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• Photos Of Empty Grocery Shelves Show Dire Situation In Venezuela

  10-01-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  Desperate Venezuelans swarmed supermarkets on Saturday in a rare chance to stock up on basic goods amid a spiraling economic crisis that has resulted in widespread poverty and food shortages.
  
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• Guy Who Defended Prop 8 And Backed Torture Memo Author Says He’ll Make A Great Judge

  10-01-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Howard Nielson fought for California’s short-lived ban on same-sex marriage, argued that a gay judge should be disqualified from overseeing a case challenging that law, and defended a former Justice Department colleague who wrote a controversial and now-rescinded memo authorizing the CIA’s use of torture.
  
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• Exclusive: Justice Department blindsided banking agency on pot policy flip - sources

  10-01-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the U.S. Justice Department said last week it was reversingpolicy on the $7 billion marijuana business, it failed to first notify federal officials who advise banks in states where the drug is legal, sources in Congress said.The announcement by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a longtime critic of legalizing marijuana, caused confusion among banks about how to do business with marijuana growers, processors and distributors without running afoul of
  
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• Pro-Maduro lawmaker shot dead in Venezuela

  10-01-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  A lawmaker with Venezuela's ruling Constituent Assembly was shot dead Wednesday by unidentified attackers, officials and local media said.Tomas Lucena was travelling by car with his wife in the city of Velera when a motorcyclist pulled up and shot him several times, according to reports.Lucena-- member of the assembly for the western state of Trujillo -- was seriously injured and taken to hospital, where he died soon after.
  
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• US 'do not travel' advisory puts five Mexican states on same level as Syria

  10-01-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  The state is included in the travel advisory.The US state department has warned Americans to completely avoid five Mexican states plagued by crime and drug cartel violence, putting the regions on the same level as war-zones such as Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan.In an advisory issued on Wednesday, the state department said “do not travel to” the border state of Tamaulipas, as well as the Pacific coast states of Sinaloa, Colima, Michoacán and Guerrero.
  
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• Serena Williams Opens the Doors to Her South Florida Home and Hints About Moving to San Francisco

  10-01-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  The tennis champion purchased the Palm Beach Gardens home back in 2015 and has been spending time there with her new daughter and husband
  
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• Don't Celebrate Trump's DACA Court Loss Too Early, Advocates Warn

  10-01-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Immigrant rights advocates are urging undocumented young people to hold off from rushing to reapply for deportation relief ― or celebrating too much ― after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reopen much of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Tuesday.
  
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• Obama reports no gifts from Putin in 2016 — sad!

  10-01-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  The State Department published its annual list of foreign leaders who made gifts to American officials, including President Barack Obama. Vladimir Putin wasn’t on it. Neither was Kim Jong Un.
  
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• Trump answers question about possible Mueller interview by attacking Hillary Clinton

  10-01-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has responded to questions about a possible interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller by attacking his former campaign rival, Hillary Clinton and seemingly backing away from a pledge last year to speak under oath if asked.Mr Mueller is said to have informed Mr Trump's lawyers that he is likely to seek to interview the President as part of his federal probe into Russian election meddling and the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia.No formal request has been sent, a
  
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• Republicans Are AWOL on Russian Election Meddling

  10-01-2018 23:16 via yahoo.com
  The GOP's absence from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's report on Russian interference is sad and abnormal.
  
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• Two new dogs breeds join American Kennel Club

  10-01-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  A Dutch Spaniel-like dog and a French hunting hound join the purebred registry of the American Kennel Club. Elly Park reports.
  
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• The Latest: Governor decries teacher's arrest

  10-01-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a Louisiana teacher at a school board meeting (all times local):
  
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• Ford sued by truck owners alleging diesel emissions cheating

  10-01-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  By Nick CareyDETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co installed software that enabled its F-250 and F-350 Super Duty trucks to cheat at passing federal emissions tests, according to a lawsuit by truck owners filed on Wednesday, a claim the No. 2 U.S. automaker described as "baseless."Ford manipulated the emissions system in violation of federal requirements and the affected trucks released twice the legal limits of emissions during normal driving, the lawsuit claimed.An emission-cheating scandal that c
  
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• North Korea: Trump promises 'peace through strength' and denies strike plan

  10-01-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has promised “peace through strength” on the Korean peninsula, reportedly telling his South Korean counterpart that no US military action against Pyongyang is being contemplated while diplomacy is underway.In a phone call with South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, on Wednesday, Trump expressed his openness to talks with North Korea “at the appropriate time, under the right circumstances” according to a short White House account of the meeting, which gav
  
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• Plane on domestic flight makes emergency landing in Poland

  10-01-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A spokesman for Warsaw's international airport said Wednesday that a Polish plane on a domestic flight made a safe emergency landing with a malfunctioning front wheel and no one was hurt.
  
