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• CIA 'Live Tweets' Bin Laden Raid on Anniversary

  01-05-2016 23:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Tweets include helicopter landing, situation room photo and the positive ID.
  
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• Worse fire seasons predicted for Hawaii, Alaska, Southwest

  01-05-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hawaii, Alaska and the Southwest face an increased threat of wildfires this summer, but most of the country should see normal or below-normal problems, forecasters said Sunday.
  
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• Trade unions hold rallies to mark May Day; clashes

  01-05-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trade unions and other groups are staging rallies around the world to mark International Workers Day. A look at some May Day events:
  
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• 2 reservation hospitals agree to quality-of-care changes

  01-05-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two government-run hospitals on Native American reservations in South Dakota will keep receiving crucial federal funding after agreeing to undertake significant measures to improve the quality of care provided to patients.
  
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• After a half-century wait, US cruise leaves Miami for Cuba

  01-05-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — After a half-century of waiting, passengers have set sail from Miami on an historic cruise to Havana.
  
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• The Latest: Trump predicts win, with or without united GOP

  01-05-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign ahead of Tuesday's high-stakes Indiana primary (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• Brad Keselowski wins crazy crash-fest at Talladega

  01-05-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Brad Keselowski won a demolition derby at Talladega Superspeedway, where multiple wrecks caused two cars to go airborne and led to millions of dollars in damage to race teams.
  
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• The Latest: 2nd soggy day brings wetsuits to Jazz Fest

  01-05-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (all times local):
  
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• Islamic State boosts attacks in response to territorial losses: IHS

  01-05-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Islamic State attacks have increased this year, particularly in Iraq and Syria as the group responds to substantial territorial losses, a U.S.-based analysis firm IHS said on Sunday. There were 891 attacks during the first quarter of 2016 in neighbors Iraq and Syria, more than in any three-month period since the militants' sweeping advance in mid-2014, IHS said in a new report. "The group is resorting more and more to mass-casualty violence as it comes under heavy pressure from multiple angles,"
  
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• Air France-KLM board picks Janaillac as new CEO

  01-05-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Air France-KLM's board of directors on Sunday appointed Jean-Marc Janaillac, the current head of French transport group Transdev, as the group's new chief executive following the surprise resignation of Alexandre de Juniac. "The board has decided that Mr Janaillac will be co-opted as a group director when Mr de Juniac leaves office on July 31 at the latest. The appointment of 63-year-old Janaillac was widely anticipated but French media had expected the announcement to come on Tuesday at the ear
  
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• Car bomb in southern Turkey kills 2 police officers

  01-05-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A car bomb struck the entrance of a Turkish police station Sunday in the southern city of Gaziantep, killing two police officers and wounding 22 other people in a day marred by violence and May Day protests.
  
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• Jack Black surprises cast of Broadway's 'School of Rock'

  01-05-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The cast of Broadway's new musical "School of Rock" got the endorsement Sunday of someone they've desperately wanted to impress for months — Jack Black.
  
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• May Day rallies in Los Angeles carry strong anti-Trump theme

  01-05-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lucy Nicholson and Jane Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of people marched through Los Angeles on Sunday in May Day rallies that took aim at Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump for his campaign vow to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration. The rallies in a city with a large immigrant population come just days after protesters smashed the window of a police car and blocked traffic in chaotic scenes outside a Trump campaign event in Costa
  
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• Things to know about a gap year, when students take time off

  01-05-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's daughter Malia is taking a year off after graduating from high school before attending Harvard University as part of an expanding program for students known as a "gap year."
  
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• 5-year-old boy fatally mauled in Greece by Rottweiler dogs

  01-05-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say a 5-year-old boy has died after being mauled by two Rottweiler dogs.
  
