| How to help Florence victims Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Five ways you can contribute to storm relief efforts right now.
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| Kings Plaza fire: At least 21 injured as firefighters tackle blaze at Brooklyn shopping centre parking lot Posted: 17 Sep 2018 11:54 AM PDT  Firefighters are tackling a massive fire that spread through a parking garage in Brooklyn, New York. The fire began before 9:00 a.m. local time near the Kings Plaza shopping centre in Brooklyn, erupting from a two-alarm to a seven-alarm emergency within an hour. Police and fire department officials did not respond to enquiries, and it was not immediately clear whether police suspected criminal intent or wrongdoing.
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| Time Magazine To Be Sold To Billionaire Couple For $190 Million Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:20 PM PDT  Billionaire Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne, are buying Time magazine from
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| Erdogan says luxury jumbo is 'gift' from Qatar emir Posted: 16 Sep 2018 05:55 PM PDT  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the emir of Qatar gave a luxury jumbo jet as a "gift" to Turkey, rejecting opposition claims the plane had been bought in a costly purchase for the presidency. In comments published Monday, Erdogan said Turkey had shown interest in buying the on-sale Boeing 747-8 plane -- reportedly worth around $400 million -- but Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani insisted on offering the plane as a gift. When the Qatar emir was informed of this he gave it as a gift, saying 'I won't take money from Turkey.
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| Around 1,000 Hungarians protest against Orban at pro-EU rally Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:03 AM PDT  The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to sanction Hungary for flouting EU rules on democracy, civil rights and corruption in an unprecedented step that left Orban isolated from some powerful allies in the European Parliament. Hungary said it would seek legal ways to challenge the ruling which it described as "petty revenge".
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| Volvo asks US government for tariff exemption for China-built XC60 crossover SUV Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:34 AM PDT  Volvo is the latest automaker to ask the U.S. government for an exemption from steep tariffs on Chinese-made SUVs, Reuters reported Friday. Buick asked trade officials in July for an exemption from a 25-percent tariff on its China-made Envision SUV earlier this year, although Volvo's interest in seeking relief from the measure is far greater. In August, the XC60 accounted for more than 31 percent of overall sales for Volvo, according to the automaker. Since May, the U.S. has imported most of its Volvo XC60 models from China, although the automaker originally imported them from its factory in Sweden when the car was launched. Unlike Buick, which petitioned for an exemption for 40,000 of its China-built Envision crossover, Volvo is seeking an unlimited exemption for XC60 crossovers built in China, according to Reuters. Earlier this year, Volvo opened its first North American production facility near Charleston, S.C., where it builds the S60 sedan and eventually the XC90 full-size crossover. DON'T MISS: Global trade war prompts Volvo to put brakes on its IPO In its letter to the U.S. Trade Representative, Volvo said it could eventually build the XC60 crossover in America, but said that a proposed 25-percent tariff would be unfairly passed to consumers. When Volvo opened its North American plant in June, CEO Hakan Samuelsson said that steep tariffs could threaten jobs at that plant and that eliminating global trade restrictions was the "right way" for the auto industry. "We will export as many cars from this factory as we will import in the U.S...That is a good example of how trade with cars should work in an open and free economy," he said in June.
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| The Latest: Border Patrol agent targeted vulnerable women Posted: 17 Sep 2018 02:14 PM PDT  LAREDO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a Border Patrol accused of killing four women (all times local):
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| Rare triple whale breach close to boat stuns onlookers Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:14 AM PDT  Whale watchers squeal with delight as three surfacing humpbacks leap out of the water almost simultaneously in rare triple breach right next to their boat.
