| Ex-lawyer blames Trump 'dirty deeds' as he gets 3 years Posted: 12 Dec 2018 01:46 PM PST  Donald Trump's former lawyer apologized Wednesday for covering up the "dirty deeds" of his ex-boss as he was sentenced to three years for multiple crimes including hush money payments implicating the US president. Pleading for leniency in a packed Manhattan courtroom before US District Court Judge William H. Pauley III, Michael Cohen said he had been led astray by misplaced admiration for Trump. Cohen's lawyers had argued for no jail time after he admitted charges brought by federal prosecutors in New York of tax evasion, providing false statements to a bank and illegal campaign contributions.
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| Michael Flynn's lawyers request no prison time, defend cooperation with Mueller team Posted: 11 Dec 2018 07:17 PM PST  Flynn's lawyers defend cooperation with Robert Mueller; ask for no prison time
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| Three Missing People Have Been Found Alive in an Abandoned West Virginia Coal Mine Posted: 12 Dec 2018 07:59 PM PST  Three people missing since last weekend were found alive Wednesday in an underground coal mine in West Virginia, authorities said.
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| Insurance claims for latest California wildfires top $9 billion Posted: 12 Dec 2018 06:54 PM PST  Insurance claims from the recent spate of California wildfires, including one ranked as the most deadly and destructive in state history, have topped $9 billion and are expected to grow, the state insurance commissioner reported on Wednesday. The claims, so far, fall short of the record $12 billion in wildfire-related insured losses sustained in California in 2017, most of that from more than a dozen blazes that swept a large swath of wine country north of San Francisco Bay, killing 46 people. This year, the Camp Fire that erupted on Nov. 8 has accounted for the bulk of the claims, just over $7 billion of the total.
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| Canada Goose shares slide amid Beijing-Ottawa row over Huawei CFO arrest Posted: 12 Dec 2018 11:29 AM PST  The company's slide in the stock market comes amid reports that former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig has been detained in China. Growing tensions between Beijing and Ottawa over the arrest of a senior Huawei executive have inflicted damage on the luxury clothing retailer Canada Goose, as Chinese consumers call for a boycott of the brand. Shares in the company have plunged nearly 20% since the arrest last week of Huawei's chief financial officers Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver.
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| Sanctions Will Harm Only the Iranian Regime, Not the Iranian People Posted: 12 Dec 2018 11:41 AM PST  That is why Washington must maintain them.
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| Love Triangle, Not Alligators, Caused Florida Man's Death, Confessed Killer Testifies Posted: 12 Dec 2018 04:52 PM PST  A Florida man testified this week about fatally shooting his best friend ― who
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| Trump says he’s not worried about impeachment – but after what just happened to Cohen, he really should be Posted: 12 Dec 2018 11:19 AM PST  Sometimes Donald Trump opts for illusion, sometimes elision. In an interview with Reuters the day before former lawyer Michael Cohen was jailed for three years for making hush money payments on the eve of the election, Trump said he was not concerned about the threat of impeachment. The payments were a civil matter, he insisted, despite the fact his own Department of Justice considered them a criminal breach of campaign finance laws.
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| At least three dead, 11 wounded in terror attack near famed Christmas market in France Posted: 11 Dec 2018 08:25 PM PST ![At least three dead, 11 wounded in terror attack near famed Christmas market in France]( "At least three dead, 11 wounded in terror attack near famed Christmas market in France") Three people have been killed and 11 wounded in a suspected terrorist attack near a world-famous Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg.
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| Home comforts -- and a curfew -- for Huawei exec on bail Posted: 12 Dec 2018 06:28 PM PST  Accused of sanctions busting and forced to abide by a curfew and wear an ankle bracelet as she awaits possible extradition to the United States, China's "Princess of Huawei" could be said to have fallen spectacularly from grace. Huawei's chief financial officer was arrested on December 1 on a US warrant for alleged sanctions-breaking dealings with Iran, while changing planes in Vancouver. The following morning, Meng was spotted by AFP answering the front door of her Vancouver house to three visitors bringing flowers who arrived in a sedan with diplomatic plates.
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| Man quits his job with epic rant over the store's PA Posted: 13 Dec 2018 08:58 AM PST  A disgruntled employee at a Canadian Walmart decided that he wasn't going to
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| At least $9bn in insurance claims from California fires Posted: 12 Dec 2018 05:04 PM PST  Insurance claims from the recent devastating California wildfires that killed at least 89 people and destroyed 19,000 homes and businesses have reached at least $9 billion, the state's insurance commissioner said Wednesday. "The devastating wildfires of 2018 were the deadliest and costliest wildfire catastrophes in California's history," said California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. Most of the insurance payouts -- some $7 billion -- concern the Camp Fire in Northern California, which wiped out the town of Paradise and killed 86 people, making it the deadliest wildfire in recent California history.
