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• Scottish independence vote may be decided 'within weeks': Sturgeon ally

  05-02-2017 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A decision on calling a new Scottish independence referendum could be made within weeks, said a Scottish Greens lawmaker whose party is a key ally of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The timing of a potential new Scottish referendum - which polls say most Scots do not want - would be determined by the process of Britain's exit from the European Union, said Ross Greer, a lawmaker and a key campaigner in the 2014 vote in which Scots rejected independence by a 10-percentage-point margin. "W
  
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• Versteeg loses jersey, gets ejected; Rangers beat Flames 4-3

  05-02-2017 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Calgary veteran Kris Versteeg got ejected after losing his jersey during a fight, and waved to jeering fans at Madison Square Garden as he skated off Sunday in the Flames' 4-3 loss to the New York Rangers.
  
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• Taraji P. Henson, Lady Antebellum talk Super Bowl, Lady Gaga

  05-02-2017 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Super Bowl 51 may be about football, but celebrities matter, too. Here's a breakdown of what is happening with entertainers on Sunday in Houston.
  
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• The Latest: Iranian tech firm employee re-enters US

  05-02-2017 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries (all times Eastern):
  
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• Trump steps up attack on judge, court system over travel ban

  05-02-2017 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday ramped up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and said courts were making U.S. border security harder, intensifying the first major legal battle of his presidency. In a series of tweets that broadened his attack on the country's judiciary, Trump said Americans should blame U.S. District Judge James Robart and the court system if anything happened. Trump did not elaborate on
  
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• The Trump presidency on Feb. 5 at 5:10 P.M. EST

  05-02-2017 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump ramps up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and says courts were making U.S. border security harder, intensifying the first major legal battle of his presidency. Iraq is satisfied with a U.S. appeals court ruling against the travel ban on people from Iraq and six other Muslim-majority countries, a government spokesman says. Washington state's lawsuit challenging Trump's executive order on immigration emerged out of a chaotic, 48-hour pe
  
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• Trump request for emergency ruling rejected

  05-02-2017 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  The Justice Department on Saturday appealed a decision that temporarily halted enforcement of President Donald Trump's travel ban.
  
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• Trump: Health care replacement could take until 2018

  05-02-2017 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump says the roll out of his "wonderful" health care policy proposal could take until next year, but Americans can expect tax cuts in 2017.
  
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• Truck and bus crash in Honduras; at least 15 people killed

  05-02-2017 23:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Authorities in Honduras say an out-of-control tanker truck crashed into a bus on a highway outside the capital, killing at least 15 people and injuring 20.
  
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• Trump: 'If something happens blame' the judge

  05-02-2017 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump spent the weekend at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida, disconnected from White House staff and once again tweeting attacks on a federal judge.
  
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• Defying uncaring image, New York subway riders erase swastikas from car

  05-02-2017 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The tale of the strangers aboard a New York subway car who teamed up this weekend to scrub away neo-Nazi graffiti went viral on Sunday, in an incident that highlighted a recent rise in hate and bias crimes reported around the country. Passengers said on social media that when they boarded a subway car on Saturday night they found someone had drawn messages in black marker targeting Jews and Muslims and praising Adolf Hitler, the German leader responsible for the Holocaust. "The train was silent
  
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• O No, Canada: Singer flubs anthem at Raptors game in NYC

  05-02-2017 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — O No, Canada.
  
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• Super Bowl Ads aim to unite at a divisive time for the US

  05-02-2017 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's showtime. The moment that two teams and dozens of advertisers have been counting down to for months has finally arrived: Super Bowl 51 at the NRG Stadium in Houston. As the Atlanta Falcons and New ...
  
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• Tiffany & Co. CEO resigns amid company's financial concerns

  05-02-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Tiffany & Co. has stepped down amid concerns about the jewelry company's financial performance.
  
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• Cameroon shocks Egypt in AFCON final

  05-02-2017 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  Cameroon's preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations could hardly have been worse.
  
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• AFCON: Cameroon shocks Egypt

  05-02-2017 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  Cameroon's preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations could hardly have been worse.
  
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• Trump backing Patriots in Super Bowl

  05-02-2017 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump is backing serial "winner" Tom Brady to land Sunday's Super Bowl for the New England Patriots. The US President has regularly referenced his friendship with Brady, Patriots coach Bill Belichick and team owner Robert Kraft in the past.
  
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• Activists: Charities must move galas from Trump's Mar-a-Lago

  05-02-2017 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Protesters are demanding that charities move their upcoming galas from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
  
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• Trump says Pence will lead voter fraud panel

  05-02-2017 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said in remarks broadcast on Sunday that he would put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of a commission to probe what he believes was voter fraud in last November's election. There is an overwhelming consensus among state officials, election experts, and politicians that voter fraud is rare in the United States, but Trump has repeatedly said he thinks perhaps millions of votes cast in the Nov. 8 election were fraudulent.
  
