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• San Francisco officials save backyard pine tree from the ax

  03-05-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco city leaders unanimously granted landmark status to a tall, slender pine tree that a San Francisco property owner wants to cut down but that neighbors rallied to save.
  
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• Marlins remain worried about Zika risk in Puerto Rico

  03-05-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins player representative Tom Koehler says the team attended a seminar on the Zika virus that heightened concerns about playing two games in Puerto Rico against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 30-31.
  
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• Drugs possible in death of woman on 'Catfish' reality show

  03-05-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Drug use may have factored into the death of a woman who appeared on MTV's reality show "Catfish," police in Alabama said Tuesday.
  
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• Venezuela govt says police killed most wanted gang leader

  03-05-2016 23:51 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Venezuelan officials say the country's most wanted gang leader has been killed in a shootout with police.
  
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• Plan to restructure Detroit schools advances during sickout

  03-05-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Michigan lawmakers moved swiftly Tuesday to advance a $500 million plan to restructure Detroit public schools by creating a new district — a vote intended to ease the concerns of teachers who closed the district for a second consecutive day by calling out sick.
  
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• Auto sales hit April record on trucks and SUVs

  03-05-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — America's love of trucks and SUVs helped push the auto industry to its best April ever, with most automakers reporting healthy increases.
  
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• 911 calls to Prince estate ranged from mundane to serious

  03-05-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities and emergency responders were called to Prince's suburban Minneapolis home over the last five years for everything from mundane reports of tripped fire alarms to more serious medical calls, a log released Tuesday shows.
  
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• Cavaliers not crying foul over LeBron's lack of free throws

  03-05-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue celebrated his 39th birthday on Tuesday and proudly showed off a few gray hairs — silvery-speckled souvenirs of job-related stress.
  
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• Mom gets 1 month in jail for assaulting toddler on plane

  03-05-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Hawaii mother to a month in jail and three months under home confinement for assaulting her 15-month-old daughter on a flight from Alaska.
  
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• Lawyer says Kansas activist tried to intimidate doctor

  03-05-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An anti-abortion activist intended to intimidate a Wichita physician when she sent a letter suggesting someone might place an explosive under the doctor's car, a Justice Department lawyer told jurors in opening statements in her civil trial Tuesday.
  
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• Israeli ringleader gets life for setting fire to Palestinian teenager

  03-05-2016 23:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Yosef Haim Ben-David jailed for life plus 20 years by a Jerusalem court for the 2014 murder of 16-year-old Abu KhdeirAn Israeli court has handed down a life sentence to the ringleader of a Jewish gang that kidnapped, beat and burned alive a Palestinian teenager in 2014.Barely two hours later, a Palestinian rammed a car into a group of Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank and injured three, including one seriously. Continue reading...
  
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• Georgia governor has vetoed bill allowing concealed handguns on college campuses

  03-05-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia governor has vetoed bill allowing concealed handguns on college campuses.
  
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• Utah to temporarily stop enforcing law in 'Deadpool' case

  03-05-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah cinema in trouble with state regulators for serving alcohol during a showing of superhero film "Deadpool" will not get slapped with future citations under an obscenity law mostly regulating strip clubs, as long as the theater's lawsuit plays out in court.
  
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• Prison guard says he fired as he was punched at biker brawl

  03-05-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — A corrections officer who killed a man during a shootout at a Denver motorcycle show said he fired the first shot because members of another biker group were punching and cornering him, according to police reports released Tuesday that offer a new glimpse into the chaotic brawl.
  
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• Maine's GOP governor, veto record-holder, names new dog Veto

  03-05-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage, the state's all-time veto champion, has named his new dog Veto.
  
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• The Latest: Exit poll: Indiana voters worried about economy

  03-05-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016 as voters in Indiana head to the polls for the state primary (all times Eastern):
  
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• El Salvador arresting negotiators of now defunct gang treaty

  03-05-2016 23:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  El Salvador's Attorney General's Office says arrest warrants have been issued for 21 people tied to a 2012 gang treaty that temporarily lowered the country's homicide rate.
  
