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701 | Bringing ISIS to justice for war crimes against Yazidis | Nadia | (CNN) Nadia was just 15 when ISIS fighters swarmed into her homeland. She says she was kidnapped bought and sold by men who told her they owned her and repeatedly raped by them.
Three years on the traumatized Yazidi is finally free of her captors but remains trapped in a living nightmare fearing the ISIS militants could still get to her or worse kill members of her family.
The frail 18-year-old former slave doesn't even know if her mother father and brother are still alive.
At a meeting in the Kurdistan region of Iraq she hides behind her cousin one hand clenching her relative's shirt the other holding tight to her own dress. Shell-shocked she cannot remember how many younger siblings she has and struggles to recall their names.
Nadia was kidnapped by ISIS fighters who took over her Yazidi homeland when she was 15.
Nadia (not her real name) was among thousands of Yazidis captured by ISIS in August 2014 when the terror group launched an assault on Sinjar then home to more than half a million members of this minority group.
Nadia and and her older sister Amira were separated from the rest of the family. Their mother was pregnant at the time and Nadia doesn't know where she - or her baby - is now.
It was here Nadia says that she witnessed an incident that still haunts her : ISIS militants took a child away from his mother as she screamed for him. Her captors responded by hitting her on the head. Nadia still doesn't know what happened to the pair at the hands of the terrorists.
"They would tell us we sold you we bought you " she says. "There were days we would wish we would die so no one says they sold us ... Beating and everything else is bearable but not selling."
An Iraqi Kurdish investigator who asked to be identified as Shaima has heard stories like Nadia's dozens of times as she interviews freed Yazidis. "Some of them are eager to tell their story. Some of them are reluctant because they can't go into the details -- it's difficult for them " she says.
From Mosul Nadia and her sister were taken to Syria where Nadia spent a year being moved between Homs Tabqa ISIS' self-declared capital Raqqa and Deir Ezzor.
Nadia says her sister Amira killed herself after she was forced to "marry" an ISIS fighter.
Nadia says she was repeatedly raped at the hands of her kidnappers. Her sister killed herself in captivity.
After her suicide Nadia says she was determined to get away. She and some other Yazidi captives tied their headscarves together to form a rope they used to climb out of the house where they were being held captive.
Sold to a Syrian ISIS fighter Nadia says she became pregnant; to avoid having a child conceived by rape she threw herself from walls and took pills to terminate the pregnancy.
"I did not want it what else could I do?" she asks. | (CNN) [TGT]was just 15 when ISIS fighters swarmed into [TGT] homeland. [TGT] says [TGT] was kidnapped bought and sold by men who told [TGT] they owned [TGT] and repeatedly raped by them.
Three years on the traumatized Yazidi is finally free of her captors but remains trapped in a living nightmare fearing the ISIS militants could still get to her or worse kill members of her family.
The frail 18-year-old former slave doesn't even know if her mother father and brother are still alive.
At a meeting in the Kurdistan region of Iraq she hides behind her cousin one hand clenching her relative's shirt the other holding tight to her own dress. Shell-shocked she cannot remember how many younger siblings she has and struggles to recall their names.
[TGT]was kidnapped by ISIS fighters who took over [TGT] Yazidi homeland when [TGT] was 15.
[TGT] was among thousands of Yazidis captured by ISIS in August 2014 when the terror group launched an assault on Sinjar then home to more than half a million members of this minority group.
[TGT]and and [TGT] older sister Amira were separated from the rest of the family. [TGT] mother was pregnant at the time and [TGT]doesn't know where she - or her baby - is now.
It was here [TGT]says that [TGT] witnessed an incident that still haunts [TGT] : ISIS militants took a child away from his mother as she screamed for him. Her captors responded by hitting her on the head. [TGT]still doesn't know what happened to the pair at the hands of the terrorists.
"They would tell us we sold you we bought you " [TGT] says. "There were days we would wish we would die so no one says they sold us ... Beating and everything else is bearable but not selling."
An Iraqi Kurdish investigator who asked to be identified as Shaima has heard stories like [TGT]'s dozens of times as she interviews freed Yazidis. "Some of them are eager to tell their story. Some of them are reluctant because they can't go into the details -- it's difficult for them " she says.
From Mosul Nadia and her sister were taken to Syria where [TGT]spent a year being moved between Homs Tabqa ISIS' self-declared capital Raqqa and Deir Ezzor.
[TGT]says [TGT] sister Amira killed herself after she was forced to "marry" an ISIS fighter.
[TGT]says [TGT] was repeatedly raped at the hands of [TGT] kidnappers. Her sister killed herself in captivity.
After her suicide Nadia says she was determined to get away. She and some other Yazidi captives tied their headscarves together to form a rope they used to climb out of the house where they were being held captive.
Sold to a Syrian ISIS fighter [TGT]says [TGT] became pregnant; to avoid having a child conceived by rape [TGT] threw herself from walls and took pills to terminate the pregnancy.
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702 | Arkansas Gun Advocate Jan Morgan to Challenge Hutchinson in GOP Primary | Jan Morgan | Jan Morgan an Arkansas gun advocate who declared her firing range a “Muslim Free Zone ” said she will challenge Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the GOP primary in May.
The gun range owner announced her candidacy on New Year’s Eve although Newsweek reported that she had been soliciting campaign contributions via a campaign website earlier in 2017.
In a campaign video Morgan described herself as “a born again Christian a genetically conservative wife mother small business owner [and] certified firearms instructor ” The Independent reported.
“I am committed to fight for you but I can only do so much from the position of citizen activist ” she said. “If you want me to be your voice I need a better position to fight from. Strategically speaking that would be the governor’s seat.”
Morgan drew attention in 2014 after declaring her gun range a “Muslim Free Zone” on social media platforms.
“The Koran (which I have read and studied thoroughly) and (which muslims align themselves with) contains 109 verses commanding hate murder and terror against all human beings who refuse to submit or convert to Islam ” she wrote on her website. | [TGT] ” said she will challenge Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the GOP primary in May.
The gun range owner announced her candidacy on New Year’s Eve although Newsweek reported that she had been soliciting campaign contributions via a campaign website earlier in 2017.
In a campaign video [TGT]described herself as “a born again Christian a genetically conservative wife mother small business owner [and] certified firearms instructor ” The Independent reported.
“I am committed to fight for you but I can only do so much from the position of citizen activist ” she said. “If you want me to be your voice I need a better position to fight from. Strategically speaking that would be the governor’s seat.”
[TGT]drew attention in 2014 after declaring her gun range a “Muslim Free Zone” on social media platforms.
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703 | You should watch 'Fruitvale Station' before watching 'Black Panther' | Oscar Grant | The two first joined forces in an indie film turned critical darling called Fruitvale Station which documented the life of 22-year old Oscar Grant before he was shot and killed by BART police on New Year's Day in 2009. It was a deeply personal gut-wrenching look at Grant's death and it gave a face to a polarizing debate about race and authority in America — humanizing one the biggest national discussions of its time.
If you missed Fruitvale which is highly possible if you're not attuned to Bay Area news or if you don't keep up with film festival darlings it was Coogler's directorial debut that starred Jordan Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. The film served as a biopic that centered on the day before Grant was shot shedding light on his relationships his friends and his past.
The entirety of the movies focuses on the intimate details of his life like his relationship with young daughter or how he 'd recently lost his job. It goes so far as to show how he interacts with strangers like his warm conversations about marriage with a couple he 'd just met or how he runs into the middle of traffic to comfort a dog that'd just been hit by a car.
Oscar Grant's death in 2009 proved to be one of the biggest moments in the debate about police brutality race and authority. It sparked sprawling protests throughout Oakland and became one of the most formative events in that city's recent history. The trial over his death later sparked outrage some arguing that it made Grant's life a political fulcrum including Coogler. | The two first joined forces in an indie film turned critical darling called Fruitvale Station which documented the life of [TGT]before [TGT] was shot and killed by BART police on New Year's Day in 2009. It was a deeply personal gut-wrenching look at [TGT]death and it gave a face to a polarizing debate about race and authority in America — humanizing one the biggest national discussions of its time.
If you missed Fruitvale which is highly possible if you're not attuned to Bay Area news or if you don't keep up with film festival darlings it was Coogler's directorial debut that starred Jordan Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. The film served as a biopic that centered on the day before [TGT]was shot shedding light on [TGT] relationships [TGT] friends and [TGT] past.
The entirety of the movies focuses on the intimate details of his life like his relationship with young daughter or how he 'd recently lost his job. It goes so far as to show how he interacts with strangers like his warm conversations about marriage with a couple he 'd just met or how he runs into the middle of traffic to comfort a dog that'd just been hit by a car.
[TGT] death in 2009 proved to be one of the biggest moments in the debate about police brutality race and authority. It sparked sprawling protests throughout Oakland and became one of the most formative events in that city's recent history. The trial over [TGT] later sparked outrage some arguing that it made [TGT]'s life a political fulcrum including Coogler. | 2Positive
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704 | Five takeaways from the new | LeBron James | It’s all smiles for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers after their roster makeover at the NBA’s trade deadline. (Adam Glanzman/Getty)
The decision to trade Kyrie Irving to the Celtics was the obvious thing people pointed to in talking about Cleveland’s offseason overhaul when this regular season began in October. But the larger issue for the Cavaliers wasn’t the departure of Irving (though it obviously hurt). It was Cleveland deciding to go away from the very thing that made the Cavaliers into the team that dominated the Eastern Conference over the past three years and won a championship in 2016: Surrounding LeBron James with shooters giving him the ball and letting him go to work.
3. LeBron James is happy again
It only took watching the Cavaliers for a few minutes in January to see that James was miserable. His stats were down across the board the team was getting drilled repeatedly and his frustration with the whole situation was clear — to say nothing of the very obvious off-court chemistry issues that were repeatedly bubbling to the surface.
That was what made James ’s performance — and his attitude — Sunday against the Celtics so striking. He was flying off the bench to celebrate the performances of his teammates — most notably on some late three-pointers by Jordan Clarkson to put the game out of reach. He followed up recording triple-doubles in his previous two games with 24 points eight rebounds and 10 assists in 28 minutes as Cleveland won handily and allowed him to rest in the fourth quarter.
And when asked about his new teammates after the game on ABC’s telecast he was effusive in what they can bring to his team.
That’s just slightly different than the mood James had about his teammates a few days ago — and that his teammates had about him . For as much as Cleveland needed to change its mix on the court it needed to change it off the court as well. In doing so the Cavaliers have gotten James back to being happy and motivated again — and succeeding in that gives Cleveland a bigger win than any other team in the NBA at the deadline.
While the Cavaliers now have a roster and rotation that makes sense in the context of what works best for James the moves they made also gave this team a desperately needed shot in the arm of youth and athleticism. | It’s all smiles for [TGT]after [TGT] roster makeover at the NBA’s trade deadline. (Adam Glanzman/Getty)
The decision to trade Kyrie Irving to the Celtics was the obvious thing people pointed to in talking about Cleveland’s offseason overhaul when this regular season began in October. But the larger issue for the Cavaliers wasn’t the departure of Irving (though it obviously hurt). It was Cleveland deciding to go away from the very thing that made the Cavaliers into the team that dominated the Eastern Conference over the past three years and won a championship in 2016: Surrounding [TGT]with shooters giving [TGT] the ball and letting [TGT] go to work.
3. [TGT]is happy again
It only took watching the Cavaliers for a few minutes in January to see that [TGT]was miserable. [TGT] stats were down across the board the team was getting drilled repeatedly and [TGT] frustration with the whole situation was clear — to say nothing of the very obvious off-court chemistry issues that were repeatedly bubbling to the surface.
That was what made [TGT] ’s performance — and [TGT] attitude — Sunday against the Celtics so striking. [TGT] was flying off the bench to celebrate the performances of [TGT] teammates — most notably on some late three-pointers by Jordan Clarkson to put the game out of reach. [TGT] followed up recording triple-doubles in [TGT] previous two games with 24 points eight rebounds and 10 assists in 28 minutes as Cleveland won handily and allowed [TGT] to rest in the fourth quarter.
And when asked about [TGT] new teammates after the game on ABC’s telecast [TGT] was effusive in what they can bring to [TGT] team.
That’s just slightly different than the mood James had about his teammates a few days ago — and that his teammates had about him . For as much as Cleveland needed to change its mix on the court it needed to change it off the court as well. In doing so the Cavaliers have gotten James back to being happy and motivated again — and succeeding in that gives Cleveland a bigger win than any other team in the NBA at the deadline.
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705 | Tesla raises borrowing capacity for car leases to $1.1 billion | Tesla | (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) said on Friday it has increased its borrowing capacity for a car lease program to $1.1 billion from $600 million.
The move comes as the electric car maker spends heavily to fix production bottlenecks of its new Model 3 sedan.
The company increased the borrowing capacity under certain warehouse agreements the company said in a filing. (bit.ly/2yx2P58) A spokesman said it was related to Tesla 's car lease program.
In August Tesla said it would raise about $1.5 billion through its first-ever offering of junk bonds as it seeks fresh sources of cash to ramp up production of its new Model 3 sedan. | (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) said on Friday it has increased its borrowing capacity for a car lease program to $1.1 billion from $600 million.
The move comes as the electric car maker spends heavily to fix production bottlenecks of its new Model 3 sedan.
The company increased the borrowing capacity under certain warehouse agreements the company said in a filing. (bit.ly/2yx2P58) A spokesman said it was related to Tesla 's car lease program.
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706 | How much is the GOP willing to sacrifice? (opinion) | Roy Moore | (CNN) This Tuesday the GOP faces a defining moment. With Donald Trump in the White House and the possibility of Roy Moore in the Senate the nation is watching closely to see whether the GOP is becoming the party of the GOB -- the good old boys.
While some Senate elections are just about the politics of a state Moore 's victory would leave a huge imprint on the way that voters perceive the Republican Party for years to come. It could easily affect the 2018 and 2020 elections.
He has no respect for the separation between church and state. Moore was removed as chief justice when he refused to dismantle the Ten Commandments monument he had installed in the Alabama Judicial Building. Like President Trump he was one of the birthers who falsely claimed that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and thus his presidency was illegitimate.
In 2006 Moore responded to the election of Keith Ellison the first Muslim-American elected to Congress by stating that Ellison shouldn't be able to take his seat.
During his campaign Moore has referred to Native Americans and Asian-Americans as "reds and yellows." And when an African-American at a rally asked when America was "great " Moore responded : "I think it was great at the time when families were united -- even though we had slavery -- they cared for one another. ... Our families were strong our country had a direction."
Moore even said that 9/11 might have happened because Americans were not religious enough; God was unhappy that "we legitimize sodomy" and "legitimize abortion."
With Trump as President and Moore as a senator Democrats would have a strong case to make about the GOP jumping deep into the world of identity politics: defining itself through one caricature version of the identity of the white male non-college educated voter.
It will become harder for members of the GOP to argue that the party is best suited to lead a nation that has become more pluralistic more diverse and culturally liberal than ever before. If the Republicans want any moral high ground on cultural questions it will be much more difficult to claim it with Moore as one of the faces of the party.
And it looks as though Moore is very much in the race despite everything that we have learned. Democratic competitor Doug Jones has only a slim lead over Moore .
Why is it that Moore might pull this off? Why would the Republican Party be taking this kind of risk? It is easy to blame Jones for running a lackluster campaign but in fact he has offered the kind of candidacy and campaign that political analysts have been calling for. He is a white male a centrist concerned about a strong middle-class economy a gun-toting Democrat and at the same time someone with impeccable credentials on civil rights -- as a US attorney he successfully prosecuted Ku Klux Klan members for a church bombing in 1963.
JUST WATCHED How will Alabama vote in Moore vs. Jones race? Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH How will Alabama vote in Moore vs. Jones race? 04:44
Though many prominent Republicans have denounced Moore 's candidacy -- Sen. Jeff Flake even sent a check to the Jones campaign -- key parts of the Republican Party have fallen behind him. This is essential to why victory is possible. Most importantly President Trump has now endorsed Moore . "Go get 'em Roy!" he reportedly said at the end of their phone conversation on Monday morning.
Trump who said he would not campaign for Moore held a rally in Florida -- less than 30 miles from the Alabama border -- on Friday. "The future of the country cannot afford to lose a seat in the very very close United States Senate " Trump said during the rally. "We need somebody in that Senate seat who will vote for our Make America Great Again agenda. So get out and vote for Roy Moore ."
Last Monday the Republican National Committee rejoined Moore's campaign to move him toward victory after cutting ties with him because of the sexual assault accusations. Stephen Bannon the executive chairman of Breitbart News who now must be considered a power broker in the party as a result of his work on Trump's campaign and in his administration has aggressively campaigned for Moore as one of his "anti-establishment" candidates.
The fact is that large portions of the Republican leadership are now comfortable with someone like Moore standing within their tent. It is fallacious to paint him as an outsider since this campaign proves that the Republican Party has changed and there is sufficient room for these kinds of extremist elements to be welcomed into its ranks.
It is not surprising that the Moore campaign continues to remind voters in its advertisements about Moore 's strong opposition to abortion -- a key issue for conservatives. The appeal to voters is that all his "peccadillos " as they seem to dismiss them as being are forgivable if they allow Republicans to retain the seat. As Ron Brownstein has perceptively argued a Moore victory would come down to his retaining the support of white women who have no college education and who will hold their noses and vote for Moore despite his record with women. | (CNN) This Tuesday the GOP faces a defining moment. With Donald Trump in the White House and the possibility of Roy Moore in the Senate the nation is watching closely to see whether the GOP is becoming the party of the GOB -- the good old boys.
While some Senate elections are just about the politics of a state [TGT] 's victory would leave a huge imprint on the way that voters perceive the Republican Party for years to come. It could easily affect the 2018 and 2020 elections.
He has no respect for the separation between church and state. [TGT]was removed as chief justice when [TGT] refused to dismantle the Ten Commandments monument [TGT] had installed in the Alabama Judicial Building. Like President Trump he was one of the birthers who falsely claimed that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and thus his presidency was illegitimate.
In 2006 [TGT]responded to the election of Keith Ellison the first Muslim-American elected to Congress by stating that Ellison shouldn't be able to take his seat.
During [TGT]has referred to Native Americans and Asian-Americans as "reds and yellows." And when an African-American at a rally asked when America was "great " Moore responded : "I think it was great at the time when families were united -- even though we had slavery -- they cared for one another. ... Our families were strong our country had a direction."
[TGT]even said that 9/11 might have happened because Americans were not religious enough; God was unhappy that "we legitimize sodomy" and "legitimize abortion."
With Trump as President and Moore as a senator Democrats would have a strong case to make about the GOP jumping deep into the world of identity politics: defining itself through one caricature version of the identity of the white male non-college educated voter.
It will become harder for members of the GOP to argue that the party is best suited to lead a nation that has become more pluralistic more diverse and culturally liberal than ever before. If the Republicans want any moral high ground on cultural questions it will be much more difficult to claim it with [TGT]as one of the faces of the party.
And it looks as though [TGT]is very much in the race despite everything that we have learned. Democratic competitor Doug Jones has only a slim lead over [TGT] .
Why is it that [TGT]might pull this off? Why would the Republican Party be taking this kind of risk? It is easy to blame Jones for running a lackluster campaign but in fact he has offered the kind of candidacy and campaign that political analysts have been calling for. He is a white male a centrist concerned about a strong middle-class economy a gun-toting Democrat and at the same time someone with impeccable credentials on civil rights -- as a US attorney he successfully prosecuted Ku Klux Klan members for a church bombing in 1963.
JUST WATCHED How will Alabama vote in [TGT]vs. Jones race? Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH How will Alabama vote in [TGT]vs. Jones race? 04:44
Though many prominent Republicans have denounced Moore 's candidacy -- Sen. Jeff Flake even sent a check to the Jones campaign -- key parts of the Republican Party have fallen behind him. This is essential to why victory is possible. Most importantly President Trump has now endorsed [TGT]. "Go get [TGT] Roy!" [TGT] reportedly said at the end of their phone conversation on Monday morning.
Trump who said he would not campaign for [TGT]held a rally in Florida -- less than 30 miles from the Alabama border -- on Friday. "The future of the country cannot afford to lose a seat in the very very close United States Senate " Trump said during the rally. "We need somebody in that Senate seat who will vote for our Make America Great Again agenda. So get out and vote for [TGT] ."
Last Monday the Republican National Committee rejoined [TGT]'s campaign to move [TGT] toward victory after cutting ties with [TGT] because of the sexual assault accusations. Stephen Bannon the executive chairman of Breitbart News who now must be considered a power broker in the party as a result of [TGT] work on Trump's campaign and in [TGT] administration has aggressively campaigned for Moore as one of [TGT] "anti-establishment" candidates.
The fact is that large portions of the Republican leadership are now comfortable with someone like [TGT]standing within their tent. It is fallacious to paint [TGT] as an outsider since this campaign proves that the Republican Party has changed and there is sufficient room for these kinds of extremist elements to be welcomed into its ranks.
It is not surprising that [TGT] continues to remind voters in [TGT] advertisements about [TGT] 's strong opposition to abortion -- a key issue for conservatives. The appeal to voters is that all his "peccadillos " as they seem to dismiss them as being are forgivable if they allow Republicans to retain the seat. As Ron Brownstein has perceptively argued a [TGT] would come down to [TGT] retaining the support of white women who have no college education and who will hold their noses and vote for [TGT]despite [TGT] record with women. | 0Negative
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707 | Las Vegas shooting victim slammed with death threats | Braden Matejka | Braden Matejka barely escaped the Route 91 Harvest festival with his life after Stephen Paddock fired a barrage of bullets from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino down on the outdoor concert below. The 64-year-old gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds more Matejka among them.
“You are a lying piece of s--- and I hope someone truly shoots you in the head ” one person wrote to Matejka on Facebook in the days after the worst shooting in modern U.S. history.
Amanda Homulos right hugs her boyfriend Braden Matejka at the Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas Wednesday Oct. 4 2017. (Robert Ray/AP)
Matejka’s family told the Guardian people have also taken to making memes with his photos and pairing them with crude captions. The shooting survivor was forced to shut down his social media accounts but his loved ones are still being targeted by those who believe the deadly incident was a hoax.
Matejka traveled to the festival from his native Canada with girlfriend Amanda Homulos to celebrate his 30th birthday.
When the gunfire broke out Matejka was knocked to the ground after a bullet struck him the head. Homulos who was not injured was able to make it inside the car of another concertgoer who drove them to the hospital.
Las Vegas victim wakes up from coma after getting shot in head | [TGT]barely escaped the Route 91 Harvest festival with [TGT] life after Stephen Paddock fired a barrage of bullets from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino down on the outdoor concert below. The 64-year-old gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds more [TGT]among them.
“You are a lying piece of s--- and I hope someone truly shoots you in the head ” one person wrote to Matejka on Facebook in the days after the worst shooting in modern U.S. history.
Amanda Homulos right hugs her boyfriend [TGT]. (Robert Ray/AP)
Matejka’s family told the Guardian people have also taken to making memes with his photos and pairing them with crude captions. The shooting survivor was forced to shut down his social media accounts but his loved ones are still being targeted by those who believe the deadly incident was a hoax.
[TGT]traveled to the festival from [TGT] native Canada with girlfriend Amanda Homulos to celebrate [TGT] 30th birthday.
When the gunfire broke out [TGT]was knocked to the ground after a bullet struck [TGT] the head. Homulos who was not injured was able to make it inside the car of another concertgoer who drove them to the hospital.
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708 | Working On Thanksgiving? Reasons To Be Grateful : NPR | JENNIFER LUDDEN | JENNIFER LUDDEN HOST:
LUDDEN : Now does your family kind of resent this or are they OK?
LUDDEN : I see.
LUDDEN : Right. Now you - to be fair the news business is a lot different from the retail business. I mean probably more a quiet day for you; you're kind of trying to gin up some news on Thanksgiving aside from the turkeys. It's kind of different.
LUDDEN : Let 's get a caller in on the line here. We've got J.D. in Woodstock Virginia. Hi J.D.
LUDDEN : Good. Go right ahead.
LUDDEN : A-ha. You don't get a day off do you?
LUDDEN : So you try to give yourself a little something to make the most of it ?
LUDDEN : All right.
LUDDEN : All right. Well J.D. thanks for sharing. I appreciate it and Happy Thanksgiving.
LUDDEN : All right. We've got a few emails here. Liz writes in: I worked for a retail job for a while and Black Friday was mandatory to keep your job. My family was upset that I had to leave early from or missed gatherings. In fact this is the first Thanksgiving I'll get to go in the past three years. However the customers for the early shift were cheerful courteous and not yet exhausted and stressed. It was not the worse sales day of the year. And if it were optional I would take the extra hours and extra pay since I don't have kids of my own. It's much harder for people with families to care for.
LUDDEN : So is that what you mean by making adjustments? You kind of shift it to the day before?
LUDDEN : There you go. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. And we have another caller Mike in Cincinnati Ohio. Hi Mike.
LUDDEN : Good. What's your story?
LUDDEN : And let's get another call here. Dan is in Chicago. Hi Dan.
LUDDEN : Go right ahead. | [TGT] HOST:
LUDDEN : Now does your family kind of resent this or are they OK?
LUDDEN : I see.
LUDDEN : Right. Now you - to be fair the news business is a lot different from the retail business. I mean probably more a quiet day for you; you're kind of trying to gin up some news on Thanksgiving aside from the turkeys. It's kind of different.
LUDDEN : Let 's get a caller in on the line here. We've got J.D. in Woodstock Virginia. Hi J.D.
LUDDEN : Good. Go right ahead.
LUDDEN : A-ha. You don't get a day off do you?
LUDDEN : So you try to give yourself a little something to make the most of it ?
LUDDEN : All right.
LUDDEN : All right. Well J.D. thanks for sharing. I appreciate it and Happy Thanksgiving.
