| Trump Administration Tells 200,000 Salvadorans To Leave Or Get Deported Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:53 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration will tell about 200,000 Salvadorans who have been living in the U.S. for 17 years or more that they need to get out by September 2019 or face deportation, according to two news reports on Monday.
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| New body camera video shows fatal Colorado sheriff’s deputy shooting Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:55 AM PST  Police have just released body camera footage from the New Year's Eve shooting in Colorado that left one officer dead and four others wounded.
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| Wife of disgraced Pennsylvania police chief addresses scandal Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:38 AM PST  The wife of a disgraced Pennsylvania police chief has broken her silence after her husband was arrested on Friday for trying to solicit sex from an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl, KDKA reports.
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| 32 missing, oil tanker on fire after collision off China Posted: 07 Jan 2018 11:25 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China's east coast, leaving the tanker's entire crew of 32 missing and causing it to spill oil into the sea, authorities said Sunday.
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| Jennifer Lopez Gives Stirring Support For Time's Up While Working In Puerto Rico Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:08 AM PST  Jennifer Lopez couldn't attend Sunday night's Golden Globes for a very important reason.
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| House Foreign Affairs Chair Royce latest Republican leaving Congress Posted: 08 Jan 2018 04:34 PM PST ![House Foreign Affairs Chair Royce latest Republican leaving Congress]( "House Foreign Affairs Chair Royce latest Republican leaving Congress") By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Ed Royce said on Monday he will not run for a 14th term representing his southern California district, a seat that could be a key to Democratic efforts to win back control of the House of Representatives. Royce is the latest in a wave of some 30 House Republicans who have announced they are retiring, running for another office or resigning. Democrats need to win 24 seats in the November mid-term elections to retake the majority in the House, which Republicans have controlled since 2011.
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| Fisker unveils Emotion Electric sedan with butterfly doors Posted: 08 Jan 2018 03:57 AM PST  Fisker Inc. might sound like a familiar name, but it's actually a very new company that's just released a few details of its first new vehicle, the EMotion electric sedan. Although the official image doesn't give away much about some of the really revolutionary engineering behind the EMotion, it does show in some style the feature most people will inevitably talk about with this car: its pretty crazy butterfly doors. The company is run by Henrik Fisker, who was also the man behind Fisker Automotive, which produced the Karma electric sedan before the company withered and car went to China, resurrected by a company called Karma as the Revero.
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| Royal Navy intercepts Russian naval ships in English Channel Posted: 08 Jan 2018 03:18 AM PST  A Royal Navy frigate is escorting four Russian naval ships through the English Channel. HMS Westminster is accompanying two Russian frigates and two support ships as they head north returning from the Mediterranean. Naval sources said the contact was routine, but it comes amid an estimated 10-fold increase of Russian naval activity in waters around Britain and in the North Atlantic this decade. Commander Simon Kelly, the Commanding Officer of HMS Westminster, said: "HMS Westminster's role as the Royal Navy's Fleet Ready Escort is to be at very high readiness to respond to anything the British government requires. "While today most people are returning to work for the first time in the New Year, HMS Westminster's ship's company has been at sea and at readiness as part of the Royal Navy's commitment to keep Britain safe at all times. "The English Channel is an absolute lifeline for the UK, and it is very important HMS Westminster and the Royal Navy maintains a watchful eye on this key strategic link." HMS Westminster escorted five Russian ships through the English Channel Credit: Louise George Activity has risen in recent years with warships passing Britain on their way to join Russia's military campaign to prop up Bashar al-Assad in Syria. On Christmas Day, the frigate HMS St Albans was dispatched to track the Russian vessel Admiral Gorshkov as it made its way through the North Sea close to Britain. And on Christmas Eve, HMS Tyne was dispatched to escort a Russian intelligence-gathering ship through the North Sea and the England Channel. A Wildcat helicopter was then also dispatched to monitor two further Russian vessels. Royal Navy's HMS Westminster Giving a strong statement last month, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson, said: "I will not hesitate in defending our waters or tolerate any form of aggression. "Britain will never be intimidated when it comes to protecting our country, our people, and our national interests."
