| Pres. Trump’s Budget Calls for Steep Cuts to NIH, Worrying Experts Posted: 18 Mar 2017 09:09 AM PDT  Doctors and medical experts say the Trump administration's aim to cut nearly 6 billion dollars — 20 percent of its budget — would devastate the National Institutes of Health, described as the nation's engine of biomedical discover.
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| Campaign heats up to make heroin-overdose reversal drug available everywhere Posted: 18 Mar 2017 06:54 AM PDT  A vial of Naloxone, which can be used to block the potentially fatal effects of an opioid overdose, is shown at an outpatient pharmacy at the University of Washington. Jennifer Plumb, MD, was driving through downtown Salt Lake City with her son in tow when she saw a woman lying face-up on the sidewalk.
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| Wife Pleas For Husband, 50, To Return 15-Year-Old He Allegedly Kidnapped As Search Continues Posted: 19 Mar 2017 08:22 AM PDT  They have been missing since Monday.
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| Photos of the day - March 19, 2017 Posted: 19 Mar 2017 01:32 PM PDT ![Photos of the day - March 19, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 19, 2017") A boy rides his bike past destroyed cars and houses in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces on the western side of Mosul, Iraq; a baboon looks at the road in Amboseli National Park, Kenya; a woman places flowers on a train wagon at the old train station in Thessaloniki, Greece, to mark the 74th anniversary of the roundup and deportation of its Jews to Nazi extermination camps during World War II. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
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| Spicer: Secret Service stops attempted White House intrusion Posted: 18 Mar 2017 02:31 PM PDT  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The White House said Saturday that an individual was apprehended after jumping a low metal barrier just outside the White House fence, a week after an intrusion raised questions about lapses in security under the watch of the U.S. Secret Service.
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| Russian parliament backs investigation into U.S. media Posted: 18 Mar 2017 04:18 AM PDT ![Russian parliament backs investigation into U.S. media]( "Russian parliament backs investigation into U.S. media") The Russian lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has approved a proposal to launch an investigation into U.S. media organisations that operate in Russia, it said in a statement posted on its web site late on Friday. The investigation, which will be conducted by the Duma's information policy, technologies and communications committee, will check whether CNN, the Voice of America, Radio Liberty and "other American media" are complying with Russian law. The statement said the Duma backed the move on Friday evening after Konstantin Zatulin, an MP from the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, proposed an investigation to retaliate for what he called a "repressive" U.S. move against Russian state-funded broadcaster RT.
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| Canadian wins $1M global teacher prize for work with Inuit Posted: 19 Mar 2017 01:44 PM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Canadian school teacher who encourages hope and acts of kindness in an isolated corner of Quebec won a $1 million prize Sunday in what has become one of the most high-profile awards for teaching excellence.
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| This Week Fast Forward 3.19.2017 Posted: 19 Mar 2017 09:03 AM PDT  Speed through the highlights from the latest "This Week."
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| In Iowa, more constituents flood a GOP town hall to protest Trump policies Posted: 19 Mar 2017 07:23 AM PDT ![In Iowa, more constituents flood a GOP town hall to protest Trump policies]( "In Iowa, more constituents flood a GOP town hall to protest Trump policies") Sen. Joni Ernst (R) of Iowa jostled with a tense crowd of constituents Friday, becoming the latest GOP leader to field criticism over what voters see as dangerous complacency under President Trump's agenda. Speaking at a town hall at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Senator Ernst was met by angry constituents who booed her responses to questions about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, climate change, and healthcare policy.
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| Anthem Lobbyist May Head Antitrust Division Posted: 18 Mar 2017 03:05 PM PDT  Report: Trump may appoint a health insurance company's former lobbyist to run the agency just as Anthem presses for approval of its merger.
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| Man Breaks Leg Allegedly Escaping From Burglary and Then Calls Cops For Help Posted: 18 Mar 2017 12:06 PM PDT  Police said he'll be charged when he is released from the hospital.
