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• The New Scott Peterson? Man Busted in Death of Pregnant Girlfriend, 15 Years After Notorious Murder Case

  14-09-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  Tyler Tessier held the hand of his girlfriend's mother as he appealed for her safe return, but police say it was all an act.
  
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• WWII remains on Pacific island identified as Michigan man

  14-09-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan airman whose plane crashed during World War II has been identified among the remains recently discovered on a Pacific Ocean island, the U.S. government said Thursday.
  
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• Police arrest father in killings of 3 children in California

  14-09-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three children, one a baby, were killed inside a California apartment by their father following a domestic violence altercation with his wife, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• U.S. citizen fighting for Islamic State surrenders in Syria: Pentagon

  14-09-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  An American citizen fighting for Islamic State in Syria surrendered to U.S-backed fighters earlier this week and has been handed over to U.S. forces, the Pentagon said on Thursday."The US citizen is being legally detained by Department of Defense personnel as a known enemy combatant," Pentagon spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway said in a statement.
  
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• Florida Girl Dies From Home Generator After Hurricane Irma

  14-09-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  A Florida girl died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator used to power her home during Hurricane Irma.
  
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• Trump dispenses hoagies, handshakes in hurricane zone

  14-09-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump doled out hoagies and handshakes in the sweltering Florida heat on Thursday as he took a firsthand tour of Irma's devastation and liberally dispensed congratulatory words about the federal and state recovery effort.
  
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• Irma creates bittersweet travel bonus for luckier Caribbean islands

  14-09-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  On Friday, a cruise ship carrying around 3,000 passengers will dock at St. John's harbor in the Caribbean island of Antigua.The Carnival Plc ship was meant to dock in Saint Martin, 100 miles (160 km) to the northwest.Antiguan officials now expect the Carnival Fascination to visit every Friday, and have gotten about 25 calls from major cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd and Norwegian Cruise Lines looking to make stops through the end of the year.
  
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• Irma pushes Florida's poor closer to the edge of ruin

  14-09-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — Larry and Elida Dimas didn't have much to begin with, and Hurricane Irma left them with even less.
  
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• Florida Nursing Home Was Supposed To Be A Refuge. Then It Became A ‘Death Warehouse.’

  14-09-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. ― Almost every night, Jacqueline Ventura makes the five-minute drive from her house to the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills to see her mother, who is 82 and has dementia.
  
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• We Finally Know What This Hurricane Harvey Sea Creature Actually Is

  14-09-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  The long, fanged animal washed ashore during the hurricane in Texas
  
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• The Best Ways to Help Victims of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey

  14-09-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  It's not too late to help Florida and Texas residents recover from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey. But how do you make sure you've picked the right charity when donating money, food, clothing or othe...
  
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• This Is What Being 30 Looks Like Around The World

  14-09-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  The milestone often prompts all sorts of introspection: evaluating career goals, feeling pressure about finding love or comparing the person you are now to the one you thought you would be at 30.
  
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• Rangers Finally Spot Rare White Giraffe and Look-Alike Baby After Rumored Sightings

  14-09-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  After hearing rumors about the pair, the rangers finally spotted them in June.
  
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• Venezuela's president advises malnourished citizens to breed rabbits and eat them

  14-09-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela’s government has launched a scheme to encouage people to breed rabbits and eat them as a way of countering frequently chronic food shortages and growing child malnutrition.The government of Nicolas Maduro said the so-called Rabbit Plan would help boost food availability.Reuters said Mr Maduro’s adversaries dismissed the idea as nonsensical, insisting the real problem is a failed model of oil-financed socialism that was unable to survive after crude markets collapsed.
  
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• US extends Iran sanctions relief while bemoaning behavior

  14-09-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday extended sanctions relief to Iran, avoiding imminent action that could implode the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, even as President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson accused Tehran of not respecting the entire agreement.
  
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• Cheeky flip flops mock Donald Trump's very public contradictions

  14-09-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  Most politicians flip flop on issues, but when it's documented on Twitter, it makes things a little more obvious. Notorious tweeter and President of the United States, Donald Trump, is pretty infamous for criticizing an issue in the past, then doing that exact same thing as president. Now you can proudly display your favorite Trump flip flop exactly where they belong: your feet. SEE ALSO: Reporters call out Trump’s claim that he saw Harvey ‘horror & devastation’ President F
  
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• Obamacare enrollment to fall in 2018 and beyond after cuts: CBO

  14-09-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  Enrollment on the Obamacare health insurance exchanges in 2018 and later years is expected to be less than previously forecast, dampened by the Trump administration's decision to pull back enrollment efforts, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday.The administration has cut back on advertising spending, halved the enrollment period to six weeks, and reduced outreach.In addition, insurance premiums will rise sharply in 2018, the CBO said, which will also deter enrollment.
  
