| Spy, Spying, #SPYGATE: Trump spies opportunity to 'brand' FBI informant Posted: 24 May 2018 07:27 AM PDT  President Trump reportedly told a friend this week that he wanted to "brand" the FBI informant who met with members of his 2016 campaign a "spy" because he believed the term would stick. On Thursday morning, Trump used the term three times in a single tweet.
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| Meghan Markle's New Coat Of Arms Includes References To California Posted: 25 May 2018 07:13 AM PDT  What a great wedding gift!
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| Man Discovers Handgun Impaled In Front Bumper Of Car Posted: 24 May 2018 04:23 PM PDT  This brings new meaning to the term "gunning your engine."
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| Police: 2 shot at Oklahoma restaurant; suspect dead Posted: 24 May 2018 08:43 PM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man armed with a pistol walked into an Oklahoma City restaurant at the dinner hour Thursday and opened fire, wounding two customers, before being shot dead by a handgun-carrying civilian in the parking lot, police said.
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| Hawaii volcano belches new ash plume as geothermal wells secured from harm Posted: 23 May 2018 02:43 PM PDT  By Marco Garcia VOLCANO, Hawaii (Reuters) - The restive Kilauea Volcano belched clouds of ash into the skies over Hawaii's Big Island twice more on Wednesday as civil defense authorities reported that pressurized geothermal wells at a nearby power plant had been secured from approaching lava. The latest back-to-back upheavals of ash from the main summit crater of Kilauea -- one before dawn and another several hours later -- came on the 21st day of what geologists rank as one of the biggest eruption cycles in a century from one of the world's most active volcanoes. The Hawaii County Civil Defense agency warned in its latest bulletin that residents downwind of Kilauea should take care to avoid exposure to ash, which can cause eye irritation and breathing difficulties, particularly in people with respiratory problems.
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| Emptying the nest: US couple gets court to evict 30-year-old son Posted: 23 May 2018 02:13 PM PDT  Most parents are living the life of "empty nesters" by the time their children reach 30, but one US couple had to go to court to give their son that extra little push. "We don't talk, we stay out of each other's way," Rotondo told US media.
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| Star Wars-loving family builds massive Millennium Falcon on their roof Posted: 24 May 2018 09:00 AM PDT  The Powell family built their tribute to the "fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy" in honor of 'Solo,' the latest Star Wars film, with help from friends and family.
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| Emmanuel Macron Turns to Vladimir Putin in an Effort to Salvage the Iran Nuclear Deal Posted: 24 May 2018 12:28 AM PDT  Both men want to salvage the Iranian nuclear deal
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| Fans Back Jessica Walter After She Addressed Verbal Harassment By Jeffrey Tambor Posted: 24 May 2018 12:38 PM PDT  Fans have come out in droves on social media to express support for actress
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| Immigrant Children Accuse Border Patrol Of Abuse And Neglect, Report Shows Posted: 24 May 2018 08:55 AM PDT  U.S. Border Patrol agents have resorted to troubling tactics toward
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| Chief: Body is likely that of missing 5-year-old Kansas boy Posted: 25 May 2018 08:57 AM PDT  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A small, decomposing body found under a bridge in rural central Kansas is likely that of 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez, a Wichita boy who has been missing since February, police said Friday.
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| Gun control support fades three months after Florida massacre: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 23 May 2018 09:53 AM PDT  By Daniel Trotta NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Parkland, Florida, school massacre has had little lasting impact on U.S. views on gun control, three months after the shooting deaths of 17 people propelled a national movement by some student survivors, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday. While U.S. public support for more gun control measures has grown slowly but steadily over the years, it typically spikes immediately after the mass shootings that have become part of the U.S. landscape, then falls back to pre-massacre levels within a few months. The poll found that 69 percent of American adults supported strong or moderate regulations or restrictions for firearms, down from 75 percent in late March, when the first poll was conducted following the Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
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| Mike Pompeo fires back when was asked if Trump has conflicts of interest Posted: 24 May 2018 12:42 PM PDT  While testifying before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked if President Trump has any conflicts of interest.
