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• 14 Bombshell Reports That Showed The Power Of Great Journalism In 2017

  30-12-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  Many fascinating ― and, at times, disturbing ― truths about our world were uncovered in 2017, thanks in large part to the ingenuity and dogged reporting of dozens of journalists.
  
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• George Papadopoulos Helped Spur Russia Probe By Spilling Secrets To Diplomat: NYT

  30-12-2017 23:12 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat in May 2016 that Russia had political dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
  
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• The Powerball and Mega Millions Jackpots Are Both More Than $300 Million Right Now

  30-12-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  While it's not the highest have ever been, it's the last chance to enter in 2017
  
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• Colombia ships 50 tonnes of holiday ham to Venezuela

  30-12-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  Colombia has shipped around 50 tonnes (55 tons) of ham to Venezuela after protests broke out over shortages of the traditional holiday staple, an official said Saturday.The first two trucks of ham arrived in Venezuela on Friday night, a source from Colombia's national tax and customs office told AFP.The transport ministry said it had issued a firm a "special permit" to transport the ham to Barinas, western Venezuela.
  
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• Guy arrested for 'Nigerian prince' email scams is definitely not Nigerian royalty

  30-12-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  The "Nigerian prince" email scam is one of the most notorious cybercimes out there, and the people behind it may have hit a bit of a snag after one of their alleged co-conspirators was arrested in Louisiana on Thursday. Police arrested a 67-year-old man in Slidell, Louisiana after an 18-month investigation in connection with Nigerian prince email scams. The man is suspected of being a middle-man for a group in Nigeria that used the Nigerian prince email scam to get money from unsuspecting people
  
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• Congo orders internet and SMS cut ahead of anti-government demonstrations

  30-12-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Saturday ordered telecommunications providers to cut internet and SMS services across the country ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations.Grassroots Catholic activists have called for marches in major cities on Sunday to demand that President Joseph Kabila commit to not changing the constitution to stand for a third term and release political prisoners.Kabila was required by the constitution to step down in December last year when his mandate
  
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• China Shuts Down Domestic Ivory Trade In Effort To Fight Poaching

  30-12-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — China, one of the world’s largest markets for elephant ivory, will close out 2017 by shutting down its domestic ivory trade in an effort to curb poaching and ensure a future for the imperiled species.
  
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• Warm hearts, subzero temps: Couple gets engaged on mountain

  30-12-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  SARGENT'S PURCHASE, N.H. (AP) — Extreme cold didn't get in the way of a heartwarming proposal on an icy mountainside.
  
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• Ex-Catalan leader demands regional govt be reinstated

  30-12-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont on Saturday demanded Madrid reinstate his regional government, which was deposed after an independence referendum that Spanish courts judged illegal, as part of a political settlement.Puigdemont's administration followed up the October 1 referendum by declaring independence but Madrid promptly sacked him and his team and, facing arrest, he fled into Belgian exile while colleagues were arrested and jailed.
  
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• Woman Takes Her Wedding Vows Just Hours Before Cancer Takes Her Life

  30-12-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  On Dec. 23, 2016, school psychologist Heather Lindsay was diagnosed with the breast cancer that would eventually take her life.
  
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• Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s 4 Pillars Plan: Make a few easy changes for a slimmer, healthier and happier 2018

  30-12-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  Of all the GPs at Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s previous surgery, he was the only one to eschew the Tannoy system when calling his patients in. Rather charmingly, he walked to the waiting room to fetch each one. “It’s more personal,” he says. “It’s really nice to go and shake someone’s hand, look them in the eye and watch them walk to your consultation room. The dynamic starts there. It also got me out of my chair 45 times a day. It’s just a small thing t
  
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• Standoff at Ukraine post office ends with no one hurt

  30-12-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — All nine people taken hostage at a post office in Ukraine's second-biggest city have been released and the man who held them has been arrested, police said Saturday.
  
