| McCain’s ‘no’ vote on GOP health bill elicits gasps in Senate chamber Posted: 28 Jul 2017 06:22 AM PDT  Sen. John McCain lived up to his nickname, "maverick," in voting against his fellow Republicans on the "skinny" amendment to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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| Congressional Budget Office showdown: GOP tries to shoot the messenger, misses Posted: 27 Jul 2017 04:37 PM PDT  Angry over CBO projections that made Obamacare repeal bills look bad, some GOP House members tried to scale back the influence of the nonpartisan budget analysts. They failed.
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| New Developments in Murder-at-sea Case Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:00 PM PDT  A man has been taken into federal custody for allegedly killing his wife after other passengers heard screams coming from their room.
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| ‘What Happened’: Hillary’s new book isn’t out yet, but Twitter is already making fun of the title Posted: 27 Jul 2017 12:44 PM PDT  The book is weeks away, but the title and cover of the candidate's campaign memoir have already been found wanting by detractors.
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| Shark Attacks Female Tourist While Snorkeling In Bahamas Posted: 28 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Bahamas have witnessed relatively few unprovoked shark attacks in the area.
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| Popular Ride Shut Down After Deadly Fair Accident Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:00 PM PDT  The Ohio State Fair reopened the day after the tragic accident took the life of an 18-year-old man who had just enlisted in the Marines; state fairs across the country shut down the same ride and others like it.
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| China's exiled tycoon Guo 'fabricated' corruption claims: Xinhua Posted: 26 Jul 2017 10:58 PM PDT  China's Xinhua news agency accused fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui of using "fabricated and distorted information to mislead the public", the latest salvo in a campaign to discredit the billionaire who has made accusations of Communist Party corruption. Central to Guo's claims over recent months has been that a man named Yao Qing used his status as a nephew of a senior Communist Party official to amass a business empire worth tens of billions of dollars. In an online video stream last month, Guo produced a corporate tree diagram which he said showed companies linked to Yao, including GI Technologies (Beijing) Co. Xinhua interviewed Yao, who is listed in corporate records as general manager of GI Technologies.
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| Racism levels in US communities predict how many black people police will kill there, study shows Posted: 27 Jul 2017 08:41 AM PDT  The racial biases of white members of a community have a direct link to the number of black people shot and killed by police officers in that same area, new research indicates. A study published last year found that African Americans are almost three times more likely than white people to be killed by the police's use of force. "We expected many economic or demographic variables such as the overall wealth of an area, residential segregation, average levels of education in the area, or overall crime levels, to be involved," said the report's lead author, Eric Hehman.
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| Bomb-Sniffing Marine Dog Who Served in Afghanistan Gets a Hero's Farewell Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:58 AM PDT  Marine Corporal Jeff DeYoung served with Cena in Afghanistan before adopting him as his service dog.
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| Senate 'skinny repeal' of Obamacare falls apart on Senate floor after McCain defects Posted: 28 Jul 2017 12:20 AM PDT  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's bid to pass a stripped-down repeal of Obamacare failed dramatically early Friday when Sen. John McCain and two other Republicans voted against it.
