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• With triple-digit temps, staying cool takes creativity

  03-06-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A heat wave in large parts of the West and Southwest has many scattering for reprieve from the sun.
  
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• At least 12 killed in Texas floods, prisons evacuated

  03-06-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - At least 12 people, including five Army soldiers, have died in Texas due to torrential rain in the past week that has also damaged hundreds of homes and led the state to evacuate three prison facilities, officials said on Friday. The U.S. Army and local teams were using boats, helicopters and sniffer dogs to search for four soldiers who went missing when their military vehicle overturned in a flood-swollen creek on Thursday at Fort Hood army base in ce
  
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• 21 students hurt in 2-school bus crash in Washington state

  03-06-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Twenty-one elementary students and a bus driver were injured after one school bus rear-ended another in Washington state.
  
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• Fox apologizes for billboard showing strangling from 'X-Men'

  03-06-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Twentieth Century Fox has apologized for a billboard that features Jennifer Lawrence's "X-Men: Apocalypse" character Mystique being strangled.
  
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• Trump denounces California rally protesters as thugs

  03-06-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Love REDDING, Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump denounced protesters in California as thugs on Friday after another demonstration outside a political rally of his turned violent in the days before the state's presidential primary. Demonstrators fought and threw punches on Thursday evening in the street outside the San Jose Convention Center,according to videos posted on Twitter and online by local and national media. Hundreds of protesters waved Mexi
  
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• Blatter $M bonuses, police raid revealed in FIFA turmoil

  03-06-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Sepp Blatter's $12 million bonus from the 2014 World Cup and yet another police raid for evidence of financial crimes at FIFA revealed the turmoil at soccer's world body was far from over.
  
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• Woman suspected of killing 3 sons led tumultuous life

  03-06-2016 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman suspected of killing her three young sons and wounding herself led a tumultuous life over the past decade, including domestic disputes with family members, inquiries from child-welfare investigators and attempts to collect child support from the fathers of two of the boys.
  
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• Virtual assistant Alexa boasts 1,000 'skills': Amazon

  03-06-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amazon on Friday boasted that its virtual assistant Alexa is capable of 1,000 "skills," as the online retail giant bolsters defenses against rivals such as Google and Apple. The Seattle-based company said in a blog post that the programs were developed specifically for the voice-commanded Alexa software used in Amazon devices such as Echo and Fire TV. Amazon released voice-enabled wireless speaker Echo in late 2014, infusing it with virtual assistant smarts that enable it to answer questions or
  
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• Mexican flag, seen at Trump protests, has long history in US

  03-06-2016 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It's a flag seen at many protests against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. It also can be spotted at immigration rallies, on murals in cities with sizeable Latino populations and at Mexican National team soccer games held on U.S. soil.
  
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• LeBron confident Cavs can bounce back against Warriors in NBA Finals

  03-06-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LeBron James has never lost the first two games of an NBA playoff series and the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar doesn't plan to start against Golden State in the NBA Finals. James has a perfect 9-0 record in game two after his teams have lost the opener of a playoff series, and the Cavaliers will put that to the test Sunday after falling to the defending champion Warriors 104-89 on Thursday. "I'm not discouraged at all," James said Friday after analyzing video of the defeat.
  
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• Syrian army opens new front as Islamic State's many foes attack

  03-06-2016 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army backed by Russian air strikes has opened a major new front against Islamic State, the third big assault on the self-proclaimed caliphate this week after Iraqi forces attempted to storm a city and a Syrian militia advanced with U.S. support. The week's three big offensives are some of the most aggressive campaigns against Islamic State since it declared its aim to rule over all Muslims from parts of Iraq and Syria two years ago. Heavy Russian air st
  
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• The Latest: Trump calls violent protesters 'bunch of thugs'

  03-06-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  REDDING, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump campaign rallies in California (all times local):
  
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• Sony names Sanford Panitch president of Columbia Pictures

  03-06-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sony Pictures Entertainment has named Sanford Panitch president of Columbia Pictures, replacing Doug Belgrad.
  
