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• Drew Peterson in federal custody at Terre Hatue, Ind., prison

  21-02-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Drew Peterson is now in federal custody at a prison in Terre Haute, Ind., and no longer in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections.
  
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• Rise in premiums lays bare 2 Americas on health care

  21-02-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Schwarz is a self-employed business owner who buys his own health insurance. Subsidized coverage through "Obamacare" offers protection from life's unpredictable changes and freedom to pursue his vocation, he says.
  
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• Trump's Deportation Qualifications Expand

  21-02-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House said DREAMers were only excluded from Tuesday's immigration actions.
  
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• Russian Billionaire Could Be Link Between Trump, Russia

  21-02-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Natural gas titan Dmitry Firtash could be extradited to the U.S. to face corruption charges after an Austrian court ruled against him Tuesday.
  
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• Questions immigrants must answer to become citizens

  21-02-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Immigrants who want to become citizens must go through a long list of requirements, including passing a 10-question civics test.
  
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• This real-time pollution map will enlighten you on your city's air quality

  21-02-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Air pollution isn't always visible, but it's definitely real. To help us gain a better understanding of air quality around the world, BreezoMeter, an air quality analytics provider, is visually breaking things down with a new interactive air pollution map.SEE ALSO: Wi-Fi passwords from airports around the world in one brilliant mapThe map delivers real-time information on air pollution along with hourly forecasts and helpful weather-related health and fitness recommendations. Its data is drawn f
  
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• Apple won’t skimp on storage for the iPhone 8

  21-02-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  
  For the last ten years, Apple has had an odd habit of nickel-and-diming customers over the cost of internal storage. Although the flash storage chip inside the iPhone normally costs Apple $20, it's stuck with a base level of 16GB of storage for the longest time, only recently springing for a 32GB base option with the iPhone 7.
  Once you've loaded up the OS, a couple slo-mo videos and a few Spotify playlists, it still isn't enough for most users. Sure, you can buy iCloud storage for a couple bucks
  
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• Mom, 2 adult daughters, grandson killed in Mississippi

  21-02-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy and his mother, grandmother and aunt were all shot to death at their home in eastern Mississippi, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Dozens of headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Missouri

  21-02-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — Vandals have damaged or tipped over as many as 200 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis, leaving the region's Jewish community shaken and anxious.
  
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• Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos resigns after controversial pedophilia comments

  21-02-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  
  On Feb. 21, 2017, Milo Yiannopoulos announced his resignation as an editor at Breitbart News. The writer and commentator has been facing backlash since a video of him making controversial comments about pedophilia surfaced.
  
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• iPhone 8 Selfie Camera Reportedly Senses 3D Space, Acts As Iris Scanner

  21-02-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple's upcoming iPhone could come with an advanced front-facing camera that has facial recognition and iris recognition abilities.
  
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• The Latest: Mom, 2 daughters, grandson slain in Mississippi

  21-02-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on four people killed in the rural eastern Mississippi community of Toomsuba (all times local):
  
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• Testosterone gel shows no benefit for older men's memories

  21-02-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Testosterone treatment did not improve older men's memory or mental function in the latest results from landmark government research that challenges the anti-aging claims of popular supplements.
  
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• 'Making a Murderer' prosecutor on what he would have done differently in the Steven Avery investigation

  21-02-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Ken Kratz, the former special prosecutor in the murder trials of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, spoke to Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga about his new book, "Avery: The Case Against Steven Avery and What 'Making a Murderer' Gets Wrong.' When asked if he regrets having local investigators' involved in the case while they were also being sued by Avery, he said, "You can look back, and would I have rather now had somebody else? Sure." He noted that the resources available at the ti
  
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• Why the Supreme Court rejected a death penalty appeal

