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• Top Paris chef takes reins at La Grande Maison

  28-04-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  French culinary favourite Pierre Gagnaire is to take over from the world's most Michelin starred chef Joel Robuchon at the luxury hotel and restaurant La Grande Maison in Bordeaux, wine magnate Bernard Magrez said on Thursday. Magrez chose Robuchon to take the helm at the eaterie -- housed in a 19th century mansion -- when it opened in December 2014 and it duly picked up two Michelin stars in early 2016. Following in Robuchon's footsteps will be the 66-year-old Gagnaire, the owner and head chef
  
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• U.S. military punishes 16 over 2015 Afghan hospital bombing

  28-04-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military will announce on Friday that has it taken disciplinary action against 16 service members over a deadly Oct. 3 air strike in Afghanistan that destroyed a hospital run by the international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, U.S. officials told Reuters. Instead, General John Campbell, who was then head of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, described a series of blunders that allowed the American forces to target the hospital, even th
  
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• Brazil leader defiant amid woes

  28-04-2016 23:53 via edition.cnn.com
  
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• The Latest: Psychologist: Clinic shooting suspect delusional

  28-04-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The latest on a mental competency hearing for a man who acknowledges killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic:
  
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• Nuns hit back in battle with Katy Perry over convent

  28-04-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A pair of nuns locked in a legal battle with singer Katy Perry over the purchase of a former convent claim in newly filed court papers that an incorrect translation of a Vatican decree was used to convince a judge to clear the sale of the property. According to court documents filed this week on behalf of Sister Rita Callanan and Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, the decree, when properly translated, states that the Vatican was still examining the sisters' claim that they control the prized propert
  
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• Man in animal suit shot outside TV station

  28-04-2016 23:50 via edition.cnn.com
  
  A man wearing an animal onesie, a surgical mask and carrying what appeared to be explosives was shot by police Thursday after a standoff at a Baltimore television news station, authorities said.
  
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• Teen pleads guilty to attempted murder in cafeteria shooting

  28-04-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty Thursday to charges expected to keep him locked up at least until he's 21 for opening fire on fellow students in a school cafeteria for reasons that remain unclear.
  
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• Flint residents tell civil rights panel of fear, distrust

  28-04-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Half a century after a civil rights panel investigated Flint's segregated housing, the commission held its first hearing Thursday into whether city residents again faced discrimination or racial bias — this time related to the city's crisis over lead-tainted drinking water.
  
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• APNewsBreak: South Dakota tribe sues feds over ER closure

  28-04-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Native American tribe in South Dakota sued the federal government Thursday over the nearly five-month closure of the only emergency room on its reservation.
  
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• Leicester's football season 'like a dream'

  28-04-2016 23:44 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Sven-Göran Eriksson has seen a lot in almost 40 years as a coach, but says the fairytale story of his former club Leicester takes some beating.
  
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• Trump speech wows in Russia

  28-04-2016 23:39 via edition.cnn.com
  
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• Defense secretary investigating accuracy of sex crimes cases

  28-04-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday he's investigating whether his department misled Congress in an effort to derail a contentious bill that would change the way the military handles allegations of sexual misconduct.
  
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• The Latest: Judge: Bulger's girlfriend had 'twisted' loyalty

  28-04-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the sentence of the Catherine Greig, the longtime girlfriend of gangster James "Whitey" Bulger (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Biden leaves Iraq, next stop Rome

  28-04-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Iraq (all times local):
  
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• US beefs up surveillance over Islamic State in Libya

  28-04-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has moved surveillance drones into the skies over Libya to gather intelligence and get a better picture of what's going on in case additional military strikes against Islamic State militants are authorized.
  
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• China imposes controversial controls on foreign NGOs

  28-04-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China's Communist-controlled legislature passed a controversial law Thursday imposing new restrictions on foreign non-governmental organisations -- a measure met with "deep concern" in Washington. "The United States is deeply concerned that China's new Law on the Management of Foreign NGO Activities will further narrow space for civil society in China," US National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. "We urge China to respect the rights and freedoms of human rights defender
  
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• Undercover in Syria

  28-04-2016 23:32 via edition.cnn.com
  
  There's a sickening moment between hearing the planes and waiting for them to drop their payload. A pit forms in your stomach. You know you could die, but you also know there's no way to divine where the strike will hit.
  
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• Islamic State turns to selling fish, cars to offset oil losses: report

  28-04-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State earns millions of dollars a month running car dealerships and fish farms in Iraq, making up for lower oil income after its battlefield losses, Iraqi judicial authorities said on Thursday. Security experts once estimated the ultra-radical Islamist group's annual income at $2.9 billion, much of it coming from oil and gas installations in Iraq and Syria. The U.S.-led coalition has targeted Islamic State's financial infrastructure, using air strikes
  
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• California brothers arrested in parents' shooting deaths

  28-04-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Two California brothers were arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting deaths of their parents, who were popular fixtures at their mosque for three decades and had helped relatives emigrate from their native Bangladesh.
  