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• Idaho judge orders no sex for man convicted of rape

  05-02-2017 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has ordered a 19-year-old man not to have sex with anyone before he marries as part of his sentencing for statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl.
  
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• Australian woman killed after jetski collides with husband's in Thailand

  05-02-2017 22:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Emily Jayne Collie, a 20-year-old from Victoria, given first aid on Kata beach in Phuket but dies en route to hospitalAn Australian woman has died on holiday in Thailand after her jetski collided at high speed with another being driven by her partner.The Bangkok Post reported that the couple were riding the jetskis off Kata beach in Phuket on Sunday afternoon. The woman who died was identified as a Victorian woman, Emily Jayne Collie, 20, and her partner as Tommy Keating.Continue reading...
  
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• 'Half a million' attend Romania protests

  05-02-2017 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An esimated half-million Romanians took to the street in another night of protests Sunday, with many calling on the government to quit even after it scrapped the corruption legislation that sparked the week of public outrage. Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu stood firm, however, saying his government, which has barely been in office a month, "has a responsibility to the people who voted for us" and would not resign. The last six nights of noisy protests thronging cities and towns around the countr
  
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• Police: DNA leads to arrest in strangling of NYC jogger

  05-02-2017 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — DNA evidence, some of it matching what was found beneath the victim's fingernails, led investigators to make an arrest in last summer's strangling of a woman who encountered her killer while on an evening run, police said Sunday.
  
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• Cameroon fights back to beat Egypt 2-1 in African Cup final

  05-02-2017 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Cameroon rallied from 1-0 down and won the African Cup of Nations title with a sublime 89th-minute winner from substitute Vincent Aboubakar to beat Egypt 2-1 in the final on Sunday.
  
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• Why is Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, so unpopular?

  05-02-2017 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, may not get approved this week. Why is that?
  
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• Louvre attack suspect refuses to talk during police grilling

  05-02-2017 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The suspected Louvre Museum attacker refused to talk to French police during two rounds of questioning on Sunday, a judicial source said. The attack was the latest in a string of assaults in France and thrust the issue of security back into the headlines three months ahead of the presidential election. Investigators questioned him twice at his hospital bed where he is receiving treatment after his condition improved but he "still refuses to speak", the judicial source said.
  
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• Relegation a genuine prospect for stumbling Leicester

  05-02-2017 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Relegation is looming as a genuine prospect for stuttering Premier League champion Leicester.
  
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• In New York, pro- and anti-Trump supporters face off

  05-02-2017 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - On one side, a few dozen diehard supporters of Donald Trump. On the other, a dozen or so equally passionate counter-demonstrators. They faced off Sunday outside Trump Tower -- proof positive of how entrenched the divide has become.
  
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• White House predicts courts will reinstate travel ban

  05-02-2017 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebuffed in its bid for a quick reversal, the White House said Sunday it expected the courts to reaffirm President Donald Trump's executive power and reinstate a ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.
  
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• Patriots, Falcons ready for Super Bowl duel

  05-02-2017 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tom Brady's quest for a record fifth Super Bowl was just hours away on Sunday as the New England Patriots prepared to face the Atlanta Falcons in the American football showpiece. More than 100 million homes across the United States and millions more worldwide are expected to tune in for the climax of the National Football League season in Houston, which kicks off at 5:30 pm (2330 GMT). Patriots star Brady will become the first quarterback to win five Super Bowl crowns if he manages to guide his
  
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• Battle over Trump's immigration order: what we know

  05-02-2017 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A US appeals court has rejected a government request to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump's controversial immigration ban -- the latest twist in what could be a long, high-stakes legal battle. On Friday in Seattle, federal district judge James Robart ordered the temporary nationwide suspension of the president's order. Federal judges in several other states -- notably California and New York -- have also ruled against Trump's executive order, and a judge in Boston declined to review i
  
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• 'France first': Le Pen kicks off campaign with attack on globalization

  05-02-2017 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far right National Front party, officially launched her presidential campaign Sunday with a speech attacking globalization.
  
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• New Yorkers unite to scrub hateful graffiti

  05-02-2017 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  Gregory Locke was enjoying his Saturday night after dinner with friends in Manhattan when he boarded the No. 1 subway train at 50th Street to head uptown.
  
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• Pope prepares video message for fans attending Super Bowl

  05-02-2017 21:43 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Look out, Lady Gaga.
  
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• Travelers arrive in US to hugs and tears after ban is lifted

  05-02-2017 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Travelers from the seven predominantly Muslim countries targeted by President Donald Trump enjoyed tearful reunions with loved ones in the U.S. on Sunday after a federal judge swept the ban aside. Airlines ...
  
