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• Trump to shrink Utah national monuments in bid to boost drilling, mining

  27-10-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  By Emily FlitterNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will shrink the size of two national monuments in Utah, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah said on Friday, a change that will open parts of them to drilling and mining but which Democrats, environmental groups and Native Americans are vowing to fight.The decision would mark the Trump administration's most symbolic land designation to date, reflecting its broader effort to boost development on federal land while rolling back Obama-era envi
  
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• Top prosecutor in high-profile Virginia office resigning

  27-10-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Dana Boente, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced his resignation Friday, but said he plans to stay on until a successor is in place.
  
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• West Virginia police seek inmate missed in 3 head counts

  27-10-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia authorities are still searching for an inmate who wasn't discovered missing until nearly two days after he escaped from the Charleston jail.
  
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• Large decrease in uninsured new cancer patients linked to Affordable Care Act

  27-10-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock(Reuters Health) - The number of newly diagnosed cancer patients without health insurance declined by one-third in 2014, which is likely an effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a small study suggests.“Either the impact of the ACA was that people who were now insured had access to screening services that uncovered cancer, or people who knew they had cancer came forward.Starting in January 2014, the ACA - commonly called Obamacare - expanded Medicaid coverage
  
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• Woman Creates 'Rooffee,' A Coffee For Dogs

  27-10-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  After the success of products like alcohol-free, grape-free “wine” for cats, it’s no surprise that someone is developing a caffeine-free, coffee-free “coffee” for dogs.
  
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• Risk of irregular heart rhythm rises with weight and age

  27-10-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) - The risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm increases as people age and become overweight or obese, spiking after age 50 for men and age 60 for women, a recent study suggests.When they joined the studies, none of the participants had atrial fibrillation.After following half of the participants for at least 13 years – and some of them for nearly 28 years – researchers found that 4.4% of the women and 6.4% of the men had developed atrial fibrilla
  
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• Virginia's GOP Governor Hopeful Takes Aim At Voting Rights Again

  27-10-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Ed Gillespie, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia, launched another highly misleading ad on Friday targeting the practice of restoring voting rights to former felons who have completed their sentences.
  
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• CVS deal for Aetna could help retailer face Amazon entry: analysts

  27-10-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  U.S. pharmacy operator CVS Health Corp'smove to buy health insurer Aetna Inccould shore-up CVS' vulnerable pharmacy business and spur another round of dealmaking in an industry fearing Amazon's arrival, analysts said.Shares of Aetna, the third-largest U.S. health insurer, closed down 3 percent on Friday after closing 12 percent higher on Thursday on reports of the deal.CVS Health was down 5.9 percent.
  
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• SEC fines UBS $3.5 million for overcharging mutual fund customers

  27-10-2017 23:43
  (Reuters) - UBS AGwill pay a $3.5 million civil fine to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims that it overcharged customers on mutual funds, the regulator said on Friday.
  
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• Mystery space object may be first confirmed interstellar visitor

  27-10-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  A small asteroid or comet that has been spotted racing through our solar system may have come from elsewhere in the galaxy, U.S. space scientists say, possibly marking the first such interstellar visitor observed from Earth. The mystery object, so far known only as A/2017 U1, was discovered earlier this month by a researcher using a sophisticated telescope system at the University of Hawaii that continually scans the universe for such phenomenon. "We have been waiting for this day for decades,"
  
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• Spain on a knife's edge as Madrid seizes control of rebel Catalonia

  27-10-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  Spain was plunged into crisisFriday as Madrid seized power from independence-seeking Catalonia, the first curtailment of regional autonomy since the brutal dictatorship of Francisco Franco.After regional lawmakers voted to declare a Catalan "republic", Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy moved swiftly to dissolve the rebel government and parliament, and called December 21 elections to replace them.Secessionist lawmakers voted 70 to 10 in the 135-member parliament Friday to declare Catalonia "a
  
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• Donald Trump Met Reporters' Kids, And It Was More Trick Than Treat

  27-10-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump briefly met with children of the White House press corps on Friday as part of a Halloween celebration, and things got weird pretty quickly.
  
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• American who joined, escaped Islamic State gets 20 years

  27-10-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — More than 100 people in the U.S. have been charged with trying to help the Islamic State, or trying to join it, but Mohamad Khweis stood out because he succeeded.
  
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• Interior Secretary Zinke says he welcomes investigation into Puerto Rico reconstruction contract

  27-10-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Friday he welcomed an investigation into a heavily criticized contract to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid.
  
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• Trump Official Denies Involvement With $300 Million Puerto Rico Energy Contract

  27-10-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he welcomes "all investigations into the accusations"
  
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• U.S. State Department names Russian defense, intel firms under sanctions law

  27-10-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  By Warren StrobelWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday named 39 Russian defense- and intelligence-related entities under a new sanctions law, belatedly taking a step to enforce legislation passed overwhelmingly by Congress.The law, which President Donald Trump signed on Aug. 2, requires sanctions on individuals who engage in "a significant transaction" with the Russian entities.Friday's action does not itself impose new sanctions, and determinations will be made on a case by
  
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• Cities not backing down on feds' 'sanctuary cities' order

  27-10-2017 23:01 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City and Philadelphia officials wrote to the U.S. Justice Department Friday defying a directive intended to pressure the cities into cooperating more with federal immigration enforcement efforts.
  
