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• Bar owner: Suspect in Rochester attack plot is a panhandler

  01-01-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — An ex-convict arrested in a plot to carry out an attack at a bar on New Year's Eve is a panhandler who'd been asked to leave the tavern in the past, its owner said, while the man's family said he had a long history of mental problems.
  
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• Pennsylvania boy, 5, vanishes from party without coat, shoes

  01-01-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Scores of police officers, firefighters and volunteers searched Friday for a 5-year-old boy with autism who wandered away from a New Year's Eve party barefoot and coatless.
  
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• An election battle for the identity of Taiwan

  01-01-2016 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the world's feistiest democracies awaits a crucial poll
  
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• Natalie Cole, master of past and present styles

  01-01-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — She began as a 1970s soul singer hyped as the next Aretha Franklin and peaked in the 1990s as an old-fashioned stylist and time-defying duet partner to her late father, Nat "King" Cole.
  
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• VIDEO: Civilian suffering in 'liberated' Ramadi

  01-01-2016 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fighters from so-called Islamic State (IS) have launched an attack on an Iraqi army base near Ramadi, just days after the city was recaptured by government troops.
  
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• Haiti's president says postponed runoff election will be held on Jan 17

  01-01-2016 23:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Haitian President Michel Martelly has announced that a postponed presidential runoff vote will be held on Jan. 17.
  
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• No. 7 Ohio State beats No. 8 Notre Dame 44-28 in Fiesta Bowl

  01-01-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott was Ohio State's drive capper in the first half. He became the show stopper with a burst of speed in the second.
  
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• No. 17 Michigan routs No. 19 Florida 41-7 in Citrus Bowl

  01-01-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jake Rudock threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns and Michigan's defense dominated throughout in the No. 17 Wolverines' 41-7 victory over No. 19 Florida on Friday in the Citrus Bowl.
  
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• Driver rams French soldiers at mosque

  01-01-2016 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French soldiers open fire on a man who drove twice at them outside a mosque in south-eastern France.
  
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• Gunman kills 2 at bar in Tel Aviv; manhunt underway

  01-01-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman opened fire outside a popular bar in the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon, killing two people and wounding at least three others before fleeing the scene, police said.
  
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• Soldiers hit streets as US floods death toll mounts

  01-01-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Illinois National Guard was ordered into action Friday and hundreds of people urged to flee rising floodwaters, as the death toll from days of heavy rain in the US Midwest mounted. Swathes of the United States have been buffeted in the last week by tornadoes, storms and torrential rain, while the US East Coast has seen unseasonably warm weather over the holiday season. Missouri and Illinois have been particularly hard hit from the record-breaking and relentless deluge in the past week.
  
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• Soldiers shoot man outside mosque

  01-01-2016 22:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Soldiers guarding a mosque in southeastern France shot and wounded a man who drove his vehicle toward them, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Tamir Rice protesters want Cleveland prosecutor to step down

  01-01-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Protesters upset by a decision not to indict two white police officers in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who had a pellet gun, marched to the home of the Cleveland prosecutor on Friday and repeated calls for him to resign.
  
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• San Francisco's black rhino, oldest in North America, is 45

  01-01-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Zoo celebrated the 45th birthday of the oldest black rhinoceros in North America with a special cake of rolled oats and molasses.
  
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• Clinton campaign reports $37M in primary money in Q4

  01-01-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign said Friday it raised $37 million in the past three months and more than $112 million in all of 2015 to support her bid for the Democratic nomination.
  
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• Tennessee routs No. 12 Northwestern 45-6 in Outback Bowl

  01-01-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tennessee capped its best season in eight years with a dominating performance in the Outback Bowl.
  
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• Ex-Rep. Mike Oxley dies; helped create post-Enron law

  01-01-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mike Oxley, who helped write landmark anti-fraud legislation following a wave of corporate scandals that brought down Enron Corp. and WorldCom Inc., died Friday at age 71.
  
