| In 'clear and unmistakable message' to Iran, US deploys carrier strike group, bombers to Middle East Posted: 06 May 2019 05:17 AM PDT  The U.S. is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East to warn Iran, national security adviser Ambassador John Bolton announced.
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| All survive as plane carrying US military crashes into river Posted: 04 May 2019 07:51 PM PDT  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A military-chartered jet carrying 143 people landed hard, then bounced and swerved as the pilot struggled to control it amid thunder and lightning, ultimately skidding off the runway and coming to a crashing halt in a river at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
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| Israel army denies Gaza woman, baby killed by Israeli strike Posted: 05 May 2019 09:35 AM PDT  Israel's army on Sunday denied claims from Gazan authorities that an Israeli strike killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and a baby, saying errant Hamas fire was to blame for the deaths. The Gazan health ministry said on Saturday that Falestine Abu Arar, 37, and her 14-month-old daughter Saba were killed by an Israeli strike that hit their home in eastern Gaza City. Israel rejected the claim that one of its retaliatory strikes in response to barrages of rockets from Gaza killed the two.
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| Ex-Goldman Banker in Plea Talks Ahead of 1MDB Trial in New York Posted: 06 May 2019 01:54 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Roger Ng is in plea talks to avoid a U.S. trial on charges that he broke American anti-bribery laws and conspired to launder money embezzled from Malaysia's state investment fund 1MDB.
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| U.S. may review ties with countries deemed anti-Israel: envoy Posted: 05 May 2019 09:44 AM PDT  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a March speech that anti-Zionism - opposition to Israel's existence as a homeland for the Jewish people - was a form of anti-Semitism, or hostility toward Jews, that was on the rise worldwide and that Washington would "fight it relentlessly". The State Department's special envoy for monitoring and combating anti-Semitism, Elan Carr, said this U.S. position could spell reviews of ties with foreign governments or leaders. "The United States is willing to review its relationship with any country, and certainly anti-Semitism on the part of a country with whom we have relations is a deep concern," he told Reuters during a visit to Israel.
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| The Right Way to Use Spray Sunscreen Posted: 05 May 2019 03:05 AM PDT  If you prefer spray sunscreens, you're not alone. Their popularity is on the rise, with sales inching nearer to top-selling lotions, according to a 2018 study published in the Journal of the Amer...
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| Michael Cohen, on way to prison, takes a last swing at Trump Posted: 06 May 2019 07:45 AM PDT  Hours before he was due to report to federal prison to begin serving a three-year sentence, Michael Cohen lashed out at the president, accusing him of being a liar and racist.
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| Forty-one reported killed after Russian passenger plane crash-lands in Moscow Posted: 05 May 2019 06:44 PM PDT  Television footage showed the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash bouncing along the tarmac at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport before the rear part of the plane suddenly burst into flames. Many passengers on board SU 1492 then escaped via the plane's emergency slides that inflated after the hard landing. The plane, which had been flying from Moscow to the northern Russian city of Murmansk, had been carrying 73 passengers and five crew members, Russia's aviation watchdog said.
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| Joe Biden Has to Do More Than Name-Drop Obama to Win Black Voters Posted: 06 May 2019 02:06 AM PDT  Sean Rayford/GettyFormer Vice President Joe Biden's initial pitch to Democratic voters was aimed squarely at the Rust Belt working class, but on a weekend trip through South Carolina, the early frontrunner for the party's presidential nomination pivoted to courting black voters in the Palmetto State, highlighting his role in the Obama administration and warning of voting restrictions that hark back to the days of Jim Crow."Last year, 24 states introduced or enacted at least 70 bills to curtail the right the vote. And guess what—mostly directed at people of color," Biden told the crowd at a community center in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday. "We have Jim Crow sneaking back in.""You know when everybody has an equal right to vote, guess what—they lose. They lose," Biden continued, referring to Republicans, whose victories in statewide elections in nearby Georgia and Florida last year sparked accusations of systematic voter suppression. "Folks, it's just absolutely wrong."By highlighting the importance of expanding voter access, as well as his long relationship with President Barack Obama—in his speech, Biden referred to Obama as "my buddy" and "my friend" multiple times before joking that "I shouldn't be so casual"—Biden pitched himself as a candidate with a broader coalition of supporters beyond the white working class. But the former vice president's history as an architect of the modern criminal justice system has activists and academics concerned that Biden hasn't sufficiently addressed the legacy of mass incarceration in marginalized communities.Biden, who served in the U.S. Senate for three decades, was a driving force behind the implementation of aggressive criminal justice policies in the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the writing and passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which he himself dubbed the "1994 Biden Crime Bill" in 2015. Now, 25 years after the passage of this landmark bill, criminal justice advocates say the policy led to mass incarceration that disproportionately affected black