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• Judge allows workplace case against Duckworth to go to trial

  12-05-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 7-year-old workplace retaliation lawsuit against Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth will remain a campaign issue into the late summer after an Illinois judge said on Thursday that the case could go to trial before the November election.
  
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• Montana, Wyoming, Idaho gear up for possible grizzly hunts

  12-05-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Hunters soon could be chasing grizzly bears across the ridges of the Rocky Mountains, leaving three states to drum up plans to ensure the iconic species won't be snuffed out soon after recovering from threats to their survival.
  
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• Prince's autopsy, toxicology tests may resolve uncertainties

  12-05-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prince's autopsy, particularly the toxicology report, may clarify whether prescription painkillers played any part in his death.
  
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• Zimmerman offers gun used to kill Martin on new auction site: report

  12-05-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The one-day auction of George Zimmerman's pistol initially had been scheduled to start at 11 a.m. EDT, with a minimum price of $5,000. Zimmerman told the Orlando Sentinel the auction site was not prepared for the web traffic and publicity surrounding the sale. In the earlier auction listing, Zimmerman had described the Kel Tec 9mm pistol as "a piece of American history." He told a local television station it was his to do with as he pleased, despite receiving death threats over his plan to sell
  
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• Police: 9-year-old girl abducted from school by uncle in Tennessee found safe; man in custody

  12-05-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police: 9-year-old girl abducted from school by uncle in Tennessee found safe; man in custody.
  
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• New Mexico jail inmate at large after escaping from clinic

  12-05-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in southern New Mexico searched Thursday for a jail inmate who escaped from a medical clinic after he was accused of kidnapping a driver by gunpoint in Texas and twice leading police on car chases.
  
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• Meet Trump's Chinese fans

  12-05-2016 23:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Trump, Ryan take step toward unity

  12-05-2016 23:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Paul Ryan dropped a bombshell last week when he refused to back Donald Trump. This week, he's moving to pick up the pieces.
  
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• Congress may block DC government from spending its own money

  12-05-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are working on legislation that would block the District of Columbia government from spending its local tax dollars without approval by Congress, a subcommittee chairman said Thursday.
  
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• Auction site rejects Zimmerman gun

  12-05-2016 23:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  George Zimmerman is auctioning the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin four years ago, he told a Florida TV station.
  
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• Women call out Pope Francis

  12-05-2016 23:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• George Zimmerman's gun used to kill Trayvon Martin back up for auction

  12-05-2016 23:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Handgun, which Zimmerman calls a ‘piece of American history’, reappears on firearms site after it was pulled from GunBroker.com amid widespread criticismAn attempt by George Zimmerman to auction the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin in 2012 appeared to be back on again Thursday following an extraordinary day in which the owner of the first website on which the weapon first appeared took down the listing, saying he wanted no part of the controversial sale.Billed as “your opport
  
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• Zika virus makes Rio Olympics a threat in Brazil and abroad, health expert says

  12-05-2016 22:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Amir Attaran calls for postponement or moving of Games and says biggest risk is spreading the virus to countries without adequate healthcare infrastructure As Brazil reels from a spiraling political crisis and its deepest recession in decades, a public health specialist in Canada has added to the country’s woes with a high-profile call for the 2016 summer Olympics – slated to kick off in Rio de Janeiro in early August – to be postponed or moved due to the Zika outbreak.
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• Awww! New panda center opens

  12-05-2016 22:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• N. Korean families plead for defectors' return

  12-05-2016 22:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Take 2 acetaminophen and care less

  12-05-2016 22:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The side effects of popping a pain reliever containing acetaminophen are well-known: You may get stomach pains. You might feel nauseated.
  
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• Family fights to keep boy on ventilator

  12-05-2016 22:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tubes and wires crisscross Israel Stinson's little body in the heart-wrenching video. Moments after the 2-year-old is tickled under his arm, Israel appears to move slightly on his bed in a Northern California hospital.
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• Russia launches first rocket from new spaceport

  12-05-2016 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Russia has launched the first rocket from its new spaceport. Although not yet finished, the Vostochny cosmodrome has cost £2bn and taken five years to build so far. When completed in the 2020s, it will launch cosmonauts and Russia’s new Angara rocket, which could eventually take people to the moon.The spaceport became operational on 28 April when a Soyuz-2.1 rocket lifted off carrying three satellites into orbit. Vladimir Putin attended the launch and had words of both congratulation
  
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• Abortion rates hit historic low, report says

  12-05-2016 22:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Married women are much more likely to have them. Where they're illegal or highly restricted, it in no way stops them -- and may increase them. And though the numbers have gone down in the developed world, the figures remain largely the same in the developing world, where a vast majority of women live.
  
