| Spicer: U.S. must face ‘political reality’ of Assad in Syria Posted: 31 Mar 2017 12:45 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — Under heavy fire for dropping U.S. demands for Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster from power, the White House declared Friday that it's time to face "political reality" in Syria.
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| Immunity in Presidential Scandals Has Complicated History Posted: 30 Mar 2017 11:39 AM PDT  Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about the historical precedent for immunity granted in a presidential scandal.
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| The Latest: Governor declares state of emergency in Fulton Posted: 30 Mar 2017 08:28 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the collapse of an interstate overpass in Atlanta (all times local):
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| High-tech war kit can't prevent civilian deaths in Iraq Posted: 31 Mar 2017 12:32 AM PDT  Despite using state-of-the-art weaponry, the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq appears unable to avoid civilian casualties as it battles the jihadists in close urban combat. The coalition is backing Iraqi forces in the battle to push out IS from west Mosul, a maze of narrow and densely populated lanes in which residents must hunker down in a bid to avoid bombs and bullets.
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| Video shows LA deputy ignoring shooting call Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:41 AM PDT  An LA County Sheriff's Deputy was caught on camera ignoring a shooting alert.
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| Pressure grows on Hungary to let Soros-founded school remain Posted: 31 Mar 2017 12:44 PM PDT  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pressure is growing on the Hungarian government to withdraw a draft bill on higher education that could lead to the closure of the Central European University in Budapest, which was founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
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| White House and China trade excuses for stalled confirmation of Trump ambassador pick Posted: 30 Mar 2017 02:23 PM PDT  When President Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to his private Mar-a-Lago resort next week for their high-stakes first summit, he will do so without his pick to be ambassador to Beijing, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad. Branstad's confirmation is being held up by an obscure diplomatic ritual, sources tell Yahoo News.
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| Would Flynn Testimony Implicate 'higher Ups?' Posted: 30 Mar 2017 11:28 AM PDT  Congressman Jim Himes, member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about what it would mean to grant immunity the Mike Flynn in exchange for testimony and what considerations would go into granting such immunity.
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| Welcome to New York's Finest: Police academy graduates 100s of new men and women in blue Posted: 31 Mar 2017 05:53 AM PDT ![Welcome to New York's Finest: Police academy graduates 100s of new men and women in blue]( "Welcome to New York's Finest: Police academy graduates 100s of new men and women in blue") Over 600 men and women were sworn in as New York City police officers during their graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden, March 30, 2017, in New York.
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| India privately took Amazon to task over insulting flag doormat Posted: 30 Mar 2017 05:25 AM PDT  By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's reaction to an Amazon.com website selling doormats resembling the country's flag involved an unprecedented public and private offensive against the U.S. company by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, a document shows. Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj publicly threatened in January to rescind visas of Amazon employees if the doormats were not removed from its Canadian website. India also escalated the matter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and prompted a global audit by the company to "ensure that such products are not listed on any of its other" websites around the world, according to the document.
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| The Latest: Mexican man freed from detention thankful Posted: 29 Mar 2017 05:51 PM PDT  TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on the case of a Mexican man arrested in the Seattle area despite participating in a program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children (all times local):
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| Boko Haram faction seeks grassroots support in NE Nigeria Posted: 30 Mar 2017 10:25 AM PDT  A Boko Haram faction led by the son of the group's founder is trying to win over civilians by shunning the indiscriminate violence of its longtime figurehead that has alienated locals. Eyewitnesses to a spate of recent raids attributed to Islamist fighters loyal to Abu Musab Al-Barnawi in northeast Nigeria have said they repeatedly told villagers they would not be harmed. Others say mass violence has been reduced in parts of the northern Borno state around Lake Chad now controlled by Barnawi and Mamman Nur, his right-hand man who is seen by some as the real leader.
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| Venezuela's Maduro decried as 'dictator' after Congress annulled Posted: 30 Mar 2017 04:41 PM PDT  By Diego Oré and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition leaders branded Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro a "dictator" on Thursday after the Supreme Court took over the functions of Congress and pushed a lengthy political standoff to new heights. There was swift and widespread international condemnation of the de facto annulment of the National Assembly, where the opposition won a majority in late 2015 amid an unprecedented economic crisis that has seen Maduro's popularity plummet. The head of the 34-nation Organization of International States (OAS), Luis Almagro, said the Venezuelan court had dealt the final blows to democracy and accused Maduro's "regime" of carrying out a "coup." Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala and Panama expressed strong concerns while Peru withdrew its envoy after what it termed a rupture of democracy.
