| Democrats' Surrender On Torture Is Nearly Complete Posted: 15 Mar 2018 02:57 PM PDT  In the same tweet he used to unceremoniously fire Secretary of State Rex
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| U.S. troops who came under fire from Russian mercenaries prepare for more attacks Posted: 15 Mar 2018 08:48 AM PDT  NBC News' Richard Engel took an exclusive trip inside Eastern Syria with U.S. Special Forces Gen. Jonathan Braga, who said troops would be ready for another attack.
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| Mueller subpoenas Trump Org, Democrats point to Russian bank deal Posted: 15 Mar 2018 02:05 PM PDT  Rep. Eric Swalwell talks with Rachel Maddow about evidence House Intel Democrats say they've seen that shows the Trump Organization negotiating a deal with a sanctioned Russian bank during the election season.
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| Nobel-winning chemist hospitalized, wife found dead in rural Illinois Posted: 15 Mar 2018 05:59 AM PDT  Ei-ichi Negishi, a Japanese Nobel prize winner, was discovered wandering in rural northern Illinois and his wife found dead nearby on Wednesday.
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| The Most Powerful Signs From National School Walkout Day Posted: 15 Mar 2018 11:32 AM PDT  Historically, we've seen what happens when the younger generation comes to take their power
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| Malfunctioning ski lift in Georgia flings off tourists in horrifying viral video Posted: 16 Mar 2018 10:26 AM PDT  A ski lift at a resort in Georgia malfunctioned this week, creating a
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| Cables Were Being Tightened on Bridge When It Collapsed and Killed 6 Posted: 15 Mar 2018 11:35 AM PDT  The new 950-ton bridge was just installed over the weekend
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| Saudi crown prince amassing power by hiding his mother Posted: 15 Mar 2018 03:52 AM PDT  The Saudi crown prince who has been a controversial figure is accused to hiding his mother in order to solidify his authority and succession to rule.
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| Sarah Sanders Changes Her Tune With Message Chastising Russia For UK Poisoning Posted: 14 Mar 2018 06:45 PM PDT  Just one day after Sarah Huckabee Sanders went through verbal hoops to avoid
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| Founder of Blood-Testing Company Charged with Massive Fraud Posted: 14 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PDT  She and her top associate claimed they'd created revolutionary technology.
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| Georgia Ski Lift Malfunction Hurls People Into Air, Injuring 11 Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:49 PM PDT  A chairlift at a ski resort in the country of Georgia malfunctioned on Friday,
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| Hillary Clinton treated at India hospital after suffering minor injury Posted: 16 Mar 2018 06:57 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton required brief medical attention this week after suffering a
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| Everything You Need To Know About The Russian Cyberattacks On The U.S. Electricity Grid Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:22 AM PDT  ## TOP STORIES
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| 'Stephen Hawking proved you can achieve remarkable things - even once you've lost control of your body' Posted: 15 Mar 2018 02:47 AM PDT  In what can sometimes feel like a sea of darkness, Stephen Hawking was a shining light for motor neurone disease sufferers. I cannot emphasise enough how important he has been to me personally since my own diagnosis with the same disease last year, and I am sure thousands more people around the world. When you are told that you might have MND - an agonising process that takes months - your head spins. The first thing you see online is that life expectancy is between one to three years from diagnosis. Fear sweeps over you. The next thing you look for is examples of people who have defied MND and there is no better example than Professor Hawking. Like most people, he was told he only had a few years to live when he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a form of MND, at 22. He ended up sticking around for more than 50 years. That may be a statistical anomaly but straight away, you think: 'why can't that be me too? Why can't I live until I am 76 or longer?' He was the first person that made me realise that the doctors might be wrong and that the worst-case scenario can be overcome. But it is not just how long he lived, but how he lived. MND will take away most of your bodily functions and your independence, something that, as a former Scotland rugby international, I can barely comprehend, but there is one thing that it does not affect - your brain. Professor Hawking proved that you can still achieve truly remarkable things even once you have lost control of your body. He refused to let his circumstances dictate