| Don Lemon unloads after Trump speech: 'Total eclipse of the facts' Posted: 23 Aug 2017 07:04 AM PDT  Trump's Phoenix rally leaves CNN panel questioning his fitness for office. Former intelligence chief James Clapper called his remarks "scary and disturbing."
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| After 'Unhinged' Rally, Worry About Trump Having Nuclear Codes Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:33 PM PDT  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says he's questioning Trump's fitness to lead after his Phoenix rally. Lawrence O'Donnell talks to fmr. Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin.
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| Headless body found in Danish waters is missing journalist Kim Wall, police say Posted: 22 Aug 2017 11:25 PM PDT  The headless body of a woman found in Danish waters is that of a Swedish journalist who authorities believe died aboard an inventor's homemade submarine, police said Wednesday. "The DNA of the torso matches that of Kim Wall," Danish police announced on Twitter, saying more details would be given at a news conference on Wednesday morning. The female torso, with head and limbs missing, was found on Monday in Koge Bay, around 50 km (30 miles) south of Copenhagen. Divers from the Danish Defence Command is preparing for a dive in Koge Bugt near Amager in Copenhagen, Denmark Credit: EPA The 30-year-old Wall, a freelance journalist who had reported for The Guardian and The New York Times, had not been seen since boarding Danish inventor Peter Madsen's submarine on August 10 to interview him for a story. She was reported missing a day later. The same day, Madsen was rescued from waters between Denmark and Sweden shortly before his submarine sank. Danish submarine owner and inventor Peter Madsen after landing with the help of the Danish defense in Dragor Harbor south of Copenhagen, Denmark Credit: EPA Madsen, whose website describes him as an "inventepreneur", initially told authorities that he dropped Wall off on an island late on the evening of August 10. But he changed his story several days later when he appeared in court, saying Wall died in an accident on board and that he dumped the body at sea in an undefined location of the Koge Bay. The privately owned submarine Nautilus is carried out of Copenhagen harbor on a truck for further forensic police investigation Credit: Corbis via Getty Images Police have since said they believe Madsen, 46, "deliberately" sank the sub. It was brought to the surface and searched, but found to be empty. Investigators are not convinced by Madsen's latest account and suspect him of negligent manslaughter.
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| U.S. Navy relieves Seventh Fleet commander in wake of collisions in Asia Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:57 AM PDT  WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Wednesday said it had removed Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin after a series of collisions involving its warships in Asia as the search goes on for 10 sailors missing since the latest mishap. Aucoin's removal comes after a pre-dawn collision between a guided-missile destroyer and a merchant vessel east of Singapore and Malaysia on Monday, the fourth major incident in the U.S. Pacific Fleet this year. "Admiral Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, today relieved the commander of Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command," the U.S. Navy said in a press release.
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| 800-Year-Old Coffin Breaks After Some Genius Tries To Put A Kid Inside It Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:44 PM PDT  An 800-year-old coffin smashed to the floor of a U.K. museum last week after someone reportedly tried to put a child inside it for a photo.
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| College Student Dies After Suffering Altitude Sickness While Hiking Colorado Mountains Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:10 PM PDT  Susanna DeForest, 20, of Pennsylvania, was hiking with friends on the Conundrum Creek Trail when she fell ill Thursday, authorities said.
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| U.S. Warns Cancun Travelers of Rise in Homicides at Resorts Posted: 23 Aug 2017 10:39 AM PDT  Quintana Roo alone has seen 169 murders this year
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| Harley-Davidson Rolls Out 17 Stunning New Models Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:19 PM PDT  Harley-Davidson Rolls Out 17 Stunning New Models Softails get complete overhaul, Touring Bikes get new CVO options, Dynas get the axe. Remember back in February when Harley CEO Matt Levatich told the motorcycling press that the Motor Company planned to
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| Tense scene as Trump supporters meet protesters in Arizona Posted: 22 Aug 2017 06:27 PM PDT  Temperatures and tempers ran hot as President Trump prepared to hold a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday evening.
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| What We Know About the U.S.'s New Nuclear Missile Posted: 23 Aug 2017 06:16 AM PDT  The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent will replace the venerable Minuteman III ICBM, but does the Air Force even need it?
