| Thousands sign petition to remove judge who sentenced blind child rapist to probation Posted: 07 Feb 2018 06:59 AM PST  A petition to remove an Oklahoma judge who sentenced a convicted child rapist to 15 years of probation is gaining serious momentum online.
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| North Korea Holds Massive Military Parade Ahead Of 2018 Winter Olympics Posted: 08 Feb 2018 01:05 AM PST  North Korea staged a large military parade on Thursday, just one day before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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| Senate leaders reach funding deal as shutdown looms Posted: 07 Feb 2018 03:02 AM PST  Sens. McConnell and Schumer announce a longterm budget deal has been reached, despite President Trump's threats of a shutdown.
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| Mexico authorities catch animal traffickers trying to mail a tiger cub Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:53 AM PST  Mexican authorities have found a tiger cub in a plastic container, due to be express mailed to another address. The Office for Environmental Protection on Wednesday found the Bengal cub when a sniffer dog looking for contraband detected it in the plastic container, sedated. The cub was found in the package filled with newspaper clippings, in the western state of Jalisco, due to be shipped to an address in the central state of Queretaro.
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| Undocumented Woman Cleared For Liver Transplant After Oregon Hospital Rolls Back 'Archaic' Policy Posted: 08 Feb 2018 05:58 AM PST  She has since been cleared for care
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| Trump sees 'BOMBSHELLS' in FBI texts about Clinton email probe Posted: 07 Feb 2018 10:33 AM PST  President Trump turned his Twitter attention on Wednesday to newly released 2016 text messages between a pair FBI agents who claim President Obama wanted "to know everything we're doing."
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| Hillary Clinton urges people to vote in midterm elections: 'We are in the midst of a war on truth, facts and reason' Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:08 PM PST  Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said she is "committed" to urging American voters to participate in 2018 midterm elections to "get the sexism out of politics."
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| DHS cybersecurity head: 'No doubt' Russians penetrated voter registration systems Posted: 07 Feb 2018 07:45 AM PST  In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Cynthia McFadden, Jeanette Manfra, the head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, says that 21 states were targeted during the 2016 election.
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| EPA's Pruitt Suggests Global Warming May Not Be A 'Bad Thing' For Humans Posted: 07 Feb 2018 08:37 PM PST  Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, alluded earlier this week that global warming may be beneficial to humans, once again questioning the world's leading scientists who have declared the phenomenon one of the greatest known threats to humanity.
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| Seattle To Become Latest City To Erase Past Marijuana Convictions Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:41 AM PST  In an effort to bring "restorative justice" to communities that have been disproportionately affected by drug law enforcement, Seattle's mayor and city attorney said Thursday that the city will move to dismiss marijuana possession convictions that were prosecuted before Washington state voted to legalize the drug.
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| Jury: Oklahoma man guilty of murder, hate crime in slaying Posted: 07 Feb 2018 03:05 PM PST  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Jurors convicted an Oklahoma man of murder and hate crime charges Wednesday for fatally shooting his Lebanese neighbor after bombarding him with racial and anti-Muslim insults in a long-running feud with his family, who are Christian.
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| Trump touted conspiratorial ambassador nominee's 'marketing' skills Posted: 07 Feb 2018 08:40 AM PST  President Trump's administration sold Leandro Rizzuto Jr. as highly qualified for his ambassadorship to Barbados.
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| Zara Is Selling This Lungi Look-Alike For $90, And Brown Twitter Is Cackling Posted: 08 Feb 2018 03:30 PM PST  Centuries after Asian dads figured out the simple pleasure that wearing lungis can bring, it seems the Spanish fashion retailer Zara wants in on the style.
