| Florida Man Attempts To Buy 8-Year-Old For $200,000 At Walmart: Police Posted: 02 Oct 2018 10:42 AM PDT  A Florida man is facing charges after he allegedly attempted to buy an 8-year-
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| The bar fights back at Kavanaugh Posted: 02 Oct 2018 02:02 PM PDT  When President Trump named Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to the Supreme Court in late July, the legal community rallied around the D.C. circuit court judge. Here's Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh," read the headline of one Politico op-ed. "There are a lot of good reasons for liberals to oppose Kavanaugh," wrote Benjamin Wittes, editor in chief of the legal blog LawFare.
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| American Airlines flight diverted to Missouri due to unruly passenger Posted: 02 Oct 2018 12:01 PM PDT  A flight from Arizona to Massachusetts was forced to make an emergency landing
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| Like Ted Cruz, Beto O'Rourke had a fiery, charismatic father. The similarities end there. Posted: 02 Oct 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Those who knew Pat O'Rourke see his influence all over his son's insurgent campaign for the U.S. Senate.
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| Syria FM says Iran coordinated its ballistic missile strikes Posted: 02 Oct 2018 11:33 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's foreign minister said in remarks broadcast Tuesday that the Iranian ballistic missile attack on militants in eastern Syria the previous day was part of "legitimate" cooperation between the two countries to combat terrorism.
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| Best Bites: Fall chicken avocado pear salad Posted: 02 Oct 2018 07:05 AM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| North Korea tells US it will not denuclearise in return for peace treaty Posted: 02 Oct 2018 02:45 AM PDT  North Korea has ruled out dismantling its nuclear arsenal in exchange for the US declaring an end to the Korean War, saying on Tuesday that a peace treaty should "never be a bargaining chip." The North has for decades demanded that the US formally declare the end of the 1950-53 conflict that was halted only with an armistice, saying an official end to the war would ease tensions on the flashpoint peninsula. At a summit with the South's President Moon Jae-in last month, the North's leader Kim Jong-un offered to shut down its main Yongbyon nuclear complex if Washington takes "corresponding measures". Kim did not elaborate on what those measure might be, but state news agency KCNA said in a commentary that some US experts have suggested trading the end of the war for denuclearisation. It flatly described that as only the "most basic... process" to restore ties, not a point for negotiation. "The end of war... is not just a gift from a man to another at all. Furthermore, it can never be a bargaining chip for getting the DPRK denuclearised," it said, using the North's full name. KCNA said that Pyongyang was willing to take "such... steps as eternal dismantlement" of its nuclear complex "if the US takes a corresponding measure" but again did not elaborate. Inside North Korea: fascinating images of the world's most secretive state Cho Sung-ryul, analyst at the Institute of National Security Strategy, said the commentary may be aimed at limiting Washington's room for manoeuvre. "The North is trying to reduce the negotiating value of Washington's potential offer of a peace treaty, by suggesting that 'it's not good enough to make us denuclearise'," he told South Korea's news agency Yonhap. A landmark summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in June led to a warming of ties, but there has been little concrete progress toward denuclearisation. The North's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho also told the UN last month that there was "no way" his country would disarm first as long as the US pushes for tough enforcement of sanctions against Pyongyang. Trump however lauded Kim, saying last week the pair had fallen "in love" - their bromance fuelled by "beautiful letters" he recently received from the young leader. The ceasefire that halted the bloody conflict and divided the Korean peninsula was signed by the North, its military ally China and the US - which fought on the side of the South. The South did not take part as its then-leader refused to end the war unless the whole peninsula was unified. On Tuesday a top South Korean official told MPs that North Korea is estimated to have up to 60 nuclear weapons, in Seoul's first public comment about the size of the North's secrecy-clouded weapons arsenal. Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon told parliament the estimates on the size of North Korea's nuclear arsenal range from 20 bombs to as many as 60, saying the information came from the intelligence authorities. The National Intelligence Service, South Korea's main spy agency, did not immediately comment and it is believed Cho may have revealed the information unintentionally. His ministry said on Tuesday that Cho's comments didn't mean that South Korea would accept North Korea as a nuclear state, suggesting Seoul's diplomatic efforts to rid the North of its nuclear program would continue. North Korean missile ranges The South Korean assessment on the North's arsenal is not much different from various outside civilian estimates largely based on the amount of nuclear materials that North is believed to have produced. According to South Korean government reports, North Korea is believed to have produced 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of weaponised plutonium, enough for at least eight bombs. Stanford University scholars, including nuclear physicist Siegfried Hecker, who visited North Korea's centrifuge facility at Nyongbyon in 2010, wrote earlier this year that North Korea is estimated to have a highly enriched uranium inventory of 250 to 500 kilograms (550 to 1,100 pounds), sufficient for 25 to 30 nuclear devices. Many foreign experts say North Korea is likely to be running additional secret uranium-enrichment plants.
