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• Massive Crack in Antarctic Ice Shelf Grows 11 Miles in 6 Days, Potentially Creating World’s Largest Iceberg

  01-06-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  This Nov. 10, 2016 aerial photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula’s Larsen C ice shelf.According to NASA, IceBridge scientists measured the Larsen C fracture to be about 70 miles long, more than 300 feet wide and about a third of a mile deep.In the six days before President Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, an enormous crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf grew 11 miles according to a report by British Antarctic research group Proj
  
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• Pittsburgh mayor fires back after Trump invokes Steel City in Paris accord withdrawal

  01-06-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump zeroed in on western Pennsylvania in his announcement Thursday that he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord.“I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” he said in remarks delivered in the White House rose garden.
  
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• How to stuff your face with free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day

  01-06-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  June 2 is National Doughnut Day, and you know what that means...free doughnuts! National Doughnut Day was established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to honor women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. The holiday is traditionally celebrated on the first Friday of June. SEE ALSO: These weed-infused doughnuts taste like pot but won't get you stoned Lucky for us, our doughnut retailer friends are dishing out free treats in honor of everyone's favorite day. Here's where you ca
  
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• Sheriff's deputy among 8 killed in Miss. lauded as 'a hero'

  01-06-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and others on Thursday saluted a sheriff's deputy who was among the eight people killed in a series of shootings Saturday and Sunday.
  
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• Minerd's Guggenheim attracts broad fixed-income inflows in May

  01-06-2017 23:28
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Guggenheim Investments, overseen by high-profile bond investor Scott Minerd, posted net inflows totaling more than $1.1 billion into its fixed-income mutual funds and ETFs in...
  
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• Rescued Pup Hailed a Hero for Saving Owner Who Was Dragged by Horse and Left in the Desert

  01-06-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  "She literally saved my life," 4-year-old Becky Jo's owner said.
  
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• Sen. Al Franken plays politician word association game with Katie Couric

  01-06-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric and Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) play a word association game with politicians like House Speaker Paul Ryan, Vice President Mike Pence and former President Barack Obama.
  
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• Sen. Al Franken says Hillary Clinton should ‘move on’ from the 2016 presidential election

  01-06-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric spoke with Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) about Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 presidential election. Franken said she was “very prepared to be president” but also said she should also “move on.”
  
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• Franken: Clinton should ‘move on’ from election loss

  01-06-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Al Franken told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric Thursday that Hillary Clinton should “move on” from her failed presidential bid.
  
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• Trump budget chief under fire over attack on Congressional budget analysts

  01-06-2017 23:12 via yahoo.com
  
  By Amanda BeckerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House's budget chief came under fire on Thursday from Democrats and others over his attack on the budget research office of the U.S. Congress, escalating tensions between Republicans and professional staffers on Capitol Hill.Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney called "absurd" a recent finding by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that a Republican healthcare bill would cause 23 million people to lose health insura
  
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• Obama condemns Trump for 'rejecting the future' by exiting Paris deal

  01-06-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Barack Obama led condemnation of his successor’s decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate accord, which the former president’s administration painstakingly negotiated over the course of several years.In a statement released just before Donald Trump officially announced that the US would remove itself from the deal, Obama said the administration had joined “a small handful of nations that reject the future”.
  
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• Ex-captive of Islamic State sheds tears on return to village in northern Iraq

  01-06-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  
  By Isabel ColesKOJO, Iraq (Reuters) - Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by Islamic State three years ago.On her return, Murad went to see her house and emerged clutching some clothing left there since 2014.A Yazidi fighter said it belonged to Murad's mother, who was killed during the purge because she was considered too old to be taken as a slave.
  
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• Recent immigrants to the U.S. are better educated: report

  01-06-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Nearly half the recent immigrants to the United States have college degrees, reflecting a steady increase in educational attainment fueled largely by growing numbers of people from Asia, a study released on Thursday showed.Rising immigration from countries such as India, China and the Philippines helped increase the share of arrivals with a bachelor's degree to 48 percent between 2011 and 2015 from 27 percent in the five years through 1990, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by the Mig
  
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• Fifteen finalists in U.S. spelling bee vie for $40,000 prize

  01-06-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  
  By Lacey JohnsonOXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) - Competitors in the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee picked their way along a precarious lifeline of consonants and vowels on Thursday as they eyed a $40,000 cash prize.On the second and last day of the Bee, 15 competitors were still standing for the final face-off at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in suburban Washington, to be televised live on ESPN beginning at 8:30 p.m. (0030 GMT Friday).
  
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• Murder case dropped after man serves 25 years in prison

  01-06-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors dropped all charges Thursday against a Detroit man who accused police of pinning a murder on him by seizing his mother's gun and switching bullets in a case that kept him in prison for 25 years.
  
