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• The Flurry App Is Sending Messages To Your Entire Contact List, What Is It?

  17-03-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Social media users have been wondering why they're phones are sending out messages about the Flurry app.
  
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• Kentucky mayor asks FBI to probe sex assault claims versus police

  17-03-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday asked the FBI to investigate potential violations of federal law in a case involving sexual abuse charges made against two city police officers.Mayor Greg Fisher said in a statement he also has named a special investigator to oversee an investigation into the accusations that the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers sexually abused a teenager while he was part of a Boy Scout-affiliated youth program.The charges were made last week in a l
  
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• Updated Tesla Model S 60D Adds Features and Promises

  17-03-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Tesla’s updated Model S sedan looks a lot like its old Model S, until you look closely. The popular electric car now features eight cameras, upgraded ultrasonic sensors, and enhanced radar all co...
  
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• Study Says Drug Cuts Cholesterol and Reduces Heart Attacks, But It’s Not Cheap

  17-03-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  
  A study paid for by the drug maker of Repatha found that it can have huge benefits on patients, but the price tag is steep: $14,000 per year.
  
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• Intruder on White House Grounds for Nearly 17 Minutes Before Arrest

  17-03-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  
  It took nearly 17 minutes for the Secret Service to find and confront a man who jumped fences and a gate to get near the White House last week, the Secret Service acknowledged Friday.
  
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• Pres. Trump, Unsubstantiated Wiretap Allegations and German Chancellor Merkel

  17-03-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Confronted by a German reporter over unsubstantiated wiretap allegations, a defiant Pres. Trump took a new shot at his predecessor — suggesting that he and Merkel “have something in common, perhaps."
  
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• Latest: Attorney says man not involved in deaths of 2 girls

  17-03-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into the killings of two northern Indiana teenage girls (all times local):
  
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• Who Really Needs Cholesterol and Blood Pressure Drugs

  17-03-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Experts agree that high blood pressure and high cholesterol increase the risk of having a heart attack. So you might think they also agree on when you should take drugs to control them. They don’...
  
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• What You Need to Know About the Heart Drug Repatha

  17-03-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  There was good news and bad news Friday for people at very high risk of heart attack or stroke. The good news: A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found the people taking a newer kind ...
  
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• Death toll in Peru climbs to 67 from El Nino rains, floods

  17-03-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — The number of people killed in Peru following intense rains and mudslides wreaking havoc around the Andean nation climbed to 67 Friday, with thousands more displaced from destroyed homes and others waiting on rooftops for rescue.
  
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• Chelsea Clinton joins expanded Expedia board

  17-03-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Travel service Expedia added to its board the daughter of former US president Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, according to a public filing posted Friday.Expedia expanded its board from 13 to 14 members and elected Chelsea Clinton to fill the new position, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.Expedia is based in the northwestern US state of Washington and is one of the largest online services in the world for booking fligh
  
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• Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings, records show

  17-03-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  A Reuters report reveals that members of the Russian elite have invested in Trump buildings. At least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses have bought at least $98.4 million worth of property. President Trump has repeatedly denied having any business ties with Russia.
  
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• Secret Service laptop stolen in NY, reportedly with Trump info

  17-03-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  
  A laptop was stolen from a US Secret Service agent in New York and remains missing, the agency said in a statement Friday, amid reports that the device contained floor plans of Trump Tower.CNN -- citing law enforcement sources in New York -- said that though the computer was highly encrypted, it contained Trump Tower floor plans and other sensitive contents.The Secret Service did not detail the contents of the laptop, but emphasized that such devices "contain multiple layers of security includin
  
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• Exclusive: Immigration judges headed to 12 U.S. cities to speed deportations

  17-03-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Edwards AinsleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to 12cities to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, according to two administration officials.How many judges will be reassigned and when they will be sent is still under review, according to the officials, but the Justice Department has begun soliciting volunteers for deployment.
  