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| Stressing free trade, Mnuchin shrugs off G20 outcry Posted: 18 Mar 2017 10:27 AM PDT  "The historical language was not relevant," he told journalists after the gathering of finance ministers and central bankers in Baden Baden, western Germany. After a two-day meeting, ministers from G20 developed and emerging nations said they were "working to strengthen the contribution of trade to our economies" but failed to spell out a pledge to reject protectionism in a closing statement. The G20 has in the past pledged support to the existing multilateral trade system, including the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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| This fiery video captures Mount Etna's magical oozing lava Posted: 19 Mar 2017 01:31 PM PDT  Italy's Mount Etna is still fired up. The Sicilian volcano has been spewing lava and belching ash on and off for nearly three months now. After the latest eruption on March 16, fiery-hot lava began flowing down the volcano's slopes. The video shown above captures the flow only two days later. SEE ALSO: Watch this Mexican volcano blow some serious smoke But as Mount Etna reminded visitors, lava is best viewed from afar. The brilliant red lava recently caused an explosion when it hit snow on the mountainside, injuring 10 people and catching groups of tourists by surprise, the Associated Press reported. Molten rocks and steam rained down on hikers, journalists and a scientist, who scrambled to escape the volcanic firestorm. In the eastern Sicilian city of Catania, the airport was forced to close last week after thick clouds of volcanic ash made it impossible to land or launch airplanes. By Saturday, however, flights had resumed at the Catania airport, AP reported. Video credit: Giuseppe Tonzuso via Storyful
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| Jimmy Breslin, chronicler of wise guys and underdogs, dies Posted: 19 Mar 2017 01:22 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Breslin scored one of his best-remembered interviews with President John F. Kennedy's grave-digger and once drove straight into a riot where he was beaten to his underwear.
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| Somalia asks Saudi coalition to investigate refugee boat attack Posted: 18 Mar 2017 01:16 PM PDT ![Somalia asks Saudi coalition to investigate refugee boat attack]( "Somalia asks Saudi coalition to investigate refugee boat attack") By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The Somali government condemned a helicopter attack on a boatload of Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen and called on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in the country to investigate, officials said on Saturday. At least 40 Somali refugees were killed when a helicopter attacked the boat they were traveling in late on Thursday, the United Nations refugee agency said. "The prime minister condemns the unfair killing of the Somalis who were sailing on the shores of Yemen ... the victims were innocent, unarmed and were mostly women and children," Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire's office said in a statement.
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| New Zealand says US invokes immunity for embassy staffer Posted: 18 Mar 2017 02:36 AM PDT ![New Zealand says US invokes immunity for embassy staffer]( "New Zealand says US invokes immunity for embassy staffer") WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand authorities say they're unable to investigate an incident involving a U.S. Embassy staffer based in Wellington after the U.S. government elected to shield him by invoking diplomatic immunity.
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| White House security boosted after arrest Posted: 19 Mar 2017 03:10 AM PDT  The US Secret Service has bolstered security at the White House after a man was arrested making threats at one its checkpoints, a third such security scare in just over a week. "On March 18, 2017 at approximately 11:05 pm, an individual drove a vehicle up to a Secret Service checkpoint located at 15th Street and E Street NW," a Secret Service spokesman said in the latest of a series of White House security concerns. "Upon contact with the individual, US Secret Service Uniform Division Officers detained the individual and declared his vehicle suspicious.
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| Hardline priest's elevation a sign Modi is moving toward Hindu India Posted: 19 Mar 2017 03:39 AM PDT ![Hardline priest's elevation a sign Modi is moving toward Hindu India]( "Hardline priest's elevation a sign Modi is moving toward Hindu India") By Douglas Busvine NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A saffron-robed Hindu holy man was sworn in on Sunday to lead India's most populous state, sealing what appears to be a shift in course by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that could redefine the world's largest democracy as a Hindu nation. The choice as Uttar Pradesh chief minister of Yogi Adityanath, a firebrand Hindu ascetic with a history of agitation against minority Muslims, stunned observers who said it marked a departure from the platform of development for all on which Modi rose to national power in 2014. "Modi is saying India is a Hindu country and shall remain so," veteran journalist and commentator Shekhar Gupta told Reuters.