LUDDEN : All right. We've got a few emails here. Liz writes in: I worked for a retail job for a while and Black Friday was mandatory to keep your job. My family was upset that I had to leave early from or missed gatherings. In fact this is the first Thanksgiving I'll get to go in the past three years. However the customers for the early shift were cheerful courteous and not yet exhausted and stressed. It was not the worse sales day of the year. And if it were optional I would take the extra hours and extra pay since I don't have kids of my own. It's much harder for people with families to care for.
LUDDEN : So is that what you mean by making adjustments? You kind of shift it to the day before?
LUDDEN : There you go. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. And we have another caller Mike in Cincinnati Ohio. Hi Mike.
LUDDEN : Good. What's your story?
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709 | Catalonia referendum: After violence Spain's Rajoy sets stage for bigger battle | Mariano Rajoy | But Madrid had little interest in any exercise of Catalan self-determination. In a speech Sunday evening Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy pinned the blame for what happened on Catalan secessionists who engineered the confrontation by staging what Madrid deems an illegal vote. “Today there has not been a self-determination referendum in Catalonia ” Rajoy declared. “The rule of law remains in force with all its strength.”
But although Rajoy thwarted the immediate prospect of independence he — not his Catalan opponents — looks like the day's big loser. His government took a heavy-handed line with Catalonia's secessionists in the buildup to the vote and Rajoy is being slammed by opponents both inside Catalonia and elsewhere for making a mess of the proceedings.
“Rajoy faces an extraordinarily difficult task. He is adamant that it is his government’s fundamental duty to uphold the law and preserve the integrity of the Spanish state ” wrote Tony Barber of the Financial Times. “Yet the police’s use on Sunday of batons and rubber bullets to disrupt the referendum risks deepening the confrontation and putting off the moment when Madrid and the Catalonian authorities sit down to find a way out of the impasse.”
Critics say Rajoy 's own right-wing nationalist politics made it impossible to deal with Catalan secessionists a coalition of pro-independence factions who came to power in 2015 regional elections and swiftly signaled their intent to stage the referendum. From the outset Rajoy treated their aspirations as both illegal and intolerable.
Rajoy probably has little time for Puigdemont's proclamation. The prime minister built his political reputation in the mid-2000s by fiercely opposing a Catalan charter for greater autonomy which a Socialist government in Madrid at the time had agreed to and was later ratified by a referendum in Catalonia. In 2010 a Spanish constitutional court struck down a series of key provisions in that charter based on an appeal filed by Rajoy 's center-right People's Party. That in turn kicked off Catalan rumblings toward independence.
But Rajoy is also on rocky ground in Madrid where he presides over a fragile minority government in parliament.
Pablo Iglesias leader of the left-wing Podemos party tweeted against the “repressive strategy” of Rajoy and his allies warning that it has “deteriorated democracy and coexistence [in Spain] to unprecedented limits.” Pedro Sánchez of the center-left Socialists called for political negotiations and seemed to blame Rajoy for not seeking talks earlier saying that “doing nothing is the worst way of solving any problem.”
Now though the political conversation is far more polarized. A tense standoff is in the cards in the coming weeks with the possibility of further protests and mass strikes rocking Catalonia. Rajoy will have to own the crisis and his opponents already have one idea of how he should do so.
“ He is a coward who does not live up to his state responsibilities ” said Ada Colau Barcelona's mayor. “As a result he must resign.” | But Madrid had little interest in any exercise of Catalan self-determination. In a speech Sunday evening [TGT]pinned the blame for what happened on Catalan secessionists who engineered the confrontation by staging what Madrid deems an illegal vote. “Today there has not been a self-determination referendum in Catalonia ” [TGT]declared. “The rule of law remains in force with all its strength.”
But although [TGT]thwarted the immediate prospect of independence [TGT] — not [TGT] Catalan opponents — looks like the day's big loser. His government took a heavy-handed line with Catalonia's secessionists in the buildup to the vote and [TGT]is being slammed by opponents both inside Catalonia and elsewhere for making a mess of the proceedings.
“Rajoy faces an extraordinarily difficult task. He is adamant that it is his government’s fundamental duty to uphold the law and preserve the integrity of the Spanish state ” wrote Tony Barber of the Financial Times. “Yet the police’s use on Sunday of batons and rubber bullets to disrupt the referendum risks deepening the confrontation and putting off the moment when Madrid and the Catalonian authorities sit down to find a way out of the impasse.”
Critics say Rajoy 's own right-wing nationalist politics made it impossible to deal with Catalan secessionists a coalition of pro-independence factions who came to power in 2015 regional elections and swiftly signaled their intent to stage the referendum. From the outset Rajoy treated their aspirations as both illegal and intolerable.
Rajoy probably has little time for Puigdemont's proclamation. The prime minister built his political reputation in the mid-2000s by fiercely opposing a Catalan charter for greater autonomy which a Socialist government in Madrid at the time had agreed to and was later ratified by a referendum in Catalonia. In 2010 a Spanish constitutional court struck down a series of key provisions in that charter based on an appeal filed by Rajoy 's center-right People's Party. That in turn kicked off Catalan rumblings toward independence.
But Rajoy is also on rocky ground in Madrid where he presides over a fragile minority government in parliament.
Pablo Iglesias leader of the left-wing Podemos party tweeted against the “repressive strategy” of Rajoy and his allies warning that it has “deteriorated democracy and coexistence [in Spain] to unprecedented limits.” Pedro Sánchez of the center-left Socialists called for political negotiations and seemed to blame Rajoy for not seeking talks earlier saying that “doing nothing is the worst way of solving any problem.”
Now though the political conversation is far more polarized. A tense standoff is in the cards in the coming weeks with the possibility of further protests and mass strikes rocking Catalonia. Rajoy will have to own the crisis and his opponents already have one idea of how he should do so.
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710 | DR. SAMADI: 3 simple ways to prevent prostate problems | Samadi | Dr. Samadi: What to do if your sex drive is stuck in low gear
Dr. Samadi: 12 early signs of cancer men should never ignore
Dr. Samadi: Know the difference between BPH and prostate cancer
Dr. Samadi is a board-certified urologic oncologist trained in open and traditional and laparoscopic surgery and is an expert in robotic prostate surgery. He is chairman of urology chief of robotic surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. He is a medical contributor for the Fox News Channel's Medical A-Team. Follow Dr. Samadi on Twitter Instagram Pintrest SamadiMD.com davidsamadiwiki davidsamadibio and Facebook. | Dr. Samadi: What to do if your sex drive is stuck in low gear
[TGT]: 12 early signs of cancer men should never ignore
[TGT]: Know the difference between BPH and prostate cancer
[TGT]is a board-certified urologic oncologist trained in open and traditional and laparoscopic surgery and is an expert in robotic prostate surgery. [TGT] is chairman of urology chief of robotic surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. [TGT] is a medical contributor for the Fox News Channel's Medical A-Team. Follow Dr. Samadi on Twitter Instagram Pintrest SamadiMD.com davidsamadiwiki davidsamadibio and Facebook. | 2Positive
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711 | New Yorkers get millions after winning scratch | Yolanda Vega | Yolanda Vega (r.) presents prize money to New York Lottery winner from Long Island Leelawatie Pittam (l.) inside Resorts World Casino on Tuesday Nov. 28 2017 in Queens New York. (Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News)
“You gotta keep playing ” he said. “You gotta be in it to win it.”
He wasn’t the only lucky winner announced Tuesday.
She was equally excited to meet Yolanda Vega the lottery official who hands winners their oversized checks. | [TGT] (r.) presents prize money to New York Lottery winner from Long Island Leelawatie Pittam (l.) inside Resorts World Casino on Tuesday Nov. 28 2017 in Queens New York. (Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News)
“You gotta keep playing ” he said. “You gotta be in it to win it.”
He wasn’t the only lucky winner announced Tuesday.
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712 | A little late but Ohio State makes its case in Cotton Bowl win over USC | Meyer | Mark the Buckeyes 73-8 in six seasons under Coach Urban Meyer . Mark them as probably the best team outside the big ol’ 2017 playoff even if they did take that notorious 55-24 splat at Iowa. Mark them 12-2 for the season and notice how they ’ve collected two bowl wins — the 2015 Fiesta against Notre Dame and the 2017 Cotton against Southern California — as signs of an ability to combat the bummer of narrow playoff exclusion.
“A very healthy program ” Meyer called it.
That happened of course in ancient times but the Trojans’ intermittent string had extended through Ohio State coaches Woody Hayes Earle Bruce John Cooper and Jim Tressel before Meyer ’s bunch finally snuffed it out.
The elite coach and his sixth team did so in front of another swarm of Ohio State fans in an AT&T Stadium that did have empty upper sections but did welcome 67 510. They did it in a building of fond memories site of their national championship of three Januarys ago. Along the way they looked superior if not crushingly so and even without their prized senior cornerback Denzel Ward who followed the trickling recent-years fashion of skipping bowl games while eyeing the NFL draft. If these two conference champions who suffered obliterations this season — Ohio State at Iowa and USC at Notre Dame — still felt mad at the selection committee choosing conference non-champion Alabama then Ohio State channeled better its anger.
“We just had some a lot of not-very-many dry eyes in the locker room ” Meyer said.
By the semi-dreary end when the last Darnold pass sailed wide of everything and plunked down the night had sustained a Meyer era inarguably strong even if Ohio State fans never have seemed the type to go around chanting “We’re number five.” | Mark the Buckeyes 73-8 in six seasons under [TGT] . Mark them as probably the best team outside the big ol’ 2017 playoff even if they did take that notorious 55-24 splat at Iowa. Mark them 12-2 for the season and notice how they ’ve collected two bowl wins — the 2015 Fiesta against Notre Dame and the 2017 Cotton against Southern California — as signs of an ability to combat the bummer of narrow playoff exclusion.
“A very healthy program ” [TGT] called it.
That happened of course in ancient times but the Trojans’ intermittent string had extended through Ohio State coaches Woody Hayes Earle Bruce John Cooper and Jim Tressel before [TGT] ’s bunch finally snuffed it out.
The elite coach and [TGT] sixth team did so in front of another swarm of Ohio State fans in an AT&T Stadium that did have empty upper sections but did welcome 67 510. They did it in a building of fond memories site of their national championship of three Januarys ago. Along the way they looked superior if not crushingly so and even without their prized senior cornerback Denzel Ward who followed the trickling recent-years fashion of skipping bowl games while eyeing the NFL draft. If these two conference champions who suffered obliterations this season — Ohio State at Iowa and USC at Notre Dame — still felt mad at the selection committee choosing conference non-champion Alabama then Ohio State channeled better its anger.
“We just had some a lot of not-very-many dry eyes in the locker room ” [TGT] said.
By the semi-dreary end when the last Darnold pass sailed wide of everything and plunked down the night had sustained a [TGT] era inarguably strong even if Ohio State fans never have seemed the type to go around chanting “We’re number five.” | 2Positive
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713 | Jimmy Kimmel is thrilled the GOP health | Jimmy Kimmel | Jimmy Kimmel (image from YouTube)
ABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel isn’t likely to stop talking about health care anytime soon — especially after the harrowing surgery experience with his infant son Billy and the massive response he ’s received from viewers. But he did reach some closure on Tuesday night.
“Thank you for joining us on a day of great relief for many millions of Americans. Because the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill a bill I’ve been speaking out against all week we got news today — it shall not pass ” Kimmel said triumphantly as his audience broke into loud applause. “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to pull the plug this afternoon because they didn’t have the votes. Officially now Graham-Cassidy is dead. I haven’t been this excited about something being dead since Bin Laden.”
Last week Kimmel delivered several scorch-earth monologues about the bill co-sponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La). In May after Kimmel ’s emotional story about his son and plea to help other families afford health care Cassidy appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Cassidy said he would oppose a health-care bill in which people with preexisting conditions were not protected or had lifetime caps for insurance companies and nicknamed some of his guidelines “the Jimmy Kimmel test.”
[ Jimmy Kimmel gets heated about health-care bill says Sen. Bill Cassidy ‘lied right to my face’]
When Kimmel discovered the Cassidy-Graham bill did not meet those requirements he accused Cassidy of lying to his face. Cassidy shot back that Kimmel simply didn’t understand. Kimmel doubled down and his monologues went viral. On Tuesday Kimmel credited Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for saying they would vote “no” on the bill.
“On behalf of my family especially my son Billy I want to sincerely thank those of you who called your representatives and made your voices heard and got involved ” Kimmel told his viewers.
Kimmel wasn’t finished though and quickly directed some ire toward President Trump who criticized McCain in a tweet on Tuesday.
“I bet the walls in the Oval Office are filled with dozens of tiny little fist holes today ” Kimmel said and mocked Trump’s use of “my oh my.” “He’s so mad he’s turned into Scarlett O’Hara.
“And by the way McCain didn’t even flip-flop ” Kimmel continued. “He’s still in favor of repealing and replacing just not repealing and replacing with a flaming bag of dog crap. And the idea that Donald Trump would criticize anyone for changing his position is very rich. It’s definitely richer than he is. Donald Trump has more flip-flops than a Jimmy Buffett concert. No one contradicts himself more.”
He showed a brief video of some of Trump’s past statements in various TV interviews. (“In many ways I identify more as a Democrat.” “I won’t have time to play golf.” “If I decide to run for office I’ll produce my tax returns.”) “His memory is shorter than his fingers ” Kimmel said.
Kimmel ended with some advice to Congress adding that “we need a system that provides quality affordable health care to every American” and although Obamacare is a start it’s certainly not perfect.
Thanks to all who stood up and spoke out from this happy guy and his less-fortunate friends #GoodbyeGrahamCassidy pic.twitter.com/8QyavZElxu — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 26 2017
How Jimmy Kimmel of all people became one of the most influential voices on health care
How well does Jimmy Kimmel really understand the GOP health-care bill?
Jimmy Kimmel slams critics of his emotional health-care plea calls out Newt Gingrich | [TGT] (image from YouTube)
ABC’s late-night host [TGT] isn’t likely to stop talking about health care anytime soon — especially after the harrowing surgery experience with his infant son Billy and the massive response he ’s received from viewers. But he did reach some closure on Tuesday night.
“Thank you for joining us on a day of great relief for many millions of Americans. Because the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill a bill I’ve been speaking out against all week we got news today — it shall not pass ” [TGT]said triumphantly as [TGT] audience broke into loud applause. “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to pull the plug this afternoon because they didn’t have the votes. Officially now Graham-Cassidy is dead. I haven’t been this excited about something being dead since Bin Laden.”
Last week [TGT]delivered several scorch-earth monologues about the bill co-sponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La). In May after [TGT] ’s emotional story about his son and plea to help other families afford health care Cassidy appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Cassidy said he would oppose a health-care bill in which people with preexisting conditions were not protected or had lifetime caps for insurance companies and nicknamed some of his guidelines “the [TGT]test.”
[ [TGT]gets heated about health-care bill says Sen. Bill Cassidy ‘lied right to my face’]
When [TGT]discovered the Cassidy-Graham bill did not meet those requirements he accused Cassidy of lying to his face. Cassidy shot back that [TGT]simply didn’t understand. [TGT]doubled down and [TGT] monologues went viral. On Tuesday [TGT]credited Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for saying they would vote “no” on the bill.
“On behalf of my family especially my son Billy I want to sincerely thank those of you who called your representatives and made your voices heard and got involved ” [TGT]told [TGT] viewers.
[TGT]wasn’t finished though and quickly directed some ire toward President Trump who criticized McCain in a tweet on Tuesday.
“I bet the walls in the Oval Office are filled with dozens of tiny little fist holes today ” [TGT]said and mocked Trump’s use of “my oh my.” “He’s so mad he’s turned into Scarlett O’Hara.
“And by the way McCain didn’t even flip-flop ” [TGT]continued. “He’s still in favor of repealing and replacing just not repealing and replacing with a flaming bag of dog crap. And the idea that Donald Trump would criticize anyone for changing his position is very rich. It’s definitely richer than he is. Donald Trump has more flip-flops than a Jimmy Buffett concert. No one contradicts himself more.”
He showed a brief video of some of Trump’s past statements in various TV interviews. (“In many ways I identify more as a Democrat.” “I won’t have time to play golf.” “If I decide to run for office I’ll produce my tax returns.”) “His memory is shorter than his fingers ” [TGT]said.
[TGT]ended with some advice to Congress adding that [TGT] need a system that provides quality affordable health care to every American” and although Obamacare is a start it’s certainly not perfect.
Thanks to all who stood up and spoke out from this happy guy and his less-fortunate friends #GoodbyeGrahamCassidy pic.twitter.com/8QyavZElxu — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 26 2017
How Jimmy Kimmel of all people became one of the most influential voices on health care
How well does [TGT]really understand the GOP health-care bill?
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714 | Most passionate Giants fan of all time weighs in on this season | Ron Freiman | It came from a Post reader named Ron Freiman who’d seen my Sunday column advancing the Giants-49ers game. In it I referred to this tenuous time for Giants fans as approaching the low-point days of the 1978 revolt by season ticket holders which included ticket burning and an airplane banner flown over Giants Stadium reading: “15 Years of Lousy Football — We’ve Had Enough.’’
Freiman recalled the catalyst to his becoming the leader of that ’78 fan revolt as “sitting at that Philadelphia game when they had the fumble and I couldn’t get up from my seat I was so stunned. It was a victory that they just threw away.’’
The day after The Fumble Freiman purchased a display ad in the Newark Star-Ledger for $120 that included a post office box urging angry fans to send their tickets in.
“We’ll burn them and they’ll play in front of an empty stadium ’’ Freiman said.
“Hundreds of people sent their tickets to be burned ’’ Freiman said. “I was totally baffled by the reaction. There were a lot of disappointed fans … as I’m sure there are now.’’
The famous airplane banner came the following Sunday. Freiman said he and another season-ticket holder named Peter Valentine an attorney arranged the plane flyover.
“[Valentine] knew somebody who had this [plane-rental] service and we decided ‘Let’s fly this thing around and see what happens ’ ’’ Freiman recalled. “It caused quite a stir … and it did some good because they got rid of a lot of people and they still talk about it.’’
Freiman said he later met Young at a luncheon at the old Giants hangout Manny’s in Moonachie N.J.
“He knew I was the guy who did it so I wasn’t looked upon too well by Giants management ’’ Freiman said with a laugh. “I sent the ashes from the ticket burning to Wellington Mara in a urinal one of those hospital bedpans and I don’t think they took very kindly to that. It’s probably still sitting up in their offices.
Though he said he’s “still an enthusiastic fan ’’ Freiman said he doesn’t get as riled up about the Giants’ failures as he once did in his season-ticket days.
“It doesn’t bother me now the way it bothered me 40 years ago ’’ he said. “But I know there are other people that are really upset by it now. I can understand how they feel about it.’’ | It came from a Post reader named [TGT] who’d seen my Sunday column advancing the Giants-49ers game. In it I referred to this tenuous time for Giants fans as approaching the low-point days of the 1978 revolt by season ticket holders which included ticket burning and an airplane banner flown over Giants Stadium reading: “15 Years of Lousy Football — We’ve Had Enough.’’
Freiman recalled the catalyst to his becoming the leader of that ’78 fan revolt as “sitting at that Philadelphia game when they had the fumble and I couldn’t get up from my seat I was so stunned. It was a victory that they just threw away.’’
The day after The Fumble Freiman purchased a display ad in the Newark Star-Ledger for $120 that included a post office box urging angry fans to send their tickets in.
“We’ll burn them and they’ll play in front of an empty stadium ’’ Freiman said.
“Hundreds of people sent their tickets to be burned ’’ Freiman said. “I was totally baffled by the reaction. There were a lot of disappointed fans … as I’m sure there are now.’’
The famous airplane banner came the following Sunday. Freiman said he and another season-ticket holder named Peter Valentine an attorney arranged the plane flyover.
“[Valentine] knew somebody who had this [plane-rental] service and we decided ‘Let’s fly this thing around and see what happens ’ ’’ Freiman recalled. “It caused quite a stir … and it did some good because they got rid of a lot of people and they still talk about it.’’
Freiman said he later met Young at a luncheon at the old Giants hangout Manny’s in Moonachie N.J.
“He knew I was the guy who did it so I wasn’t looked upon too well by Giants management ’’ Freiman said with a laugh. “I sent the ashes from the ticket burning to Wellington Mara in a urinal one of those hospital bedpans and I don’t think they took very kindly to that. It’s probably still sitting up in their offices.
Though he said he’s “still an enthusiastic fan ’’ Freiman said he doesn’t get as riled up about the Giants’ failures as he once did in his season-ticket days.
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715 | Trump's tweeted choice for Florida governor enters the race | Ron DeSantis | Ron DeSantis joins a crowded field seeking to replace Republican Gov. Rick Scott who leaves office in 2019 due to term limits. Trump tweeted last month that DeSantis is a "brilliant young leader" who "would make a GREAT governor. He loves our Country and is a true FIGHTER!"
DeSantis made his announcement on Fox News and made sure to mention the Trump endorsement.
"With the support of the president I'm in a position to exercise the leadership that can build on the great work that Gov. Rick Scott has done to advance economic opportunity reform education and drain the swamp in Tallahassee which needs to be drained just like Washington " DeSantis said.
DeSantis hasn't been shy about his support for Trump. He introduced the president at a rally in Pensacola last month and praised him.
"I see the results I see him working hard and this is a president mind you who is facing unprecedented opposition from the Democrats from the media ... from the bureaucracy in Washington from the lobbyists from the other swamp dwellers " DeSantis said.
DeSantis filed his paperwork Friday and will make a formal announcement later this month. He is speaking at the Republican Party of Florida annual meeting on Saturday. It's an event where candidates woo party leaders and activists. His Republican primary opponent Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is also speaking there.
DeSantis has about $1.5 million in his federal campaign account and a political committee that supports him has about $2.5 million. That $4 million will eventually be put to into the governor's race. Putnam has a combined $14.4 million in his political committee and campaign accounts.
DeSantis won his seat running as a Washington outsider in a conservative northeast Florida district a message he also carried into his Senate campaign before dropping out. | [TGT]joins a crowded field seeking to replace Republican Gov. Rick Scott who leaves office in 2019 due to term limits. Trump tweeted last month that [TGT]is a "brilliant young leader" who "would make a GREAT governor. He loves our Country and is a true FIGHTER!"
[TGT]made his announcement on Fox News and made sure to mention the Trump endorsement.
"With the support of the president I'm in a position to exercise the leadership that can build on the great work that Gov. Rick Scott has done to advance economic opportunity reform education and drain the swamp in Tallahassee which needs to be drained just like [TGT]said.
[TGT]hasn't been shy about [TGT] support for Trump. [TGT] introduced the president at a rally in Pensacola last month and praised him.
"I see the results I see him working hard and this is a president mind you who is facing unprecedented opposition from the Democrats from the media ... from the bureaucracy in Washington from the lobbyists from the other swamp dwellers " [TGT] said.
[TGT]filed [TGT] paperwork Friday and will make a formal announcement later this month. [TGT] is speaking at the Republican Party of Florida annual meeting on Saturday. It's an event where candidates woo party leaders and activists. [TGT] Republican primary opponent Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is also speaking there.
[TGT]has about $1.5 million in [TGT] federal campaign account and a political committee that supports [TGT] has about $2.5 million. That $4 million will eventually be put to into the governor's race. Putnam has a combined $14.4 million in his political committee and campaign accounts.
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716 | Latest Yellen Statement Proves Fed Is Grasping at Straws | Janet Yellen | Here’s a summary of the Fed’s current predicament chairwoman Janet Yellen’s latest statement and what savers need to understand about the central bank’s next move...
So how is the Fed going to justify its plan now? That brings us to Yellen ’s latest statement...
Low Inflation a “Mystery ” Says Yellen
Well Yellen says lagging inflation is a “mystery ” but not enough of one to keep the Fed from moving forward with its plans.
Yellen and her colleagues insist that we should take them at their word… that conditions will rise to meet their agenda… that the risks of waiting too long to normalize policy outweigh the risks of normalizing policy too soon. | Here’s a summary of the Fed’s current predicament chairwoman [TGT]’s latest statement and what savers need to understand about the central bank’s next move...
So how is the Fed going to justify its plan now? That brings us to Yellen ’s latest statement...
Low Inflation a “Mystery ” Says Yellen
Well Yellen says lagging inflation is a “mystery ” but not enough of one to keep the Fed from moving forward with its plans.
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717 | Rekia Boyd shooting was 'beyond reckless ' so cop got a pass | Dante Servin | There's no question that Chicago police detective Dante Servin killed Rekia Boyd when he fired five shots at a group of people in a dark West Side alley . The question is whether his actions were justified because he had a reasonable fear that his life was in danger.
We'll never know the answer because Cook County Judge Dennis Porter got stuck on a different question: Should Servin have been charged with a more serious crime than involuntary manslaughter?
Servin 's trial ended Monday with a directed verdict of not guilty because Porter decided prosecutors had aimed too low.
Servin was off duty and in his personal car when he got in a shouting match with the group in March 2012. His lawyers say he drew his gun and fired when Antonio Cross pulled an object from his waistband and pointed it at Servin . Boyd was hit in the back of the head. She died two days later. She was 22.
After three days of testimony Porter abruptly ended Servin 's bench trial. He said prosecutors had shown "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Servin killed Boyd and that the officer fired the shots knowing they were likely to cause great bodily harm or death. Those elements would add up to first-degree murder the judge said unless Servin could prove he acted in self defense. But Servin never had to make that case.
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To win a conviction on the involuntary manslaughter charge prosecutors needed to prove that Servin acted recklessly — without regard for the risks.
Servin couldn't be convicted of first-degree murder because he was charged with involuntary manslaughter. And he couldn't be convicted of involuntary manslaughter Porter said because there was no evidence of reckless behavior.
The appellate courts said the evidence supported a first-degree murder conviction and the defendants weren't entitled to be tried on a less serious charge. Their convictions were upheld. Servin 's outcome turns that on its head.
We asked around and found some attorneys who agreed with Porter's reasoning and some who didn't. It's not subject to appeal because Servin was found not guilty. The case is over.
Servin did not help matters with his comments to reporters after the verdict. He repeated his contention that Boyd's death was an accident — let's be clear the judge said no such thing — and said he was lucky not to be "a police death statistic."