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| Sweet Pup Can't Stop Licking Rescuers After Being Saved From Florence Flooding Posted: 16 Sep 2018 05:34 PM PDT  Thanks to a couple of brave animal lovers, one lucky North Carolina dog was
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| Larry Nassar's First Accuser Demands We Do Better With Brett Kavanaugh Allegation Posted: 17 Sep 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Rachael Denhollander knows just how terrifying it is to publicly accuse a
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| Dozens buried in Philippines landslide triggered by Typhoon Mangkhut Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:46 AM PDT  Hundreds of rescuers in the Philippines dug frantically with shovels and their bare hands on Monday in an attempt to save the lives of dozens of people buried by a landslide triggered at the weekend by Typhoon Mangkhut, the world's strongest storm of the year. But despite their best efforts, weary aid workers were only able to pull dead bodies from the mud and debris that had engulfed a church and miners' bunkhouse where people had been sheltering from the fierce rain and winds topping 150 miles per hour in the early hours of Saturday morning. Grief-stricken relatives, many of them quietly praying, waited anxiously near the disaster site. Victorio Palangdan, Itogon's mayor, warned that the chances of finding any survivors were slim, raising the prospect that the previously confirmed Philippine death toll of 65 from the typhoon could significantly rise. Mr Palangdan told a news conference that of the 40 to 50 people thought buried, there's a "99 per cent (chance) that they are really dead." Itogon, #Philippines. With no chance of getting heavy equipment into the valley, rescue workers are using shovels and their hands to move rock and debris from the landslides. But there is so much of it. One official figures it will take a week. @NBCNewspic.twitter.com/4tX1LjXNKx— Janis Mackey Frayer (@janisfrayer) September 17, 2018 He revealed that dozens of residents had refused to heed police warnings to leave the area. "They laughed at our policemen. They insisted," he said, according to the AP. "They were resisting when our police tried to pull them away. What can we do?" Most of the buried are believed to be poor miners and their families, who were working illegally at the mine site. Foreign aid has begun to pour into the Philippines, which will face months of recovery after farms across the island of Luzon, which produces much of the nation's rice and corn, were submerged in muddy floodwater just a month before harvest. Francis Tolentino, a senior adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, estimated that nationwide 5.7 million people had been affected by the storm. Many high rise buildings in Hong Kong had their windows blown out Credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP Hong Kong on Monday also began to clear up "severe and extensive" damage from Mangkhut after it struck the high-rise city on Sunday, leaving 300 injured. Roads remained blocked by felled trees and debris and some areas remained severely flooded. Windows in swaying tower blocks had been smashed by gusts of more than 142mph. After tearing through Luzon and pummelling Hong Kong and Macau, the storm hit China's Guangdong province, killing four people, three of whom were struck by trees. More than 3 million people were evacuated. But by Monday afternoon, the terrifying storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression at it moved into Guangxi province on a path to the mountainous Yunnan province, where it was expected to weaken further as it approached Vietnam, Laos and Burma. No further deaths or damage were reported.
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| Thai cave rescue diver sues Elon Musk for defamation over ‘pedo’ comments Posted: 17 Sep 2018 07:00 AM PDT  A British rescue diver who was instrumental in the rescue of 12 children trapped in a Thailand cave is suing Tesla CEO Elon Musk for defamation. Vernon Unsworth and his attorneys filed their lawsuit on Monday, arguing that the businessman had crossed a line by repeatedly insisting that Mr Unsworth is a paedophile and "child rapist". Musk did not substantiate his claims against the diver.
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| Samsung heir in South Korea's delegation to North: Seoul Posted: 16 Sep 2018 03:11 AM PDT  The heir to the Samsung empire and the leaders of several other South Korean conglomerates will go to Pyongyang this week for an inter-Korean summit, Seoul announced Sunday. Samsung's Lee Jae-yong and the heads of the SK and LG groups will be part of President Moon Jae-in's delegation as he heads for a meeting with the North's leader Kim Jong Un, Moon's office said. Kim Yong-hwan, vice-chairman of Hyundai Motor Group -- whose founder was a refugee from the North -- will be among the entourage.
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| Boeing 787 plant in South Carolina to reopen Sunday after storm-related closure Posted: 16 Sep 2018 03:29 PM PDT ![Boeing 787 plant in South Carolina to reopen Sunday after storm-related closure]( "Boeing 787 plant in South Carolina to reopen Sunday after storm-related closure") Boeing Co's South Carolina plant, where it assembles 787 wide-body jetliners, was set to reopen operations on Sunday night following a lifting of evacuation orders for coastal areas threatened by deadly storm Florence, a Boeing spokesperson said on Sunday. Boeing had suspended operations at the North Charleston plant on Tuesday and flown several 787 Dreamliners from the South Carolina factory across the country to an airport near Boeing's wide-body plant in Everett, Washington, north of Seattle.