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| Mercedes apologises to China after quoting Dalai Lama Posted: 07 Feb 2018 09:59 AM PST  Mercedes-Benz has apologised for "hurting the feelings" of the people of China for quoting the Dalai Lama on Instagram. The German auto giant became the latest of several international companies that have backpedalled recently for offending Chinese consumers with advertising or information that clashes with Beijing's official position on Tibet and other Chinese-claimed regions. Mercedes' seemingly benign post to its official Instagram account showed a Benz on a beach before rolling white-capped waves. "Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open," the ad copy ran, citing the Dalai Lama, who is seen by Beijing as a separatist. "Start your week with a fresh perspective on life from the Dalai Lama," the carmaker wrote in the tagline. Mercedes' seemingly benign post to its official Instagram account showed a Benz on a beach before rolling white-capped waves The Zen post immediately drew criticism from Chinese internet users for quoting the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, whom Beijing accuses of being a "wolf in monk's robes" seeking Tibetan independence through "spiritual terrorism". The Dalai Lama has called for granting Tibetans greater autonomy within China, but not independence. While Instagram is blocked in China and inaccessible to most Chinese - and the post was penned in English - Mercedes-Benz quickly deleted the photo after the outcry and issued an apology on China's Twitter-like Weibo social media platform. "Even though we deleted the related information as soon as possible, we know this has hurt the feelings of people of this country," Mercedes said on its verified Weibo account on Tuesday. The post "published extremely incorrect information, for this we are sincerely sorry," the company wrote, without naming either Instagram or the Dalai Lama, or explaining what the offending post was about. "We have immediately taken real action to deepen our understanding of Chinese culture and values, including among our colleagues abroad, and in this way regulate our behaviour." China's foreign ministry applauded Mercedes' quick response on Wednesday, with spokesman Geng Shuang telling reporters: "Recognising and correcting one's mistakes is the most basic of ethics." Beijing "welcomes foreign companies to reap the opportunities of China's development but during this process we hope foreign companies can perform the most basic of compliance," Geng said. China's state media was less conciliatory, with the online edition of the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily running an editorial attacking Mercedes after it published an apology. Offending the sensitivities of Beijing has proven a problem for a number of foreign companies tapping the lucrative Chinese market. Earlier this year, a spate of brands came under government criticism for online material that listed Chinese regions such as Tibet and Hong Kong as separate countries. Marriott hotels even had its Chinese website and app blocked for a week by mainland authorities, while Spanish clothing giant Zara and Delta Air Lines were also called out. Trendy Japanese retailer Muji has also faced the wrath of what the foreign ministry called the "new era" of a "more confident and open" China. One of the retailers' in-store catalogues held a store location map which Beijing said omitted islands disputed with Japan. Last summer, British band Placebo was scheduled to perform at the Summer Sonic Festival in Shanghai - until they posted a photo of the Nobel winner on Instagram. The picture resulted "in a lifetime ban by the Ministry of Culture in China," the band said in another post acknowledging they would be unable to perform. "We apologise to all the fans who were hoping to see Placebo perform," it wrote.
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| Teva warns on 2018 profit, may face migraine drug delays Posted: 08 Feb 2018 12:17 PM PST ![Teva warns on 2018 profit, may face migraine drug delays]( "Teva warns on 2018 profit, may face migraine drug delays") By Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries on Thursday said its 2018 results would be weaker than expected and that it might encounter delays for an important new migraine drug, pushing the drugmaker's shares down more than 9 percent. Israel-based Teva, the world's largest generic drugmaker, is facing price erosion, fierce competition for its blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone and a consolidating customer base, particularly in the United States. It also said that the approval and launch of its migraine drug fremanezumab, one of two drugs the company pegged to help return it to growth in the future, could be delayed by an FDA warning letter received by manufacturer Celltrion, which will supply the drug to Teva.
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| US-led strikes on Syria pro-regime forces kill 100: US official Posted: 08 Feb 2018 12:17 AM PST  The US-led coalition killed at least 100 regime and allied fighters in retaliation for an attack in eastern Syria, a US official said, in one of the deadliest incidents of its kind. The flare-up lasted into the small hours of Thursday and was sparked by an attack on positions held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Deir Ezzor province. According to the US Central Command, coalition advisers were also present at the site of the attack late on Tuesday.
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| Father who tried to attack Nassar in court doesn't want donations Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:19 PM PST  A man who tried to attack former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom is thanking people who donated $31,000 online but says he doesn't want the money.
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| SpaceX rocket now on a trajectory toward asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter Posted: 06 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  At mission control, 6,000 workers cheered the launch Tuesday.
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| Senator Who Warned Of An Anti-Trump 'Secret Society' Has A New Theory On FBI Texts Posted: 07 Feb 2018 02:53 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― A September 2016 briefing for President Barack Obama mentioned in newly disclosed FBI text messages was about Russian interference in the election and not ― as a Republican senator and Fox News suggested ― the Clinton email investigation that was closed two months before that briefing.
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| Prosecutor: Trump's comments on fatal crash 'ghoulish' Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:20 PM PST  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana prosecutor blasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday for politicizing the case of an immigrant illegally living in the U.S. and charged in a drunken crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and another man, saying his and others' comments were "ghoulish and inappropriate."
