| Ford: I thought Kavanaugh was going to 'kill me' Posted: 27 Sep 2018 08:31 AM PDT  Christine Blasey Ford said that she tried to yell for help while being groped by Brett Kavanaugh.
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| Iran denies Israeli accusation of 'secret atomic warehouse' Posted: 27 Sep 2018 08:39 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Thursday of keeping a "secret atomic warehouse" just outside its capital, despite the 2015 deal with world powers that was meant to keep it from obtaining nuclear weapons. Hours later, Iran dismissed the allegation.
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| Indonesia rocked by powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake Posted: 28 Sep 2018 04:10 AM PDT  Indonesia was struck by a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. The country's national disaster agency briefly issued a tsunami warning before cancelling it. The strong quake hit central Sulawesi island at a shallow depth of some 10 kilometres (six miles), just hours after a smaller quake killed at least one person in the same part of the country. The latest quake was a higher magnitude than those that killed hundreds on the island of Lombok earlier this year. Friday's tremor was centred 78 kilometres north of the city of Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi province, but was felt some 900 kilometres south in the island's largest city Makassar. Lisa Soba Palloan, a resident of Toraja, around 175 kilometres south of Palu, said locals felt several quakes Friday. Damage from the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Donggala, central Sulawesi Credit: AFP "The last one was quite big," she said. "Everyone was getting out their homes, shouting in fear." Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone nations on earth. The archipelago nation lies on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide and many of the world's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. A series of quakes that struck Lombok this summer killed about 500 people and forced hundreds of thousands into evacuation shelters or tents. In 2004, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.3 undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in western Indonesia killed 220,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean, including 168,000 Indonesians.
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| Everybody on plane survives crash landing in Pacific lagoon Posted: 28 Sep 2018 09:04 AM PDT  A passenger on a plane that crashed into a Pacific lagoon on Friday said the flight attendants were panicking and he saw water pouring through a hole in the side of the plane before he was able to escape.
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| F-35 fighter jet crashes in South Carolina, pilot ejects Posted: 28 Sep 2018 02:16 PM PDT  The pilot, the only person aboard the craft, ejected safely and was being checked for injuries, said a Pentagon spokesman, adding that there were no other injuries. It was a Lockheed Martin F-35B, a short take-off/vertical landing version of the F-35, said a U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity. It was the first crash of an F-35 fighter jet since they became operational in 2006, said another military official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity.
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| Democrats Worry They're Facing A Stacked Deck For Historic Senate Hearing Posted: 26 Sep 2018 07:14 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― No one knows what to expect at Thursday's highly anticipated
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| Teacher Acquitted of Having Sex With Student Finds Work as a Waitress Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:11 AM PDT  She says she is grateful they hired her.
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| Pope defrocks Chilean priest at center of abuse scandal Posted: 28 Sep 2018 03:30 PM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has defrocked a Chilean priest who was a central character in the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen an earlier sentence because of the "exceptional amount of damage" the priest's crimes had caused.
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| Lindsey Graham says Ford testimony 'ambushed' Republicans Posted: 27 Sep 2018 12:42 PM PDT  South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham sounded off on the timing of the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh's alleged sexual assault.
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| Abused Hong Kong maid Erwiana 'rises again' Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:25 AM PDT  She was once the face of abused maids in Hong Kong -- imprisoned, starved and beaten so badly she lost control of her bodily functions. Erwiana completed a degree in economics this month -- the culmination of a dream that brought her to Hong Kong in 2013 before her life was turned upside down. "Before I went to Hong Kong, I had been dreaming I could make enough money to study," the 27-year-old told AFP from her home in Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta.
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| Accuser blasts pope silence, 'slander' over cover-up claims Posted: 28 Sep 2018 06:27 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The former Vatican ambassador who accused three popes and their advisers of covering up for a disgraced American ex-cardinal has challenged the Vatican to say what it knows about the scandal and accused Pope Francis of mounting a campaign of "subtle slander" against him.
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| Kavanaugh's fellow Yalies transfixed by Senate hearing Posted: 28 Sep 2018 08:22 AM PDT  With the multiple sexual misconduct allegations that have emerged against Kavanaugh this month, his nomination has become enmeshed in a national debate over sexual misconduct. The conservative federal appeals court judge in his testimony on Thursday angrily and tearfully denied he had sexually assaulted his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. "Her clinical language - I think she uses the word hippocampus about six times, that actually made her more, not less credible to me," said Jacob Bennett, a third-year law student, referring to Ford's physiological descriptions of how the brain forms memories.