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• UC Berkeley closes streets amid concerns about violence

  14-09-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Several streets around the University of California, Berkeley, were closed off Thursday with concrete and plastic barriers ahead of an evening appearance by a conservative commentator — the latest polarizing event to raise concerns of violence on the famously liberal campus.
  
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• Clinton: Trump is being 'played' by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un

  14-09-2017 22:35 via yahoo.com
  President Trump “has such a limited understanding of the world,” that he has opened himself up to be “played” by authoritarians he like North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to his former presidential rival Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Report: Officer lost control before arresting Utah nurse

  14-09-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah police chief will decide any possible punishment for an officer caught on video dragging a nurse from a hospital and handcuffing her after a review board found he lost control and got aggressive.
  
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• Trump blames delayed message to Mexican quake victims on bad phone reception

  14-09-2017 22:24 via yahoo.com
  Trump’s message of condolence represents his first public comments on the earthquake.Donald Trump has offered condolences to Mexico’s president one week after the country’s worst earthquake in a century, claiming he had been unable to reach Enrique Peña Nieto for several days because of bad mobile phone reception.
  
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• Russian navy fires cruise missiles into eastern Syria

  14-09-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  ABOARD THE ADMIRAL ESSEN (AP) — Russia fired a salvo of cruise missiles from the Mediterranean on Thursday and said they struck Islamic State targets in eastern Syria. Activists there said at least 20 civilians were killed in what they described a "fanatical" bombardment — blaming some of it on Russia and some on the United States.
  
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• Police: Pregnant woman's killer was engaged to another woman

  14-09-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The boyfriend of a missing, pregnant Maryland teacher was engaged to another woman and sent text messages using the teacher's identity claiming he wasn't the father of her unborn baby, according to court documents that charge him with murdering her.
  
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• No, Donald Trump did not save cats from Hurricane Harvey flooding

  14-09-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  Another day, another debunk. The latest fake photograph to spread online like wildfire is an image of President Trump saving several cats from a flood. But just in case you somehow couldn't already tell from the horrible Photoshop job — the image is fake. Turns out fake shark photos aren't the only fabrications coming out of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. SEE ALSO: FEMA's debunking Harvey rumors, but there's more to know The image shows a man walking through thigh-high flood waters clutching
  
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• Trump vows to veto Sanders's single-payer health care plan: 'A curse on the U.S. and its people'

  14-09-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  President Trump assured Republicans that he would veto any bill from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders moving the U.S. toward a single-payer health care system.
  
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• Republicans Find More Ways To Avoid Criticizing Trump’s Dealmaking With Democrats

  14-09-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― After President Donald Trump appeared to set up Republicans for another deal with Democrats, this time on the GOP’s most scorching hot-button issue ― immigration ― congressional Republicans were once again putting their faith in Trump on Thursday.
  
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• Teacher Spends 70 Hours Creating Incredible 'Harry Potter'-Themed Classroom

  14-09-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  An Oregon teacher transformed his classroom into a magical oasis.
  
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• These Cops Helping Out With Irma Have The Internet All Hot And Bothered (UPDATE)

  14-09-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Responding to Hurricane Irma calls and stealing hearts is all in a day’s work for these Florida cops.
  
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• Dozens dead in Iraq attack claimed by IS

  14-09-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Gunmen and suicide car bombers killed at least 74 people Thursday near the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, in the deadliest attack claimed by the Islamic State group since it lost second city Mosul.The assailants struck at midday, opening fire on a restaurant before getting into a car and blowing themselves up at a nearby security checkpoint, officials said.The attack was quickly claimed by the Islamic State group, which appears to be switching to insurgent attacks after suffering a string of setbacks
  
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• Hundreds Of Dogs And Cats Are Evacuating Storm-Hit Florida In Search Of Homes

  14-09-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Nearly 200 dogs and cats are heading to new lives in the Northeast this week after being pulled from storm-hit shelters in South Florida where four-legged refugees are continuing to pour in needing homes, authorities there say.
  
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• Confusion as Russia and Belarus begin joint war games 

  14-09-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  The first day of major joint war games between Russia and Belarus began in confusion Thursday, as the militaries of both countries announced the Russians would be moving in opposite directions.  The defence ministry in Moscow first announced that units of the Russian first tank army were rushing toward Belarus - a statement swiftly denied by the Belarusian military, who insisted the Russian tanks were heading to training bases in their own country.  The confusion only exacerbated fears
  
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• Chicago Newspaper Hits Back After Police Union Attacks Reporters For Doing Their Job

  14-09-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  The Chicago Sun-Times published a blistering editorial Wednesday night, denying a police union’s demand that effectively told the newspaper’s reporters to stop doing their job.“Chicago needs a great police force,” the board wrote.On Tuesday, the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police sent a letter to Sun-Times investigative reporters Tim Novak and Robert Herguth and managing editor Chris Fusco, criticizing them over their recent piece on lax discipline for Chicago po
  
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• BlackRock to pick up Mifid II research bill

  14-09-2017 21:32
  Long-awaited decision from the world's biggest fund manager is likely to land it with a bill that will dwarf those of its competitors
  
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• American Fighting for ISIS Reportedly in Custody

  14-09-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Military and State spokespeople say they are aware of reports.
  
