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• Trump Jr's message to Russian operatives? I'm open for business | Richard Wolffe

  10-07-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump Jr is a curious beast.If there’s a public spat with the media, you can find Trump Jr throwing his own punches.If there’s an ultra-rightwing gadfly (inside the White House or just on the internet), you can find Trump Jr heartily endorsing their comments.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr's message to Russian operatives? I'm open for business | Richard Wolffe

  10-07-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump Jr is a curious beast.If there’s a public spat with the media, you can find Trump Jr throwing his own punches.If there’s an ultra-rightwing gadfly (inside the White House or just on the internet), you can find Trump Jr heartily endorsing their comments.
  
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• Fake Photo Of Putin With Trump, Other World Leaders Goes Viral

  10-07-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  It doesn't take long to sniff out a bad Photoshop job.
  
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• White House defends Trump Jr., Kushner, Manafort meeting with Russian lawyer

  10-07-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  
  In the audio-only White House briefing on Monday, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was pressed by reporters on the revelation that Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, now a White House senior adviser,and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort met with a Russian lawyer in June 2016. Sanders defended the meeting, saying, “The only thing I see inappropriate about the meeting was the people that leaked the information on the meeting after it was voluntarily disclosed.&rdquo
  
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• 19-year-old wins the lottery twice in 1 week, proving life isn't fair

  10-07-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Winning the lottery is a stroke of luck few have the privilege of experiencing even once in their lives. This 19-year-old just did it twice. In one week. California resident Rosa Dominguez was driving home from Arizona when she stopped at a gas station in Paso Roble, California where she bought a $5 Power 5 scratch off ticket.  SEE ALSO: Someone in Tennessee just won a $420.9 million Powerball jackpot A few scratches later, Dominguez won $555,555 — the top prize for the ticket. 
  
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• Joint venture by CIT Bank, Allstate, to provide business loans

  10-07-2017 23:32
  
  (Reuters) - CIT Bank and Allstate Corp have entered a joint venture to provide loans to middle-market companies across various industries, the bank said in a statement on Monday.
  
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• Chicago cop, 2 ex-cops enter pleas in Laquan McDonald case

  10-07-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer and two former officers pleaded not guilty Monday to conspiring to cover up what happened the night a white officer killed a black teenager by shooting him 16 times.
  
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• White House defends meeting between Russian lawyer and Trump’s inner circle

  10-07-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  
  A June 2016 meeting that involved members of Trump’s campaign and a Kremlin-linked lawyer was routine, as the White House sees it.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. hires lawyer for Russia probes

  10-07-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  By Karen FreifeldNEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump Jr. has hired a lawyer to represent him in Russia-related investigations, his office and the lawyer said on Monday, as Republicans voiced concern about a meeting between the U.S. president's son and a Russian.Trump Jr. hired New York lawyer Alan Futerfas, who specializes in criminal defense.Futerfas would not say when he was retained or whether he played any part in the statements Trump Jr. made over the weekend about a meeting with a Russian la
  
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• Iran: U.S.-Russia ceasefire deal should be expanded to cover all Syria

  10-07-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Iran: U.S.-Russia ceasefire deal should be expanded to cover all Syria.
  
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• Video Captures Horrific Moment Cyclist Is Struck - Allegedly by School Dean - in Hit and Run

  10-07-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  The suspect, Marshall Neely, was charged with reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident.
  
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• Putin Played Trump Like a Fiddle at G20

  10-07-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Why would the Kremlin stop now?
  
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• FBI joins farm search for 4 missing men; foul play feared

  10-07-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities are chasing fast-developing leads in the search for four young men feared to be the victims of foul play, but said Monday that it could take days despite intense efforts centered on a large swath of farmland.
  
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• Police Shoot People Dressed As The Joker And Harley Quinn

  10-07-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  
  About 40 heavily armed police officers entered the night club and shot them.
  
