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Monday, February 29, 2016

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

How Clinton won battle for black vote in South Carolina

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 Houston

WASHINGTON (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 Hollywood

By 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 Tehran

By 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, Michigan

LANSING, 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

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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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 25/02/2016

Trump clobbers Rubio and Cruz in Nevada, cementing his frontrunner status

Sanders calls Senate obstruction a ‘racist effort to delegitimize’ Obama

Nevada Republicans angry at caucus chaos

Powerful Rep. Jim Clyburn explains why he chose Clinton

Senate Judiciary Republicans vow no hearing for Supreme Court Nominee

With GOP nomination looming, Trump slated to take witness stand in fraud trial

He’s due to take the witness stand in a federal courtroom in San Diego, where he is being accused of running a financial fraud.

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Former NSA and CIA Director Michael Hayden on Trump, Gitmo, Apple, and his new book

Retired U.S. Air Force four-star general Michael Hayden, the only person to serve as the director of the National Security Agency and the CIA, spoke to Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga about the pending closing of the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the debate waging between Apple and the FBI, Donald Trump’s characterization of the war in Iraq, Hillary Clinton’s private email server, and his new book “Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror.”

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Mothers of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and Sandra Bland stump for Hillary Clinton

The Democratic frontrunner looks to maintain her advantage over Bernie Sanders among black voters in the Palmetto State.

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Teen survived Kalamazoo shooting after being pronounced brain dead

Ben Carson: President Obama was ‘raised white’

Paul Ryan: Speaker of the airwaves

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 24/02/2016

Detective: Alleged Mich. shooter admitted to killing spree

Ted Cruz fires spokesman over Facebook post about Rubio and the Bible

Senator McCaskill to be absent for three weeks for cancer treatment

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2013 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks in St. Joseph, Mo. Much to her astonishment but fulfilling a lifelong dream, the former prosecutor was chosen Monday, Jan. 26, 2016 for jury duty in St. Louis to help decide a slip-and-fall case against a convenience store giant accused of negligence. (AP Photo/The St. Joseph News-Press, Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Claire McCaskill will be absent from Congress for the next three weeks as she undergoes treatment for breast cancer, the Missouri Democrat wrote in a blog post on Monday. McCaskill, who leads the Senate Special Committee on Aging, said she will post online how she would have voted on any matters that come up during her absence and will submit questions in writing for any missed hearings. "It’s a little scary, but my prognosis is good and I expect a full recovery," McCaskill wrote. (Reporting by Megan Cassella; Editing by Eric Walsh)

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Trump fights with the lights when there’s no one left to fight

Uber forced to drive defensively, again, after mass shooting

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As authorities look for the reasons why a Michigan man allegedly embarked on a mass shooting spree over the weekend, the ride-hailing service Uber is addressing his record as a driver with the company.

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Inside Rubio and Cruz’s high-stakes ground game battle in Nevada

IS bombings rock Syria as world powers seek truce
BEIRUT (AP) — Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs killed nearly 130 people on Sunday, highlighting the threat posed by the extremists as the country's warring factions fight for the northern city of Aleppo and world powers chase an elusive cease-fire.

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Friends, colleagues remember those slain in Kalamazoo area
A dedicated teacher who mentored numerous students. A gardener who enjoyed sharing what she grew. A mother known for her pleasant demeanor even when faced with adversity. A high school senior who always had a smile on his face, and others.

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Scalia recalled as Supreme Court's 'man for all seasons'
Antonin Scalia's colleagues honored the late Supreme Court justice Monday in a manner he would surely have approved, in sharp exchanges and aggressive questions during the court's first session since Scalia's ...

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Hamlin wins Daytona 500 in thrilling finish

Exclusive: San Bernardino victims to oppose Apple on iPhone encryption

Apple iPhones are displayed at an Apple store in Beijing

Some victims of the San Bernardino attack will file a legal brief in support of the U.S. government's attempt to force Apple Inc to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters, a lawyer representing the victims said on Sunday. Stephen Larson, a former federal judge who is now in private practice, told Reuters that the victims he represents have an interest in the information which goes beyond the Justice Department's criminal investigation. Larson said he was contacted a week ago by the Justice Department and local prosecutors about representing the victims, prior to the dispute becoming public.

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Top Trump adviser calls GOP primary a ‘single-man race’

Violence rages in Syria as Kerry and Lavrov reach provisional deal on ceasefire

SANA handout photo shows a woman carrying an injured boy inside a hospital after multiple bomb blasts hit a southern district of Damascus

By Patricia Zengerle and John Davison AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday he and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, had reached a provisional agreement on terms of a cessation of hostilities in Syria and the sides were closer to a ceasefire than ever before. Meanwhile, violence continued to rage in Syria. Multiple bomb blasts in a southern district of Damascus killed at least 87 people on Sunday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, and twin car bombs killed at least 59 people in Homs, the monitoring group said.

