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• Baby Sea Otter Found Swimming Alone in Open Water, Rescued by Boaters

  03-07-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  A baby sea otter was rescued after he was found swimming alone in open water just weeks after being born.
  
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• Little Rock club performer faces weapons charge

  03-07-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A rapper shot someone in the neck days before performing at a concert in Little Rock that was the site of a shooting that left 28 people injured, federal prosecutors said Monday.
  
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• Trump to promote U.S. natgas exports in Russia's backyard

  03-07-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will use fast-growing supplies of U.S. natural gas as a political tool when he meets in Warsaw on Thursday with leaders of a dozen countries that are captive to Russia for their energy needs.Exports from the United States would help reduce their dependence on Russia.Trump will tell the group that Washington wants to help allies by making it as easy as possible for U.S. companies to ship more liquefied natural gas
  
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• The Latest: Illinois Senate takes no action on budget

  03-07-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on a legislative session on Illinois' budget as the state enters a third straight year without a spending plan (all times local):
  
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• Why the Media's Defense Against Trump Has Proven So Ineffective

  03-07-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  
  The press may never succeed in eliciting popular sympathy—instead, it needs to convince members of the public that the president’s rhetoric will hurt them, too.
  
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• Los Angeles man convicted in Hollywood studio executive's death

  03-07-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  
  A convicted drug dealer was found guilty on Monday of voluntary manslaughter in the death of a Hollywood studio executive who was missing for more than two years before his remains were found buried in the California desert.John Lenzie Creech, 44, was convicted by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury after a two-week trial.Prosecutors said during the trial that Creech attacked and beat Gavin Smith, 57, after finding his estranged wife in a car with the film distribution executive at 20th Century Fo
  
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• Professional Stuntwoman Shows How You Can Survive After Getting Hit by a Car

  03-07-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Tammie Bird explains that the reaction time must be a split-second.
  
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• US Secretary of State says 'Syria's fate is in Russian hands now'

  03-07-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  
  The US Secretary of State has reportedly told the United Nations Secretary General that he thinks the fate of Syria and its leader is now up to Russia.Rex Tillerson held a private meeting with Antonio Guterres at the State Department when he said the US was limiting its mission to defeating terror group Isis, according to Foreign Policy.Citing three diplomatic sources with knowledge of the exchange, Mr Tillerson said that though the US is committed to the 2012 Geneva Process that stated it, Russ
  
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• Hundreds outside courthouse as abduction suspect has hearing

  03-07-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered outside a federal courthouse Monday as the suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois made his first appearance since being arrested last week.
  
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• Christie brushes off 'beachgate' saga during New Jersey shutdown

  03-07-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  
  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie brushed off criticism on Monday after he was caught on camera taking a break from dealing with a government shutdown to lounge on a state beach that was closed to the public during the July Fourth holiday weekend.The Republican was already the least popular governor in modern New Jersey history, and the publication of the photos triggered mockery from critics online, some who posted spoof images of Christie kicking back in a beach chair in a wide range of locat
  
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• Venezuela opposition challenges Maduro with unofficial referendum

  03-07-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  By Diego Oré and Eyanir ChineaCARACAS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro's foes announced plans on Monday for an unofficial referendum to let Venezuelans have their say on his plan to rewrite the constitution and the opposition's alternative push for an election to replace him.The opposition, starting a fourth month of street protests against the socialist government it decries as a dictatorship, will organize the symbolic vote for July 16 as part of its strategy to delegitimize the unp
  
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• Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston’s Logan Airport

  03-07-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  An incident in which 10 people were injured appears to have been an accident, a source tells AP. Here are photos from the scene.
  
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• Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston's Logan Airport

  03-07-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Massachusetts State Police say a crash that injured 10 pedestrians near Boston's airport does not appear to be an intentional act.
  
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• Illinois man held without bond in disappearance of Chinese scholar

  03-07-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge on Monday ordered an Illinois man charged with abducting a Chinese scholar held without bond in a first court appearance that drew hundreds of demonstrators with signs calling for justice.Brendt Christensen, 28, was arrested by FBI agents in Champaign, Illinois, on Friday on charges of kidnapping in the disappearance of Yingying Zhang, 26, on June 9, according to University of Illinois Police.The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement that agents overheard Christensen while h
  
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• Starbucks Worker Who Mysteriously Vanished During Break Found Alive Nearly a Week Later

  03-07-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Allison Cope, 24, a supervisor at Starbucks in Raleigh-Durham International Airport, was located in Virginia Beach, Va., more than 200 miles away.
  