communities and are calling on him to undo that legacy in order to win their support."He's in a precarious situation," said Dr. Keneshia Grant, a professor of political science at Howard University whose research focus is the political impact of black migration in the United States. "He absolutely has to be saying things like, 'people's attempts to disenfranchise you is like Jim Crow,' but that creates a difficult situation for him." "The '94 crime bill helped shape crime policy for almost the next 20 years," said Nicole D. Porter, director of advocacy at the Sentencing Project, a Washington-based nonprofit that seeks to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system. "It was adopted at a time when the approach to crime was very punitive—there was little resistance to adopting tougher penalties at the federal and at the state level, particularly in communities that were undergoing disinvestment."The legislation, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, was the largest crime bill in American history, and included a (since expired) ban on assault weapons, the Violence Against Women Act, and created guidelines for states to track sex offenders. But the bill included controversial provisions, including a so-called "three strikes" provision, the elimination of Pell Grants for incarcerated inmates, and provided nearly $10 billion for the construction of new prisons. The bill also increased incentives for states to sentence criminals to longer sentences, leading to an era of mass incarceration: More than 2 million Americans are currently imprisoned."It's not that he was swept up on the tough on crime—he drove the train. He was chair of the Judiciary Committee, he wrote a lot of these bills," Michael Collins, director of national affairs for Drug Policy Action, told The Daily Beast. "The 'War on Drugs' has always been a war on people of color—we knew that back in the 1990s, and it didn't stop Joe Biden then, and this is why we have this mass incarceration mess right now."Biden's legacy on criminal justice may complicate efforts to capitalize on high initial approval ratings among black voters, who make up more than half of registered Democrats in South Carolina."He's going to have to run a very issue-oriented campaign if he's going to win black voters in South Carolina. He can't just show up and say, I was Barack Obama's vice president, because that ain't going to work," former South Carolina state legislator Bakari Sellers, who has endorsed Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) for president, told The Daily Beast. "I find it ironic that Hillary [Clinton] got pure hell for the '94 crime bill when Joe Biden actually wrote the '94 crime bill," Sellers said. "He's going to have to answer those questions, and he's going to have to answer with policy points… He has to reconcile with his record, and he's not answering those questions now."Advocates were quick to point out that as the Democratic consensus on criminal justice has changed, so too have Biden's views—to a point."Biden has followed the politics on this issue," Porter said. "As vice president in 2010, he anchored a reform... to scale back the 100-to-one crack cocaine-to powder disparity."The former vice president has indicated that there are certain positions he has taken on crime that he now disavows. At the National Action Network's Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in January, Biden said that on criminal justice reform, "I know we haven't always gotten things right, but I've always tried," alluding to the crime bill as "a big mistake when it was made."But undoing the legacy of "tough-on-crime" legislation, criminal justice reform advocates said, requires more than an apology."A stopped clock can be right twice a day, but when you look at the totality of Biden's career, he has been one of the top cheerleaders in the War on Drugs," Collins said. "The only reason we're seeing any contrition here is because he's running for president—if he was retired, we wouldn't be seeing apologies or any of these explanations."If Biden is serious about mitigating his role in the modern carceral state, Sellers said, he'll begin detailing concrete policy proposals to "unravel some of the damage that he's done.""Moving forward, when he does talk about criminal justice, he's going to have to talk about it in ways that are first, apologetic, and two, super clear about policy proposals to mitigate the effects of his past positions," Grant echoed.To "account for the harm done in this country during the era of mass incarceration," Porter suggested the elimination of mandatory minimums across the board, redirecting resources to focus on crime prevention and helping people who exit the prison system successfully enter into society, and full sentencing parity in drug possession cases—as well as provisions making such changes retroactive."It would take 75 years for the country to get back to the incarceration rates of the early '80s" at current rates of release, Porter said, which means that undoing mass incarceration requires policies "as substantial and muscular as the politics that drove the punitive reforms in the '80s and '90s."The Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the former vice president's views on such proposals by press time.There is historical precedent for a president undoing the damage caused by previous positions and policies, Grant said, citing the case of President Lyndon Johnson, who signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act into law."Lyndon Johnson starts out as a legislator who is not particularly helpful in the civil rights movement," Grant noted. "Now when you think about him and think about his evolution on race, you can point to the Civil Rights Act to say, this is something he did to make up for his past or change his trajectory."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here
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| AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile get sued for reportedly selling your location data Posted: 06 May 2019 10:42 AM PDT  AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile are accused of selling customer's location data in a lawsuit.
