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• Melania Trump's website pulled down amid controversy

  28-07-2016 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Melania Trump announced Thursday that she took down her website, acknowledging that it contained inaccuracies.
  
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• Melania Trump's website pulled

  28-07-2016 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Melania Trump announced Thursday that she took down her website, acknowledging that it contained inaccuracies.
  
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• U.S. leaders seek unity at vigil for slain Louisiana officers

  28-07-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Loretta Lynch called for unity to honor three slain Louisiana police officers, speaking at a memorial service on Thursday in Baton Rouge where they were gunned down this month by a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Several hundred people and dozens of law enforcement officers attended the vigil, where Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards also implored the community to seek peace and healing after the July 17 attack that also wounded three other officers
  
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• Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Washington in September

  28-07-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit Washington in mid-September.
  
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• Military: Boko Haram ambushes humanitarian convoy in northeast Nigeria, wounds 5 including UN worker

  28-07-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Military: Boko Haram ambushes humanitarian convoy in northeast Nigeria, wounds 5 including UN worker.
  
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• Brazil reviews Olympic torch security after riot

  28-07-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rio's top security official vowed Thursday to review security for the Olympic torch after rioting protesters blocked the relay ceremony and apparently extinguished the flame. The violent clashes late Wednesday in Angra dos Reis, a coastal resort south of Rio, cast a shadow over final preparations for South America's first Olympics, which start August 5. In another worry for organizers, Rio metro employees threatened Thursday to go on strike on the eve of the Games if they do not get a 9.83 perce
  
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• Hackers putting U.S. election at risk

  28-07-2016 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  Russia has attacked the U.S. in cyberspace in an attempt to influence our national election, many experts have concluded. We need to take this national security threat seriously and both respond and defend, despite the partisan nature of this particular attack.
  
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• Testing confirms new, rarely seen whale in Pacific Ocean

  28-07-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Genetic tests confirm that a mysterious, unnamed species of beaked whale only rarely seen alive by Japanese fishermen roams the northern Pacific Ocean, according to research published this week.
  
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• On DNC's final night: Katy Perry, Carole King, Ted Danson

  28-07-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The celebrity power continues into the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, with musical performances Thursday from legendary songwriter Carole King and current chart-topper Katy Perry, who rehearsed her new hit, "Rise."
  
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• Clues in DNC hacking point to Russia, despite Trump claims

  28-07-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said again Thursday whoever hacked the Democratic National Committee and stole years of internal emails remains a mystery, but private security experts — although not yet any U.S. government agencies — say they found persuasive clues that point to hacking groups whose previous targets track closely with the strategic interests of Russia's government, especially its civilian and military intelligence and security age
  
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• Wounded officers struggle with news of Hinckley's release

  28-07-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The two law enforcement officers who were shot by John Hinckley Jr. when he tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan have mixed feelings about the news that Hinckley will soon go free. Secret Service ...
  
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• Zimbabwe pastor calls for massive but peaceful uprising

  28-07-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Zimbabwe pastor who launched a social media campaign criticizing the government and then left the country for his safety is calling for a massive but peaceful uprising.
  
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• APNewsBreak: New Michael Crichton novel coming out in 2017

  28-07-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A completed and unpublished Michael Crichton novel, recently discovered by his widow, is coming out next year.
  
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• Minority Dem delegates frustrated with 'Bernie or Bust'

  28-07-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As most Democrats rally around Hillary Clinton, the lingering "Bernie or Bust" movement is stirring frustration at the party's convention among delegates of color, who say they're upset at the refusal of the Vermont senator's most fervent backers to fall in line.
  
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• Mayor: Black Lives Matter banner stays over police protests

  28-07-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — The mayor of this largely white, historically working-class Boston suburb is promising not to remove a Black Lives Matter banner from City Hall despite complaints from police officers in the state.
  
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• FAA safety inspectors unable to make surprise inspections

  28-07-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says U.S. safety inspectors are generally unable to conduct unannounced inspections of foreign repair stations where most airlines send their planes for major repair work.
  
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• All eyes on Hillary as she readies landmark speech

  28-07-2016 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton faces the test of a lifetime Thursday as she accepts the Democratic White House nomination in a defining speech aimed at prying voters away from Donald Trump -- and convincing America to entrust her with the world's biggest job. It is the center-stage opportunity she came so close to seizing eight years ago during her first White House campaign, only to be defeated in her party's primary race by Barack Obama. Clinton made history this week as the first female presidential nominee
  
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• Gordon rejoins Marlins following 80-game suspension

  28-07-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Dee Gordon walked into the Miami Marlins clubhouse four hours before game time and was greeted at his locker by a three-foot-high stack of boxes — bats, gloves, shoes and more, all new.
  