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• Three things to watch for at Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearings

  17-03-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  With Judge Neil Gorsuch set to take the hot seat in his confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga spoke to New York University constitutional law professor Rick Pildes about what to watch for.
  
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• UN Haiti cholera fund still falls short despite British aid

  17-03-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  
  A new appeal by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for funding to help Haiti's cholera victims has fallen short, with only Britain responding to the call, UN officials said Friday.With only two percent of the needed $400 million raised, Guterres had written to all member-states last month to appeal for aid to Haiti, where more than 9,000 people died of cholera in a 2010 epidemic.
  
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• Family Says Woman Charged With Leaving Daughter in Grocery Store Didn't Do It Intentionally

  17-03-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Chiengkham Vilaysane allegedly left her daughter alone in a California store Sunday.
  
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• The Latest: Man found dead in burned home was shot in head

  17-03-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on a body being found and a child being rescued from a lake near St. Louis (all times local):
  
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• Texas House ethics chair probes anti-abortion group contract

  17-03-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of the Texas House ethics committee says she wants answers about an anti-abortion group that received $1.6 million to bolster women's health clinics after The Associated Press found that promises have come up short.
  
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• Beach Boys Singer Opens Up About Haunting Encounter With Charles Manson and His 'Maniacal Look'

  17-03-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  
  The 1993 interview has surfaced in a new ABC documentary, "Truth and Lies: The Family Manson."
  
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• How is Japan readying itself against an unpredictable North Korea?

  17-03-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Residents of Japan’s northwestern city of Ogo performed a civilian evacuation drill on Friday, the country’s first, in preparation for a scenario in which ballistic missiles – launched by a country that went unnamed by the city’s disaster authorities – were to fall close to shore.The exercise comes in response to a string of weapons tests by North Korea that have sent ballistic missiles into Japanese territorial waters in recent months, alarming authorities.Recommen
  
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• Trump Heading to Mar-a-Lago for Fifth Visit Since Taking Office, but What About Camp David?

  17-03-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  
  The president appears to prefer his Mar-a-Lago compound over the official presidential retreat located just 20 minutes from the White House.
  
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• Trump ramps up fight for votes on U.S. healthcare overhaul

  17-03-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  By Susan Cornwell and David MorganWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday agreed to changes in the Republican plan for Obamacare, conservative lawmakers said, as he stepped up his fight to win support for the bill ahead of a vote in the House of Representatives next week.Republicans remain deeply divided over their U.S. healthcare overhaul, which is Trump's first major legislative initiative and aims to fulfill his campaign pledge to repeal and replace the healthcare program
  
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• Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Caribbean poet, dies at 87

  17-03-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  
  CASTRIES, St. Lucia (AP) — Derek Walcott, a Nobel prize-winning poet known for capturing the essence of his native Caribbean, died Friday on the island of St. Lucia. He was 87.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 Outscores The iPhone In Leaked Performance Test

  17-03-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  Performance scores from benchmark test Geekbench show that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone goes head-to-head with Apple's flagship iPhone.
  
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• Lack of comma sense ignites debate after ruling in $10M suit

  17-03-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — It all came down to a missing comma, and not just any one. And it's reignited a longstanding debate over whether the punctuation is necessary.
  
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• Amgen discounts cholesterol drug, but payers want more

  17-03-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Amgen Incsells its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha at a discount of about 30 percent to its U.S. list price of $14,000 a year, but the largest pharmacy benefit managers say they want lower prices after new data suggested more patients should be treated with the drug.Amgen, which on Friday presented data showing for the first time that Repatha cuts the risk of heart attack and stroke, said in a related presentation for investors that it is netting between $7,700 to $11,200 per annual treatment
  
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• What is the Five Eyes intelligence alliance?

