| Trump on the health care vote: ‘I hope that it’s going to all work out’ Posted: 22 Mar 2017 06:32 AM PDT  President Trump drummed up support for the GOP health care bill and expressed optimism it will pass a House floor vote in a Tuesday night speech before an audience of Republican members of Congress, donors and loyalists. Among other things, Trump predicted "great surprises" and said he hopes "it's going to all work out" when he discussed the Obamacare repeal bill, which has faced opposition from the Republican Party's conservative and moderate wings. Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan face a major test on Thursday, when the House is set to vote on the legislation embraced by the party leadership.
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| Lawrence: Trump, Ryan, Nunes in Over Their Heads Posted: 22 Mar 2017 07:02 PM PDT  House Intel Chair Devin Nunes broke tradition and precedent by delivering news to the president that some Trump transition messages were collected by U.S. intel. Democrats and Republicans called Nunes' actions partisan and damaging.
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| Billionaire raises questions about Putin critic’s mysterious fall Posted: 22 Mar 2017 01:57 PM PDT  A U.K.-based billionaire is raising pointed questions about the most recent in a series of mysterious accidents, illnesses and muggings to befall critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin: lawyer Nikolai Gorokhov's fall from a window of his fourth-floor apartment near Moscow earlier this week. "People don't just go falling out of their apartments," Bill Browder, the American-born CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, told Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga Wednesday. Browder, whose net worth is estimated at around $4 billion, is the grandson of longtime American Communist Party leader Earl Browder, and a former ally turned vocal critic of Putin.
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| White Man From Maryland Stabbed A Black Man To Death In New York Posted: 23 Mar 2017 03:39 AM PDT  Another racist hate crime took place in New York City where a white man from Maryland traveled till New York with the intention of killing African Americans.
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| White House says it’s ‘insane’ to suggest Trump knew campaign chairman worked on pro-Putin project Posted: 22 Mar 2017 03:20 PM PDT  On Wednesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer sought to put additional distance between President Trump and his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Yahoo News asked Spicer about an Associated Press report that Manafort crafted a plan to advance Putin's interests in 2005 for a billionaire client with ties to the Russian president.
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| South Koreans to raise sunken ferry if test of lift goes well Posted: 22 Mar 2017 02:02 AM PDT ![South Koreans to raise sunken ferry if test of lift goes well]( "South Koreans to raise sunken ferry if test of lift goes well") By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - Salvage experts in South Korea prepared on Wednesday to begin raising a ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing 304 people, most of them children on a school trip, finally meeting the demands of mourning families. Of those killed, 250 were teenagers on a school trip, many of whom obeyed crew instructions to remain in their cabins even as crew members were escaping the sinking vessel. Bereaved families have been calling for the ship to be raised and for a more thorough investigation into the disaster.
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| Japan PM Abe accused of giving cash to nationalistic school Posted: 23 Mar 2017 07:59 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe donated 1 million yen ($9,000) through his wife to a school run by a group of ultranationalist educators, the group's leader told Parliament on Thursday, while also suggesting there was "political influence" in a land-buying scandal involving the school.
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| Jewish youth arrested in Israel over anti-Semitic threats abroad Posted: 23 Mar 2017 06:48 AM PDT  A Jewish youth was arrested in Israel on Thursday on suspicion of making dozens of anti-Semitic threats in countries around the world, police said. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the suspect was "a resident of the south (of Israel) from the Jewish community". "The investigation began in several countries at the same time, in which dozens of threatening calls were received at public places, events, synagogues and community buildings that caused panic and disrupted events and activities in various organisations," a police statement said.
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| U.S. to set up zones for refugees in fight against Islamic State: Tillerson Posted: 22 Mar 2017 07:35 AM PDT ![U.S. to set up zones for refugees in fight against Islamic State: Tillerson]( "U.S. to set up zones for refugees in fight against Islamic State: Tillerson") The United States will increase pressure on Islamic State and al Qaeda and work to set up "interim zones of stability" to help refugees return home in the next phase of the battle to defeat the groups, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday. Addressing top officials from an international coalition of 68 nations battling Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Tillerson did not elaborate on where the United States planned to set up these safety zones. "The United States will increase our pressure on ISIS and al Qaeda and will work to establish interim zones of stability, through ceasefires, to allow refugees to return home," he told the meeting at the State Department.
