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• These dogs have the best before and after haircuts

  03-11-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  These dog haircuts will make your day
  
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• Puerto Rico's PREPA utility creditors say power grid damage is overblown

  03-11-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  Bondholders of Puerto Rico's bankrupt power utility, PREPA, said on Friday that the damage to the local electric grid by Hurricane Maria is not as bad as the island's government says, and could be fixed quickly with an outside energy expert in charge.    The PREPA bondholders made the argument in a written filing in federal court in San Juan.
  
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• Report: 'House Of Cards' Producers Considering Killing Off Kevin Spacey's Character

  03-11-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  The growing number of sexual abuse allegations against Kevin Spacey is forcing the producers of the Netflix series “House of Cards” to consider other options for the show’s last season.
  
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• Sheriff: Las Vegas shooter had lost money, been depressed

  03-11-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  The man who killed 58 people at a country music festival in Las Vegas last month had been depressed after losing a significant amount of money in the past two years and that may have been a "determining factor" in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the city's sheriff said.
  
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• 10-year-old disabled girl stopped by immigration agents on way to emergency surgery finally reunited with family

  03-11-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  A 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was detained by American immigration enforcement while seeking emergency surgery has been released from federal custody into the care of her family, a week and a half after she was initially detained.It is not clear if RosaMaria Hernandez, who came to the United States when she was just three months old, will face deportation proceedings or eventual removal to Mexico.RosaMaria was released into the care of her family.
  
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• Influential Fake Twitter Account Was Run by Russians

  03-11-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  The account was made to look like it belonged to an American woman named Jenna Abrams, when in fact it was a creation of the Internet Research Agency, commonly known in Russia as a troll farm.
  
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• US releases new trove of secret Kennedy assassination files

  03-11-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  A new batch of files, mostly secret CIA records, related to the November 1963 assassination of US president John F. Kennedy was released by the National Archives on Friday.Nearly 680 records were made public including 553 never-before-seen files from the Central Intelligence Agency, which had objected to their release previously on national security grounds.Among the CIA files released were detailed records, for example, of efforts to recruit Soviet diplomats serving in foreign missions, complet
  
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• Activist investor demands London Stock Exchange keeps Rolet

  03-11-2017 23:07
  Chris Hohn’s TCI threatens to seek removal of LSE chairman if chief executive Xavier Rolet departs
  
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• Mexico makes 'major' 1.5-bn barrel oil find: president

  03-11-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Friday state oil company Pemex has made a "major" oil and gas discovery with an estimated 1.5 billion barrels of crude equivalent, its largest onshore find in 15 years.The new field, dubbed Ixachi-1, is located in the eastern state of Veracruz near existing Pemex infrastructure, meaning it can be tapped "relatively soon, and at low costs," said Pena Nieto.The field's proven, probable and possible reserves -- an estimation of the amount of oil and gas tha
  
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• Stalked by default fears, Venezuela calls creditor meeting

  03-11-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela on Friday called foreign creditors to a November 13 meeting in Caracas aiming to restructure its estimated $150 billion debt, as the specter of default over the oil-producing nation moved ever closer."I say to investors across the whole world and to holders of Venezuelan debt: I call you to come to Caracas on November 13 to start a process to refinance and renegotiate the external debt," President Nicolas Maduro said.Flanked by the ministers in charge of the economy, finance and energy
  
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• US carries out 1st airstrikes against ISIS in Somalia

  03-11-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. military for the first time has conducted two airstrikes against Islamic State group fighters in Somalia, where the group is a growing presence in a country long threatened by the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab.
  
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• The Latest: Fire officials release tapes from mass shooting

  03-11-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into the mass shooting in Las Vegas (all times local):
  
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• Federal Climate Report Is Clear Despite Clouds Cast By Trump Administration

  03-11-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — In a surprising move, the White House has signed off on a lengthy report by more than a dozen federal agencies that reaches a conclusion about climate change that President Donald Trump and his team refuse to acknowledge: The crisis is real, and humans are to blame.
  
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• Russia accuses US of blocking humanitarian aid in Syria

  03-11-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  Russia on Friday accused the United States of committing a "war crime" in Syria, saying its army had denied Syrian refugees access to humanitarian aid."The most severe humanitarian situation remains in the Al-Tanf region," the Russian defence ministry's Syria reconciliation centre said, referring to a garrison where US and other foreign troops train anti-Islamic State group fighters.Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees from the Al-Rukban refugee camp on the Jordanian border are deprived of human
  
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• Republican tax bill furthers DeVos' push for school choice

  03-11-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' school-choice agenda is getting a bit of a boost from the Republican tax bill, which would allow parents to use education savings accounts to pay tuition at private elementary and secondary schools.
  
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• Bob Corker: Trump's Call to Investigate Democrats 'Undermines Our Justice System'

  03-11-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Bob Corker criticized President Trump for urging the DOJ to go after Democrats
  
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• Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against ICE For Detaining Cambodian Refugees

  03-11-2017 22:35 via yahoo.com
  Civil rights groups have launched a class action lawsuit against federal immigration authorities after a series of recent raids led to the detention of more than 100 Cambodian refugees who could now face deportation.
  
