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• Toshiba ups ante in chip unit sale with attack on Western Digital

  09-05-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  By Makiko YamazakiTOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corphas told Western Digital Corpnot to interfere in the sale of its prized chip unit, rejecting claims it has breached a joint venture contract and threatening legal action.The clash between Toshiba and Western Digital - both its business partner and one of the bidders for the chip unit - risks delaying or even quashing an auction that the Japanese conglomerate is depending on to plug a $9 billion hole in its accounts.Although the two companies jointl
  
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• Suspect in doctors' slayings once worked at their posh condo

  09-05-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The man suspected of killing two engaged doctors in their luxury penthouse condominium once held a job there.
  
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• McConnell defends all-male health care working group: ‘Everybody’s at the table’

  09-05-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a media briefing on Capitol Hill.WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that “nobody” is being excluded from his conference’s meetings on health care after Democrats and even some members of his own party criticized him for assembling a working group on the issue consisting of 13 men and no women.“Well the working group that counts is all 52 of us, and we’re having extensive meeting
  
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• Feds want fired Tennessee teacher held until child sex trial

  09-05-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a teacher accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old student and repeatedly having sex with her while fleeing to California should remain jailed as a flight risk until he's tried on a charge that could keep him in prison for life.
  
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• Here's A Roundup Of What Apple Could Announce At WWDC In June

  09-05-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple is expected to hold its Worldwide Developers Conference next month and could announce its Siri speaker, iOS 11, tvOS11 and other updates. Here's what to expect.
  
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• Attorney General who helped block Muslim ban says Trump 'doesn't understand the power of the presidency'

  09-05-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin isn’t mad, just disappointed.The Stanford-educated lawyer who successfully brought about a block on Donald Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban” says the Trump administration's attacks on the judiciary are cause for concern.“I think what makes it more discouraging [is] when you have people at the highest levels of government making those statements,” Mr Chin told The Independent.
  
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• The iPhone 8 may be impossible to find at launch

  09-05-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 is without question the company's most anticipated product in years. Said to feature an edge-to-edge OLED display, the hype surrounding Apple's next-gen iPhone seems to get more intense with each passing month. And with good reason: the iPhone 8 will introduce a radical new form factor, a welcome change in light of the fact that the current iPhone design has more or less remained unchanged since Apple rolled out the iPhone 6 in 2014.Typically, Apple introduces a new iPh
  
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• US postpones decision on whether to withdraw from Paris climate agreement

  09-05-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has yet to make a decision on whether to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change as global talks continue in Bonn, Germany.White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during a news conference that the decision would not be announced until after the Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Italy later this month.Mr Trump had said many times that he wanted to “cancel” the Paris Agreement.
  
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• Nigeria spokesman says 1 Nigeria Chibok girl refused release

  09-05-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — One of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 and who had the opportunity to be released on Saturday chose to stay with her husband, the spokesman for Nigeria's president said Tuesday.
  
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• White House slams Sally Yates as ‘a political opponent’

  09-05-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  A day after Yates testified that she had warned the Trump administration that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was vulnerable to blackmail by Russian, the White House attempted to cast the career federal prosecutor who has worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations as a partisan operative.
  
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• Aaron Hernandez Lawyers Don't Think Death Was Suicide

  09-05-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Two of Hernandez's lawyers have voiced skepticism about whether his death was a suicide.
  
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• Texas immigration law 'more dangerous' than infamous Arizona bill, critics say

  09-05-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Gregorio Casar speaks during a protest against what critics are calling the new ‘show me your papers’ law, outside of Texas governor’s mansion in Austin.Activists have vowed to challenge a new Texas law that is the most significant attempt by a state to entwine itself in immigration enforcement since Arizona passed a hardline bill in 2010.Arizona became embroiled in boycotts and lawsuits after passing SB 1070, and Texas is gearing up for a legal fight after Governor Greg Abbott
  
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• Syrian troops shift focus to IS-held east

  09-05-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's military launched a new assault Tuesday aimed at reasserting its authority in the east of the country, battling U.S.-backed opposition fighters in the remote desert near the borders with Iraq and Jordan. The government forces' ultimate goal is to insert itself in the fight against the Islamic State group in the oil-rich region.
  
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• Money to prep poor kids for college? Sorry, wrong font

  09-05-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Dozens of universities and organizations that applied for federal grants to help young people from poor families prepare for college were turned down by the U.S. Education Department because of mistakes that consisted mostly of incorrect margins, the wrong font or lack of double-spacing.
  
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• Union pilots say they'll help restore Spirit operations

  09-05-2017 22:24 via yahoo.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Irate passengers swarmed ticket counters and some started a near-riot at Fort Lauderdale's airport after Spirit Airlines canceled nine flights, blaming the decision on pilots' failure to show up.
  