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| Roger Stone Pressed For Damaging Emails About Hillary Clinton From WikiLeaks: Report Posted: 24 May 2018 07:27 PM PDT  Donald Trump's former campaign adviser Roger Stone pressured an acquaintance
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| Australian grandma sentenced to death for drugs in Malaysia Posted: 24 May 2018 02:47 AM PDT  An Australian grandmother who said she was tricked into carrying drugs into Malaysia after falling for an online romance scam was Thursday sentenced to death after an earlier acquittal was overturned, her lawyer said. Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was arrested in December 2014 while in transit at Kuala Lumpur airport with 1.1 kilos (2.4 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine stitched into the compartment of a backpack she was carrying. Anyone caught with at least 50 grams (1.75 ounces) of crystal meth is considered a trafficker in Muslim-majority Malaysia, and death by hanging is mandatory in the case of a conviction.
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| MH17: Plane shot down with Russian military missile launcher, investigators conclude Posted: 24 May 2018 03:18 AM PDT  An international investigation has said the Russian military brought the missile that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 into eastern Ukraine, leading to the tragedy that killed 298 people. The Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team said last year the Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile in question arrived from Russia and was fired from territory held by Russia-backed separatists. But Thursday's press conference in the Netherlands for the first time implicated the Russian military, of which president Vladimir Putin is the commander in chief, in the catastrophe that shocked the world in July 2014. Although the JIT did not say who pulled the trigger, the conclusion that the 53rd anti-aircraft brigade from Kursk, a unit of a "few hundred people," was operating the missile marks a step closer to naming the perpetrators. Investigators said they were working toward a court case in the Netherlands against those who fired the Buk Telar missile system as well as higher-ups in their chain of command. They are reportedly focusing on 100 or so suspects. Dutch police investigator Wilbert Paulissen next to the engine casing and thrust nozzile of the missile that brought down MH17 Credit: FRANCOIS LENOIR /Reuters The allegations come after Yulia Skripal said she was lucky to have survived an "attempted assassination" with a nerve agent in Salisbury, raising pressure on Russia three weeks before the start of the World Cup here. The JIT said it had again requested information from Russia, which had failed to tell it of this missile unit's activities, and put out another open call for confidential witness testimony. "We are looking for people that were directly or indirectly involved in the downing of MH17, but we're also thinking of individuals who were responsible for the operation that deployed the Buk Telar," said Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Dutch national police. Russian officials began pushing back against the Dutch allegation almost immediately. Moscow has since the days after the plane went down put out a raft of unlikely theories to shift the blame to Ukraine and vetoed a proposed United Nations tribunal. Video: The Telegraph's Roland Oliphant visits site of downed jet Yury Shvytkin, a member of parliament from the ruling party, called the investigation "aggression against our country like that during the Skripal case" and claimed it would have to "at the minimum" find a soldier's fingerprints on the Buk missile to accuse Moscow. One of the two main Russian state television channels ignored the news on Thursday afternoon, while the other posted a news item on its website that avoided any mention of the Russian military involvement. The defence ministry could not immediately be reached for comment, even as it continued to post on social media footage tanks and ships at war games. Those killed when the missile hit MH17 at 33,000 feet, raining bodies and debris onto the farm fields below, were mostly Dutch but also of 17 other nationalities including British, Australian, Malaysian and Indonesian. Mr Paulissen said a "fingerprint for the missile" had been established through seven markings and features on the sides of the launcher visible in social media images. Photographs, videos and witness testimony traced the progress of this launcher in a convoy from Kursk to the Ukrainian border in June 2014, and it was photographed again near the launch site on the day of the catastrophe. Investigators also detonated a Buk missile to compare the debris to that found in the fields and bodies of MH17 victims, according to Australian federal police commander Jennifer Hurst. She displayed an engine casing and thrust nozzle from the Buk responsible with a serial number she said indicated it had been produced at a factory near Moscow in 1986. FAQ | Flight MH17 Asked whether there were satellite images of the launch, Dutch chief prosecutor Fred Westerbeke said the investigation had more information that it could not reveal at the risk of "showing our cards to the other side". He added it was entering the "last phase" ahead of possible legal proceedings. Relatives of MH17 victims said in a letter in the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on Wednesday that a "shadow" hangs over the World Cup, and the "Russian leaders who will profess to welcome the world with open arms, are those who are chiefly to blame for shattering our world".
