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• Ted Cruz wins Wyoming Republican presidential nominating contest

  16-04-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson CASPER, Wyo. (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Ted Cruz won all 14 delegates at stake on Saturday in Wyoming, besting rival Donald Trump, who made little effort to win the rural state, and further narrowing the gap in the race for the party's nomination. Cruz is trying to prevent Trump from obtaining the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination at the July convention in Cleveland. By continuing to rack up small wins, Cruz is gaining ground on the
  
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• Kerry works to smooth relations with Gulf allies

  16-04-2016 23:55 via edition.cnn.com
  
  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Gulf state ministers Thursday as differences over Iran and a host of regional conflicts cloud the relationship between the countries ahead of a summit between President Barack Obama and Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia later this month
  
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• Can Real Madrid catch Barcelona?

  16-04-2016 23:50 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Real Madrid kept up the pressure on Barcelona in the La Liga title race with a thumping 5-1 win at Getafe Saturday to close within a point of the leader.
  
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• 9 detainees transferred from Gitmo

  16-04-2016 23:43 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The United States is transferring nine detainees from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Department of Defense identified the men as Ahmed Umar Abdullah Al-Hikimi, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Saleh Nasir, Ali Yahya Mahdi Al-Raimi, Tariq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Ba Odah, Muhammed Abdullah Muhammed Al-Hamiri, Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman, Abd al Rahman Al-Qyati, Mansour Muhammed Ali Al-Qatta and Mashur Abdullah Muqbil Ahmed Al-Sabri.
  
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• Hurricane forecast pioneer Bill Gray dead at age 86

  16-04-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Bill Gray, a pioneer in hurricane forecasting, died Saturday in Fort Collins, according to his longtime assistant. He was 86.
  
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• George scores 33 as Pacers top Raptors in NBA playoff opener

  16-04-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paul George scored 33 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 100-90 victory over the second-seeded Raptors in Toronto on Saturday in the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs. It was a dispiriting start to the post-season for the Raptors, who notched a franchise-record 56 regular season victories to win a third straight Atlantic Division title -- achievements that will count for little if they can't win a seven-game playoff series for the first time in club history. Toronto's All-Star guards Kyle Lowr
  
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• Spring Snowstorm Ramps up in the Rockies

  16-04-2016 23:30 via abcnews.go.com
  A spring snowstorm along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and Wyoming is ramping up, with heavy snowfall bringing traffic closures and scattered power outages
  
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• UConn coach Auriemma hospitalized with undisclosed illness

  16-04-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma has been hospitalized with an undisclosed illness.
  
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• Funeral held for slain former Saints football player

  16-04-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Funeral services were held Saturday for former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith, who was shot and killed a week ago.
  
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• Mets pitcher deGrom on leave as new baby battles medical issue

  16-04-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The New York Mets placed right-handed pitcher Jacob deGrom on Major League Baseball's family medical emergency list on Saturday to be with his ailing new baby. Mets manager Terry Collins said there were "complications" shortly after deGrom's wife, Stacey, gave birth to their first child, son Jaxon Anthony, on Monday. "We're all praying and pulling for him," Collins said.
  
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• Brazil's president fights to survive on impeachment vote eve

  16-04-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff fought for survival Saturday, lobbying congressional deputies behind closed doors on the eve of a vote that could send her to face an impeachment trial in the Senate. Rousseff, the country's first female head of state, hit out at what she calls a "coup" and canceled a planned appearance with demonstrators in the capital Brasilia to focus on trying to win over lawmakers. The leader of the impeachment drive, Rousseff's vice-president-turned
  
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• The Latest: Fire that killed 3 kids and mom claims dad, too

  16-04-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  BELLEVUE, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly duplex fire outside Pittsburgh (all times local):
  
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• Clinton pitches minimum-wage boost while fundraising in L.A.

  16-04-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hillary Clinton detoured Saturday from a weekend of big-dollar fundraising in California to pitch her plans to raise the federal minimum wage and refresh her criticism of rival Bernie Sanders in advance of Tuesday's New York primary.
  
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• Season only hikes playoff stakes as Spurs open vs. Grizzlies

  16-04-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Overshadowed by Golden State's historic run, the San Antonio Spurs put together their own season for the ages, too. Now that the postseason finally has arrived, they have no intention of easing up.
  
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• Sanders picks up a few more delegates at Colorado convention

  16-04-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is netting a few extra delegates at Colorado's Democratic state convention — though it's not having a real impact on his chances to win the presidential nomination.
  
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• Ace Frehley hospitalized with exhaustion after show

  16-04-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Former Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley has been hospitalized for exhaustion and forced to cancel a show in New York.
  
