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• LT, Taylor, Dawkins, Jones, Tagliabue among hall candidates

  03-02-2017 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — It seems that one word is commonly used by candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
  
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• 'Obamacare' sign-ups show slippage in Trump era

  03-02-2017 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Facing higher premiums, less choice and a last-minute advertising pullback, fewer people signed up for coverage this year through HealthCare.gov, according to data from a preliminary government report ...
  
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• 'Bowling Green massacre': debunking the attack that never happened - video

  03-02-2017 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump’s senior adviser Kellyanne Conway reported a false story about a so-called massacre in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Friday. We examine the facts of the case, and why the Trump administration is trying to use it to justify their travel ban. Conway has since altered her comments on the caseContinue reading...
  
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• US stocks back in record range after solid jobs data

  03-02-2017 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - US stocks returned to record territory Friday following a solid jobs report and a move by President Donald Trump to roll back banking regulations enacted after the 2008 financial crisis.
  
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• Union official blames staffing shortage for guard death

  03-02-2017 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SMYRNA, Del. (AP) — The killing of a guard during an inmate uprising at Delaware's largest prison this week was entirely preventable, according to a correctional officers' union leader who blamed state officials for ignoring chronic staffing shortages that put prison workers at greater risk.
  
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• Trump administration offers conflicting numbers of revoked visas after travel ban

  03-02-2017 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Justice department reveals during lawsuit hearing that more than 100,000 were cancelled in the past week, but state department claims it’s fewer than 60,000Confusion over the consequences of Donald Trump’s drastic travel ban continued to mount on Friday, as federal officials offered conflicting statistics on the number of visas that were revoked following the president’s executive order last week.At a federal court hearing in Virigina, a Department of Justice attorney said more
  
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• White House sanctions Iran after missile test

  03-02-2017 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's administration enacted new sanctions on Iran Friday, the first concrete action after the White House put Tehran "on notice" this week.
  
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• Ballistic missile tests: White House sanctions Iran

  03-02-2017 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's administration enacted new sanctions on Iran Friday, the first concrete action after the White House put Tehran "on notice" this week.
  
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• Oil pushes higher on Iran sanctions, jobs data

  03-02-2017 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Friday after the United States imposed sanctions on some Iranian individuals and entities, days after the White House rebuked Tehran for a ballistic missile test. The strong U.S. January jobs figure was also supportive, as it suggests ongoing strength in energy demand. Front-month U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures settled up 29 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $53.83.
  
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• 'Obamacare' sign-ups show slippage in preliminary report

  03-02-2017 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing higher premiums, less choice and a last-minute advertising pullback, fewer people signed up for coverage this year through HealthCare.gov, according to numbers from a preliminary government report Friday.
  
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• California sex offender sentenced to die for killing 4 women

  03-02-2017 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California sex offender was sentenced to death on Friday for kidnapping and murdering four women during a six month span in Orange County.
  
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• Trump ignites political fight over U.S. banking law reforms

  03-02-2017 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, drawing fire from Democrats who said his order lacked substance and squarely aligned him with Wall Street bankers. Trump "can’t make any substantial change in the financial reform bill without Congress,” Frank told Reuters.
  
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• Labor Dept. looks into delaying fiduciary rule after Trump's order

  03-02-2017 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department is looking into delaying the implementation date of its new fiduciary rule governing the advice that brokers can give about retirement investments, it said on Friday, after President Donald Trump called for a review that could ultimately lead to scrapping it.
  
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• FCC led by Trump pick starts to reverse Obama policies

  03-02-2017 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Federal Communications Commission often took stances that angered the phone and cable industries under the Obama administration. It's already starting to lean the other way. The regulator of broadcast ...
  
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• Trump team relaxes EPA restrictions on media and contracts

  03-02-2017 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it has thawed its temporary freeze on contract and grant approvals at the Environmental Protection Agency, with all $3.9 billion in planned spending moving forward.
  
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• Lawyers: Man shot former NFL running back in self-defense

  03-02-2017 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GRETNA, La. (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting former NFL player Joe McKnight acted in self-defense because McKnight was threatening him and trying to climb into his car, his lawyers say.
  
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• NY museum protests Trump travel ban through art

  03-02-2017 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A famed New York art museum has joined the throng of protests against President Donald Trump's travel ban by replacing Western art with pieces by Iranian, Iraqi and Sudanese artists. The Museum of Modern Art said works by Sudanese painter Ibrahim el-Salahi, Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid and five artists with Iranian backgrounds replaced seven Western works, including by Picasso and Matisse.
  
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• Device tossed in restaurant was 'glorified firecracker'

  03-02-2017 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A homemade incendiary device thrown into a crowded California restaurant at dinnertime was a "glorified firecracker" that didn't appear to be made to injure anyone, a police spokesman said Friday.
  
