| Sara Huckabee Sanders Tweets 'Quantum Entanglement' Mike Pence Photo Posted: 15 Apr 2018 04:22 PM PDT  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted a photo Saturday of
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| Gessen: Putin wants a rhetorical war without too many coffins Posted: 15 Apr 2018 12:40 PM PDT  Masha Gessen, author of "The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia," says a war of words between Russia and the West serves Vladimir Putin better than an actual war.
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| The Latest: Spokeswoman says Trump still wants Syria exit Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:03 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):
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| Woman Killed Stranger Who Looked Like Her So She Could Steal Her Identity: Police Posted: 16 Apr 2018 11:38 AM PDT  A manhunt is underway for Lois Reiss, who also allegedly killed her husband.
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| What Millennials Say About Their Parents During Therapy Posted: 16 Apr 2018 06:01 AM PDT  Unlike some generations before them, millennials aren't afraid to put in time
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| Boy unearths legendary Danish king's trove in Germany Posted: 16 Apr 2018 03:02 AM PDT  A 13-year-old boy and an amateur archaeologist have unearthed a "significant" treasure trove in Germany which may have belonged to the legendary Danish king Harald Bluetooth who brought Christianity to Denmark. Rene Schoen and his student Luca Malaschnitschenko were looking for treasure using metal detectors in January on northern Ruegen island when they chanced upon what they initially thought was a worthless piece of aluminium. A dig covering 400 square metres (4,300 square feet) that finally started over the weekend by the regional archaeology service has since uncovered a trove believed linked to the Danish king who reigned from around 958 to 986.
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| How To Cook Eggs To Reduce Your Risk Of Salmonella Posted: 16 Apr 2018 09:05 AM PDT  Nearly 207 million eggs have been recalled for fear of a salmonella outbreak,
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| Allegiant Airlines' Stock Is in a Nosedive After a Scathing '60 Minutes' Report About its Safety Practices Posted: 16 Apr 2018 08:24 AM PDT  The airline's safety practices are being called into question
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| Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst reveals HIV diagnosis Posted: 16 Apr 2018 05:33 AM PDT  Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst has revealed she is HIV positive and has been living with the virus for years. Wurst, the onstage alter-ego of drag queen Thomas Neuwirth, said she was force to reveal the news after an ex-boyfriend had "threatened to go public." "I will not give anyone the right to frighten me and influence my life," the 29-year old wrote on Instagram. "Coming out is better than being outed by a third party." Wurst shot to fame after winning the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Rise Like a Phoenix. Wurst wrote that she had been receiving regular treatment for "several years." The virus is no longer detectable in her blood and not capable of being passed on, she said. heute ist der tag gekommen, mich für den rest meines lebens von einem damoklesschwert zu befreien: ich bin seit vielen jahren hiv-positiv. das ist für die öffentlichkeit eigentlich irrelevant, aber ein ex-freund droht mir, mit dieser privaten information an die öffentlichkeit zu gehen, und ich gebe auch in zukunft niemandem das recht, mir angst zu machen und mein leben derart zu beeinflussen. seit ich die diagnose erhalten habe, bin ich in medizinischer behandlung, und seit vielen jahren unterbrechungsfrei unter der nachweisgrenze, damit also nicht in der lage, den virus weiter zu geben. ich wollte aus mehreren gründen bisher nicht damit an die öffentlichkeit gehen, nur zwei davon will ich hier nennen: der wichtigste war mir meine familie, die seit dem ersten tag bescheid weiss und mich bedingungslos unterstützt hat. ihnen hätte ich die aufmerksamkeit für den hiv-status ihres sohnes, enkels und bruders gerne erspart. genauso wissen meine freunde seit geraumer zeit bescheid und gehen in einer unbefangenheit damit um, die ich jeder und jedem betroffenen wünschen würde. zweitens ist es eine information, die meiner meinung nach hauptsächlich für diejenigen menschen von relevanz ist, mit denen sexueller kontakt infrage kommt. coming out ist besser als von dritten geoutet zu werden. ich hoffe, mut zu machen und einen weiteren schritt zu setzen gegen die stigmatisierung von menschen, die sich durch ihr eigenes verhalten oder aber unverschuldet mit hiv infiziert haben. an meine fans: die information über meinen hiv-status