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| Roads shut after 2 fall ill in UK city where ex-spy poisoned Posted: 16 Sep 2018 05:51 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Police closed roads and called a hazardous response team Sunday night after two people became ill at a restaurant in the English city where a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were poisoned with a chemical nerve agent.
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| Rising floodwaters, potential dam failures threaten North Carolina communities in Florence's wake Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:16 AM PDT  Some communities in North Carolina are now faced with rising floodwaters and potential dam failures in Florence's wake.
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| Drone aerials show North Carolina inland floods Posted: 17 Sep 2018 02:28 AM PDT  Drone aerials from Wayne County, North Carolina, more than 60 miles northeast of New Bern, show flooding around homes, on roads and in wooded areas. River forecasts show flooding could be a problem in towns as far as 250 miles from the coast. (Sept. 17)
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| Shattered buildings, swamped fields: the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  The skeleton of a shattered school, bare walls of homes stripped of their roofs and vast cornfields drowned in muddy floodwaters: this is the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut as seen from the air. A day after the world's worst storm of the year carved a path of deadly destruction across the northern Philippines' agricultural heartland, AFP was able to fly over some of the damage in Cagayan province. "I saw widespread damage to planted crops, mostly corn.
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| Ex-Trump adviser Flynn could be sentenced as soon as Nov 28: filing Posted: 17 Sep 2018 04:40 PM PDT  "General Flynn is eager to proceed to sentencing," his lawyer Robert Kelner told U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan during a hearing in July. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with Russia, in exchange for cooperating with Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. During that hearing, Kelner agreed with the judge's suggestion that a sentencing hearing could be held within 60 days of the conclusion of Flynn's cooperation with Mueller, rather than the usual 90 days so that the case could be expedited.
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| Five baby squirrels rescued after being found tied together by their tails Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:16 AM PDT  Five infant squirrels have been rescued after being found tied together by their tails. The entanglement is thought to have happened by chance with the giant knot forming as the young greys moved about their nest and each other. Grass, twigs and bits of plastic had also become interwoven into the entanglement.
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| Report links half of Dutch cardinals and bishops to abuse Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A media report linking half of the cardinals and bishops who served in the Netherlands between 1945 and 2010 to abuse cases has drawn the country's Catholic Church into the church's global sex abuse and cover-up scandal.
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| North Carolina Hurricane Shelter Residents Break Into Spontaneous Song Posted: 16 Sep 2018 08:53 AM PDT  Something uplifting out of disaster.
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| Navya already sells fully self-driving cars, including in US Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car Project, plans to launch its first commercial service for self-driving cars later this year, essentially a fully automated ride-hailing service covering about 100 square miles in Phoenix, Arizona. The company is called Navya, and its two self-driving cars currently on sale include the Autonom Shuttle and the smaller Autonom Cab. Navya says its vehicles have been designed for "last mile" travel, i.e.
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| Are we there yet? No bottom in sight for China stocks Posted: 15 Sep 2018 09:34 PM PDT  Shanghai is the world's worst-performing major stock market this year despite respectable corporate earnings, a disconnect which is feeding growing talk that Chinese equities are now a screaming buy. Not so fast, say brokers and analysts, who warn shares have further to fall due to US-China trade squabbling, slowing Chinese economic growth, and a government crackdown on debt that is drying up liquidity. Despite China's still enviable economic growth of over six percent, the Shanghai Composite Index is down 19 percent this year and flirting with levels not seen since late 2014.
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| A Palestinian Has Fatally Stabbed an American-Israeli Activist in the West Bank Posted: 16 Sep 2018 08:20 PM PDT  The victim was identified as Ari Fuld, an outspoken Israel advocate on social media platforms
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| Eli Manning's Face Turns Meme-Worthy In A Hurry Against Cowboys Posted: 17 Sep 2018 08:23 AM PDT  Yet another Dallas Cowboys sack of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning
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| Leading Brazil candidate says he fears electoral fraud Posted: 17 Sep 2018 01:44 PM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — The man leading Brazil's presidential election polls says he is worried that fraud could cost him victory in October, raising questions about whether he would accept defeat.
