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• Dutch left-wing election rally draws thousands

  09-03-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Dutch left-wing political hopeful Jesse Klaver on Thursday staged one of the largest campaign rallies seen in The Netherlands in recent times, as political parties scramble for last-minute votes ahead of next week's crunch elections."We have a unique opportunity as left-wing parties to win this election and to be the biggest," Klaver said to thunderous applause.Dutch political observers say the youthful Klaver, who is of Moroccan descent, is the antithesis of far-right politician Geert Wilders,
  
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• Searching for Trump condemnation in Pope Francis’ words

  09-03-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis warned against the rising tide of populism in an interview with German paper Die Zeit this week, reigniting an ongoing search for subliminal criticism of President Trump in the pope’s words.
  
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• 911 audio: Decapitation suspect says his mother made him mad

  09-03-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  
  LOUISBURG, N.C. (AP) — An 18-year-old man accused of decapitating his mother promised an emergency dispatcher that he wouldn't kill two young siblings heard wailing in the background of his 911 call, according to a recording released Thursday.
  
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• Couple Shaken Up After Cruise Ship Nearly Hit Their Home: 'I've Never Seen Anything That Close'

  09-03-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Yasmine and Bill Todhunter said the massive vessel was moments from crashing into their property.
  
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• Toyota Will Eventually Have Three Sports Cars in its Lineup

  09-03-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Reverting to the "Three Brothers" philosophy, Toyota wants to become a serious contender in the sports car market again.
  
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• Dead Sharks Parked In Florida Lots and Driveways

  09-03-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Florida has had a long history with abandoned exotic animals.
  
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• U.S. FCC probes why AT&T customers could not call 911

  09-03-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it will investigate why AT&T wireless subscribers in several states could not make emergency 911 calls late Wednesday.The FCC has previously fined carriers that had 911 outages that it deemed preventable and required steps to prevent further outages.“Every call to 911 must go through,” FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement.
  
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• RadioShack Files For Bankruptcy Again, 187 Locations Will Be Closed

  09-03-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  
  After its revival in 2015, RadioShack filed for bankruptcy a second time and will close a portion of its stores.
  
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• Resistance Report: D.C. bar sues Trump for unfair competition from his hotel

  09-03-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  D.C. UNCORKED. President Trump’s business interests are ruffling feathers in the District of Columbia business community.“Cork Wine Bar owners Khalid Pitts and Diane Gross filed an unfair competition lawsuit against Donald Trump and the Trump International Hotel in DC Wednesday night, alleging that the president’s continued affiliation with the government-owned property puts competing businesses at a disadvantage,” reports Washingtonian.
  
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• China’s Market News: Offshore Yuan Costs Rise, Spread in Price Indexes Widens

  09-03-2017 21:59
  February prints for New Yuan loans, CPI and PPI sent out mixed signals.
  
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• Dollar Technical Analysis: DXY Building Momentum Ahead of NFP

  09-03-2017 21:51
  A quick glance at the DXY, and you’d think all is quiet in global markets. However, the split of the DXY is the cause for the lackluster performance.
  
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• What exactly does the iPhone 8 mean for Apple?

  09-03-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  
  To date, the iPhone 6 is still responsible for the biggest iPhone upgrade cycle in history. And with good reason, the iPhone 6 marked the first time Apple delved into the world of larger-screened iPhones, at long last giving users with a preference for larger screens a compelling reason to upgrade. What's more, Apple in 2014 didn't just release one new device; rather, it released two distinct iPhone models, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and the gargantuan 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus.
  
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• Trump Ally Nigel Farage Visits Ecuadorian Embassy To Meet With Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange

  09-03-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump ally Nigel Farage met with Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange at Ecuadorian embassy, report says.
  
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• Pope open to studying ordination of married men as priests

  09-03-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Pope Francis says the church must study whether it's possible to ordain married men to minister in remote communities facing priest shortages.
  
