Best US weather satellite ever awaits sunset launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The nation's most advanced weather satellite ever awaits a sunset liftoff. NASA is launching the $1 billion GOES-R satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. An unmanned Atlas rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:42 p.m. Saturday. The satellite will aim for a 22,300-mile-high…
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‘The Shining’ Actress Shelley Duvall Reveals Mental Illness
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Shelley Duvall has revealed her struggles with mental illness in an interview with "Dr. Phil." Duvall is best known for her turns in the horror movie classic, "The Shining," and for playing Olive Oyl opposite Robin Williams' "Popeye" in the 1980 film version of the comic strip. In a preview…
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Missouri’s US senators named to leadership positions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's two U.S. senators have been named to top positions in Republican leadership and legislative committees. Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on Wednesday announced he was re-elected vice chairman of the Senate's GOP caucus. He said Republicans want to work with GOP President-elect Donald Trump on issues such as Democratic President…
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Justice Alito Rallies Conservatives In Tribute To Scalia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a rallying cry to conservatives Thursday in the wake of newfound strength following Donald Trump's election. Alito told the Federalist Society conference of conservative lawyers, judges and legal thinkers that religious freedom and gun rights are among "constitutional fault lines," important issues at stake in the…
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