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• Democrats shun idea of Pelosi floor fight in speaker's race

  25-11-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the chaos theory for picking the next House speaker.
  
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• Ukrainian Parliament to Debate Martial Law After Russian Attack

  25-11-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Poroshenko suggested taking the measure for 60 days as he spoke in a televised meeting of the Defense and Security Council in Kiev, Ukraine’s capital.The emergency session was called after Russian warships fired on Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait, injuring six servicemen.Russia also seized three boats.
  
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• Match postponed after rivals' bus attacked

  25-11-2018 23:53 via cnn.com
  The second match of the Copa Libertadores final between Argentina's Boca Juniors and River Plate was postponed indefinitely after a Boca team bus was attacked the day before, according to the governing body of South American football.
  
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• Leading medical supply maker reportedly linked to many breaches

  25-11-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  A world leader in medical technology, the American firm Medtronic, may be linked to as many as 9,300 deaths and 292,000 injuries in the US alone, according to an analysis published Sunday by an international journalists' group.Reports submitted to US regulators last year indicate that one in five medical implants using Medtronic products proved problematic, twice the rate of any competing firm, according to a wide-reaching analysis by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (IC
  
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• You face a stark choice - Britain's May warns lawmakers over Brexit

  25-11-2018 23:40 via yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May will tell lawmakers on Monday they face a stark choice - either back the deal she negotiated to leave the European Union or reject it and take Britain "back to square one" with "more division and more uncertainty".May secured agreement with the EU on Sunday for a deal that will see Britain leaving the bloc with continued close trade ties, a deal that was dismissed by the opposition Labour Party and other critics, even her allies in Northern Ireland.The future of the de
  
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• The Touching Reason Queen Elizabeth Keeps Christmas Decorations Up Until February

  25-11-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  Millions of people around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25.Many of them put up a Christmas tree as part of their celebration.Somewhere around the first or second week of January is traditionally when most people take them down as New Year’s Day and the 12th day of Christmas (January 6) are seen as marking the unofficial end of the holiday season.
  
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• Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits western Iran; hundreds injured

  25-11-2018 23:35 via cnn.com
  At least 361 people were injured in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck near the border with Iraq, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
  
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• Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits western Iran

  25-11-2018 23:35 via cnn.com
  At least 361 people were injured in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck near the border with Iraq, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
  
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• Hundreds injured in Iran earthquake

  25-11-2018 23:35 via cnn.com
  A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck in western Iran near the border with Iraq, the US Geological Survey said Sunday.
  
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• Theresa May Gambles on Personal Campaign to Win Brexit Deal Vote

  25-11-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  The U.K. prime minister will appeal to members of Parliament to vote for the contract she finalized over the weekend with the European Union and avoid the turmoil of splitting from the bloc without a plan.May has staked her authority on a campaign to persuade the House of Commons -- against the odds -- to endorse her Brexit deal in a vote expected to be held in December.
  
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• David A. Andelman: Paris protests jeopardize Macron's future

  25-11-2018 23:27 via cnn.com
  From our apartment window across the Seine, we could see the smoke rising from the Champs-Élysées, where flames of the burning barricades mingled with the fumes of the tear gas grenades. The demonstrators, wearing the trademark yellow vests that gave their movement its name -- the "gilets jaunes" -- were prying paving stones from the avenue to hurl at the riot police, clad in black from head to toe, with gas masks and tall plastic shields.
  
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• CNN's Brian Stelter Roasts Fox For Focusing On Ocasio-Cortez's Shoes More Than Climate Report

  25-11-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  CNN's Brian Stelter on Sunday criticized Fox News for not dedicating enough
  
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• Snowstorm causing headaches in Midwest on one of busiest travel days of year

  25-11-2018 23:19
  The storm will bring snow to the Midwest and rain on Monday to the Northeast.
  
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• Over 500 hurt in magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran

  25-11-2018 23:18
  US Geological Survey says the powerful quake struck near border with Iraq.
  
