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• Puerto Rico unveils budget that includes $200M debt payment

  23-05-2016 23:58 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Puerto Rico's governor has unveiled a stark budget that sets aside more than $200 million for a critical bond payment as the U.S. territory sinks into a deep economic crisis.
  
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• Toyota recalls 1.6 million U.S. vehicles for Takata air bags

  23-05-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> said on Monday it will recall almost 1.6 million additional U.S. vehicles for front passenger side Takata air bag inflators that could rupture.
  
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• School threats could be latest in school "swatting"

  23-05-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — Threats made against schools across the United States led to the evacuation of students Monday in what could be the latest example of so-called "swatting" against schools.
  
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• Police smile at 'Cops Suck' tattoo across man's knuckles

  23-05-2016 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A police officer in Maine is getting a laugh out of a man's tattoo that says, "Cops Suck."
  
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• IRS chief : Impeachment charges lack merit, won't testify

  23-05-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The commissioner of the IRS said Monday that Republican allegations that he misled congressional investigators probing his agency "are without merit," and said he would not appear at a congressional hearing this week examining whether he deserves to be impeached.
  
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• Battle over Redstone's media empire sparks hope for change

  23-05-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Friday, Sumner Redstone removed both Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman and Viacom board member George Abrams from the trust that will determine the future of CBS and Viacom after controlling shareholder Redstone dies or is declared mentally incapacitated. Dauman fired back on Monday saying the moves to replace him and Abrams from both the trust and National Amusements board would amount to an "unlawful corporate takeover" by Sumner's daughter, Shari Redstone.
  
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• FIFA fires finance director Kattner over bonus payments

  23-05-2016 23:44 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  FIFA has fired its finance director of the past 13 years, removing another fixture of the Sepp Blatter presidential era in another round of revelations about irregular million-dollar payments.
  
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• Angelina Jolie named visiting professor of London university

  23-05-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hollywood star and UN refugee agency envoy Angelina Jolie is to become a visiting professor at Britain's prestigious London School of Economics, the university announced Monday. Jolie was named as one of four new "visiting professors in practice" who will contribute to a new master's programme on "women, peace and security". "I am very encouraged by the creation of this master's programme," Jolie said in a statement.
  
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• Still plenty of air in 'Deflategate' court case

  23-05-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady's lawyers asked a federal appeals court for a new hearing before an expanded panel of judges, telling them on Monday that it is not just a silly dispute over underinflated footballs — it's the basic right to a fair process that is shared by all union workers.
  
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• Mexican authorities exhume bodies from unmarked common grave

  23-05-2016 23:34 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mexican officials have begun exhuming the remains of more than 100 unidentified people buried by authorities in a common grave in the central state of Morelos.
  
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• Mets' Duda out long term with stress fracture in lower back

  23-05-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Mets manager Terry Collins expects first baseman Lucas Duda to be out at least four to six weeks and maybe longer with a stress fracture in his lower back.
  
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• Hawaii officials: 5 killed in small plane crash on Kauai

  23-05-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — Five people died in a fiery plane crash on Kauai Monday morning, officials said.
  
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• Man suspected in officer's slaying had lengthy record

  23-05-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The man suspected of killing a Massachusetts police officer during a weekend traffic stop had a lengthy criminal record and had been released from a maximum-security prison in 2013, officials said Monday.
  
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• The Latest: School threats could be part of "swatting" trend

  23-05-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — The Latest on schools across the country evacuated because of threats (all times local):
  
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• Broadway's attendance up, but box office doesn't keep pace

  23-05-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway's attendance figures hit a record high this season, but box office revenue ticked upward only slightly.
  
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• No. 2 Senate Republican offers measure to sanction Vietnamese

  23-05-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The No. 2 Republican in the U.S. Senate offered legislation on Monday to impose sanctions and travel restrictions on Vietnamese nationals found to be "complicit" in human rights violations, hours after President Barack Obama said he would lift the arms embargo on Vietnam. "It's important to remember even as President Obama is traveling to Vietnam, that Vietnam is a brutal communist regime that continues to disregard basic human rights," said Senator John Cornyn of Texas.
  
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• Chile breaks world record for most soccer players in a match

  23-05-2016 23:17 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Chile has broken the world record for the most participants in a soccer match.
  
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• Leaving EU is 'self-destruct option' for economy and jobs, Cameron says

  23-05-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By William James EASTLEIGH, England (Reuters) - Leaving the European Union would be economic self-destruction for Britain, shattering stability, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday, presenting a finance ministry report warning of recession, a tumble in the pound, and half a million job losses. Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne, who are campaigning for Britain to stay in the EU in the June 23 referendum, have warned that households would be hurt by a fall in the value of their homes a
  
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• The Latest: Suspect in officer's slaying arrested last week

  23-05-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUBURN, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on a police officer who was shot and killed in a central Massachusetts town (all times local):
  
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• Trump adds Virgin Islands delegates; nomination within reach

  23-05-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has added eight delegates from the U.S. Virgin Islands, pulling him within 68 delegates of clinching the Republican nomination for president.
  
