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• AG Sessions says he 'didn't recall' several times during press conference

  02-03-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from any future investigation involving Russia and the 2016 Presidential Election. But throughout his press conference, he seemed to have a little trouble with his memory saying he "didn't recall" on several occasions.
  
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• Partisanship rift continues in House panel probing Russia

  02-03-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican and Democrat on the House intelligence committee had conflicting messages Thursday when they emerged from a 31/2-hour closed-door briefing with FBI Director James Comey on Russian activities during the presidential election.
  
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• GOP, Dem foes of health care bill in scavenger hunt for copy

  02-03-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Where's the Republicans' embryonic health care bill?
  
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• 95-year-old comes out as gay and melts all our hearts

  02-03-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  
  It's never too late to accept yourself. In his latest video, popular Youtuber Davey Wavey sat down with 96-year-old Roman, who shares his beautiful coming out story — that took place only one year before.SEE ALSO: 'Beauty and the Beast' director reveals Disney's first openly gay characterRoman explains that at 95 years old — after being married to his wife for 67 years and having two children and five grandchildren — he finally felt ready to show the world a part of himself he
  
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• Jewish cemetery vandalized in New York, third case in two weeks

  02-03-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  
  The vandalism of more than a dozen headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Rochester is being investigated by a New York hate crime task force, the third known case of a Jewish cemetery desecration in the country in the last two weeks.Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he ordered the investigation at Waad Hakolel Cemetery given the wave of bomb threats that later proved hoaxes targeting Jewish community centers and vandalism at Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia and St. Louis.U.S. Presiden
  
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• Exclusive: Spirit Aero tells suppliers jobs may go offshore - sources

  02-03-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc , a major supplier to Boeing Coand Airbus , is demanding steep price cuts from its hundreds of parts suppliers, forcing them to re-bid for their current work against global competitors, according to a document seen by Reuters and three sources familiar with the matter.Spirit is asking for price cuts of 15 to 35 percent in meetings this week in Wichita, Kansas, where it is based, according to the sources and to a Feb. 13 letter Spirit sent tosuppliers.Spirit declin
  
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• How To Uninstall Native Apps on iOS, Android

  02-03-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Native iOS and Android apps that come pre-installed on devices can take up valuable space. Here's how to get rid of them.
  
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• Michael Anton Is Donald Trump’s Ben Rhodes – But Is He Going Too Far in the Other Direction?

  02-03-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Is there a Trump Doctrine? And how will the liberal international order fare under the Trump presidency? Trump’s own pronouncements are difficult to parse. His major foreign-policy speech last year was largely campaign fodder, a stem-winder of invective against the foreign policy establishment and a defiant announcement of Trump’s “America First” approach. Aside from that, ...
  
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• Sen. Cortez Masto says Jeff Sessions should resign to protect Justice Dept.’s ‘integrity’

  02-03-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., is calling for Jeff Sessions to resign as attorney general.“He’s been the attorney general now for less than a month, and we’re questioning whether the top law enforcement official in the country … has committed a crime,” Cortez Masto told Yahoo News on Thursday afternoon.Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., also called for Sessions to resign Thursday.
  
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• Aboard aircraft carrier, Trump pushes for more military spending

  02-03-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump announced from the deck of America's newest aircraft carrier Thursday that he had spoken with maritime leaders to discuss plans for a "major expansion" of the Navy.Trump spoke against the military backdrop as he pushes for a hike in defense spending that is likely to meet with stiff opposition in Congress."In these troubled times, our Navy is the smallest it's been since World War I," Trump told sailors aboard the Gerald R. Ford.
  
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• Thailand Bear Dies After Falling From Helicopter

  02-03-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The bear, which allegedly had been sedated, woke up in the middle of the trip and panicked once it saw itself swaying in a net attached to the helicopter.
  
