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• Cruz embraces supporters on fringe of GOP

  07-02-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — Some politicians run from polarizing endorsements. Ted Cruz seeks them out.
  
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• Clinton calls Flint water crisis 'immoral' in break from NH

  07-02-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Taking a detour from New Hampshire's campaign trail, Hillary Clinton said Sunday that a water crisis in a Michigan city was "immoral" and demanded that Congress approve $200 million in emergency aid to address the community's battle with lead-contaminated water.
  
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• The Latest: Kasich has heated Planned Parenthood exchange

  07-02-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the race for president in the window between the Republican and Democratic debates and the 2016 New Hampshire presidential primary on Tuesday: (all times local):
  
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• Somalia spokesman: Video shows laptop handed to bomb suspect

  07-02-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somalia government spokesman says that CCTV video footage at Mogadishu airport shows two men handing what looks like a laptop computer to the suspected suicide bomber after he passed through the security checkpoint.
  
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• Christie, others hit final stretch in New Hampshire

  07-02-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — It's less than two days until New Hampshire voters go to the polls. But Hillary Clinton is in Michigan. And other candidates, even Jeb Bush, say their campaigns will go on no matter how they do on Tuesday. Donald Trump says he doesn't need to win New Hampshire — but he'd like to.
  
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• Chelsea, Man United in 2nd stalemate; Arsenal rises to 3rd

  07-02-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — A second stalemate of the season between Chelsea and Manchester United saw the fallen powers slip further from relevance in this unusual Premier League season.
  
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• The Super Bowl ad game: Celebrities, animals and humor

  07-02-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest developments in Super Bowl commercials before, during and after the Big Game:
  
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• The Latest: Obamas celebrate Super Bowl with wings and pizza

  07-02-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Super Bowl Sunday from AP reporters covering the game, the telecast, the commercials and fans around the world (All times local):
  
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• After Rubio stumbles, rivals see opening in New Hampshire

  07-02-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — Marco Rubio's uneven debate performance just days before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary has emboldened a trio of governors seeking to stem his rise in the Republican race for president. But if Rubio's rivals can slow him in New Hampshire, they are likely to leave the GOP with a muddled mix of establishment contenders and no clear favorite to challenge Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
  
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• Sanders big campaign plans clash with political realities

  07-02-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — As he campaigns for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders promises voters a "political revolution" that will fundamentally remake the American economy and its education and health care systems.
  
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• Panthers LB Davis active, ready to go despite broken arm

  07-02-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis will play in the Super Bowl despite breaking his arm two weeks ago in the NFC championship game.
  
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• UN condemns NKorea launch, pledges significant new sanctions

  07-02-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket that world leaders denounced as a banned test of dangerous ballistic missile technology and another "intolerable provocation." The U.N.'s most powerful body pledged to quickly adopt a new resolution with "significant" new sanctions.
  
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• Unconvincing wins for Barcelona, Real, more woe for Valencia's Neville

  07-02-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barcelona equalled a club record of 28 games unbeaten to move three points clear at the top of La Liga with a hard-fought 2-0 win at Levante on Sunday. Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid remain four points behind the leaders in third thanks to Luka Modric's stunning strike five minutes from time to snatch a 2-1 win at Granada. Meanwhile, the pressure continues to build on Valencia boss Gary Neville after his winless La Liga streak stretched to nine games with a 1-0 defeat at fellow strugglers Real Be
  
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• New York steps up efforts on crane safety after deadly collapse

  07-02-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday unveiled a series of new policies governing the use of construction booms in the United States' largest city, after a deadly crane collapse in Manhattan highlighted the need for additional safety measures. The city has come under fire for what critics say has been a slow response to a series of recommendations made by a study commissioned to improve safety at work sites at a time when the city is enjoying a surge in co
  
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• Jeb Bush calls Donald Trump a 'loser'

  07-02-2016 22:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A very fired up Jeb Bush brought a New Hampshire crowd to its feet Sunday, when he called Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump a "loser."
  
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• Volkswagen to offer generous compensation for U.S. customers: fund head

  07-02-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Volkswagen will offer generous compensation packages to the roughly 600,000 U.S. owners of diesel vehicles whose emissions are over the legal limit, the head of its claims fund told a German paper. The German car maker has still not decided whether vehicle owners will be offered cash, car buy-backs, repairs or replacement cars, Kenneth Feinberg told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. On Friday, Volkswagen postponed the publication of its 2015 results and delayed its annual shareholders'
  
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• Clinton Blasts 'State's Neglect' for Flint Water Crisis

  07-02-2016 21:52
  
  She spoke at a church and was to meet with the city's mayor.
  
