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• Biden says would have liked to be the U.S. president who ended cancer

  12-03-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  
  By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former Democratic U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday in one of his first major speeches since leaving office this year that he would have liked to have been the U.S. president who ended cancer as we know it.Biden, whose son Beau died from brain cancer in 2015, delivered an emotional speech at the South by Southwest technology summit in Austin, Texas, about continuing the work he led under former Democratic President Barack Obama in the so-call
  
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• Cat dad uses piano to induce feline bliss

  12-03-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Some dog people wonder: Are cats evil? Probably not, but they are definitely better at giving zero f*cks about your human feelings than, say, every other furry pet on earth. Nevertheless, one talented cat dad in Istanbul proves that if you can generate the proper amount of musical entertainment, cats will not only pretend to care about you, they might actually love you. SEE ALSO: Every day a sweet dog peeks out from under a gate, waiting for his friendMusician Sarper Duman regularly serenad
  
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• Top Republican challenges Trump to prove wiretapping claim

  12-03-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  
  A senior Republican lawmaker on Sunday challenged President Donald Trump to prove his claim that his phone was tapped by predecessor Barack Obama during last year's campaign -- or else retract the unsubstantiated allegation.Senator John McCain, a frequent Trump critic, issued his demand in an interview with CNN."The president has one of two choices, either retract, or to provide the information that the American people deserve," McCain said.
  
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• Syrian jihadists say responsible for Damascus double bomb attack

  12-03-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  
  A Syrian alliance of jihadist groups known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Sunday it was responsible for a double suicide bomb attack in the capital Damascus that killed dozens of people.The group said the attack on Saturday targeted Iranian-backed militias in revenge for what it said was their role in supporting President Bashar al Assad's "tyrannical rule", holding them responsible for "killing and displacing" Syrians.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said m
  
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• Photos of the day - March 12, 2017

  12-03-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Colored powder is thrown at a man during celebrations of the Holi Festival in Kathmandu; an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man dressed in a likeness of President Trump takes part in the reading from the Book of Esther ceremony performed on the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem; and Bucknell celebrates at center court after defeating the Navy in overtime of an NCAA college basketball Patriot League Championship game in Lewisburg, Pa. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
  
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• Rep. Steve King: ‘We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies’

  12-03-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Congressman Steve King has a history of stirring controversy.Iowa Rep. Steve King is facing a fierce backlash over a tweet that critics say is an open embrace of white nationalism.On Sunday, King retweeted a political cartoon featuring Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician whose anti-Muslim rhetoric and blown-out hairstyle have drawn plenty of comparisons to Donald Trump.
  
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• Jordanian soldier who shot Israeli schoolgirls walks free from jail

  12-03-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  By Suleiman Al-KhalidiAMMAN (Reuters) - A Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls has been freed after serving 20 years in prison, with many Jordanians celebrating his release and calling him a national hero, witnesses and family sources said on Sunday.Ahmad Daqamseh, 45, was taken to his family home in the village of Ibdir near the city of Irbid in northern Jordan where dozens of relatives and wellwishers gave him a rousing welcome.In July 1997, a five-member Jordanian military t
  
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• Trump aides attack agency that will analyze health bill's costs

  12-03-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  
  By David LawderWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday attacked the credibility of the nonpartisan agency that will analyze the costs of a replacement for Obamacare, as the White House sought to quell opposition from many conservative Republicans.The Congressional Budget Office, which provides official estimates of the budget impact of proposed legislation, is expected to issue a report as soon as Monday that will assess the healthcare legislation put forward by Rep
  
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• Fillon's party apologizes for anti-Semitic attack on French rival Macron

  12-03-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Francois Fillon's party has apologized for tweeting a caricature of Emmanuel Macron, his main rival in the race to be France's next president, that Fillon himself admitted was anti-Semitic, adding to a row of controversies around his campaign.Another development on Sunday was a report in the French weekly newspaper Journal du Dimanche saying an anonymous person had given Fillon two suits costing 13,000 euros at a chic Paris boutique.France sets a limit of 4,600 euros that any individual can dona
  
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• Countdown to Dutch elections overshadowed by diplomatic row

