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• Colorado internet-tax case could change online shopping

  12-12-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Buying things online could get pricier after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a case Monday that could ultimately lead to states collecting billions of dollars in sales taxes lost to increasingly popular internet retailers.
  
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• US church shooter had list of targets and more ammunition

  12-12-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The self-described white supremacist accused of killing nine African American churchgoers in Charleston had a gun, more ammunition and a list of churches in his car, jurors in his federal death penalty trial heard Monday. Dylann Roof was ruled unfit to purchase the gun he used to kill the parishioners. In his car, Roof had a handwritten note listing six churches in Charleston's black community, including the target of his attack, as well as the Glock .45 semi-automatic handgun and eight ammuniti
  
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• U.N. chief alarmed by possible atrocities in Syria's Aleppo

  12-12-2016 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is alarmed by unverified reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians, including women and children, in Syria's Aleppo, his spokesman said on Monday. "The Secretary-General is conveying his grave concern to the relevant parties. He has instructed his Special Envoy for Syria to follow up urgently with the parties concerned," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Edi
  
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• Michigan to audit 'significant mismatches' in Detroit vote

  12-12-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's elections bureau ordered an investigation Monday into substantial ballot discrepancies in a small portion of Detroit's voting precincts, after the discovery of a polling place where 300 people voted but only 50 ballots were properly sealed in a container.
  
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• Villanova, top 11 remain the same in AP men's hoops poll

  12-12-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Villanova remained on top of The Associated Press college basketball poll on Monday while Southern Cal made its first appearance this season and Florida State returned to the rankings.
  
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• Trump's tough trade talk makes U.S. firms fear China retribution

  12-12-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nick Carey and Ginger Gibson CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's challenges to China on trade and Taiwan are rattling American companies who have long benefited from stable relations between the two countries but now fear retaliation by Beijing if Trump were to act. Trump jarred Chinese officials on Sunday by saying the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of "one China." Beijing expressed "serious con
  
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• Factbox: U.S. companies bet on stable China relations

  12-12-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * General Motors Co - More than one-third of the 9.96 million vehicles GM sold globally in 2015 were delivered to Chinese customers. Profits from Chinese operations, including joint ventures, accounted for about 20 percent of GM’s global net income of $9.7 billion in 2015. * Wal-Mart Stores Inc – The retail giant has 432 stores in China, and has invested in online properties there.
  
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• New coach Applewhite vows that he'll be at Houston long-term

  12-12-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — In recent years, Houston has been a stepping stone, a quick stop for up-and-coming coaches on their way to jobs seen as bigger and better.
  
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• Ryan Tannehill's knee injury less serious than first feared

  12-12-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Tannehill was back at the Miami Dolphins' complex Monday, his left knee injury less serious than first feared.
  
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• Funeral held for ex-NY Jet McKnight after road rage shooting

  12-12-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Five former New York Jets teammates were pallbearers at the funeral for football player Joe McKnight, who was shot and killed Dec. 1 during a road-rage incident in suburban New Orleans.
  
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• Cherokee Nation attorney general: Tribe must OK gay marriage

  12-12-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Cherokee Nation's attorney general legalized gay marriage for the country's second-largest Native American tribe, saying its same-sex marriage ban violates a tribal requirement for all of its citizens to be treated equally.
  
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• Disney's 'Moana' conquers N. American box office again

  12-12-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Los Angeles (AFP) - The animated sea-faring musical adventure "Moana" triumphed for its third-straight weekend, topping the North American box office with $18.5 million, industry data showed on Monday.
  
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• Italy's new government looks much like just-ended one

  12-12-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy's latest government was formed and rapidly sworn in Monday, a center-left coalition headed by new Premier Paolo Gentiloni and strikingly similar in makeup to the just-ended one that Matteo Renzi quit after a humiliating loss.
  
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• Prosecutor: Woman's own words prove she wanted husband dead

  12-12-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors have long said that a Florida woman's own words prove she wanted a hit man to murder her husband. In the retrial of Dalia Dippolito, they did not stray from that mantra.
  
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• -35 wind chill to hit parts of US

  12-12-2016 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Record-breaking wintry temperatures are gripping the eastern two-thirds of the country, signaling that this could be one of the coldest seasons in years.
  