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| Armed police shoot suspected gunman ending restaurant siege in Charleston, South Carolina Posted: 24 Aug 2017 01:31 PM PDT  A fired dishwasher shot and killed a chef and held a "small number" of people hostage for about three hours before he was shot by police at a crowded restaurant in a tourist-heavy area of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday, authorities and one of the restaurant's owners said. The hostages were freed with no injuries, Mayor John Tecklenburg said. The shooting took place at Virginia's restaurant on the usually crowded King Street, a line of shops and nice dining that caters to both tourists and residents in South Carolina's largest and most historic city. Mr Tecklenburg quickly said the shooting was "the act of a disgruntled employee" and not a terrorist attack or a hate crime in a city where nine black church members were killed by a white man two years ago. Bystanders wait at a police perimeter Credit: Reuters "This was a tragic case of a disturbed individual, I think, with a history of some mental health challenges," he said at a news conference. Authorities did not release the names of the gunman or the employee he killed, and would not specify the number of hostages who had been held. The shooting was reported shortly after noon Thursday. Peter Siegert, 73, and his son Peter Siegert IV, 45, were quoted by The Post and Courier of Charleston as saying that just after several waitresses and kitchen workers walked out the door without saying a word, a man in an apron with a gun came out of the kitchen and locked the front door. "'I am the new king of Charleston,"' the Siegerts quoted the man as saying. The man told diners to get on the floor and move to the back of the restaurant. The Siegerts said they escaped out a back door and didn't know how many people were left behind. One of the restaurant's owners, John Aquino, told WCSC-TV that a dishwasher who had been fired came back to the restaurant and shot a chef to get revenge. The restaurant was packed with a lunchtime crowd and the first officers to arrive were able to get the man who was shot and a number of diners out safely, interim Charleston Police Chief Jerome Taylor said. 9:07PM Siege ends after police shoot suspected gunman The mayor says a hostage situation in a Charleston, South Carolina, restaurant has ended with the gunman being shot by police. Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said the restaurant employee shot by the gunman Thursday has died. Interim Charleston Police Chief Jerome Taylor says all the hostages at Virginia's restaurant were rescued safely. He didn't say how many there were. Mr Tecklenburg says the man who took the hostages is in critical condition. Authorities did not release the names of the gunman or the man killed. 8:22PM Wounded person rushed to ambulance NEW video from the scene in downtown Charleston as medics rush someone to an ambulance. https://t.co/hqX7IdwrNy#chsnewspic.twitter.com/gKLZ66xa2I— WCBD (@WCBD) August 24, 2017 8:04PM Owner says suspect is 'fired dishwasher' An owner of a South Carolina restaurant where a gunman was holding hostages says he's been told the man is a dishwasher who was angry with and shot a male chef. John Aquino told WCSC-TV that he thinks the gunman was fired and came back to Virginia's in downtown Charleston on Thursday to get revenge. Aquino says he doesn't know how badly the chef was injured. 8:03PM 'Shooter down' Police breaking down perimeter, allowing people closer to scene. One officer told citizens shooter is down. #chsnews— Andrew Knapp (@offlede) August 24, 2017 Police have begun taking down the perimeter they put up to protect public. 7:37PM 'Loud bang' Reporters on the scene say they have heard some kind of loud bang. Loud bang heard at Charleston shooting site. #chsnews— Andrew Knapp (@offlede) August 24, 2017 7:21PM Police warn residents to avoid area King btwn Calhoun & Morris blocked to motorist & pedestrian traffic active shooter in 400 block of King people to avoid the area.— Charleston P.D. (@CharlestonPD) August 24, 2017 7:17PM 'Man came out of kitchen' Tom and Patsy Plant told The Post and Courier of Charleston they were eating at Virginia's restaurant and saw a man come out of the kitchen with a gun in his hand who said, "There's a new boss in town." The man looked like "an ordinary grandpa, but he had a crazy look," the couple said. They were able to escape out a back door. 7:16PM Memories of a hate crime The location of the shooting immediately raised fears of a hate crime. The site is a few blocks away from Emanuel AME church, where nine black members of a church were killed by a white man during a June 2015 Bible study. Dylann Roof was sentenced to death in the case. 7:09PM Bomb squad on scene Charleston PD bomb squad has arrived at shooting site on King Street. #chsnewspic.twitter.com/3eFpq6jYdK— Andrew Knapp (@offlede) August 24, 2017 7:05PM Two hostages Police say two hostages remain inside the restaurant and negotiators are moving into place. 7:02PM 'The new king of Charleston' The Post and Courier newspaper says the incident is centred on Virginia's restaurant. Peter Siegert, 73, and his son Peter Siegert IV, 45, both of Maryland, were eating at Virginia's when two waitresses and three kitchen staff members marched through the restaurant and out the front door without saying anything. An older black man wearing an apron and dressed like a kitchen staff member walked through the front door holding a small caliber revolver. He locked the door and said "I am the new king of Charleston." 6:59PM Police have taken up positions in the street DEVELOPING: Police are responding to an active shooting in downtown Charleston, S.C.; reports of hostage situation https://t.co/ibtMQH9mzmpic.twitter.com/Q8kbQbMuN1— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 24, 2017 6:58PM One person wounded The mayor also confirmed at least one person was shot and taken to a local hospital. 6:57PM Suspect is 'disgruntled former employee' John Tecklenburg, Charleston mayor, said the gunman appeared to be a disgrunted former employee and that there was no suggestion of any terror connection.
