| Full Interview: Tillerson on Russia, Comey, and His Relationship With Trump Posted: 13 May 2017 11:00 PM PDT  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joins Chuck Todd in an exclusive Meet the Press interview.
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| In testing missile, N. Korea challenges South's new leader Posted: 14 May 2017 06:22 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday test-launched a ballistic missile that flew for half an hour and reached an unusually high altitude before landing in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese and U.S. militaries said. The launch, which Tokyo said could be of a new type of missile, is a direct challenge to the new South Korean president and comes as U.S., Japanese and European navies gather for joint war games in the Pacific.
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| New Details Emerge In Tad Cummins Case Posted: 14 May 2017 05:13 AM PDT  The former teacher is facing charges on taking a minor across state lines with intent to engage in sexual activity.
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| Fast-moving cyberattacks wreak havoc worldwide Posted: 12 May 2017 09:38 PM PDT  A fast-moving wave of cyberattacks swept the globe Friday, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency. The attacks -- which experts said affected dozens of countries -- used a technique known as ransomware that locks users' files unless they pay the attackers a designated sum in the virtual currency Bitcoin. Affected by the onslaught were computer networks at hospitals in Britain, Russia's interior ministry, the Spanish telecom giant Telefonica and the US delivery firm FedEx and many other organizations.
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| Pope says will be 'sincere' with Trump at Vatican meeting Posted: 13 May 2017 09:39 PM PDT  By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Saturday he would be "sincere" with U.S. President Donald Trump over their sharp differences on subjects such as immigration and climate change when the two hold their first meeting at the Vatican later this month. "Even if one thinks differently we have to be very sincere about what each one thinks," Francis said in a typically freewheeling airborne news conference.
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| Lawsuit: Execution drug will cause unconstitutional pain Posted: 12 May 2017 06:50 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — The firing squad is the only appropriate method of execution for a condemned Georgia prisoner — even though it's not permitted under state law — because the state's lethal injection drug could cause him to suffer more than the Constitution allows, his lawyers say.
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| Romanian carmaker Dacia halts production after global cyber attack Posted: 13 May 2017 06:34 AM PDT  Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by France's Renault, said on Saturday some of its production had been hit by what appeared to be the global ransomware cyber attack that has infected computers in nearly 100 countries. Renault stopped production at several sites earlier on Saturday to prevent the spread of the cyber attack. "Part of Dacia's production in Mioveni has been affected by disfunctionalities of IT systems and some employees were sent back home," Dacia said in a statement.
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| Graham on New FBI Dir: 'Promoting Within the Ranks' Good Idea Posted: 13 May 2017 11:08 PM PDT  Senator Lindsey Graham tells Chuck Todd it is not a good idea to appoint a politician as the new FBI director.
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| America’s wondrous waterfalls Posted: 14 May 2017 03:30 PM PDT ![America's wondrous waterfalls]( "America's wondrous waterfalls") Waterfalls are one of nature's most dramatic features. Some are easily found cascading through our national parks while others are tucked away in quieter corners of the country.
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| Police chief, 2 nursing home employees killed; shooter dead Posted: 12 May 2017 08:02 PM PDT  KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An armed man gunned down a new village police chief on an Ohio street on Friday and then killed two employees in a nearby nursing home, where he later was found dead, a sheriff said. No nursing home residents were injured, nor were two hostages briefly held by the alleged gunman.
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| Trump weighs further US troops for Afghanistan Posted: 13 May 2017 07:03 PM PDT  Hanging in a corridor outside the Pentagon press office, a blow-up of a Time magazine cover shows a weary US soldier drawing deeply on his cigarette. The headline: "How Not to Lose in Afghanistan." The date: April 20, 2009. More than eight years later, the Pentagon finds itself in the same quandary.
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| Quotes from leaders at China's New Silk Road meeting Posted: 14 May 2017 03:42 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — This week's conference in Beijing centered on President Xi Jinping's "One Belt, One Road" initiative has drawn heads of state and government from 29 countries, along with leaders of global organizations including the United Nations and International Monetary Fund.
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| Designer Carolina Herrera laments murder of nephew in Venezuela Posted: 13 May 2017 11:45 AM PDT  Venezuela-born fashion designer Carolina Herrera on Saturday lamented the killing of her nephew in the crisis-torn country, in what authorities called an apparent kidnapping. State prosecutors said the bodies of businessmen Reinaldo Herrera, 34, and Fabrizio Mendoza, 31, were found late on Thursday in a vehicle abandoned along the highway connecting Caracas to the Caribbean coast. "Our only hope is that the tragic assassination of our young nephew, Reinaldo and his colleague, Fabrizio will serve to mitigate the terrible carnage and murders that are committed against our youth in Venezuela," Herrera, 78, wrote on the Instagram account of her fashion label.
