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• On Capitol Hill, GOP muted a day after Trump's ascension

  04-05-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The reaction of congressional Republicans to Donald Trump's ascension ranged from subdued to silent on Wednesday, a day after the billionaire TV personality was all but anointed as the party's presidential nominee.
  
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• New federal rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths

  04-05-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is revising a federal rule that allows wind-energy companies to operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years, even if means killing or injuring thousands of federally protected bald and golden eagles.
  
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• Army captain sues Obama; says he lacks authority to fight IS

  04-05-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army captain sued President Barack Obama on Wednesday, alleging that he doesn't have the proper congressional authority to wage war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
  
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• Slain Navy SEAL took lessons from running track into combat

  04-05-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — In cross-country running, your team is only as fast as your slowest athlete. Slain Navy SEAL Charlie Keating IV took that to heart in his youth as a track star, turning around to cheer on his teammates after he crossed the finish line.
  
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• Panel: Painkiller training should be required for physicians

  04-05-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors who prescribe painkillers should be required to undergo training aimed at reducing misuse and abuse of the medications, federal health experts say, though they acknowledge the challenge of putting such a mandate in place.
  
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• Tesla production, spending rising, 500,000 cars planned in 2018

  04-05-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Kshitiz Goliya and Alexandria Sage SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc said it would accelerate production to meet strong demand for its upcoming Model 3 mass-market sedan, but higher spending will make it harder to reach promises of profitability this year. Tesla shares rose more than 5 percent to $234.70 in after hours trade on Wednesday after the company said it was on track to deliver 80,000 to 90,000 electric vehicles this year and vowed to reach an annual produc
  
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• Tesla accelerates to hit target of making 500,000 cars

  04-05-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tesla on Wednesday said it was speeding the timeline for building half a million cars as it steps up production to meet growing demand for its electic vehicles. "Increasing production five fold over the next two years will be challenging and will likely require some additional capital, but this is our goal and we will be working hard to achieve it," Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk said in a letter released with a quarterly earnings report. Tesla received more than 325,000 orders for
  
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• Kasich ends White House bid, Trump is presumptive nominee

  04-05-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Washington (AFP) - Ohio Governor John Kasich announced Wednesday he was suspending his US presidential campaign, leaving billionaire Donald Trump as the last Republican candidate and the party's presumptive nominee.
  
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• U.S., allies agree to do more to combat Islamic State

  04-05-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Phil Stewart STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday that Washington and its allies had agreed to do more in their campaign to defeat Islamic State but that more risks lay ahead. Carter made the comment following talks in Germany with defense ministers and representatives from 11 other nations participating in the alliance. "These risks will continue ... but allowing ISIL safe haven would carry greater risk for us all," he added, using an acronym for
  
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• Future of Turkish PM Davutoglu in doubt

  04-05-2016 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Turkey's ruling party will hold an extraordinary congress in the coming weeks, media say, amid speculation over the future of PM Ahmet Davutoglu.
  
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• Turkish leadership split spoils the party

  04-05-2016 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rift between President Erdogan and Prime Minister Davutoglu squanders an EU announcement backing visa-free travel for Turks in most of Europe.
  
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• Real Madrid makes Champions League final

  04-05-2016 22:40 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Real Madrid booked its place in the final of the Champions League after defeating Manchester City 1-0 Wednesday.
  
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• US stocks tumble on weak jobs data

  04-05-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks tumbled for the second day in a row Wednesday as data showing weak US private-sector hiring raised worries about Friday's jobs report for April.
  
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• Trump's open path to nomination causes agony for some in GOP

  04-05-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's last Republican foe, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, was ending his quixotic presidential campaign Wednesday, cementing Trump's remarkable triumph as his party's presumptive nominee and launching him to a likely fall battle with Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump's victory spurred some reluctant Republicans to rally around him, though others agonized over their party's future.
  
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• Sean Penn settles defamation suit against Lee Daniels

  04-05-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — "Empire" co-creator Lee Daniels apologized to Sean Penn in a statement made public Wednesday as part of a confidential settlement in a defamation lawsuit over comments Daniels made comparing the actor to the show's star Terrence Howard, who's been repeatedly accused of domestic violence.
  
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• Tesla advances 500,000 unit production plan to 2018

  04-05-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tesla Motors Inc said on Wednesday it was on track to deliver 80,000 to 90,000 electric vehicles this year and that it would produce 500,000 in 2018, two years faster than expected. Tesla's Model 3 sedan, its first mass-market product, has generated massive interest since it was unveiled on March 31. Chief Executive and founder Elon Musk said in late April that Tesla had received nearly 400,000 orders for the car, which is scheduled to go into production in late 2017.
  
