| Man Removed Ahead Of Trump, Putin Press Conference For Holding Sign Posted: 16 Jul 2018 08:22 AM PDT  A man was forcibly removed before the start of a Monday press conference with
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| Police involved shootings in Massachusetts, Missouri leave one officer dead, three injured Posted: 15 Jul 2018 08:57 AM PDT  Officer Mike Chesna of Weymouth, Massachusetts, was killed when responding to a call on Sunday morning, while in Kansas City, a person of interest fired at least 50 shots at officers wounding three.
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| US judge criticizes plan to reunify families split at border Posted: 15 Jul 2018 11:58 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge, responding to a plan to reunify children separated at the border, said he was having second thoughts about his belief that the Trump administration was acting in good faith to comply with his orders.
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| A Passenger Bus Crash in New Mexico Has Killed Three People and Injured Dozens Posted: 15 Jul 2018 07:41 PM PDT  Some of the injured are in critical condition
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| Haiti prime minister resigns after deadly unrest Posted: 14 Jul 2018 10:59 PM PDT  Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Embattled Haiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned on Saturday following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices, triggering a fraught process to form a new government. "I submitted my resignation to the president of the republic," who has "accepted my resignation," Lafontant said in the lower house of Haiti's legislature. Last week, the government in the impoverished Caribbean country announced plans for major fuel price hikes -- 38 percent for gasoline, 47 percent for diesel and 51 percent for kerosene.
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| Demi Moore Destroys Bruce Willis In Surprise Roast Appearance Posted: 16 Jul 2018 07:08 AM PDT  Nobody has better material than a former spouse.
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| Amazon Prime Day 2018: 25 best deals for under $25 Posted: 16 Jul 2018 12:43 PM PDT  Amazon Prime Day 2018 is finally here -- and from the looks of it, the sales
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| Obama visits father's native Kenya to open youth center Posted: 16 Jul 2018 08:45 AM PDT ![Obama visits father's native Kenya to open youth center]( "Obama visits father's native Kenya to open youth center") Former US president Barack Obama paid a visit to his extended family in Kenya Monday, on his first trip to the country since 2015 during which he will open a youth center. Obama arrived in his father's native Kenya on Sunday, where he paid courtesy calls on President Uhuru Kenyatta and main opposition leader Raila Odinga. On Monday he flew to the west of the country, where under extremely tight security he paid a visit to the home of his step-grandmother Sarah Obama in the village of Kogelo, an AFP reporter said.
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| Trump calls the European Union a foe of the United States Posted: 15 Jul 2018 08:38 AM PDT  President Trump listed the European Union as one of the biggest U.S. foes while visiting the United Kingdom.
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| California Democratic Party Snubs Dianne Feinstein Posted: 15 Jul 2018 06:33 AM PDT  In a stunning rebuke, the California Democratic Party declined to endorse Sen.
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| Woman drank water from car radiator during week trapped after California cliff plunge Posted: 15 Jul 2018 08:27 AM PDT  An woman has survived a week by drinking water from her car's radiator after plunging 200ft down a sheer cliff at a California beauty spot when she swerved to avoid an animal. Angela Hernandez, 23, went missing as she drove from her home in Portland, Oregon to visit her sister in Los Angeles on July 6th. She was last seen that morning on CCTV at a petrol station in Carmel, fifty miles north of where she was eventually discovered on the rugged stretch of coastline known as Big Sur. Her mysterious disappearance sparked a major search as her frantic family awaited news and a $10,000 reward was offered for information. Seven days later, two hikers discovered her Jeep at the bottom of cliffs in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. She was lying close by, conscious and in remarkably good condition, screaming for help. Angela Hernandez posing with a Jeep before the crash Miss Hernandez said she swerved to avoid hitting an animal along the famously winding stretch of Highway 1 and lost control, plummeting to the beach below. Although she had managed to get out of the wrecked SUV, which was partially submerged, her attempts to climb back up the cliff-side failed. Rescuers used a hoist to recover her and she was airlifted to hospital on Friday night. According to California Highway patrol, she appeared to have a minor shoulder injury and concussion and survived "by drinking water from the radiator of her vehicle." It was unclear whether she had any food. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office posted pictures of the remarkable rescue, showing paramedics treating the young woman on the beach under the sheer cliff. Spokesman John Thornburg said she was lucky to be alive. "It's usually the fall that gets them, or the ocean that gets them, and she was lucky to survive both." Her sister, Isabel Hernandez, wrote "My sister is alive, she's talking, and she's still trying to come to understand everything," . "She's a fighter and she fought this long and she will continue to. It's not going to be an easy recovery. I hope everyone will have patience for her and her recovery." "I just want to thank everybody, everybody. Sorry I'm just in shock. Everybody that … helped us through the whole thing and Angela will be OK. I'm so happy."
