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• Singers Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato cancel NC shows

  25-04-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Singers Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato are the latest artists to cancel shows in North Carolina in protest of the state's new law addressing LGBT rights and bathroom use by transgender people.
  
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• Leicester one win away from title

  25-04-2016 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicester City will seal the most unlikely of Premier League titles if they beat Manchester United on Sunday at Old Trafford.
  
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• Celtics-Hawks, Pacers-Raptors all even going to Game 5

  25-04-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — At this stage of an NBA playoff series, there's not much need for extra film work, no point in making any big adjustments.
  
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• Second EU radar satellite launches

  25-04-2016 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Space Agency launches a second radar satellite into the EU's new Sentinel constellation, to acquire a complete map of the Earth every six days.
  
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• FBI Agent Wounded in Kansas Gunfight Still Hospitalized

  25-04-2016 23:40 via abcnews.go.com
  One of three federal agents injured during a fiery weekend shootout at a Kansas motel remains hospitalized as investigators seek to identify the body found inside the suspect's charred motel room
  
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• The Latest: Clinton in PA talks guns, going shooting

  25-04-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential nomination race on the eve of primaries in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland (all times local):
  
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• Anti-Trump pact unites his rivals on eve of 5 primaries

  25-04-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BORDEN, Ind. (AP) — Declaring the Republican presidential contest at "a fork in the road," Ted Cruz and John Kasich defended their extraordinary new alliance on Monday as the party's last, best chance to stop Donald Trump, even as the New York billionaire surged toward another big delegate haul.
  
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• Time Warner Cable deal gets OK, with online video conditions

  25-04-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators will impose several conditions meant to protect online video services as they back Charter's bid to buy Time Warner Cable and create the country's second-largest home Internet provider.
  
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• Venezuelan Power Rationing Begins Amid Protests

  25-04-2016 23:29 via abcnews.go.com
  Venezuela's government has begun rationing power in 18 states for up to four hours a day in a bid to save energy until water levels stabilize at the nation's largest dam
  
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• Voters Weigh in on Cruz-Kasich Deal to Block Trump

  25-04-2016 23:25 via abcnews.go.com
  The Associated Press asked voters in Indiana, Oregon and New Mexico how they felt about Cruz and Kasich striking an extraordinary accord to block Trump's relentless _ but not yet successful _ march toward the Republican nomination
  
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• TV personality Erin Andrews settles video stalker case: reports

  25-04-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Television personality Erin Andrews has reached a settlement with the owner and operator of the Nashville hotel where a nude video of her that went viral was secretly recorded, according to media reports on Monday. Terms of the agreement are confidential and the matter is now over, according to newspaper the Tennessean, the ABC TV affiliate in Nashville and E! News - all of which cited Andrews' lawyer. A jury in March found the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University liable for t
  
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• Health Chief: Legionnaires' Didn't Rise Much to His Level

  25-04-2016 23:25 via abcnews.go.com
  The head of Michigan's health agency says there was an eight-month gap between when he was made aware of an investigation into a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the Flint area and when the issue rose to his level again
  
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• Oklahoma Bill Tying Abortions to Doctor Licenses Criticized

  25-04-2016 23:22 via abcnews.go.com
  Abortion rights supporters and the state's medical association are balking at a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature that would strip doctors who perform abortions of their license to practice
  
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• Parents of Missing Mexican Students Slam Government Probe

  25-04-2016 23:21 via abcnews.go.com
  The parents of 43 missing students who disappeared in September 2014 are accusing the government of lying to them, planting evidence and not adequately investigating the case
  
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• Leicester 1 win from Premier League title after Spurs held

  25-04-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Leicester is one win from its first Premier League title after Tottenham was held 1-1 by West Bromwich Albion on Monday.
  
