| Under fire, Trump says he 'misspoke' about Russian interference in U.S. election Posted: 17 Jul 2018 12:21 PM PDT  The president explains his widely denounced news conference with Vladimir Putin by saying he misspoke a single word.
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| Deadly Ferguson Fire Threatens Yosemite National Park Communities Posted: 17 Jul 2018 01:28 PM PDT  A wildfire near Yosemite National Park is expected to grow worse in the coming
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| Ohio death row inmate Robert Van Hook scheduled to be executed on Wednesday Posted: 17 Jul 2018 09:30 AM PDT  Death row inmate Robert Van Hook is set to be executed on Wednesday for the
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| Russian warship ‘carrying £100 billion in gold’ discovered off South Korea Posted: 18 Jul 2018 12:34 AM PDT  A South Korean salvage team has discovered the wreck of a Russian warship that was sunk in a naval battle 113 years ago and is believed to still contain a trove of gold bullion and coins worth 150 trillion won, or £100 billion. The Russian Imperial Navy cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi was discovered at a depth of more than 1,400 feet about one mile off the South Korean island of Ulleungdo. A joint team made up of experts from South Korea, Britain and Canada discovered the wreck on Sunday and used two manned submersibles to capture footage of the vessel, with the company behind the discovery promising to use a percentage of the money to fund the construction of a railway line linking Russia and South Korea through North Korea. The video includes images of extensive damage to the vessel caused in an encounter with Japanese warships in May 1905, along with cannons and deck guns encrusted with marine growth, the anchor and the ship's wheel. The identity of the 5,800-ton warship was confirmed when the crew of one of the submersibles were able to read the name on the stern. "The body of the ship was severely damaged by shelling, with its stern almost broken, and yet the ship's deck and sides are well preserved", the Seoul-based Shinil Group said in a statement. Launched in St Petersburg in August 1883, the Dmitrii Donskoi was designed as a commerce raider and fitted with both a full set of sails and a coal-fired engine. The ship spent most of its career operating in the Mediterranean and the Far East and was deployed to Imperial Russia's Second Pacific Squadron after the Japanese fleet destroyed the majority of Russia's naval power in the Far East in the opening salvoes of the 1904 Russo-Japanese War. The Dmitri Donskoii was sunk in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese war Credit: Shinil Group The squadron was intercepted by the Japanese fleet in May 1905 and decimated at the Battle of Tsushima. Assigned to protect the transport ships at the rear of the formation, the Dmitrii Donskoi managed to evade the attacking force, but was later intercepted steaming for the Russian port of Vladivostok. Haul: the Imperial Navy Cruiser Dmitri Donskoii sank more than a century ago with - it is thought - 5,500 boxes of gold bars and coins still on board Credit: Shinil Group Around 60 of the 591 crew were killed and further 120 injured before Captain Ivan Lebedev anchored off the island of Ulleungdo and ordered his men ashore. The following morning, May 29, 1905, the ship was scuttled offshore and the crew were taken prisoner by Japanese landing parties. Captain Lebedev later died of his wounds. There are reports that the Dmitrii Donskoi was carrying the fleet's funds and went down with 5,500 boxes containing gold bars as well as a separate haul of 200 tons of gold coins. The gold was being stored in the ship's holds to stop the Japanese seizing it. Shinil Group estimates the gold would have a total value today of £101.3 billion. Half of any treasure found on board will be handed over to the Russian government Credit: Donskoii The company says it is aiming to raise the ship in October or November. Half of any treasure found aboard the vessel would be handed over to the Russian government, the company said, while 10 percent of the remainder will be invested in tourism projects on Ulleungdo Island, including a museum dedicated to the vessel. A portion of the rest of the treasure will be donated to joint projects to promote development in north-east Asia, the company said, such as a railway line from Russia to South Korea through North Korea.
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| Florida man describes shark attack in just two feet of water while surfing with his son Posted: 18 Jul 2018 01:35 PM PDT  A Florida man has described how a shark attacked him in just two feet of water as he was surfing with his son. Dustin Theobald, 30, had been lying on a surfboard at Fernandina Beach on the Atlantic coast of Florida when he said he felt something pull at his foot. "I touched its head, I could feel it was rough skin," he told Fox News, adding: "It wasn't like a fish skin.
