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• Peru vote neck-and-neck after Fujimori lead slips

  05-06-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Conservative Keiko Fujimori, 41, and her center-right rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, 77, were virtually tied in exit polls as voting closed at 2100 GMT. Many mistrust Keiko Fujimori because her father Alberto is in jail for corruption and the slaughter of alleged terrorists in the 1990s. There was a lot of repression and a lot of people died and disappeared," said Enrique Castillo, a 61-year-old queueing to vote in Lima.
  
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• The Latest: Bernie Sanders campaigns on Santa Monica Pier

  05-06-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign, with Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders holding events Sunday in California and Democrats in Puerto Rico voting in the party's primary (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• Memphis Cop Killed by Shooting Suspect Fleeing the Scene

  05-06-2016 23:55
  
  Verdell Smith, 46, was an 18-veteran of the Memphis Police Department.
  
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• Peru vote shaped by ex-leader's legacy goes down to wire

  05-06-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians chose between two conservative candidates in a tight presidential election Sunday, with two exit polls suggesting that a former World Bank economist would eke out a victory over the daughter of imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori. A third poll gave Fujimori a narrow lead.
  
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• With stars neutralized, unsung players step up in Cup final

  05-06-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — This is a Stanley Cup Final filled with stars who have won the Hart Trophy, Olympic gold medals and numerous other awards.
  
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• NBA star Curry wants to go to Rio but still not sure he will

  05-06-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry wants to play for the United States at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, but the Golden State Warriors star hasn't made a final decision. NBA scoring champion Curry, who sparked the Warriors to a record 73-win season, is too busy trying to lead Golden State to a second consecutive NBA Finals victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers to focus on Olympic gold just yet.
  
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• Peru presidential race in dead heat: exit polls

  05-06-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Peru's presidential candidates were headed for a photo finish in Sunday's election, exit polls showed at the close of voting. Surveys by pollsters Ipsos and Gfk gave a slight lead to ex-Wall Street banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. A poll by CPI put Keiko Fujimori, daughter of a jailed former president, slightly ahead.
  
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• Exclusive: NY Fed first rejected cyber-heist transfers, then moved $81 million

  05-06-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Krishna N. Das and Jonathan Spicer DHAKA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hours before the Federal Reserve Bank of New York approved four fraudulent requests to send $81 million from a Bangladesh Bank account to cyber thieves, the Fed branch blocked those same requests because they lacked information required to transfer money, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. On the day of the theft in February, the New York Fed initially rejected 35 requests to transfer funds to various over
  
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• Fires near Los Angeles displace 5,000 people

  05-06-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fires near Los Angeles pushed 5,000 people out of their homes this weekend from the affluent Calabasas area, a suburb home to many celebrities including members of the Kardashian family. The wildfire that sparked Saturday afternoon has already seared through nearly 500 acres (200 hectares), and firefighters said Sunday they still had only 30 percent under control. Two firefighters suffered from mild injuries and a third experienced heart problems.
  
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• Latest: California brush fire causing poor air quality

  05-06-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a Southern California wildfire (all times local):
  
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• Police van driver goes on trial for black man's death

  05-06-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The stakes are high in the upcoming trial for an officer who prosecutors say bears the most responsibility for the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man whose spine was snapped in the back of a police transport wagon.
  
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• Fan shot outside Central African Republic stadium at game

  05-06-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic's security minister says a man fatally shot a fan outside the stadium where the country beat Angola in an African Cup of Nations qualifier.
  
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• Djokovic conquers Roland Garros to join tennis pantheon

  05-06-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Pritha Sarkar PARIS (Reuters) - After years of near misses, Novak Djokovic finally conquered mount Roland Garros on Sunday to win the one trophy he craved like no other -- a maiden French Open title that elevated him into the pantheon of tennis greats. It was a trophy that was flaunted in front of his face in 2012, 2014 and 2015, only he was not allowed to touch it after finishing runner-up in the three finals On Sunday, the Musketeers' Cup was his at last as he broke Andy Murray's resistance
  
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• Estrada takes no-hitter into 8th, Jays hold off Red Sox 5-4

  05-06-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Marco Estrada took a no-hitter into the eighth inning for the third time in a year before it was broken up by Chris Young's home run with one out, and the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Sunday.
  
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• Peru in right votes after Fujimori lead slips

  05-06-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Peruvians voted Sunday in a tight presidential election between the daughter of an ex-president jailed for massacres and a former Wall Street banker. Last-minute polls showed conservative Keiko Fujimori, 41, tied with her center-right rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, 77. Many mistrust Keiko Fujimori because her father Alberto is in jail for corruption and the slaughter of alleged terrorists in the 1990s.
  
