| Hillary Clinton calls Macron win a ‘defeat to those interfering with democracy’ Posted: 08 May 2017 06:02 AM PDT  The Democratic nominee, who blamed her own election loss, in part, on Russia's hack of her campaign emails, also took a swipe at the media.
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| Penn State Fraternity Pledge’s Death: 18 Students Charged Posted: 08 May 2017 08:36 AM PDT  Prosecutors allege that some fraternity brothers tried to cover their tracks, deleting messages and cleaning up any evidence of alcohol when a pledge slowly died after falling.
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| Trump advisers had ‘sensitive’ contacts with Russian agents for months, Clapper testifies Posted: 08 May 2017 05:10 PM PDT  European intelligence agencies provided "quite sensitive" reports about contacts between advisers to the then candidate Donald Trump and Russian agents starting in late 2015, James Clapper, former director of national intelligence testified today.
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| Prominent detentions of foreigners in North Korea Posted: 08 May 2017 02:15 AM PDT  Prominent detentions of foreigners by North Korea in recent years:
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| 2 More Dead & 8 Injured In Chicago Gang Violence Surge Posted: 08 May 2017 03:50 AM PDT  In the latest incident of gang-related violence in Chicago, two people were shot dead and eight wounded during a memorial service held for another victim killed the same day.
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| Health Officials Warn of Deadly Powassan Virus Posted: 08 May 2017 08:47 AM PDT  The virus, which is transmitted through tick bites, is more rare than Lyme disease, and brings more serious symptoms, including inflammation of the brain.
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| EPA denies firing members of scientific review board Posted: 08 May 2017 12:19 PM PDT  The Environmental Protection Agency says that several scientists reached the end of their three-year contracts on the Board of Scientific Counselors. Critics see this as the latest step in an administration campaign to diminish the role of scientific evidence in the agency's policymaking.
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| Persistent Bear With Taste for Brownies Refuses to Leave Woman's Home Posted: 09 May 2017 01:07 PM PDT  No amount of screaming, noise or yelling was enough to get this bear to scram.
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| Iran mine accident search ends with 43 dead Posted: 09 May 2017 02:07 AM PDT  Iranian rescue workers on Tuesday pulled out the 43rd and last body of victims killed in a mine explosion after six days of round-the-clock digging, the state broadcaster reported. The explosion happened on Wednesday in Zemestan Yort mine in Golestan province when workers tried to jump-start an engine in a tunnel filled with methane gas. President Hassan Rouhani's car came under attack from angry miners and the families of victims when he visited the site on Monday.
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| Mexico’s poppy war: Mexican army fights opium surge feeding U.S. heroin demand Posted: 09 May 2017 10:24 AM PDT ![Mexico's poppy war: Mexican army fights opium surge feeding U.S. heroin demand]( "Mexico's poppy war: Mexican army fights opium surge feeding U.S. heroin demand") Opium production in the Mexican state of Guerrero has pitted the army against rival drug gangs. Here are photos from the fields.
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| GOP House member walks back remark that ‘nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care’ Posted: 08 May 2017 10:42 AM PDT  Labrador had claimed during a Friday town hall that people don't die because of health care access. "I don't mandate anything," Labrador responded. After the comments caught fire, Labrador posted a clarifying statement on Facebook saying his remark was an attempt "to explain that all hospitals are required by law to treat patients in need of emergency care regardless of their ability to pay and that the Republican plan does not change that." Labrador also tried to deflect criticism by pointing out that the back-and-forth picked up came at the end of a longer exchange, which he posted in full.
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| The Latest: Crowds mass at jail where Jakarta governor held Posted: 09 May 2017 03:44 AM PDT  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on the blasphemy trial of the Indonesian capital's minority Christian governor, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama (all times local):
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| Texas governor signs into law bill to punish 'sanctuary cities' Posted: 08 May 2017 02:20 PM PDT  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed into law on Sunday a measure to punish "sanctuary cities," despite a plea from police chiefs of the state's biggest cities to halt the bill they said would hinder their ability to fight crime. The Texas measure comes as Republican U.S. President Donald Trump has made combating illegal immigration a priority. Texas, which has an estimated 1.5 million illegal immigrants and the longest border with Mexico of any U.S. state, has been at the forefront of the immigration debate.