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• Blues' Upshall, Hitchcock keep nervous eye on Canadian fire

  04-05-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues forward Scottie Upshall has numerous family members who live in Fort McMurray, Alberta, including a brother and his fiancé, plus aunts, uncles and nieces.
  
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• How to make it in this music industry

  04-05-2016 22:23 via edition.cnn.com
  
  What's the key to making it in the African music business? Money? Loyal fans? Celebrity status? We asked two industry insiders to reveal all.
  
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• 'Catastrophic wildfires' force thousands to flee in Canada

  04-05-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Canadian city of Fort McMurray remained under threat from catastrophic wildfires Wednesday, authorities warned, after more than 80,000 residents were forced to flee the raging inferno sweeping through Alberta's oil sands region. "This fire is absolutely devastating," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Alberta emergency services announced shortly before midnight Tuesday that all of Fort McMurray, a city of about 100,000, was under a mandatory evacuation order.
  
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• 4 reasons why Aeropostale has lost its cool with shoppers

  04-05-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Aeropostale Inc., once a popular mall destination for teens, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the latest victim in the fast-changing retail landscape.
  
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• Chimp victim hospitalized with face-transplant complications

  04-05-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered her body is rejecting tissue from the transplant.
  
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• US government: North Carolina LGBT law violates civil rights

  04-05-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says a North Carolina law that limits protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws.
  
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• US Justice Department says North Carolina's law limiting protections for LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws

  04-05-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — US Justice Department says North Carolina's law limiting protections for LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws.
  
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• Oscar De La Hoya hits Trump where it hurts, says he cheats

  04-05-2016 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Of all the things Donald Trump has been called on the campaign trail, this one might sting the most: golf cheat.
  
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• Europe Central Bank to halt production of 500-euro bills

  04-05-2016 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Production of the 500-euro banknote is being discontinued amid concerns it had become too popular among crooks and money launderers.
  
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• Approval of Venezuelan leader drops as crisis bites: poll

  04-05-2016 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - Just over one in four Venezuelans approves of President Nicolas Maduro's governance as a crippling economic crisis weighs on the leftist leader, according to a leading pollster. Venezuelans are suffering rampant shortages of products including bread and antibiotics, salary-destroying inflation, and increasingly frequent power and water cuts as the OPEC country's state-led model flounders. Maduro, whom the opposition is vying to remove from office this year,
  
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• Beyonce statement calls for equality in North Carolina

  04-05-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Beyonce is supporting efforts to overturn a North Carolina law limiting legal protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
  
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• Brazil prosecutor's move against Lula clouds ruling party's outlook

  04-05-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A request by Brazil's prosecutor general for a Supreme Court investigation of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva raises the odds against the ruling Workers Party emerging from scandal in time for the 2018 presidential election, analysts said on Wednesday. Already hurt by fallout from a massive corruption scheme, and impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, the leftist party is largely resigned to her removal. Rousseff's mentor and a her
  
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• APNewsBreak: WNBA, union amend CBA for overseas play fines

  04-05-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and its players union have agreed to amend the collective bargaining agreement on fines for overseas play.
  
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• Yankees place Alex Rodriguez on DL with hamstring injury

  04-05-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Alex Rodriguez has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the New York Yankees because of a strained right hamstring.
  
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• VIDEO: Who won the police dance-off?

  04-05-2016 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand Police challenged other forces to take part in the 'running man' internet craze - and the invite was taken up by the NYPD.
  
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• Spieth gets look at 'hardest test' during visit to Oakmont

  04-05-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Jordan Spieth briefly weighed the request, then politely declined.
  
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• Coach: NC travel ban to cost Minnesota athletes opportunity

  04-05-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota State-Mankato's baseball coach on Wednesday lamented the lost opportunity for his team if it were to qualify for the NCAA Division II championship and couldn't play because the tournament is in North Carolina.
  
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• Sidelined: LGBT laws, NCAA policy could keep teams at home

  04-05-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Teams could pull out of scheduled NCAA events this spring because of new state laws in North Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee while the sport's governing body's demands for discrimination-free environments at the places where its events are held won't take effect until the fall.
  
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• Lizards sleep and dream like we do?

  04-05-2016 22:02 via edition.cnn.com
  
  In the quest to understand exactly why we sleep, scientists have gone to great lengths to study the way animals snooze.
  
