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Trump Emphasizes Close Ties With UK in News Conference With May

Wall Street Journal - ‎55 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump emphasized America's close ties with the U.K. and said he had made no decisions regarding Russian sanctions, in remarks at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May.
Theresa May holding talks at White House with Donald Trump
British PM Theresa May: UK, US'United in Our Recognition of NATO'
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President Trump and Mexican president speak by phone amid crisis in relations

Washington Post - ‎42 minutes ago‎
MEXICO CITY - Amid one of the worst crises in U.S.-Mexico relations in years, President Trump and President Enrique Peña Nieto spoke by phone Friday morning for about an hour, a conversation that Trump said was “very, very friendly” but one he ...
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Pence Tells Anti-Abortion Marchers That 'Life is Winning'

New York Times - ‎39 minutes ago‎
Abortion opponents gathered on Friday in Washington for their annual march, which has taken place every year since 1974 to protest the Supreme Court's 44-year-old Roe v. Wade decision from 1973.
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Trump says torture 'works,' but he'll defer on decision over tactics to his defense secretary

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
President Trump said Friday that he continues to believe torture methods can be effective to combat terrorism, but he pledged to defer over whether to implement such tactics to Defense Secretary James N. Mattis, who has opposed them.
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Holocaust game room shut amid outcry

CNN - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CNN) A Czech company has stopped selling tickets to its Auschwitz-themed "escape room" after facing fierce criticism for casting as a game the experience of Holocaust victims in one of World War II's most notorious concentration camps.
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Something to crow about: Luxury brands and local shopping centers celebrate the Year of the Rooster

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
Kick the monkey to the curb and get ready to welcome the rooster with open arms. The Chinese Lunar New Year begins Jan. 28, and to celebrate the Year of the Fire Rooster (in addition to the 10 animals of the zodiac, each year is also associated with ...
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US Ambassador Nikki Haley at UN: 'We're taking names'

CNN - ‎3 hours ago‎
New York (CNN) Nikki Haley, the new US ambassador to the United Nations, walked into UN headquarters for the first time Friday and promptly said, "For those who don't have our backs, we're taking names.
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Tales Of Presidential Transition Woe, With The Associated Press

Huffington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
According to The Associated Press, our 45th president had a rough day this week. Just the one? Well, no, but according to reporter Jonathan Lemire, “By any measure, Thursday was a chaotic day in President Donald Trump's White House.
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Here's who would suffer the most from a Trump hiring freeze

Washington Post - ‎19 minutes ago‎
President Trump's order this week for an immediate hiring freeze could hurt African Americans more than other workers because they make up a disproportionate share of the federal workforce.
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U.S. Growth Cools on Trade Drag as Business Spending Rises

Bloomberg - ‎4 hours ago‎
U.S. economic growth slowed more than forecast last quarter on the biggest drag from trade in six years and more moderate consumer spending.
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Repeal Ripples: 5 Insurance Exchange Chiefs Contemplate An Uncertain Future

NPR - ‎1 hour ago‎
With open enrollment season for buying health coverage under the Affordable Care Act ending Tuesday, it seemed like an apt time to talk with folks in charge of some of the state insurance marketplaces created by the federal health law.
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US Durable-Goods Orders Fall Due to Big Drop in Defense Category

Wall Street Journal - ‎6 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON—A steep drop in defense-related orders caused demand for long-lasting goods to decline in December, but underlying figures suggest the manufacturing sector is stabilizing.
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Green Energy Features Big Among Trump's Top 50 Infrastructure Projects

Forbes - ‎7 hours ago‎
President Trump orders federal fast track of Keystone XL and North Dakota Access Pipeline. (Credit: Shawn Thew / Pool via CNP /MediaPunch/IPX).
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In Microsoft Earnings Performance, Growth In Cloud Boosts Revenue Once Again

Forbes - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Microsoft announced its earnings for Q2 FY17 on January 26. (Fiscal years end with June.) The company posted 2% year-over-year growth (4% in constant currency) in revenues to $26.06 billion (excluding LinkedIn Revenue).
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Apple and Amazon Adopt Opposing Strategies as Smart Home War Heats Up

Mac Rumors - ‎1 hour ago‎
Apple has been in the smart home market for over two years, having introduced its HomeKit framework in the fall of 2014 alongside iOS 8, but HomeKit has been slow to get off the ground because of the company's strict requirements.
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Here's what Alphabet has to gain under Trump, according to VC Gene Munster

CNBC - ‎3 hours ago‎
The Trump administration's plans to lower taxes on the repatriation of foreign cash has the biggest potential benefit for companies like Google's parent Alphabet, venture capitalist Gene Munster told CNBC on Friday.
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Ford Makes Old Vehicles More Intelligent With SmartLink

PC Magazine - ‎3 hours ago‎
You don't have to shell out thousands of dollars each year for the latest vehicle technology. Ford's got your back. The automaker today introduced SmartLink—a device that plugs into contemporary cars to add a high-tech twist to everyday driving ...
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Is Taylor Swift's New Music Video With Zayn Malik Her Sexiest Work Yet?

E! Online - ‎2 hours ago‎
Swift and Zayn Malik's music video for their single "I Don't Wanna Live Forever," which is featured on the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack, was released early Friday and could be the sexiest clip yet for her.
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Super Bowl: 'Hamilton's 'Schuyler Sisters' to sing 'America the Beautiful'

USA TODAY - ‎14 minutes ago‎
The Super Bowl is going to Broadway. The NFL and Fox announced Friday that actresses and singers Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Phillipa Soo will perform America the Beautiful during the pregame show for Super Bowl LI.
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Your Guide to Real Housewives Cast Shakeups: Heather Dubrow's Exit, RHONJ Returns and More Scoop

E! Online - ‎1 hour ago‎
It's that time of the year again for many of Bravo's Real Housewives shows: Casting crossroads. With new seasons of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Real Housewives of Atlanta airing now and filming on other seasons taking place, the ladies of each ...
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Melania Trump featured on Vanity Fair Mexico cover as tensions rise between US-Mexico

CBS News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Vanity Fair Mexico revealed their decision to feature first lady Melania Trump on the cover of their February issue just two days after President Donald Trump signed two controversial executive orders on immigration that outraged Mexico.
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Claim made for hydrogen 'wonder material'

BBC News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Scientists in the US say they have at last managed to turn hydrogen into a state where it behaves like a metal. If that is true - and it is a controversial claim - it fulfils a more than 80-year quest to produce what many have said would be a wonder ...
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Apollo 1: Three Stars Commemorate a Sad Anniversary

Space.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Astronauts Virgil I "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command module on the Apollo 1 mission 50 years ago today.
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A first look at the path NASA astronauts will walk when the US launches humans into space again

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - They'll take the elevator 175 feet above the shoreline, then march 15 steps across the platform and 13 down the grated gangplank to the double doors that open to a small white room.
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Washington mumps outbreak nears 300 cases

Outbreak News Today - ‎Jan 26, 2017‎
The mumps outbreak in Washington state is on the cusp of 300 confirmed and probable cases as 291 have been reported in five counties through Wednesday.
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Extended Trip: Why LSD's Effects Last So Long

Live Science - ‎3 hours ago‎
LSD is an extremely potent, long-lasting psychedelic drug: A dose of just 100 micrograms is enough to send someone on a hallucinatory trip that can last a whole day.
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A medical mystery: Cluster of patients struck with rare amnesia

CNN - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CNN) What started with four patients with a puzzling form of amnesia turned into 14, and doctors are searching for others. Dr. Jed Barash, a neurologist in the Boston area, noticed a pattern between 2012 and 2015.
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