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• Google autonomous car project teams with FiatChrysler

  03-05-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday announced that it has partnered with Fiat Chrysler in a major expansion of its fleet of self-driving vehicles. The Google autonomous test fleet would be more than doubled with the addition of 100 new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans, with the companies aiming to have some on the road by the end of this year. The collaboration with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) marks the first time that the California-based Internet giant has worked directly with an autom
  
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• NBA admits error in Spurs-Thunder thriller

  03-05-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NBA referees on Tuesday admitted they made an officiating blunder during the frantic finale to San Antonio's playoff clash with Oklahoma City. Referees crew chief Ken Mauer told a pool reporter that officials should have called a foul on a rare inbounds play they had never seen before at the end of Monday's thriller. Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Spurs 98-97 to tie the seven-game series at 1-1.
  
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• WhatsApp resumes in Brazil after suspension, legislators debate law

  03-05-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's WhatsApp messaging service resumed in Brazil on Tuesday after an appeals court overturned a suspension and many of the application's 100 million users in the country voiced outrage. WhatsApp was cut off in Brazil at 2 p.m. (1700 GMT) on Monday after a judge in the remote northeastern state of Sergipe ordered Brazil's five main wireless operators to block access to the app for 72 hours. The suspension was lifted after about 24 hours when an appe
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for April 25-May 1

  03-05-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for April 25-May 1. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
  
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• Report: Brazil attorney general wants to investigate Silva

  03-05-2016 23:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Brazil's G1 news portal says Attorney General Rodrigo Janot has asked the Brazilian Supreme Court to authorize investigations of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over alleged involvement in corruption at state-owned oil company Petrobras.
  
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• Olympics nation: 'Truly critical period'

  03-05-2016 22:59 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The Olympic torch has finally arrived in Brazil -- but the burst of enthusiasm might be short-lived.
  
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• Bayern Munich out of Champions League

  03-05-2016 22:56 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Atletico Madrid will play in the final of the European Champions League after overcoming Bayern Munich on away goals.
  
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• Detroit Grapples With Water Shutoffs, Teacher Walkouts

  03-05-2016 22:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Almost all of Detroit's schools were closed for a second day, and thousands of residents face having their water shut off.
  
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• Philippines militants threaten lives of three more hostages after beheading

  03-05-2016 22:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Video shows captives from Canada, Norway and the Philippines begging governments to listen to demands of Abu Sayyaf fighters after Canadian’s deathMilitants have threatened to kill three more hostages in their jungle base in the southern Philippines more than a week after beheading a Canadian man when their multimillion-dollar ransom demands were not met.In a video circulated Tuesday by the Site Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi websites, the captives from Canada, Norway and the Ph
  
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• World's 8 best luxury cruise ships

  03-05-2016 22:36 via edition.cnn.com
  
  It may have been the best night's sleep I've ever had. Setting sail aboard the Star Flyer out of Athens in the middle of the night was serene and dreamy.
  
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• Bin Laden raid: 'Can you confirm' it's him?

  03-05-2016 22:35 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The man who was the architect of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in the suburbs of a Pakistani city was getting anxious.
  
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• Politicians throw fists, climb on tables

  03-05-2016 22:33 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Turkey's Parliament is debating lifting immunity for members under investigation. It's a heated debate that has devolved into fighting, but not like this.
  
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• Pregnant mom waits weeks for food

  03-05-2016 22:31 via edition.cnn.com
  
  It should have been a day to celebrate.
  
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• Chile: fishermen protest, block roads after toxic blooms

  03-05-2016 22:19 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Chilean fishermen have staged a protest demanding the government compensate them better after toxic algae blooms killed their catch.
  
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• As Trump draws closer to Republican victory, Cruz boils over

  03-05-2016 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Flitter BEDFORD, Ind. (Reuters) - With Donald Trump emerging as the favorite to win Indiana's primary on Tuesday and cement his grip on the Republican U.S. presidential nomination, his main rival Ted Cruz lashed out in unusually harsh terms, slamming the billionaire as a "pathological liar" and "amoral." Cruz has been counting on a win in Tuesday's primary to slow the New York businessman's progress toward the nomination. Campaigning in Evansville, Indiana, Cruz sounded deeply frustrate
  
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• Kerry warns Assad to start transition by Aug. 1 _ or else

  03-05-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syria's government and its backers in Moscow and Tehran on Tuesday that they face an August deadline for starting a political transition to move President Bashar Assad out, or they risk the consequences of a new U.S. approach toward ending the 5-year-old civil war.
  
