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• Map shows the red-blue split in USA

  10-04-2017 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  If you're like most Americans, you don't live around or socialize with people with whom you disagree with politically. This self-sorting by political ideology is why so many people were shocked Donald Trump won last November ("But I don't know anyone who voted for him") while half(ish) of the country knew it was happening all along.
  
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• Map shows red-blue split in US

  10-04-2017 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  If you're like most Americans, you don't live around or socialize with people with whom you disagree with politically. This self-sorting by political ideology is why so many people were shocked Donald Trump won last November ("But I don't know anyone who voted for him") while half(ish) of the country knew it was happening all along.
  
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• Trump's military strikes in Syria complicated by Iran's role

  10-04-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's decision to launch missiles into Syria risked raising tensions with Iran, a key backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad in a conflict with dangerously blurry battle lines.
  
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• Lawyer: Imprisoned Utah doctor may have killed himself

  10-04-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah doctor imprisoned for drugging his beauty queen wife and leaving her to die in a bathtub may have killed himself, his lawyer said Monday.
  
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• Trump, May aim to convince Moscow to end Assad support

  10-04-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  A "window of opportunity" exists to convince Moscow to end its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump said in a phone call Monday."The prime minister and the president agreed that a window of opportunity now exists in which to persuade Russia that its alliance with Assad is no longer in its strategic interest," a spokeswoman for May's Downing Street office said.
  
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• CNN goes inside North Korea amid rising tensions

  10-04-2017 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  CNN correspondent Will Ripley, the only U.S. journalist on the ground inside North Korea, reports from Pyongyang.
  
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• CNN goes inside N. Korea amid rising tensions

  10-04-2017 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  CNN correspondent Will Ripley, the only U.S. journalist on the ground inside North Korea, reports from Pyongyang.
  
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• Police: Gunman who killed Texas lawman killed himself

  10-04-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — A man who fatally shot a Houston-area deputy constable outside a county courthouse last week killed himself the next day, police said Monday.
  
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• Scientists are going to drill deeper into the Earth than ever before

  10-04-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  
  It might come as a bit of a surprise, considering we walk around on it all day long, but science hasn't really ever seen fit to find out what's inside of our planet. Thanks to volcanic eruptions we know it's a molten mix of various elements, with the pressure of gravity having turned it into an extremely hot liquid stew, but what exactly it is made of has remained a mystery simply because nobody has ever had the right combination of funding and technology to actually drill deep enough to ma
  
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• Trump applauds Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and more: April 10 in photos

  10-04-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump applauds as Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch hugs his wife, Marie Louise Gorsuch, after a swearing in reenactment ceremony with Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, right, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington; men mourn during the funeral for those killed in a Palm Sunday church attack in Alexandria, Egypt, at the Mar Amina Church; and Amelia Paradiso, 11-months-old, waits in line to attend her first Yankees baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York.
  
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• Mom Finally Has Miracle Baby, 13 Years After Her 2 Children Were Murdered

  10-04-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  
  Erin Weaver's children died and she was badly burned when her estranged boyfriend set her on fire in 2003.
  
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• Global markets mixed as geopolitical tensions rise

  10-04-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - Global markets were mixed at the start of a holiday-shortened week on Monday as investors remained cautious in the face of uncertainty over Syria and tightening polls in the French presidential election.
  
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• Disturbing new video shows a bloodied passenger forcibly removed from an United Airlines flight

  10-04-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Disturbing new video has been posted of the man who was forcibly removed from an United Airlines flight. The passenger was dragged out of his seat and down the plane’s aisle. The Chicago Police Department released a statement describing the events that reads in part, “Aviation officers arrived on scene [and] attempted to carry the individual off the flight when he fell. His head subsequently struck an armrest causing injuries to his face.”
  
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• Spicer Seeks to Clarify 'Barrel Bomb' Remarks on Syria

  10-04-2017 23:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sean Spicer sought to clarify his comments after telling reporters Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's use of barrel bombs could prompt U.S. military action.
  
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• G7 ministers look to persuade Russia to abandon Syria's Assad

  10-04-2017 23:12 via yahoo.com
  
  By Crispian Balmer and Steve SchererLUCCA, Italy (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations met in Italy on Monday, looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.In a shift in Washington's strategy, U.S. missiles hit a Syrian air base last week in retaliation for what the United States and its allies say was a poison gas attack by Syria's military in which scores of civilians died.
  
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• Indian News Anchor Learns Of Husband’s Death During Live Report

  10-04-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  News anchor Supreet Kaur continued to broadcast the news after learning her husband had died in a fatal car crash.
  
