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• Manafort trial: Former bookkeeper Heather Washkuhn testifies she did not know about off-shore accounts as she details former Trump aide's

  02-08-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  Paul Manafort's former bookkeeper has testified that the former Donald Trump campaign chairman kept her in the dark about the foreign bank accounts he was using to allegedly buy millions in luxury items and personal expenses.Mr Manafort, facing trial on back fraud and tax charges otherwise approved “every penny” of the personal bills she paid for him, said Heather Washkuhn of the accounting firm NKFSB.Washkuhn's testimony on the third day of the trial appeared to undercut an argument
  
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• Princesses Beatrice And Eugenie Grant Rare Interview To British Vogue

  02-08-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  Not only does British Vogue's September issue feature a stunning Rihanna
  
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• WATCH: Video captures dramatic rescue from burning home

  02-08-2018 23:26 via abcnews.go.com
  Police officers, firefighters and good Samaritans rushed to save residents.
  
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• Iran conducts naval exercise in Gulf: US official

  02-08-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  Iran launched a naval exercise in the Gulf on Thursday, just days before the US reimposes sanctions on Tehran, a defense official told AFP.The timing of the exercise is unusual, as it appears to be similar in scale and nature to a drill that ordinarily happens later in the autumn.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said several dozen boats were out training early Thursday morning.
  
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• Ewan McGregor co-stars with Winnie-the-Pooh

  02-08-2018 23:14 via cnn.com
  Ewan McGregor plays the grown-up 'Christopher Robin,' who rediscovers Winnie-the-Pooh and returns to the Hundred Acre Wood. Rick Damigella reports.
  
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• Louisiana Grocery Store Worker Befriends Teen With Autism, Kindly Shows Him How to Stock Shelves

  02-08-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  A simple act of kindness to a teen with autism made the young man's day.
  
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• Yemeni officials say Saudi-led airstrikes kill 28 in Hodeida

  02-08-2018 23:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels conducted airstrikes in the rebel-held port city of Hodeida on Thursday killing at least 28 people and wounding at least 70, Yemeni medical officials said, the latest escalation in fighting along the country's west coast.
  
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• Training exercise sparks active shooter panic, lockdown at Ohio Air Force base

  02-08-2018 22:55 via abcnews.go.com
  A training exercise sparked panic at an Ohio Air Force base on Thursday.
  
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• Back to rubble, some 'lost everything' in California fire

  02-08-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Carol Smith and her family walked into their hillside neighborhood Thursday to find her home reduced to mangled metal and piles of bricks after a massive Northern California wildfire leveled more than 1,000 homes.
  
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• Judge Throws Out Lawsuit By Seth Rich's Parents Against Fox News

  02-08-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  A New York judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought against Fox News by
  
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• How Did Six Willem de Kooning Paintings End Up Forgotten in a Storage Unit?

  02-08-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  They are expected to be worth somewhere between $10,000 and $10 million when they head to auction
  
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• Who was buried at Stonehenge?

  02-08-2018 22:36 via cnn.com
  As one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments, Stonehenge still holds many secrets despite centuries of study. For the first time, new research is lifting the veil on the people who are buried at Stonehenge.
  
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• Democrats asking whether Trump golf club members got Air Force One tours

  02-08-2018 22:30 via abcnews.go.com
  The allegations raise more concerns about Trump family's private dealings.
  
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• A 10-Year-Old Named Clark Kent Has Flown Past a Michael Phelps Record

  02-08-2018 22:29 via yahoo.com
  Watch out, Boomer and Beckett Phelps
  
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• Woman slapped by harasser says new French law falls short

  02-08-2018 22:17 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A 22-year-old woman who is becoming a symbol of sexual harassment on France's streets said Thursday that a new law banning offensive comments and behavior isn't enough to stop them.
  
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• Papa John's founder: I should be back as chain's public face

  02-08-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of Papa John's says the pizza chain does well with him as its public face, and that it was a mistake for the company to scrub him from its marketing materials after he acknowledged using a racial slur.
  
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• Smith College employee calls police on black student that 'seemed to be out of place'

  02-08-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  A Smith College employee called the police on a black student who was eating lunch in a common area because she “seemed to be out of place,” the school said.
  
