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• 2 Chinese jets 'buzz' US reconnaissance plane in South China Sea

  18-05-2016 23:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Two Chinese fighter jets ‘buzzed’ a US military reconnaissance plane in the South China Sea Tuesday in an “unsafe” manner, according to the Pentagon.
  
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• FBI warned Sydney siege gunman was violent threat five years before incident

  18-05-2016 23:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Man Haron Monis, who held 18 people hostage in cafe, had ‘potential to incite others to violence’, FBI memo told Australian authorities in 2009Five years before he held 18 people hostage inside a Sydney cafe, Iranian-born Man Haron Monis attracted the attention of the FBI as someone who had “the potential to incite others to violence”, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press.A November 2009 memorandum from an FBI office in Australia to agency counterterror
  
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• 1 dead, dozens hurt as 2 powerful aftershocks rattle Ecuador

  18-05-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Two powerful earthquakes jolted Ecuador on Wednesday, causing one death and injuring dozens.
  
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• The Latest: Larsen stood vigil by Scalia's casket

  18-05-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump's list of potential Supreme Court justices (all times local):
  
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• Fed minutes: door still open for a June rate hike

  18-05-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A surprisingly bullish view from the Federal Reserve on the possibility of raising interest rates next month sent the dollar higher and stocks tumbling on Wednesday. The minutes to the Fed's late-April meeting showed central bank policymakers unexpectedly open to a rate hike in June, despite the first quarter economic slowdown and the looming British vote on exiting the European Union. Coming after two FOMC members said on Tuesday that they expected two to three increases this year, as early as
  
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• Coke breaks Liverpool hearts in Europa League triumph

  18-05-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sevilla right-back Coke broke Liverpool hearts with a second-half brace in a controversy-filled 3-1 victory that secured a record third consecutive Europa League title on Wednesday. Liverpool travelled to St Jakob-Park with an army of fans and confident in their chances of a first Europa League trophy since 2001 after an impressive campaign in Europe's second tier competition.
  
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• Feds: Law aimed to stop abuse of Indian women has gaps

  18-05-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. Justice Department official says there are significant gaps in a federal law aimed at combatting violence against Native American women.
  
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• Bolivia police, workers clash at protest over plant shutdown

  18-05-2016 23:04 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Anti-riot police and workers clashed in Bolivia's capital during a protest against the government's decision to close the country's largest state-run textile company.
  
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• Brazil president puts investigated lawmaker in Congress post

  18-05-2016 23:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Acting Brazilian President Michel Temer has picked a congressman being investigated by the Supreme Court on an attempted murder allegation to be the government's new leader in the lower house Chamber of Deputies.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Victims: James Holmes secrecy violates rights

  18-05-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Several victims of the Colorado theater shooting have filed complaints alleging the state corrections department violated their rights by refusing to reveal where the gunman is serving his life sentence, prosecutors said Wednesday.
  
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• Wyoming man accused manslaughter for putting meth in cup

  18-05-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A 53-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he caused another man's death by putting methamphetamine in his drink.
  
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• Trending: Possible Trump court nominee mocked him on Twitter

  18-05-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An avid Twitter user, Donald Trump has attracted more than his fair share of trolls. Now, he may be ready to name one of them to the Supreme Court.
  
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• Court denies NHL motion to dismiss concussion suit over CBA

  18-05-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge in Minnesota has denied the NHL's latest attempt to throw out a class-action lawsuit by former players filed over head injuries.
  
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• World's top trio together for LPGA Kingsmill start

  18-05-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Top-ranked teen Lydia Ko, world number two Park In-Bee and third-ranked Lexi Thompson will play alongside one another when the LPGA Kingsmill Championship opens Thursday. New Zealand's Ko won her second major title in a row in March at the ANA Inspiration and the 19-year-old Seoul-born Kiwi has also captured the Kia Classic and New Zealand Women's Open crowns this year, but she has not played since sharing sixth at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic last month. South Korea's Park has struggled wit
  
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• One dead as aftershocks shake quake-weary Ecuador

  18-05-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two strong aftershocks killed one person and injured 85 Wednesday as they shook Ecuador a month after a devastating earthquake left some 700 dead, President Rafael Correa said. The pre-dawn quake, which struck Ecuador's northwestern coast, was followed by another 6.7-magnitude quake in approximately the same region just before noon. Ecuador is still reeling from the April earthquake, which flattened homes and buildings up and down a long stretch of Pacific coast, reduced picturesque resort towns
  
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• CDC director Freiden warns GOP Zika bill is inadequate

  18-05-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Wednesday that a House GOP measure to combat the Zika virus is inadequate to deal with the swelling threat to public health.
  
