| 'El Chapo' trial reveals drug lord's love life, business dealings Posted: 01 Feb 2019 08:48 AM PST  In one recorded call, Guzman tells an associate, "Don't be so harsh... take it easy with the police." The partner responds: "You taught us to be a wolf." ** Text messages between Guzman and his wife, Emma Coronel, often turned to family matters. "I'm going to give her an AK-47 so she can hang with me." ** After Coronel said she saw a suspicious car, Guzman wrote to her, "You go ahead and lead a normal life. The same day, he grinned broadly at audience member Alejandro Edda, the Mexican actor who plays Guzman in the Netflix television drama "Narcos." LOVERS AND BUSINESS ** Multiple "wives" visited Guzman when he was hiding in Sinaloa, said Alex Cifuentes, a former close partner.
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| Trump accused of ‘not working hard enough’ as schedule reveals he averaged one event a day in January Posted: 31 Jan 2019 06:03 AM PST  Donald Trump participated in just one event per day on average throughout January, according to his public schedule, amid mounting accusations he is not working hard enough as president. Overall, Mr Trump's public schedule showed a total of 32 events in the 31 days throughout January – not including his daily intelligence briefings, personal fundraisers or private White House lunches.
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| Zebra dies on Indiana farm after being left out in extreme cold Posted: 31 Jan 2019 11:28 AM PST  A zebra died at a farm in northern Indiana due to exposure to the extreme cold
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| Mueller Says Hackers Spread ‘Putin’s Chef’ Case Evidence Online Posted: 31 Jan 2019 08:13 AM PST  Mueller's team said Wednesday that "non-sensitive" evidence that had been shared exclusively with Concord's U.S. law firm, Reed Smith LLP, ended up in an online file-sharing portal, apparently as a result of a hacking operation targeting the law firm. "We've got access to the Special Counsel Mueller's probe database as we hacked Russian server with info from the Russian troll case Concord LLC v. Mueller," a posting from a newly created Twitter account named @HackingRedstone said on Oct. 22, 2018, according to Mueller's filing. "You can view all the files Mueller had about the IRA and Russian collusion.
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| US banks shifting some London staff ahead of Brexit deadline Posted: 31 Jan 2019 01:28 PM PST  With two months until Brexit takes effect, US banks have begun transferring some London staff to Continental Europe and drawing up contingency plans in case of a "hard" Brexit. Around 400 Bank of America employees are set to transfer to Paris and Frankfurt starting in February, according to a person familiar with the matter. About half of this group -- or 200 people -- will be in place before the March 29 Brexit deadline, with the remainder following soon after.
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| Musk not worried about Tesla Model 3 demand, Wall Street thinks otherwise Posted: 31 Jan 2019 12:06 PM PST ![Musk not worried about Tesla Model 3 demand, Wall Street thinks otherwise]( "Musk not worried about Tesla Model 3 demand, Wall Street thinks otherwise") Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said he sees higher demand for the Model 3, as the electric car maker begins to ship cars to Europe and Asia from its Fremont, California factory. "The profitability picture for Tesla looks encouraging ... with Musk & Co giving some good granularity around projections for 2019 on the demand and production fronts, with ample cash to pay its upcoming debt payment which is around the corner," Wedbush analysts said in a note.
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| Touring One of the Best Classic Ford Collections I've Ever Seen Posted: 01 Feb 2019 08:22 AM PST  He bought his 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 in 1972 and it is untouched apart from oil, a battery, and tires. One of these sold in 2015 for $465,000.
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| Trump tweet appears to undercut bipartisan border security talks Posted: 31 Jan 2019 09:17 AM PST  The president appeared to undermine bipartisan talks on border security, tweeting Republicans are "wasting their time" on negotiations.
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| Howard Schultz Could Flip the 2020 Election. Just Not Necessarily to Trump's Favor Posted: 31 Jan 2019 02:09 PM PST  Democrats are nervous, but his impact could go either way
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| 3 students killed in South Africa school walkway collapse Posted: 01 Feb 2019 06:30 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least three students are dead and 23 injured after a walkway collapsed at a school outside Johannesburg, South African officials said Friday.
