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How Arizona complicates Trump's re-election bid
Electoral analysts like myself have been pumping up the importance of the Great Lake (Rust Belt) battleground states. The math is pretty easy. Under any reasonable scenario, President Donald Trump needs to win at least Michigan, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin to take the presidency. This assumes he carries North Carolina and Florida, where he is trailing.
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Boeing will lay off another 7,000 workers as losses mount
Boeing announced it will cut an additional 7,000 jobs as its losses continue to mount following a plunge in revenue.
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Analysis: How Fox News' so-called 'straight news' division spins negative news for Trump
The New York Times' explosive report on President Trump's taxes was, for most news outlets, a serious story worth significant coverage. For Fox News, it was an example of how the network works to protect Trump while trying to maintain its veneer as a news outlet.
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'He's going to be the bad guy the rest of his career,' says John McEnroe of Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic hitting a line judge with a ball has become one of the enduring images of an already bizarre season of tennis.
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: I had been lying when I said 'family is most important'
Marriage counseling has played a big role in Reed Hastings' success, the Netflix co-founder and co-CEO told Poppy Harlow Thursday. In an interview Thursday with CNN's Poppy Harlow, Hastings said the marriage counselor he went to with his wife of 29 years helped him see that he was "a systematic liar." He would say things like, "Family is the most important" -- not because he meant it but because it was "conventional to say that."
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Novak Djokovic doesn't think he'll 'ever forget' disqualification from US Open
Novak Djokovic says his disqualification from the US Open has been a "big lesson" but admits the he doesn't think he will "ever forget about it."
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5 tropical cyclones are in the Atlantic at the same time for only the second time in history
It's peak hurricane season, and that's clear when you look at the Atlantic Ocean, which has five active tropical cyclones at the same time for only the second time in history.
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Teen Vogue's August issue tackles voter suppression
Teen Vogue is joining the ranks of other news organizations by dedicating resources to covering voting rights ahead of the November elections.
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Barrick Gold's stock soars after Warren Buffett's company buys a stake
Warren Buffett hates gold -- he has made no secret of his distaste for it as an investment. But the Oracle of Omaha's Berkshire Hathaway revealed Friday that it has bought a new stake in top miner Barrick Gold. As if 2020 couldn't get any stranger
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No limit yet for carbon nanotube fibers
Rice lab makes case for high-performance carbon nanotube fibers for industry
Carbon nanotube fibers made at Rice University are now stronger than Kevlar and are inching up on the conductivity of copper. The Rice lab of chemical and biomolecular engineer Matteo Pasquali reported in Carbon it has developed its strongest and most conductive fibers yet, made of long carbon nanotubes through a wet spinning process.
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Houston's Arts and Culture Community gets over $40,000 Boost from Harvey Arts Recovery Fund Grants
In their second round of funding, the Harvey Arts Recovery Fund (HARF) awarded more than $40,000 in disaster assistance to local artists and arts, heritage and cultural organizations who were impacted by Hurricane Harvey. This second round of funding has empowered the Houston arts community to recover from damage to their property and livelihoods. Funds have already been used to counter the negative effects of lost tools, damaged property, disrupted profits and more for artists and arts and cultural nonprofits in the Greater Houston Area/Region.
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Pruitt aide inquired about used Trump hotel mattress for him
House Democrats are asking Monday to subpoena records that they think will show that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt used his staff to run personal errands, including trying to buy a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel in Washington during his controversial apartment search.
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Voters appear to back recall of judge who gave Stanford swimmer 6 months for sex assault
Voters in California appeared to hand down a sentence of their own to recall controversial Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky.
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CNN Poll: Most Want Major Changes to the Tax System
As Congress turns its attention away from health care and back toward tax reform and other issues, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds most in favor of major changes to the nation's tax laws, but wary of President Donald Trump's handling of immigration.
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We Are a Better Nation Than Trump Understands
When Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem last year, he acted alone, a silent protest against a society that repeatedly fails to hold police accountable for the killing of unarmed African-Americans. Kaepernick was condemned and now essentially has been banned from the NFL, with the owners surely colluding to insure that a quarterback of immense talent would not find a place among the dozens of teams desperately in need of one.
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Democrats Put Hope in SCOTUS As They Race Against the 2020 Redistricting Clock
Democrats have launched groups, funded legal battles and thrown money at state parties in an effort to keep the disastrous redistricting of 2010 that all but guaranteed a Republican-controlled House for the next decade from happening again.
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Robert Redford's Napa Home & Dean Martin's Tea House
Robert Redford's Napa Valley home and a Palm Springs home where Dean Martin partied are for sale and featured this week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. Photos with listing agent permission available for media use at: http://bit.ly/toptenmedia
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Thoughtful Gifts for Friends and Family
While holiday festivities bring to mind thoughts of joy and celebration with loved ones, there’s one element of the season that can be a source of stress: gifting. Make this year’s shopping trips a touch simpler with thoughtful presents that can fit any number of those on your holiday list.
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Houston Introduces Faith-Based Film into the Market to Break All Social Boundaries
Educating through Entertainment with American Black Film Festival Nominee Canal Street Movie”
It’s common to bypass convicts who claim “it wasn’t me” and deem it as an expression used to escape their consequences. However, more often those words are a cry for help, which typically goes unnoticed. Filmmaker Rhyan LaMarr addresses social injustices and wrongful convictions by introducing faith-driven film “Canal Street,” a movie crossing economic, racial, religious and social boundaries to get at the broken heart of modern America.
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Oklahoma and Kentucky teachers are walking out en masse. Here's what they want
This is about much more than teachers' salaries. Tens of thousands of Kentucky and Oklahoma teachers were ditching classrooms Monday to rally at their state capitals, demanding more education funding for students.