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• Woman Gets Life In Prison For Killing Husband Whose Parrot Repeated 'Don't Shoot' After His Death

  29-08-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  A Michigan woman was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her husband, whose last words may have been repeated by his pet parrot, Bud.
  
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• Red fire ants survive Harvey floodwaters by forming incredible floats

  29-08-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  Thousands in Houston are still stranded or displaced by the rain and wrath of tropical storm Harvey, but a floating menace may add to that despair.People are reporting large colonies of fire ants floating on the rising waters that have destroyed homes and property, swept cars and people away, and pushed flood levels to record levels.“They use the wax together on their bodies to keep the queen and other members of the colony in the middle of the ball dry so they don’t suffocate,&rdquo
  
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• Water Hazard: Floods Present Risk of Toxic Bacteria and Alligators After Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  Even if you don't drink it, the water in the homes inundated by Hurricane Harvey flooding can be dangerous, Dr. Oz says.
  
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• Harvey Survivor Criticizes Media For Lack Of Empathy In Heartbreaking TV Interview

  29-08-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  Jorge Sedano (@SedanoESPN) August 29, 2017 A Houston resident displaced by Hurricane Harvey made a heartbreaking statement during a live interview with CNN on Tuesday.
  
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• Evangelical Leaders Release Anti-LGBTQ Statement On Human Sexuality

  29-08-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  A coalition of over 150 evangelical leaders released a manifesto on Tuesday reiterating their belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
  
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• Buffett becomes Bank of America’s top shareholder

  29-08-2017 23:17
  Aug 29 (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inchas become the largest shareholder of Bank of AmericaCorp by exercising its right to acquire 700 millionshares at a steep discount, more than tripling an investment itmade six years ago.
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• UPDATE 2-Airline profits could feel squeeze from Tropical Storm Harvey

  29-08-2017 23:16
  NEW YORK, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Harvey hasalready caused thousands of flight cancellations around Houstonand could cripple regional aviation through the U.S. Labor Dayholiday, taking a bite out of airline profits during one of theyear’s busiest travel periods.
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• CANADA STOCKS-TSX ends higher as energy, gold mining shares climb

  29-08-2017 23:16
  TORONTO, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index roseon Tuesday, clawing back earlier losses after North Korea hadfired a ballistic missile over northern Japan, as energy andgold mining shares gained ground.
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• BRIEF-United Rentals and United Rentals Receivables LLC II enters into agreement

  29-08-2017 23:16
  * United Rentals-‍On Aug 29, Co, United Rentals (NorthAmerica), United Rentals Receivables LLC II entered intoassignment, acceptance agreement & amendment no. 6​
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• BRIEF-Tonix Pharmaceuticals presents additional phase 2 clinical results, ongoing phase 3 trial design of Tonmya at 2017 Military Health System Research Symposium

  29-08-2017 23:16
  * Tonix Pharmaceuticals presented additional phase 2clinical results in military-related PTSD and design of ongoingphase 3 trial at the 2017 Military Health System ResearchSymposium
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• BRIEF-Scorpio Tankers announces Navig8 Product Tankers’ shareholders approve merger

  29-08-2017 23:16
  * Scorpio Tankers Inc announces Navig8 Product Tankers’shareholders approve merger
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• BRIEF-Novra Technologies Inc Q2 net income as reported under IFRS $639,000 versus loss of $177,000

  29-08-2017 23:16
  * Novra Technologies Inc – qtrly total revenue $3.2 millionversus $501,000
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• BRIEF-Novan Inc director ‍Robert Ingram reports open market purchase of 12,000 shares of co’s common stock – SEC filing​

  29-08-2017 23:16
  * Novan Inc director ‍Robert Ingram reports open marketpurchase of 12,000 shares of co’s common stock – SEC filing​
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• BRIEF-Equinix ‍issues conditional notice of redemption to redeem $500 mln amount outstanding of 4.875% senior notes

  29-08-2017 23:16
  * Equinix – ‍Issued conditional notice of redemption toredeem $500 million aggregate amount outstanding of 4.875%senior notes due 2020 on Sept. 28 – SEC filing
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• BRIEF-Dolly Varden announces a $5MM offering of common and flow-through shares

  29-08-2017 23:16
  * Dolly Varden announces a $5MM offering of common andflow-through shares
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• 2019 Porsche Cayenne Revealed: The Porsche of SUVs, Take Three

  29-08-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  It puts the sport in sport-utility.
  
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• Military Son Surprises Mom by Popping Out of Car's Trunk After Years Apart: 'It Made Everything Worth It'

  29-08-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  He hadn't seen his mom in two and a half years.
  
