| California to withdraw troops from border calling Trump’s immigration crisis ‘manufactured political theatre’ Posted: 11 Feb 2019 11:23 AM PST  A second US state is planning on pulling National Guard troops away from its border with Mexico, calling Donald Trump's claims of a crisis at the border a "manufactured" problem and "political theater". California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to say as much on Tuesday during his state of the state address, his first since his election in November. "The border 'emergency' is a manufactured crisis, and California will not be part of this political theatre," Mr Newsom plans to say, according to excerpts released by his office.
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| 'El Chapo' likely heading for Colorado prison where no one has escaped Posted: 12 Feb 2019 02:49 PM PST  No one has broken out of Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) in Florence, Colorado, since it opened in 1994 to house the most dangerous inmates in the U.S. prison system. "ADX is the kind of prison that was designed for a high-profile inmate like El Chapo," Larry Levine, a former federal inmate who is the director and founder of Wall Street Prison Consultants, said in a phone interview. "For someone like Guzman, the chances of escape from a facility like that are nil," said L. Thomas Kucharski, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
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| China condemns Turkey over claim of famed musician's death Posted: 11 Feb 2019 02:57 AM PST ![China condemns Turkey over claim of famed musician's death]( "China condemns Turkey over claim of famed musician's death") BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Monday condemned Turkey over its claim that a celebrated musician from China's Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic group has died in custody, releasing a brief video clip that it said proved he was alive and in good health.
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| There Is No Green New Deal Posted: 12 Feb 2019 08:06 AM PST  What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has thrust upon our national conversation is not, in any sense, a "Green New Deal." It does not resemble a Green New Deal. It does not approximate a Green New Deal. It does not so much as represent the shadows or the framework or the embryo of a Green New Deal. It is, instead, the inchoate shopping list of a political novice who has managed to get herself elected to Congress and believes that this has turned her into a visionary.As is her prerogative, Ocasio-Cortez can name her work as she sees fit. But her document is in no manner a "plan." It is in no context a "program." It is in no way an "approach." It is not an outline, a manifesto, a statement, or a catechism. It is, rather, an all-compassing wish list — an untrammeled Dear Santa letter without form, purpose, borders, or basis in reality. It is not even "green," except in that peculiar, mind-wrecking way that "intersectionality" seeks to make everything part of everything else, and thus leads to Planned Parenthood insisting that "Net Neutrality is reproductive justice" and to the Democratic Socialists of America proclaiming that we can't possibly fix our algae problems until we institute union card check. Debates over the minutiae may fill the hours on cable news, but it does not, in fact, much matter whether the FAQ had been perfectly edited before release, or whether the PDF had been appropriately updated by its author, or whether the language in section 2, subsection 5 had been properly reviewed by the committee. It does not matter, either, whether Ocasio-Cortez eventually manages to get half the press corps or all of the press corps to cover for her disingenuousness. FAQ or not, the work deserves no serious evaluation beyond grim, derisive laughter. Clearly panicked by what Ocasio-Cortez was doing to her nascent majority's agenda, Speaker Pelosi described the document disparagingly as a "green dream." Tangerine Dream would have been closer to the mark. But Edgar Froese had talent.At Waco, the authorities agreed to a cease-fire so that David Koresh could finish his "book" — the contents of which, a thorough "decoding of the Seven Seals" of Revelation, would be dictated to him by God. Next to Ocasio-Cortez's work, what Koresh bashed out onto his floppy disk resembles the finest theology of Aquinas. Quite what has possessed a 28-year-old, unmarried, childless bartender to consider herself capable of redesigning the entire world within a decade remains steadfastly unclear. Indeed, it does not seem to have occurred to either Ocasio-Cortez or to the more experienced politicians who have willingly become her disciples that they are endorsing a revolutionary screed penned by a person who has never so much as dealt directly with a local school board. At this point in her life, Ocasio-Cortez has no experience of anything much at all. She has no history of business ownership; she boasts no military service; she exhibits no vocational skills; she has raised no children; she has not dealt seriously with a zoning committee or a regulatory agency or a union boss; she has not written, amended, or influenced a single alteration to the legal regime under which we live. In and of itself, there is nothing wrong with this state of affairs. To each his own, and good luck to all. But Jeffrey Lebowski did not fancy himself as Lenin.Emerging from the two-year coma that our president's pernicious ubiquity has induced, the Democratic party is having a tough time of late. There is a considerable difference between how policy ideas sound behind closed doors and how policy ideas sound when spoken aloud in a vast, boisterous, recalcitrant republic — a difference that has clearly surprised those who were unaware that, Trump or no Trump, there is still no great appetite in America for post-birth abortion, for the abolition of private health insurance, or for breezy anti-Semitism masquerading as authenticity, and that there is likely to be even less enthusiasm for rebuilding every structure in America, or for phasing out airplanes, or for destroying our current sources of energy while ruling out the only reliable alternatives.Having returned from the wilderness, the savvier among the Left's insurgent politicians grasped quickly that they were digging themselves into a hole and moderated their language accordingly. But Ocasio-Cortez, who suffers from the same auto-immune deficiency as Roy Moore, Steve King, and Ilhan Omar, has made no such adjustment. Egged on by a sizable coterie of fanatical cheerleaders, and inspired by her unassailable self-confidence, Ocasio-Cortez has come to see herself as a general fighting a war, and to regard those who criticize her even mildly as saboteurs, malignant interests, or unimaginative has-beens of the Age she was sent to vanquish. The exit from the dream will be a sour one.
