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• Report: Schools ran Parkland suspect's education properly

  03-08-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Broward County schools officials in general properly handled the special-needs education of troubled Parkland shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, according to an independent report released late Friday on the orders of a judge.
  
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• It's '100 Percent' On Trump Administration To Locate Separated Parents, Judge Says

  03-08-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  A federal judge said Friday that the responsibility was "100 percent" on the
  
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• SEC drops investigation into Exxon climate change response

  03-08-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The government has dropped a two-year investigation into how Exxon Mobil Corp. factors climate-change regulations into its calculations of the value of its assets, the company said Friday.
  
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• Photos of the week: 7/27 - 8/3

  03-08-2018 23:20 via yahoo.com
  Paul Manafort became the first person to face trial in the Russia probe this
  
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• Air Force fails to acknowledge mysterious meteor that crashed to Earth near US military base

  03-08-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  The US Air Force failed to report a major meteor explosion near a military base in Greenland earlier this summer, leading to concern and confusion.The explosion contained 2.1 kilotons of force and occurred just above an early-warning radar at the Thule Air Force base in June, according to Hans Kristensen, the director of the Nuclear Information Project for the Federation of American Scientists.Mr Kristensen confirmed the explosion in a tweet on Wednesday, suggesting the meteor could have been mi
  
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• Missing Chinese girl found safe in NYC: police

  03-08-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  A 12-year-old Chinese girl who went missing from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has been found with her parents in the New York borough of Queens, authorities said on Friday. Linda So reports.
  
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• Dad Refused to Call 911 as Son Died After Mistaking Meth for Cereal, Court Docs Say

  03-08-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  An Indiana man refused to call 911 as his 8-year-old son suffered for hours and finally died after mistaking meth for breakfast cereal, according to court documents.
  
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• Buick Asks to HaveIts Envision Exemptedfrom Trump’s Chinese-Car Tariffs

  03-08-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  General Motors has petitioned the U.S. Trade Representative.
  
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• No, A Huge Meteor Did Not Threaten A U.S. Base With Total Destruction

  03-08-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  Digging into the meteor incident demonstrates that it really isn’t that big of a deal. Here’s why.
  
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• GM Seeks Tariff Exemption For Chinese-Made Buick Envision

  03-08-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  Buick sold about 200,000 Envisions in China last year compared to 41,000 in the U.S.
  
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• Race is on for second place after Apple's $1 trillion valuation

  03-08-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  Amazon , Microsoftand Alphabetare locked in a tight race to become the second publicly-listed U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion stock market value after Applebecame the first to touch the 13-digit milestone.Wall Street's optimism about last year's 10th anniversary iPhone, coupled with record share buybacks, have propelled Apple's stock 34 percent higher over the past 12 months, pushing the company's stock market value above $1 trillion on Thursday.The Cupertino, California company's shares add
  
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• Man chased by bison in Yellowstone Park after getting out of car to taunt it

  03-08-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  A man was caught on video being chased by a bison after getting out of his car and taunting the animal at Yellowstone National Park.“The individual’s behaviour in this video is reckless, dangerous, and illegal,” said the statement posted on Facebook.
  
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• The Latest: Tax preparer testifies in Manafort trial

  03-08-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (all times local):
  
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• Accountant testifies about problems with Trump ex-aide Manafort's taxes

  03-08-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  By Sarah N. Lynch and Nathan LayneALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - An accountant for U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified on Friday that she prepared his tax returns despite her concerns about the propriety of classifying money he transferred from overseas as loans.U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis asked the accountant, Cynthia Laporta, whether she was testifying under an immunity agreement with the government because she was concerned that she could be prosecut
  
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• Zimbabwean president talks unity; challenger alleges fraud

  03-08-2018 22:28 via yahoo.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The two news conferences embodied Zimbabwe's bitter political divisions: Riot police unsuccessfully tried to scuttle an appearance in a hotel garden by the opposition leader who said the country's election was a fraud, while the president spoke about a "flowering" of freedom and bipartisan unity from a red carpet in an elegant State House building.
  
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• Manafort trial – live updates: Cindy Laporta testifies it was 'wrong' to agree to loan increase on former Trump aide's tax returns

  03-08-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  The fourth day of Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's trial could prove to be explosive, with the prosecution's star witness rumoured to be taking the stand.Rick Gates, who has accepted a plea deal after being indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, could now testify against his ex-business partner Mr Manafort on Friday.Prosecutors now expect Gates to be called on either Friday or Monday to testify against Mr
  
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• Motive unknown for Las Vegas concert shooting as police probe ends

  03-08-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Stephen Paddock, 64, acted alone and there was no evidence he had been "radicalized" or was part of any wider conspiracy."What we have been able to answer are the questions of who, what, when, where and how," Lombardo said as he released the 187-page police report into the October 1, 2017 shooting."What we have not been able to definitively answer is the why Stephen Paddock committed this act," the sheriff said.
  
