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• Former Justice Stevens changes mind on Kavanaugh

  04-10-2018 23:58 via cnn.com
  Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh does not belong on the nation's highest court, according to the Palm Beach Post.
  
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• Senator Orrin Hatch Tells Kavanaugh Protesters To 'Grow Up'

  04-10-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  As crowds of demonstrators occupied the Hart Senate Building in Washington,
  
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• Tons of body parts being stockpiled in UK

  04-10-2018 23:48 via cnn.com
  Hundreds of tons of human body parts and surgical waste have been stockpiled by a disposal company contracted by the UK's National Health Service (NHS), according to the Health Services Journal, citing leaked documents.
  
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• Biodefense project could be seen as bioweapon

  04-10-2018 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  An article in the journal Science says other countries may view the Insect Allies program, which hopes to deploy bugs to make plants more resilient, as hostile.
  
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• Father used homemade bomb in Allentown car explosion to kill son, friend

  04-10-2018 23:46 via nbcnews.com
  Jacob Schmoyer, 26, sent letters to authorities detailing his "miserable life" before setting off the device Saturday.
  
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• California man sues Vatican for names of abusers worldwide

  04-10-2018 23:45 via yahoo.com
  A California man who says he was sexually abused by a priest decades ago is suing the Vatican, seeking the release of the names of all offenders within the church worldwide.
  
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• Suspect in shooting of 7 officers in South Carolina identified

  04-10-2018 23:31
  Authorities have identified the man who allegedly opened fire on law enforcement officers in a residential neighborhood in South Carolina on Wednesday.
  
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• Key votes remain undecided on Kavanaugh nomination

  04-10-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Heidi Heitkamp decided to vote against President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court.
  
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• No more beach week: A calendar of Brett Kavanaugh's 2018 summer and fall

  04-10-2018 23:15 via nbcnews.com
  Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s calendar from the past several months, including details about sexual assault allegations, an FBI probe and more.
  
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• Don't Confirm Brett Kavanaugh, Says Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

  04-10-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  John Paul Stevens says Kavanaugh "had the qualifications," but "his performance in the hearings changed my mind."
  
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• The Forgotten Affidavits

  04-10-2018 23:07 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The day before Christine Blasey Ford testified to the Senate
  
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• An 8-year-old girl pulled an ancient sword out of a lake, and she's our hero now

  04-10-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Good news everyone, we have a new world leader! An 8-year-old girl pulled an ancient Viking sword out of a lake during her summer vacation, securing her destiny as savior of the world.  Saga Vanecek — becauseof course her name is Saga — unearthed the sword in Tånnö, Sweden while skipping rocks. She told the Local that she found "some kind of stick."SEE ALSO: What I learned on the longest, craziest electric bike ride of my life "I picked it up and was going to drop it
  
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• Why birds in Minnesota are getting drunk

  04-10-2018 22:53 via cnn.com
  Robins, cedar waxwings and other birds in Gilbert, Minnesota, are flying into windshields, bumping into trees and looking mighty disoriented.
  
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• WATCH: Dazzling fall colors on display in northern Utah

  04-10-2018 22:45
  Colorful fall foliage was captured by a drone flying high above northern Utah's Ogden Valley.
  
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• The Latest: Chief: Officers' rescue took about 30 minutes

  04-10-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of seven South Carolina law enforcement officers (all times local):
  
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• Michelle Carter's lawyer says suicide texts did not force teen to kill himself

  04-10-2018 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  The young woman who sent texts telling her boyfriend to kill himself is appealing her involuntary manslaughter conviction to Massachusetts' highest court.
  
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• First thing man hears after cochlear implant is husband-to-be's proposal

  04-10-2018 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  Hayward Duresseau, 37, lost his hearing earlier this year after contracting a bacterial meningitis.
  