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• Arizona Man Injured, Horse Killed by Lightning Strike

  01-05-2016 22:32 via abcnews.go.com
  Authorities say a man remains hospitalized at a Phoenix burn unit after being struck by lightning while horseback riding
  
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• Villarreal seal Champions League return

  01-05-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Villarreal warmed-up for the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Liverpool by sealing fourth place in La Liga with a 2-0 win at Valencia on Sunday. The Yellow Submarine are now guaranteed at least a place in the Champions League qualifiers for the first time in four years, but could gain direct entry to the group stages should they go on to win the club's first major honour in the Europa League. First-half goals from Samuel Garcia and Adrian Lopez - who also struck the stoppage
  
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• Suspected Islamic State suicide bomber kills two police in southeast Turkey: sources

  01-05-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Seyhmus Cakan GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) - Two police officers were killed and 22 people wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, the governor and police sources said, in one of three attacks on the security forces on Sunday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but security sources said police raided the home of a suspected Islamic State militant believed to have carried out the attack and detained his father for DNA tests and questioning
  
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• As path narrows, Sanders asks party insiders to back his bid

  01-05-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders acknowledged Sunday that his "uphill climb" to the Democratic nomination depends on persuading superdelegates, the elected officials, lobbyists and other party insiders who are free to back either candidate.
  
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• Hawaii, Alaska, Southwest face increased wildfire threat

  01-05-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fire forecasters say Hawaii, Alaska and the Southwest will face an increased threat of wildfires this summer.
  
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• Russia says talks to extend Syrian lull in fighting to Aleppo

  01-05-2016 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lidia Kelly and John Davison MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday talks were taking place to include Aleppo in a temporary lull in fighting declared by the Syrian army in some western parts of the country, a sign of intensified efforts to halt a surge of violence in its former commercial capital. The United States said stopping the bloodshed in Aleppo, which has been at the center of an escalation of violence that has all but destroyed a wider ceasefire deal and broke up peace talk
  
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• Phoenix-Area Man Injured, Horse Killed by Lightning Strike

  01-05-2016 22:12 via abcnews.go.com
  Authorities say a man remains hospitalized at a Phoenix burn unit after being struck by lightning while horseback riding
  
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• 'The Jungle Book' tramples competition at the US box office

  01-05-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - Three new movie releases failed to best Disney's "The Jungle Book," which trounced the competition at the US box office during its third weekend with $42.4 million, industry estimates showed Sunday.
  
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• Campaign rumbles into Indiana with underdogs struggling

  01-05-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The 2016 presidential campaign rumbled into Indiana Sunday focused on Tuesday's critical primary, even as front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump itched to fully engage in the one-on-one battle they cast as inevitable.
  
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• Stroman Allows 1 Run, Blue Jays Beat Rays 5-1

  01-05-2016 22:04 via abcnews.go.com
  Marcus Stroman allowed one run in eight innings on his 25th birthday, Troy Tulowitzki hit a three-run homer during a four-run ninth and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 on Sunday
  
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• Family Guy creator to sing with Boston Pops opening night

  01-05-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is helping the Boston Pops kick off its spring concert series.
  
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• VIDEO: Bomb blast in Turkey kills two

  01-05-2016 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials in Turkey say two police officers have been killed and more have been injured in a bombing close to the border with Syria.
  
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• Trump gets outside help for potential GOP convention battle

  01-05-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has a Plan B if he's faced with a contested convention, and it involves the sort of outside groups that he's called "corrupt."
  
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• Protests disband after IS group carries out 2nd Iraq bombing

  01-05-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-government protesters disbanded at least temporarily Sunday from the heavily fortified Green Zone they had stormed a day earlier after the Islamic State group carried out its second major attack in Iraq in as many days — a pair of car bombs that killed more than 30 people.
  
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• The Latest: Sanders acknowledges path is narrow, heads to IN

  01-05-2016 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign ahead of Tuesday's high-stakes Indiana primary (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• Heat roll past Hornets in Game 7, 106-73

  01-05-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — They needed all 82 games of the regular season to get the opportunity to play Game 7 of the opening round at home, and the Miami Heat took full advantage.
  
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• Prince Fought Throat, Stomach Pains Recently, Longtime Chef Says

  01-05-2016 21:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  He says he felt Prince "wasn't himself" in the months before he was found dead.
  
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• 'Spying Billboards' Under Fire for Tapping Into People's Cellphones

  01-05-2016 21:34 via abcnews.go.com
  A U.S. senator is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company's latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers
  
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• John Kasich Helps With 'Promposal'

  01-05-2016 21:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  "It would be 'Kay-sick' if you would go to the prom with Julia," he said.
  
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• Two MP committees to quiz Green on BHS

  01-05-2016 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green is invited to appear before two parliamentary committees to answer questions about the High Street chain's collapse into administration.
  
