| ‘Our Dishonest President’: L.A. Times editorial eviscerates Trump Posted: 02 Apr 2017 12:59 PM PDT  Since Donald Trump began his stunning ascent from real estate mogul and reality television star to wall-building, Muslim-ban-promising Republican candidate to GOP nominee to president, there have been plenty of piercing editorials about him and his policies. But perhaps none have been as scathing as the one published Sunday by the Los Angeles Times.
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| Gorsuch Nomination Tests Senate Rules Posted: 02 Apr 2017 01:15 AM PDT  MTP Compressed: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tells Chuck Todd that he hasn't seen any evidence of surveillance on the Trump campaign, and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) looks for a deal with Republicans over Judge Gorsuch's nomination.
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| Desperation sets in as flood death toll in Colombia tops 200 Posted: 02 Apr 2017 04:54 PM PDT  MOCOA, Colombia (AP) — Townspeople desperately searched their ruined homes and the local hospital for loved ones Sunday after a torrent of water, mud and debris swept through a city in southern Colombia, causing more than 200 deaths, many of them children, and leaving hundreds more missing and injured.
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| Atlanta Overpass Collapse and Fire Sparks Traffic Nightmare Posted: 03 Apr 2017 09:49 AM PDT  The fire burned for more than an hour under I-85 northbound.
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| Has a New Image of the Missing Teen and Teacher Emerged? Cops Report 'Possible' Sighting of Duo Posted: 03 Apr 2017 08:04 AM PDT  Tennessee Bureau of Investigation had called the McDonald's sighting unconfirmed.
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| Thousands march in Paris after Chinese man's death by police Posted: 02 Apr 2017 12:46 PM PDT  About 6,000 people took part in angry protests in Paris on Sunday against the death of a Chinese man shot and killed when police responded to a call at his apartment last month, police said. The rally was organised by several Chinese associations in France, and as with previous rallies held over the past week, there were sporadic skirmishes between protesters and security forces. Some of the demonstrators threw bottles, eggs and fruit, prompting the police to respond with tear gas during clashes that lasted more than an hour, according to an AFP photographer.
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| EPA chief admits climate change is real — but ‘the real issue is how much we contribute to it’ Posted: 02 Apr 2017 10:41 AM PDT  Scott Pruitt, the new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, says climate change is real, but how much humans are to blame for causing it is up for debate.
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| Dubai's sky turns black after another skyscraper bursts into flames Posted: 02 Apr 2017 12:34 PM PDT  Black smoke smothered Dubai's sky on Sunday after a fire broke out near the world's tallest building. The desert metropolis looked almost apocalyptic as dark clouds rose from a high-rise tower complex being built alongside Dubai's biggest mall. SEE ALSO: How a drone helped firefighters battle a blaze in New York City No one was injured in the inferno, though three workers were rescued from inside the structure and taken to the hospital for examination, authorities said. Dramatic skyscraper blazes are a growing problem in Dubai and other rapidly developing parts of the United Arab Emirates. Most of Dubai's fires have been fueled by paneling on the sides of many buildings. The paneling, known as cladding, can be made with fire-resistant material. However, some Dubai buildings instead use quick-burning tiles, without any breaks to stop or slow a fire. Sunday's fire happened only a block away from The Address Downtown Dubai, a 63-story tower that caught fire on New Year's Eve on 2015. The world's tallest tower, a 2,717-foot-high structure called Burj Khalifa, is part of the Downtown Dubai development. عملية اطفاء حريق برج فونتن فيوز . . #سلامتكم_سعادتنا #دبي #الامارات #الامارات_العربية_المتحدة #997 #dubai #uae #dcd #dcd997 #dubai_civil_defenceالدفاع_المدني_دبي A post shared by الدفاع المدني دبي (@dcd997) on Apr 1, 2017 at 11:43pm PDT Officials with the Dubai Civil Defense described this week's fire as an "accident" that began in a parking level of The Address Residences Fountain Views complex. The 60-story structure will eventually connect to the massive Dubai Mall across the street. UAE authorities say they have changed fire safety rules in the territory to address the rising danger from burning buildings, but haven't offered many details. Jetpacks, however, seem to be part of the plan. Video credit: Twitter/Anthea Ayache via Storyful. Associated Press contributed reporting. WATCH: Firefighters in Dubai are using jetpacks to put out fires
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| Trump Backs Away From Campaign Promises Posted: 03 Apr 2017 06:53 AM PDT  Donald Trump told supporters he'd stop tweeting after becoming president, saying the habit is "not presidential."
