| Cohen And Manafort Convictions Not About Russia, But Still Trouble For Trump Posted: 22 Aug 2018 11:32 AM PDT  WASHINGTON -- Within the span of just a few minutes on Tuesday afternoon, two
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| What the Catholic Church Crisis Should Teach Us About President Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Claims Posted: 22 Aug 2018 07:46 AM PDT  America has already seen what happens when executive power runs amok
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| Venezuela rocked by strongest earthquake to hit country in 100 years Posted: 22 Aug 2018 12:15 AM PDT  Venezuela has been hit by its strongest earthquake in more than 100 years, knocking out power and toppling supermarket shelves. Damage from the 7.3-magnitude quake, which shook the nation's northeastern coast and parts of the Caribbean, was limited by the depth of tremors beneath the Earth's surface. The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at a depth of 76 miles (123km), with an epicentre a few miles off the Cariaco peninsula.
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| Hurricane Lane churns toward Hawaii as a Category 4 storm Posted: 23 Aug 2018 08:31 AM PDT  Hawaii declares a state of emergency, all public schools ordered to be closed, and residents told to shelter in place.
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| The Best Designed Museum in Every State in America Posted: 22 Aug 2018 09:54 AM PDT |
| Students March On Smith & Wesson To Demand Accountability On Gun Violence Posted: 23 Aug 2018 02:46 AM PDT  Beginning Thursday, a group of students will march westward a quarter of the
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| AT&T Inc. (T) Stock Has a Debt Problem Posted: 23 Aug 2018 07:49 AM PDT ![AT&T Inc. (T) Stock Has a Debt Problem]( "AT&T Inc. (T) Stock Has a Debt Problem") Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya says AT&T stock, which currently trades at a forward earnings multiple of 9.1, is historically cheap and provides an excellent entry point for long-term value investors. Arya says AT&T could generate a surprise earnings beat in the third quarter thanks to an under-the-radar accounting change related to content amortization costs.
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| Meet the man behind a new pro-Trump, Russian website in the U.S. Posted: 22 Aug 2018 03:21 AM PDT  Alexander Malkevich's site, USA Really, doesn't promote fake news as much as attempt to sow discord in the United States by pushing hot-button issues such as Black Lives Matter protests, illegal immigration and economic turmoil.
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| Indiana Priest Beaten Unconscious, Allegedly Told 'This Is For All The Little Kids' Posted: 22 Aug 2018 01:49 PM PDT  Someone allegedly knocked an Indiana priest unconscious in church and told him
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| Russia's Putin visits site of decisive WWII battle in Kursk Posted: 23 Aug 2018 11:07 AM PDT  KURSK, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday attended ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk, in which the Red Army routed the Nazis.
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| U.S. not discussing recognition of Israel's Golan hold: Bolton Posted: 22 Aug 2018 03:22 AM PDT  Israel captured much of the Golan from Syria in a 1967 war and annexed it in a move not endorsed internationally. "I've heard the idea being suggested but there's no discussion of it, no decision within the U.S. government," Bolton told Reuters during a visit to Israel. "Obviously we understand the Israeli claim that it has annexed the Golan Heights - we understand their position - but there's no change in the U.S. position for now." Palestinians seek other territories that Israel occupied in 1967 - the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem - for a future state.
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| Spanish police smash Europe's 'biggest' illegal turtle farm Posted: 22 Aug 2018 01:11 PM PDT  Spanish police said Wednesday they had dismantled Europe's biggest illegal turtle and tortoise farm, seizing over 1,100 of the animals, including several highly endangered species. Officers arrested two German men suspected of operating the farm on the holiday island of Mallorca, as well as a Spanish owner of an exotic pet store in Barcelona who sold the animals raised on the farm, police said in a statement. A "land turtle" is more commonly called a tortoise in English.
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| Papa John's Exiled Founder John Schnatter Is Going to War With the Company's Leaders Posted: 22 Aug 2018 09:29 AM PDT  John Schnatter resigned after admitting to having used a racial slur
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| How To Survive (And Even Thrive) As An Introvert At Work Posted: 22 Aug 2018 03:42 PM PDT  At work, long meetings can leave me feeling drained of mental energy. I can't
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| An Air Force Stealth B-2 Spirit Just Test-Dropped a Nuclear Bomb Posted: 23 Aug 2018 04:20 AM PDT  This is what it could do in battle.