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• The Latest: Kaymer right there

  28-07-2016 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the PGA Championship (all times EDT):
  
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• Islamic State releases new video of France church attacker

  28-07-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Islamic State's affiliated news agency AMAQ on Thursday released a video purportedly showing one of the two men who attacked a church in northern France this week urging all Muslims to destroy the country. In the pre-recorded video, Abdel-Malik Nabir Petitjean, formally identified as one of the men who killed a priest in the attack before being shot dead by police, addresses President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls directly. Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticit
  
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• APNewsBreak: Official Prince tribute concert set for October

  28-07-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prince's family says an official tribute concert honoring the late icon will take place in October in the singer's hometown of Minneapolis.
  
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• Energy company EDF approves divisive UK nuclear power plant

  28-07-2016 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French energy company EDF Thursday gave the green light to a major nuclear power plant project in southwest England that some consider too costly, including one board member who announced his resignation.
  
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• Lady Gaga hits stage for invite-only show for DNC delegates

  28-07-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Lady Gaga hit the stage at an invitation-only concert Thursday for delegates to the Democratic National Convention, covering classic songs from Woody Guthrie, Neil Young, the Beatles and others.
  
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• Amazon quarterly profit jumps ninefold to $857 million

  28-07-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Online giant Amazon said Thursday profit in the second quarter surged ninefold to $857 million, lifted by cloud services as the tech giant expanded its offerings. Revenues jumped 31 percent to $30.4 billion, Amazon said in stronger-than-expected results. While Amazon developed a reputation for delivering little or no profit in its retail operations, its earnings have been growing over the past year as it expands into video and new delivery services and boosts its cloud computing unit, Amazon Web
  
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• Transgender identity should no longer be classified as mental disorder: study

  28-07-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Transgender identity should no longer be classified as a mental disorder in a World Health Organization list of diseases, according to a study presented in Mexico on Thursday. Violence and social rejection are the cause of mental distress and impairment among transgender people, not their gender identity, according to the research published in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry. This should be clear," Eduardo Madrigal, president of the Mexican Association of Psychiatry, said at a news conference.
  
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• Forrest Mars Jr., who shaped global candy empire, dies at 84

  28-07-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Forrest E. Mars Jr., who helped shape Mars Inc. into a multi-billion dollar confectionary empire with beloved brands such as M&M's and Snickers bars, has died. He was 84.
  
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• The Latest: Some Sanders backers want DNC apology on TV

  28-07-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT):
  
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• You want your MTV? It's back -- on VH1

  28-07-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — MTV is rebranding VH1 Classic as MTV Classic and says the channel plans to serve up heaps of nostalgia for fans of "Beavis and Butt-head," ''Daria," ''Total Request Live," and other MTV staples.
  
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• Rifle maker wants documents sealed in school shooting suit

  28-07-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has asked lawyers for Remington Arms and families of some Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims to meet privately to resolve disagreements over whether some company documents sought by the families should be sealed from public view.
  
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• Alphabet tops Street 2Q forecasts

  28-07-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings of $4.88 billion.
  
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• Judge says he may allow cameras in Prince estate proceedings

  28-07-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota judge overseeing Prince's estate said Thursday he'll consider allowing cameras in court on a hearing-by-hearing basis, but broader questions of access into business dealings of the late superstar's entertainment empire — and the many potential heirs claiming a stake to it — will have to wait.
  
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• World's fastest jet crew reunites with SR-71 spy plane

  28-07-2016 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  For the first time in 40 years, the fastest jet flight crew in the world reunited with the once super-secret spy plane that put them in the history books.
  
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• Edible balloons, frozen treats: Ice Cream Museum is coolest

  28-07-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Move over Willy Wonka. A temporary museum dedicated to all things ice cream is treating visitors to edible balloons, a Chocolate Chamber, a "swim" in a pool of faux rainbow sprinkles and, of course, scoops of heavenly ice cream.
  
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• Alphabet/Google profit jumps 43% to $4.9 bn

  28-07-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Google parent Alphabet said Thursday its second quarter profit jumped 43 percent from last year to $4.9 billion, in results that lifted shares of the internet giant. Alphabet shares rallied 4.7 percent in after-hours trade on the results. The company announced a reorganization last year that left Google as its main operating unit, with several others representing its "moonshot" investments in new areas.
  
