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According to US media reports, the US Army is planning to reduce the size of its force by 40,000 soldiers over the next two years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13761
Frustrated European leaders gave Greece until Sunday to reach an agreement to save its collapsing economy from catastrophe after an emergency summit meeting in Brussels ended. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13769
Blocking the build-up of a protein in our brains could help stop age-related memory loss. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13737
The "steady erosion" of incomes since the recession began has reduced home ownership in America, with blacks hardest hit. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13762
Researchers have identified a protein which, when blocked, stops parasites from spreading malaria. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13770
Federal health officials said heroin use surged over the past decade, and the wave of addiction and overdose is closely related to the nation’s ongoing prescription drug epidemic. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13763
Donald Trump intensified his criticism of the Mexican government, blaming it for sending criminals across the border. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13760
Coca-Cola is trying to send a message with label-free cans. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13765
The BBC is producing the Micro:Bit, a tiny programmable PC that will be given to every child in Year 7 schools in the UK. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13758
A woman recruiting underage girls for the Islamic State was arrested in the Canary Islands. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13768 #Daesh
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The South Carolina Senate voted to pull the Confederate flag from Capitol grounds, making way for a measure that could remove it more than 5 decades after it was first flown to protest integration. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13720
President Obama revamps his strategy to fight the Islamic State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13719
Athens will present a fresh Greek proposal for an aid deal with creditors at an emergency eurozone summit in Brussels on Tuesday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13700
Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao is drawing the ire of her company's own community base, with a petition drawing more than 174,000 signatures in support of her removal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13704
According to documents released in a Pennsylvania court, Bill Cosby said in a 2005 legal deposition that he had prescriptions of a powerful sedative to give to women he wanted to have sex with. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13717
The U.S. Senate is poised to take up an all-new federal education policy this week, for the first time in 14 years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13724
Boys in America are much more likely to get anti psychotic drugs than girls. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13723
Female sailors and Marines will now get 18 weeks of maternity leave, triple the previous amount. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13722
Gun violence in Chicago over the 4th of July weekend left 10 people dead, including a 7-year-old boy, and more than 50 wounded. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13701
The markets have reacted to the news of the Greek "No" vote to reject more austerity. Global markets moved lower, followed by Wall Street—the Dow initially dropped 110 points, then rose. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13698
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With nearly half of the votes counted, official figures showed 61 percent of Greeks rejecting the bailout offer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13680
Pope Francis is returning to South America for the first time to make a swing through Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13679
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) blamed President Obama for the release of a Latino immigrant charged in the recent killing of a San Francisco woman. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13681
Scientists have developed an elastic gel that stops bleeding and helps wounds heal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13685
Ford recalled 433,000 vehicles because of a software bug that could keep their engines running after drivers try to shut them down. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13682
Billy Joel married Alexis Roderick, 33, a former Morgan Stanley executive. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13684
Samsung faces a lawsuit in China over the bloatware on their phones. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13676
Greeks turning to Bitcoin are thought to have caused the recent price increases. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13670
A Utah man, who claimed in April he was victimized twice by gay-hating bigots, admitted that he made it all up. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13678
Kraft Foods and the H.J. Heinz Co. completed their merger on Thursday -- forming the world's fifth-largest food and beverage company. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13683
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Former Virginia senator Jim Webb announced that he will run for the Democratic presidential nomination, adding "a decidedly more conservative option for Democratic voters" (WaPo). http://www.infobitt.com/b/13632
Anonymous donors have given more than $3 million to fund college scholarships for the community around the historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina where nine people were slain last month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13628
A previously undetected measles infection was found by an autopsy to be the underlying cause of a Washington state woman's death, marking the first known U.S. fatality from the disease in 12 years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13630
BP has agreed to pay a record environmental fine of $18.7bn to settle legal actions brought by the US and several states over the fatal 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13626
More than 5,000 residents of the US state of Tennessee have been evacuated after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed and caught fire. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13622
A UN official said five UN peacekeepers were killed in an attack on their convoy close to the northern city of Timbuktu. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13627
A new study suggests it may be possible to diagnose autism by giving children a sniff test. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13631
Seven police officers were charged with torturing three women who witnessed a deadly incident in the town of Tlatlaya, in southeastern Mexico. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13624
The labor force participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, dropped to 62.6%, the lowest reading since October 1977. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13602
The Muslim Brotherhood has warned of "serious repercussions" and has called on its supporters to "rise in revolt" after Egyptian police killed 13 of its members. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13590
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Authorities said twelve correctional officers and prison executives, including the superintendent, have been placed on leave from the New York prison where two convicted murderers escaped. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13553
Captured convict David Sweat — who is portraying himself as the "mastermind" behind the elaborate 2-man escape from prison — did a "dry run" practice session the night before actually breaking free. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13552
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras requested a new two-year bailout program from the euro region just hours away from Greece's payment deadline with the IMF. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13544
A survey found there is enough support among South Carolina legislators to take down the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds: 33 senators and 83 House members would vote to remove it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13556
The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at South Carolina's capitol, where a statue of a former state governor who championed white supremacy was vandalized. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13554
The AP says Schuyler Bailar, a transgender man, will be swimming on the Harvard swimming team—the first "openly transgender swimmer in the NCAA." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13559
A U.S. Department of Justice report says police antagonized crowds gathered to protest in Ferguson, violated free-speech rights and made it difficult to hold officers accountable. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13560
The Girl Scouts of Western Washington recently rejected a $100,000 pledge—as long as the funds "will not be used to support transgender girls." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13555
Ten abortion clinics in Texas would have closed Tuesday, but the U.S. Supreme Court said the clinics can remain open while lawyers ask for a full review of a strict law. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13557
More than 100 people were feared dead after a military transport plane crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off in northern Indonesia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13543
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is considering leaving the UN Human Rights Council after the recent UN Gaza report. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13540
NBC has dropped Donald Trump over his "recent derogatory statements ... regarding immigrants". http://www.infobitt.com/b/13525
Scientists are asking people across the globe to lay off sugary drinks, linking the consumption to an estimated 184,000 adult deaths each year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13537
The Supreme Court has ruled that Arizona does not violate the Constitution by having an Independent Redistricting Commission. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13521
According to a report by WikiLeaks, the U.S. National Security Agency wiretapped two successive French finance ministers and collected information on French export contracts, trade and budget talks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13541
An investigation into how two murderers managed to break out of a prison in NY has now sparked an FBI investigation into possible broader corruption and drug trafficking at the facility. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13538
Greek banks are closed, and withdrawal limits are in place, as the country is 24 hours from its next IMF payment without a bailout deal in place. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13509
New Zealand is likely to pass a bill that censors "harmful" online communications. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13529
The solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse, has continued its trip around the world. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13508
Prime Minister David Cameron warned that Islamic State militants based in Syria and Iraq were planning specific attacks against Britain. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13506
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A possible Turkish cross-border military operation in Syria will be announced after a National Security Council (MGK) meeting, which will be held on June 29. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13500
A state trooper shot David Sweat, the surviving prison escapee from Clinton Correctional. Mr. Sweat, 35, was alive and in custody, according to a source. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13496
Baltimore police opened a new investigation into the killing of unarmed black man Spencer Lee McCain, who died after police fired 19 rounds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13489
Istanbul police dispersed LGBTI Pride Parade participants with tear gas and water cannon as celebrants were ready with rainbow-colored flags and placards to march along Istanbul’s İstiklal Avenue. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13499
Results from an extensive new study suggest that early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appear up to 18 years before the disease is officially diagnosed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13498
The IRS erased its backups of subpoenaed emails, supposedly by sheer accident. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13497
At least 510 people were injured -- 183 of them hospitalized in intensive care units -- after flammable powder apparently exploded in midair at Formosa Fun Coast Water Park in Taiwan. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13495
Prime Minister Habib Essid said Tunisia will shut down about 80 mosques accused of inciting violence, after an attack on a holiday resort in which 38 people were killed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13488
Nara, a Mali town around 30 km (19 miles) south of the border with Mauritania, was attacked by suspected Islamist fighters Saturday, leaving three soldiers and nine attackers dead. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13491
A judge blocked Kansas's ban on an abortion procedure that opponents describe as dismembering a living fetus. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13486
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Giant glacial earthquakes are shaking Greenland, caused by massive movements of ice and how those impact the ground beneath. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13416
The Supreme Court ruled that health insurance consumers qualify for a subsidy that lowers the cost of premiums whether they buy their coverage through federal or state exchanges. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13413
A group of President Obama's former advisers has published an open letter that warns that the looming deal with Iran "may fall short of meeting the administration's own standard of a good agreement." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13414
Russian President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss continued tensions in eastern Ukraine and various areas of concern in the Middle East. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13418
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV – including about 156,300 who don’t realize it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13417
Google's self-driving car is now driving itself around the city of Mountain View, tooling along at 25 mph on suburban streets. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13419
Apple has begun removing games with images of the Confederate flag; civil war historians took issue with the move. As one put it, it makes it "as if the Civil War didn't exist." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13420
China and the US have agreed to establish a cyber code of conduct. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13410
OneWeb, an Internet-from-orbit company based in Britain's Channel Islands, plans to launch services in 2019. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13404
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A federal judge blocked the Obama administration’s tough, new, proposed hydraulic fracturing restrictions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13369
The New York prison guard who said he unwittingly helped smuggle contraband that would later contribute to the daring escape of two prisoners was arrested for his role in the breakout. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13380
Pope Francis addressed family dynamics, saying sometimes the separation of a husband and wife may be "inevitable" or "even morally necessary" to protect the "weaker spouse or small children." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13384
The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook parts of southern Alaska. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13383
The #5 Freeway in Santa Clarita reopened as firefighters gained the upper hand on a fast-moving 100-acre brush fire that forced 1,000 residents to flee the flames. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13382
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced he will seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, joining a crowded field as a long-shot candidate with dismal polling numbers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13381
The IRS admits that it broke the law by awarding contracts to contractors who owe millions of dollars in debt to the federal government. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13368
Google is offering a $1999 Chromebox for its Chromebox for Meetings conference system. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13372
The FBI estimates that ransom malware has cost $18 million in loses. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13376
The governor of Alabama has ordered the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the statehouse. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13364
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A local prosecutor told NBC News a New York prison seamstress helped killers David Sweat and Richard Matt escape from a prison in northern New York by smuggling tools into prison inside ground beef. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13341
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says authorities have DNA evidence linking Sweat and Matt to a spot only miles from the prison. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13321
