| Biden regrets not being president, but stands behind decision not to run Posted: 26 Mar 2017 12:05 PM PDT  Former Vice President Joe Biden admits that when he looks at the White House, he can't help but wonder what could have been.
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| Full Mulvaney: 'Washington Won' On GOP Health Bill Fallout Posted: 26 Mar 2017 06:05 AM PDT  In an exclusive interview on Meet the Press, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney talked to Chuck Todd about Pres. Trump's efforts on the GOP healthcare bill after the decision to pull it before the vote.
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| Woman Once Victimized by Teacher Weighs In on Missing Student Case: 'She Has Been Taken Advantage Of' Posted: 27 Mar 2017 02:13 PM PDT  Jenny Kutner had a sexual relationship with her history teacher when she was just 14.
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| United Airlines bars teenage girls in leggings from flight Posted: 26 Mar 2017 03:30 PM PDT  "The passengers this morning were United pass riders who were not in compliance with our dress code policy for company benefit travel," the airline said on Twitter as the incident Thanwent viral on social media. In another tweet made in response to a question from a social media user, the airline said: "Casual attire for ticketed passengers is fine. United pass travelers are company employees or family members of employees.
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| Infowars apologizes for spreading 'Pizzagate' theory. What does that mean for fake news? Posted: 26 Mar 2017 08:44 AM PDT ![Infowars apologizes for spreading 'Pizzagate' theory. What does that mean for fake news?]( "Infowars apologizes for spreading 'Pizzagate' theory. What does that mean for fake news?") Infowars owner and long-time conspiracy theorist Alex Jones admitted that his site falsely reported and commented on the debunked "Pizzagate" controversy, a theory that alleged that Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant, had played a role in a child-sex-trafficking ring that also involved Hillary Clinton. Apologizing to the restaurant's owner, James Alefantis, Mr. Jones issued a statement Friday. "I want our viewers and listeners to know that we regret any negative impact our commentaries may have had on Mr. Alefantis, Comet Ping Pong, or its employees," he said.
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| 2018 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500: A Legend Reborn (Again) Posted: 27 Mar 2017 09:32 AM PDT  Ford's answer to the SRT Hellcat and Camaro ZL1.
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| 'Humbling' experience for family of London attack victim Posted: 27 Mar 2017 08:34 AM PDT  The family of Kurt Cochran, the US tourist killed during a terror attack while in London with his wife to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, spoke on Monday of "a humbling and difficult experience". Cochran's wife, Melissa, sustained a broken leg, a broken rib and a cut to the head in last Wednesday's attack outside the Houses of Parliament, and "her health is steadily improving," her brother Clint Payne said. Cochran and Melissa, from Utah, were mowed down on Westminster Bridge by a car driven by Khalid Masood, who killed a total of four people and injured dozens more before being shot and killed.
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| Trump Blames Democrats, Far Right For Health Care Defeat Posted: 26 Mar 2017 09:06 AM PDT  Rep. Ted Poe resigned from the Freedom Caucus, saying just refusing to pass legislation is no way to move the country forward.
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| 3 kidnapped Malaysians rescued in southern Philippines Posted: 26 Mar 2017 09:12 PM PDT ![3 kidnapped Malaysians rescued in southern Philippines]( "3 kidnapped Malaysians rescued in southern Philippines") MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines military said Monday they have rescued three more Malaysian tugboat crewmen held hostage by Muslim militants for eight months in the south of the country.
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| As U.S. Airstrikes Rise, So Do Allegations of Civilian Deaths Posted: 27 Mar 2017 12:59 PM PDT  A massive bombing in Mosul that may have killed as many as 200 people tops a growing list of sites where the U.S. is accused of bombing civilians.
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| 'Dreamer' immigrant in Oregon detained by US authorities Posted: 26 Mar 2017 07:44 PM PDT !['Dreamer' immigrant in Oregon detained by US authorities]( "'Dreamer' immigrant in Oregon detained by US authorities") PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 25-year-old man who had been allowed to stay in the U.S. because he was brought illegally into the country as a child was detained Sunday by immigration agents, activists said.
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| Northeast Australia braces for cyclone, thousands flee to higher ground Posted: 27 Mar 2017 01:06 AM PDT  By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of Australians fled their homes on Monday as a powerful cyclone bore down on coastal towns in Queensland, where authorities urged 30,000 people to evacuate low lying areas most at risk from tidal surges and winds of up to 300 km per hour (185 mph). Cyclone Debbie is expected to gather strength before making landfall in the northeast state early on Tuesday, with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology forecasting a category four storm, just one rung below the most dangerous wind speed level. The growing alarm persuaded the state government on Monday to warn some 25,000 people living in parts of Mackay, a city 950 kilometers (590 miles) north of the state capital Brisbane, to head south to higher ground.
