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• Notorious Mafia 'boss of bosses' Toto Riina dead at 87

  17-11-2017 23:56 via yahoo.com
  ROME (AP) — Cosa Nostra's "boss of bosses," who was serving 26 life sentences as the convicted mastermind of dozens of murders of rivals for power on his Sicilian turf as well as prominent anti-Mafia heroes, died Friday in an Italian hospital prison ward.
  
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• U.S. Senate candidate Moore's wife says 'he will not step down'

  17-11-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  By Justin MitchellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The wife of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama said on Friday her husband would not end his campaign in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, dismissing reports about his past behavior toward some women as political attacks."He will not step down," Kayla Moore said at a news conference on the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery."He will not stop fighting for the people of Alabama."The former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice
  
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• Keystone XL Opponents On 210,000-Gallon Spill: We Warned You

  17-11-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  In April 2016, just five months after President Barack Obama rejected the proposal to build the Keystone XL pipeline, the existing Keystone pipeline leaked 17,000 gallons of oil onto private land in southeastern South Dakota.
  
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• 'Justice League' Leaves Out an Iconic, Expected Bit of Superman Canon

  17-11-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  Well this is upsetting.
  
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• Franken apologizes to woman who says he kissed, groped her

  17-11-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken personally apologized to the woman who has accused him of forcibly kissing her and groping her during a 2006 USO tour, saying he remembers their encounter differently but is "ashamed that my actions ruined that experience for you."
  
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• US to sell Patriot missile system to Poland

  17-11-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  The US State Department said Friday it had approved the sale of a Patriot anti-missile system to NATO ally Poland, a move likely to irk Russia.The State Department said it had notified Congress on November 14 of its approval of the deal, which is worth up to $10.5 billion, and would mark the first time Poland has bought the sophisticated system."A secure Europe capable of deterring air and missile threats and other forms of aggression promotes peace and stability within NATO and on the European
  
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• Ohio State latest university to crack down on fraternities after hazing allegations

  17-11-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  Ohio State University has become the latest US academic institution to ban on fraternity ceremonies amid concern that alcohol-fuelled initiations are putting students at risk. The move comes within days of Texas State University outlawing all "Greek Activities" - encompassing both fraternities and sororities - following the death of a Phi Kappa Psi inductee. Similar steps have been taken in recent weeks at the University of Michigan and Florida State University. There has been mounting concern a
  
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• Women's Basketball Team Declined Trump's White House Invitation For The Best Reason

  17-11-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  The University of South Carolina women’s basketball team has no time for President Donald Trump.
  
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• The Leonid Meteor Shower Is More Visible Tonight Thanks to the New Moon

  17-11-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Stargazers are in for a treat.
  
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• Correction: Deadly-California-Shootings story

  17-11-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — In a story Nov. 16 about a deadly shooting rampage in Northern California, The Associated Press, relying on information from law enforcement, reported erroneously the name of a shooting victim. The coroner's office said Diana Steele, who was previously involved in an altercation with shooter Kevin Neal, was killed in the shooting. Hailey Poland was not among the dead.
  
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• Mother's unique punishment for son suspended from school goes viral

  17-11-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  Demetris Payne, from Louisiana, was forced into action after her 13-year-old son, Jadarien, was punished at school for talking back.At this point Ms Payne decided to take the punishment into her own hands.
  
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• See How the Earth Has Changed Over the Past 20 Years in This NASA Timelapse

  17-11-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  A new 20-year NASA timelapse taken from space shows in just a few minutes how life on Earth shapes the planet year by year.
  
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• Here's How to Watch the 2017 Leonid Meteor Shower

  17-11-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  The annual Leonid meteor shower will be clearly visible throughout the U.S.
  