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| The Latest: Details emerge on gunman's death, earlier case Posted: 15 Jul 2018 06:06 PM PDT ![The Latest: Details emerge on gunman's death, earlier case]( "The Latest: Details emerge on gunman's death, earlier case") KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of three Kansas City police officers (all times local):
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| FCC Casts Doubt On Sinclair-Tribune Deal Posted: 16 Jul 2018 08:58 AM PDT  U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has "serious
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| Gaza ceasefire largely holding after day-long flareup Posted: 15 Jul 2018 10:19 AM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A ceasefire largely held on Sunday along a tense Gaza-Israel border on Sunday following a day of fierce fighting, but Israel remained on high alert and boosted its air defenses in case hostilities resume. Israel carried out dozens of air strikes in Gaza on Saturday, killing two teenage boys, and militants fired more than 100 rockets across the border, wounding three people in a southern Israeli town. The ceasefire, the second between Israel and Gaza's dominant Hamas Islamists to be brokered by Egypt this year after a previous day-long flare-up in May, came into force late on Saturday.
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| Deadly fire shuts down key route to Yosemite National Park Posted: 16 Jul 2018 01:34 AM PDT  MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that killed a California firefighter grew quickly and forced the closure of a key route into Yosemite National Park as crews contended with sweltering conditions Sunday, authorities said.
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| Anthony Bourdain slams Clintons, Weinstein in last interview Posted: 16 Jul 2018 08:43 AM PDT  In a newly released interview, Anthony Bourdain slams the Clintons and Harvey Weinstein, calling Bill Clinton 'Gropey and rapey' and describing how he would like to see Weinstein die.
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| Full Huntsman: ‘You don’t know what’s going to come out of’ Trump-Putin meeting Posted: 14 Jul 2018 11:01 PM PDT  Jon Huntsman, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, tells Chuck Todd that the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin isn't a summit, but an "opportunity for senior leaders" to get together.