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| Rewriting the Rules of Presidential Succession Posted: 26 Mar 2017 11:01 AM PDT ![Rewriting the Rules of Presidential Succession]( "Rewriting the Rules of Presidential Succession") A project begun after 9/11 assumes new urgency after the 2016 election—creating a more sensible plan for what happens when a chief executive steps aside.
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| One killed, 15 wounded in Ohio nightclub shooting Posted: 26 Mar 2017 10:50 AM PDT  Gunfire erupted in a crowded Ohio nightclub early Sunday after a personal dispute boiled over, killing one person and wounding at least 15 as partygoers scattered into the night, authorities said. The gunmen remained at large following the shooting at the Cameo nightclub in Cincinnati that Police Chief Eliot Isaac said was packed with revelers. "Several local men got into some type of dispute inside the bar and it escalated into shots being fired from several individuals," Isaac told reporters.
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| iOS 10.3 now available to download on iPhone and iPad Posted: 27 Mar 2017 09:55 AM PDT 
Following a barrage of betas over the past week, Apple rolled out the final version of iOS 10.3 to the public on Monday. After launching iOS 10 last September, Apple was relatively quick to follow up with iOS 10.1 in October and iOS 10.2 in December, but it ended up taking more than three months to finalize iOS 10.3.
Thankfully, the latest update is packed with new features and fixes that should make it worth the wait. Along with bringing the frequently discussed Find My AirPods functionality to the Find My iPhone app, iOS 10.3 also changes the animations that occur when opening and closing apps, adds weather forecasts to the Maps app and gives users the option to add a Podcasts widget in the panel where widgets go. You can read more about these features and other features coming in iOS 10.3 right here. These might not be as exciting to the average consumer as the new emoji or the dedicated TV app that arrived alongside iOS 10.2, but they will make iOS a better, faster platform for current and future iPhones and iPads. It's also worth noting that 9.3 was the final numbered release of the iOS 9 era, so unless something changes this generation, we likely won't see anything more than bug fixes and the like from here on out. If you want to update your iOS device to iOS 10.2 immediately, you can do so by heading to Settings > General > Software Update and tapping "Download and Install" at the bottom of the page. As always, you can also apply the update through iTunes, though, fair warning, that does require you to use iTunes.
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| Ivanka Trump Posts Pictures With Children At Zoo Posted: 27 Mar 2017 06:31 AM PDT  President Donald Trump's elder daughter and son Donald Trump Jr. spent time with their children at a zoo and Palm Beach, Florida, respectively over the weekend.
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| Iran strikes back at US with 'reciprocal' sanctions Posted: 26 Mar 2017 10:14 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Sunday sanctioned what it described as 15 American companies, alleging they support terrorism, repression and Israel's occupation of land Palestinians want for a future state, likely in retaliation for sanctions earlier announced by the U.S.
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| Russian police detain opposition leader, hundreds of protesters Posted: 26 Mar 2017 05:21 PM PDT ![Russian police detain opposition leader, hundreds of protesters]( "Russian police detain opposition leader, hundreds of protesters") By Denis Pinchuk and Natalia Shurmina MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Police detained hundreds of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election that Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term. Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, has little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings.
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| AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from the past week in Asia Posted: 26 Mar 2017 09:52 PM PDT  A 6,800-ton South Korean ferry was hoisted to the surface last week nearly three years after it capsized and sank in violent seas off the country's southwestern coast, an emotional moment for the nation as it searches for closure to one of its deadliest disasters. More than 300 people — most of whom were students on a high school trip — died when the Sewol sank on April 16, 2014, touching off an outpouring of national grief and soul searching about long-ignored public safety and regulatory failures.
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| 5 Easy Ways to Make Fast Cash Posted: 27 Mar 2017 06:00 AM PDT ![5 Easy Ways to Make Fast Cash]( "5 Easy Ways to Make Fast Cash") For aluminum cans, you'll generally get 40 cents per pound, and maybe 50 cents a pound if you bring in 100 pounds or more. If you have old computer equipment, you could also recycle that for money -- not much, though.
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| Jeff Sessions speaks out against sanctuary cities Posted: 27 Mar 2017 11:04 AM PDT  On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke during the White House Press Briefing against sanctuary cities. "Such policies cannot continue," Sessions said. "They make our nation less safe by putting dangerous criminals back on the street."
