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• The political artist lighting up Trump Hotel

  09-06-2017 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Artist Robin Bell has projected political messages on Trump Hotel, the World Bank and FBI buildings.
  
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• Trump explicitly commits to NATO's Article 5

  09-06-2017 23:44 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump said on Friday what he would not at NATO headquarters last month: He is committed to NATO's principle of common defense.
  
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• Democratic Group Goes High to Troll Trump Over Travel Costs

  09-06-2017 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Bridge Project is commissioning a plane to drag an aerial banner along the Jersey Shore Saturday to call attention to the cost of Trump's trip.
  
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• Mitt Romney Says He Discussed Secretary Of State Role With Hillary Clinton

  09-06-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and the 2012 Republican nominee for president, said Friday that he’d sought advice from Hillary Clinton when considering serving as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state.
  
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• Senator Says Net Neurality Is Just 'A Slogan,' Internet Needs Paid Fast Lanes

  09-06-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson said net neutrality is just "a slogan" and internet fast lanes may be necessary at times.
  
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• Angry Voters Produce Another Surprise

  09-06-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Dan Rather, president of News & Guts Media, talks with Rachel Maddow about broader lessons that can be drawn from the unexpected result of the UK snap election.
  
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• Shareholder Proposals Threatened by Financial Reform Bill the House Passed

  09-06-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. The ability of many shareholders to influence the policies of publicly traded companies could be hobbled if the Financia...
  
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• Crossroads: When Cultures Collide in Food

  09-06-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  
  This article, Crossroads: When Cultures Collide in Food, originally appeared on Chowhound.
  
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• British pound tumbles after UK vote; tech sell-off hits Nasdaq

  09-06-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - The pound plunged Friday as the surprise election setback to Prime Minister Theresa May injected uncertainty into Britain's negotiations with the European Union over Brexit.
  
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• Woman Falls Into Sidewalk Basement in NJ

  09-06-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  
  The video shows the woman reaching the doors, looking down and tumbling six feet into a basement.
  
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• Erdogan says 'not witnessed' Qatar give support to terror

  09-06-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he has never known Qatar to give support to terror organisations, a charge made by Saudi Arabia and its allies who have cut ties with the gas-rich emirate.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and other states broke off relations on Monday over what they say is the emirate's financing of extremist groups as well as its ties to Iran, Riyadh's regional arch-rival.On Friday, the Saudis and their allies placed several Qataris and Doha-b
  
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• 7 products to remind everyone that yes, science is real

  09-06-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. Nothing sounds better than having a planet to live on.   Trump’s controversial decision to leave the Paris Agreement is a reminder that some people need more than a overwhelming consensus among scientists to convince them that climate change is real. Yeah.   There’s been talk of some big time business leaders pledging to make up the money the U.S. was formerly responsible
  
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• Teen Breaks Down in Tears as He Receives Special Birthday Gift From Dad, Who Died 2 Months Ago

  09-06-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Johnny Crow's father made the arrangements before his death.
  
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• How the First 'Biggest Loser' Winner Gained All the Weight Back, and His Mission to Lose It Again

  09-06-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Ryan Benson is hoping to get back in shape with the help of the show's former executive producer, J.D. Roth.
  
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• Trump '100 Percent' Commits to Testify Under Oath About Comey

  09-06-2017 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump said he would "100 percent" testify under oath about his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey.
  
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• Journal entry before bus crash: 'God has called me here'

  09-06-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Hours before a 17-year-old Alabama girl was killed in a bus crash, she wrote a final journal entry about her mission trip to Africa: "God has called me here and he's done so for a reason."
  
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• The Latest: 9 still hospitalized after deadly bus crash

  09-06-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the crash of a church bus in Georgia (all times local):
  
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• Melania is moving into the White House

  09-06-2017 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  The White House East Wing has thus far been functioning with a first lady in absentia -- but soon, that will change.
  
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• 2018 BMW 440i RWD Coupe Automatic

  09-06-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Updates bolster an already solid package.
  
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• The president called Comey 'a leaker', but is there any legal case against him?