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• Republican Senate candidate accused of sexual misconduct trails rival

  17-11-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Roy Moore, the Republican candidate from Alabama accused of preying on teenage girls when he was in his 30s, trails his Democratic rival in the race for the crucial Senate seat, according to the latest polls.A Gravis survey published on Friday had Moore, a 70-year-old former state supreme court judge and hard-line conservative, trailing Democrat Doug Jones, a 63-year-old US Attorney, by 47 percent to 42 percent.A Fox News poll on Thursday put Jones at 50 percent and Moore at 42 percent, while a
  
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• Immigrants Anxiously Await Citizenship As Processing Times Nearly Double

  17-11-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  For immigrants, the road to U.S. citizenship has always been a long and difficult one.
  
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• Detroit priest known for his humility to be beatified

  17-11-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — A priest who wasn't allowed to preach instead turned his ears and heart to the needy. Now, decades after his death, Solanus Casey is on a path to sainthood, celebrated as an incredibly humble man who brought people to God.
  
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• More Women Are Accusing Roy Moore of Sexual Misconduct. Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Scandal

  17-11-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Moore denies the allegations
  
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• Mugabe emerges from house arrest amid pressure to exit

  17-11-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe emerged for the first time Friday from military-imposed house arrest, presiding at a university graduation ceremony in a fragile show of normalcy even as former loyalists across the country demanded that he resign after nearly four decades in power.
  
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• J.B. Hunt, Wal-Mart climb aboard Tesla's electric truck

  17-11-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  Most of the customers who announced plans to put down $5,000 deposits for the Tesla Semi indicated they wanted to test a few of the vehicles.Wal-Mart said it plans to order a total of 15 Tesla trucks, five for the United States and ten for Canada.The company operates a fleet of about 6,000 trucks in the United States.
  
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• White House: The Difference Between Trump And Franken Is Franken 'Admitted Wrongdoing'

  17-11-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that the allegations of sexual assault against Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) are different from those President Donald Trump has faced because Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
  
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• The Latest: Zimbabwe ruling party pursues urgent meeting

  17-11-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe's political turmoil (all times local):
  
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• BlackBerry COO resigns to deal with family issues: source

  17-11-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  BlackBerry LtdChief Operating Officer Marty Beard has resigned from the Canadian software company, effective Dec. 1, to help family members deal with health issues, a person familiar with the plans told Reuters on Friday.Beard, 54, played a major role in helping company Chief Executive John Chen develop a strategy for turning the company around after the collapse of its smartphone business, helping expand its line of software products for large companies and government agencies.Beard, whose depa
  
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• Zimbabwe's Mugabe digs in heels as ruling party moves to depose him

  17-11-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  By MacDonald DzirutweHARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party called on Friday for President Robert Mugabe to resign, the main state newspaper The Herald reported, the latest sign that the aging leader's authority has collapsed after an army takeover.The newspaper said that ZANU-PF branches in all 10 provinces had met on Friday and had also called for Mugabe's wife Grace, whose ambitions to succeed her husband triggered the unfolding political crisis, to resign from the party.Mugabe ap
  
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• Trump starts paying his own legal bills on Russia probe -attorneys

  17-11-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  By Karen Freifeld and Ginger GibsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has begun paying his own legal bills related to the Russia investigation and will no longer cover the costs using political donations to his reelection campaign or the Republican Party, his attorneys confirmed on Friday.Trump defense lawyer John Dowd said that following payments by the Republican National Committee (RNC), the president began paying the bills and now wants to make the party "even."The expenses cover
  
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• Puerto Rico utility head resigns after slow Hurricane Maria response

  17-11-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Nick BrownNEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of Puerto Rico's indebted utility has resigned following criticism of the slow restoration of power to the island after Hurricane Maria, the U.S. territory's governor said.Ricardo Ramos, who was named head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) in 2016, was also criticized over controversial contracts.Rossello recommended Justo Gonzalez as interim director, according to a separate statement.
  