  17-03-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  
  The diplomatic spat between Britain and the United States, after the White House claimed that London's spies had snooped on Donald Trump, is just the latest incident to put focus on Five Eyes, an international intelligence alliance.The White House insisted Friday that spokesman Sean Spicer had not accused Britain of spying on Trump but was "simply pointing to public reports," following a story broadcast by Fox News that indicated Trump's predecessor Barack Obama had used Britain's GCHQ intellige
  
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• U.S. appeals ruling against Trump's revised travel ban to higher court

  17-03-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government took the legal battle over President Donald Trump's travel ban to a higher court on Friday, saying it would appeal a federal judge's decision that struck down parts of the ban on the day it was set to go into effect. The Department of Justice said in a court filing it would appeal a ruling by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. ...
  
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• Prosecutors: No crime in Florida inmate's hot-shower death

  17-03-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors in Florida have found no evidence of a crime in the death of a prison inmate left for nearly two hours in a hot shower, concluding that he died accidentally in part because of undiagnosed heart disease and suffered no burn injuries.
  
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• 5 free iPhone games you should download from the App Store this weekend

  17-03-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Don't care about basketball? Looking for something else to occupy your time while everyone tunes into March Madness this weekend? If so, you might want to check out this list of five free iPhone and iPad games. While the settings of each game are varied, they're all action-packed experiences. If you can only download one, I highly recommend Golf Zero, which is a fun take on golf that utilizes bullet time.Almost a HeroAlmost A Hero is an RPG clicker game where 9 of the most useless idiots embark
  
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• Donald and Angela's Awkward Adventure

  17-03-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Early Friday afternoon, President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel held one of the more awkward photo ops in recent memory. Merkel sat, looking like she was trying hard to appear casual. Trump barely bothered, grimacing tightly. When photographers asked for a handshake, Merkel asked Trump if they should shake hands. He either did not hear or pretended not to.
  
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• Twitter is slamming Donald Trump after awkward press conference with Angela Merkel

  17-03-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Here comes today's least surprising news. *Insert long, exasperated sigh.* President Trump is getting destroyed on Twitter after his extremely awkward press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.SEE ALSO: Justin Trudeau and Angela Merkel had a candlelit dinner and I am fine with thatAfter refusing to shake the Chancellor's hand (help) and suggesting that they were both wiretapped by President Obama (please help), people had their Twitter fingers ready for Trump - and let's just say, th
  
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• Justice Department delivers documents on wiretap claim to Congress

  17-03-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it delivered documents to congressional committees responding to their request for information that could shed light on President Donald Trump's claims that former President Barack Obama ordered U.S. agencies to spy on him.The information was sent to the House and Senate intelligence and judiciary committees, said Sarah Isgur Flores, a Justice Department spokeswoman.A congressional official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the House Intelligen
  
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• Trump says Republicans uniting on health care, but resistance remains

  17-03-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump said Friday he has won over several Republican lawmakers skeptical of the Obamacare replacement and insisted the health care overhaul was "coming together beautifully," despite resistance from some in his party."We have a plan that's getting more and more popular with the Republican base," Trump said at a joint press conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.Earlier the president met with a dozen members of the conservative Republican Study Committee, whi
  
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• Netanyahu: Syria raids targeted 'advanced' Hezbollah arms

  17-03-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early Friday, prompting retaliatory missile launches, in the most serious incident between the two countries since the Syrian civil war began six years ago.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strikes targeted weapons bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah, and that the Jewish State would do the same again if necessary.Syria's military said it had downed an Israeli plane and hit another as they were carrying out pre-dawn strikes near the fam
  
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• Bail hearing set for Canadian accused in Yahoo email hack

  17-03-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian man of Kazakh origins who was arrested in a massive hack of Yahoo emails appeared briefly via video link in a Hamilton, Ontario court on Friday where a date has been set for his bail hearing.
  