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| Maduro rallies military as Venezuela opposition appeals to troops Posted: 04 May 2019 09:36 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged his troops Saturday to be "ready" for potential US military action, as a limited number of opposition supporters marched on military barracks in a bid to win the armed forces' support. The small turnout for the Saturday marches -- with participants in the hundreds, not the thousands -- is another setback for opposition leader Juan Guaido, following a failed military uprising earlier in the week. Underscoring the continued military support for his socialist regime, Maduro delivered his televised address from a base in northwestern Cojedes state -- where he appeared alongside his defense minister, Vladimir Padrino, and in the presence of more than 5,000 troops.
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| Trump appears to claim he should receive two extra years as president amid increasing fears he won't accept result of 2020 election Posted: 06 May 2019 01:09 AM PDT  Donald Trump has appeared to claim he should receive an additional two years as president in "reparations" for the Mueller investigation. The US president shared on Sunday a tweet by Jerry Falwell Jr, president of evangelical Christian university Liberty University and a prominent supporter of Mr Trump. "After the best week ever for @realDonaldTrump - no obstruction, no collusion, NYT admits @BarackObama did spy on his campaign, & the economy is soaring," Mr Falwell falsely claimed. In fact there is no evidence to suggest former president Barack Obama had any role in probing the Trump campaign, and special counsel Robert Mueller has provided multiple instances in which Mr Trump attempted to impede his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. "I now support reparations," Mr Fallwell added in the tweet the president shared on his account. "Trump should have 2 yrs added to his 1st term as pay back for time stolen by this corrupt failed coup." Though Mr Trump did not explicitly endorse the message he shared, he regularly and almost exclusively retweets messages he agrees with.He followed up the retweet with posts of his own bemoaning two years "stollen" (sic) by the special counsel's probe, which was launched in May 2017 and concluded with Mr Mueller's 448-page report, which was published last month. "Despite the tremendous success that I have had as President, including perhaps the greatest ECONOMY and most successful first two years of any President in history, they have stollen two years of my (our) Presidency (Collusion Delusion) that we will never be able to get back," he tweeted. "The Witch Hunt is over but we will never forget. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" The allusion to an extended presidency came just hours after Nancy Pelosi suggested Mr Trump might not voluntarily leave the White House if Democrats fail to win "big" in 2020. The Democratic house speaker said Mr Trump may contest the result and refuse to give up power if her party's candidate won only by a narrow margin. "We have to inoculate against that, we have to be prepared for that," she told The New York Times.Michael Cohen, Mr Trump's former lawyer and personal fixer, raised the prospect of Mr Trump ignoring the results of the election during congressional testimony in February. "Given my experience working for Mr Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, there will never be a peaceful transition of power," Cohen, who will be jailed today for his role in Trump campaign finance violations, said during his closing remarks.
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| UPDATE 4-Boeing did not disclose 737 MAX alert issue to FAA for 13 months Posted: 05 May 2019 10:01 AM PDT ![UPDATE 4-Boeing did not disclose 737 MAX alert issue to FAA for 13 months]( "UPDATE 4-Boeing did not disclose 737 MAX alert issue to FAA for 13 months") The U.S. planemaker has been trying for weeks to dispel suggestions that it made airlines pay for safety features after it emerged that an alert designed to show discrepancies in Angle of Attack readings from two sensors was optional on the 737 MAX. Erroneous data from a sensor responsible for measuring the angle at which the wing slices through the air - known as the Angle of Attack - is suspected of triggering a flawed piece of software that pushed the plane downward in two recent crashes. In a statement, Boeing said it only discovered once deliveries of the 737 MAX had begun in 2017 that the so-called AOA Disagree alert was optional instead of standard as it had intended, but added that was not critical safety data.
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| BMW teases 8 Series Gran Coupe ahead of September debut Posted: 06 May 2019 07:36 AM PDT  On Friday, BMW teased an image of the latest model to join the 8 Series: the 8 Series Gran Coupe. Right now, BMW's 8 Series comprises the 8 Coupe and 8 Convertible, though the segment goes back to the early 1990s. On Friday, however, BMW tweeted a dark photograph of the next member of the 8 Series family shrouded in shadows: the 8 Series Gran Coupe.
