| Christine Blasey Ford's Friend Doesn't Deny Assault Claim, Lawyer Says Posted: 29 Sep 2018 08:51 AM PDT  An attorney for Leland Keyser stated plainly in a letter to the Senate
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| Trump Signs Another Big Spending Bill With No Money For His Wall Posted: 28 Sep 2018 02:41 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump quietly signed legislation on Friday that
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| CBS subpoenaed by Manhattan district attorney on Moonves Posted: 28 Sep 2018 04:06 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS said Friday that a New York City prosecutor has subpoenaed the company for information related to sexual misconduct allegations that led to the ouster of longtime chief Les Moonves.
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| Indonesia tsunami: Desperate rescue efforts in Palu as death toll doubles in race to find survivors Posted: 30 Sep 2018 03:36 AM PDT  Residents of Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, turned to looting on Sunday as they struggled to survive in the aftermath of a deadly 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that has so far killed 832 people. Looters were spotted taking items from the badly damaged Ramayana shopping mall and plundering fuel stations. One earthquake survivor told the Telegraph that he had been woken by a noisy crowd ransacking his local mini-market. "Without justifying it, I understand why they did it," said the man, who identified himself by one name, Suwanto. "My wife told me last night that our food supplies will last only two days, and we only have eggs and instant noodles. The big problem is clean water," he added. Joko Widodo, the Indonesian president, who visited Palu on Sunday, urged residents to be patient. "I'm aware there are a lot of issues that need to be resolved as soon as possible," he said. Electricity has been cut off and fuel is in short supply in the worst affected areas around Palu and the nearby town of Donggala. Damage to the runway and control tower at Palu airport has hampered both aid and the rescue efforts. Roads into the area have also been severely damaged. Masih banyak masyarakat yang berada di pantai saat tsunami sebelum menerjang Pantai Kota Palu (28/9/2018). Tidak ada sirine berbunyi. Masyarakat banyak yang tidak tahu ancamannya sehingga masih melakukan aktivitas di pantai. Akhirnya banyak korban akibat tsunami. #palutsunamipic.twitter.com/hwxw29UlBR— Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) September 29, 2018 Amali, a truck driver from the nearby province of Gorontalo, spoke of his terror in trying to bring in much-needed supplies along collapsed roads. "In one part, we have to go past the edge of a cliff. If the driver loses concentration for just a moment then the truck could fall over the side," he said. "I'm thinking the whole time about the disaster victims. But what if I become a victim? I have a wife and three small children. I want to see them grow up," he said. The full extent of the devastation in Sulawesi has not yet been revealed as rescue teams are still struggling to reach the worst-affected areas. Disaster management officials have warned the death toll could rise into the thousands. Questions over warnings Indonesia's disaster authorities are now under scrutiny after scientists were taken by surprise by the tsunami, which reportedly reached 20 feet in height and hit the coastline at extremely high speeds measuring in the hundreds of miles per hour. The approach of the wave was caught in a chilling smartphone video that went viral on social media. Like a scene from a horror movie, a man screams desperately to warn people loitering on the beachfront street below of the approaching tsunami. From his standpoint a few stories above ground, he can see the speeding surge of water but people are slow to react, their view of the sea blocked by a row of beach huts. Cars and motorbikes drive past with no sense of urgency, seemingly unaware of the coming disaster. The man cries louder, but as the murky waters hit with brutal force, submerging the huts and wreaking havoc, his voice breaks into sobs as those he tried to save run belatedly for the stairs. Noticeably absent from the video is the sound of a tsunami warning siren, which could have saved lives. Indonesia's geophysics agency had initially issued a tsunami warning but lifted it 34 minutes later based on data available from the closest tidal sensor, around 125 miles from Palu. How Palu became a death trap - and why magnitude of waves was 'surprising' It emerged on Sunday that a life-saving early warning system had been stalled in the testing phase for five years. The high-tech system of seafloor sensors and fibre-optic cable was supposed to replace a system set up after an earthquake and tsunami killed nearly 250,000 people in the region in 2004. But delays in getting $69,000 to complete the project means it hasn't moved beyond the prototype phase. Palu's catastrophe was made worse by