| Holocaust survivor to ICE director, California sheriff: ‘History is not on your side’ Posted: 29 Mar 2017 09:25 AM PDT  An Auschwitz survivor confronted one of the nation's top immigration officials and a local sheriff at a California town hall Tuesday night. Bernard Marks, 87, addressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas Homan and Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, a supporter of President Trump. Jones had invited Homan to the public forum to discuss address the community's concerns about ICE's collaboration with local law enforcement.
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| Eyewitnesses describe deadly airstrike in Iraqi neighborhood Posted: 29 Mar 2017 11:33 AM PDT  MOSUL — In the West Emergency Hospital in Irbil, 30-year-old Lina described the sound and the smell after an airstrike hit a house in the west Mosul neighborhood of Jadida. Lina's voice shook as she described the events to Yahoo News.
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| China says 'no such thing' as man-made islands in South China Sea Posted: 30 Mar 2017 04:16 AM PDT  There was "no such thing" as man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, China's Defence Ministry said on Thursday, and reiterated that any building work was mainly for civilian purposes. China, which claims most of the resource-rich region, has carried out land reclamation and construction on several islands in the Spratly archipelago, parts of which are also claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. "Most of the building is for civilian purposes, including necessary defensive facilities." The South China Sea is generally stable at present, but some countries outside the region are anxious about this and want to hype things up and create tensions, Wu said, using terminology that normally refers to the United States.
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| Cards Against Humanity Creator Vows To Publish Browsing History Of U.S. Representatives Posted: 30 Mar 2017 11:16 AM PDT  The creator of Cards Against Humanity has promised to purchase and publish the browsing history of members of the United States Congress following a decision to repeal protections that prevented internet service providers from collecting and selling user information without permission.
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| Sean Spicer knocks critics of his ‘spirited back-and-forth’ with April Ryan Posted: 29 Mar 2017 10:07 AM PDT  A day after scolding journalist April Ryan during his daily briefing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said criticism of the now-viral exchange is "demeaning" — to her.
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| A window into the plight of America’s railways: Are Amtrak’s long-distance routes coming to an end? Posted: 30 Mar 2017 09:49 AM PDT ![A window into the plight of America's railways: Are Amtrak's long-distance routes coming to an end?]( "A window into the plight of America's railways: Are Amtrak's long-distance routes coming to an end?") Earlier this month, President Trump proposed $16.2 billion for the Department of Transportation's discretionary budget for fiscal year 2018, a reduction of 13 percent. The budget proposal would affect the California Zephyr and other long-distance rail lines run by national rail operator Amtrak.
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| 16 Million at Risk As Massive Storms Tear Through the South Posted: 29 Mar 2017 08:38 AM PDT  At least 16 million people are at risk of severe weather, including in Missouri and Arkansas, where strong tornadoes are possible.
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| Hiker Who Saved Baby Bear With CPR Has No Regrets Despite Jail Threat: 'He Was Fighting to Survive' Posted: 30 Mar 2017 01:46 PM PDT  Corey Hancock could have been fined $6,000 and even gone to jail for a year for interfering with wildlife.
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| 13 killed, 2 hurt when church bus and truck crash in Texas Posted: 29 Mar 2017 08:30 PM PDT  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A small shuttle bus carrying Texas church members home from a retreat collided head-on with a pickup truck, killing 13 people and injuring two others Wednesday on a two-lane highway in southwestern Texas, officials said.
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| John McCain is not sorry for calling Kim Jong Un ‘fat’ Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:16 PM PDT  "What, did they want me to call him a crazy skinny kid?" Sen. John McCain quipped via Twitter on Wednesday in response to a report by the Korean Central News Agency that the dignity of North Korea's supreme leadership was hurt by McCain's recent description of Kim Jong Un as the "crazy fat kid that's running North Korea." What, did they want me to call him a crazy skinny kid? https://t.co/Ym3juRfBev
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| Family of Chinese man killed by Paris police calls for calm Posted: 29 Mar 2017 08:27 AM PDT  The family of a Chinese man shot dead by French police called for calm Wednesday following two nights of violent protests over his killing. Liu Shaoyo was shot on Sunday by a police team that was called to his apartment in northeast Paris over a suspected domestic dispute. The police said the officer who fired the shots acted in self-defence after the 56-year-old father of five attacked another officer with a knife.