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• U.S. arm of JBS recalls 6.5 million pounds of beef on salmonella risk

  04-10-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  U.S. investigators have identified at least 57 people in 16 states who have become ill due to consuming contaminated ground beef products made from meat traced back to JBS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.JBS shares fell as much as 5 percent to around 8.80 reais on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.JBS Tolleson Inc, part of JBS USA, the U.S. arm of the world's largest meatpacking company, was voluntarily pulling ground beef and other raw beef products that had been shipped to stores across th
  
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• We All Want to Come Home to This German Apartment

  04-10-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  It's designed to be the perfect place to decompress after a busy day
  
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• Target shopping hacks that save you time and money

  04-10-2018 22:10 via nbcnews.com
  The 'Target effect' is real — all those great deals add up. Here are some insider hacks that will help you save.
  
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• How to score the best deals at Target

  04-10-2018 22:10 via nbcnews.com
  The 'Target effect' is real — all those great deals add up. Here are some insider hacks that will help you save.
  
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• IOC board nominates 3 bids for 2026 Winter Olympics

  04-10-2018 22:09 via olympics.nbcsports.com
  The IOC executive board has nominated three bids for the 2026 Winter Olympics and dropped a fourth from Turkey.
  
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• Census citizenship question creates conundrum for Latino groups

  04-10-2018 22:04 via nbcnews.com
  For census takers in many neighborhoods, says an advocate, it's going to be hard to say ‘Yes, we are asking about your citizenship, don’t worry.'
  
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• Suge Knight sentenced to 28 years behind bars for fatal hit-and-run

  04-10-2018 22:03 via nbcnews.com
  The former hip-hop mogul pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter for running over Terry Carter in January 2015.
  
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• Elderly white 'Trump supporters' tease young voters in satirical new ad

  04-10-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  A campaign that aims to get millennials to register to vote turned heads by
  
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• Trump to sign aviation bill on Friday: officials

  04-10-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Trump is set to sign the bill on Friday that will, among other measures, bar airlines from removing seated passengers and require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to write new rules to allow commercial drones to deliver packages.The U.S. Senate in a 93 to 6 vote on Wednesday approved a 1,200-page bill overseeing the FAA that includes some new airline passenger protections.The Trump administration had said it did not have legal authority to address such threats.
  
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• As Russia courts India, help from a surprising corner: US sanctions

  04-10-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Amid today’s galloping global disorder, questions about one of Asia’s most important emerging powers, India, and where it fits into today’s rapidly shifting geopolitical equations, seem to be getting short shrift.Just last month Washington slapped tough “secondary sanctions” on China for purchasing Russian S-400 air defense systems and fighter planes.
  
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• U.S. indicts Russians in hacking of nuclear company Westinghouse

  04-10-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  The charges of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and to commit wire fraud and money laundering came hours after Dutch authorities said they had disrupted an attempt by Russian intelligence agents to hack into the Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in April.The Justice Department said one of the Russian officers researched Westinghouse and its employees online and stole log-in credentials of Westinghouse workers for servers in the United States, including
  
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• Ronaldo left off Portugal squad amid sexual assault allegations

  04-10-2018 21:47 via soccer.nbcsports.com
  Portugal won the EURO final despite Ronaldo going down with an injury and has plenty of depth in attack.
  
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• Rap mogul Suge Knight: 28 years in prison

  04-10-2018 21:39 via cnn.com
  Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was sentenced to 28 years in prison Thursday for the death of a man during a hit-and-run incident on the set of the movie "Straight Outta Compton."
  
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• Rescuers detect possible sign of life under quake-hit hotel

  04-10-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A French rescue team said Thursday it has detected a possible sign of life under the rubble of a hotel in Indonesia's Sulawesi island nearly a week after it was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, as the death toll rose to more than 1,500.
  
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• Mysterious car bomb that killed two men and a child ruled a murder-suicide

  04-10-2018 21:30
  Philadelphia man who died in a car explosion with his two-year-old boy and his friend planned the explosion, official announced today.
  
