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• NBA fines Westbrook, Durant for Game 4 violations

  24-04-2016 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant for violations in Game 4 of their Western Conference playoff series.
  
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• New clues in deaths of 8 family members

  24-04-2016 23:53 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Investigators found three marijuana "grow operations" at residences where eight family members were slain in southern Ohio, state Attorney General Mike DeWine said Sunday at a news conference.
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• Michelle Wie withdraws because of neck spasms

  24-04-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Michelle Wie withdrew from the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic on Sunday because of neck spasms after playing the first 15 holes in 11 over.
  
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• 'Lemonade' includes cameos by ...

  24-04-2016 23:53 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Beyonce got a little help making "Lemonade" from some fellow celebs.
  
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• Thunder look to advance; Hornets, Blazers try to even series

  24-04-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With the ebb and flow to the NBA playoffs, momentum can quickly shift.
  
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• 1 dead, 1 'cooperating' after shooting death in church

  24-04-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  NORTH WALES, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a dispute between two members of a suburban Philadelphia church during a Sunday worship service ended with one person shooting and killing the other.
  
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• Curry out in second half with sprained right knee

  24-04-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Golden State's Stephen Curry sprained his right knee on the final play of the first half Sunday and won't return in Game 4 against the Houston Rockets.
  
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• Md. congressional primary features largest self-funder ever

  24-04-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) — A Maryland congressional primary contender has broken the record for what a self-funded House candidate has poured into a single campaign, as wine superstore owner David Trone has uncorked more than $12 million of his own amid a crowded Democratic field.
  
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• Spurs rout Grizzlies 116-95, sweep their way to semifinals

  24-04-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs have swept their way into the Western Conference semifinals after an almost perfunctory, yet very physical test from the most injury-depleted team ever in the NBA playoffs.
  
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• Edwards passes Kyle Busch on last lap to win at Richmond

  24-04-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Carl Edwards bumped teammate Kyle Busch off his racing line in the last turn and passed him to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday.
  
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• Attorney general: Slayings of 8 family members in rural Ohio 'a pre-planned execution'

  24-04-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — Attorney general: Slayings of 8 family members in rural Ohio 'a pre-planned execution'
  
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• Rescue pup Vincent crowned 'Beautiful Bulldog' in Iowa

  24-04-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The owners of Vincent, a rescued 60-pound English bulldog, aren't quite sure how old he is.
  
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• 'Congo rumba king' dies after stage collapse

  24-04-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Papa Wemba, one of Africa's greatest music stars, died Sunday after collapsing on stage during a festival in Ivory Coast. The Congolese world music legend, renowned as the "king of Congolese rumba" for the fusion of Cuban and electronic rock that he pioneered in the 1970s, was 66. Video footage broadcast live on television showed the dramatic moment that Papa Wemba -- wearing a bold black and white patterned tunic and oversized bowler hat -- slumped to the floor behind a group of dancers, before
  
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• Sanders pressured to quit White House race as Clinton weighs VP picks

  24-04-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bernie Sanders fended off pressure Sunday to bow out of the race for the White House, as his rival, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, weighs potential runningmates. The New York Times reported that Clinton's advisers and allies have begun extensive discussions on a potential vice presidential candidate, and are putting together a list of 15 to 20 prospects. Clinton has described what sort of person would fit the bill, and has set objectives for the search, the Times said.
  
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• Report slams obstacles, torture in Mexico students case

  24-04-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Independent investigators issued a scathing report Sunday on the disappearance of 43 Mexican students, accusing the government of obstructing their probe and alleging that some suspects were tortured. After a yearlong investigation ending this month, the foreign experts from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights were unable to resolve a case that has shocked the international community and sparked protests against President Enrique Pena Nieto. The experts also cited medical reports showi
  
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• White House Poised to Release Secret Pages From 9/11 Inquiry

  24-04-2016 22:45
  The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers
  
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• Toned-down Trump does not mean retreat from policy: aide

  24-04-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A promise that U.S. Republican front-runner Donald Trump will adopt a more presidential campaign style does not signal a retreat from core policies such as his pledge to build a wall on the Mexican border, his top adviser said on Sunday. Senior Trump aide Paul Manafort dismissed rival Republican candidate Ted Cruz's accusation that the real estate mogul had lied about his policies on immigration to "fool gullible voters." The tussle over Trump's style and substance preceded Tuesday's Republican
  
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• Obama, Merkel push for trade deal as foreign crises weigh

  24-04-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Andreas Rinke HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday he would do whatever he could to advance a controversial trade deal with the European Union in his last eight months in office, but warned that time was running short. Obama has pushed to complete two trade agreements before his term ends on Jan. 20 - with Pacific nations and with the EU - but has run into a growing swell of populist concerns about the impact on jobs, consumer protections
  
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• Utah student wins $100,000 for tuition at football game

  24-04-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Brigham Young University student won $100,000 for his tuition during a football game on Saturday.
  
