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• The biggest bombshells from Michael Cohen's testimony before Congress

  27-02-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's former lawyer provided testimony that could be a problem for the president.
  
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• Southwest gets FAA OK for flights to Hawaii from California

  27-02-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it has granted Southwest Airlines approval to begin flights between California and Hawaii, capping the airline's effort to extend its reach 2,400 miles (3,800 kilometers) across the Pacific.
  
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• Don Shirley's family dismayed by 'Green Book' Oscar wins, calls portrait of pianist false

  27-02-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  They say the filmmakers never consulted them, and they deplore what they say is the film's inaccurate depiction of pianist Don Shirley.
  
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• Kashmir conflict heats up as India, Pakistan claim to down each other's jets

  27-02-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Both countries have ordered air strikes over the last two days, the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have done so, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations.Tensions have been running high since at least 40 Indian paramilitary police died in a Feb. 14 suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir, but the risk of conflict rose dramatically on Tuesday when India launched an air strike on what it said was a militant tra
  
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• Wells Fargo Sees ‘Possible’ Legal Losses Rising by $500 Million

  27-02-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The higher estimate for “reasonably possible” legal losses -- essentially a worst-case scenario -- shows risks grew as the bank and authorities examined abuses in recent months and discussed potential penalties.The change stems from “a variety of matters,” including probes of its sales to retail customers, Wells Fargo wrote Wednesday in an annual regulatory report.
  
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• What we know: Cohen on Trump hush money, Moscow plans and WikiLeaks

  27-02-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney and "fixer" Michael Cohen testified Wednesday before Congress about hush payments to alleged former lovers of the president and a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, and said Trump knew in advance about a WikiLeaks document dump that damaged his opponent Hillary Clinton.In April 2018, reporters asked Trump on board Air Force One if he knew about $130,000 in payments made before the 2016 election to former porn actress Stormy Daniels, to keep her quiet
  
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• North Carolina Republican operative charged in election fraud scheme

  27-02-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The operative, Leslie McCrae Dowless, was charged with three felony counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of conspiring to commit obstruction of justice and two counts of possession of absentee ballots, according to court documents.Allegations that operatives working for Dowless illegally collected, and sometimes filled in, absentee ballots on behalf of Republican Mark Harris' campaign emerged shortly after the Nov. 6 election.The state Board of Elections, during four days of hearings las
  
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• Risk of India-Pakistan War May Hang on the Fate of Downed Pilot

  27-02-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  India and Pakistan, which have fought three major wars since the bloody partition of 1947, regularly exchange artillery and small-weapons fire across a disputed border.India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi must contest a general election within weeks, while his counterpart, Imran Khan, faces a military that is seeking to assert its dominance when Pakistan is in the eye of a financial and economic storm.
  
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• U.N. Security Council to vote on rival U.S., Russian proposals on Venezuela

  27-02-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Russian draft text, seen by Reuters, expresses support for a political solution to the crisis and backs the Venezuelan government as the primary coordinator of international assistance efforts in the country.A resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, France, Britain or the United States to pass.Diplomats said the U.S. draft is likely to gain the minimum nine votes to force a likely Russian veto, while the Russian draft is expected to fail without the need for a U.
  
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• Want to lower your taxable income? Four tax-saving investments you can still make now

  27-02-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  There are three ways that you can lower your taxable federal income and one potential way for your state taxes.
  
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• Toyota Corolla Hybrid vs. Honda Insight: How These Fuel Sippers Measure Up

  27-02-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Both Honda and Toyota now have hybrid sedans that look far more conventional than the Prius, and here's how they compare.
  
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• Church sex abuse scandal: Vatican opens investigation into Cardinal George Pell

  27-02-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's third-most powerful official, was remanded to prison in Australia for sexually abusing two choirboys.
  
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• Airlines Reroute Flights as India, Pakistan Fighters Downed

  27-02-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A United Continental Holdings Inc. flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to Delhi was re-routed to London and later canceled, while a Newark-Mumbai flight was shifted to Frankfurt.An Air Canada flight from Toronto to Delhi turned back Tuesday night over Ireland and was scrubbed when it arrived back in Canada.The South Asian nations are engaged in the most serious military confrontation in decades, after India said on Tuesday it killed hundreds of militants in a camp inside Pakistan.
  