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| Polar vortex blamed for at least eight deaths as deep freeze grips US Midwest Posted: 31 Jan 2019 12:25 AM PST  A blast of icy polar air brought dangerously low temperatures to the US Midwest on Wednesday, causing at least three more deaths while halting mail deliveries and forcing residents who pride themselves on their winter hardiness to huddle indoors. Classes were cancelled for Wednesday and Thursday for students across the Midwest, including Chicago, home of the nation's third-largest school system, and police warned of the risk of accidents on icy highways. Michigan said all state offices would remain closed through Thursday. In a rare move, the US Postal Service appeared to set aside its credo that "neither snow nor rain ... nor gloom of night" would stop its work as it halted deliveries from parts of the Dakotas through Ohio. At least eight deaths related to extreme cold weather have been reported since Saturday in Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, according to officials and media reports. Illinois State Police officers rescued 21 people who were stranded in a charter bus that broke down in sub-zero temperatures along Interstate 55 near Auburn after the vehicle's diesel fuel turned to gel in its engine, according to the agency. Cold front: Temperatures held at below -20C in Chicago, Illinois. The city's record low, -33C, was registered in 1985 Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images In Detroit, a 70-year-old man was found dead on Wednesday on a residential street, a Detroit police spokeswoman said. About 15 miles (24 km) south in the community of Ecorse, a former city councilman in his 70s and dressed only in sleepwear was also found dead on Wednesday, police there said. A University of Iowa student was found dead outside a building at the campus early on Wednesday, the school said in a statement. The death of Gerald Belz, a pre-med student, was believed to be weather-related. Streets in Chicago were nearly empty, with few people walking outside in the painfully cold air as temperatures hovered around minus 28 Celsius. "It's terrible!" Pasquale Cappellano, a 68-year-old waiter, said as he smoked a cigarette while waiting outside for a bus on Chicago's North Side. "I gotta pick up my medication at Walgreens or else I wouldn't be out the door." US weather: Polar vortex threatens record low temperatures, in pictures In Minneapolis, chilled to minus 26 Celsius, Brian Pierce ventured out to "embrace the elements" and found himself watching cars slipping on the roads. "The roads sound really weird, it seems there's a lack of grip," he said. "And my teeth hurt." Wind-chill temperatures in parts of the Northern Plains and Great Lakes plunged as low as minus 41 Celsius in Park Rapids, Minnesota, and minus 35 Celsius in Fargo, North Dakota, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The frigid winds were headed for the US East Coast later on Wednesday. Normally, the #PolarVortex �� swirls around the Arctic, trapping cold air near the Pole. Recently, this pressure system has been less stable, spilling colder air south & bringing record-low temperatures �� to parts of the continental U.S. https://t.co/PS83gEo5u0pic.twitter.com/zQP4sYS2Kh— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) January 30, 2019 More than a thousand flights, close to two-thirds of those scheduled, were canceled on Wednesday into or out of Chicago O'Hare and Chicago Midway international airports, according to the flight tracking site FlightAware. Amtrak canceled all trains in and out of Chicago on Wednesday. At the Morning Joy Farm in Mercer, North Dakota, Annie Carlson said her horses and sheep were doing fine. "They can go into the barn if they wish," she said. "They're snuggled in, warm and toasty." Her chickens, ducks and guinea hens were enjoying the 21 Celsius climate inside their greenhouse-like hoop house, she said. Andrew Orrison, a meteorologist with the NWS, said some of the coldest wind chills were recorded in International Falls, Minnesota, at minus 48 Celsius. Even the South Pole in Antarctica was warmer, with an expected low of minus 31 Celsius with wind chill. Out in the cold: goggles weather for Minneapolis residents Jen and Aaron Brackman Credit: STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP/Getty Images Temperatures in Chicago will drop again "quite precipitously" on Wednesday night, Orrison said, potentially breaking the record low of minus 33 Celsius on January 21, 1985, the day of Ronald Reagan's second presidential inauguration. Banks and stores closed for business. Waste Management Inc , a major trash collection company, said it cancelled pickups in counties across the Midwest on Wednesday and Thursday. The bitter cold was caused by a displacement of the polar vortex, a stream of air that normally spins around the stratosphere over the North Pole, but whose current was disrupted and was now pushing south. Officials opened warming centres across the Midwest, and in Chicago, police stations were open to anyone seeking refuge. Five city buses were also deployed to serve as mobile warming centres for homeless people, while city police handed out hats, jackets and blankets. In Ontario, Canada, steam rises from the frozen Niagara Falls Credit: LARS HAGBERG/AFP/Getty Images The Chicago Police Department said it could encourage people to get out of the cold. "But we will never force someone," police officer Michael Carroll said. US homes and businesses will likely use record amounts of natural gas for heating on Wednesday, according to energy analysts. Some residents just to the north and northwest of the Twin Cities in Minnesota were asked by Xcel Energy to dial down their thermostats 16C because of the strains on its natural gas supply system. The Michigan Agency for Energy said the state's utility companies had agreed not to shut off gas or electric supplies to delinquent customers for the rest of the week.
