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• Washington responds to Anthony Scaramucci's dismissal with laughter

  31-07-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  When the White House announced the swift departure of Anthony Scaramucci from his role as communications director, the mood in Washington appeared almost jubilant.Mr Scaramucci was dismissed from his role after only 10 days, after incoming Chief of Staff John Kelly reportedly requested his resignation.The news was greeted by gasps, and then laughter, in the Senate press gallery, according to Bloomberg’s Shail Kapur.
  
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• App-downloading app breaks app-downloading record on app store

  31-07-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  The Google Play services app, a back-end Android app that makes the Google magic happen on your phone, has broken five billion downloads on the Google Play Store. That's a record and a major milestone for Google's third-party app store, so it's only fitting that it's broken by a Google-owned app that most people probably haven't heard of.The Google Play Services framework is a key part of Google's presence on Android devices. It's a required component of any officially-sanctioned phone that uses
  
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• Serena Williams sheds light on the black woman's experience during Black Women's Equal Pay Day

  31-07-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  It's the last day of July which means, thanks to a pesky thing called inequality, that black women are only now catching up to their male counterparts earnings from 2016.  That's right—according to the Economic Policy Institute, it takes seven months of additional work "in order to be paid the same wages as her white male counterpart was paid last year." Because of this, July 31 is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Serena Williams is one of the many drawing attention to the dramatic
  
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• A state-by-state look at juvenile life without parole

  31-07-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  States are responding to U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have found mandatory life-without-parole sentences unconstitutional for juveniles except for the rare homicide offender incapable of rehabilitation. After the latest ruling in January 2016 said those serving such terms must have a chance to argue for release one day, dozens of inmates have won new sentences — and some, freedom — while others wait or fight to have their sentences reviewed.
  
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• Alabama police hunt for inmate after peanut butter jail break

  31-07-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  Walker County Sheriff James Underwood said in a phone call that 11 of the 12 missing prisoners had been recaptured, some at a highway truck stop, but 24-year-old Brady Kilpatrick remained a fugitive.Kilpatrick had been in jail facing charges of marijuana possession.Underwood said the men had managed the escape by using peanut butter to switch lettering on cell and outside doors, then told a guard in a control booth, a new employee with only a week on the job, to open the door leading to their fr
  
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• U.S. embassy in Moscow says locked out of diplomatic property

  31-07-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. embassy in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of barring diplomatic staff from a property on the outskirts of Moscow, after having earlier agreed to grant access until midday on Tuesday for them to retrieve belongings.A Russian foreign ministry official, quoted by state news agency RIA, said the U.S. embassy had sent in its trucks without first obtaining permits which, the official said, are required by law because the property is in a conservation area.The property, in a pict
  
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• White House communications director Scaramucci leaves in order to 'clean slate'

  31-07-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  The White House said on Monday that Anthony Scaramucci, named by President Donald Trump as communications director only 10 days ago, was leaving the post.The change comes days after Scaramucci delivered a profanity-laced tirade against other top Trump aides - and hours after Trump swore in John Kelly, a new chief of staff, to bring discipline to his West Wing."Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team," the White House s
  
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• Police Officer Killed in the Line of Duty After Walking His Son to First Day of Kindergarten

  31-07-2017 22:25 via yahoo.com
  Lt. Aaron Allan had worked for the department for six years.
  
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• China hits back at Trump criticism over North Korea

  31-07-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  By Ben Blanchard and Elias GlennBEIJING (Reuters) - China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was "very disappointed" in China following North Korea's latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution.China has become increasingly frustrated with American and Japanese criticism that it should do more to rein in Pyongyang.China is North Korea's closest ally, but Beijing, too, is angry with its continued nuclea
  
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• John Kelly was angry about James Comey’s dismissal: report

  31-07-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  New White House chief of staff John Kelly was so upset by the dismissal of FBI director James Comey that he considered resigning from his position as secretary of Homeland Security, according to a new report.
  
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• How Kelly could really end White House chaos

  31-07-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Despite President Trump’s proclamation that there is no chaos in the White House, new chief of staff John Kelly has a lot to do. Yahoo News talked to experts to find out what Kelly needs to do to ensure his tenure is longer than that of his predecessor.
  
