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• Scientists think they know where the early universe’s dark matter has been hiding

  02-01-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Most of the mass in the universe is made up of a kind of matter that none of us have ever seen. It's called "dark matter" and, despite being incredibly abundant, it's also extremely difficult to study. Decades-old calculations suggested that there is more dark matter around younger galaxies than the ancient ones from the early days of the universe, but then where did the dark matter we see today come from? A new study offers the answer.Past research suggested that galaxies we see nearby have mor
  
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• Trump asks congressional leaders to return for shutdown talks Friday -lawmaker

  02-01-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The president has asked congressional leaders to return to work on Friday to try and end a government shutdown over a dispute on border security funding.
  
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• Kanye West Gifted Kim Kardashian With a $14 Million Miami Beach Condo

  02-01-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The couple’s new home is located in an 18-story beachfront tower also known as the “billionaire beach bunker”
  
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• Trump gives no timetable for Syria exit; wants to protect Kurds

  02-01-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump did not provide a timetable for the planned military exit from Syria, which he announced last month against the advice of top national security aides and without consulting lawmakers or U.S. allies participating in anti-Islamic State operations.The decision prompted Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to resign.Trump said on Wednesday he had essentially fired Mattis, whose letter of resignation was seen as a sharp rebuke to the Republican president.
  
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• 'Space snowman' discovered outside our solar system

  02-01-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  With most of the U.S. seeing bare ground, who knew we'd have to go the end of the solar system to find a snowman?
  
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• Dow posts small gain in volatile start to 2019 as weak Chinese data spark fears

  02-01-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The Dow Jones industrial average began 2019 with a small gain. That increase followed an early plunge amid signs of a Chinese manufacturing slowdown.
  
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• Not Just Tesla: GM Is Reportedly About to Lose Its EV Tax Credit, Too

  02-01-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  GM has reportedly sold its 200,000th EV, which means the credit is due to disappear.
  
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• Skeleton crew of rangers still patrols Joshua Tree National Park despite government shutdown

  02-01-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Joshua Tree visitors may be able to enter the park for free, and services are limited, but that doesn't mean the park's rules are going unenforced.
  
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• Romney, laying down a marker against Trump, may have boxed himself in

  02-01-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Mitt Romney’s op-ed criticizing Trump’s character and behavior in office fostered speculation it was the opening salvo for a 2020 campaign, but a lot would have to happen before he mounts a real challenge.
  
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• Trump Says He 'Would Have Been a Good General' While Feuding With Generals

  02-01-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  "I think I would have been a good general, but who knows?"
  
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• President Trump slams former Secretary of Defense James Mattis

  02-01-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump blasted his former Defense secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday, claiming he "essentially fired" the top military aide.
  
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• Cuomo: ‘Joe Biden Has the Best Case’ of 2020 Dem. Hopefuls

  02-01-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  New York governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that Joe Biden has the most “credibility” of the many prospective candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.“I think of all the names that are out there, I think Joe Biden has the best case,” Cuomo told radio station WAMC.“I think there’s going to be a big field,” Cuomo said in response to questions about the candidacy of Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, who announced that she was
  
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• Tesla shares stumble on price cut, disappointing Model 3 deliveries

  02-01-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Prices of the Model 3, S and X were all slashed by $2,000.
  
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• New video shows deadly crash involving 14-year-old driver

  02-01-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  We're getting first looks at the deadly wreck and the 45-year-old mother who was allegedly killed by the teen.
  
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• 'I won': Trump rebuffs criticism from incoming Senator Romney

  02-01-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Romney, who starts work on Thursday when members of the 2019-2020 Congress take office, suggested in a newspaper essay published on Tuesday that Trump had "caused dismay around the world" and said his presidency had "made a deep descent in December.""On balance, his conduct over the past two years ... is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office," said Romney in the Washington Post essay, reprising a strong critique of Trump that he voiced during the 2016 presidential
  
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• The Latest: Deaths from Russia apartment collapse grow to 33

  02-01-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the building collapse in Russia (all times local):
  
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• Take a look inside Ivanka Trump's daily diet

  02-01-2019 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Whereas her father may be known for his affinity for Diet Coke and fast food-- a habit Melania Trump has reportedly been trying to get him to kick --Ivanka Trump's diet couldn't be more different
  
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• Oil Jumps as U.S. Equities Regain Ground, OPEC Output Declines

  02-01-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  West Texas Intermediate oil climbed as well, erasing earlier losses brought on by disappointing manufacturing data out of China.Total volume traded Wednesday was about 20 percent above the 100-day average.
  