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| Venezuela's Russian Bank Grows Assets as U.S. Sanctions Hit Home Posted: 31 Jan 2019 04:42 AM PST  Evrofinance Mosnarbank, owned by Venezuela's development bank and Russia's state-controlled Gazprombank and VTB Group, was in the top ten percent of Russia's 100 biggest lenders last year in terms of growth in assets. Its net assets surged 52 percent to 66 billion rubles ($1 billion), making it Russia's 82nd largest, according to Banki.ru calculations based on central bank data.
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| IAG boss says 'very confident' of Brexit aviation deal Posted: 01 Feb 2019 07:13 AM PST  Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways owner IAG, said Friday that he was "very confident" that London and Brussels would reach a "comprehensive agreement" on post-Brexit aviation. Walsh, speaking at a relaunch of global airline alliance Oneworld, added that a chaotic no-deal Brexit would not deter passengers from flying. "I remain very confident that we will see a comprehensive agreement between the UK and the EU on aviation," Walsh told journalists at the event in central London.
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| U.S. envoy calls for full list of North Korean weapons programs Posted: 31 Jan 2019 03:51 PM PST  In a speech at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, envoy Stephen Biegun said North Korea would need to declare all its nuclear and missile programs and warned that Washington had "contingencies" if the diplomatic process failed. Biegun, in his most detailed public remarks on his approach to North Korea after five months in his role, said Washington would have to have expert access and monitoring mechanisms of nuclear and missile sites and "ultimately ensure removal or destruction of stockpiles of fissile material, weapons, missiles, launchers and other weapons of mass destruction." Pyongyang has rejected declaring its weapons programs for decades. Biegun also said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un committed during an October visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the dismantlement and destruction of plutonium and uranium enrichment facilities.
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| Southwest Airlines is selling tickets for as low as $66 today Posted: 31 Jan 2019 12:16 PM PST  After what felt like potentially the longest collective month of all of our
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| Trump branded 'extraordinarily inappropriate' amid widespread astonishment at president's attack on intelligence chiefs Posted: 31 Jan 2019 02:25 AM PST  Donald Trump's criticism of the US intelligence community as "extremely passive and naïve" has provoked widespread astonishment among lawmakers in Washington. The president was reportedly seething on Wednesday morning as he watched highlights of intelligence chiefs, including director of national intelligence Dan Coats, counter his views on a number of foreign policy issues during testimony on Capitol Hill. Mr Coats had suggested during the Senate intelligence committee briefing on Tuesday that Iran was avoiding steps towards a nuclear bomb, Isis was returning in Iraq and Syria, and North Korea was unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons.
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| 'Beyond absurd': Principal says no offense intended when she wore blackface, Steve Harvey costume Posted: 31 Jan 2019 09:39 AM PST  Local NAACP and state Human Relations Commission leaders express dismay that anyone would fail to recognize why this would be offensive.
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| The Polar Vortex Is Causing Striking Solar Phenomena Called 'Sundogs.' Here's What to Know Posted: 31 Jan 2019 01:06 PM PST  Sundogs form when sunlight refracts off ice crystals in the atmosphere and result in colored spots of light near the sun.
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| Why utility customers were told to turn down the heat during cold polar vortex Posted: 31 Jan 2019 09:01 AM PST  Consumers Energy and DTE Energy in Michigan are asking customers to voluntarily reduce their natural gas and electricity use during the polar vortex.
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| Man accused of faking slip and fall at New Jersey business Posted: 01 Feb 2019 01:28 AM PST  NICE TRY: A New Jersey man was arrested and charged after he purposely threw ice on a business's floor and faked a slip and fall.
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| AP Interview: Venezuela's Guaido vows to defy ban on aid Posted: 31 Jan 2019 07:35 PM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said he will defy a government ban on humanitarian aid by sending large convoys of medicine into the country with the help of neighboring nations.
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| Tesla begins sales of cheaper Model 3 car variant in China Posted: 01 Feb 2019 05:20 AM PST  Here's what it will cost.