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| White House at war: Now Reince Priebus prepares his next move Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:37 AM PDT  Reince Priebus, the embattled White House chief of staff, has begun calling allies for advice on how to fight back against a campaign of private lobbying that this week erupted into a civil war at the heart of Donald Trump's administration. Factional fighting behind the scenes exploded into public view on Thursday when Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump's new communications director, launched a foul-mouthed tirade against Mr Priebus. As a Republican Party stalwart, he finds himself increasingly isolated among the political newcomers and New York millionaires that staff Mr Trump's unconventional White House. Anthony Scaramucci talking to reporters at the White House Credit: AP Insiders say he is well aware of his position and is debating whether to jump before he is pushed. "He figured he would do the job for a year and now is trying to work out if that is possible – and if that is what he wants," said a Republican insider, speaking on condition of anonymity. Other reports suggested he was sounding out allies as part of an effort to fight back. He had opposed the hiring of Mr Scaramucci and saw one of his allies, Sean Spicer, resign in protest. In a further snub, the new director of communications has made clear that he answers only to the president rather than the chief of staff. .@Scaramucci on WH Chief of Staff Priebus: "If Reince wants to explain that he's not a leaker, let him do that." https://t.co/H7s5SzqeOa— CNN (@CNN) July 27, 2017 He appeared on CNN on Thursday morning and all but accused Mr Priebus of being the source of damaging leaks. Hours later, a New Yorker reporter published details of a telephone conversation during which Mr Scaramucci threatened to fire his own communications team as he searched for White House moles. He also delivered a profanity-laden description of Mr Preibus as a "paranoid schizophrenic" and said he would soon be asked to resign. I made a mistake in trusting in a reporter. It won't happen again.— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 28, 2017 Observers pointed out that Mr Scaramucci, nicknamed the Mooch, had been channelling his boss. "The Mooch is a New Yorker like me," Rudolph Giuliani, the city's former mayor and an adviser to Mr Trump told the New York Times. "He's a purebred New Yorker. He's lit a firecracker in that place. What you're seeing in Scaramucci is the president's style." Anthony Scaramucci stands on the tarmac after arriving at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, New York Credit: AP In true Trumpian fashion, the ugly outburst also served as a distraction from more bad news for Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare. In the early hours of Friday morning, the Senate once again failed to pass a bill that would have undone key elements of Barack Obama's signature policy. John McCain leaves the Senate chamber after voting against the "skinny" repeal bill Credit: Getty images John McCain, who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumour, and two other Republican senators voted against it, enough to deny Republican leaders the simple majority they needed. The "skinny" repeal bill, as it is known, marks the third failed attempt to pass a healthcare overhaul. Analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimates it would have meant an extra 16 million people going with insurance cover during the next decade and an increase of 20 per cent on premiums. The failure is a reminder that Mr Trump is struggling to make any progress with his legislative agenda. Scaramucci: leakers would have been hanged 150 years ago 00:44 In a White House filled with family members, retired generals and populist outsiders who lack a Republican background, it is Mr Priebus and his small band of party apparatchiks who must bear the blame for failures in Congress. But Rich Galen, a Republican strategist, said Mr Priebus's biggest weakness was that his surname was not Trump or Kushner. Reince Priebus walks to boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base to travel with Donald Trump to Brentwood, New York Credit: AP "Without that, I think he is always one eyebrow raise from Trump away from having his stuff in cardboard boxes on the front of the White House lawn," he said. He added that chief of staff was always a demanding job – at the centre of a web connecting the Pentagon, State Department, other agencies and Congress among many others – even without the additional chaos of Mr Trump's management style. "I think it's going to be a rotating job. I don't think anyone can last six or seven months in that role because you can't control the work flow or the paper flow," he said.
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| Iran in 'successful' test of satellite-launch rocket Posted: 27 Jul 2017 01:17 PM PDT  Iran on Thursday "successfully" tested a satellite-launch rocket, days after warning Washington of a response to new US sanctions over the Islamic republic's ballistic missile programme, state television said. It said the launch vehicle, named Simorgh after a bird in Iranian mythology, was capable of propelling a satellite weighing 250 kilograms (550 pounds) to an altitude of 500 kilometres (300 miles) above earth. The launch marked the official inauguration of Iran's Imam Khomeini space centre, named after the late founder of the Islamic republic, built for sending satellites into space, the television said.
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| North Dakota woman who threatened Muslims hugs one of them Posted: 27 Jul 2017 04:37 PM PDT ![North Dakota woman who threatened Muslims hugs one of them]( "North Dakota woman who threatened Muslims hugs one of them") FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota woman who threatened some Muslim women in a Walmart parking lot met with two of them Thursday and all "expressed their sincere regrets" about the incident and apologized, Fargo's police chief said Thursday.
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| Frightening Video Of A Shark Jumping Aboard A Boat Posted: 27 Jul 2017 11:50 PM PDT  A fishing crew off the coast of Long Island got the shock of their life when a huge mako shark jumped onto their boat and got trapped.
