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• Facebook shares soar as mobile drives big jump in ad sales

  27-01-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Facebook Inc smashed investors' expectations with a 52-percent jump in quarterly revenue as it sold more ads targeted at a fast-growing number of mobile users, sending its shares sharply higher after hours. The world's biggest online social network bucked the trend of underwhelming tech results from Apple Inc and eBay Inc, in the face of economic turmoil in China and a strong U.S. dollar depressing the value of overseas sales. Facebook's service is not available in China but it sells ads there.
  
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• Snyder pledges help to Flint amid mistrust of government

  27-01-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Flint residents coping with lead contamination will be cleared to drink unfiltered water again only when outside experts determine it is safe, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday, acknowledging their mistrust of government officials while saying a full replacement of the city's pipes is not imminent.
  
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• Sudan to reopen border with South Sudan

  27-01-2016 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir orders the opening of his country's border with South Sudan for the first time since the latter seceded in 2011.
  
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• Too Much Brain Pruning May Cause Schizophrenia

  27-01-2016 23:31 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Scientists have zeroed in on a potential factor in the biological roots of schizophrenia: a gene that causes the brain to prune too many connections.
  
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• Brazil's Rousseff calls for Latin American Zika fight

  27-01-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called Wednesday for Latin America to launch a region-wide fight against the Zika virus, blamed for a surge in brain-damaged babies, as alarm rose over the world's latest health scare. Brazil has been the country hardest hit by the outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus, which is blamed for a sharp rise in infants born with microcephaly, or abnormally small heads. The outbreak is particularly concerning officials as the country prepares to host the Olympics, whic
  
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• Ferguson, Missouri releases proposed consent decree

  27-01-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ferguson, Missouri is seeking public input on a proposed consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department that would resolve a federal probe into whether it systematically violates citizens' civil rights. The investigation began after protests following the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in August 2014, exposing tension between the city government and minorities in the community. The proposed agreement will be put to a vote be
  
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• Reflecting on Oregon Occupier LaVoy Finicum's Brief Brush with Fame

  27-01-2016 23:18 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Oregon occupier LaVoy Finicum became known as Tarpman after his interview with MSNBC's Tony Dokoupil on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. After Finicum was killed in a standoff, Dokoupil reflects on his brief brush with fame.
  
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• Boycotting debate, Trump barrels towards Iowa vote

  27-01-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With just five days before the first vote in the US presidential nominations process in Iowa, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is dominating the airwaves. All eyes are on the heartland state, where the 12 Republican candidates and three Democratic hopefuls including Hillary Clinton are vying for bragging rights and the lead in the primary race heading to subsequent votes in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
  
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• Obama, Sanders at the White House: Nice chat but that's all

  27-01-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his aides have said a lot of nice things about Bernie Sanders, but not this one: He's ready to be president.
  
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• French lawmakers approve terminal sedation, not euthanasia

  27-01-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — France's Parliament has approved a bill that will let doctors keep terminally ill patients sedated until death comes but stops short of legalizing euthanasia or assisted suicide.
  
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• Jail escape: A host of unanswered questions

  27-01-2016 23:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When you're talking about any facility for people accused or convicted of violent crimes, the jailers' main priority is simple: Keep the inmates locked up.
  
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• Widow of Disgraced Illinois Cop Joe Gliniewicz Indicted

  27-01-2016 23:04 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Melodie Gliniewicz, whose husband killed himself last year, was held on six felony counts embezzling from a police charity and money laundering.
  
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• VIDEO: On Libyan frontline as fighters battle IS

  27-01-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In the Libyan port of Benghazi, a coalition led by the Libyan army is fighting on two fronts against the forces of so-called Islamic State and Islamist militias.
  
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• France asks EU partners for new sanctions on Iran

  27-01-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — France has asked its European Union partners to consider new sanctions on Iran for its recent missile tests, officials have told The Associated Press, even as Paris welcomed the president of the Islamic Republic, which is flush with funds from the lifting of other sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.
  
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• What's behind the latest Fox-Trump battle

  27-01-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Is Fox News Channel overplaying its hand or skillfully playing to its brand in dealing with Donald Trump?
  
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• Apple's iPhone is slumping. What's next?

  27-01-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The bloom may be off Apple's iPhone, at least for now. So now the pressure is on the iconic Silicon Valley company to come up with its next big thing.
  
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• Kids' TV star arrested on child sex charge

  27-01-2016 22:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A former Louisiana children's TV show personality known as "Mr. Wonder" was arrested in California on charges that he sexually abused children at a camping retreat in 1979, police in central Louisiana said.
  