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| Why is Colorado risking hundreds of millions to protect its marijuana industry? Posted: 26 Mar 2017 08:58 AM PDT ![Why is Colorado risking hundreds of millions to protect its marijuana industry?]( "Why is Colorado risking hundreds of millions to protect its marijuana industry?") Colorado's state legislature is considering an unusual plan to defend the state's marijuana industry from a federal crackdown under the Trump administration. The bill would allow growers and sellers to reclassify their recreational marijuana as medical "based on a business need due to a change in local, state, or federal law or enforcement policy." The strategy is meant to keep marijuana businesses afloat if the federal government comes after them, even if it means the state losing hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. The bill represents a shift in how states might respond to what marijuana advocates say are an over-simplification of cannabis policy by the Trump administration.
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| Seven students, one teacher killed in Japan avalanche Posted: 27 Mar 2017 04:04 AM PDT  An avalanche Monday killed seven Japanese high school students and a teacher on a mountain-climbing outing, and injured 40 more. More than 100 troops were deployed in a major rescue mission after the avalanche hit ski slopes in Tochigi prefecture north of Tokyo. A total of 52 students and 11 teachers from seven high schools were on a three-day mountaineering expedition when disaster struck.
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| Egypt sentences 56 in migrant boat disaster case to prison Posted: 26 Mar 2017 12:27 PM PDT ![Egypt sentences 56 in migrant boat disaster case to prison]( "Egypt sentences 56 in migrant boat disaster case to prison") CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced 56 defendants Sunday in the case of a boat carrying migrants that capsized off the coastal city of Rosetta in September, killing more than 200 people.
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| Samsung Galaxy X vs. Google Pixel 2` Posted: 27 Mar 2017 05:18 AM PDT  Both smartphones are expected to be premium devices. While the Pixel 2 will be Google's flagship device for 2017, the Samsung Galaxy X is expected to be an experimental device.
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| Pakistan says starts fencing Afghanistan border in 'high-threat zones' Posted: 27 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PDT  Pakistan has begun building a fence on its disputed 2,500 km (1,500 mile) border with Afghanistan to prevent incursions by militants, Pakistan's army chief said, in a move likely to further strain relations between the two countries. Pakistan has blamed Pakistani Taliban militants it says are based on Afghan soil for a spate of attacks at home in recent months, urging Kabul to eradicate "sanctuaries" for militants. Citing the attacks, Islamabad earlier this month temporarily shut the main crossing points along the colonial-era Durand Line border, drawn up in 1893 and rejected by Afghanistan.
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| White House Rejects Claims Trump Gave Merkel Fake $376 Billion ‘Bill’ For NATO Payments Posted: 27 Mar 2017 10:16 AM PDT  Because Trump and Merkel's meeting went so smoothly otherwise.
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| Family of missing ex-FBI agent files lawsuit against Iran Posted: 26 Mar 2017 06:07 AM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The family of a former FBI agent who went missing in Iran a decade ago on an unauthorized CIA assignment has filed a lawsuit against the Islamic Republic, accusing it of using "cold, cynical and false denials" to torture his loved ones.
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| Bulgarian center-right GERB wins most votes in election Posted: 26 Mar 2017 04:02 PM PDT  By Tsvetelia Tsolova and Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's center-right GERB party narrowly won a parliamentary election on Sunday, giving it a chance to form another government after leader Boiko Borisov resigned as prime minister in November, triggering the snap poll. The GERB party won 33 percent of the vote, the Balkan country's third in just 4 years, with the leftist Socialists trailing on 27.2 percent, partial official results with 26 percent of the ballots counted showed. "The result of the vote shows that GERB is obliged to form a government," said Borisov.
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| Syria US-backed fighters take IS-held airport: spokesman Posted: 26 Mar 2017 12:34 PM PDT  Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, on Sunday seized a military airport from the Islamic State jihadist group in northern Syria, a spokesman said. The capture of Tabqa airbase comes as the alliance prepares an attack on IS's de facto Syrian capital Raqa, seeking to effectively surround the city before launching its assault. SDF forces are also battling for the nearby Tabqa dam, held by IS, which was forced out of service on Sunday after its power station was damaged, a technical source there told AFP.
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| The Latest: Police: 'No apparent reason' for Vegas shooting Posted: 26 Mar 2017 01:40 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting on a bus along the Las Vegas Strip (all times local):
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| Apple's Claims That Hacking Tools Are Outdated Are False, Whistleblower Site Says Posted: 26 Mar 2017 01:54 PM PDT  WikiLeaks has been slowly releasing the CIA hacking tools, created to spy on people through smart televisions, smartphones and other household technological devices.
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| The Gross Reason You Need to Deep Clean Your Dishwasher Once a Year Posted: 27 Mar 2017 09:04 AM PDT  Spring cleaning season is here!
