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• Principal quits after students dig up her secret

  06-04-2017 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  High school journalism students in Kansas discovered that their new principal's credentials may not be legitimate.
  
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• Principal quits after secret dug up

  06-04-2017 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  High school journalism students in Kansas discovered that their new principal's credentials may not be legitimate.
  
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• Bergen: Trump's menu of bad options for Syria

  06-04-2017 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  Asked what would shape the future of his government, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is said to have remarked "Events, dear boy, events."
  
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• Puerto Rico faces federal lawsuit over transgender rights

  06-04-2017 23:55 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  An LGBT rights group has filed a federal lawsuit demanding that Puerto Rico let transgender people correct the gender listed on their birth certificates.
  
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• Clinton: Russians 'will be back'

  06-04-2017 23:54 via cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton referred to Russia's meddling in the 2016 US presidential election as an "act of aggression" on Thursday, in her most extended comments yet about a controversy that has consumed the earliest days of Donald Trump's presidency.
  
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• Man charged with gun murders at club in 'feud over nothing'

  06-04-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A man has been indicted on two murder charges and dozens of other counts in a nightclub gunbattle that developed from a "feud over nothing," a prosecutor said Thursday.
  
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• Utility EDF delays closing France's oldest nuclear plant

  06-04-2017 23:39 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  French utility giant EDF has delayed plans to shut down France's oldest nuclear plant, despite pressure from the French government, neighboring Germany and environmental activists.
  
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• Trump may retaliate against Syria for chemical attack

  06-04-2017 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has told some members of Congress that he is considering military action in Syria in retaliation for this week's chemical attack, and recognizes the seriousness of the situation, a source familiar with the calls tells CNN.
  
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• Ohio quadruplets all accepted to Harvard, Yale and Duke

  06-04-2017 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  Four boys, and many, many acceptance letters. As parents across the country work on college applications, this family had four to conquer in one year.
  
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• Husband of Trump supporter deported to Mexico after 20 years in US – video

  06-04-2017 23:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Roberto Berinstain, the husband of a Donald Trump supporter, has been deported to Mexico from the US. Berinstain, who had been living in the US for 20 years as an undocumented migrant – and had a family and business there – is now in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, where he has no family connections or friendsContinue reading...
  
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• A look at the very rich men running for Illinois governor

  06-04-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A billionaire businessman's announcement that he's running for Illinois governor in 2018 means there will be at least three candidates in the race who have enormous personal wealth.
  
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• Government seeks to unmask Trump dissident on Twitter, lawsuit reveals

  06-04-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Twitter says government wants to reveal identity behind an account that claims to provide anonymity for civil servants who disagree with Trump policyThe US government sought to unmask the identity of an anonymous Twitter account criticizing its policies, according to a lawsuit filed by the social media platform Thursday. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), a division of homeland security, issued a summons to Twitter on 14 March seeking records including the phone number, mailing addresses, and IP a
  
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• Meet the High School Students Who Took Down Their Principal

  06-04-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  
  They didn't expect the story be as much of a sensation as it has been.
  
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• UN trafficking expert to visit Cuba for 1st time in 10 years

  06-04-2017 23:20 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
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• Survivors of Syria chemical attack grapple with fallout

  06-04-2017 23:17 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Three days after it was engulfed in toxic gas, the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun is a place of ghostly desolation, its streets empty and its mourning tents packed with weeping survivors.
  
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• The 7 inmates scheduled to die in Arkansas this month

  06-04-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge says Arkansas may not execute an inmate who has won a clemency recommendation from the state Parole Board until the panel allows for a 30-day comment period. The decision effectively delays his execution until after a lethal injection drug expires. Seven other inmates are scheduled to be put to death before the state's supply of midazolam expires April 30.
  
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• The Latest: Murder suspect released after posting $35M bail

  06-04-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a California murder suspect posting $35 million bail to gain release (all times local):
  
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• Frida Ghitis: Trump learns being President is not easy

  06-04-2017 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  There has been no shortage of drama in the short presidency of Donald Trump. But until now, all the various crises have to a certain extent been self-inflicted.
  
