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• Trump gets Obama's house, title _ even his Twitter handle

  20-01-2017 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump built his campaign on early morning tweet storms and hashtag-worthy slogans. Now president, he's in control of the White House's powerful social media arsenal, including the official @POTUS Twitter account that has nearly 14 million followers.
  
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• Report: 'Net neutrality' foe Ajit Pai is new FCC head

  20-01-2017 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has reportedly picked a fierce critic of the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules to be chief regulator of the nation's airwaves and internet connections. Citing unidentified ...
  
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• Could Trump Shut Down a Russia Hack Probe?

  20-01-2017 23:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  It's legally possible, though Trump's spokesman says firmly that the new president has no intention of impeding the Russia hack probe.
  
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• Las Vegas teen charged as adult in football player slaying

  20-01-2017 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A fight over name-calling between girlfriends promoted a fight that resulted in the death of a Missouri State University football player outside his Las Vegas home, according to a police report about the arrest of a teenager charged Friday as an adult with murder.
  
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• Hawaii bill compels mediation for Zuckerberg-type land deals

  20-01-2017 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii lawmaker said Friday he plans to introduce legislation that could force Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg into mediation before he is allowed to buy real estate on Kauai island.
  
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• Apple antitrust suit: Qualcomm overcharged 'billions'

  20-01-2017 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple on Friday sued Qualcomm, accusing the California chipmaker of abusing its market power to demand unfair royalties, echoing charges filed days earlier by US antitrust regulators. Apple also claimed Qualcomm owes it a billion dollars but is refusing to pay in retaliation for the iPhone maker's cooperating with South Korean antitrust regulators looking into the chipmaker's actions in that country. "For many years Qualcomm has unfairly insisted on charging royalties for technologies they have
  
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• Trump instantly hit with ethics complaint

  20-01-2017 23:54 via money.cnn.com
  
  Trump violated his lease for the Trump International Hotel in D.C. the second he was sworn in, according to the nonpartisan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
  
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• FACT CHECK: Trump starts on familiar note: with exaggeration

  20-01-2017 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump's inaugural address held familiar echoes of the campaign speeches that led to his presidential win: downbeat about the state of the nation, to the point of hyperbole. A look at some of his ...
  
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• On his first day, Trump begins to set up his administration

  20-01-2017 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump quickly assumed the mantle of the White House and began setting up his new administration on Friday, signing a bill that allows retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as his defense secretary, as well as the nomination papers for his other Cabinet choices.
  
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• Trump, now president, vows to put 'America First' in nationalist speech

  20-01-2017 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and pledged to end what he called an "American carnage" of rusted factories and crime in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry. Striking a defiant tone, Trump said American workers have been devastated by the outsourcing of jobs abroad. "From this day forward it’s going to be only America First,” the Republican told thousands of people g
  
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• Paris fashion takes on the great men's suit conundrum

  20-01-2017 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Designers wrestled with how to reinvent the boring old jacket and pants combo for skate-kid millennials at the Paris menswear shows Friday. With everyone wondering if Haider Ackermann would take his scissors to the classic lines of Berluti in his debut show for the Italian brand, much brainpower is being expended on trying to make the classic two-piece relevant. Purists need not panic, not as far as Ackermann is concerned in any case.
  
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• President Trump: Scenes from the Inauguration

  20-01-2017 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday.
  
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• Anti-Trump protests around the world

  20-01-2017 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  From London to Tokyo, people around the world have gathered to protest against the new President of the United States Donald Trump.
  
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• Taiwan dismisses 'petty' concerns of China over US inaugural

  20-01-2017 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The leader of Taiwan's delegation to the U.S. presidential inauguration dismissed as "small-minded" China's strong objections to his attendance Friday.
  
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• Obama exits the presidency voicing optimism for the future

  20-01-2017 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Closing out a barrier-breaking chapter in history, former President Barack Obama left the White House on Friday much the way he entered it eight years ago: insisting Americans have reason for optimism despite the national sense of unease.
  
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• US airstrike kills more than 100 alleged al-Qaida militants in Syria, Pentagon says

  20-01-2017 23:28 via theguardian.com
  
  A B-52 bomber and aerial drones struck a training camp in Idlib province Thursday, less than a day after Isis targeted in Libya airstrike approved by ObamaMore than 100 alleged militants have been killed in a US airstrike on an al-Qaida training camp in Syria, the Pentagon said, announcing the second major US counter-terrorism strike in the final hours of Barack Obama’s presidency. Related: Obama departs White House with a promise: 'I'll be right there with you'Continue reading...
  