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| Dozens injured in Barcelona commuter train crash Posted: 28 Jul 2017 06:33 AM PDT ![Dozens injured in Barcelona commuter train crash]( "Dozens injured in Barcelona commuter train crash")
A commuter train slammed into the end of the platform during the morning rush hour at a busy station in Barcelona on Friday, leaving dozens of people injured, emergency services said. One person was seriously injured, 19 were injured "less seriously" including the driver, and 34 were lightly injured in the accident at Francia station in the center of the Spanish city, emergency services said on Twitter. A French citizen and a Romanian were among the injured, a spokesman for the civil protection agency said. The rest were Spanish nationals. The regional train, traveling from the town of Sant Vicenc de Calders located about 70 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of Barcelona, ran into the buffers at 7:15 am (0515 GMT), Spanish train operator Renfe said. (AFP) See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Twitter and Tumblr.
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| Paul Ryan assures wary GOP senators their 'skinny' bill will go to conference Posted: 27 Jul 2017 03:23 PM PDT  As a vote neared Thursday on a proposed "skinny repeal" of Obamacare, three key Republican senators said they would only vote for it if they are assured it won't actually become law.
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| Baby dies after days 'strapped in a car seat without food' Posted: 27 Jul 2017 09:05 AM PDT  Lovily K Johnson has been charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse following the death of her son Noah Edward Johnson at their apartment in Wyoming, Michigan. Police said Johnson had arrived at the local hospital last week with Noah who was already "clearly deceased and had been for some time".
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| Kremlin orders US to cut 'hundreds' of Russia staff and seizes two properties in retaliation over sanctions Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:48 AM PDT  Russia has ordered the expulsion of hundreds of US diplomats and the seizure of two embassy compounds in retaliation for new sanctions approved by the Senate earlier this week. Diplomatic corps in Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok must downsize to 455 staff members – the same number at the Russian embassy in the US - by September 1, the Russian foreign ministry said. It was not immediately clear how many staff members would have to be expelled. Trump and Putin: a complicated love affair 01:18 According to a Reuters report citing an unnamed embassy official, there are currently 1,100 Americans and Russians on staff at the US embassy, while Russian state-run RIA Novosti news agency suggested there are 600-700 staff members. Neither the US embassy nor the Russian foreign ministry responded to requests for clarification. A general view of a building of the US embassy in Moscow, Russia Credit: EPA "We have received the Russian government notification. Ambassador [John] Tefft expressed his strong disappointment and protest. We have passed the notification back to Washington for review," US embassy spokesperson Maria Olson told The Telegraph. In an elaborate statement posted on her Facebook page, Russia's foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called the US media "zombified" for not knowing how many people work in the US embassy in Russia. She added that the ministry was waiting for a response on how many diplomatic staff are based in Russia. Vladimir Putin, centre, chairs a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday Credit: AP Russia also said it would seize a Moscow-based "dacha" compound and US diplomatic warehouse facilities from August 1 in the preemptive measures against the sanctions, which still have to be approved or vetoed by US president Donald Trump. "Despite constant attacks from Washington we have behaved responsibly and reservedly, having ignored obvious provocations thus far. But recent events mean that certain circles in the United States opted for Russophobia and open confrontation with our country," a statement from the foreign ministry read. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017 Credit: SPUTNIK The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to the press on Friday that the move was authorised by Russian president Vladimir Putin, who said on Thursday that it was "impossible to tolerate constant boorishness" from the US in regards to the sanctions. Russian media outlets compared the move to the Obama administration's expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats in December 2016 and the seizure of two Russian diplomatic compounds in New York and Maryland, in response to suspected Russian meddling in the US election. Jared Kushner speaks out after Senate hearing on Russia 00:30 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposed at the time to expel 35 US diplomats from Russia and seize some of the US embassy property in retaliation, but was overruled by Mr Putin who said he was unwilling to resort to "irresponsible diplomacy," and would wait to see what measure were taken by the new Trump administration. Reducing personnel of the US diplomatic corps in Russia will, without a doubt, complicate the relationship between the two countries, says Adam Smith, former director for multilateral affairs on the National Security Council and former senior advisor to the director of the US treasury department's office of foreign assets Control. "There are other economic tools," Mr Smith, who is now a partner at Gibsonn Dunn law firm, told The Telegraph. "There are companies that depend on Russian goods, and Russia is still a major energy producer. But in using economic tools, Russia risks potentially being collateral damage." The announced measures are "the least painful" for both sides, added Russian international affairs analyst Vladimir Frolov. "Expelling diplomats does not scar relations too deep and don't interfere with major interests. It is easy to back down on such measures," Mr Frolov told The Telegraph in written comments.