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• Charlottesville suspect arrested in Georgia to be extradited

  29-08-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man wanted in connection with the beating of a black man in Charlottesville on the day of a white nationalist rally turned himself in to authorities in Georgia and will be extradited to Virginia, officials said.
  
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• Senior citizens in viral photo pose after rescue from Harvey floodwaters

  29-08-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  A disturbing photo taken Sunday at La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson, Texas, showed assisted living patients, some of them in wheelchairs, sitting stone-faced in the rising, murky water as Tropical Storm Harvey caused severe flooding.
  
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• Will Harvey Sink the Trump Presidency?

  29-08-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  The politics of flooding from Herbert Hoover to Donald Trump.
  
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• Dramatic Photos Capture Heroism And Catastrophe In Houston

  29-08-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  Houston continues to deal with record flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Donald Trump marvels at 'turnout' during Texas visit for Hurricane Harvey disaster

  29-08-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump marveled at the size of the turnout for his trip to support the victims of the Hurricane Harvey disaster in Texas on Tuesday. The US president, standing on a ladder between two fire engines, said: "What a crowd. What a turnout." Mr Trump, who made the trip with his wife Melania, the first lady, told Texans: "We are going to get you back and operating immediately." U.S. President Donald Trump holds a flag of the state of Texas after receiving a briefing on Tropical Storm Harvey relie
  
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• Houston's Massive Rafts of Fire Ants Are Even More Dangerous Than Usual

  29-08-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  Floods make "spicy boys" even spicier.
  
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• Houston Police Sergeant Drowns Trying To Get To Work During Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  A Houston police sergeant on his way to work to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey drowned after his patrol car got stuck in rain-swollen flooding.
  
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• 2019 Bentley Continental GT: Going Ballistic

  29-08-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Technology meets tradition in this all-new, 207-MPH plaything for the few.
  
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• Israel's Lieberman slams wildcat West Bank settlements

  29-08-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Israel's Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman denounced unauthorised Jewish outposts in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a day after the prime minister vowed not to uproot settlements in the territory.International law sees all Israel's West Bank settlements as illegal, but Israel distinguishes between those it sanctions and those it does not.Such outposts "have caused considerable damage to settlement", army radio quoted Lieberman as telling journalists.
  
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• Sean Spicer finally gets to meet Pope Francis

  29-08-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  Sean Spicer finally got to meet the Pope. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirms the former White House press secretary attended a meeting with Pope Francis on Sunday. The audience was part of an annual meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network, which gathers lawmakers from across the world. Vatican Radio posted photographs of the event on its Facebook page. One photo shows Spicer in the front row, taking photos of the Pope with his phone. Sean Spicer, White House press secretary,
  
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• Donald Trump Keeps Plugging His Own Merchandise During Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived in Texas Tuesday in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which ripped through the Texas coast and triggered one of the worst floods in U.S. history, causing catastrophic damage to the greater Houston area and claiming at least 10 lives so far.
  
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• Man charged with shooting at Charlottesville counter-protesters arrested

  29-08-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  The man suspected of firing a gun into a crowd of counter-protestors at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia has been arrested, Charlottesville police confirmed.The man, identified as Maryland resident Richard Wilson Preston, has been charged with discharging a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school – a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.Police believe Mr Preston is the man who was caught on video shooting at counter-protesters at the rally.
  
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• Over 300 gators may escape from enclosure as hurricane flood waters approach fence height

  29-08-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  Rogue alligators have been cropping up in backyards and driveways around Texas due to the rising flood waters brought by Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Sweet dog seen carrying own bag of dog food during Harvey goes viral

  29-08-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  After Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas as a Category 4 storm, there have been reports of catastrophic damage, deadly flooding and incredible tales of survival.Some animals were the first to be evacuated by their owners.Slowly, heartbreaking footage of these animals emerged on social media in an effort to draw attention to Texas' plight.
  
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• Trump visits Harvey-ravaged Texas

  29-08-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump arrived in Texas on Tuesday to survey the response to devastating Tropical Storm Harvey,
  
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• UAE criticizes 'colonial' role of Iran, Turkey in Syria

  29-08-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  By Noah BrowningABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates urged Iran and Turkey on Tuesday to end what it called their "colonial" actions in Syria, signaling unease about diminishing Gulf Arab influence in the war.Allied to regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia, the UAE opposes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his backer Iran, and is wary of Turkey, a friend of Islamist forces the UAE opposes throughout the Arab world.UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan urged "the exit o
  
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• Abandoned dogs seen in heartbreaking Hurricane Harvey photo have been rescued

  29-08-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  A reporter who posted a heartbreaking photo on Instagram showing two dogs that were left behind by a family fleeing Hurricane Harvey shared a happy update on Tuesday.
  