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• These 2 Dog Breeds Were Just Added to the American Kennel Club Roster

  10-01-2018 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Their names are quite the mouthful
  
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• Fox News host immediately fact checks Trump’s claim the Russia investigation is a hoax: ‘It is not’

  10-01-2018 22:53 via yahoo.com
  A Fox News anchor has fact checked President Donald Trump’s claims that the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign is a “hoax”.The investigation is very real.“The President [is] again calling the Russia investigation a Democratic hoax.
  
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• Trump says interview with Russia investigator 'unlikely'

  10-01-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to back off a commitment to meet investigators looking into Russia's role in the 2016 US election, saying an interview was "unlikely" to take place.Asked whether he would be willing to meet special counsel Robert Mueller, Trump deflected the question by repeatedly denying that investigators had found any evidence of collusion between his campaign team and Russia.
  
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• Melissa Gorga Reveals ‘Shady' Management Issues Led to Their Family's Restaurant Closing

  10-01-2018 22:12 via yahoo.com
  Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga is setting the record straight about the surprising news that her family restaurant is closing less than a year after opening.
  
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• Baby Girl on the Way for Vanessa Marcil

  10-01-2018 22:12 via yahoo.com
  Vanessa Marcil‘s little miracle is on the way
  
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• New York unveils plans for fossil fuel divestment

  10-01-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  New York announced plans Wednesday to sell off $5 billion in fossil fuel investments from city pension funds after suing for billions of dollars in damages from oil companies to help fund protection against climate change.While other cities in Europe and the United States have already taken similar steps, New York hailed its move as significant as it is the biggest metropolis in the country.The city suffered billions of dollars of damage in Hurricane Sandy.
  
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• Divided Supreme Court may allow Ohio voter purge policy

  10-01-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  By Andrew ChungWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices were joined by liberal Stephen Breyer on Wednesday in signaling sympathy toward Ohio's policy of purging infrequent voters from registration rolls -- a practice critics say disenfranchises thousands of people -- in a pivotal voting rights case.The nine justices heard about an hour of arguments in Republican-governed Ohio's appeal of a lower court ruling that found that the policy violated a federal law aimed at making
  
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• Supreme Court appears sympathetic to Ohio voter purge effort

  10-01-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Wednesday to states that seek to prune their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't voted in a while.
  
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• Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison at 16 Challenges Penalty After Celebrity Support

  10-01-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Cyntoia Brown fatally shot a man who picked her up for sex when she was a teen
  
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• CES 2018: Why China's Huawei Won't Be Signing a Deal with AT&T

  10-01-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  Drama in tech paradise.
  
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• Vatican takes over Peru-based movement on eve of pope's trip

  10-01-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday took over a Peru-based Catholic movement whose founder was accused of sexually, physically and psychologically abusing his members, just days before Pope Francis starts a trip to Chile and Peru where the church's sexual abuse scandal is expected to play out.
  
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• Dog meet dog: American Kennel Club adds 2 breeds to roster

  10-01-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A spirited Dutch duck-luring dog and a friendly French rabbit hound are now running with the American Kennel Club's pack.
  
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• Fujimori victims to petition pope during Peru visit

  10-01-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Relatives of victims of Peru's military death-squads under Alberto Fujimori said Wednesday they would petition the pope when he visits next week for help in getting a pardon for the ex-president annulled.A relatives' group has requested a meeting with Pope Francis during the second leg of his South American trip to Chile and Peru next week.The December 24 pardon sparked a wave of protest in Peru.
  
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• Terrifying footage shows the cruise that traveled through the bomb cyclone

  10-01-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  Nothing like a completely avoidable disaster to totally ruin your expensive cruise. The massive cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway departed New York on Dec. 29, 2017, as it does nearly every week. But this time was different, thanks to the massive bomb cyclone winter storm that rocked the East Coast. SEE ALSO: Norwegian Cruise ship sailed right through ‘bomb cyclone’ despite accurate forecast Traveling through the storm was completely avoidable, but Norwegian Cruise Line powered on to i
  
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• Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin to settle divorce privately

  10-01-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin and disgraced former lawmaker Anthony Weiner have decided to negotiate their divorce privately.
  
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• Fewer asylum seekers cross border into Canada over winter

  10-01-2018 21:06 via yahoo.com
  Fall and winter saw a big drop in the number of asylum seekers from the United States crossing farmers' fields and dense forests on foot to reach Canada, officials said Wednesday.The northbound wave of migrants came after US President Donald Trump announced the end of special protections for Haitians and other groups.Nearly 21,000 asylum claims were made in 2017 by border jumpers, most of whom went to Quebec province, the immigration ministry said.
  
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• Israel clamps down on West Bank after Israeli man killed

  10-01-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military set up roadblocks, cordoned off Palestinian villages and deployed reinforcements to the West Bank on Wednesday, a day after an Israeli settler was killed in a drive-by shooting by suspected Palestinian gunmen.
  
