| FBI’s Comey knocks the Patriots to make a point about the Kremlin’s grudge against Clinton Posted: 20 Mar 2017 12:25 PM PDT  Testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Monday, FBI Director James Comey deployed a sports analogy — and revealed something about his sports fandom that won't make him any friends in New England. "I hate the New England Patriots," Comey confessed while taking questions about the U.S. intelligence community's assessment of Russia's motivation to help Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. The quip was meant to illustrate the intelligence community's assessment that Russia's hatred of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was so intense, Moscow would do anything it could to help her opponent.
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| Tillerson to Skip NATO Meeting: Reuters Posted: 20 Mar 2017 11:36 AM PDT  Congressman Adam Schiff talks with Rachel Maddow about breaking news from Reuters that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will not attend an upcoming NATO meeting, but will visit Moscow.
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| White House defends President Trump’s golf habit and argues it’s different from Obama’s Posted: 20 Mar 2017 02:47 PM PDT  During his daily briefing on Monday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer insisted that President Trump uses his time on the golf course productively. Spicer's comments came in response to a question from Yahoo News noting that Trump has visited the golf course at least 10 times since taking office eight weeks ago, even though for years he criticized former President Barack Obama for golfing. Spicer said there were "two things" to point out in response to the question.
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| Tests find drugs, alcohol in blood of Paris airport attacker Posted: 19 Mar 2017 03:56 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Blood tests determined Sunday that a suspected Islamic extremist consumed drugs and alcohol before a frenzied spree of violence that ended when he took a soldier hostage at Paris' Orly Airport and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen.
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| U.S. Suddenly Bans Laptops and Tablets on Some Middle Eastern Flights to America Posted: 20 Mar 2017 02:15 PM PDT  DHS won't talk about the rationale for the drastic change to existing policy.
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| Kidnapping Victim Reveals How a Facebook Video Helped Her Escape Car Trunk Posted: 20 Mar 2017 02:08 PM PDT ![Kidnapping Victim Reveals How a Facebook Video Helped Her Escape Car Trunk]( "Kidnapping Victim Reveals How a Facebook Video Helped Her Escape Car Trunk") Surveillance footage captured Brittany Diggs falling from the trunk and running to safety.
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| Export bans hit Brazil's meat industry after scandal Posted: 20 Mar 2017 10:41 PM PDT  Brasília (AFP) - The fallout from Brazil's rotten meat scandal accelerated on Monday when China, a huge client, suspended imports and the European Union demanded a partial ban. Another ban on Brazilian meat imposed by Chile sparked fears of a trade spat between the two South American partners. A charm offensive by President Michel Temer, who even invited foreign ambassadors to a traditional meat restaurant in the capital Brasilia late Sunday, failed to calm importers.
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| In an Israeli warehouse, clues about Jesus' life and death Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:51 AM PDT  BEIT SHEMESH, Israel (AP) — In a cavernous warehouse where Israel stores its archaeological treasures, an ancient burial box is inscribed with the name of Jesus.
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| White House on President Trump's travel costs: 'Presidents always travel' Posted: 20 Mar 2017 11:56 AM PDT  White House press secretary Sean Spicer was asked about the costs of President Trump's visits to Mar-a-Lago compared with proposed cuts to domestic programs in the administration's budget. Spicer said, "Presidents always travel," and that Trump will continue to traverse the country.
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| Meet Neil Gorsuch's Wife, Marie Louise Posted: 20 Mar 2017 08:55 AM PDT  They have two daughters named Emma and Belinda and live in a 3,600-square-foot house in Colorado.
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| White House tries to shift discussion amid FBI director’s testimony Posted: 20 Mar 2017 03:02 PM PDT  White House press secretary Sean Spicer, reacting to news from the first day of House Intelligence Committee hearings into the 2016 election, tried to steer reporters away from questions about possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials — and onto the administration's preferred topic, news media leaks about intercepted conversations involving fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Spicer's customary daily press briefing took place in the afternoon as FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency head Mike Rogers were still testifying. Earlier in the day, Comey said he had "no information" to support Trump's claim that his predecessor, President Obama, wiretapped his campaign — a widely anticipated statement that did not lead to a retraction by the White House.
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| Pres. Trump’s Complicated Relationship With the Truth Posted: 20 Mar 2017 08:37 AM PDT  From the size of the Inauguration crowd, to his baseless claims that millions of people voted illegally, the president's tendency to misrepresent facts has damaged his credibility with some.
