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• No Human Remains Found In Search For Natalee Holloway: Prosecutor

  18-08-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  Dave Holloway, father of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, said on national television this week that he found human bones in Aruba, where his daughter vanished a dozen years ago, and submitted them for DNA testing.
  
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• The money man behind China's internet showgirls

  18-08-2017 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Lele Tao makes a fortune through live streaming - but one powerful man is about to change her life. The second of a three-part series.
  
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• Unions deliver signatures to block right-to-work in Missouri

  18-08-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Opponents forced the suspension Friday of a new Missouri law banning mandatory union fees after delivering dozens of boxes containing what they say are more than 300,000 signed petitions demanding it be put to a public vote.
  
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• Becoming 'white supremacists by default'

  18-08-2017 23:43 via cnn.com
  Blame President Trump for his tepid moral response. Call the neo-Nazis and white nationalists thugs. Fill your Facebook and Twitter accounts with moral outrage.
  
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• 2-Week-Old Orphaned Piglet Comforts Kitten Friend as She Suffers Seizure

  18-08-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  Sriracha the kitten was diagnosed with a neurological disorder called cerebellar hypoplasia and suffers from seizures.
  
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• Turku stabbing: two dead in Finnish city after market square attack

  18-08-2017 23:32 via theguardian.com
  Police say it is unclear if incident was related to terrorism as people warned to stay away from cityFinnish police say two people have died and six people have been injured after a stabbing attack in a market square in the south-western city of Turku.It was unclear if the incident was related to terrorism, said police, who shot at and arrested one man after the attack. Contrary to earlier reports, police said they were not looking for other suspects. Continue reading...
  
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• Major Nonprofits Cancel Mar-a-Lago Fundraisers After Charlottesville

  18-08-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  A sizable ― and growing ― number of nonprofits are walking away from hosting fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s posh resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
  
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• Should Washington and Jefferson monuments come down?

  18-08-2017 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Trump's argument that the removal of Confederate statues is a slippery slope to changing history has recharged the perennial debate about America's tormented racial legacy.
  
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• The fall of Steve Bannon is a win for the globalists. But will it last?

  18-08-2017 23:25 via theguardian.com
  The loss of Trump’s chief strategist is a triumph for Jared Kushner and the White House’s ‘New York’ faction. But that doesn’t mean the end of BannonismSteve Bannon, chief White House strategist, removed from role
  From the moment Steve Bannon compared himself to Thomas Cromwell in the court of the Tudors and Darth Vader in the Star Wars saga, his demise was perhaps historically preordained. Cromwell fell out of favour with Henry VIII and was beheaded for treason, wh
  
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• Mudslides death toll rises to 467

  18-08-2017 23:22 via cnn.com
  The death toll from this week's devastating mudslides in Sierra Leone has passed 400, with hundreds of people still missing, a government tourism minister told CNN.
  
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• Mayor says Lee statue must go as debate over U.S. slave past rages

  18-08-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  By Brandon ShulleetaRICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - The mayor of Charlottesville called on Friday for a special session of Virginia's legislature to let localities decide the fate of Confederate monuments like the statue at the center of a far-right rally last week that turned deadly.Mayor Mike Signer issued his appeal amid an increasingly contentious debate over what to do with memorials to Confederate figures, who fought for the preservation of slavery during the U.S. Civil war, that are seen by opp
  
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• In the shadows of a racist past, Boston braces for a far-right rally

  18-08-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  The “Boston Free Speech Rally,” is scheduled for Saturday, just one week after a protest at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., turned deadly.
  
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• What's a total solar eclipse and why this one is so unusual

  18-08-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes Monday's eclipse so special is that it will cut diagonally across the entire United States.
  
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• Chicago activist loses US citizenship, will be deported

  18-08-2017 23:01 via yahoo.com
  An activist known for helping Arab women in the Chicago area lost her U.S. citizenship Thursday and will be deported for failing to disclose convictions for bombings in Jerusalem decades ago.
  
