| Ex-CIA director on wiretap claim: Trump apparently ‘forgot that he was president’ Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:39 AM PST  As Washington continues to reel from President Trump's evidence-free assertion that his phones were wiretapped by former President Barack Obama before the election, former Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Hayden says it seems Trump forgot something during his weekend Twitter flurry. "It looks as if the president just for a moment forgot that he was president," Hayden said on Fox News on Monday. Hayden, a critic of Trump during the campaign, has served in national security roles in both Democratic and Republican administrations.
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| House Republicans unveil Obamacare replacement bill Posted: 06 Mar 2017 05:35 PM PST  House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., opens a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Feb. 28, 2017, in the U.S. Capitol, before President Trump's address. WASHINGTON — House Republicans released their replacement for the Affordable Care Act on Monday night, backing off some ideas that caused controversy in their caucus, such as taxing high-dollar health benefits that employees obtain through their employers. The bill, which Republicans will continue to revise in committee, repeals Obamacare's individual mandate.
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| U.S. judge rules against tribes seeking to stop Dakota pipeline Posted: 07 Mar 2017 11:08 AM PST ![U.S. judge rules against tribes seeking to stop Dakota pipeline]( "U.S. judge rules against tribes seeking to stop Dakota pipeline") Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the tribes' request for an injunction to withdraw permission issued by the Army Corps for the last link of the oil pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. Energy Transfer Partners LP is building the $3.8 billion pipeline to move crude from the Northern Plains to the Midwest and then on to the Gulf of Mexico.
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| Man accused of decapitating mother, carrying head in hand Posted: 07 Mar 2017 05:36 PM PST ![Man accused of decapitating mother, carrying head in hand]( "Man accused of decapitating mother, carrying head in hand") ZEBULON, N.C. (AP) — An 18-year-old man decapitated his mother and then walked out the front door of her house holding her head in his hand while wielding a knife in the other, authorities said.
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| Poachers kill rare giant elephant in Kenya Posted: 06 Mar 2017 07:25 AM PST  One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation group that protects the dwindling group of giant "tuskers". Richard Moller of the Tsavo Trust told AFP that Satao II, named after another famed giant killed in 2014, was found dead on Monday and was believed to have been shot with a poisoned arrow, though this had not been confirmed. "Luckily, through the work we do with the Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS), we were able to find the carcass before the poachers could recover the ivory," said Moller.
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| ‘We’re moving forward’: Gavin Grimm undeterred despite Supreme Court’s actions Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:56 PM PST  The Virginia teen says he is disappointed that the Supreme Court announced it wouldn't hear the case but that he is ready to keep fighting regardless.
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| Nine children found in filthy Chicago apartment without heat, food Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:10 PM PST ![Nine children found in filthy Chicago apartment without heat, food]( "Nine children found in filthy Chicago apartment without heat, food") Officers found the children, ages 3 months to 17 years, on Sunday afternoon after a report of a child left alone, a police spokeswoman said. Police took the children to Comer Children's Hospital for checkups.
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| Amy Schumer Thinks Thin Isn't Cute on Her Posted: 07 Mar 2017 10:31 AM PST  When Amy Schumer lost weight for her role in "Trainwreck" in 2015, she wasn't happy with the results and didn't like how she looked. Amy is super confident in her body and doesn't let anyone tell her otherwise.
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| The mystery of why pandas are black and white has been solved Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:14 PM PST  We finally know why pandas are black and white. It has nothing to do with them being so very, very cute — instead, its meant to make pandas look tough, according to a new study. SEE ALSO: One Tokyo restaurant's success and failure is decided by pandas having sex Pandas are one of the few mammals that don't have coloring that matches their environment. They're a study in contrasts, with black fur that matches dark forests and white fur for snow-filled landscapes. A team of researchers from UC Davis and California State University, Long Beach, wanted to know the adaptive significance of those colors. (They're the same team who figured out zebras have black and white stripes to keep away blood-sucking flies.) Image: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images They found that the panda's white face, neck, belly, backside and rump (their word) help blend into a snowy scene. But the dark markings around their eyes and ears stand out in a snowy environment. That's because, according to the study published last week in Behavioral Ecology , those dark spots and markings are meant to show predators like snow leopards and jackals they are indeed a bear and should be feared as such, or as the scientists said, "signaling intent about ferocity." Those dark eyes may also help other bears identify the creature as a fellow bear. While many theories exist for the specific and consistent coloring of pandas, the black parts don't appear to be involved in helping the mammals regulate temperature, obscure the animal's shape or reduce eye glare, the researchers found. Now if we could solve the mystery of what makes these animals so adorable. BONUS: These tattoos conduct electricity, turning you into a very basic cyborg
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| Resistance Report: These blue state liberals have a long-shot plan to retake the House on their own Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:16 PM PST  In the shadow of the Freedom Tower, 16 liberal New Yorkers came together in a Tribeca storefront robotics workshop Sunday night to figure out how to help rebuild the Democratic grassroots and retake the U.S. House of Representatives from Republicans in 2018 — a breathtakingly ambitious goal.