"Antonio Cross is a would-be cop killer and that's all I have to say " Servin said.
Servin was making an off-duty burger run in his personal car when the confrontation occurred. He was not putting his life on the line to serve and protect.
Cross is not a would-be cop killer. His "weapon" turned out to be a cell phone. An aggravated assault charge against him was dropped in March 2013 the same day the city agreed to a $4.5 million wrongful death settlement with Boyd's relatives. | There's no question that [TGT] killed Rekia Boyd when [TGT] fired five shots at a group of people in a dark West Side alley . The question is whether [TGT][TGT] actions were justified because [TGT] had a reasonable fear that [TGT] life was in danger.
We'll never know the answer because Cook County Judge Dennis Porter got stuck on a different question: Should [TGT]have been charged with a more serious crime than involuntary manslaughter?
[TGT] 's trial ended Monday with a directed verdict of not guilty because Porter decided prosecutors had aimed too low.
[TGT]was off duty and in [TGT] personal car when [TGT] got in a shouting match with the group in March 2012. [TGT] lawyers say [TGT] drew [TGT] gun and fired when Antonio Cross pulled an object from [TGT] waistband and pointed it at [TGT] . Boyd was hit in the back of the head. She died two days later. She was 22.
After three days of testimony Porter abruptly ended Servin 's bench trial. He said prosecutors had shown "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Servin killed Boyd and that the officer fired the shots knowing they were likely to cause great bodily harm or death. Those elements would add up to first-degree murder the judge said unless Servin could prove he acted in self defense. But Servin never had to make that case.
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To win a conviction on the involuntary manslaughter charge prosecutors needed to prove that Servin acted recklessly — without regard for the risks.
Servin couldn't be convicted of first-degree murder because he was charged with involuntary manslaughter. And he couldn't be convicted of involuntary manslaughter Porter said because there was no evidence of reckless behavior.
The appellate courts said the evidence supported a first-degree murder conviction and the defendants weren't entitled to be tried on a less serious charge. Their convictions were upheld. [TGT] 's outcome turns that on [TGT] head.
We asked around and found some attorneys who agreed with Porter's reasoning and some who didn't. It's not subject to appeal because Servin was found not guilty. The case is over.
Servin did not help matters with his comments to reporters after the verdict. He repeated his contention that Boyd's death was an accident — let's be clear the judge said no such thing — and said he was lucky not to be "a police death statistic."
"Antonio Cross is a would-be cop killer and that's all I have to say " Servin said.
Servin was making an off-duty burger run in his personal car when the confrontation occurred. He was not putting his life on the line to serve and protect.
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718 | Will the House and Senate Condemn Bill and Hillary Clinton? | Juanita Broaddrick | … How vitiated Bill Clinton seemed at the last Democratic convention. Some of his appetites at least had waned….With a pencil neck and a sagging jacket he clambered gamely onto the stage after Hillary’s acceptance speech and played happily with the red balloons that fell from the ceiling. When the couple repeatedly reminded the crowd of their new status as grandparents it was to suggest very different associations in voters’ minds. …Yet let us not forget the sex crimes of which the younger stronger Bill Clinton was very credibly accused in the 1990s. Juanita Broaddrick reported that when she was a volunteer on one of his gubernatorial campaigns she had arranged to meet him in a hotel coffee shop. At the last minute he had changed the location to her room in the hotel where she says he very violently raped her . She said she fought against Clinton throughout a rape that left her bloodied. At a different Arkansas hotel he caught sight of a minor state employee named Paula Jones and Jones says he sent a couple of state troopers to invite her to his suite where he exposed his penis to her and told her to kiss it. Kathleen Willey said that she met him in the Oval Office for personal and professional advice and that he groped her rubbed his erect penis on her and pushed her hand to his crotch. It was a pattern of behavior; it included an alleged violent assault; the women involved had far more credible evidence than many of the most notorious accusations that have come to light in the past five weeks. But Clinton was not left to the swift and pitiless justice that today’s accused men have experienced. Rather he was rescued by a surprising force: machine feminism. The movement had by then ossified into a partisan operation and it was willing—eager—to let this friend of the sisterhood enjoy a little droit de seigneur.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Juanita Broaddrick never received a fair hearing for her charge of rape against the then-Attorney General of Arkansas William Jefferson Clinton later President of the United States.
condemns the actions which Ms. Broaddrick alleges occurred in Little Rock Arkansas in 1978 by then-State of Arkansas Attorney General William Jefferson Clinton as unacceptable and outrageous to be condemned by all people of all races creeds and religions; pledges to do everything in its power including holding public hearings to probe the underlying causes of this brutal alleged rape by William Jefferson Clinton and an alleged threat to silence the victim by Hillary Rodham Clinton to make sure that the United States does not return to the days when such brutality and violence against women along with threats to silence them were deemed acceptable; calls on the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Department of Justice the White House and all other Federal law enforcement agencies to conduct an immediate full and fair investigation into all of the facts of the case; calls upon each Senator and every citizen of the United States in his or her own way through his or her church synagogue mosque workplace or social organization to join in denouncing and getting others to denounce this outrageous alleged rape of a defenseless woman and pledges to join in efforts to bring an end to rape and an end to the fear and hatred which underlie it and to encourage all Americans to dedicate themselves to ending sexual violence in the United States.
Senators Mitch McConnell John McCain Susan Collins and others like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have condemned Judge Moore in the strongest terms and have called for his withdrawal from the Senate race. There should be no problem with these Senators and those who agree with them on the House side introducing identical resolutions that promise the American people and Ms. Broaddrick that they will at last take a serious look at her charges and act to educate the American people that both the Senate and the House will not stand for this kind of behavior as alleged by Ms. Broaddrick . Or others who accused the Clintons like Paula Jones and Kathleen Willey.
Will this launch a demand from Democrats to do the same to President Trump? Doubtless — and having seen the allegations the American people elected him anyway. Nothing new has emerged since the President took office. The Broaddrick allegation on the other hand did not emerge until 1999 and Broaddrick herself says that NBC News withheld its explosive graphic interview with her until it was too late to affect the Clinton impeachment trial. Bill Clinton would never be on a ballot with this spectacular charge in the public domain.
Will they do it? Will Moore opponent Doug Jones pledge to support such a resolution investigating the Clintons and the Broaddrick rape accusation if elected to the Senate?
But if all of a sudden so many Senators and Congressmen and Congresswomen are racing to microphones to say they are outraged? Then they need to do something about Juanita Broaddrick and what happened with the Clintons. To hold one hearing after another about Hollywood’s sex problem. To name names and hold people accountable.
The addition of Ted Cruz and Mike Lee to this fight bodes well for Juanita Broaddrick — and finally and at last holding Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton responsible for their deeds. As even some notable liberals like the Atlantic and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes are finally doing.
The real question now? There is no excuse for this kind of behavior. Period. So where are the McCains and Flakes and other GOP insiders in and out of the Senate and the House in holding to account not just Roy Moore but their friends and fellow Establishment insiders? Will they bring about the Clinton reckoning as the Atlantic asks? Will they finally turn their Senate spotlight on the infamous Ted Kennedy/Chris Dodd “waitress sandwich” and the behavior of their own colleagues? Will these Senators put their time and actions in the Senate where they now say they really stand? Will they finally give Juanita Broaddrick her due? | … How vitiated Bill Clinton seemed at the last Democratic convention. Some of his appetites at least had waned….With a pencil neck and a sagging jacket he clambered gamely onto the stage after Hillary’s acceptance speech and played happily with the red balloons that fell from the ceiling. When the couple repeatedly reminded the crowd of their new status as grandparents it was to suggest very different associations in voters’ minds. …Yet let us not forget the sex crimes of which the younger stronger Bill Clinton was very credibly accused in the 1990s. [TGT]reported that when [TGT] was a volunteer on one of [TGT] gubernatorial campaigns [TGT] had arranged to meet [TGT] in a hotel coffee shop. At the last minute [TGT] had changed the location to [TGT] room in the hotel where [TGT] says [TGT] very violently raped [TGT] . [TGT] said [TGT] fought against Clinton throughout a rape that left her bloodied. At a different Arkansas hotel he caught sight of a minor state employee named Paula Jones and Jones says he sent a couple of state troopers to invite her to his suite where he exposed his penis to her and told her to kiss it. Kathleen Willey said that she met him in the Oval Office for personal and professional advice and that he groped her rubbed his erect penis on her and pushed her hand to his crotch. It was a pattern of behavior; it included an alleged violent assault; the women involved had far more credible evidence than many of the most notorious accusations that have come to light in the past five weeks. But Clinton was not left to the swift and pitiless justice that today’s accused men have experienced. Rather he was rescued by a surprising force: machine feminism. The movement had by then ossified into a partisan operation and it was willing—eager—to let this friend of the sisterhood enjoy a little droit de seigneur.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that [TGT]never received a fair hearing for [TGT] charge of rape against the then-Attorney General of Arkansas William Jefferson Clinton later President of the United States.
condemns the actions which Ms. Broaddrick alleges occurred in Little Rock Arkansas in 1978 by then-State of Arkansas Attorney General William Jefferson Clinton as unacceptable and outrageous to be condemned by all people of all races creeds and religions; pledges to do everything in its power including holding public hearings to probe the underlying causes of this brutal alleged rape by William Jefferson Clinton and an alleged threat to silence the victim by Hillary Rodham Clinton to make sure that the United States does not return to the days when such brutality and violence against women along with threats to silence them were deemed acceptable; calls on the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Department of Justice the White House and all other Federal law enforcement agencies to conduct an immediate full and fair investigation into all of the facts of the case; calls upon each Senator and every citizen of the United States in his or her own way through his or her church synagogue mosque workplace or social organization to join in denouncing and getting others to denounce this outrageous alleged rape of a defenseless woman and pledges to join in efforts to bring an end to rape and an end to the fear and hatred which underlie it and to encourage all Americans to dedicate themselves to ending sexual violence in the United States.
Senators Mitch McConnell John McCain Susan Collins and others like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have condemned Judge Moore in the strongest terms and have called for his withdrawal from the Senate race. There should be no problem with these Senators and those who agree with them on the House side introducing identical resolutions that promise the American people and Ms. Broaddrick that they will at last take a serious look at her charges and act to educate the American people that both the Senate and the House will not stand for this kind of behavior as alleged by Ms. Broaddrick . Or others who accused the Clintons like Paula Jones and Kathleen Willey.
Will this launch a demand from Democrats to do the same to President Trump? Doubtless — and having seen the allegations the American people elected him anyway. Nothing new has emerged since the President took office. The Broaddrick allegation on the other hand did not emerge until 1999 and Broaddrick herself says that NBC News withheld its explosive graphic interview with her until it was too late to affect the Clinton impeachment trial. Bill Clinton would never be on a ballot with this spectacular charge in the public domain.
Will they do it? Will Moore opponent Doug Jones pledge to support such a resolution investigating the Clintons and the Broaddrick rape accusation if elected to the Senate?
But if all of a sudden so many Senators and Congressmen and Congresswomen are racing to microphones to say they are outraged? Then they need to do something about [TGT]and what happened with the Clintons. To hold one hearing after another about Hollywood’s sex problem. To name names and hold people accountable.
The addition of Ted Cruz and Mike Lee to this fight bodes well for [TGT]— and finally and at last holding Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton responsible for their deeds. As even some notable liberals like the Atlantic and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes are finally doing.
The real question now? There is no excuse for this kind of behavior. Period. So where are the McCains and Flakes and other GOP insiders in and out of the Senate and the House in holding to account not just Roy Moore but their friends and fellow Establishment insiders? Will they bring about the Clinton reckoning as the Atlantic asks? Will they finally turn their Senate spotlight on the infamous Ted Kennedy/Chris Dodd “waitress sandwich” and the behavior of their own colleagues? Will these Senators put their time and actions in the Senate where they now say they really stand? Will they finally give Juanita Broaddrick her due? | 2Positive
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719 | Control of Virginia's House Of Delegates Rests With 2 Film Canisters : NPR | ARI SHAPIRO | ARI SHAPIRO HOST:
SHAPIRO : I understand you have a bit of news to begin this interview. Who's going to actually do the drawing?
SHAPIRO : Should I offer you congratulations or condolences?
SHAPIRO : Last week you tweeted we should find a nice hat for the drawing. So at least it sounds like you're keeping a sense of humor about this.
SHAPIRO : I would have no idea where to find a film canister in 2017. Does the state have a stash of them somewhere?
SHAPIRO : (Laughter) It's one thing to use this technique to determine who's name appears first on a ballot but there is so much at stake here determining who controls the Virginia House of Delegates. I know that this is the rule but do you really think it's the best way to go about this? | [TGT] HOST:
SHAPIRO : I understand you have a bit of news to begin this interview. Who's going to actually do the drawing?
SHAPIRO : Should I offer you congratulations or condolences?
SHAPIRO : Last week you tweeted we should find a nice hat for the drawing. So at least it sounds like you're keeping a sense of humor about this.
SHAPIRO : I would have no idea where to find a film canister in 2017. Does the state have a stash of them somewhere?
SHAPIRO : (Laughter) It's one thing to use this technique to determine who's name appears first on a ballot but there is so much at stake here determining who controls the Virginia House of Delegates. I know that this is the rule but do you really think it's the best way to go about this? | 2Positive
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720 | Starchy enters race to be sixth taste | Lim | "We are taught that humans can taste only five taste categories " said Juyun Lim associate professor at Oregon State University's Department of Food Science and Technology and lead author of the study. "It seems however that we can taste other chemicals that comprise foods such as starch degradation products and fatty acids."
Lim added that some compounds such as starch are abundant in nature and that we use them as a source of energy.
"Understanding how we can detect and recognize our food sources is very important since it will directly impact our ingestive behavior and health " she said.
It was previously assumed that starch was tasteless but the new findings suggest that starch is broken down into glucose oligomers by an enzyme in our saliva called alpha-amylase and these so-called glucose oligomers can be tasted Lim said.
"It has long been assumed that simple sugars are the only class of carbohydrates that humans can taste. Thus our findings are surprising " Lim said.
For instance "as much as we know that glucose oligomer detection is not through the sweet taste receptor we do not yet know the exact mechanism of how we detect them " Lim said. | "We are taught that humans can taste only five taste categories " said Juyun Lim associate professor at Oregon State University's Department of Food Science and Technology and lead author of the study. "It seems however that we can taste other chemicals that comprise foods such as starch degradation products and fatty acids."
[TGT]added that some compounds such as starch are abundant in nature and that we use them as a source of energy.
"Understanding how we can detect and recognize our food sources is very important since it will directly impact our ingestive behavior and health " she said.
It was previously assumed that starch was tasteless but the new findings suggest that starch is broken down into glucose oligomers by an enzyme in our saliva called alpha-amylase and these so-called glucose oligomers can be tasted [TGT]said.
"It has long been assumed that simple sugars are the only class of carbohydrates that humans can taste. Thus our findings are surprising " [TGT]said.
For instance "as much as we know that glucose oligomer detection is not through the sweet taste receptor we do not yet know the exact mechanism of how we detect them " [TGT] said. | 1Neutral
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721 | Oliver Stone responds to Melissa Gilbert sexual harassment claim | Melissa Gilbert | Director Oliver Stone hit back at Melissa Gilbert 's sexual harassment claim saying that she was well aware of the raunchy nature of the film when she agreed to audition.
Gilbert 53 accused the director of sexual harassment Monday claiming that Stone purposely humiliated her during a 1991 audition for "The Doors" by forcing her to stage an explicit scene as retaliation for embarrassing him "in a social situation."
Stone however told the Daily News in a statement that Gilbert would have been fully aware of the scene's contents before she auditioned and that he also had his casting director on hand to ensure a safe environment.
Gilbert claimed Stone sexually harassed her as a means of humiliating her for embarrassing him . (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
She also denied any claim that Stone 71 purposely targeted Gilbert .
"Every actor who auditioned came in voluntarily and was aware of the provocative material prior to engaging in their scenes " she said. "No actor was forced or expected to do anything that might have been uncomfortable and most actors embraced the challenged recognizing Oliver Stone's vision and the creative process. In my experience there was no attempt to personally offend any particular actor."
Gilbert told Cohen that she refused Stone's alleged request and left crying. She was auditioning for the role of Pamela Courson which eventually went to Meg Ryan. | Director Oliver Stone hit back at [TGT] sexual harassment claim saying that [TGT] was well aware of the raunchy nature of the film when [TGT] agreed to audition.
Gilbert 53 accused the director of sexual harassment Monday claiming that Stone purposely humiliated her during a 1991 audition for "The Doors" by forcing her to stage an explicit scene as retaliation for embarrassing him "in a social situation."
Stone however told the Daily News in a statement that Gilbert would have been fully aware of the scene's contents before she auditioned and that he also had his casting director on hand to ensure a safe environment.
Gilbert claimed Stone sexually harassed her as a means of humiliating her for embarrassing him . (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
She also denied any claim that Stone 71 purposely targeted Gilbert .
"Every actor who auditioned came in voluntarily and was aware of the provocative material prior to engaging in their scenes " she said. "No actor was forced or expected to do anything that might have been uncomfortable and most actors embraced the challenged recognizing Oliver Stone's vision and the creative process. In my experience there was no attempt to personally offend any particular actor."
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722 | Football Coach Aaron Feis Killed in Florida Shooting | Aaron Feis | “The kids in this community loved him. They adored him. He was one of the greatest people I knew. He was a phenomenal man ” he said during a news conference Thursday. “When Aaron Feis died when he was killed — tragically inhumanely — he did it protecting others. You can guarantee that because that’s who Aaron Feis was.”
Feis is one of the first victims named in the shooting that killed 17 people. Nikolas Cruz 19 is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Cruz allegedly used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with multiple magazines in the shooting.
Feis was an alumnus of the school and played football there as a student graduating with the class of 1999 according to the school’s website. He spent his entire coaching career there and also acted as the college recruiting coordinator for the team the website says.
Coach Feis leaves behind one daughter and his wife in Coral Springs Fla. according to the school. | “The kids in this community loved him. They adored him. He was one of the greatest people I knew. He was a phenomenal man ” he said during a news conference Thursday. “When [TGT]died when [TGT] was killed — tragically inhumanely — he did it protecting others. You can guarantee that because that’s who Aaron Feis was.”
[TGT]is one of the first victims named in the shooting that killed 17 people. Nikolas Cruz 19 is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Cruz allegedly used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with multiple magazines in the shooting.
[TGT]was an alumnus of the school and played football there as a student graduating with the class of 1999 according to the school’s website. He spent his entire coaching career there and also acted as the college recruiting coordinator for the team the website says.
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723 | Danny Jacobs easily outpoints Luis Arias in return | Danny Jacobs | Danny Jacobs celebrates his unanimous decision win against Luis Arias. (Photo: Al Bello Getty Images)
UNIONDALE N.Y. (AP) — It wasn't the impressive showing he sought. Still Danny Jacobs was happy to be back in the ring and to be an easy winner over an outmatched Luis Arias.
Jacobs dominated on Saturday night in a middleweight bout as lopsided as a fight can get.
In his return to the ring since an outstanding performance in a loss to champion Gennady Golovkin in March Jacobs easily swept the judges' cards though he often was frustrated by the holding tactics and unorthodox style of Arias. Seeking a knockout in the final rounds Jacobs punished Arias in the 10th 11th and 12th and earned a knockdown that looked more like a slip in the 11th.
"I wanted to impress the fans and put on a good show " Jacobs said. "I hurt him early and once I knew I could hurt him I got a little more aggressive."
Jacobs a former world champion and one of New York's most popular fighters is 33-2 with 29 KOs. He is hopeful of another shot at a title in 2018 though Golovkin will be busy with a rematch with Canelo Alvarez after their draw in September.
Jacobs who overcame bone cancer earlier in his career and is nicknamed "Miracle Man " held the WBA belt for two years. He remained a force in the division even after his close defeat to Triple G. Next up could be either David Lemieux of Canada or Billy Joe Saunders of England. | [TGT]celebrates [TGT] unanimous decision win against Luis Arias. (Photo: Al Bello Getty Images)
UNIONDALE N.Y. (AP) — It wasn't the impressive showing [TGT] sought. Still [TGT]was happy to be back in the ring and to be an easy winner over an outmatched Luis Arias.
[TGT]dominated on Saturday night in a middleweight bout as lopsided as a fight can get.
In [TGT] return to the ring since an outstanding performance in a loss to champion Gennady Golovkin in March [TGT]easily swept the judges' cards though [TGT] often was frustrated by the holding tactics and unorthodox style of Arias. Seeking a knockout in the final rounds [TGT]punished Arias in the 10th 11th and 12th and earned a knockdown that looked more like a slip in the 11th.
"I wanted to impress the fans and put on a good show " [TGT]said. "I hurt him early and once I knew I could hurt him I got a little more aggressive."
[TGT]a former world champion and one of New York's most popular fighters is 33-2 with 29 KOs. He is hopeful of another shot at a title in 2018 though Golovkin will be busy with a rematch with Canelo Alvarez after their draw in September.
[TGT]who overcame bone cancer earlier in [TGT] career and is nicknamed "Miracle Man " held the WBA belt for two years. He remained a force in the division even after his close defeat to Triple G. Next up could be either David Lemieux of Canada or Billy Joe Saunders of England. | 2Positive
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724 | Joe Maddon believes excellent Cubs pitching deciding factor in NLDS | Joe Maddon | Manager Joe Maddon knows the Cubs' challenge is simple regardless of whether they are facing Tanner Roark Stephen Strasburg or Clayton Kershaw.
"(The Nationals) have spectacular pitching but our guys have matched them inning after inning " Maddon said. "That's how we have won. Their pitching has been great. So has ours."
Maddon was speaking before before Tuesday's Game 4 of their best-of-five National League Division Series was postponed until Wednesday because of rain.
"You have to pitch better than great pitching to win it." he said. "And we have. It comes down to that. Our starting pitching has permitted us to be in this position."
Maddon said he didn't consider bumping Arrieta who hasn't pitched since Sept. 26 because of a nagging right hamstring injury in favor of Game 1 victor Kyle Hendricks.
Unlike the two wild-card games and the three other division series the Cubs and Nationals have received exceptional starting pitching that reminded Maddon of postseason play in the 1960s and '70s.
"It has been interesting to watch " Maddon said. "The runs being scored against some really good pitching. I don't know the reason. There is no good reason.
Maddon was extremely pleased that his players stayed busy leading up to the postponement that came about 40 minutes after the scheduled starting time and that no one came to his office asking for updates.
Nor did Maddon convey his players were consumed with speculation over whether Strasburg would take Roark's spot.
"There's nothing you can do to control any of these events so why even waste one second worrying about it " Maddon said.
In any case Maddon said he 's sure the Cubs will be ready for the Dodgers if they advance.
"Whoever wins this series we'll be ready for that moment " Maddon said. "Neither one will be concerned about that. You'll just be happy to get there actually. | [TGT]knows the Cubs' challenge is simple regardless of whether they are facing Tanner Roark Stephen Strasburg or Clayton Kershaw.
"(The Nationals) have spectacular pitching but our guys have matched them inning after inning [TGT]said. "That's how we have won. Their pitching has been great. So has ours.[TGT]was speaking before before Tuesday's Game 4 of their best-of-five National League Division Series was postponed until Wednesday because of rain.
"You have to pitch better than great pitching to win it." he said. "And we have. It comes down to that. Our starting pitching has permitted us to be in this position.[TGT]said [TGT] didn't consider bumping Arrieta who hasn't pitched since Sept. 26 because of a nagging right hamstring injury in favor of Game 1 victor Kyle Hendricks.
Unlike the two wild-card games and the three other division series the Cubs and Nationals have received exceptional starting pitching that reminded Maddon of postseason play in the 1960s and '70s.
"It has been interesting to watch [TGT]said. "The runs being scored against some really good pitching. I don't know the reason. There is no good reason.
[TGT]was extremely pleased that [TGT] players stayed busy leading up to the postponement that came about 40 minutes after the scheduled starting time and that no one came to [TGT] office asking for updates.
Nor did [TGT]convey [TGT] players were consumed with speculation over whether Strasburg would take Roark's spot.
"There's nothing you can do to control any of these events so why even waste one second worrying about it " [TGT]said.
In any case [TGT]said [TGT] 's sure the Cubs will be ready for the Dodgers if they advance.
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725 | A famed feminist attorney sides with Harvey Weinstein in harassment case | Weinstein Harvey | Bloom was quick to add that she’s not part of any litigation against the Times. Another attorney Charles Harder — who represented wrestler Hulk Hogan in the defamation suit that led to the demise of the website Gawker last year — is handling that part of Weinstein ’s response she said.
But she said the newspaper gave Weinstein 48 hours to respond to a long list of accusations and that it refused to grant him more time when “we begged for it.” (A Times spokeswoman said Weinstein was given adequate time to respond to “events he had first-hand knowledge of” and that the newspaper had included “all relevant comments from Mr. Weinstein ” in its story. She added “Mr. Weinstein and his lawyer . . . have not pointed to any errors or challenged any facts in our story.”)
Bloom said her role over the past year or so has been to counsel Weinstein about his workplace behavior especially his treatment of women. She said she has had “frank talks” with him about his legendary temper his use of profanity in public settings and his propensity for “loose talk about sex” around women he employs or has worked with.
In a statement Thursday she said Weinstein “is reading books and going to therapy. He is an old dinosaur learning new ways.”
Bloom said Weinstein hired her about a year ago after he and the rapper Jay-Z jointly bought the TV rights to her 2014 book “Suspicion Nation ” about the Trayvon Martin case. She said she began speaking with him at that time about long-standing rumors in Hollywood about him. “I don’t hold back and I didn’t ” she said. “ Harvey can take it and he did. He said ‘I’ve been stupid. I’m a dinosaur and I’ve got to change.’ I thought ‘Perhaps I can do something to make a difference.’ ” | Bloom was quick to add that she’s not part of any litigation against the Times. Another attorney Charles Harder — who represented wrestler Hulk Hogan in the defamation suit that led to the demise of the website Gawker last year — is handling that part of Weinstein ’s response she said.
