| Huge winter storm moves east: Snow, sleet, heavy rain target 39 states -  Every state east of the Mississippi is likely to get winter storm effects Wednesday, including Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Washington.
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:11:38 -0500
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| Obama joined by Curry to tell minority boys 'you matter' -  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry told a roomful of minority boys on Tuesday that they matter and urged them to make the world a better place.
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:21:46 -0500
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| Southwest Air Drops as U.S. Shutdown Forces Cut to Outlook -  The political stalemate that ended last month will reduce first-quarter revenue by $60 million as the aftereffects linger, Southwest said in a regulatory filing Wednesday. “The company has continued to experience softness in passenger demand and bookings as a result of the government shutdown,” Southwest said. Southwest dropped 4.5 percent to $55.10 at 9:39 a.m. in New York after sliding as much as 6.1 percent for the biggest intraday decline in three months.
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:58:31 -0500
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| May Suffers First Brexit Defections as Three Tories Quit -  Prime Minister Theresa May was hit by three high-profile defections from her Conservative Party on Wednesday as Brexit cracks open the mold of mainstream British politics. Anna Soubry, Sarah Wollaston, and Heidi Allen will now sit alongside the eight former Labour politicians who quit their party to form the new “Independent Group” in Parliament earlier this week.
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:23:10 -0500
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| Netanyahu-Putin meeting in Russia postponed -  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin have postponed a planned meeting Thursday in Moscow for talks on Iranian military activity in Syria, an Israeli official said. The two leaders would speak by phone on Thursday instead, the official said on condition of anonymity Wednesday, adding that a new date for the meeting would be set as soon as possible. The official gave no reason for the postponement, but Israeli media said it was related to Netanyahu's strategizing with allied right-wing parties for April 9 elections ahead of a Thursday deadline for electoral lists to be submitted.
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 08:02:37 -0500
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