According to the document published by WikiLeaks, the NSA is accused of targeting Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande over a period of at least six years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13347
The hack of the Federal OPM has affected up to 18 million people and includes those who applied for government jobs. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13326
Presidential candidate and U.S. senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has said the Confederate battle flag is “inescapably a symbol of human bondage and slavery” and needs to go. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13325
Senator Boehner said fast track authority would be a "win" for the American people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13340
Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the U.S. will send about 250 tanks and military equipment to seven European nations to reassure NATO allies against Russian and terrorist threats. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13324
After a 16-year-old boy died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to find out how prevalent the plague, which was possibly spread by fleas on his family's property, is in Colorado. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13342
The WHO has decided to classify DDT as "probably carcinogenic to humans". http://www.infobitt.com/b/13345
Samsung and Burnett have developed a "see-through truck" featuring a large screen on the back showing drivers behind the truck what is in front (such as an oncoming car in the other lane). http://www.infobitt.com/b/13331
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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley called for the removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the State Capitol grounds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13303
Walmart said in a statement that it is removing "all items" promoting the Confederate flag for sale from its stores and its website. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13308
An international team of researchers published a study of the Oase jawbone, showing the ancient man's recent ancestors had interbred with Neanderthals. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13314
A Saudi imam has apologised after accusing a well-known Saudi comedian of apostasy for mocking overzealous clerics. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13310
Witnesses said two girls blew themselves up near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria's biggest city, killing about 30 people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13309
The Taliban launched an attack on the Afghan parliament, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and multiple gunmen battling police. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13285
The Greek government submitted new proposals to its creditors, which Eurozone finance ministers declared "welcome" and met to discuss, though inconclusively. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13288
New Hampshire is considering banning warrant-less tracking of wireless devices via State House Bill 468. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13283
Television pundit Piers Morgan revealed what he thinks the punishment should be for any “white person” who says the “N-word:” jail time. Naturally, controversy erupted. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13313
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan disclosed that he has been diagnosed with late stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which he described as “a very advanced and very aggressive” form of cancer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13306
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Barack Obama has used Twitter to further his argument that the time for federal gun legislation is nigh, saying “expressions of sympathy aren’t enough”. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13267
Members of a historic black church worshiped at their sanctuary for the first time since a gunman opened fire at a Bible study, killing nine people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13262
Cisco has invested $10 billion in China. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13252
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected "international dictates" ahead of a visit by France's top diplomat, with Paris advocating a UN resolution laying out parameters for peace talks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13266
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled parental permission is not necessary for the vaccination of babies and children. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13264
Hackers apparently had access to US security clearance for over a year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13257
According to a report from the Huffington Post, chocolate may help prevent strokes and heart disease. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13260
More than 300 law enforcement officers combed a town in upstate New York for two prison escapees after a woman reported seeing men who matched their descriptions the day before. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13263
China has changed its policy to allow full foreign ownership of ecommerce firms. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13253
Google has announced that it will start de-listing "revenge porn." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13259
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The man suspected of killing nine people Wednesday night at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, was arrested. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13167
The encyclical on the environment that Pope Francis released is as much an indictment of the global capitalist economic order as it is an argument for the world to confront climate change. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13172
A Minnesota policy to hold some sex offenders after they complete prison sentences was ruled unconstitutional by a district court judge. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13161
According to the first analysis of genetic material, the 8,500-year-old Kennewick Man, found in Washington state—once thought to be related to Japanese and Polynesians—is Native American. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13173
The Supreme Court ruled that Texas is allowed to reject a license plate design that featured a Confederate battle flag. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13168
Jesse Jackson credits white conservative Pat Boone for doing "more for race relations through his music than any other performer". http://www.infobitt.com/b/13171
University accreditors hardly ever kick out the worst-performing colleges and lack uniform standards for assessing graduation rates and loan defaults. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13160
A paper in the journal Science reports an “unprecedented” surge in earthquakes in Texas, Oklahoma and other central U.S. states. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13170
Oracle hired Dave Donatelli, ex-HP head of enterprise business, to report to CEO Mark Hurd. Donatelli will head Oracle’s hardware business as well as servers, storage and networking products. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13165
Brian Williams finally admits he lied, as the NBC probe concludes with his transfer from "Nightly News" anchor to MSNBC. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13169
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The European Union has decided to extend economic sanctions against Russia for another six months. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13120
Iran is teaming up with some unlikely allies to fight against Daesh. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13130
Coordinated car bomb attacks in Yemen killed or injured at least 50 people near mosques and the headquarters of Yemen's dominant Houthi group in Sanaa. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13126 http://www.infobitt.com/b/13127
The U.S. Treasury Department said a woman will replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13131
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Ramallah-based national unity government would resign within the next 24 hours over its inability to operate in the Gaza Strip. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13093
Federal regulators have slapped restrictions on the mortgage businesses of six banks, saying they haven't fully complied with requirements imposed on them after the collapse of the housing market. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13122
Hungary announced plans to build a four-meter-high fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of illegal migrants. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13108
Commercial Network Services are to be the first company to file complaints to FCU against Time Warner Cable for "unreasonable rates to deliver its streaming videos to Time Warner’s customers." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13094
Disney reverses its decision to layoff tech workers and force them to train outsourced replacements. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13118
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President Vladimir Putin said Russia will expand its nuclear arsenal this year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13086
The New York Times profiles a young transgender woman, Katherine Boone, who had gender reassignment surgery at age 18. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13088
Artificial trans fat will be removed from the U.S. food supply over the next three years due to a ruling by regulators that the products pose health risks that contribute to heart disease. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13065
The United States Women's National Team defeated Nigeria 1-0 on Abby Wambach's goal to win Group D and move on to the Round of 16 at the Women's World Cup. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13089
Donald Trump announced that he will be running for President in 2016 as a Republican. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13064
President Obama will no longer abide by the spending limits he agreed to 4 years ago. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13078
An Egyptian court upheld a death sentence against former president Mohamed Morsi for plotting jailbreaks and attacks on police during the 2011 uprising. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13054
The average American woman now weighs as much as the average American man weighed in 1960. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13057
The United States and Britain have announced, during a U.K. visit by Michelle Obama, a partnership to promote the education of adolescent girls in countries affected by conflict and crisis. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13060
The escaped convicted killers' trail has gone cold. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13067
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Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in "hostile countries" after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked by Edward Snowden. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12969
Saudi Arabia will open its $530 billion stock market to direct foreign investments on Monday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12982
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has resigned herself to Greece leaving the eurozone and has told her top economists and bankers to draw up emergency plans. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12970
Officials said the Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and other weapons for as many as 5,000 American troops in Baltic and Eastern European countries. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12968
Jeb Bush previewed his formal 2016 presidential campaign announcement with a web video casting himself as a problem solver during his two terms as Florida governor. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12975
Up to 3,500 pro-democracy protesters gathered in Hong Kong as part of the Umbrella Revolution, calling for reforms allowing for the direct election of government candidates. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12976
CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield offered words of praise for the driver of an armored van who opened fire outside of the Dallas police department's headquarters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12977
The European Space Agency said the comet lander Philae has awakened from a seven-month hibernation and managed to communicate with Earth for more than a minute. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12973
The U.S. says the military launched an airstrike Saturday targeting an al-Qaida leader in eastern Libya. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12981
An armed man was fatally shot when he tried to steal motorcycles in New York City. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12979
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Authorities said the search for two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York over the weekend has pushed into Vermont. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12875
Juan Felipe Herrera, who was previously named California’s Poet Laureate in 2012, is the nation's 21st Poet Laureate, the first Hispanic poet to serve in this position, appointed by the Librarian of Congress. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12876
The EPA says that greenhouse gases emitted from aircraft engines contribute to "pollution" that causes dangerous climate change. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12874
The White House says the U.S. will send up to 450 more troops to Iraq to boost the training of local forces. It's a response to recent setbacks at the hands of ISIS and Iraq's request for help. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12877
The European Parliament voiced concerns over democracy and fundamental rights in Turkey. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12867
According to Australian intelligence reports, ISIS has seized enough radioactive material from government facilities to suggest it has the capacity to build a large and devastating "dirty" bomb. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12869
The Vatican announced the creation of a new tribunal for holding accountable bishops who fail to deal properly with clergy sexual abuse. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12870
Nobel laureate (physiology, 2001) Tim Hunt spoke, while in South Korea, in favor of gender-segregated workplaces, and said women in labs "fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12872
Barack Obama has openly criticized Turkish authorities for the first time for failing to ramp up the capacity Ankara needs to have to prevent foreign fighters from crossing the Turkish-Syria border. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12866
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A Dallas-area policeman seen in a viral video tossing a teenage girl to the ground has resigned from the McKinney Police force, the city's police chief said, calling the actions indefensible. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12859
Rebels announced the capture of a strategic army base in southern Syria, the latest of several sweeping offensives by forces battling President Bashar al-Assad. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12865
South Korea's health ministry said two more people have died in its Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak and reported 13 new cases, bringing the total to 108. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12860
Stanford's Manu Prakash made a computer clock made of water droplets trapped in a magnetic field that may have biological/chemical applications, as well as change the way scientists think about computation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12863
The American Medical Association, one of the largest and most influential associations of medical doctors in the country, endorsed putting an end to religious exemptions to immunization requirements. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12861
A federal appellate court upheld some of the toughest provisions of a Texas abortion law, putting about half of the state’s remaining abortion clinics at risk of shutting their doors. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12864
Syria said it broke into a US Army official web site to protest the training America is providing to Syrian rebels. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12847
Officials in 3 states are working with the CDC to find people who have come in contact with a woman being treated at the National Institutes of Health for a rare form of drug-resistant tuberculosis. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12862
Spotify has started its beta testing program for Android. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12851
Twitter has added conversation filtering. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12854
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Barack Obama lambasted President Putin's isolationist approach as seven major leaders signaled their readiness to tighten sanctions against Russia if the conflict in the Ukraine escalates. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12837
AKP has been accused of electoral fraud in Turkey by Swedish election observers who were forcibly removed from election stations by military personnel in at least 2 separate incidents in different regions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12836
The governor of Nebraska will proceed with the executions of 10 condemned prisoners despite the new state law abolishing capital punishment. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12835
