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• 'The Masked Singer' is bizarre, kind of creepy — and Fox's next big hit

  09-01-2019 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  I'm pretty sure the deer is Chris Jericho and I think the lion is Paris Jackson. How about you?
  
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• Trump administration seeks pause in Obamacare court case because of shutdown

  09-01-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration wants to put on hold Democrats' attempt to defend Obamacare until the partial government shutdown ends.
  
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• Trump storms out of talks on shutdown, bemoans 'total waste of time'

  09-01-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  On the 19th day of a partial government shutdown caused by the dispute over the wall, a short meeting that included Trump, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi ended in acrimony with no sign of a resolution."Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time," Trump wrote on Twitter.
  
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• Former Gitmo commander charged with hindering probe into death of civilian

  09-01-2019 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  The victim had accused Capt. John Nettleton of having an affair with his wife.
  
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• Investigators Want People With Allegations Against R. Kelly to Come Forward

  09-01-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  After a Lifetime docu-series reignited interest in the singer's behavior
  
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• House Democrats investigate HUD as shutdown threatens affordable housing

  09-01-2019 23:21 via nbcnews.com
  One HUD employee said the agency took "a shrug of the shoulders kind of approach" to protecting low-income Americans from the shutdown.
  
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• Watch SpaceX’s ship narrowly miss the mark in nosecone catch test

  09-01-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  SpaceX is already the worldwide leader in reusable rocket technology, having demonstrated its capability to launch and reuse rockets several times over in the name of cost savings and convenience. However, the company is still trying to perfect its technique when it comes to catching the potentially reusable nosecones that sit on the top of its fancy rockets, and it's still running into snags.In a new video of a recent test, SpaceX's "Mr. Steven" net-equipped ship is seen attempting to snag a no
  
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• Trump, California spar over money for wildfire relief funds

  09-01-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to withhold money to help California cope with wildfires, a day after new Gov. Gavin Newsom asked him to double the federal investment in forest management.
  
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• Excessive body fat linked to smaller brain

  09-01-2019 22:52 via cnn.com
  Big waist, small brain? If you're too heavy, especially around your middle, you probably have shrunken gray matter volume in your brain, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology. Gray matter contains most of your brain's 100 billion nerve cells, while white matter is filled with nerve fibers that connect the brain regions.
  
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• Excessive body fat around the middle linked to smaller brain

  09-01-2019 22:52 via cnn.com
  Big waist, small brain? If you're too heavy, especially around your middle, you probably have shrunken gray matter volume in your brain, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology. Gray matter contains most of your brain's 100 billion nerve cells, while white matter is filled with nerve fibers that connect the brain regions.
  
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• Hear the Lexus RC F Track Edition's V-8 Roar Before Its Debut

  09-01-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The 2020 RC F Track Edition is coming soon with a big wing and plenty of performance tweaks.
  
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• Trump: Border wall is a 'medieval solution' that works

  09-01-2019 22:45 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump dug in Wednesday on his demand for border wall funding and sought to project a unified Republican front as he took to Capitol Hill to shore up the GOP caucus.
  
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• Trump Storms Out of Shutdown Meeting with Dems as Negotiations Stall

  09-01-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time.Nancy said, NO.Vice President Mike Pence, who attended the Wednesday afternoon meeting with Democratic leadership, reiterated Trump’s characterization of the conversation during a press conference held afterward.
  
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• Internet rips into Jeff Bezos' divorce announcement calling it an 'Alexit'

  09-01-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Unless you’ve literally been hiding under an internet-less rock, it’s safe to
  
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• The Latest: California's McCarthy backs Trump fire comments

  09-01-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Trump's comments on California wildfires (all times local):
  
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• Lead in water: Study shows many schools have too much

  09-01-2019 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  Additional testing turned up more samples positive for lead.
  
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• Tesla’s Model 3 was the top-selling luxury vehicle in 2018

  09-01-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Without question, 2018 was a watershed year for Tesla. Despite the ongoing antics of Elon Musk and his entanglements with the SEC, Tesla in 2018 finally managed to turn a quarterly profit for the first time in company history. What's more, Tesla in a press release a few days ago revealed that the company almost delivered more vehicles in 2018 (245,240 to be exact) than it did "in all prior years combined."Of course, Tesla's Model 3 played an instrumental role in helping the company reach new mil
  
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• Trump walks out on Democrats and calls shutdown talks 'a waste of time'

  09-01-2019 22:12 via theguardian.com
  Chuck Schumer condemns president’s ‘temper-tantrum’800,000 federal US workers continue to go without payDonald Trump abruptly ended a critical meeting with Democratic leaders on Wednesday, calling it a “total waste of time” as the partial shutdown of the US government dragged into its 19th day with no end in sight.The further deterioration of negotiations over the funding lapse affecting nearly 800,000 federal employees came a day after the president used his first
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stock indexes rise for 4th straight day

  09-01-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Woman in coma for over 10 years gives birth

  09-01-2019 21:59 via cnn.com
  A woman who has been in a coma for more than a decade gave birth recently while in an Arizona care facility and now authorities are seeking DNA from the male workers there.
  
