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• AP Top Extended Financial Headlines at 5:14 p.m. EST

  05-11-2017 23:16
  Among those detained in Saudi Arabia, no name carries more power in Western financial markets than Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
  
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• Apple Watches were crashing when asked about the weather

  05-11-2017 22:59
  We hope you didn't ask your shiny new Apple Watch about the weather on November 4th -- you probably got a rude response.
  
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• Million Mask March: Thousands Of Masked Anarchist Protesters March Through London

  05-11-2017 22:50
  #MillionMaskMarch activist outside Parliament is spoken to by police pic.twitter.com/xZcEKSTdbe—
  
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• Paradise Papers: Queen's private estate invests in offshore tax havens

  05-11-2017 22:18
  The Queen's private estate has been accused of investing millions of pounds in offshore tax havens, it has been revealed.The investments by the Duchy of Lancaster emerged after the leak of a massive cache of documents being dubbed the Paradise Papers.The documents have been obtained and analysed by a range of worldwide media organisations including the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Suddeutsche Zeitung, The Guardian and the BBC.
  
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• Tory MP and whip Chris Pincher resigns from Government

  05-11-2017 22:11
  Conservative MP Chris Pincher, a government whip, has referred himself to the police and stood down from the Whips' Office.Mr Pincher, MP for Tamworth in Staffordshire, has been Comptroller of the Household since June.Downing Street said the Conservative Politician had also "voluntarily" referred himself to the party's complaints procedure following allegations about his behaviour.
  
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• Tory whip steps down as more MPs are caught up in harassment scandal - The Guardian

  05-11-2017 21:44 via theguardian.com
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  Tory whip steps down as more MPs are caught up in harassment scandal
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  Chris Pincher (wearing jacket) campaigns with the then Tory party leader, David Cameron, in 2010. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images. Conservatives. Tory whip steps down as more MPs are caught up in harassment scandal. Chris Pincher ...
  Chris Pincher steps aside after 'making pass' at Olympic rowerThe Times
  Tory Whip Chris Pincher refers himself to police over behaviour allegationsBelfast
  
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• Tory whip steps down as more MPs are caught up in harassment scandal

  05-11-2017 21:44
  Conservative MP Chris Pincher has “voluntarily stood down” from the whips’ office and referred himself to the party’s complaints procedure and the police following an allegation about his behaviour, a Downing Street spokesman said.The move came after two other Conservative MPs, Dan Poulter and Daniel Kawczynski, were referred to the party’s new internal party disciplinary system, it was announced on Sunday.
  
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• Paradise Papers: Queen's private estate invested £10m in offshore funds

  05-11-2017 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  About £10m of the Queen's private money was invested offshore, leaked documents show.
  
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• Paradise Papers: 7 Extraordinary Revelations From Massive Tax Haven Leak

  05-11-2017 21:28
  The Queen’s private estate invested in controversial retailer BrightHouse as part of millions of pounds sunk into offshore funds that have never before been disclosed, it has been claimed.
  
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• Paradise Papers: 5 Extraordinary Revelations From Massive Tax Haven Leak

  05-11-2017 21:28
  The Queen’s private estate invested in controversial retailer BrightHouse as part of millions of pounds sunk into offshore funds that have never before been disclosed, it has been claimed.
  
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• Queen's private estate invests in offshore tax havens

  05-11-2017 21:01
  The Queen's private estate invests hundreds of thousands of pounds in offshore funds based on a tax haven, it has been revealed.The investments by the Duchy of Lancaster emerged after a leak of a massive cache of documents being dubbed the Paradise Papers.The documents have been obtained and analysed by a range of worldwide media organisations including the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Suddeutsche Zeitung, The Guardian and the BBC.
  