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| Follow live: Gorsuch Supreme Court confirmation hearings Posted: 22 Mar 2017 05:37 AM PDT  Confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, continue Wednesday, with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee questioning the federal judge from Colorado for the second straight day. Yahoo News Senior National Affairs Reporter Liz Goodwin is in Washington, D.C., covering the hearings on Capitol Hill. Follow her instant analysis in the liveblog below.
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| Nunes Bypasses Dems, Gives Info to Trump Posted: 22 Mar 2017 12:19 PM PDT Our panel of experts weighs in on how House Intel Chair Rep. Devin Nunes got the information he revealed. Lawrence talks to former NSA General Counsel Rajesh De, former House Intel. Staffer Mieke Eoyang, and New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg.
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| Want to Buy a Home? Consider These 3 Little-Known Mortgage Sources Posted: 22 Mar 2017 08:29 AM PDT ![Want to Buy a Home? Consider These 3 Little-Known Mortgage Sources]( "Want to Buy a Home? Consider These 3 Little-Known Mortgage Sources") About 90 percent of mortgage loans are made by banks or large online lenders that most people know, but the remaining mortgage providers can be a better fit, depending on the borrower's circumstances.
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| Apple unveils red iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Posted: 22 Mar 2017 03:14 AM PDT  Apple introduces this special edition as part of their red campaign, which contributes to the global fund to fight AIDS.
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| US forces ferry Syrian-Kurdish fighters behind IS lines Posted: 22 Mar 2017 11:28 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. aircraft ferried Syrian Kurdish fighters and allied forces behind Islamic State lines on Wednesday to spearhead a major ground assault on a strategic town held by the extremist group outside its self-declared capital, Raqqa, the Pentagon said, marking the first time U.S. forces have provided airlift for local forces on a combat operation in Syria.
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| US suspects N Korea in $81 mn Bangladesh theft: report Posted: 22 Mar 2017 06:50 PM PDT  US federal prosecutors suspect the North Korean government directed last year's theft of $81 million from Bangladesh's account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank, according to a media report Wednesday. Citing unnamed sources, The Wall Street Journal said prosecutors were developing cases showing Chinese middlemen helped the North Korean government orchestrate the enormous theft from the Bangladesh central bank. In February 2016, thieves transferred the funds from Bangladesh's account at the New York Fed to accounts in the Philippines using authenticated international bank access codes in the SWIFT system, not by hacking the bank.
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| Somaliland drought "a kind of nightmare" – and a security threat: minister Posted: 22 Mar 2017 05:38 AM PDT ![Somaliland drought "a kind of nightmare" – and a security threat: minister]( "Somaliland drought \"a kind of nightmare\" – and a security threat: minister") By Laurie Goering LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Prolonged drought in Somaliland has killed between 65 and 80 percent of the semi-autonomous region's livestock, creating conditions that are "the worst time in our lives" and could threaten regional security, says the region's environment minister. With 70 percent of Somaliland's economy built around livestock, "you can imagine the desperation of the people, the desperation of the government," said Shukri Ismail Bandare, the minister of rural development and environment.
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| Rex Tillerson Says He Didn't Want Post Of Secretary Of State Posted: 22 Mar 2017 12:17 AM PDT  "I didn't want this job. I didn't seek this job," Tillerson said in in an Independent Journal Review, the only media outlet that was given access to Tillerson during his recent Asia trip.
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| Spicer says GOP health care bill will pass: ‘If you want to see Obamacare repealed and replaced, this is the vote’ Posted: 22 Mar 2017 12:34 PM PDT  During his daily press briefing on March 22, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said multiple times that he believes the GOP's health care bill will pass on Thursday when it comes up for a vote in the House. Spicer added, "If you want to see Obamacare repealed and replaced, this is the vote," and "If you're waiting for your chance, this is it."