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• Hijacked Indian cargo ship rescued but 8 crew missing

  10-04-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Somali security forces have liberated an Indian cargo ship from the pirates who hijacked it, but only two of the ten-man crew were rescued, authorities in central Somalia said Monday.Abdulahi Ahmed Ali, district commissioner for the pirate-hub region of Hobyo, told local press the "Al Kauser" ship had been held off the Indian Ocean coast near Yemen after the hijacking on March 31.The pirates had "refused a call by the local authorities to release the vessel and local forces forcefully engaged th
  
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• What's behind elephantiasis outbreak?

  10-04-2017 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Since 2015, health officials in Uganda have received reports of increasing numbers of people suffering from elephantiasis, a debilitating disease characterized by severe swelling in the limbs.
  
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• Volcanic minerals behind mystery elephantiasis outbreak

  10-04-2017 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Since 2015, health officials in Uganda have received reports of increasing numbers of people suffering from elephantiasis, a debilitating disease characterized by severe swelling in the limbs.
  
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• Mysterious elephantiasis outbreak solved

  10-04-2017 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Since 2015, health officials in Uganda have received reports of increasing numbers of people suffering from elephantiasis, a debilitating disease characterized by severe swelling in the limbs.
  
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• Here’s How Republicans Can Learn to Like Foreign Aid Again

  10-04-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Too often conservatives are faced with what they see as a choice between support for aid and their conservative principles.
  
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• U.S. Govt. Hackers Get Burned by Online Vigilantes, Researchers

  10-04-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Or is Russia retaliating for President Donald Trump’s Syria strikes through one of its cyber-proxies?
  
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• 2 adults dead, 2 students injured in shooting at San Bernardino elementary school

  10-04-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Two adults were killed and at least two students were injured in what law enforcement officers describe as a murder-suicide. The injured students were taken to a local hospital for treatment while other students were evacuated to a nearby high school.
  
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• Tesla becomes most valuable U.S. car maker, edges out GM

  10-04-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  
  By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Incon Monday became the most valuable U.S. car maker, reaching a market capitalisation of $50.887 billion and edging past General Motorswhich produces many more cars.Helped by an analyst's recommendation, the luxury electric car maker's stock rose 3.26 percent to a new record high close of $312.39, and its market value exceeded GM's, which ended at $50.886 billion.Tesla's market capitalisation is now equivalent to $102,000 for every car it plans t
  
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• Populist supporters abandon Trump at home and abroad

  10-04-2017 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  While much of the world is applauding President Donald Trump's decision to strike a Syrian airbase in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack against civilians, right-wing populist supporters at home and abroad are criticizing the move and distancing themselves from him.
  
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• The Latest: Le Pen vows to tackle 'root of evil' in France

  10-04-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on France's two-round, April 23-May 7 presidential election (all times local):
  
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• White House warns Syria on chemical, barrel bomb use

  10-04-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House on Monday warned Syria that further use of chemical weapons or chlorine-laden barrel bombs could bring US military retaliation.Broadening its warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, White House spokesman Sean Spicer indicated that such attacks were unacceptable."If you gas a baby or drop a barrel bomb onto innocent people, you will see a response from this president," Spicer said.
  
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• UK woman stands up to far-right supporter with smile

  10-04-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  A woman is being praised for standing up to a supporter of a British far-right group with a smile. The powerful moment was captured in a photo that has been shared widely on social media.
  
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• Police: 2 dead in apparently murder-suicide at school

  10-04-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  California authorities have responded to a report of a shooting in a San Bernardino school classroom, officials said.
  
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• White House press secretary Sean Spicer answers question on Trump's plans for Assad in Syria

  10-04-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega questions Spicer on the president's next steps for Syria.
  
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• Michael D'Antonio: Intrigue in the House of Trump

  10-04-2017 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  One is the self-proclaimed Dark Lord in the House of Trump (you may call it the White House). Profane, self-certain and supremely ambitious, Stephen Bannon looks like the old, scarred survivor of more battles than he can recall. His approach to government calls for destroying much of it, as per the so-called alt-right political movement, which sees him as an inspiration. "Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power," he says.
  
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• Selena Gomez and the Cast of ‘13 Reasons Why’ Got Matching Semicolon Tattoos on Their Wrists and More News

  10-04-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Everything you need to know about Selena Gomez and ‘13 Reasons Why’ cast’s matching semicolon tattoos, Ashton Kutcher’s tribute to Mila Kunis and their kids in an emotional heartwarming speech, how Chrissy Teigen helped pay for a North Carolina woman to go to aesthetician school, and how Ryan Phillippe shut down rumors that he is dating Katy Perry. Get all the details at MarieClaire.com!
  
