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• US State Dept tests new media rules as Tillerson heads solo to Asia

  15-03-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  The US State Department said Wednesday that it is testing new media coverage rules as its boss Rex Tillerson traveled to Asia with no accredited reporters in tow -- a break with 50 years of tradition.Now Tillerson has angered US and foreign correspondents accredited to cover the State Department by traveling to Asia on Tuesday with just one journalist -- from a conservative publication called the Independent Journal Review.
  
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• Pres. Trump: ‘Interesting’ Information Coming On Wiretapping Claims

  15-03-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  
  11 days after his explosive tweet accusing Pres. Obama of wiretapping him, the president offered new hints -- but still no evidence -- of what exactly he meant.
  
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• Arlington Republican Loses His Cool At Town Hall Meeting Among Rowdy Attendees

  15-03-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  
  A video of Texas Congressman Joe Barton has gone viral after a stressful town hall meeting over the weekend.
  
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• Obama didn't hack Trump's phones, committee says

  15-03-2017 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Wednesday that neither him nor the ranking Democrat on the committee have seen any evidence that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped Donald Trump last year, and want the Justice Department to respond to their requests from information by March 20.
  
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• Asia-Pacific seeks to save TPP trade deal without US

  15-03-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  
  Viña del Mar (Chile) (AFP) - Asia-Pacific ministers said Wednesday they would seek to move forward on a trade agreement resembling the Trans-Pacific Partnership after President Donald Trump killed the deal by withdrawing the United States.After two days of high-level meetings in Chile, officials from the 11 other countries in TPP -- plus China and South Korea -- wrapped up their talks with no clear plan to replace the defunct deal but a dogged determination not to throw out years of pains
  
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• Russian spy ship again spotted off East Coast

  15-03-2017 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  For the second time in a month a Russian spy ship has been spotted near the US coastline, this time off the coast of Georgia.
  
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• Dutch general election: a finger in the wind, not a litmus test

  15-03-2017 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
  After Brexit and Trump’s triumph – and with Marine Le Pen making waves – some saw this contest as continuity versus chaos. But the pattern did not fitOne down, two to go. As the first major election since Britain opted to leave the EU and the US elected Donald Trump, the Dutch general election was widely seen as a litmus test for the strength of anti-establishment populism ahead of similar European votes this year.A win for Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam, anti-EU Freedom party
  
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• Trump's ex to publish book of 'unfiltered' stories

  15-03-2017 23:13 via money.cnn.com
  
  President Trump's ex-wife Ivana Trump is set to publish a book with Simon & Schuster. And it's not about politics.
  
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• Trump's ex to publish book about him

  15-03-2017 23:13 via money.cnn.com
  
  President Trump's ex-wife Ivana Trump is set to publish a book with Simon & Schuster. And it's not about politics.
  
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• Why did Russians allegedly hacked Yahoo?

  15-03-2017 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  Dmitry Dokuchaev -- an officer with Russia's intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service -- is one of several men named in the US Justice Department's indictment in connection with a conspiracy to hack into Yahoo's network.
  
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• Why did Russians allegedly hack Yahoo?

  15-03-2017 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  Dmitry Dokuchaev -- an officer with Russia's intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service -- is one of several men named in the US Justice Department's indictment in connection with a conspiracy to hack into Yahoo's network.
  
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• McDonald's Employee Jumps Through Drive-Thru Window to Help Rescue Unconscious Cop

  15-03-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  The woman is listed in critical condition.
  
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• Far-right, anti-Islam candidate lagging behind, exit polls show

  15-03-2017 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  Conservative Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's party has taken the lead in an election widely seen as an indicator of populist sentiment in Europe, exit polls for the national broadcaster NOS indicated Wednesday.
  
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• Dutch voter: I like Wilders, but no one will want to work with him

  15-03-2017 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  CNN asked residents of the small fishing village of Urk in the Netherlands why they are voting for controversial political candidate Geert Wilders.
  
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• Texas Congressmen livestream road trip to Washington

  15-03-2017 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When snow cancelled their travel plans, Beto O'Rourke and Will Hurd rented a car and hit the road.
  
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• Sayu Bhojwani: Indian-Americans, we can't go this alone

  15-03-2017 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Two weeks, four attacks, two fatal. Violent incidents in Kansas, Washington, South Carolina and Florida have one thing in common. The victims, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, Deep Rai, Harnish Patel and the owner of a Met Mart store in Port St. Lucie, Florida, were all Indian-American men.
  
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• Sayu Bhojwani: Indian-Americans can't go this alone

  15-03-2017 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Two weeks, four attacks, two fatal. Violent incidents in Kansas, Washington, South Carolina and Florida have one thing in common. The victims, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, Deep Rai, Harnish Patel and the owner of a Met Mart store in Port St. Lucie, Florida, were all Indian-American men.
  