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• VP Pence paints China as foremost threat to US: 'We will not be intimidated'

  04-10-2018 21:27
  He criticized China for its militarization of the South China Sea.
  
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• White House reacts to Kavanaugh FBI report as Senate vote looms

  04-10-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  White House officials deny limiting the scope of the FBI probe into sex allegations against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
  
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• Melania Trump focuses on improving schools in visit to Malawi

  04-10-2018 21:19 via nbcnews.com
  Some of the road signs that greeted the first lady's motorcade referred to tensions between her goodwill tour and her husband's policies.
  
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• Suspect in custody after killing officer in South Carolina

  04-10-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  A suspect is in custody after a violent standoff with police resulted in seven officers shot and one killed.
  
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• In tight race, Cruz gets help from the (junior) varsity

  04-10-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who feuded bitterly with Donald Trump in 2016, now needs his help in his reelection campaign. Donald Trump Jr. answered the call.
  
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• Christine Mungai: I'm glad Melania is in Africa, but her trip won't change anything

  04-10-2018 21:08 via cnn.com
  Melania Trump is in Africa this week -- and child health and well-being is at the top of her agenda during a four-country tour that will take her "to every corner of the vast and impoverished continent."
  
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• North Carolina GOP Leader Shares Fake Photo To Mock Christine Blasey Ford

  04-10-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  A North Carolina Republican leader used a fake photo to mock the physical
  
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• Confusion, chaos hit Capitol Hill in wake of FBI report on Kavanaugh

  04-10-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  As the full Senate vote on Brett Kavanaugh nears, the public rancor that has surrounded his nomination shows no sign of abating.
  
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• Juan Romero, the busboy who aided wounded Robert Kennedy, dies at 68

  04-10-2018 20:42 via nbcnews.com
  Juan Romero, the hotel busboy who came to Robert F. Kennedy's aid when the New York senator was shot in Los Angeles has died.
  
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• A horrific childhood in China inspires a crusade against homelessness

  04-10-2018 20:23 via cnn.com
  Betty Chinn doesn't sleep much.
  
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• More than 50 transgender candidates running for office in Brazil

  04-10-2018 20:21 via nbcnews.com
  The boom in transgender candidacies comes as Latin America's largest nation struggles to emerge from its worst recession in decades.
  
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• Surgeons warned against Brazilian butt lift surgery

  04-10-2018 20:15 via cnn.com
  UK surgeons were strongly warned this week by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons to stop performing Brazilian butt lifts.
  
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• Correction: Ronaldo-Rape Lawsuit story

  04-10-2018 20:06 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a story Oct. 3 about a rape accusation against soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo in Las Vegas, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a lawyer for the Nevada woman said he had not asked her if she wanted Ronaldo criminally prosecuted for rape. Leslie Stovall said Katherine Mayorga wants police to investigate but he did not ask her whether she wanted Ronaldo to go to prison.
  
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• For Sexual Assault Survivors, There's Power In Speaking Up. Then What?

  04-10-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Over the past two weeks, so many survivors of sexual violence have bared our
  
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• Lindsey Graham To Protester: Let's Dunk Kavanaugh In Water, See If He Floats

  04-10-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) snapped at a woman protesting Supreme Court
  
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• Donna Strickland's long journey from laser jock to Nobel Prize winner

  04-10-2018 19:53 via nbcnews.com
  The newly minted Nobel laureate says progress is being made with the representation of women in science.
  
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• 'Bull---- investigation,' 'sham,' 'horrific cover-up': Democrats blast FBI Kavanaugh report

  04-10-2018 19:50 via nbcnews.com
  Critics charged the White House had directed the probe of Trump's Supreme Court nominee, leaving key witnesses off the interview list.
  
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• White Mom Says Maryland Clinic Refused To Treat Black Daughter

  04-10-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  Karen Dresser is white. Her 12-year-old daughter, Amelia, is black. When the
  
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