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| Trump aides' felony convictions spur calls to oppose Kavanaugh nomination Posted: 22 Aug 2018 12:18 PM PDT  Again and again, Democrats termed the president as an alleged "co-conspirator" in campaign finance crimes.
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| Feeling Sick? You May Have A Case Of Climate Change Posted: 22 Aug 2018 02:46 AM PDT  Climate change is, quite literally, making us ill.
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| Mexico Travel Warning Issued After Bodies Were Found in a Taxi, a Hammock and Bags Posted: 22 Aug 2018 02:24 PM PDT  The bodies were in a taxi, a hammock, and bags
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| Islamic State chief, in rare speech, urges followers to fight on Posted: 22 Aug 2018 03:26 PM PDT  Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called on followers to fight on despite recent defeats, according to an audio recording posted on the group's media outlet. In the 55-minute statement, Baghdadi congratulated what he described as the "striking lions" behind recent attacks in Canada and Europe and called on followers to use bombs, knives or cars to carry out attacks. Baghdadi also offered greetings to Muslims for Eid al-Adha, a feast which is celebrated this week, suggesting the message was recorded recently.
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| 'Green hajj' slowly takes root in Mecca Posted: 23 Aug 2018 03:35 AM PDT  Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Mecca that presents a huge environmental challenge for Saudi Arabia. The Mamuniya camp in Mina near the holy city is dotted with colour-coded barrels -- black for organic waste and blue for cans and plastics for recycling. It's all part of an initiative to reduce the environmental footprint of the hajj, one of the world's largest annual gatherings.
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| 18 Giant Foods That Prove Bigger Is Always Better Posted: 23 Aug 2018 10:42 AM PDT |
| 'Big Bang Theory' Finally Coming To An End After 12-Season Run Posted: 22 Aug 2018 01:56 PM PDT  The end is near for "Big Bang Theory."
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| Missing Iowa student found dead Posted: 22 Aug 2018 02:57 AM PDT  After a nearly five-week search, authorities discovered the body of Mollie Tibbetts, who was allegedly murdered by an undocumented immigrant. ABC News' Lynda Lopez reports.
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| North Carolina will keep 3 Confederate monuments at Capitol Posted: 22 Aug 2018 03:39 PM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three Confederate monuments will remain on the North Carolina Capitol grounds, but with newly added context about slavery and civil rights. That's the decision from a state historical panel, two days after protesters tore down another rebel statue at the state's flagship university.
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| Trump hails Manafort as a standup guy, denounces Cohen as a snitch Posted: 22 Aug 2018 07:47 AM PDT  President Trump responded to the guilty plea of his former lawyer Michael Cohen and the conviction of his former campaign manager Paul Manafort, praising Manafort as a "brave man" who remained loyal to him, while insisting that two of the charges Cohen admitted to in federal court were "not a crime."
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| New Jersey High School Installs Free Laundry After Homeless Students Are Bullied for Dirty, Smelly Clothes Posted: 22 Aug 2018 04:19 PM PDT  The high school principal said homeless students were being bullied because their clothes stank.
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| Time magazine releases its first list of top 100 places in the world Posted: 23 Aug 2018 08:33 AM PDT  In the top places to visit category, Tianjin Binhai Library in Tianjin, China made the cut for its gleamingly white, terraced design that elevates the humble public lending library into an architectural marvel and travel destination.
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| Taiwan's last Africa ally tells China 'no desire' to switch ties Posted: 22 Aug 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Taiwan, which China claims as a wayward province with no right to state-to-state relations, now has formal ties with only 17 countries, almost all small, less developed nations in Central America and the Pacific, like Belize and Nauru. It lost its latest ally, El Salvador, on Tuesday, the third country to fall to China this year. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to fight China's "increasingly out of control" behavior after the move.
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| Knifeman kills mother and sister near Paris, IS claims attack Posted: 23 Aug 2018 01:27 PM PDT  A man stabbed his mother and sister to death and seriously injured another person in a town near Paris on Thursday before being shot dead by police. The 36-year-old had serious mental health problems and had been on a terror watch list since 2016, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters after visiting the scene in the town of Trappes. The motive for the violence remained unclear despite a claim by the Islamic State (IS) group that it was an attack by one of its fighters responding to the terror organisation's propaganda.