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• We can't stop making these 10 stupid grammar mistakes according to Microsoft

  15-03-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  We've been taught since day one that poor grammar leads to unfortunate situations - bad grades, missed job opportunities and ridicule by the internet, just to name a few. Nevertheless, we continue to make them. Nothing can stand in the way of us and our bad grammar. Using data gathered from Editor, one of Microsoft's newest features in Word, Microsoft has released a list of the 10 most commonly flagged grammar mistakes by their proofing tools.SEE ALSO: The chat app war between Microsoft and Slac
  
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• US to warn China of sanctions over North Korea

  15-03-2017 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will tell his counterparts in China that the US is prepared to increase financial penalties against Chinese companies and banks that do business with North Korea, according to senior US officials.
  
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• Tillerson heads to China with a warning

  15-03-2017 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will tell his counterparts in China that the US is prepared to increase financial penalties against Chinese companies and banks that do business with North Korea, according to senior US officials.
  
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• Pfeiffer Syndrome: Behind the Rare Genetic Disorder That Killed Prince's Infant Son

  15-03-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  
  The condition affects 1 in 100,000 babies, and it can cause skeletal deformities and respiratory problems. 
  
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• Walters' insider trading defense hinges on U.S. government witness: lawyer

  15-03-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors say Davis passed confidential information about Dean Foods to Walters, allowing him to make more than $40 million in profits and avoided losses between 2008 and 2014.Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Ferrara kicked off the trial with his own opening statement laying out the charges against Walters.
  
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• Cooler Filled With '5 Very Large Bags of Marijuana' Donated to Goodwill Store

  15-03-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  The Monroe Police Department said Goodwill employees believe the cooler was dropped off Monday night, but "they're not exactly sure how it was donated."
  
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• Rise in reports of sexual assault at U.S. Navy, Army academies

  15-03-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  
  There was a rise in reports of sexual assault at U.S. Navy and Army military academies in the last year, the Department of Defense said on Wednesday.An annual report, based on anonymous surveys, said reports of sexual assault in total across the military academies had decreased slightly in the last year, and the Air Force Academy specifically saw a decrease from 49 reports to 32.
  
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• iOS 11 lock screen gets re-imagined in brand new concept photos

  15-03-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  These days, it's not uncommon to come across stunning and thought-provoking iOS 11 concepts that aren't necessarily feasible. Indeed, some designers, when putting together iOS 11 mockups, seem to focus on cobbling together fantastical features without ever stopping to contemplate whether or not their designs are practical or even doable. Imagining futuristic iOS 11 features can certainly be fun and entertaining, but sometimes we've got to take a step back and focus on iOS features Appl
  
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• Freight container hotel at Georgia ski resort

  15-03-2017 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new hotel, on a mountainside 200km north of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, opens its doors to tourists.
  
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• Polish court issues arrest warrant for US man in Nazi case

  15-03-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has issued an arrest warrant for a Minnesota man sought in a Nazi massacre, opening the way for Poland to seek his extradition from the United States on war crimes charges.
  
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• Aaron David Miller: The wildest Middle East peace process yet

  15-03-2017 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  Over the last two days, President Donald Trump's senior adviser on international negotiations and longtime lawyer, Jason Greenblatt, held meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace process -- now in a virtual coma.
  
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• Study: Stopping global warming only way to save coral reefs

  15-03-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won't prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In the end, researchers say, the only way to save the world's coral from heat-induced bleaching is with a war on global warming.
  
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• Man Hospitalized After He's Attacked by Group He Offered to Help Buy Meals For: Cops

  15-03-2017 21:14 via yahoo.com
  
  The 37-year-old victim told two young men that he would help them after he overheard them asking for money for something to eat, cops said.
  
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• President Trump's Longtime Accountant Weighs In on Leak of His 2005 Tax Returns

  15-03-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  
  It is being speculated that Trump himself leaked the document.
  
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• US demands UN pull report accusing Israel of apartheid

  15-03-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States on Wednesday demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw a report by a UN body accusing Israel of imposing apartheid on the Palestinians.Guterres distanced himself from the report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) but US Ambassador Nikki Haley said it should be scrapped altogether.
  
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• Photos of the day - March 15, 2017

  15-03-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Doctors and medical personnel scuffle with riot police during a march in front of the Finance Ministry in Athens, Greece; House Select Committee members speak to the media about the ongoing Russia investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; an ultra-Orthodox Jew gets hit by a police water cannon during a protest against Israeli army conscription, in Jerusalem. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
  
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• 3 service men killed in military plane crash in New Mexico

  15-03-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Three service members assigned to a special operations unit were killed after a single-engine reconnaissance and surveillance plane crashed in eastern New Mexico during a training flight, the Air Force said.
  
