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Iran Releases US Sailors Accused of 'Trespassing'

New York Times - ‎16 minutes ago‎
TEHRAN - Iran has released two United States Navy patrol boats and 10 crew members who were described as “trespassing” in Iranian waters near a major naval base, state news media reported on Wednesday.
US Sailors Detained by Iran Are 'Safely Returned'
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Read Live Updates On Obama's State Of The Union Address

Huffington Post - ‎5 hours ago‎
In this Dec. 15, 2015, photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives in Washington.
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Forget the bean-counters and the haters. Powerball is joy.

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
Knowing it doesn't matter whether one plays one's age, one's birthday or one's lucky number, but sweating it anyway.
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Istanbul suicide bombing: Deadliest attack on Germans in 13 years

CNN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Read more about this story at CNN Turk. Istanbul (CNN) The suicide attack on Istanbul's central tourist district was the deadliest attack on Germans abroad in more than 13 years.
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Suicide bomber kills at least 15 outside Pakistan polio centre

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
QUETTA A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people, most of them police, outside a polio eradication centre in Pakistan's western city of Quetta on Wednesday, the latest militant attack on the anti-polio campaign in the country.
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Pride in North Korea nuclear tests eroded by daily grind

Reuters - ‎26 minutes ago‎
SEOUL Oh Hyun-min was in middle school when North Korea conducted its third nuclear test in February 2013. He remembers feeling elated to hear the news that his country had successfully tested such a "big weapon", he told Reuters.
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Americans from Taiwan return home to vote and boost democracy

Los Angeles Times - ‎16 minutes ago‎
Members of the Friends of Tsai Overseas await the arrival of presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen at a rally in Yuanlin, Taiwan. Members of the Friends of Tsai Overseas await the arrival of presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen at a rally in Yuanlin, Taiwan.
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Racist Violence in Germany Again Tests Merkel's Openness To Refugees

TIME - ‎48 minutes ago‎
Every Monday, when the right-wing fringe in Germany tends to hold protests against immigration, Peter Heinz goes into the streets of his hometown of Leipzig and, in any weather, takes part in the counter-demonstrations.
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Six Killed as Militants Storm Pakistan Consulate in Afghanistan

Bloomberg - ‎58 minutes ago‎
Six people were killed and more than 11 wounded after gunmen stormed the Pakistani consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad, just days after militants attacked the Indian consulate in another province.
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Rick Snyder Calls In National Guard For Flint Water Crisis

Huffington Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been busy in the aftermath of a lead poisoning crisis in Flint. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File). Michigan Gov.
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Oil rises for first time in eight days on China, US stock draw

Reuters - ‎51 minutes ago‎
LONDON Oil prices rose for the first time in eight days on Wednesday as positive Chinese trade data and an unexpected draw in weekly U.S.
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Chinese Exports Post First Annual Decline Since 2009

Wall Street Journal - ‎2 hours ago‎
BEIJING—Chinese exports declined for the year, marking their worst performance since 2009, as weak demand continued to weigh on the world's second-largest economy.
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MetLife Unit's SIFI Off-Ramp Seen Pressuring AIG as Icahn Looms

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
After General Electric Co. began selling finance operations to exit too-big-to-fail status, American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock said it wasn't clear that escaping the government risk tag would offer significant ...
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Delta Surpasses United for No. 2 Airline Spot by Traffic

Wall Street Journal - ‎15 hours ago‎
Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL 0.47 % nosed ahead of United Continental Holdings Inc. UAL -1.47 % in 2015 to become the nation's No.
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Autonomous car makers hand over data on glitches and failures to California DMV

Ars Technica - ‎6 hours ago‎
If you want to build a self-driving car and test it on public roads in California, the state's Department of Motor Vehicles says that every year you have to submit a disengagement report—basically a list of every time the human driver had to take over ...
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Google I/O conference moving to a new location in Mountain View

Android Community - ‎19 minutes ago‎
The International CES may be over but it's not the only important tech event to look forward to this 2016. Sometime in May, Google will be having its annual conference for developers.
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Uber Adds More Features to Entertain You During Rides

The Next Digit - ‎1 hour ago‎
Uber adds more features to entertain you during rides. Over the holidays, Uber had an epiphany after safely delivering their one billionth passenger to the inputted destination - people are spending quite a lot of time in their vehicles, so, why not ...
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Christie Brinkley Recalls Sweet David Bowie and Iman Milestone Following ...

E! Online - ‎6 hours ago‎
Iman and David Bowie's romance is a story many have fallen in love with themselves, but little did we know that Christie Brinkley actually played a huge role in one of the biggest milestones the couple shared.
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'Fifty Shades,' 'Jupiter' head up Razzie Award nominations

USA TODAY - ‎3 hours ago‎
Fifty Shades of Grey, Jupiter Ascending, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 and Pixels are all poised for glory Oscar weekend - though maybe not the kind they'd prefer.
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Khloe Kardashian Aboard NYC-Bound Flight that Made Emergency Landing in Las ...

ABC News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Khloe Kardashian arrives at Cosmopolitan Magazine's 50th Birthday Celebration at Ysabel, Oct. 12, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif.
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After David Bowie's Death, 'Lazarus' Holds New Meaning for Fans

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
Tuesday was an emotional night at New York Theater Workshop, as fans and artists came together to see “Lazarus,” one of David Bowie's final creations, now in a new light.
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'I'm not the easiest guy to play with,' Tom Brady admits

The Boston Globe - ‎3 hours ago‎
FOXBOROUGH - For all the talk about Saturday being just another game, at least one Patriot isn't understating the significance of the team's divisional-round playoff against the Chiefs.
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Blackhawks coach Quenneville gets milestone win

NHL.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville capped a memorable day by achieving a career milestone at United Center on Tuesday. CHICAGO -- There were some tense moments before it became official, but Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville ...
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Tuesday NBA Roundup: Can Improved Knicks Return to the Playoffs This Season?

Bleacher Report - ‎5 hours ago‎
The New York Knicks have seen more of the Boston Celtics over the years than they'd likely care to recall. In the nearly 70 years since these two original members of the Basketball Association of America—the precursor to the NBA—first faced off, the ...
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Scientists just found an unexpected factor that could be driving Greenland's ...

Washington Post - ‎14 hours ago‎
There's been another breakthrough in the study of the Greenland ice sheet, whose increasing melt rate and growing contribution to global sea-level rise has captured the attention and concern of climate scientists in recent years.
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Relive history with SpaceX's Falcon 9 landing montage

SlashGear - ‎1 hour ago‎
There is no way around it. SpaceX will be memorialized in spaceflight history as having made the first orbital rocket landing. More than just the feat itself, it will hopefully open the doors to reusable rockets in the future.
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Discovery of gravitational waves would be one of century's biggest ...

Maine News Online - ‎25 minutes ago‎
According to a rumor doing the rounds in the market, physicists could have finally found ripples in the fabric of spacetime called 'gravitational waves'.
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Task force: Mammograms do most good at 50

TriValley Central - ‎3 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age 50.
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Common Painkiller as Cancer Treatment? Diclofenac Found to Have Anti-Cancer Effect

Latinos Health - ‎49 minutes ago‎
CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 09: Vials containing biological samples are stored on ice to keep them fresh before being analysed to see how they are affected by chemotherapy drugs at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute on ...
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Eating Potatoes Pre-Pregnancy May Boost Diabetes Risk

NDTV - ‎49 minutes ago‎
Eating lots of potatoes -- especially chips or crisps -- is linked to a higher risk for women of developing a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy, a study said Wednesday.
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