| Flake seeks report on Haspel's role in destruction of CIA interrogation tapes Posted: 10 May 2018 01:11 PM PDT  The Republican senator from Arizona joins Democrats in calling for the release of a classified CIA report on Gina Haspel's role in the destruction of videos of enhanced interrogation techniques.
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| Woman Calls Police On Black Family For BBQing At A Lake In Oakland Posted: 11 May 2018 07:24 AM PDT  A white woman called the police on a black family at Lake Merritt in Oakland,
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| FCC fines Florida man $120 million for robocalls Posted: 10 May 2018 09:05 AM PDT  The FCC says companies Adrian Abramovich controlled were behind almost 100 million robocalls over three months. The Commission has now fined him, accusing him of scamming consumers by offering exclusive vacation deals.
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| Australian centenarian commits assisted suicide in Switzerland Posted: 10 May 2018 07:31 AM PDT  A 104-year-old Australian scientist on Thursday committed assisted suicide in Switzerland where he went to die after his home country denied him the right to seek help in taking his own life. David Goodall did not have a terminal illness but said his quality of life had deteriorated significantly and that he wanted to end it. Goodall "died peacefully" in Basel, tweeted Philip Nitschke, founder of Exit International, the organisation which helped Goodall make the journey from Australia.
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| Monica Lewinsky disinvited from Philanthropy Summit because Bill Clinton was going Posted: 10 May 2018 10:20 AM PDT  Monica Lewinsky has described how she was unceremoniously disinvited from a high profile event after the organisers realised Bill Clinton was going to be there. Miss Lewinsky, 44, had accepted an invitation to the fifth annual Philanthropy Summit hosted by Town & Country, the lifestyle magazine, at Hearst Tower in New York. However, her invitation was rescinded by the magazine, which offered her the opportunity to write an article instead. Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky at the White House Credit: Getty Miss Lewinsky, who is now an anti-bullying activist, wrote on Twitter: "Dear world: please don't invite me to an event (esp one about social change) and - then after I've accepted - uninvite me because Bill Clinton then decided to attend/was invited. "It's 2018. Emily post would def not approve," a reference to the etiquette expert Emily Post. She added: "P.S. ...and definitely, please don't try to ameliorate the situation by insulting me with an offer of an article in your mag." dear world: please don't invite me to an event (esp one about social change) and --then after i've accepted-- uninvite me because bill clinton then decided to attend/was invited. it's 2018. emily post would def not approve. ✌��Me— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) May 9, 2018 Miss Lewinsky's affair with Mr Clinton, when she was a 22-year-old White House intern and he was the US president, became public in 1998, rocking his administration, and leading in part to his impeachment. The summit, which took place on Wednesday, featured "activists, game-changers, and leaders across the field of philanthropy, education, healthcare, and gun control". For a panel discussion Mr Clinton introduced survivors of the Parkland high school shooting in Florida, in which 17 people died. A spokeswoman for Mr Clinton said the former president had not been aware that Miss Lewinsky was scheduled to attend and then disinvited. She said: "President Clinton was invited to address the Town & Country Philanthropy Summit. He gladly accepted. "Neither he nor his staff knew anything about the invitation (to Miss Lewinsky) or it being rescinded." In a statement the magazine said: "We apologise to Ms Lewinsky and regret the way the situation was handled.
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| Trump welcomes home 3 U.S. detainees freed by North Korea Posted: 10 May 2018 06:38 AM PDT ![Trump welcomes home 3 U.S. detainees freed by North Korea]( "Trump welcomes home 3 U.S. detainees freed by North Korea") In a made-for-TV ceremony in the dead of night, President Donald Trump on Thursday welcomed home three Americans freed by North Korea and declared their release a sign of promise toward his goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
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| Man kayaks close to great white shark Posted: 10 May 2018 11:14 AM PDT  A great white shark lurked in the water near a kayaker in Santa Cruz County, California.