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| The Ultimate Roundup For Amazon Prime Day 2018 Deals Posted: 16 Jul 2018 11:27 AM PDT  It's the return of Amazon Prime Day, and with 36 hours of sales and flash
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| Mike Pompeo rejects EU appeal for exemptions in sanctions against Iran Posted: 16 Jul 2018 09:06 AM PDT  Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, has rejected a high-level appeal from the EU for exemptions from sanctions against Iran, throwing into doubt billions of euros worth of trade. Senior officials from Britain, France and Germany had pleaded with the US not to impose sanctions next month on European companies which do business with Iran. In a letter to the nations' finance and foreign ministers, Mr Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected the appeal, saying America wanted to exert "unprecedented financial pressure" on Tehran after President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal in May. Mr Pompeo added that the US will not ease the sanctions until it sees a "tangible, demonstrable and sustained shift'' in Iran's policies. "The president withdrew from the [Iran nuclear deal] for a simple reason - it failed to guarantee the safety of the American people,'' Mr Pompeo and Mr Mnuchin wrote in a letter leaked to the press on Sunday night. "We are thus not in a position to make exceptions to this policy except in very specific circumstances where it clearly benefits our national security.'' The letter was a response to an appeal from the three European countries last month, in which they said they "strongly regret" the US decision to withdraw. Some of Europe's biggest firms rushed to do business with Iran after the nuclear deal was implemented in 2015 and last year the EU exported €10.8bn (£9.5bn) in goods and services to Iran. Imports from Iran were also worth €10.1bn (£8.8bn). The other countries that reached the nuclear agreement with Iran - the UK, France, Germany, Russia and China - pledged to continue to honour the nuclear agreement to lift economic sanctions in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear program. However the US withdrawal may make that a practical impossibility. Iran has said it will stay in the deal if it still receives the economic benefits. The EU nations had sought a host of exemptions, including assurances that secondary sanctions on companies that deal with Iran would not be applied to EU businesses and individuals. However, one EU diplomat said they had not realistically expected to get sanctions relief from the US, and a number of companies such as Peugeot and Total have already cut back their business with Iran for fear of jeopardising their business prospects in the US. The first set of US sanctions, which take effect on August 6, will target Iran's automotive sector, trade in gold and in other key metals. The remaining sanctions are due to come into effect on November 4 and will target Iran's energy sector, in particular its oil trade, and transactions with the Central Bank of Iran.
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| Tourists charged with stealing bricks from Auschwitz memorial Posted: 15 Jul 2018 06:32 AM PDT  Two Hungarian tourists have admitted to trying to steal bricks from the ruins of a crematorium at the site of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, according to police. The 30-year-old woman and 36-year-old man were caught on Saturday when another pair of foreign tourists saw them stuffing the bricks into a bag and notified security. The Hungarian tourists were each fined 1,500 zloty ($400, 350 euros) and handed a suspended sentence of one year in jail.
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| The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship: Armed with New Torpedo Defenses Posted: 16 Jul 2018 05:40 AM PDT  Detecting torpedoes will naturally reduce risk for other ship assets, such as its vertical take-off Fire Scout drones and small boats, such as its 11-meter Rigid Inflatable Boats, or RIBs.
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| Pakistan opens terrorism investigation against ex-PM's party 10 days before election Posted: 15 Jul 2018 03:00 PM PDT  By Mubasher Bukhari and Kay Johnson LAHORE, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have opened a criminal investigation into leaders of jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political party under an anti-terrorism law, 10 days before a hotly contested general election, according to police documents. The case relates to a march staged by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on July 13, when Sharif returned to Pakistan, which defied a ban on holding public rallies on a Friday. Copies of two separate First Information Reports (FIR), which mark the formal opening of a criminal investigation, named PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif, who is Nawaz Sharif's brother, and a number of other key figures.
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| FANG surge leads stock market recovery, putting Netflix in spotlight Posted: 16 Jul 2018 04:12 AM PDT  By Caroline Valetkevitch and Noel Randewich NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The FANGs have gotten their bite back, and they are helping Wall Street erase the wrenching correction that beset it in February. Facebook, Amazon.com, Netflix and Google's parent Alphabet have led the technology and consumer discretionary sectors back to record high levels in recent days. Whether they can haul the wider market over that threshold likely hinges on the rush of quarterly scorecards due soon from the four of them, starting with Netflix late on Monday.
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| 7-Year-Old Michigan Girl Struck and Killed While Texting for Help After Father Crashed Car Posted: 16 Jul 2018 07:13 AM PDT  It's believed the father had been driving drunk.
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| Police searching for 2 adults over video of child being kicked Posted: 15 Jul 2018 08:48 AM PDT  Police are looking for two adults after a video emerged of a child being kicked several times.
