As thousands sign up to "gambling blocks" on two apps, one ex-addict talks about how it helped him.
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Saturday, October 6, 2018
What's behind Italy's economic turbulence?
The controversy surrounding the Italian government's spending plans has led to more nervousness on the financial markets.
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Topshop dismantles feminism pop-up
The retail store took down a London pop-up promoting a Penguin book on feminism, the publisher says.
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US jobless rate hits 49-year low of 3.7%
The US jobless rate falls to 3.7% in September, the lowest level since December 1969.
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Unilad: Boss says the brand is 'doing better than ever'
John Quinlan says he's confident a buyer will be found for the brand after its owner went into administration.
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Where have all the 'for sale' signs gone?
The UK's biggest mortgage lender says the lack of homes on the market means prices are still rising.
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Productivity perks up in second quarter
UK worker's output growth rebounded in the second quarter, but still lags the pre-crisis average.
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Lenovo and ZTE shares hit by spyware row
Shares in Lenovo and ZTE drop after a report that Beijing inserted spying devices into US computers.
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Walkers crisp packets recycling scheme announced
Campaigners had been attempting to "flood" the snackmaker by posting empty packets back to its HQ.
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The world’s first fully-autonomous indoor farm
The world’s first fully-autonomous indoor farm in San Carlos, California, is soon to be operational.
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Tsukiji: Japan's famed fish market to relocate
Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market holds its last pre-dawn tuna auction before being moved to a new site.
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Fox News Breaking News Alert
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will vote in favor of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, apparently cementing the Trump
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Friday that she will vote in favor of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Chicago police officer found guilty of second-degree murder of black teenager Laquan McDonald
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Verdict reached in case of Chicago police officer who fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald
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White House believes it has the votes to confirm Kavanaugh, source tells Fox News
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Backing from senators puts Kavanaugh on track for U.S. Supreme Court
President Donald Trump's nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looked headed for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday after two crucial senators said that sexual misconduct accusations against the judge would not prevent them from voting to confirm him.
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California wild horses to be captured, activists fear slaughter
One thousand wild horses are to be rounded up in California by the U.S. Forest Service and animal rights activists fear hundreds of them could be sold for slaughter.
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Trump says Pentagon to produce lithium sea-water batteries
President Donald Trump said on Friday there was a shortfall in the U.S. defense industrial base relating to lithium sea-water batteries and the Defense Department would purchase equipment for pilot production of the batteries that are critical for anti-submarine warfare.
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Fire that prompted Yosemite closure sparked by vehicle
U.S. Forest Service investigators have determined that a motor vehicle is to blame for sparking the massive, deadly California wildfire that prompted a nearly three-week closure of Yosemite National Park's best known landmarks.
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Immigration violations, possible sex trafficking found at Nevada brothels
An investigation of three legal Nevada brothels owned by a reality TV star and candidate for the state legislature found immigration violations and indications of possible human trafficking, the county sheriff said.
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Group seeks U.S. DNA to identify missing migrants
Human rights advocates on Friday pushed the U.S. government for access to an FBI-run DNA database to help identify the remains of thousands of immigrants who have disappeared on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Utah man charged with ricin mail threat against Trump, Mattis
A U.S. Navy veteran from Utah was charged on Friday with threatening President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary James Mattis, the FBI director and an admiral by mailing them letters containing castor beans, from which the deadly poison ricin is derived.
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Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court: sparks or harmony?
When Clarence Thomas took a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991, he had only barely survived a series of bitter Senate hearings on allegations of sexual harassment that divided the country.
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JBS sued by Kentucky woman over ground beef in salmonella recall
A Kentucky woman is suing the U.S. arm of Brazil's JBS SA, alleging she was hospitalized after consuming ground beef produced by the company that was tainted with Salmonella, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in Arizona state court.
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Chicago police officer guilty of murder in 2014 shooting of black teen
White Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday for the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald, touching off celebratory street demonstrations in a case that had laid bare tensions between the black community and police.
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Court rules for California over Trump in sanctuary city case
A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump Administration from placing conditions on public safety grants to further its crackdown on illegal immigration, and he ordered the grant money to be released to California "sanctuary cities."
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'Jersey Shore' star Sorrentino sentenced to eight months for tax evasion
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, star of the reality television show "The Jersey Shore," was sentenced to eight months in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to tax evasion.
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Factbox: Trials of U.S. police officers charged with killing black men
A Chicago jury on Friday found a white police officer guilty of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of a black teenager, making him the first law enforcement officer in decades to be convicted of murder while on duty in the third-largest U.S. city.
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