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• Ahead of Trump-Xi summit, U.S. warns clock has ‘run out’ on N. Korea

  04-04-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees a firing contest in Pyongyang, Dec. 21, 2016.WASHINGTON — Days before President Trump hosts his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a top U.S. official warned Tuesday that “the clock has run out” on decades of diplomatic efforts to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, and military action may ultimately be necessary.Hours after those remarks were reported, North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the waters o
  
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• This next-gen mesh system will stop your neighbor’s network from ruining your Wi-Fi

  04-04-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  When it comes to Wi-Fi, there are so many things that can go wrong and slow down your internet speeds. Most people automatically blame their Internet Service Provider anytime they experience any slowdowns, and sometimes it is a network issue. Believe it or not, however, it’s not always Comcast’s fault. A lot of times interference can play a huge role in slowing down your home Wi-Fi speeds, and that doesn’t just go for people who live in apartments. The good news is that there a
  
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• Ruling party candidate declared victor in Ecuador election

  04-04-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno has won Ecuador's tight presidential election, the head of the country's National Electoral Council said Tuesday, bucking a trend of right-wing electoral victories in South America after 15 years of leftist domination.
  
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• Brazil lambasts Israel's new settlement approval

  04-04-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Brasília (AFP) - Brazil on Tuesday sternly criticized Israel's approval for renewed large-scale settlement building in the occupied West Bank."The settlements in (Palestinian territory) are illegal and amount to an obstacle for the two-state solution and for a fair and lasting peace," the foreign ministry said in a statement.Brazil recognized the Palestinian state in 2010 and recalled its ambassador from Israel in 2014 in protest at "disproportionate" force used by the Jewish state in the
  
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• Pimco regains title of managing biggest active bond fund

  04-04-2017 23:31
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pacific Investment Management Co regained its perch as the manager behind the world's largest actively managed bond fund, data from the asset manager showed on Tuesday.
  
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• These cities are totally slaying the solar power game

  04-04-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  
  With the Trump administration targeting various government clean energy programs, we can think of no better time to celebrate the U.S. cities with the most installed solar energy. A new report found the country has made some serious solar strides in 2016, particularly in 20 cities across the country. SEE ALSO: Coal-fired electricity is at its lowest since officials started keeping track America's "shining cities" helped the country attain 42,000 megawatts of solar energy capacity by the end of 2
  
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• Cop Opens Up About Desperate Attempts to Save College Student Who Died After Pancake-Eating Contest

  04-04-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Sgt. Mike Paris was one of the first officers who rushed to save Caitlin Nelson, who died over the weekend.
  
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• Q&A: What is 'unmasking' and why would Obama adviser do it?

  04-04-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice is in the center of a political storm this week, drawn in by new revelations about her handling of intelligence reports in the waning days of the Obama administration.
  
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• Apple-branded display in the works for iMac ‘Pro’ and Mac Pro

  04-04-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple on Tuesday announced a mild refresh for the Mac Pro, but the biggest news concerned the future of the Mac line. All the pressure from fans worked, as Apple felt compelled to reveal details about products that aren't even ready. The Cupertino-based company confirmed its commitment to the Mac by reassuring professionals that it’s working on new products.
  The Mac Pro was the main topic of conversation with a few hand-picked members of the media, with Apple revealing that a redesigned Ma
  
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• Syrian doctor closest to attack: ‘90 percent chance this was sarin’

  04-04-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  
  A doctor who operates the clinic closest to the site of a chemical weapon attack in Syria told Yahoo News he personally treated “delirious” victims who were “foaming at the mouth,” gasping for air and suffering muscle spasms, symptoms he said are consistent with sarin nerve gas poisoning.The doctor, Dr. Mohammed Mansour, sent Yahoo News a video from his clinic showing rows of young children lined up under blankets, their faces and eyes frozen, apparently unable
  
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• Obama aide denies using intel to spy on Trump advisers

  04-04-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Susan Rice, Barack Obama's national security adviser and the latest target for Donald Trump's embattled defenders, firmly denied on Tuesday that she or other Obama officials used secret intelligence reports to spy on Trump associates for political purposes.
  
