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• Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, block Arizona road

  19-03-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds rallied against Donald Trump in New York and blocked a major road in Arizona Saturday in the latest attempts by opponents to disrupt the campaign of the top US Republican White House hopeful. "Donald Trump, go away, racist, sexist, anti-gay," shouted the demonstrators who gathered at Manhattan's Columbus Circle, near one of the billionaire real estate mogul's luxury buildings overlooking Central Park. Ordinary New Yorkers turned out for the event, concerned by Trump's status as the clea
  
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• Kate del Castillo Describes Her and Sean Penn's Meeting With 'El Chapo'

  19-03-2016 23:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Mexican actress Kate del Castillo never expected to become entangled in that world in real life, and especially not with the biggest drug kingpin in history, "El Chapo."
  
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• Bankrupt owner of Orange County Register agrees to purchase by Digital First Media

  19-03-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Bankrupt owner of Orange County Register agrees to purchase by Digital First Media.
  
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• With orca changes, SeaWorld must live without iconic Shamu

  19-03-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — SeaWorld built its brand on a leaping and splashing killer whale named Shamu. She was part of its logo, gave her name to stadiums in the theme parks and was the inspiration for rides. The orca image sold T-shirts and soft, stuffed animals for the kids to take home.
  
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• Two Israelis killed in Istanbul blast were U.S. nationals: Israel

  19-03-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Two Israeli citizens killed in a suicide bombing in Istanbul on Saturday were dual nationals, holding U.S. citizenship as well, an Israeli official said on Saturday. Asked whether he could confirm the two victims, whose names have not been released, were dual Israel-U.S. nationals, Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said "yes." (Reporting by Maayan Lubell)
  
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• Starwood gets $13 billion bid from Anbang, tops Marriott offer

  19-03-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The operator of Sheraton and Westin hotels said the Chinese insurer's offer beat Marriott's previously agreed cash and stock offer by nearly 15 percent, and that it planned to scrap the proposed deal with the rival hotel chain. Anbang has been on a U.S. hotel buying spree as Chinese insurers rush to acquire cash-generating assets as they struggle to keep up with the policy liabilities of the country's aging population. U.S. assets are also seen as a good hedge against weakness in the Chinese yua
  
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• From Sydney to Paris, landmarks go dark for 10th Earth Hour

  19-03-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From Sydney Opera House to the Eiffel tower in Paris and the Kremlin in Moscow, landmarks across the globe dimmed their lights on Saturday night for the 10th edition of the Earth Hour campaign calling for action on climate change. Millions of people from 178 countries and territories were expected to take part in WWF's Earth Hour this year, organisers said, with monuments and buildings such as Berlin's Brandenburg Gate and the Empire State Building plunging into darkness for 60 minutes from 8:30
  
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• 'I was a suicide bomber': Paris suspect charged in Belgium

  19-03-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alastair Macdonald and John Irish BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - The prime surviving suspect for the Nov. 13 Paris attacks planned to blow himself up at a sports stadium with fellow Islamic State militants but changed his mind, he told Belgian investigators on Saturday. The admission by Salah Abdeslam came a day after he was shot in the leg and captured during a police raid in Brussels, ending an intensive four-month manhunt. "He wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France and ... backed out
  
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• Protesters Arrested for Blocking Highway to Trump Event

  19-03-2016 23:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Shea Boulevard was the main highway to the campaign rally in Arizona.
  
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• Two US citizens killed in Istanbul suicide blast: White House

  19-03-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two US citizens were among those killed in a suicide blast that tore through a major shopping district in Istanbul on Saturday, the White House said. Four people died in the bombing early Saturday, with local authorities and media saying the victims included three Israelis and one Iranian. "The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today's terrorist attack in Istanbul, Turkey," National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.
  
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• Two Americans Among Those Killed In Istanbul Terrorist Attack

  19-03-2016 22:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The White House says two Americans are among those killed in a terrorist attack in Istanbul, Turkey.
  
