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• Capitol Hill Nervously Waits For The Next Big Sexual Harassment Scandal

  15-12-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The atmosphere is tense on Capitol Hill, as members of Congress and their staff anxiously await more sexual harassment revelations in their ranks.
  
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• Poland's senators defy EU warnings, approve judicial laws

  15-12-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's senators approved legislation Friday that gives the government greater control of a top court and a key judicial body despite warnings from European Union leaders that the move could put the country at risk of losing its EU voting rights.
  
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• Fox News Women Furious Over Rupert Murdoch Comments On Sexual Misconduct

  15-12-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  Current and former female Fox News employees say they are stunned, disgusted and “hungry for justice” after media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Thursday dismissed allegations of sexual misconduct at the network as “nonsense” outside of a few “isolated incidents” with former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes.
  
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• Final Republican tax bill slashes U.S. corporate rate: summary

  15-12-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  By Amanda Becker and Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans' final tax legislation proposes cutting taxes as expected for businesses, the wealthy and some middle-class Americans, according to a summary seen by Reuters on Friday, with decisive votes expected next week in a critical moment for the party and President Donald Trump.Prospects for approval of the biggest U.S. tax overhaul since 1986 were improving, with two formerly wavering Republican senators pledging support:
  
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• Roy Moore has a Jewish lawyer, so...

  15-12-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares video of an odd boast by Roy Moore's wife, Kayla Moore, that couple employs a Jewish lawyer, so accusations that they are anti-Semites could not be true.
  
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• Franks makes abrupt exit as scandal breaks

  15-12-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on the strange accusations that suddenly drove Trent Franks from office, with some women saying Franks asked them to carry his baby, in one case offering millions of dollars to do so.
  
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• Holiday Shipping Deadlines For You Last-Minute Shoppers

  15-12-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  If you’re anything like us, you probably waited until now to finish up your holiday shopping.
  
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• Americans pessimistic about Trump, country: AP-NORC Poll

  15-12-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump frequently casts his first year in office as a string of successes and campaign promises fulfilled. But less than a quarter of Americans think Trump has made good on the pledges he made to voters while running for president, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
  
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• #StarWarsHolidayFilms Is Precisely The Holiday Hashtag You're Looking For

  15-12-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  It’s the season of giving, and we’ve been gifted the next episode in the “Star Wars” saga.
  
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• Female candidate quits Kansas race over 2005 harassment suit

  15-12-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A female congressional candidate dropped out of the Kansas race Friday over a 12-year-old lawsuit accusing her of sexually harassing a male subordinate, an unusual case of a woman facing the sort of misconduct allegations that have forced numerous men out of their jobs in recent weeks.
  
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• Why did Broward destroy 2016 ballots? Sanders ally seeks US probe

  15-12-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  A South Florida law professor, running to unseat Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, is calling for a federal investigation into the destruction of all ballots cast in the August 2016 Democratic primary in Broward County.The challenger, Tim Canova, has made repeated public records requests and filed a lawsuit seeking access to paper ballots cast in his unsuccessful race last year against the former Democratic National Committee chair in Florida’s 23rd congressional district.Over the pa
  
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• Matt Lauer's First Accuser Lives 'In Constant Fear' Of Being Identified

  15-12-2017 23:01 via yahoo.com
  Matt Lauer’s original accuser is “terrified” that her identity will become public.
  
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• Most Of The California Wildfires Are Under Control, But The Thomas Fire Is Still Raging

  15-12-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  More than 10 days after the Thomas Fire sparked in Ventura County, the blaze grew to some 252,200 acres on Friday as more than 8,300 firefighters worked night and day to contain it.
  
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• Republican tax bill moves closer to passage as key holdouts come on board

  15-12-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  The GOP’s $1.5tn tax reform bill is heading toward a final vote and possible victory before Christmas with support from key Republican holdouts who had raised concerns about the deficit and a child tax credit.Bob Corker of Tennessee, a frequent critic of Donald Trump and the only Republican senator who voted against the legislation in the Senate, announced Friday that he would back a final version of the bill despite his concerns about the deficit.
  
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• Cautious Texas among last states to OK medical marijuana

  15-12-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  MANCHACA, Texas (AP) — When California rings in the new year with the sale of recreational pot for the first time, Texas will be tiptoeing into its own marijuana milestone: a medical cannabis program so restrictive that doubts swirl over who will even use it.
  
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• Pence trip to Middle East overshadowed by Trump's Jerusalem decision

  15-12-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  By Jeff MasonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will underscore the U.S. partnership with Israel during a trip to the Middle East next week while seeking to shore up U.S. relations with the Arab world after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.Pence, a strong supporter of Trump's decision, will spend three days in the region with stops in Israel and Egypt, the first high-level official to visit after the president reversed decades of U.S. policy
  
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• H-1B visa spouse changes: Trump administration may scrap Obama-era rule allowing spouses of legal immigrants to work

  15-12-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration is considering rolling back a rule that allows thousands of legal immigrants to work in the US along with their spouses.The Department of Homeland Security has announced it is reviewing the Obama-era rule, which allowed spouses of certain H-1B visa holders to work in the US.H1-B visas are granted to foreign workers with a graduate-level education or above, who come to the US to work in speciality occupations like finance or engineering.
  
