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This handout picture taken in Damboa and released by the Nigerian army on May 18, 2016 shows Amina Ali posing with her 4-month old baby Safiya.(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
[h=2]One down. More than 200 to go.[/h]The girls are still there. In the woods. Almost all 219 of them. That's what<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the schoolgirls who was kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram, said when she was rescued from captivity, activists said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wednesday. Traumatized and carrying a baby, she made it far enough away from her captors by saying she was fetching firewood. She was found in the fringes of the Sambisa forest by a local group of vigilantes that fights Boko Haram, and her<span style="color: Red;">*</span>intel has renewed calls to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>#BringBackOurGirls. The young woman<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will have to re-assimilate into her old life, but reports show women and girls abducted by Boko Haram face mistrust and persecution when they eventually return home. Boko Haram, whose attacks on schools have forced thousands of people to give up on getting an education, loosely translates to "Western education is forbidden."
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She is the first of her classmates to be rescued since militant group Boko Haram captured 276 girls from a school in April 2014.Video provided by Newsy Newslook
[h=2]Obama throws a bone to the middle class in the form of time-and-a-half wages[/h]It feels like an Oprah moment: "And YOU get overtime pay. And YOU get overtime pay." A new federal regulation that feels good for employees and maybe not-so-great for employers aims to put more money in workers' pockets. Who are these people? About 4.2 million white-collar workers who earn more than $23,660 a year (current threshold where workers become exempt from making overtime) but less than $47,476 (new threshold). From college athletics to small businesses, employers have to figure out how to balance the books. Some plan to cut employees' base pay to offset the overtime, effectively skirting the requirement. That would not be one of Oprah's favorite things.
[h=2]Hell yeah she did. Robin Wright went all Claire Underwood IRL<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to get paid the same as Kevin Spacey[/h]Claire<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Underwood (the calculating first lady<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Robin Wright<span style="color: Red;">*</span>plays on House of Cards) would be so proud. Here's what Wright did: After learning<span style="color: Red;">*</span>she was earning $420,000 an episode, compared to co-star Kevin Spacey's $500,000, she simply demanded to make the same amount. And, she told the Rockefeller Foundation in an interview about closing the gender pay gap, she threatened to go public if she didn't get it. (Marie Claire<span style="color: Red;">*</span>picked<span style="color: Red;">*</span>up the interview, too.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"...I capitalized on it. I was like, 'You better pay me or I’m going to go public,'" Wright said. "And they did." Now, if only Frank Underwood was actually running for the White House this year ...
[h=2]Speaking of the 2016 race, we're still talking about Trump's sorry-not-sorry to Megyn Kelly[/h]"You've been called a lot worse" than bimbo. Nope, that's not an apology.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Megyn Kelly finally got her interview with Donald Trump as the pair discussed his comments about women, his polarizing messages<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and, of course, their feud. What the Fox News host<span style="color: Red;">*</span>didn't get was an "I'm sorry."<span style="color: Red;">*</span>In the much-hyped interview,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Trump acknowledged his attacks on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>her, but he stopped short of apologizing. When all was said and done (the interview was pre-taped), he tweeted a congratulations to her. Meanwhile, we're still waiting on those tax returns, Donald.
[h=2]This should make you feel better<span style="color: Red;">*</span>if your city isn’t that fit[/h]D.C. has been named the fittest city in the land for the third year in a row. But before you start hating on the nation’s capital, there’s something you should know. According to the American Fitness Index, Washingtonians made the running because they live near parks and take public transportation. So, if you drive to work and only walk to the mailbox, you’re in good company with the rest of middle America. Kudos to Indianapolis for making us all feel better. They came in dead last.
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Washington, D.C., was ranked the fittest city in America for the third year in a row by the American Fitness Index.Video provided by Newsy Newslook
[h=2]<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h][h=2]<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h][h=2]Extra bites[/h]No Boaty McBoatface here. USA TODAY got an exclusive look inside<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Royal Caribbean's impressively huge,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>soon-to-debut, 226,963-ton<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Harmony<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the Seas. It's the largest cruise ship ever. Anchors Aweigh!
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