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| Woman Who Sent 65,000 Texts To First Date Says 'Love Is An Excessive Thing' Posted: 11 May 2018 03:57 PM PDT  A Phoenix woman is facing numerous charges after she allegedly sent more than
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| Meghan Markle's Sister Claims Future Royal Did Not Help Their Dad With Money Problems Posted: 10 May 2018 10:14 AM PDT  Samantha Grant claims Thomas Markle twice asked the "Suits" star for financial help, but she refused.
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| Dozens Dead and Hundreds Displaced After a Dam Burst in Western Kenya Posted: 10 May 2018 02:02 AM PDT  Rescue operations are underway but many are feared still trapped
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| A kid made a resume for Groot and it's highly accurate Posted: 10 May 2018 04:01 AM PDT  Groot's dialogue may be limited in vocabulary, but it conveys such incredible feeling. SEE ALSO: You might not like this botanist's detailed explanation of Baby Groot's biology A tweet about a student's ingenious answer to a uniquely geeky task has gone viral, with upwards of 67,000 retweets at time of writing. It started with a Facebook post from a teacher asking students to "pick a Marvel character to embody within a resume and cover letter." This student's response really stood out. The post also went viral on Twitter. IM GASPING FOR AIR pic.twitter.com/i6QaCJS6Fq — kylee is still in pain from iw // spoilers (@loversdestiel) May 9, 2018 Email: i@am.grootPhone number: (i) am-groot — Shay Guy (@shay_guy) May 10, 2018 Nah that email is i@mgroot — Demosthenes (@Demosthenes_Cle) May 10, 2018 An absolute masterpiece. — Angel Snowflakes (@AngelCakeszee) May 9, 2018 Of course the words "I am Groot" when uttered by the tree-alien from Guardian of the Galaxy can mean anything, so this could be the most professional resume in the history of the universe. My favorite part was when he said:Shit was deep man.. pic.twitter.com/dIyHO7o4YV — BiG CaLi What They Call 'em (@DequaneMy) May 10, 2018 We'll never know. We do know, however, that the kid in question got 100 and 95 on two assignments. It pays to think outside the box guys. WATCH: Jeff Goldblum picks his Avengers champion (and it's not Thor)
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| Venezuela angered by ConocoPhillips move on Caribbean oil Posted: 10 May 2018 01:18 PM PDT  Venezuela on Thursday strongly rejected the takeover of its Caribbean oil stocks by ConocoPhillips, after the US company enforced a $2 billion international arbitration award last month. A ConocoPhillips source said the company was enforcing the award at four locations in the Caribbean, without specifying the facilities affected. Press reports said the affected assets are in Curacao, Bonaire and Saint Eustace.
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| French family narrowly escape cheetahs after getting out of car to take pictures in safari park Posted: 11 May 2018 07:07 AM PDT  A French family of five have been filmed narrowly escaping attack by cheetahs in a Dutch safari park after they left their car to take photographs and were chased by the big cats. Beekse Bergen is a drive-through African wildlife safari park, in the south of the Netherlands, where visitors are under strict instruction not to leave their cars. Apparently blithely unaware they were risking death or injury from the wild beasts who roam free in the park, the tourists were filmed leaving their French-registered car with two young children. The cheetahs can be seen calmly sunning themselves when the family gets out to take snaps. Cheetahs are the fastest animals on land Credit: BBC At first the big cats fail to react. The family can then be seen driving a little further down the road and striding up a small hill within yards of the animals, who suddenly snap into action. Cheetahs are the world's fastest land animal, capable of reaching speeds of up to 70 mph. They are built for speed, grace, and hunting and mainly prey on small antelopes such as Thomson's gazelles and impalas. But they are clearly interested in the humans and appear to start stalking their prey. The clueless tourists only spot the cheetahs at the last minute and make a panic-stricken dash for their vehicle. All, except one woman, who can be seen picking up the youngest child and apparently shooing the cheetahs away before slipping into the car. They then drive off miraculously unscathed. A spokesman for Beekse Bergen park said they make it clear it is strictly forbidden to leave one's vehicle during the safari. 'We inform visitors about the risks in several languages throughout the park,' the spokesman told Dutch broadcaster NOS. Dutch news website VK Mag suggested introducing "mandatory IQ tests" for anyone wanting to do the safari.
