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• Feds won't pursue third trial against Border Patrol agent

  06-12-2018 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday said they would not pursue another trial against a Border Patrol agent who fatally shot a Mexican teenager across a border fence but who was twice acquitted.
  
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• Robot InSight takes new images of Mars

  06-12-2018 23:43 via es-us.noticias.yahoo.com
  Mexico, Dec. 6 (Notimex).- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), released three new photographs taken by InSight, where part of the robot and the surface of Mars are observed. The snapshots show the robotic arm of InSight, which has a range of two meters, and will be used to place the scientific instruments on Elysium Planitia, the landing place of the new tenant of the "red planet". Prior to this, the robotic limb will first use the Instrument Implementation camera, loc
  
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• Honour guard escorts body of former President George H.W. Bush to Texas burial

  06-12-2018 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Bush's casket was carried to his grave behind his presidential library by a military honour guard, while a squadron of Navy aircraft did a flyover, in a ceremony overseen by his son and former President George W. Bush.Bush, the 41st U.S. president, died last week in Texas at 94.
  
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• The Latest: Navy honors Bush with 21-plane flyover

  06-12-2018 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on events honoring former President George H.W. Bush (all times local):
  
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• Conservative Media Is Largely Silent About The Republican Power Grabs

  06-12-2018 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Some of the leading conservative media and commentary outlets have been
  
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• F-35 formally enters operational testing

  06-12-2018 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The testing is expected to be completed in the late summer of 2019 and the data will be used by the U.S. government to inform its "Milestone C" decision, leading to formal entry into full-rate production at the end of next year, the Defense Department said in a statement.All tests will be conducted at U.S. Military testing ranges and installations, it said."The start of formal operational testing is a milestone more than 18 years in the making," F-35 program head Vice Adm. Mat Winter said.
  
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• Judge: Pipeline owners trespassed, but work can continue

  06-12-2018 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge ruled Thursday that a company building an oil pipeline through south Louisiana trespassed on the land of three people opposed to the project, but he allowed the work to continue while awarding the three only $150 apiece in compensation and damages.
  
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• Tyler Perry Surprises Layaway Shoppers At Two Atlanta-Area Walmarts

  06-12-2018 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Customers with layaway items at two Atlanta-area Walmarts got a great holiday
  
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• North Carolina Officials Had Prior Warnings Of Voting Issues, Report Says

  06-12-2018 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Voters in North Carolina faced potential election fraud years before the 2018
  
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• Huawei Reveals the Real Trade War With China

  06-12-2018 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  After all, the president and trade-warrior-in-chief has called himself “Tariff Man.” And the tentative trade deal between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping was mainly about tariffs, especially on items like automobiles.The arrested executive, Wanzhou Meng, is the chief financial officer of telecom-equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co. (and its founder’s daughter).The official reason for her arrest is that Huawei is suspected of selling techno
  
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• Costa Rican Authorities Say Suspected Murder of U.S. Tourist Was 'Sexually' Motivated

  06-12-2018 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Espinosa Martinez had been staying in the apartment next to Stefaniak's and authorities confirmed he killed her inside the apartment before dumping her partially nude body 1,000 feet from the Airbnb.
  
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• Caretaker of neglected, bone-strewn cemetery is arrested

  06-12-2018 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A fuller picture of a cemetery in ghastly disarray emerged Thursday as the longtime caretaker of a graveyard in Connecticut's largest city was arrested and officials described in new detail shocking discoveries that included human bones and casket pieces scattered about.
  
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• The Latest: GBI: Single shot wounded officer, killed suspect

  06-12-2018 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a police officer southeast of Atlanta (all times local):
  
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• One marine killed as search for missing continues after US military planes collides off coast of Japan

  06-12-2018 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  At least one US Marine has been killed and rescue teams are searching for five others missing after two US aircraft collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan during a refuelling exercise.Japanese and American officials said they had so far found two of the seven Marines who had been aboard the aircraft, an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet and a KC-130 Hercules.“One of the recovered Marines is in fair condition and the other has been declared deceased by competent medical
  
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• Sears Chairman Lampert makes $4.6 billion bid for bankrupt retailer

  06-12-2018 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Lampert's offer calls for about 500 Sears stores to remain open and would keep 50,000 of the retailer's workers employed, according to a letter from his hedge fund filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.Preliminary indications of interest for Sears assets were due Wednesday, according to court papers.ESL's takeover bid features financing from a variety of sources and a complicated structure not uncommon in bankruptcy auctions.
  
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• Dow Jones industrial average drops as trade fight, oil price and recession worries mount

  06-12-2018 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Investors hoping for stability after the Dow Jones industrial average's nearly 800-point fall Tuesday, instead saw the stock gauge plunge further.
  