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• Eyeing an Indiana victory, Trump says, 'It's over'

  01-05-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday's contest in Indiana, where he holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist opinion poll showed Trump with a wide lead in Indiana, 49 percent to 34 percent for Cruz and 13 percent for a third candidate, Ohio Governor John Kasich. Trump, a 69-year-old billionair
  
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• Bergdahl defense can access classified information, court rules

  01-05-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Legal proceedings against Bergdahl, which had been halted pending a resolution of the classified material issue, can now resume, according to a ruling on Thursday by the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals that was made public late on Saturday by Bergdahl's attorney, Eugene Fidell. Bergdahl, now 30, walked away from his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was captured by the Taliban, who held him prisoner for five years and tortured him. Bergdahl returned to active duty, but after an invest
  
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• US, Russia in bids to halt fighting in Syria's Aleppo

  01-05-2016 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived Sunday in Geneva in a bid to restore a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, as Russia said it was working to freeze fighting in Aleppo. More than a week of fighting in Syria's second city has killed hundreds of civilians and left a UN-backed peace process hanging by a thread. Concern has been growing that the fighting will lead to the complete collapse of a landmark ceasefire between President Bashar al-Assad's regime and non-jihadist rebels that was brokered b
  
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• Jazz fest's last day kicks off, storm ends some sets early

  01-05-2016 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A day after thunderstorms forced the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to close early, another downpour Sunday turned parts of the Fair Grounds Race Track into swimming pools for geese and forced several of the last day's acts to end their sets early.
  
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• The Guardian view on Spain’s political impasse: no relief yet in sight | Editorial

  01-05-2016 21:13 via theguardian.com
  
  The new politics ends in muddle as a weary country prepares to vote againLast December’s general election was supposed to give Spain – weary of austerity, fed up with scandals and tired of incumbents who seemed to have been around too long – a political new start. But the paradoxical result of the rise of two parties promising fresh approaches to the country’s problems has been paralysis, not forward movement. After months of squabbling and manoeuvring, King Felipe last w
  
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• Chemical leaks from US derailed train

  01-05-2016 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A freight train derails in Washington DC, spilling hazardous liquid, but no injuries are reported and no evacuation orders are issued.
  
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• Teen Killed on Carnival Ride Was in Top 10 Percent of Class

  01-05-2016 21:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The accident happened Friday night in El Paso, Texas.
  
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• College student starts business recycling dorm fridges

  01-05-2016 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A college student appalled at the dorm furnishings his roommates were leaving behind his freshman year has started a booming business recycling mini refrigerators.
  
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• Kurdish group claims attack in Turkish city of Bursa

  01-05-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (AP) — A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in the Turkish city of Bursa that wounded 13 people earlier this week.
  
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• CIA director says unverified material in secret 9/11 pages

  01-05-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director John Brennan says a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 contains preliminary information about possible Saudi links to the attackers that hadn't been corroborated or checked out at the time.
  
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• Green zone protests raise questions over viability of Iraq's government

  01-05-2016 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Demonstrations in Baghdad’s fortified green zone shows fragility of the state in face of sectarian divisionsFor 13 years, Baghdad’s green zone had been off limits to nearly all Iraqis; a place where wars have been run, power has been bitterly contested and from where the country’s unaccountable leaders have filleted its finances.It had all taken place behind blast walls and barriers that gave the area, on the north bank of the Tigris river, an opaque and remote feel. The author
  
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• Back to the drawing board for Thunder against Spurs

  01-05-2016 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There was a possession where LaMarcus Aldridge grabbed a defense rebound, outlet-passed to Manu Ginobili, who then turned and fired a 70-foot strike to Kawhi Leonard for a dunk.
  
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• The Latest: Cleanup to begin after train derails in DC

  01-05-2016 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a train derailment and hazardous material leak in Washington, D.C. (all times local):
  
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• 'It's over,' Trump says, eyeing victory in Indiana

  01-05-2016 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday's contest in Indiana, where he holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist opinion poll showed Trump with a wide lead in Indiana, 49 percent to 34 percent for Cruz and 13 percent for a third candidate, Ohio Governor John Kasich. Trump, a 69-year-old billionair
  
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• Stephen Curry resumes light shooting on injured right knee

  01-05-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry has resumed light shooting without movement on his injured right knee with the hopes he could get into scrimmages by later next week, perhaps in time to be ready for Game 3 of the Golden State Warriors' Western Conference semifinals at Portland.
  
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