| Donald Trump's Social Media Solution? A Free-For-All For Both The 'Good And Bad' Posted: 18 Aug 2018 05:09 AM PDT  President Donald Trump used Twitter to tear into social media companies
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| German prosecutors probe Yazidi woman's claim about IS man Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:04 PM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Saturday they are taking seriously a Yazidi refugee's claim that she ran into her former Islamic State captor twice in Germany, but say they need more information to identify him.
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| Vladimir Putin dances at Austrian foreign minister's wedding Posted: 18 Aug 2018 09:31 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin danced arm in arm with Austria's Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding on Saturday, after receiving an invitation that opposition critics said undermined the West's stance against Moscow. Putin arrived in a car carrying a bouquet of flowers and accompanied, local media said, by a troupe of Cossack singers booked to serenade the newlyweds - on a stopover on his way to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside Berlin. Photographs showed Kneissl, 53, smiling in a long white and cream "dirndl" dress and talking to Putin as they danced in a vineyard in southern Styria province, the venue of her wedding to entrepreneur Wolfgang Meilinger. The invitation surprised many in Vienna and Moscow, particularly at a time when the European Union is at odds with Russia over its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region and other issues. There have been no reports that Kneissl - a polyglot Middle East expert without political affiliation - has a particularly close friendship with Putin. But she was appointed to her job by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) which has links with Putin's party. The invitation surprised many in Vienna and Moscow, particularly at a time when the European Union is at odds with Russia over its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region and other issues. Credit: Reuters FPO leader and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, who joined Austria's governing coalition last year, praised her as a "bridge builder" as he congratulated the couple and wished them "all the luck in the world and eternal love!" The international coverage of the visit would bring priceless publicity, he added. "A better advertisement for Austria, its wonderful nature, dreamlike landscape and real life hospitality cannot exist!" Joerg Leichtfried from the opposition Social Democrats tweeted that Austria's current presidency of the Council of the European Union put it in an especially delicate spot given tensions between Putin and the West. "All the more symbolic and harmful to court the Russian president in this manner," he said. Mr Putin arrived in a car carrying a bouquet of flowers and accompanied by a troupe of Cossack singers to serenade the couple Credit: Reuters Austria's governing coalition - led by the conservatives of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who also attended the wedding - has presented itself as a bridge builder with Moscow. It says it shares the EU's foreign policy stance, but did not follow other members of the bloc in expelling Russian diplomats after Britain accused Russia of involvement in the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in England - a charge Moscow denies. Putin is due to travel to Germany later on Saturday to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks about Syria, Ukraine and energy at the government's Meseberg palace outside Berlin.
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| Beto O’Rourke, on a ‘suicide mission’ against Ted Cruz, is having the time of his life — and might even come out of it alive Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:00 AM PDT  From left: Willie Nelson, Beto O'Rourke, Lukas Nelson, Amy Nelson and Margo Price perform onstage with Willie Nelson and Family during the 45th Annual Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic at the Austin360 Amphitheater on July 4, 2018, in Austin, Texas. HUTCHINS, Texas — Beto O'Rourke was trying hard to play it cool, but finally, he just couldn't resist. "I have to show you this," the Democratic congressman from El Paso, Texas, said, reaching into his pocket to grab his iPhone, where he began scrolling through text messages.
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| 2 Shot During High School Football Game in Florida Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:22 AM PDT  Authorities say both victims are hospitalized with one in critical condition
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| Kansas Postal Worker Finds Giant Boa Constrictor Wrapped Around Mailbox Posted: 18 Aug 2018 11:06 AM PDT  No letters for these folks today!
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| Forty years ago: three popes in three months Posted: 18 Aug 2018 09:39 PM PDT  The death 40 years ago of Pope John Paul I, who reigned for just 33 days in 1978, paved the way for the Roman Catholic Church to have three pontiffs in three months. On August 6, 1978, Pope Paul VI dies aged 80 of a heart attack after 15 years at the Vatican. On August 26, Cardinal Albino Luciani -- the patriarch of Venice -- is elected pope under the name John Paul I.