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• The latest Galaxy Note 8 leak backs up our worst fears about the phone

  03-07-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  
  Whether they know it or not, Apple and Samsung are locked in a battle of leaks that involves their upcoming flagship devices: the iPhone 8 and the Galaxy Note 8. Over the past several weeks, images and reports spoiling the unannounced devices have been appearing online at an unprecedented rate, to the point where we can form a relatively complete picture of both phones with the information we have.
  On Monday morning, the battle raged on as KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo offered ten predicti
  
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• Microsoft plans layoffs in sales force shake-up: reports

  03-07-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Microsoft is planning layoffs as it refocuses its sales force on making the software colossus a pivotal part of businesses relying on cloud computing, according to media reports.While many reports forecast the changes would result in thousands of job cuts, Microsoft on Monday only confirmed to AFP that changes were on the way."Microsoft is implementing changes to better serve our customers and partners," a Microsoft spokesperson told AFP.
  
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• For GOP, health-care saga becomes deepening test of credibility

  03-07-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  
  When Republicans swept last November’s elections, the sky appeared to be the limit.Obamacare would be repealed and replaced.Health-care reform is stalled in the Senate, and the details of tax reform are still on the drawing board.
  
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• Tesla's lower-priced Model 3 to start production Friday

  03-07-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Tesla's first lower-priced Model 3 will roll off the assembly line Friday, two weeks early, CEO Elon Musk announced Monday."Model 3 passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule.The production of the electric car aimed at the broader market -- with a price of $35,000 -- is expected to ramp up quickly, Musk said, with 100 in August and 1,500 or more in September.
  
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• iOS 11 bug hints at a massive change coming on the iPhone 8

  03-07-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  I’ve been using iOS 11 for almost a month now. As soon as Apple released the first beta, I installed it on my iPhone, without backing up my previous iOS 10.3 beta, because I like living dangerously. But since then, I haven’t looked back. iOS 11, however, isn’t perfect in beta form, and you’ll encounter various glitches and bugs that should be ironed out by September.
  But it turns out that something I cataloged as a bug might actually be an iOS 11 feature that heralds good
  
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• New study reveals how frogs flourished after dinosaurs croaked

  03-07-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  
  A massive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs millions of years ago created room for frogs to colonize the Earth, said a study Monday that shows how frogs became among the most diverse vertebrates in the world.As many as 10 types of frogs are believed to have survived the mass extinction some 66 million years ago, which erased three-quarters of life on Earth, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Of these survivors, just three major kinds of frogs went o
  
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• Court blocks Trump administration's attempt to delay Obama anti-pollution rule

  03-07-2017 21:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump’s latest effort to block environmental regulations pushed forward by his predecessor has found a foe in the federal court systems.A federal court has ruled that Mr Trump’s effort to delay an EPA rule to limit methane pollution from oil and natural gas drilling, which was signed by former President Barack Obama.The US District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that the argument laid forth by Scott Pruitt's EPA that the Obama administration had ski
  
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• U.S. no longer a 'friend' in Merkel election program

  03-07-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  
  By Noah BarkinBERLIN (Reuters) - In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States.The 2013 program also described the "friendship" with Washington as a "cornerstone" of Germany's international relations and talked about strengthening transatlantic economic ties through the removal of trade barriers.
  
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• North Korea crisis could 'get out of control': China's UN envoy

  03-07-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  
  China's UN ambassador on Monday warned of "disastrous" consequences if world powers fail to find a way to ease tensions with North Korea which he said could "get out of control".Ambassador Liu Jieyi made the remarks a day after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the threat posed by North Korea's missile and nuclear tests.
  
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• Guggenheim's Minerd says Fed will not move as quickly as many think

  03-07-2017 20:55
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise interest rates for a third time until later this year, as parts of the economy remain sluggish, Guggenheim Partners Global Chief...
  
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• The Flynn Matter Is Also the Pence Matter

  03-07-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow shows how vice President Mike Pence's role as head of the Donald Trump transition team means the Mike Flynn scandal fell within Pence's purview.
  
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• Tougher fighting, more suicide attacks as IS hits back in Mosul

  03-07-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Iraqi forces are facing increasingly difficult fighting and a rising number of suicide attacks, including some by female bombers, in the final stages of the battle for Mosul, commanders said Monday.Following recent suicide bombings by two girls, security forces in the Old City were seen ordering civilians to remove some of their clothing before approaching to guard against the threat.More than eight months since the start of the operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group, the jihadis
  
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• Richard Hammond reveals life-changing injury from horror crash

  03-07-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Richard Hammond reveals life-changing injury from horror crash.
  
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• Train derailment spills 20,000 gallons of Exxon's oil in Illinois

  03-07-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  
  The cause of the derailment was unknown, a filing with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday.Twenty cars of the south-bound Canadian National train carrying crude oil were involved in the derailment, while three of the cars leaked, CN spokesman Patrick Waldron said.
  
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• Qatar crisis deadline extended by 2 days as nation responds

  03-07-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Arab nations isolating Qatar extended a deadline Monday for the energy rich country to respond to their demands by another 48 hours, allowing its top diplomat to carry a handwritten response to Kuwait's ruler in an effort to end the diplomatic crisis.
  
