| Hillary Clinton on GOP health bill breakdown: ‘The fight isn’t over yet’ Posted: 24 Mar 2017 03:12 PM PDT  Hillary Clinton praised the efforts of "people in every corner of our country" and then posted tweets about people who have benefited from the ACA.
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| House Intel Chair Backs Down from Claims That Trump, Associates Were Monitored by US Intelligence Posted: 23 Mar 2017 09:00 PM PDT  The investigation began after Trump accused Obama of tapping his phones.
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| The coincidences mount, as another Putin critic is shot dead Posted: 24 Mar 2017 03:12 PM PDT  An outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin was shot dead in broad daylight in Kiev Thursday, just two days after a lawyer for the family of a slain Russian whistleblower was injured in a mysterious fall from his fourth-story apartment near Moscow. Denis Voronenkov was a former Russian Communist Party member who'd become increasingly critical of Putin's policies after fleeing to Ukraine in 2016. As it has after similar incidents, the Kremlin swiftly rejected any suggestion it was involved in Voronenkov's murder.
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| Kentucky lawyer pleads guilty in massive disability scheme Posted: 24 Mar 2017 04:45 PM PDT ![Kentucky lawyer pleads guilty in massive disability scheme]( "Kentucky lawyer pleads guilty in massive disability scheme") LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A flamboyant Kentucky lawyer who billed himself as "Mr. Social Security" pleaded guilty Friday for his role in what prosecutors portrayed as a long-running scheme to defraud the government of nearly $600 million in federal disability payments.
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| Police investigate Indian lawmaker over airline sandal fracas Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:17 AM PDT ![Police investigate Indian lawmaker over airline sandal fracas]( "Police investigate Indian lawmaker over airline sandal fracas") Indian police said on Friday they were launching an investigation into a Hindu-nationalist lawmaker a day after he acknowledged hitting an Air India official 25 times with his sandals in a row over a business class seat. The state carrier and other airlines said they would bar Ravindra Gaikwad from flying after the fracas which has triggered a debate on the behavior of members of the political elite, and calls for a no-fly list for unruly passengers. Gaikwad, from the Shiv Sena party, allies of India's ruling BJP, did not apologize for Thursday's confrontation and told reporters he had been badly treated.
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| Cuba's secret negotiator with US was president's son: cardinal Posted: 24 Mar 2017 02:27 PM PDT  Cuban President Raul Castro's son, Alejandro, was the communist island's envoy for secret negotiations with the United States that led to the countries' historic rapprochement, a cardinal close to the talks said. Speculation had long swirled that Alejandro Castro Espin, the president's 51-year-old son, headed up the secret talks.
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| Correction: Mother-Daughter Killed story Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:33 AM PDT ![Correction: Mother-Daughter Killed story]( "Correction: Mother-Daughter Killed story") VALLEY HEAD, Ala. (AP) — In a story March 23 about a mother and daughter dying in separate traffic accidents in Alabama, The Associated Press reported erroneously the age of the girl. The child was 8, not 5.
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| NBC Special Report: Trump Blames Democrats for Health Bill Defeat Posted: 24 Mar 2017 01:44 PM PDT  President Trump says his plan to replace Obamacare failed because of a lack of support from Democrats.
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| Noura Jackson adjusts to life outside after being in prison for mom's murder: Part 6 Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:57 PM PDT  Noura Jackson earned her GED while incarcerated and is now applying to colleges.
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| Veteran Becomes First Ever Double Amputee Police Officer Posted: 24 Mar 2017 01:07 PM PDT  Matias Ferreira graduated from a New York police academy.
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| Philippines leader scolds EU for 'idiotic' drug rehab solution Posted: 24 Mar 2017 03:43 AM PDT  (Advisory: This story contains strong language in paragraph one and four) MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hit out at the European Union on Friday for hypocrisy and called the bloc "sons of bitches" after its lawmakers issued a resolution calling for restraint and a rethink in his bloody war on drugs. Duterte castigated the EU for urging him to focus his campaign on drugs rehabilitation and stood by his security-centered approach to a crackdown that has left thousands of people dead since he took office nine months ago. The EU, they communicated to us, and they want a health-based solution for the drugs.
