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• Golden Krust Bakery Founder Who Was 'the Perfect American Success Story' Reportedly Commits Suicide in His Factory

  03-12-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  The Jamaican Prime Minister shared his condolences
  
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• New York financier killed in Costa Rica shark attack

  03-12-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  A New York financier has been killed in a shark attack while scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica, the country's Environment Ministry announced. Rohina Bhandari, 49, a senior director at WL Ross & Co. LL, was identified by friends as the American tourist who was fatally attacked last Thursday. She was dragged from the Pacific Ocean after sustaining severe bites to her legs but could not be saved. Her 26-year-old diving instructor was also badly injured. The male instructor, who was consc
  
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• Footage of dog being rescued from frozen creek will thaw your ice cold heart

  03-12-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  2017 is in dire need of heartwarming tales, so here's one about a dog that fell into a frozen creek and was successfully rescued by a team of firefighters. Last week, Denis Pilon, a fire chief at Swift Current Fire Department in Canada, shared a video on Facebook of several firefighters and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police rescuing someone's pet dog.  SEE ALSO: This add-on will make your truck a snowmobile monster "STAY OFF THE ICE!!" Pilon wrote, explaining that the dog wa
  
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• Why HBO Passed On The Lord Of The Rings TV Show

  03-12-2017 23:24 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the biggest pieces of TV news this year came in the past month: A Lord of the Rings TV show is on the way. Amazon Studios picked it up, reportedly paying a quarter of a billion dollars for the rights alone even before production costs. The show was reportedly being shopped around to multiple networks before Amazon won it. Among the others reportedly interested was Game of Thrones network HBO, and now the network's CEO has explained why his company did not have much interest in getting the
  
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• Orrin Hatch comments on Chip health program at heart of social media storm

  03-12-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  Orrin Hatch speaks about Chip.A social media storm blew up on Sunday after a TV host suggested the Utah Republican Orrin Hatch thought children and pregnant women who receive federal healthcare assistance did not deserve such help because they “won’t lift a finger” to help themselves.Joe Scarborough, the former Republican congressman and TV host who shared Hatch’s remarks on Twitter, was accused of taking them out of context.
  
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• Drake Appears Panicked After He’s Caught On Camera Pouring A Drink, And It’s Hilarious

  03-12-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  Love him or hate him, you can’t help but laugh at Drake sometimes.
  
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• Man detained by ICE after speaking with news reporters

  03-12-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — A Mexican man who spoke with reporters about his longtime girlfriend's immigration arrest has now been detained himself, and he says agents told him it's because he was in the newspaper.
  
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• Hideo Kojima, Guillermo Del Toro, And A7X Guitarist Confirmed For The Game Awards

  03-12-2017 22:37 via gamespot.com
  
  With just a few days to go before this year's Game Awards, some of the event's celebrity talent in gaming and other circles has been revealed. As revealed by the show's Twitter account, Metal Gear and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima will be a presenter at the show, as will Kojima's friend and collaborator, the film director Guillermo del Toro.Kojima and del Toro were working together on a new Silent Hill game before it was canceled. del Toro, who directed Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy, is a c
  
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• Dispute over New York parking spot turns deadly

  03-12-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  A driver plowed a car into half a dozen people during a fight over a parking spot outside a hookah bar in the New York City borough of Queens in the early hours of Sunday morning, killing one and injuring the others before fleeing, police said.During the dispute, the driver got out of a white Hyundai Sonata and stabbed two people in the torso, the New York Police Department said in a statement.
  
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• Brock Turner, Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Woman, Asks for New Trial

  03-12-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  He only served three months of a six-month jail sentence.
  