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| Pennsylvania's Supreme Court Explains Why It Struck Down Congressional Map Favoring GOP Posted: 07 Feb 2018 05:47 PM PST  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court offered a lengthy and long-awaited explanation on Wednesday of its decision to strike down the state's congressional map, saying the districts violated a state constitutional guarantee of "free and equal" elections.
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| Aby Rosen Unveils Artist Lofts in Foster + Partners–Designed 100 East 53rd Street Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:09 AM PST |
| Taiwan earthquake: Buildings tilt on sides after at least four killed and scores missing amid rescue operation Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:57 AM PST  Rescue workers scrambled to search for survivors in buildings left tilting precariously on their foundations in Taiwan, after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake killed at least four people and injured more than 200. Scores more people were trapped and others missing after the tremor shook the city of Hualien on the east coast, while a series of aftershocks were felt throughout the night. At least six tall buildings were left tilting on their sides. The worst-hit and was propped up with cranes as it lent at about 45 degrees. Authorities said they could not verify how many residents were still missing after the quake, which hit the popular tourist port city late on Tuesday. Early on Wednesday, rescue efforts were focused on the Yun Tsui residential building, which also housed a restaurant, shops and a hostel. At least six tall buildings were left tilting on their sides after the 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Credit: REUTERS and PAUL YANG/AFP/Getty The quake left the 12-storey building leaning to one side, its lower floors pancaked. The national fire agency said 143 residents from the building remained missing. But it was not immediately clear if those unaccounted for were trapped inside the building. Rescue and emergency workers block off a street in Hualien where a building was left tilting precariously One local who lives nearby told how he watched the tower block partially collapse. "I saw the first floor sink into the ground," said 35-year-old Lu Chih-son, who saw 20 people rescued from the building. "Then it sunk and tilted further and the fourth floor became the first floor. "My family were unhurt, but a neighbour was injured in their head and is bleeding. We dare not go back home now. There are many aftershocks and we are worried the house is damaged." A firefighter works at a collapsed building in the early hours Credit: Tyrone Siu/Reuters Resident Chen Chih-wei, 80, said he was sleeping in his apartment on the top floor of the building when the quake struck. "My bed turned completely vertical, I was sleeping and suddenly I was standing," he said. He said he managed to crawl his way to a balcony to wait for rescue, adding that the quake was the strongest he had felt in more than five decades of living in Hualien. Smoke rises around a collapsed building amid rescue efforts Credit: TYRONE SIU /Reuters President Tsai Ing-wen visited the site on Wednesday morning, where officials were going room by room looking for anyone trapped inside. "Now is the prime time for our rescue efforts, our first priority is to save people," she said in a Facebook post. Four mobile cranes had been brought in on the back of trucks to help prop up the structure. The worst-hit building was propped up with mobile cranes as it lent on its side Credit: REUTERS Liu Yan-hu, from the Hualien County Architects Association, said it looked like the building's main structure was intact. Five more buildings including a hospital and a hotel were also damaged in the city, where roads were ripped apart and strewn with rubble. The national fire agency said four people had been killed across the city, with 225 others injured. More than 117 people had been rescued from damaged buildings on Wednesday morning. An aerial image shows a residential building leaning on a collapsed first floor Credit: Central News Agency/AP Hualien is one of Taiwan's most popular tourist hubs as it lies on the picturesque east coast rail line and near to the popular Taroko Gorge. Frequent aftershocks left some residents stranded in the open as they feared going back into buildings. Authorities said 830 people were in shelters on Wednesday morning and some 1,900 houses were without power. Large cracks in a street after the powerful earthquake hit Hualien Credit: TYRONE SIU /Reuters The severely damaged Marshal Hotel had also crumpled into the ground as its bottom storeys disappeared. "The lower floors sunk into the ground and I saw panicked tourists being rescued from the hotel," said witness Blue Hsu. Graphic: Taiwan earthquake shake intensity Earthquake is two years after tremor that killed 100 The earthquake hit at just before midnight (3.50pm GMT) around 13 miles (21 kilometres) northeast of Hualien, according to the United States Geological Survey. It followed almost 100 smaller tremors to have hit the area in the last three days and comes exactly two years since a quake of the same magnitude struck the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan, killing more than 100 people. Rescue workers search for victims at a collapsed building in Tainan in February 2016 Credit: Lam Yik Fei /Getty Most of the deaths from the February 2016 earthquake were from the 16-storey Wei-kuan apartment complex, which toppled on its side and buried many residents in the rubble. It was the only high-rise in Tainan to crumble completely in the quake, which came two days before Lunar New Year, when many people were visiting relatives for the biggest celebration of the Chinese calendar. How to | Stay safe in an earthquake The safety of the building was called into question immediately after the disaster, when metal cans and foam were found to have been used as fillers in the concrete and residents said there had been cracks in the structure. Five people were found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment over the disaster, including the developer and two architects, with prosecutors saying they "cut corners" that affected the building's structural integrity. Why Taiwan is regularly hit by big earthquakes Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is regularly hit by earthquakes. The island's worst tremor in recent decades was a 7.6 magnitude quake in September 1999 that killed around 2,400 people.
