Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Google News compiled for the BBC's Biodun Iginla--11/19/15--in New York

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Belgium pledges security crackdown on Islamist violence

Reuters - ‎40 minutes ago‎
BRUSSELS Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel pledged a security crackdown and an extra 400 million euros ($427 million) to fight Islamist violence on Thursday, while rejecting criticism of Belgium's security services in the wake of the Paris attacks.
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French PM: France could face chemical attack

USA TODAY - ‎59 minutes ago‎
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday warned that France could face chemical or biological terror attacks, as Belgian security forces launched six raids in Brussels in connection with last week's deadly assaults in Paris.
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ISIS video threatens New York City; mayor says city won't be intimidated

CNN - ‎4 hours ago‎
(CNN) A new video released by ISIS warns of an impending attack on New York City. The video mentions Times Square and purports to show an explosive device being put together and a bomber zipping his jacket over a suicide belt.
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Man arrested 31 years after UK officer shooting

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
LONDON - British police on Thursday arrested a man on suspicion of conspiring to murder a police officer who was killed while on duty outside the Libyan Embassy in London 31 years ago.
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Ex-Subway spokesman to be sentenced on child sex charges

Reuters - ‎23 minutes ago‎
INDIANAPOLIS Former Subway sandwich spokesman Jared Fogle on Thursday is scheduled to be sentenced to prison after he officially pleads guilty to child pornography and sex charges.
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Islamic State claim of hostage killing complicates China's terror debate

Washington Post - ‎45 minutes ago‎
China on Thursday vowed "justice" for a Chinese national kidnapped and purported slain by the Islamic State. "The Chinese government will resolutely oppose all forms of terrorism, and resolutely strike at any violent terrorist criminal activities that ...

Why DOES Wall Street 'love' Hillary Clinton?

CNN International - ‎22 hours ago‎
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, pictured here on Tuesday, March 3, has become one of the most powerful people in Washington.
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Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu hail strong US-Israel bonds after row

OracleHerald.com (blog) - ‎16 hours ago‎
Netanyahu's visit comes during a spike in clashes between Israelis and Palestinians sparked by a dispute over access to a Jerusalem site venerated by both Jews and Muslims.
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Europe Relies on 'Queen' Angela Merkel More Than Ever

NDTV - ‎5 hours ago‎
Over the years, Greeks have burned her effigy and eastern nations have blamed her for the flood of migrants, but Germany's economic dominance combined with the weakness of Merkel's counterparts have left her without rivals for the nickname "Queen of ...
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US Senate to vote for repeal of Clean Power Plan

TheNewsTelegraph.com (blog) - ‎5 hours ago‎
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson stepped up his opposition to the Clean Power Plan earlier this week, voting in favor of a resolution that aims to block President Barack Obama's emissions-cutting plan.
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Paris attacks: French seek to identify raid bodies

BBC News - ‎6 hours ago‎
French experts are working to establish whether the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid on a flat on Wednesday.
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Kayleigh Haywood: Body found believed to be missing teenager

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
At the scene - Phil Mackie, BBC News. There's still intense police activity in and around the village of Ibstock. Specialist teams are now concentrating their search around a lake about a mile to the north.
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HBOS report: 10 executives could face ban

BBC News - ‎11 minutes ago‎
A report into the collapse of the High Street bank HBOS says regulators should consider banning up to 10 former executives from working in the City.
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Raqqa activists criticise 'ineffective' air strikes on IS

BBC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
France has stepped up its air strikes targeting Islamic State (IS) in Syria since the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday, carrying out a series of raids on the jihadist group's stronghold of Raqqa.
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Big Antarctic ice melt scenarios 'not plausible'

BBC News - ‎16 hours ago‎
Scientists say the contribution of a melting Antarctica to sea-level rise this century will be significant and challenging, but that some nightmare scenarios are just not realistic.
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Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era'

BBC News - ‎11 hours ago‎
Prof Timothy Walsh, who collaborated on the study, from the University of Cardiff, told the BBC News website: "All the key players are now in place to make the post-antibiotic world a reality.
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Maltby pensioner Tommy Ward 'still serious' after home raid

BBC News - ‎11 hours ago‎
An 80-year-old man who was brutally assaulted in his home remains in a serious condition over six weeks after the attack, police have said.
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Australia fires: Workers killed during 'horse rescue'