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| In gang-plagued New York town, some are wary of Trump visit Posted: 27 Jul 2017 07:56 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Friday will visit a New York suburb traumatized by the violent street gang MS-13, which he has pledged to wipe out, but many in the Long Island community of Brentwood are wary of his motives. The gang, which is largely Salvadoran, has killed 17 people here over the past year and a half. Around 70 percent of the 60,000 people in Brentwood are Latinos, mainly from Central America, and many are living in the US illegally, without residency papers.
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| Parents of student sue University of Alabama over suicide Posted: 28 Jul 2017 08:22 AM PDT ![Parents of student sue University of Alabama over suicide]( "Parents of student sue University of Alabama over suicide") TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by the parents of a Texas woman who killed herself after reporting she was sexually assaulted while attending the University of Alabama has been amended to include the school as a defendant.
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| Elon Musk Previews Tesla Model 3 Launch Event, And It Looks Huge Posted: 28 Jul 2017 02:27 AM PDT  The Tesla event of the year.
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| Texas executes man who stabbed woman to death at her home Posted: 27 Jul 2017 07:48 PM PDT ![Texas executes man who stabbed woman to death at her home]( "Texas executes man who stabbed woman to death at her home") Texas executed on Thursday a man convicted of murdering a woman by stabbing her repeatedly after breaking into her San Antonio home in 2004. TaiChin Preyor, 46, died by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville, a prisons official said. The execution was delayed for more than three hours to allow the U.S. Supreme Court time to hear an appeal from Preyor's lawyer to spare his life, which the court rejected.
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| Firing Russia special counsel could sink Trump: Republican senator Posted: 27 Jul 2017 01:07 PM PDT  If Donald Trump fires the special prosecutor investigating his team's ties to alleged Russian meddling in the US election, it could mark "the beginning of the end" of the billionaire's presidency, a senior Republican lawmaker warned Thursday. Senator Lindsey Graham, who briefly ran against Trump in the Republican presidential primary, also insisted there would be "holy hell to pay" if Trump were to sack his embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The fiery remarks signal that members of Trump's own party have grown increasingly irritated by possible efforts by the president to tamp down the Russia investigations.
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| IS claims deadly attack in Syria against US-backed force Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:09 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants have carried out a deadly attack on U.S.-backed forces in Syria, killing and wounding many fighters and civilians, Syrian monitors and an IS-linked media outlet said Friday.
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| Baidu rebounds in Q2 with 83% jump in net income Posted: 28 Jul 2017 03:29 AM PDT  Chinese internet giant Baidu said Friday that its net income had soared 83 percent in the second quarter -- a strong recovery from tumbling profits in 2016 thanks to drastic spending cuts. The figure far exceeds analysts' estimates of 2.9 billion yuan, and is a sign of Baidu's recovery after authorities cracked down on its online advertising business, the company's primary revenue stream. Total revenues in the second quarter were 20.9 billion yuan ($3.08 billion), a 14.3 percent increase from the same period in 2016.
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| Victims Identified In Utah Plane Crash Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:42 PM PDT  Officials at the Federal Aviation Administration launched an investigation into the Wednesday crash.
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| American Airlines launches baggage alert system for bags gone astray Posted: 28 Jul 2017 02:53 AM PDT  American Airlines has launched a new baggage alert system that will inform customers about the status of their luggage and save them from waiting around at baggage carrousel.
