| Prosecutor: Manafort meeting with Russian at heart of probe Posted: 07 Feb 2019 04:24 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — An August 2016 meeting between President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman and an associate with ties to Russian intelligence goes to the "heart" of the Russia investigation, according to a court transcript unsealed Thursday.
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| U.S. political activist linked to Russian agent charged with money laundering, fraud Posted: 06 Feb 2019 06:57 PM PST  A conservative U.S. political activist romantically linked to admitted Russian agent Maria Butina has been indicted by a federal grand jury on wire fraud and money laundering charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office in South Dakota said on Wednesday. Paul Erickson, 56, was indicted on 11 counts of wire fraud and money laundering on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to the charges in an appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Moreno, the office said in a statement. Erickson's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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| Red Cross expands Venezuela operations as crisis grows Posted: 06 Feb 2019 10:07 AM PST  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has doubled its resources for Venezuela to help cope with humanitarian needs generated by the country's crisis, its president said on Wednesday. Under President Nicolas Maduro, oil-wealthy Venezuela has plunged into economic crisis, suffering from hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine that have helped push 2.3 million people to flee since 2015. Maduro is under pressure after the United States, European nations and Latin American governments recognised an opposition leader as interim president until new elections.
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| Saudi Crown Prince Once Said He'd Use 'a Bullet' on Khashoggi, Report Says Posted: 07 Feb 2019 11:08 PM PST  The remark was reportedly made in a conversation intercepted by the U.S.
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| Photos of the Rare but Super Lame 2020 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Italia Posted: 07 Feb 2019 02:47 PM PST |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s wipes away tears at protest to defund US border agency: ‘They don't deserve a dime’ Posted: 07 Feb 2019 12:58 PM PST  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was seen wiping tears from her face after using the death of a seven-year-old migrant child to demand an end to funding for the nation's border agency. At the event on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, the New York congresswoman said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did "not deserve a dime", until it showed it cared about human rights. "Not only will we not agree to fund [ICE], but we are here to say that an agency like ICE, which repeatedly and systematically violates human rights, does not deserve a dime," she said.
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| Blackface, sex assault scandals shake top Virginia Democrats Posted: 06 Feb 2019 12:10 PM PST  Attorney General Mark Herring said in a statement that he donned brown face paint at a party in 1980 to impersonate a rapper. Northam admitted last weekend to having worn blackface - a practice that dates to 19th century minstrel shows caricaturing slaves - in 1984 to impersonate Michael Jackson. U.S. Democrats have become increasingly focused on promoting diversity and rooting out patterns of sexual misconduct in many American institutions.
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| Cindy McCain apology shows challenge for mixed-race families Posted: 08 Feb 2019 06:09 AM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — Cindy McCain has apologized after she claimed she stopped a case of human trafficking at the Phoenix airport when she reported a toddler with a woman of a different ethnicity and "something didn't click." Police said they investigated but there was no evidence of a crime.
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| O.J. Simpson's advice to Roger Stone: 'Man up' and 'stop crying' Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:05 AM PST  Simpson, who has faced his own public legal battles, was not moved by Stone's complaints about his treatment during his arrest.
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| Michael Cohen Search Warrant Documents to Be Made Partly Public Posted: 07 Feb 2019 11:41 AM PST  Over objections from federal prosecutors, U.S. District Judge William Pauley on Thursday granted a request by media organizations for access to documents related to the April 9 FBI search of Cohen's home, office and hotel room, while agreeing with the government that some materials must remain secret to protect ongoing investigations. "The public interest in the underlying subject matter of the materials -- which implicates the integrity of the 2016 presidential election -- is substantial," Pauley said.
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| Backers of a Green New Deal Embrace Their Fantasies Posted: 08 Feb 2019 03:30 AM PST  On Thursday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.) introduced what many news outlets described as "legislation" for the Green New Deal, a wildly ambitious plan to eliminate the American fossil-fuel industry within a decade or so. It's a resolution titled "Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal." In other words, even if it passed — a considerable if — nothing would really happen. "It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive," Pelosi said.
