| Mueller accuses Paul Manafort of lying about his contact with Trump administration officials Posted: 07 Dec 2018 06:04 PM PST  Prosecutors with Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation revealed in a court filing on Friday evening that Paul Manafort lied to them about several contacts he had with senior Trump administration officials while he was under indictment.
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| Cyntoia Brown, Sex-Trafficking Victim, Must Serve 51 Years Before Release, Court Says Posted: 09 Dec 2018 02:56 AM PST  Cyntoia Brown, a Tennessee woman who was convicted as a teenager for shooting
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| Comey Rips Panels For Grilling Him On 'Whole Lotta' Clinton Emails, 'For Heaven's Sakes' Posted: 07 Dec 2018 06:53 PM PST  Former FBI Director James Comey complained Friday that members of the House
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| Plundered 'Gypsy Girl' mosaics back in Turkey after decades in U.S Posted: 08 Dec 2018 06:22 AM PST  Missing fragments from one of Turkey's most striking ancient treasures, the haunting, wide-eyed "Gypsy Girl" mosaic, have returned home more than half a century after they were plundered and smuggled to the United States. On Saturday, the returned pieces went on display alongside the nearly 2,000-year-old mosaic of the girl, whose piercing gaze and dishevelled hair have become a symbol of Turkey's southeastern city of Gaziantep. Turkish archaeologists discovered the mosaic 20 years ago during an excavation of the old city of Zeugma, founded by one of Alexander the Great's generals, near the modern city of Gaziantep.
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| If Kevin Hart Were Really Sorry, He’d Prove It. Posted: 08 Dec 2018 12:09 PM PST  Apparently, being Kevin Hart means never having to say you're sorry.
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| Why you should buy an Escort Cosworth over a Ford Focus RS Posted: 09 Dec 2018 01:19 AM PST  The recently discontinued MK3 Ford Focus RS is destined to become a future classic, but should you buy an Escort RS Cosworth instead? We find out...
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| Only Trump can hear Paris mobs chanting his name Posted: 08 Dec 2018 11:06 AM PST  Protesters took to the streets here Saturday, calling for the resignation of French President Emmanuel Macron — and, in Trump's imagination at least, wildly cheering the American president.
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| Virginia city seeks healing after man's murder conviction Posted: 08 Dec 2018 02:40 PM PST  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Civil rights activists in this Virginia city say they hope the first-degree-murder conviction of a man who drove into a group of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in 2017 will help with healing their violence-scarred community.
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| Inside the Navy's flyover farewell for President George H.W. Bush Posted: 09 Dec 2018 06:04 AM PST  Navy pilots who participated in the 21 aircraft flyover at George H.W. Bush's funeral in Texas describe what it was like to be part of that historic tribute for the late president.
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| In Gaza protests, Israeli troops aim for the legs Posted: 09 Dec 2018 12:34 PM PST  GAZA CITY, Gaza (AP) — Israeli forces deployed along the volatile border with the Gaza Strip have fired live rounds at rock-throwing Palestinian protesters ever since demonstrations against Israel's long-running blockade of Gaza began in March.
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| Afghan 'Messi boy' forced to flee home Posted: 08 Dec 2018 05:01 AM PST  The family of an Afghan boy who gained brief Internet fame after being photographed in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag in the colors of his hero, Argentine soccer idol Lionel Messi, has been forced to flee his home after a Taliban attack. Murtaza Ahmadi, now aged 7, grabbed world headlines two years ago when his brother made him a shirt out of a blue and white plastic bag, with Messi's name and number 10 playing number. "Murtaza became famous around the world and we are not able to walk free and go anywhere.
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| U.S. appeals court will not restore Trump asylum order Posted: 08 Dec 2018 03:48 AM PST  A U.S. appeals court handed President Donald Trump a defeat on Friday when it refused to allow his order barring asylum for immigrants who enter the country illegally to take effect, while a court challenge proceeds. Trump cited an overwhelmed immigration system for his recent proclamation that officials will only process asylum claims for migrants who present themselves at an official entry point. Civil rights groups sued, arguing that Trump's Nov. 9 order violated administrative and immigration law.
