| Hollywood Madam: Rich men have dingy massage parlor sex for same reasons they eat burgers Posted: 27 Feb 2019 06:07 AM PST  Why would a wealthy and powerful man like Robert Kraft allegedly pay for sex from women at a Florida strip-mall massage parlor? Don't overthink it.
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| Michael Cohen says Trump had no medical excuse to avoid military draft: ‘You think I’m stupid? I wasn’t going to Vietnam’ Posted: 27 Feb 2019 06:20 AM PST  Michael Cohen released his prepared remarks before a public testimony on Capitol Hill in which he was due to detail Donald Trump's alleged lies, corruption and criminal conduct throughout the 2016 presidential election. Among those explosive claims — Cohen will say Mr Trump "was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails" — include the president telling his former attorney there was no real medical excuse behind his military deferral during the Vietnam War.
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| Univision's Jorge Ramos details detainment, expulsion from Venezuela Posted: 26 Feb 2019 07:56 PM PST  Univision anchor Jorge Ramos shared details in TV interviews Tuesday night on how Venezuelan authorities detained his team during an interview Monday.
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| Ivanka Trump endorses working your way up through life Posted: 26 Feb 2019 08:15 AM PST  Ivanka Trump, elder daughter of a billionaire president, married to the son of a real estate mogul, thinks Americans want to make their own way up life's ladder.
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| India-Pakistan Sparring Is Disrupting Global Commercial Flights Posted: 27 Feb 2019 06:16 AM PST  With the South Asian nations claiming they have shot down each other's military aircraft, Pakistan has closed its entire airspace -- forcing Singapore Airlines Ltd. to cancel a flight from Frankfurt to Singapore.
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| An All-Electric Un-SUV from Volvo? Sort of—Meet the Polestar 2 Posted: 27 Feb 2019 04:00 AM PST  Volvo's experimental arm builds a Tesla fighter loaded with tech.
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| Couple stranded in Mexico after kicked off cruise ship for medical emergency Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:03 PM PST  The wife's illness while on board in Mexico led the ship's crew to remove the New Jersey couple, leading to a grueling, costly trip home by cab and plane.
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| Pennsylvania teen found alive after five family members murdered Posted: 26 Feb 2019 02:22 PM PST  A teen whose mother and twin 9-year-old sisters were among five family members killed in their Pennsylvania home was staying at a friend's house at the time of the murders and is safe, officials said on Tuesday. Joshua Campbell, 17, was not at home when his aunt Shana Decree, 45, and her daughter Dominique Decree, 19, are alleged to have murdered five relatives in their apartment in Morrisville, about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Philadelphia, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said. After police found the bodies on Monday, relatives of the victims said they had begged authorities for weeks to check on Shana Decree due to concerns she might have fallen under the influence of a fringe religious group.
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| 100 mph winds in Sierra, snow from Oregon to Montana Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:00 PM PST  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A fierce winter storm packing winds in excess of 100 mph (160 kph) and predicted to bring as much as 8 feet (2.4 meters) of snow to the Sierra Nevada barreled into the West on Monday, toppling trucks and trees, triggering power outages and closing roads and schools from Oregon to Montana.
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| Detailed Photos of the 2019 McLaren 720S Spider Posted: 26 Feb 2019 04:01 PM PST |
| Trump and Kim Jong Un might officially end the Korean War. Here's why that could matter. Posted: 27 Feb 2019 01:00 AM PST  After 66 years, a peace declaration at the Vietnam summit could lead to negotiations and more normal relations between the two Koreas and America.
