Monday, February 29, 2016

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 29/02/2016





How Clinton won battle for black vote in South Carolina




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Rubio, Cruz release tax summaries in challenge to Trump
Republican U.S. presidential candidates Rubio and Cruz shake hands at the conclusion of the debate sponsored by CNN for the 2016 Republican U.S. presidential candidates in HoustonWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz released summary pages of their recent tax filings on Saturday, seeking to capitalize on GOP front-runner Donald Trump's refusal to release similar information.



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#OscarsSoWhite creator says will not watch Oscars
An Oscar statue stands on the red carpet at the entrance to the Dolby Theatre as preparations continue for the 88th Academy Awards in HollywoodBy Gina Cherelus NEW YORK (Reuters) - The creator of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag on Twitter on Saturday said she will watch and tweet about a 1999 coming-of-age movie featuring three black actors rather than Sunday night's showing of the Academy Awards, joining a growing list of activists and entertainers snubbing the event for its lack of diversity. April Reign, managing editor of BroadwayBlack.com, said she will watch "The Wood," starring Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones and Taye Diggs on Netflix on Sunday night as the Oscars show airs on ABC. "What I’m doing is attempting to amplify the discussion," Reign said at Saturday's conference, hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists.



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Iran's pragmatic Rouhani cheers election wins, says government stronger
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waves after casting his vote during elections for the parliament and Assembly of Experts, in TehranBy Samia Nakhoul TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won a strong vote of confidence and reformist partners secured surprise gains in parliament in early results from elections that could speed up the Islamic Republic's emergence from years of isolation. While gains by moderates and reformists in Friday's polls were most evident in the capital, where they won all Tehran's 30 seats according to early results, the sheer scale of the advances there suggests a legislature more friendly to the pragmatist Rouhani has emerged as a distinct possibility. A loosening of control by the anti-Western hardliners who currently dominate the 290-seat parliament could strengthen his hand to open Iran further to foreign trade and investment following last year's breakthrough nuclear deal.



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Emails a window into state's Flint crisis-management efforts
File photo of top of a water tower seen at the Flint Water Plant in Flint, MichiganLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Thousands of emails newly released by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder provide a behind-scenes look at how his administration tried to manage the Flint water crisis.



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Trump wants to weaken libel laws amid feuds with reporters
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a speech to a rally in Oklahoma City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)WASHINGTON (AP) — Feeling maligned by the media, Donald Trump is threatening to weaken First Amendment protections for reporters if he were president and make it easier for him to sue them.



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Hillary Clinton wins South Carolina as Bernie Sanders flops with black voters




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Mexicans back ex-President Fox in vulgar spat with Trump
FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, former President of Mexico Vicente Fox walks on stage to speak at the CATO Institute in Washington. Mexicans backed former President Fox in his verbal spat with Donald Trump on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, after Fox called the Republican front-runner “crazy” and a “false prophet” and Trump replied that he ought to be “ashamed of himself.” (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans backed former President Vicente Fox in his verbal spat with Donald Trump on Friday, after Fox called the Republican front-runner "crazy" and a "false prophet" and Trump replied that he ought to be "ashamed of himself" for using a profanity.



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‘Trump University’ fraud claims surface in campaign




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