| Trump’s evidence-free wiretap allegation dominates Sunday talk shows Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:50 AM PST  President Trump's assertion that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones before the election dominated the political talk shows on Sunday. Across the networks, the White House defended the commander in chief's call for a congressional investigation into the matter, while Democratic lawmakers and former Obama administration officials dismissed the accusation as absurd. On ABC's "This Week," White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried to reframe Trump's wiretapping claim — which he stated as a fact — as something that may have happened.
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| Iraqi families devastated by chemical attacks in Mosul Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:54 PM PST  ERBIL, IRAQ – At West Emergency Hospital in Erbil, five small children lie in beds, along with their mother, all wrapped in bandages, with chemical burns from a mortar attack that hit their house.
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| Bahrain justice ministry seeks to dissolve opposition group Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:41 AM PST ![Bahrain justice ministry seeks to dissolve opposition group]( "Bahrain justice ministry seeks to dissolve opposition group") Bahrain's justice ministry filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to dissolve a main opposition group on the grounds that it undermined security, state news agency BNA reported. The secular National Democratic Action Society, or Waad, had perpetrated "serious violations targeting the principle of respecting the rule of law, supporting terrorism and sanctioning violence by glorifying people convicted for terrorism cases," the ministry said.
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| France's Fillon fights for survival as party leaders meet Posted: 06 Mar 2017 01:40 AM PST  Francois Fillon was fighting to keep his embattled French presidential bid alive on Monday as former president Nicolas Sarkozy piled pressure on him ahead of a crisis meeting of their rightwing Republicans party. The conservative Fillon, 63, was once a clear favourite to win France's two-stage election in April and May but his campaign is mired in accusations he used public funds to pay his wife for a fake parliamentary job. Waiting in the wings is another former prime minister, Alain Juppe, whom Fillon beat in a primary vote to chose the candidate for the conservative Les Republicans party in November.
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| Air India claims record with all-female round-world flight Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:47 AM PST  India's national airline claimed Monday to have set a new record with the first round-the-world flight staffed entirely by women. Air India said its Boeing 777 travelled from Delhi to San Francisco and back again with an all-female crew last week, the first time such a flight has circumnavigated the globe. The airline, which has faced criticism in the past for grounding dozens of female cabin crew over their weight, said it had applied to Guinness World Records to validate the claim.
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| AP-NORC Poll: Divided Americans fret country losing identity Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:11 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Add one more to the list of things dividing left and right in this country: We can't even agree what it means to be an American.
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| Bizarre Tesla Model S fire at Supercharger station prompts ‘full investigation’ Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:24 AM PST 
Tesla is currently investigating what may have caused a Model S P85 to catch fire while at one of the company's Supercharger stations in Shanghai, China. The incident occurred late last week, and curiously enough, initial reports indicate that the car wasn't actively charging at the time the fire began to spread.
The fire was ultimately put out and thankfully no one was harmed during the incident. Addressing the matter in a statement provided to Electrek recently, Tesla said that it plans to conduct a full investigation into the matter. "No one was harmed in this incident," a Tesla spokesperson said. "We're undergoing a full investigation and we'll share our findings as soon as possible." Tesla, to its credit, has a history of being extremely transparent when it comes to providing full details about serious incidents involving its growing fleet of cars. A few photos of the charred out Tesla Model S P85 can be viewed below, courtesy of Reddit user JayinShanghai. 
While we certainly don't want to draw any sweeping conclusions about the incident until Tesla figures out exactly what went wrong, it's worth noting this isn't the first time we've seen a story involving a Tesla seemingly catching fire for no reason. This past August, for example, a driver taking a Model S 90D for a test drive heard a loud noise before noticing a message on the dashboard which read, "Problems with charging." Shortly thereafter, the driver pulled over whereupon the car reportedly burst into flames just one minute later. All of the passengers managed to escape unscathed and firefighters quickly arrived on the scene and put the fire out. A sensational photo of the burning Tesla can be seen below. 
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| Is 20,000 a Floor or Ceiling for the Dow? Posted: 06 Mar 2017 06:21 AM PST ![Is 20,000 a Floor or Ceiling for the Dow?]( "Is 20,000 a Floor or Ceiling for the Dow?") Much has been written of late regarding the Dow Jones industrial average 20,000 milestone and whether this will mark a near-term top of the market or perhaps the continuation of the eight-year bull market. Some investors are posing this question because they're wondering if they should get completely out of the market now or stay in, lighten up exposure or make new investments. While history will tell us with certainty, there are prudent decisions which investors can make right now even without knowing the definitive answer.