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| Who is serial killer Joanna Dennehy? Posted: 27 Jul 2017 01:12 AM PDT  Psychopathic serial killer Joanna Dennehy is serving a whole life sentence for murdering three men before randomly selecting and attempting to kill two others. But who is she and how did the Home Counties schoolgirl become a cold-blooded killer? Who is Joanna Dennehy? Joanna Dennehy Credit: AP Photo/ Cambridgeshire Police Dennehy murdered Lukasz Slaboszewski, Kevin Lee and John Chapman in and around Peterborough over a 10-day period in March 2013. Police launched a nationwide hunt to find her after the bodies were discovered in remote ditches in Cambridgeshire, but she went on to drive 140 miles to Hereford where she repeatedly stabbed two dog walkers entirely at random. Miraculously they survived. Born in 1982 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, she was raised in a four-bedroom house in the affluent commuter town of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. A regular fixture on the school hockey and netball teams, the mother-of-two doesn't fit the bill of an archetypal serial killer. However she has been diagnosed with several psychopathic and anti-social disorders, including borderline personality disorder. After her arrest she was also diagnosed with paraphilia sadomasochism, where sexual excitement is derived from pain and humiliation. With a history of low-level crime, she was continuously on the police's radar. However no one could have guessed she was to become one of Britain's most notorious killers. Who were her victims? Lukasz Slaboszewski Lukasz Slaboszewski Credit: SWNS.com Her first victim was Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, a Polish national. Dennehy had met Slaboszewski just days before killing him, at a property in Orton Goldhay, Peterborough on or soon after March 19. He had told friends he had met an "English girlfriend" and it is thought he went to meet Dennehy expecting sex. After being coaxed to meet Dennehy by a series of text messages, the killer stabbed Slaboszewski in the heart before storing his body in a wheelie bin - at one point smirking as she showed the corpse to a teenage girl. John Chapman John Chapman Credit: SWNS.com Dennehy's second victim was John Chapman, who she killed on 29 March. The 56-year-old Falklands veteran lived at a bedsit in the same run-down property as her. High on drink and drugs, he was "at the mercy" of Dennehy as she stabbed him to death. After Dennehy killed him, jurors at Cambridge Crown Court heard that she contacted her accomplice, the 7ft 3in Gary Richards - also known as Gary Stretch - and told him: "Oops, I've done it again." With the help of Stretch and friend Leslie Layton, she then transported the bodies in a car registered in the false company name Undertakers and Sons, before burying them. Kevin Lee Kevin Lee Credit: Newsteam Later that day Dennehy murdered her third victim, her landlord and lover Kevin Lee, 48. Stabbed in the neck and chest, Lee's body - wearing a black sequin dress and arranged in a sexual pose - was discovered in a roadside ditch near Newborough on March 30. Four days later, a farmer found the corpses of Slaboszewski and Chapman in a remote dyke five miles away. Lee, a married father-of-two, apparently once likened the serial killer to "Uma Thurman from Kill Bill and the woman from the Terminator". During the trial, Mr Justice Spencer told Dennehy: "The way in which his body was dumped was part of the playing out of your sexual and sadistic motivation." Robin Bereza and John Rogers As police launched a triple murder investigation and appealed for information about their whereabouts, Dennehy, Stretch and friend Mark Lloyd went on the run, driving to Hereford. Dennehy made it clear to the men she wanted "a man with a dog"; upon seeing Robin Bereza, 64, walking his dog she jumped out of the car and launched a frenzied attack on the retired firefighter. Describing the attack, Mark Lloyd said in court: "I thought she was going to mug him but then it twigged on me. I thought 'You just want blood'." After driving on, Dennehy then targeted John Rogers, 56, who was walking his pet lurcher. Both men suffered severe injuries but survived the attacks. Afterwards she climbed back into the car carrying Rogers' whippet and told the pair: "It's me only friend." Dennehy's accomplice, Gary Stretch Credit: SWNS.com What led her to kill? At the time of the murders neighbours claimed Dennehy had been involved in a row over the rented property she was living in. Slaboszewski and Chapman were said to have lived with Dennehy in a shared house, which was owned by property developer Mr Lee. All of her victims had been stabbed repeatedly with a 3in (9cm) pocket knife which, by the end of her spree, was apparently black with blood Credit: SWNS.com Mr Lee had been trying to evict Slaboszewski, Chapman and Dennehy in the weeks before the killings. Toni Roberts, who used to live in the house, told the court