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• Tips Flooding in for Mollie Tibbetts Case After Reward Raised to $172,000, Police Say

  03-08-2018 22:15 via yahoo.com
  "The days seem like weeks," Mollie's father said
  
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• Girl who went missing from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport found safe

  03-08-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  The missing 12-year-old who was the subject of an Amber Alert after being seen walking away with a woman at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has been found safe in Queens.
  
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• 12-year-old girl who went missing from DC airport found safe in Queens, NY

  03-08-2018 22:08 via yahoo.com
  An AMBER Alert was issued for a 12-year-old girl who went missing from Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., Thursday morning.
  
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• NASA Announces New Crew For The Return Of Space Flights From American Soil

  03-08-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  America, meet your new astronauts.
  
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• 'Gilligan's Island Crew': 7 puppies rescued from uninhabited Canadian island

  03-08-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  A boater in Canada took action after he happened upon a heartbreaking sight: seven puppies stranded on an uninhabited island in the middle of a lake.
  
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• NRA has major financial issues - but could it really collapse?

  03-08-2018 21:57 via yahoo.com
  The National Rifle Association (NRA) may be the most powerful gun lobbying group in the world.Each year, the organisation blocks significant gun control research and legislation in Congress, while influencing local and national elections through funding, media and outreach to its self-reported five millions members.This week, however, the NRA became the focus of a national news story — not for falling prey to an alleged Russian spy, or failing to respond after a deadly mass shooting, two i
  
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• Newseum Is Selling 'Fake News' T-Shirts, And Journalists Aren't Happy About It

  03-08-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  UPDATE: Aug. 4 ― Following an outcry, the Newseum has pulled the "You are very
  
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• Wall Street eyes more gains from Apple, its $1 trillion stock

  03-08-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  After becoming the first $1 trillion publicly-listed U.S. company on Thursday, Apple last traded up 0.1 pct at $207.57 after falling as low as $205.48 and as high as $208.74, as it oscillated around the $207.0425 price that marked the record market cap.Daniel Morgan, portfolio manager at Synovus Trust in Atlanta, said Apple's lukewarm Friday was a temporary pause for the stock rather than a sign it could lose ground."It's like the horse that crosses the finish line and says I'm totally wiped out
  
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• California Looks To Reshape Its Wildfire Strategy As State Burns

  03-08-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  As more than a dozen blazes rage across California this week, a state senator
  
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• Girl who went missing at Reagan Airport found

  03-08-2018 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Police say it appears JingJing Ma left without any force.
  
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• The Latest: JFK's rocking chair sells for $50K at auction

  03-08-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on an auction of iconic memorabilia associated with the late President John F. Kennedy (all times local):
  
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• Chinese tourist, 12, found safe after airport disappearance

  03-08-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A 12-year-old Chinese tourist has been found safe in New York a day after her tour group reported her missing from a Washington-area airport.
  
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• China plans tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods in latest trade salvo

  03-08-2018 21:34 via finance.yahoo.com
  BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China proposed retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods ranging from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to some aircraft on Friday, as a senior Chinese diplomat cast doubt on prospects of talks with Washington to solve their bitter trade conflict.The Trump administration tightened pressure for trade concessions from Beijing this week by proposing a higher 25 percent tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.China vowed to retaliate while also urging Was
  
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• Trump rallies his base — and his base rallies for him

  03-08-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  In yet another turbulent week for the White House, the president twice took comfort in his safest of safe spaces: the Trump rally.
  
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• Girl who went missing from DC airport found in Queens, NY

  03-08-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  An AMBER Alert was issued for a young Chinese girl who went missing from Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia Thursday morning.
  
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• Mixed success for candidates favoring Trump in Tennessee

  03-08-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Basking in the afterglow of an emphatic Republican primary victory in her Senate bid, U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn proclaimed it a win for the agenda of President Donald Trump, a statement from Tennessee voters that they want to give him their full support.
  