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• Donald Trump Ups Show of Support for Economic Protests in Iran

  30-12-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  "The world is watching!"
  
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• 'Make America Gay Again.' Mike Pence Gets Trolled With Rainbow Banner

  30-12-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  The banner was put up by his temporary neighbors while in Colorado for vacation
  
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• Western Canada ice storms cause power outages during bitter cold spell

  30-12-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  By Jim FinkleTORONTO (Reuters) - Some 36,000 homes and businesses in British Columbia lost power due to ice storms in western Canada on Saturday, and workers rushed to restore service before nightfall as forecasters predicted extremely cold temperatures across the nation.Electric utility BC Hydro warned on Twitter that conditions remained hazardous in the affected area of southwestern British Columbia, which is known as Fraser Valley, due to downed power lines.Canada is suffering from the same b
  
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• Christians in shock after deadly attack on Coptic Church in Egypt

  30-12-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  By Mostafa SalemCAIRO (Reuters) - At an hour that Sama'an Farag usually spends leisurely sipping his morning tea, the doorman at the Mar Mina Coptic Church near Cairo found himself springing up to close the doors upon hearing gunshots and the sound of ricocheting bullets.Inside, dozens of children at Sunday school, held on Friday morning to coincide with Egypt's weekend, were rushed upstairs out of the range of the gunfire.God forbid if he (gunman) had entered the church - there would have been
  
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• Schaeuble does not rule out minority government for Germany

  30-12-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  By Andrea ShalalBERLIN (Reuters) - Former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urged Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and Social Democrats on Saturday to quickly form a new government, but said he could not rule out a minority government if no deal is reached.Germany's constitution does not favor a minority government but that remains an option, Schaeuble, a leading conservative who is now president of the Bundestag (lower house of parliament), told Berlin's Tagesspiegel newspaper.
  
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• Neighbors Greet Vacationing Mike Pence With 'Make America Gay Again' Banner

  30-12-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence was welcomed to Colorado with snow-dusted pines, cool mountain air and a bright rainbow banner with the words, “Make America Gay Again.”
  
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• Victim, gunman in California law firm shooting were partners

  30-12-2017 21:12 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police were trying to learn Saturday what motivated a partner in a law firm to shoot two of his colleagues before turning the gun on himself.
  
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• Blaze in Manchester apartment block brought under control

  30-12-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters battled a blaze in an apartment block in central Manchester, northern England, on Saturday, with one person taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.The Manchester fire service said 12 engines had been dispatched after flames engulfed several apartments on the ninth floor of the 12-storey building.
  
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• Liberia president-elect calls for foreign investments

  30-12-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — George Weah gave his first public address as Liberia's president-elect Saturday, telling potential investors that the nation is "open and ready for business" and calling on Liberians who live abroad to come home.
  
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• California suspect held in hoax that led to police killing Kansas man

  30-12-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  The arrest of Tyler Barriss took place on Friday afternoon, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said, following the killing of a 28-year-old father as he stood at the front door to his Wichita home on Thursday evening.Authorities said the call was an example of "swatting," in which a caller falsely reports an emergency that requires a police response, usually by Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT, teams.Barriss was being held without bond in the Los Angeles County jail system on
  
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• Man Arrested in Connection to Hoax 911 Phone Call that Led to Death of Innocent Man

  30-12-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  A man has been arrested in Los Angeles in connection to a hoax phone call that led to the death of an unarmed man in Wichita, Kansas, according to multiple reports
  
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• Turkey rages after 'coup' officer granted asylum in Greece

  30-12-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  The Turkish foreign ministry on Saturday slammed a decision in Greece to grant asylum to a Turkish helicopter co-pilot, who fled the country after last year's failed coup, as "politically motivated" and warned of a negative impact on bilateral relations.The co-pilot -- who flew seven other Turkish military officers to Greece -- was granted asylum after Greek authorities ruled that his human rights would be at risk, despite repeated requests for his extradition by Ankara.The decision "once again
  
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• Iran protests: Donald Trump warns 'oppressive regimes cannot endure forever' and touts US military power

  30-12-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump took to Twitter again to comment on the ongoing protests in Iran, this time to warn that "oppressive regimes cannot endure forever."
  
