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• Ex-U.S. consumer bureau head Cordray set to run for Ohio governor

  04-12-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Richard Cordray, a Democrat whose resignation as head of the U.S. consumer bureau last month triggered a political battle over who should replace him, plans to run for governor of Ohio, an advisor said on Monday.Cordray will make the announcement at an event on Tuesday at a restaurant in his home town of Grove City, Ohio, said the advisor, who asked to remain anonymous.Cordray will later tour Ohio, meeting with Democratic activists, community leaders and voters, the advisor said.
  
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• Amanda Seales Claims Russell Simmons Asked If They 'Ever F**ked' During Meeting

  04-12-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  Comedian and actress Amanda Seales has a public service announcement for anyone tempted to ask a victim of sexual assault why they waited so long to say something: Don’t.
  
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• US, Russia deep-search vessels join hunt for Argentine sub

  04-12-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — U.S and Russian ships carrying remotely operated vehicles capable of deep seafloor searches are joining other vessels hunting for an Argentine submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic 19 days ago, the navy said Monday.
  
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• Republican Leaders Say Helping Dreamers Isn't An Emergency. For Many Dreamers, It Is.

  04-12-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― For Republican leaders in Congress, finding a legislative solution to help young undocumented immigrants who may soon be deported isn’t an urgent problem.
  
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• US tech shares sell off as global markets digest tax cut advance

  04-12-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  US stocks finished mixed Monday with high-flying technology shares experiencing profit taking as global markets digested the Senate's passage of a massive tax cut plan.
  
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• Why Did NASA Wake Up This Interstellar Spacecraft After 33 Years?

  04-12-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  Actually, it's awesome.
  
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• 22-Year-Old Rapper Meets 81-Year-Old Words With Friends Opponent

  04-12-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  There are no words for this: A 22-year-old rapper and producer living in Harlem finally met the 81-year-old woman he considered his “best friend.”
  
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• Former 'Cult Leader' Allegedly Killed Toddler in 1980s: 'We Think There Are More Victims'

  04-12-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  A 75-year-old woman who police allege was the leader of a religious cult in Florida has been charged with murder in Georgia in the death of a toddler more than 25 years ago, PEOPLE confirms.
  
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• Donald Trump's Typical McDonald's Dinner Order Is A Calorific Nightmare

  04-12-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  It’s no secret that President Donald Trump loves fast food.
  
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• Ex-Illinois Rep. John Anderson, who ran for president, dies

  04-12-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — Former longtime Illinois Rep. John Anderson, who ran for president as an independent in 1980, has died at age 95.
  
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• Bill O’Reilly, Fox News Sued by Former Producer for Defamation

  04-12-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  A former producer at Fox News sued Bill O’Reilly in federal court on Monday, alleging that he defamed her by denying that anyone had complained about his conduct and by implying that she and other accusers were financially and politically motivated.
  
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• Seattle police chief to step down after guiding reforms

  04-12-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole, who helped reform the department after federal officials found officers were too quick to use force against minorities, will step down at the end of the year, the mayor said Monday.
  
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• Astronauts Had a Pizza Party That Was Literally Out of This World

  04-12-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  The first-ever pizza party in space is getting sky-high reviews. Astronauts at the International Space Station posted pictures and a video over the weekend of their small, made-from-scratch pizza pies.
  
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• U.S. defense chief urges Pakistan to redouble efforts against militants

  04-12-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  By Idrees AliISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met Pakistan's civilian and military leaders on Monday and urged them to "redouble" their efforts to rein in militants accused of using the country as a base to carry out attacks in neighboring Afghanistan.Mattis, on a one-day visit to Pakistan, said the South Asian nation had made progress in the fight against militancy inside its borders but needed to make more.More than 100 days since U.S. President Donald Trump announced a
  
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• Sign language interpreter delivered gibberish in Florida

  04-12-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hearing-impaired people tuning in to a news conference about the arrest of a suspected serial killer got a message of gibberish from an American Sign Language interpreter.
  
