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

  05-03-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• Nintendo Switch Skins Reportedly Cause Surface Damage

  05-03-2017 23:26
  
  Applying stickers, skins or any similar type of adhesive to Nintendo Switch will reportedly damage the surface of the Joy-Cons, as well as the console itself.
  In a series of posts on Twitter (via Polygon), a company that makes skins for a variety of electronic devices (including game consoles) called dbrand has been prototyping skins for Nintendo's new console and found that "after removing the skin, it was obvious that the coating on the Joy-Cons do not play well with any kind of adhesive.
  
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• U.S. confirms avian influenza in Tennessee chicken flock

  05-03-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  
  (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 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• Hands-On Impressions Of Yooka-Laylee's Whimsical Snow World

  05-03-2017 23:00
  
  Veterans from Rare have teamed up to bring us Yooka-Laylee, a platformer inspired by the developers' past works such as Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country. While we got a chance to play Yooka-Laylee's tropical level at Gamescom last year, this time at GDC we got to see a whole new, wintry area.
  This quintessential snowy level is called Glitterglaze Glacier, a place blanketed with snow and covered in icy patches. It feels almost necessary for a whimsical platformer such as Yooka-Laylee t
  
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• Fillon clings to French presidential race; party not sure

  05-03-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• Photos of the day - March 5, 2017

  05-03-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• Medicare fraud trial set for doctor tied to Menendez probe

  05-03-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Many of the Medicare fraud charges against prominent Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen are complicated, but one is simple — federal prosecutors say he claimed reimbursement for treating both eyes of patients who have one prosthetic.
  
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• US congressman in Israel to examine embassy move

  05-03-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  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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• The Latest: France's Fillon: 'No one can stop me' from race

  05-03-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on France's presidential campaign (all times local):
  
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• Correction: Attorney General-Russia story

  05-03-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story March 3 about the federal prosecutor in line to oversee an investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. Attorney's office in Maryland under Rod Rosenstein led the 2010 leak prosecution against former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake. The case was overseen by Justice Department attorneys from Washington.
  
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• British father of two shot dead at Kenyan ranch

  05-03-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  
  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’s evidence-free wiretap allegation dominates Sunday talk shows

  05-03-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  The Sunday political shows tackled President Trump's explosive allegations about President Obama.
  
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• Warner Wants Flynn To Testify Before Intelligence Committee

  05-03-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  
  The former national security adviser met several times with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak but misrepresented his contacts to the vice president, resulting in his resignation.
  
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• Snap's stock price hard to justify - Barron's

  05-03-2017 19:17 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• The Latest: Banging pots, French decry political corruption

  05-03-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on France's presidential campaign (all times local):
  
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• Bahrain advances military trials for suspected militants

  05-03-2017 19:11 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• Double Fine Revisits The Biker Thriller

  05-03-2017 19:00
  
  More than two decades ago, LucasArts' Full Throttle released. This point-and-click title became an adventure game classic, though it's nearly inaccessible to the public now. With limited copies out there, and the game no longer sold anywhere in stores, most fans have resorted to illegitimate means to get their hands on the game. Now, Double Fine is bringing back the biker thriller to make it accessible to the public again. I was pleased to get a chance to play a short demo of it at GDC.
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• Israeli experts find 'mystery' Bronze Age dolmen

  05-03-2017 18:45 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• President Trump claims former President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower

  05-03-2017 18:29 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• This Week Fast Forward 03.05.2017

  05-03-2017 18:24 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• Flip the script: Cursive sees revival in school instruction

  05-03-2017 18:17 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey says aircraft shot down en route to Idlib

  05-03-2017 18:12 via yahoo.com
  
  A Syrian air force pilot who bailed out as his warplane crashed on Turkish territory told a Turkish rescue team his MiG-23 had been shot down, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday.The 56-year-old pilot was identified as Mehmet Sufhan, and medical staff said he was not in critical condition despite some fractures in his spine.In an initial statement to Turkish authorities, Sufhan saidhis aircraft was shot down on its way to strike rural areas near Idlib in northern Syria, Ana
  