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• Google virtual home assistant to challenge Amazon Echo

  18-05-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Google on Wednesday unveiled a virtual home assistant device that brings together the Internet titan's strengths to challenge Amazon Echo. Google Home, about the size of a stout vase, will hit the market later this year, vice president of product management Mario Queiroz promised at the opening of the Internet giant's annual developers conference in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View. Home devices will incorporate new Google virtual assistant software introduced by chief executive Sundar P
  
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• Trump says his business flourishing since presidential run

  18-05-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has told the government that his myriad businesses have flourished with rising revenues since his improbable political success, according to financial documents released Wednesday.
  
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• Sevilla wins hat-trick of Europa finals

  18-05-2016 22:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sevilla achieved a remarkable hat-trick as it became the first club to win three successive Europa League crowns with victory over Liverpool.Sponsored:
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• NAACP sues Michigan, governor over Flint lead-tainted water

  18-05-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The NAACP is suing the state of Michigan over Flint's lead-tainted water crisis.
  
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• Nigerian girl kidnapped 2 years ago is found alive

  18-05-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a boarding school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited with her mother, a doctor said Wednesday — the first of the Chibok girls to be recovered since the mass abduction.
  
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• Venezuelan protesters clash with security forces – video

  18-05-2016 22:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands of demonstrators in Venezuela’s capital Caracas clash with security forces during a protest against president Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday. Protesters are calling for a recall referendum to oust president Maduro from power, as the country faces food shortages, looting, power cuts and a shrinking economy. The president has declared a state of emergencyVenezuelan president braced for protests as political crisis deepensBlackouts, looting and murder: Venezuela’s state of
  
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• Romney ends independent White House bid

  18-05-2016 22:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Mitt Romney won't launch a third-party presidential campaign of his own and has stopped trying to recruit somebody else to do it.
  
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• Man held in couple's disappearance to return to Washington

  18-05-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man who turned himself in at the U.S.-Mexico border to face charges that he was involved in the disappearance and presumed killing of a Washington couple is expected to return to the state this week.
  
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• Defense: Officer acted reasonably in arrest of Freddie Gray

  18-05-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — An officer on trial for the arrest of Freddie Gray acted reasonably and responsibly and his interactions with the young black man were so brief that he shouldn't be blamed for any wrongdoing, according to defense attorneys who rested their case Wednesday.
  
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• Why sunscreens leave you in the dark

  18-05-2016 22:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nearly half of sunscreen products do not live up to the SPF claim on their bottle, according to a new study.
  
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• Wisconsin SAE chapter suspended over racist, bigoted slurs

  18-05-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin has suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at its flagship campus after finding that members of the fraternity repeatedly used racist and bigoted slurs and ostracized a black member who tried to stop it.
  
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• Bank shares buoy Wall Street as Fed signals possible June hike

  18-05-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officials from the U.S. central bank said it would be appropriate to raise interest rates in June if economic data points to stronger second-quarter growth as well as firming inflation and employment, according to the minutes. Following the release of the minutes, traders were projecting a 34 percent chance the Fed would raise rates in June, up from 15 percent on Tuesday, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
  
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• Chibok girl rescue raises hopes for others held by Boko Haram

  18-05-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of 219 schoolgirls held hostage by Boko Haram Islamists for more than two years has been found, the military and activists said Wednesday, the first rescue that has raised hopes for those still being held. Amina Ali was discovered on Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno state by civilian vigilantes and soldiers on patrol and was brought back to her home town of Mbalala, near Chibok. "When her mother approached the car the girl stepped out and her mother exclaimed, 'Amina! Is that you?
  
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• Just what's at stake in 'Brexit' vote?

  18-05-2016 22:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  This is a tale, not of two cities, but of two towns, and of the people who live in them.
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• Residents could be allowed to return to Fort McMurray June 1

  18-05-2016 22:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Alberta's premier says more than 80,000 residents who fled Canada's main oil sands town because of a massive wildfire could return home starting on June 1 if conditions are deemed to be safe.
  