the fateful timing of a cultural beach festival, which had drawn hundreds of people to the shoreline at dusk, the moment the tsunami struck. Digging for survivors Rescuers are racing to try to find survivors buried under the rubble of the double natural disaster, but lack heavy machinery. Some 50 people, including a South Korean tourist, are believed to be trapped in the wreckage of the Roa-Roa hotel. This aerial picture shows the remains of a ten-storey hotel in Palu Credit: AFP A young woman was pulled alive from the rubble of the hotel, the news website Detik.com reported. "We've got information from people that their relatives are still inside, so we're focusing on that, especially to find survivors," a rescuer identified as Yusuf, working at the ruins of the mall, told Metro TV. Evakuasi korban tertimbun gempa di Hotel Roa-Roa Kota Pqluterus dilakukan Tim SAR Gabungan dikoordinir Basarnas. Diperkiran terdapat 50 orang di bawah reruntuhan bangunan. Alat berat diperlukan untuk evakuasi. pic.twitter.com/LGWwp3OEhE— Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) September 30, 2018 Muhammad Syaugi, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, said that he could hear people calling out from the collapsed eight-story Roa-Roa Hotel. "I can still hear the voice of the survivors screaming for help while inspecting the compound," he said. "What we now desperately need is heavy machinery to clear the rubble. I have my staff on the ground, but it's impossible just to rely on their strength alone to clear this." The Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Willem Rampangilei, told reporters in Sulawesi late on Saturday rescuers were struggling in their hunt for more victims. "We are having difficulty deploying heavy equipment to find victims under the rubble of buildings because many of the roads leading to Palu city are damaged," he was quoted by the Kompas newspaper as saying. Indonesian earthquake and tsunami About 10,000 displaced people were scattered at 50 different places in Palu, he said. As more footage emerged of the moment disaster struck, one astonishing clip showed the carnage apparently being wrought by the quake alone. Video footage showed trees, buildings and a communications tower being swept through a rural landscape by a landslide caused by liquification of the soil, according BNPB's Nugroho. Humanitarian crisis For survivors, the situation was increasingly dire. "It feels very tense," said 35-year-old mother Risa Kusuma, comforting her feverish baby boy at an evacuation centre in the gutted city of Palu. "Every minute an ambulance brings in bodies. Clean water is scarce." Residents were seen returning to their destroyed homes, picking through waterlogged belongings, trying to salvage anything they could find. Hundreds of people were injured and hospitals, damaged by the magnitude 7.5 quake, were overwhelmed. Some of the injured, including Dwi Haris, who suffered a broken back and shoulder, rested outside Palu's Army Hospital, where patients were being treated outdoors due to continuing strong aftershocks. Tears filled his eyes as he recounted feeling the violent earthquake shake the fifth-floor hotel room he shared with his wife and daughter. "There was no time to save ourselves. I was squeezed into the ruins of the wall, I think," Haris told Associated Press, adding that his family was in town for a wedding. "I heard my wife cry for help, but then silence. I don't know what happened to her and my child. I hope they are safe." Hospitals were overwhelmed by the influx of those injured, with many people being treated in the open air. There were widespread power blackouts. "We all panicked and ran out of the house" when the quake hit, said Anser Bachmid, a 39-year-old Palu resident. 'I heard people shouting, Water! Water!' Palu, which has more than 380,000 people, was strewn with debris from the earthquake and tsunami. A mosque heavily damaged by the quake was half submerged and a shopping mall was reduced to a crumpled hulk. A large bridge with yellow arches had collapsed. Bodies lay partially covered by tarpaulins and a man carried a dead child through the wreckage. Nina, a 23-year-old woman who goes by one name, was working at a laundry service shop not far from the beach when the quake hit. She said the quake destroyed her workplace, but she managed to escape and quickly went home to get her mother and younger brother. An aerial view shows bridge damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in Palu Credit: Reuters "We tried to find shelter, but then I heard people shouting, 'Water! Water!'" she recalled, crying. "The three of us ran, but got separated. Now I don't know where my mother and brother are. I don't know how to get information. I don't know what to do." It's the latest natural disaster to hit Indonesia, which is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In December 2004, a massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries. Last month, a powerful quake on the island of Lombok killed 505 people.
