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Bitcoin price hits $11,000 for the first time since January

Dan Kitwood | Getty Images A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin on October 24, 2017 in London, England. Bitcoin broke through the $11,000 mark over the weekend for the first time since the end of January as its price continues to slowly rise following a violent sell-off at …

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Kremlin says there’s no significant evidence of Russian meddling in US election

Sputnik/Kremlin | Alexei Druzhinin | Reuters Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (2nd L), Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L), Director of Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov (2nd R), and Director of Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2016. The Kremlin reacted to …

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Guitar company Gibson reportedly facing bankruptcy

Gary Miller | Getty Images Slash performs in concert with Slash and the Conspirators at the American Airlines Center on August 22, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Iconic guitar brand Gibson could be on the brink of bankruptcy, according to a report. The company, whose Les Paul and SG instruments have …

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Oprah Winfrey ‘insecure,’ hopes she runs for office

Paul Drinkwater | Getty Images Oprah Winfrey speaks onstage during the Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018. In a late Sunday night post on Twitter, President Donald Trump called media mega-celebrity Oprah Winfrey “insecure” after watching the television icon’s “60 Minutes” show. Trump claimed …

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US and China scuffled over nuclear ‘football’ during Trump’s Beijing visit: Axios

Thomas Peter – Pool/Getty Images The military aide carrying the nuclear football (second from left) with U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. Things got physical between U.S. and Chinese officials over the nuclear “football” during President Donald Trump’s visit to …

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Florida students slam Trump tweet blaming the FBI for school shooting

Joe Raedle | Getty Images North America | Getty Images People attend a candlelit memorial service for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday night that the FBI was too caught up in the Russia probe to see the signals leading …

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Iraq PM on a potential weapons tax

Haydar Hadi | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi delivers a speech during Baghdad Dialogue Conference in Baghdad, Iraq on January 14, 2017. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that spending on reconstruction — not arms — was necessary for peace. Discussing the amount of money …

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Iraq PM calls for an end to sectarian divides

Haydar Hadi | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi delivers a speech during Baghdad Dialogue Conference in Baghdad, Iraq on January 14, 2017. With elections just months away, Iraq’s prime minister has called on the country’s political system to reform itself and move away from its …

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Iran most dangerous nation for cyber attacks says Saudi Foreign Minister

Alex Brandon | AFP | Getty Images Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir attends a press conference with US Secretary of State in Riyadh on October 22, 2017. The most dangerous nation for cyber threats is Iran, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir told CNBC on Sunday, saying that the country had …

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Why LL Bean ended its lifetime return policy

Shiho Fukada | Bloomberg | Getty Images A worker stacks the bottoms of boots during production at the L.L. Bean manufacturing facility in Brunswick, Maine. “What they have done is taken a differentiator, a talk-trigger, something that set them apart in the marketplace and just given it away,” Baer told …

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