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Syracuse
beat Washington 80-59 on Sunday at the Final Four to advance to its
first national championship. Here's how the Orange did it.
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PORTLAND,
Ore. - Retired World Cup soccer champion Abby Wambach was arrested for
investigation of driving under the influence. Portland police Sgt.
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An
Amtrak train carrying 341 passengers hit a backhoe and derailed Sunday
morning, killing two railroad employees—the latest fatalities on a short
stretch of track in three years.
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The
little black dog had made it onto the Bay Bridge and was heading toward
San Francisco early Sunday. Then the California Highway Patrol caught
wind of a pup on the run.
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SYDNEY/WELLINGTON
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) said on Monday it is investigating more
than 800 wealthy clients of a Panama law firm for possible tax evasion.
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LAS
VEGAS - Breakout phenom Chris Stapleton dominated the 51st Academy of
Country Music Awards Sunday, racking up half a dozen wins on one of the
genre's biggest evenings.
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David
Cameron has promised to end “tax secrecy” in the UK and has described
some offshore schemes that allow people to minimise their tax rates as
“not morally acceptable”.
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Blow
for Cameron as Leave crusade forges ahead in latest Brexit poll. THE
crusade for Britain to leave the European Union was given a boost
yesterday by a new opinion poll which put the Leave campaign firmly
ahead of Remain.
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Donald
Trump refused Sunday to rule out running as an independent if he fails
to win the Republican presidential nomination, renewing a threat that
party leaders thought they had quashed months ago. "I want to run as a
Republican. I will beat Hillary ...
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At
least 45 people have been killed by flash flooding triggered by
torrential rains in several areas of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
province.
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Every
day this week has brought hundreds more migrants across the Aegean sea
to the Greek shore. Many say they know nothing about the new deal struck
between the EU and Turkey, which could mean their stay here is
short-lived.
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International
Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has dismissed reports that the
body is trying to push Greece towards default as "simply nonsense".
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Last
week, the BBC ran an article giving readers a series of crypto-based
challenges to solve. Some of the questions and problems posed were
straightforward, but a few were very tricky.
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A
Glasgow logistics group has agreed to pay more than £2m after it
uncovered illegal bribery operations in its own organisation. The Braid
Group found it had won contracts which breached the Bribery Act.
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The
US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 08:23 GMT, 420km (260
miles) north-west of the capital, Port Vila. The Pacific Tsunami Warning
Centre said the threat of tsunami waves had now mostly passed.
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still pending. Some inmates who've been granted clemency in the last
two years did not meet the criteria, fuelling confusion over the
process, which is notoriously secretive.
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Scotland
remains divided in attitudes to taxation, according to a new poll for
BBC Scotland. The survey, carried out ahead of the Holyrood election,
suggested support for raising the very top rate of tax.
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The
leader of al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group Ansaru has been arrested in
Nigeria, authorities there say. A military spokesman said Khalid
al-Barnawi was captured in Lokoja, capital of the central state of Kogi.
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Nearly
a week after recapturing Palmyra from ISIS, Syrian forces say they're
uncovering grim evidence of how the Islamist terror group conducted its
10-month occupation of the ancient Syrian city.
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AMMAN
A prominent leader in Syrian al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front was killed
on Sunday in what rebel sources said appeared to be a U.S.
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Pakistani
villagers collect their belongings after flash flooding on the
outskirts of Peshawar on April 3, 2016. Pakistani villagers collect
their belongings after flash flooding on the outskirts of Peshawar on
April 3, 2016.
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Flare
up: Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry announced a unilateral cease-fire
Sunday against the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, but rebel
forces said that they continued to come under fire.
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WARSAW—Thousands
protested on Sunday against the Polish government after the ruling
party's powerful leader and the country's prime minister said they
backed a complete ban on abortion advocated by the Catholic Church.
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AIR
France staff are threatening mutiny after the airline told its female
cabin crew they had to put on headscarves before flying into Iran.
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The
streets of Damascus are plastered with campaign posters and banners as
President Bashar al-Assad's regime pushes ahead with parliamentary
elections despite Syria's nearly five-year-old civil war.
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AUSTIN,
Texas (AP) - An Austin police officer fatally shot a car burglary
suspect on Sunday who had shot him in the stomach, authorities said.
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Republican
presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at a campaign stop
at the Armory, Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Janesville, Wis.
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Senator
Ted Cruz during a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., on Sunday. Credit
Hilary Swift for The New York Times. GREEN BAY, Wis.
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ABINGTON
(CBS) - Police have identified the two people who were killed Sunday
morning when a tree fell on their car in Abington as 51-year-old Manuela
Teixeira and 49-year-old Franklin Teixeira of Whitman.
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EDINA,
Minn. (AP) - A Metro Transit bus driver is recovering at home after
suffering potentially “life-altering” head injuries when several
teenagers assaulted him at a stop in a Minneapolis suburb last week,
authorities said.
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Two
young pedestrians were struck and killed by a pickup truck north of
Auburn on Sunday, authorities said. About 5:15 p.m., a white Ford pickup
truck headed south on Highway 49 drifted onto the road's shoulder,
where the two juveniles were walking ...
