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• Amtrak engineer remarked on train speed 6 seconds before crash: NTSB

  22-12-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Six seconds before an Amtrak train derailed off a bridge and onto a highway near Seattle, the engineer remarked that the train was speeding, U.S. investigators said on Friday.The engineer then applied the brakes but apparently not the emergency brake, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a statement after retrieving and reviewing data from the data recorder and inward- and outward-facing cameras.Monday's crash south of Seattle killed three people and sent about 100
  
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• Senate leader McConnell sees a more collegial 2018

  22-12-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  By Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said a shifting landscape will lead him to work with Democrats on immigration and financial regulation early in the new year, following a year of acrimony and partisan legislation.In an end-of-year news conference, McConnell touted a list of Republican accomplishments since President Donald Trump took office in January.It started with the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and ended with a
  
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• What's for Christmas? $300,000 in marijuana, says elderly couple

  22-12-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  An elderly American couple's Christmas plans went up in smoke after they were caught by police with a giant stash of pot -- which they said they planned to give as gifts.Patrick Jiron, 80, and his wife Barbara, 70, went on a cross-country road trip from California to Vermont to visit friends and family -- and brought with them a dizzying 60 pounds (27 kg) of marijuana, according to the York News-Times.
  
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• Congress' GOP, Dems face divisions in run-up to '18 midterms

  22-12-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Their tax bill triumph in the rear-view mirror, Republicans running Congress face a 2018 in which they'll need Democratic votes to get almost anything done.
  
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• Turtle Found by U.S. Coast Guard with $53 million Worth of Cocaine Attached to It

  22-12-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  A Sea Turtle was rescued after it became trapped in bundles of cocaine worth over $53-Million dollars
  
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• 'Isis supporter' arrested for plotting Christmas bombing of San Francisco

  22-12-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  A discharged Marine has been arrested for allegedly planning to bomb a busy San Francisco tourist destination over Christmas in the name of Isis.In an affidavit, an FBI agent who built the case against Everitt Aaron Jameson describes how the suspect “espoused radical jihadi beliefs”, liking pro-Isis posts and eagerly communicating with undercover agents he believed to be representatives of Isis.“Today, our incredible law enforcement officers have once again helped thwart an all
  
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• Trump looks to the sky to force Taliban to the table

  22-12-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  The war in Afghanistan may be entering its 17th year, but screams of military jet engines in the twinkling skies above Bagram Airfield show no sign of quieting.This city-scale military base just north of Kabul has -- like similar facilities in Kandahar and Jalalabad -- become central to Donald Trump's promise to succeed where his predecessors failed, and end the Afghan war on favorable terms.Trump concluded a months-long strategy review in August.
  
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• Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitaries deploy to Syrian border

  22-12-2017 23:01 via yahoo.com
  By Ahmed AbouleneinBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary groups have deployed to the frontier to back up border guard forces who came under fire from within Syria over the past three days, one of their commanders said on Friday.There was no immediate word on who opened fire from Syrianterritory, but forces arrayed against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria expect the group will resort to guerrilla warfare after losing its urban bastions earlier this year."After several Iraqi border guard p
  
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• How Safe Is Bitcoin, Really?

  22-12-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  With prices doubling to $18,000 in just the past month—and then dropping sharply—Bitcoin is drawing more attention than ever in its eight-year history. The "cryptocurrency" carries some well-know...
  
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• Alabama to certify Democrat Jones winner of Senate election

  22-12-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Democrat Doug Jones' surprise victory over Republican Roy Moore in this month's special U.S. Senate election will be certified on Dec. 28, Alabama state officials said on Friday.Jones will be the first Democrat sent to the Senate from Republican stronghold Alabama in a quarter century.
  
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• Climate Change Could Trigger More Volcanic Eruptions, Study Finds

  22-12-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — Climate change fueled by human activity could boost the frequency and severity of volcanic eruptions, a recent scientific study has found.
  
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• Someone made Donald Trump the perfect Christmas present and he couldn't be happier

  22-12-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  We never really thought of Donald Trump as a simple man who indulges in the joy of homemade presents, but one sign may have changed that. As President Trump stepped off Air Force One on Friday to begin his holiday in Florida, he was greeted by supporters in West Palm Beach, one of whom handed him a large, hand-drawn sign that read "President Trump Keep on Tweeting!" That was it. Trump was smitten. SEE ALSO: Of course Trump's Christmas card is obnoxiously largeCNN footage of Trump's arrival, whic
  
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• Bitcoin falls 30 percent, posts worst week since 2013

  22-12-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  By Jemima Kelly and Gertrude Chavez-DreyfussNEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin plunged by 30 percent to below $12,000 on Friday as investors dumped the cryptocurrency after its sharp rise to a peak close to $20,000 prompted warnings by experts of a bubble.It capped a brutal week that had been touted as a new era of mainstream trading for the digital currency when bitcoin futures debuted on CME Group Inc , the world's largest derivatives market on Sunday.Friday's fall bled into the U.S. stock ma
  
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• Judge questions whether Gates fundraiser broke gag order

  22-12-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former presidential adviser Rick Gates, on house arrest in the federal Russia probe, didn't even have to leave his home this week to provoke the judge handling his case.
  