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• Castro hardens rhetoric, warns Cubans to be alert to U.S. intentions

  16-04-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Frank Jack Daniel and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - President Raul Castro warned Cubans on Saturday that the United States was determined to end Cuba's socialist revolution despite restoring relations and a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama, saying one-party Communism was essential to defend the system. "We must be alert, today more than ever," Castro said, speaking in front of a giant portrait of his brother Fidel Castro at the inauguration of the Communist Party's first congress in fi
  
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• George scores 33 as Pacers beat Raptors 100-90 in Game 1

  16-04-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — For Paul George, watching the Indiana Pacers miss the playoffs while sidelined by injury last season was a painful experience.
  
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• Plucked from the uncertainty of Lesbos: 12 Syrian refugees

  16-04-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says his gesture is "a drop of water in the sea" of Europe's migration crisis. Yet for 12 Syrian refugees, the pope's decision to fly them back to Italy from Greece is an act of kindness that will resonate for the rest of their lives.
  
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• UNLV hires Menzies as basketball coach after Beard bolts

  16-04-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV moved swiftly to hire a basketball coach after Chris Beard's sudden exit, agreeing with New Mexico State's Marvin Menzies on a five-year contract Saturday.
  
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• Odd dust found in our solar system

  16-04-2016 22:33 via edition.cnn.com
  
  NASA just discovered some special particles floating in our cosmic neighborhood.
  
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• Raul Castro presents grim portrait of Cuban reforms

  16-04-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro delivered a grim report on the state of the country on Saturday, acknowledging that the communist bureaucracy he oversees has failed to implement most of the hundreds of changes launched five years ago to stimulate the stagnant centrally controlled economy.
  
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• Mets' deGrom stays home due to baby's health complications

  16-04-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The New York Mets placed pitcher Jacob deGrom on the family medical emergency list Saturday because of health complications involving his newborn child.
  
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• Villa relegated from Premier League as Aguero treble takes Man City third

  16-04-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Aston Villa's long-expected relegation from the Premier League was finally confirmed with a 1-0 loss away to Manchester United on Saturday as teenage rising star Marcus Rashford scored his seventh goal in 12 games. The 18-year-old striker, also on target in United's FA Cup quarter-final replay win over West Ham United in midweek, struck in the 32nd minute when he turned in Antonio Valencia's low cross. Defeat left bottom-of-the-table Villa 15 points shy of safety with only a maximum of 12 on off
  
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• Explosion injures 3 at Sikh temple in western Germany

  16-04-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German police say three people have been injured in an apparently deliberate explosion at a Sikh temple in the western city of Essen.
  
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• Pope brings 12 Syrian refugees to Rome after visit to migrant hotspot

  16-04-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Declaring "we are all migrants," Pope Francis visited the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday with a message of hope for those seeking asylum in Europe, 12 of whom he took home with him to the Vatican. The pope told reporters that his gesture was "a drop in the ocean" but hoped that afterwards, "the ocean will never be the same again". "All refugees are children of God," he said aboard the papal plane on its flight back to Rome.
  
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• Inflatable room attached to space station

  16-04-2016 21:45 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A prototype that may one day usher an era of space hotels has successfully been attached to the International Space Station, NASA said Saturday.
  
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• Tens of thousands in London march against PM, austerity

  16-04-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The protest, which also included demands to protect Britain's troubled steel industry, was planned long before Cameron's admission last week that he once held shares in his late father's offshore investment fund.
  
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• Zookeeper mourned a day after being fatally injured by tiger

  16-04-2016 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — South Florida zoo staffers and friends of a veteran keeper attacked and killed by a Malayan tiger met Saturday morning to mourn her death as investigators sought clues as to what led the tiger to violently turn on his caretaker.
  
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• Finance leaders pledge forceful response to boost economy

  16-04-2016 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Finance officials on Saturday pledged a more forceful effort to stimulate a sluggish global economy.
  
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• California-based Sport Chalet closing all its stores

  16-04-2016 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California-based Sport Chalet says it has begun closing all its stores and has stopped selling merchandise online.
  
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• LeBron has mastered art of first-round playoff knockouts

  16-04-2016 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James is a perfect 10 in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
  
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• Syrian opposition rejects offer over transitional period

  16-04-2016 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Two figures from the main Syrian opposition team to the peace talks in Geneva said Saturday that they have rejected a suggestion that was put forward by the U.N. special envoy to Syria in which President Bashar Assad would stay in power during a transitional period and the opposition would choose three vice presidents.
  
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• Trump Forecasts 'Rough July' as Delegate Battle Continues

  16-04-2016 20:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  He again sounded off against the "rigged system."
  
