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• Is America on the Verge of a Constitutional Crisis?

  17-03-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  Here is something that, even on its own, is astonishing: The president of the United States demanded the firing of the former FBI deputy director, a career civil servant, after tormenting him both publicly and privately—and it worked.
  
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• Vatican bows to pressure, releases retired pope's letter

  17-03-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Stung by accusations of spreading "fake news," the Vatican on Saturday released the complete letter by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI about Pope Francis after coming under blistering criticism for selectively citing it in a press release and digitally manipulating a photograph of it.
  
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• Illinois governor race more fierce, costly as primary nears

  17-03-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The candidates for Illinois governor are making their final push ahead of Tuesday's primary, greeting voters and sinking more money into what's become an increasingly fierce — and expensive — contest.
  
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• Iran arrests top Ahmadinejad ally

  17-03-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  A former Iranian vice president and chief-of-staff of hardline ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was arrested on Saturday, the website of the Tehran prosecutor said.Esfandiar "Rahim Mashaie was arrested and is in detention," it said, without specifying the reason why he was held.Mashaie served as first vice president in 2009 at the start of Ahmadinejad's contested second term in office.
  
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• Navy's new attack submarine named Colorado joins the fleet

  17-03-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  GROTON, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Navy's newest attack submarine, the USS Colorado, joined the fleet Saturday in a ceremony at Connecticut's Naval Submarine Base.
  
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• Russia expels 23 UK envoys, blames others for spy poisoning

  17-03-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia announced Saturday it is expelling 23 British diplomats and threatened further retaliatory measures in a growing diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain.
  
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• Mike Huckabee Celebrates Firing Of Former FBI Deputy Director By Making Dead Dog Joke

  17-03-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) loves a good joke. Too bad he has never
  
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• VP Pence urges Pakistan to 'do more' against Taliban

  17-03-2018 21:16 via yahoo.com
  US Vice President Mike Pence told Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi that his country "must do more" against the Taliban and other militants, the White House said on Saturday."Vice President Pence reiterated President (Donald) Trump's request that the Government of Pakistan must do more to address the continued presence of the Taliban, Haqqani Network, and other terrorist groups operating in their country," the White House said in a statement on the Friday call.
  
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• Superintendent apologizes for airing school shooting audio

  17-03-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  MOUNTAINTOP, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania school district that played audio clips of the Florida high school mass shooting during a tribute to victims has apologized.
  
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• Pence takes short St. Patrick's Day stroll in Savannah

  17-03-2018 20:08 via yahoo.com
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence strolled Saturday in the South's largest St. Patrick's Day parade, where a few lucky fans behind sidewalk barricades got hugs or selfies and a small band of protesters followed nearby waving signs and rainbow flags.
  
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• Andrew McCabe Gave Memos On Trump Conversations To Robert Mueller

  17-03-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Former FBI deputy Director Andrew McCabe wrote memos detailing his
  
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• Michigan shipwreck hunters find schooner that sank in 1873

  17-03-2018 19:42 via yahoo.com
  SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — Michigan shipwreck hunters have found the remains of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1873 during a storm.
  
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• Walmart worker tips police to arms cache in New York college town

  17-03-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  Authorities alerted by a Walmartworker arrested a former Cornell University student accused of stockpiling a semi-automatic rifle, more than 300 rounds of ammunition, bomb-making materials and other deadly devices at his apartment near the upstate New York elite school.Maximilien Reynolds, 20, of New Jersey, a one-time student at the Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York, now enrolled at a local community college, was federally charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device and a
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Couple at center of Vallejo kidnapping police called hoax speaking out

  17-03-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  The couple at the center of the 2015 kidnapping case the Vallejo Police Department called a hoax is speaking publicly for the first time. Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins will be on "Good Morning America" on Monday. We have an exclusive sneak peek of that interview.
  