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| Yankees Pitcher CC Sabathia Gets Ejected, Loses $500,000 Bonus Posted: 28 Sep 2018 09:39 AM PDT  New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia was just two innings away from earning a
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| 'Radical vegans' strike fear into French butchers Posted: 28 Sep 2018 08:04 AM PDT  When the stone slabs crashed into her butcher's shop window last week, Elisabeth Cure became the latest victim of "radical vegans" who are trying to force a change in eating habits in traditionally meat-loving France. The attack in a quiet town of Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Paris, took place at 3:00 am, startling Cure as she slept above the store. As in other similar incidents around France over the last year, her tormentors left a tell-tale tag scrawled on the shopfront: "End the Repression".
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| Iran's Rouhani: US headed into isolation after UN meeting Posted: 27 Sep 2018 05:17 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president said on Thursday that the U.N. Security Council meeting chaired by President Donald Trump the previous day reflected America's increasing isolation among the international community.
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| Body believed to be missing 6-year-old found Posted: 27 Sep 2018 01:28 PM PDT  Maddox Ritch, who has autism and does not talk, went missing in a park Saturday.
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| FBI agent: Man in burning death admits sex, denies timing Posted: 27 Sep 2018 04:09 PM PDT  BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — An FBI agent testified Thursday that the man on trial for burning a Mississippi woman to death told him the two had sex, but not on the day she died.
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| South Carolina Teen Awakes From Wisdom Teeth Extraction Convinced She's Engaged Posted: 28 Sep 2018 08:58 AM PDT  "I mean, for real? It's my dream ring!"
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| Royal wedding guest list: Who will Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank invite? Posted: 28 Sep 2018 03:48 AM PDT  The second royal wedding of the year will take place on October 12, with preparations for Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brookbank's nuptials no doubt well underway. With less than a month to go, the flowers will most likely have been chosen, cakes tasted and selected and the invitations sent out. But who will have received one? Here is everything we know so far about the guest list, from royal family members to celebrity friends. Princess Eugenie's royal wedding | Read more Family members Earlier this year, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex exchanged vows in front of more than 30 members of the Royal family, which give us an idea of what to expect for the upcoming royal nuptials. The princess' grandparents, the Queen and Prince Philip, are sure to attend - as are her uncle and aunt, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. Naturally the Duke and Duchess of York, Princess Eugenie's parents, will also play a large role in the proceedings. Princess Eugenie announced in an interview with British Vogue earlier this year that her older sister Princess Beatrice will play a central role, as Maid of Honour. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to attend the wedding - in a much more relaxed capacity than their previous trip to Windsor, no doubt - before their 20-day trip abroad. On their itinerary is Sydney for the Invictus Games, Fiji and New Zealand. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, pictured here at the WellChild Awards earlier this month, are likely to attend Credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are also expected to attend, with Prince George and Princess Charlotte expected to be in the bridal party as pageboy and flower girl once again. Prince George and Princess Charlotte already know the score - as well as performing those roles at the wedding of Prince Harry and Ms Markle earlier this year, they also did so at the wedding of Pippa Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister, to James Matthews in May last year. Prince Louis, who was less than a month old by the time of Prince Harry's wedding and was not present, is likely to be cared for by a nanny close by. Maud Windsor, the daughter of Lord Freddie Windsor and his actress wife Sophie Winkleman, is also rumoured to be a flower girl at the wedding. The four year-old is in the same class as Prince George, the eldest child of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at St Thomas' School in Battersea. Princess Charlotte sticks out her tongue as she rides in a car to the wedding of Prince Harry and Ms Markle Credit: Andrew Milligan/pool photo via AP Other royal relatives are likely to include The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Kent, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester - all of whom are neighbours of the engaged couple at Kensington Palace. The Princess Royal, the Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband Mark Tindall are also expected to be on the guest list. It is not yet confirmed whether any members of other royal families from around the world will attend the ceremony. Mr Brooksbank is the son of George Brooksbank, a 68 year-old chartered accountant and company director, and his wife Nicola, 