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• Who got voted off Strictly? Shocker as favourite Aston Merrygold waltzes off the show - WalesOnline

  05-11-2017 21:00 via walesonline.co.uk
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  Who got voted off Strictly? Shocker as favourite Aston Merrygold waltzes off the show
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  It was less cha-cha-cha and more 'wha-wha-WHAT?" on Strictly Come Dancing on Sunday after favourite Aston Merrygold became the sixth star to get the boot. In the show's biggest shock departure so far the 29-year-old, who was tipped as one of the ...
  Aston Merrygold 'gutted' about Strictly eliminationBelfast Telegraph
  Strictly Come Dancing 2017: Anger as top judge Shirley 'saves her
  
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• AP Top Extended Financial Headlines at 2:36 p.m. EST

  05-11-2017 20:37
  Among those detained in Saudi Arabia, no name carries more power in Western financial markets than Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
  
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• Fireworks shoot into crowd at hotel's bonfire night display

  05-11-2017 20:10
  The Antrobus hotel in Amesbury, Wiltshire was hosting a fireworks night for guests when some of the explosives projected beyond the safety cordon, causing minor injuries.Eyewitnesses heavily criticised the hotel’s handling of the incident and reported that victims – including a number of young children – suffered burns.An ambulance service spokesman said 14 people were treated, although none suffered serious injuries.
  
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• Paradise Papers Show Wilbur Ross Has Stake In Russian Energy Firm

  05-11-2017 20:01
  A massive leak of documents detailing the normally hidden world of offshore tax havens shows Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary has significant business links with Russian allies of Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Peter Hitchens Compares Sexual Harassment To Militant Islam In 'Insane' Column

  05-11-2017 20:00
  Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens has prompted a social media storm after likening those “squawking” about the Westminster sexual harassment scandal to “Militant Islamists”.
  
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• Taxpayers pay twice for crucial drugs like Avastin | Letters

  05-11-2017 19:49
  ‘The NHS itself funded the trials to show that off-licence use of Avastin is as good as Lucentis, a finding that benefits patients not just in the UK but also globally,’ write Heidi Chow and Tabitha Ha.It is shocking, but not surprising, that big drugs companies are threatening to sue the NHS for using cheaper versions of drugs that could save people from going blind (Drug firms trying to stop cheap eye treatment on NHS, 1 November).Another part of this story is that the two medicine
  
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• Hard Brexit need not make us worse off | Letters

  05-11-2017 19:47
  ‘Brexit offers us the opportunity to charge ourselves nothing for our purchases of the goods and services of the world,’ says Tim Worstall.You report (4 November) on how Brexit will raise the cost of living by as much as £930 per year for a household, based on research published in the National Institute Economic Review.There is a certain logical problem with this assertion.
  
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• Don’t be too hard on Gordon Brown | Letters

  05-11-2017 19:46
  Gordon Brown: ‘He has a towering intellect,’ writes Phil Murphy.When people ask me what Gordon and Tony Blair were really like, I tell them just how amusing Gordon was in those early years.As a political journalist, I would go down to the bar where hacks and politicians rubbed shoulders before the evening vote took place.
  
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• The secular liturgy of the shipping forecast | Brief letters

  05-11-2017 19:42
  Selsey Bill in West Sussex, one of the locations that crops up in the ‘secular liturgy’ of the shipping forecast, takes a pounding from the wind and waves during a storm force in 2000.Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
  
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• Paradise Papers

  05-11-2017 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  What has the recent series of major financial disclosures actually meant?
  
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• Damian Green urged to step down during pornography inquiry - The Guardian

  05-11-2017 19:13 via theguardian.com
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  Damian Green urged to step down during pornography inquiry
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  The home secretary, Amber Rudd, has called for MPs guilty of harassment or abuse to face potential dismissal from parliament, as Theresa May's deputy, Damian Green, battled for his political future amid calls for him to step aside. With seven ...
  Theresa May's deputy Damian Green battling to keep his job after 'extreme porn' claimsMirror.co.uk
  Senior PM ally Damian Green denies computer porn claimsSky News
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• Paradise Papers: Who is in control of Everton?

  05-11-2017 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The Paradise Papers leak questions whose money was used to buy into the Premier League club.
  
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• What are the Paradise Papers? – video

  05-11-2017 19:07 via theguardian.com
  A massive leak of more than 13m files reveals the hidden wealth of some of the world’s richest people including sports stars, celebrities and heads of state. The Paradise Papers show how complex schemes set up in offshore islands can help the super-rich avoid billions in tax Continue reading...
  
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• Paradise Papers: How to hide your cash offshore

  05-11-2017 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The offshore industry puts trillions beyond the taxman's reach - here's one way it's done.
  
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• What is the Million Mask March in London and why is it happening?

  05-11-2017 18:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  CENTRAL London will be awash with anti-capitalist demonstrators wearing Guy Fawkes masks during the annual Million Mask March organised by online hacktivist group Anonymous.
  