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| The Acura NSX Revolutionized the Sports-Car Game When It Appeared 30 Years Ago Posted: 07 Feb 2019 07:00 AM PST  Remembering this rapier of a supercar on the anniversary of its Chicago auto show debut.
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| Michelle Carter: High court upholds conviction of woman who encouraged boyfriend's suicide with text messages Posted: 06 Feb 2019 12:20 PM PST  The Massachusetts Supreme Court has upheld the manslaughter conviction of a woman who persuaded her boyfriend through text messages to commit suicide. Michelle Carter, 22, will serve 15 months in prison for the July 2014 suicide of Conrad Roy III, 18, after she was found guilty in 2017. Prior to the court's decision Wednesday, Carter's sentence had been placed on hold as her appeal was reviewed.
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| EU slashes eurozone growth forecast as Germany cools Posted: 06 Feb 2019 04:21 PM PST  The European Commission sharply cut its eurozone growth forecast for 2019 on Thursday as an unexpected slowdown in Germany and protests in France weigh on the economy in Europe. The EU also cut Italy's growth rate to a five-year low, a situation that risks reopening bitter differences between Brussels and Rome about the government's spending plans this year. The commission, the EU's executive arm, is now expecting growth of 1.3 percent in the eurozone this year, a significant cut from 1.9 percent predicted in November.
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| The Latest: Virginia senators, congressmen address scandals Posted: 07 Feb 2019 06:14 PM PST  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the racial and sexual assault allegations that have engulfed Virginia's top three elected officials, all Democrats (all times local):
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| Ronan Farrow: I received 'blackmail' threat similar to Amazon's Jeff Bezos Posted: 08 Feb 2019 08:49 AM PST  Ronan Farrow said Thursday that he received blackmail threats from AMI after reporting on the National Enquirer and President Donald Trump.
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| Häagen-Dazs Just Dropped An Entire Line Of Boozy Ice Cream Posted: 07 Feb 2019 08:04 AM PST  One of each, please.
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| Factbox: UK opposition Labour Party sets terms for backing May on Brexit Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:21 PM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has written to Prime Minister Theresa May, offering to support her Brexit deal if she makes five legally binding commitments – including joining a customs union. Below are Labour's five demands for supporting her deal: - A permanent customs union. This would include a say in future trade deals - Close alignment with the EU's single market. ...
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| The 2019 Audi TT RS Is a Five-Cylinder Fury with Some New Colors and Air Scoops Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:20 PM PST  Minor exterior and interior updates for the world's only five-cylinder sports car in production.
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| Surprise your sweetheart with these red velvet truffles this Valentine’s day Posted: 07 Feb 2019 05:00 AM PST  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Pompeo to build US ties with Hungary's right-wing leaders Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:34 PM PST  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Hungary next week, the White House said Wednesday, as the United States seeks to build ties with nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban following rifts. "A great preview of our 2019 goals and Secretary Pompeo's trip next week," Bolton tweeted.
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| Florida wins its first passing grade on annual gun-safety report card Posted: 08 Feb 2019 06:38 AM PST  Florida earned a passing grade for the first time on an annual gun-safety report card compiled by a prominent advocacy group, after the state led all others in bolstering its firearms laws in the year since the deadly Parkland school shooting. The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence released its annual analysis on Friday, days before the first anniversary of the shooting, which killed 17 students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The incident intensified a national debate over gun violence, prompting a wave of student-led walkouts and pushing lawmakers to pass 67 gun safety bills in 26 states and Washington, D.C., according to the center's data.