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| Educator met with feds to talk Bernie Sanders' wife college Posted: 08 Jan 2018 11:17 AM PST  BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A former trustee at the college where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' wife was president when a $10 million real estate deal was struck said she testified before a federal grand jury in October about the deal considered a major factor in the demise of the tiny Vermont school.
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| 2 Injured In Fire At Trump Tower In New York Posted: 08 Jan 2018 05:49 AM PST  A rooftop fire at President Donald Trump's Trump Tower in New York City injured a firefighter and a civilian Monday morning, officials said.
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| Lawmaker Says Black People Can't Handle Marijuana Because Of 'Genetics' Posted: 08 Jan 2018 05:55 PM PST  Put this in your pipe and smoke it: A Kansas lawmaker thinks marijuana should be illegal because he said black people are genetically unable to handle its effects.
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| Dozens Killed by Car Bomb in Syria, Activists Say Posted: 07 Jan 2018 11:17 AM PST  It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack
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| Saudi stadiums to open doors to women on Friday Posted: 08 Jan 2018 03:02 AM PST  Sports stadiums in Saudi Arabia will open their doors to women to attend football matches for the first time ever on Friday, the government has announced. "The first match that women will be allowed to watch will be Al-Ahli versus Al-Batin on Friday January 12," the ministry of information said in a statement on Monday. It said women would also be able to attend a second match on the following day and a third one on January 18.
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| It’s Time to Bomb North Korea Posted: 08 Jan 2018 09:48 AM PST  Destroying Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal is still in America's national interest.
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| An Oil Tanker Burning off the Coast of China May Be About to Explode Posted: 08 Jan 2018 02:10 AM PST  An oil tanker that caught fire after colliding with a freighter off China's east coast is at risk of exploding and sinking, Chinese state media reported Monday, as authorities from three countries struggled to find its 32 missing crew members.
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| Police: Triple homicide and suicide possible in deaths of 4 Posted: 08 Jan 2018 05:45 PM PST ![Police: Triple homicide and suicide possible in deaths of 4]( "Police: Triple homicide and suicide possible in deaths of 4") GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A mother, father and their two young sons were shot to death early Monday at a Southeast Texas beachfront hotel in what police are investigating as a possible triple killing followed by a suicide in which the woman was the shooter.
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| Trump Spiritual Advisor Wants You To Send Her Up To 1 Month's Pay Or Face 'Consequences' Posted: 09 Jan 2018 01:52 AM PST  Paula White, a prosperity gospel preacher with close ties to President Donald Trump, is calling on followers to send her donations of up to one month's salary.
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| Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system, leader says Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:53 AM PST ![Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system, leader says]( "Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system, leader says") By Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran has foiled attempts by its foreign enemies to turn legitimate protests into an insurgency to overthrow the Islamic Republic, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday. "Once again, the nation tells the US, Britain, and those who seek to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran from abroad that 'you've failed, and you will fail in the future, too.'" Khamenei tweeted. The Revolutionary Guards, the military force loyal to Khamenei, said on Sunday security forces had put an end to the unrest that it too said had been whipped up by foreign enemies.
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| Jared Kushner's company under renewed scrutiny over Chinese and Israeli deals Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:59 AM PST  Last year, the Guardian reported on an event staged by the Kushner family in China to woo wealthy investors into luxury developments. Jared Kushner's business dealings are under renewed scrutiny amid reports that the US's top financial watchdog is looking into an investment-for-visa program run by the Kushner family's real estate company and questions have been raised about his business dealings in Israel.
