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• Photos: The Week in Pictures: May 7 - 13, 2016

  13-05-2016 23:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Find this week's top photos from around the globe in ABC News' This Week in Pictures slideshow
  
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• Lebanon's Hezbollah most senior commander killed in Syria

  13-05-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The top military commander of Lebanon's Hezbollah was killed in an explosion near the Syrian capital of Damascus, the Shiite guerrilla group said Friday, the highest-level casualty yet in its intervention in the raging civil war next door.
  
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• Reyes banned through May under MLB domestic violence policy

  13-05-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was suspended through May 31 on Friday, the second player penalized under Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy.
  
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• Photos: Blake Lively Dazzles in Cannes

  13-05-2016 23:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  This month's hottest celebrity pictures.
  
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• Hero dog bitten saving 7-year-old girl from rattlesnake

  13-05-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When a venomous Eastern diamondback rattlesnake appeared in the backyard of a 7-year-old girl, her German shepherd came to her rescue, refusing to back down even when the snake bit him three times.
  
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• Russian media resignations follow increased pressure

  13-05-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Once a rather stolid operation focused on business news, the RBC group in recent years had become a standout among Russia's constricting field of independent news media. Then came stories that the Kremlin and President Vladimir Putin may have found far too revealing.
  
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• Filipino bakery workers win $15 million in trafficking suit

  13-05-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eleven Filipino bakery workers say they won $15 million in damages in a human trafficking lawsuit against a couple who they said forced them to do housework after arriving in the United States and paid them meager wages.
  
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• Brazil's interim government touts support for tough measures

  13-05-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Anthony Boadle and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's center-right interim government said on Friday it has the political support for tough measures needed to return the economy to growth and can secure a permanent mandate once leftist President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial is over. Presidential Chief of Staff Eliseu Padilha said the incoming government understood it was only provisional for now and had ordered portraits of Rousseff to be left hanging in federal build
  
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• Actress agrees to pay $1,000 for carving on red rock wall

  13-05-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Actress Vanessa Hudgens has agreed to pay $1,000 for carving into the red rock in Sedona around Valentine's Day.
  
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• Suspected arson at Spanish tyre dump forces evacuations

  13-05-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes Friday after a huge tyre dump near Madrid went up in flames in a suspected arson attack, sending a massive black cloud of toxic fumes into the sky. Firefighters and water-dropping helicopters battled throughout the day to extinguish the blaze which broke out before dawn at the tyre dump near the town of Sesena, 45 kilometres (28 miles) south of Madrid. "Everything points to the fact that this disaster was deliberate," Sesena Mayor Carlos Vela
  
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• Oregon automatic voter registration a success, with a hitch

  13-05-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's landmark new automatic voter registration system added nearly 52,000 voters in just four months this year, more than double what the state has normally seen for an entire year.
  
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• Mom, 7 adult children win $429.6 million Powerball jackpot

  13-05-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) — A woman and her seven adult children stepped forward Friday to claim a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot and said they have plans to tithe to their church, go on a family vacation and help their community.
  
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• Republican chief: Trump trying very hard to be presidential

  13-05-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has been trying hard lately to act more presidential and should keep meeting individually with Republican leaders to win the party's trust, the GOP chairman said Friday.
  
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• Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona found in contempt of court

  13-05-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A judge found the longtime sheriff of metro Phoenix in contempt of court Friday for disobeying his orders in a racial profiling case, bringing the lawman who calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff" a step closer to a possible criminal contempt case that could expose him to fines and even jail time.
  
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• James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff announce divorce

  13-05-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actors James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff are ending their nearly 10-year marriage.
  
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• Original basketball rules displayed at University of Kansas

  13-05-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas put James Naismith's original rules of basketball on display Friday at the new multi-million-dollar DeBruce Center, which was built to house the historical two-page document.
  
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• Trump taps climate change skeptic as energy adviser, pushes back on taxes

  13-05-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Friday pushed back against renewed calls that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee release his income tax returns before the election, and picked a prominent climate change skeptic to help him formulate his energy policy. American presidential candidates have voluntarily released their tax returns for decades. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and her rival, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, have both rele
  
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• Cosby wants another chance to throw out sexual-assault case

  13-05-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby's lawyers have asked the state Supreme Court for another chance to have his criminal sexual-assault case thrown out.
  
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• States dig in against directive on transgender bathroom use

  13-05-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Politicians in Texas, Arkansas and elsewhere vowed defiance — and other conservative states could follow suit — after the Obama administration told public schools across the U.S. on Friday to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.
  
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• Stewart involved in 3-car wreck at start of NASCAR practice

  13-05-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Tony Stewart could not avoid the oil spill on the concrete track that spun his Chevrolet and slammed the car into an unprotected wall on the front stretch.
  
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• 'Sharknado' meets 'Walking Dead' at Motor City Comic Con

  13-05-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NOVI, Mich. (AP) — The stars of "The Walking Dead" and "Sharknado" have done battle with zombies and, well, sharks. They're facing a different kind of horde this weekend.
  
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• 300 guests invited to White House state dinner

  13-05-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 guests received coveted invitations to Friday night's White House state dinner honoring the leaders of Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway.
  
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• Report: China has reclaimed 3,200 acres in South China Sea

  13-05-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — China has reclaimed more than 3,200 acres of land in the southeastern South China Sea. But the country's focus has shifted to developing and weaponizing those man-made islands so it will have greater control over the maritime region without resorting to armed conflict, according to a new Pentagon report.
  
