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• Goldman Sachs may yank top execs' bonuses over 1MDB scandal

  01-02-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Investment bank Goldman Sachs said Friday it could withhold multi-million-dollar bonuses for former CEO Lloyd Blankfein and other executives as a result of the 1MDB corruption scandal.In a statement filed Friday with securities regulators, the company said stock awards for senior executives could be cut depending on how pending investigations into 1MDB turn out.The Justice Department in November charged two former Goldman bankers for their alleged roles in misappropriating 1MDB funds, one of the
  
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• Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's Yearbook Page Shows Men in Blackface, KKK Robe

  01-02-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's senior medical school yearbook page features a photograph of a man wearing blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe.
  
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• USAID assistance in the West Bank and Gaza has ceased: U.S. official

  01-02-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The halt was requested by the Palestinian Authority but is certain to bring further hardship to people in the already deprived territories.The deadline also sees the end of about $60 million in U.S. aid for the Palestinian security forces, whose cooperation with Israeli forces helps maintain relative quiet in the West Bank.The Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA) empowers Americans to sue foreign aid recipients in U.S. courts over alleged complicity in "acts of war".
  
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• The Best Valentine’s Day Gift for a Bookworm + 4 More Clever Finds

  01-02-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A roundup of what we’ve been reading and needing this week
  
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• Isis 'could reclaim territory in months' after US military withdraws, Pentagon warns

  01-02-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Isis could regain its lost territory in a matter of months after troops withdraw from Syria, according to a draft Pentagon report.Donald Trump announced last month that the US would withdraw 2,000 US troops from Syria on the grounds the militant group no longer pose a threat.It claims Isis is determined to rebuild a physical caliphate, NBC News reported.
  
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• Snopes pulls out of fact-checking partnership with Facebook

  01-02-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The statement did not elaborate but Snopes vice president Vinny Green told the media education group Poynter the partnership was excessively labor intensive, requiring manual updates to fact checks by its staff of 16.Snopes said it agreed to partner with Facebook "without financial benefit to ourselves," but added that it faces increasing financial difficulties.Snopes partnered with Facebook in 2016 on fact-checking and has been one of many global organizations that have agreements with the soci
  
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• Donald Trump to call for 'unity' in State of the Union address to Democratic House

  01-02-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Speech will be divided into various areas, including immigration, trade, health care and infrastructure.
  
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• The Polar Vortex Looks Absolutely Chilling From Space

  01-02-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The purple is below 40.
  
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• Super Bowl: Missing businessman stole $750k from community including his mum in ticket scam

  01-02-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A Georgia businessman is missing after allegedly scamming his friends, family, and mother out of $750,000 in exchange for non-existent Super Bowl tickets before skipping town.Ketan Shah, a businessman described as “squeaky-clean” by one of his victims, apparently left his Gwinnett County town after staging the months-long scam, which involved taking large sums of money from roughly a dozen people while promising tickets to the upcoming game between the New England Patriots and Los An
  
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• What if Election Day were a holiday?

  01-02-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats introduced legislation to make Election Day a federal holiday. Here's how experts say it might change voter turnout.
  
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• 7 Ways to Profit From Payment Stocks

  01-02-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Bank of America's best payment stocks to buy.In a new report, Kupferberg says long-term structural growth drivers in the payments industry are as strong as ever.Here are Bank of America's seven top payment stocks to buy.
  
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• Gabbard plans rally after rocky presidential campaign launch

  01-02-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard expects to kick off her presidential campaign with a rally in her home state of Hawaii this weekend.
  
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• Jenni 'JWoww' Farley's estranged husband Roger Mathews addresses physical abuse claims

  01-02-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Roger Mathews, the husband Jenni “JWoww” Farley of “Jersey Shore,” claims her extensive post on Jan. 30 accusing him of abuse was “highly erroneous."
  
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• Elizabeth Warren apologizes to Cherokee leaders over DNA test, reports say

  01-02-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  The apology comes just days before Elizabeth Warren is set to make an announcement about whether she will run for president in 2020.
  
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• Ralph Northam Med-School-Yearbook Page Shows Blackface, KKK Photo

  01-02-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A page dedicated to Virginia governor Ralph Northam in his medical-school yearbook shows two men, one of whom is presumably Northam, posing in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan uniform.The photo, the existence of which was first reported by the conservative news website Big League Politics and has since been verified by National Review, appears on Northam’s page in the Eastern Virginia Medical School class of 1984 yearbook.Northam, who also attended the Virginia Military Institut
  
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• In This Netherlands Home, No Color Is Off Limits

  01-02-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The couple behind popular Netherlands blog and design agency Zilverblauw is in the midst of giving their house a vibrant update
  
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• Proposed State Bill Banning Animal Abusers from Owning Pets at a Standstill

  01-02-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  An animal cruelty conviction could prevent you from owning a pet in Colorado, according to a bill moving through committee at the State Capitol.
  