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• Decade of hormone therapy reduces breast cancer recurrence: study

  05-06-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Doubling the duration of hormone therapy for women with early-stage breast cancer from five to 10 years reduces the risk of recurrence and developing tumors in the other breast, a study showed Sunday. The study focused on a type of early-stage breast cancer known as hormone receptor-positive and was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago this weekend. Postmenopausal women who took the drug letrozole for a decade instead of an often prescrib
  
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• Clinton closes in on Dem nomination as Puerto Rico votes

  05-06-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Ricans frustrated by the island's economic crisis voted Sunday in the U.S. territory's Democratic presidential primary and local elections, as front-runner Hillary Clinton drew closer to securing the number of delegates needed to win her party's White House nomination.
  
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• Girl laid to rest 145 years after first burial

  05-06-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The body of a 3-year-old girl found last month inside a small metal casket still holding a flower has been laid to rest 145 years after she was first buried under what now is a home.
  
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• The Latest: Sanders argues for 'real change' in US

  05-06-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign, with Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders holding events Sunday in California and Democrats in Puerto Rico voting in the party's primary (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• Protests in Turkey against lifting of lawmakers' immunity

  05-06-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of people participated in rallies organized by a pro-Kurdish, opposition party on Sunday to protest against the abolition of immunity of some Turkish members of parliament.
  
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• Exclusive: Saudi reform plan approved by top economic council

  05-06-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's National Transformation Plan, a pivotal element of the "Vision 2030" reforms announced in April by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will be put before the cabinet for approval on Monday, a senior Saudi source told Reuters. The plan is expected to flesh out sector-by-sector details of the implementation of Prince Mohammed's program, which is intended to restructure the kingdom's entire economy and make it less dependent on oil revenue. "
  
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• Journalist killed in Somalia; a dangerous country for media

  05-06-2016 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Unidentified gunmen shot dead a female journalist in Somalia's capital Sunday, a radio producer at state-run Radio Mogadishu said.
  
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• Global experts assess Poland's threatened pristine forest

  05-06-2016 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Environment Ministry says that global forestry experts are checking the condition of the ancient Bialowieza Forest where the ministry has begun extensive logging to stop the spread of a harmful beetle.
  
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• Romanians vote for mayors in ballot overshadowed by graft

  05-06-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians voted Sunday for local officials in administrations that are plagued with corruption.
  
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• Oil-train derailment, fire damaged Oregon city water system

  05-06-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — An oil-train derailment and fire has damaged essential city services in a small Oregon town, authorities said Sunday.
  
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• Estrada's no-hit bid broken up by Red Sox in 8th

  05-06-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Chris Young has homered with one out in the eighth inning for the first hit by the Boston Red Sox against Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marco Estrada.
  
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• Murray tastes bittersweet loss in 'unexpected' French Open final

  05-06-2016 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  By John Stonestreet PARIS (Reuters) - For Andy Murray, reaching Sunday's French Open final was a bonus, but he was in no mood to look for silver linings in the aftermath of yet another grand slam reverse at the hands of Novak Djokovic. The second-seeded Briton's 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 defeat on Court Philippe Chatrier was his fifth loss in seven blue riband finals against the Serbian world number one, and his eighth out of 10 finals in all. Right now I'm very disappointed." Had he turned the tables on
  
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• Novak Djokovic finally wins French Open for 4th major in row

  05-06-2016 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A French Open champion at long last, and the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships, Novak Djokovic grabbed a racket and etched a heart in the very red clay that had given him such heartache in the past.
  
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• Suspect charged after Memphis officer fatally hit by car during pursuit

  05-06-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Officer Verdell Smith, 46, died shortly after being hit by the suspect's vehicle around 10:20 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Memphis Police Department. The suspect, 21-year-old Justine Welch, was apprehended soon after the incident. Memphis police did not immediately provide an update on their conditions.
  
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• Governors Ball, part of Hot 97 Summer Jam canceled

  05-06-2016 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The last day of a music festival with Kanye West and Death Cab for Cutie among the performers is canceled due to weather.
  