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• Fed signals interest rate hike firmly on the table for June

  18-05-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal Reserve officials felt the U.S. economy could be ready for another interest rate increase in June, according to the minutes from the central bank's April policy meeting released on Wednesday. Most participants in the policy-setting committee's April 26-27 meeting said they wanted to see signs that economic growth was picking up in the second quarter and that employment and inflation were firming, the minutes showed. "Then it likely would be appropriate for the committee to increase the t
  
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• Fewer kids could receive free school meals under House bill

  18-05-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday weighed legislation that could lower the number of students receiving free and reduced-price meals at school.
  
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• Obama attends Democratic Party fundraiser in Washington

  18-05-2016 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is raising money for the Democratic Party at an event in the District of Columbia.
  
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• Man killed after taking hostages in Moscow robbery attempt

  18-05-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Police in Moscow say a man who took hostages during an attempt to rob a bank has been killed.
  
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• Zimmerman gun auction ends: Is bid real?

  18-05-2016 22:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  George Zimmerman's auction for the gun that killed Trayvon Martin ended Tuesday, with the final bidder possibly offering to pay $138,900 for the firearm, according to the website that hosted the auction.
  
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• Verlander reaches K milestone, helps Tigers beat Twins 6-3

  18-05-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander struck out 10 batters, including the 2,000th of his career, to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 on Wednesday.
  
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• Trump meets Kissinger in New York: media

  18-05-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump met Wednesday with influential former secretary of state Henry Kissinger in New York, US media reported. Trump's motorcade swept into a smart apartment complex in Manhattan to take the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to a meeting with the 92-year-old architect of US foreign policy in the post-World War II era, TV channels and reporters said. Representatives for Kissinger and Trump did not immediately response to requests for comment.
  
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• Cop car torched at 'anti-police hatred' rally

  18-05-2016 22:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Planned affordable housing to sell for $1.3 million each

  18-05-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — The four homes planned for an Aspen affordable housing complex will cost upward of $1.3 million each.
  
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• 'NCIS' farewell episode trumps Megyn Kelly's Trump interview

  18-05-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Megyn Kelly interviewing Donald Trump couldn't hold a candle to Michael Weatherly leaving "NCIS" Tuesday night.
  
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• Bear causes ruckus in Southern California foothill suburb

  18-05-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) — Wildlife authorities have tranquilized a bear that rambled through a Southern California foothill suburb before taking refuge in a tree.
  
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• New York man's 4th murder trial nears conclusion

  18-05-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — The prosecutor in the case of a wealthy New York man being tried a fourth time in the 2001 death of his estranged wife says the defendant was consumed with fear.
  
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• Say goodbye to Time Warner Cable: sale leads to name change

  18-05-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Time Warner Cable is going away, and that means you might have a new cable company to hate. But you might find one you like better instead.
  
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• Man sought in fatal stabbing of 11-year-old Houston boy

  18-05-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police searched Wednesday for a man they are calling a suspect in the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old boy who was walking home from school.
  
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• Correction: TV-House of Lies-Finale story

  18-05-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a story May 17 about (topic), The Associated Press reported erroneously that the finale of "House of Lies" would premiere June 13. The finale airs June 12.
  
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• New Google products, services take aim at its biggest rivals

  18-05-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — From virtual reality to a new smart-home speaker, Google is showing off just how pervasive it has become even as it's squeezed by its biggest competitors — Facebook, Apple and Amazon.
  
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• French police attacked during rally against 'anti-cop hatred'

  18-05-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A rare rally of police officers against "anti-cop hatred" in France descended into violence Wednesday as counter-demonstrators smashed and torched a police car, forcing two officers to flee. Police were demonstrating across France against violence suffered at the hands of anti-government protesters in recent months. France has been gripped by a wave of furious protests and strikes against reforms proposed by the deeply unpopular government of President Francois Hollande, many of which have erupt
  
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• Are these Snapchat filters 'whitewashing' users?

  18-05-2016 21:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Several Snapchat users have blamed the app's filters for "whitewashing" their faces. CNN's Samuel Burke compares his before and after.
  
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• 'Oppenheimer Blue' diamond sells for over $51M, new record

  18-05-2016 21:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The 'Oppenheimer Blue' has sold for a hammer price of 50.6 million Swiss francs ($51.3 million), setting a new record for a diamond sold at auction.
  
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