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• Clinton defends backing force

  15-03-2016 23:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign pushed back Tuesday against Republican claims that a statement she made Monday disparages the four lives lost during the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
  
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• Kasich, Rubio need home-state wins

  15-03-2016 23:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For Republicans dead set on stopping Donald Trump, Tuesday represents a final chance to seriously impede his path to the party's presidential nomination.
  
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• Obama knocks 'vulgar' campaign

  15-03-2016 23:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama lamented a "vulgar and divisive" presidential campaign Tuesday, saying that GOP presidential candidates were setting bad examples for children and tarnishing the United States' reputation abroad.
  
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• Military plane crash kills 22

  15-03-2016 23:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A plane carrying Ecuadorian military personnel crashed in the country's eastern Pastaza province Tuesday, according to a statement from Ecuador's army.
  
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• Russia keeping its options open

  15-03-2016 23:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  At an air base south of Moscow, a crowd greets returning heroes as a rousing military march blares from loudspeakers.
  
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• U.N. ambassador admits bribery

  15-03-2016 23:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One of the leading figures in a U.N. bribery scandal has decided to plead guilty, according to his attorney.
  
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• Ex-Cuba prisoner's plea to U.S.

  15-03-2016 23:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Alan Gross, an American aid worker imprisoned in Cuba for five years, called on Congress to "grow a pair" and lift the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba just days before President Barack Obama makes a historic visit to the island nation.
  
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• Trump wavers on paying supporters' legal fees

  15-03-2016 22:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump seemed to walk back his promise to pay the legal fees of supporters who are charged for violence at his rallies when pressed on the subject by ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday.
  
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• EU risks defaulting on human rights in Turkey deal: U.N. rights chief

  15-03-2016 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union risks compromising its human rights values if it fails to ensure Turkey offers proper protection to all refugees under a deal to curb migrant flows to Europe, the United Nations' human rights chief said on Tuesday. The EU is pushing for an initial agreement this week with Turkey to start taking back refugees and migrants reaching Europe from its shores. The U.N. and rights groups have criticized the notion of mass returns to Turkey, w
  
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• Obama abolishes last major restrictions on US travel to Cuba

  15-03-2016 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sent an unmistakable message to Americans on Tuesday ahead of his historic trip to Havana: Cuba is open for business.
  
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• US opens door wide to Cuba travel ahead of Obama visit

  15-03-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House on Tuesday opened the door wide for Americans to visit Cuba, even as tourism remains officially banned on the eve of President Barack Obama's historic visit to the communist island. The Obama administration declared that Americans could visit the island freely for "individual people-to-people educational travel," chipping away at the nation's five-decade-old embargo on Cuba, which Congress has refused to repeal. New guidelines issued by the Treasury Department are broad enough to
  
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• Fed meets, weighing tighter policy while others ease

  15-03-2016 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Encouraged by US job gains but nervous about global volatility, Federal Reserve policymakers opened a two-day meeting Tuesday that is expected to signal higher interest rates in the future without daring to act now. With its brethren in the central banking world either holding steady, or, like the European Central Bank last week, cutting rates, the Fed is wary of the concerns over another rate hike after December's. Most analysts think the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee, led by Fed
  
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• US stocks mostly down ahead of Fed; pharma shares flop

  15-03-2016 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Pharmaceutical shares retreated Tuesday, with generics giant Valeant slumping more than 50 percent following a dismal earnings report as US stocks overall finished mostly lower.
  
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• One person killed in Brussels police raid: prosecutor

  15-03-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A suspect armed with an assault rifle was killed by police during a raid in Brussels on Tuesday linked to November's Islamist attacks in Paris, Belgian federal prosecutors office said. When officers went to search an apartment in the south of the city, "one or more people immediately opened fire on police the moment the door was opened by the security forces", it said in a statement. Some five hours later, it added, police stormed the building and "a suspect armed with a Kalashnikov was killed".
  
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• Jagger jokes about Penn-Chapo story as Stones rock Mexico

  15-03-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Rolling Stones made a triumphant return to Mexico a decade after they last performed in the country, delighting a crowd of about 60,000 fans who packed a sports stadium in the capital.
  
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• Gawker Media founder cross-examined in Hogan sex tape case

  15-03-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The founder of Gawker Media underwent a bruising cross-examination Tuesday by a lawyer for former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan as a trial continued for a second week in Hogan's lawsuit over a sex video.
  
