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• The Latest: Dirt bike, ATV riders swarm South Florida roads

  18-01-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The latest on rallies, marches and speeches honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (all times local):
  
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• Model arrested on drunk driving charge

  18-01-2016 23:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Model Stephanie Seymour was arrested on DUI charges Friday evening by Connecticut State Police in Greenwich, according to a police report.
  
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• Brady: 'I never imagined' playing in 10 AFC title games

  18-01-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As a 24-year-old in 2001, his second NFL season, Tom Brady stepped in when Drew Bledsoe was injured and led the New England Patriots into the playoffs.
  
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• NFL Panthers coach bans hoverboards after 'drag racing'

  18-01-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera has banned his players from riding hoverboards as they prepare for this weekend's crunch showdown with the Arizona Cardinals for a place in the Super Bowl, reports said Monday. Rivera said he had forbidden Panthers players from riding hoverboards inside Carolina's stadium to head off the possibility of any freak accidents. The Panthers coach said he had acted after seeing Youtube videos of hoverboards catching fire.
  
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• Cruz slams Trump: He's no Reagan

  18-01-2016 23:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ted Cruz swatted away the idea that Donald Trump's conversion to Republicanism was genuine, saying that Trump's late-life change to conservatism was in no way similar to that of another former Democrat, Ronald Reagan.
  
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• Macedonia names caretaker PM ahead of early poll

  18-01-2016 23:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Lawmakers in Macedonia have approved conservative politician Emil Dimitriev as caretaker prime minister following a Western-brokered deal to resolve a political crisis triggered by a wiretapping scandal.
  
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• Kerry: Captive sailors footage angered me

  18-01-2016 23:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When Iranian officials released footage of 10 U.S. sailors being taken captive, it made John Kerry "very, very frustrated," the secretary of state told CNN on Monday.
  
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• Linda Perry says Lady Gaga songwriting credit is false

  18-01-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter and record producer Linda Perry says Lady Gaga doesn't deserve a songwriting credit for the Oscar-nominated song "Til it Happens to You," from the college campus sexual assault documentary "The Hunting Ground."
  
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• Iran boosts oil output, foreign firms keen to seal deals

  18-01-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sam Wilkin and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran ordered a sharp increase in oil output on Monday to take immediate advantage of the lifting of international sanctions, and some foreign firms raced to snap up deals as Tehran emerges from years of international isolation. "Without question the energy, energy-related and infrastructure industries stand to benefit, but also sectors like retail, with the potential creation of a new middle class," he told Reuters.
  
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• Effort to curb overuse of antibiotics amid cold, flu seasons

  18-01-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's cold season and the miserable trudge in seeking antibiotics because of mucus turned green, or the cough has nagged for weeks.
  
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• American Amir Hekmati released by Iran reunites with family in Germany

  18-01-2016 23:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Family members had an emotional reunion with former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati Monday, days after Iran freed him as part of a prisoner swap.
  
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• Avalanche kills 5 French Foreign Legion soldiers

  18-01-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — An avalanche in the French Alps swept away a military unit training in the backcountry, killing five soldiers from the French Foreign Legion and injuring several others Monday, officials said.
  
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• Biden thanks Swiss president for support on Iran

  18-01-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden has thanked Switzerland's president for his country's role in tense negotiations over the fate of Americans held in Iran.
  
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• LeBron, Curry head USA Olympic basketball squad

  18-01-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NBA superstars LeBron James and Stephen Curry were named in a 30-man provisional squad on Monday from which the final United States Olympic basketball squad will be chosen. Curry was one of five players from the NBA champion Golden State Warriors included in the squad, joining Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes and Andre Iguodala.
  
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• Sheriff: Ohio police officer found dead; suspect in custody

  18-01-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man whose ex-girlfriend reported that he was armed and looking to kill police was in custody on Monday suspected in the death of an officer whose body was found behind the municipal building of a small Ohio town, authorities said.
  
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• Paris attack arrest in Africa

  18-01-2016 22:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Morocco has arrested a Belgian in connection with the November terror attacks in Paris, officials told CNN on Monday.
  
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• Police: Ex-boyfriend killed NY students before suicide

  18-01-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENESEO, N.Y. (AP) — A 24-year-old man distraught over a recent breakup stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend and a fellow college athlete she was with in her off-campus bedroom before apparently killing himself with the same knife, police said Monday.
  
