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• U.S. East Coast blizzard brings New York, Washington to standstill

  23-01-2016 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Barbara Goldberg and Idrees Ali NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A blizzard that has paralyzed much of the U.S. East Coast intensified on Saturday, bringing the nation's capital to a standstill and forcing the closure of roads, bridges and tunnels into New York, the largest city in the country. At least 13 people have been killed in weather-related car crashes in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia. One person died in Maryland and three in New York while shoveling
  
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• Factbox: Five worst snowstorms in New York City history

  23-01-2016 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Saturday that an intense blizzard that is forecast to drop as much as 30 inches (76.2 cm) of snow on the city this weekend has the potential to be one of the top five winter storms in recorded history. Here are five worst snowstorms ever to hit the largest city in the United States, according to the National Weather Service: - 26.9 inches (68.3 cm), Feb. 11-12, 2006 - 25.8 inches (65.5 cm), Dec. 26-27, 1947 - 21.0 inches (53.3 cm), March 12-14, 1
  
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• Teenager charged over Canada shootings

  23-01-2016 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old boy is charged with four counts of first-degree murder after shootings - one of them at a school - in Canada's western Saskatchewan province.
  
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• Rio carnival goers celebrate Olympics but fear Zika virus

  23-01-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rio de Janeiro carnival goers celebrated the coming Olympics on Saturday and even turned fear of infection from Zika-carrying mosquitos into an excuse to party. Participants at one of the many street parties popping up ahead of the official carnival, which starts February 5, honored the city's hosting of the Summer Games in six months by dressing in ancient Greek garb. Rio will be the first South American city to host the Olympics and with the country facing deep recession, a vast corruption sca
  
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• Spike Lee lauds academy changes, still plans to skip Oscars

  23-01-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Spike Lee applauds the Academy for making changes to increase diversity in its ranks, but he is still skipping the Oscars.
  
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• Plenty of intrigue in Cardinals-Panthers in NFC title game

  23-01-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hey, don't forget about us.
  
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• NHL, NBA postpone games as blizzard hits US East Coast

  23-01-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two more National Hockey League games were postponed Saturday by a major snowstorm that struck the US East Coast and forced the NBA and NHL to reschedule contests. Saturday's scheduled Philadelphia Flyers game at the New York Islanders was called off because of the heavy snow, high winds and bitter cold that struck New York. Similar conditions in Washington forced the postponement of Sunday afternoon's scheduled game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals.
  
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• Police charge 17-year old in Canada after 4 shot dead

  23-01-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Police say a 17-year-old has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder in a mass shooting at a school and home in western Canada.
  
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• Clinton dials back attacks on Sanders as Iowa caucuses near

  23-01-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton dialed back her biting attacks on rival Bernie Sanders on Saturday, refocusing on Republicans and her own experience in President Barack Obama's administration as she launched her closing argument to voters in Iowa.
  
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• Stuck in 'halfway place,' remote Canadian community reels from shooting

  23-01-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julie Gordon and Rod Nickel VANCOUVER/WINNIPEG (Reuters) - The remote, northern Canadian community where a shooter killed four people and injured several others on Friday has long struggled under the weight of poverty, high suicide rates and disadvantages that most of the country can hardly imagine. The isolated town of La Loche, in the western province of Saskatchewan, and its neighboring Clearwater River Dene Indian reserve, six hours away from the nearest airport, embody the dire prospects
  
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• Air Force withheld nuclear mishap from Pentagon review team

  23-01-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the spring of 2014, as a team of experts was examining what ailed the U.S. nuclear force, the Air Force withheld from them the fact that it was simultaneously investigating damage to a nuclear-armed missile in its launch silo caused by three airmen.
  
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• Massive snowstorm brings flooding to East Coast

  23-01-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A massive winter storm that dumped snow on the eastern United States is also raising flood waters in communities up and down the Atlantic Coast, closing roads and prompting evacuations, authorities said Saturday.
  
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• New York shuts down, bans travel to monster storm

  23-01-2016 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A travel ban was imposed on New York and its suburbs Saturday with authorities effectively shutting down America's most populous city as a massive snow storm pummelling the eastern United States gathered pace. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo imposed a ban on all local and state roads across the city of 8.4 million residents, Long Island and crossings west to New Jersey from 2:30 pm (1930 GMT). Bus services were suspended at noon, and overland commuter and subway trains in and out of Manhatt
  
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• As Trump, Cruz battle for Iowa, Republican civil war brews

  23-01-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One might be forgiven for forgetting that there are 12 Republicans still in the White House race -- for now, it's a two-man show. The battle between billionaire frontrunner Donald Trump and maverick Senator Ted Cruz is the main event for conservatives, who are torn with nine days to go before the Iowa caucus. "I am in Iowa.
  
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• VIDEO: Tackling Brazil's Zika virus crisis

  23-01-2016 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women are being warned to avoid getting pregnant in several Latin American and Caribbean countries.
  
