| Ex-CIA director on Trump’s possible ties to Russia: ‘There’s a lot of smoke’ Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:25 PM PST  "This does deserve an investigation because there are just so many coincidences," Hayden told Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga on Monday. Hayden pointed out, for example, that Roger Stone — Trump's longtime friend and a former campaign adviser — said he had a "back channel" to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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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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| 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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| Internet quickly turns GOP's Obamacare replacement plan into a meme Posted: 06 Mar 2017 07:12 PM PST  The Republicans unveiled their healthcare plan on Monday night and it's looking like a weak replacement for Obamacare. It defunds Planned Parenthood, rolls back the Medicaid expansion, restricts abortion, and lets insurers jack up premiums by 30 percent if there's a lapse in coverage. Oh! And there's a big tax cut for CEOs making more than $500,000 and a weirdly specific ban on lottery winners getting Medicaid. SEE ALSO: Cringe-worthy video shows people don't know that Obamacare and ACA are the same thing Needless to say, people were not impressed, and they responded with the internet's greatest tool for self-expression: memes. Obamacare v GOP replacement pic.twitter.com/twpHsSqjXP — Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) March 7, 2017 Obamacare/ GOP Obamacare replacement pic.twitter.com/fryy7CSyOG — Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) March 7, 2017 Obamacare v Gop Replacement pic.twitter.com/PUh0jPCng1 — Craig (@CraiggyPops) March 7, 2017 Obamacare VS GOP replacement pic.twitter.com/gdiKPm7vP8 — Hana Michels (@HanaMichels) March 7, 2017 Obamacare v GOP replacement pic.twitter.com/lVn6giqOgM — Amos Posner (@AmosPosner) March 7, 2017 Obamacare vs. GOP replacement pic.twitter.com/Pi7oRc6lgl — Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) March 7, 2017 ObamaCare vs. GOP Replacement pic.twitter.com/ACGbwqMe0h — BillOakley (@thatbilloakley) March 7, 2017 obamacare vs gop replacement pic.twitter.com/74C01phBqh — Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) March 7, 2017 Obamacare v. Obamacare replacement pic.twitter.com/TVoObfhm4v — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 7, 2017 ObamaCare vs. GOP Replacement pic.twitter.com/GXOQrPIMwM — Hutch Harris (@thethermals) March 7, 2017 Obamacare vs GOP Replacement pic.twitter.com/Dsr7vlKs01 — Meth Lab for Cutie (@kiralc) March 7, 2017 Obamacare vs. House GOP Replacement pic.twitter.com/vaIJcZuV9u — Grover (@XGroverX) March 7, 2017 ObamaCare vs. GOP Replacement pic.twitter.com/lvnuLFC8YQ — Jackie Carbajal (@jackiecarbajal) March 7, 2017 Considering a few factors — the Democrats hate it, some conservatives think it's too generous, and Republicans haven't revealed how much it would cost or how many people would lose coverage —there's a chance the bill might not pass. Even if it dies, at least it inspired a pretty great meme. BONUS: Watch how global warming heats up the world from 1880-2016
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| 'A Day Without A Woman' Cancels Classes Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:56 PM PST  The Alexandria City Public Schools system in Virginia announced Monday it was canceling classes Wednesday at its schools due to the protest, according to a statement on its website.
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| US fines China's ZTE $1.2 bn for violating Iran, N.Korea sanctions Posted: 07 Mar 2017 10:19 AM PST  The US government has slapped $1.2 billion in fines on Chinese telecom giant ZTE for violations of US export controls for selling goods to Iran and North Korea, officials announced Tuesday. It is the largest criminal penalty in US history in an export control case, US officials said, though there have been larger fines involving financial firms. The company will immediately pay $892 million, while another $300 million in penalties are suspended for seven years.
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| Chrissy Teigen Opens Up About Her Painful Battle With Postpartum Depression Posted: 07 Mar 2017 10:37 AM PST  The supermodel shares that she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter Luna.
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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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| ‘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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| Day Care Worker Arrested After She's Caught on Camera Pushing Child, 4, Down Stairs: Cops Posted: 07 Mar 2017 09:04 AM PST ![Day Care Worker Arrested After She's Caught on Camera Pushing Child, 4, Down Stairs: Cops]( "Day Care Worker Arrested After She's Caught on Camera Pushing Child, 4, Down Stairs: Cops") Sarah Gable can allegedly be seen approaching a 4-year-old girl from behind and shoving her down the stairs at the Child Care of the Future Daycare Center.
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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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| 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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| Malaysia Slams North Korea Over Temporary Travel Ban Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:39 PM PST  Early Monday, Pyongyang barred Malaysians from leaving the country in order to ensure the safety of its own diplomats and citizens in Malaysia.
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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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| Five troops, 10 militants dead in Pakistan border raid Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:54 AM PST  Five Pakistani soldiers and 10 militants were killed in a coordinated overnight raid at several border posts on the frontier with Afghanistan, the military said Monday. The fighting took place in Mohmand, one of Pakistan's so-called tribal districts that form a buffer zone between the two countries, where the military has been battling Islamist militants for over a decade. Pakistan's military issued a brief statement providing casualty figures, without mentioning which militant group was involved.