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| North Korea Threatens US Over Preemptive Strike Posted: 25 Mar 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Kim Jong Un's regime said the U.S. should be prepared for "catastrophic consequences" if it attempts to engage Pyongyang.
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| Dozens Break Out Of Mexico Prison Posted: 24 Mar 2017 06:12 AM PDT  At least 10 of the 29 inmates who escaped Thursday were re-captured, but the others remained at large.
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| Burkina links Ivory Coast jihadist with hotel attack in capital Posted: 24 Mar 2017 12:40 PM PDT  A jihadist accused of masterminding a deadly attack in Ivory Coast is also suspected of having planned a major assault in Burkina Faso's capital last year, a senior official said Friday. Ivorian officials believe Mimi Ould Baba Ould Cheikh organised the gun and grenade attack that left 19 people dead last March at the beach resort of Grand-Bassam, which is popular with foreigners. Now he is also believed to have been "head of operations" for the attack on a hotel and cafe in Ouagadougou in January 2016 that killed 30 people, said Colonel Serge Alain Ouedraogo of the Burkinabe gendarmerie.
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| The Latest: Lawsuit challenges Arkansas execution secrecy Posted: 24 Mar 2017 12:53 PM PDT  VARNER, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on Arkansas' efforts to conduct four double-executions next month (all times local):
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| Adrenalin-fueled TV drama to spur on China's war on graft Posted: 23 Mar 2017 09:13 PM PDT  By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) - Helicopter chases, fridges full of cash and officials caught in bed with their foreign mistresses are all in a day's work for China's anti-graft prosecutors, according to a new state-backed TV drama aimed at bolstering China's graft fight. "In the Name of the People", a new show by propaganda department of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP), China's top prosecutor, follows an intrepid SPP anti-graft investigator sent to a fictional province from Beijing to tackle corruption at the highest levels of local officialdom. Chinese President Xi Jinping's has pledged that his multi-year war on graft, which has netted tens of thousands of officials, will continue until corruption is fully expunged, warning that the rot could threaten the ruling Communist Party's existence if not cleared.
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| Plan to dig up President Polk's body _ again _ stirs trouble Posted: 24 Mar 2017 02:23 PM PDT  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President James K. Polk did big things for America, dramatically expanding its borders by annexing Texas and seizing California and the Southwest in a war with Mexico. Achieving undisturbed eternal rest has proved more difficult.
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| Appeals court sets schedule on Trump immigration appeal Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:24 AM PDT  The first federal appeals court's review of President Trump's revised order limiting immigration from six Mideast nations will go forward on an expedited schedule, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided Thursday.
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| Police search for missing student in Alabama Posted: 23 Mar 2017 08:17 PM PDT  Investigators searched motels in Decatur, after receiving tips, for Elizabeth Thomas.
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| Photos of the day - March 25, 2017 Posted: 25 Mar 2017 01:55 PM PDT ![Photos of the day - March 25, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 25, 2017") A woman dressed as "Europa" performs during a rally in Berlin marking the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome; a woman, pushed to the ground by police, tries to defends herself as the police detain an activist during an opposition rally in Minsk, Belarus; Pope Francis waves to the faithful from the Popemobile in Milan, Italy, as Cardinal Angelo Scola, the archbishop of Milan, looks on, after the Angelus in Duomo Square. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
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| North Dakota governor approves concealed guns without a permit Posted: 24 Mar 2017 01:08 PM PDT  The law, which takes effect on Aug. 1, mandates that gun owners only need a North Dakota driver's license or state identification card for at least a year before they can carry a concealed firearm in public. Under current regulations, applicants must take a test to obtain a permit which entails fees of more than $100.
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| Woman Tasered After Calling Cop 'Honey' Settles For $20,000, Police Deny Wrongdoing Posted: 24 Mar 2017 06:13 AM PDT  Aranda Wendell sued Stuart Police Department for excessive use of force.
