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• Macy's to close stores, cut jobs amid weak sales

  04-01-2017 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Macy's says it is eliminating more than 10,000 jobs and plans to move forward with 68 store closures after a disappointing holiday shopping season. The department store chain also lowered its full-year ...
  
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• Hockey hall of famer Milt Schmidt, 1951 NHL MVP, dies at 98

  04-01-2017 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Milt Schmidt, the hockey hall of famer who led Boston to two Stanley Cup championships as the center of the "Kraut Line," served Canada in World War II and returned to the NHL to win its MVP award and two more titles as the Bruins general manager, died on Wednesday, the team said.
  
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• Obama: Don't bail out GOP

  04-01-2017 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: "Don't rescue" Republicans on Obamacare.
  
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• The Latest: Democrats tag 'most troublesome' Trump picks

  04-01-2017 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on Congress (all times EST): 5:30 p.m. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats have identified eight of President-elect Donald Trump's "most troublesome" Cabinet picks ...
  
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• Charles Manson's cult left 7 dead and killed a dream, too

  04-01-2017 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The seven grisly murders carried out by Charles Manson's disciples during the summer of 1969 did more than turn the hippie cult leader into the leering face of evil on front pages across America. To many, ...
  
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• U.S. December auto sales surprisingly strong, 2016 sets new high

  04-01-2017 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. sales of new cars and trucks hit a record high in 2016, automakers said on Wednesday, and investors bid up shares in the sector as strong consumer confidence and relatively low fuel prices bolstered the industry's outlook. Shares of General Motors Co rose 5.5 percent and Ford Motor Co
  
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• Scientists disprove global warming took a break

  04-01-2017 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A reported pause in global warming between 1998 and 2014 was false, according to US-British research published Wednesday that confirmed the findings of a controversial US study on ocean warming. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of York, England, corroborated the results of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) research paper in 2015. The NOAA paper had shown ocean buoys now used to measure water temperatures tend to report slightly c
  
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• Elvis' home-away-from-home could be razed for car wash

  04-01-2017 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As a teenager growing up in the 1950s, Steve North would look for the pink Cadillac outside a stone house on the outskirts of Nashville. If the car was there, Elvis was in the building.
  
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• 105-Year-Old Cyclist Sets New World Record

  04-01-2017 23:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Robert Marchand managed 92 laps of a French velodrome, cycling 14 miles in a one-hour time trial.
  
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• Horrifying scene inside massacre nightclub

  04-01-2017 23:44 via cnn.com
  
  In a New Year's terror attack on an Istanbul nightclub, 39 people were killed and dozens injured by a lone gunman. CNN's Sara Sidner and Mohammed Tawfeeq gained access to the club and describe the distressing scene inside.
  
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• Who hacked? Trump challenges intel agencies he'll oversee

  04-01-2017 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump escalated his blunt public challenge to the U.S. intelligence agencies he will soon oversee on Wednesday, appearing to embrace WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's contention ...
  
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• Guantanamo Bay: What's it like inside?

  04-01-2017 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Donald Trump tweets that no-one should be released from Guantanamo Bay, the BBC's Gordon Corera takes a tour of the camp.
  
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• Dele Alli double ends Chelsea's winning run

  04-01-2017 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Even when doing bitter north London rival Arsenal a favor, Tottenham Hotspur found a way to stick the boot in.
  
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• Chicago gang violence: Six Hobos leaders convicted

  04-01-2017 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A federal jury convicts six leaders of Chicago's notorious Hobos gang of racketeering conspiracy.
  
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• Mexican veterinarians sue Idaho dairy for human trafficking

  04-01-2017 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Six Mexican veterinarians who say they were recruited to work at an Idaho dairy farm as animal scientists have filed a federal human trafficking lawsuit against the dairy's owners and the lawyer who arranged ...
  
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• Dolphins QB Tannehill sits out drills; unlikely vs Steelers

  04-01-2017 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Tannehill stood on the practice field Wednesday wearing a cap, T-shirt and knee brace, idly spinning a ball in his hands as he watched teammate Matt Moore throw.
  
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• Woman gives birth during auto shop oil change

  04-01-2017 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DORMONT, Pa. (AP) — Some auto shops offer 10-minute oil change service. That still would have been about seven minutes too long for a Pennsylvania woman who gave birth while the oil in her husband's pickup was being changed at an auto dealership.
  
