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• Japan Goes Back To The Future With Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarines

  17-02-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Diesel electric submarines may be on the verge of returning to their simpler roots with the help of lithium-ion batteries. 
  
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• BlackRock's largest mutual fund sours on Google

  17-02-2017 23:55
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Managers of BlackRock Inc'slargest mutual fund, fearing Trump administration policies could hurt technology companies with hefty foreign revenue streams, have reshuffled their...
  
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• McCain slams Trump in Munich speech without using his name

  17-02-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain delivered a withering critique of President Donald Trump in a speech Friday that highlighted fractures within the GOP as the new administration struggles to overcome a chaotic start.
  
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• Hitler's phone is up for auction; bids to start at $100k

  17-02-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. (AP) — A Maryland auction house is selling a telephone owned by Adolf Hitler.
  
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• Citigroup cuts CEO Corbat's compensation 6 percent to $15.5 million

  17-02-2017 23:50
  
  (Reuters) - Citigroup Inccut Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat's compensation by 6 percent to $15.5 million in 2016, a year in which the bank fell short of profitability and efficiency goals...
  
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• Hitler's 'destructive' wartime phone up for auction

  17-02-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Adolf Hitler's personal telephone, which the Fuehrer used to dictate many of his deadly World War II commands, will hit the auction block this weekend, the US house selling it announced.Originally a black Bakelite phone that was later painted crimson and engraved with Hitler's name, the relic was found in the Nazi leader's Berlin bunker in 1945 following the regime's defeat.Auction house Alexander Historical Auctions estimates its worth between $200,000 and $300,000.
  
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• Worldwide Internet Access is Closer Than we Think

  17-02-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Google and a scientific research team, X has made another breakthrough in providing internet access to every part of the world.
  
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• US university's invite to Dalai Lama sparks uproar

  17-02-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  A California university's decision to have the Dalai Lama speak at this year's commencement ceremony has sparked uproar among Chinese students who see the choice as an affront."The Dalai Lama is not simply a religious person, but also a political exile who has long been engaged in splitting the motherland and destroying national unity," the student association said in a statement.
  
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• Kraft Heinz bids $143 billion for Unilever in global brand grab

  17-02-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  By Martinne Geller and Pamela BarbagliaLONDON (Reuters) - U.S. food company Kraft Heinz Co made a surprise $143 billion offer for Unilever Plcin a bid to build a global consumer goods giant, although it was flatly rejected on Friday by the maker of Lipton tea and Dove soap.It would bring together some of the world's best known brands, from toothpaste to ice creams, and combine Kraft'sstrength in the United States with Unilever's in Europe and Asia.Although Kraft, which is controlled by U.S. bill
  
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• Amtrak officer charged with killing unarmed man in Chicago

  17-02-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — An Amtrak police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed Minneapolis man outside Chicago's Union Station was ordered held on $250,000 bail Friday.
  
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• Durst of 'The Jinx' HBO series faces more testimony in murder case

  17-02-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  
  An old friend of Robert Durst, a real estate icon tied to slayings explored in HBO's series "The Jinx," acknowledged on the witness stand on Friday in Los Angeles that he has been inconsistent in describing what he called Durst's private confession to murder.Nick Chavin, 72, a New York advertising executive who was a longtime friend of Durst, returned to the witness stand a day after testifying Durst told him that he killed mutual friend Susan Berman in 2000.Prosecutors have asserted Durst kille
  
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• Sony Could Follow Nintendo Switch Design, Patent Shows

  17-02-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  
  With the Nintendo Switch release date looming, could Sony release put out a PlayStation device similar to the features on the Switch. A patent reportedly suggests so.
  
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• GM Will Build and Test Thousands of Autonomous Bolts Starting in 2018

  17-02-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Partnering with San Francisco-based Lyft, GM will start to test an unprecedented number of self-driving Chevy Bolts next year.
  