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| The Latest: Researcher who helped halt cyberattack applauded Posted: 13 May 2017 06:31 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the global cyberattack (all times local):
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| 7 Unique Mother’s Day Gifts Posted: 13 May 2017 05:40 AM PDT  You can still get mom an awesome and unique gift for Mother's Day. Check out these last-minute ideas!
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| US train driver faces charges over deadly 2015 derailment Posted: 12 May 2017 09:16 PM PDT  Criminal charges were filed Friday against a US passenger train driver for the 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said charges were filed against Brandon Bostian, the engineer, or driver, of the Amtrak 188 train involved in the deadly May 12, 2015 incident. Bostian faces eight counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of causing or risking a catastrophe, "and numerous counts of reckless endangerment," Shapiro said in a brief statement.
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| Man Sets Himself On Fire While Recording on Facebook Live, Later Dies Posted: 14 May 2017 10:18 AM PDT  His ex-girlfriend was present during the entire ordeal that took place at her job.
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| Donald Trump should stop tweeting about Russia investigation, senior Republican senator warns Posted: 14 May 2017 08:31 AM PDT  A senior Republican senator has urged Donald Trump to "back off" and stop tweeting about the ongoing investigation into his campaign's alleged collusion with Russia's purported efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. Days after Mr Trump fired James Comey as FBI Director, Senator Lindsey Graham said it was essential to get to the bottom of what was said between the President and the former top federal investigator. Mr Graham spoke after Mr Trump claimed Mr Comey had told him on three occasions – once over dinner – that he was not personally under investigation.
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| India, Pakistan army trade fire in Kashmir; 2 civilians dead Posted: 13 May 2017 07:03 AM PDT  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Saturday, killing two civilians and wounding six others, officials said.
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| Pope cheered in Fatima to honor children who urged peace Posted: 12 May 2017 06:04 PM PDT  FATIMA, Portugal (AP) — Pope Francis urged Catholics on Friday to "tear down all walls" and spread peace as he traveled to this Portuguese shrine town to mark the 100th anniversary of one of the most unique events of the 20th-century Catholic Church: the visions of the Virgin Mary reported by three illiterate shepherd children and the "secrets" she told them.
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| China's Xi calls for greater counter-terrorism cooperation with Turkey Posted: 13 May 2017 06:23 PM PDT  Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that the two should deepen counter-terrorism cooperation, amid Chinese concern about ethnic Uighurs from its Xinjiang region fighting with militants in the Middle East. Uighurs are a largely Muslim, Turkic-speaking minority from China's western Xinjiang region. Hundreds, possibly thousands, keen to escape unrest in Xinjiang, have traveled clandestinely via Southeast Asia to Turkey, where many see themselves as sharing religious and cultural ties.
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| Jilted Indian man rapes, kills ex-girlfriend: police Posted: 14 May 2017 02:56 AM PDT  A jilted man who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend before smashing her head with bricks and running her over with a car has been arrested, Indian police said Sunday. Police in the northern state of Haryana said the 23-year-old victim was abducted by the man and his friend who then allegedly raped and mutilated her, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country. "We have arrested two men under various sections -- murder and rape also," Jagjeet Singh, spokesman for Sonipat city police in Haryana, told AFP.