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| 13 Coffee Table–Worthy Pipes Posted: 07 Feb 2019 12:24 PM PST |
| Russia Says It Welcomes Trump Offer of New Nuclear Pact, Awaits Details Posted: 07 Feb 2019 04:09 AM PST  "We saw President Trump's statement about the possibility of a new treaty, which should include other countries," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters in Moscow on Thursday. Trump said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that the U.S. may be open to negotiating another agreement to replace the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, one that could include China as well as Russia. The U.S. gave Russia written notice on Monday of its decision to withdraw from the Cold War-era accord, which bans deployment of short and medium-range missiles.
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| A timeline of events in the Jayme Closs disappearance case Posted: 06 Feb 2019 05:03 PM PST  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — Notable events in the disappearance and discovery of Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who went missing after her parents were killed in the family's home. Authorities say Jayme was found alive after being held captive for three months by a man who is now charged in her kidnapping and her parents' deaths.
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| Hacienda HealthCare closing facility where patient was raped and gave birth Posted: 07 Feb 2019 05:07 PM PST  Hacienda HealthCare announced it is closing its facility, where a patient was raped. Nathan Sutherland was arrested and charged with sexual assault.
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| Virginia Democrats can't claim ignorance of blackface: Today's talker Posted: 07 Feb 2019 03:14 AM PST  Political background checks must include culturally conscious background checks, argues sociologist Kimya Dennis.
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| Mulvaney: Not a single Democrat stood to applaud Trump denouncing socialism Posted: 06 Feb 2019 07:27 PM PST  Amid Democrats' far-left turn, Trump flatly rejects socialism during State of the Union; reaction from acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
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| U.S. banks weigh whether to embrace or avoid progressive firebrand Ocasio-Cortez Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:48 PM PST  Barely a month into the new Congress, financial lobbyists in Washington are already strategizing how to handle the star power of rookie Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Democratic Socialist and Wall Street critic joined the 60-member House Financial Services Committee in mid-January and more than a dozen lobbyists interviewed by Reuters say the 29-year-old activist and former bartender is too high-profile to ignore. Richard Hunt, chief executive of the Consumer Bankers Association, said he had not encountered a lawmaker like Ocasio-Cortez in more than 20 years in Washington.
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| US: SpaceX no-load test is delayed Posted: 06 Feb 2019 01:15 PM PST  NASA announced Wednesday that SpaceX's no-load rocket test has been pushed back to March 2 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA has made SpaceX and Boeing responsible for transporting astronauts starting this year. SpaceX uses its Falcon 9 rocket, at the top of which is fixed a Dragon capsule specially designed to accommodate astronauts.
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| Evidence shows Khashoggi murder planned, carried out by Saudi officials: U.N. Posted: 07 Feb 2019 11:16 AM PST  Khashoggi's killing by a team of Saudi operatives on Oct. 2 provoked widespread revulsion and tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, previously admired in the West for pushing deep changes including tax reform, infrastructure projects and allowing women to drive. U.S. intelligence agencies believe Crown Prince Mohammed ordered an operation to kill Khashoggi, a critic and Washington Post columnist, and say his body was dismembered and removed to a location still publicly unknown. "Evidence collected during my mission to Turkey shows prime facie case that Mr. Khashoggi was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing, planned and perpetrated by officials of the State of Saudi Arabia," Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur for extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions, said in statement issued in Geneva.
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| The 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata 30th Anniversary Edition in Photos Posted: 07 Feb 2019 09:43 AM PST |
| New details released in unsolved 'Doodler' serial killer case from 1970s Posted: 07 Feb 2019 02:56 AM PST  Gay men in San Francisco were targeted in the 1970's by a serial killer known as "The Doodler."
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| The Latest: Ocasio-Cortez claims good rapport with Pelosi Posted: 07 Feb 2019 10:51 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional Democrats and proposals to address climate change (all times local):
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| No Easy Exit for Trump From Long U.S. Wars Posted: 07 Feb 2019 03:19 AM PST  For years, the U.S. has been embroiled in the fight against Islamist militant groups, snared in lengthy conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. The president has made clear he wants out of Syria. Yesterday, he insisted that Islamic State was almost defeated, despite evidence to the contrary and pushback from his own administration against a quick withdrawal that could leave a power vacuum in a volatile region.
