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• Attorney General turns up the heat in public war with Apple

  01-03-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation's top law officer called for dialogue with the tech industry, but also turned up the heat on Apple for refusing to help the FBI unlock an encrypted iPhone used by an extremist mass killer in San Bernardino.
  
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• U.N. delays vote on tough new North Korea sanctions at Russia's request

  01-03-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council vote on a resolution to dramatically expand sanctions on North Korea after its recent nuclear test and satellite launch has been delayed to Wednesday after Russia negotiated changes in the U.S.-Chinese drafted text. Last week the United States presented the 15-nation council with the draft resolution that would significantly tighten restrictions after the Jan. 6 nuclear test and Feb. 7 rocket launch, to
  
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• North Korea vows to shun U.N. rights forum over political attacks

  01-03-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea will boycott any session of the U.N. Human Rights Council that examines its record and will "never, ever" be bound by any such resolutions, its foreign minister said on Tuesday. The announcement signaled further isolation of North Korea whose leadership has been accused by U.N. investigators of committing crimes against humanity and is poised to be hit with fresh U.N. sanctions for its nuclear program. Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong also accused t
  
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• World stocks rally on US data, China stimulus

  01-03-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Strong gains on Wall Street capped a global markets rally Tuesday rooted in improved US economic data and hopes that new central bank moves will boost the Chinese economy.
  
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• Jim Kimsey, AOL co-founder, dies at 76

  01-03-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Kimsey, the co-founder of Web pioneer AOL, has died of cancer at age 76.
  
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• What are the odds?

  01-03-2016 23:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  With voters heading to the polls and to caucus in 12 states across the country, Pivit has been monitoring the Political Prediction Market, which is powered by the predictions of 100,000 users in conjunction with publicly available polling and real-money wagering market data, to assess the 2016 field.
  
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• Facebook executive jailed in Brazil as court seeks WhatsApp data

  01-03-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Brad Haynes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian police arrested a senior Facebook Inc executive on Tuesday as a dispute escalated over a court's demand that the company provide data from its WhatsApp messaging service to help in a secretive drug-trafficking investigation. Court officials in Sergipe state confirmed that a judge had ordered the jailing of Facebook Vice President for Latin America Diego Dzodan. Law enforcement officials withheld further information about the nature of their request
  
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• Kendrick Lamar to headline fresh New York festival

  01-03-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Grammy winners Kendrick Lamar and Alabama Shakes were announced Tuesday as performers for New York's inaugural Panorama festival, the latest addition to the fast-growing US live music calendar. AEG, the Los Angeles company behind Coachella, generally considered the most prominent US festival, is launching the July 22-24 event on the city's Randalls Island. The festival is going ahead despite objections from organizers of homegrown Governors Ball, which will take place on June 3-5 on Randalls Isl
  
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• Possible jurors called for trial between Hulk Hogan, Gawker

  01-03-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Just before he was about to step into a Florida courtroom Tuesday morning, former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan issued a tweet to his 1.4 million followers.
  
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• US February auto sales hit best performance since 2000

  01-03-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Automakers scored strong US sales in February, pulling away from January's slowdown at the best pace since 2000.
  
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• Safety over sexy: Airport stops woman with gun-shaped heels

  01-03-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — At the airport, safety is more important than sexy.
  
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• Gardner pegs Leicester back, Chelsea up to 8th in Premier League

  01-03-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Craig Gardner's sublime free-kick prevented Leicester City going five points clear in the Premier League as West Bromwich Albion held the leaders to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday. After Salomon Rondon put West Brom ahead, Leicester hit back through Danny Drinkwater and Andy King, only for Gardner to earn the visitors a point by arcing a free-kick into the top-left corner in the 50th minute. Tottenham Hotspur can go above Leicester on goal difference if they win at West Ham United on Wednesday, while Ars
  
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• Rights groups accuse France of brutality in Calais eviction

  01-03-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CALAIS, France (AP) — More than a dozen humanitarian organizations on Tuesday accused authorities of brutally evicting migrants from their makeshift dwellings in a sprawling camp in northern France, as fiery protests of the demolition continued.
  
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• Iconic Yosemite sites get new names

  01-03-2016 23:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Yosemite National Park's great Ahwahnee Hotel is no more.
  
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• Black group kicked out of Trump rally

  01-03-2016 23:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A group of black students attending a Donald Trump rally at Valdosta State University say they were escorted out by law enforcement. At least one outlet reported the students were kicked out based on a request by the Trump campaign, the campaign denies that was the case.
  