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| Japan fleet catches 177 whales in latest hunt Posted: 21 Aug 2018 10:27 PM PDT  A fleet of Japanese whaling ships caught 177 minke and sei whales during a three-month tour of the northwestern Pacific, the government said Wednesday. The three-ship mission returned home as Tokyo prepares to make its case to resume commercial whaling at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Brazil next month. During the latest 98-day mission, the ships caught 43 minke whales and 134 sei whales, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement.
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| Kim Kardashian Has A $5,000-Plus Side Of Fries On The Red Carpet Posted: 22 Aug 2018 11:31 AM PDT  Kim Kardashian brought fast food onto the red carpet Tuesday in the form of a
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| VMware results beat on cloud services growth Posted: 23 Aug 2018 01:48 PM PDT ![VMware results beat on cloud services growth]( "VMware results beat on cloud services growth") The company's services revenue, which accounts for majority of its total revenue, rose about 11 percent to $1.27 billion in the second quarter, in line with estimates. Last month, Dell Technologies Inc said it would pay $21.7 billion in cash and stock to buy back shares tied to its interest in VMware, returning the computer maker to the stock market without an initial public offering. VMware's net income rose 58.6 percent to $644 million, or $1.56 per share, in the second quarter ended Aug. 3.
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| Australia PM Malcolm Turnbull clings to power amid leadership crisis Posted: 23 Aug 2018 09:37 AM PDT  Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's prime minister, signalled he could resign on Friday following bitter infighting that has split the ruling Liberal party and left the nation facing yet another leadership change. As the party's brutal civil war continued and thirteen ministers resigned, Mr Turnbull, a former investment banker and self-made millionaire, said he would resign if a majority of Liberal MPs demanded another leadership vote. On Thursday, Mr Trunbull's opponents were one signature away from securing the vote, which they hoped would take place at midday local time on Friday (3am GMT). The new vote follows a challenge by Peter Dutton, a hardliner who lost in a 48-35 secret ballot of MPs earlier this week. Stubbornly refusing to resign despite a collapse of support, Mr Turnbull blamed a group of rebel right-wing MPs and some media commentators for encouraging this week's putsch. "Australians will be rightly appalled by what they're witnessing in their nation's Parliament today and in the course of this week," he said. "The reality is that a minority in the party room, supported by others outside the Parliament, have sought to bully, intimidate others into making this change of leadership that they're seeking. It's been described by many people… as a form of madness." Australia's Finance Minister Mathias Cormann (L), Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (C) and Treasurer Scott Morrison attend a press conference after the embattled leader narrowly survived a move to unseat him on Tuesday Credit: MARK GRAHAM/AFP Mr Dutton, a former policeman who has signalled a tougher approach on immigration and law and order, was expected to battle for the leadership against two more moderate candidates: foreign minister Julie Bishop and Scott Morrison, the treasurer, a position equivalent to Chancellor of the Exchequer. Opinion polls show Ms Bishop, who would be only the second female prime minister, is the most publicly popular of the three possible leadership contenders, followed by Mr Morrison. Public support for Mr Dutton as the party's leader was between 3 and 11 per cent. In extraordinary scenes in Canberra on Thursday, the ruling Liberal-National Coalition adjourned parliament's lower house to try to resolve its leadership chaos. Labor leader Bill Shorten told the chamber: "Australia no longer has a functioning government". "This is the ultimate admission of surrender, of a bankrupt government, of a failed government," he said. Mr Turnbull's downfall follows a long run of dismal opinion polls as well as enduring concerns among the party's right-wing MPs that he is too progressive. Since becoming leader, the former Rhodes Scholar has shed many of his progressive views on issues such as climate change, the republic and same-sex marriage but this has not allayed the suspicions of his opponents. Many have not forgiven him for toppling former leader Tony Abbott, a staunch conservative and monarchist, in 2015. Mr Abbott, also a former Rhodes Scholar, remains a backbencher and has repeatedly criticised Mr Turnbull's leadership. "The culture of leaking and de-stabilising started when I was prime minister," Mr Abbott told Radio 2GB. "Once a culture of plotting takes hold, people who are beneficiaries becomes victims." Profile | Malcolm Turnbull No Australian leader has served a full term since John Howard after the 2004 election. Since then, every prime minister – Labor's Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, and Mr Abbott, a Liberal – has been dumped by their party. Mr Turnbull's troubles this week followed his plan to introduce a national target to cut carbon emissions. The policy angered conservatives, who plotted an insurrection even after Mr Turnbull dumped the plan. Mr Turnbull on Thursday demanded that any MPs who want a ballot must publicly sign a petition, effectively seeking to shame those seeking to topple another prime minister. "These are momentous times and it's important that people are accountable for what they're doing," he said. Mr Turnbull said he will not stay on as an MP following a ballot, a move that could deprive the Coalition of its one-seat parliamentary majority. This may result in an early general election. Mr Turnbull also raised questions over whether Mr Dutton is eligible to be an MP because his family's childcare business has received government funding. Australia's Solicitor-General was asked to rule by Friday on whether Mr Dutton is barred by the constitution. If he is, the right-wing MPs who fomented this rebellion will be without a leader.