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| Bill Cosby returns to court and more: April 3 in photos Posted: 03 Apr 2017 01:22 PM PDT ![Bill Cosby returns to court and more: April 3 in photos]( "Bill Cosby returns to court and more: April 3 in photos") Actor Bill Cosby leaves for a lunch break during a hearing for his upcoming sexual assault trial at Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania; Displaced Iraqis who had fled their homes wait to enter at Hammam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq; and, A man on stilts points as Travis Gonick, left, and his son T.J., center, both of Nutley N.J., enter Fenway Park for a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates on opening day in Boston.
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| Mexican newspaper closes citing insecurity for journalists Posted: 02 Apr 2017 02:14 PM PDT ![Mexican newspaper closes citing insecurity for journalists]( "Mexican newspaper closes citing insecurity for journalists") MEXICO CITY (AP) — A newspaper in the Mexican border city of Juarez announced Sunday that it is shutting down because the rampant, unpunished killings of journalists in the country have made it too dangerous to go on.
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| College student dies after choking at pancake-eating contest Posted: 03 Apr 2017 11:26 AM PDT  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A college student whose father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks has died after choking during a pancake-eating contest.
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| Boy, 13, Identified As Child Killed By Carbon Monoxide at Hotel Pool That Left 6 Other Kids Hospitalized Posted: 02 Apr 2017 07:21 AM PDT  The hotel is shut down until further notice.
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| LuLaRoe Gets Slammed With Lawsuit for Faulty Leggings Posted: 03 Apr 2017 12:16 PM PDT  Fashion brand LuLa Roe is being slammed with a lawsuit over faulty merchandise.
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| Chicago teen arrested in Facebook Live sex assault, others sought Posted: 02 Apr 2017 12:45 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Chicago police have arrested a 14-year-old boy and expect to charge a second youth in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage girl by multiple young men that was seen on Facebook Live in March, officials said on Sunday. "The young men responsible, they should be ashamed of themselves," Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said. The mother said the girl's uncle had told her about a video on Facebook Live that showed the assault.
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| China to create new economic zone outside Beijing Posted: 02 Apr 2017 04:07 AM PDT  China will create a new special economic zone outside Beijing similar to those established in Shenzhen and Shanghai, the government said, in a bid to boost flagging growth and reduce the strain on the capital. The Xiongan New Area, located some 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of downtown Beijing in Hebei province, will rival south China's Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, established in the 1980s, and Shanghai's Pudong New Area, set up in the 1990s. The move was a "major historic and strategic choice made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core" and would be "crucial for millennium to come", the official Xinhua news agency reported late Saturday.
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| Lawmakers Say Too Early To Consider Immunity For Flynn Testimony Posted: 02 Apr 2017 08:47 AM PDT  "Every time we turn around, another shoe drops from this centipede," Sen. John McCain said of the investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
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| Israel PM warns enemies at missile defense ceremony Posted: 02 Apr 2017 08:07 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — A joint U.S.-Israeli missile interceptor meant to counter the type of medium-range missiles possessed by Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants became operational Sunday, completing Israel's multi-layer defense system amid tensions on its frontiers with Syria and Gaza.
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| The Easy Way to Make Old Luxury Cars Valuable Again Posted: 03 Apr 2017 09:53 AM PDT  The case for big-body buybacks.
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| Utah Woman Who Survived London Attack That Killed Her Husband Stands Up On Her Own Posted: 02 Apr 2017 11:58 AM PDT  She also suffered a broken rib.
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| German court sentences extremist to life over bomb plot Posted: 03 Apr 2017 08:24 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — A German court handed lengthy prison sentences Monday to four Islamic extremists over plots to bomb a train station and kill a far-right politician.
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| Police seek carjacking suspect who was doused with gasoline Posted: 02 Apr 2017 08:25 PM PDT  Surveillance video shows woman spray Massachusetts carjacking suspect with gasoline before he manages to drive away.
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| Prince Charles visits earthquake-hit Italian town Posted: 02 Apr 2017 06:33 AM PDT ![Prince Charles visits earthquake-hit Italian town]( "Prince Charles visits earthquake-hit Italian town") Britain's Prince Charles paid a visit on Sunday to one of the towns in central Italy devastated by a major earthquake last August, a day after locals protested against the government because of aid delays. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake killed nearly 300 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. More than 45,000 aftershocks have rattled the region, including an even stronger 6.6 magnitude quake in October, the biggest to strike Italy for 36 years.
