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• 2017 Toyota 86 Automatic

  11-08-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Automatically less fun.
  
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• The Cheesecake Factory Is Being Sued for Allegedly Misleading Customers Into Giving Bigger Tips

  11-08-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Marcel Goldman claimed the company's misleading receipts tricked her into paying more than her portion of the bill.
  
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• Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta wins second term

  11-08-2017 23:25 via cnn.com
  President Uhuru Kenyatta has won re-election in Kenya, defeating veteran opposition leader and longtime rival Raila Odinga in a tense contest.
  
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• Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed as Kenyan president

  11-08-2017 23:22 via theguardian.com
  Shots heard in Nairobi as president calls for unity but opposition refuses to recognise result
  Uhuru Kenyatta has been re-elected as president in Kenya, with final official results giving the incumbent a substantial margin of victory over the veteran opposition politician Raila Odinga.After an acrimonious campaign, Kenyatta used his re-election speech to reach out to Odinga and supporters on Friday night, saying he wanted to work with them “in the service of Kenya”.Continue reading..
  
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• For Trump, opulence, golf and nuclear threat

  11-08-2017 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  For reporters, Trump's "working vacation" is a mix of golf, opulence and the threat of nuclear war.
  
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• Violent protests break out in Kenya after Uhuru Kenyatta officially declared winner of presidential election

  11-08-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  Gunfire echoed through the slums of Nairobi on Friday night after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of a disputed election, triggering a violent outpouring of anger in opposition strongholds. Screams and gunshots could be heard in several of the capital’s poorer districts moments after the electoral commission sought to end a four-day impasse over the outcome of Tuesday’s vote by announcing Mr Kenyatta’s sweeping victory over his rival Raila Odinga. The president
  
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• Fired Google Engineer James Damore Defends Anti-Diversity Memo

  11-08-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  The ex-Google employee was fired after writing a scathing internal memo
  
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• Is Donald Trump funny? Are you kidding?

  11-08-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  The president’s spokespeople are frequently tasked with cleaning up outrageous statements, and recasting them as jokes is a clever way to shift the burden from Trump’s intention to the listener’s interpretation.
  
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• Going on Vacation While at War Is Not a Good Look

  11-08-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  A presidential vacation can sit badly with a country in the grip of hard times.
  
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• Anti-migrant ship ignores help from rescue activists

  11-08-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  Anti-immigration activists whose boat was reported in trouble said Friday they had got their engines going again, after a migrant rescue ship said it had been dispatched to help.The C-Star, which has vowed to expose what it describes as "collaboration" between privately-funded rescue ships and people traffickers, said earlier on Twitter it had "developed a minor technical problem during the night", leaving it adrift but not in distress.Germany's Sea-Eye, one of nine NGOs involved in migrant sear
  
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• Tesla Model 3's battery-pack size revealed in EPA documents

  11-08-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  The Tesla Model 3 has officially begun rolling off the assembly line, but the car will see a staggered launch.Specifically, the Model 3 in production today is what has been named the "Long Range" variant.Preliminary EPA documents, discovered by Inside EVs, show the Tesla Model 3 Long Range model utilizes a battery of 80.5 kilowatt-hours.
  
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• Amateur submarine inventor arrested on suspicion of murder

  11-08-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Man whose vessel sunk off coast of Denmark denies killing missing journalist and claims he dropped her off on an island An amateur submarine maker whose vessel sank off the Danish coast has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a Swedish journalist who joined him for the voyage was reported missing.
  Peter Madsen, 46, denies killing the missing woman, claiming he dropped her off on an island about three and a half hours into their trip on Thursday night, according to Copenhagen police. Conti
  
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• Why millennials are the next tourism frontier

  11-08-2017 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  How travel companies are trying hard to target the lucrative "selfie-generation".
  
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• Nightmare Safari: Grandmother Attacked and Killed by Hippo During Family Vacation

  11-08-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  Carol Kirken, pictured with her son, died in his arms.
  
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• Trump warns North Korea's Kim if he messes with the US ‘he will truly regret it’

  11-08-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  "This man will not get away with what he is doing," Mr Trump said.When asked about his tweet earlier that morning saying that US military solutions are "locked and loaded" should North Korea threaten the US, Mr Trump said that he's sure the North Koreans know what he meant.Mr Trump and Mr Kim have been engaged in an escalating duel of spoken threats recently, after North Korea tested two Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) last month, and after an intelligence report indicated that their
  
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• Man called for help, later found dead in lift

  11-08-2017 22:41 via cnn.com
  Isaak Komisarchik, 82, was last seen alive on July 5.
  
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• Trump warns N. Korea it would 'regret' threatening U.S.

  11-08-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  President Trump on Friday warned that North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un would “regret it fast” if he made any threats against the United States.
  