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| Activist hedge funds press Tangoe to sell itself: sources Posted: 27 Mar 2017 06:11 AM PDT ![Activist hedge funds press Tangoe to sell itself: sources]( "Activist hedge funds press Tangoe to sell itself: sources") Two activist hedge funds are pressing directors of Tangoe Inc. to sell the company, according to people familiar with the matter, citing a weakness in the IT company's business and falling stock price. Ancora Advisors and Engine Capital sent a letter to the company's board of directors last week urging the company to resist the temptation to remain independent, and to do everything possible to seek a buyer, sources said. Tangoe's stock is currently trading at $5.04 per share and its market value is around $200 million.
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| Trump and the question of truth Posted: 26 Mar 2017 10:08 AM PDT ![Trump and the question of truth]( "Trump and the question of truth") Just three months after Time magazine chose Donald Trump as 2016 Person of the Year, it has published a cover story – with the headline "Is Truth Dead?" – that charges the president is a "strategic misleader." The article details many of Mr. Trump's unproven accusations but then concludes his strategy will decline. News outlets now fact-check other media.
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| Historian, journalist and activist Roger Wilkins dies at 85 Posted: 27 Mar 2017 01:02 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Wilkins, a historian, journalist and activist who held a key civil rights post in President Lyndon Johnson's administration and helped The Washington Post win a Pulitzer for its Watergate coverage, died Sunday, relatives said. He was 85.
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| Hamas shuts Gaza crossing, blames Israel for assassination Posted: 26 Mar 2017 03:40 AM PDT  Hamas shut the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Sunday after blaming the Jewish state for the assassination of one of its officials in the Palestinian enclave. The interior ministry in Gaza, run by Islamist movement Hamas, said it was shutting the Erez crossing for an indefinite period as it investigates Friday's murder. Hamas security forces were deployed along the Gazan borders and exits by sea were also banned, officials said.
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| Venezuela seeks to stymie OAS meeting, vows 'severe' response Posted: 27 Mar 2017 01:24 PM PDT ![Venezuela seeks to stymie OAS meeting, vows 'severe' response]( "Venezuela seeks to stymie OAS meeting, vows 'severe' response") By Diego Oré and Lesley Wroughton CARACAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Venezuela called on Monday for the suspension of an Organization of American States meeting intended to air regional concerns over the OPEC nation's economic crisis and democratic standards. The Washington-based OAS is due to debate Venezuela on Tuesday after its secretary-general, Luis Almagro, said the country should be suspended from the regional bloc if it does not hold elections. Last week, 14 nations urged elections and freedom of jailed opponents of President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government, turning up the pressure after authorities thwarted a referendum on him last year and postponed local polls.
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| Massive gold coin worth millions stolen from German museum Posted: 27 Mar 2017 07:54 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Thieves broke into the German capital's Bode Museum before dawn Monday and made off with a massive 100-kilogram (221-pound) gold coin worth millions of dollars, police said.
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| Google Introduces New Play Store Section Posted: 26 Mar 2017 05:21 PM PDT  Google's Play Store now has a section for premium apps that are free for the week.
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| Washington's cherry blossoms bloom despite cold snap Posted: 27 Mar 2017 08:57 AM PDT ![Washington's cherry blossoms bloom despite cold snap]( "Washington's cherry blossoms bloom despite cold snap") A mild winter followed by a spate of cold weather in Washington, made its mark on the city's cherry blossoms, but the annual festival delighted first-time visitors on Sunday. The cherry blossom trees were a gift from Japan to the United States in 1912. The cherry blossom trees currently grow in three National Park Service locations, including the Tidal Basin, Hains Point and on the Washington Monument grounds.
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| 2017 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid Achieves Best-in-Class Fuel Economy Posted: 27 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PDT  The Chevrolet Malibu delivers much substance beyond its shapely styling, from the quiet cabin and generous backseat to the comfortable ride and undaunting controls. And with the hybrid version, t...
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| The buck stops with Trump Posted: 25 Mar 2017 06:08 PM PDT  Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office on Friday evening in an unfamiliar position -- having to own failure. Fittingly perhaps, Trump addressed his failure from behind a desk in the Oval Office. Trump was not ready to take quite that much ownership, although he did profess to be "a little surprised" by the plan's failure.
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| Why Other Senses May Be Heightened in Blind People Posted: 27 Mar 2017 12:53 AM PDT  The research used detailed brain scans to compare the brains of people who were blind to the brains of people who were not blind. Such brain changes arise because the brain has a "plastic" quality, meaning that it can make new connections among neurons, the study said. "Even in the case of being profoundly blind, the brain rewires itself in a manner to use the information at its disposal so that it can interact with the environment in a more effective manner," senior study author Dr. Lotfi Merabet, the director of the Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, said in a statement.
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