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• Energy pick vows to boost agency he had pledged to eliminate

  19-01-2017 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Energy Department, vowed to be an advocate for an agency he once pledged to eliminate and promised to rely on federal scientists, ...
  
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• Sen. Tim Scott: Conservatives Could Be 'Equally Unhappy' With Trump

  19-01-2017 23:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Sen. Tim Scott has a word of warning for fellow Republicans.
  
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• On Obama's last day, a low-key end to fast-paced presidency

  19-01-2017 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With a few final moves and a round of goodbyes, President Barack Obama quietly closed out his presidency on Thursday and prepared for life as a private citizen, as the country readied itself for President-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• CNN Exclusive: Inflammatory pastor scheduled to preach to Trump

  19-01-2017 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  A pastor with a long history of inflammatory remarks about Muslims, Mormons, Catholics and gays is scheduled to preach at a private service for President-elect Trump and his family on Friday, shortly before Trump takes the oath of office.
  
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• Cancer survivor to run 7 marathons in 7 days

  19-01-2017 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  For the past three years, BethAnn Telford has trained for a grueling athletic achievement, the World Marathon Challenge. It's seven marathons on seven continents over seven days. An ambitious goal, but not her biggest challenge.
  
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• WATCH: Teen Who Was Kidnapped as a Baby Knew About Abduction, Court Records Say

  19-01-2017 23:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Alexis Manigo, 18, may have found out that she had been abducted at birth more than one year ago, court documents show.
  
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• Regional troops enter Gambia in effort to get Jammeh to go

  19-01-2017 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A West African regional force charged into neighboring Gambia late Thursday to support the country's newly inaugurated president, while longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh showed no sign of stepping down. The ...
  
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• The Latest: Trump discusses swearing-in with chief justice

  19-01-2017 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• NATO says it's hit with 500 cyberattacks monthly

  19-01-2017 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  NATO warded off 500 cyberattacks each month in 2016, according to statistics compiled by the military alliance.
  
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• Jackpot! Vegas looks to score big win by landing Raiders

  19-01-2017 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  First the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights. Soon, maybe, the Las Vegas Raiders. Once looked on with disdain by major sports leagues, this gambling city is now just 24 votes away from cashing in on one of the ...
  
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• 'NCIS: Los Angeles' star Miguel Ferrer dies at 61

  19-01-2017 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) —             Miguel Ferrer, who brought stern authority to his featured role on CBS' hit drama "NCIS: Los Angeles" and, before that, to "Crossing Jordan," has died.
  
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• Marlins acquire RHP Straily from Reds for 3 minor leaguers

  19-01-2017 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Replacing Jose Fernandez will be a collective task for the Miami Marlins, with 14-game winner Dan Straily joining the effort Thursday.
  
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• 25 feared dead as avalanche turns Italian hotel into 'coffin'

  19-01-2017 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least 25 people, including several children, were feared dead Thursday after a devastating avalanche buried an Italian mountain hotel under snow and mud. The hotel was engulfed by a two-metre (six-feet) high wall of snow late on Wednesday afternoon with the impact powerful enough to rip the three-storey building from its foundations and move it ten metres (yards). "We're holding on to hope that there are survivors inside," Deputy Interior Minister Filippo Bubbico told reporters in the town of
  
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• The presidency is about to change _ as Trump remains Trump

  19-01-2017 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump enters the White House on Friday just as he entered the race for president: defiant, unfiltered, unbound by tradition and utterly confident in his chosen course.
  
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• The plan: What Trump has in mind for Day 1

  19-01-2017 23:07 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is ready to "get the show going."
  
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• Judge blocks Texas from cutting off Planned Parenthood funds

  19-01-2017 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid program over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015.
  
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• Woman accused of taping her toddler son to wall is arrested

  19-01-2017 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (AP) — A young woman accused of taping her 2-year-old son to a wall so she could get some housework done and streaming it live on social media was arrested on Thursday.
  
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• Cheers and ceremony: Trump sweeps in for his big day

  19-01-2017 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ready for his big moment, Donald Trump swept into Washington on a military jet Thursday for three days of inaugural festivities and quickly set about building better ties to the Republican Congress. Washington braced for an onslaught of crowds and demonstrators — with all the attendant hoopla and hand-wringing.
  
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• Obama issues 330 commutations on eve of White House exit

  19-01-2017 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama on Thursday commuted the sentences of 330 people, mostly drug offenders, a record number issued in a single day, on the eve of his departure from the White House. It is Obama's second such measure this week, including his surprise decision to commute the sentence of transgender army private Chelsea Manning, imprisoned for 35 years for handing more than 700,000 classified US documents to WikiLeaks. Originally set to be released in 2045, Manning will now walk free in May.
  