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• American who 'regretted' joining IS gets 20 year sentence

  27-10-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  A 27-year-old American who joined the Islamic State group in Syria and later claimed he escaped and fled into the hands of Kurdish troops after a "bad decision" was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday.Mohamad Jamal Khweis left his job driving a bus for disabled people in northern Virginia in December 2015 to travel to IS's stronghold of Raqa."The evidence at trial demonstrated that Mohamad Khweis is an unpredictable and dangerous person who was radicalized towards violent jihad," said Dana Bo
  
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• North Korea: US Defence Secretary warns of 'catastrophe' during border visit

  27-10-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  US Secretary of Defense James Mattis says that North Korea “shackles its people” in order to threaten the world “with catastrophe”.Mr Mattis said that the US government is doing “everything we can” to solve the ongoing crisis with North Korea, but noted that the provocations have continued even though Pyongyang has been on the receiving end of unanimous condemnation from the United Nations Security Council.North Korea is “an oppressive regime that shackl
  
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• Kurds, still hoping for independence, fight on after losing Kirkuk

  27-10-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi Kurds, who voted for independence in a nonbinding referendum, have lost oil-rich Kirkuk to government forces, allegedly supported by Iranian militias. Kurdish leaders accuse the U.S. of helping their enemies, including known terrorists.
  
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• Eagle Pharma gets tentative FDA approval for Lilly's Alimta version

  27-10-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration tentatively approved its diluted version of Eli Lilly and Co's blockbuster cancer drug Alimta.The drug, Pemfexy, aims to treat patients with advanced stage of non-small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma, a rare type of tumor often caused by asbestos..The company expects to capture about 25 percent or a third of the market, Chief Executive Scott Tarriff said in an interview.A final approval - which would al
  
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• Insured losses from deadly California wildfires could hit $3 billion

  27-10-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  The analysis by Boston-based AIR Worldwide, encompassing anticipated claims for destroyed residences, automobiles, commercial properties and other economic losses, is at least double a preliminary tally estimated last week by the California Department of Insurance.The AIR report said losses would be dominated by devastation in residential areas, especially in Sonoma County, where entire neighborhood blocks were reduced to ashes.Since erupting on Oct. 8, the wind-driven wildfires have consumed so
  
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• President Trump to reporter's kids: 'I cannot believe the media produced such beautiful children'

  27-10-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  President Trump joked about the White House press corps on Friday during a pre-Halloween visit with their children in the Oval Office.
  
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• Tiny Furniture Collection Was Designed Just For Cats

  27-10-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  Tiny Furniture Collection Was Designed Just For Cats
  
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• Trump Backer Undeterred by Russia's Hack Role

  27-10-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares a scoop from the Wall Street Journal that Rebecca Mercer directed Cambridge Analytica to offer to help Wikileaks even as Cambridge Analytica was part of the Trump campaign.
  
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• 5 years after Superstorm Sandy, the lessons haven't sunk in

  27-10-2017 22:24 via yahoo.com
  Five years after Superstorm Sandy was supposed to have taught the U.S. a lesson about the dangers of living along the coast, disaster planning experts say there is no place in America truly prepared for climate change and the tempests it could bring.
  
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• Spain sacks Catalan government after independence declaration

  27-10-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  By Sam Edwards and Angus MacSwanBARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - The Madrid government sacked Catalonia's president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain's gravest political crisis since the return of democracy four decades ago.A new regional election will be held in Catalonia on Dec. 21, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a televised address on a day of high drama.As well as removing Carles Puigdemont as head of the autonomou
  
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• White House: All The Women Who Say Trump Sexually Harassed Them Are Liars

  27-10-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  The White House on Friday confirmed its official stance on the women accusing President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct: They are lying.
  
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• Women On Twitter Are Sharing What Happens When They Ask Crushes Out On A Date

  27-10-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  Modern dating is nothing like it used to be, but there’s one tradition we can’t seem to shake: the expectation that men should be the ones to ask women out.
  
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• FEMA disavows Puerto Rico power contract amid investigations

  27-10-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it had no involvement in the decision to award a $300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico's power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown.
  
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• Science Says: Jack Frost nipping at your nose ever later

  27-10-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter is coming ... later. And it's leaving ever earlier.
  
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• Charges Report Hints at Shape of Russia Case

  27-10-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  Paul Fishman, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about CNN's report that charges have been filed in the Trump Russia investigation and what can be guessed about the state of the probe from the details reported so far.
  
