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• Baby Sea Otter Found Swimming Alone in Open Water, Rescued by Boaters

  03-07-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  
  A baby sea otter was rescued after he was found swimming alone in open water just weeks after being born.
  
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• Trump to promote U.S. natgas exports in Russia's backyard

  03-07-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will use fast-growing supplies of U.S. natural gas as a political tool when he meets in Warsaw on Thursday with leaders of a dozen countries that are captive to Russia for their energy needs.Exports from the United States would help reduce their dependence on Russia.Trump will tell the group that Washington wants to help allies by making it as easy as possible for U.S. companies to ship more liquefied natural gas
  
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• The Latest: Illinois Senate takes no action on budget

  03-07-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on a legislative session on Illinois' budget as the state enters a third straight year without a spending plan (all times local):
  
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• Why the Media's Defense Against Trump Has Proven So Ineffective

  03-07-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  
  The press may never succeed in eliciting popular sympathy—instead, it needs to convince members of the public that the president’s rhetoric will hurt them, too.
  
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• Los Angeles man convicted in Hollywood studio executive's death

  03-07-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  
  A convicted drug dealer was found guilty on Monday of voluntary manslaughter in the death of a Hollywood studio executive who was missing for more than two years before his remains were found buried in the California desert.John Lenzie Creech, 44, was convicted by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury after a two-week trial.Prosecutors said during the trial that Creech attacked and beat Gavin Smith, 57, after finding his estranged wife in a car with the film distribution executive at 20th Century Fo
  
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• Professional Stuntwoman Shows How You Can Survive After Getting Hit by a Car

  03-07-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Tammie Bird explains that the reaction time must be a split-second.
  
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• US Secretary of State says 'Syria's fate is in Russian hands now'

  03-07-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  
  The US Secretary of State has reportedly told the United Nations Secretary General that he thinks the fate of Syria and its leader is now up to Russia.Rex Tillerson held a private meeting with Antonio Guterres at the State Department when he said the US was limiting its mission to defeating terror group Isis, according to Foreign Policy.Citing three diplomatic sources with knowledge of the exchange, Mr Tillerson said that though the US is committed to the 2012 Geneva Process that stated it, Russ
  
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• Hundreds outside courthouse as abduction suspect has hearing

  03-07-2017 22:42 via rocketnews.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered outside a federal courthouse Monday as the suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois made his first appearance since being arrested last week.
  During the nine-minute hearing, 28-year-old Brendt Christensen acknowledged to the judge that he understood his rights, but did not say anything else. U.S. Magistrate Eric Long ordered Christensen held without bond in the kidnapping of Yingying Zhang. Authorities say fact
  
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• Venezuela opposition challenges Maduro with unofficial referendum

  03-07-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  By Diego Oré and Eyanir ChineaCARACAS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro's foes announced plans on Monday for an unofficial referendum to let Venezuelans have their say on his plan to rewrite the constitution and the opposition's alternative push for an election to replace him.The opposition, starting a fourth month of street protests against the socialist government it decries as a dictatorship, will organize the symbolic vote for July 16 as part of its strategy to delegitimize the unp
  
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• Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston's Logan Airport

  03-07-2017 22:27 via rocketnews.com
  
  Massachusetts State Police say a crash that injured 10 pedestrians near Boston’s airport does not appear to be an intentional act.
  A police official said the crash is believed to be a case of “operator error” in which the driver stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. The person was not authorized to comment on the record and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
  The 56-year-old taxi driver’s vehicle struck the pedestrians in a taxi-queuing area
  
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• Taxi crashes into pedestrians near Boston's Logan Airport

  03-07-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Massachusetts State Police say a crash that injured 10 pedestrians near Boston's airport does not appear to be an intentional act.
  
