| Brennan: Steele Dossier 'did not play any role whatsoever' in early intelligence assesements Posted: 03 Feb 2018 11:01 PM PST  In an exclusive interview on Meet the Press, former CIA Director John Brennan says that the so-called "Steele Dossier" wasn't the source of intelligence presented to President Obama and President-elect Trump
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| South Carolina train crash results in at least 2 deaths Posted: 03 Feb 2018 08:10 PM PST  A train collision in South Carolina results in 2 deaths, 70 injured and 5,000 gallons of fuel spilled. Investigator are looking into the incident and treating the injured.
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| 2-year-old girl dies after being found 'frozen' on family's front porch Posted: 05 Feb 2018 07:55 AM PST  The child was rushed to Akron Children's Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. Neighbor Christal Lucas told WKYC that the unnamed mother has two young children, who she often sees roaming outside unsupervised.
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| The Father of Otto Warmbier Will Be Mike Pence's Guest at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Posted: 04 Feb 2018 11:42 PM PST  His son died soon after being imprisoned in North Korea
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| Larry Nassar, Ex-USA Gymnastics Doctor, Gets Another 40-125 Years in Prison Posted: 05 Feb 2018 07:13 AM PST  He apologized for his crimes before the judge issued his sentence.
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| Black Lives Matter Protesters Arrested Blocking Transit To Super Bowl Posted: 04 Feb 2018 06:00 PM PST  Minneapolis police on Sunday apprehended Black Lives Matter protesters and supporters who blocked or chained themselves along a light rail transit line near U.S. Bank Stadium, temporarily halting trains carrying fans to the Super Bowl.
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| Waymo lawyer tells U.S. jury Uber 'cheating' on autonomous car secrets Posted: 05 Feb 2018 10:18 AM PST ![Waymo lawyer tells U.S. jury Uber 'cheating' on autonomous car secrets]( "Waymo lawyer tells U.S. jury Uber 'cheating' on autonomous car secrets") Uber was so driven to "win at all costs" in the race to develop self-driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade-secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business. On the first day of an expected two weeks of testimony before a 10-person jury in San Francisco federal court, Waymo lawyer Charles Verhoeven said the case "is about two competitors where one competitor decided they needed to win at all costs. The competitive pressures were so great to develop self-driving cars in 2015 that the then Chief Executive of ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc, Travis Kalanick, decided that "winning was more important than obeying the law," Verhoeven said.
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| Sarah Silverman And Actor Michael Sheen Split After Four Years Posted: 05 Feb 2018 03:34 PM PST  Comedian Sarah Silverman announced to her followers via Twitter on Monday that she and her boyfriend, British actor Michael Sheen, had split over Christmas.
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| Holocaust denier runs uncontested in Illinois race for Congress Posted: 05 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST Arthur Jones, 70, is the former head of the American Nazi Party and is running uncontested in Illionis 3rd Congressional District. and will likely clinch the GOP nomination.
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| Leon Panetta on fallout from the Nunes memo Posted: 04 Feb 2018 06:37 AM PST  Former CIA director and former secretary of defense offers perspective on the Republican memo from the House Intelligence Committee that alleges bias and abuse in the Russia probe.
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| Trump era throws wrench into grad students' hopes for unions Posted: 04 Feb 2018 02:56 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Graduate teaching assistants at private universities had high hopes 18 months ago when a federal labor board ruled that they had a right to collective bargaining, but after the election of President Donald Trump, some schools are taking another shot at halting the burgeoning unionization movement.
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| Suspect in crash that killed Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson was in US illegally, had been deported twice Posted: 05 Feb 2018 10:46 AM PST  Officials say that the suspect in an Indiana car crash that killed two people, including Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson, on Friday morning was an undocumented immigrant who had been deported twice.