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• Trump critics attack firing of FBI's McCabe as political move

  17-03-2018 19:39 via yahoo.com
  By Amanda BeckerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats and other Trump administration critics on Saturday attacked the firing of No. 2 FBI official Andrew McCabe as a politically motivated and vindictive move, while some Republicans praised U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for decisive action.Sessions fired McCabe late on Friday, just two days before the FBI official would have been eligible to retire with a full pension, saying an internal Justice Department watchdog found he leaked information an
  
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• Russia expels 23 British diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens

  17-03-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  By Andrew Osborn and Polina DevittMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expelled 23 British diplomats on Saturday in a carefully calibrated retaliatory move against London, which has accused the Kremlin of orchestrating a nerve toxin attack on a former Russian double agent and his daughter in southern England.Escalating a crisis in relations, Russia said it was also shutting down the activities of the British Council, which fosters cultural links between the two countries, and Britain's consulate-general in
  
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• Teen Stabbed Friend to Death After Fighting Over Religion at Sleepover, Police Say

  17-03-2018 19:17 via yahoo.com
  He had been monitored by federal and other authorities for months
  
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• President Trump weighing in on Stormy Daniels case

  17-03-2018 18:56 via yahoo.com
  A new Trump legal filing seeks to move proceedings to a federal court. Stormy Daniels is seeking the ability to speak publicly about an alleged affair with the president.
  
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• 10 Things We Want From Avengers: Infinity War

  17-03-2018 18:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Don't let us down, Thanos.With its release date bumped from May to April 27, the countdown to Avengers: Infinity War has jumped ahead by a full week. Now, with promotional material pouring out from every nook and cranny, it's time to to start taking a good, hard look at what we hope this movie actually pulls off--both for the immediate fight against Thanos, and as fuel for the future of the MCU.We already know five out of six Infinity Stone locations, and the missing Soul Stone's whereabouts wil
  
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• Trump's Personal Lawyer Is Now Calling For End To Russia Probe

  17-03-2018 17:52 via yahoo.com
  The personal lawyer for President Donald Trump has called for the FBI probe
  
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• “Trump is not acting like an innocent man right now” after McCabe is fired

  17-03-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  Former Deputy FBI Director McCabe fired after Trump demands it
  
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• Americans are drinking a daily cup of coffee at the highest level in six years: survey

  17-03-2018 17:29 via yahoo.com
  The number of Americans drinking a daily cup of coffee is at the highest level since 2012, with demand continuing to get a boost from at-home consumption and gourmet drinks, an industry study showed on Saturday.Sixty-four percent of Americans age 18 or over said they had a cup of coffee the previous day in 2018.Daily coffee consumption declined into the mid-1990s, when Americans drinking coffee on any given day fell below 50 percent, according to results presented at an industry conference in Ne
  
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• Fortnite Servers Having Issues On PS4, Xbox One, And PC, But Epic Is Working On It

  17-03-2018 17:20 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're having a bit of a rough time playing Fortniteon PS4, PC, and Xbox One, it's because the game is going through a spell of login, matchmaking, and social connection issues, according to the game's official Twitter page. These began as a result of a big influx of new players and, in response, developer Epic Games has scaled up to accommodate the new traffic.The love is strong! Due to an influx of new players, we're experiencing degradation with our matchmaking. We're disabling matchmaking
  
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• The Latest: Syrian troops capture major eastern Ghouta town

  17-03-2018 17:18 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments related to the war in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Astronaut’s DNA different than his twin’s after year in space

  17-03-2018 17:08 via yahoo.com
  NASA researchers found that astronaut Scott Kelly experienced molecular changes during his groundbreaking space flight, and while most of his genes returned to normal 7% have not yet changed back.
  
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• Russia expels British diplomats amid growing tension after former spy poisoning

  17-03-2018 17:03 via yahoo.com
  The move is latest in a growing feud between Russia and the United Kingdom after the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter — with Prime Minister Theresa May saying there is “no alternative conclusion” than Russia being responsible.
  