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• How Michelle Obama surprised students at a DC high school

  09-03-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Former first lady Michelle Obama surprised students at Ballou STAY High School in Washington, D.C., last week, leaving what seemed to be a deep impression on a group of students going to the alternative high school.Principal Cara Fuller personally selected the 14 students who met Ms. Obama.Recommended:Michelle Obama: How well do you know the first lady?
  
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• Washington restaurant sues Trump over alleged unfair hotel competition

  09-03-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  
  A Washington restaurant has sued U.S. President Donald Trump and the company that operates his landmark Washington hotel, claiming that patrons have shifted business there to curry favor with his new administration, the owners said on Thursday.The suit, which was filed on Wednesday, does not seek monetary damages but wants Trump to divest from the hotel, resign or close it while he is president.Diane Gross and Khalid Pitts, the husband-and-wife owners of the Cork Wine Bar, claim they and other b
  
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• Windstorm knocks out power to 1 million customers in Michigan

  09-03-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - More than 1 million Michigan electric customers, including homes, schools and hospitals, were without power on Thursday after a windstorm caused the biggest outage in state history, utility companies said.Wind gusts of more than 60 miles per hour (97 km per hour) on Wednesday toppled trees and downed more than 4,000 power lines across the state, which has a population of about 10 million people, Detroit-based DTE Energy Co said."This is a very unusual event ... the most significant w
  
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• Photos of the day - March 9, 2017

  09-03-2017 21:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Buddhist monks push Thai soldiers at a gate of Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand; dogs and owners arrive for the first day of Crufts dog show at NEC Arena in Birmingham, England; an Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near the site of a gun fight at Padgampora, Indian Kashmir. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
  
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• Gold Price Sent to the Ledge after the Wedge

  09-03-2017 21:10
  The gold wedge target is the 1/27 low at 1180.42. January resistance should be watched for resistance again near 1219.
  
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• Kansas man in 'get out of my country' shooting of Indian man appears in court

  09-03-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  A Kansas man accused of killing an Indian software engineer and shooting two other people while shouting "get out of my country" appeared in Johnson County Circuit Court on Thursday as lawyers worked out a schedule for his upcoming trial.At the short hearing, alleged shooter Adam Purinton, 51, sat quietly, wearing an orange jumpsuit and looking haggard, his hair scraggly, sometimes whispering to his attorney.Purinton is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Srinivas Kuchibhot
  
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• The Latest: Indiana, Iowa killings not believed linked

  09-03-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into the slaying of two northern Indiana teenage girls (all times local):
  
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• What To Watch On The Breakdown In Oil & Gold As DXY Accelerates

  09-03-2017 20:30
  Crude Oil & Gold have traded to aggressively lower on a combination of fundamental and technical factors, which should make support a key focus for traders.
  
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• Uber Will Review Greyball Program, Stop Using It Against Regulators

  09-03-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  
  After Uber's Greyball program was publicly revealed, the car service confirmed it will stop using it to target and deceive local authorities.
  
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• Does India’s Hindu Heartland Still Love Modi?

  09-03-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  
  A deeply divided country is about to stage the world's biggest local elections.
  
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• Syrian force a 'few weeks' from Raqqa, U.S. Marines deploy

  09-03-2017 20:04 via rocketnews.com
  
  By Tom Perry
  BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a U.S. Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign.
  The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia alliance including the Kurdish YPG, is the main U.S. partner in the war against Islamic State in Syria. Since November it has been working with the U.S.-led coalition to encircle Raqqa.
  SDF spokesman Ta
  
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• Syrian force a 'few weeks' from Raqqa, U.S. Marines deploy

  09-03-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  
  By Tom PerryBEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a U.S. Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia alliance including the Kurdish YPG, is the main U.S. partner in the war against Islamic State in Syria.Since November it has been working with the U.S.-led coalition to encircle Raqqa.
  
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• Border Patrol 'tunnel rats' plug underground passages

  09-03-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — They are known in the U.S. Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" — agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the past 20 years to smuggle drugs.
  