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• Packers need 1st-round pick Kenny Clark to get ready quickly

  28-07-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Not long after they were drafted this spring by the Green Bay Packers, Kenny Clark and Dean Lowry got a call from the fiery leader of the defensive line.
  
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• Fox's Van Susteren: I didn't defend Ailes

  28-07-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel's Greta Van Susteren is clarifying remarks she made about ousted boss Roger Ailes, saying she didn't intend to defend or condemn him when she gave interviews after former colleague Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him.
  
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• US hoops golden partnership forged by 'lunch-bucket' guys

  28-07-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly every time coach Mike Krzyzewski and USA Basketball boss Jerry Colangelo stage a reunion in their hometown, there's plenty of backslapping, a trophy gleaming in the background and the only thing they have to protect is their cocktails. This time around, it's about safeguarding the Olympic legacy the two built over more than a decade.
  
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• The Latest: Polish officials say 500,000 see pope at rally

  28-07-2016 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to Poland and World Youth Day celebrations (all times local):
  
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• Charges dropped over US intern's murder

  28-07-2016 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An El Salvadorean immigrant convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy has had all charges against him dropped in the retrial.
  
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• Syria's Nusra Front says ending al Qaeda ties; U.S. fears for Aleppo

  28-07-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa Barrington and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's powerful Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, announced on Thursday it was ending its relationship with the global jihadist network founded by Osama bin Laden, to remove a pretext used by world powers to attack Syrians. The announcement came as Russia and President Bashar al-Assad's government declared a "humanitarian operation" in the besieged rebel-held sector of Aleppo, opening "safe corridors" so people can flee Syria's most
  
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• CFP abandons plan to play most of its semifinals on Dec. 31

  28-07-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The College Football Playoff has abandoned a plan to play most of its semifinals on New Year's Eves after television ratings tumbled last year, moving the dates of future games to ensure they will be played either on a weekend or a holiday.
  
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• Grayson vows to stay in Senate race, calls ex an abuser

  28-07-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Democrat Alan Grayson vowed to stay in the state's Senate race despite calls from party leaders to stand down over abuse claims from his children's mother, and he alleged she was the abuser who repeatedly hit him and their five children.
  
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• Volcano lava reaches Pacific Ocean

  28-07-2016 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  The Big Island of Hawaii is getting a little bigger as lava from the Kilauea Volcano flows into the Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Aleppo plan must ensure protection for Syrians whether they leave or stay: ICRC

  28-07-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A proposal to create a humanitarian corridor into Aleppo must ensure that Syrians are protected and supported whether they choose to leave or to stay, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday. All warring sides must allow aid agencies access to assess civilian needs and ensure that families who choose to leave are kept together, the aid agency said in a statement reacting to Russia's plan for a humanitarian corridor. "What we need urgently is a humanitarian pause in a
  
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• Vikings give coach Mike Zimmer a contract extension

  28-07-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have given coach Mike Zimmer a contract extension as he opens his third training camp with the team.
  
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• Indonesia executes four drug offenders

  28-07-2016 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  [Breaking news update, published at 4:17 p.m. ET]
  
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• Boy raises $20,000 for children's hospital

  28-07-2016 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  There are a lot of ways a 10-year-old boy might spend $500. But when Blake Kroll auctioned off his pig for $500 at the county fair, he donated his earnings to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
  
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• Mary J. Blige files for divorce from husband of 13 years

  28-07-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige is ending her marriage to her husband-manager after nearly 13 years.
  
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• Air strikes killed 14 civilians in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military

  28-07-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Six U.S. air strikes against al Qaeda and Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria killed 14 civilians and injured another between July 28 last year and April 29 this year, the U.S. military said on Thursday. The strikes took place against Khorasan Group, an al Qaeda offshoot in Syria, and Islamic State facilities and vehicles in Iraq, the military said.
  
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• Turkey reshuffles military top brass in wake of coup

  28-07-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey on Thursday reshuffled key military commanders sacking almost half of its generals in the wake of the failed coup, as authorities shut down dozens of media outlets in a widening crackdown. A hastily-convened military council meeting came after the government ordered the discharge of 149 generals -- nearly half of the armed forces' entire contingent of 358 -- for alleged complicity in the putsch bid. Separately, a total of 131 newspapers, TV channels and other media outlets were being shut
  
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