mag neu für euch sein – mein status ist es nicht! es geht mir gesundheitlich gut, und ich bin stärker, motivierter und befreiter denn je. danke für eure unterstützung! A post shared by conchita (@conchitawurst) on Apr 15, 2018 at 12:01pm PDT "I hope to encourage (others) and make a step against the stigmatisation of people who through their own behaviour or through no fault of their own were infected with HIV," she said. "To my fans: the information about my hiv status may be new to you - my status is not! I'm well and... I'm stronger, more motivated and liberated than ever. Thank you for your support!" Wurst had wanted to keep the information secret to protect her family, who knew about her condition, and because it was only relevant to her former partners, she said. The Terrence Higgins trust, which campaigns on HIV issues, said that threatening to reveal someone's HIV diagnosis was "entirely wrong." Its chief executive, Ian Green applauded Wurst's response. "The decision to talk openly about your HIV status should be a personal one and not taken away or ever, ever used as a threat. Threatening to reveal someone's HIV status, under any circumstances, is entirely wrong," Green said. "What other health condition would be used as blackmail against someone? And we know this isn't something which only happens to those in the public eye. "We applaud Conchita for handling this with such dignity and including in her post that people living with HIV who are on effective treatment, like her, can't pass the virus on."
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| Barbara Bush In 'Failing Health,' Won't Seek More Medical Treatment Posted: 15 Apr 2018 11:36 AM PDT  Barbara Bush is in failing health and will not seek additional medical
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| The Latest: Syrian TV: Air defense confront missiles in Homs Posted: 16 Apr 2018 04:06 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
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| Kentucky governor apologizes for saying teacher strike led to sexual assaults Posted: 15 Apr 2018 02:23 PM PDT  In an interview with a WDRB-TV television reporter on Friday, the Republican governor said he could guarantee that somewhere in Kentucky a child was sexually assaulted after being left home with no supervision because of the walkout. Kentucky's Republican-majority House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution on Saturday criticizing the governor's comments, and the Republican state Senate president said Bevin should apologize, according to local media. Teachers in Kentucky, as well as in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona, have held recent walkouts or protests demanding more funds for education, including teachers' salaries and pensions.
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| Starbucks chief executive apologises for arrests of two black men Posted: 14 Apr 2018 11:51 PM PDT  The men were accused of trespassing but have said they were waiting for a friend before ordering. "The video shot by customers is very hard to watch and the actions in it are not representative of our Starbucks mission and values," Johnson said in a statement. Philadelphia's police commissioner on Saturday defended the arrest, saying his officers had to act after Starbucks employees told them the pair were trespassing.
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| US warns more airstrikes on Syria possible Posted: 16 Apr 2018 07:25 AM PDT  Israel is closely monitoring the events in Syria in the aftermath of the U.S. airstrikes; David Lee Miller reports from Golan Heights, Israel near the Syrian border.
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| Man Survives Shark Attack: 'He Bee-Lined Straight at Me' Posted: 16 Apr 2018 10:58 AM PDT  It was the second shark attack that day.
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| Robert De Niro's Mueller Scorches 'Focker' Michael Cohen (Ben Stiller) On 'SNL' Posted: 14 Apr 2018 09:22 PM PDT  Ben Stiller's Michael Cohen got the grilling of his life via a lie detector
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| American Airlines resumes flying over Russian airspace after one-day halt Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:19 PM PDT  (Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc on Sunday resumed flying routes that use Russian airspace after having rerouted flights on Saturday due to its monitoring of "global geopolitical issues", a spokesman said. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday evening announced military strikes targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons capabilities. On Saturday, American Airlines' Dallas-Beijing, Dallas-Hong Kong and Chicago-Beijing flights had stopped in Los Angeles to refuel because the routes cannot be flown non-stop without the use of Russian airspace. ...
