| Woman Calls Police On Black Family For BBQing At A Lake In Oakland Posted: 11 May 2018 07:24 AM PDT  A white woman called the police on a black family at Lake Merritt in Oakland,
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| FCC fines Florida man $120 million for robocalls Posted: 10 May 2018 09:05 AM PDT  The FCC says companies Adrian Abramovich controlled were behind almost 100 million robocalls over three months. The Commission has now fined him, accusing him of scamming consumers by offering exclusive vacation deals.
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| Israeli airstrikes target Iranian military installations in Syria Posted: 10 May 2018 08:25 AM PDT ![Israeli airstrikes target Iranian military installations in Syria]( "Israeli airstrikes target Iranian military installations in Syria") The Israeli military on Thursday said it attacked nearly all of Iran's military installations in neighboring Syria in response to an Iranian rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the occupied Golan Heights.
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| Rudy Giuliani Quits Law Firm After Wild Week Of Interviews Posted: 10 May 2018 11:34 AM PDT  Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who has become one of President
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| Australian centenarian commits assisted suicide in Switzerland Posted: 10 May 2018 07:31 AM PDT  A 104-year-old Australian scientist on Thursday committed assisted suicide in Switzerland where he went to die after his home country denied him the right to seek help in taking his own life. David Goodall did not have a terminal illness but said his quality of life had deteriorated significantly and that he wanted to end it. Goodall "died peacefully" in Basel, tweeted Philip Nitschke, founder of Exit International, the organisation which helped Goodall make the journey from Australia.
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| French family narrowly escape cheetahs after getting out of car to take pictures in safari park Posted: 11 May 2018 07:07 AM PDT  A French family of five have been filmed narrowly escaping attack by cheetahs in a Dutch safari park after they left their car to take photographs and were chased by the big cats. Beekse Bergen is a drive-through African wildlife safari park, in the south of the Netherlands, where visitors are under strict instruction not to leave their cars. Apparently blithely unaware they were risking death or injury from the wild beasts who roam free in the park, the tourists were filmed leaving their French-registered car with two young children. The cheetahs can be seen calmly sunning themselves when the family gets out to take snaps. Cheetahs are the fastest animals on land Credit: BBC At first the big cats fail to react. The family can then be seen driving a little further down the road and striding up a small hill within yards of the animals, who suddenly snap into action. Cheetahs are the world's fastest land animal, capable of reaching speeds of up to 70 mph. They are built for speed, grace, and hunting and mainly prey on small antelopes such as Thomson's gazelles and impalas. But they are clearly interested in the humans and appear to start stalking their prey. The clueless tourists only spot the cheetahs at the last minute and make a panic-stricken dash for their vehicle. All, except one woman, who can be seen picking up the youngest child and apparently shooing the cheetahs away before slipping into the car. They then drive off miraculously unscathed. A spokesman for Beekse Bergen park said they make it clear it is strictly forbidden to leave one's vehicle during the safari. 'We inform visitors about the risks in several languages throughout the park,' the spokesman told Dutch broadcaster NOS. Dutch news website VK Mag suggested introducing "mandatory IQ tests" for anyone wanting to do the safari.
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| Joe Biden Berates White House Over 'Joke' About John McCain's Health Posted: 11 May 2018 12:43 PM PDT  Former Vice President Joe Biden had two words to describe the moral standing
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| Man kayaks close to great white shark Posted: 10 May 2018 11:14 AM PDT  A great white shark lurked in the water near a kayaker in Santa Cruz County, California.
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| Australian police find seven dead in rural town, guns seized Posted: 10 May 2018 08:55 PM PDT  By Colin Packham and Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police found seven dead people on Friday, including four children, in a rural town in the Margaret River wine-growing region, and said guns were involved in the killings. The bodies of four children and three adults were found at or near a property in Osmington near the southwestern tip of Australia, Western Australia's Commissioner of Police Chris Dawson told a news conference.
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| EPA Hid Scott Pruitt's Dinner With Climate Denier Accused Of Child Sex Abuse Posted: 11 May 2018 04:08 AM PDT  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's expensive trip to
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| Michael Cohen Reportedly Paid $600,000 To Advise AT&T On Time Warner Merger Posted: 11 May 2018 12:16 AM PDT  AT&T reportedly paid President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael
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| Meghan Markle's Sister Claims Future Royal Did Not Help Their Dad With Money Problems Posted: 10 May 2018 10:14 AM PDT  Samantha Grant claims Thomas Markle twice asked the "Suits" star for financial help, but she refused.