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• 15 Purses That Convert To Backpacks To Give You Way More Options

  02-08-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Most two-for-one situations in life are worth getting excited about, like two-
  
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• The Latest: Bookkeeper notes false info on Manafort forms

  02-08-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial (all times local):
  
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• US intel chief doesn't 'fully understand' Trump-Putin meeting

  02-08-2018 21:46 via cnn.com
  It has been more than two weeks since President Donald Trump met one-on-one with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, but Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats admitted Thursday that he is still does not know the details of what was said during the sit-down.
  
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• Bob Evans Suspends Partnership Deal With Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer

  02-08-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Bob Evans Restaurants dropped an endorsement deal with Ohio State University
  
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• Chicago protestors threaten to 'get arrested' and 'shut down streets' in anti-gun violence demonstration

  02-08-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Chicago activists have warned a sprawling anti-violence protest may lead to multiple arrests and the shutdown of busy streets.The demonstration was being organised in an effort to unseat Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s Democratic mayor, and Eddie Johnson, the city’s police superintendent, according to organisers.Protestors planned to march from Lake Shore Drive to Wrigleyville in the middle of Thursday rush hour, and had not ruled out entering the Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs were s
  
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• Bookkeeper says Manafort firm gave inflated income figure in loan bid

  02-08-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Rick Gates, a longtime associate of one-time Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, provided an inflated income figure to a Banc of California executive as part of Manafort's efforts to get a loan, a bookkeeper testified at trial on Thursday.Heather Washkuhn, a bookkeeper for Manafort, testified that a March 2016 email sent to the bank executive listing a net income of $4.45 million for Manafort's consulting company for 2015 was incorrect.
  
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• Man arrested after 8-year-old boy thrown off 31-foot water slide platform

  02-08-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  An 18-year-old man is in custody after allegedly picking up and throwing an 8-year-old boy off of a 31-foot water slide platform.
  
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• White House refuses to say media is not 'enemy of the people'

  02-08-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  CNN's Jim Acosta and White House press secretary Sarah Sanders engage in a heated exchange over the president's characterization of the media.
  
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• Wife of Iraq War vet deported to Mexico after pleas to Trump

  02-08-2018 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  Alejandra Juarez "is alone today as she has no home yet" in Mexico, her attorney said after she was taken to an airport to return to her native Mexico.
  
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• California wildfires entering ‘uncharted territory,’ Governor Jerry Brown warns

  02-08-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  The wildfires ravaging California are plunging the state into “uncharted territory”, governor Jerry Brown has said.Mr Brown – like other officials before him – warned on Wednesday that that situation could be the “new normal” for the state.Every year is teaching the fire authorities new lessons," the governor said at a press conference, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
  
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• Colombian president lends hand to refugees from Venezuela

  02-08-2018 21:05 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday granted 440,000 refugees from crisis-stricken Venezuela two years of help, while urging leaders in the neighboring country to stem the spreading humanitarian crisis.
  
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• Trump received letter from North Korea's Kim on August 1: White House

  02-08-2018 20:58 via yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the two continue to discuss Pyongyang's commitment at a recent Singapore summit to rid itself of nuclear weapons, but no second meeting is currently planned, the White House said on Thursday.White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Trump had received a letter from Kim on Wednesday and had responded with a note that should be delivered shortly.Trump also posted a note on Twitter on Thursday thanking Kim for re
  
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• Trump and Kim exchange letters amid denuclearization doubts

  02-08-2018 20:58 via abcnews.go.com
  Trump hinted at another meeting but the White House said nothing's locked in.
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders Refuses To Say Press Isn't 'The Enemy Of The People'

  02-08-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday refused to say
  
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• Family Of Elizabeth Tollison, Accidentally Killed By LAPD, Files Claim

  02-08-2018 20:42 via yahoo.com
  The family of 49-year-old Elizabeth Tollison, whom California police officers
  
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• CNN reporter walks out of press briefing after heated exchange with Sarah Huckabee Sanders

  02-08-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration hasn't been on the best of terms with the media lately, to put it lightly. On Thursday, CNN's Jim Acosta walked out of a White House press briefing after Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to confirm that the press corps is not the "enemy of the people," as Trump has repeatedly called them in the past. SEE ALSO: Sarah Huckabee Sanders tries and fails to explain Trump’s odd comment on groceries "...You read off a laundry list of your concerns about the press and things
  
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• BusinessWeek Had The Best Joke About Apple Becoming A Trillion Dollar Company

  02-08-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  On the heels of Apple's market value hitting the $1 trillion mark,
  
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• Fuming Driver Calls the Police on Woman She Claims Stole Her Parking Spot

  02-08-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  It was a war in this California parking lot.
  