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| Snopes pulls out of fact-checking partnership with Facebook Posted: 01 Feb 2019 02:22 PM PST  The statement did not elaborate but Snopes vice president Vinny Green told the media education group Poynter the partnership was excessively labor intensive, requiring manual updates to fact checks by its staff of 16. Snopes said it agreed to partner with Facebook "without financial benefit to ourselves," but added that it faces increasing financial difficulties. Snopes partnered with Facebook in 2016 on fact-checking and has been one of many global organizations that have agreements with the social network to help it fight misinformation.
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| Donald Trump says he has 'lost massive amounts of money' serving as president Posted: 01 Feb 2019 10:09 AM PST  Donald Trump has declared being president one of the "great losers of all time" financially as he lambasted suggestions he was making money out of the office. The US president also indicated he is preparing to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall on the Mexico border, calling ongoing negotiations with Democrats in Congress a "waste of time". Mr Trump also said he has been informed he is not personally a "target" in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russia in 2016. His comments came on a day when it emerged the US economy added 304,000 jobs in January, almost twice what economists had forecast. Mr Trump tweeted: "JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!" The president has been accused by critics of violating the "emoluments clause" in the US Constitution, which bars gifts from foreign states, due to diplomats and other officials staying at his hotel in Washington, a few blocks from the White House. But in an interview with the New York Times, Mr Trump said he had actually lost out on business opportunities because he was president. He said: "I lost massive amounts of money doing this job. This is not the money. You know, fortunately, I don't need money. This is one of the great [financial] losers of all time. "But they'll say that somebody from some country stayed at a hotel. And I'll say, 'Yeah. But I lose'. I mean, the numbers are incredible." Mr Trump criticised Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat speaker of the House of Representatives, who has refused to agree to any of the $5.7 billion funding he has requested for the border wall. Nancy Pelosi says there will be no money for the wall Credit: AP If agreement is not reached by Feb 15 the US government may shut down. A previous 35-day shutdown, caused by the same funding impasse over the wall, ended last month. Mr Trump indicated there would probably be no second shutdown because he will declare a national emergency, allowing him to use military funding for the wall. "I think Nancy Pelosi is hurting our country very badly," Mr Trump told the New York Times. "I've set the table. I've set the stage for doing what I'm going to do." The president also said his personal lawyers had been assured he was not being targeted by Mr Mueller. He said that assurance came from Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, who is overseeing the special counsel. Mr Trump said: "He [Rosenstein] told the attorneys that I'm not a subject, I'm not a target." The president said he had never spoken with Roger Stone, his longtime political ally, about Wikileaks and Russian-hacked Democratic Party emails made public in 2016. He said: "No, I didn't. I never did." Mr Stone pleaded not guilty this week to charges including lying to Congress, and obstruction, stemming from the investigation Mr Trump also denied that he had ever directed anyone to make contact with Wikileaks. "Never did," he told the New York Times. The president said he did not believe he would face a Republican challenger for his party's nomination ahead of the 2020 election. And he praised Kamala Harris as having had the best campaign launch of his potential Democrat rivals. He said: "I would say the best opening so far would be Kamala Harris. Some of the others were very flat."
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| USW union, Shell agree to raise refinery worker pay by 11 percent: sources Posted: 31 Jan 2019 06:30 PM PST  The United Steelworkers union (USW) and Shell Oil Co reached a tentative agreement on Thursday that sources familiar with the deal said would boost pay by 11 percent over three years for 30,000 U.S. refinery, chemical plant and pipeline workers. Workers represented by the USW will receive a 3.5 percent pay raise in each of the first two years of the deal and a 4 percent raise in the final year, the sources said. The agreement between the union and Shell came about nine hours before the current contract was to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Friday.
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| Labour’s ‘Fraying’ Brexit Compromise Shows May a Path to Victory Posted: 30 Jan 2019 09:00 PM PST  There were 14 rank-and-file Labour members of Parliament who defied their leadership's instructions and opposed the proposal -- handing victory to the prime minister. Eight members of Jeremy Corbyn's front bench team, who are supposed to follow party orders, also abstained. Labour has been trying to strike a balance between its members, the majority of whom want to stay in the European Union, and Leave-supporting voters it needs to hold onto in key districts.
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| 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for February Posted: 31 Jan 2019 02:02 PM PST ![5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for February]( "5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for February") Also one of U.S. News' 10 best stocks to buy for 2019, SFIX shares sold off in December, despite reporting a quarter of 24 percent revenue growth, 250 percent earnings per share growth, and active client growth of 22 percent. In hindsight, it looks like AAPL stock may have achieved its 2019 lows within the first week of the year.