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| Jesus's tomb restored after months of work Posted: 21 Mar 2017 11:44 PM PDT ![Jesus's tomb restored after months of work]( "Jesus's tomb restored after months of work") The tomb where Jesus is believed to have been buried is being unveiled again following nine months of restoration work that will be highlighted at a much anticipated ceremony Wednesday. The shrine, which includes a 19th-century ornate edicule or shrine surrounding the tomb, is a key part of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. Parts of it were also coming loose, with warnings that it was structurally unsound and posed a risk to the millions of pilgrims who visit the site every year.
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| 911 call: Mom tried to resuscitate unresponsive twin babies Posted: 22 Mar 2017 02:33 PM PDT ![911 call: Mom tried to resuscitate unresponsive twin babies]( "911 call: Mom tried to resuscitate unresponsive twin babies") LINDENWOLD, N.J. (AP) — The mother of twin baby girls who were found dead in an apartment can be heard screaming on a 911 call that they "are not breathing and both are purple."
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| US-led air strike on north Syria kills 33: monitor Posted: 22 Mar 2017 01:05 AM PDT  At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a jihadist-held Syrian town, a monitor said Wednesday. "We can now confirm that 33 people were killed, and they were displaced civilians from Raqa, Aleppo and Homs," said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman. Only two people were pulled out alive," Abdel Rahman told AFP.
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| Puerto Rico governor, bondholders divided on PREPA deal Posted: 22 Mar 2017 01:04 PM PDT ![Puerto Rico governor, bondholders divided on PREPA deal]( "Puerto Rico governor, bondholders divided on PREPA deal") Puerto Rico's governor told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday the island's struggling power utility, PREPA, could undergo an in-court restructuring process akin to U.S. bankruptcy if a consensual deal with creditors cannot be achieved. Governor Ricardo Rossello said at a U.S. House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing his administration would prefer a consensual deal to bankruptcy, as lawmakers questioned him about delays in completing a $9 billion restructuring at PREPA. The hearing showcased growing discord between Rossello's administration and PREPA's creditors, which seemed to concern the committee in charge of leading Congress' response to Puerto Rico's ongoing crisis.
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| Oregon teen's mom: Feds should probe fatal police shooting Posted: 22 Mar 2017 11:51 AM PDT  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mother of an Oregon teenager who was fatally shot by a Portland police officer is demanding a federal Justice Department investigation into her son's death.
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| Police investigating Dakota pipeline vandalism Posted: 21 Mar 2017 07:52 PM PDT ![Police investigating Dakota pipeline vandalism]( "Police investigating Dakota pipeline vandalism") The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office was alerted on Friday to a small crack near a valve site on a stretch of the pipeline outside Canton, South Dakota, 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Sioux Falls, Lincoln County Chief Deputy Chad Brown said by telephone. The state Department of Criminal Investigations was investigating the incident as an act of "felony vandalism," said Sara Rabern, a spokeswoman for the state's attorney general.
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| Did Rex Tillerson Misspeak or Intentionally Kowtow to China? Posted: 22 Mar 2017 01:55 PM PDT  During his visit to Beijing last weekend, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made a strange move — adopting Chinese verbiage to characterize the U.S.-China relationship.
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| April The Giraffe 'Bit Moody' As Labor Delayed Posted: 22 Mar 2017 10:00 PM PDT  Keepers believe April's mood change "is a good thing" while the animal's "back end continues to progress to our satisfaction."
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| 2018 Toyota Sienna: Updated Looks and Tech to Match the Updated Powertrain Posted: 22 Mar 2017 01:46 PM PDT  New face and new tech for Toyota's preeminent people mover.
