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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2015-03-23 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-03-24 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-03-25 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-03-29 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-03-30 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-05 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-06 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-07 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-08 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-09 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-12 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-14 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-15 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-16 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-19 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-20 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-22 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-26 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-27 Infobitt Late Edition

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.
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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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2015-04-28 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-29 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-04-30 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-05-03 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-05-04 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-05-05 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-05-06 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-06-02 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-06-04 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-06-23 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-06-24 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-06-25 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-06-28 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-06-29 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-06-30 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-07-02 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-07-05 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-07-06 Infobitt Late Edition

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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2015-07-07 Infobitt Late Edition

10 top stories in less than two minutes. Released Sunday through Thursday evenings. Your news reader is Tim Chambers. From InfoBitt.

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