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| UN calls on Israel and Hamas to prevent further deaths Posted: 28 Sep 2018 05:48 PM PDT  The UN called Saturday for Israel and Hamas rulers to rein in violence a day after border clashes in which the Gaza health ministry said seven Palestinians were killed. "I am deeply saddened by reports that seven Palestinians, including two children, were killed, and hundreds of others injured, by Israeli forces during demonstrations in the Gaza Strip yesterday (Friday)," the UN's humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories, Jamie McGoldrick, said in a statement.
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| At U.S. Marine base, families plead for housing help after Florence Posted: 29 Sep 2018 11:30 AM PDT  Some, like Jennifer Maher, said they feel unsafe in their Camp Lejeune homes but were told they will not be moved because assessment crews determined their houses are habitable. Another 267 suffered sustained damage but were habitable.
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| Does Closing A Credit Card Really Hurt Your Credit History? Nope. Posted: 30 Sep 2018 02:45 AM PDT  There are a ton of myths about credit. But one in particular just won't seem
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| Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash Posted: 29 Sep 2018 07:08 AM PDT  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia on Friday now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking plane.
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| Mark Judge Went To His Lawyer’s Office Right When Senate Was Voting On Brett Kavanaugh Posted: 28 Sep 2018 01:05 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Mark Judge, the man who was said to be present when Brett
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| The go-between in the Trump Tower meeting offers clue to 'golden shower' claim in dossier Posted: 28 Sep 2018 12:18 PM PDT  Rob Goldstone, who set up the 2016 meeting between a Kremlin-linked lawyer and Trump campaign officials, shares his theory.
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| After 6-year-old's body found, search for clues continues Posted: 28 Sep 2018 02:08 PM PDT  The death of an autistic child who had been missing for days until his body was found has authorities in North Carolina searching for clues as to how he died.
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| California Shark Attack: Boy, 13, Bitten While Lobster Diving With Church Group Posted: 30 Sep 2018 04:08 AM PDT  The freak incident occurred outside San Diego on Saturday.
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| Alarming outbreak of drug overdoses overwhelms Tennessee town: Part 4 Posted: 28 Sep 2018 03:57 PM PDT  Paramedics discovered that what caused the overdoses were counterfeit pills containing the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl.
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| 'How We Mourned' memorializes Las Vegas mass shooting Posted: 29 Sep 2018 04:22 AM PDT  Instead, they were among the thousands of items left by the grieving near the site of the largest mass shooting in modern American history. Stephen Paddock, 64, a retired real estate investor, poured gunfire from his 32nd-floor hotel suite into a crowd of 20,000 people attending the Route 91 Harvest festival last Oct. 1, then killed himself before police stormed his room. After the carnage, scores of Las Vegas residents and visitors placed an eclectic array of offerings in various areas of the gambling mecca, including the traffic island that's home to the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign.
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| A Leading Gun Safety Group Is Heading To Key Districts Before The Midterms Posted: 28 Sep 2018 11:21 AM PDT  Former Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords, who survived an assassination
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| Honda Recalls 230,000 Cars to Fix Backup Camera Posted: 28 Sep 2018 11:57 AM PDT  Honda is recalling 232,140 of its 2018 Accord sedans and 2019 Insight hybrid sedans because faulty software may cause the backup cameras to fail, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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| Kavanaugh Friend Mark Judge Says He'll Cooperate With FBI If Investigation Opens Posted: 28 Sep 2018 01:38 PM PDT  Mark Judge, a high school friend of Brett Kavanaugh, said he will cooperate with the FBI if an investigation is opened.