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• Man Killed Wife and Left Crying 2-Year-Old Daughter With Her Body, Police Say

  30-12-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  The husband allegedly left their two-year-old daughter with the dead body
  
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• DR Congo Catholics challenge Kabila with demo call

  30-12-2017 19:54 via yahoo.com
  Catholics in crisis-torn Democratic Republic of Congo vowed Saturday to defy a protest ban and hold a "peaceful march" Sunday to urge implementation of a deal for President Joseph Kabila to leave office and for delayed elections.Kabila has been in power since 2001 when he succeeded his assassinated father Laurent Kabila and refused to step down at the end of his second and final term in December 2016.About 150 Catholic churches have urged believers to heed their call to protest, bibles in hand,
  
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• Alleged 'Nigerian Prince' Email Scammer Arrested In Louisiana

  30-12-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  Police in Slidell, Louisiana, have arrested a man who allegedly helped scam people out of thousands of dollars in “Nigerian prince”-style email schemes.
  
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• 'Shaking' 2-Year-Old Girl in Diaper Found Wandering Into Traffic on Frigid Day

  30-12-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  A two-year-old girl wearing only a diaper was found in Massachusetts
  
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• Selena Gomez Hits the Beach in Cabo San Lucas Ahead of New Year's Eve

  30-12-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  Selena Gomez is ending 2017 on sunny note
  
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• German police union chief slams NYE 'safe zone' for women

  30-12-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — A German police union boss has criticized organizers of Berlin's annual open-air New Year's Eve party for designating a special "safety area" for women, saying it suggests they aren't safe from assault elsewhere.
  
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• Russian tankers 'supplied fuel to North Korea'

  30-12-2017 19:14 via yahoo.com
  Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive Communist state. The sales of oil or oil products from Russia, the world's second biggest oil exporter and a veto-wielding member of the United Nations Security Council, breach U.N. sanctions, the security sources said. The transfers in October and November indicate
  
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• Police Rescue Adorable Baby Seal Found Waddling on the Road

  30-12-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  He was 2 miles from the ocean.
  
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• Police Look for Motive in 'Ambush-Type' Attack That Left 2 Security Guards Dead in Las Vegas

  30-12-2017 19:11 via yahoo.com
  Police say the alleged shooter ran away after the shooting Saturday morning at Arizona Charlie's Decatur
  
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• LA Man Arrested For 'Swatting' Call That Led To Innocent Kansas Man's Death

  30-12-2017 18:53 via yahoo.com
  Authorities arrested a 25-year-old man in California for a “swatting” prank emergency call that led to the death of an innocent 28-year-old Kansas man who was shot by police responders on Thursday evening as he stood on his front doorstep.
  
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• Father Says Soldier Died While Trying to Rescue Residents From Bronx Fire

  30-12-2017 18:27 via yahoo.com
  A soldier who was home for the holidays is being hailed a hero after his father says his body was found in an apartment other than his own as he was trying to help people escape the blaze in the Bronx.
  
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• Guinea massacre suspects to go before criminal tribunal

  30-12-2017 18:24 via yahoo.com
  Fourteen suspects held over a 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea which killed 157 people are to go before a criminal tribunal after a legal investigation concluded, the country's justice minister said."I am happy to announce to you that the judicial investigation into the 2009 Conakry stadium massacre ended on December 29.At least 157 people were killed and 109 women raped by troops during a massive opposition protest in the stadium on September 28, 2009 against the rule of then junta chief Moussa
  
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• Police shoot dead Kansas man after 'swatting' prank sparked by Call of Duty row 

  30-12-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  An unarmed man was shot dead by police outside his home in Kansas after a "swatting" prank that followed an argument over the online video game Call of Duty. The FBI are investigating a series of events that was believed to have begun with an online bet for a few dollars in the Call of Duty game, then escalated to a hoax 911 call by one of the players. Police have not disclosed the name of the man who died on Thursday night, but relatives identified him as Andrew Finch, 28.  Wichita De
  
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• Russian security agency arrests supermarket bombing suspect

  30-12-2017 17:58 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — A man was arrested Saturday in connection with a St. Petersburg supermarket bombing that wounded 18 people, Russia's main domestic security agency said.
  