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• Kerry eyes Moscow trip as Russian pullout boosts peace hopes

  15-03-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first of Russia's warplanes to leave Syria received a hero's welcome back home Tuesday, starting a surprise withdrawal the West hopes could boost peace talks by pressuring Damascus. In Geneva meanwhile the UN envoy mediating peace talks said Syria's opposing sides have submitted documents outlining broad principles for a political solution to the country's five-year civil war. In a surprise move Monday, Putin ordered the "main part" of Russia's forces out of the war-torn nation, but the Krem
  
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• North Korean leader says will soon test nuclear warhead

  15-03-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jack Kim and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would soon test a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, North Korea's KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday, in what would be a direct violation of U.N. resolutions that have the backing of Pyongyang's chief ally, China. Kim made the comments as he supervised what KCNA said was a successful simulated test of atmospheric re-entry of a ballistic missile that measur
  
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• Fed seen holding U.S. rates for now, leaving door open for June hike

  15-03-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers are seen leaving short-term interest rates unchanged at a two-day policy meeting that began Tuesday, but also to signal that a rate hike is not too far off as long as the job market and inflation continue to improve. The Fed is due to issue a statement at the conclusion of the meeting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT), and Fed Chair Janet Yellen will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. The U.S. central bank lifted borrowing costs in December for the first ti
  
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• Belgian police operation continues in Brussels: PM

  15-03-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Belgian police are continuing an operation in Brussels after four officers, including a French policewoman, were lightly wounded in a raid on an apartment, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel told a news conference on Tuesday.
  
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• Cyprus threatens to block EU-Turkey migrant deal

  15-03-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EU president Donald Tusk warned Tuesday that hard work lay ahead to finalise a proposed deal with Turkey to end Europe's migration crisis, after Cyprus threatened to derail it over longstanding disagreements with Ankara. Tusk held hastily arranged talks in Nicosia in an attempt to win Cyprus's backing for the proposal, which has been hailed as a "game-changer" for countries buckling under the burden of a mass refugee influx.
  
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• 'Indiana Jones' to return with Ford and Spielberg

  15-03-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — "Indiana Jones" is swinging back into theaters with Harrison Ford reprising the iconic role and Steven Spielberg directing.
  
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• Washington metro to close Wednesday for emergency inspections

  15-03-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Washington's metro train system will shut all day Wednesday for emergency inspections after an electrical fire in a tunnel earlier this week, transport officials said, in a move that threatens to cause mass disruption in the US capital.
  
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• Ohio, Florida could pave way to presidential nomination for Trump

  15-03-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Voters in five big states cast ballots on Tuesday to pick presidential candidates, with Donald Trump looking for victories in Ohio and Florida to bring him closer to securing the Republican Party nomination despite criticism his rowdy campaign is dividing America. Trump, his party's front-runner, had the potential to sweep all five states holding primaries for November's national election. In addition to Florida and Ohio, there were contests in Illinois,
  
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• Judge: Man on death row for killing 2 cops can't be executed

  15-03-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man on death row for killing two undercover New York City police officers cannot be executed because he meets the legal standard to be considered intellectually disabled, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
  
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• Valeant shocks with missed 4Q results, slashed 2016 guidance

  15-03-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals crashed Tuesday after the embattled drugmaker failed to reassure investors that it's getting back on track and even conceded for the first time that it's technically in danger of defaulting on its debt.
  
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• Turkey's deal with EU on refugees aims to make migration safe: Davutoglu

  15-03-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday the aim of a 6-billion-euro ($6.66-billion) agreement with the European Union on refugees was to reduce illegal migration and make passage to Europe safe. Turkey did not bargain over money and does not see the issue as a financial one but a humanitarian one, Davutoglu said in a statement with European Council President Donald Tusk in Ankara.
  
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• Police: Guns, drugs seized at home of 'Pawn Stars' character

  15-03-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police seized a small arsenal of guns, a gallon plastic bag containing marijuana, multiple doses of anxiety medication and a small amount of methamphetamine at the home of the "Pawn Stars" character "Chumlee," according to an arrest report made public Tuesday.
  
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• Florida election officials: Trump's name not left off ballot

  15-03-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Florida election officials said Tuesday that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's name was not left off ballots in a town in south Florida, despite a small number of voter complaints.
  
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• Official: Entire DC subway to shut down for inspections

  15-03-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The entire Washington, D.C., subway system will shut down for at least 29 hours to inspect electrical components on the tracks, an official briefed on the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday, posing a potentially disastrous commute for hundreds of thousands of workers in the federal government and private sector alike.
  
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• Amnesty urges Turkey to free Syrian held at airport for year

  15-03-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has appealed to Turkey to free a Syrian whom it says has been confined to Istanbul's airport for an entire year.
  