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• Buckle up, this shutdown is going to break all records

  09-01-2019 21:44 via cnn.com
  Welcome to day 19 of the government shutdown!
  
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• I'm stunned by Michigan's most-liked condiment — Alfredo pasta sauce

  09-01-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Bertolli Creamy Alfredo sauce is a favorite condiment in Michigan based on review scores. Check out the full list of all 50 states.
  
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• How do you cross Antarctica solo? The first explorer to do it reveals what it takes

  09-01-2019 21:38 via nbcnews.com
  "The mental part is harder" than the physical feat, Colin O'Brady said of his 54-day, 930-mile journey alone across the frozen continent.
  
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• House Democrats tussle with acting AG Whitaker over testimony date

  09-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said afterDemocrats won the House majority in November's elections that Whitaker would be his first witness.Some Democrats are concerned that Whitaker's appointment to replace ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions violated the U.S. Constitution and represented an effort to undermine Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible coordination with Trump campaign members.
  
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• US President digs in on funding demands, saying he would look 'foolish' to his party for backing down

  09-01-2019 21:22 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump dug in Wednesday on his demand for border wall funding and sought to project a unified Republican front as he took to Capitol Hill to shore up the GOP caucus.
  
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• Paris' first naked restaurant to close

  09-01-2019 21:09 via cnn.com
  Paris' first nudist restaurant is set to close after just over year of serving classic French dishes to diners in the buff.
  
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• Ransom demanded in suspected kidnapping of Norwegian businessman's wife

  09-01-2019 21:01 via cnn.com
  The wife of a prominent Norwegian businessman is missing in a suspected kidnapping, and her suspected captors have demanded a ransom for her return, police said Wednesday.
  
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• Iran confirms it arrested US Navy veteran

  09-01-2019 20:54 via cnn.com
  US Navy veteran Michael White is in Iranian custody, the Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, confirming claims made by White's mother a day earlier.
  
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• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie to divorce after 25 years of marriage

  09-01-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie said they are divorcing after 25 years of marriage. The couple announced their split via Twitter.
  
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• What happens to Amazon now that its largest shareholder may have to split his fortune?

  09-01-2019 20:32 via nbcnews.com
  One study showed the distraction of a divorce can heavily impact a CEO, with many resigning within two years.
  
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• Rare blue pigment found in medieval woman's teeth rewrites history

  09-01-2019 20:27 via cnn.com
  The discovery of a rare, expensive blue pigment in the dental plaque of a medieval woman's skeleton is shedding light on hidden chapter of history, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.
  
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• Apple, Qualcomm spar over CEOs' comments on settlement talks

  09-01-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple on Wednesday said it stood by Cook's comments.The two companies are disputing comments their respective CEOs have made over settlement talks.Apple's chief on Tuesday said any talks ended in September 2018.
  
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• Rosenstein, overseeing U.S. Russia probe, set to depart post

  09-01-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican Lindsey Graham, the new Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, told reporters that William Barr, Trump's pick to serve as the top U.S. law enforcement official, told him Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation would continue if he is confirmed by the Senate as attorney general."I can assure you he has a very high opinion of Mr. Mueller and he is committed to letting Mr. Mueller finish his job," Graham said.Rosenstein's impending exit as the department's No. 2 official rais
  
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• Australian prime minister’s family portrait has glaring Photoshop fail

  09-01-2019 20:19 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s family portrait appeared to have a glaring Photoshop error – two left feet.
  