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| The Inside Story of How America, France and Great Britain Attacked Syria Posted: 16 Apr 2018 05:13 PM PDT  The Pentagon has provided a detailed breakdown of exactly how the United States and its allies, France and Britain, struck at Syrian regime targets on April 13. As expected, the allied powers used cruise missiles to strike at the regime, both to minimize the danger to aircrews and as a precaution in case Russian air defenses attempted to intercept the attack. "The United States, the United Kingdom and France, three of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, conducted a proportional, precision, coordinated strike in response to the Syrian regime's continued use of chemical weapons," Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. told reporters at the Pentagon on the morning of April 14.
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| Robert Durst faces photos of slain friend in life, in death Posted: 16 Apr 2018 03:39 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A black-and-white photo beamed on a courtroom wall Monday provided a stark reminder of how much had changed in Robert Durst's life over three decades.
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| 2 bodies, vehicle found after California family's SUV went into river Posted: 16 Apr 2018 11:55 AM PDT  Two bodies have been found in the search for a missing Southern California family after their SUV plunged into a Northern California river.
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| Starbucks CEO apologizes to 2 black men arrested Posted: 15 Apr 2018 01:43 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Starbucks sells itself as a community gathering spot as much as a coffeehouse, a welcoming place with comfortable chairs for lingering, trendy music and Wi-Fi. That's one reason the arrest of two black men who were sitting in a Starbucks struck a nerve for so many: They were doing exactly what people do at most any of the chain's 28,000 stores worldwide.
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| US, LatAm countries warn Venezuela over presidential election Posted: 14 Apr 2018 06:41 PM PDT  The United States and more than a dozen Latin American countries on Saturday warned Venezuela its presidential election next month would be seen as illegitimate by the region unless it restored democratic standards. The May 20 poll would be "void of legitimacy and credibility" if it went ahead under current conditions, the nations said in a joint declaration released at a Summit of the Americas in Peru. Venezuela's opposition says President Nicolas Maduro has prepared a rigged snap election to deliver him a new mandate and tighten his hold over his economically devastated country.
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| Police investigate second angry daughter of Korean Air Lines chairman Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:07 AM PDT ![Police investigate second angry daughter of Korean Air Lines chairman]( "Police investigate second angry daughter of Korean Air Lines chairman") (Corrects this April 13 story to add reference to a cup in paragraph three.) By Christine Kim and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police have launched an inquiry into reports a daughter of the chairman of Korean Air Lines threw a water bottle at someone's face, the second daughter of the airline chief to get into trouble over an angry outburst. Cho Hyun-min, a senior vice president at the airline, apologized on Thursday for her "foolish behavior", following media reports that she threw a water bottle at the face of a manager at the airline's advertising agency.
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| France's President Emmanuel Macron says he has 'convinced' Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria Posted: 15 Apr 2018 02:32 PM PDT  French President Emmanuel Macron has said he has "convinced" Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria, as he defended the use of air strikes in the wake of an apparent chemical attack in Syria. The US, France and Britain launched more than 100 missiles targeting a number of what they said were three facilities linked to the chemical weapons programme, with Mr Macron saying that during the discussions President Trump was persuaded to drop the idea that Washington would be pulling out of Syria soon.
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| Insane Crash Through Intersection Ends High-Speed Police Chase Posted: 16 Apr 2018 05:22 AM PDT  It was all caught on video.
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| Assad's children visited Crimean holiday camp, Russian lawmaker says Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:17 AM PDT  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's children last year visited a holiday camp in Russian-annexed Crimea, the RIA news agency cited a Russian lawmaker as saying on Sunday. Assad met a group of Russian lawmakers in Damascus on Sunday after the West launched missile strikes against Syria over a suspected poison gas attack. Lawmaker Dmitry Sablin told RIA that Assad had said his children visited the Artek holiday camp in Crimea last year.