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• Apple loses luster on fears that 'wow' days over

  27-01-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple's image took a bruising Wednesday amid signs of a shift from wowing the world with wonders to making steady money from lovers of its devices. Apple shares were down 6.5 percent to end at $93.80 as investors grappled with news of slowing sales growth of iPhones that have driven many booming quarters for the California tech giant. Apple raised the specter of the end of a technological era after reporting Tuesday the slowest growth sales ever of its market-leading, life-changing iPhone and wa
  
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• The Latest: Argentina tests woman for Zika infection

  27-01-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The latest on the fight against the Zika virus that health officials suspect is linked to a wave of birth defects in Brazil. (All times local):
  
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• Oregon wildlife refuge holdouts told to go home after one killed

  27-01-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Armed anti-government protesters occupying a US wildlife refuge for the past three weeks are refusing to leave even after one of their group was killed as police tried to arrest him, officials said Wednesday. Eight protesters including the protest leader Ammon Bundy were taken into custody in a dramatic twist to the standoff in Oregon involving ranchers and farmers angry over federal land management policies. Local authorities and the FBI called on those still holed up at the refuge to give up a
  
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• Why you knew Abe Vigoda

  27-01-2016 22:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Vigoda played many roles besides Tessio (The Godfather) and Fish (Barney Miller), but in those two perfectly opposite character parts he showed his virtuositty
  
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• Here's What PETA Wants to Do With 'Silence of the Lambs' Home

  27-01-2016 22:35 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  PETA has a plan for the sinister home where Buffalo Bill skinned his victims in "Silence of the Lambs" — turn it into an animal house.
  
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• Debate feud injects fresh chaos into GOP primary

  27-01-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An explosive feud between Donald Trump and Fox News is overshadowing the final sprint to Iowa's presidential caucuses, injecting a new sense of chaos into the already turbulent 2016 Republican contest and forcing rival campaigns to adjust on the fly.
  
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• Chaotic run-up to Syria peace talks reflects enormous gap

  27-01-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The invitations are sent and preparations are underway at the U.N.'s Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the first peace talks in two years on the conflict in Syria are to begin Friday.
  
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• Apple shares fall most in two years in wake of earnings report

  27-01-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple Inc shares fell more than 6.5 percent on Wednesday, the biggest percentage drop in two years, after the company reported its slowest-ever rise in iPhone shipments and forecast that quarterly sales for the current period would post the first drop in 13 years. "Cook & Co have a few tough quarters ahead until we get to the buildup around iPhone 7 later this year, which is what bulls are focused on to turn this ship back into growth waters," FBR & Co analyst Daniel Ives said. Shares fe
  
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• Four Bodies Found in Kentucky House Explosion

  27-01-2016 22:29 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The victims are believed to be related.
  
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• Djokovic, Federer set for blockbuster semi-final

  27-01-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Any round (against Federer) feels like a final because of the fact that we are big rivals," Djokovic, who is angling for a sixth Australian title, said ahead of the night match on Rod Laver Arena. Federer is 34 but remains at the top of his game and is desperate to add to his 17 Grand Slam titles, an achievement he still thinks is possible.
  
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• AFP Blog: Sanders or Trump? An Iowa heart at stake

  27-01-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Williamsburg (United States) (AFP) - "If this is political, please hang up." That is how Pauline McAreavy, a feisty if diminutive 82-year-old from Iowa, answers the phone these days, including when this French reporter who met her during the 2012 election race calls to find out if she has made up her mind this time around. Pauline's phone rings off the hook during election season -- four times during dinner one recent evening -- because she has the misfortune of appearing in both Democratic and
  
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• The Latest: Obama, Sanders meet amid heated primary race

  27-01-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Here are the latest developments from the 2016 race for president, less than a week out from the Iowa caucuses. All times local.
  
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• American Tourist Killed on Beach Was Sexually Assaulted

  27-01-2016 22:12 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Jessica Colker, 39, was found dead on one of Grenada's secluded beaches on Sunday.
  
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• Brazil: 270 of 4,180 suspected microcephaly cases confirmed

  27-01-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — New figures released Wednesday by Brazil's Health Ministry as part of a probe into the Zika virus have found fewer confirmed cases of a rare brain defect than first feared.
  
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• Guardiola links to City 'unavoidable'

  27-01-2016 21:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Pep Guardiola is the name on everybody's lips when it comes to the next superstar manager arriving in the English Premier League -- and it appears his impending arrival has got the Manchester City changing room talking.
  
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• Jaap van Zweden, violinist turned maestro, to lead NY Philharmonic

  27-01-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The New York Philharmonic on Wednesday named Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden as its next music director, tapping a master of classic fare at a time of transition for the orchestra. The 55-year-old violinist turned maestro, who now leads the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, will take the helm of the most prestigious North American orchestra starting with the 2018-19 season. Van Zweden said it took him "one minute" to decide to accept the offer and described New
  
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• Norwegian preschool drops carnival over gender stereotypes

  27-01-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — A preschool in egalitarian Norway has canceled its traditional carnival celebration saying it encourages gender stereotypes, with boys dressing up in macho superhero costumes and girls in frilly princess dresses.
  
