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• Enjoy NOAA's vital satellite imagery, while you still can

  05-03-2017 23:59
  
  U.S. satellites help us predict and prepare for powerful storms, even before they arrive at our door. The data let us to monitor climate change and map the effects on coastlines, glaciers, oceans and land. With satellite systems, we can tell when it's safe to fly a plane, steer a ship or drive a car.  This research — and far more — all falls largely under the umbrella of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), one of the top U.S. climate science agencies.SEE
  
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• Afghan family with U.S. visas detained on arrival in Los Angeles: filing

  05-03-2017 23:40
  
  U.S. agents detained an Afghan family of five with valid entry visas at Los Angeles International Airport and have been holding them for several days in California, according to legal papers filed in federal court in California by human rights lawyers.The father, mother and three small children were granted Special Immigrant Visas because family members risked their lives to defend the U.S. government overseas, said the filing from lawyers with the International Refugee Assistance Project, a leg
  
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• Nigerian women displaced by Boko Haram hold protest

  05-03-2017 23:37
  
  Thousands of Nigerian women forced from their homes by Boko Haram jihadists held a protest on Sunday to demand better conditions as UN Security Council envoys visited their camp, an AFP journalist saw.The demonstrators accused local authorities and aid agencies of exacerbating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, which the UN says has left northeastern Nigeria on the brink of famine.The women held their protest as 15 ambassadors from the UN's top decision-making body visited the camp in
  
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• There’s a hidden message to gamers in the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

  05-03-2017 23:25 via digitaltrends.com
  
  A Japanese gamer has found a hidden message inside the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller thanking gamers. It can be found by tilting the right stick back. The message reads "THX2 ALLGAMEFANS!"
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• U.S. confirms avian influenza in Tennessee chicken flock

  05-03-2017 23:17
  
  (Reuters) - A strain of bird flu has been detected in a commercial chicken breeder flock in Tennessee's Lincoln County and the 73,500 birdswill be culled to prevent the virus from entering the food system, U.S. and state agriculture officials said on Sunday.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this represented the first confirmed case of highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial poultry in the United States this year.The facility has been placed under quarantine, along with ap
  
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• Bird Flu Confirmed At Tennessee Chicken Operation

  05-03-2017 23:07
  
  The strain of bird flu found is the highly pathogenic H7 virus that devastated Midwest operations two years ago.
  
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• Afghan family detained in Los Angeles are asking for release

  05-03-2017 23:01
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Afghan family of five who obtained special visas to relocate to the U.S. were detained by immigration officials when they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday and have been in custody ever since, according to court records and their attorneys.
  
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• Why are Trump supporters taking to the streets?

  05-03-2017 23:00
  
  For weeks, Trump's opponents have flooded streets and town halls to decry the president's policies on immigration and climate change as well as his rhetoric surrounding women and minorities.Recommended:Could you pass a US citizenship test?Just as those who felt anxiety or dread following Trump’s unexpected election victory took comfort in rallying alongside those of a similar mindset, the president’s supporters used the day as a chance to come together around their shared morals and
  
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• Fillon clings to French presidential race; party not sure

  05-03-2017 22:51
  
  PARIS (AP) — With the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop, French conservative Francois Fillon clung tenaciously to his presidential candidacy Sunday, emboldened by thousands of supporters at a high-stakes rally aimed at quashing pressure on him to step aside because of impending corruption charges.
  
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• Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and stars

  05-03-2017 22:16
  
  Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises.Musk has become one of the United States' best-known innovators.SpaceX recently announced that two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space since the 1970s.
  
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• Smart cars are dumber than you think, but there’s a plan to make them better

  05-03-2017 22:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Today's autonomous cars seem clever, but they're nowhere near the standards set by the Society of Automotive Engineers, and it'll be years before they're close.The post Smart cars are dumber than you think, but there’s a plan to make them better appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• Mark Levin Says Evidence Trump Wiretapped Is Overwhelming

  05-03-2017 22:13
  
  The conservative talk show host said the FISA court OK'd the surveillance as part of its investigation into Russia's efforts to disrupt the 2016 presidential campaign.
  