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• Madonna responds to critics of her Prince tribute

  23-05-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Madonna is dismissing critics of her tribute to Prince at the Billboard Music Awards with style.
  
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• 'Aquatic cocaine': Smuggling fish bladders

  23-05-2016 23:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Jonathan Garcia Pereda snapped a photo, the contraband glowing white in his smartphone. Mexican federal police had stopped a 28-year-old man from San Felipe at a checkpoint, discovering black plastic bags balled up in the tires. It appeared to be another familiar bust to the Mexican police, until they cut open the bags.
  
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• Indiana court hears woman's appeal of feticide conviction

  23-05-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Indiana's Court of Appeals pointedly questioned an attorney for the state Monday on whether there was evidence a woman found guilty of neglect and feticide in a self-induced abortion knew she had given birth to a live child.
  
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• Companies at fault in fatal French drug trial

  23-05-2016 23:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The French Health Ministry has found fault with the two companies that were part of a French drug trial that went wrong in January, killing one person and hospitalizing five others.
  
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• Taliban chief killed because he posed threat to U.S. troops: Pentagon

  23-05-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in an air strike last week because he was engaged in plotting that posed "specific, imminent threats" to U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Monday. The drone attack against Mansour just inside Pakistan on Saturday was carried out under U.S. rules of engagement that allow U.S. forces to conduct defensive strikes against people engaged in activity threatening U.S. and coali
  
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• NFL tried to improperly influence brain injury study - lawmakers

  23-05-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Football League attempted to improperly influence a major study into links between the sport and brain disease, a report by US lawmakers found on Monday. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce ruled in a 91-page report that the NFL and several of the organization's top health officials had waged a behind-the-scenes campaign to try and affect the outcome of the research study. The claims first came to light in a story by ESPN's "Outside the Lines" program.
  
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• Van Gaal axed by Manchester United as Mourinho waits in wings

  23-05-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Louis van Gaal's sacking as Manchester United manager was finally confirmed on Monday as Jose Mourinho prepared to take charge at Old Trafford. Van Gaal had appeared certain to lose his job since reports leaked out after United's FA Cup final victory against Crystal Palace on Saturday that former Chelsea boss Mourinho was being lined up to replace him. The 64-year-old had hoped leading United to their first major silverware since the retirement of legendary boss Alex Ferguson in 2013 would persu
  
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• Man United fires Van Gaal, expected to appoint Mourinho soon

  23-05-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Louis van Gaal was fired by Manchester United on Monday after months of uncertainty around his position as the English Premier League team struggled despite more than $350 million spent on new players during his two years in charge.
  
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• Box Office Top 20: 'Angry Birds' slingshots past 'Civil War'

  23-05-2016 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — In its first weekend in theaters, "The Angry Birds Movie" soared past "Captain America: Civil War," dethroning the superhero pic from its first place run with $38.2 million to "Captain America's" $32.9 million, according to studio actuals released Monday.
  
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• U.N. worried about Falluja civilians ahead of Iraqi offensive

  23-05-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The United Nations expressed concern about some 50,000 people still in Falluja as Iraqi government forces clashed with Islamic State militants near the city, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced the launching of an offensive to retake the Islamic State stronghold of Falluja after the military told residents to leave before fighting started. "We're very concerned about the fate of the civilians that remain in Falluja as the military operations
  
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• ICRC worried for civilians trapped in Iraq's Falluja

  23-05-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of civilians are trapped in Falluja, a city west of Baghdad that Iraqi forces are trying to recapture from Islamic State, with limited access to food, water and healthcare, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Monday. "People of Falluja have already suffered enormously as a result of relentless fighting in the area," the ICRC’s head of delegation in Iraq, Katharina Ritz, said in a statement. Falluja was the first Iraqi city to fall to Islamic State, in Jan
  
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• Democrats, seeking unity, give Sanders say in party platform

  23-05-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Democratic Party said on Monday it will give U.S. presidential contender Bernie Sanders a prominent say in writing its platform this year, a gesture that could ease tensions between Sanders' camp and party leaders, whom Sanders has accused of favoring rival Hillary Clinton. Sanders has remained steadfast in his long-shot battle with Clinton for the Democratic nomination for the November presidential election, even though he lags her in the delegate coun
  
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• Russia calls for 'regime of calm' in Syria's Eastern Ghouta and Daraya

  23-05-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian defense ministry said on Monday it has called for a "regime of calm" in Syria's Eastern Ghouta region and the town of Daraya for 72 hours, starting on Tuesday. It also said Russian warplanes will continue strikes against Nusra Front militants. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by John Stonestreet)
  
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• Derby winner Nyquist's trip to Belmont delayed by fever

  23-05-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two days after the first loss of his career, Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist has developed a slight fever, leaving plans temporarily on hold for a rematch with Preakness winner Exaggerator in the Belmont Stakes.
  