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• Maradona fails to inspire as Argentina suffer Davis Cup slump

  03-02-2017 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Paris (AFP) - Argentina endured a traumatic start to their Davis Cup title defence Friday when they slumped 2-0 down to Italy despite the fervent support of Diego Maradona.
  
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• Wal-Mart CEO discusses economy, job creation at Trump meeting

  03-02-2017 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon said on Friday his meeting with President Donald Trump offered an important opportunity to discuss the economy and job creation.
  
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• Trump slaps sanctions on Iran as tension mounts

  03-02-2017 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump slapped fresh sanctions on Iran's weapons procurement network Friday, provoking an angry response from Tehran in what is an increasingly tense stand-off. Officials said the new measures were in response to Iran's recent ballistic missile test and its support for the Huthi rebels in Yemen, who recently targeted a Saudi warship. The new sanctions do not yet mean that the US has abandoned commitments it made under the deal to lift measures aimed at Iran's nuclear program,
  
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• Terror in Paris: Soldier shoots attacker

  03-02-2017 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  A soldier on duty ata shopping mall near the Louvre museum in Paris opened fire on a man who attempted to attack him with a knife, local media reports said Friday.
  
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• Trump inherits a healthy job market, with solid hiring

  03-02-2017 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has inherited a healthy-looking job market from his predecessor, with the U.S. economy registering a burst of hiring in January and an influx of Americans looking for work. U.S. ...
  
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• Amber Valletta pens op-ed against EPA nominee Scott Pruitt

  03-02-2017 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Oklahoman, model, actress, mother and Sierra Club ambassador Amber Valletta is "worried sick" about her home state's attorney general leading the Environmental Protection Agency and said as much in an op-ed piece released Friday on Glamour.com
  
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• Twins take Byung Ho Park off 40-man roster to sign reliever

  03-02-2017 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have designated slugger Byung Ho Park for assignment following a disappointing major league debut in 2016.
  
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• Politicians' expenses face overhaul as Coalition signals parliamentary agenda

  03-02-2017 22:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Entitlements, company tax changes, media deregulation and childcare are on the list for when parliament reconvenes next weekMalcolm Turnbull will use the opening of the new parliamentary year to overhaul the parliamentary entitlements scheme after a summer of expenses scandals that claimed the job of the health minister, Sussan Ley.Intensive work has been done on the package in the past few weeks, and Turnbull indicated on Friday he would push ahead with an overhaul of the system next week. Cont
  
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• EU leaders round on Trump and reject May's bridge-building efforts

  03-02-2017 22:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime ministers and presidents at Malta summit line up to scorn Trump’s conduct, accusing him of lack of respect European leaders launched a series of attacks on Donald Trump over his anti-EU rhetoric on Friday, accusing him of a lack of respect, as Theresa May’s attempts to position herself as a bridge with the new US president were roundly rejected at a summit in Malta.Related: EU leaders warily await Donald Trump's choice of ambassador | Patrick WintourContinue reading...
  
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• The Latest: 'Glorified firecracker' thrown in restaurant

  03-02-2017 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into an incendiary device that was tossed into a crowded Southern California restaurant (all times local):
  
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• Iranian baby girl in need of heart surgery blocked from US by Trump travel ban

  03-02-2017 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Fatemah Taghizadeh’s family planned to go to Oregon for the emergency surgery but were told to re-apply for a visa in three month, but say she ‘cannot wait’A four-month-old Iranian girl in need of an emergency heart surgery in Oregon has been prevented from entering the US because of Donald Trump’s 90-day travel ban on Iranian citizens, the girl’s uncle and her family’s attorney say.Fatemah Taghizadeh was diagnosed with twisted arteries not long after her birt
  
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• From Wall Street to Wisconsin, brokers cheer Trump's order

  03-02-2017 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With a swipe of his pen, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday started killing off a retirement advice rule that wealth managers from Wall Street to Wisconsin have spent the last six years lobbying against. A landmark policy from the Obama era, the so-called fiduciary rule requires brokers and financial advisers to act in the best interest of retirement savers. Wall Street has argued it would harm consumers because it would raise compliance costs and therefore fees, and force them to get rid of
  
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• Yemen raid: Military botches video release

  03-02-2017 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  The US military released five brief video clips Friday showing for the first time some of the information seized in Sunday's counterterrorism raid against al Qaeda in Yemen.
  