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• Photos: Felicity Huffman Hits the Red Carpet

  03-06-2016 23:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Some celebrities never seem to age.
  
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• Photos: The Week in Pictures: May 28 - June 3, 2016

  03-06-2016 23:02 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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• EU referendum: Michael Gove questioned on Sky News - live

  03-06-2016 22:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Rolling coverage of Vote Leave’s Michael Gove being questioned on the EU: In or Out? programme on Sky NewsGove questioned on Sky News - Snap verdict 9.53pm BSTHere’s a scene from the spin room: James McGrory (on the left), who spins for Britain Stronger in Europe, and Robert Oxley, his opposite number for Vote Leave. The debate is over but @JamesMcGrory & @roxley are working the room hard trying to convince the press they both won pic.twitter.com/POMppRASeC 9.41pm BSTMichael Gove
  
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• Trump: Clinton 'made up' things I said. Clinton: you literally said it all – live

  03-06-2016 22:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Supporters clash with protesters; George W Bush condemns fellow Republican for Mexican heritage bias against judge in Trump University fraud caseTrump says judge in university court case is biasedProtesters attack Trump supporters after San Jose speech 9.53pm BSTThe Democratic National Committee has responded to Donald Trump’s interview with Jake Tapper.This Trump interview with @jaketapper @CNN is racist and disqualifying for anyone seeking the White House https://t.co/YMaNLyKqsQ 9.40pm B
  
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• Gove likened to first world war general during Sky News debate – video

  03-06-2016 22:52 via theguardian.com
  
  A member of the audience of Sky News EU: In or Out? debate on Friday compares Michael Gove with a first world war general and the Leave campaign’s plan for the EU with a divorce. The Andrew Carnegie, a business owner, said ‘there is no economic plan’ from the Leave Campaign, adding that Gove had no idea about what was to come in the futureEU referendum: Michael Gove questioned on Sky News - live
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• Crossing river to flee war-torn city

  03-06-2016 22:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Civilians cross the Euphrates river to escape war-torn Falluja. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.Popular: Radical Islam in America | Graham Opposes Republican Leader | Guns in America
  
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• Child abandoned in woods found safe

  03-06-2016 22:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A missing 7-year-old boy was found unharmed after searchers spent nearly a week combing dense forest on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, officials said Friday.
  
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• Value of eco crimes soars by 26% with devastating impacts on natural world

  03-06-2016 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Environmental crime is now the world’s fourth biggest crime and is a growing threat to security and natural resources, say UN and InterpolThe value of the black market industry behind crimes such as ivory smuggling, illegal logging and toxic waste dumping has jumped by 26% since 2014 to between $91bn (£62bn) and $258bn, according to an assessment by the UN and Interpol. Environmental crime is now the world’s fourth largest illicit enterprise after drug smuggling, counterfeiting
  
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• Big 12 to bring back football championship in 2017

  03-06-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Big 12 is bringing back its football championship game in 2017, regardless of whether the conference expands from its current 10 members.
  
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• Jamaican dancehall DJ gets 25 years in US drug ring case

  03-06-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A Jamaican dancehall DJ accused of running a drug ring that shipped cocaine from California to New Jersey has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
  
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• Judge: US women's soccer team has no right to strike

  03-06-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago ruled Friday that the world champion U.S. women's soccer team does not have the right to strike to seek improved conditions and wages before the Summer Olympics, concluding the team remains bound by a no-strike clause in earlier agreements.
  
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• Air Force secretary supports draft registration for women

  03-06-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force's top civilian official said Friday she supports requiring young women to register for a potential military draft as Congress heads toward a divisive debate over whether to erase gender restrictions from Selective Service.
  