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• More low rounds, record scores at The Players Championship

  13-05-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Colt Knost failed to birdie three of the par 5s and three-putted for bogey on the 18th hole, and he still tied the course record at 9-under 63. Rory McIlroy shot a 64, his best round by two shots at The Players Championship, and was furious walking off the golf course.
  
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• Military plans security changes after killings in Tennessee

  13-05-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Pentagon is developing a way to quickly warn military personnel about threats to their safety like the 2015 attack that killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  
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• Former Navy instructor walks out of hearing on indecent acts

  13-05-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — A former Naval Academy instructor facing a possible court-martial after a newspaper uncovered new evidence related to his convictions for indecent acts with female midshipmen walked out of his own preliminary hearing Friday.
  
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• US officials: Venezuelan president's hold on power weakening

  13-05-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence analysts are increasingly convinced that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is likely to be pushed aside by members of his own socialist movement before finishing his term.
  
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• Low-level earthquakes may signal Alaska volcano eruption

  13-05-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Volcano scientists in Alaska say a remote volcano may be erupting again.
  
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• GM stops sale of SUVS; mileage on window stickers was wrong

  13-05-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. is telling dealers not to sell about 60,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the gas mileage listed on the window stickers was inadvertently overstated.
  
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• Texas GOP may distance support for gay 'reparative therapy'

  13-05-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Republican Party is voting to endorse bans on bathroom rights for transgender persons but remove controversial support of so-called "reparative therapy" that seeks to turn gay people straight.
  
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• The Latest: Attempted murder charges filed in cops' shooting

  13-05-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on a manhunt for an armed suspect after two police officers were shot in Manchester, New Hampshire (all times local):
  
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• Immigrant mothers: Detention center harmful to kids

  13-05-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas detention centers for families caught illegally crossing the southern U.S. border are more like jails that have sickened kids, affected their mental health and put them in danger, a group of immigrant mothers testified Friday.
  
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• U.S. upping anti-ISIS activity

  13-05-2016 22:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Pentagon is slightly expanding its efforts to counter ISIS activity in Libya, sending in small teams of troops to try to establish relationships with groups that may be able to form a new nationwide government, according to a U.S. defense official familiar with the operation.
  
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• Air Force general becomes first woman to lead combatant command

  13-05-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Air Force General Lori Robinson took charge of the U.S. military’s Northern Command on Friday, becoming the first woman to head a U.S. combatant command. The position is one of the most senior in the U.S. military and makes Robinson, who previously led U.S. air forces in the Pacific, the top general overseeing activities in North America and holding responsibility for homeland defense. The U.S. military last year moved to open up all combat ro
  
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• FIFA names woman as secretary general for first time

  13-05-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FIFA named a Senegalese UN diplomat as its first ever female secretary general on Friday, a historic move announced at a congress that sought to relegate world football's corruption crisis to the past. FIFA president Gianni Infantino made the surprise announcement in Mexico City that he had chosen 54-year-old Fatma Samoura, an outsider unknown to the football world, to be his deputy at the male-dominated organization. "The congress of today demonstrates without any shadow of a doubt that FIFA is
  
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• YouTube tests messaging feature to keep people in its app

  13-05-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — YouTube is testing a messaging feature in its smartphone app so people can share and discuss videos without resorting to other ways to connect with their friends and family.
  
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• Jehovah's Witnesses plan memorial service for Prince

  13-05-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — Jehovah's Witnesses in suburban Minneapolis are planning a private memorial service for Prince this weekend.
  
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• How Steph Curry became the man

  13-05-2016 22:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Will Wilcox makes hole-in-one on 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass

  13-05-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Will Wilcox is having a memorable debut at The Players Championship. He made a hole-in-one Friday on the island-green 17th, one of the most famous par 3s in golf.
  
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• For Iran and Hezbollah, a costly week in Syria

  13-05-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Perry and Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT (Reuters) - A rebel onslaught on the town of Khan Touman near Aleppo last week delivered one of the biggest battlefield setbacks yet to the coalition of foreign Shi'ite fighters waging war on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. Reports put the death toll among the Iranian, Afghani and Lebanese militiamen as high as 80 in the attack spearheaded by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. “God willing, we are martyred rather than taken prisoner.&rd
  
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• Trump has a women problem

  13-05-2016 22:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• 'Congratulations, your son died a martyr'

  13-05-2016 22:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Militants hit coffee shop

  13-05-2016 22:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Three militants gunned down coffee shop patrons in central Iraq on Friday morning before later blowing themselves up and security personnel, killing at least 20 people, officials said, in the latest deadly attacks claimed by ISIS in the country.
  
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• ISIS showing nerves as coalition forces move nearby

  13-05-2016 22:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  U.S. military officials are closely watching social media and news reports that say ISIS believes it may soon come under siege in Raqqa, Syria, its self-declared capital.
  
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• 660-pound crocodile found in Thailand

  13-05-2016 22:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A 660-pound crocodile, who escaped captivity in 2011, was found in an abandoned shrimp farm in Thailand.Popular: Guns in America | Sanders Demands Clinton Apologize | Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World
  
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• Man falls 38 feet when glass ceiling breaks

  13-05-2016 22:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A settlement has been reached after a man fell through a glass ceiling at the Rodin Museum. CNN affiliate KYW reports.
  
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• Train driver does this seconds before a crash

  13-05-2016 22:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A brave train driver helped save 100 passengers on April 19, 2016, in a train accident in Poland. CCTV footage was just released.
  
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• Secret message in UK song?

  13-05-2016 21:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Eurovision's craziest outfits

  13-05-2016 21:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Tempers flare as Djokovic clashes with ump

  13-05-2016 21:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal at the Italian Open to earn his seventh straight win against the Spaniard but he may be in trouble after clashing with the umpire.
  
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