  21-02-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a death row inmate’s challenge to Alabama’s lethal injection method, freeing the state to try for the eighth time to carry out the planned execution of Thomas Douglas Arthur."He has amassed significant evidence that Alabama's current lethal junction protocol will result in intolerable and needless agony," she wrote, referring to Arthur's argument that the lethal injection method violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishm
  
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• 'Making a Murderer' prosecutor Ken Kratz tells his side of the story

  21-02-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Ken Kratz, the former special prosecutor in the murder trials of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, spoke to Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga about his new book, "Avery: The Case Against Steven Avery and What 'Making a Murderer' Gets Wrong.' He describes being portrayed as "the chief villain" in the piece. When asked if he regrets having local investigators' involved in the case while they were also being sued by Avery, he said, "You can look back, and would I have rather now had som
  
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• Once Renowned Surgeon Sentenced to Life Behind Bars for Intentionally Maiming Patients

  21-02-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Christopher Duntsch once billed himself as the best neurosurgeon in all of Dallas.
  
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• Virginia governor vetoes bill defunding Planned Parenthood

  21-02-2017 22:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have blocked funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions and other health services.McAuliffe, a Democrat, said the measure would harm thousands of Virginians who relied on Planned Parenthood healthcare services and programs."Attempts to restrict women’s access to health care will impede the goal of making Virginia the best place to live, work, and run a business," he said in a statement.
  
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• U.S. Homeland Security employees locked out of computer networks: sources

  21-02-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees in the Washington area and Philadelphia were unable to access some agency computer networks on Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.It was not immediately clear how widespread the issue was or how significantly it affected daily functions at DHS, a large government agency whose responsibilities include immigration services, border security and cyber defense.Employees began experiencing pro
  
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• Overwatch 'Interview' Seems to Tease Next Hero

  21-02-2017 22:04
  
  Overwatch is apparently gearing up for a new roster addition, with Blizzard teasing an 11-year-old inventor in the process.
  Efi Oladele is introduced on the Overwatch website. She has apparently received a grant from the Adawe Foundation for her "impressive achievements in robotics and artificial intelligence."Efi Oladele, an 11-year-old inventor (Courtesy of Blizzard and the Overwatch website)Continue reading…
  
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• Overwatch might be teasing its next hero, somehow linked to this 11-year-old girl

  21-02-2017 22:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just days after pouring cold water on the Doomfist hype, Overwatch might be teasing its next new hero
  
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• Q&A: Becoming a US citizen _ who can do it, and how?

  21-02-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Immigrant advocates say they've seen a huge spike in calls and questions about how people can become U.S. citizens since President Trump's executive orders on immigration and travel.
  
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• Bodies of 74 migrants wash up on Libya beach

  21-02-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  The bodies of 74 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe have washed up on a beach west of the Libyan capital, the Red Crescent said Tuesday.Residents of the village of Harcha, outside Zawiya, 45 kilometres (30 miles) from Tripoli, alerted the emergency services after finding a wrecked boat on the beach with bodies inside, the Red Crescent said."We don't have an appropriate vehicle to transport the bodies or a cemetery for unidentified bodies to bury them in," the group
  
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• 8 Things Border Patrol Agents Do

  21-02-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  “It is in the national interest of the United States to prevent criminals and criminal organizations from destabilizing border security,” Gen. John Kelly wrote in one of two memos released Tuesday.
  
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• EPA chief Pruitt appeals to ‘civility’ but fails to quell environmentalists’ concerns

  21-02-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s first speech to employees of the EPA at midday on Tuesday did little to assuage the concerns of environmentalists over his ties to the fossil fuel industry.At the EPA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., Pruitt called for civility and listening in his highly anticipated, tense inaugural address to the staff of an agency that he sued more than a dozen times as Oklahoma attorney general.President Trump’s decision to nomi
  
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• EU Privacy Groups Say Windows 10 Still Has Security Problems

  21-02-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Despite recent changes made by Microsoft to its Windows 10 operating system, privacy watchdogs in the European Union have warned the OS is still collecting user data without making clear what exactly it's gathering.
  
