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Articles for May, 2017

Ramona Singer & Dorinda Medley Preview The Real Housewives of New York City’s Double Dose of Party Drama
by E! Online (US) - TV News | May 3, 2017 at 5:16 pm

There will be plenty of parties on tonight's new episode of The Real Housewives of New York City, but will anyone actually enjoy themselves at them? That remains to be seen. As season...

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Meet Black Mask, the Real King of Crime in Gotham City
by Meg Downey | May 3, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Meet Black Mask, the Real King of Crime in Gotham City

If you spend long enough in Gotham City, you’re going to start hearing some names. Some of them are good: Batman, Robin, Jim Gordon…you know the drill. Others? Not so much.

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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on controversial NY Times op-ed on climate change
by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | May 3, 2017 at 4:44 pm

World-renowned astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson spoke with Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga about the controversial NY Times op-ed calling climate change into question. Tyson said if the Times want...

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Lone Unadopted Dog at Shelter Becomes the Most Popular Pup in Town as Applications Pour In
by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | May 3, 2017 at 4:31 pm

The shelter had to close off applications for Eastwood, the 1-year-old Labrador, after 80 families applied to adopt the pup.

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Iraqi painter quietly documented life under Islamic State
by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | May 3, 2017 at 3:38 pm

HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (AP) — After the Islamic State group swept into his town nearly three years ago, Mustafa al-Taee resolved to bear witness to the militants' brutal rule by secretly painting what he had seen with his own eyes.

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Workmen mining sulfur from a live volcano
by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | May 3, 2017 at 3:27 pm

Jobs do not get too much more dangerous than pulling sulfur straight out of an active volcano — and all for $5 a day. Photographer Troyce Hoffman, 30, accidentally stumbled upon the sulfur mine on Kawah Ijen, on the Indonesian island of Java, when checking out the active volcano.

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The Defenders Trailer Features So Much Action, Snark, Sigourney Weaver and “The War for New York”
by E! Online (US) - TV News | May 3, 2017 at 1:18 pm

Street-level superheroes of New York City, assemble! OK, that doesn't have quite the same ring to it as "Avengers, assemble!" but it will have to do because The Defenders have...

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US tests nuclear-capable missile with the range to strike North Korea
by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | May 3, 2017 at 11:36 am

The US has test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from a site in California, the second such launch in a week, amid rising tensions with North Korea. The unarmed Minuteman 3 missile has a range of around 8,000 miles, putting i...

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Nigeria's Buhari absent again from cabinet meeting
by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | May 3, 2017 at 11:29 am

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari failed to show up for a weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday, despite assurances from his wife that his health was not a cause for concern. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo chaired the meeting in the absence of the 74-ye...

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India summons Pakistan envoy over killing of 2 soldiers
by Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | May 3, 2017 at 10:42 am

NEW DELHI (AP) — A top Indian diplomat Wednesday summoned Pakistan's ambassador to demand that Islamabad take action against soldiers and officers responsible for the killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers.

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