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| Israeli Travel Ban Draws Fire Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:04 PM PST  The new law would stop some pro-Israel groups from visiting the Jewish state if they have publicly called for boycotts of Israel's settlements.
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| Sikh man is 'getting back to normal,' heartened by support Posted: 06 Mar 2017 09:06 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — A Sikh man who says a man shot him in the arm and told him to go back to his country is recovering from his wound at home in suburban Seattle and is encouraged by an outpouring of support, community leaders said Monday.
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| Former secretary of defense: Trump travel ban is ‘counterproductive’ Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:49 PM PST  After his original travel ban was stymied in federal court in January, Trump signed a scaled-back version Monday. The new executive order no longer bans citizens of Iraq from entering the country and does not include the original language favoring "religious minorities" from the Middle Eastern countries.
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| US Supreme Court says racist jurors can invalidate verdict Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:21 PM PST  The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a conviction can be thrown out if a juror is deemed to show racial bias during the deliberations over the verdict. In cases where a juror makes remarks showing racial or ethnic bias, the Supreme Court said that had to be taken into account as threatening a defendant's right to a fair and impartial jury. The justices addressed the case of a Hispanic man, Miguel Angel Pena-Rodriguez, who was charged in 2007 with attempted sexual assault of two teenage girls at a racetrack in Denver, Colorado.
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| California eases conditions at death row disciplinary unit Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:04 PM PST  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will no longer keep death row inmates in solitary confinement for years only because of their purported gang affiliations, according to a lawsuit settlement announced Monday.
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| IT services firm stocks dip after government suspends fast tech visas Posted: 06 Mar 2017 12:55 PM PST ![IT services firm stocks dip after government suspends fast tech visas]( "IT services firm stocks dip after government suspends fast tech visas") By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Technology services company shares dipped on Monday after the Trump administration announced it would temporarily suspend expedited applications for H-1B visas widely used by foreign tech workers. U.S. shares of Indian IT company Infosys Ltd fell 1.2 percent and Wipro Ltd edged down 0.2 percent after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday that it would suspend "premium processing" of the visas for up to six months. Following President Donald Trump's election in November, Infosys and Wipro sold off due to concerns he would keep promises to crack down on immigrants who he said were taking jobs from U.S. citizens.
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| 2018 Best Graduate Schools Preview: Top 10 Business Schools Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:30 AM PST ![2018 Best Graduate Schools Preview: Top 10 Business Schools]( "2018 Best Graduate Schools Preview: Top 10 Business Schools") Thinking about applying to graduate school? Whether you're interested in pursuing an MBA or attending law school or medical school, there are some big decisions to make. To help students find the right school for them, U.S. News & World Report surveys more than 1,970 graduate schools and programs and ranks them according to our methodology.
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| China To Raise Defense Spending As Trump Proposes $54B Increase Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:18 AM PST  By 2025, China would outspend all other states in the Asia-Pacific combined.
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| Photos of the day - March 7, 2017 Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PST ![Photos of the day - March 7, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 7, 2017") Indian students pose with their faces painted at a college in Chennai, India ahead of International Women's Day; Cattle graze by a wildfire near Protection, Kansas; and, Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq. These are just a few of the photos of the day for March 7, 2017. See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr.
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| The best photos of Barack Obama since he left the White House Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:23 PM PST  Barack Obama has been out of office for only six weeks, but it feels like he and the rest of the family have been gone forever.