  09-06-2017 22:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Comey admits he indirectly passed a personal memo to the media, but legal experts say Trump is misusing the term and case appears extremely thinDonald Trump lawyers to file complaint against ‘leaker’ James Comey
  When Donald Trump gets in a fight, he sues. “SEE YOU IN COURT,” he tweeted in February, after his first travel ban was blocked. It is a pattern established over many decades. So the president’s plan to file a legal complaint against the former FBI director J
  
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• The Latest: Erdogan says Turkey won't leave Qatar isolated

  09-06-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Latest on developments in and related to Qatar (all times local):
  
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• New Polls Give Jon Ossoff An Edge In Georgia House Runoff

  09-06-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  Democrat Jon Ossoff may have the upper hand over Republican Karen Handel in the closely watched runoff to fill the seat for Georgia’s 6th District, according to two newly released surveys.
  
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• Six key lessons from a surprise result

  09-06-2017 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What was behind the unexpected general election results - and what should we learn?
  
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• President Trump holds joint press conference with Romanian President Iohannis

  09-06-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  
  On Friday, June 9, 2017, President trump holds a joint press conference with the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis.
  
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• Winners and losers from the UK election

  09-06-2017 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  Don't just look at the results from Britain's polls that had Theresa May's Conservatives coming in at number one ahead of Jeremy Corbyn and Labour -- the real winners and losers are far more interesting.
  
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• Donald Trump accuses Qatar of funding terrorism 'at very high level'

  09-06-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has accused Qatar of funding terrorism at a "very high level", and says that the world wants the small country to rejoin "the unity of responsible nations" in bringing about "the beginning of the end" of the global threat.Several countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia, have imposed a diplomatic blockade on Qatar, and have said that the nation needs to meet several demands – including ending alleged support for terrorism – before it can restart diplomatic ties."T
  
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• Trump: I would ‘100 percent’ be willing to testify about Comey under oath

  09-06-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump also said he would “be glad” to meet with special counsel Robert Mueller to tell his version of the conversations with Comey.
  
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• Lack of Progress Could Delay Senate Health Care Vote

  09-06-2017 21:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Despite optimism of a senate vote on health care reform before July 4th recess, one senior Republican says it will likely come later.
  
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• Mrs. Trump Goes to Washington: Melania to Move Into White House, 5 Months After Inauguration

  09-06-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  
  The first lady and son Barron will be packing their bags and moving out of their Trump Tower penthouse.
  
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• Peacekeeper battalion in Central African Republic challenges UN 'war' on sexual abuse

  09-06-2017 21:47 via feeds.foxnews.com
  United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who in March vowed an all-out war on the plague of sexual abuse by U.N.-sponsored peacekeepers in vulnerable, strife-torn nations, is apparently locked in a major, closed-door chapter in that campaign—a struggle he so far does not appear to have won.
  
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• US criticises Qatar over extremism while trying to calm escalating Gulf row

  09-06-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told Gulf allies to lay off Qatar, but says that the small Middle Eastern country would do well to respond quicker to extremism.Mr Tillerson said that a diplomatic blockade placed on Qatar by several Gulf nations has “humanitarian consequences” and that it hinders America’s military efforts.Qatar is the home of the Al Udeid Air Base, which is the main regional centre for American air strikes against Isis.
  
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• Ex-GOP congressman: Ryan would look into impeachment if a Democratic president acted like Trump

  09-06-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Inglis told Yahoo News on Friday that he hoped that Ryan and his party would put country over party and take the investigation seriously.
  
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• Trump: I'm willing to testify under oath about Comey claims

  09-06-2017 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump offered a blunt assessment Friday of fired FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate intelligence panel.
  
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• Senator drops f-bombs during speech

  09-06-2017 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand took on a bold tone when speaking at the Personal Democracy Forum at New York University.
  
