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• Workers comb snowy field for clues to Russian plane crash

  12-02-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Wading through knee-deep snow, hundreds of emergency workers searched a vast field near Moscow on Monday for remains of the 71 victims from the crash of a Russian airliner, and aviation experts began deciphering the jet's two flight recorders.
  
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• The Latest: Investigators hike to rugged tour crash site

  12-02-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on a helicopter crash at the west rim of the Grand Canyon (all times local):
  
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• Trump unveils infrastructure plan; uphill battle awaits in Congress

  12-02-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump unveiled a long-awaited infrastructure plan on Monday designed to encourage spending on improvements by states, localities and private investors, but it faces an uphill battle in Congress and he made remarks that called into question how hard he will fight for it.Trump asked Congress, controlled by his fellow Republicans, to authorize $200 billion over 10 years to spur a projected $1.5 trillion in road, bridge and other projects to
  
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• Sale of Harvey Weinstein's company up in air after lawsuit

  12-02-2018 23:12 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A proposed deal to sell Harvey Weinstein's movie studio would have rewarded an executive accused of covering up for the Hollywood mogul while skimping on compensation for dozens of women who have accused him of sexual misconduct, New York's attorney general said on Monday.
  
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• Milwaukee prosecutors charge jail staff in inmate's death

  12-02-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Three Milwaukee County jail staffers are facing criminal charges for their role in the dehydration death of a mentally ill inmate who spent a week without water, prosecutors said Monday.
  
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• Trump says 'OK with me' if plan to rebuild roads founders

  12-02-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sent Congress a sweeping plan Monday to rebuild the nation's depleted roads and bridges — then immediately raised doubts about how committed he was to delivering on that campaign promise.
  
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• U.S. woman found with eye worm previously known only in cattle

  12-02-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - An Oregon woman has become the first person worldwide known to have had an eye infestation by a tiny worm species previously seen only in cattle that is spread by flies that feed on eyeball lubrication, U.S. government researchers said on Monday.This species of Thelazia worm was previously seen in cattle throughout the northern United States and southern Canada, the researchers reported in a study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hyg
  
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• Grand Canyon crash that killed 3 took place on tribal land

  12-02-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A helicopter crash that killed three Britons and left four others critically injured happened on tribal land in northwestern Arizona where air tours are not as highly regulated as those inside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park.
  
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• Length Doesn’t Matter

  12-02-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  The United States and Europe need to get serious about limiting Iran’s missiles of all ranges — and the Missile Technology Control Regime should guide them.
  
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• Ex-All Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza arrested on drug charges

  12-02-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking drugs after packages containing a white powder believed to be cocaine were found at a home he rented in Southern California, officials said Monday.
  
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• Mirai Nagasu Inspired By Michelle Kwan, Also A Child Of Asian Restaurant Family

  12-02-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  With the landing of a historic triple axel at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Mirai Nagasu instantly became a role model to many younger American skaters.
  
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• 5 Cable-Cutting Problems You Probably Didn't Think About

  12-02-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  As alternatives to live television ― such as Sling TV, YouTube TV and Hulu Live ― improve and other streaming services ― like Netflix and Amazon Prime ― add better original programming, it’s become increasingly tempting to cut the cord.
  
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• Jeff Sessions accused of fueling racism after speech mentioning 'Anglo-American heritage' of US policing

  12-02-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions veered from his prepared remarks to hail the “Anglo-American heritage” of law enforcement.“Since our founding, the independently elected sheriff has been the people's protector, who keeps law enforcement close to and accountable to people through the elected process,” Mr Sessions told a National Sheriffs Association meeting, adding “the office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement”.The in
  
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• Raleigh man landed helicopter at SAS to impress woman, Feds say

  12-02-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  Federal authorities said a Raleigh man charged with impersonating an Army officer and landing a helicopter at SAS in Cary, did it to impress a woman.
  
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• Server Fired After Complaining About Getting Stiffed on Tip by Church Group

  12-02-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Tamlynn Yoder, 25, said she prepared 75 orders for a church group that called Outback Steakhouse in Palm Beach Gardens for a massive takeout meal.
  
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• Trump Budget Eliminates DOJ 'Peacemaker' Office Founded By Civil Rights Act

  12-02-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration has proposed the elimination of a historic Justice Department office known as the federal government’s “peacemakers.”
  
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• Sea level rise is accelerating: study

  12-02-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 26 inches (66 centimeters) by century's end, in line with United Nations estimates and enough to cause significant problems for coastal cities, a study said Monday.The past annual rate of sea level rise -- about three millimeters (0.1 inches) per year -- may more than triple to 10 millimeters per year by 2100, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer-reviewed US journal.The findings are "roughly in agreem
  
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• Obama unveils official portraits, jokes about wife's 'hotness'

  12-02-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Former U.S. President Barack Obama joked about his ears and gray hair and praised his wife Michelle Obama's "hotness" at the unveiling of the couple's official portraits at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Monday.The Obamas selected artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald for the paintings, which take their place in the National Portrait Gallery's collection of presidential portraits.Wiley and Sherald were the first black artists ever commissioned to paint a president or first lady f
  
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• Everything You Need To Know About Michelle Obama's Portrait Dress

  12-02-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  If you saw artist Amy Sherald’s portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama and thought, “Tell me all the things about that gown,” then you’re in luck.
  
