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• Call it Daesh, not ISIS

  05-10-2016 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Last week, President Barack Obama held a town hall at which he was asked why he doesn't use the term "Islamic" terrorism.The president's explanation was similar to the one he has given in the past -- groups like ISIS "have perverted and distorted and tried to claim the mantle of Islam," he explained. As commander-in-chief he does not "want to validate what they do" and potentially alienate Muslim allies in the fight against them.
  
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• US spy agency contractor arrested in top-secret data theft probe

  05-10-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FBI has arrested a man who worked as a private contractor for the National Security Agency in a probe into the theft of top-secret government information, the US authorities said Wednesday. The Department of Justice released a criminal complaint against Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, of Maryland, charging him with theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials. Martin, who has now been fired, worked for Booz Allen Hamilton -- the same firm that hir
  
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• How Undecided Voters Felt About VP Debate

  05-10-2016 23:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  ABC News' Amna Nawaz checks in with undecided voters following the VP debate
  
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• Fox News Under Fire for 'Racist' Chinatown Segment

  05-10-2016 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Civil rights organizations and the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) are publicly criticizing Fox News for a recent segment.
  
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• Syrian military to reduce Aleppo airstrikes

  05-10-2016 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Syria's military said it will reduce airstrikes and artillery fire on rebel-controlled areas in the eastern districts of Aleppo to allow civilians to evacuate safely.
  
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• US Southwest faces threat of megadroughts with rising temps

  05-10-2016 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Already dealing with parched conditions, the U.S. Southwest faces the threat of megadroughts this century as temperatures rise, says a new study that found the risk is reduced if heat-trapping gases are curbed.
  
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• Chicago Bears wide receiver Kevin White to go on IR

  05-10-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears wide receiver Kevin White will be placed on injured reserve with a fractured left fibula, costing him much of the season after missing his entire rookie season with a stress fracture in the same leg.
  
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• Fancy Bears doping data 'may have been changed' says Wada

  05-10-2016 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hackers who leaked medical records of some of the world's biggest sport stars may have doctored some of the data, Wada says.
  
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• Hurricane to delay hot-car death trial in Georgia

  05-10-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The trial of a Georgia man charged with murder after his toddler son died inside a hot SUV will go into recess as Hurricane Matthew heads toward the southern region of the U.S.
  
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• Meet the Man Set to Be the New UN Secretary-General

  05-10-2016 23:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Antonio Guterres is expected set to be elected as the new U.N. secretary general
  
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• Trump backs off praise of Russia's Putin after debate

  05-10-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson HENDERSON, Nev. (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump backed off from praising Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, saying he was unsure of his relationship with the Russian president who he has described as a better leader than President Barack Obama. The day after running mate Mike Pence appeared to break ranks with Trump during a vice presidential debate and called Putin "a small and bullying leader," Trump adjusted his own previously warm rhetoric toward
  
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• Iraq tribal leader: strike kills 19 pro-government fighters

  05-10-2016 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — A tribal leader said Wednesday that an airstrike killed 19 pro-government tribal Sunni fighters south of the town of Mosul, which is held by the Islamic State group.
  
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• Juanes, Miguel Bose, Sanz to headline diversity concert

  05-10-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A concert to celebrate diversity and unity later this month will feature performances by Miguel Bose, Juanes, Los Tigres del Norte, Alejandro Sanz, Julieta Venegas and Carlos Vives.
  
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• Study: Good heart attack care could add a year to your life

  05-10-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Going to the right hospital for heart attack care could add a year to your life, a new study suggests.
  
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• Wet, wild and weird: Some answers about Hurricane Matthew

  05-10-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Matthew is wet, wild and weird. Meteorologists say its path has been harder to pin down than that of other storms, but Matthew is definitely dangerous and may possibly stick around to bedevil the Southeast coast for a week or so.
  
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• Police kill man armed with machete at University of Colorado

  05-10-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man armed with a machete was shot and killed by police Wednesday at the University of Colorado in Boulder after officials say he refused to drop the weapon.
  
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• Vice presidential debate seen by 37 million viewers

  05-10-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — More than half of the 84 million viewers who flocked last week to the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton found something else to do when their respective running mates faced off Tuesday night.
  