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• See Samsung’s new flip phone powered on for the first time

  31-07-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Galaxy Note 8 leaks have been dominating the headlines of tech blogs for months now. We've seen renders, cases, release windows and rumored specs sheets, but it's easy to forget that the Note 8 likely won't be the only other phone Samsung releases in the second half of the year. Along with the S8 Active, Samsung is also reportedly working on two smart flip phones, both of which could launch in 2017.
  We highlighted the Samsung flip phone leaks last month, but over the weekend (via Slashleaks), ph
  
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• Army Chief Outlines Future Tank Features

  31-07-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Railguns, drone modes, and ultralight armor top the list.
  
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• The Spectacular Self-Destruction of Anthony Scaramucci

  31-07-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  Anthony Scaramucci’s reign as White House communications director—a reign of terror and vulgarity, marked by two outlandish interviews and the departures of two top West Wing officials—has ended, just 10 days after it began.
  
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• UPDATE 2-Utilities ditch reactors that launched US nuclear renaissance

  31-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C., July 31 (Reuters) – South Carolina utilitiessaid on Monday they are abandoning two unfinished reactors thatwere hailed as the start of a U.S. nuclear power renaissancebefore they were dogged by billions of dollars in cost overruns.
  The post UPDATE 2-Utilities ditch reactors that launched US nuclear renaissance appeared first on RocketNews | Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• Music streaming company Spotify has 60 mln paying subscribers

  31-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  July 31 (Reuters) – Spotify now has 60 million payingsubscribers, adding 10 million subscribers in less than fivemonths, a spokeswoman for the music streaming company said onMonday.
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• BRIEF-United States Steel announces proposed senior notes offering

  31-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  * United States Steel Corporation announces proposed seniornotes offering
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• BRIEF-Talkot Fund LP reports 7.82 pct stake in Impac Mortgage Holdings

  31-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Talkot Fund LP reports 7.82 percent stake in ImpacMortgage Holdings Inc as of July 31 – sec filing
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• BRIEF-Exeter Resource Corp announces shareholder approval of arrangement with Goldcorp

  31-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Exeter Resource Corporation announces shareholder approvalof arrangement with Goldcorp
  The post BRIEF-Exeter Resource Corp announces shareholder approval of arrangement with Goldcorp appeared first on RocketNews | Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• BRIEF-Broadway Financial reports Q2 earnings per share $0.02

  31-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Broadway Financial Corporation announces profits for 2ndquarter 2017
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• BRIEF-Boeing delivers first 737 MAX 8 to flydubai

  31-07-2017 21:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Boeing delivers first 737 MAX 8 to flydubaiSource text for Eikon:Further company coverage:
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• Anthony Scaramucci resigned and everyone is hahahahahahahahaha

  31-07-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Every Monday I wake up with the rest of the United States and say to myself, "I really don't think the country's week can be any more insane than it was last week," and by about Monday afternoon or Tuesday, latest, I am shaming myself for being so foolish.  Here we are again.  SEE ALSO: Quiz: Who said it? Anthony Scaramucci or a Real Housewife? New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci resigned on Monday barely a week after he took the job and a few weeks before his of
  
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• Hotel asks why ex-officer wasn't arrested for punching valet

  31-07-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida hotel manager is questioning why a former police officer has not been arrested for punching and knocking out a valet parking attendant during a dispute over an $18 charge.
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci out as White House communications director; John Kelly has ‘full authority’

  31-07-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  President Trump’s volatile communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, has been removed from his position just 11 days after he was brought into the West Wing.
  
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• NASA will get to test its planetary defense system way sooner than we thought

  31-07-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  NASA is extremely interested in building a true astroid defense network that could spring into action as soon as a threat is detected, destroying or diverting a space rock before it can do any serious damage here on Earth. The actual development of a protection system is still in its infancy — with many proposed plans for dealing with troublesome astroids but no real-world testing to back any of them — but that won't stop NASA from testing its detection capabilities during an upcomin
  
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• Utilities ditch reactors that launched U.S. nuclear renaissance

  31-07-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  South Carolina utilities said on Monday they are abandoning two unfinished reactors that were hailed as the start of a U.S. nuclear power renaissance before they were dogged by billions of dollars in cost overruns.The twin-reactor project known as V.C. Summer is majority owned by SCANA Corp, with state-owned utility Santee Cooper owning 45 percent."We arrived at this very difficult but necessary decision following months of evaluating the project from all perspectives to determine the most prude
  
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• 2017 Mercedes-Benz SL450

  31-07-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  This relic still has plenty of charm.
  
