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• Golden Krust Bakery Founder Who Was 'the Perfect American Success Story' Reportedly Commits Suicide in His Factory

  03-12-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  The Jamaican Prime Minister shared his condolences
  
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• New York financier killed in Costa Rica shark attack

  03-12-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  A New York financier has been killed in a shark attack while scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica, the country's Environment Ministry announced. Rohina Bhandari, 49, a senior director at WL Ross & Co. LL, was identified by friends as the American tourist who was fatally attacked last Thursday. She was dragged from the Pacific Ocean after sustaining severe bites to her legs but could not be saved. Her 26-year-old diving instructor was also badly injured. The male instructor, who was consc
  
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• Footage of dog being rescued from frozen creek will thaw your ice cold heart

  03-12-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  2017 is in dire need of heartwarming tales, so here's one about a dog that fell into a frozen creek and was successfully rescued by a team of firefighters. Last week, Denis Pilon, a fire chief at Swift Current Fire Department in Canada, shared a video on Facebook of several firefighters and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police rescuing someone's pet dog.  SEE ALSO: This add-on will make your truck a snowmobile monster "STAY OFF THE ICE!!" Pilon wrote, explaining that the dog wa
  
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• Orrin Hatch comments on Chip health program at heart of social media storm

  03-12-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  Orrin Hatch speaks about Chip.A social media storm blew up on Sunday after a TV host suggested the Utah Republican Orrin Hatch thought children and pregnant women who receive federal healthcare assistance did not deserve such help because they “won’t lift a finger” to help themselves.Joe Scarborough, the former Republican congressman and TV host who shared Hatch’s remarks on Twitter, was accused of taking them out of context.
  
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• Drake Appears Panicked After He’s Caught On Camera Pouring A Drink, And It’s Hilarious

  03-12-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  Love him or hate him, you can’t help but laugh at Drake sometimes.
  
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• Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital is a dangerous gambit

  03-12-2017 22:46 via cnn.com
  Having worked at the State Department on Arab-Israeli negotiations for the better part of a quarter century, I came up with more than my fair share of half-baked ideas.
  
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• Man detained by ICE after speaking with news reporters

  03-12-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — A Mexican man who spoke with reporters about his longtime girlfriend's immigration arrest has now been detained himself, and he says agents told him it's because he was in the newspaper.
  
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• MSNBC's Joy Reid apologizes for 'insensitive' LGBT blog posts

  03-12-2017 22:12 via nbcnews.com
  MSNBC host Joy Reid on Sunday issued an apology for past blog posts that have been criticized as "homophobic" and "anti-gay."
  
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• Brock Turner, Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Woman, Asks for New Trial

  03-12-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  He only served three months of a six-month jail sentence.
  
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• Senate considering obstruction of justice charges against Donald Trump, senior Democrat says

  03-12-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  A top Democrat says that a Senate committee investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election is looking into potential obstruction of justice charges against President Donald Trump.Senator Dianne Feinstein, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that a group was “putting together of a case of obstruction of justice” against the President, during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.The comments came just after a former top White Hous
  
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• CVS to purchase health insurance provider Aetna

  03-12-2017 21:29 via nbcnews.com
  Aetna Inc.'s board of directors approved on Sunday the U.S. health insurer's sale to drugstore chain operator CVS Health Corp for approximately $207 per share in cash and stock.
  
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• N.Y.'s Metropolitan Opera to investigate James Levine after sex abuse claim

  03-12-2017 21:25 via nbcnews.com
  New York's Metropolitan Opera announced it will open an investigation into its conductor James Levine, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a boy.
  
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• Brexit: Is Theresa May's luck about to run out?

  03-12-2017 21:21 via cnn.com
  The British PM could find herself facing in a make or break moment in the days ahead with critical meetings in Brussels on the UK's divorce bill and Irish border.
  
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• Storm chaser captures extraordinary images

  03-12-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  While most people head for cover at the first sign of a storm, this man runs straight toward it. Storm chaser and father of three Mike Olbinski is addicted to photographing extreme weather and regularly takes on tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms in a bid to capture extraordinary images. The photographer, from Phoenix, often travels hundreds of miles a day to reach the eye of a storm. He first became hooked on the unusual hobby almost a decade ago, following the birth of his daughte
  
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• U.S. quits talks on global migration pact over sovereignty clash

  03-12-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States has quit negotiations on a voluntary pact to deal with migration because the global approach to the issue was "simply not compatible with U.S. sovereignty," said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.In a statement released late on Saturday, the U.S. mission to the U.N. noted that President Donald Trump made the decision.
  
