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• Finns, worried by Russia, hand cautious president huge election win

  28-01-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  By Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas ForsellHELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's moderate President Sauli Niinisto cruised to a rare first round election win on Sunday as his delicate balancing of ties with neighbor Russia and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance resonated with voters.The 69-year-old Niinisto, known for cultivating good relations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, won his second six-year term with an overwhelming 62.7 percent of the vote.
  
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• All The Looks You Need To See From The 2018 Grammys Red Carpet

  28-01-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  The stars wore their best and boldest looks on the red carpet at the 2018 Grammy Awards on Sunday night.
  
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• Jeremy Piven Hit With Sexual Misconduct Allegations By 3 More Women

  28-01-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  Three more women are accusing actor Jeremy Piven of sexual misconduct, bringing the total number of public accusers to eight.
  
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• Top Asian News 10:14 p.m. GMT

  28-01-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  MASIK PASS, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's only luxury ski resort is getting a taste of the Olympic spotlight, though it is a long way from hosting any events. The Masik Pass ski resort has become something of a symbol of a budding detente between the two Koreas after a year of particularly high tensions over the North's nuclear weapons and long-range missile tests. The resort, completed at the order of leader Kim Jong Un in 2013, has been chosen to host joint training for North and Sout
  
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• Rescuers in Pakistan call off efforts to save Polish climber

  28-01-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Volunteers rescued a French mountaineer from a Himalayan peak but called off efforts to retrieve a Polish climber who was declared dead after the dramatic and treacherous rescue effort.
  
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• Poland president to review Holocaust bill after Israeli concern

  28-01-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  Poland's president on Sunday promised to review a new bill regarding the Holocaust and the definition of Nazi death camps, after the measure sparked a diplomatic row with Israel.Poland's rightwing-dominated parliament on Friday adopted legislation that sets fines or a maximum three-year jail term for anyone who refers to Nazi German death camps as being Polish.The measure, intended to apply to both Poles and foreigners, must still pass the Polish Senate before being signed by President Andrzej D
  
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• Report: Employees fired after delivering raw meat in shopping carts to Bay Area market

  28-01-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  Officials launched a health investigation after photos posted on social media showed men delivering unwrapped meat in shopping carts to a market in San Jose.
  
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• Not just a drunken revelry: Mardi Gras for kids as well

  28-01-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A red wagon decorated as a shrimp boat with nets extending out from either side carried a waving 2-year-old dressed as a shellfish being pulled by his parents who wore white rubber shrimping boots.
  
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• Polish team rescues French climber from Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'

  28-01-2018 22:36 via yahoo.com
  By Marcin GoettigWARSAW (Reuters) - After an exhausting night ascent, Polish climbers rescued French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol from the treacherous slopes of Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" but were unable to save her climbing companion, Poland's winter climbing team said.Revol and Polish climber Tomasz Mackiewicz had called for help on Friday from about 7,400 meters up Pakistan's second-highest peak, the 8,126 meter (26,660 feet) Nanga Parbat.A team of Polish climbers preparing for the first win
  
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• Watch a Man Allegedly Kidnap a Young Girl off the Street in Broad Daylight

  28-01-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  He has since been arrested.
  
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• Israel and Poland clash over proposed Holocaust law

  28-01-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  By Jeffrey Heller and Marcin GoettigJERUSALEM/WARSAW (Reuters) - Israel's prime minister and Holocaust survivors on Sunday bridled at a draft Polish law that would make it illegal to suggest Poland bore any responsibility for Nazi atrocities committed on its soil.The Israeli foreign ministry summoned Poland's charge d'affaires - the ambassador was abroad – to object to the bill, which is still going through parliament."We will under no circumstances accept any attempt to rewrite history,"
  
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• Mexico to send troops to stem violence after record 25,000 murders

  28-01-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Mexican officials said on Sunday the government was set to unleash a new wave of troops to crack down on criminal groups in regions where a surge in violence led to more than 25,000 murders last year.National Security Commissioner Renato Sales said federal police troops will work with local officials to round up known major criminals and bolster investigations.Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party is trailing in third place in recent polls.
  