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• Jail to jihad: Indonesian prisons a breeding ground for militancy

  18-01-2016 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Randy Fabi and Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) - Afif was an inmate in a high-security Indonesian jail when he transformed from aspiring radical Islamist to soldier for Islamic State, ready to sacrifice his life for a group based thousands of miles away in the Middle East. Afif's graduation from jailbird to jihadi shines a light on a prison system where staff shortages, overcrowding and corruption have allowed extremists to mingle and emerge as determined killers in the name of Islam. Secu
  
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• The Latest: Thousands gather for San Antonio MLK Day march

  18-01-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The latest on rallies, marches and speeches honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (all times local):
  
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• China seen posting slowest economic growth in 25 years as policy risks grow

  18-01-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China is expected to report its weakest quarterly economic growth in nearly seven years on Tuesday, adding pressure on policymakers to take bolder steps to ward off fears of a sharper slowdown that are jolting global financial markets. Full-year growth is seen at 6.9 percent, enviable by Western standards but China's poorest showing in a quarter of a century. Analysts expect the world's second-largest economy will cool further this year, with growth of 6.5 percen
  
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• SpaceX rocket explodes on landing

  18-01-2016 22:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  SpaceX failed to land its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform at sea for the fourth time.
  
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• First lady, school meal directors may be headed for truce

  18-01-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A bipartisan Senate bill released Monday would revise healthier meal standards put into place over the last few years to give schools more flexibility in what they serve the nation's schoolchildren, easing ...
  
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• Duke falls out of poll for 1st time in 16 years

  18-01-2016 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Duke's streak in the Top 25 is over after a 16-year run.
  
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• Ta-Nehisi Coates among finalists for book critics awards

  18-01-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me" and Lauren Groff's "Fates and Furies" are finalists for the National Book Critics Circle prize.
  
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• Cuban crisis spells campaign trouble

  18-01-2016 21:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Cubans are coming -- and the timing couldn't be worse for Marco Rubio.
  
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• Search off Hawaii finds life rafts but no sign of 12 Marines

  18-01-2016 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities searching the area where two Marine helicopters crashed off Hawaii have found some life rafts that were carried aboard the aircraft, but still no sign of the 12 crew members who were on board.
  
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• U.S. 'stuck to its guns' on Iran prisoner swap: freed detainee's brother

  18-01-2016 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Iranian authorities "continued to manipulate" Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian until the moment he was released with four other Americans in a prisoner swap over the weekend, his brother said on Monday. A deal had been negotiated between Washington and Tehran for the swap but at the last minute, Iranian authorities tried to stop the Iranian-American journalist's wife, Yeganeh Salehi, from leaving with him, Ali Rezaian told CNN. "The Iranians, as they have done all along, contin
  
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• US Congressmen in Germany to meet Americans released by Iran

  18-01-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANDSTUHL, Germany (AP) — Three U.S. Congressmen traveled Monday to the medical center in Germany where three Americans, released by Iran as part of a prisoner swap, are being treated.
  
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• Abduction of Americans in Iraq raises fears about security

  18-01-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — The abduction of three Americans from a Baghdad apartment over the weekend is the latest in a series of brazen high-profile kidnappings undermining confidence in the Iraqi government's ability to control state-sanctioned Shiite militias that have grown in strength as Iraqi security forces battle the Islamic State group.
  
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• Trump courts evangelicals and says Christianity 'under siege'

  18-01-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump declared himself a defender of besieged Christians in a campaign speech to more than 11,000 people Monday, as the Republican presidential frontrunner openly courted the support of evangelicals two weeks away from first voting. News that Trump, known more for womanizing, an extravagant lifestyle and bombastic rhetoric than piety, was to speak at the private Liberty University in Virginia had triggered threats of student protests. Trump, who has courted a string of controversies and u
  
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• US, EU warned of fallout if no data protection deal by January 31

  18-01-2016 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top US and European trade groups have warned their leaders of enormous fallout for businesses and customers if the two sides fail to reach a new deal on data transfers by end January. The European Court of Justice in October ruled that the EU-US "Safe Harbour" arrangement allowing firms to transfer European citizens' personal information to the United States was "invalid" because it did not properly protect the data from spy agencies. EU and US officials have held several rounds of talks for
  
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• Trump looks to appeal to evangelicals at Liberty University

  18-01-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LYNCHBURG, Virginia (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered the convocation address Monday at Virginia's Liberty University, one of the country's most prominent evangelical Christian institutions.
  
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• US faces challenge freeing Americans held hostage on Pakistani-Afghan border

  18-01-2016 21:21 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Freeing four American prisoners from Iranian prisons required billions of dollars and high-level diplomacy, but liberating captives – including an American woman who was pregnant when she was taken in Afghanistan – from the shadowy organization that once held Bowe Bergdahl will likely prove far more daunting.
  
