| US boyfriend of 'Russian agent' Butina charged with fraud Posted: 06 Feb 2019 07:03 PM PST  An American who was dating jailed alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was charged with fraud Tuesday, adding a new twist in the sprawling investigations into Moscow's meddling in US politics. Republican and National Rifle Association operative Paul Erickson was charged with one count of fraud for cheating investors in companies he controlled that purported to be running assisted living facilities and building homes in North Dakota. In all three cases, he took hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors and used some of it for his personal needs, the indictment said.
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| Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax acknowledges 2004 consensual encounter with accuser, denies sexual assault Posted: 07 Feb 2019 09:31 AM PST  Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax acknowledges that he had a consensual encounter with a colleague in a Boston hotel during the 2004 Democratic national convention but flatly denies her charges of sexual assault.
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| Tusk's Brexit ‘Hell’ Moment a Touch Provocative, Ireland Says Posted: 07 Feb 2019 07:57 AM PST  U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday reiterated that the changes she's seeking to the so-called Irish backstop withdrawal agreement must be legally binding for U.K. lawmakers to approve a deal. The prime minister also said she told Tusk his comments were "unhelpful'' and had caused "dismay'' in the U.K. Tusk's comments captured the "frustration" on the EU side, Coveney said in a Bloomberg Television interview.
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| The Latest: 2 arrested at protest over black man's shooting Posted: 06 Feb 2019 01:25 PM PST  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the police shooting of a black man in an Alabama shopping mall (all times local):
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| The Nightmare in Venezuela Finally Has the World's Attention. Can the Opposition's Gamble Pay Off? Posted: 06 Feb 2019 12:31 PM PST  The nightmare in Venezuela finally has the world's attention. But with two men claiming the presidency, the way out isn't clear.
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| Colorado Trail Runner Suffocated Mountain Lion in Act of Self-Defense Posted: 05 Feb 2019 06:38 PM PST  A Fort Collins man is on the mend after being attacked by a mountain lion, and wildlife officials say he was able to kill the cat in self-defense.
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| Fox Business Network presenter blames schools teaching ‘fairness’ as poll shows support for higher taxes on multi-millionaires Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:31 AM PST  A Fox Business Network presenter blamed the fact schools have being teaching children "fairness" after the organisation's own polling showed there was overwhelming support for higher taxes on multi-millionaires. Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren has proposed a "wealth tax" for those earning more than $50m and has won support from both Democrats and Republicans. In response to the poll, Charles Payne, host of Fox Business Network's Making Money with Charles Payne, said: "The idea of fairness has been promoted in our schools for a long time.
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| Elizabeth Warren called herself 'American Indian' on ID card: report Posted: 05 Feb 2019 07:32 PM PST  The disclosure marks the latest twist in a controversy surrounding Warren and her claims to Native American ancestry as she raises money and hires staff ahead of an expected formal launch to her 2020 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The yellow registration card, which is dated April 1986, was filled out in blue ink and signed by Warren, the Post reported. On a line listed for race Warren wrote "American Indian." The Post reported that Warren apologized during an interview for identifying herself as a Native American.
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| Twitter profit soars as user base shrinks Posted: 06 Feb 2019 04:40 PM PST  Twitter said Thursday profits rose sharply in the fourth quarter, lifted by gains in advertising despite a drop in its global user base. Twitter said it would stop using the monthly user base metric and instead report "monetizable" daily active users in the US and worldwide. Using that measure, Twitter showed a base of 126 million worldwide, up nine percent over the year.
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| Photos of the Rare but Super Lame 2020 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Italia Posted: 07 Feb 2019 02:47 PM PST |
| May Heads to Brussels Seeking Escape From Brexit Backstop ‘Trap’ Posted: 06 Feb 2019 09:00 PM PST  The U.K. prime minister wants the EU to change the most contentious part of the divorce deal -- the Irish border backstop. EU officials said they are braced for a tense set of talks between her, European Union President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that are unlikely to bear much fruit.
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| El Chapo jury ends 3rd day of deliberations without verdict Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:24 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at the trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ended their third day of deliberations at his U.S. trial Wednesday without a verdict after asking whether killing someone over personal beef could be part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy.