But she said the newspaper gave Weinstein 48 hours to respond to a long list of accusations and that it refused to grant him more time when “we begged for it.” (A Times spokeswoman said Weinstein was given adequate time to respond to “events he had first-hand knowledge of” and that the newspaper had included “all relevant comments from Mr. Weinstein ” in its story. She added “Mr. Weinstein and his lawyer . . . have not pointed to any errors or challenged any facts in our story.”)
Bloom said her role over the past year or so has been to counsel Weinstein about his workplace behavior especially his treatment of women. She said she has had “frank talks” with him about his legendary temper his use of profanity in public settings and his propensity for “loose talk about sex” around women he employs or has worked with.
In a statement Thursday she said Weinstein “is reading books and going to therapy. He is an old dinosaur learning new ways.”
Bloom said Weinstein hired her about a year ago after he and the rapper Jay-Z jointly bought the TV rights to her 2014 book “Suspicion Nation ” about the Trayvon Martin case. She said she began speaking with him at that time about long-standing rumors in Hollywood about him. “I don’t hold back and I didn’t ” she said. “ Harvey can take it and he did. He said ‘I’ve been stupid. I’m a dinosaur and I’ve got to change.’ I thought ‘Perhaps I can do something to make a difference.’ ” | 1Neutral
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726 | Texas gunman Devin Kelley's ex | Devin Patrick Kelley | An ex-wife of Devin Patrick Kelley the Texas gunman who killed 26 people in a church said Friday in her first interview since the massacre that she lived in constant fear of him and more information is coming to light about his actions in the weeks leading up to the shooting.
" He just had a lot of demons or hatred inside of him " she told "Inside Edition."
The guilty plea earned Kelley a one-year sentence in a military prison followed by a bad-conduct discharge.
This week the Air Force acknowledged that it failed to notify the FBI about the conviction which would have barred Kelley from purchasing the firearms he used in the attack on the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
Less than a week before the Texas church massacre Kelley showed up at a festival dressed in black and acted so strangely that people kept a close eye on him two longtime parishioners said Friday.
Kelley "was completely distant and way out in thought " recalled Judy Green. She and her husband said Kelley often exhibited troubling behavior.
At the fall festival held on Halloween night at the First Baptist Church Kelley "didn't even blink -- he just stared " she said.
Rod Green a former law enforcement officer in Montana said when he saw Kelley arrive in all black he examined him closely to make sure he was not carrying a gun. The Greens both have licenses to carry handguns and they are friends with Kelley 's in-laws.
If Kelley had been carrying a weapon Green said he would have escorted him away because of all the children there. Judy Green said she positioned herself to keep an eye on Kelley at all times.
At a Christmas dinner one year Kelley had "bragged about being armed " Rod Green said.
Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt has said the church pastor saw Kelley in the crowd at the festival but that the pastor did not witness any behavior that raised alarms.
Investigators have said Sunday's shooting appeared to stem from a domestic dispute involving Kelley and his mother-in-law and that he had sent threatening messages to her . The mother-in-law sometimes attended services at the church but was not present on Sunday. Kelley died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the massacre. | [TGT]the Texas gunman who killed 26 people in a church said Friday in [TGT] first interview since the massacre that [TGT] lived in constant fear of him and more information is coming to light about his actions in the weeks leading up to the shooting.
" He just had a lot of demons or hatred inside of him " she told "Inside Edition."
The guilty plea earned Kelley a one-year sentence in a military prison followed by a bad-conduct discharge.
This week the Air Force acknowledged that it failed to notify the FBI about the conviction which would have barred Kelley from purchasing the firearms he used in the attack on the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
Less than a week before the Texas church massacre Kelley showed up at a festival dressed in black and acted so strangely that people kept a close eye on him two longtime parishioners said Friday.
Kelley "was completely distant and way out in thought " recalled Judy Green. She and her husband said Kelley often exhibited troubling behavior.
At the fall festival held on Halloween night at the First Baptist Church Kelley "didn't even blink -- he just stared " she said.
Rod Green a former law enforcement officer in Montana said when he saw Kelley arrive in all black he examined him closely to make sure he was not carrying a gun. The Greens both have licenses to carry handguns and they are friends with Kelley 's in-laws.
If Kelley had been carrying a weapon Green said he would have escorted him away because of all the children there. Judy Green said she positioned herself to keep an eye on Kelley at all times.
At a Christmas dinner one year Kelley had "bragged about being armed " Rod Green said.
Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt has said the church pastor saw Kelley in the crowd at the festival but that the pastor did not witness any behavior that raised alarms.
Investigators have said Sunday's shooting appeared to stem from a domestic dispute involving Kelley and his mother-in-law and that he had sent threatening messages to her . The mother-in-law sometimes attended services at the church but was not present on Sunday. Kelley died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the massacre. | 0Negative
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727 | Bitcoin futures are safe will stabilize the cryptocurrency: Chilton | Chilton | However former market regulator Bart Chilton believes trading bitcoin futures will be safe and could actually help stabilize the cryptocurrency he told CNBC on Thursday.
Chicago-based Cboe Global Markets is set to launch bitcoin futures on Sunday and CME the world's largest futures exchange is planning to launch its futures product next week. Both exchanges are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which Chilton used to head.
"They know what they are doing in these markets. CME is the most liquid diverse traded futures contracts around the world " Chilton said in an interview with CNBC's "Power Lunch."
Chilton said the CME and Cboe know what the risks are and are very adept at setting their margins which are constantly adjusted in things that are more volatile.
Chilton has long been a proponent of regulating the digital currency which has no central authority. Its transactions are recorded in an anonymous public log called the blockchain.
"It doesn't have to be a full-throated regulation that thwarts innovation. I support digital currencies. But there needs to be some consumer protections " he said. | However [TGT]believes trading bitcoin futures will be safe and could actually help stabilize the cryptocurrency [TGT] told CNBC on Thursday.
Chicago-based Cboe Global Markets is set to launch bitcoin futures on Sunday and CME the world's largest futures exchange is planning to launch its futures product next week. Both exchanges are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which [TGT] used to head.
"They know what they are doing in these markets. CME is the most liquid diverse traded futures contracts around the world [TGT]said in an interview with CNBC's "Power Lunch.[TGT] said the CME and Cboe know what the risks are and are very adept at setting their margins which are constantly adjusted in things that are more volatile.
[TGT] has long been a proponent of regulating the digital currency which has no central authority. [TGT] transactions are recorded in an anonymous public log called the blockchain.
"It doesn't have to be a full-throated regulation that thwarts innovation. I support digital currencies. But there needs to be some consumer protections " he said. | 2Positive
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728 | Trump lawyer Dowd says he drafted tweet on Flynn firing: Axios | John Dowd | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer took responsibility on Sunday for a tweet about the firing of former national security adviser Michael Flynn a central figure in the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
FILE PHOTO: Lawyer John Dowd exits Manhattan Federal Court in New York U.S. on May 11 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
In an interview with Axios John Dowd said the tweet was “my mistake” and that he drafted the tweet that raised more questions about whether there had been attempts to obstruct the Russia investigation.
“I‘m out of the tweeting business ” Dowd told Axios. “I did not mean to break news.” | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer took responsibility on Sunday for a tweet about the firing of former national security adviser Michael Flynn a central figure in the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
FILE PHOTO: [TGT]exits Manhattan Federal Court in New York U.S. on May 11 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
In an interview with Axios [TGT]said the tweet was “my mistake” and that [TGT] drafted the tweet that raised more questions about whether there had been attempts to obstruct the Russia investigation.
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729 | University of Montevallo Recveives $3.6 Million for Business School | Michael E. Stephens | The college is named after Michael E. Stephens who died last year . The college of business was named in his honor in 1997.
Stephens bequeathed the money to the school of business for the facility.
Dean Stephen Craft said building a new business building was always a "dream" for Stephens .
" Michael Stephens has made yet another transformative impact on the school that bears his name " Craft said. "Every time we met Mike spoke at length about the Stephens College faculty and students - their happiness and well-being were always on his mind and in his heart. I am very pleased that we will see Mike's vision of a new home for the Stephens College of Business realized." | The college is named after [TGT] . The college of business was named in [TGT] honor in 1997.
[TGT]bequeathed the money to the school of business for the facility.
Dean Stephen Craft said building a new business building was always a "dream" for Stephens .
" [TGT]has made yet another transformative impact on the school that bears [TGT] name " Craft said. "Every time we met Mike spoke at length about the Stephens College faculty and students - their happiness and well-being were always on his mind and in his heart. I am very pleased that we will see Mike's vision of a new home for the Stephens College of Business realized." | 2Positive
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730 | Dropbox's third highest | Quentin Clark | Dropbox disclosed in a public filing last week that Quentin Clark its SVP of engineering product and design was paid a total compensation worth $34.6 million in 2017. That includes a prorated base salary of $130 000 a one-time signing bonus of $340 000 and company stock worth $34.1 million which will vest over five years.
Clark 's pay package last year is impressive given how Dropbox has hired a number of high-profile executives over the years including COO Dennis Woodside. Clark is relatively little known outside of engineering circles and has maintained a low-profile despite a long engineering career that spans more than two decades.
Prior to joining Dropbox Clark held the chief technology officer and chief business officer roles at SAP.
But Clark spent the majority of his career at Microsoft. He spent nearly 20 years in various engineering roles including as a vice president in charge of the company's database products. In his LinkedIn profile Clark describes his work at Microsoft as having managed "the SQL Server product and the broader data platform work " including Business Intelligence Big Data products and the cloud data platform work in Azure.
Clark also worked on WinFS a Microsoft project in the early 2000s that aimed to replace the file system in Windows with a more database-like file system. It never shipped and some insiders blamed it for contributing to the delays that plagued Windows Vista. Bill Gates then chief software architect once said on Reddit that not shipping it was his biggest regret among unrealized products. | Dropbox disclosed in a public filing last week that [TGT] its SVP of engineering product and design was paid a total compensation worth $34.6 million in 2017. That includes a prorated base salary of $130 000 a one-time signing bonus of $340 000 and company stock worth $34.1 million which will vest over five years.
[TGT] 's pay package last year is impressive given how Dropbox has hired a number of high-profile executives over the years including COO Dennis Woodside. Clark is relatively little known outside of engineering circles and has maintained a low-profile despite a long engineering career that spans more than two decades.
Prior to joining Dropbox Clark held the chief technology officer and chief business officer roles at SAP.
But Clark spent the majority of his career at Microsoft. He spent nearly 20 years in various engineering roles including as a vice president in charge of the company's database products. In his LinkedIn profile Clark describes his work at Microsoft as having managed "the SQL Server product and the broader data platform work " including Business Intelligence Big Data products and the cloud data platform work in Azure.
Clark also worked on WinFS a Microsoft project in the early 2000s that aimed to replace the file system in Windows with a more database-like file system. It never shipped and some insiders blamed it for contributing to the delays that plagued Windows Vista. Bill Gates then chief software architect once said on Reddit that not shipping it was his biggest regret among unrealized products. | 2Positive
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731 | Hundreds of thousands rally against Catalonia secession | Mariano Rajoy | Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vows that his government will not allow Catalonia which represents a fifth of Spain's economy to break away from the rest of the country.
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais published Sunday Rajoy said that he will consider employing any measure "allowed by the law" to stop the region's separatists.
Rajoy said that includes the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution which would allow the central government to take control of the governance of a region "if the regional government does not comply with the obligations of the Constitution."
"The ideal situation would be that I don't have to find drastic solutions but for that to happen there will have to be some rectifications (by Catalan leaders) " Rajoy said.
Rallies were held Saturday in Madrid Barcelona and other cities to demand that Rajoy and Puigdemont negotiate to find a solution to Spain's worst political crisis in nearly four decades. | [TGT]vows that [TGT] government will not allow Catalonia which represents a fifth of Spain's economy to break away from the rest of the country.
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais published Sunday Rajoy said that [TGT] will consider employing any measure "allowed by the law" to stop the region's separatists.
[TGT]said that includes the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution which would allow the central government to take control of the governance of a region "if the regional government does not comply with the obligations of the Constitution."
"The ideal situation would be that I don't have to find drastic solutions but for that to happen there will have to be some rectifications (by Catalan leaders) " Rajoy said.
Rallies were held Saturday in Madrid Barcelona and other cities to demand that Rajoy and Puigdemont negotiate to find a solution to Spain's worst political crisis in nearly four decades. | 1Neutral
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732 | Classmate: Girl tortured with siblings was bullied frail | Taha Muntajibuddin | Taha Muntajibuddin attended kindergarten through third grade with her in Fort Worth Texas. After learning of the case he shared on Facebook his "overwhelming sense of guilt and shame" over how she was treated.
Muntajibuddin a pediatrics resident doctor in Houston who confirmed his post to The Associated Press described her as "a frail girl had pin-straight hair with bangs and often wore the same purple outfit."
The post has elicited a strong reaction with some condemning Muntajibuddin for his behavior as a child. Others praised him for addressing it.
Muntajibuddin said in an interview Tuesday that he was surprised by the reaction.
"It was just meant to be an honest lesson: take it or leave it " he said.
Muntajibuddin said he is hopeful his former classmate can recover and live an enriched life.
He said despite being bullied by her peers she "was still one of the most pleasant people I have had the opportunity to meet. She had this whimsical optimism to her that couldn't be dampened couldn't be doused no matter what anybody threw at her."
He said he has learned from his experience and hopes others do too. | [TGT]attended kindergarten through third grade with [TGT] in Fort Worth Texas. After learning of the case he shared on Facebook his "overwhelming sense of guilt and shame" over how [TGT] was treated.
Muntajibuddin a pediatrics resident doctor in Houston who confirmed his post to The Associated Press described her as "a frail girl had pin-straight hair with bangs and often wore the same purple outfit."
The post has elicited a strong reaction with some condemning Muntajibuddin for his behavior as a child. Others praised him for addressing it.
Muntajibuddin said in an interview Tuesday that he was surprised by the reaction.
"It was just meant to be an honest lesson: take it or leave it " he said.
Muntajibuddin said he is hopeful his former classmate can recover and live an enriched life.
He said despite being bullied by her peers she "was still one of the most pleasant people I have had the opportunity to meet. She had this whimsical optimism to her that couldn't be dampened couldn't be doused no matter what anybody threw at her."
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733 | Michael Reagan on Shooting: Society Has 'Absolutely Imploded' | Michael Reagan | Michael Reagan says a dramatically different America where people have stopped caring about each other is to blame for the Valentine's Day massacre at a Florida high school.
"Society has absolutely imploded – society has changed " Reagan a veteran political commentator and the oldest son of President Ronald Reagan told host Miranda Khan on Newsmax TV's "America Talks Live."
It is a far cry Reagan said from when he was growing up as a young man in California the son of famous movie star and future California governor and U.S. president.
"When I went to school back in the 1950s they had a rifle club the school provided us rifles and bullets " Reagan recalled. "They went hunting in the afternoon after school. They took their shotguns to school.
Reagan is the author of "Lessons My Father Taught Me: The Strength Integrity and Faith of Ronald Reagan " written with Jim Denney and published by Humanix. | [TGT]says a dramatically different America where people have stopped caring about each other is to blame for the Valentine's Day massacre at a Florida high school.
"Society has absolutely imploded – society has changed " Reagan a veteran political commentator and the oldest son of President Ronald Reagan told host Miranda Khan on Newsmax TV's "America Talks Live."
It is a far cry [TGT] said from when [TGT] was growing up as a young man in California the son of famous movie star and future California governor and U.S. president.
"When I went to school back in the 1950s they had a rifle club the school provided us rifles and bullets [TGT]recalled. "They went hunting in the afternoon after school. They took their shotguns to school.
[TGT] is the author of "Lessons My Father Taught Me: The Strength Integrity and Faith of [TGT] " written with Jim Denney and published by Humanix. | 2Positive
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734 | Jeff Sessions & David Shapiro & the Rule of Law | David Shapiro | David Shapiro’s smear of Jeff Sessions in a Chicago Tribune op-ed suggesting that the attorney general is a racist is consistent with other failed partisan efforts to distort and delegitimize the former senator’s record on race and law enforcement. Apparently Shapiro missed Sessions’s confirmation hearing in which the same smears were attempted only to be refuted one by one by witnesses — mostly black — who actually know the facts and the man.
Shapiro asserts Sessions’s directive to staff on criminal sentencing related to drug crimes is “the latest in a series of attempts by the Attorney General to tear down protections for people of color.” Mr. Shapiro seems to have forgotten that during the height of the crack epidemic ravaging the black community in the ’80s it was Congressman Charlie Rangel and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus who voted for the Anti-Drug Abuse Act (“ADAA”) which established the 100-1 sentencing ratio for crack and powder cocaine. Were Rangel and other members of Congress racist?
The rest of Shapiro ’s piece is character assassination of the worst kind. As U.S. attorney for Alabama Sessions successfully sought the death penalty for Klan members. He defended black voting rights. He hired blacks for prominent positions. As a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights I’ve known and worked with Jeff Sessions for years and consider him the most principled and decent person in Washington a man of the highest integrity.
Shapiro ’s complaint seems to be that Attorney General Sessions is actually doing his job — enforcing the law as Congress passed it. In contrast former attorneys general Holder and Lynch under the veil of “prosecutorial discretion ” failed to enforce the law. Select immigration and sentencing laws were simply ignored virtually wholesale. That’s not the role of the attorney general whether his name is Holder or Sessions. Such a sweeping use of prosecutorial discretion effectively nullifies or rewrites federal law. If drug laws need to be changed Congress needs to change them. Holder’s and Lynch’s actions were a plain derogation if not usurpation of legislative authority. That Attorney General Sessions is being criticized for restoring both the rule of law and the Justice Department to their proper roles is an indication of how debased respect for the rule of law has become. | [TGT]’s smear of Jeff Sessions in a Chicago Tribune op-ed suggesting that the attorney general is a racist is consistent with other failed partisan efforts to distort and delegitimize the former senator’s record on race and law enforcement. Apparently Shapiro missed Sessions’s confirmation hearing in which the same smears were attempted only to be refuted one by one by witnesses — mostly black — who actually know the facts and the man.
Shapiro asserts Sessions’s directive to staff on criminal sentencing related to drug crimes is “the latest in a series of attempts by the Attorney General to tear down protections for people of color.” Mr. Shapiro seems to have forgotten that during the height of the crack epidemic ravaging the black community in the ’80s it was Congressman Charlie Rangel and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus who voted for the Anti-Drug Abuse Act (“ADAA”) which established the 100-1 sentencing ratio for crack and powder cocaine. Were Rangel and other members of Congress racist?
The rest of Shapiro ’s piece is character assassination of the worst kind. As U.S. attorney for Alabama Sessions successfully sought the death penalty for Klan members. He defended black voting rights. He hired blacks for prominent positions. As a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights I’ve known and worked with Jeff Sessions for years and consider him the most principled and decent person in Washington a man of the highest integrity.
Shapiro ’s complaint seems to be that Attorney General Sessions is actually doing his job — enforcing the law as Congress passed it. In contrast former attorneys general Holder and Lynch under the veil of “prosecutorial discretion ” failed to enforce the law. Select immigration and sentencing laws were simply ignored virtually wholesale. That’s not the role of the attorney general whether his name is Holder or Sessions. Such a sweeping use of prosecutorial discretion effectively nullifies or rewrites federal law. If drug laws need to be changed Congress needs to change them. Holder’s and Lynch’s actions were a plain derogation if not usurpation of legislative authority. That Attorney General Sessions is being criticized for restoring both the rule of law and the Justice Department to their proper roles is an indication of how debased respect for the rule of law has become. | 0Negative
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735 | Shaun White apologizes for calling allegations 'gossip' after Olympic win | Shaun White | Shaun White apologizes for calling allegations 'gossip ' says he has 'grown as a person'
In an appearance on the Today show on Wednesday Olympic gold-medal winner Shaun White apologized for using the word "gossip" to describe sexual harassment allegations that were brought against him in 2016.
"I'm truly sorry that I chose the word 'gossip.' It was a poor choice of words to describe such a sensitive subject in the world today " White said. "I'm just truly sorry. I was so overwhelmed with just wanting to talk about how amazing today was and share my experience but yeah."
When pressed by co-anchor Savannah Guthrie about the matter White said he 's "grown as a person over the years."
"It's amazing — you've known me for a long time now — it's amazing how life works with twists and turns and lessons learned " White said. "So every experience in my life I feel like it's taught me a lesson and I definitely feel like I'm a much more changed person than I was when I was younger. And yeah I'm just proud of who I am today."
CHAMP: Shaun White wins gold medal in men's halfpipe
COMMENTARY: Shaun White 's Winter Olympics legacy is not all golden | [TGT] White apologizes for calling allegations 'gossip ' says [TGT] has 'grown as a person'
In an appearance on the Today show on Wednesday Olympic gold-medal winner [TGT] White apologized for using the word "gossip" to describe sexual harassment allegations that were brought against [TGT] in 2016.
"I'm truly sorry that I chose the word 'gossip.' It was a poor choice of words to describe such a sensitive subject in the world today " [TGT]said. "I'm just truly sorry. I was so overwhelmed with just wanting to talk about how amazing today was and share my experience but yeah."
When pressed by co-anchor Savannah Guthrie about the matter [TGT]said [TGT] 's "grown as a person over the years."
"It's amazing — you've known me for a long time now — it's amazing how life works with twists and turns and lessons learned " [TGT]said. "So every experience in my life I feel like it's taught me a lesson and I definitely feel like I'm a much more changed person than I was when I was younger. And yeah I'm just proud of who I am today."
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736 | 17 of Seth Meyers' best jokes from the Golden Globes | Seth Meyers | Image copyright Reuters Image caption Seth Meyers is a US comedian political commentator and TV presenter
This year however it was US comedian's Seth Meyers' turn to take the reins (although he did enlist the help of a few of the stars to deliver some of his punch lines).
Here are Seth Meyers' best jokes from his opening monologue:
Watch Seth Meyers' opening monologue: | Image copyright Reuters Image caption Seth Meyers is a US comedian political commentator and TV presenter
This year however it was [TGT]turn to take the reins (although [TGT] did enlist the help of a few of the stars to deliver some of his punch lines).
Here are Seth Meyers' best jokes from his opening monologue:
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737 | Project Veritas effort to infiltrate The Washington Post dates back months | Jaime Phillips | Starting in July Jaime Phillips an operative with the organization Project Veritas wiped her previous right-leaning social media accounts and joined two dozen networking groups related to either journalism or left-leaning politics. (Julio Negron/The Washington Post)
Starting in July Jaime Phillips an operative with the organization Project Veritas which purports to expose media bias joined two dozen networking groups related to either journalism or left-leaning politics. She signed up to attend 15 related events often accompanied by a male companion and appeared at least twice at gatherings for departing Post staffers.
Phillips 41 presented herself to journalists variously as the owner of a start-up looking to recruit writers a graduate student studying national security or a contractor new to the area. This summer she tweeted posts in support of gun control and critical of Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants — a departure from the spring when on accounts that have since been deleted she used the #MAGA hashtag and mocked the Women’s March on Washington that followed Trump’s inauguration as the “Midol March.”
Her true identity and intentions were revealed only when The Post published a story on Monday along with photos and video about how she falsely told Post reporters that Moore had impregnated her when she was a teenager. The Post reported that Phillips appeared to work for Project Veritas an organization that uses false cover stories and covert video recordings in an attempt to embarrass its targets.
Phillips’s sustained attempt to insinuate herself into the social circles of reporters makes clear that her deception — and the efforts to discredit The Post’s reporting — went much further than the attempt to plant one fabricated article.
Phillips ’s encounters with dozens of journalists which have not been previously reported typically occurred at professional networking events or congratulatory send-offs for colleagues at bars and restaurants. She used three names and three phone numbers to follow up with Post employees chatting about life in Washington and asking to be introduced to other journalists.
In one case Phillips kept a conversation going for five weeks with a Post employee over text message repeatedly asking whether she and her husband could meet Phillips for dinner. After the employee shared that she was experiencing a family tragedy Phillips wrote: “Let me know if I can do anything to help even if just to talk or something small. We’d like to send flowers or a donation… Thoughts & prayers.”
Phillips did not respond to messages seeking comment Wednesday.
1 of 13 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad × Texts show Project Veritas operative seeking to build rapport with Post employee View Photos Jaime Phillips identified herself as a visitor to D.C. and communicated with a Washington Post employee from late August until early October repeatedly asking to take the employee out to dinner. The Post is not identifying the employee because the exchange includes references to a family tragedy. Some of the details of that event have been redacted. Caption Jaime Phillips identified herself as a visitor to D.C. and communicated with a Washington Post employee from late August until early October repeatedly asking to take the employee out to dinner. The Post is not identifying the employee because the exchange includes references to a family tragedy. Some of the details of that event have been redacted. Buy Photo Wait 1 second to continue.
Asked to comment on Phillips ’s mingling with employees of The Post and other news organizations over the past few months Project Veritas co-founder James O’Keefe said “I can’t give up the identity of my sources no more than you can disclose the identity of your anonymous sources.”
Post reporters watched as Phillips walked into Project Veritas’s office in Mamaroneck N.Y. Monday morning five days after presenting her with documents that raised doubts about her motivations in making claims against Moore.
Jaime Phillips center gave her name as Jaime Taylor while attending a meetup for entrepreneurial journalism at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism in August 2017. (Obtained by The Washington Post)
Soon Phillips began building a new online persona. She changed the cover art on her Facebook profile to a picture of John F. Kennedy. She created a new Twitter account featuring the slogan “Love not hate makes America great.” She started a new Periscope account using hashtags showing support for liberal protests. In a Facebook post on July 16 she wrote that she was leaving Atlanta to move to the Washington area to work for a “peace building” organization.
Her original social media accounts were eventually erased — and the accounts with the left-leaning sentiments were deleted after The Post published its story Monday.
The Post recovered the postings via the Internet Archive and Google’s cache. Other images of her social media accounts were captured as they were being deleted Tuesday night.
