| Trump Walks Back NATO Threats, Takes 'Total Credit' For Spending Boost Posted: 12 Jul 2018 03:43 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Thursday capped a tumultuous 24 hours of NATO talks
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| 2 Killed When 800-pound Boulder Flies off Truck and Slams Into Car Posted: 11 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Investigators said they tracked the truck to a landscaping company and arrested the driver.
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| Emmett Till Murder Investigation Reopened 62 Years After Slaying Posted: 12 Jul 2018 09:08 AM PDT  Federal authorities have reopened the lynching case of Emmett Till, a black
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s First Major Post-Election Dispute Hints At Future Battles Posted: 13 Jul 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's public spat Thursday with Rep. Joseph Crowley
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| Vaping pilot caused Air China plane to plunge 6,500m after smoke shut off air conditioning Posted: 13 Jul 2018 02:51 AM PDT  An emergency descent by an Air China aircraft after cabin oxygen levels dropped has been linked to a co-pilot smoking an e-cigarette during the flight, state media said on Friday. The state-backed Air China Boeing 737 aircraft was flying to the Chinese city of Dalian from Hong Kong when it went down to 10,000 feet (3,048 m), with oxygen masks deployed. Then it climbed again to continue to its destination, an incident that fuelled the concerns of safety experts. Chinese airlines have a good safety record in general, but passengers have, on occasion, accused pilots of smoking during flights. Few such incidents have been confirmed, however. "In the preliminary investigation, the co-pilot was found to be smoking an e-cigarette," state-owned China News said, citing a news conference by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) investigating Tuesday's incident. "Smoke diffused into the passenger cabin and relevant air conditioning components were wrongly shut off, without notifying the captain, which resulted in insufficient oxygen," it quoted Qiao Yibin, an official of the regulator's aviation safety office, as saying. China News added that the co-pilot had shut off the air conditioning units. Qiao said the shut-off triggered an alarm, prompting the crew to peform an emergency pressure relief procedure, which then released the cabin's oxygen masks. The crew realised the problem after the descent and restored the air conditioning, allowing cabin pressure to return to normal, he added. The CAAC said it was continuing the investigation and was analysing the aircraft's flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. Air China did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It vowed a "zero tolerance" approach towards wrongdoing by any crew, on its official account on China's Twitter-like Weibo on Wednesday. The incident featured heavily on Chinese social media on Friday, with some commentators demanding harsh punishment and revocation of the pilot's flight license. China's aviation regulations, which bar flight crew from "smoking on all phases of operation", also banned passengers from using e-cigarettes on flights in 2006. Users of online airline forums have occasionally accused pilots of smoking during flights, however. In 2015, government-run China National Radio said four passengers on an Air China flight from Hong Kong to Beijing smelt strong smoke emitted from the cabin. In 2016, the United States prohibited the use of e-cigarettes on commercial flights.
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| Make the most of your lives, rescued Thai cave boys told Posted: 12 Jul 2018 11:40 AM PDT  By Panarat Thepgumpanat and John Geddie BANGKOK/CHIANG RAI (Reuters) - The head of a Thai navy SEAL diving team that helped lead 12 boys and their soccer coach through a flooded cave complex to safety urged the boys on Thursday to "make the most" of their lives and be a force for good. The first footage of the boys, aged 11 to 16, convalescing in hospital in the northern city of Chiang Rai emerged on Wednesday, with some, wearing face masks and hospital gowns, giving peace signs to the camera. Health officials said the boys would spend at least a week in hospital and around 30 days recovering at home following more than two weeks trapped inside the flooded Tham Luang cave complex.
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| China and the Cult of Xi Posted: 12 Jul 2018 09:36 AM PDT  Some Chinese citizens are pushing back against the country's new "emperor."
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| Ohio State wrestlers share emotional descriptions of alleged abuse Posted: 12 Jul 2018 08:02 AM PDT  Former students at Ohio State University and former head wrestling coach Russ Hellickson describe misbehavior by Dr. Richard Strauss in a video that helped spark the university's internal investigation.