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| Top lab CERN launches key new accelerator Posted: 09 May 2017 08:17 AM PDT  Europe's top physics lab CERN launched its newest particle accelerator on Tuesday, billed as a key step towards future experiments that could unlock the universe's greatest mysteries. The Linac 4 accelerator will by 2021 be connected to CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful proton smasher. The Geneva lab has long voiced hope that an enhanced LHC may help uncover new particles, possibly proving the existence of extra space-time dimensions.
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| The Latest: SKorean conservative describes election as 'war' Posted: 08 May 2017 06:54 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the presidential election in South Korea (all times local):
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| 10-year-old girl prises open alligator's mouth to free leg in Florida lake attack Posted: 08 May 2017 03:27 AM PDT  A 10 year old girl prised open an alligator's mouth and freed her leg after the animal attacked her during a swimming trip. The child was about 10 feet away from the shore of Lake Mary Jane, near Orlando, Florida, when the 8-foot-9 inch alligator struck, snapping its teeth into her leg. Despite the pain, the girl managed prise its mouth open and remove her leg before her family members rushed in to help.
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| Aaron Hernandez Suicide Facts Ahead Of Tuesday's Hearing Posted: 09 May 2017 04:46 AM PDT  The former New England Patriots tight end committed suicide on April 19 at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts.
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| 3 Tricks to Nail a Job Interview You Probably Haven't Heard Before Posted: 08 May 2017 07:11 AM PDT ![3 Tricks to Nail a Job Interview You Probably Haven't Heard Before]( "3 Tricks to Nail a Job Interview You Probably Haven't Heard Before") Read what your interviewers read. As a job seeker, you can get enormous insight by reading materials for interviewers, as well. Seek out materials designed for interviewers, like advice and information for how to conduct an effective interview, advice on how to interpret various types of answers to interview questions, red flags to watch for, what to ask references and so forth.
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| Judges hit Trump lawyer with tough questions over revised travel ban Posted: 08 May 2017 04:36 PM PDT  Federal appeals court judges on Monday peppered a U.S. Justice Department lawyer with tough questions about President Donald Trump's temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority nations, with several voicing skepticism that protecting national security was the aim of the policy, not religious bias. Six Democratic appointees on a court dominated by judges named by Democratic presidents showed concerns about reviving the Republican president's March executive order that prohibited new visas to enter the United States for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for three months.
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| How to Check Your Car's Engine Oil Posted: 09 May 2017 07:39 AM PDT  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Think of motor oil as the life's blood of your car's engine. Checking it on a regular basis is a key part of keeping you...
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| 10 Things to Know for Today Posted: 08 May 2017 02:52 AM PDT  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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| Iran's Rouhani says election rivals are 'violent extremists' Posted: 07 May 2017 05:52 PM PDT  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani launched a scathing attack on his conservative election rivals on Monday, saying their era of "violence and extremism" was over. "The people of Iran shall once again announce that they don't approve of those who only called for executions and jail throughout the last 38 years," he told a packed stadium in the western city of Hamedan, referring to the Islamic revolution of 1979. Rouhani faces a tough battle for re-election on May 19 as conservative opponents attack his failure to revive Iran's stagnant economy.
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| Accused Serial Killer Who Allegedly Terrorized Town Charged With Murdering 9, Including a Child Posted: 09 May 2017 09:38 AM PDT  The man is allegedly behind 12 shootings in total.
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| Deer caught eating human remains for first time, say scientists Posted: 08 May 2017 11:45 PM PDT  Scientists have discovered the first instance of a deer which eats human remains. The animal was caught mid-feast by a motion-sensitive camera at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility at Texas State University, a 26-acre area where forensic scientists study how human bodies decompose in the wild. Deer are mostly herbivores, although they have been known to scavenge small mammals or birds and occasionally eat other meats.
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| Trump's Increase Of Troops In Afghanistan May Alter Obama's Foreign Policy Posted: 09 May 2017 01:41 AM PDT  Trump advisors have proposed a new military policy that could undo Obama's efforts to minimize U.S.-Afghanistan conflict.