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• Police kill gunman in Brussels siege linked to Paris attacks

  15-03-2016 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Robert-Jan Bartunek, Philip Blenkinsop and Clement Rossignol BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police killed a gunman after several officers were wounded on Tuesday in a raid on a Brussels apartment linked to investigating November's Islamist attacks in Paris, public broadcaster RTBF said. Belgium's federal prosecutor, leading the investigation, said one or more suspects barricaded themselves in an apartment after firing through a door at police who arrived to search it. DH newspaper said one susp
  
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• Police looking into 33-year-old death at Elan School

  15-03-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine state police are looking into a claim that a boxing match used as punishment at a now-closed school for troubled teens preceded a student's death from a brain injury three decades ago.
  
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• Judges give negative reviews to cameras in courts project

  15-03-2016 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's federal judges are giving negative reviews to a four-year pilot program that allowed some civil trials to be televised.
  
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• Russian warplanes leave Syria, raising U.N. hopes for peace talks

  15-03-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dmitry Solovyov, Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-Khalidi MOSCOW/BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Russian warplanes flew home from Syria on Tuesday as Moscow started to withdraw forces that have tipped the war President Bashar al-Assad's way, and the U.N. envoy said he hoped the move would help peace talks in Geneva. As the first aircraft touched down in Russia, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura called President Vladimir Putin's surprise move a "significant development" toward resolving a conflict which this w
  
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• Executives urge Congress to help accelerate self-driving cars

  15-03-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Google, Lyft and auto industry executives urged lawmakers Tuesday to help create a regulatory fast lane to help the deployment of self-driving cars.
  
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• Blacks playing men's hoops, football lag behind in degrees

  15-03-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Young black men playing basketball and football for the country's top college teams are graduating at lower rates than black male students at the same schools — despite having financial and academic support that removes common hurdles preventing many undergraduates from earning a degree, a new report has found.
  
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• Nishikori advances at Indian Wells tennis tournament

  15-03-2016 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indian Wells (United States) (AFP) - Japanese star Kei Nishikori won his third round match at the ATP Indian Wells tournament on Tuesday, defeating Steve Johnson 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5).
  
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• Photos: Pregnant Chrissy Teigen Takes Her Dog for a Walk

  15-03-2016 21:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Celebs and their pets.
  
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• The Latest: Turkey says deal with EU has humanitarian factor

  15-03-2016 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — The latest developments on the mass migration into Europe (all times local):
  
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• NFL concussion testimony sparks online reaction from players

  15-03-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Current and former players had strong reactions the day after a top NFL official acknowledged for the first time a link between football-related concussions and the degenerative brain condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Chris Kluwe, a former punter for the Minnesota Vikings, mocked the National Football League's concession in a tweet linking to a Deadspin article titled: "NFL Official Admits For First Time There Is 'Certainly' A Link Between Football And CTE." "NFL also ad
  
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• Conservatives block budget; Ryan cites anxiety among voters

  15-03-2016 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dealing an embarrassing setback to House Speaker Paul Ryan, tea party conservatives are blocking a leadership-backed budget plan as the candidacy of GOP front-runner Donald Trump stokes anxiety among congressional Republicans facing an angry, anti-Washington electorate.
  
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• Photos: Drew Barrymore Visits Her 'Happy Place,' the Flea Market

  15-03-2016 20:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The best shots of your favorite stars snapping selfies.
  
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• First Lady Pushes Back Against Critics of Healthy Eating Efforts

  15-03-2016 20:04 via abcnews.go.com
  
  "Our children’s health isn’t a joke," Michelle Obama said.
  
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• Vatican monsignor says journalists never threatened him

  15-03-2016 19:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Vatican monsignor has acknowledged that he was never threatened by two journalists to whom he passed confidential documents, but said felt pressured to cooperate with them because he feared a common acquaintance.
  
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• Super Tuesday: What to watch

  15-03-2016 19:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  If Republicans are going to slow Donald Trump's march to the nomination, Tuesday's contests could be their last chance to do so at the ballot box, rather than in a contested convention.
  
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• Belgian police hunting for two suspects in anti-terror raid, shootout

  15-03-2016 19:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Police in Belgium were hunting Tuesday for two suspects who fled after shots were fired and three officers were wounded during a raid “linked to the Paris attacks investigation,” Sky News reported.
  
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• Police: Man charged in Toronto stabbing cites Allah

  15-03-2016 18:55 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Police say a 27 year-old Canadian man said, "Allah told me to come here and kill people" at a double stabbing at a military recruitment center in Toronto.
  
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• Suspected bomb blows up car in Berlin, killing driver

  15-03-2016 18:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  German police believe a bomb caused an explosion that killed a man driving through Berlin early Tuesday.
  
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• French premier calls on Catholic cardinal to 'act' on abuse

  15-03-2016 18:46 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  France's prime minister has appealed to a Catholic cardinal at the center of abuse cover-up allegations to take action, but stopped short of calling for his resignation.
  
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