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• FIFA ex-vice president Hawit pleads not guilty in NY

  13-01-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Honduran former FIFA vice president pleaded not guilty in New York on Wednesday just hours after being extradited from Switzerland over the FIFA corruption scandal rocking world football. Alfredo Hawit, 64, who has been suspended by FIFA from all football activities, is a former president of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). The defendant, wearing a suit, looked pale and ill, and stood slightly stooped before Magistrate Judge Robert Lev
  
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• Correction: Deadly Wreck-Affluenza story

  13-01-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — In a story Jan. 11 about bond being reduced for Tonya Couch, The Associated Press reported erroneously that her son is contesting his extradition from Mexico. Ethan Couch is contesting his deportation from Mexico.
  
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• Text messages that led to 'El Chapo'

  13-01-2016 23:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Beginning Sunday, captured drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will be moved from cell to cell as a way to ensure that he won't escape a Mexican prison, a senior Mexican government official told CNN on Wednesday.
  
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• Sean Penn tracked on secret El Chapo trip

  13-01-2016 23:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sean Penn's interactions with actress Kate del Castillo came to the attention of U.S. law enforcement even before the two actors traveled in October to meet Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, multiple U.S. officials told CNN Wednesday.
  
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• NBC: Fallon in best shape ever despite falls

  13-01-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Fallon's series of falls have raised some concern among NBC executives, but the network entertainment chief said Wednesday that the late-night comic is "in better shape than he's ever been."
  
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• GoPro cutting about 100 jobs after weak 4Q sales

  13-01-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wearable camera maker GoPro says it will eliminate about 100 jobs after its fourth-quarter sales fell far short of its expectations.
  
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• House approves greater oversight of Iran nuclear deal

  13-01-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than 24 hours after Iran's detention and release of U.S. sailors, the House approved GOP-backed legislation that amplifies Republican distrust of Tehran and would give Congress greater oversight of the landmark nuclear agreement.
  
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• See sailor say sorry

  13-01-2016 23:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Questions surround a new video that shows one of the detained U.S. sailors making an apology to Iran.
  
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• Aide: Obama seeks to starve NKorean leader of attention

  13-01-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un triggered a diplomatic earthquake with his nation's latest nuclear test a week ago. But it didn't register when President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union speech. Nor did it get a mention when top U.S. diplomat John Kerry delivered a globe-spanning foreign policy speech on Wednesday.
  
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• Students caught in killer Alps avalanche

  13-01-2016 23:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  An avalanche struck close to a ski resort in the French Alps on Wednesday, prompting helicopters to take to the sky to ferry the injured, officials said.
  
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• Q&A: What is a market 'correction' and why does it matter?

  13-01-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A dismal start for the stock market this year has pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index into what is known as a "correction," or decline of 10 percent or more from a recent peak. Here are some common questions asked about corrections and what they mean to investors:
  
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• Grizzly killing report: Yellowstone hikers taking risks

  13-01-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The killing of a Montana man by a Yellowstone National Park grizzly bear highlights the need for hikers in the region to travel in groups, carry Mace-like bear spray and take other precautions against attacks, investigators said Wednesday.
  
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• GE moving headquarters to Boston for tech talent, tax cut

  13-01-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co said on Wednesday it will move its global headquarters to Boston, tapping the city's technology talent and likely lowering its tax bill as the industrial conglomerate seeks to lift profit and emphasize digital capabilities. "We want to be at the center of an ecosystem that shares our aspirations" as a leader in digital-industrial activities, GE Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt said in a statement. "Greater Boston is home to 55 colleges and un
  
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• In record Powerball game, a look at winners and losers

  13-01-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When the largest-ever lottery prize is finally awarded, the winners and losers will extend well beyond the lucky few who hit the jackpot and the multitudes of disappointed ticket buyers. Here's a breakdown of how Powerball affects the players, the public and others.
  
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• William Needles, Canada's oldest working actor, dies at 97

  13-01-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — William Needles, Canada's oldest working actor who graced the stages of Broadway, London and the Stratford Festival for almost 50 years, died Tuesday at a hospice in Alliston, Ontario, according to a Stratford representative. He was 97.
  
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• Ted Cruz bags the endorsement of 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch

  13-01-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has bagged the endorsement of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson after going hunting with him.
  
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• Limousine involved in fire that killed 5 nurses recalled

  13-01-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A specialty car manufacturer is recalling the limousine model involved in a 2013 fire that killed five nurses on a San Francisco Bay Area bridge.
  
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• Family: Constable who shot girl not to blame for her death

  13-01-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUNCANNON, Pa. (AP) — The family of a 12-year-old girl accidentally shot by a constable serving eviction papers does not blame the law officer for her death or have "any hard feelings toward him," a member of the girl's extended family said Wednesday.
  
