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• Reputed mobster indicted on new gun charges after search

  24-05-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A reputed mobster has been indicted on weapons charges stemming from a search of his Connecticut home by federal agents who were looking for a half billion dollars' worth of stolen artwork.
  
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• Suspect arrested in death of ex-coal chief executive

  24-05-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An Ohio man fatally shot a former coal company executive at a cemetery where the businessman's wife is buried and has been arrested on a first-degree murder warrant, a sheriff said Tuesday.
  
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• Clinton blasts Trump for cheering housing bubble burst

  24-05-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton, seeking to dampen Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's growing appeal with working-class voters, on Tuesday accused him of having cheered on the 2008 housing market crash. Clinton's campaign released an ad with audio the presumptive Republican nominee had recorded in 2006 for his now-defunct Trump University venture. Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, said of a "bubble burst" that "I sort of hope that happens
  
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• Use of parasitic wasps to fight ash borer grows to 24 states

  24-05-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Millions of tiny wasps that are natural parasites for the emerald ash borer have been released into wooded areas in 24 states as the battle against the tree-killing borer is now biological.
  
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• Biden to host national cancer research summit in Washington

  24-05-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will bring together scientists, oncologists, donors and patients for a national conference on cancer research in Washington, the White House said Tuesday.
  
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• HP Enterprise selling tech services business to rival

  24-05-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett Packard Enterprise is slimming down its business further by selling off its technology-services division to competitor Computer Sciences Corp.
  
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• Monsanto: $62 billion Bayer bid too low, but open to talks

  24-05-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. rejected Tuesday the $62 billion takeover bid by Germany's Bayer AG as too low, but said it was willing to entertain further talks on a merger. Monsanto chairman and chief executive Hugh Grant said in a statement that the offer "significantly undervalues our company" and does not give enough assurance on how Bayer would finance the deal or overcome possible regulatory challenges. Monsanto's board "unanimously views the Bayer AG proposal as incomplete and financ
  
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• Feds: 5 arrested, accused of posing as IRS agents

  24-05-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it arrested five people in Miami accused of defrauding victims of nearly $2 million by posing as IRS agents and demanding payment of overdue taxes.
  
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• Amid turmoil, chess helps Ferguson kids cope, excel

  24-05-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ten-year-old Tyson Stegall stared intently at the chess board as his opponent, grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez, pondered a move. The fourth-grader gave a little grimace, then a smile, when Ramirez finished him off with a checkmate.
  
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• US, European stocks rally as 'Brexit' fears ease

  24-05-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  European stock markets rebounded Tuesday, led sharply higher by banking shares boosted by signs of waning chances that Britain will vote to leave the European Union next month.
  
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• Investigators examine records, wreckage in skydiving crash

  24-05-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Investigators are reviewing the records and the burned-out wreckage of the single-engine plane in Hawaii that went up in flames just after takeoff and then exploded as it hit the ground, killing the pilot, two instructors and two tandem jumpers.
  
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• VA chief: 'I deeply regret' wait-time comparison to Disney

  24-05-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Tuesday he regrets remarks he made comparing long wait times at VA health care sites to waiting in line at a Disney amusement park.
  
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• State seeking harsher punishments for dealers in overdoses

  24-05-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — When Kevin Manchester was arraigned on charges of selling drugs in February, prosecutors alleged he knew his buyers were overdosing but he kept selling anyway.
  
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• Prosecutor: 'Shield' actor taunted wife before killing her

  24-05-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An actor who played a police officer on TV was upset because his wife wanted a divorce and taunted her before fatally shooting her in their Los Angeles home while their two young sons watched, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.
  
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• The Latest: FAA says no reports for skydiving company owner

  24-05-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a Kauai skydiving plane crash that killed five people on Monday (all times local):
  
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• Born deaf, 11-year-old is among nation's top spellers

  24-05-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Making it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee is an amazing achievement for any kid, but for 11-year-old Neil Maes, being born deaf made his journey especially unlikely.
  