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• UN to ask Syria to allow airdrops of aid

  03-06-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United Nations will formally ask the Syrian government Sunday to allow airdrops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas where access by land has been denied by the regime, diplomats said. UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien told a closed meeting of the Security Council on Friday that consent from the Damascus regime was needed to carry out the airdrops of food and medicine to civilians trapped in those areas.
  
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• Reluctant Republicans fall in line behind Donald Trump

  03-06-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — He's finally got Paul Ryan's endorsement, but many officials in Donald Trump's new wave of supporters remain reluctant backers at best. Leaders who have pledged their backing still aren't wholly satisfied with his temperament, policies or readiness for the White House.
  
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• Clinton opens up double-digit lead over Trump nationwide: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  03-06-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, regaining ground after the New York billionaire briefly tied her last month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday. Some 46 percent of likely voters said they supported Clinton, while 35 percent said they supported Trump, and another 19 percent said they would not support either, according to the survey of 1,421 people conducted
  
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• ... and Ryan slams Trump too

  03-06-2016 21:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Just a day after House Speaker Paul Ryan endorsed Donald Trump, he turned around and blasted the presumptive Republican nominee for attacking the judge overseeing the Trump University lawsuit.
  
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• Obama cuts prison sentences for 42 drug offenders

  03-06-2016 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is commuting the sentences of 42 people convicted of drug-related offenses.
  
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• UN envoy says airdrops should be considered for Syria

  03-06-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.N.'s special envoy for Syria is calling for the U.S., Russia and the world community to support possible airdrops of food and other critically needed supplies to besieged areas of Syria.
  
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• The greatest shock in French Open history?

  03-06-2016 21:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It was supposed to be one of sport's most nailed-on victories: A tennis great taking on a teenager.Podcast favorites: Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World | Bernie gets the Axe | Guns in America
  
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• News Guide: Prince died of overdose, but questions linger

  03-06-2016 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Autopsy results showing that Prince died of a fentanyl overdose cleared up some of the mystery surrounding his sudden death, but the findings also vaulted the investigation into new territory and raised the possibility of criminal charges for anyone who improperly supplied him with the drug. Here's a recap of where the case stands:
  
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• Attack on Iraqi civilians fleeing IS in Fallujah kills 2

  03-06-2016 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAMP TARIQ, Iraq (AP) — A bomb attack on a group of civilians fleeing the Islamic State group-held city of Fallujah on Friday killed two people and wounded three, Iraqi federal police and eye witnesses said.
  
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• Fed likely to avoid rate hike before British vote EU

  03-06-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve may delay an interest rate rise at its June meeting due to concern about the economic fallout of Britain's impending vote on whether to leave the European Union. The geopolitical risk related to the vote will likely delay any U.S. rate increase until at least July, despite apparent consensus among Fed officials that a rate hike is warranted by stronger U.S. economic growth and a tight labor market. The Fed's June
  
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• United Nations candidates compete for secretary general job in debate – as it happened

  03-06-2016 21:41 via theguardian.com
  
  This year’s open hustings, the first of its kind, continues in London as three of the candidates face questions about war, refugees, climate change and how to forge agreements between 193 nations 8.39pm BSTAnd that’s a wrap. Thanks for tuning in. I hope it was informative. From a personal perspective I felt that some quite nuanced positions emerged there. It’s a field of more than three candidates of course, but who knows: We might have been listening to an outlines of plans by
  
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• Sanders' campaign adventure takes him from Hamilton to Rome

  03-06-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — He's lagging in delegates and votes, but Bernie Sanders is still on one excellent campaign adventure.
  
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• Calmer mood ahead of Trump rally in Northern California

  03-06-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds lined up Friday for a Donald Trump rally in far Northern California, but the atmosphere in the city of Redding was far calmer than in San Jose the night before when protesters pounced on Trump supporters, throwing punches and eggs.
  