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| College Student's Boyfriend Charged With Her Murder A Month After Her Body is Found Posted: 18 Mar 2017 10:29 AM PDT  Police found her body last month.
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| Plan to nurture African economies unites fractious G20 Posted: 18 Mar 2017 02:21 PM PDT  Baden-Baden (Germany) (AFP) - Ministers from the world's top economies heralded plans to boost development in Africa on Saturday, at an otherwise fractious G20 gathering in Germany. Berlin, which holds the presidency of the powerful nations' club this year, has made a hoped-for "Compact with Africa" a top priority for 2017. Africa's future represents "a major geopolitical risk" but also a "chance", German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told reporters Friday as the meeting got under way in the genteel western spa town of Baden Baden.
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| Google’s newest innovation will make your internet feel significantly faster Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:02 PM PDT 
You might not sense it immediately, but Google just made the internet faster. And you won't have to upgrade computers or internet subscriptions to take advantage of it. What the company did was to develop a new encoder for JPEG files that makes images 35% smaller than they used to be. The smaller the images, of which the web is filled with, the faster websites will load on your machine.
The new encoder is called Guetzli, Google announced, and it's already available over on Github as an open-source project. Google promises that it can create "high-quality JPEG images with file sizes 35 percent smaller than currently available methods." A second practical effect of this Google innovation is the use of less data to load the same sites, which might be an important detail to internet users who browse the web on a smartphone via a capped data plan. Google wants to increase load times without compromising image quality. In fact, Google says that Guetzli images are of higher quality than similar or larger JPEG files created using other encoders. And by sticking with the JPEG format that's used everywhere online, Google practically guarantees compatibility with any internet browser and apps out there that can process online images. There's one thing that Google can't control, however. Webmasters and graphic designers will actually have to use Guetzli on their images to reduce their size. It's not going to happen automatically to every image on the internet. More details about Guetzli are available aAt this link.
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| Officials: Fire near Boulder, Colorado, may be human-caused Posted: 19 Mar 2017 04:55 PM PDT  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Firefighters made progress Sunday in battling a small wildfire that forced people to flee hundreds of homes in the mountains just outside downtown Boulder, Colorado, and authorities said they believe the blaze may have been human-caused.
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| Brazil reassures foreign countries after meat scandal Posted: 19 Mar 2017 03:24 PM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's president met Sunday with dozens of ambassadors from countries that import Brazilian meat, seeking to minimize damage from a corruption probe that alleges meatpackers bribed inspectors to keep rotten meat on the market.
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| U.S. Republicans working on Medicaid, tax credit changes: Ryan Posted: 19 Mar 2017 10:01 AM PDT ![U.S. Republicans working on Medicaid, tax credit changes: Ryan]( "U.S. Republicans working on Medicaid, tax credit changes: Ryan") U.S. House Republicans are working on changes to their healthcare overhaul bill that would implement a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, as well as boost tax credits for older, lower income people, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday. "We think we should be offering more assistance than the bill currently does," for lower-income people age 50 to 64, Ryan said of the tax credits for health insurance that are proposed in the legislation. Speaking on the "Fox News Sunday" television program, Ryan also said Republicans are working on changes that would allow federal block grants to states for Medicaid.
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| Awkwrd Body Language At Trump-Merkel Meeting Posted: 17 Mar 2017 10:50 PM PDT  The first meeting between President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ended on an uncomfortable note as Trump refused to shake hands with Merkel.
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| Syrians finding refuge in Africa as war at home grinds on Posted: 19 Mar 2017 03:57 AM PDT  ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — As desperate Syrians flee the devastating war in their country, some are finding refuge in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana.