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• Ryan protests, Pink Floyd exhibit, stones & more — it happened today: May 9 in pictures

  09-05-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Healthcare activists lash out out Ryan, Pink Floyd exhibition opens and more of today's news from around the world in pictures.
  
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• Ryan faces protest, Pink Floyd exhibit, protests & more — it happened today: May 9 in pictures

  09-05-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  The photos of the day include images from protests in New York and South Africa, an exhibition in London, and more.
  
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• Activists against Ryan, Pink Floyd, protests & more — it happened today: May 9 in pictures

  09-05-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  The photos of the day include images from protests in New York and South Africa, an exhibition in London, and more.
  
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• Activists against Ryan, Pink Floyd, protests & more: May 9 in pictures

  09-05-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of health care activists protest in front of a Harlem charter school in New York City before the expected visit of House Speaker Paul Ryan; visitors are silhouetted at “The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” at the V&A Museum in London; a protester holds stones to throw at police during a violent service delivery protest in Johannesburg, South Africa. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
  
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• Nasdaq short interest up 0.5 percent in late April

  09-05-2017 22:09
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short interest on the Nasdaq rose 0.5 percent in the second half of April, the exchange said on Tuesday.
  
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• White House says Trump will ‘fully eliminate’ global threats to U.S., allies

  09-05-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  
  As the president weighs sending more troops to Afghanistan, Sean Spicer said Trump aims to “fully eliminate” threats “around the globe.”
  
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• Persistent Bear With Taste for Brownies Refuses to Leave Woman's Home

  09-05-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  
  No amount of screaming, noise or yelling was enough to get this bear to scram.
  
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• Microsoft just released an emergency patch to fix a devastating new vulnerability

  09-05-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  For many Windows users, Microsoft's own built-in malware protections are the only thing standing between them and the many bad actors pushing for control of their systems. Today, the company is issuing an emergency update to fix a new, extremely scary vulnerability in the operating system's anti-malware software that not only has the power to bypass those protections, but to effectively hand over complete control of a user's computer to a hacker.The exploit, which was discovered a
  
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• Dad Sits In on Son's Class After Getting Multiple Complaints From Teacher

  09-05-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  
  He may have learned his lesson.
  
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• Spicer calls Sally Yates a ‘political opponent of the president’

  09-05-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  
  During Tuesday’s daily briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer explained that the White House did not act immediately on Sally Yates’ warning about Gen. Michael Flynn because they didn’t want to “jump the gun and go take an action” based on concerns raised by a person considered a “political opponent of the president.”
  
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• Teen arrested in recorded death of Utah girl

  09-05-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teenager was arrested for investigation of murder after using cellphone video to record the death of a 16-year-old girl found hanged from a tree, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Safety concerns for one in three US drugs

  09-05-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Almost one in three newly approved drugs in the United States turns out to have a safety issue after it is allowed on the market, US researchers said Tuesday.While these issues are rarely serious enough to get the drug pulled from the marketplace, researchers said new drugs should be monitored for years after they are released to the public.Cutting-edge therapies known as biologics, psychiatric drugs, and medicines that were fast-tracked by the US Food and Drug Administration were most like
  
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• White House On Russia Probe After Comey Firing: It's Time to Move On

  09-05-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  When asked whether FBI Director Comey's firing will impact the Russia investigation, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answered "When are they gonna let that go?"
  
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• After Firing FBI Director Comey, Trump Slams Sen. Schumer

  09-05-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Pres. Trump avoided Twitter for most of the day after firing Comey – but then attacked Sen. Chuck Schumer by calling him names after Schumer promised to push for an independent investigation. Neera Tanden and David Frum join Lawrence O'Donnell.
  
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• 2017 Mazda 3 2.0L Automatic Sedan

  09-05-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Not even our favorite 3 . . . and still good.
  
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• Buffett's fledgling biBERK pursues online insurance 'experiment'

  09-05-2017 21:24
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) - It has been decades since anyone thought of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc , or even its insurance operations, as "very, very small."
  
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• The Latest: Colleagues say slain doctor was 'compassionate'

  09-05-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the killings of two engaged Boston doctors (all times local):
  
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• Now I Get It: Why South Korea held its presidential election early

  09-05-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  South Koreans have elected a new president, Moon Jae-in, who is a liberal. The election wasn’t supposed to happen until December, but former President Park Geun-hye was ousted from office and now sits behind bars awaiting trial. Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga looks at how South Korea’s first female president ended up here.
  
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• Comey Firing an Attack On DOJ Independence

  09-05-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Matthew Miller, former Justice Department spokesman, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's effort to thwart the investigation into his ties to Russia by firing James Comey and the threat to the independence of the Justice Department.
  
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• Officials fear Russia could try to target US through Kaspersky Lab software

  09-05-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News has learned that top officials in the U.S. government are increasingly worried that the Moscow-based company, Kaspersky Lab could pose a potential national security threat.
  
