| ACLU Opposes Kavanaugh Nomination In Rare Break From Own Policy Posted: 29 Sep 2018 12:00 PM PDT  The American Civil Liberties Union, which typically does not endorse
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| Elizabeth Warren To Consider A 2020 Presidential Run After Midterms Posted: 30 Sep 2018 11:05 AM PDT  A presidential run may soon be on the horizon for Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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| California Shark Attack: Boy, 13, Bitten While Lobster Diving With Church Group Posted: 30 Sep 2018 04:08 AM PDT  The freak incident occurred outside San Diego on Saturday.
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| Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash Posted: 29 Sep 2018 07:08 AM PDT  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia on Friday now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking plane.
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| At U.S. Marine base, families plead for housing help after Florence Posted: 29 Sep 2018 11:30 AM PDT  Some, like Jennifer Maher, said they feel unsafe in their Camp Lejeune homes but were told they will not be moved because assessment crews determined their houses are habitable. Another 267 suffered sustained damage but were habitable.
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| Elon Musk To Resign As Tesla Chairman In SEC Settlement Posted: 29 Sep 2018 02:56 PM PDT  Tech giant Elon Musk is resigning as Tesla's chairman but will remain as CEO
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| Sex abuse scandal: Pope seeks prayers to fight 'devil' Posted: 29 Sep 2018 04:52 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis asked Saturday for daily prayers to protect the Catholic Church from what he says are "attacks by the devil," in his latest response to the clerical sex abuse and cover-up scandal roiling his papacy.
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| Former Brexit minister Davis says exit deal 80 - 90 percent likely Posted: 30 Sep 2018 02:04 AM PDT ![Former Brexit minister Davis says exit deal 80 - 90 percent likely]( "Former Brexit minister Davis says exit deal 80 - 90 percent likely") Britain's former Brexit minister David Davis said he thought it was 80 - 90 percent likely that the government will strike an exit deal with the European Union, but warned that he expected talks to go down to the wire.
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| Lindsey Graham Wants To Investigate Whether Someone Leaked Kavanaugh Accuser's Name Posted: 30 Sep 2018 08:47 AM PDT  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says he's going to call for an investigation to
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| How the US-China trade war may be good for Beijing Posted: 29 Sep 2018 10:57 AM PDT  The opening salvos of the trade war between the US and China were deafening, and while the battle is far from over, a rift between the countries may be beneficial to Beijing in the long term, experts say. Donald Trump, the US President, fired the first warning earlier this year by taxing key Chinese exports including solar panels, steel and aluminium. The most significant escalation rolled in this week with new tariffs affecting $200 billion (£150 billion) worth of items, effectively taxing half of all goods coming into the US from China. Beijing has retaliated each time in kind, most recently slapping tariffs of five to ten per cent on $60 billion of American goods. China has pledged to match the US shot-for-shot, and the world's second largest economy is unlikely to blink anytime soon. Getting Washington to back down means caving into demands, but publicly bowing to the US would be far too embarrassing for Xi Jinping, China's president. Still, experts say if Beijing can play its cards right, US trade war pressures could positively support China over the long term by lowering the inter-dependence of the two economies. "The fact that a quick political decision in either Washington or Beijing could create the conditions that start an economic tailspin in either country is actually a lot more dangerous than onlookers have acknowledged before," said Abigail Grace, a research associate who focuses on Asia at the Center for New American Security, a think tank. Ambrose: China - US trade war "From both Trump and Xi, you've seen a willingness to engage in more head-to-head economic warfare, and that increases risk overall… that degree of leverage for either is not particularly helpful or productive." For instance, the US implemented in April a seven-year ban on exports to Chinese telecom firm ZTE after learning it didn't abide by a previous settlement agreement for violating trade sanctions. ZTE announced weeks after it planned to "cease major operating activities" because of financial consequences from the ban. Trump later tweeted he was working with Mr Xi to get ZTE back on its feet; the ban was lifted. That a Chinese company could be tanked by one decision indicates an unhealthy level of interdependence, Ms Grace said. Along those lines, she said it would be equally disastrous for the US if China started blocking shipments for items manufactured in the