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| Duterte threatens to humiliate news outlets for drug reports Posted: 30 Mar 2017 07:57 AM PDT ![Duterte threatens to humiliate news outlets for drug reports]( "Duterte threatens to humiliate news outlets for drug reports") MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president unleashed an expletive-laden tirade Thursday against the country's leading newspaper and TV network and threatened to humiliate them and their owners, whom he accused of distorting news of his anti-drug crackdown.
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| Trump hasn’t ruled out raising the national debt to cut taxes Posted: 30 Mar 2017 03:11 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — President Trump may be considering a tax-cut plan that could rankle Republican congressional leadership. While both House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have pushed for deficit-neutral tax cuts, a senior White House official told Yahoo News the president could consider a plan that might add to the national debt. The official cautioned that Trump hasn't settled on a strategy for tax cuts and said it would be "premature" to say he's abandoned the deficit-neutral approach.
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| A word of warning to anyone who hasn’t already updated to iOS 10.3 Posted: 30 Mar 2017 03:57 PM PDT 
Earlier this week, Apple put an end to the beta madness and released iOS 10.3 to the public. Don't worry, a new developer beta — iOS 10.3.2 — was promptly released the very next day. We already told you about all the best new features in iOS 10.3, and we also drew attention to one feature in particular, a hidden change that gives the iPhone and iPad a nice little speed boost. If you haven't already updated though, there's one feature that we should warn you about because we've received a handful of emails from people who have run into some serious problems. Among the behind-the-scenes changes in iOS 10.3, Apple's move to a new file system is clearly the biggest. Prior to iOS 10.3, all iOS devices used the popular HFS+ file system. Beginning with iOS 10.3, however, Apple has moved to the more modern Apple File System (APFS). There are a number of advantages to switching to Apple's new file system, but the big ones are better optimization for NAND flash storage and SSD storage, more accurate time stamping, and support for stronger encryption. HFS+ is 30 years old at this point, so it was clearly time for a change. Here's the problem, however: once you update your phone to iOS 10.3 and your file system is converted to APFS, you can no longer roll back without wiping your phone and reinstalling an older iOS build. Why is that significant? Because if something goes wrong and you roll back to an older build, you'll no longer be able to recover data because everything will have been converted to APFS. So, a word of warning: Back. Up. If you haven't already upgraded to iOS 10.3, be sure to back up all of your data before you do. This can be done either with iCloud (Settings > iCloud > iCloud Backup > Back Up Now) or by backing up using iTunes. It might take a little while, but waiting a few minutes while your iPhone backs up is much less aggravating than losing some or even all of your data.
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| Pregnant Giraffe Keeps Anxious Viewers Waiting Posted: 31 Mar 2017 06:17 AM PDT  By the morning of March 27, April was "relaxed," and the animal frequently raised and lowered her tail, and experienced "significant mammary change," her caregivers posted on Facebook. Giraffe mothers carry their young for about 15 months, and while April's caregivers observed breeding behavior between April and her mate, Oliver, in the middle of October 2015, it is hard to tell for sure if conception occurred, AAP owner Jordan Patch told Live Science in February. AAP shared photos on March 27 on Facebook that showed the whitish plugs, which look "like dried toothpaste at the end of a tube," Patch added.
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| At least 14 dead in IS truck bomb at Baghdad checkpoint Posted: 30 Mar 2017 03:12 AM PDT  At least 14 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at an entrance to Baghdad, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said Thursday. The blast, which hit the checkpoint at the main southern entrance to the city on Wednesday night, also wounded at least 36 people, the officials said. The jihadist group overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces backed by US-led air strikes have since regained much of the territory they lost.
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| Fire causes portion of I-85 in Atlanta to collapse Posted: 30 Mar 2017 07:14 PM PDT  Traffic in the Atlanta metro area is at a standstill as firefighters battle the blaze.
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| New Imaging System Could Make Autonomous Cars Safer Posted: 31 Mar 2017 04:37 AM PDT  The system, designed by Israeli firm Arbe Robotics, will provide object detection up to 300 meters.
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| Michael Flynn in talks with Congress, wary of prosecution Posted: 30 Mar 2017 10:16 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is in discussions with the House and Senate intelligence committees on receiving immunity from "unfair prosecution" in exchange for agreeing to be questioned as part of ongoing probes into possible contacts between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, his attorney said Thursday.
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| Real Life Sharknado? Fish Out of Water Winds Up on the Road Following Cyclone Posted: 30 Mar 2017 09:18 AM PDT  The incident occurred in Queensland, Australia.
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| This Is the 2018 Jeep Wrangler, Can You Spot the Changes? Posted: 30 Mar 2017 10:14 AM PDT  JL Wrangler Forums seems to have gotten images of the all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler in production form. It looks, well, familiar.
