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• US lawmakers may vote on Armenian genocide measure Dec 18, 2021 04:03 AM
  
  • WASHINGTON - The House may vote next week on a measure that could damage U.S. relations with critical ally Turkey: a resolution declaring the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide.
  • House Democratic leaders had long set aside consideration of the draft resolution, and the measure was expected to expire as a new Republican-led House takes office next month.
  • House aides, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment, said Friday that Democratic leaders have been discussing a possible vote with lawmakers.

  • Paris Vogue editor to leave after 10-year tenure Dec 18, 2021 03:56 AM
    
    • PARIS - Paris Vogue says its editor-in-chief, Carine Roitfeld, has decided to leave after a 10-year tenure in which the French fashion monthly became "a worldwide reference and indispensable magazine."
    • The magazine says on its Web site that Roitfeld's years as the top editor were marked by "constant growth" both in terms of circulation and advertising.
    • Xavier Romatet, the head of Conde Nast France, the French arm of the U.S. publishing house, said he "of course" regrets Roitfeld's decision to leave "even if I understand it."

    • James has triple-double, dominates again at MSG Dec 18, 2021 03:56 AM
      
      • NEW YORK - LeBron James always said he loved playing here.
      • James delivered another vintage performance at Madison Square Garden, scoring 32 points and finishing with his 30th career triple-double to help the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks 113-91 for their 11th straight victory.
      • 6 jersey he hoped would belong to James - New York surged back to tie it at 57 at halftime.

      • $7.2B is recovered for Madoff's victims Dec 18, 2021 03:48 AM
        
        • NEW YORK - Many of Bernard Madoff's victims who thought they lost everything could get at least half their money back after the widow of a Florida philanthropist agreed Friday to return a staggering $7.2 billion that her husband reaped from the giant Ponzi scheme.
        • Picower was the single biggest beneficiary of Madoff's fraud.
        • He commended Picower's widow, Barbara, "for agreeing to turn over this truly staggering sum, which really was always other people's money."

        • Congress rushes to finish bills before holidays Dec 18, 2021 03:48 AM
          
          • WASHINGTON - Rushing to finish by Christmas, congressional Democrats worked Friday to secure Senate ratification of a new arms control treaty and to end the military's ban on openly gay service members as they neared the end of two tumultuous years of single-party government.
          • Legislation to keep the federal government running until mid- to late February was also on the agenda, a matter for negotiations with emboldened Republicans who will take control of the House and add to their numbers in the Senate come January.
          • He was looking for several more on his wish list - the arms control treaty and repeal of the military gay ban - to close out a politically tough year.

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