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• New battles for US candidates

  05-03-2016 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The front-runners for the nominations in the US presidential race, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, aim to extend their leads in Saturday's primaries and caucuses.
  
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• Lena Dunham undergoing surgery after ovarian cyst rupture

  05-03-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lena Dunham will undergo surgery after experiencing an ovarian cyst rupture.
  
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• Bowe Bergdahl's Defense Wants Meeting With Trump

  05-03-2016 23:40 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Bergdahl's defense has lashed out at Trump in the past for remarks such as one at a rally last October, in which he called Bergdahl a "traitor."
  
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• Anti-migrant Slovak PM 'to win poll'

  05-03-2016 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Exit polls in Slovakia's election suggest Prime Minister Robert Fico has won with a reduced majority after a campaign marked by anti-migrant rhetoric.
  
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• Ted Cruz wins Republican caucuses in Kansas

  05-03-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ted Cruz wins Republican caucuses in Kansas.
  
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• No. 20 A&M beats Vanderbilt, clinches No. 1 seed in SEC

  05-03-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M can claim something it hasn't been able to in 30 years: a regular-season conference championship.
  
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• Amazon to restore encryption to Fire tablets after complaints

  05-03-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “We will return the option for full-disk encryption with a Fire OS update coming this spring,” company spokeswoman Robin Handaly told Reuters via email on Saturday. Amazon's decision to drop encryption from the Fire operating system came to light late this week. On-device encryption scrambles data so that the device can be accessed only if the user enters the correct password.
  
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• American rapper Bankroll Fresh slain in studio

  05-03-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - American rapper Bankroll Fresh, who real name was Trentavious White, was shot dead at an Atlanta recording studio, authorities said Saturday.
  
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• Trump, Cruz fight for GOP wins in 4 states

  05-03-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Donald Trump and Ted Cruz battled for the edge Saturday in a four-state round of voting in the fractious Republican presidential race, with Cruz claiming an early primary lead in Kansas. Democrats in three states were choosing between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
  
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• Shagaf pulls out Gotham win, moves into Derby picture

  05-03-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shagaf closed with a rush and won the $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday to improve his record to 3-0 and move into contention for the Kentucky Derby.
  
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• Family, friends of ex-FBI agent demand his release from Iran

  05-03-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — The family and colleagues of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran nine years ago while on a CIA mission expressed anger and disappointment at a rally Saturday that he wasn't part of a January prisoner exchange with Tehran.
  
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• Ted Cruz Wins CPAC Straw Poll

  05-03-2016 23:06 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump skipped the high-profile conservative conference.
  
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• Bosh says he's 'feeling good,' but status still a mystery

  05-03-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Chris Bosh offered a slight update Saturday on his health, his first public hint of how he's doing since withdrawing from the NBA All-Star Game three weeks ago.
  
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• The Latest: Rubio seeks support in Jacksonville

  05-03-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign, with voters in five states getting their say Saturday in nominating contests (all times Eastern Standard Time):
  
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• 'Girls' Star Lena Dunham Hospitalized Requiring Surgery

  05-03-2016 22:59 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Dunham said in a post on Facebook last month that she was "going through a rough patch with the illness" and wouldn't be "out and about doing press.
  
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• Exit poll: Ruling party leads Slovakia election

  05-03-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — An exit poll indicates that the leftist ruling party is leading in the parliamentary election in Slovakia, but will need coalition partners to form a majority government.
  
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• 'Girls' creator, actress Lena Dunham hospitalized

  05-03-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - "Girls" creator and actress Lena Dunham was hospitalized on Saturday and will undergo surgery after an ovarian cyst ruptured, reports said. "Lena Dunham has been very public with her personal bouts with endometriosis. This morning, she suffered from an ovarian cyst rupture and has been taken to the hospital," Dunham's representative said in a statement distributed to various media outlets.
  
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• Murdered Honduras activist is buried

  05-03-2016 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Murdered Honduran indigenous activist Berta Caceres, who led protests against a hydro-dam project, is laid to rest.
  