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• Gunman sets fire to Philippines casino, robbery suspected - police

  01-06-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  By Peter Blaza and Clare BaldwinMANILA (Reuters) - A gunman with an assault rifle burst into a casino, fired shots and set gaming tables alight in the Philippine capital Manila early on Friday, but there was no indication the attack was an act of terrorism, the country's police chief said.National police chief Ronald dela Rosa told DZMM radio the lone gunman had not aimed his weapon at people at the Resorts World Manila entertainment complex, and robbery could have been the motive.Shots and loud
  
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• Horrifying Video Shows Intense Moments Car Dealership Shootout That Left 3 Dead

  01-06-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Two bounty hunters and an accused drug dealer were killed in the terrifying exchange of gunfire.
  
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• 2017 Jaguar F-Pace 35t

  01-06-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  
  A volume seller, as only Jaguar could build it.
  
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• Obamas buy house they were renting in tony DC neighborhood

  01-06-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Obamas buy house they were renting in tony DC neighborhood
  
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• Rejecting the Paris Agreement, the United States joins Syria and Nicaragua

  01-06-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  If President Trump abandons the Paris agreement, the U.S. would become the third country in the world to reject the pact intended to slow the rate of global warming.
  
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• 2019 Volkswagen Touareg Is Spotted Nearly Undisguised

  01-06-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  VeeDub's upmarket SUV maintains its position.
  
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• Signs of the time: Fake U.S. immigration control posters found in Washington

  01-06-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Residents of at least one Washington D.C. neighborhood woke up on Thursday to find the area plastered with posters urging them to turn in illegal immigrants, but federal authorities denied putting up the signs and denounced them as inciting fear.The bogus posters bearing the seal of the Department of Homeland Security warned about criminal offenses related to harboring or helping people in the country illegally, and gave phone numbers to report information about them to the U.S. Immigration and
  
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• Trump just passed on the best deal the planet has ever seen | David Suzuki

  01-06-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Since day one as a contender for the Oval Office, current US President Donald Trump has pushed a dominant narrative: he’s a businessman.This week, with his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris agreement, the president has given the world strong reason to reject that narrative.
  
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• Saudi Arabia Prepared for Trump Visit by Hiring Former Trump Advisors

  01-06-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  The Saudis are still learning how to play Washington’s game.
  
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• Obama: Withdrawal from Paris Agreement signifies ‘absence of American leadership’

  01-06-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  
  “The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created,” Obama said.
  
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• Amazon Alexa Can Set Reminders, Multiple Timers And Update Apple Calendars

  01-06-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Amazon released a handful of updates to its Alexa home assistant platform.
  
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• Trump drops Paris Climate Agreement; Elon Musk drops president's business council

  01-06-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Elon Musk is living up to his word. The tech mogul confirmed publicly that he intends to follow through on what he promised to do on Wednesday—leave President Donald Trump's business council after Trump announced that he would pull the U.S. out of a landmark climate deal. Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 1, 2017Musk has remained on the council despite public criticism over
  
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• Explosions, gunshots at resort in Philippines capital

  01-06-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  By Peter BlazaMANILA (Reuters) - Gun shots and explosions rang out from an entertainment resort in the Philippine capital Manila early on Friday and local media reported armed men were inside the complex.Resorts World Manila said on social media it was in lockdown and the local fire department said a blaze was burning on the second floor of one building.The complex is close to Terminal Three of Ninoy Aquino International Airport and an air force base.
  
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• Trump just cemented his legacy as America’s worst-ever president | Dana Nuccitelli

  01-06-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump displays one of five executive orders he signed related to the oil pipeline industry in the oval office of the White House January 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.In an inexplicable abdication of any semblance of responsibility or leadership, Donald Trump has announced that he will begin the process to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate treaty, joining Nicaragua and Syria as the only world countries rejecting the agreement.
  
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• 'Trump' Toilet Paper Unrolling in Mexico

  01-06-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Antonio Battaglia, a corporate lawyer and businessman, is introducing "Trump" brand toilet paper in Mexico later this year.
  
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• 6 Places To Get A Free Donut On June 2

  01-06-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Celebrate National Donut Day with free doughnuts this year.
  
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• Trump is pulling the U.S. from Paris Agreement: ‘I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris’

  01-06-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump announced his decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris accord in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday.
  
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• Chris Cornell's Family Isn't Ready To Accept Suicide

  01-06-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Chris Cornell’s family is reportedly “mystified” by the medical examiner’s decision to announce his death was a suicide before a full autopsy was completed.
  
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• U.S. sanctions more, including Russians, over North Korea arms

  01-06-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  
  By Yeganeh TorbatiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday blacklisted nine companies and government institutions, including two Russian firms, and three people for their support of North Korea's weapons programs.The announcement from the U.S. Treasury came as diplomats said the United States and China were likely to propose on Thursday that the U.N. Security Council blacklist more North Korean individuals and entities over the country's repeated ballistic missile launches.Russia's I
  
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• Witnesses report gunshots, explosions at Philippine mall

  01-06-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Gunshots and explosions rang out early Friday at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital, sparking a security alarm amid an ongoing Muslim militant siege in the country's south.
  
