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• Lindsey Graham on criticism of Trump: 'I don't remember John McCain having to go through this crap'

  18-07-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Graham made the remark when asked about the contrast between how President Donald Trump and former Sen. John McCain treat their political opponents.
  
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• Sheriff's deputy, 1 other killed in north Arkansas shooting

  18-07-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities say two people, including a sheriff's deputy, were killed Thursday in a shooting in rural northern Arkansas.Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Stone County Sheriff's deputy Sergeant Mike Stephen, 56, was killed as he was responding to a call in Leslie when a suspect opened fire.Sadler said Stephen arrived around 8:40 a.m. at a house in response to a domestic welfare check call, shortly before other deputies arrived.
  
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• Iran seizes foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf, 12 on vessel, state media reports

  18-07-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Twelve crews members were on the Panamanian-flagged vessel when it was captured near the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Police responding to foul odor find woman dead in New York City apartment

  18-07-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old woman found dead with obvious signs of trauma to her body.
  
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• Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for University of Illinois Scholar's Slaying

  18-07-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  A former University of Illinois doctoral student is facing life in prison in the abduction, rape and killing of a scholar from China after a federal jury failed to agree on a death sentence.
  
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• Rand Paul Fires Back at Jon Stewart on Fox News: He’s ‘Not Using His Brain’

  18-07-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A day after former Daily Show host Jon Stewart and 9/11 responder John Feal came on Fox News and eviscerated him and fellow GOP Sen. Mike Lee for blocking the reauthorization of the 9/11 victims' compensation fund in the Senate, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) appeared on Fox to return fire.And not only did the Kentucky lawmaker toss a lot of insults Stewart’s way, but Paul also claimed he should be lauded as a hero for holding up additional funding for 9/11 victims.“I know Jon Stewart,”
  
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• The U.S. Marines Might Be Souring on Amphibious Assault Ships. Here's Why.

  18-07-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The incoming commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps is backing away from the service’s longstanding requirement for 38 dedicated amphibious assault ships.The move could signal the beginning of a new approach to amphibious warfare for the world’s leading marine force.New commandant Gen. David Berger is “willing to shed some key tenets of the Marines’ amphibious force-planning in recent years – including the demand for 38 amphibious warships to support a two Marine Exped
  
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• Lawyer: El Chapo was whisked away within hours of sentencing

  18-07-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Only hours after receiving a life sentence, convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was forced to make a sudden departure to the highest-security prison in the U.S. to serve the term, his lawyer said Thursday.A government helicopter whisked the narco, notorious for his daring jailbreaks, out of New York City on Wednesday after the sentencing in federal court in Brooklyn, said defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman.For most defendants, there's a lag between sentencing and a decision by t
  
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• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Were Supposed to Nap After Landing on the Moon, But They Couldn't Wait to Walk

  18-07-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  And other highlights from TIME's original 1969 coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing
  
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• Iran makes 'substantial' nuclear offer in return for US lifting sanctions

  18-07-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  * Plan would allow enhanced, permanent nuclear inspections * Foreign minister: ‘It’s not about photo ops. We want substance’Mohammad Javad Zarif at the UN on Thursday. He said: ‘If they [the Trump administration] are putting their money where their mouth is, they are going to do it.’ Photograph: Richard Drew/APIran has offered a deal with the US in which it would formally and permanently accept enhanced inspections of its nuclear programme, in return for the permane
  
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• Howard Kurtz: Trump disavows 'send her back' crowd chant against Omar

  18-07-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on the backlash against President Trump's North Carolina rally crowd chanting against Rep. Ilhan Omar.
  
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• The Latest: Arkansas state police ID sheriff's deputy killed

  18-07-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Arkansas State Police have identified a sheriff's deputy killed in a shooting in northern Arkansas as Sergeant Mike Stephen.State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Stephen responded to a domestic welfare check at a house in Leslie, about 77 miles (124 kilometers) from Little Rock, around 8:40 Thursday morning.Stephen was killed at the scene.
  
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• ‘I am disgusted’: New Yorkers react to Trump telling congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries

  18-07-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  New Yorkers, like much of the country, have some strong opinions about the latest controversy engulfing President Trump.“I am disgusted at the Republicans,” said Randi, of Manhattan. “I can’t believe no one stands up to him. I thought of myself as independent, and I’m forced into being a Democrat.”
  