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• Photos of the day - March 5, 2017

  05-03-2017 22:00
  
  A Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldier stands guard in front of the Great Hall of the People before the opening of the fifth Session of the 12th National People’s Congress in Beijing, China; Pope Francis sits on a bus as the Bernini colonnade is reflected on the windscreen, at the Vatican; A Pakistan army paratrooper jumps during the final of the Pakistan Sports League at the Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Get
  
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• 3-Year-Old Dies After 'Freak Accident', Car Rolled Back in Driveway Where He Was Playing

  05-03-2017 21:58
  
  He was in the intensive care unit for four days.
  
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• Iraqi families devastated by chemical attacks in Mosul

  05-03-2017 21:54
  
  ERBIL, IRAQ – At West Emergency Hospital in Erbil, five small children lie in beds, along with their mother, all wrapped in bandages, with chemical burns from a mortar attack that hit their house.
  
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• This SNES mod is the latest Nintendo console-portable hybrid

  05-03-2017 21:30
  If you’ve been paying to the launch of the new Nintendo Switch at all, you know that its greatest feature is its ability to seamlessly transition from home console to hand-held portable. Unfortunately, at this point its biggest drawback is the lack of a wide selection of games — you know, besides the new Zelda. But you know what system … Continue reading
  
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• US congressman in Israel to examine embassy move

  05-03-2017 21:28
  
  A US member of Congress met top Israeli leaders Sunday to examine the possibility of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israeli officials said.Ron DeSantis, who serves as chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and they discussed "a number of regional issues including moving the embassy," an official said on condition of anonymity.Netanyahu supports the US moving its embassy.
  
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• Xerox shares look cheap even with stock's 2017 jump: Barron's

  05-03-2017 21:15
  Armed with a hefty dividend, Xerox Corpshares look cheap even as they have shot up this year following the company's spin-off of its business processing business, according to an article in Barron's.The article says the printing and copying company's new CEO wants to shift toward more small and midsize corporate customers and Xerox has undertaken a major cost-cutting program, while the shares offer a 3.4 percent dividend yield.The article cites a portfolio manager for investment advisor ValueWor
  
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• Is your Mac acting strange? Here’s how to reset the PRAM and SMC to clear up quirks

  05-03-2017 21:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Resetting your Mac's PRAM and SMC has the potential to alleviate all sorts of issues, including those related to charging and sluggishness. Thankfully, resetting both components is easy to do, regardless of your system.
  The post Is your Mac acting strange? Here’s how to reset the PRAM and SMC to clear up quirks appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• How to turn off AMBER alerts on Android and iOS

  05-03-2017 21:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  AMBER alerts, and those for extreme weather and presidential announcements, are incredibly important. We suggest keeping them on, but if you ever want to adjust their settings or turn them off, here's how to do so.
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• The 2017 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 is a Ford Raptor in beast mode

  05-03-2017 21:06 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The 2017 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 is an upgrade of the Ford Raptor from the famed Texas tuner. John Hennessey and his team bumped up the power and capability of an already potent truck.The post The 2017 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 is a Ford Raptor in beast mode appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• The Latest: France's Fillon: 'No one can stop me' from race

  05-03-2017 21:05
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on France's presidential campaign (all times local):
  
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• British father of two shot dead at Kenyan ranch

  05-03-2017 20:31
  
  By Katharine HoureldNAIROBI (Reuters) - A British man was shot dead in northern Kenya on Sunday at a private ranch in the Laikipia area, two of the man's neighbors said, and a legislator warned that local politicians were stoking violence as elections approach.There have been numerous attacks in the drought-stricken region of Laikipia in recent months as armed cattle herders searching for scarce grazing have driven tens of thousands of cattle onto private farms and ranches.The most recent victim
  
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• Trump Finishes First Pay Cycle

  05-03-2017 20:10
  
  But he's said in the past he doesn't want the $400,000 salary entitled to him as a U.S. president.
  