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• Greece scrambles to implement 'Herculean' EU-Turkey migrant deal

  19-03-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Greece scrambled Saturday to begin the massive task of implementing a historic EU-Turkey migrant deal to stem the flow of refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East and elsewhere. A key part of the agreement will go into effect from Sunday when all migrants arriving on the Greek islands will be designated for return to Turkey, a Greek government source told AFP. In a sad reminder of the danger of the sea journey, a four-month-old baby drowned when a migrant boat sank off the Turkish coast Satu
  
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• Doing it all: Versatile Walkup, Stephen F. Austin face Irish

  19-03-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame forward Bonzie Colson was in the locker room, still digesting a first-round victory against Michigan when he got the inevitable question: What do you know about your next opponent?
  
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• Two American citizens killed in Istanbul blast: White House

  19-03-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A suicide bombing in Istanbul on Saturday killed two American citizens, the White House said in a statement. "We are in close touch with Turkish authorities and reaffirm our commitment to work together with Turkey to confront the evil of terrorism," White House National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. A suicide bomber killed two Israelis and two other people in a busy shopping district in the heart of Istanbul, the fourth such attack in Turkey so far this year.
  
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• Villanova-Iowa bound to end a Sweet 16 drought, but just 1

  19-03-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It's not the only thing being talked about around the Villanova basketball team but it sure takes up a lot of the discussion.
  
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• Protesters block main road to Trump rally

  19-03-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Protesters blocked a main highway leading into the Phoenix suburb where Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump staged a campaign rally Saturday alongside Arizona's contentious sheriff, Joe Arpaio.
  
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• Flagstaff kids among cast 'Finding Nemo' in Navajo

  19-03-2016 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A few Flagstaff children are among the voice cast bringing "Finding Nemo" to a Navajo-speaking audience.
  
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• Gawker could still win Hulk Hogan case despite $115 million verdict: legal experts

  19-03-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - The $115 million a Florida jury awarded to Hulk Hogan on Friday may seem like a big blow to the website Gawker, but the media company could ultimately prevail in its court battle with the flamboyant wrestler, legal experts say. Hogan had sued the website for posting a video clip in 2012 featuring him having sex with the wife of his then-best friend, the radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem. Both sides cast the case as a crucial test of the balance between
  
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• The Latest: M-Tenn's Giddy Potts uses diet to improve game

  19-03-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on the third full day of the men's NCAA Tournament, including games being played in Raleigh, North Carolina; Providence, Rhode Island; Des Moines, Iowa; and Denver (All times EDT):
  
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• Trump: Is Romney Mormon?

  19-03-2016 21:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump pilloried Mitt Romney on his home turf on Friday, making his best appeal to the state's majority Mormon population and questioning whether Romney truly represented their faith.
  
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• Paris Suspect Backed Out of Suicide Bombing, Prosecutor Says

  19-03-2016 21:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The suspected Paris attacker was captured in Molenbeek, Brussels Friday.
  
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• Can Trump hit magic number?

  19-03-2016 21:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  To get the 1,237 delegates required to clinch the GOP nomination by the end of the primary schedule, Donald Trump needs to win delegates at an increasing rate.
  
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• Woman shot by Virginia police was holding fake gun

  19-03-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A 25-year-old black woman was shot and killed by police officers in Virginia on Saturday after threatening them with what turned out to be a fake handgun, police said.
  
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• Sanders visits US-Mexico border, talks immigration reform

  19-03-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Standing in front of the tall, steel fence that divides the United States and Mexico, presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Saturday vowed to keep immigrant families together during a visit to Arizona, which holds its primary next week.
  
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• Prosecutor: Suspect backed out of being Paris suicide bomber

  19-03-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — After a bullet in the leg ended his four-month flight from the law, Salah Abdeslam started a legal fight Saturday against his extradition from Belgium to France, where the president and the families of 130 victims want the top suspect in the Paris attacks to stand trial.
  
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• Rodriguez, Miami hold off furious Wichita State rally

  19-03-2016 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Maybe it was the technical against Miami coach Jim Larranaga. Maybe it was Sheldon McClellan repeatedly yelling in the huddle: "We're not losing this game!"
  