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| 'And I did inhale': Kamala Harris admits marijuana use Posted: 11 Feb 2019 08:29 AM PST  Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said in a new interview that she supports the legalization of marijuana — admitting that she has not only smoked pot, she has inhaled.
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| Venezuela at UN says no aid crisis Posted: 12 Feb 2019 11:53 AM PST  Venezuela's foreign minister insisted at the United Nations on Tuesday that there is no humanitarian crisis in his country even as he announced plans to step up cooperation with UN agencies to help the economy. Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza met Monday with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres -- his second meeting in a month -- as the stalemate hardened between opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has declared himself acting president, and President Nicolas Maduro.
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| Burning Man nixes 'Fyre Festival-style' camp that charged up to $100,000 Posted: 11 Feb 2019 04:31 PM PST  Burning Man, the annual weeklong arts and culture event in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, prides itself on the principle of "radical inclusion." But that may no longer apply to exclusive camps for wealthy attendees that offer luxury amenities while fouling up the environment. In a blog post this weekend titled "Cultural Course Correcting," Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell revealed a number of changes to ticket sales and camp placement for Burning Man 2019, to be held in August, that were widely praised by attendees. And for the first time in the event's history, she publicly disinvited an entire camp.That camp's name was Humano the Tribe, one of the so-called "turnkey" or "plug and play" camps that caters to high-rolling attendees with prefab pads and personal "sherpas." Some attendees have compared Humano's presence to the Fyre Festival -- both in terms of its audacious pricing and its incompetence.A price list for Humano's camp at Burning Man 2018, obtained by Mashable, shows accommodation starting at $25,000 for a 160 sq. ft. "Single Bedouin Tent" with minibar and AC. Prices go all the way up to $100,000 for a "Moon Village" with two bedrooms, a private bathroom, and "super-powerful AC." That's on top of a "tribal fee" of $2,000, the cost of "initiation."A 2018 Camp Humano brochure offers the "Maximum Comfort Arctic Cocoon," which reportedly costs $50,000 and was sold out at last year's event.Image: humano To put that in perspective, the price of a Burning Man ticket starts at $190 for low-income attendees and tops out at $1,200, a voluntary price for those who can afford it. "Main sale" tickets are $425. Median personal income for attendees in 2017, the latest year for which census data are available, was $60,000. Still, there has been an uptick in wealthy attendees in recent years, particularly those from Silicon Valley. Debate has raged for years about whether turnkey camps should be allowed, and the extent to which the rich are "participating" rather than "spectating" (spectators are a big Burning Man no-no). Humano, with its Facebook and Instagram pages full of models in basic Burner attire, and a camp layout that does not appear inviting to neighbors, would seem to be the poster child for everything that old-school Burners say has gone wrong with the event.The Humano brochure tells attendees to "honor the Burning Man principles" -- without saying what they are.Image: HUMANO brochureHumano did not respond to requests for comment. Reportedly the camp's founders have claimed to the Burning Man organization that the price list is the work of a third-party concierge that added its own exorbitant fees. However, the price list document appears to have been created in the name of Humano co-founder and restaurant investor Santiago Gomez.In any case, it was not the outrageous price list that was responsible for Humano's de-invitation. It was the camp's ignorance of the most sacred Burning Man tenet: Leave No Trace. Goodell described the camp as a "strain on resources" with multiple environmental citations from the BLM (Bureau of Land Management), which owns the land on which Burning Man is held, and multiple complaints from neighboring camps at the 2018 event.What she didn't mention, however, is that the camp was literally leaking toilet water. Humano's brochureImage: humanoThose private toilets were supposed to save $100,000-tier guests from the indignity of using the event's many public Porta Potties. However, Burning Man sources say Humano arrived with PVC piping that did not properly connect to its toilets. Instead