| Cevallos: Nunes memo is "just not legally accurate" Posted: 03 Feb 2018 12:38 AM PST  Republican authors of an intelligence memo contend that a surveillance application was fraudulently used to spy on one of Donald Trump's associates during the 2016 campaign. Legal analyst Danny Cevallos disputes this criticism.
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| We're Never Going To 'Win' In Afghanistan Posted: 04 Feb 2018 04:00 AM PST  Heaven knows, even if our politicians and generals don't, that while we haven't conclusively lost the war in Afghanistan, we surely haven't won it.
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| Alaskan copper mine proposal sparks concern about wild salmon fishery Posted: 03 Feb 2018 08:08 AM PST  The permitting process for the copper mine is underway with the blessing of the Trump administration, which could prove risky to the Dillingham fishery.
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| Oil tanker with 22 Indian crew missing in Gulf of Guinea since Friday Posted: 04 Feb 2018 09:17 AM PST ![Oil tanker with 22 Indian crew missing in Gulf of Guinea since Friday]( "Oil tanker with 22 Indian crew missing in Gulf of Guinea since Friday") By Edward McAllister and Rajendra Jadhav DAKAR/MUMBAI (Reuters) - A ship carrying 22 Indian crew and 13,500 tons of gasoline is missing in the Gulf of Guinea after contact was lost in Benin on Friday, the company and India's minister of external affairs said on Sunday. The Gulf of Guinea has become an increasing target for pirates who steal cargo and demand ransoms, even as piracy incidents fall worldwide, experts say. The Marine Express tanker, managed by Hong Kong-based Anglo-Eastern, was last see in Benin's waters at 3:30 a.m. GMT on Friday after which contact was lost, an Anglo Eastern spokesman told Reuters.
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| What David Brooks Doesn’t Understand About Abortions After The Second Trimester Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:41 PM PST  As much as New York Times columnist David Brooks likes to distance himself from President Donald Trump's brand of republicanism, there is at least one thing the two men have in common: They both have a horribly inaccurate picture of why women get abortions after 20 weeks, what the procedure entails and the toll abortion restrictions take on women.
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| Lasers on planes used to reveal massive massive complex of Mayan ruins Posted: 03 Feb 2018 08:11 AM PST  With the high-tech help scientists have found that Maya civilization was more advanced and populous than previously imagined.
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| Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan charged with rape: legal source Posted: 02 Feb 2018 10:37 PM PST  Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been charged with rape, a judicial source said, following claims by two women that he assaulted them in French hotel rooms in 2009 and 2012. Ramadan, who was arrested by French police on Wednesday, was charged on Friday with connected charges of rape and rape of a vulnerable person, the source said. The accused is a Swiss citizen whose grandfather founded Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood movement.
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| Egypt says 4,400-year-old tomb discovered outside Cairo Posted: 03 Feb 2018 10:07 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 4,400-year-old tomb near the country's famed pyramids at the Giza plateau just outside Cairo, the Antiquities Ministry said Saturday, the latest discovery that authorities hope will help revive the country's staggering tourism sector.
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| White House Plans To Withdraw 'Conspiracy Theorist And Anti-Science Extremist’ Pick Posted: 03 Feb 2018 06:15 PM PST  The White House plans to withdraw its controversial nomination of Kathleen Hartnett-White to lead the Council on Environmental Quality, HuffPost has confirmed.
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| China Has Its Very Own 'Javelin' Tank-Killer Missiles Posted: 02 Feb 2018 07:15 PM PST  This also increases the maximum range by one kilometer, giving it an effective range of five kilometers. The HJ-9A improves the HJ-9 further, adding a millimeter wave (MMW) seeker to the missile, effectively making it fire and forget. Internal sources state that the HJ-9B's seeker will be up to the PLA's decision, whether to retain the MMW seeker or to return to laser guidance.
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| Illinois GOP Rep. Under Fire For Ad Mocking Transgender Community, Feminists Posted: 03 Feb 2018 07:03 PM PST  The Republican primary challenger in Illinois' gubernatorial race is in hot water for a campaign ad that mocks the transgender community, Women's March activists and immigration activists.
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| Iran's Rouhani raps new U.S. nuclear plan as threat to Russia Posted: 04 Feb 2018 06:16 AM PST ![Iran's Rouhani raps new U.S. nuclear plan as threat to Russia]( "Iran's Rouhani raps new U.S. nuclear plan as threat to Russia") Iran accused the United States on Sunday of threatening Russia with new atomic weapons after Washington published a document outlining plans to expand its nuclear capabilities to deter others. The review of U.S. nuclear policy published on Friday has riled Russia, which viewed the document as confrontational, and raised fears that it could increase the risk of miscalculation between the two world powers. "The Americans are shamelessly threatening Russia with a new atomic weapon," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a pragmatist who opened the way to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers including longtime adversary Washington, said in a speech.