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| How to Protect Your Online Privacy Now That Congress Sold You Out Posted: 30 Mar 2017 10:13 AM PDT  Congress just cleared your ISP to sell your data, so now it is time to take privacy into your own hands.
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| Senate kills rule meant to protect family planning funds Posted: 30 Mar 2017 01:53 PM PDT ![Senate kills rule meant to protect family planning funds]( "Senate kills rule meant to protect family planning funds") For the second time on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence took the rare step of breaking a tie in the U.S. Senate, as he cast the deciding vote in rolling back protections for federal funds for family planning and reproductive health. In a 51-50 vote, senators approved killing a rule intended to keep federal grants flowing to clinics that provide contraception and other services in states that want to block the funding. Earlier in the day, Pence was called upon to end the deadlock over advancing the resolution to a final vote.
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| ‘I’m a strong black woman’: Maxine Waters says she’s not responding to Bill O’Reilly jab Posted: 29 Mar 2017 08:52 AM PDT  Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., responded Tuesday after Fox News host Bill O'Reilly ridiculed her appearance, saying he was unable to focus during a recent speech she gave on the House floor because he was distracted by her "James Brown wig."
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| ICE Raids Target Austin, Texas Posted: 29 Mar 2017 09:38 AM PDT  Immigration officials raided the sanctuary city after local officials attempted to preserve current policies welcoming immigrants.
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| Completely insane architects are planning to hang a skyscraper from an asteroid Posted: 29 Mar 2017 03:00 PM PDT  Words like "insane," "crazy," and "nuts" get thrown around a lot — I use them more than my fair share, if I'm being honest — but a New York design group just revealed plans for a new type of skyscraper that really can't be described any other way. Their plan is to construct a huge structure on the surface of an asteroid and, believe it or not, that's probably the most rational part of the proposal. Clouds Architecture Office is the firm that wants to build the massive skyscraper, which it calls Analemma Tower. The structure, which at this point is completely conceptual and likely completely impossible, would require that an asteroid be captured and brought into near-Earth orbit. With anchor points on the asteroid, the building is designed to — this is the part where things go completely off the rails — hang completely upside down, using the asteroid like a gravitational balloon to hold the structure in place above the Earth's surface.  The tower would be in eccentric geosynchronous orbit, and would "travel" between hemispheres on a regular daily schedule, and in a figure eight pattern. The architects say the tower would spend much of its time over New York City thanks to its planned trajectory. The building could remain completely disconnected from the surface indefinitely by drawing power from solar panels situated above cloud level. Water would be filtered within the structure in a semi-closed loop, but the tower could also capture its own water while in-flight.  As far as traveling to and from the tower, the concept suggests that people could just parachute down to Earth whenever they needed to leave. As for getting back home, the company doesn't seem to have nailed down exactly how that will work, but by the time the tower is actually built we'll probably have teleportation pads, too.
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| Holocaust survivor gets standing ovation after confronting ICE director and county sheriff Posted: 29 Mar 2017 09:12 AM PDT  At a public forum on immigration Tuesday in Sacramento, Calif., Holocaust survivor Bernard Marks confronted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas Homan and County Sheriff Scott Jones. "History is not on your side," he said.
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| UK police, Muslim youths link hands to mark London attack Posted: 29 Mar 2017 10:02 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Police officers, Muslim youths and hundreds of others linked hands Wednesday on Westminster Bridge to honor the four people who died in an attack that started on the span a week earlier.
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| College campus free-speech zones face new scrutiny, lawsuit Posted: 28 Mar 2017 05:46 PM PDT  On some college campuses, students and outsiders are allowed to protest and distribute flyers only in free-speech zones. Supporters say it's a way to protect against disruptions to school operations, but opponents call it censorship.
