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• Ex-president Bush, wife Barbara in hospital

  18-01-2017 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Former president George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized, according to the Houston Chronicle and Houston TV station KHOU.
  
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• What does Trump's finger on nuclear button really mean?

  18-01-2017 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  Ira Helfand says the cause of banning nuclear weapons is more urgent than ever
  
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• West African bloc vows Gambia intervention at midnight

  18-01-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After more than two decades in power, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh faced the prospect of a midnight military intervention by regional forces, as the man who once pledged to rule the West African nation ...
  
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• 'Quit whining, liberals!'

  18-01-2017 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first of two animated opinion pieces for BBC Newsnight looking ahead to Donald Trump's presidency. Roger Kimball, art critic, social commentator and editor of The New Criterion, says the moral panic needs to stop.
  
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• Ice storm paralyzes parts of Oregon, Washington state

  18-01-2017 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) — An ice storm shut down parts of major highways and interstates Wednesday in Oregon and Washington state and paralyzed the hardest hit towns along the Columbia River Gorge with up to 2 inches of ice coating the ground in some places.
  
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• Price tries to reassure on health care; Dems not buying it

  18-01-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Offering reassurances, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary said Wednesday the new administration won't "pull the rug out" from those covered by "Obamacare." Democrats ...
  
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• Yellen: Expect Fed to gradually hike rates over next 3 years

  18-01-2017 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says she expects the Fed to raise its benchmark interest rate several times a year through 2019, as it moves closer toward to its economic goals of maximum employment and stable inflation.
  
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• The Latest: Trump hotel in DC off-limits to media

  18-01-2017 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• 'Hope you die slowly:' Tennis stars trolled

  18-01-2017 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  Nicole Gibbs was only 17 and climbing the junior tennis rankings when the online abuse began.
  
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• Exiting rail safety chief looks to technology to save lives

  18-01-2017 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sarah Feinberg was on the job as the nation's chief railroad regulator for just three weeks when a packed commuter train slammed into an SUV stopped on tracks north of New York City, killing six people.
  
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• Actor dishing up laughs, not roast beef, on new NBC show

  18-01-2017 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Nick D'Agosto was truly working for the man before he found success on the small screen.
  
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• Washington tries to fix paid leave law dormant since 2007

  18-01-2017 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A decade ago, Washington state created a paid family leave program that required many employers to offer five weeks of paid time off for new parents. But the law that once offered hope to working parents ...
  
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• CIA publishes new guidelines for handling Americans' info

  18-01-2017 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA is updating its policies on how it stores, searches and shares information on Americans.
  
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• Stocks, U.S. dollar, bond yields rise after Yellen comments

  18-01-2017 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar rose and stocks also gained ground on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen suggested the U.S. central bank was ready to raise interest rates quickly this year. U.S. Treasury yields rose too after Yellen said "waiting too long to begin moving toward the neutral rate could risk a nasty surprise down the road - either too much inflation, financial instability, or both." Oil futures tumbled, however, dragging down the energy sector i
  
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• Obama offers assurances in final news conference

  18-01-2017 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama takes reporters' questions for a final time Wednesday from the White House briefing room, his last official event before Donald Trump replaces him in two days.
  
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• Virus lottery: What could be next epidemic?

  18-01-2017 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have shortlisted three little-known diseases that they think could become the next global health emergency.
  
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• Vaccines for three deadly viruses fast-tracked

  18-01-2017 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists identify three little-known diseases which could cause the next global health emergency.
  
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• Trump vowed to bomb 'the s*** out of ISIS.' Here's what awaits

  18-01-2017 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  It's been nearly 900 days since the US-led war on ISIS began. But as the Trump administration takes over, where does the campaign stand?
  
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• The ISIS the next president will face

  18-01-2017 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  It's been nearly 900 days since the US-led war on ISIS began. But as the Trump administration takes over, where does the campaign stand?
  
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• Obama to Trump: Keep Russia sanctions separate from nuclear talks

  18-01-2017 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to keep separate the issue of economic sanctions on Russia from the pursuit of talks to reduce nuclear stockpiles. Trump, who takes office on Friday after winning the Nov. 8 election, said in an interview with the Times of London published on Monday that he would propose offering to end sanctions on Moscow in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal. Obama's administrat
  
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• Xi portrays China as global leader as Trump era looms

  18-01-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - China will build a "new model" of relations with the United States, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday in a speech that portrayed China as the leader of a globalized world where only international cooperation could solve the big problems. Two days before the inauguration of Donald Trump who has promised to be a U.S. president putting "America first", Xi urged countries to resist isolationism.
  