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• Paternity test 'proves Spanish matadors are father and son'

  28-04-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A DNA test has proved that bullfighter Manuel Benitez "El Cordobes" did father another matador who long claimed to be his son, the younger man's lawyer said Thursday. Benitez, 79, who revolutionised Spain's conservative bullfighting world in the 1960s with his acrobatic style, has long denied that popular matador Manuel Diaz, 47, who also uses the nickname "El Cordobes", is related to him. The court then ordered an official DNA paternity test to be carried out and the results, presented in court
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: Ryan, Pelosi salute kids at work

  28-04-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Often at odds, Democrats and Republicans came together on Thursday to welcome the children of reporters and congressional staff at Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
  
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• MSF: Airstrike on hospital was deliberate

  28-04-2016 23:16 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Pablo Marco of MSF tells Zain Asher he believes the deadly airstrike on an Aleppo hospital was intentional.
  
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• Amazon sees profits and sales surge

  28-04-2016 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon reports a profit of $513m in its first quarter, helped by a 28% jump in sales.
  
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• NCAA scraps ban on satellite camps; recruiting under study

  28-04-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The NCAA Division I Board of Directors scrapped a proposed ban on satellite camps Thursday, rebuffing a request from powerhouse conferences in the South and clearing the way for coaches to hold and work at clinics far from their campuses this summer.
  
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• VIDEO: Zambia crash families still want closure

  28-04-2016 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In 1993 a military plane carrying Zambia's football team crashed killing all onboard, but 23 years on their families are still waiting for closure.
  
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• Obamas, Bidens to kick off USO comedy show next week

  28-04-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are joining their wives next week for a USO comedy show in observance of Military Appreciation Month.
  
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• Amazon profit crushes estimates as cloud service revenue soars

  28-04-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The results are a sharp contrast to the disappointing fourth quarter Amazon reported in January, which renewed worries among some shareholders about the company's comparatively thin profit margins. Amazon's performance also assuaged concerns about a broader slowdown among tech and internet companies after Apple , Microsoft and Intel all reported disappointing earnings. While Amazon displayed impressive growth for a company its size - revenues rose 28.2 percent to $29.13 billion - its Amazon Web
  
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• U.S-backed Syrian fighters battle insurgents north of Aleppo, dozens killed

  28-04-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Fierce clashes between U.S.-backed Syrian fighters and insurgent groups north of Aleppo killed dozens of combatants, a spokesman and a monitoring group said on Thursday. The Syria Democratic Forces alliance, which includes the powerful Kurdish YPG militia, has been fighting insurgents, some also supported by foreign states via Turkey, in northern Aleppo province for several months. Washington, which is leading an aerial campaign against Islamic State, supports the SDF in the separate fight again
  
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• Man in 'panda suit' shot in TV station standoff: US report

  28-04-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Baltimore, Maryland station, also known locally as WBFF, said the man entered the building around 2 pm (1800 GMT) demanding news coverage of what he described as a case of government conspiracy. "He talked to me and was wearing what appears to be a full-body white panda suit, surgical mask and sunglasses," FOX45 News Director Mike Tomko was quoted as saying.
  
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• Italy says Austria 'wasting money' in migrant border row

  28-04-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italy told Austria Thursday it would prove Vienna was "wasting money" on anti-migrant measures and closing the border between the two countries would be "an enormous mistake". Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka, who has vigorously defended the controversial package which was driven by a surge of the far right, met his counterpart Angelino Alfano over the plans, which have infuriated Italians. Alfano said "the numbers do not support" fears of a mass movement of migrants and refugees acro
  
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• Israel treads carefully with claim to Golan

  28-04-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked a new diplomatic brushfire by declaring that the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war, is and should remain "under Israel's sovereignty permanently."
  
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• Villarreal 1-0 Liverpool

  28-04-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's hopes of reaching their first European final since 2007 suffer a blow as Villarreal score an injury-time winner.
  
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• Mom convicted of creating public nuisance for Facebook post

  28-04-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico woman has been convicted of creating a public nuisance by posting an online comment about the possibility of a shooting at her son's middle school.
  
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• White Sox place closer Robertson on bereavement list

  28-04-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Chicago White Sox closer David Robertson will miss at least three games after being placed on the bereavement list before Thursday's series opener at Baltimore Orioles.
  
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• US stocks skid as Apple pulls tech companies lower

  28-04-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks took their biggest loss in three weeks on Thursday after a late sell-off. Apple, which is mired in a slump, fell to its lowest price in about two months and dragged the tech sector sharply lower.
  