of fixing the problem with proper plumbing available 90 miles away in Reno, Humano simply duct-taped the piping. That led to what is euphemistically termed black water leaking onto the playa, which is about as much of a health hazard as you can get. Ironically, Humano's brochure had promised a "green theme camp" with a workshop devoted to waste. The camp also had problems containing its post-washing grey water, and neglected to clean its dance floor of trash for several days after the organization inspected and requested it. Burning Man takes trash so seriously that it produces a "MOOP [matter out of place] map" every year, designed to shame camps that leave so much as a bottle cap. It is no spoiler for the as-yet-unreleased 2018 map to say that Humano's location is deepest red.SEE ALSO: Make Burning Man suck again!The hits keep coming. Humano's brochure claimed that its private chefs would focus on "raw and organic ingredients" from "local farms," despite the fact that there are no farms local to the Black Rock Desert. Its art car vehicle, the "Tribe Car," was said to be returning from a "one-year hibernation." Left unsaid: that was because Burning Man's own DMV ("Department of Mutant Vehicles) had banned it the previous year for various infractions. Image: humano brochureA lengthy Reddit thread devoted to Humano features various camp neighbors accusing them of "ruining multiple blocks" with MOOP and leaving trailers in areas zoned for other camps. There are also allegations that Humano's packages were priced to include the companionship of multiple female models. Mashable was also shown unmet requests for refunds from Humano attendees who paid upwards of $130,000 for a stay in a luxury RV and didn't get what they bargained for. And all this may be just the tip of the iceberg of bad camps. "There are a dozen other camps that have been sent warnings," Goodell wrote. What remains to be seen is whether the organization can hold the worst excesses of such groups at bay before they destroy the host organism. WATCH: Forget body painting--body marbling turns your skin into a psychedelic work of art
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| Jeff Bezos investigation: Text messages 'were leaked by brother of mistress Lauren Sanchez' Posted: 12 Feb 2019 12:00 AM PST  Investigators working for Jeff Bezos have reportedly concluded that the intimate text messages published by the National Enquirer were leaked by the brother of the Amazon boss's mistress. The team, led by investigator Gavin de Becker, believed that Michael Sanchez – the brother of Mr Bezos's girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez – gave the texts to the tabloid, several media reports have suggested. Mr Sanchez has previously denied he was involved in leaking the material and this weekend he attacked the Amazon founder.
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| California pulls most National Guard troops from U.S.-Mexico border Posted: 11 Feb 2019 03:54 PM PST  Newsom said most of the roughly 360 National Guard members deployed to the border would be reassigned to other duties in the state, with about 100 remaining behind as part of a task force targeting drug trafficking and cartels. The governor, a Democrat who took office in January, said border crossings were at their lowest level since 1971 and that the state's undocumented population had dropped to a more than 10-year low. The move was a rebuke to President Donald Trump, who won election in 2016 partly on a populist pledge to build a wall on the southern U.S. border which he said in his campaign Mexico would pay for.
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| Catalan separatist trial gives Spanish far right global platform Posted: 10 Feb 2019 06:41 PM PST  Far-right Spanish party Vox is on track to get a global soapbox as it takes part in the much-hyped trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders as a "popular prosecutor" -- a Spain-specific legal mechanism that has left Madrid embarrassed. Vox burst on to the political scene by winning 12 seats in southern Andalusia's regional parliament in December. Its involvement in the upcoming trial of Catalan separatist leaders will be as so-called "popular prosecution", a set-up which allows any citizen or organisation to be an accuser in court alongside public prosecutors.
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| Nigerian widows sue Shell for complicity in activist deaths Posted: 12 Feb 2019 08:53 AM PST  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The widow of a Nigerian activist executed by their country's government more than two decades ago accused oil giant Shell of complicity in his death at a civil case in a Dutch court Tuesday.
