John Bogle, Vanguard founder and low-cost investing pioneer, dies at 89

   17 Jan 01:00:01   |  Reuters

John Bogle, whose family's struggles during the Great Depression led him to pioneer low-cost investing and to found Vanguard Group, now the world's biggest mutual fund firm, died on Wednesday at the age of 89, Vanguard said.

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As shutdown lingers, Pelosi pushes Trump to delay State of Union speech

   17 Jan 01:00:01   |  Reuters

With the partial U.S. government shutdown now in its 26th day, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump to reschedule his State of the Union address - a move that could deny him the opportunity to use the pageantry of the speech to attack Democrats in their own chamber over the impasse.

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Manafort claimed to be placing people in Trump administration: filing

   16 Jan 01:00:01   |  Reuters

Paul Manafort, the convicted former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, told a business associate in January 2017 he was using middlemen to get people appointed to the Trump administration, according to a court filing on Tuesday.

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Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general says he will not 'be bullied' by anybody

   16 Jan 01:00:01   |  Reuters

President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney general, William Barr, told lawmakers on Tuesday he would protect a federal probe into Russian election meddling from political pressure, stressing he would bring independence to the job and not shy away from breaking ranks with the administration.

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New Research Shows That The World’s Oceans Are Heating Up Even Faster Than Predicted

   15 Jan 01:00:02   |  duncanfatt

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Wisconsin kidnapper targeted teen after seeing her get on school bus: prosecutor

   15 Jan 01:00:02   |  Reuters

The Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl after murdering her parents then holding her hostage for months, sometimes under his bed, told police he picked his victim after seeing her get on a school bus, prosecutors said on Monday.

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Suspect shot by police dies after standoff at New Jersey UPS facility

   15 Jan 01:00:02   |  Reuters

A 39-year-old gunman opened fire at a United Parcel Service Inc facility in New Jersey and held two employees hostage for hours on Monday before police fatally shot him, officials said.

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Key Republican to ask FBI about report of Trump counterintelligence probe

   14 Jan 01:00:01   |  Reuters

The Republican head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he plans to ask the FBI about a report it launched a probe into whether President Donald Trump had been working on Russia's behalf, suggesting the agency may have gone too far.

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'Jayme is the hero' sheriff says of Wisconsin girl who escaped captor

   14 Jan 01:00:01   |  Reuters

A 13-year-old girl's escape from a rural home where she was held captive for three months by a Wisconsin man charged with murdering her parents helped break the case and she should be treated as a hero, the local sheriff said on Friday.

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