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• Gay rights activist among two hacked to death in Bangladesh

  25-04-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two leading gay rights activists were hacked to death Monday at an apartment in Bangladesh's capital, police said, the latest deadly attack on minorities in the Muslim-majority nation. Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Maruf Hossain Sorder said at least six men entered the seven-storey building, saying they were there to deliver a parcel to the home of one of the victims. Police did not identify the victims, but an official from Roopbaan, the country's only LBGT magazine, named one as editor a
  
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• US clears huge cable operator merger, with conditions

  25-04-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US authorities on Monday approved a mega-merger of cable television operators that allows Charter Communications to absorb rivals Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, with some conditions. Charter agreed to pay more than $78 billion for TWC and $10.4 billion for Bright House, making it the second largest US cable television operator behind Comcast, and the second largest cable Internet group. The approval comes after last year's deal between Comcast and TWC fell apart in the face of oppo
  
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• Canadian executed by Islamic militants in Philippines: Trudeau

  25-04-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Islamic militants in the Philippines have executed a Canadian hostage, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday, after the Filipino authorities said they had found the head of a foreign man on a remote island. "I'm outraged by the news that a Canadian citizen, John Ridsdel, held hostage in the Philippines since September 21, 2015, has been killed at the hands of his captors," Trudeau said. Ridsdel, fellow Canadian tourist Robert Hall, Hall's girlfriend Filipina Marites Flor, and N
  
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• 2nd Security Firm Raises Concerns About Cruz and Kasich Apps

  25-04-2016 23:18 via abcnews.go.com
  Another computer-security firm is raising concerns about the potential for hackers to glean users' personal data from phone apps released by the campaigns of Republican presidential contenders Ted Cruz and John Kasich
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: News media barred from cheetah briefing

  25-04-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Cheated out of a cheetah.
  
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• 'Individual A' Sues Hastert Over Unpaid Hush Money

  25-04-2016 23:10 via abcnews.go.com
  A man who alleges he was sexually abused by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and later promised $3.5 million to stay quiet has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit, saying he's owed more than half of the money Hastert promised
  
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• Conspiracy Files: Who shot down MH17?

  25-04-2016 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Conspiracy Files team investigates
  
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• Car bomb near Damascus kills at least six: Islamic State

  25-04-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A car bomb in a district south of Damascus killed at least six people and possibly many more on Monday, according to Islamic State militants who claimed responsibility for the attack. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said eight people had been killed and the toll was expected to rise because of the number of people with serious injuries. State media said the bombing was on the outskirts of Sayeda Zeinab, home to Syria's holiest Shi'ite Muslim shrine.
  
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• 3 Injured After Small Plane Crashes Into House in Florida Neighborhood

  25-04-2016 23:01 via abcnews.go.com
  It crashed into a house shortly after departure.
  
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• Hospitals set for first all-out strike

  25-04-2016 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hospitals in England are braced for the first all-out junior doctors' strike in the history of the NHS on Tuesday.
  
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• Feds issue new standards for Medicaid insurance plans

  25-04-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is setting new standards for Medicaid private insurance plans, now the main source of coverage for millions of low-income people.
  
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• Justice Department Approves Deal to Create New Cable Giant

  25-04-2016 22:59 via abcnews.go.com
  The Justice Department has approved Charter's bid to buy Time Warner Cable and create another cable giant
  
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• Canadian Hostage Found Beheaded in Philippines

  25-04-2016 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines made good on their threat and beheaded a Canadian tourist they had been holding for months.
  
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• Uber Class Action Lawyer Gives Her 2 Cents About Tipping Drivers

  25-04-2016 22:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A lawyer for Uber drivers clarifies the settlement terms that describe tipping.
  
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• Saudi Aramco CEO expects oil price upturn by year-end

  25-04-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Aramco [SDABO.UL] expects a recovery in oil prices by the end of this year, the state oil giant's chief executive said on Monday, emphasizing that Saudi Arabia will always meet customer demand. The comments by CEO Amin Nasser came after the powerful young prince overseeing Saudi Arabia's economy, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, unveiled ambitious plans on Monday aimed at ending the kingdom's "addiction" to oil and transforming it into a global investment power. The two-year downtu
  
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• Carly Fiorina Being Vetted as Possible Ted Cruz VP Pick, Aide Says

  25-04-2016 22:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  No offers have yet been made.
  
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• US regulators approve cable tie-up

  25-04-2016 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has approved Charter Communications purchase of Time Warner Cable and Bright House networks.
  
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• Valeant Pharma picks Perrigo leader to become next CEO

  25-04-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Embattled drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals has chosen Perrigo Co. Chairman and CEO Joseph C. Papa to become its new CEO, replacing J. Michael Pearson.
  
