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Intelligence Chief Defends Finding Russia Meddled in Election

Wall Street Journal - ‎10 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON—Top American intelligence officials reaffirmed and broadened their accusations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.
Top US intelligence official: Russia meddled in election by hacking, spreading of propaganda
How Russia wields cyberpower
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Four charged with hate crimes in mentally disabled teen's torture

New York Daily News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Four suspects accused of torturing a mentally disabled teen on Facebook Live video were charged with hate crimes Thursday - but police insisted that the white 18-year-old was targeted for his special needs, not his race.
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Effort to defund Planned Parenthood threatens Obamacare repeal

CNN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Washington (CNN) A push by Republican congressional leaders to defund Planned Parenthood could threaten passage of their top-priority legislation to repeal Obamacare because of opposition to the anti-abortion provision by two key GOP senators.
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Randy Gregory suspended for at least one year

NBCSports.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
The Cowboys won't have defensive end Randy Gregory in the lineup when they return to the field in the divisional round of the playoffs.
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Biden: Trump's Supreme Court nominee deserves hearing and vote

The Hill - ‎2 hours ago‎
Biden called the tactic "fundamentally unconstitutional," pointing to the GOP's refusal to consider President Obama's nominee Merrick Garland for months.
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Netanyahu Is Questioned a Second Time on Corruption Suspicions

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
On Thursday evening, for the second time this week, investigators grilled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at his official residence as a suspect in an investigation into possible corruption, the details of which have largely been kept under ...
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Intel report says US identifies go-betweens who gave emails to WikiLeaks

CNN - ‎2 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) US intelligence has identified the go-betweens the Russians used to provide stolen emails to WikiLeaks, according to US officials familiar with the classified intelligence report that was presented to President Barack Obama on Thursday.
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Turkey: 2 dead in explosion near courthouse in Izmir

CNN - ‎9 hours ago‎
(CNN) Two people were killed in an explosion Thursday near a courthouse in the city of Izmir in western Turkey, according to the country's state-run Anadolu news agency.
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South Korea speeds up creation of Kim Jong Un 'decapitation unit'

CNN - ‎8 hours ago‎
Seoul (CNN) South Korea is ratcheting up its rhetoric against Pyongyang with a new threat: Come at us, and we'll cut off the head of the snake.
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Texas Moves to Limit Transgender Bathroom Access

New York Times - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Protesters outside the Texas Senate chamber on Thursday tried to drown out a news conference on the filing of the bill. Credit Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman, via Associated Press.
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Unusually cold weather expected to turn into third winter storm

OregonLive.com - ‎11 minutes ago‎
There's no getting around it -- it's been a cold winter. After two storms blanketed the Portland-metro area with snow and ice in December, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for a third expected this weekend.
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Toyota is latest Trump target over Mexico production plans

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
DETROIT - President-elect Donald Trump has trained his sights on Toyota in his latest effort to badger a company into building its products in the U.S.
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Department Stores, Once Anchors at Malls, Become Millstones

New York Times - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Discount retailers like T.J. Maxx are posing a stern challenge to department stores like Macy's and Sears, which have announced job and location reductions.
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Is your local Sears or Kmart among 150 stores to be axed? See the list

USA TODAY - ‎9 hours ago‎
Sears Holding, parent company of department stores Kmart and Sears, will be closing 150 stores this spring. That includes 108 Kmart and 42 Sears locations in 40 states.
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Samsung Expects Largest Operating Profit in More Than Three Years

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. estimated that its fourth-quarter operating profit rose 49.8% from a year earlier, its biggest quarter of profits in more than three years, as the world's biggest smartphone maker leaned heavily on components to drive ...
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CES 2017: Should You Get Sony's Bravia OLED 4K HDR TV Or LG's Signature OLED 4K HDR W TV?

Tech Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Two of the biggest names in displays have now come out with insanely thin 4K OLED panels, with Sony's Bravia OLED 4K HDR TV and LG's Signature OLED 4K HDR W TV.
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Razer's Project Valerie is a radical three-screen laptop that unfolds with robot arms

PCWorld - ‎12 hours ago‎
Dell shows Apple how to craft a 15-inch laptop with the new XPS 15 Dell shows Apple how to craft a... (1:16) · Hardcore Hardware: The Cyberpower Pro Streaming I300 is ready to make you a Twitch star Hardcore Hardware: The Cyberpower... Hardcore ...
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Lamar Odom Is 'Happy and Doing Great' as He Leaves Rehab Stint: Source

PEOPLE.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
Lamar Odom is checking out of rehab, PEOPLE has learned. The former Los Angeles Lakers star has finished his month-long stint at a Los Angeles rehabilitation center and will be leaving on Thursday, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
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Packers not impressed by Giants' 'NYPD' nickname

ESPN - ‎4 hours ago‎
Steve Young is highly impressed with the run Aaron Rodgers and the Packers have been on to win the NFC North, but feels the Giants are the one team that could be designed to derail Green Bay's playoff dreams.
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Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon has told the Sooners that he will enter the NFL draft.

ESPN - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Mixon's controversial career in Norman came to a close with Oklahoma's 35-19 victory over Auburn in Monday's Sugar Bowl, where the third-year sophomore scored two touchdowns and gained 180 yards from scrimmage -- 91 rushing on 19 carries and 89 ...
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Redskins fire Joe Barry, will look for new coordinator to revive defense

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
Two years after choosing Joe Barry's hunger and energy over the more extensive experience of other defensive coordinator candidates, Washington Redskins Coach Jay Gruden handed Barry his walking papers Thursday.
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Mystery Radio Waves Are Coming From A (Dwarf) Galaxy Far, Far Away, Scientists Say

NPR - ‎5 hours ago‎
Unexplained, short radio bursts from outer space have puzzled scientists since they were first detected nearly a decade ago. The elusive flashes - known as Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs - are extremely powerful and last only a few milliseconds.
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NOAA challenged the global warming 'pause.' Now new research says the agency was right.

Washington Post - ‎Jan 4, 2017‎
It may have been the most controversial climate change study in years. In the summer of 2015, a team of federal scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a blockbuster paper in Science that appeared to wipe away one of ...
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NASA plans asteroid missions to explore space oddities

CBS News - ‎8 hours ago‎
NASA's next low-cost planetary missions will attempt to unravel the mysteries of some seriously bizarre asteroids. The space agency has selected projects called Lucy and Psyche via its Discovery Program, which funds highly focused space missions to ...
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NASA moon data provides more accurate 2017 eclipse path

Phys.Org - ‎6 hours ago‎
Using of a number of NASA datasets, notably the global elevation maps from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the shape and location of the shadow is depicted with unprecedented accuracy.
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US cancer death rate drops 25 percent since 1991

Yahoo News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Washington (AFP) - The cancer death rate in the United States has dropped 25 percent from a peak in 1991, mainly due to a steady decline in smoking and advances in early detection and treatment of tumors, new research released Thursday shows.
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Why you shouldn't use cotton swabs to clean your ears

CNN - ‎Jan 3, 2017‎
(CNN) The doctors' advice hasn't changed much, but it's still so unsatisfying: You should not use cotton swabs to clean your ears.
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Non-Verbal 6-Year-Old Is Best Friends with His Deaf Foster Dog: 'They Need Each Other,' Says Mom

PEOPLE.com - ‎9 hours ago‎
When 6-year-old Connor Guillet, who is non-verbal and has a chromosomal disorder that causes extreme physical and mental delay, met foster dog Ellie it was love at first sight.
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