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| Democrats Con Their Base with Green New Deal Posted: 11 Feb 2019 11:43 AM PST  In the days since Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey unveiled their "Green New Deal," we've seen the headlines lurch from new rape allegations against Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax, to confusion and lies about a background document issued by Ocasio-Cortez's office that contained some, ahem, vivid interpretations of the Green New Deal (upgrading every building in ten years, sustaining people "unwilling" to work, phasing out nuclear power, and – of course – "farting cows"), and now to anti-Semitic tweets from one of the most celebrated freshman Democrats in Congress. The U.S. is the most powerful economy on earth and we must lead the world in the fight against climate change.
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| US weather: Storm sweeping across America and Canada grounds thousands of flights Posted: 12 Feb 2019 08:48 AM PST  A deadly winter storm sweeping across the Midwest to the East Coast, including parts of Canada, has caused more than 1,700 flights to be cancelled. The winter storm is responsible for the heavy mix of snow, ice, and heavy rain sweeping from Minnesota to Maine, and parts of southern Canada, on Tuesday morning. LaGuardia Airport in New York City had the worst impact with the storm, forced to cancel more than 470 flights scheduled to depart and arrive at the airport, which is about 40 per cent of its scheduled flights.
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| Exclusive: Venezuela's Maduro seeks OPEC help against U.S. sanctions - letter Posted: 11 Feb 2019 06:26 AM PST  OPEC says it is concerned with oil policy, not politics. The request was made in a letter sent to OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo dated Jan. 29 and seen by Reuters, a day after the United States imposed sanctions on Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA. "Our country hopes to receive the solidarity and full support of the member countries of OPEC and its ministerial Conference, in the fight we are currently having against the illegal and arbitrary intrusion of the United States in the internal affairs of Venezuela," Maduro wrote.
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| Key moments in Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution Posted: 10 Feb 2019 10:22 PM PST  Forty years ago, Iran's military said it wouldn't stand in the way of revolutionaries and returned to its barracks, signaling the end of the rule of the shah.
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| Park in Hawaii gets unusual snow dusting Posted: 11 Feb 2019 04:48 PM PST  The Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area on the Hawaiian island of Maui gets an unusual dusting of snow, as captured on video by one enthusiastic visitor. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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| White House says leaker about to be caught. Then new leaked copies of Trump schedule land Posted: 11 Feb 2019 04:04 AM PST ![White House says leaker about to be caught. Then new leaked copies of Trump schedule land]( "White House says leaker about to be caught. Then new leaked copies of Trump schedule land") White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that hope to identify the staffer who leaked Trump's schedule by the end of the week.
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| Pentagon to review certification of Elon Musk's SpaceX launch vehicles Posted: 12 Feb 2019 07:54 AM PST  "Our objective is to determine whether the U.S. Air Force complied with the Launch Services New Entrant Certification Guide when certifying the launch system design for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle-class SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles," U.S. Department Of Defense Deputy Inspector General Michael Roark said in the memo. The review will begin this month, the memo stated.
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| U.S. Warships Patrolling Beijing-Claimed Waters Prompt Chinese Protest Posted: 11 Feb 2019 01:31 AM PST  China's foreign ministry said the country's navy "warned off" off the U.S. warships Monday as they attempted to assert free navigation rights in the disputed South China Sea. The ships sailed close by Mischief Reef, where China has built an airbase on reclaimed land, and the adjacent Second Thomas Shoal, which is occupied by the Philippines.
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| The 2020 BMW 7-series Sedan's Kidney Grille Is 40 Percent Bigger Posted: 11 Feb 2019 08:40 AM PST  The BMW flagship sedan also gets revised engines and plenty of new tech.
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| The Latest: Washington state braces for more now Posted: 11 Feb 2019 08:53 AM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on winter weather in the United States (all times local):
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| OPEC, Russia draft cooperation charter offers no formal body: document Posted: 11 Feb 2019 06:00 AM PST  Scared by looming U.S. anti-cartel legislation for the oil industry, the Organization for the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies such as Russia have decided against creating a formal body, at least on paper. A draft of a document - setting up a new alliance and dated January 2019 - and seen by Reuters carefully avoids any mention of sensitive issues such as oil prices, market share and production cuts. OPEC and Russia have been cutting production together to support prices since 2017, after clinching a deal in December 2016, in moves that have provoked criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump.
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| Ilhan Omar: Democrat congresswoman accused of antisemitism over Israel tweets Posted: 11 Feb 2019 12:34 PM PST  Ilhan Omar, a newly elected US congresswoman, has been accused of antisemitism after she criticised a pro-Israel lobby group online. In two tweets posted late on Sunday night the Minnesota Democrat implied that funding from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was responsible for US politicans' support for Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial Israeli government. Following calls from fellow Democrats for her to apologise, Ms Omar has since posted a message on her Twitter account acknowledging the backlash.