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• Gov. Haley, Speaker Ryan offer new GOP answer to Trump

  13-01-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two fresh faces in the Republican Party — House Speaker Paul Ryan and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley — are offering messages of diversity and openness to immigrants that could answer the GOP establishment's increasingly desperate search for an antidote to the loud pronouncements of presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
  
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• EPA and VW mum on meeting of leaders amid emissions scandal

  13-01-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials at Volkswagen and the nation's environmental watchdog are keeping mum about whether any progress was made during a closed-door meeting on the German automaker's emissions cheating scandal.
  
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• Ocean search for Malaysian airliner finds 2nd shipwreck

  13-01-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago has found a likely 19th century shipwreck deep in the Indian Ocean off the west Australian coast, officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Lawmakers press for impeachment of Maine's abrasive governor

  13-01-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Long before Donald Trump laid waste to political correctness, there was Maine Gov. Paul LePage.
  
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• Defoe treble fires Sunderland's survival bid

  13-01-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jermain Defoe hit a crucial hat-trick as Sunderland boosted their bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League with a 4-2 victory at fellow strugglers Swansea on Wednesday. Defoe's first Premier League treble since November 2009 gave Sunderland their second successive league win and first at Swansea since November 1963. Sam Allardyce's side remain in the relegation zone, but they are now only one point and one place behind Swansea, whose misery continues with a third successive defeat in all
  
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• Istanbul suicide bomber registered as refugee before attack

  13-01-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The suicide attacker who detonated a bomb that killed 10 German tourists in the heart of Istanbul's historic district had registered as a refugee just a week earlier, Turkish officials said Wednesday, raising questions over whether extremists are posing as asylum-seekers to inflame anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe.
  
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• U.S. shares tumble; Brent crude slips below $30

  13-01-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday to their lowest close since September and oil prices gave up an early rally on mounting worries about the global economy. Major U.S. stock indexes finished down more than 2 percent, with the Nasdaq off more than 3 percent. The S&P 500 ended a two-day rebound, closing below 1,900 for the first time since September.
  
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• GE to move headquarters to Boston for tech gains

  13-01-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US industrial conglomerate General Electric said Wednesday it was moving its corporate headquarters to Boston to gain a technology edge from the city's concentrated pool of talent. "Greater Boston is home to 55 colleges and universities. Massachusetts spends more on research and development than any other region in the world, and Boston attracts a diverse, technologically-fluent workforce focused on solving challenges for the world," said Jeff Immelt, GE chairman and chief executive, in a statem
  
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• See U.S. sailor apologize to Iran

  13-01-2016 22:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A video aired Wednesday by Iranian state television shows an American sailor apologizing for entering Iranian waters, an embarrassing development for a U.S. administration trying to paint the service members' quick release as a diplomatic victory.
  
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• Harsh life aboard train crossing Sahara

  13-01-2016 22:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  This is a train most of us would not take.
  
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• Twitter rape-murder story exposes real violence

  13-01-2016 22:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The horrific story of a young woman raped and murdered -- told in a series of tweets -- has shaken up South Africa.
  
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• Black South African making history

  13-01-2016 21:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Temba Bavuma becomes the first black player to score a Test century for South Africa
  
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• NFL star dies in prison cell

  13-01-2016 21:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Lawrence Phillips, an imprisoned former NFL running back who was awaiting trial on charges of killing his cellmate last year, died Wednesday morning after being found unresponsive in his prison cell, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
  
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• Doping scandal: Russia must change

  13-01-2016 21:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Russian athletes' participation in one of the world's greatest sporting events is dependent on the country making significant changes to its doping regime, the head of the International Association of Athletics Federations, Seb Coe says.
  
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• Is whites only date site a matter of hate?

  13-01-2016 21:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There may be plenty of fish in the sea, but when it comes to dating, birds of a feather flock together.
  
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• Al-Jazeera shutting US cable news channel April 30

  13-01-2016 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Al-Jazeera America, the cable news cable launched by the global Qatar-based media group in 2013, will be shut down April 30, the company said Wednesday.
  
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• Pentagon lays out plan to take back Mosul, Raqqa from IS

  13-01-2016 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT CAMPBELL, KY (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out broad plans Wednesday to defeat Islamic State militants and retake the group's key power centers in Iraq and Syria. And he announced that a special commando force has now arrived in Iraq.
  
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• Ruling puts fate of Florida death row inmates in question

  13-01-2016 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Convicted killer Michael Lambrix is scheduled for execution on Feb. 11, one of 390 Florida death row inmates whose fate is now in question after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the state's method of imposing death sentences.
  
