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Buffett-owned DaVita jumps after voters reject cap on dialysis revenue

Rich Pedroncelli | AP In this photo taken Sept. 24, 2018, Adrian Perez undergoes dialysis at a DaVita Kidney Care clinic in Sacramento, Calif.  DaVita shares soared Wednesday after California voters rejected a ballot measure that would have capped the amount of money dialysis providers in the state can earn …

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Mark Zuckerberg declines UK parliament invite to discuss privacy

Tony Avelar | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has declined an invitation to speak about fake news and data privacy in front government officials from the UK and Canada, officials from those countries said in a signed letter Wednesday. …

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San Francisco Proposition C homeless tax passes

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff speaks at the grand opening of the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco in May 2018.  The controversial San Francisco “homelessness tax” that divided the tech industry passed, according to poll tallies Tuesday night. Proposition C will increase gross …

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Trump critic Adam Schiff is poised to take over a crucial House panel

Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks during a news conference with Democratic members of the committee about the Trump-Putin Helsinki summit in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 17, 2018 in Washington, DC.  One of special counsel Robert Mueller’s staunchest defenders …

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Pro-Trump pimp Dennis Hof wins Nevada election weeks after he died

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, stands for a photograph inside the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Mound House, Carson City, Nevada, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013.  Republican Dennis Hof, a Nevada brothel owner and former reality TV star who died …

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Nico Rosberg on decision-making in fast paced environments

Lars Baron | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Nico Rosberg of Germany and Mercedes GP celebrates his win in parc ferme during the Formula One Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 18, 2016 in Singapore.  In late 2016, Rosberg announced that he would retire …

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Trump declares victory in midterm elections even as Democrats win House majority

Cathal McNaughton | Reuters President Donald Trump waves prior to departing on a trip to Wisconsin from the White House in Washington, October 24, 2018. President Donald Trump declared midterm victory on Wednesday, even though his Republican Party saw mixed results that bring the most peril he has ever faced …

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California voters reject rent control measure Proposition 10

Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images A woman places her ballot paper in the box during early voting for the mid-term elections in Sylmar, California on November 3, 2018.  California voters on Tuesday rejected a controversial ballot measure known as Proposition 10 that would have expanded local government authority …

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Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell unseats GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo in Florida

Jose A. Iglesias | El Nuevo Herald | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Surrounded by a small group of family and supporters, Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, left, announces she is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, outside the West Perrine Health Center in Miami on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017.  …

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Indicted GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter wins re-election in California

Mike Blake | Reuters Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) arrives for his arraignment at federal court in San Diego, California, August 23, 2018.  Republican Rep. Duncan D. Hunter will win re-election to a sixth term in California’s 50th District, despite being indicted in August on charges of misusing campaign funds, NBC …

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