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| Woman brutally mauled to death by her own 2 dogs while playing in front yard Posted: 26 Feb 2019 07:59 AM PST  A South Carolina woman died on Thursday night after her two dogs turned on herwhile she was playing with them in the front yard of her Greenville home
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| Boeing Board to Add Nikki Haley, Who Helped Fight Union Drive Posted: 26 Feb 2019 10:30 AM PST  Haley, 47, who as South Carolina governor fiercely opposed unionization drives at a Boeing factory, has been nominated as a director ahead of the aerospace giant's annual meeting April 29. "Boeing will benefit greatly from her broad perspectives and combined diplomatic, government and business experience to help achieve our aspiration to be the best in aerospace and a global industrial champion," Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said in a statement. If elected, Haley would join another high-profile former ambassador: Caroline Kennedy, the former U.S. envoy to Japan under former President Barack Obama.
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| May gives lawmakers chance to delay Brexit Posted: 26 Feb 2019 10:30 AM PST  Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday offered lawmakers the chance to vote in two weeks for a potentially disorderly no-deal Brexit or to delay Britain's exit from the European Union if her attempt to ratify a divorce agreement fails. Edward Baran reports.
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| Nigeria's Buhari wins second term as president: electoral commission results Posted: 26 Feb 2019 02:54 PM PST  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday won a second term at the helm of Africa's largest economy and top oil producer, a tally by Reuters based on electoral commission results showed. Buhari had a commanding lead of 56 percent compared to 40 percent for Atiku, before the final district was announced. A message posted on Buhari's Twitter feed late on Tuesday showed him smiling and surrounded by applauding staff at his campaign office.
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| Syria force carries out major evacuation from last IS holdout Posted: 25 Feb 2019 11:50 AM PST  US-backed forces evacuated over 40 truckloads of people from the Islamic State group's last Syria redoubt on Monday, as they sought to clear out civilians before a final push to crush the jihadists. The Syrian Democratic Forces has slowed down its offensive on the final pocket due to the presence of civilians, with just a scrap of the IS "caliphate" remaining from a territory that once spanned Syria and Iraq. An AFP correspondent saw at least 46 trucks crammed with men, women and children approaching an SDF outpost, 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the jihadist bastion.
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| Donald Trump has leverage going into Vietnam summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un Posted: 26 Feb 2019 09:40 AM PST  Full denuclearization is an implausible goal. US should pursue diplomacy, trade and normalcy with North Korea, and that seems to be Trump's plan.
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| Jussie Smollett Check Appears to be for 'Training' Fee: Report Posted: 25 Feb 2019 12:00 PM PST  Jussie Smollett may have some support for his claim that he didn't pay two brothers to stage a phony attack on him.
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| The 9 Best 2019 Cars for Less Than $20,000 Posted: 26 Feb 2019 07:51 AM PST |
| Flights Canceled as India-Pakistan Conflict Closes Airspace Posted: 27 Feb 2019 03:47 AM PST  Among global carriers, Singapore Airlines Ltd. is aware of the airspace closure, which may affect some flights, the airline said in an email Wednesday. Singapore Air's Flight 308, headed for London, changed course to avoid flying over Pakistan, the FlightRadar24 website showed. SriLankan Airlines canceled flights to the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore on Thursday following the airspace closure, it said in a statement.
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| 'Bomb cyclone' strikes: 550,000 still powerless from fierce winds Posted: 25 Feb 2019 12:48 PM PST  Ferocious winds from a potent 'bomb cyclone' roared across the eastern U.S. Monday, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses powerless.
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| Why is there only one human trafficking charge in Florida massage parlor busts? Posted: 27 Feb 2019 06:22 AM PST  Lanyun Ma and Yongzhang Yan, a married Orlando couple, owned multiple Florida spas. Police said they both were sex traffickers.
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| Muhammadu Buhari: Nigeria's converted democrat comes back from the brink Posted: 26 Feb 2019 02:08 PM PST  The former military ruler showed that his pledge to fight corruption remained popular, particularly when combined with promises to extend social welfare programs aimed at feeding the poor and helping young people find work. Experts had forecast a tough race against his main rival, Atiku Abubakar, a businessman and former vice president who sought to tap into discontent at unemployment and inflation by vowing to create jobs and double the size of Africa's biggest economy. Atiku's party rejected the tallies announced so far as "incorrect and unacceptable".
