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• Man who Trump wants to be a federal judge used to be part of ghost hunting group

  14-11-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  The nomination of Brett J Talley to a federal district court seat just keeps on getting stranger.Mr Talley, who is awaiting Senate confirmation, has been under scrutiny since it was discovered that he has never tried a case in court, was once called unqualified by the American Bar Association, and failed to disclose in federal documents that he’s married to a White House lawyer.The hobby, first noticed by the Daily Beast, was listed on the questionnaire he filled out for the Senate Judicia
  
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• Olympic Weightlifter To Sell Gold Medal For Iran's Earthquake Victims

  14-11-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  Olympic gold medalist Kianoush Rostami of Iran is auctioning off his prestigious medal to raise money for the victims of Sunday’s catastrophic earthquake on the Iran-Iraq border, which has left at least 530 people dead and thousands injured.
  
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• Gunman goes on shooting spree in Northern California

  14-11-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  A gunman choosing targets at random opened fire in a rural Northern California town Tuesday, killing four people at several sites and wounding others at an elementary school before police shot him dead, authorities said.The gunfire began around 8 a.m. in the community of Rancho Tehama Reserve, about 130 miles north of Sacramento.“It was very clear at the onset that we had an individual that was randomly picking targets,” Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said.
  
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• Buffett's Berkshire slashes IBM stake, adds to Apple

  14-11-2017 23:39
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inchas sold another large piece of its stake in IBM Corp , backing further away from an investment that the billionaire has admitted was not...
  
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• Fund managers clash over Snap shares

  14-11-2017 23:38
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fund managers expressed sharply contradicting views on Snap Inc during the social media company's challenged third quarter, regulatory filings showed on Tuesday.
  
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• Sessions vows quick decision on possible Clinton prosecutor

  14-11-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  US Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Congress Tuesday that the Justice Department could soon appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton, a move repeatedly called for by President Donald Trump.Sessions' comments indicated that Republicans were seeking to mount a counter-offensive to the probe into Russian election meddling -- and whether or not Trump's campaign colluded with Moscow to sway the 2016 contest.Democrats lashed back that Sessions risked politicizing the Justice Depa
  
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• NASA took the 1st, astonishing aerial photos of the giant new Antarctic iceberg

  14-11-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Each Antarctic spring and summer, NASA flies special aircraft over the continent to keep tabs on how global warming is altering the landscape. The agency does the same in the Arctic each summer, for a project known as Operation IceBridge.  Just a few days ago, a NASA P-3 Orion aircraft flew from Ushuaia, Argentina, out over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, including the new, Delaware-sized iceberg that the shelf gave birth to sometime between July 10 and July 12 of this year. The iceberg, named A-68
  
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• Gunman kills four in Northern California shooting spree

  14-11-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  At least 10 other people were wounded, including two children at an elementary school near the small town of Corning, about 100 miles north of Sacramento, where the suspect was slain, according to police and local media."Deeply saddened to hear of the shooting in Northern California, the loss of life, including innocent children," Vice President Mike Pence said on Twitter.Shots were fired at Rancho Tehama Elementary school and some people were injured there but no students or staff members died,
  
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• Jeff Sessions admits there is not enough evidence for the FBI to investigate Hillary Clinton

  14-11-2017 23:12 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said there is insufficient basis to launch a special investigation of Hillary Clinton - dashing the hopes of Republicans who believe she should face the same scrutiny as Donald Trump and his administration.Earlier this week, it was reported Mr Sessions was considering appointing a special counsel to examine Ms Clinton’s use of a private email server, various accusations levelled at the Clinton Foundation and the sale of uranium to Russia in 2010 when she
  
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• Sessions angrily rejects Dems' perjury charges

  14-11-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions angrily rebutted House Democrats’ suggestion that he had perjured himself in congressional testimony and on an application form for security clearance on Tuesday.
  
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• Jeff Sessions Admits He Has No Idea What DOJ Is Doing To Prevent Election Hacking

  14-11-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  More than a year after Russia attempted to interfere in the U.S. elections, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he was unsure what the Justice Department was doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
  
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• Navy Widow Learns She's Pregnant After Husband's Death and Honors Him with Special Gender Reveal

  14-11-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Cassie and Hospital Corpsman 1st class Ryan Lohrey had just celebrated their first month of marriage when tragedy struck. On July 10, Ryan, 30, died in a military plane crash during training in Mississippi
  
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• Whistleblower Sues Interior Department For Information On Staff Shuffle

  14-11-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — A scientist-turned-whistleblower who resigned from the Interior Department in October citing agency chief Ryan Zinke’s “poor leadership” and “resume of failure” is suing to obtain  information concerning his own reassignment and that of several of his former colleagues.
  