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| Thai cave boys speak of 'miracle' rescue after hospital discharge Posted: 18 Jul 2018 04:58 AM PDT  Twelve boys and their football coach who survived a highly dangerous and dramatic rescue from a flooded Thai cave spoke publicly of their incredible ordeal for the first time on Wednesday at a press conference that was beamed around the world. The "Wild Boars" team members looked healthy and happy as they answered questions about the nine days they spent in the dark before being discovered by members of an international rescue team. A packed crowd greeted the youngsters after they were discharged from hospital in Chiang Rai, and watched as they played with footballs on a small makeshift pitch before taking their seats.
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| Arizona State Senate Candidate Reveals He Killed His Mother in 1963 Posted: 17 Jul 2018 03:56 PM PDT  He says it was in self defense
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| Elon Musk Apologizes For Calling Thailand Cave Rescue Diver A 'Pedo' Posted: 18 Jul 2018 01:13 AM PDT  Elon Musk apologized to the British cave diver who was the subject of a slew
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| Trump says he accepts Russia meddled in election, but still muddies waters Posted: 17 Jul 2018 02:55 PM PDT  The US president sought to bring closure to more than 24 hours of bitter recrimination by saying he had simply misspoke when he said in Finland that he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 US election. "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be Russia'" instead of "why it would," Trump said.
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| Employee given CEO's personal car after leaving at midnight to walk 20 miles to his first day at work Posted: 17 Jul 2018 06:18 AM PDT  Even though Walter Carr's vehicle broke down the night before his first day on the job, he was determined to show his dedication.
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| Texas executes convicted killer despite plea by victim's family Posted: 17 Jul 2018 04:54 PM PDT  Texas executed a man on Tuesday for murdering a store owner during a robbery in 2004, despite calls from some relatives of the victim that his life be spared. Christopher Young, 34, was put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in the city of Huntsville for the murder of Hasmukh Patel at his convenience store in San Antonio, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. Young became the 13th U.S. inmate put to death this year, and the 553rd in Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, the most of any state.
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| Best Bites Summer Entertaining: Pina colada cookie cups Posted: 18 Jul 2018 03:07 PM PDT  What screams tropical vacation getaway more than a pina colada? Pina colada
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| Kim's Killers: North Korea’s Legendary Special Operations Assassins Posted: 17 Jul 2018 12:19 PM PDT  A remarkable story from the past.
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| Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won't Remove Holocaust Denial Content Posted: 18 Jul 2018 11:53 AM PDT  Mark Zuckerberg got himself into hot water Wednesday after suggesting that
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| Trump Tries To Clean Up After Disastrous Putin Summit Posted: 17 Jul 2018 11:52 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to the widespread condemnation of
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| Air Lease, Boeing strike $9.6 billion deal for 737s and 787s Posted: 17 Jul 2018 04:36 AM PDT  U.S. airplane leasing firm Air Lease Corp announced on Tuesday a commitment to order as many as 78 Boeing Co single-aisle and wide-body airplanes in a deal valued at $9.6 billion at list prices. Air Lease told a press briefing at the Farnborough Airshow that three 787-9s and the first 20 737 MAX airplanes in the total deal were firm purchases, while the remaining 55 737 MAX airplanes were provisional commitments. Air Lease said it had flexibility for taking 737 MAX 8 and 9 variants and expected to take delivery between 2020 and 2024, though most of the jetliners would likely be delivered during the latter portion of that time frame.
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| Florida woman left out of will is accused of killing mom Posted: 17 Jul 2018 10:16 AM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman is accused of beating her 85-year-old mother to death after learning she wouldn't be receiving an inheritance from her.
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| Barack Obama says that 'men have been getting on my nerves lately' Posted: 18 Jul 2018 08:35 AM PDT  Barack Obama has officially joined the countless women in 2018 who are annoyed by men. On Wednesday, while speaking to leaders of the Obama Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, President Obama got real about the recent behavior of powerful men, admitting he's straight-up annoyed. Extreme same. SEE ALSO: America's moms, Michelle Obama and Tina Lawson, dancing at Beyoncé concert will cleanse your soul "Women in particular, by the way, I want you to get more involved," Obama said in footage shared by CNN. "Because men have been getting on my nerves lately. Every day I read the newspaper, and I just think — brothers, what's wrong with you guys? What's wrong with us? I mean we're violent; we're bullying — you know, just not handling our business." "I think empowering more women on the continent— that right away is going to lead to some better policies," he continued. Obama voicing his disappointment in men, especially those making front-page headlines, comes after a particularly mortifying week for President Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump publicly supported Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference in Helsinki, Finland, and refused to acknowledge Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. He defended his own comments for a day, and then, after fielding an overwhelming amount of backlash, claimed that he misspoke, Obama also delivered a speech on Tuesday in honor of the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth, in which he said that we're living in remarkably "strange and uncertain" times. In that lecture, the former president further touched upon the "head-spinning and disturbing headlines" in the world today, and made several other jokes at the expense of powerful men. As a woman, I'd just like to say with the utmost sincerity: Thanks, Obama. [H/T: The Daily Beast] WATCH: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. It's an inflatable Trump baby flying around London
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| 1 killed, 2 injured after plane crash near Truckee Airport, officials say Posted: 17 Jul 2018 10:15 AM PDT  Officials say one person was killed and two hospitalized after a single-engine plane crashed near the Truckee Airport.
