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Lafayette movie theater shooter 'had hate in his heart'

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
John Russell Houser hated taxes, liberals, newspapers, gays and the United States, according to the broad trail he left in court documents and on the Internet.
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Lafayette Theater Shooting Survivor Describes 'Strange Calm' After First Shot
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Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
NAIROBI, Kenya - President Obama arrived on Friday in Kenya, his father's home country, for the start of a four-day swing through East Africa, combining a personal journey with a geopolitical mission that reinforces a shared campaign against Islamist ...
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California to Review Video Targeting Planned Parenthood

ABC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
California Attorney General Kamala Harris said Friday that she plans to review two undercover videos released by anti-abortion activists aimed at discrediting Planned Parenthood's procedures for providing fetal tissue to researchers, to see if any laws ...
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Defense Dept. Asks Armed Civilians to Stop Guarding Recruiters

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
The Defense Department on Friday asked armed civilians who have volunteered to guard military recruiting stations across the country in the wake of the mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Questions Still Swirling Around the Death of Sandra Bland

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Sandra Bland died in her jail cell on July 13 after being arrested by a state trooper during a traffic stop in Waller County, Tex.
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Kerry Says Israel May Deepen Its Isolation by Opposing Iran Nuclear Accord

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that the nuclear accord he negotiated with Iran was in Israel's interest and that the Israeli government's decision to oppose it could further its isolation.
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Ukraine: US Expands Aid to Train Regular Army Troops

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
The United States Army will modestly expand nonlethal military assistance to Ukraine, beginning training this fall for Ukrainian Army personnel in the western part of the country, the Obama administration announced Friday.
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Saudis land in Aden with equipment to re-open airport: Arabiya TV

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
ADEN Two Saudi aircraft landed at Aden on Friday bringing equipment needed to re-open the city's airport four months after the Yemeni civil war shut it down, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported.
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Probe sought into possible 'classified' details in Clinton private e-mails

Washington Post - ‎38 minutes ago‎
The Justice Department said Friday that it has been notified of a potential compromise of classified information in connection with the private e-mail account that Hillary Rodham Clinton used while serving as secretary of state.
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Oakland-based animal activists accused of targeting fur industry

San Jose Mercury News - ‎3 hours ago‎
OAKLAND -- Two Oakland-based animal activists were arrested by the FBI Friday and charged with terrorizing the fur industry during cross-country road trips, federal officials said.
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Cruz calls his party's Senate leader a liar

Tribune-Review - ‎1 hour ago‎
Traveling by Jeep, boat and foot, Tribune-Review investigative reporter Carl Prine and photojournalist Justin Merriman covered nearly 2,000 miles over two months along the border with Mexico to report on coyotes - the human traffickers who bring ...
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At least 5 dead in chain-reaction crash on Indiana interstate, police say

Fox News - ‎1 hour ago‎
LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A woman and her two young sons were among five people killed in a fiery chain-reaction crash after a semitrailer hauling a tanker filled with cooking oil slammed into vehicles slowed near a northwestern Indiana construction zone ...
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Wall Street slides to end rough week on macro, earnings concerns

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted their largest weekly drops since March on Friday as slowing global growth dragged commodity-related stocks lower while an earnings-fueled drop in Biogen took down the biotech sector.
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Anthem to buy Cigna for $54 billion, creating nation's largest insurer

Los Angeles Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Industry giant Anthem Inc. reached a $54-billion deal to buy rival Cigna Corp., creating the country's biggest health insurer and triggering concerns about the immense power it could wield with employers and medical providers.
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Boeing books $23 mn loss on every 787 Dreamliner, eyes pricey titanium

Financial Express - ‎14 minutes ago‎
Boeing Co, which loses about $23 million on every 787 Dreamliner passenger jet that leaves the factory, is trying to stem the losses by cutting the use of one of its signature ingredients: titanium.
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Square's Filing Turns Talk to Dorsey's Juggling Skills

New York Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Maybe Jack Dorsey needs to clone himself. On July 1, the technology entrepreneur took on the challenge of turning around Twitter, the social media site that he co-founded and that he was asked to run as interim chief executive.
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Fiat Chrysler to Recall 1.4 Million Vehicles to Prevent Hacking

NDTV - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Fiat Chrysler will recall 1.4 million vehicles in the United States to install software to prevent hackers from gaining remote control of the engine, steering and other systems in what federal officials said was the first such action of its kind.
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ATT clears final hurdle to close DirecTV merger: Sources

Financial Express - ‎20 minutes ago‎
AT&T Inc's proposed $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV has cleared its final regulatory hurdle as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to approve the merger, according to people familiar with the votes.
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Apple's online music services stumble

Sentinel Republic - ‎46 minutes ago‎
Apple had also recently in the beginning of July faced a massive downtime in its iCloud services, affecting iCloud Backup, iCloud Drive, iMessage, iWork for iCloud, Mail Drop and photos for iOS users.
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WWE CEO Vince McMahon once used N-word in awkward comedy routine with wrestler ...