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• The women killed on one day around the world

  25-11-2018 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  New UN data suggests an average of 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or family member every day.
  
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• Major League Baseball Asks for Its $5,000 Campaign Donation Back From Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

  25-11-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  Amid outcry over racially insensitive remarks, the MLB wants its money back
  
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• Russia Fires on Ukraine's Navy Near Crimea as Tensions Reignite

  25-11-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  Ukraine said Russian warships opened fire Sunday on a group of its military vessels that had previously tried to enter the Kerch Strait.Six men were wounded as Russia “fired to kill,” while three ships were captured, according to Ukraine’s Navy.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held an emergency cabinet meeting and was in contact with the European Union and NATO over possible additional sanctions for what he called “criminal acts.” He instructed the Foreign Minis
  
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• Dean Obeidallah: Fox News has found a new 'villain' on the left

  25-11-2018 22:49 via cnn.com
  Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has done it. No, I don't just mean becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. I'm talking something potentially even more remarkable.
  
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• California’s deadliest wildfire fully contained

  25-11-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  Northern California’s Camp Fire, which destroyed the mountain town of Paradise and killed at least 85 people, is 100 percent contained. That’s according to officials who say more than 200 people are still missing. Jillian Kitchener reports.
  
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• Large Asteroid Packing 50 Megatons Of Force Might Come Crashing Down On Earth In 2023 — And That’s Not All

  25-11-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  A large asteroid could be headed toward us in the near future — barreling through space on a risk trajectory that might cause it to collide with Earth.The news comes from the Express, which cites NASA sources revealing that the space rock could end up engaged in not one, but a staggering 62 different potential impact trajectories with our planet — each of them waiting to sling the asteroid toward Earth over the next 100 years.Known as asteroid 2018 LF16, the space rock was last obser
  
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• Ukraine claims Russia fired on, seized naval vessels as tensions escalate

  25-11-2018 22:30 via cnn.com
  Russian authorities closed off the Kerch Strait Sunday amid a confrontation with Ukrainian naval vessels, Russian state news agencies and the Ukrainian military said.
  
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• US shuts down major crossing as migrants rush border

  25-11-2018 22:19 via cnn.com
  The US Customs and Border Protection office in San Diego has closed road and pedestrian bridges in both directions at the San Ysidro port of entry.
  
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• Twitter Helps Reunite Two Friends Who Met On A Cruise 12 Years Ago

  25-11-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  On Saturday, Mississippi teen Briana Cry asked Twitter to help locate a friend she met on a Hawaiian dinner cruise with family in 2006 but never kept in touch with afterwards.The tweet soon went viral, and it only took 12 hours for users on the social media site to track down the girl, whom Daily Mail identified as a California artist named Heidi Tran.“Hey twitter, I met this girl on a dinner cruise in Hawaii in 2006.
  
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• Ukraine: Russia fired on our naval vessels

  25-11-2018 22:14 via cnn.com
  The Ukrainian military said that Russian boats had opened fire on its naval vessels off the coast of Crimea, escalating a standoff over the Kerch Strait, a waterway that links the Azov Sea with the Black Sea.CNN's Matthew Chance has more.
  
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• Video shows hectic scene at US border crossing

  25-11-2018 22:11 via cnn.com
  The US Customs and Border Protection office in San Diego has closed road and pedestrian bridges in both directions at the San Ysidro port of entry as migrants approach the border.
  
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• Video shows hectic scene at border crossing

  25-11-2018 22:11 via cnn.com
  The US Customs and Border Protection office in San Diego has closed road and pedestrian bridges in both directions at the San Ysidro port of entry as migrants approach the border.
  
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• Hectic scene at border crossing

  25-11-2018 22:11 via cnn.com
  The US Customs and Border Protection office in San Diego has closed road and pedestrian bridges in both directions at the San Ysidro port of entry as migrants approach the border.
  