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| FBI Wants Justice Department To Refute Trump's Allegations Posted: 05 Mar 2017 11:38 PM PST  Obama's spokesman Kevin Lewis called the Trump's wiretapping allegations false and said that the Obama administration had never been ordered to wiretap any U.S. citizen.
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| Dalai Lama says Chinese hardliners have parts of brain missing Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:47 AM PST ![Dalai Lama says Chinese hardliners have parts of brain missing]( "Dalai Lama says Chinese hardliners have parts of brain missing") Chinese hardliners have parts of their brains missing, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said in an interview aired this week, comments likely to infuriate Beijing, which views the Nobel Peace laureate as a dangerous separatist. The Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in India after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959, denies espousing violence and says he only wants genuine autonomy for Tibet. Speaking to U.S. comedian John Oliver in India's northern town of Dharamsala, where the exiled Tibetan government is based, he also said he might be the last Dalai Lama.
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| Nigerian women displaced by Boko Haram hold protest Posted: 05 Mar 2017 02:37 PM PST  Thousands of Nigerian women forced from their homes by Boko Haram jihadists held a protest on Sunday to demand better conditions as UN Security Council envoys visited their camp, an AFP journalist saw. The demonstrators accused local authorities and aid agencies of exacerbating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, which the UN says has left northeastern Nigeria on the brink of famine. The women held their protest as 15 ambassadors from the UN's top decision-making body visited the camp in northeastern Nigeria, seeking to draw global attention to the emergency affecting 21 million people in the Lake Chad region.
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| Ex-Stockton, California, mayor arrested at airport Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:10 PM PST ![Ex-Stockton, California, mayor arrested at airport]( "Ex-Stockton, California, mayor arrested at airport") SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva was arrested Sunday at the San Francisco International Airport, where he arrived from a vacation in South America, his attorney said.
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| 2018 Volkswagen Arteon: The Evolution of VW's "Four-Door Coupe" Posted: 06 Mar 2017 09:47 AM PST  It sure is pretty.
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| Kenya government opposed to lawmaker move to break up Vodafone unit Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:36 AM PST ![Kenya government opposed to lawmaker move to break up Vodafone unit]( "Kenya government opposed to lawmaker move to break up Vodafone unit") By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's government is opposed to a move by a legislator to amend the law to break up the country's biggest telecoms operator, Safaricom, the information minister said on Monday. Jakoyo Midiwo, the deputy minority leader in Kenya's national assembly, proposed amendments to the country's communication and banking laws aimed at breaking up Safaricom, which is 40 percent owned by Britain's Vodafone. Joe Mucheru, the information, communication and technology minister, said the move would punish operators for innovations, and discourage investments.
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| Democrats, Obama Aide Rubbish Trump Wiretap Claims Posted: 04 Mar 2017 10:43 PM PST  Barack Obama's spokesman Kevin Lewis and several Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff defended the former president and slammed Trump for his unsubstantiated claims.
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| Congressman apologizes for crude joke about Kellyanne Conway Posted: 06 Mar 2017 08:37 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Louisiana congressman has apologized for making a crude joke about White House adviser Kellyanne Conway.
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| China trims GDP target, citing severe challenges Posted: 04 Mar 2017 09:01 PM PST  The economy is already growing at its slowest rate in more than a quarter of a century and the latest target unveiled at the opening of China's rubber-stamp parliament is lower than a 6.5-7.0 percent range he set last year. "In the past year, China's development has faced grave challenges posed by a great many problems and interwoven risks and dangers both at home and abroad," Li said in his annual state-of-the-nation speech to the National People's Congress (NPC). China aims for "GDP growth of around 6.5 percent, or higher if possible," he said, despite even "more complicated and graver situations" this year.
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| Snap's stock price hard to justify - Barron's Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:17 AM PST ![Snap's stock price hard to justify - Barron's]( "Snap's stock price hard to justify - Barron's") Snap Inc's share price looks overvalued following a surge in the wake of its much-anticipated initial public offering last week, according to an article in Barron's. Shares of the messaging app company closed at $27.09 on Friday, well above its IPO price of $17 per share set on Wednesday. According to the Barron's article, Snap is valued at about 34 times its projected 2017 revenue of $1 billion, based on its enterprise value, while Facebook is valued at 10 times sales.
