| Edward Snowden Takes On Liz Cheney Over Torture Links To Trump's Pick For CIA Posted: 15 Mar 2018 09:29 PM PDT  National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has jumped into the fray
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| Founder of Blood-Testing Company Charged with Massive Fraud Posted: 14 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PDT  She and her top associate claimed they'd created revolutionary technology.
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| U.S. troops who came under fire from Russian mercenaries prepare for more attacks Posted: 15 Mar 2018 08:48 AM PDT  NBC News' Richard Engel took an exclusive trip inside Eastern Syria with U.S. Special Forces Gen. Jonathan Braga, who said troops would be ready for another attack.
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| The Most Powerful Signs From National School Walkout Day Posted: 15 Mar 2018 11:32 AM PDT  Historically, we've seen what happens when the younger generation comes to take their power
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| More Than $300M in Gold Falls From Sky After Hatch Blows Open on Russian Cargo Plane Posted: 15 Mar 2018 10:18 AM PDT  More than three tons of gold fell from a Russian cargo plane.
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| Saudi crown prince amassing power by hiding his mother Posted: 15 Mar 2018 03:52 AM PDT  The Saudi crown prince who has been a controversial figure is accused to hiding his mother in order to solidify his authority and succession to rule.
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| Hillary Clinton treated at India hospital after suffering minor injury Posted: 16 Mar 2018 06:57 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton required brief medical attention this week after suffering a
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| Everything You Need To Know About The Russian Cyberattacks On The U.S. Electricity Grid Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:22 AM PDT  ## TOP STORIES
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| Woman Charged With Murder of Missouri Police Officer Posted: 15 Mar 2018 06:43 AM PDT  Tammy Dee Widger's home was the site of the fatal shooting
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| Man in car killed by boulder dropped from Pasadena overpass onto 134 Freeway Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:12 AM PDT  Christopher Lopez, 23, was killed when a boulder crashed through the windshield of the car he was riding in with his family in Pasadena.
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| Ukraine war hero accused of parliament attack plot Posted: 15 Mar 2018 09:02 AM PDT  A Ukrainian lawmaker once hailed as a hero and a symbol of resistance against Russia, has been accused of plotting a terrorist attack against the Kiev parliament, authorities said Thursday. Ukraine's General Prosecutor Yury Lutsenko told lawmakers in parliament an investigation had "indisputable evidence" that Nadiya Savchenko planned a "terror attack" on parliament. Parliament on Thursday voted to expel Savchenko from its national security and defence committee.
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| Georgia Ski Lift Malfunction Hurls People Into Air, Injuring 11 Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:49 PM PDT  A chairlift at a ski resort in the country of Georgia malfunctioned on Friday,
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| Police release surveillance video from Parkland shooting Posted: 15 Mar 2018 03:03 AM PDT  The Broward Sheriff's Office has released surveillance footage of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the shooting that left 17 dead. The video shows former school resource officer Scot Peterson's response to the shooting.
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| Palestinian kills 2 Israeli soldiers in car-ramming attack Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:58 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian killed two Israeli soldiers and badly wounded two others when he rammed his vehicle into them in the West Bank on Friday, the military said.
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| 'Stephen Hawking proved you can achieve remarkable things - even once you've lost control of your body' Posted: 15 Mar 2018 02:47 AM PDT  In what can sometimes feel like a sea of darkness, Stephen Hawking was a shining light for motor neurone disease sufferers. I cannot emphasise enough how important he has been to me personally since my own diagnosis with the same disease last year, and I am sure thousands more people around the world. When you are told that you might have MND - an agonising process that takes months - your head spins. The first thing you see online is that life expectancy is between one to three years from diagnosis. Fear sweeps over you. The next thing you look for is examples of people who have defied MND and there is no better example than Professor Hawking. Like most people, he was told he only had a few years to live when he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a form of MND, at 22. He ended up sticking around for more than 50 years. That may be a statistical anomaly but straight away, you think: 'why can't that be me too? Why can't I live until I am 76 or longer?' He was the first person that made me realise that the doctors might be wrong and that the worst-case scenario can be overcome. But it is not just how long he lived, but how he lived. MND will take away most of your bodily functions and your independence, something that, as a former Scotland rugby international, I can barely comprehend, but there is one thing that it does not affect - your brain. Professor Hawking proved that you can still achieve truly remarkable things even once you have lost control of your body. He refused to let his circumstances dictate what he could accomplish and he changed our understanding of science in the process. The wheelchair was made entirely irrelevant; I just found that so inspiring. What I have found since being diagnosed aged 47 is that hope is the single best pill you can take for MND. If you think positively that you are going to beat it, that filters into everything you do. The day you think that MND has got you is the day the disease wins. That means you have to think positively every day. You are trying to do things to prove that MND isn't going to get a hold of you all the time, whether that is simply lifting a coffee cup, or going to the gym and lifting weights. Doing all these little things gives a middle finger to MND to say: 'you are not going to stop me living my life.' Doddie Weir, left, and Scott Murray during training at Murrayfield in 1999. Credit: RUI VIEIRA /AP The issue with MND is that your own timetable becomes a mystery. When it came to my own diagnosis, which followed a year and a half of symptoms, I was told that I would be in a wheelchair within a year: yet here I am, still standing, still telling bad jokes and wearing terrible suits. You have to believe that you can at least influence your own timetable, even though you don't know what that is going to be. I know I will eventually be trapped inside my own body, but his example shows that life does not end there. Without wishing to pretend that I knew his circumstances particularly well, I am sure he relied upon a team of people, family, friends and carers to help him through some of the dark times. Sometimes the support of those crucial people can be forgotten. Yesterday was a tremendously sad day, and so too are the ones that will follow: for so long, he has been a figurehead within the MND community, and now he is gone. We will have to ask, 'who is going to be the next Stephen Hawking? Who is going to be the next person in the MND community who we look up to?' Even now, he leaves the most inspiring of legacies. He may have lost the final battle, but he definitely won the war against this wicked disease. One day, hopefully, we will develop the drugs that allow every MND sufferer to live as long as Professor Hawking did, and to enjoy an even better quality of life. That has become my mission with the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation. If I was to take one message from his life, it would be never give up, and I don't intend to ever stop battling MND. The fight goes on.
