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Authorities
have identified a little girl known as "Baby Doe" whose body was found
in a trash bag on a Boston beach three months ago, and her mother and
boyfriend will be charged in her death, officials said Friday.
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WASHINGTON
U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Eric Fanning to become the next
secretary of the Army, the White House said on Friday, paving the way
for the first openly gay leader of a military service branch in U.S.
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WASHINGTON
- The Obama administration on Friday directed Volkswagen to recall
nearly a half-million cars, saying the automaker illegally installed
software in its diesel-power cars that was intentionally designed to
circumvent environmental standards ...
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LONDON
- Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that the United States
was prepared to engage in military-to-military talks with Russia
concerning Syria, even as Russia continued its military buildup there by
deploying fighter jets.
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SIMI
VALLEY, Calif. - Two groups of protesters gathered outside the Ronald
Reagan Library before the GOP debate Wednesday night. On one side of the
street, protesters held signs that read “We Are America” and “Dump
Trump.
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LOUISVILLE,
Ky. A deputy for the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed after
refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples questioned on Friday
the validity of the licenses he has issued since his boss' return.
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This
was evident many times during the Republican debate earlier this week.
Showing both a talent for getting under the skin of Jeb Bush and a
firmer grasp of the fundamentals crucial to winning elections, Trump
observed in an exchange with Bush that ...
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ATHENS
Greece's national election appeared to shift on Friday in favor of
Alexis Tsipras' leftist Syriza party, if a flurry of late polls were to
be believed, as the former prime minister closed his campaign with a
plea for a high turnout.
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| Huffington Post | - 8 hours ago |
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Democrats
need a candidate capable of winning and must not assume that voters
will rely solely upon name recognition as they drive to the polls on
November 8, 2016.
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“My message to David Cameron today is the same as it was when I met him just after the general election,” she told her audience.
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...
in his mouth, told the Victoria Derbyshire programme he has developed
an interest in art as a result of the accident. Watch the full film of
Henry's story here at Victoria Derbyshire on weekdays from 09:15-11:00
BST on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.
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From
October, employees will earn a minimum of £8.20 an hour across England,
Scotland and Wales, and £9.35 an hour in London. Speaking to BBC News, Lidl UK chief executive Ronny Gottschlich also talked about expansion plans and how they keep ...
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Engineering
students in Belfast are hoping to set a new world record by building a
100ft footbridge made entirely from Meccano. The bridge across Belfast's
Clarendon Dock was designed and built by a group of third year civil
engineering students from ...
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A
Qatari sheikh has abruptly left the US after his yellow Ferrari was
caught on camera racing through Beverly Hills. Police were considering
charging Sheikh Khalid Hamad Al-Thani with reckless driving and other
offences before he - and his cars ...
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A
26-year-old man who stabbed his pregnant wife to death has admitted
charges of murder and child destruction. Tariq Khan, of Clarendon Court,
Manningham, West Yorkshire, appeared at Bradford Crown Court.
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A
friend of the man accused of killing nine black worshippers has denied
charges that he knew about the crime before it happened. Joey Meek, 21,
who hosted shooting suspect Dylann Roof at his home in the weeks before
the murders, was arrested on ...
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Three
men arrested on suspicion of the kidnap and murder of a woman in
Wiltshire 20 years ago have been released on bail. Sally Ann John was
working as a prostitute when she went missing from Swindon, aged 23, in
1995.
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The
Metropolitan Police is creating a team of 90 officers and staff to
tackle the increasing workload resulting from allegations of historical
child abuse.
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TOKYO
- In a middle-of-the night vote that capped a tumultuous struggle with
opposition parties in Parliament, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan
secured final passage of legislation on Saturday authorizing overseas
combat missions for his country's ...
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LONDON
- As key nations tighten their borders, thousands of migrants and
asylum seekers hoping to enter the European Union are now bottled up in
the Balkans, placing precarious new burdens on a region of lingering
sectarian divisions that is ...