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• Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif: We Can't "Discount" Possibility of War

  18-07-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  On Thursday, National Interest Editor Jacob Heilbrunn interviewed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif in New York at the Ambassador’s residence on the current state of U.S.-Iran relations. The transcript has been lightly edited for readability.Jacob Heilbrunn: With the American shooting down of an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz today, are we on a path of escalation?Mohammed Javad Zarif: I checked with Tehran, and we do not have any information about having lost a drone tod
  
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• California city set to ban gendered words like 'manhole' and 'manpower'

  18-07-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The City Council in Berkeley, Calif., votes to remove gender-specific words from its municipal code.
  
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• Pakistan lost $50 million from airspace restrictions: minister

  18-07-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan's aviation minister on Thursday said that his country suffered loses of over eight billion rupees ($50 million) from airspace restrictions imposed since February which affected hundreds of commercial and cargo flights.Pakistan closed its airspace after an attack by a Pakistan-based militant group in Indian-controlled Kashmir led to clashes between the nuclear-armed powers, adding flight time for passengers and fuel costs for airlines.“Over eight billion rupees worth of losses have
  
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• Ex-University of Illinois PhD Candidate Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Visiting Chinese Scholar

  18-07-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal jury sentenced the former University of Illinois physics doctoral student who kidnapped and murdered a visiting Chinese scholar to life in prison on Thursday.Brendt Christensen, 29, was found guilty last month during his trial at the U.S. District Court in Peoria, after his own defense team admitted that he was responsible for 26-year-old Yingying Zhang’s death.Though Illinois no longer has capital punishment in state cases, Christensen could have been sentenced to death because
  
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• Dominican Republic to enhance food and drink inspections after tourist deaths

  18-07-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The Dominican Republic is amping up safety measures, including enhancing food and rink inspections, after a spate of tourist deaths.
  
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• Morocco: 3 sentenced to death in Scandinavian women slayings

  18-07-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Three men were convicted of terrorism and sentenced to death by a Moroccan court Thursday for the brutal slaying of two Scandinavian women hiking in the Atlas Mountains.Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, were fatally stabbed in December.The main defendants, who asked Allah for forgiveness, were carpenters Jounes Ouzayed and Rashid Afatti, and street merchant Abdessamad Al Joud.
  
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• Asylum seekers waiting in Nuevo Laredo fear lurking dangers

  18-07-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The round-faced woman from La Ceiba, Honduras, and her 5- and 12-year-old sons arrived in this city across the border from Laredo, Texas, where she had been promised a job and hoped to build a new life.As the United States tries to slow the flow of mostly Central American migrants and asylum seekers to its southern border and pressures Mexico to assist, months-long stays on the Mexican side of the frontier have become the rule for many.The U.S. government tells its own employees not to set foot
  
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• Poll: 38 Percent of Democrats Say American Dream Is Unattainable for Them

  18-07-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  38 percent of Democrats say they do not believe they will achieve the American dream in their lifetimes, compared to just 11 percent of Republicans, according to a new Gallup poll.Two-thirds of independents said they see the dream as attainable, compared to 31 percent who said they do not. Overall, about 70 percent of Americans feel that American dream could be grasped, the poll reported, while 29 percent disagree.The 38 percent of Democrats who said they did not believe they could achieve the A
  
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• Crowd at Trump rally yells 'Send her back' amid continuing attacks on Democratic congresswomen

  18-07-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump played to voters' grievances, drawing a chant from the crowd of "Send her back! Send her back!"
  
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• FBI tied Donald Trump and top aides to 2016 effort to silence a porn star, new court files show

  18-07-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The newly-unsealed filings offer a window into the government's investigation of hush-money payments to two women claiming affairs with Trump.
  
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• DNC tells 2020 presidential candidates to stop using FaceApp as Schumer calls for investigation

  18-07-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Schumer asked the FBI to determine whether the data uploaded to FaceApp "may be finding its way into the hands of the Russian government."
  
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• Rep. Mark Green says Democrats don't have their facts straight on conditions at migrant detention facilities

  18-07-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan faces heated questioning from House Democrats on border facilities; reaction from Congressman Mark Green, Republican member of the House Oversight Committee.
  