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• UK recession, unusually, to punish gilts and pension funds: James Saft

  10-07-2017 22:40
  
  Not only are the chances of a UK recession rising, it may be the rare recession in which bond owners get badly beaten up.
  
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• Jared Kushner 'tried and failed to get a $500m loan from Qatar before pushing Trump to take hard line against country'

  10-07-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Jared Kushner tried and failed to secure a $500m loan from one of Qatar's richest businessmen, before pushing his father-in-law to toe a hard line with the country, it has been alleged.This intersection between Mr Kushner’s real estate dealings and his father-in-law’s international issues highlights the difficulties of an administration besiged with an unprecedented number of conflicts of interest.According to The New York Times, the building has not generated enough to pay its debts
  
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• Key US Latino group says new name will help fight vs. Trump

  10-07-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A new, more inclusive name for the largest Latino civil rights organization in the U.S. will help it gain support for its growing battle against the Trump administration's anti-immigrant policies, the group said.
  
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• Militants kill six Hindu pilgrims: police

  10-07-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Militants killed six Hindu pilgrims and wounded 14 others Monday in Indian-administered Kashmir, police told AFP, after their bus came under attack.India's Central Reserve Police Force, which provides security for the two-month long annual pilgrimage, said gunmen first opened fire on a security checkpoint but no injuries were reported."Militants further attacked the pilgrims' bus at Batingu (six civilians killed and 14 injured) and escaped towards Arwani," the CRPF said in a statement.
  
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• 'Fox And Friends' Botches Report, Trump Tweets It

  10-07-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump made an unsubstantiated claim on Twitter that former F.B.I. Director James Comey leaked classified information.
  
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• Republicans increasingly think colleges are harming the U.S.

  10-07-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  
  A majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents think that colleges and universities are having a negative impact on the United States.
  
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• Microsoft to offer local version of Azure cloud service

  10-07-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  By Salvador RodriguezWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corpon Monday unveiled a new service that allows customers to use its cloud technology on their own servers, part of the company's efforts to refocus its product line to compete more effectively with rivals Amazon.com Incand Alphabet Inc'sGoogle.“One of the key differentiations we have with Azure versus our two biggest competitors in the cloud platform space is our ability to support true hybrid solutions,” Judson Althoff, Microso
  
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• High school journalist nabs interview with Defense Secretary Mattis

  10-07-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Few high schools get interviews with Cabinet officials. One in Washington state did, because one of its reporters was observant and daring.
  
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• Museum finds cases of 2-century-old wine in its cellar

  10-07-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  UNION, N.J. (AP) — A restoration project at a New Jersey museum unearthed cases of wine nearly as old as the United States.
  
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• No, New York Mag: Climate change won't make the Earth uninhabitable by 2100

  10-07-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Climate change is a tough issue to cover as a journalist. It's like following a slow-motion train wreck, except significant portions of the population dispute whether there really are trains involved and whether they will, in the end, crash.  There's a constant tension between portraying doom-and-gloom scenarios of drowning cities and deadly heat waves, compared to hopeful stories of mayors and governors and world leaders (outside the U.S.) who are working to cut emissions of global warming
  
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• One test case for voter fraud vs. suppression: Sparta, Ga

  10-07-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  In 2014, the rodent chewed some wires at the historic Hancock County, Ga., courthouse in downtown Sparta, Ga., about 100 miles from Atlanta.Marion Warren, a city election official, happened to be present.Once it’s signed off on, it will make Hancock County the first jurisdiction to earn federal election oversight since the United States Supreme Court invalidated part of the Voting Rights Act in 2013.
  