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• U.S. Seeks UN Security Council Vote on New Venezuela Resolution

  27-02-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The resolution, which would likely face a Russian veto, stresses “the need to prevent further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Venezuela and to facilitate unhindered access and delivery of assistance to all in need,” according to a draft of the text obtained by Bloomberg.Violence has raged along Venezuela’s borders as National Assembly leader Juan Guaido and his supporters -- which include the U.S. and 50 other nations -- amassed supplies at entry points in Colomb
  
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• Marie Kondo Helps Celebs Like Jennifer Garner, Hasan Minhaj Get a Head Start on Spring Cleaning

  27-02-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The tidying expert has gone viral following the premiere of her Netflix series Tidying Up With Marie Kondo
  
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• Maduro and Trump should meet to 'find common ground': Venezuela minister

  27-02-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Jorge Arreaza, addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council,suggested that Maduro and Trump meet to "try to find common ground and explain their differences." He also said his country had lost $30 billion in assets "confiscated" since November 2017 under sanctions.U.S. Vice President Mike Pence ruled out prospects of talks."The only thing to discuss with Maduro at this point is the time and date for his departure," Pence said on Twitter.
  
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• Exclusive: Venezuela removed 8 tons of central bank gold last week - legislator

  27-02-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The gold was removed in government vehicles between Wednesday and Friday last week when there were no regular security guards present at the bank, Legislator Angel Alvarado and the three government sources said."They plan to sell it abroad illegally," Alvarado said in an interview.The central bank did not respond to requests for comment.
  
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• Florida sheriff: 'Manifestly obvious' this is human trafficking, but need victim cooperation for case

  27-02-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  In many cases, Florida officials used the term "human trafficking" in connection with the investigations, but trafficking arrests have been limited.
  
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• N.J.'s Record High Property Tax Bills Show a Glint of Good News

  27-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  For the first time in at least a decade, one-year growth fell below 1 percent, according to a Bloomberg analysis of state Department of Community Affairs data.Trump’s $10,000 limit on residents’ deductions on their federal tax returns is being felt widely in the Garden State.It may also make it harder for New Jersey to balance its budget this year because income-tax revenue has fallen short of expectations after some people shifted income into 2017 before the tax overhaul took effect
  
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• Meet Elon Tusk: Tesla chief changes Twitter display name

  27-02-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  In a series of tweets to his 25 million followers following charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week, Musk accused the regulator of failing to read Tesla's annual reports and said its oversight was "broken".Shares of the company were up nearly 5 percent at $312.15 in afternoon trading on Wednesday, after Musk said Tesla would have "news" at 2 p.m. California time on Thursday.Tesla shares are currently about $48 below the $359.87 conversion price.
  
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• Cohen: President Trump told me to lie about Stormy Daniels hush-money payment

  27-02-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  At his hearing before the House Oversight Committee, Cohen testified that President Trump directed him to lie to reporters about his knowledge of the $130,000 payment Cohen made to keep the porn star quiet.
  
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• Steven Avery attorney: 'We won!'; court to hear new evidence in 'Making a Murderer' case

  27-02-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Kathleen Zellner, attorney for "Making A Murderer" subject Steven Avery, tweeted "We won!" after the Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision.
  
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• Return of the wolves: How deer escape tactics help save their lives

  27-02-2019 20:27
  As gray wolves return to Washington state, a new study finds that one species of deer is changing its behavior to spend more time away from roads, at higher elevations and in rockier landscapes.
  
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• Jumping spider mimics two kinds of ants as it grows

  27-02-2019 20:27
  Spiders that pretend to be ants to fool predators have an unusual problem when it comes to sex. How do they get the attention of potential mates without breaking character to birds that want to eat them?
  
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• A rare assemblage of sharks and rays from nearshore environments of Eocene Madagascar

  27-02-2019 20:27
  Eocene-aged sediments of Madagascar contain a previously unknown fauna of sharks and rays, according to a new study. This newly described fauna is the first report of sharks and rays of this age in Madagascar.
  