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| What happened today in France's presidential race Posted: 24 Mar 2017 11:01 AM PDT  With 30 days to go before the first round of France's two-stage presidential election, the incumbent Francois Hollande made a rare sortie into the campaign after conservative candidate Francois Fillon accused him of orchestrating a smear campaign. President Hollande lashed out at Fillon, saying the 63-year-old rightwinger had exceeded the bounds of "dignity and responsibility" with his claims. On Thursday, Fillon charged that Hollande had headed a "secret cell" that was responsible for revelations that have led to criminal charges against the candidate.
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| ISPs Can Now Sell Your Private Data: How to Protect Yourself Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:20 AM PDT  The Internet may seem like an apolitical entity, but the fact is, the United States government has a great deal of influence over it. On Thursday (Mar. 23), the U.S. Senate voted to overturn an important broadband privacy rule implemented under the Obama administration. Your ISP may soon be able to collect and sell your online data with reckless abandon, and frankly, unless you're willing to kneecap your own Internet access, you can't do much about it.
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| 4-Year-Old Boy Saves Unconscious Mom By Unlocking Her Phone With Touch ID, Asking Siri For Help Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:02 AM PDT  A four-year-old boy used his unconscious mother's iPhone to call emergency responders by using Touch ID and Siri, U.K. police say.
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| Rachel Dolezal struggles after racial identity scandal Posted: 24 Mar 2017 12:51 PM PDT  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A white civil rights leader, fired because she led others to believe she was black, said she struggles to make a living these days because she was portrayed as a fraud.
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| General favors more aggressive approach in Somalia Posted: 24 Mar 2017 02:16 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vowing he won't turn Somalia into a "free fire zone," the commander of U.S. Africa Command said Friday he wants greater authority to conduct airstrikes and use military forces in the African country to allow the U.S. to strike al-Qaida-linked militants more quickly.
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| All of America's Fighter Planes in One GIF Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:03 AM PDT  From the F-1 Fury to the F-35 Lightning II.
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| This is the secret to unclogging sinks and drains anywhere in your house Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:46 PM PDT 
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| Gambia to set up truth and reconciliation commission Posted: 23 Mar 2017 11:26 PM PDT  Gambia said on Thursday it would set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and offer reparations to victims of former President Yahya Jammeh's government, which is accused of the torture and killing of perceived opponents. Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said in a statement the government will also probe the finances of Jammeh, who fled into exile in January to Equatorial Guinea after a rule that began in 1994 when he seized power in a coup. Jammeh lost an election in December to the now President Adama Barrow but refused to accept the result.
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| Chicago police officer charged with 16 new counts in shooting case: media Posted: 23 Mar 2017 11:45 PM PDT  Jason Van Dyke pleaded not guilty through his attorney in a Chicago courtroom to 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm that were issued by a grand jury on March 16 and unsealed on Thursday by a special prosecutor, local media reported. Video footage of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being shot 16 times by Van Dyke in October 2014 was released more than a year later, sparking protests and pushing the city into a national debate over police use of force, particularly in minority communities.
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| Tillerson to meet allies as NATO races to save talks Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:40 PM PDT  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with NATO members next week in Brussels, officials said Friday, as alliance diplomats worked to nail down the date. "We are currently planning to hold the meeting of NATO foreign ministers on 31 March. Consultations on scheduling among Allies are ongoing," a NATO official in Brussels said.
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| Firehouse Welcomes 6 Babies in 7 Months: 'We've Been Having a Baby Shower Every Month' Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:20 AM PDT  After the last of the bunch was born, the firefighters brought their newborns into the firehouse for a heartwarming photo shoot.
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| Only 8% of Women Know What Age To Start Getting Heart Screenings Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:06 AM PDT  Hint: It's before you can legally drink.
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| 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible Posted: 24 Mar 2017 03:14 PM PDT  An American bad-ass goes topless.
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| Gunmen kill Hamas official in Gaza Posted: 24 Mar 2017 04:28 PM PDT  Gunmen in the Gaza Strip on Friday shot dead a Hamas official who was freed by Israel in a 2011 prisoner swap, the interior ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. Mazen Faqha was released along with more than 1,000 other Palestinians in exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier Hamas had detained for five years. Iyad al-Bozum, an interior ministry spokesman in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, said that gunmen opened fire on Faqha in the Tell al-Hama neighbourhood.