BBC News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Three European workers who died in bushfires in Western Australia were reportedly trying to save a horse. The bodies of a Norwegian woman, 29, a British man, 31, and a German woman, 19, were found in a burned-out car south-east of Perth, local media ...
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US trade czar confident of 2016 Congress vote on TPP

Reuters - ‎4 hours ago‎
MANILA U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Thursday he expected Congress to vote on a 12-nation Pacific Rim free-trade deal early next year.
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The moral debate over #JeSuisChien

USA TODAY - ‎9 hours ago‎
Around the world on Wednesday, people paid homage to a fallen hero with three words: "I am dog." It was a potent tribute on social media, made nearly 75,000 times to a 7-year-old Belgian Shepherd named Diesel who was killed during an early-morning ...
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Global hackers' group releases guide to finding ISIS online

Times of India - ‎5 hours ago‎
Anonymous has released a guide to catching ISIS extremists, and claims that it has already found thousands of extremists online. The group launched its operation against ISIS in the wake of the attacks on Paris over the weekend.
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Angela Merkel Defends Cancellation of Soccer Match on Security Concerns

Wall Street Journal - ‎15 hours ago‎
BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended the cancellation of a major soccer game the night before, while security officials said Germany had become a possible target of Islamist extremists.
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Boko Haram Actually Kills More People In Terror Attacks Than ISIS

Huffington Post - ‎14 hours ago‎
<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption">After Olamikan Gbemiga/ASSOCIATED PRESS After nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, the world reacted in outrage, coalescing around the hashtag # Bring Back ...
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Ben Carson's campaign made a US map and put a bunch of states in the wrong place

Washington Post - ‎20 hours ago‎
Happy Geography Awareness Week! Recognizing that "too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens," National Geographic created this annual ...
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Indiana Pastor Speaks Out About Pregnant Wife's Slaying

ABC News - ‎Nov 18, 2015‎
Investigators say Davey Blackburn's wife was shot in the head during a burglary when the pastor wasn't home. 3:00 | 11/18/15.
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One Slogan, Many Methods: Black Lives Matter Enters Politics

New York Times - ‎9 hours ago‎
When the Democratic National Committee recently rejected adding a presidential debate focusing exclusively on issues affecting black people, it got divergent responses from two groups widely associated with the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Texas school board rejects academic review of school textbooks

cleveland.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
Texas Board of Education members voted Wednesday against forming panel of university professors who would fact-check textbooks approved for statewide use.
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Harry Reid pressed in Utah pay-to-play probe

Washington Times - ‎10 hours ago‎
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., accompanied by the Senate Democratic leadership, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015.
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Quake rattles parts of 8 states

CBS News - ‎2 hours ago‎
CHEROKEE, Okla. -- A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck northern Oklahoma, southern Kansas and parts of six other states early Thursday.
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Calif. court rules against divorced cancer survivor in dispute over frozen ...

Washington Post - ‎33 minutes ago‎
It's a situation that's becoming all too common - and one in which the law is still grappling with modern technology. A couple, facing fertility problems or other health issues, decides to create frozen embryos for future use.
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CEO wants to bring Target to you, wherever you want it

Chicago Tribune - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Target CEO Brian Cornell inside the small urban test store in Streeterville. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune). Gregory KarpContact ReporterChicago Tribune.
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Soothing Fed sounds send shares, emerging markets higher

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
LONDON World shares and risk assets rallied and the dollar backed off highs on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve flagged a rate hike next month, but also an intention to take things slow and steady after that.
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RPT-Square and Match debut in the shadow of sputtering IPOs

Reuters - ‎23 minutes ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO Nov 19 Investors considering buying a piece of mobile payment startup Square Inc or online dating empire Match Group Inc when their stocks begin trading on Thursday might do well to reflect on the dismal performance of other recent ...
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Starboard asks Yahoo not to spin off Alibaba stake, report says

USA TODAY - ‎7 hours ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO - Starboard Value has asked Yahoo not to spin off its stake in Alibaba Group Holding, according to a published report.
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Illinois Attorney General warns of IRS phone scam

Chicago Sun-Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is warning residents about phone scammers posing as IRS agents. Residents throughout Illinois have been contacted by scammers pretending to be government officials claiming that the residents are under ...
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Airport workers across the country go on strike

CNNMoney - ‎13 hours ago‎
Thousands of airport workers in Chicago, Boston, New York City, Newark, Philadelphia, and Fort Lauderdale are expected to strike on Wednesday night and into Thursday.
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UPDATE 1-As Telegram messaging app blocks Islamic State sites, new ones pop up