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| 'The Good Doctor' star Hill Harper in Detroit to help boost your credit score Posted: 06 May 2019 06:43 AM PDT  Experian partners with actor and activist Hill Harper to promote new program to help those with limited credit histories improve their scores.
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| Every Mid-Engined Sports Car—Including a Few You Might Afford! Posted: 06 May 2019 05:14 AM PDT |
| Watch Thailand's New King Being Carried Through the Capital in a Spectacular Procession Posted: 05 May 2019 08:20 PM PDT  Thailand's newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn made a spectacular public appearance in front of his countrymen Sunday, carried atop a golden palanquin by soldiers in ancient fighting uniforms in a procession through Bangkok's historic quarter.
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| Backers 'failed to follow through' in abortive uprising, Guaido tells AFP Posted: 06 May 2019 05:36 PM PDT  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said Monday that backers who had pledged support for his abortive uprising last week had "failed to follow through" to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro. The 35-year-old National Assembly chief has branded Maduro a usurper over his controversial re-election last year, and in January declared himself acting president, plunging Venezuela into a political crisis that deepened its already grave economic woes. Guaido, however, expressed the hope that the army would eventually come on board.
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| The Latest: Harris says Barr representing Trump, not US Posted: 05 May 2019 06:08 PM PDT  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic presidential campaign (all times local):
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| 9 Home Decor Sales We’re Excited About This Week Posted: 06 May 2019 02:50 PM PDT  Consider us your personal shoppers
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| Reborn 2019 BMW Z4 Delivers Top-Down Thrills Posted: 05 May 2019 03:05 AM PDT  The BMW Z4 returns after a brief hiatus, backed by the automaker's pledge that the reborn roadster has improved performance. The previous model that retired in 2016 was quick, efficient, and well...
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| UPDATE 3-Kinder Morgan's $1.75 bln gas pipeline hit with steel tariff -filing Posted: 06 May 2019 01:14 PM PDT ![UPDATE 3-Kinder Morgan's $1.75 bln gas pipeline hit with steel tariff -filing]( "UPDATE 3-Kinder Morgan's $1.75 bln gas pipeline hit with steel tariff -filing") U.S. pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc will pay a tariff on imported steel used in a $1.75 billion natural gas pipeline project, the U.S. Department of Commerce ruled on Monday, dealing a setback to energy industry efforts to avoid the penalties. The Trump administration last year slapped a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum in a bid to safeguard U.S. jobs against overseas rivals. Energy companies have opposed the tariffs, saying they add cost to businesses contributing to the nation's energy security.
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| Ted Bundy's Is the World's Most Notorious Volkswagen Bug Posted: 05 May 2019 03:00 AM PDT  The serial killer-played by Zac Efron in a new Netflix movie-used VWs in his murder spree.
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| Brexit deal prospects in doubt in 'bad faith' spat Posted: 05 May 2019 10:36 AM PDT  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday urged Labour to do a deal on Brexit this week, but the main opposition party accused her of acting in bad faith. The Conservatives and Labour both lost ground in Thursday's English local authority polls as voters vented their frustration at the Brexit impasse dominating British politics.
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| Death tolls rise in surging Israel-Gaza fighting Posted: 05 May 2019 04:31 PM PDT  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the military to continue "massive strikes" against Gaza's ruling Hamas group and Islamic Jihad in the most serious border clashes since a spate of fighting in November. Israel's military said that more than 600 rockets and other projectiles - over 150 of them intercepted by its Iron Dome anti-missile system - had been fired at southern Israeli cities and villages since Friday. It said it attacked more than 260 targets belonging to Gaza militant groups.