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• The new face of Aston Martin

  01-03-2016 22:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Car manufacturers often crank up the hyperbole when they're launching a new model. But when Aston Martin boss Andy Palmer describes the company's latest creation, the DB11, as "the most important car in the firm's 103-year existence", he may actually be understating things a little. The DB11 marks a huge step for the classic British sports car brand, with new technology, new engines and a new styling direction.
  
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• Elephant runs amok at festival

  01-03-2016 22:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  An angry elephant went on a rampage in southern India, smashing a line of motorized rickshaws and motorcycles, authorities said.
  
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• Protests at bodyguard assassin's funeral

  01-03-2016 22:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Thousands converged Tuesday on the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi to bury a former bodyguard who was executed for killing the governor of Punjab province over his opposition to the country's controversial blasphemy law.
  
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• America's crazy voting system

  01-03-2016 22:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It may be a long, raucous and rambling road to the White House, but choosing the next American president is anything but simple.
  
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• First gray hair gene found

  01-03-2016 22:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The silver lining (pun intended) is that this may aid drug development to prevent or delay hair graying.
  
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• Students, 14, charged with campus rape

  01-03-2016 21:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Two 14-year-olds are in custody without bond after a fellow student accused the boys of raping her at a Hot Springs, Arkansas, high school.
  
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• Syria's Assad: We've shown restraint

  01-03-2016 21:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has accused President Bashar al-Assad's regime of obstructing deliveries of humanitarian aid in Syria, calling on it to show "some measure of decency" during the truce there.
  
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• New F-35 jets drop its first bombs

  01-03-2016 21:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For the first time, Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighters have dropped bombs during training, the Air Force announced, marking a key milestone in the path toward combat readiness.
  
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• Migrant camp cleared after riots

  01-03-2016 21:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  French authorities resumed clearing the infamous "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais Tuesday in the wake of violent clashes at the site, with the country's interior minister vowing "radical" pro-migrant activists would not block the operation.
  
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• Emerging markets industry sinks into post-boom soul searching

  01-03-2016 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) - After the dotcom bubble and the global credit crunch, it's the turn of the emerging markets industry to sink into post-boom soul searching. The near mania that once flabbergasted even emerging market specialists is gone. Now many of the firms that grew to serve investors in the likes of China, Brazil or South Africa are slashing their businesses and jobs, with more cuts to come. If proof were needed that global investors have gone off developing economies, it cam
  
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• Apple lawyer, FBI director to face off before Congress

  01-03-2016 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Harte and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation will make their cases before a congressional panel on Tuesday regarding a court order to force the technology company to give the FBI data from the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. On Thursday, Apple filed a motion to vacate the court order, maintaining its stance that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said he would be willing to take all the way to the Supreme Court
  
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• $1M Turing Award winners advocate for encryption

  01-03-2016 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — This year's $1 million A.M. Turing Award goes to a pair of cryptographers whose ideas became the foundation for much of today's Internet security.
  
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• Future of U.S. solar threatened in nationwide fight over incentives

  01-03-2016 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nichola Groom Los Angeles (Reuters) - Two sun-drenched U.S. states have lately come to very different conclusions on a controversial solar power incentive essential to the industry's growth. In California, regulators voted in January to preserve so-called net metering, which requires utilities to purchase surplus power generated by customers with rooftop solar panels. The decisions foreshadow an intensifying national debate over public support that the rooftop solar industry says it can't liv
  
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• UK author Louise Rennison, witty writer for teens, dies

  01-03-2016 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British writer Louise Rennison, author of the hit young-adult novel "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging," has died.
  
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• World stocks rally on China stimulus

  01-03-2016 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  London (AFP) - World stock markets rose Tuesday, buoyed by upbeat manufacturing data in the US and hopes for the Chinese economy after fresh stimulus by China's central bank, analysts said.
  
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• Michigan Lawmakers to Appear in Court on Misconduct Charges

  01-03-2016 18:52 via abcnews.go.com
  Two former Michigan lawmakers who were forced out of office in a sex scandal have appeared in court on misconduct charges
  
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• Long Before Clinton, DNC Rules Gave Edge to Establishment

  01-03-2016 18:52 via abcnews.go.com
  Long before Hillary Clinton, superdelegates have been there for the establishment
  
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• Ryan: GOP Nominee Must Reject Bigotry

  01-03-2016 18:51 via abcnews.go.com
  In swipe at Trump, Ryan says GOP nominee must reject bigotry
  
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• Russia says four journalists wounded along Syria-Turkey border