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• Israeli troops kill youth in clash: Palestinian officials

  17-03-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank opened fire at Palestinian protesters throwing stones at them on Friday, killing a 16-year-old, the Palestinian health ministry said.An Israeli military spokeswoman said Palestinians had been throwing firebombs at vehicles traveling near the city of Hebron and that Israeli soldiers had been in immediate danger and fired at a suspect.At least 239 Palestinians have been killed in Israel and the Palestinian Territories in a period of sporadic violence that
  
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• Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets after airstrikes

  17-03-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Syria fired missiles at Israeli warplanes on a mission to destroy a weapons convoy destined for the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah prompting it to deploy its missile defense system, Israeli officials said Friday, in a rare military exchange between the two hostile neighbors.
  
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• The iPhone 8 might ditch Touch ID altogether

  17-03-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  A report earlier this week said that the Galaxy S8 will have iris/face-based Samsung Pay authentication, a feature that’s not available on other devices, Apple’s iPhone included. Samsung appears to be building on its iris-scanning technology it debuted last year on the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 and expanding its use. Apple, meanwhile, is also expected to add facial recognition support to the iPhone 8, and there’s more and more indirect evidence that seemingly confirms the feature
  
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• This guy who uses dating apps to score free dinner is your new worst enemy

  17-03-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Step aside, breadcrumbers. Move to the left, ghosters. There’s a new kind of shitty match in town and his name is Dine-and-Dash. Just when you thought you’d encountered all the different types of dating app disasters, a new one comes along. There’s a Los Angeles man who keeps inviting women to dinner via dating app and then sticking them with the check.  He’s like a much less fun version of Homeless Heidi fromHigh Maintenance, and he appears mainly to have met his da
  
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• Ambassador Wendy Sherman and Yahoo Finance columnist Rick Newman on Trump and Merkel’s press conference

  17-03-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric spoke with Ambassador Wendy Sherman and Yahoo Finance columnist Rick Newman after President Trump’s press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It was the first time Trump and Merkel met face to face. During the press conference, Trump told Merkel, “At least we have something in common” referencing wiretapping.
  
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• Break in the Case? Cops Searching Property Where Bodies of Indiana Hikers Were Found

  17-03-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  The property owner, Ron Logan, has been arrested on an unrelated probation violation.
  
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• Trump’s budget rattles Meals on Wheels in Kansas, where the group vows to fight on

  17-03-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump’s recent budget proposal, which yanks federal funding for Meals on Wheels, may feel like abstract accounting to some, but for senior citizens in Saline County, Kan., it could affect what’s for dinner — and what’s not.The Saline County Commission on Aging (COA) was founded in 1974 to look after the needs of the senior community.It runs the Salina Senior Center and Salina Meals on Wheels, which delivers food to senior citizens and people with disabilities.
  
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• ‘Pokémon Go’ Skips St. Patrick’s Day, No Drunk Pikachu Here

  17-03-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  
  ‘Pokémon Go’ players really wanted a St. Patrick’s Day event, and hope is fading fast for any sort of promotion. Why can’t we get a drunk Pikachu?
  
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• 8 Ways to Transform Unused Space in Your Home

  17-03-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  You may have set it up as a guest bedroom, but when you only have guests every three months, that extra room could be used for much more.Think first about which hobbies or activities you'd like to dedicate more space to in your home, and don't be afraid to have more fun with a spare room, as it doesn't have to match the other living spaces."I try to create a separate identity for the secondary rooms," says Julia Chi, an interior designer with Interior Space by Steven G. and designer for Priv&eac
  
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• The Latest: DOJ says it's complied with wiretapping requests

  17-03-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's claims that he was wiretapped (all times local):
  
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• Tesla Will Discontinue its Cheapest Model

  17-03-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  The Model S 60, with its restricted 60 kWh battery pack, will be put out to pasture.
  
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• At White House, Trump Campaigns While Merkel Champions Western Order

  17-03-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  
  One person praised NATO, the Marshall Plan, immigration, and trade. And it wasn't the president of the United States.
  
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• President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a press conference

  17-03-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  
  On Friday, March 17, President Trump holds a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The meeting comes after Merkel's trip was delayed due to the snow earlier in the week.
  
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