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• Amazon blames human error for cloud-service disruption

  02-03-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Incblamed human error for the disruption in its cloud services that resulted in widespread glitches for its clients from news sites to government services on Tuesday. An incorrect command led to the removal of a larger set of servers than intended, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. (http://amzn.to/2melOup) The disruption in the company's Simple Storage Service, or Amazon S3, lasted for more than 3-1/2 hours and impacted sending and receiving clients' data. The c
  
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• Sessions' Recusal Speech Filled With Puzzling Comments

  02-03-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  The attorney general seemed to hint that he had already planned to recuse himself long before a damning report was published Wednesday.
  
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• The Latest: Le Pen lays out platform for French economy

  02-03-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French presidential election campaign (all times local):
  
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• Factbox - Snap IPO: The asymmetry of venture returns

  02-03-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Snap Inc , the owner of the messaging app Snapchat, opened at $24 per share on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday versus the initial public offering price of $17. Following is a list of venture capital firms selling their shares in Snap. Estimated values of shares sold in the deal are based on the IPO price. Estimated values of shares retained are based on the stock's opening price. Data based on SEC filings, EquityZen and CrunchBase. ...
  
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• Photos of the day - March 2, 2017

  02-03-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Tour guides wearing traditional Chinese dress practice smiling by biting chopsticks at Qingming Grand-River Park in Kaifeng, central China’s Henan Province; Cheryl Kreiser of Silver Spring, Md. holds up a sign outside Justice Department,as she joined a group to protest Attorney General Jeff Sessions; and, An Iraqi special forces soldier fires a sniper rifle during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. These are just a few of the photos of the day for March 2, 2017. See more
  
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• Trump’s Military Buildup Threatens to Gut U.S. Coast Guard

  02-03-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  
  The armed services’ poor cousin is fixing to get a whole lot poorer.
  
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• Trump’s Military Build-Up Threatens to Gut U.S. Coast Guard

  02-03-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  
  The armed services’ poor cousin is fixing to get a whole lot poorer.
  
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• The Latest: Sessions says he shouldn't investigate campaign

  02-03-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Attorney General Jeff Sessions' talks with the Russian ambassador (all times local):
  
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• Ancient human tree cultivation shaped Amazon landscape

  02-03-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ancient indigenous peoples had a far more profound impact on the composition of the vast Amazon rainforest than previously known, according to a study showing how tree species domesticated by humans long ago still dominate big swathes of the wilderness.Researchers said on Thursday many tree species populating the Amazon region appear to be abundant because they were cultivated by people who populated the area before Europeans arrived more than five centuries
  
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• Relationship Expert Weighs In on Romance Between Joe Biden's Son and Other Son's Widow

  02-03-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  The former vice president and his wife have given their approval of the relationship.
  
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• Not so urgent anymore? Trump's new travel ban delayed

  02-03-2017 22:24 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump was barely in office when he signed an executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. There was not a moment to waste, he said, because any delay would allow the "bad dudes" to rush into the U.S.
  
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• Trump says wants defense buildup to project U.S. power abroad

  02-03-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ayesha RascoeNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants a U.S. military buildup of more ships and planes to "project American power in distant lands," making his case for a proposed $54 billion increase in defense spending that has U.S. lawmakers squabbling.Wearing an olive military jacket and hat aboard a new aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, in Newport News, Virginia, Trump said he wanted the U.S. military to have the finest equipment in the world.Tru
  
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• Merkel in Egypt to reduce migrant flows

  02-03-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on stemming illegal migration to her country, during a two-day trip that will also include Tunisia.Turmoil exploited by people smugglers since the 2011 overthrow of Moamer Kadhafi has made Libya, which neighbours Egypt and Tunisia, the main gateway for African migrants seeking to make dangerous Mediterranean crossings.
  
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• Teen and 4-Year-Old Niece Unharmed After Hiding in Bathroom During Home Invasion

  02-03-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Savannah Jones, 14, was babysitting her sister's 4-year-old daughter after school when she heard a loud knock on her on the door of her Montclair home.
  