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| Hottest wings in coldest city to host Super Bowl Posted: 04 Feb 2018 10:36 AM PST  ABC News producers enjoy some of the hottest wings in Minneapolis, a city that once served as home to The Mighty Ducks.
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| Nassar Reportedly Abused Over 2 Dozen Girls And Women During Sluggish FBI Investigation Posted: 03 Feb 2018 11:33 AM PST  At least 27 girls and women said disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar sexually assaulted them while he was under FBI investigation for similar behavior, according to a new Saturday report from The New York Times.
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| Outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to Join Brookings Posted: 03 Feb 2018 06:42 AM PST  She'll be a fellow in economic studies
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| Police release 'kidnapped' priest in DR Congo Posted: 04 Feb 2018 06:14 AM PST  Congolese police have released a Catholic priest hours after they snatched him this weekend following a mass in Kinshasa, the cleric said Sunday, amid spiralling tensions between the church and the government. Security forces had grabbed Father Sebastien Yebo outside his church on Saturday morning, beaten him and thrown him into a jeep, with witnesses describing the incident as a "kidnapping". The guerilla movement, based in Kasai province, has been leading a bloody rebellion since 2016 against moves by President Joseph Kabila to extend his stay in power.
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| Arizona man who sold ammo to Las Vegas shooter is charged Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:39 PM PST  CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets, according to court documents.
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| Football fans prepare for the coldest Super Bowl on record Posted: 03 Feb 2018 08:03 AM PST  Though the temperature have plunged this weekend in Minneapolis, the reception ahead of the Super Bowl is anything but chilly.
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| Fears that tourism could dry up amid Cape Town water crisis Posted: 03 Feb 2018 07:08 AM PST  As Cape Town's residents are forced into stricter measures to preserve water, there are fears that the flow of tourists, a vital part of the city's economy, could also dry up. David Doyle reports.
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| Moscow denounces "anti-Russian" US nuclear policy Posted: 03 Feb 2018 08:42 AM PST  Moscow on Saturday denounced the "bellicose" and "anti-Russian" nature of new US nuclear policy, warning it would take necessary measures to ensure its own security. "The bellicose and anti-Russian nature of this document is obvious," the foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that it was "deeply disappointed". "We must take into account the approaches that are now circulating in Washington and take necessary measures to ensure our security," the ministry said.
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| What If North Korea Had Won the Korean War? Posted: 02 Feb 2018 07:18 PM PST  In the summer of 1950, the Korean People's Army (KPA) came tantalizingly close to rolling up UN forces on the Korean Peninsula. Only a heroic defense around Pusan prevented a total victory for North Korea (the DPRK), thus allowing MacArthur's war-changing invasion at Inchon. How Could North Korea Have Won?
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| Kenyan police arrest third legislator over opposition leader's 'swearing in' Posted: 03 Feb 2018 04:43 AM PST ![Kenyan police arrest third legislator over opposition leader's 'swearing in']( "Kenyan police arrest third legislator over opposition leader's 'swearing in'") Kenyan police on Saturday detained a third opposition legislator who attended a symbolic "swearing-in" of opposition leader Raila Odinga that was a direct challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta, who won re-election in October. The government has made several arrests and suspended three television channels that had planned to stream Tuesday's event. "George Aladwa was arrested at his house and is currently being held at the headquarters of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation," his lawyer Nelson Havi told Reuters.
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| Mexico: 300 migrants found in dangerously cramped trucks Posted: 03 Feb 2018 01:29 PM PST ![Mexico: 300 migrants found in dangerously cramped trucks]( "Mexico: 300 migrants found in dangerously cramped trucks") MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three hundred Central American migrants being transported in dangerous conditions in tractor-trailers were rescued in two Gulf coast states, Mexican authorities reported Saturday.
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| Uma Thurman Says Harvey Weinstein Assaulted Her Posted: 03 Feb 2018 08:36 AM PST  Uma Thurman is speaking out about Harvey Weinstein.
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| A Behind the Scenes Look at New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady Posted: 02 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  The documentary series "Tom vs. Time" follows the quarterback as he balances his personal life with his time on the field.
