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• Common Application changing question on criminal record

  09-05-2016 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Common Application used for college admissions at more than 600 institutions is changing a question it asks about student criminal records, as the U.S. Department of Education urged schools Monday to consider dropping the question altogether.
  
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• Aleppo fighting rages as U.S., Russia try to revive Syria truce

  09-05-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Davison and David Brunnstrom BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and their allies fought insurgents near Aleppo on Monday and jets conducted raids around a nearby town seized by Islamist rebels, a monitoring group said, as Syria's military said a ceasefire in Aleppo would be extended by 48 hours starting on Tuesday. A recent surge in bloodshed in Aleppo, Syria's largest city before the war, wrecked the 10-week-old, partial truce sponsored by Washington and Moscow that had a
  
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• Options dwindling, Sanders says race isn't over

  09-05-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For Bernie and Jane Sanders, the revolution continues, despite the odds.
  
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• Judge OKs U.S. extradition of Mexican drug boss 'El Chapo' Guzman

  09-05-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Mexican judge has ruled that drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman can be extradited to face charges in the United States, the country's federal court authority said on Monday, days after he was moved to a prison near the U.S. border. On Saturday, Guzman was moved to a prison in Ciudad Juarez on Mexico's northern border and a senior Mexican security official said the kingpin's extradition was in motion and would happen by mid-year. Guzman, boss of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, was for years the w
  
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• Bradford returns to Eagles, says he's committed to team

  09-05-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Quarterback Sam Bradford has returned for voluntary workouts with the Philadelphia Eagles after asking for a trade last month.
  
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• Lawyer: Turkish president seeks to gag German media boss

  09-05-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A lawyer for Turkey's president said Monday that he is seeking a court injunction against the head of one of Germany's biggest publishing houses in an escalating row over a satirical poem.
  
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• Twitter bars spy agencies from buying bulk user data from analytics firm

  09-05-2016 23:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Social network says it has ‘never authorized’ Dataminr to sell information to US intelligence agencies, but officials say tools have been used previouslyTwitter has blocked US spies from buying bulk data on its users from a data analytics company.Until now, US national security agencies, including the FBI and CIA, had been able to query treasure troves of Twitter data through software from Dataminr, the New York-based analytics company in which Twitter owns a 5% stake. Agents could e
  
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• Judge resigns after accused of sexual abuse over 3 decades

  09-05-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge resigned Monday after new allegations surfaced that he used his authority for the last 30 years to sexually prey on young men charged with crimes who needed financial help or who were afraid of losing their children or jobs.
  
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• Officials in Canada's Fort McMurray get first glimpse of fire's impact

  09-05-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rod Nickel FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian officials on Monday got their first glimpse of the oil sands boomtown of Fort McMurray since a wildfire erupted and saw a "heartbreaking" number of destroyed homes but a largely intact downtown business area. Large portions destroyed," Ward Councilor Tyran Ault said on Twitter, adding that the neighborhood of Beacon Hill was in "heartbreaking" condition. Burnt trees and smoldering visible across the Clearwater (River) though." Reporters o
  
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• The Latest: Rubio says he's not interested in VP run

  09-05-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• New hire Tirico to take part in NBC Olympic coverage in Rio

  09-05-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Tirico called the NFL, NBA, college basketball, golf and tennis among other sports in a quarter-century at ESPN to establish himself as one of TV's most versatile announcers.
  
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• Bank of Canada to discuss wildfire impact on May 25; says too soon now

  09-05-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Leah Schnurr and Fergal Smith OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - It is too early to assess precisely the economic impact of the Alberta wildfire, the Bank of Canada said on Monday, adding that it will have more to say in its interest rate decision later this month. "Bank of Canada staff are closely analyzing these still-unfolding events, and we will have more to say on 25 May, and subsequently in the July MPR (Monetary Policy Report)," said spokeswoman Rebecca Ryall. The quarterly MPR provides the ce
  
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• James Taylor to donate money to fire-ravaged Fort McMurray

  09-05-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — James Taylor is using his music to help people evacuated from a huge wildfire in Canada.
  
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• Study: Sanders' economic plan piles $18T on federal debt

  09-05-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders' tax and spending proposals would provide new levels of health and education benefits for American families, but they'd also blow an $18-trillion hole in federal deficits, piling on so much debt they would damage the economy.
  
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• Aleppo ceasefire extended by 48 hours beginning early Tuesday: Syrian military

  09-05-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  A ceasefire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo will be extended by 48 hours beginning at 1 a.m. on Tuesday (6 p.m. ET Monday), state news agency SANA said on Monday, quoting the Syrian military high command. Aleppo, Syria's largest pre-war city, has witnessed a vicious flare-up in fighting in recent weeks, shattering a nationwide cessation of hostilities agreement and causing peace talks to collapse. The cessation of hostilities and such local truces do not include Islamic State or al Qaeda's
  
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• Pregnant Connecticut teen shocked to learn she has Zika

  09-05-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut teenager says she was shocked she tested positive for the Zika virus after learning she was pregnant.
  