A former police officer, who fatally shot an unarmed African-American man that was running away after being stopped for a traffic violation, was indicted for murder by a grand jury in South Carolina. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12839
President Obama said that the Supreme Court should never have taken up a case challenging his healthcare law, describing it as an "easy case." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12834
Nearly 6,000 migrants adrift on the Mediterranean were rescued by EU naval vessels over the weekend, as the annual "boat season" of would-be refugees to Europe threatens to reach new highs. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12825
Lots of news from the G7 summit. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron warned ministers to back his European Union strategy or leave his government. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12823
Sony's Music CEO confirmed that Apple will be starting a new music streaming service. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12829
A young man imprisoned at Riker's Island for three years without a trial has committed suicide. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12840
At the Tony Awards, “Fun Home,” a poignant and raw exploration of family, memory, sexuality and suicide, ended a long journey from the margins to the mainstream as it won Best New Musical. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12824
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A police officer in McKinney, Texas, was placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced showing him wrestle a 14-year-old girl to the ground and point his gun at two young men. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12821
Initial results of Turkish elections show that the ruling AKP will lose its single party majority as the Kurdish problem-focused HDP has passed the election threshold. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12819
South Korean authorities will track the cellphones of hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of MERS and reported a fifth death, with the number of infections rising to 64. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12817
Stan Wawrinka upset Novak Djokovic in the French Open, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, winning the second Grand Slam event of his career. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12818g1
Auto-title loans are growing in popularity and pushing Americans to borrow more than they need. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12820g1
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Germany to join other world leaders for a G7 summit that will address violence in Ukraine and an entrenched Russian President Vladimir Putin. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12810
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared on Friday that his government would not accept a new bailout plan proposed this week by Greece’s creditors. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12812
Military and militia sources told CNN that Iraqi forces with the support of the U.S. are now in control of Baiji city. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12808
Ships blared horns for three minutes and rescuers bowed in silence to honor the more than 430 victims of the Yangtze River capsizing. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12813
Doctors completed the last of 18 surgeries on Friday afternoon in a very rare two-day, nine-way kidney transplant at two hospitals in San Francisco. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12816
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The Obama administration said what appeared to be one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ data, involving at least 4 million current and former govt. workers, apparently originated in China. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12739
The EPA said fracking does not contaminate drinking water and does not pose a danger to clean water. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12737
A man fatally shot by antiterrorism investigators on Tuesday, Usaamah Rahim, is thought to have plotted to behead Pamela Gellar, the conservative activist organizing "Muhammad cartoon" contests. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12729
Hundreds gathered to honor the life of former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden at a memorial service held in the Delaware Legislative State House in Dover. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12740
Real time co-authoring is being rolled out in Microsoft's Office 2016 preview. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12730
Rick Perry has joined the Republican presidential nomination race. The LA Times says, "This time he's humbler, and under indictment." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12728
November 10th is Valve's launch date for Steam Machines. At least for now. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12735
Alibaba will be investing $194 million in a Chinese medical firm. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12733
Dish is rumored to be in merger talks with T-Mobile. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12732
Yahoo will live stream one NFL game from London. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12736
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Court testimony confirms that bribes were paid for the 1998 and the 2010 World Cups. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12718
North Carolina’s governor says he’ll sign a bill that would make the state one of several with a 72-hour waiting period for abortions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12720
As college students become more sensitive, professors become more frightened that they will be punished for saying the "wrong thing" in class. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12723
The Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Dept. announced its investigation into the November 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland has been handed over to prosecutors. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12721
Cisco has acquired Piston cloud computing. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12704
The Pentagon said a U.S. military base in Utah sent live anthrax samples to 51 labs in 17 states, Washington, D.C. and 3 foreign nations, more than previously disclosed, and the number may rise. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12719
South Korean Defense Ministry officials said the nation successfully test-fired its first ballistic missile with a range far enough to hit any part of North Korea. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12698
London police will soon be wearing video cameras. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12705
Tri Alpha Energy, a "mysterious" California based company has finally published two papers on its research, showing significant progress in fusion power. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12696
As robotics continues to develop, even jobs like reporters no longer seem like a safe work bet. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12699
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The U.S. Senate passed a bill extending the NSA's collection of phone data for six months. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12686
Findings published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggest that chimps have all the brainpower needed to cook, including planning, causal understanding, and ability to postpone gratification. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12688
Sepp Blatter has announced that he is resigning as FIFA president. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12685
The Windows 10 Upgrade path begins today, although Windows 10 will not be available until July 29. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12676
The AP reports that the FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12674
The South Korean health ministry said 5 more cases of MERS, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus, have been confirmed, bringing to 30 the total number of cases in that country of the often-deadly illness. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12689
Hillary Clinton said that the illegal immigrant children who have been surging across the border should be returned to their home countries if their relatives can be located. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12687
Human health is largely affected by the hour of the day. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12675
Google plans to build a second data center in Singapore for $380 million, bringing its total investment to $500M. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12681
Damian Carrington reports, "The Global Apollo Programme aims to make the cost of clean electricity lower than that from coal-fired power stations across the world within 10 years." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12669
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State media reports a passenger ship carrying 458 people, many elderly Chinese tourists, sank in the Yangtze River during a storm and only 12 people had been rescued so far. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12663
Bruce Jenner has transitioned to Caitlyn Jenner, as Vanity Fair published the first photographs of a newly feminized Jenner. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12662
According to an internal investigation, U.S. airport screeners failed to detect explosives and weapons in nearly every test that an undercover Homeland Security team conducted at dozens of airports. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12665
Microsoft says it will charge $119 for Windows 10 Home, $199 for Windows 10 Pro, and $99 for a Windows 10 Pro Pack to jump from a licensed copy of Windows 10 Home to the Pro version. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12654
The Supreme Court has ruled that violent Facebook posts are not criminal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12658
Google's new Project Soli is designing a button-less interface using radar signals to replace screen gestures. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12652
Minecraft is getting some new competition from Lego. The brick-maker announced that it's releasing "Lego Worlds," an online title that emulates the open "sandbox" feel of Minecraft. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12664
A "showdown" in the U.S. Senate is expected Tuesday to consider changes to a House bill that would curtail the government’s "sweeping surveillance" after the program expired at midnight Monday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12647
South Korea's exports dropped 11% between May 2014 and May 2015, a signal some analysts are calling a "canary in a coal mine." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12653
Google and Qualcomm are partnering to produce Project Tango smartphones. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12655
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The Orange County Public Schools District reportedly gets software for monitoring posts made by students, saying it wants to anticipate and prevent cyber-bullying and other crime. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12639
A suicide bombing has killed 18 people inside a mosque in northeast Nigeria just hours after Boko Haram launched a separate attack, on the first full day of President Muhammadu Buhari's term. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12641
The Illinois legislature passed a bill banning "conversion" therapy for minors, and has sent it to the governor. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12631
Neweeg leaked the price (Home Version, $109; Professional, $149) and release date (August 31) of Windows 10. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12633
A piece of mechanical equipment being lifted by a crane at a Manhattan office building broke free and fell about 28 stories to the sidewalk below, causing minor injuries to 10 people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12642
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has been calling for all countries in the Asia-Pacific region to halt the construction of artificial islands. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12632
In an international meeting in Singapore, he declared the U.S. would “fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.” http://www.infobitt.com/b/12622
On Friday, officials from Fort Benning, Georgia, said all five women who were given a second chance to complete Army Ranger School have officially dropped out of the course. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12623
A 92-year-old cancer survivor will go into the record books, becoming the oldest woman to finish a marathon. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12640
Secretary of State John Kerry is hospitalized in Geneva, Switzerland after suffering an injury in a bicycling accident in France. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12610
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New genetic research suggests that humans migrated out of Africa through Egypt, not Ethiopia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12546
A federal judge ordered the State Department to release some of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails on a firm schedule every month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12538
The EPA asserted jurisdiction over streams, tributaries and wetlands in a move decried by Republicans as a "tyrannical power grab". http://www.infobitt.com/b/12536
Journalists exaggerated reports of the flooding in Houston. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12548
Republican Dennis Hastert was indicted on charges of evading bank reporting rules and lying to the FBI about it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12542
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is expanding the grocery business by broadening its private-label brand, 'Elements', into food items. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12547
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said the GOP's foreign policy hawks "created these people," referring to the Islamic State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12525
Federal prosecutors want a judge to ban any display of the name or logo of an allegedly criminal motorcycle gang, the "Mongols Nation." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12537
The U.S. military inadvertently shipped live anthrax samples to a half-dozen states late last month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12524
Android apps can use Wi-Fi connections to surreptitiously locate their users. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12533
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The Nebraska legislature has abolished the death penalty by overriding the governor's veto. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12509
The Vatican's secretary of state called Ireland's vote to approve same-sex marriage "a defeat for humanity." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12517
Scientists report that a new species of early human, called Australopithecus deyiremeda, has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The discovery is based on jaws and teeth 3.3 and 3.5 million years old. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12519
Perhaps it is the world's oldest murder mystery: Researchers say they have found evidence of the earliest known homicide in a skull that is 430,000 years old. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12513
The IRS believes that criminals behind a major security breach that allowed them to access tax information from more than 100,000 U.S. households were based in Russia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12516
A message containing some Arabic characters will crash iPhones ... but InfoBitt won't tell you what they are! The attack appears to be caused by a glitch in the way Apple’s iOS mobile operating system, which runs on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, renders Arabic text. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12512
Advertisers are decamping from "19 Kids and Counting" days after star Josh Duggar admitted to molesting several underage girls 12 years ago, including his sisters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12518
McDonald’s is changing how it cooks burgers to win back customers. McDonald’s said it would toast the buns longer so sandwiches would be warmer, and change the way it cooks so that the patties are juicier. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12515
Comedian Tracy Morgan and others injured in a crash with a Wal-Mart truck last year have reached an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed sum with the world's largest retailer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12514
Amnesty International condemned the Islamist militant group Hamas for using the cover of last summer’s war to abduct, torture, and carry out extrajudicial executions with impunity. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12506
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A heat wave has killed more than 900 people across India over a 2-week period as torrid temperatures melted roads in the national capital and forced people indoors on Tuesday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12489
A federal appeals court upheld an injunction against the Obama administration, ruling in favor of Texas, which had sued to stop the president's new amnesty policy. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12483
Two daughters of blues legend B.B. King are seeking a formal inquiry into his death. Karen Williams and Patty King have said in legal documents they believe their father was poisoned. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12490
A study suggests a couple of extra minutes attached to the umbilical cord at birth may translate into a small boost in neuro-development several years later. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12492