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| Beyonce! Hillary! India revels in a very big wedding Posted: 12 Dec 2018 10:34 AM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) — In a season of big Indian weddings, the Wednesday marriage of the scions of two billionaire families might be the biggest of them all.
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| Israeli woman hurt in Palestinian attack loses baby, gunman killed Posted: 12 Dec 2018 08:25 PM PST ![Israeli woman hurt in Palestinian attack loses baby, gunman killed]( "Israeli woman hurt in Palestinian attack loses baby, gunman killed") A baby who was delivered prematurely to an Israeli woman wounded in a Palestinian drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank died in hospital on Wednesday, officials said, hours before the gunman was killed by pursuing Israeli forces. Shira Ish-Ran, seven months pregnant, her husband and five others were injured in Sunday's attack at a bus stop outside the Jewish settlement of Ofra in the occupied West Bank. "The security forces are in pursuit of the murderer." After he spoke, Israel's Shin Bet security service said troops operating near the West Bank city of Ramallah tried to arrest Omar al-Barghouthi, a Palestinian who was among suspects in the Ofra attack, but shot him dead when he tried to escape.
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| Has Anyone Else on Team Trump Lied to Congress? Posted: 12 Dec 2018 11:23 AM PST  "Mr. Cohen's crimes implicate a far more insidious crime to our democratic institutions especially in view of his subsequent plea to making false statements to Congress," Pauley noted before giving him a three-year sentence. Almost two weeks ago, Cohen pleaded guilty to lying about the Moscow venture.
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| Police departments nationwide sent scrambling by flood of e-mailed bomb threats Posted: 13 Dec 2018 03:10 PM PST ![Police departments nationwide sent scrambling by flood of e-mailed bomb threats]( "Police departments nationwide sent scrambling by flood of e-mailed bomb threats") Although no explosive devices were found, New York, San Francisco, Oklahoma City are among the cities forced to check out the threats.
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| Plot Thickens for Carlos Ghosn: Financial Charges Filed in Japan, But Renault Declares He Did Nothing Wrong in France Posted: 13 Dec 2018 08:41 AM PST  In Japan, the former Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi chief faces as much as 10 years in prison, while Renault keeps him on as chairman and CEO after finding he did not break French finance laws.
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| AD and LIFEWTR Celebrate the Opening of The Haas Brothers: Ferngully at The Bass Museum of Art in Miami Posted: 13 Dec 2018 01:54 PM PST |
| Pakistan rejects US rebuke on religious freedoms Posted: 11 Dec 2018 10:22 PM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Wednesday condemned a U.S. decision to add it to a list of nations that infringe on religious freedom, calling the move "unilateral and politically motivated."
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| UK's May survives, weakened and with an exit date Posted: 12 Dec 2018 02:13 PM PST  By seeing off a revolt by her own MPs, British Prime Minister Theresa May has once again proved her ability to survive a political crisis -- but in the process acknowledged her time in office is limited. Since then, May has struggled to contain the various factions of her party, and her Northern Irish allies, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), on who she relies to govern.
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| Former Baylor fraternity president accused of rape is banned from graduation, University of Texas campus Posted: 13 Dec 2018 03:32 AM PST  Jacob Anderson, accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student, has been banned from University of Texas at Dallas, but will receive a degree.
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| Middle School Student Dumps Trump From His Name After Relentless Bullying Posted: 12 Dec 2018 09:58 PM PST  A middle school student in Delaware has been allowed to change his surname
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| Turkey vows to take on US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria Posted: 12 Dec 2018 02:32 PM PST  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey will launch a new military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria "within a few days," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, a move likely to further strain ties between NATO allies Turkey and the United States.
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| May Wins Confidence Vote, Now What?: Balance of Power Extra Posted: 12 Dec 2018 01:13 PM PST  Theresa May has won the battle. The British prime minister tonight survived an attempted ousting by lawmakers in her Conservative Party. Winning a confidence vote 200 to 117 gives her some breathing space after months of speculation about her leadership.
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| 401(k): How does the stock market drop affect my retirement savings? Posted: 12 Dec 2018 09:13 AM PST  401(k) retirement plans are taking a hit from the stock market drop. Declines are steeper for all-stock portfolios.
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| Canadian ex-diplomat detained in China, official confirms Posted: 11 Dec 2018 07:07 PM PST  TORONTO (AP) — A former Canadian diplomat has been detained while visiting Beijing amid a dispute between the two counties over Canada's arrest of a Chinese executive at the request of the United States.
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| Race to broker truce as Yemen talks enter final hours Posted: 12 Dec 2018 01:36 PM PST  With just hours left before the close of negotiations, UN mediators rushed to broker a truce Wednesday between government representatives and rebels in Yemen, a country teetering on the brink of famine. The UN talks opened last week in Sweden, the first meeting in two years between Yemen's Huthi rebels and the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, backed since 2015 by a behemoth military coalition led by Saudi Arabia. Taiz, the southwestern city controlled by the government and surrounded by the rebels, is no longer under discussion at the talks, scheduled to close on Thursday.