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| John Bolton Claims Indictments Help Trump With Putin Posted: 15 Jul 2018 09:57 AM PDT  The indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers on allegations of meddling
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| Pompeo: US, N. Korea hold 'productive' talks on war remains Posted: 15 Jul 2018 05:34 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. and North Korean officials held "productive" talks Sunday to discuss the return of U.S. service members' remains missing since the Korean War, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
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| Silicon Valley eyes Africa as new tech frontier Posted: 14 Jul 2018 11:19 PM PDT  In May, both Google and Facebook launched initiatives nearby. This week, Nigeria's Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was in California to court US tech investors for what he said could herald a "fourth industrial revolution" back home. Last month, Google said it would open Africa's first artificial intelligence lab in Ghana's capital, Accra.
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| With New Illinois Gun Law, 'Red Flag' States Have More Than Doubled Since Parkland Posted: 16 Jul 2018 09:06 AM PDT  Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a so-called "red flag" measure into law
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| Parliament vote to reveal extent of anger over May's Brexit plan Posted: 15 Jul 2018 04:14 PM PDT  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will face the anger of Brexit supporters in her party on Monday when they try to force her to change course on her strategy for leaving the European Union. May is battling for her political survival after announcing a Brexit negotiating strategy that enraged eurosceptics in her Conservative Party, who see it as a plan to keep Britain too closely tied to Brussels. The size of the threat should become clear on Monday when lawmakers vote on amendments to legislation on the government's post-Brexit customs regime, with leading eurosceptics set to vote in favor of amendments that May opposes and back their own proposals to toughen up her exit plan.
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| Elon Musk launches baseless Twitter attack on Thai cave rescue diver Posted: 16 Jul 2018 12:17 AM PDT  Elon Musk came under fire on Sunday after launching an extraordinary and baseless attack on a British diver who masterminded the successful rescue of 12 young Thai footballers, falsely calling him a "pedo" on social media. Mr Musk's shocking attack on expert cave explorer Vernon Unsworth included claims that he had never seen Mr Unsworth at the cave and - the false claim - that he was a paedophile. The attack by Mr Musk, 47, came after the experienced cave diver rubbished the Telsa CEO's plans to use a miniature submarine to save the boys. Vernon Unsworth, who led the rescue operation, had earlier accused the tech entrepreneur of creating a "PR stunt", saying Mr Musk "can stick his submarine where it hurts". "It just had absolutely no chance of working. He had no conception of what the cave passage was like," Mr Unsworth told CNN last week. "The submarine, I believe, was about five-foot-six long, rigid, so it wouldn't have gone round corners or round any obstacles." A "tiny kid-sized submarine" produced by Elon Musk's Space X rocket company being tested in a swimming pool in California Credit: AP In a series of tweets, presented without evidence, responding to a journalist, Mr Musk shot back.: "Never saw this British expat guy who lives in Thailand (sus) at any point when we were in the caves. Only people in sight were the Thai navy/army guys, who were great. Thai navy seals escorted us in — total opposite of wanting us to leave." In case his use of "(sus)" left room for doubt, Mr Musk doubled-down on his remarks, adding in later tweets: "Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it". Mr Musk has since deleted the tweets. Neither Mr Musk or Mr Unsworth could be reached for comment on Sunday evening. Why Elon Musk is the Donald Trump of the tech world It is understood that Mr Unsworth has expert local knowledge of the Tham Luang cave system where the boys were trapped, and has several years of experience diving there. Mr Musk had earlier been mocked online after the Thai football team and its coach were rescued without the help of his submarine. Mr Musk has also previously said he would be more careful over his use of Twitter, after shareholders called for a period of "peace" in the wake of a number of social media rows. "I have made the mistaken assumption – and I will attempt to be better at this – of thinking that because somebody is on Twitter and is attacking me that it is open season. That is my mistake. I will correct it," he said in an interview last week. Thai cave rescuer Vern Unsworth rejects Elon Musk's offer of mini-sub Social media users said his recent promise makes his false and defamatory attack on Mr Unsworth all the more inexplicable. Some users reported Mr Musk's comments to Twitter, one reportedly saying he "shouldn't be allowed to use " the social network " to unleash [his] followers on people like this".
