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• The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: CPACalypse Now

  24-02-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Today in 5 Lines During his address at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Donald Trump touted his efforts to uphold campaign promises and doubled down on his attacks against the press. The president also signed an executive order that requires federal departments to appoint regulatory reform officers in an effort to remove “job-killing regulations.” The White House blocked a number of major news outlets from attending a press briefing, including CNN, The New York Times, Po
  
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• Overhaul of Medicaid expansion could cost states $32 billion: report

  24-02-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Proposals in Congress that would effectively end Medicaid expansion in 31 U.S. states would cost those states at least $32 billion altogether in 2019, according to a report released on Friday.Republican President Donald Trump has pushed to fulfill a campaign promise to replace Obamacare, his Democratic predecessor's signature healthcare plan, with the help of a Republican-controlled Congress.More details of potential replacements by U.S. House Republicans for former President Barack Obama's Affo
  
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• Woman Stunned to Learn She Won $2 Million in Lottery: 'I Can't Even Speak Right Now!'

  24-02-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  New Jersey attorney Jessica Macarone had no idea she was holding the winning ticket.
  
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• Speculation Grows as Hunt Intensifies for Killer of 2 Teen Hikers in Indiana

  24-02-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  A facial recognition expert is also discussing the killer's appearance.
  
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• Pentagon: Out with 'ISIL,' in with 'ISIS'

  24-02-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The change of U.S. administrations has produced a change of terminology in the war against the Islamic State group.
  
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• White House bars major media outlets from a press briefing

  24-02-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  
  On Friday, Feb. 24, reporters from CNN, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and Politico were not allowed to attend an informal White House press briefing in the office of the press secretary, Sean Spicer. The White House defended the decision in a statement and said, “We decided to add a couple additional people beyond the pool. Nothing more than that.”
  
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• Fox News' Shep Smith attempts to explain 'Fake News' to Donald Trump

  24-02-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  
  "CNN's reporting was not fake news," Fox News host Shep Smith said on air on Friday. In lieu of a daily press conference, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held a closed-door gagglewith reporters, hand-selecting which media organizations had the privilege of attending. CNN, theNew York Times,BuzzFeed, theLos Angeles Times andPolitico were denied access, prompting a flurry of confusion and outrage.  While reporters from the Associated Press andTime reportedly boycotted the meeting, the
  
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• Kansas shooting raises fears with local Indian-Americans

  24-02-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  
  The suspected gunman, U.S. Navy veteran Adam Purinton, 51, has been charged with the premeditated murder in Olathe, just outside Kansas City, of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, and the attempted murder of Alok Madasani, also 32, as well as an American who tried to intervene.Before opening fire, Purinton is accused of shouting "get out of my country," a bystander told the Kansas City Star.Several members of the Kansas City area's Indian-American community said the attack had forced them to think about
  
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• Stampede! Drone puts elk on the run in western Wyoming

  24-02-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Add this to the long list of problems caused by buzzing drones: Frightening 1,500 elk into stampeding at a time of year when too much stress can be deadly for the animals.
  
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• 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio vs. 2017 BMW M3, 2017 Cadillac ATS-V, 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 S

  24-02-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  
  The winners lose and the losers win in this latest test of amped-up four-doors.
  
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• Comey faces pressure as White House fights Russia reports

  24-02-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey is again in a familiar spot these days — the middle of political tumult.
  
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• Rural California levees besieged by pounding wet winter

  24-02-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billions of dollars in flood projects have eased fears of levee breaks near California's capital and some other cities, but state and federal workers are joining farmers with tractors in round-the-clock battles this week to stave off any chain-reaction failure of rural levees protecting farms and farm towns.
  
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• 2nd Florida mosque hit by arson in past 6 months

  24-02-2017 23:13 via yahoo.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An intentionally set fire damaged a prayer hall at a Tampa-area mosque early Friday, investigators said.
  
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• Which Phones And Devices Are On The MWC 2017 Launch Agenda?

  24-02-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Check out some of the most anticipated devices expected to be showcased at Mobile World Congress.
  