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• Trump administration considering family separation policy for asylum seekers

  22-12-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration is considering a plan that would separate families entering the United States illegally or seeking asylum, a policy that immigrant groups say is a dangerous and inhumane step that could threaten lives and lead to extreme distress for children.“We’ve seen several toddlers in recent months who were separated from their fathers, their mothers,” Jessica Jones, the policy counsel for the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, told The Independent.Ms Jone
  
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• Baby Hospitalized After Being Attacked by Raccoon in Her Home, Family Says

  22-12-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Little Journi Black was asleep on her parent’s bed in their Philadelphia apartment when a raccoon apparently dragged her onto the floor and attacked her Wednesday, her uncle Kenneth McDuffie said.
  
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• Will North Korea Blow Up the Winter Olympics?

  22-12-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  It’s possible. But here are a few steps Washington, Seoul, and Pyongyang can take to keep the 2018 Winter Games peaceful.
  
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• US targets 'Thieves-in-Law,' Russian mafia royalty

  22-12-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  The group emerged from the Soviet Union's brutal gulags and its members are now kingpins in an underworld network that has spread far beyond Russia.Authorities have targeted the Thieves before, but the Treasury's designation of the entire network as a "Transnational Criminal Organization" is the first measure that treats them as a single group."The Thieves-in-Law is a Eurasian crime syndicate that has been linked to a long list of illicit activity across the globe," said John Smith, director of
  
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• California Man Charged With Plotting Alleged Christmas Day Terror Attack

  22-12-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  He allegedly planned it for Christmas Day
  
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• U.S. jury in trial of Turkish banker shows signs of division

  22-12-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  A New York jury in the trial of a Turkish banker accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions showed signs of division on Friday as it ended its third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.In a note to U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, the jurors asked whether they were all "required to use the same criteria" as they weighed a money laundering charge in the case against Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive at Turkey's majority state-owned Halkbank.Berman said the answer was yes.
  
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• ABC News Veteran Elizabeth Vargas To Leave Network In May

  22-12-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Elizabeth Vargas announced on Friday that she would be leaving ABC News in May after two decades with the network.
  
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• Ukraine's Poroshenko vows to work for quick exchange of prisoners: Germany

  22-12-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday that he would work to implement a rapid exchange of prisoners held on both sides of the line of conflict in eastern Ukraine, a spokesman for Merkel said on Friday.Merkel spoke by telephone with Poroshenko on Friday, a day after she spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Merkel's deputy spokesman Georg Streiter.Merkel and Poroshenko welcomed a decision by the parties to recommit to a ceasefire agreement s
  
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• The Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs in America

  22-12-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Workplace violence is on the rise, according to the latest data
  
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• Police Fatally Shoot 7-Year-Old While Searching for a Wanted Felon

  22-12-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  A 7-year-old Texas boy was shot dead by police as they were searching for a wanted felon.
  
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• Former U.S. Attorneys Warn Trump About 'Severe Repercussions' Of Firing Robert Mueller

  22-12-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of more than 20 former federal prosecutors has urged President Donald Trump to stand by his recent statements and allow special counsel Robert Mueller to conduct his investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election without interference.
  
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• Parents Give Teachers Gift Suggesting Son Drives Them To Drink

  22-12-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  Instead of whining about their son’s teachers, Ohio parents Mary and Paul Sommers decided to wine them for Christmas instead.
  
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• Jordan Peele Tweets 'Get Out' Joke About Meghan Markle And Prince Harry

  22-12-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Jordan Peele just made a perfectly dark joke about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Christmas plans that will make any “Get Out” fan cackle.
  
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• What to Do After You've Eaten Too Much Sugar

  22-12-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Our dietitian tells you how to combat your sugar hangover.
  
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• Mitch McConnell mocks Steve Bannon as 'political genius' who 'threw away' Alabama Senate seat

  22-12-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell mocked former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon for promoting a Republican candidate who lost in deeply conservative Alabama.“The political genius on display, throwing away a seat in the reddest state in America, is hard to ignore,” Mr McConnell told reporters.The unlikely victory by Democrat Doug Jones shaved Mr McConnell's already-tenuous majority in the Senate to a single vote.
  
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• Trump Throws Support Behind Ron DeSantis For Florida Governor

  22-12-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted his support for Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.),
  
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• Officials lift most California wildfire evacuations

  22-12-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The worst appears to be over for a massive wildfire that plagued a wide swath of the Southern California coast for 2½ weeks.
  
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• Pressed by lawmakers, US mulls more sanctions on Myanmar

  22-12-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Friday the U.S. is considering further actions against those responsible for "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims, after a Myanmar general was blacklisted and Democratic lawmakers called for more military officers to face sanctions.
  