Baltimore is seeing its deadliest month in 15 years after an outbreak of Memorial Day weekend violence left nine people dead in 29 shootings. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12485
Researchers say a genetically-engineered version of a virus that normally causes cold sores shows real promise for treating skin cancer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12491
U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12486
U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 to its biggest decline in three weeks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12487
The governor of Texas likened the floods to a tsunami and called them the worst he's ever seen in Texas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12466
The International Monetary Fund reports that fossil fuels are subsidised at the rate of $10,000,000 per minute. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12481
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The Alabama senate has voted to abolish marriage licenses. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12463
Amazon is now paying taxes in the UK and Germany. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12454
Rescuers searched for 12 people gathered in a Wimberley, Texas, home hit by flash floods, including at least three young children, after heavy floods swamped Texas and Oklahoma. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12451
ISIS has slaughtered more than 400 mostly women and children in the ancient city of Palmyra, two days after capturing it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12449
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed a recent New York Times editorial as “shameless,” calling on the U.S. daily to “know its place.” http://www.infobitt.com/b/12462
A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Tokyo and its suburbs, shaking buildings and temporarily stopping trains but causing no apparent damage or injuries. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12450
Blackberry has fired an "unspecified number" of employees in its device unit. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12459
The World Bank report on May 21 indicated that Turkey and the Gulf countries have so far delivered only part of the aid they pledged to Gaza during a donors conference held in Cairo last October. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12445
Amazon appears to intend to compete with sites like Etsy with its 'Handmade' marketplace. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12460
The US Coast Guard has released an app for iOS and Android. It is designed to provide key boating safety information. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12458
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Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said that Iraqi forces had demonstrated “no will to fight” against ISIS, saying their retreat enabled ISIS's capture of the Iraqi city of Ramadi. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12438
Two people were killed in storms and flash flooding in Texas and Oklahoma that forced evacuations, with over 1,000 people rescued in Hays County, Texas, alone. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12437
Saudi Arabia's king vowed to punish those responsible for a suicide bombing that killed 21 people at a Shiite mosque in the country's east. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12435
Mathematician John Nash, 86, famous for the Nash equilibrium—a major advance in game theory—a Nobel Prize, and portrayal in "A Beautiful Mind," died in a car crash along with his wife, Alicia, 82. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12433
Exoskeletons, once science fiction, are now a commercial reality. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12427
The FBI has admitted that they did not break even a single terrorist plot using the powers granted by the Patriot Act. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12428
Josh Duggar, one of the stars of the reality TV show about America’s most-famous large family, has acknowledged molesting underage girls as a teenager. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12436
Uber has tested its first autonomous car. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12430
Famous feminist Gloria Steinem led a group of women's activists on a very rare crossing from North Korea into South Korea. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12434
After vigorous debate and intense last-minute pressure by Republican leaders, the U.S. Senate on Saturday rejected legislation that would curb the government’s bulk collection of phone records. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12421
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Three weeks after Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced charges against the six police officers involved in the controversial arrest of Freddie Gray, a grand jury has now indicted all six officers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12394
Senator and presidential candidate Rand Paul (R-KY) gave a 10-1/2 hour speech yesterday against extending provisions of the Patriot Act that permit collection of billions of phone call records. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12384
U.S. and Cuban negotiators held another round of talks in Washington to restore full diplomatic relations as part of President Obama’s decision to end the decades-old standoff with the island nation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12396
Google Fiber is apparently pushing automatic fines to subscribers who engage in piracy. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12386
Boy Scouts of America president Robert Gates called for an end to the controversial gay ban against troop leaders while addressing the organization's annual meeting. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12395
David Letterman retired, "with self-mockery and a little mush," as the New York Times put it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12383
Columbia professor Donald Green retracted his co-authored article in Science magazine about how in-person pollsters can change opinions on gay marriage because the study was fake. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12385
A grand jury has indicted Douglas Hughes (the man who landed a gyro-copter on the lawn of the US Capitol) on six charges. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12377
Amazon has expanded its Prime Now one hour deliveries to include groceries and meals. While currently limited to New York City, the service is expected to expand. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12392
Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, is considering having an IPO for the company. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12387
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Islamic State militants reportedly captured the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra as Syrian officials evacuated citizens and scrambled to keep priceless antiquities from falling into terrorist hands. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12370
1,433 men, a stunning number—including 261 high-profile individuals—are under investigation for child sex abuse in Great Britain. Tom Watson was the Labour MP whose claims made in the Commons, that there was a paedophile network linked to parliament, triggered a Scotland Yard investigation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12372
Hackers acquired the data for 1.1 million CareFirst members. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12355
The legislature of Nebraska has voted to abolish the death penalty. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12369
Google is fixing an issue with its Google Maps search function, which currently leads people to the White House if they search for variations of the n-word with the word 'house.' http://www.infobitt.com/b/12371
North Korea claimed it can now miniaturize nuclear weapons—a key step toward building nuclear missiles—as U.S. analysts and officials suspected they were trying to do. But the U.S. was skeptical. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12353
Google search results now show Tweets. This new integration of Twitter will display actual tweets, including photos contained in them. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12364
The U.S. Justice Dept. said five global banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, were fined $5.7 billion, and four pled guilty for rate rigging. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12352
The first update for the Apple Watch has been released. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12363
[dupe] The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to increase the minimum wage in the nation's second-largest city to $15.00 an hour by 2020 from the current $9.00.
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Officials said a Norwegian cruise ship that departed Boston ran aground in Bermuda. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12341
The Los Angeles City Council voted to increase the minimum wage in the nation's second-largest city to $15.00 an hour by 2020 from the current $9.00. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12339
The U.S. government charged six Chinese nationals with economic espionage, saying they stole secrets from two companies that develop technology often used in military systems. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12337
Former Clinton White House adviser Sidney Blumenthal was subpoenaed to testify next month before the House committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attack. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12344
The Transportation Department said a major Japanese maker of automotive air bags has agreed to nearly double the scope of its recall, making it one of the largest in U.S. history. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12340
Baby spiders reportedly rained down on an Australian town. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12342
A federal judge has rejected the State Department’s proposal to wait until next January to release over 50,000 emails written by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12335
Canada and Mexico are readying trade sanctions against the United States after they won a meat labeling dispute on Monday, increasing pressure on the U.S. Congress to scrap the laws. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12334
According to police, Mineral Wells, Texas, was hit by a powerful tornado, causing "extensive damage." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12343
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An avalanche of mud and debris swept over an alpine town in western Colombia, killing at least 52 people in a flash flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12323
The FTC has warned that RadioShack's sale of customer data might be unlawful. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12314
Republicans rallied to pass a bill giving the White House fast-track authority, as Democrats opposed to free trade launched a filibuster to prevent debate on the bipartisan initiative. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12310
Waco police arrested 192 people following biker-gang violence that left nine people dead yesterday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12300
Elián González, who spent months with his Florida relatives as a Cuban child at the center of an international custody dispute, said in an interview broadcast that he would like to visit the U.S. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12327
Ocean microbes could influence the atmosphere, according to a new study. This new finding could alter how climate models are produced and interpreted, as well as our understanding of climate change. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12326
Syrian President Bashar Assad has been using chlorine bombs against rebel forces over the past several weeks, and America's military is not enforcing President Obama's 'red line' warning. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12294
An Indian woman, who was sexually assaulted and left in a vegetative state for more than 40 years, died, in a case that sparked national debate over the legalization of euthanasia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12325
Starbucks, which operates more than 7,000 shops in the United States, announced a deal to work with Spotify, the subscription streaming service, to produce playlists for its stores. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12324
BBC reporters were arrested and detained in Qatar for reporting on World Cup workers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12299
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Nine were killed in a gunfight between rival biker gangs at a restaurant in Waco, Texas—about 150 to 200 members from five biker gangs were on the scene. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12289
The official Republican view of the Iraq War has certainly swayed: it was judged a mistake by most of the would-be GOP presidential candidates. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12278
Pope Francis has canonized two nuns from 19th century Ottoman-ruled Palestine in hopes of encouraging Christians across the Middle East who are facing persecution from Islamic extremists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12281
1,450 Blue Bell Creameries workers have been laid off. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12280
BASE jumpers Dean Potter, 43, and Graham Hunt, 29, were killed in an attempt at a wingsuit flight from a 7,500-promontory called Taft Point. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12290
Nine states in so-called Tornado Alley reportedly saw 28 tornadoes, with flash flooding, destroyed homes, flipped cars, and other damage. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12279
Microsoft will be taking over the updates for Windows 10 devices, rather than having a fragmented update system. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12286
Microsoft has announced that users of non-genuine versions of Windows will not get free upgrades to Windows 10. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12287
Microsoft has released a preview of Graph Engine. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12288
Police and tribesmen said hundreds of police personnel, soldiers, and tribal fighters fled Ramadi after the Islamic State captured one of the last pro-government holdouts in the Iraqi city. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12283
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14 people have been killed at a hotel shooting in Kabul, Afghanistan. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12229
Some Starbucks mobile app users in the U.S. say that hackers are using the program to siphon money from their credit cards as well as bank and PayPal accounts. http://www.infobitt.com/b/1222
An Iraqi immigrant who has been described as a former U.S. military translator was arrested by federal agents for allegedly lying about pledging allegiance to the leader of Islamic State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12233
Taxi drivers swarm the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario to protest Uber, snarling traffic between the old and new city hall buildings in an effort to kick the car and limousine service out of the city. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12230
Canada's New Democrats, which stormed to victory in a provincial election in Alberta, overtake Liberals in a national poll. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12231
The failure of Secret Service bosses to report an incident in which two agents drove into a White House bomb-threat stems from the agency's culture in which lower-ranking staff fear retribution. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12228
42% of US bee colonies died off in the 12-month period that ended last month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12212
Harry Shearer, the voice of many characters, such as Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders, announced his departure from The Simpsons. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12211
Police are opening a criminal investigation into a deadly fire at a slipper factory in the Philippines that has resulted in the deaths of at least 72 people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12209
The US House has passed a bill to end bulk data collection. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12220
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Wal-Mart Stores will test a new unlimited shipping service for online shoppers this summer that will be priced below Amazon's $99 per year Prime service. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12203
A government official said Malaysia has turned away a boat with more than 500 Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis after providing them with fuel and provisions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12206
Asked repeatedly in recent days whether he would have supported an Iraq invasion based on what is known now, Jeb Bush has replied “Yes,” “I don’t know,” or refused to answer, depending on the venue. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12204
Nigeria's President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, stated he would not intervene or take sides in the choice of the Senate leadership. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12201
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that the international communities have confidence on Nigerian President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12199
It has emerged that, in a 2005 letter, Prince Charles urged Tony Blair's government to consider the culling of badgers; this was rejected, but today the letter is scandalizing environmentalists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12205