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| Dozens Dead and Hundreds Displaced After a Dam Burst in Western Kenya Posted: 10 May 2018 02:02 AM PDT  Rescue operations are underway but many are feared still trapped
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| The Latest: Scientist: Hawaii lava is magma stored from 1955 Posted: 11 May 2018 03:37 PM PDT  VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on a Hawaii volcano eruption (all times local):
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| Venezuela angered by ConocoPhillips move on Caribbean oil Posted: 10 May 2018 01:18 PM PDT  Venezuela on Thursday strongly rejected the takeover of its Caribbean oil stocks by ConocoPhillips, after the US company enforced a $2 billion international arbitration award last month. A ConocoPhillips source said the company was enforcing the award at four locations in the Caribbean, without specifying the facilities affected. Press reports said the affected assets are in Curacao, Bonaire and Saint Eustace.
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| Navdeep Bains: US apologizes after Canada minister told to remove turban Posted: 11 May 2018 09:17 AM PDT  Officials from the Trump administration issued an apology after a security agent at a Detroit airport repeatedly demanded that a Canadian cabinet minister remove his turban, the minister has revealed.
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| 38 Easy Ways To Eat Eggs For Dinner Posted: 11 May 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Always have eggs in your refrigerator. (Unless you're vegan, in which case you
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| Ex-Illinois congressman sentenced to prison on tax charges Posted: 10 May 2018 02:17 PM PDT  Former Illinois U.S. congressman Mel Reynolds was sentenced on Thursday to six months in prison for failing to file federal income tax returns, according to prosecutors. Reynolds, 66, was convicted last September on four counts of failing to file a federal return after not filing in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, prosecutors said. Reynolds will serve four months in prison since he already served two months in custody, prosecutors' spokeswoman Kim Nerheim said by telephone.
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| 3 Americans Jailed In N. Korea Are Home. But Trump May Have Made Others' Situation Worse. Posted: 10 May 2018 12:10 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump warmly received three Americans back from
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| Monica Lewinsky disinvited from Philanthropy Summit because Bill Clinton was going Posted: 10 May 2018 10:20 AM PDT  Monica Lewinsky has described how she was unceremoniously disinvited from a high profile event after the organisers realised Bill Clinton was going to be there. Miss Lewinsky, 44, had accepted an invitation to the fifth annual Philanthropy Summit hosted by Town & Country, the lifestyle magazine, at Hearst Tower in New York. However, her invitation was rescinded by the magazine, which offered her the opportunity to write an article instead. Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky at the White House Credit: Getty Miss Lewinsky, who is now an anti-bullying activist, wrote on Twitter: "Dear world: please don't invite me to an event (esp one about social change) and - then after I've accepted - uninvite me because Bill Clinton then decided to attend/was invited. "It's 2018. Emily post would def not approve," a reference to the etiquette expert Emily Post. She added: "P.S. ...and definitely, please don't try to ameliorate the situation by insulting me with an offer of an article in your mag." dear world: please don't invite me to an event (esp one about social change) and --then after i've accepted-- uninvite me because bill clinton then decided to attend/was invited. it's 2018. emily post would def not approve. ✌��Me— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) May 9, 2018 Miss Lewinsky's affair with Mr Clinton, when she was a 22-year-old White House intern and he was the US president, became public in 1998, rocking his administration, and leading in part to his impeachment. The summit, which took place on Wednesday, featured "activists, game-changers, and leaders across the field of philanthropy, education, healthcare, and gun control". For a panel discussion Mr Clinton introduced survivors of the Parkland high school shooting in Florida, in which 17 people died. A spokeswoman for Mr Clinton said the former president had not been aware that Miss Lewinsky was scheduled to attend and then disinvited. She said: "President Clinton was invited to address the Town & Country Philanthropy Summit. He gladly accepted. "Neither he nor his staff knew anything about the invitation (to Miss Lewinsky) or it being rescinded." In a statement the magazine said: "We apologise to Ms Lewinsky and regret the way the situation was handled.
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| Scientists: Kilauea volcano may have explosive eruption Posted: 09 May 2018 10:15 PM PDT PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Geologists warned Wednesday that Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could erupt explosively and send boulders, rocks and ash into the air around its summit in the coming weeks.
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| Russia seeks mediator role between Israel and Iran Posted: 10 May 2018 10:32 AM PDT  Following Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria, Russia has positioned itself as a mediator between the Middle Eastern rivals as it has maintained good relations with both countries. "The Kremlin is sitting on two chairs," Russian analyst Alexei Malashenko told AFP. Israel carried out raids on dozens of Iranian military targets on Thursday after it said around 20 rockets were fired from Syria at its forces in the occupied Golan Heights.
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| Woman Who Sent 65,000 Texts To First Date Says 'Love Is An Excessive Thing' Posted: 11 May 2018 03:57 PM PDT  A Phoenix woman is facing numerous charges after she allegedly sent more than
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| SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket Posted: 11 May 2018 02:22 PM PDT  SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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| Indonesia evacuates residents, shuts airport after Java volcano erupts Posted: 10 May 2018 09:54 PM PDT  Indonesian authorities ordered people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closed its airport after the 5,500 meter (18,000 ft) peak sent a column of steam and ash into the sky. The Mount Merapi volcano on densely populated Java island is one of the most active in Indonesia and a series of eruptions in 2010 killed more than 350 people. A disaster mitigation agency told residents living within a 5 km (3 mile) radius of the mountain to move to shelters, agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement.