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• A Doughnut Truck Caught on Fire and Cops Have Intense Feelings About It

  02-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The NYPD offered to send in reinforcements
  
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• Trump rolls out the wheel to try to sell his wall

  02-01-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The president repeatedly invokes a comparison while attempting to sell increased border security to the American public.
  
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• Syria is 'sand and death,' Trump says

  02-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a rather stark take on the situation in war-wracked Syria, summing it up in two words -- "sand and death" -- while remaining vague about the timing of the withdrawal of US troops."So Syria was lost long ago."I never said we are getting out overnight," Trump said.
  
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• New Horizons unveils a new world. Actually, it's 2 worlds smashed together.

  02-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  It's a new, weird world.  The deep space exploration craft New Horizons has sent back the first detailed images of an ancient world floating more than 4 billion miles from Earth, formally known as 2014 MU69. The clearest glimpse yet of MU69 shows that it's shaped like a snowman, with two roundish lobes that have been fused together.  It is by far the most distant world a spacecraft — and by extension humanity — has ever explored. "What this spacecraft and this team accompli
  
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• New Picture Reveals Ultima Thule Is Made of Two Asteroids That Got Stuck Together

  02-01-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  New Horizons' latest target has never been more clear.
  
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• U.S. Envoy to Russia Visits American Detained on Spy Allegations

  02-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Huntsman visited Paul Whelan, a former Marine who is the director of global security for Michigan-based auto-parts supplier BorgWarner Inc., on Wednesday, according to a State Department official.Whelan hadn’t been in touch with his family since his Dec. 28 arrest, his brother David said on Twitter.
  
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• Syria rebel-jihadist clashes intensify, 50 dead

  02-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Clashes between jihadists and rebels in northwestern Syria have killed almost 50 people over two days, a war monitor said Wednesday.Clashes flared Tuesday between Al-Qaeda-linked coalition Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and an alliance of rebel groups in western Aleppo province.On Wednesday the fighting spread to the neighbouring province of Idlib, the country's last opposition bastion, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
  
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• Trump warns US government shutdown could last a 'long time'

  02-01-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump warned that the partial shutdown of the US government, which entered its 12th day on Wednesday, could last a "long time" as he stood firm in his demand for billions of dollars in funding for a border wall with Mexico.One day before Democrats take over control of the House of Representatives, Trump showed no signs of backing away from his insistence on $5.6 billion for his "beautiful" southern wall."This is national security we're talking about," he said at a cabinet meetin
  
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• RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Rebukes Uncle Mitt Romney for Criticizing President Trump

  02-01-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  McDaniel reportedly stopped using her middle name - Romney - after assuming office last year.
  
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• Now is time to cash in that $1.5B Mega Millions lottery ticket; mystery surrounds winner

  02-01-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The winning ticket for the Mega Millions drawing Oct. 23 was sold in Simpsonville, South Carolina. The winner has until April 20 to claim the money.
  
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• Security Concerns Prompt Closing of Dividend Applications

  02-01-2019 20:44
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska revenue officials shut down online applications for annual oil wealth checks after personal information of other users popped up on applicants' computer screens.
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• Missouri Teen Returns from Cruise with Mystery Illness That`s Left Her Permanently Blind

  02-01-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A Missouri teen is fighting a life-changing medical condition after returning from a cruise.
  
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• Female Jogger Sexually Assaulted at Seattle Trail; Third Attack in 3 Months

  02-01-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Seattle Police say a male suspect sexually assaulted a woman jogging at Green Lake; this is the third attack at the location in about three months.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez Breaks With Pelosi in Key Early Vote for Democrats

  02-01-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The rules measure, set for a vote on Thursday when the new Congress convenes, will reimpose a "pay as you go" requirement that would allow challenges to legislation that adds to the deficit.The rules were negotiated by likely House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to satisfy concerns among members of the new the 235-member majority representing more conservative areas of the country.Ocasio-Cortez, a 29-year-old representative-elect from New York City, said on Twitter Wednesday that the system referred to as
  
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• Trump says U.S. officials to make plea to lawmakers for border wall

  02-01-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump invited Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress to the White House to discuss border security on the 12th day of a partial government shutdown.
  