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| Manhunt under way for missing 15-year-old Tennessee girl Posted: 18 Mar 2017 01:58 PM PDT  Police say the girl may have been kidnapped by her teacher
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| Italy arrests Ghanaian for trafficking, torturing migrants Posted: 18 Mar 2017 10:11 AM PDT ![Italy arrests Ghanaian for trafficking, torturing migrants]( "Italy arrests Ghanaian for trafficking, torturing migrants") By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italian police said on Saturday they had arrested a Ghanaian man for alleged murder, rape, kidnapping and people-smuggling after migrants he is accused of mistreating attacked him at a reception center on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa. According to the arrest warrant, the African migrants turned on 20-year-old Sam Eric Ackom, known to his assailants as Fanti, when they recognized him as one of a gang that had kidnapped and tortured them in Libya during their voyage to Italy. The warrant, issued by police in the Sicilian city of Agrigento and seen by Reuters, illustrates the plight of thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty who increasingly fall victim to criminal gangs operating in lawless Libya.
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| Hundreds quit last rebel-held district of Syria's Homs Posted: 18 Mar 2017 08:05 AM PDT  Nearly 1,500 people, mostly civilians, left the last opposition-held district of Homs on Saturday under a controversial Russian-supervised deal to bring Syria's third city under full government control. The evacuation of Waer, a northwestern district of the city that has been under siege by the army for years, is the latest in a series of "reconciliation" deals struck by the government that the rebels say amount to starving them out. Thousands are expected to leave Waer in the coming weeks in the final phase of the evacuation agreement, which had stalled in recent months.
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| Two pharaohs, one statue: A tale of mistaken identity? Posted: 18 Mar 2017 10:02 AM PDT ![Two pharaohs, one statue: A tale of mistaken identity?]( "Two pharaohs, one statue: A tale of mistaken identity?") A colossus recently found in Matariya, a working-class neighborhood in Cairo, has proven tricky to identify. Shortly after the 26-foot tall statue was unearthed on March 7, it was identified as Pharaoh Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's best-known rulers, but now Cairo officials say it likely portrays Psamtik I, a lesser-known pharaoh of the 26th Dynasty. Recommended: How much do you know about Egypt?
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| Earth just had its second-warmest February on record Posted: 19 Mar 2017 12:27 PM PDT  As the saying goes: Another month, another disconcerting report from top U.S. climate agencies. Last month was Earth's second-hottest February on record since at least 1880, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently reported. At the same time, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctica hit record monthly lows. SEE ALSO: Here's why it's so frickin' hot right now In February 2017, the average global temperature was 1.76 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average of 53.9 degrees, NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information said late last week. February 2017 land and ocean temperature percentiles, Image: NOAA/NCEI Only February 2016 was warmer, at a staggering 2.43 degrees Fahrenheit above average, NOAA said. The entire year of 2016 was also the hottest on record, with last year's temperatures exceeding all previous years since record-keeping began 137 years ago. NOAA and NASA scientists said human-caused global warming was responsible for a majority of the annual temperature gains — a fact the Trump administration seems determined to ignore. For U.S. residents, it's probably not surprising to learn that last month was exceptionally warm. February 2017 saw widespread record warmth across the country and a series of record highs. Other parts of the world similarly experienced an atypically warm winter. Image: NOAA From December 2016 to February 2017, the global average temperature was 1.60 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average of 53.8 degrees, NOAA said. This was the second warmest for this season, second only to December 2015 to February 2016. The first two months of 2017 also landed in second place. The year-to-date average temperature for January through February 2017 was 1.69 degrees Fahrenheit above average, just below the first two months of 2016. Those balmier temperatures meant troubling news for the planet's sea ice. Sea ice extent for Arctic (left) and Antarctic regions. Image: National snow ice and data center/university of colorado, boulder Both the Arctic and