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• Former Florida congresswoman sentenced to five years for fraud

  04-12-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Former U.S. Representative Corrine Brown of Florida was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for her role in helping raise more than $800,000 for a bogus charity that was used as a slush fund, federal court officials said.Brown, 71, was convicted in May on 18 counts of participating in a conspiracy involving a fraudulent education charity, concealing material facts required on financial disclosure forms and filing false tax returns.Brown, a Democrat from Jacksonville who served 24 years i
  
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• How Phasma Escaped the Trash Compactor and More Last Jedi Secrets Revealed

  04-12-2017 22:06
  
  It’s hard to believe that Star Wars: The Last Jedi will soon be here. While the film itself is sure to be a complete experience, between movies the folks at Disney have also been releasing novels, comics, shows, and videogames to expand on the Star War universe. Each of these helps to flesh out the world and can really bring something extra to the films, but it can also be difficult to keep track of what comic to read or what video game to play in order to know how everything connects.
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• O'Reilly's Plan To Smear His Accusers Appears To Be Backfiring

  04-12-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  In an attempt to defend himself after numerous women accused him of sexual misconduct, Bill O’Reilly tried to paint the women as liars out for fat settlement checks.
  
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• My Hero Academia: One's Justice Screenshots Revealed

  04-12-2017 21:49
  More details and screenshots have been released for upcoming game My Hero Academia: One's Justice.
  Bandai Namco revealed the new details, along with images from the game on the game's official website, via Gematsu.
  The site confirms One's Justice will be a battle action game where characters from the popular animated show will face off in intense fights. The battles will feature "realistic stage destruction."
  Two characters are confirmed for the game: Izuku Midoriya, who is voiced by Daiki
  
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• Lamborghini drives into crowded SUV market

  04-12-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Sant'Agata Bolognese (Italy) (AFP) - Lamborghini, the fabled Italian sports car manufacturer, on Monday unveiled its new Sports Utility Vehicle, accelerating into a fast growing market already crowded with upmarket rivals.The Urus, as the four-wheel drive "super SUV" will be known, was revealed at the Volkswagen group-owned company's historic home near Bologna.It will reach a top speed of 305 kph (190 mph), can go from zero to 100 kph in 3.6 seconds and brake from 100 kph to zero in 33.7 metres,
  
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• Armored Core Dev Asks Fans to 'Wait a Little Longer'

  04-12-2017 21:43
  Dark Souls developer From Software isn't finished with the Armored Core series.
  In a recent tweet (translated by DualShockers), the studio said "there is nothing we can announce now, but we don't intend to end theseries as it is, so we'd be happy if you could wait a little longer."
  In a follow-up tweet, the studio added that an Armored Core 20th anniversary PS4 theme will release tomorrow, Tuesday, December 5.
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• Trump team turns to specious legal arguments

  04-12-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Bob Bauer, former White House counsel, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's legal jeopardy in the Russia scandal, and whether Trump has it within his power to make the Robert Mueller and the Trump Russia investigation go away.
  
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• Educate Your Relatives This Holiday Season With A 'F*ck Your Racist Grandma' Sweatshirt

  04-12-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  This holiday season, show your relatives you love them by bestowing upon them the gift of activism without even having to say anything.
  
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• 'They've threatened your hearts': Trump shrinks two national monuments in Utah

  04-12-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  President Trump signed two presidential proclamations dramatically scaling back the sizes of two national monuments in Utah — outraging environmentalists and Native American tribes.
  
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• Now, That's Deep! Mariana Trench Fish Lives 5 Miles Down

  04-12-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  But a deceptively vulnerable-looking fish is not only right at home in the very deepest ocean environment on Earth — where few creatures can survive — it's also one of the region's top predators.Dubbed the Mariana snailfish, it swims in the Mariana Trench near Guam, at a depth of about 26,200 feet (8,000 meters).The snailfish's small, pink and scaleless body hardly seems capable of surviving in such a punishing environment, but this fish is full of surprises, researchers reported in
  
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• 4 Ways the Republican Tax Plan Could Affect Teachers, Students and Schools

  04-12-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  It includes taxes on tuition waivers and university endowments
  
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• This Flu Season Could Be a Whopper, Officials Warn

  04-12-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  U.S. health officials said they are concerned the upcoming flu season could be a bad one, based on reports from the Southern Hemisphere, where the flu season recently ended for the year.In Australia, for example, there were record-high numbers of laboratory-confirmed flu cases this year — more than 2.5 times the number last year, according to the Australian Government Department of Health."As clinicians in the United States prepare for the start of another influenza season, experts have be
  
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• Protesters out in droves against GOP tax bill

  04-12-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow looks at protests across the United States against the Republican tax bill, recognized widely as a giveaway to corporations and rich people at the expense of middle class Americans.
  