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| ACLU Says Kris Kobach Is Still Giving Out Incorrect Information About Voter Registration Posted: 10 May 2018 04:01 PM PDT  The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday requested that Kansas Secretary
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| After North Korea detonated a nuclear bomb inside a mountain, scientists watched it move Posted: 10 May 2018 11:09 AM PDT  When North Korea detonates nuclear bombs, it brings the devices into tunnels dug deep inside Mount Mantap, a granite peak over 7,000 feet tall. Mantap has now sustained six such detonations, with the last of which — set off on September 3, 2017 — moving the mountain more than 11 feet (3.5 meters), according to researchers who used space imaging technology, called synthetic aperture radar, or SAR, to map how much Mantap's surface shifted and then settled back down during the blast. They published their results in the journal Science on Thursday. Although this technique isn't yet used to rapidly detect attempts at secretive nuclear testing today, it could help do so in the future. SEE ALSO: Extreme Arctic heat wave in 2016 wouldn't have happened without climate change "World peace benefits from the adherence to internationally-negotiated nuclear-test-ban treaties that strive to promote the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons," Teng Wang, lead author of the study and a tectonics senior research fellow at Earth Observatory of Singapore, said in an email. "Surveillance of clandestine nuclear tests relies on a global seismic network, but the potential of spaceborne monitoring has been underexploited," Wang added. "This study demonstrates the capability of spaceborne remote sensing to help characterize large underground nuclear tests, if any, in the future." Wang and his team used data captured by the German imaging satellite TerraSAR-X to view the mountain before and after the explosion. The images aren't actual digital pictures of the mountain; instead, the satellite acts as a radar, bouncing pulses off the land below, which travels back up to the satellite in space, giving scientists detailed measurements — and how they changed after a powerful blast. The TerraSAR-X satellite.Image: dlr/esaThe same satellite technology can be used to measure how the land deforms after earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, moving glaciers and other natural events, said Wang. A great advantage to this space imaging technique is that, unlike digital imaging, SAR can penetrate clouds and weather, to see what's transpired below. The fact that Wang could measure a massive chunk of Earth-bound rock moving horizontally over 11 feet is understandable, when considering how big the September 2017 blast was. Detonated around 1,500 feet below ground, according to researchers, it triggered a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, a strong class of temblor that causes violent shaking near the epicenter. "This one was big enough that we saw it all over," Dale Anderson, a seismologist and specialist in nuclear nonproliferation monitoring at Los Alamos National Laboratory, said in an interview. "It was picked up on the other side of the world." (Above: A simulation of rock damage from a nuclear blast. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory) Although the international community can't see what North Korea is doing under Mantap, modern detection technology — while not capable of observing the mountain move — can easily spot a large nuclear blast, and pinpoint its location. "It's very, very, very hard to hide one of these," Anderson said. As part of the international ban on testing nukes (which North Korea does not adhere to), an organization called the International Monitoring System (IMS) is measuring seismic waves "24-7," said Anderson. This includes picking up movement in the rock at seismic stations around the world, as well as acoustic pulses the blast sends up into the air. Combining the two detection techniques can give scientists an accurate idea of where the shaking event came from, especially if the blast is big enough. "Every Korean test we've ever heard has been big enough," said Anderson. And confirming that the blast is definitely nuclear, and not say, an earthquake, is also possible. Nuclear blasts release a gas called xenon, which can be picked up by detectors all over the world. Even under a mountain, the gases can seep out, said Anderson. (Above: A simulation of gas moving to the surface. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory) Future nuclear blasts underneath Mantap will almost certainly be picked by the IMS, and Wang said space imaging technology can then be used to learn more detail about the event — like how deep it is, and how it affected the mountain. After enduring six nuclear blasts, one wonders how much more a mountain can take. President Donald Trump is meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12, in discussions that might persuade the military commander to denuclearize the secretive, communist nation. Still, Mantap may continue to be used as a test site — if North Korea decides to continue its nuclear testing program. It takes a lot to topple a mountain. After analyzing seismic shockwaves from the blast, the team suggests that some portions inside the mountain may have collapsed, but there's no way to actually confirm this without entering the mountain. "You're talking about a chunk of solid, confident rock that is 800 meters thick," said Anderson. "You can't just break that up with one shock." "You'll eventually find a flaw and it'll crack," he added. "And if you smack it with a sledgehammer — a nuclear explosion — it might break a little quicker." WATCH: It takes absolute precision to construct Earth's largest telescope, which will peak into far-off alien worlds
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| Here Are Some More Of Those Facebook Ads That Russia Ran During The 2016 Election Posted: 10 May 2018 02:17 PM PDT  On Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released the 3,000
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| Nunes and Gowdy meet with Justice Department officials Posted: 10 May 2018 03:42 PM PDT  Meeting was brokered after Nunes issued a subpoena for records about alleged government surveillance abuse during the 2016 election; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports.