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• Uganda President sworn in for fifth term

  12-05-2016 22:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• 'No injustice is more devastating': Dilma Rousseff condemns rivals' 'treachery'

  12-05-2016 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Impeachment defeat not the end of suspended president’s fight as she will go on trial for up to six months on charges of doctoring government accountsThere were no tears – at least not from Dilma Rousseff – as she left the Planalto presidential palace after an impeachment defeat that curtails 13 years of Workers’ party rule in Brazil and may well end the political career of the country’s first female president. Related: A warrior to the end: Dilma Rousseff a sinner
  
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• Red Cross aid convoy denied entry to Syrian city of Darayya

  12-05-2016 22:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Five-truck convoy was not allowed to deliver nutrition items for children and vaccines to besieged cityAn aid convoy has been refused entry to the besieged Syrian city of Darayya , the Red Cross said, dashing hopes for the first such delivery since regime forces surrounded the rebel-held town in 2012.Meanwhile, a truce in Aleppo has expired with no new last-minute prolongation after it had been extended twice through last-minute intervention by Moscow and Washington.Continue reading...
  
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• Internet laughs at Russian embassy's tweet

  12-05-2016 21:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Russians are taking their Twitter game to a whole new level.
  
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• Republicans win in Obamacare challenge

  12-05-2016 21:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A federal judge ruled Thursday against the administration in a challenge to a portion of the Affordable Care Act brought by the House of Representatives.
  
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• Nadal sets up likely Djokovic clash after Kyrgios win

  12-05-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spain's Rafael Nadal set up a likely quarter-final clash with defending champion Novak Djokovic at the Rome Masters on Thursday after battling past Australian Nick Kyrgios 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-4 in the third round. Nadal, a seven-time winner in the Italian capital, was given plenty of food for thought during a tight opener that saw hard-hitting Kyrgios, who hit seven aces in the match, secure the first set on a tie-break with a crisp cross-court winner.
  
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• Nephews of Venezuela first lady face November drug trial in US

  12-05-2016 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady appeared in a US court Thursday for a preliminary hearing on charges of cocaine smuggling and a trial date was set for November 7. An unidentified third party is paying the legal fees for Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, and Judge Paul Crotty warned of the "real danger" of conflict of interest. "No one can predict the course of this case," he said, pointing out they could not cite conflict of interest if they wanted to appeal afte
  
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• US poultry workers wear diapers on job over lack of bathroom breaks – report

  12-05-2016 21:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Oxfam says many are afraid to ask for permission to go to the bathroom
  One supplier calls allegations ‘troubling’ and refusal of breaks not tolerated
  A report from international advocacy group Oxfam says poultry workers in the United States labor in a “climate of fear”, with some forced to wear diapers on the job.It says many workers are afraid to ask for permission to go to the bathroom. The report says a worker at a Simmons Foods plant in Arkansas told Oxfam that she an
  
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• U.S. judge hands win to Republicans in Obamacare challenge

  12-05-2016 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday handed a victory to congressional Republicans who challenged President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, ruling that his administration overstepped its constitutional powers relating to government spending. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer, based in Washington, ruled that the administration cannot spend billions of dollars in federal funds to provide subsidies under the law known as Obamacare to private insurers withou
  
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• Brazil president blasts critics, vows to fight impeachment

  12-05-2016 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff vowed Thursday to use "all legal means" to fight permanent ouster in an impeachment trial, raising the specter of continued political turmoil as interim leader Michel Temer tries to rescue a sinking economy.
  
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• On Capitol Hill, Trump and Ryan break the ice but differences remain

  12-05-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan stopped short of endorsing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday in talks toward healing fissures in the party over the billionaire's combative campaign for the White House. The insurgent candidate and the leader of establishment Republicans cast a positive spin on a meeting they held at the Republican National Committee on Capitol Hill as Trump sought to rally more par
  
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• Trial begins in case of black man's death in US police custody

  12-05-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Baltimore police officer went on trial Thursday in the case of Freddie Gray, an African American who died last year while in custody, sparking riots and looting in this gritty city. The death of Gray became part of a wider debate in the United States over alleged police brutality. The current trial, involving Officer Edward Nero, is the second related to Gray's death.
  
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• Valbuena, Ben Arfa left out of France Euro 2016 squad

  12-05-2016 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paris (AFP) - France coach Didier Deschamps named his 23-man squad for Euro 2016 on Thursday, with both Mathieu Valbuena and Hatem Ben Arfa missing the cut.
  
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• The Latest: IOC says doping allegations are "very worrying"

  12-05-2016 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on developments in Olympic doping stories. All times local:
  
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• Federal agencies won't hold up money amid NC LGBT law fight

  12-05-2016 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says federal agencies won't withhold money for North Carolina while a legal fight plays out over the state's law on gay, lesbian and transgender rights.
  