The U.S. Commerce Department reported retail sales were flat in April. Consumers cut back on big-ticket purchases, even as import prices declined for the tenth straight month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12187
In the small African country of Burundi, Maj. Gen. Godefroid Niyombare said on the radio, "President Pierre Nkurunziza is removed from office," sparking celebrations in the streets among protesters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12186
A Nigerian-born Briton, Chuka Umunna, will run for UK Labour Party leadership. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12200
The 'Venom' vulnerability threatens most data centers, making it a bigger problem than the infamous 'Heartbleed.' http://www.infobitt.com/b/12191
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Amtrak train 188 from Washington DC to New York City crashed in Philadelphia this evening, injuring at least 50 of as many as 240 passengers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12181
Could Harriet Tubman replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill? http://www.infobitt.com/b/12180
Senior officials from a South Korean spy agency said North Korea’s defense minister has been executed by antiaircraft fire for disloyalty and showing disrespect to dictator Kim Jong Un. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12182
The U.S. Pacific Command announced that a military helicopter has gone missing while participating in rescue efforts in Nepal after the devastating earthquake in late April. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12178
A second, semi-official super PAC is being formed to help Hillary Clinton, and, in an unusual twist, has announced plans to coordinate with the Democratic presidential frontrunner's campaign. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12183
A strong earthquake hit Japan in the same region devastated by a major quake and tsunami in 2011. Authorities said there was no risk of a tsunami this time. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12179
Another earthquake strikes Nepal near Mount Everest. Measured at 7.3, with shockwaves felt as far away as New Delhi, it has resulted in the deaths of over 40 people and injured over a thousand. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12166
The UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is hiring hackers to attack terrorist networks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12172
Colleagues of murdered Russian opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov, published a report detailing the participation of Russian troops in the war in Ukraine—a report that may explain the assassination. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12168
MIT has developed an algorithm to remove window reflections from pictures. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12176
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According to the findings of a large international study, an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" strain of typhoid fever has spread globally, driven by a single family of the bacteria, called H58. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12162
The US Department of Interior granted permission to Shell Oil to perform exploratory oil drilling in Alaska's Chucki Sea, a rich oil deposit long sought by the oil industry. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12163
Eurosceptic Conservative MPs demand major concessions when David Cameron renegotiates Britain's EU membership. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12145
According to a new report, thousands of people arrested by Baltimore police over the past three years have been turned away from the city's jail because their injuries are too severe. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12143
Russia and China have agreed not to launch cyberattacks on each other. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12152
George Zimmerman has been shot at in an apparent ongoing feud in central Florida. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12161
Google said that its self-driving cars have been involved in 11 accidents over six years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12160
Reports from the Philippines show Typhoon Noul has killed two people and has forced approximately 3,400 to evacuate to shelter. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12144
The NFL suspended New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for the first 4 games of the 2015 season as a punishment against the organization for its actions in the "Deflategate" scandal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12158
Journalist Seymour M. Hersh is asserting that the Obama administration lied about certain details relating to Osama bin Laden's death. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12139
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Cuban President Raul Castro visited Pope Francis at the Vatican and said he was so impressed by the pontiff that he was considering returning to the Catholic church. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12128
Boats carrying more than 500 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim community washed ashore in western Indonesia. They warned that thousands more are believed to be stranded at sea. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12134
Three suspects were arrested after two police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12127
Newer solid state drives (SSDs) can lose data over time if left without power. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12132
China has witnessed a religious revival over the past decades, with an especially large increase in Christians, who now account for 5 percent of the population. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12131
Hoping to shore up a weakening economy, China said that it would cut benchmark interest rates for the third time in five months, by 0.25%, to 5.1%. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12129
South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has voted Mmusi Maimane as leader, making him the first black person to head the traditionally white party. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12135
Shortly after the most recent election, the UK government is pushing the return of the "snoopers" charter. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12133
In Switzerland, a 36-year-old Swiss man shot and killed his wife, from whom he was separated, as well as his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law, and then he killed himself. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12130
A 30-second video shows a white principal chastising members of a graduating class who were leaving in the middle of a speech, saying, "Look who's leaving—all the black people." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12137
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A US Appeals Court says the NSA's bulk collection of phone records is illegal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12061
U.S. federal scientists say global levels of carbon dioxide, the most prevalent heat-trapping gas, have passed a daunting milestone of 400.83 parts per million. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12068
New research suggests that children who survive a measles infection remain vulnerable to other potentially deadly infections for as long as two or three years after having the measles. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12084
A 20-year-old—politics student Mhairi Black—became the U.K.'s youngest lawmaker since 1667, ousting one of the opposition Labour Party's top figures in the process. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12085
An analysis of Census data by Enterprise Community Partners has revealed that over a quarter of U.S. renters use at least half of their household's income to pay rent. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12083
Saudi Arabia and the United States announced a five-day, renewable cease-fire in Yemen’s war to allow aid to reach millions of civilians caught in a humanitarian crisis from the conflict. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12067
Iran has released the Maersk Tigris, a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship, whose seizure in the Strait of Hormuz last week had raised tensions with Iran. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12065
Freightliner, a subsidiary of the automotive giant Daimler, has unveiled the first road-legal self-driving truck. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12069
Researchers at the University of Trento in Italy found that spiders sprayed with a solution containing 300-nanometer-wide graphene particles found a way to work the graphene into their silk. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12082
Windows 10 will not have the famous 'Patch Tuesday' as patches will be a steady stream regardless of the day of the week. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12076
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Controversial Canadian Anti-Terror Bill C-51 passes in the House of Commons. http://infobitt.com/b/12058
The City of Chicago will pay a total of up to $5.5 million to dozens of people tortured by the city's police in the 1970s and 1980s along with other reparations. http://infobitt.com/b/12050
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the U.S. "can't do a damn thing" to harm Iran's nuclear facilities and that Iran would not hold nuclear talks when the U.S. is threatening military action. http://infobitt.com/b/12039
A watchdog group says conflicts and violence around the world have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries. http://infobitt.com/b/12053
Severe storms spawned tornadoes and brought flooding and heavy winds to Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Tornado damage has already been reported southwest of Oklahoma City. http://infobitt.com/b/12059
Endangered yellow-crested cockatoos were stuffed into 1.5L plastic bottles and packed into travel bags in an attempt to smuggle them out of the Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia. http://infobitt.com/b/12056
A House bill is aimed at stopping warrantless spying on Americans. http://infobitt.com/b/12049
Errol Brown, lead singer of the pop and disco group Hot Chocolate, is dead, age 71. He fronted the group from the late Sixties through the early Eighties. http://infobitt.com/b/12057
Businesses added just 169,000 jobs in April, according to payroll processor ADP, while economists had expected 198,000. http://infobitt.com/b/12037
Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot suspected of deliberately flying a German airliner into the French Alps, appears to have tried to rehearse the fatal dive during an earlier flight on the day of the crash. http://infobitt.com/b/12036
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The U.S. Senate passed a budget plan today, after the House passed the plan last week. This is not a spending bill but only a GOP budget road map, so push-back might still occur later. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12028
Scientists have discovered the earliest known ancestor to modern birds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12031
Hillary Clinton took a clear stand in favor of a path to "full and equal citizenship"—what Republicans call "amnesty"—while speaking in Las Vegas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12029
Astronomers have found a galaxy older and more distant than any spotted before: light we're seeing left the galaxy 13.1 billion years ago, just 670 million years after the Big Bang. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12030
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake has hit off the coast of Papua New Guinea, causing a small tsunami. There has been no report of injuries or major damage to infrastructure. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12016
NASA’s new 10-engine drone is half chopper, half plane. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12021
A black man and a woman—Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina—have put their hats in the ring for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12023
The union representing Ontario, Canada’s 73,000 public elementary school teachers and occasional teachers says it will take strike action as early as May 11. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12020
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has announced his 2016 White House bid. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12027
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed Senator Leo Housakos as the new Speaker of the Senate. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12019
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Hillary Clinton agrees to testify on Capitol Hill later this month about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and about her email practices during her tenure as Secretary of State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12011
Two men opened fire into a Texas crowd at a Muhammad cartoon event Sunday night and were immediately shot dead by a police officer. One security guard was wounded. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11990
The government of Nepal is asking foreign search-and-rescue teams to wrap up operations now that the chance of finding survivors buried by last month’s earthquake has largely passed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11994
An organization of Israeli soldiers known as “Breaking the Silence” released a report detailing how Israeli soldiers killed civilians in Gaza last summer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12009
Afghan government officials and Taliban militants are now in their second day of meetings in the gulf state of Qatar, and for once neither side denied that the sessions were taking place. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12008
A rare African plant seems to grow only on top of kimberlite pipes—columns of volcanic rock hundreds of meters across that extend deep into Earth, exhuming diamonds from the mantle. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11993
Ottawa is to pay an Inuit land-claim group more than $250 million to settle a long-standing lawsuit and improve training for Inuit to enter the territorial civil service. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12010
Italy rescues almost 6,800 migrants in the Mediterranean during a huge weekend operation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11984
Protesters clash with police after footage emerged last week of an Ethiopian Israeli in an army uniform being beaten by police. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11986
Carly Fiorina, the former HP CEO, has announced her candidacy for the presidency. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11996
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Hotel booking scams are costing Americans up to $220 million each year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11978
A Dallas suburb is on lockdown after a contest for cartoon depictions of Prophet Mohammed ended in a shooting. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11979
The findings of the federal probe into the rogue closure of George Washington Bridge lanes in 2013 appear to have put New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the clear. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11969
Thousands of people took to the streets of Baltimore on Saturday; anger dissipated after six police officers faced criminal charges. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11967
A magnitude-3.9 earthquake struck just outside Los Angeles today. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11975
Nearly 3,700 migrants were rescued from boats near the coast of Libya on Saturday and early Sunday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11973
An under-water volcano may be erupting 300 miles off the coast of Oregon. There is no tsunami threat. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11970
Kashmiri Pandits staged a protest in New Delhi demanding setting up of a commission to probe the “genocide” which led to their exodus and to take them into confidence before rehabilitating. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11977
An official said three survivors have been found in a mountainous village in Nepal, several days after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the country. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11974
Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey and husband of Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook died suddenly overnight at age 47. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11966
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Scientists reported that a Colorado dog last year caused the largest outbreak of pneumonic plague in the United States since 1924. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11911
Blue Origin, a startup space company owned by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, launched its first experimental suborbital spaceship test flight from Texas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11910
A Nepal teenager has been rescued from the rubble five days after the earthquake. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11912
A Canadian federal fraud investigator has been suspended without pay after she leaked documents showing investigators had to cut people off their employment insurance benefits in order to meet quotas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11915
A prisoner who was in the van with Freddie Gray, whose death in police custody led to the Baltimore riots, said Gray was "intentionally trying to injure himself" by "banging against walls." http://www.infobitt.com/b/11894
Ford is recalling more than 591,000 vehicles in North America for four separate problems, including possible broken bolts that could make steering more difficult. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11914
Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in 15 years last week. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11895
World Health Organization officials announced that German measles (Rubella) has officially been eliminated from North and South America. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11896
A court in northwest Pakistan has sentenced 10 men to life in prison for attacking education campaigner Malala Yousafzai in 2012. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11892
The NFL draft for 2015 has begun and the #1 pick was Florida State's Jameis Winston, who led the Seminoles to a 2013 national championship. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11913
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Throughout the day, protests of the death of a black man in the custody of Baltimore police have erupted across the country (AP). http://www.infobitt.com/b/11886
In the wake of the Baltimore riots, Hillary Clinton has made an impassioned speech where she addressed Race and Justice. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11883
A Russian spacecraft that is tumbling around the Earth after it malfunctioned en route to the International Space Station could remain in orbit for more than a week before crashing down to Earth. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11885
At 10 p.m. last night, a curfew went into effect in Baltimore, and rioters were at work; but 15 minutes later, police began dispersing them, and most were gone within minutes. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11865
Samsung has taken the lead from Apple in smartphone sales. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11881
Telstra's accelerator program is targeting Southeast Asian startups. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11877
Internet Explorer's SmartScreen Filter feature will enforce new rules against misleading advertising starting on June 1st. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11876
Certain wrist tattoos cause sensor troubles for the Apple Watch. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11871
The U.S. GDP slowed to a crawl—a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.2%—in the first quarter of 2015. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11867
DHL is exploring drone technology. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11882
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President Obama condemned looters and those who started fires in Baltimore on Monday saying they "should be treated like criminals". http://www.infobitt.com/b/11861
More looting was reported Tuesday morning, after a night of chaos and rioting that prompted the National Guard to be called in to restore order. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11815
More than 4,600 people are dead; more than 9,000 were injured; and eight million people were affected across Nepal following Saturday's earthquake. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11857
Iranian forces fired at a cargo ship exercising the right of innocent passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US Navy responded with a destroyer and aircraft. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11818
Supreme Court justices broke along familiar ideological lines as they considered whether same-sex couples enjoy a constitutional right to marry. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11850
Congress has introduced a bill to end bulk NSA surveillance. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11823
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a blunt self-described socialist, will jump into the 2016 presidential campaign on Thursday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11862
The Mayor of Baltimore says her remark, "we gave those who wished to destroy space to do that," was not intended to incite violence. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11847
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The Baltimore protests have turned violent: Seven police officers have been injured. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11805
German car manufacturer Audi says it has created the "fuel of the future" made solely from water, carbon dioxide and renewable sources. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11804
An inquiry ordered by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has concluded Israel is responsible for Gaza strikes on UN schools and shelters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11808
Two self-portraits by Francis Bacon are going on public display for the first time after being rediscovered in a private collection, before being sold. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11810
Japan Prime Minister Shinzō Abe begins his US tour with a visit to Boston. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11807
The death toll has risen above 4,000 following Saturday's massive earthquake in Nepal, as the desperate search for survivors continues. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11783
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at a U.N. anti-nuclear weapons conference to discuss the Iranian nuclear deal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11786
Facebook has added Messenger video calling. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11791
The Clinton Foundation's chief executive, Maura Pally, said the nonprofit was working quickly to fix mistakes in how it disclosed donors, acknowledging the foundation had made some errors. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11784
WordPress has released a security update after a hijack vulnerability was exposed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11789
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The death toll in Nepal from Saturday's catastrophic earthquake has jumped to at least 2,263. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11758
Despite an international outcry, Indonesia says it will execute 10 convicted drug offenders within 72 hours. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11766
The New York Times reports Russian hackers who gained access to the White House computer system last year were able to read President Obama's unclassified emails. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11779
'Avengers: Age of Ultron' opens to a massive $201.2 million at box offices around the world, and is expected to earn north of $200 million in the US opening next week. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11778
Fast & Furious's "Furious 7" has recently topped $1.32 billion in global earnings this weekend, pushing it ahead of Frozen’s $1.27 billion total. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11777
The billionaire co-founder of Tim Hortons, Ron Joyce, is on the receiving end of a civil suit alleging he sexually assaulted his sometime lover four years ago. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11776
Dan Fredinburg, a Google engineer, was killed in the Everest avalanche. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11769
Police in Winnipeg, Canada are searching for a “person of interest” in the brutal murders of two street people on the weekend. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11775
More than 1,000 demonstrators have taken to the streets of Baltimore in one of the biggest protests the city of 620,000 has seen over the death of a black man in police custody. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11746
The sales of the Apple Watch were muted because it was available only from a small number of "upscale boutiques and department stores"—not even Apple's own stores. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11762
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A senate bill has been introduced to extend the Patriot Act. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11657
Hillary Clinton refused to privately testify about her email before the Senate Benghazi committee. As the investigation may continue until 2016, her campaign accused Republicans of playing politics. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11667
Bishop Robert Finn became the first bishop sanctioned by a Roman Catholic pope for covering up priestly child abuse or pedophilia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11666
Workers across Russia started a strike against unpaid wages, which according to the Russian statistical service, rose on April 1 to about 2.9 billion rubles (US$56 million), a 15% increase over the previous year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11649
Female marines are getting a fighting chance to become infantry officers, if physical standards are lowered for them. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11665
Police kill more whites than blacks – in absolute terms – but 49 percent of those killed by officers from May 2013 to April 2015 were white, while 30 percent were black. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11663
The arrest of Navinder Singh Sarao for causing the 2010 Flash Crash is spooking investors. As billionaire Mark Cuban said, how could "one random guy...impact billions of market value in seconds"? http://www.infobitt.com/b/11664
Six Baltimore Police officers were suspended with pay as investigators inquire how 25-year-old Freddy Grey died from severe spine injuries after being arrested. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11640
According to the FBI, law enforcement has become a target for hacktivists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11651
Saudi Arabia has resumed air strikes against Yemen less than 24 hours after announcing that it was halting its aerial bombing campaign after “achieving its military objectives.” http://www.infobitt.com/b/11641
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Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson gave the keynote speech at the RSA conference and outlined cyber security plans which emphasize cooperation with business and IT industry. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11622
The Senate reached an agreement allowing a vote to proceed on the confirmation of Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11618
Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver unveiled a balanced budget that posts a $1.4-billion surplus. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11634
The FBI detained security researcher Chris Roberts & confiscated his laptop for sending a sarcastic tweet, after ignoring his warnings of security weaknesses in airline electronics. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11635
A UK trader named Navinder Singh Sarao, 37, was charged with commodities fraud and manipulation for causing the "flash crash" of December 2010. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11632
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11606
Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries has recalled all of its products after two samples of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream tested positive for listeria. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11621
Yahoo disappoints as the company reported sales fell 4% in its quarterly earnings report. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11633
Italian prosecutors blamed boat captain Mohammed Ali Malek, 27, for the deaths of hundreds of illegal immigrants in a shipwreck. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11617
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a U.S. bishop who pleaded guilty to failing to report a suspected priestly child abuser. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11610
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U.S. Army paratroopers began military training for small units of the Ukrainian national guard despite Russian warnings that the action could destabilize the country's tenuous cease-fire. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11592
Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa now owns two Boston Marathon titles, after winning the race in windy and rainy conditions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11584
Rising tensions over the conflict in Yemen appear to be pitting the United States against Iran in a sensitive showdown in the Gulf of Aden. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11582
Somalia's al-Shabab Islamists have killed seven people, including four UN workers, by setting off a huge bomb which ripped through a staff bus in the north-eastern town of Garowe. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11591
The Nigerian Pension Commission says 5 billion Naira (~US$25M) are to be invested in infrastructural development. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11579
Microbeads are showing up by the millions in the Great Lakes. Microbeads are millimeter-sized abrasives that are used in beauty products like hand soaps. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11594
A 13-year-old student armed with a crossbow and machete killed a substitute teacher and wounded four other people at his high school in Barcelona, Spain, before being taken into custody. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11585
Six people in Minnesota are being held in a plot to join ISIS. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11605
Jeb Bush, who is expected to enter the race for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, is planning a 'policy trip' in June to Germany, Poland and Estonia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11593
Outstanding payments to Major Oil Marketers in Nigeria could lead to fuel scarcity again. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11578
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei aired some major disagreements with the U.S. and the West, saying the U.S. had created the "myth" of nuclear weapons to portray Iran as a threat. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11560
Four men are facing multiple charges after the early-morning shooting of a student on the campus of a small, private university in Charlotte. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11555
French customs officers say they have seized more than 2 tons of cocaine aboard a sailboat that was falsely flying an American flag in the Caribbean. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11557
Billionaire biz baron Elon Musk has confirmed the cause of the hard rocket landing was due to a slower than expected throttle valve response. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11558
Dusko Dabetic, a Serb sought by officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina for alleged war crimes committed during the Bosnian War, has been extradited by Turkey. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11551
The Department of Justice and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in the FBI Laboratory’s microscopic hair comparison unit gave flawed testimony over a more than two-decade period before 2000. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11545
In Finnish parliamentary elections, the Center Party won, followed by a "populist, anti-establishment" Finns Party who might resist coalition-building; next came the Conservatives and Social Democrats. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11561
According to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, Tim Tebow, the 27-year-old quarterback, will sign with the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11556
Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City federal building twenty years ago today, and several hundred people were at the site to commemorate the anniversary. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11550
As many as 950 people may have been on board the vessel that capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11540
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President Obama signed a $214 billion Medicare reform package that will overhaul the entitlement program funding – with strong backing from both political parties. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11464
Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signed House Bill 2258 into law. Kansas families receiving government assistance will no longer be able to use those funds to visit swimming pools, or see movies. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11459
After more than 4,100 orbits around the closest planet to the sun, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft will crash into Mercury’s crater-pocked surface on April 30th. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11463
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory reveals breakthrough research in artificial photosynthesis, a "revolutionary leap forward." http://www.infobitt.com/b/11465
The US Senate gave fast track authorization to President Obama so that he can negotiate a trade agreement with 11 other Pacific nations. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11438
A group of Indian technology and internet companies have pulled out of Facebook's Internet.org initiative, fearing it threatens the principle of "net neutrality". http://www.infobitt.com/b/11431
The Centers for Disease Control say high school and middle school kids now use more e-cigarettes than tobacco. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11460
Virginia election officials have decertified an electronic voting system after determining that it was possible for even unskilled people to surreptitiously hack into it and tamper with vote counts. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11436
Etyen Mahçupyan, a Turkish Armenian adviser to Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoğlu who has backed the claims of an Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, is no longer serving in the position. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11455
Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has urged caution over the government’s proposal to switch from the current parliamentary model to a full presidential system. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11425