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• -35 degree wind chill to hit parts of US

  12-12-2016 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Record-breaking wintry temperatures are gripping the eastern two-thirds of the country, signaling that this could be one of the coldest seasons in years.
  
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• 5-year-old dies in Santa's arms

  12-12-2016 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  Knoxville News-Sentinel columnist Sam Venable knew he'd found a sad story, but he didn't know just how many hearts it would break.
  
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• The Latest: Melania Trump attends hearing in defamation suit

  12-12-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Clinton camp backs intel brief for electors

  12-12-2016 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta on Monday backed Electoral College electors who are asking to receive an intelligence briefing on foreign interventions into the 2016 election ahead of their December 19 vote.
  
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• Accreditor of for-profit colleges loses appeal to stay alive

  12-12-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal education officials are standing by their decision to cut ties with the nation's largest accreditor of for-profit colleges — a ruling that will bar hundreds of schools from providing federal financial aid and likely force some to close.
  
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• Senators struggle with Exxon CEO as Trump secretary of state

  12-12-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Doina Chiacu and Gina Cherelus WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The front-runner for secretary of state in President-elect Donald Trump's administration, Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson, faces a struggle getting confirmed by U.S. senators concerned about his close ties to Russia. Lawmakers from both major parties also raised questions on Monday about former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, who has been mentioned as a possible No. 2 State Department official and has voiced hawki
  
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• Trump taps Goldman Sachs executive Cohn for key economic post

  12-12-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tim Ahmann and Olivia Oran WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he would appoint Goldman Sachs Group Inc President and Chief Operating Officer Gary Cohn to head the White House National Economic Council, a group that coordinates economic policy across agencies. "As my top economic adviser, Gary Cohn is going to put his talents as a highly successful businessman to work for the American people," Trump said in a statement. Cohn will follow former senior Goldma
  
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• Surge in drug-affected newborns driven by rural opioid use

  12-12-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A surge in U.S infants born with symptoms of withdrawal from heroin or strong prescription painkillers is driven largely by rising drug use among women in rural areas, a new study found.
  
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• Bengals tell 'Pacman' Jones to put a lid on trash talking

  12-12-2016 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals' defensive coordinator has told cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones to put the lid on his trash talk.
  
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• Titans of new industry spring $1 billion clean energy fund

  12-12-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some big names with big money say they plan to put more than $1 billion into developing technologies that will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and lower the price of energy. Bill Gates said the fund plans ...
  
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• Clinton backs intel briefing for electors

  12-12-2016 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta on Monday backed Electoral College electors who are asking to receive an intelligence briefing on foreign interventions into the 2016 election ahead of their December 19 vote.
  
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• Suspect in Egypt chapel bombing had 2014 run-in with police

  12-12-2016 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The young man suspected of blowing himself up inside a Cairo chapel during Sunday Mass, killing at least 25 people, had been arrested and beaten by police two years ago after allegedly taking part in an ...
  
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• US intel says Russia interfered with vote; Not so, Trump says

  12-12-2016 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  The top Senate Republican joined the growing chorus of powerful voices on Capitol Hill Monday calling for a bipartisan probe of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• Trump faces fight over oil tycoon

  12-12-2016 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump won't get Rex Tillerson as secretary of state without a fight.
  
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• 1st US offshore wind farm opens off Rhode Island's coast

  12-12-2016 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The nation's first offshore wind farm has opened off the coast of Rhode Island, ushering in a new era in the U.S. for the industry.
  
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• Exclusive: SWIFT confirms new cyber thefts, hacking tactics

  12-12-2016 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Bergin and Jim Finkle LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Cyber attacks on the global banking system have continued - and succeeded - since February’s heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, underscoring the continuing vulnerability of the SWIFT messaging network, a SWIFT official told Reuters. The network, which handles trillions of dollars in transfers daily, has warned banks of the escalating threat to their systems, according to a SWIFT letter obtained by Reuters. Client ba
  
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• US still cutting ties with for-profit college accreditor

  12-12-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary John B. King Jr. has upheld his department's decision to cut ties with the nation's largest accreditor of for-profit colleges.
  