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| Anderson Cooper And Longtime Boyfriend Benjamin Maisani Split Posted: 15 Mar 2018 05:48 PM PDT  Anderson Cooper and his boyfriend of nine years, Benjamin Maisani, broke up,
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| Oklahoma executions: US state to use nitrogen to gas death row inmates, despite method deemed 'unsuitable for euthanising mammals' Posted: 14 Mar 2018 06:44 PM PDT  Oklahoma has announced plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death-row prisoners, as states struggle to find alternatives to their dwindling supplies of lethal injection drugs. The Midwestern state would be the first in the US to use the procedure, for which protocol has yet to be established. The decision came after a number of drug manufacturers barred their products from being used in lethal injections, leaving states with a shortage of options.
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| After nerve agent attack, NATO sees pattern of Russian interference Posted: 15 Mar 2018 11:35 AM PDT  By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO accused Russia on Thursday of trying to destabilise the West with new nuclear weapons, cyber attacks and covert action, including the poisoning of a Russian former double agent in Britain, that blurred the line between peace and war. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters the use of the Novichok nerve agent against Sergei Skripal and his daughter "happened against a backdrop of a reckless pattern of Russian behaviour over many years". Russia denies any involvement and says it is the U.S.-led Atlantic alliance that is a risk to peace in Europe.
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| Video Shows Parkland Deputy Never Entered School As Mass Shooting Happened Inside Posted: 15 Mar 2018 10:10 AM PDT  A Parkland, Florida, sheriff's deputy stood outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas
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| Judge allows Democrats to challenge GOP's Nevada recalls Posted: 15 Mar 2018 01:03 PM PDT ![Judge allows Democrats to challenge GOP's Nevada recalls]( "Judge allows Democrats to challenge GOP's Nevada recalls") LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge on Thursday allowed voters to remove their signatures from petitions seeking recalls of two Democratic lawmakers, possibly dooming a controversial Republican effort to flip the state Senate to GOP control.
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| Nobel-winning chemist hospitalized, wife found dead in rural Illinois Posted: 15 Mar 2018 05:59 AM PDT  Ei-ichi Negishi, a Japanese Nobel prize winner, was discovered wandering in rural northern Illinois and his wife found dead nearby on Wednesday.
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| Ivanka Trump to meet South Korean minister in light of Tillerson firing Posted: 16 Mar 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Senior White House adviser and first family member Ivanka Trump is scheduled
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| Vatican Admits It Altered Photo Of Letter From Pope Francis' Predecessor Posted: 15 Mar 2018 04:47 PM PDT  The Vatican has admitted that it digitally blurred out a portion of a media
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| Russia-Lebanon deal? What the resurgent power sees in Syria's tiny neighbor. Posted: 15 Mar 2018 05:16 AM PDT ![Russia-Lebanon deal? What the resurgent power sees in Syria's tiny neighbor.]( "Russia-Lebanon deal? What the resurgent power sees in Syria's tiny neighbor.") At first glance, it may seem unclear why resurgent world power Russia, flush with success after restoring its regional foothold in Syria, would show much interest in Lebanon. The tiny country on the eastern Mediterranean, once a vassal state of its far more powerful neighbor Syria, a former Soviet client, is grappling with a long list of political and economic woes. In addition, Lebanon seems forever perched on the edge of a potentially catastrophic war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah organization, the dominant political force in the country.
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| Turkey raps European Parliament over call to halt Afrin offensive in Syria Posted: 15 Mar 2018 07:48 AM PDT  Turkey slammed a motion approved by the European Parliament on Thursday that calls for a halt to Ankara's military offensive in northern Syria's Afrin region, saying it demonstrated "clear support" for militants. The non-binding motion also urges Turkey to remove its troops from Afrin, where Ankara is targeting the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in an offensive launched nearly two months ago. The Parliament's motion stressed "the need to focus on defeating the U.N.-listed terrorist organizations", a reference to Islamic State and other militant Islamist groups operating in Syria.