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| Single Dad of 3 Deported to Mexico: 'He's Not a Drug Dealer and He's Not a Murderer' Posted: 06 Mar 2017 10:09 AM PST  He'd been in the country for 19 years, according to reports.
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| New owners of Houston home find human remains in attic wall Posted: 06 Mar 2017 10:13 AM PST  HOUSTON (AP) — The new owners of a Houston bungalow found human remains in an attic wall that may be those of the previous owner, who was declared missing two years ago.
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| China's ZTE pleads guilty, settles with U.S. over Iran, North Korea sales Posted: 07 Mar 2017 02:42 PM PST ![China's ZTE pleads guilty, settles with U.S. over Iran, North Korea sales]( "China's ZTE pleads guilty, settles with U.S. over Iran, North Korea sales") By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp <000063.SZ> has agreed to pay $892 million and plead guilty to criminal charges for violating U.S. laws that restrict the sale of American-made technology to Iran and North Korea. While a guilty plea deals a blow to ZTE's reputation, the resolution could lift some uncertainty for a company that relies on U.S. suppliers for 25 percent to 30 percent of its components. A five-year investigation found ZTE conspired to evade U.S. embargoes by buying U.S. components, incorporating them into ZTE equipment and illegally shipping them to Iran.
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| Trump's Justice No. 2 rebuffs Democrats on Russia probe Posted: 07 Mar 2017 01:46 PM PST  By Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lawyer who will take control of an investigation into Russian meddling in last year's U.S. presidential election, if he wins Senate confirmation to become deputy attorney general, rebuffed Democrats' demands on Tuesday for the appointment of a special prosecutor in the case. Rod Rosenstein, now U.S. Attorney for Maryland, faced tough questioning, especially from Democrats, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination by President Donald Trump to fill the Justice Department's No. 2 job. Coming amid persistent questions about ties between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, Rosenstein's nomination has catapulted him into the center of an issue that Trump has been unable to put behind him in his first six weeks in office.
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| How Healthy Is Your City? Check with Interactive Map Posted: 06 Mar 2017 08:23 AM PST  You can find out with a new interactive health map, in which people can pick and choose views of all sorts of health data about cities and neighborhoods across the U.S. The map is part of the "500 Cities Project," an effort that provides information on 27 different conditions, behaviors and preventive health measures for the 500 biggest cities in the United States. For instance, the website includes data on binge-drinking rates, physical activity levels, sleep habits and smoking rates, as well as the prevalence of asthma, high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes.
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| 2018 Lamborghini Huracan Performante: A Four-Wheel-Drive Aerodynamic All-Timer Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:36 PM PST  Challenging Porsche's Nurburgring record.
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| Women's March organizers proposing 'A Day Without a Woman' Posted: 07 Mar 2017 12:25 PM PST ![Women's March organizers proposing 'A Day Without a Woman']( "Women's March organizers proposing 'A Day Without a Woman'") PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Organizers of the January Women's March are calling for women to take the day off and encouraging them not to spend money Wednesday to show their economic strength and impact on American society.
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| Poland seeks to generate support for challenger to Tusk Posted: 06 Mar 2017 08:31 AM PST  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's surprise counter-candidate to challenge incumbent Donald Tusk for the post of European Council head is "Poland's only candidate in the game," and diplomats are trying to generate support for him, Polish officials said Monday.
