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• UK's May signals EU clean break: no 'half-in, half-out'

  16-01-2017 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain will make a clean break from the European Union and not seek to remain "half-in, half-out," Prime Minister Theresa May will say Tuesday, disappointing businesses and voters who want the country to stay in the bloc's single market.
  
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• Superbug may spread without symptoms

  16-01-2017 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  One family of superbugs, known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae or CRE, may be spreading more widely than previously thought, according to a study published Monday (PDF) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  
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• What lemons can teach us about breast cancer

  16-01-2017 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  When Erin Chieze saw an indentation on her breast in December 2015, her conclusion was immediate. "I instantly knew I had breast cancer," she wrote on Facebook, thanks to a breast cancer awareness photo a friend had shared.
  
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• Last man on the moon dies

  16-01-2017 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  Eugene A. Cernan, the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the surface of the moon, has died, NASA said Monday.
  
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• Istanbul New Year's nightclub attacker caught: media reports

  16-01-2017 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The gunman suspected of killing 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day has been caught by police in the city's Esenyurt district, the Hurriyet newspaper website and other media reports said on Tuesday. The man, who media quoted police as saying had operated under the cover name Abu Muhammed Horasani, was caught in a hideout with his four-year-old son, Hurriyet said. Dozens of people have previously been detained in connection with the attack for
  
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• White nationalists already losing faith in Trump

  16-01-2017 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  The "alt-right is having a falling out -- in some ways with their President-elect, but in perhaps even more instances with each other.
  
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• Reports: Istanbul nightclub attacker who killed 39 caught

  16-01-2017 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — A gunman suspected of killing 39 people during a New Year's attack on an Istanbul nightclub has been caught in a police operation, Turkish media reports said early Tuesday.
  
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• Istanbul police arrest nightclub suspect

  16-01-2017 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Police in Istanbul have arrested the man they suspect was behind the New Year's Eve attack on the Reina nightclub, according to the Turkish news agency Anadolu. The attack killed 39 people.
  
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• Turkish police catch Istanbul nightclub attacker: state TV

  16-01-2017 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish police late Monday caught the attacker who shot dead 39 people on New Year's night at an Istanbul nightclub in a massacre claimed by jihadists, state-run TRT television reported. The alleged assailant was found along with his four-year-old son in an apartment in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul after a massive police operation, TRT reported. The attacker had been on the run for over two weeks after the attack.
  
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• Prescott feels pain, but is part of promise for Cowboys

  16-01-2017 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott tried to negotiate the length of his second meeting with reporters in less than 24 hours after experiencing the pain of a last-play loss in the NFL playoffs for the first time.
  
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• African Cup: Ivory Coast stumbles, Congo beats Morocco

  16-01-2017 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OYEM, Gabon (AP) — Ivory Coast's Europe-based stars stumbled in the heat of northern Gabon in their African Cup of Nations opener, with the defending champion held by Togo to 0-0 on Monday in another twist to start the tournament.
  
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• Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82

  16-01-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last person to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of "peace and hope for all mankind," died on Monday in Texas following ongoing heath issues, his family said. He was 82.
  
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• Istanbul nightclub attack suspect arrested, according to Turkey officials – video report

  16-01-2017 23:13 via theguardian.com
  
  A gunman who slaughtered 39 people in a New Year’s Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul has been arrested, Turkish officials confirmed on Monday. It is understood the Uzbek terrorist named as Abdulgadir Masharipov by the Turkish media, was captured at a friend’s house in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul by security forces late on MondayIstanbul nightclub gunman arrested, say Turkish officials
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• Trump, in flap with civil rights icon, meets with MLK's son

  16-01-2017 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump attempted to navigate the fallout of his flap with a civil rights leader and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while also losing a member of his incoming administration to accusations of plagiarism.
  
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• Los Angeles eyes two-stadium opening ceremony for 2024 Olympics

  16-01-2017 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 2024 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles would feature a groundbreaking opening ceremony using not only the Memorial Coliseum but also a new state-of-the-art NFL stadium. The proposed plan would feature a program at the Coliseum -- which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and is located within the city limits of Los Angeles -- to begin the Games with a torch relay, live entertainment and musical performances. The torch relay would then make its way to Inglewood
  
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• Wife of Orlando Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen arrested

  16-01-2017 22:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Noor Salman held, FBI and attorney confirm, on charge of obstructionMateen killed 49 and wounded 53 in attack on Pulse LGBT nightclubThe wife of the gunman who killed 49 people in the Pulse nightclub shooting was arrested on Monday near the Bay Area, an FBI official said. Related: Life after the Orlando massacre: ‘I have to brace myself every day’Continue reading...
  
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• Trump once called Russia the US' 'biggest problem'

  16-01-2017 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  In a series of interviews in March of 2014, Donald Trump singled out Russia as the United States' "biggest problem" and greatest geopolitical foe.
  
