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• Does attack help Le Pen's campaign?

  21-04-2017 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  In a country riven by increasing divisions, Thursday's shooting on Paris' Champs Elysees, which left one police officer dead, has the potential to upend an already contentious and unpredictable election.
  
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• Valon Behrami on how football helped him start a new life – video

  21-04-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Watford midfielder Valon Behrami talks about how he and his family fled escalating violence in Kosovo when he was just four years old in search of safety and a better life in Switzerland. Behrami, formerly of West Ham and Napoli, also describes how football helped him adjust to living in a new country and how he came to represent Switzerland at international levelFootball Welcomes is new Amnesty International initiative launching this weekend to celebrate refugee footballersContinue reading...
  
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• TERROR: How will shooting impact election?

  21-04-2017 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  Thursday's terror attack on the Champs-Elysées, in which a policeman was killed and others wounded, just days before the country goes to the polls has brought yet another twist to an increasingly unpredictable election race. CNN's Melissa Bell reports.
  
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• How missing Tennessee student and her former teacher were found

  21-04-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  The missing Tennessee teen who was allegedly kidnapped by her former teacher was found in an isolated cabin in northern California.
  
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• Keep evidence from ex-NFLer Hernandez's prison suicide: judge

  21-04-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  
  A Massachusetts state judge on Friday ordered prison officials to preserve any evidence collected from the cell of former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez, according to court documents, two days after he was found dead of an apparent suicide.Lawyers for Hernandez's family had sought the ruling to ensure they can conduct their own investigation into his death at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts.A lawyer for the state correction department told Supe
  
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• Trump stuns Twitter with patriotic, yet curious, video celebrating American freed from Egypt

  21-04-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump shared a video on his Twitter page that had production values that didn’t quite line up to the highest office in the land.
  
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• Obama's photographer takes down Sarah Palin with one very classy Instagram photo

  21-04-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Pete Souza is back at it again with the Instagram shade, and this time he's coming for Sarah Palin and her famous band of sidekicks. Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock (
  author's note: ⁉️ ⁉️ ⁉️) hung out with President Trump on Thursday. And afterward, the former Alaskan governor shared photos of her visit on Facebook, thanking Trump for the invite. But one picture in particular caught Souza's eye.Standing before Hillary Clinton's official White House po
  
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• Russian aircraft fly close to Alaska for 4th time in 4 days

  21-04-2017 22:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  U.S. and Canadian aircraft intercepted two Russian bombers on Thursday.
  
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• Social media outrage as Sessions calls Hawaii 'island in the Pacific'

  21-04-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  By Angela MoonNEW YORK (Reuters) - Social media did not take kindly to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions referring to the country's 50th state of Hawaii as just "an island in the Pacific."Using the hashtag #IslandinthePacific, many on Twitter reminded Sessions that Hawaii is in fact part of the country, the birthplace of former President Barack Obama and home to Pearl Harbor.Sessions told "The Mark Levin Show" earlier this week that he was "amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacif
  
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• Tad Cummins Ordered Cialis While on the Run With Teen, Criminal Complaint Reveals

  21-04-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  
  The ex-teacher filled a prescription for the erectile dysfunction meds, and rented a hotel room with a queen-sized bed, the just-released complaint says.
  
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• Accused Fresno gunman’s arraignment delayed after courtroom outburst

  21-04-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, had been scheduled for an initial court appearance on murder charges stemming from the death of Motel 6 security guard Carl Williams when the postponed the proceedings, said Steve Wright of the Fresno County District Attorney's Office.The judge also ordered Muhammad, who goes by the nickname Black Jesus, to undergo a mental competency exam by court-appointed physician at the request of a public defender appointed to represent him, Eric Christensen.Prosecutors have not yet
  
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• Mexico sees 2,020 killings in March, worst month since 2011

  21-04-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has surpassed 2,000 homicides in a month for the first time since the summer of 2011 and had more killings in the first quarter of 2017 than in the start of any year in at least two decades, according to data released Friday.
  
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• Toddler Hospitalized After Being Attacked by Dog While Playing Outside: 'He's Very Shaken'

  21-04-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  
  The child, who is 2 years old, was left with scratches and puncture wounds across his cheek and neck, a photo posted to Twitter shows.
  
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• U.S. will not give Exxon permission to drill in Russia

  21-04-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  The unusually direct statement served to clarify that the United States would maintain a tough stance on sanctions against Moscow."In consultation with President Donald J. Trump, the Treasury Department will not be issuing waivers to U.S. companies, including Exxon, authorizing drilling prohibited by current Russian sanctions," Mnuchin said in a statement.
  
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• Lawyers: Dismissed drug convictions mostly for freed inmates

  21-04-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts court has ordered thousands of criminal drug convictions dismissed because of misconduct by Annie Dookhan, a chemist who for years tested evidence in a state lab.
  