what he could accomplish and he changed our understanding of science in the process. The wheelchair was made entirely irrelevant; I just found that so inspiring. What I have found since being diagnosed aged 47 is that hope is the single best pill you can take for MND. If you think positively that you are going to beat it, that filters into everything you do. The day you think that MND has got you is the day the disease wins. That means you have to think positively every day. You are trying to do things to prove that MND isn't going to get a hold of you all the time, whether that is simply lifting a coffee cup, or going to the gym and lifting weights. Doing all these little things gives a middle finger to MND to say: 'you are not going to stop me living my life.' Doddie Weir, left, and Scott Murray during training at Murrayfield in 1999. Credit: RUI VIEIRA /AP The issue with MND is that your own timetable becomes a mystery. When it came to my own diagnosis, which followed a year and a half of symptoms, I was told that I would be in a wheelchair within a year: yet here I am, still standing, still telling bad jokes and wearing terrible suits. You have to believe that you can at least influence your own timetable, even though you don't know what that is going to be. I know I will eventually be trapped inside my own body, but his example shows that life does not end there. Without wishing to pretend that I knew his circumstances particularly well, I am sure he relied upon a team of people, family, friends and carers to help him through some of the dark times. Sometimes the support of those crucial people can be forgotten. Yesterday was a tremendously sad day, and so too are the ones that will follow: for so long, he has been a figurehead within the MND community, and now he is gone. We will have to ask, 'who is going to be the next Stephen Hawking? Who is going to be the next person in the MND community who we look up to?' Even now, he leaves the most inspiring of legacies. He may have lost the final battle, but he definitely won the war against this wicked disease. One day, hopefully, we will develop the drugs that allow every MND sufferer to live as long as Professor Hawking did, and to enjoy an even better quality of life. That has become my mission with the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation. If I was to take one message from his life, it would be never give up, and I don't intend to ever stop battling MND. The fight goes on.
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| 'Doors off' chopper flights restricted after deadly NYC crash Posted: 16 Mar 2018 12:53 PM PDT  U.S. authorities ordered an end on Friday to so-called "doors off" helicopter rides unless passengers are equipped with quick-release restraints, following a crash in New York City last week that killed five people. The agency said it also will conduct a "top to bottom review" of its rules governing such flights to examine any potential misapplication that could create safety gaps for passengers. The pilot survived but all five passengers were killed on Sunday evening when a Eurocopter AS350 plunged into New York City's East River while on a private "photo shoot" charter.
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| Natalee Holloway: Man who claimed he dug up missing teenager's body killed in 'attempted kidnap of young woman' Posted: 15 Mar 2018 10:01 AM PDT  A man who claimed he dug up and cremated the body of missing teenager Natalee Holloway to help his murder suspect friend has himself been killed while attempting to kidnap a woman, police have revealed. The violent death of John Ludwick is the latest strange development in the hunt for Natalee, who was last seen getting into a car after leaving a nightclub at 1.30am on May 30 2005, the day she was due to fly home from a high school graduation trip to the Caribbean island of Aruba. Dutchman Joran van der Sloot remains the prime suspect in the case, but has never been charged with Natalee's murder or disappearance.
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| Ukraine war hero accused of parliament attack plot Posted: 15 Mar 2018 09:02 AM PDT  A Ukrainian lawmaker once hailed as a hero and a symbol of resistance against Russia, has been accused of plotting a terrorist attack against the Kiev parliament, authorities said Thursday. Ukraine's General Prosecutor Yury Lutsenko told lawmakers in parliament an investigation had "indisputable evidence" that Nadiya Savchenko planned a "terror attack" on parliament. Parliament on Thursday voted to expel Savchenko from its national security and defence committee.
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| Homeless family of 4 found dead in parked van in California Posted: 16 Mar 2018 02:58 PM PDT  GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — A homeless couple and their two young children, all dressed for bed, were found dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in a parked van that had its windows covered with blankets and a shade to block out the light outside a Southern California strip mall, police said Friday.