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| How the US-China trade war may be good for Beijing Posted: 29 Sep 2018 10:57 AM PDT  The opening salvos of the trade war between the US and China were deafening, and while the battle is far from over, a rift between the countries may be beneficial to Beijing in the long term, experts say. Donald Trump, the US President, fired the first warning earlier this year by taxing key Chinese exports including solar panels, steel and aluminium. The most significant escalation rolled in this week with new tariffs affecting $200 billion (£150 billion) worth of items, effectively taxing half of all goods coming into the US from China. Beijing has retaliated each time in kind, most recently slapping tariffs of five to ten per cent on $60 billion of American goods. China has pledged to match the US shot-for-shot, and the world's second largest economy is unlikely to blink anytime soon. Getting Washington to back down means caving into demands, but publicly bowing to the US would be far too embarrassing for Xi Jinping, China's president. Still, experts say if Beijing can play its cards right, US trade war pressures could positively support China over the long term by lowering the inter-dependence of the two economies. "The fact that a quick political decision in either Washington or Beijing could create the conditions that start an economic tailspin in either country is actually a lot more dangerous than onlookers have acknowledged before," said Abigail Grace, a research associate who focuses on Asia at the Center for New American Security, a think tank. Ambrose: China - US trade war "From both Trump and Xi, you've seen a willingness to engage in more head-to-head economic warfare, and that increases risk overall… that degree of leverage for either is not particularly helpful or productive." For instance, the US implemented in April a seven-year ban on exports to Chinese telecom firm ZTE after learning it didn't abide by a previous settlement agreement for violating trade sanctions. ZTE announced weeks after it planned to "cease major operating activities" because of financial consequences from the ban. Trump later tweeted he was working with Mr Xi to get ZTE back on its feet; the ban was lifted. That a Chinese company could be tanked by one decision indicates an unhealthy level of interdependence, Ms Grace said. Along those lines, she said it would be equally disastrous for the US if China started blocking shipments for items manufactured in the country crucial to American supply chains like parts for Apple's iPhone. Donald Trump's trade war is all about containing rampant China Thus the trade war could "force China to build a more vertically integrated supply chain within the country," said Damien Ma, an economist and associate director at the Paulson Institute, a think tank. Doing so would allow China control from beginning to end, whether assembling widgets or dealing with more advanced technologies. "That's a great outcome for China." This is not lost on Mr Xi. "Internationally, it's becoming more and more difficult [for China] to obtain advanced technologies and key know-how," he said this week. "Unilateralism and trade protectionism are rising, forcing us to adopt a self-reliant approach; this is not a bad thing." To properly do this, however, China needs to move away from supporting its wasteful, inefficient state-owned enterprises and support the private sector, said Nicholas Lardy, a China specialist and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. While that's easier said than done, Beijing has long known it would have to allow economic growth to mature away from manufacturing and exports and toward services sectors. In perspective | Emerging markets This could lead to more jobs created that are a better fit than factory gigs for China's increasingly savvy middle class and growing numbers of university graduates, Ms Grace said. Plus, as Mr Trump continues to bellow and bully other nations, China may even be seen as "more politically stable," Mr Ma said. One potential impact of that, he thinks, is the yuan becoming favored over the dollar as the reliable currency of choice for investments and transactions. China has long wanted to boost the role of its currency on the global stage. A report released this week by the European Central Bank that simulated the impact of the trade war echoed similar sentiments. It suggested the US would suffer from the brunt of diminished trade and deteriorating business and consumer confidence, whereas China could supplement lost trade with the US by selling to other countries. China is "giving a real, clear alternative - a choice," Mr Ma said. "Before, even if you didn't like the US, there wasn't much of a choice, but China - even if you don't like them that much … they are increasingly saying, we are a legitimate choice; we do offer things that you want and need".
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| Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Beto O'Rourke town hall debate postponed Posted: 28 Sep 2018 10:39 AM PDT  Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Beto O'Rourke's town hall debate set for Sunday at the University of Houston has been postponed.
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| Sex abuse scandal: Pope seeks prayers to fight 'devil' Posted: 29 Sep 2018 04:52 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis asked Saturday for daily prayers to protect the Catholic Church from what he says are "attacks by the devil," in his latest response to the clerical sex abuse and cover-up scandal roiling his papacy.