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• Mosul zoo lion and bear flown out of Iraq

  10-04-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Simba the lion and Lula the bear, the ailing last two residents of Mosul zoo, were flown out of Iraq Monday to receive emergency care from an animal welfare group.A group of veterinarians from the Four Paws International charity took the animals out of war-battered Mosul and after many administrative delays finally managed to fly them out to Jordan from the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Arbil."We're in the plane with the animals, we're leaving now," said Amir Khalil, a 52-year-old Egyptian-Austrian v
  
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• Five Things You Probably Didn't Know About the 2017 Toyota 86

  10-04-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  We already know the 86 a blast to drive, but there's a few things you probably wouldn't be aware of unless you actually get behind the wheel.
  
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• Why Turbulence May Soon Get Much, Much Worse

  10-04-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Turbulence could increase dramatically thanks to more CO2 in the air.
  
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• This Mom Gave Birth to a Nearly 14-Pound Baby — *Without* An Epidural

  10-04-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  "I dreamed of a little fat baby. I've always wanted a little fat baby and I've got a big one!"
  
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• Target Now Has Public Baby Feeding Stations and They're Amazing

  10-04-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Yet another reason to love the nationwide department store.
  
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• 4 Design Tips Straight From The 'Flip Or Flop' Kitchen Makeovers

  10-04-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Tarek and Christina hung what in a kitchen?!
  
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• 14,000-yr-old ice age village discovered

  10-04-2017 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  A coastal village dating back to the last ice age has been discovered by researchers in western Canada.
  
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• 14,000-year-old ice age village discovered

  10-04-2017 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  A coastal village dating back to the last ice age has been discovered by researchers in western Canada.
  
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• U.S. bolsters protection of forces in Syria as tensions climb

  10-04-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  
  By Phil Stewart and Idrees AliWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has made slight adjustments to its military activities in Syria to strengthen protection of American forces following cruise missile strikes last week on a Syrian air base that heightened tensions, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.The officials, citing the need to safeguard operations in Syria, declined to specify exactly what measures the United States has taken after the strikes, which Damascus, Tehran and Moscow have
  
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• Stolen credentials lead to huge spike in fraud for third-party Amazon sellers

  10-04-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  When the world's largest online retailer allows anyone and everyone to list products for sale without requiring proof of inventory or legitimacy there's always going to be a handful of bad seeds. In the past couple of months, however, instances of Amazon third-party seller fraud have absolutely exploded, and thanks to leaked login credentials of reputable sellers, it's now harder to detect than ever.If you've visited the Amazon listing for the Nintendo Switch in recent weeks you've pro
  
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• Nazi ‘V-2 rocket’ concentration camp liberation remembered

  10-04-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Concentration camp survivors gathered at a memorial near Nordhausen, Germany, to commemorate the liberation of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora.Hitler’s V-2 rocket, the first long-range ballistic missile to be used in combat, was produced in the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.
  
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• A look at the current Supreme Court

  10-04-2017 21:15 via cnn.com
  A quick look at the nine Supreme Court justices, including its newest member, Neil Gorsuch.
  
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• The Trump Admin's Incoherent Foreign Policy

  10-04-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Mixed messages from admin officials on foreign policy objectives in Syria confound experts. The Trump administration's Syrian missile attack has made working with Russia almost impossible for now. Steve Clemons, Malcolm Nance.
  
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• US, Mexico, Canada unite for World Cup bid

  10-04-2017 20:59 via cnn.com
  
  The United States, Mexico and Canada are joining together and will enter a bid to host the 2026 World Cup.
  
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• US, Mexico, Canada unite for World Cup 2026 bid

  10-04-2017 20:59 via cnn.com
  
  The United States, Mexico and Canada are joining together and will enter a bid to host the 2026 World Cup.
  
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• Dems Target Red Seats in Special Elections

  10-04-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reports on upcoming special elections to replace members of Congress who took jobs in the Donald Trump White House, and the panic among Republicans to stave off unusually ascendant Democratic candidates.
  
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• Analysis: Trump advisers duke it out over Syria

  10-04-2017 20:53 via cnn.com
  
  Administration's next steps will be in Syria.
  
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• Video: Trump administration's U-turn on Assad

  10-04-2017 20:52 via cnn.com
  
  Watch how the US policy on Bashar al-Assad has evolved since the chemical attack in Syria
  
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