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GOP on the precipice

CNN - ‎6 hours ago‎
(CNN) Donald Trump isn't making it easy for Republicans. The GOP nominee likely won a reprieve by exceeding low expectations at Sunday's debate.
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US death toll from Matthew climbs to 24

CNN - ‎49 minutes ago‎
(CNN) More flooding is coming Tuesday to some riverside towns in North Carolina -- where hundreds already are in shelters and a few thousand had to be rescued by boat and helicopter crews since Hurricane Matthew deluged the state over the weekend ...
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Chris Christie won't defend Trump's comments, sticking with him

CNN - ‎2 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) New Jersey governor and Donald Trump transition chief Chris Christie said Tuesday he would not defend the Republican presidential nominee's 2005 lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women, but said "at this point" he ...
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Health conditions worsen as aid trickles into remote Haiti

Fox News - ‎29 minutes ago‎
DAME MARIE, Haiti - In this most western tip of Haiti, 300 patients with festering wounds lay silently on beds at the main hospital in the seaside village of Dame Marie waiting for medicine a week after Hurricane Matthew hit the remote peninsula.
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The Daily 202: Is Hurricane Trump a Category One, a Category Five or something in between?

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
With Breanne Deppisch. THE BIG IDEA: The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Greg Walden, told House members on a private conference call with Paul Ryan yesterday that navigating this election is now like “landing an ...
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Christie aide recounts staff meeting that led to Bridgegate denial

Politico - ‎41 minutes ago‎
NEWARK - It was early December 2013, and Gov. Chris Christie was fuming. The Republican governor was set to hold a high-profile press conference to announce the resignation of his top appointee at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Early Voting Could Hand Election to Hillary Clinton Well Before Nov. 8

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Hillary Clinton held a rally last week in Harrisburg, Pa., to promote voter registration. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times. With early voting already underway in many of the states that will decide the presidency, Hillary Clinton is beginning to ...
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McCain: I 'might write in Lindsey Graham' for president

CNN - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CNN) Faced with two presidential candidates he considers unacceptable, Sen. John McCain is thinking of throwing his support behind one of his best pals.
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Trump ad uses Clinton's coughing to question her commander-in-chief fitness

Politico - ‎43 minutes ago‎
Donald Trump's campaign released a new television ad Tuesday attacking Hillary Clinton's health, casting her as a weak candidate who lacks the strength and stamina to be commander in chief.
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Donald Trump's Campaign Is Imploding. But at His Rallies, the Man Is Still King.

Slate Magazine - ‎2 hours ago‎
His campaign is imploding, his poll numbers diving. But at Donald Trump's rallies, nothing has changed. By Seth Stevenson. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Donald Trump speaks at Monday night's rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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Toomey 'remains unpersuaded,' declines to say if he's voting for Trump

Politico - ‎43 minutes ago‎
VILLANOVA, Pa. - Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey declined to say whether he plans on voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday, only reiterating that Trump has failed to earn his endorsement.
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Verizon Won't Drop Yahoo But May Seek Lower Price

Fortune - ‎3 hours ago‎
Carrier is still assessing damage from the hacking scandal. Yahoo's massive hacking scandal has not deterred Verizon Communications from buying the Internet company, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said on Monday.
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Stocks Lower on Disappointing Earnings

Wall Street Journal - ‎8 minutes ago‎
U.S. stocks fell Tuesday as disappointing earnings results dampened investor hopes for a rebound in corporate performance. A pair of companies led declines after announcing weaker-than-expected results.
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Major Investor Sues Theranos

Wall Street Journal - ‎17 hours ago‎
One of Theranos Inc.'s biggest financial backers has sued the embattled startup and its founder for allegedly lying to attract its nearly $100 million investment, according to a fund document and people familiar with the matter.
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Free Broadband Initiatives for Poor and Rural Areas, With Eye on Future

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - There is an axiom in technology: New products typically go to wealthy customers first, before prices eventually fall to reach the masses.
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Why the Supreme Court Asked if the iPhone Design is Like a Volkswagen Beetle

Fortune - ‎28 minutes ago‎
Some call it the design case of the century. The Volkswagen Beetle took center stage as the Supreme Court argued about iPhones on Tuesday in a closely watched intellectual property case between Apple and Samsung over the value of design.
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Trying To Leave Yahoo? Company May Be Making It Harder After Data Breach

CBS Local - ‎16 minutes ago‎
LONDON (AP) - As Yahoo's embattled email service suffers through a slew of bad news, including a hack that compromised more than 500 million accounts , some users are finding it hard to leave.
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Drake Completely Loses It On Stage After…

Hollywood Life - ‎1 hour ago‎
It seems that Drake didn't enjoy hearing that Rihanna was caught sneaking Travis Scott into her hotel room. Drizzy went on the warpath hours after RiRi's reported booty call, blasting 'other rappers' in a furious rant!
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Why American Housewife's Katy Mixon Is TV's Realest Sitcom Mom

E! Online - ‎43 minutes ago‎
All at once, American Housewife fits in perfectly with ABC's other sitcoms, and doesn't fit in at all. "This is about a family who is really quite authentic, living in an inauthentic world," star Katy Mixon tells E! News of the new show debuting ...
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10-game PED suspension upheld for Eagles OT Lane Johnson

ESPN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Ed Werder and Jeff Saturday explain why the Eagles are facing adversity with the league upholding Lane Johnson's 10-game suspension for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drug policy for a second time.
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Why Nobel-winning scientists are talking about immigration policy

Christian Science Monitor - ‎1 hour ago‎
All six of the 2016 Nobel laureates affiliated with US universities are immigrants. Some are speaking out about the importance of open borders for the advancement of science.
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A Friend For Pluto: Astronomers Find New Dwarf Planet In Our Solar System

NPR - ‎7 hours ago‎
Scientists in Michigan have found a new dwarf planet in our solar system. It's about 330 miles across and some 8.5 billion miles from the sun.
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Climate studies: New York City flood risk will triple, Western wildfires have doubled

Christian Science Monitor - ‎3 hours ago‎
Climate change may be behind the rise in extreme events, say scientists. And the numbers support that relationship. By Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Staff writer October 10, 2016.
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Tax sugary drinks to fight obesity, WHO urges governments

Reuters - ‎46 minutes ago‎
A competitor prepares to go in front of judges at a casting call for the second season of the reality television programme ''Dance Your Ass Off'', during which overweight or obese contestants hope to lose weight by dancing, in New York December 18, 2009.
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The 5 toughest places to be a girl

CNN - ‎3 hours ago‎
CNN Films' "We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World," premieres on CNN International on October 11 and CNN US on October 12.
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St. Jude warns batteries in up to 350000 defibrillators worldwide could short circuit and fail

Minneapolis Star Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
Following deaths and injuries worldwide, Minnesota-based heart device maker St. Jude Medical announced Tuesday that nearly 350,000 of its defibrillators implanted in patients may be prone to short-circuiting in a way that causes the device to fail ...
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The Next Zika

Scientific American - ‎5 hours ago‎
A city worker sprays chemicals with a fumigator to kill mosquitoes in an effort to control the spread of the Zika virus at a school in Bangkok on September 14, 2016.
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