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• Obamacare in danger

  13-01-2017 23:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Got a minute? Congress moves to repeal healthcare law ... Comey stays quiet on Trump-Russia inquiry ... Toby Keith agrees to headline inauguration. By Amber Jamieson 10.46pm GMTCongress has set the stage for repeal of the Affordable Care Act, approving a preliminary measure that will allow Republicans to dismantle the president’s signature healthcare law.The legislation passed in the House of Representatives 227-198, with nine Republicans joining a united Democratic party in voting against
  
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• Latest: Kansas National Guard soldiers to help during storm

  13-01-2017 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on an ice storm moving into the nation's midsection (all times local):
  
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• EPA says it can't pay economic damages from mine spill

  13-01-2017 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it will not repay claims totaling more than $1.2 billion for economic damages from a mine waste spill the agency accidentally triggered in Colorado, saying the law prohibits it.
  
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• U.S. House votes to begin repealing Obamacare

  13-01-2017 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of repealing President Barack Obama's landmark health insurance law. The House voted 227-198 to instruct committees to draft legislation by a target date of Jan. 27 that would repeal the 2010 Affordable Health Care Act, often called Obamacare. The S
  
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• Oil pipeline safety rule scaled back after cost objections

  13-01-2017 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama's administration scaled back new safety measures for the sprawling network of fuel pipelines that crisscross the United States on Friday, following oil industry complaints that they ...
  
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• Freezing rain causes accidents, closures in southern Plains

  13-01-2017 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A thick glaze of ice covered roads from Oklahoma to southern Illinois on Friday amid a winter storm that caused numerous wrecks, forced school cancellations, grounded flights and prompted dire warnings for people to stay home.
  
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• Top Trump aide in frequent contact with Russia's ambassador

  13-01-2017 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser and Russia's ambassador to the U.S. have been in frequent contact in recent weeks, including on the day the Obama administration hit Moscow with ...
  
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• U.S. House backs waiver allowing Mattis to serve as defense secretary

  13-01-2017 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday cleared the way for quick confirmation of James Mattis to serve as President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of defense, backing a waiver that will allow him to serve less than seven years after retiring from active duty as a Marine General in 2013. The House voted 268 to 151, largely along party lines, for a one-time waiver of a provision of a law on civilian control of the U.S. military that requires a seven
  
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• The Latest: Florida lawmaker remains in local hospital

  13-01-2017 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress (all times local):
  
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• Wash St player hits head, taken off on stretcher vs Ariz St

  13-01-2017 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — Washington State freshman Cameron Fernandez hit her head on the court, was treated by emergency personnel and taken off by stretcher Friday during a 68-49 loss to No. 19 Arizona State.
  
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• Steelers-Chiefs game time moved to Sunday night

  13-01-2017 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Football League decided to push back the start time of the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers playoff game on Sunday because of expected cold weather in the Kansas City area. Weather forecasters issued an ice storm warning for Sunday, prompting officials to change the start time to 8:20pm EST (01:20 GMT). "Due to public safety concerns in light of the forecasted storm this weekend in the Kansas City area, Sunday's Steelers-Chiefs Divisional Playoff game on NBC has been moved
  
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• US Marines returning to battlefields

  13-01-2017 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  Approximately 300 Marines will deploy to Afghanistan's Helmand Province this spring, returning to the scene of some of the fiercest battles in America's 15-year-long engagement there.
  
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• Takata to Pay $1 Billion, Plead Guilty in Airbag Fraud Case

  13-01-2017 23:19 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Three top company executives were also indicted.
  
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• Source: Obama DOJ won't push antitrust case against airlines

  13-01-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department, which started investigating alleged collusion between the nation's major airlines in mid-2015, will not bring an antitrust case against the carriers before the Obama administration leaves office at the end of next week, according to a person familiar with the situation.
  
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• US stock indexes end mostly higher on solid bank earnings

  13-01-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Banks led U.S. stock indexes mostly higher Friday, propelling the Nasdaq composite index to its fourth record high this week.
  
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• Alleged mastermind of Kardashian heist charged in Paris

  13-01-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A French judge on Friday charged the alleged mastermind of the spectacular Paris heist in which five masked men robbed US reality TV television star Kim Kardashian of jewellery worth millions, prosecutors said. Sixty-year-old Aomar A. was among six suspects charged on Friday over the October 3 robbery during which the celebrity was bound and gagged at gunpoint, then locked in a bathroom at the luxury residence where she was staying during Paris Fashion Week. A total of 10 people have now been ch
  
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• Africa, France battling same threat, Hollande says in Mali

  13-01-2017 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French President Francois Hollande said Friday that those battling jihad in Africa and the Middle East were like France part of "the same fight" against extremism. Hollande spoke ahead of a summit with African leaders in Mali with the fight against extremists, the struggle to improve governance and the migrant crisis high on the agenda. Mali had called on France four years ago to help force jihadist fighters out of key northern cities.
  