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• How this couple paid off nearly $124,000 of debt in 3 years

  02-08-2018 20:25 via abcnews.go.com
  $88,000 in student loans, $29,000 in car payments and $5,200 on credit cards.
  
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• Sanders jeered during tense exchange

  02-08-2018 20:22 via cnn.com
  CNN's Jim Acosta asks White House press secretary Sarah Sanders to respond to Ivanka Trump's comments that the press is not the enemy of the people.
  
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• Acosta to Sanders: Say press isn't enemy

  02-08-2018 20:22 via cnn.com
  CNN's Jim Acosta asks White House press secretary Sarah Sanders to respond to Ivanka Trump's comments that the press is not the enemy of the people.
  
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• Wright-Patterson incident: All-clear given after reports of active shooter at air force base hospital in Ohio

  02-08-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  The all-clear has been given by authorities after reports of an active shooter at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton in Ohio.Local media outlets reported that an alert was sent to personnel at the base that read: “Emergency responders are enroute.All WPAFB Gates are Closed.
  
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• Trump receives new letter from Kim Jong Un, sends his reply

  02-08-2018 20:20 via abcnews.go.com
  President Donald Trump receives a new letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and responds quickly with a letter of his own
  
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• The Ugly Destination of Trump’s Iran Policy

  02-08-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  To the extent Iranian leaders might be sounding a little testy these days, no one should be surprised.
  
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• The New 'Golden Bridge' In Vietnam Is Hands-Down The Coolest Bridge Ever

  02-08-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Visitors to Ba Na Hills in Central Vietnam near Da Nang this summer have been
  
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• 20-year grudge behind slaying of former Bush doctor: US police

  02-08-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Texas police were on the hunt Thursday for a former cop suspected of shooting dead an eminent doctor who once treated ex-US President George H.W. Bush, because of a 20-year grudge.Mark Hausknecht was killed two weeks ago while riding his bicycle to work.Police were searching for a 62-year-old ex-law enforcement officer whose mother died on Hausknecht's operating table more than 20 years ago.
  
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• What you wear on a flight can save you

  02-08-2018 20:00 via cnn.com
  There's perhaps nothing more terrifying than the thought of being on a plane when it crashes. If you were to somehow survive such a calamity, you'd rightly call it a travel miracle.
  
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• What you wear on a flight can help save your life

  02-08-2018 20:00 via cnn.com
  There's perhaps nothing more terrifying than the thought of being on a plane when it crashes. If you were to somehow survive such a calamity, you'd rightly call it a travel miracle.
  
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• Watchdog says gaps in Syria's chemical weapons declaration

  02-08-2018 19:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The international chemical weapons watchdog says there are still gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies in Syria's declaration of its chemical weapons, and the number of issues needing a response has increased.
  
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• Mother of missing Iowa woman believes she may be held captive

  02-08-2018 19:52 via abcnews.go.com
  Mollie Tibbetts disappeared two weeks ago.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein seeking dismissal of top rape charge against him

  02-08-2018 19:52 via abcnews.go.com
  The embattled movie mogul wants the top rape charge against him dismissed.
  
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• Anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany as Jewish business owners and students are targeted online

  02-08-2018 19:46 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Anti-Semitic content on the Internet has jumped from 7.5 percent to over 30 percent in the decade between 2007 and 2018, according to a newly released study by Monica Schwarz-Friesel, a professor of cognitive science at the Technical University in Berlin and an expert on anti-Semitism.
  
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• There's a very simple reason Trump wants to sit down with Mueller

  02-08-2018 19:41 via cnn.com
  The New York Times has the story. It reads:
  
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