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• Remembering 1998: The Biggest Games That Turn 20 This Year

  17-03-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The year was 1998
  The 1990s was a decade of amazing growth for the gaming industry. However, 1998 in particular pushed the medium further than it had gone before. From the rich competitive experiences of StarCraft to the revolutionary storytelling of Metal Gear Solid, several games--some of which became watershed moments for the industry--would go on to set the standard for what games could be. In many ways, 1998 was the year video games had finally evolved into something more.In this gallery, t
  
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• How Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Builds On Left 4 Dead's Survival Battle Success

  17-03-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Like its predecessor, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 for PC bears tons of similarities to Left 4 Dead. They're both games about holding off hordes of foul enemies while you head to safety. Survival is the name of the game for you and your party, and the game will throw all sorts of surprises at you to make that goal hard to achieve. But Vermintide 2 is more than a clone of Left 4 Dead; it goes the extra mile to make sure you are always on the edge of seat and that is a very good thing. Check out why in
  
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• New details of possible problems with Miami bridge as more victims identified

  17-03-2018 16:54 via yahoo.com
  Two days before the collapse, the Florida Department of Transportation received a voicemail from one of the bridge’s engineers alerting to “some cracking,” though the engineer said it didn’t appear to be a safety issue.
  
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• Andrew McCabe axed with President Trump praising the dismissal of the FBI’s deputy director

  17-03-2018 16:49 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions accepted a recommendation that McCabe be terminated over a decision to let FBI officials talk with a reporter about an investigation of the Clinton Foundation during the 2016 election.
  
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• Cambridge Analytica harvested millions of Facebook users’ data during presidential election

  17-03-2018 16:47 via yahoo.com
  Cambridge Analytica was able to access user data through a paid personality survey app, which company insider Christopher Wylie told ITN Channel 4 News was used to influence and wage a “culture war” by Steve Bannon during the 2016 election.
  
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• 5-Year-Old Cries as He Watches His Mom Walk Down The Aisle

  17-03-2018 16:39 via yahoo.com
  It was a an unforgettable moment.
  
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• Theresa May says UK will 'never tolerate' Russian threat as Putin expels 23 British diplomats

  17-03-2018 16:38 via yahoo.com
  Theresa May has warned the Kremlin that Britain will not be cowed by its decision to expel 23 British diplomats in an escalation of the dispute following the Salisbury attack. Responding to President Putin's decision to escalate diplomatic tensions, Mrs May told a gathering of Conservative Party members that his antics would not distract from the fact that Russia was "in flagrant breach of international law."  Speaking at the Conservative Spring Forum in London, Mrs May said Russia's r
  
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• New York Firefighters Among Seven Service Members Killed in Iraq Helicopter Crash

  17-03-2018 16:17 via yahoo.com
  Two firefighters from New York City were killed when a helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing everyone on board.
  
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• Trump's personal attorney: Russia investigation should end

  17-03-2018 16:15 via yahoo.com
  John Dowd says he is speaking on his own behalf when he calls on Rod Rosenstein to end the Mueller investigation into Russia collusion; Ellison Barber has the latest details.
  
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• Landmark protest in Angola targets amnesty for 'stolen money'

  17-03-2018 16:07 via yahoo.com
  Angola saw its first authorised anti-government protest in decades with about 10 people demonstrating Saturday in the capital against an amnesty those who have stashed vast wealth abroad.Such an event would have been unthinkable during the regime of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos who ruled the oil-rich country with an iron fist for 38 years until he stepped down late last year.Some of the demonstrators held up portraits of dos Santos' succcessor Joao Lourenco disfigured with red paint.
  
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• Fake Prince Albert 'cons Monte Carlo high-flyers'

  17-03-2018 15:54 via yahoo.com
  Crooks are impersonating top personalities in Monaco, including even Prince Albert II, to scam money from high-flying victims, according to reports Saturday in the Mediterranean principality.A Prince Albert lookalike had used a video contact supposedly from the ruler's own office to target the Riviera elite, the Monaco-Matin newspaper said."For several weeks, individuals who are part of organised groups, have been stealing the identities of high-ranking personalities in the principality and tryi
  
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• Xi Jinping reappointed China's president with no term limits

  17-03-2018 15:53 via yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — China's rubber-stamp legislature on Saturday unanimously approved the reappointment of Xi Jinping as president with no limit on the number of terms he can serve.
  