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• Confederate battle flag sales boom after Charlottesville clash

  29-08-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  Demand for Confederate flags at Chris Ackerman's Civil War memorabilia shop in Pennsylvania has surged since violence at a white nationalist rally in Virginia this month reignited the United States' debate over race and the legacy of slavery.The trend has been similar for other sellers of the Confederate battle flag, retailers report."We need to get more flags," Ackerman recalled saying following the first order after the Aug. 12 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• US STOCKS-Wall St edges higher as N.Korea concerns ebb

  29-08-2017 19:15
  * Best Buy biggest percentage S&P loser on sales growthwarning
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• UPDATE 1-Murdoch pulls Fox News from Sky platform as UK mulls takeover deal

  29-08-2017 19:15
  LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch has pulled his FoxNews channel from the Sky platform in Britain, where thegovernment is assessing a bid by the media mogul to buy thebroader Sky pay-TV company for $15 billion.
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• EMERGING MARKETS-Chile peso touches 2-year high vs dollar as copper soars

  29-08-2017 19:15
  By Bruno Federowski SAO PAULO, Aug 29 (Reuters) – The Chilean peso on Tuesdayhit the strongest level in over two years as prices of coppersoared, lifted by falling global inventories of the base metal,a key Chilean export. Benchmark copper futures touched levels last seen inSeptember 2014, extending the previous week’s gains. Also helping underpin the copper rally was a depreciation ofthe dollar against a basket of major currencies afterNorth Korea launched a missile that f
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• BRIEF-U.S. FDA says has approved St. Jude medical’s firmware update ‍​

  29-08-2017 19:15
  * U.S. FDA says has approved St. Jude medical’s firmwareupdate ‍​Source text: (http://bit.ly/2gmJj3Q)Further company coverage:
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• BRIEF-Leonovus Inc announces quarterly net loss $351,000

  29-08-2017 19:15
  * Leonovus Inc Announces financial results for 2nd quarterending june 30, 2017
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• BRIEF-Fannie Mae to provide additional assistance to homeowners impacted by Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 19:15
  * In relation to Hurricane Harvey, company to implement90-day foreclosure sale suspension for borrowers with propertiesin FEMA-declared disaster areaSource text for Eikon:Further company coverage:
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• BRIEF-CSW Industrials says Houston facilities are not damaged due to the storm

  29-08-2017 19:15
  * CSW industrials provides update on hurricane harvey impactto operations
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• BRIEF-Bombardier out of running for New York subway contract – Globe & Mail

  29-08-2017 19:15
  * Bombardier out of running for New York subway contract –Globe & Mail, citing co spokesmanSource https://tgam.ca/2wlGWSz
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• Airline profits could feel squeeze from Tropical Storm Harvey

  29-08-2017 19:15
  NEW YORK, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Harvey hasalready caused thousands of flight cancellations around Houstonand flooding could cripple regional aviation through the U.S.Labor Day holiday, taking a big bite out of airline profitsduring one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
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• Donald Trump's Response To Hurricane Harvey Is Abominable: Dividing Rather Than Uniting

  29-08-2017 19:14 via yahoo.com
  There are already some in the media who are claiming that Donald Trump now has an “opportunity” to “unify” the country with his response to Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Neighbors form human chain to rescue woman in labor during Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  A group of brave Texans linked together to form a human chain and rescue their pregnant neighbor who had gone into labor during Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Congressional Hispanic Caucus battles Trump — and sometimes its own party — over immigration

  29-08-2017 19:09 via yahoo.com
  The CHC looks to hone its message and expand it influence within the Democratic Party as it digs in to battle the Trump administration on immigration policy.
  
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• Shooter in deadly New Mexico library attack is a juvenile: prosecutor

  29-08-2017 19:08 via yahoo.com
  Police and prosecutors in the eastern New Mexico city of Clovis were searching for a motive in the shooting, interviewing the teen who opened fire in the Clovis-Carter Public Library on Monday afternoon, officials said."We are in the infancy of this and we will have to gather information and talk to him and find out if he will give up any other information," Police Chief Douglas Ford told a news conference.A spokeswoman for Curry County District Attorney Andrea Reeb said the case would be handle
  
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• ‘Charlottesville to D.C: The march to confront white supremacy’

  29-08-2017 18:53 via yahoo.com
  A multi-racial coalition of faith, student and community activists began a ten-day trek from Charlottesville to Washington, D. C., in 'The March to Confront White Supremacy,' a response to President Donald Trump's failure to confront the white supremacy.
  
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• Japan’s Empty Menu of Options to Stop North Korea

  29-08-2017 18:30 via yahoo.com
  Hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems to have few choices save strong words of condemnation for the Kim regime’s missile tests. But he’s working the long game.
  
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