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| Democrat deftly defends Peter Strzok on the question of anti-Trump bias Posted: 12 Jul 2018 02:05 PM PDT  Peter Strzok found an unlikely ally during Thursday's testimony over text messages the FBI agent wrote critical of Donald Trump and his supporters: congressional Republicans. While Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hammered Strzok throughout the day for his 2016 text to former FBI lawyer Lisa Page assuring her that Trump would not become president, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., used his time to question Strzok to read off a series critical comments about Trump written by members of the GOP.
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| Commerce secretary Ross to divest assets after ethics office scolding Posted: 12 Jul 2018 08:36 PM PDT  Ross released a letter from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) on Thursday which said he failed to report certain investments that could create a conflict of interest. The OGE said it had not identified any deliberate intention to conceal the investments. It added Ross "created the potential for a serious criminal violation" of conflict of interest law.
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| Wayfair's New Pets Collection = Cuteness Overload Posted: 13 Jul 2018 08:11 AM PDT |
| Paul Ryan Says 'Abolish ICE' Is 'Craziest Position I've Ever Seen' Posted: 12 Jul 2018 10:53 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Reliable Donald Trump defender Paul Ryan slammed the "Abolish
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| Woman harassed for wearing Puerto Rican shirt speaks out Posted: 13 Jul 2018 02:39 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — A woman shown on a video being confronted by a man because she was wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the Puerto Rican flag said Friday that the only action a park officer took to defuse the situation was to tell her cousin who'd stepped in to protect her to calm down.
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| Let there be light: 'ghost' particle found a mile beneath Antarctica holds key to breakthrough in physics Posted: 12 Jul 2018 10:43 AM PDT  The secrets of the origins of light are set to be unlocked by the discovery of an elusive "ghost" particle a mile beneath Antarctica, scientists have announced. Astronomers have for the first time identified the source of a high-energy neutrino which shot through a solid ice laboratory at the South Pole last year in a "triumph" that promises to revolutionise understanding of fundamental physics. Neutrinos are virtually massless, subatomic particles which race across the universe, passing unnoticed through planets and stars. Despite their abundance - hundreds of billions pass through each human every second - they have so far proved impossible to detect because they interact with matter so rarely. However, the detection of a neutrino on September 22 2017 has since enabled scientists to identify its point of origin using a complex network of ground and space-based radiation telescopes. The international team traced the particle's provenance to a flaring galaxy, or "blazar", with a supermassive black hole at its heart four billion light years away. Because the neutrino comes from such a powerful light-producing source, its discovery should allow scientists to begin investigating the precise mechanism through which light is formed. Published in the journal Science, the breakthrough is being hailed as equal in importance to the discovery of gravitational waves - "ripples" in space-time - in 2015. Professor Paul O'Brien, who contributed to the study at the University of Leicester, said: "This result will allow us to study the most distant, powerful energy sources in the universe in a completely new way. He added: "This includes the energy that goes into making light." Together with gravitational waves, the awareness of high-energy neutrinos gives astronomers a third "messenger" through which to understand space, having until recently relied mainly on visual observations. Professor O'Brien likened it to a person who for years relied on just one physical sense to engage with the world suddenly having three. France Cordova, director of the US National Science Foundation (NSF) that manages the IceCube laboratory where the particle was captured, said: "The era of multi-messenger astrophysics is here." The IceCube laboratory detected the neutrino in September 2017 Credit: PA The laboratory encompasses more than a cubic kilometre of deep, pristine ice, that detects neutrinos through their secondary particles, muons, which are produced on the rare occasion that a neutron interacts with matter in the vicinity of the detector. The kilometres-long "tracks" that are produced allow astronomers to calculate which direction a particle came from. "There have been previous claims that blazar flares were associated with the production of neutrinos, but this, the first confirmation, is absolutely fundamental," said Carlo Ferrigno from the University of Geneva. "This is an exciting period for astrophysics." Other types of neutrino arrive at Earth from the Sun, but these are less high-powered and therefore less instructive as to the origins of light.
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| Former Exeter police officer accused of being the Golden State Killer to appear in court Posted: 12 Jul 2018 06:21 AM PDT  Joseph Deangelo will go before a judge as part of a procedural hearing Thursday. Survivors and their families are expected to be in that courtroom as well.