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• Star Wars: The Last Jedi's "space horse" sees some action in the Chinese trailer

  04-12-2017 21:17 via gamesradar.com
  SPOILER WARNING: While nothing world-shattering or supremely revelatory about The Last Jedi is about to be shared, some general plot beats and details will be touched on
  
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• Sign Language Interpreter Accused of Gibberish Statements at 'Serial Killer' Press Conference

  04-12-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Derlyn Roberts was really signing undecipherable words during a Florida press conference on the arrest of Emanuel Donaldson III, police said.
  
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• Donald Trump says he feels 'very badly' for Michael Flynn and says the FBI has destroyed his life

  04-12-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is working to downplay his ex-national security adviser’s guilty plea in the Russia investigation by lashing out at Hillary Clinton, suggesting the system is “rigged” if she got away with the “lies” she told the FBI.The president contrasted that while Michael Flynn’s “life is destroyed” for the false statements he made.Mr Flynn pleaded guilty last week to lying to the FBI as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s prob
  
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• Donald Trump slashes size of national parks in Utah to allow drilling

  04-12-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  President Trump has announced plans to slash the size of two US national parks, provoking fury from environmentalists, native american tribes and conservationists. Mr Trump called for the 1.3 million acre Bears Ears National Monument to be cut back to 228,784 acres split into two separate areas. He also called for Grand Staircase Escalante Monument to be slashed by half to just under one million acres and split into three areas.  Both parks, or monuments as they are call
  
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• Meet the Lamborghini Urus - the world's first super SUV

  04-12-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  After five years of concepts, teasers and promises, the 190mph Urus is a production reality.It's been 25 years since Lamborghini had an off-roader in its range, but while the LM 002 was built for the military, was powered by the same V12 engine that propelled the Countach, had an unquenchable thirst for fuel and only achieved a total sales number of 328 examples in its seven-year lifespan, the Urus promises to be something else altogether."The Urus elevates the SUV to a level not previously poss
  
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• Mega Man X-X8 Coming to PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC

  04-12-2017 20:47
  All eight Mega Man X games are coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC next year.
  Capcom developer Kazuhiro Tsuchiya shared the news during today's Mega Man 30th anniversary livestream. Mega Man X-X8 will be available for all current-gen consoles and PC sometime in summer 2018. In addition, Capcom announced both Mega Man Legacy Collection and Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 will be released for Nintendo Switch in the spring.
  Mega Man X first launched on the Super N
  
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• Trump Guts 2 Protected National Monuments In Utah

  04-12-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — Flanked by a group of Utah officials at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, President Donald Trump on Monday signed a pair of proclamations to dismantle two of the state’s national monuments — a move that opens the door for oil, gas and other development on public land that has been protected.
  
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• Smothered by the Islamic State, an Iraqi teen dares to dream

  04-12-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The three women tensed as their taxi approached the checkpoint manned by Islamic State group fighters. Everyone in Mosul dreaded checkpoints; you could never predict what these gunmen might do in their fanatic drive to crush the slightest hint of "sin." One of them peered at the girl in the back seat, Ferah.
  
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• 16 Tweets That Define What It Means To Be An Introvert

  04-12-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  If you’re an introvert, you likely value your alone time.
  
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• Mega Man 11 Announced

  04-12-2017 20:24
  Mega Man 11 is coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC next year.
  Capcom announced the game during its Mega Man 30th anniversary livestream today. While a specific release date has yet to be announced, the title will be available sometime in late 2018.
  For a look at Mega Man 11 in action, check out the announcement trailer below:
  Mega Man 11 features a 2.5D design, with entirely hand-drawn characters and environments. Capcom will share more details about the game this com
  
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• Correction: Haslams Investigation story

  04-12-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a Dec. 2 story about the trial of former executives and sales representatives at the truck stop chain controlled by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam , The Associated Press misspelled the last name of defendant Scott "Scooter" Wombold's attorney. It's John Kelly, not Keller.
  