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• Trump in 2014: Russia the 'biggest problem'

  16-01-2017 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  In a series of interviews in March of 2014, Donald Trump singled out Russia as the United States' "biggest problem" and greatest geopolitical foe.
  
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• Steelers downplay Tomlin's description of Patriots

  16-01-2017 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Antonio Brown wanted to let the world in on the party when he live streamed the giddy celebration in the Pittsburgh Steelers' locker room after an 18-16 playoff win over Kansas City.
  
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• Springsteen cover band changes tune, won't play at gala

  16-01-2017 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A Bruce Springsteen cover band has changed its tune about performing at a Washington gala the day before Republican Donald Trump's inauguration.
  
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• Bird flu found in flock of 6,000 turkeys in Lincolnshire

  16-01-2017 22:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirms H5N8 strain of avian flu present at East Lindsey farmBird flu has been confirmed in a flock of about 6,000 turkeys at a farm in Lincolnshire, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said. The H5N8 strain of avian flu – the same as that found in a flock of turkeys on a nearby farm on 16 December – was confirmed by the UK’s chief veterinary officer, Nigel Gibbens.A number of birds at the farm i
  
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• First on CNN: Trump's cabinet pick invested in company, then introduced a bill to help it

  16-01-2017 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Tom Price last year purchased shares in a medical device manufacturer days before introducing legislation that would have directly benefited the company, raising new ethics concerns for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary.
  
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• Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on moon, dead at 82

  16-01-2017 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon, died Monday at age 82, NASA announced. Cernan was the spacecraft commander of Apollo 17 -- his third space flight and the last scheduled US manned mission to the moon -- in December 1972. "We are saddened by the loss of retired NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon," the United States space agency said on Twitter.
  
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• Tunisia inquest: gunman shown on beach before and after Sousse attack – video

  16-01-2017 22:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Warning: Some viewers may find the footage distressing. Footage from the Tunisia terror attack inquest was released on Monday, showing gunman Seifeddine Rezgui before and after he opened fire on a tourist beach. The inquest into the deaths of 30 British tourists started on MondayTunisia attack: police ‘deliberately’ delayed arrival, inquest to hear
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• Villanova back to No. 1 in AP poll, leapfrogging Kansas

  16-01-2017 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Villanova coach Jay Wright likes this vantage point just fine.
  
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• Istanbul nightclub attack suspect reportedly nabbed after two-week manhunt

  16-01-2017 22:20 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The suspect in the deadly New Year's terror attack at an Istanbul nightclub was arrested Monday after a manhunt lasting more than two weeks, Turkish media reported.
  
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• New Zealand mayor asked ratepayers to fund gecko tattoo as parting gift

  16-01-2017 22:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Celia Wade-Brown’s request for a tattoo of a forest gecko on her ankle was turned down after her term of office as mayor of Wellington endedThe former mayor of New Zealand’s capital city has been refused ratepayer funding for a gecko tattoo as a leaving gift.Celia Wade-Brown, the mayor of Wellington for six years from October 2010, requested a tattoo of a forest gecko as her departure gift in September last year. Continue reading...
  
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• 6 dismembered bodies found in southern Mexico

  16-01-2017 22:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Authorities in southern Mexico have found the severed heads of six men in a plastic bag on the roof of a sport utility vehicle, and six headless bodies inside.
  
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• AP source: Phillies, Saunders agree to $9M, 1-year deal

  16-01-2017 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Outfielder Michael Saunders and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed on a $9 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
  
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• John Lewis at Martin Luther King event: ‘Never, ever hate’ – video

  16-01-2017 22:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Georgia congressman John Lewis speaks at an event for Martin Luther King Jr Day in Miami on Monday, telling a crowd of young men to ‘never, ever hate’. Lewis invokes King’s philosophy of non-violence following a critical Twitter rant from president-elect Donald TrumpInauguration boycott grows as Donald Trump meets Martin Luther King III
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• Public Split on Trump's Ethics Compliance

  16-01-2017 22:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Americans divide evenly on Trump's compliance with ethics laws.
  
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• Officials: FBI arrests widow of Orlando nightclub shooter

  16-01-2017 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of the Orlando nightclub shooter, who was extensively questioned by federal agents in the days after the massacre, has been arrested by the FBI on in connection with the attack, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Egypt says gunmen kill 8 policemen at desert checkpoint

  16-01-2017 22:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Egyptian Interior Ministry says gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint in the country's desert west, killing eight policemen.
  
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• Adama Barrow says inauguration as Gambia president to go ahead

  16-01-2017 21:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Election winner vows to be sworn in ‘on Gambian soil’ this Thursday despite efforts of incumbent Yahya Jammeh to prevent itThe incoming president of the Gambia has said his inauguration would go ahead as planned this week in spite of attempts to thwart it by the incumbent leader, Yahya Jammeh.Adama Barrow, who is in neighbouring Senegal, released a statement on Monday afternoon saying he would be sworn in “on Gambian soil” on Thursday. He will then get to “work on r
  
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• Falcons: Julio Jones will be ready to go in NFC championship

  16-01-2017 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn says All-Pro receiver Julio Jones will play in the NFC championship game despite a lingering foot injury that limited him during a divisional-round victory over Seattle.
  