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| Father Of Otto Warmbier Will Attend Winter Olympics In South Korea: Report Posted: 04 Feb 2018 10:25 PM PST  Fred Warmbier, the father of an American who died after he was imprisoned in North Korea, will attend the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, later this month, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
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| Autistic UK man accused of hacking FBI wins appeal against extradition to U.S Posted: 05 Feb 2018 05:04 AM PST ![Autistic UK man accused of hacking FBI wins appeal against extradition to U.S]( "Autistic UK man accused of hacking FBI wins appeal against extradition to U.S") An autistic British man accused of hacking into U.S. government agencies won his appeal against extradition to the United States on Monday but was told he should be prosecuted in Britain instead. Lauri Love, who has Asperger's syndrome, is accused of involvement in a series of hacks in 2012 and 2013 into computers at agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. army, the Missile Defense Agency and the Federal Reserve. Charged with multiple offences in three U.S. indictments, he had been facing a life prison sentence in the United States if found guilty, a fate which he has said could lead him to taking his own life.
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| 16 Groupons For Surprisingly Great Valentine's Day Gifts Posted: 05 Feb 2018 01:55 PM PST  Whether you're planning a cozy night in or a getaway to the most romantic hotel in the U.S., your boo will love that you're treating them to something special on Valentine's Day.
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| Concussions and Protests: Football's popularity drops Posted: 03 Feb 2018 09:45 PM PST  Poll numbers show the National Football League and, more broadly, the game of football itself facing real questions coming into 2018
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| Russian pilot shouts 'this is for our guys' as he blows himself up to evade capture in Syria Posted: 05 Feb 2018 02:10 AM PST  A Russian pilot shouted "this is for our guys" before detonating a grenade to evade capture by rebel fighters in Syria. Major Roman Filipov ejected from his Sukhoi 25SM fighter jet with a parachute after it was shot down on Saturday while he was flying low over opposition-held Idlib in northwestern Syria. It was the first Russian jet to be downed since Moscow intervened in the war in support of President Bashar al-Assad's regime in 2015. After the jet was struck by a shoulder-launched anti-aircraft MANPAD missile, the 33-year-old pilot kept the plane in the air but was eventually forced to eject after one of the engines failed and flight controls became unresponsive. Militants from al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) opened fire on him after his parachute opened, but he made it to the ground. According to a video circulating on social media on Monday, Major Filipov shot two fighters before detonating a grenade. Syrian men standing at the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in the the Syrian city of Saraqib, southwest of Aleppo. Credit: AFP The fighters ducked as Major Filipov was heard shouting: "this is for our guys" before pulling the pin. Maj Filipov, from the eastern city of Vladivostok, has been posthumously nominated for the Kremlin's highest honour - the Hero of Russia, according to a report in Russian daily newspaper Kommersant. The last battle of the Russian Su-25 pilot. Pilot was shooting at the militants who surrounded him and blew himself up with a grenade in order to avoid captivity by militants. pic.twitter.com/prBgITWa9V— Military Advisor (@miladvisor) February 4, 2018 Russia's defence ministry confirmed the reports, saying: "Major Roman Filipov fought an unequal battle with his service weapon until the last minute of his life. "When surrounded by the terrorists and heavily wounded, the Russian officer blew himself up with a grenade when the militants got within several dozen metres of him." "The pilot died heroically," Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman added. "We are proud of our heroes." Russia has since ordered its warplanes in Syria to fly at 16,000ft to avoid being shot down by shoulder launched anti-aircraft missiles. It said that such a policy had previously been in force, but that the SU-25s had for some reason started flying at lower altitudes in recent days. Mr Peskov said the weapons posed a "huge danger" to all governments. It came as Russia intensified their raids on Idlib overnight and into Monday morning in retaliation. Civil defence workers said air raids struck the towns of Kafr Nubl and Maasran, as well as the cities of Saraqeb, Maarat al Numan and Idlib, and that several deaths and dozens of injuries were reported as rescuers dug through the rubble. A hospital was hit in Maarat al Numan and at least five people were feared killed in another attack that damaged a residential building in Kafr Nubl. Video recorded by rescuers showed hospitals workers moving premature babies from destroyed incubators, trying to protect them from the dust: Heart breaking footage emerging from #MaaratNuman Hospital's Natal Care Unit. Days-old babies taken out of incubators and into safety. Nurses discussing transportation to #Ariha#Idlibpic.twitter.com/bzqwBSngW5— Riam