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• APNewsBreak: Yellowstone park cracks down on sex harassment

  28-07-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As many as 10 workers in Yellowstone National Park's maintenance division will be disciplined after an investigation found female employees were subjected to sexual harassment and other problems.
  
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• Video shows border officers' actions and inactions resulted in tragic 2013 incident

  28-07-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  Government surveillance video shows border officers appeared to encourage, or at least allow, teen to drink from a bottle containing concentrated liquid methamphetamine.
  
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• Steve Bannon Pushing For Tech Companies To Be Regulated As Utilities

  28-07-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  White House adviser Steve Bannon wants technology companies like Facebook and Google to be regulated as utilities.
  
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• 19 attorneys general seek military transgender protections

  28-07-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — The top legal officers in 18 states and the District of Columbia have asked Congress to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination against transgender service members.
  
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• President Trump pushes out chief of staff Reince Priebus

  28-07-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  Late Friday afternoon, President Trump took to Twitter to announce that he is replacing Chief of Staff Reince Priebus with Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly. “He is a great American, and a great leader,” Trump tweeted about Kelly.
  
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• NASA's Cassini Craft Found Molecules In Titan's Atmosphere That May Be The Basis Of Life

  28-07-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  Cassini has made yet another discovery, molecules that could support life in Titan's upper atmosphere.
  
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• Court says Flint residents can sue Michigan over bad water

  28-07-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Residents in Flint who were exposed to lead-contaminated water can pursue constitutional claims against Michigan and city officials, a federal appeals court said Friday.
  
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• Killer of 2, including 12-year-old on scooter, gets prison

  28-07-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who killed two people, including a 12-year-old girl riding a scooter, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  
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• Hamburg attack was by 'failed asylum seeker' who shouted 'Allahu Akbar'

  28-07-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  A man shouting "Allahu Akbar" stabbed to death one person and wounded six others in a supermarket in the German city of Hamburg on Friday. The attacker, who was born in the United Arab Emirates, was overpowered by passers-by and arrested. Olaf Scholz, the mayor of Hamburg, said the attack had been motivated by "hate" and added that the suspected attacker was a failed asylum seeker whose deportation had been blocked because he lacked identity papers. Map: Hamburg supermarket attack "I am outraged
  
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• No suspension for Michigan judge who locked up 3 siblings

  28-07-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — A judge who sent three children to juvenile detention for failing to see their divorced father during a fierce dispute over parenting time won't be suspended from the bench, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday.
  
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• A Super Rare Copy of Super Mario Bros Just Sold for $30,000 on eBay

  28-07-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  Apparently it was originally sold at a special time
  
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• UPDATE 1-Walmart Chile workers vote to go on strike

  28-07-2017 23:14 via rocketnews.com
  SANTIAGO, July 28 (Reuters) – The union representing workersat Lider, Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s main supermarket chainin Chile, said on Friday they had voted to go on strike forhigher pay.
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• Moody’s takes negative outlook on AstraZeneca’s debt

  28-07-2017 23:14 via rocketnews.com
  July 28 (Reuters) – Moody’s Investors Service said on Fridayit changed its outlook on AstraZeneca Plc’s long-termdebt rating to negative from stable, a day after the company’sclosely watched advanced lung cancer trial failed.
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• Japan beef tariff hike threatens trade relations -U.S. ag secretary

  28-07-2017 23:14 via rocketnews.com
  CHICAGO, July 28 (Reuters) – Japan’s decision to hiketariffs on frozen beef imports from the United States coulddisrupt sales and harm trade relations between the twocountries, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said onFriday.
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• BRIEF-United Rentals reports full redemption of 6.125 pct senior notes

  28-07-2017 23:14 via rocketnews.com
  * United Rentals announces full redemption of 6.125 pctsenior notes due 2023
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• BRIEF-Toscana Energy Q2 funds flow from operations $458,258 vs $ 2.2 mln

  28-07-2017 23:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Toscana energy income corp qtrly average daily production2,221 boe/d versus 2,269 boe/d last year
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• BRIEF-Oxford Immunotec Global says unit entered into amendment to marketing authorization holder agreement with Riken Genesis

  28-07-2017 23:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Oxford Immunotec Global Plc – on july 24, unit of coentered into amendment to marketing authorization holderagreement with Riken Genesis Co., Ltd
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• BRIEF-Netflix says entered into revolving credit agreement​

  28-07-2017 23:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Netflix Inc – ‍on july 27, co entered into a revolvingcredit agreement – sec filing​
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• BRIEF-ICU medical issues a voluntary nationwide recall of one lot of 0.9% sodium chloride injection due to the presence of particulate matter