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• Hundreds wounded in western Iran earthquake, no fatalities: TV

  25-11-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  "We have had 411 injured, 80 percent of whom have been treated and released ... No fatalities have been reported," Houshang Bazvand, governor of the western province of Kermanshah, told state TV.Fears of aftershocks sent people in several cities in Kermanshah province out onto the streets and parks in cold weather, Iranian media reported."No reports of any fatalities yet and most of the injured were hurt while fleeing, not due to quake damage," Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's emergency serv
  
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• Pentagon identifies US Army Ranger killed in Afghanistan on third deployment

  25-11-2018 21:55
  Sgt. Leandro A.S. Jasso, 25, died Saturday in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He is the 10th U.S. service member to be killed in Afghanistan this year.
  
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• Russia Fires Upon And Reportedly Captures Multiple Ukrainian Ships Off Coast Of Crimea

  25-11-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Russia has allegedly fired upon — and reportedly captured — ships belonging to the Ukrainian navy, the BBC reports.According to reports being issued forth from the Ukrainian navy, Russian naval vessels have seized two Ukrainian gunboats in addition to a tugboat in the aftermath of a chase.Russian special forces were apparently involved in the seizure of the Ukrainian boats, in a move which is almost certain to escalate the existing tensions between the two nation states.
  
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• NASA Looking Toward Manned Mission To Mars 'Sometime In The 2030s'

  25-11-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  > .@NASA’s Steve Clarke says we might see manned missions to Mars by late
  
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• Russia 'fires on and captures' Ukrainian ships in new Crimea stand-off 

  25-11-2018 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Ukraine has accused Russia of firing on and seizing three of its navy ships amid a sharp escalation of tensions in disputed waters around Crimea.   Ukraine's navy said a vessel belonging to Russia's FSB border guards fired at and damaged the Berdiansk, an armoured artillery boat, injuring at least one crew member late on Sunday. The Berdiansk and two other vessels were immobilised and stormed by Russian special forces, the defence ministry said. The claim could not
  
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• Paris protests jeopardize Macron's future

  25-11-2018 21:34 via cnn.com
  From our apartment window across the Seine, we could see the smoke rising from the Champs-Élysées, where flames of the burning barricades mingled with the fumes of the tear gas grenades. The demonstrators, wearing the trademark yellow vests that gave their movement its name -- the "gilets jaunes" -- were prying paving stones from the avenue to hurl at the riot police, clad in black from head to toe, with gas masks and tall plastic shields.
  
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• This rare 1990 Mazda 323F hasn't been seen for over 10 years

  25-11-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Discovered in the old garage of a freshly-purchased house, this rare Mazda 323F hasn't seen the light of day for over a decade. Remarkably original and surprisingly healthy, the Japanese sports saloon is now up for sale
  
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• Near-flawless Shiffrin moves within one win of slalom record

  25-11-2018 21:30 via cnn.com
  The new golden girl of US skiing Mikaela Shiffrin completed a hat-trick of Killington Cup slalom wins Sunday to delight a raucous home crowd in Vermont.
  
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• Iran earthquake leaves at least 200 injured

  25-11-2018 20:42 via cnn.com
  A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck in western Iran near the border with Iraq, the US Geological Survey said Sunday.
  
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• Macron to address nation after violent Paris protests

  25-11-2018 20:38 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron is to address his nation on Tuesday following persistent and sometimes violent protests over fuel taxes that are morphing into a movement against his business- and environment-friendly policies.Paris saw clashes between police and demonstrators Saturday on the Champs-Elysees where barricades were set on fire, luxury shop windows smashed, and traffic lights uprooted.The government blamed much of the violence on a small minority of "ultra-right" activists who shado
  
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• Camp Fire Finally 100 Percent Contained After 153K Acres Burned

  25-11-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  California’s Camp Fire in Butte County, the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, is now 100 perfect contained, KRCR News reported.Firefighters had been working to contain the fire for 18 days.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire, reported that the Camp Fire burned 153,336 acres and took 85 lives.
  