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• Satellite images ‘show US military buildup in Saudi Arabia’ amid Iran tensions

  18-07-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is preparing to send hundreds of troops to Saudi Arabia where satellite images appear to show a build up of American forces on the ground. Up to 500 soldiers are to be sent to the Prince Sultan Airbase in the desert to the east of the capital Riyadh, two officials told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity. Preparations are also reportedly underway for a large missile installation from which Patriot surface-to-air missiles can be launched to protect the base from incoming thr
  
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• From Russia, No Love for EU's New Chief and her Hawkish Stance

  18-07-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Ursula von der Leyen won’t be getting a bear hug from the Kremlin.Russia’s top diplomat was asked during a visit to Germany about the incoming president of the European Commission and her “strict” view of his country. His frosty response was that the decision by the European Union’s leaders and Parliament was one “we simply acknowledge.”“Show me anyone who isn’t critical of Russia nowadays,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
  
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• Argentina acts against Hezbollah, blamed for terror attacks

  18-07-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Argentina's government on Thursday branded Hezbollah a terrorist organization and froze its assets, 25 years to the day after a bombing blamed on the Lebanese-based group destroyed a Jewish community center in Argentina's capital, killing 85 people.The nation's Financial Information Unit took the action a day after President Mauricio Macri's government created a list of terrorist organizations to help coordinate actions with other nations and as the nation held memorial services for victims of t
  
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• Texas teen arrested for spitting in tea bottle and putting it back, police say

  18-07-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Police arrested a 15-year-old boy for spitting in an Arizona Tea bottle and putting it back on the shelf at an Odessa Albertsons, according to CB7.
  
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• The Man Who Started the Area 51 Raid Says Things Have Gotten a Little Spooky

  18-07-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  He hopes everyone knows it's a satirical page
  
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• Iran state TV: Iranian forces seize foreign oil tanker, crew

  18-07-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran said Thursday its Revolutionary Guard seized a foreign oil tanker and its crew of 12 for smuggling fuel out of the country, and hours later released video showing the vessel to be a United Arab Emirates-based ship that had vanished in Iranian waters over the weekend. The announcement solved one mystery — the fate of the missing ship — but raised a host of other questions and heightened worries about the free flow of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critic
  
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• At least 11 dead in Taliban attack on Afghan police HQ

  18-07-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 11 people were killed and scores more wounded Thursday when the Taliban attacked a police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials and the insurgents said.Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the afternoon attack in Afghanistan's second-largest city started with a car bomb, then saw gunmen storm the police compound.Baheer Ahmadi, the Kandahar governor's spokesman, said in a statement that 11 people had been killed, including nine civilians and two police officers, w
  
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• America will roast for 4 days

  18-07-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Tens of millions of Americans will feel triple-digit heat between Thursday and Sunday. The National Weather Service (NWS) noted that 20 to 30 high temperature records could fall between the Rockies and the East Coast. There will be little relief even at night: The weather agency expects 123 records for the warmest daily low temperature to be either broken or tied this week. The Midwest will see many of the highest extremes on Thursday and Friday, while the East Coast will feel its most inte
  
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• 'Go back to their country:' Naperville Bucky's cashier fired after questioning customers' citizenship

  18-07-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A cashier no longer works at a Naperville gas station after a video showed him questioning Hispanic customers' citizenship.
  
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• After census debacle, White House to knock out senior Commerce official

  18-07-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Senior Trump aides have sparred with the policy director for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross over the census, 5G and other issues.
  
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• Trump says he wasn't happy with his crowd chanting, 'Send her back!'

  18-07-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The president says he "disagrees" with the chant spawned by his own attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar.
  
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• Moroccan court: 3 death sentences in slaying of Nordic women

  18-07-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A Moroccan court has convicted on terror charges the three main defendants in the trial over the brutal slaying of two Scandinavian women hiking in the Atlas Mountains, and sentenced them to death.Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, were knifed to death in December.The main defendants asked Allah for forgiveness.
  