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| GM sells Opel/Vauxhall to PSA: is it a win-win? Posted: 06 Mar 2017 07:59 AM PST  This morning, General Motors confirmed that it has sold both its Opel/Vauxhall subsidiary and its European financial arm to Paris-based PSA for a total of €2.2 billion ($2.3 billion). Naturally, GM has pitched this as a win-win for itself and for PSA (formerly known as PSA Peugeot Citroen), but is it? Only time will tell, but on the face of it, the deal definitely seems to be a boost for GM. That's not just because of the company's $2.3 billion payday or the ongoing revenue GM will receive from PSA, which will license GM's patented technology for use on Opel and Vauxhall vehicles in the near future. Beyond that, the spin-off slims down GM's portfolio--a practice that, paired with a controversial restructuring, has helped the automaker recover from the Great Recession. Perhaps most importantly, the sell-off of Opel/Vauxhall gives GM more freedom to focus on its current priorities, like electric vehicles, autonomous technology, mobility offerings, and growing auto markets like China. Whether GM is taking a risk by backing out of Europe is a matter for debate. As for PSA, it's a slightly different story. On the plus side, the acquisition of Opel/Vauxhall makes PSA the second-largest automaker in Europe behind Volkswagen, giving the company 17 percent of the European market. That certainly offers PSA some degree of bragging rights and an enlarged footprint. PSA will also see additional revenue from loans and leases brokered through GM's former financial services arm. However, like the European auto market, Opel/Vauxhall is in a period of recovery and transition, and it's not much of a money-maker at the moment. PSA expects Opel/Vauxhall to achieve a profit margin of two percent by 2020 and six percent by 2026, at which point economies of scale with other PSA brands could save the company some €1.7 billion per year ($1.8 billion). Those seem like a number of big "ifs", though, especially in light of uncertainties about growth in the economically and politically fragile European market. Add to that the trouble PSA may have in distinguishing between Peugeot, Citroen, and Opel/Vauxhall for consumers, and it seems like GM may have gotten the better deal.
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| Fifth night of suspected US raids on Yemen: security source Posted: 05 Mar 2017 11:43 PM PST  Yemen was hit by a fifth consecutive night of suspected US air strikes targeting Al-Qaeda members in the impoverished nation, a Yemeni security source said on Monday. The source said the early dawn raid hit the town of Al-Nasl in the southern Abyan province, which has been the target of air strikes as well as an Al-Qaeda attack on the army in recent days. Washington on Thursday launched a series of air and drone raids on Yemen, focused on the southern provinces of Abyan and Shabwa as well as Baida, slightly to the north.
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| Casey Anthony Says She Doesn't Care About Others' Opinions Posted: 07 Mar 2017 02:44 AM PST  The 30-year-old was accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008, only to be acquitted in 2011.
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| Wikileaks reveals how CIA is targeting your iPhone, Android, and smart TV Posted: 07 Mar 2017 06:12 AM PST 
Wikileaks just dropped a massive collection of information detailing how the US government is attacking the devices that many of us use every single day in an effort to gain intel for its own purposes. Tactics for breaching iPhones, iPads, Android devices, PCs, routers, and even smart TVs are included in the leak, which has some serious privacy and security implications if even a fraction of it proves to be accurate.
Much the of the leak confirms what most people assume about the US government's ability to circumvent the built-in security features of computer software and mobile devices — for example, that the organization has many "zero day" exploits for computers running Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and more. The sheer power of the CIA's tools, according to the report, is really the story here. The CIA has developed automated multi-platform malware attack and control systems covering Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, Linux and more, such as EDB's 'HIVE' and the related 'Cutthroat' and 'Swindle' tools.
The report also details the CIA's techniques that allow the agency to "penetrate, infest, and control both Android and iPhone software that has run presidential Twitter accounts" using zero day exploits that are not known to the security community at large. And it's not just the typical communications devices that are on the CIA's target list, according to the leak. Even Samsung smart TVs can be used to eavesdrop on conversations without anyone in the room knowing. The attack against Samsung smart TVs was developed in cooperation with the United Kingdom's MI5/BTSS. After infestation, Weeping Angel places the target TV in a 'Fake-Off' mode, so that the owner falsely believes the TV is off when it is on. In 'Fake-Off' mode the TV operates as a bug, recording conversations in the room and sending them over the Internet to a covert CIA server.
Wikileaks' report even suggests that the CIA was developing tools that could remotely control certain vehicle software and could allow the agency to cause "accidents" which would effectively be "nearly undetectable assassinations." The full details of the leak, which Wikileaks is calling "Vault 7" is available to peruse on the group's website.
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| U.S. Navy ship changes course after Iran vessels come close: U.S. official Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:11 PM PST ![U.S. Navy ship changes course after Iran vessels come close: U.S. official]( "U.S. Navy ship changes course after Iran vessels come close: U.S. official") By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Multiple fast-attack vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came close to a U.S. Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, forcing it to change direction, a U.S. official told Reuters on Monday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the boats came within 600 yards (meters) of the USNS Invincible, a tracking ship, and stopped. The Invincible and three ships from the British Royal Navy accompanying it had to change course.