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• Fed's Yellen says 'makes sense' to gradually raise interest rates

  18-01-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With the U.S. economy close to full employment and inflation headed toward the Federal Reserve's 2 percent goal, it "makes sense" for the U.S. central bank to gradually lift interest rates, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday. "Waiting too long to begin moving toward the neutral rate could risk a nasty surprise down the road - either too much inflation, financial instability, or both," Yellen told the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.
  
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• Fed's Yellen expects drag of stronger dollar on U.S. exports to continue

  18-01-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that she expects the stronger dollar, whose rise in part is fueled by expectations the Fed will gradually raise interest rates, to continue to drag on U.S. exports. In response to questions from the audience at a Commonwealth Club of California event in San Francisco, Yellen also said that while the rise in equities also can be partly attributed to expectations of future Fed rate hikes, investors should take uncertain
  
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• Supreme Court nominee returns to bench as judge, not justice

  18-01-2017 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland, the judge nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court, made his return to the courtroom on Wednesday to hear cases as a federal appeals court judge, not a Supreme Court justice.
  
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• 2016 was the hottest year -- again

  18-01-2017 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  Last year was officially the Earth's warmest since record-keeping began in the 1880s, the World Meteorological Organization announced Wednesday morning.
  
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• South Korean court dismisses arrest warrant for Samsung chief

  18-01-2017 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Thursday dismissed a warrant to arrest the head of the Samsung Group [SAGR.UL], the country's largest conglomerate, amid a graft scandal that has led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. The pre-dawn decision by the Seoul Central District Court to allow Jay Y. Lee to go home is likely to come as a major relief to the company, whose leadership vacuum Lee has tried to fill since his father suffered a heart attack in 2014. Lee, who ha
  
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• Federal study on Dakota Access pipeline to move forward

  18-01-2017 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday he won't keep the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from launching a full environmental study of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline's disputed crossing under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.
  
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• Beckham tops NFLer on Twitter, Kaepernick 49th

  18-01-2017 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. , had the most engagement on Twitter among NFL players this season, while Colin Kaepernick was only a surprising 49th.
  
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• US stock indexes stay stuck; bond yields and dollar rise

  18-01-2017 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market hasn't been this boring in years.
  
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• Orlando shooter's widow pleads not guilty

  18-01-2017 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The widow of the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges she aided her husband in planning the attack. Noor Salman, 30, entered her plea at a hearing in federal court in northern California where she was arrested on Monday in relation to last year's assault by her husband Omar Mateen. The judge in the case ordered that she be held pending a bail hearing on February 1.
  
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• Pentagon prepares new military options for Trump

  18-01-2017 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He wants to frantically bomb the Islamic State group and has slammed White House micromanagement of America's warfighting generals, but President-elect Donald Trump has offered few specifics about what his Pentagon will look like. While Obama administration officials, who cede control of US foreign policy at noon Friday, say they did everything possible to destroy IS, senior military commanders are now drawing up fresh plans. During his campaign, Trump said he would "bomb the shit" out of IS and
  
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• Obama's advice to Trump: 'Reality has a way of biting back'

  18-01-2017 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Barack Obama has revealed his advice to Donald Trump in his final press conference.
  
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• Trump U.N. pick echoes his criticism but breaks from him on issues

  18-01-2017 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia Zengerle and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador echoed his condemnation of the world body and pledged to push for reforms at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, but broke from the president-elect on some other policy issues, including Russia and NATO. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley seconded criticism of the United Nations by Trump and many of their fellow Republicans before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, especially for what
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for Jan. 9-15

  18-01-2017 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Jan. 9-15. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. NFL Playoffs: Pittsburgh at Kansas City, NBC, 37.11 million. 2. NFL Playoffs: Houston ...
  
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• Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes driver backs new team-mate Valtteri Bottas

  18-01-2017 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton backs Mercedes' choice of Valtteri Bottas as a replacement for Nico Rosberg, team boss Toto Wolff has said.
  