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• Somalia reports 110 deaths from drought over 48 hours

  05-03-2017 18:05 via yahoo.com
  
  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 via yahoo.com
  
  "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 via yahoo.com
  
  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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• Iraqi forces battle IS in heavy west Mosul fighting

  05-03-2017 17:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group in hours of heavy clashes in west Mosul on Sunday, as the number of people who fled fighting in the area topped 45,000.Iraqi forces have recaptured several areas in west Mosul since launching the push to retake it on February 19, but their pace has slowed amid bad weather which muddies streets and makes air support more difficult.West Mosul is the largest urban population centre still held by the Islamic State group, followed by the city of Raqa in Sy
  
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• Mercedes Benz Recalls One Million Vehicles for Fire Risks

  05-03-2017 17:17 via yahoo.com
  
  In case you were wondering, thats a lot.
  
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• Without evidence, Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping him

  05-03-2017 17:09 via yahoo.com
  
  The accusations come as Trump faces mounting criticism for his administration’s alleged ties to Russian officials.Intelligence officials concluded last year that Russian hackers had exposed emails from Democratic National Committee members in an attempt to discredit former Secretary of State and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and to bolster Trump’s chances of winning the presidency.Obama responded by imposing sanctions on Russia and ousting Russian diplomats in December.
  
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• Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi

  05-03-2017 17:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Ebrahim Noroozi was born in 1980 in Tehran, Iran.Noroozi has worked in India, Afghanistan and Iran, and served as head of the photo department for the Iran Daily, as well as for the Alvefagh newspaper, Iran Sport, the Iran Photo Agency, the Jamejam newspaper and Jamejam online.Noroozi has sat on the juries of several Iranian photo contests.
  
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• PSA Will Officially Purchase Opel From GM

  05-03-2017 16:50 via yahoo.com
  
  GM frees up space while PSA gains a big player in Europe.
  
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• How to act when stopped by police? Illinois has some tips

  05-03-2017 16:48 via yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lawmakers in several states want to require driver's education courses to teach motorists about proper traffic-stop behavior. Most bills don't legislate what that behavior should be, but Illinois' 2017 "Rules of the Road" handbook published last month offers some do's and don'ts:
  
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• Alabama city to re-enact march that sparked "Bloody Sunday"

  05-03-2017 16:34 via yahoo.com
  
  SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of people are expected to converge in the city of Selma, Alabama for the annual re-enactment of a key event in the civil rights movement.
  
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• Iran's ex-president Ahmadinejad joins Twitter, despite ban

  05-03-2017 16:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Iran's hardline former president Mahmud Ahmadinejad became the latest leader to join Twitter on Sunday, despite having been instrumental in getting it banned from the country.Ahmadinejad's first tweet from his personal account was a video in which he called on people to follow him at @Ahmadinejad1956.Despite the service being blocked for ordinary citizens, many of Iran's top officials tweet regularly, including President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
  
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• All of Amazon’s most popular Kindles are on sale right now

  05-03-2017 16:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Amazon breathed new life into the book industry by, well, killing books. Sure, some people still enjoy printed books, but the preference is now digital and it's all thanks to the Amazon Kindle line of eBook readers. Kindles make it easy to carry hundreds or even thousands of books with you anywhere you go, and they include great features such as wonderfully visible E Ink displays and fantastic battery life.
  Is your old Kindle long overdue for an upgrade? Do you have an eReader from another compa
  
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• 5 Reasons Too Little Sleep is Bad for Your Health

  05-03-2017 16:22 via yahoo.com
  
  In this video, we show you five surprising ways sleep deprivation can harm your mind and body.
  
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• Europe's trend: Austria, once open, now shows migrants door

  05-03-2017 16:13 via yahoo.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Austria was among the first countries in Europe to put out the welcome mat when waves of people fleeing war and poverty reached the continent. Now, its focus is showing them the door.
  
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