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| University of Iowa student dies after being found unresponsive during polar vortex Posted: 31 Jan 2019 06:32 AM PST  UI Police discovered Gerald Belz unresponsive around 2:48 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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| US weather forecast: Northern states to be colder than Antarctica as temperatures drop to -40C Posted: 31 Jan 2019 12:19 PM PST  Parts of America are enduring temperatures colder than Antarctica this week as a blast of Arctic air from the polar vortex has caused the mercury to plunge as low as -40C (-40F). US officials are urging residents from northern states to stay inside as the deep freeze sets in across the country, bringing with it life-threatening conditions that have forced rail workers in Chicago to start track fires to keep them warm enough to function, and led to warnings not to breathe too deeply when outside. Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's weather prediction centre in Maryland, said: "The heart of this cold ... is hitting us now.
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| 2 Suspects Plead Guilty in Murder of Woman Whose Body Was Dismembered, Scattered Posted: 31 Jan 2019 12:12 PM PST  Two of the four people facing charges in the grisly murder of Megan Metzger in Virginia have pleaded guilty.
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| New e-commerce rules jolt Amazon.com in India as products vanish Posted: 01 Feb 2019 01:34 AM PST ![New e-commerce rules jolt Amazon.com in India as products vanish]( "New e-commerce rules jolt Amazon.com in India as products vanish") NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's revised e-commerce rules caused widespread disruption on Amazon's India website when they kicked in on Friday, forcing the company to take down its key grocery service and remove a wide range of products such as sunglasses and floor cleaners. The products began to disappear from Amazon India late on Thursday as it began complying with the regulations before a midnight deadline, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. In December, India modified foreign direct investment rules for its burgeoning e-commerce sector, which has drawn major bets from not only Amazon.com but also the likes of Walmart Inc, which last year bought a majority stake in homegrown e-commerce player Flipkart.
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| Netanyahu challenger leaps in polls after maiden speech Posted: 31 Jan 2019 03:27 AM PST  Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz's new party has surged in opinion polls since his maiden speech, positing him as the most significant political threat to incumbent premier Benjamin Netanyahu. Gantz's party, which he formed just last month, could win between 21 and 24 seats in the 120-member parliament, according to opinion polls published by Israel's three main television stations, compared to the 12-15 seats predicted prior to Tuesday's official campaign launch. Netanyahu's ruling right-wing Likud, which currently holds a quarter of the Knesset seats, was expected to win 30 or 31.
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| Maduro diehards vow to defend Venezuela leader 'tooth and nail' Posted: 30 Jan 2019 06:02 PM PST  President Nicolas Maduro's grip on power in Venezuela may have been loosened over the past week, but diehard supporters say they are willing to fight "tooth and nail" for him. There is a mood of simmering defiance in some quarters of Caracas, where supporters of the socialist leader are angered by international backing for Juan Guaido, the head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly legislature who declared himself interim president last week. Marlene Vargas, a 52-year-old teacher, is a dedicated "Chavista" who believe US President Donald Trump is trying to "strangle" the socialist regime with sanctions and threats.
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| 2019 Lexus LC 500 Inspiration set to debut in Chicago Posted: 31 Jan 2019 07:07 AM PST  Lexus is planning to debut the third generation of the LC 500 Inspiration Series in February at the Chicago Auto Show in the form of a very limited-edition, very yellow coupe. On Wednesday, Lexus announced that the next iteration of the LC 500 Inspiration coupe will be coming to the Chicago Auto Show next week. While this limited-production flare yellow 2019 Inspiration will be powered by the same 5.0-liter, normally aspirated V8 engine capable of generating 471-horsepower through the 10-speed automatic transmission that all standard LC 500 coupes sport, this model gets some cosmetic upgrades both inside and out.
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| Courts turn away hundreds of immigrants, blame shutdown Posted: 31 Jan 2019 02:33 PM PST  MIAMI (AP) — The already backlogged immigration courts faced more hurdles Thursday when hundreds of immigrants arrived with government-issued notices to appear in court for hearings that were never scheduled.
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| Visa Finds Strength in the Holiday Season Posted: 31 Jan 2019 06:41 AM PST  Customers spent $2.2 trillion on Visa's network in the company's fiscal first quarter, below the $2.27 trillion analysts at Sandler O'Neill & Partners anticipated. At Mastercard, spending on the firm's network rose 14 percent to $1.55 trillion, just below the $1.56 trillion that Sandler O'Neill analysts predicted. Visa warned consumer spending could be crimped in the first three months of the year during a conference call with analysts on Wednesday.