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| Thai cave rescue site to become a museum Posted: 12 Jul 2018 04:07 AM PDT  Rescuers who pulled a young Thai football team from deep inside a flooded cave were dismantling their worksite Thursday, as plans emerged to turn the spot into a museum in tribute to the daring operation. At least one film production house was already working on a scheme to make a Hollywood treatment out of the heroics of divers, cavers and medics who risked their lives to free the "Wild Boars". Rescue chief Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters the site would ultimately be converted into a museum showcasing the clothes and equipment used during the dramatic rescue.
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| When it comes to NATO, Trump has it half right Posted: 12 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT  If you make the case that America is wasting too much money to defend foreign borders, then you also ought to have an argument for how reversing that policy can help us here at home.
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| Giant iceberg drifting towards Greenland village could cause tsunami, prompting emergency evacuation Posted: 13 Jul 2018 04:22 AM PDT  A massive iceberg has drifted dangerously close to a tiny Greenland community, sparking widespread panic as residents fear it could trigger a tsunami. The iceberg now looms over houses on the edge of Innaarsuit, a small island settlement in northwestern Greenland, but it has become grounded and appears to have stopped moving. "There are 180 inhabitants and we are very concerned and afraid," Karl Petersen, chair for the local council in Innaarsuit, told CBC News.
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| University Of Louisville To Remove Papa John's From Stadium Name Posted: 13 Jul 2018 12:12 PM PDT  The University of Louisville announced that it will remove Papa John's from
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| US, South Korea hold ceremony to return home war remains Posted: 12 Jul 2018 09:58 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and South Korea held a ceremony on Friday to return home the remains of two servicemen killed during the 1950-53 Korean War.
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| Nevada execution blocked after drugmaker protests use of its sedative Posted: 11 Jul 2018 07:46 PM PDT ![Nevada execution blocked after drugmaker protests use of its sedative]( "Nevada execution blocked after drugmaker protests use of its sedative") Alvogen Inc, which said the Nevada Corrections Department had obtained the sedative midazolam illegitimately, won a court order barring it from being administered to Scott Dozier in the state's newly devised and untested three-drug execution protocol. Another judge formally issued an indefinite stay of the execution. Alvogen was the second U.S. drugmaker since last year to take legal action against a state using one of its products to administer capital punishment, saying the brand would be tarnished by association with the process of putting people to death.
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| There's only one Blockbuster store left in the United States Posted: 13 Jul 2018 11:14 AM PDT  And then there was one. One Blockbuster store in the United States, that is.
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| NASA commercial crew program for space station faces delays, report says Posted: 11 Jul 2018 08:41 PM PDT  Plans to launch the first NASA astronauts since 2011 to the International Space Station from the United States look set to be delayed due to incomplete safety measures and accountability holes in the agency's commercial crew program, according to a federal report released on Wednesday. SpaceX and Boeing Co are the two main contractors selected under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's commercial crew program to send U.S. astronauts to space as soon as 2019, using their Dragon and Starliner spacecraft respectively.
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| Asylum-Seekers Face Tougher Odds At Border Under Stricter Policy On Victims Of Violence Posted: 12 Jul 2018 03:44 PM PDT  More victims of domestic abuse and gang violence seeking safety in the U.S.
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| Trump barrels into NATO summit: Awkward moments caught on camera Posted: 12 Jul 2018 05:00 AM PDT ![Trump barrels into NATO summit: Awkward moments caught on camera]( "Trump barrels into NATO summit: Awkward moments caught on camera") President Donald Trump closed out his chaotic two-day visit to NATO Thursday by declaring victory, claiming that member nations caved to his demands to significantly increase defense spending and reaffirming his commitment to the alliance. Here's a look at some awkward moments caught on camera.
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| Cadillac Keeps Testing The Refreshed XT5 In Europe Posted: 12 Jul 2018 04:07 AM PDT  Getting ready for a debut early next year.
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| US appeals judge's order allowing AT&T to buy Time Warner Posted: 12 Jul 2018 02:24 PM PDT  The US Justice Department on Thursday appealed last month's ruling from a federal judge allowing AT&T to buy Time Warner in a mega-deal that could reshape the media-entertainment landscape. A notice of appeal was filed with a federal appeals court one month after Judge Richard Leon rejected the government's efforts to block the $85 billion deal following a weeks-long antitrust trial. The decision delivered a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump's administration in its first major antitrust court case.
