| Mike Pence Defends White House Banning CNN Reporter From Press Event Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:39 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence stood by the White House's decision to ban a CNN
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| At Least 3 Dead, Several Injured In New Orleans Shooting Attack Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:41 AM PDT  A manhunt is underway in New Orleans for two suspects who police say fired
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| Polar Bear Killed After Attacking Cruise Ship Worker In Arctic Posted: 29 Jul 2018 12:40 AM PDT  A polar bear was killed on Saturday after it attacked a bear guard leading
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| Pope accepts US cardinal's resignation after sexual abuse claim Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:14 AM PDT  One of America's most prominent Catholic cardinals has resigned after an allegation was made that he sexually abused a teenage boy almost 50 years ago. Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, wrote to the Vatican offering his resignation on Friday, which was accepted by Pope Francis. A statement from the Vatican issued on Saturday read: "Yesterday evening the Holy Father received the letter in which Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington (USA), presented his resignation as a member of the College of Cardinals. "Pope Francis accepted his resignation from the cardinalate and has ordered his suspension from the exercise of any public ministry, together with the obligation to remain in a house yet to be indicated to him, for a life of prayer and penance until the accusations made against him are examined in a regular canonical trial." Mr McCarrick, 88, was ordained in 1958 and rose through the ranks in the Archdiocese of New York before being installed as archbishop of Washington in 2001, a post he held until 2006. Pope Francis recently criticised the "culture of abuse and cover-up" in the Catholic Church Credit: VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images He is officially retired but continues to travel abroad regularly, speaking on issues such as human rights. The allegation related to Mr McCarrick's time in New York. He was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old who was being measured for a new cassock, according to The New York Times. The claim was investigated for the New York archdiocese by a group of jurists, law enforcement experts, parents, psychologists, and religious figures. The group judged that the allegations were "credible and substantiated". Mr McCarrick was removed from public ministry on June 20. Mr McCarrick said in a statement at the time that he was "shocked" by the report and maintained his innocence. He also said he had co-operated with the investigation. "My sadness was deepened when I was informed that the allegations had been determined credible and substantiated," he said in the statement. Mr McCarrick added: "While I have absolutely no recollection of this reported abuse, and believe in my innocence, I am sorry for the pain the person who brought the charges has gone through, as well as for the scandal such charges cause our people." At the time senior US church officials said they had received three allegations of McCarrick's sexual misconduct with adults decades ago, two of which resulted in settlements. A Catholic University canon law expert, Kurt Martens, noted that this was the first time an order of penance and prayer had been issued before a church trial could take place. Earlier this year Pope Francis publicly criticsed the "culture of abuse and cover-up" in the Catholic Church, saying it must "never again" be allowed to happen.
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| Zimbabwe rivals promise victory in pitch for votes at final election rallies Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:42 PM PDT  By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his rival Nelson Chamisa held final election rallies on Saturday and both vowed to rebuild an economy shattered by Robert Mugabe's long rule. Monday's vote is the first since Mugabe was forced to step down in November after a de facto coup and, as such, is a major national test. The run-up to the presidential and parliamentary election has been peaceful compared to previous polls but there are reports of intimidation and coercion in rural constituencies, and state media is biased towards the ruling ZANU–PF party.
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| CBS titan Moonves accused of sexual misconduct Posted: 27 Jul 2018 08:08 PM PDT  A bombshell article published in The New Yorker on Friday accused CBS chairman and chief executive, Leslie Moonves, of sexual misconduct stretching back decades and painted a broader picture of similar behavior within the most watched US television network. The article makes Moonves, a distinguished executive who transformed CBS into a ratings winner, one of the most powerful American men implicated in the #MeToo era that ignited last year after the career implosion of Harvey Weinstein. Six women who had professional dealings with Moonves told the magazine that he sexually harassed them between the 1980s and late 2000s.