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| Chad troops kill 17 jihadists after 6 die in Lake Chad attacks Posted: 29 Sep 2018 06:24 AM PDT  N'Djamena (AFP) - Six people, including two soldiers, died in an overnight Boko Haram attacks near Lake Chad, security and army sources said on Saturday, saying Chadian troops had killed 17 assailants in a counter-offensive. Three forestry officials and a customs officer and two soldiers were killed in attacks on Moussarom and Ngueleya located in the Lake Chad region, south of Baga Sola, a security source told AFP. Chadian army spokesman Colonel Azam said "17 Boko Haram members have been killed" although he put the civilian death toll at three instead of four.
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| Russia begins missile system delivery to Syria, warns West on peace talks Posted: 28 Sep 2018 02:57 PM PDT  Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu had said on Monday the system would be delivered to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in two weeks despite strong Israeli and United States objections. A week previously, Moscow had accused Israel of indirectly causing the downing of a Russian military jet in Syria. "The delivery started already and as President (Vladimir)Putin said, after that incident ... the measures that we will take will be devoted to ensuring 100 percent safety and security of our men," Lavrov told a news conference at the United Nations.
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| Chances are you know a sexual assault survivor. Do you know what to say? Posted: 29 Sep 2018 03:00 AM PDT  It would be a few years before I learned to call non-consensual drunken sex "rape" and years more before I understood that all those nights I spent tipping back red Solo cups in fraternity basements were part of a larger culture of sexual assault.
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| Trump Calls Christine Blasey Ford 'Credible' But He Still Supports Kavanaugh Posted: 28 Sep 2018 11:29 AM PDT  President Donald Trump said Friday that he found testimony from Christine Blasey Ford 'very credible.'
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| First F-35 crash occurs on same day stealth jet lands on British carrier Posted: 29 Sep 2018 04:32 AM PDT  The US military has announced an F-35B Lightning II stealth jet has crashed, the first such loss to the programme. The US Marine Corps said the plane came down near Beaufort, South Carolina, on Friday. The American pilot safely ejected and was evaluated by medical personnel. There were no civilian casualties. An investigation into the crash was launched although the fleet was not grounded, suggesting the cause was not thought to be a fundamental design or safety flaw. Britain has said it will buy 138 F-35B jets, the same variant as the one that crashed, and has committed money for the first 48. The crash occurred on the same day as the Ministry of Defence announced the first F-35B jets had landed on HMS Queen Elizabeth, marking Britain's return to carrier strike operations. An MoD spokesman told the Telegraph the UK was not looking to ground its fleet of F-35 aircraft, but that the Aviation Safety Authority would keep that decision under review. An F-35B Lightning II jet on the flight deck of the UK's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth after making one of the first ever vertical landings. September 25 2018. Credit: Lockheed Martin/MoD/Crown copyright/PA The 17-year F-35 programme has been widely criticised for cost and combat effectiveness. Of the three aircraft variants, the 'B' model is designed for vertical take-off and landing. The engineering constraints necessary for such manoeuvres reduces the room for weapons and fuel. However, both the US Marine Corps and the British government decided the flexibility afforded by vertical lift, combined with shorter - and therefore cheaper - aircraft carriers, meant the 'B' model was the preferred option. On Friday Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for the F-35 programme, announced a deal with the US government for an additional 141 jets had reduced the unit cost of future purchases across all variants. As a result, the next batch of British F-35B aircraft will be reduced in cost by 5.7 per cent to $115.5 million (£88.6 million) per airframe. Vice Admiral Mat Winter, the F-35 programme executive officer, said: "driving down cost is critical to the success of this program. "We are delivering on our commitment to get the best price for taxpayers and war fighters."
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| Cat Rescued After Going for a Ride in Vehicle's Engine Compartment Posted: 29 Sep 2018 10:36 AM PDT  Thankfully, the animal is in good health.
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| Lavrov notes Trump blamed China, not Russia, for U.S. election meddling Posted: 28 Sep 2018 03:22 PM PDT  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov took pleasure in pointing out on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump this week accused China, not Russia, of interfering in U.S. elections. Trump on Wednesday accused the Chinese government of seeking to influence the Nov. 6 U.S. congressional elections against his Republican Party. China has denied the allegation.