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• Uptick in colon cancer rates among people under 50

  24-05-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Colon cancer among people under 50 is on the rise, and tumors are often diagnosed at an advanced stage, according to research presented Tuesday. "While the healthcare system has done a great deal to address colorectal cancer in people over 50 -- heightening patient awareness and increasing screenings -- our findings show that much more needs to be done to fight this cancer in people under 50, a group not normally considered at risk," said lead author Elie Sutton, a research fellow at Mt. Sinai W
  
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• No scoops for you: Bills media policy has many restrictions

  24-05-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Don't expect to hear or read anything about dropped passes or interceptions that take place during Buffalo Bills practices.
  
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• Matt Murray back in goal for Penguins against Lightning

  24-05-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins are turning to rookie goaltender Matt Murray with their season on the line against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final.
  
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• EU regulators clear $100 billion-plus AB InBev, SABMiller deal

  24-05-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The world's largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev gained EU antitrust approval on Tuesday for its $100 billion-plus acquisition of SABMiller on condition it sell almost the whole of SABMiller's beer business in Europe. Reuters was the first to report that AB InBev's concessions to sell substantial assets would secure the EU green light for one of the largest corporate takeovers ever. AB InBev has already agreed to sell SABMiller's Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime beer brands to Japan's Asahi Group Hol
  
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• Baylor says 'Ken Starr is president' amid speculation

  24-05-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Baylor University and its president faced mounting pressure Tuesday over how the school has handled reports of rape and assault by football players, and the Texas university said its governing board was still considering the results of an internal investigation into the matter.
  
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• Toyota to invest in ride-hailing app Uber

  24-05-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Toyota said Tuesday it is investing in Uber, making it the latest car company to put money in a ride-hailing app.
  
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• Justice Department to seek death penalty in Charleston church shooting case; Attorney General cites "nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm"

  24-05-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department to seek death penalty in Charleston church shooting case; Attorney General cites "nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm"
  
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• The Latest: Defense says actor acknowledges killing wife

  24-05-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial of actor Michael Jace, who played a police officer on the TV series "The Shield." (all times local):
  
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• Republicans block stricter rules on retirement savings

  24-05-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the Senate passed legislation Tuesday to block new Obama administration rules that require financial professionals to put their client's best interest first when giving advice on retirement investments like individual retirement accounts.
  
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• In final drive, Obama seeks better relations with US foes

  24-05-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In his final stretch as president, Barack Obama is driving the United States toward friendlier relations with some of its most longstanding adversaries. He's working to consign bitter animosities with Vietnam, Iran, Cuba and Myanmar to the history books.
  
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• Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles selected to host Super Bowls

  24-05-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — If you spend billions of dollars to build it, they will come.
  
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• Los Angeles lands 2021 NFL Super Bowl

  24-05-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles was awarded the right to stage the Super Bowl in 2021 on Tuesday as National Football League chiefs picked Atlanta and Miami as venues for the money-spinning showpiece in 2019 and 2020. The host cities were announced after a vote at the annual NFL owners meetings in Charlotte, North Carolina. The choice of Los Angeles had been widely anticipated following the NFL's decision earlier this year to sanction the move of the St Louis Rams back to the Californian metropolis.
  
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• Bill Cosby to stand trial

  24-05-2016 22:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Duchess: UK's 'secret weapon'?

  24-05-2016 22:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• Two rare blue lobsters caught in Canada

  24-05-2016 22:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Fishermen off the coast of Canada have nabbed some rare treasures.
  
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• Vietnam War: Seen from two sides

  24-05-2016 22:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• What Bob Dylan is doing now

  24-05-2016 22:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After decades of rambling, raging, rocking and seemingly inexhaustible reinventing, the artist from Hibbing, Minnesota, born as Robert Zimmerman and known to us as Bob Dylan, is 75 years old, a walking diamond jubilee; still alive, still on the road and coming soon to an arena or amphitheater near you to sing classic popular music.
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• Why Mount Everest is the wild climb they can't resist

  24-05-2016 22:15 via cnn.com
  Camp 4 on Mount Everest, the final camp before the summit, is a place most of us will only ever see in photos: perched at 26,180 feet on the shoulder between the giants of Mount Everest and Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world, the place is utterly unlivable, blasted by winds that rip snow from rock and cast it into the surrounding air -- air so thin it's hard to take a step without gasping for breath.
  