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| What happened today in France's presidential election Posted: 02 Apr 2017 11:24 AM PDT  With three weeks left to the first round of France's presidential election, Communist-backed radical Jean-Luc Melenchon claimed Sunday he had mellowed, while far-right leader Marine Le Pen worked the youth vote. Jean-Luc Melenchon, predicted by polls to beat Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon as the top choice of the left, said the French no longer found him frightening. "Today's society does not want sound and fury," the veteran rebel, known for his confrontational style and fiery speeches, told Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) weekly.
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| Venezuela opposition turns ire on Supreme Court judges Posted: 02 Apr 2017 12:40 PM PDT  By Andrew Cawthorne and Girish Gupta CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition lawmakers said on Sunday they will push for the removal of Supreme Court judges whom they accuse of acting on behalf of the ruling Socialists after the top tribunal briefly assumed control of congress last week. While the move by the opposition-led congress would only be symbolic because it remains powerless, it could add to pressure on unpopular president Nicolas Maduro as he tries to defuse the furor over what critics saw as a lurch into dictatorship. The Supreme Court's ruling last week that it would take over functions of the National Assembly triggered international condemnation and opposition protests at home.
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| With Trump approval, Pentagon expands warfighting authority Posted: 01 Apr 2017 07:57 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Week by week, country by country, the Pentagon is quietly seizing more control over warfighting decisions, sending hundreds more troops to war with little public debate and seeking greater authority to battle extremists across the Middle East and Africa.
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| Tesla tops quarterly sales forecast Posted: 03 Apr 2017 03:06 AM PDT  Tesla sold more than 25,000 vehicles in the first quarter, a record that beat analysts' forecasts, the electric carmaker said Sunday. Tesla produced 25,418 vehicles, a bit above its prior record in the third quarter of 2016. Tesla in January began mass production of energy-saving batteries that it vows will take electric cars mainstream.
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| Wife Of Teacher Accused Of Abducting Student Files For Divorce Posted: 02 Apr 2017 11:28 PM PDT  Jill Cummins filed for divorce from Cummins citing "irreconcilable differences."
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| Dog Rescued After Dropping Into 30-Foot Well Posted: 03 Apr 2017 02:24 PM PDT  She wasn't injured.
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| Nearly 9 months later, Central Park blast remains a mystery Posted: 02 Apr 2017 06:21 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Detective Paul Arroyo and Special Agent Peter D'Antonio are frustrated.
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| Colombian police seize more than six tonnes of cocaine Posted: 02 Apr 2017 10:27 AM PDT  BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian police have seized more than six tonnes of cocaine in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla, the defense minister said on Sunday. The shipment, the third-largest seizure in the history of continental Colombia, was found on Friday and belonged to several drug gangs, among them the so-called Urabenos, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas told journalists. The shipment would have been worth about 200 million euros in Spain, its final destination. Authorities have already confiscated 103 tonnes of cocaine this year, the minister added. Last year a record 378. ...
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| Emirates, Etihad to boost screening on Australia flights Posted: 03 Apr 2017 12:47 AM PDT  Emirates and Etihad airlines will tighten screening for passengers flying to Australia this week after the country imposed new requirements for enhanced explosives detection, the UAE companies said Monday. Australia on Friday announced it would increase screening of passenger baggage on flights from Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, as well as Doha, Qatar. While the directive stops short of the sweeping electronics ban introduced last month by the United States and Britain, it may include targeted screening of passengers' personal electronic devices.
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| Let’s hope the next Galaxy Note 8 looks better than this Posted: 02 Apr 2017 12:00 PM PDT 
Samsung is expected to launch three flagship smartphones this year, including the Galaxy S8 that's already available for preorder, the Galaxy X that's supposed to be its first foldable smartphone, and the Galaxy Note 8 phablet that's already confirmed to arrive in the second half of the year. However, Samsung does have a problem regarding the Galaxy Note 8. It already has one, and it's hideous. Almost four years ago, Samsung started selling the device below under the name Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0. By today's mobile design standards is simply hideous. Just look at those bezels... 
Launched at MWC 2013, the Galaxy Note 8.0 was part of Samsung's second generation of Note-branded tablets. The device shipped with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean on board and had an entry price of $399 (for the 16GB version). It may have been an attractive proposition at the time, though the Note series of tablets never saw the same popularity of the Note phones and was soon discontinued. Not many people might remember the Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet, but the device did exist. With that in mind, I can't help but wonder whether the tablet will affect in any way Samsung's naming scheme for the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 phablet. They may be four years apart, but we can't have two devices with almost the same name, can we? 