that the tenants had been served an eviction notice by him ordering them out by April 25 so the house could be renovated. The court was told that the serial killer then had a "thirst for blood" and while on the journey to Hereford the court heard that Dennehy told Stretch and Lloyd: "I want to have my fun", bragged that she and Stretch were "like Bonnie and Clyde" and said she "wanted nine victims". How was she caught? Dennehy was caught after two days on the run, on the day she attacked Bereza and Rogers and the day before the bodies of Slaboszewski and Chapman were found. Police used CCTV footage of the killer as she was driven across the country, as well as when she stopped to buy tobacco and at a service station. Upon her arrest, Dennehy was soon assessed as a psychiatric risk and taken to a mental health unit. Dennehy while on the run Credit: SWNS.com What happened in court? Judge Mr Justice Spencer told the Old Bailey on the day she was sentenced: "Within the space of ten days you murdered three men in cold blood. Although you pleaded guilty, you've made it quite clear you have no remorse." He added: "You are a cruel, calculating, selfish and manipulative serial killer." The judge described how Dennehy had sent him a letter saying she was not sorry for the murders. Joanna Dennehy Credit: Priscilla Coleman/MB Media He added that she told a psychiatrist: "I killed to see how I would feel, to see if I was as cold as I thought I was, then it got more-ish." Dennehy was ordered to serve the rest of her life in prison, while the killer laughed and smirked. She is one of just three women - alongside Myra Hindley, who is now deceased, and Rosemary West - in English history to be told that she can never be released. Stretch, Layton and Robert Moore, who provided accommodation to the killer for two nights, were also sentenced for helping in her killing spree. Joanna Dennehy: Killing for Kicks airs on Thursday 27 July on Channel 5 at 9pm
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| If Comcast buys Verizon, we should all give up and go home Posted: 27 Jul 2017 04:28 PM PDT 
The market for home internet in the US is already absurdly non-competitive. Barely 80 percent of Americans have a choice of providers for high-speed internet at home, a figure that means that you're likely living in a regional internet monopoly. But hey, maybe you should count yourself lucky. An industry analyst, Jason Bazinet from Citigroup, has penned an opinion saying that Comcast should pull a blockbuster deal and buy Verizon for around $215 billion.
A deal like that would probably make a huge amount of money for both companies. Comcast would finally have access to a wireless network (the nation's biggest, for that matter!), and it could fulfill the capitalist dream of tying customers into wireless, internet, and cable services. There are other economies of scale for a hypothetical Vericast: both Comcast and Verizon need to work out ways to build out high-speed gigabit connections to households in the next decade, and combining forces would make things much cheaper; Comcast recently bought spectrum licenses in the new 600MHz band, which Verizon could use to build out its network further; and possibly most tellingly, tax incentives and regulatory loosening by the Trump administration and the new-look FCC -- run by former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai! -- would make a mammoth merger possible. But just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should. Vericast/Satan's ISP would be comfortably the largest ISP in the US, with the power and scale to take on smaller ISP monopolies like Spectrum or CenturyLink. Tiny local internet providers wouldn't stand a chance. In any normal world, a government would stand in the way of a total takeover of a precious national resource by the country's most-hated brand. But right now, it's possible -- and the potential profits has Wall Street visibly salivating.
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| Science journalist retires at 98 and warns of generation of Americans who suffer from a thinking 'disability’ Posted: 28 Jul 2017 03:46 AM PDT  A 98-year-old US science journalist, who has finally decided to retire, has said a generation of Americans are suffering from a "major disability in what they can think about and understand". David Perlman, who has not only won awards but had them named after him, said this was one reason why so many people refused to recognise climate change was real. Speaking to the website of the Poynter Institute, which trains the media, The San Francisco Chronicle journalist described cuts in science coverage by newspapers as "absolutely obscene".
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| Wife of Zimbabwe's leader says Mugabe should name successor Posted: 27 Jul 2017 10:43 AM PDT  Zimbabwe's first lady on Thursday publicly urged her 93-year-old husband to name a successor, wading into a subject that President Robert Mugabe has regarded as taboo.
