Saturday, 17 December 2016

Evening Edition: Trump names fiscal hawk Mick Mulvaney to head budget office

Russian hacking presents problem for Trump, who touts 'America first'; FBI agrees with CIA that Russia aimed to help Trump win; Obama warns that partisan divisions make U.S. vulnerable; In Pakistan, five girls were killed for having fun. Then the story took an even darker twist. ; Pentagon: Beijing will return naval drone seized in the South China Sea; 4 people killed, dozens hurt on icy roads in D.C. area; U. of Minnesota players end boycott over sex abuse inquiry, resume preparing for bowl game; Doctor who invented a lifesaving technique for choking victims dies at 96; A backpack, a Coke bottle and fake cocaine: How a Border Patrol agent got arrested for smuggling; Pagan priest wins right to wear goat horns in license photo, saying they are ‘religious attire’; Poor sleep, lack of energy, low libido: These aren't necessarily signs of age; Most people at his prestigious college have no idea what he faces when he goes home for Christmas; Mysterious ghost shark captured on camera for the first time;
 
Evening Edition
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Trump names fiscal hawk Mick Mulvaney to head budget office
The South Carolina congressman, picked to direct the Office of Management and Budget, is an advocate of strict curbs on government spending to reduce the deficit. Mulvaney is a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of hard-liners who have pushed GOP leaders to the right.
Russian hacking presents problem for Trump, who touts 'America first'
The president-elect's first test has come even before he is sworn in, and so far he has responded with denial, equivocation and deflection — apparently focused on shielding himself from criticism.
 
FBI agrees with CIA that Russia aimed to help Trump win
Revelations that FBI Director James B. Comey — along with the director of national intelligence — agreed with the CIA assessment could put to rest suggestions that the agencies weren't on the same page on the cyber-intrusions.
 
Obama warns that partisan divisions make U.S. vulnerable
Weeks after Donald Trump's win, President Obama's optimistic facade about the country is beginning to crack.
 
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In Pakistan, five girls were killed for having fun. Then the story took an even darker twist. 
What happened to the victims six years ago has been shrouded by cultural taboos, official inertia and elaborate subterfuges by the families that reportedly carried out orders to commit "honor killings."
 
Pentagon: Beijing will return naval drone seized in the South China Sea
It's not clear who authorized the seizure Friday of the small unmanned craft, which the Pentagon uses to study atmospheric and water conditions.
 
4 people killed, dozens hurt on icy roads in D.C. area
Hundreds of collisions were reported in the region, but the most serious was a 55-car pileup on Interstate 95 in Baltimore after a tanker went off the highway and burst into flames this morning.
 
U. of Minnesota players end boycott over sex abuse inquiry, resume preparing for bowl game
After two days spent protesting the treatment of 10 teammates who were suspended and who face further disciplinary action for their roles in an alleged sexual assault, the football players returned to practice.
 
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Doctor who invented a lifesaving technique for choking victims dies at 96
Henry Heimlich's "bearhug" maneuver has been credited with saving tens of thousands of people.
 
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A backpack, a Coke bottle and fake cocaine: How a Border Patrol agent got arrested for smuggling
The agent's contact — a confidential informant — paid him $500 a pound for the drugs and promised future work, the FBI said.
 
Pagan priest wins right to wear goat horns in license photo, saying they are ‘religious attire’
Phelan Moonsong feels so attached to his "spiritual antennae" that he refuses to take them off for anyone — including the state of Maine. 
 
Poor sleep, lack of energy, low libido: These aren't necessarily signs of age
Research suggests that health issues long thought to be inevitable may actually be avoidable.
 
Most people at his prestigious college have no idea what he faces when he goes home for Christmas
"I'm not only managing my coursework and campus activities, I'm also preoccupied with family concerns and financial hardship," a student from one of the District's poorest neighborhoods writes.
 
Mysterious ghost shark captured on camera for the first time
The pointy-nosed blue chimaera, a rarely seen creature with a patchwork of bizarre features, was filmed off the coasts of Hawaii and central California.
 
 
     
 
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