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• Apple depicts Qualcomm as a shady monopolist in $1B lawsuit

  20-01-2017 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is suing mobile chip maker Qualcomm for $1 billion in a patent fight pitting the iPhone maker against one of its major suppliers.
  
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• Senate confirms retired Gen. James Mattis to run Pentagon in President Donald Trump's new administration

  20-01-2017 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms retired Gen. James Mattis to run Pentagon in President Donald Trump's new administration.
  
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• Stocks edge higher, snapping a 5-day losing streak for Dow

  20-01-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Materials companies led U.S. stocks modestly higher Friday, recouping much of the market's loss from a day earlier and snapping a 5-day losing streak for the Dow Jones industrial average.
  
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• Melee near Trump's parade route as police, protesters clash

  20-01-2017 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters registered their rage against the new president Friday in a chaotic confrontation with police who used pepper spray and stun grenades in a melee just blocks from Donald Trump's inaugural parade. Scores were arrested for trashing property and attacking officers while a burning limousine sent clouds of black smoke into the sky during Trump's procession.
  
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• Pet rats in Wisconsin linked to Seoul virus outbreak

  20-01-2017 23:11 via cnn.com
  
  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday that pet rats are the source of an outbreak of Seoul virus infections in Illinois and Wisconsin. The virus has been confirmed in eight patients in an ongoing investigation.
  
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• 'El Chapo' is hauled off to US jail that has held terrorists

  20-01-2017 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a scene U.S. authorities had dreamed of for decades, Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was hauled into an American courtroom Friday and then taken away to an ultra-secure jail that has held some of the world's most dangerous terrorists and mobsters.
  
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• Gambia's Jammeh agrees to go, but exile terms not reached

  20-01-2017 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gambia's Yahya Jammeh agreed "in principle" to hand over power to President Adama Barrow on Friday, Mauritanian and Guinean sources said, but differences remained before a full deal could be reached. Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and Guinea's Alpha Conde held several hours of talks with Jammeh in which they agreed he should step aside but not how and where he would live out his exile. Troops from five African nations were stationed on the tiny nation's borders in the event the l
  
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• Floating strip club owner says he was unfairly targeted

  20-01-2017 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man convicted of illegally dumping human waste into a harbor from his floating strip club said he plans to appeal whatever sentence is imposed Friday afternoon.
  
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• Steelers hoping pressure blueprint can slow down Brady

  20-01-2017 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Take it from Wade Phillips, slowing down Tom Brady is a goal often sought, but seldom achieved.
  
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• LIVE: Inaugural balls underway

  20-01-2017 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Watch live and follow along with the inauguration of 45th President Donald Trump.
  
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• Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty in U.S. court

  20-01-2017 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman appeared in a U.S. court on Friday after his surprise extradition from Mexico and pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran the world's largest drug-trafficking organization during a decades-long criminal career. Guzman, 59, once one of the world's most wanted drug lords, was accompanied by two court-appointed lawyers during the appearance in federal court in Brooklyn. Best known by the nickname El Cha
  
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• The Latest: Defeated Gambia leader not leaving country yet

  20-01-2017 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — The Latest on Gambia's political crisis, sparked by defeated leader Yahya Jammeh's refusal to leave office (all times local):
  
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• Violence flares in Washington during Trump inauguration

  20-01-2017 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Landay and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's political divisions turned violent on Washington's streets during U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday, as black clad anti-establishment activists set fires and clashed with police while Trump supporters cheered the new chief executive. Earlier, activists wearing masks used chunks of pavement and baseball bats to shatter the windows of a Bank of America branch and a McDonald's outlet, all symbols of American cap
  
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• US President Trump to America: 'You will never be ignored again'

  20-01-2017 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump is hours away from being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States during a historic transfer of power that encapsulates American democracy even in politically divisive times.
  
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• Prosecutor: 'Dance Mom' should be imprisoned for fraud

  20-01-2017 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A prosecutor on Friday urged a federal judge to sentence "Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller to prison instead of probation for bankruptcy fraud. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Melucci called ...
  
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• The Obamas say goodbye

  20-01-2017 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Gliding toward Joint Base Andrews in his military helicopter Friday, Barack Obama watched a dramatically altered Washington recede from view, the work of his presidency now over and the future of his accomplishments uncertain.
  