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| Trump on Twitter (Sept. 17) - Tariffs, Steel Industry, Gag Clauses Posted: 17 Sep 2018 12:55 PM PDT  The following statements were posted to the verified personal Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) The opinions expressed are his own. Reuters has not edited the statements or confirmed their accuracy. @realDonaldTrump : - "A lot of small & medium size enterprises are registering very good profit, sometimes record profits-there stocks are doing very well, low income workers are getting big raises. Obama's Watch." Peter Morici [0601 EDT] - Tariffs have put the U.S. in a very strong bargaining position, with Billions of Dollars, and Jobs, flowing into our Country - and yet cost increases have thus far been almost unnoticeable.
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| Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road' Posted: 16 Sep 2018 10:02 AM PDT ![Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road']( "Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road'") Emmanuel Macron has provoked ridicule and anger by telling an unemployed man that he could find him work "just by crossing the road". The 25-year-old aspiring gardener complained of being unable to find a job when he spoke to the French president during a public open day at the Elysée Palace on Saturday. Mr Macron advised him to change his line of work, saying jobs were readily available in catering or construction. "Hotels, cafés, restaurants, I can find you [work] by crossing the road. They just want people who are ready to work," he said. There's not a single place I go to where they don't say they're looking for people." Industry officials say about 100,000 vacancies in hotel and restaurants need filling in France. They have urged Mr Macron to allow immigrants to take the jobs. But the off-the-cuff remark by Mr Macron, often derided by critics as the "president of the rich", was immediately mocked on social media. Fort de Brégançon: Emmanuel Macron's 'Riviera Camp David' with view of Mediterranean A video of the exchange went viral, prompting a torrent of posts saying that Mr Macron, 40, a former Rothschild banker married to a chocolate heiress, was out of touch. "Completely disconnected from the reality of French people," one post read. "How can someone show that much contempt, lack of empathy and ignorance in just 30 seconds?" said another. The exchange drew furious criticism from opposition parliamentarians. Laurence Rossignol, a Socialist senator and former minister for families, deplored the president's "unfortunate remarks" three days after he announced a plan to wean the French off welfare. Mr Macron's €8 billion "anti-poverty" proposals aim to end the French practice of lavish benefits payments for the poor. Instead, they are to be offered a way out of penury by finding jobs. Mr Macron, who has so far failed to fulfil election pledges to slash unemployment and revive economic growth, is struggling to restore his image after a summer of political scandals and plunging approval ratings. The president came under fire from Left and Right last month for describing the French last month as "Gauls who are resistant to change". The head of Mr Macron's party rejected accusations that his latest remarks showed contempt for the poor. "Is what the president said false? If you go to the Montparnasse area, you won't find that they need workers?" Christophe Castaner said in a TV interview yesterday. "Would you prefer empty words? I prefer a president who speaks the truth."
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| Barn-find Porsche 901 makes post-restoration debut Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:06 AM PDT  An early production run Porsche 901 spent decades rotting away in a barn. After three years of restoration, it's driving again, competing in the Hamburg-Berlin Classic rally
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| Lisa Page: Collusion unproven at time of Mueller appointment Posted: 16 Sep 2018 12:53 PM PDT  According to a transcript reviewed by Fox News, Lisa Page testified that evidence of collusion had not been found at the time of the Mueller appointment; former federal prosecutor Steven Mulroy reacts.
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| US swimmer dies from suspected shark attack: police Posted: 16 Sep 2018 01:56 AM PDT  A swimmer has died from an apparent shark bite off the coast of Massachusetts in the northeastern United States, a police report on the rare incident said. The victim, in his mid-20s, "was bitten by what is believed to be a shark" while he swam at Newcomb Hollow Beach in the Cape Cod area, Wellfleet Police said in a statement Saturday. "The town beaches are closed to swimming for the next 24 hours," the police said.
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| Tesla aims to stop relying on third-party body shops Posted: 17 Sep 2018 12:14 PM PDT  Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested that the company's priorities are shifting towards service via the implementation of collision repairs at in-house body shops. Last year, Tesla attempted to combat frequent complaints about the time taken for collision repairs by adding hundreds of body shops to their network. This required technicians to undergo weeks of training in California and sometimes purchase new equipment specially designed for Tesla models.