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| Putin speaks with Merkel, Erdogan in bid to keep Iran deal Posted: 10 May 2018 05:57 PM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken with Germany's Angela Merkel and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive after the US decision to withdraw, the Kremlin said Friday. Putin has previously voiced "deep concern" over US President Donald Trump's decision and Russian officials have said they would work with European partners to preserve the agreement.
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| Human remains found near spot where SUV plunged off cliff Posted: 10 May 2018 01:52 PM PDT  MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California resident found a pair of jeans and human remains inside a girl's shoe on a beach near the spot where a woman drove her large family off a cliff in March, authorities said Thursday.
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| The Powerful Reason Linda Vester Publicly Accused Tom Brokaw Of Sexual Misconduct Posted: 10 May 2018 08:04 AM PDT  Linda Vester wants to make it clear that she's not accusing iconic NBC
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| Britain calls on Iran to stop destabilizing the Middle East Posted: 10 May 2018 04:46 AM PDT ![Britain calls on Iran to stop destabilizing the Middle East]( "Britain calls on Iran to stop destabilizing the Middle East") British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemned Iranian rocket attacks against Israeli forces and called on the Islamic Republic to refrain from any further actions that would destabilize the region. "The United Kingdom condemns in the strongest terms the Iranian rocket attacks against Israeli forces," Johnson said. "We strongly support Israel's right to defend itself." "We urge Iran to refrain from further actions which will only lead to increased instability in the region.
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| 286-HP Volkswagen GTI TCR Concept Revealed Posted: 10 May 2018 06:30 AM PDT  Though the race-inspired TCR is only a concept for now, VW says it's going into the production - just not for the US.
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| Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady Have Dropped the Price of Their Sky-High Madison Square Park Apartment Posted: 10 May 2018 02:09 PM PDT  The picturesque couple originally listed the 48th-floor, 3,310-square-foot apartment for $17.25 million and have dropped the price to $13.95 million
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| Kim Kardashian Says Tristan Thompson Blocked Her After She Defended Khloe Posted: 10 May 2018 12:53 PM PDT  Don't shoot the messenger: the Kim Kardashian edition.
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| Speaker chides breakaway Republicans for immigration quest Posted: 10 May 2018 10:56 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Paul Ryan mocked an effort by breakaway Republicans to force election-year votes on rival immigration proposals as a drive that would produce "show ponies," not legislation the president would sign into law.
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| Rift deepens as Europe seeks Trump alternatives Posted: 11 May 2018 08:17 AM PDT  A deepening transatlantic rift as "flattery" fails to sway Donald Trump has left Europeans in search of new answers, including closer dealings with Russia that only recently would have been unpalatable, analysts say. The US president's decision to ignore European pleas to save the Iran nuclear deal is the latest humiliation after his threats to impose trade tariffs, his pull-out from the Paris climate pact, and his demands for NATO allies to pay more. Analysts and officials say Trump threatens to create all by himself the kind of split between allies that Russia and China have tried and failed to foster for years, with Europe now relying on Moscow and Beijing to keep the Iran deal alive.
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| Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island Posted: 11 May 2018 05:30 AM PDT ![Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island]( "Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island") A Hawaii volcano that sputtered lava for a week, forced around 2,000 residents to evacuate, destroyed some two dozen homes and threatened a geothermal plant now threatens to blow its top in the coming days or weeks.
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| SpaceX launches most powerful Falcon 9 yet Posted: 11 May 2018 02:31 PM PDT  The rocket is designed to require far less maintenance and refurbishment between flights, and is certified to carry humans to space later this year when SpaceX launches its Dragon crew capsule to the International Space Station. The Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket's main goal for its maiden mission was to propel a communications satellite for Bangladesh, called Bangabandhu Satellite-1, to a geostationary transfer orbit roughly 22,000 miles (35,000 kilometers) above Earth.
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| Israel accuses Iranian forces of rocket attack on Golan Posted: 09 May 2018 07:48 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Iranian forces based in Syria fired 20 rockets at Israeli front-line military positions in the Golan Heights early Thursday, the Israeli military said, triggering a heavy Israeli reprisal and escalating already heightened tensions in what appeared to be the most serious violence in years.
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| Mercedes-AMG Hasn’t Finished Testing The GT 63 At The Nürburgring Posted: 10 May 2018 10:45 AM PDT  Around and around the 'Ring they go.
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