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• The Latest: Syrians thank pope for bringing them to Italy

  16-04-2016 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MYTILENE, Greece (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to the Greek island of Lesbos (all times local):
  
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• Bayern Munich beats Schalke 3-0, Leverkusen jumps to 3rd

  16-04-2016 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Bayern Munich dominated Schalke 3-0 and increased its lead to 10 points as it closed in on a record fourth straight Bundesliga title on Saturday.
  
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• Thousands evacuated from homes as hunt for Japan quake survivors goes on

  16-04-2016 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Minami Funakoshi and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities have ordered nearly a quarter of a million people from their homes after a deadly earthquake struck a southern island and the search for survivors went on into the early hours of Sunday amid worsening weather conditions. It was the second major quake to hit Kumamoto province on the island of Kyushu in just over 24 hours. "The wind is expected to pick up and rain will likely get heavier," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tol
  
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• Nadal chases 9th Monte Carlo title, faces Monfils in final

  16-04-2016 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MONACO (AP) — Standing in the way of a ninth Monte Carlo Masters title for Rafael Nadal is Frenchman Gael Monfils, an opponent the Spaniard has beaten every time they've met on clay and who has a dismal 5-18 record in finals.
  
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• Real Madrid beats Getafe 5-1 to keep pressure on Barcelona

  16-04-2016 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Karim Benzema ensured Real Madrid kept the pressure on leader Barcelona in the Spanish league by scoring one goal and assisting on two more as bottom-side Getafe was defeated 5-1 on Saturday.
  
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• Beyonce Teases 'World Premiere' of 'Lemonade'

  16-04-2016 20:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The singer posted a 16-second clip on her social media accounts.
  
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• Fan hit by foul ball at Tampa Bay game in stable condition

  16-04-2016 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A woman hit by a foul ball in the seventh inning of the Chicago White Sox against the Tampa Bay Rays game is in stable condition Saturday at a hospital.
  
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• Ted Cruz poised to win Wyoming Republican presidential primary contest

  16-04-2016 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson CASPER, Wyo. (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is expected to win most of the 14 delegates up for grabs on Saturday in Wyoming, likely besting rival Donald Trump, who made little effort to win the rural state, and further narrowing the gap in the race for the party's nomination. Cruz is trying to prevent Trump from obtaining the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination at the July convention in Cleveland. By continuing to rack up small w
  
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• Raul Castro rejects privatization, 'shock therapy' for Cuba

  16-04-2016 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cuban President Raul Castro rejected rapid privatization and vowed never to pursue "shock therapy," setting the tone for a Communist Party congress reviewing progress in revamping the island's moribund Soviet-style economy. "Cuba will never permit the application of so-called shock therapies, which are frequently applied to the detriment of society's most humble classes," he said in a lengthy speech opening the congress, which takes place every five years and will stretch on for several days. Th
  
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• Syria talks resume, chances seen as very slim amid violence

  16-04-2016 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Indirect peace talks between Syria's warring parties have resumed in Geneva to the backdrop of escalating violence in the country's north and a refusal by the Syrian government to negotiate a transitional government, a key opposition demand.
  
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• Beyonce teases 'Lemonade' on HBO

  16-04-2016 19:47 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The Beyhive is getting in formation.
  
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• U.S judge says terrorism convict can't be deported to Pakistan

  16-04-2016 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  By John Shiffman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Maryland man believed to be the youngest person ever convicted of U.S. terrorism charges may not be deported to Pakistan because he would likely face torture there by government officials, an American judge has ruled. Mohammed H. Khalid, who legally moved from Pakistan with his family to suburban Baltimore as a young teenager, was arrested in 2011 at age 17 as part of the failed "Jihad Jane" conspiracy to murder a Swedish artist who had blasphemed the Pr
  
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• Probe finds odd dust in our solar system

  16-04-2016 19:45 via edition.cnn.com
  
  NASA just discovered some special particles floating in our cosmic neighborhood.Podcast favorites: Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World | Bernie gets the Axe | Guns in America
  
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• US to crack down on anonymous shell companies

  16-04-2016 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States plans to begin forcing the disclosure of shell company owners' identities to combat tax avoidance and other illicit activities, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Saturday. With the fallout of the "Panama Papers" leak still echoing through the financial system, Lew said in a policy statement to the International Monetary Fund that the Treasury is close to releasing new rules that require banks and other financial institutions to identify the beneficial owners of all new customers
  
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• Mets' Jacob deGrom to stay in Florida with sick newborn

  16-04-2016 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The New York Mets have placed right-hander Jacob deGrom on the family medical emergency medical list because of health complications involving his newborn child.
  
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• Sanders smashes the Israel status quo

  16-04-2016 19:39 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Bernie Sanders is taking a sledgehammer to the political status quo on Israel.
  
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