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| Chinese stock markets tumble after Trump threatens new tariffs Posted: 06 May 2019 03:19 AM PDT  Chinese stock markets tumbled on Monday after Donald Trump threatened China with increased tariffs on $200bn (£152bn) of goods.The president's surprise outburst risks derailing talks aimed at resolving the trade war between the world's two biggest economies.A Chinese delegation is scheduled to resume talks in Washington on Wednesday but US media reported they have considered cancelling the meeting.Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 3.1 per cent following Mr Trump's tweet, while the Shanghai Composite fell by nearly six per cent.Chinese government officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Mr Trump wrote on Twitter that he would increase tariffs on $200bn of goods from 10 per cent to 25 per cent on Friday and announced tariffs at 25 per cent on $325bn of additional goods.Government officials in Beijing have previously told the US they would not negotiate under pressure.Jake Parker, vice president of the US-China Business Council, said Mr Trump's threat makes the talks "very difficult politically" for President Xi Jinping's government, as the Chinese public may view an agreement by the Friday deadline as a "capitulation".Although Mr Trump has twice pushed back deadlines for raising the tariffs – in January and March – he said he had lost patience with the negotiations on Sunday."The Tariffs paid to the USA have had little impact on product cost, mostly borne by China. The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!" he said.Mr Trump has portrayed his tariffs as beneficial for the US economy and claimed previous administrations have let China get away with abusive trade practices and take advantage of a lopsided economic relationship.However, economists have found that the burden of the tariffs falls on US consumers and businesses who buy imported products.A March study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Columbia University, and Princeton University found that by the end of last year, US consumers and businesses were paying $3bn a month in higher taxes and absorbing $1.4bn a month in lost efficiency.Philip Levy, who was an economist in President George W Bush's administration, said the talks are too complicated for Mr Trump's high-pressure negotiating style."The president treats this like we're haggling over the price of a used car," he said.The US-China trade war has also raised worries about global economic growth, with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and others downgrading their forecasts for the world economy.Forecasts have cited the trade war as a factor for creating uncertainty and reducing world trade.That uncertainty is not helped by Mr Trump's latest outburst, which came as an unexpected development for the Chinese government."This is a big surprise given the increasingly positive messages from the various US officials involved in the trade talks in recent weeks," said Tao Wang and Ning Zhang of UBS in a commentary."Certainly the risk of an all-out US-China trade war has increased significantly."Additional reporting by agencies
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| The first big Apple Watch Series 4 sale is still here with all-time low prices Posted: 06 May 2019 06:20 AM PDT ![The first big Apple Watch Series 4 sale is still here with all-time low prices]( "The first big Apple Watch Series 4 sale is still here with all-time low prices") If you've ever toyed with the idea of picking up a new Apple Watch Series 4 but you balked at the price, today is the day to revisit your decision. Amazon is running a huge sale that slashes the prices of half a dozen Apple Watch S4 models to all-time lows. The deal covers 40mm and 44mm sizes, and it covers both Space Gray and Silver Aluminum finishes as well. There are a few different bands to choose from too, so there truly is something for everyone in this big sale. There's no telling how much longer these discounted prices will last though, so grab one while you still can.Here's some additional info from the product page: * GPS * Over 30% larger display and 50% louder speaker * Electrical and optical heart sensors * Digital Crown with haptic feedback * 50% louder speaker * S4 SiP with faster 64-bit dual-core processor * Improved accelerometer and gyroscope for fall detection * Swimproof * watchOS 5 * Aluminum case
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| Kamala Harris says AG Barr representing president, not US Posted: 05 May 2019 07:15 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — Capping a week in which her testy exchange with Attorney General William Barr went viral, Sen. Kamala Harris on Sunday told a crowd of thousands gathered at a dinner hosted by the country's oldest NAACP chapter that Barr "lied to Congress" and "is clearly more interested in representing the president than the American people."
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| Get your children vaccinated or face fine: German health minister Posted: 05 May 2019 05:53 AM PDT  German Health Minister Jens Spahn has drawn up draft legislation to oblige parents to get their children vaccinated against measles or else face fines and their exclusion from daycare. Spahn's initiative comes amid a highly charged debate in Germany about whether the measles vaccine should be obligatory, and as the number of cases of the once-eradicated disease in the United States hit the highest levels since 2000. "I want to eradicate measles," Spahn told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.
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| Total to buy Anadarko's Africa assets if Occidental wins takeover fight Posted: 06 May 2019 03:34 AM PDT  French energy giant Total said it has reached a deal with Occidental to acquire Anadarko Petroleum's oil and gas assets in Africa -- but only if the mid-sized US firm Occidental wins its fierce takeover battle for Anadarko with the much bigger Chevron. The move further bolsters Occidental's hostile takeover bid for Anadarko after American mega-investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway got involved last week, investing $10 billion in Occidental. Anadarko's board had already approved an offer from Chevron when Occidental unveiled a higher bid last month, kicking off a tug-of-war over the company's assets in the shale-rich Permian Basin in Texas.
