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• Mueller preparing endgame for Russia investigation 

  03-12-2018 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The office of the special counsel investigating ties between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election says it is "tying up loose ends."
  
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• The Flats Meghan Markle Made Famous Are Now At Nordstrom

  03-12-2018 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  When Meghan Markle wears something, it's safe to say the internet goes on a
  
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• World stock markets soar on China-US trade war truce

  03-12-2018 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Global equity markets soared, then settled for cruising altitude on Monday after China and the United States clinched a trade war truce, while oil prices surged on production cut expectations.
  
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• Florida Woman Sent Ominous Message Before Disappearing In Costa Rica

  03-12-2018 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A Florida woman who vanished while celebrating her 36th birthday in Central
  
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• George HW Bush funeral: President makes final journey to Washington DC as his body arrives at Capitol Hill

  03-12-2018 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  George HW Bush’s body has made its final journey to Washington DC, where the former president lies in state at the US Capitol ahead of funeral services later this week.Bush’s loved ones — including former President George W Bush, the late president's Secret Service detail, and a service dog named Sully — boarded a plane normally reserved for transporting sitting American presidents to accompany the body on its flight from Texas to Maryland, where the plane arrived at Join
  
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• Amazon briefly edges out Apple for most valuable company

  03-12-2018 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Amazon.combriefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street in intraday trade on Monday, days after Microsoft Corpdethroned long-time leader Apple Inc .Amazon rose by 4.7 percent at one point, putting its market capitalisation at $865.0 billion.At the same time, Apple traded up 2.1 percent, giving it a market capitalisation of $864.8 billion.
  
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• Lori Weitzner Debuts Jewelry and Accessories Line

  03-12-2018 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The designer brings her famous sense of color and attention to detail to a new medium
  
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• Trump's praise for Roger Stone could amount to witness tampering – experts

  03-12-2018 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The flow of information between the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks has emerged as a focal point for special counsel Robert Mueller.Donald Trump heaped public praise on a potential witness in the Russia investigation on Monday in a manner that legal experts said could amount to criminal witness tampering.Trump tweeted in praise of Roger Stone, his longtime political adviser, who allegedly made contacts with the WikiLeaks organization through an intermediary in an effort to help the 2016 Trump campa
  
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• Elijah Cummings Wants Brian Kemp To Testify In Washington About Voter Suppression

  03-12-2018 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the incoming chairman of the House Committee on
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo meet to talk Iran

  03-12-2018 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brussels on Monday to discuss Iran and other regional issues.Pompeo, like Netanyahu, is an outspoken critic of Iran's nuclear program and he condemned on Saturday the latest missile test by the Islamic republic.
  
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• Congress Will Push the Shutdown Deadline. It's Still Not Clear How It Will End

  03-12-2018 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers are debating just how far to kick the can down the road
  
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• See Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' Amazing Pre-Wedding Sangeet

  03-12-2018 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have officially tied the knot, and it looks
  
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• New president AMLO sets out Mexico's 'transformation'

  03-12-2018 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Newly installed President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador launched his "transformation" of Mexico Monday with a return to presidential press conferences and a new commission to investigate the internationally condemned disappearance of 43 students in 2014.The anti-establishment leftist known as AMLO, who assumed the presidency Saturday, got down to business with a 6:00 am meeting with his public-security team, followed by a 7:00 am press conference -- something his predecessor, Enrique Pena Nieto, h
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez launches double attack on Mike Huckabee and 'lying' daughter Sarah Huckabee

  03-12-2018 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is meeting criticism of her policies head-on, and has hit back at former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee for taking shots at her and her election.Ms Ocasio-Cortez responded after Mr Huckabee — the father of White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders — called her election “looney” and mocked her suggestion that her surprise victory was comparable to the moon landing.
  
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• Qualcomm says has moved on from NXP despite China comment

  03-12-2018 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Qualcomm, the world's biggest smartphone-chip maker, walked away from its agreement to buy NXP in July, after failing to secure Chinese regulatory approval.Qualcomm, headquartered in San Diego, California, and NXP, based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, needed China’s blessing for their deal because of their presence in that country.After high-stakes talks on Saturday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Argentina, the White House said in a statement that C
  
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• Trump urges 'full sentence' for his ex-lawyer Cohen in Russia probe

  03-12-2018 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Cohen, who is cooperating with a federal probe into whether Trump's campaign worked with Russia to sway the election, is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 12 after pleading guilty to tax evasion, making false statements to a bank, campaign finance violations, and lying to Congress.In a court filing last week, Cohen said he had pursued a proposed Trump Organization real estate project in Moscow with Russian government officials well into the presidential campaign, with Trump's knowledge.Cohen, on
  
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• Massive earthquake rocks Alaska

  03-12-2018 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Recovery underway after 7.0 quake causes major damage.
  