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Uber driver suspected in Michigan shootings, six dead

A vehicle driven by a suspect in multiple shootings sits at at Ransom and Porter streets in downtown Kalamazoo, Mich., after the driver was arrested early Sunday morning, Feb. 21, 2016, in Kalamazoo. A man drove around Kalamazoo shooting people at three locations Saturday, including a Cracker Barrel restaurant and a Ford dealership, leaving six dead and three injured, two of them critically, police said. (Ed Finnerty/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

A Michigan man who worked as an Uber [UBER.UL] driver was under arrest on Sunday in the fatal shooting of six people in Kalamazoo, as police investigated reports that he may have driven customers of the car-hailing service on the night of the rampage. Prosecutors alleged that Jason Dalton, 45, opened fire, apparently at random, in parking lots outside an apartment building, a car dealership and at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Kalamazoo, about 150 miles (240 km) west of Detroit. Authorities could not confirm that the 45-year-old suspect was working for Uber during the nearly five-hour shooting spree on Saturday evening.

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After South Carolina primary, who can stop Trump?

Jeb Bush drops out of GOP race for president

If Jeb Bush doesn't do well in South Carolina, is he done?

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jeb Bush drops out of the Republican race for president, ending a bid that drew a staggering level of financial support from donors but failed to win over voters angry with Washington and leery of sending another member of the Bush family to the White House.

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How Hillary Clinton won big in Nevada caucuses

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 17/02/2016

Here’s how the law would dramatically change if a liberal replaces Scalia

It might well be the biggest ideological swing in recent memory.

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Big winners at the Grammy Awards

Brothers in arms: George W. Bush stumps for Jeb in South Carolina

Spitzer investigated over alleged assault at hotel

New York police are investigating an incident at a Manhattan hotel in which a woman said she was assaulted by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, although she declined to press charges, police said.

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Prosecutor: Most Cologne New Year's suspects are refugees

Placards of Cologne police in Arabic and German offering a reward of ten thousand euro for information regarding people involved in assaults on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve, are pictured in Cologne

BERLIN (AP) — Most of the suspects identified in connection with a series of robberies and sexual assaults in Cologne during New Year's celebrations are refugees, prosecutors said Monday.

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Ranch owner describes Justice Scalia's last night

Scalia was "animated" and a "delightful guest" the night before his death, he said.

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How Scalia's death could affect key cases before the Supreme Court

A U.S. flag flies at half-staff in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, after is was announced that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, had died. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

The Supreme Court abhors even numbers, but that's just what the court will have to deal with, perhaps for many months.

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After All-Star farewell, all that's left for Kobe Bryant is goodbye

Proclaiming innocence, ex-Israeli PM goes to prison
JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday began a 19-month prison sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice, defiantly proclaiming his innocence in a farewell video as he became the first Israeli premier to be placed behind bars.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 11/02/2016

Trump, Sanders win big in New Hampshire

Supreme Court blocks Obama carbon emissions plan

Steam rises from the stakes of the coal fired Jim Bridger Power Plant outside Point of the Rocks, Wyoming

By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a major blow to President Barack Obama by putting on hold federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions mainly from coal-fired power plants, the centerpiece of his administration's strategy to combat climate change. The court voted 5-4 along ideological lines to grant a request by 27 states and various companies and business groups to block the administration's Clean Power Plan, which also mandates a shift to renewable energy away from fossil fuels. The White House on Tuesday night said it disagrees with the court decision but said it expects the rule will survive the legal challenge.

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Bergdahl case delayed over classified information dispute

U.S. Army Sergeant Bergdahl leaves the courthouse after an arraignment hearing for his court-martial in Fort Bragg

A military appeals court halted proceedings against U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on Tuesday while it considers a dispute over how much leeway the defense should have in accessing classified information.

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Marco Rubio supporters clash with the 'Rubio robots' in New Hampshire

Christie declares himself the town hall king, not Kasich

Clinton pushes back against 'establishment' as a slur

Obama proposes $4.1 trillion spending plan in final White House budget

President Obama meets with his national security team in Washington

By Jeff Mason and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama proposed a $4.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2017 on Tuesday in a final White House budget that met immediate Republican resistance for its cost and reliance on tax hikes to fund domestic priorities. Obama, a Democrat who leaves office next January, sought to outline his fiscal and political vision for the country with proposed investments in infrastructure, cyber security, education, and job growth. Paul Ryan, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, called it a "manual for growing the federal government at the expense of hardworking Americans." The budget envisions a deficit of $503 billion in fiscal 2017 after a $616 billion budget gap in the current fiscal year ending on Sept. 30.

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Train crash in Germany kills at least 10, injures 80
BAD AIBLING, Germany (AP) — Crews using helicopters and boats rescued dozens of people from the wreckage of two German commuter trains that crashed head-on Tuesday in an isolated part of Bavaria, killing at least 10 and leaving authorities trying to determine why multiple safety measures failed.

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Rubio searches for answers while his opponents circle

5 things to watch in New Hampshire primary

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