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| Praise for 2017 NYC Truck Attack Leads to Suspected Extremist's Arrest in Italy Posted: 15 Mar 2018 09:59 AM PDT  A 24-year old Italian man was found to be in possession of explosives after the FBI flagged him as a possible extremist.
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| Homeless family of 4 found dead in parked van in California Posted: 16 Mar 2018 02:58 PM PDT  GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — A homeless couple and their two young children, all dressed for bed, were found dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in a parked van that had its windows covered with blankets and a shade to block out the light outside a Southern California strip mall, police said Friday.
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| Minister raises ire with Islam 'not part of Germany' broadside Posted: 16 Mar 2018 07:42 AM PDT  Chancellor Angela Merkel's hardline new interior minister declared that Islam is "not part of Germany" in an interview published Friday, setting off a political storm two days into her fourth term. Asked by the top-selling Bild daily whether the influx of Muslim migrants and asylum seekers to Europe's top economy over the past several decades meant that Islam now belonged to the fabric of the nation, Horst Seehofer replied "no". "Islam is not part of Germany.
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| Pro-Trump Candidate Attacks Mexicans With Video Of Migrants In Morocco Posted: 16 Mar 2018 08:28 AM PDT  Ohio GOP congressional candidate Christina Hagan is using dramatic video
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| Without Toys R Us, 30,000 jobs, a black hole for toy makers Posted: 15 Mar 2018 02:04 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The demise of Toys R Us will have a ripple effect on everything from toy makers to consumers to landlords.
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| European allies boost defense spending, most still miss NATO's U.S.-backed goal Posted: 15 Mar 2018 06:16 AM PDT  By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's European allies spent more on defense for the third year running in 2017 but their outlays failed to lift more countries above a target sought by the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded allies dedicate 2 percent of national economic output on defense every year and has sought to keep up the pressure by calling that target, agreed at a NATO summit in 2014, a "bare minimum." NATO's 2017 annual report showed Estonia, Greece, Poland and Britain met the 2 percent goal, the same group as in 2016, although alliance officials say Latvia, Lithuania and Romania will join them in 2018. NATO has 29 member states in total.
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| Mercedes-Maybach GLS set for April reveal in Beijing: report Posted: 15 Mar 2018 06:34 AM PDT  Mercedes-Benz is finally about to extend its Maybach super-luxury sub-brand beyond the S-Class. According to media reports, this new addition to the Maybach family will be an incredibly upmarket version of the upcoming third-generation GLS, which was previously the GL. With Land Rover continuing to set the standard in the luxury SUV market, and now Bentley making a huge impression with its Bentayga, Mercedes sees an opportunity to take advantage of the increasing demand for luxury models, especially in the SUV segment, by expanding the Maybach brand.
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| Woman Who Fatally Shot Boyfriend in YouTube Stunt Gets 180 Days in Prison Posted: 15 Mar 2018 12:13 PM PDT  As part of the deal, Monalisa Perez is banned for life from possessing a firearm or from collecting payments for her story.
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| Grand jury indicts 4 in death of university frat pledge Posted: 15 Mar 2018 08:05 PM PDT  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A grand jury indicted four people Thursday in the death of a Louisiana State University student whose blood-alcohol content was more than six times the legal limit for driving after fraternity members allegedly subjected him to a hazing ritual.
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| The New 'Infinity War' Trailer Is Here, Now Set Your Faces To Stunned Posted: 16 Mar 2018 10:53 AM PDT  Marvel hinted at, and then promised us, a new "Avengers: Infinity War" trailer
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| Fallen bridge: 'Stress test' preceded collapse that killed 6 Posted: 16 Mar 2018 09:37 AM PDT  An innovative pedestrian bridge being built at Florida International University was put to a "stress test" before it collapsed over traffic, killing six people and sending 10 to a hospital, authorities said.
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| Mueller Subpoenas The Trump Organization: Report Posted: 15 Mar 2018 12:08 PM PDT  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed documents from the Trump
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| What to Do If You Have a Toys 'R' Us Gift Card Posted: 15 Mar 2018 05:11 PM PDT  Toys "R" Us, which is liquidating its remaining 735 stores in the U.S., is giving gift card holders 30 days to use their remaining card balances. Consumers should use those balances as soon as p...
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| Tens of thousands join rally for Hungary's Orban before April vote Posted: 15 Mar 2018 10:33 AM PDT  By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a huge rally on Thursday that in elections next month Hungarians must fight "external forces and international powers" who want mass immigration into their country. The 54-year-old, seeking a third consecutive term and campaigning on an anti-immigration agenda, said the April 8 vote was the "greatest battle" faced so far by the tens of thousands of his supporters waving national flags in front of parliament. "External forces and international powers want to force all this (immigration) on us ... with the help of their henchmen here in Hungary, and they see the coming election as a good opportunity for this." Many of the million irregular migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa who trekked across southeast Europe in 2015 passed through Hungary.
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