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• Firefighter Adopts Baby Girl He Delivered on The Job after Saving Her Life

  27-12-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  Firefighter Marc Hadden had saved dozens of life with the department in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, but on Nov. 14, 2011, he found himself delivering a baby for the very first time after a woman called 911 complaining of abdominal pain
  
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• Dollar General To Create 400 New Jobs In Texas As It Expands In Rural America

  27-12-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  Dollar General, a favorite spot for household staples across the country, is expanding even further.
  
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• Federal murder complaint filed against postal worker

  27-12-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal criminal complaint Wednesday stated that a disgruntled Ohio postal worker murdered two U.S. government employees for performing their official duties.
  
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• 26 Photos That Show The Natural Disasters Humanity Faced In 2017

  27-12-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  For those in the United States, 2017 will probably always be associated with the record hurricanes that caused widespread damage in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.
  
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• No US pressure behind Guatemala embassy move to Jerusalem: FM

  27-12-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  The United States did not pressure Guatemala into announcing it will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the Central American state's foreign minister said Wednesday.There wasn't any overture from the United States to make this happen.This was a decision by the government, the state and the foreign policy of Guatemala," the minister, Sandra Jovel, told a news conference in Guatemala City.
  
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• The Type A's Must-Have Guide To Getting Organized In 2018

  27-12-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  The holidays can definitely be a time of gluttony, and we don’t mean just the food.
  
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• Disneyland Theme Park Loses Power On One Of The Busiest Days Of The Year

  27-12-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  A power outage at Disneyland took some of the magic out of the day for thousands of guests on Wednesday.
  
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• Police: Phoenix baby bent in half by father has died

  27-12-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  A six-month-old child died after his father reportedly bent him in half to keep him from crying.
  
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• 2 Children Among 4 Dead in Basement in Troy After Act of 'Savagery,' Police Say

  27-12-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Two young children and their mother were among the four family members found killed in an act of “savagery” this week inside their basement apartment in the upstate New York city of Troy
  
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• The Latest: No arrest after passenger got on wrong flight

  27-12-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a Tokyo-bound flight that returned to Los Angeles (all times local):
  
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• How One Dying Man Changed The Debate About The Tax Bill

  27-12-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― What mattered was that he showed up — that he put himself in front of the people whose opinions on the arcana of U.S. fiscal policy would have a direct and immediate impact on his weakening body.
  
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• Ex-lawyer for pharma exec Shkreli convicted of aiding fraud scheme

  27-12-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Evan Greebel, who was outside counsel to Shkreli's former company Retrophin Inc , was found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn of charges he conspired to commit wire fraud and securities fraud, prosecutors said."We are shocked by the verdict," said Reed Brodsky, a lawyer for Greebel.
  
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• Luann de Lesseps Entered Incorrect Hotel Room with a Man Before Arrest, Police Say

  27-12-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Luann de Lesseps‘ arrest on Saturday night came after she was discovered trespassing in a hotel room with an unidentified male who was once her ex, according to a police report
  
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• 18 Tweets That Capture The Struggle Of Translating For Immigrant Parents As A Kid

  27-12-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  If you grew up with immigrant parents who didn’t speak English, you probably remember your first job as a child: family interpreter.
  
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• Nintendo Delays 64 GB Switch Card Launch To 2019 - Report

  27-12-2017 22:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo Switch game cards currently have a capacity of 32 GB, which is potentially limiting for some titles. According to a new Wall Street Journal report, Nintendo is planning to release 64 GB cards for the system, but they won't launch on time.The report claims that Nintendo wanted to launch these higher-capacity cards in the second half of 2018 but has now informed developers that they won't be available until 2019. According to the report, Nintendo ran into "technical issues" with the 64 GB
  
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• 9 Best Gaming Hardware Releases In 2017

  27-12-2017 22:23 via gamespot.com
  
  2017 will be remembered as one of the best years for games, but great tech and hardware came out as well. Microsoft and Nintendo launched new consoles that changed the way we play. A resurgence of competition in the PC hardware market gave us more performance for our dollar with new tech from AMD, Nvidia, and Intel. Let's look back at the 9 best gaming hardware launches of the year.Nintendo SwitchNintendo tried something risky with its console-handheld hybrid, and it paid off. By nature of the t
  
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• Former Trump campaign manager Lewandowski accused of sexual harassment

  27-12-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Joy Villa, a vocal Trump supporter who wore a dress bearing the president's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan to the Grammy Awards this year, said on Tuesday she had contacted police in Washington on Sunday to file charges.Villa told news website Politico and television channel CNN this week that Lewandowski touched her against her will while they posed for photographs at the Trump International Hotel.
  
