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LISTEN: DC Council Gives Initial OK To Raise Minimum Smoking Age to 21
Steve Burns WMAL.com WASHINGTON – (WMAL) A package of anti-tobacco and anti-smoking bills advanced in the D.C. Council Tuesday, among them a bill raising the minimum age to purchase cigar...
Syndicated Author Oct 12, 2016

WATCH: The Latest Victim Of The Creepy Clown Craze? Ronald McDonald!
OAK BROOK, IL — (CNN) Well, at least we won’t be seeing one creepy clown so much.McDonald’s announced Monday that Ronald McDonald is going on the down low.His appearances will be lim...
Syndicated Author Oct 12, 2016

WATCH: The 2016 Election Season To Receive Its Own Episode of ‘SVU’
NEW YORK — (CNN) Here’s a story that might sound familiar: A politician’s election campaign goes off the rails after the candidate’s troublesome treatment of women in the past ...
Syndicated Author Oct 12, 2016

SCOTUS Takes Up 2002 Civil Rights Lawsuit Against High-Ranking Federal Officials
By Ariane de VogueWASHINGTON — (CNN) The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up three consolidated cases concerning a civil rights lawsuit filed in 2002 against high-ranking federal officials &...
Syndicated Author Oct 11, 2016

US Urges Calm As Turkey-Iraq Tensions Risk ISIS Fight
By Ryan BrowneWASHINGTON — (CNN) US officials are urging calm between Turkey and Iraq to keep the flaring tensions between the two key American allies from jeopardizing the fight against ISIS.Th...
Syndicated Author Oct 11, 2016

Ex-Wells Fargo Worker: Intimidation Included No Bathroom Breaks
By Matt EganWASHINGTON — (CNN) Harassment, intimidation, even bathroom breaks denied.That’s some of the “unconscionable behavior” a former Wells Fargo worker drove five hours t...
Syndicated Author Oct 11, 2016

White House: We Will Respond To Russia Hacks
By Tal KopanWASHINGTON — (CNN) The White House said Tuesday it would respond to Russian hacking of US political groups, after publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for the cyberattacks last wee...
Syndicated Author Oct 11, 2016

Meet CoverGirl’s First Cover Boy
By Jackie WattlesWASHINGTON — (CNN) CoverGirl just hired its first cover boy.James Charles, a 17-year-old with a massive following on Instagram, just became the brand’s first male ambassad...
Syndicated Author Oct 11, 2016

Colin Kaepernick To Start Sunday For 49ers
By Jill MartinWASHINGTON — (CNN) San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a national movement in sports by not standing during the national anthem to protest racial injustic...
Syndicated Author Oct 11, 2016

Comcast Hit With FCC’s Biggest Cable Fine Ever
The logo for U.S.-based cable and multimedia provider Comcast. By Jackie Wattles WASHINGTON — (CNN) Comcast is being forced to pay the largest fine the FCC has ever levied against a cable operat...
Syndicated Author Oct 11, 2016
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