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• The iPhone 8 will have wireless charging, but not the kind we want

  21-02-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  
  For some reason, there’s been a lot of iPhone 8 chatter on Tuesday as various reports came out detailing some of the features, specs, and design elements of this year’s hottest iPhone. Ming-Chi Kuo talked about the phone’s new 3D camera tech, TrendForce released a bunch of design and specs details based on supply chain information, and a brand new report tacks yet another key iPhone 8 feature: Wireless charging.First seen by Apple Insider, a new research note from Cowen an
  
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• Young Girl Writes Heartbreaking Note to Her Dog's Future Family: 'He Loves Cuddles'

  21-02-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  
  "Rhino is a good dog and he loves cuddles [...] Please tell Rhino that I love and miss him every night," the note reads.
  
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• Trump issues first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents

  21-02-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ayesha RascoeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States on Tuesday after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centers around the country and vandalism in a Jewish cemetery.Several of the centers were evacuated for a time on Monday after receiving the threats, the JCC Association of North America said, and another center was evacuated on Tuesday morning in San Diego, California, according
  
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• Quick! Register your Nintendo Switch user ID and 6 other things you should do before launch

  21-02-2017 20:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo Switch is just ten days away and I've already got some homework for you to get the best possible experience
  
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• Texas Hunters Who Claimed They Were Shot by 'Illegal Aliens' Actually Shot Each Other: Cops

  21-02-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  The hunters had falsely claimed they were ambushed by illegal immigrants, authorities said.
  
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• White House: Mass deportation not the goal of immigration actions

  21-02-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Press secretary Sean Spicer said unauthorized immigrants who "pose a threat to our public safety or have committed a crime will be the first to go."
  
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• Meet the 22-year-old fighting Trump’s terror talk about Sweden from the country’s official Twitter feed

  21-02-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Before President Trump’s reference on Saturday to a terror attack in Sweden, the biggest story in Stockholm was this one: a report about the so-called “fake news” industry published by Dagens Nyheter, a Swedish newspaper.“You look at what’s happening last night in Sweden,” the president said to his supporters at a campaign-style rally in Melbourne, Fla., on Saturday.“Sweden, who would believe this?” Trump later explained he was watching a Fox
  
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• Africa's elusive forest elephants are disappearing

  21-02-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  The clock is ticking to save Central Africa's forest elephants. Populations of the elusive elephants have plunged by around 80 percent inside one of the region's most important nature preserves. Within Gabon's Minkébé National Park, poachers likely killed about 25,000 forest elephants for their ivory tusks between 2004 and 2014, according to a Duke University-led study in the journalCurrent Biology.SEE ALSO: The world's fastest land animal is even more threatened than we thoughtTha
  
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• Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State set to storm airport, clear way to western Mosul

  21-02-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  
  By Isabel Coles and Maher ChmaytelliSOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul prepared on Tuesday to storm the airport and a nearby military base on its southern outskirts to create a bridgehead for a thrust into the city.Since ousting the militant group from eastern Mosul last month, Iraqi forces have advanced in sparsely populated outlying areas but fighting will intensify as they near the teeming inner city of
  
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• EPA's Scott Pruitt enters a hotbed of anti-Trump resistance: his own agency

  21-02-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Usually, new administrators at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are welcomed at headquarters without too much fanfare. That is, until today.  Scott Pruitt — the new EPA administrator nominated to the position by President Donald Trump — gave his welcome address to his agency Tuesday after garnering more "no" votes on the Senate floor than any other EPA nominee since the agency was founded in 1970. SEE ALSO: One of the shortest bills ever was just introduced in Cong
  
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• Grandmother Arrested After 3-Year-Old Boy Shoots 4-Year-Old Brother

  21-02-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Diane Nellums was charged with child abuse and neglect after cops say her 3-year-old grandson shot his brother.
  