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• Senate considering obstruction of justice charges against Donald Trump, senior Democrat says

  03-12-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  A top Democrat says that a Senate committee investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election is looking into potential obstruction of justice charges against President Donald Trump.Senator Dianne Feinstein, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that a group was “putting together of a case of obstruction of justice” against the President, during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.The comments came just after a former top White Hous
  
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• Florida Teen Reunited With Parents After Disappearing With A High School Soccer Coach

  03-12-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  The parents of a Florida teen who went missing with a high school soccer coach spoke out Saturday about their emotional reunion
  
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• Storm chaser captures extraordinary images

  03-12-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  While most people head for cover at the first sign of a storm, this man runs straight toward it. Storm chaser and father of three Mike Olbinski is addicted to photographing extreme weather and regularly takes on tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms in a bid to capture extraordinary images. The photographer, from Phoenix, often travels hundreds of miles a day to reach the eye of a storm. He first became hooked on the unusual hobby almost a decade ago, following the birth of his daughte
  
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• U.S. quits talks on global migration pact over sovereignty clash

  03-12-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States has quit negotiations on a voluntary pact to deal with migration because the global approach to the issue was "simply not compatible with U.S. sovereignty," said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.In a statement released late on Saturday, the U.S. mission to the U.N. noted that President Donald Trump made the decision.
  
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• The Last Jedi's Female Cast Pays Tribute To Carrie Fisher

  03-12-2017 21:04 via gamespot.com
  
  The cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi took the stage for a press conference in Los Angeles this morning, using the opportunity to pay tribute to Carrie Fisher, who passed away last year after finishing filming on this movie."I watched TV and film obsessively from such a young age, but [she] stayed with me throughout my formative years," said Gwendoline Christie, who plays Captain Phasma in the new Star Wars movies (not to mention Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones)."She's really interesting, she
  
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• The Last Jedi's Female Cast Pay Tribute To Carrie Fisher

  03-12-2017 21:04 via gamespot.com
  
  The cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi took the stage for a press conference in Los Angeles this morning, using the opportunity to pay tribute to Carrie Fisher, who passed away last year after finishing filming on this movie."I watched TV and film obsessively from such a young age, but [she] stayed with me throughout my formative years," said Gwendoline Christie, who plays Captain Phasma in the new Star Wars movies (not to mention Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones)."She's really interesting, she
  
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• Minister Sparks Outrage After Asking People To Pray For Prince George To Be Gay

  03-12-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  An Anglican minister is feeling the heat after a blog post in which he urged congregants to “pray in the privacy of their hearts” for Prince George to be gay went viral.
  
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• The U.S. Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's Capital Would Threaten Mideast Peace, Abbas Says

  03-12-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  President Abbas said the recognition could hurt the White House's peace efforts
  
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• Crissy Teigen Dresses Up Her Baby Bump in Curve-Hugging Gown

  03-12-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  Chrissy Teigen’s lovin’ her bun in the oven!
  
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• German police say Potsdam explosive package not 'terrorism'

  03-12-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  German authorities investigating the delivery of a package containing powerful firecrackers, wires and nails to a pharmacy near a Christmas market in the city of Potsdam said on Sunday it was criminal activity rather than "terrorism."Karl-Heinz Schroeter, interior minister of the state of Brandenburg where Potsdam is located, told a news conference criminals were behind the package which they had used to try to extort millions of euros from logistics firm DHL, which had delivered the package.Sta
  
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• Mitch McConnell Walks Back Roy Moore Criticism

  03-12-2017 20:38 via yahoo.com
  Asked by @GStephanopoulos if he believes Roy Moore should be in the Senate, @SenateMajLdr says, “I’m going to let the people of Alabama make the call.”
  
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• Senator: It's time for US military families to leave SKorea

  03-12-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that he believes it's time to start moving the families of American military personnel out of South Korea as North Korea pushes the U.S. closer to a military conflict.
  
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• We are all this opossum who snuck into a liquor store and got drunk

  03-12-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  2017 has taken a toll on all of us – human and otherwise.  An opossum in Florida snuck into a liquor store and proceeded to finish a bottle of bourbon. It has since made a full recovery, with no hangover. SEE ALSO: This hamster wearing an 'It' mask is too cute to be scary Store owner Cash Moore told a local paper that the opossum likely entered through the rafters and knocked down the bottle. When Moore found her, it was empty, and the opossum, according to a local wildlife expert, "w
  
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• Trump's Labor Law Enforcer Freezes Worker-Friendly Reforms Made Under Obama

  03-12-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  During the Barack Obama years, the National Labor Relations Board took a broad view of worker rights, expanding protections for employees who try to join a union or come together to improve their working conditions.
  