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| At Least 500 Structures Destroyed by Deadly, Uncontrolled California Wildfire Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:23 AM PDT  The so-called Carr Fire roared through Shasta County
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| Trump Again Threatens To Shut Down His Own Government Over Wall Funding Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:19 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Sunday embraced shutting down the federal government
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| No, Bachelor Parties Are Not Why Millennials Can't Afford Houses Posted: 28 Jul 2018 04:48 PM PDT  "Study: Bachelor, bachelorette parties are why millennials can't afford
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| Lawmakers trying to stop the production of 3-D-printed guns. But it might be too late Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:58 AM PDT  US gun safety campaigners have expressed their anger over Congress' failure to regulate the manufacture of 3-D printed guns. Following a multi-year legal battle, the federal government last month entered into a settlement with Defense Distributed founder, Cody Wilson. Mr Wilson rose to fame after manufacturing the the first fully 3-D printed pistol in 2013, when he was just 25.
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| Thousands bury 11-year-old, 2 others killed by Israeli fire Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:18 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands attended funerals Saturday of three Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in a border protest a day earlier, including an 11-year-old, a 17-year-old and a man on crutches.
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| Former Milosevic defense lawyer killed in Belgrade Posted: 28 Jul 2018 01:52 PM PDT  A prominent Belgrade lawyer who in the past helped to defend late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic was shot dead, gangland-style, in front of his home on Saturday, police said. Dragoslav Ognjanovic, 57, was gunned down in front of his apartment building in the Novi Beograd neighborhood and his 26-year-old son was wounded in the right arm, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. As a prominent criminal lawyer, Ognjanovic served in the early 2000s on a legal team that helped to defend Milosevic at his war crimes trial before the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
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| Indonesia earthquake: At least 10 dead as tourist island of Lombok shaken by 6.4-magnitude tremor Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:10 PM PDT  A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the popular Indonesian tourist destination Lombok on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. The strong tremor, which sent people running in panic from homes and hotels in the early morning, was followed by two strong secondary quakes and more than 60 aftershocks. "The earthquake killed at least 10 people, some 40 people are injured and dozens of houses were damaged," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. "We estimate the number will keep rising because we are not done collecting data," Nugroho said. A 30-year old Malaysian woman was among the victims, he said, adding those hurt were hit by debris. An Indonesian person scrambles over the collapsed ruins of a house as others look on following an earthquake in Lombok Credit: AFP The jolt was felt some 100 km (60 miles) away in the bustling holiday island of Bali, although there were no immediate reports of damage there. As authorities scrambled to assess the damage to buildings and infrastructure, popular trekking trails on the remote Mount Rinjani were closed because of landslides, according to the disaster agency. "The earthquake was very strong... and everybody in my house panicked, we all ran outside," said Zulkifli, a resident of North Lombok, close to the epicentre. "All my neighbours also ran outside and the electricity was suddenly cut off," Zulkifli, who goes by one name, told AFP. The epicentre of the shallow earthquake struck 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Lombok's main city Mataram, the United States Geological Survey said, far from the main tourist spots on the south and west of the island. It said two of the aftershocks measured more than 5-magnitude. "People in East Lombok and Mataram felt the strong quake for 10 seconds, residents were panicking and running outside of their homes," Nugroho said earlier, adding people had run for open spaces like football fields. No tsunami alert was issued, according to Indonesia's geophysics and meteorology agency. At the holiday island's hotels, tourists raced outside as the quake struck soon after dawn. At the Katamaran Hotel & Resort in Senggigi beach, some 30 guests gathered in the hotel lobby for around half an hour before venturing back to their rooms. Wake up in the morning with the shaking bed ! Got called from farm and so many facility broke down..#agendafreetv#lombok#earthquakepic.twitter.com/GbANUMLpxW— Reyn (@suharja_reynard) July 28, 2018 "They calmed down and returned to their room once we explained the earthquake did not trigger a tsunami, everything is back to normal now," receptionist Ni Nyoman Suwarningsih told AFP. Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismic activity hotspot. It is frequently hit by quakes, most of them harmless. However, the region remains acutely alert to tremors that might trigger tsunamis. In 2004, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.3 undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, in western Indonesia, killed 220,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean, including 168,000 in Indonesia.