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• Legal recreational pot in California: What you need to know

  30-12-2017 17:44 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Monday becomes the nation's largest state to offer legal recreational marijuana sales. Here's a snapshot of how the market will work and how the state will regulate a pot economy estimated to be worth $7 billion:
  
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• Court upholds ban on Navalny running for Russian presidency

  30-12-2017 17:36 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's highest court on Saturday upheld a decision barring opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running for president in March.
  
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• Zambia deploys army to battle cholera after 41 deaths

  30-12-2017 17:30 via yahoo.com
  Zambia's president Edgar Lungu has deployed the army to help combat a cholera outbreak that has claimed 41 lives in the capital Lusaka and affected 1,550 more since September.The initial outbreak began on September 28 according to the World Health Organization and Zambia's health ministry subsequently launched efforts to limit the spread of the disease.Cholera is a water-borne disease which goes hand in hand with poverty and while readily treatable can be lethal if unaddressed.
  
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• Putin calls for 'pragmatic cooperation' in New Year wishes to Trump

  30-12-2017 17:15 via yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin called for "pragmatic cooperation" in his New Year wishes to US President Donald Trump, the Kremlin said on Saturday.In a statement on the Russian president's New Year wishes to world leaders, the Kremlin said Putin told Trump that "a constructive Russian-American dialogue is especially needed to strengthen strategic stability in the world".
  
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• Program lets law enforcement and people with autism learn from each other

  30-12-2017 17:15 via yahoo.com
  A training program in Arkansas is introducing people with autism to members of law enforcement, with the goal of making them more comfortable with each other.
  
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• Erica Garner, activist daughter of Eric Garner, dies at 27 after heart attack

  30-12-2017 17:14 via yahoo.com
  Erica Garner was a young mother of two who became a national activist following the 2014 death of her father, Eric Garner, at the hands of New York City police.
  
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• New moms in Puerto Rico face a health care crisis

  30-12-2017 17:13 via yahoo.com
  Since Hurricane Maria, public health experts say Puerto Rico is facing a growing crisis, and with many doctors having left the island, expectant mothers must turn to the few still-open clinics.
  
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• Trump tells Iran ‘the world is watching’ as protests break out

  30-12-2017 17:10 via yahoo.com
  A wave of protests over Iran's weak economy swept into Tehran on Saturday. President Donald Trump tweeted “oppressive regimes cannot endure forever,” adding the government should respect its citizens’ rights to express themselves.
  
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• Flu season is three times worse than last year

  30-12-2017 17:10 via yahoo.com
  This year’s flu season got an early start, and three dozen states are now reporting widespread cases. Doctors say it’s not too late to get the flu shot, since the peak of flu season runs through February.
  
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• Transgender people cleared to join military, for now

  30-12-2017 17:09 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has made clear its proposed ban on transgender military recruits is on hold, meaning their enlistment can start Monday.
  
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• Street protests hit Iran for third straight day as pro-government rallies held

  30-12-2017 17:04 via yahoo.com
  Anti-government protests broke out in Iran for the third day running on Saturday as separate state-sponsored rallies were staged to mark the end of unrest that shook the country in 2009, according to Iranian news agencies and state media.State television showed a rally in the capital Tehran as well as marchers carrying banners in support of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, Iran's second largest city where protests over prices turned political on Thursday.State-sponsored mass ral
  
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