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• Kenya elections: President Uhuru Kenyatta wins second term

  11-08-2017 22:35 via cnn.com
  President Uhuru Kenyatta has won re-election in Kenya, defeating veteran opposition leader and longtime rival Raila Odinga in a tense contest.
  
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• 5-Foot Alligator Spotted Wandering in Family's Backyard, Kids Mistake It for Pool Toy

  11-08-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Sophie, 11, spotted the alligator as she was getting out of the pool, and wondered, "Did dad buy an inflatable alligator to play a prank?"
  
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• Intelligent Life In The Universe Might Already Be Extinct

  11-08-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  If Earth and humans are completely typical in the universe, then all of the intelligent aliens may have already gone extinct.
  
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• White House renovations unfold while Trump stays at golf resort

  11-08-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Workers began a $3.4 million project to fix up the White House last week, according to the New York Times. They're expected to improve the air-conditioning system, which the General Services Administration has said is "well past its life cycle and will fail in the near future without intervention," as well as repaint and put in new cables.
  
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• President Trump Warns North Korea's Kim Jong Un Will 'Regret It Fast' If Threats Continue

  11-08-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Trump's warning follows earlier comments that the U.S. is "locked and loaded"
  
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• Trump: The 'locked and loaded' President

  11-08-2017 22:22 via cnn.com
  Over the past 96 hours, President Trump has made news three times with his over-the-top rhetoric directed at the volatile rogue regime of North Korea.
  
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• Kenyan elections: Uhuru Kenyatta wins second term – video

  11-08-2017 22:16 via theguardian.com
  Uhuru Kenyatta is declared the winner of the Kenyan presidential race on Friday night in the capital, Nairobi. Kenyatta won 54% of the vote. In his victory speech he reached out to opposition parties, calling for unity for the challenges ahead. The opposing Orange Democratic Movement walked out of the ceremony Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed as Kenyan president despite opposition doubts
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• Why Isn't Seoul More Worried About North Korea?

  11-08-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  On September 15, 1996, 26 North Korean commandoes slipped ashore near the South Korean town of Gangneung after their submarine foundered off the coast. The impromptu mini-invasion made international headlines, and tensions rose sharply for several weeks between the two countries as the South Korean military hunted down the infiltrators. Two dozen were killed.
  
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• Donald Trump warns Kim Jong-un he 'will regret it fast' if North Korea issues further threats to US

  11-08-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  The United States has been secretly engaged in an attempt at back channel diplomacy with North Korea for months despite the increasingly bellicose public rhetoric between Washington and Pyongyang. In the latest round of escalating threats President Donald Trump said the US military was "locked and loaded" while Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, accused him of "driving the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war". Other nations, including Russia and China, called for calm. In a tweet iss
  
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• Long Beach Settles Lawsuit After Police Forcibly Remove Woman's Hijab

  11-08-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  The head covering was taken off by police after she was arrested
  
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• The Latest: Kenya's leader asks country to 'shun violence'

  11-08-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Latest on Kenya's presidential election (all times local):
  
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• Americans Tell FCC Mobile Internet Can't Replace Broadband

  11-08-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  More than 300 comments opposing a suggestion by the FCC that mobile internet could be a suitable replacement for broadband have been left on the FCC website.
  
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• European Leaders: 'Laughing Stock' Trump 'Obsessed with Obama'

  11-08-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Buzzfeed's Alberto Nardelli reports European diplomats say Donald Trump's "only real position" is doing the opposite of Barack Obama and that he's a "laughing stock" who lacks historical perspective. Nardelli, Christina Greer and Jonathan Alter join Reid.
  
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• 3 dead in California after Border Patrol chase ends in crash

  11-08-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — An SUV being chased by U.S. Border Patrol agents smashed through a guard rail and hurtled into a ravine off a San Diego freeway, killing three of the vehicle's occupants and injuring a fourth, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Man who killed girlfriend's daughter gets up to 40 years

  11-08-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was sentenced Friday to up to 40 years in prison for his role in the death of his girlfriend's 17-month-old daughter, and the judge told him he wished he could give more time in prison.
  
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• When Is The Best Time To See The Perseid Meteor Shower?

  11-08-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  The Perseid meteor shower won't break any records but it will still offer a great summer show.
  
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• Trump Staff Shuffle Could Improve Senate Odds

  11-08-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares a new report that Donald Trump is considering offering Senator Joe Manchin the job of Secretary of Energy, which would allow the newly re-Republican governor of West Virginia to appoint his replacement, presumably a Republican who ...
  
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• In 'liberated' Mosul, ISIS still imperils the path to city's revival

  11-08-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  The first sign Ghaith Ali had that Islamic State militants were still active in “liberated” western Mosul was a mysterious square object on the floor of a house he entered to make it ready for returning families.“Our mission was to clear houses before civilians come back, to say ‘Your house is good,’” says Ali, a short-haired young man with a thin mustache and slight build, speaking in an Erbil hospital for war victims run by the Italian agency Emergency.
  
