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Obama to Begin Historic Visit to Hiroshima

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
President Obama with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and other world leaders at the Group of 7 meeting in Shima, Japan, on Friday.
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Some Hispanics face ridicule over support for Trump

Washington Post - ‎17 hours ago‎
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Hispanic voters in Florida, New Mexico and California have waved Mexican flags and bashed Donald Trump piñatas - clashing with police, at times - to protest the Republican presidential contender's hard line approach to immigration.
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National spelling bee ends in a tie for third consecutive year

USA TODAY - ‎3 hours ago‎
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - For the third year in a row, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has ended with two champions. Nihar Janga, 11, of Austin, Texas, and Jairam Hathwar, 13, of Painted Post, N.Y.
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Dreaded Superbug Found For First Time In US Patient - A Physician's Perspective

Forbes - ‎2 hours ago‎
Brace yourselves. The scary antibiotic resistance gene, mcr-1, has been found in the U.S. for the first time, in a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman with symptoms of a urinary tract infection.
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G-7 Leaders Blast Potential British EU Exit in Closing Statement

Voice of America - ‎1 hour ago‎
May 27, 2016 12:25 AM. Should British voters choose to exit the European Union in next month's referendum vote, it could have disastrous effects on the global economy, G-7 leaders said Friday during a summit in Japan.
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France sends underwater probes to EgyptAir search zone

Reuters - ‎6 hours ago‎
CAIRO/PARIS A French naval vessel was en route to the eastern Mediterranean on Thursday to join the hunt for black boxes from a crashed EgyptAir jet, equipped with three specialist probes from a French company recruited to accelerate the search.
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Global Growth the 'Urgent Priority', G-7 Leaders Conclude

Voice of America - ‎16 minutes ago‎
May 27, 2016 1:57 AM. Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthiest economies called global growth their "urgent priority" and expressed concern about North Korea, Russia and maritime disputes as their summit in Japan came to a close Friday.
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Cops: Ex-husband confessed to killing missing Fla. mom

CBS News - ‎May 25, 2016‎
HOBE SOUND, Fla. -- The ex-husband of a missing south Florida mother has confessed to killing the woman and disposing of her body, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.
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Lost hiker's message: Please call husband when my body is found

CNN - ‎4 hours ago‎
(CNN) Geraldine Largay knew she was so very lost that the chances of her making it out of the thick Maine woods were gone. She had been writing in her journal every day and one of her final entries showed she was resigned to her fate.
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Two Arrested In Fatal Shooting, Stabbing Of Novato High School Students

CBS Local - ‎6 hours ago‎
NOVATO (CBS SF) -– Two people have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a Novato High School student and the injuring of another student following raids on Novato residences Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
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The Daily Trail: About that Trump vs. Sanders debate...

Washington Post - ‎5 hours ago‎
There are things presidential candidates like to talk about, and there are things they'd prefer not to. (For us, more or less everything on the trail falls into the first category.
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Trump uses energy speech to outline general election pitch

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
BISMARCK, N.D. - Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled an “America first” energy plan he said would unleash unfettered production of oil, coal, natural gas and other energy sources to push the United States toward energy ...
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Moments from Trump's rise in chaotic GOP race, now settled

Washington Post - ‎4 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - The nicknames. The outrage. The rallies - and the protests. The moments history will probably remember from the fight for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination are a procession of rule-breaking clashes, followed by a slow-motion ...
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Bernie Sanders Fundraises For Russ Feingold

Huffington Post - ‎15 hours ago‎
Sanders said it's important to elect candidates “who recognize that it is too late for establishment politics and economics.
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Former Mayor Dixon Still Not Pleased With Primary

CBS Local - ‎7 hours ago‎
BALTIMORE (WJZ) - Baltimore's primary is officially certified. The state Board of Elections accepted the city's election results last night.
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Wells Fargo is offering low down payment mortgages without FHA backing

Los Angeles Times - ‎7 hours ago‎
Wells Fargo & Co. has started offering a new type of mortgage that requires a tiny down payment and could appeal to customers who might otherwise get loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration.
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Helicopter Money Is Putting the Yen's Value at 'Great Risk': Noguchi

Bloomberg - ‎4 hours ago‎
Yukio Noguchi, a former Ministry of Finance official whose business books are best sellers, envisages a scenario in which a failure of Japan's economic stimulus could drive the yen to weaken beyond 300 per dollar.
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How Viacom Could Have Avoided Its 'Game of Thrones' Leadership Saga

Fortune - ‎10 hours ago‎
Sumner Redstone's iron grip on power is nothing new. Facebook, Alibaba, Amazon, take note. While Viacom's raging succession battle surrounding owner Sumner Redstone is as compelling as the company's TV dramas, the script is not new.
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Save, Share Favorite Twitch Streams With 'Clips'

PC Magazine - ‎8 hours ago‎
You might not be the best gamer around—you have yet to get a play of the game in Overwatch, your Starcraft skills are more steamroller than strategic, and you've been routed more times than you can count in many of the Total War-series titles.
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ForcePhone adds pressure sensitivity to any phone using ultrasonics

TechCrunch - ‎5 hours ago‎
Force touch may be a feature exclusive to the latest iPhones, but something like it is now possible on pretty much any phone out there, thanks to research from engineers at the University of Michigan.
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Khloe Kardashian again files to divorce Lamar Odom

ESPN - ‎6 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES -- Khloe Kardashian is once again seeking to end her marriage to former NBA player Lamar Odom. Court records in Los Angeles show Kardashian filed for divorce Thursday, citing irreconcilable differences.
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How Did the Irving Plaza Shooting Happen? 'A Man Had a Beef and a Gun'

Billboard - ‎6 hours ago‎
While New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton singled out "rap artists who are basically thugs" as the cause for Wednesday night's shooting during a T.I.
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X-Men: Apocalypse Review Roundup: Did Critics Like the Third Prequel?

E! Online - ‎14 hours ago‎
Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoyand others are back to inspire, teach and most importantly, kick some evil mutant butt in X-Men: Apocalypse, the third film in a prequel series.
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Art Briles's stunning ascent ends in sudden disgrace following damning report

Washington Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
Baylor University demoted president Kenneth Starr and fired its popular football coach Art Briles following revelations Thursday that the sports program responded to sexual assault accusations against its players with alarming indifference or outright ...
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Mars is emerging from an ice age that ended about 400000 years ago

The Verge - ‎12 hours ago‎
Mars is emerging from an ice age, according to a new study. Studying the Martian climate and how it changes over time can help scientists better plan future missions to Mars and even understand climate change here on Earth, the study authors say.
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NASA Hits Snag While Inflating Space Station's New BEAM Habitat

Space.com - ‎15 hours ago‎
NASA called off attempts to inflate the first privately built expandable room on the International Space Station (ISS) today (May 26) after early efforts to pump up the module didn't go exactly as planned.
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Schrödinger's Cat Alive And Dead In Two Boxes At Once

Tech Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Yale University researchers have taken one of the most famous thought experiments one step further in analysis, finding Schrödinger's cat would be both alive and dead in two boxes at once.
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Infection may spur hallmark protein for Alzheimer's disease

Fox News - ‎13 hours ago‎
Researchers have found that amyloid beta, the hallmark brain protein for dementia, may accumulate as a response to infection— which suggests Alzheimer's disease may be caused by the body's overreaction to certain bacterial threats.
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To Kill Mosquitoes That Spread Zika, Strike Before They Fly

NPR - ‎11 hours ago‎
In the marshy woods of Secaucus, N.J., a mosquito can make a happy home. With water and shade under a canopy of maple trees, you could barely ask for more to start your own bloodsucking family.

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