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| Vatican Admits It Altered Photo Of Letter From Pope Francis' Predecessor Posted: 15 Mar 2018 04:47 PM PDT  The Vatican has admitted that it digitally blurred out a portion of a media
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| Israel hits Hamas posts in Gaza in response to bombs Posted: 15 Mar 2018 04:49 AM PDT  Israel's military hit Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after Palestinians set off two bombs near the border fence, the military said, with no casualties reported. Israel's military also said it suspected based on surveillance video there was "an attempt" to fire rocket-propelled grenades toward its forces, but nothing was hit. If confirmed, it would be the first time such weapons were used by Gaza militants against Israeli forces since a 2014 war, army spokesman Jonathan Conricus said.
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| Oklahoma to become first U.S. state to use nitrogen gas for executions Posted: 14 Mar 2018 05:50 PM PDT ![Oklahoma to become first U.S. state to use nitrogen gas for executions]( "Oklahoma to become first U.S. state to use nitrogen gas for executions") The state is turning to nitrogen after it and other states became unable to acquire drugs required for lethal injections because of opposition from manufacturers to their products being used for capital punishment. Oklahoma has not carried out an execution since 2015 after a series of mishaps, including a botched lethal injection where an inmate was seen writhing in pain and another inmate who was executed using a drug not approved by the state.
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| Mueller Subpoenas The Trump Organization: Report Posted: 15 Mar 2018 12:08 PM PDT  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed documents from the Trump
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| Bridge collapses at Florida International University in Miami Posted: 15 Mar 2018 12:31 PM PDT ![Bridge collapses at Florida International University in Miami]( "Bridge collapses at Florida International University in Miami") Rescue workers combed through the rubble of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto several lanes of traffic at Florida International University in Miami, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading early on Friday, police said. Six people were confirmed dead after the newly built 950-ton bridge crushed vehicles on one of the busiest roads in South Florida on Thursday. With at least eight vehicles buried and out of reach beneath the rubble, the death toll could rise, Juan Perez, the Miami-Dade Police Department director, said on Friday.
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| Family forced off Southwest flight after witness says child got nervous on plane Posted: 16 Mar 2018 03:17 AM PDT  A family was forced off a Southwest Airlines flight after a witness says the child got nervous riding on a plane.
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| Video Shows Parkland Deputy Never Entered School As Mass Shooting Happened Inside Posted: 15 Mar 2018 10:10 AM PDT  A Parkland, Florida, sheriff's deputy stood outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas
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| Tonnes of gold and silver bars fall from Russian plane Posted: 15 Mar 2018 03:15 PM PDT  A Russian plane loaded with precious metals lost its glittering cargo on take-off Thursday, scattering the runway with gold and silver. The Antonov plane was taking off after refuelling in an airport at Yakutsk in Siberia when its cargo door flew open - dropping nearly 200 bars from the Kupol gold mine in the remote Chukotka region, investigators said. The cargo of bars of concentrated ore used to transport the precious metals weighed 9.3 tonnes. "As it gathered height, the cargo door became damaged due to the shifting of cargo" and "part of the cargo was scattered on the runway," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement on Telegram. The plane was forced to land back at the airport, and police immediately sealed off the area to prevent locals from rushing to the scene of the rare windfall, Yakutmedia local news site reported. It posted a video of what looked like large white-ish bricks lying on the runway. Ok. Gold rain drops looked that way on Yakutsk Airport's runway. Pretty heavy and sonorous... Video by transport police from Whatsapp. pic.twitter.com/YYiO1P6lh7— Bolot Bochkarev (@yakutia) March 15, 2018 "172 bars have been found weighing around 3.4 tonnes," the local interior ministry told TASS state news agency. "Only part of the gold fell out - altogether there were around nine tonnes in there." Kupol mine where the cargo came from is operated by Canada-based mining company Kinross Gold. Precious metal ingots on the runway of the airport of Yakutsk Credit: Transport Police/Twitter And apparently none of the valuable cargo is missing, A Russian spokesman for the company, Stanislav Borodyuk, told Interfax news agency that "all the cargo has been picked up, there are no losses." A hole was ripped in the side of the plane, allowing its precious cargo to escape Credit: Youtube He said the bars were Dore, a semi-pure alloy of silver and gold. Investigators say the problem on take-off was likely due to the cargo not being properly stabilised.