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| Julie Swetnick, 3rd Kavanaugh Accuser, Speaks Out In NBC Interview Posted: 01 Oct 2018 09:04 PM PDT  Julie Swetnick, one of the women who has publicly accused Brett Kavanaugh of
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| Micronesia air crash turns fatal as passenger's body found: airline Posted: 01 Oct 2018 06:38 AM PDT  The body of a passenger on a flight that crashed on the tiny Pacific island nation of Micronesia last week has been discovered by divers.
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| Photographer shows France in a whole new light through enchanting infrared shots Posted: 02 Oct 2018 12:01 PM PDT ![Photographer shows France in a whole new light through enchanting infrared shots]( "Photographer shows France in a whole new light through enchanting infrared shots") Photographer Pierre-Louis Ferrer shows viewers the beauty of France in a whole new light, shooting the country in beautiful infrared. Ferrer's images are as enchanting as they are intriguing, displaying a whole new variation of color in shrubs, grass and trees, as well as famous landmarks. In some of Ferrer's works, the foliage is an eye-catching canary yellow — a stark contrast to the more normal shades in the remainder of the images. In other works, whole forests glow red, giving the French countryside an otherworldly look. (Caters News)
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| Trump notes Andrew Jackson 'continues to be on the $20 bill' Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:56 PM PDT  The president pushes back against the drive to replace Andrew Jackson's portrait on the $20 bill with that of black icon Harriet Tubman.
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| Fresh Earthquakes Strike Disaster-Hit Indonesia Posted: 01 Oct 2018 11:44 PM PDT  More earthquakes rattled Indonesia on Tuesday as authorities raced to provide aid, and search for victims
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| FBI investigation into Kavanaugh proceeds on tight deadline Posted: 02 Oct 2018 09:35 AM PDT  Leland Keyser and Mark Judge among potential witnesses who have talked to the FBI.
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| The Latest: Russia delivers S-300 air defenses to Syria Posted: 02 Oct 2018 11:00 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):
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| PepsiCo joins Coca-Cola in exploring cannabis drinks Posted: 02 Oct 2018 09:35 AM PDT  PepsiCo on Tuesday joined the growing list of big companies to confirm potential interest in making drinks with cannabis. Hugh Johnston, chief financial officer of the soda and snacks giant, acknowledged the company's interest in an interview with CNBC. "We will look at it very critically," Johnston said of cannabis on an interview with CNBC.
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| Kyrie Irving Wishes He Had Never Said The World Is Flat Posted: 01 Oct 2018 04:10 PM PDT  Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving is sorry he ever said the Earth was flat.
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| Time running out in search for survivors of Indonesia's quake Posted: 02 Oct 2018 12:11 PM PDT  "We hope the death toll does not rise," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, said late on Tuesday. "We're continuing rescue operations but right now the team is racing against time." President Joko Widodo called on Tuesday for reinforcements in the search for survivors, saying everyone had to be found. Nugroho said rescuers had reached all four of the badly affected districts, which together have a population of 1.4 million, but he declined to give an estimate of casualties.
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| Maddox Ritch Case: Witness Says Boy Was Running Toward Park's Office on Day He Vanished Posted: 01 Oct 2018 10:52 AM PDT  When she heard that a little boy had disappeared, Brooke Sheppard said she knew it was the same child.