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If
you watched the news reports coming out of the primary contests in
Arizona and North Carolina in March, you might think this election was
taking place in a burgeoning democracy - a country that hasn't quite
figured out how to guarantee the voting ...
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The
approach of retirement should be an exciting time for 50- and
60-somethings. But when the issue is your finances - and whether you've
saved enough to last the rest of your life - excitement can quickly be
overridden by anxiety.
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The
Black Thunder Coal Mine is pictured Thursday in Wright. Arch Coal
announced last week it was laying off 230 workers at the mine.
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TOKYO
Asian share prices held firm on Monday after solid U.S. payroll data
underpinned investor risk sentiment while dovish comments from Federal
Reserve Chair Janet Yellen the previous week kept the U.S.
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Does
the “After the Bridge Run (Bike) Ride” really benefit from being after
the Bridge Run? Additional Links. Photo Galleries · Beaches · Get Out ·
Theater.
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There's
always a massive bout of procrastination nationwide in the weeks
leading up to Tax Day, which is April 18 this year. This foot-dragging
has been called an American tradition, up there with not saving enough
for retirement and fantasizing about ...
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Fitbit
CEO says Apple Watch is too complicated Ever feel that a company is
trying to boil the ocean with its products? Think that such a company
has involved too many of the proverbial cooks in making sure a product
is as full-featured as possible ...
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The
'Keurig' of home juicers will cost $699. At first glance, the Juicero
might seem like yet another frivolous Silicon Valley undertaking.
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The
number of reservations were vastly beyond the expectations of even the
most optimistic estimates. This puts the rest of the luxury auto
industry in a difficult spot.
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The
Huffington Post is building a movement to spark conversations between
parents and children. We'd love for you to be part of it.
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The
FBI has promised to help local law enforcement authorities crack
encrypted devices, in a letter that refers to the federal agency's
success in accessing the data on an iPhone 5c running iOS 9 that was
used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.
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(Photo
: KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/GettyImages) The new Acer Chromebase keeps
security in check by receiving updates every six weeks, according to
Google.
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Carrie
Underwood's television debut of her new single, "Church Bells" during
the 51st annual ACM Awards broadcast was nothing short of spectacular.
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That's
what you get when Katy Perry wakes up in Las Vegas. While the 2016 ACM
Awards are considered country music's party of the year, there was one
pop superstar who definitely left her mark.
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The
22-year-old - who took home her first-ever ACM Award for New Female
Vocalist this year - has quickly stolen our hearts with her catchy
singles and infectious personality and has now been crowned the award
show's reigning prom queen.
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Fresh
off the news that his first solo album had debuted at No. 1 on the
Billboard 200 charts, Zayn Malik took the stage at the 2016 iHeartRadio
Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday for a sexy performance of his
song, "Like I Would.
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INDIANAPOLIS
- Something about the national semifinals brings out the best in Morgan
Tuck. The senior forward led top-ranked Connecticut to its fourth
straight national championship game Sunday night, scoring 21 points as the Huskies rolled to an 80 ...
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Villanova. North Carolina. Monday night. The 2016 NCAA tournament title game is set. This game has been epic throughout the years, but only one team can take home the championship.
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Who's ready for some March Madness? The 2016 NCAA men's basketball tournament is down to the Final Four and there's already been plenty of incredible moments.
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I think someone asked me the other day, Lon Kruger has taken five different schools to the NCAA tournament. I don't think the way we do it would fit at other schools.
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OAKLAND,
Calif. (AP) - The pain of a rare home loss disappeared quickly for
Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. Just like the other seven
defeats this season, it was followed with yet another win.
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Lydia
Ko, of New Zealand, watches her tee shot on the second hole during the
final round of the LPGA Tour ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission
Hills Country Club.
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It
doesn't appear as though there is a team in the NBA that's not actively
working behind the scenes to try to sign impending free-agent Kevin
Durant.
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LOS
ANGELES -- Blake Griffin showed brief flashes of his old Lob City self
in his return from a three-month absence. His Clippers teammates, who
kept winning without him, were just glad to have their leader back.
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You
can't write a story about the lifesaving benefits of the
cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins without getting comments like
this one, from reader Bill Hayman, on my story yesterday: I cannot take
Crestor or Zetia or any form of statin drug!
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MONROVIA
A five-year-old boy tested positive for Ebola in Liberia just days
after his mother died of the virus in the second flare-up to hit West
Africa in recent weeks, the health ministry said on Sunday.
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You've
probably seen artificial skin before, but never has it been quite so...
accurate. Japanese researchers have grown skin tissue that not only
includes hair follicles, but all the glands that come with it --
including oil and sweat glands.
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SATURDAY,
April 2, 2016 -- When it comes to heart health, new research adds to
the argument that a pear-shaped body, which is heavy in the hips, may be
better than an apple-shaped body, which carries more weight around the
belly.
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The
spacecraft captured the moment when the Sun, the comet and the
spacecraft are perfectly aligned, resulting in a gorgeous backlit image
of Comet 67P.
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Grave
markers in a cemetery with smoke billowing behind them from a
coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China. Some scientists believe China's
emissions may be falling modestly, as its economy grows more slowly.
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A
computed tomography image reveals the 305-million-year-old arachnid
that is almost, but not quite, a spider. Credit: Garwood et al
2016/Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
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