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| Michael Cohen Reportedly Paid $600,000 To Advise AT&T On Time Warner Merger Posted: 11 May 2018 12:16 AM PDT  AT&T reportedly paid President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael
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| Israel accuses Iranian forces of rocket attack on Golan Posted: 09 May 2018 07:48 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Iranian forces based in Syria fired 20 rockets at Israeli front-line military positions in the Golan Heights early Thursday, the Israeli military said, triggering a heavy Israeli reprisal and escalating already heightened tensions in what appeared to be the most serious violence in years.
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| 38 Easy Ways To Eat Eggs For Dinner Posted: 11 May 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Always have eggs in your refrigerator. (Unless you're vegan, in which case you
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| North Carolina town probing officer seen choking black man in prom attire Posted: 10 May 2018 03:06 PM PDT ![North Carolina town probing officer seen choking black man in prom attire]( "North Carolina town probing officer seen choking black man in prom attire") The incident took place on Saturday outside a Waffle House restaurant in the town of Warsaw. Anthony Wall, the man in the formal wear, posted the video on Facebook on Tuesday and it has been seen over 600,000 times. Wall was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct for arguing with Waffle House employees, local TV station ABC 11 reported.
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| Boring Company tunnel under LA nearly done, free rides to public in few months Posted: 11 May 2018 08:45 AM PDT  Elon Musk revealed Thursday that the first tunnel from his newest transport venture The Boring Company is almost ready and that the public will be able to test it out for free within a few months. The Boring Company last December released a map of its proposed tunnels for L.A. In Musk's latest announcement, he revealed that The Boring Company will require regulatory approval before any public testing can take place.
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| Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Is Still Erupting. Here's What to Know if You're Traveling to Hawaii Posted: 10 May 2018 12:58 PM PDT  Keep your vacation safe
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| Here Are 10 of the Best Sounding Cars of All Time Posted: 11 May 2018 08:00 AM PDT |
| Seven found dead at Australia rural property: police Posted: 10 May 2018 09:29 PM PDT  Four children and three adults were found dead Friday at a rural property near the Margaret River wine region in western Australia, in an apparent murder-suicide with two weapons found nearby. "I can only say at this point in time, we have no information to raise concern about wider public safety issues," Western Australia police commissioner Chris Dawson said. Mass shootings are not common in Australia, which has strict gun laws.
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| Here Are Some More Of Those Facebook Ads That Russia Ran During The 2016 Election Posted: 10 May 2018 02:17 PM PDT  On Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released the 3,000
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| SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket Posted: 11 May 2018 02:22 PM PDT  SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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| Watch 1998 Rudy Giuliani Completely Torpedo 2018 Rudy Giuliani's Trump Arguments Posted: 09 May 2018 09:31 PM PDT  Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and part of President Donald
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| The Latest: Israel says it struck Iranian targets in Syria Posted: 09 May 2018 09:14 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest on tensions between Israel and Syria (all times local):
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| After North Korea detonated a nuclear bomb inside a mountain, scientists watched it move Posted: 10 May 2018 11:09 AM PDT  When North Korea detonates nuclear bombs, it brings the devices into tunnels dug deep inside Mount Mantap, a granite peak over 7,000 feet tall. Mantap has now sustained six such detonations, with the last of which — set off on September 3, 2017 — moving the mountain more than 11 feet (3.5 meters), according to researchers who used space imaging technology, called synthetic aperture radar, or SAR, to map how much Mantap's surface shifted and then settled back down during the blast. They published their results in the journal Science on Thursday. Although this technique isn't yet used to rapidly detect attempts at secretive nuclear testing today, it could help do so in the future. SEE ALSO: Extreme Arctic heat wave in 2016 wouldn't have happened without climate change "World peace benefits from the adherence to internationally-negotiated nuclear-test-ban treaties that strive to promote the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons," Teng Wang, lead author of the study and a tectonics senior research fellow at Earth Observatory of Singapore, said in an email. "Surveillance of clandestine nuclear tests relies on a global seismic network, but the potential of spaceborne monitoring has been underexploited," Wang added. "This study demonstrates the capability of spaceborne remote sensing to help characterize large