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• The New Scott Peterson? Man Busted in Death of Pregnant Girlfriend, 15 Years After Notorious Murder Case

  14-09-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  Tyler Tessier held the hand of his girlfriend's mother as he appealed for her safe return, but police say it was all an act.
  
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• WWII remains on Pacific island identified as Michigan man

  14-09-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan airman whose plane crashed during World War II has been identified among the remains recently discovered on a Pacific Ocean island, the U.S. government said Thursday.
  
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• An Italy that no longer exists

  14-09-2017 23:53 via cnn.com
  When Hope Herman Wurmfeld was 4 years old, she became fascinated by a glass of water that had turned blue with the paint she was using to make art.
  
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• U.S. citizen fighting for Islamic State surrenders in Syria: Pentagon

  14-09-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  An American citizen fighting for Islamic State in Syria surrendered to U.S-backed fighters earlier this week and has been handed over to U.S. forces, the Pentagon said on Thursday."The US citizen is being legally detained by Department of Defense personnel as a known enemy combatant," Pentagon spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway said in a statement.
  
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• Florida Girl Dies From Home Generator After Hurricane Irma

  14-09-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  A Florida girl died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator used to power her home during Hurricane Irma.
  
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• Despite Trump Promises, Still No Plans for a Border Wall

  14-09-2017 23:31 via nbcnews.com
  Nine months into the Trump presidency, there are no plans for constructing the kind of wall he promised his voters for two years.
  
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• Irma creates bittersweet travel bonus for luckier Caribbean islands

  14-09-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  On Friday, a cruise ship carrying around 3,000 passengers will dock at St. John's harbor in the Caribbean island of Antigua.The Carnival Plc ship was meant to dock in Saint Martin, 100 miles (160 km) to the northwest.Antiguan officials now expect the Carnival Fascination to visit every Friday, and have gotten about 25 calls from major cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd and Norwegian Cruise Lines looking to make stops through the end of the year.
  
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• GOP Rattled as Democrats Win Trump's Ear on DACA

  14-09-2017 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  Conservatives have expressed dismay over an apparent agreement between Democratic Congressional leaders and President Donald Trump on DACA.
  
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• GOP Fingerpointing as Democrats Win Trump's Ear on DACA

  14-09-2017 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  Conservatives have expressed dismay over an apparent agreement between Democratic Congressional leaders and President Donald Trump on DACA.
  
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• Chuck Schumer Overheard on Hot Mic: President Trump 'Likes Me'

  14-09-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  "He likes us. He likes me, anyway”
  
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• Irma pushes Florida's poor closer to the edge of ruin

  14-09-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — Larry and Elida Dimas didn't have much to begin with, and Hurricane Irma left them with even less.
  
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• No power, blocked roads add to Irma clean-up frustrations

  14-09-2017 23:03 via cnn.com
  Days after Hurricane Irma tore through Florida and left millions without power, residents are slowly returning to find ruins in some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods.
  
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• Florida Nursing Home Was Supposed To Be A Refuge. Then It Became A ‘Death Warehouse.’

  14-09-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. ― Almost every night, Jacqueline Ventura makes the five-minute drive from her house to the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills to see her mother, who is 82 and has dementia.
  
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• We Finally Know What This Hurricane Harvey Sea Creature Actually Is

  14-09-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  The long, fanged animal washed ashore during the hurricane in Texas
  
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• Trump just revived the lowest point of his presidency. Again

  14-09-2017 23:01 via cnn.com
  Aboard Air Force One on the way back from visiting Florida to see the damage wreaked by Hurricane Irma, President Trump fielded questions from reporters. Someone asked about Trump's meeting with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the Senate and someone who had been deeply critical of Trump's both-sides-do-it response to the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• This Is What Being 30 Looks Like Around The World

  14-09-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  The milestone often prompts all sorts of introspection: evaluating career goals, feeling pressure about finding love or comparing the person you are now to the one you thought you would be at 30.
  
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• Rangers Finally Spot Rare White Giraffe and Look-Alike Baby After Rumored Sightings

  14-09-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  After hearing rumors about the pair, the rangers finally spotted them in June.
  
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• Venezuela's president advises malnourished citizens to breed rabbits and eat them

  14-09-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela’s government has launched a scheme to encouage people to breed rabbits and eat them as a way of countering frequently chronic food shortages and growing child malnutrition.The government of Nicolas Maduro said the so-called Rabbit Plan would help boost food availability.Reuters said Mr Maduro’s adversaries dismissed the idea as nonsensical, insisting the real problem is a failed model of oil-financed socialism that was unable to survive after crude markets collapsed.
  