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• California seeks $90 million from utility over wildfire

  28-04-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California officials say they will seek more than $90 million in firefighting costs from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. after finding that a deadly 2015 fire was sparked by a tree that came into contact with a power line.
  
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• Whitey Bulger's girlfriend gets 21 more months in prison

  28-04-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The longtime girlfriend of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced Thursday to an additional 21 months in prison for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating whether other people helped Bulger while he was a fugitive.
  
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• Lawsuit: 2 Missouri school officials slammed girl to ground

  28-04-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit says two white school officials in southeast Missouri slammed a black teenager to the ground three times, injuring her neck and back and requiring hospital treatment.
  
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• Canadian woman murdered in LA identified 46 years later

  28-04-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Canadian woman stabbed to death in Los Angeles around the time and place of the infamous Manson murders has been identified 46 years later, authorities and her family said. Known for nearly half a century only as "Jane Doe 59," the murder victim was publicly identified Wednesday by Los Angeles police and her sister as Reet Jurvetson.
  
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• Raiders owner to Las Vegas: Build it and we will come

  28-04-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Davis was beaming as he posed with fans behind a black and silver "Las Vegas Raiders" banner. He made a few jokes before delivering a $500 million commitment to a new stadium in the city for his team.
  
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• The Latest: Whitey Bulger's girlfriend gets more prison time

  28-04-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the sentence of the Catherine Greig, the longtime girlfriend of gangster James "Whitey" Bulger (all times local):
  
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• Biden presses Iraq to not let political chaos upend gains

  28-04-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq on Thursday not to let its crippling political crisis upend hard-fought gains against the Islamic State group as he returned to the country that's come to symbolize America's relentless struggles in the Middle East.
  
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• FBI: 'Argument can be made' fake AP story broke rules

  28-04-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI officials say there's no clear evidence the agency violated its own rules when it posed as The Associated Press to unmask a criminal, according to a report obtained through a public records lawsuit.
  
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• Abbott deal for St. Jude spurs company split talk

  28-04-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  When Abbott Laboratories said on Thursday it would buy heart device company St. Jude Medical Inc for $25 billion, it set off a flurry of Wall Street speculation over whether Abbott Chief Executive Miles White is laying groundwork to split the company yet again. Three years ago, White spun off Abbott's fast-growing branded drugs business into a new company, AbbVie, buoyed by top-selling arthritis medicine Humira, which helped AbbVie shares double. Abbott retained medical devices, nutritionals, di
  
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• Brother of San Bernardino shooter arrested with two others

  28-04-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three people linked to the couple responsible for December's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California were arrested on Thursday on conspiracy, marriage fraud and other charges unrelated to the massacre, U.S. prosecutors said. The trio included Syed Raheel Farook, whose brother Syed Rizwan Farook and sister-in-law, Pakistan-born Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people in a rampage that authorities have said was inspired by Islamist militants. U.S. Navy vete
  
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• The Latest: Christie: wife didn't roll eyes at Trump comment

  28-04-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016 (all times Eastern):
  
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• North Korea test-fires two missiles, both fail: U.S

  28-04-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ju-min Park and David Brunnstrom SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired what appeared to be two intermediate range ballistic missiles on Thursday, but both failed, the U.S. military said, in a setback for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of next week's ruling party congress. The isolated nation has conducted a series of missile launches in violation of U.N. resolutions ahead of the Workers' Party congress which begins on May 6. South Korea also says North is ready to conduct
  
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• Nevada gambling revenue down 3 percent in March

  28-04-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada gambling revenue dropped 3 percent in March compared with last year, weighed down by bettors playing less baccarat and casinos having a less-lucky month in slots and sports betting.
  
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• US stocks tumble as Apple hit by Icahn exit of shares

  28-04-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US stocks finished a volatile session sharply lower Thursday after investor Carl Icahn said he had sold his remaining investment in Apple, sending the tech giant's shares down 3.1 percent. Icahn told CNBC he liquidated his remaining shares due to worries the Chinese government would thwart Apple's efforts to sell more iPhones and other gadgets in the world's second-biggest economy. Icahn also said he was "extremely cautious" about US equities given the embrace by the US Federal Reserve and other
  
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• 600 kilos of Roman coins discovered in Spanish town

  28-04-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Construction workers have found 600 kilos (1,300 pounds) of ancient Roman coins while carrying out routine work on water pipes in southern Spain, local officials said Thursday. "It is a unique collection and there are very few similar cases," Ana Navarro, head of Seville's Archeology Museum which is looking after the find, told a news conference. Dating back to the late third and early fourth centuries, the bronze coins were found Wednesday inside 19 Roman amphoras, a type of jar, in the town of
  
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