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• Protecting the world from deadly superbugs

  24-05-2016 21:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Superbugs could kill one person every three seconds by 2050, the equivalent of 10 million people a year, according to the final report last week from the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, established in 2014 to keep the world from being "cast back into the dark ages of medicine."
  
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• Donald Trump and Boris Johnson pucker up in street art

  24-05-2016 21:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and former London Mayor Boris Johnson have been immortalized in a romantic clinch in the UK.Popular: Guns in America | Sanders Demands Clinton Apologize | Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World
  
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• Murray toils, Serena sails at French Open

  24-05-2016 20:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  While a veteran perhaps contesting his final French Open received most of the adulation as he left the main court Tuesday, Andy Murray walked away the winner. Barely.
  
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• Austrian President-elect: Win averts crisis

  24-05-2016 20:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ask Alexander Van der Bellen what his victory in Austria's presidential polls means, and he will tell you frankly that he has averted a crisis.Popular: Radical Islam in America | Graham Opposes Republican Leader | Guns in America
  
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• Daughter seeks US help over missing Hong Kong publisher

  24-05-2016 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The daughter of a Hong Kong-based publisher believed abducted by Chinese authorities eight months ago has appeared before a U.S. congressional commission urging Washington's help to win his release.
  
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• Bill Cosby to stand trial for sex assault

  24-05-2016 20:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The first criminal case against Bill Cosby is set to begin.
  
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• Man pleads guilty in Pennsylvania in celebrity hacking case

  24-05-2016 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty Tuesday to hacking into the email and online accounts of several female celebrities and stealing private information, including nude photos and videos.
  
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• EgyptAir victims: What we know

  24-05-2016 20:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There were 66 on board. Middle Easterners, Europeans and Canadians. Adults and children.
  
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• Clinton accuses Trump of cheering housing crisis for profit

  24-05-2016 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton, seeking to dampen Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's growing appeal with working-class voters, on Tuesday accused him of having cheered on the 2008 housing market crash. Clinton's campaign released an ad with audio the presumptive Republican nominee had recorded in 2006 for the now-defunct Trump University. Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, said of a "bubble burst" that he "sort of hope that happens because
  
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• Ryan weighs House floor change after gay rights flap

  24-05-2016 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Paul Ryan is taking steps to bring greater order to the House floor after a Democrat-authored gay rights amendment caused chaos last week.
  
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• First active-duty U.S. soldiers summit Everest

  24-05-2016 20:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Retired Staff Sgt. Chad Jukes, 2nd Lt. Harold Earls and Capt. Elyse Ping Medvigy reached the summit of Mount Everest on Tuesday.
  
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• Climber: 'It's childlike and magical'

  24-05-2016 20:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Danger and death lurk with every step. It's difficult to breathe -- the oxygen level is a third of what's available at sea level. The winds are fierce and brutal. Temperatures at the summit can be colder than minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. People die every year trying to summit.
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• Monsanto rejects Bayer bid, but open to more talks

  24-05-2016 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Monsanto Co , the world's largest seed company, turned down Bayer AG's $62 billion acquisition bid as "incomplete and financially inadequate" on Tuesday, but said it was open to engage further in negotiations. Monsanto's decision, first reported earlier on Tuesday by Reuters, puts pressure on Bayer to decide whether to raise its bid, even as the company faces criticism from some shareholders that its $122-per-share cash offer is already too high. The other options are to walk away, or mount a ho
  
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• Bill Cosby ordered to stand trial in decade-old sex case

  24-05-2016 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report in which a woman said the comedian gave her three blue pills that put her in a stupor, unable to stop his advances.
  
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• Judge: Law trimming early voting in Ohio is unconstitutional

  24-05-2016 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a law trimming early voting in swing-state Ohio is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced.
  
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• Erdogan says Turkey parliament will block EU migrant deal if no visa-free travel

  24-05-2016 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the European Union that the Turkish parliament would block laws related to the landmark deal to stem the flow of migrants to Europe if Ankara was not granted its key demand of visa-free travel. The stark and unexpected warning from Erdogan came amid spiralling tensions between the Turkish strongman and the bloc over a string of issues ranging from existing accords and human rights as he seeks to further consolidate his powers. "If that (the visa e
  
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