26 February - My Yahoo! 2 of 2

Politics : NPR

• Without Policy Consensus, National Gun Control Debate Still Lacks Action

  Lawmakers in Washington are weighing in on the divisive debate over what to do about assault-style weapons,

• China Proposes Lifting Presidential Term Limit

  Currently, Chinese President Xi Jinping can serve no more than two terms. But China has proposed dropping

• California Democrats Decline To Endorse Another Term For Sen. Dianne

  While the lack of an endorsement certainly won't keep Feinstein off the ballot, it's a sign that

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Blogging for a Healthy Gulf

• Jackson's "One Lake" project increasingly unpopular downriver

  In the first two months of 2018, four governments along the Lower Pearl River have written new resolutions

• Restore our Rivers – Mining Opportunities

  The rivers of Louisiana are intricately connected ... Read more

• Washington Parish Opposes "One Lake" on the Pearl River

  The Washington Parish Council passed a resolution against more upstream damming on the Pearl River as a

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Blogs of War

• Team Leadership & Ethics

  Dean Baratta reflects on leadership, lessons learned, team building, and the challenge of public service

• The Jerry Chun Shing Lee Case

  Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a former CIA case officer, is suspected by many to have compromised CIA activities in

• North Korean Cryptocurrency Ops

  In episode 91 security researcher and Stratfor Global Fellow Scot Terban (AKA Krypt3ia) joins me to discuss

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• 'I'm going to have words with you later!': Una O'Hagan

  Newsreader Una O'Hagan has signed off her final broadcast for RTE's Six one.

• A former Simpsons writer joked that the show even predicted the rogue

  Simpsons predictions have become a bit of a thing recently.

• This barber is getting a lot of love for their answer on a hairdressing

  The question asked how barbers and hairdressers wanted customers to communicate with them.

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memeorandum

• China Focus: Proposed constitutional amendment package unveiled

  xinhuanet.com : China Focus: Proposed constitutional amendment package unveiled   —  The

• Democrats march toward single-payer health care (Peter Sullivan/The Hill)

  Peter Sullivan / The Hill : Democrats march toward single-payer health care   —  Single

• Florida Gun Show sees "record number" of attendees despite gun

  Shannon Valladolid / 10NEWS : Florida Gun Show sees “record number” of attendees despite

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The Hayride

• Quote Of The Day, February 26, 2018

  “Instead of a federal gun ban, why don’t we just try gun control in a large urban area like

• State Rep. Helena Moreno Calls for Assault Weapons Ban With Trite

  Louisiana State Representative Helena Moreno has penned an op-ed for the Times-Picayune in which she calls

• Obama-Appointed Leftist Judge Halts Bayou Bridge Pipeline

  The sound you just heard was hundreds of jobs being killed, as work on the Bayou Bridge has to stop thanks

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• CED in Manitoba - The Video

  Community Economic Development in Manitoba - nudging capitalism out of the way?

• With regional management BC’s iconic forest industry can benefit British

  Forests are one of the iconic symbols of British Columbia, and successive governments and companies

• Community Economic Development in Manitoba - a new film

  Cinameteque, Jan 23.  7:00 pm - Free event Film Trailer CCEDNET-MB, CCPA-MB, The Manitoba Research

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Times of India

• Legendary Bollywood actor Sridevi passes away in Dubai, she was 54

• Industry needs to get in habit of doing ethical business: Jaitley on PNB

• Chidambaram moves SC for right to privacy, right to live in dignity

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• Rahul Gandhi questions PM over delay in setting up of Lokpal

  Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of favouring the "super

• Terrorists hurl grenade at police station, terrorist in custody killed

• CPM confident of forming 8th Left Front govt in Tripura

  Elections were held in 59 seats on February 18 and votes would be counted on March 3. Polling was postponed

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News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | Mabuza 'does not want to be deputy president'

  President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce his new-look Cabinet soon, but it is still a mystery as to who will

• News24.com | South Africans have a common vision again, thanks to Ramaphosa

  As a visionary and a shrewd politician, Ramaphosa knows very well how important it is to mobilise the

• Fin24.com | Samsung reveals when S9, S9+ will be launched in SA

  Electronics manufacturer Samsung has finally launched its highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ plus

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News24 Opinions

• News24.com | Ramaphosa's Cabinet: Who will stay and who will go?