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| 8 Dividend Stocks That Can Also Beat the Market Posted: 28 Sep 2018 10:47 AM PDT ![8 Dividend Stocks That Can Also Beat the Market]( "8 Dividend Stocks That Can Also Beat the Market") Dividends are a relatively safe way for investors to get reliable returns, but dividend stocks often struggle to keep pace with the returns of the overall market. Fortunately for dividend investors, a decent dividend yield doesn't necessarily mean investors should give up on share price gains as well. Bank of America's yield advantage model screens for dividend stocks that are also undervalued based on factors such as free cash flow, enterprise value and return on capital.
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| Tesla’s Elon Musk Charged with Securities Fraud, Could Lose CEO Job Posted: 29 Sep 2018 02:58 PM PDT  UPDATE, 9/29/18, 6:00 p.m.: Elon Musk has agreed to step aside as Tesla board chairman in a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Tesla will also pay a $20 million fine and has agreed with the SEC to add two independent board members. Elon Musk could be ousted from the leadership of Tesla after rejecting a settlement proposal from federal prosecutors this week addressing a tweet he made about his intention to take the company private.
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| Celebrate National Coffee Day with deals on coffee makers, bean grinders, K-cups, and more Posted: 28 Sep 2018 12:01 PM PDT  National Coffee Day (which is apparently Sept. 29) is one of those made up holidays that's easy to get behind. In honor of this made up "holiday," we're celebrating all weekend long with some great deals on coffee makers, K-cups, bean grinders, and more. SEE ALSO: 7 of the best coffee grinders to maximize your morning The Hamilton Beach Single Serve Coffee Maker is on sale for $59.99 and is a great multi-purpose brewer to make either a full pot for a crowd or just a cup for you. There's also the Cuisinart Burr Grind & Brew Thermal for $127.99, which will take care of all your grinding and brewing needs. The Keurig K50 is on sale for $89.99 while the Nespresso Vertuo is $174.95. There are even some cold brew makers on sale: The KitchenAid Cold Brew for $79.93 will help you prepare up to 14 cups. While sales on all these coffee makers are great, it's pointless without the actual coffee. Thankfully, there are plenty of options available, including the Starbucks 60-count K-cup variety pack for $45.59, Folgers 48-ounce classic roast grinds for $11.68, or Peet's Coffee Big Bang Medium Roast Whole Bean for $8.98. Check out all the deals below, brew yourself a fresh cup, and enjoy: Coffee makers on sale Image: Hamilton Beach Bonavita 5-Cup One-Touch Coffee Maker — $67.74 (list price $139.99) BUNN NHS Velocity Brew 10-Cup Home Coffee Brewer — $99.95 (list price $150.93) Cuisinart Brew Central 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker — $64.04 (list price $165) Cuisinart Burr Grind & Brew Thermal 12 Cup Automatic Coffeemaker — $127.99 (list price $199.99) Cuisinart DCC-1100BK 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker — $49.99 (list price $130) Cuisinart SS-15BKS Coffee Center Maker — $166.43 (list price $365) Frigidaire Professional 12 Cup Digital Stainless Steel Drip Coffee Maker — $40.99 (list price $99.99) Hamilton Beach (49980A) Single Serve Coffee Maker and Coffee Pot Maker — $59.99 (list price $89.50) Technivorm Moccamaster 79212 Coffee Brewer — $279.35 (list price $329) Single serving coffee makers Keurig K425 Single Serve, K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker — $99 (list price $139) Keurig K50 The All Purposed Coffee Maker — $79.95 (list price $149.95) Keurig K55/K-Classic Coffee Maker — $89.99 (list price $129.99) Keurig V1200 Commercial Brewing System — $143.99 (list price $199.99) Touch Essential Single Serve Coffee Brewer — $130 (list price $199.99) Espresso machines Image: Breville Capresso 118 EC PRO Professional Espresso & Cappuccino Machine — $245 (list price $348.60) DeLonghi EN 750 M Nespresso Lattissima Pro — $449.99 (list price $799.99) Nespresso Lattissima Touch Original Espresso Machine — $370.47 (list price $479) Nespresso Vertuo