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• Comey Scheduled to Testify to Congress on Friday

  03-12-2018 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Former FBI director James Comey will reportedly testify to Congress in a closed-door hearing on Friday.The news comes after months of back-and-forth between Comey and the House Judiciary Committee, which had issued a subpoena requesting that Comey testify in a private hearing. The former FBI director expressed a wish to testify publicly and initiated a brief legal battle over the subpoena, accusing Committee Republicans of intending “to mislead the public and to undermine pu
  
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• Evil Genius Turns Giuliani's Typo-Ridden Tweet Into Hilarious Anti-Trump Message

  03-12-2018 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  An angry tweet that Rudolph Giuliani intended to criticize Robert Mueller
  
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• SpaceX launches biggest U.S. 'rideshare' mission with 64 satellites

  03-12-2018 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The mission, dubbed SSO-A, also marked the third voyage to space for the same Falcon 9 rocket - another milestone for SpaceX's cost-cutting reusable rocket technology.The Falcon 9 blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 10:34 a.m. local time (18:34 GMT) carrying satellites from 34 different companies, government agencies, and universities, including the University of Illinois.SpaceX said the mission was "one of the most complex and intricate endeavors" for Seattle-based start
  
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• Jerome Corsi Ethics Complaint Accuses Mueller of Coercing ‘False Testimony’

  03-12-2018 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorneys representing Jerome Corsi filed an ethics complaint Monday accusing prosecutors in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office of pressuring their client to provide “false testimony” against Republican operative Roger Stone and President Trump.“Dr. Corsi has been threatened with immediate indictment by Mueller’s prosecutorial staff unless he testifies falsely against Roger Stone and/or President Donald Trump and his presidential campaign, among other false tes
  
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• Did Trump cross a line with his tweet about Roger Stone?

  03-12-2018 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The president praised a longtime associate for refusing to testify against him in the special counsel's Russia probe. The tweet has raised the eyebrows of some legal experts.
  
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• George H.W. Bush's body arrives at Joint Base Andrews

  03-12-2018 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The nation celebrates the former president's legacy.
  
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• SpaceX launches 64 satellites at once

  03-12-2018 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, sending an unusual payload into space -- 64 satellites at the same time, a US record.California-based SpaceX has landed more than 30 of these boosters back on Earth, and has begun re-using them on subsequent missions.The booster then fired its engines and made a controlled, upright landing on a platform in the Pacific Ocean, video from SpaceX's live webcast showed.
  
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• Stephen King Draws Startling Comparison Between Trump And George H.W. Bush

  03-12-2018 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  This weekend marked the passing of former President George H.W. Bush, who died
  
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• The 8 Home Decor Sales We’re Excited About This Week

  03-12-2018 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Consider us your personal shoppers
  
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• U.S. top court signals it will buttress anti-fraud securities laws

  03-12-2018 21:07
  U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared reluctant to further limit the scope of who can be held liable for violating laws that protect investors from securities fraud as they weighed an appeal...
  
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• The Latest: 3 astronauts enter International Space Station

  03-12-2018 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — The Latest on the launch of crews to the International Space Station (all times local):
  
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• Michelle Obama's Sweet Advice For Meghan Markle Is Simple And Perfect

  03-12-2018 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Michelle Obama has faced her fair share of criticism and praise after many,
  
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• Mexico's new president forms truth commission for missing students

  03-12-2018 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  "This is a matter of state," Lopez Obrador said at an event with parents of the missing on his first weekday in office, following his inauguration on Saturday.Lopez Obrador said even the army could be investigated by the commission, which has been a key demand of family members and experts who believe that members of the military have information about the case that has yet to see the light of day."The investigation has to include all of the government, anyone involved," said Lopez Obrador, incl
  
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• Ikea to open its first store in Manhattan next year

  03-12-2018 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Ikea is coming to Manhattan in spring 2019.
  
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• Boeing KC-46 tankers complete phase two receiver certification testing

  03-12-2018 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The phase two certification sets the stage for initial operational test and evaluation next year of KC-46, which has troubled Boeing for years as it struggled to get airworthiness certifications and complete flight tests."We are seeing great progress in both test and production and expect the positive momentum to continue as we begin delivering aircraft," said Mike Gibbons, Boeing KC-46 tanker vice president and program manager.Phase three certification testing will be conducted by the U.S. Air
  
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• Here's How Amazon Prime Members Spent Their Time And Money In 2018

  03-12-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  You want it when you want it. That's according to just-released data from
  
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• 21-year-old shoplifting suspect fatally shot by security guard at Hollywood Walgreens

  03-12-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Police are investigating a fatal shooting after a security guard shot a shoplifting suspect at a Walgreens store in Hollywood.
  
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• Soyuz arrives at ISS on first manned mission since October failure

  03-12-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  A Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian, American and Canadian astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, following the first manned launch since a failed launch in October.Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome earlier in the day.
  