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• EU commissioner warns of migrant buildup in Greece ahead of key summit

  05-03-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece is likely to receive another 100,000 migrants by the end of the month, Europe's migration commissioner warned on Saturday, two days ahead of an EU-Turkey summit seen as the only viable solution to the crisis. As EU members continued to bicker, Dimitris Avramopoulos, in charge of migration at the powerful Brussels executive, pointed to upcoming measures, including an overhaul of asylum rules, to help ease tensions. Greece lies at the heart of Europe's greatest migration crisis in six decad
  
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• Judge Wins $291M Lottery Prize — Brother Earns Just $7

  05-03-2016 22:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A Pennsylvania judge won $291.4 million this week while in the Florida Keys, the Florida Lottery said Friday. His brother wasn't quite as lucky.
  
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• Naples up in arms over saint's jewels

  05-03-2016 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Concern that control over a priceless treasure in Naples is being passed to the Church sparks a protest at the Italian city's cathedral.
  
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• Taliban says rejects 'futile' Afghanistan peace talks

  05-03-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Taliban said on Saturday it would not take part in peace talks brokered by representatives of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States, casting doubt on efforts to revive negotiations. The Taliban, ousted from power in a U.S.-led military intervention in 2001, has been waging a violent insurgency to try to topple Afghanistan's Western-backed government and re-establish a fundamentalist Islamic regime. Following a meeting of the so-called Quadrilateral Coordination Group made up of
  
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• U.S. National Guard may join cyber offense against Islamic State: Carter

  05-03-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the National Guard's cyber squadrons will play an increasingly important role in assessing the vulnerabilities of U.S. industrial infrastructure and could be asked to join the fight against Islamic State. The National Guard - a reserve military force that resides in the states but can be mobilized for national needs - is a key part of the military's larger effort to set up over 120 cyber squadrons to respond
  
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• Angry Guardiola screams at player

  05-03-2016 22:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Borussia Dortmund missed the chance to move to within two points of Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich as it was held 0-0 at home to the reigning German champion Saturday.
  
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• U.S. elections: What to watch

  05-03-2016 22:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's strength with conservative voters will match up against Donald Trump's edge among working-class whites and Bible Belt Evangelicals as four states hold their Republican contests on Saturday.
  
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• Family uses 151 bottles of water per day

  05-03-2016 22:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  An "arsenal" of cases of fresh water stacked in the basement and a graveyard of scattered empty bottles are daily reminders that life in Flint, Michigan, is anything but normal.
  
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• Trump Booed at Kansas Caucus Site

  05-03-2016 22:12 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz booed GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump at a caucus location in Wichita, Kansas.
  
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• US candidates head for new battles

  05-03-2016 21:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The front-runners for the nominations in the US presidential race aim to extend their leads in primaries and caucuses on Saturday.
  
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• Rapper Bankroll Fresh Fatally Shot at Atlanta Studio

  05-03-2016 21:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Hip hop artists on Saturday were mourning the death of rapper Bankroll Fresh, who was fatally shot outside of an Atlanta recording studio Friday.
  
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• AP source: Jets to host Oilers in 2016 Heritage Classic

  05-03-2016 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Winnipeg is finally getting an outdoor NHL game.
  
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• Sudanese Islamist figure al-Turabi dies at 84

  05-03-2016 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Hassan al-Turabi, the Sudanese Islamist who played a key role in the 1989 coup that brought President Omar al-Bashir to power and who once hosted Osama bin Laden, died Saturday at the age of 84.
  
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• Olympic champ Gabby Douglas soars at American Cup

  05-03-2016 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Reigning Olympic champion Gabrielle Douglas soared to victory in the 2016 American Cup on Saturday, serving notice she's ready to make another run at the podium in Rio de Janeiro this summer.
  
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• Wendi Deng attends Paris show hours after Murdoch marriage

  05-03-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Wendi Deng attended Nina Ricci's Paris collection just a few hours after her ex-husband, media magnate Rupert Murdoch, got married to Jerry Hall across the English Channel in London.
  
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• Dog pops up in driver's seat when semi crashes in Minnesota

  05-03-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — One dog apparently has learned a new trick: how to drive a semi-truck.
  