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• Pence's 'Mexican thing' remark draws ridicule from Latinos

  05-10-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Latino scholars and activists are criticizing Republican Mike Pence for referring to "that Mexican thing," at the vice presidential debate as he tried to brush aside criticism of Donald Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants.
  
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• Hurricane Matthew kills at least 25, bears down on Bahamas, U.S.

  05-10-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph Guyler Delva and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE/GUANTANAMO, Cuba (Reuters) - Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas and Florida's east coast on Wednesday after killing at least 21 people in Haiti and prompting the hard-hit country to postpone a long-awaited presidential election. The hurricane, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, whipped Cuba and Haiti with 140 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and torrential rains on Tuesday, pummeling towns and destroying livestock, crops
  
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• VP candidate Pence's 'Mexican thing' remark sparks Twitter ire

  05-10-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican Mike Pence's "Mexican thing" comment during a contentious vice presidential debate, a reference to controversial remarks by running mate Donald Trump, triggered fresh criticism on social media. At Tuesday night's televised debate, Democratic opponent Tim Kaine recalled Trump's June 2015 presidential campaign launch, at which the New York businessman accused Mexico of sending criminals to live in the United States, angering Mexicans and Mexican-Ameri
  
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• How it stacks up with other storms

  05-10-2016 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Hurricane Matthew is a powerful storm that could have Florida in its crosshairs.
  
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• How does it stack up with other storms?

  05-10-2016 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Hurricane Matthew is a powerful storm that could have Florida in its crosshairs.
  
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• At least 500K urged to evacuate as Matthew nears Florida

  05-10-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas and at least a half a million people along the coast were urged to evacuate their homes Wednesday, a mass exodus ahead of a major storm packing power the U.S. hasn't seen in more than a decade.
  
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• Texas inmate set to die amid decline in US executions

  05-10-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The scheduled execution of Barney Fuller, 58, at 6 pm (2300 GMT) comes amid a decline in the use of capital punishment across the country. Fuller was convicted in the grisly murders of his neighbors, Nathan and Annette Copeland, in May 2003. According to the indictment, the couple had filed a complaint after receiving a threatening phone call from Fuller, a weapons enthusiast.
  
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• Contractor accused of stealing US secrets

  05-10-2016 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  A government contractor was arrested in August for allegedly stealing top secret intelligence, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
  
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• Lavrov, Kerry discuss Syria by phone despite breakdown in talks

  05-10-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the situation in Syria in a telephone call on Wednesday, just two days after Washington said it was breaking off bilateral diplomacy with Moscow on the Syrian war. Lavrov and Kerry also talked about the crisis in Ukraine and cooperation in the U.N. Security Council on North Korea during the phone conversation, which was organized at the request of the U.S. side, Russia's Foreign Ministry said. In Washington,
  
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• Kerry, Lavrov discuss Syria despite US suspension of talks

  05-10-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart resumed discussions on Syria on Wednesday despite a U.S. decision earlier this week to suspend direct talks with Moscow on trying to end the conflict.
  
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• Gurgling lava splashes up Hawaii volcano walls in rare video

  05-10-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — As the high-definition camera pans across the surface of an active Hawaii volcano's viscous summit lava lake, a large bubble of volcanic gas grows and bursts, dramatically spewing molten rock into the air and sending a massive ripple of lava outward across the crater.
  
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• Special ed teacher has students in her bridal party

  05-10-2016 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  A wedding is always a special event. But for Kinsey French, it was truly extraordinary.
  
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• US again lashes out at Israeli settlements in West Bank

  05-10-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday once again condemned Israel for plans to construct housing on land claimed by the Palestinians, saying that a new project announced last week profoundly hurts efforts to forge a two-state solution to the long-running conflict.
  
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• Miller leads South Africa past Australia in epic run chase

  05-10-2016 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  David Miller hit a sensational century as South Africa pulled off the second highest ODI run-chase of all time on Wednesday in a four-wicket triumph over Australia at Kingsmead. Miller hit 118 not out off 79 balls as South Africa chased down what had been a ground record 371 for six by Australia with four balls to spare. It was an amazing knock," said South African captain Faf du Plessis.
  