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• In name at least, ISIL is defeated

  24-02-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  At least, that's the case in the hallways of the Pentagon, where military officials have done an about-face and started calling the Islamic State group ISIS, not ISIL.The latter acronym, standing for Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, was for years insisted on by Barack Obama's administration, even though few people outside of Washington seemed to use it.ISIS stands for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and is more commonly used in daily conversation, as well as by President Donald Trump.
  
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• Wall Street ekes out positive finish

  24-02-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street slouched to a positive finish on Friday with all three major stock indices making last-minute moves into positive territory after spending most of the session in the red.The Dow gained less than a tenth of a percentage point to close at 20,821.76 but was up one percent for the week on the back of an extraordinary rally.Leading the Dow's losers was financial behemoth Goldman Sachs, which saw its stock slapped with a "sell" rating from Germany's Berenberg investment bank, which cited t
  
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• Trump vows military build-up, hammers nationalist themes

  24-02-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson and Steve HollandNATIONAL HARBOR, Md./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said he would make a massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in American history" on Friday in a feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism to eager conservative activists.Trump used remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an organization that gave him one of his first platforms in his improbable journey to the U.S. presidency,
  
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• Georgia woman wages single-handed fight for open government

  24-02-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — When Nydia Tisdale turned her camera on a north Georgia city council meeting, the mayor ordered her to stop recording and had a police officer forcibly remove her and the camera.
  
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• Someone lost a pair of Snuggie-clad goats, but it's OK because they were found

  24-02-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Finding out you've lost a pet is one of the most crushing and terrifying moments to experience. But losing two goats in Snuggies? We can't even imagine what that level of pain would feel like. That's exactly what happened in Nampa, Idaho. The Nampa Police Department discovered two lost goats in their town, who also appear to be wearing Snuggies. In an attempt to find their owner, they posted a picture of the goats to Facebook.SEE ALSO: Dog DGAF when poor owner shells out $1,000 after it swallows
  
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• Trump to order reversal of Obama water regulation rule: official

  24-02-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign a measure on Wednesday aimed at rescinding a major Obama administration water regulation and direct an end to the government's defense of the rule, a Trump official briefed on the plan said on Friday.Trump is expected to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which expands the number of waterways that are federally protected under the Clean Water
  
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• Trump blasts media, anonymous sources _ after WH uses them

  24-02-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unloaded on the news media Friday for using anonymous sources — just hours after members of his own staff insisted on briefing reporters only on condition their names be concealed.
  
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• Arrest Made in Cold Case Murder of Georgia Beauty Queen After Tip Leads to Suspect

  24-02-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Tara Grinstead vanished without a trace 12 years ago.
  
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• Leggings Legend LuLaRoe Sued for Overcharging Customers on Sales Tax

  24-02-2017 22:35 via yahoo.com
  
  LuLaRoe, the ridiculously successful fashion company known for its bright and comfortable leggings and genius marketing plan, is in trouble. While the company’s innovative direct sales model (one that relies largely on Facebook and other Internet communities) has made many women loyal supporters of the business because it allows them the unique opportunity to build their own pop-up shops and make commission as consultants, the business structure has also had its complications. The Californ
  
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• New Jersey OKs gas pipeline through protected Pinelands

  24-02-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  
  CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey environmental regulators on Friday approved a hotly contested plan to run a natural gas pipeline through a federally protected forest preserve amid raucous protests that included drums, tambourines and choruses of "This Land Is Your Land."
  
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• Dog the Bounty Hunter at CPAC day 3

  24-02-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' Lana Zak catches up with the reality TV star at CPAC
  
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• White House accused of picking media favorites

  24-02-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump's White House barred several major US media outlets from a daily press briefing Friday, raising accusations of favoritism.The White House excluded some outlets that have provided critical coverage like CNN and the New York Times from an off-camera event that replaced the traditional on-camera daily briefing.Much smaller conservative outlets like the One America News Network that have provided favorable coverage did attend.
  