country crucial to American supply chains like parts for Apple's iPhone. Donald Trump's trade war is all about containing rampant China Thus the trade war could "force China to build a more vertically integrated supply chain within the country," said Damien Ma, an economist and associate director at the Paulson Institute, a think tank. Doing so would allow China control from beginning to end, whether assembling widgets or dealing with more advanced technologies. "That's a great outcome for China." This is not lost on Mr Xi. "Internationally, it's becoming more and more difficult [for China] to obtain advanced technologies and key know-how," he said this week. "Unilateralism and trade protectionism are rising, forcing us to adopt a self-reliant approach; this is not a bad thing." To properly do this, however, China needs to move away from supporting its wasteful, inefficient state-owned enterprises and support the private sector, said Nicholas Lardy, a China specialist and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. While that's easier said than done, Beijing has long known it would have to allow economic growth to mature away from manufacturing and exports and toward services sectors. In perspective | Emerging markets This could lead to more jobs created that are a better fit than factory gigs for China's increasingly savvy middle class and growing numbers of university graduates, Ms Grace said. Plus, as Mr Trump continues to bellow and bully other nations, China may even be seen as "more politically stable," Mr Ma said. One potential impact of that, he thinks, is the yuan becoming favored over the dollar as the reliable currency of choice for investments and transactions. China has long wanted to boost the role of its currency on the global stage. A report released this week by the European Central Bank that simulated the impact of the trade war echoed similar sentiments. It suggested the US would suffer from the brunt of diminished trade and deteriorating business and consumer confidence, whereas China could supplement lost trade with the US by selling to other countries. China is "giving a real, clear alternative - a choice," Mr Ma said. "Before, even if you didn't like the US, there wasn't much of a choice, but China - even if you don't like them that much … they are increasingly saying, we are a legitimate choice; we do offer things that you want and need".
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| Las Vegas Shooting: Retired Carpenter Builds New Memorial of 58 Crosses Ahead of Anniversary Posted: 30 Sep 2018 07:40 AM PDT  Greg Zanis erected the same somber tribute just after the October 2017 massacre.
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| Airline Searching for Missing Man After Saying All 47 Passengers Survived Plane Crash Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:05 AM PDT  The airline said one man remains unaccounted for.
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| California governor signs gun control bills into law Posted: 29 Sep 2018 02:09 AM PDT  (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown signed several gun control bills into law on Friday, including one measure that raises the minimum age for buying rifles and shotguns from 18 to 21. The new laws come seven months after a gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic assault-style rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 14 students and three adults, the second-deadliest mass shooting at a public school in U.S. history. The rampage, which authorities say was carried out by a former student who was 19, has spurred unprecedented activism by victims and their families to prevent future gun violence and demanding stricter gun control across the United States.
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| The Latest: Indonesia quake, tsunami deaths climb to 384 Posted: 29 Sep 2018 10:44 AM PDT  PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia (all times local):
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| Chad troops kill 17 jihadists after 6 die in Lake Chad attacks Posted: 29 Sep 2018 06:24 AM PDT  N'Djamena (AFP) - Six people, including two soldiers, died in an overnight Boko Haram attacks near Lake Chad, security and army sources said on Saturday, saying Chadian troops had killed 17 assailants in a counter-offensive. Three forestry officials and a customs officer and two soldiers were killed in attacks on Moussarom and Ngueleya located in the Lake Chad region, south of Baga Sola, a security source told AFP. Chadian army spokesman Colonel Azam said "17 Boko Haram members have been killed" although he put the civilian death toll at three instead of four.
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| Mississippi city mourns 2 police officers killed in shooting Posted: 30 Sep 2018 04:10 PM PDT  The candlelight service for Officer James White, 35, and Cpl. Zach Moak, 31, was organized outside the department where the officers worked.
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| Sexual Assault Survivor Poignantly Explains Why She Confronted Jeff Flake Posted: 30 Sep 2018 08:47 AM PDT  Ana Maria Archila, one of two sexual assault survivors who confronted Sen.