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| France's Charlie Hebdo publishes provocative Islam cartoon Posted: 23 Aug 2017 07:44 AM PDT  French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published a provocative front-page cartoon about Islam and the recent terror attacks in Spain on Wednesday, sparking fears that it could encourage Islamophobia. Critics of Charlie Hebdo saw its front-page cartoon as tarring an entire religion, practised by around 1.5 billion people worldwide, by implying it is inherently violent. As the cartoon became one of the top trending topics on Twitter in France -- with more than 15,000 tweets praising or criticising it -- prominent Socialist MP and former minister Stephane Le Foll called it "extremely dangerous".
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| California woman feared husband who killed her, took son Posted: 23 Aug 2017 08:54 PM PDT  SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A California man who killed his ex-wife and fled with his 9-year-old son had battled with her over money and their former home, according to court documents.
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| Mom Who Criticized Louise Linton: She Doesn't Know 'What Everyday Americans Deal With' Posted: 23 Aug 2017 05:19 PM PDT  "I don't think she has any idea what everyday Americans deal with"
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| U.S. may sanction four countries for refusing deportees: DHS Posted: 23 Aug 2017 07:45 PM PDT ![U.S. may sanction four countries for refusing deportees: DHS]( "U.S. may sanction four countries for refusing deportees: DHS") The United States could impose additional penalties on four unidentified countries that do not cooperate with requests to return their citizens, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman said Wednesday. The State Department and the DHS can sanction countries that do not cooperate with removals, but has only used that punishment authority twice in the past 15 years. The current 12 countries deemed recalcitrant are China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, Iran, Cambodia, Myanmar, Morocco, Hong Kong, South Sudan, Guinea and Eritrea.
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| Barack Obama's speeches watched by millions more than Donald Trump's, viewing figures reveal Posted: 24 Aug 2017 08:21 AM PDT  Former US President Barack Obama's speeches were watched by millions more than Donald Trump's, viewing figures have revealed. Roughly 30.6 million people tuned in to watch the former real estate mogul as he was inaugurated as the 45th US president. Nearly 28 million Americans watched Mr Trump's Afghanistan speech on Monday, 32 per cent fewer viewers than Mr Obama's in 2009.
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| Firefighters BBQ Sausages Made of Pigs They Rescued From Fire, Then Land in Hot Water Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:15 PM PDT  The fire department apologized and took down the offending sausage images.