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• British lawmakers debate banning Trump after Muslim comments

  18-01-2016 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers on Monday debated a petition to ban U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from Britain over remarks on Muslims, but while describing his comments as "crazy" and "offensive", most said the ban would go against free speech. Members of parliament said Trump should be allowed into Britain where his views could be challenged, that a ban would give him more publicity or that it was not for Britain to get involved in U.S. affairs. Tr
  
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• MPs debate banning Trump after Muslim comments

  18-01-2016 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - MPs on Monday debated a petition to ban U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from Britain over remarks on Muslims, but while describing his comments as "crazy" and "offensive", most said the ban would go against free speech. Members of parliament said Trump should be allowed into Britain where his views could be challenged, that a ban would give him more publicity or that it was not for Britain to get involved in U.S. affairs. Trump caused out
  
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• Puerto Rico revises fiscal reform plan amid growing deficit

  18-01-2016 21:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Puerto Rico is revising a fiscal reform plan to reflect a jump in the island's projected deficit and steep drop in anticipated revenues.
  
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• Mexico wants to question actor del Castillo about drug lord

  18-01-2016 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities want to talk to actor Kate del Castillo, who arranged Sean Penn's interview with drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a government official said Monday.
  
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• Eagles hire Pederson as new coach

  18-01-2016 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Eagles are sort of going back to their glory days.
  
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• World tennis has been ripe for match-fixing: experts

  18-01-2016 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Matt Siegel and Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Big financial incentives for gamblers, small tournaments of little consequence to top players and the ease of fixing the outcome of a one-on-one sport have helped turn world tennis into a haven for match-fixers, according to experts and industry insiders. Tennis was rocked on Monday by allegations that the game's authorities have failed to deal with widespread match-fixing, just as the Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the yea
  
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• Federer wants names in match-fixing allegations

  18-01-2016 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Roger Federer called for 'concrete' facts while Novak Djokovic spoke of his team once being offered $200,000 to fix a match as the multiple grand slam champions reacted to claims of widespread match-rigging in tennis on Monday. The opening day of the Australian Open was overshadowed by reports in the BBC and online BuzzFeed News accusing tennis authorities of failing to deal with 16 players repeatedly flagged up to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) over suspicions of matches being thrown. Both Fed
  
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• Oklahoma back on top of AP poll for 1st time in 26 years

  18-01-2016 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Oklahoma is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since the final two weeks of the 1989-90 season. The Sooners took the top spot in style, getting all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel. They are the first unanimous No. 1 since Kentucky did it for 12 polls last season.
  
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• The Latest: Ex-boyfriend kills 2 NY students, then himself

  18-01-2016 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENESEO, N.Y. (AP) — The latest in the deaths of three young people at a home near a college campus in New York (all times local):
  
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• Study questions link between teen pot smoking and IQ decline

  18-01-2016 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A new analysis is challenging the idea that smoking marijuana during adolescence can lead to declines in intelligence.
  
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• US ambassador to Israel slams government settlements policy

  18-01-2016 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Israel criticized Israel's West Bank settlement policies at a high-profile security conference Monday, a rare public rebuke from Israel's top ally that drew an angry response from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  
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• Official: Teenage suicide bomber kills 4 at Cameroon mosque

  18-01-2016 21:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Cameroon official says a 14-year-old suicide bomber has attacked a mosque in Cameroon's north, killing at least four people.
  
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• Iran boosts oil production, condemns new sanctions

  18-01-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran announced a major boost in oil production on Monday after the lifting of sanctions under its nuclear deal, while condemning new US measures against its missile programme. The National Iranian Oil Company said it had ordered production to increase by 500,000 barrels per day -- a move Tehran had long planned for once its nuclear deal with world powers took effect. The hike comes after the UN atomic watchdog confirmed at the weekend that Iran had complied with measures imposed by the deal with
  
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• Mott the Hoople drummer Dale Griffin dies at 67

  18-01-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Dale Griffin, drummer for British glam-rock stalwarts Mott The Hoople, has died aged 67.
  
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• Report: High school dismissed warning signs before shooting

  18-01-2016 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Administrators at a suburban Denver high school dismissed increasingly obvious warning signs that a troubled student was a threat before he killed a classmate and himself two years ago, a report released Monday shows.
  
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• Drug trial painkiller kills man

  18-01-2016 20:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A man has died in France after participating in a clinical drug trial, the University Hospital of Rennes said in a statement Sunday.
  
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• Why diplomacy wins in Iran

  18-01-2016 20:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nothing summarizes the high drama of last week between Iran and the United States more aptly and vividly than these words: "It's the diplomacy, stupid."
  
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