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• Hillary Clinton has a special message for people attending the Democratic National Committee meeting

  24-02-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Ahead of the Democratic National Committee meeting, Hillary Clinton addressed the Democratic Party in a video on Twitter. "Let resistance plus persistence equal progress for our party and our country," she said.
  
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• Girl Scout Cookie Doughnuts Have Arrived

  24-02-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Now you can eat your favorite Girl Scout cookies as doughnuts.
  
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• Copts flee Sinai after suspected Islamic State attacks

  24-02-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of Coptic Christians have left Egypt's Sinai Peninsula after a string of jihadist attacks killed three Christians in the restive province, church officials said.On Thursday, suspected Islamic State jihadists killed a member of the minority in the North Sinai city of El-Arish and set his house on fire.
  
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• Uber blasts Google, claims self-driving car lawsuit is a ‘baseless attempt to’ slow Uber down

  24-02-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Not ever one to back down from a fight, it took Uber less than 24 hours to respond to a lawsuit alleging that it misappropriated extremely sensitive and proprietary technical data from Waymo, Google's self-driving car division.In a statement provided to Business Insider, Uber vehemently denies all of the allegations. Not only that, Uber articulates that the lawsuit itself is merely an underhanded and desperate attempt for Waymo to slow down Uber's progress with respect to self-driving car techno
  
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• Victim in Kansas shooting hailed as a hero for 'standing up to hate'

  24-02-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  Witnesses at Austins say patron Adam Purinton was kicked out of the bar for directing racial slurs at two Indian men, also dining at the bar.Mr. Purinton later came back with a gun and told the two men to, “Get out of my country,” before opening fire, according to witness reports.Mr. Grillot said he took cover and began to count the shots to estimate when the shooter would run out of bullets.
  
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• Police: Man fled from officers before being fatally shot

  24-02-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Shots were fired during a criminal investigation at an intersection in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood, leaving one man dead and two police officers wounded, authorities said.
  
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• Nigerian kidnappers demand $200,000 for German scientists

  24-02-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  
  KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 60 million naira (about $200,000) for a German archaeologist and his associate abducted this week from a northern Nigerian village, a worker at the excavation site said. Two villagers were shot and killed in the kidnapping, police confirmed Friday.
  
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• Trump asks NASA to explore putting crew on rocket's debut flight

  24-02-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  
  By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The Trump administration has directed NASA to study whether it is feasible to fly astronauts on the debut flight of the agency’s heavy-lift rocket, a mission currently planned to be unmanned and targeted to launch in late 2018, officials said on Friday.The study marks President Donald Trump's first step in shaping a vision for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.Under former President Barack Obama, the U.S. space agency was
  
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• Details emerge of Republicans' plans to replace Obamacare

  24-02-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  
  By Yasmeen AbutalebWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Details of potential Obamacare replacements by U.S. House Republicans emerged in news reports on Friday, as Republican lawmakers have vowed to introduce new legislation in the coming weeks.Republicans have yet to agree on a single detailed policy proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the signature domestic policy of former Democratic President Barack Obama.One emerging scenario among Republicans is that the millions of people who receiv
  
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• Egypt's Christians flee Sinai amid Islamic State killing spree

  24-02-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ahmed AbouleneinISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Christian families and students fled Egypt's North Sinai province in droves on Friday after Islamic State killed the seventh member of their community in just three weeks.A Reuters reporter saw 25 families gathered with their belongings in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia's Evangelical Church and church officials said 100 families, out of around 160 in North Sinai, were fleeing.More than 200 students studying in Arish, the province's capital, have al
  
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• Amber Alert canceled after 6-year-old girl, father in custody on I-99 in Pennsylvania

  24-02-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Pennsylvania State Police said Aylin Sofia Hernandez and Oscar Hernandez were found on I-99 in State College.
  
