
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• San Francisco demands help investigating Bieber graffiti

  28-12-2015 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's city attorney is demanding that Justin Bieber's music publisher help determine who is responsible for sidewalk graffiti promoting the pop star's latest album.
  
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• Oil down 3 percent; Brent near 11-year low as oversupply worries return

  28-12-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Oil fell more than 3 percent on Monday, with global benchmark Brent back near 11-year lows as last week's short-covering dried up and players worried that crude prices had more room to swoon in the new year. U.S. gasoline futures slid more than 2 percent as the selloff extended to refined oil products. Heating oil fell 1 percent as expectations of cold weather limited its downside amid a 10 percent rally in natural gas, another heating fuel.
  
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• First of 17 detainees to be released from Gitmo next week

  28-12-2015 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. official says the first of 17 detainees scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in January will be transferred next week, as the Obama administration continues efforts to reduce the population at the controversial detention center.
  
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• No charges brought in Tamir Rice case

  28-12-2015 21:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US grand jury decides not to bring charges against a policeman over the killing of a 12-year-old black boy armed with a toy gun in Cleveland, Ohio.
  
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• Heirs to New Hampshire poet sue 'Big Bang Theory' producers

  28-12-2015 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The heirs to a New Hampshire teacher who wrote a poem about a "soft kitty" say TV's "The Big Bang Theory" is violating their copyrights.
  
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• Storms snarl U.S travel, threaten rare winter tornadoes

  28-12-2015 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Snow, sleet and hail snarled transportation in large parts of the United States on Monday during one of the busiest travel times of the year, after dozens died in U.S. storms that were just some of the wild weather seen worldwide over the Christmas holiday period. More than 40 people were killed by tornadoes and floods during the holiday season in the United States, where rare winter tornado warnings were issued in Alabama on Monday. Alabama, Mississippi an
  
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• Severe U.S. weather snarls some oil, products flows in Midwest, South

  28-12-2015 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Severe weather in parts of the U.S. South and Midwest has disrupted regional shipments of some refined products and oil, including a trickle of crude trucked into the storage hub of Cushing, Oklahoma. Sources said several truck racks, which serve as distribution centers to move refined products such as gasoline and diesel to market, reported outages following a weekend of tornadoes and flooding that killed 43 people, leveled buildings and snarled transportation. The storms caused a power outage
  
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• The Latest: Mayor returning to Chicago after police shooting

  28-12-2015 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on the fatal shootings of a 19-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman by Chicago police (all times local):
  
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• Harlem Globetrotters star Meadowlark Lemon dead at 83

  28-12-2015 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Meadowlark Lemon, the lithe showman, jester and trick-shot genius who entertained audiences worldwide as the heart and soul of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, has died at age 83, the team announced Monday. Lemon, who played 24 years with the Globetrotters during the height of their fame, was a master of razzle-dazzle and good-natured crowd-pleasing hijinks. Nicknamed the "clown prince of basketball," Lemon was renowned for his comedy routines, including showering referees and fans with
  
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• White House to hold state dinner for Canada's prime minister

  28-12-2015 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The White House says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend a state dinner on March 10 in a visit intended to boost ties between the neighboring countries.
  
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• Family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice: Prosecutor was 'abusing and manipulating' grand jury process

  28-12-2015 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice: Prosecutor was 'abusing and manipulating' grand jury process.
  
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• DNA sheds light on Irish origins

  28-12-2015 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have sequenced the first ancient human genomes from Ireland - throwing light on the genesis of Celtic populations.
  
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• Relatives of drowned Syrian boy that sparked outrage at refugees crisis have landed in Canada

  28-12-2015 21:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Relatives of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide outrage at the refugee crisis, have landed in Canada Mohammed Kurdi, his wife and their five children arrived in Canada as refugees on Monday, sponsored by Mohammed's sister Tima Kurdi.
  
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• No charges for cops who killed boy

  28-12-2015 20:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  An Ohio grand jury has decided not to return an indictment in the 2014 police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, prosecutor Tim McGinty said Monday.
  
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• No charges in Cleveland police shooting of 12-year-old boy

  28-12-2015 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A grand jury in the US state of Ohio has declined to bring criminal charges against police officers involved in the fatal shooting last year of a 12-year-old boy in Cleveland, a prosecutor said Monday. The November 2014 death of Tamir Rice -- a black child who had been carrying a replica gun in a playground when he was shot dead -- and the fatal shootings of other African Americans by police have triggered protests across the country. "Based on the evidence they heard and the law as it applies t
  
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• Chita Rivera injured in fall, postpones concert series

  28-12-2015 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of Chita Rivera will have to wait a little longer to see her perform at Cafe Carlyle in 2016. The actress and singer postponed her show after being injured in a fall over the Christmas holiday.
  
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