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| Russia completes delivery of S-300 missile system to Syria Posted: 02 Oct 2018 03:00 PM PDT  Russia has delivered an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria, it said on Tuesday, in defiance of Israeli and US concerns that the arms sale would embolden Iran and escalate the Syrian war. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during a meeting broadcast by Rossiya 24 TV: "The work was finished a day ago," adding that the system would improve the security of Russian military personal in Syria. Russia decided to supply the system after Moscow accused Israel of indirectly causing the downing of a Russian military jet near Syria in September. Israel voiced regret at the deaths of 15 Russian air crew while saying Syrian incompetence was at fault and that it was compelled to continue taking action against suspected deployments of Iranian-backed forces across its northern border. "We have not changed our strategic line on Iran," Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet, said on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Credit: Alexei Nikolsky "We will not allow Iran to open up a third front against us. We will take actions as required," he told Israel Radio. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert could not confirm reports that the S-300 had been delivered. "I cannot confirm that that is accurate. I hope that they did not," she told a press briefing. "That would be, I think, sort of a serious escalation in concerns and issues going on in Syria, but I just can't confirm it."
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| Renault presents infotainment system for the vehicles of the future at 2018 Paris Motor Show Posted: 02 Oct 2018 05:03 AM PDT  Renault has a new immersive experience in store for this year's Paris Motor Show, October 4-14, taking visitors into the multimedia world of the vehicles of the future by means of a spectacular capsule on the French car manufacturer's stand. Renault has chosen to unveil its Augmented Editorial Experience (AEX) at the 2018 Paris Motor Show. This exclusive voice assistant prototype uses artificial intelligence to propose customized and contextualized content, as well as multimedia experiences, to enrich onboard travel time.
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| Trump hails 'most important ever' US-Canada-Mexico trade pact Posted: 01 Oct 2018 07:08 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Monday hailed a US trade pact with Canada and Mexico, which replaces the old NAFTA deal, as a historic agreement set to turn North America back into a "manufacturing powerhouse" and fuel US economic expansion. Governing almost $1.2 trillion in trade, the pact known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, is "the most important trade deal we've ever made by far," Trump told a White House press conference. The agreement first announced late Sunday, just before a midnight deadline, ended more than a year of tense negotiations sparked by Trump's decision to scrap the quarter-century old North American Free Trade Agreement.
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| North Korea's Kim Jong Un Sent These Puppies as a Peace Gift to South Korea Posted: 01 Oct 2018 01:26 AM PDT  Two snow white dogs, one male and one female, were sent over the DMZ last week
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| Senate GOP's Outside Counsel Says 'Reasonable Prosecutor' Would Not Bring Case Against Kavanaugh Posted: 30 Sep 2018 09:53 PM PDT  Rachel Mitchell argues that a "reasonable prosecutor" would not bring a case against Kavanaugh based on Blasey's allegations.
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| Budget airline files for bankruptcy, hundreds of passengers stranded Posted: 02 Oct 2018 10:38 AM PDT  Primera Air announced Sunday night that it would cease all operations starting Oct. 2 and file for bankruptcy.
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| Greece says opportunity to resolve Macedonia name issue must not be wasted Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:21 AM PDT  The Greek government said on Monday the opportunity to solve a dispute over the name of Macedonia must not be wasted, a day after a referendum showed backing for a deal on the issue but failed to achieve the required turnout. A vast majority of voters supported the deal reached between Athens and Skopje in June under which the country's name would be changed to the Republic of North Macedonia. Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev failed to secure the 50 percent turnout required to make the vote valid and has pledged to press on with a vote in parliament.
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| Investigators back on scene of deadly Pennsylvania car blast Posted: 01 Oct 2018 03:02 PM PDT  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities said Monday that the three people who died in a car explosion in downtown Allentown, including a father and his toddler son, all knew each other, but the cause of the explosion remained under investigation.