For two weeks in July early in her time in the District Phillips rented a basement apartment in the Capitol Hill home of Brad Woodhouse the former communications director for the Democratic National Committee. Woodhouse was president of the liberal group Americans United for Change when it was targeted in a Project Veritas video released days before the 2016 election. | Starting in July [TGT]an operative with the organization Project Veritas wiped her previous right-leaning social media accounts and joined two dozen networking groups related to either journalism or left-leaning politics. (Julio Negron/The Washington Post)
Starting in July [TGT]an operative with the organization Project Veritas which purports to expose media bias joined two dozen networking groups related to either journalism or left-leaning politics. She signed up to attend 15 related events often accompanied by a male companion and appeared at least twice at gatherings for departing Post staffers.
Phillips 41 presented herself to journalists variously as the owner of a start-up looking to recruit writers a graduate student studying national security or a contractor new to the area. This summer she tweeted posts in support of gun control and critical of Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants — a departure from the spring when on accounts that have since been deleted she used the #MAGA hashtag and mocked the Women’s March on Washington that followed Trump’s inauguration as the “Midol March.”
Her true identity and intentions were revealed only when The Post published a story on Monday along with photos and video about how she falsely told Post reporters that Moore had impregnated her when she was a teenager. The Post reported that Phillips appeared to work for Project Veritas an organization that uses false cover stories and covert video recordings in an attempt to embarrass its targets.
Phillips’s sustained attempt to insinuate herself into the social circles of reporters makes clear that her deception — and the efforts to discredit The Post’s reporting — went much further than the attempt to plant one fabricated article.
Phillips ’s encounters with dozens of journalists which have not been previously reported typically occurred at professional networking events or congratulatory send-offs for colleagues at bars and restaurants. She used three names and three phone numbers to follow up with Post employees chatting about life in Washington and asking to be introduced to other journalists.
In one case Phillips kept a conversation going for five weeks with a Post employee over text message repeatedly asking whether she and her husband could meet Phillips for dinner. After the employee shared that she was experiencing a family tragedy Phillips wrote: “Let me know if I can do anything to help even if just to talk or something small. We’d like to send flowers or a donation… Thoughts & prayers.”
Phillips did not respond to messages seeking comment Wednesday.
1 of 13 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad × Texts show Project Veritas operative seeking to build rapport with [TGT]identified herself as a visitor to D.C. and communicated with a Washington Post employee from late August until early October repeatedly asking to take the employee out to dinner. The Post is not identifying the employee because the exchange includes references to a family tragedy. Some of the details of that event have been redacted. [TGT]identified [TGT] as a visitor to D.C. and communicated with a Washington Post employee from late August until early October repeatedly asking to take the employee out to dinner. The Post is not identifying the employee because the exchange includes references to a family tragedy. Some of the details of that event have been redacted. Buy Photo Wait 1 second to continue.
Asked to comment on [TGT] ’s mingling with employees of The Post and other news organizations over the past few months Project Veritas co-founder James O’Keefe said “I can’t give up the identity of my sources no more than you can disclose the identity of your anonymous sources.”
Post reporters watched as [TGT] walked into Project Veritas’s office in Mamaroneck N.Y. Monday morning five days after presenting [TGT] with documents that raised doubts about [TGT] motivations in making claims against Moore.
[TGT] center gave [TGT] name as Jaime Taylor while attending a meetup for entrepreneurial journalism at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism in August 2017. (Obtained by The Washington Post)
[TGT]began building a new online persona. [TGT] changed the cover art on [TGT] Facebook profile to a picture of John F. Kennedy. She created a new Twitter account featuring the slogan “Love not hate makes America great.” She started a new Periscope account using hashtags showing support for liberal protests. In a Facebook post on July 16 she wrote that she was leaving Atlanta to move to the Washington area to work for a “peace building” organization.
Her original social media accounts were eventually erased — and the accounts with the left-leaning sentiments were deleted after The Post published its story Monday.
The Post recovered the postings via the Internet Archive and Google’s cache. Other images of her social media accounts were captured as they were being deleted Tuesday night.
For two weeks in July early in her time in the District Phillips rented a basement apartment in the Capitol Hill home of Brad Woodhouse the former communications director for the Democratic National Committee. Woodhouse was president of the liberal group Americans United for Change when it was targeted in a Project Veritas video released days before the 2016 election. | 1Neutral
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738 | Black Cube will donate Weinstein profits to charity says board member | Harvey WeinsteinThe | Black Cube a private agency run by former Israeli intelligence officers that Harvey Weinstein enlisted to gather information on his alleged accusers will donate profits from the case to organizations benefiting sexual assault victims according to a statement from the company.
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Weinstein 65 is currently under investigation by police in New York City Los Angeles Beverly Hills and the United Kingdom. Last week New York City Police Department Chief of Detectives Bob Boyce said that there was enough evidence to arrest Weinstein for rape but added that no warrant has been issued and it's not clear whether there's enough evidence to bring the case to trial. Weinstein 's representative told ABC News in a statement Wednesday that his team does not believe that an indictment is imminent.
“A formal presentation will be made on Mr. Weinstein’s behalf in the appropriate course of the investigation and we strongly believe we will demonstrate that no criminal charges are warranted " the statement read. | Black Cube a private agency run by former Israeli intelligence officers that Harvey Weinstein enlisted to gather information on his alleged accusers will donate profits from the case to organizations benefiting sexual assault victims according to a statement from the company.
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739 | Golden Knights sign defenseman Deryk Engelland to 1 | Deryk Engelland | Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland has reached a 1-year contract extension with the team. (Photo: Jerome Miron USA TODAY Sports)
When the Vegas Golden Knights selected Deryk Engelland in the expansion draft and signed him to a one-year deal the longtime Las Vegas native set out to earn another contract.
Engelland got it Monday with a $1.5 million one-year extension that serves as a reward for the veteran defenseman enjoying his best NHL season at age 35.
“That’s a dream come true ” Engelland said. “I’m getting a little older now and to be able to stay here at home and play another year that’s your whole goal going into the season and I couldn’t be more happy.”
Deryk Engelland is excited to be a part of the Golden Knights for another year
And we are equally excited to have him stay 🤗🙌 pic.twitter.com/xzkV7QAU95 — Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) January 15 2018
Engelland is averaging almost 20 minutes a night and has three goals and 10 assists for 13 points through 41 games. General manager George McPhee said “Deryk has been an integral part of our team on and off the ice from the very beginning.”
Engelland has always been somewhat of a tough guy and came into the season with 500 penalty minutes in 469 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames. He has just 16 this season and has show he has more to his game than that.
Roy added that Engelland and coach Gerard Gallant having similar personalities helped them get and stay on the same page. Engelland is the blue-collar veteran leader on a young team while Gallant is the front-runner for the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year.
Engelland fell in love with Las Vegas while playing for the ECHL’s Wranglers from 2003-2005 and he and his wife Melissa still call it home. He was thrilled when McPhee approached him about an extension that gets him a raise from his current $1 million salary and about the Golden Knights’ success thus far. | [TGT] has reached a 1-year contract extension with the team. (Photo: Jerome Miron USA TODAY Sports)
When the Vegas Golden Knights selected Deryk Engelland in the expansion draft and signed [TGT] to a one-year deal the longtime Las Vegas native set out to earn another contract.
[TGT]got [TGT] Monday with a $1.5 million one-year extension that serves as a reward for the veteran defenseman enjoying [TGT] best NHL season at age 35.
“That’s a dream come true ” [TGT]said. “I’m getting a little older now and to be able to stay here at home and play another year that’s your whole goal going into the season and I couldn’t be more happy.”
[TGT]is excited to be a part of the Golden Knights for another year
And we are equally excited to have [TGT] stay 🤗🙌 pic.twitter.com/xzkV7QAU95 — Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) January 15 2018
[TGT]is averaging almost 20 minutes a night and has three goals and 10 assists for 13 points through 41 games. General manager George McPhee said “Deryk has been an integral part of our team on and off the ice from the very beginning.”
[TGT]has always been somewhat of a tough guy and came into the season with 500 penalty minutes in 469 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames. [TGT] has just 16 this season and has show [TGT] has more to [TGT] game than that.
[TGT] added that [TGT]and coach Gerard Gallant having similar personalities helped them get and stay on the same page. [TGT]is the blue-collar veteran leader on a young team while Gallant is the front-runner for the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year.
[TGT]fell in love with Las Vegas while playing for the ECHL’s Wranglers from 2003-2005 and [TGT] and [TGT] wife Melissa still call [TGT] home. [TGT] was thrilled when McPhee approached [TGT] about an extension that gets [TGT] a raise from [TGT] current $1 million salary and about the Golden Knights’ success thus far. | 2Positive
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740 | Facebook's Partnership With Fact | SHAHANI | AARTI SHAHANI BYLINE: Factcheck.org is as the name spells out a fact-checking nonprofit. It's based at the University of Pennsylvania and is 1 of 5 partners Facebook featured when it rolled out the initiative in December 2016.
SHAHANI: That's FactCheck director Eugene Kiely. Facebook one of the largest companies on earth is meticulous when rolling out new products. Current and former employees have told NPR about the way engineers pore over code for live video or messenger making sure it lives up to the promise and troubleshooting very very quickly. But in this case there wasn't even a budget line for months.
SHAHANI: He used the money to hire Saranac Hale Spencer who had previously worked for a legal newspaper covering federal courts and then a Gannett paper in Delaware. She says this job is definitely different.
SHAHANI: How does it feel?
SHAHANI: Here's how her work day starts. She logs into Facebook and goes to a special dashboard. It shows links users have flagged as fake news ranked by popularity. So Spencer has a sense of what's getting a lot of attention. A few days ago just before Tuesday's Senate election in Alabama she saw fake news stories about candidate Roy Moore trending.
SHAHANI : The story said two women who accused Moore of pedophilia were caught lying.
SHAHANI : Spencer and her team found that contrary to the fake news claims there was no MSNBC interview or any TV interview record for that matter. And the picture in the article was actually of a British reality TV star just after a very painful pregnancy.
SHAHANI: It takes Spencer about one full day of work to debunk the fake news. She submits her fact-checked article to Facebook on the eve of an election the entire country is watching. Clearly this is important work. But that's separate from whether or not the work has an impact. I ask a question about her fact-checking article to which director Eugene Kiely responds.
SHAHANI: You're not given that feedback?
SHAHANI: Meaning Facebook does not tell the fact checkers how many times their work product reaches users compared with how many times the fake news reaches them - could be 1 to 2 or 1 to 10 or 1 to 100 000. Facebook says that's proprietary data not for outsiders even partners to know. Factcheck.org and others in this partnership have asked Facebook for more transparency. But even if he's kept in the dark Kiely says he knows there is a reach.
SHAHANI: In this way the fact-check project exposes an ongoing question. Seasoned journalists in newsrooms are torn about whether participation with Facebook in fact checking in sharing content on news feed in live video is grabbing a seat at an important table or giving cover to a broken relationship. A Facebook spokesperson says the fact checkers are valuable to the company and Facebook will provide them with additional tools and metrics in the new year. Aarti Shahani NPR News San Francisco. | AARTI [TGT] BYLINE: Factcheck.org is as the name spells out a fact-checking nonprofit. It's based at the University of Pennsylvania and is 1 of 5 partners Facebook featured when it rolled out the initiative in December 2016.
[TGT]: That's FactCheck director Eugene Kiely. Facebook one of the largest companies on earth is meticulous when rolling out new products. Current and former employees have told NPR about the way engineers pore over code for live video or messenger making sure it lives up to the promise and troubleshooting very very quickly. But in this case there wasn't even a budget line for months.
[TGT]: He used the money to hire Saranac Hale Spencer who had previously worked for a legal newspaper covering federal courts and then a Gannett paper in Delaware. She says this job is definitely different.
[TGT]: How does it feel?
[TGT]: Here's how her work day starts. She logs into Facebook and goes to a special dashboard. It shows links users have flagged as fake news ranked by popularity. So Spencer has a sense of what's getting a lot of attention. A few days ago just before Tuesday's Senate election in Alabama she saw fake news stories about candidate Roy Moore trending.
[TGT] : The story said two women who accused Moore of pedophilia were caught lying.
[TGT] : Spencer and her team found that contrary to the fake news claims there was no MSNBC interview or any TV interview record for that matter. And the picture in the article was actually of a British reality TV star just after a very painful pregnancy.
[TGT]: It takes Spencer about one full day of work to debunk the fake news. She submits her fact-checked article to Facebook on the eve of an election the entire country is watching. Clearly this is important work. But that's separate from whether or not the work has an impact. I ask a question about her fact-checking article to which director Eugene Kiely responds.
[TGT]: You're not given that feedback?
[TGT]: Meaning Facebook does not tell the fact checkers how many times their work product reaches users compared with how many times the fake news reaches them - could be 1 to 2 or 1 to 10 or 1 to 100 000. Facebook says that's proprietary data not for outsiders even partners to know. Factcheck.org and others in this partnership have asked Facebook for more transparency. But even if he's kept in the dark Kiely says he knows there is a reach.
[TGT]: In this way the fact-check project exposes an ongoing question. Seasoned journalists in newsrooms are torn about whether participation with Facebook in fact checking in sharing content on news feed in live video is grabbing a seat at an important table or giving cover to a broken relationship. A Facebook spokesperson says the fact checkers are valuable to the company and Facebook will provide them with additional tools and metrics in the new year. Aarti Shahani NPR News San Francisco. | 1Neutral
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741 | U.S. seeks to boost case against Iran with U.N. Washington visit | Nikki Haley | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States will seek to boost its case for United Nations action against Iran when Security Council envoys visit Washington on Monday to view pieces of weapons that U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley says Tehran gave to Yemen’s Houthi group.
Haley and her 14 council colleagues will also lunch with President Donald Trump the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said Friday.
Haley said last month she was exploring several U.N. options for pressuring Iran to “adjust their behavior”. But she is likely to struggle to convince some Security Council members like veto powers Russia and China that U.N. action is needed.
Diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity say Haley has not signaled which accountability option she might pursue or when. | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States will seek to boost its case for United Nations action against Iran when Security Council envoys visit Washington on Monday to view pieces of weapons that [TGT]says Tehran gave to Yemen’s Houthi group.
[TGT]and [TGT] 14 council colleagues will also lunch with President Donald Trump the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said Friday.
[TGT]said last month [TGT] was exploring several U.N. options for pressuring Iran to “adjust their behavior”. But [TGT] is likely to struggle to convince some Security Council members like veto powers Russia and China that U.N. action is needed.
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742 | Conservative firebrand defeats Trump pick in Alabama primary for U.S. Senate | Roy Moore | (Reuters) - Alabama voters elected conservative firebrand Roy Moore as the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday dealing a blow to President Donald Trump and other party leaders who had argued that rival Luther Strange was a better bet to advance their priorities in Washington.
An outspoken evangelical Christian who has twice lost his position as the state’s top judge Moore won election with a fierce anti-Washington message and a call to put religion at the center of public life.
With all 67 counties reporting Moore led Strange by 55 percent to 45 percent.
Despite campaigning for Strange Trump congratulated Moore for his victory and urged him to defeat Democrat Doug Jones in the December election to fill a seat that was held by Jeff Sessions before he became U.S. Attorney General in February.
“Congratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican Primary win in Alabama. Luther Strange started way back & ran a good race. Roy WIN in Dec!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Republican candidate Roy Moore makes his victory speech after defeating incumbent Luther Strange to his supporters at the RSA Activity center in Montgomery Alabama U.S. September 26 2017 during the runoff election for the Republican nomination for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry
“You’re going to see in state after state people that follow the model of Judge Roy Moore that do not need to raise money from the elites ” he said at Moore’s victory party.
Strange 64 a former state attorney general earned a reputation as a reliable Republican vote after he was appointed to the seat in February.
But his close ties to party leaders proved to be a liability with some voters who questioned whether former Governor Robert Bentley appointed him to Sessions’s seat in an attempt to avoid prosecution for a sex scandal. Bentley pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds and stepped down in April.
“It was sort of a ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours '” said R.L. Barber 77 a Moore supporter from Birmingham.
Moore’s uncompromising style could bring a new level of turbulence to the Senate where Republicans have struggled to reach consensus on tax and spending issues and have failed repeatedly to roll back Obamacare.
But Moore said he would back the president.
“Don’t let anybody in the press think that because he supported my opponent I do not support him and support his agenda ” Moore said. | (Reuters) - Alabama voters elected conservative firebrand Roy Moore as the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday dealing a blow to President Donald Trump and other party leaders who had argued that rival Luther Strange was a better bet to advance their priorities in Washington.
An outspoken evangelical Christian who has twice lost his position as the state’s top judge Moore won election with a fierce anti-Washington message and a call to put religion at the center of public life.
With all 67 counties reporting Moore led Strange by 55 percent to 45 percent.
Despite campaigning for Strange Trump congratulated Moore for his victory and urged him to defeat Democrat Doug Jones in the December election to fill a seat that was held by Jeff Sessions before he became U.S. Attorney General in February.
“Congratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican Primary win in Alabama. Luther Strange started way back & ran a good race. Roy WIN in Dec!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Republican candidate Roy Moore makes his victory speech after defeating incumbent Luther Strange to his supporters at the RSA Activity center in Montgomery Alabama U.S. September 26 2017 during the runoff election for the Republican nomination for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry
“You’re going to see in state after state people that follow the model of [TGT][TGT] said at Moore’s victory party.
Strange 64 a former state attorney general earned a reputation as a reliable Republican vote after he was appointed to the seat in February.
But his close ties to party leaders proved to be a liability with some voters who questioned whether former Governor Robert Bentley appointed him to Sessions’s seat in an attempt to avoid prosecution for a sex scandal. Bentley pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds and stepped down in April.
“It was sort of a ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours '” said R.L. Barber 77 a Moore supporter from Birmingham.
Moore’s uncompromising style could bring a new level of turbulence to the Senate where Republicans have struggled to reach consensus on tax and spending issues and have failed repeatedly to roll back Obamacare.
But Moore said he would back the president.
“Don’t let anybody in the press think that because he supported my opponent I do not support him and support his agenda ” Moore said. | 2Positive
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743 | Thunder's Paul George prepares to face former team | Paul George | Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (13) shoots over New York Knicks guards Tim Hardaway Jr. (3) and Courtney Lee (5) during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City Thursday Oct. 19 2017. Oklahoma City won 105-84. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (Photo: The Associated Press)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Just four games into the season Paul George has to face the team he just left under less than ideal circumstances.
During the offseason George 's camp let it be known he planned to become a free agent after next season. The disappointed Pacers opted to trade the face of their franchise to Oklahoma City rather than play a season with a star they had no long-term future with and perhaps get nothing in return.
With the Pacers George was a four-time All-Star and helped Indiana reach the Eastern Conference Finals twice. The Thunder host the Pacers on Wednesday night.
"It'll be emotional from a standpoint of it's an organization that I started with had a wonderful journey with that I had seven unbelievable years with " George said.
George was especially close to Larry Bird who was team president when the Pacers made him the 10th pick in the 2010 draft. George said he appreciated the time he spent with Bird who has stepped down as president but remains with the franchise as a consultant.
" His stories his knowledge of the game talking with him through playoff battles and his understanding " George said. " He 's a legend. Hall of Fame player Hall of Fame across the whole board — executive coach. It meant a lot as a young player coming into this league. I was grateful to have that time talking to him and sharing conversations."
New Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony had to face his old team the New York Knicks in the season opener. He said he spoke with George during the preseason about facing their former teams so soon.
"If I sit here and say he 's not excited about that game tomorrow I'd be lying to you " Anthony said.
Thunder coach Billy Donovan said he expects George to handle the situation well.
"I'm sure that there's things he 's going through but he 's a pro " Donovan said. " He 'll handle things how he sees fit to handle them. I think he 'll be fine."
George 's adjustment has been a mixed bag so far. He 's averaging 21.3 points but he 's shooting just 37 percent from the field. | Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (13) shoots over New York Knicks guards Tim Hardaway Jr. (3) and Courtney Lee (5) during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City Thursday Oct. 19 2017. Oklahoma City won 105-84. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (Photo: The Associated Press)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Just four games into the season [TGT]has to face the team [TGT] just left under less than ideal circumstances.
During the offseason [TGT] 's camp let it be known [TGT] planned to become a free agent after next season. The disappointed Pacers opted to trade the face of their franchise to Oklahoma City rather than play a season with a star they had no long-term future with and perhaps get nothing in return.
With [TGT]was a four-time All-Star and helped Indiana reach the Eastern Conference Finals twice. The Thunder host the Pacers on Wednesday night.
"It'll be emotional from a standpoint of it's an organization that I started with had a wonderful journey with that I had seven unbelievable years with " [TGT]said.
[TGT]was especially close to Larry Bird who was team president when the Pacers made [TGT] the 10th pick in the 2010 draft. [TGT]said [TGT] appreciated the time [TGT] spent with Bird who has stepped down as president but remains with the franchise as a consultant.
" [TGT] stories [TGT] knowledge of the game talking with [TGT] through playoff battles and [TGT] understanding [TGT]said. " [TGT] 's a legend. Hall of Fame player Hall of Fame across the whole board — executive coach. It meant a lot as a young player coming into this league. I was grateful to have that time talking to [TGT] and sharing conversations."
New Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony had to face his old team the New York Knicks in the season opener. He said he spoke with [TGT]during the preseason about facing their former teams so soon.
"If I sit here and say he 's not excited about that game tomorrow I'd be lying to you " Anthony said.
Thunder coach Billy Donovan said he expects [TGT]to handle the situation well.
"I'm sure that there's things he 's going through but he 's a pro " Donovan said. " He 'll handle things how he sees fit to handle them. I think he 'll be fine."
George 's adjustment has been a mixed bag so far. He 's averaging 21.3 points but he 's shooting just 37 percent from the field. | 1Neutral
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744 | Man faces child porn charges after viewing printing photos of young girls at Northlake library: police | Thomas M. Murphy | Police said Thomas M. Murphy of the 1600 block of 44th Avenue Stone Park was charged with possession of child pornography. According to police at about 8 p.m. on Feb. 1 library employees called police after reports from staff and students that Murphy had viewed and printed photographs at the library.
According to police Murphy was taken into custody and held at the police department while investigators obtained a search warrant for his home and car. Police said at about 9 p.m. on Feb. 2 authorities executed the warrant and confiscated several images of girls who appeared to be under the age of 18 along with three computers which are pending forensic analysis. No evidence was found in the car police added.
Murphy was released on a $15 000 bond police said. He is to appear for a hearing Feb. 28 in Maybrook Court.
Efforts to reach Murphy were unsuccessful. | Police said [TGT]was charged with possession of child pornography. According to police at about 8 p.m. on Feb. 1 library employees called police after reports from staff and students that [TGT]had viewed and printed photographs at the library.
According to police [TGT]was taken into custody and held at the police department while investigators obtained a search warrant for his home and car. Police said at about 9 p.m. on Feb. 2 authorities executed the warrant and confiscated several images of girls who appeared to be under the age of 18 along with three computers which are pending forensic analysis. No evidence was found in the car police added.
[TGT]was released on a $15 000 bond police said. [TGT] is to appear for a hearing Feb. 28 in Maybrook Court.
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745 | Mike Adamle's struggle and his crusade: 'I can feel the decline every single day' | Mike Adamle Tribune | The Adamles rely on routines but one small problem can send Mike into a spiral. Impulsivity frustration and anger set in. While Kim was trying to figure out his location Mike hung up on her.
She called the NBC Sports desk where Mike had worked until he went on leave in 2016 a year before he retired in March and asked if someone could go out and see if he was wandering near NBC Tower put him in a taxi and send him home.
Mike Adamle admitted during his Tribune interview that he sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about his mortality.
“You pop up like this. It’s hard not to it happens to a zillion people every day on the planet Earth ” he said. “I’ll be gone. I’d like to make that a little longer and I definitely don’t want to spend it in an old folks home; that’s never going to happen. So we just keep on going until.”
Mike Adamle the retired Bear and former NBC-5 sportscaster delivers a comedy monologue about his dementia which doctors say is likely due to CTE. (Phil Thompson/Chicago Tribune) Mike Adamle the retired Bear and former NBC-5 sportscaster delivers a comedy monologue about his dementia which doctors say is likely due to CTE. (Phil Thompson/Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS
At the second annual CTE conference at Boston University in early November Adamle was adamant when asked how he would make the game safer. “I said ‘Listen if you have some (expletive) father grabbing you or coach that’s grabbing you and attacking your masculinity get rid of him! Don’t even let that guy coach anymore!’ ” | The Adamles rely on routines but one small problem can send Mike into a spiral. Impulsivity frustration and anger set in. While Kim was trying to figure out his location Mike hung up on her.
She called the NBC Sports desk where Mike had worked until he went on leave in 2016 a year before he retired in March and asked if someone could go out and see if he was wandering near NBC Tower put him in a taxi and send him home.
Mike Adamle admitted during his Tribune interview that he sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about his mortality.
“You pop up like this. It’s hard not to it happens to a zillion people every day on the planet Earth ” he said. “I’ll be gone. I’d like to make that a little longer and I definitely don’t want to spend it in an old folks home; that’s never going to happen. So we just keep on going until.”
Mike Adamle the retired Bear and former NBC-5 sportscaster delivers a comedy monologue about his dementia which doctors say is likely due to CTE. (Phil Thompson/Chicago Tribune) Mike Adamle the retired Bear and former NBC-5 sportscaster delivers a comedy monologue about his dementia which doctors say is likely due to CTE. (Phil Thompson/Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS
At the second annual CTE conference at Boston University in early November Adamle was adamant when asked how he would make the game safer. “I said ‘Listen if you have some (expletive) father grabbing you or coach that’s grabbing you and attacking your masculinity get rid of him! Don’t even let that guy coach anymore!’ ” | 2Positive
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746 | Missing Virginia college student found dead in North Carolina | Meltony Billie | Meltony Billie the teenager’s father urged the public to help other missing people find their way home.