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• WATCH: Officers synchronize swim in uniform to promote block party

  11-08-2017 20:47
  Some police officers in Virginia showed off their synchronized swimming routine while in uniform to promote a free, family block party.
  
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• Should older doctors be examined, tested or forced to retire?

  11-08-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  By Ronnie Cohen(Reuters Health) - At 81, Dr. Frank Stockdale continues to see breast cancer patients and believes he offers them the wisdom and knowledge from his more than 50 years of oncology practice.The report in JAMA Surgery recommends that healthcare organizations develop protocols for testing doctors of a certain - though undetermined - age for health and competence.“This is clearly a discriminatory policy if you pick an age to test,” said Stockdale, a professor at the Stanfor
  
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• See the White House construction

  11-08-2017 20:36 via cnn.com
  The White House is undergoing renovations while President Trump is away. This is what it looks like today.
  
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• Nothing New on North Korea Except Trump Freak-Out

  11-08-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Joe Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, talks with Rachel Maddow about the pace of North Korea's nuclear development and the lack of anything especially new this week in that development to justify Donald Trump's burst of blustery brinkmans...
  
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• ISIS Used eBay And PayPal To Send Funds To US Operative

  11-08-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  The FBI said in a recently revealed affidavit ISIS used eBay and PayPal to send money to a U.S. operative.
  
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• Trump Financial Past Could Haunt Him in Probe

  11-08-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  David Cay Johnston, investigative journalist and founder of DCReport.org, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's legal exposure through his financial records and why Trump's legal representation isn't what one would expect.
  
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• Trump declares opioid epidemic a national emergency: What it means

  11-08-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has informally declared a national emergency for the opioid epidemic.
  
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• The Guardian view on nudity: grin and bare it | Editorial

  11-08-2017 20:19 via theguardian.com
  The German tradition of nudist beaches shows us the flawed glory of the human body. It should not be sexualisedThe veteran German leftist politician Gregor Gysi wants his compatriots to take off more of their clothes. He is angry that the long German tradition of therapeutic nudity in the open air is being undermined. Only this summer the nudist portion of one of the beaches in Berlin was brutally shortened by the authorities, and the mostly elderly users are furious. They are right. Mr Gysi arg
  
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• Oxford University worker appears in US court over fatal stabbing

  11-08-2017 20:19 via theguardian.com
  Andrew Warren handed himself in to police in California last week after being sought over death of hairdresser in ChicagoAn Oxford University employee who spent more than a week as a fugitive has appeared in court in the US accused of murdering a hairdresser whose body was found with more than 40 stab wounds.
  Andrew Warren, who worked as a senior treasury assistant at Somerville College, appeared before a judge in San Francisco where he confirmed his identity. The 56-year-old handed himself in t
  
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• The nuclear folly of Donald Trump’s fire and fury | Letters

  11-08-2017 20:16 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to the escalating brinkmanship and rhetoric between the US president and North Korea’s Kim Jong-unYou report (10 August) that the US has warned North Korea that it risks the destruction of its people. However, the US is risking the destruction of all people. Of eight Trident submarines stationed at Bangor, Washington state, at least two are probably on patrol in the western Pacific. Each is believed to carry 108 nuclear warheads, equivalent to more than 1,400 Hiroshima-size
  
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• Gore: Trump “Can’t Be Blamed” for North Korea Crisis

  11-08-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Former vice president talks to Newsweek about Trump, climate change and veganism.
  
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• Danish inventor charged with murder after submarine is wrecked

  11-08-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  A Danish inventor has been charged with the murder of a Swedish journalist who police said had been on his submarine before it was wrecked on Friday.Peter Madsen, 46, was rescued on Friday morning in a navy operation and taken ashore after the 17-metre homemade submarine sank, police said in a statement.The police later said Madsen had been charged with the murder of the female journalist.
  
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• US firm reveals gun-toting drone that can fire in mid-air

  11-08-2017 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Military technologists Duke Robotics have developed drones that can shoot at enemies remotely.
  
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• Would you use a women's urinal?

  11-08-2017 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Berlin seeks gender equality for public toilets as it seeks to redevelop its municipal "pissoirs".
  
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• Opinion: The thing 'SNL' does to Trump

  11-08-2017 19:24 via cnn.com
  Trump's "locked and loaded" standoff with North Korea has Americans in high anxiety, hair-pulling among White House officials may be stalling his agenda, Robert Mueller's Russia campaign-interference probe appears to be heating up with the recent FBI raid of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and Trump faces the lowest-ever approval ratings for a president at this time in his first term.
  
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