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| China Vows to Retaliate Against the Trump Administration's Threat of Another $200 Billion in Tariffs Posted: 11 Jul 2018 07:06 PM PDT  China gave no details, but it has plenty of options that could extend beyond additional tariffs on U.S. imports
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| Why America Must 'Invade' North Korea Posted: 12 Jul 2018 04:53 PM PDT  Pyongyang's propaganda can be countered by sending Americans to reside in the Hermit Kingdom.
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| UK police say bottle was source of pair's Novichok poisoning Posted: 13 Jul 2018 03:51 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — British detectives investigating the poisoning of two people with a military grade nerve agent said Friday that a small bottle found in the home of one of the victims tested positive for Novichok, a lethal substance produced in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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| Elon Musk goaded into promising to fix Flint water problems Posted: 11 Jul 2018 11:54 PM PDT  Elon Musk has been goaded into using his vast amount of wealth to fix Flint's water problems. Many people that argued that the billionaire could use his huge wealth more effectively, by paying for civil or charitable projects. Flint's water crisis came to public attention in 2014, when it was reported that the city's piping was leaking dangerous levels of lead into people's water supply.
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| U.S. Air Force says completed final tests for Boeing KC-46 program Posted: 13 Jul 2018 04:04 PM PDT  The KC-46 test program will move to follow-on receiver aircraft testing and certifications required for operational testing, starting in 2019. The KC-46 test team completed Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) flight testing in April and is working through associated paperwork to receive the STC, Boeing said.
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| FBI Agent Peter Strzok Calls GOP Hearing On Anti-Trump Texts A 'Notch In Putin’s Belt' Posted: 12 Jul 2018 08:06 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― FBI special agent Peter Strzok, whose anti-Trump text messages
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| Half of Americans trying to lose weight: study Posted: 12 Jul 2018 01:36 PM PDT  The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted from 2013 through 2016, found that 49.1 percent of Americans aged 20 and older had tried to lose weight in the last 12 months. A higher percentage of women -- 56 percent -- had tried to lose weight than men -- 42 percent.
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| Brett Kavanaugh Will Probably Give Evangelicals Exactly What They Want Posted: 12 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT  The day that Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her resignation from the
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| The Latest: Italy to probe alleged threats by migrants Posted: 12 Jul 2018 08:25 AM PDT  INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local):
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| Miami street artist with no arms accused of stabbing tourist with scissors using his feet Posted: 12 Jul 2018 08:14 AM PDT  A well-known Miami street artist with no arms arrested after allegedly stabbing a tourist, using his feet. Jonathan Crenshaw, 46, has been accused of assaulting 22-year-old Cesar Coronado with a pair of scissors. The artist is said to have picked up the tool using his feet and stabbed the tourist in his left arm, according to statements Mr Coronado and his friend provided to the Miami Beach police department.
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| Parkland survivors file federal lawsuit Posted: 12 Jul 2018 06:22 AM PDT  Survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida file a federal lawsuit claiming authorities "failed to act." Linda So reports.
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| Palestinian teenager killed in Israel-Gaza border protests Posted: 13 Jul 2018 12:50 PM PDT  Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager during protests along the Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medical officials said, and an Israeli soldier was wounded during the demonstrations that had turned violent, the military said. More than 130 Palestinians have been killed during the Israel-Gaza frontier protests which have entered their fourth month and have drawn a lethal Israeli army response.
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| Marriott to roll out facial recognition technology to cut check-in times Posted: 12 Jul 2018 03:58 AM PDT  Marriott International has announced plans to roll out facial recognition technology at its properties around the world, starting with two hotels in China as part of a joint venture with the Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba Group.
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| Jaguar J-Type Name Surfaces Posted: 13 Jul 2018 04:26 AM PDT  New sports car on the way?