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| 'El Chapo' prison conditions worst in U.S., prevent proper defense: lawyers Posted: 30 Mar 2017 10:57 PM PDT !['El Chapo' prison conditions worst in U.S., prevent proper defense: lawyers]( "'El Chapo' prison conditions worst in U.S., prevent proper defense: lawyers") Held without access to sunlight or his relatives, Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is under more restrictive captivity than any other U.S. prisoner and it is difficult to mount a defense, his court-appointed lawyers said on Thursday. Mexico extradited Guzman, who is the head of Sinaloa Cartel, to New York in January, a few hours before U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Guzman, who escaped from two Mexican prisons and was a key figure in a bloody drug war, is seen as a flight risk by the U.S. government.
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| S.African rand plunges after finance minister sacked in reshuffle Posted: 30 Mar 2017 08:54 PM PDT  South Africa's rand plunged five percent Friday after President Jacob Zuma sacked his finance minister and made ten new cabinet appointments in a dramatic reshuffle that has fuelled fears of a split in the ruling African National Congress. The decision to fire Pravin Gordhan rocked investors, who had come to view him as a trusted operator and safe pair of hands who had stressed his intention to intention to rein in spending, tackle graft and reduce the budget deficit. Now there is a fear his removal could persuade investors and voters that once-booming South Africa is heading toward fiscal and political instability.
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| Ford Issues Recall On 441,000 Vehicles Posted: 30 Mar 2017 07:20 AM PDT  Thousands of select models were recalled due to fire hazard and door latch issues.
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| Russian Interference Went Far Beyond DNC Hack, Senate Panel Hears Posted: 30 Mar 2017 01:41 PM PDT  Experts tell congressional investigators of hacks to Clinton's and Rubio's email, bot swarms of false information, and the prospect of 'information nukes' still lurking in Russian hands.
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| 8 Things Emily Ratajkowski Does to Stay in Shape Posted: 30 Mar 2017 06:21 PM PDT  Want to know the secret to Emily Ratajkowski's killer body? Check out 8 things she does to stay fit.
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| Elon Musk explains why drivers won’t care about the Model 3’s bizarre dashboard design Posted: 29 Mar 2017 07:30 PM PDT  When Tesla unveiled the Model 3 last year, tech and auto observers couldn't help but notice that the car lacked an instrument cluster. Instead, Tesla representatives suggested that drivers would be able to ascertain all the information they needed right from the car's 15-inch tablet located on the center console. Because the design Tesla showed off was so outside the norm, many Tesla enthusiasts began speculating that Tesla must have a cool and advanced design it was planning to show us later on down the line. This speculation was only fueled by coy remarks from Tesla CEO Elon Musk who said via Twitter that everything would all make sense soon enough. Responding to a question about the lack of a dashboard/HUD, Musk last April said that "it will make sense after part 2 of the Model 3 unveil." Of course, part 2 of the Model 3 unveil came and went and we still didn't hear anything about Tesla's plans for the dashboard area. Meanwhile, speculation surrounding Tesla's plans to incorporate a futuristic HUD on the Model 3 began to grow wildly. Looking to keep expectations grounded, Musk over the past few days has come out and said that the Model 3 will not have a HUD and that users won't really care. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/846768171486855169 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/846768497904369664 Musk later added that drivers don't need an instrument cluster on the dash because "the more autonomous a car is, the less dash info you need." Driving the point home, Musk asked the following question: "How often do you look at the instrument panel when being driven in a taxi?" All that said, the Model 3 dashboard will more or less look like this.  While such a design may make sense in a world where cars are fully autonomous, the reality is that many drivers today not only want, but need quick and easy access to pertinent information like range, speed and more. Addressing this, Musk took to Twitter once again where he explained that the final Model 3 design will display such information on the center console. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/847178475970547712
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| Apple Hires Former YouTube Executive Shiva Rajaraman Posted: 31 Mar 2017 04:21 AM PDT  Shiva Rajaraman is experienced at securing licensing deals, something that Apple is struggling with for its planned cable TV service.
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| Mother watches as her two sons, two others gunned down in Chicago: media Posted: 30 Mar 2017 11:09 PM PDT ![Mother watches as her two sons, two others gunned down in Chicago: media]( "Mother watches as her two sons, two others gunned down in Chicago: media") A lone gunman opened fire just before 4 p.m. local time at the Nadia Fish and Chicken restaurant in the South Shore neighborhood, killing Dillon and Raheem Jackson, who were found outside the establishment when police and rescue workers arrived, the Chicago Tribune reported. Two other men were found dead inside restaurant, the Chicago Police Department said in an email to Reuters. The men were among the nine people shot on the city's south side on Thursday, including a pregnant woman who was found dead earlier in the afternoon in her apartment about a mile from the restaurant, the Tribune reported.