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| Mystery deaths of HL Hunley submarine crew solved - they accidentally killed themselves Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:00 AM PDT  The mystery of how the crew of one of the world's first submarines died has finally been solved - they accidentally killed themselves. The HL Hunley sank on February 17 1864 after torpedoing the USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, during American Civil War. She was one of the first submarines ever to be used in conflict, and the first to sink a battleship. It was assumed the blast had ruptured the sub, drowning its occupants, but when the Hunley was raised in 2000, salvage experts were amazed to find the eight-man crew poised as if they had been caught completely unawares by the tragedy. All were still sitting in their posts and there was no evidence that they had attempted to flee the foundering vessel. The submarine being raised in 2000 Credit: US Navy Now researchers at Duke University believe they have the answer. Three years of experiments on a mini-test sub have shown that the torpedo blast would have created a shockwave great enough to instantly rupture the blood vessels in the lungs and brains of the submariners. "This is the characteristic trauma of blast victims, they call it 'blast lung,'" Dr Rachel Lance. "You have an instant fatality that leaves no marks on the skeletal remains. Unfortunately, the soft tissues that would show us what happened have decomposed in the past hundred years." The Hunley's torpedo was not a self-propelled bomb, but a copper keg of 135 pounds of gunpowder held ahead and slightly below the Hunley's bow on a 16-foot pole called a spar The sub rammed this spar into the enemy ship's hull and the bomb exploded. The furthest any of the crew was from the blast was about 42 feet. The shockwave of the blast travelled about 1500 meters per second in water, and 340 m/sec in air, the researchers calculate. The bodies of the crew were found sitting in their positions around the central crankshaft which made the submarine move Credit: Reuters While a normal blast shockwave travelling in air should last less than 10 milliseconds, Lance calculated that the Hunley crew's lungs were subjected to 60 milliseconds or more of trauma. "That creates kind of a worst case scenario for the lungs," added Dr Lance. "Shear forces would tear apart the delicate structures where the blood supply meets the air supply, filling the lungs with blood and killing the crew instantly. "It's likely they also suffered traumatic brain injuries from being so close to such a large blast. "All the physical evidence points to the crew taking absolutely no action in response to a flood or loss of air. If anyone had survived, they may have tried to release the keel ballast weights, set the bilge pumps to pump water, or tried to get out the hatches, but none of these actions were taken." A painting of the HL Hunley Credit: Conrad Wise Chapman The fate of the crew of the 40-foot Hunley remained a mystery until 1995, when the submarine was discovered about 300 meters away from the Housatonic's resting place. Raised in 2000, the submarine is currently undergoing study and conservation in Charleston by a team of Clemson University scientists. Initially, the discovery of the submarine only seemed to deepen the mystery. The crewmen's skeletons were found still at their stations along a hand-crank that drove the cigar-shaped craft. They suffered no broken bones, the bilge pumps had not been used and the air hatches were closed. Except for a hole in one conning tower and a small window that may have been broken, the sub was remarkably intact. Speculation about their deaths has included suffocation and drowning. The new study involved repeatedly setting blasts near a scale model, shooting authentic weapons at historically accurate iron plate and calculating human respiration and the transmission of blast energy. The research was published in PLOS ONE.
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| Fleeing Maduro critic says Venezuela now lawless Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:13 PM PDT  Brasília (AFP) - Venezuela's fugitive former top prosecutor resurfaced in Brazil on Wednesday claiming to possess "a lot" of proof of President Nicolas Maduro's corruption and warning that her life remains in danger. Days after a dramatic escape from chaotic Venezuela, Luisa Ortega, 59, turned up the heat on Maduro, who has asked Interpol to issue a "red notice" warrant for the arrest of his critic. Ortega -- speaking at a crime-fighting conference in the Brazilian capital with representatives from the Latin American regional trading alliance Mercosur -- said Maduro enriched himself in a massive corruption scheme uncovered at Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht.
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| Massachusetts Woman, 53, Wins Massive Powerball Jackpot And Promptly Quits Job Posted: 24 Aug 2017 10:40 AM PDT  The winner of the $758.7 million Powerball lottery came forward on Thursday. Wanczyk said she's already informed her employer of 32 years, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, that she won't be coming back to work. It is the largest grand prize won by a single lottery ticket in U.S. history, according to Powerball Product Group Chair Charlie McIntyre.
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| Teen tells judge he bought tiger cub on streets of Mexico Posted: 24 Aug 2017 03:19 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California teenager who says he bought a Bengal tiger cub on the streets of Tijuana for $300 was arrested when he tried to bring it into the United States in his 2017 Chevy Camaro.
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| Me, My Liberal Wife and What Happened When We Went to a Gun Range Posted: 24 Aug 2017 03:57 AM PDT  'She wanted to protect herself from the people who had guns to protect themselves'
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| Pakistan rejects role of 'scapegoat for U.S. failures' in Afghanistan Posted: 23 Aug 2017 07:23 AM PDT  By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan has rejected U.S. criticism of its efforts to fight terrorism, saying it should not be made a scapegoat for the failure of the U.S. military to win the war in Afghanistan. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his policy for Afghanistan on Monday, stepping up the military campaign against Taliban insurgents and singling out Pakistan for harboring them. U.S. officials later warned that aid to Pakistan might be cut and Washington might downgrade nuclear-armed Pakistan's status as a major non-NATO ally, in order to pressure it to do more to help bring about an end to America's longest-running war.