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| Instant Pots are somehow down to $45 today on Amazon Posted: 09 Dec 2018 05:27 AM PST ![Instant Pots are somehow down to $45 today on Amazon]( "Instant Pots are somehow down to $45 today on Amazon") The hottest gift of the holiday season just got even hotter as one of the best-selling Instant Pot cookers on the planet drops down to its lowest price ever. The DUO60 and DUO80 have both been on sale off and on since Black Friday. In fact, the more popular Instant Pot DUO60 model is still on sale right now at a healthy $30 discount. But today our attention turns to the Instant Pot Duo Mini 3 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker. Perfect for sides or for entrees for families of two or three people, this model does everything the larger versions can do but it's more compact. It's also somehow on sale today for just $44.96, and there's no way this deal is going to last very long. Here are some highlights from the product page: * All the features of the Instant Pot duo, the bestselling electric pressure cooker in North America now available in a 3 Qt compact format * The perfect companion to your existing Instant Pot, use it for side dishes, vegetables or other accompaniments such as rice * Generous capacity, great for smaller families or where space is at a premium. In a dorm, RV or boat? the Instant Pot duo mini Emits no steam, heat or cooking smells * Features fully automatic pressure cook programs, 3 slow cook heat settings, saute, rice cooking, steamer, yogurt making, delay start and auto keep Warm * 700W power to enable it to reach pressure quickly. All Stainless Steel internal components including lid and inner cooking pot. Lid and cooking pot dishwasher safe * Power supply: 120V - 60Hz * Included Components: Electric Pressure Cooker
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| These are the 5 best holiday deals of the weekend Posted: 09 Dec 2018 09:54 AM PST  You've still got time to get your holiday gifts, and you can still find loads of sales.
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| Key House Democrat Jerry Nadler Says Trump Payments May Be 'Impeachable Offenses' Posted: 09 Dec 2018 09:05 AM PST  Allegations that President Donald Trump directed his former personal attorney
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| Nobel peace winners demand action against sex abuse Posted: 09 Dec 2018 07:12 AM PST  OSLO, Norway (AP) — One of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize says the attention the prize has drawn to sexual violence against women in war zones must be followed by action against the abuses.
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| Porsche CEO Confirms Plan for $6.8 Billion Profit Boost by 2025 Posted: 08 Dec 2018 02:23 AM PST  "On the cost side, it's about reducing complexity in drive variants, more common parts between the different series, less physical prototypes and more digital development," he said. Blume said Porsche's 32,000 employees would remain unaffected by the plans, and that the company plans to hire 1,500 more staff for its electric-powered Taycan model. Last month, Bloomberg reported the profit goal, saying the carmaker aims to increase earnings before interest and taxes by about 750 million euros annually through 2025 by increasing efficiencies, cutting costs and boosting contributions from new business such as digital offerings.
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| Pasta Dinners by the Numbers Posted: 08 Dec 2018 03:01 AM PST  A healthy pasta dinner isn't an oxymoron. A plate of pasta can be a good-for-you option; it all depends on what you top it with. Here's how the nutrition profile of a cup of spaghetti and one-hal...
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| At scene of South Sudan mass rape, 'no one could hear me' Posted: 09 Dec 2018 06:50 AM PST  NHIALDIU, South Sudan (AP) — Wrapping an arm around her stomach, the young woman hung her head and recounted the day in early November when she and a friend were bound, dragged into the bush and raped by four men with guns.
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| Huawei exec faces US fraud charges linked to Iran Posted: 07 Dec 2018 06:14 PM PST  Chinese telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking business dealings with Iran, a Canadian court heard Friday, a week after she was detained on an American extradition request. Meng Wanzhou, 46, was arrested in Canada's Pacific coast city of Vancouver on December 1 while changing planes during a trip from Hong Kong to Mexico -- ratcheting up tensions between the United States and China just as the countries' leaders agreed to a truce in their trade war. Canadian government lawyer John Gibb-Carsley asked for bail to be denied, saying Meng has been accused of "conspiracy to defraud multiple financial institutions" and if convicted faces more than 30 years in prison.
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| At least seven officials killed in Sudan helicopter crash: news agency Posted: 09 Dec 2018 04:24 AM PST ![At least seven officials killed in Sudan helicopter crash: news agency]( "At least seven officials killed in Sudan helicopter crash: news agency") At least seven local government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in Sudan's eastern al-Qadarif state on Sunday, state news agency SUNA reported. The state's governor and three security officials were among the dead. A number of people were also injured in the incident, SUNA said.
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| Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighter Has a New Feature (And It Might Be a Total Waste of Time) Posted: 09 Dec 2018 06:48 AM PST  We take a look.
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| Social Security notices showing cost-of-living increases available online for retirees Posted: 09 Dec 2018 09:50 AM PST ![Social Security notices showing cost-of-living increases available online for retirees]( "Social Security notices showing cost-of-living increases available online for retirees") The Social Security Administration this week released its cost-of-living adjustment notices online. Paper notices are also being mailed to retirees.