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| The Latest: Trump offers condolences to May on London attack Posted: 22 Mar 2017 12:03 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
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| Ukraine probes arms depot explosion, military blames 'sabotage' Posted: 23 Mar 2017 04:11 AM PDT  Ukraine on Thursday was probing a series of explosions that hit a munitions depot in the country's east overnight as the military blamed the incident on an "act of sabotage". "A fire broke out ... as a result of an act of sabotage at a depot in the town of Balakliya where missiles and munitions were kept," Ukraine's Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios said in a statement. Ukraine's security services said they had opened an investigation into a suspected act of "diversion", while military prosecutors said they had launched a criminal case into possible "negligence" by servicemen.
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| Samsung might offer a Galaxy S8 promotion that we’ve never seen before Posted: 22 Mar 2017 06:02 PM PDT 
A new report from Korea says that Samsung may be considering a bold marketing move for the upcoming Galaxy S8: unconditional refunds after up to three months of use. That's certainly unusual for any product, and especially an Android smartphone. In the three months that will follow the Galaxy S8's launch, various other Android handsets will hit stores. An unconditional money-back guarantee may convince some buyers to ditch the Galaxy S8 and go for something else. Not to mention that, if you buy a Galaxy S8 this summer with this money-back guarantee, you'd be able to switch to the iPhone 8 in fall without taking any losses on the Galaxy S8. The concept, first reported by Chosun Biz, according to The Investor, would address two concerns. First of all, the Bixby assistant will launch in a limited form on the Galaxy S8. Samsung is expected to release a software upgrade in the first half of the year, that will bring more functionality to the new AI assistant. Moreover, the extended money-back guarantee is meant to prove Samsung's confidence in the phone's quality. The Galaxy S8 is going to be the first major smartphone launch for Samsung, following the Galaxy Note 7 disaster. The report doesn't say whether Samsung would offer such a perk to all its international buyers, or whether it's a local marketing trick for the Korean market. However, The Investor does say that such a refund program for the Galaxy S8 would be tricky for Samsung. Not only would it have to find a way to handle the returned phones, but Samsung would also have to worry about the incoming iPhone 8.
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| The Latest: Mayor: Sword killing 'unspeakable human tragedy' Posted: 22 Mar 2017 03:35 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the sword attack death of a black man in what police say was a racially motivated killing (all times local):
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| Florida man's book burning sparks wildfire, destroys homes: officials Posted: 23 Mar 2017 07:57 AM PDT ![Florida man's book burning sparks wildfire, destroys homes: officials]( "Florida man's book burning sparks wildfire, destroys homes: officials") The blaze started on Wednesday afternoon after the unidentified man burned books and magazines outside his home near Bryceville, about 20 miles west of Jacksonville, Florida Forest Service spokeswoman Annaleasa Winter told Reuters by telephone. It is against Florida law to burn household garbage.
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| Teen With Autism Denied A Service Dog But Finally Gets One in Emotional Video Posted: 22 Mar 2017 05:27 PM PDT  She was denied service dog for four years.
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| Is FreedomPop's Crazy Cheap $20 Family Plan Worth It? Posted: 22 Mar 2017 03:30 PM PDT  Families looking to shave a lot of money off their monthly cell phone bill have a new option at discount carrier FreedomPop — provided they're also willing to skimp on data. Credit: Syda Productions/ShutterstockFreedomPop, which offers contract-free cell phone coverage over the networks of AT&T and Sprint, has added family plans to its list of service options. FreedomPop bills that as a free plan, though there is a $5 charge per line.
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| Laptop and tablet bans on flights: What we know Posted: 22 Mar 2017 08:01 AM PDT  Britain and the United States have announced bans on laptops and tablet computers from the cabin of flights from several Middle East and North African nations. The restrictions are different in the two countries and only Britain has specified the maximum size of electronic device allowed -- 16 by 9.3 centimetres (6.3 by 3.7 inches). The US ban applies to flights from 10 airports in eight countries.
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| How Al Roker's Office Helps Him Have a Better Day Posted: 22 Mar 2017 01:16 AM PDT  Al Roker shares how his office makes him healthier and happier.