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| Australian Cardinal Pell convicted of molesting 2 choirboys Posted: 26 Feb 2019 03:57 AM PST  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy's credibility after a year of global revelations of abuse and cover-up.
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| US financial regulatory agency says Musk violated deal Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:06 PM PST  The US Securities and Exchange Commission accused Tesla founder Elon Musk on Monday of failing to comply with a court-endorsed deal between the electric automaker and the regulatory agency. According to the SEC, a tweet from Musk on Tesla's 2019 production levels violates the deal, under which his tweets had to be reviewed prior to being published. On "February 19, 2019, Musk tweeted, 'Tesla made 0 cars in 2011, but will make around 500k in 2019.' Musk did not seek or receive pre-approval prior to publishing this tweet, which was inaccurate and disseminated to over 24 million people," the SEC said in court filing in New York federal court.
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| US announces new Venezuela sanctions as Rubio shares 'snuff movie' pictures of Colonel Gaddafi in threat to Maduro Posted: 25 Feb 2019 12:45 PM PST  The US has announced new sanctions on Caracas and insisted that all options were on the table to oust Nicolas Maduro, as a Republican senator tweeted images showing the death throes of Muammar Gaddafi in an apparent threat to the Venezuelan leader. Vice president Mike Pence said four Venezuelan state governors allied to Mr Maduro were the target of the new sanctions, while he urged the international community to freeze assets of the nation's state-run oil company. The US also asked the United Nations Security Council to hold an urgent meeting on the crisis.
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| U.S. disrupted Russian trolls on day of November election: report Posted: 26 Feb 2019 12:35 PM PST  The U.S. military disrupted the internet access of a Russian troll farm accused of trying to influence American voters on Nov. 6, 2018, the day of the congressional elections, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The U.S. Cyber Command strike targeted the Internet Research Agency in the Russian port city of St. Petersburg, the Post reported, citing unidentified U.S. officials. The group is a Kremlin-backed outfit whose employees had posed as Americans and spread disinformation online in an attempt to also influence the 2016 election, according to U.S. officials.
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| Lamborghini Huracán Evo Spyder Offers Open-Air Fun and 202 MPH Posted: 26 Feb 2019 10:45 AM PST  This open-topped Lamborghini could be the world's fastest wedge-shaped tanning booth. It makes its debut at the Geneva auto show in March.
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| Latvian Central Bank Is in Talks Over Rimsevics’s Return Posted: 26 Feb 2019 08:00 PM PST  The EU Court of Justice said earlier on Tuesday that Latvia last year illegally prohibited Rimsevics, who is also a member of the ECB's Governing Council, from performing his role. The central banker is the subject of a bribery probe by Latvian prosecutors. General Prosecutor Eriks Kalnmeiers told journalists in Riga after the decision that Rimsevics "can return to work already." Still, he faces restrictions on his travel, his bail and on meeting certain people, and without a security clearance he won't have access to certain documents at the central bank, Kalnmeiers said.
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| Pakistan claims it shot down 2 Indian warplanes in disputed Kashmir province Posted: 27 Feb 2019 07:29 AM PST  Pakistan claims it shot down two Indian warplanes, capturing a pilot, in the nuclear-armed rivals' disputed province of Kashmir.
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| 'Unspeakable tragedy': Mom, teen daughter charged with killing five family members in Philadelphia suburb Posted: 27 Feb 2019 07:07 AM PST  A Pennsylvania woman, charged with her teenage daughter in the deaths of five relatives – including three children – was arraigned Tuesday.
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| Boeing unveils unmanned combat jet developed in Australia Posted: 26 Feb 2019 05:10 PM PST  Boeing Co on Wednesday unveiled an unmanned, fighter-like jet developed in Australia and designed to fly alongside crewed aircraft in combat for a fraction of the cost. The U.S. manufacturer hopes to sell the multi-role aircraft, which is 38 feet long (11.6 meters) and has a 2,000 nautical mile (3,704 kilometer) range, to customers around the world, modifying it as requested. The prototype is Australia's first domestically developed combat aircraft since World War II and Boeing's biggest investment in unmanned systems outside the United States, although the company declined to specify the dollar amount.