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• Serial Child Killer Found Volunteering at Private Elementary School: Report

  01-06-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  Karla Homolka and her then-husband Paul Bernardo raped and murdered at least three women in the early 1990s.
  
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• Lawrence On Jared Kushner and 'Putin's Slush Fund'

  01-06-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Jared Kushner's explanation for meeting with a Russian banker contradicts the Russian bank's explanation, and Trump reportedly tried to lift sanctions on Russia just after taking office, reports say.
  
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• Heavily armed men storm hotel and a casino resort in Philippine capital

  01-06-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Gunfire was reported at a hotel and a casino resort in the Philippine capital on Friday, the operator of the complex said, and the Islamic State group (IS) quickly claimed responsibility.“Resorts World Manila is currently on lockdown following reports of gunfire from unidentified men,” the company said on its Twitter account.“The company is working closely with the Philippine National Police to ensure that all guests and employees are safe.” IS said “lonewolf soldie
  
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• Hedge fund Jana Partners says down in May, up 4.6 percent in 2017

  01-06-2017 20:58
  
  BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Jana Partners, which is currently pushing grocer Whole Foods Markets Inc to perform better, lost money in May but is still in the black for the year, according...
  
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• 'Am I going to die?' Gay man testifies at church trial

  01-06-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man thought he was "going to die" when members of his evangelical church beat and choked him for two hours to expel his "homosexual demons," he testified Thursday.
  
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• Did ISIS Attack Manila?

  01-06-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  
  It's unknown how many people were injured or killed.
  
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• A huge ice crack in Antarctica grew 11 miles in 6 days, and a giant iceberg is coming

  01-06-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  
  On the same day that President Donald Trump is making his big announcement on whether to keep the U.S. in the Paris Agreement on climate change, potentially ominous news has emerged from a group of scientists keeping watch on Antarctica's ice sheet.  A crack that has been spreading across the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula accelerated its progress in late May and is about to break off a Delaware-sized iceberg, scientists reported on Wednesday in a blog post.  SEE ALSO: O
  
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• Man Gets 70 Years for Throwing Infant Son Off Bridge: 'The Utter Depravity... Speaks for Itself'

  01-06-2017 20:21 via yahoo.com
  
  In July 2015, Tony Moreno threw his 7-month-old baby boy, Aaden, off the Arrigoni Bridge, sending the child down a 90-foot drop into the Connecticut River.
  
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• Adams Street hires Martin vom Hagen to lead new Munich office

  01-06-2017 20:19
  
  (Reuters) - Investment firm Adams Street Partners said on Thursday it hired industry veteran Martin vom Hagen to head its newly established office in Munich, Germany.
  
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• Some U.S. bond investors stick to energy bets, say rally has legs

  01-06-2017 20:13
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several large investment firms are betting on U.S. energy bonds on the view that they have more room to run even after a sharp rebound in performance in 2016.
  
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• Surprise, no one wants to be Ted Cruz's Secret Santa

  01-06-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Here's something that will probably not surprise you: nobody likes Ted Cruz. Al Franken's new bookGiant of the Senate contains some great stories about the Texas senator who is like if Grandpa Munster started reading Ayn Rand. Turns out he's even despised by his fellow senators. A week or so ago, Franken revealed a particularly biting joke that actually managed to silence Ted, who he says has had it coming due to his insufferable and smarmy nature. SEE ALSO: You're wrong, media: There's plenty o
  
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• Trump Sought Lift of Russia Sanctions: Report

  01-06-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Dan Fried, former State Department chief coordinator for sanctions policy, talks about what he heard from colleagues about the eagerness of the Trump administration in its early days to lift sanctions on Russia without condition.
  
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• Taliban warns against retaliation over Kabul attack

  01-06-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  
  By Sayed Hassib and Samar ZwakKABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban warned the Afghan government on Thursday against harming any of their prisoners after reports that President Ashraf Ghani would order the execution of 11 militants on death row in revenge for the devastating truck bomb attack in Kabul.Ghani's fragile and divided government has come under increasing pressure over its failure to provide security following a series of high-profile attacks that have killed hundreds of soldiers and civilians
  
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• Australia’s unconventional rural mailboxes

  01-06-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  
  A variety of odd mailboxes — including old washing machines, refrigerators, car engines, beer kegs, and even a microwave — found along roads in rural areas of New South Wales, north of Sydney. (Reuters)
  
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• The Latest: Gay congregant testifies at minister's trial

  01-06-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  
  RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a North Carolina minister who is accused of assaulting and kidnapping a gay church member (all times local):
  
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