  01-03-2016 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Four journalists from China, Canada, Bulgaria and Russia were wounded along the Syria-Turkey border as a result of heavy artillery fire, Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted Moscow's defense ministry as saying on Tuesday. RIA Novosti said the ministry reported the journalists were injured in the village of Kinsibba by shelling coming from the town of Bidama and elsewhere along Syria's border with Turkey. The ministry described the conditions of the wounded journalists as fair, according to the
  
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• Broncos Place Exclusive Franchise Tag on Miller

  01-03-2016 18:50 via abcnews.go.com
  Denver Broncos put exclusive franchise tag on star outside linebacker Von Miller
  
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• Vegas Outbreak Makes Nevada Syphilis Rate Highest in US West

  01-03-2016 18:49 via abcnews.go.com
  Nevada is experiencing the highest rate of syphilis in the Western U.S. following an outbreak in Las Vegas
  
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• United Tech keeps to solo path as Honeywell drops bid

  01-03-2016 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Aircraft parts maker Honeywell International Inc said Tuesday it scrapped its $90.7 billion offer to buy rival United Technologies Corp , citing the company's unwillingness to engage in negotiations. The move comes after United Tech rejected Honeywell's offer last week, saying any synergies from combining the companies would be outweighed by regulatory delays, required divestitures and customer concerns. With another round of Honeywell merger talks behind it, the focus now turns to United Tech's
  
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• Justices on Both Sides Invoke Scalia in Sentencing Case

  01-03-2016 18:47 via abcnews.go.com
  The late Justice Antonin Scalia's writing turned up in dueling Supreme Court opinions Tuesday, a fitting tribute to the justice who co-authored an entire book on interpreting the law
  
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• Speaker Ryan Challenges Trump to Disavow White Supremacists

  01-03-2016 18:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Ryan said candidates "must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry."
  
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• South Dakota governor faces deadline on transgender bill

  01-03-2016 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's governor faces a Tuesday deadline to make a decision about a bill that would require transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth.
  
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• Republican leaders stand firm against Obama's Supreme Court pick: Reid

  01-03-2016 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, Republican leaders from the U.S. Senate said that they would not hold hearings to consider Obama's pick for a Supreme Court vacancy, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid told reporters. "They were willing to meet with the president.
  
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• Assad vows to 'do our part' so shaky Syria ceasefire holds

  01-03-2016 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pledged on Tuesday to do his part to guarantee the success of a shaky ceasefire that was largely holding into its fourth day. World powers have thrown their weight behind the landmark truce as a way to bring an end to Syria's conflict, which began in 2011 with anti-government protests. The United Nations said the next round of peace talks would resume in Geneva on March 9, announcing a two-day postponement "to allow adequate time to address logistical and practic
  
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• Rolling Stones to Play March 25 Show in Havana

  01-03-2016 18:41 via abcnews.go.com
  The Rolling Stones say they will play a free concert in Havana on March 25, becoming the biggest act to play Cuba since its 1959 revolution
  
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• Lady Gaga's Oscars Performance Inspires Former 'Bachelor' Contestant to Speak About Sexual Assault

  01-03-2016 18:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Jade Tolbert said Gaga's performance was the "most important" part of the show.
  
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• Inside Trump's Club Where He's 'Done So Much for Equality'

  01-03-2016 18:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The lavish Palm Beach estate has been his home away from home.
  
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• Surveillance Video Shows Final Moments Before Fatal Plane Crash

  01-03-2016 18:39 via abcnews.go.com
  Four people were killed, according to NTSB investigators.
  
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• Trump, Clinton look set for big wins on Super Tuesday

  01-03-2016 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON/AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Donald Trump looked poised to strengthen his lead in the Republican presidential race when 11 states vote on Tuesday, an outcome likely to intensify concerns among party leaders who consider him a usurper. In the Democratic race, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would go a long way toward cementing her path to the nomination if she scores big victories of her own over democratic socialist Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday. Opinion polls showed Trump lea
  
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• CBS News hires Josh Elliott for online news service

  01-03-2016 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News has hired former "Good Morning America" personality Josh Elliott to be an anchor on the network's CBSN online news service, and an occasional contributor to CBS News television broadcasts.
  
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• The Latest: Ohio sheriff says teen had gun all morning

  01-03-2016 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the school shooting near Middletown, Ohio (all times local):
  
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• UN council postpones N.Korea sanctions vote to Wednesday

  01-03-2016 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The UN Security Council delayed until Wednesday a vote on a new raft of sanctions on North Korea to punish the reclusive regime after its fourth nuclear test and rocket launch. With backing from China, the council is expected to adopt a US-drafted resolution that takes aim at North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs by cutting off sources of hard currency and access to technology. The United States has described the package of measures as the toughest sanctions yet to hit North Korea
  
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