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• The Latest: George W. Bush to be in DC despite dad's health

  18-01-2017 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the hospitalization of former President George H.W. Bush (all times local):
  
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• Netflix blows past international subscriber estimates

  18-01-2017 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Netflix Inc's international and U.S. subscriber additions blew past analysts' estimates as the video streaming service released shows including the award-winning British drama "The Crown" and a revival of "Gilmore Girls". Netflix, whose shares rose 7.1 percent in extended trading, has been hugely successful in attracting more subscribers through the popularity of its original shows. Netflix, whose original shows include "Narcos" and "Stranger Things", said on Wednesday it signed up 5
  
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• Obama's parting message: We're going to be OK

  18-01-2017 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — "We're going to be OK."
  
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• What time will Trump be president? A guide to the day

  18-01-2017 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world watches as Mr Trump is sworn in as the 45th US president on 20 January.
  
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• Moth named in honor of Trump

  18-01-2017 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  No doubt Donald Trump will be showered with honors at his inauguration, but none will be quite as unique as this little moth.
  
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• Wall Street treads water as investors await inauguration

  18-01-2017 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street finished largely without direction on Wednesday, with the Dow falling for a fourth straight session as investors held their breaths ahead of Friday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. At the closing bell, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 0.1 percent to 19,804.72, while the broader S&P 500 gained 0.2 percent to 2,271.89 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.3 percent to 5,555.65. The Labor Department reported that the Consumer Price Index, an important
  
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• Obama says reducing leaker Chelsea Manning's prison term serves justice

  18-01-2017 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jeff Mason and Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning had served a tough prison term and his decision to commute her 35-year sentence to about seven years served would not signal leniency toward leakers of U.S. government secrets. Obama told his final news conference as president that he felt it made sense to commute Manning's sentence because she went to trial, took responsibility for her crime and
  
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• Mom, kids fled at time when domestic violence wasn't a crime

  18-01-2017 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A woman charged with abducting her two daughters from their father in 1985 fled the state following an argument between the couple that turned physical, at a time when domestic violence wasn't a crime.
  
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• Consumer agency sues Navient over student loan repayments

  18-01-2017 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have sued Navient, accusing the biggest U.S. student loan company of making it harder for borrowers to repay loans by giving them bad information, processing payments incorrectly and failing to act on complaints.
  
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• Mickelson begins comeback in California desert

  18-01-2017 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson said Wednesday that he will make his comeback from two sports hernia operations on Thursday in the opening round of the PGA CareerBuilder Challenge. Mickelson, a 46-year-old US left-hander, underwent surgery on October 19 and again December 12 but has been hitting balls since January 12 and played a practice round before teeing off Thursday at LaQuinta Country Club in the California desert. "I feel good and I want to play," Mickelson said.
  
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• Rabbis plan response to white supremacist threats in Montana

  18-01-2017 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Orthodox Jewish rabbis said Wednesday they will counter white supremacists' harassment of the Jewish community in the Montana town of Whitefish by sending students to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp and by mailing a Torah to every Jewish family in the state.
  
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• Obama in Final Presser: America Will Be 'OK'

  18-01-2017 22:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  This will be Obama's 165th official White House press conference, according to the American Presidency Project.
  
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• Samsung Group says it appreciates chief Jay Y. Lee's release

  18-01-2017 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Samsung Group said on Thursday it appreciated the fact that the South Korean special prosecutor's case against the head of the group, Jay Y. Lee, can proceed without his detention. "We appreciate the fact that the merits of this case can now be determined without the need for detention," Samsung Group said in an emailed statement. Seoul Central District Court earlier rejected the special prosecution's request for a warrant to arrest Lee, who had been held overnight, for suspected bribery, embezz
  
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• Controversial IVF technique produces a baby girl -- and for some, that's a problem

  18-01-2017 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  It was a first for the entire world: Using a controversial in vitro fertilization technique, doctors in Kiev, Ukraine, helped a previously infertile couple conceive and deliver a baby girl. Some critics say, for genetic reasons, the use of this IVF method should have been restricted to producing a baby boy.
  
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• Controversial IVF produces baby girl

  18-01-2017 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  It was a first for the entire world: Using a controversial in vitro fertilization technique, doctors in Kiev, Ukraine, helped a previously infertile couple conceive and deliver a baby girl. Some critics say, for genetic reasons, the use of this IVF method should have been restricted to producing a baby boy.
  
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