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• Demare stuns favourites to win Milan-SanRemo cycling 'monument'

  19-03-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Arnaud Demare became the first French winner of a major cycling classic since 1997 when he sprinted to victory in the 107th edition of a crash-marred Milan-SanRemo on Saturday. Demare crossed the finish line of the first of the season's five 'monuments' in 6hr 54min 45sec after surviving a late crash that upset the plans of a number of well-placed favourites. Only months earlier that year Frederic Guesdon, Demare's sporting director on Saturday, had won Paris-Roubaix.
  
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• Coast Guard: 9 Cuban migrants die, 18 rescued off Florida

  19-03-2016 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Nine Cuban migrants died at sea and 18 others were rescued by a cruise ship after their 30-foot boat was found about 130 miles from the Florida coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
  
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• Teacher Whose Racy Photos Were Shared by Student to Sue

  19-03-2016 21:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The teacher lost her job after a student allegedly took photos from her phone.
  
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• Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam 'wanted to blow himself up' at stadium

  19-03-2016 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Captured fugitive Salah Abdeslam initially planned to blow himself up outside the Stade de France during the Paris attacks but changed his mind, a prosecutor said Saturday, after Europe's most wanted man was charged with "terrorist murder" for his role in the November assaults. Abdeslam, who was caught after being shot in the leg in a dramatic police raid on Friday, was also charged in Brussels with participating in a terrorist group. Abdeslam is cooperating with the authorities but he will figh
  
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• Middle Tennessee State sets sights on upset of Syracuse

  19-03-2016 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Middle Tennessee State made mush of millions of brackets when the plucky Blue Raiders sprung an upset of national title contender Michigan State, but there was at least one youngster happy with the outcome in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
  
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• Salah Abdeslam told police he planned to blow himself: Paris prosecutor

  19-03-2016 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect for November's Paris attacks, told Belgian investigators on Saturday that he had planned to blow himself up on Nov. 13 at the Stade de France but changed his mind, the Paris prosecutor said. "Salah Abdesalam today during questioning by investigators affirmed that, and I quote, 'he wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France and that he had backed down'," Francois Molins told reporters, adding that Abdeslam's initial statements should be treated wi
  
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• Impeachment crisis rattles divided Brazil

  19-03-2016 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A deepening political crisis that has sparked angry street protests laid bare sharp divisions in Brazil Saturday as President Dilma Rousseff risked impeachment and her predecessor faced a criminal lawsuit. Street rallies have rocked Brazil over recent days, just months before it hosts the Olympics in August, with riot police firing stun grenades and water cannons to disperse demonstrators. Rousseff's enemies are trying to drive her from power while her supporters accuse them of attempting a "cou
  
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• Suicide bomber kills four, wounds 36 in Istanbul shopping district

  19-03-2016 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nick Tattersall and Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed two Israelis and two other people on Saturday in a busy shopping district in the heart of Istanbul, the fourth such attack in Turkey so far this year. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the blast was "inhumane" and would not stop Turkey, which has been targeted by Kurdish militants and Islamic State in recent months, from fighting "centers of terrorism". The explosion killed at least two Israeli citizens, Prim
  
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• Black Server Quits After 'Discriminated Against' Over Her Hair

  19-03-2016 21:04 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Akua Agyemfra, 20, said she now wants to start a larger conversation about society's perceptions of black women's hair.
  
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• Pilot or Mechanical Error Likely Caused Plane Crash: Officials

  19-03-2016 21:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  All 62 people on board were killed in the crash.
  