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• Rooney Rule: 8 minority head coaches for 2017

  13-01-2017 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The NFL will have eight minority head coaches in 2017, tying the most for the beginning of one season.
  
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• Killer whales could have quiet space off Washington coast

  13-01-2017 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The federal government is considering whether it should set up an area off Washington's coast where endangered killer whales would be protected from motorboats and other disturbances.
  
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• The Latest: VP Pence to be sworn in by Clarence Thomas

  13-01-2017 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Divorce file: Prince, 2nd wife lived luxurious lifestyle

  13-01-2017 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince's unsealed divorce file from his second marriage shows the couple lived a luxurious lifestyle that included spending $50,000 per party after major awards ceremonies, a newspaper reported Friday.
  
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• Alvarez and Chavez set US fight date

  13-01-2017 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will square off on May 6 in one of the biggest fights in Mexican boxing history, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Friday. Mexico's two most popular boxers will meet at a site to be determined on the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo -- a traditional weekend for major fights involving that country's boxers. The fight is expected to take place in the US, possibly Las Vegas or Dallas, Texas.
  
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• Democratic Rep. Lewis: Trump not a 'legitimate president'

  13-01-2017 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. John Lewis says he's doesn't consider Donald Trump a "legitimate president," blaming the Russians for helping the Republican win the White House.
  
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• Dylann Roof is evil. Don't kill him

  13-01-2017 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Sentenced to death in murder of 9, Roof neither wants nor deserves mercy. But the power of the state to kill as payback is simply too great to entrust to an imperfect system.
  
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• Correction: Auto Show-Awards story

  13-01-2017 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a story Jan. 9 about awards presented at the Detroit auto show, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of the Mazda vehicle that was a finalist for utility vehicle of the year. It's the ...
  
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• House Takes First Step to Repeal Obamacare

  13-01-2017 22:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Republicans want to dismantle Obama's signature domestic policy.
  
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• Chicago cops used 'excessive, deadly force'

  13-01-2017 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  The Chicago Police Department has unconstitutionally engaged in a pattern of excessive and deadly force, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday, wrapping up a 13-month federal probe of a department that has been under heavy scrutiny over officer-involved shootings.
  
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• Police: Woman kidnapped as newborn 18 years ago is alive

  13-01-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WALTERBORO, South Carolina (AP) — Stolen from a hospital just hours after she was born, an 18-year-old woman finally learned her true identity and was reunited Friday with her birth family, by video chat. The woman she thought was her mother was charged with her kidnapping.
  
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• A lifeline slips away

  13-01-2017 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Republicans plot the end of Obamacare, patients wait both in excitement and despair.
  
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• Mexico must be ready to retaliate if Trump levies border tax, says minister

  13-01-2017 22:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Economy minister Ildefonso Guajardo: ‘It is clear we need to be prepared’US president-elect has threatened to tax companies who move jobs to MexicoMexico must be ready to respond immediately with its own tax measures if the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump imposes a border tax, the country’s economy minister has said, warning such protectionism may trigger a global recession. Trump, who takes office on 20 January, has promised a “major border tax&rd
  
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• Texas teacher gets 10 years for sex with 13-year-old student

  13-01-2017 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area middle school English teacher was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for having a long-term sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student who impregnated her.
  
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• US Congress approves first step for repealing Obamacare

  13-01-2017 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US House of Representatives on Friday joined the Senate in passing a critical measure that marks the first major step toward repealing outgoing President Barack Obama's landmark but controversial health care reforms. The House's party-line vote of 227 to 198 approved a budget blueprint which provides Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress, with a framework for dismantling the Affordable Care Act. "This resolution essentially fires the starting pistol... for repealing Obamacare,"
  
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• Ordinary Cubans fret about end to US immigration policy

  13-01-2017 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Ordinary Cubans worried Friday about the economic problems that could be caused for some people by the sudden end to a once-easy pathway to life in the United States, saying many people who already left the island to take advantage of the earlier American immigration policy could wind up back home with nothing.
  