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| MacMall’s new sale slashes up to 30% off everything you can think of… except Macs Posted: 13 May 2017 10:15 AM PDT 
The name "MacMall" obviously hearkens back to the retailer's origins, when it primarily sold... you guessed it... Macs. Apple computers and other Apple products are still a core part of the company's business, of course, and you'll always find prices on Apple gear that are lower than what you would pay even if you buy directly from Apple. But MacMall has grown a lot in the past few years, and the company's weekend-long sale on new arrivals is a perfect reminder of the wide range of products MacMall now sells. This weekend only, MacMall is slashing prices up to 30% on a wide range of new arrivals. From Chromebooks and Windows laptops to desktops, monitors, projectors, external hard drives, printers, headphones, tablets, VR headsets, Nest Cam bundles, software and everything in between, this big MacMall sale covers just about anything and everything you can think of. Well, except for Macs. Here are some examples of the deals you'll find at MacMall right now: - HP Inc. 15-ba053nr Laptop - 15.6" Screen, AMD A10 Quad-Core 2.4GHz Processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, Windows 10 Home - Refurbished: $329.99
- HP Inc. Elitebook 2570P Intel Core i5-3320M 2.6GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB, DVD, 12.5" Display, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - Refurbished: $219.99
- Lenovo Thinkpad L440 Intel Core i5-4300M 2.6GHz, 4GB RAM, 180GB SSD, NO ODD, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 a/b/g/n, 1x USB 3.0, 3 x USB 2.0, GeForce GT 730M 1GB, 14" Display, Win10 Pro 64 - Refurbished: $299.99
- Dell XPS L321X Ultrabook Intel Core i5-2647M 1.6GHz, 4GB RAM, 128GB RAM SSD, NO ODD, 13.3" Display, CAM, Win10 Pro 64 - Refurbished: $299.99
- HP Inc. Elitebook 2560P Core i5-2520M 2.5GHz/4GB RAM/320G/DVD/12.5"/Win 10Pro 64 - Refurbished: $189.99
- ViewSonic LightStream 3,300-Lumen WXGA Projector: $549.99
- Seagate Technology Backup Plus 5TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (Silver): $149.99
- Seagate Technology Backup Plus 5TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (Black): $139.99
- Nest Labs Cam Outdoor Security Camera - 2 Pack: $349.99
- Nest Labs Cam Indoor Security Camera - 3 Pack: $499.99
- Lenovo N22 Chromebook 80SF - Celeron N3060 / 1.6 GHz - Chrome OS - 2 GB RAM - 16 GB eMMC - 11.6" TN 1366 x 768 (HD) - HD Graphics 400 - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth - black: $175.46
- Lenovo N22 Chromebook 80SF - Celeron N3060 / 1.6 GHz - Chrome OS - 4 GB RAM - 16 GB eMMC - 11.6" TN 1366 x 768 (HD) - HD Graphics 400 - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth - black: $212.25
- ASUS Chromebook C201PA-DS02-PW Rockchip Cortex A17 RK3288 Quad-core 1.80GHz Notebook PC - 4GB RAM, 16GB SSD, 11.6" HD, 802.11ac - Pearl White: $216.54
- ASRock Beebox-S 7100U Intel Core i3-7100U 2.40GHz, 802.11 ac + Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3.0: $303.99
- Naxa Electronics 32" 720p LED TV & Media Player: $214.98
Check out the full MacMall sale right here on the retailer's website. Remember, these deals are only available through the end of the day on Sunday.
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| Snap earnings 'miss' shows misreading of analyst 'expectations' Posted: 13 May 2017 04:26 AM PDT  By David Ingram SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A widespread view on Wall Street this week was that Snap Inc fell short of revenue forecasts when it posted its first quarterly results as a public company, triggering a big selloff in its shares. In fact there were two distinct camps of forecasters, which suggests the earnings "miss" was a matter of interpretation, and other factors were behind the stock decline. A Reuters review of 19 predictions heading into Snap's earnings report on Wednesday shows that analysts affiliated with the underwriters of Snap's initial public offering in March had far lower revenue expectations than investment firms not involved in the IPO.
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| Merkel's party bags key victory in bellwether state vote Posted: 14 May 2017 10:50 AM PDT  Düsseldorf (Germany) (AFP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel dealt a devastating blow to her main rival on Sunday, four months before national elections, when early results showed her party securing a strong win in a regional vote in Germany's biggest state. The SPD only managed to garner 30.6 percent, its worst score in history in the state and sharply down from its 2012 showing of 39.1 percent, in a serious hit to confidence ahead of general elections in September.
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| Belize murder victim's mother remains hopeful for justice: Part 6 Posted: 12 May 2017 06:02 PM PDT  "I can't say I've given up on my hopes for justice," Gregory Faull's mother Eileen Keeney said.
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| GOP leaders see more smoke than fire in Comey's dismissal Posted: 12 May 2017 11:26 PM PDT  CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — Chaos is President Donald Trump's style, yet as long as the Republican delivers on health care, taxes and tapping a new FBI director as solid as his Supreme Court pick, GOP leaders say everything will be just fine.
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| Parents sue Palestinian groups to collect on jury award Posted: 12 May 2017 08:22 PM PDT ![Parents sue Palestinian groups to collect on jury award]( "Parents sue Palestinian groups to collect on jury award") CHICAGO (AP) — The parents of a 17-year-old yeshiva student fatally shot in the West Bank by Hamas terrorists in 1996 filed a federal lawsuit Friday against two Chicago-area Palestinian-American groups to collect on a legal judgment stemming from the death.