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• Saint's treasure sparks battle between Naples and Church

  05-03-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Naples on Saturday in a bid to prevent the Catholic Church gaining any control over the treasure of a local saint that is reputedly worth more than British crown jewels. "We're protecting a centuries-old institution, we will not stand for interference from either the Church or the government," Paolo Jorio, director of the San Gennaro museum where the jewels are kept, told AFP. The protest was sparked by a decree issued by Interior Minister Angelino Alfano.
  
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• Trump, GOP set sights on 4 states; Clinton, Sanders battle

  05-03-2016 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Eager to lock up the GOP nomination without a convention fight, Donald Trump battled Saturday to pad his lead in the delegate count as four more states delivered verdicts on the fractious Republican race for president. Democrats in three states were choosing between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
  
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• Blustery storm brings rain, snow to dry California

  05-03-2016 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Steady rain fell in Northern California and fresh snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada as the first of several powerful storms expected to slam Western states this weekend made its way inland Saturday, ending a dry spell and raising hopes the drought-stricken state can get much needed precipitation.
  
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• Mejia claims MLB conspiracy over his life doping ban

  05-03-2016 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Mets pitcher Jenry Mejia, the first player issued a lifetime doping ban by Major League Baseball, told the New York Times he was the victim of a conspiracy. The 26-year-old Dominican right-hander told the newspaper that Major League Baseball officials were out to get him in a witch hunt and faulted players' union officials for not finding grounds to appeal his unprecedented punishment. Last month, Mejia tested positive for Boldenone, an anabolic steroid -- his third positive test for a
  
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• The Latest: At Trump rally, a tearful story rouses thousands

  05-03-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign, with voters in five states getting their say Saturday in nominating contests (all times Eastern Standard Time):
  
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• Spain: Pro-independence Basque leader greeted by thousands

  05-03-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) — Thousands of Basque separatist sympathizers held a rally in northern Spain on Saturday celebrating the release from prison of a prominent regional leader four days after he completed a more than six-year sentence for trying to resurrect the banned political wing of armed group ETA.
  
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• Watford 0-1 Leicester City

  05-03-2016 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicester move five points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Watford thanks to Riyad Mahrez's strike.
  
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• Four-goal Ronaldo silences Madrid critics in Celta rout

  05-03-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo silenced his critics with four goals in Real Madrid's 7-1 mauling of Celta Vigo on Saturday after being jeered by certain sections of the home support. Ronaldo wheeled away in celebration with hand cupped to his ear after smashing home Madrid's second after Pepe had headed Zinedine Zidane's men in front before half-time. The three-time World Player of the Year added three more to surpass Telmo Zarra as the second-highest scorer in La Liga history with 252 goals in just 228 appe
  
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• Mahrez magic puts Leicester 5 points clear in Premier League

  05-03-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Another goal for Riyad Mahrez. Another victory for Leicester in its bid to become the English Premier League's most unlikely champion.
  
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• Team for Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' launches PR blitz

  05-03-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The once-secretive Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has launched a public relations blitz, calling on his lawyers and even his common-law wife to keep his name in the news.
  
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• Valentine leads No. 2 Michigan St in 91-76 rout of Ohio St

  05-03-2016 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Denzel Valentine had 27 points and matched a career high with 13 assists in the last home game, helping No. 2 Michigan State rout Ohio State 91-76 Saturday.
  
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• Braves LHP McKirahan (elbow) likely out for the year

  05-03-2016 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Atlanta Braves left-handed reliever Andrew McKirahan is likely headed for another major elbow operation after going down in his first appearance of spring training.
  
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• Brazil's Rousseff visits embattled Lula

  05-03-2016 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visits her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after he is questioned over corruption allegations.
  
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• New Illinois AD fires football coach Cubit after 1 season

  05-03-2016 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — First-year football coach Bill Cubit was fired Saturday by new athletic director Josh Whitman, who said the troubled program needs a new coach to work toward long-term success.
  
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• Hirscher closes in on World Cup crown

  05-03-2016 19:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Marcel Hirscher all but guaranteed he his fifth consecutive overall World Cup title after scoring victory in the giant slalom event in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
  
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• Rapper Bankroll Fresh killed at recording Atlanta studio

  05-03-2016 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A coroner investigator says an up-and-coming rapper has been shot to death outside a popular recording studio in Atlanta.
  
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