In interviews before her body was discovered Billie ’s parents said she loved cooking and dreamed of opening a bakery or becoming an executive chef. Meltony Billie said his daughter made him crepes for Father’s Day and described her as “a comical young lady” who also loved dogs especially their 10-year-old Shih Tzu named Rahab.
Investigators said Billie entered the base about 5 a.m. on Sept. 18 but never arrived at work. A short while later video shows her Mini Cooper leaving the base but it was not clear whether Billie was in it officials said previously.
Authorities recovered her cellphone in a dumpster in the Norfolk area and on Sept. 23 they recovered her car in Norfolk as well. | [TGT]urged the public to help other missing people find their way home.
In interviews before [TGT] body was discovered Billie ’s parents said [TGT] loved cooking and dreamed of opening a bakery or becoming an executive chef. [TGT] said [TGT] daughter made [TGT] crepes for Father’s Day and described her as “a comical young lady” who also loved dogs especially their 10-year-old Shih Tzu named Rahab.
Investigators said [TGT]entered the base about 5 a.m. on Sept. 18 but never arrived at work. A short while later video shows her Mini Cooper leaving the base but it was not clear whether [TGT]was in it officials said previously.
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747 | UN chief calls for Syria referral to International Court | Antonio Guterres | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is again calling on the U.N. Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court pointing to "serious violations" including blocking aid deliveries and medical care to millions.
Guterres said in a report to the council circulated Friday on the humanitarian situation in Syria in December that "accountability for serious violations is a requirement under international law and central to achieving sustainable peace."
During December he said no aid was delivered to over 417 000 people in nine "besieged" locations and only 60 000 of the nearly 2.5 million Syrians living in "hard-to-reach" areas received humanitarian help. He said 95 percent of the besieged population is besieged by Syrian government forces.
Guterres said "access for the United Nations and its partners to those people living in besieged and hard-to-reach locations remained a critical concern."
He said deliveries of food and other aid remained "extremely challenging" in many areas last month "as a result of active conflict shifting conflict lines administrative impediments and deliberate restrictions imposed on the movement of people and goods by the parties to the conflict." | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — [TGT] is again calling on the U.N. Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court pointing to "serious violations" including blocking aid deliveries and medical care to millions.
[TGT]said in a report to the council circulated Friday on the humanitarian situation in Syria in December that "accountability for serious violations is a requirement under international law and central to achieving sustainable peace."
During December [TGT] said no aid was delivered to over 417 000 people in nine "besieged" locations and only 60 000 of the nearly 2.5 million Syrians living in "hard-to-reach" areas received humanitarian help. [TGT] said 95 percent of the besieged population is besieged by Syrian government forces.
[TGT]said "access for the United Nations and its partners to those people living in besieged and hard-to-reach locations remained a critical concern."
[TGT] said deliveries of food and other aid remained "extremely challenging" in many areas last month "as a result of active conflict shifting conflict lines administrative impediments and deliberate restrictions imposed on the movement of people and goods by the parties to the conflict." | 2Positive
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748 | Pelini: Player convicted of rape earned a second chance | Bo Pelini | Youngstown State football coach Bo Pelini says the school made a mistake by not publicizing right away that one of the teens convicted in the high-profile Steubenville rape case was joining the team but the player earned a second chance three years after getting out of prison by staying disciplined focused and out of trouble.
Speaking to the AP for the first time about the case Pelini said he gave Richmond a chance to try out in the first place after hearing him accept responsibility for his conviction.
"I didn't make this decision lightly " Pelini said. " He was extremely remorseful. I saw a young man who was desperately wanting to better his life and those of the people around him ."
As the backlash played out Richmond's father Nathaniel Richmond was killed in an unrelated confrontation when he shot a judge in a courthouse parking lot and a probation officer returned fire. The judge had been overseeing a wrongful death lawsuit the father filed against a housing authority. He had been mostly absent during his son's childhood but was becoming more involved in his life.
Richmond also quit the team and went home to Steubenville after the university said he would not play. Pelini another coach and three teammates visited Richmond to convince him to return to school.
"'You need to get your butt back to campus and trust that things are gonna work out. You can't walk away from school you've come this far. It's time to stick it out '" Pelini said he told Richmond during the visit.
Richmond and his legal guardians spoke with Pelini and YSU President Jim Tressel about joining the team after he enrolled. Pelini researched Richmond's past before meeting him then said he made no promises and told Richmond he'd have to earn good grades and stay out of trouble to be on the team.
"He stuck with it " Pelini said. "He went over and above. He knew he had no room for error."
Richmond began practicing with the team as a defensive end after Youngstown State's loss in the Football Championship Subdivision title game in January. Pelini said Richmond a walk-on player with no scholarship showed talent but was a "work in progress."
Pelini said the rape conviction and the intense public attention sharpened Richmond's focus and determination to rise above his past.
"It makes you grow up in a hurry " Pelini said. | Youngstown State football coach [TGT] says the school made a mistake by not publicizing right away that one of the teens convicted in the high-profile Steubenville rape case was joining the team but the player earned a second chance three years after getting out of prison by staying disciplined focused and out of trouble.
Speaking to the AP for the first time about the case Pelini said he gave Richmond a chance to try out in the first place after hearing him accept responsibility for his conviction.
"I didn't make this decision lightly " Pelini said. " He was extremely remorseful. I saw a young man who was desperately wanting to better his life and those of the people around him ."
As the backlash played out Richmond's father Nathaniel Richmond was killed in an unrelated confrontation when he shot a judge in a courthouse parking lot and a probation officer returned fire. The judge had been overseeing a wrongful death lawsuit the father filed against a housing authority. He had been mostly absent during his son's childhood but was becoming more involved in his life.
Richmond also quit the team and went home to Steubenville after the university said he would not play. Pelini another coach and three teammates visited Richmond to convince him to return to school.
"'You need to get your butt back to campus and trust that things are gonna work out. You can't walk away from school you've come this far. It's time to stick it out '" Pelini said he told Richmond during the visit.
Richmond and his legal guardians spoke with Pelini and YSU President Jim Tressel about joining the team after he enrolled. Pelini researched Richmond's past before meeting him then said he made no promises and told Richmond he'd have to earn good grades and stay out of trouble to be on the team.
"He stuck with it " Pelini said. "He went over and above. He knew he had no room for error."
Richmond began practicing with the team as a defensive end after Youngstown State's loss in the Football Championship Subdivision title game in January. Pelini said Richmond a walk-on player with no scholarship showed talent but was a "work in progress."
Pelini said the rape conviction and the intense public attention sharpened Richmond's focus and determination to rise above his past.
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749 | Clinton Pens Facebook to Defend Decision Not to Fire Employee for Sexual Misconduct | Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton took to Facebook on Tuesday just hours ahead of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address defending her decision to retain a male campaign worker who sexually harassed a female on staff.
Clinton wrote in her post that men should be held accountable for their actions and everyone regardless of gender should protect women from any abuse.
In the lengthy post Clinton didn’t however reflect or comment on her husband President Bill Clinton who lied about his sexual conduct with a White House intern and was accused by several women of sexual assault.
“I very much understand the question I’m being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior ” Clinton wrote. “The short answer is this: If I had it to do again I wouldn’t.”
Nonetheless Clinton defends her decision saying that she thought reprimanding the offender cutting his pay and access to the victim and ordering the man to undergo counseling. She also promoted the victim.
“Through it all I’ve always taken firing very seriously ” Clinton wrote. “Taking away someone’s livelihood is perhaps the most serious thing an employer can do.”
“When faced with a situation like this if I think it’s possible to avoid termination while still doing right by everyone involved I am inclined in that direction ” Clinton said. “I do not put this forward as a virtue or a vice – just as a fact about how I view these matters.”
Clinton also wrote that she believes in “second chances” and has been the recipient of those chances.
Clinton said she contacted the woman that once worked on her 2008 campaign to make certain she was doing well despite her experience while working for Clinton .
The Facebook post though quickly morphs into a commentary on how others are to blame for the scourge of sexual harassment in the headlines of late including her own “me too” moment.
“Over the past year a seismic shift has occurred in the way we approach and respond to sexual harassment both as a society and as individuals ” Clinton said adding that it took women from all walks of life coming forward to make this happen.”
My own decision to write in my memoir about my experiences being sexually harassed and physically threatened early in my career – the first time was in college – was more agonizing than it should have been ” Clinton said.
Now men Clinton concluded are “on notice.”
“Men are now on notice that they will truly be held accountable for their actions ” Clinton said. “Especially now we all need to be thinking about the complexities of sexual harassment and be willing to challenge ourselves to reassess and question our own views.”
“In other words everyone’s now on their second chance both the offenders and the decision-makers ” Clinton added. “Let’s do our best to make the most of it.”
Ironically Clinton touted her advocacy for women and girls in the post despite her longstanding support for abortion that has claimed the lives of millions of female babies and Planned Parenthood which awarded her with its Margaret Sanger award in 2009. | [TGT]took to Facebook on Tuesday just hours ahead of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address defending [TGT] decision to retain a male campaign worker who sexually harassed a female on staff.
[TGT]wrote in [TGT] post that men should be held accountable for their actions and everyone regardless of gender should protect women from any abuse.
In the lengthy post [TGT]didn’t however reflect or comment on [TGT] husband President Bill Clinton who lied about his sexual conduct with a White House intern and was accused by several women of sexual assault.
“I very much understand the question I’m being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior ” [TGT]wrote. “The short answer is this: If I had it to do again I wouldn’t.”
Nonetheless Clinton defends [TGT] decision saying that [TGT] thought reprimanding the offender cutting his pay and access to the victim and ordering the man to undergo counseling. [TGT] also promoted the victim.
“Through it all I’ve always taken firing very seriously ” [TGT] wrote. “Taking away someone’s livelihood is perhaps the most serious thing an employer can do.”
“When faced with a situation like this if I think it’s possible to avoid termination while still doing right by everyone involved I am inclined in that direction ” [TGT]said. “I do not put this forward as a virtue or a vice – just as a fact about how I view these matters.”
[TGT]also wrote that [TGT] believes in “second chances” and has been the recipient of those chances.
[TGT]said [TGT] contacted the woman that once worked on [TGT] 2008 campaign to make certain [TGT] was doing well despite [TGT] experience while working for [TGT] .
The Facebook post though quickly morphs into a commentary on how others are to blame for the scourge of sexual harassment in the headlines of late including her own “me too” moment.
“Over the past year a seismic shift has occurred in the way we approach and respond to sexual harassment both as a society and as individuals ” [TGT]said adding that it took women from all walks of life coming forward to make this happen.”
My own decision to write in my memoir about my experiences being sexually harassed and physically threatened early in my career – the first time was in college – was more agonizing than it should have been ” [TGT]said.
Now men [TGT]concluded are “on notice.”
“Men are now on notice that they will truly be held accountable for their actions ” [TGT]said. “Especially now we all need to be thinking about the complexities of sexual harassment and be willing to challenge ourselves to reassess and question our own views.”
“In other words everyone’s now on their second chance both the offenders and the decision-makers ” [TGT]added. “Let’s do our best to make the most of it.”
Ironically [TGT]touted [TGT] advocacy for women and girls in the post despite [TGT] longstanding support for abortion that has claimed the lives of millions of female babies and Planned Parenthood which awarded her with its Margaret Sanger award in 2009. | 2Positive
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750 | Paris climate summit: Schwarzenegger world leaders gather | Emmanuel Macron | French President Emmanuel Macron right and Hungarian President Janos Ader leave after their talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris Tuesday Dec. 12 2017. (Photo: Francois Mori AP)
PARIS – More than 50 world leaders are joining bankers energy magnates and others Tuesday in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming — despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate accord.
Some 3 100 security personnel are fanned out around Paris for Tuesday’s event including extra patrol boats along the Seine River. Macron will accompany the visiting leaders to the summit site on a river island by boat.
On Monday Macron awarded 18 climate scientists — most of them based in the U.S. — multimillion-euro grants to relocate to France for the rest of Trump’s term. Trump has expressed skepticism about global warming and said the Paris accord would hurt U.S. business.
The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants — a nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — are part of Macron ’s efforts to counter Trump on the climate change front. Macron announced a contest for the projects in June hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
The summit co-hosted by the U.N. World Bank and Macron is being held on the second anniversary of the Paris climate accord ratified by 170 countries. | [TGT]right and Hungarian President Janos Ader leave after their talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris Tuesday Dec. 12 2017. (Photo: Francois Mori AP)
PARIS – More than 50 world leaders are joining bankers energy magnates and others Tuesday in Paris for a summit that [TGT] hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming — despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate accord.
Some 3 100 security personnel are fanned out around Paris for Tuesday’s event including extra patrol boats along the Seine River. [TGT]will accompany the visiting leaders to the summit site on a river island by boat.
On Monday [TGT]awarded 18 climate scientists — most of them based in the U.S. — multimillion-euro grants to relocate to France for the rest of Trump’s term. Trump has expressed skepticism about global warming and said the Paris accord would hurt U.S. business.
The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants — a nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — are part of [TGT] ’s efforts to counter Trump on the climate change front. [TGT]announced a contest for the projects in June hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
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751 | Patriots' Matt Patricia reportedly will take Lions coaching job not Giants | Matt Patricia | Come fall Matt Patricia with pencil tucked firmly behind his ear is likely going to be patrolling some NFL sideline as a head coach. But where?
The New England Patriots defensive coordinator the hottest name among assistant coaches expected to move up is moving toward becoming the next coach of the Detroit Lions according to ESPN in news that is likely to disappoint New York Giants fans. Patricia 43 and the Lions however still have to agree on contract details something that under NFL rules cannot be done until the Patriots' season ends. New England advanced to the AFC championship game next weekend with a victory Saturday night over Tennessee.
Patricia would be joining Bob Quinn who formerly worked for the Patriots and is now the Lions general manager.
As for the Giants they'll be in a bit of a pickle if Patricia ends up in Detroit. They're also eyeing Josh McDaniels the Patriots' offensive coordinator and Pat Shurmur the Minnesota Vikings' offensive coordinator. McDaniels has emerged as the top choice to replace Chuck Pagano with the Indianapolis Colts according to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Shurmur is believed to be the top choice of the Arizona Cardinals after the retirement of Bruce Arians. Like Patricia McDaniels and Shurmur cannot finalize contracts until after their teams' seasons end. Shurmur's Vikings play the Saints in a divisional-round game Sunday afternoon.
Detroit might be the most comfortable landing spot for Patricia given his penchant for tweaking NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Better for him to not to be just across the river from the NFL's Park Avenue headquarters after wearing a Deflategate T-shirt depicting Goodell as a clown after the Patriots won Super Bowl LI last February.
"I think Matt is a great leader. He 's got a great personality and he works his tail off " Tom Brady told the New York Daily News on Saturday night. " He 's got a tremendous amount of respect from all the players. Just a great coach. I love Matt ."
Although he had a much ballyhooed sideline argument with McDaniels during a game last fall Brady has since apologized. | Come fall [TGT]with pencil tucked firmly behind [TGT] ear is likely going to be patrolling some NFL sideline as a head coach. But where?
The New England Patriots defensive coordinator the hottest name among assistant coaches expected to move up is moving toward becoming the next coach of the Detroit Lions according to ESPN in news that is likely to disappoint New York Giants fans. Patricia 43 and the Lions however still have to agree on contract details something that under NFL rules cannot be done until the Patriots' season ends. New England advanced to the AFC championship game next weekend with a victory Saturday night over Tennessee.
[TGT]would be joining Bob Quinn who formerly worked for the Patriots and is now the Lions general manager.
As for the Giants they'll be in a bit of a pickle if [TGT]ends up in Detroit. They're also eyeing Josh McDaniels the Patriots' offensive coordinator and Pat Shurmur the Minnesota Vikings' offensive coordinator. McDaniels has emerged as the top choice to replace Chuck Pagano with the Indianapolis Colts according to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Shurmur is believed to be the top choice of the Arizona Cardinals after the retirement of Bruce Arians. Like Patricia McDaniels and Shurmur cannot finalize contracts until after their teams' seasons end. Shurmur's Vikings play the Saints in a divisional-round game Sunday afternoon.
Detroit might be the most comfortable landing spot for [TGT]given [TGT] penchant for tweaking NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Better for [TGT] to not to be just across the river from the NFL's Park Avenue headquarters after wearing a Deflategate T-shirt depicting Goodell as a clown after the Patriots won Super Bowl LI last February.
"I think Matt is a great leader. He 's got a great personality and he works his tail off " Tom Brady told the New York Daily News on Saturday night. " He 's got a tremendous amount of respect from all the players. Just a great coach. I love Matt ."
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752 | Steinhoff scandal leaves ECB with financial issues of its own | Steinhoff | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The accounting scandal embroiling household goods retailer Steinhoff (SNHG.DE) could place the European Central Bank in a tricky position as one of the embattled firm’s creditors.
The ECB bought Steinhoff’s bond last summer as part of its stimulus program.
The ECB owns Steinhoff senior bonds the last to be written off or converted into shares if the company goes down.
The Steinhoff case also puts the ECB in the uncomfortable position of being a lender to a company accused of financial wrongdoing. | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - [TGT]could place the European Central Bank in a tricky position as one of the embattled firm’s creditors.
The ECB bought Steinhoff’s bond last summer as part of its stimulus program.
The ECB owns Steinhoff senior bonds the last to be written off or converted into shares if the company goes down.
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753 | Braves release 3B Garcia so he can play in South Korea | Garcia | ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have released third baseman Adonis Garcia so he can play overseas.
The team says on Twitter that Garcia has a "desire to play in South Korea for the 2018 season."
The 32-year-old Garcia likely would have entered spring training behind Johan Camargo and Rio Ruiz in Atlanta's competition at third base. New president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos has said the team may add another option at third through a trade or free agency.
Garcia hit .273 with 14 homers and 65 RBI in 134 games in 2016. His playing time decreased in 2017 when he hit .237 with five homers in 52 games. He missed about three months while recovering from finger surgery. | ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have released [TGT]so he can play overseas.
The team says on Twitter that [TGT]has a "desire to play in South Korea for the 2018 season."
[TGT]likely would have entered spring training behind Johan Camargo and Rio Ruiz in Atlanta's competition at third base. New president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos has said the team may add another option at third through a trade or free agency.
[TGT]hit .273 with 14 homers and 65 RBI in 134 games in 2016. [TGT] playing time decreased in 2017 when [TGT] hit .237 with five homers in 52 games. [TGT] missed about three months while recovering from finger surgery. | 2Positive
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754 | Phobia about holes is not officially recognized but U.K. scientists look into it | Arnold Wilkins | Arnold Wilkins left and Geoff Cole right hope to show that an aversion to objects such as lotus seedpods can be seen as a phobia with an evolutionary basis. (Roger Deeble)
During an introductory psychology course at Britain’s University of Essex in 2009 Arnold Wilkins asked his class to participate in a quick experiment. Wilkins projected two images on a wall and asked students to write down whether they found either of them disturbing. One was a photograph of a woody landscape. The other was a close-up of a lotus-flower seedpod — a flat-faced pod pocked with small holes. Most of the students were unmoved but one freshman An Le recalls being both transfixed and revolted by the lotus image. “It felt like I was in shock ” he says.
Le is far from alone in his response. Thousands of people claim to suffer trypophobia a term derived from the Greek “trypo ” which means punching drilling or boring holes. It refers to an irrational fear of clusters of small holes such as beehives ant holes and even bubbles in a pancake on the griddle or air pockets in a chocolate bar.
In a separate experiment the pair showed people slide shows of various images and monitored their brain activity via functional MRI scans. “You get an abnormally high response with the trypophobic images ” Wilkins says. “It’s like these poisonous things are warning us that they’re poisonous ” Cole says. Trypophobic patterns such as those that can be found on the skin of snakes and spiders are indicative of poisonous predators and some people are especially primed to respond to that. Wilkins and Cole hope to soon figure out why.
Wilkins and Cole concede that it’s too soon to draw major conclusions from their findings. For now they are outlining a desensitization regimen whereby trypophobes gradually expose themselves to more disturbing imagery as a way to overcome their anxieties Wilkins says. “But it probably won’t be possible to remove the uncomfortableness altogether.” | [TGT]left and Geoff Cole right hope to show that an aversion to objects such as lotus seedpods can be seen as a phobia with an evolutionary basis. (Roger Deeble)
During an introductory psychology course at Britain’s University of Essex in 2009 [TGT] asked his class to participate in a quick experiment. [TGT]projected two images on a wall and asked students to write down whether they found either of them disturbing. One was a photograph of a woody landscape. The other was a close-up of a lotus-flower seedpod — a flat-faced pod pocked with small holes. Most of the students were unmoved but one freshman An Le recalls being both transfixed and revolted by the lotus image. “It felt like I was in shock ” he says.
Le is far from alone in his response. Thousands of people claim to suffer trypophobia a term derived from the Greek “trypo ” which means punching drilling or boring holes. It refers to an irrational fear of clusters of small holes such as beehives ant holes and even bubbles in a pancake on the griddle or air pockets in a chocolate bar.
In a separate experiment the pair showed people slide shows of various images and monitored their brain activity via functional MRI scans. “You get an abnormally high response with the trypophobic images ” Wilkins says. “It’s like these poisonous things are warning us that they’re poisonous ” Cole says. Trypophobic patterns such as those that can be found on the skin of snakes and spiders are indicative of poisonous predators and some people are especially primed to respond to that. Wilkins and Cole hope to soon figure out why.
Wilkins and Cole concede that it’s too soon to draw major conclusions from their findings. For now they are outlining a desensitization regimen whereby trypophobes gradually expose themselves to more disturbing imagery as a way to overcome their anxieties Wilkins says. “But it probably won’t be possible to remove the uncomfortableness altogether.” | 1Neutral
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755 | In latest twist in Japan election drama Tokyo's Koike says won't seek seat | Kim Kyung-Hoon Koike | Speculation has persisted that Koike a former LDP member and defense minister would resign to run for a seat in parliament needed to make a bid for the premiership.
“I have been saying I will not run for the election from the beginning ” Koike said in an interview with the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday.
If Koike does not personally contest this election then analysts believe she would hope her party positions itself to win the next national poll and that she gains a voter boost from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
But Koike ’s new Party of Hope - launched just last week as a “reformist conservative” alternative to Abe’s equally conservative LDP - has clouded the outlook amid signs voters are disillusioned with Abe after nearly five years in power.
Koike ’s dilemma was whether to run for a seat now and face a backlash from voters for quitting as governor little more than a year since she defied the LDP to run successfully for the post or risk letting a shot at the top job slip through her fingers.
“ Koike is tough she ’s resilient and she can tap into the fact that Abe’s negative ratings are pretty high and a lot of people out there are unhappy with him ” Kingston said. | Speculation has persisted that Koike a former LDP member and defense minister would resign to run for a seat in parliament needed to make a bid for the premiership.
“I have been saying I will not run for the election from the beginning ” Koike said in an interview with the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday.
If Koike does not personally contest this election then analysts believe she would hope her party positions itself to win the next national poll and that she gains a voter boost from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
But Koike ’s new Party of Hope - launched just last week as a “reformist conservative” alternative to Abe’s equally conservative LDP - has clouded the outlook amid signs voters are disillusioned with Abe after nearly five years in power.
Koike ’s dilemma was whether to run for a seat now and face a backlash from voters for quitting as governor little more than a year since she defied the LDP to run successfully for the post or risk letting a shot at the top job slip through her fingers.
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756 | Patton Oswalt: Falling In Love Again Was Like 'Getting Hit By Lightning Twice' | PATTON OSWALT | (SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL "PATTON OSWALT: ANNIHILATION")
PATTON OSWALT : I'm genuinely - I'm genuinely surprised that you're in such a good mood especially with what - I'm sure you guys saw what just went down on Twitter like five minutes ago. Did you - you didn't see? No? I'm kidding. Nothing happened. But that's...
OSWALT : That's the world we're living in right now basically - is every - oh (expletive). What did he do? What? Wait. What do you mean?
OSWALT : I almost feel like I could get out of a mugging using that for the next couple of years...
OSWALT : Yeah. I mean I - the first time that I went onstage was at the UCB Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. And I went onstage and immediately started talking about my wife passing away and me being in grief. And I was throwing the audience right into this wall of spikes. But I was throwing myself into a wall of spikes in front of them. And it was - it just - I went on stage and immediately froze up feeling - internally I had voices saying you're being exploitative. You're being shallow and selfish and solipsistic. And every bad thing that people do to put the - because it didn't feel like the focus should be on me. It felt like - because what my focus was how is this planet still revolving without Michelle McNamara in it? The whole - life - existence felt like an insult to me to be in the world without her.
OSWALT : I'll tell you about what I'm going - no we're totally cool with you singing about your pain but sing about it. That's why we came here. And also we need help. So you know it took me a while to start getting towards that.
GROSS: If you're just joining us my guest is Patton Oswalt . And he has a new comedy special that's in part about his wife's death. And he manages to find a way to talk about that. And it's called "Annihilation." It's on Netflix. We're going to take a short break. We'll be right back. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL "PATTON OSWALT: ANNIHILATION")
OSWALT : I'm going to spend Mother's Day - we'll be at the airport and we'll travel. And I'll make that day really fun. And I'll fill that with adventure. And I'll keep her mind off it all day. And we'll be home. And we'll deal with this all again next year step by step. So now we're at the airport. We're walking up to the security gate. I'm like I think I pulled this off. Here sweetie - - here's your ticket. Give your - she loves to hand up her ticket. Here it is. So I go here's your ticket. She gives the gate lady her ticket. I give the gate lady my ticket. She's a very old sweet Polish woman.
OSWALT : I never - I'm still so sad. My father never get over it. It broke him. He died alone. And - but when you are sad what I tell myself is that also there are so many other sad people.
OSWALT : Oh God.
OSWALT : Oh when I experienced it in real time there was not a comedy routine there. There was - my spine turned to ice and my stomach dropped to my feet. And I did not - you know all I - I immediately began looking at Alice to make sure that she didn't start crying. But then I realized - because then when she looked up at me I could see by the way her face was changing that I was starting to cry. So I had to then turn back to the gate attendant and go well thank you very - I'm doing that - I must have looked horrific. I put on one of those rictus smiles to stop yourself from sobbing and then took her down the jetway and sat in the seat with her.
