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• 'Brexit' talks in London extended to clinch deal

  31-01-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  No deal was reached between British Prime Minister David Cameron and European Union President Donald Tusk Sunday in talks to agree changes to Britain's membership of the bloc ahead of an in-or-out referendum. Intensive work in next 24 (hours) crucial," Tusk wrote on Twitter following a working dinner of salmon, beef and vegetables in Cameron's Downing Street office in London. Cameron is pushing to exclude European Union migrants from benefits such as income top-ups for low-paid workers until the
  
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• Scott Sharp's ESM team wins Rolex as Corvettes thrill crowd

  31-01-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — One by one the top contenders in the Rolex 24 at Daytona fell victim to the bumps and breaks of a twice-around-the-clock endurance race.
  
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• 'No deal yet' on Britain's EU renegotiation, leaders say

  31-01-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron and European Council President Donald Tusk failed on Sunday to reach a deal on Britain's EU renegotiation after talks in London, but agreed to another 24 hours of "crucial" discussions. The meeting was seen as vital to finding agreement on Cameron's demands for measures to curb migration into Britain -- the most difficult of four areas he wants to renegotiate before holding a referendum on EU membership by the end of 2017. If agree
  
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• A look at the escape and re-arrests of 3 California inmates

  31-01-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Three escaped inmates are back in custody more than a week after cutting through a grate, climbing through plumbing tunnels and rappelling to the ground from the roof of a Southern California jail.
  
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• Republican Jeb Bush tells rival Marco Rubio 'stop whining'

  31-01-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday's leadoff Iowa caucuses (all local times):
  
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• 2 Virginia Tech students charged in death of teen girl

  31-01-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Two Virginia Tech engineering students have been arrested in connection with the death of a 13-year-old girl whose disappearance last week from her Virginia home set off a frantic, four-day search.
  
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• Snedeker closes with 69, then waits to see if it's enough

  31-01-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brandt Snedeker closed with a 3-under 69 on Sunday in raging weather at Torrey Pines, and then had to wait to see if it would be enough to win the Farmers Insurance Open.
  
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• Brazilian pets parade in their own 4-footed Carnival

  31-01-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian canines allowed their people to dress them in masks and costumes Sunday for a four-legged Carnival just days before the humans will hold their own party.
  
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• Witness to migrant disaster that killed 37 describes screams

  31-01-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AYVACIK, Turkey (AP) — A witness to the drowning of 37 people including babies and other young children off Turkey's coast described the horror and screams in the moments after the boat carrying the migrants slammed into rocks, saying it was like "somebody was being murdered."
  
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• EU agrees Britain could curb migrant benefits immediately - Cameron's office

  31-01-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union agree that Britain could use an "emergency brake" on curbing welfare payments to EU migrants immediately, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday. Earlier, Cameron and European Council President Donald Tusk ended talks saying they had yet to reach a deal on all four areas where the British leader wants to see reform before calling a referendum on EU membership. ...
  
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• Cameron, Tusk fail to strike deal on British reform demands

  31-01-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — European Council President Donald Tusk and British Prime Minister David Cameron failed Sunday to strike a deal aimed at keeping the U.K. in the EU — but agreed to extend talks between the two sides for another day.
  
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• Athletes in Rio stay inside, lather on repellent for Zika

  31-01-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Aline Silva has had the dengue fever twice, and she's not taking any chances with the Zika virus.
  
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• Trump's closing pitch to Iowa caucus-goers a family affair

  31-01-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday's leadoff Iowa caucuses:
  
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• Cameron, EU's Tusk agree only one of four reform points - source

  31-01-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union reached agreement in only one of the four areas where Prime Minister David Cameron wants to see reform, a source close to the negotiations said on Sunday. Cameron had dinner with European Council President Donald Tusk in London earlier on Sunday to try to agree the main points of Britain's renegotiation before a summit of leaders on Feb. 18-19. After the talks, Tusk said there had been no deal and that there would be another 24 hours of discussions.
  
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• Rugby star Sonny Bill Williams: 'I've got a lot to learn'

  31-01-2016 22:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sonny Bill Williams was the center of attention at this weekend's Wellington Sevens, but the All Blacks rugby star admits he is still learning his way in the shortened version of the game.
  
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• Greece, creditors start new round of bailout talks Monday

  31-01-2016 22:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Greek government enters a new round of talks with its creditors, skeptical about the depth and efficacy of its pension reform plans, facing protests over those plans from a broad spectrum of professions.
  
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• Makeshift memorial springs up on Oregon highway for rancher

  31-01-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BURNS, Ore. (AP) — About a dozen people paid their respects Sunday afternoon at a makeshift memorial that has sprung up where rancher Robert "LaVoy" Finicum was shot and killed by police last week on U.S. Highway 395 north of Burns.
  