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• Sears chairman Eddie Lampert offers to buy Sears out of bankruptcy, including 500 stores

  06-12-2018 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The chairman and largest investor in Sears Holdings is offering to buy the retailer out of bankruptcy, including 500 of its remaining stores.
  
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• Former H.W. Bush Attorney General William Barr is leading candidate to lead Justice Department

  06-12-2018 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  An annoucement could come in a matter of days, a source familiar with the discussions told USA TODAY.
  
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• Lawyer for undocumented Trump Organization workers seeks investigation

  06-12-2018 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Anibal Romero says "many of the abuses" his clients received at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., "constitute crimes."
  
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• George HW Bush funeral: 1,000 mourners descend on Texas for final goodbye to president 'carved in hard granite of history'

  06-12-2018 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The deeds that George HW Bush are carved into the "granite of history" former Secretary of State James Baker said as Texas said goodbye to one of its most famous residents.A day after thousands of Americans and every living president mourned the death of Mr Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington, friends and family were given a chance to pay their final respects to the former president.More than 1,000 mourners sang “America the Beautiful” at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
  
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• Cardi B Shares Baby Photos Of Kulture Kiari Cephus

  06-12-2018 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  For the first time, Cardi B has shared a photo of her daughter, Kulture.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks claw back from an early plunge

  06-12-2018 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Amid fraud charges, North Carolina House race may be headed for a do-over

  06-12-2018 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The state’s Board of Elections voted to not certify the results amid the ongoing investigation, and Nancy Pelosi, the favorite to be House speaker next year, said the House could refuse to seat the uncertified Republican.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani Calls Getting Trump Through Robert Mueller's Questions 'A Nightmare'

  06-12-2018 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The process of getting President Donald Trump to answer special counsel Robert
  
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• Michigan Republicans Rush To Weaken Unions In Lame-Duck Session

  06-12-2018 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican legislators in Michigan are moving swiftly to weaken public-sector
  
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• France fears more riots; Museums, Eiffel Tower to close

  06-12-2018 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — Authorities across France braced Thursday for the possibility of more riots and violence at anti-government protests this weekend, holding emergency meetings and deploying tens of thousands of police and security forces. Museums, theaters and shops in Paris announced they would close Saturday as a precaution — including the city's famed Eiffel Tower.
  
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• The best kitchen gifts of 2018: 20 perfect gift ideas for the home chef in your life

  06-12-2018 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Forget novelty mugs--these are the kitchen and cooking gifts people actually want--no matter what your budget is.
  
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• Pentagon sends flight over Ukraine following Russian naval incident

  06-12-2018 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A US Air Force observation plane flew over Ukraine on Thursday in a mission to show US support for Kiev following Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels in the Sea of Azov, officials said.The November 25 confrontation was the first open military incident between Kiev and Moscow since 2014 when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula and a conflict erupted in eastern Ukraine."Today, the United States and Allies conducted an extraordinary flight under the Open Skies Treaty.
  
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• UN force confirms existence of tunnel in Israel near Lebanon border

  06-12-2018 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A UN peacekeeping force Thursday confirmed the presence of a tunnel in northern Israel near the Lebanese border, after the Jewish state accused Hezbollah of digging under the frontier.UNIFIL "visited a location" near Metula in northern Israel, it said in a statement, and "can confirm the existence of a tunnel at the location"."UNIFIL is now engaged with the parties to pursue urgent follow-up action," it said.
  
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• Trump National Golf Club Maid Comes Out As Undocumented In New York Times Report

  06-12-2018 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A housekeeper at President Donald Trump's Trump National Golf Club in
  
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• The start of funeral train ride to George H.W. Bush's resting place

  06-12-2018 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Train No. 4141 carries Bush from Spring to College Station, Texas, where he will be buried next to his wife and daughter.
  
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• How a border ‘shutdown’ would look from a border town

  06-12-2018 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  After US border patrol agents clashed with a group of unarmed Central American migrants late last month, leading to an hours-long closure at the San Ysidro border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego, President Trump reiterated threats to shutter the US-Mexico border entirely.A border closure could hit Mexico and the US hard, economically: about $1.7 billion in goods and services and hundreds of thousands of people legally cross the US-Mexico border every day.
  
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• Funeral train takes Bush on final journey

  06-12-2018 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  A special funeral train carrying the casket of President George H.W. Bush has begun its journey to College Station, where he will be buried during a private service in the family plot on the grounds of his presidential library. (Dec. 6)
  
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• Southwest plane skids off the runway in rainy weather in California

  06-12-2018 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A Southwest plane skidded off the runway Thursday at Hollywood Burbank Airport in southern California.
  