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| California to seek death penalty in salon massacre Posted: 29 Mar 2017 07:09 PM PDT  California's attorney general said on Wednesday his office would press ahead in seeking the death penalty for a man who pleaded guilty to killing eight people in a 2011 shooting rampage, even though local prosecutors were sanctioned for acting improperly. The state's top elected law enforcement official assumed responsibility for the penalty phase of the case against Scott Dekraai after a California appeals court upheld a lower-court order recusing the Orange County District Attorney's Office over prosecutorial misconduct. Defense lawyers sought to remove local prosecutors and bar them from seeking the death penalty on grounds that jailhouse informants were improperly used to wring a confession from Dekraai.
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| 2017 Ford Transit Connect Wagon LWB Posted: 29 Mar 2017 03:10 PM PDT  It's a van called a wagon that drives like a car.
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| OAS discusses Venezuela crisis, Caracas protests Posted: 28 Mar 2017 06:38 PM PDT  The Organization of American States held a special meeting on the crisis in Venezuela on Tuesday, triggering a furious reaction from the Venezuelan government and its staunchest regional allies. It comes after 14 countries in the OAS, including the United States, urged Venezuela's leftist government last week to release political prisoners and "reestablish democracy" by holding elections. In a sign that Venezuela is increasingly cornered, a total of 20 countries voted to open Tuesday's special session of the OAS Permanent Council in Washington.
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| Virginia's 'Dr. Doolittle' gives amputee animals new lease on life Posted: 29 Mar 2017 07:21 AM PDT ![Virginia's 'Dr. Doolittle' gives amputee animals new lease on life]( "Virginia's 'Dr. Doolittle' gives amputee animals new lease on life") Angel Marie the pony was stepped on by her mother shortly after she was born. Her front legs were so severely damaged, she was too crippled to walk.It was a challenge Derrick Campana, the so-called "Dr. Doolittle" of Animal prosthetics, was ready to tackle. The certified orthotist at Animal Ortho Care in Sterling, Va., fashioned prosthetic front legs using highly durable, medical grade plastics.He says watching Angel Marie take her first steps was emotional. "Seeing her walk, and having her here today walking is just a dream come true. A miracle. ...
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| Austria Refuses To Accept Refugees Posted: 29 Mar 2017 12:47 PM PDT  Austria delivered another blow to the EU's refugee resettlement program.
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| This is the Safest (And Easiest) Way to Clean Granite Countertops Posted: 29 Mar 2017 11:32 AM PDT  Here's how to avoid breaking down the countertop's sealant.
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| Tesla CEO Elon Musk launches Neuralink venture to merge human brain with AI Posted: 30 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PDT  First it was electric cars, and then came the mission to conquer space exploration and Mars. Now, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has set his sights on yet another lofty venture called Neuralink. According to The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Neuralink's mission is to help human beings merge with artificial intelligence and software to allow for improved memory, interfacing with computer devices, and even potentially help alleviate those sufferings from various illnesses and diseases.
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| Ex-Christie aides to be sentenced in New Jersey bridge case Posted: 29 Mar 2017 08:14 AM PDT  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two former aides to Gov. Chris Christie will be sentenced Wednesday for their roles in the 2013 George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal, the closing chapter of a traffic jam that sank the Republican's presidential aspirations.
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| How to Stop ISPs from Selling Your Private Data Posted: 29 Mar 2017 05:15 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 instituted under the Obama administration. Your ISP will continue to 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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| Arizona high school athletes arrested in hazing case Posted: 29 Mar 2017 04:17 PM PDT ![Arizona high school athletes arrested in hazing case]( "Arizona high school athletes arrested in hazing case") Six Arizona high school football players were arrested on Wednesday and accused of sexual assault, kidnapping and aggravated assault in connection with a hazing case, police said. Police said the students were current or former members of the team at Hamilton High School in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. "This is an on-going investigation and there may be other victims out there," said Detective Seth Tyler, a Chandler police spokesman.