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• Oil spurt drives Dow to record despite drop for most stocks

  12-12-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks mostly fell on Monday, but a spurt in oil prices helped push the energy sector higher and the Dow Jones industrial average to another record.
  
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• Oil jumps to highest since mid-2015, Fed hike on horizon

  12-12-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices surged to an 18-month high on Monday after the world's top crude producers agreed to the first joint output cut since 2001, sparking concerns about inflation, which pushed up U.S. Treasury yields to a more than two-year peak. The gain in oil prices followed the weekend agreement between OPEC and key non-OPEC states.
  
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• Ethiopian Deba named rightful winner of 2014 Boston Marathon

  12-12-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Blood, sweat and tears stained the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon, so the next year's running of America's most famous footrace was understandably all about redemption.
  
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• Colombia's president calls for new approach to drugs war

  12-12-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Colombia's president has reiterated a call for a new approach in the drug war and cautioned that countries won't succeed alone.
  
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• Conservatives win Macedonian election, need partner to rule

  12-12-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonia's dominant conservative coalition has won a narrow victory over the main opposition Social Democrats in early national elections, although without enough seats in parliament to govern alone, final results showed Monday.
  
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• Sold: Pristine views in Grand Teton National Park for $46M

  12-12-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A $46 million deal between Wyoming and the Interior Department put a square mile of land inside Grand Teton National Park into U.S. government hands Monday, eliminating the possibility that the pristine property with breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains' Teton Range might be developed.
  
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• Tech, bank shares slip after recent gains; health outperforms

  12-12-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite fell on Monday after six sessions of gains, weighed by tech sector stocks, while a rally in energy shares petered out as crude oil gains withered. Bank shares fell ahead of the Federal Reserve's last meeting for the year, set to begin Tuesday and expected to end on Wednesday with the year's first interest rate increase. Traders cashed in gains in bank stocks ahead of the meeting, even if a rate hike, which on paper would benefit banks, is all but priced in.
  
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• Trump ups US ante on Taiwan, but China has leverage too

  12-12-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump sounds ready to use U.S. policy toward Taiwan as a bargaining chip to extract concessions from China, but both of the world powers could play at that game.
  
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• First lady: Skiing does for her what golf does for president

  12-12-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama says skiing does for her what golf does for President Barack Obama.
  
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• Nick Saban: Lane Kiffin leaving Alabama, going to FAU

  12-12-2016 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Lane Kiffin has a chance to help Alabama get to 15 wins this season. And then he's going to take over the reins of a program that has won 15 games in the last four years.
  
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• Supernova Was Actually Black Hole Ripping Apart a Star

  12-12-2016 22:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Researchers now think the 'brightest supernova ever' may actually have been the death throes of a star ripped apart by a supermassive black hole up to billions of times the mass of the sun.
  
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• Top GOP-er breaks with Trump

  12-12-2016 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  Ignoring the conclusions of the intelligence community that Russia sought to meddle in the US election is dangerous, Sen. Angus King said Monday.
  
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• Senators rebuke Trump, unite behind Russia probe

  12-12-2016 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  Ignoring the conclusions of the intelligence community that Russia sought to meddle in the US election is dangerous, Sen. Angus King said Monday.
  
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• Senators rebuke Trump over Russia

  12-12-2016 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  Ignoring the conclusions of the intelligence community that Russia sought to meddle in the US election is dangerous, Sen. Angus King said Monday.
  
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• Experience this hit movie for yourself

  12-12-2016 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  On the world stage of dreamy, romantic towns, Los Angeles might get sneered out of the audition room by A-listers like Paris, San Francisco and Venice.
  
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• Experience 'La la land' for yourself

  12-12-2016 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  On the world stage of dreamy, romantic towns, Los Angeles might get sneered out of the audition room by A-listers like Paris, San Francisco and Venice.
  
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• Want to Go Electric but Can't Afford a Tesla?

  12-12-2016 21:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  The company that's redefining what it means to go electric isn't some high-tech California start-up, but that icon of the Rust Belt, General Motors.
  
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• Kim K's sexy return

  12-12-2016 21:40 via cnn.com
  
  Kim Kardashian West has returned to the limelight as only she can: in lingerie and a fur.
  
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