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• Congress approves initial measures to repeal Affordable Care Act

  13-01-2017 22:27 via theguardian.com
  
  House of Representatives passed legislation for Republicans to proceed with ‘budget reconciliation’ to end key provisions of Obama’s signature healthcare law Related: Republicans ready to dismantle Obamacare amid replacement concerns Congress has set the stage for repeal of the Affordable Care Act, approving a preliminary measure that will allow Republicans to dismantle Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. Continue reading...
  
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• Jakarta: the unlikely capital city of sex and swinging

  13-01-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A little past midnight, sitting at the bar of a stylish Jakarta establishment, all around was giddy, shaking, unfiltered lust. Author Laksmi Pamuntjak discovers the swinging scene among Indonesia’s middle classThere is a peculiar thrill to hearing your city described in terms less than conventional, more so when the talk is salacious, bordering on risqué. For all the respect you wish accorded to the weight of its history, the joy of its music, the singularity of its people and chara
  
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• 5 Takeaways From Scathing Department of Justice Report on Chicago Policing

  13-01-2017 21:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The feds released their findings today that blast the CPD.
  
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• President Obama's Inauguration Day Plans

  13-01-2017 21:49 via abcnews.go.com
  The president-elect and president will ride together to the inauguration.
  
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• Feds Launch New Rail Crossing Safety Campaign

  13-01-2017 21:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The ads air in the 20 states where 75% of rail accidents occurred in 2015.
  
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• 5 Cabinet Picks Who Broke With Trump's Policy Positions

  13-01-2017 21:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The first week of Senate confirmation hearings brought a few surprises.
  
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• 'Exorcist' author dies (on Friday the 13th!)

  13-01-2017 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  Author and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, who scared millions with the best-selling novel and Oscar-winning movie "The Exorcist," has died.
  
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• Smells like a cover-up: Don’s Johns logo concealed on Trump inauguration toilets

  13-01-2017 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Workers have placed blue tape over the company name on dozens of portable restrooms installed near the Capitol for Donald Trump’s inaugurationWorkers preparing for Donald Trump’s inauguration on 20 January have taped over the name of the company – Don’s Johns – that has long supplied portable restrooms for major outdoor events in the nation’s capital. Related: Toby Keith ends Trump's struggle to find inauguration headlinerContinue reading...
  
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• Feds: Chicago Police Violated People's Rights for Years

  13-01-2017 21:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Chicago police routinely violated residents' civil rights over a period of several years, the Department of Justice said Friday as it announced the results of a year-long investigation sparked by the shooting death of Laquan MacDonald. The misconduct included a pattern of unconstitutional arrests and use of excessive force by the country's second largest police department, and a failure to adequately examine those transgressions, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said.
  
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• Obama Presents Emotional Biden With Surprise Medal of Freedom

  13-01-2017 21:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Biden appeared stunned at the honor, as Obama called him 'an extraordinary man, with an extraordinary career in public service.'
  
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• Takata agrees to guilty plea, will pay $1B for hiding defect

  13-01-2017 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Takata Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge and will pay $1 billion in fines and restitution for a years-long scheme to conceal a deadly defect in its automotive air bag inflators. ...
  
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• APNewsBreak: EPA says it can't pay damages from mine spill

  13-01-2017 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will not repay claims totaling more than $1.2 billion for economic damages from a mine waste spill the agency accidentally triggered in Colorado, saying the law prohibits it.
  
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• Don's what? Portable toilet names covered for inauguration

  13-01-2017 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the great port-a-potty cover-up for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
  
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• Trump adviser Flynn held multiple calls with Russian envoy: sources

  13-01-2017 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, held multiple phone conversations with Russia's ambassador to Washington on the day the United States announced retaliation for Moscow's interference in the U.S. presidential election, two people familiar with the issue said. The conversations appear to raise further questions about contacts between Trump's advisers and Russian officials at a time when
  
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• Motorist who aided wounded trooper recalls fear, confusion

  13-01-2017 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who helped a wounded state trooper said Friday he was afraid and confused when he saw three bodies and pulled over on a freeway.
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio foundation backing Utah national monument

  13-01-2017 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio's foundation is chipping in to support a new national monument in Utah that's been a flashpoint over public land use in the West.
  
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• Wells Fargo thinks it has paid back customers as required

  13-01-2017 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We've accomplished a lot over the past few months but we still have a lot of work to do ... to rebuild trust with our customers, team members, and other key stakeholders," CEO Tim Sloan said during a call with analysts. The San Francisco-based bank has been dealing with multiple lawsuits and a sharp drop in account openings after it settled with the Los Angeles City Attorney, the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in September over charges that its emp
  
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