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• The Best Homemade Dips and Sauces for French Fries

  10-07-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  
  As a food writer whose job is to taste pretty much anything I can get my hands on, I’m ready to make a bold and potentially delegitimizing statement: French fries are my favorite food.Nothing has ever come close to the fried potato’s crunchy-soft ratio, ability to withstand unhealthy levels of salt, versatility in shapes and sizes, and—perhaps its most important quality—option to be dipped and dunked in hundreds of sauces.In celebration of National French Fry Day (be
  
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• Scientists say 'prelude' to the sixth mass extinction is happening right now

  10-07-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  
  When plant and animal species go extinct, it's usually a clear sign that humans have messed up. We've over-hunted, destroyed habitats, polluted waterways, and altered the climate by burning fossil fuels, wiping species off the planet for good. We tend to study extinctions to understand just how much we have disrupted the planet's ecosystems. But in a new scientific study published on Monday, scientists said we're not paying nearly enough attention to the "prelude" to global extinction — as
  
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• Investment funds buy $10.969 billion two-year note in June: U.S. Treasury

  10-07-2017 21:11
  
  (Reuters) - Large investment managers bought $10.969 billion at a 2-year note auction held in June, compared with the $11.397 billion they purchased the previous month, data from the U.S. Treasury...
  
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• U.S. aims for U.N. vote on North Korea sanctions within weeks: diplomats

  10-07-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley aims to put to a vote within weeks a U.N. Security Council resolution to impose stronger sanctions on North Korea over its long-range ballistic missile test, said several senior U.N. diplomats.Haley told some U.N. diplomats late last week of the ambitious timeline for a U.N. response to North Korea's launch on Tuesday of a missile that some experts believe could have the range to reach Alaska
  
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• 100 Fossil Fuel Companies Create 71 Percent Of World’s Emissions

  10-07-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The 100 fossil fuel producers around the world known as “carbon majors” are responsible for almost three-quarters of the total greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report.
  
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• Holly Bobo Murder Trial Delay Sparks Reaction Among Locals

  10-07-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  
  The 19-year-old nursing student's mother reportedly broke down in court when the announcement was made.
  
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• Video Shows Cyclist Slammed SUV Driver in Hit-and-Run

  10-07-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  
  A driver in Tennessee is facing charges after crashing into a cyclist and driving away from the scene. The accident was caught on camera by the victim's friend.
  
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• Great White Sharks Spotted Off Massachusetts Coast

  10-07-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  
  "We're going to need a bigger boat."
  
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• Trump defends Ivanka's seat at G20, draws rebuke from Chelsea Clinton

  10-07-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump defended his daughter Ivanka Trump on Monday after she took his place at a meeting of G20 world leaders, an event that raised some eyebrows and drew sharp rebuke from the daughter of a rival former presidential candidate who was drawn into the fray."If Chelsea Clinton were asked to hold the seat for her mother, as her mother gave our country away, the Fake News would say CHELSEA FOR PRES!" he tweeted, referring to the daughter of Hillary Clinton, his Democratic rival
  
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• Laundry Products That Waste Loads of Money

  10-07-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Consumer Reports' tests have revealed laundry detergents that clean only slightly better than water, washers that use lots of water yet leave clothes dingy and dirty, and dryers that have a tough...
  
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• 10-Year-Old Boy Gets Stuck in Tree While Rescuing Cat, Then Has to be Rescued Himself

  10-07-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Aashir Alauddins remained in the tree for 20 minutes while the Hackensack Fire Department prepared to get him down.
  
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• Twin Red Panda Cubs Make Their Debut and Prepare for a Gender Reveal Party

  10-07-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  The first cub was developing normally next to its mother, but the second required additional hand-rearing to improve its health.
  
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• Puerto Rico enacts medicinal marijuana law

  10-07-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  
  The depleted government coffers of bankrupt Puerto Rico will take in $50 million a month now that a law allowing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has taken effect, the governor said.After the bill survived a bumpy ride through the National Assembly in this US territory, Governor Ricardo Rossello Nevares signed it on Sunday.It establishes a legal framework for medicinal marijuana and paves the way for people with cancer and other diseases to avoid prosecution for possessing pot or prod
  
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• The Latest: Police: Combat veteran killed wife, NY trooper

  10-07-2017 20:14 via yahoo.com
  
  THERESA, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a New York State Police trooper (all times local):
  
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• Man charged with killing doctors in condo held without bail

  10-07-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man charged with killing two engaged doctors in their luxury Boston condominium entered the building through the garage with a backpack containing two replica guns, a knife and duct tape, a prosecutor said Monday.
  