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| Virginia Democrats can't claim ignorance of blackface: Today's talker Posted: 07 Feb 2019 03:14 AM PST  Political background checks must include culturally conscious background checks, argues sociologist Kimya Dennis.
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| High Court Upholds Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction in Texting Suicide Case Posted: 06 Feb 2019 08:00 AM PST  Evidence proved Michelle Carter's conduct caused the suicide of Conrad Roy III
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| Death toll rises to six at South Africa coal mine gas explosion Posted: 07 Feb 2019 07:04 AM PST  The representative of the creditor protection team at the mine, Michael Elliot, said more than 20 people were still stuck underground at the mine in Middelburg and are presumed dead. Rescue efforts were hampered by dangerously high levels of toxic gas underground, Elliot said. The mine is owned by Tegeta Resources and Exploration, which is undergoing creditor protection after its owners, the Gupta brothers, found it difficult to continue doing business in South Africa following corruption allegations against them.
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| The Law Will Be on Trump’s Side If He Declares an Emergency to Fund His Wall Posted: 07 Feb 2019 03:30 AM PST  It seems increasingly likely that President Trump will declare a national emergency at our southern border in order to access funds to build a wall. Last week, I had the pleasure of debating National Review's very own David French on the legality of such a move in a Federalist Society-sponsored tele-conference. David and I agree that Congress has not placed any serious limits on the president's power to declare an emergency and that the Supreme Court was unlikely to second-guess him.
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| Twitter hammered as user losses overshadow improving finances Posted: 07 Feb 2019 01:50 PM PST  Twitter shares took a pounding Thursday as an unsettling update on its global user base offset upbeat figures on revenues and profits in the past quarter. Shares skidded 9.8 percent to close at $30.80 following Twitter's fourth quarter update, which showed a consistent profit trend despite a shrinking number of users. Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the results reflect Twitter's efforts at "promoting healthy conversation" by weeding out fraudulent accounts used for abuse, harassment and political influence campaigns.
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| Delta Air Lines apologizes for 'creepy' Diet Coke napkins, is removing them from flights Posted: 07 Feb 2019 08:14 AM PST  Delta Air Lines is removing Diet Coke in-flight napkins that featured a space for passengers to write their phone number for their 'plane crush.'
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| Factbox: UK opposition Labour Party sets terms for backing May on Brexit Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:21 PM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has written to Prime Minister Theresa May, offering to support her Brexit deal if she makes five legally binding commitments – including joining a customs union. Below are Labour's five demands for supporting her deal: - A permanent customs union. This would include a say in future trade deals - Close alignment with the EU's single market. ...
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| A timeline of events in the Jayme Closs disappearance case Posted: 06 Feb 2019 05:03 PM PST  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — Notable events in the disappearance and discovery of Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who went missing after her parents were killed in the family's home. Authorities say Jayme was found alive after being held captive for three months by a man who is now charged in her kidnapping and her parents' deaths.
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| Virginia Democrats in crisis over new blackface scandal Posted: 06 Feb 2019 10:31 AM PST  A political crisis deepened in Virginia on Wednesday after the attorney general of the eastern US state admitted he wore blackface to a 1980 college party to impersonate a rapper. Attorney general Mark Herring is second in line for the governorship of the state, where the Democratic governor and lieutenant governor are already embroiled in scandal. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has been facing calls for his resignation since a 1984 yearbook surfaced last week that features a racist photo on a page dedicated to him.
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| 21 Savage confirms he was born in the UK as ICE immigration case continues Posted: 06 Feb 2019 12:48 AM PST  21 Savage has confirmed he was born in the UK after being arrested in Atlanta by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for being "unlawfully present in the US". The rapper, whose real name is She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, stated via representatives that he was born in Newham, London, and emigrated to the US when he was 7 years old. In 2005 he departed to vist the UK, and returned later that month.
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| I teach eighth-graders math during the day. At night, I wash my poorest students' clothes. Posted: 07 Feb 2019 04:00 AM PST  Teachers go above and beyond for our students. But we cannot rely solely on teachers to solve the problems plaguing our public education system.
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| 'She knows': Nancy Pelosi's daughter reacts to mother's viral clap at Trump during SOTU Posted: 06 Feb 2019 06:28 PM PST  Christine Pelosi posted to Twitter Wednesday that the viral image, widely described as a condescending clap, reminded her of her teen years.