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• Skittles really wants to gross you out with its disgusting Mother's Day ad

  09-05-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  
  A great way to celebrate Mother's Day is spending time with your mom, reminiscing together about the great times you shared when you were still a child. A not great way to celebrate Mother's Day is to think about what life would be like if you were still attached to your mother via an umbilical cord. And yet that's exactly what Skittles' Mother's Day ad is forcing us to do by actually showing us what it would be like. This ad does not succeed in making us want to buy Skittles and it also doesn't
  
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• Mexico's 2016 murder tally exceeds those of many countries at war: study

  09-05-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Mexico had the second-highest number of murders last year among countries considered in "armed conflict," more than Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report published on Tuesday that dealt a blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto's efforts to end a deadly drug war.With nearly 23,000 intentional homicides in 2016, Mexico's murder tally was second only to war-torn Syria's 60,000, said Antonio Sampaio, one of the authors of the International Institute for Strategic Studies' "Armed Conflict Survey
  
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• US sees sharp fall in illegal immigration from Mexico: officials

  09-05-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Illegal immigration across the US-Mexico border fell for the fifth straight month in April as the Trump administration's crackdown takes root, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.In the first three full months since President Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, just over 42,000 were detained, compared to nearly 133,000 a year ago.DHS spokesman David Lapan credited tougher surveillance and enforcement by the US Customs and Border Protection agency, but said they anticipate a p
  
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• In a First, Japan Wants to Buy Tomahawk Cruise Missiles

  09-05-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  
  The pacifist country wants the ability to destroy North Korean missiles before they launch.
  
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• FBI Paid $900,000 to Crack San Bernardino iPhone

  09-05-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  
  And ultimately turn up nothing of use.
  
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• Spoiler alert: Unpacking 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' credit scenes

  09-05-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' Mike Rothman and FiveThirtyEight's Walt Hickey break down "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" Easter eggs.
  
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• Palestinians seek Pizza Hut boycott for 'mocking hunger strike'

  09-05-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Palestinians called for a boycott of Pizza Hut on Tuesday after the company's franchise in Israel was accused of mocking hunger-striking prisoners.The franchise's Facebook page was said to have shared an image released by Israeli police which appears to show Palestinian hunger-strike leader Marwan Barghouti secretly breaking his fast."Barghouti, if you are going to break your (hunger) strike, isn't pizza the better choice?" a screenshot of the post said, with a pizza box seemingly photoshopped i
  
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• Man Sues American Airlines After 14-Hour Flight Next To Obese Passengers

  09-05-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  
  An Australian traveler is reportedly suing American Airlines for seating him next to two obese passengers on a 14-hour flight.
  
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• Trump Fires Comey As Investigations Heat up

  09-05-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow traces the timeline of events in the investigations into Donald Trump and his associates leading up to the firing of FBI Director James Comey, the specious explanation by the Trump White House.
  
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• South Korea: What Moon Jae-in's election win means for North Korea crisis and US relations

  09-05-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Mr Moon received more than 40 per cent of the vote according to exit polls from broadcasters in the country and Mr Moon was quick to claim victory.Nearly 80 per cent of South Koreans voted in the election, the highest number in 20 years, and while full results are yet to be released, the other top candidates Hong Jun-pyo and Ahn Cheol-soo appear to have conceded.Speaking after the exit poll results were announced, Mr Moon said his expected “landslide victory” comes at a time when the
  
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• Texas border town sues over state law to punish 'sanctuary cities'

  09-05-2017 19:53 via yahoo.com
  
  El Cenizo, near Laredo, said it has offered refuge since before Texas, the largest Republican-controlled state, was part of the United States.It said the new law forces it and other localities to forgo their duties to serve and protect at home to become de facto immigration agents."The use by the state of city and county resources for federal immigration enforcement breeds distrust of local government and officials, who have no power to change federal laws, and can also wrench apart family and c
  
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• Chaos erupts at Florida airport after Spirit Airlines cancels nine flights

  09-05-2017 19:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Chaos erupted at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Monday night when nine Spirit Airlines flights were canceled, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. Frustrated travelers clashed with police and Spirit employees, and three unruly passengers were detained by sheriff’s deputies.
  
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• ‘Dance Moms’ Star Abby Lee Miller To Serve Time In Jail

  09-05-2017 19:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Abby Lee Miller is trading dance attire for a prison jumpsuit. The former “Dance Moms” star has been found guilty of fraud and is facing serious jail time.
  
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• UN: Up to 245 missing after 2 Mediterranean shipwrecks

  09-05-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Two wrecks of migrant ships in the Mediterranean have claimed as many as 245 lives, including those of at least five children, according to survivor accounts given to U.N. agencies and authorities in Sicily, where dozens of rescued migrants were taken.
  
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• Amazon Launches the Echo Show, a Smart Speaker With a 7-Inch Touch Screen

  09-05-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. If simply talking to Alexa on your Amazon Echo just wasn't doing it for you, soon you could talk to—and see—your friends...
  
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