underground nuclear tests, if any, in the future." Wang and his team used data captured by the German imaging satellite TerraSAR-X to view the mountain before and after the explosion. The images aren't actual digital pictures of the mountain; instead, the satellite acts as a radar, bouncing pulses off the land below, which travels back up to the satellite in space, giving scientists detailed measurements — and how they changed after a powerful blast. The TerraSAR-X satellite.Image: dlr/esaThe same satellite technology can be used to measure how the land deforms after earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, moving glaciers and other natural events, said Wang. A great advantage to this space imaging technique is that, unlike digital imaging, SAR can penetrate clouds and weather, to see what's transpired below. The fact that Wang could measure a massive chunk of Earth-bound rock moving horizontally over 11 feet is understandable, when considering how big the September 2017 blast was. Detonated around 1,500 feet below ground, according to researchers, it triggered a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, a strong class of temblor that causes violent shaking near the epicenter. "This one was big enough that we saw it all over," Dale Anderson, a seismologist and specialist in nuclear nonproliferation monitoring at Los Alamos National Laboratory, said in an interview. "It was picked up on the other side of the world." (Above: A simulation of rock damage from a nuclear blast. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory) Although the international community can't see what North Korea is doing under Mantap, modern detection technology — while not capable of observing the mountain move — can easily spot a large nuclear blast, and pinpoint its location. "It's very, very, very hard to hide one of these," Anderson said. As part of the international ban on testing nukes (which North Korea does not adhere to), an organization called the International Monitoring System (IMS) is measuring seismic waves "24-7," said Anderson. This includes picking up movement in the rock at seismic stations around the world, as well as acoustic pulses the blast sends up into the air. Combining the two detection techniques can give scientists an accurate idea of where the shaking event came from, especially if the blast is big enough. "Every Korean test we've ever heard has been big enough," said Anderson. And confirming that the blast is definitely nuclear, and not say, an earthquake, is also possible. Nuclear blasts release a gas called xenon, which can be picked up by detectors all over the world. Even under a mountain, the gases can seep out, said Anderson. (Above: A simulation of gas moving to the surface. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory) Future nuclear blasts underneath Mantap will almost certainly be picked by the IMS, and Wang said space imaging technology can then be used to learn more detail about the event — like how deep it is, and how it affected the mountain. After enduring six nuclear blasts, one wonders how much more a mountain can take. President Donald Trump is meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12, in discussions that might persuade the military commander to denuclearize the secretive, communist nation. Still, Mantap may continue to be used as a test site — if North Korea decides to continue its nuclear testing program. It takes a lot to topple a mountain. After analyzing seismic shockwaves from the blast, the team suggests that some portions inside the mountain may have collapsed, but there's no way to actually confirm this without entering the mountain. "You're talking about a chunk of solid, confident rock that is 800 meters thick," said Anderson. "You can't just break that up with one shock." "You'll eventually find a flaw and it'll crack," he added. "And if you smack it with a sledgehammer — a nuclear explosion — it might break a little quicker." WATCH: It takes absolute precision to construct Earth's largest telescope, which will peak into far-off alien worlds
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| Golden State Killer charged with four more murders Posted: 10 May 2018 04:57 PM PDT  Joseph DeAngelo, 72, who was once a police officer in the California towns of Exeter and Auburn, was charged last month in Sacramento with eight murders during a crime spree in the 1970s and '80s. Over the past 16 days since the Sacramento charges were filed, the Santa Barbara county district attorney's office has been working with the county sheriff's office, gathering evidence and conducting interviews, said Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley.
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| The Powerful Reason Linda Vester Publicly Accused Tom Brokaw Of Sexual Misconduct Posted: 10 May 2018 08:04 AM PDT  Linda Vester wants to make it clear that she's not accusing iconic NBC
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| ACLU Says Kris Kobach Is Still Giving Out Incorrect Information About Voter Registration Posted: 10 May 2018 04:01 PM PDT  The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday requested that Kansas Secretary
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| Navdeep Bains: US apologizes after Canada minister told to remove turban Posted: 11 May 2018 09:17 AM PDT  Officials from the Trump administration issued an apology after a security agent at a Detroit airport repeatedly demanded that a Canadian cabinet minister remove his turban, the minister has revealed.