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| Michael Cohen's Old Tweet About Hillary Clinton In Prison Isn't Aging Well Posted: 21 Aug 2018 08:57 PM PDT  One of Michael Cohen's old tweets is coming back to haunt him.
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| Irish church's fall from grace haunts pope's Ireland trip Posted: 23 Aug 2018 07:35 AM PDT  BLESSINGTON, Ireland (AP) — When St. John Paul II visited Ireland in 1979, the Catholic Church wielded such power that homosexuality, divorce, abortion and contraception were barely spoken of, much less condoned. Catholic bishops had advised the authors of Ireland's constitution, and still held sway.
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| Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Living in New York Deported to Germany Posted: 22 Aug 2018 09:41 AM PDT  The 95-year-old is unlikely to face trial, according to Germany's leading Nazi hunter.
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| 20 Cars You'd Buy If You Could Get Them With a Manual Transmission Posted: 22 Aug 2018 07:38 AM PDT |
| BuzzFeed reporter 'effectively' ejected from China: foreign media Posted: 22 Aug 2018 04:19 AM PDT  The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China said on Wednesday that the foreign ministry had "effectively" ejected BuzzFeed News's Beijing bureau chief from the country after declining to renew her visa. Megha Rajagopalan, who is American and had been in China for six years, said on Twitter that the foreign ministry had "declined to issue me a new journalist visa" in May. "They say this is a process thing, we are not totally clear why," wrote Rajagopalan, who left the country in late February.
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| Witnesses Watched Woman Being Attacked by Alligator in Horror, 911 Call Reveals Posted: 23 Aug 2018 08:23 AM PDT  Cassandra Cline, 45, was walking her dog when she encountered the gator near the 13th hole on the Sea Pines Plantation community golf course in Hilton Head on Monday.
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| Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) Is Winning the Graphics Card War Posted: 23 Aug 2018 08:29 AM PDT ![Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) Is Winning the Graphics Card War]( "Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) Is Winning the Graphics Card War") Nvidia Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) investors this week got their first glimpse of the new Turing graphics processing units that will be rolling out in the second half of the year. Analysts say Turing will be a game-changer for Nvidia, and the latest Steam PC gamer survey indicates Nvidia is gaining market share in the high-growth graphics card market.
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| Australia's Prime Minister Says He Could Quit Soon as Pressure to Resign Mounts Posted: 22 Aug 2018 07:47 PM PDT  Australia's beleaguered prime minister warned he will quit Parliament on Friday if his disgruntled party continues to try to oust him
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| Merkel eyes German EU chief: report Posted: 22 Aug 2018 11:27 AM PDT  German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants a compatriot as the next president of the European Commission, local media reported Wednesday, apparently backing away from a demand that the European Central Bank installs a German as head. "The highest priority for Merkel is no longer the ECB but rather the Commission," reported the business daily Handelsblatt. The paper said Germany's leader views the head of the Commission as more politically relevant than the same role within the ECB.
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| The Latest: 4 arrested as activists push sheriff to oust ICE Posted: 22 Aug 2018 07:03 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the immigration activists with the Abolish ICE movement and protests in Phoenix (all times local):
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| Meet the FXDR 114: Harley-Davidson's Newest Power Cruiser Posted: 22 Aug 2018 11:30 AM PDT  Meet the FXDR 114: Harley-Davidson's Newest Power Cruiser Harley's monster new power cruiser stuffs the Milwaukee-Eight 114 into a lightweight chassis and pours on the style. Let's take a closer look The hits keep coming from Harley-Davidson . No, seriously.
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| Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Makes 720 HP, Says Fishy Leaked Document Posted: 22 Aug 2018 02:28 PM PDT  The documents, which comes from an unknown source, also says the GT500 will make 650 lb-ft of torque from a supercharged 5.2-liter V8.
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