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• Rugby star Sonny Bill learns lessons in winning debut

  31-01-2016 22:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sonny Bill Williams was the center of attention at this weekend's Wellington Sevens, but the All Blacks rugby star admits he is still learning his way in the shortened version of the game.
  
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• NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman signed contract through 2022

  31-01-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gary Bettman said his relationship with the union has never been better.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu warns Gaza militants against attacking

  31-01-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Islamic militant group Hamas that rules Gaza on Sunday that his country will retaliate with "greater force" than deployed in the 2014 Gaza war if cross-border tunnels are used to attack Israel.
  
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• Captain Terry: 'I'm leaving Chelsea'

  31-01-2016 22:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Chelsea captain John Terry has revealed that his long career with the English Premier League champion will finish at the end of this season.
  
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• Rubio seeks a balance between anger and optimism in Iowa

  31-01-2016 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio thinks he has struck the perfect balance between anger and optimism needed to win over the outraged and inspire potential conservatives to turn out and vote.
  
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• The Latest: Family friend: Murdered girl was an 'angel'

  31-01-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The latest in the death of missing Blacksburg teen Nicole Madison Lovell (all times local):
  
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• Hudgens dedicates 'Grease: Live' performance to late father

  31-01-2016 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Hudgens will take the stage in Fox's "Grease: Live" on Sunday night in honor of her father, who passed away on Saturday.
  
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• Islamic State bombings near Syria Shiite shrine kill 71

  31-01-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed 71 people and wounded dozens more on Sunday near a revered Shiite shrine outside the Syrian capital Damascus, a monitor said. The blasts, which came as the UN's Syria envoy struggled to convene fresh peace talks in Geneva from which IS is excluded, tore a massive crater in the road, overturning and mangling cars and a bus and shattering windows. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said 71 people were killed
  
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• Presidential contenders in last-gasp bid to snare Iowa votes

  31-01-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US presidential candidates made a frenzied, final push Sunday to lock in Iowa voters on the eve of the first nominating contest of the 2016 election season. Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton both were leading in the polls, but not by enough to assure victory for either candidate in Monday's caucuses. Clinton, fearful of a repeat of 2008, when she was beaten to the punch in Iowa by an upstart Barack Obama, was leaving nothing to chance, stumping in the heartland this weekend as
  
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• Hollande waives prison for abused woman who shot husband

  31-01-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande on Sunday waived the remaining jail time for a woman convicted of killing her abusive husband after a groundswell of support for Jacqueline Sauvage, victimized for decades along with her daughters.
  
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• Officials: Ohio man made several tries to find child for sex

  31-01-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A former Ohio seminarian arrested for allegedly seeking to have sex with infants and young girls in Mexico was carrying $2,000 in cash along with baby clothes and a bottle in his luggage, a Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said Sunday.
  
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• The Latest: State police searching pond on V. Tech campus

  31-01-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The latest in the death of missing Blacksburg teen Nicole Madison Lovell (all times local):
  
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• Kasich would freeze, review nearly all federal regulations

  31-01-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday's leadoff Iowa caucuses (all times local):
  
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• Around 50 killed as Boko Haram hits NE Nigeria village

  31-01-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Around 50 people were killed when Boko Haram fighters armed with guns and explosives attacked a village in northeastern Nigeria, medics and local residents said on Sunday. It was the third deadly attack to hit Nigeria's restive northeast since Wednesday, after suicide bombers killed at least 24 people in two separate attacks on towns to the south. Nigeria's army said the gunmen attacked Dalori just outside the northern city of Maiduguri late on Saturday, burning down the village and sending resi
  
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• NFL says no rule against Raiders move to Vegas

  31-01-2016 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An NFL memo sent to clubs in the wake of Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis visiting Las Vegas says there is no rule against moving a team to any city. The note, made public over the weekend, leaves open the door to the possibility of relocating the Raiders, or any club, to the US gambling center despite the NFL's hard stance against any betting associations to preserve credibility of results. The Raiders have no lease for next season after being thwarted in a bid to relocate to Los Angeles starti
  
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• 5 killed in house fire near Detroit; cause of blaze unknown

  31-01-2016 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say five restaurant workers were killed in a house fire near Detroit.
  
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• Zika virus spreads fear among pregnant Brazilians

  31-01-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Anthony Boadle RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - For scores of women in the epicenter of the Zika outbreak in Brazil, the joy of pregnancy has given way to fear. In the sprawling coastal city of Recife, panic has struck maternity wards since Zika - a mosquito-borne virus first detected in the Americas last year - was linked to wave of brain damage in newborns. In about four-fifths of cases, Zika causes no noticeable symptoms so women have no idea if they contracted it during pregnancy.
  
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• 'Kung Fu Panda' kicks up box office rankings

  31-01-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - "Kung Fu Panda 3" kicked its way to the top of the North American box office over the weekend, bouncing "The Revenant" to the number two spot, industry estimates showed Sunday.
  