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• Elon Musk goes full Trump to defend Tesla’s fake founding myth

  09-06-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  With Tesla doing so well these days, it's sometimes difficult to remember where the company was at 10 years ago. Elon Musk and Tesla have become as one in the minds of the public, but the quiet truth is that Musk wasn't a founder of Tesla in a technical sense.
  Malcolm Smith and Martin Eberhard were the two Silicon Valley engineers who first came up with the idea of building an electric car that didn't suck. They came up with the name, the car concept, and founded the company. Musk came on board
  
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• US-backed force advances in fight for IS Syria bastion

  09-06-2017 21:24 via yahoo.com
  
  The Kurdish-Arab alliance known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) broke into Raqa for the first time earlier this week, months after they launched an operation to capture the jihadist stronghold.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said SDF fighters took parts of the suburb of Jazra just west of Raqa's city limits on Friday.It said heavy clashes continued to rock other parts of the neighbourhood, where at least 15 civilians were killed Thursday night in air strikes t
  
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• Few Republicans Defend Trump After Comey Testimony

  09-06-2017 21:24 via yahoo.com
  
  The cloud over the Trump White House is darkening – and looming over the GOP in Congress. Are they joining in attacks on Comey, or is it only Trump's inner circle who dare to use Trump's talking points?
  
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• 3 UN peacekeepers killed in attack in northern Mali

  09-06-2017 21:16 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Jihadists launched an attack on a United Nations camp in northern Mali, killing three peacekeepers from the West African nation of Guinea and wounding several others, officials said Friday.
  
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• Nigeria sentences soldier to death over suspect's killing

  09-06-2017 21:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Nigerian military court has sentenced to death a soldier accused in the killing of an arrested Boko Haram suspect.
  
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• UN and Catholic group agree to cooperate on promoting peace

  09-06-2017 21:10 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations has formally agreed to cooperate with the Community of Sant'Egidio, a Catholic lay group that works behind the scenes to prevent conflicts and bring warring parties to the peace table.
  
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• 5 reasons why Theresa May's troubles have only just begun

  09-06-2017 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  It was an election that no party won. Prime Minister Theresa May saw a Conservative majority in the House of Commons shrink to a minority. Labour remains in the opposition. The European Union is still no wiser as to what the UK's negotiating position will be in the upcoming Brexit talks. And dreams of an independent Scotland from Scottish nationalists have been shattered.
  
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• WATCH: Deer bursts through paint store window

  09-06-2017 21:07
  
  Deer crashes through the window of a paint store in Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, nearly hitting employees before letting himself out through a door.
  
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• Bear stuck in a strong current gets sucked into a waterfall

  09-06-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  A camper in Yosemite National Park witnessed an embarrassing moment for a juvenile bear.  Backpackers stumbled across two bears near a river on Tuesday. Naturally, the backpackers tried to avoid the bears, but when one bear entered the water, things took a turn for the worse.  The current was much stronger than the bear likely anticipated, and after a bit of a struggle, the bear was sucked down a small falls and rocketed into a section of strong rapids below.  "I started laughing
  
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• Sessions Scheduled for Tuesday Testimony

  09-06-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow alerts viewers that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to testify once in the House and once in the Senate on Tuesday, which could include some important follow-ups to James Comey's testimony if he doesn't back out.
  
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• Is Trump secretly recording conversations?

  09-06-2017 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  On May 12, just three days after he fired James Comey as the FBI director, President Donald Trump tweeted this: "James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!"
  
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• Wounded May soldiers on as election shock complicates Brexit

  09-06-2017 20:56 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  British Prime Minister Theresa May's gamble in calling an early election backfired spectacularly, as her Conservative Party lost its majority in Parliament and pressure mounted on her Friday to resign.
  
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• Anti-Shariah rallies planned across US worry Muslim leaders

  09-06-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Inside a mosque in the college town of Eugene, a half-dozen men prostrated themselves on a carpet while another man led the midday prayers. Over his melodic recitation came a tapping sound as a locksmith installed higher-grade locks on the front door.
  
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• Canterbury fail: Loss in Tory stronghold shows youth surge

  09-06-2017 20:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The historic English university town of Canterbury, a Conservative stronghold with a high proportion of young voters, has elected a Labour lawmaker for the first time since the constituency was formed a century ago.
  
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• Young Iraqi girl whom ISIS abducted three years ago reunited with family

  09-06-2017 20:47 via feeds.foxnews.com
  An Iraqi Christian girl, who was kidnapped by ISIS in northern Iraq three years ago when she was just 3, has been reunited Friday with her family.
  
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• Chelsea Manning wishes she could say 'Thanks, Obama'

  09-06-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Obama granted Manning clemency in the final days of his presidency, commuting her sentence after seven years served.
  
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