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| Indonesia Didn't Install a Cutting-Edge Tsunami Warning System Because of Dispute Over $69,000 Cost Posted: 01 Oct 2018 07:59 AM PDT  The high-tech system has seafloor sensors, data-laden sound waves and more
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| Audi’s CEO, in Jail, Steps Down from Audi and Volkswagen Boards [Update] Posted: 02 Oct 2018 07:51 AM PDT ![Audi's CEO, in Jail, Steps Down from Audi and Volkswagen Boards [Update]](http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/IwV0G4BCzAUAabubVdkEvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/car_and_driver_581/3f492da490a1a1fcebfc7e92b288ad48 "Audi's CEO, in Jail, Steps Down from Audi and Volkswagen Boards [Update]") An unprecedented move by German prosecutors.
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| Trump says tensions with Canada's Trudeau 'all worked out' Posted: 01 Oct 2018 12:17 PM PDT  US President Donald Trump sought to patch up any lingering bitterness with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday, calling him a "good man" after they agreed on a new trade accord. The two leaders exchanged a late night phone call Sunday after reaching the new US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, which replaces the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement. Not too long ago, Trump was flinging insults at Trudeau over Twitter, taunting him as "very dishonest & weak" and "meek and mild" in June as he left a G7 summit in Canada that the prime minister had hosted.
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| Jack Ma Says Trade War Will Destroy Commerce, Hurt Everyone Posted: 02 Oct 2018 05:58 AM PDT  "It's going to destroy not only China-U.S. trade, it will destroy a lot of small businesses," Ma said during a speech at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday. Members of the rules-making body, including the European Union and Canada, are pushing plans to reform the WTO, which they say is encumbered by outdated regulations, an anemic negotiating agenda and a broken dispute settlement system.
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| Confirming Brett Kavanaugh Now Would Destroy The Supreme Court As We Know It Posted: 01 Oct 2018 01:47 PM PDT  The Senate should not confirm Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to serve as an
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| Amazon bumps US minimum wage to $15 amid scarce labor Posted: 02 Oct 2018 01:39 PM PDT  Online retail giant Amazon announced Tuesday it would raise its starting wage for US workers to $15 an hour, amid long-standing criticism of low pay, and would advocate for a higher minimum wage nationwide. The pay raise will apply to 250,000 employees starting November 1 and to the more than 100,000 seasonal workers the company expects to hire for the holiday shopping season, it said. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said the company -- valued at nearly $1 trillion -- was heeding complaints about its pay structure.
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| The 2019 Porsche Macan gets way more than some fancy new colors Posted: 02 Oct 2018 09:23 AM PDT  When you think of Porsche, SUVs probably aren't the type of cars that come to your mind first. This Macan, however, which comes in four new colors, is definitely one you will remember. Since making its debut a couple months ago in July, the 2019 Porsche Macan is back for its European premiere at the Paris Motor Show.
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| Indonesia: Death toll tops 1,300 after destructive earthquake, tsunami Posted: 02 Oct 2018 03:42 AM PDT  Over 1,300 people have died after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday and triggered a devastating tsunami.
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| Police say a 12-year-old Boy Scout has died after being buried in sand Posted: 01 Oct 2018 08:58 AM PDT  Gage Wilson was flown to a Kalamazoo area hospital, where he later died.
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| Tesla Stock Skyrockets After Elon Musk Remains CEO in SEC Settlement Posted: 01 Oct 2018 07:16 AM PDT  Musk will still be barred from serving as chairman for at least three years
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| USMCA: What Donald Trump’s Nafta replacement trade deal means and how it will work Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:24 PM PDT  Donald Trump has announced the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as a replacement to the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). The president, who campaigned on the promise to "cancel Nafta" as being "unfair" to the US, said the new deal will bring "hundreds of thousands" of American jobs. Washington and Ottawa reach an agreement after more than a year of renegotiating the estimated $24.8 trillion Nafta agreement.
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| All The Lies Brett Kavanaugh Told Posted: 01 Oct 2018 03:24 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that if Supreme Court
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| US sues California over 'net neutrality' Posted: 01 Oct 2018 12:16 AM PDT  The US Justice Department on Sunday sued California to force it to abandon a law, passed earlier in the day, to protect "net neutrality" aimed at requiring all online data to be treated equally. Rules governing online access have undergone numerous court challenges and regulatory moves over the past decade, and in December the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 along party lines to reverse a 2015 order which established net neutrality. On Sunday California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law that re-established net neutrality in his state, the country's largest and wealthiest.
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