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• U.S. court rejects Georgia inmate's bid to die by firing squad

  16-05-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. appeals court has rejected a Georgia death row inmate's motion that his scheduled Tuesday execution by lethal injection be halted and that he be put to death instead by a firing squad, which his lawyers said would be less painful for him.J.W. Ledford, 45, has spent about a quarter century on death row after being convicted of the 1992 robbery and murder of a doctor who lived near him.Lawyers for Ledford said he wanted to be executed by firing squad because a drug he takes for nerve pain w
  
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• Gloria Borger: All the President's friends are worried

  16-05-2017 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  A telling story: There is a friend of President Donald Trump's, who has known him for years -- and has defended him for just as long -- who now says he can't quite do it anymore. "I always thought that once he understood the weight of the office, he would rise to the occasion," this friend says. "Now I don't."
  
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• Washington sets new sanctions on Syria regime

  16-05-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration targeted five individuals for sanctions in response to Bashar Assad's “continuing violent attacks” on his own citizens.
  
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• WATCH: Killer whales breach in California

  16-05-2017 23:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Playful killer whales leap into the air in Monterey, California.
  
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• Haley: US to 'tighten screws' on North Korea

  16-05-2017 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley pledged Tuesday that the US plans to "tighten the screws" on North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
  
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• Who is Seth Rich – and was his death really connected to Hillary Clinton?

  16-05-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  
  The death of 27-year-old DNC staffer Seth Rich has been the source of a myriad of conspiracy theories from people who claim he was killed in July because of his connection to Wikileaks — which the police have denied.
  
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• Family Says Their Dog Willingly Spends His Time on Roof: 'We Know He's Up There'

  16-05-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Passing motorists often pass by to let Huck's owners know he's up there, but he does it all the time.
  
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• This is the Retina MacBook Apple needs to make

  16-05-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  
  A new report suggests that Apple is planning on upgrading the entire MacBook line at WWDC, its big developer conference held at the end of May. Some upgrades we can already call: the new MacBook Pro and old MacBook Air line will probably get Intel's latest version of Core i7 processor, and new iMacs are almost a lock. But beyond a minor spec bump, it's difficult to know exactly what Apple plans to do with the Retina MacBook.Right now, the Retina MacBook is sitting in a weird place. In many ways,
  
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• 'Roseanne' returning to ABC

  16-05-2017 23:12 via cnn.com
  
  Not only is "Roseanne" getting a reboot, but we also get both Beckys.
  
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• Trump's staff seem totally miserable. Which makes sense

  16-05-2017 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  When White House press secretary Sean Spicer took the podium on Monday, it was with a demeanor that can only be described as grim determination. I'm not going to like this and neither are you, Spicer was saying to the assembled press corps, so let's just get through it.
  
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• McConnell Seeks 'Less Drama' From Trump White House

  16-05-2017 22:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell wishes for "less drama" from the White House after the latest controversy over intelligence sharing.
  
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• 'Israel was source:' Trump discussed ISIS bomb-making

  16-05-2017 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  Israeli intelligence was a source for some of the information on ISIS bomb-making capabilities that President Donald Trump discussed with Russian diplomats, US and diplomatic officials told CNN.
  
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• Revealed: year-long campaign to make conditions harsher for Manus refugees

  16-05-2017 22:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Documents show how the Australian government sought to drive refugees and asylum seekers from its detention centre in Papua New GuineaFor more than a year, camp managers and security staff have waged a campaign to make Australia’s detention centre for refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island as inhospitable as possible, leaked documents reveal.A plan drafted in early 2016 outlines moves to coerce those recognised as refugees into leaving the detention centre and accepting res
  
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• Most of us don't know what counts as 'healthy' food

  16-05-2017 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  Determining what exactly is a "healthy" food has us all scratching our heads.
  
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• Syria talks restart as regime denies 'crematorium' charge

  16-05-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  A new round of Syria peace talks got under way Tuesday in Geneva as the Damascus regime fiercely denied it used a prison crematorium to hide evidence of thousands of murdered detainees.UN envoy Staffan de Mistura met twice on Tuesday with both the Syrian government delegation and the opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), with meetings at the UN headquarters running late into the evening.De Mistura also met with deputy Russian foreign minister Gennady Gatilov earlier in the day, Moscow's
  
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• McMaster Defends Trump's Decision to Give Russia Intel

  16-05-2017 21:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said Tuesday President Trump's revelations to the Russianswere "wholly appropriate."
  
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• US allies taken aback by intel sharing revelation

  16-05-2017 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  The revelation that President Donald Trump reportedly disclosed highly sensitive information to Russian officials is raising questions among some allied intelligence agencies about the security of details they share with their US counterparts.
  