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• Hunting party held hostage in Iraq since 2015 freed

  21-04-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  
  By Tom Finn and Ulf LaessingDOHA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twenty-six Qataris, including members of the Gulf state's ruling royal family and two Saudis, were freed on Friday after being kidnapped and held in Iraq for nearly a year and a half, Qatari officials said.Qatar-based Al Jazeera television showed Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani greeting the men with hugs as they arrived in Doha on Friday on a private jet from Baghdad.
  
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• The Latest: Trump says charges against Assange would be 'OK'

  21-04-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Battle for Berkeley: Will Ann Coulter spark another clash?

  21-04-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The word "CANCELED" is printed across a poster of Ann Coulter's face at the University of California, Berkeley. But that appears to be wishful thinking.
  
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• Cute dog's pinecone-collecting hobby accidentally makes him look terrifying

  21-04-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  
  It seems like every day there's a new story that makes us think, "Thank goodness for dogs." Dogs are just so good and so pure. Take Buddy, an adorable pup who also happens to have a hobby of collecting pinecones. "He's been collecting pinecones since we got him five years ago," Buddy's owner, Joey Sweren, said. "But when I moved to Ocean City seven months ago, he started doing it a lot more than usual." SEE ALSO: iPhone photography is about to help these adorable animals get adopted Image: joey
  
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• Taliban kill 'more than 50' Afghan troops in army base attack

  21-04-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Taliban gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms launched an attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan Friday killing "more than 50 soldiers", officials said.Afghan commandos were deployed during the attack which lasted several hours and targeted soldiers as they attended mosque and ate a meal."More than 50 Afghan soldiers have been killed" in a Taliban attack on their base near the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a US military spokesman told AFP.
  
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• Ronald Reagan’s son defends O’Reilly, asks if men should ‘sue for sexual arousal’

  21-04-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Michael Reagan speaks at a rally for Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle in 2010.Michael Reagan, son of late President Ronald Reagan, defended disgraced Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, who was ousted this week after advertisers boycotted the show en masse amid a sexual harassment scandal.The firestorm started after the New York Times revealed that O’Reilly and the network had shelled out $13 million in settlements to various women who had accused him of sexual harassment
  
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• Russian Planes Buzz Alaska Four Nights in a Row

  21-04-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  U.S. and Canadian jets scramble to intercept Russian bombers and surveillance planes that keep inching closer to Alaska.
  
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• Top U.S. officials to testify in Trump-Russia probe reboot

  21-04-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Friday it had invited FBI, NSA and Obama administration officials to testify as it restarts its investigation intoalleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.After stalling over the committee chairman's ties to President Donald Trump's White House and disagreements over who should testify, the bipartisan committee said it sent a letter inviting James Comey, director of the Federal B
  
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• Pictures: Shayanna Jenkins And Daughter Avielle

  21-04-2017 21:36 via yahoo.com
  
  She visited her mother Jodi’s house in Bristol, Connecticut.
  
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• Trump greets Egyptian-American freed from Egyptian detention

  21-04-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed back to the United States Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker whose release from jail in Egypt was sought by Trump when he met Egypt's president early this month.Trump and his aides had engaged in behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts to gain her freedom after attempts by the previous Obama administration failed.
  
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• Trump takes executive actions on tax at Treasury Department

  21-04-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  
  President signs two presidential memoranda and one executive order
  
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• Fresno killings suspect shouts out during 1st court hearing

  21-04-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The suspect in this week's racially motivated shooting rampage in Fresno shouted Friday that natural disasters will increasingly hit the United States as he was ushered into a cramped courtroom for his first appearance before a judge.
  
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• Trump Weighs in on French Election After Paris Terror Attack

  21-04-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  
  U.S. president appears to favor the far-right Le Pen in the race.
  
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• Man Breaks Into Home, Has Some Milk and Cookies and Takes a Nap: Cops

  21-04-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Cops say Matthew Keith Dunham broke into a Fruita, Colo., house whose owner was alerted to the intruder by children in the home.
  
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• The best plans for your new Galaxy S8

  21-04-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  The most wonderful of the time of the year, as it happens, is this morning. Not only is it Friday, but it's also launch day for the Samsung Galaxy S8. Right now, you can go wander into a store and come out with a phone with zero bezel, a curved display, and an iris reader. Even better, the battery won't explode.
  But a phone isn't much good without a mobile data plan, so to celebrate this momentous day, we've put together a comparison of the best plans you can get on each network for a Galax
  
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• Judge orders evidence preserved in Hernandez prison suicide

  21-04-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge on Friday ordered all evidence in the prison suicide of Aaron Hernandez preserved, granting a request from the ex-NFL star's fiancee so the family can investigate the circumstances of his death.
  
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• If the U.S. Could Prosecute Assange, It Would Have Already Done So

  21-04-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump’s team has gone from cheerleading WikiLeaks to excoriating it in a matter of months, just as the Russiagate investigation heats up.
  
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• 3 Pakistani women confess to killing man over blasphemy

  21-04-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Three female friends in a rare incident confessed on Friday to killing a man for insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad days after he returned from living in hiding abroad for 13 years, police said.
  