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• Anti-Trump protesters shut down Arizona road, rally in Manhattan

  19-03-2016 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Demonstrators shut down an Arizona highway leading to a campaign rally for Donald Trump on Saturday while protesters rallied outside of Trump Tower in Manhattan to voice their opposition to the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Television news footage of the demonstration outside Phoenix showed dozens of protesters blocking traffic while holding signs that read "Dump Trump" and "Shut Down Trump." The demonstrators eventually started marching down the highway, and later som
  
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• The Latest: Anti-Trump protesters gather in New York

  19-03-2016 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign trip to Arizona (all times Eastern Standard Time):
  
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• Kohli stays cool as India ease past Pakistan

  19-03-2016 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Virat Kohli said he had managed to stay calm amid the storm after his classy half-century helped India cruise to victory over arch rivals Pakistan in the World Twenty20 Saturday. While no other batsman scored more than 26 on a tricky surface in a cauldron-like atmosphere, ice-cool Kohli hit an unbeaten 55 and was still at the crease when India reached their target of 119 with 13 balls remaining. "It's important to keep a calm head," said Kohli after a knock that included seven fours and a six.
  
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• Aussie Day keeps two-shot lead at rainy Bay Hill

  19-03-2016 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Australia's Jason Day fired a two-under par 70 Saturday to maintain a two-stroke lead after the rainy third round of the US PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. Americans Troy Merritt and Kevin Chappell each fired 67s Saturday to leap into a share of second on 203 with Sweden's Henrik Stenson, who shot 70, with Britain's Justin Rose and American Derek Fathauer sharing fifth on 205. Stenson and Rose joined Day in the last trio at Bay Hill in Orlando, Florida, where tee times were moved ear
  
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• The Latest: Colombian flight attendant dies in Russian crash

  19-03-2016 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the crash of the FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia (all times local):
  
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• Islamic State rocket kills U.S. Marine in Iraq: Pentagon

  19-03-2016 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine who was part of the coalition fighting Islamic State was killed in a rocket attack by the militant group in northern Iraq, the Pentagon said in a statement on Saturday. It was the second combat death of an American service member in Iraq since the start of the campaign to fight the militant Islamic State group. The Marine, who was providing force protection fire, died in the rocket attack at a base near Makhmur, a town between the cities of Mosu
  
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• The Latest: Israel confirms 2nd national is among dead

  19-03-2016 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on Turkish explosion (all times local):
  
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• Suicide attack kills 4 in Istanbul shopping hub

  19-03-2016 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A suicide blast ripped through a major shopping district in Istanbul on Saturday, killing three Israelis and one Iranian less than a week after another deadly attack left 35 dead in Ankara. The sixth major bombing in Turkey since July targeted Istiklal Caddesi, a bustling two-kilometre-long pedestrian street usually thronged with shoppers, tourists and buskers but which was still relatively quiet when the bomber struck on Saturday morning. "This is a suicide attack, a terrorist attack," said Ist
  
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• Marine Killed in Iraq, Other Americans Wounded

  19-03-2016 19:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A U.S. Marine was killed in and ISIS attack in northern Iraq today.
  
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• Abdeslam to be handed over to France in 90 days at most: minister

  19-03-2016 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said Saturday that Belgium will hand over top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to France in no more than three months. The French justice ministry said that 90 days was the maximum amount of time it would take for Abdeslam's transfer. An investigating judge has formally charged Abdeslam with "participation in terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation," a Belgian prosecutors statement said.
  
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• Union 'monitoring' LaRoche case, no decision on grievance

  19-03-2016 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The head of the Major League Baseball players' union said Saturday there's no decision yet on whether to file a grievance on behalf of Chicago White Sox first baseman Adam LaRoche.
  
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• Two Israelis killed in Istanbul blast: Netanyahu

  19-03-2016 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A suicide bombing in Istanbul on Saturday killed two Israeli citizens, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Speaking to reporters in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said a third Israeli citizen may have been killed in the blast. He said Israel was trying to determine whether Israelis were targeted, but there was no indication that was the case so far. (Reporting by Maayan Lubell; editing by David Clarke)
  
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• What to Know About the Worldwide Hacker Group ‘Anonymous’

  19-03-2016 19:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The influence of these "hacktivists" is far-reaching -- and destructive.
  
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• South Carolina, New York State consider refugee registries

  19-03-2016 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — While Republican front-runner Donald Trump continues to make waves nationally for his comments about banning Muslims from traveling to the country, lawmakers in two very different states are proposing that all refugees register with the government.
  
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