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| Congress For $400: This House Minority Leader Played Guest Host On 'Jeopardy' Posted: 27 Jul 2018 09:45 PM PDT  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will never be a threat to Alex
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| Turkey will stand up to U.S. in face of sanctions threat over American pastor: Erdogan Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:44 AM PDT ![Turkey will stand up to U.S. in face of sanctions threat over American pastor: Erdogan]( "Turkey will stand up to U.S. in face of sanctions threat over American pastor: Erdogan") By Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will stand its ground after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap sanctions on Ankara if it does not free an American pastor, broadcaster Haberturk reported on Sunday. Relations between the United States and Turkey are on the line in the dispute over pastor Andrew Brunson, Erdogan was quoted as saying by TRT Haber and other media.
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| MoviePass Ran Out Of Money, Couldn't Afford To Buy Tickets For Its Users Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:28 PM PDT  The movie theater ticket app MoviePass suffered an outage Thursday when its
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| No mystery to Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh's gun views Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:46 PM PDT  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he recognizes that gun, drug and gang violence "has plagued all of us." Still, he believes the Constitution limits how far government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime.
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| Hun Sen: Cambodia's shape-shifting strongman leader Posted: 28 Jul 2018 07:44 PM PDT  Cambodian leader Hun Sen has outlasted the murderous Khmer Rouge, sidelined the monarchy and crushed his opponents in a 33-year rule defined by patronage, political agility and repression and set to be prolonged by Sunday's election. Hun Sen is part of a small coterie of world leaders to hold power for three decades, adapting to the shifting political landscape in the poor Southeast Asian country since the Cold War. In his final campaign speech days before the poll, Hun Sen was in typically bombastic form, bragging about the legal action to "eliminate traitors who attempted to topple the government".
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| Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:51 PM PDT ![Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official]( "Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official") (Reuters) - Five people were shot dead, including the suspected gunman, in a Friday night attack at a Texas nursing home and the home of one of the people slain, city officials said. Police in Robstown, Texas, outside Corpus Christi, responded to reports of an active shooter at a nursing home about 7 p.m. local time (midnight GMT), where they found two men and a woman dead, said Herman Rodriguez, city secretary, in a video interview with the Caller Times of Corpus Christi.
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| Seventeen missing as deadly California wildfire spreads: official Posted: 28 Jul 2018 02:05 PM PDT  By Alexandria Sage REDDING, Calif. (Reuters) - Seventeen people were missing on Saturday as a monster wildfire in Northern California spread after killing two firefighters, destroying hundreds of buildings and sending tens of thousands of frantic residents fleeing from their homes. More than 38,000 people in Redding and elsewhere in Shasta County have been ordered to leave their homes from the 80,900-acre (32,740-hectare) Carr Fire, which has destroyed at least 500 homes and businesses. Some 3,400 firefighters on the ground and in 17 helicopters were battling the fire, which was just 5 percent contained as it ripped through Redding, a city of 90,000 people, in California's scenic Shasta-Trinity area.
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| Iran's rial hits record-low 100,000 to the dollar Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:48 AM PDT  Iran's currency hit a record low on Sunday of 100,000 rials to the dollar amid a deepening economic crisis and the imminent return of full US sanctions. The rial has lost half its value against the dollar in just four months, having broken through the 50,000-mark for the first time in March.
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| Don Lemon Unloads On Donald Trump Over His Incessant Lying Posted: 28 Jul 2018 02:13 AM PDT  > .@DonLemon: "Donald Trump's presidency can be defined by lies. ... The sheer
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| How Green Are Electric Lawn Mowers? Posted: 28 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  The performance of electric mowers has improved dramatically over the course of the decade that Consumer Reports has been testing them. And this year is no different. From the $500 Ego LM2101 pus...