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| USGS reports 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Alum Rock in San Jose Posted: 16 Apr 2018 11:34 AM PDT  USGS officials are reporting a magnitude-3.9 earthquake struck near Alum Rock in San Jose this morning.
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| Insurgents attack checkpoint in Afghanistan, killing 11 Posted: 15 Apr 2018 12:55 AM PDT ![Insurgents attack checkpoint in Afghanistan, killing 11]( "Insurgents attack checkpoint in Afghanistan, killing 11") KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least 11 Afghan paramilitary forces were killed when the Taliban attacked their checkpoint, an official said Sunday.
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| R. Kelly Accused Of 'Knowingly And Intentionally' Infecting Woman With STD Posted: 16 Apr 2018 08:52 AM PDT  A woman told Dallas police R&B singer R. Kelly "knowingly and intentionally"
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| Japan 'rare earth' haul sparks hopes of cutting China reliance Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:40 PM PDT  The discovery of potentially millions of tons of valuable "rare earth" elements in sea sludge off Japan has raised hopes that Asia's number-two economy can reduce its dependence on Chinese supply. A Japanese study published last week revealed an estimated 16 million tons of rare earths, enough to feed global demand on a "semi-infinite" basis, with deposits to last hundreds of years. The news made headlines internationally and in Japan, which is the world's second-largest consumer of these minerals but relies heavily on imports from China, which controls 90 percent of the highly strategic market.
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| Barbara Bush, wife of ex-President George H.W. Bush, in 'failing health' Posted: 15 Apr 2018 03:53 PM PDT  Barbara Bush, the wife of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, is in "failing health" and has decided to no longer seek medical treatment, the office of the ex-president said in a statement from Houston on Sunday. The former first lady, who is also the mother of former President George W. Bush, "will instead focus on comfort care," the statement said. The brief statement did not indicate the nature of Bush's illness but said that she had had a series of recent hospitalizations.
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| Devel Sixteen Acceleration Video Leaves Us Wanting More Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:46 AM PDT  Because the driver was only using 20 percent of the available throttle, the acceleration is not what you'd call impressive.
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| Donald Trump considered launching Syria strikes 'three times bigger' Posted: 16 Apr 2018 01:24 PM PDT  Donald Trump considered launching a strike three times as big on Syria, potentially including hitting Russian air defence systems, but was dissuaded by James Mattis, his defence secretary. The Pentagon presented Mr Trump with three options for how to respond to the chemical attack by the Syrian regime in Douma on April 7, the Wall Street Journal reported. A first, and most cautious, option consisted of a limited strike on Syrian chemical weapons facilities, while a second targeted those plus military command posts. The third option had the aim of devastating Bashar al-Assad's military forces and could have targeted Syrian-based Russian air defence capabilities as part of that. Such a strike would have been three times the size of the military action that was eventually launched by the US, UK and France in the early hours of Saturday. Syria - The targets In all, 105 missiles were launched at Syria. During several days of intense planning meetings with his top national security advisers last week Mr Trump was said to have asked about hitting both Russian and Iranian targets if that was required to hurt Assad militarily, the Wall Street Journal reported. He and Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, were said to have been pushing for a more robust strike. But having laid out the three options Mr Mattis, according to the report, urged caution and suggested the third one could lead to an escalation by Russia or Iran. James Mattis, the US defence secretary, urged caution Credit: Reuters The strike that ultimately happened reportedly drew from the first two options that he had presented. That decision was being seen in Washington as confirmation of the elevated standing of Mr Mattis within the administration. Asked whether Mr Trump had been pushing for proposals that included hitting Russian and Iranian targets in Syria, Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, said "a number of options" had been, and remained, on the table. She said: "We're not going to get into any other options that were on the table. Syria strikes | Read latest "We're going to continue to keep a number of options on the table if Syria and Russia and Iran don't show to be better actors in this process. "So, I can't go any further than the targets that were part of the strike and successfully hit." Meanwhile, Mr Trump dismissed claims by Syria and Russia that some US missiles were shot down. He said: "We had well over 100 missiles. They didn't shoot one down. Their equipment didn't work too well...every one (of ours) hit its target, not one shot down." John Bolton, Mr Trump's new national security adviser, was said to have pushed for the toughest response possible, but not to have advocated the third option, believing it could draw the US further into a conflict in Syria. The three Syrian targets ultimately chosen were involved in the "research, development and deployment" of chemical weapons, the Pentagon said. One was a scientific facility near Damascus and the other two were chemical weapons storage sites near Homs, one of which had been used as a military command post. The strike involved more than double the number of missiles used in the US air strike on Syria in April 2017.