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| Morgan Beck Speaks Out for First Time Since Drowning Death of Her and Bode Miller's Daughter Posted: 18 Jul 2018 06:46 AM PDT  The California mother took to social media to express her grief and call on parents to be vigilant when watching their children in an emotional post that came more than a month after her 19-month-old daughter Emeline Grier Miller's death.
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| Trump Wonders Why U.S. Should Always Have To Defend NATO Allies Posted: 18 Jul 2018 06:24 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again threw cold water on NATO, an
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| EU, Japan to sign massive trade deal as US puts up barriers Posted: 16 Jul 2018 10:12 PM PDT  The European Union's top officials arrive in Japan Tuesday to sign the single market's biggest trade deal ever and present a united front as Washington upends the international trade order. EU Council President Donald Tusk and Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker land in Japan after talks in Beijing, where they urged global trade cooperation and warned against trade wars. "It is the common duty of Europe and China, but also America and Russia, not to destroy (the global trade order) but to improve it, not to start trade wars which turned into hot conflicts so often in our history," Tusk said Monday in Beijing.
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| WWE Reinstates Hulk Hogan Into Hall Of Fame After Racist Rant, Gawker Lawsuit Posted: 17 Jul 2018 10:03 AM PDT  The WWE has reinstated Hulk Hogan into its Hall of Fame, three years after
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| Who is Maria Butina, the gun activist and student charged with spying for Russia? Posted: 18 Jul 2018 04:22 PM PDT  To some she was the flame-haired Russian face of their country's gun lobby. To others she was a journalist. Some saw her as a mere student. But to the US government, she was a suspected spy. Now Maria Butina, 29, is facing federal conspiracy charges, appearing in court on Wednesday in Washington DC. Butina's lawyers acknowledge that she has been intensively questioned by the Senate intelligence committee, but insist that she is just a student. Yet she has been on the FBI's radar since at least 2015. "It's psychosis. A witch hunt," her father, Valery Butin, was quoted as saying Wednesday by the Altapress website in her hometown of Barnaul. Maria Butina Born in Barnaul, in Siberia, to an engineer mother and entrepreneur father, she was interested in politics from an early age and studied political science at Altu State University. Her father and grandfather were hunters, she said in a 2016 interview, and she founded a group called The Right to Bear Arms in 2012 to promote liberalisation of gun ownership laws in Russia. Initially on graduating she followed in her businessman father's footsteps, launching and running a furniture store in Siberia. This courtroom sketch depicts Maria Butina, in orange suit, a 29-year-old gun-rights activist suspected of being a covert Russian agent Credit: AP But in 2011 she sold the store to move to Moscow to pursue a career in politics, and maintain her gun rights activism. She took up an unpaid role as a special assistant to a well-connected Russian senator, Aleksandr Torshin, and worked for him from 2011 to 2015 while he was serving on the Russian federal council as first vice chairman. He shared her passion for guns, being declared a life member of the NRA and travelling to the US for conferences - until he was stopped by sanctions in April of this year. By 2015 she was frequently in the US, and attended a Trump rally in Las Vegas a month after his candidacy was declared and asked him about his views on Vladimir Putin. "I know Putin, and I'll tell you what, we get along with Putin. I believe I would get along very nicely with Putin, OK? I don't think you'd need the sanctions. I think we would get along very, very well," Mr Trump said. She also briefly met Donald Trump Jr. The following year she was studying for a Master's in international relations at the American University's Kogod School of Business, but her gun activism in Russia remained strong. "We and gun rights advocates in many other countries have learned important lessons from the American NRA," Butina said at the time. "The power of average citizens steadily seeking ever greater gun rights through the power of persuasion and smart communication." Maria Butina In February 2016, Butina set up a company in South Dakota with Republican veteran strategist Paul Erickson, with whom, according to the Washington Post, she was in a romantic relationship. In November, after the election, she held a fancy dress party in Washington DC attended by Mr Erickson and Trump campaign aides - reportedly bragging about being part of the Trump campaign's communications with Russia. She then attended Mr Trump's inauguration, the Washington Post reported, with Mr Erickson by her side.