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• US Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces criticism on possible Russia ties

  02-03-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a wily politician from the old South who cannily rose from federal prosecutor in Alabama to the US Senate and then helped propel Donald Trump to the White House.The genteel Republican, 70, was facing Democrats' calls to resign because he denied having had any contacts with Russians in his confirmation hearing in January.
  
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• Amateur Treasure Hunters Find 2,000-Year-Old Gold Jewelry

  02-03-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Two amateurs using metal detectors have discovered four gold torques from more than 2,000 years ago in a field near the town of Leek in central England.The jewelry, which would have been worn as a necklace or bracelet, "dates to around 400 to 250 B.C., and is probably the earliest Iron Age goldwork ever discovered in Britain," Julia Farley, curator of British and European Iron Age collections at the British Museum in London, said in a statement.After the jewelry was found, a professional archaeo
  
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• Rachel Dolezal, activist who identified as black, changes name

  02-03-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  Diallo, 39, was profiled in a story last week by British newspaper The Guardian that mentioned she had changed her name on legal documents.Court records posted online by Spokane County, in Washington state, indicated that Dolezal petitioned to change her name to Diallo, which has African roots, and that a judge granted the request last Oct. 7.Dolezal resigned in 2015 as president of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, following an uproar when me
  
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• US strikes pound AQAP targets in Yemen

  02-03-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  US forces on Thursday struck a series of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula targets in Yemen, the Pentagon announced, part of a broader increase in attacks against the civil-war-torn nation's jihadists.Local officials said at least 12 AQAP members were killed in the strikes, which came barely one month after a botched US commando raid against the group left multiple civilians and a Navy SEAL dead."More than 20 strikes targeted AQAP militants, equipment and infrastructure in the Yemeni governorate
  
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• Senate confirms Trump pick Perry as energy secretary

  02-03-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm President Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Energy, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has promised to renew America’s nuclear weapons arsenal.Perry's rise to America’s top energy official came against opposition from Democrats worried about his ties to oil companies, his doubts about the science of climate change, and the fact that he once called for the department’s total elimination – a comment he has since sa
  
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• Agency reports rare jaguar sighting in mountains of Arizona

  02-03-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Wildlife officials say they have evidence of a rare jaguar sighting in the United States, giving conservationists hope that the endangered cat is re-establishing itself here.
  
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• Trump, aboard Navy carrier, vows to boost defense spending

  02-03-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  
  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump pledged to boost defense spending as he basked in the nation's military might aboard a next-generation Naval aircraft carrier on Thursday.
  
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• 10 Myths About Marijuana

  02-03-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Many myths have arisen about smoking week; here are 10 that you should stop believing.
  
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• Google’s Pixel didn’t just copy the iPhone 6 design, it copied a crazy iPhone 4 ‘feature’ as well

  02-03-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  
  It's pretty strange how defensive Android fans get when you make an observation that is beyond obvious to anyone with two eyes. Actually, it's pretty obvious to anyone with one eye, too. The Google Pixel copied Apple's iPhone 6 design. You should've seen the emails and tweets we got after running this post. Seriously, is it even really such a big deal? HTC cloned Apple's iPhone 6, and that phone ended up selling quite well for the struggling smartphone maker. What's funny is that Apple
  
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• Poll Indicates Americans Leery Of Giving President More Power

  02-03-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  
  All three branches of the U.S. government are co-equal under the Constitution although presidents have tried to usurp more power through executive actions.
  
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• Polish conservatives take on the Supreme Court

  02-03-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Poland's governing conservatives on Thursday questioned the legitimacy of Supreme Court chief justice Malgorzata Gersdorf, who had been critical of judicial measures introduced by the Law and Justice (PiS) party.Gersdorf had condemned PiS reforms of the Constitutional Court, which include changing the order in which cases are heard and how the chief justice is chosen in a move which had also drawn concern from the European Commission.
  