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| Trump to sign revised travel ban this week, officials say: What might it look like? Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:01 AM PST ![Trump to sign revised travel ban this week, officials say: What might it look like?]( "Trump to sign revised travel ban this week, officials say: What might it look like?") "We want the (executive order) to have its own 'moment,'" a senior administration official reportedly told CNN. Recommended: How much do you know about Islam and violence? The original order, signed Jan. 27, had temporarily blocked citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries – Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen – and all refugees from entering the United States.
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| Former Guantanamo inmate killed in US strike in Yemen Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:40 PM PST  A former Guantanamo Bay inmate was killed in a US air strike in Yemen last week, the Defense Department said Monday, as part of a stepped-up campaign against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. "We can confirm the death of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Yasir al-Silmi," Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said. Silmi, also known as Mohammed Tahar, had been incarcerated at the notorious US military prison in Cuba from 2002 to December 2009, when he was repatriated to Yemen.
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| Sikh man is 'getting back to normal,' heartened by support Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:34 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — A Sikh man who says a man shot him in the arm and told him to go back to his country is recovering from his wound at home in suburban Seattle and is encouraged by an outpouring of support, community leaders said Monday.
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| Enjoy NOAA's vital satellite imagery, while you still can Posted: 05 Mar 2017 02:59 PM PST  U.S. satellites help us predict and prepare for powerful storms, even before they arrive at our door. The data let us to monitor climate change and map the effects on coastlines, glaciers, oceans and land. With satellite systems, we can tell when it's safe to fly a plane, steer a ship or drive a car. This research — and far more — all falls largely under the umbrella of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), one of the top U.S. climate science agencies. SEE ALSO: The first photos from a revolutionary new weather satellite are gorgeous Yet NOAA may soon be forced to dial back or pause some of this work if the Trump administration succeeds in slashing the agency's budget. The White House aims to cut NOAA's funding by 17 percent from current levels, according to a four-page budget memo obtained by the Washington Post last week. Are you ready for the next round of @NOAA's GOES-16 images? See the first lightning mapper images on Monday @ https://t.co/m5YhBJPjH3 pic.twitter.com/xSoo95dYQB — NOAA Satellites PA (@NOAASatellitePA) March 4, 2017 That includes eliminating $513 million, or 22 percent, of the current funding for NOAA's satellite division, and slashing another $216 million, or 26 percent, from NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Scientists said the deep cuts at NOAA would not only jeopardize academic research but also our ability to withstand storms and adapt to the effects of human-caused global warming. A large low pressure system spins in the North Pacific Ocean in this water vapor imagery from Himawari-8. See more @ https://t.co/DMJJUu5C8u pic.twitter.com/f2tKyTmQDg — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) February 2, 2017 "Any weakening of our technological, scientific and human capabilities related to weather and climate places American lives and property at risk," Marshall Shepherd, a leading climate expert and meteorologist at the University of Georgia, said in a Forbes column. For those unfamiliar with NOAA — and for all the weather and climate geeks — here's a quick tour of the agency's latest satellite-driven research. Chasing storms GOES infrared imagery shows the active system over the Plains that's slated to bring storms to the OH Valley. More @ https://t.co/MxC01vsIfE pic.twitter.com/CKPG9NCk5E — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) February 6, 2017 See the development and progression of the Midwest storms in this 72-hour GOES water vapor imagery. More imagery at https://t.co/nSLCmGDsIJ pic.twitter.com/5Eyuy4YjRH — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) March 2, 2017 This GOES imagery indicates the potential for severe storms in the MS & OH River Valleys today. See more imagery @ https://t.co/hmjSGco2js. pic.twitter.com/yTLm7e1gT6 — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) February 28, 2017 An area of low pressure in the Pacific brings moisture to HI in this animation from NOAA weatherView. Check it out @ https://t.co/b8QmCZhUVN pic.twitter.com/gZSqGlzsqi — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) March 1, 2017 Charting climate change #Arctic sea ice on track to be among smallest winter #maximums on record https://t.co/o28pnPYKAe @NOAA #NNVL #ocean #sea #extent pic.twitter.com/phdURS9ggv — NOAA Research (@NOAAResearch) February 23, 2017 These maps of land surface temperature show just how much warmer Feb. 2017 is compared to last year! See more at: https://t.co/MYS28mM204 pic.twitter.com/57pYVDJC17 — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) February 15, 2017 Sun spotting The SUVI instrument aboard #GOES16 can see the sun in 6 ways, thereby improving space wx forecasts!!! Learn more at https://t.co/ltIuZ2JdSE pic.twitter.com/HrsjcWmY59 — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) February 28, 2017 First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite: https://t.co/8UcwGv5x1Q pic.twitter.com/DrvHTGMzB4 — Universal Science (@universal_sci) February 28, 2017 GOES-13's Solar X-ray Imager constantly monitors the the sun's corona for X-ray photon emissions!!! Learn why at https://t.co/ZuCq4LvoAJ pic.twitter.com/zOqJ0FfRGa — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) February 22, 2017 Tracking coastal threats .