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• Man charged with killing girlfriend, 3 children in Georgia

  18-07-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A man who had a history of domestic violence with his live-in girlfriend killed her and her three young children, including an infant, at a Georgia apartment complex where they lived, police said Thursday.Police found the bodies of 29-year-old Jerrica Spellman and her children, ages 1 month to 3 years old, late Wednesday after getting a call from a concerned family member, Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren said at a news conference.A short time later, police arrested 27-year-old Travane Brandon
  
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• Over 800,000 Systems Still Vulnerable to BlueKeep Attacks

  18-07-2019 19:03
  Users and organizations continue to patch the Windows vulnerability tracked as BlueKeep and CVE-2019-0708, but over 800,000 systems are still exposed to attacks.
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• Cyprus detains 12 Israeli men over allegations of gang rape of British teenager

  18-07-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Twelve Israeli tourists were remanded in custody for eight days by a court in Cyprus for the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old British woman at a popular holiday resort on the island. The Israelis were arrested on Wednesday after the British teenager told police that she had been raped at the hotel where she was staying in the beach resort of Ayia Napa. Doctors who treated the woman said they found bruises and scratches on her body. The suspects, aged 16 to 18, were staying in the same hotel. T
  
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• Court upholds 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli's conviction

  18-07-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal appeals court upheld the securities fraud conviction against former drug company CEO Martin Shkreli, known as "Pharma Bro," on Thursday, along with a $7.3 million forfeiture of assets.A judge sentenced Shkreli to seven years in prison last year for his conviction on charges he looted a drug company he founded, Retrophin, of $11 million in stock and cash to pay back investors in two failed hedge funds he ran.
  
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• 'Let's see them aliens': The Facebook group is a joke, but the Pentagon takes plans to storm Area 51 seriously

  18-07-2019 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The truth is out there — or at least that's the belief the viral, and farcical, Facebook event "Storm Area 51" is peddling.
  
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• Rally Red 1972 Dodge Challenger Shows Off Its Muscles

  18-07-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A stunning example of a highly desirable American icon. If you have been in the market for an iconic American muscle car, then you’re in luck. GR Auto Gallery is pleased to announce this bold and beautiful 1972 Dodge Challenger up for sale. Dressed in a brilliant Rally Red paint job, the exterior shines at every angle and is in pristine condition. It’s nicely contrasted by the tidy black interior with wooden accents. Overall, this example is in immaculate condition and was taken care
  
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• Pope Francis appoints new Vatican spokesman

  18-07-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a new Vatican spokesman, one of the most demanding PR jobs in the world, charged with grappling with a whirlwind papal schedule and the profound repercussions of the Church's child sex abuse scandal.British-born Matteo Bruni, who has worked in the Holy See Press Office since 2009 and coordinated the press on the pontiff's international trips since 2013, takes over from interim spokesman Alessandro Gisotti.Francis has apologised for predatory priests but cover-u
  
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• House Passes $15 Minimum Wage Bill

  18-07-2019 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The Democratically-controlled House passed legislation Thursday to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.The Raise the Wage Act, which passed 231-199 with the support of three Republicans, would hike the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025 and would index the minimum wage to inflation after that. It would also phase out the minimum wage exception afforded to businesses that employ workers who receive tips.“I commend my colleagues for taking this important step towards creating
  
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• 'Not what your mom sent you:' Teen takes legendary senior photos in a bathrobe

  18-07-2019 18:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Evan Dennison wanted to do something funny for his senior photos. No one believed he would actually do it. Now he is a "legend."
  
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• Man accused in Des Moines triple homicide returned to US twice after deportation, ICE says

  18-07-2019 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  "Escobar-Orellana, aka, Marvin O. Esquivel-Lopez, was previously (deported) from the United States in 2010 and again in 2011," an ICE spokesman said.
  
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• Biometrics: Dismantling the Myths Surrounding Facial Recognition

  18-07-2019 18:14
  Biometric Authentication is No Longer Just the Stuff of Spy Movies or Reserved for Military-Grade Installations
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• Putin and Macron call for efforts to save Iran deal: Kremlin

  18-07-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin and French leader Emmanuel Macron agreed Thursday on the need to "consolidate efforts" to save the Iran nuclear deal following months of soaring tensions, the Kremlin said.In a phone call, Putin and Macron agreed the Iran deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was an "important factor in ensuring security in the Middle East and maintaining a non-proliferation regime," the Kremlin said in a statement.
  
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• This Dyson cordless vacuum deal for $150 is better than anything from Prime Day

  18-07-2019 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  There's nothing quite like a Dyson cordless vacuum. There's also nothing quite as expensive as a Dyson cordless vacuum. That's why it's so important to find a good deal if you really want a Dyson, and it doesn't get much better than this one. Amazon is offering a killer one day sale that slashes the price of renewed Dyson V6 Motorhead Cord Free Vacuums to just $149.99. This deal definitely could sell out, so grab one while you can!Here are the bullet points from the product page:* 75% more brush
  
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