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• Mindy Kaling's Friends Throw Her A Nora Ephron-Themed Party Celebrating New Baby

  22-12-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  Actress and self-avowed romcom fan Mindy Kaling gave birth to her first child last week, and her friends aptly threw her a “You’ve Got Mail”-themed holiday party to celebrate.
  
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• Victims of Las Vegas massacre all died of gunshot wounds: coroner

  22-12-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Los Angeles (AFP) - All 58 victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting died of gunshot wounds, including the gunman who killed himself, a Nevada coroner said on Friday.
  
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• Mitch McConnell Mocks Steve Bannon's 'Political Genius' in Press Conference

  22-12-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used a holiday season press conference Friday to deliver a lump of coal to Steve Bannon, mocking the former White House adviser’s “political genius” for costing Republicans an Alabama Senate seat.
  
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• All I want for Christmas are these photos of Elon Musk's car preparing to fly to space

  22-12-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  Do you know what every space nerd wanted for this holiday season? A little gift from Elon Musk and SpaceX.  And we've got it.  Musk, the founder of the private spaceflight company, just posted photos of his midnight cherry Tesla Roadster getting ready to fly to space aboard the first flight of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket in January. SEE ALSO: Yes, it's true: SpaceX is sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars aboard the Falcon Heavy "Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simula
  
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• Elderly Couple Caught With $336,000 Worth of Marijuana That Was 'For Christmas Presents'

  22-12-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  The couple had 60 pounds of marijuana in their car
  
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• John Schnatter Is Out as Papa John's CEO. Here's What We Know About His Money

  22-12-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Papa John's founder John Schnatter will step down as chief executive on January 1. This comes after his controversial comments about the NFL protestors.
  
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• There Is Now Weed Named After Monica Lewinsky

  22-12-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  A Washington-state based cannabis producer called Sugarleaf created a strain of weed named “Monica Lewinsky,” and the woman behind that namesake has discovered it.
  
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• In overwhelming UN vote on Jerusalem, a reality test for Trump's tough talk

  22-12-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  When President Trump threatened this week to cut off foreign aid to any country voting against the United States in the United Nations General Assembly, it conjured up engrained public frustration over what some Americans – including Mr. Trump – perceive to be a world of freeloaders.“All these nations that take our money and then vote against us at the [UN], they take hundreds of millions of dollars and billions of dollars and they vote against us,” Trump said Wednesday a
  
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• UN slaps new sanctions on North Korea

  22-12-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  With China's backing, the UN Security Council on Friday slapped new sanctions on North Korea that will restrict oil supplies vital for Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs.The council unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution that also orders the repatriation of North Korean workers abroad and earning revenue for Kim Jong-Un's regime.It is the third raft of sanctions imposed on North Korea this year and comes as the United States and North Korea are showing no signs they are willing to eng
  
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• Bitcoin Just Lost Almost Half Its Value: What's Going On?

  22-12-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  Is this a sign of the bubble bursting?
  
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• 2018 Honda Odyssey Nine-Speed Automatic

  22-12-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  Giving up one gear does little to diminish this van's practical appeal.
  
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• Miss America 2013 Rips CEO After He's Caught Mocking Her: 'I Am Disgusted'

  22-12-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  In one leaked email, CEO Sam Haskell calls Mallory Hagan "huge" and "gross."
  
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• Arab alliance: Yemen one million cholera cases report exaggerated

  22-12-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Friday an announcement by the International Committee of the Red Cross that cholera cases in the country had reached one million suspected cases was exaggerated."It is nearly impossible to accurately determine whether the suspected cases are cholera or simple diarrhea," a statement by the spokesperson for the coalition said.Yemen, one of the Arab world's poorest countries, is embroiled in a proxy war between the Houthi armed movement, aligned wit
  
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• 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 S Sedan

  22-12-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  The sports sedan to beat.
  
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• The Latest: Barely active, California wildfire nears record

  22-12-2017 18:57 via yahoo.com
  VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California's big wildfire (all times local):
  
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• Divers Find Sunken WWI Submarine, 100 Years After It Disappeared

  22-12-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  One of Australia's oldest naval mysteries has been solved.
  
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• Two die in Gaza protests as ex-CIA chief calls Trump response to Jerusalem criticism 'beyond outrageous'

  22-12-2017 18:48 via yahoo.com
  At least two Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli troops, as protests raged over the US’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.A day after the UN voted to condemn the US’s unilateral action, thousands of Palestinian protesters confronted Israeli forces, many of them carrying rocks, along the Gaza fence in all seven cities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.Trump Admin threat to retaliate against nations that exercise sovereign right in UN to oppo
  
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• U.S. drops charges that U.N. economist underpaid Bangladeshi worker

  22-12-2017 18:42 via yahoo.com
  U.S. prosecutors have dropped charges accusing a United Nations economist in New York of committing visa fraud by bringing into the country a domestic worker from Bangladesh and then failing to pay her a lawful wage, his lawyers announced on Friday.Hamidur Rashid, a Bangladeshi national and economist at the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs, was charged with visa fraud and fraud in foreign labor contracting in June.
  
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