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• Alec And Hilaria Baldwin Are Expecting Baby No. 4

  03-11-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  There’s another baby on the way for Alec and Hilaria Baldwin!
  
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• No prison for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl, who Trump wanted dead

  03-11-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl on Friday was spared prison for endangering his comrades in arms when he deserted in Afghanistan in 2009, a sentence swiftly condemned by President Donald Trump, who while seeking election had called for his execution."The decision on Sergeant Bergdahl is a complete and total disgrace to our Country and to our Military," Trump posted on Twitter from Air Force One as he flew to Asia at the start of a lengthy tour of the region.A military judge recommended that Ber
  
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• 'I See a City: Todd Webb's New York'

  03-11-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  Here's a look at images from “I See a City: Todd Webb’s New York,“ an evocative portrait of New York City in the 1940s and 1950s by master documentary photographer Todd Webb.
  
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• London's Literal Trash Monster -- The Fatberg -- is Finally Slain

  03-11-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  The "evil, gut-wrenching, rancid blob" is no more.
  
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• Dudes are bombarding this gynecologist trying to get medical marijuana

  03-11-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Getting medical cannabis in some states is harder than others. Apparently it's so difficult in Pennsylvania that dudes are calling up an OB-GYN in an attempt at getting their hands on the stick icky.  After some local press revealed that Dr. Liang Bartkowiak of Altoona, Pennsylvania was licensed to prescribe medical marijuana, her office became inundated with phone calls from potential patients looking to book an appointment. The problem? Bartkowiak works at a gynecologist’s office, w
  
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• Sia's Christmas Album Title Contains An Awkward Grammatical Error

  03-11-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  Like everything Sia touches, it will likely be a very good Christmas album.
  
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• Arkansas judge dismisses bid to halt killer's execution

  03-11-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge dismissed an effort Friday to halt next week's planned execution of a convicted killer despite his attorneys' arguments that he's not mentally competent.
  
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• 11 Talented Brides Who DIYed Their Own Wedding Gowns And Impressed Us All

  03-11-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  While most brides purchase their gowns from a bridal retailer, some brave and talented women opt to make their own dresses for the big day instead.
  
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• Ralph Northam Slams ‘Muslim Ban’ At Mosque, Insists He’s Running A Positive Campaign

  03-11-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  ― Democrat Ralph Northam visited a mosque in northern Virginia on Friday, urging worshippers there to vote in next week’s gubernatorial election to reject the “hatred and bigotry” coming from Washington, D.C. “I want to remind all of you that the U.S. is a country of immigrants,” Northam, Virginia’s lieutenant governor, told the men, women and children attending Friday prayers at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society.
  
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• Florida woman arrested for 'drunk-driving' a horse

  03-11-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Donna Byrne, 53, was arrested in Polk City, central Florida, for "DUI on a horse," the Polk County Sheriff's Office said Friday.Byrne is also accused of animal neglect for failing to provide proper protection for the horse, placing it at risk of injury or death while riding it along the busy road.
  
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• Two key Republicans agree on national flood insurance

  03-11-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Two senior U.S. House of Representatives Republicans said on Friday they have agreed on terms for the reauthorization of the deeply indebted National Flood Insurance Program.House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling of Texas said in a statement: "The bill we support will begin to make the flood insurance program more stable and sustainable for the people who count on it.
  
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• Over 500 Secret CIA Documents Were Just Released in the Latest JFK Files Dump

  03-11-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Conspiracy theorists, have at it!
  
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• Police, Public Works Employees Work to Free Fat Raccoon Stuck in Sewer Grate

  03-11-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Officers with the Zion Police Department tried to help the animal, but were unable to pry the creature's rotund body from the narrow space.
  
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• Trump urges adding anti-Obamacare provision to tax bill: lawmaker

  03-11-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  By Susan CornwellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans to change their tax-cut bill to include a repeal of the Obamacare mandate that requires individuals to buy health insurance or pay a fine, the House of Representative's top tax lawmaker said on Friday.House tax committee Chairman Kevin Brady said he has asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to assess Trump's suggestion and indicated some lawmakers were considering it.
  
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• North Korea: Trump is not authorised to nuke country, says senator

  03-11-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is not authorised to nuke North Korea, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has said.“Congress has not authorised the use of force, so the president does not have the authority to pre-emptively use force,” said Senator Ben Cardin.Over the past year, tensions between the US and North Korea have intensified as the latter has continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic weapons programme.
  
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• Man Found Guilty Of First-Degree Murder In Death Of Gender-Fluid Teen

  03-11-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A jury in Iowa on Friday found Jorge Sanders-Galvez guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a gender-fluid teenager.
  
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• NYPD: Harvey Weinstein Could Be Arrested

  03-11-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  The New York City Police Department disclosed Friday that it is gathering evidence behind a rape allegation against Harvey Weinstein, who could be facing arrest as a result.
  