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• iOS 10.3 Update: Apple Warns Users Over Accidental iCloud Re-enabling Of Disabled Services

  04-04-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple reportedly sent an email to some users over accidental enabling of disabled apps and services during iOS 10.3 update.
  
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• Senate Republican leader starts clock ticking to Gorsuch showdown

  04-04-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  
  By Lawrence Hurley and Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate moved on Tuesday toward ramming through approval of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee this week, as its top Republican said he has the votes to wipe away Democratic roadblocks but vowed to preserve the minority party's ability to hold up legislation.Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to change the Senate's long-standing rules in order to eliminate the ability to use a procedural hurdle called a filibuster
  
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• McConnell says he has the votes to scrap Supreme Court filibuster in Gorsuch standoff

  04-04-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday afternoon that he was confident he had the votes to change the body’s rules if Democrats go through with their threat to filibuster President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.McConnell downplayed the significance of that change, even as other members of his caucus have said it would damage the Senate and lead to a more ideological, partisan Supreme Court.“The practical effect of all of this would be to take us back
  
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• St. Petersburg Bombing Gets Little World Sympathy

  04-04-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  The international response to Monday's St. Petersburg subway bombing was muted compared to recent terrorist attacks in the West.
  
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• Poll: Most young people say gov't should pay for health care

  04-04-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Most young Americans want any health care overhaul under President Donald Trump to look a lot like the Affordable Care Act signed into law by his predecessor, President Barack Obama.
  
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• The Latest: King is 44th senator to oppose Gorsuch

  04-04-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate debate on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch (all times local):
  
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• How to Shoot a Great Dog Photo

  04-04-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Scroll through your Facebook feed and you’ll realize that almost everyone seems to love two things: cat videos and dog photos. When it comes to directing felines, you’re on your own, but we can h...
  
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• Elizabeth Smart's Father Says Teen Who Vanished With Teacher May Be Brainwashed

  04-04-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Ed Smart says a man like Tad Cummins will manipulate a victim "in any way possible."
  
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• Messages show New York police surveillance of Black Lives Matter

  04-04-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Documents released by the New York Police Department and published by a newspaper on Tuesday shed new light on how undercover officers surveilled organizers from the Black Lives Matter movement who were protesting police tactics.The documents include brief internal messages from officers reporting to colleagues on demonstrators' movements during "die-in" protests at New York City's Grand Central Terminal in 2014 and 2015, as well as photographs and a video of the protests.
  
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• Microsoft Will Soon Block Malicious Links In Word, PowerPoint and Excel

  04-04-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Microsoft announced it will start blocking malicious links in Office 365 programs Word, Excel and PowerPoint later this month.
  
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• Window closing for Republican stealth assault on U.S. regulations

  04-04-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa Lambert and Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The clock began running out this week on a strategy that has provided U.S. Republicans in Congress with their only notable legislative successes this year: aggressive use of an obscure U.S. law known as the Congressional Review Act (CRA).On his 75th day in power, President Donald Trump has yet to offer any major legislation or win passage of a bill he favors, but House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has notched numerous
  
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• More than half a million sign Melania Trump petition

  04-04-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  
  More than half a million people have signed a petition demanding that First Lady Melania Trump move into the White House or foot the expense of living in New York herself.The Slovenian-born former model and mother of one has continued to live at her Manhattan penthouse apartment more than two months after husband Donald Trump was sworn in as 45th president of the United States.The first lady has said that she and 11-year-old son Barron will move to Washington after the current school year ends i
  
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• Russian police hunt possible accomplices of suicide bomber

  04-04-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Investigators searched for possible accomplices of a 22-year-old native of the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan identified as the suicide bomber in the St. Petersburg subway, as residents came to grips Tuesday with the first major terrorist attack in Russia's second-largest city since the Soviet collapse.
  