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| Pope Francis prays for Yazidis as Iraqi troops advance in Mosul Posted: 14 May 2017 05:15 AM PDT  Pope Francis called attention on Sunday to the plight of people affected by war and conflict in the Middle East as U.S.-backed forces close in on Islamic State militants in Iraq. "So many innocent people are being sorely tested, be they Christian, or Muslim, or from minority groups like the Yazidi, who are suffering tragic violence and discrimination," Francis said after his regular Sunday address in the Vatican. "I encourage the different communities to follow the path of dialogue and friendship, to build a future of respect, security and peace, far from any sort of war." The battle for Mosul, the densely populated northern Iraqi city that Islamic State made its de facto capital, was approaching an end on Sunday after seven months of grueling combat.
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| A 'Gilmore Girls' lego set might be coming and my wallet is so ready Posted: 13 May 2017 07:14 AM PDT  Oy with the completely perfect Lego sets already! The company that enhanced everyone's childhood could be creating a product that will make Gilmore Girls fans of all ages weep with joy: a Luke's Diner Lego set. *passes out* SEE ALSO: 'Lego Movie's' Unikitty is getting an animated show and everything is awesome Now hold up — before you get too excited and down five cups of coffee in celebration, as of right now the Gilmore Girls set is just an idea. The company allows adorkable fans to submit original ideas for new Lego sets and one glorious human, Rainer Zufall, is to thank for blessing the world with this vision of Lego Lorelai. At the end of April, Zufall submitted his collection design, which features a completely furnished Luke's Diner — right down to the beloved "No Cell Phones" sign — along with six of our favorite Stars Hollow characters. Image: RAINER ZUFALL/LEGO IDEASIt is so beautiful. And if for some reason the set itself has not sold you yet, the inspiration behind it will. Zufall wrote that the idea to build Lego Luke's Diner came to him, "because my wife is a really big Gilmore Girls fan and she asked me to build Luke's Diner for her." Omg. Since he's a big Lego fan he wanted to give his wife and other Gilmore Girl lovers the ability to recreate their favorite scenes with the toy. Image: RAINER ZUFALL/LEGO IDEAS Image: RAINER ZUFALL/LEGO IDEAS Tell me you do not want to own these precious Lego figures of Lorelai, Rory, Luke, Lane, Kirk, and JESS. Lego Jess! That's right — no Lego Dean, no Lego Logan, just Lego Jess. Zufall clearly knows what's UP. Image: Rainer zufall/lego ideasIf you simply cannot imagine your life without this Gilmore Girls set in it, go support it! The idea will need to reach 10,000 followers in order to make it to Lego for an official review and potential approval. The world needs this. WATCH: The 'Gilmore Girls' coffee challenge doesn't have a happy ending
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| More leaks show the OnePlus 5 will have one crucial feature Posted: 12 May 2017 08:01 PM PDT 
The Galaxy S8 is finally available in stores, but the OnePlus 5 is one of the mostly hotly-anticipated Android phones right now. The handset will be launched this summer, OnePlus already confirmed, while a slew of reports already revealed almost everything there is to know about the handset. We still don't know what the phone will look like, and reports offer conflicting details regarding one of its most important features. But there's a new leak that might settle it.
The OnePlus 5 is expected to feature a dual lens rear camera on the back, although it's unclear whether it'll have a horizontal or vertical orientation. A series of images posted on SlashLeaks indicate the camera will have two lenses and will be placed vertically, in a central location. The flash is positioned under the camera, and it's followed by the OnePlus logo. One other detail to note is that there's no fingerprint sensor on the back. That means it's positioned on the front side of the handset, probably just below the display. SlashLeaks posted four images that show various proposals for the rear camera and antenna lines design. Aside from the minor camera, flash, and antenna differences, the renders show the same overall design for the handset. It's unclear at this time which one will be chosen as the final design, and that's assuming these leaked renders have indeed leaked from OnePlus. A render for the front side of the handset isn't available, but here are the images posted on SlashLeaks: 
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| Sheriff: South Carolina man charged with murder, kidnapping Posted: 13 May 2017 05:03 PM PDT ![Sheriff: South Carolina man charged with murder, kidnapping]( "Sheriff: South Carolina man charged with murder, kidnapping") BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man has been arrested and charged in the stabbing death of a Bennettsville woman and the disappearance of her 8-year-old daughter, who remains missing, authorities said Saturday.
