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• Daniela Gerson: What Kushner could teach Trump about Holocaust

  01-02-2017 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  The first person I heard from as news spread around the world of the United States banning refugees was my friend Steffi. Her grandfather was a Nazi.
  
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• Trump to Senate: Scrap rules if needed to confirm Gorsuch

  01-02-2017 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump urged the Senate's Republican leader on Wednesday to resort to the "nuclear option" of scrapping longstanding chamber rules if needed to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil ...
  
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• Officials: Guards held hostage by inmates at Delaware prison

  01-02-2017 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SMYRNA, Del. (AP) — At least four guards and a counselor were taken hostage by inmates Wednesday inside a Delaware prison, according to a union attorney, and all the state's prisons were put on lockdown as police swarmed the facility.
  
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• Trump pushes Supreme Court pick with traditional game plan

  01-02-2017 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For once, President Donald Trump is following the playbook.
  
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• Highlights: The Trump presidency on February 1 at 5:15 P.M. EST/2215 GMT

  01-02-2017 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday: SUPREME COURT NOMINEE Trump urges Senate Republicans to "go nuclear" and invoke a rule change to force a simple majority vote toward confirmation if Democrats block his U.S. Supreme Court nominee. ADMINISTRATION Public refusals by two U.S. Senate Republicans to support Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, raise the possibility of a rare congressional rejection of a Cabinet nominee. The
  
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• Clashes as Romanians protest law decriminalizing some graft

  01-02-2017 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Protesters and riot police clashed sporadically in Romania's capital late Wednesday as tens of thousands demonstrated against the government for decriminalizing some official misconduct, a move that critics at home and abroad called a major a setback for the anti-corruption fight.
  
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• Clinton will return to Wellesley to give commencement speech

  01-02-2017 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — Hillary Clinton has been chosen to give the 2017 commencement speech at her alma mater, Wellesley College.
  
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• Beyonce takes over internet with twins news

  01-02-2017 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Beyonce is pregnant -- and this time, she's expecting twins with her husband, rap mogul Jay Z. The pop superstar -- who already has a five-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, with Jay Z -- announced the news to her more than 92 million followers on Instagram on Wednesday. Clad in panties and a bra under a flowing veil, Beyonce posted a picture of herself kneeling beside a human-size floral arrangement, her hands cradling her rounded belly.
  
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• The Latest: Shulkin: VA employees 'the best in health care'

  01-02-2017 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearing for David Shulkin, the nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs (all times EST):
  
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• Israel to build new West Bank settlement

  01-02-2017 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  Israel is once again ramping up its settlement program, with the announcement of thousands of new units in disputed areas of the West Bank.
  
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• TV's Oxygen network to focus on crime stories

  01-02-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Oxygen television network is looking behind bars for inspiration. The NBC Universal-owned network said Wednesday that starting this summer, it will focus its programming on crime stories that appeal ...
  
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• Sen. Schumer battered by both the right and left in new role

  01-02-2017 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of angry liberals packed the icy sidewalk outside Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn apartment. They mocked him with signs like "Grow a spine, Chuck!" and "Chuck's a chicken." And they chanted, "Filibuster everything!"
  
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• U.S. House axes regulations on oil and mining company payments, stream pollution

  01-02-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday killed two Obama-era rules, one intended to root out corruption in the extraction sector and one aimed at reducing stream pollution. Required by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law, the Securities and Exchange Commission's "extraction rule" was approved this summer to require oil, gas, mining and other companies to publicly state the taxes and other fees they pay to governments. The stream buffer rule is intended to lessen the
  
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• That was awkward: Goodell dodges on Raiders, parries on Pats

  01-02-2017 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Nothing produces awkward NFL moments quite like watching the commissioner parry all those thorny issues involving the league's oldest and newest troublemakers — the Raiders and Patriots.
  
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• US car sales hit brakes in January

  01-02-2017 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US car buyers hit the brake pedal in the new year, with the industry on Wednesday reporting a significant slowdown from December, but sales could be on track for another big year. GM, Ford, Toyota and the North American arm of Fiat Chrysler, FCA US, all saw sales dwindle, though it is a traditionally slow month for car makers as winter sets in and consumers recover from holiday spending. Other car makers, with smaller US inventories, posted impressive gains, including Nissan, Honda, Mazda and Vo
  
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• The Latest: Pipeline protesters evicted from private land

  01-02-2017 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on the proposed four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline (all times local): 4 p.m. Law enforcement have evicted about 40 Dakota Access pipeline opponents from a camp the protesters ...
  