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• Poll worker: Voters given wrong ballots in Arizona primary

  25-04-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A poll worker who was on duty during Arizona's problematic presidential primary testified Monday that 36 Democratic voters were given incorrect ballots by an electronic machine and 20 other Democrats were listed in the wrong party.
  
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• Alleged abuse victim files $1.8 mn lawsuit against ex-US speaker

  25-04-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A former student of Dennis Hastert filed a $1.8 million lawsuit Monday alleging sexual abuse when he was 14, just days before the fallen US House speaker is due to be sentenced in a related case. Although the complaint was filed anonymously by a plaintiff under the common pseudonym "James Doe," the allegations make clear he is the man referred to as "Individual A" in last year's federal indictment against Hastert for violating banking laws to make the settlement payments and lying to the FBI abo
  
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• 1 dead in Armenia bus explosion

  25-04-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian officials say an explosion of a city bus in the capital has killed at least one person and wounded six others.
  
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• Migrants' bodies wash up on shore

  25-04-2016 22:37 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The bodies of migrants headed across the Mediterranean desperate for a better life wash up on the shorelines of Garabulli, Libya. Christiane Amanpour reports.
  
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• US seeks outside control for troubled New Orleans jail

  25-04-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Justice Department asked a federal court to appoint a third party to operate the long-troubled New Orleans jail, saying new leadership is essential because the city's sheriff has for years failed to improve conditions that endanger inmates.
  
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• VIDEO: Blue diamond star of show at auction

  25-04-2016 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Christies's action house has been showing off the gems that will go under the hammer in its upcoming "Magnificent Jewels" sale.
  
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• 'Pathetic:' Trump rips plan to derail him

  25-04-2016 22:31 via edition.cnn.com
  
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• US stocks drop ahead of Fed, data releases

  25-04-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks fell Monday, retreating at the start of a heavy week of economic news that includes a US Federal Reserve meeting and major earnings and data releases.
  
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• Southern Illinois University leader condemns racist video

  25-04-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Racial tension on the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale campus is high after a series of recent incidents that include an anonymous video posted on YouTube that called for the lynching and beating of black students.
  
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• Kelly Ripa getting ready for return to 'Live'

  25-04-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The few minutes of their talk show where Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan engage in the "host chat" segment about the day's hot stories should be particularly interesting on Tuesday — Ripa's first day back after learning Strahan is leaving.
  
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• Ryan Reynolds helps out Utah cinema in 'Deadpool' trouble

  25-04-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Actor Ryan Reynolds is showing his support for a Salt Lake City movie theater cited under a Utah obscenity law for serving drinks during a screening of his movie "Deadpool."
  
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• 'Individual A' sues Hastert for money over unpaid hush money

  25-04-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A man who alleges he was sexually abused by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and later promised $3.5 million to stay quiet filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit on Monday, saying he's owed more than half of the money Hastert promised.
  
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• Indians' Carrasco could miss 6 weeks with hamstring injury

  25-04-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Indians starter Carlos Carrasco could miss six weeks because of a strained left hamstring, a significant blow to Cleveland's staff.
  
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• A Look at the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in Numbers

  25-04-2016 22:19 via abcnews.go.com
  Telling the story of Chernobyl in numbers 30 years later involves dauntingly large figures and others that are even more vexing because they're still unknown
  
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• Missing Teen's iPhone Could Hold Answers to Disappearance

  25-04-2016 22:18 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Austin Stephanos and his friend Perry Cohen, both 14, went missing last summer.
  
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• Schwartzel becomes 4th major champion to skip Olympics

  25-04-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Charl Schwartzel of South Africa has told golf officials he will skip the Olympics.
  
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• Man to plead guilty to hiding friend's church shooting plan

  25-04-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A South Carolina man will plead guilty to federal charges he lied to investigators and concealed knowledge of his friend's plans for a deadly mass shooting that killed nine parishioners at a Charleston church last year, court papers showed on Monday. Joseph Meek, 21, will plead guilty to two charges, according to a plea agreement filed in federal court. An attorney for Meek and federal prosecutors declined to comment.
  
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