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• Calls for 'revenge' at funeral of Israeli settler killed in attack

  10-01-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Israeli forces set up roadblocks and deployed around a major Palestinian city Wednesday in a manhunt for attackers who shot dead an Israeli settler, sparking calls at his funeral for "revenge".Raziel Shevah, a 35-year-old rabbi, was killed late Tuesday while driving near the wildcat settlement where he lived, Havat Gilad near the northern city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.Some 22 gunshots were found in his car, Israel's army radio reported.
  
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• California proposes more spending on schools and roads

  10-01-2018 20:55 via yahoo.com
  California Governor Jerry Brown proposed a budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year on Wednesday that would be a 5 percent increase over the current year, with greater spending on education and transportation, while he warned about a likely a economic downturn in the future.The proposed total state budget, which includes income generated from bonds and other special funds as well as tax revenues, would be $190.3 billion, up 4 percent from the current fiscal year.California's fiscal position has improv
  
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• Sean Hayes Reveals His Mom's Heartbreaking Reaction When He Came Out

  10-01-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  Sean Hayes opened up about the difficult process of coming out to his family in an emotional interview with People.
  
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• Syrian troops reach gates of key rebel-held air base

  10-01-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian pro-government forces reached a sprawling air base controlled by rebels since 2015 on Wednesday, the target of a wide-ranging offensive in the northwestern Idlib province.
  
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• College Student Is Found Dead After Going Missing During Winter Break

  10-01-2018 20:35 via yahoo.com
  The UPenn student's death is being investigated as a homicide
  
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• Iran’s Elites Are Far More Fragile Than They Look

  10-01-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  An Islamic Republic divided against itself cannot stand.
  
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• Republicans control Virginia House after concession, court ruling

  10-01-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  Republicans took narrow control of the Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday after a Democrat conceded in a race decided by a tie-breaker and a federal appeals court refused to keep the winner of another disputed contest from being seated.The concession by Shelly Simonds, who lost in a lottery-style drawing that drew national attention last week, and the judges' ruling cemented Republicans' 51-49 advantage hours before House lawmakers were sworn in and elected Republican Kirk Cox as speaker.S
  
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• Turkey summons U.S. charge d'affaires over Syria: Turkish sources

  10-01-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Turkey on Wednesday summoned a top U.S. diplomat in Ankara to protest Washington's support of a Kurdish militia in Syria, sources in the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, the latest in a long-standing disagreement between the NATO allies.The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. charge d'affaires to voice its displeasure over Washington's arming and training of the YPG Syrian Kurdish militia in Syria, the sources said.
  
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• 'Praying for Our Community.' Oprah’s Home Was in the Middle of the California Mudslide

  10-01-2018 19:48 via yahoo.com
  At least 15 people died after a mud flow swept through Santa Barbara County
  
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• The Latest: 2 dozen missing after Southern California floods

  10-01-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on deadly debris flows that hit the Southern California community of Montecito (all times local):
  
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• N.J. Doctor Allegedly Had Radio Host Wife Murdered — to Protect Drug Ring He Ran With Biker Gang

  10-01-2018 19:32 via yahoo.com
  A well-known doctor is facing a litany of criminal charges in New Jersey, where he’s accused of hiring someone to murder his wife — a popular radio talk show host
  
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• US revamps travel warning system, ranks countries

  10-01-2018 19:31 via yahoo.com
  The United States unveiled a way to warn its citizens about the dangers of foreign travel Wednesday, with a four-point safety ranking system for countries and an interactive world map.Ten war zones and failed states are ranked Level Four, "Do Not Travel": Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen.North Korea is also Level Four, with the additional restriction that US law prohibits American travelers from using their passports there, eff
  
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• Hey, Female Directors, Steven Spielberg Has Some Good News For You

  10-01-2018 19:23 via yahoo.com
  Steven Spielberg said Tuesday the time has come for female directors to get their due, even though they didn’t at the Golden Globes.
  
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• Boeing unveils prototype for unmanned electric cargo air vehicle

  10-01-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Boeing Coon Wednesday unveiled a prototype for an unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing cargo air vehicle (CAV) that the planemaker said will be used to test it's autonomous technology.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Attacked in Restaurant by Obscenity-Shouting Stranger

  10-01-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  A fellow diner was allegedly drunk when he slapped the disgraced film producer.
  
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• Driver spots venomous, red-bellied black snake hissing at him through his car window

  10-01-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  An Australian man experienced the fright of his life recently after a venomous snake scaled his car window as he drove home from the mechanic.
  
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• Democratic report warns of Russian meddling in Europe, US

  10-01-2018 19:01 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report by Senate Democrats warns of deepening Russian interference throughout Europe and concludes that even as some Western democracies have responded with aggressive countermeasures, President Donald Trump has offered no strategic plan to bolster their efforts or safeguard the U.S. from again falling victim to Kremlin meddling.
  
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• Republicans Have 4 Convicted Criminals Running For Congress In 2018

  10-01-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ―  When Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff, announced his Senate candidacy on Tuesday, he became the fourth viable Republican 2018 congressional candidate who’s been convicted of a crime.
  
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