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| The Ones They Left Behind: A Puerto Rican Family Still Torn Apart Months After Maria Posted: 08 Feb 2018 02:47 AM PST  One morning last September, Jeancarlo and Jan Miguel Ruiz Núñez stepped out of their home and found their neighborhood, on the outskirts of the small mountain town of Lares, Puerto Rico, wrecked.
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| Through multiple teams and sports, Tim Tebow's dog Bronco is always by his side Posted: 07 Feb 2018 02:42 PM PST  The 2010 NFL Draft changed Tim Tebow's life forever, and not just because it was the start of his NFL career.
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| GlaxoSmithKline profits soar despite US tax change Posted: 07 Feb 2018 08:43 AM PST  British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday that net profits jumped 70 percent last year on bumper sales, despite a fourth-quarter loss that was partly sparked by US tax changes. The annual performance was lifted by sales growth across its three main businesses, which comprise pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer healthcare. Revenues rose eight percent to £30.2 billion over the course of 2017.
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| Flu shot myths debunked Posted: 07 Feb 2018 07:49 AM PST  Many cite the risk of getting sick as a reason to not get a flu shot, but the truth is that there's no live flu virus in the shot, so it cannot make you sick. Any symptoms means your immune system is kicking in.
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| Congressional Leaders Reach Spending Deal, But Passage Is Still In Doubt Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:38 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Republicans think they have a bill to avert a government shutdown and significantly raise spending caps ― a bipartisan deal months in the making.
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| 14 Blueberry Cobblers You Can't Make It Through Summer Without Posted: 07 Feb 2018 11:39 AM PST ![14 Blueberry Cobblers You Can't Make It Through Summer Without]( "14 Blueberry Cobblers You Can't Make It Through Summer Without") It's cobbler season! From Delish
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| For US in Syria, end game gets murkier as IS shrinks Posted: 08 Feb 2018 02:40 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The closer the U.S. gets to its original goal in Syria of defeating the Islamic State group, the murkier its end game. New layers of complexity are descending on a shifting battlefield, as demonstrated by a deadly barrage of American air and artillery strikes on a shadowy attacker.
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| Cops Identify Hung Phuoc Nguyen as Theft Suspect, Despite Widely Mocked Sketch Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:39 AM PST  Police shared the drawing on its crime watch page, and while it was initially mocked by some for its simplicity, officials said it did the job.
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| Myanmar army ‘continuing to force Rohingya out of the country’ through rape and starvation says Amnesty Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:03 PM PST  The Burmese military is still pushing the Rohingya minority out of their homes through forced starvation, the fear of abduction, and the looting of their property, according to new evidence from Amnesty International. The tactics of ethnic cleansing are still widespread, despite Burma signing a recent repatriation deal with Bangladesh, where close to 700,000 Rohingya refugees have sheltered since the start of a brutal military crackdown in August, the human rights group said. Aid agencies documented thousands of refugees crossing over the border during December and January, squeezing into the already overcrowded, dusty Kutupalong camp near Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar. Interviews conducted by Amnesty with new arrivals from Buthidaung township revealed that most had fled their homes out of hunger, after being denied access to their rice fields and markets. As one of the poorest states in Burma, Rakhine was already suffering from high malnutrition rates even before the military launched a savage campaign of arson, rape and killing. Rohingya Muslim refugee Mohammad Younus, 25, from the Burmese village of Gu Dar Pyin, stands on a hill of Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh Credit: Manish Swarup/ AP While the acute violence has subsided, widespread hunger has been stoked by an apartheid system that restricts villagers' movements. "We weren't able to get food, that's why we fled," said Dildar Begum, 30, from Ka Kyet Bet Kan Pyin village, near Buthidaung town. Abdu Salam, 37, a day labourer in the rice fields near Hpon Nyo Leik village, told Amnesty that he was prevented from working during harvest time. "The soldiers came and said, 'This harvest is not your harvest.'..All of us were forced to leave," he said. Others fled because girls and young women were being abducted by soldiers, fearing they would be forced into sexual slavery. While some new refugees spoke of how they had been robbed of all their valuables and abused at military checkpoints even as they left their homes behind. Matthew Wells, senior crisis advisor at Amnesty International, said the extent of the ongoing attacks laid bare why plans for organised repatriation were "woefully premature." An arms embargo and targeted sanctions against Burma were urgently needed to apply pressure to the military to stop the ethnic cleansing, he said. "Since the beginning of the crisis, the international community's response to the atrocities against the Rohingya population has been weak and ineffective, failing to grasp the severity of the situation," he said
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| Jimmy Kimmel Spots Something Intriguing About Melania Trump's Twitter Account Posted: 08 Feb 2018 03:04 AM PST  Jimmy Kimmel dissected Melania Trump's Twitter game on Wednesday night, and discovered an intriguing detail.