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| George Conway Fact-Checks Donald Trump's 'Totally Clears The President' Claim Posted: 07 Dec 2018 11:45 PM PST  President Donald Trump claimed Friday that he had been "totally" cleared
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| UK nerve agent survivor fears poison will soon kill him Posted: 09 Dec 2018 09:11 AM PST ![UK nerve agent survivor fears poison will soon kill him]( "UK nerve agent survivor fears poison will soon kill him") LONDON (AP) — A British man who was exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok said he is struggling with his eyesight and mobility, and fears the poison will kill him within a decade.
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| Fake and Bad News Is Depressing Market, JPM’s Kolanovic Says Posted: 08 Dec 2018 04:36 PM PST  In the past three weeks, U.S. stocks have lurched between between gains and losses of at least 3 percent, volatility not seen such the global financial crisis a decade ago. "To some extent, we trace the disconnect between negative sentiment and macroeconomic reality to the reinforcing feedback loop of real and fake negative news," the strategists wrote.
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| Pearl Harbor survivor and Navy veteran recalls 1941 attack Posted: 07 Dec 2018 07:07 PM PST  HONOLULU (AP) — Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Don Long was alone on an anchored military seaplane in the middle of a bay across the island from Pearl Harbor when Japanese warplanes started striking Hawaii on December 7, 1941, watching from afar as the attack that killed and wounded thousands unfolded.
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| France's 'yellow vests' clash with police in Paris Posted: 08 Dec 2018 12:11 PM PST  As night fell and many demonstrators started returning home, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said there had been about 10,000 protesters in Paris by early evening and some 125,000 across the country. "The situation is now under control," Castaner said at a joint news conference with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. Nearly 1,000 people had been arrested, 620 of them in Paris, after police found potential weapons such as hammers and baseball bats on them.
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| Dem Sen: Mueller should 'show his cards soon,' give Congress findings in early 2019 Posted: 09 Dec 2018 05:54 AM PST  Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz interviews Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. on "This Week" about the Mueller probe and the possibility of a 2020 presidential campaign.
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| Iran's Rouhani says sanctions may lead to drugs, refugee, bomb 'deluge' Posted: 08 Dec 2018 06:11 AM PST  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani predicted a "deluge" of drugs, refugees and attacks on the West if U.S. sanctions weaken Iran's ability to contain them. "I warn those who impose sanctions that if Iran's ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected ... you will not be safe from a deluge of drugs, asylum seekers, bombs and terrorism," Rouhani said in a speech carried live on state television. Separately, Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying that the United States is selling more arms into the Middle East than the region needs, making it a "tinderbox".
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| Refugee teens in Austrian schools straddle different worlds Posted: 09 Dec 2018 12:53 AM PST  VIENNA (AP) — Lilas Almalaki didn't know a word of German when she enrolled in an Austrian middle school two months after fleeing her war-torn homeland in 2015, so she relied on the proficient English she learned as a top student in Syria to keep the bullies in place.
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| Retirement planning: Improving 401(k) plans for workers who invest Posted: 09 Dec 2018 05:01 AM PST  Workplace 401(k) plans have hold more than $5 trillion and have emerged as financial keystones for millions of people. But they aren't perfect.
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| Donald Trump Goes On All-Caps Twitter Rant About 'NO COLLUSION' Posted: 08 Dec 2018 05:14 AM PST  President Donald Trump went on an almost all-caps Twitter tear Saturday
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| Body found in search for British tourist in New Zealand Posted: 08 Dec 2018 10:44 PM PST  New Zealand police say they believe they found the body of missing 22-year-old British woman Grace Millane after charging a 26-year-old man with her murder. No reporter narration.
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| Who is Isha Ambani, and why are Beyoncé and Hillary Clinton in India for her wedding? Posted: 09 Dec 2018 12:38 PM PST ![Who is Isha Ambani, and why are Beyoncé and Hillary Clinton in India for her wedding?]( "Who is Isha Ambani, and why are Beyoncé and Hillary Clinton in India for her wedding?") High-profile celebrities, from Beyonce to Hillary Clinton and Arianna Huffington, were spotted in India for Isha Ambani's pre-wedding festivities.
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| Ex-major leaguers Valbuena, Castillo die in Venezuela crash Posted: 07 Dec 2018 05:59 PM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former major league players Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo were killed in a car crash in Venezuela caused by highway bandits who then robbed them, officials said Friday.
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| Mahathir Faces First Major Rally as Protesters Gather in Capital Posted: 08 Dec 2018 03:03 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad faced his biggest rally since taking power in May, as opposition parties led thousands of ethnic Malays in Kuala Lumpur to protest a United Nations convention against racial discrimination.