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| US midterms set to be most expensive ever as advertising sales pass $1bn mark Posted: 28 Jul 2018 03:21 PM PDT  The 2018 US elections are expected to be the most expensive midterms in history as advertising passes the $1bn (£760m) mark just 100 days before the election. Campaigns, political parties, and outside groups have purchased television advertising months before the November ballot casting which is hotly contested in several districts and states as Republicans hold a slim majority. The 2014 midterm elections hold the existing title as the most expensive, when candidates spent a collective $3.8bn in an effort to gain votes.
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| What To Watch On Amazon Prime That’s New This Week Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:03 AM PDT  Streamline recommends "The Americans" as the thing you should watch on Amazon
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| Two Rare Bugatti Veyrons Come Up For Sale Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:04 AM PDT  Extra-special versions of an already incredible car.
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| In Rare Interview, Charles Koch Suggests Political Spending May Dip Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:22 PM PDT  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ― Charles Koch, the libertarian megadonor who leads a
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| Vatican meets #MeToo: Nuns denounce their abuse by priests Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:36 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The nun no longer goes to confession regularly, after an Italian priest forced himself on her while she was at her most vulnerable: recounting her sins to him in a university classroom nearly 20 years ago.
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| California fire 'tornado' kills two firefighters, thousands flee Posted: 27 Jul 2018 08:35 PM PDT  By Alexandria Sage REDDING, Calif. (Reuters) - A fast-growing northern California wildfire killed a second firefighter on Friday after high winds drove it into the city of Redding, prompting mass evacuations, destroying 500 structures and threatening thousands of other dwellings and businesses, officials said. Flames raging in California's scenic Shasta-Trinity area erupted into a firestorm that jumped across the Sacramento River and swept into the western side of Redding, home to about 90,000 people, forcing residents to flee. Firefighters and police "went into life-safety mode," hustling door to door to usher civilians out of harm's way, said Scott McLean, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire).
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| EU trying to 'swindle' UK in Brexit talks: report Posted: 29 Jul 2018 02:28 AM PDT  Italy's far right deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has accused the European Union of attempting to "swindle" the United Kingdom out of the Brexit people voted for in the landmark 2016 referendum, The Sunday Times reported. "My experience in the European parliament tells me you either impose yourself or they swindle you", Salvini told the weekly as he urged prime minister Theresa May to take a harder stance in negotiations to sever ties with the trading bloc. May and her ministers are scrambling to forge agreements with each of the EU's 27 member states after a week which saw her already fragile "Chequers plan" for Brexit knocked back by Brussels chief negotiator Michel Barnier.
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| NYT Responds To Trump Tweet About 'Fake News' Meeting With Publisher A.G. Sulzberger Posted: 29 Jul 2018 08:38 AM PDT  The New York Times hit back at President Donald Trump's tweet Sunday that
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| Honda vs. Toro: Who Makes the Best Push Mower? Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  Cub Cadet relinquished its long-held grip on the top slot in Consumer Reports' ratings for gas push mowers this year, yielding ground to both Honda and Toro. Models from these two well-establishe...
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| Sanctuary City Philadelphia to Limit Cooperation with ICE Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:03 AM PDT  Federal officials said the decision puts U.S. citizens in danger
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| New dolphin-whale hybrid sea creature is the spawn of an unholy union Posted: 28 Jul 2018 02:52 PM PDT  While surveying whales and dolphins off the Hawaiian Islands, scientists spotted a creature they've never seen before: a peculiar hybrid between a dolphin and a small whale. In 2017, before future naval officers trained on submarines in the waters around Kauai — a place called the Pacific Missile Range Facility — the U.S. Navy hired marine researchers from the Cascadia Research Collective to study the native animals in these seas. After encountering a large pod of melon-headed whales, the researchers tagged two of them, to see where they might go. It was then that the researchers noticed something curious about one of the creatures. It wasn't quite a melon-headed whale. Nor was it exactly a rough-toothed dolphin, which are common to the area. They collected some tissue from the animal, and after returning to shore and performing genetic testing, discovered it wasn't either species, but both. SEE ALSO: Iceland gets away with killing dozens of huge, endangered whales. Here's why. Melon-headed whales swimming in tropical waters (not hybrids).Image: NoaaThe hybrid was especially rare because of its melon-headed genes: The toothed-whales are rarely seen in these Hawaiian waters, the researchers wrote. Both species belong to the Delphinidae (oceanic dolphin) family, but the report notes that cross-species unions between them are unusual: It's only the third recorded example in the Delphinidae family, and the first between these two species. The hybrid, however strange, certainly wasn't treated as an outcast. The marine scientists tagged the hybrid with satellite tracking GPS, along with a companion, to see where they might go. And it appears they stayed together, travelling some 475 miles over eight days, and diving thousands of feet beneath the surface. WATCH: Ever wonder how the universe might end?