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| El Chapo jury ends 3rd day of deliberations without verdict Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:24 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at the trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ended their third day of deliberations at his U.S. trial Wednesday without a verdict after asking whether killing someone over personal beef could be part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy.
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| 10 of the Best Tech Stocks to Buy for 2019 Posted: 07 Feb 2019 06:28 AM PST ![10 of the Best Tech Stocks to Buy for 2019]( "10 of the Best Tech Stocks to Buy for 2019") E-commerce's most dominant name, Amazon shares have pummeled the broader market for years now, racking up extraordinary gains. For investors willing to bear the short-term volatility of a long-term winner, Amazon's definitely one of the best tech stocks to buy for 2019 (and hold for decades). Its high-profile new HQ2 locations will add 50,000 high-level jobs as Amazon doubles down on investing in its long-term growth.
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| Venezuela's Guaido asks Italy's leaders to meet his envoys Posted: 06 Feb 2019 12:48 PM PST  The hard-right League has expressed strong support for Guaido, but coalition partner the 5-Star Movement has not, making Italy the only major European Union nation not to recognize him as Venezuela's temporary head of state. In a Feb. 5 letter distributed by League leader and deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini's office on Wednesday, Guaido asks if he can send a delegation "to illustrate the plan of action to renew democracy in Venezuela" through fair elections. "The current humanitarian crisis is hitting all Venezuelans, including the more than 100,000 Italians who live in Venezuela," it said.
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| Twitter profit soars as user base shrinks Posted: 06 Feb 2019 04:40 PM PST  Twitter said Thursday profits rose sharply in the fourth quarter, lifted by gains in advertising despite a drop in its global user base. Twitter said it would stop using the monthly user base metric and instead report "monetizable" daily active users in the US and worldwide. Using that measure, Twitter showed a base of 126 million worldwide, up nine percent over the year.
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| The 2019 BMW M850i First Edition Is Last to Arrive on the Dealer Lot Posted: 06 Feb 2019 10:23 AM PST  Special color combos mark this big coupe's late arrival for the 2019 model year.
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| Brazil evacuates towns near Vale, ArcelorMittal dams on fears of collapse Posted: 08 Feb 2019 05:58 AM PST  The collapse two weeks ago unleashed an avalanche of mud that engulfed nearby buildings and farms, killing an estimated 300 people in Brazil's deadliest mining disaster. As evidence mounted that Vale missed warnings of trouble at the dam in the town of Brumadinho, pressure has risen on the firm and other mining companies to bolster safety measures to avoid a recurrence. ArcelorMittal shares dropped nearly 5 percent at 19.26 euros.
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| Ford equips 2020 Explorer with 3 sound-reducing features for quietest ride yet Posted: 07 Feb 2019 09:08 AM PST  Ford's new 2020 Explorer will feature the quietest cabin in the brand's portfolio thanks to a dual-wall dashboard, acoustic glass, and Active Noise Control technology. Installing a dual-wall dashboard between the engine compartment and passenger cabin is just one of three methods Ford used to keep the "vroom out of the room." Two walls of sheet-metal with an air gap in between work to keep vibration noises out, mimicking a semi-anechoic chamber. Lastly, Ford integrated Active Noise Control technology -- only into the Explorer Limited Hybrid, though -- to neutralize low and mid-frequency noise.
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| Trump’s State of the Union fails to mention the state of the planet: Hot and getting hotter Posted: 06 Feb 2019 10:31 AM PST  President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night clocked in at 82 minutes, the third-longest in U.S. history. Not once did he mention climate change.
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| Sears bankruptcy boss defends proposed sale to controversial ex-CEO Eddie Lampert Posted: 06 Feb 2019 03:00 PM PST  The person in charge of the Sears bankruptcy said Wednesday that the company's proposed sale to its chairman would be better than liquidation.
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