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• Amazon expands Dash ordering wand to entire catalog

  05-10-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amazon has updated its barcode-scanning Dash shopping wand so you can now buy anything with it, not just groceries. With the new Amazon Dash , you scan a product's barcode or say its name to add it to ...
  
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• Paris climate agreement to take effect Nov. 4

  05-10-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A landmark agreement on climate change will enter into force on Nov. 4, backed by a coalition of the world's largest polluters and small island nations threatened by rising seas.
  
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• 4-Year-Old Girl Dies in Aleppo After She Picks Up Cluster Bomb

  05-10-2016 22:24 via abcnews.go.com
  Her sisters were also wounded.
  
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• Extracting data from recorders in train crash may take days

  05-10-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators are working to extract data from an event recorder on board a New Jersey commuter train that crashed last week, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 others, but say it may be a few days before they release the information.
  
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• Bernie Sanders urges Democratic unity in return to Wisconsin

  05-10-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is urging party unity in his first visit to Wisconsin since defeating Hillary Clinton in the state's Democratic presidential primary.
  
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• Clown hoaxes force police to check pranks for real threats

  05-10-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Carrying golf clubs, shovels and hockey sticks, several hundred University of Connecticut students gathered just before midnight in a cemetery, ready to do battle with menacing clowns they had heard might be lurking among the headstones.
  
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• Obama hails climate change deal as potential turning point

  05-10-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama welcomed the news Wednesday that the Paris agreement on climate change will take effect in a month, saying "this gives us the best possible shot to save the one planet we've got."
  
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• Fox anchor, Hasbro end suit over toy hamster with same name

  05-10-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Fox News anchor has settled a $5 million lawsuit against Hasbro over a plastic toy hamster that shared her name and that she said was designed to look like her. Harris Faulkner, who hosts the show "Outnumbered," ...
  
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• After testy VP debate, Trump rebuffs claim he 'loves' Putin

  05-10-2016 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Donald Trump pushed back Wednesday on Hillary Clinton's accusation that he's cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin after Mike Pence found himself on the defensive over the issue in the vice presidential debate against Tim Kaine.
  
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• Some see Pence, post-debate, as top-of-ticket material

  05-10-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — Republican Mike Pence emerged from the vice presidential debate Wednesday an energized No. 2 set on using his Midwestern style to win over small-town and rural conservatives in battleground states.
  
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• Trump courts the terminally ill vote

  05-10-2016 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "I don't care how sick you are", vote, says Donald Trump, attempting to boost Republican turnout in his own unique way.
  
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• NSA contractor charged with stealing secret data

  05-10-2016 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A National Security Agency contractor has been arrested and charged with stealing highly classified information, authorities said on Wednesday, a data breach that could mark a damaging new leak about the U.S. government's surveillance efforts. Harold Thomas Martin, 51, who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, was taken into custody in Maryland in August, said a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Booze Allen is the consulting firm that employed E
  
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• For Clinton, election likely to be won or lost in October

  05-10-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Each night, Hillary Clinton's data experts head to a conference room on the 11th floor of her Brooklyn headquarters, to start counting votes.
  
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• Classic Rhode Island diner rescued from wrecking ball

  05-10-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Each year some of the roughly 2,000 factory-built diners around the United States are demolished, but an enduring fascination with the 20th-century breakfast tradition has helped some get rescued from the wrecking ball.
  
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• Bad News for People Who Want to Live Forever

  05-10-2016 22:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Human beings have a maximum lifespan, and it's probably 115 years, researchers say.
  
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• The Latest: Bundy says he tried lawful way before occupation

  05-10-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a group of people who held an armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon (all times local):
  
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• Russia suspends nuclear agreement, ends uranium research pact with United States

  05-10-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia further curtailed its cooperation with the United States in nuclear energy on Wednesday, suspending a research agreement and terminating one on uranium conversion, two days after the Kremlin shelved a plutonium pact with Washington. The Russian government said that as counter-measures to the U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine, it was putting aside a nuclear and energy-related research pact with the United States.
  
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• Trump interviews models in newly found 1994 Playboy video

  05-10-2016 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's tame appearance in a 2000 Playboy video came to light late last week after he attacked a former beauty queen for her alleged "sex tape" past.
  
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• The Latest: Trump says he doesn't love or hate Putin

  05-10-2016 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (All times EDT):
  
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