Coffee and Espresso Machine Bundle — $174.95 (list price $249.95) Cold brew makers 1000mL Glass Iced Coffee Cold Brew Dripper Maker Coffeemaker — $48.85 (list price $141.18) Dash Rapid Cold Brew Coffee Maker — $99.99 (list price $129.99) Dutch Coffee Cold Drip Coffee Maker — $74.99 (list price $216.72) KitchenAid Cold Brew Coffee Maker — $79.93 (list price $129.99) Coffee grinders Image: Classic Cuisine BIETE Mini Stainless SHand-Crank Coffee Grinder — $12.45 (list price $44.83) Classic Cuisine Coffee Bean Grinder — $18.95 (list price $29.61) Hario Ceramic Coffee Mill — $28.50 (list price $40) KitchenAid Blade Coffee Grinder — $29.99 (list price $49.99) KRUPS Electric Coffee Grinder — $15.96 (list price $29.99) VicTsing Manual Ceramic Coffee Grinder Mill with Extra Jar and Wooden Brush — $15.99 (list price $75.99) K-cups, whole beans, and ground coffee Image: Green Mountain AmazonFresh Organic Fair Trade Peru Ground Coffee, 12-Ounce (3 pack) — $23.69 Cafe Bustelo Coffee Espresso, 10-Ounce Can — $11.72 Dunkin' Donuts Original Blend Coffee for K-cup Pods (60 count) — $27.26 Folgers 1/2 Caff Medium Roast Ground Coffee, 25.4 oz — $7.48 Folgers Classic Roast Ground Coffee, 48-Ounce — $11.68 Green Mountain Coffee Keurig Coffee Lover's Variety Pack (40 count) — $24.22 Grove Square Cappuccino, French Vanilla (50 count) — $18.09 Kicking Horse Coffee, Grizzly Claw, Dark Roast, Whole Bean, 2.2 lb — $28.49 Peet's Coffee Big Bang Medium Roast Whole Bean Coffee 12 oz. — $8.98 Peet's Coffee Espresso Capsules Variety Pack (40 count) — $27.50 Seattle's Best Coffee Decaf Portside Blend, 12-Ounce — $5.98 Starbucks Black Coffee K-Cup Variety Pack for Keurig Brewers (60 count) — $45.59 Starbucks Espresso Dark Roast Whole Bean Coffee, 20-Ounce — $11.98
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| Doubling Down On Sexism Won't Help Republicans In The Midterms Posted: 29 Sep 2018 12:01 PM PDT  In the wake of Thursday's hearing on allegations of sexual assault against
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| Man acquitted in pregnant woman's slaying in North Dakota Posted: 28 Sep 2018 03:23 PM PDT  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man was acquitted Friday of helping to kill a pregnant neighbor by tightening a rope around the woman's neck after his girlfriend cut the baby from her womb.
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| California Man Convicted for Riding Scooter While Drunk Posted: 28 Sep 2018 01:30 PM PDT  The prosecution was Los Angeles' first motorized scooter DUI incident.
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| U.S. warship sails near disputed South China Sea islands: U.S. official Posted: 30 Sep 2018 04:51 AM PDT  Beijing and Washington are locked in a trade war that has seen them impose increasingly severe rounds of tariffs on each other's imports. The operation was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing's efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters, where Chinese, Japanese and some Southeast Asian navies operate. China's claims in the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes each year, are contested by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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| Prince's half-sister determined to find who gave him counterfeit pills: Part 6 Posted: 28 Sep 2018 03:55 PM PDT  Authorities say they were unable to determine how Prince got the pills and that their job was made more difficult by a wall of silence from some in Prince's inner circle.
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| Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh donates $10,000 to campaign supporting Christine Blasey Ford Posted: 30 Sep 2018 05:57 AM PDT  Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh has reportedly contributed $10,000 to a GoFundMe campaign in support of Dr Christine Blasey Ford and her family. Mr Lesh is said to have made the donation to the campaign "Help Christine Blasey Ford" on Sunday 23 September, before Ms Ford testified to the US Senate Judiciary Committee over allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party when she was 15 years old. Lesh did not initially publicise his donation.