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• Fallen powers Chelsea, Man United draw; Arsenal rises to 3rd

  07-02-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — A second stalemate of the season between Chelsea and Manchester United saw the fallen powers slip further from relevance in this unusual Premier League season.
  
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• The Latest: Stephen Curry to bang 'Keep Pounding' drum

  07-02-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Super Bowl Sunday from AP reporters covering the game, the telecast, the commercials and fans around the world (All times local):
  
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• Gas prices drop 8 cents over past 2 weeks, to $1.82

  07-02-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of gasoline has dropped 8 cents over the past two weeks, to $1.82 a gallon.
  
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• Alicia Keys gives positive vibes at pre-Super Bowl show

  07-02-2016 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alicia Keys was energetic when she performed for a loud and excited audience at a pre-Super Bowl party, but she also got serious at the top of her show.
  
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• Sheriff: Texas teen kills mom, 2 neighbors, then himself

  07-02-2016 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a Texas teenager killed his mother and two neighbors before killing himself.
  
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• The Latest: Cruz: Military women should not see combat

  07-02-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the race for president in the window between the Republican and Democratic debates and the 2016 New Hampshire presidential primary on Tuesday: (all times local):
  
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• Barcelona unbeaten for 28 games

  07-02-2016 21:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Barcelona's unbeaten run extended to a club record 28 games as a hard-fought 2-0 win at Levante Sunday left the defending champion three points clear of La Liga.
  
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• Vonn hopes Broncos do what she didn't

  07-02-2016 21:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Devoted Denver fan Lindsey Vonn was surprisingly denied a weekend World Cup double in Garmisch Sunday but was hoping a Broncos win over Carolina in Super Bowl 50 would make up for her disappointment.
  
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• 'Star Wars' hits $2 billion global sales mark

  07-02-2016 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has soared to the $2 billion mark in global ticket sales, Disney announced Sunday, as the movie landed in fourth place at the North American box office, behind "Kung Fu Panda 3" in the top spot. The latest "Star Wars" franchise became only the third film ever to reach the $2 billion mark, and is only the second to do so in a first release, Disney said in a statement. It also set a domestic record with $900 million in ticket sales on Wednesday, m
  
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• UN condemns N. Korea rocket launch, vows sanctions soon

  07-02-2016 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With backing from China, Pyongyang's ally, the council again called for "significant measures" during an emergency meeting held after North Korea said it had put a satellite into orbit with a rocket launch. The launch, which violated multiple UN resolutions, was widely seen as an act of open defiance just weeks after Pyongyang carried out its fourth nuclear test.
  
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• Wales more frustrated than Ireland by Six Nations draw

  07-02-2016 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ireland captain Rory Best was more satisfied than his Wales counterpart Sam Warburton after the sides played out a 16-16 draw in Dublin on Sunday. Wales remain favourites to win the Six Nations this year as they still have three home games to come, while injury-depleted reigning champions Ireland face an uphill task to hold onto their crown now. "We wanted to start well, because with the way Wales defend it is a hard task to get back on top of them if they go ahead.
  
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• The Latest: Kerry consults with Japan, SKorean counterparts

  07-02-2016 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket (all times local):
  
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• U.N. Security Council condemns North Korea launch, vows action

  07-02-2016 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea's latest rocket launch and promised to take punitive steps, while Washington vowed to ensure the 15-nation body imposed "serious consequences" on Pyongyang as soon as possible. "The members of the Security Council strongly condemned this launch," Venezuelan Ambassador Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno, president of the council this month, told reporters.
  
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• Freeway opens with demolition of LA bridge ahead of schedule

  07-02-2016 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Demolition crews brought down a portion of a famed downtown Los Angeles bridge sooner than expected, allowing for the early reopening Sunday of a section of U.S. 101 that was closed for much of the weekend.
  
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• Iraq says planned Baghdad wall not change demographics

  07-02-2016 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — A spokesman for Iraq's prime minister said Sunday that a security wall is being built around Baghdad but that it is "not politically motivated" or aimed at "achieving demographic change."
  
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• 'Inside Out' sweeps Annie Awards, wins best animated picture

  07-02-2016 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 43rd annual Annie Awards were a joyous affair for "Inside Out."
  