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| How to buy your own Bullitt-replica Ford Mustang! Posted: 15 Jul 2018 08:35 AM PDT  Wanna drive like Steve McQueen without the hassle of acquiring the original Bullitt Mustang? Now you can do it properly with this replica from the AutoClassics classifieds
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| John Bolton Grilled About White House Decision To Cancel His CNN Interview Posted: 15 Jul 2018 09:19 AM PDT  National security adviser John Bolton on Sunday addressed the White House's
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| Emmanuel Macron pictured in emphatic celebration as France lift World Cup in Russia Posted: 15 Jul 2018 12:27 PM PDT  Emmanuel Macron celebrated France's victory over Croatia in the World Cup final with his own animated display of patriotism. The French president was seen wildly gesticulating from the VIP area in the stands next to a more subdued Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader, and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Croatia's president. Before embracing the players after the final whistle - and opting to kiss 19-year-old goalscorer Kylian Mbappé on the head - Mr Macron was pictured pumping his fists in the air as he looked down on the packed Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. As his team collected the cup on the pitch he joined Mr Putin and Mrs Grabar-Kitarović in handing out the winners and runners-up medals. Before the game Mr Putin said he told France's leader at a bilateral meeting that it's about time for Russia and France to "get over" the difficulties straining their relations. Mr Macron kissed Kylian Mbappé on the head before France were presented with the cup Credit: DYLAN MARTINEZ/ REUTERS Mr Putin met on Sunday in Moscow with French President Emmanuel Macron. Mr Macron's office said he wanted to make Europe's voice heard after last week's contentious Nato summit and before Putin's summit with US President Donald Trump. In the run-up to his election in 2017, Mr Macron accused the Kremlin of election meddling, saying that servers belonging to his campaign were hacked by a group likely to be associated with Russia.
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| Strikes blamed on Israel killed 9 pro-regime fighters in Syria: monitor Posted: 16 Jul 2018 12:49 AM PDT  At least nine pro-regime fighters died in a suspected Israeli missile strike overnight in northern Syria, a monitor said Monday. Syrian state media had accused Israel of bombing a military position in Aleppo province late Sunday, in what would be a rare Israeli strike so far north in the war-ravaged country. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said the base was being used by the Syrian regime's arch-ally Iran.
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| Indonesian villagers kill nearly 300 crocodiles in revenge attack Posted: 16 Jul 2018 07:24 AM PDT  Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, an official said. Photographs released by Antara news agency showed bloodied carcasses of the crocodiles in a large pile in the Sorong district of the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua. The head of Indonesia's Natural Resources Conservation Agency in West Papua said that the 48-year-old victim had entered the crocodile farm and was likely picking grass for animal feed when he was attacked.
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| NASA commercial crew program for space station faces delays, report says Posted: 16 Jul 2018 07:27 AM PDT ![NASA commercial crew program for space station faces delays, report says]( "NASA commercial crew program for space station faces delays, report says") Plans to launch the first NASA astronauts since 2011 to the International Space Station from the United States look set to be delayed due to incomplete safety measures and accountability holes in the agency's commercial crew program, according to a federal report released on Wednesday. SpaceX and Boeing Co are the two main contractors selected under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's commercial crew program to build spacecraft that had been expected to send U.S. astronauts to space as soon as 2019.
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| Audi R8 Spyder Spied Up Close Looking Angrier Posted: 16 Jul 2018 05:06 AM PDT  The oval exhausts are only part of the story as the prototype had numerous other tweaks.