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• Washington School Shooting Suspect Claims He Was Bullied

  14-09-2017 22:51 via nbcnews.com
  The teenager accused of killing a classmate and wounding three others at a high school near Spokane told detectives he had been bullied by other students.
  
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• Robot conducts Andrea Bocelli and orchestra

  14-09-2017 22:38 via cnn.com
  A robot has conducted opera singer Andrea Bocelli and the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra in Pisa, Italy
  
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• Clinton: Trump is being 'played' by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un

  14-09-2017 22:35 via yahoo.com
  President Trump “has such a limited understanding of the world,” that he has opened himself up to be “played” by authoritarians he like North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to his former presidential rival Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Report: Officer lost control before arresting Utah nurse

  14-09-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah police chief will decide any possible punishment for an officer caught on video dragging a nurse from a hospital and handcuffing her after a review board found he lost control and got aggressive.
  
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• Russian navy fires cruise missiles into eastern Syria

  14-09-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  ABOARD THE ADMIRAL ESSEN (AP) — Russia fired a salvo of cruise missiles from the Mediterranean on Thursday and said they struck Islamic State targets in eastern Syria. Activists there said at least 20 civilians were killed in what they described a "fanatical" bombardment — blaming some of it on Russia and some on the United States.
  
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• Correction: Galapagos-Extinct Turtle story

  14-09-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — In a story Sept. 13 about efforts to restore an extinct tortoise species in the Galapagos Islands, The Associated Press misidentified the name of the island where some tortoises still have genetic traces of the Chelonoidis elephantopus. It is Isabela Island, not Isabel Island.
  
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• Police: Pregnant woman's killer was engaged to another woman

  14-09-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The boyfriend of a missing, pregnant Maryland teacher was engaged to another woman and sent text messages using the teacher's identity claiming he wasn't the father of her unborn baby, according to court documents that charge him with murdering her.
  
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• No, Donald Trump did not save cats from Hurricane Harvey flooding

  14-09-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  Another day, another debunk. The latest fake photograph to spread online like wildfire is an image of President Trump saving several cats from a flood. But just in case you somehow couldn't already tell from the horrible Photoshop job — the image is fake. Turns out fake shark photos aren't the only fabrications coming out of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. SEE ALSO: FEMA's debunking Harvey rumors, but there's more to know The image shows a man walking through thigh-high flood waters clutching
  
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• Trump vows to veto Sanders's single-payer health care plan: 'A curse on the U.S. and its people'

  14-09-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  President Trump assured Republicans that he would veto any bill from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders moving the U.S. toward a single-payer health care system.
  
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• Fergie and Josh Duhamel Separate After 8 Years of Marriage: ‘We Are and Will Always be United’

  14-09-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  After eight years of marriage, Fergie and Josh Duhamel are going their separate ways, they confirm to PEOPLE exclusively
  
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• Republicans Find More Ways To Avoid Criticizing Trump’s Dealmaking With Democrats

  14-09-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― After President Donald Trump appeared to set up Republicans for another deal with Democrats, this time on the GOP’s most scorching hot-button issue ― immigration ― congressional Republicans were once again putting their faith in Trump on Thursday.
  
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• Meet London's sensational 'drag clowns'

  14-09-2017 22:00 via cnn.com
  From their hair salon in south-east London, Tuttii Fruittii and Toni Tits are redefining what it is to be eccentric with their unique "drag clown" aesthetic. For them, it's increasingly important to have a sense of humor about how you present yourself -- even if your elderly family members may not understand it.
  
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• Meet London's 'drag clowns'

  14-09-2017 22:00 via cnn.com
  From their hair salon in south-east London, Tuttii Fruittii and Toni Tits are redefining what it is to be eccentric with their unique "drag clown" aesthetic. For them, it's increasingly important to have a sense of humor about how you present yourself -- even if your elderly family members may not understand it.
  
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• 'Drag clowns' redefine eccentricity

  14-09-2017 22:00 via cnn.com
  From their hair salon in south-east London, Tuttii Fruittii and Toni Tits are redefining what it is to be eccentric with their unique "drag clown" aesthetic. For them, it's increasingly important to have a sense of humor about how you present yourself -- even if your elderly family members may not understand it.
  
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• Teacher Spends 70 Hours Creating Incredible 'Harry Potter'-Themed Classroom

  14-09-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  An Oregon teacher transformed his classroom into a magical oasis.
  
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• The power and peace of latex

  14-09-2017 21:57 via cnn.com
  There are very few materials with the power to make as much of an instant statement as glossy, supple latex. For London latex designer Nange Magro, it's her everyday uniform.
  