64, both of whom are expected to play a central role in the wedding. The groom's younger brother Thomas, 29, could be chosen as best man. Newsletter Promotion - Royal Appointment - in article Newsletter Promotion - Royal Appointment - in article Celebrity friends There are rumours George Clooney and his wife Amal will be in Windsor once again this October as the A-list actor has a connection to the groom. Wine merchant Mr Brooksbank is a brand ambassador for Casamigos Tequila, a company owned by George Clooney. Rande Gerber, the husband of Cindy Crawford, is also a founder of Casamigos, which means the couple may have received an invitation too. Princess Eugenie is close friends with model Cara Delevingne, singer Ellie Goulding, and the Duke of Sussex's former girlfriends Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas, all of whom are expected to attend. Karlie Kloss accompanied Ellie Goulding and the princess on a trip to Jordan earlier this year, leading some to wonder if she will make an appearance in Windsor in October. The daughter of Robbie Williams, five-year-old Theodora Rose, will reportedly be a flower girl at the wedding, which means we can expect to see the singer and his wife, Ayda Field, in the pews. The ex-Take That star and his wife have been friends with Eugenie and her sister, Princess Beatrice, for several years. Louis de Givenchy and Ines de Givenchy, the children of the JP Morgan banker Olivier de Givenchy and his wife Zoe, are rumoured to be pageboy and flower girl respectively; their parents are friends with Mr Williams and his wife. James Blunt, who attended the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex earlier this year, is expected to be at Princess Eugenie's wedding. His wife Sofia Wellesley is the daughter of Lord and Lady John Henry Wellesley and he is a regular at Royal occasions. Eddie Redmayne and his wife Hannah Bagshawe became friendly with Princess Eugenie while lived in New York, working for the fine art auction house Paddle8. Plus, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have been seen dining and on holiday with Princess Beatrice over the years; if they want to attend a royal wedding they may have asked their friend to convince her sister to send an invitation their way. The most stylish guests from Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle Members of the public The couple are inviting 1,200 members of the public into the grounds of Windsor Castle for their October wedding, following in the footsteps of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Announcing details of the wedding, a spokesman for Buckingham Palace said the couple would be inviting members of the public to share their day. "The couple are delighted to announce an opportunity for 1,200 people from across the United Kingdom to be invited into the grounds of Windsor Castle to share the experience of their special day," a spokesman said. "The attendees will view the arrival of the congregation and members of the Royal Family, listen to a live broadcast of the marriage service and watch as the bride and groom depart St George's Chapel at the end of the ceremony." Following the ceremony, the newlyweds will undertake a carriage ride through the town of Windsor, where members of the public will be able to get a glimpse of the couple. Royal wedding (Princess Eugenie): Procession route According to Buckingham Palace, the carriage will journey through the grounds of Windsor Castle, enter the town at Castle Hill and proceed along Windsor High Street, then return to the castle grounds at Cambridge Gate. Princess Eugenie and Mr Brooksbank will also invite members of the Windsor community, representatives from their favourite charities, residents of the castle and some Royal Household staff to stand in the grounds, along with children from the local schools which Princess Eugenie attended.
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| No cutoff date for Canada to join NAFTA 2.0: Mexico president-elect Posted: 28 Sep 2018 02:28 PM PDT  There is no cutoff date for Canada to join the US-Mexican deal meant to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico's president-elect said Friday as the text was submitted to legislators. "There is no fatal date, there is still time to reach a deal... to keep (NAFTA) trilateral," said President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who takes office on December 1. Lopez Obrador spoke as the US and Mexican Congresses were due to receive the final text of the two-way deal, moving it a big step closer to becoming reality.
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| Lockheed F-35 jet used by U.S. in combat for first time: official Posted: 27 Sep 2018 10:06 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States used an F-35 jet against a Taliban target in Afghanistan earlier on Thursday, marking the first U.S. combat use of the stealthy plane, a U.S. official said. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the F-35B jet took off from the USS Essex amphibious assault ship in the Arabian Sea. The F-35, made by Lockheed Martin Co, comes in three variants - the F-35A conventional take-off and landing model, the F-35B, a short take-off/vertical landing version, and the F-35C, used aboard aircraft carriers. ...
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| Deadly South Carolina plane crash Posted: 28 Sep 2018 03:16 AM PDT  A plane overshoots a runway and crashes into a fence, killing two. ABC News' Kendis Gibson reports.