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| 'Pegan' diets and foil pack dinners to trend in 2019: Pinterest Posted: 12 Dec 2018 02:59 AM PST  In 2019, families will be baking their own bread and smearing it with batches of homemade jam. Searches for "homemade jam" rose +829 percent: A search for "homemade jam" on Pinterest yields row after row of mason jars filled with berry, stone fruit jams and jellies. Foil pack dinner +759 percent: Who needs plates anymore when you can cook an entire meal in envelopes of aluminum foil?
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| Stephen King Has Explicit Suggestion For What Donald Trump Can Do With His Border Wall Posted: 13 Dec 2018 04:18 AM PST  Stephen King suggested Wednesday exactly what President Donald Trump should do
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| OPEC offsets Iran oil loss, sees lower 2019 demand Posted: 12 Dec 2018 05:10 AM PST ![OPEC offsets Iran oil loss, sees lower 2019 demand]( "OPEC offsets Iran oil loss, sees lower 2019 demand") In a monthly report, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said 2019 demand for its crude would fall to 31.44 million barrels per day, 100,000 bpd less than predicted last month and 1.53 million less than it currently produces. Worried by a drop in oil prices and rising supplies, OPEC and its allies including Russia last week agreed to return to supply cuts next year. OPEC expects global oil demand to slow next year and sees little support from the economic backdrop.
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| Jailed former Venezuela oil minister dies in state custody Posted: 12 Dec 2018 05:10 PM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nelson Martinez, the jailed former head of Venezuela's state-run oil giant PDVSA who was arrested last year as part of anti-corruption purge, died in state custody Wednesday, authorities said.
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| Irish police home in on classic car scam with four arrests Posted: 12 Dec 2018 04:20 AM PST  Four men were arrested during a Garda operation that targeted sellers of classic cars in County Limerick, Ireland – after evidence of deception was uncovered
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| Beto O'Rourke tops new poll as possible Democratic nominee for 2020 Presidential run Posted: 12 Dec 2018 09:05 PM PST  According to the poll, the Texas Congressman beat out Sen. Bernie Sanders by less than one percent.
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| The Sources of Iranian Conduct Posted: 12 Dec 2018 10:36 AM PST  Iranian policy remains the same despite the Trump administration's "maximum pressure."
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| Lalanne Chairs, a Frank Lloyd Wright Urn, and a $2 Million Tiffany Lamp: The Best of This Week's Design Auctions Posted: 11 Dec 2018 05:44 PM PST |
| Modi's Terrible 24 Hours Boosts India Opponents Before 2019 Vote Posted: 11 Dec 2018 07:34 PM PST  First came the abrupt resignation on Monday night of Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel, which sent stock, bond and currency markets tumbling when they reopened on Tuesday. Then Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party faced defeat in three key states that he carried in his 2014 national victory, in what amounts to his biggest political setback since taking office. "The results reveal the declining political stock of Narendra Modi going into the national elections," said Katharine Adeney, director of University of Nottingham's Asia Research Institute.
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| China says detained Canadian may have violated NGO law Posted: 12 Dec 2018 12:44 AM PST  Beijing said Wednesday a detained former Canadian diplomat may have violated Chinese laws if he carried out work in the country because his employer is not legally registered in China. Michael Kovrig, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group (ICG) think tank, was detained by Chinese state security in Beijing on Monday night, according to ICG.
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| Health care law is alive despite Trump's 2-year drive to kill it. So sign up for insurance. Posted: 13 Dec 2018 01:00 AM PST ![Health care law is alive despite Trump's 2-year drive to kill it. So sign up for insurance.]( "Health care law is alive despite Trump's 2-year drive to kill it. So sign up for insurance.") The Affordable Care Act is down but not out under Trump, and sorely needed given new realities of more chronic conditions and less employer insurance.
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| U.K.'s Theresa May wins Conservative Party vote of confidence: 200 vs 117 Posted: 12 Dec 2018 01:11 PM PST  Prime Minister Theresa May won a confidence vote from her party but 117 of her lawmakers said she was no longer the right leader to handle Brexit.
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| Lawmaker arrested for child cruelty says he spanked daughter Posted: 12 Dec 2018 07:10 PM PST  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker arrested on suspicion of child cruelty said Wednesday the allegation stemmed from spanking his 7-year-old daughter.
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| Brazilian couple get light sentences in grandson's abduction Posted: 12 Dec 2018 04:52 PM PST  HOUSTON (AP) — A wealthy Brazilian couple were sentenced Wednesday to minimal U.S. prison terms for helping their daughter keep her son in Brazil for the past five years in violation of the terms of her divorce to the boy's American father.
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| This Potential Presidential Candidate Is On A Mission To Restore Tip Jars To Airport Lounges Posted: 12 Dec 2018 03:30 AM PST  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) was hanging out in a United Airlines airport
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