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| South Korea moves to expand remit of planned talks with North Posted: 08 Jan 2018 08:46 AM PST  South Korea wants the reunification of families divided since the end of the Korean War to be on the agenda when its diplomats meet their North Korean counterparts at Panmunjom on Tuesday morning. Cho Myoung-Gyon, South Korea's unification minister, said on Monday that Seoul also hopes to be able to explore ways of reducing tensions on the Korean Peninsula when the two sides meet to discuss arrangements for North Korean athletes to take part in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. "We will listen to what North Korea will say", Mr Cho told reporters in Seoul. "We will make efforts to enable the North to take part in the games. "Basically, the two sides will focus on the Olympics", Yonhap news quoted Mr Cho as saying. "When discussing inter-Korean relations, the government will seek to raise the issue of war-torn families and ways to east military tensions". Mr Cho will head the five-strong South Korean delegation taking part in the talks, which are scheduled to start at 10am local time in one of the prefabricated blue huts that sit astride the North-South border at Panmunjom and have been the scene of countless - mostly fruitless - discussions since an armistice was signed to halt the three-year Korean War. North Korea Imports exports The talks will be the first direct dialogue between the two governments since December 2015. Reuniting families who have been separated for more than 60 years has been a regular request from successive governments in the South. Since August 2000, South Koreans have been able to travel to the North to meet their relatives on more than 20 occasions, although deteriorating ties between Pyongyang and successive and more hard-line conservative governments in the South have meant that the last meeting was in February 2014. North Korea has been accused of using the families in the North as a bargaining chip to wring concessions out of the South and, given the dwindling number of relatives still alive and their desperation to see their loved-ones, may use a similar tactic again. The North Korean delegation will be headed by Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the state-run Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea. Regarded as a veteran negotiator, he has overseen cross-border military talks since 2006 and is considered to be a key advisor to Kim Young-chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party and reportedly the mastermind behind the sinking in 2010 of the South Korean warship Cheonan and the deaths of 46 of her crew. South Korean army soldiers stand guard on Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone, near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea Credit: Ahn Young-joon/ AP North Korean state media has hinted at Pyongyang's priorities going into the talks, with the Korea Central News Agency reporting: "The entire process of North-South relations shows that efforts to improve bilateral ties can come to fruition only when the two sides work together based upon cooperation among Korean people." "The will to enhance North-South relations must be backed up not by words, but by practical actions to foster inter-Korean reconciliation and unity, and reunification", it added. While the North appears to be extending an olive branch to the South, no such niceties are on offer to Washington, despite suggestions by President Donald Trump that he would be open to a telephone conversation with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader. "The imperialist forces, led by the United State, are violently infringing upon other countries' sovereignty and slaughtering peaceful residents", the Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in an editorial. "The US-led unequal international order is now shaken to the roots by our republic, which has emerged as a new strategic state capable of posing an actual nuclear threat to the US mainland", it added. North Korea war puff The newspaper went on to describe Mr Trump as "a premium war dealer who destroys world peace". Polls in South Korea have suggested that three-quarters of the population are in favour of North Korean athletes taking part in the Winter Olympics, which are due to start in the city of Pyeongchang on February 9. Yet conservative politicians and large parts of the South Korean media continue to warn that the North cannot be trusted. In its editorial on Monday, the ChosunIlbo newspaper called for the South Korean government to stick to the principle of negotiations being geared to ultimately removing nuclear weapons from the peninsula. "No international principles must be compromised just to ensure a bit of glory for the Pyeongchang Olympics", the editorial declared. "Seoul would be reduced to a tool in realising Pyongyang's evil schemes", it added. "It must not allow itself to get sucked into concessions that weaken international pressure on the regime".
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| Fired Programmer James Damore Sues Google for Discrimination — Against White Men Posted: 08 Jan 2018 11:51 AM PST  Google has not commented on the lawsuit
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| India's top court to review gay sex ban Posted: 08 Jan 2018 01:40 AM PST  India's Supreme Court on Monday announced a review of a hugely controversial ban on gay sex, saying no one should have to live in fear because of their sexuality. The court said it would take up a legal challenge by five high-profile Indians who said the colonial-era law created an atmosphere of intimidation. The announcement is the latest chapter in a long-running legal tussle between social and religious conservatives and the gay community over the law passed by the British in the 1860s.
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| 35 Ways To Make Baked Potatoes Even More Amazing Posted: 08 Jan 2018 09:24 AM PST |
| Donald Trump Finds His Safest Space: College Football’s National Championship Game Posted: 08 Jan 2018 08:33 PM PST  President Donald Trump likes to use the bully pulpit to put black athletes and sports figures in their place.
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| How E! Tried, And Failed, To Bring The #MeToo Movement To The Red Carpet Posted: 08 Jan 2018 05:23 AM PST  I loved [insert name of relevant movie/TV show/miniseries].