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• AT&T’s new ‘unlimited’ plan sucks

  17-02-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  
  As of this morning, all four major wireless carriers offer data plans described as "unlimited" to all their customers. But while I'm reluctantly willing to describe the Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint plans as unlimited (despite some restrictions), AT&T's plan could better be described as a "22GB data plan but you can't actually use that data to watch pretty videos or do work on your laptop" plan.
  Admittedly, it's not such a catchy description, but it does have the alternative benefit of being
  
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• Besieged Trump lashes out at mainstream media: ‘The enemy of the American People!’

  17-02-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  
  “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” he declared from South Florida, where he is staying for the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate.The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!Trump’s latest attack against the press came after Thursday’s feisty marathon press conference, in which the president aired a host of
  
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• The Latest: Trump calls media 'enemy of the American people'

  17-02-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• This Rise Of Trump Is Leading To A Rise In Political Apps

  17-02-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  According to recent data, political apps—especially those that help connect constituents to their representatives—have seen a big increase in downloads since the election.
  
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• Climate doubter Pruitt takes EPA reins as Trump targets regulations

  17-02-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  
  By Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday over the objections of Democrats and environmentalists worried he will gut the agency, as the administration readies executive orders to ease regulation on drillers and miners.The installation of Scott Pruitt, who sued the agency he intends to lead more than a dozen times as Oklahoma attorney general, reinforces expectations on both sides of the po
  
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• Amtrak police officer charged with murder in Chicago shooting

  17-02-2017 23:01 via yahoo.com
  
  By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - An Amtrak police officer has been charged with murder after fatally shooting an unarmed man who had been spotted smoking marijuana outside Chicago's Union Station train terminal, a police statement and court documents showed on Friday.Laroyce Tankson, 31, shot Chad Robertson, 25, on Feb. 8 at around 8:40 p.m. local time, the police statement said.Robertson was transported to a hospital in serious condition and died on Wednesday.
  
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• U.S. infrastructure legislation back on Congress' radar

  17-02-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump's pledge to bring massive investments in U.S. infrastructure projects showed new signs of life on Friday after lying dormant for weeks, as leading Republican lawmakers said proposals from the administration could be in the offing.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, told reporters he expects to receive "some kind of recommendation on an infrastructure bill, a subject that we frequently handle on a bipartisan basis," but gave no details or timing.Some Repub
  
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• Lincoln is still No. 1 but Obama debuts high on historians’ 2017 presidential ranking list

  17-02-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Recommended:Know your US presidents?Mr. Obama did best in the “pursued equal justice for all,” category with an overall average of 83.2, placing him third behind Abraham Lincoln (first) and Lyndon Johnson (second).
  
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• Anti-Trump energy flags during a second day of protests

  17-02-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  By Gina Cherelus and Olga GrigoryantsNEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second consecutive day of protests against U.S. President Donald Trump's month-old administration appeared to lose momentum on Friday, with rallies in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York attracting small yet enthusiastic crowds.Activists had called for a "general strike" a day after thousands of immigrants across the United States stayed home from work and school during "A Day Without Immigrants" to highlight the contributions
  
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• Pence arrives in Germany for meetings with world leaders

  17-02-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Making his debut on the world stage, Vice President Mike Pence is looking to reassure skeptical allies in Europe about U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump, who has made his "America First" mantra a centerpiece of his new administration.
  
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• Trump doubles down on 'made in America' pledge at Boeing plant visit

  17-02-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump on Friday held a rally at a Boeing factory that just voted against unionizing, marking the unveiling of the company's latest "Dreamliner" aircraft.At the rally in South Carolina, he also repeated his promise to prevent firms from offshoring jobs and go after countries that are "cheating" in trade relations."This is our mantra, buy American and hire American," Trump told the cheering crowd.
  
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• Chicago police push for community assistance after deaths of three children

  17-02-2017 22:24 via yahoo.com
  
  "There is an evil out here, if we do not organize and become powerful it will continue to spread," he said Thursday night, speaking in the parking lot of an auto parts store on the city's West Side.In the wake of three fatal shootings of young children — aged 2, 11 and 12 — in recent days, the department held a series of interventions aimed at convincing those in violent neighborhoods to become more involved.The police also want to overcome years of mistrust that has led to hostility
  
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• Senate confirms Scott Pruitt to run EPA

  17-02-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  
  On Feb. 17, the U.S. Senate confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to run the Environmental Protection Agency. Senate Democrats tried to delay the vote after an Oklahoma judge ordered Pruitt to release email correspondence with fossil fuel groups. Those emails will be released on Tuesday.
  