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| U.S. warship sails near disputed South China Sea islands: U.S. official Posted: 30 Sep 2018 04:51 AM PDT  Beijing and Washington are locked in a trade war that has seen them impose increasingly severe rounds of tariffs on each other's imports. The operation was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing's efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters, where Chinese, Japanese and some Southeast Asian navies operate. China's claims in the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes each year, are contested by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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| Maddox Ritch's Father Grieves Death of 6-Year-Old: 'I Found Out I'm Not a Dad Anymore' Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:52 AM PDT  He took to Facebook to post about the tragedy.
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| Cat Rescued After Going for a Ride in Vehicle's Engine Compartment Posted: 29 Sep 2018 10:36 AM PDT  Thankfully, the animal is in good health.
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| Early Morning Confrontation Leaves 2 Mississippi Police Officers Dead Posted: 29 Sep 2018 06:38 AM PDT  A suspect was wounded in the exchange and taken for treatment to a hospital
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| Chances are you know a sexual assault survivor. Do you know what to say? Posted: 29 Sep 2018 03:00 AM PDT  It would be a few years before I learned to call non-consensual drunken sex "rape" and years more before I understood that all those nights I spent tipping back red Solo cups in fraternity basements were part of a larger culture of sexual assault.
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| Man says he was fired by Catholic diocese for gay marriage posts Posted: 30 Sep 2018 05:30 AM PDT  Keith Kozak says he was fired by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland for "liking" a post about a friend's gay marriage on Facebook.
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| China manufacturing weakens amid US tariff battle Posted: 30 Sep 2018 09:30 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — China's export orders shrank in September as a tariff battle with Washington over technology escalated, adding to downward pressure on the world's No. 2 economy, two surveys showed Sunday.
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| As Brexit divisions widen, PM May challenges Brexit critics Posted: 30 Sep 2018 11:14 AM PDT  At the start of what is set to be one of the Conservative Party's stormiest annual conferences, May's plans were once again attacked by two former ministers, with her ex-foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, calling them "deranged". Just six months before Britain is due to leave the EU in the country's biggest shift in foreign and trade policy in more than 40 years, the debate over how to leave the bloc is still raging in the center-right Conservative Party, and even in government. May's already fragile leadership was put under further pressure this month when the EU rejected parts of the so-called Chequers plan.
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| All the most beautiful places in the world are in Illinois, according to this Twitter account Posted: 30 Sep 2018 07:00 AM PDT  This is One Good Thing , a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week. It's been an exhausting few days, so let's take a moment to appreciate Beautiful Illinois. I'm not talking about the state of Illinois, though I'm sure it's great. I'm talking about @IllinoisViews, a Twitter account dedicated to posting the most breathtaking photos of their beloved Prairie State. Kind of. SEE ALSO: Glowing snow is falling thousands of feet under the sea. Here's why. The account, which offers no information about its creators, tweets stunning photos of other places and insists they're in Illinois. We all know the Sidney Opera House is in ... Illinois. Sidney, Illinois. pic.twitter.com/U7tHTtStCm — Beautiful Illinois (@IllinoisViews) June 13, 2018 Who wouldn't want to visit "Evanston, aka Heavenston" for a romantic, palatial Mediterranean getaway? With jaw-dropping beaches and castles that seem to touch the water, you're sure to have a memorable time right in the heart of the United States. Evanston,Illinois aka Heavenston �� pic.twitter.com/bakqIf0H9S — Beautiful Illinois (@IllinoisViews) September 18, 2018 Need to get out of the city for a forest camping trip? Check out Homewood, Illinois, for massive redwood tress and crystal clear lakes. Homewood, Illinois pic.twitter.com/pyFKaK2X7b — Beautiful Illinois (@IllinoisViews) August 13, 2018 Let's not forget Illinois' tropical side, where you might catch a glimpse of sharks while sipping your piña colada by the ocean. Be sure to watch Tuesday's episode of #SharkWeek as they film off the coast of the scenic beaches of Jacksonville, Illinois!! #SharkWeek2018 pic.twitter.com/H5th3UcUZo — Beautiful Illinois (@IllinoisViews) July 23, 2018 Sure, none of this is real. But in the void that was the news this week, Beautiful Illinois stayed endlessly positive about the undeniably gorgeous Prairie State. WATCH: A Seattle start-up is aiming to reduce head injuries with its flexible helmets
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| Thousands in Central Park panic after barrier collapse Posted: 29 Sep 2018 08:45 PM PDT  Fearing possible gunshots, it took only the collapse of a police barrier at a politically charged New York music show to send thousands fleeing in panic.