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• CIA Posts 'X-Files' UFO Docs for Believers and Skeptics

  27-01-2016 21:52 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The truth is out there, as Fox Mulder often said on The X-Files — and the CIA invites you to read a little piece of it.
  
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• Boeing offers weak 2016 outlook; shares tumble

  27-01-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boeing shares tumbled Wednesday after it offered a disappointing forecast for 2016 and said it expects commercial plane deliveries to decline for the first time since 2010. Shares of the aerospace giant fell 9.1 percent to $116.41 in afternoon trade after it projected 2016 commercial aircraft deliveries of between 740 and 745, down from a record 762 in 2015. Boeing said it expects flat to slightly lower 2016 revenues and core earnings per share of $8.15-$8.35, well below the $9.43 expected by Wa
  
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• Authorities urge remaining Oregon occupiers to quit after killing

  27-01-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Peter Henderson BURNS, Ore. (Reuters) - State and federal authorities pleaded with the armed men still occupying a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon to leave on Wednesday, a day after an attempt to resolve the standoff peacefully by detaining their leader ended with one man shot to death. Law enforcement surrounded the refuge and blocked off access roads on Tuesday evening, after occupation leader Ammon Bundy and his group were taken into custody at a traffic stop along Highway 395. Citing the i
  
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• Airline passengers can buy seats for their dolls

  27-01-2016 21:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's time to board the plane.
  
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• Drug abuse bill raises hopes for election-year achievement

  27-01-2016 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a testy election year likely to see scant collaboration between Republicans and Democrats, there's a glint of hope in Congress for a bipartisan bill aimed at fighting heroin and opioid addiction — a deadly, growing problem that afflicts states both red and blue.
  
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• Fed hints at economic worries as it keeps rate unchanged

  27-01-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Federal Reserve said US growth slowed late last year and hinted at more worries over global economic weakness as it kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday. In the first monetary policy meeting after its historic rate increase in December, the US central bank showed slightly less confidence than a month ago about the trajectory of inflation and growth even as it noted strengthening in the jobs and housing sectors. Coming a week after the European Central Bank gave a strong signa
  
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• Michigan Gov Has No Plan to Remove Poison Pipes

  27-01-2016 21:22 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  He says replacing the lead lines is not on the "short-term" agenda.
  
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• Fox bashes Trump over debate boycott

  27-01-2016 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fox News fires back at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his refusal to participate in their debate on Thursday night.
  
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• ISIS fighters die in attack near air base

  27-01-2016 21:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Iraqi security forces said Wednesday they thwarted an attempt by ISIS militants to infiltrate a residential compound near a strategic air base in western Anbar province.
  
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• Child TV star arrested on child sex charge

  27-01-2016 21:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A former Louisiana children's TV show personality known as "Mr. Wonder" was arrested in California on charges that he sexually abused children at a camping retreat in 1979, police in central Louisiana said.
  
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• Pentagon defends use of Russian engines to launch satellites

  27-01-2016 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Pentagon officials on Wednesday sought to defend the use of Russian-made rocket engines to send U.S. military satellites into space, telling exasperated lawmakers they are moving quickly to end the practice and rely on American-made rockets for the launches.
  
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• Oregon occupiers: Death, arrests, defiance

  27-01-2016 21:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  With their leader arrested and a fellow protester killed in a highway encounter with law enforcement, an unknown number of demonstrators indicated Wednesday morning they'll continue their weeks-long armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon.
  
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• Is this Europe's 'backlash against migration?'

  27-01-2016 21:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Some voices suggest Europe welcomes newcomers too easily, and enfolds newcomers too readily in its warm and lucrative embrace.
  
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• Child detainees on Nauru Island speak out

  27-01-2016 21:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ivan Watson talks to child refugees at the Australian-backed refugee processing center on Nauru Island who say the facility is like a "prison".
  
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• Cruz looks to shore up support among Iowa evangelicals

  27-01-2016 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In Iowa, the evangelical vote can make or break a campaign — which is why both Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are battling over support from the most conservative voters, as the race heats up ahead of the state's leadoff caucus.
  
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• In Atlantic City: pride, anger, worry as city teeters on edge

  27-01-2016 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Hilary Russ ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Reuters) - Inside the dimly lit Moose Lodge 216 last September in Atlantic City, Frank D'Alonzo discussed a few of the ideas he has heard over the years to revitalize the cash-strapped New Jersey gambling hub. Brimming with promise but ground down by poverty, Atlantic City is trying to reinvent itself even as it teeters on the edge of fiscal ruin.
  
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