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• These Cops Helping Out With Irma Have The Internet All Hot And Bothered (UPDATE)

  14-09-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Responding to Hurricane Irma calls and stealing hearts is all in a day’s work for these Florida cops.
  
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• Hundreds Of Dogs And Cats Are Evacuating Storm-Hit Florida In Search Of Homes

  14-09-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Nearly 200 dogs and cats are heading to new lives in the Northeast this week after being pulled from storm-hit shelters in South Florida where four-legged refugees are continuing to pour in needing homes, authorities there say.
  
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• Trump is trolling conservatives. Here are 4 theories why

  14-09-2017 21:37 via cnn.com
  The news that President Donald Trump appears to be nearing a deal with Democrats to protect those undocumented immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is the second time in the last week in which he has openly broken with the base of voters who got him elected.
  
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• Confusion as Russia and Belarus begin joint war games 

  14-09-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  The first day of major joint war games between Russia and Belarus began in confusion Thursday, as the militaries of both countries announced the Russians would be moving in opposite directions.  The defence ministry in Moscow first announced that units of the Russian first tank army were rushing toward Belarus - a statement swiftly denied by the Belarusian military, who insisted the Russian tanks were heading to training bases in their own country.  The confusion only exacerbated fears
  
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• Russia begins huge 'Zapad 2017' military drills

  14-09-2017 21:36 via cnn.com
  Thousands of Russian troops are taking part in "Zapad 2017" military drills in western Russia and Belarus, causing some concern for Western neighbors.
  
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• Chicago Newspaper Hits Back After Police Union Attacks Reporters For Doing Their Job

  14-09-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  The Chicago Sun-Times published a blistering editorial Wednesday night, denying a police union’s demand that effectively told the newspaper’s reporters to stop doing their job.“Chicago needs a great police force,” the board wrote.On Tuesday, the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police sent a letter to Sun-Times investigative reporters Tim Novak and Robert Herguth and managing editor Chris Fusco, criticizing them over their recent piece on lax discipline for Chicago po
  
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• A walking tour of New York's striking architecture

  14-09-2017 21:24 via cnn.com
  Yves Behar is a designer of seemingly limitless imagination. Through his Fuseproject design firm and wearable tech company, Jawbone, Behar and his team have taken on everything from traditional design standards (chairs, computers, logos) to ambitious philanthropic projects (a medical device that can take blood samples, low-cost laptops for children in developing countries) and more playful projects (a high-tech golf aid, a smart coffee cup).
  
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• WATCH: Polite dog enters home, closes door

  14-09-2017 21:23 via abcnews.go.com
  This respectful canine really knows how to make an entrance.
  
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• Equifax Blames Months-Old Flaw for Massive Hack

  14-09-2017 21:21 via nbcnews.com
  It was a "hair on fire" moment in the IT world when the "Apache Struts" server bug was discovered. But at Equifax the problem went undetected for two months.
  
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• The Italian silk mill that's been weaving for centuries

  14-09-2017 21:14 via cnn.com
  From a distance, the looms of the Antico Setifico Fiorentino silk-weaving mill sound like a steam train -- one that has been traveling for centuries. The patterns produced here go back to the golden years of the Renaissance, with one of the machines still in use today having been built by Leonardo da Vinci himself.
  
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• American Fighting for ISIS Reportedly in Custody

  14-09-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Military and State spokespeople say they are aware of reports.
  
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• Farewell, Cassini: Orbiter Captured Dazzling Photos of Saturn

  14-09-2017 21:00 via nbcnews.com
  For over a decade, Cassini has been sending us captivating images of Saturn, its mysterious rings, and its family of icy moons.
  
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• 'Fixer Upper' Couple Blasted On Social Media Over New Target Line

  14-09-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  HGTV fans will soon have a new reason to shop at Target.
  
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• These Stunning Photos of Saturn Are a Beautiful Goodbye From NASA’s Cassini Probe

  14-09-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  Eight striking images Cassini captured of the ringed planet
  
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• Fanged sea creature washes up on Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey creature

  14-09-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  A mysterious fanged sea creature that washed up on a beach in Texas following Hurricane Harvey quickly went viral after images emerged on Twitter.
  
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• Mattis' message: US is not intimidated by North Korea

  14-09-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  He inspected a mock-up nuclear warhead, but there was no Kim Jong Un lookalike posing for photographs. He chatted with nuclear missile launch officers in their underground command post, but there was no talk of unleashing nuclear hell on North Korea.
  
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