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• Florida lawyer’s pants burst into flames while defending client against arson charges

  09-03-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  
  In a story that quite honestly could only come out of Florida, a Miami defense lawyer was defending his client against arson charges when his pants started on fire. The culprit wasn't his client, but his e-cigarette which was resting in his pocket at the time. Somehow, this isn't a joke.Stephen Gutierrez, a defense attorney based out of Miami, was defending 48-year-old Claudy Charles at the time. Charles has been accused of setting his car on fire in order to intentionally destroy the vehic
  
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• #ProfessorRyan: House speaker’s health care PowerPoint becomes a meme

  09-03-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  
  House Speaker Paul Ryan rolled up his sleeves on Thursday to sell the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, using a PowerPoint presentation to explain the GOP plan during his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill.
  
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• Assange says leaks show CIA's 'devastating incompetence'

  09-03-2017 19:38 via rocketnews.com
  London (AFP) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday accused the CIA of “devastating incompetence” for failing to protect its hacking secrets and said he would work with tech companies to develop fixes for them.
  “This is a historic act of devastating incompetence, to have created such an arsenal and then stored it all in one place,” Assange said.
  “It is impossible to keep effective control of cyber weapons… If you build them, eventually you will
  
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• Assange says leaks show CIA's 'devastating incompetence'

  09-03-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday accused the CIA of "devastating incompetence" for failing to protect its hacking secrets and said he would work with tech companies to develop fixes for them."This is a historic act of devastating incompetence, to have created such an arsenal and then stored it all in one place," Assange said.
  
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• Man jumps from car, saves elderly woman from oncoming train

  09-03-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  
  SADDLE BROOK, N.J. (AP) — An elderly woman trying to cross the tracks in front of an oncoming train was saved by a driver who sprinted from his car and pulled her out of the way, authorities said.
  
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• Forex Education: All About MACD

  09-03-2017 19:37
  MACD is a helpful technical tool that helps traders gauge market direction and momentum.
  
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• EUR/USD: Post-ECB Recovery to Face U.S. NFP

  09-03-2017 19:37
  Post-ECB price action continues to highlight a critical near-term range in the pair. Here are the updated targets & invalidation levels that matter into the release.
  
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• Unhealthy eating is linked to 400,000 US deaths per year: study

  09-03-2017 19:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Unhealthy eating habits can be blamed for more than 400,000 US deaths a year due to heart disease and related illnesses, researchers said Thursday.The problem is twofold: Americans are eating too much salty, fatty and sugary fare, and not enough fruit, vegetables and whole grains, experts said at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Portland, Oregon."Low intake of healthy foods such as nuts, vegetables, whole grains and fruits combined with higher intake of unhealthy dietary components
  
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• To Moscow, Trump's choice for envoy makes Russian thaw less likely

  09-03-2017 19:00 via rocketnews.com
  
  By Andrew Osborn
  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Reports that Jon Huntsman will become the next U.S. ambassador to Russia stirred anxiety in Moscow on Thursday, with one politician calling him a hawk and pro-Kremlin media recalling what they said was his worrying history of hostile rhetoric.
  An official in U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Wednesday that Huntsman, a one-time Republican presidential candidate and ambassador to China and Singapore, had accepted Trump’s off
  
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• Putin hosts Netanyahu for talks set to focus on Syria

  09-03-2017 18:42 via rocketnews.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for talks focusing on the situation in Syria and Israeli concerns about the role of Iran and its proxies there.
  Greeting Netanyahu at the start of their Kremlin negotiations, Putin emphasized a high level of trust between them. Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow follows his talks last month with U.S. President Donald Trump.
  Netanyahu praised Russia’s role in fighting the Islami
  
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• Paul Ryan's weekly press conference on March 9, 2017

  09-03-2017 18:38 via yahoo.com
  
  On Thursday, March 9, 2017, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds his weekly press conference
  
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• CIA Leaks Reveal Backdoors In Phones, TVs, and More

  09-03-2017 18:37 via yahoo.com
  
  The CIA can turn these devices into recorders of everyday conversations.
  