  12-03-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Three days before key Dutch elections campaigning was reaching fever pitch Sunday with the far-right poised to make huge gains, and the poll overshadowed by a bitter diplomatic row with Turkey.The stakes are high, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Liberals (VVD) predicted to return as the largest party in the 150-seat parliament scooping up between 23 to 27 seats, according to the latest aggregated polls.Rutte, who is bidding for a third term, is facing a strong challenge from far-right anti-Isla
  
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• The Latest: French candidate Macron condemns Turkey

  12-03-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  
  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on the diplomatic tensions between Turkey and the Netherlands (all times local):
  
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• Poland accuses EU of 'cheating', after defeat in Tusk vote

  12-03-2017 19:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Poland, which lost a diplomatic campaign to oust its former premier Donald Tusk from his post as European Council president, has now accused the EU of "cheating" and announced a "negative" policy towards Brussels."It turned out that EU policy is one of double standards and cheating", Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski in the weekend edition of the Super Express newspaper.Waszczykowski was referring to last week's clash at a Brussels summit of EU leaders, when Poland cast the sole vote against
  
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• Good Samaritans Save Elderly Woman Walking Across Train Tracks Just in the Nick of Time

  12-03-2017 18:48 via yahoo.com
  
  She was uninjured.
  
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• Bus Kills 34 Pedestrians in the Haitian City of Gonaives

  12-03-2017 18:32 via yahoo.com
  
  The bus initially killed 1 pedestrian but attempted to flee, killing dozens more.
  
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• Trump looking to Sarah Huckabee Sanders in tough moments

  12-03-2017 18:13 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with aggressive on-air questioning about the president's wiretapping claims, Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn't flinch, she went folksy.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan says Netherlands acting like a 'banana republic'

  12-03-2017 18:11 via yahoo.com
  
  By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Thomas EscrittANKARA/ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday the Netherlands was acting like a "banana republic" and should face sanctions for barring Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam, fuelling a row over Ankara's political campaigning abroad.Erdogan is looking to the large number of Turks living in Europe, especially in Germany and the Netherlands, to help secure victory next month in a referendum that would give the presidency sweeping ne
  
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• Mosul museum left in ruins

  12-03-2017 18:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Iraqi forces liberate Mosul museum, where all that is left after two and half years under Islamic State control are traces of looting and destruction. Francis Maguire reports.
  
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• Slaying of thief fuels Italy's debate on legitimate defense

  12-03-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian opposition politicians from the far right populist parties and other conservative forces on Sunday demanded a new law quickly on legitimate defense to protect law-abiding citizens.
  
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• ‘She’s complicit’: Ivanka Trump torched by ScarJo on ‘SNL’

  12-03-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Alec Baldwin returned as Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, imagining how the president would respond to an “Independence Day”-style alien invasion during the cold-open sketch. (Hint: It involves wearing a bomber jacket.) But it was Scarlett Johansson’s portrayal of Ivanka Trump that stole the show.
  
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• Major Cheese Recall Announced After Two People Died

  12-03-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Back at market with all the usual suspects, come get some! A post shared by @vultocreamery on May 10, 2015 at 7:39am PDT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced a cheese recall after a listeria outbreak that began spreading in September left six people hospitalized. Soft, raw-milk cheese created by Vulto Creamery in Walton, New York has been recognized as the likely cause of the outbreak. Six people across four states have been diagnosed with listeria, ...
  
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• Freed Jordanian who killed 7 Israeli girls shows no remorse

  12-03-2017 16:56 via yahoo.com
  
  IBDIR, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in a 1997 shooting rampage was unrepentant after his release from prison Sunday, lashing out at Israelis with harshly derogatory remarks.
  
