| Should Trump apologize? Paul: President 'hasn't helped his case' Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:02 PM PST  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) tells Chuck Todd that the debate over immigration shouldn't be dismissed over President Trump's vulgar comments, during an exclusive interview on Meet the Press
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| Major Earthquake Strikes Southern Peru Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:17 PM PST  A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Peru early Sunday morning, leaving at least one dead and injuring dozens of others, authorities said.
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| Citing Court Order, Trump Administration Resumes Accepting DACA Renewal Applications Posted: 14 Jan 2018 12:19 AM PST  Days after a federal judge in California temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's efforts to pull the plug on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, the federal government said on Saturday that it would ― "until further notice" ― resume accepting renewal applications for the program.
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| Passenger plane skids off runway in Turkey's Trabzon Airport Posted: 14 Jan 2018 09:47 AM PST ![Passenger plane skids off runway in Turkey's Trabzon Airport]( "Passenger plane skids off runway in Turkey's Trabzon Airport") A plane with 168 people aboard skidded off a runway onto a seaside cliff after landing at an airport in northern Turkey at the weekend, but no one was injured in what one passenger called a "miracle". The Pegasus Airlines flight had taken off smoothly from the capital Ankara bound for Trabzon, where the accident occurred as the plane was landing late Saturday. "There was panic, people shouting, screaming," one of the passengers, Fatma Gordu, told state-run Anadolu news agency.
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| Stealth and Speed: America's SR-71 Blackbird Might Be Old (But Still the World's Fastest Plane) Posted: 15 Jan 2018 04:30 PM PST  The Blackbird's design reflected the fact that it was pushing the limits. The SR-71's J58 engines could only start through use of two vehicle-mounted V8 starter engines, and the triethylborane used in the fuel would belch green flames during ignition. The J58s would switch to a partial ramjet mode at high speeds, such that the SR-71 actually became more fuel efficient when it went faster.
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| Chinese 'rainbow dinosaur' had iridescent feathers like hummingbirds Posted: 15 Jan 2018 02:22 AM PST ![Chinese 'rainbow dinosaur' had iridescent feathers like hummingbirds]( "Chinese 'rainbow dinosaur' had iridescent feathers like hummingbirds") Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of a crow-sized, bird-like dinosaur with colorful feathers from northeastern China that lived 161 million years ago during the Jurassic Period. Microscopic structures in the exquisitely preserved, nearly complete fossil unearthed in Hebei Province indicated that it boasted iridescent feathers, particularly on its head, neck and chest, with colors that shimmered and shifted in the light, like those of hummingbirds. The discovery "suggests a more colorful Jurassic World than we previously imagined," said evolutionary biologist Chad Eliason of the Field Museum in Chicago, one of the researchers in the study published in the journal Nature Communications.
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| Philippine online news site critical of Duterte ordered shut Posted: 15 Jan 2018 06:29 AM PST ![Philippine online news site critical of Duterte ordered shut]( "Philippine online news site critical of Duterte ordered shut") MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine securities commission has revoked the registration of an online news outfit known for its critical reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte, a move media watchdogs said is an act to muzzle the free press.
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| Protesters Trash South African H&M Stores Over Racist Ad Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:10 PM PST  Clothing retail chain H&M temporarily closed several of its South African stores this weekend after protests erupted over a racist image on the Swedish company's website.
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| Death toll from California mudslides rises to 19 Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:40 PM PST  Authorities in southern California raised the death toll from mudslides that battered the region to 19 on Saturday as rescue workers continued the search for victims. "Crews continue to search buildings and debris flows for trapped victims. Terrifying wildfires in the area forced evacuations in December, and the mudslides struck just two weeks after people returned.
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| Trump Attacks Wall Street Journal, Claiming Paper Lied About Single Word In Interview Posted: 15 Jan 2018 12:00 AM PST  An angry Donald Trump lashed out at The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, claiming the newspaper deliberately misquoted a single word in a 45-minute interview during its hunt for "fake news."