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• Coming to a theater near you: Punching seats and falling snow

  03-12-2017 21:03 via nbcnews.com
  As ticket buyers defect in large numbers to streaming services, theater owners are desperately trying to soup up the movie-going experience.
  
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• Trump's lawyer says he wrote Flynn tweet

  03-12-2017 20:55 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, confirmed to CNN on Sunday that he wrote a tweet for the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account about the firing of former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn.
  
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• The Flynn tweet: Trump's lawyer says he wrote it

  03-12-2017 20:55 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, confirmed to CNN on Sunday that he wrote a tweet for the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account about the firing of former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn.
  
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• Minister Sparks Outrage After Asking People To Pray For Prince George To Be Gay

  03-12-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  An Anglican minister is feeling the heat after a blog post in which he urged congregants to “pray in the privacy of their hearts” for Prince George to be gay went viral.
  
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• Somalia truck bombing death toll spikes 2 months later

  03-12-2017 20:45 via cnn.com
  The number of dead in the devastating twin bombing in the Somali capital of Mogadishu in October has jumped to 512, authorities announced Sunday.
  
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• Crissy Teigen Dresses Up Her Baby Bump in Curve-Hugging Gown

  03-12-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  Chrissy Teigen’s lovin’ her bun in the oven!
  
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• German police say Potsdam explosive package not 'terrorism'

  03-12-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  German authorities investigating the delivery of a package containing powerful firecrackers, wires and nails to a pharmacy near a Christmas market in the city of Potsdam said on Sunday it was criminal activity rather than "terrorism."Karl-Heinz Schroeter, interior minister of the state of Brandenburg where Potsdam is located, told a news conference criminals were behind the package which they had used to try to extort millions of euros from logistics firm DHL, which had delivered the package.Sta
  
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• We are all this opossum who snuck into a liquor store and got drunk

  03-12-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  2017 has taken a toll on all of us – human and otherwise.  An opossum in Florida snuck into a liquor store and proceeded to finish a bottle of bourbon. It has since made a full recovery, with no hangover. SEE ALSO: This hamster wearing an 'It' mask is too cute to be scary Store owner Cash Moore told a local paper that the opossum likely entered through the rafters and knocked down the bottle. When Moore found her, it was empty, and the opossum, according to a local wildlife expert, "w
  
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• Trump's Labor Law Enforcer Freezes Worker-Friendly Reforms Made Under Obama

  03-12-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  During the Barack Obama years, the National Labor Relations Board took a broad view of worker rights, expanding protections for employees who try to join a union or come together to improve their working conditions.
  
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• Trump adviser 'not sure' if Israel embassy will be moved

  03-12-2017 20:09 via cnn.com
  White House national security adviser HR McMaster said Sunday morning that he doesn't know whether President Donald Trump will decide to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
  
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• Supreme Court to hear arguments on bakery case

  03-12-2017 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Legal panel weighs in on high profile religious liberty issue.
  
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• Time running out to avert North Korea war, White House warns

  03-12-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  Time is running out to avoid a war with North Korea, the White House national security has warned, after it emerged that the US is scoping out sites for missile interception batteries following the latest ballistic missile tests from Pyongyang. “We’re in a race to be able to solve this problem,” H.R McMaster told Fox News during a weekend defence forum. “There are ways to address this problem short of armed conflict, but it is a race because he’s getting closer and
  
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• Feinstein: 'We are beginning to see' an obstruction of justice case against Trump

  03-12-2017 19:53 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says it is becoming increasingly clear that President Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey represents an obstruction of justice.
  
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• Neo-Nazi site founder: 'Troll storm' is protected speech

  03-12-2017 19:42 via cnn.com
  The founder of a popular neo-Nazi website says a "troll storm" he encouraged against a Jewish woman in Montana should be considered protected speech and a lawsuit against him should be dismissed.
  
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• Trump's weekend Twitter tirade

  03-12-2017 19:31 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump wants you to know one thing about former national security adviser Michael Flynn's guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russians during the 2016 campaign: He's not worried about it. Not at all. Zero percent. Nada. Zilch.
  
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• The US President wants you to know he's not worried about Michael Flynn's guilty plea. At all.

  03-12-2017 19:31 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump wants you to know one thing about former national security adviser Michael Flynn's guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russians during the 2016 campaign: He's not worried about it. Not at all. Zero percent. Nada. Zilch.
  
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• Erdogan: Turkey can't be tried by US 'virtual courts'

  03-12-2017 19:31 via cnn.com
  Turkey cannot be tried by "virtual courts" in the United States, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, a thinly-veiled response to the testimony of a gold trader with ties to the Turkish government who said Erdogan played a role in a scheme to help Iran avoid US and UN sanctions.
  