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• First Jobs: How to make it to the governor's mansion

  02-03-2017 21:18
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The road to the governor's mansion is not always paved with public-service positions. Many state leaders got their starts in much humbler jobs before they even thought about...
  
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• This Is the Range Rover Velar

  02-03-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Fitting right between the Evoque and Range Rover Sport, the Velar is damn good to look at and packs some impressive new tech that will be the future for all Range Rovers.
  
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• Here's the Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo In All Its Wagon Glory

  02-03-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Meet Porsche's first-ever station wagon, and yes, it's coming to the US.
  
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• Alfa Romeo Has Already Sold More Cars in 2017 Than It Did in All of 2016

  02-03-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Sales in February were up 843 percent. That's a lot.
  
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• The Predator Drone Is Going Into Retirement

  02-03-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  
  The unmanned aerial vehicle that changed warfare retires this summer.
  
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• Scientists Build New Computer Made of DNA

  02-03-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  
  The computer can copy itself many times over, making calculations much faster.
  
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• Syria army retakes ancient Palmyra from IS

  02-03-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Syrian troops backed by Russian jets completed the recapture of the historic city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group Thursday, the Kremlin and the army said, in another blow to the jihadists.Bolstered by air strikes and ground troops from their ally Moscow, Syrian forces battled through the desert for weeks to reach Palmyra.The oasis city has traded hands several times during Syria's six-year civil war and become a symbol of IS's wanton destruction of priceless cultural heritage in areas un
  
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• Brussels police hold man as gas canisters found in car

  02-03-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Belgian police and soldiers on Thursday sealed off part of central Brussels after finding gas canisters in a car driven by a man known to have been radicalised, officials said.Belgium remains on high alert as it prepares to mark the first anniversary of last year's Islamic State-inspired attacks on the Brussels metro and airport which killed 32 people.Reports said he had previously gone to Syria but officials did not confirm that.
  
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• Amazon finally explained what happened when it accidentally took down the internet

  02-03-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Web Services, also known as S3 and AWS, happen to power a lot of the internet as you know it. And they're usually quite dependable, meaning that the companies using the solutions can rest assured that their websites will be up no matter what. But no internet service can have a 100% uptime rating, and the same goes for AWS. It was Amazon’s AWS that failed on Tuesday, taking plenty of popular services and&nb
  
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• Iowa lawmaker says business degree was Sizzler certificate

  02-03-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa state lawmaker said Thursday that he didn't mean to mislead anyone by claiming he had a business degree from a company that actually had awarded him a certificate for participating in a training program when he worked at Sizzler.
  
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• Syria, Russia blast opposition at faltering peace talks

  02-03-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Syria on Thursday accused the main opposition of taking UN-backed peace talks "hostage" over its refusal to include terrorism on the agenda, warning it would be reponsible if the sputtering negotiations fail.Russia, a key ally of Damascus, also attacked the opposition led by the High Negotiations Committee, which said it was pinning its faltering hopes on the new US administration of President Donald Trump."Progress in the Geneva round must not be held hostage by the Riyadh platform," lead Syria
  
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• Woolly mammoths suffered genetic 'meltdown' before extinction

  02-03-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Before woolly mammoths went extinct thousands of years ago, their dwindling population suffered a series of genetic mutations that hampered their ability to survive, researchers said Thursday.Woolly mammoths were once among the most common herbivores inNorth America and Siberia, but came under threat from increased hunting pressure and a warming climate.Experts analyzed the genome of one of the last known woolly mammoths ever found -- a 4,300-year-old specimen from Wrangel Island, off the northe
  
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• Donald Trump Is No Ronald Reagan

  02-03-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump is like Reagan in the same way that a card table is like a racehorse: They have the same number of legs, but after that the similarities are sparse.
  
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• The Latest: 1 of 3 slain teens had feuded with gang member

  02-03-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  
  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on gang members indicted in the killings of three teenagers on Long Island last year (all times local):
  
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