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• Greek urban guerrilla group claims responsibility for courthouse blast

  27-12-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  A Greek urban guerrilla group claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a blast at an Athens court on Dec. 22, accusing the judiciary of acting as a proxy for politicians supporting austerity in the crisis-hit country.Nobody was injured in the early-morning blast at the Athens Court of Appeal.In a statement, the Group of People’s Fighters (OLA) said the Court of Appeal had upheld the legality of austerity measures, such as cutting pensions and salaries, in return for bailouts from internatio
  
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• FBI won't take over investigation of detective's slaying

  27-12-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The FBI won't take over an investigation into the homicide of a Baltimore city detective who was shot in the head the day before he was to testify before a federal grand jury about a group of indicted officers, the city's top police official said Wednesday.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks end barely higher in quiet trading

  27-12-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local):
  
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• Conditions Favorable for Democrats in 2018

  27-12-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Steve Kornacki, national political correspondent for MSNBC, talks with Joy Reid about how the political conditions in 2018 compare with those of past midterm elections.
  
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• First few patients evacuated from besieged Syria rebel enclave

  27-12-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Aid workers have evacuated the first few ill patients from Syrian rebel bastion Eastern Ghouta under a deal struck after the UN said hundreds are in critical condition following a four-year government seige.Three children and a man were loaded overnight into ambulances bound for hospitals in Damascus before being transported out past government lines that have held the region's estimated 400,000 residents in a stranglehold since 2013.A total of 29 emergency medical cases are expected to be evacu
  
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• Man Arrested for Damaging ATM After It Gave Him 'Too Much Money': Cops

  27-12-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  Michael Joseph Oleksik, 23, punched the touch screen in frustration, authorities said.
  
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• Free PS4 PS Plus Games Of January 2018 Revealed

  27-12-2017 21:40 via gamespot.com
  
  With the new year just a few days away there's a lot to look forward to. It's the chance to have a fresh start, begin working towards your new goals, and--most importantly--there's a new batch of video game freebies courtesy of Sony's PlayStation Plus service. The publisher has detailed everything that will be available to subscribers in January 2018, and it's a pretty good selection.Headlining the offerings is Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for PS4. The dystopian cyberpunk role-playing game once agai
  
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• Russia: Explosion injures 10 at St. Petersburg supermarket

  27-12-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — At least 10 people were injured Wednesday by an explosion at a supermarket in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city and the site of a deadly subway bombing this year.
  
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• 'Something This Small Is Alive.' Goldfish Survived California Wildfires That Wiped Out Neighborhoods

  27-12-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  'Something this small is alive'
  
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• 21 Of The Best Feminist Books Of 2017

  27-12-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  From the Women’s March in January and the subsequent record number of women running for political offices, to the #MeToo movement, 2017 has been a remarkable year for women.
  
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• Even Ridley Scott Thinks Blade Runner 2049 Is Too Long

  27-12-2017 21:14 via gamespot.com
  
  There are many things you can see about Blade Runner 2049. It's visually stunning, an epic sci-fi adventure, and a nearly-perfect follow up to a beloved film from 25 years earlier. However, another thing you can say about it is that it's long--very long. In fact, it's nearly three hours long.As it turns out, one very important person in the Blade Runner universe agrees. Ridley Scott, who directed the first Blade Runner film, spoke with Vulture and offered his honest thoughts about the film. "I h
  
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• Trump Team Readies Flynn Smear Strategy: WaPo

  27-12-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Joyce Vance, former U.S. attorney, talks with Joy Reid about a Washington Post report that Donald Trump's legal team is preparing a strategy to discredit Mike Flynn in case his testimony is used against Trump.
  
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• Mueller Probing GOP Work With Russian Hacking

  27-12-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Natasha Bertrand, political correspondent for Business Insider, talks with Joy Reid about a report that the Mueller investigation is expanding to look at the extent to which RNC digital operations overlapped with Russian hacking activity.
  
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• IS moves with 'impunity' in Syria regime-held areas: coalition

  27-12-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  "They seem to be moving with impunity through regime-held territory, showing that the regime is clearly either unwilling or unable to defeat Daesh within their borders," Major General Felix Gedney of the British army told journalists, using an Arabic acronym for IS.Gedney indicated that the coalition does not plan to pursue IS fighters into regime-held areas, instead calling on Assad to do so."We will remain committed to defeating (IS) in the areas that are currently controlled by our partner fo
  
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• Coalition has no plans to target Islamic State in Syrian government-controlled areas

  27-12-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  By Idrees AliWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite saying that the Syrian government is not doing enough to stop Islamic State militants from moving through its territory, the U.S.-led coalition fighting the group does not intend to target militants in those areas, a senior coalition official said on Wednesday.The comments by British Army Major General Felix Gedney indicate that the coalition will rely on the Syrian government to go after Islamic State militants in areas controlled by forces loyal to S
  
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• Ohio Teens Charged With Tossing Sandbag Off Overpass That Killed Man

  27-12-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  Four Ohio teenagers have been charged with murder for allegedly throwing a sandbag off an overpass that struck and killed a 22-year-old man.
  
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• The Most Mind-Blowing Space Pictures of 2017

  27-12-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Gaze upon them. Do it.
  
