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Russian hackers targeted Arizona election system

Washington Post - ‎5 hours ago‎
Hackers targeted voter registration systems in Illinois and Arizona, and the FBI alerted Arizona officials in June that Russians were behind the assault on the election system in that state.
Harry Reid Cites Evidence of Russian Tampering in US Vote, and Seeks FBI Inquiry
Russians Hacked Two US Voter Databases, Say Officials
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Brazil's Rousseff Defends Self Ahead of Senate's Ouster Vote

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
BRASILIA, Brazil - On what could prove to be her last day as Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff mounted a forceful defense of her time leading Latin America's most populous nation, warning senators that ousting her would hurt a young democracy while ...
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The Latest: Tropical depressions expected to strengthen

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
MIAMI - The Latest on tropical storms (all times EDT): 11 p.m.. Forecasters have issued a tropical storm warning for a long stretch of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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California lawmakers pass bill inspired by Brock Turner case

CNN - ‎4 hours ago‎
(CNN) California is one step closer to making prison time mandatory for anyone convicted of sexually assaulting a person who is unconscious or too intoxicated to consent -- a measure inspired by former Stanford University student Brock Turner's sentence.
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Ex-aide poised to replace convicted Pennsylvania prosecutor

Porterville Recorder - ‎53 minutes ago‎
FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2015 file photo first Deputy Attorney General Bruce Beemer walks from a contempt hearing for Patrick Reese, a top aide to Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, at the Montgomery County courthouse in Norristown, Pa.
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'America's toughest sheriff' kept racially profiling Latinos, now faces criminal prosecution

Washington Post - ‎17 hours ago‎
A darling of the far right and a longtime adversary of civil-rights groups and immigration activists, “America's toughest sheriff” will soon face Justice Department lawyers in Washington in a years-long legal saga over whether he intentionally defied ...
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Trump disavows robo-call from David Duke

CNN - ‎7 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) Donald Trump's campaign is disavowing support from a prominent white nationalist, David Duke, who is once again causing problems for the Republican nominee by claiming that Trump is a kindred spirit.
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Florida Senate Race Is Shaping Up as Patrick Murphy vs. Marco Rubio

Wall Street Journal - ‎8 hours ago‎
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—In Florida's late-in-the-season Senate primary Tuesday, Rep. Patrick Murphy, a centrist Democrat, is expected to easily defeat Rep. Alan Grayson to face Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in the fall.
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Democrats delay ad spending on Ohio Senate race

Washington Post - ‎6 hours ago‎
The Democratic Party's national Senate campaign arm has canceled more than a week of television ads that were set to run next month in the key battleground of Ohio, where former governor Ted Strickland (D) has struggled to gain traction against ...
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Most Asia markets head higher, but Nikkei wavers between gains and losses

CNBC - ‎1 hour ago‎
Most Asia markets traded higher on Tuesday, while Japanese shares wavered amid a muted reaction to better-than-expected economic data.
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Apple's Day of Reckoning Comes With Billion-Euro Tax Risk

Bloomberg - ‎2 hours ago‎
The European Union is expected to conclude Tuesday that Ireland provided Apple Inc. with illegal aid through a favorable tax arrangement, a decision that may cost the iPhone maker billions of euros and stir concern among hundreds of other companies.
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Iowa at center of debate over 'shadow insurance' deals

U.S. News & World Report - ‎45 minutes ago‎
This undated photo provided by Jeffrey Belth shows Joseph M. Belth, a professor emeritus of insurance at Indiana University. Belth has been an outspoken critic of the practice of "shadow insurance," in which life insurers create subsidiaries to take on ...
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Mondelez Drops Offer for Hershey

Wall Street Journal - ‎9 hours ago‎
Oreo cookie maker Mondelez International Inc. MDLZ -0.05 % ended its pursuit of Hershey Co. HSY 0.71 % after the famed chocolatier rebuffed its latest acquisition offer, putting an end to a monthslong takeover campaign that would have created the world ...
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Uber, Alphabet autonomous car rivalry heats up

PCWorld - ‎48 minutes ago‎
The race by companies to develop autonomous cars is making rivals out of old friends as is evident from the exit of Alphabet's senior executive David Drummond from the board of Uber Technologies.
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Some Pokémon Go players given lifetime bans are being let back into the game

TechCrunch - ‎40 minutes ago‎
Did you get banned from playing Pokémon Go after downloading an app that you thought might make the game more fun? Well, it turns out that you might be able to get back into the smash hit title after all.
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Fitbit's new Charge 2 is the follow-up to the best-selling Charge HR

The Verge - ‎18 hours ago‎
Despite the fact that Fitbit sells more than half a dozen different activity trackers and just started shipping two new ones this spring, its best-selling wearable to date has been the Charge HR, announced back in 2014.
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Taylor Swift Gets Dismissed From Jury Duty Because of Her Ongoing Sexual Assault Case

E! Online - ‎7 hours ago‎
The singing superstar took care of her civic obligation in Nashville this morning when she arrived at the criminal courthouse in downtown, and was instantly recognized by fellow citizens who probably woke up dreading jury duty this morning, and then ...
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Trump weighs in on Kaepernick situation

NBCSports.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
It was only a matter of time until presidential candidate Donald Trump weighed in on the Colin Kaepernick situation. And it was only a matter of time until Trump said exactly what you would expect him to say about Kaepernick.
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Why John Isner would buy stock in Frances Tiafoe

ESPN - ‎5 hours ago‎
John Isner comes to the net for some great shots and wins the tiebreaker to force a fourth set against Frances Tiafoe in the first round at the US Open.
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Sources: Tim Tebow offered contract from Venezuelan winter ball team

Yahoo Sports - ‎4 hours ago‎
On the eve of his much-anticipated professional baseball showcase, Tim Tebow was offered a contract with a venerable winter-ball team in Venezuela, sources told Yahoo Sports, further legitimizing his efforts to transition from NFL quarterback to ...
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Athletics-Astros preview (Aug 30, 2016)

FOXSports.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
HOUSTON -- Before dropping the series opener against the Houston Astros on Monday night, the Oakland Athletics had caught a glimmer of hope with consecutive series victories over postseason contenders Cleveland and St. Louis.
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A 3.2-Million-Year-Old Mystery: Did Lucy Fall From a Tree?

New York Times - ‎16 hours ago‎
John Kappelman, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Texas at Austin, with 3-D printouts of Lucy's skeleton. Credit Marsha Miller/University of Texas at Austin.
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NASA's Juno Probe Buzzes Jupiter in Its First (and Closest) Flyby

Space.com - ‎14 hours ago‎
NASA's Juno spacecraft snapped this photo of Jupiter from a distance of 437,000 miles (703,000 kilometers) on Saturday (Aug. 27).
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You can't trick your dog by being mean in a happy voice

The Verge - ‎9 hours ago‎
Dogs really can understand what we're saying to them, according to a new study that seems to confirm the dearest wish of many a dog-lover.
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Australia, Taiwan, South Korea issue travel warnings for Singapore

Reuters - ‎25 minutes ago‎
A worker sprays insecticide along the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016.
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Playing With a Concussion Doubles Recovery Time

New York Times - ‎13 hours ago‎
New research shows that athletes who leave the game immediately after a concussion recover twice as fast as athletes who keep playing.
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Heart Birth Defects Dropped After Folic Acid Was Added to Food

U.S. News & World Report - ‎10 hours ago‎
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The introduction of folic acid-fortified foods in Canada was associated with a decrease in babies being born with heart defects, a new study found.
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