Antarctic seas logged the smallest February sea ice extent since satellite records began in 1979, according to NOAA data analyzed by the Rutgers Global Snow Lab. The average Antarctic sea ice extent was 24.4 percent below the 1981-2010 average for February, the U.S. climate agency reported. In the Arctic region, the average sea ice extent was 7.6 percent below average. But warmer air temperatures aren't the only culprit in shrinking sea ice. Ocean temperatures are similarly heating up, in part because of human-driven climate change. Sea ice extent for 2016 (blue) compared to other record low years, as of Dec. 5, 2016. Image: national snow and ice data center A new study found oceans may be warming about 13 percent faster than scientists previously thought. The warming rate from 1992 is nearly two times the warming rate from 1960, according to a paper published March 10 in the journal Science Advances. In its monthly report, NOAA said the globally averaged sea surface temperature also ranked as second-highest on record for February, the December-February season and the two-month year-to-date. Anyone want to guess how March's report will look? WATCH: Watch how global warming heats up the world from 1880-2016
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| Man killed after trying to grab soldier’s gun at Paris airport Posted: 18 Mar 2017 09:31 AM PDT ![Man killed after trying to grab soldier's gun at Paris airport]( "Man killed after trying to grab soldier's gun at Paris airport") Soldiers at Paris' busy Orly Airport shot and killed a man who wrestled one of their colleagues to the ground and tried to steal her rifle Saturday, officials said. Police did not immediately provide a motive or identify the attacker, though the Paris prosecutor's office said he was 39 and had a record of robbery and drug offenses. Earlier Saturday, he fired birdshot at officers during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb, wounding one in the face.
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| Death toll rises to 72 in Peru rains, flooding, mudslides Posted: 18 Mar 2017 11:33 AM PDT  LIMA, Peru (AP) — The intense rains, overflowing rivers, mudslides and flooding being experienced in the country are the worst seen in in two decades, Peruvian authorities said Saturday, affecting more than half the nation as the death toll since the beginning of the year hits 72.
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| Senate To Question Roger Stone Over Russian DNC Hacking Posted: 19 Mar 2017 01:25 AM PDT  Roger Stone, President Donald Trump's longtime confidant and former campaign adviser, has been notified by the Senate Intelligence Committee to preserve all evidence regarding Russia's interference in the presidential election.
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| Contentious G20 shows US needs time to 'adapt': Lagarde Posted: 18 Mar 2017 12:12 PM PDT  Baden-Baden (Germany) (AFP) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde sought to play down fears over the US weakening international commitments to free trade and climate change Saturday, saying the new White House needed time to "adapt and learn". "Whenever there's a new member at a G20 meeting, there is a process of learning and adaptation," Lagarde told AFP after a finance ministers' gathering in Baden Baden, western Germany.
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| Plane that landed at NYC airport gets stuck in snowdrift Posted: 18 Mar 2017 11:44 AM PDT ![Plane that landed at NYC airport gets stuck in snowdrift]( "Plane that landed at NYC airport gets stuck in snowdrift") NEW YORK (AP) — A plane from Chicago that landed at LaGuardia Airport on Saturday got stuck in a snowdrift while turning off the runway and had to be pulled out by a tug.
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| Philippines' Duterte welcomes prospect of ICC case, says 'brutal' war on drugs to go on Posted: 19 Mar 2017 04:02 AM PDT ![Philippines' Duterte welcomes prospect of ICC case, says 'brutal' war on drugs to go on]( "Philippines' Duterte welcomes prospect of ICC case, says 'brutal' war on drugs to go on") Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday welcomed the prospect of the International Criminal Court (ICC) putting him on trial over his bloody war on drugs, saying he would not be intimidated and his campaign would be unrelenting and "brutal". A self-confessed assassin who testified to being in a "death squad" under Duterte is expected to file a case at the ICC this month or in April, accusing the president of crimes against humanity, his lawyer said recently.
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| Sen. Rand Paul on health care bill: 'We never ran on a replacement of Obamacare Lite' Posted: 19 Mar 2017 06:46 AM PDT  The Kentucky senator who has been a harsh critic of the House GOP health care bill is interviewed on "This Week."