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• The 6 Most Underrated Games Of 2017 - Reboot Season 2 Finale

  03-12-2017 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Let's get this out of the way upfront: 2017 may be one of the best years for video game releases, ever. Fans of every genre had something to play throughout the months, and plenty of games drew in players who might not otherwise have tried them. It was an embarrassment of riches, and Mike and Jake had a blast covering them over the course of 2017.So today, on the final episode of Reboot's second season, the duo wanted to share the games they didn't think were talked about enough. Whether because
  
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• Supreme Court to hear arguments on bakery case

  03-12-2017 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Legal panel weighs in on high profile religious liberty issue.
  
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• Time running out to avert North Korea war, White House warns

  03-12-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  Time is running out to avoid a war with North Korea, the White House national security has warned, after it emerged that the US is scoping out sites for missile interception batteries following the latest ballistic missile tests from Pyongyang. “We’re in a race to be able to solve this problem,” H.R McMaster told Fox News during a weekend defence forum. “There are ways to address this problem short of armed conflict, but it is a race because he’s getting closer and
  
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• Feinstein: 'We are beginning to see' an obstruction of justice case against Trump

  03-12-2017 19:53 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says it is becoming increasingly clear that President Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey represents an obstruction of justice.
  
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• US lawmaker: likelihood of 'preemptive war' with North Korea grows

  03-12-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  A top Republican lawmaker warned Sunday that the United States moves closer to preemptive war with North Korea every time Pyongyang carries out a missile or nuclear test.North Korea's test launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile has sent tensions soaring once again on the Korean peninsula, after a two month lull.
  
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• 11 gifts every home cook wants but can't afford

  03-12-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Cooking can be an expensive hobby. Chances are, if you know a passionate home cook in your life, they're likely yearning for a new gadget or tool to add to their home setup. But quality kitchen accessories are not cheap, so most home cooks make do with the hand-me-down or knockoff items that will inevitably ruin a meal or two. SEE ALSO: Gifts ideas for every kind of Star Wars geek If you need some helpful recommendations for the lovable foodie in your life, check out the list below for some clas
  
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• Met Opera Investigating Sexual Abuse Allegation Against Conductor James Levine

  03-12-2017 18:45 via yahoo.com
  He is accused of sexual abuse against a 15-year-old boy beginning in 1985
  
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• Deer Hunter Saves Drowning Buck in Partially Frozen Lake

  03-12-2017 18:29 via yahoo.com
  He spotted the deer while on a nearby road.
  
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• Kate Steinle Verdict Reignites Sanctuary City Debate

  03-12-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  Sanctuary city debate back in the spotlight following the acquittal of an illegal immigrant once accused in the murder of Kate Steinle.
  
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• Pizza Delivery Driver Kills Robber During Shootout

  03-12-2017 17:59 via yahoo.com
  An Imo`s Pizza delivery driver in St. Louis killed an armed robber after police say he was shot at on the job.
  
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• Top Democrat Says Trump May Have Obstructed Justice, Based On His Own Tweets

  03-12-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday that she believed there might be an obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump based in part on the president’s own tweets related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.
  
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• 'It Was Built a Little Too Well.' Watch a Demolition Team Try (and Fail) to Bring Down the Pontiac Silverdome

  03-12-2017 17:41 via yahoo.com
  "It was built a little too well"
  
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• Here's how much the Mueller investigation has reportedly cost so far

  03-12-2017 17:35 via yahoo.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is racking up quite a bill.
  
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• US-backed Syria Kurdish force says east Euphrates free of IS

  03-12-2017 17:27 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's main Kurdish forces declared Sunday that they have successfully cleared areas east of the Euphrates river of Islamic State militants, with help from the U.S.-led coalition and Russian forces.
  