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• A bird, a plane, a polar bear? Wild guests at Alaska airport

  15-12-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Scott Babcock was wrapping up an early morning runway inspection at America's farthest north airport when he saw what he thought were a couple of wolves.
  
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• Pentagon alarmed by uptick in close calls with Russia jets in Syria

  15-12-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  The Pentagon is voicing growing alarm that the risky flying of Russian pilots in Syria could lead to a mishap -- or even the nightmare scenario of a US jet shooting down a Russian warplane.Defense officials this week highlighted several recent close calls with Russian planes, including one Wednesday, when a pair of US F-22s intercepted two Russian jets over a part of Syria in which the Pentagon says they are not meant to be operating.The uptick in incidents comes as remaining operations by the U
  
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• Fed's Quarles to recuse himself from Wells Fargo matters

  15-12-2017 22:26
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Randal Quarles, the top Federal Reserve official tasked with policing Wall Street, said on Friday that he would recuse himself from any matters concerning Wells Fargo & Co, the...
  
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• What Does A Healthy Relationship Look Like? Experts Weigh In

  15-12-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  A healthy relationship doesn’t just happen by accident.
  
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• Trump administration issues new rules on U.S. visa waivers

  15-12-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration put new requirements in place on Friday for the 38 countries participating in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, including that they use U.S. counterterrorism data to screen travelers, officials said.
  
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• Mattis emphasizes diplomacy in dealing with Iran

  15-12-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday he does not see the need for a stepped-up military posture against Iran, the day after a top diplomat said evidence shows Tehran is supporting Huthi rebels in Yemen.US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday presented missile fragments and other military gear that she said came from Iran and had been used against US ally Saudi Arabia.Mattis lambasted Iran for its support of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, "despite the murder of his
  
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• James Corden Explains How He Almost Named His Baby Beyoncé

  15-12-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  James Corden and his wife, Julia Carey, welcomed their third child ― a girl ― earlier this week.
  
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• Republicans finish tax bill, gain support from Rubio, Corker

  15-12-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  By Amanda Becker and Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican negotiators in the U.S. Congress put the finishing touches on a sweeping tax overhaul on Friday and picked up support from two more wavering senators as they raced toward votes on final approval next week.Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker announced support for the tax package after Republican negotiators signed off on a final measure.The details of the bill will be published when the full House of Representatives co
  
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• 2 Key Republican Holdouts Are Now Backing The Tax Bill

  15-12-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  endorsed his party’s tax bill on Friday after Republican leaders changed part of the legislation to meet some of Rubio’s demands, his office said.
  
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• How To Beat The Winter Blues, According To Top Experts

  15-12-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  If you’re starting to feel glum, listless and irritable this time of year, you’re not alone.
  
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• Man found guilty of killing girlfriend with bubble wrap

  15-12-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who prosecutors said suffocated his girlfriend in bubble wrap, then stole her Jeep and spent weeks in Florida was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
  
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• 'Tiger Cub' Griffin shuts his Blue Ridge hedge fund after 21 years

  15-12-2017 22:03
  BOSTON (Reuters) - John Griffin is shutting his $6 billion Blue Ridge Capital hedge fund after more than two decades, becoming the latest high profile investor to liquidate his business as industry...
  
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• Former Time Warner CEO: It's Time to Replace All Men at the Top With Women

  15-12-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  The former executive says he has a queasy feeling that his generation has been too silent, for far too long, and it's time to speak out
  
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• Former on-air personality says ESPN was hostile workplace

  15-12-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — A former ESPN personality is accusing the network of trying to silence her and other women who assert they were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment.
  
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• U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort

  15-12-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  By Karen FreifeldWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge on Friday said she would release former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort from house arrest once he meets certain conditions, expressing satisfaction that the $10 million he agreed to forfeit would be available if he ever failed to appear for court proceedings.In her order, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said to be released from home confinement, Manafort must execute documents agreeing to forfeit four properties, including two in
  
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• The Latest: Winds temporarily calm at huge California fire

  15-12-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a huge wildfire burning in Southern California (all times local):
  
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• White House signals Western Wall has to be part of Israel

  15-12-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Trump administration officials outlined their view Friday that Jerusalem's Western Wall ultimately will be declared a part of Israel, in another declaration sure to enflame passions among Palestinians and others in the Middle East.
  
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• US plans Middle East peace push after 'cooling off' over Jerusalem

  15-12-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  The White House is to renew efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, officials said Friday, despite outrage over President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.Senior administration officials said efforts to push the process forward will be rekindled as soon as next week, in the hope that anger at Trump's move will subside.Trump on December 6 announced a break with decades of American policy, effectively ignoring Palestinian claims on the Holy City.
  