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| Nigerian president takes early lead amid vote-rigging charge Posted: 25 Feb 2019 03:12 PM PST  KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari surged to an early lead in election returns Monday, winning seven of 36 states in Africa's largest democracy, while the main opposition rejected the count, alleging manipulation.
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| Zarif goes back to work after his resignation is rejected Posted: 27 Feb 2019 02:39 AM PST  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected on Wednesday the resignation of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, as it was against national interests of the Islamic Republic. Saskia O'Donoghue reports
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| Trump news – LIVE: President arrives in Vietnam for Kim summit as Democrats prepare to overturn Trump’s border wall 'national emergency' Posted: 26 Feb 2019 06:12 AM PST  Democrats in the House of Representatives are preparing to vote on legislation Tuesday to revoke Donald Trump's national emergency declaration earlier this month, which granted him executive powers to reallocate military funding for the construction of his US-Mexico border wall.
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| Guaido's Safety Is at Risk in Return to Venezuela, U.S. Envoy Warns Posted: 26 Feb 2019 02:34 PM PST  (Bloomberg) -- The safety of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is at risk as he prepares to return to his country and embattled President Nicolas Maduro remains in power, the top U.S. envoy for the crisis told the United Nations Security Council.
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| This man won't go into a nursing home. He'll spend his 'golden age' at the Holiday Inn Posted: 26 Feb 2019 09:13 AM PST  Instead of dreading the day he has to move into a nursing home, one Texas man plans to live his "golden age" with thrifty style.
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| Manafort asks judge for sentence far below the maximum: court filing Posted: 25 Feb 2019 07:17 PM PST  Manafort, 69, who is due to be sentenced on March 13, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington last September to conspiracy against the United States - a charge that includes a range of conduct from money laundering to unregistered lobbying for the pro-Russia Ukrainian government - and conspiracy to obstruct justice for attempts to tamper with witnesses. "We respectfully request that the Court impose a sentence significantly below the statutory maximum sentence in this case," Manafort's lawyers said in the filing on Monday night. "Mr. Manafort has been punished substantially, including the forfeiture of most of his assets," the lawyers added.
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| All-New 2020 Toyota Corolla First-Drive Review Posted: 26 Feb 2019 04:00 AM PST  All-New 2020 Toyota Corolla Adds Sizzle, Still Sensible The redesigned 2020 Toyota Corolla sedan joins the Corolla hatchback (which we've already tested), and it is offered for the first time as...
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| The Latest: Nigeria's president declared election winner Posted: 26 Feb 2019 07:51 PM PST  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The latest on Nigeria's election (all times local):
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| The Latest: Vatican investigates Pell after conviction Posted: 27 Feb 2019 04:27 AM PST  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Cardinal George Pell (all times local):
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| Judge Gives Elon Musk 2 Weeks to Explain Why He Shouldn't Be Held in Contempt for Tweets Posted: 26 Feb 2019 08:43 AM PST  The judge has not yet scheduled a hearing to weigh the S.E.C.'s contempt request
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| Rep. Ilhan Omar deletes the controversial tweets that drew charges of anti-Semitism Posted: 26 Feb 2019 01:10 PM PST  Rep. Ilhan Omar apologized for the tweets the next day.