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• Trump and Erdogan Meet Amid Tensions Over Arming Kurds in Syria

  16-05-2017 21:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Trump welcomed Turkish President Erdogan Tuesday to the White House amid tensions over U.S. arming Kurdish militia in Syria.
  
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• Cosby says he will not testify at his sexual assault trial

  16-05-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - Comedian Bill Cosby does not plan to testify in his defense at his sexual assault trial in June, he said on Tuesday in his first extended public comments in two years.The 79-year-old told Sirius-XM radio host Michael Smerconish that the dozens of women who have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct were "piling on" and suggested that racism has played a role in his treatment because he is black.Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in a Pennsylvan
  
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• Intel and AMD are going to war with next-gen CPUs

  16-05-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  
  For the longest time, Intel has been the only name that matters when it comes to the processor inside your PC. AMD, the company that used to provide a genuine challenge, just couldn't produce CPUs of the same quality for a comparable price.
  But with its latest generation of Ryzen chips, AMD changed the game. They don't blow Intel's CPUs out of the water, but they provide real competition for the first time in a long time. The result from Intel has been swift, and awesome: a rumored new line of s
  
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• Trump to Make Historic Visit to Western Wall in Jerusalem

  16-05-2017 21:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump heads to Israel next week where he is poised to make history by becoming the first sitting president to visit the Western Wall — one of the holiest sites in Judaism.
  
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• South Carolina voters make Republican congressional choice

  16-05-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican voters in South Carolina's 5th Congressional District runoff election face a stark contrast in deciding which candidate they should choose to try and hang on to the seat given up when Mick Mulvaney resigned earlier this year to become White House Budget director.
  
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• What Donald Trump Doesn't Know About the Comey Memo

  16-05-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Lawrence O'Donnell explains the thing everyone working in government knows – but Donald Trump doesn't. That's the real story of the James Comey memo about his conversation with President Trump.
  
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• The entire MacBook line is getting updated this month, report claims

  16-05-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  Over the past few years, Apple's WWDC event has been a decidedly software-only affair, with nearly all the focus centering on upcoming iterations of iOS, macOS, and more recently, watchOS and tvOS. This year, however, WWDC will be a tad more exciting.Amid reports that Apple has plans to introduce a brand new Siri-based smart speaker and iPad Pro at WWDC next month, we're now getting word that Apple in just a few weeks may also unveil a revamped MacBook Pro and a few other surprises. According to
  
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• A look back at Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan

  16-05-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  Is he running a dictatorship or a democracy? That’s the question many are asking after a referendum in Turkey gave the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan unprecedented power. As President Trump meets with him for first time, here’s a look at who he is and how he rose to power.
  
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• McMaster won't say if Western Wall is in Israel

  16-05-2017 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  H.R. McMaster, national security adviser to President Donald Trump, declined to say Tuesday whether the Western Wall is in Israel, furthering a controversy over the site ahead of Trump's visit to the country next week.
  
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• Intelligence Trump Shared With Russia Came from Israel

  16-05-2017 20:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump's national security advisor insists the sharing was appropriate.
  
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• Woman Dies in Everglades Boat Crash, One Day After Graduating College

  16-05-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Elizabeth Goldenberg had graduated from the University of Miami the day before she was killed in a boating accident.
  
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• Krystyna Skarbek’s wartime heroism will not be forgotten | Letters

  16-05-2017 20:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Raf Orlowski recalls the mixed feelings of Polish émigrés in postwar Britain while Martin Sugarman says it cannot be doubted that Krystyna Skarbek was JewishAs the son of a Polish émigré, I read Clare Mulley’s book about Krystyna Skarbek with great interest (Churchill’s favourite spy honoured at last, 10 May). It portrays not only the fantastic wartime feats of bravery by Krystyna on behalf of the British but evokes the very mixed feelings of Polish &eacut
  
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• Trump welcomes Erdogan amid US-Turkey strains

  16-05-2017 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump, in hosting Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House Tuesday, extended his latest warm welcome to an authoritarian-style leader who had a strained relationship with the previous US administration.
  
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• Reaction to Trump's meeting with Turkish President Erdogan

  16-05-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' Molly Hunter and Amna Nawaz recap the president's meeting with the Turkish president.
  
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• Sharapova denied French Open wildcard

  16-05-2017 20:19 via cnn.com
  
  Maria Sharapova will not play at the French Open after organizers did not grant her wildcard entry into the tournament, which begins later this month.
  
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• Trump, Turkish leader hail ties despite US arming of Kurds

  16-05-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidents of the United States and Turkey vowed Tuesday to repair a relationship battered by years of disputes over Syria's civil war and its various fighting groups, even as they broached a new disagreement over U.S. plans to arm Kurdish fighters.
  