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• U.S. judge mulls gag order on talkative Trump adviser Stone

  01-02-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said during a hearing in Washington she is considering a gag order for both Stone and the prosecution, citing a number of "extrajudicial statements by the defendant" and noting that "this is a criminal proceeding and not a public relations campaign."Stone was charged with making false statements to Congress, obstruction of an official proceeding and witness tampering in an indictment secured by Mueller, who is investigating Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. el
  
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• Remember how Hershey's Kisses lost their tips? Well, now there's a fix

  01-02-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The missing tips are returning to Hershey's Kisses in 2019. Proper, fully formed Kisses will be rolling out soon, a Hershey spokesman says.
  
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• Sen. Cory Booker uses Newark neighborhood as backdrop to launch his presidential campaign

  01-02-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Booker is the sixth Democrat to announce a 2020 White House run; Laura Ingle reports from Newark, New Jersey.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren apologises to Cherokee Nation for DNA test, tribe says

  01-02-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Elizabeth Warren has reportedly apologised for previously relying on a DNA test to prove her Native American ancestry.The Massachusetts senator “reached out to us and has apologised to the tribe”, Cherokee Nation spokeswoman Julie Hubbard said in a statement relayed by CNN.The Independent has contacted Ms Hubbard and Ms Warren's team for more information.
  
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• Honda Covers the Civic Type R and NSX in Gold for Australian Anniversary

  01-02-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  For Honda's 50th anniversary in Oz, even the company's premium lawnmower gets the Midas touch.
  
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• Family Speaks Out After Mother Dies When Suffering Medical Condition, Falling Down Subway Stairs

  01-02-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The family of a mother who died when she apparently suffered a pre-existing medical condition and fell down subway stairs say stations need to be more accessible.
  
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• Mike Pence tells Venezuelan exiles in Miami: 'This is no time for dialogue. This is time for action'

  01-02-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Mike Pence, the vice president of the United States, has said that Venezuela needs “action” rather than dialogue, rallying Venezuelan exiles in Miami to the cause of “interim president” Juan Guaido and demanding that President Nicolas Maduro step down. Mr Pence told the Florida gathering that “all options are on the table”, and warned Mr Maduro “not to test the resolve of the United States”. “This is no time for dialogue. This is time for act
  
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• Democrat Cory Booker announces White House run

  01-02-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrat Cory Booker announced Friday he is running for US president, bringing a charismatic African-American voice to a crowded field jockeying to take on Donald Trump in 2020.Making the announcement in a video, the senator from New Jersey highlighted his roots in a racially divided urban America and evoked the civil rights movement in describing his own barrier-busting experience.Together, America, we will rise," said Booker, whose career and political appeal echoes that of former president Ba
  
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• Papa John's wants to sell equity stake in the company, report says

  01-02-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  After offers to acquire the pizza empire fell below expectations, Papa John's is reportedly considering selling equity in the embattled company.
  
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• Judge Warns Roger Stone About Treating Proceedings Like Book Tour

  01-02-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she’s considering issuing an order barring Stone’s lawyers and prosecutors from discussing the case publicly and gave them until the end of next week to file a response to her proposal.Jackson said the parties would still be free to talk about anything including foreign relations "or Tom Brady," but not this case.Stone, dressed in a black pinstripe suit, left the courthouse flashing a Nixonian victory sign without commenting.
  
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• In U.S. Midwest, 19F feels like heat wave after days of brutal cold

  01-02-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  In Chicago, where the mercury dipped as low as minus 22 Fahrenheit (minus 30 Celsius) earlier this week, temperatures of 19F (minus 7C) on Friday morning felt positively balmy for some in the nation's third-largest city."Today's wonderful because it's not below zero," said Mary Crissie, 47, who said she closed her deli franchise in the Loop, Chicago's downtown financial district, on Wednesday."The Loop was a ghost town."Temperatures from southern New England to the Upper Midwest should reach the
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Tries to Quell DNA Controversy With Apology

  01-02-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren attempted to put an early political stumble behind her by apologizing to the Cherokee Nation for using a DNA test to prove she’s part Native American.
  
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• Northam on Late-Term-Abortion Remarks: ‘I Don’t Have Any Regrets’

  01-02-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia governor Ralph Northam on Thursday stood by his prior defense of late-term-abortion legislation pending in the Virginia state legislature, telling reporters that he doesn’t regret the comments.Asked Wednesday about Democratic Virginia delegate Kathy Tran’s admission that her bill would allow for abortions to be performed up until the point of birth, Northam defended the legislation and suggested that women should be able to determine whether their born-alive infant should re
  
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• The Latest: Judge considering gag order in Roger Stone case

  01-02-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone (all times local):
  
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• U.S. to pull out of arms control deal in six months

  01-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States announced on Friday it will withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia in six months unless Moscow ends its alleged violations of the landmark 1987 arms control pact. Nathan Frandino has more.
  