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• Iran capture 'a severe failure'

  13-01-2016 20:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The capture of two navy ships in Iranian territorial waters represented "a severe failure by somebody," according to a former Navy commander once stationed in Bahrain.
  
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• Brent crude futures dip under $30 a barrel for the first time since April 2004

  13-01-2016 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brent oil prices fell on Wednesday, dropping below $30 a barrel to touch $29.96 for the first time since April 2, 2004.
  
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• NBC's entertainment chief defends Trump appearance

  13-01-2016 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NBC's entertainment chief said Wednesday he saw no contradiction in having Donald Trump host "Saturday Night Live" less than six months after the network severed its business ties with the GOP presidential front-runner for remarks about Mexican immigrants.
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: Time and Speaker Ryan waits for no one

  13-01-2016 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Time waits for no one. And neither does House Speaker Paul Ryan.
  
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• FIFA ex-vice president Hawit due in New York court

  13-01-2016 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former FIFA vice president Alfredo Hawit is due to appear in court Wednesday to answer corruption charges after being extradited to the United States from Switzerland, officials said. Prosecutors have asked that his bail be set at a minimum of $4 million, secured by $500,000 in cash or US property, branding him a "serious risk of flight." Hawit has a daughter and grandson living in Miami. Hawit was arrested in Zurich on December 3.
  
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• Theater shooter thanks man accused of black church slayings

  13-01-2016 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The gunman responsible for a deadly rampage inside a Louisiana movie theater last summer left a journal thanking the man accused of killing nine black people in a church.
  
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• US economy mostly growing, some areas flat: Fed report

  13-01-2016 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US economy grew in most parts of the country, while the New York and Kansas City regions reported essentially flat growth, a closely watched Federal Reserve report showed Wednesday. The Beige Book report said that nine of the Fed's 12 districts had reported increased economic activity that was either "moderate" or "modest" and the outlook for future growth from persons surveyed was "mostly positive" in six districts. The latest Beige Book, tracking recent economic conditions through January
  
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• Abortion-rights group criticizes Pelosi over comments

  13-01-2016 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A major abortion-rights group is criticizing one of its strongest allies in Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, over what it says are "disappointing and ill-advised" remarks.
  
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• Congress votes to scrap new rules to protect smaller waters

  13-01-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a threatened presidential veto, Congress has voted to scrap new federal rules intended to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands from development and pollution.
  
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• Massachusetts, Boston offered GE $145 million in perks to move: governor

  13-01-2016 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The state of Massachusetts offered diversified manufacturer General Electric Co $120 million in grants and other financial incentives to persuade it to move to Boston, with the city kicking in another $25 million in tax relief, officials said on Wednesday. City and state officials regard the move as the linchpin of an effort to redevelop the city's southern waterfront, which has transformed from acres of parking lots to a massive construction site with about a dozen office and apartment towers u
  
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• Iran releases 10 US Navy sailors in Gulf

  13-01-2016 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran on Wednesday released 10 US Navy sailors detained in the Gulf, heading off a potential crisis within days of the expected implementation of its nuclear deal with world powers. A dramatic series of events started with the sailors -- nine men and a woman -- being taken into custody after their two patrol boats drifted into Iranian territory late on Tuesday. US and Iranian officials scrambled to defuse the situation, which unfolded as the nuclear accord edged toward its final steps, with a top
  
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• Top-ranked Spieth signs Coke endorsement deal

  13-01-2016 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Top-ranked golfer Jordan Spieth, the reigning Masters and US Open champion, has signed a multi-year endorsement deal with Coca-Cola, the company announced Wednesday. Spieth, a 22-year-old American, overtook Tiger Woods as the sports leading money spinner in 2015 according to Golf Digest with $53 million in prize money and sponsorships, including a $30 million clothing deal with Under Armour, to $48.5 million for Woods. "This is an incredibly cool opportunity for me," Spieth said.
  
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• Kerry did not express regret to Iran in talks to free sailors: U.S.

  13-01-2016 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made no expression of regret in his talks with Iran's foreign minister to seek the release of 10 U.S. sailors who were taken into Iranian custody in the Gulf, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was "no need to express regret" and that Kerry had not done so in several conversations with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. The Iranian was Kerry's main interlocutor in talks that led to last y
  
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• Istanbul bomber entered Turkey as refugee from Syria, PM says

  13-01-2016 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ayla Jean Yackley and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An Islamic State suicide bomber who killed 10 German tourists in the heart of Istanbul's historic district entered Turkey as a refugee from Syria and went undetected as he was not on any watch lists, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday. The bomber, who blew himself up among groups of tourists on Tuesday near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, the top sites in one of the world's most visited cities, had registered with immigr
  
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