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Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case
Jessica Gresko, Associated Press | Posted Feb 17th - 6:24am
Mitch Hungerpiller thought he had a first-class solution for mail that gets returned as undeliverable, a common problem for businesses that send lots of letters.

Former coal-fired power plant is demolished in Germany
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 17th - 6:10am
A long-shut coal-fired power plant in western Germany has been demolished with the help of more than 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of explosives.
Rights group: 14 Tunisian workers kidnapped in Libya
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 17th - 6:04am
A rights group in Libya says an armed group has kidnapped 14 Tunisian workers near the capital, Tripoli.

The Latest: Qatari minister warns of remaining IS threat
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 17th - 5:52am
The Latest on the Munich Security Conference (all times local):

From Bogart to millennials: Italian hat maker tries new look
Colleen Barry, Associated Press | Posted Feb 17th - 3:02am
Hats off, Bogie.

Hundreds stranded as British airline Flybmi collapses
Gregory Katz, Associated Press | Posted Feb 17th - 2:45am
Hundreds of passengers throughout Europe have been stranded by the abrupt collapse of the British regional airline Flybmi.

France's yellow vests mark 3 months amid racist tensions
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 17th - 2:28am
Paris authorities opened an investigation Sunday into anti-Semitic remarks hurled at a noted philosopher during a yellow vest protest in the capital, an incident that raised national concerns about the movement's ascendant radical fringe.

Abu Dhabi arms fair opens amid Yemen war criticism
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 17th - 2:16am
A biennial arms fair has opened in the United Arab Emirates as the country faces increasing scrutiny over its involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

In Brexit limbo, UK veers between high anxiety, grim humor
Jill Lawless, Associated Press | Posted Feb 17th - 12:18am
It's said that history often repeats itself — the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Many Britons feel they are living through both at the same time as their country navigates its way out of the European Union.

Aurora attacker took gun to work he shouldn't have owned
Don Babwin and Caryn Rousseau, Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 11:06pm
The man who opened fire and killed five co-workers including the plant manager, human resources manager and an intern working his first day at a suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse, took a gun he wasn't supposed to have to a job he was about to lose.

Payless ShoeSource to shutter all of its remaining US stores
Anne D'Innocenzio, The Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 2:57pm
Payless ShoeSource is shuttering all of its 2,100 remaining stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, joining a list of iconic names like Toys R Us and Bon-Ton that have closed down in the last year.

Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart
Joseph Pisani, Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 1:06pm
In early November, word began to leak that Amazon was serious about choosing New York to build a giant new campus. The city was eager to lure the company and its thousands of high-paying tech jobs, offering billions in tax incentives and lighting the Empire State Building in Amazon orange.

Academy reverses plans, will air all awards live at Oscars
Jake Coyle, Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 11:46am
Bowing to a backlash that had threatened to engulf an already blunder-plagued Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday reversed its decision to present four awards during the commercial breaks of this year's Oscar broadcast.

NBA, FIBA announce plans for pro league in Africa
Tim Reynolds, Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 11:19am
The NBA is bringing a pro league to Africa.
CEO ousted amid probe into disabled woman's pregnancy
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 9:50am
A Florida facility for people with disabilities has suspended its CEO amid an investigation into a resident's pregnancy.
High-speed train in Germany evacuated after pistol is found
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 9:29am
German police say hundreds of passengers have been taken off a high-speed train at the Frankfurt airport station after a pistol was found in a toilet on board.

Warren returns to Nevada, heart of 2008 economic crisis
Michelle L. Price, Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 9:07am
Democrat Elizabeth Warren, who made her name as a consumer advocate following the 2008 financial crisis, will make her first appearance Sunday as a presidential candidate in Las Vegas, the boom-and-bust town that made Nevada the epicenter of the country's foreclosure crisis.

Russian court orders US investor Calvey held for 2 months
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 7:46am
A Moscow court has ordered a U.S. investment fund manager to be jailed for two months while facing fraud charges.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's skewed picture of border perils
Calvin Woodward and Hope Yen, Associated Press | Posted Feb 16th - 6:48am
President Donald Trump describes drugs flowing across the hinterlands from Mexico, a federal prison population laden with criminals who are in the U.S. illegally and a Texas city transformed by a border barrier into a safe place to live. It's a misleading and in some ways false picture, and one that underpins his extraordinary declaration of a national emergency at the southern border.