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• Judge hints at trial for lawsuit on harsh CIA interrogation

  19-01-2017 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Psychologists who designed the CIA's harsh interrogation methods for the war on terror want a lawsuit from three former detainees dismissed, but a federal judge said Thursday that he was inclined to allow it to move to a trial that was expected to include classified information.
  
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• Union Pacific cost cuts offset declining shipments in 4Q

  19-01-2017 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific's fourth-quarter profit grew 2 percent as the railroad cut costs to offset a 3 percent decline in shipments.
  
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• Lack of Latinos in Trump Cabinet draws ire for 'setback'

  19-01-2017 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's decision not to appoint any Latinos to his Cabinet is drawing fierce criticism from Hispanics, who call it a major setback for the nation's largest minority group.
  
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• American Express misses forecasts, hurt by Costco loss

  19-01-2017 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — American Express' fourth-quarter profit fell 8 percent from the same period a year earlier, hurt by the loss of the Costco credit card business and higher expenses to retain customers.
  
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• Sinn Fein icon quits: Martin McGuinness retires from politics

  19-01-2017 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  Irish republican leader Martin McGuinness, a former IRA commander and, until last week, the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, announced Thursday he is retiring from politics.
  
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• Doctors consider removing tube for 41st President Bush

  19-01-2017 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Doctors treating former President George H.W. Bush for pneumonia considered Thursday whether to take out a breathing tube while his wife, Barbara, said she was feeling much better after undergoing treatment ...
  
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• Mane scores as Senegal reach quarter-finals

  19-01-2017 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Liverpool star Sadio Mane scored as Senegal defeated Zimbabwe 2-0 in Franceville Thursday to become the first qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. The Senegalese Teranga Lions burst out of the blocks in the southeastern Gabonese city to score twice within 13 minutes through Mane and Henri Saivet. Senegal are assured of topping Group B, even if they lose their final match against struggling Algeria, and will tackle the Group A runners-up for a last-four place.
  
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• First day goal? Make White House feel like home for Trump

  19-01-2017 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's supposed to feel just like home when Donald Trump steps inside the White House residence for the first time as president on Inauguration Day.
  
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• The Latest: Obama lashes out at Congress over Guantanamo

  19-01-2017 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama (all times local):
  
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• President Obama Commutes Sentences for 330 People

  19-01-2017 22:40 via abcnews.go.com
  He grants the most commutations in a single day ever.
  
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• Mahrez's Algeria set for early AFCON exit

  19-01-2017 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  The likes of Algeria and Tunisia have endured something of a dry spell in recent years, with no team from north of the Sahara reaching the Africa Cup of Nations semifinal since Egypt lifted the trophy in 2010.
  
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• Bell & Blount's friendship transcends abrupt exit

  19-01-2017 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The football player and friend in Le'Veon Bell understood why LeGarrette Blount walked off the job that cold night in Nashville more than two years ago, jogging to the locker room with the clock still running as Bell and the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers reveled in a critical victory over Tennessee.
  
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• Trump picks southerner over Midwest candidate for Agriculture

  19-01-2017 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump officially announced Sonny Perdue as his choice for secretary of agriculture on Thursday, selecting a former Georgia governor over candidates from the Midwest states that dominate U.S. agricultural exports. Perdue, who was on Trump's agricultural advisory committee during his presidential campaign, has yet to be confirmed in the post by the Republican-led Senate. "From growing up on a farm to being governor of a big agriculture state, he has spent his whole life
  
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• How to watch inauguration events, with or without TV

  19-01-2017 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The lack of a TV set shouldn't prevent you from following Friday's presidential inauguration ceremony, the pomp and circumstance surrounding it, and the many protests and marches planned around the country.
  
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• WATCH: Trump Lays Wreath at Arlington Cemetery

  19-01-2017 22:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Trump was joined in the ceremony by Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
  
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• Obama criticizes Congress for refusing to close Cuba prison

  19-01-2017 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday blamed Congress for his failure to keep a promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying there's "simply no justification beyond politics" to keep it open.
  
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• Obama slams Congress for blocking Guantanamo closure

  19-01-2017 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Barack Obama delivered an angry parting shot at Congress on Thursday, berating Republicans for blocking his efforts to close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay. The facility "never should have been opened in the first place" Obama said in a scathing two-page letter on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. "There is simply no justification beyond politics for the Congress' insistence on keeping the facility open," he added.
  