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| German Chancellor Merkel rejects Erdogan's Nazi remarks Posted: 06 Mar 2017 09:49 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday rejected remarks by Turkey's president accusing officials of "Nazi practices," days after a local authority in Germany prevented a Turkish minister from addressing a rally.
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| Twin Rhode Island sisters, 97, die in falls on frigid weekend Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:01 AM PST ![Twin Rhode Island sisters, 97, die in falls on frigid weekend]( "Twin Rhode Island sisters, 97, die in falls on frigid weekend") A pair of 97-year-old twin sisters died over the weekend after one fell while exiting her car and the other appeared to trip while rushing into their Rhode Island home to call for help, police said. Barrington police responded to a Saturday morning call that an elderly woman was lying face-down in her driveway and discovered Martha Williams. When police entered the garage, they found the body of Williams' twin sister, Jean Haley, who apparently tripped while trying to call for help.
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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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| Fan-made iPhone 8 imagines how iOS 11’s new ‘Function Bar’ might work Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:51 AM PST 
Apple's iPhone 8 release date might still be more than six months away, but you wouldn't know it to look at all the chatter around the web right now. New reports claiming to reveal details about Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 emerge each and every day, and they continue to paint an increasingly clear picture of Apple's next-generation flagship iPhone. Increasingly clear, yes, but there's still a very long way to go before we know exactly what to expect from Apple's tenth-anniversary iPhone. In the meantime, people continue to image what might be in store from Apple based on the rumblings we've heard thus far. Based on what we've learned from insiders with impressive track records like KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 8 will feature an exciting new design that pack a large 5.8-inch OLED display into a compact housing that is roughly the same size as Apple's smaller iPhone 7. How will Apple fit its biggest ever smartphone screen into a phone the size of the current 4.7-inch iPhone? According to reports, the phone will sport an exciting new design that removes the home button and does away with much of the empty space surrounding the screen on current iPhone models. As a result, the phone will feature a face that is nearly all display. The larger screen and embedded Touch ID fingerprint scanner are exciting for a number of reasons, but one is the new function area that will supposedly occupy the bottom of the display much of the time. Like the Touch Bar on Apple's latest MacBook Pro models, this area will supposedly change dynamically based on which apps are being used at the time, offering shortcuts and other functions that can be customized by developers. We still have no idea if these reports are accurate, and we don't know what features iOS 11 will offer in the "Function Bar" supposedly headed to the iPhone 8. One Apple fan on the forums at MacRumors decided to create renders that imagine what we might see at the bottom of Apple's new OLED displays, and the results are pretty awesome. 
Forum user deuxani posted a series of images recently (via MacRumors)that show this new function area in action on the iPhone's home screen, lock screen, and in a few apps. On the lock screen, a fingerprint graphic would indicate that the user can unlock the phone with a Touch ID scan. Meanwhile on the home screen, the function area might only display a home button. 
Inside apps is where things get interesting, though. In these fan-made mockups, the Instagram app offers Function Bar shortcuts to post a new photo and to the app's private messenger inbox. Meanwhile in the Twitter app, a shortcut to post a new tweet might be available. And when the user visits someone's profile page, there might be a shortcut to follow that user. Again, these are fan-made concept images and we have no idea how closely they represent reality, if at all. Given how adamantly Apple is pushing the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro, however, bringing similar functionality to iOS devices may indeed be high on the company's list of priorities.
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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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| This Is the 640-HP Lamborghini Huracan Performante, Your New Nurburgring Champ Posted: 07 Mar 2017 10:30 AM PST  The super-Huracan loses 88 lbs and does 0-60 in under three seconds, not to mention a Nurburgring lap of 6:52.01.
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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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| 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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| Trump signs revised travel ban, exempts Iraqis Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:12 PM PST  US President Donald Trump signed a revised ban on refugees and on travelers from six Muslim-majority nations Monday, scaling back the order to exempt Iraqis and permanent US residents. With his first attempt frozen by federal courts, Trump signed a second order suspending refugee admissions for 120 days and halting new visas for travelers from Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan. The White House said Trump -- who is embroiled in controversy over his aides' links to Russia and his own Twitter outbursts -- signed the order behind closed doors Monday morning.
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| The Latest: Russian military says soldier killed in Syria Posted: 06 Mar 2017 08:30 AM PST ![The Latest: Russian military says soldier killed in Syria]( "The Latest: Russian military says soldier killed in Syria") BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Syria developments (all times local):
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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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| Texas to execute man convicted of taking money to murder woman Posted: 07 Mar 2017 03:05 AM PST ![Texas to execute man convicted of taking money to murder woman]( "Texas to execute man convicted of taking money to murder woman") Texas is set to execute on Tuesday a man convicted of accepting $2,000 to murder a woman from the victim's husband and her brother-in-law, who were looking to collect $400,000 from life insurance policies they took out on her. Roland Ruiz, 44, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. for the murder of Theresa Rodriguez, 29, in 1992 in the San Antonio area. If the execution goes ahead, it would be the 541st in Texas, the most of any state since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
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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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| 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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| 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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| Panama's ex-dictator Noriega 'critical' after brain surgery Posted: 07 Mar 2017 02:36 PM PST  Panama's former military dictator Manuel Noriega is in a "critical" condition after undergoing surgery on Tuesday to remove a benign brain tumor, the 83-year-old's family and lawyer said. Frail and frequently ill from a variety of ailments, Noriega was released from El Renacer prison on the banks of the Panama Canal into home detention in January to prepare for Tuesday's operation, which had been delayed since February.