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| Car crashes into second floor dental practice in California Posted: 15 Jan 2018 12:26 PM PST  A man who had taken drugs before getting behind the wheel of his Nissan Sedan survived relatively unscathed after crashing his car in the second-floor of a house. Police in Santa Ana, California, say that the car, travelling at high speed, clipped the central reservation before launching into the air. It flew about 60 feet before smashing into the second floor of the building, which contained a dental practice. CCTV footage obtained by a local television station captured the moment, and showed the car flying through the air. Unbelievable new surveillance video shows a car hitting a median and launching into the second story of a Santa Ana dentist office. Driver and passenger transported with minor injuries. @NBCLA@ChristineNBCLApic.twitter.com/Yw4poZXUNR— Kenny Holmes (@KHOLMESlive) January 15, 2018 The crash, which happened at about 5.25am on Saturday, rattled guests in a motel next door but the dental practice was closed at the time. The Los Angeles County fire department used a specialized forklift and wrecker to remove the car, the police said. Two people in the vehicle, although both were rescued suffering only minor injuries One of the two people inside the vehicle was able to exit on his own, but emergency workers had to remove the other person. The driver had minor injuries and remains in hospital, but will likely be charged with driving under the influence.
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| Car Flies Into Second Floor Of Building And Stays There Posted: 15 Jan 2018 03:41 AM PST  A cheesy action-film director couldn't have staged this any better.
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| A casino shuttle boat caught fire Sunday in Florida, forcing the evacuation of dozens of passengers Posted: 14 Jan 2018 04:33 PM PST  Officials said passengers were "lucky" the burning boat was close to shore.
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| Ford shows off new and original Bullitt Mustangs Posted: 15 Jan 2018 05:42 AM PST  Ask just about any Mustang enthusiasts what the "holy grail" of Mustangs is and the 1968 fastback driven by Steve McQueen in the movie "Bullitt" is going to be close to the top of the list. For a long time it was thought the original from the movie was lost forever, but it's now been found and has taken its rightful place alongside a new 2019 Bullitt Mustang Ford that has just unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The new car isn't just a current Mustang painted in Highland Green to pay homage to the movie original either.
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| Philippine news website's licence revoked after Duterte threat Posted: 15 Jan 2018 07:35 AM PST  The Philippine government has revoked the operating licence of leading news website Rappler, officials said Monday in a ruling denounced by President Rodrigo Duterte's critics as the latest blow to press freedom. Rappler, set up in 2012, is among a clutch of Philippine news organisations that have sparred with Duterte over their critical coverage of his brutal drugs war.
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| Saudi Prince Alwaleed in settlement talks with government: sources Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:22 AM PST ![Saudi Prince Alwaleed in settlement talks with government: sources]( "Saudi Prince Alwaleed in settlement talks with government: sources") By Rania El Gamal and Stephen Kalin DUBAI/JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in an anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating a possible settlement with authorities but so far has not agreed on terms, a senior Saudi official said. Prince Alwaleed, whose net worth has been estimated by Forbes magazine at $17 billion, is chairman and owner of international investment firm Kingdom Holding <4280.SE>, and one of the country's most prominent businessmen. A second source familiar with Prince Alwaleed's case told Reuters on Saturday that the price had offered to make a "donation" to the Saudi government, which would avoid any admission of wrongdoing, and to do so from assets of his own choosing.
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| Death toll from California mudslides rises to 20 Posted: 14 Jan 2018 11:27 AM PST  Search and rescue teams combed the aftermath of a deadly mudslide in southern California on Sunday as authorities confirmed another death, raising the number of fatalities to 20, officials said. The slide left 28 people injured and destroyed 65 homes and eight businesses in Montecito, a community just east of the city of Santa Barbara. Massive wildfires in the area forced evacuations in December, and the mudslides struck just two weeks after people returned.