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| Donald Trump meets Kim Jong-un at Vietnam summit and praises North Korea's 'unlimited' potential Posted: 27 Feb 2019 06:43 AM PST  Donald Trump praised Kim Jong-un as a "great leader" on Wednesday and talked up North Korea's "unlimited" economic potential as the pair begun their two-day summit in Vietnam. The US and North Korean leaders shared a 10-second handshake, warm words and a laugh while posing for the camera as they met for only the second time in Hanoi, the Vietnam capital. They talked alone at first, save only for interpreters, before enjoying a wider dinner with key members of their administrations at a luxury colonial-era hotel in the city. Mr Trump, who earlier in the day had tweeted about "my friend Kim", talked up North Korea's economic prospects - the carrot with which he hopes to convince Kim to give up his nuclear weapons. "I think that your country has tremendous economic potential - unbelievable, unlimited," the US president told Kim at the beginning of their one-on-one chat. "I think that you will have a tremendous future with your country - a great leader - and I look forward to watching it happen and helping it to happen." Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un at dinner at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi Credit: Broadcast via AP Kim said that North Korea had been "misunderstood" and viewed with "distrust" in the past but praised the steps Washington and Pyongyang have made to ease tensions. "There have been efforts, whether out of hostility or not, to block the path that we intend to take," Kim said, before adding that those challenges had been "overcome". He said of the Vietnam summit: "I am confident that we can achieve great results that everyone welcomes." The civility of the exchanges underscored the remarkable thawing in relations between Mr Trump, 72, and Kim, 35, over the last 18 months. Mr Trump's first year in office was marked with threats of "fire and fury" and mockery of Kim as "Little Rocket Man" but from early 2018 tensions eased, culminating in a historic summit in Singapore last June. There were no policy breakthroughs announced on Wednesday evening, with more substantial talks about implementing Kim's loose pledge to denuclearise at the Singapore summit due to take place on Thursday. A television screen shows a news broadcast of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un meeting with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi, at a railway station in Seoul Credit: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images Instead the leaders put on a display of mutual respect when they met at the Metropole, a luxury French colonial-era hotel that includes actor Charlie Chaplin and author Graham Greene among its famous past guests. Striding out towards each other shortly before 7pm local time, Mr Trump and Kim shook hands against a backdrop of a dozen interwoven US and North Korean flags. Mr Trump patted Kim on his back before they turned to pose for the cameras, with the pair sharing a laugh before heading off to their negotiations. The US president was asked by one reporter whether the summit would result in a political declaration to end the Korean War. "We'll see," he responded. A one-on-one chat was followed by dinner with an extended ground of aides around a small round table covered by a white tablecloth. Kim Jong-un receives a bouquet of flowers as he arrives at the Melia hotel in Hanoi Credit: KCNA/AFP Mr Trump was joined by Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, and Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff. Alongside Kim was Kim Yong Chol, a former military spy chief helping lead negotiations, and Ri Yong Ho, the North Korean foreign affairs minister. Two translators also attended. "A lot of things are going to be solved I hope," Mr Trump said as dinner begun. "I think it will lead to a wonderful, really a wonderful situation long-term." The White House unexpectedly restricted access for the handful of reporters following the group, allowing just one print reporter into the dinner. Two reporters who asked questions during the handshake were reportedly not allowed to attend, prompting outrage from Washington journalists over press restrictions. A child wears a North Korean flag on her cheek outside the Vietnam-North Korea Friendship kindergarten in Hanoi Credit: Noel Celis/AFP Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, said of the incident that "due to the sensitive nature of the meeting" the group of reporters allowed in had to be "limited". Mr Trump earlier in the day had met the Vietnamese president Nguyen Phu Trong and prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The US president, who was greeted by scores of children waving Vietnam and US flags before the meetings, signed trade deals that confirmed the sale of more than 100 Boeing jets to Vietnamese businesses. Mr Trump tweeted at the start of the day: "Vietnam is thriving like few places on earth. North Korea would be the same, and very quickly, if it would denuclearize. "The potential is AWESOME, a great opportunity, like almost none other in history, for my friend Kim Jong Un. We will know fairly soon - Very Interesting!" But some local politicians played down the hope of the summit creating a major breakthrough. Dr Ngo Quang Xuan, vice-chairman of the foreign affairs committee in Vietnam's National Assembly, told The Telegraph: "It [denuclearisation] is a very sensitive and difficult objective to obtain, and that's why it will take time – not one or two days, not one month – for the final settlement."
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