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• U.N. pleads with Syria to airlift aid to starving civilians

  03-06-2016 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations, backed by the United States, Britain and other powers, urged the Syrian government on Friday to end all sieges and allow U.N. airdrops of aid to hundreds of thousands of people trapped across conflict-torn Syria. Nearly 600,000 people are besieged in 19 different areas in Syria, according to the U.N., with two-thirds trapped by government forces and the rest by armed opposition groups and Islamic State milit
  
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• Ryan rips Trump comments on Mexican judge after endorsement

  03-06-2016 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House speaker Paul Ryan is condemning Donald Trump's charge that a federal judge's Mexican heritage creates a conflict of interest in a court case involving one of the Republican billionaire's companies.
  
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• DoubleLine's Gundlach calls May employment report 'real body blow'

  03-06-2016 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  In a telephone interview, Gundlach also said the U.S. stock market is "incredibly resilient" after the "terrible" employment report. Gundlach, who oversees $100 billion at Los Angeles-based DoubleLine, noted that job gains for April, first recorded at an already light 160,000, were revised down sharply to plus 123,000 jobs, which means "this puts incredible significance for next month's employment report after May's terrible report. Gundlach said the firm purchased 49-year government agencies Th
  
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• US hiring grinds to a near-halt; many stop looking for work

  03-06-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring slowed to a near-standstill in May, sowing doubts about the economy's health and complicating the Federal Reserve's efforts to raise interest rates.
  
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• 911 call recorded suspect after shooting ex-Saint Will Smith

  03-06-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The suspect in the death of Will Smith said he shot in self-defense because he feared the retired New Orleans Saints star, although unarmed, was going for a gun as they argued over a car crash.
  
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• Three Somali Americans who plotted to join Isis in Syria convicted

  03-06-2016 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Minneapolis jury convicts men of conspiracy to commit murder overseas after a counter-terrorism investigation led by the FBI in 2015Three young Somali American men who plotted to join the Islamic State in Syria, have been convicted of conspiracy to commit murder overseas, following a landmark federal court case in Minnesota.
  Guled Omar, 21, Abdirahman Daud, 22 and Mohamed Farah, 22 could all face life in prison after a jury in Minneapolis convicted each of the most serious charges resulting from
  
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• Hiding female cast, 'Ghostbusters' courts male moviegoers

  03-06-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — To sell "Ghostbusters," who are you going to call? In the film's initial nationwide TV spots, not its female stars.
  
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• MGM Resorts to renovate Monte Carlo casino-hotel in Vegas

  03-06-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International announced a joint venture Friday with a New York-based hotelier to redesign the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, promising a more boutique taste for Sin City while setting its sights on building casino-less hotels like it in other parts of the country.
  
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• Spanish motorcycle rider Salom dies after Catalunya crash

  03-06-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spanish Moto2 rider Luis Salom died Friday after crashing in free practice for the Grand Prix of Catalunya in Barcelona. "It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of Luis Salom," organisers said in a statement. Salom's death cuts short a career which had started early.
  
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• Airbnb vows to root out home-sharing discrimination

  03-06-2016 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Airbnb on Friday said it is cracking down on racism after booting one home-sharing host for blatantly discriminating against a woman of color who had made a reservation. "We have a zero tolerance policy for discrimination and when we become aware of it we take action," Airbnb said in a letter to members. Airbnb said that it has enlisted former American Civil Liberties Union head Laura Murphy to lead its discrimination-fighting efforts.
  
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• Trump finds opening in Democratic defenses after weak U.S. jobs report

  03-06-2016 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his backers seized on a U.S. jobs report on Friday that showed the weakest hiring in more than five years, calling it evidence that the country needs to move away from Democratic economic policies. The report gave Trump his biggest opening yet to target Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on the economy, after months of mostly solid economic indicators. Trump called the monthly Labor Department report, which showed the smallest gain in jobs since 2
  
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• SEC expands 'serious misconduct' rule for transfer students

  03-06-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has expanded its "serious misconduct" rule for transfer students to include "dating violence, stalking or conduct of a nature that creates serious concern about the safety of others."
  
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