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• Austrian Court Says Ukrainian Businessman Can Be Extradited to United States

  21-02-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  
  But that doesn't mean he's Washington-bound just yet.
  
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• A Complete Guide to Horizon Zero Dawn's Preorder Bonuses

  21-02-2017 20:11
  
  Horizon Zero Dawn is almost here. In case you haven't read our review, here's the short version: you shouldn't miss it.
  As with most major releases, multiple versions of Horizon Zero Dawn will be available when it is released on February 28. Plus, if you're planning on preordering, some retailers offer much more bang (and exclusive goods) for your buck than others. If you're a more casual player, the standard $60 version ($48 with Amazon Prime) will be just fine, but we're here to
  
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• Return To The Velvet Room With New Persona 5 Trailer And Screens

  21-02-2017 20:02
  Atlus USA revealed a new trailer for Persona 5 today, showcasing The Velvet Room, a  key location in the anticipated JRPG. In the trailer, players can get a look at several Personas, as well as some new story details involving the mysterious Igor, who seems to be in charge of the prison-like Velvet Room. You can watch the trailer below.
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  Persona 5 recently made our list of most anticipated RPGs in 2017. For a look at the previous trailer, which sho
  
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• 5 Things to do First in Halo Wars 2

  21-02-2017 19:58
  Use these tips to get the best strategic start in Halo Wars 2.
  
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• 3 great Pokemon Go map trackers that still work after the Generation 2 update

  21-02-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Whether you're jumping back in after months away or haven't stopped playing Pokemon Go since launch, you're probably looking to catch as many of the 80 new Generation 2 Pokemon as possible. Sadly, Niantic has been shutting down third-party trackers left and right over the past several months, but there are still a few great apps available on iOS and Android to help you track down the new Pokemon.Admittedly, these apps don't quite live up to the standards of some of the earliest Pokemon Go map tr
  
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• Bull on The Run! Cow Leads Police on Hours-Long Chase to Escape Slaughterhouse

  21-02-2017 19:25 via yahoo.com
  
  He escaped from a local slaughterhouse, according to reports.
  
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• Man Arrested After Woman Captures Video of Him Dragging Dog Behind Motorized Scooter

  21-02-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  
  He has been charged with animal cruelty.
  
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• Who should play the new Wolverine as Hugh Jackman says goodbye to the character?

  21-02-2017 19:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  After throwing himself into the role one last time in Logan, Hugh Jackman is almost certainly done playing Wolverine
  
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• The Latest: Russian UN diplomat's death needs further study

  21-02-2017 19:04 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the death of Russia's ambassador to the United Nations (all times local):
  
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• Trump's envoy at UN warns Russia US stands firm on NATO, EU

  21-02-2017 18:59 via yahoo.com
  
  US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Tuesday said the United States is ready to improve ties with Russia but will not compromise on its support for NATO and the European Union.Haley told a Security Council debate on conflicts in Europe that "Russia's attempts to destabilize Ukraine" were among the most serious challenges facing the continent.
  
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• Here's your first look at the Han Solo movie cast (plus a breakdown of who's who)

  21-02-2017 18:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  That there is your first look at the Han Solo movie cast
  
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• New free iPhone app lets you instantly unshare photos you’ve sent through iMessage

  21-02-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  
  When your relationship with someone is going well, you're often liable to send photos that may be a bit, err, compromising. That's all well and good, until things turn south and your relationship comes to an end. In the moment, it's not always easy to think about that uncomfortable possibility, but the fact of the matter is that no matter how close you might feel to your partner now, romantic relationships begin and end all the time. And if and when your current relationship does end, you're lef
  
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• Drunken driver gets 12 years plus in death of police officer

  21-02-2017 18:43 via yahoo.com
  
  GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man was sentenced Tuesday to at least 12 years in prison on third-degree murder, drunken driving and other charges for a wrong-way crash that killed a western Pennsylvania police officer.
  
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