Samsung's DJ Koh confirmed earlier this year that the Note line will not be discontinued following the Galaxy Note 7 recall, and teased the Galaxy Note 7 will get a major upgrade. "I will bring back a better, safer and very innovative Note 8," Koh said. You don't suppose he meant the tablet, do you?
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| Aleksandar Vucic: Serbia's hardline hawk turned friend of West Posted: 02 Apr 2017 01:07 PM PDT  Aleksandar Vucic, who according to an estimate by pollsters was elected president of Serbia on Sunday, has undergone a remarkable political transformation from ultra-nationalist to pro-European liberal. Once banned from entering the European Union during the 1990s Balkan wars, when he was a close ally of Slobodan Milosevic, the tall 47-year-old is now spearheading Serbia's efforts to join the EU after a dramatic switch away from nationalism. In 2009, Vucic appeared on Serbia's version of the hit TV show "Dancing With The Stars" -- and he has had to be nimble on his feet in his relations with the EU on one side, and traditional ally Russia on the other.
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| Exit poll shows Armenia's ruling party with wide lead Posted: 02 Apr 2017 11:34 AM PDT  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenians voted Sunday in the country's first parliamentary election since the ex-Soviet nation modified its constitution to expand the powers of parliament and the prime minister.
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| North Korean official tells ABC News they want to talk only with U.S. about nuclear weapons Posted: 02 Apr 2017 09:20 AM PDT  ABC News' Bob Woodruff reports from inside the dictator-governed country.
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| Rescuers, locals dig for Colombia flood victims, at least 210 dead Posted: 02 Apr 2017 12:55 PM PDT  By Jaime Saldarriaga MOCOA, Colombia (Reuters) - Families and rescuers searched desperately on Sunday through mud-plastered rubble for victims of flooding and landslides in Colombia that have killed at least 210 people, injured hundreds and devastated entire neighborhoods. Several rivers burst their banks near the southwestern city of Mocoa in the early hours of Saturday, sending water, mud and debris crashing down streets and into houses as people slept. Volunteers and firefighters tended to 82 bodies downstream in the town of Villagarzon and said many corpses were still caught in debris.
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| 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Targa Automatic Posted: 03 Apr 2017 07:55 AM PDT  The Targa adds weight; the turbo shrugs it off.
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| Southern California rescuers on lookout for tangled whale Posted: 02 Apr 2017 03:52 PM PDT  DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Boaters were asked Sunday to be on the lookout for a gray whale tangled in an unknown material heading north along Southern California's coast.
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| Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt to face second genocide trial Posted: 01 Apr 2017 08:26 PM PDT ![Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt to face second genocide trial]( "Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt to face second genocide trial") A judge this week ordered former Guatemalan dictator Efrian Rios Montt to stand for a second trial on genocide charges, this time for the deaths of some 200 people in the 1982 Dos Erres Massacre, human rights authorities said on Friday. The Dos Erres massacre, which took place over three days in December 1982, was the work of a counterinsurgency unit known as the Kaibiles in the rural village of Dos Erres in northern Guatemala.
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| Google Shuts Down Map Maker Posted: 02 Apr 2017 05:28 PM PDT  The feature that previously allowed general users to be part of the Maps app development has been officially terminated.
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| The Royal Gifts: 65 years of presents given to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Posted: 03 Apr 2017 10:54 AM PDT ![The Royal Gifts: 65 years of presents given to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II]( "The Royal Gifts: 65 years of presents given to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II") A "royal" version of a London Underground sign, a bronze owl and a beaded throne are some of the gifts given to Queen Elizabeth II that will make up an exhibit to be shown during the annual summer opening of the state rooms at Buckingham Palace.
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| Israel says not seeking Gaza 'adventures' after killing claim Posted: 02 Apr 2017 07:19 AM PDT  Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday Israel did not seek "adventures" in Gaza after Hamas accused it of assassinating an official, and suggested the group itself could have killed him. Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has blamed Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and its "collaborators" for the March 24 killing of Mazen Faqha in the Palestinian territory. Israeli officials had previously not commented on the killing.
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| Serbia's powerful PM claims landslide presidential win Posted: 02 Apr 2017 02:46 PM PDT  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's powerful Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic claimed victory Sunday in the presidential election that was a test of his authoritarian rule, an outcome that could expand Russia's influence in the Balkans.
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