@NASA @Patriots Want to see what New England would look like with sea level rise? Try out @NOAA's nifty tool: https://t.co/HdwUOvTyFo pic.twitter.com/IaOiUR91bQ — Alt Sci,Space,&Tech (@altHouseScience) February 5, 2017 NOAA's sea level rise projections at Mar-A-Lago. Current mean high water up to six feet. https://t.co/PkpzaeSM9J pic.twitter.com/UMQcW1yFrd — Eric Nost (@ericnost) February 19, 2017 The downtown peninsula in #Olympia, #Washington becomes an island at 5ft of sea level risehttps://t.co/k68AYcaJ1D(HT @NOAA) #ClimateChange pic.twitter.com/uVqdhjt5T5 — Gregory Foster (@gregoryfoster) February 19, 2017 In 2016, ocean plant growth bloomed in springtime as Arctic sea ice thinned. https://t.co/i0zAmcVan4 pic.twitter.com/okJqAnyVx9 — NOAA Climate.gov (@NOAAClimate) February 7, 2017 Satellites help save whales from ship strikes. Learn more @NOAAResearch: https://t.co/VElf5rWo9h pic.twitter.com/W9chx3R0Ij — NOAA Satellites PA (@NOAASatellitePA) February 15, 2017 Interestingly, the budget memo shows only a tiny proposed cut to NOAA's National Weather Service. But without reliable, advanced weather satellites, the Weather Service will find it more difficult to do its job, meteorologists say. Satellites supply about 90 percent of the information that goes into weather forecasting models and are key tools for predicting severe storms like hurricanes and tornadoes. Conrad Lautenbacher, a retired vice admiral who was the NOAA administrator under President George W. Bush, told the Washington Post that Trump's budget proposal is "ill-timed, given the needs of society, [the] economy and the military." With the proposed cuts, "It will be very hard for NOAA to manage and maintain the kind of services the country requires," he told the newspaper. The cuts would hit the agency just as it prepares to put its first of several next-generation, multibillion dollar satellites into service, with GOES-16 slated to go live later this year. If the budget cuts are realized and cause delays in satellite production and deployment, they could cause gaps when current satellites reach the end of their service life, which would make weather forecasts less reliable. The budget blueprint is just the first word on government funding for Fiscal Year 2018, and Congress will have the final say over how deep President Trump's requested cuts actually will go. Additional reporting by Mashable Science Editor Andrew Freedman. BONUS: 2016 was Earth's warmest year on record, continuing a three-year streak
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| Photos of the day - March 5, 2017 Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PST ![Photos of the day - March 5, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 5, 2017") A Chinese People's Liberation Army soldier stands guard in front of the Great Hall of the People before the opening of the fifth Session of the 12th National People's Congress in Beijing, China; Pope Francis sits on a bus as the Bernini colonnade is reflected on the windscreen, at the Vatican; A Pakistan army paratrooper jumps during the final of the Pakistan Sports League at the Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
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| White House defends wiretapping allegations on morning shows Posted: 06 Mar 2017 07:58 AM PST  Members of President Trump's team appeared on several morning news shows Monday to defend his wiretapping accusations against President Obama, which he posted to Twitter over the weekend.
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| 97-year-old twins leave world as they entered it: together Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:02 PM PST  BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) — Ninety-seven-year-old twins Jean Young Haley and Martha Young Williams left the world as they entered it: together.
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| U.S. deploying THAAD to South Korea to boost defense versus North Korea missiles: White House Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:47 AM PST ![U.S. deploying THAAD to South Korea to boost defense versus North Korea missiles: White House]( "U.S. deploying THAAD to South Korea to boost defense versus North Korea missiles: White House") The United States is deploying an advanced anti-missile defense system to South Korea as part of steps to bolster its ability to defend against North Korean ballistic missiles, the White House said on Monday. North Korea's launching of four ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan's northwest earlier on Monday is consistent with its history of "provocative behavior" and the United States stands with its allies against the threat, White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters. "The Trump administration is taking steps to enhance our ability to defend against North Korea's ballistic missiles such as through the deployment of a THAAD battery to South Korea," he said.