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| 'Infinity War' Writers Try To Clear Up Marvel's Problematic Timeline Posted: 24 May 2018 08:36 AM PDT  "Infinity War" screenwriters Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus helped to
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| Judge set to order proper meals for Muslim inmates in Alaska Posted: 24 May 2018 05:59 PM PDT  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A judge plans to issue an order Friday requiring that an Alaska jail provide suitable meals to Muslim inmates as they break their daily fasts during Ramadan.
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| 13 Wedding Cake Alternatives For Couples Who Prefer Savory Over Sweet Posted: 24 May 2018 06:02 AM PDT  Sweets and cakes may reign supreme at most weddings, but there's no rule
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| ‘They’re Really on Their Own.’ Santa Fe Reveals the Danger of Being a Substitute Teacher in Era of School Shootings Posted: 24 May 2018 12:18 PM PDT  "They're really on their own"
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| Exclusive: Yulia Skripal - Attempted assassination turned my world upside down Posted: 23 May 2018 11:54 AM PDT  By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Yulia Skripal survived an assassination attempt that UK authorities blame on Russia. "The fact that a nerve agent was used to do this is shocking," Skripal told Reuters in an exclusive statement. "My life has been turned upside down." Yulia and her father Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russian military intelligence who betrayed dozens of agents to Britain's MI6 foreign spy service, were found unconscious on a public bench in the British city of Salisbury on March 4.
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| Texas governor supports 2 small gun rules after shooting Posted: 23 May 2018 07:35 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday he could support stronger regulations for gun storage and quicker reporting to law enforcement when a court has determined someone is mentally ill in order to keep them from having weapons.
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| Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to track China bomber drill Posted: 25 May 2018 03:29 AM PDT  Taiwan on Friday scrambled fighter jets to shadow Chinese bombers conducting a drill around the island, just hours after Beijing welcomed Burkina Faso's move to sever diplomatic ties with Taipei. Taiwan's defence ministry said it had dispatched fighter jets to monitor two Chinese H-6 bombers that were flying over the Bashi Channel south of Taiwan and the Miyako Strait, near Japan's Okinawa Island. The scrambling comes a day after Burkina Faso became the second of Taiwan's dwindling number of formal allies to jump ship to Beijing in a month.
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| Rescue Cat Has Hilarious Wide-Eyed Expression After Scan Confirms She Is Pregnant Posted: 24 May 2018 06:11 AM PDT  An adorable rescue cat called Ulla made the most endearing face after a
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| More Americans Than Ever Support Same-Sex Marriage Posted: 23 May 2018 12:17 PM PDT  In spite of enduring threats to LGBTQ rights in the U.S., a recent poll found
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| 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor’s Shocks Learn to Code Posted: 24 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Ford will also offer Recaro seats in the off-roader.
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| How Immigration is Tearing House Republicans Apart Posted: 23 May 2018 04:05 PM PDT  Forcing the immigration vote would be a remarkable rebuke to House Speaker Paul Ryan, who has urged Republicans not to sign the petition
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| Moses Farrow Defends Woody Allen And Accuses Mia Farrow Of Abuse Posted: 24 May 2018 04:32 AM PDT  Woody Allen's son Moses Farrow came to the filmmaker's defense on Wednesday in
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| Georgia jury awards $1 billion after guard rapes teen Posted: 23 May 2018 02:18 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia jury has awarded an eye-popping $1 billion verdict against a security company after an apartment complex guard was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl.
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| N. Korea slams 'ignorant and stupid' Pence, renews summit threat Posted: 23 May 2018 08:32 PM PDT  North Korea called US Vice-President Mike Pence "ignorant and stupid" for his warnings over a planned summit with Donald Trump, renewing a threat to cancel as the US president said the fate of the historic talks will be decided next week. Trump is due to meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12 for high stakes talks aimed at ridding the reclusive state of its newly acquired nuclear weapons and improving ties after decades of animosity.