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| New Ford Focus Looks The Way It Does Because Of China Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:00 AM PDT  China wanted wider doors, so Ford complied.
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| Protesters chant anti-Putin slogans at Moscow rally against retirement age plan Posted: 29 Jul 2018 09:36 AM PDT  By Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands protested in central Moscow on Sunday against a proposed increase to the retirement age and the crowd chanted slogans critical of President Vladimir Putin whose approval ratings have been dented by the bill. The rally organized by the opposition Libertarian Party chanted "Putin is a thief" and "away with the tsar," slogans common at anti-Putin and anti-government protests. The retirement age proposal is politically sensitive for Putin, who was re-elected in March, because it has prompted a series of protests across Russia since it was announced on June 14, the day Russia played the first match of its soccer World Cup.
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| Teenager creates site giving children answers on deportation Posted: 28 Jul 2018 07:02 AM PDT ![Teenager creates site giving children answers on deportation]( "Teenager creates site giving children answers on deportation") HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A high school student has designed an online resource to help immigrant children and teenagers learn how to prepare for the possible deportations of parents or guardians.
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| Ahed Tamimi, symbol of Mid East conflict, prepares for freedom Posted: 27 Jul 2018 06:50 PM PDT  A Palestinian teenager jailed by Israel for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank is to go free on Sunday after eight months behind bars. Ahed Tamimi was arrested on December 19, days after she was recorded on video with her cousin Nour Tamimi in the yard of their home in Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, telling two soldiers to leave, then shoving, kicking and slapping them. The same court hearing freed Nour Tamimi immediately, when she accepted a plea deal.
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| Burger chain apologises for using image of photojournalist beheaded by Isis in latest advert Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:53 AM PDT  Z-Burger had put an image of slain reporter James Foley, who was captured by Isis in 2012 while covering the conflict in Syria. Chain owner Peter Tabibian took the tweet down and said in a statement: "An apology has been sent to some of you from a contracted marketing company over an unfortunate incident, a post in very poor taste that was not approved by me before being uploaded to our Twitter account". On 21 July the company's Twitter account posted an advertisement with an image of Mr Foley wearing an orange jumpsuit and kneeling facing the camera with a member of Isis wearing a full mask over their face.
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| Donald Trump Jr. And Robert Mueller's Close Airport Encounter Is Now A Meme Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:10 AM PDT  Donald Trump Jr. was captured on camera waiting for a flight near the same
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| Best Dishwashers for $1,000 and Up Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  You don't have to spend $1,000 to get a really good dishwasher. But if you want a top-performer that's very quiet and stylish, you'll find the most number of options above this threshold. Dishwas...
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| India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia Posted: 28 Jul 2018 10:35 AM PDT ![India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia]( "India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia") India on Saturday said it hoped the new government of Pakistan would "work constructively" to end militancy in South Asia, in its first comments following this week's general election in Pakistan. Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, who won the disputed election, has called for better ties with India. "We hope that the new government of Pakistan will work constructively to build a safe, stable, secure and developed South Asia free of terror and violence," India's foreign affairs ministry said in a statement.
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| The Tesla Model 3 Makes Me Wonder About the Future Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:30 AM PDT  Tesla's small sport sedan isn't perfect, but it's undeniably a milestone.
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