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| Theresa May Says Trump Advised Her To ‘Sue The EU’ Posted: 15 Jul 2018 03:30 AM PDT  President Donald Trump said last week that he'd offered "tough" Brexit advice
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| National Ice Cream Day PSA: Beware the ice cream machine on 'Chopped' Posted: 15 Jul 2018 05:00 AM PDT  As we hunt for free ice cream on this glorious holiday, National Ice Cream Day, let us not forget that not all ice cream stories end well. Especially when Chopped's involved. The long-running Food Network show pits four contestants against each other as they compete for a cash prize. They go through three cooking speed rounds, whipping up an appetizer, entree, and dessert using random ingredients provided in a basket — you can get everything from sardines paired with watermelon to mud pie and potato chips. SEE ALSO: The absolute best and worst ice cream truck treats The dessert round decides the game, and even though there have been more than three dozen seasons of this reality show, contestants still make the mistake of using the ice cream machine. Stay away from the ice cream machine! The ice cream machine will only bring you sorrow. One of the following is bound to happen: You go for the ice cream machine only to be foiled by another contestant who got to it first, and there's only 10 minutes left before you have to present the dessert and ahhhh why did you want to make ice cream out of fruit cake anyways? You get to the ice cream machine before your competitor, and breathe a sigh of relief as you begin pouring a hot mixture into the machine. Wait! The ice cream base can't be hot. It'll ruin the ice cream. There goes $10,000. Everything seems to be going well, you've managed your time, and you've got the ice cream machine all to yourself. You put the ingredients in and move on to doing other stuff, like making a nice boozey sauce to impress the judges. You come back to check on your ice cream, and it's just soup. It didn't work. What happened? Noooooo! This time, ice cream's looking good. It's spinning in the machine and has the right consistency. You use a spoon to scoop the ice cream out and oh no, what happened to the spoon? The ice cream machine ate it! That spoon scenario really happened and is even featured in the show's "Most Serious Mishaps" video on Facebook. There are memes dedicated to the ice cream machine and its evil ways. A recurring judge on the show has even admitted Food Network only has one machine for the drama. "It's really for creating that level of semi-chaos," said chef and restauranteur Marcus Samuelsson, according to Food & Wine. "It's really like cooking on a treadmill. It's not easy at all." No it's not. Make your life easier and avoid that machine. I don't think I've ever watched anyone have a favorable outcome when using the ice cream machine on Chopped. — Say Chels (@renegadewriter) July 11, 2018 You know you're setting yourself up for failure if your in the final round of chopped and you try to make ice cream — GABE (@GabeLashley00) July 13, 2018 not listening to tim : project runway :: using the ice cream maker : chopped — this cannot continue (@woodswake) July 13, 2018 Of all the gods that govern the Chopped kitchen, the Risotto gods are second only to the ice cream gods in terms of cruelty — Mike Golic Jr (@MGolicJR57) June 6, 2018 chopped contestant: ugh my ice cream is basically soup let's hope putting it in the freezer for the last 4 minutes will help it solidify !! — liz (@peachyliiz) July 10, 2018 The ice cream machine on Chopped is bad. I stress whenever a poor soul believes they can beat the odds and impress the judges with a cool, creamy treat, it's not gonna happen. Make something else! So on National Ice Cream Day, which, like every year, is on the third Sunday of July, please take my advice future Chopped competitors: Beware the ice cream machine. WATCH: Turn frozen fruit into delicious soft serve with this DIY dessert maker
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| FL beach reopens after rare, double shark attack Posted: 15 Jul 2018 07:31 AM PDT  Surfers are warily returning to the waters off Fernandina Beach in northern Florida after a rare, double shark attack. Linda So reports.
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| Operation by Nicaragua forces leaves at least 10 dead, rights group says Posted: 15 Jul 2018 03:27 PM PDT  Nicaraguan pro-government forces launched an operation in the country's south that left at least 10 people dead and around 20 injured on Sunday, a human rights group said. The operation by police and paramilitaries targeted the city of Masaya, the nearby Niquinohomo and Catarina communities and the Monimbo neighborhood. "This is a preliminary report," said ANPDH head Alvaro Leiva, adding that the names and ages of the deceased were still being investigated.
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