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| Texas set to eliminate Hillary Clinton from required state curriculum Posted: 16 Sep 2018 08:57 AM PDT  The Texas Board of Education has voted to eliminate Hillary Clinton and other historical figures from the required curriculum in an effort to "streamline" lessons. The vote does not prevent educators from teaching about Ms Clinton, deaf-blind activist Helen Keller, and Republican Barry Goldwater who was the first Jewish presidential candidate, but it is no longer compulsory for the state's 5.4 million public school students to learn about them. The final vote on the matter is set to take place in November after a period of public consultation.
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| Doomed Palestinian village turns to Europe as last hope Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:49 AM PDT  KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank (AP) — For the anxious Palestinian residents of Khan al-Ahmar, there's little left to do but wait.
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| FEMA Will Test an Emergency System That Lets President Trump Send You Text Alerts Posted: 16 Sep 2018 07:44 AM PDT  The texts will be sent as "Presidential Alerts"
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| Pentagon chief in Skopje over Russia bid 'to sway' name change vote Posted: 17 Sep 2018 08:12 AM PDT  US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Skopje on Monday to throw his support behind a 'yes' vote in Macedonia's upcoming referendum on a name change and to counter "Russian influence" against the move. Slated for September 30, the vote will ask Macedonians whether they want to change the country's name to the Republic of North Macedonia, in a move which could open the door to NATO and EU membership. The referendum follows a landmark agreement between Athens and Skopje in June which sought to break the stalemate that has poisoned their relations since 1991 and hobbled Macedonia's integration with the West.
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| Flooding threatens the Carolinas as Florence is downgraded to a tropical depression Posted: 16 Sep 2018 06:47 AM PDT ![Flooding threatens the Carolinas as Florence is downgraded to a tropical depression]( "Flooding threatens the Carolinas as Florence is downgraded to a tropical depression") A killer storm that left up to 13 people dead weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday, but authorities warned the devastation it caused -- including catastrophic flooding -- is far from over.
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| The Latest: Child swept away by floodwaters Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:33 AM PDT  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local):
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| Coca-Cola is considering marijuana-infused drinks Posted: 17 Sep 2018 02:15 PM PDT  Soda's overrated, so Coca-Cola's looking into weed. Coca-Cola has been eyeing cannabis-infused drinks, according to a statement. The company said Monday that it's "closely watching" the use of CBD in "functional wellness" beverages. SEE ALSO: Hero fights off weed dispensary robbers with a bong "The space is evolving quickly," Coca-Cola spokesman Kent Landers told Bloomberg News. "No decisions have been made at this time." According to a report in BNN Bloomberg, the company is "in talks" with Aurora Cannabis, a Canadian marijuana producer. While sales in sugary sodas have slowed down, Reuters notes that health drinks are on the rise. Unlike THC, the compound in cannabis that causes a high, CBD is non-psychoactive. It is believed to have anti-inflammatory, anti-nausea, anti-seizure effects, and because it doesn't make the user intoxicated, CBD products are marketed as having some of the benefits of cannabis without the intoxication. Since Canada just legalized recreational marijuana, manufacturers have been showing more and more interest in producing cannabis-infused products. Reuters calls it a "testing ground" until the U.S. comes around to legalization. "Entry into a legalized Canadian market allows them to develop and build a brand while not breaking any laws," Bruce Campbell, an investor who's invested in weed producers, told Reuters . If Coca-Cola does go forward with making weed-infused products, it would be the first non-alcoholic manufacturer to make cannabis-related drinks, which would be pretty dank. WATCH: This device will have you ditching your massage therapist
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| How to Trade Options for Income in Your IRA Posted: 17 Sep 2018 07:22 AM PDT ![How to Trade Options for Income in Your IRA]( "How to Trade Options for Income in Your IRA") Retirement investors looking to boost income have an opportunity that probably doesn't come to mind right away -- trading in the options market with strategies like writing covered calls. After all, the standard advice is to play it pretty safe in retirement accounts like IRAs, and options would seem to violate all that. Most options contracts expire worthless, and since they have a fixed expiration date you can't just wait for things to turn around like with stocks and bonds.
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