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• 2017 Jeep Compass first drive

  05-03-2017 20:03 via digitaltrends.com
  
  With real 4X4 capability and a low cost, the 2017 Jeep Compass is among the best compact SUVs on the market.
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• New HP Chromebook for education unveiled by Google

  05-03-2017 20:00
  Earlier this week saw Google’s senior VP of hardware clear up some remarks about the future of first-party Chromebooks. Fortunately, if you’re a fan non-Google-made devices, the future continues to be bright with plenty of Chromebook options. The latest laptop comes from HP, Google has revealed, and is aimed at students in the classroom: the Chromebook x360 11 G1 Education … Continue reading
  
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• Trump’s evidence-free wiretap allegation dominates Sunday talk shows

  05-03-2017 19:50
  
  President Trump’s assertion that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones before the election dominated the political talk shows on Sunday.Across the networks, the White House defended the commander in chief’s call for a congressional investigation into the matter, while Democratic lawmakers and former Obama administration officials dismissed the accusation as absurd.On ABC’s “This Week,” White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried to
  
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• Sunday Shows react to Trump Allegations

  05-03-2017 19:44
  
  The Sunday political shows tackled President Trump's explosive allegations about President Obama.
  
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• White House asks Congress to probe Trump's accusation of Obama wiretap

  05-03-2017 19:29
  
  By John Whitesides and James OliphantWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House asked the U.S. Congress on Sunday to examine whether the Obama administration abused its investigative authority during the 2016 campaign, as part of an ongoing congressional probe into Russia's influence on the election.The request came a day after President Donald Trump alleged, without supporting evidence, that then-President Obama ordered a wiretap of the phones at Trump's campaign headquarters in Trump Tower in New
  
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• Snap's stock price hard to justify - Barron's

  05-03-2017 19:17
  
  Snap Inc's share price looks overvalued following a surge in the wake of its much-anticipated initial public offering last week, according to an article in Barron's.Shares of the messaging app company closed at $27.09 on Friday, well above its IPO price of $17 per share set on Wednesday.According to the Barron's article, Snap is valued at about 34 times its projected 2017 revenue of $1 billion, based on its enterprise value, while Facebook is valued at 10 times sales.
  
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• 5 songs you need to stream this week: Laura Marling, Ryan Adams, and more

  05-03-2017 19:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Not sure what new music to listen to? We'll let you know what new tracks and albums dropping this week are worthy of your attention. Up this week: Laura Marling, Ryan Adams, and more.
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• Bahrain advances military trials for suspected militants

  05-03-2017 19:11
  
  Bahrain's top government advisory body passed a constitutional amendment allowing suspected militants to be tried in military courts on Sunday, state news agency BNA reported, in a move criticized by activists.Bahrain's Shura Council approved the amendment on the grounds that it would protect the Gulf island kingdom from militant attacks, and the justice minister said that those perpetrating attacks had forfeited access to civilian courts."Civilians cannot be tried militarily, but attackers who
  
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• Israeli experts find 'mystery' Bronze Age dolmen

  05-03-2017 18:45
  
  Israeli archeologists have unearthed a "rare and mysterious" Bronze Age dolmen in the Galilee hills, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Sunday."This is the first art ever documented in a dolmen in the Middle East," the authority quoted Uri Berger, one of its archaeologists, as saying.The statement did not say when the table-like structure was discovered adjacent to a kibbutz in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel, but dated it to the Middle Bronze Age, about 4,000 years ago.
  
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• Read President Trump’s executive orders in full

  05-03-2017 18:44
  
  President Trump has begun his presidency with a number of executive orders released in a whirlwind of announcements.Below you’ll find the full text along with summaries of some of the more notable declarations, as provided by the White House and Federal Register websites.One executive order announced Thursday directs the Justice Department to define new federal crimes, and increase penalties for existing ones, to further protect local and federal officers from acts of violen
  
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• Netanyahu offered unity govt as part of peace bid: report

  05-03-2017 18:43
  
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a plan to form a unity government with Israel's opposition last year as part of a regional peace bid, but later backtracked, a newspaper reported Sunday.The plan centred on a document delivered to opposition leader Isaac Herzog in September, but Netanyahu later pulled back and talks collapsed in October, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.The effort came as moves were underway to restart peace talks with the Palestinians through a process that would incl
  
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• The integrity that roils South Korea’s corrupt

  05-03-2017 18:40
  
  Clean prosecutors who honor equality before the law have been key to a probe of high-level corruption from the presidency to Samsung.A stronger democracy is South Korea’s core defense.For the past three decades, while North Korea’s dictators were building nuclear weapons, South Korea has been building something far more potent.
  
