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Huma Abedin, the Good Wife, Reaches Her Limit With Anthony Weiner

Daily Beast - ‎25 minutes ago‎
With Hillary Clinton's top aide by his side, the fallen congressman had remained a 'big wheel in this town' despite multiple sexting scandals—until now.
Lewd photos and Twitter implosions: An Anthony Weiner timeline
Scandal and separation put Clinton aide Huma Abedin in the spotlight again
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Russian hackers targeted Arizona election system

Washington Post - ‎4 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.
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Blast at Chinese embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

BBC News - ‎25 minutes ago‎
There has been an explosion close to the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, reports say, but casualties are still unclear.
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Brazil's Rousseff Defends Self Ahead of Senate's Ouster Vote

New York Times - ‎1 hour 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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Islamic State Bombing Kills 54 Government Recruits in Yemen

New York Times - ‎10 hours ago‎
SANAA, Yemen - A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State in Yemen's southern city of Aden on Monday killed at least 54 pro-government recruits, officials said, underscoring how the militant group has been able to exploit Yemen's civil war to ...
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France meets Muslim leaders, experts after burkini row

Business Insider - ‎1 hour ago‎
Paris Mosque rector Dalil Boubakeur, left, and Anouar Kbibech, President of the French Council of the Muslim Faith, talk to the media during a meeting with France's Interior minister, in Paris, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016.
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North Carolina warily watching 2 tropical weather systems

Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
RODANTHE, N.C. - Beachgoers, boat captains and business owners on North Carolina's Outer Banks warily eyed a potent tropical weather system Monday that could rain out one of the last busy weeks of the summer.
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'America's toughest sheriff' kept racially profiling Latinos, now faces criminal prosecution

Washington Post - ‎16 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 backer tweets cartoon of Clinton in blackface

CNN - ‎4 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) A prominent African-American supporter of Donald Trump tweeted a cartoon portraying Hillary Clinton in blackface that cast her as pandering to black voters.
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Trump disavows robo-call from David Duke

CNN - ‎6 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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Democrats delay ad spending on Ohio Senate race

Washington Post - ‎5 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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Voting today? 8 things you should know about primary day

Florida Today - ‎10 hours ago‎
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for today's primary, as Brevard County voters will cast their votes on more than two dozen races.
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Apple's Day of Reckoning Comes With Billion-Euro Tax Risk

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour 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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Mondelez Drops Offer for Hershey

Wall Street Journal - ‎8 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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United Hires American's No. 2 in Boost to Succession Planning

Bloomberg - ‎2 hours ago‎
The decision by United Airlines to hire a new president away from American Airlines firms up the roster of executives who will contend with fare declines pushing the industry to its worst returns in five years.
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Alphabet executive steps down from Uber board amid growing competition

Business Insider - ‎1 hour ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet executive David Drummond, who has been a director on the Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] board for close to three years, has stepped down, the ride-hailing firm confirmed on Monday.
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Fitbit's new Charge 2 is the follow-up to the best-selling Charge HR

The Verge - ‎16 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 Serves Jury Duty Like Everybody Else

People Magazine - ‎9 hours ago‎
While serving her civic duty in Nashville, Tennessee, Swift took a selfie with a fellow juror (and fan), who officially had the best time anyone has ever had on jury duty.
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Harbaugh: 'I don't respect' Kaepernick's actions

ESPN - ‎4 hours ago‎
Colin Kaepernick's former coach, Jim Harbaugh, says he does not respect Kaepernick's decision to sit during the national anthem, although Harbaugh acknowledges Kaepernick's right to do so.
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Corey Seager is OK but Los Angeles Dodgers are 8-1 losers at Colorado

Los Angeles Times - ‎36 minutes ago‎
Monday's game was already miserable, saturated by rain but absent of Dodgers runs, when Corey Seager came to bat in the seventh inning.
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Sources: Tim Tebow offered contract from Venezuelan winter ball team

Yahoo Sports - ‎2 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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Why John Isner would buy stock in Frances Tiafoe

ESPN - ‎3 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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A 3.2-Million-Year-Old Mystery: Did Lucy Fall From a Tree?

New York Times - ‎14 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 - ‎13 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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Dogs understand what we say and how we say it, brain scans show

Today.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
These words can cause any dog to wag its tail in excitement. Many believed that dogs responded to the tone, that excited, praising voice, more than the words.
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Singapore Zika Transmissions Rise to 56

Wall Street Journal - ‎33 minutes ago‎
SINGAPORE—Authorities in Singapore said they have identified more than a dozen additional Zika virus infections that were transmitted locally, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 56.
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Study: Athletes who continue to play after concussion risk doubling recovery time

Chattanooga Times Free Press - ‎1 hour ago‎
*Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 11/20/15. East Ridge quarterback Eric Bennett (7) looks for an open player while battling Notre Dame during Friday's quarterfinal playoff game on November 20, 2015.
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Heart birth defects dropped after folic acid was added to food

UPI.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2016 -- 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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