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| British woman 'killed in murder-suicide' in Sydney Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:11 PM PST  Police in Australia are investigating a suspected murder-suicide in which an English woman in her 20s was allegedly killed by her partner, a man in his 20s. The bodies were reportedly discovered by the couple's landlord in an apartment above a Persian restaurant on King Street in Newtown, a bustling road in the inner west of Sydney. "At this stage we suspect it is a possible murder-suicide," New South Wales Police Inspector Geoff Olsen told Sydney's Daily Telegraph. Police have appealed for information about the crime. "Investigators are still trying to piece together the last moments of those involved," a police spokesman told The Telegraph. The bodies were found inside their small apartment at about 5.30pm on Friday. Officials from the British embassy have been in contact with the woman's family. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are providing consular assistance to the family of a British national who has died in New South Wales, Australia, and our staff are in contact with the New South Wales police." The woman was planning to leave Australia, according to a report in The Daily Mail. The nationality and identify of the man have not been released, although he is understood to not be from the UK. Tenants of the Persian restaurant below, and of an adjoining Japanese restaurant, said they did not know the pair. Police would not confirm the identities or nationalities of the pair. The deaths are being investigated by officers from the local Newtown command and from the state's homicide squad.
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| Egypt's leader seeks to defuse tension with Sudan, Ethiopia Posted: 15 Jan 2018 08:30 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president on Monday sought to defuse tensions with Ethiopia and Sudan, reassuring them that his country was not meddling in their internal affairs or planning to go to war against them.
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| Iceland's incredible, ever-changing ice caves Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:00 AM PST ![Iceland's incredible, ever-changing ice caves]( "Iceland's incredible, ever-changing ice caves") The photographer captured the amazing shots in the Vatnajokull National Park on the Breidamerkurjokull glacier tongue. Matej said: "One of the ice caves has been well known for few years already, but new ones appeared on east side of the glacier tongue this year.
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| Driver charged after going wrong way at high speed on Interstate: Police Posted: 15 Jan 2018 09:34 AM PST  A Connecticut officer's dashcam video shows a wrong-way driver traveling northbound at high speed in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95, police said.
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| 1 dead, 7 injured after crash on I-70 in Missouri Posted: 15 Jan 2018 09:41 AM PST  A fatal crash occurred on I-70 in Missouri Monday morning. The accident is causing traffic delays, with the eastbound lanes in the area shut down and one westbound lane closed.
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| Johnny Weir Isn't Here For Tonya Harding's Media Redemption Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:46 PM PST  Tonya Harding's newfound media "redemption" is getting a chilly response from one fellow Olympic figure skater.
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| Brexit vote may be reversed, says British campaigner Farage Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:20 AM PST ![Brexit vote may be reversed, says British campaigner Farage]( "Brexit vote may be reversed, says British campaigner Farage") Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Sunday he was increasingly concerned that a vote for Britain to leave the European Union could be overturned by a powerful group of the bloc's supporters. In an interview with Britain's Observer newspaper, Farage, former head of the euroskeptic UK Independence Party, said a well-organized and funded group of campaigners that wants to remain in the EU was drowning out those who want to leave.
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| 12,000 flee as lava oozes from Philippine volcano Posted: 14 Jan 2018 11:30 PM PST  Thousands fled from their homes as lava oozed out of a rumbling Philippine volcano on Monday in what volcanologists described as a "quiet eruption", warning it could lead to a hazardous explosion within days. Lava was slowly flowing out of the Mayon volcano's crater along with a spectacular 1,000-metre (3,280-foot) ash plume rising into the sky, the nation's volcanology institute said. It may escalate into a hazardous eruption," Paul Alanis, science research specialist at the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), told AFP.