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• The Latest: California mass killer spared the death penalty

  18-08-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a court hearing to determine if a convicted mass killer should be spared the death penalty (all times local):
  
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• Expert: Arkansas may have reliable source of execution drug

  18-08-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A death penalty expert says Arkansas' recent purchase of a lethal injection drug — in a small amount and at a cheap price — suggests the state has found a reliable supplier to help it move 30 inmates from death row to the execution chamber.
  
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• Every top Trump adviser in this photo has now resigned or been fired

  18-08-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  Jobs in Donald Trump's administration increasingly appear to come with an expiration date.The long-rumored departure of White House strategist Steve Bannon has added to a growing list of former aides who have left their jobs less than a year into the Trump administration, demonstrating the turmoil of an administration that has lurched from crisis to crisis.A photo that began circulating widely in response to news of Mr Bannon stepping down helps illustrate the rate of turnover.
  
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• A year in Trump's orbit: a timeline of Steve Bannon's political career

  18-08-2017 22:28 via theguardian.com
  The former chief strategist’s career arc took him from media activist to shadow adviser to campaign executive and then an office in the West WingWith his departure Friday from the White House, former chief strategist Steve Bannon’s career arc completed its steep climb and descent which took him from media activist to shadow adviser to campaign executive and then an office in the West Wing. Related: Before Bannon, a timeline of Trump administration firings and defectionsContinue readi
  
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• Three girls under 10 found slain in Maryland home

  18-08-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Three girls under 10 years of age were found slain on Friday in a Maryland home and police have launched an investigation into the killings, officials said.A family member who returned to the home in Clinton, a suburb of Washington, discovered the bodies and called police at about 7:30 a.m. EDT.The girls were pronounced dead by fire department personnel, Prince George's County police spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan said.
  
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• Is Taylor Swift about to drop a new album?

  18-08-2017 22:24 via cnn.com
  It seems Taylor Swift may be about to reveal something big and "Swifties" -- as her fans are affectionately called -- suspect it's a new album.
  
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• The week in patriarchy: there's nothing uplifting to say | Jessica Valenti

  18-08-2017 22:22 via theguardian.com
  The president has let us all down in his response to Charlottesville. But let’s stop imagining that Trump’s reaction to this horror is an anomaly - it’s notI don’t have anything uplifting or insightful to say on Charlottesville that hasn’t already been said. I do want to point out, though, that as we hear again and again that white supremacist terrorism and Trump’s reaction to it is not how most Americans or Republicans think, these polls prove that wrong. A f
  
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• Boy With Heart Transplant Collapses and Dies on His First Day of School

  18-08-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  13-year-old Peyton West's family thought he would be healthy after he got his transplant in March.
  
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• Roadblocks, weapons bans as Boston braces for 'Free Speech' rally

  18-08-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  By Scott MaloneBOSTON (Reuters) - Boston officials are planning road blockades and even banning food vendors from the historic Boston Common as they step up security around a "Free Speech" rally on Saturday featuring right-wing speakers, aiming to avoid a repeat of last weekend's violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia.Saturday's rally has drawn intense concern from city and state officials following the violence in Charlottesville, when white supremacists at a "Unite the Right" rally
  
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• A Trump pardon of Joe Arpaio would break Justice Department guidelines

  18-08-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  But the pardon, if Trump decides to issue it, would be highly unorthodox and break with the Justice Department’s guidelines for clemency, according to legal experts.
  
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• Glitch Or Promo? Amazon Echo Dot Is Free Right Now

  18-08-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  The Amazon Echo Dot is free on Amazon at checkout thanks to an apparently unlisted "Audible Promo" offer.
  
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• Pussy Riot: Authoritarianism spreading like an 'STD'

  18-08-2017 21:46 via cnn.com
  Pussy Riot's Nadezhda "Nadya" Tolokonnikova, who was imprisoned for protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin, says "democracy is being eroded" by leaders like President Donald Trump.
  