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• Trump fumes about Comey, Clinton and the FBI after Flynn guilty plea

  03-12-2017 17:26 via yahoo.com
  President Trump spent part of his weekend on Twitter fuming over coverage of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI.
  
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• Saudi-led air strikes support Yemen's Saleh as he shifts against Houthis

  03-12-2017 17:25 via yahoo.com
  A Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes on Yemen's capital, Sanaa, local media said, lending support to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh after he signaled he was abandoning his support of the Iran-aligned Houthis - a shift that could pave the way to end three years of war.In a speech on Saturday, Saleh appeared to indicate the end of his loyalists' alliance with Houthi fighters.Residents on Sunday, however, said a coalition air strike overnight killed 12 Yemeni civilians in one fami
  
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• Christmas market scare was blackmail, not terror: German police

  03-12-2017 17:25 via yahoo.com
  Those responsible for a suspicious package that prompted the evacuation of the Christmas market in Potsdam were attempting blackmail, not terrorism, German authorities said Sunday."It was not an act of terror but a common crime," said Heinrich Juncker, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation.The device, discovered late Friday at a pharmacy just off the market in central Potsdam, a picturesque city near Berlin, revived fears of a repeat of last year's deadly terror attack at a Christmas mar
  
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• Protestors rally in Utah against Trump's expected Federal-lands reduction

  03-12-2017 16:59 via yahoo.com
  Thousands descended on the state capitol in Utah this weekend to protest an expected announcement from Pres. Trump tomorrow to dramatically shrink the federally-protected lands of two national monuments.
  
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• Missing Florida teen found in upstate New York by police

  03-12-2017 16:57 via yahoo.com
  17-year-old Caitlyn Frisina and her family returned home to Florida today after the teen disappeared with her 27-year-old school soccer coach, traveling over a thousand miles before being apprehended by police in Syracuse NY.
  
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• Trump’s lawyer claims responsibility for the President’s problematic tweet

  03-12-2017 16:55 via yahoo.com
  The tweet sparked an uproar because it implied that President Trump was aware that Michael Flynn had lied to the FBI, and then asked FBI Director James Comey to go easy on his former National Security Adviser.
  
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• Cops Find Body of Missing 3-Year-Old After Mom's Live-in Boyfriend is Charged

  03-12-2017 16:50 via yahoo.com
  She was missing since Monday.
  
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• Yemen's Houthis says it has fired a missile towards Abu Dhabi nuclear plant

  03-12-2017 16:46 via yahoo.com
  Yemen’s Houthi group has fired a cruise missile towards a nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the group’s television service reported on its website on Sunday, without providing any evidence. Pascale Davies reports.
  
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• Pope Francis defends his Rohingya silence in Myanmar

  03-12-2017 16:46 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis on Saturday defended his strategy of avoiding the term "Rohingya" in Myanmar, saying he believed he got his message across to both the civilian and military leadership without shutting down dialogue. Scarlett Cvitanovich reports.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan says will not succumb to U.S. 'blackmail' over court case

  03-12-2017 16:24 via yahoo.com
  Turkish President Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would not succumb to "blackmail" by the United States in the trial of a Turkish bank executive being charged with evading U.S. sanctions on Iran.Already strained ties between NATO allies Ankara and Washington have deteriorated as Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, who is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors, detailed in court a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions.
  
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• Half of Yazidis kidnapped by IS still missing

  03-12-2017 16:24 via yahoo.com
  Around half of the Yazidis kidnapped by the Islamic State group three years ago are still missing, Iraqi Kurdish officials said Sunday.In 2014, IS jihadists killed thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar and kidnapped thousands of women and girls from the religious minority to abuse them as sex slaves.Kurdish fighters backed by the US-led coalition against IS captured Sinjar from the jihadists in November 2015 before Iraqi security forces took control of the region in October.
  
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• Missing Teen Found With Soccer Coach has 'Emotional Reunion' With Family

  03-12-2017 16:20 via yahoo.com
  She had been missing for a week.
  
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