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• Police: Man fatally shot tried to run, fought with officer

  14-11-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A man killed by a Baton Rouge police officer had tried to run when confronted during a child abuse investigation, fought with the officer and kept resisting after being shot, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• A Man Was Charged With Killing His Wife and Staging Her Death as a Suicide in 1983

  14-11-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  Carl Rodgers was arrested in the death of his wife, Debra Rodgers, who was 23 when her body was found in a state forest
  
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• Escaped Psychiatric Patient, Once Described as a Classic Serial Killer, Could Be in California

  14-11-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  A court in 1993 said he still suffered from sexual sadism and necrophilia
  
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• The Latest: Netanyahu says Israel offered aid to Iran, Iraq

  14-11-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The latest on developments from an earthquake in the border region of Iran and Iraq (all times local):
  
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• Retired US general says nuclear launch order can be refused

  14-11-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired Air Force general told the Senate on Tuesday that an order from President Donald Trump or any of his successors to launch nuclear weapons can be refused by the top officer at U.S. Strategic Command if that order is determined to be illegal.
  
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• Soldiers on Harare streets as ruling party accuses Zimbabwe army chief of treason

  14-11-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  By MacDonald DzirutweHARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling party accused the head of the armed forces of treason on Tuesday as troops took up positions around the capital in an escalation of a dispute with 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe over political succession.Just 24 hours after military chief General Constantino Chiwenga threatened to intervene to end a purge in the ruling party, a Reuters reporter saw six armored personnel carriers on major thoroughfares on the outskirts of the capital.
  
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• Five dead in California shooting spree that ended at school 

  14-11-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  Five people died in a shooting spree on Tuesday that ended at a school in a remote area of rural Northern California . Law enforcement officers shot dead the gunman after a series of shootings at seven or more locations, according to  local newspaper the Record Searchlight. The spree began at a home and ended at Rancho Tehama School near the town of Corning. The shooter was armed with a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns, Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told local media. He sai
  
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• The $40 Gadget That'll Help You Cook The Biggest Meal You've Ever Made

  14-11-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Any good hostess knows that a well-fed crowd is a happy crowd.
  
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• Bryan Cranston Thinks Hollywood's Sexual Abusers Could Make A Comeback

  14-11-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Given the deluge of sexual misconduct allegations in Hollywood, pretty much every famous type is being questioned about their stance on the issue.
  
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• Shooter Kills 5 and Wounds Children in Northern California

  14-11-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  Authorities say a series of shootings in rural Northern California has left five people dead, including the shooter, and that two children were among the wounded.
  
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• Glamour's Women Of The Year 'Firsts' Tell Inspiring Stories Of Struggle And Success

  14-11-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  The Glamour Women of the Year Awards are an annual who’s who of women who inspire, provoke change and, in the case of this year’s “firsts” honorees, have led the way for other women to succeed.
  
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• Sessions changes statement about Trump campaign and Russia

  14-11-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  By Sarah N. Lynch and Warren StrobelWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged on Tuesday he was aware of contact between Donald Trump's election campaign and Russian intermediaries, again modifying a previous statement about the extent of connections to Moscow.The comment by Sessions to a House of Representatives panel did not reveal any new link between the Trump team and Russia but it was another example of the top U.S. law enforcement official offering a differen
  
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• Police: Man killed wife in 1983, made it appear suicide

  14-11-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  A Pennsylvania man was charged with fatally beating his wife more than 30 years ago, then slashing her wrists to make it appear she killed herself, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
  
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• 4 Dead In Shooting At Northern California Elementary School

  14-11-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  At least three people are dead and several injured after a shooting early Tuesday morning at an elementary school in Northern California, local authorities report.
  
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• Documents: Puerto Rico utility ignored advice on repair deal

  14-11-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Puerto Rico's bankrupt electric utility ignored advice from its own lawyers before signing an expanded contract worth $300 million with a tiny Montana company to repair its damaged power grid, newly released documents show.
  
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• 16 holiday gifts for wine lovers

  14-11-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  There's nothing cozier than curling up your couch and ending a crazy day with a nice glass of red wine.
  
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• Sick Prisoner Will Get Pillow During Execution to Help Him Breathe as He Dies

  14-11-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Alva Campbell is set to be executed Wednesday.
  
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• A Serial Killer in Tampa May Have Struck Again. Here’s What to Know

  14-11-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  A fourth victim was found shot and killed
  
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• Justin Trudeau brought up human rights with Duterte after Trump failed to do so

  14-11-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he brought up human rights issues with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte after US leader Donald Trump failed to do so.The three were attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting in Manila, also the tail end of Mr Trump’s 12-day Asia tour.Mr Trudeau held a closed-door meeting with the often-bombastic Mr Duterte met with the US leader.
  
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• Women's anger transformed the 2017 elections. Get ready for 2018.

  14-11-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  Voters weren’t just voting against Donald Trump, they were taking action on years’ worth of accumulated grievances that had no outlet in districts where the only candidates running were Republicans.Take the case of Virginia’s 73rd House of Delegates district, outside of Richmond.In 2012, a proposed transvaginal ultrasound law in Virginia became a major issue in the presidential race and part of that year’s War on Women narrative.
  