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• Here’s an oral history of the Gunpowder Plot to celebrate Bonfire Night

  05-11-2017 18:31
  The Tower of London, Parliament and sites significant to the plot all around the country have been telling the story.
  
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• AP Top Extended Financial Headlines at 12:08 p.m. EST

  05-11-2017 18:10
  Among those detained in Saudi Arabia, no name carries more power in Western financial markets than Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
  
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• Scottish Labour MSP says senior party figures 'glossed over' her assault

  05-11-2017 17:49
  Labour MSP Monica Lennon said she felt the alleged assailant was ‘too powerful’ for her complaints to be successful.The controversy over Labour’s handling of harassment incidents deepened further after Monica Lennon, a Scottish Labour MSP, said senior party figures had belittled and glossed over an incident where a powerful official had assaulted her in front of colleagues.Lennon, a rising star at Holyrood, said the incident happened at a Labour party social event in 2013, befo
  
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• Kidnap attempt: Hunt for attacker who grabbed teen by wrists & tried to drag her into car

  05-11-2017 16:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  POLICE are hunting a man who tried to abduct a teenage girl as she walked home from college.
  
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• British Airways ‘warned pilots about smoke fire or fumes FIFTY times in ONE MONTH’

  05-11-2017 16:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITISH AIRWAYS has reportedly warned its pilots about “smoke fire or fumes” on board aircraft after 50 reports of incidents in just one month.
  
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• ‘Fundamentally offensive’ Oxford University leader condemns campus safe spaces

  05-11-2017 16:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE chancellor of Oxford University has branded the practice of no-platforming and campus safe spaces “fundamentally offensive”.
  
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• 'Brexit will be a success!' Tory MP TEARS DOWN Bank of England's prediction for the future

  05-11-2017 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXIT will allow Britain to embrace the many global opportunities currently precluded by EU membership, Tory MP Andrew Rosindell said.
  
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• Christmas market TERROR ATTACK: Armed police to form 'ring of steel' to stop ISIS horror

  05-11-2017 16:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  UNDERCOVER armed police will be deployed at Christmas markets across Britain amid fears the festive events could be targeted by an Islamic State inspired terror attack.
  
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• British and EU businesses join forces to DEMAND transitional Brexit deal to protect trade

  05-11-2017 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BREXIT transition deal would ensure British businesses are not forced to trigger their contingency plans in fear of major negative effects, CBI director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said.
  
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• AP Top Extended Financial Headlines at 9:40 a.m. EST

  05-11-2017 15:41
  Among those detained in Saudi Arabia, no name carries more power in Western financial markets than Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
  
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• Boris Johnson's £1m for press freedom: a small response to a big threat

  05-11-2017 15:13
  Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was investigating political corruption, was killed by a car bomb.The surprise announcement by the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, of a £1m fund to safeguard press freedom around the world is welcome.It is a recognition, albeit belated, of the scale of the crisis in which, to quote Johnson, “worldwide attacks on journalists are rife and increasing”.
  
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• Ousted Catalan Leader Carles Puigdemont Hands Himself In To Police

  05-11-2017 14:31
  The five Catalan politicians wanted by Spain were taken into custody earlier on Sunday, a Brussels prosecutor spokesman said, without naming the people.
  
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• Britain First Still Can't Muster 100 People For A March

  05-11-2017 14:18
  Britain First yesterday held a “static rally” outside Bromley police station in protest of what the group deem unfair treatment by authorities.
  
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• 'Victory for Leavers' Theresa May's 'Brexit war cabinet' now dominated by Brexiteer MPs

  05-11-2017 13:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  A LEADING Brexit activist has lauded the Prime Minister for setting Britain "on the right track" after she expanded a Brexit war cabinet of MPs to finish off the talks.
  
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• Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace: Premier League – live!

  05-11-2017 13:09 via theguardian.com
  Latest action from the midday kickoff at WembleyPochettino: ‘I would not change Spurs for another job in the world’Email [email protected] | Tweet: @JacobSteinberg 12.09pm GMT9 min: Tottenham hurl a couple of crosses into the area. Dann heads the first away, Sakho deals with the second. 12.07pm GMT7 min: Cabaye knocks an instant pass down the right channel, looking for Loftus-Cheek. Roses covers well, showing a good turn of pace. Continue reading...
  