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• Bill Gates Says Job Stealing Robots Should Get Taxed Like Humans

  17-02-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  
  Billionaire Bill Gates says robots should be taxed like humans.
  
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• These Crazy 1550-Horsepower Engines Cost $200,000 Each

  17-02-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Mercury Racing’s super heroic marine powerplants are works of machine art. And you can order them in green.
  
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• AP Exclusive: If California dam failed, people likely stuck

  17-02-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Communities immediately downstream of California's Lake Oroville dam would not receive adequate warning or time for evacuations if the 770-foot-tall dam itself — rather than its spillways — were to abruptly fail, the state water agency that operates the nation's tallest dam repeatedly advised federal regulators a half-decade ago.
  
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• House committee probes Russia payment to Flynn

  17-02-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Citing a Yahoo News interview with retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn last July, a House committee has opened an investigation into whether President Trump’s recently resigned national security adviser received an improper payment from the Russian government for a trip to Moscow in December 2015.
  
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• Planes clip wings in ground collision at Phoenix airport

  17-02-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Two passenger jets clipped their wingtips in a minor ground collision close to a Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport terminal. Nobody was injured in the Thursday evening incident.
  
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• South Korea Planning Action Against The North

  17-02-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  
  The last time this happened, North Korea entered a "wartime state."
  
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• Chill raccoon hitches a ride on a garbage truck, steals some hearts, remains unfazed

  17-02-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  
  The level of chill this raccoon has reached is previously uncharted territory, honestly. Politico reporter Helena Evich spotted the tiny trash hitchhiker Friday, clinging to the back of a garbage truck and apparently on its way to Rosslyn, Virginia. SEE ALSO: Tiny kitten livestream from tiny house is what you need right meow This raccoon is having a rough morning-just wanted some trash & ended up in Rosslyn!>And yes I alerted the driver pic.twitter.com/L3y3JFBpFx — Helena
  
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• Arizona to death-row inmates: Bring your own execution drugs

  17-02-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The recent revelation that condemned prisoners in Arizona can now provide the lethal drugs to be used in their executions has received attention around the world and raised questions about the state's rules for the death penalty.
  
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• This Galaxy S8 rumor could be very bad news for Android fans

  17-02-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  
  The main battle in the smartphone market will be fought between the Galaxy S8 and the iPhone 8 this year. The two flagship handsets will have various things in common including higher price tags than you might expect. After reports from a few weeks ago said the Galaxy S8 will be more expensive than the Galaxy S7, suggesting the phone might be more expensive than Apple’s cheapest next-gen iPhone, a separate report came out saying that Apple’s redesigned iPhone 8 will be pric
  
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• If the GOP is suffering an identity crisis, so are the Koch brothers

  17-02-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  
  When Republicans were out of power in the Obama era, the Republican National Committee often clashed with outside conservative groups who wanted to influence elections or legislation.Some of the RNC’s biggest fights were with the political operation run by Charles and David Koch, whose independent database of Republican voters was seen as a potential threat by party officials, as Yahoo News exclusively reported two years ago.The RNC believed the Kochs were trying to take over the party.
  
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• Moto G4 Play Just Dropped to $99

  17-02-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  
  The Moto G4 Play is the least-expensive model in Motorola's well-respected G line of smartphones.The Moto G4 doesn't offer the latest smartphone specs - you won't find built-in NFC or a fingerprint sensor - but it does provide a good value.
  
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• The Most Beautiful Chart In the World, According To Bill Gates

  17-02-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  
  The Microsoft founder tweeted a chart showing a more than 50 percent reduction in childhood deaths since 1990.
  