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| JetBlue founder orders 60 Airbus planes for new low-cost carrier Posted: 17 Jul 2018 09:10 AM PDT  JetBlue founder David Neeleman has inked a major deal with Airbus as part of his vision to launch a new low-cost carrier in the US.
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| More Americans Are Dying From Liver Cancer, Study Says Posted: 17 Jul 2018 01:17 PM PDT  The rates are up, especially for men and older people
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| Mandalay Bay Owner Sues Las Vegas Shooting Victims Posted: 17 Jul 2018 09:22 AM PDT  An attorney representing some of the victims of the Oct. 1 shooting massacre
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| US House hopeful for Alaska seat has never been to the state Posted: 18 Jul 2018 03:09 PM PDT  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Carol Hafner is on the Democratic primary ballot for an Alaska U.S. House seat.
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| GOP Senator Offers The Craziest Theory For Why Trump Didn’t Stand Up To Putin Posted: 17 Jul 2018 02:41 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Democrats say the only logical explanation for Donald Trump's
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| Abbott Labs raises 2018 earnings forecast, shares hit record high Posted: 18 Jul 2018 08:59 AM PDT ![Abbott Labs raises 2018 earnings forecast, shares hit record high]( "Abbott Labs raises 2018 earnings forecast, shares hit record high") Abbott Laboratories raised its full-year earnings forecast and topped estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, powered by demand for its glucose monitoring device for diabetics and gains from its multibillion dollar acquisitions. Analysts said they did not expect a raise at all because of the negative impact of a strengthening dollar on Abbott's financials. "I was surprised by their ability to raise EPS guidance absorbing a greater currency hit," RBC Capital Markets analyst Glenn Novarro told Reuters.
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| Changing Demographics Are Met With Strict Ordinance In Small Minnesota Town Posted: 17 Jul 2018 12:32 PM PDT  In June 2018, the ACLU sued the city of Faribault, Minnesota for housing discrimination. This comes after the town's City Council enacted a rental ordinance that the ACLU claims is aimed at reducing the number of people of color living in rental housing in downtown and thereby violating the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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| Israel tightens Gaza blockade as arson kites raise fears of war Posted: 17 Jul 2018 08:37 AM PDT  Israel tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday partly over kites carrying firebombs to burn Israeli farmland as concerns mounted over whether the rudimentary devices could spark another war. Days after the heaviest exchange of fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza since a 2014 conflict, Israel said it was blocking until Sunday fuel and gas deliveries through its only goods crossing with the enclave. The fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three.
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| Owners of Mandalay Bay Sue Victims of Las Vegas Massacre in Federal Court Posted: 17 Jul 2018 05:52 AM PDT  An attorney for the many of the victims called the move "unethical."
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| Audi SQ3 Prototype Sounds Angry On The Nürburgring Posted: 18 Jul 2018 12:33 PM PDT  The hot crossover could come with as much as 340 horsepower.
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| Thailand's rescued cave boys to address media on Wednesday Posted: 17 Jul 2018 05:39 AM PDT ![Thailand's rescued cave boys to address media on Wednesday]( "Thailand's rescued cave boys to address media on Wednesday") By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - The 12 Thai boys and soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave will be discharged from hospital on Wednesday and hold a news conference the same day to satisfy huge media interest in their story, a government official said. "We want to reduce public curiosity," government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd told Reuters on Tuesday. The authorities have been concerned about the impact of sudden fame and media attention on the boys' mental health, so Wednesday's news conference will be carefully controlled.
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| How This Former Landscaper Raised His Low Credit Score From 550 To 800 Posted: 18 Jul 2018 05:44 AM PDT  Sam Price, now 44, can trace his credit problems back to college.
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| A Prefab House Like You've Never Seen Before Posted: 18 Jul 2018 02:38 PM PDT  The reno of this family's weekend getaway was such a success that they moved there full-time
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