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| This Means Trouble: Russia's Stealth Fighter Could Deliver Nuclear Weapons Posted: 04 May 2019 06:00 PM PDT  Could this be true? Russia's Sukhoi Su-57 PAK-FA fifth-generation stealth fighter is listed in the Trump Administration's new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) as a developmental dual conventional and nuclear capable strike aircraft. If the NPR is correct, the Su-57 could potentially supplant the Su-34 Fullback bomber—which is Russia's current nuclear-capable strike aircraft—for intermediate range missions against heavily defended airspace.Indeed, the NPR contends that Russia is continuing to modernize its arsenal of non-strategic nuclear arsenal of roughly 2000 nuclear warheads.(This first appeared last year.)"Russia is modernizing an active stockpile of up to 2,000 non-strategic nuclear weapons, including those employable by ships, planes, and ground forces," the NPR reads. "These include air-to-surface missiles, short range ballistic missiles, gravity bombs, and depth charges for medium-range bombers, tactical bombers, and naval aviation, as well as anti-ship, anti-submarine, and anti-aircraft missiles and torpedoes for surface ships and submarines, a nuclear ground launched cruise missile in violation of the 1987 INF Treaty, and Moscow's antiballistic missile system."Recommended: How North Korea Could Start a War
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| Billionaire Warren Buffett gives new hint about his successor Posted: 04 May 2019 10:15 PM PDT  Billionaire Warren Buffett on Saturday gave a clue on who might succeed him to run his Berkshire Hathaway empire, but did not completely reveal his hand. The world's third-richest man also said at his company's annual shareholder meeting that its recent investment in Amazon was not a shift in strategy to focus on Silicon Valley firms, which have largely remained missing from Berkshire's voluminous portfolio. Without answering directly, Buffett said Gregory Able, 57, and Ajit Jain, 67 -- both promoted last year to the board of directors -- would in the near future join him and long-time business partner Charlie Munger, 95, on the stage to answer shareholder questions.
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| Cheeky kid flips off TV crew in the middle of live broadcast Posted: 05 May 2019 07:17 PM PDT  It's one of the perils of live TV: Someone out there is going to ruin the shot.Even in the quaint surrounds of Windsor in the UK, where a reporter for Australian show Sunrise was upstaged by a kid in a passing car on Sunday night.SEE ALSO: Kids hack dad's facial recognition lock in easiest way possibleWindsor Castle is one of the official residences for the British Royal Family, where the Queen usually spends her weekends -- and where reporter Edwina Bartholomew was covering the imminent arrival of the royal baby of Meghan and Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. While the castle might be a place of good etiquette, don't expect that on the streets of Windsor, where you might be accosted by a kid who'll flip you off for fun."Speaking of bad parenting, what about that little kid who pulled up behind me before," Bartholomew said on Sunrise. "What a little rotter." While flipping off a live TV crew is admittedly pretty funny for the rest of us, unfortunately for the kid, the video evidence won't help him when his parents eventually find out.> Gee I hope that wasn't little Prince George on his way to visit his new cousin.... https://t.co/U0iY1cGigL> > -- Bianca Stone (@Bianca_Stone) May 5, 2019> Stay classy, Windsor royalbaby https://t.co/vAtKvA8iae> > -- Edwina Bartholomew (@edwina_b) May 5, 2019 WATCH: Burger King launches line of 'Unhappy Meals' in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month
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| 2 men shot after walking out of Raleigh sweepstakes parlor with winnings Posted: 06 May 2019 09:26 AM PDT  Raleigh police officers are searching for the suspects accused of shooting and trying to rob two men.
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| China Considers Canceling Trade Talks With U.S., WSJ Says Posted: 05 May 2019 05:16 PM PDT  Beijing was surprised by U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to levy new tariffs on trade with the country, the Journal reported, citing a person it didn't identify. The move comes after Trump ramped up pressure on China to finalize a trade deal during upcoming talks by threatening to more than double tariffs on $200 billion of the Asian nation's sales to the world's largest economy, and impose new import taxes. Chinese President Xi Jinping's top trade envoy, Liu He, was slated to return to Washington on Wednesday for what was expected to be a closing round of trade talks.
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| Where to get free tacos, $1 margaritas and other deals for Cinco de Mayo Posted: 05 May 2019 04:25 AM PDT ![Where to get free tacos, $1 margaritas and other deals for Cinco de Mayo]( "Where to get free tacos, $1 margaritas and other deals for Cinco de Mayo") Applebee's, Chili's, Del Taco, Hungry Howie's, Moe's Southwest Grill and Bahama Breeze are celebrating Cinco de Mayo Sunday with specials.
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| Libyan commander urges troops to press fight to take Tripoli Posted: 06 May 2019 02:06 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan army commander whose forces are advancing on Tripoli is rallying his fighters on in defiance of U.N. calls for a weeklong cease-fire to coincide with the start of the fasting month of Ramadan on Monday.
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