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| Democrats Walk Out On Senate Judiciary Committee Before Kavanaugh Vote Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:32 AM PDT  Four senators left the floor in protest after their motion to subpoena a high school friend of Brett Kavanaugh failed.
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| Texas inmate executed for killing girlfriend in 2000 Posted: 27 Sep 2018 04:40 PM PDT  A Texas inmate was executed for fatally running over his girlfriend in a jealous rage more than 18 years ago.
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| Florida Man Who Killed 3 in Crash Will Only Serve 10 Days in Jail: 'I Feel Disrespected,' Says Victim's Mom Posted: 28 Sep 2018 05:21 AM PDT  He was sentenced to serve a night in jail every year on the anniversary of the crash for a decade.
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| Mom Gives Birth to 3 Healthy Babies After Doctors Advised Her to Abort Posted: 28 Sep 2018 12:14 PM PDT  The miracle pregnancy comes after Christy and Ryan Beck took out a $30,000 loan to pay for IVF.
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| Royal family tree: Where Princess Eugenie fits into the line of succession to the British throne Posted: 27 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Princess Eugenie will marry Jack Brooksbank on October 12 in what will be the second royal wedding of 2018. It will take place in St George's Chapel, Windsor, where the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex took place earlier this year. Princess Eugenie, the younger sister of Princess Beatrice, is the daughter of Prince Andrew - but where do the three fit in the line of succession to the British throne? Most family members moved down a place in April following the birth of Prince Louis, whose arrival made history when he slotted fifth-in-line to the throne. The birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's third child means the new line of succession will see the new Prince of Cambridge follow the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Historically, Princess Charlotte would have lost her spot to her younger brother, but new legislation introduced in 2013 overhauled the order of succession. Prince Harry now sits in sixth place, while Prince Andrew was pushed down to seventh-in-line, meaning he will not have to ask his mother's permission if he wanted to re-marry. According to the new legislation, the first six people in the line of succession must obtain the Queen's permission to marry. Previously, under a law dating back to 1772, all descendants of George II had to seek the monarch's permission. As the line changes with birth, it also changes with death. Should any senior royal in line to the throne lose their life, those beneath them move up. The line of succession Line of succession to the British throne The Queen, who is 92 years old, is Britain's longest reigning monarch and has ruled over us for 65 years. As the child of a royal "spare," the Queen, was thought unlikely to reign until her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated in favour of her father in 1936, whereupon he became King George VI and she the heir to the throne. Elizabeth became Queen upon his death on February 6 1952. But what happens when she dies and who will replace her? Here's the line of succession as it stands today. 1. The Prince of Wales Heir to the throne and the next king of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms. The Prince of Wales, who turns 70 in November, already holds the record for the longest-serving heir apparent in British history, having been in the position since 1952. He will also be the oldest person to be crowned in British history when he eventually succeeds the Queen. 2. The Duke of Cambridge As the eldest son of the heir, the Duke of Cambridge will one day succeed his father the Prince of Wales. At the age of 36, he may have 30 or so years to wait, if his father enjoys the longevity of other members of the Royal family. 3. Prince George The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first-born son, five, will one day be King George VII, meaning that anyone alive today is unlikely to see another Queen on the throne in their lifetime once Elizabeth II's reign is over. 4. Princess Charlotte Prince George's three year-old sister is the "spare to the heir", and will face the same problems as Prince Harry and the Duke of York in trying to find the right role for themselves during a lifetime constrained by their royal title. She would only become queen if Prince George predeceased her without having any living children. Changes in the laws of succession in 2013 mean the sex of the baby will be irrelevant to his or her place in the succession. Princess Charlotte is the first royal princess to be born within the direct line of succession since the Princess Royal in 1950, and is likely to one day inherit the title, which is traditionally given to the oldest daughter of the monarch. 5. Prince Louis The birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's third child changes the line of succession again: Prince George and Princess Charlotte's new baby brother is now fifth in line to the throne, bumping uncle Harry out of the top five and into sixth place. 6. The Duke of Sussex The all-action Prince Harry, 34, has spent most of his life being the third in line to the throne, behind his brother Prince William, but has now found himself being bumped down a place to sixth. His first-born child would become seventh in line to the throne, behind their father – but only if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have no more children. 