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• Italy avalanche: 30 presumed missing in 4-star hotel

  19-01-2017 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Many people are feared dead after an avalanche buried a hotel in central Italy following a series of earthquakes, Italian state media reported.
  
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• 30 presumed missing in Italy avalanche

  19-01-2017 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Many people are feared dead after an avalanche buried a hotel in central Italy following a series of earthquakes, Italian state media reported.
  
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• Trump to visit CIA headquarters on Saturday: transition official

  19-01-2017 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will visit CIA headquarters on Saturday on his first full day as U.S. president, as he takes command of an agency that he has harshly criticized, a transition official said on Thursday. CIA headquarters is in Langley, Virginia. Trump had questioned the CIA's conclusion that Russia was involved in cyber hacking that interfered with the U.S. election but has since accepted the verdict. (Reporting By Steve Holland)
  
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• Report: NYPD mental health training needs better utilization

  19-01-2017 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has trained more than 5,000 police officers on how to handle mental health crisis calls but doesn't have a way to dispatch those officers when the calls come in, according to a report published Thursday.
  
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• B-2 bombers kill nearly 100 ISIS terrorists in Libya

  19-01-2017 22:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A pair of B-2 "stealth" bombers blasted two ISIS training camps in Libya on Wednesday evening, dropping 108 precision-guided bombs and sending jihadists scattering -- many of whom were then "cleaned up" by drone-launched hellfire missiles, U.S. defense officials told Fox News.
  
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• Trump Names New York Jets Owner Woody Johnson as Ambassador to the UK

  19-01-2017 22:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  At luncheon Trump reveals his choice for ambassador to the United Kingdom.
  
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• Global warning: ominous signs for climate in Trump administration – live

  19-01-2017 22:14 via theguardian.com
  
  With climate doubters moving into the White House, the Guardian is spending 24 hours focusing on climate change. Right now we’re talking to US politicians and global experts in the fieldOur partner, Univision News, is hosting a parallel event in Spanish today. Follow it hereThe Tumblr community is joining us with personal posts about climate change. See them here9.11pm GMTAs climate change causes parts of the earth to grow hotter and drier, it has also led to a recent surge in extremely de
  
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• Brazil judge overseeing corruption probe dies in plane crash

  19-01-2017 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki, who had a central role overseeing a massive corruption investigation roiling Latin America's largest nation, has died in a plane crash, his son said Thursday. He was 68.
  
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• Donald Trump inauguration: events to begin ahead of Friday swearing in – live

  19-01-2017 22:13 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘He doesn’t have a mandate’: anti-Trump inauguration plans sow defianceThe women who won’t march: ‘silenced’ conservatives vow to stay homeTrump accuser leads a train car full of women to march on Washington 9.13pm GMTSome nice behind the scenes pics from Bloomberg reporter Justin Sink:view from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial shortly before Trump concert kicks off pic.twitter.com/Mj5nZA4371Jon Voight hanging out backstage at the Lincoln Memorial pic.twitter
  
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• Davos 2017: Soros says Britons are in denial over Brexit, and Theresa May won't last long - as it happened

  19-01-2017 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Billionaire George Soros tells a dinner in Davos that inflation will drive down living standards in UK, that Trump will fail, and that Europe is Latest: Soros says Brexit will hurt, and bring down MaySoros: Trump will failOxfam, OECD, Panama on tax avoidanceHammond: Brexit fog is liftingKhan says Europe won’t get City jobs after BrexitMay speech: UK will play global leadership role9.11pm GMTHere are some of the key quotes from George Soros, for those who missed his interview here in Davos
  
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• Obama commutes a final 330 sentences, most in a single day by any US president

  19-01-2017 22:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Two days after cutting short the prison term of Chelsea Manning, a new flood of commutations further cements the president’s record-breaking numbers In his last full day as president, Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 330 inmates, further cementing his legacy as having granted more commutations than any other president in US history. Related: Chelsea Manning thanks Barack Obama for 'giving me a chance'Continue reading...
  
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• Campaigners vow to fight on

  19-01-2017 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  The last time most of us heard about the Dakota Access Pipeline, protesters in the subfreezing December cold were cheering the US Army's decision to temporarily prohibit its construction under Lake Oahe.
  
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• WATCH: Dear Mr. President: Students Write Letters to President Trump

  19-01-2017 22:05 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Students from Fayetteville High School in Arkansas wrote letters to President-elect Donald Trump as an outlet to express their emotions post-election.
  
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• Scientists will live in a dome for 8 months to simulate Mars

  19-01-2017 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Six carefully selected scientists will spend the next eight months living inside a man-made dome on a remote Hawaii volcano as part of a human-behavior study that could help NASA as it draws up plans for ...
  
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