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• Jeff Sessions denies Donald Trump tweets are reason he is considering Hillary Clinton investigation

  14-11-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  Jeff Sessions has denied Donald Trump’s tweets were influencing his decisions as it emerged he may launch an investigation into Hillary Clinton corruption allegations. Mr Sessions, the US attorney general, said Mr Trump is “bold and direct” in expressing his views but promised his decisions would be based on facts alone. He attempted to play down the row by denying he had been "improperly influenced" by the US president and admitting such behaviour would be "wrong". It followed
  
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• Florida Police Believe A Serial Killer Has Struck Again

  14-11-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  A suspected serial killer shot and killed a man as he crossed a street early Tuesday morning in Tampa, Florida, police say, the fourth such murder in little more than a month.
  
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• Jeff Sessions gets smoked on his ridiculous ideas about weed

  14-11-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions has never been a fan of marijuana legalization. We know that. But on Tuesday, Rep. Steve Cohen sought the nature of Sessions's opposition.  Sessions sat before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, largely to answer questions about whether he misled Congress in earlier testimony about the Russian government's contacts with the campaign of President Donald Trump. Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, wanted to touch on marijuana.  SEE ALSO: Like a fast foo
  
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• 5 dead in Northern California shooting spree

  14-11-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  Five people are dead and two others were left wounded in a shooting spree that began at a home in Northern California on Tuesday and ended at an elementary school, officials there say.
  
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• Your Money: Minimal relief from prospective death of the dreaded AMT

  14-11-2017 20:36
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The alternative minimum tax is on the chopping block in the tax overhaul plans of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. But its elimination would not bring much...
  
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• Stoli Is Spending $150 Million to Build a Kentucky Bourbon Distillery

  14-11-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  It’s part of the Luxembourg-based spirit brand’s big push into the American whiskey market.
  
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• 5 'Stealth' Reasons the U.S. Military Can't Be Beat on Any Battlefield

  14-11-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  Stealth doesn’t just apply to aircraft—submarines have been incorporating stealthy features for decades.Among submarines, the most powerful combination of lethality and stealth is almost certainly the Ohio-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines.Thousands of years later, with the ability to detect objects on the ground, in the air and at sea using electromagnetic radiation, hiding weapons in plain sight has become much harder.
  
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• Lawsuit Against Tesla Claims "Pre-Civil Rights Era Race Discrimination"

  14-11-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Elon Musk's response has complainants feeling unsatisfied.
  
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• Prosecutor Fired Over Rant on Uber Driver Apologizes: 'My Career Is Done'

  14-11-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Jody Warner was accused of being drunk and obnoxious by the driver, who recorded her as she berated him.
  
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• Sick death row inmate will be given special pillow to help him breathe during lethal injection

  14-11-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  A sick death row inmate set to die by lethal injection this week will be given a special wedge-shaped pillow to help him breathe as he is executed.
  
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• Pensioner goes on trial for 1968 'murder' after witness who was three at the time comes forward to police

  14-11-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  A pensioner has gone on trial accused of killing his step-son almost 50-years ago, after the victim's brother - who was just three at the time - came forward and told police he had witnessed the murder. David Dearlove, 71, had always claimed his 19-month-old stepson, Paul Booth, died after banging his head when he fell out of bed at their home in Stockton-on-Tees in October 1968. But in 2015 he was arrested and charged with murder, when Paul's brother, Peter, spotted a faded family photograph on
  
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• Rumors of a Coup Are Circling Around Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. Here's What We Know

  14-11-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  A power struggle over who will succeed the 93-year-old Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe spilled out on the country's streets on Tuesday
  
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• 5 Dead, Including Gunman, in Series of Northern California Shootings

  14-11-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  The shootings took place at multiple locations, including an elementary school
  
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• Newtown families seek to hold gun maker accountable in Connecticut court

  14-11-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  By Tina BellonHARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) - A lawyer for families who lost loved ones in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting told Connecticut's highest court on Tuesday that Remington Outdoor Co [FREDM.UL] should be held responsible because its military-themed marketing was designed to appeal to young men like killer Adam Lanza."They knew they were hitting their mark and Lanza was responding to their marketing," said lawyer Joshua KoskoffLanza, 20, used a Remington AR-15 Bushmaster rifle, a semi-a
  
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• Jon Stewart 'Stunned' About Louis C.K., Wonders 'Did I Miss Something?'

  14-11-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Jon Stewart said Tuesday that he was “stunned” to learn about Louis C.K.’s history of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Venezuela crisis deepens with 'selective default'

  14-11-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela and the jewel of its oil-dependent economy, PDVSA, were declared in partial default by ratings agencies Tuesday, while creditors meeting in New York put off a decision that could spark a run on the state oil company's assets.S&P declared Venezuela in "selective default" after it failed to make $200 million in payments on two global bond issues by the end of a 30-day grace period on November 12.Fitch meanwhile placed PDVSA in selective default for a week's delay in the payment of tw
  
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• Mike Pence Keeps Getting Caught In A Web Of Deception

  14-11-2017 19:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― On Oct. 14, 2016, then-GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence vehemently denied that the Trump campaign had any contact with WikiLeaks.
  
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