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• What Poland Wants From Trump

  03-07-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  
  A commitment to NATO, yes. Interference in domestic politics, no.
  
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• The Latest: Italy says migrant arrivals up 20 pct this year

  03-07-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migration crisis (all times local):
  
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• AT&T is making its prepaid plans a whole lot better

  03-07-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  AT&T appears to be overhauling its prepaid plans. While that might sound like the most boring thing you've heard all day, it's actually great news for anyone who wants a simple, SIM-only plan on a good network for dirt cheap.Fierce Wireless noticed earlier this week that AT&T's GoPhone prepaid offerings are being rebranded, to the much more sensible AT&T PrePaid brand. It seems that there are also structural changes to the plans coming with the overhaul, and a Redditor found thi
  
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• Anti-Semitic Banner Found on New Jersey Holocaust Memorial

  03-07-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  
  The banner had a link to a white supremacist website
  
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• The Latest: Officer says Iraq troops faced 7 female bombers

  03-07-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The Latest on developments in Iraq, where Iraqi forces are closing in on fast-vanishing IS-held territory in the city of Mosul (all times local):
  
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• The Trump Russia Political Crisis: A Timeline

  03-07-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reviews the development of the Trump Russia investigation over past seven months, one breaking news story after another. (Watch the dates!)
  
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• US warship in Med wary of 'tensions' with Syria's allies

  03-07-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  
  A senior officer aboard a US Navy supercarrier deployed in the eastern Mediterranean said Monday his forces were wary of "tensions" with allies of Syria's regime but ready to defend US-backed forces.The USS George H.W. Bush has been a leading part of the US bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria, primarily against the Islamic State group but on occasion targeting Syrian government forces and their allies fighting US-backed groups.The 330-metre ship carries between 70 and 90 aircraft at a time, inclu
  
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• Drone Video Captures Hammerhead's Struggle With Fisherman

  03-07-2017 19:29 via yahoo.com
  
  The massive shark was caught at Panama City Beach in Florida.
  
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• 'I Survived a Shark Attack'

  03-07-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Tiffany Johnson was snorkeling off the coast of the Bahamas when she felt the bump on her arm. It didn't hurt, so she casually glanced to her right, angling to stay still so she didn't disturb the fish she'd been admiring.
  
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• Two top 'quant' researchers exit BlackRock as it revamps stock unit

  03-07-2017 19:14
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two high-level quantitative researchers have left BlackRock Incas the world's largest asset manager embarks on an ambitious effort to engineer a high-tech revolution within its...
  
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• Macron wants EU nations to hold debates on reforms to the bloc

  03-07-2017 19:09 via yahoo.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that after a "cruel decade" of crisis-management, European Union leaders needed to reform the bloc to fight euroskepticism among the public."I firmly believe in Europe, but I don't find this scepticism unjustified," Macron told French lawmakers in a rare joint session of parliament in Versailles.The 39-year-old president, who defeated anti-euro far-right leader Marine Le Pen last May, reiterated in his speech a campaign proposal to launch "democrat
  
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• John Legend responds to baby that went viral for looking just like him

  03-07-2017 18:55 via yahoo.com
  
  John Legend responds to baby that went viral for looking just like him.
  
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• Poland wants Trump's vow of protection from Russian activity

  03-07-2017 18:53 via yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's government would like visiting President Donald Trump to make assurances this week that the presence of U.S. and NATO troops in Poland will continue as long as the region's security is threatened by Russia, the foreign minister said Monday.
  
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• Ex-Barclays senior bankers appear in court

  03-07-2017 18:52
  
  Former chief executive John Varley and three ex-colleagues face fraud charges over actions during the financial crisis
  
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• Pilot Says 'Hey, We Got a Mayday!,' Then Crashes on LA Freeway

  03-07-2017 18:43 via yahoo.com
  
  The pilot and a passenger, his fiancée, survived.
  
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• Man Stops at Convenience Store to Air Up Tires, Leaves With $1 Million Lottery Ticket

  03-07-2017 18:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Never let 'em tell you basic car care doesn't pay off.
  
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• Canadian National Railway says oil spills after train derails in U.S.

  03-07-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  
  The cause of the derailment was unknown, a filing with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday.The incident occurred when 20 cars of a Canadian National Railway Co freight train, carrying crude for Exxon Mobil Corp to Louisiana, went off the tracks, the Chicago Tribune said in a report on Saturday, quoting officials.
  
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• You Won't Be Able To Stop Watching Ina Garten Decorate Her Iconic Flag Cake

  03-07-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Everything she touches is magic.
  
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• This Body Transformation Will Make You Forget About the Number on the Scale

  03-07-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Her message is inspirational AND realistic.
  
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• People Are Going Crazy For The 'Lose Your Belly' Diet

  03-07-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Here's everything you need to know about it.
  
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