Dalati (@Dalatrm) February 4, 2018 In Idlib city, the provincial capital, one witness said a five-storey building was levelled and that at least fifteen people were feared dead. Air strikes on Saturday after the downing of the jet killed at least 10 people, including children, in Khan al Subl near where the plane crashed, rescuers said. "We are pulling bodies from under collapsed walls. The Russians are taking their revenge on civilians, many of whom were already displaced and had fled their homes from earlier bombardment," said Ahmad Hilal, a civil defence rescuer. A chemical attack was also reported in the northwestern town of Saraqeb, where five people were admitted to hospital experiencing difficulty breathing. Assad forces are thought to have carried out three chlorine attacks on civilian areas in the last four days, in contravention of the Chemical Weapons Convention. A child injured in an airstrike receives medical treatment at a field hospital after an airstrike in Idlib, Syria Credit: Getty The Syrian army and its Iranian Shia militias allies made a string of gains in the last week after capturing a major air base that brought them just 7.5 miles from Saraqeb, the first heavily populated city in Idlib within their reach. They were pushing towards the main Damascus-Aleppo highway, the capture of which would cut rebel supply lines and open the door to an army advance into the heart of the province. The bombardment from the sky and fears of revenge by advancing Syrian troops and Iranian-backed militias have led to an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians further north to the safety of makeshift camps on the Syrian side of the Turkish border. Syrians have poured into Idlib at an accelerating rate over the last two years, forced to abandon their homes in other parts of Syria that the government and its foreign military allies have recaptured from rebels.
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| Factbox: Trump on Twitter (February 5) - DACA, Democrats, Adam Schiff Posted: 05 Feb 2018 12:46 PM PST ![Factbox: Trump on Twitter (February 5) - DACA, Democrats, Adam Schiff]( "Factbox: Trump on Twitter (February 5) - DACA, Democrats, Adam Schiff") The following statements were posted to the verified Twitter accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS. @realDonaldTrump : - The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working. No thanks! [0711 EST] - Thank you to @foxandfriends for exposing the truth.
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| Ram Super Bowl Ad Used MLK Quote To Sell Trucks And People Are Not Happy Posted: 04 Feb 2018 06:40 PM PST  Dodge Ram tried to use a Martin Luther King Jr. speech to sell trucks in a Super Bowl advertisement on Sunday.
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| An Actual Nazi Is About To Be The Only GOP Candidate In A Congressional Race Posted: 05 Feb 2018 02:37 AM PST  A former leader in the American Nazi Party is about to get the Republican nomination for a U.S. congressional seat in Illinois.
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| Ex-Virginia Tech student to go on trial in girl's killing Posted: 04 Feb 2018 08:00 AM PST ![Ex-Virginia Tech student to go on trial in girl's killing]( "Ex-Virginia Tech student to go on trial in girl's killing") RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — It's been just over two years since 13-year-old Nicole Lovell was found stabbed to death after climbing out her bedroom window in Blacksburg, Virginia, to meet a much-older teenager whom she thought of as her boyfriend.
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| Europe must brake mounting nuclear arms race: Germany Posted: 04 Feb 2018 09:33 AM PST  Europe must lead the way in pushing for nuclear disarmament after Washington proposed upgrading and expanding the United States' nuclear arsenal, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Sunday. "As in the times of the Cold War, we in Europe are especially endangered" by "a renewed nuclear arms race", Gabriel said. Gabriel was responding to a so-called Nuclear Posture Review released Friday by the Pentagon that details the US military's vision of nuclear threats and its response in the coming decades.
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| South Korea appeals court frees Samsung heir Posted: 05 Feb 2018 12:33 AM PST  A South Korean appeals court on Monday dismissed most of Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong's bribery convictions and cut his prison sentence to a suspended term, ordering his immediate release. Judges said Lee, vice chairman of the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker Samsung Electronics, had been forced to offer bribes to then-president Park Geun-Hye and her close confidante. Samsung Electronics, which last week reported record profits, is the flagship subsidiary of the giant Samsung group, by far the biggest of the family-controlled conglomerates known as chaebols that dominate Asia's fourth-largest economy.
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| ICE Detains Chemist Living In The U.S. For 31 Years In Front Of His Children Posted: 05 Feb 2018 09:41 AM PST  Syed Ahmed Jamal was in his front yard in Lawrence, Kansas, preparing to take his daughter to school, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents put him in handcuffs and took him to jail.