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| A Controversial Bill Would Allow Chemical Castration of Sex Offenders in Oklahoma Posted: 03 Feb 2018 01:03 PM PST  Only seven states have similar laws
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| Husband Of Former Trump Household Staffer Now An EPA Official Posted: 03 Feb 2018 06:54 AM PST  The husband of a former member of Donald Trump's household staff has suddenly ratcheted up his career to become an official of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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| HRW urges Turkey to end 'lethal force' against fleeing Syrians Posted: 03 Feb 2018 07:45 AM PST  Human Rights Watch called on Ankara on Saturday to stop using "lethal force" against Syrians trying to cross into Turkey, urging it to open its border to those seeking asylum. A major offensive waged by Syrian government troops in the northwestern province of Idlib has displaced more than 270,000 people since mid-December, according to the United Nations. Many have tried to flee into Turkey, but border guards have been "indiscriminately shooting at and summarily returning Syrian asylum seekers", HRW said.
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| Oregon is producing three times more marijuana than it can consume Posted: 03 Feb 2018 06:49 AM PST  Oregon is producing three times more marijuana than it can consume with "formidable" amounts now ending up on the black market, officials have warned. US Attorney Billy Williams told law enforcement representatives from across the US on Friday that the state, where recreational cannabis use is legal, had a serious overproduction problem. Mr Williams said officials needed a "bottom-line answer" on how much excess marijuana was being produced and how much of it ends up on the black market.
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| Israel 'legalising' rogue settlement in response to murder: Netanyahu Posted: 04 Feb 2018 02:44 AM PST  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ministers would grant formal authorisation Sunday to a rogue West Bank settlement in response to the murder last month of a rabbi who lived there. "The government will today regularise the status of Havat Gilad to allow the continuance of normal life there," he said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, referring to the wildcat settlement in the occupied West Bank. Rabbi Raziel Shevah was shot dead near Havat Gilad, where he lived, on January 9.
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| Hitler book, supremacist flag found in Italy suspect's home Posted: 04 Feb 2018 02:18 PM PST  MILAN (AP) — A right-wing extremist suspected in the shooting rampage that wounded six Africans in central Italy was "lucid and determined, aware of what he had done" and exhibited no remorse for his actions, an Italian law enforcement official said Sunday.
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| Greeks rally in Athens over Macedonia name row Posted: 04 Feb 2018 09:21 AM PST ![Greeks rally in Athens over Macedonia name row]( "Greeks rally in Athens over Macedonia name row") By Lefteris Papadimas and Vassilis Triandafyllou ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Greeks rallied outside parliament in Athens on Sunday to protest against the use of the term Macedonia in any settlement the government pursues with the ex-Yugoslav Republic to end a decades-old name row. The two countries have agreed to step up negotiations, mediated by the United Nations, this year to settle the dispute, which has frustrated the aspirations of Greece's small northern neighbor to join NATO and the European Union. Thoroughfares in central Athens turned into a sea of people waving blue and white Greek flags in what locals said was the largest gathering in decades, easily outdoing rallies against austerity foisted by lenders on the crisis-hit country.
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| Rumors Of Prince Hologram At Super Bowl Halftime Show Spark Backlash Posted: 04 Feb 2018 08:48 AM PST  Prince fans are up in arms over rumors that Minnesota's beloved music icon could make a posthumous appearance as a hologram during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.
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| Readers write: Explaining evangelical, learning more about hometown, solutions for youth problems Posted: 03 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST ![Readers write: Explaining evangelical, learning more about hometown, solutions for youth problems]( "Readers write: Explaining evangelical, learning more about hometown, solutions for youth problems") Regarding the Jan. 29 Focus story, "What does it mean to be evangelical?": This article really helped me understand the origin, growth, and various meanings of the word evangelical and the movements created around it. Thank you for providing that background and explaining the righteous and religious fervor I see in some Republicans who identify as white and evangelical. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test?
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| 5-Year-Old Girl Permanently Disfigured in Voodoo Ritual, Police Say Posted: 03 Feb 2018 01:15 PM PST  The little girl was permanently disfigured as a result of the burns
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| What Will It Take For The NFL (And America) To Change For Good? Posted: 03 Feb 2018 05:12 AM PST  If you want to know about America, look to the National Football League.