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• Justin Trudeau and Angela Merkel had a candlelit dinner and I am fine with that

  17-02-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau visited Berlin this week to meet with German chancellor Angela Merkel. It seems like they had a good time — they hung out in the rain, exchanged gifts and even shared a softly lit candlelight dinner. Now, some people online seem jealous that these two got to spend so much quality time together. Wild, right? SEE ALSO: Justin Trudeau awkwardly staring at Trump's hand instantly becomes a meme My thanks to Chancellor Merkel for a very warm – if
  
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• SpaceX's historic rocket launch Saturday could end in another dramatic landing

  17-02-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  On Saturday, SpaceX is expected to make history by launching its first Falcon 9 rocket from historic launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.  The pad was originally used during NASA's Apollo era in the 1960s but was revamped to serve the space shuttle in the 1970s. SEE ALSO: SpaceX did something amazing over the weekend"Some of humanity's greatest adventures in orbit began at Launch Complex 39A," NASA said in a statement. "Astronauts lifted off from this pad
  
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• Obama-era scandals we can't believe were once considered such a big deal

  17-02-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  
  Some might say the Donald Trump administration is off to a turbulent start, with everything from his Cabinet nominations to his alleged ties to Russia causing controversy. Here's a look back at some Obama controversies that don't seem like such a big deal these days.
  
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• Ukraine rebels accuse OSCE of aiding Kiev forces

  17-02-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Ukraine's Russian-backed insurgents on Friday accused a top official in the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) of aiding Kiev's forces in the 34-month war.A separatist leader made the accusation at a joint news conference in the rebel-controlled city of Lugansk with Alexander Hug -- the principal deputy chief of the group's special monitoring mission to Ukraine --- who denied the claim.The OSCE is a Cold-war era body drawn up to ensure peace in Europe.
  
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• U.S. judge says arrested Mexican 'DREAM-er' should get bail hearing

  17-02-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge in Seattle on Friday ruled that a Mexican immigrant with a work permit who is being held by immigration officials must be allowed to argue for his release from U.S. custody while court proceedings over his arrest move forward.Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, who received permission to work in the United States under President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, was arrested last week at his father's home near Seattle by Immigration and Customs Enforcem
  
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• SpaceX Is Investigating Leak In Falcon 9 Rocket Just Hours Before Launch

  17-02-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Space CEO Elon Musk says company is investigating leak prior to launch.
  
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• Germany bans internet-connected 'spying' doll Cayla

  17-02-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  
  German regulators have banned an internet-connected doll called "My Friend Cayla" that can chat with children, warning Friday that it was a de facto "spying device".Parents were urged to disable the interactive toy by the Federal Network Agency which enforces bans on surveillance devices."Items that conceal cameras or microphones and that are capable of transmitting a signal, and therefore can transmit data without detection, compromise people's privacy," said the agency's head, Jochen Homann.
  
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• Pakistan cracks down on militants after IS shrine attack

  17-02-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A brutal attack on a beloved Sufi shrine that killed 88 people raised fears that the Islamic State group has become emboldened in Pakistan, aided by an army of homegrown militants benefiting from hideouts in neighboring Afghanistan, analysts and officials said Friday.
  
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• Brewery gives employees 'puppy parental leave' and everyone else major job envy

  17-02-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  
  How does spending an entire week playing with a puppyand getting paid for it sound to you? Too good to be true? We're here to inform you that there is a company which allows their employees to do that. Yes, thatexists. Companies all over the world have stepped up their game to ensure a high quality of life for their employees by offering all sorts of competitive perks and benefits. But we have found the one company that has every other place beat, hands down, no question. BrewDog, a brewery base
  
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• Russian spy ship 17 miles from Norfolk naval base

  17-02-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Lucas Tomlinson provides latest update
  
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• China sees chance of six-party talks with North Korea

  17-02-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  China has not given up hope for a new round of diplomacy with North Korea to prevent Pyongyang making further advances in its weapons program in violation of U.N. resolutions, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.North Korea said this week it had successfully test-fired a new type of medium- to long-range ballistic missile.State-run KCNA news agency said leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of the weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
  
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• Best Vacuums for Hardwood Floors

  17-02-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Hardwood flooring is hot. In 2016, 35 percent of designers expected to install more of it, making it flooring's highest growth category, according to the National Kitchen & Bath Association. And ...
  
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