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| Best Stick Vacuums of 2019 Posted: 06 Feb 2019 01:07 PM PST  "In the past few years, stick vacuum suction has gotten a lot stronger, especially in battery-powered stick vacuums," says Frank Rizzi, a senior Consumer Reports test-lab engineer who tests vacuu...
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| 13 Coffee Table–Worthy Pipes Posted: 07 Feb 2019 12:24 PM PST |
| Pacific Gas & Electric vows to improve wildfire prevention Posted: 06 Feb 2019 06:59 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Up to 5 million California customers could temporarily lose power this year in the name of wildfire prevention if regulators approve Pacific Gas & Electric's $2.3 billion safety proposal submitted Wednesday.
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| Arizona nurse pleads not guilty to raping disabled woman who gave birth Posted: 05 Feb 2019 08:01 PM PST  An Arizona nurse pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to raping a severely disabled woman in a crime that only came to light when the victim unexpectedly gave birth in the long-term care facility where she had been a patient for about two decades. Nathan Sutherland, 36, wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackled at the wrists and legs, entered his plea during a brief arraignment at the Maricopa County Superior Court. Sutherland, a licensed practical nurse who began working at Hacienda HealthCare Skilled Nursing Facility in Phoenix in 2012, has been charged with one count each of sexual assault and abuse of a vulnerable adult.
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| Brexit Deadlock Continues as EU Rebuffs Theresa May’s Demands Posted: 07 Feb 2019 04:01 PM PST  U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and her top lawyer will travel to Dublin on Friday as she races to forge a breakthrough with European leaders resisting changes to their Brexit plan. Following a day of tense talks in Brussels on Thursday, May plans to dine with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Friday evening, while her attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, will meet his counterpart, Seamus Woulfe, in the morning to discuss the contentious issue of the Irish border. On Thursday, May and senior EU officials set a new deadline in an attempt to break the impasse that threatens to push the U.K. crashing out of the bloc next month without an agreement.
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| Police officers plea for violence to stop after 7th officer is killed in first weeks of 2019 Posted: 07 Feb 2019 03:46 AM PST  Milwaukee Police Officer Matthew Rittner is shot and killed while serving a warrant in Wisconsin. A panel of law enforcement leaders react on 'Fox & Friends.'
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| Mark Herring: Top Virginia Democrat admits wearing blackface as state scandal deepens Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:06 AM PST  Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has confirmed he wore blackface to a college party in 1980, just days after calling on the state's governor to resign over a similar racial scandal.
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| Liam Neeson denies racism after admitting hunt for black men Posted: 06 Feb 2019 09:26 AM PST  Hollywood star Liam Neeson insisted on Tuesday he was "not racist" after confessing that he once set out to attack a random black man after a friend of his told him she had been raped. "I'm not a racist," Neeson said on ABC News, while admitting he had felt a "primal urge to lash out" about 40 years ago after hearing from his close friend that she had been attacked by a black man. "I went out deliberately into black areas in the city, looking to be set upon so that I could unleash physical violence," Neeson recalled.
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| Speaker Pelosi: President Trump threatened Democrats over administration oversight during State of the Union Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:29 AM PST  "That was a threat. President's should not bring threats to the floor of the House," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a group of reporters at the Capitol Wednesday.
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| Gucci's accessories make it the brand of the moment, according to Lyst Posted: 07 Feb 2019 04:01 AM PST  The news coincides with the start of a big year for Gucci, which is set to launch its inaugural jewelry line this summer, and whose creative director Alessandro Michele will co-chair the MET Gala in May. The Lyst Index, which takes into account the behavior of the site's 5 million monthly online shoppers in addition to social media metrics, saw Gucci knock the streetwear label Off-White into second place. Heritage brand Balenciaga came in at number three, while Moncler jumped 12 places in the ranking to claim fourth position, thanks in part to the success of its new 'Genius' diffusion line.
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| See Every Photo of the 2020 Subaru Legacy Posted: 07 Feb 2019 07:30 AM PST |
| Blackface photo is a reminder of Virginia's racist history Posted: 07 Feb 2019 09:25 AM PST  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The discovery last week of a racist photo on Gov. Ralph Northam's 1984 medical school yearbook page has served as a glaring reminder that Virginia — a former bastion of slavery and white supremacy— continues to struggle with mindsets shaped by its turbulent racial history.