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• Illinois man held without bond in disappearance of Chinese scholar

  03-07-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge on Monday ordered an Illinois man charged with abducting a Chinese scholar held without bond in a first court appearance that drew hundreds of demonstrators with signs calling for justice.Brendt Christensen, 28, was arrested by FBI agents in Champaign, Illinois, on Friday on charges of kidnapping in the disappearance of Yingying Zhang, 26, on June 9, according to University of Illinois Police.The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement that agents overheard Christensen while h
  
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• Starbucks Worker Who Mysteriously Vanished During Break Found Alive Nearly a Week Later

  03-07-2017 22:13 via rocketnews.com
  
  The North Carolina Starbucks worker who clocked out for a scheduled break and never returned has been found alive nearly a week later.
  Allison Cope, 24, a supervisor at the coffee bar inside Raleigh-Durham International Airport, was located in Virginia Beach, Va., more than 200 miles away from where she was last seen.
  Read: Missing Starbucks Worker Spotted at Gas Station Shortly After Vanishing During Her Break
  She has been brought to Sentara Virginia Beach Hospital, WRAL.com reported. Add
  
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• New study reveals how frogs flourished after dinosaurs croaked

  03-07-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  
  A massive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs millions of years ago created room for frogs to colonize the Earth, said a study Monday that shows how frogs became among the most diverse vertebrates in the world.As many as 10 types of frogs are believed to have survived the mass extinction some 66 million years ago, which erased three-quarters of life on Earth, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Of these survivors, just three major kinds of frogs went o
  
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• U.S. no longer a 'friend' in Merkel election program

  03-07-2017 21:19 via rocketnews.com
  
  German Chancellor and head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel attends a meeting of their conservative bloc to discuss their election programme in Berlin, Germany, July 3, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
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  BERLIN (Reuters) – In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have dropped the term “friend” in describing the relationship with the United States.
  Four years ago, the joint program of her C
  
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• U.S. no longer a 'friend' in Merkel election program

  03-07-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  
  By Noah BarkinBERLIN (Reuters) - In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States.The 2013 program also described the "friendship" with Washington as a "cornerstone" of Germany's international relations and talked about strengthening transatlantic economic ties through the removal of trade barriers.
  
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• Venezuelan opposition sets symbolic vote on new constitution

  03-07-2017 21:13 via rocketnews.com
  
  View photosOpposition leader Henrique Capriles holds a poster that reads in Spanish “Freedom immediately for political prisoners” after a meeting where the opposition decided to plan a symbolic referendum in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 3, 2017. Venezuela’s opposition is seeking to hold a symbolic referendum on July 16 to give voters the opportunity to reject President Nicolas Maduro’s plans to rewrite the constitution. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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• North Korea crisis could 'get out of control': China's UN envoy

  03-07-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  
  China's UN ambassador on Monday warned of "disastrous" consequences if world powers fail to find a way to ease tensions with North Korea which he said could "get out of control".Ambassador Liu Jieyi made the remarks a day after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the threat posed by North Korea's missile and nuclear tests.
  
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• The Flynn Matter Is Also the Pence Matter

  03-07-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow shows how vice President Mike Pence's role as head of the Donald Trump transition team means the Mike Flynn scandal fell within Pence's purview.
  
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• Tougher fighting, more suicide attacks as IS hits back in Mosul

  03-07-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Iraqi forces are facing increasingly difficult fighting and a rising number of suicide attacks, including some by female bombers, in the final stages of the battle for Mosul, commanders said Monday.Following recent suicide bombings by two girls, security forces in the Old City were seen ordering civilians to remove some of their clothing before approaching to guard against the threat.More than eight months since the start of the operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group, the jihadis
  
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• Richard Hammond reveals life-changing injury from horror crash

  03-07-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Richard Hammond reveals life-changing injury from horror crash.
  
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• Train derailment spills 20,000 gallons of Exxon's oil in Illinois

  03-07-2017 20:24 via rocketnews.com
  (Reuters) – About 20,000 gallons (76,000 liters) of crude oil belonging to Exxon Mobil Corp was released after a Canadian National Railway Co freight train derailed on Friday at Plainfield, Illinois.
  The cause of the derailment was unknown, a filing with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday.
  Twenty cars of the south-bound Canadian National train carrying crude oil were involved in the derailment, while three of the cars leaked, CN spokesman Patrick Waldron said.
  There
  
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• Train derailment spills 20,000 gallons of Exxon's oil in Illinois

  03-07-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  
  The cause of the derailment was unknown, a filing with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday.Twenty cars of the south-bound Canadian National train carrying crude oil were involved in the derailment, while three of the cars leaked, CN spokesman Patrick Waldron said.
  