  As Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency takes shape, the next stop is the much anticipated Cabinet reshuffle

• News24.com | South Africans have a common vision again, thanks to Ramaphosa

  As a visionary and a shrewd politician, Ramaphosa knows very well how important it is to mobilise the

• News24.com | It's not easy being a Jew in South Africa

  It is not easy to be Jewish in South Africa. Not with an ANC government that has institutionalised anti

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News24 Africa

• News24.com | Mugabe's fashion designer son Robert jnr says his mom

  Zimbabwean former president Robert Mugabe's son, who launched a clothing label last December, has

• News24.com | Scores on trial over failed Burkina coup

  More than 80 people are set to go on trial before a military court over the failed 2015 coup in Burkina

• News24.com | 'Angry and bitter' Mugabe says Mnangagwa 'must

  A bitter Robert Mugabe says new president Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies should apologise for last

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Jon Rappoport's Blog

• Exit From The Matrix: A leap of magic beyond the continuum

  by Jon Rappoport February 24, 2018 These are notes I made while preparing my collection, Exit From The

• The Matrix Revealed: The collective experiment on planet Earth

  by Jon Rappoport February 23, 2018 When all obsessive group-consciousness on Earth is finished, exhausted,

• Mass shootings and psychiatric drugs: the connection

  Mass shootings and psychiatric drugs: the connection by Jon Rappoport February 22, 2018 I’ve been tracking

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• 'Leaving the EU does not have to be a disaster,' insists Jeremy

  Jeremy Corbyn will insist Brexit does not have to be a disaster as he commits Labour to pushing for a "

• Oprah Winfrey praises Florida students as 'warriors of the light'

  Oprah Winfrey has nothing but praise for the Florida school shooting survivors who have channelled angst

• Four dead, four in hospital, after explosion destroys shop

  Four people have died after an explosion and fire at a building in Leicester, England, last night.

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Recruitment drive as authority reveals number of taxi drivers has fallen

  The number of taxi drivers on our roads has almost halved in the last decade.

• Tributes to young Kerry GAA player Aodhán after tragic death

  Tributes have been paid to a young Kerry GAA player who died after an accidental clash during a school

• It will cost Aer Lingus passengers money to retrieve lost property

  Aer Lingus passengers are to be charged up to €60 for lost property.

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U.S. NRC Blog

• NRC Continues to Respond to Irma

  Update (Sept. 12, 2017 4:15 p.m. EST): Late Monday afternoon, Hurricane Irma had diminished to the point

• Update: The NRC Readies for Hurricane Irma

  UPDATE (9/10/2017 – 10 a.m. EST): The NRC activated the Region II Incident Response Center in Atlanta

• An Open Forum Now Available

  The NRC welcomes comments on the topics we’re blogging about. But we realize there are other topics you

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Times of India

• Legendary Bollywood actor Sridevi passes away in Dubai, she was 54

• Amitabh Bachchan’s intuitive tweet before Sridevi’s sudden demise

• Sridevi had no history of heart disease: Sanjay Kapoor

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Science News - Times of India

• 'Happy space suits' may prevent depression in astronauts

  Scientists are developing 'happy space suits' that can monitor symptoms of depression in astronauts

• Water distributed across lunar surface: Nasa probe on Chandrayaan-1

  The water appears to be present day and night, though it's not necessarily easily accessible, said Nasa

• Humans may be happy if aliens invade Earth

  Hollywood might have led us to expect that an alien invasion would be greeted with tanks and guns. But some

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Space.com

• Council Discusses Space Threats and Opportunities Posed by China

  A discussion of China at the latest National Space Council meeting took a more nuanced view of the country

• NASA Foresees Human Lunar Landings by the Late 2020s

  NASA's vision for lunar exploration includes landing astronauts, from NASA and its partners, on the

• Deep-Space NASA Rocket Engines Perform Most Powerful Ignition Test Yet

  NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, currently under development, is designed to carry humans and

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TASS

• Diplomat says Syrian chemical weapons hype aimed at undermining peace

  A Russian diplomat has also commented on the humanitarian crisis in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

• Chechen leader mocks Latvia’s entry ban, derides it as effort to curry

  Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been banned from entering Latvia, said the Baltic state’s parliament

• Russia’s Supreme Court turns down presidential contender Sobchak’s lawsuit

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WebMD Health

• Women's Heart Attacks Can Have Hidden Causes

  Women who complain of chest pain often are told they haven't had a heart attack if their arteries aren&

• Early Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis Bad for Your Heart

  One thing that's clear is that type 2 diabetes is on the rise, especially among younger people across

• Poorer Kids May Fare Worse After Heart Surgery

  The disparities between affluent and poor children persisted even though all were treated at the same major

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WhoWhatWhy

• Western Alliances Threatened by Chaos in Syria

  It is increasingly difficult to understand who is allied to whom in the brutal civil war that has

• A Win for Democracy in Pennsylvania

  Gerrymandering is a political problem that requires a non-political solution. The Pennsylvania Supreme

• Latest News: February 21-23, 2018

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