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• VH1's Hip Hop Honors returns, focusing on the ladies

  23-05-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It's been six years, but VH1's Hip Hop Honors is returning to celebrate pioneers of the genre, and this time it's ladies first.
  
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• North Korean envoy rejects Trump overture to meet leader

  23-05-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a "kind of propaganda or advertisement" in his election race, a senior North Korean official said on Monday. Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with Reuters in New York last week, said he is willing to talk to the North Korean leader to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation. "It is up
  
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• Draymond, Westbrook swap barbs over fouls, kicks

  23-05-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Draymond Green knows who is responsible for his kick to the groin of Thunder center Steven Adams: Russell Westbrook and the rest of the NBA stars who get to the foul line with a whole lot of salesmanship.
  
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• Obama hails Taliban leader's killing as insurgents seek successor

  23-05-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama on Monday hailed the killing of Taliban chief Mullah Mansour Akhtar as an "important milestone" in efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan, as the rattled insurgent group held emergency meetings to pick his successor. Saturday's drone strike, the first known American assault on a top Afghan Taliban leader on Pakistani soil, sent a shockwave through the rebel group, which had seen a new resurgence under Mansour. The Pentagon on Monday said Mansour represented a "specific immi
  
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• And how hard is it to climb?

  23-05-2016 22:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Icy temperatures, fierce winds and limited oxygen: The world's highest peak is an inhospitable place for any living thing, and danger is inherent in trying to climb it.Podcast favorites: Bernie gets the Axe | Radical Islam in America | Graham Opposes GOP Leader
  
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• Vietnam War: How they saw it from both sides

  23-05-2016 22:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Trump faces big hurdles in West

  23-05-2016 22:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump heads west this week, campaigning and raising money in diverse, heavily Latino states like New Mexico and California -- and insisting that his favorability ratings among minority voters are on the upswing as he turns his attention to the general election.
  
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• Where are EgyptAir black boxes?

  23-05-2016 22:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's been four days since EgyptAir Flight 804 disappeared off radar over the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people aboard, and questions about what happened to the flight abound.
  
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• Ala. city councilman attending South Africa mortician's convention shot in the face

  23-05-2016 22:14 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A city council member from Mobile, Alabama, was hospitalized in stable condition Monday after he was shot in the face while traveling in Johannesburg, South Africa, a family representative said.
  
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• The Latest: Van Gaal says he's laid foundations for success

  23-05-2016 22:08 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Latest on Manchester United (all times local): ___ 9:00 p.m.
  
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• Taliban leader killed by U.S. What's next?

  23-05-2016 21:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The White House, finally confirming the death of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, announced Monday the Taliban "should seize the opportunity to pursue the only real path for ending this long conflict -- joining the Afghan government in a reconciliation process that leads to lasting peace and stability."
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• Manchester Utd manager Van Gaal sacked

  23-05-2016 21:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Muslim woman behind viral selfie hailed as heroine -- until hateful Tweets revealed

  23-05-2016 21:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Muslim woman who was photographed taking selfies in front of a Belgian protest, earning her widespread praise for her cheerful stance against bigotry, reportedly praised Hitler and called for the killing of Jews in past Facebook posts.
  
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• Top 10 species discovered in 2016

  23-05-2016 21:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Scientists believe that 10 million species still await discovery around the world. And every year -- on the birthday of Carolus Linnaeus, the 18th century Swedish botanist considered the father of modern taxonomy -- the International Institute for Species Exploration releases its list of the top new species (from among about 18,000 found over the previous 12 months).
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• What Angelina Jolie could do for you

  23-05-2016 21:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One of Britain's most prestigious universities, the London School of Economics (LSE) has appointed Angelina Jolie as a visiting professor.
  
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• Britain grants refugee status to ex-president of Maldives - lawyer

  23-05-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Britain has granted refugee status to Mohamed Nasheed, former president of the Maldives, who was jailed in 2015 after a trial that drew international criticism, his lawyer said on Monday. Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically elected president, was allowed to go to Britain in January for medical treatment after President Abdulla Yameen came under international pressure to let him leave. Nasheed was jailed for 13 years on terrorism charg
  
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