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• US lawmaker: likelihood of 'preemptive war' with North Korea grows

  03-12-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  A top Republican lawmaker warned Sunday that the United States moves closer to preemptive war with North Korea every time Pyongyang carries out a missile or nuclear test.North Korea's test launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile has sent tensions soaring once again on the Korean peninsula, after a two month lull.
  
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• Jared Kushner gets personal

  03-12-2017 19:14 via cnn.com
  Jared Kushner discusses his personal life and work in the White House at a rare public appearance at the Saban Forum in Washington.
  
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• Trump's lawyer says he wrote president's problematic tweet

  03-12-2017 19:06 via nbcnews.com
  President Donald Trump's personal lawyer took responsibility Sunday for a presidential tweet that could create legal jeopardy for Trump.
  
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• 11 gifts every home cook wants but can't afford

  03-12-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Cooking can be an expensive hobby. Chances are, if you know a passionate home cook in your life, they're likely yearning for a new gadget or tool to add to their home setup. But quality kitchen accessories are not cheap, so most home cooks make do with the hand-me-down or knockoff items that will inevitably ruin a meal or two. SEE ALSO: Gifts ideas for every kind of Star Wars geek If you need some helpful recommendations for the lovable foodie in your life, check out the list below for some clas
  
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• Detroit's Silverdome still standing after attempted implosion

  03-12-2017 18:49 via cnn.com
  It began with the familiar dramatic scene: A series of bright flashes chased each other around the condemned stadium, emitting dozens of plumes of smoke.
  
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• Met Opera Investigating Sexual Abuse Allegation Against Conductor James Levine

  03-12-2017 18:45 via yahoo.com
  He is accused of sexual abuse against a 15-year-old boy beginning in 1985
  
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• Moving assets abroad is act of treason: Turkish president

  03-12-2017 18:42 via yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Sunday that businessmen who move assets abroad are committing "treason", adding that his government should put an end to the practice."I am aware that some businessmen are attempting to place their assets overseas.The Turkish president did not name names, but his comments came two days after Turkish prosecutors ordered the seizure of assets of a gold trader testifying in a New York trial against a Turkish banker accused of violating US sanctions ag
  
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• Deer Hunter Saves Drowning Buck in Partially Frozen Lake

  03-12-2017 18:29 via yahoo.com
  He spotted the deer while on a nearby road.
  
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• Kate Steinle Verdict Reignites Sanctuary City Debate

  03-12-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  Sanctuary city debate back in the spotlight following the acquittal of an illegal immigrant once accused in the murder of Kate Steinle.
  
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• Pizza Delivery Driver Kills Robber During Shootout

  03-12-2017 17:59 via yahoo.com
  An Imo`s Pizza delivery driver in St. Louis killed an armed robber after police say he was shot at on the job.
  
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• Sen. Collins outlines deal-making behind tax vote

  03-12-2017 17:55 via nbcnews.com
  Republican Senator Susan Collins on Sunday said she received numerous promises before she was able to cast her vote in favor of the Senate's tax bill.
  
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• McConnell on Moore: 'We're going to let the people of Alabama decide'

  03-12-2017 17:52 via nbcnews.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday walked back his calls for embattled Alabama candidate Roy Moore to step aside following allegations of sexual misconduct with minors.
  
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• Donald Trump lashes out in series of tweets as pressure mounts over FBI probe

  03-12-2017 17:45 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is lashing out at his critics just days after a top aide of his plead guilty to charges resulting from a special investigation into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election.Mr Trump leaned on his favourite social media website on Sunday morning to try and reframe the national conversation away from analysis of what the guilty plea of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn might mean, and toward a familiar foil of Mr Trump’s: Hillary Clinton and th
  
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• 'It Was Built a Little Too Well.' Watch a Demolition Team Try (and Fail) to Bring Down the Pontiac Silverdome

  03-12-2017 17:41 via yahoo.com
  "It was built a little too well"
  
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• Here's how much the Mueller investigation has reportedly cost so far

  03-12-2017 17:35 via yahoo.com
  Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is racking up quite a bill.
  
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• WATCH: Nanny chases down package thief in Washington

  03-12-2017 17:29
  Surveillance video caught the moments that a nanny ran out of the house and chased down a thief who apparently stole a package off a front porch
  
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• US-backed Syria Kurdish force says east Euphrates free of IS

  03-12-2017 17:27 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's main Kurdish forces declared Sunday that they have successfully cleared areas east of the Euphrates river of Islamic State militants, with help from the U.S.-led coalition and Russian forces.
  
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• Trump fumes about Comey, Clinton and the FBI after Flynn guilty plea

  03-12-2017 17:26 via yahoo.com
  President Trump spent part of his weekend on Twitter fuming over coverage of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI.
  
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