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• The Clever Way High School Boys Protested Their School's Sexist Dress Code

  18-08-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Students from San Benito High School in Hollister, California, are protesting their school’s sexist dress code in a pretty awesome way.
  
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• Weather Channel Founder Says Climate Change Isn't Real

  18-08-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  "I'm just a dumb old skeptic. A denier, as they call me. But you know something? I'm right. So I don't care."
  
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• Martin Rowson on the Barcelona van attack – cartoon

  18-08-2017 21:11 via theguardian.com
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• Bannon Declares War on Trump, Says 'That Presidency is Over'

  18-08-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Just hours after it was announced he was out of the administration, Steve Bannon gave an interview where he said the Trump presidency is "over," and he's already back at Breitbart.
  
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• How to watch the eclipse without eclipse glasses

  18-08-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  With the solar eclipse just days away, everyone is trying to get their hands on a last-minute pair of eclipse glasses. But what if you don't have $250 to spend on a pair because you spent too much money on pizza the night before? In a new video, Pizza Hut demonstrates how to use last night's pizza box to make your own  eclipse viewer, so you can enjoy the event without burning your eyes. All you need is a cardboard pizza box, foil, scissors, pen, tape and a sheet of white paper — all
  
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• US Nazi supporters move to Russian social media after Facebook ban

  18-08-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  Following violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, Facebook began taking down all positive mentions of an article by the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, attacking the woman who was killed protesting the rally. But while the site has been banned from Facebook, far-right users continued to post on a Daily Stormer group on VK, Russia's most popular social network. “Cloudflare just dropped us,” the Daily Stormer VK group posted on Wednesday, re
  
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• Venezuela's constituent assembly assumes power to legislate

  18-08-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  By Brian Ellsworth and Corina PonsCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's new legislative superbody on Friday gave itself the power to pass laws, superseding the opposition-led congress and fueling criticism by government adversaries that socialist President Nicolas Maduro is consolidating a dictatorship.The Socialist-dominated Supreme Court has stripped power from the congress and shot down nearly every law it has approved since it was taken over by the opposition in 2016.Delcy Rodriguez, a Maduro ally
  
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• One Day, Many Years From Now, Total Solar Eclipses Will No Longer Be Possible

  18-08-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  The moon is slowly moving away from the Earth, and one distant day, it will be too small to block the sun entirely.
  
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• Al Gore’s Stupendous Wealth Complicates His Climate Message. That Can Change.

  18-08-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  Al Gore has long been a knight of the movement to combat climate change.The causes of climate change are clear: burning fossil fuels, industrialized farms and destruction of the forests that capture carbon and store carbon.
  
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• Staff Change on Mueller Team Raises Questions

  18-08-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow pursues reporting on the departure of former FBI counter-espionage chief Peter Strzok from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Trump Russia investigation team, questioning the reason and what it might mean for Mueller's effort.
  
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• The internet is saying goodbye to Steve Bannon by trolling him with Confederate statue jokes

  18-08-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  Steve Bannon, Trump's White House Chief Strategist, has officially left the building and the internet can't help but notice his impeccable timing. Amidst a nationwide debate over the decision to remove Confederate monuments — which Trump sees as "beautiful" pieces of history — from the country in wake of the deadly rally in Charlottesville, the people all over the web can't help but make one big joke about Bannon's exit:White House just removed a monument to white supremacy — D
  
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• Steve Bannon predicted his own demise almost perfectly

  18-08-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Departing Donald Trump strategist Steve Bannon appears to have predicted his Washington demise with uncanny precision.The former head of right-wing website Breitbart News has always positioned himself as an outsider who clashes with entrenched Washington interests.Given that role, Mr Bannon would reportedly tell people that he anticipated lasting eight months in his White House role - possibly up to a year - and was seeking to force through as much of his conservative agenda as he could.
  
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• One Tweet Perfectly Captures Why America Doesn't Need Confederate Statues

  18-08-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  A tweet about Confederate statues is resonating with hundreds of thousands of people.Jamil Smith, a Los Angeles-based writer who has contributed to The New York Times, the Washington Post and the Daily Beast, had a great response to those who believe the removal of Confederate statues will “erase” history.
  