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| Peru struggles with devastating El Niño flooding Posted: 21 Mar 2017 05:00 AM PDT ![Peru struggles with devastating El Niño flooding]( "Peru struggles with devastating El Niño flooding") Peruvians struggled on Sunday to cope with avalanches, mudslides and extensive flash flooding caused by torrential downpours, and forecasters predicted still more rain ahead, prolonging the country's woes. The highly unusual rains follow a series of storms that have struck hard along Peru's northern coast, with voracious waters inundating hospitals and leaving some small villages isolated. Peru's government said that 374 people were killed in 1998 during a similar period of massive rains and flooding caused by rains blamed on the El Niño climate pattern.
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| Tesla Discontinues Base 60 kWh Model S Trim Level Ahead of Model 3 Launch Posted: 20 Mar 2017 10:20 AM PDT  As the Model 3 approaches production, Tesla wants to make sure it separates its lineup accordingly.
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| Exclusive: Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported - Reuters poll Posted: 20 Mar 2017 12:51 PM PDT  By Rod Nickel and David Ljunggren WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States, and a similar number disapprove of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the influx, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday. A significant minority, four out of 10 respondents, said the border crossers could make Canada "less safe," underlining the potential political risk for Trudeau's Liberal government. The increasing flow of hundreds of asylum-seekers of African and Middle Eastern origin from the United States in recent months is becoming a contentious issue in Canada.
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| Company: Dakota Access pipeline on track, despite "threats" Posted: 20 Mar 2017 07:34 PM PDT  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company building the Dakota Access pipeline said Monday that the project remains on track to start moving oil this week despite recent "coordinated physical attacks" along the line.
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| Choose the Right Contribution Rate for Your 401(k) Posted: 20 Mar 2017 06:24 AM PDT ![Choose the Right Contribution Rate for Your 401(k)]( "Choose the Right Contribution Rate for Your 401(k)") There's really no getting around it -- choosing the optimal 401(k) contribution rate is serious business -- akin to laying the foundation of a new home, or planning a household budget before raising a family. Your 401(k) contribution rate -- the amount deducted from your check every pay period that is redirected toward your company retirement plan, in percentages -- will set the financial tone for your retirement plan growth. Deduct from it and your retirement could wind up in serious peril.
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| Democrats hope to corner Gorsuch in confirmation battle Posted: 20 Mar 2017 02:49 AM PDT  Senate Democrats hope to force Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch into revealing his opinions on abortion rights and the legality of President Trump's travel ban during confirmation hearings that begin Monday. Supreme Court nominees are usually circumspect when asked to share their views on issues that could one day make their way to the court, a standard that Gorsuch's defenders say was set by liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during her confirmation hearing in 1993.
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| Mom Says Her Son, 11, Took His Life After He Was Bullied at School: 'I Can't Cry No More' Posted: 20 Mar 2017 12:52 PM PDT  His mother said students were bullying him to sell drugs.
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| Pope asks forgiveness for Church role in Rwanda genocide Posted: 20 Mar 2017 08:45 AM PDT ![Pope asks forgiveness for Church role in Rwanda genocide]( "Pope asks forgiveness for Church role in Rwanda genocide") By Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis asked for forgiveness on Monday for the "sins and failings of the Church" during Rwanda's 1994 genocide, saying he hoped his apology would help heal the African state's wounds. At a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Pope Francis said that priests and Roman Catholic faithful had taken part in the slaughter of some 800,000 people from the ethnic Tutsi minority as well as moderates from the Hutu majority.
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| Photos of the day - March 19, 2017 Posted: 19 Mar 2017 01:32 PM PDT ![Photos of the day - March 19, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 19, 2017") A boy rides his bike past destroyed cars and houses in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces on the western side of Mosul, Iraq; a baboon looks at the road in Amboseli National Park, Kenya; a woman places flowers on a train wagon at the old train station in Thessaloniki, Greece, to mark the 74th anniversary of the roundup and deportation of its Jews to Nazi extermination camps during World War II. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
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| Face recognition flushes out China's toilet paper crooks Posted: 21 Mar 2017 02:41 AM PDT  A years-long crime spree by Chinese toilet paper thieves may have reached the end of its roll after park officials in southern Beijing installed facial recognition technology to flush out bathroom bandits. Park managers at the Temple of Heaven, an expanse of imperial landmarks in the capital, spent three years testing ways to foil the toilet looters, including fingerprinting and laser sensors, before they settled on the new technology, which was introduced over the weekend. Elderly square dancers taking their bathroom breaks on Tuesday were greeted by a robotic voice: "Welcome! Please stand in the recognition zone".
