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When I enter the server list or press the refresh button, no servers load and I get this in the log:

[16:34:17] [Client thread/ERROR]: Couldn't load server list
java.io.IOException: Root tag must be a named compound tag
at dx.a(SourceFile:75) ~[dx.class:?]
at dx.a(SourceFile:60) ~[dx.class:?]
at bdf.a(SourceFile:29) [bdf.class:?]
at bdf.<init>(SourceFile:22) [bdf.class:?]
at azh.b(SourceFile:63) [azh.class:?]
at axu.a(SourceFile:376) [axu.class:?]
at ave.a(SourceFile:818) [ave.class:?]
at aya.a(SourceFile:218) [aya.class:?]
at axu.a(SourceFile:350) [axu.class:?]
at aya.a(SourceFile:468) [aya.class:?]
at axu.k(SourceFile:413) [axu.class:?]
at axu.p(SourceFile:390) [axu.class:?]
at ave.s(SourceFile:1497) [ave.class:?]
at ave.av(SourceFile:888) [ave.class:?]
at ave.a(SourceFile:325) [ave.class:?]
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124) [Main.class:?]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:131) [launchwrapper-1.7.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:27) [launchwrapper-1.7.jar:?]
[16:34:18] [Client thread/ERROR]: Couldn't load server list
java.io.IOException: Root tag must be a named compound tag
at dx.a(SourceFile:75) ~[dx.class:?]
at dx.a(SourceFile:60) ~[dx.class:?]
at bdf.a(SourceFile:29) [bdf.class:?]
at azh.b(SourceFile:64) [azh.class:?]
at axu.a(SourceFile:376) [axu.class:?]
at ave.a(SourceFile:818) [ave.class:?]
at aya.a(SourceFile:218) [aya.class:?]
at axu.a(SourceFile:350) [axu.class:?]
at aya.a(SourceFile:468) [aya.class:?]
at axu.k(SourceFile:413) [axu.class:?]
at axu.p(SourceFile:390) [axu.class:?]
at ave.s(SourceFile:1497) [ave.class:?]
at ave.av(SourceFile:888) [ave.class:?]
at ave.a(SourceFile:325) [ave.class:?]
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124) [Main.class:?]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:131) [launchwrapper-1.7.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:27) [launchwrapper-1.7.jar:?]

looks like your servers.dat file is corrupted.

restore an older version or delete it and start over.