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| Hot air balloons over Turkey's Cappadocia Posted: 23 Mar 2017 06:16 AM PDT ![Hot air balloons over Turkey's Cappadocia]( "Hot air balloons over Turkey's Cappadocia") Since 1988, hot air balloons have filled the skies over the historic Cappadocia region in Nevsehir, Turkey, contributing to the region's tourism industry. Cappadocia is a UNESCO World Heritage site famous for its chimney rocks, hot air balloon trips, underground cities and boutique hotels carved into rocks.
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| World leaders stand with Britain after London attack Posted: 23 Mar 2017 03:34 AM PDT  World leaders have unanimously condemned the attack in the heart of London by a man who was shot dead by armed police, with many saying they stand with Britain. Prime Minister Theresa May described the attack as "sick and depraved", saying the assailant chose the site as an assault on Britain's democratic values. President Francois Hollande sent a message of "support to the British people" after the attack, in which three French high school students were wounded.
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| Trump sends holiday greetings to Iranians, does not mention travel ban Posted: 22 Mar 2017 04:34 PM PDT ![Trump sends holiday greetings to Iranians, does not mention travel ban]( "Trump sends holiday greetings to Iranians, does not mention travel ban") By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who has sought to ban travelers from Iran and other Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States, issued a holiday greeting on Wednesday to Iranians celebrating the New Year holiday known as Nowruz. Trump, who has also criticized the nuclear deal between Iran and western powers negotiated during President Barack Obama's administration, did not refer to the travel ban in his statement. It is an occasion to celebrate new beginnings, a sentiment that is particularly meaningful for so many Iranians who have come to our country in recent decades to make a new start in a free land," Trump said in a statement issued by the White House.
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| Is Emmett Till painting cultural appropriation? Posted: 22 Mar 2017 10:39 AM PDT  "The View" co-hosts discuss an artist under fire for the stirring painting.
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| Police: Parents delay help for wounded boy to scrub evidence Posted: 22 Mar 2017 08:07 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — The parents of a 9-year-old boy who was shot in the head in their Phoenix home put off calling 911 as they cleaned up evidence in multiple rooms of the house, police said Wednesday, calling it a case that "shocks your conscience."
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| Koshe Disaster: What Causes Garbage Landslides? Posted: 22 Mar 2017 08:57 AM PDT  The tragedy isn't the first of its kind, according to a piece on the disaster in the American Geophysical Union's Landslide Blog, but it is the deadliest such incident in years. "Garbage landslides are particularly horrible events," Dave Petley, a blogger and geoscientist at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, wrote in a 2008 post about the phenomena. Petley wrote the 2008 blog post in response to a garbage slide in Guatemala City, in which the deadly conditions were much like those in Addis Ababa: mountains of garbage piled with little regard for stability, picked over by armies of scavengers who make a living by pulling recyclables from the waste.
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| Highlights of expert report on badly damaged California dam Posted: 22 Mar 2017 04:44 PM PDT ![Highlights of expert report on badly damaged California dam]( "Highlights of expert report on badly damaged California dam") SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Preliminary findings by a panel of experts investigating problems at a damaged Northern California dam complex sketch an array of concerns about its condition, and whether repairs can be made quickly enough before the state's next rainy season. The Oroville Dam team was organized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its report was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. The highlights:
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| Huawei's Exclusive Alexa App Can Replace an Echo Posted: 22 Mar 2017 06:02 AM PDT  Earlier this week, Amazon enabled Alexa integration on the iPhone by building voice recognition straight into the standard Amazon App. This development is a result of a promise Huawei made back at CES 2017 to bring Alexa integration to its flagship phablet, the Huawei Mate 9. The Mate 9 Alexa essentially adds another device that can listen and respond to voice commands just like an Amazon Echo would.
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| The only two things you need to keep your Apple Watch looking pristine Posted: 22 Mar 2017 10:34 AM PDT 
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| Quotes To Celebrate National Puppy Day Posted: 23 Mar 2017 02:20 AM PDT  Thursday is National Puppy Day, a well-deserved tribute to man's (and woman's) furry best friend.
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