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| The U.S. Military Has a New 'Bullet' That Attacks At Mach Six (with 100 Mile Range) Posted: 03 Feb 2018 07:27 PM PST  The Department of Defense is preparing to test-fire a next-generation hypervelocity projectile (HVP) — a supersonic shell that can hit targets up to 100 nautical miles away at speeds approaching Mach 6 — in the next year, defense officials announced on Jan. 25, a development that could significantly augment that Pentagon's existing missile defense systems. The Navy's Office of Naval Research started developing the HVP more than a decade ago as ammunition for its vaunted electromagnetic railgun system, and the Pentagon's secretive Strategic Capabilities Office announced in 2016 that it had also engaged Army and Air Force to quickly develop a new Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System for the lethal new projectile.
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| US orders Wells Fargo to halt expansion over 'abuses' Posted: 02 Feb 2018 06:40 PM PST  The Fed order restricts the bank from growing any larger "until it sufficiently improves its governance and controls," and asks Wells Fargo to submit an action plan to the Fed within 60 days. The bank prioritized growth over ensuring effective risk management and "the enforcement action we are taking today will ensure that Wells Fargo will not expand until it is able to do so safely," Yellen said in what was perhaps her last official act as Fed chair.
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| Poland's top politician: Holocaust bill is 'misunderstood' Posted: 03 Feb 2018 12:45 PM PST  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The powerful leader of Poland's ruling party said Saturday that the president should approve a divisive bill that criminalizes certain statements about the Holocaust.
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| Teacher on Leave for Allegedly Assaulting Student Who Refused to Stand for Pledge Posted: 03 Feb 2018 08:54 AM PST  A middle school teacher in Colorado is under investigation after she was accused of assaulting a student who didn`t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
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| Ecuador votes on re-election limits, likely dashing Correa comeback Posted: 03 Feb 2018 10:15 PM PST ![Ecuador votes on re-election limits, likely dashing Correa comeback]( "Ecuador votes on re-election limits, likely dashing Correa comeback") By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadoreans on Sunday vote in a referendum on whether to prevent unlimited presidential re-election, with polls indicating the motion will likely pass and block former leftist President Rafael Correa from returning to power. President Lenin Moreno proposed the referendum to change the constitution in what was widely seen as a bid to halt Correa, his former mentor, from running for office again amid a bitter political dispute. Moreno, a wheelchair-bound former vice president elected last year, says the change would strengthen the oil-rich Andean nation's democracy.
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| Woman who cut baby from pregnant neighbour's womb weeps as she apologises in court: 'There is no excuse. There is nothing' Posted: 03 Feb 2018 09:37 AM PST  Brooke Crews, who was convicted of murder, told a court she wished she could take the pain away from the victim's family. The details of how 22-year-old Savanna Greywind bled to death after Crews cut her were revealed for the first time at a hearing in North Dakota. Crews, 38, had pleaded guilty to the crime, which officials had previously described as a "cruel and vicious act of depravity".
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| Second baby hit by salmonella from Lactalis milk in Spain Posted: 03 Feb 2018 08:03 AM PST  A baby who drank milk produced by the French dairy giant Lactalis has been diagnosed with salmonella in the Spanish Basque country, taking the number of cases in the country this year to two, authorities said Saturday. "A second case of an infant affected by an infection with salmonella Agona" was detected at the Basurto University Hospital in Bilbao, the Department of Health of the Basque regional government said in a statement. Lactalis has been engulfed in scandal since December when authorities ordered a massive international recall of the baby milk which made at least 38 babies ill in France and Spain.
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| Prosecutors: Gun went off in girl's backpack at LA school Posted: 02 Feb 2018 05:58 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A semi-automatic handgun went off accidentally inside the backpack of a 12-year-old girl in a Los Angeles middle school classroom, sending a single bullet tearing through the wrist of another girl before hitting a boy in the head, police said Friday.
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| Can You Ignore Those TV Update Prompts? Posted: 03 Feb 2018 03:01 AM PST  Q. My TV prompts me to do updates, but I often ignore the requests. Is that bad? A. We know you're busy—and there are exciting shows waiting in your streaming queue—but if you don't stop to upgra...
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| The Sig Sauer P320 9mm Gun Is 'Safe to Operate,' States Army Posted: 03 Feb 2018 04:48 AM PST  Despite a recent Department of Defense report detailing accidental discharges and frequent malfunctions, the Sig Sauer P320 9mm pistol, adopted as the M17 and M18 under the Army's Modular Handgun System program, is "safe to operate," Army and Sig Sauer officials told Task & Purpose on Jan. 31. An evaluation of DoD gear and tech programs released earlier this month by the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) revealed a number of issues during testing of the XM17 and XM18, including the ejection of live ammunition, frequent stoppages or malfunctions, and accidental discharges when dropped.
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