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A 61-year-old mailman from Florida was detained by U.S. Capitol Police after piloting and landing a small helicopter on the west lawn of the Capitol in a staged protest of campaign finance laws. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11408
An Asiana Airlines jet came in too low on approach to Hiroshima airport, where it appeared to rip through a communications gantry and came to rest off the runway, injuring more than 20 passengers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11418
Former NFL Patriots star, Aaron Hernandez, has been found guilty of first-degree murder. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11404
The Bay County Sheriff's Office said a third person has been arrested in the case of an alleged spring break gang rape that was videotaped on a crowded stretch of Panama City Beach. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11413
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts got a first-hand look at life on the other side of the bench, reporting for jury duty in Rockville, Md. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11416
Michael Phelps told reporters he is using this week's Arena Pro Swim Series in Arizona as the first step on his road back to the Olympics in 2016. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11415
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has accused Pope Francis of “joining the conspiracy” of an “evil front” targeting Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). http://www.infobitt.com/b/11406
Police video dramatically shows a patrol car crashing directly and bodily into armed robber Mario Valencia, after Valencia's day-long crime spree. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11401
The European Union has filed a complaint against Google over its alleged anti-competitive behaviour. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11398
Researchers have discovered the oldest known stone tools in Kenya, dating to 3.3 million years ago. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11399
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The White House indicated that the president would be willing to sign the compromise version of a bill giving the legislatures a say in the potential Iran nuclear deal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11373
The White House announced that President Obama intends to remove Cuba from the American government’s list of nations that sponsor terrorism. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11371
Former Atlanta public school employees convicted this month of conspiring to cheat on state tests to earn raises and bonuses received jail time of between one and seven years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11377
The Supreme Court of Canada dealt the Harper government's tough-on-crime agenda a serious blow by striking down a law requiring mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11392
The New Horizons probe, which is bearing down on Pluto, has captured its first color image of the distant dwarf planet. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11389
After the decimation of his species by poachers, Sudan the rhino finds himself in an extremely precarious position: He is the last male northern white rhinoceros on the planet. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11360
At least 15 people have been killed in an attack by Al-Shabaab Islamist militants on a government complex in the Somali capital Mogadishu. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11375
A boat full of migrants heading for Italy flipped some 24 hours after departing Libya, killing as many as 400 in the Mediterranean. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11391
Police say a semi in Utah that couldn't see because of strong winds and low visibility slowed down and was hit by a car from behind. That accident triggered then several chain-reaction crashes. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11381
Vice-President Joe Biden said he has plenty of time to decide whether he will run for President. ‘I haven’t made up my mind on that. I have plenty of time to do that, in my view.’ http://www.infobitt.com/b/11378
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Liquid water may still exist on Mars, but it's likely around for only short periods of time and in very small amounts. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11336
A huge effort to map dark matter across the cosmos has released its first data. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11332
A former Blackwater security guard was sentenced to life in prison, and three others got 30-year terms in the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11331
Top officials from the U.S. and the African Union formalized a collaboration between the US Centers for Disease Control and its African counterparts to create the African Centers for Disease Control. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11341
Apple Watch first-day pre-orders have been estimated at 1 million. Shop attendants say that most people are ordering the cheaper model. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11307
Starting in 2016, Australia will deny welfare payments to parents who don't vaccinate their children. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11311
The Tulsa County deputy who shot and killed a man instead of using his Taser now faces a manslaughter charge. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11330
Drugs that were laced with Fentanyl are linked to over 70 deaths In Southeast Michigan. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11346
Turkey and Saudi Arabia, two nations with a long history of rivalry, are in high-level talks with the goal of forming a military alliance to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11314
The nearly seven-year legal saga of Jodi Arias ended as a judge sentenced her to life in prison for killing her ex-boyfriend. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11339
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The Associated Press confirms Hillary Rodham Clinton's official announcement that she is running for President. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11297
Police have arrested a woman accused of abandoning her quadriplegic son in the woods for several days to go visit her boyfriend in Maryland. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11298
A pair of Alabama college students have been accused of raping a woman in plain view of hundreds of spring-breakers on a Florida beach who did nothing to stop the attack. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11290
The United States is complaining to Moscow about a Russian fighter jet that intercepted a US reconnaissance plane in an "unsafe and unprofessional manner" earlier this week. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11270
Two organizations have been fined a whopping $48.5 million for conducting unnecessary medical tests linked with doctors who are responsible for referring patients to them for commission. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11275
Volkswagen's leadership is showing rifts. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11300
A group monitoring the Syrian war said at least nine people including five children were killed in a Syrian army air strike on a school in a rebel-held area of Aleppo. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11292
San Diego County is the first major California metropolis poised to turn the Pacific Ocean into an everyday source of drinking water. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11289
There is an instructable for creating a do-it-yourself (DIY) Apple II Watch. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11293
Tech firms are threatening to leave France over mass surveillance. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11294
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Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal has eaten into poll ratings on issues like trust and honesty. For the first time, a new poll shows the GOP presidential field edging ahead of hypothetical matches in key states. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11167
Authorities in South Carolina have released dash cam video in connection with the fatal shooting of Walter Scott, but the footage does not show the actual shooting. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11164
The PLO said it would not provide military support for any offensive against ISIS control of the Palestinian Yarmouk camp on the outskirts of Damascus. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11174
A state Senate panel passed a bill that would strengthen California's vaccination requirements, and would eliminate some exemptions for vaccination. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11152
The New York Daily News is reporting that Hillary Clinton will announce her candidacy for President on Sunday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11173
A new study says that brain scans can predict autism outcome. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11171
Two women who were part of a group that repeatedly searched Mississippi's capital city for black people to assault were sentenced to multiple years in federal prison. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11170
According to the U.S. Justice Dept, a man was arrested at O'Hare Airport in Chicago after returning from Turkey. Officials said he has been the subject of a federal investigation since last summer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11169
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran's nuclear program is reached. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11168
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was hit with a $1.6 billion fine for its role in a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11166
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Jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial have found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 counts, including 17 that carry a possible penalty of death. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11116
Iran dispatched a destroyer and another naval ship to waters off Yemen, raising the stakes amid a Saudi-led air campaign. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11121
NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan said, "I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and...definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years." http://www.infobitt.com/b/11101
Jack Nicklaus, 75, the six-time Masters champ, stole the show when he fired a hole-in-one on the 123-yard No. 4, his shot off the tee spinning back into the cup after landing high on the green. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11129
Mandatory residential water restrictions in California have focused attention on water required for crops. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11094
Iraqi government officials said more than 200 Yazidis abducted by the self-proclaimed Islamic State in August were released, in what was characterized as a rare act of goodwill by the violent extremist group. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11124
AT&T has reached a $25 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over stolen customer data from three international call centers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11100
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, was re-elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11123
After talks with his visiting Turkish counterpart, Iran's president said Turkey and Iran agree on the need for a political solution to end Yemen's war, which has raised tensions between them. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11088
Springfield, Mo., voters repealed protections against discrimination for the city's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens by a slim margin. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11119
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A South Carolina officer has been charged with murder after a video surfaced that appears to show him shooting an unarmed man who was running away. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11069
U.S. officials say Russian hackers behind the damaging cyber intrusion of the State Department used that perch to penetrate sensitive parts of the White House computer system. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11071
The U.S. State Department is closing in on a decision to recommend removal of Cuba from its list of countries accused of terrorism, days before President Obama attends a summit with Raul Castro. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11081
In Tikrit, Iraq, forensic teams began exhuming mass graves from up to eight mass burial sites suspected to contain the massacred bodies of some 1,700 captured Iraqi Shia soldiers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11056
Google is under fire by consumer groups filing a complaint with the FTC for a channel which serves ads to children on its YouTube kids app. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11074
The U.S. government predicts an ongoing glut of crude oil will give drivers this summer the lowest seasonal gasoline prices in six years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11077
A private plane returning from the NCAA basketball tournament in Indianapolis crashed in an Illinois field, killing all 7 people on board. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11080
Stocks were lower at the close of the market in anticipation of a weak earning season, with the NASDAQ index down 7.08 points, or 0.1%. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11070
Widespread power outages hit across Washington, D.C., affecting government and privately-owned buildings and the city's public transit rail system intermittently early in the afternoon. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11059
The United States is speeding up arms supplies and bolstering intelligence sharing with a Saudi-led alliance bombing a militia aligned with Iran in neighboring Yemen. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11076
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Kurds are uniting to build Kurdistan in defiance of the self-proclaimed Islamic State [aka ISIS, Daesh]. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11024
Eight family members, including seven children between the ages of 6 and 16, were found dead in a Maryland home, possibly due to carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11036
The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will begin deliberations tomorrow. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11032
The University of Virginia fraternity at the center of Rolling Stone's retracted article "A Rape on Campus" plans to sue the magazine for what it called "reckless" reporting that hurt its reputation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11038
Retired Turkish General Bilgin Balanlı, who was among the 236 suspects acquitted in the “Balyoz” (Sledgehammer) coup-plot case, has said the U.S. or CIA could have had a finger in the coup case. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11016
89 year-old B.B. King was hospitalized near his Las Vegas home for a diabetes-related emergency – a condition he's lived with for more than two decades. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11040
Utah's governor signed a bill bringing back the firing squad as a method of execution. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11014
The American National Security Agency (NSA) and British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intercepted millions of Yahoo webcam images. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11029
Stock markets rose gently on easing fears of interest rate hikes and a silver lining of a weak jobs report with the NASDAQ up 30 points (.62%). http://www.infobitt.com/b/11034
After a six-month suspension, legendary swimmer Michael Phelps will make his return to the pool at the Arena Pro Swim Series event in Mesa, Arizona, beginning April 15. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11041
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The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has set up a "multilateral forum of trusted partners" to share information on suspected extremists travelling abroad outside the Five Eyes spy network. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11006
Rolling Stone magazine posted a 12,000-word report retracting the now-notorious University of Virginia rape story, admitting failures at virtually every level, from reporting to editing to fact-checking. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11007
Seeking to quell default fears, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Greece "intends to meet all obligations to all its creditors, ad infinitum." http://www.infobitt.com/b/11012
Taxi drivers drank pesticide in a mass suicide attempt at a protest in Beijing, China. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11011
The Washington Post describes the role of Saddam Hussein's former military commanders and intelligence agents in the rise of the group known as Islamic State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10992
The 20-year-old son of Kenya's Interior Ministry, a law student, was one of the four mass murderers of 148 people at Nairobi University. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11013
Even the most moderate U.S. congressional Republicans (and a lot of Democrats) are highly wary of the proposed framework agreement with Iran, and opinion polls so far are inconclusive. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10981
The operator of a revenge porn site was sentenced to 18 years in prison and fined $10,000. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11005
Russia and the Red Cross asked the U.N. Security Council to call for a "humanitarian pause" in the civil war in Yemen. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10982
