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• Sanders concedes defeat to Clinton in Missouri Democratic primary

  17-03-2016 23:58 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Hillary Clinton wins by just 1,531 votesSanders says he prefers to ‘save the taxpayers of Missouri some money’Bernie Sanders said on Thursday he will not seek a recount of results in Missouri’s Democratic presidential primary, conceding defeat to Hillary Clinton. “I think it’s unlikely the results will impact at all the number of delegates the candidate gets and I would prefer to save the taxpayers of Missouri some money,” Sanders said in an interview with the
  
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• VIDEO: ANC warns of 'mafia state'

  17-03-2016 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa risks turning into a "mafia state", a senior governing party official has warned, as pressure grows on President Jacob Zuma over his links with a wealthy family.
  
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• US to declassify military records on Argentina's "Dirty War"

  17-03-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will move to declassify U.S. military and intelligence records related to Argentina's "Dirty War," the White House said Thursday, aiming to bring closure to questions of U.S. involvement in a notorious chapter in Argentina's history.
  
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• Goffin advances to semis at Indian Wells

  17-03-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  David Goffin toppled 10th-seeded Marin Cilic 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 to become the first Belgian male to reach the Indian Wells semi-finals on Thursday. The 25-year-old Goffin saved four set points in the 12th game of the first set before taking it in a tiebreaker. Goffin then breezed through the second set, finishing with seven aces overall in the 97-minute match at Indian Wells, one of the biggest events on the ATP and WTA calendar outside of the four Grand Slams.
  
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• Conservatives plot Trump demise as he eyes Arizona win

  17-03-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SUN CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Fearful of a Donald Trump nomination to lead the GOP, conservative leaders huddled privately in Washington on Thursday in search of a plan to stop the billionaire businessman. His Republican rivals braced for another Trump victory next week, this time in delegate-rich Arizona.
  
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• North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea: South Korea

  17-03-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Friday that flew about 800 km (500 miles) off its east coast into the sea, South Korea's military said, days after fresh U.S. sanctions were imposed on the isolated state. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the missile was likely a medium-range Rodong-missile. The launch comes amid heightened tension on the Korean peninsula with the North remaining defiant in the face of the U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed earlier in the month in response to a
  
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• Presidential candidate Cruz appoints Islam critics as advisers

  17-03-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ted Cruz, Donald Trump's closest rival in the Republican race for the White House, named his national security advisers on Thursday, including former staffers of President Ronald Reagan and members of a think tank that has been called an anti-Muslim "hate group" by a civil rights organization. Announcing the team in a statement, Cruz said he would reverse what he described as the weakening of the United States in a dangerous world, singling out militant Isl
  
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• Gas pipeline explosions bring new US safety proposal

  17-03-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials moved Thursday to strengthen safety rules for the nation's 300,000-mile network of natural gas transmission pipelines in a belated response to numerous fiery accidents, including a 2010 California explosion that killed eight people and injured more than 50.
  
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• The rise and rise of Lilly Singh

  17-03-2016 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rise and rise of online star Lilly Singh
  
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• Hula hoop mania swinging back into action

  17-03-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Long considered a 1950s staple associated with child's play or circus acts, hula hooping has been making a comeback as a fitness craze or art form, with even Michelle Obama hooping it up for health. "The trend is definitely catching on and a lot of the best hula hoopers today are 17- or 18-year-olds who are coming up with stuff we have never seen before," said Rebecca Halls, founder and director of the Los Angeles event. Hoop queen Marawa Wamp, who holds the world record for twirling 162 hoops s
  
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• US troops punished over hospital attack

  17-03-2016 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US military disciplines more than a dozen service members after an air strike on an Afghan hospital killed 42 people last year.
  
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• Man convicted of terror charge tied to Texas cartoon contest

  17-03-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man was convicted Thursday of a terror charge tied to an attack last spring on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, marking the second conviction in the U.S. related to the Islamic State group.
  
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• Deal reached 'to scrap tampon tax'

  17-03-2016 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  EU leaders have agreed a deal that will allow the UK to scrap the so-called "tampon tax", British officials say.
  
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• Performer catches fire at pep rally

  17-03-2016 23:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A performer accidentally caught on fire Thursday during a pep rally at a Florida high school.
  
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• Spotify reaches royalty deal with music publishers

  17-03-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spotify, the leader in the booming streaming industry, on Thursday reached a settlement to improve royalty payments to US music publishers as the company faces potentially costly lawsuits. The National Music Publishers' Association, which advocates on behalf of the US houses that hold songwriters' copyright, announced the deal which relates to songs whose authors have been difficult to identify. Amid the rapid growth of streaming, which allows unlimited on-demand music, Spotify has endured criti
  
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• Senate sits through the night to consider voting reform – politics live

  17-03-2016 23:18 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  After a marathon sitting on Thursday night, Australia is to get new voting practices in the Senate. All the developments from Canberra 10.18pm GMTLabor’s Sam Dastyari, fading fast.If you want a micro nap @samdastyari don't sit behind the person with the call #HotTip pic.twitter.com/AOJTw1ysMq 10.10pm GMTAAP reports the independent senator Jacqui Lambie has raised the white flag, calling it quits on the marathon session in the upper house, saying she had an appointment to meet with workers
  