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• Kabul on high alert after ambulance bomb toll tops 100

  28-01-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  Afghanistan Sunday declared a day of national mourning as the toll for those killed by a huge bomb hidden in an ambulance in Kabul topped 100 people and tensions remained high after insurgents struck in the city for the second time in a week.At least 103 people were killed and 235 wounded in Saturday's lunchtime attack claimed by the Taliban, which caused panic in the war-torn capital and overwhelmed its hospitals.Kabul remained on high alert as the presidential palace declared a national day of
  
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• Finland re-elects pragmatic president Niinisto to ease Russia worries

  28-01-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  Finns on Sunday re-elected their popular and cautious president Sauli Niinisto, who is credited with maintaining a balanced relationship with the nation's powerful neighbour Russia at a time of simmering relations between Moscow and the West."I am surprised and touched by this big support," Niinisto told reporters in Helsinki, who secured over 62 percent of the vote, significantly ahead the seven other candidates, with all the ballots counted.Finland's most popular president in more than three d
  
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• Donald Trump's reported attempts to fire Robert Mueller dismissed as 'New York talk,' by Democratic Senator

  28-01-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  A Democratic Senator has dismissed reports that Donald Trump tried to fire the special counsel charged with investigating his campaign as simply “New York talk”.Mr Trump told White House counsel Don McGahn this summer to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing his campaign's possible ties to Russia, according to multiple outlets.Mr McGahn reportedly threatened to quit if Mr Trump went through with the idea, warning that it would be catastrophic for his presidency.
  
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• Republican Congresswoman Donates Contribution from Steve Wynn Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

  28-01-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Other Republican lawmakers called on their colleagues to donate any contributions from Wynn
  
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• Iranian-American man imprisoned in Iran gets four days' leave

  28-01-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  An 81-year-old Iranian-American man imprisoned in Iran, Baquer Namazi, has received a four-day leave from the Iranian government until Thursday after being discharged from a hospital, his lawyer said on Sunday.Earlier this month, Namazi, who was detained in February 2016 and later convicted of espionage charges that he denied, was taken to the hospital for the fourth time in the past year after a severe drop in his blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat, depletion of energy and his coloring turn
  
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• Sen. Marco Rubio fires chief of staff for "improper conduct"

  28-01-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio announced that he fired his chief of staff after getting reports of "improper conduct" with subordinate staffers.
  
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• Nine dead in Mexico shooting: official

  28-01-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  Authorities investigating the slaying of nine men at a house in Monterrey, Mexico said Sunday small local drug-trafficking groups appeared to be involved but not major drug cartels.The men were watching a football match on television on Saturday when armed attackers burst into the house, herded women into the bathroom and then opened fire on the men, the attorney general of the state of Nuevo Leon, Bernardo Gonzalez, said.Seven men were killed on the spot and two others died of their wounds afte
  
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• Family: Dispute spurred fatal shooting at car wash; 5 dead

  28-01-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  Five people were found dead early Sunday at a car wash in suburban Pennsylvania and police say they have no motive yet for the shooting, though family members of the victims say a domestic dispute spurred the violence.
  
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• Top GOP lawmakers split on need for legislation protecting Mueller

  28-01-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Amid multiple reports that President Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller last summer, a pair of top Republican lawmakers are split over if there’s a need to pass legislation to protect the special counsel.
  
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• Marco Rubio Fires Chief Of Staff Over Allegations Of 'Improper Conduct'

  28-01-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  has fired his chief of staff over allegations of “improper conduct” with a subordinate, the senator’s office announced Saturday.
  
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• Pelosi's 'make America white again' dig at Trump draws rebuke from fellow Democrat

  28-01-2018 20:06 via yahoo.com
  Nancy Pelosi said the immigration plan holds the Dreamers ‘hostage to a hateful anti-immigrant scheme’.The West Virginia senator Joe Manchin on Sunday criticized House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi for dismissing a new White House immigration plan as a way to “make America white again”.
  
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• Susan Collins Says It Wouldn't Hurt To Pass A Bill To Protect Robert Mueller

  28-01-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she is now open to supporting legislation that would make it harder to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the Department of Justice’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
  
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• Finns set to re-elect Niinisto to ease Russia concerns

  28-01-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  Finland's pragmatic president Sauli Niinisto, whose skills at staving off tensions with the Nordic nation's powerful neighbour Russia have earned him popularity among voters, was poised to win another six-year term following voting Sunday.The 69-year-old, who campaigned as an independent, has skilfully shifted the EU member state closer to NATO without antagonising Russia, with whom the Nordic nation shares the longest border in the bloc.Preliminary results showed Niinisto ahead with more than 6
  
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• The Latest: Incumbent tops Cyprus vote, faces runoff

  28-01-2018 19:42 via yahoo.com
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Latest on the presidential election in Cyprus (all times local):
  
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• Brief leave from Iran jail for Iranian-American over health

  28-01-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian-American dual national held in Tehran was granted a brief leave from prison over health concerns, his Washington-based lawyer said Sunday.
  