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• Tesla launches fan-made ads contest after fifth-grader’s suggestion

  05-03-2017 18:30
  Tesla‘s rise in popularity is an especially impressive one considering how the company doesn’t rely on traditional advertising methods such as TV commercials. Instead, they manage to get by almost solely on things like PR announcements and word-of-mouth from dedicated fans. It’s that dedication, however, that’s led to an interesting contest from the company, where it is now accepting fan-made … Continue reading
  
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• Israel approves partial marijuana decriminalisation

  05-03-2017 18:30
  
  The Israeli government on Sunday approved a plan to partially decriminalise marijuana use in public in favour of fines and treatment, officials said.Police will refer a user to criminal procedures only on the fourth time they catch someone in possession of or using cannabis in public.Producing, selling and buying cannabis remain illegal in Israel.
  
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• President Trump claims former President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower

  05-03-2017 18:29
  
  ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports the latest on Trump's accusation on "This Week."
  
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• Trump makes wiretap allegation without providing evidence

  05-03-2017 18:28
  
  It isn't known whether the tweet was prompted by a secret intelligence briefing or an article on a conservative website.
  
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• What's behind President Trump's wiretap accusation?

  05-03-2017 18:27
  
  ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports on the Trump administration after a difficult week inside the White House.
  
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• This Week Fast Forward 03.05.2017

  05-03-2017 18:24
  
  Speed through the highlights from the latest "This Week."
  
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• Poll shows Fillon losing votes in French presidential race, Juppe in 2nd round if he stood

  05-03-2017 18:22
  
  Under-fire candidate Francois Fillon has lost support in France's presidential election campaign, but fellow conservative Alain Juppe would reach the second round should he replace him, an opinion poll said on Sunday.The poll by Kantar Sofres-Onepoint was conducted between March 2 and March 4 as pressure from within Fillon's own party mounted on him to stand down and for Juppe to take his place.It showed Fillon on just 17 percent of the vote - down 3 percentage points from a poll conducted last
  
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• Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey says aircraft was shot down: Anadolu Agency

  05-03-2017 18:17
  
  A Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey on Saturday said in an initial statement to Turkish authorities that his aircraft was shot down on its way to strike rural areas near Idlib, which is in northern Syria, state-run Anadolu agency reported on Sunday.The Syrian airforce pilot who bailed out as his warplane crashed on Turkish territory was found by a Turkish rescue team and is being treated at a hospital in the Hatay region.The 56-year-old pilot said his MIG 23 had taken off from Latakia i
  
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• Flip the script: Cursive sees revival in school instruction

  05-03-2017 18:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.
  
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• Factory living: Turning a disused industrial space into a garden home

  05-03-2017 18:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  You might not have imagined a disused World War I-era concrete factory would be the perfect site for an architect to live, but after more than four decades of work, Ricardo Bofill has done just that.The post Factory living: Turning a disused industrial space into a garden home appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Smart workbenches, cosmic fidget toys, and more

  05-03-2017 18:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!
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• Somalia reports 110 deaths from drought over 48 hours

  05-03-2017 18:05
  
  Somalia's prime minister said Saturday that at least 110 people had died from drought and drought-related illnesses on Thursday and Friday, the first reported deaths since the country declared a national disaster late last month.The deaths over 48 hours were a result of "droughts and acute watery diarrhoea around the southern regions of Somalia, particularly in the Bay and Bakool regions," Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire said in a statement.Authorities in the village of Awdiinle in the Bay regi
  
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• Trump to sign revised travel ban this week, officials say: What might it look like?

  05-03-2017 18:01
  
  "We want the (executive order) to have its own 'moment,'" a senior administration official reportedly told CNN.Recommended:How much do you know about Islam and violence?The original order, signed Jan. 27, had temporarily blocked citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries – Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen – and all refugees from entering the United States.
  
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• Pro-Trump rally turns violent in Berkeley

  05-03-2017 17:35
  
  Supporters of Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters at a rally in the famously left-leaning city of Berkeley, California, on a day of mostly peaceful gatherings in support of the U.S. president across the country.At a park in Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco, protesters from both sides struck one another over the head with wooden sticks and Trump supporters fired pepper spray as police in riot gear stood at a distance.An elderly Trump supporter was struck in the head and kicked
  
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