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• Being part of the Federer/Nadal era a career booster, says Djokovic

  05-06-2016 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - The moment Novak Djokovic accepted that being part of the Roger Federer/Rafael Nadal era was a chance, not a curse, everything improved for him. On Sunday, after winning his first French Open title, he was still behind the Swiss and the Spaniard in terms of major titles but he had achieved something the two have not yet managed -- holding all four grand slams at the same time. When the Serbian won the first of his 12 majors, at the 2008 Australian Open, a 22-ye
  
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• Storms to bring rain, floods, possible tornadoes to East

  05-06-2016 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Much of Florida's western coast was under a tropical storm warning Sunday, with the threat of heavy rains and high wind moving quickly northeast from the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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• Thousands in Colombia bare all for US photographer Tunick

  05-06-2016 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American photographer Spencer Tunick, famous for his pictures of huge crowds of naked people, on Sunday convinced more than 6,000 Colombians to strip down in Bogota's main public square -- all in the name of peace. The installation -- his largest in six years and his first in Bogota -- comes as the government in the conflict-torn country closes in on a peace deal with leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). It's also a moment of unity, a time to eradicate prejudice,"
  
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• 'Ninja Turtles' wrest top box office spot from 'X-Men'

  05-06-2016 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - The 3-D action sequel "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" debuted on top of the North American box office with relatively modest earnings of $35.3 million, industry estimates showed Sunday.
  
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• Gas prices jump 6 cents over past 2 weeks, averages $2.37

  05-06-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of gasoline has jumped by six cents over the past two weeks to $2.37 a gallon for regular grade.
  
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• Ninth Fort Hood soldier killed in Texas floods identified

  05-06-2016 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A 25-year-old specialist from California was the ninth soldier at the Fort Hood Army post killed last week when a military vehicle overturned in flood waters, officials said on Sunday. Yingming Sun was among those who died when a military vehicle overturned in a flood-swollen creek on June 2 at the military post in central Texas, the Fort Hood base said in a statement.
  
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• Memphis officer struck, killed after 3 shot in Memphis

  05-06-2016 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man suspected in a downtown Memphis shooting that left three people injured fled in a stolen vehicle that fatally struck a police officer, police said Sunday.
  
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• The Latest: Ali's brother weeps during church service

  05-06-2016 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on the death of Muhammad Ali (all times EDT):
  
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• Turkey's president: work no reason to skip motherhood

  05-06-2016 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's president says work is no reason for women to decline motherhood.
  
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• Lean times ahead? Mark Zandi

  05-06-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The economy has been full of surprises this year, starting with economic troubles in China that helped fueled two months of financial market turbulence and raised worries the U.S. economy could be headed for a recession. Economic forecaster Mark Zandi shares his thoughts on what investors can expect going forward.
  
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• Anna Nordqvist successfully defends ShopRite LPGA title

  05-06-2016 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Anna Nordqvist successfully defended her ShopRite LPGA Classic title Sunday, closing with a 7-under 64 in breezy conditions for a one-stroke victory.
  
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• The Latest: Kuerten unimpressed by Djokovic's drawing skills

  05-06-2016 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
  
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• Novak Djokovic finally wins French Open for 4th Slam in row

  05-06-2016 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A French Open champion at long last, and the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships, Novak Djokovic grabbed a racket and etched a heart in the very red clay that had given him such heartache in the past.
  
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• EU foreign policy chief presses Albania on reform package

  05-06-2016 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has called on Albania to pass a key judicial reform, considering it a decisive step for the country as it strives for EU membership.
  
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• Many Muslims to begin fasting for month of Ramadan on Monday

  05-06-2016 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, a time marked by intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts.
  
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• Governors Ball featuring Kanye West, Death Cab canceled

  05-06-2016 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The last day of a music festival scheduled to include Kanye West and Death Cab for Cutie among the performers is canceled because of weather concerns.
  
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• Brush fire veers away from Southern California enclave

  05-06-2016 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Firefighters made gains on Sunday against a fast-moving brush fire in the hills outside Los Angeles that has burned more than 500 acres and threatened homes in the affluent city of Calabasas, authorities said. After some 5,000 people were forced to evacuate the area on Saturday, fire officials lifted mandatory evacuations on Sunday in Calabasas, a city of rugged hills and ranches 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Los Angeles that several celebrities call home. The fire had burned 516 acres by sunris
  
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• US Muslims draw inspiration from Ali's fight for his faith

  05-06-2016 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Even in his final months, Muhammad Ali was speaking out on behalf of Islam, the religion he so famously embraced in the 1960s by changing his name and refusing to fight in the Vietnam War.
  
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• Top Syrian Kurdish commander killed in Raqqa campaign

  05-06-2016 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A top Syrian Kurdish commander died Sunday, several days after sustaining injuries during a U.S.-backed campaign to unseat the Islamic State group from its de-facto Syrian capital, Raqqa.
  
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• American Muslims remember Ali as hero for their faith

  05-06-2016 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The death of boxing great Muhammad Ali cost American Muslims perhaps their greatest hero, a goodwill ambassador for Islam in a country where their minority faith is widely misunderstand and mistrusted. "We thank God for him," Talib Shareef, president and imam of the Masjid Muhammad mosque in Washington, told a gathering of Muslim leaders who honored Ali in Washington on Saturday, a day after he died in a Phoenix hospital at age 74. "America should thank God for h
  
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