  28-07-2017 23:14 via rocketnews.com
  * ICU Medical Issues a voluntary nationwide recall of onelot of 0.9% sodium chloride injection due to the presence ofparticulate matter
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• BRIEF-Golub Capital BDC says on July 28, unit of co entered into an amendment to documents governing funding’s senior secured revolving credit facility-SEC filing

  28-07-2017 23:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Golub Capital BDC – on July 28, unit of co entered into anamendment to documents governing funding’s senior securedrevolving credit facility
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• Trump replaces chief of staff Reince Priebus with Homeland Security chief John Kelly

  28-07-2017 23:12 via yahoo.com
  The news came at the end of a tumultuous week of White House infighting, notably pitting incoming communications director Anthony Scaramucci against Priebus.
  
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• Trump speaks in New York town hit hard by gang violence

  28-07-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A wave of gang killings in New York's Long Island suburbs, many involving teenage victims, has caught the attention of President Donald Trump, who traveled Friday to one of the towns hit hardest by the violence.
  
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• U.S. proposes cigarette nicotine cut, shift toward e-cigarettes

  28-07-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  By Toni ClarkeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government proposed cutting nicotine in cigarettes to "non-addictive" levels on Friday in a major regulatory shift designed to move smokers toward potentially less harmful e-cigarettes.Shares of major tobacco companies in the United States and UK slumped in heavy trading volume after the proposal was unveiled by the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with the world's biggest producers losing about $26 billion of market value."Nicotine its
  
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• Donald Trump dumps Reince Priebus and appoints John Kelly as new White House chief of staff ending week of bitter infighting

  28-07-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has announced he is moving General John Kelly from the Department of Homeland Security to take over as White House chief of staff from the increasingly embattled Reince Priebus. It follows a turbulent week in which behind-the-scenes warring erupted into public view. I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017 Mr Priebus was one of the
  
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• 4-Year-Old Asks Cop To Check Her Home for Monsters: 'We Didn't Find Any'

  28-07-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  On the day Officer David Bonday agreed to help, 4-year-old Sidney waited for him on the porch in her little police uniform, ready for duty.
  
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• Authorities: Prisoner kills assistant warden's stepdaughter

  28-07-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A prisoner abducted and killed an assistant warden's teenage stepdaughter after he escaped from a Louisiana prison, authorities said Friday. The inmate was later found dead after a standoff with police.
  
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• With less drama and more to lose than McCain, two GOP women cast equally crucial votes on health bill

  28-07-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  In a dramatic and unexpected turn of events, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., cast the decisive vote against the Senate health care bill after midnight Thursday.
  
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• Lost Elderly Dog Reunites With Owner After Hunky Firefighter Rescues Him From Lagoon

  28-07-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  "You okay buddy? Don't do that anymore," the dog's owner Jose Ruiz said in an emotional video of their reunion.
  
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• Trump just endorsed police violence and people are horrified

  28-07-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  During a speech Friday about cracking down on the MS-13 gang, President Donald Trump pushed it too far when it came to the topic of police brutality. At one point during his speech at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, New York, in front of a crowd of law enforcement, Trump urged officers, "please don't be too nice." SEE ALSO: The Boy Scouts are really, really sorry about that Trump speech He went on to talk about removing common arrest procedures like protecting a suspect's head whe
  
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• Suspected Boko Haram militants issue purported photo of three kidnapped oil survey team members

  28-07-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  Suspected members of Boko Haram have released a photograph that appears to show three kidnapped members of an oil exploration team in northeastern Nigeria, according to the university whose staff were part of the team and which distributed the image on Friday.The abduction of the oil survey team and a rescue attempt that led to multiple fatalities have led to a U-turn by the government and military, who earlier this month had said Boko Haram were defeated and all but eliminated.The team, which i
  
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• Hackers scour voting machines for election bugs

  28-07-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  By Jim FinkleLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Hackers attending this weekend's Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas were invited to break into voting machines and voter databases in a bid to uncover vulnerabilities that could be exploited to sway election results.The 25-year-old conference's first "hacker voting village" opened on Friday as part of an effort to raise awareness about the threat of election results being altered through hacking.Hackers crammed into a crowded conference room for the rare o
  
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• MS-13: a ruthless Latino gang that preys on its own

  28-07-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  The ultra-violent Latino street gang MS-13, which President Trump vowed to wipe out in a speech in suburban New York on Friday, is estimated to have some 10,000 members in the United States.Each of these units is loyal to the broader gang but has its own leader and functions differently, says Hector Silva of Insight Crime, a Washington-based center that studies organized crime in Latin America.Many were born in the United States.
  