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| Journalist Sues Twitter for Banning Her over ‘Women Aren’t Men’ Tweets Posted: 11 Feb 2019 02:57 PM PST  After a number of temporary suspensions, Twitter in November permanently locked the verified account of Murphy, a Canadian writer and self-described feminist, informing her that she had violated the platform's hateful-conduct rules. In late October, Twitter added "targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals" to its list of prohibited behavior and applied the policy retroactively to Murphy's earlier tweets. "Women aren't men," read an October tweet from Murphy.
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| Amy Klobuchar, latest presidential candidate, faces questions about temperament, treatment of staff Posted: 11 Feb 2019 08:58 AM PST  On the day she announced her intention to run for the presidency, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., faced intense headwinds in the form of reports that she has been routinely demeaning to her employees.
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| Rick Steves: The pros and cons of cruising in Europe Posted: 11 Feb 2019 09:21 AM PST ![Rick Steves: The pros and cons of cruising in Europe]( "Rick Steves: The pros and cons of cruising in Europe") Cruising might not be for everyone, but it's an economic, efficient and popular of mode of travel in Europe and beyond.
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| Thai princess disqualified from list of candidates for PM Posted: 11 Feb 2019 02:10 AM PST  Thai Princess Ubolratana was on Monday formally disqualified for running for prime minister, ending her brief and ill-fated political union with a party allied to the powerful Shinawatra clan, just days after a stern royal command rebuking her candidacy was issued by her brother, the king. Uncertainty and conjecture have coursed through Thailand since Friday when the Thai Raksa Chart party made the explosive announcement of Princess Ubolratana, King Maha Vajiralongkorn's elder sister, as their candidate for premier after the March 24 election. A royal command from the king put a pin in her unprecedented political aspirations, insisting the monarchy was above politics and describing his sister's candidacy as "highly inappropriate".
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| Snow slams Northwest again and even Hawaii gets some Posted: 11 Feb 2019 07:28 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — Schools closed across Washington state and the Legislature canceled all hearings Monday with winter snowstorms pummeling the Northwest again as a larger weather system wreaked havoc in the region and even brought snow to Hawaii.
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| Have You Shopped Walmart's New MoDRN Collection Yet? Posted: 12 Feb 2019 07:41 AM PST |
| See How the 2020 Toyota Supra Looks with TRD's Mild Aero Tweaks Posted: 12 Feb 2019 07:20 AM PST  Power gains and a fat rear wing are still up in the air.
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| Donald Trump ‘not happy’ with Congress border deal but plays down chance of another shutdown Posted: 12 Feb 2019 12:01 PM PST  Donald Trump has said he is "not happy" with a Congress deal addressing his border wall demands but insisted he did not want another government shutdown, raising hopes he will not veto the agreement. The US president said he was still working through details of the compromise, which was struck by Republican and Democrat congressmen late on Monday to keep the government funded beyond the Friday midnight deadline. The agreement includes $1.37 billion (£1.06 billion) for new fencing along 55 miles of the US-Mexico border, according to congressional sources. That is well below the $5.7 billion for more than 200 miles of border wall that Mr Trump had demanded. The deal, details of which have yet to be published, prompted an immediate backlash from influential right-wing figures, with Sean Hannity, a Fox News presenter who is close to the president, calling it a "garbage compromise". Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Mr Trump voiced concern but did not say he would block the deal, which would need to pass the House of Representatives and the US Senate before landing on his desk. "Am I happy at first glance? I just got to see it. The answer is no, I'm not, I'm not happy," Mr Trump said. "But am I happy with where we're going? I'm thrilled." The president added that his team was "moving things around" and "taking really from far less important areas" – a possible reference to executive action he is reportedly considering that would take money from pre-existing funds to build his wall. Mr Trump repeatedly played down the chance of another government shutdown. That would happen on Saturday if Congress and the White House fail to come to an agreement over funding by then. Mr Trump said: "I would hope that there won't be a shutdown. I'm extremely unhappy with what the Democrats have given us. It's sad. They're doing the country no favours. They are hurting our country very badly. But I certainly don't want to see a shutdown." Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat house speaker, refused Donald Trump's demands for $5.7bn for border wall funding earlier this year Credit: Jim WATSON / AFP The prospective deal comes after the longest government shutdown in US history, 35 days, which was a driven by Mr Trump's demand for $5 billion of border wall funding and the Democrats' refusal to agree. The US president had changed his stance by reopening government for three weeks to allow for cross-party immigration talks. The deal that was struck on Monday was the culmination of those talks. A Democrat demand to cap the number of deportation beds that immigration enforcement officials could use for people picked up within America threatened to derail the talks. But the Democrats relented, agreeing instead to less funding for those beds. The deal included less than a quarter of the money Mr Trump was initially seeking for border barriers. It is also for fencing rather than a wall – thought the president has softened his initial call for a concrete wall, saying "steel slats" would work too. Any legislation based on the deal will need to be passed by the House, which is controlled by the Democrats, and the Senate, which is Republican-held, and signed by Mr Trump before midnight on Friday to stop another shutdown.