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• Court files show bid to tar slain Honduran activist Caceres

  03-05-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — For months before her death, environmental activist Berta Caceres complained of repeated threats warning her to stop leading protests opposing a hydroelectric project on her Lenca people's ancestral lands.
  
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• Bill allowing guns on Tennessee campuses becomes law

  03-05-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Educators and other full-time staffers at Tennessee's public state universities and colleges will soon be able to carry handguns on campus after Governor Bill Haslam allowed a bill to become law on Monday without his signature. The law, which affects 50 state institutions, was opposed by both the State Board of Regents and the University of Tennessee system. Gun control on college campuses is a growing focus in the national debate over access to guns.
  
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• Wall Street values Tesla Motors at $620,000 per car

  03-05-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Company founder and CEO Elon Musk may not mention Tesla Motors Inc's stock price when his electric car company gives its latest financial update on Wednesday, but it will be front and center for investors divided over its seemingly rich valuation. After a rally that ended in April, Tesla's market capitalization is currently about $31 billion - equivalent to $620,000 for every car it delivered last year, or $63,000 for every car it hopes to produce in 2020. By comparison, General Motors Co's $48
  
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• Parents sue over lead in water at New Jersey city's schools

  03-05-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Parents have filed a federal lawsuit against New Jersey's largest school district over lead found in drinking water.
  
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• Good Samaritan killed trying to help wounded Texas woman

  03-05-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A young soldier shot and wounded his wife outside a Dallas-area store and then gunned down a father of three who grabbed his own gun and tried to make a citizen's arrest, authorities say.
  
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• Can Olympic torch lift nation's gloom?

  03-05-2016 22:07 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The Olympic torch has finally arrived in Brazil -- but the burst of enthusiasm might be short-lived.Popular: Guns in America | Sanders Demands Clinton Apologize | Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World
  
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• Attorney: Prosecutors dropping marijuana dispensary case

  03-05-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have agreed to drop a nearly four-year effort to seize the property of a California medical marijuana dispensary billed as the nation's largest, the dispensary's attorney said Tuesday.
  
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• Broadway musical 'Hamilton' does what it always does _ stuns

  03-05-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards are being nicknamed this year the "Hamil-Tonys" in recognition that "Hamilton" is the show to beat. That was proven again Tuesday.
  
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• Ex-N.Y. legislative leader Silver sentenced to 12 years in prison

  03-05-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph Ax and David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, for decades one of the state's most powerful politicians, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison for collecting millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni said at a hearing in Manhattan federal court she hoped the sentence would deter corruption among other politicians. Silver, 72, had cast a shadow over whatever accomplishments he had as a lawmaker
  
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• Killer of Palestinian teen gets life sentence

  03-05-2016 22:04 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The ringleader of the 2014 murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir has been sentenced to life in prison, the Jerusalem District Court said Tuesday.
  
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• Ex-NY Political Leader Sheldon Silver Gets 12 Years in Prison

  03-05-2016 22:03 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for trading favors to enrich himself, then lying about it.
  
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• Target faces backlash on stance on transgender bathrooms

  03-05-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Target is facing increasing criticism for its transgender bathroom policy.
  
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• Orioles place SS JJ Hardy on DL with foot fracture

  03-05-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Shortstop J.J. Hardy has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Baltimore Orioles because of a hairline fracture in his left foot.
  
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• Feds: Poor maintenance led to fatal DC subway fire

  03-05-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A fire that caused a Washington subway train to fill with smoke inside a downtown tunnel last year, killing one passenger and sickening dozens, can be traced to poor maintenance and ineffective inspection practices by the city's beleaguered transit authority, federal investigators said Tuesday.
  
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• Corporate earnings keep falling, but there are signs of life

  03-05-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Are we there yet? It's another weak quarter on Wall Street, but there are some signs corporate America will come out of its recent funk.
  
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• $300M ship named 'Boaty McBoatface'... ?

  03-05-2016 21:55 via edition.cnn.com
  
  The internet has spoken -- and "RRS Boaty McBoatface" is the people's choice to name a $300 million state-of-the-art polar research ship.
  
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• Fatal helicopter crash in Norway caused by technical failure

  03-05-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HELSINKI (AP) — A helicopter accident in western Norway last week that killed all 13 people on board was caused by technical failure and not human error, investigators said Tuesday.
  
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