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• Prosecutor to Hernandez jury: 'You know who the killer is'

  06-04-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez "took pleasure" in gunning down two men in 2012 because he felt disrespected after one of them accidentally spilled his drink at a nightclub, a prosecutor said Thursday during closing arguments at Hernandez's double-murder trial.
  
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• Chemical attack probe aided by presence of victims in Turkey

  06-04-2017 22:53 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Investigators have rushed to Turkey to examine survivors of the chemical attack in neighboring Syria and collect samples that could reveal the nature of the toxins, the means of delivery and, ultimately, who was responsible for one of the war's most disturbing atrocities.
  
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• No one should be surprised at tensions in Trump's circle

  06-04-2017 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  There's a new article in The Daily Beast that suggests White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been calling senior adviser Jared Kushner some unflattering names behind his back.
  
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• Student scuffles with policemen during protests in India and more: April 6 in photos

  06-04-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  A university student scuffles with policemen in Chandigarh, India, during a protest against what students say is a hike in their fees; a boy holds a burned dollhouse found in debris following a fire that razed a coastal village in the Philippines; construction workers eat lunch near a board with an artist’s impression of the Central Business District outside a construction site in Beijing. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
  
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• Student scuffles with policemen during protests in India and more: April 5 in photos

  06-04-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  A university student scuffles with policemen in Chandigarh, India, during a protest against what students say is a hike in their fees; a boy holds a burned dollhouse found in debris following a fire that razed a coastal village in the Philippines; construction workers eat lunch near a board with an artist’s impression of the Central Business District outside a construction site in Beijing. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
  
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• Trump, Xi face North Korea dilemma

  06-04-2017 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart have any number of reasons to disagree, but none are more volatile or potentially deadly than North Korea.
  
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• Mexico rights group: no final count of clandestine graves

  06-04-2017 22:47 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Mexico's government human rights agency says tens of thousands of people have been recorded as missing across the country over the past two decades.
  
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• Mexican state gets its first electric escalator, followed by judgmental snark

  06-04-2017 22:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Tiny, agrarian Tlaxcala, only 70 miles east of Mexico City, becomes butt of jokes on social media but locals see condescension and classism in criticismMexico’s smallest state has marked a milestone of modern development with the inauguration of its first electric escalator – a device first patented in 1859.
  The news prompted a crush of reaction on social media, welcoming the mostly agrarian state of Tlaxcala to the 21st century.Continue reading...
  
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• Man born in Germany deemed threat, deported to Nigeria

  06-04-2017 22:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Germany has deported an alleged Islamic extremist deemed dangerous by authorities to Nigeria.
  
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• Ecuador's president-elect warns Assange to avoid politics

  06-04-2017 22:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may have narrowly escaped eviction from Ecuador's embassy in London but he has some work to do building trust with his new host.
  
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• The Latest: Jury in Aaron Hernandez trial sent home for day

  06-04-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on closing arguments in the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez (all times local):
  
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• 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Automatic

  06-04-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Five doors, relaxed attitude.
  
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• We had slavery in our supply chains, says Andrew Forrest

  06-04-2017 22:42 via theguardian.com
  
  The Fortescue Metals chairman says he was appalled by the conditions of some workers connected to his businessOne of Australia’s best-known business figures says he uncovered slavery in at least 12 suppliers as he tried to stamp out forced labour from the business chain of his mining company.Speaking at a forum in Sydney, Andrew Forrest said he told suppliers to his Fortescue Metals Group that they had to own up to using forced labour or they would be “barbecued”. Continue read
  
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• Tillerson: No doubt Assad is responsible

  06-04-2017 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says there is no doubt that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is responsible for the gas attack in Syria.
  
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• Cops in Desperate Search for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Sent Woman Flying in Horrific Crash

  06-04-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Penny Casbon says she doesn't remember anything about what happened.
  
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• Clashes at Venezuela protest against 'dictatorship'

  06-04-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Violence erupted for a third straight day at protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday, escalating tension over moves to keep the leftist leader in power.Opposition protesters chanting "No more dictatorship!" hurled stones at National Guard riot police who blocked them from marching on central Caracas.The police responded with tear gas and water cannon, prompting chaos on the eight-lane highway where some 5,000 protesters had tried to break through army barricades.
  