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| Israel says 2016 killing of top Hezbollah commander was inside job Posted: 21 Mar 2017 08:49 AM PDT ![Israel says 2016 killing of top Hezbollah commander was inside job]( "Israel says 2016 killing of top Hezbollah commander was inside job") By Yuval Ben-David NETANYA, Israel (Reuters) - The chief of Israel's armed forces said on Tuesday the death last year of the top Hezbollah military commander was an assassination by the Iranian-backed Lebanese group itself. Hezbollah has maintained the commander, Mustafa Badreddine, was killed near Damascus by artillery fire from insurgent groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "According to (media) reports, he was killed by his superiors, which points to the extent of the cruelty, complexity and tension between Hezbollah and its patron, Iran," Israeli Lieutenant-General Gadi Eisenkot said.
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| AP Exclusive: Orly video shows attacker rushing soldier Posted: 20 Mar 2017 11:02 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Video of a suspected Islamic extremist at Paris' Orly Airport shows a soldier caught by surprise when an attacker drops a shopping bag and grabs her from behind.
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| Prom Dates Are Randomly Assigned at this High School Posted: 20 Mar 2017 11:05 AM PDT  Typically finding a prom date can be stressful. At this Illinois High School, students are randomly assigned to another prom date so no one is left out.
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| New York AG Hires Anti-Corruption Attorney To Pursue Trump Posted: 20 Mar 2017 06:28 AM PDT  Former Manhattan District Attorney Preet Bharara was quick to praise Howard Master's appointment, calling him an "absolute superstar."
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| Thailand's coin-eating turtle dies of intestinal blockage Posted: 21 Mar 2017 08:44 AM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — Tourists used to toss coins at a green sea turtle that lived in a pond in eastern Thailand, wishing for luck and longevity. But swallowing the shiny tidbits turned out to be a death sentence for the reptile.
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| Croc takes fisherman in Australia Posted: 19 Mar 2017 07:43 PM PDT  A fisherman whose body was pulled from the water Monday was likely killed by a large crocodile, police said, after his empty dinghy and speargun were found in northern Australia. The 35-year-old was fishing alone off Innisfail, south of Cairns in Queensland state, and was reported missing on Sunday evening when the boat and floating speargun, which was pierced through a fish, were discovered. "Initial investigations suggest the man may have been taken by a crocodile," Queensland police said, adding that they believe it was a four-metre (13-feet) beast.
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| Should you install solar panels on your roof? Ask Google Posted: 20 Mar 2017 03:31 AM PDT  In 2015, Google launched Project Sunroof, a map that shows which houses have enough sun exposure for solar panels to be a viable energy source. However, the original map was very limited, covering only the San Francisco Bay Area, Fresno, California and Boston. Now, Google has greatly expanded the project to cover all 50 U.S. states, with a total of 60 million buildings in the database. SEE ALSO: Google pledges $11.5 million to racial justice innovators across the U.S. The project uses imagery from Google Earth and Maps as well as some machine learning magic to get a good idea of how much sunlight each portion of each roof is getting. According to Google, weather patterns, sun positioning changes and possible shade from nearby buildings is taken into account. The result is a map which not only lets home owners easily assess whether they should consider a solar roof, but it also offers a good insight of the country's solar energy potential. Solar potential of Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Image: Google In a blog post last week, Google shared a few interesting data points; for example, the company claims that 79 percent of all rooftops analyzed are "technically viable" for solar. Naturally, in some sunny areas, such as Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico, this number grows to over 90 percent. States like Pennsylvania, Maine and Minnesota have just over 60 percent viability, Google says. As for the city with the most solar potential in the U.S., the honor belongs to Houston, Texas, which has an estimated 18,940GWh of rooftop solar generation potential per year. Check out the interactive map, searchable by U.S. zip codes, cities, counties and states, here. WATCH: Access all your cards in one click with this solar-powered smart wallet
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| Meals on Wheels receives massive donations following proposed budget cut. Will it matter? Posted: 19 Mar 2017 10:12 AM PDT ![Meals on Wheels receives massive donations following proposed budget cut. Will it matter?]( "Meals on Wheels receives massive donations following proposed budget cut. Will it matter?") Following Thursday's White House budget proposal release, Meals on Wheels, a nonprofit organization that delivers food to elderly isolated or disabled citizens received more than $100,000 in donations over a two-day period. The surge in contributions came after last week's release of the White House budget proposal which includes a 17.9 percent cut for in federal funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, which according to Meals on Wheels, provides most of the organization's government support, according to Reuters. Some local branches of Meals on Wheels are also reporting increases in both financial donations and interest in volunteering.