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• Blend of novices, veterans to fly on first private US spaceships

  03-08-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  NASA on Friday named the first nine astronauts who will fly to space on Boeing and SpaceX vehicles in 2019 -- a mix of novices and veterans who are tasked with restoring America's ability to send humans into orbit.For the past seven years, NASA astronauts have hitched rides to the orbiting outpost on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft -- at a cost of some $80 million a seat."This is a big deal for our country and we want America to know that we are back, that we are flying American astronauts on American
  
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• Bush doctor's killer commits suicide: US police

  03-08-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  A Texas manhunt for a retired cop who killed the former doctor of ex-president George H.W. Bush in broad daylight ended on Friday with the suicide of the suspect.Heart surgeon Mark Hausknecht was murdered in a brazen shooting two weeks ago, in what police believe was the result of a more than 20-year grudge held by Joseph James Pappas.The 65-year-old cardiologist at Houston's Methodist Hospital treated former president Bush in 2000.
  
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• 2019 Toyota Auris Touring Sports Wagon Spied Hot-Weather Testing

  03-08-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  It’s another wagon American can't have.
  
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• Chinese girl taken from Virginia airport found in Queens, NY

  03-08-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  An AMBER Alert has been issued for a young Chinese girl who went missing from Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia Thursday morning.
  
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• Democrats Might Just Flip This GOP-Held House Seat In Ohio

  03-08-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  DELAWARE, Ohio ― Gene Jackson was standing in his driveway clearing brush off
  
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• No clear motive found for 2017 Las Vegas massacre: sheriff

  03-08-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Police have uncovered no clear motive for the gunman who killed 58 people at outdoor concert in Las Vegas last year, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a sheriff said on Friday.Stephen Paddock, 64, a retired real estate investor, poured gunfire from a sniper's nest in his 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay hotel suite into a crowd of more than 20,000 people attending a music festival in October 2017, then killed himself before police stormed his room.Las Vegas Metropolitan P
  
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• Britain's Labour leader sees 'real problem' of anti-Semitism in party

  03-08-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said on Friday there was a "real problem" of anti-Semitism in his party which he would root out, but he also hit back at strong criticism of Labour from Jewish newspapers.In an article written for The Guardian newspaper, Corbyn stopped short of agreeing to adopt in full an internationally accepted definition of anti-Semitism, along with a series of examples, as sought by Jewish groups.
  
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• Boeing's New F-15X: A Strike Eagle on Steroids? Here Is What We Know.

  03-08-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  A legendary fighter jet gets even better?
  
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• Astronauts picked for SpaceX, Boeing capsule test flights

  03-08-2018 20:55 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA on Friday assigned the astronauts who will ride the first commercial capsules into orbit next year and bring crew launches back to the U.S.
  
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• U.S. regulator ends Exxon probe of climate, reserves disclosures

  03-08-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recommended no action against Exxon Mobil Corp over its investor disclosures, ending a two-year probe with a victory for the company.The SEC in 2016 launched its review of Exxon's reserves and climate-change disclosures to investors in the wake of low oil prices and concerns over potential curbs on carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels.Exxon released a copy of the SEC's letter disclosing an end to its investigation, and said in a statement tha
  
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• 1 killed, 90 wounded by Israel in Hamas-led Gaza protests

  03-08-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's Hamas rulers led several thousand Palestinians in a protest along the frontier with Israel on Friday — a show of presence by Hamas as Egyptian efforts intensify to broker a broad truce between the Islamic militant group and Israel.
  
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• Police Release 911 Call from Mother of Toddler Found Dead Under Couch

  03-08-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  More than a year after a child was found dead under a couch inside her Illinois home, police released the 911 call her mother made when she realized the girl was moving.
  
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• Yellowstone Tourist Caught on Video Making the Ill-Advised Decision to Taunt Bison

  03-08-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  The incident occurred at Yellowstone National Park.
  
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• Still a way to go on N. Korea: Pompeo

  03-08-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo admitted Friday there was still "a ways to go" on North Korea as Washington seeks to push Pyongyang to move faster along the path towards denuclearisation.At his landmark summit with President Donald Trump in June, the North's leader Kim Jong Un signed up to a vague commitment to "denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula" -- a far cry from long-standing US demands for complete, verifiable and irreversible disarmament.
  
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• Former Marine's Wife Deported To Mexico

  03-08-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  A family is being split up in Florida, where the wife of a former Marine who served in Iraq, is being deported to Mexico after exhausting all her appeals. (Aug. 3)
  
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• Portland's Patriot Prayer Rally Could Be Most Violent Since Charlottesville, Activists Say

  03-08-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Armed, proto-fascist gangs are set to rally in Portland, Oregon, this weekend,
  
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