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• 2017 Chevrolet Cruze LT RS vs. 2017 Honda Civic Sport, 2017 Mazda 3 Touring 2.5, 2017 Volkswagen Golf Wolfsburg Edition

  04-04-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Where does the venn diagram of practicality, fuel economy, and affordability overlap? The hatch. Definitely the hatch.
  
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• Advertisers Dump O'Reilly Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

  04-04-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  More than a dozen companies pull advertising from Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" but Bill O'Reilly remains silent on the issue. Lawrence O'Donnell talks to Gabriel Sherman, who literally wrote the book on Fox News...
  
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• Detroit man, 80, gets prison for Social Security fraud

  04-04-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — An 80-year-old Detroit man was sentenced to 366 days in prison Tuesday for spending $265,000 in Social Security benefits that mistakenly went into his mother's bank account long after her death in 1989.
  
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• The Latest: Possible accomplices of suicide bomber sought

  04-04-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the deadly subway bombing in St. Petersburg (all times local):
  
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• Lawrence to Bill O'Reilly: Sue Me Too

  04-04-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  O'Donnell speaks out about allegations of sexual harassment against Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and Roger Ailes telling viewers what they can do to send a direct message to O'Reilly after his attorneys threatened a defamation suit against one of his accusers.
  
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• Susan Rice Denies 'Unmasking' For Political Purposes

  04-04-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  
  "It is absolutely false that Obama officials used intelligence for political purposes," the former national security adviser said in a Tuesday interview.
  
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• Brains of 'super-agers' don't shrink as fast as others

  04-04-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  
  As we age, our brain shrinks, but a select group of elders known as "super-agers" lose less brain volume than regular seniors, which may help them stay sharp, researchers said Tuesday.The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association show that super-agers, 80 and older, have a significantly thicker brain cortex than people who are aging normally."Increasing age is often accompanied by 'typical' cognitive decline or, in some cases, more severe cognitive decline called dementia," sai
  
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• Former national security adviser Rice denies leaking names of ‘unmasked’ Trump officials

  04-04-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Former White House national security adviser Susan Rice said Tuesday that allegations that she was responsible for intelligence leaks were false.In her first public comments since reports surfaced that she had requested the “unmasking” of the names of Trump associates in surveillance reports, Rice told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell she hadn’t leaked any of that information to the press.Bloomberg reported Monday evening that Rice sought the names of Trump transiti
  
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• Your iPhone Can Be Hacked Via Wi-Fi If You Don't Update Now

  04-04-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple has issued an emergency patch to fix a vulnerability that left iOS devices at risk of being attacked via WiFi.
  
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• Leftist Moreno wins Ecuador presidential election: electoral council

  04-04-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Ecuadorean leftist Lenin Moreno won Sunday's presidential election, the country's electoral council said on Tuesday, after a tight contest with his right-wing opponent.Moreno pocketed 51.16 percent of valid votes versus 48.84 percent for conservative challenger Guillermo Lasso, with 99.65 percent of votes counted, according to the council.The results are "irreversible," electoral council president Juan Pablo Pozo said, adding there was no indication of fraud.
  
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• Pennsylvania man who eluded manhunt goes on trial in trooper ambush

  04-04-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Pennsylvania prosecutors showed jurors graphic images of a police officer moments after he was fatally shot in a 2014 sniper attack, during opening statements on Tuesday in the murder trial of survivalist Eric Frein.Frein, 33, of Canadensis, Pennsylvania, could receive the death penalty if he is convicted of the top charge against him, the murder of a law-enforcement officer, Corporal Bryan Dickson II. He is also charged with terrorism and the attempted murder of trooper Alex Douglass, who was w
  
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• Sen. McConnell the Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination strategy

  04-04-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  
  On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) holds a press conference to talk about the confirmation strategy for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
  
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• The Galaxy S8+ actually managed to beat the iPhone 7’s battery life