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• Where is Amy Yu? Police Say 16-Year-Old May Have Flown to Cancun With 45-Year-Old Man

  17-03-2018 15:46 via yahoo.com
  She has been missing since the beginning of March.
  
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• Rep. Wenstrup on Sessions' decision to fire Andrew McCabe

  17-03-2018 15:38 via yahoo.com
  House Intelligence Committee member reacts after the former FBI deputy director is fired.
  
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• This St. Patrick's Day Parade Is Banning Spectators From Kissing Soldiers

  17-03-2018 15:29 via yahoo.com
  It's a decades-long tradition
  
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• Want to spot 'Steve' the aurora? Here's how to do it

  17-03-2018 15:00 via yahoo.com
  There's a never-before-studied aurora gracing night skies around the world, and NASA wants you to try to spot it. The newfound aurora, named Steve (short for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement), looks like a purple light with some green features.  Scientists think that Steve likely appears when charged plasma from the sun hits the Earth's magnetic field in a certain way, according to a new study published in the journalScience Advances.   SEE ALSO: 'Steve' is the name of a ne
  
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• Resident Evil Code: Veronica Part 1 - Resident Kinevil

  17-03-2018 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Despite ending their Resident Evil 7 playthrough on a note of uncertainty, Mary and Mike are back with Resident Kinevil.Following the first-person mechanics of the series' most recent entry, Code: Veronica marks a return to fixed cameras and tank controls for Mary. It also proves to be one of the more challenging Resident Evil games, especially in the first several minutes. Let's just say: things don't exactly go according to plan.To get up to date on Mary and Mike's playthrough of the Resident
  
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• Ex-CIA Boss John Brennan Tears Into Donald Trump Over Andrew McCabe Firing

  17-03-2018 14:15 via yahoo.com
  Former CIA chief John Brennan did not mince his words when taking aim at
  
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• Bali's Day of Silence shuts airport, clears beaches, streets

  17-03-2018 14:11 via yahoo.com
  BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's normally bustling Bali has shut down social media, closed the airport and shuttered all shops for a Day of Silence that marks New Year on the predominantly Hindu resort island.
  
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• UN 'failed to prevent' Syria crimes: opposition

  17-03-2018 14:09 via yahoo.com
  The head of Syria's main opposition group on Saturday accused the United Nations of failing to prevent violence raging in the war-wracked country, including the assault on the Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave."We hold the United Nations, the Security Council and the international community ... directly responsible for their silence around these crimes and for failing to take action to prevent these crimes," Nasr al-Hariri, president of the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC), told reporters in Riyad
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War Trailer 2 Breakdown, Easter Eggs

  17-03-2018 13:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The latest trailer for Avengers: Infinity War is here. The upcoming film, which will be the longest Marvel movie to date, has all the heroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the Guardians of the Galaxy. Together, they'll join forces to fight the evil Thanos. The villainous space titan is trying to collect all of the Infinity Stones in order to rule the universe. Can the Marvel heroes join forces and work together in order to defeat this threat?There is a lot going on in this new tr
  
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• Small plane crashes outside Philippine capital, killing 10

  17-03-2018 13:33 via yahoo.com
  By Neil Jerome MoralesMANILA (Reuters) - Ten people died when a small plane crashed into a house north of the Philippine capital on Saturday, aviation and police officials said.The Piper 23 Apache single-engined aircraft, operated by Lite Air Express, had just taken off from a small airport nearby, said Eric Apolonio, spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)."All plane occupants died in the aircraft accident with collateral damage to a house with five occupants who al
  
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• The Latest: Russia says 30,000 flea besieged east Ghouta

  17-03-2018 13:21 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments related to the war in Syria (all times local):
  
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• An Engineer Reported Cracks on FIU Bridge 2 Days Before Deadly Collapse. No One Got the Voicemail, Officials Say

  17-03-2018 12:25 via yahoo.com
  An engineer left a voicemail two days before a bridge collapse in Miami to say some cracking had been found at one end of the concrete span
  
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