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| Apple Store goes down ahead of possible first new product launch of 2017 Posted: 21 Mar 2017 03:54 AM PDT 
Is Apple about to quietly release its first brand new products of the year? Are tablets now such an afterthought that new iPads aren't even important enough to warrant their own Apple press conference? Those questions and more should be answered shortly — the online Apple store went down shortly after midnight this morning, and it's still down right now. No one is quite sure exactly why the Apple store was taken offline, though the outage was scheduled and was noted on Apple's system status page on Monday ahead of today's outage. While it's entirely possible that Apple is just performing server upgrades or some type of maintenance, recent rumors suggest the company might be preparing to quietly release several new iPad tablets. We all know Apple tends to release new iPads around this time every year, and rumors last week stated that Apple could have new iPad models in store as soon as this week. With the Apple store currently offline and Apple's typical "we have something special in store for you" message plastered across the online shop's landing page, it's entirely possible that those rumors are about to pan out. Apple reportedly has multiple new iPad models in store for fans this year. Included among them is a refreshed 9.7-inch iPad, an updated 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and a completely new 10.5-inch iPad Pro model that might feature a new design with narrower bezels. The device is said to be about the same size as Apple's current 9.7-inch iPad Pro, and it may replace that model when it's released, pushing the 9.7-inch iPad into entry-level range. Will the new 10.5-inch model be released on Tuesday along with the other new iPads that might appear in the Apple store? Probably not. Apple seems unlikely to introduce its new design with shrunken bezels on an iPad ahead of the iPhone 8 set to debut later this year. What's more, a post on Monday from Daring Fireball smelled an awful lot like a plant from Apple PR intended to set expectations for today's launch. Nothing is confirmed, of course, but Apple PR does love to plant stories in order to help keep expectations in line with reality when the rumor mill gets too carried away. Whatever the case, all will be revealed shortly — Apple's online store outage was supposed to last for about six hours according to the company's system status website, and we're now approaching hour seven. Also of note, if new iPads are released today, you can expect embargoed previews to be published the moment the Apple store comes back online.
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| Macron, Le Pen clash in French TV debate Posted: 20 Mar 2017 03:28 PM PDT ![Macron, Le Pen clash in French TV debate]( "Macron, Le Pen clash in French TV debate") By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - The top candidates in France's presidential election clashed in a televised debate on Monday, with centrist Emmanuel Macron accusing far-right leader Marine Le Pen of lying and seeking to divide the French. Opinion polls show Macron and Le Pen pulling away from the pack in an election that has been full of twists and turns, and which is taking place against a backdrop of high unemployment and sluggish growth. One of the most heated exchanges came between the two frontrunners, after Le Pen accused Macron of being in favor of the burkini, a full-body swimsuit worn by Muslim women that created weeks of controversy in France last summer.
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| Plane crash-lands in S.Sudan, at least 37 injured Posted: 20 Mar 2017 01:13 PM PDT  At least 37 people were injured when a passenger jet crash-landed in South Sudan's northwestern city of Wau on Monday, government and airport officials said. There were 40 passengers and five crew members on board the South Supreme Airlines plane that had taken off from the capital Juba, said the airline's manager Gabriel Ngang. State Information Minister Bona Gaudensio said an ambulance had brought the passengers from the airport to the hospital, and most of them were released shortly after.
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| SpaceX capsule returns space station science to Earth Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:04 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A SpaceX capsule is back on Earth with a full load of space station science samples.
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| Kurds, Russia Sign Syria Military Base Agreement Posted: 20 Mar 2017 01:46 PM PDT  The YPG militia said Russia will help train its fighters with an eye toward forming a more traditional army; Russia described the base as a "reconciliation center" to separate Kurdish and Turkish forces.
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| 4 Tips for Choosing Between SAT Math Levels 1, 2 Posted: 20 Mar 2017 06:00 AM PDT ![4 Tips for Choosing Between SAT Math Levels 1, 2]( "4 Tips for Choosing Between SAT Math Levels 1, 2") Math Level 1 or Level 2? Consider your math abilities: The College Board, which administers SAT subject tests, recommends you have a minimum of three years of high school math as preparation for either exam.
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| Welcoming Spring: It's an international thing Posted: 21 Mar 2017 07:44 AM PDT ![Welcoming Spring: It's an international thing]( "Welcoming Spring: It's an international thing") Spring, marked by the Vernal Equinox on March 20 in the northern hemisphere, ushers in the start of longer days and a promise of warmer weather. Here's a look at how the arrival of the new season is celebrated around the world.