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| Deadly, 40,000-foot fire tornado revealed in new videos Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:11 AM PDT  Harrowing new footage released by California's firefighting agency Cal Fire reveals the massive fire tornado that led to the death of a firefighter on July 26. The fire tornado was part of the Carr Fire that's engulfed 223,610 acres of land in Northern California so far. A report from Cal Fire breaks down the details surrounding the fiery phenomenon. SEE ALSO: A fire tornado hit California. Here's how it happened. Per the report, the tornado "was a large rotating fire plume that was roughly 1,000 feet in diameter at its base" and managed to reach a height of 40,000 feet. In late July, we covered news of a fire tornado in the area on the evening of July 26. It's unclear whether the fire tornado in the report is the same as the one that garnered media attention at the time, according to Cal Fire. "Observations from witnesses and other evidence suggest that either several fire tornados occurred at different locations and times, or one fire tornado formed and then periodically weakened and strengthened causing several separate damage areas," the report says. Fire tornados can happen when extreme heat spins up from the ground. As Mashable's Mark Kaufman explained at the time: Firefighters captured the disturbing video above from a helicopter, as well as footage taken from a fire engine, and from the Keswick Dam on the Sacramento River. The Carr Fire continues to ravage parts of Shasta County and Trinity County. It is 77 percent contained, and other fires continue to rage in Northern California and other areas These fires are spurred on by extreme heat and dryness in the region. While human-caused climate change isn't necessarily the direct cause of any single weather event, like these fires, it can make extreme weather more likely now and in the future. WATCH: Scientists made an awesome error that could save our planet from plastic hell
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| Trump's 'Good Person' Nod To Paul Manafort Is A Sign To Keep Quiet, Ex-U.S. Attorney Says Posted: 17 Aug 2018 07:09 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's comment calling former campaign chairman Paul
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| Report: White House Counsel Is Cooperating Extensively In Russia Probe Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:38 PM PDT  Don McGahn, the White House counsel, has been cooperating extensively with
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| Palestinians sort through 8 years of mail held by Israel Posted: 19 Aug 2018 11:19 AM PDT  JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian postal workers in the West Bank are sifting through eight years' worth of undelivered mail held by Israel.
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| Greek central bank chief warns over backtracking, turbulence post-bailout Posted: 18 Aug 2018 12:42 PM PDT  Greece's central bank governor warned the country not to backtrack on commitments to its lenders after it exits the last of its three bailouts next week, saying markets would abandon it. Yannis Stournaras told Sunday's Kathimerini newspaper any backpedalling could leave Greece facing major risks at a time when it would be particularly vulnerable to financial turbulence in neighboring Turkey, Italy and beyond. Athens is set to exit its latest bailout on Aug. 20 and rely on bond markets thereafter to refinance its debt after a nearly nine-year debt crisis that shrank its economy by a quarter and forced it to implement painful austerity.
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| Father, son drive through flames to escape forest fire Posted: 19 Aug 2018 01:55 AM PDT  Justin Bilton and his 70-year-old father barely escaped as the Howe Ridge Fire closed in on them in West Glacier, Montana.
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| Frightened Students Recount Shooting That Left 2 Injured at South Florida High School Football Game Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:30 AM PDT  Two people were shot at a practice game in Palm Beach County on Friday.
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| Powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquakes strikes near Fiji, no tsunami triggered Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:24 PM PDT  A powerful 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean near the islands of Fiji and Tonga on Sunday local time.
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| More than two million Muslims begin hajj pilgrimage Posted: 19 Aug 2018 07:14 AM PDT  More than two million Muslims from around the globe started the hajj pilgrimage on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's largest annual gatherings in a country undergoing unprecedented change. The ultra-conservative kingdom -- where religion remains a guiding force amid dramatic social and economic reforms -- has mobilised vast resources for the six-day journey, a pillar of Islam. "It's the dream of every Muslim to come here to Mecca," said Frenchman Soliman Ben Mohri.
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| Trump Lashes Out At NYT's Bombshell McGahn Report, Calls It 'Fake News' Posted: 19 Aug 2018 07:32 AM PDT  President Donald Trump fired off several angry Tweets on Sunday aimed at
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| Police identify second suspect involved in violent robbery at Harris County business Posted: 19 Aug 2018 04:46 AM PDT  Police have identified the second suspect accused of robbing and assaulting a woman outside of a northwest freeway gas station Friday morning.
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| Lockheed Martin's #WorldPhotoDay Tweet Backfires Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:22 PM PDT  Lockheed Martin wanted to turn World Photo Day into a publicity stunt, but
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| Catholics consider withholding donations amid scandals Posted: 19 Aug 2018 12:14 PM PDT  For decades, Michael Drweiga has opened his wallet whenever the donation basket comes around at church, but the latest revelations of priests sexually abusing children brought him to the conclusion that he can no longer justify giving.