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• 'Russian raids' kill civilians ahead of Syria talks

  23-01-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Suspected Russian raids killed 33 civilians in war-ravaged eastern Syria on Saturday, amid reports US forces are building up an air base to bolster their fight against jihadists further north. Meanwhile, senior diplomats scrambled to resolve the key question of who will represent Syria's opposition at crucial talks next week aimed at ending the nearly-five year war. In eastern Syria, the 33 civilians were killed in air strikes suspected to have been carried out by Russian warplanes on a jihadist
  
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• Ominous U.S. blizzard brings New York to standstill

  23-01-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Barbara Goldberg and Idrees Ali NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A monster blizzard that has paralyzed much of the U.S. East Coast intensified on Saturday as it barreled into New York City, forcing the closure of all bridges and tunnels into the largest U.S. city and prompting a travel ban on area highways. At least 13 people have been killed in weather-related car crashes in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia, and a 14th person died of a heart attack while shovel
  
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• Trump: My supporters would stick with me through shooting

  23-01-2016 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says his supporters are so loyal they would stick with him even if he shot somebody.
  
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• Iraq seeks more coalition trainers for local police

  23-01-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Senior U.S. defense and military officials say that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is asking the coalition for more police training, particularly for Sunnis who will have to secure Ramadi and other towns once Islamic State militants are ousted.
  
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• Vardy sends Leicester top, Austin sinks Man Utd

  23-01-2016 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jamie Vardy ended a seven-game scoring drought as Leicester City usurped Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table with a 3-0 victory over Stoke City on Saturday. A day that began with an astonishing game at Carrow Road that finished Norwich City 4-5 Liverpool ended with Leicester three points clear of Arsenal, who host Chelsea on Sunday, and Manchester City.
  
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• Police: Driver hits gazebo featured in Chevy Chase movie

  23-01-2016 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOWNSHEND, Vt. (AP) — Vermont state police say a drunken driver drove across a town common and struck a gazebo that was featured in the 1988 Chevy Chase movie "Funny Farm."
  
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• All Broadway shows on Saturday shutter as snow builds

  23-01-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — All Broadway shows — both matinees and evening performances — were canceled Saturday after New York state officials declared a weather emergency.
  
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• Things to Know: What to do if you're stuck at the airport

  23-01-2016 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bowing to a wintry mix of heavy snow, ice and wicked winds across much of the country, airlines are canceling thousands of flights through the weekend.
  
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• Dior creates millionaire skateboarders' perfect wardrobe

  23-01-2016 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Kris Van Assche was designing the new Dior menswear collection, he had a very specific person in mind, he told AFP Saturday as it debuted on the Paris catwalk. "I have never found that black was about darkness.
  
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• 'Snowzilla' blizzard pummels Washington, New York

  23-01-2016 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A deadly blizzard walloped the eastern United States on Saturday, paralyzing Washington and New York under a heavy blanket of snow as officials warned millions of people to remain indoors until the storm eases up. At least eight people were killed in three states in road accidents, officials said, as snow piled up from Arkansas to New York. Anticipating heavier snowfall, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York placed a travel ban on the city and its immediate suburbs beginning mid-afternoon, essential
  
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• Christian Slater hits celebrity-filled Dior Homme show

  23-01-2016 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — It was all about the celebrities and the parties at Paris Fashion Week menswear shows Saturday as the buzz around the French capital geared up ahead of the weekend change-over to the glamorous haute couture season.
  
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• Michael Bloomberg may launch independent U.S. presidential bid: source

  23-01-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has told his aides to draw up plans for an independent campaign for the U.S. presidency, according to a source familiar with the situation. Bloomberg has advised friends and associates that he would be willing to spend at least $1 billion of his own money on a campaign for the November 2016 election, according to the source, who spoke on condition on anonymity to discuss the former mayor's thinking. News of Bloomberg mulling a pre
  
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• Flint hospital suspected river, Legionnaires' outbreak link

  23-01-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The head of a Flint hospital that found Legionnaires' disease bacteria in its water system more than a year ago said he and experts suspected the Flint River was a likely source of the contaminant.
  
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• Airlines cancel nearly 6,300 flights due to blizzard

  23-01-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airlines canceled nearly 6,300 flights in the U.S. and beyond this weekend as blizzard conditions, cold and ice hit much of the U.S., with East Coast cities feeling the most impact.
  
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• AP sources: Bloomberg eyeing independent White House bid

  23-01-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking early steps toward launching an independent campaign for president, seeing a potential path to the White House amid the rise of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders.
  
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• Italians protest to urge govt to grant gay civil unions

  23-01-2016 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Saturday in nearly 100 cities across Italy to urge the government to permit gay and lesbian couples to have civil unions and legally recognized families.
  
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• The Latest: Migrants in Calais board ship amid protest

  23-01-2016 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — The latest developments in Europe's immigration crisis (all times local):
  
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• Athletes, trucks, cars halted on snowed-in turnpike

  23-01-2016 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Snowbound college athletes and teenage parishioners spent the night stranded on the Pennsylvania Turnpike — munching on snacks or watching movies to pass the time as they waited to be dug out from massive backups that stretched for miles brought on by a powerful winter storm.
  