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• White House sharpens axe for Clean Power Plan

  09-03-2017 18:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Seven weeks into the Trump presidency, the coal industry and electric utilities are getting restless for their promised relief from the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which regulates carbon dioxide emissions. But they might not have to wait much longer, according to the authoritative energy news site E&E News, which is reporting that the administration is preparing to set the repeal in motion with an executive order as early as next week.
  
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• Illinois budget impasse increasingly hurts universities: Moody's

  09-03-2017 18:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Illinois' record-breaking budget impasse, which has led to sporadic funding for higher education, is increasingly pressuring the finances and competitiveness of state universities, Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday.The credit rating agency said the lack of complete state funding has forced schools to take "considerable steps," including cutting academic programs and raising tuition, in order to keep operating and preserve financial liquidity."Material programing reductions and staffing
  
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• Petition to suspend 'sexist' Polish MEP goes viral

  09-03-2017 18:07 via rocketnews.com
  
  Warsaw (AFP) – More than 700,000 people had by Thursday signed a petition demanding the European Parliament suspend a Polish far-right MEP who said women should be paid less because they are weaker and less intelligent than men.
  Global civic movement Avaaz launched the online petition against MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke on Wednesday, International Women’s Day.
  “We ask the European Parliament to suspend the Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke following his hateful remarks about women an
  
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• Petition to suspend 'sexist' Polish MEP goes viral

  09-03-2017 18:07 via yahoo.com
  
  More than 700,000 people had by Thursday signed a petition demanding the European Parliament suspend a Polish far-right MEP who said women should be paid less because they are weaker and less intelligent than men.Global civic movement Avaaz launched the online petition against MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke on Wednesday, International Women's Day."We ask the European Parliament to suspend the Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke following his hateful remarks about women and migrants, and after making a Nazi
  
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• Firefighters Rescue Litter of 9 Puppies From Burning Home

  09-03-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  
  A few of the pups suffered minor burns but they're all now back with their mother.
  
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• USD/JPY Clears FEB High; Topside Hurdles in Focus Ahead of NFP Report

  09-03-2017 17:58
  USD/JPY clears the February high (114.96) ahead of the U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) report, with the pair at risk of extending the advance from earlier this week.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi says healthcare benefits will largely be lost in red states under Republican plan

  09-03-2017 17:57 via yahoo.com
  
  In a news conference on Thursday, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said under the new Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, many people who voted for Donald Trump will largely lose benefits in red states and the benefits will go to blue states.
  
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• GOP congressman on why Trump healthcare plan has his full support

  09-03-2017 17:56 via yahoo.com
  
  In an interview with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric, Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., expressed why he is fully behind President Trump’s healthcare plan. “The fact is, we’re opening the market up and making the market more accessible for the American people to be able to get true, affordable healthcare," says Mullin. When pressed on whether or not President Trump’s recent tweets about wiretaps are a distraction, Mullin said “I’m sure he has information t
  
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• German 2/10 -Year Yield Curve Likely to Steepen Further

  09-03-2017 17:48
  The German 2/10-year yield curve looks set to steepen over the coming months as the spread between the two issues widens.
  
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• Ancient Route Connected to Roman 'Emperor's Road' Unearthed in Israel

  09-03-2017 17:32 via yahoo.com
  
  About 2,000 years ago, travelers walked along a wide, stone-paved road, some of them accidently dropping coins that would later be found by modern-day archaeologists in Israel.That road, as well as the coins lost by ancient passersby, was discovered by archaeologists near Highway 375 in Israel in February, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)."The road that we discovered, which 2,000 years ago passed along a route similar to Highway 375 today, was up to 6 meters [20 feet] wide, [a
  
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• ‘Uh, no’: McConnell says Mexico won’t pay for Trump’s border wall

  09-03-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked Thursday whether Mexico will pay for President Trump’s planned wall along the United States’ southern border — a promise Trump repeated countless times during his 2016 presidential campaign.
  
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