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| Mercedes-AMG lineup completed with E53 sedan reveal Posted: 24 May 2018 03:40 AM PDT  Mercedes-AMG has now completed the final piece of its inline-six powered midsize jigsaw with the reveal of the AMG E53 sedan, which utilises the same 3.0-litre turbocharged inline-six also found in the CLS53 and E53 coupe and convertible models. The engine under the hood of the 2019 Mercedes-AMG E53 sedan also produces the same 429 horsepower and 384 lb.-ft. of torque as it does elsewhere, but perhaps the standout point of this powerplant is the 48-volt ultra-mild hybrid assist system it also shares with its siblings. There's only one gearbox available with the 2019 E53 sedan, but that's not a problem as it's the excellent nine-speed auto used extensively throughout the Mercedes family at the moment.
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| Border Agent Fatally Shoots Migrant Woman In Texas Posted: 24 May 2018 02:27 PM PDT  A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a migrant woman Wednesday in the Texas
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| Sandy Hook families sue US conspiracy theorist Posted: 24 May 2018 08:19 AM PDT  Six families of victims killed in one of America's worst mass shootings have filed a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has claimed the massacre days shortly before Christmas 2012 never happened. Twenty small children and six adults were killed in less than five minutes on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, by 20-year-old killer Adam Lanza who then turned the gun on himself. A Connecticut law firm filed the defamation lawsuit in Bridgeport on Wednesday accusing Jones, his far-right website Infowars, other financial backers, one of his guests and another associate of greed in peddling their campaign.
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| Porsche Looks Back At 7 Important Cars From The Last 7 Decades Posted: 24 May 2018 01:54 AM PDT  Where's the Carrera GT?
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| 2020 Toyota FT-4X: A Funky Fresh Box Posted: 24 May 2018 08:58 AM PDT  If you miss the Scion xB, this may be what you're looking for.
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| Elon Musk Blasts Media 'Hypocrisy' and Proposes Rating Journalists In a Twitter Rant Posted: 23 May 2018 09:16 PM PDT  He blamed oil advertising money for the recent negative coverage of electric car-maker Tesla
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| Police release bodycam footage from Sterling Brown arrest Posted: 24 May 2018 09:38 AM PDT  Milwaukee police released bodycam footage from the Jan. 26 arrest of Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown.
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| White House Officials Reportedly Considered Just 'Ignoring' New Climate Research Posted: 24 May 2018 03:47 AM PDT  The Trump administration spent time last year mulling over what its public
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| US disinvites China from multinational military exercise Posted: 23 May 2018 12:43 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has withdrawn an invitation for China to participate in a multinational naval exercise the U.S. is hosting this summer, a sign of fresh tension between Pacific powers.
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| The Best Candy Stores in the World: 11 Beautifully Designed Candy Shops Posted: 24 May 2018 01:08 PM PDT |
| U.S. veteran pleads guilty to airport killings to avoid death penalty Posted: 23 May 2018 10:28 AM PDT  A U.S. veteran of the war in Iraq on Wednesday pleaded guilty to fatally shooting five people to death at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in January 2017, in a deal approved by a federal judge that spared him the death penalty. Esteban Santiago, 28, agreed in U.S. District Court in Miami to a plea deal that calls for him to serve five consecutive life sentences followed by 120 years in prison without a right to appeal. Santiago flew from his home in Anchorage, Alaska, to Fort Lauderdale, retrieved a Walther 9mm pistol and two clips of ammunition that he had checked on the flight and opened fire near a baggage carousel.
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| Global warming may have 'devastating' effects on rice: study Posted: 23 May 2018 11:33 AM PDT  As carbon dioxide rises due to the burning of fossil fuels, rice will lose some of its protein and vitamin content, putting millions of people at risk of malnutrition, scientists warned on Wednesday. "We are showing that global warming, climate change and particularly greenhouse gases -- carbon dioxide -- can have an impact on the nutrient content of plants we eat," said co-author Adam Drewnowski, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington. Protein and vitamin deficiencies can lead to growth-stunting, birth defects, diarrhea, infections and early death.
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