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• Anti-Semitic Banner Found on New Jersey Holocaust Memorial

  03-07-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  
  The banner had a link to a white supremacist website
  
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• Saudi hopes for 'positive' Qatar response to demands

  03-07-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia hoped on Monday for a "positive" response from Qatar to demands that it end support for "terrorism" and its associations with Iran.Riyadh and its allies on June 5 severed diplomatic and transport ties with their gas-rich Gulf neighbour Qatar, in the worst diplomatic crisis to hit the region in decades.
  
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• The Trump Russia Political Crisis: A Timeline

  03-07-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reviews the development of the Trump Russia investigation over past seven months, one breaking news story after another. (Watch the dates!)
  
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• US warship in Med wary of 'tensions' with Syria's allies

  03-07-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  
  A senior officer aboard a US Navy supercarrier deployed in the eastern Mediterranean said Monday his forces were wary of "tensions" with allies of Syria's regime but ready to defend US-backed forces.The USS George H.W. Bush has been a leading part of the US bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria, primarily against the Islamic State group but on occasion targeting Syrian government forces and their allies fighting US-backed groups.The 330-metre ship carries between 70 and 90 aircraft at a time, inclu
  
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• 'I Survived a Shark Attack'

  03-07-2017 19:24 via rocketnews.com
  Tiffany Johnson was snorkeling off the coast of the Bahamas when she felt the bump on her arm. It didn’t hurt, so she casually glanced to her right, angling to stay still so she didn’t disturb the fish she’d been admiring.
  That bump turned out to be a shark, and her arm was in his mouth, and he was, make no mistake, glaring at her.
  “My arm was inside the shark’s face, and we were face to face,” says Johnson, 32, of Concord, North Carolina, who was nearing the
  
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• 'I Survived a Shark Attack'

  03-07-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Tiffany Johnson was snorkeling off the coast of the Bahamas when she felt the bump on her arm. It didn't hurt, so she casually glanced to her right, angling to stay still so she didn't disturb the fish she'd been admiring.
  
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• Macron wants EU nations to hold debates on reforms to the bloc

  03-07-2017 19:09 via yahoo.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that after a "cruel decade" of crisis-management, European Union leaders needed to reform the bloc to fight euroskepticism among the public."I firmly believe in Europe, but I don't find this scepticism unjustified," Macron told French lawmakers in a rare joint session of parliament in Versailles.The 39-year-old president, who defeated anti-euro far-right leader Marine Le Pen last May, reiterated in his speech a campaign proposal to launch "democrat
  
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• Poland wants Trump's vow of protection from Russian activity

  03-07-2017 18:53 via yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's government would like visiting President Donald Trump to make assurances this week that the presence of U.S. and NATO troops in Poland will continue as long as the region's security is threatened by Russia, the foreign minister said Monday.
  
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• Man Stops at Convenience Store to Air Up Tires, Leaves With $1 Million Lottery Ticket

  03-07-2017 18:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Never let 'em tell you basic car care doesn't pay off.
  
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• Canadian National Railway says oil spills after train derails in U.S.

  03-07-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  
  The cause of the derailment was unknown, a filing with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday.The incident occurred when 20 cars of a Canadian National Railway Co freight train, carrying crude for Exxon Mobil Corp to Louisiana, went off the tracks, the Chicago Tribune said in a report on Saturday, quoting officials.
  
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• You Won't Be Able To Stop Watching Ina Garten Decorate Her Iconic Flag Cake

  03-07-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Everything she touches is magic.
  
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• This Body Transformation Will Make You Forget About the Number on the Scale

  03-07-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Her message is inspirational AND realistic.
  
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• People Are Going Crazy For The 'Lose Your Belly' Diet

  03-07-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Here's everything you need to know about it.
  