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| Nationwide manhunt for disbarred attorney accused of stabbing his mother to death, stealing her car Posted: 11 Feb 2019 01:14 PM PST  -year-old Richard Merritt was supposed to surrender for a 15-year prison sentence for other crimes; Steve Harrigan reports from Atlanta.
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| Israel extends detention of Palestinian over teen murder Posted: 11 Feb 2019 08:37 AM PST  An Israeli court Monday extended by 10 days the detention of a Palestinian over the brutal murder of an Israeli woman that has gripped the country, Shin Bet security services said. The body of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher was found on Thursday south of Jerusalem and her suspected murderer Arafat Irfaiya, 29, was arrested on Saturday. The Israeli intelligence service Shin Bet has labelled it a "nationalist" attack, a phrase used to refer to violence related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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| 2019 Volvo S60 Is Sophisticated and Comfortable Posted: 11 Feb 2019 10:33 AM PST  All-New 2019 Volvo S60 Is Sophisticated and Comfortable The 2019 Volvo S60 is a stylish compact luxury sedan that's new from the ground up. In fact, it's an entirely different car than the outgo...
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| Man pleads guilty to 2 murder counts in 1998 triple-murder Posted: 11 Feb 2019 12:43 PM PST  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana man pleaded guilty to two counts of murder Monday, the same day jury selection was set to begin in his third trial in a 1998 triple-murder .
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| Russia ready to help Venezuela resolve crisis, warns U.S. against meddling Posted: 12 Feb 2019 04:01 PM PST  Russia said on Tuesday it was ready to facilitate the start of dialogue between Venezuela's government and opposition but warned the United States against intervening in Caracas' internal affairs. Russia has sided with President Nicolas Maduro in his stand-off with opposition leader Juan Guaido. Maduro retains control of state institutions including the military, but most Western countries, including the United States, have recognized Guaido as Venezuela's president.
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| Joy Behar tells Meghan McCain not to 'have a hissy fit' in heated exchange on 'The View' Posted: 11 Feb 2019 01:13 PM PST  Joy Behar and Meghan McCain are back at it again, having another heated exchange on Monday's episode of "The View."
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| House committee recruits lawyers who say Trump obstructed justice Posted: 12 Feb 2019 11:59 AM PST  A key congressional committee investigating President Donald Trump announced Tuesday it is hiring two outspoken lawyers who have urged Trump's indictment and impeachment for obstruction and other charges. The House Judiciary Committee, which would likely hear any impeachment motion against the president, said that Barry Berke and Norman Eisen would be retained as "special oversight counsels" related to the Department of Justice and to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump campaign and Russia meddling in the 2016 election.
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| 7 of the Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy for 2019 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 12:06 PM PST ![7 of the Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy for 2019]( "7 of the Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy for 2019") The best semiconductor stocks this year.
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| Withdrawal of U.S. forces in Syria likely to start in 'weeks': U.S. general Posted: 10 Feb 2019 07:14 PM PST  U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. Central Command, cautioned that the exact timing would depend on the situation in Syria, where U.S.-backed fighters have launched a final assault against Islamic State enclaves near the Iraqi border. The U.S. military has already started withdrawing equipment from Syria. Asked whether the withdrawal of America's more than 2,000 troops would begin in days or weeks, Votel said: "Probably weeks.
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| The Toyota 86 British Green Limited Is a Thing of Beauty from Toyota Japan Posted: 12 Feb 2019 09:15 AM PST  British racing green and a black-and-tan interior make this Toyota 86 just about irresistible.
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