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• Luton Town 3-3 Blackpool (agg: 5-6)

  18-05-2017 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Moore's injury-time own goal sends Blackpool into the League Two play-off final with an aggregate win over Luton Town.
  
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• Trump interrupts reporter asking if he tried to shut down investigation: 'No, next question'

  18-05-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump has said during a press conference that he didn't try to shut down an investigation into his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn."No. No. Next question," Mr Trump said when asked if he had asked former FBI Director James Comey to stop the bureau's investigation, which a memo written by Mr Comey reportedly alleges.The statement contradicts a a written account of the encounter between Mr Comey and Mr Trump that was penned shortly after a meeting between the two me
  
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• WATCH: Firefighters rescue baby turkeys from storm drain

  18-05-2017 23:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Firefighters in North Carolina rescue turkeys from a storm drain and reunite them with their mom.
  
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• Antarctica Is Turning Green Due To Rising Temperatures

  18-05-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  
  A study revealed Antarctica is turning green due to more moss growth from warming temperatures.
  
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• Yelena Isinbayeva: Wada tells Russia's anti-doping agency to remove pole vault legend

  18-05-2017 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yelena Isinbayeva needs to be removed as Russian Anti-Doping Agency chair if the country is to be ruled compliant with Wada's codes, it says.
  
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• OnePlus 5 Rumors: Outgunning Galaxy S8 for Less

  18-05-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  
  The OnePlus 3T is the best unlocked phone available for less than $500.The OnePlus 5 should offer less bezel and a bigger screen than the 3T.• A Higher Price Tag?: OnePlus generally prices its phones at several hundred dollars less than the big flagships from Apple and Samsung.
  
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• Premier League Darts: Michael Van Gerwen beats Peter Wright to win third title

  18-05-2017 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World number one Michael van Gerwen beats Scotland's Peter Wright to win his third Premier League Darts title.
  
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• Report: Workers Passing Out At Tesla Factory

  18-05-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Tesla workers were reportedly passing out at the company's factory, suggesting pressure over meeting production goals.
  
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• US-led warplanes hit Syria forces

  18-05-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  US-led warplanes hit a pro-regime convoy in Syria that ignored warning shots, weeks after President Donald Trump's administration launched America's first strikes against Damascus forces in the war-torn country.The strike by the coalition fighting the Islamic State group happened on the same day IS jihadists killed more than 50 people in attacks on two government-held villages elsewhere in the country.It came as the United Nations said Syria's regime and rebels had agreed to set up expert commit
  
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• Mayhem rages in west Venezuela; Capriles blocked from U.N. trip

  18-05-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  By Anggy Polanco and Andreina AponteSAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela/CARACAS (Reuters) - Mobs looted shops and fought security forces overnight in Venezuela's restive western region, where three soldiers were being charged on Thursday with the fatal shooting of a man who was buying diapers for his baby, witnesses said.Six weeks of anti-government unrest have resulted in at least 44 deaths, as well as hundreds of injuries and arrests in the worst turmoil of President Nicolas Maduro's four-year rule of th
  
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• New ferry links North Korea and Russia despite U.S. calls for isolation

  18-05-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  
  By Valeria FedorenkoVLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - A new ferry between isolated North Korea and Russia docked for the first time at the Pacific port of Vladivostok on Thursday, in spite of U.S. calls for countries to curtail relations with Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs.The launch of the weekly service linking Vladivostok and the North Korean port of Rajin also came despite North Korea's test-firing of a new type of ballistic missile on Sunday that landed in the sea near Russia
  
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• Pyeongchang 2018: Athletes to travel through demilitarised zone

  18-05-2017 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  North Korean athletes will be allowed to travel through the demilitarised no-go zone into South Korea for next year's Winter Olympics.
  
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• US veteran kills one in Times Square car crash, 22 hurt

  18-05-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  A US Navy veteran with a criminal past -- but no apparent terror motive -- rammed a car into a crowd of people in New York's Times Square on Thursday, killing a young woman and injuring 22 other people.Times Square, next to the famed Broadway theater district, is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the US financial capital and where police stepped up patrols in recent years after a car bomb was planted in 2010."Based on the information we have at this moment, there is no indication th
  
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• Migrants, Times Square, Always Dreaming & more — it happened today: May 18 in pictures

  18-05-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  A car rests on a security barrier in New York’s Times Square, Always Dreaming is washed after a workout and more of today’s news from around the world in pictures.
  
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• Former President's advice for Trump

  18-05-2017 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Former US President Jimmy Carter shares his advice for negotiating peace between Israel and Palestine ahead of Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East.
  