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• Second boy, 16, held over over London acid attacks on delivery drivers

  05-11-2017 13:02
  A second boy, 16, has been arrested after two acid attacks on delivery drivers, one of which has left the victim "fighting for his life".The teenager is being held on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in relation to the assaults which took place in London in the space of half an hour.Police said the victim of the first attack, a pizza delivery moped driver, was critically injured after being sprayed in the face with a corrosive substance and may lose his sight.
  
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• 'Waiting is a mistake': the billionaire pushing lawmakers to impeach Trump

  05-11-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Tom Steyer, a prominent Democratic patron, is running an outspoken ad campaign that’s got the president riled up
  Democrats have long treaded carefully around the “I” word. But as the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s election victory approaches, a prominent donor is pressuring lawmakers and candidates on the left to make impeachment a central message of their campaigns in 2018. In October, Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge fund manager turned environmental activist, la
  
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• Rugby League World Cup: Scotland players sent home for being ‘too drunk to board flight’

  05-11-2017 12:57 via theguardian.com
  • Captain Danny Brough, Sam Brooks and Johnny Walker sent home
  • Scotland have suffered back-to-back defeats at tournamentScotland’s World Cup campaign has descended into further chaos after three of their players - including their captain and star player - were sent home from the tournament for misconduct. The trio are understood to have been too drunk to board a flight.The Huddersfield half-back and Scotland captain, Danny Brough, Featherstone’s Sam Brooks and the former
  
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• AP Top Extended Financial Headlines at 6:55 a.m. EST

  05-11-2017 12:56
  Taps are running dry in southern Morocco, and people are taking to parched streets in anger
  
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• UFC 217: Georges St-Pierre chokes out Michael Bisping to win title in comeback

  05-11-2017 12:33 via theguardian.com
  St-Pierre returns from four-year layoff to capture UFC middleweight titleCanadian star slaps rear naked choke on Michael Bisping in third roundTJ Dillashaw and Rose Namajunas also capture UFC championshipsGeorges St-Pierre returned from a four-year layoff and peered through the river of blood that flowed down his face to choke out Michael Bisping and win the middleweight championship at UFC 217 on Saturday night.“I took this fight to challenge myself and I am honored to be champion once ag
  
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• Chelsea’s Antonio Conte pleas for patience after Abramovich visit

  05-11-2017 12:31 via theguardian.com
  Chelsea manager hails his record, especially last season’s ‘miracle’ title, after owner Roman Abramovich dropped in at the club’s training groundWith Roman Abramovich having dropped in at Chelsea’s training ground in the past week, it would have been understandable if a sense of angst had fallen over Antonio Conte as Stamford Bridge prepares for the return of José Mourinho. It was only a week, after all, since Conte was reacting to rumours of dressing-room di
  
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• Senior PM ally Damian Green denies computer porn claims

  05-11-2017 12:25
  First Secretary of State Damian Green has strongly denied claims by a former police chief that pornographic material was found on one of his parliamentary computers.The Sunday Times reported that former Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Bob Quick alleged the material was found by officers investigating government leaks in 2008.Mr Quick, who was in charge of the leaks inquiry, claimed officers at the time reported finding "extreme porn" on a computer in Mr Green's House of Commons office
  
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• Missing pay rises: the ever deepening economics mystery | Larry Elliott

  05-11-2017 12:18 via theguardian.com
  Economics is gripped by its own mystery drama: why are central banks setting interest rates on the basis of a seemingly broken economic model?As mysteries go, it doesn’t rank with Murder on the Orient Express or the identity of Gerald the mole in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but the economics profession is currently gripped by its own drama.This story won’t make it to the silver screen with starring roles for Kenneth Branagh or Judi Dench, but a lot depends on how it ends. For central b
  
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• May's deputy denies report pornography was found on office computer

  05-11-2017 12:17
  Prime Minister Theresa May's most senior minister has denied an allegation that police found pornography on one of his computers in the Houses of Parliament in 2008 as the British government struggles to contain a scandal about sexual harassment.The Sunday Times reported on its front page that former Metropolitan police assistant commissioner Bob Quick alleged the material was discovered by officers during an inquiry into government leaks in 2008.The claims against one of the prime minister's cl
  
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