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• Clippers' Paul Pierce starts in emotional Boston farewell

  05-02-2017 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — With a deafening cheer and a shout of "Let's go, Pats," Paul Pierce was back in Boston on Super Bowl Sunday to give Celtics fans one last chance to celebrate the player who helped the NBA's most-decorated franchise return to the top of the league.
  
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• World's longest flight lands in New Zealand

  05-02-2017 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The world's longest commercial flight landed in New Zealand Monday with the arrival of Qatar Airways's 14,535 kilometres (9,032 miles) Doha-Auckland service, the airline announced. "We've officially landed in Auckland," the airline tweeted as flight QR920 landed at 7.25am (1825 GMT Sunday), five minutes ahead of schedule after a 16 hour 23 minute flight. Qatar Airways noted the flight was longer than the entire "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies which were filmed in New Zealand.
  
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• Lowry's triple-double leads Raptors past Nets, 103-95

  05-02-2017 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Lowry was already ill, then he was injured.
  
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• Pence defends Trump's criticism of judge who blocked travel ban

  05-02-2017 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's attack on a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on citizens of seven mainly Muslim nations, as the first major legal battle of the Trump administration intensified. The new Republican president blasted U.S. District Judge James Robart as a "so-called judge" on Saturday, a day after the jurist in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order on the ban. A U.S. appeals court later on Saturday denied the government's reque
  
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• No. 12 UNC beats No. 20 Notre Dame 83-76 in relocated game

  05-02-2017 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Justin Jackson scored 16 points to help No. 12 North Carolina beat No. 20 Notre Dame 83-76 on Sunday in a game postponed a day and relocated from UNC's campus due to a water shortage.
  
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• Issac Bailey: Opposition party, stand up and speak out

  05-02-2017 21:09 via cnn.com
  
  During the election, much ink was wasted on the number of Donald Trump voters who would choose him despite, rather than because, of his bigotry. More time should have been spent on perhaps the most insulting comment a presidential candidate has ever made about his own supporters.
  
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• Iraqi traveler battling U.S. ban learns to 'never surrender'

  05-02-2017 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ahmed Rasheed and David Shepardson BAGHDAD/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fuad Sharef took one of the first planes out of Iraq with a connection to the United States this past weekend, just hours after a judge in Seattle blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on immigrants from seven mainly Muslim countries. Sharef, who worked for a USAID subcontractor in Iraq, was prevented with his wife and three kids from boarding a U.S.-bound flight last week via Cairo after Trump signed a 90-day travel ban on c
  
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• Fans start entering NRG Stadium

  05-02-2017 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Super Bowl 51 (all times local):
  
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• A look at how a president can exercise his authority

  05-02-2017 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has taken 19 executive actions since being sworn into office on Jan. 20. Some of the papers he signed were executive orders that dealt with building the wall he promised along the U.S.-Mexico border; temporarily banning entry to the U.S. by refugees and people from seven majority-Muslim nations; and beginning to chip away at the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• Grubauer shuts out Kings, Capitals chase Budaj in 5-0 win

  05-02-2017 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As his Washington Capitals teammates chased shutout king Peter Budaj, backup goaltender Philipp Grubauer stopped all 38 shots he faced to beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-0 on Sunday.
  
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• Backlash: Romania scraps proposed corruption bill

  05-02-2017 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  Amid ongoing nationwide protests, the Romanian government has scrapped a controversial bill that would have protected many politicians from being prosecuted for corruption.
  
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• Iran says shipment will boost its supply of uranium

  05-02-2017 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's nuclear chief says it will have 60 percent more stockpiled uranium than it did prior to the landmark 2015 agreement with world powers after a shipment expected later this week.
  
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• McConnell backing away from Trump?

  05-02-2017 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said President Donald Trump isn't likely to get his travel ban implemented by Congress if courts strike it down.
  
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• Marine Le Pen promises liberation from the EU with France-first policies

  05-02-2017 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Presidential candidate launches campaign with pledge to dump the euro and claim that Islamic practices are a threat to FranceMarine Le Pen has formally launched her presidential campaign, promising to put France first by freeing it it from the “tyrannies” of globalisation, Islamic fundamentalism and the European Union.As the most unpredictable election in decades picked up pace, Le Pen, leader of the nationalist Front National, and far-left independent rival Jean-Luc Mélenchon
  
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• France's Le Pen launches election bid with vow to fight globalization

  05-02-2017 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander LYON, France (Reuters) - France's far-right party leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday told thousands of flag-waving supporters chanting "This is our country!" that she alone could protect them against Islamic fundamentalism and globalization if elected president in May. Buoyed by the election of President Donald Trump in the United States and by Britons' vote to leave the European Union, Le Pen's anti-immigration, anti-EU National Front (FN) hopes for similar populist momentum in F
  
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