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• Trump's comments to Russian officials ‘appropriate to conversation’, says McMaster – video

  16-05-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  The US national security adviser, HR McMaster, speaks in defence of Donald Trump’s comments to Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak. The Washington Post alleged that Trump revealed ‘highly classified’ details about a threat from Isis during their meeting last weekContinue reading...
  
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• Fighting Gypsy discrimination: ‘What people ask me is insulting’

  16-05-2017 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Gypsies and Travellers still face routine daily racism. A mother of six and a young student explain why they became the faces of a poster campaign aiming to change attitudesMena Mongan remembers her time at school in Ireland in the 1970s as a miserable experience. Her primary school had never admitted Traveller children before, and she was shunned by fellow pupils. “Our school lunch was walked on top of. We had a terrible time. It hit us straight away that we were different. You wouldn&rsq
  
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• Michael D'Antonio: Trump's failing presidency is like a bad stage play about to close early

  16-05-2017 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  Character is destiny.It is also revealed in everything we do.
  
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• 5 of Africa's best national parks

  16-05-2017 19:31 via cnn.com
  
  From sheltering some of the globe's most endangered species to showcasing astonishing patterns of migration, Africa's national parks are among the world's most spectacular.
  
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• What a shot! 26 amazing sports photos

  16-05-2017 19:28 via cnn.com
  
  Take a look at 26 amazing sports photos from May 9 through May 15.
  
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• Bill Cosby says he won't testify in his own defense

  16-05-2017 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  Bill Cosby said he does not plan to testify in his own defense during his upcoming assault trial.
  
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• Family Says Video Proves Cops Could Have Saved 15-Year-Old They Shot Dead

  16-05-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Members of Jayson Negron's family say his death could have been prevented.
  
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• Majority of Americans wish Obama was still president instead of Trump, poll finds

  16-05-2017 19:14 via yahoo.com
  
  A majority of polled voters wish Barack Obama was still president instead of Donald Trump, a new national poll shows.The Trump White House has had a chaotic couple of weeks.Last week, Mr Trump abruptly dismissed FBI Director James Comey, and then contradicted his press team and Vice President Mike Pence when explaining the reasoning behind the firing.
  
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• The fastest shed on sand

  16-05-2017 19:00 via cnn.com
  
  Sheds are often viewed as occupying a special place in the male psyche.
  
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• Ukraine blocks popular social networks as part of sanctions on Russia

  16-05-2017 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  President’s decree prevents access to some of country’s most visited websites, sparking outcry from usersThe Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, has banned the country’s two most popular social networks, its most popular email service and one of its most widely used search engines as part of sanctions against Russian companies.A decree by Poroshenko posted late on Monday expanded sanctions adopted over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and backing of separatists in eastern
  
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• Tesla teams up with utility company to offer super-cheap Powerwalls to back up its power grid

  16-05-2017 18:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Tesla is pairing up with a Vermont utility provider to offer subsidized Powerwall battery packs to bolster its power grid and give customers a chance to harness its energy when other lights go out. Vermont's Green Mountain Power (GMP), a utility company with a decidedly environmental focus, will be the first power provider in the world to integrate Tesla's system as a major part of its grid. GMP will install Tesla's industrial Powerpacks on its own utility land and offer 2,000 of its customers 7
  
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• Get ready for two new Chick-fil-A menu items

  16-05-2017 18:35 via yahoo.com
  
  The new sandwich and drink are available at Chick-fil-A for a limited time only.
  
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• New Miss USA Clarifies Controversial Position on Health Care, Feminism Following Uproar

  16-05-2017 18:33 via yahoo.com
  
  She also got support from a former Miss USA contestant who has also met her share of controversy.
  
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• Former 'Real Housewife' Robbed by 2 Masked Home Intruders in Her New Jersey Home

  16-05-2017 18:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Dina Manzo was coming home from the communion of her goddaughter, the child of her 'Real Housewife' co-star Teresa Giudice.
  
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• US President defiant on sharing 'facts' with Russia as White House seeks to limit fallout

  16-05-2017 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  The crisis-battered White House battled to avert what one top GOP senator warns is a "downward spiral" on Tuesday, following reports that President Donald Trump divulged highly classified information to two top Russian visitors to the Oval Office.
  
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• 3-D printed ovary allows infertile mouse to mate and give birth

  16-05-2017 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  A new era of regenerative medicine could be on the horizon. A 3-D printed ovary allowed an infertile mouse to naturally mate and then go on to give birth to two pups of their own, according to new research published Tuesday in Nature Communications.
  
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• Happening now: Live updates from Washington

  16-05-2017 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  Two former officials knowledgeable of the situation confirmed to CNN that the main points of the Washington Post story are accurate: President Donald Trump shared classified information with the Russian foreign minister. Keep up with the fallout from Monday's revelation.
  
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