  04-04-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  A few days ago, we learned that the Galaxy S8 and S8+ will have roughly the same battery life as their iPhone counterparts, and now the first test results are in. It turns out that the Galaxy S8 Plus’s battery life is actually a little bit better than the iPhone 7’s, which is a pretty big deal, as anyone who has compared Android battery life to the iPhone knows all too well. Unfortunately though, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ still come nowhere close to matching the iPhone 7
  
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• May to raise 'hard issues' with Saudi Arabia, stand up for UK interests

  04-04-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  
  By Katie PaulRIYADH (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would raise "hard issues" with Saudi Arabia's leaders on a visit to the country, as critics urged her to pressure Riyadh over its air war in Yemen and human rights record.May also said she was appalled by reports of a chemical weapons attack in northern Syria that killed dozens of people, including 11 children, and called for a prompt investigation.
  
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• Pass/Fail for Parents!?

  04-04-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  
  As a parent, you expect your children to bring home good grades – but how would you feel about being graded yourself? Mississippi recently passed a bill adding a new item to kid’s report cards: grades for their parents in such subjects as their child’s readiness for tests, absences, and tardies. Does this idea deserve an A for effort, or an F for infuriating families?
  
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• #RESIST protesters crash Trump’s speech to construction unions and more: April 4 in photos

  04-04-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Protesters hold up signs as President Donald Trump speaks at the 2017 North America’s Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference in Washington; a man carries a child following a suspected chemical attack, at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria; and, fans arrive during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga.
  
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• GOP lawmaker defends Russia, Trump before meeting president

  04-04-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran GOP congressman who's been Russia's leading defender on Capitol Hill lashed out at the country's critics as he prepared to meet Tuesday with President Donald Trump.
  
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• What You Need to Know About Zika Virus for 2017

  04-04-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  After ranking as one of the top health stories of 2016, the Zika virus all but disappeared from the headlines once mosquito season came to an end for most of the continental U.S. But warmer days ...
  
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• The Internet Is Going Crazy Over Michelle Obama's Natural Hair

  04-04-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  
  The Internet is losing it over a recent photo of Michelle Obama rocking her natural hair. In the photo, her hair looks gorgeous in a puff with a gray polka-dot headband. Social media couldn't get enough of it!
  
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• Russia IDs metro bomber as St. Petersburg mourns 14 dead

  04-04-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Russian investigators Tuesday identified the bomber in the deadly Saint Petersburg metro blast as 22-year-old Akbarjon Djalilov, as Russia's second city mourned the 14 people killed.The Investigative Committee said in a statement that Djalilov "carried out an explosion" in the carriage of a train travelling between two busy stations on Monday afternoon.Djalilov's "genetic trace" was also found on a bag containing a second bomb left at another metro station and later defused, the statement said.
  
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• White House faces questions about Syria policy after suspected chemical attack

  04-04-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House released a statement on Tuesday blaming the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack that reportedly left dozens dead in that country — and blaming former President Barack Obama for not doing more to get rid of Assad.White House press secretary Sean Spicer read the statement in his daily press briefing on Tuesday, where he also faced questions about the Trump administration’s position on Syria.
  
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• Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice: ‘I leaked nothing to nobody’

  04-04-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  President Obama’s former White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice is battling claims that she mishandled classified information when she requested the identities of people connected to President Trump’s transition team in raw intelligence reports. Rice told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, “I leaked nothing to nobody.”
  
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• Islamic State says U.S. 'being run by an idiot'

  04-04-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Islamic State said on Tuesday the United States was drowning and "being run by an idiot".In the first official remarks by the group referring to President Donald Trump since he took office, spokesman Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer said:"America you have drowned and there is no savior, and you have become prey for the soldiers of the caliphate in every part of the earth, you are bankrupt and the signs of your demise are evident to every eye.""... There is no more evidence than the fact that you are bei
  
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• Where Are Kendall Jenners Jeans?

  04-04-2017 19:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Kendall Jenner steps out in a new barely there jean trend.
  
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