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• Rebels kill Yemen's strongman Saleh as alliance collapses

  04-12-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  Yemeni rebels killed their erstwhile ally Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's former president and strongman, as their forces battled for control of the capital, Sanaa, officials said.
  
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• US Patriot missiles may have failed in Saudi Arabia: report

  04-12-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  When Shiite rebels blasted a ballistic missile from Yemen toward the Saudi capital last month, Riyadh officials said they had intercepted and destroyed the incoming rocket.The November 4 attack was the first missile Shiite rebels had aimed at the heart of the Saudi capital, underscoring the growing threat posed by the raging conflict in Yemen.The Times and researchers, mainly from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, said the bits of missile Saudi officials
  
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• Ubisoft Giving Away Two Free Games for PC This Holiday

  04-12-2017 20:01
  Ubisoft is giving away Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and World in Conflict for PC this holiday season.
  The games are free for all PC owners with a Ubisoft account, and will be available on a special Ubisoft giveaway site for a limited time. World in Conflict and its Soviet Assault expansion will be free on PC from December 4-11. Meanwhile, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will be available from December 11-18.
  The giveaway is part of Ubisoft's Happy Playdays, as well as a ce
  
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• Judge to weigh sentence for South Carolina ex-policeman who killed black man

  04-12-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  U.S. prosecutors said on Monday that a white former South Carolina policeman caught on video shooting an unarmed black man in the back committed murder, while defense lawyers argued their client did not deserve to go to prison for life for his crime.Michael Slager, 36, pleaded guilty in May to a federal civil rights charge of using excessive force when he killed 50-year-old Walter Scott in 2015.Slager, then a North Charleston police officer, fired eight shots at Scott's back after he fled a traf
  
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• Ford Recalls 177,000 Pickups and SUVs for Seat Issue

  04-12-2017 19:52 via yahoo.com
  Ford is recalling more than 177,000 select 2016 F-150 pickup trucks and 2016 Explorer SUVs in the U.S. because a bolt in the powered front seats can fail or fall out. Ford says the missing bolt c...
  
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• Parents of Caitlyn Frisina 'Relieved' She's Been Found, as Lurid New Details Emerge in Case

  04-12-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  After she disappeared, her father found explicit messages between her and soccer coach Rian Rodriguez.
  
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• Senior UN official to make rare visit to North Korea: official

  04-12-2017 19:46 via yahoo.com
  A top UN official will travel to North Korea this week for talks with officials there, a UN spokesman said Monday, amid heightened tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.The unusual visit by Jeffrey Feltman, which begins Tuesday and runs to Friday, comes less than a week after North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile believed capable of reaching the United States.On Monday, the United States and South Korea launched their biggest ever joint air exerc
  
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• US move to recognise Jerusalem as capital of Israel would 'drag the region into a new disaster'

  04-12-2017 19:41 via yahoo.com
  A formal US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel would cause a "major catastrophe" and lead to a new conflict in the Middle East, Turkey warned last night. The warning came as Donald Trump, the US president, was poised to make a key decision this week on whether to recognise the city as Israel's capital. Bekir Bozdag, the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, said Jerusalem's status had been determined by international agreements. He added: "It is important to preserve Jerusalem's status f
  
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• Ex-US Rep Brown gets 5-year prison sentence in fraud case

  04-12-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, once a powerful Florida Democrat, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for fraud and other crimes related to a purported charity for poor students that she used as a personal slush fund.
  
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• Highly Criticized ‘Frozen’ Short Is Leaving Theaters, But Not For The Reason You Think

  04-12-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” is coming to an end ― and not a minute too soon, according to many Pixar fans.
  
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• Republican Senator Says Comments About 'Booze or Women' Were Misunderstood

  04-12-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  "Whether it's on booze or women or movies"
  
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