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| Boeing airliner catches fire in Peru, no serious injuries reported Posted: 28 Mar 2017 06:05 PM PDT ![Boeing airliner catches fire in Peru, no serious injuries reported]( "Boeing airliner catches fire in Peru, no serious injuries reported") A Boeing jet operated by Peruvian Airlines caught fire on Tuesday while landing at an airport near the Andean town of Jauja in central Peru after it swerved on the runway, but there were no serious injuries, a government minister said. Peruvian Airlines said in a statement that the Boeing 737-300 jet drove off the runway for unspecified reasons during the scheduled landing, after swerving to the right. Authorities are investigating the incident, which occurred about 4:30 p.m., involving the Boeing 737-300 jet at the high-altitude airport in an agricultural valley some 265 kilometers from Lima, the capital.
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| US-led coalition 'probably' had role in Mosul civilian casualties Posted: 28 Mar 2017 08:09 PM PDT  The US-led anti-jihadist coalition said Tuesday it "probably" played a role in civilian casualties in west Mosul, as the UN and Amnesty International called for greater efforts to protect civilians. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are still inside west Mosul, caught up in deadly fighting between the Islamic State group and Iraqi forces who are backed by coalition air strikes in the battle to retake the area from the jihadists. West Mosul is both smaller and more densely populated than the city's east, meaning that this stage of the battle poses a greater danger to civilians than those that came before.
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| Now I Get It: the Brexit trigger is pulled, now what? Posted: 29 Mar 2017 07:16 AM PDT  The day has arrived: Britain has officially said "Cheerio!" to the European Union. Prime Minister Theresa May has invoked Article 50, notifying the European Council that Britain has made its exit, or Brexit. Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga takes a look at what's next for the U.K. and why Article 50 plays an important role in unwinding its four-decade relationship with the European Union.
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| Amal Clooney Calls For Action Against ISIS Posted: 30 Mar 2017 02:40 AM PDT  The human rights lawyer spoke at a discussion Wednesday about international crimes in Iraq and Syria, calling for legal action against the Islamic State group.
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| Priebus a central figure in Trump's White House drama Posted: 29 Mar 2017 02:47 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the behind-the-scenes drama of who's up and who's down in Donald Trump's White House, chief of staff Reince Priebus is playing a starring role.
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| This Is the 2018 Jeep Wrangler, Can You Spot the Changes? Posted: 30 Mar 2017 10:14 AM PDT  JL Wrangler Forums seems to have gotten images of the all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler in production form. It looks, well, familiar.
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| Storm Chasers Killed in Collision While Tracking Tornado Posted: 29 Mar 2017 09:41 AM PDT  All three men involved - Kelley Gene Williamson, Randall Delane Yarnall and Corbin Lee Jaeger - were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
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| Houthi rebels in Yemen threatening strategic strait: US official Posted: 29 Mar 2017 11:37 AM PDT  Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening free movement into and out of the Red Sea with missiles, mines and other sophisticated defenses on a key strait, a top US general said Wednesday. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, a strategic passage for world trade. Bordering it to the east, Yemen is locked in a deadly civil war between government forces backed by an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the Iran-supported Houthis.
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| 'Angel of Death' serial killer dies after attack in prison Posted: 30 Mar 2017 08:37 AM PDT  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A serial killer known as the "Angel of Death" after he admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and Kentucky died Thursday, two days after investigators said he was attacked in prison, Ohio's prisons department said.
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| What Ivanka Trump’s New Job Means For Women Posted: 29 Mar 2017 06:47 PM PDT  Ivanka Trump is going to be special assistant to the President and she will make $0.
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| Kansas governor vetoes Medicaid expansion bill Posted: 30 Mar 2017 12:02 PM PDT  The governor of Kansas on Thursday vetoed a bill expanding eligibility for Medicaid for the poor under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) because the measure was not fiscally responsible and would still fund Planned Parenthood. State lawmakers in the Republican-controlled senate voted in favor of the measure on Tuesday, just days after President Donald Trump's efforts to repeal and replace the ACA, also known as Obamacare, ended with the bill being pulled from a vote.
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| Modified European VW diesels 'undrivable,' say some owners Posted: 29 Mar 2017 06:30 AM PDT  Most of the Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars sold in the U.S. from 2009 through 2015 are likely to be bought back from their owners, probably leaving fewer than 100,000 on U.S. roads. Roughly 11 million cars with TDI diesel engines were sold by VW Group under multiple brands, and some of those will be modified—in some cases only with software updates. DON'T MISS: Which VW diesels can be fixed, and which can't?