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| Gibraltar's leader furious over EU Brexit proposal Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:45 AM PDT  In guidelines unveiling the EU's position in upcoming negotiations for Britain to exit the bloc, a clause stipulates that Spain must have a say over whether any post-Brexit deal applies to the tiny rocky outcrop at the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula Madrid has long wanted back. The clause is likely to face a fierce backlash from London, which has long been engaged in a sovereignty row with Spain over Gibraltar and has pledged to stand by its overseas territory known as the Rock. "This is a disgraceful attempt by Spain to manipulate the European Council for its own, narrow, political interests," Picardo said in a statement.
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| Clashes in Kashmir: Civilians killed in protests against Indian rule Posted: 30 Mar 2017 05:00 AM PDT ![Clashes in Kashmir: Civilians killed in protests against Indian rule]( "Clashes in Kashmir: Civilians killed in protests against Indian rule") Three civilians were killed and 28 other people were injured in anti-India protests that erupted yesterday following a gunbattle between rebels and government forces that killed a rebel in disputed Kashmir, police and witnesses said. The gunbattle began after police and soldiers cordoned off the southern town of Chadoora following a tip that at least one militant was hiding in a house, said Inspector-General Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gillani. Witnesses said intense clashes between rock-throwing protesters and government forces erupted just a few hundred meters (yards) from the besieged house, with police and paramilitary soldiers firing shotgun pellets and tear gas to stop the protest.
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| 2017 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 Posted: 30 Mar 2017 12:57 PM PDT  Is this the second coming of the G35?
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| 'Angel of Death' serial killer dies after attack in prison Posted: 30 Mar 2017 08:37 AM PDT  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A serial killer known as the "Angel of Death" after he admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and Kentucky died Thursday, two days after investigators said he was attacked in prison, Ohio's prisons department said.
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| We totally agree with George W. Bush on Trump's inauguration speech Posted: 29 Mar 2017 09:05 PM PDT  George W. Bush DGAF. The former president is retired, painting, and hopefully not looking at his Wikipedia page. And apparently he was as confused by Donald Trump's inauguration speech as everyone else. SEE ALSO: Trans activists on why Trump's bathroom decision could hurt so many kids If you can remember back to January (sigh), Trump basically described an America that sounded like something out of Mad Max. "The crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential," he said. "This American carnage stops right here and stops right now." Bush was there watching and having some serious poncho problems. Now, it seems, he had some pretty interesting commentary after the speech was over. "That was some weird shit." That's according to three sources who talked to New York Magazine. Even if you don't agree with Bush's stance on ... well, anything, you can agree with him there. That speech was some seriously weird sh*t. WATCH: Mick Mulvaney on climate change.
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| Indian abattoirs end strike on assurances of no Hindu party crackdown Posted: 31 Mar 2017 03:34 AM PDT  By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Abattoirs in India called off a four-day strike after the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, gave assurances that mainly Muslim-run, unlicensed slaughter houses would not be shut down or attacked. Separately, in Modi's western home state of Gujarat, lawmakers of his ruling party stiffened the punishment for cow slaughter to life imprisonment, the toughest such measure aimed at protecting cows, widely considered holy by Hindus. State elections are due by year-end in Gujarat, where 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in 2002 after a wave of Hindu-Muslim riots when Modi was chief minister.
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| Rocketbook Wave smart notebook: What kind of sorcery is this? Posted: 31 Mar 2017 03:02 PM PDT 
Everyone loves shopping on Amazon, where you can find anything and everything you might be looking for. We were unaware, however, that Amazon sold black magic. That's the only explanation we can think of that would enable a product like the Rocketbook Wave Smart Notebook to exist. This unassuming 80-page book looks just like any other bound paper notebook. It comes with a Pilot FriXion pen that looks just like any other pen. Here's where things get creepy: when you've filled up your Rocketbook notebook and you're ready to start anew, you just pop it in the microwave and it comes out completely blank. Witchcraft! Here are some details from the product page: - Introducing the world's first smart, microwave-to-erase-and-reuse notebook
- Download the Rocketbook app for android or iOS
- Blast your notes to Google docs, Dropbox, iCloud, Evernote, Box and email
- Pop your Rocketbook wave in the microwave to erase and reuse your notebook up to 5 times
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| Why A Black Lightning And Static Shock Crossover Shouldn’t Happen, According To Original Creator Posted: 30 Mar 2017 12:28 PM PDT  Why Black Lightning's creator, Tony Isabella, is "annoyed" by fans calling for a Static Shock crossover.
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| Jewish teen arrested for US bomb threats 'has tumour' Posted: 30 Mar 2017 06:57 AM PDT  An Israeli-American teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats that led to concern and a backlash in the United States has autism and a brain tumour, his lawyer told a court Thursday. The Israeli court extended the 18-year-old's remand at the hearing in Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, to April 6 following the Jewish teenager's arrest in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on March 23.
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