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| Snow Blower Storage Tip: Should You Drain the Gas? Posted: 18 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Q. Do I really have to drain the gas from my snow blower before I store it for the season? A. That depends. If you've added fuel stabilizer—an additive sold by power-equipment dealers and home c...
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| The Latest: Officials: Woman shot by deputies pointed BB gun Posted: 17 Mar 2017 06:21 PM PDT  LAKELAND, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Tennessee woman by sheriff's deputies (all times local):
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| This crystal clear, scratch-resistant iPhone 7/7 Plus case is just $8 on Amazon Posted: 18 Mar 2017 07:30 AM PDT 
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| Wow, some stranger just gave us Trump's tax return and it's really weird Posted: 19 Mar 2017 08:00 AM PDT  Viewers tuning into The Rachel Maddow Show on March 14 were disappointed to see, after much hype and 20 minutes of on-air build up, that an expected bombshell turned out to be a giant dud. Maddow saw a surge of viewers to her program, following teaser tweets about obtaining President Trump's tax returns. Maddow eventually revealed two pages of Trump's 2005 tax return. The forms showed that Trump earned $150 million that year and paid $38 million in taxes. Maddow's source, financial journalist David Cay Johnston, claimed to have received the documents in his mailbox. Despite the tax return not yielding anything of real significance, Mr. Trump still went out of his way denounce the findings as "fake news." Does anybody really believe that a reporter, who nobody ever heard of, "went to his mailbox" and found my tax returns? @NBCNews FAKE NEWS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2017 In a bizarre twist of events, we too have received a Donald Trump tax return. Walking down an empty street, a gust of wind blew it into our face — temporarily blinding us. Once finally able to wrestle the form away from our face, we were shocked at what we'd discovered: a possibly real tax return of President Trump and a note reading, "For you, from me." Take a look for yourselves. Image: max knoblauch Bombshell. WATCH: Behold, the Trump mask.
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| Israel threatens to 'destroy' Syrian air defence systems Posted: 19 Mar 2017 04:46 AM PDT  Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out strikes. "The next time the Syrians use their air defence systems against our planes we will destroy them without the slightest hesitation," Lieberman said on Israeli public radio. Israeli warplanes hit several targets in Syria on Friday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the strikes targeted weapons bound for Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement.
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| April The Giraffe Getting Ready To Welcome Calf Posted: 18 Mar 2017 10:30 PM PDT  In an update Saturday, the New York's Animal Adventure Park said the pregnant giraffe was taking all the right steps.
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| Kentucky mayor asks FBI to probe sex assault claims vs police Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:29 PM PDT ![Kentucky mayor asks FBI to probe sex assault claims vs police]( "Kentucky mayor asks FBI to probe sex assault claims vs police") The mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday asked the FBI to investigate potential violations of federal law in a case involving sexual abuse charges made against two city police officers. Mayor Greg Fischer said in a statement he also has named a special investigator to oversee an investigation into the accusations that the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers sexually abused a teenager while he was part of a Boy Scout-affiliated youth program. The charges were made last week in a lawsuit filed in Jefferson Circuit Court on behalf of a man identified in court papers only as N.C.
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| Erdogan sees Turkey parliament restoring capital punishment Posted: 18 Mar 2017 08:49 AM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday he expected parliament to approve restoring capital punishment after next month's referendum in a move that could end Ankara's bid to join the EU. The spat has seen Erdogan unleashing a volley of barbs against Berlin and The Hague, even likening Germany's leaders to Nazis, in remarks which were on Saturday rubbished by Berlin's top diplomat as "ludicrous".
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| Saffron growers look to get a foothold in the US Posted: 19 Mar 2017 09:09 AM PDT  BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — As spring crocus blooms approach, some growers have visions of a fall-flowering crocus that produces saffron, the world's most valuable spice.
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