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| Intel documents offer no evidence of spying on Trump Tower Posted: 19 Mar 2017 01:28 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two lawmakers on the House intelligence committee said Sunday that documents the Justice Department and FBI delivered late last week offered no evidence that the Obama administration had wiretapped Trump Tower, but the panel's ranking Democrat says the material offers circumstantial evidence that American citizens colluded with Russians in Moscow's efforts to interfere in the presidential election.
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| Some of Android O’s most important new features may have just leaked Posted: 20 Mar 2017 10:57 AM PDT 
We have no idea what Google's next major Android update will be called, but a new report appears to reveal some of the most important new features coming to Android O (Android 8.0). According to 9to5Google's sources, Android O will be a "substantial update" that will bring over a bunch of new features. Android 8.0 will have new notifications, the report says, although it's not clear what that means. The site notes that an earlier rumor said Android 8.0 would merge Android and Andromeda notifications — the latter is supposedly an unannounced Google operating system that incorporates Android and Chrome elements. The new notifications would display across a variety of devices owned by the user and would show on whichever Android gadget is currently in use, according to that rumor. Android O will also come with app icon badges for notifications that will display how many notifications an app has. The icons will be adaptive, which means their images might change depending on certain parameters, as is the case with the Calendar icon that always shows the date in Android Nougat. Picture-in-picture mode is supposedly coming to Android O, as is an AI-based "smart text selection floating toolbar" that should make copy-and-paste jobs easier. Expect the Google Assistant to be included in this new tool, according to the report. Another exciting new Android O features concerns battery life. Apparently, Google will do with apps what it did with Chrome 57, reducing power consumption for background activity so that more battery life is saved. Android 8.0 supposedly features "lots" of improvements to the MediaRecorder API and "tons of enterprise stuff." It's unclear at this point when Android 8.0 will be unveiled or released. Last year, Google launched the first Android N beta much sooner than expected in March 2016, well ahead of the last Google I/O conference. This year, Android O might not be previewed until May, which is when Google I/O 2017 is set to take place.
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| Man arrested after claiming bomb at White House gates: police report Posted: 19 Mar 2017 03:46 PM PDT ![Man arrested after claiming bomb at White House gates: police report]( "Man arrested after claiming bomb at White House gates: police report") A 29-year-old man who was arrested near the White House late on Saturday falsely told the U.S. Secret Service he had a bomb, according to a police report released on Sunday. Sean Patrick Keoughan of Roanoke, Virginia, was arrested after he pulled up to the security checkpoint near the White House just after 11 p.m. on Saturday in a stolen 2017 Chevrolet Impala. Keoughan told the Secret Service: "There's a bomb in the trunk" while holding something in his right hand, the police report said.
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| Ghana shuts tourist site where 20 died in freak tree accident Posted: 21 Mar 2017 06:43 AM PDT  Ghanaian authorities have closed the popular tourist destination of Kintampo Falls after 20 people died in a tree fall tragedy, officials said Monday. A group of high school and university students were swimming on Sunday afternoon at the picturesque waterfalls in the Brong-Ahafo region, some 450 kilometres (281 miles) by road from the capital Accra, when a massive tree crashed into the water, crushing some to death and injuries scores of others. "The National Disaster Management Organisation and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture have in consultation with the Brong Ahafo Regional Security Council ordered the indefinite closure of the Kintampo waterfalls," tourism minister spokesman Frank Siaw-Otu said in a statement.
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| Ford and Magna team up on prototype carbon fiber subframe Posted: 20 Mar 2017 04:00 PM PDT  Carbon fiber is becoming more commonplace than ever, and in the name of weight savings, the material may be making its way into more and more components in more and more common cars. One of those components is future Ford subframes. A collaborative effort between Ford and the German automotive supplier Magna Inernational has yielded a prototype carbon fiber composite subframe, which reduces mass by 34 percent compared to an equivalent steel subframe.
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| Al-Qaida steps up violence against Syrian government Posted: 20 Mar 2017 11:42 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Under pressure from fellow insurgents and escalating airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, Syria's al-Qaida branch is stepping up violence against President Bashar Assad's strongholds with precise, high-profile attacks, including a surprising breach of the capital in the most serious infiltration in years.
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| Hot new kitchen gadgets Posted: 21 Mar 2017 03:18 AM PDT  Giz Wiz Dick Debartolo takes us through the latest and greatest kitchen tech.
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