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| The Weeknd Quits H&M Partnership Over Racist Ad: 'I'm Deeply Offended' Posted: 08 Jan 2018 03:53 PM PST  The Weeknd is ending his partnership with H&M following backlash over a racist posting on its U.K. website showing a black child model posing in a hoodie that read "Coolest Monkey In The Jungle."
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| Pi Delta Psi Fraternity Banned From Pennsylvania After 'Glass Ceiling' Hazing Death Posted: 08 Jan 2018 05:59 PM PST  The Pi Delta Psi national fraternity has been banned from operating in Pennsylvania for 10 years, a judge ruled Monday, over the 2013 hazing death of a 19-year-old Baruch College student.
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| Iran's Guard claims victory against anti-government protests Posted: 07 Jan 2018 10:41 AM PST  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday that the nation and its security forces have ended the wave of unrest linked to anti-government protests that erupted last month.
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| Centene says over 1.4 million sign up for Obamacare plans Posted: 08 Jan 2018 11:36 AM PST ![Centene says over 1.4 million sign up for Obamacare plans]( "Centene says over 1.4 million sign up for Obamacare plans") The enrollment number represents an increase of at least 400,000 from the third quarter ended Sept. 30 and over 200,000 since last year, Evercore ISI analyst Michael Newshel said in a note. Newshel predicted Centene's announcement, made during a presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, would get a mixed reaction as it was likely to boost the company's 2018 forecast but also further increase Centene's exposure to "the most volatile product segment" while others pull back.
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| Israel Has Identified 20 Activist Groups Blacklisted Over Calls for a Boycott Posted: 07 Jan 2018 07:29 PM PST  The list includes a Nobel Peace Prize winning organization
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| US police shot and killed 987 people in 2017: newspaper Posted: 08 Jan 2018 09:53 AM PST  Police officers shot and killed nearly 1,000 people in the United States in 2017, slightly more than the previous year, according to a tally published on Monday by The Washington Post. The newspaper has been logging details of shootings by police in the United States since 2015, tracking local news reports, public records and social media. Black men, both armed and unarmed, accounted for 22 percent of all people shot and killed by US police last year but make up just six percent of the total US population.
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| Hundreds of flying foxes die in Australia during searing heatwave Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:03 AM PST  Hundreds of flying foxes have perished during Australia's searingly hot summer, according to environmentalists. Shocked campaigners were confronted by the sight of scores of dead animals, and claimed the creatures were "boiled alive" in the heat. Some flying foxes were still hanging from trees as they died, in a shock mass death which campaigners called "dreadful and heartbreaking". The Help Save the Wildlife and Bushlands in Campbelltown campaign wrote on Facebook that temperatures hit over 44C in the Campbelltown district of Sydney, and that over 400 of the animals died. Sydney reached a nearly 80-year temperature high of 47.3C on Sunday. The campaign wrote: "So many little lives lost due to the extreme heat and not enough canopy cover to shade them or keep them cool. "Adults sought out shade and more shelter further up the creek resulting in many babies being left behind to deal with the heat." Campaigners attempted to nurse the animals back to health Credit: Facebook People who live in the area are being urged to watch out for flying foxes which may be suffering heat stress, as those which are often move further to the ground, and to call local wildlife rescue services. Volunteer Cate Ryan told local media: "It was unbelievable. I saw a lot of dead bats on the ground and others were close to the ground and dying. I have never seen anything like it before." A local wildlife rescue group advised: "If the flying-fox is on the ground and it's a hot day, you can place a cool towel or umbrella above it until the rescuer arrives to protect it from the the worst of the heat. Spraying the animal intermittently with a very light mist or setting up a sprinkler to gently wet the animal can also help." A pile of dead flying foxes Flying foxes are big bats and eat nectar, pollen and fruit. Unlike smaller bats, they do not use sonar and instead, like humans, use their eyes and ears. The Help Save the Wildlife and Bushlands in Campbelltown campaign said "Flying foxes are intelligent and remarkable. These unique animals help regenerate our forests and keep ecosystems healthy through pollination and seed dispersal. They are a migratory and nomadic 'keystone' species; meaning a species that many other species of plants and animals rely upon for their survival and wellbeing. Flying foxes, like bees, help drive biodiversity, and faced with the threat of climate change, land clearing, and other human-caused ecological pressures, we need them more than ever." The Australian heatwave featured temperatures which melted the bitumen on the highway, as well as sparking bushfires which politicians warned were a danger to life.