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• Trump hits back after Jay-Z calls president 'superbug' in racism debate

  28-01-2018 19:26 via yahoo.com
  Jay-Z, pictured at the Grammys pre-party on Saturday night, said on CNN: ‘You haven’t fixed anything.Donald Trump duly hit back at Jay-Z on Sunday, after the rapper rejected the idea the Trump presidency has been good for African Americans and called the president a “superbug” in a discussion of his reported racist remarks.
  
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• Bomb attacks target police in northern Colombia

  28-01-2018 19:23 via yahoo.com
  A rash of bombings hit police stations in northern Colombia over the weekend, killing seven police and injuring dozens more in what authorities said appeared to be the work of drug gangs.The attacks began early Saturday in the city of Barranquilla, where five police officers were killed and 41 injured by a bomb that exploded at a police station during the morning roll call."We have no doubt that this is in retaliation against so many good blows that the police have landed not only on drug traffi
  
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• French climber saved on Pakistan's 'killer mountain'

  28-01-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  An elite group of climbers saved a French mountaineer in a daring night-time rescue on a Pakistan peak nicknamed "killer mountain", but officials Sunday called off the search for a second missing climber.The team of Polish climbers with support from the Pakistani military launched the attempt Saturday afternoon to rescue stranded French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol, but were unable to reach Polish national Tomek (Tomasz) Mackiewicz on Nanga Parbat."The rescue for Tomasz is unfortunately not possi
  
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• 5 Killed In Shooting Rampage At Pennsylvania Car Wash

  28-01-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  At least five people were killed in an overnight shooting at a car wash in Melcroft, Pennsylvania, officials said.
  
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• 4 Killed In Shooting Rampage At Pennsylvania Car Wash

  28-01-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  At least five people were killed in an overnight shooting at a car wash in Melcroft, Pennsylvania, officials said.
  
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• Trump May Have Wanted Him Gone, But Top Republicans Back Mueller

  28-01-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Several top Republicans in Congress expressed their support on Sunday for special counsel Robert Mueller following reports that President Donald Trump wanted to fire him last year.
  
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• What the hell is the 'super blue blood moon' anyway?

  28-01-2018 18:56 via yahoo.com
  So, by now you've probably heard that a special and rare full moon will rise on Wednesday.  This so-called "super blue blood moon" sounds like a big deal. But when you break it all down, what exactly makes this moon so unusual? The answer lies in its ridiculous name.  SEE ALSO: How to see the very special 'super blue blood moon' rising next week First of all, this full moon is a "supermoon," meaning that it's at its closest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit during full phase. 
  
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• Audio emerges of Netanyahu's wife raging over media story

  28-01-2018 18:52 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A recording of Benjamin Netanyahu's wife raging at an aide surfaced on Sunday creating a new headache for Israel's embattled premier.
  
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• 5 killed in shooting at Pennsylvania car wash

  28-01-2018 18:45 via yahoo.com
  Five people were found dead early Sunday at a car wash in suburban Pennsylvania and police say they have no motive yet for the shooting.
  
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• French climber rescued from Pakistan's 'killer mountain'

  28-01-2018 18:36 via yahoo.com
  An elite group of mountain climbers have rescued a French mountaineer from a Himalayan peak in Pakistan but had to abandon the search for her climbing partner due to fierce weather conditions. The four volunteer rescuers from a separate Polish expedition, with support from the Pakistani military, launched the attempt on Saturday to rescue stranded French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol. But they were unable to reach Polish national Tomek (Tomasz) Mackiewicz on Nanga Parbat, a peak nicknamed the "kil
  
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• Five shot dead, one wounded at western Pennsylvania car wash

  28-01-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  Shots rang out about 2:40 a.m. at Ed's Car Wash in Melcroft, about 53 miles (85 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, police said.Pittsburgh television station WPXI reported the dead as three men and two women, but state police declined to confirm that information."There is no continued threat to the community," a police spokesman said.
  