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| There May Be a Hidden Agenda in Hong Kong's Ruling to Spare Joshua Wong From Prison Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:56 AM PST  Human rights advocates said the court's decision could have a "chilling" effect on pro-democracy cases in the future
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| Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock May Suffer Until 2019 Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:16 AM PST ![Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock May Suffer Until 2019]( "Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock May Suffer Until 2019") Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock is down 8.7 percent in the past month after the iPhone X "supercycle" turned out not to be as super as investors had hoped. While there may still be long-term value in Apple stock, Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall says investors shouldn't be in a hurry to buy. Hall says the weakness in iPhone unit sales that weighed on Apple stock following its fiscal first-quarter earnings report will remain an albatross for Apple stock for at least two more quarters.
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| Harley-Davidson Reminds Us That Its Bikes are Customizable Posted: 08 Feb 2018 06:08 AM PST  Harley-Davidson Politely Reminds Us Its Bikes are Customizable New video from Harley reminds the motorcycling world that the moco's bikes are, indeed, highly customizable. Harley's stranglehold on the motorcycle industry has become increasingly tenuous over
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| Tillerson Says Russia Is Already Trying To Meddle In 2018 Midterms Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:06 PM PST  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia is already trying to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections and the U.S. isn't prepared to counter the threat.
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| U.S. congressional leaders forge budget deal that adds to deficit Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:10 PM PST  By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders, in a rare display of bipartisanship, on Wednesday reached a two-year budget deal to raise government spending by almost $300 billion, attempting to curb Washington's fiscal policy squabbling but also widening the federal deficit. The agreement, announced by the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, would lift caps on defense funding and some domestic spending. Along with President Donald Trump's tax cuts that were approved by Congress in December, the new round of spending would further add to the bulging deficit and may face resistance in the House from Democrats as well as Republican fiscal hawks.
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| Death toll rises amid relentless Syrian air raids: 10 killed Posted: 07 Feb 2018 09:00 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — New airstrikes launched by Russian and Syrian government forces on a besieged rebel-held region east of Damascus killed at least 10 people on Wednesday, opposition activists said, part of an ongoing aerial campaign that has killed dozens of civilians in the past few days.
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| Mother Says She Has Forgiven Son Who Stabbed His 4-Year-Old Sister 17 Times: 'I Can't Hate My Son' Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST  Paris Bennett, who killed his little sister Ella when he was 13 years old, also spoke to Inside Edition from prison.
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| Child takes wheel of school bus after driver suffers medical emergency Posted: 07 Feb 2018 05:50 AM PST  A pupil grabbed the wheel of his school bus when the driver suffered a medical emergency, averting a potential accident. As the vehicle approached the Colorado River Bridge, Karson Vega stepped into the breach as his fellow students feared they would go off the road in the Texan town of La Grange. As the approached the bridge, Karson said he tried to talk to the driver to tell him to stop.
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| 24 Gifts 'Black Panther' Fans Will Love To Ring In The Release Posted: 07 Feb 2018 02:42 PM PST  The reviews are in, and it looks as if "Black Panther" is being hailed as one of the best Marvel films yet.
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| Cornell University Fraternity on Probation for 'Pig Roast' Sex Competition Posted: 07 Feb 2018 02:39 PM PST  The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity is on probation for two years
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