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• Paris shooter had ISIS note: Le Pen demands mosque closures

  21-04-2017 20:41 via cnn.com
  
  Three French presidential candidates have halted their campaigns as Paris wakes up to yet another deadly attack, just days before a crucial vote that's still too close to call.
  
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• Does this court judgement make any sense?

  21-04-2017 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's Supreme Court has sent back an incomprehensible judgement to a High Court judge.
  
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• Venezuela crisis: How paradise got lost

  21-04-2017 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  From its Caribbean beaches to the snow-capped Andes, Venezuela is a place of astonishing natural beauty. It also possesses the largest proven oil reserves in the world.
  
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• Venezuela crisis explained: How paradise got lost

  21-04-2017 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  From its Caribbean beaches to the snow-capped Andes, Venezuela is a place of astonishing natural beauty. It also possesses the largest proven oil reserves in the world.
  
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• Trump praises far-right French candidate Le Pen as vote looms

  21-04-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump predicted on Friday that a deadly shooting on the famed Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris would have “a big effect” on French elections.
  
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• The Story Behind This Rainbow-Themed Newborn Photoshoot Will Melt Your Heart

  21-04-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  
  The butterfly has a special meaning.
  
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• As US prioritises Julian Assange arrest, UK hints Sweden comes first

  21-04-2017 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  If WikiLeaks founder were to leave Ecuadorian embassy, two countries would have competing extradition claimsSweden’s existing warrant to extradite Julian Assange over a sexual assault allegation would be the first consideration for the British government if the Australian were to leave the Ecuadorean embassy, Home Office sources have indicated. Related: Arresting Julian Assange is a priority, says US attorney general Jeff SessionsContinue reading...
  
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• U.S. forces kill Islamic State militant linked to Turkey nightclub attack

  21-04-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States disclosed on Friday a secret military ground operation that killed an Islamic State operative seen as a close associate of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and linked to an attack on a Turkish nightclub that left 39 people dead.Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, who was believed to be from Uzbekistan, was killed during the ground assault near Mayadin, Syria, on April 6, said Colonel John Thomas, a spokesman for the U.S. military's Central Command."It was a ground operation.
  
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• What are Trump's favorite phrases?

  21-04-2017 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  It's not hard to recognize the hallmarks of a speech by President Trump. Part businessman, part politican, part emcee, he adopts phrases and goes back to them over and over again.He punctuates sentences with a smattering of superlatives and decisive adjectives -- Great! Wrong! SAD!He makes promises and assurances that are verbal equivalents of the forceful handshake he so often employs.
  
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• Watch every time Trump's used his favorite phrases as President

  21-04-2017 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  It's not hard to recognize the hallmarks of a speech by President Trump. Part businessman, part politican, part emcee, he adopts phrases and goes back to them over and over again.He punctuates sentences with a smattering of superlatives and decisive adjectives -- Great! Wrong! SAD!He makes promises and assurances that are verbal equivalents of the forceful handshake he so often employs.
  
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• Can Serena return to the top after giving birth?

  21-04-2017 20:08 via cnn.com
  
  It is July 2008. Five months have passed since Kim Clijsters gave birth to her first child, and the Belgian is back on the tennis court for the first time.
  
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• What is Earth Day?

  21-04-2017 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  Forty-seven years ago, on 22 April 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development.
  
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• Ousted Fox host O'Reilly could get $25 mn

  21-04-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Former Fox anchor Bill O'Reilly will receive an exit payout of as much as $25 million after being ousted over sexual harassment allegations, according to American media reports.Fox did not confirm the sum, equal to about a year's salary for the populist firebrand.O'Reilly, a major draw at the news network favored by conservatives, will be replaced in the primetime 8 p.m. slot by Tucker Carlson.
  
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• Pentagon chief warns Syria against using chemical weapons

  21-04-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  
  US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said in Israel on Friday that there can be "no doubt" Syria has retained some chemical weapons and warned President Bashar al-Assad's regime not to use them.Mattis made his comments during a one-day visit for talks with Israeli leaders, who strongly backed a recent US strike against a Syrian airbase in retaliation for an alleged chemical attack on a rebel-held town."The bottom line is there can be no doubt in the international community's mind that Syria has retai
  
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• Florida senator who used racial slur resigns

  21-04-2017 19:46 via yahoo.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida state senator who used a racial slur and vulgar language in a conversation with two African-American colleagues resigned Friday, saying the incident is causing a distraction to the legislative process.
  
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• Russian military aircraft prowls US coast

  21-04-2017 19:34 via cnn.com
  
  US defense officials are calling recent sightings of Russian bombers off the Alaskan coast "nothing out of the ordinary" -- itself an indication that both nations are toeing the line between routine military posturing and escalating provocation.
  
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• One tip ends 39-day hunt for teacher and missing girl

  21-04-2017 19:32 via cnn.com
  
  Tad Cummins was an intensely sought fugitive, trumpeted from coast to coast as the Tennessee teacher accused of running off with his 15-year-old student.
  
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