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• Rousseff's woes mount as Brazilian senator backs impeachment trial

  04-05-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Anthony Boadle and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's chances of remaining in office plummeted on Wednesday after a key senator recommended the leftist leader face an impeachment trial and a top prosecutor said she should be included in a vast corruption investigation. Rousseff, whose popularity has fallen in the last year due in large part to a deepening economic recession, is expected to become the first Brazilian president to fail to complete
  
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• Obama warns Flint water crisis may take two years to fix

  04-05-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Barack Obama on Wednesday visited crisis-hit Flint, Michigan, where he sipped filtered water to prove it was potable but warned poisonous lead pipes may take two years to replace. More than 8,000 children are believed to have drunk contaminated water in the hardscrabble northern city, which has become a focus of the 2016 election campaign. "I want everybody in the city of Flint to know that you should have your child checked," Obama said during a meeting with a group of government o
  
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• Obama sips water in Flint, tells residents it is safe

  04-05-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama sipped filtered water in Flint, Michigan, on Wednesday and assured parents that children over 6 years old could do the same during a visit to a city still reeling from a scandal over lead-poisoned drinking water. Obama made the trip to the mostly African-American community to reassure residents that the water was safe even as he predicted it would take more than two years to replace the city's aging pipes, which leached lead into the drinking water.
  
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• Cosby tries again to delay criminal case, get charges tossed

  04-05-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby is trying again to delay hearings in his criminal case while he fights to get the sex-assault charges in Pennsylvania dismissed.
  
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• Prince: It's been seven hours and 13 days...

  04-05-2016 21:51 via edition.cnn.com
  
  In Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U," he sings, "It's been seven hours and 13 days since you took your love away."
  
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• Robot stitches tissue by itself, a step to more automated OR

  04-05-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting stitched up by Dr. Robot may one day be reality: Scientists have created a robotic system that did just that in living animals without a real doctor pulling the strings.
  
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• Reports: Chemist who worked on drug cases was usually high

  04-05-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Investigators say a former chemist who tested drugs for Massachusetts police departments was high almost every day she went to work for eight years, potentially putting thousands of criminal convictions in jeopardy.
  
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• How Trump broke the rules of modern politics, and won anyway

  04-05-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Polling? Who needs to do that? Fund-raising? Can't be bothered. Parse your words? Fuhgetabout it.
  
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• Syria to respect 48-hour Aleppo truce starting Thursday: state media

  04-05-2016 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Syria's army said Wednesday it will abide by a two-day ceasefire in second city Aleppo agreed between the United States and Russia. "A truce will be in place in Aleppo for 48 hours from 1:00 am on Thursday (2200 GMT on Wednesday)," a statement from Damascus's army command said, according to the official SANA news agency and state television. Washington and Moscow agreed earlier Wednesday to work with Syria's warring parties to extend a shaky truce to Aleppo, which has seen more than 280 civilian
  
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• Trump, last man standing in Republican White House race, now has to unify party

  04-05-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump became the last man standing in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Wednesday as one after the other his sole remaining rivals, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, faded out of the picture. Anointed the presumptive nominee after winning Indiana on Tuesday, the 69-year-old New York billionaire turned to a new phase in his campaign, planning to set up a vice presidential selection committee and stepping up efforts to seek unity with more Republicans. Kasich, the Ohio gov
  
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• Phelps skips Olympic prep meet

  04-05-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US swimming star Michael Phelps has withdrawn from a meeting in Atlanta next week he had been planning to use as part of his preparations for the Olympics, organizers have confirmed. A statement on the May 13-15 Atlanta Classic Swim Meet website said Phelps had informed them he would no longer be taking part. "We understand some of you may have purchased tickets to see Michael Phelps.
  
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• Defending deal on migrants, EU seeks end of visas for Turks

  04-05-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Gabriela Baczynska and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union asked member states on Wednesday to grant visa-free travel to Turks in return for Ankara stopping migrants reaching Europe, but insisted Turkey must still change some laws and said it would get no "free ride". Lawmakers in the European Parliament, which along with a majority of the 28 EU governments must approve the measure if it is to take effect as Ankara wants within two months, warned that they would not vot
  
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• Obama hilariously mocks own retirement in skit

  04-05-2016 21:17 via edition.cnn.com
  
  President Obama starred in a video skit taking a look at different options for his future retirement life.
  
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• City evacuated from raging inferno

  04-05-2016 21:07 via edition.cnn.com
  
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• Portugal targets 'Russia football gang'

  04-05-2016 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  European and Portuguese police say they have dismantled a mainly Russian criminal gang laundering money through the football sector in Portugal.
  
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