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| Major bank lists Tesla as top takeover target for Apple Posted: 09 May 2017 03:00 AM PDT  One could argue that Tesla is viewed as the Apple of the auto industry, even though the financial performance of each company is vastly different. Citigroup thinks so as the bank has listed Tesla along with six other firms as potential takeover targets for Apple, Reuters reports. The other firms fall into the software and entertainment industries and include names such as Netflix and Disney.
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| Libya forces advance on last jihadist bastions in Benghazi Posted: 08 May 2017 06:36 AM PDT  Forces loyal to Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar on Monday launched an offensive to oust jihadist from their last two strongholds in second city Benghazi, they said. Forces loyal to Haftar, who does not recognise a UN-backed unity government in Tripoli and backs a rival parliament, have retaken most of the coastal city since it was overrun by jihadists in 2014. Riadh Chehibi, an officer in Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army, said the forces advanced in the central district of Al-Sabri and Souq al-Hout area near the port, where jihadists are surrounded.
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| Venezuela's ex-spy chief promotes possible presidential bid Posted: 07 May 2017 09:07 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A former spy chief under the late leader Hugo Chavez is emerging as a political player in turbulent Venezuela, mistrusted by the opposition and despised by the government as he travels the country in a possible bid for the presidency.
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| 10 Ways to Maximize Square Footage in Small Rooms Posted: 09 May 2017 08:14 AM PDT ![10 Ways to Maximize Square Footage in Small Rooms]( "10 Ways to Maximize Square Footage in Small Rooms") Unfortunately, the more square footage one possesses, the higher the cost. There is a reason some homeowners and renters are turning toward the tiny house movement, or downsizing to live in a simpler, more efficient space. Today's homeowners are looking for an environmentally friendly space, with less financial burden and more freedom to travel, rather than being a tied to constant property maintenance (cleaning, organizing, landscaping, repairs).
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| 11 Ways To Eat Pizza Your Kids Won't See Coming Posted: 09 May 2017 10:56 AM PDT |
| Lawsuit: Law officers unfair to blacks in Mississippi county Posted: 08 May 2017 01:12 PM PDT  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officers in one majority-white Mississippi county are unfairly targeting black people for traffic stops and searches of homes and property without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing, a civil rights group claims in a new federal lawsuit.
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| Donald Trump attacks Sally Yates hours before she testifies in Russia investigation Posted: 08 May 2017 08:08 AM PDT  President Donald Trump has called on Congress to ask former acting Attorney General Sally Yates "if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers" - seemingly accusing her of leaking information after talking to the White House. Ms Yates will appear before a Senate subcommittee to answer questions about when and what she told the White House regarding former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's ties to Russia. Mr Flynn resigned in February after it was revealed that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak.
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| Could the US Stop Nuclear Weapons? Posted: 08 May 2017 09:24 AM PDT  With tensions brewing between the United States and North Korea — highlighted by a flurry of failed nuclear missile tests and fighting words by both countries — the possibility of nuclear war seems closer than it has been in years, according to experts. Though most analysts agree that at this point, North Korea lacks the technical capability to deploy a nuclear missile that could reach American targets, the mere possibility has put people around the world on edge. From the earliest uses in 1959 of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is designed to deliver nuclear weapons, the U.S. has been working on methods that would protect people from such an attack.
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| Car bomb hits Thailand's troubled south, injures 40 Posted: 09 May 2017 03:36 AM PDT  At least 40 people were wounded Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, police said, the largest attack for months on a civilian target in the troubled zone. The latest attack hit the town of Pattani around 2pm (0700 GMT), with two bombs going off outside the Big C, a busy supermarket near the town centre. "The second blast was a car bomb," Pattani police commander Major General Thanongsak Wangsupa told AFP.
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| Is The Best Cell Phone Coverage In The US The Fastest Wireless Network In America? Posted: 08 May 2017 03:00 PM PDT  Verizon failed to win this speed test despite its repeated claims of having the largest and fastest network in America.
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| 2017 Mazda 3 2.0L Automatic Sedan Posted: 09 May 2017 12:35 PM PDT  Not even our favorite 3 . . . and still good.
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