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• McCain says Trump has 2 choices on wiretap claim: Provide evidence or retract

  12-03-2017 16:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. John McCain says President Trump has two choices when it comes to his assertion that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower before the election: provide evidence or retract the allegation immediately.“President Trump has to provide the American people — not just the intelligence community, but the American people — with evidence that his predecessor, former president of the Unites States, was guilty of breaking the law,” McCain said on CNN’
  
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• Jordan releases soldier who killed 7 Israeli schoolgirls

  12-03-2017 16:29 via yahoo.com
  
  A Jordanian soldier who shot dead seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997 was released from prison Sunday after serving out his life sentence, sparking outrage from the families of those killed.In March 1997, Ahmad Dakamseh fired an automatic weapon at schoolgirls on a trip to the Jordan-Israel border, killing seven of them and wounding five others and a teacher."He is now a free man," his cousin Mohammed Yahya Dakamseh told AFP by phone, saying he had been released at around 1:00 am after "he finishe
  
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• Here Are The Most Adorable Tweets From The Dog Rates Twitter Account

  12-03-2017 16:20 via yahoo.com
  
  The Twitter account is the latest social media account to go viral and land a book deal.
  
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• Ex-Qaeda affiliate in Syria claims Damascus bombings

  12-03-2017 16:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front on Sunday said in a statement it was behind twin bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims in the centre of Damascus that killed 74 people."On Saturday... a twin attack was carried out by two heroes of Islam... in the centre of the capital Damascus, killing and wounding dozens," the statement said.Without elaborating, it called the bombings "a message to Iran and its militias".
  
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• Woman Finds Boy Who Left Heartbreaking Note On Her Doorstep After His Mom Died

  12-03-2017 16:12 via yahoo.com
  
  She plans to meet him soon.
  
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• Garbage dump landslide in Ethiopia

  12-03-2017 16:10 via yahoo.com
  
  A landslide swept through a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, killing at least 35 people and leaving several dozen missing, residents said, as officials vowed to relocate those who called the landfill home.
  
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• Winter Storm Watch Monday Night Into Tuesday

  12-03-2017 16:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Meteorologist Chris Sowers says a significant snowstorm is on the way.
  
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• Life with a parrot in Istanbul

  12-03-2017 16:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Forty-three-year-old background actor Nazim Cihan’s parrot, Pasha, attracts people’s attention in Istanbul. Cihan, an Ottoman Empire enthusiast, wears Ottoman-style clothes in his daily life.
  
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• Turkey dispute timing may benefit Dutch premier in election

  12-03-2017 15:58 via yahoo.com
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Just days away from an election in which he hopes to secure a third term, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte didn't want to be seen as backing down to Turkish threats.
  
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• US officials probe CIA contractors after intelligence leaks

  12-03-2017 15:49 via yahoo.com
  
  US authorities probing the recent leak of secret materials are focusing on past CIA contractors who may have been upset over job losses, the Wall Street Journal said Sunday.WikiLeaks delivered a blow to America's top spies by publishing earlier this month nearly 9,000 classified documents the anti-secrecy group said were part of the Central Intelligence Agency's entire arsenal of cyber-attack plans.The WikiLeaks dump has set off an intense probe into how the materials -- which detailed how the C
  
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• Firefighter Dies in Crash While Responding to Fire That Killed 2-Year-Old

  12-03-2017 15:27 via yahoo.com
  
  The fire was sparked by a hoverboard.
  
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• More great white sharks appear to be visiting off Cape Cod

  12-03-2017 15:26 via yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Great white sharks are discovering what tourists have known for years: Cape Cod is a great place to spend the summer.
  
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• Great Lakes fund has aided Ohio's algae fight, river cleanup

  12-03-2017 15:23 via yahoo.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A Great Lakes cleanup program that may be on the Trump administration's chopping block has plunked money into fighting Lake Erie's toxic algae and putting new life into Ohio's polluted rivers.
  
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• Iraqi general says 30 percent of west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State

  12-03-2017 15:09 via yahoo.com
  
  By John DavisonMOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have retaken around 30 percent of west Mosul from Islamic State militants, a commander of the elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) said on Sunday, as soldiers pushed further into the jihadists' territory.Federal police and Rapid Response units said they had entered the Bab al-Tob area of the Old City, where the fight is expected to be toughest due to narrow alleyways through which armoured vehicles cannot pass.The militants are vastly outnumbe
  
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• Trump economic adviser: Fed doing 'good job,' respects independence

  12-03-2017 15:02 via yahoo.com
  
  White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said on Sunday that the Federal Reserve "has been doing a good job" and the Trump administration respects its independence, even if the U.S. central bank raises interest rates this week.Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, told Fox News Sunday that the Trump administration will keep working to reduce barriers to job creation no matter what the Fed does on interest rates."The Federal Reserve is an independent agency and they operate as such.
  