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| Chuck Schumer Turns Melania Trump's 'Be Best' Campaign Against Donald Trump Posted: 11 May 2018 04:55 AM PDT  President Donald Trump again resorted to childish name-calling to criticize
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| Latest: Settlement reached in shooting of homeless black man Posted: 10 May 2018 04:21 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a civil trial over the fatal shooting of a homeless man in Los Angeles (all times local):
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| Cisco pulls all online ads from YouTube Posted: 10 May 2018 04:45 PM PDT  The blog on Thursday seemed to have been removed from Cisco's website. Walker, in the blog, said she would not like the company's ads to "accidentally end up in the wrong place, such as on a streaming video with sensitive content," adding that the network gear maker will continue to use YouTube as a platform to share Cisco's video content.
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| Ex-NFL Player Says Police Knew Gun Charge Was Based on Lie Posted: 10 May 2018 07:42 AM PDT  The Kansas City Chiefs released Greene the day charges against him were reported
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| Nunes and Gowdy meet with Justice Department officials Posted: 10 May 2018 03:42 PM PDT  Meeting was brokered after Nunes issued a subpoena for records about alleged government surveillance abuse during the 2016 election; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports.
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| Israel-Iran flare-up raises spectre of major confrontation Posted: 10 May 2018 11:16 AM PDT  Deadly strikes by Israel against alleged Iranian sites in Syria have raised fears of a dramatic escalation in regional conflict, but the situation remains shrouded by contradictory accounts and uncertainty. Israel says its raids early Thursday were in immediate response to Iranian missiles raining down on the occupied Golan Heights. Israel has repeatedly warned it considers an entrenched Iranian military presence in war-ravaged Syria to be a dangerous red line.
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| Scientists: Kilauea volcano may have explosive eruption Posted: 09 May 2018 10:15 PM PDT  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Geologists warned Wednesday that Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could erupt explosively and send boulders, rocks and ash into the air around its summit in the coming weeks.
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| John Stamos Shows Off New Baby To Bob Saget And Lori Loughlin Posted: 11 May 2018 06:47 AM PDT  John Stamos showed off the newest member of his house to his "Full House"
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| Trump Is Going To Indiana To Slam Joe Donnelly. Don’t Expect The Democrat To Hit Back. Posted: 10 May 2018 12:31 PM PDT  HIGHLAND, Ind. -- President Donald Trump is set to fly to Indiana on Thursday
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| Human remains found near spot where SUV plunged off cliff Posted: 10 May 2018 01:52 PM PDT  MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California resident found a pair of jeans and human remains inside a girl's shoe on a beach near the spot where a woman drove her large family off a cliff in March, authorities said Thursday.
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| Mahathir, 92, sworn in as Malaysia's seventh prime minister Posted: 10 May 2018 10:37 AM PDT  By Liz Lee and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as Malaysia's seventh prime minister on Thursday after a stunning election comeback, defeating the coalition that has ruled the nation for six decades since independence from Britain. Malaysia's constitutional monarch, Sultan Muhammad V, administered the oath of office just before 10 p.m. (1400 GMT), in a ceremony carried live on state television from the palace. Mahathir, 92, dubbed the "Father of Modern Malaysia" during his previous 22 years in power until 2003, was dressed in a traditional black "baju melayu" tunic and sarong, with an Islamic cap on his head.
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| 286-HP Volkswagen GTI TCR Concept Revealed Posted: 10 May 2018 06:30 AM PDT  Though the race-inspired TCR is only a concept for now, VW says it's going into the production - just not for the US.
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| Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady Have Dropped the Price of Their Sky-High Madison Square Park Apartment Posted: 10 May 2018 02:09 PM PDT  The picturesque couple originally listed the 48th-floor, 3,310-square-foot apartment for $17.25 million and have dropped the price to $13.95 million
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