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| 'Endangered blue whale' slaughtered with harpoon off coast of Iceland Posted: 12 Jul 2018 05:19 AM PDT  An Icelandic whaling company has been accused of slaughtering an endangered blue whale in a "deplorable act", provoking anger and condemnation from the international marine conservationist community. Animal rights campaigners who photographed the whale's carcass, say it was harpooned and killed off the west coast of Iceland on July 8. Genetic sampling has been conducted to establish the species of the whale, with experts unable to rule out the possibility it could be a rare blue/fin whale hybrid. Kristján Loftsson, the multi-millionaire CEO of Hvalur hf whaling company, told the Telegraph he was "pretty confident" tests would confirm the animal was a hybrid species and not a blue whale. "This whale, when you see it swimming in the ocean, it was like a fin whale," he explained. "There were no characteristics of a blue whale, it is very easy to tell a blue whale in the ocean. "They go after it as a fin whale. When they shoot it and take it alongside the vessel, they noticed the ventral grooves, which you don't see when the whale is swimming in the ocean. This is what we have had with other hybrids in the past. "It is like a fin whale, it behaves like a fin whale, but after you shoot it you notice [the characteristics] are different to a fin whale. "It was taken as a fin whale, but it [will] turn out to be a hybrid. I'm pretty confident." Marine conservationists have called it a 'deplorable act' Credit: Hard to Port International The last case of a blue whale being deliberately captured and killed was recorded 40 years ago off the coast of Spain. Commercial whaling has been banned since 1986 under the a moratorium issued by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), however in Iceland the government regulates the hunting of whales having expressed reservations about its prohibition. Dr Peter Richardson, Head of Ocean Recovery at the Marine Conservation Society, told the Telegraph he believed the animal is a blue whale after analysing the photos. "This is a deplorable act - the blue whale, the largest animal ever to grace our planet, is endangered and protected under all relevant international agreements," he said. "We urge the UK Government, who have historically led global whale conservation efforts, to send the strongest objections to Iceland about the killing of this iconic species." Dr Phillip Clapham, one of the world's leading experts on large whales from the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Centre, agreed it was a blue whale photographed at the whaling station. "While I can't entirely rule out the possibility that this is a hybrid, I don't see any characteristics that would suggest that," he said. "From the photos, it has all the characteristics of a blue whale; given that - notably the coloration pattern - there is almost no possibility that an experienced observer would have misidentified it as anything else at sea." Hvalur hf is licensed by Iceland's government to slaughter smaller fin whales Credit: Hard to Port Internationa Ocean activists Sea Shepherd UK, who observed the animal close up, said that several experts had confirmed "without question" it was a blue whale. Humane Society International's Senior Marine Scientist, Mark Simmonds OBE, called the slaughter, if confirmed, "horrifying". "It's bad enough that Iceland is already killing endangered fin whales, but it beggars belief that this whaling crew couldn't even tell the difference between a fin and blue whale," he said. Sea Shepherd UK accused the Hvalur hf whaling company of "ruthlessly violating international conservation law" and bringing Iceland into "disrepute". He added "utterly inappropriate" for countries to "even contemplate allowing a large-scale return to this grossly inhumane and haphazard industry". Blue whales are endangered species Credit: Sea Shepherd Crew While the Icelandic government permits Hvalur to hunt endangered fin whales, largely for exporting to Japan for human consumption, the killing of blue whales is illegal. Mr Loftsson added there was "no way" his employees would intentionally target a blue whale. "We see blue whales all the time on our grounds," he said. "Blue whales are not rare in our waters and the whalers know exactly what they are doing. "When we see the blue whales, we leave it and go and look for something else. But these whales seem to like to fool around." The whaling magnate said there are an estimated 40,000 fin whales in the area, adding his company has a quota of 151. The overexploitation by the whaling industry led to serious declines in many of the world's populations of whales up until the Seventies, according to the IWC, however many are now in the process of recovering. The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet and weighs up to 200 tons, the equivalent of 33 elephants, with a heart approximately the size of a Volkswagen. The Government of Iceland confirmed that "blue whales are protected under Icelandic law with their capture prohibited". "The matter is taken seriously by the Government and the relevant authorities are investigating this issue," it said in a statement. "At present, we are not in a position to confirm the species, although initial information from the Directorate of Fisheries in Iceland suggests the animal caught is not likely to be a blue whale but rather a hybrid of a fin whale and a blue whale. This will only be confirmed once a DNA analysis has been concluded."
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| Engine and Transmission Posted: 12 Jul 2018 12:00 PM PDT  2018 Chevrolet Impala Review
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| Putin hosts aide to Iran's supreme leader amid Syria talks Posted: 12 Jul 2018 03:47 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has received the Iranian leader's top adviser hours after conferring with the Israeli prime minister about Iran's presence in Syria.
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