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• President Trump and Columbian President Santos hold a joint press conference

  18-05-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  
  On Thursday, May 18, 2017, President Trump holds a joint press conference with President of Columbia Juan Manuel Santos.
  
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• Leicester City 1-6 Tottenham Hotspur

  18-05-2017 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane scores four times as a dominant Tottenham hammer Leicester City to secure their 25th league win of the season.
  
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• Michel Temer: Brazil president 'won't quit' over bribe claim

  18-05-2017 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A defiant Michel Temer says he will prove his innocence of claims he authorised bribing a witness.
  
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• Three Caffeinated Drinks Led to a Young Boy’s Death

  18-05-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  
  After a seemingly healthy 16-year-old South Carolina boy died from drinking a series of caffeinated beverages last month, parents are being warned about the dangers of drinking excessive amounts of caffeine in popular coffee beverages and energy drinks. You May Also Like: Forget Coffee: You Can Now Get Your Caffeine Fix From a Bracelet A post shared by davis cripe (@pinksicle) on Mar 5, 2017 at 3:59pm PST On April 26, high school student Davis Allen Cripe collapsed and died ...
  
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• Turkish ambassador summoned by US

  18-05-2017 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Turkish Ambassador to the US Serdar Kılıç was summoned to the State Department on Wednesday following the violent beating of protesters that took place outside of the Turkish embassy in Washington earlier this week, a senior State Department official told CNN.
  
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• Colorado man charged with murder in fatal shooting of three

  18-05-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  
  A 24-year-old man was formally charged on Thursday with murder in the fatal shooting of three people found slain last month in a Colorado mountain home filled with marijuana plants being grown inside the dwelling, prosecutors said.Garrett Coughlin appeared in Boulder County District Court to face three counts each of first-degree murder and felony murder, as well as aggravated robbery, presented in a criminal complaint, though he has yet to enter a plea in the case.
  
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• Donald Trump: 'even my enemies say there is no Russia collusion'

  18-05-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has strenuously denied colluding with Russia during last year's presidential election, saying even his “enemies” did not believe reports of ties between his team and the Kremlin.On Wednesday, former FBI chief Robert Mueller was named as the man to oversee the probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election.Mr Trump said in a speech earlier on Wednesday that no politician in history "has been treated worse or more unfairly”.
  
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• Trump: FBI inquiry into Russia links 'hurts US terribly'

  18-05-2017 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president objects after the appointment of a special counsel to take over the FBI investigation.
  
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• Partick Thistle 0-5 Celtic

  18-05-2017 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Champions Celtic are one game away from an unbeaten Premiership season after a dominant victory over Partick Thistle.
  
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• Joe Lieberman: 5 things to know about Trump’s possible pick for FBI director

  18-05-2017 22:35 via yahoo.com
  
  The president is expected to announce his pick to replace fired FBI Director James Comey as early as this week, and according to multiple reports, former Sen. Joseph Lieberman has emerged as the leading candidate for the position.
  
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• US summons Turkey envoy for embassy brawl

  18-05-2017 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The meeting comes as senators call for the Turkish ambassador to be expelled over the violence.
  
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• US airstrike hits pro-Syria government forces for first time

  18-05-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. airstrike struck pro-Syrian government forces that the coalition said posed a threat to American troops and allied rebels operating near the border with Jordan on Thursday, the first such close confrontation between U.S. forces and fighters backing President Bashar Assad.
  
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• Family Says Texas Police Officers Used N-Word After Shooting Jordan Edwards

  18-05-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Fifteen-year-old Jordan Edwards was shot in the head by a police officer while leaving a party in April.
  
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• Fox News' Janice Dean Weeps on Air Over News of Roger Ailes' Death

  18-05-2017 22:24 via yahoo.com
  
  There have been mixed reactions to the Fox News founder's death.
  
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• Woman dead, many hurt after car hits Times Square crowds

  18-05-2017 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  A motor vehicle incident in Manhattan's bustling Times Square Thursday has left at least 13 people injured, fire officials said.
  
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• Chaffetz will resign, raising doubts about Trump probe

  18-05-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rep. Jason Chaffetz said Thursday he will resign from Congress next month, a move that calls into question the future of the House Oversight Committee's investigation of President Donald Trump and his campaign's ties with Russia.
  
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• Times Square crash: How it unfolded

  18-05-2017 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman is dead and 22 people hurt after a driver mowed down people in New York's Times Square.
  