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• The NYPD Says It Has a 'Credible' Rape Allegation Against Harvey Weinstein

  03-11-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  New York police are gathering evidence to seek an arrest warrant
  
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• Britain, US oppose Russian bid to revise Syria gas attacks probe

  03-11-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  Britain and the United States on Friday sought to thwart a Russian bid to attach conditions to the extension of a UN-led panel tasked with identifying who is behind chemical attacks in Syria's six-year war.Russia has circulated a draft Security Council resolution that calls for a six-month extension of the panel, known as the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM).Its mandate expires on November 16.
  
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• An 11-Year-Old South Carolina Girl Fatally Shot Herself Because of Bullying at School

  03-11-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  She had been bullied for months, her family said
  
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• Republican tax plan a blow to Democratic states, officials say

  03-11-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  (This version of the Nov. 2 story corrects paragraph 8 to say that Trump lost Nevada in 2016, instead of that he won Nevada)By Laila Kearney and Karen PierogNEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democratic-leaning states are set to bankroll a big chunk of the tax cuts unveiled in a Republican tax plan on Thursday, as the plan slashes deductions used the most by residents of states that voted against Donald Trump in the 2016 elections.The bill, introduced by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on
  
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• BMW issues recalls for fire risk, recommends parking outside

  03-11-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling more than 1 million cars and SUVs in two U.S. recalls due to the risk of fires under the hood, and it's recommending that they be parked outdoors until repairs are made.
  
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• Here's the letter Obama is sending to people who ask him about the state of the country

  03-11-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Almost one year after the election of President Trump, many liberals are still longing for his predecessor, Barack Obama. And Obama has crafted a letter that he’s sending to people who express their worries to him about the current political climate, assuring them “I hear your concerns, and I want you to know I’m listening.”
  
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• Broadcom eyes mega-deal for US chip rival Qualcomm: reports

  03-11-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  Shares of Qualcomm leapt on Friday after unconfirmed media reports said rival computer chip giant Broadcom may make an unsolicited takeover bid.Broadcom is considering an acquisition plan, which it could put into motion as soon as this weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an unnamed source it said was familiar with the matter.The news came a day after Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan appeared at the White House with President Donald Trump to announce plans to move the tech company
  
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• White House OKs report warning climate change caused by humans

  03-11-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  The US government released Friday a major scientific report that says climate change is "extremely likely" to be caused by human activity and will get worse without major cuts to carbon emissions.The findings of the federally mandated report were approved by the White House, even though they are starkly at odds with the position of President Donald Trump, who has labeled global warming a Chinese hoax and named fossil fuel ally Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency.The Climate
  
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• Why Outlaw Biker Gangs Ride Harley-Davidsons

  03-11-2017 20:38 via yahoo.com
  Why Outlaw Biker Gangs Ride Harley-Davidsons How America’s best selling motorcycle marque became notoriously tied to a criminal underworld. Photos by Bill Ray/Time-Life Outlaw biker gangs like the Hell's Angels have been identified with Harley-Davidson
  
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• We All Know The Prince Of Bhutan Is Adorable, But How Powerful Is He?

  03-11-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  The Kingdom of Bhutan is known in part for its picturesque, remote location and its unbelievably adorable 1 1/2-year-old heir apparent.
  
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• The best photos from the week in sports: 10/27 - 11/3

  03-11-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  After a wild World Series, the Houston Astros have been crowned as champions of the MLB and baseball fans have started counting down the days until Spring Training.
  
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• Republicans introduce resolution to remove Robert Mueller from Trump-Russia investigation

  03-11-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  A group of Republican congressmen want Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller to resign, saying he was “compromised” by his connection to a controversial sale of uranium assets to Russia.While the resolution introduced by Republicans Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs, and Louie Gohmert is non-binding, it reflects rising conservative frustration with Mr Mueller, whose investigation of potential links between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia has begun producing indictments.Republi
  
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• Investigators: Texas woman planned daughters' deaths

  03-11-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — A north Texas woman told investigators she had planned for at least two weeks to kill her young daughters and husband before she fatally shot the girls early Thursday morning.
  
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• Assaults in Syria and Iraq oust IS from border bastions

  03-11-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian troops ousted Islamic State extremists Friday from Deir el-Zour, a major city in eastern Syria, while Iraqi forces retook Qaim, the group's last big town across the border in Iraq, in simultaneous assaults that dealt further territorial losses to the retreating militants.
  
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• IS loses towns in face of twin Syria, Iraq assaults

  03-11-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  The Islamic State jihadist group Friday lost control of two of the last major towns under its grip in Syria and Iraq, as Syrian troops and Iraqi security forces advanced in the Euphrates Valley border region.The simultaneous assaults on Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria and Al-Qaim in western Iraq dealt fresh blows to IS in its former heartland, leaving Albu Kamal, on the Syrian side of the border, as the last town of note under its control.
  
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• Bergdahl gets no prison time, gets dishonorable discharge

  03-11-2017 20:21 via yahoo.com
  A military judge ruled Friday that Bowe Bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering his comrades by walking off his Afghanistan post.
  
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