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| In U.S. Midwest, 22F 'feels like spring' after days of brutal cold Posted: 01 Feb 2019 03:22 PM PST  CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bone-chilling cold that paralysed a large part of the United States this week and caused at least 18 deaths eased on Friday as an errant Arctic air mass retreated, setting the stage for a warmer-than-normal weekend in areas of the Midwest and Northeast. In Chicago, where the mercury dipped as low as minus 22 Fahrenheit (minus 30 Celsius) earlier this week, temperatures of 22F (minus 5.5C) on Friday afternoon felt positively balmy for some in the nation's third-largest city. "It's got to be an almost 50 degree difference, it feels like spring," said one commuter heading home from Chicago's downtown financial district, wearing only a sweatshirt to keep warm.
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| Super Bowl: Missing businessman stole $750k from community including his mum in ticket scam Posted: 01 Feb 2019 02:03 PM PST  A Georgia businessman is missing after allegedly scamming his friends, family, and mother out of $750,000 in exchange for non-existent Super Bowl tickets before skipping town. Ketan Shah, a businessman described as "squeaky-clean" by one of his victims, apparently left his Gwinnett County town after staging the months-long scam, which involved taking large sums of money from roughly a dozen people while promising tickets to the upcoming game between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams. Among those who found themselves allegedly falling victim to Mr Shah was his own mother, who reached out to police after losing $36,000 in her son's scam, but did not file charges.
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| See the New 2020 BMW 7-Series Plug-In Hybrids Posted: 31 Jan 2019 09:00 PM PST |
| Instant Pot’s most advanced multi-cooker is down to its lowest price ever, today only Posted: 31 Jan 2019 04:54 AM PST ![Instant Pot's most advanced multi-cooker is down to its lowest price ever, today only]( "Instant Pot's most advanced multi-cooker is down to its lowest price ever, today only") The DUO 60 is Instant Pot's most popular multi-use cooker ever, but the Instant Pot DUO Plus 60, 6 Qt 9-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker is even more versatile. It's very similar both in form and in function, but it has nine different cooking modes instead of seven. It's also a bit pricier of course, with a retail price of $130 compared to the $100 DUO 60. If you snag one today on Amazon though, you'll pay an all-time low of just $79.99! Here's more info from the product page: * Duo Plus is the latest evolution in the #1 selling multi-cooker the Duo series with more custom features, improved usability and a large attractive blue LCD screen * Duo Plus replaces 9 common kitchen appliances including Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Yogurt Maker, Egg Cooker, Saute, Steamer, Warmer, Sterilizer and it makes cake too * Up to 70% quicker. A great meal is a press of button away with 15 Microprocessor controlled programs taking the guess-work out of your cooking. You can achieve prefect results every time * All components in contact with food are food grade 304 (18/8) Stainless steel including the lid, the inner pot with 3-ply bottom and steam rack with handles. They are easy to clean and dishwasher safe.Product Dimensions: 14.17 x 14.84 x 13.31 inches * UL certified with 10 proven safety mechanisms gives you peace of mind. Highly energy efficient, this kitchen friendly cooker emits no steam when cooking, contains all smells and automates your cooking. Accessories include - steam rack with handles, recipe booklet, serving spoon, soup spoon, and measuring cup * Power supply: 120V - 60Hz
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| Senate leader wants U.S. troops to stay in Syria, Afghanistan Posted: 31 Jan 2019 03:09 PM PST ![Senate leader wants U.S. troops to stay in Syria, Afghanistan]( "Senate leader wants U.S. troops to stay in Syria, Afghanistan") (This Jan. 29 story corrects paragraph 7 to show Coats' testimony was on Tuesday, not on Monday) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate offered legislation on Tuesday urging the United States to keep troops in Syria and Afghanistan, as President Donald Trump's administration moves toward withdrawals of American forces after years overseas. Saying that Islamic militant groups in the two countries continue to pose a "serious threat" to the United States, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he had introduced an amendment to a broader Middle East security bill urging a "continued commitment" until al Qaeda, Islamic State and other groups are defeated.
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| GM to lay off about 4,000 salaried workers: source Posted: 01 Feb 2019 05:22 PM PST  General Motors is expected to lay off about 4,000 salaried workers under a reorganization announced late last year, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. The layoffs are part of a cost-cutting plan GM announced in November, which will slash 15 percent of its salaried and contract staff and shutter seven plants, including five in North America. Media reports estimated the total job cuts of salaried staff and union workers at about 14,000, including about 6,000 union workers.
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