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• Spurs and Alli deny Chelsea record win

  04-01-2017 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In-form midfielder Dele Alli scored two near-identical headers as Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 2-0 on Wednesday to torpedo the Premier League leaders' hopes of a record 14th consecutive victory. Chelsea were bidding to become the first team to win 14 successive games within the same English top-flight season, but Alli's goals, both set up by Christian Eriksen, brought them down to earth. "We were competitive against a team in very good form, one of the best in Europe, and we feel very proud an
  
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• GOP Sen. Rand Paul blasts party leaders for ignoring debt

  04-01-2017 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday blasted fellow GOP lawmakers for ignoring the government's spiraling debt problem in their rush to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Biden post-White House plans include partnership with University of Delaware on domestic, economic policy

  04-01-2017 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — APNewsBreak: Biden post-White House plans include partnership with University of Delaware on domestic, economic policy .
  
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• Knife-wielding man attacks kindergarten

  04-01-2017 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  A man with a knife climbed over the wall of a kindergarten in China and attacked 11 students, according to Chinese state media.
  
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• US auto sales hit a record 17.55M in 2016, led by SUVs

  04-01-2017 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — U.S. consumers bought a record number of new cars and trucks in 2016. A repeat performance in 2017 could be a tall order.
  
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• From Repeal to 'Careful': Trump on Obamacare

  04-01-2017 23:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Here are eight times Donald Trump changed his position on Obamacare as a candidate and as president-elect.
  
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• McConnell: Americans 'Will Not Tolerate' Dems Blocking SCOTUS Nominee

  04-01-2017 23:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  His remarks come after Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said "if [Republicans] don't appoint somebody good, we're going to oppose them tooth and nail."
  
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• Rajai Davis eager to help Athletics turn fortunes around

  04-01-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — David Forst remembers the exact moment when Rajai Davis hit his World Series-tying home run in Game 7 for Cleveland.
  
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• Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Chelsea

  04-01-2017 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Dele Alli double halts leaders Chelsea's Premier League winning streak and takes Tottenham up to third.
  
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• Deutsche Bank to pay $95 million to end U.S. tax fraud case

  04-01-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Deutsche Bank AG agreed to pay $95 million to resolve a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the German bank of tax fraud for using "insolvent" shell companies to hide significant tax liabilities from the Internal Revenue Service in 2000. Under the accord described in papers filed on Wednesday with the federal court in Manhattan, Deutsche Bank also admitted to trying to stick the shell companies with the tax bill for its then-new stake in drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co . "The government, through
  
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• Intelligence officials distressed over Trump's trust in Assange

  04-01-2017 23:14 via cnn.com
  
  Intelligence officials are increasingly dismayed about President-elect Donald Trump's tweets and continued public attacks against them, describing his conduct as distressing, officials told CNN Wednesday.
  
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• Former Kosovo PM Haradinaj arrested on war crimes warrant

  04-01-2017 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French police arrest a former prime minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, over alleged war crimes.
  
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• Cycling into the record books at 105

  04-01-2017 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French cyclist Robert Marchand has clocked up 105 years and now a new record for the furthest distance cycled in one hour.
  
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• Premier League festive fixtures 2017-18: Six games in 17 days next Christmas

  04-01-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  If Premier League managers were annoyed at this season's festive fixture list, what about next season's?
  
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• Pence: Ending Obamacare is a priority

  04-01-2017 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Barack Obama has met fellow Democrats in Congress to discuss how to protect the healthcare reforms he instituted, often called Obamacare.
  
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• Pence: Repealing Obamacare is 'first order of business' – video

  04-01-2017 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  US vice president-elect Mike Pence tells reporters in Washington that the first order of business for president-elect Donald Trump is to repeal and replace Obamacare. House speaker Paul Ryan adds that Republicans opposing the current healthcare system do not want to pull the rug out from people during the transition process
  Mike Pence promises Obamacare repeal but shares few details on alternativeContinue reading...
  
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• Eat These Foods To Protect Your Brain From Shrinkage

  04-01-2017 22:29 via today.com
  
  A Mediterranean diet that's loaded with fresh vegetables, fruit and the occasional drink could help preserve your brain into old age.
  