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President Obama called the historic nuclear framework agreement between the United States and Iran "a good deal." http://www.infobitt.com/b/10895
Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a 'fix' for the religious freedom law. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10906
Gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a university in Kenya and killed at least 147 people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10905
Germanwings co-pilot Andrew Lubitz had researched suicide, medical treatment and safety of cockpit doors in days leading to his intentional crashing into the Alps. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10879
A fishing trawler sank in freezing waters off Russia's Far East, killing at least 56 people and setting off a frantic search for survivors that led to dozens being rescued alive. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10892
Tuti Yusupova, who is claimed to be the world's oldest ever person, died this week at the age of 135 in Uzbekistan. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10881
Two New York City women have been arrested in an alleged conspiracy to build a bomb and wage a "terrorist attack" in the United States. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10893
The Washington, D.C., district attorney stopped opposing a federal court ruling allowing gun owners to apply for concealed carry licenses. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10885
An underground fire in central London is still burning after 24 hours. Around 5,000 people were evacuated as a precaution. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10904
[del] In Nairobi, Kenya, Al Shabab militants attacked a university, killing at least 14 people, clashing with guards, and forcing their way into a dormitory. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10878
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Eleven former public school employees in Atlanta were found guilty of racketeering in what is thought to be the biggest cheating scandal in American education. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10838
The RCMP arrested six people in the greater Montreal and Toronto areas for running a Canada-wide human-smuggling / prostitution ring. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10841
Storm “Niklas”, one of the strongest of recent years, caused the death of at least three people, while trains and several flights have been cancelled across Germany as the storm rages. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10824
McDonald's, which has been struggling with workers' protests and sagging sales, plans to increase pay for some 90,000 workers starting in July. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10844
The BBC summarized some of the top pranks from around the world, including trampoline-aisles in supermarkets, Simon Cowell's face on the British five pound notes, and CERN discovering The Force. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10842
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has vowed that the government will not tolerate demonstrations in the street “whoever they are and whatever their intent is.” http://www.infobitt.com/b/10834
California Governor Jerry Brown, acting in the face of a devastating drought, ordered the first statewide mandatory water restrictions, directing cities and communities to reduce usage by 25 percent. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10839
US Senator Bob Menendez, a democrat from New Jersey, has been charged with corruption. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10836
Apple announces the April 1 release of its $1 million Apple Elitist Apple Watch. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10827
Astronomers have found hundreds of baby galaxy clusters and they have the photos to prove it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10840
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Saudi-Arabian troops are continuing to clash with Yemeni forces, days after Saudi airstrikes on Yemeni targets. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10810
On the heels of Indiana's controversial religious freedom law, Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval to a similar measure — and the governor says he'll sign it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10808
Negotiators from the United States, Iran and five other nations extended their deadline until Wednesday as they struggled to agree on a preliminary accord to limit Tehran’s nuclear program. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10806
A one-thousand-year-old medieval garlic and bile potion kills the MRSA superbug. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10811
Indiana Republican Governor Mike Pence vowed that the state would alter a religious liberties bill that has drawn widespread criticism. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10804
Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari is set to defeat Goodluck Jonathan, the first time in the nation's history when an incumbent did not win reelection. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10798
The Github distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is linked to the Chinese government. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10813
Canada voted 142-129 to extend its Anti-ISIS mission for up to a full year, and also authorized bombing runs against targets belonging to Daesh in Iraq and Syria. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10784
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In a cliffhanger of an election, early returns showed Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari almost even. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10764
The governor calls the backlash against Indiana's "religious freedom" law "shameless and reckless". http://www.infobitt.com/b/10748
With the prospect of a default looming in Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is preparing to meet next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10767
A man has been shot dead by a security guard at the headquarters of the National Security Agency as two men tried to ram the gates. The other was seriously injured. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10749
The European Union has joined the chorus of criticism – echoing concerns of US lawmakers – against Turkey's controversial internal security law, citing the need to ensure universal human rights and freedoms. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10740
Humanitarian workers said an air strike killed at least 40 people at a camp for displaced people in north Yemen in an attack which apparently targeted nearby Houthi fighters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10771
Several music megastars team up to launch a streaming service called 'Tidal.' http://www.infobitt.com/b/10772
CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla would unveil a new product that's "not a car"—and there's a strong case that it will be a large battery that can power homes or businesses. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10775
Nuclear talks with Iran appear to be at a stalemate as the deadline approaches. A US official says there is a "50-50" chance of a deal as diplomats warn of "significant differences." http://www.infobitt.com/b/10763
An official said Guinea closed its border with Sierra Leone as part of new efforts to stamp out Ebola. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10773
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In French local elections, Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right party ousted the ruling Socialists from 61 départements (counties), including traditional left-wing bastions in the industrial north. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10734
A major 7.5 earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea, but a tsunami warning was canceled and no damage is known to have been done so far. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10733
The 'black box' reveals that the suicidal Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz urged the pilot of their plane to take a bathroom break. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10722
Antarctica may have experienced its hottest day ever on March 24 after the continent hit 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit (17 degrees Celsius) for the first time. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10732
Boko Haram extremists are advancing on Nigeria's northeastern city of Bauchi, threatening to disrupt the vote of a critical presidential election that is still taking place in some areas of the state. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10714
In a significant development in talks aimed at securing a preliminary nuclear deal, several officials told Reuters Tehran had indicated a willingness to accept fewer than 6,000 nuclear centrifuges. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10711
Researchers have come across a shocking activity taking place off the coast of Cape Town in South Africa. They have discovered seals going after and consuming mid-sized to large sharks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10729
The threat of ground incursion builds as Saudi Arabia deploys thousands of troops, ground vehicles and tanks to its southern border with Yemen. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10699
Air Canada Flight 624 crash lands in Halifax, Canada, but with no critical injuries reported. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10705
The history of the evolution of early humans has been challenged. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10728
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Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff announced that he has ordered his company to reduce travel and sales programs in the US state of Indiana in protest over their religious freedom law recently passed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10570
Scientists urge human embryo modifications must be halted, citing the risks associated with unforeseen consequences of those modifications getting passed on to future generations. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10591
Warplanes from Saudi Arabia and their allies have launched an attack against Shia Muslim rebels fighting to oust Yemen's president. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10555
NASA has announced a plan to put a rock from an asteroid in orbit around the moon. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10577
A French prosecutor has said the co-pilot of the Germanwings flight deliberately crashed the plane. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10557
A team of scientists has discovered that shelves in the West Antarctic are shrinking a lot faster than they realized. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10580
The first HIV clinic in a rural, midwestern community grappling with an abrupt HIV epidemic is set to open in Austin, Indiana — the outbreak's apparent epicenter. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10583
John F. Nash Jr. (of "A Beautiful Mind" fame) and Louis Nirenberg have been awarded the Abel Prize for lifetime achievement in mathematical research. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10593
NCAA president Mark Emmert said that the governing body for college sports is concerned about an Indiana law that could allow businesses to discriminate against gay people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10585
Author Bill Browder's "Red Notice", which recounts events of tax fraud and murder in Russia, is getting international political attention after being a best-seller for six straight weeks. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10589
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American warplanes began airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Tikrit for the first time after more than three weeks of remaining on the sidelines. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10538
An investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder from the Germanwings aircraft indicated one pilot left the cockpit before the plane’s descent and was unable to get back in. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10527
The Army announced U.S. soldier and former Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl has been charged with desertion and could face life in confinement over his disappearance from an outpost in 2009. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10537
Republican Party leaders asked the Obama administration to specify when it first learned that Hillary Clinton's pledge to disclose all donors to her family's charities had been "repeatedly violated." http://www.infobitt.com/b/10550
In a 5-4 split—with the progressive wing winning—the Supreme Court vacated the decision of an Alabama judicial panel, ordering a re-examination of what appears to be a race-based redistricting plan. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10549
New York’s Attorney General says he will take “appropriate action” if the personal data of RadioShack customers is included as part of a bankruptcy sale. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10534
House Republicans narrowly passed a budget that will boost defense spending, following a rift within the party that led GOP leadership to propose two competing plans. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10545
The journal Nature Genetics announced that the DNA of "an entire nation"—Iceland, as represented by 10,000 different Icelanders—has been effectively deduced. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10551
An analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that Ebola is more deadly for young children than adults. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10541
A former University of Oklahoma fraternity member caught on video leading a racist chant said he's deeply sorry for his role in the incident and upset and embarrassed that he failed to stop it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10544
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A Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of a suspect. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10517
U.S. officials said Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment near its border with Yemen, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening Yemeni conflict. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10512
Senator Ted Cruz, recently-declared Republican presidential candidate, said that he will be getting insurance through an Obamacare exchange, as the law requires, since his wife is quitting her job. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10513
Numerous telecommunication companies have filed lawsuits in response to the FCC's net neutrality ruling. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10509
Controversial religious freedom legislation that could protect business owners who don't want to provide services for same-sex couples is poised to become law in Indiana. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10516
Amazon is not pleased with the pace by which the FAA is addressing the commercial use of drones, and it let the public know in a congressional hearing today. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10515
A debate over "safe spaces"—whether they are infantilizing and whether they represent a threat to free speech—is heating up, and was kicked off by a Times column by Judith Shulevitz. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10514
A plane has crashed in the French Alps. Facts from many sources can be found at http://www.infobitt.com/b/10499
Twitter has teamed up with FourSquare for precise location services for tweets. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10510
Facebook—a vital source of traffic for news publishers—may begin hosting news content itself. The company has been talking with at least a half-dozen news publishers about using their content. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10507
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An Afghan woman, brutally murdered on video by a mob believing the false accusation that she burned a Koran, has become a rallying point for women's rights activists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10494
The Charlottesville Police Department said an investigation found no credible evidence to support claims from a former student that she was raped by men during a party at the University of Virginia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10493
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under continued criticism, now from White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10495
Before Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars occupied the inner solar system, there may have been a previous generation of planets that were bigger and more numerous – but were ultimately doomed by Jupiter. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10492
Texas Senator Ted Cruz kicked off his 2016 presidential campaign with a speech at the conservative Liberty University. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10473
The world’s biggest asteroid impact zone has been discovered spanning 400 kilometers in Australia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10491
A total of 39 people have died in Turkey from the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10471
Singapore mourns the death of its first Prime Minster, Lee Kuan Yew, who has passed away at the age of 91. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10468
Google plans to bring the same sort of targeted ads it is famous for on the Internet to the TV via its Google Fiber. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10483
The first girl to win the Little League World Series asks a university to forgive its student who apologized for a sexist taunt, but they won't reinstate him. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10488
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