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• What Martin Luther King might say to Donald Trump

  16-01-2017 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  This year's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the last that will be commemorated during the Obama presidency, offers the opportunity for sober clarity about the present leavened by defiant hope for the future.The King holiday, a hard-won victory by veterans of the civil rights era alongside of black elected officials, became a crucial part of a new national consensus on racial equality.
  
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• Bankrupt U.S. retailer American Apparel starts layoffs

  16-01-2017 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American Apparel LLC said it had started to lay off staff on Monday, after Canadian apparel maker Gildan Activewear Inc withdrew its initial plan to acquire some of the bankrupt U.S. fashion retailer's manufacturing operations. Gildan won the rights to American Apparel's brand with an $88 million bid in a bankruptcy auction last week. It had previously indicated it would assume some of its manufacturing operations, which had made the brand synonymous with "Made in the U.S.A." American Apparel sp
  
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• Six reported dead in attack on security checkpoint in Egypt

  16-01-2017 21:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  An attack on a security checkpoint in Egypt's Western Desert killed at least six people Monday, state media reported.
  
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• Bank of England's Carney says UK reliant on buoyant consumers

  16-01-2017 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Monday that he would keep a close eye on British consumers this year to see if their buoyant mood since June's Brexit vote persists in the face of higher inflation. Britain had one of the world's fastest-growing advanced economies last year, but the central bank has forecast growth will slow in 2017 as inflation rises above target in response to sterling's slump since the European Union referendum. I
  
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• Watch soap bubbles freeze in real time

  16-01-2017 21:40 via cnn.com
  
  A photographer captured mesmerizing footage of soap bubbles freezing in St. Paul, Minnesota.
  
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• In one of the world's loneliest jobs, Obama found comfort in books

  16-01-2017 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US president, Barack Obama, the 44th, shares with his distant predecessor a passionately felt hobby -- for books, and for reading. Books, Obama said in one of his final interviews before he leaves office on Friday, have provided comfort, succor and guidance during his eight years at the helm of the world's only superpower.
  
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• No. 7 Creighton loses point guard Watson to knee injury

  16-01-2017 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — No. 7 Creighton lost point guard Maurice Watson Jr. to a knee injury in the first half against Xavier on Monday.
  
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• UK's Antarctica research base to relocate as 'precautionary measure'

  16-01-2017 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists to be removed from Halley VI Research Station amid fears facility could slide into encroaching ice fissureThe British research base which first discovered the hole in the ozone layer is to close for the winter amid concerns it could fall into a giant ice chasm. Scientists will be removed from the Halley VI research station, which is run by the British Antarctic Survey and is situated on an ice shelf, between March and November as a “precautionary measure” because of fears
  
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• Merkel to Trump: Europe’s fate is 'in its own hands' – video

  16-01-2017 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  German chancellor Angela Merkel responds curtly after Donald Trump cast further doubt on his commitment to Nato and gave strong hints that he would not support EU cohesion once in office. Speaking in Berlin on Monday, Merkel says her views on transatlantic issues are well known‘Europe’s fate is in our hands’: Angela Merkel’s defiant reply to Trump
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• Trump calls NATO obsolete

  16-01-2017 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  Days away from being sworn in as US President, Donald Trump isn't saying who he trusts more -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a longtime US ally, or Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Wife of Orlando nightclub shooter arrested by FBI

  16-01-2017 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen was arrested by the FBI on Monday at her home in California, a law enforcement official said, following questions over whether she was aware of his plans to carry out the attack. Mateen gunned down 49 people at the Pulse gay nightclub on June 12, 2016, in the deadliest mass shooting in US history. Mateen, whose parents had immigrated from Afghanistan, had apparently become radicalized after watching online jihadist propaganda.
  
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• Chiefs' Andy Reid believes holding should have been no-call

  16-01-2017 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid doesn't believe the holding penalty on left tackle Eric Fisher that cost Kansas City a tying 2-point conversion against Pittsburgh on Sunday night should have been called.
  
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• Teen slain in 'rape-murder fantasy' was friend to the lonely

  16-01-2017 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GLENSIDE, Pa. (AP) — The smiles radiate from photos posted online by friends: Grace Packer sporting an impish grin as a toddler, floating happily in a pool as a young teen, leaning in to talk to a friend at her school lunch table.
  
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• NYPD arrests 2nd man in connection to fatal concert shooting

  16-01-2017 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a second man in connection with a fatal shooting at a popular Manhattan concert venue.
  
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• McIlroy 'disappointed' by injury blow

  16-01-2017 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  Rory McIlroy's hopes of regaining golf's No. 1 ranking have been hit by an injury setback -- and he's not happy about it.
  
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