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| Questions linger as New Jersey bridge case sentencings near Posted: 28 Mar 2017 06:33 PM PDT  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The traffic jam that sank Gov. Chris Christie's presidential aspirations is set to conclude with the sentencings Wednesday of the two former aides convicted of creating the gridlock to teach a lesson to a mayor whose endorsement they couldn't obtain.
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| Warning: Don’t believe phone scammers who say your iCloud account was hacked Posted: 30 Mar 2017 08:43 AM PDT 
There's a group of hackers out there that claims it can reset hundreds of millions of iPhones by using stolen iCloud credentials. The attack should occur on April 7th unless Apple pays a ransom, but the iPhone maker denied having its servers breached. If the threat is real, it uses data taken from previous breaches. Information gained from previous hacks might be used to reset iPhones, a report showed, but it's not clear what the scope of the attack would be. So far, the hackers seem to be interested in getting as much publicity as possible. But other scammers have developed a different iCloud con, one that's getting more traction thanks to all the news detailing the potential attack on April 7th. The scammers call unsuspecting iPhone users to tell them their iCloud accounts have been hacked. Whatever you may think, don't believe them — your iCloud account is probably safe. The scammers pretend to call you from Apple's support department, Business Insider explains, and many people posted on Twitter to detail their experiences with this new iCloud con. https://twitter.com/steffartnieee/status/846480180923183104 The callers, who seem to be targeting users at random, will tell you that your iCloud account was hacked, and they will ask for your credentials to verify your identity. The log-in information can then be used by an attacker to sign into the victim's iCloud account, make purchases, access protected messages and backups, and more. Furthermore, Macworld points out that scammers may insist on installing antivirus software on your computer, which is likely malware ready to steal more data from unsuspecting victims. https://twitter.com/HenryKIRO7/status/847238485580718080 If you believe that your iCloud account was hacked, change the password yourself on a machine you know to be secure, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. You can even contact Apple yourself, but don't fall for this scam.
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| Amazon Kills Quidsi, Announces It Will Buy Middle Eastern Site SOUQ.com Posted: 29 Mar 2017 02:49 PM PDT  Amazon is shutting down its Quidsi division and announces it will buy SOUQ.com.
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| Former PM Valls endorses Macron for French presidency Posted: 29 Mar 2017 11:14 AM PDT  France's former prime minister Manuel Valls endorsed the presidential bid of centrist Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, becoming the most high-profile Socialist to back the ex-banker over the party's own nominee. Valls' nod comes less than a month before the first round of the election on April 23, in which polls show Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen running neck-and-neck. The former premier cited the "risks" of a Le Pen victory in confirming his support for Macron, in an interview with BFM TV.
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| Mysterious carving found at church where John F. Kennedy wed Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:44 PM PDT  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A mysterious carving of a woman's face has been discovered at the church where John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier married in 1953, the church announced Wednesday.
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| New Data Could Help Give Warning of Catastrophic Solar Storms Posted: 29 Mar 2017 11:30 AM PDT  Solar storms have the potential to destroy or disable satellites, power grids, and most electronics. Now we may finally be able to see them coming.
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| Nigeria "ransacking" recaptured Boko Haram territory for elusive leader - defence minister Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:12 AM PDT  Nigeria's military is "ransacking" territory it said it has recaptured from Boko Haram in recent months in a search for its elusive leader, the country's defence minister said on Tuesday. The Nigerian military has said on multiple occasions that it killed Abubakar Shekau, leader of one of two branches of the jihadist group, only for the announcement to be swiftly followed by video denials from someone saying he is Shekau. "He is on the run so he may be hiding in one of the enclaves of Sambisa forest," Mansur Dan Ali, minister of defence, told reporters in Abuja.
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| How to make $10,000 traveling the world and staying in luxury homes Posted: 29 Mar 2017 03:37 AM PDT  It's the final stretch for a competition that comes with a $10,000 jackpot and the chance to travel the world and stay in million-dollar luxury vacation homes around the world.
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