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• Democratic attorneys general seek to intervene in Obamacare case

  18-05-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  
  By Dan Levine, Lawrence Hurley and Yasmeen AbutalebSAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a dozen Democratic attorneys general on Thursday sought to intervene to defend a key part of the Obamacare healthcare law - subsidy payments to insurance companies - which is under threat in a court case.The case, which dates back to the Obama administration, was filed by the Republican-led House of Representatives against the federal government in an effort to cut off subsidy payments to insurers f
  
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• Mississippi boy found dead after kidnapped in running car

  18-05-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  
  GLUCKSTADT, Miss. (AP) — Hours of frantic searching for a 6-year-old boy who went missing Thursday after thieves stole his mother's car ended in tragedy when authorities found him shot dead inside the vehicle.
  
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• Working in the Tesla factory sounds like hell

  18-05-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Tesla is doing everything different to a regular car company, and making a lot of friends along the way. Not negotiating on price and selling direct to consumers has given Tesla a reputation for being fair and friendly, and made traditional car companies look increasingly out of date.
  But there's one other big difference: Tesla's workers aren't unionized, and from time to time, rumors surface about bad working conditions in the company's factories. A new report in the Guardian cites 15
  
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• U.S. Bombs Syrian Regime Forces For First Time

  18-05-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  The attack marks a new chapter in the U.S.-led military effort in Syria
  
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• Trump's first foreign trip is already a disaster and it hasn't even started

  18-05-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump’s first foreign trip as president doesn’t start until Friday, but it’s already suffered a few setbacks.  He's supposed to stop in Israel during his four-country, nine-day trip. But already his plan to visit and give a speech atop the ancient mountaintop fortress of Masada has been scrapped. Why? Because he won't be allowed to land his helicopter on the site,Newsweek reported. SEE ALSO: Trump plans to do a live Twitter forum in Saudi Arabia. But really. The UNE
  
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• The Latest: US: Pro-Syrian forces hit in strike posed threat

  18-05-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest Syria developments (all times local):
  
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• Woman Comes Face-to-Face With Man Who Sued Her For Texting During Their Date

  18-05-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  
  But will there be a second date?
  
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• US-led coalition airstrikes targeted Syrian regime forces

  18-05-2017 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  Syrian regime forces occupying five vehicles were targeted by US airstrikes after breaching a "de-confliction zone," a US official told CNN Thursday.
  
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• Turkey calls for dismissal of US envoy for anti-IS coalition

  18-05-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Turkey called Thursday for the removal of the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group, accusing him of backing Syrian Kurdish militias.Washington and Ankara are bitterly at odds over US support for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, which Turkey considers a front for outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels."Brett McGurk is definitely giving support to the PKK and YPG.
  
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• GoPro saves man from sniper shot

  18-05-2017 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  An Iraqi cameraman narrowly survives a sniper shot while filming in Mosul.
  
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• Times Square crash: Man describes tackling driver to floor after fatal crash that injured 22

  18-05-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  A member of the public has told how he ran after the man suspected of driving into a crowd of people in Times Square, helped wrestle him to the floor and held him until police arrived.
  
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• America's most seductive city

  18-05-2017 20:53 via cnn.com
  
  Savannah, Georgia, is one of the oldest cities in the United States, founded in 1733 by British Gen. James Oglethorpe. Over the nearly three centuries since, this city on a hill has endured two major wars, the horrors of slavery, reconstruction, and later segregation to emerge as one of America's most charming and storied destinations.
  
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• The 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Will Cost $70,000

  18-05-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  That's less than the old Z/28. For a car that has nearly 150 more horsepower.
  
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• Inside Marvel: Characters in 'Secret Empire' fill surprising roles

  18-05-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Writer Nick Spencer and Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso talk about the importance of Dagger, Kingpin and Rick Jones.
  
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• Two U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are Now Prowling the Pacific

  18-05-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  
  USS Ronald Reagan puts to sea.
  
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• Chris Cornell: Soundgarden star dies of 'hanging by suicide'

  18-05-2017 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A medical examiner confirms the 52-year-old Soundgarden star died shortly after a concert in Detroit.
  
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• Syria war: US-led coalition 'strikes pro-Assad convoy'

  18-05-2017 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Syrian and Iranian militiamen were reportedly moving towards a base used by Western special forces.
  
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• Chelsea Manning posts first photo day after release from prison

  18-05-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  
  US army private Chelsea Manning has posted a new photo of herself after being freed from a Kansas military prison and a 35-year sentence for leaking classified materials.The transgender soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning took to Twitter and Instagram on Thursday, posting a portrait photograph of her with short-cropped hair, bright red lipstick and a dark outfit with a plunging neckline.Ms Manning was released early on Wednesday from confinement at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, having served
  
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