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• George Conway Suggests New Donald Trump Tweet May Break The Law

  03-12-2018 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump tweeted praise of his longtime adviser Roger Stone on
  
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• Melanie Griffith Says Alec Baldwin Rejected Her Come-On During 'Working Girl'

  03-12-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Melanie Griffith was trying to work on a romance with Alec Baldwin when they
  
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• Service dog accompanies late president Bush on final farewell

  03-12-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  A US president is believed to have said the easiest way to find a friend in Washington was to get a dog.On Monday, George H.W. Bush's faithful service dog Sully made a final journey back to the US capital with the late president.Two days after Bush's death at age 94, family spokesman Jim McGrath posted a touching photograph of the yellow Labrador retriever lying down in front of Bush's casket, with the accompanying phrase "Mission Complete" and the hashtag #Remembering41.
  
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• Iran missile tests may breach UN resolution, France and UK warn

  03-12-2018 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  France and the UK have echoed warnings by Donald Trump’s administration that Iran may be in breach of United Nations obligations by testing medium-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying multiple warheads.The remarks from Paris and London will be seen by the US government as the first sign that its key European partners may yet be persuaded to view Iran’s broader behaviour as so dangerous that their support for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal can no longer be justified.The US secreta
  
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• US calls for EU sanctions on Iranian ballistic program

  03-12-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Over the weekend, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo charged that Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of carrying multiple warheads and striking parts of Europe and the entire Middle East.In Paris, the French foreign ministry also condemned the Iranian missile test as "provocative and destabilizing," and noted that it was not in compliance with the UN resolution.France "calls on Iran to immediately cease all activity linked to ballistic missiles conceived to carry nuclear weapons, includin
  
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• Saudi crown prince visits Algiers without meeting president

  03-12-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika called off a meeting with visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday because of ill health, the national news agency APS reported.Bouteflika postponed a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in February 2017 and was last seen on Algerian television on November 1 laying a wreath at the country's independence war memorial.Prince Mohammed, on his first foreign tour since the October 2 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, held tal
  
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• The One Where Netflix Convinced People ‘Friends’ Was Leaving The Service (UPDATE)

  03-12-2018 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Rumors ran rampant on Monday that NBC mega-hit "Friends" was slated to leave
  
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• The One Where Netflix Confirms ‘Friends’ Is Not Leaving The Service (UPDATE)

  03-12-2018 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  UPDATE: 6:20 p.m. Monday ― The Holiday Armadillo has spoken. Netflix tweeted
  
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• 'Friends' Is Leaving Netflix And People On Twitter Are Freaking Out

  03-12-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  If your routine after a night out is grabbing halal and eating it sans pants
  
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• Macron Looks to Tax Cuts to Placate ‘Yellow Vest’ Protesters

  03-12-2018 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the impact of the riots was “severe,” and left a meeting of finance ministers in Brussels to return to Paris for crisis talks with colleagues.“If we need to cut spending faster to be able to cut taxes faster for households and businesses, I’m ready to commit to this course,” Le Maire said.
  
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• 'I'm Upset I Even Have to Say This.' Pete Davidson Addresses Struggle With Borderline Personality Disorder

  03-12-2018 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Davidson was diagnosed with the mental illness in 2017
  
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• Pete Davidson Reflects On Harassment In Emotional Post: 'I've Kept My Mouth Shut'

  03-12-2018 19:28 via yahoo.com
  Pete Davidson shared an open letter to his fans on Monday, promising them that
  
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• 'Yellow vest' protesters knock wind out of French business, economy

  03-12-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  Speaking after a meeting with industry groups and business federations affected by the protest movement, Le Maire said sector revenues had been hit by between 15 and 50 percent.While not providing a precise breakdown, Le Maire said small retailers had seen a fall in revenue of between 20 and 40 percent, and the hotel industry was seeing reservations down 15 to 25 percent.Restaurants, depending on their location, had seen takings collapse by between 20 and 50 percent.
  
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• Michelle Obama revisits London school that inspired education drive

  03-12-2018 19:23 via yahoo.com
  Michelle Obama returned on Monday to the London girls' school that inspired her global education initiative when she was U.S. First Lady, nine years after her first visit as part of a tour to promote her memoir.Obama urged students to believe they could do anything if they were prepared to work hard enough and called on colleges and universities to do more to attract less privileged pupils.The ethnically diverse school, which Obama visited in 2009 on her first official trip to Britain, has aroun
  
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• Mexico's new president kicks off with something unusual: a press conference

  03-12-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador started his six-year term Monday with something the country had not seen in years: a presidential press conference.The anti-establishment leftist known as AMLO assumed the presidency on Saturday, promising to bring "deep and radical" change to a country fed up with corruption and crime.It was a dramatic departure from the style of his predecessor, Enrique Pena Nieto, who read out scripted statements to the press on a semi-regular basis but almost nev
  
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