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| U.S. accuses Huawei CFO of Iran sanctions cover-up; hearing adjourned Posted: 07 Dec 2018 07:31 PM PST  VANCOUVER/LONDON (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's chief financial officer faces U.S. accusations that she covered up her company's links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions, a Canadian prosecutor said on Friday, arguing against giving her bail while she awaits extradition. The case against Meng Wanzhou, who is also the daughter of the founder of Huawei, stems from a 2013 Reuters report about the company's close ties to Hong Kong-based Skycom Tech Co Ltd, which attempted to sell U.S. equipment to Iran despite U.S. and European Union bans, the prosecutor told a Vancouver court.
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| After defeat in Iraq, IS fights on in last enclave in Syria Posted: 08 Dec 2018 09:22 AM PST  BAGHDAD (AP) — A year after it was routed from Iraq in a devastating war that left entire neighborhoods and towns in ruins, the Islamic State group is fighting to hang on to its last enclave in eastern Syria, engaging in deadly battles with U.S.-backed forces.
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| Newtown shooter described 'scorn for humanity' Posted: 09 Dec 2018 11:34 AM PST  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Documents from the investigation into the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut are shedding light on the gunman's anger, scorn for other people, and deep social isolation in the years leading up to the shooting.
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| President 'Individual-1' Trump Hasn't A Clue, But Twitter Wits Aim to School Him Posted: 07 Dec 2018 10:14 PM PST  President Donald Trump apparently doesn't have an inkling that he is
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| Will This Russian Handgun Become ‘The AK-47 of Pistols’? Posted: 08 Dec 2018 01:00 AM PST  Is it possible?
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| Duchess of Sussex's father releases her handwritten letters and details of first wedding in latest bid to reconcile Posted: 09 Dec 2018 08:38 AM PST  When the Duchess of Sussex's estranged father hoped to resume contact with her after he was caught colluding with the paparazzi, he claims he tried letters, text messages and family interventions to no avail. His next step, it appears, is to release handwritten cards, photographs and extraordinary details of her first wedding to the world via a tabloid newspaper. Thomas Markle, who has not spoken to the pregnant Duchess in months, has produced a dossier of "evidence" he believes will prove their once-close relationship, from aeroplane tickets to a hospital form he says shows he suffered a real heart attack preventing him from walking her down the aisle in May. Mr Markle, who lives in Mexico, has already conducted numerous interviews with tabloids and on television, and has now released handwritten cards sent from his daughter over the years. One included $2,000 from the Duchess, then Meghan Markle, for Mr Markle to put towards a holiday, and another reads: "I love you with all of my heart now and forever." Thomas Markle interviews on GMB earlier this year In lurid claims about her first wedding, to Trevor Engelson in 2011, he alleged guests had been given marijuana, insisting neither he or the bride had used it but that it was considered " no big deal in Jamaica". Ms Markle, he said, had "micro-managed everything". Asked by the Mail on Sunday about recent negative reports about the Duchess, he said: "I don't recognise this person. The Meghan I know was always sweet, kind, generous. She was always demanding but never rude." Saying he had tried text messages, letters and a note via his ex-wife Doria Ragland, he confirmed he is no longer in touch with the Duchess or her new husband. Relaying an alleged conversation with Prince Harry while Mr Markle was in hospital receiving treatment for his heart, he said: "I apologised to Harry on the phone and all he said was, 'If you'd listened to me [about how to deal with the media], none of this would have happened'. Thomas Markle did not attend the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Credit: PA "There are convicts in prisons who have murdered and committed all kinds of horrible crimes, and their daughters still visit them." The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have never publicly responded to Mr Markle's claims. Kensington Palace declined to comment. The intervention is likely to prove distressing for the Duke and Duchess, who are expecting their first child in the spring. Next year, they will move to Frogmore Cottage, Windsor, and the search will begin for a new Private Secretary before Samantha Cohen, who has been in the role temporarily this year, departs. Ms Cohen, a former Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen, will oversee the recruitment process for a permanent member of staff, but may stay on beyond 2019 if her help is still required, sources said yesterday.
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| China launches probe to explore dark side of Moon - Xinhua Posted: 07 Dec 2018 11:07 PM PST  China on Saturday launched a first probe ever to explore the dark side of the Moon, marking another milestone in its ambitious space programme, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The probe, the Chang'e-4, is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the Moon, according to Xinhua. Previous spacecraft have seen the far side of the Moon, but none has landed on it.
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| Congo's Kabila doesn't rule out seeking presidency in future Posted: 09 Dec 2018 08:23 AM PST  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's President Joseph Kabila is stepping down after this month's election but he doesn't rule out seeking the post again in the future.
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