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| Just What The Heck Is Trump Doing During His Hours And Hours Of 'Executive Time'? Posted: 09 Jan 2018 02:04 AM PST  President Donald Trump's work days reportedly begin as late as 11 a.m., end by 6 p.m., and often contain hours of "executive time."
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| HIV-Positive Maryland Track Coach Admits Sexually Abusing 42 Boys Posted: 08 Jan 2018 11:02 AM PST  An HIV-positive man who worked at a school and coached track pleaded guilty Friday to sexually abusing 42 underage boys
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| Critics Say Gary Oldman's 'Time's Up' Pin Doesn't Make Up For Past Abuse Allegations Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:20 AM PST  Gary Oldman won his first-ever Golden Globe on Sunday night, snagging the prize for Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the film "Darkest Hour."
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| Away from Washington, a more personal Mattis reveals himself Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:45 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — On a summer morning in a desolate corner of Iraq's western desert, Jim Mattis learned he'd narrowly evaded an assassination attempt.
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| Zimbabwe opposition leader says time for "new hands" to lead Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:30 AM PST ![Zimbabwe opposition leader says time for "new hands" to lead]( "Zimbabwe opposition leader says time for \"new hands\" to lead") Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Monday it was time for the older generation to step back and allow "new hands" to lead, raising prospects of leadership change in the party. Tsvangirai, a former trade union leader who has been at the helm of the MDC since its formation in 1999, disclosed in June 2016 that he had cancer. Pictures of a frail Tsvangirai meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who succeeded Robert Mugabe in November after he was eased from office by a de facto military coup, have increased calls that he consider giving way to a new opposition leader.
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| Iran president goes all-in on reform push after unrest Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:51 AM PST  President Hassan Rouhani went all-in on Monday with a push for greater civil liberties in the wake of the deadly unrest that rocked Iran in recent days. It was a radical call to arms for change, one that has grown more pressing for the reformist faction as it became, for once, the target of the protests that swept the country for several days over the new year. Since May, his failure to appoint any women to his cabinet or make any progress on freeing political prisoners has left many disillusioned with the moderate president and his reformist allies.
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| Husband charged with killing transgender pageant founder Posted: 08 Jan 2018 03:56 PM PST ![Husband charged with killing transgender pageant founder]( "Husband charged with killing transgender pageant founder") NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (AP) — A transgender rights advocate who started a pageant for transgender women in New England was found stabbed and beaten to death in her home, and her husband was charged with her slaying.
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| Golden Retriever With Cut Eye Takes Himself to the Vet Posted: 08 Jan 2018 04:04 PM PST  A dog in Thailand took himself to the vet for treatment of a torn eyelid.
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| Tuesday's Morning Email: Inside Alabama's Wild Championship Comeback Posted: 09 Jan 2018 04:21 AM PST  TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday?
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| The Politics of Washington Have Wrecked Afghanistan's Future Posted: 08 Jan 2018 04:55 PM PST  Afghanistan's old wounds—no longer bandaged by U.S. dollar bills—are opening once again. President Donald Trump rang in the new year with a Twitter salvo directed at Pakistan, claiming that Washington has given Islamabad more than $33 billion in aid after 9/11, but has only received "lies and deceit" in return. The administration has since announced the suspension of military assistance to Pakistan.
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| Pizza Hut Plan To Bring 'Black Mirror' Prediction To Life Freaks Folks Out Posted: 09 Jan 2018 04:17 AM PST  Pizza Hut plans to turn a slice of the dystopian "Black Mirror" universe into a reality, and it's too much for some folks online to handle.
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| The Future is Electric: Yamaha Ramps Up E-Bike Development Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:39 AM PST  The Future is Electric: Yamaha Ramps Up E-Bike Development Love it or hate it, electronic powertrains are the way of the future. With most big OEM's struggling to find a steady market, focus is slowly shifting away from bikes powered by dead dinosaurs toward
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| Microsoft Drops Bitcoin Payment Methods Thanks to Crypto Volatility Posted: 08 Jan 2018 09:43 AM PST  Another bitcoin breakup.
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