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• 'Fixer Upper' Couple Blasted On Social Media Over New Target Line

  14-09-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  HGTV fans will soon have a new reason to shop at Target.
  
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• 'Trump Trade' returns? Small-cap stocks rally on hopes of tax deal

  14-09-2017 20:59
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - With time running out before Congress turns its attention to the 2018 mid-term elections, small-cap stocks are increasingly acting as a bellwether for the market's expectations...
  
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• These Stunning Photos of Saturn Are a Beautiful Goodbye From NASA’s Cassini Probe

  14-09-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  Eight striking images Cassini captured of the ringed planet
  
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• Clinton Looking Forward to Political Future

  14-09-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with Rachel Maddow about her future, including political activism and work with non-profit organizations.
  
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• Amnesty says Myanmar military torching Rohingya villages

  14-09-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Pressure on Myanmar soared as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the violence against Rohingya Muslims "unacceptable" and rights group Amnesty said on Friday it has evidence of the military's "systematic" torching of villages.The increasingly harsh global condemnation comes as the number of Rohingya who have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state for Bangladesh to escape ethnic unrest hit 389,000, and the United Nations warned of a looming "worst case scenario" with all of the Muslim minority grou
  
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• Fanged sea creature washes up on Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey creature

  14-09-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  A mysterious fanged sea creature that washed up on a beach in Texas following Hurricane Harvey quickly went viral after images emerged on Twitter.
  
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• Gator Fished Out of Resident's Swimming Pool, Taken Into Custody for Trespassing

  14-09-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  There's something lurking beneath those Florida flood waters.
  
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• Former acting CIA director quits Harvard over Chelsea Manning post

  14-09-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell on Thursday resigned from Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs to protest the appointment of convicted leaker Chelsea Manning to a fellowship at the university’s Kennedy School.
  
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• Bella Hadid shouts at security guard for pushing female paparazzo: 'Do not touch her!'

  14-09-2017 20:14 via yahoo.com
  Just days after saving sister Gigi on the runway during a New York Fashion Week show, Bella just gave us another reason to love her even more.Paparazzi swarmed the 20-year-old model while leaving the Michael Kors Spring 2018 show during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday.During Milan Fashion Week last year, Bella's sister Gigi found herself in a similar situation involving notorious internet prankster Vitalii Sediuk.
  
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• No country for migrant stowaways caught on ferry between Ukraine and Turkey

  14-09-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  By Julie Astrid ThomsenCOPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Twelve migrants, apparently from North Africa, have been sailing to and fro on a Danish passenger ferry between Istanbul and Odessa for the last seven weeks locked in four cabins, with no country willing to take them.According to the Danish DFDS ferry operator, Turkey and Ukraine both refuse to accept the men, who have been violent and threatening suicide."There has been a tendency to violence and aggressions and they have threatened to jump overboar
  
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• Jitters in Europe as Russia-Belarus war games get underway

  14-09-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Russia and Belarus began major war games Thursday, an operation involving thousands of troops, tanks and aircraft on NATO's eastern edge practicing how to hunt down and destroy armed spies, among other maneuvers.
  
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• Melania Trump tweets footage from Marine One of devastating Florida flooding caused by Hurricane Irma

  14-09-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  First Lady Melania Trump and President Trump headed to Florida on Thursday to assess the damage done by Hurricane Irma.
  
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• ‘Horrific.’ Suspect in Killings of 3 Children Is Their Father

  14-09-2017 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Police say the man arrested in the killings of three children inside a Northern California apartment was the children's father
  
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• The Latest: Another likely carbon monoxide death after Irma

  14-09-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local):
  
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• Here’s How Much Steven Mnuchin and Louise Linton’s Honeymoon Jet Would’ve Cost Taxpayers

  14-09-2017 19:46 via yahoo.com
  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has come under fire for using government aircraft for personal use.
  
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• This Tiny Florida Island Village Is Pulling Together In Irma's Aftermath

  14-09-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  GOODLAND, Fla. - As Florida begins to recover from the impact of Hurricane Irma, residents of some small communities want the public to know that it’s not only large cities like Miami or Tampa that were hit hard by the storm.“We’re less than a dot on the map,” Kelly Kirk told HuffPost.Kirk and her parents are the owners of Kirk Fish Company, a retail and wholesale seafood company in Goodland, which has about 400 year-round residents. “So it’s easy to
  
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