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• 911 Dispatcher, Police Officer Disciplined in Connection With Tamir Rice Case

  15-03-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  
  An official ruled the dispatcher did not follow protocol and an off-duty officer involved hadn't informed bosses he was moonlighting as a security officer.
  
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• At Rally, Trump Attacks Media and Mentions Health Care

  15-03-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump attacked the media at a Nashville rally but gave little new information about the struggling health care bill, which he promised to "arbitrate" on.
  
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• Rachel Maddow had Trump's 2005 tax returns. The April 15 Tax March wants all of them.

  15-03-2017 20:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow and David Cay Johnston may have had “Trump tax returns” Tuesday night, as her Twitter feed announced, but they didn’t have the Trump tax returns.No one has seen those — the full itemized forms that list sources of income — and President Trump and his 2016 campaign surrogates have offered a conflicting and bewildering array of reasons for not disclosing them.Against this backdrop, a determined group of activists has vowed to amp up the pressure for thei
  
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• 'Where's Winston?': Dying Mom's Last Words Launch Search for Missing Baby

  15-03-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Cops say Mandi Mangas was shot dead by the father of her baby, who was allegedly kidnapped.
  
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• Cameroon says regional forces free 5,000 Boko Haram captives

  15-03-2017 19:23 via yahoo.com
  
  By Sylvain AndzongoYAOUNDE (Reuters) - Regional West African forces freed 5,000 captives from a Boko Haram base in a more than week-long operation that also completely destroyed the militants' hideout in mountains along the Nigeria-Cameroon border, Cameroon said Wednesday.The "hostages freed consisted mostly of women, children and elderly people," Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary told a news conference.Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has been fighting since 2009 to try to establis
  
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• Ethiopia trash dump death toll rises to 113

  15-03-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  
  By Aaron MaashoADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The death toll from a landslide at a dump in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa has reached 113, officials said on Wednesday, as the government declared three days of national mourning.    Flags flew at half mast to mark the disaster that occurred at the 50-year-old Reppi dump on Saturday evening."The total number of dead has reached 113, of which 38 are male and 75 are female," said Dagmawit Moges, a spokeswoman for the city."At least 80 other res
  
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• Mom May Have Watched Daughter's Sucide on Social Media Livestream: Officials

  15-03-2017 19:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Naika Venant, 14, broadcast on Facebook Live as she took her life on January 22, killing herself during the three-hour video, investigators wrote.
  
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• Ship crashes into 'untouched' paradise

  15-03-2017 19:06 via cnn.com
  
  The captain of a cruise ship could be charged after his boat rammed into a pristine coral reef, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Cruise ship plows into pristine coral reef

  15-03-2017 19:05 via cnn.com
  
  Authorities in Indonesia are considering criminal charges against a cruise ship captain who ran his vessel into a coral reef.
  
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• Ford Focus RS Demand Stays High Months After Release

  15-03-2017 18:55 via yahoo.com
  
  The Ford Focus RS, everyone’s new favorite hot hatchback, is still flying out of dealer showrooms and shows no sign of slowing sales. Since arriving in showrooms last summer, Ford has averaged more than 500 sold per month, with more than 3,500 total units sold stateside so far.
  
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• Joe Kennedy’s emotional Obamacare story: Law saved my intern’s life

  15-03-2017 18:53 via yahoo.com
  
  For Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., the fight to protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from Republican attacks isn’t just politics.Jen Fox, a cancer survivor who is an intern in Kennedy’s Capitol office, credits Obamacare for saving her life twice and fears that her story would have had a different ending if she had needed treatment under President Trump’s American Health Care Act (AHCA).“I think that the Affordable Care Act is amazing.
  
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• Huge Yahoo hack: 2 Russian spies charged

  15-03-2017 18:51 via cnn.com
  
  The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that four people -- including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service -- have been indicted in connection to a massive hack of Yahoo information.
  
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• Changes to Obamacare repeal bill ahead

  15-03-2017 18:50 via cnn.com
  
  Trump administration officials acknowledged to Republican senators at a White House meeting Tuesday that the House bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is in serious jeopardy.
  
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• Can a sex toy spy on you?

  15-03-2017 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Canadian sex-toy maker has been accused of tracking data on customers' intimate habits.
  
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• Conservative website only media on Tillerson plane to Asia

  15-03-2017 18:42 via yahoo.com
  
  By Yeganeh TorbatiSEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson flew to Asia accompanied by only one journalist on his aircraft, a reporter from a website founded by former Republican political operatives, in a departure from decades of practice.Tillerson, who became the top U.S. diplomat underRepublican President Donald Trump in February, traveled to Mexico and Germany last month with a small contingent of journalists, including a "pool" reporter who informed colleagues of Tillerson's
  
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• Caf elections: Issa Hayatou v Ahmad Ahmad

  15-03-2017 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Caf President Issa Hayatou faces the stiffest challenge of his 29-year rule in Thursday's vote.
  
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