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| Ivanka Trump Returns To Washington After Ends Mar-A-Lago Trip Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:28 AM PST  Last week, President Donald Trump's oldest daughter went for a private tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum without her father.
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| US troops train Iraqi forces in key bridging skills Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:21 PM PST  Iraqi soldiers manoeuvre sections of floating bridge on a muddy, man-made lake as American trainers instruct them in skills that have played a key role in the war against jihadists. Green metal boats churn a frothy wake as they propel the sections before the Iraqi forces connect them together during the training at the Taji military base, north of Baghdad. Members of the Iraqi army's Bridging Battalion who have completed the training are deployed in the area of Mosul, where government-led forces are fighting to retake the Islamic State jihadist group's last urban stronghold in the country.
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| As US aid and influence shrinks in Pakistan, China steps in Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:16 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pakistani leaders often wax lyrical about their "sweeter than honey" relations with all-weather friend China. There's no romance about their marriage of convenience with America.
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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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| 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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| Arctic sea ice may vanish even if world achieves climate goal: study Posted: 06 Mar 2017 09:16 AM PST ![Arctic sea ice may vanish even if world achieves climate goal: study]( "Arctic sea ice may vanish even if world achieves climate goal: study") By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Arctic sea ice may vanish in summers this century even if governments achieve a core target for limiting global warming set by almost 200 nations in 2015, scientists said on Monday. Arctic sea ice has been shrinking steadily in recent decades, damaging the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and wildlife such as polar bears while opening the region to more shipping and oil and gas exploration. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, governments set a goal of limiting the rise in average world temperatures to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times, with an aspiration of just 1.5C (2.7F).
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| McCain calls on Trump to back up wire-tapping claim Posted: 06 Mar 2017 05:21 PM PST ![McCain calls on Trump to back up wire-tapping claim]( "McCain calls on Trump to back up wire-tapping claim") By Richard Cowan and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain on Monday called for President Donald Trump to release any evidence supporting his claim the Obama administration wiretapped him while probing Russia's influence in the 2016 election. "I think the president of the United States, if he has any information that would indicate that his predecessor wiretapped Trump Tower, then he should come forward with that information. The American people deserve it," McCain, a Republican from Arizona, told Reuters.
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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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| Official says Iran indicts nuclear negotiation team member Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:37 PM PST ![Official says Iran indicts nuclear negotiation team member]( "Official says Iran indicts nuclear negotiation team member") TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's judiciary has indicted a member of the country's team that negotiated the nuclear deal with world powers, a spokesman said Sunday, likely an Iranian-Canadian national previously detained by authorities on suspicion of espionage.
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| Ex-cop links Philippine leader to killings in Senate inquiry Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:21 AM PST  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A retired Philippine police officer testified Monday that President Rodrigo Duterte and his men were linked to nearly 200 killings that the officer and a "death squad" carried out when Duterte was mayor of a southern city.
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| First report on the Galaxy Note 8 suggests Samsung is going big Posted: 06 Mar 2017 12:42 PM PST 
"Galaxy Note" has become a dirty phrase associated with fire and disappointment in the last few months, so it's easy to forget that the Note series used to be Samsung's flagship. Before it started spontaneously combusting, reviews fawned over the Note 7's non-flammable design and features like the iris sensor. So obviously, Samsung is going to want to get its reputation back with the next Note device, set to land later this year. With a launch not expected until October, we don't have much by the way of leaks yet, but what we do have looks good.
A report from SamMobile claims that the in-house codename for the Galaxy Note 8 is "Great." That's a good sign for things to come, unless Samsung is trying some kind of Jedi mind trick to confuse the world's tech bloggers. The Galaxy Note 8 is going to have a tough time this year, as it will likely be debuting right after the iPhone 8. Apple is expected to go all-in this year with a new iPhone 8 model as well as incremental upgrades to the existing lineup with the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus. The iPhone 8 is likely to feature a 5.8-inch OLED display with minimal bezel, a fingerprint sensor built into the screen, and the possibility of an Apple Pencil-like stylus. That makes the iPhone 8 a direct competitor to what has previously been easy Note sales, thanks to the big screen that the Note devices are famous for. Even worse for the Note 8, SamMobile is also reporting that we might see a refurbished Note 7 launched in South Korea. That's good news for the environment, as it means the Note 7 might end up as more than just landfill, but it's not exactly going to do wonders for Note 8 sales.
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