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• McConnell fulfills promise, Senate opens immigration debate

  12-02-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Can an open-ended debate on immigration reform produce a bipartisan bill in the Senate? Democratic commentator Monique Pressley and syndicated radio host Kevin McCullough join the debate.
  
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• Watch Elon Musk's Live Reaction to Falcon Heavy's Launch

  12-02-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  One for the record books.
  
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• Netanyahu says discussed annexing settlements with US; White House denies

  12-02-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he has discussed legislation with the United States that would annex settlements in the occupied West Bank, but the White House denied it in a rare show of disunity.Netanyahu later issued a clarification somewhat backing away from the deeply controversial statement.Annexing settlements would severely damage remaining prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and draw international outrage, but Netanyahu has been u
  
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• Top U.S. diplomat urges action on harassment as issue roils White House

  12-02-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday urged department employees to intervene if they witness sexual harassment, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump expressed sympathy for those accused of harassment and not given due process.You must step in and intervene," Tillerson added, speaking in Cairo to about 150 U.S. embassy staff outside the ambassador's residence.Tillerson's comments came amid a chorus of sexual misconduct accusations against powerful men in media, business and polit
  
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• Antidote to financial infidelity is honesty

  12-02-2018 21:28
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - If you think infidelity only occurs between the sheets, think again.
  
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• US immigration authorities to deport Arizona father whose five-year-old son has cancer

  12-02-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  An undocumented father from Mexico who has a five-year-old son with cancer and a pregnant wife is due to be deported.Jesus Berrones, who lives in Arizona with his wife and five children, was denied an extension to stay in America by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday and is scheduled to be deported on Monday.The 30-year-old took refuge at the Shadow Rock United Church - a sanctuary church that provides a safe place for undocumented migrants - in Phoenix on Friday.
  
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• Trump's Budget Would Partly Replace Food Stamp Benefits With Canned Goods

  12-02-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Facing a trillion-dollar deficit because of his just-passed tax cuts, President Donald Trump has an idea for how to get some of that money back: making poor people eat beans and rice.
  
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• President Trump's Budget Cuts Amtrak Funding in Half Despite a String of Deadly Crashes

  12-02-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  There have been three fatal crashes since December
  
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• Mother of 2 Dies of the Flu After Skipping Meds That Were Too Expensive

  12-02-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Heather Holland was sick for about one week before she was rushed to the hospital with the flu, pneumonia and sepsis, according to relatives.
  
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• Tearful mother testifies about 8-year-old's abduction

  12-02-2018 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Struggling through tears, the mother of an 8-year-old who was abducted from a Florida Walmart and later raped and killed said the man accused of the crime had convinced her he was a good Samaritan who was trying to help her family out.
  
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• Suspected poacher mauled to death by pack of lions in South Africa

  12-02-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Authorities in Limpopo, which is the northernmost province of South Africa, discovered the unidentified man's remains alongside a rifle and ammunition at a private nature park outside of the famous Kruger National Park.Police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe told AFP that he believes the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by the pack of lions.
  
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• How to Avoid a Dangerous Flu Complication

  12-02-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  More than one out of every 10 deaths in the U.S. during the third week of 2018 was from influenza or pneumonia, according to data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
  
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• Trump White House Failing to Secure Proper Security Clearances

  12-02-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  Chris Lu, who ran the 2008 Obama presidential transition, talks with Rachel Maddow about how a normal presidential transition handles necessary security clearances ahead of taking office.
  
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• Trump proposes ending federal funding for PBS and National Public Radio

  12-02-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has again proposed eliminating federal funding for news outlets like National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS).A newly unveiled budget proposal would stem the flow of public dollars to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which oversees an array of journalism and public affairs programming, slashing its allocation from $495m (£358) to $15m (£11m).“CPB grants represent a small share of the total funding for the Public Broadcast
  
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• Donald Trump's budget proposal includes major cuts to environmental programmes

  12-02-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump’s budget includes the elimination or steep cuts to several environmental programmes.This is despite a deal made in Congress last week which added hundreds of billions of dollars in new, general funding to the federal budget.Congress must still approve it but the President’s proposed budget reflects many of the priorities outlined in the first proposal submitted last April, called the “skinny budget,” which focused heavily on military spending.
  
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• Twitter Bans GOP Candidate For Racist Meghan Markle Tweet

  12-02-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Twitter has permanently banned the account of a GOP congressional candidate after he posted a racist picture targeting soon-to-be royal bride Meghan Markle.
  