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• Woman From Dallas Dies After Multiple Cosmetic Surgery Procedures In Mexico

  25-11-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  A Texas real estate agent that CBS News reported was on life support after she received multiple plastic surgery procedures in Juarez, Mexico has died.Days earlier, the 35-year-old woman from Dallas had been moved to hospice care by her family, after she was placed into a medically-induced coma.During surgery for both rhinoplasty — commonly referred to as a “nose job” — and breast implant replacement at the Rino Center in late October, Avila reportedly suffered complicati
  
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• Copa Libertadores final postponed indefinitely after bus attack

  25-11-2018 20:26 via cnn.com
  The crucial second match of the Copa Libertadores final between Argentine powerhouses Boca Juniors and River Plate was postponed a day after the Boca Juniors bus was attacked Saturday, according to the governing body of South American football and Argentina state news agency Telam.
  
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• Alan Dershowitz Predicts Mueller Report Will Be 'Politically Very Devastating' For Trump

  25-11-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor and frequent defender of President
  
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• Elon Musk believes he has a 70% likelihood of flying to Mars despite 'good chance of death'

  25-11-2018 19:55 via yahoo.com
  Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has claimed there is a 70 per cent likelihood he will make it to Mars on one of his spacecraft – despite there being “a good chance of death”.“I know exactly what to do,” Mr Musk told Axios on HBO.Mr Musk, who is also involved in a project to build a high-speed mass transit system underneath the streets of Los Angeles, is known for making remarks that frequently secure him both striking headlines and mocking derision.
  
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• Mueller report will be 'devastating' to Trump, frequent defender says

  25-11-2018 19:49 via cnn.com
  Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz, a frequent defender of President Donald Trump, said Sunday the forthcoming report on Russian interference in the 2016 election from special counsel Robert Mueller will be "devastating" politically to the President.
  
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• Emmanuel Macron rejects parallels between French 'yellow vest' protests and Brexit 

  25-11-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Emmanuel Macron on Sunday ruled out a parallel between the wave of popular discontent sweeping France and the dissatisfaction of Britons who voted for Brexit. The French president was speaking on the sidelines of a summit of EU leaders in Brussels that rubber-stamped an agreement on the UK’s withdrawal.  He promised to respond to the grievances of French people on low incomes who took part in “yellow vest” protests against fuel tax rises, the high cost of living and w
  
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• 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits western Iran: Iran institute

  25-11-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Iran's western province of Kermanshah late Sunday, Iran's institute of geophysics said.The epicentre of the quake was 17 kilometres southwest of the city of Sarpol-e Zahab, according to the institute, which said it struck at a depth of 7 kilometres.At least 115 were injured in Sarpol-e Zahab and the neighbouring Gilan-e Gharb city where the quake was also felt, Kermanshah governor Houshang Bazvand told Fars news agency.
  
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• Family outraged after police kill black man mistaken for mall shooter

  25-11-2018 19:30 via cnn.com
  As civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump delivered a scathing assessment Sunday of the police shooting that led to Emantic Bradford Jr.'s death at a Hoover, Alabama, mall Thanksgiving night, a relative holding photos of the young man collapsed, wailing.
  
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• Dem senator expresses willingness to negotiate funding for border wall

  25-11-2018 19:30
  Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she’s willing to go along with some funding “to get an agreement and to make sure we do something on immigration reform.”
  
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• Republican Senators Urge Tougher Stance On Saudi Arabia: Trump's Statement 'So Weak'

  25-11-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  Republican senators on Sunday condemned President Donald Trump's decision to
  
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• Republican senators split with Trump over murdered Saudi journalist

  25-11-2018 18:55 via yahoo.com
  Trump vowed last week to remain a "steadfast partner" of Saudi Arabia and said it was not clear whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman knew about the plan to kill Khashoggi last month at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.The president cast doubt on the CIA assessment that Crown Prince Mohammed ordered Khashoggi's killing, telling reporters that the agency had not formed a definitive conclusion.It's inconsistent with the intelligence I've seen," which implicates the crown prince, Republican
  
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• NASA weighs in on petroleum development in Arctic Ocean

  25-11-2018 18:44
  America's space agency is weighing in on future petroleum development.
  
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