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• Police deploy ahead of Congo election result announcement

  09-01-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Riot police were deployed at the commission's headquarters in Kinshasa and elsewhere in the capital before the announcement of the outcome of the Dec. 30 vote.Pre-election polls gave businessman Martin Fayulu a healthy lead but his supporters believe President Joseph Kabila plans to rig the vote in favor of his hand-picked candidate, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, or alternatively forge a power-sharing pact with Felix Tshisekedi, head of the largest opposition party.Whoever wins would be the first l
  
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• VW, Ford to reveal deeper alliance next week - sources

  09-01-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  HAMBURG/DETROIT (Reuters) - Volkswagen AGand Ford Motor Cowill unveil a deeper alliance next week that goes beyond cooperating in commercial vehicles in a move meant to save the automakers billions of dollars as they develop new technologies, two people familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.Ford and VW have been exploring closer cooperation as trade frictions force carmakers to rethink where they build vehiclesfor Europe, the United States and China, and as software companies prepare to launc
  
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• As shutdown grinds on, furloughed workers rally

  09-01-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  At a rally in downtown Philadelphia, furloughed government workers joined by four members of Congress expressed frustration at the prolonged partial government shutdown.
  
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• DNA sought of males at center where comatose woman had baby; family cares for child

  09-01-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Police have served a search warrant to get DNA from all male employees at a long-term care facility in Phoenix where a patient who was in a vegetative state for years gave birth, triggering reviews by state agencies and putting a spotlight on safety concerns for severely disabled or incapacitated patients.
  
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• Trump again Threatens to Declare Emergency if Dems Won’t Fund Wall

  09-01-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump on Wednesday resumed his threat to bypass Congress and fund the construction of a border wall by declaring a national emergency if Democrats maintain their opposition to his funding demands.“I have the absolute right to do national emergency if I want,” Trump told reporters during a White House pool spray.“We have tremendous support in the Senate, we have tremendous support in the House.” Trump said.
  
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• Trump: Israel's wall is 99% successful

  09-01-2019 19:23 via cnn.com
  At a bill signing in the Oval Office, President Trump again stressed the need for a wall on the southern border to stem the flow of illegal immigration, saying "We can all play games, but a wall is a necessity. They say it's a medieval solution, a wall. It's true because it worked then and it works even better now."
  
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• Khaled Juffali: The Saudi businessman at the center of the Carlos Ghosn affair

  09-01-2019 19:15 via cnn.com
  Khaled Juffali once helped Nissan revive its business in the Middle East. Now the prominent Saudi businessman has been drawn into a high-stakes courtroom battle that will decide the fate of Carlos Ghosn.
  
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• Mysterious radio signals from deep space detected

  09-01-2019 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  A telescope picks up bursts of radio waves from a distant galaxy, shedding light on an astrophysical puzzle.
  
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• See Trump's testy exchange with reporter

  09-01-2019 19:08 via cnn.com
  During a bill signing for human trafficking legislation, President Trump argued with a reporter over signing a bill that would end the partial government shutdown.
  
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• Taxpayers will pay for wall, White House aide acknowledges

  09-01-2019 19:07 via cnn.com
  US taxpayers will foot the bill for a border wall, White House strategic communications director Mercedes Schlapp acknowledged in an interview on Wednesday.
  
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• Second mysterious fast radio burst detected in space

  09-01-2019 19:02 via cnn.com
  Far outside our Milky Way galaxy, something is causing repeating short bursts of radio waves to be released into space. Scientists have recorded the second repeating fast radio burst to be discovered, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
  
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• Second fast radio burst detected in space

  09-01-2019 19:02 via cnn.com
  Far outside our Milky Way galaxy, something is causing repeating short bursts of radio waves to be released into space. Scientists have recorded the second repeating fast radio burst to be discovered, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
  
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• A second mysterious repeating fast radio burst has been detected in space

  09-01-2019 19:02 via cnn.com
  Far outside our Milky Way galaxy, something is causing repeating short bursts of radio waves to be released into space. Scientists have recorded the second repeating fast radio burst to be discovered, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
  
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• Scientists detect a repeating signal from deep space, but its origin is a mystery

  09-01-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  To begin, there's zero evidence it's aliens. But for just the second time, a team of astronomers detected a flash of repeating of radio waves emanating from beyond our Milky Way galaxy. Using a new, sprawling Canadian telescope dubbed CHIME — which is the size of six hockey rinks — scientists identified the short, repeating burst in the summer of 2018 and published their results Wednesday in the journalNature.   The source of these super distant signals, from some 1.5 billion li
  
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• Protests over death of man who went to N..J. police headquarters asking for help

  09-01-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Protesters in New Jersey demanded answers over the death of a young man who walked into a police station disoriented and asking for help. A short time later, he fell unconscious and never woke up.
  
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• Saudi Arabia's right about its oil reserves

  09-01-2019 18:55 via cnn.com
  Saudi Arabia has opened up its vast oil reserves to independent auditors for the first time.
  
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