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• Ohio State star Bosa ejected from Fiesta Bowl for targeting

  01-01-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ohio State's NFL-bound defensive end Joey Bosa was ejected from the Fiesta Bowl in the first quarter for targeting.
  
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• IS attacks Iraqi base near Ramadi

  01-01-2016 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Islamic State fighters stage an assault on an Iraqi army base near the city of Ramadi, which was retaken by government troops earlier in the week.
  
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• Can you download me now? NY payphones become Wi-Fi hot spots

  01-01-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Operator, won't you help me replace this call?
  
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• Ai Weiwei wants to raise awareness about refugee crisis

  01-01-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wants to raise consciousness about the plight of refugees through his, and his students', art.
  
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• Shooting at Tel Aviv bar kills two

  01-01-2016 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two people have died and seven have been injured in a shooting in central Tel Aviv, Israeli police say, and a massive manhunt is underway for the gunman.
  
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• 'Unforgettable' singer Natalie Cole dead at 65

  01-01-2016 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole, whose biggest hit came in a virtual duet with her late father, pop legend Nat King Cole, of his decades-old hit "Unforgettable," has died at the age of 65, her family said on Friday. The family's statement said Cole died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles from "ongoing health issues." Cole's career spanned five decades in the R&B, soul, jazz and pop genres. The TMZ celebrity news website said Cole, who had struggled in the past with dru
  
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• Photos: This Week in Pictures: Dec. 26, 2015 - Jan. 1, 2016

  01-01-2016 20:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Find this week's top photos from around the globe in ABC News' This Week in Pictures slideshow
  
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• Obama, frustrated by Congress, plans unilateral gun control steps

  01-01-2016 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama, frustrated by Congress' inaction on gun control, will meet with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday to discuss ways of reducing gun violence unilaterally through measures that do not require congressional approval. Obama, in his weekly recorded address, said on Friday he has received "too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing." He has repeatedly urged Congress to tighten gun laws. "A few months ago, I directed my team at
  
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• Driver shot as he drives at French soldiers guarding mosque

  01-01-2016 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A driver was shot and wounded on Friday as he drove a car at four soldiers guarding a mosque in southeastern France, local authorities said, as the country remained on high alert after the November 13 Paris attacks.
  
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• Clinton emails (almost) name 'biggest jerk' in US diplomacy

  01-01-2016 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  America was left guessing after a tantalizing near-revelation in the latest batch of Hillary Clinton's emails to be made public. The State Department has been releasing the totality of Clinton's work emails from her time as US top diplomat, amounting to tens of thousands of missives peppered with sometimes quirky insights. "Just for the record, if she does not already know, ......... is one of the biggest jerks in the foreign service," the US ambassador to Germany John Kornblum is quoted as sayi
  
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• Zika virus reported in Puerto Rico

  01-01-2016 20:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Health officials in Puerto Rico reported the island's first case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus recently linked to the rise of a serious neurological disorder among newborns in Brazil.
  
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• Exxon closes Memphis, Tennessee, terminal on flood risk

  01-01-2016 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Exxon Mobil Corp shut its 340,571 barrel-per-day refined products terminal along the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee, as floodwaters threatened to inundate the facility just south of the city's downtown, a company spokesman said on Friday. Heavy rains in Missouri and Illinois have swollen the Mississippi and its tributaries in the past week, shutting two pipelines feeding the Phillips 66 refinery in Wood River, Illinois, and threatening other refineries, terminals and pipelines along the
  
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• New laws in 2016 show states are diverging on guns, voting

  01-01-2016 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Laws taking effect at the start of the new year show states diverging on some hot-button issues.
  
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• Boko Haram: Defeat that never was?

  01-01-2016 20:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  "And I assure you that we will defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year." This was the pledge made by Nigerian President Muhammdu Buhari to his Beninese counterpart, Boni Yayi, during a gala dinner commemorating Benin's independence during the summer of 2015.
  
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• Trump gets message from skywriters

  01-01-2016 20:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Skywriters stole the show at the 127th Rose Parade in California on Friday, dashing out a message for Donald Trump just as the last float left the gate.
  