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• The Pearl Button review – a metaphysical look at Chile's traumatic history

  17-03-2016 23:15 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Patricio Guzmán’s study of the political killings of the 1970s, as well as the country’s history of violence, enhances his reputation as one of the great documentarians Related: Dark side of Chile: the director who went on the trail of paedophile priests In 2012, Chilean documentary maker Patricio Guzmán released Nostalgia for the Light, a justly acclaimed essay film that yoked together Chile’s traumatic recent history of political killings with a reflection on th
  
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• Morris and Iowa State race past Iona 94-81

  17-03-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — His right shoulder no longer throbbing, Monte Morris felt good about Iowa State's ability to make amends Thursday.
  
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• Voluntary lead tests begin at big New Jersey school district

  17-03-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's largest school district began voluntary blood tests to check students for the presence of lead Thursday, a week after officials announced that elevated levels had been found in the drinking water.
  
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• Questions plague Brazil ex-president's chief of staff role

  17-03-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Uncertainty clouded Brazil's already turbulent political scenario Thursday as a judge blocked the appointment of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff to his successor just moments after his tumultuous swearing-in ceremony.
  
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• Purvis spurs UConn comeback for 74-67 win over Colorado

  17-03-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Shooting extra free throws after practice is about as unglamorous as basketball gets.
  
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• Construction worker dies in fall from Los Angeles skyscraper

  17-03-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a construction worker has fallen 50 stories to his death from a skyscraper being built in downtown Los Angeles.
  
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• Automakers agree to put automatic braking in cars by 2022

  17-03-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Automatic braking will be standard in most cars and light trucks within six years and on heavier SUVs and pickup trucks within eight years under an agreement that transportation officials and automakers announced on Thursday.
  
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• VIDEO: The town where cricket bats are made

  17-03-2016 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Indian town that turns out cricket bats by the thousands
  
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• Sanders concedes Missouri Democratic primary; Clinton wins

  17-03-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he will not seek a recount of results in Missouri's Democratic primary, conceding defeat to Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Extra point, chop block and replay on NFL owners' agenda

  17-03-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL's powerful competition committee is recommending making permanent extra-point kick snaps from the 15-yard line, eliminating all chop blocks and ejecting a player for twice receiving certain unsportsmanlike conduct penalties in a game.
  
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• VIDEO: The man fleeing Syria in a wheelchair

  17-03-2016 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  EU leaders have agreed a joint position to put to Turkey in an attempt to reach a deal over the migrant crisis, Luxembourg's prime minster says.
  
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• Next Republican debate canceled after Trump, Kasich pull out

  17-03-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US network Fox News on Wednesday called off a Republican debate next week after frontrunner Donald Trump and Ohio Governor John Kasich announced they were not taking part. The debate -- being organized in partnership with the Republican Party -- would have been held Monday in Salt Lake City, Utah. "The Salt Lake City debate is canceled," said a statement from Fox News' executive vice president of news, Michael Clemente.
  
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• Cuba to lift penalty on dollar but warns Obama not to meddle

  17-03-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Cuba's government said Thursday it plans to do away with a penalty on converting U.S. dollars inside the country, but offered a tough rebuke of President Barack Obama's plans to use his upcoming visit to promote change on the island.
  
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• Courtesy for court nominee _ from Dems _ as battle lines set

  17-03-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was Day One for the traditional courtesy calls to senators, but there's not much about Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination that has adhered to tradition — or courtesy.
  
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• Blue diamond worn for years by Shirley Temple up for auction

  17-03-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A blue diamond ring that child star-turned-diplomat Shirley Temple wore for decades is going up for auction.
  
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• 'Resume whitening' doubles callbacks for minority job candidates, study finds

  17-03-2016 22:56 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  ‘Discrimination is still a reality’ says co-author after two-year study reveals a much higher rate of interest in ‘whitened’ names for black and Asian AmericansMinority job applicants who resort to “resume whitening” – a practice in which candidates alter any information on their resume that indicates their ethnicity – are more than twice as likely to receive a callback than those who don’t, a new study has found.
  “It’s really a w
  
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• Graham offers tepid endorsement of Cruz as Trump alternative

  17-03-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that he'll help Ted Cruz raise campaign cash in the hope of stopping Donald Trump's march toward the Republican presidential nomination.
  
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• Flint water crisis hearings at Congress reveal failure of US government

  17-03-2016 22:49 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The mayor, state regulator, governor and the US Environmental Protection Agency all blame each other for the lead-poisoned water in the Michigan cityThree bruising Congressional hearings into the Flint water crisis, possibly the gravest US public health emergency since Hurricane Katrina, have produced plenty of bluster and finger-pointing, but also troubling suggestions that America’s system of government is fundamentally broken.A procession of elected officials, mayors, regulators and an
  
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• TransCanada to buy Columbia Pipeline Group for $9.92 billion

  17-03-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — TransCanada Corp., the Canadian company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, has agreed to buy Columbia Pipeline Group for nearly $10 billion as it expands in the U.S.
  
