| Equifax - First the hacking, then the lawsuits Posted: 09 Sep 2017 02:27 AM PDT  Seven hours is all it took for Equifax Inc to be hit with two lawsuits over a hacking that may have compromised personal information for 143 million American consumers. "Damages to the class are limited only to the imagination of thieves," John Yanchunis, a lawyer at Morgan & Morgan who filed one of the lawsuits, in Atlanta federal court, said in an interview on Friday. "This could be the gift that keeps on giving for years." The lawsuits were filed on behalf of consumers accusing Equifax of negligence, or wilful misconduct, in failing to properly safeguard Social Security and driver's license numbers, birth dates, addresses and sometimes credit card data.
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| South Korea braces for possible new missile test to mark North's founding day Posted: 09 Sep 2017 01:51 AM PDT  By Christine Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea as it marked its founding anniversary on Saturday, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test rattled global financial markets and further escalated tensions in the region. Throughout the week, South Korean officials have warned the North could launch another intercontinental ballistic missile, in defiance of U.N. sanctions and amid an escalating standoff with the United States. Last year, North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on the Sept. 9 anniversary.
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| Nauseating trash heaps in India spark citizen cleanup drives Posted: 08 Sep 2017 11:12 PM PDT  MUMBAI, India (AP) — Lawyer Afroz Shah moved to Mumbai with a dream of looking out at the wild, blue Arabian Sea. What he saw instead was nauseating — waves churning with plastic shopping bags and empty chip packets, beaches covered so thick with soda bottles and snack wrappers he could no longer see the sand.
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| Trump doubles down on pivot to congressional Democrats Posted: 08 Sep 2017 09:21 PM PDT  President Trump defended his decision to cut a deal with Democratic leaders in Congress by pointing out that Republicans failed to pass key legislation this summer.
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| DACA tied to better mental health for children of immigrants Posted: 08 Sep 2017 08:35 PM PDT ![DACA tied to better mental health for children of immigrants]( "DACA tied to better mental health for children of immigrants") By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Protecting young undocumented immigrants known as "dreamers" from deportation may also help lower the risk of mental health problems for their U.S.-born children, a recent study suggests. The Trump administration this week announced plans to revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allowed about 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to remain in the country. For the study, researchers examined data on 5,653 mothers in Oregon born just before and after the cutoff for DACA eligibility.
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| Venezuela's Maduro seeks debt negotiations after U.S. sanctions Posted: 08 Sep 2017 06:41 PM PDT  President Nicolas Maduro has invited bondholders to unspecified "negotiations" over Venezuela's foreign debt in coming days in response to recent U.S. financial sanctions.
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| Key Obamacare Architect Who Shunned Single Payer Now Backs It Posted: 08 Sep 2017 06:00 PM PDT  Former Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), a fiscal moderate who, as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, presided over the passage of the Affordable Care Act, expressed his support on Thursday for the creation of a single-payer health care system.
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| Deer killed in tony California neighborhood, neighbors upset Posted: 08 Sep 2017 04:25 PM PDT  TIBURON, Calif. (AP) — A resident of an exclusive San Francisco Bay neighborhood is the target of online outrage and may face criminal charges for shooting to death a doe and its fawn that were eating newly installed landscaping.
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| Equifax: First the hacking, then the lawsuits Posted: 08 Sep 2017 03:50 PM PDT  Seven hours is all it took for Equifax Inc to be hit with two lawsuits over a hacking that may have compromised personal information for 143 million American consumers. "Damages to the class are limited only to the imagination of thieves," John Yanchunis, a lawyer at Morgan & Morgan who filed one of the lawsuits, in Atlanta federal court, said in an interview on Friday. "This could be the gift that keeps on giving for years." The lawsuits were filed on behalf of consumers accusing Equifax of negligence, or willful misconduct, in failing to properly safeguard Social Security and driver's license numbers, birth dates, addresses and sometimes credit card data.
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| Dad Confesses Feeling 'Jealous' Of His Wife In Emotional Facebook Post Posted: 08 Sep 2017 02:57 PM PDT  A South African dad opened up about his experience with jealousy as a parent in a touchin Facebook post.
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