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• Blast rips through supermarket in Russia's St Petersburg, 10 hurt

  27-12-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  A blast ripped through a supermarket in Russia's St Petersburg on Wednesday evening, injuring at least 10 shoppers, investigators said.The explosion was caused by a homemade bomb packed with pieces of metal with a force equivalent to 200 grammes of TNT, they said.Russian media reports said the bomb had been hidden in a locker where shoppers leave their belongings in a branch of the Perekrestok supermarket chain.
  
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• The Latest: Explosion injures 10 at Russian supermarket

  27-12-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on an explosion at a supermarket in St. Petersburg, Russia: (all times local):
  
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• Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels in mass prisoner swap

  27-12-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels swapped hundreds of prisoners in the war-torn east of the country on Wednesday, one of the largest such exchanges since the outbreak of an insurgency almost four years ago. The swap of captives on a dusty road close to the town of Gorlivka, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of the rebels' stronghold of Donetsk is an attempt to revive a tattered peace deal between the Kiev army and rebels from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. The war i
  
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• Nestle has been bottling and selling water it has no right to in drought-stricken California, state says

  27-12-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  Nestlé has been bottling and selling water that it does not have the legal right to use, officials in California have concluded.Fights over water are a constant in California, exacerbated when drought years make the supply especially scarce.Since 2015, officials with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) had received numerous complaints that Nestlé was claiming water from the San Bernardino National Forest to which it had no right and then selling it under its Arrowhead b
  
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• Teacher Says She Was Bumped From First-Class Seat For Congresswoman: 'My Beef Isn't With Her'

  27-12-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Jean-Marie Simon says she was told to sit in economy after Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee took her seat.
  
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• Israel minister plans Trump train station at Western Wall

  27-12-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's transportation minister is pushing ahead with a plan to dig a railway tunnel under Jerusalem's Old City, passing near sites holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims — and ending at the Western Wall with a station named after President Donald Trump.
  
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• New Study Reveals When China Will Pass U.S. for World's No. 1 Economy

  27-12-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  A new report outlines how the digital revolution has changed everything.
  
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• Pro-Trump Singer Says Corey Lewandowski Sexually Assaulted Her At A Party

  27-12-2017 19:31 via yahoo.com
  Singer Joy Villa, who unironically wore a “Make America Great Again” dress to the 2017 Grammys, says she has filed a sexual assault complaint with police against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
  
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• Mystery Dem-backed super PAC Highway 31 spent millions in Alabama race

  27-12-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  A mysterious super PAC poured millions into the special Alabama Senate race between Doug Jones and Roy Moore, and that group was reportedly funded heavily by the Democratic Senate Majority PAC.
  
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• Syrian rebels say discussing evacuation from territory near Israel

  27-12-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  Syrian rebels in a pocket of land near where the Syrian, Lebanese and Israeli borders meet are negotiating a deal with the government to leave for other insurgent-held areas, rebel officials there said.The Syrian army, backed by Russian air power, Shi'ite militias supported by Iran and local fighters from the Druze sect have besieged the rebel enclave around Beit Jin for weeks."There is now negotiation on the departure of fighters and those who wish to leave with them," said Abu Kanaan, an offic
  
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• Ukrainian authorities and separatist rebels swap prisoners

  27-12-2017 19:15 via yahoo.com
  HORLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities and Russian-backed separatist rebels conducted a massive prisoner exchange Wednesday, the largest such trade of captives since the start of the conflict and a sign of visible progress in the implementation of a 2015 peace deal.
  
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• 18 Post-Holiday Sales On Clothes, Shoes, Accessories And More

  27-12-2017 19:13 via yahoo.com
  The hustle and bustle of the holidays might have come to an abrupt halt, but that doesn’t mean the sales have.
  
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• Steph Curry, Chance The Rapper Join Barack Obama In Inspiring PSA

  27-12-2017 19:01 via yahoo.com
  Chance the Rapper and NBA star Steph Curry have teamed up with former President Barack Obama to deliver a powerful message on self-worth.
  
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• The 10 Best Comics Of 2017

  27-12-2017 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  2017 has been a year of unexpected hits in the world of comics. From left-field revivals of classic characters to licensed titles and brand crossovers that really had no right to be as good as they wound up being, the past twelve months have been full of surprises.With that in mind, it's time to take a look back at some of this year's best and brightest comics and graphic novels, no matter how off the wall they may have seemed at first glance.10. Mister Miracle
  Tom King and Mitch Gerads, the cr
  
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• Chicago Area Officials Demand Accountability For Drugmakers 'Complicit' In Opioid Crisis

  27-12-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com
  Officials in the one of the nation’s largest counties filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that major prescription drug manufacturers were “complicit” in the opioid crisis and should pay monetary damages for the public health costs.
  
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• White House magnolia tree to be cut back after 182 years

  27-12-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  It has survived 39 presidencies and being clipped by a light aircraft, but the ravages of time have proved too much for the massive magnolia tree which was planted at the White House in 1835. The rotting tree has become a safety risk and, taking the advice of the National Arboretum, First Lady Melania Trump has accepted that much of the tree will have to go. The tree, which was planted by Andrew Jackson, has been a backdrop for some of the most momentous events in US presidential history. Frankl
  
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