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• Argentine navy loses contact with submarine carrying 44

  17-11-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  Argentina’s navy was hunting on Friday for one of its submarines which has been reported missing off the country’s south coast with a crew of 44 on board. The navy said it had not had contact with the submarine, the San Juan, for 48 hours. "We have not been able to find, or have visual or radar communication with the submarine," navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told a news conference. The TR-1700 class diesel electric submarine had been returning from a routine mission to Ushuaia near th
  
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• Some People Think Starbucks Is Promoting 'Gay Agenda' On Holiday Cups

  17-11-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  It seems like outrage over Starbucks cups is almost as much of a holiday tradition as crowded malls, Mariah Carey and sappy movie marathons.
  
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• Jay-Z Writes How ‘Probation Is A Trap’ In Powerful Meek Mill Op-Ed

  17-11-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Jay-Z continued to show his support for fellow rapper Meek Mill in a poignant New York Times opinion piece published Friday.
  
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• Al Franken's Former Female Staffers Come to His Defense: 'He Treated Us With the Utmost Respect'

  17-11-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  Eight of Franken's former female employees speak out after recent sexual assault allegations.
  
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• The feds are afraid of 21 teens suing on climate. An appeals court wants to know why.

  17-11-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  The lawsuit is bold, and few legal observers thought it would get this far. But for the 21 young plaintiffs who are suing the federal government for its failure to protect them — and all of us — from global warming-related harm, it's an open and shut case involving basic constitutional rights.  The case, known asJuliana v. United States, had been scheduled to go to trial in Oregon beginning on Feb. 5. Among the issues to be determined at trial is whether the government's actions
  
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• The Best Black Friday Fashion Deals On Clothes, Shoes And More

  17-11-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Just because there are a handful of stores staying closed on Thanksgiving Day doesn’t mean you have to wait to get an early start on your Black Friday shopping.
  
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• Former DOJ Official Accuses Trump Judicial Pick Of Misleading Senate About Past Work

  17-11-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  A former Justice Department official says that one of President Donald Trump’s picks for a federal judgeship, Thomas Farr, did not tell the Senate Judiciary Committee the truth about his role in a notorious Senate campaign that tried to confuse and intimidate minority voters.
  
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• Doubts surface about key witness in Uranium One probe of Clinton

  17-11-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Federal officials have serious questions about the credibility of a key witness in congressional investigations of Hillary Clinton’s role in the Uranium One sale.
  
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• Joe Biden shares his favorite memes of him and Barack Obama: 'They're all true'

  17-11-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Barack Obama shared some of his favorite memes poking fun at his bromance with Barack Obama in a recent interview, saying, "in essence, they're all true." “I feel good about it,” Biden said to NBC News about the memes.
  
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• Violence in Greece breaks out after annual US Embassy march

  17-11-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of youths attacked police in Greece's two largest cities on Friday, hurling rocks, flares and gas bombs, following a large, peaceful march to mark the anniversary of the 1973 crackdown on a student uprising against Greece's former military dictatorship.
  
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• Ohio judge uses groping scandal to brag about having sex with 50 women and 'love in the hayloft'

  17-11-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  An Ohio Supreme Court justice has been denounced for responding to sexual misconduct allegations against Sen Al Franken by bragging of his prolific sexual exploits.Mr Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, apologised this week after broadcaster Leeann Tweeden accused him of groping and kissing her non-consensually during a 2006 tour, when Mr Franken was a comedian and had not yet been elected.Elected officials, including Democrats, swiftly denounced Mr Franken.
  
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• The Family Behind a $500 Million Bible Museum Hopes to Change Washington

  17-11-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  "We think Congress ought to know the foundation of the nation that they are running"
  
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• Pedigree dogs don't just look good - they keep you alive for longer

  17-11-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  To own a beautifully-bred English Setter or Springer Spaniel is to enjoy a certain social cachet. People are more likely to come up and make conversation than they would if you are sporting a Pit Bull Terrier, and you will look the part at countryside events. However, new research has identified a far more critical reason for selecting a top pedigree dog: you will probably live longer. A massive study encompassing the entire population of Sweden has found that those living in a household with a
  