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• The Latest: House voids Obama rule on mining debris

  01-02-2017 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional efforts to reverse President Barack Obama's rules on the environment (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: 5-star DT Wilson picks Florida State over LSU

  01-02-2017 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on college football's national signing day. (all times Eastern):
  
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• As private lawyer, Trump high court pick was friend to business

  01-02-2017 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As a lawyer in private practice for a decade, President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch often fought on behalf of business interests, including efforts to curb securities class action lawsuits, experience that could mould his thinking if he is confirmed as a justice. Gorsuch, a conservative federal appeals court judge from Colorado nominated by wealthy businessman Trump on Tuesday, could turn out to be a friend to business, having represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce i
  
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• Judge orders mental exam for widow of club shooter

  01-02-2017 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge in California declined Wednesday to release the widow of the man who killed dozens of people at a Florida nightclub after prosecutors said she accompanied her husband on scouting trips for potential targets that included a Disney shopping complex.
  
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• Soccer heading linked to concussion symptoms

  01-02-2017 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Whether in practice games or competition, soccer players who frequently head the ball are three times more likely to have concussion symptoms than players who don't rack up high numbers of headers, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology.
  
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• Trump makes unannounced trip to honor fallen Navy SEAL

  01-02-2017 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — Assuming the somber duties of commander in chief, President Donald Trump made an unannounced trip Wednesday to honor the returning remains of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in a weekend raid in Yemen.
  
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• Steve Bannon's power play in Trump's Oval Office

  01-02-2017 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People are beginning to pay more attention to the man behind the curtain. It is a mark of Steve Bannon's extraordinary sway in the Trump White House that a man who has spoken so little in public over the ...
  
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• Facebook surges past earnings forecasts, user base grows

  01-02-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Facebook reported on Wednesday that its profit more than doubled in the final three months of last year as revenues climbed and its user base grew. In earnings which topped most forecasts, Facebook said it made a net profit of $3.7 billion on revenue of $8.6 billion in the fourth quarter, as compared with profit of $1.6 billion on $5.6 billion in revenue in the same period a year earlier. Meanwhile, the number of people using the leading social network monthly increased 17 percent to 1.86 billio
  
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• An explanation of the 'nuclear option' in the Senate

  01-02-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should "go nuclear" if necessary to approve his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch.
  
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• Bill Cosby judge to hear defense request for outside jurors

  01-02-2017 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's lawyers will make oral arguments this month on their bid to move the actor's sexual assault trial to another Pennsylvania county.
  
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• Trump travel curbs pose revenue challenges for U.S. colleges

  01-02-2017 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's travel restrictions on people from seven countries could dampen international enrollment at U.S. colleges, at a time they have become increasingly reliant on tuition revenue from overseas students. "International student growth is important for many institutions," said Roy Eappen, municipal research analyst at Wells Fargo. Analysts said international student applications could be hit by the White House travel order.
  
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• House votes to void Obama rule on mining, drilling payments

  01-02-2017 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House has voted to overturn a regulation from President Barack Obama's tenure that requires companies to disclose payments made to the U.S. and foreign governments relating to mining and drilling.
  
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• Ollie the bobcat gives US zoo the slip

  01-02-2017 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A dash for freedom by an elusive feline from Washington's National Zoo triggered a three-day cat hunt in the nation's capital -- and an online sensation -- until the search was called off Wednesday, and Ollie the bobcat was declared free. Ollie's escape sent a team of zookeepers, police officers and animal rescue workers on her trail, as they took in reports of Ollie sightings -- real or imagined -- across the city. Since bobcats are not aggressive towards humans, and Ollie is not considered to
  
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• Florida nightclub gunman's widow knew of his plan: U.S. prosecutors

  01-02-2017 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The widow of the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history knew he was planning an attack and concocted a cover story for him, federal prosecutors said in a California court on Wednesday. Prosecutors revealed new details about their case against Noor Salman, 30, as they argued she should remain jailed on charges stemming from the June 2016 shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu did not immediately rule, instead ordering psychiatric
  
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• Chicago police unveil new high-tech effort to fight crime

  01-02-2017 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — As Chicago police released statistics that show no letup in the death toll that captured the nation's attention last year and sparked a tweet last week from President Donald Trump, the head of the department on Wednesday unveiled new high-tech strategies and equipment for fighting crime.
  