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| Canada Dog 'Arrested' For Chasing Deer, Ends Up Behind Bars Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:55 PM PDT  The Canadian pup just doesn't like deer, his owner says.
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| Chemical Weapons Mystery: Did Assad Attack with Chlorine (and Sarin)? Posted: 15 Apr 2018 05:15 PM PDT  On April 7, images and video footage of dozens of dead Syrian children and adults foaming at the mouths, or injured and struggling to breathe, once again began circulating around the world. The latest chemical-weapon attack, targeting the rebel-held suburb of Douma east of Damascus, reportedly caused at least forty-two deaths and injured five hundred, though some sources claim seventy deaths or more. The Violations Documentation Center, a human-rights monitoring group, has published a timeline of the events on April 7, beginning at noon with a guided-missile strike and barrel-bomb attack on a Red Crescent center in Douma, which destroyed its last remaining ambulances.
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| Navy: Training jet flew too low _ for thrills _ before crash Posted: 15 Apr 2018 04:31 PM PDT  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Navy is citing pilot error for a military training jet crash in Tennessee that killed the two aboard, saying it was being flown for thrills and too low.
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| Armenia opposition chief urges new protests, strike Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:41 PM PDT  An Armenian opposition leader on Monday urged demonstrators to take to the streets again, even after he and dozens of others were hurt in protests over moves by the country's former president to maintain his grip on power. "I call on all of the population of Yerevan and other towns and cities in Armenia to take to the streets tomorrow (Tuesday), block the main axes, and start a strike," Nikol Pashinian told a rally. During the rallies against former president Serzh Sarkisian, police used stun grenades against protesters who sought to break through a barbed wire cordon in the centre of Yerevan in an effort to get to the parliament building.
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| Khloe Kardashian And Tristan Thompson Named Their Baby Girl True Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:29 PM PDT  Khloe Kardashian announced Monday that she and boyfriend Tristan Thompson have
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| Reports: Police moved past deputies to enter Florida school Posted: 16 Apr 2018 01:50 PM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Coral Springs police officer Gil Monzon arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School minutes after a gunman unleashed a massacre that killed 17, he says he found two Broward County sheriff's deputies in the parking lot.
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| Drug suppliers' shares rise as looming Amazon threat appears to ease Posted: 16 Apr 2018 12:49 PM PDT  Shares of U.S. drug suppliers rose on Monday after a report that Amazon.com Inc had dropped plans to sell drugs to hospitals, in a boost to a pharmaceutical supply chain rattled by the looming threat of competition from the online retailer. Stocks of drug distributors McKesson , AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health rose 2 to 3 percent, while drugstore chains Walgreens Boots Alliance and CVS Health each advanced about 5 percent. Healthcare investors expect Amazon will become a major force in the industry, fueled by recent media reports that the Seattle-based company was considering entering the pharmacy business.
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| 32 Sizzling Meat Recipes for the Grill Posted: 15 Apr 2018 10:22 AM PDT |