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| IT services firm stocks dip after govt suspends fast tech visas Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:44 AM PST ![IT services firm stocks dip after govt suspends fast tech visas]( "IT services firm stocks dip after govt suspends fast tech visas") By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Technology services company shares dipped on Monday after the Trump administration announced it would temporarily suspend expedited applications for H-1B visas widely used by foreign tech workers. U.S. shares of Indian IT company Infosys Ltd fell 1.2 percent and Wipro Ltd edged down 0.2 percent after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday that it would suspend "premium processing" of the visas for up to six months. Following President Donald Trump's election in November, Infosys and Wipro sold off due to concerns he would keep promises to crack down on immigrants who he said were taking jobs from U.S. citizens.
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| Colombia FARC women rebels plan for life after war Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:08 PM PST  San José de Oriente (Colombia) (AFP) - With their rifles, green fatigues and black rubber boots, the women fighters of the FARC rebel force have become one of the international faces of Colombia's civil war. After more than half a century of conflict, the FARC's disarmament is due to be completed by May under a peace deal with the Colombian government. Manuela Canaveral, 22, hopes to go back to school.
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| DHS chief: Agency may separate parents, children at border Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:17 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department is considering separating children from parents caught crossing the Mexican border illegally, Secretary John Kelly said Monday.
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| Police find an antique-looking gun on a guy, and people think he's a time-traveller Posted: 06 Mar 2017 12:25 AM PST  Here's an actual blast from the past. The folks at Baltimore Police Department posted a photo of a gun on its Facebook and Twitter accounts Thursday, after it was seized from a 36-year-old man during a traffic stop. SEE ALSO: New smart holster automatically makes police body cams record when guns are drawn Police said it also found drugs inside the vehicle, and that the man was a repeat offender. It's a pretty regular crime story, except people can't seem to get over the gun. It looks like an antique from the Civil War, or something you'd keep next to your chamber pot. And of course, the internet took it away with their hilarious comments. We really mean it. @BaltimorePolice was he attempting to assassinate Lincoln? #IThoughtJohnWilkesBoothWasDead? — Mikey Fahey (@Hooliganmikey) March 3, 2017 @BaltimorePolice I seriously wanna know what antique store this was taken from — -The Staff (@ladymeko) March 4, 2017 Not to be outdone, the Baltimore Police Department also responded with their own comment. Don't you just love the internet? Image: mashable/baltimore police department BONUS: This house was 3D-printed in just 24 hours
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| Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and stars Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:16 PM PST  Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises. Musk has become one of the United States' best-known innovators. SpaceX recently announced that two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space since the 1970s.
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| Tree falls, kills woman at national park in California Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:18 PM PST ![Tree falls, kills woman at national park in California]( "Tree falls, kills woman at national park in California") YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a 21-year-old woman was killed by a falling tree at Half Dome Village in Yosemite National Park.
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| Frozen Foods That Are Worth the Freezer Space Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:20 AM PST  In honor of National Frozen Food Day (it's today, in case you didn't know) we've asked dietitians to share some pros and cons of frozen foods: products worth stocking your freezer with and pitfal...
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| Somalia says 110 dead in last 48 hours due to drought Posted: 04 Mar 2017 11:31 PM PST ![Somalia says 110 dead in last 48 hours due to drought]( "Somalia says 110 dead in last 48 hours due to drought") By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhoea resulting from a drought, the prime minister said on Saturday, as the area braces itself for widespread shortages of food. In February, United Nations children's agency UNICEF said the drought in Somalia could lead to up to 270,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition this year. "It is a difficult situation for the pastoralists and their livestock.
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| Jackson Heights’ Muslim enclave in the New York City melting pot Posted: 06 Mar 2017 11:19 AM PST ![Jackson Heights' Muslim enclave in the New York City melting pot]( "Jackson Heights' Muslim enclave in the New York City melting pot") Soon after Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president — and his plan for a ban on travel by Muslims to the United States — in 2015, award-winning photojournalist Yunghi Kim set out to explore the Jackson Heights neighborhood in Queens, N.Y. Jackson Heights is one of many multinational neighborhoods in New York City. Hispanics account for most of its population, but there are also many Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, harmoniously woven into the fabric of this bustling community.
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| Netanyahu offered unity govt as part of peace bid: report Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:43 AM PST  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a plan to form a unity government with Israel's opposition last year as part of a regional peace bid, but later backtracked, a newspaper reported Sunday. The plan centred on a document delivered to opposition leader Isaac Herzog in September, but Netanyahu later pulled back and talks collapsed in October, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. The effort came as moves were underway to restart peace talks with the Palestinians through a process that would include Arab countries in the region.