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• Move over ayatollahs: Bolton turns tweets and talons on Maduro

  27-02-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The new addition is a sign of how Bolton's hawkish focus has zeroed in on a new target- getting Maduro to leave Venezuela.It's a battle he has waged on Twitter, where his acid-tongued trolling of the socialist leader has made him one of the Trump administration's fiercest voices on the issue.Since January, Bolton has fired off more than 130 withering missives directed at Maduro, accounting for three quarters of all his Twitter activity in that time and more than a third of all his tweets since T
  
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• Pakistan claims it shot down 2 Indian warplanes in disputed Kashmir province

  27-02-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan claims it shot down two Indian warplanes, capturing a pilot, in the nuclear-armed rivals' disputed province of Kashmir.
  
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• Legal battle looms after Nigerian presidential election

  27-02-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his re-election was "free and fair", after his beaten rival denounced the results as a "sham" and promised a legal challenge that could dominate politics for weeks.Buhari's winning margin over his nearest challenger, Atiku Abubakar, was 3.9 million votes -- more than enough to ensure he remained head of Africa's most populous nation and leading oil producer for the next four years.Leading civil society election monitors YIAGA Africa, which h
  
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• Hollywood Madam: Want to stop human trafficking? Legalize consensual sex for money.

  27-02-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Why would a wealthy and powerful man like Robert Kraft allegedly pay for sex from women at a Florida strip-mall massage parlor? Don't overthink it.
  
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• Put eggs all in one basket, or spread them around? Birds know best

  27-02-2019 19:18
  A species of Central American cuckoo, the greater ani, forms groups of two or three females that nest communally to protect their eggs from predators, but sometimes a female will go outside the communal group and lay an egg in an outsider's nest. A team of researchers found that the birds know best when to place all their eggs in one basket and when to spread them around.
  
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• Cohen, Jim Jordan Clash Repeatedly During Testimony: ‘Shame on You’

  27-02-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday saw several heated exchanges between Cohen and the Committee's ranking Republican, Jim Jordan, who called Cohen -- President Trump's former personal lawyer -- a "patsy" for Democrats."The Democrats don’t care," Jordan told Cohen. "They just want to use you. You are the patsy today. They want to find someone somewhere to say something so they can remove the president."Cohen, who worked for Trump as his personal lawy
  
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• Nigeria's opposition to launch legal challenge after Buhari wins second term

  27-02-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigeria’s opposition leader is to mount a legal challenge after President Muhammadu Buhari secured a second term in an election marked both by apathy and violence that claimed hundreds of lives. The electoral commission officially declared Mr Buhari the victor of Saturday’s poll, saying he had won 56 percent of the vote, against 41 percent secured by his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar. But Mr Abubakar insisted he had been cheated of the chance to lead Africa’s most populous st
  
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• 9 Awful Dividend Stocks to Sell Now

  27-02-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  In an unpredictable market, dividends can be one of the few reliable sources of investor returns.General Electric Co. (ticker: GE) investors know all-too-well how quickly a huge dividend yield can be cut to just 1 cent per quarter if a company is in dire financial straits.In addition, plenty of dividend stocks reached such high yields because the stock's share price has dropped so much.
  
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• Pakistan claims to have shot down Indian jets as tensions rise

  27-02-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan says its carried out air strikes and shot down two Indian jets, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a war in 1971.
  
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• Israeli PM vows to bar Iran from securing presence in Syria

  27-02-2019 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Israel's prime minister vowed Wednesday to prevent Iran from securing a lasting presence in Syria as he visited Moscow for talks focusing on regional security.
  
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• Meet Jimmy Chipolata, every stressed-out student’s four-legged friend

  27-02-2019 18:50
  Nottingham Trent University’s first therapy dog is paid in cheese for his work, but not everyone believes in his healing powersName: Jimmy Chipolata.Age: Unknown. Continue reading...
  