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• Rampant PSG crush Angers to extend huge lead

  23-01-2016 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paris Saint-Germain served another reminder of their Ligue 1 supremacy with a thumping 5-1 victory at home to Angers on Saturday that moved the reigning champions 24 points clear at the top. Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring at the Parc des Princes with his 17th league goal of the season before Lucas doubled the lead for Laurent Blanc's side just before half-time. The floodgates then opened after the break with Gregory Van der Wiel rounding off a superb team move for PSG's third, only for Pi
  
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• Blizzard brings much of East Coast to a standstill

  23-01-2016 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down the nation's capital and its largest city.
  
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• The Latest: 7 locations near DC mark 30-plus inches of snow

  23-01-2016 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on the blizzard slamming a large swath of the United States (all times local):
  
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• U.S. says prepared for military solution against Islamic State in Syria

  23-01-2016 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Dolan and Asli Kandemir ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against Islamic State in Syria should the Syrian government and rebels fail to reach a political settlement. The latest round of Syria peace talks are planned to begin on Monday in Geneva but were at risk of being delayed partly because of a dispute over who will comprise the opposition delegation. Syrian armed rebel groups s
  
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• Snowstorm socks US East: A look at the effects by state

  23-01-2016 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A massive winter storm buried much of the U.S. East Coast in a foot or more of snow by Saturday, shutting down transit in major cities, stranding drivers on snowbound highways, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people. A look at some of the impacts by state:
  
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• LeBron, Cavs regroup after stunning coaching change

  23-01-2016 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Both knees wrapped in ice, LeBron James walked in a circle, waiting for his turn to speak with a larger-than-usual media contingent.
  
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• Radcliffe bunks with co-stars, DeVito talks blizzard plan

  23-01-2016 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Associated Press is all over the Sundance Film Festival, which runs through Jan. 31, from its premieres to the Hollywood glitz. Here's what they've seen and heard:
  
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• Dramatic win: Manager breaks glasses

  23-01-2016 19:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp broke his glasses as Liverpool claimed a dramatic 5-4 victory at Norwich City.
  
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• Bloomberg 'ponders White House bid'

  23-01-2016 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The billionaire former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, is thinking about running for president as an independent candidate, US media report.
  
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• Kerry to Gulf: No new alliance with Iran

  23-01-2016 18:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State John Kerry reassured U.S. Gulf allies that the U.S. was not seeking a new alliance with Iran, despite warming ties between Washington and Tehran.
  
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• Nepal parliament votes to amend new constitution

  23-01-2016 18:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nepal's parliament voted on Saturday to amend the country's new constitution in a bid to resolve a months-long dispute with ethnic minority protesters demanding more political representation. "I announce that the Nepal constitution first amendment bill has been passed with a two-thirds majority in favour," said speaker Onsari Gharti Magar as lawmakers thumped their desks in agreement. More than 50 people have been killed in clashes between police and people protesting against the constitution in
  
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• Lallana settles Liverpool thriller, Austin sinks Man Utd

  23-01-2016 18:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Adam Lallana plundered a 95th-minute winner as Liverpool edged Norwich City 5-4 in a dizzying Premier League encounter on Saturday, while Manchester United crashed 1-0 against Southampton. Jamie Vardy ended a seven-game scoring drought as Leicester City beat Stoke City 3-0 to move three points clear at the top of the table above Arsenal, who host Chelsea on Sunday. Charlie Austin marked his debut with an 87th-minute winner as Southampton silenced Old Trafford, but the game of the day was at Carr
  
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• Venice Carnival celebrations open amid tighter security

  23-01-2016 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VENICE (AP) — Thousands attended the grand opening in St. Mark's Square of the Venice Carnival, celebrated under heightened security following the sexual assaults on New Year's Eve in Cologne and the ongoing terror threat in Europe.
  
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• Wider change in Hollywood sought after Academy reforms

  23-01-2016 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The widespread outrage over two straight years of largely white Oscar nominees coalesced behind three damning, viral words: "OscarsSoWhite." The hashtag, which activist April Reign is credited with creating, lent social-media unity to a tide of frustration that on Friday led to diversity reforms announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
  
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• Iran, China vow tighter ties as Xi visits

  23-01-2016 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday hailed a "new chapter" in relations with China after talks with President Xi Jinping, who is touring the region to boost Beijing's economic influence. The Asian giant and the Middle East's foremost Shiite power aim to build economic ties worth up to $600 billion within the next 10 years, Rouhani announced. The two leaders oversaw the signing of 17 agreements in areas including politics, the economy, security and cooperation on peaceful nuclear energy.
  
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• Millions awake to heavy snow as blizzard barrels to the east

  23-01-2016 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Millions of Americans awoke Saturday to heavy snow outside their doorsteps as a mammoth winter storm crawled up the East Coast, making roads impassable, shutting down mass transit and bringing the nation's capital and its largest city to a standstill.
  
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• Ex-NYC mayor considering White House bid: Source

  23-01-2016 18:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has reportedly told advisers to work on plans for an independent campaign for president.
  
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