7. The Duke of York Once second in line to the throne, Prince Andrew, 58, is now so far down the list that he is no longer part of the "core" Royal family that will share the burden of official engagements in the future. His daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, are no longer entitled to police bodyguards, which now have to be funded by Prince Andrew. 8. Princess Beatrice Princess Beatrice has struggled with the problem of how to combine a royal title with a need to find work. After quitting her £20,000-a-year job with Sony Entertainment Pictures in 2014, she treated herself to four holidays in the space of a little over a month. The 30 year-old, who was the first member of the Royal Family to run a marathon in 2010, is now pursuing a business career five years after graduating in history and the history of ideas at Goldsmiths College, London, as well as continuing with charity work. She and her long-term former boyfriend Dave Clark called time on their 10 year relationship in summer 2016. 9. Princess Eugenie The Duke of York's younger daughter, who is 28, moved to New York to work as an auctions manager in 2014 after taking a degree in English Literature and History of Art at Newcastle University. In 2015, she started working for Hauser and Wirth art gallery in London as an associate director. 10. The Earl of Wessex Having failed to complete his Royal Marines commando training, the Earl, 54, became a case study in the pitfalls of trying to earn a living when your mother is the Queen. He organised the cringe-making Grand Knockout Tournament (better known as It's a Royal Knockout) in 1987, then carried on with his TV production career, but incurred the fury of his brother the Prince of Wales when a camera crew employed by him unwittingly broke the terms of an agreement to leave Prince William alone during his time at university. He is now a full-time working royal. His 10 year-old son Viscount Severn is 10th in line to the throne, with 14 year-old daughter Lady Louise Windsor 11th. 13. The Princess Royal Because the 2011 law change on the succession did not apply retrospectively, the Princess Royal, 68, remains behind her three brothers in the line of succession despite being the Queen's second-born child. Often described as the hardest-working member of the Royal family, she carries out hundreds of official engagements each year without receiving much coverage in the national media. Her son Peter Phillips, 40, is 13th in line, with his children Savannah and Isla 14th and 15th. The Princess's daughter Zara Tindall, 37, is 16th in line; her four year-old daughter Mia is 17th and her second daughter Lena - who was born in June this year - is 18th.
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| China, Russia take up globalism mantle as US sheds it at UN Posted: 28 Sep 2018 01:42 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Days after U.S. President Donald Trump denounced globalism before world leaders at the United Nations, China and Russia positioned themselves Friday as defenders of internationalism that are keeping promises when Washington is backing away from them.
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| 8 Dividend Stocks That Can Also Beat the Market Posted: 28 Sep 2018 10:47 AM PDT ![8 Dividend Stocks That Can Also Beat the Market]( "8 Dividend Stocks That Can Also Beat the Market") Dividends are a relatively safe way for investors to get reliable returns, but dividend stocks often struggle to keep pace with the returns of the overall market. Fortunately for dividend investors, a decent dividend yield doesn't necessarily mean investors should give up on share price gains as well. Bank of America's yield advantage model screens for dividend stocks that are also undervalued based on factors such as free cash flow, enterprise value and return on capital.
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| House Judiciary Committee Democrats Ready To Investigate Brett Kavanaugh Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:57 AM PDT  At least five Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are willing to
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| Indonesia blasphemy woman endures cramped cell, bad food Posted: 26 Sep 2018 11:50 PM PDT  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A rights group says the Indonesian woman imprisoned for blasphemy after complaining about noise from a mosque is sharing a cramped cell with 16 other women and given "terrible" food.
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| Judge sentences leader of New Mexico religious sect Posted: 26 Sep 2018 06:29 PM PDT  GRANTS, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge sentenced a paramilitary religious sect leader Wednesday to more than seven decades in prison after her conviction in a child sex abuse case that authorities say involved a victim who was taken from Uganda as a baby and mistreated throughout her life.
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| Italy's populists challenge EU with plans to boost deficit Posted: 28 Sep 2018 09:26 AM PDT  After tussling with Economy Minister Giovanni Tria for weeks, the four-month old government on Thursday proposed a 2019 deficit that is, at 2.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), three times the previous administration's target. The rub is that Italy has the largest debt among big European Union economies, at 131 percent of GDP, and it is under pressure from the EU to rein in spending amid fears it could sow the seeds of a new debt crisis in the euro zone. In a move certain to raise hackles with the European Commission, which monitors and enforces EU fiscal rules, the government sees the deficit remaining at 2.4 percent for the next three years, rather than progressively declining toward zero as the Commission's recipe prescribes.
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