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| Here's What The FBI Lovers' Secret Texts Actually Say About Trump, Clinton And Leaks Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:16 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Last week, a story by The Hill's John Solomon set off another firestorm in the conservative media about the ongoing special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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| Turkey's Erdogan warns US against forming 'terror army' on its border with Syria Posted: 15 Jan 2018 10:43 AM PST  Turkey has warned the US it was "playing with fire" over plans to set up a 30,000-strong force to police its border with Syria, saying it had tanks ready at the frontier. The US announced plans on Sunday for a "border security force" - made up of Kurdish and Arab fighters - to prevent a resurgence by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). The BSF will be tasked with securing the long sections of Syria's northern border with Turkey and eastern border with Iraq that are under the fighters' control, as well as parts of the Euphrates river valley, which effectively serves as the dividing line between them and Syrian pro-government forces. Ankara has repeatedly warned Washington over its support for the Syrian Kurdish People's Defence Units (YPG), which it sees as terrorist group over its links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) waging a bloody insurgency in southern Turkey. Kurdish and Arab fighters will make up the 30,000-strong border force Credit: AFP But reacting to the news on Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could barely contain his rage. "A country we call an ally is insisting on forming a terror army on our borders," he said of the US in a speech in Ankara. "What can that terror army target but Turkey? Our mission is to strangle it before it's even born. "Don't stand between us and these herd of murderers. Otherwise, we won't be responsible for the unwanted incidents that may arise," he continued. He said that the Turkish army was ready to launch an operation against the YPG in the northern Syrian enclave Afrin in the coming days. The Turkish army had already positioned a convoy of tanks and was pounding the area yesterday with artillery from its positions inside Syria. The YPG was the backbone of the fight against Isil in Raqqa. Mr Erdogan tolerated the US's backing of Kurdish groups during the operation to liberate the city, in the hope Washington would abandon them after the city was liberated. Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces gesture the "V" sign in Raqqa, Syria Credit: Reuters But the latest plans hint at the US's longer-term plans for their involvement in the region and will concern Turkey, which fears the move is a step towards Syrian Kurds achieving a breakaway state. The threat could bring the two Nato allies, who once worked together to support rebel groups opposed to President Bashar al-Assad's government, into direct military confrontation. "The Kurdish people will rise up as a whole. It will be total warfare," Saleh Muslim, former head of the YPG's political wing, said in a warning to Turkey.
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| Platform Sofas Are the New Platform Beds Posted: 15 Jan 2018 05:00 AM PST  Sophisticated + obscenely comfy = a winning combination
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| Airbus to scrap A380 programme if no new orders Posted: 15 Jan 2018 01:32 AM PST  Airbus will have no other choice but to halt the A380 programe if Dubai's Emirates airline does not place another order, the European aerospace giant's sales director, John Leahy, told a news conference on Monday. Originally launched in 2007, the A380 is the world's largest passenger airliner. Orders from Emirates, the main customer of the superjumbo, have stalled over the past two years.
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| Honda, Volvo, Ford scoop awards at Detroit auto show Posted: 15 Jan 2018 07:19 AM PST  The Detroit auto show handed out its self-proclaimed "Oscars of the auto industry" on Monday, rewarding Honda, Volvo and Ford amid a crowded slate of new truck, SUV and crossover unveilings.
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| Martin Luther King Day 2018: Nine quotes from the civil rights leader that still resonate today Posted: 15 Jan 2018 03:48 AM PST  More than three decades have passed since Martin Luther King Jr's birthday became a national holiday across America. Initially President Reagan resisted plans to make King's birthday a public holiday, arguing it would lead to other groups and leaders to seek similar concessions. Republicans also claimed they were concerned King had an 'inappropriate' sexual past and links to communism.
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| Today's Toilets Use Less Water and Make Less Noise Posted: 14 Jan 2018 03:00 AM PST  From space age–looking models to new technologies that greatly improve water efficiency, the latest toilets on display at the recent International Builders' Show featured all kinds of innovations...
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| After 8-year hiatus, Ford Ranger returns to US in 2019 Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:03 PM PST  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford made the wrong bet on small pickup trucks in 2011. It hopes to put things right — and win back customers — with the 2019 Ford Ranger.