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• Trump Wrote Jr's Misleading Collusion Answer

  31-07-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Carol Leonnig, reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Joy-Ann Reid about new revelations that Donald Trump was responsible for the misleading statement by Donald Trump Jr. to explain his meeting with Russians offering Clinton dirt and Russian gov...
  
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• Trump promises to ‘handle’ North Korea

  31-07-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Following North Korea’s Friday launch of a second ballistic missile in less than a month, President Trump said he wasn’t worried about a possible nuclear threat from the belligerent regime.
  
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• Russia urges US to fix ties as it cuts US diplomatic staff

  31-07-2017 19:45 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Amid a major diplomatic retaliation unseen since the Cold War era, Russia urged the United States on Monday to show the "political will" to repair ties.
  
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• Trump's Worst Week Yet

  31-07-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  There hasn’t been a single smooth week in the Trump presidency, but last week was, by popular consensus, the worst of them so far. Given the struggles of this president, that’s no small statement. What was remarkable was the breadth of Trump’s troubles. His top legislative priority was, once again, knocked flat. He had to replace Reince Priebus, making Priebus the shortest-tenured chief of staff to serve in the heart of a term. He publicly feuded with Republican senators, saw h
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci's wife files for divorce

  31-07-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  "The View" co-hosts discuss the news about the White House director of communications.
  
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• Pentagon alarm over Turkey plan to buy Russian missiles

  31-07-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  The Pentagon on Monday criticized Turkey's plans to purchase a Russian air-defense system instead of investing in NATO technology.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in talks to get Russia to supply Ankara with its latest S-400 surface-to-air missile system.Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said the Pentagon had concerns over its NATO ally's purchase of the Russian technology because it might not work with other equipment used by the 29-nation alliance.
  
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• Kenyan voting official found dead as opposition cries foul ahead of general election

  31-07-2017 19:16 via yahoo.com
  Kenya’s opposition said it had abandoned all hope of a free and fair general election next week after a key official responsible for protecting the vote from electronic manipulation was found dead. The apparent murder of Chris Msando, the electoral commission’s acting technology director, raised fears that an already acrimonious poll could be marred by the type of violence that killed 1,300 people in Kenya ten years ago. Two days after Mr Msando’s disappearance, colleagues at t
  
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• Oil races back to $50 — but can it stay there?

  31-07-2017 19:15 via rocketnews.com
  Crude oil has bounced back to hit the $50-a-barrel threshold. Is this rebound for real or just another head fake?
  The post Oil races back to $50 — but can it stay there? appeared first on RocketNews | Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• UPDATE 3-Discovery to buy Scripps Networks in bid for content clout

  31-07-2017 19:14 via rocketnews.com
  NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) – Discovery Communications Incis acquiring Scripps Networks Interactive Inc for $11.9 billionin a deal expected to boost the company’s negotiating leverageas pay TV operators lose subscribers and it seeks new audiences.
  The post UPDATE 3-Discovery to buy Scripps Networks in bid for content clout appeared first on RocketNews | Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Odebrecht units may seek partners and IPO, CEO tells paper

  31-07-2017 19:14 via rocketnews.com
  SAO PAULO, July 31 (Reuters) – Units of Odebrecht SA, the engineering group involved in Brazil’slargest-ever graft probe, plan to attract investors and listshares, its chief executive officer said in an interviewpublished on Monday.
  The post UPDATE 1-Odebrecht units may seek partners and IPO, CEO tells paper appeared first on RocketNews | Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Boeing’s new avionics group aims to cut costs, boost quality

  31-07-2017 19:14 via rocketnews.com
  NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) – Boeing Co said onMonday it has set up an avionics group to make flight controlsand other electronics currently made by outside suppliers forcommercial and military aircraft, aiming to bring products tomarket after 2020.
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• S. Carolina utility halts construction at nuclear reactors

