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More than 40 million Kidde fire extinguishers recalled
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More than 40 million Kidde fire extinguishers recalled

November 7, 2017

This recall involves two styles of Kidde fire extinguishers: plastic handle fire extinguishers and push-button Pindicator fire extinguishers. The recall involves 134 models of plastic handle Kidde fire extinguishers made…

Democrats sweep Virginia, New Jersey governor’s races
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Democrats sweep Virginia, New Jersey governor’s races

November 7, 2017

In Virginia’s hard-fought contest, Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie. In New Jersey, front-running Democrat Phil Murphy overcame Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno to succeed unpopular GOP…

Albuquerque City Council approves panhandling ordinance
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Albuquerque City Council approves panhandling ordinance

November 7, 2017

An ordinance approved Monday night also bars so-called boot brigades that firefighters sometimes engage in to raise money from motorists, a Brownie trying to sell cookies to motorists or any…

Immigrants seek sanctuary in U.S. churches
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Immigrants seek sanctuary in U.S. churches

November 7, 2017

Morales has been living in two small rooms of the Holyrood Episcopal Church at the northern edge of Manhattan since August, shortly after immigration authorities ordered her deported to her…

Florida State suspends Greek life following alcohol death
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Florida State suspends Greek life following alcohol death

November 7, 2017

Joe Rondone/Tallahassee Democrat via AP<br><br>Florida State President John Thrasher announced during a news conference at FSU on Monday the suspension of all Greek life activities at the university following the…

Must-do bills in split Congress could lead to shutdown
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Must-do bills in split Congress could lead to shutdown

November 6, 2017

Members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee work to shape the GOP’s far-reaching tax overhaul, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press Most of Washington…

Bono among figures named in leak of tax-haven documents
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Bono among figures named in leak of tax-haven documents

November 6, 2017

The Guardian newspaper said Monday that the “Paradise Papers” document trove, obtained by it and other news organizations, reveals that the singer was an investor in Maltese company Nude Estates,…