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• Husband of Woman Murdered on Cruise Ship Weeps in Court as He's Charged With Murder

  28-07-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  After the murder, one of the couple's daughters was heard saying, "I knew my dad would do this."
  
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• Trump plays up gang threat, urges rough policing

  28-07-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump traveled to a crime-afflicted New York town Friday, seeking to magnify the threat from Latino gangs and encouraging police to dole out rough justice.Trump has seized on the uptick in violence as evidence for the need for his restrictive immigration policies and less humane policing.Some, but not all, gang members are illegal immigrants.
  
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• Brand new Ford cars found packed with marijuana… again

  28-07-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  If you're in the market for a new vehicle you have a seemingly endless number of cars, trucks, SUVs, and crossovers to choose from. If you fancy a shiny new ride that has been used in a drug smuggling operation, hauling hundreds of pounds of marijuana across the border from Mexico into the United States, you're options are a bit more limited, but Ford has you covered. In the latest episode of what is becoming a troubling-but-hilarious trend for the automotive brand, Ford rail cars packed with ne
  
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• Charlie Gard, Baby Taken Off Life Support Against Parents' Wishes, Dies in Hospice Care

  28-07-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  "Our beautiful little boy has gone; we are so proud of you Charlie," his mother, Connie Yates, said in a statement.
  
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• Pakistan's prime minister resigns after high court ruling

  28-07-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's beleaguered Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif stepped down Friday after the Supreme Court ordered him removed from office over allegations of corruption, plunging the nuclear-armed nation into a political crisis.
  
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• Trump, vowing gang crackdown, urges cops ‘don’t be too nice’

  28-07-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  In a speech about the violent MS-13 gang, President Trump encouraged police officers not to be “too nice” with “thugs” when putting them in the back of police vans.
  
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• Tobacco stocks crushed as FDA targets nicotine in cigarettes

  28-07-2017 21:15 via rocketnews.com
  Marlboro maker Altria is on track for its worst day since 2008 after the FDA said it wants to slash the level of nicotine in cigarettes.
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• WRAPUP 2-Exxon Mobil profit disappoints Wall Street, Chevron shines

  28-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  HOUSTON, July 28 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp posteda rare earnings miss on Friday, the only international oilproducer to do so last quarter, as production slipped in itsAfrican and Canadian operations.
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• Wall St Weekahead-Chip stocks show signs of slowing with more earnings on tap

  28-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) – High-flying semiconductorstocks may be poised for more losses in the coming weeks as alarge swath of chip names reports quarterly results in a sectorthat may have run up too far for some investors.
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• UPDATE 6-Oil jumps to 2-month high, heads for biggest weekly rise of 2017

  28-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  * U.S. drillers boost oil rig count to 766 – Baker Hughes(New throughout, adds Baker Hughes data, updates prices andmarket activity)
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• UPDATE 2-TransCanada to make final decision on Keystone XL by December

  28-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  July 28 (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp ,Canada’s No.2 pipeline operator, will make a final investmentdecision on its Keystone XL project by December, the companysaid on Friday as it reported a better-than-expected profit.
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• British Columbia opposition leader resigns after fall from power

  28-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  July 28 (Reuters) – The leader of British Columbia’sOfficial Opposition Christy Clark has resigned, her LiberalParty said on Friday, weeks after her government was oustedthrough a vote of non-confidence in the legislature of thewestern Canadian province.
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• BRIEF-Shoretel to pay Mitel U.S. Holdings $24.5 mln if deal is terminated

  28-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Says upon termination of merger deal under specifiedcircumstances, Shoretel required to pay Mitel US Holdingstermination fee of $24.5 million
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• BRIEF-Knickerbocker Bed files suit against Leggett & Platt For intellectual property infringement

  28-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Notified Leggett & Platt of Carthage, Mo that it filed alawsuit maintaining co violated Knickerbocker’s trade dressprotections ​Source text for Eikon:Further company coverage:
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• BRIEF-BCB Bancorp announces revised second quarter earnings

  28-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  * BCB Bancorp, inc. Announces revised second quarterearnings
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• Banks must face interest rate swap class action -U.S. judge

  28-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday saidinvestors may pursue part of their nationwide antitrust lawsuitaccusing 12 of the world’s biggest banks of conspiring to rigthe $275 trillion market for interest rate swaps.
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• Moon Found Orbiting Exoplanet For First Time Ever

  28-07-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Scientists might have found the first exomoon — a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system.
  
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• Trump gets applauded for supporting police brutality

  28-07-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  While giving a speech about the MS-13 gang in Long Island, New York, President Trump encouraged police officers to rough up suspects once they’re arrested.
  
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