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• Facebook beats Street 4Q earnings, revenue forecasts

  01-02-2017 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook blew past Wall Street's expectations yet again with its quarterly earnings report, despite some concerns that its "ad load," or the number of advertisements it can show users without clogging up their feed, has reached its limit.
  
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• Mayor apologizes for calling protesters 'freakin' morons'

  01-02-2017 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts mayor is apologizing after a live microphone captured him calling protesters "freakin' morons" during a public meeting.
  
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• US auto sales start 2017 on down note; improvement expected

  01-02-2017 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. auto sales lagged in January as buyers recovered from holiday spending sprees, but the slowdown won't last long. January is typically the weakest month of the year for U.S. auto sales, and last month ...
  
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• The Latest: Pence hopes to avoid 'nuclear option' on Gorsuch

  01-02-2017 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court (all times local):
  
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• Millions of Charter cable customers lose Univision channels

  01-02-2017 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Spanish-language broadcast network Univision and the company's cable channels have gone dark for millions of Charter customers because of a payment dispute.
  
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• Trump Golf Club Loses Lawsuit, Must Pay Ex-Members $5M

  01-02-2017 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Jupiter, Florida, club denied some members access to the facilities but still charged them dues.
  
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• How one-year mission affected astronaut's health

  01-02-2017 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  What happens to the human body after a year on the International Space station, floating in zero gravity? The Twins Study -- comparing data from before, during and after astronaut Scott Kelly's mission in space with those of his identical twin brother, retired astronaut Mark, back on Earth -- is giving researchers a better idea than ever before.
  
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• How 1-year space missions affect astronauts

  01-02-2017 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  What happens to the human body after a year on the International Space station, floating in zero gravity? The Twins Study -- comparing data from before, during and after astronaut Scott Kelly's mission in space with those of his identical twin brother, retired astronaut Mark, back on Earth -- is giving researchers a better idea than ever before.
  
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• Effects of 1-year space missions on astronauts

  01-02-2017 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  What happens to the human body after a year on the International Space station, floating in zero gravity? The Twins Study -- comparing data from before, during and after astronaut Scott Kelly's mission in space with those of his identical twin brother, retired astronaut Mark, back on Earth -- is giving researchers a better idea than ever before.
  
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• Beyonce pregnant: Couple 'blessed' to be having twins

  01-02-2017 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Beyonce and husband Jay Z say "our family will be growing by two", in an Instagram post.
  
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• On Gorsuch, it's evangelicals vs. atheists

  01-02-2017 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  Several days before President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, he predicted that "evangelicals, Christians will love my pick."
  
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• Israeli settlements: What you should know

  01-02-2017 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Four issues have dominated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the most difficult to solve and the most complex to handle: the status of Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees (and their right of return), borders, and settlements.
  
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• Israeli settlements: What to know

  01-02-2017 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Four issues have dominated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the most difficult to solve and the most complex to handle: the status of Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees (and their right of return), borders, and settlements.
  
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• Fighting flares in eastern Ukraine

  01-02-2017 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Fighting in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian armed forces is escalating, officials have warned.
  
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• Israeli settlers dragged from homes

  01-02-2017 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israeli protesters clashed with police seeking to evacuate an unauthorised settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank.
  
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• Witness: Mosque gunman was calm

  01-02-2017 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Streaks of dried blood crisscrossed the bullet holes on one wall. Gray and white robes hung from a coat stand near a raised shelf holding leather-bound copies of the Quran. Below, parts of the beige and green carpet also were encrusted with blood.
  
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• Unannounced visit: Trump to return service member's remains

  01-02-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is making an unannounced visit to Dover Air Force Base for the return of the remains of the US service member killed in the raid in Yemen.
  
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• Young girl diagnosed with 'tree man' syndrome

  01-02-2017 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  A 10-year-old girl in Bangladesh is being treated for the extremely rare condition known as "tree man" syndrome.
  
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• New world record? 2,000 people float in a line at the same time

  01-02-2017 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly 2,000 people in Argentina have attempted to break the current Guinness World Record for the most people floating in a line at the same time.
  
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