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| Palestinians ask UN court to revoke US Jerusalem embassy move Posted: 29 Sep 2018 09:27 AM PDT  Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Saturday the Palestinians have petitioned the UN's top court, alleging that the US inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem was illegal. The Palestinians have filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) "for violating international law by moving its embassy in Israel to the occupied city of Jerusalem", he said, quoted by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. In December, US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite Palestinian claims on part of the city and breaking with longstanding US policy.
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| Cologne on lockdown as Erdogan wraps up ill-tempered visit to Germany Posted: 29 Sep 2018 09:24 AM PDT  Germany had invited Erdogan for the three-day state visit in an attempt to mend ties hit by a crackdown on his opponents following a failed coup in 2016, hoping to secure the release of several of its citizens who remain in detention. Chancellor Angela Merkel said after meeting Erdogan on Friday that "deep divisions" remain. On Saturday in Cologne, the Turkish leader sought to strike a conciliatory note.
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| Israel says ready for UN crossing with Syria to reopen Posted: 30 Sep 2018 10:51 AM PDT  Israel is prepared to open its side of the crossing point with Syria following the return of UN peacekeepers to the Golan Heights following a four-year absence, the army said. Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman "authorised the reopening of the Alpha gate of the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria, allowing the UN to resume activity via the crossing pending Syria's reopening their side," it said in a statement Saturday.
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| Mike Scioscia bids farewell as Angels manager after 19 years Posted: 30 Sep 2018 05:12 PM PDT  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Scioscia started out smiling in front of the crowded room. It wasn't long, though, before tears glistened in his hazel eyes.
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| Parkland Dad Fred Guttenberg Reminds Kavanaugh His Life Is 'Not Ruined' Posted: 29 Sep 2018 10:05 AM PDT  The father of a child killed in the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre
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| British PM tells divided party: Don't play politics with my Brexit plan Posted: 29 Sep 2018 03:22 PM PDT  Britain is due to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, but the terms of the departure remain unclear. In an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper ahead of her party's conference, May took aim at those who have scorned her "Chequers" Brexit proposals accusing them of "playing politics" with Britain's future and undermining the national interest. "Unlike the prime minister I fought for this, I believe in it, I think it's the right thing for our country and I think that what is happening now is, alas, not what people were promised in 2016." May says her "Chequers" proposals are the only viable option, but EU leaders have said parts of them are unacceptable and many Conservative lawmakers have threatened to vote down a deal based on May's blueprint.
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| Security services in Syria's Raqqa uncover Islamic State cell Posted: 30 Sep 2018 04:37 AM PDT  Security forces in northern Syria's Raqqa city said on Sunday they had uncovered an Islamic State sleeper cell which was plotting series of large attacks across the devastated city. Raqqa served as the de facto capital of Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate until it was retaken by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia alliance last October. A spokesman for the Raqqa Internal Security Forces set up by the SDF said it had killed two members of an Islamic State cell and detained five others during an operation on Saturday.
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| N. Korea FM: Peace possible, but only if US ends hostility Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:11 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Calling for more trust, North Korea's foreign minister urged the United States on Saturday to keep moving past what he called seven decades of entrenched hostility if Washington wants to restart stalled negotiations meant to rid Pyongyang of its nuclear bombs.