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| Brazil sends troops to Venezuela border after residents drive out migrants from improvised camps Posted: 19 Aug 2018 05:12 AM PDT  Brazil will send troops to its border with Venezuela on Monday after residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima drove out Venezuelan immigrants from their improvised camps, amid growing regional tensions. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have crossed the border into Brazil over the past three years as they seek to escape the economic, political and social crisis gripping their country. The latest show of tensions began early Saturday, hours after a local merchant was robbed and severely beaten in an incident blamed on Venezuelan suspects, in Pacaraima, where an estimated 1,000 immigrants are living on the streets. Dozens of locals then attacked the two main immigrant makeshift camps and burned their belongings, leading Venezuelans to cross the border back into their home country. Shots were fired, stores were shuttered and debris littered the streets. As the Venezuelan refugee crisis spirals out of control, neighbors are abruptly closing their doors. Ecuador and Peru are tightening entry requirements. And in Brazil yesterday, a mob chased Venezuelan refugees back across the border and then destroyed their camp. pic.twitter.com/dtr9MiDrLt— Hannah Dreier (@hannahdreier) August 19, 2018 "It was terrible, they burned the tents and everything that was inside," said Carol Marcano, a Venezuelan who works in Boa Vista and was on the border returning from Venezuela. "There were shots, they burned rubber tires." Marcano said that some Venezuelans reacted to the attack by destroying a car with Brazilian license plates. She and her companions were among many who took refuge at checkpoints on the Venezuelan side of the border. Three Brazilians were hurt in the clashes, a spokesman for military police said. No information was immediately available on the state of the Venezuelans involved. A Venezuelan man, whose eye is infected with conjunctivitis, holds his son at the Pacaraima border control Credit: REUTERS/Nacho Doce The merchant who was attacked "is known, he is a neighbor, and there was indignation when it was learned that he had been robbed," a local told AFP on condition of anonymity. "People began to expel Venezuelans who were in the center of the city, forcing them to return to their country." Roraima state Governor Suely Campos made a plea to temporarily close the border and asked Brazilia to send security reinforcements to "face the increase in crime" she links to Venezuelans in the region. In turn, the public security ministry vowed to send a contingent of 60 troops due to arrive Monday to join teams in the area.
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| Preet Bharara Bashes Rudy Giuliani: 'Doesn't Remember What The Truth Is' Posted: 18 Aug 2018 12:18 AM PDT  Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had some critical words for President
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| America's Waterways Have a Huge Problem With Contact Lenses Posted: 19 Aug 2018 02:00 AM PDT  All those tiny discs add up.
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| Teen Now Faces Charges After Pushing Friend Off 60-Foot Washington Bridge Posted: 18 Aug 2018 05:20 AM PDT  Taylor Smith, 18, was charged with reckless endangerment this week, a misdemeanor.
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| Former CIA Director Brennan Considers Legal Action to Keep Security Clearance Posted: 19 Aug 2018 10:28 AM PDT  He also said it's up to Congress to put aside politics and step in
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| Suspect in UK Parliament crash charged with attempted murder Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:09 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — A driver whose car collided with several people before crashing outside Britain's Parliament has been charged with attempted murder, police in London said Saturday
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| Israel closes people crossing with Gaza: official Posted: 18 Aug 2018 11:37 PM PDT  Israel closed its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip on Sunday except for humanitarian cases over border incidents that saw protests and clashes at the weekend, an Israeli official said. A spokeswoman for the Israeli defence ministry unit that oversees the passage confirmed that the Erez crossing had been closed. Border protests and clashes on Friday left two Palestinians dead by Israeli gunfire.
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| Here’s A Special Glimpse At China’s Secretive J-20 Stealth Fighter Posted: 17 Aug 2018 07:41 PM PDT  We have the pictures.
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| Beautiful shots of diver swimming near sunken ships emerge Posted: 19 Aug 2018 08:29 AM PDT ![Beautiful shots of diver swimming near sunken ships emerge]( "Beautiful shots of diver swimming near sunken ships emerge") A series of beautiful shots of divers swimming near sunken ships have emerged. Alex Voyer, 39, was sailing around the Caribbean on a 60-foot boat when he stopped for a dive. The images show amazing shipwrecks as free divers explore the seabed. Alex, a photographer and free diver, said: "With my girlfriend, Marianne Aventurier, we are sailing all summer around the Caribbean to learn more about sailing." (Caters News)
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| Iran says its economy not at 'dead end' from U.S. sanctions Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:03 AM PDT  Iran said on Saturday it would resist the pressures of U.S. sanctions by relying on its natural and human resources, as Washington pushes allies to cut economic ties with Tehran. "It is a critical moment for our economy, but we are not in a dead end," Vice President Eshagh Jahangiri was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA. "This country has plenty of human and natural resources that can rely on." "The size of our oil and gas resources is number one in the world.