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• West Mosul breached as war on IS rages in Iraq and Syria

  24-02-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Iraqi forces on Friday entered west Mosul neighbourhoods, a key stronghold in the shrinking "caliphate" of the Islamic State group, which replied with deadly suicide attacks in Iraq and Syria.As the war on the world's most violent jihadist group escalated, Iraqi warplanes struck IS militants inside neighbouring Syria, a first that Damascus said was coordinated between the two governments.In yet another key landmark in the bloody offensive to retake Mosul, the largest city ever held by the jihadi
  
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• Mexico warns US it will refuse non-Mexican deportees

  24-02-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Mexico will not accept deportees from the United States unless they are Mexican nationals, Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong declared on Friday, a day after meetings with top US officials."As for other migrants, we cannot accept them," Osorio Chong said in an interview on Mexican radio station Radio Formula.On Thursday, Osorio Chong and Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray met with US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Mexico City as the American
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump considers 20 million people 'very few'

  24-02-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that his predecessor's health care law covers "very few people" as he minimized the impact of replacing it. That's only true if you consider more than 20 million people to be very few.
  
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• Neil deGrasse Tyson Weighs In On NASA Discovery

  24-02-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  
  The renowned astrophysicist had some unique suggestions for what to name the seven planets.
  
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• GM Backing Bills That Could Block Uber, Waymo from Testing Self-Driving Cars

  24-02-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  
  General Motors says the bills protect public safety by restricting self-driving car testing to automotive manufacturers. Competitors disagree.
  
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• Three challenges for Cuba's Raul Castro in his last year

  24-02-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Havana (AFP) - Raul Castro says he will step aside as Cuba's president a year from now.
  
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• Iraqi forces advance in Mosul, strike IS inside Syria

  24-02-2017 21:24 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSUL AIRPORT, Iraq (AP) — As Iraqi ground troops pushed into western Mosul on Friday, the country's air force struck Islamic State group targets inside Syria for the first time in response to recent bombings in Baghdad claimed by the militants.
  
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• California governor proposes spending $437 million on aging dams, flood control

  24-02-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday proposed spending $437 million for flood control and emergency response and preparedness, days after damage at the country's tallest dam, located northeast of the state capital, led to the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream.Damage to both the regular spillway and its emergency counterpart at the Oroville Dam earlier this month brought issues with aging infrastructure into sharp relief in a state that relies on a complex system of dams and res
  
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• White House Stops Press From Attending Media Briefing

  24-02-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  
  The move, which was called a violation of First Amendment rights, was not entirely without precedent.
  
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• Verizon’s unlimited advertising is confusing everyong

  24-02-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Verizon has rolled out a thorough ad campaign to go with its new unlimited data plan. As is normal these days, the ads focus on the pricing per line when you have four lines, which works out to $45 per line, plus taxes and fees.
  Unfortunately for sales reps working in Verzion's stores, wannabe customers don't read the fine print.Several Verizon retail sources have told BGR that customers are coming in "every hour" asking for "that $45 Unlimited plan," just to be told that actually, it's $80
  
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• Verizon’s unlimited advertising is confusing everyone

  24-02-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Verizon has rolled out a thorough ad campaign to go with its new unlimited data plan. As is normal these days, the ads focus on the pricing per line when you have four lines, which works out to $45 per line, plus taxes and fees.
  Unfortunately for sales reps working in Verzion's stores, wannabe customers don't read the fine print.Several Verizon retail sources have told BGR that customers are coming in "every hour" asking for "that $45 Unlimited plan," just to be told that actually, it's $80
  
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• Infant who survived in 1920s sideshow incubator dies at 96

  24-02-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Lucille Conlin Horn weighed barely 2 pounds when she was born, a perilous size for any infant, especially in 1920. Doctors told her parents to hold off on a funeral for her twin sister who had died at birth, expecting she too would soon be gone.
  
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• Kim Jong-Nam killed by VX nerve agent: Malaysia police

  24-02-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half brother was assassinated with a lethal nerve agent manufactured for chemical warfare and listed by the UN as a weapon of mass destruction, Malaysian police said Friday.Releasing a preliminary toxicology report on Kim Jong-Nam's murder at Kuala Lumpur airport, police revealed the poison used by the assassins was the odourless, tasteless and highly toxic VX.The news brought condemnation from South Korea, which slammed the use of the nerve agent as a "blatant
  
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