  31-07-2017 19:14 via rocketnews.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C, July 31 (Reuters) – The board of SanteeCooper, a state-owned utility, voted to halt construction onMonday of two unfinished nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summergenerating plant, which have been dogged by billions of dollarsof cost overruns.
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• METALS-Copper at two-year peak after China data, nickel soars

  31-07-2017 19:14 via rocketnews.com
  * LME/ShFE arb: http://tmsnrt.rs/2oQ5nm2(Adds closing prices/details)
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• Lawsuit says Wells Fargo auto insurance charges were a fraud

  31-07-2017 19:14 via rocketnews.com
  July 31 (Reuters) – A new lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo & Coof racketeering violations and fraud after the bankadmitted to charging several hundred thousand borrowers for autoinsurance they did not ask for or need, causing manydelinquencies.
  The post Lawsuit says Wells Fargo auto insurance charges were a fraud appeared first on RocketNews | Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• BRIEF-American Airlines says increasing size of 2017-2 EETC transaction

  31-07-2017 19:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Increasing size of 2017-2 EETC transaction to finance 4additional Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, 3 additional Embraer ERJ175 LR aircraft‍​
  The post BRIEF-American Airlines says increasing size of 2017-2 EETC transaction appeared first on RocketNews | Top News Stories From Around the Globe.
  
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• BRIEF-Addnode Group acquires Service Works Group

  31-07-2017 19:14 via rocketnews.com
  * Addnode Group acquires international software companyService Works Group
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• Everyone’s favorite AirPods rivals drop to all-time low of $24 on Amazon

  31-07-2017 19:08 via yahoo.com
  Apple's AirPods are still impossible to get anytime soon, but your frustration just became good fortune. Why? Because instead of spending $159 on AirPods, you can now get everyone's favorite AirPods alternative for the ridiculously low price of just $23.99. The SMARTOMI Q5 True Wireless Earbuds are a steal at their regular price of $40, and hundreds of people ordered them on Prime Day when they dropped to $30. Right now, if you use the coupon code GAYAQFWF at checkout, you can snag a pair for a
  
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• Former top cop: Trump’s ‘don’t be too nice’ speech pushes negative stereotype

  31-07-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  Ex-Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is lashing back at comments from President Trump that seemed to encourage officers to use excessive force during arrests.
  
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• Venezuela may be on the brink of civil war and the US – for once – should keep its nose out

  31-07-2017 19:01 via yahoo.com
  As the death toll from Venezuela’s controversial election reached at least ten, President Nicolas Maduro celebrated the vote as a “revolution” and mocked America’s refusal to acknowledge the results.“A spokesperson for emperor Donald Trump said that they would not recognise the results of Venezuela’s constituent assembly election,” Maduro told a cheering crowd.“Why the hell should we care what Trump says.
  
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• Kremlin says up to Washington to decide which embassy staff to cut

  31-07-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  The United States can include its local employees among the 755 diplomatic staff it must cut in Russia, a Kremlin spokesman said on Monday, tempering the impact of an ultimatum issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Russia rebuffs U.S. on North Korea, says Moscow, Beijing not to blame

  31-07-2017 18:37 via yahoo.com
  Russia's foreign ministry accused the United States of trying to "shift responsibility" for developments on the Korean peninsula onto Russia and China, following another missile test by Pyongyang.The United States said on Friday that Moscow and Beijing were the principal economic enablers of North Korea’s nuclear weapon and missile program and that they bore special responsibility for the growing threat.
  
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• Handcuffed, facedown and shot, Yemeni executed for child rape and murder

  31-07-2017 18:34 via yahoo.com
  A man convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl was executed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday in front of hundreds of onlookers, the first public execution there since 2009."Security was very tight, because authorities were fearing a revenge attack by armed men from the Bani Matar tribe to which the girl's family belong," said Reuters photographer Khaled Abdullah who witnessed the scene.The police van transporting Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, to Sanaa's Tahrir Square was escorted
  
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• Here’s What Russia’s Decision to Reduce Diplomatic Staff Will Actually Mean

  31-07-2017 18:30 via yahoo.com
  It’s likely Russian staff will feel it the most.
  
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