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| What To Watch On Netflix That’s New This Week Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:02 AM PDT  Streamline recommends "Ghoul" as the thing to watch on Netflix this week. The
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| The Latest: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park assessing damage Posted: 17 Aug 2018 07:18 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the slowing of Kilauea volcano's eruption (all times local):
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| Up hill and down dale in a 1910 Maxwell Posted: 19 Aug 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Is a 108-year-old veteran car the ideal vehicle in which to tackle a regularity rally through some of England's toughest on-road terrain? Of course it is…
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| Investigators Probing Michael Cohen For $20 Million In Bank Fraud: NYT Posted: 19 Aug 2018 04:30 PM PDT  Investigators probing President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael
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| Chinese police nab suspects after $87 mn cryptocurrency theft Posted: 19 Aug 2018 10:49 AM PDT  Chinese police have arrested three suspects alleged to have stolen assets worth 600 million yuan ($87 million) through hacking, state media reported Sunday, as cyber criminals target holders of bitcoin and other virtual currencies. Police in the northern city of Xian began investigating in March when a victim surnamed Zhang complained that hackers had taken control of his computer to steal 100 million yuan ($15 million) worth of cryptocurrency, the Shaanxi Daily reported. The 100 million yuan haul was made up of the popular bitcoin and ether currencies, state news agency Xinhua reported.
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| Irish archbishop urges pope to speak frankly about abuse Posted: 19 Aug 2018 09:41 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The archbishop of Dublin said Sunday he hopes Pope Francis will speak frankly about the "darkness" of priestly sex abuse during his upcoming visit to Ireland, which has been clouded by new revelations of misconduct in the U.S. Catholic Church.
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| The SR-71 Was America's First Stealth Spy Plane. But Keeping Her A Secret Proved Nearly Impossible. Posted: 18 Aug 2018 05:04 AM PDT  To keep the program under wraps, Lockheed engineers quietly worked on the plane at the company's Skunk Works division in Burbank, California and the Air Force's isolated Nevada base — known as Area 51 — beginning in 1958. The first Blackbird flew four years later.
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| China rejects 'irresponsible' Pentagon report on bombers Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:30 AM PDT  China on Saturday rejected what it called an "irresponsible" Pentagon report claiming Beijing's bombers are likely training for strikes against US and allied targets in the Pacific. The Thursday report said China was leveraging its growing military, economic and diplomatic clout to rapidly establish regional dominance, while its bombers were developing capabilities to hit targets as far from the Chinese mainland as possible. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the report was "presumptuous and irresponsible", stating it was "in total disregard of facts" in a Saturday statement.
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| U.S. forces to stay in Iraq as long as needed - spokesman Posted: 19 Aug 2018 02:43 AM PDT  "We'll keep troops there as long as we think they're needed ... The main reason, after ISIS (Islamic State) is defeated militarily, is the stabilization efforts and we still need to be there for that, so that's one of the reasons we'll maintain a presence," Colonel Sean Ryan told a news conference in Abu Dhabi. The number of American soldiers could go down however, depending on when other forces from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation deploy to help train the Iraqi army, he said, adding that about 5,200 U.S. troops are currently based in Iraq. NATO defence ministers agreed in February to a bigger "train-and-advise" mission in Iraq after a U.S. call for the alliance to help stabilise the country after three years of war against Islamic State.
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| We're Pronouncing Ariana Grande's Name All Wrong, According To Her Grandfather Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:17 PM PDT  Listen to your elders, or be true to your roots?
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| Right-wing, left-wing protesters face off in Seattle Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:49 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — Right-wing demonstrators gathered Saturday in Seattle for a "Liberty or Death" rally that drew counter-protesters from the left while dozens of police kept the two sides separated.
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| Fabled 'Little Red' prototype Shelby Mustang discovered! Posted: 19 Aug 2018 12:25 AM PDT  One of two pivotal Experimental cars built by Shelby has been found in a Texas field, 50 years after it disappeared – and the owner had no idea what he owned...
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| Bannon: Trump Was Right On Charlottesville, Left 'Just As Violent As KKK' Posted: 17 Aug 2018 11:37 PM PDT  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said President Donald Trump
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| Media take on ICE for detaining murder suspect Posted: 19 Aug 2018 10:32 AM PDT  ICE detains man who was driving his pregnant wife to the hospital, claiming he is a murder suspect; Art Del Cueto of the National Border Patrol Council speaks out.
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| Tesla shares tumble after Musk interview sparks fresh fears Posted: 17 Aug 2018 06:20 PM PDT  Tesla shares took a pounding Friday amid fresh fears about the future of the electric carmaker after a wide-ranging interview with chief executive Elon Musk in which he revealed his struggles with exhaustion and a lengthy but unsuccessful effort to find a number two executive. In closing trade, Tesla shares skidded 8.9 percent to $305.50 following the publication of the interview with The New York Times. Musk opened up to the newspaper about the personal toll he says he has endured, working marathon hours trying to ensure that deadlines are met, with Tesla ramping up production of its crucial Model 3 sedan.
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