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| Foxconn hands Walker 'grand slam home run' Posted: 27 Jul 2017 07:43 AM PDT  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker just got what may be the biggest political boost of his career, and it couldn't have come at a much better time.
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| Romania blocks Russia minister plane to Moldova Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:45 AM PDT  Romania on Friday sparked fury in Moscow by blocking a Moldova-bound plane carrying a senior Russian minister entering its airspace because of an EU travel ban over the Ukraine crisis. The foreign ministry in Bucharest confirmed to AFP that the passenger jet carrying deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin was "not allowed to fly over Romanian airspace".
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| Electric-car battery progress: incremental improvements, not revolutionary leaps Posted: 27 Jul 2017 08:10 AM PDT  The report that Toyota is planning an electric car with a solid-state battery for 2022 has led some fans and advocates to suggest huge new leaps in electric cars are imminent.
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| Firefighters rescue Ohio woman entangled by boa constrictor Posted: 28 Jul 2017 08:09 AM PDT ![Firefighters rescue Ohio woman entangled by boa constrictor]( "Firefighters rescue Ohio woman entangled by boa constrictor") SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman called 911 in a panic Thursday afternoon with ample reason: A 5 1/2-foot long boa constrictor she had rescued a day earlier had wrapped itself around her neck, was biting her face and wouldn't let go.
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| One dead, seven hurt after thrown from ride at Ohio fair Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:10 PM PDT ![One dead, seven hurt after thrown from ride at Ohio fair]( "One dead, seven hurt after thrown from ride at Ohio fair") The accident at the fair, which opened on Wednesday in Columbus, occurred when a section of open-air seating snapped off the "Fire Ball" ride, they said. "It's a very tough day and a very tough night for the people of our state," Ohio Governor John Kasich told a news conference, describing the incident as a tragedy. The seats on the Fire Ball are in a circular configuration at the end of an arm that swings riders in a pendulum motion as they are being spun.
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| Venezuelan opposition in final protest push ahead of Sunday vote Posted: 28 Jul 2017 04:13 PM PDT  By Hugh Bronstein CARACAS (Reuters) - Rock-throwing Venezuelans braved tear gas and rainstorms on Friday, blocking streets in protest against a legislative super-body to be elected on Sunday that critics call a plan by President Nicolas Maduro to create a dictatorship. The imminent election of a constituent assembly has been broadly condemned by countries around the world as a weakening of democratic governance in the OPEC nation, which is also struggling under a crippling economic crisis. Opposition demonstrators said urgency was increasing as they set up barricades along main roads in the capital, Caracas, pelted by sheets of rain and teargas canisters fired by police.
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| McDonald’s Responds To Photos Of Moldy Ice Cream Tray Posted: 27 Jul 2017 12:59 PM PDT  These photos are not what you want to see at a restaurant.
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| Deadly accident at the Ohio State Fair Posted: 27 Jul 2017 07:36 AM PDT ![Deadly accident at the Ohio State Fair]( "Deadly accident at the Ohio State Fair") The Ohio State Fair will open Thursday one day after a man was killed and seven other people were injured when a thrill ride broke apart, but the rides won't be running until they all are deemed safe, officials state. Video captured by a bystander at the fair Wednesday evening shows the Fire Ball ride swinging back and forth like a pendulum and spinning in the air when it crashes into something and part of the ride flies off. Ohio State Medical Center said three of the injured were being treated there.
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| Animals evacuated to Turkey from 'neglected' Syria zoo Posted: 28 Jul 2017 01:26 PM PDT  An international animal welfare charity was on Friday completing the evacuation of a dozen animals stranded in a neglected zoo in the conflict-torn Aleppo province of northern Syria. The Four Paws group was seeking to move two lions and two domestic dogs from the "Magic World" zoo and amusement park in Syria over the border into Turkey and then to an animal protection centre in the north of the country, a spokesman for the charity told AFP. The convoy with the animals crossed the Syria-Turkey border late Friday and was now on their way to the animal protection facility in Karacabey, outside the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa, said spokesman Martin Bauer.
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| President Trump Goes to War With His Staff Posted: 27 Jul 2017 01:28 PM PDT  Reince Priebus is increasingly under fire
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