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• Woman calls Uber driver who accused her of attacking him 'the devil'

  12-02-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  The woman accused of assaulting an Uber driver appeared in court. Just prior to going before the judge, she lashed out at her accuser.
  
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• Ford expands 'Do Not Drive' warning to 33,000 more pickup trucks

  12-02-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  Ford Motor Co on Monday warned an additional 33,000 owners of older pickup trucks in North America to stop driving themuntil potentially defective Takata Corp air bag inflators can be repaired.In January, Ford told 2,900 owners of model year 2006 Ford Ranger trucks to stop driving immediately after a second death was linked to inflators built on the same day.The expanded warning was prompted by additional testing, Ford, the second largest U.S. automaker, said in a statement, and now covers a bro
  
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• 28 Tweets That Create A Hilariously Honest Portrait Of Married Life

  12-02-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Love can also be a huge pain in the butt ― just ask anyone who’s been married longer than six minutes and they’ll tell you so.
  
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• Conservative critics pounce on President Trump's budget plan

  12-02-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  With a projected deficit of $984 billion, critics of the White House budget proposal ask if the Republican Party has abandoned small government; reaction and analysis from Ryan Streeter, director of domestic policy studies for American Enterprise Institute.
  
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• Israel Strikes Syria After Iranian Aerial Intrusion

  12-02-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  An Iranian drone flying into Israeli airspace Saturday triggered a mushrooming crisis involving retaliatory strikes and counterstrikes in Syria.After its provocative violation of Israeli airspace, the drone was destroyed by an Israeli helicopter, and Israel responded with airstrikes on an Iranian command-and-control trailer from which the drone was launched from a base in Syria.An Israeli F-16 fighter involved in that operation was shot down by Syrian missiles and crashed inside Israel, injuring
  
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• What’s the Time Difference Between South Korea and the U.S.? Here's What to Know as You Watch the Olympics

  12-02-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  From every time zone in the U.S.
  
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• Putin meets Palestinian leader, conveys greetings from Trump

  12-02-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Monday passed greetings from U.S. President Donald Trump to the visiting Palestinian leader, who responded that he doesn't want to cooperate with Washington following its decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
  
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• Do You Like Paying Tolls? You're Gonna Love Trump's Infrastructure Plan

  12-02-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― If you like paying tolls, you’re going to love Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan.
  
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• West Virginia policeman fired after refusing to shoot suspect settles suit

  12-02-2018 19:46 via yahoo.com
  Stephen Mader arrived at the home in Weirton on May 6, 2016, to find Ronald Williams distraught and wanting to commit "suicide by cop," according to his lawsuit.Williams pleaded with Mader to shoot him.Mader said Williams did not appear to be a threat and he tried to calm him.
  
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• Trump budget cuts domestic programs, favors military and wall

  12-02-2018 19:42 via yahoo.com
  By Ginger Gibson and James OliphantWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump proposed a budget on Monday that calls for cuts in domestic programs and seeks a sharp increase in military spending and funding for a wall on the Mexican border.Presidential budgets are rarely enacted by the U.S. Congress, which controls federal purse strings, but they allow the White House to lay out its priorities for the year.In a bid to show conservatives that the administration is embracing some fiscal discipl
  
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• US Congress takes up fate of 1.8 million young immigrants

  12-02-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  The citizenship hopes of 1.8 million immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children hung in the balance Monday as Congress launched debate on the hot-button issue, with President Donald Trump eager to "make a deal" on new legislation.In offering a path to citizenship for the so-called Dreamers, Trump has exceeded the demands of opposition Democrats -- but only in exchange for tough cutbacks on overall immigration and funding for a massive wall on the Mexican border.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr.'s Wife Vanessa Hospitalized After Opening Letter With White Powder Inside

  12-02-2018 19:39 via yahoo.com
  Vanessa Trump married the president's eldest child in 2005.
  
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• General Electric Company (GE) Stock Is Falling Again

  12-02-2018 19:37 via yahoo.com
  Shares of beleaguered General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) dipped by nearly 1 percent on Monday following a downgrade from J.P. Morgan, reversing a gain in early morning trading.
  
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• Portraits of President Obama and Former First Lady Are Lauded and Ridiculed on the Internet

  12-02-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  As the former president and his wife Michelle unveiled the paintings, social media became a collection of art critiques.
  
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• Twenty years after kidnapping newborn, Florida woman pleads guilty

  12-02-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  The woman, Gloria Williams, was arrested in January 2017 after Kamiyah Mobley, then 18, was located in Walterboro, South Carolina.Mobley was found, apparently unharmed according to police, after more than 2,500 tips on the case to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.Williams, now 52, had raised Mobley as her own child, changing her name to Alexis Manigo, a name the teen has continued to use.
  
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