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• AP News Guide: The Islamic State after Mosul

  10-07-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's announcement of victory in Mosul effectively shatters the Islamic State group's self-styled caliphate. But a complete territorial defeat will take many more months, and the extremists will likely pose a threat in Iraq, Syria and beyond for years to come.
  
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• U.N. lauds U.S.-Russian truce in Syria, but warns on partition risk

  10-07-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Miles and Stephanie NebehayGENEVA (Reuters) - Agreements to de-escalate the fighting in Syria could simplify the conflict and help to stabilise the country, but such accords must be an interim measure and avoid partition, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura told a news conference on Monday.Speaking at the start of five days of peace talks in Geneva, de Mistura said discussions were being held in Amman to monitor implementation of a ceasefire for southwest Syria brokered by the United States and
  
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• Trump to lawmakers: get health care reform done by summer break

  10-07-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump heaped fresh pressure on US lawmakers Monday to pass an unpopular health care reform bill before Congress goes on its August recess next month.As Senators returned for work in Washington after a week off, Trump challenged fellow Republicans to make good on their signature campaign promise: repeal and replace "Obamacare," the reforms of his White House predecessor."I cannot imagine that Congress would dare to leave Washington without a beautiful new HealthCare bill fully ap
  
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• Isis were defeated in Mosul because of Barack Obama's training strategies, says Pentagon official

  10-07-2017 19:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Pictures of the Iraqi soldiers celebrating their defeat of Isis in Mosul marked a milestone in the fight against the Islamist group but it was also a victory for Barack Obama's strategy in the region, a senior Pentagon official has said.While the Iraqi armed forces staged an exhausting nine-month siege around the city of Mosul, the US-led air campaign in Iraq and Syria initiated by the former president appears to have proved successful in weakening Isis forces.The US and its allies, including bu
  
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• Back in session, Senate Republicans weigh starting over with health care bill

  10-07-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Some Senate Republicans weigh a fresh start on health care reform; the president adds pressure; and more from our ongoing coverage.
  
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• Kenyan military says it launches strikes against al Shabaab forest base

  10-07-2017 19:16 via yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph AkwiriMOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's military said on Monday it had launched air strikes on the forest hideout of Somali Islamists blamed for deadly attacks on civilians and security personnel.Heavily-armed attackers have in the past two weeks beheaded nine civilian men and killed three police officers in coastal Lamu district, which borders Somalia.Al Shabaab Islamists claimed responsibility for the police killings.
  
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• How to Pick the Amazon Echo That's Right for You

  10-07-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  
  They're on sale for Prime Day
  
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• Tennessee parents charged in hot car death of 11-month-old

  10-07-2017 19:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Tennessee parents charged in hot car death of 11-month-old.
  
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• U.S. deploys advanced anti-aircraft missiles in Baltics for first time

  10-07-2017 19:04 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States deployed a battery of Patriot long-range anti-aircraft missiles in Lithuania to be used in NATO wargames from Tuesday - the first time the advanced defense system has been brought to the Baltics where Russia has air superiority.The Patriot battery was brought to the Siauliai military airbase on Monday, ahead of the Tobruk Legacy exercise, and will be withdrawn when the exercise ends on July 22, a Lithuanian defense ministry spokeswoman told Reuters.The NATO wargames take place
  
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• Pension funds ask U.S. regulators to expand companies' workforce disclosures

  10-07-2017 19:03
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition that includes some of the largest U.S. pension funds want federal regulators to force big banks and other public companies to disclose details on how they manage,...
  
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