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• Democrats in new Congress: Thorns in Trump's side

  02-01-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  US Democrats, who regain control of the House of Representatives on Thursday, have pledged to challenge Donald Trump on multiple fronts: from Congressional inquiries on Russian election meddling to battles over immigration and health care, as murmurs about impeachment proceedings persist.Congress will feature the largest number of progressive lawmakers in many years, and they appear to be in no mood to appease a president who is standing firm on his pursuit of funding for a wall on the southern
  
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• Trump Holds Firm on Wall Before Meeting Congressional Leaders

  02-01-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump said the U.S. needs a wall “for the security of our country,” and that drones and electronic measures weren’t enough.“It could be a long time” before the shuttered parts of the government are reopened, Trump told reporters Wednesday at the start of a Cabinet meeting.Trump initially suggested he might accept less than the $5.6 billion he’s been demanding for border security.
  
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• The Latest: Death toll in Russia apartment collapse up to 28

  02-01-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the building collapse in Russia (all times local):
  
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• Both Sides Find Compromise Hard on the Government Shutdown

  02-01-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s desire to shift blame for the shutdown onto Democrats have made it even harder to reach a deal to end it.
  
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• GM hit 200,000 U.S. electric vehicles sold in 2018

  02-01-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The credit for GM EVs falls to $3,750 in April.
  
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• This 2008 Ford Mustang Super Snake will bite back at auction

  02-01-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  One of only four prototype versions of the 2008 GT500 Super Snake would be an excellent addition to your car collection – or the perfect car to dominate at the track
  
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• Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Calls Donald Trump 'the Worst President We've Ever Had'

  02-01-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  'He'll lie. He'll cheat. You can't reason with him,' Reid said
  
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• 6 Killed, 16 Injured in Train Accident on a Bridge in Denmark, Police Say

  02-01-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A Danish passenger train apparently hit falling cargo from a passing freight train Wednesday, an accident that killed six people and injured 16 others as it crossed a bridge linking the country’s islands, authorities said.
  
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• Injured UK cop: 'Instinct took over' during terror attack

  02-01-2019 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — The British police officer stabbed while subduing a suspect on New Year's Eve said Wednesday that "instinct took over" when he heard people screaming at a Manchester train station.
  
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• Fighting among rebels in northern Syria kills dozens

  02-01-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Two days of fighting in rebel-held parts of northern Syria killed dozens of people as al-Qaida-linked militants press their offensive against Turkey-backed rebels, a war monitor and activists said Wednesday.
  
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• Syria regime says Kurdish fighters withdraw from Manbij

  02-01-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The Syrian regime said Wednesday hundreds of Kurdish fighters had withdrawn from Manbij near the border with Turkey, days after the Kurds appealed to Damascus for support against a threatened Turkish offensive."A convoy of units of Kurdish fighters comprised of more than 30 vehicles left the region of Manbij, heading towards the eastern bank of the Euphrates River," the defence ministry said online.The People's Protection Units (YPG), the main Kurdish militia in Syria, last week invited regime f
  
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• Remember 'China, China, China': acting U.S. defense chief

  02-01-2019 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The comments came during Shanahan's first meeting with secretaries of the U.S. military branches since taking over for Jim Mattis, who left office on Monday after resigning as defense secretary over policy differences with President Donald Trump.The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not elaborate on Shanahan's views on China or what other guidance he gave during the meeting.Other officials have described Shanahan as an advocate of the Pentagon's toughening stance toward Bei
  
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• Pompeo, Brazil's new government target Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua

  02-01-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed supporting a return to democracy in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua with Brazil's new right-wing government on Wednesday, in a joint effort against what he called authoritarian regimes in Latin America.Pompeo and Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo considered deepening cooperation in the region at a meeting in Brasilia following Tuesday's inauguration of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
  
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• 14-year-old driver charged with murder after egg-throwing prank ends in deadly crash

  02-01-2019 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities have charged the 14-year-old driver with murder after he allegedly ran a red light, killing a 45-year-old woman.
  
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• Star Wars Resistance shorts tide fans over during midseason break - CNET

  02-01-2019 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The first three, on YouTube from the Disney Channel, offer some cute character moments.
  
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• Arizonans waging guerrilla warfare against self-driving Waymo vans - Roadshow

  02-01-2019 18:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some locals don't want Waymo's vans in their town, and they're displaying that distaste in equally distasteful ways.
  
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• Hackers are forcing smart TVs, Chromecasts to promote PewDiePie - CNET

  02-01-2019 18:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  You don’t have to adjust your screens, just your security settings.
  
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