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• North Koreans endure sleepless nights and give up alcohol during Kim's trip to Hanoi

  27-02-2019 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  North Koreans are pining for their leader and enduring sleepless nights during his week-long trip to Vietnam, if the reclusive country’s state-controlled media is to be believed.  Pictures from Hanoi showing Kim’s red-carpet treatment and excited crowds lining the streets of the Vietnamese capital to wave North Korean flags at his passing convoy are playing out well in a state that already portrays its leader and his ancestors as a living deities.  North Korea’s
  
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• Pioneer Woman slow cookers on sale at Walmart — get two for less than $20

  27-02-2019 17:57 via news.yahoo.com
  No potluck is complete without dips. Almost everyone can get behind a good buffalo chicken dip or queso, and small slow cookers are arguably the best vehicle for these types of side dishes.Transport your dips in style with a set of two Pioneer Woman 1.5-quart slow cookers by Hamilton Beach, on sale for $19.99 at Walmart. Image: the pioneer woman Image: the pioneer womanThese 1.5-quart cookers are ideal for dips, sides, desserts, appetizers, fondue, and small servings. No need to lug around a lar
  
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• Michael Cohen: ‘Lying for Mr. Trump was normalized’

  27-02-2019 17:56 via news.yahoo.com
  “I have lied, but I am not a liar,” said Cohen. “I have done bad things, but I am not a bad man. I have fixed things, but I am no longer your ‘fixer,’ Mr. Trump.”
  
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• Univision's Jorge Ramos details detainment, expulsion from Venezuela

  27-02-2019 17:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Univision anchor Jorge Ramos shared details in TV interviews Tuesday night on how Venezuelan authorities detained his team during an interview Monday.
  
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• Upland PD: Mother to face charges after daughter dies, son thrown off balcony

  27-02-2019 17:45 via news.yahoo.com
  An Upland mother is expected to face charges for killing her infant girl and throwing her son off a balcony, police say.
  
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• Woman Says She's Receiving Threats After Posting Photo of What Group Calls `Trophy Kill`

  27-02-2019 17:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A Colorado hunter is being blasted on Facebook for hunting a mountain lion. The hunter says her kill was legal, but members of an environmental group are taking her to tasksaying she is nothing more than a gory-hungry trophy hunter.
  
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• ECB’s Rimsevics Is Back at Work and Headed to Frankfurt

  27-02-2019 17:42 via news.yahoo.com
  “I will not restrict him, I will let him travel” to Frankfurt, Viorika Jirgena, the prosecutor in charge of his case, said in an interview.The central banker’s case hasn’t been sent to Latvian court yet, since he is still submitting evidence in the pre-trial stage.The Latvian central bank board won’t grant Rimsevics access to documents involving the case or information about commercial banks that are connected to it, with all legal inquires going through his deputy
  
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• New buzz around insect DNA analysis and biodiversity estimates

  27-02-2019 17:11
  Researchers on the remote forested island of Hauturu, New Zealand have compiled a staggering inventory of invertebrate biodiversity using DNA sequencing, adding a significant number of invertebrates to GenBank - an open access database of all publicly available DNA sequences.
  
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• Human settlements and rainfall affect giraffe home ranges

  27-02-2019 17:11
  Giraffes that live close to densely populated towns have larger home ranges than giraffes that live far from towns, suggesting that the giraffes in human-impacted areas need to travel longer distances -- and expend more energy -- to obtain critical resources.
  
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• Next year in Caracas? Venezuelans hope exile will end soon

  27-02-2019 17:10 via news.yahoo.com
  CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — Next year in Caracas?
  
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• Cohen unloads on Trump in explosive testimony

  27-02-2019 17:00 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen blasted his former employer as a racist, conman and cheat in House testimony.
  
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• Green New Deal: What is it and what does it mean for climate change?

  27-02-2019 16:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats are in the process of hammering out their climate change policy ahead of the 2020 elections. One proposal is called the Green New Deal.
  
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• Trump border emergency is fake and climate crisis is real. Guess which just got funded?

  27-02-2019 16:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump funds 'emergency' border wall but relief for victims of wildfires, storms and other catastrophes fueled by climate change must wait.
  
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• Miami-Dade cop caught on tape slapping suspect

  27-02-2019 16:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Miami-Dade Police officers are facing charges after surveillance video appeared to show one sergeant slapping a teenager who was handcuffed and another trying to destroy evidence.
  
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