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| Anderson Cooper And Longtime Boyfriend Benjamin Maisani Split Posted: 15 Mar 2018 05:48 PM PDT  Anderson Cooper and his boyfriend of nine years, Benjamin Maisani, broke up,
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| Minister raises ire with Islam 'not part of Germany' broadside Posted: 16 Mar 2018 07:42 AM PDT  Chancellor Angela Merkel's hardline new interior minister declared that Islam is "not part of Germany" in an interview published Friday, setting off a political storm two days into her fourth term. Asked by the top-selling Bild daily whether the influx of Muslim migrants and asylum seekers to Europe's top economy over the past several decades meant that Islam now belonged to the fabric of the nation, Horst Seehofer replied "no". "Islam is not part of Germany.
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| United Airlines Under Fire Again After Family's German Shepherd Is Mistakenly Sent to Japan Posted: 15 Mar 2018 08:48 AM PDT  The mistake was discovered as the dog's owners were given a Great Dane instead.
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| Ivanka Trump to meet South Korean minister in light of Tillerson firing Posted: 16 Mar 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Senior White House adviser and first family member Ivanka Trump is scheduled
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| After nerve agent attack, NATO sees pattern of Russian interference Posted: 15 Mar 2018 11:35 AM PDT  By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO accused Russia on Thursday of trying to destabilise the West with new nuclear weapons, cyber attacks and covert action, including the poisoning of a Russian former double agent in Britain, that blurred the line between peace and war. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters the use of the Novichok nerve agent against Sergei Skripal and his daughter "happened against a backdrop of a reckless pattern of Russian behaviour over many years". Russia denies any involvement and says it is the U.S.-led Atlantic alliance that is a risk to peace in Europe.
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| Grand jury indicts 4 in death of university frat pledge Posted: 15 Mar 2018 08:05 PM PDT  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A grand jury indicted four people Thursday in the death of a Louisiana State University student whose blood-alcohol content was more than six times the legal limit for driving after fraternity members allegedly subjected him to a hazing ritual.
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| The New 'Infinity War' Trailer Is Here, Now Set Your Faces To Stunned Posted: 16 Mar 2018 10:53 AM PDT  Marvel hinted at, and then promised us, a new "Avengers: Infinity War" trailer
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| Workers injured in chemical plant explosion in Texas Posted: 15 Mar 2018 09:38 AM PDT  Firefighters say an explosion occurred at a chemical plant in Hood County, Texas. One person was missing and another was badly injured in the blast.
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| Praise for 2017 NYC Truck Attack Leads to Suspected Extremist's Arrest in Italy Posted: 15 Mar 2018 09:59 AM PDT  A 24-year old Italian man was found to be in possession of explosives after the FBI flagged him as a possible extremist.
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| Toys 'R' Us Is Closing Stores and the Internet Is Having a Hard Time Posted: 15 Mar 2018 12:08 PM PDT  "Pouring a Capri Sun out for Geoffrey"
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| Turkey raps European Parliament over call to halt Afrin offensive in Syria Posted: 15 Mar 2018 07:48 AM PDT  Turkey slammed a motion approved by the European Parliament on Thursday that calls for a halt to Ankara's military offensive in northern Syria's Afrin region, saying it demonstrated "clear support" for militants. The non-binding motion also urges Turkey to remove its troops from Afrin, where Ankara is targeting the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in an offensive launched nearly two months ago. The Parliament's motion stressed "the need to focus on defeating the U.N.-listed terrorist organizations", a reference to Islamic State and other militant Islamist groups operating in Syria.
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| Correction: Veterans Home-Shooting story Posted: 16 Mar 2018 03:14 PM PDT  YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — In a story March 9 about a fatal shooting at a California veterans' home, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Jennifer Golick phoned her husband to tell him a former patient was holding her captive. Her father-in-law, Bob Golick, told the AP the information in a telephone interview soon after Golick was taken hostage. The California Highway Patrol investigated the crime and found that there was no evidence Jennifer Golick called her husband while captive. That prompted AP to contact Bob Golick again. He acknowledged he had misinterpreted an emotional and disjointed phone conversation with his son, who had learned the identity of the man who took Golick hostage from others at the scene, not from his wife.
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