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| Selena Gomez's Mom Says She's 'Not Happy' Her Daughter Is Back With Justin Bieber Posted: 15 Jan 2018 12:42 PM PST  Selena Gomez's mother and former manager, Mandy Teefey, is "not happy" the singer has recently rekindled her romance with Justin Bieber, Teefey told celebrity site Gossip Cop.
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| Conan Heads To Haiti To Mercilessly Mock Donald Trump Posted: 15 Jan 2018 07:27 AM PST  Conan O'Brien is hitting the road again to hit back at President Donald Trump in a "Conan Without Borders" episode.
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| Sen. Perdue on Trump's 's---hole countries' comment: 'He did not use that word' Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:46 AM PST  On "This Week," the Trump ally who attended the Oval Office immigration meeting denies the president made the inflammatory comments.
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| UAE accuses Qatar of 'intercepting' 2 passenger planes Posted: 15 Jan 2018 12:02 PM PST  The United Arab Emirates accused neighbouring Qatar of "intercepting" two Emirati passenger planes en route to Bahrain on Monday in the latest incident between the Gulf rivals. Qatar denied the allegations as "totally baseless" and hit back that they came "one day after a C-130 UAE military aircraft breached Qatari airspace". Tensions have escalated in the Gulf since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut all ties with Qatar in June, accusing it of supporting Islamist extremists and being too close to Saudi Arabia's arch-rival, Iran.
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| VW unveils all-new Jetta in Detroit but drops it from European markets Posted: 15 Jan 2018 07:51 AM PST  One example is the all-new Volkswagen Jetta that's just been unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Although it's a huge deal for the American market as the Jetta is the brand's biggest-selling car over there, it's also been announced the Jetta is being dropped completely from European markets. The headline news about the 2019 Jetta is the fact it's now being built on the MQB platform that already underpins models as diverse as the Atlas and the Golf.
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| South Africa's ANC leader: Zuma to be dealt with over time Posted: 14 Jan 2018 06:01 AM PST ![South Africa's ANC leader: Zuma to be dealt with over time]( "South Africa's ANC leader: Zuma to be dealt with over time") The new leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said the question of whether President Jacob Zuma should step down would be addressed "as time goes on". There has been widespread speculation that Ramaphosa and his allies are lobbying ANC members to oust Zuma as head of state in the coming weeks, but he made no mention of Zuma's future in a closely watched speech on Saturday. Ramaphosa won the race to succeed Zuma as ANC leader last month, narrowly defeating former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Zuma's ex-wife, in a bitter leadership contest that had threatened to split the 106-year-old ANC.
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| Ford Ranger Returns for 2019: Pickup Aims to Be Commuter-Friendly Workhorse Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:18 PM PST  A lot has happened in the midsized-pickup market since Ford stopped selling the Ranger in the U.S. in 2011. Chevrolet scored robust sales with its second-generation Colorado. Honda reintroduced t...
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| This 'Harry Potter' Fan Film About Voldemort's Rise Is Better Than You Think Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:35 PM PST  In 2016, after reading through "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," a few filmmakers began crowdfunding the fan film "Voldemort: Origins Of The Heir," which follows Voldemort's path to evil.
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| LeBron reflects on MLK's legacy, criticizes Trump on holiday Posted: 15 Jan 2018 10:53 AM PST  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — On a day for reflecting on race in America, LeBron James considered Martin Luther King Jr.'s ultimate sacrifice.
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| Talks in Myanmar to 'settle issues' on Rohingya return Posted: 15 Jan 2018 01:11 AM PST  Talks were held Monday to "settle issues" over the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, Bangladeshi officials told AFP, as doubts linger over how many of the 655,000 Muslim minority who fled violence are likely to return. Under diplomatic pressure, Myanmar has vowed to repatriate refugees driven into Bangladesh by an army crackdown last year, if they can verify they belong in western Rakhine state.
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