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• 21 People Died in Weather-Related Incidents During the Polar Vortex

  01-02-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 21 people have died in weather-related incidents brought on by the extreme cold snap that hit much of the United States this week
  
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• Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan after Trump intervenes

  01-02-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group has shifted its stated strategy yet again on Friday for a massive Wisconsin campus, crediting a conversation with President Donald Trump for cementing plans to proceed with building a factory to make high-tech liquid display screens.
  
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• 12 Shopping Apps and Sites to Score the Best Price

  01-02-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  If you want to forgo driving from store to store to find the best grocery deals, use the free Basket app to save on your next shopping trip.You can even help other grocery shoppers pinpoint the best bargains by listing the products and the corresponding store discounts you find through the app.You may associate Walmart with deeply discounted prices, but neglecting to take the extra step of comparison shopping is a mistake.
  
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• Trump: 'Good chance' he will declare emergency for wall money

  01-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump edged closer to defying Congress by declaring a national emergency in an attempt to obtain funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
  
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• Russia angry, Europe worried after US announces treaty exit

  01-02-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian politicians accused the United States on Friday of undermining global security by ending compliance with a nuclear arms treaty, while NATO said Russia was at fault for the pact's demise and European countries watched with dismay.
  
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• Jussie Smollett says he's OK after attack: 'My body is strong but my soul is stronger'

  01-02-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  “Let me start by saying that I’m OK,” Smollett said in a statement Friday, in which he expressed concern with how the case is being reported and reminded readers that the attack on him was not an isolated incident.
  
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• Toyota, Nissan sales fall, but Fiat Chrysler, Honda post gains despite polar vortex

  01-02-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  American car shoppers appeared largely unfazed by wintry weather and the government shutdown in January, as they kept buying vehicles at a good clip.
  
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• After Nigerian army abandoned town, Boko Haram slaughtered at least 60

  01-02-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  It came two weeks after Boko Haram had overrun the same town, driving out Nigerian soldiers and signaling its re-emergence as a force capable of capturing army bases.The bloodshed is a challenge for President Muhammadu Buhari in particular as he seeks a second successive four-year term in an election on Feb. 16, having been elected in 2015 partly on a promise to restore security.A Nigerian army spokesman denied that troops had left the town and that Boko Haram had killed the people.
  
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• Mudslides, floods, rain, howling winds, 10 feet of snow: California braces for powerful, dangerous storm

  01-02-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  With the polar vortex in full retreat, the USA's wildest weather shifts to the West.
  
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• Trump says there's a 'good chance' he'll declare an emergency for border wall

  01-02-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said there is a "good chance" he'll declare a national emergency to build his proposed border wall.
  
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• NATO to continue talking with Russia about INF treaty: Stoltenberg

  01-02-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  OSLO (Reuters) - NATO will continue to work with Russia to get it to respect the INF Treaty, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. In remarks to Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, Stoltenberg added that intelligence collected from many countries over many years showed Russia was breaking the INF treaty. The United States announced on Friday it would suspend compliance with the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia on Saturday and formally withdraw in six months if
  
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• Donald Trump says he has 'lost massive amounts of money' serving as president

  01-02-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has declared being president one of the "great losers of all time" financially as he lambasted suggestions he was making money out of the office. The US president also indicated he is preparing to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall on the Mexico border, calling ongoing negotiations with Democrats in Congress a "waste of time". Mr Trump also said he has been informed he is not personally a "target" in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether his
  
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• US job growth surges in January despite government shutdown

  01-02-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  US job creation had another blockbuster month in January, blowing past the government shutdown, but that disruption helped to push the unemployment rate higher, the Labor Department reported Friday.Employers added 304,000 net new positions last month -- the highest in nearly a year and almost double what economists had predicted -- while growth in worker pay held steady just above inflation, according to the report.The new numbers were welcome news for President Donald Trump, whose already-low p
  
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• Microbes hitched to insects provide a rich source of new antibiotics

  01-02-2019 19:06
  In an exhaustive search of microbes from more than 1,400 insects collected from diverse environments across North and South America, a research team found that insect-borne microbes often outperformed soil bacteria in stopping some of the most common and dangerous antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
  
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• Tesla drivers are getting screwed by the polar vortex

  01-02-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Keep those batteries charged.
  
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• Hometown protest and fans greet Schultz as he eyes 2020 bid

  01-02-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — "Grande ego. Venti mistake": That was the message protesters had for former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz as he returned to his hometown of Seattle after announcing that he's mulling an independent run for president.
  
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• The Constitution Lets Roger Stone Speak . . . at His Own Risk

  01-02-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  If I were the prosecutor on Roger Stone’s case, I’d be delighted that he continues to speak out publicly.Capitol Hill has finally started to take notice of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s brass-knuckles investigative tactics: Rather than call defense counsel to arrange Stone’s surrender on charges of misleading Congress that have been expected for months, Mueller had dozens of well-armed agents swarm Stone’s home as if it were Osama bin Laden’s compound.In hi
  
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• Women will surround Trump at State of the Union address

  01-02-2019 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pelosi behind and above. Female immigrants, gazing down from the balcony. A black woman who ran a close race for governor of Georgia, rebutting.
  
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