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• What to Know About Charlie Gard, the Terminally Ill Baby Trump Wants to Help

  03-07-2017 18:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis is also watching the situation with "affection and sadness"
  
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• 10 Fourth Of July 2017 Freebies

  03-07-2017 18:31 via yahoo.com
  
  [HOLD DO NOT PUBLISH] Find out where to get free food, discounted clothes and more deals on July 4, 2017.
  
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• The Latest: Judge: Jail must release critically ill woman

  03-07-2017 18:29 via yahoo.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a mother's effort to visit her critically ill daughter who has been in a Florida jail (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: California man pleads not guilty to killing son

  03-07-2017 18:28 via yahoo.com
  
  ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a Southern California man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son (all times local):
  
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• 10 Affordable Plus Size Costumes For the Best Halloween Ever

  03-07-2017 18:27 via rocketnews.com
  
  Win best dressed at your costume party, Halloween event, or night out with friends in these fun and inexpensive outfits. Here you’ll find festive costumes inspired by Disney movies, vintage and retro outfits, superheroes, villains, and more—all for $65 or less.
  From Woman’s Day
  The post 10 Affordable Plus Size Costumes For the Best Halloween Ever appeared first on RocketNews |Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• You’d be crazy to pass up Amazon’s rare discount on the new 3rd-gen Nest Learning Thermostat

  03-07-2017 18:26 via yahoo.com
  
  The hot new 3rd-Generation Nest Learning Thermostat has barely been on the market for two months and it's already beyond obvious that it's one of the best smart thermostats that has ever existed. It improves upon the high benchmarks set by the previous-gen model in almost every way, including hardware design. Yes, believe it or not, the newest Nest is somehow even sleeker than the prior models.
  Despite having only been available since late April, Amazon is already offering a rare discount on the
  
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• Girl, 13, Found Dead Days Amber Alert Issued, Killed Over Drug Theft She Had No Part Of: Report

  03-07-2017 18:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Shavon Le'Feye Randle was found dead in an abandoned home in Texas.
  
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• Trump tweets mock video of him beating CNN, sparks criticism

  03-07-2017 17:49 via yahoo.com
  
  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump crowned his weekend rage against the news media with a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit — his face obscured by the CNN logo — outside a wrestling ring.
  
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• Mugabe donates $1 million to African Union

  03-07-2017 17:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Monday he was donating $1 million to the African Union (AU), hoping to set an example for African countries to finance AU programs and wean it off funding from outside donors.For years, about 60 percent of AU spending has been financed by donors including the European Union, World Bank and governments of wealthy non-African countries.Mugabe, who has held power in Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, has said reliance on foreign funds allows
  
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• Maria Menounos Reveals Risky Surgery to Remove Brain Tumor

  03-07-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Maria Menounos recently underwent a 7-hour surgery to remove a golf ball-sized brain tumor.
  
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• Massive layoffs loom over Microsoft

  03-07-2017 17:40 via yahoo.com
  
  When a company as big as Microsoft finds itself in need of a reorganization, there are almost always casualties that result from the changes. That's exactly what is about to happen to the tech giant, as multiple reports from inside sources suggest that the company is poised to downsize its boxed software business, and the changes could result in a sizable layoffs to Microsoft's sales teams around the globe, affecting thousands of employees.The layoffs, which will be needed due to redundancies in
  
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• Chinese Scholar Was Kidnapped and Likely Killed by Illinois Man, Authorities Say

  03-07-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  
  The FBI alleged that the suspect's phone had been used around April 19 to visit an "Abduction 101" web site.
  
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• UN official praises massive China project to African leaders

  03-07-2017 17:36 via rocketnews.com
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The U.N. deputy secretary-general on Monday urged African leaders to “take advantage” of a massive Chinese government infrastructure project that has made the United States and others uneasy that Beijing is using it to gain political influence.
  In her speech to heads of state at an African Union summit, Amina Mohammed praised China’s “Belt and Road” initiative, which aims to build a new “Silk Road” of ports, railways an
  
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• Amid Tweets, Pres. Trump Faces Challenges from Russia, Europe, North Korea

  03-07-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  As the Russian election interference investigation continues to swirl back home, Pres. Trump is expected to meet face-to-face with Pres. Putin for the first time when he travels to the G20 in Germany this week.
  
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