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| Bitcoin extends slide with a more than 10 percent fall Posted: 05 Feb 2018 07:07 AM PST ![Bitcoin extends slide with a more than 10 percent fall]( "Bitcoin extends slide with a more than 10 percent fall") Bitcoin, the world's best-known cryptocurrency, fell more than 10 percent on Monday and approached three-month lows on concerns about a global regulatory clampdown on the trading of the digital coins. On the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, Bitcoin traded as low as $7,289 by 1430 GMT, having now fallen by more than half from a peak of almost $20,000 hit in December. British bank Lloyds Banking Group said on Sunday it was banning customers from buying bitcoin using credit cards.
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| Leading ivory trade investigator found dead in Kenya Posted: 05 Feb 2018 08:37 AM PST  A prominent American investigator of the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade has reportedly been found dead in his Nairobi home, just before he was expected to publish a new expose on Asia's influence. Matthew Larotonda reports.
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| Mike Pence to stop North Korea 'hijacking' Winter Olympics, aide says Posted: 04 Feb 2018 07:30 AM PST  North and South Korea will march under one flag at the Games. The vice-president, Mike Pence, will stop North Korea "hijacking" the Winter Olympics, an aide said on Sunday, by using his own presence at the Games to remind the world "everything the North Koreans do at the Olympics is a charade to cover up the fact that they are the most tyrannical and oppressive regime on the planet".
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| Kim Cattrall's Missing Brother Found Dead At His Home Posted: 04 Feb 2018 11:53 PM PST  "Sex and the City" co-star Kim Cattrall's missing brother was found dead over the weekend at his rural home in Canada.
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| Michele Bachmann: God Didn't Call Me, So I'm Not Running For Senate Posted: 05 Feb 2018 03:41 PM PST  Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has decided against running for Senate this year because God didn't say yes.
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| Not just boy and girl; more teens identify as transgender Posted: 04 Feb 2018 10:18 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — Far more U.S. teens than previously thought are transgender or identify themselves using other nontraditional gender terms, with many rejecting the idea that girl and boy are the only options, new research suggests.
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| Seven Turkish soldiers die in Syria, including five in tank attack Posted: 03 Feb 2018 06:37 PM PST  Seven Turkish soldiers were killed Saturday in Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria, including five who died in a single attack on a tank, the army said. The losses marked the highest toll in one day for the Turkish military in operation "Olive Branch", launched on January 20 against Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia seen by Ankara as a terror group. The latest clashes brought to 14 the number of Turkish troops killed so far in operation.
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| AP Exclusive: 2015 letter belies pope's claim of ignorance Posted: 05 Feb 2018 12:43 PM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis received a victim's letter in 2015 that graphically detailed how a priest sexually abused him and how other Chilean clergy ignored it, contradicting the pope's recent insistence that no victims had come forward to denounce the cover-up, the letter's author and members of Francis' own sex- abuse commission have told The Associated Press.
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| Broadcom unveils $121 billion 'best and final' offer for Qualcomm Posted: 05 Feb 2018 11:31 AM PST  The takeover battle is at the heart of a race to consolidate the wireless technology equipment sector, as smartphone makers such as Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd use their market dominance to negotiate down chip prices. Qualcomm responded that its board of directors would review the latest offer, and declined to comment further until then. Reuters first reported on Broadcom's new offer on Sunday.
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| 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 Spied: Making the Grade Posted: 05 Feb 2018 02:15 PM PST  Where the Silverado leads, the Sierra must follow.
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| Several Eagles Players Already Planning To Skip White House Visit Posted: 05 Feb 2018 01:27 AM PST  Several members of Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles have said they will not visit the White House if invited by President Donald Trump.
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| US nursing homes misuse prescription drugs to control residents, says Human Rights Watch Posted: 05 Feb 2018 06:00 AM PST  Nursing homes across the US are giving antipsychotic drugs to residents with dementia to control their behaviour, despite rules against the misuse of drugs as "chemical restraints", a new report claims. Using such medications for the convenience of staff or to discipline residents, violates federal regulations and can amount to a breach of international human rights law, claims the report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). "People with dementia are often sedated to make life easier for overworked nursing home staff, and the government does little to protect vulnerable residents from such abuse," said Hannah Flamm, a New York University School of Law fellow at HRW.