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• Members of the public salute Bush 41's funeral train

  06-12-2018 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Special funeral train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush journeys from Spring, Texas to College Station.
  
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• Why USA Gymnastics' Bankruptcy Will Delay Abuse Survivors' Search for the Truth

  06-12-2018 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Facing multiple lawsuits about its response to sexual abuse allegations made by hundreds of gymnasts, USA Gymnastics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The abuse survivors say it’s the latest tactic to avoid the truth
  
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• Live stream: U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting

  06-12-2018 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  USA TODAY is providing live coverage of the 2018 Capitol Christmas Tree lighting.
  
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• George H.W. Bush's funeral services stand as America's goodbye to the Greatest Generation

  06-12-2018 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  George H.W. Bush's funeral service at his hometown church in House was personal and more; in a way, it was a farewell to the Greatest Generation
  
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• Mom's '12 Days Of Christmas' Edit Will Ring True For Anyone With A Toddler

  06-12-2018 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A mom in British Columbia, Canada, turned a classic holiday song into a shout-
  
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• Millennial’s Holiday Preferences Are Saving The Christmas Tree Industry

  06-12-2018 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Millennials have been blamed for “killing” a number of things from napkins to diamonds to the divorce rate, but in a shocking turn of events, the youngsters are now being thanked for their services, as Vox reports that the Christmas tree industry is thriving thanks to the resurgence of real Christmas trees that are the preferred choice of millennials.According to Square Inc., a financial services company that partnered with the National Christmas Tree Association for their million-do
  
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• Houston residents, by the thousands, mourn President George H.W. Bush

  06-12-2018 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of Houstonians turned up on Thursday to pay their respects to late President George H.W. Bush, a U.S. Northeast transplant who had made Texas his home, laying flowers at makeshift memorials and lining up to catch a glimpse of his funeral motorcade.Bush ran energy businesses from Houston, and in 1966, was elected to U.S. Congress as a Republican.Bush once handed a pair of presidential cufflinks to clothing store owner Michael Wiesenthal, whose shop Bush frequented.
  
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• Bill Barr, New Nominee For Attorney General, Has Backed Trump's Call For New Clinton Probe

  06-12-2018 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The man who President Donald Trump plans to nominate as the
  
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• Chip Gaines details 'Fixer Upper' nightmare: 'I felt caged, trapped'

  06-12-2018 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  "The more staged something becomes, or the more required something becomes, it boxes me up..." Chip Gaines said of his final seasons on "Fixer Upper."
  
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• The magic of Christmas: This online tool can tell you exactly how many ornaments you need

  06-12-2018 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  There's an online mathematical model that can help you achieve the perfectly decorated Christmas tree without a foot of lights left over.
  
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• Buyout Firms Tell U.K.: No-Deal Brexit Means No Deals

  06-12-2018 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  U.K. Trade Secretary Liam Fox urged the buyout firms -- part of an industry that’s sitting on more than $1 trillion in investment firepower -- to support Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, the people said, declining to be identified because the conversation was private.British takeovers would become more risky due to rising economic uncertainty if the U.K. doesn’t leave the European Union in an orderly fashion, they said.
  
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• Lone Wisconsin Republican Who Opposed Stealing Democrats’ Power Explains Why

  06-12-2018 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature to strip power
  
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• Eiffel Tower, shops, to close as fears of French protest violence mount

  06-12-2018 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Paris's Eiffel Tower will close on Saturday over fears of fresh violence during nationwide protests against President Emmanuel Macron, as police urged shops and restaurants on the Champs-Elysees to shut their doors too.Around a dozen museums across the capital have also said they will remain closed on Saturday after vandalism and clashes between protesters and police last week rocked France.The announcements came as around 200 high schools across the country remained blocked or disrupted by stud
  
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• U.S. military air crash off Japan coast kills one Marine, five missing

  06-12-2018 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Japanese and American officials said they had so far found two of the seven Marines who had been aboard the aircraft, an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet and a KC-130 Hercules."One of the recovered Marines is in fair condition and the other has been declared deceased by competent medical personnel," a U.S. Marine Corps statement said.The deadly crash is the latest in a string of U.S. military aviation accidents around the world in recent years, which have prompted hearings and criticism in Congress ove
  
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• Employee rights group says Wells Fargo declined planned meeting

  06-12-2018 19:32
  A union-backed bank employee rights group is complaining after Wells Fargo & Co declined to meet with members last week, according to a letter sent to Chief Executive Tim Sloan viewed exclusively by...
  
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• 10 Warm Winter Coats That Aren't Puffers

  06-12-2018 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Winter is around the corner and while you might have already refreshed your
  
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