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| Heads, Beijing Wins. Tails, Hong Kong Loses. Posted: 24 Mar 2017 10:32 AM PDT  The 2017 race for Chief Executive was supposed to be a watershed exercise in democracy. Instead, it may be a coronation.
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| Conviction of Venezuelan first lady's nephews stands: U.S. judge Posted: 24 Mar 2017 02:18 PM PDT ![Conviction of Venezuelan first lady's nephews stands: U.S. judge]( "Conviction of Venezuelan first lady's nephews stands: U.S. judge") Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas and Efrain Antonio Campo Flores had argued in a motion challenging their conviction that they were entrapped in a sting operation and that their trial was tainted by a witness who perjured himself. Attorneys for Flores de Freitas and Campo Flores did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Flores de Freitas, 31, and Campo Flores, 30, were convicted by a Manhattan jury in November of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States.
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| UN Report Calls For Donations To North Korea As Sanctions Dry Up Aid Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:35 AM PDT  "Chronic food insecurity, early childhood malnutrition and nutrition insecurity" continue to plague North Korea, which has been ranked 98 out of 118 countries in the 2016 Global Hunger Index.
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| After Woman Gets Stuck in Desert for 5 Days, How to Avoid Being Led Astray By Your GPS Posted: 24 Mar 2017 01:55 PM PDT  Amber VanHecke says she took the turn even though it didn't look right.
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| Arkansas inmates make longshot bid to avoid double execution Posted: 24 Mar 2017 04:44 PM PDT VARNER, Ark. (AP) — Two Arkansas inmates scheduled for back-to-back lethal injections next month asked the parole board Friday to spare their lives, a longshot bid as the state prepares for an unprecedented four nights of double executions over a 10-day period.
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| Company, US want Dakota Access pipeline lake crossing upheld Posted: 24 Mar 2017 10:38 AM PDT ![Company, US want Dakota Access pipeline lake crossing upheld]( "Company, US want Dakota Access pipeline lake crossing upheld") BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline and the Army Corps of Engineers want a judge to reject a request by American Indian tribes to revoke permission for the project to cross a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.
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| Why Canada's the No. 2 Best Country, Again Posted: 24 Mar 2017 06:37 AM PDT ![Why Canada's the No. 2 Best Country, Again]( "Why Canada's the No. 2 Best Country, Again") 1. Canada took the top spot in five attributes in the 2017 Best Countries survey, more than any other country: respects property rights, trustworthy, religious freedom, politically stable and well-developed public education system. 3. In a time when nearly 90 percent of global survey respondents agree that there is a global leadership crisis, the election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the end of 2015 only helped improve global perceptions of Canada. A quarter of global survey respondents said that the event improved their view of the country to some extent, while another 62 percent were neutral.
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| Walking on frozen bubbles Posted: 25 Mar 2017 09:15 AM PDT ![Walking on frozen bubbles]( "Walking on frozen bubbles") Paul Zizka, from Alberta, Canada, visits this lake every year — but this is the first time he photographed the magical bubbles at sunrise. The 37-year-old Zizka said there were thousands of bubbles trapped under the ice and he was lucky to see them.
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| 27 killed in south Yemen clashes Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:55 AM PDT  Aden (AFP) - At least 20 rebels and seven soldiers were killed over the past 24 hours in ongoing fighting in southern Yemen, a military source said Friday.
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| Husband Accidentally Donates Wife's Wedding Dress to Goodwill Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:15 AM PDT  After Natalie Gelbert discovered her husband had accidentally donated her wedding dress to Goodwill, she posted a plea on Facebook to have it returned, which has been shared over 21,000 times.
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| Boston man sentenced for sale of guns stolen from U.S. Army site Posted: 24 Mar 2017 10:09 AM PDT ![Boston man sentenced for sale of guns stolen from U.S. Army site]( "Boston man sentenced for sale of guns stolen from U.S. Army site") A Boston man was sentenced on Friday to serve almost five years in federal prison for having helped to sell weapons including six machine guns stolen from a Massachusetts U.S. Army Reserve facility in 2015. Tyrone James, 29, was sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years' supervised release after pleading guilty in December to charges including conspiracy to possess, store and sell stolen firearms.
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