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
... * Telegram offers ultra-secure way to share text, videos. * Islamic State uses Telegram channels to communicate with members. * Telegram has shut 78 Islamic State channels (Adds details of shutdown IS Telegram sites popping up again, analyst ...
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Google boosts mobile search: Now it surfaces app data and streams apps

ZDNet - ‎1 hour ago‎
Google will stream from search some apps that aren't installed. Image: Google. Google has taken app-indexing to the next level, not only extending search to the contents of applications but also streaming the apps themselves from search.
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LG Is Developing Its Own Mobile Payment Service

TechCrunch - ‎2 hours ago‎
Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay… there'll one more to add to the list soon. That's because Korean phone maker LG just quietly outed plans to develop and deploy its own mobile payment service which, to the surprise of precisely nobody, will be ...
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How to take control of Windows 10 updates and upgrades (even if you don't own ...

ZDNet - ‎20 minutes ago‎
After months of talk, Microsoft has finally delivered Windows Update for Business. This much-needed feature, which arrived in November's Windows 10 version 1511 upgrade, allows IT pros to set update policies for an organization.
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BBC Ships Adele Special Across World

Hollywood Reporter - ‎2 hours ago‎
Taraji P. Henson, Viola Davis and Drama Actress A-List Tackle Race, Sexism, Aging in Hollywood · Hollywood's Most Dangerous Documentarians on Death Threats, Scientology and "Staging" Reality.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, Adam Johnson win National Book Awards

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
“I have waited 15 years for this moment,” Ta-Nehisi Coates told an audience that was almost entirely on its feet Wednesday night.
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Anthony Mackie got his comedic 'Night Before' role by bullying Seth Rogen

USA TODAY - ‎3 hours ago‎
After working together on critically acclaimed dramedy 50/50, director Jonathan Levine re-teamed with stars Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for holiday film The Night Before.
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DMan's NFL Picks, Week 11: New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers get it done

cleveland.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
QB Tom Brady and the New England Patriots should have minimal difficulty defeating the Buffalo Bills on Monday night in Foxborough, Mass.
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Tiger Woods proves he cares about Ryder Cup

ESPN - ‎13 hours ago‎
The initial shock having subsided, the thought of Tiger Woods driving a golf cart around Hazeltine National next September as a vice captain now in focus, one thing quickly became clear: so much for the notion that Woods is not invested in the Ryder Cup.
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Harden, Houston Rockets Prevail Over Blazers in Overtime

Blazer's Edge - ‎5 hours ago‎
The Blazers humbled the Rockets for three quarters but couldn't carry home the win thanks to star heroics and a miracle shot. Tweet Share on Twitter Share Share on Facebook Pin Pinterest 1 Comment.
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McDonald's restaurant in New York City sued after exposing diners to Hepatitis A

Latinos Health - ‎1 hour ago‎
DES PLAINES, IL - OCTOBER 24: In this photo illustration, a McChicken sandwich sits with typical Dollar Menu items sold at a McDonald's restaurant on October 24, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois.
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PSA Screening Rates Decline After USPSTF Says 'No'

MedPage Today - ‎12 hours ago‎
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UW-Madison scientists grow functional vocal cord tissue in lab

Journal Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
UW-Madison scientists have grown human vocal cord tissue in a dish, which made sound when transplanted into voice boxes from cadaver dogs - a development that could lead to better treatments for people with voice disorders.
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Scientists spy two - or maybe three - planets in the process of being born

Los Angeles Times - ‎13 hours ago‎
Observations from the Large Binocular Telescope and the Magellan Adaptive Optics System show multiple objects in the cleared region around LkCa 15, a young star.
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Galactic Monster Mystery Revealed in Ancient Universe

Discovery News - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Astronomers have detected something baffling at the furthest frontiers of our observable universe: massive galaxies -- lots of massive galaxies -- that shouldn't even exist.
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Curiosity to Check Out Dark and 'Active' Mars Dunes

Discovery News - ‎7 hours ago‎
NASA's Curiosity rover will soon get history's first up-close look at Martian sand dunes. Play Video · Water on Mars: Everything You Need to Know.
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Congressman now threatens to subpoena commerce secretary over global warming ...

Washington Post - ‎15 hours ago‎
House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) opened another front in his war with federal climate researchers on Wednesday, saying a groundbreaking global warming study was “rushed to publication” over the objections of numerous scientists ...
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