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| China says all welcome at Silk Road forum after U.S. complains over North Korea Posted: 13 May 2017 01:37 AM PDT  By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - China welcomes all countries to a forum this weekend on China's new Silk Road plan, the foreign ministry said on Saturday, after the United States warned China that North Korea's attendance could affect other countries' participation. Two sources with knowledge of the situation said the U.S. embassy in Beijing had submitted a diplomatic note to China's foreign ministry, saying inviting North Korea sent the wrong message at a time when the world was trying to pressure it over its repeated missile and nuclear tests.
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| Wal-Mart pushing hard to catch Amazon in e-commerce Posted: 14 May 2017 10:23 AM PDT  Wal-Mart Stores, the 800-pound gorilla of retail, is running hard to catch up in an increasingly crucial segment where it is neither the biggest nor the best: e-commerce. The company, founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, has been gobbling up smaller and niche players in e-commerce in an effort to reach online shopping market leader Amazon. Whether those efforts are paying off will be a focal point when Wal-Mart Stores reports quarterly earnings on Thursday.
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| Genes Play An Integral Role In Aging Process Posted: 13 May 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Genes are important in a person's aging process, just as in the case of 117-year-old Emma Morano, who was the world's oldest living person.
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| Iran's delayed gold rush disillusions voters Posted: 13 May 2017 09:21 PM PDT  The investment gold rush that was supposed to follow Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and revitalise the economy has not materialised, leaving many voters disillusioned ahead of Friday's election. The figures say it all -- President Hassan Rouhani wanted $50 billion a year in foreign investment to reach his target of eight-percent growth.
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| Police used stun gun, neck grab in fatal Vegas Strip arrest Posted: 14 May 2017 03:19 PM PDT ![Police used stun gun, neck grab in fatal Vegas Strip arrest]( "Police used stun gun, neck grab in fatal Vegas Strip arrest") LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say an unarmed man has died after police officers used a stun gun and neck grab to subdue him during an arrest on the Las Vegas Strip.
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| U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to turn over any Comey tapes Posted: 14 May 2017 01:20 PM PDT  By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Sunday called on President Donald Trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with fired FBI chief James Comey, potentially setting up a showdown with the White House as Democrats considered a boycott of the vote on Comey's replacement. In a highly unusual move, Trump last week appeared to suggest on Twitter that he might have tapes of conversations with Comey and warned the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation against talking to the media.
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| Android O could solve Android’s biggest problem Posted: 12 May 2017 06:03 PM PDT 
For all of Android's strengths, there's one area where it has dramatically lagged behind iOS: updates. Fragmentation is arguably Android's biggest problem, but in a post on the Android Developers Blog this Friday, Google revealed a new feature in Android O that will supposedly "make it easier, faster and less costly for manufacturers to update devices to a new version of Android."
Google says that the new feature, dubbed Project Treble, represents "the biggest change to the low-level system architecture of Android to date." As it stands, a lot of code has to be rewritten across Android before a given vendor can update its devices to the latest version of the software. With Project Treble, vendors will be able to roll out Android updates without having to wait for chip manufacturers such as Qualcomm to modify the code to work with their chips. The entire process will be streamlined so that vendors can get Android 8.0 (and beyond) in the hands of consumers more quickly than they've been able to in the past. That's what Google is promising, anyway. Google has not been blind to the fragmentation issue over the past several years. The company has ensured Android users on multiple occasions that it's working on solutions, but considering that just 7.1% of users are on Android 7.0 Nougat while nearly 20% are still on Android 4.4 KitKat, the success on this front has clearly been limited up to this point. Google says that Project Treble is already running on the Android O Developer Preview for Pixel phones, but we'll have to wait until the new version of Android begins rolling out to judge its efficacy.
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| Woman admits to defacing property on Hawaii mountain Posted: 13 May 2017 11:24 AM PDT  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A woman has confessed to writing graffiti on a Hawaii mountain area considered sacred by some natives.
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| South Africa to sign new nuclear power pacts after court ruling Posted: 13 May 2017 02:51 AM PDT  South Africa plans to sign new, more transparent nuclear power agreements with five foreign countries after a high court blocked a deal with Russia due to a lack of oversight, the energy ministry said on Saturday. South Africa signed intergovernmental agreements with Russia, France, China, South Korea and the United States in 2014 as part of plans to build a fleet of nuclear power plants at a cost of between $30 billion and $70 billion.
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| New Jersey family says they were kicked off JetBlue flight over a birthday cake Posted: 13 May 2017 08:39 PM PDT  There were tears and confusion onboard a JetBlue flight at Kennedy Airport. A family from New Jersey says they were kicked off the flight to Las Vegas over a birthday cake they brought onto the plane, but the airline is telling a much different story about what happened.
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