New York Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Was it hypocrisy for the WWE to bounce Hulk Hogan from his contract for using the N-word on a secretly recorded sex tape? After all, the group's own chairman and CEO, Vince McMahon, once used the term in a televised skit with black wrestler Booker T.
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Gigi Hadid and Joe Jonas Enjoy a Day at Disneyland With Friends—See the Pic!

E! Online - ‎2 hours ago‎
What better day date than the Happiest Place on Earth?! One of Hollywood's favorite couples, Gigi Hadid and Joe Jonas (or together known as "G.
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Khloé Kardashian Twerking at Kendall and Kylie's Graduation Party Is ...

E! Online - ‎2 hours ago‎
#KhloeKardashian twerking at #KylieJenner's graduation party! A video posted by The Shade Room (@theshaderoominc) on Jul 23, 2015 at 8:11pm PDT.
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Janet Jackson Premieres 'No Sleeep' Music Video Featuring J. Cole

AceShowbiz - ‎3 hours ago‎
The singer dances around her house and at one point meets up with Cole who adds some new bars to the sultry jam. Google +. Janet Jackson Premieres 'No Sleeep' Music Video Featuring J. Cole.
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How Both Sides Benefit from Braden Holtby's Extension with Washington Capitals

Bleacher Report - ‎5 hours ago‎
The Washington Capitals have long been one of the NHL's most frustrating teams to its large, dedicated fanbase. The franchise still owns the dubious achievement of having the worst season in NHL history, and it has made the Stanley Cup Finals just once ...
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Celtics sign second-round pick Jordan Mickey

Sentinel Republic - ‎49 minutes ago‎
Hunter, one of their two 2015 National Basteball Association draft picks, to a contract by the end of this week, WEEI's Ben Rohrbach reported Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the negotiations.
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Pluto's Atmosphere Is Thinner Than Expected, but Still Looks Hazy

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Pluto's thin air may be falling to the ground. The total mass of the atmosphere on Pluto appears to have fallen by half in just two years, scientists working on NASA's New Horizons mission reported during a news conference on Friday.
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NASA's Kepler mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth

KTVQ Billings News - ‎17 minutes ago‎
NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the "habitable zone" around a sun-like star.
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How climate change may have killed the mammoth

Christian Science Monitor - ‎9 hours ago‎
New analysis of ancient DNA has found that mammoths and giant sloths succumbed to sudden, rapid warming events, a finding that has implications for wildlife in a warming world.
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Mistery solved: White hair ice is produced by a fungus, Exidiopsis effusa

Pulse Headlines - ‎8 minutes ago‎
Germany - The white hair ice found on rotting tree branches is produced by a fungus called Exidiopsis effusa. This is an almost 100 year old theory that was first studied by Alfred Wegener in 1918.
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New Drug Sharply Lowers Cholesterol, but It's Costly

New York Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Federal regulators on Friday approved the first of a new class of drug that can sharply lower cholesterol levels, offering a new option for millions of Americans suffering from cardiovascular disease, the nation's leading killer.
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Alzheimer's Drug Solanezumab is Again Proposed – This Time as a Slowing Agent

Ledger Gazette - ‎37 minutes ago‎
According to Dean Hartley of the Alzheimer's Association, the new thing about the drug and their team is that they are “changing the course of the disease“.
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GlaxoSmithKline's Malaria Vaccine Clears Final Scientific Hurdle

Wall Street Journal - ‎7 hours ago‎
LONDON— GlaxoSmithKline GSK -1.45 % PLC's malaria vaccine, the world's most advanced, has cleared its final scientific hurdle, but it could still take up to a year before immunization programs begin in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Deadly Amoeba In New Orleans Water Supply

Headlines & Global News - ‎23 minutes ago‎
A brain-eating amoeba reappears in a St. Bernard Parish water supply two years after first contamination. By Kristina Udice | Jul 25, 2015 12:47 AM EDT.
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