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• Children saved in Italy avalanche hotel miracle

  20-01-2017 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A woman and four children were pulled alive Friday from the ruins of an Italian hotel and five other survivors were located under the snow, two days after the building was buried under an avalanche. The rescues mean all four children known to have been in the Rigopiano hotel when it was hit by a wall of snow on Wednesday have been saved. Giampiero Parete had feared the worst after he avoided being swamped by the avalanche because he had gone to the family car to get his wife's headache tablets.
  
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• Nearly 100 arrested in protests near parade route

  20-01-2017 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  A pair of police officers were injured and "numerous" protesters arrested after they engaged in scattered acts of vandalism at Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday in Washington, D.C., the police said.
  
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• AFCON: Morocco's Atlas Lions save the day

  20-01-2017 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  Defending Africa Cup of Nations champion Ivory Coast stuttered to its second consecutive draw -- but will be left with a comforting feeling of deja vu.
  
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• AFCON: Atlas Lions save the day

  20-01-2017 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  Defending Africa Cup of Nations champion Ivory Coast stuttered to its second consecutive draw -- but will be left with a comforting feeling of deja vu.
  
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• The Latest: New Gambia leader says 'rule of fear' is over

  20-01-2017 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — The Latest on Gambia's political crisis, sparked by defeated leader Yahya Jammeh's refusal to leave office (all times local):
  
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• 'Miracle underway': Rescuers pull out avalanche survivors

  20-01-2017 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With cheers of "Bravo! Bravo!" rescue crews pulled survivors from the debris of an avalanche-crushed hotel in central Italy on Friday, boosting spirits two days after massive snow slide buried ...
  
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• Confrontation near parade route escalates, pepper spray used

  20-01-2017 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters registered their rage against the new president Friday in a chaotic confrontation with police who used pepper spray and stun grenades in a melee just blocks from Donald Trump's inaugural parade route. Scores were arrested for trashing property and attacking officers.
  
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• Trump protests around the world

  20-01-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  From London to Tokyo, people around the world have gathered to protest against the new President of the United States Donald Trump.
  
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• 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty to 17 counts

  20-01-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a Houdini-like master of escape accused of running one of the world's largest drug trafficking organizations, entered a not guilty plea through his attorney at an arraignment Friday in federal court in Brooklyn.
  
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• LaBeouf leads with 'will not divide us' on Inauguration Day

  20-01-2017 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — On Inauguration Day, actor Shia LaBeouf led a group of teenagers with the chant: "He will not divide us."
  
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• The Latest: Military bands begin march to White House

  20-01-2017 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the United States (all times EST):
  
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• The Latest: Girl pulled from avalanche hotel, wants cookie

  20-01-2017 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FARINDOLA, Italy (AP) — The Latest on the avalanche that buried a hotel in central Italy (all times local):
  
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• Trump takes over as U.S. president, vows 'America First' in nationalist speech

  20-01-2017 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and pledged to end what he called an "American carnage" of rusted factories and crime in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry Striking a defiant tone, Trump said the American middle class has been devastated by the outsourcing of jobs abroad. "From this moment on, it's going to be America First," the Republican told thousands of people gathered on
  
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• Trump takes office with 'America first' vow

  20-01-2017 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump launched his presidency Friday with a fiercely nationalistic vow to put "America first," declaring a new political era after being sworn as the 45th US head of state. "From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land," Trump said, promising an end to business-as-usual in Washington. "Today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, DC.
  
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• Germany must prepare for 'rough ride' under Trump: Vice Chancellor

  20-01-2017 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will need a new economic strategy geared toward Asia should the new U.S. administration start a trade war with China, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Friday, warning against protectionism hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in. "I think we have to prepare for a rough ride," Gabriel said in an interview with the public broadcaster ZDF, in the first official German reaction to Trump's inauguration.
  
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• Gambia's defeated leader agrees to cede power: Official

  20-01-2017 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Longtime Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh agreed Friday to yield power to the man who defeated him in last month's presidential election, a Senegalese government official said. Jammeh had refused to accept ...
  
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• Violence mars anti-Trump protests in Washington

  20-01-2017 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Masked, black-clad protesters carrying anarchist flags smashed windows and scuffled with riot police Friday in downtown Washington, blocks away from the route of the parade in honor of newly sworn-in President Donald Trump. Washington police arrested more than 90 people over acts of vandalism committed on the fringe of peaceful citywide demonstrations being held against Trump's inauguration. Just before the parade was due to begin, clashes broke out between 400 to 500 stone-throwing protesters a
  
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• Van Jones: 'The world is now adrift'

  20-01-2017 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump in his inaugural address laid out a "petty" and "small" vision for a "radically ordinary country," CNN contributor Van Jones argued Friday.
  
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