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| British father of two shot dead at Kenyan ranch Posted: 05 Mar 2017 11:23 PM PST ![British father of two shot dead at Kenyan ranch]( "British father of two shot dead at Kenyan ranch") By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - A British man was shot dead in northern Kenya on Sunday at a private ranch in the Laikipia area, two of the man's neighbours told Reuters. There have been numerous violent attacks in the drought-stricken area in recent months as armed cattle herders searching for scarce grazing have driven tens of thousands of cattle onto private farms and ranches. Kenyan authorities and the British High Commission did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
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| Afghan family of 5 with visas detained in Los Angeles Posted: 06 Mar 2017 12:02 AM PST  A family of five from Afghanistan is being detained in Los Angeles after traveling to the city on special immigrant visas.
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| Best and Worst New Cars Posted: 07 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST   Not all cars are created equal, and we have the data to prove it. Of course, numbers can tell a variety of tales and we understand every consumer has different priorities. To that end, we have co...
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| Missile tests add pressure on Trump over North Korea Posted: 06 Mar 2017 08:17 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea's latest volley of missile tests put new pressure on a preoccupied Trump administration Monday to identify how it will counter leader Kim Jong Un's weapons development.
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| A camera made from 23,000 drinking straws offers a very unique perspective Posted: 07 Mar 2017 07:32 AM PST  In an age where we would go to any lengths to get a unique photo, two artists, thirsty for something new, have created a camera that offers peak uniqueness. SEE ALSO: Taking underwater photos with your iPhone just got way easier Michael Farrell and Cliff Haynes have developed something called the Straw Camera. The name of the camera indicates exactly what it is made out of — 32,000 drinking straws. Image: michael farrell & cliff haynes "The Straw Camera, which is a box stacked with approximately 23,000 black drinking straws, produces a multipoint perspective from an array," Cliff Haynes wrote on the camera's website. "The light viewed/collected by each individual tube is recorded onto the photo sensitive material placed at the opposite end." The photos that the camera produces are both thought-provoking and stunning. It's hard to believe that this is what we would see if we looked through thousands of straws. Image: michael farrell & Cliff haynes Image: michael farrell & cliff haynes While Farrell and Haynes first tested the Straw Camera on inanimate objects, their ultimate goal was to capture portraits. "The sitter would have to wait in the dark whilst the camera was loaded," Haynes explained of the process. "They were then asked to take a pose and given a countdown to the firing of the flash." Image: michael farrell & Cliff Haynes "The Straw Cameras gave us a 'net' to catch light with, and a novel view of the world to play with. The portraits depict the sitters at a resolution that is almost on a par with early television pictures," Cliff Haynes wrote. "In a world beset by selfies with their immediate gratification, and HD television in all its glory feeding our visual appetite, a Straw Camera image of an individual, with its engineering projection and disappearance of the subject into the near fog of visual capture, gives the viewer a glimpse of just how transitory perception is." Image: michael farrell & Cliff Haynes Image: michael farrell & Cliff haynes The entire collection of Straw Camera photographs has been gathered together in a book of the same name. BONUS: Keep this mini camera drone inside your phone case for the best aerial selfies
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| Release Date For Samsung Galaxy S8 Will Be Delayed By a Week Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:17 PM PST  The release date for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus has been pushed back by a week, according to a recent report.
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| House Republicans unveil bill to repeal Obamacare Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:45 PM PST ![House Republicans unveil bill to repeal Obamacare]( "House Republicans unveil bill to repeal Obamacare") Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled long-awaited legislation on Monday to repeal much of the Obamacare healthcare law, including its expansion of the Medicaid program for the poor. President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans in Congress have repeatedly promised to repeal and replace former Democratic President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement known as the 2010 Affordable Care Act. It was not immediately clear if the bill had enough support to pass the Republican-led Congress.
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| The 6 Best Drones For Anyone Looking to Get Airborne Posted: 06 Mar 2017 10:51 AM PST |
| This Is the 306-HP Manual-Only Civic Type R That's Coming to America Posted: 07 Mar 2017 10:30 AM PST  The hot hatch we've always wanted is finally here.
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