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• Trump's alleged affair with adult star 'not a workplace issue' – Republican senator

  28-01-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s alleged affair with and payment of hush money to an actor in pornographic films is not “a workplace issue” relevant to his fitness to be president, a moderate Republican senator said on Sunday.Susan Collins of Maine was asked on CNN’s State of the Union about reports that Trump had an affair with Stephanie Clifford, who performs under the name Stormy Daniels, and that Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, allegedly orchestrated the payment of $130,000 to Cli
  
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• Kentucky school shooting: Reporter who rushed to cover deadly attack ‘discovers suspect is her son’

  28-01-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  Mary Garrison Minyard, the editor of the Marshall County Daily Online, dashed to a local high school after hearing reports of shots fired.One of Ms Minyard’s colleagues told the Louisville Courier Journal that she went to comfort the editor and take over the story.Multiple people with knowledge of the incident confirmed the suspect’s identity to the Courier Journal.
  
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• I Just Had The Most Surreal -- And Profound -- Flight Attendant Experience In My Life

  28-01-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  One of my closest friends is fighting a particularly mean and supposedly merciless kind of cancer, and I have begun to make the trek from my home in Brooklyn to her home just outside Boston as often as I can.
  
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• Man Rescues Abandoned Dogs and Makes Them His Travel Buddies on Epic Road Trip

  28-01-2018 18:02 via yahoo.com
  They've traveled more than 35,000 miles together.
  
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• Israel summons Polish envoy over Holocaust bill

  28-01-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  Israel summoned a top Polish diplomat on Sunday to express concerns over legislation Warsaw was advancing regarding the Holocaust and the definition of Nazi death camps.Poland's rightwing-dominated parliament adopted legislation on Friday setting a maximum three-year jail term for anyone who accuses the Polish nation or state of complicity with Nazi crimes, or who refers to Nazi German death camps as being Polish.The charge d'affaires for Poland's embassy in Israel, Piotr Kozlowski, was summoned
  
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• Kabul mourns more than 100 dead after ambulance bomb

  28-01-2018 17:56 via yahoo.com
  Kabul was in despair on Sunday, a day after a Taliban suicide bomber killed more than 100 people and wounded at least 235 in the worst attack in the Afghan capital in months.Scarlett Cvitanovich reports
  
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• Trump's State of the Union will be answered by a cacophony of resistance voices

  28-01-2018 17:43 via yahoo.com
  The official Democratic response to the State of the Union will be by Rep. Joe Kennedy III. But others will join in, live and online, including celebrities and resistance groups.
  
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• Illinois Congressman to Bring DACA Recipient to State of the Union Address

  28-01-2018 17:30 via yahoo.com
  Instead of boycotting President Trump`s first State of the Union address, Democratic Congressman Bill Foster will be bringing a dreamer as his special guest.
  
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• Thai activist flees royal insult charge for posting BBC article

  28-01-2018 17:29 via yahoo.com
  A Thai pro-democracy activist said on Sunday she had fled Thailand after learning she would be prosecuted for defaming the monarchy for sharing on Facebook a 2016 BBC article deemed offensive to Thailand's king.Chanoknan Ruamsap said in a post on her Facebook account on Sunday that she received a summons earlier this month to hear a royal insult charge under Article 112 for posting a profile of the king from the BBC's Thai-language service, which some deemed offensive.Reuters could not immediate
  
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• Lindsey Graham Urges RNC To Consider Returning Funds Steve Wynn Raised

  28-01-2018 17:23 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says the Republican National Committee should donate or return any money raised by Steve Wynn if the sexual misconduct allegations against the billionaire casino mogul “have merit.”
  
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• IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dead at age 91

  28-01-2018 17:10 via yahoo.com
  Ingvar Kamprad, founder of the world's largest furniture retailer, IKEA, died at his home in Smaland, Sweden, on Saturday. He was 91 years old. The company shared news of Kamprad's death on Sunday morning via an online statement, calling him "one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century."The founder of IKEA and one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century, Ingvar Kamprad, has passed away at the age of 91. A post shared byIKEA Today (@ikeatoday) on Jan 28, 2018 at 2:26am PSTSEE
  
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• 2019 Ram Laramie Longhorn Edition belts out country blues

  28-01-2018 17:06 via yahoo.com
  Pickup truck-builder Ram has announced a Laramie Longhorn Edition of its 2019 Ram 1500 pickup that's dripping with western kitsch. The 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn builds on the rest of the Ram 1500 lineup unveiled less than a month ago at the 2018 Detroit auto show. Though it boasts no mechanical changes, the equipment that sets it apart from its 2019 Ram stablemates reads like verses to a country song.MORE: Read our preview of the 2019 Ram 1500 On the outside, Laramie Longhorns feature a two
  
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