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• Mexico kills two, nabs 22 in bust of Sinaloa cartel smuggling ring

  31-01-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Anahi Rama MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Twenty-two members of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel have been arrested and two were killed in a police raid near the U.S.-Mexico border where authorities seized assault-type weapons, according to U.S. and Mexican officials. Two were killed on Friday after they opened fire on Mexican federal police as they surrounded a building in the desert outside a small Mexican town where an armed group was running a drug and migrant smuggling operation, Mexico's feder
  
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• Factbox: 2016 presidential candidates on social media

  31-01-2016 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 2016 contenders for the White House have used social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook as campaign tools to an extent not seen previously in U.S. presidential politics. But usage and tactics vary widely across the campaigns of the 11 top Republicans and three top Democrats in the race. (Graphic: http://tmsnrt.rs/1UvTsE2) Following are some key social media usage and engagement statistics on the major candidates' campaigns. ...
  
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• Travelers' delight: Falling oil prices mean cheaper air fares

  31-01-2016 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Plummeting oil prices have led to falling plane ticket prices-- and prospects for an even bigger bonanza of consumer-friendly fares in the coming months, airline industry experts say. With fuel prices down by two-thirds from the dizzying heights of mid-2014, when oil topped $100 per barrel, the once cash-strapped airline industry is now reaping record profits. "We've seen typical domestic prices drop about 14 percent over the past year," Patrick Surry, chief data scientist at Hopper, the airfare
  
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• Trump, wife attend services the last Sunday before caucuses

  31-01-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday's leadoff Iowa caucuses (all times local):
  
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• Donald Trump faces his Iowa test

  31-01-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — For Donald Trump, Iowa is more than just a race for delegates. It's a test of whether the celebrity businessman and political newcomer will be able to transform his record crowds into caucus-goers willing to brave the cold on Monday night to cast their votes.
  
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• No. 6 Villanova has big 2nd half, tops St. John's 68-53

  31-01-2016 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Hart had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Kris Jenkins added 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 6 Villanova to 68-53 victory over St. John's on Sunday, the Red Storm's 12th straight loss.
  
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• John Terry to leave Chelsea at end of the season

  31-01-2016 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Chelsea captain John Terry says he will leave the Premier League champions at the end of the season after the club informed him it would not be renewing his contract.
  
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• 'The Birth of a Nation' wins grand jury and audience award

  31-01-2016 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nate Parker continued his victory lap around the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night when "The Birth of a Nation" took both the U.S. drama grand jury prize and the Audience Award.
  
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• Syria peace talks struggle as US says 'seize moment'

  31-01-2016 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The UN special envoy for Syria fought Sunday to keep alive the biggest diplomatic push yet to end the Syrian war as Washington urged both sides in fragile peace talks to seize the moment. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the attacks were "clearly aimed to disrupt the attempts to start a political process" to end a conflict that has killed more than 260,000 people. In Geneva, UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura held separate talks with representatives of President Bashar al-Assad a
  
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• Trump, Cruz tamp down expectations for uncertain Iowa vote

  31-01-2016 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Sunday tried to temper expectations on how they will do in the first U.S. presidential nominating contest in Iowa on Monday, reflecting unease about the unpredictability of the race in the state. Iowa will set the table for American voters, offering the first measure of how strong outsider candidates like billionaire businessman Trump and democratic socialist Bernie Sanders stand against more traditional polit
  
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• Wisconsin activists push student free-press protections

  31-01-2016 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When Fond du Lac High School student reporters published an article on sexual assault two years ago, they expected to ignite a conversation about rape, not free speech. But when worried administrators responded with a policy enabling censorship, the magazine joined a decades-long debate over free speech in school-sponsored media.
  
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• New rail link to Maine waterfront could revive port

  31-01-2016 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Freight trains are rolling through New England carrying the first-ever shipping containers loaded on the Portland waterfront. The new train service is the product of years of planning and millions in public and private investment, with the goal of connecting this once-thriving port by rail with freight customers throughout North America.
  
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• Decades-long search for "Mr. Wonder" ends with arrest

  31-01-2016 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BONITA, Calif. (AP) — Neighbors in a well-to-do section of this San Diego suburb knew him as Frank Szeles, a friendly Cub Scouts leader who frequently gave swimming lessons to young children in his backyard pool.
  
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• As Iowa nears, Clinton again defends email practices

  31-01-2016 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Clinton retained a slim 3-point lead over rival Bernie Sanders in the final poll released before Monday's caucuses, and her backers hope the latest email flap does not discourage Iowans from voting for her on Monday. Asked on ABC's "This Week" about her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state -- including the 22 documents that the State Department said Friday are now considered "top secret" -- Clinton again insisted she had done nothing wrong. Clinton said that some emails might
  
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• Famed character actor Abe Vigoda recalled as a class act

  31-01-2016 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Those who knew actor Abe Vigoda say he was as big a character in real life as make believe.
  
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