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• US prosecutors say they've shut down fake psychic scam

  09-05-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they've shut down a fake psychic scam that lured gullible Americans to part with $180 million.
  
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• Pat McCrory ready to fight justice department over 'bathroom bill' – video

  09-05-2016 22:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Digging in on Monday in his fight with the federal government, North Carolina governor Pat McCrory sued the US justice department to preserve the state’s new law restricting the use of public bathrooms by transgender people. Chris Sgro, executive director of Equality NC, says McCrory is stallingNorth Carolina and justice department set for legal battle over ‘bathroom bill’
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• Alberta wildfires: key facts and figures in a historic disaster – video

  09-05-2016 22:21 via theguardian.com
  
  A look back at the devastation caused by the Fort McMurray wildfires, one of Canada’s costliest natural disasters on record. The fires, which have abated, forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from the northern part of Alberta, and at one point covered as much as 200,000 hectares (494,000 acres) Continue reading...
  
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• Syrian military: Aleppo ceasefire extended by 48 hours beginning early Tuesday

  09-05-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A ceasefire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo will be extended by 48 hours beginning at 1am local time on Tuesday morning (6 p.m. ET Monday night), state news agency SANA said on Monday, quoting the Syrian military high command. "The extension of the regime of calm in Aleppo and its countryside for a period of 48 hours will be from one o'clock in the morning on Tuesday until 2400 on Wednesday," SANA said.
  
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• Redstone competence trial ends as judge tosses lawsuit

  09-05-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Media mogul Sumner Redstone never set foot in the Los Angeles courtroom where his mental competency was on trial in recent days. "Redstone's testimony has ultimately defeated her case," Cowan wrote in a 17-page ruling that abruptly ended the lawsuit brought by the billionaire's ex-companion Manuela Herzer. The quick end to a months-long and at times salacious legal drama was a clear victory for Redstone and his daughter Shari over who should handle the mo
  
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• Panama Papers database of offshore companies goes live

  09-05-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A group of investigative journalists on Monday published the names of thousands of offshore companies at the heart of a massive trove of data on the finances of the rich and powerful that has become known as the Panama Papers.
  
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• North Carolina, US sue each other transgender bathroom law

  09-05-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A potentially epic clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when North Carolina and the federal government sued each other over the state's new bathroom law.
  
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• Husband calls on Iran to release detained British-Iranian aid worker

  09-05-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - The husband of a British-Iranian aid worker who has been jailed in Iran for the past five weeks called on Iranian officials to free his wife on Monday. Richard Ratcliffe also said that Iranian officials have confiscated the passport of the couple’s 22-month-old daughter, barring the infant from leaving Iran as well. “The cruelty of the situation seems both outrageous and arbitrary,” Ratcliffe said in a statement on Monday.
  
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• Elite school working to settle with alumni over sexual abuse

  09-05-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An elite boarding school where dozens of alumni say they were sexually abused by staff and fellow students is negotiating possible settlements with lawyers for more than 30 of those victims, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press.
  
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• Justice Department files complaint over North Carolina bathroom law

  09-05-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed a complaint against North Carolina over its controversial transgender bathroom law, saying the law constituted a pattern and practice of discrimination and violated the Civil Rights Act. The state of North Carolina, Governor Pat McCrory, the state's Department of Public Safety and the University of North Carolina were named as defendants in the lawsuit. (Reporting by Julia Edwards; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by David Al
  
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• State lawmakers file second lawsuit over North Carolina bathroom law

  09-05-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - The Republican leaders of North Carolina's legislature said on Monday they had sued the U.S. Justice Department over the state's law restricting public bathroom access for transgender people, arguing the measure complies with federal law.
  
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• Paul Ryan's GOP challenger hopes to capitalize on Palin

  09-05-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan's longshot Republican primary challenger hopes to capitalize on a boost of publicity thanks to the surprise weekend endorsement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
  
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• Obama signs into law new restrictions on Syrian antiquities

  09-05-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Monday stepped up efforts to stop the Islamic State's trade in looted antiquities as President Barack Obama signed into law new import restrictions on Syrian cultural artifacts.
  
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• Leaping sturgeon knocks boater unconscious on Florida river

  09-05-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  CHIEFLAND, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say a Florida man was knocked unconscious by a sturgeon that leapt into his boat on the Suwannee River during a fishing tournament.
  