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| Slimane back in black as king of Paris fashion week Posted: 29 Sep 2018 04:29 AM PDT  Superstar designer Hedi Slimane returned to the Paris catwalk late Friday after a two-year absence with a slash and burn revamp of Celine that declared that black is back. With his two biggest fans, Lady Gaga and Karl Lagerfeld, sitting next to each other in the front row, Slimane drew a pitch-black portrait of his hometown which he called "Paris The Night". With the Kavanaugh Supreme Court vote having just ended on Capitol Hill, Slimane picked an"uncomfortable moment" to grind a female design legacy into the dust, The Guardian complained, especially since "Philo was notable for not equating a woman's power with her sexuality".
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| UK Conservative Chairman Lewis says working for election in 2022 Posted: 30 Sep 2018 01:24 AM PDT  BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Britain's governing Conservatives are working towards a national election in 2022, the party's chairman Brandon Lewis said on Sunday, saying he hoped Prime Minister Theresa May would lead the party into that vote. Local media have reported May, under pressure over Brexit, could be considering calling an early election. May has said it would not be in the national interest. "The next general election is 2022," Lewis told Sky News. Asked if May would lead the Conservatives into that election, he said: "I hope she will and I think she will. ...
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| Amal Clooney appeals to Suu Kyi for reporters' release Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:26 PM PDT  Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney appealed to Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday over a pardon for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar, saying the Nobel laureate held the key to their release. The two fathers, accused of breaching Myanmar's state secrets law while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, were jailed for seven years earlier this month, fueling international outrage. Clooney said the journalists' families had already submitted a request for their pardon, adding that the president can grant a pardon following consultation with Suu Kyi.
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| Syria FM: Victory over 'terrorism' is near, US must leave Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:19 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Declaring that victory over "terrorism" is almost at hand after more than seven years of civil war, Syria's foreign minister took to the world stage Saturday and demanded that "occupation" forces from the U.S., France and Turkey leave the country immediately.
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| Madrid and Atletico draw in derby, Barcelona stays ahead Posted: 29 Sep 2018 03:16 PM PDT  MADRID (AP) — Barcelona is getting some help from its rivals to stay ahead in the Spanish league despite falling into its worst slump in two years.
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| Man Accused of Throwing Four-Year-Old Brother Off Roof of Brooklyn Building, Killing Him Posted: 30 Sep 2018 12:20 PM PDT  The older brother of a four-year-old boy who was found dead outside a Brooklyn apartment has been charged with murder, officials said.
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| Jeff Flake: I’ll Back Kavanaugh Unless FBI ‘Turns Up Something — And They Might’ Posted: 30 Sep 2018 06:52 AM PDT  Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) says he intends to support Brett Kavanaugh's
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| Texas governor says 'bathroom bill' no longer on his agenda Posted: 28 Sep 2018 07:57 PM PDT  Gov. Greg Abbott last year had supported limiting transgender people's access to bathrooms in public schools.
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| Lawsuit alleging Trump’s private business is violating the Constitution approved by federal judge Posted: 29 Sep 2018 05:51 AM PDT  A federal judge on Friday gave the go-ahead to a lawsuit filed by 200 congressional Democrats against Donald Trump alleging that Trump has violated the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments while in office. The lawsuit is based on the Constitution's emoluments clause, which bars presidents from taking payments from foreign states without Congress's consent. The president's business, which he still owns, has hosted foreign embassy events and visiting foreign officials at its downtown District of Columbia hotel.
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| US court opens new legal 'Stairway,' overturns Zeppelin case Posted: 29 Sep 2018 04:02 AM PDT  The court in San Francisco overturned a 2016 judgment by a jury which found no proof the classic 1971 Zeppelin song breached the copyright of "Taurus," written by Randy Wolfe of a Los Angeles band called Spirit. Wolfe's trustee, Michael Skidmore, filed the case in 2015 on behalf of his late friend who long maintained he deserved credit for "Stairway" but drowned in 1997 having never taken legal action over the song. The case is "remanded for a new trial," the higher court panel ruled Friday in a 37-page decision supporting Skidmore's appeal.
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