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• Zimbabwe neighbours warned not to interfere in Mugabe turmoil

  17-11-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwean activists have warned other countries not to intervene amid an apparent split between two of Zimbabwe's neighbours over whether to support or oppose the defacto coup against Robert Mugabe.  Ian Khama, the president of Botswana and a long time foe of Mr Mugabe, became the first world leader to effectively endorse the military's intervention on Friday when he said the strongman had no regional support for continuing his 37 year rule. "I don't think anyone should be president for th
  
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• Scientists Can Now Tell How Much Glaciers Melting Will Affect Specific Cities

  17-11-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  New York will be most affected by the northeastern part of the Greenland ice sheet
  
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• No, We Didn't Just See The First Marijuana Overdose Death

  17-11-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  Humans have been getting high on marijuana for millennia, and there has never been a recorded case of a fatal overdose.
  
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• South Carolina ex-cop faces December sentencing for motorist's shooting

  17-11-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  A white former South Carolina police officer filmed as he fatally shot an unarmed black motorist in the back two years ago will be sentenced on Dec. 4 on a federal civil rights charge, court officials said on Friday.Ex-North Charleston officer Michael Slager pleaded guilty in May to violating motorist Walter Scott's civil rights by using excessive force in the April 2015 shooting.    The Dec. 4 sentencing hearing will be held in U.S. District Court in Charleston.
  
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• Lawsuit: Couple detained after hibiscus mistaken for pot

  17-11-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  SARVER, Pa. (AP) — A couple who say they were handcuffed for hours in a police patrol car after their hibiscus plants were confused for marijuana are suing the police and an insurance company.
  
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• Mugabe defiant despite mounting pressure to go

  17-11-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appeared publicly Friday for the first time since the military takeover in a defiant gesture, but faces pressure to step down from his party ahead of weekend protests.Leaders of eight of ten regional branches of the 93-year-old's ruling ZANU-PF party took to state television in an apparently coordinated push to call for him to go."The province resolved unanimously to recall the president... from being the president of the party and the government," said Corneli
  
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• Here Are the Best Black Friday Ads Retailers Have Announced

  17-11-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  If you haven't made a game plan yet, you're already behind.
  
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• They Came To Clear Roy Moore's Character. They Talked About Guns And Abortion.

  17-11-2017 20:49 via yahoo.com
  ― A few dozen women gathered on the steps of the state Capitol on Friday to argue that those accusing former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore of sexual misconduct are liars, people who identify as transgender are awful, guns are good and abortion is bad.
  
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• Please Click This Story on Tesla

  17-11-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  This is the last Tesla article you need to read today, we swear.
  
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• Iraqi forces retake last IS-held town in country

  17-11-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi government forces on Friday retook the last town in the country still held by the Islamic State group as the jihadists' self-proclaimed "caliphate" faced collapse on both sides of the border with Syria.The lightning recapture of the small Euphrates valley town of Rawa after a dawn offensive came as the jihadists also faced attack for a second day in the last town they still hold in Syria, Albu Kamal just over the frontier.The Islamic State group (IS) has lost 95 percent of the cross-border
  
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• Lebanon FM says Hariri crisis an attempt to create regional chaos

  17-11-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said on Friday a crisis triggered by the resignation of its prime minister was part of an "attempt to create chaos in the region", in an interview with Russia Today.Saad al-Hariri quit as prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia two weeks ago, saying he feared assassination and criticizing the Saudis' regional arch-rival Iran along with its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.The actions of Hariri, a Sunni Muslim leader and long-time Saudi ally, plunged Lebano
  
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• Submarine with 44 crew aboard missing for two days, says Argentine navy

  17-11-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  A search is underway for a submarine and 44 crew who have been missing for two days.Argentine naval officials said they had lost contact with the vessel off its southern coast - but insisted it was not yet considered lost.Communication was last established with the German-built diesel-electric submarine on Wednesday and nothing has been heard from the crew since.
  
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