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| US to limit visas from 4 nations that won't take deportees Posted: 24 Aug 2017 10:25 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is poised to impose visa restrictions on four Asian and African nations refusing to take back their citizens who've been deported from the United States, officials said Thursday.
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| Qatar defies Saudi Arabia by restoring diplomatic ties with Iran Posted: 24 Aug 2017 12:32 PM PDT  Qatar has defied Saudi Arabia by strengthening its diplomatic ties with Iran - rather than cutting them back as Saudi Arabia and its allies have demanded. Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states have been blockading Qatar since early June and have demanded that Qatar curb its ties with Iran, as well as shut down its al-Jazeera television network and expel extremists from its territory. Rather than give in to the blockading countries' demands, Qatar announced on Thursday that it was restoring full diplomatic relations with Iran and sending its ambassador back to Tehran for the first time since 2016. "The state of Qatar expressed its aspiration to strengthen bilateral relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all fields," The Qatari foreign ministry said. There was no immediate response from Saudi Arabia or its allies in Bahrain, UAE and Egypt to the diplomatic move. Qatar has been under blockade for nearly three months Credit: REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo The act of defiance came amid suspicions among Qatar's leaders that Saudi Arabia might be trying to engineer a palace coup against its emir, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. Their fears were raised after Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, met with an obscure Qatari royal for in Jeddah last week. The royal, Abdullah al-Thani, has no role in the Qatari government and is from a branch of the royal family that was pushed out of power during a 1972 coup. Abdullah had previously lived in Saudi Arabia and at the meeting spoke warmly of "brotherly relations rooted in history" between the two countries. Prince Mohammed responded by opening the Saudi land border to Muslim pilgrims from Qatar who wanted to make the Hajj journey to Mecca, and offering to fly other pilgrims directly to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's powerful Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) met with a relatively unknown Qatari royal, Abdullah bin Ali bin Jassim al-Thani Credit: HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images The unusual meeting between the powerful Saudi and the little-known Qatari quickly prompted suspicions in Doha that Prince Mohammed might be hoping to install Abdullah or someone else from his family as Qatar's new leader. Gerd Nonneman, a professor of International Relations and Gulf Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar, said the meeting was more likely intended as a "propaganda ploy" by Saudi Arabia intended to "needle the Qatari leadership". While Saudi Arabia and Iran are archrivals - and are opposing sides in conflicts across the Middle East - there are some indications of a slight thaw. The two countries foreign ministers met recently and the two sides are planning mutual diplomatic visits next month for the first time since January 2016. Diplomatic relations collapsed after Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran in protest at Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shia cleric. Both sides withdrew their diplomats during the crisis and Qatar pulled out its own ambassador in solidarity with Saudi Arabia. A group of Saudi diplomats will visit Tehran to inspect the country's embassy there while a group of Iranians will do the same in Riyadh.
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| Remains Found in Aruba Found to Be Woman of Eastern European Descent, Just Like Natalee Holloway Posted: 24 Aug 2017 01:18 PM PDT  Aruban authorities claim the remains are not human at all.
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| Calif. Dad Who Murdered Son After Disneyland Trip Is Confronted at Sentencing by Boy’s Mom Posted: 24 Aug 2017 02:07 PM PDT  A California man who recently pleaded guilty to murdering his 5-year-old son three months ago following a trip to Disneyland has been sentenced to 25 years to life, PEOPLE confirms.
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| Florida Executes White Man For Killing Black Victim For First Time Ever Posted: 24 Aug 2017 01:52 PM PDT  The state of Florida is about to do something it hasn't done since reinstating the death penalty in 1976: Execute a white man for killing a black man.
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| Massive Washington Salmon Escape Blamed On Solar Eclipse Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:07 PM PDT  Eclipse and the tide, salmon farming company says high tide and fast current caused failure of net pens.
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| Islamic State asks Hezbollah, Syrian Army for withdrawal from Syria-Lebanon border: source Posted: 24 Aug 2017 04:03 AM PDT  Islamic State has asked the Syrian Army and its ally Hezbollah to let it withdraw from Syria's border with Lebanon to the eastern province of Deir al-Zor, an official in the pro-Assad military alliance said on Thursday. Syrian government forces and their Lebanese ally, Iranian-backed Hezbollah, are trying to oust Islamic State militants from the western Qalamoun region of Syria on Lebanon's border.