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• Mexican Man Whose Wife Voted for Trump Is Deported: 'They Suddenly Told Me It Was Time to Go'

  06-04-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  
  "[Trump] did say the good people would not be deported, the good people would be checked," he wife said.
  
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• My first butterfly of the year

  06-04-2017 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  This year is unlikely to be a brilliant butterfly summer because 2016 was so poor. But insects can rapidly bounce backSpring is an unquenchably optimistic time, and two weeks of plentiful sunshine – in the south, at least – has brought out the first butterflies of the year. My first, like last year, was a male brimstone, bobbing beside the old ivy-covered hedge beyond my garden.
  On the next sunny March day came the small tortoiseshells and peacocks, which also hibernate as adult butt
  
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• How to play and conquer The Masters

  06-04-2017 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  It's one of the toughest challenges in golf, the Masters at Augusta National.
  
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• How to conquer The Masters' hardest holes

  06-04-2017 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  It's one of the toughest challenges in golf, the Masters at Augusta National.
  
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• A champion's guide to playing the Masters

  06-04-2017 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  It's one of the toughest challenges in golf, the Masters at Augusta National.
  
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• US Cites Gas Attack to Justify Syria Strike

  06-04-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Courtney Kube, NBC News national security producer, discusses the U.S. strategy behind the missile strike on Syria's Shayrat airfield and the Donald Trump administration's justification for striking a sovereign nation.
  
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• Tillerson: Russia should ‘consider carefully’ its relationship with Assad

  06-04-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  On Thursday, April 6, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. government has no doubt that Syrian President Bashar Assad was responsible for the chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians. Tillerson urged Russia to “consider carefully” its relationship with Assad.
  
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• Plan to pump cold water on to Barrier Reef to stop bleaching labelled 'band-aid'

  06-04-2017 22:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Barrier Reef authority director Jon Day says the idea such an approach would save the reef from bleaching is ‘ridiculous’A proposal to use $9m to pump cold water on to the Great Barrier Reef’s tourist hotspots to stave off coral bleaching has been described as a “band-aid” solution, which does little to address the fundamental threats to the world’s largest living structure.The plan, proposed by the tourism industry and the Reef and Rainforest Research
  
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• Injured Johnson pulls out of Masters

  06-04-2017 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  He was the favorite to clinch the famous green jacket, but world No. 1 Dustin Johnson has pulled out of the 2017 Masters after injuring his back in a fall on the eve of the tournament.
  
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• ‘No doubt in our minds' that Assad behind Syria attack, Rex Tillerson says – video

  06-04-2017 22:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Rex Tillerson, the US secretary of state, said on Thursday that the United States was considering an ‘appropriate response’ to a chemical weapons attack in Syria that left scores of people dead this week and prompted international condemnation. Tillerson said there was ‘no doubt’ that the Assad regime was behind the attack, adding that steps were ‘under way’ to help organize an international coalition against the Syrian president Continue reading...
  
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• Los Angeles tops list of dog attacks on mail carriers

  06-04-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Dog attacks on postal workers jumped more than 200 in one year, from 6,549 in 2015 to 6,755 in 2016.
  
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• Profile Pictures Go Yellow After Syria Gas Attack

  06-04-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  The movement appeared to have started with Rami Jarrah, a Syrian journalist and activist.
  
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• Mark Hertling: Trump's first cold slap of reality

  06-04-2017 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  "The world is a mess. I inherited a mess!"
  
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• Woman Accused of Killing the Father of Her Kids Raises an Unprecedented $35 Million Bail

  06-04-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Tiffany Li, 31, is backed by a multiple people tied to her mother who've raised millions and pledged millions more in property.
  
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• Steve Bell on Xi Jinping's meeting with Donald Trump – cartoon

  06-04-2017 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
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• US confident it can thwart N.Korean missiles: US general

  06-04-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  
  The Pentagon can defend against any North Korean missile threat, but Pyongyang's rapidly evolving weapons program is shrinking the warning time ahead of a launch, a top US general said Thursday.General Lori Robinson told lawmakers she was "extremely confident" of US capability to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) bound for America, should North Korean leader Kim Jong-un succeed in developing that technology."Right now... he can't reach our homeland, but I am confident, shoul
  
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