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• Rescuers race to save buried Taiwan quake victims

  07-02-2016 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rescuers raced Sunday to free around 120 people buried under the rubble of an apartment complex felled by an earthquake in southern Taiwan that left 34 confirmed dead, as an investigation began into the collapse. The death toll rose as emergency workers dug for survivors of the 6.4-magnitude quake that toppled the 16-storey complex of almost 100 homes in the city of Tainan on Saturday. Officials said an investigation had been launched as questions were raised over the safety of the residential b
  
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• Trump stands by waterboarding answer

  07-02-2016 19:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump said Sunday he would "go through a process" to end waterboarding's status as a war crime in order to use it against ISIS if he is elected president.
  
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• Teens killed on closed Olympic track

  07-02-2016 19:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Two brothers were killed after they and a group of friends apparently went down an Olympic bobsledding course on a personal sled on Saturday, authorities said.
  
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• Rescuers scramble to find quake survivors

  07-02-2016 19:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  On Saturday morning, a woman, her 3-year-old daughter and her husband were in their bedroom in Tainan --Taiwan's oldest city -- when a magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck.
  
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• Airport workers seen with jet blast laptop

  07-02-2016 19:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Somali intelligence officials released a video showing two airport workers handling a laptop believed to have contained a bomb that later exploded in a passenger plane.
  
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• Plagued by delays, California high-speed rail back in court

  07-02-2016 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters embraced the idea of building the nation's first real high-speed rail system, which promised to whisk travelers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under three hours, a trip that can take six hours or more by car. Eight years after they approved funding for it, construction is years behind schedule and legal, financial and logistical delays plague the $68 billion project.
  
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• Aid reaches besieged Damascus suburb: Red Cross

  07-02-2016 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Red Cross said on Sunday it had delivered more food and hygiene kits for around 3,500 people in the besieged Syrian suburb of Mouadamiya near Damascus, expecting to send more in coming days. This delivery to 700 families by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Syrian Arab Red Crescent follows a similar operation earlier in the week which provided food for more than 12,000 people and medical supplies for 10,000 people. The ICRC has said that regular access to this and other
  
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• North Korea Missile Launch 'Strongly Condemned' by U.N. Security Council

  07-02-2016 19:41
  
  North Korea's long-range missile launch has been "strongly" and unanimously condemned by the United Nations Security Council.
  
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• ANALYSIS: Rubio Misses Moment as GOP Braces for Long Haul

  07-02-2016 19:29
  
  The establishment finally struck back. But not in the way anyone might have imagined.
  
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• 2 Dead, Others Wounded, During Orlando Nightclub Shooting

  07-02-2016 19:29
  Orlando police say two people are dead and 10 others were wounded following a shooting at a nightclub in the tourist district
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Fumbles from the Republican field

  07-02-2016 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — What happened in Iowa didn't stay in Iowa. And when it reached the stage in the latest Republican presidential debate, Ted Cruz had some explaining to do.
  
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• The Latest: Freeway reopens with demolition of LA bridge

  07-02-2016 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the demolition of the 6th Street Bridge in Los Angeles (all times local):
  
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• NYC man killed by falling crane eulogized as generous, kind

  07-02-2016 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A pedestrian killed by a collapsing crane was eulogized Sunday as a man of kindness and generosity as the final remnants of the crumpled steel were removed from the street where they fell.
  
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• AP Interview: Pilot in Somalia emergency says security zero

  07-02-2016 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serb pilot who landed a jetliner in Somalia with a gaping hole in its fuselage said Sunday he never doubted that it was caused by a bomb and described the security surround the airplane at Mogadishu Airport as "zero."
  
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• Matt LeBlanc Opens Up About 'Dark Time' in His Life

  07-02-2016 19:04
  
  The "Friends" star said after the series wrapped he almost had a "breakdown."
  
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• UK and Japan agree Security Council must take strong action against North Korea

  07-02-2016 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday he had spoken with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and both had agreed the U.N. Security Council should take strong action against North Korea for launching a long-range rocket. North Korea said the rocket was carrying a satellite, but its neighbors and the United States denounced the launch as a missile test, conducted in defiance of U.N. sanctions just weeks after a nuclear bomb test. "I have spoken to my Japanese counterpart this
  
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• U.N. council condemns North Korea launch, U.S. vows 'serious consequences'

  07-02-2016 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Sunday condemned North Korea's latest rocket launch and vowed to take "significant measures" in response to Pyongyang's violations of U.N. resolutions, Venezuela's U.N. ambassador said. "The members of the Security Council strongly condemned this launch," Venezuelan Ambassador Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno, president of the council this month, told reporters. He said the launch was "a serious violation of Security Council resolutio
  
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