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| Macedonians head to the polls in key name change referendum that could offer EU and NATO accession Posted: 30 Sep 2018 01:16 AM PDT  Macedonians head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a referendum on whether to change the country's name to North Macedonia. If a majority vote in favour of the name change, neighbouring Greece has promised to lift its veto on the tiny Balkan nation joining Nato and the EU. Macedonia's long-standing desire to keep its name has been blocked by Athens ever since the Balkan country declared independence from the wreckage of the former Yugoslavia in 1991. The Greeks are fiercely protective of their own region of the same name and resent what they regard as the Macedonians' appropriation of Hellenistic culture. Despite the bad blood between the neighbours, a majority of Macedonians seem to be leaning towards the yes vote. It is a chance to ditch the long-winded and inelegant name they have been saddled with for the last 27 years – the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or FYROM for short. "There are no jobs for young people here. My son has no prospects. We have big economic problems. So I thinking joining the EU and Nato will offer us a better future," Tiho, a 56-year-old taxi driver in the capital, said. But others deeply resent having to add a geographical qualifier to their country's name, saying that the title North Macedonia is a humiliation and diminishes the country on the world stage. Greece accuses Macedonia of appropriating its ancient heroes such as this giant statue of Alexander the Great in Skopje Credit: Jan Wlodarczyk/Alamy In a concession from Athens, the language of the country will officially be recognised as Macedonian and citizens' nationality will be Macedonian. "No one wants to change the name – why would you?" said Simonida Kacarska, the director of the European Policy Institute, a think tank in Skopje. "But the issue has been going on for 27 years and people are sick of it. This is a chance to resolve it. We are making a compromise." The question that will be put to voters in the referendum is: "Are you in favour of membership in the European Union and NATO by accepting the deal between (the) Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Greece?" The break in the impasse between the two countries came in June, after months of talks between Zoran Zaev, the Macedonian prime minister, and his Greek counterpart, Alexis Tsipras. Both leaders have stuck their necks out politically and face trenchant opposition from domestic critics. In Macedonia, conservative opposition parties and nationalist groups have called for a boycott of the referendum. "It's emotional. This is a country whose language and identity have been contested by its neighbours," said Prof Kacarska, who gained her PhD at Leeds University. "Part of the population is concerned that the change of name will change certain identity markers, even though our nationality and language will be recognised as Macedonian. "The emotional attachment to the issue on both sides is incredible. It is still very high and will be for some time." Such is the historical animosity between Macedonia and its larger neighbours – Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria and Greece – that they are known as "the four wolves". An ethnic Albanian woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Skopje, Macedonia Credit: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Polling stations are open until 7pm local time, with the result expected to be known late on Sunday evening. Nikola Dimitrov, the foreign minister, voted in the centre of the capital, describing the referendum as a "historic cross-roads" and the potential start of a new chapter for the country. "I hope that this will be a smooth democratic process and that people will make the choice to move forward finally. "This is a big, big day for Macedonia and for our friendship with Greece and our other neighbours. I'm excited. It's also my birthday, so I hope there is an omen in that too." A key issue is turnout – if it is less than 50 per cent then the referendum result may be seen to lack legitimacy. Mr Zaev, the prime minister, has said that if the no vote wins, he will resign. If the yes vote wins, Skopje will have to make changes to its constitution and then put the deal to parliament for approval. It would also have to be ratified by the Greek parliament, where Mr Tsipras's coalition partners have said they will vote against it. It is not clear if the prime minister will be able to gather enough votes from other parties to have the accord accepted.
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| Syria rebel faction rejects Idlib deal Posted: 29 Sep 2018 10:02 AM PDT  A formerly US-backed Syrian rebel group on Saturday rejected a deal between Russia and Turkey to avert a large-scale military assault on rebel-held Idlib province. The deal makes way for a demilitarised zone between rebel and regime-held areas in and around the northwestern governorate, Syria's last insurgent bastion.
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| Memphis civic leader, former Pinnacle Airlines CEO shot dead Posted: 28 Sep 2018 11:39 AM PDT ![Memphis civic leader, former Pinnacle Airlines CEO shot dead]( "Memphis civic leader, former Pinnacle Airlines CEO shot dead") MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A civic leader and former airline executive was alone when he was fatally shot in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities are investigating whether he was killed in a robbery or as part of a "personal vendetta," police said Friday.
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