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| Democrats float 'Green New Deal' to end fossil fuel era Posted: 07 Feb 2019 12:38 PM PST  The document, unveiled by rising political star Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Edward Markey, marks the first formal attempt by lawmakers to define potential legislation to create big government-led investments in clean energy and infrastructure to transition the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels. The plan, which takes the form of a non-binding congressional resolution, outlines some of the most aggressive climate goals ever put forward by Democratic lawmakers and clashes dramatically with the Trump administration's efforts to advance domestic oil, gas and coal production by rolling back environmental protections. The name, Green New Deal, references the New Deal of the 1930s that President Franklin Roosevelt implemented to aid Americans suffering in the Great Depression by embarking on huge government-led infrastructure projects.
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| Surprise your sweetheart with these red velvet truffles this Valentine’s day Posted: 07 Feb 2019 05:00 AM PST  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Woman found dead in suitcase identified as NY resident Posted: 07 Feb 2019 11:42 AM PST  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman found dead and bound in a suitcase in a wooded area of Connecticut was identified Thursday as a 24-year-old New York resident who worked at a bookstore and aspired to be a tattoo artist, according to police and co-workers.
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| Monsanto versus farmer battle goes into 4th judicial round Posted: 05 Feb 2019 08:17 PM PST  A 12-year-old judicial battle pitting a cereal farmer against Monsanto, the biotech giant, goes to a fourth round Wednesday before the French courts. Farmer Paul Francois won his initial case in 2012, and its appeal by Monsanto in 2015, after suing the US firm for poisoning him through inhalation of its Lasso weedkiller. Now, after a technical review by the final court of appeal, the case gets bounced back to appeal level after a ruling by the higher court that the case should be decided not so much on whether Monsanto provided adequate information about its product, but on whether its chemicals were dangerous, according to Francois Lafforgue, one of the farmer's lawyers.
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| Venezuela crisis: Maduro blockades bridge on Colombia border to stop humanitarian aid entering country Posted: 07 Feb 2019 08:03 AM PST  Venezuela's military have barricaded a bridge at a key border crossing with Colombia in a challenge to a US-backed effort by the opposition to bring humanitarian aid into the beleaguered nation. Nicolas Maduro's regime blocked the Tienditas International Bridge with a giant orange tanker, two large blue containers and makeshift fencing. Despite widespread hunger and a shortage of medicine, President Maduro vowed to turn back US aid after Trump's administration recognised opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American country's rightful interim leader.
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| Why blackface just won't go away Posted: 06 Feb 2019 04:55 PM PST Some people would argue that they are just having fun in wearing blackface. But its history in stereotyping blacks is too painful for many to bear.
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| New details released in unsolved 'Doodler' serial killer case from 1970s Posted: 07 Feb 2019 02:56 AM PST  Gay men in San Francisco were targeted in the 1970's by a serial killer known as "The Doodler."
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| The European Volkswagen Passat Is Still a Lot Cooler Than the American One Posted: 06 Feb 2019 11:30 AM PST  A facelift for Europe's version of the Passat makes it better than ever-and better than ours.
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| Tarte Cosmetics unveils brand new foundation range in 50 shades Posted: 06 Feb 2019 12:28 AM PST  Tarte Cosmetics has unveiled a major new foundation launch in no fewer than 50 different shades. The cruelty-free makeup brand is introducing 'Face Tape' a foundation inspired by its signature 'Shape Tape' concealer range, designed to offer a natural-looking, matte finish. It is also reportedly scrapping its former 'Shape Tape' foundation, which was available in just 15 shades, reports HelloGiggles.
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| Work urgently with me on Brexit: Britain's May appeals to EU Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:40 PM PST  Just weeks after parliament resoundingly rejected her Brexit deal, May needs to persuade a reluctant EU to change the Withdrawal Agreement to help her get lawmakers' approval before Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29. If she cannot, Britain, and May, face an uncertain future, opening the door to several scenarios - leaving without a deal which some businesses say might cripple the economy, another referendum, an early election or never leaving the EU at all.
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