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JERUSALEM
(AP) - Violence between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security
forces spread beyond the walls of Jerusalem's old city on Friday, with
at least eight Palestinians shot in clashes in the West Bank and Israeli
policemen injured by ...
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ATHENS
Greece's national election appeared to shift on Friday in favor of
Alexis Tsipras' leftist Syriza party, if a flurry of late polls were to
be believed, as the former prime minister closed his campaign with a
plea for a high turnout.
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| New York Times | - 2 hours ago |
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PESHAWAR,
Pakistan - Taliban militants shot and killed at least 30 people,
including 16 people in a mosque, at an air force base near this city in
northwestern Pakistan on Friday, military officials said, in the first
major assault on a Pakistani ...
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WASHINGTON
The Obama administration announced wide-ranging new rules on Friday to
further ease trade, travel and investment restrictions with Cuba, the
latest effort to chip away at the long-standing U.S.
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Pope
Francis is one of the most popular leaders on the planet, and one of
the most outspoken, so his visit to the White House next week, followed
by a speech before a joint meeting of Congress - the first by a Roman
pontiff - has prompted a tsunami ...
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CHICAGO
- The U.S. Bureau of Prisons says former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.
has officially completed his prison sentence for spending $750,000 in
campaign money on personal items.
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This
photo provided Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 by the Lansing, Mich., Police
Department shows Grant Taylor, 22, of Lansing, Mich. Taylor was charged
with murder Thursday in the hit-and-run death of a Michigan firefighter
who authorities say was ...
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| Washington Post | - 3 hours ago |
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This
story has been updated. The House passed two abortion-related bills
Friday, including one that would strip federal health-care funding from
Planned Parenthood for one year, but it remains unclear whether the
votes would appease conservatives who ...
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AP
Photo/LM Otero. Ahmed Mohamed is an American teen who made headlines
for his indefensible arrest at his public school in Irving, Texas, for
the egregious crime of having brought a clock he made to school.
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It
was only a matter of time before this presidential campaign literally
came to blows. That's what a top aide to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul alleges
happened Thursday night between him and an aide to Florida Sen. Marco
Rubio.
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| ABC News | - 35 minutes ago |
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FILE
- In this May 17, 2015 file photo, authorities investigate a shooting
in the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas.
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| Christian Science Monitor | - 16 minutes ago |
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The
US government has announced a slight language change to its policy
regarding sexual and reproductive rights. It could help the US target
global issues such as early child marriage and HIV/AIDS prevention,
activists say.
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Wall
Street stocks closed lower on Friday in heavy trading as the Federal
Reserve's decision to keep interest rates near zero fueled concerns
about the potential impact of continuing weak global growth on U.S.
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| Washington Times | - 1 hour ago |
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SAN
FRANCISCO (AP) - The state on Friday cleared some farmers, water
agencies and others to resume pumping from three Northern California
waterways, easing one of the toughest restrictions stemming from the
state's four-year drought.
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| Bloomberg | - 48 minutes ago |
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Emerging-market
stocks and currencies posted back-to-back weekly gains as traders bet
that U.S. interest rates will stay lower for longer after the Federal
Reserve refrained from raising benchmark borrowing costs at its meeting
this week.
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Coca-Cola
bottles are displayed during a preview of the High Museum's new
exhibit, “The Coca-Cola Bottle: An American Icon at 100″, Wednesday,
Feb. 25, 2015, in Atlanta.
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Americans
are an impatient bunch, at least when it comes to Social Security.
People who delay taking Social Security benefits will be rewarded with
higher monthly payments, yet hardly anyone waits until 70, the age at
which benefits are maximized.
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France's
credit rating was cut by Moody's Investors Service, which said slow
economic expansion and political constraints will hamper the country's
ability to reduce its debt burden.
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Compared
to Amazon and UPS's figures, Alibaba's numbers don't add up, he says.
Alibaba has already had a terrible first year since its IPO: Its shares
are down 28%.