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• Venezuela state oil company cuts gas export to neighboring Colombia

  01-01-2016 20:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Colombia's Mining Ministry says the Venezuelan state oil company is temporarily halting gas exports across the border.
  
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• NY wants DraftKings, FanDuel to return money

  01-01-2016 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, already trying to shut down daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel in the state, now wants the firms to give back the money they made in the state. In a court filing late on Thursday, Schneiderman is seeking restitution and damages for transactions that he claims constitute illegal gambling. The move comes as a panel of appellate judges is due to consider on Monday the temporary stay granted last month, which allowed the two websites to
  
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• Donald Trump ban petition: UK responds

  01-01-2016 20:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The United Kingdom isn't formally barring Donald Trump from entering its borders -- at least not yet.
  
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• Turkish president compares proposed government with Hitler's Germany

  01-01-2016 19:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Turkish president's office said Friday that Recep Tayyip Erdogan was not advocating a Hitler-style government when he called for a state system with a strong executive.
  
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• Hodgson is 'up there' with Robson

  01-01-2016 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England boss Roy Hodgson is revered like his predecessor Sir Bobby Robson, says Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.
  
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• Family spokeswoman: Alaska plane crash was a suicide

  01-01-2016 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A spokeswoman for the family of a man who died when his plane struck two buildings in downtown Anchorage says the crash was a suicide.
  
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• Defiant Iran pledges to ramp up missile program, in challenge for Obama

  01-01-2016 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI (Reuters) - A series of Iranian officials vowed on Friday to expand Tehran's missile capabilities, a challenge to the United States which has threatened to impose new sanctions even as the vast bulk of its measures against Iran are due to be lifted under a nuclear deal. "As long as the United States supports Israel we will expand our missile capabilities," the Revolutionary Guards' second-in-command, Brigadier General Hossein Salami, was quoted as saying by the Far
  
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• 'Car bomb attack' on Kabul restaurant

  01-01-2016 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A loud blast has rocked the Afghan capital Kabul, hitting a French restaurant popular with foreigners, in a car bomb attack that reportedly killed two people.
  
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• Singer Natalie Cole dies aged 65

  01-01-2016 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Natalie Cole, whose songs included the duet Unforgettable with her father Nat King Cole, dies in Los Angeles.
  
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• Erdogan's office denies advocating Hitler-style rule

  01-01-2016 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish president's office said Friday that Recep Tayyip Erdogan was not advocating a Hitler-style government when he called for a state system with a strong executive.
  
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• Bar owner calls suspect in would-be terror plot a panhandler

  01-01-2016 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York bar owner who says his restaurant was the one identified by authorities as the target of a would-be terrorist says the man arrested in the plot is an aggressive panhandler.
  
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• TV ratings for College Football Playoff down 36 percent

  01-01-2016 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Television ratings for the College Football Playoff semifinals dropped approximately 36 percent from last season when they were played on New Year's Day instead of New Year's Eve.
  
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• Iceland's president not seeking re-election after 20 years

  01-01-2016 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Iceland's long-serving president says he will not be seeking re-election this year after leading the country for 20 years.
  
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• Clinton campaign says it raises $37M in fourth quarter

  01-01-2016 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's campaign for president says it raised $37 million over the past three months to support her bid for the Democratic nomination.
  
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• Eight dead in Guatemala prison riot

  01-01-2016 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A New Year's Eve riot at a jail in the Guatemalan port city of Puerto Barrios leaves eight prisoners dead and more than 20 injured.
  
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• 8 die as inmates riot at Guatemalan prison

  01-01-2016 19:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Guatemalan officials say a prison riot in the eastern state of Izabal has left eight inmates dead.
  
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• Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' to be republished

  01-01-2016 19:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There may be no taboo greater in Germany than to republish Adolf Hitler's manifesto, "Mein Kampf." But historians in Munich are breaking it.
  
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• Ontario bans flavored tobacco, sale of e-cigarettes to people under 19

  01-01-2016 19:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A law banning the sale of e-cigarettes to people to under the age of 19 has gone into effect in Ontario.
  
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