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• The Latest: Justice Department sues over North Carolina law

  09-05-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on North Carolina's LGBT law (all times local):
  
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• Canada vows years-long effort to rebuild fire-struck town

  09-05-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Liz Hampton and Rod Nickel LAC LA BICHE, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian officials will take their first look on Monday at the oil sands boomtown devastated by a wildfire that has been raging for more than a week, and the prime minister vowed a years-long commitment to rebuild the town. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the national government was working with local officials and businesses to get a better handle on the damage in Fort McMurray, whose 88,000 residents evacuated following the sta
  
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• Alberta premier to tour fire-ravaged Fort McMurray

  09-05-2016 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Alberta's premier gets a first look at the devastation in Canada's oil sands town of Fort McMurray on Monday after cold temperatures and light rain stabilized the massive wildfire to a point where officials can begin the next phase of a plan to get residents back into the oil sands town.
  
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• US Justice Department sues North Carolina over law restricting use of public restrooms by transgender people

  09-05-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US Justice Department sues North Carolina over law restricting use of public restrooms by transgender people.
  
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• Judge dismisses Sumner Redstone mental competency suit

  09-05-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Los Angeles judge on Monday dismissed a high-stakes lawsuit that challenged the mental competency of ailing media mogul Sumner Redstone and gave salacious details about his private life. Had Redstone been found incompetent, his associates could have pushed for him to be removed as the controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, triggering a power struggle across his $40 billion media empire. "Herzer herself insisted from the outset of this case that the court hear from Redstone," Cowan said in
  
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• How to make summer school great again? Give a class on Trump

  09-05-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Professor Robert Smith covers a lot of ground teaching American government, yet recent class discussions ranging from the electoral college to minority rights have kept returning to the same subject: Donald Trump.
  
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• Finland hands US 2nd loss at ice hockey worlds

  09-05-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Finland handed the United States its second loss by 3-2 at the world ice hockey championship on Monday.
  
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• The Latest: Cruz camp hopes to push agenda at GOP convention

  09-05-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race (all times local):
  
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• Euro countries hold first talks on Greek debt measures

  09-05-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European finance ministers on Monday debated for the first time measures to ease Greece's massive debt burden amid concern the International Monetary Fund might withdraw from the bailout talks.
  
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• AP Source: Warriors G Stephen Curry wins 2nd straight MVP

  09-05-2016 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry is adding a second straight MVP award to his record-setting season.
  
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• Obama signs legislation designating bison as national mammal

  09-05-2016 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed into law a resolution that makes the bison the national mammal of the United States.
  
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• 33 years later, NC State championship team meets president

  09-05-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — North Carolina State University's victorious 1983 men's basketball team finally got its day at the White House on Monday. Older but no less happy, team members debated with President Barack Obama whether the famous, game-winning dunk came after a shot or pass.
  
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• Duterte wins Philippine presidential election: monitor

  09-05-2016 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte secured a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections, according to a poll monitor, after an incendiary campaign dominated by his profanity-laced vows to kill criminals. Duterte, the longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao, hypnotised millions with his vows of brutal but quick solutions to the nation's twin plagues of crime and poverty, which many believed had worsened despite strong economic growth in recent years. With 88 percent of the v
  
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• Tony nominations help 'Waitress,' and 'Shuffle Along'

  09-05-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Earning a clutch of Tony Award nominations is usually good for business on Broadway and that was certainly true last week for shows like "Waitress," ''Shuffle Along" and "The Color Purple."
  
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• Common themes in current, past cases against Alabama justice

  09-05-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Common threads link the current effort to remove Roy Moore as Alabama's chief justice with the case that resulted in his ouster from the same post more than a decade ago: Particularly, his conservative Christian beliefs and his views on the power of federal courts.
  
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• Yemen foes resume direct talks after mediation

  09-05-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yemen's warring parties resumed face-to-face talks on Monday following a two-day interruption after mediation efforts and an appeal by the UN envoy, the United Nations said. Three joint working groups, formed by the UN last week, discussed during face-to-face meetings written proposals tabled by the two delegations to resolve the 13-month conflict, UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a statement. Ould Cheikh Ahmed praised the delegations for their cooperation but warned that proble
  
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• Syria government extends cease-fire in Aleppo

  09-05-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's military says it is extending a cease-fire in the city of Aleppo and its rural areas for 48 hours starting after midnight Tuesday.
  
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• Sides battle on after judge tosses Redstone health-care case

  09-05-2016 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The battle over the fortune of ailing media mogul Sumner Redstone shifted to a new front Monday after a judge threw out the case over his medical care and both sides vowed to hit each other with new lawsuits.
  
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• Islamic State leader killed in Iraq's Anbar province

  09-05-2016 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says a top Islamic State leader in Iraq's Anbar province has been killed by a coalition airstrike.
  
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• Boston Globe reveals sex abuse at dozens of US private schools

  09-05-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 67 private schools in the northeastern United States have faced allegations since 1991 that their employees sexually abused or harassed more than 200 students, the Boston Globe reported Monday. The findings are the product of probes by the Globe's award-winning Spotlight team, which examined court cases and interviewed school officials and alumni, as well as legal representatives and relatives. At least two other staff members at St. George's who were accused of misconduct went on to ot
  
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