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• Man Sums Up Why We Don’t Need Confederate Statues In One Perfect Tweet

  18-08-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  A tweet about Confederate statues is resonating with hundreds of thousands of people.Jamil Smith, a Los Angeles-based writer who has contributed to The New York Times, the Washington Post and the Daily Beast, had a great response to those who believe the removal of Confederate statues will “erase” history.
  
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• Once homeless, Iraq War veteran moves into unique new home

  18-08-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  MIDWAY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Vernon Poling was 44 years old when he finally got a home of his own.
  
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• South Africa has granted Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity: source

  18-08-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  By Ed CropleyJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has granted diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe's first lady, Grace Mugabe, allowing her to return to Harare and avoid prosecution for the alleged assault of a 20-year-old model, a security source said on Friday.South African police had put border posts on "red alert" to prevent Mugabe fleeing and indicated she would receive no special treatment in the case involving Gabriella Engels, who says Mugabe whipped her with an electric extension cable.A se
  
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• Erdogan tells Turks in Germany to vote against Merkel

  18-08-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  By Bulent UstaISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats were enemies of Turkey and called on Turks in Germany to vote against major parties in next month's elections.The comments, some of Erdogan's harshest yet against Merkel, drew a furious response from Merkel, her government and some Turkish organisations in Germany, illustrating the widening divide between the NATO allies and major trade partners."I am calling o
  
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• Five suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils, Spain

  18-08-2017 19:52 via yahoo.com
  Spanish police shot dead five would-be attackers after confronting them early on Friday in Cambrils, south of Barcelona where hours earlier a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds, killing 13 people.
  
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• Lebanese army finds surface-to-air missile in Nusra Front arms cache - security source

  18-08-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  The Lebanese army found a surface-to-air missile (SAM) in a weapons cache left by Nusra Front militants after it took over some of the jihadists' positions in northeast Lebanon, a Lebanese security source said on Friday.Photographs of the cache sent by the security source showed large numbers of shells and rockets.There have been sporadic reports throughout Syria's six-year-old civil war of rebel groups gaining access to SAMs.
  
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• 'Unraveling our national fabric': Romney condemns Trump after Charlottesville

  18-08-2017 19:48 via yahoo.com
  Mitt Romney said Trump’s comments after violence in Charlottesville had caused ‘the vast heart of America to mourn’.Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, warned of an “unraveling of our national fabric” on Friday as he excoriated Donald Trump over his defence of people involved in a neo-Nazi rally.Nearly a week after white nationalists led a bloody protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E Lee, Trump continues to face b
  
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• Top U.S. general reaffirms commitment to Japan amid N.Korea tensions

  18-08-2017 19:41 via yahoo.com
  By Tim KellyTOKYO (Reuters) - The top U.S. general restated Washington's "ironclad commitment" to the security of its close Asian ally, Japan, on Friday amid regional tensions over North Korea, telling his counterpart in Tokyo that "an attack on one is an attack on both of us".Fears about North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs have grown in recent weeks.Pyongyang has said it was considering plans to fire missiles over Japan toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, although North Ko
  
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• NASA Wants to Stop a Doomsday Supervolcano by Stealing its Heat

  18-08-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com
  NASA is worried about the Yellowstone supervolcano exploding, so instead they're going to harness its energy for good.
  
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• Trump fires adviser Bannon

  18-08-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  By Jeff Mason and Steve HollandWASHINGTON/HAGERSTOWN, Md. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump fired chief strategist Steve Bannon on Friday, the White House announced, ending the turbulent tenure of a rabble-rousing conservative media entrepreneur and political activist who was a darling of Trump's base."White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve's last day," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
  
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• Bob Lutz on Why Ford Ousted Mark Fields

  18-08-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  How could Ford's Mark Fields compete with Elon Musk's tunnels and spaceships?
  
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