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• Chinese Communist Party officials harden rhetoric on Islam

  12-03-2017 14:52 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party is hardening its rhetoric on Islam, with top officials making repeated warnings about the specter of global religious extremism seeping into the country and the need to protect traditional Chinese identity.
  
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• Rep. Elijah Cummings on President Trump's first 50 days in office

  12-03-2017 14:45 via yahoo.com
  
  The Maryland congressman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee is interviewed on "This Week."
  
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• Democrat on House Oversight Committee says firing of US Attorney Preet Bharara raises 'a lot of questions'

  12-03-2017 14:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings is interviewed on "This Week."
  
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• Rep. Schiff doesn't expect to see any evidence of Trump wiretap allegations

  12-03-2017 14:41 via yahoo.com
  
  The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is interviewed on "This Week."
  
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• Bangladesh to fell building deemed "symbol of corruption"

  12-03-2017 14:38 via yahoo.com
  
  Bangladesh's highest court Sunday ordered the demolition of a lakeside building occupied by powerful garment groups, a move welcomed by activists who considered the structure an enduring symbol of corruption.The 16-story building, long criticised for openly flouting Dhaka's strict construction laws, must be destroyed within six months at a cost borne by its occupants, the Supreme Court ruled."If they fail to carry out the order, the (government's) capital development authority will demolish the
  
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• Guy Kawasaki on the most important thing he learned working with Steve Jobs

  12-03-2017 14:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Even though Guy Kawasaki has held many hats throughout his illustrious career, his name has been synonymous with Apple for as long as most people can remember. Kawasaki's first stint at Apple dates back to 1983 where he served as the company's Mac evangelist, essentially touting the benefits of the Mac platform to developers and the public at large.Earlier this year, Kawasaki penned an interesting post on Quora where he detailed what he learned from his time working with Steve Jobs. What makes K
  
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• Despite poaching, South Africa plans for rhino horn trade

  12-03-2017 13:30 via yahoo.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's government is moving ahead with plans to allow a domestic trade and limited export of rhino horns, alarming many international conservationists who believe rhinos will be more vulnerable to poachers who have killed record numbers in the past decade.
  
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• The new Wonder Woman trailer could give us a big clue about the warrior princess' origins

  12-03-2017 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warner has released a new Wonder Woman trailer setting up the origins of the Amazonian princess, showing the training that made her a superhero and maybe teasing a little more
  
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• Who and why, twin mysteries behind leak of CIA's cybertools

  12-03-2017 13:13 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just who did it, but why.
  
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• Police Funds Extended For Madeleine McCann Case

  12-03-2017 12:54 via yahoo.com
  
  The British girl went missing in May 2007 and several efforts to find her have failed so far.
  
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• Toll in Damascus bombings jumps to 74 dead: monitor

  12-03-2017 11:50 via yahoo.com
  
  The toll from twin bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims in the centre of Damascus has risen to 74 dead, a monitor said on Sunday.Among the victims of Saturday's blasts were 43 Iraqi pilgrims who had come to the Syrian capital to visit Shiite shrines in Damascus's famed Old City, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.The Britain-based monitor said that 11 bystanders and eight children were among those killed, as well as 20 members of pro-government security forces.
  
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• Giraffe Giving Birth On Live Cam Update

  12-03-2017 11:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Zookeepers watching over April the giraffe, who is more than 15 months pregnant, said there has been a lot of belly movement.
  
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• Philippines, Maoist-rebels agree to resume talks next month

  12-03-2017 10:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Negotiators from the Philippine government and Maoist-led rebels have reached an agreement to resume formal peace negotiations next month, a month after an angry President Rodrigo Duterte canceled talks after rebels ambushed soldiers.The two sides would hold talks in the first of April to work out a bilateral ceasefire, Duterte's peace adviser Jesus Dureza said after two-day informal talks in Utrecht over the weekend.
  
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• Is Russia Threatening NATO In North Atlantic Region?

  12-03-2017 09:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Both NATO and Russia have undergone massive military escalations in recent months with each side accusing the other of provocation.
  
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