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• Bells of Minneapolis ring out Prince tribute

  24-04-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The bells of Minneapolis city hall rang out with some of Prince's best-loved hits Sunday in a tribute to the hometown music icon. Tony Hill played classics such as "Kiss," "1999," "Delirious," "Uptown" and "Nothing Compares 2 U" from a two-octave keyboard that controls the bells in the more than 100-year-old building. Hill, chair of the Tower Bell Foundation non-profit that programs 57 concerts a year, said it had been difficult to pick songs that could be played on the Bell Foundation's instrum
  
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• Serbia's pro-EU populists win vote, initial projections show

  24-04-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Preliminary unofficial results showed that the incumbent pro-EU populists have swept Serbia's parliamentary election on Sunday, leaving pro-Russia nationalists far behind.
  
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• Obama, Merkel make case for huge US-EU trade deal

  24-04-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a joint pitch Sunday for more transatlantic trade in the face of mounting opposition, vowing to complete a vast US-EU pact that could spur much-needed economic growth. After talks in the northern city of Hanover where tens of thousands marched Saturday against the planned deal, Obama said the world's largest trade pact could be finalised by the end of the year. "Angela and I agree that the United States and the European Union nee
  
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• Obama pushes for global trade deals in face of opposition

  24-04-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HANNOVER, Germany (AP) — President Barack Obama mounted a strong defense of international trade deals Sunday in the face of domestic and foreign opposition, saying it's "indisputable" that such agreements strengthen the economy and make U.S. businesses more competitive worldwide. But he acknowledged that the clock is ticking on his faltering trade agenda.
  
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• George Clooney in Yerevan for Armenian genocide commemorations

  24-04-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hollywood star and rights advocate George Clooney on Sunday joined emotional ceremonies in Yerevan marking the 101st anniversary of the World War I-era Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. A staunch advocate of the massacre's recognition as genocide, Clooney co-chairs the selection committee of the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity which was established on behalf of the survivors. Armenians say up to 1.5 million people were killed during World War I as the Ottoman Empire was falling apart,
  
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• The Latest: Walker praises police response to prom shooting

  24-04-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting outside of a high school prom in northern Wisconsin (all times local):
  
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• Prince fondly remembered in childhood neighborhood

  24-04-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It was when Prince sat down on stage and started playing guitar at a school band night that Dean Spencer knew the neighborhood kid nicknamed Skipper was extraordinary. "All of a sudden he got off the keyboard and sat on the side of the stage and started playing (American Latin rock music great) Carlos Santana," says 58-year-old Spencer.
  
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• Capitals hold off Flyers to advance in NHL playoffs

  24-04-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nicklas Backstrom scored and Washington goalie Braden Holtby stopped 26 shots, including 11 in the third period, as the Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 on Sunday to reach the second round of the NHL playoffs. The Capitals completed a 4-2 win in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series and set up a meeting with the Pittsburgh Penguins that will pit Capitals star Alex Ovechkin against the Penguins' Sydney Crosby.
  
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• 3 U.S. federal agents shot

  24-04-2016 21:37 via edition.cnn.com
  
  What started as a would-be arrest at a Kansas motel ended with four federal agents shot and the motel engulfed in flames.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Cursed' temple scares off tourists

  24-04-2016 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tourists are too scared to visit a 'cursed' temple in India, say local officials. A student in Delhi dared BBC Pop Up to visit after dark.
  
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• Don Drysdale's 1963 World Series ring sells for $110K

  24-04-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Drysdale's 1963 World Series championship ring with the Los Angeles Dodgers sold for $110,111 in an auction of the late Hall of Fame pitcher's memorabilia.
  
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• Gangsta rappers N.W.A. reunite, briefly, after 27 years

  24-04-2016 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The rappers -- who shocked much of white America with their 1988 protest song "Fuck tha Police" -- came together during a set by N.W.A. member turned solo star Ice Cube on Saturday night during the second weekend of the festival in the California desert. After performing "Straight Outta Compton," an ode to their rough hometown in Los Angeles County, Ice Cube teasingly asked the crowd whether there was "a doctor" in the house. To an eruption of cheers from the crowd, Dr. Dre -- who has gone on to
  
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• Nadal ties record for clay court titles

  24-04-2016 21:26 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Rafael Nadal matched a tennis legend Sunday and laid down another marker ahead of his attempt to win a 10th French Open title.Recent podcasts: Bernie gets the Axe | Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World | Graham Opposes GOP Leader
  
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• Stewart says he won't hold tongue on safety concerns

  24-04-2016 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — NASCAR driver and car owner Tony Stewart says he's not going to keep quiet when he has safety concerns.
  
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• Authorities: Teen shoots 2 outside prom before cop kills him

  24-04-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) — An 18-year-old man opened fire with a high-powered rifle outside of a high school prom in northern Wisconsin, wounding two students before a police officer who was in the parking lot fatally shot him, authorities said Sunday.
  
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• Report: Mexican police tortured suspects in students' case

  24-04-2016 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — There is strong evidence that Mexican police tortured some of the key suspects arrested in the disappearance of 43 students, according to a report released Sunday by an outside group of experts.
  