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| Kris Jenner Totally Face-Planted At Chrissy Teigen's Super Bowl Party Posted: 05 Feb 2018 09:42 AM PST  Two major things happened in the Kardashian family on Sunday: Kylie Jenner revealed she gave birth to a baby girl and Kris Jenner injured herself at Chrissy Teigen's Super Bowl party on Sunday.
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| Paul Ryan slammed over tweet praising tax cut for $1.50 pay rise Posted: 03 Feb 2018 10:16 PM PST  US House Speaker Paul Ryan came under fire Saturday over a tweet that framed a worker's $1.50 per week pay increase as an impressive result of his party's massive tax cut plan, US media reported. Ryan's tweet, now deleted, told of a secretary featured in an Associated Press report who was "pleasantly surprised" by the marginal pay rise, drawing condemnation from critics who accused the politician of being out of touch with lower-income Americans. "A secretary at a public high school in Lancaster, PA, said she was pleasantly surprised her pay went up $1.50 a week ... she said [that] will more than cover her Costco membership for the year," Ryan wrote, sharing a link to the complete article.
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| Is the FAA Endangering America's Stealth Fighters? Posted: 04 Feb 2018 05:21 AM PST  Hence the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has come up with a plan that requires aircraft to broadcast their positions to avoid mid-air collisions. Or more specifically, what if they are military planes—and particularly stealth aircraft—on a mission that requires anonymity? It's a dilemma between safety and secrecy that the Pentagon and FAA have failed to grapple with, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.
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| Man in custody after gunning down Arizona fire captain Posted: 05 Feb 2018 04:00 AM PST  Suspect facing murder charges after turning himself in.
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| U.S. forces begin reducing numbers in Iraq: Iraqi spokesman Posted: 05 Feb 2018 12:13 PM PST ![U.S. forces begin reducing numbers in Iraq: Iraqi spokesman]( "U.S. forces begin reducing numbers in Iraq: Iraqi spokesman") U.S. forces have begun reducing their numbers in Iraq after Iraqi authorities declared victory over Islamic State, an Iraqi government spokesman said on Monday. Iraqi forces backed by a U.S.-led international coalition last year captured all the territory that fell under Islamic State control in 2014 and 2015, including the northern city of Mosul, which served as the militants' de facto capital. "The American forces have begun reducing their numbers as victory has been achieved over Daesh," the spokesman told Reuters, referring to the Islamic State militant group.
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| 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class unveiled Posted: 05 Feb 2018 03:15 AM PST  It seems to have been a long time coming, and there have been a number of teasers from the manufacturer as well as spy shots of the car on the internet, but the all-new fourth-generation of the Mercedes-Benz A-Class has finally been officially revealed, and it looks to have been well worth the wait. To be fair, there are not too many surprises as there have been endless camouflaged spy shots as well as official teasers around for a while now, but that doesn't diminish the importance of the new A-Class by any means. The exterior styling might not have been a huge departure from the previous model when the production 2019 A-Class was unveiled in Amsterdam, but the interior is where the real action is with this one as it marks the debut of the MBUX infotainment system. A unique feature of MBUX is that it has the ability to learn thanks to artificial intelligence, so the system can be adapted to suit the individual user, which Mercedes believes will create an emotional connection between the vehicle, driver and the passengers.
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| Republicans Split From Trump, Say Memo Doesn't Mean Russia Probe Should End Posted: 04 Feb 2018 10:40 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Several Republican lawmakers on Sunday said that despite claims by President Donald Trump and some of their colleagues, a GOP-authored memo critical of the Russia investigation doesn't undermine the need for the probe to continue.
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| The 'Selfie Kid' Who Stole Justin Timberlake's Halftime Show Was the Real Super Bowl MVP Posted: 05 Feb 2018 05:03 AM PST  Super Bowl selfie kid meme is experiencing instant fame for staring at his phone when Justin Timberlke was next to him at the halftime show.
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