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• Penn State's 'shocking apathy' to drinking blamed in hazing death

  15-12-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  Pennsylvania State University's "shocking apathy" to alcohol abuse contributed to the death of a student after he consumed 18 drinks in less than an hour and a half during a fraternity initiation, according a report issued on Friday.Grand jury members wrote the report after hearing testimony on hazing and alcohol use within the sprawling university's fraternity system.Prosecutors issued it at Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 10 months the death of Timothy Piazza, 19.
  
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• So, The FCC Repealed Net Neutrality. What Does That Mean For You?

  15-12-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  If you woke up with a chill in your bones and a faint sense of dread, it could be this: On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission decided to give internet service providers, like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, the power to meddle with your internet traffic.
  
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• Rex Tillerson scales back offer of opening dialogue with North Korea

  15-12-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Rex Tillerson speaks at UN Headquarters in New York, New York Friday.Rex Tillerson has said that the US was keeping channels of communication open with North Korea but said Pyongyang would have to “earn its way back to the table” with a “sustained cessation of threatening behaviour”.In his remarks at a ministerial meeting of the UN security council, the US secretary of state appeared to restate an offer of a dialogue following a pause in nuclear and missile testing that h
  
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• 4 Palestinians killed in latest Jerusalem fallout clashes

  15-12-2017 20:49 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and dozens more wounded along with an Israeli officer in clashes across the West Bank and near Gaza's border on Friday as the fallout continued over President Donald Trump's announcement last week recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
  
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• Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Finalists Include Dancing Kangaroo and Church-Going Penguins

  15-12-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  It was quite a lineup of hilarious animal photos this year.
  
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• 6.5 magnitude quake strikes Indonesia's Java island

  15-12-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's main island of Java late Friday, leaving at least one person dead and rattling nerves in the capital Jakarta.There was no immediate indication of a tsunami, but authorities said they had issued a warning following the tremor, which struck a coastal region some 300 kilometres (190 miles) from the capital.National disaster mitigation agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said a 62-year-old had died in the Ciamis region in West Java after becomin
  
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• What School Safety Looks Like 5 Years After Sandy Hook

  15-12-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  On the morning of Nov. 14, staff members at Rancho Tehama Elementary School in Corning, California, heard the sound of a single gunshot in the vicinity of the campus.
  
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• Trump’s Really Scary Explanation Of How The ‘Worst People’ Can Come To The U.S. Isn’t True

  15-12-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday accused foreign nations of manipulating a visa lottery program to send the United States their “worst of the worst” – a complete misrepresentation of how the State Department’s program actually works.
  
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• Deadly 6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Indonesia

  15-12-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  The quake killed an unknown number of people
  
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• CSX shares derail after CEO takes unexpected medical leave

  15-12-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  CSX Corpshares skidded as much as 10 percent on Friday, wiping out $4 billion in market value, as the No. 3 U.S. railroad by revenue sought to assure investors its turnaround would progress despite the unexpected medical leave of its chief executive officer.CSX stock, which has soared nearly 60 percent this year, tumbled 7.3 percent to $53.11 in midafternoon trading after earlier falling as low as $51.63.Most of the gains came after Hunter Harrison, 73, who led turnarounds of two Canadian railro
  
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• Rex Tillerson offers olive branch as North Korean ambassador makes rare appearance at UN

  15-12-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  The US secretary of state came face-to-face with North Korea’s ambassador to the UN for the first time in a decade on Friday, as Rex Tillerson confronted Ja Song Nam at a Security Council meeting in New York. Mr Tillerson offered an olive branch to the North Koreans, telling them that “all options remain on the table” and urging them to abandon their nuclear programme and return to negotiation. “We do not seek, nor do we want, war with North Korea,” he said. “
  
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• Grand Jury Slams Penn State for 'Rampant and Pervasive' Fraternity Hazing After Tim Piazza's Death

  15-12-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  "No fraternity’s existence is worth more than the life of Tim Piazza"
  
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• Polish Holocaust survivor who escaped Auschwitz dies aged 98

  15-12-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  Polish Holocaust survivor Kazimierz Piechowski, who spectacularly escaped Auschwitz by stealing the car of a Nazi SS officer, died on Friday aged 98, the state Institute for National Remembrance (INR) said.Piechowski, who became prisoner number 918 when he was deported to the infamous death camp in 1940, escaped two years later with three fellow prisoners in one of the most daring escape efforts of World War II.Piechowski and the three others managed to escape after stealing uniforms and guns of
  
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• GOP Sen. Kennedy: Trump's nominee should have been able to answer my questions

  15-12-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said that he has supported nearly every one of President Trump’s picks, but that he doesn’t support them blindly: “I ask questions that I expect them to be able to answer. In doing so, I’m just doing my job.”
  
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• Trump wraps up week with attacks on FBI and US immigrants: 'The worst people'

  15-12-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  The US president also made the false claim that foreign countries send the “worst of the worst” to America through the green card immigration lottery system.Having recently claimed the FBI’s reputation is in “tatters”, Trump launched his latest criticism following reports that former an FBI agent watered down director James Comey’s statement – in the midst of the 2016 presidential election race – on Hillary Clinton’s private email server and
  
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