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• Preliminary unofficial results: Incumbent pro-EU populists sweep Serbia's parliamentary election

  24-04-2016 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Preliminary unofficial results: Incumbent pro-EU populists sweep Serbia's parliamentary election.
  
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• Hadid's oyster-shaped terminal to open in Italy, after her death

  24-04-2016 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the final works of Zaha Hadid, the acclaimed Iraqi-British architect who died suddenly last month, will be posthumously inaugurated in Italy on Monday. Inspired by an oyster, the new maritime terminal at the southern port of Salerno features a hard shell above a soft, fluid interior and the wavy lines that were Hadid's signature. The new terminal is part of a broader redevelopment of Salerno's port area and is designed to smooth the movement of the throngs of ferry and cruise ship passeng
  
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• U.N. Security Council condemns North Korea submarine missile test

  24-04-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The United Nations Security Council on Sunday condemned North Korea's submarine-launched ballistic missile test and expressed serious concern that such activities contributed to Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons delivery systems. North Korea (DPRK) said the missile test it conducted on Saturday under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un had been a "great success" that provided "one more means for powerful nuclear attack." "The members of the Security Council agreed that the Security Co
  
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• Secretary Kerry to revisit Vietnam War before Obama trip

  24-04-2016 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Before joining President Barack Obama on his first trip to Vietnam next month, Secretary of State John Kerry will take a day to reflect on his long and complicated history with the Asian country, first as a soldier and later as a war protester and statesman.
  
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• Capitals close out Flyers in 6 games with 1-0 victory

  24-04-2016 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nicklas Backstrom scored, Braden Holtby had 26 saves, and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 on Sunday in Game 6 to win the series 4-2 and advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
  
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• Austrian law-and-order presidential candidate wins 1st round

  24-04-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — The law-and-order candidate of Austria's right-wing party swept the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, winning over 35 percent of the vote for the party's best ever result. Government coalition contenders were among the five losers, signaling deep voter rejection and political uncertainty ahead.
  
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• Nadal equals Vilas clay record with ninth Barcelona title

  24-04-2016 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rafael Nadal equalled Argentine legend Guillermo Vilas's record of 49 clay-court titles with his ninth Barcelona Open after overcoming defending champion Kei Nishikori 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday. Fresh from winning the Monte Carlo Masters last week, Nadal has now won his opening 10 matches of the European clay-court season ahead of his quest to land a record 10th French Open in June. Nishikori was left to rue a series of missed break-point opportunities as the Japanese's 14-match winning streak in Barce
  
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• Koch brother: Clinton may be best option

  24-04-2016 20:48 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Oil tycoon and conservative mega-donor Charles Koch had kind words for both Bill and Hillary Clinton in an interview Sunday, saying there was an outside chance he could support her in November.
  
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• Pakistan's Khan threatens protests against PM over Panama Papers

  24-04-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mehreen Zahra-Malik and Asad Hashim ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan opposition politician Imran Khan on Sunday threatened fresh protests against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, saying the leader had lost "moral authority" to rule after the Panama Papers leak had linked his family to offshore wealth. Khan has seized on the Panama Papers scandal as a fresh opportunity to try to unseat Sharif. The former cricketing hero staged protests in Islamabad for months in 2014 over alleged
  
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• 3 federal agents injured during shootout at Kansas motel

  24-04-2016 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say they found a body in a Kansas hotel room that erupted in flames during a shootout in which three federal agents were injured while trying to arrest a robbery suspect.
  
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• Poland buries remains of World War II resistance commander

  24-04-2016 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's president and government ministers took part Sunday in the state burial of a World War II resistance commander and communist regime victim whose remains were found in a hidden mass grave.
  
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• One dead, two wounded in Wisconsin school shooting

  24-04-2016 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Eighteen-year-old Jakob Wagner died in the hospital after shooting outside a school in the city of Antigo -- about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Milwaukee. Wagner opened fire on the students at 11 pm as they were leaving the prom at their high school, Antigo police chief Eric Roller said in a statement.
  
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• Clinton, Trump stream ahead as rivals show signs of fading

  24-04-2016 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump surged Sunday toward another round of pivotal presidential primaries as their party leaders faced new questions about internal divisions that could complicate their nominees' general election chances.
  
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• More deaths in Aleppo as Obama calls for 'reinstated' Syria truce

  24-04-2016 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Regime and rebel bombardment killed 26 civilians on Sunday in Syria's second city Aleppo as US President Barack Obama urged the conflict's warring parties to "reinstate" a troubled ceasefire. Eight weeks into the declared truce between President Bashar al-Assad's regime and non-jihadist rebels, violence has escalated around Aleppo, with dozens killed by government air strikes and rebel rockets.
  
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• Moldovan anti-government protesters scuffle with police

  24-04-2016 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  CHSINAU, Moldova (AP) — Protesters scuffled with police who fired tear gas at them Sunday during a march in the Moldovan capital attended by thousands who were demanding the resignation of the government and early elections. More than a dozen people were injured.
  
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