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• U.S. House Republicans exploring border tax design changes: lawmaker

  03-02-2017 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are considering possible changes to the design of their controversial border adjustment tax proposal to accommodate industries worried about being harmed by the provision, a top lawmaker said on Friday. The measure, a centerpiece of the House Republican tax reform blueprint backed by Speaker Paul Ryan, is intended to encourage investment and manufacturing in the United States. Major U.S. exporters on Thursday
  
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• Guilty plea entered in Colorado pot-candy killing case

  03-02-2017 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Denver man who claimed that eating marijuana-infused candy led him to kill his wife pleaded guilty in her death on Friday.
  
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• Poll rating: Trump trails past presidents

  03-02-2017 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  It's been two weeks since Donald Trump's inauguration, and the new President's work so far hasn't impressed the American people.
  
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• Massacre? Jokes fly in city known for car-eating sinkhole

  03-02-2017 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A White House adviser's commentary about a massacre in Kentucky that never happened has sparked seemingly endless snickering online, with jabs like "never remember" and "I survived the Bowling Green massacre."
  
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• Highest disapproval rating

  03-02-2017 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  It's been two weeks since Donald Trump's inauguration, and the new President's work so far hasn't impressed the American people.
  
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• USDA removes animal welfare reports from its website

  03-02-2017 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department has removed animal welfare inspection reports, enforcement records and other information about the treatment of animals from its website, citing privacy and other laws.
  
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• True grit pays off for Falcons quarterback Ryan

  03-02-2017 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A decision to overhaul his off-season training program has paid dividends for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan as he prepares to crown the best year of his career with victory in Sunday's Super Bowl. The 31-year-old Falcons star has long been regarded as one of the National Football League's top quarterbacks, while never quite managing to force himself into the same elite bracket as Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger.
  
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• Weed 101: Colorado agriculture agency shares pot know-how

  03-02-2017 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — North Carolina wants to know if marijuana could one day replace tobacco as a cash crop. Louisiana is wondering how pot holds up in high humidity. And Washington state has questions about water supplies for weed.
  
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• Wall Street stands with two Fed-hike outlook for 2017: Reuters poll

  03-02-2017 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street's top banks expect just two rate hikes from the Federal Reserve this year and see only modest risk to the U.S. central bank being pressed into a more aggressive pace of monetary policy tightening, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The poll of primary dealers - the 23 banks that do business directly with the Fed - indicated none expect the next rate hike to occur before the second quarter, despite a report on Friday that employers added far more workers than expected in January. While
  
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• The Latest: Poland refuses to take in 10 orphans from Aleppo

  03-02-2017 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):
  
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• Rapper Eminem rips Donald Trump

  03-02-2017 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  Eminem truly is not afraid to take a stand.
  
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• 'No favors': Rapper Eminem rips Trump

  03-02-2017 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  Eminem truly is not afraid to take a stand.
  
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• Final funeral held for Quebec City mosque shooting victims

  03-02-2017 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mourners gathered at the Quebec City convention center Friday for the funeral of the last three of six men shot dead while praying at a local mosque earlier this week. The service began midday with traditional Friday prayers, followed by an Islamic funeral ritual. Thousands packed into the center to pay their respects to Guinean-Canadians Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42, and Ibrahima Barry, 39, and Azzeddine Soufiane, 57, of Moroccan origin.
  
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• Super Bowl online: See the game, learn some new taunts

  03-02-2017 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  You can watch the Super Bowl online for free, but there are a few catches. For starters, you're out of luck on phones unless you're a Verizon customer. And if you're interested in the ads, you may have ...
  
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• Hold it or don't flush: Super Bowl could harm sinkhole mess

  03-02-2017 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRASER, Mich. (AP) — A giant sinkhole in suburban Detroit is being threatened by the Super Bowl.
  
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• Guests at Austrian right-wing ball have reasons to celebrate

  03-02-2017 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Guests at Austria's annual right-wing ball had particular reasons to celebrate this year — the White House victory of Donald Trump and the strength of like-minded populists elsewhere.
  
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• Back to reality: Obamas settle into DC life

  03-02-2017 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Vacation's over. After a two-week escape to Palm Springs and the British Virgin Islands, Barack and Michelle Obama are back in Washington, where they will begin to settle into the post-White House life.
  
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• Travel ban: 100,000 visas revoked - lawyer

  03-02-2017 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  More than 100,000 visas have been revoked since President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration and travel was signed on January 27, a government lawyer said Friday in a court hearing in Virginia.
  
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• Louvre knife attack sparks fresh warnings of French terror threat

  03-02-2017 21:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Paris police prefect says man ‘armed with a machete’ shouted threats and ‘Allahu Akbar’ at soldiers A man who attempted a knife attack on soldiers guarding the Louvre Museum in Paris was shot and injured on Friday, highlighting France’s security and terror threat just three months before the French presidential election.
  Hundreds of tourists were held in secure areas of the Louvre, one of the world’s most visited museums, after the man was shot five times by s
  
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