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| Trump Dossier Researcher 'Stands By' Explosive Findings Posted: 23 Aug 2017 08:36 AM PDT  Glenn Simpson, whose firm compiled an infamous dossier on Donald Trump, spent more than 10 hours talking with Senate investigators.
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| Police officer pictured comforting refugee during eviction protests in Rome Posted: 24 Aug 2017 08:16 AM PDT  A rare moment of tenderness is exchanged between an Italian policeman and a refugee woman as police fired water cannons at migrants protesting their eviction from a building in Rome. The officer intervened to comfort the crying woman as some refugees threw bottles, stones and even gas canisters at police, who responded with jets of water. The clashes broke out in the capital's Piazza Indipendenza, where refugees, many of them Eritreans who have fled one of Africa's most brutal regimes, have been camped out for days. Italian police use water cannons to disperse migrants in Rome Credit: Ansa The confrontation left the piazza strewn with blankets, mattresses and overturned rubbish bins, while small fires burned on the pavements. Around 400 refugees were evicted at the weekend from a building that they have occupied for the last four years; many had been sleeping rough since. Rome city council said they had been offered alternative accommodation but many of the refugees wanted to remain in the area. Police used water cannons during the protest Credit: Ansa City authorities accused radical Left-wing activists of "infiltrating" the refugees and persuading them to turn down offers of accommodation. Two refugees were arrested – one of them as he was giving an interview to an Italian television station. A Catholic charity, the Missionaries of San Carlo Borromeo, said the refugees were "victims twice over" – once for having fled their homeland in the Horn of Africa and again for the eviction. The refugees, many of them Eritrean, were evicted at the weekend and have been sleeping rough since Credit: Ansa Medecins Sans Frontieres accused the police of using disproportionate force, but the police said they had to deploy water cannons because of the danger of gas canisters exploding. Many Italians are losing patience with the huge number of migrants and refugees their country has taken in over the last few years. So far this year nearly 100,000 have arrived, while last year the figure was 181,000. Around 200,000 migrants are living in state-run reception centres around the country. With neighbouring countries such as France and Austria tightening border controls, the migrants are trapped and Italy feels abandoned by the rest of Europe.
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| Violence in Charlottesville leads to soul-searching at ACLU Posted: 23 Aug 2017 06:31 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with an angry backlash for defending white supremacists' right to march in Charlottesville, the American Civil Liberties Union is confronting a feeling among some of its members that was once considered heresy: Maybe some speech isn't worth defending.
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| 'Disgruntled Employee' Shoots 1 Dead, Takes Hostages In Charleston Posted: 24 Aug 2017 10:42 AM PDT  Police were responding to an active shooter situation in Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday.
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| Nandan Nilekani back at India's Infosys Posted: 24 Aug 2017 10:29 AM PDT  Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani will take over immediately as the company's nonexecutive chairman, the Indian software giant said Thursday, a move to calm investor unrest and steady the share price. Nilekani, one of the cofounders of the company, ran the business from 2002 to 2007 and remains highly respected in the technology world. "Nandan is the ideal leader for Infosys at this stage in the company's development.
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| Casey Anthony Apparently Abandons Caylee’s Gravesite Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:16 AM PDT  The memorial is covered in dirt and overgrown.
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| As anger simmers over killings, Philippine police do house-to-house drug tests Posted: 23 Aug 2017 05:52 AM PDT  By Dondi Tawatao and Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police were knocking on doors in one of Manila's poorest neighborhoods on Wednesday to encourage people to take on-the-spot drug tests, a campaign condemned by rights groups as harassment that could endanger lives. Carrying drug testing kits, police officers accompanied by community officials were seen by Reuters going to houses asking residents if they were willing to submit urine samples. Payatas, one of the most populated sub-districts, or barangays, in the capital's Quezon City neighborhood, has been identified as a crime-prone area with a serious drug problem.
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| Democracy in North Carolina Could Disappear. Is Your State Next? Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:36 AM PDT  State Republicans seek to create a system that would grant them control over elections
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| Anderson Cooper Mocks 'World's Biggest Victim' Donald Trump Posted: 24 Aug 2017 02:04 AM PDT  @andersoncooper is #KeepingThemHonest https://t.co/qrJwn4DIKF
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| Your New Favorite Way To Eat Chicken Parm: In A Crunchwrap! Posted: 23 Aug 2017 04:00 PM PDT  It's sounds so wrong, but it tastes so right.
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