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• Dow positive for 2016 as global markets digest dovish Fed

  17-03-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - The Dow surged into positive territory for the first time in 2016 on Thursday and the dollar sank a day after the US Federal Reserve's dovish interest rate stance.
  
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• With lack of maintenance, DC subway system loses its luster

  17-03-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The closure of the subways in the nation's capital in the middle of the workweek to inspect and repair power cables that could otherwise burst into flames was just the latest symptom of a lengthy decline for the Metro system, once a source of regional pride.
  
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• Mystery of bloodsucking Tully monster solved

  17-03-2016 22:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Paleontologists discovered a creature trapped in stone with a pincer-tipped nose, sharp needle-teeth and eyes on a slim stalk. This ancient animal was given a name: Tully monster.
  
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• Republicans and race: can the GOP ever look like Brooklyn? – video

  17-03-2016 22:37 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  In this first collaboration between BRIC TV and Guardian US, host Brian Vines, inspired by a GOP election ad hailing diversity, searches for Republicans of color in Brooklyn, New York. Along the way he finds a young activist in Brownsville, a neighborhood that is 77% African American, chats with a self-proclaimed old-timer conservative, and a rides along with a Haitian cabbie who likes Donald TrumpVisit BRIC TV on YouTube for more reporting from Brian VinesContinue reading...
  
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• Met police child abuse detective charged with child sex offences

  17-03-2016 22:26 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  A detective working in a Scotland Yard child abuse investigation faces 14 charges relating to alleged child sex offencesA detective working in a child abuse investigation unit has been charged with child sex offences.Metropolitan police detective constable Chris Maitland, 40, who works in the force’s sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse command, faces 14 charges in total, Scotland Yard said. Continue reading...
  
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• Seattle man ordered to repay $7m for running online prayer scam

  17-03-2016 22:25 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Businessman Benjamin Rogovy has been ordered to repay millions for ‘deceptive’ website con that charged thousands of people for prayers
  The testimonials were glowing: Pastor John Carlson prayed for them and God delivered on his prayers. A healthy baby. A negative HIV test. A winning lottery ticket. The senior pastor at the Christian Prayer Center (CPC) saved homes from foreclosure and put cancer into remission. Continue reading...
  
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• Rancher Cliven Bundy denied bail over infamous 2014 government standoff

  17-03-2016 22:22 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Bundy avoided federal grazing fees for years, which escalated into conflict
  Was taken into custody last month on his way to the Oregon militia standoff
  Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who led an infamous standoff with the federal government in 2014, was denied bail in federal court and will remain behind bars as he awaits trial on charges that he threatened, assaulted and conspired against law enforcement. US judge Carl Hoffman Jr ruled at a hearing in Las Vegas on Thursday that Bundy, 69, woul
  
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• Who is scandal plagued-ex-president?

  17-03-2016 22:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  "A man of the wilderness, more than anything, is a strong man. Coined by the writer Euclides da Cunha, the phrase seems to fit Lula's personality from birth."
  
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• U.S. Air Force facing pilot shortage

  17-03-2016 22:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A top Air Force general warned Wednesday that the U.S. faces a shortage of hundreds of fighter pilots and drone operators.
  
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• Firebombed boy visits soccer heroes

  17-03-2016 22:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After months of nightmares, the sole survivor of a firebomb attack on a West Bank home had his dream come true Thursday morning. Ahmad Dawabsheh, a 5-year-old Palestinian boy, spent the day with his favorite football club, Real Madrid.
  
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• So ... was that climate change?

  17-03-2016 22:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  John Sutter: Scientists are increasingly able to attribute aspects of extreme weather to the overall change in the climate
  
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• Our journey to the nuclear brink, with William J Perry - Guardian Live

  17-03-2016 22:02 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  As the Trident debate rages on, Julian Borger talks to former secretary of defence for President Clinton, William J Perry, who has a unique, and chilling, vantage point on why nuclear weapons endanger our safety, rather than secure itFormer secretary of defence for President Clinton, William J Perry, talks about his career that began advising during the Cuban missile crisis,and included crafting a defence strategy in the Carter administration during the cold war, presiding over the dismantling o
  
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• SeaWorld ending controversial killer whale program

  17-03-2016 21:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The killer whales currently in SeaWorld's care will be the last generation of the mammals enclosed at the water parks, according to a company announcement posted on its website.
  
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• Queensland politicians in furious agreement on fixed terms but voters beg to differ

  17-03-2016 21:55 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The state is having a rare moment of political unity over four-year fixed terms, but voters aren’t buying the myth of bigger and bolder governmentIn a rare moment in Queensland politics, arch rivals of the establishment all want the same thing: an extra year of parliament and no snap elections.Except when they don’t. Continue reading...
  
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• Saudis 'to scale back Yemen strikes'

  17-03-2016 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saudi Arabia says its military coalition will scale back operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
  
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