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| Android Headlines - Android News | - 1 hour ago |
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There
has been a lot of rumors of late and more recently, ones revolving
around Google's hardware products. While the two Nexus devices, which
are reportedly confirmed to be called the LG Nexus 5X and the Huawei
Nexus 6P, attract the most headlines, ...
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In
what appears to be a repeat of last year's problems, some customers say
the update to Apple's mobile software, iOS 9, has caused apps to shut
down.
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| PC Magazine | - 2 hours ago |
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For
years, Google and a number of other companies have been frank about
their self-driving car efforts. Apple has yet to reveal whether rumors
of an iCar are for real, but new evidence suggests it might indeed be in
the works.
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There
are plenty of ways for PC gamers to share gameplay videos, what with
YouTube and livestreaming services like Twitch. But before you can share
a video, you have to capture it first.
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| Washington Post | - 18 minutes ago |
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“Downton
Abbey” (PBS). “Game of Thrones” (HBO). “Mad Men” (AMC). “House of
Cards” (Netflix). “Orange Is the New Black” (Netflix).
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| Los Angeles Times | - 3 hours ago |
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When
in search of a host for a live awards program, it always helps to have
someone at your network with a resume that lists "Saturday Night Live"
as a credit.
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Nurses
everywhere are incredibly pissed off at the hosts of The View…and for
good reason. In case you missed it, on Tuesday the talk show's
hosts—Michelle Collins, Joy Behar, Raven-Symoné and Paula
Faris—discussed the talent portion of the Miss ...
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It pays to be Rick Ross' ride or die chick -- the Boss just iced up his
GF Lira Mercer with an enormous diamond engagement ring that set him
back $350,000.
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LAKE
FOREST, Ill. -- Nobody is going to forget about Rory McIlroy anytime
soon, as strange as it might seem to speak of the No. 1-ranked golfer in
the world in such terms.
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| CBSSports.com | - 5 hours ago |
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Rothstein:
It might take until next season to reap the rewards, but NC State coach
Mark Gottfried has notched some recruiting victories to strengthen his
program.
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| FOXSports.com | - 2 hours ago |
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KANSAS
CITY, Mo. -- Jamaal Charles had touched the ball more than 1,500 times
in his Kansas City Chiefs career, between the times he was given it in
the backfield and the times he had hauled in a pass.
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LILLE,
France -- Lithuania beat Serbia 67-64 on Friday to advance to the final
of the European basketball championship and clinch a slot at next
year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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The
Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University researchers
studying the effects of head injuries in football found evidence of
chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brains of 87 of 91
deceased NFL players they tested, according to ...
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| Daily Journal | - Sep 17, 2015 |
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WASHINGTON
- Give flu vaccine another chance: This year's version got a recipe
change that should make it more effective after last winter's misery
from a nasty surprise strain of virus.
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| Newsweek | - 20 minutes ago |
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A
new study finds caffeine delays your body's production of melatonin,
which disrupts the sleep-wake cycle. CPROD REUTERS/Anthony P. Bolante
APB.
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| Huffington Post | - 2 hours ago |
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Some say gene editing shouldn't be performed on human embryos until its effects are better understood. Headshot of Sam Levine.
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| Discovery News | - 6 hours ago |
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This
month's highly anticipated "supermoon eclipse" may be a magical treat
for skywatchers, but there's nothing supernatural about the event.
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| Huffington Post | - 5 hours ago |
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One
winner let himself be stung by bees more than 200 times to determine
the most painful places to be stung. Associated Press. By Mark Pratt.
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| Christian Science Monitor | - 2 hours ago |
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NASA
has released even closer images of Pluto taken by the New Horizons
spacecraft. After a ten-year voyage through the solar system, the
spacecraft reached the dwarf planet's orbit in July for a detailed study
of the surface.
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| Huffington Post | - 51 minutes ago |
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Scientists
are calling for a total ban on microbeads -- the tiny plastic pieces
used in soap, toothpaste and face wash for exfoliation -- after an
analysis estimated that 8 trillion of the beads wind up in aquatic
habitats every day in the U.S.
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