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| Philippine marines find remains of beheaded German hostage Posted: 05 Mar 2017 02:24 AM PST  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have found the remains of a German hostage who was beheaded by Abu Sayyaf militants in the country's south, vowing Sunday to rescue more than 30 other captives and crush the ransom-seeking extremists.
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| French family of four killed with crowbar: prosecutor Posted: 06 Mar 2017 10:03 AM PST  A crowbar was the murder weapon in a French family drama that left four people dead in an inheritance dispute over gold coins, the prosecutor of the western city of Nantes said Monday. The father's brother-in-law Hubert Caouissin, who has confessed to the gruesome killings, went on to cut up the bodies, burning some parts and burying others, prosecutor Pierre Sennes told a news conference. Pascal Troadec and his wife Brigitte, both 49, had gone missing along with their son Sebastien, 21, and their 18-year-old daughter Charlotte on February 16, sparking a mystery that gripped the nation.
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| Another painful reminder of Android’s most infuriating problem Posted: 06 Mar 2017 08:42 AM PST 
I'm a big fan of what Google has done with the Android platform. The company saw a huge shift coming in the mobile space, and its strategy was ingenious. By building a wonderfully capable and modern mobile platform and then handing it out to hardware vendors for free, Google created a scenario where its apps and services are at the center of the user experience on hundreds of millions of devices — in fact, that figure is quickly approaching 2 billion. Of course, there are upsides and downsides to every software platform, and Android is no different in this regard. And there's one downside in particular that continues to rear its ugly head time and time again. Google's latest version of Android is called Android 7 Nougat, and it's packed full of great new features. My personal favorites include the brilliant new software update mechanism, and Google's new "Instant Apps" feature that lets users start trying an app instantly without having to purchase or even download anything from the Google Play store. You can read about those new features and more in our previous coverage. Android 7.0 Nougat was first released on August 22nd, 2016, and the latest version, Android 7.1.2 Nougat, was released in late February. Google's new OS is now six months old, and it's well on its way to becoming the world's most popular version of Android... at some point in late 2018. That's right, it'll be two years before the majority of Android phones gain access to some version of Android 7, and by then Android 9 will have been released. According to Google's own data, the most common version of Android right now is Android Lollipop, which was first released two years ago back in 2014. Meanwhile, the six-month-old Android Nougat is currently installed on a whopping 1.2% of active Android devices. Ugh. This story is as painful to read over and over again as it is to write over and over again, but that makes it no less important. Why are we bringing it up now? Because a tweet from an official Samsung account last week serves as the latest painful reminder of how aggravating this problem truly is. https://twitter.com/SamsungUK/status/836204740870537217 Samsung's Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge were released just 22 months ago, and to this day they remain two of Samsung's most popular smartphones ever. Millions and millions of people purchased them since they were the first Samsung phones to feature a design and build quality that matched the killer performance and beautiful displays that Samsung has always been known for. Plenty of those phones are still in use since most people do not upgrade their smartphones every year, and yet all those flagship phones that were purchased for $650+ still don't have access to Google's six-month-old Android update. Now, all we can do is hope that Samsung manages to release Android N for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge before Android O is released in the coming months.
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| Liver transplant surgical pioneer Dr. Thomas Starzl dies Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:01 PM PST  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Thomas Starzl, who pioneered liver transplant surgery in the 1960s and was a leading researcher into anti-rejection drugs, has died. He was 90.
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| Chevrolet Colorado vs. Toyota Tacoma: Which Should You Buy? Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST  Compared with full-sized models, buyers looking for a midsized pickup truck workhorse have far fewer choices. The Nissan Frontier is hopelessly out of date; the next Ford Ranger is on the distant...
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| Hoard of coins extracted from sea turtle Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:57 AM PST ![Hoard of coins extracted from sea turtle]( "Hoard of coins extracted from sea turtle") Thai veterinarians on Monday removed 915 coins from a 25-year-old sea turtle which had been swallowing items thrown into her pool for good luck, eventually limiting her ability to swim. The coins and other objects removed from the turtle named Omsin - piggy bank in Thai - weighed 5 kg (11 lb). The green sea turtle, living at a conservation center in Sriracha, Chonburi, east of the Thai capital of Bangkok, had been finding it hard to swim normally because of the weight.
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