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• Republican Congresswoman's Obamacare Poll Backfires

  04-01-2017 22:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Twitter poll by ardent Obamacare foe Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on whether the health-care law should be repealed backfired big-time Wednesday.
  
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• 105-year-old French cyclist sets record – video

  04-01-2017 22:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Robert Marchand set a new world record on Wednesday when he cycled 14 miles in an hour. The 105-year-old was cheered on by crowds in Paris and was emotional at the end of his challenge. But he admitted that he could have gone faster at the end but he hadn’t seen the sign telling him he only had ten minutes left105-year-old man sets record by cycling more than 14 miles in an hourContinue reading...
  
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• Mexico appoints ex-minister behind Trump's visit as new foreign minister

  04-01-2017 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Luis Videgaray, who was pushed out after controversial meeting, could foster close relations with incoming administration, President Enrique Peña Nieto saidA former cabinet secretary who was forced to resign after arranging Donald Trump’s visit to Mexico has been unexpectedly named foreign minister as the country prepares for a potentially rocky relationship with the incoming US president.President Enrique Peña Nieto named ex-finance minister Luis Videgaray as foreign relatio
  
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• 'New' organ you didn't know you had

  04-01-2017 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  In case you've ever wondered what connects your intestine to your abdomen, there's a word -- and now, a single organ -- for that: the mesentery. But don't worry; you haven't grown a new organ. It's always been there, performing important functions that affect systems throughout the body, from cardiovascular to immunological.
  
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• Franklin Graham, Saeed Abedini push for release of US pastor imprisoned in Turkey

  04-01-2017 22:06 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Evangelical preacher the Rev. Franklin Graham and Pastor Saeed Abedini, a former American hostage in Iran, are two of the prominent names who are rallying behind Pastor Andrew Brunson, a U.S. citizen held in a Turkish prison who was recently denied his appeal for freedom.
  
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• Migration: a critical point in modern history – Project podcast

  04-01-2017 22:03 via theguardian.com
  
  The burden for hosting the world’s more than 60 million displaced people is falling in an inequitable way. How can we meet this challenge as isolationist movements spring up? Continue reading...
  
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• Afghanistan struggles to absorb wave of returnees from Pakistan

  04-01-2017 22:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A breakdown in Afghanistan’s relationship with Pakistan has driven a flood of Afghans living there to return, severely straining their war-ravaged homeland’s resources just as it is experiencing an escalation of violence.
  
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• Opinion: Dylann Roof Has a Right to the Death Penalty

  04-01-2017 21:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Roof has a constitutional right not to present a defense, to choose to increase the likelihood he'll get the death penalty.
  
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• Shocking video shows officer fighting teen

  04-01-2017 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  A police officer in Philadelphia has been taken off the street after getting into an altercation with a 16-year-old girl.
  
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• TV host in El Salvador denies child prostitution allegations

  04-01-2017 21:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A TV and radio personality in El Salvador who was arrested on suspicion of being a VIP client of an alleged child prostitution ring is proclaiming his innocence.
  
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• Mexico brings back adviser who quit because of Trump meeting

  04-01-2017 21:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mexico's president has brought back a Cabinet secretary and close adviser who resigned after arranging a meeting between Enrique Pena Nieto and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
  
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• Kosovo says French police have detained its former premier

  04-01-2017 21:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Kosovo's foreign ministry says that French police have detained the country's former prime minister based on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia.
  
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• Yannick Bolasie: Everton winger out for possibly a year, says Ronald Koeman

  04-01-2017 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Everton winger Yannick Bolasie will be out for 11-12 months with a knee injury, says manager Ronald Koeman.
  
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• NY train derailment: 'I started flying to front of train'

  04-01-2017 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A commuter train has derailed during rush hour in New York City, injuring dozens of people.
  
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• Donald Trump backs Julian Assange over Russia hacking claim

  04-01-2017 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President-elect Donald Trump backs Wikileaks founder over alleged Russian meddling in the US election.
  
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• Trump secretary of state eyes $180m payout to cut Exxon ties

  04-01-2017 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former Exxon boss set to become Trump's secretary of state will receive $180m to cut ties with the firm.
  
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