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• Massachusetts lawmakers debate transgender rights bill

  12-05-2016 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Massachusetts' Senate began debating a bill protecting the rights of transgender people on Thursday, a move some see as a rebuke to a North Carolina law requiring people to use bathrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. The bill, which would make Massachusetts the 18th U.S. state to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity, has strong support in the Democratic-controlled legislature, although Republican Governor Charlie Baker has not said whether he would sign it
  
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• US missile defense site opens in Romania, Russia sees threat

  12-05-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DEVESELU, Romania (AP) — A U.S missile defense site in Romania aimed at protecting Europe from ballistic missile threats became operational Thursday, drawing an angry reaction from Russia, which opposes having the advanced military system in its former area of influence.
  
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• Sports Arena closing after hosting huge 20th century moments

  12-05-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The dump will jump no more.
  
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• Online auction halted for gun used to kill Trayvon Martin

  12-05-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — An online auction was halted without explanation Thursday for the pistol that former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
  
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• Super-rich may quit London homes under new anti-corruption rules

  12-05-2016 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Estate agent predicts some billionaire clients will sell property if no longer able to keep identity secret via offshore firms
  Super-rich international investors in London property are likely to sell off some of their mansions and penthouses after the introduction of anti-corruption rules cracking down on offshore secrecy, a leading estate agent has said.Privacy-hungry oligarchs, media owners and tech billionaires from around the world could also abandon plans to buy homes in Britain because the
  
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• Senate deal reached on reduced Zika funding measure

  12-05-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Senate Democrat says there's a deal to advance a $1.1 billion measure to battle the Zika virus. The bill is smaller than President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request but is expected to get sweeping support in a vote next week.
  
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• Brazil's Rousseff vows fight; incoming interim president sets sights on economy

  12-05-2016 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lisandra Paraguassu and Alonso Soto BRASILIA (Reuters) - Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vowed on Thursday she would fight to prove her innocence after the Senate voted to put her on trial for breaking budget laws, its historic decision fueled by deep recession and a sprawling corruption scandal. In a dramatic changing of the guard that signaled a political shift in Brazil, Rousseff, a leftist who has been in office since 2011, departed Brasilia's Planalto presidential palace jus
  
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• What’s at stake in the EU-US trade deal talks | Letters

  12-05-2016 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  It is true, as Owen Jones suggests (Protest never changes anything?, 5 May), that the credibility of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership EU-US trade deal has taken a battering because of concerted public pressure. But this is no time for complacency. Off the record, civil servants at the European commission will tell you they are relaxed about TTIP hitting the buffers because negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada have been completed and aw
  
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• UN paints bleak picture of stagnating world economy

  12-05-2016 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is lowering its forecast for the world economy, painting a bleak picture of stagnating growth with little prospect for a turnaround this year.
  
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• Gun Zimmerman used to kill Martin pulled from auction site

  12-05-2016 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Brendan O'Brien and Colleen Jenkins (Reuters) - The Florida man who shot and killed black teenager Trayvon Martin, triggering nationwide civil rights protests, had offered the gun for sale in an online auction Thursday, but the listing vanished from the site moments after bidding was due to begin. The one-day auction of George Zimmerman's pistol had been scheduled to start at 11 a.m. EST, with a minimum price of $5,000. In the listing, Zimmerman had described the Kel Tec 9mm pistol as "a piec
  
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• Michigan to pay Flint's May water bills to promote flushing

  12-05-2016 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan will pay all Flint water bills in May to encourage the flushing of lead from old pipes and the recoating of plumbing with a corrosion chemical.
  
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• Revealed: Europe after WWII

  12-05-2016 20:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• How history shaped Jewish identity | Letters

  12-05-2016 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Your correspondents seeking to defend the Labour party from allegations of antisemitism disgrace themselves and their argument when they claim that “most Jews who perished in the Holocaust were indifferent to Zionism and many opposed it” (Letters, 11 May).They simply do not know what the 6 million victims of Nazi antisemitism thought of Zionism. They do not know how many Polish Jews who voted for non-Zionist parties before the war changed their views as they were forced int
  
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• Nigerian President not demanding apology

  12-05-2016 20:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari has defended David Cameron's comments, caught on video this week, about Nigeria being "fantastically corrupt."Podcast favorites: Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World | Bernie gets the Axe | Guns in America
  
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• Secret area of Guantánamo could be opened to UN watchdog for first time

  12-05-2016 20:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Attorneys for alleged 9/11 co-conspirator request UN access to Camp 7 to prevent evidence they say was coerced during torture being used against himThe most secret corner of Guantánamo Bay could be opened up to the UN torture watchdog for the first time, if an audacious legal gambit succeeds.Attorneys for Ammar al-Baluchi, one of the accused 9/11 co-conspirators facing a military tribunal at Guantánamo Bay, will request on Thursday that the judge in the case order access
  
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• School project mistakenly valued at $50K

  12-05-2016 20:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  PBS' "Antiques Roadshow" posted a correction on its website after a recent episode valued a clay jug, made by a high school student, at $50,000.
  
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