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• Trump shrinks national monument sacred to local tribe, opening it up to mining

  27-10-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has said he will shrink the size of two national monuments in Utah - opening up more land to drilling and mining companies but overriding the concerns of Native Americans.The two Utah sites, Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument were among several US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended reducing in order to make way for more industrial activity on the land they occupy.Senator Orrin Hatch said he had been informed of the news by the Preside
  
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• Woman Who Disappeared 42 Years Ago Found Living With Dementia in Nursing Home

  27-10-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  Florence “Flora” Stevens vanished more than 40 years ago in upstate New York. She has been found living in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, authorities said.
  
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• Kristen Bell Shared A Hilarious Story About Pumping While Working

  27-10-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  Kristen Bell is not one to shy away from breastfeeding talk.
  
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• Kenya in limbo as post-election chaos worsens

  27-10-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Kenya found itself in a dangerous limbo on Friday as violent protests rocked opposition strongholds a day after a deeply divisive election that has left eight people dead.Plans to restage elections in the western Nyanza region where violence blocked voting on Thursday were again delayed as election chief Wafula Chebukati said he feared for the safety of his staff.The worst crisis in Kenya in a decade, has cast a shadow over east Africa's most stable democracy and economic powerhouse.
  
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• Second protester shot dead in Kenya after fractious vote

  27-10-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  A second protester was killed in Kenya on Friday as anger raged a day after a divisive election boycotted by the opposition, taking the death toll from two days of protests to eight.The latest victim was shot dead by police in the Kawangware slum in Nairobi during clashes involving members of three tribal groups, police and witnesses said.Nairobi Police Chief Japheth Koome confirmed the death but gave no further details.
  
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• Tiger Woods Enters Plea Deal in DUI Case, Sentenced to Probation

  27-10-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  Superstar golfer Tiger Woods has pleaded guilty to reckless driving and agreed to enter a diversion program to settle a DUI charge.
  
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• 33 Awesome Halloween Costume Ideas For Kids Who Use Wheelchairs

  27-10-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Halloween presents the opportunity for children to nurture their creativity with fun, imaginative costumes.
  
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• Trump Russia Probe May be Entering New Phase

  27-10-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Matthew Miller, former Justice Department spokesman, talks with Rachel Maddow about CNN's report that the first charges have been filed in Robert Mueller's Trump Russia investigation.
  
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• Police Officer Who Killed Terence Crutcher Has Manslaughter Charge Expunged From Record

  27-10-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  The former Tulsa police officer who fatally shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher last year and was acquitted of manslaughter this spring will no longer have the charge on her record.
  
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• Walmart unveils Sam's Choice Itaila -- a new food line straight from Italy

  27-10-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Walmart is going Italian!The retail giant has teamed up with the Italian Trade Agency to create a line of authentic Italian cuisine for customers across America.Other items from the line also available in Walmart's 3,600 stores include boxed dinners, bagged pastas, pesto and pasta sauces and frozen pizzas.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner shares first-ever swimsuit video: 'Walking on the beach being my authentic self'

  27-10-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Caitlyn Jenner finally achieved one of her own on Friday as she hit the beach in a floppy hat and halter one-piece swimsuit -- the first time post-transition that she's publicly worn such an item for the world to see.
  
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• Rosie O’Donnell Opens Up About Feeling ‘Completely Unprepared’ For Trump Presidency

  27-10-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  In a new interview with W magazine, Rosie O’Donnell opened up about how she felt the day after Donald Trump was elected president.
  
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• Europe stands by Spain over breakaway Catalonia

  27-10-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Spain's allies in Europe and the United States rallied behind Madrid on Friday after Catalonia's regional parliament declared independence in a escalating constitutional crisis.Catalan MPs passed the motion by 70 votes to 10 -- in a ballot boycotted by the opposition -- in a move that threatens the stability of Spain and the European Union.After the vote, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he had dissolved the Catalan parliament, formally removed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont from o
  
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• E! News Host Ken Baker Accused Of Sexual Harassment By Former Employees

  27-10-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  E! News senior correspondent Ken Baker has been accused of sexual harassment after speaking at length about the allegations surrounding Harvey Weinstein on the network, according to The Wrap.
  
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• Mueller Reached Out to Woolsey About Flynn

  27-10-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares an exclusive statement from the spokesman of former CIA director James Woolsey about being contacted by special counsel Robert Mueller's Trump Russia investigation with regard to a meeting that included Mike Flynn.
  
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• 14 Reasons People Fall In Love With Their Partners Again And Again

  27-10-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Keeping the spark alive in a romantic relationship isn’t easy, especially after the honeymoon phase has come and gone.
  
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• What People Are Buying On Amazon This Week, Besides Baby Banana Toothbrushes

  27-10-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  From banana-shaped toothbrushes to k-cup water purifiers, Amazon has it all.
  
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• Sharks and lost hope: 2 women rescued after 5 months at sea

  27-10-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — The planned voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti aboard a 50-foot sailboat didn't start off well for two Honolulu women. One of their cellphones was washed overboard and sank to the bottom on their first day at sea.
  
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