GROSS: Were you worried at that moment in the airport and then on the plane that you would be kind of crying your daughter would be crying and someone would recognize you and say oh Patton Oswalt love your comedy or so sorry about your wife? You probably didn't really want to deal with anybody at that moment.
OSWALT : No. I was very worried. But luckily when you're hunched over on a plane crying I think people are OK. Unless they are the most desensitized person on the planet they get the keep-away vibe of oh give this guy and his daughter their moment. There were - I remember going to the funeral. I was - I didn't talk about this in the act because there's something - it just felt so - I didn't know how to make this funny - but I was waiting at the hotel with all the relatives. And I was waiting to get in the car. And a couple of people came up and said oh my god "King Of Queens" man. Hey can we get a selfie? And I didn't want to go - like be mean to them. I was like oh OK. But somewhere there's a selfie of me with two very happy people and my face is just ashen and looks like - I'm sure they're looking and going oh something was wrong with him that day. And it was literally the day of my wife's funeral.
OSWALT : Two people in front of a hotel wanted to get a selfie with me. And I didn't know what to do.
OSWALT : Why would I put - I can't put that on them. It's not their fault but I... | (SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL "[TGT] OSWALT: ANNIHILATION")
[TGT] OSWALT : I'm genuinely - I'm genuinely surprised that you're in such a good mood especially with what - I'm sure you guys saw what just went down on Twitter like five minutes ago. Did you - you didn't see? No? I'm kidding. Nothing happened. But that's...
OSWALT : That's the world we're living in right now basically - is every - oh (expletive). What did he do? What? Wait. What do you mean?
OSWALT : I almost feel like I could get out of a mugging using that for the next couple of years...
OSWALT : Yeah. I mean I - the first time that I went onstage was at the UCB Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. And I went onstage and immediately started talking about my wife passing away and me being in grief. And I was throwing the audience right into this wall of spikes. But I was throwing myself into a wall of spikes in front of them. And it was - it just - I went on stage and immediately froze up feeling - internally I had voices saying you're being exploitative. You're being shallow and selfish and solipsistic. And every bad thing that people do to put the - because it didn't feel like the focus should be on me. It felt like - because what my focus was how is this planet still revolving without Michelle McNamara in it? The whole - life - existence felt like an insult to me to be in the world without her.
OSWALT : I'll tell you about what I'm going - no we're totally cool with you singing about your pain but sing about it. That's why we came here. And also we need help. So you know it took me a while to start getting towards that.
GROSS: If you're just joining us my guest is Patton Oswalt . And he has a new comedy special that's in part about his wife's death. And he manages to find a way to talk about that. And it's called "Annihilation." It's on Netflix. We're going to take a short break. We'll be right back. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL "PATTON OSWALT: ANNIHILATION")
OSWALT : I'm going to spend Mother's Day - we'll be at the airport and we'll travel. And I'll make that day really fun. And I'll fill that with adventure. And I'll keep her mind off it all day. And we'll be home. And we'll deal with this all again next year step by step. So now we're at the airport. We're walking up to the security gate. I'm like I think I pulled this off. Here sweetie - - here's your ticket. Give your - she loves to hand up her ticket. Here it is. So I go here's your ticket. She gives the gate lady her ticket. I give the gate lady my ticket. She's a very old sweet Polish woman.
OSWALT : I never - I'm still so sad. My father never get over it. It broke him. He died alone. And - but when you are sad what I tell myself is that also there are so many other sad people.
OSWALT : Oh God.
OSWALT : Oh when I experienced it in real time there was not a comedy routine there. There was - my spine turned to ice and my stomach dropped to my feet. And I did not - you know all I - I immediately began looking at Alice to make sure that she didn't start crying. But then I realized - because then when she looked up at me I could see by the way her face was changing that I was starting to cry. So I had to then turn back to the gate attendant and go well thank you very - I'm doing that - I must have looked horrific. I put on one of those rictus smiles to stop yourself from sobbing and then took her down the jetway and sat in the seat with her.
GROSS: Were you worried at that moment in the airport and then on the plane that you would be kind of crying your daughter would be crying and someone would recognize you and say oh Patton Oswalt love your comedy or so sorry about your wife? You probably didn't really want to deal with anybody at that moment.
OSWALT : No. I was very worried. But luckily when you're hunched over on a plane crying I think people are OK. Unless they are the most desensitized person on the planet they get the keep-away vibe of oh give this guy and his daughter their moment. There were - I remember going to the funeral. I was - I didn't talk about this in the act because there's something - it just felt so - I didn't know how to make this funny - but I was waiting at the hotel with all the relatives. And I was waiting to get in the car. And a couple of people came up and said oh my god "King Of Queens" man. Hey can we get a selfie? And I didn't want to go - like be mean to them. I was like oh OK. But somewhere there's a selfie of me with two very happy people and my face is just ashen and looks like - I'm sure they're looking and going oh something was wrong with him that day. And it was literally the day of my wife's funeral.
OSWALT : Two people in front of a hotel wanted to get a selfie with me. And I didn't know what to do.
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757 | Consumer watchdog chief Cordray resigns; he and Trump both name successors | Richard Cordray | Typically an acting director position would be filled according to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. But Richard Cordray along with his resignation elevated Leandra English who was the agency's chief of staff into the deputy director position.
The person nominated to be director of the CFPB requires confirmation by the Senate and it could be many weeks or months before the person would be able to step into the role permanently. Cordray 's move was aimed at allowing his favored successor to keep running the agency for as long as possible before a Trump appointee is confirmed by the Senate.
Cordray had announced earlier this month that he would resign by the end of this month. There is wide speculation that Cordray a Democrat is resigning in order to run for governor in his home state of Ohio.
Cordray used that mandate aggressively as its first director which often made him a target for the banking industry's Washington lobbyists and Congressional Republicans who believed Cordray was overreaching in his role calling the CFPB a "rogue agency."
As director he also was able to extract billions of dollars in settlements from banks debt collectors and other financial services companies for wrongdoing. When Wells Fargo was found to have opened millions of phony accounts for its customers the CFPB fined the bank $100 million the agency's largest penalty to date. | Typically an acting director position would be filled according to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. But [TGT] along with [TGT] resignation elevated Leandra English who was the agency's chief of staff into the deputy director position.
The person nominated to be director of the CFPB requires confirmation by the Senate and it could be many weeks or months before the person would be able to step into the role permanently. [TGT] 's move was aimed at allowing [TGT] favored successor to keep running the agency for as long as possible before a Trump appointee is confirmed by the Senate.
[TGT]had announced earlier this month that [TGT] would resign by the end of this month. There is wide speculation that Cordray a Democrat is resigning in order to run for governor in his home state of Ohio.
[TGT] used that mandate aggressively as [TGT] first director which often made [TGT] a target for the banking industry's Washington lobbyists and Congressional Republicans who believed [TGT]was overreaching in [TGT] role calling the CFPB a "rogue agency."
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758 | Browns' trade for A.J. McCarron fails because team reportedly too busy celebrating it | McCarron | In the latest episode of the team's continual inability to properly address its quarterback situation the Browns reportedly failed to complete a deal for the Bengals' AJ McCarron just as the league's deadline arrived at 3 p.m. Tuesday. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter Cleveland and Cincinnati actually came to an agreement at 2:55 p.m. but while the Bengals sent their approval of the trade to the NFL in time the Browns did not.
Speaking of that price if those reports are accurate they raise the question of why the Browns were offering so much for McCarron when the Patriots' more highly regarded Jimmy Garoppolo went to the 49ers on Monday for just one second-round pick. Pro Football Talk's Michael David Smith offered an explanation positing that since Garoppolo will be an unrestricted free agent after this season while McCarron will be restricted the latter figures to be much cheaper to sign.
It can't be very comforting to Cleveland fans to think that their squad may be nickel-and-dime-ing its quarterback position. In fairness Browns Coach Hue Jackson worked with McCarron when he was the Bengals' offensive coordinator so he may well have considered the former fifth-round draft pick a better fit for his offense.
Cleveland is now 0-8 tied with the 49ers for the worst record in the NFL this after going 1-15 last year. Little wonder then that some internet observers felt that McCarron was lucky to have barely avoided being thrust into such a dysfunctional situation. | In the latest episode of the team's continual inability to properly address its quarterback situation the Browns reportedly failed to complete a deal for the Bengals' AJ McCarron just as the league's deadline arrived at 3 p.m. Tuesday. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter Cleveland and Cincinnati actually came to an agreement at 2:55 p.m. but while the Bengals sent their approval of the trade to the NFL in time the Browns did not.
Speaking of that price if those reports are accurate they raise the question of why the Browns were offering so much for McCarron when the Patriots' more highly regarded Jimmy Garoppolo went to the 49ers on Monday for just one second-round pick. Pro Football Talk's Michael David Smith offered an explanation positing that since Garoppolo will be an unrestricted free agent after this season while [TGT]will be restricted the latter figures to be much cheaper to sign.
It can't be very comforting to Cleveland fans to think that their squad may be nickel-and-dime-ing its quarterback position. In fairness Browns Coach Hue Jackson worked with [TGT]when he was the Bengals' offensive coordinator so he may well have considered the former fifth-round draft pick a better fit for his offense.
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759 | Ricky Martin : The Rolling Stone Interview | Ricky Martin | It's eight in the morning in New York and 5 000 young girls are hanging out of office-building windows and crammed onto West Fifty-first Street screaming. For conservative midtown Manhattan this is an event. For Ricky Martin it's just another day at the office. This morning it's the Today show where Martin is appearing on Today's live summer-concert series with a performance that ties up traffic for hours.
"Ever since I've known him " says Robi Rosa the co-author of Martin 's smash single "Livin' la Vida Loca" and a former member of Menudo who roomed with Martin when Martin joined the Latin boy band "Ricky has exuded a sense of joy."
Not to mention organization. The twenty-seven-year-old CEO of Ricky Martin Inc. has managed his career in a way that is anything but crazy. Born on Christmas Eve 1971 in Puerto Rico to Nereida Morales and Enrique Martin III Enrique "Kiki" Martin IV started doing TV commercials at seven. At twelve he joined Menudo. After leaving the band at seventeen Martin considered quitting show business. But a role in a Mexico City musical led to soap opera work there and then to a part on General Hospital and a stint on Broadway in Les Misérables in 1996. In 1991 he began releasing a string of four solo albums which sold a total of 15 million copies worldwide.
He did not work alone. "When Ricky called me about 1993 saying he wanted to do a Latin album I was surprised " says Rosa whom Martin calls his "Latin soul" — a bit of a dark one at that. " Ricky and I are as much alike as Julio Iglesias and Sid Vicious " Rosa says with a laugh. A little Sid Vicious is clearly what Martin knew he needed; it was a song Rosa co-wrote "Maria " that broke Martin in Spain and the rest of Europe.
But it wasn't until February that America heard the beat itself. Martin 's hip-popping rendition of "The Cup of Life" at the Grammys brought even that jaded audience to its Manolo Blahnik-shod feet. In May when his first English-language album Ricky Martin was released it shot into the top of the charts at Number One and hasn't left since. Neither has Martin .
I was going to but didn't want it . My brothers and I went for a visit and said "We want Puerto Rico." My father was very important in my life; he was my hero. So even though I loved my mother with all my heart I wasn't going to stop seeing my hero. So my mother gave everything up and came back to Puerto Rico.
That I was someone who was good at hiding feelings — really good. I was an expert. I was like "No I don't want to feel this " and I wouldn't. It was hard for me to say "I love you." I wouldn't dare. I was afraid of rejection. For five years I was trained to be part of a concept not to say what I really felt: "Be yourself but you can't be angry because we have to work. You're not Ricky Martin you're Ricky Menudo." So that year I began to be — accept — myself. I read a lot started painting. My paintings were a little dark. If you did a psychological test you'd say "This guy was depressed." But I was also having a good time because I didn't have to follow an itinerary. If I wanted to be locked in my house for three days without leaving I was [laughs]. | It's eight in the morning in New York and 5 000 young girls are hanging out of office-building windows and crammed onto West Fifty-first Street screaming. For conservative midtown Manhattan this is an event. For Ricky Martin it's just another day at the office. This morning it's the Today show where Martin is appearing on Today's live summer-concert series with a performance that ties up traffic for hours.
"Ever since I've known him " says Robi Rosa the co-author of Martin 's smash single "Livin' la Vida Loca" and a former member of Menudo who roomed with Martin when Martin joined the Latin boy band "Ricky has exuded a sense of joy."
Not to mention organization. [TGT]has managed [TGT] career in a way that is anything but crazy. Born on Christmas Eve 1971 in Puerto Rico to Nereida Morales and Enrique Martin III Enrique "Kiki" Martin IV started doing TV commercials at seven. At twelve he joined Menudo. After leaving the band at seventeen Martin considered quitting show business. But a role in a Mexico City musical led to soap opera work there and then to a part on General Hospital and a stint on Broadway in Les Misérables in 1996. In 1991 he began releasing a string of four solo albums which sold a total of 15 million copies worldwide.
He did not work alone. "When Ricky called me about 1993 saying he wanted to do a Latin album I was surprised " says Rosa whom Martin calls his "Latin soul" — a bit of a dark one at that. " Ricky and I are as much alike as Julio Iglesias and Sid Vicious " Rosa says with a laugh. A little Sid Vicious is clearly what Martin knew he needed; it was a song Rosa co-wrote "Maria " that broke Martin in Spain and the rest of Europe.
But it wasn't until February that America heard the beat itself. Martin 's hip-popping rendition of "The Cup of Life" at the Grammys brought even that jaded audience to its Manolo Blahnik-shod feet. In May when his first English-language album Ricky Martin was released it shot into the top of the charts at Number One and hasn't left since. Neither has Martin .
I was going to but didn't want it . My brothers and I went for a visit and said "We want Puerto Rico." My father was very important in my life; he was my hero. So even though I loved my mother with all my heart I wasn't going to stop seeing my hero. So my mother gave everything up and came back to Puerto Rico.
That I was someone who was good at hiding feelings — really good. I was an expert. I was like "No I don't want to feel this " and I wouldn't. It was hard for me to say "I love you." I wouldn't dare. I was afraid of rejection. For five years I was trained to be part of a concept not to say what I really felt: "Be yourself but you can't be angry because we have to work. You're not Ricky Martin you're Ricky Menudo." So that year I began to be — accept — myself. I read a lot started painting. My paintings were a little dark. If you did a psychological test you'd say "This guy was depressed." But I was also having a good time because I didn't have to follow an itinerary. If I wanted to be locked in my house for three days without leaving I was [laughs]. | 2Positive
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760 | Police fatally shoot machete | Mario Sanabria | As two officers reached a rear bedroom in the railroad-style apartment 69-year-old Mario Sanabria emerged from the room holding a large machete with a 2-foot blade in his hand and was ordered to drop it but did not comply police said.
“They told him to drop the sword he advanced ” a high-ranking law enforcement source told The Post.
That’s when one of the officers shot him .
“The uniformed officers ordered the subject to drop the weapon and he refused to comply … As the subject continued to approach the lead officer the officer discharged one shot from his service firearm striking the subject once in the chest ” said Chief of Patrol Terence Monahan during a press briefing at the scene.
Sanabria was rushed to Lincoln Hospital where he later died officials said.
Sanabria was not the subject of the search warrant according to Monahan. | As [TGT]emerged from the room holding a large machete with a 2-foot blade in [TGT] hand and was ordered to drop it but did not comply police said.
“They told [TGT] to drop the sword [TGT] advanced ” a high-ranking law enforcement source told The Post.
That’s when one of the officers shot [TGT] .
“The uniformed officers ordered the subject to drop the weapon and [TGT] refused to comply … As the subject continued to approach the lead officer the officer discharged one shot from his service firearm striking the subject once in the chest ” said Chief of Patrol Terence Monahan during a press briefing at the scene.
Sanabria was rushed to Lincoln Hospital where he later died officials said.
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761 | Telecom Italia plans to confer network assets in fully | Amos Genish | ROME (Reuters) - Telecom Italia plans to confer all of its fixed line network assets into a separate company which will be fully controlled by the group Chief Executive Amos Genish said on Wednesday.
The phone group will discuss the new plan at the next company board meeting scheduled for March 6.
“We presented a hypothesis of legal separation of the network with a dedicated company and we expect to discuss it at the next board ” Genish said after meeting the Italian government and the industry regulator.
Genish added that the company “at this stage” would be fully controlled by Tim and its governance would allow parity of access to sector operators. | ROME (Reuters) - Telecom Italia plans to confer all of its fixed line network assets into a separate company which will be fully controlled by the group [TGT] said on Wednesday.
The phone group will discuss the new plan at the next company board meeting scheduled for March 6.
“We presented a hypothesis of legal separation of the network with a dedicated company and we expect to discuss it at the next board ” [TGT]said after meeting the Italian government and the industry regulator.
[TGT]added that the company “at this stage” would be fully controlled by Tim and its governance would allow parity of access to sector operators. | 2Positive
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762 | Outgoing Virginia Governor Says He'd Deck Trump If Provoked | Terry McAuliffe | Outgoing Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe told a national television audience he 'd knock President Donald Trump to the floor if the president ever tried to intimidate him.
During an interview Thursday on MSNBC's "Hardball " Chris Matthews asked McAuliffe how he would respond if Trump tried to intimidate him during a debate by hovering over him as he did during the 2016 presidential election with Hillary Clinton a close friend of McAuliffe 's.
"You'd have to pick him up off the floor " McAuliffe said.
When Matthews laughed and asked if he meant he would "deck" Trump McAuliffe answered with a straight face.
"But if he ever came over and leaned on me and got in my space that would be the last time Donald Trump ever did that. I promise you that " he added.
McAuliffe who was a top Democratic fundraiser before being elected governor in 2013 is set to leave office Saturday. He has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate.
McAuliffe has been a vocal critic of Trump particularly after Trump said "both sides" shared blame after white nationalists and counterprotestors clashed during a deadly rally in Charlottesville in August.
During the "Hardball" interview McAuliffe also called Trump "an embarrassment to our country." | [TGT]told a national television audience [TGT] 'd knock President Donald Trump to the floor if the president ever tried to intimidate him.
During an interview Thursday on MSNBC's "Hardball " Chris Matthews asked [TGT]how [TGT] would respond if Trump tried to intimidate him during a debate by hovering over him as he did during the 2016 presidential election with Hillary Clinton a close friend of [TGT]s.
"You'd have to pick him up off the floor [TGT]said.
When Matthews laughed and asked if he meant he would "deck" Trump [TGT]answered with a straight face.
"But if [TGT] ever came over and leaned on me and got in my space that would be the last time Donald Trump ever did that. I promise you that " he added.
McAuliffe who was a top Democratic fundraiser before being elected governor in 2013 is set to leave office Saturday. He has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate.
[TGT]has been a vocal critic of Trump particularly after Trump said "both sides" shared blame after white nationalists and counterprotestors clashed during a deadly rally in Charlottesville in August.
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763 | 'Atlanta Monster' Podcast Hopes To 'Close The Door' On 1970s Child Murders : NPR | Wayne Williams | On how bridge stakeouts near the Chattahoochee River led police to Wayne Williams in May 1981
Lindsey: A police recruit heard a splash down there in the water by the bridge and that was FBI special agent Mike McComas and he was in charge of the bridge stakeouts in Atlanta. And there were about 14 15 bridges they were staking out for 30 days. And this recruit hears a large splash which he thinks is a body shines his flashlight on the water but doesn't see anything — sees ripples. They see a car up there on the bridge. They stop it and then they find Wayne Williams . And you know after that they begin to tail Wayne Williams and look into this guy.
Albright: Three days later the body of Nathaniel Cater was found about 500 yards downriver. So that's what clued them into that that must be you know they theorized that was the body he dropped that night. It wasn't long after that he was arrested.
On the case that investigators built against Wayne Williams
Lindsey: It was carpet fibers and dog hairs they were able to link from Wayne Williams — his car his home — to some of the victims. Besides that everything else was mostly circumstantial. And he obviously had failed a couple of polygraph tests but those were inadmissible in court. Besides that they didn't have much against him .
On why Williams was only convicted of the murders of two adults
Lindsey: The biggest question that surrounds that case is "If Wayne Williams is the Atlanta Monster is the Atlanta child murderer then why was he only convicted of killing two adults?" And that's how the families feel that's how some people in the community feel. It just doesn't add up all the way.
On what happened after Williams was arrested
Albright: And it was a shaky pattern to begin with. Some of these kids had stab wounds some of them had genital mutilation some of them were beaten with objects some of them were just strangled. They were found in various places various counties so there's not a distinct pattern that you would think of like when you you know people who are accustomed to watching serial killer movies or hearing about this serial killer calling card there was nothing like that that definitely tied Wayne Williams to all of these victims. | On how bridge stakeouts near the Chattahoochee River led police to [TGT] in May 1981
Lindsey: A police recruit heard a splash down there in the water by the bridge and that was FBI special agent Mike McComas and he was in charge of the bridge stakeouts in Atlanta. And there were about 14 15 bridges they were staking out for 30 days. And this recruit hears a large splash which he thinks is a body shines his flashlight on the water but doesn't see anything — sees ripples. They see a car up there on the bridge. They stop it and then they find [TGT] . And you know after that they begin to tail Wayne Williams and look into this guy.
Albright: Three days later the body of Nathaniel Cater was found about 500 yards downriver. So that's what clued them into that that must be you know they theorized that was the body he dropped that night. It wasn't long after that he was arrested.
On the case that investigators built against Wayne Williams
Lindsey: It was carpet fibers and dog hairs they were able to link from [TGT]— his car his home — to some of the victims. Besides that everything else was mostly circumstantial. And he obviously had failed a couple of polygraph tests but those were inadmissible in court. Besides that they didn't have much against him .
On why [TGT]was only convicted of the murders of two adults
Lindsey: The biggest question that surrounds that case is "If [TGT]is the Atlanta Monster is the Atlanta child murderer then why was he only convicted of killing two adults?" And that's how the families feel that's how some people in the community feel. It just doesn't add up all the way.
On what happened after [TGT]was arrested
Albright: And it was a shaky pattern to begin with. Some of these kids had stab wounds some of them had genital mutilation some of them were beaten with objects some of them were just strangled. They were found in various places various counties so there's not a distinct pattern that you would think of like when you you know people who are accustomed to watching serial killer movies or hearing about this serial killer calling card there was nothing like that that definitely tied [TGT] to all of these victims. | 2Positive
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764 | India's Modi duels with his predecessor amid local election | Narendra Modi | NEW DELHI (AP) — Against the backdrop of a bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor and accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with Pakistani officials to impact the vote.
In a written statement Singh accused Modi of dealing in "falsehood and canards" because he feared "imminent defeat in Gujarat."
The western state of Gujarat is Modi 's home turf. He ruled it without any real opposition for over a decade before he arrived at the national center stage. The election that is underway there is being called the closest fight that Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have faced in two decades.
Even though Modi no longer heads the state the election has become a referendum of sorts on his popularity and that of his party. He has headlined the party's election campaign over the last month addressing rallies across the state. Several top federal lawmakers and party functionaries have joined him to rally support for the party.
FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 13 2017 file photo Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi front stands with his former counterpart Manmohan Singh left in one minute silence to pay homage to security officials who lost their lives in the 2001 attack on Indian parliament in New Delhi India. Against the backdrop of an increasingly personal and bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with officials from archrival Pakistan to impact the polls. The unsubstantiated allegations have prompted a sharply worded response from Singh. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup File)
"He has staked his own personal prestige on Gujarat " said political analyst Neerja Chowdhury. As someone removed from local politics for over three years there was no need for Modi to make the campaign about himself he said.
"It's become a personal election for him . Now that it has there is a lot more at stake " Chowdhury said.
Even by the rough and tumble standards of a chaotic and closely fought Indian election Modi 's words were in sharp deviation from the campaigning style of former prime ministers.
"What is the reason to have such a secret meeting with the Pakistan high commissioner? And while elections are on in Gujarat what is the reason for this type of secret meeting?" Modi said at an election rally.
At a separate rally he suggested that Pakistani officials were trying to ensure that a Muslim leader of the Congress party becomes the state's next leader. He offered no proof.
In an editorial Tuesday The Indian Express newspaper said that Modi 's "none-too-veiled innuendo" had "severely let down his constitutional commitment and office."
FILE - In this Nov. 27 2017 file photo Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's supporters wear his masks during an election campaign rally addressed by Modi at Jasdan in Gujarat India. Against the backdrop of an increasingly personal and bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with officials from archrival Pakistan to impact the polls. The unsubstantiated allegations have prompted a sharply worded response from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki File)
In the three years since Modi and his Hindu nationalist party won a massive victory in national elections rights groups have reported a spike in attacks on minority groups especially Muslims. Most of the attacks have been linked to fringe Hindu hard-liners. Modi has largely kept silent with many seeing his silence as tacit support.
His own oratory is powerful and scathing at election rallies but as prime minister he has so far refrained from making controversial remarks leaving those to junior party members.
"Whether he wins or loses in Gujarat he is spreading a poison from which Indian politics will find it hard to recover for quite some time " analyst and commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta wrote in a newspaper column Wednesday. | NEW DELHI (AP) — Against the backdrop of a bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of [TGT] locked in a bitter verbal duel with [TGT] predecessor and accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with Pakistani officials to impact the vote.
In a written statement Singh accused Modi of dealing in "falsehood and canards" because he feared "imminent defeat in Gujarat."
The western state of Gujarat is Modi 's home turf. He ruled it without any real opposition for over a decade before he arrived at the national center stage. The election that is underway there is being called the closest fight that Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have faced in two decades.
Even though Modi no longer heads the state the election has become a referendum of sorts on his popularity and that of his party. He has headlined the party's election campaign over the last month addressing rallies across the state. Several top federal lawmakers and party functionaries have joined him to rally support for the party.
FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 13 2017 file photo Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi front stands with his former counterpart Manmohan Singh left in one minute silence to pay homage to security officials who lost their lives in the 2001 attack on Indian parliament in New Delhi India. Against the backdrop of an increasingly personal and bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with officials from archrival Pakistan to impact the polls. The unsubstantiated allegations have prompted a sharply worded response from Singh. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup File)
"He has staked his own personal prestige on Gujarat " said political analyst Neerja Chowdhury. As someone removed from local politics for over three years there was no need for Modi to make the campaign about himself he said.
"It's become a personal election for him . Now that it has there is a lot more at stake " Chowdhury said.
Even by the rough and tumble standards of a chaotic and closely fought Indian election [TGT] 's words were in sharp deviation from the campaigning style of former prime ministers.
"What is the reason to have such a secret meeting with the Pakistan high commissioner? And while elections are on in Gujarat what is the reason for this type of secret meeting?" Modi said at an election rally.
At a separate rally he suggested that Pakistani officials were trying to ensure that a Muslim leader of the Congress party becomes the state's next leader. He offered no proof.
In an editorial Tuesday The Indian Express newspaper said that [TGT] 's "none-too-veiled innuendo" had "severely let down his constitutional commitment and office."
FILE - In this Nov. 27 2017 file photo [TGT] 's supporters wear [TGT] masks during an election campaign rally addressed by Modi at Jasdan in Gujarat India. Against the backdrop of an increasingly personal and bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with officials from archrival Pakistan to impact the polls. The unsubstantiated allegations have prompted a sharply worded response from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki File)
In the three years since Modi and his Hindu nationalist party won a massive victory in national elections rights groups have reported a spike in attacks on minority groups especially Muslims. Most of the attacks have been linked to fringe Hindu hard-liners. Modi has largely kept silent with many seeing his silence as tacit support.
His own oratory is powerful and scathing at election rallies but as prime minister he has so far refrained from making controversial remarks leaving those to junior party members.
"Whether [TGT][TGT] wins or loses in Gujarat he is spreading a poison from which Indian politics will find it hard to recover for quite some time " analyst and commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta wrote in a newspaper column Wednesday. | 1Neutral
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765 | Philippines' Duterte set for drug war backing at summit | Rodrigo Duterte | Manila (AFP) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will host world leaders in Manila from Sunday hoping their presence will quieten international criticism over his deadly drugs war which rights groups say may be a crime against humanity.
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Duterte goes into the event appearing confident that even his most outrageous remarks and actions will be ignored having boasted in the lead-up he once stabbed someone to death while at the same time proposing to host a global human rights summit.
But rights groups have expressed alarm and disappointment that Trump and most others are likely to endorse or stay silent over Duterte ’s violent rule which has seen thousands of people killed.
“Duterte will enjoy the gift of tacit silence from East Asian leaders on his murderous drug war during the upcoming summit ” Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director Phelim Kine told AFP.
“We can expect East Asian leaders to exercise a diplomatic blind eye to the killings of thousands of Filipinos over the past 16 months as part of Duterte ’s drug war.”
Duterte won last year’s presidential elections after promising to eradicate illegal drugs with an unprecedented crackdown that would see up to 100 000 people killed.
Since Duterte took office police have reported killing 3 967 people in the crackdown.
Many Filipinos back Duterte believing he is taking necessary measures to fight crime.
But the ICC has yet to respond and despite some vocal critics in the West Duterte goes into the Manila summits full of confidence that Trump and the others will effectively endorse his rule by not speaking against the killings.
In Vietnam on Thursday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific economic summit Duterte boasted that when he was 16 he stabbed to death someone for looking at him the wrong way.
He then offered to host a global summit on human rights but insisted that the alleged crimes of the United States France and other nations also be investigated.
But Trump and Duterte have expressed mutual admiration for other. Trump told Duterte in a telephone call in April that he was doing a “great job” with his campaign against drugs.
They are expected to hold one-on-one talks on Monday and if Trump does not bring up any human rights concerns Duterte is widely expected to trumpet the meeting as an endorsement.
Duterte is hosting the two days of summits as the rotating chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Duterte can expect blanket support from his ASEAN colleagues many of whom are also shadowed by human rights controversies. | Manila (AFP) – [TGT]will host world leaders in Manila from Sunday hoping their presence will quieten international criticism over [TGT] deadly drugs war which rights groups say may be a crime against humanity.
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Duterte goes into the event appearing confident that even his most outrageous remarks and actions will be ignored having boasted in the lead-up he once stabbed someone to death while at the same time proposing to host a global human rights summit.
But rights groups have expressed alarm and disappointment that Trump and most others are likely to endorse or stay silent over Duterte ’s violent rule which has seen thousands of people killed.
“Duterte will enjoy the gift of tacit silence from East Asian leaders on his murderous drug war during the upcoming summit ” Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director Phelim Kine told AFP.
“We can expect East Asian leaders to exercise a diplomatic blind eye to the killings of thousands of Filipinos over the past 16 months as part of Duterte ’s drug war.”
Duterte won last year’s presidential elections after promising to eradicate illegal drugs with an unprecedented crackdown that would see up to 100 000 people killed.
Since Duterte took office police have reported killing 3 967 people in the crackdown.
Many Filipinos back Duterte believing he is taking necessary measures to fight crime.
But the ICC has yet to respond and despite some vocal critics in the West Duterte goes into the Manila summits full of confidence that Trump and the others will effectively endorse his rule by not speaking against the killings.
In Vietnam on Thursday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific economic summit Duterte boasted that when he was 16 he stabbed to death someone for looking at him the wrong way.
He then offered to host a global summit on human rights but insisted that the alleged crimes of the United States France and other nations also be investigated.
But Trump and Duterte have expressed mutual admiration for other. Trump told Duterte in a telephone call in April that he was doing a “great job” with his campaign against drugs.
They are expected to hold one-on-one talks on Monday and if Trump does not bring up any human rights concerns Duterte is widely expected to trumpet the meeting as an endorsement.
Duterte is hosting the two days of summits as the rotating chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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766 | Priscilla Presley reveals why she left Elvis | Priscilla Presley | Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Actress Priscilla Presley has opened up about her life with Elvis. Presley said she and Elvis "truly lived in a bubble." USA TODAY
In this May 1 1967 file photo singer Elvis Presley and his bride the former Priscilla Beaulieu appear at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas after their wedding. Priscilla Presley opened up about her life with Elvis during a Nov. 16 2016 interview on British chat show Loose Women on the ITV network explained why she left him. (Photo: AP)
(NEWSER) – Priscilla Presley's marriage to Elvis made her the envy of many but it wasn't all glitz and glamour behind closed doors.
The pair "didn't go out" and "truly lived in a bubble " Presley told ITV talk show Loose Women on Wednesday per the Huffington Post. "I just kind of followed what he did. You lived his life " continued Presley who started dating Elvis at age 14 and married him at 21 though he was 10 years her senior. | Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Actress [TGT]has opened up about [TGT] life with Elvis. [TGT]said [TGT] and Elvis "truly lived in a bubble." USA TODAY
In this May 1 1967 file photo singer Elvis Presley and his bride the former Priscilla Beaulieu appear at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas after their wedding. [TGT]opened up about [TGT] life with Elvis during a Nov. 16 2016 interview on British chat show Loose Women on the ITV network explained why [TGT] left him. (Photo: AP)
(NEWSER) – [TGT]'s marriage to Elvis made [TGT] the envy of many but it wasn't all glitz and glamour behind closed doors.
The pair "didn't go out" and "truly lived in a bubble " Presley told ITV talk show Loose Women on Wednesday per the Huffington Post. "I just kind of followed what he did. You lived his life " continued Presley who started dating Elvis at age 14 and married him at 21 though he was 10 years her senior. | 2Positive
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767 | Mental health sees 300 000 people leave their jobs each year | Hayley Smith | Image copyright Supplied Image caption Hayley Smith lost her job when she told her employer about her depression
Hayley Smith was diagnosed with chronic depression in her early twenties: "I'd been bottling up quite a bit through most of my teens. Then it hit me a like a brick wall " she said.
She was so depressed she didn't leave the house for six months.
Things began to improve and when she was 23 years-old she got a job at a food and drink company. But she had weekly counselling to attend.
"Every Thursday I'd have to take the afternoon off. So I spoke to my boss. In the meeting she was fine with it and said 'do what you need to do' ".
But after the meeting she received an email being told she was going to be taken off her accounts and that she should think about seeking employment at a mental health charity as "they might relate".
The manager also told people in the office: "It went round. It was horrible - I felt really exposed " she said.
Working there for a few further months triggered Hayley to experience anxiety depression and "massive trust issues".
Eventually she left. She started her own company in London which she still runs five years on: "In the long-term it's given me awareness of mental health - and the awareness to make sure I was never going to make people feel the way I was made to feel." | Image copyright Supplied Image caption [TGT]lost [TGT] job when [TGT] told [TGT] employer about [TGT] depression
[TGT] was diagnosed with chronic depression in [TGT] early twenties: "I'd been bottling up quite a bit through most of my teens. Then it hit me a like a brick wall " [TGT] said.
[TGT] was so depressed [TGT] didn't leave the house for six months.
Things began to improve and when [TGT] was 23 years-old [TGT] got a job at a food and drink company. But [TGT] had weekly counselling to attend.
"Every Thursday I'd have to take the afternoon off. So I spoke to my boss. In the meeting [TGT] was fine with it and said 'do what you need to do' ".
But after the meeting [TGT] received an email being told [TGT] was going to be taken off [TGT] accounts and that [TGT] should think about seeking employment at a mental health charity as "they might relate".
The manager also told people in the office: "It went round. It was horrible - I felt really exposed " she said.
Working there for a few further months triggered Hayley to experience anxiety depression and "massive trust issues".
Eventually she left. She started her own company in London which she still runs five years on: "In the long-term it's given me awareness of mental health - and the awareness to make sure I was never going to make people feel the way I was made to feel." | 2Positive
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768 | The one question you should ask on a first date | Robert Maurer | According to marriage counsellor Robert Maurer author of "One Small Step Can Change Your Life " the essential predictor for a successful relationship isn't shared interests the same job or sense of humour. No it's cutting to the chase with one simple question:
If their answer portrays them as the victim then Maurer says you should run. Relationships are a two-way street and unless you're dating a narcissist you are both likely to have played some part in your previous break-ups.
"All relationships run into stumbling blocks " Maurer wrote. "When you hit the inevitable rough patches will they look for ways to help or wait for you to take the blame the whole blame and nothing but the blame?"
He added that two renowned marriage researchers John and Julie Gottman have found that the key skill for a successful relationship is being able to "repair" and resolve issues together.
"It is hard to make an effort to repair if every problem is the other person's fault " he wrote. "So look for someone who is willing to look inside for the source of the problem and for solutions nothing is more vital for a relationship to thrive." | According to marriage counsellor [TGT] author of "One Small Step Can Change Your Life " the essential predictor for a successful relationship isn't shared interests the same job or sense of humour. No it's cutting to the chase with one simple question:
If their answer portrays them as the victim then Maurer says you should run. Relationships are a two-way street and unless you're dating a narcissist you are both likely to have played some part in your previous break-ups.
"All relationships run into stumbling blocks " Maurer wrote. "When you hit the inevitable rough patches will they look for ways to help or wait for you to take the blame the whole blame and nothing but the blame?"
He added that two renowned marriage researchers John and Julie Gottman have found that the key skill for a successful relationship is being able to "repair" and resolve issues together.
"It is hard to make an effort to repair if every problem is the other person's fault " he wrote. "So look for someone who is willing to look inside for the source of the problem and for solutions nothing is more vital for a relationship to thrive." | 2Positive
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769 | Cop mom 5 | Bryan Klevens | The woman who is reportedly also a police officer was visiting a Starbucks with her child when Sgt. Bryan Klevens approached the two with goodwill in his heart and money in his pocket according to the Houston Chronicle .
In addition to being an officer at the Houston Police Department Klevens is also the owner of Prison Break Tattoos in Houston.
What did Klevens do?
Detailing his encounter Klevens wrote on Facebook “As I walked into the Starbucks this morning outside of downtown and close to the studio I noticed a young officer full uniform having coffee with her date.”
Klevens wrote that the young boy was drinking milk and chatting with his mother inside the store.
“As I sat down at a table in front of them it was obvious from conversation that she was waiting for the ex to pick up the kiddo for church ” Klevens wrote. “As I drank my coffee the conversation turned to going to Disneyland. It was kind of one way as you can imagine … every sentence out of his mouth was about the NEED to go and he just HAD TO see Mickey.”
Klevens said that the young boy had everyone in the store cracking up with his antics.
“As mom sat listening her face was of understating ” Klevens wrote. “‘Baby you know we have talked about this and this year momma won’t be able to afford for us to go but I’m gonna work like crazy so we can go next year.'”
Klevens said the little boy’s voice cracked as he told his mother “I know … but I really wanna go.”
“My voice cracked as I turned and handed her $1 500 out of my wallet to take her baby to Disney ” Klevens wrote. “I had the store manager in tears as was mom when I said take a few days off from the extra job and enjoy a short vacation with your date. Make sure I get pictures.” | The woman who is reportedly also a police officer was visiting a Starbucks with her child when Sgt. [TGT]approached the two with goodwill in [TGT] heart and money in [TGT] pocket according to the Houston Chronicle .
In addition to being an officer at the Houston Police Department Klevens is also the owner of Prison Break Tattoos in Houston.
What did Klevens do?
Detailing his encounter Klevens wrote on Facebook “As I walked into the Starbucks this morning outside of downtown and close to the studio I noticed a young officer full uniform having coffee with her date.”
Klevens wrote that the young boy was drinking milk and chatting with his mother inside the store.
“As I sat down at a table in front of them it was obvious from conversation that she was waiting for the ex to pick up the kiddo for church ” Klevens wrote. “As I drank my coffee the conversation turned to going to Disneyland. It was kind of one way as you can imagine … every sentence out of his mouth was about the NEED to go and he just HAD TO see Mickey.”
Klevens said that the young boy had everyone in the store cracking up with his antics.
“As mom sat listening her face was of understating ” Klevens wrote. “‘Baby you know we have talked about this and this year momma won’t be able to afford for us to go but I’m gonna work like crazy so we can go next year.'”
Klevens said the little boy’s voice cracked as he told his mother “I know … but I really wanna go.”
“My voice cracked as I turned and handed her $1 500 out of my wallet to take her baby to Disney ” Klevens wrote. “I had the store manager in tears as was mom when I said take a few days off from the extra job and enjoy a short vacation with your date. Make sure I get pictures.” | 2Positive
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770 | Collins: Top Democrats need to come back before intelligence committee | Clinton | Story highlights Sen. Susan Collins said Clinton lawyer Marc Elias should be recalled to the Senate intelligence committee
In closed-door meetings with congressional Russia investigators in recent weeks Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz denied knowing who funded Fusion's opposition research three sources familiar with the matter told CNN last week
" They absolutely need to be recalled " the Maine Republican said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "It's difficult to imagine that a campaign chairman that the head of the DNC would not know of an expenditure of this magnitude and significance but perhaps there's something more going on here."
A source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday that the law firm Perkins Coie as part of its representation of the Clinton campaign and the DNC retained Fusion GPS and entered "into an engagement for research services that began in April 2016 and concluded before the election in early November." | Story highlights Sen. Susan Collins said [TGT] lawyer Marc Elias should be recalled to the Senate intelligence committee
In closed-door meetings with congressional Russia investigators in recent weeks [TGT] campaign chairman John Podesta and former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz denied knowing who funded Fusion's opposition research three sources familiar with the matter told CNN last week
" [TGT] absolutely need to be recalled " the Maine Republican said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "It's difficult to imagine that a campaign chairman that the head of the DNC would not know of an expenditure of this magnitude and significance but perhaps there's something more going on here."
A source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday that the law firm Perkins Coie as part of its representation of the [TGT] campaign and the DNC retained Fusion GPS and entered "into an engagement for research services that began in April 2016 and concluded before the election in early November." | 2Positive
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771 | Borussia Dortmund bus bombing suspect 'did not intend to kill' | Monaco Sergei W | Sergei W 28 told a court in Dortmund that he had not intended to kill anyone. He is a German of Russian origin. His full name was not revealed.
Prosecutors believe Sergei W gambled on the team's share price plunging.
He has been charged with 28 counts of attempted murder which he denies. But he told the court: "I deeply regret my behaviour". He went on trial on 21 December.
Sergei W was arrested 10 days later in Rottenburg southern Germany. Prosecutors say he had bought more than 26 000 put options on Borussia Dortmund shares predicting that the share price would plunge after the attack.
It is reckoned that if the share price had fallen to one euro Sergei W could have made a profit of more than 500 000 euros (£443 270; $600 000) German media report. | Sergei W 28 told a court in Dortmund that he had not intended to kill anyone. He is a German of Russian origin. His full name was not revealed.
Prosecutors believe Sergei W gambled on the team's share price plunging.
He has been charged with 28 counts of attempted murder which he denies. But he told the court: "I deeply regret my behaviour". He went on trial on 21 December.
Sergei W was arrested 10 days later in Rottenburg southern Germany. Prosecutors say he had bought more than 26 000 put options on Borussia Dortmund shares predicting that the share price would plunge after the attack.
It is reckoned that if the share price had fallen to one euro Sergei W could have made a profit of more than 500 000 euros (£443 270; $600 000) German media report. | 2Positive
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772 | Tesla reaffirms effort to build cars in China; mum on deal report | Tesla | (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) reaffirmed on Sunday it is talking with the Shanghai municipal government to set up a factory in the region and expects to agree on a plan by the end of the year but declined to comment on a report that a deal has been reached.
FILE PHOTO: Tesla Model 3 cars are seen as Tesla holds an event at the factory handing over its first 30 Model 3 vehicles to employee buyers at the company’s Fremont facility in California U.S. on July 28 2017. Courtesy Tesla/Handout via REUTERS
China levies a 25 percent duty on sales of imported vehicles and has not allowed foreign automakers to establish wholly owned factories in the country the world’s largest auto market. Those are problems for Tesla which wants to expand its presence in China’s growing electric vehicle market without compromising its independence or intellectual property.
Tesla would still have to pay a 25 percent duty on cars built in a free trade zone but it could lower its production costs.
Tesla on Sunday pointed to a statement it made in June that the company “is working with the Shanghai Municipal Government to explore the possibility of establishing a manufacturing facility in the region to serve the Chinese market. As we’ve said before we expect to more clearly define our plans for production in China by the end of the year.”
A Tesla spokesperson in the United States declined to comment further beyond referring to the June statement.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla and the Shanghai government have reached a deal in that city’s free trade zone. Shanghai is China’s de facto automotive capital and a significant market for luxury vehicles of all kinds.
Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd(0700.HK) has a five percent stake in Tesla and is seen as a potential ally for Tesla ’s efforts to enter the Chinese market.
It was unclear if the Chinese government will conclude a deal with Tesla to coincide with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit next month.
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has said the company eventually will need vehicle and battery manufacturing centers in Europe and Asia.
Tesla is wrestling with production problems at its sole factory in Fremont California. It is trying to accelerate output of its new Model 3 sedan but conceded earlier this month that production bottlenecks had held third-quarter production to just 260 vehicles well short of the 1 500 previously planned. | [TGT] reaffirmed on Sunday [TGT] is talking with the Shanghai municipal government to set up a factory in the region and expects to agree on a plan by the end of the year but declined to comment on a report that a deal has been reached.
FILE PHOTO: [TGT] Model 3 cars are seen as Tesla holds an event at the factory handing over [TGT] first 30 Model 3 vehicles to employee buyers at the company’s Fremont facility in California U.S. on July 28 2017. Courtesy [TGT]/Handout via REUTERS
China levies a 25 percent duty on sales of imported vehicles and has not allowed foreign automakers to establish wholly owned factories in the country the world’s largest auto market. Those are problems for [TGT][TGT] presence in China’s growing electric vehicle market without compromising [TGT] independence or intellectual property.
[TGT]would still have to pay a 25 percent duty on cars built in a free trade zone but [TGT] could lower [TGT] production costs.
[TGT]on Sunday pointed to a statement [TGT] made in June that [TGT] “is working with the Shanghai Municipal Government to explore the possibility of establishing a manufacturing facility in the region to serve the Chinese market. As we’ve said before we expect to more clearly define our plans for production in China by the end of the year.”
A [TGT]spokesperson in the United States declined to comment further beyond referring to the June statement.
The Wall Street Journal reported that [TGT]and the Shanghai government have reached a deal in that city’s free trade zone. Shanghai is China’s de facto automotive capital and a significant market for luxury vehicles of all kinds.
Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd(0700.HK) has a five percent stake in [TGT]and is seen as a potential ally for [TGT] ’s efforts to enter the Chinese market.
It was unclear if the Chinese government will conclude a deal with [TGT]to coincide with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit next month.
[TGT]Chief Executive Elon Musk has said the company eventually will need vehicle and battery manufacturing centers in Europe and Asia.
[TGT]is wrestling with production problems at [TGT] sole factory in Fremont California. [TGT] is trying to accelerate output of [TGT] new Model 3 sedan but conceded earlier this month that production bottlenecks had held third-quarter production to just 260 vehicles well short of the 1 500 previously planned. | 2Positive
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773 | He taught lawyers vets and more how to ballroom dance. Now his students are trying to save him from deportation | Galtsog Gantulga | Galtsog Gantulga right helps Brandon Coghill left with some dance steps at the Arthur Murray dance studio in Alexandria on Dec. 20. Gantulga an undocumented immigrant from Mongolia had his work permit revoked after being convicted of drunken driving. His students from the dance studio are trying to win him a reprieve. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Washington D.C.)
But the ballroom dancers say Galtsog Gantulga is a gifted instructor who senses when his students need to talk or want to dance but are too shy to take the initiative. He hurt no one in the two drunken driving incidents they point out and has served time behind bars. He also sold his car and joined Alcoholics Anonymous.
" He built his life over here " said Mealy Chhim a retired software engineer who was part of the effort. " He just messed up."
Retired Air Force colonel Charlie Heimach takes a phone call from Galtsog Gantulga (pictured in background) during Gantulga’s detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington D.C.)
Living alone for the first time Gantulga landed a job at the Arthur Murray Dance Center in Alexandria and worked his way up to a top instructor.
Gantulga dances at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Alexandria Va. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Washington D.C.)
Gantulga lost his DACA protection while his second criminal charge was pending. Soon the government told him they would try to deport him.
" Mr. Gantulga entered the United States on a nonimmigrant visa but currently does not have lawful status in the United States " said ICE spokeswoman Carissa Cutrell. " Gantulga has proven himself to be a public safety threat."
Gantulga says the drinking and driving "definitely wouldn't have happened if my parents were here."
But he also said he took responsibility: "It was something that I did."
With the federal government pushing to expel Gantulga the dance students and studio managers mobilized to keep him in the United States getting a firsthand look at the nation's immigration system in the process.
They were stunned that Gantulga only appeared at his immigration court hearings via video link from the detention center where he was being held 150 miles away.
They were shocked that immigrants facing deportation proceedings didn't have a right to a court-appointed lawyer that an immigration judge could refuse to set bond and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could keep Gantulga locked up for months even after bond was set and Heimach rushed over with a check.
Heimach offered to let Gantulga stay at his house while he fought his case.
Instructors Anusha Rouse second from left and Brandon Coghill right and students at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio laugh as they speak by cellphone to Galtsog Gantulga a former instructor at the school who was being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this summer and now faces deportation. The Arthur Murray students and teachers are trying to win his a reprieve. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington D.C.)
Over the objections of Nicholas J. Bolzman the prosecutor from the Department of Homeland Security Immigration Judge Helaine Perlman granted Gantulga release on $12 000 bond saying his crimes weren't serious enough to be eligible for mandatory detention. | [TGT] right helps Brandon Coghill left with some dance steps at the Arthur Murray dance studio in Alexandria on Dec. 20. Gantulga an undocumented immigrant from Mongolia had his work permit revoked after being convicted of drunken driving. His students from the dance studio are trying to win him a reprieve. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Washington D.C.)
But the ballroom dancers say [TGT] is a gifted instructor who senses when his students need to talk or want to dance but are too shy to take the initiative. He hurt no one in the two drunken driving incidents they point out and has served time behind bars. He also sold his car and joined Alcoholics Anonymous.
" He built his life over here " said Mealy Chhim a retired software engineer who was part of the effort. " He just messed up."
Retired Air Force colonel Charlie Heimach takes a phone call from [TGT] (pictured in background) during Gantulga’s detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington D.C.)
Living alone for the first time Gantulga landed a job at the Arthur Murray Dance Center in Alexandria and worked his way up to a top instructor.
Gantulga dances at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Alexandria Va. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Washington D.C.)
Gantulga lost his DACA protection while his second criminal charge was pending. Soon the government told him they would try to deport him.
" Mr. Gantulga entered the United States on a nonimmigrant visa but currently does not have lawful status in the United States " said ICE spokeswoman Carissa Cutrell. " Gantulga has proven himself to be a public safety threat."
Gantulga says the drinking and driving "definitely wouldn't have happened if my parents were here."
But he also said he took responsibility: "It was something that I did."
With the federal government pushing to expel Gantulga the dance students and studio managers mobilized to keep him in the United States getting a firsthand look at the nation's immigration system in the process.
They were stunned that Gantulga only appeared at his immigration court hearings via video link from the detention center where he was being held 150 miles away.
They were shocked that immigrants facing deportation proceedings didn't have a right to a court-appointed lawyer that an immigration judge could refuse to set bond and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could keep Gantulga locked up for months even after bond was set and Heimach rushed over with a check.
Heimach offered to let Gantulga stay at his house while he fought his case.
Instructors Anusha Rouse second from left and Brandon Coghill right and students at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio laugh as they speak by cellphone to [TGT] a former instructor at the school who was being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this summer and now faces deportation. The Arthur Murray students and teachers are trying to win his a reprieve. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington D.C.)
Over the objections of Nicholas J. Bolzman the prosecutor from the Department of Homeland Security Immigration Judge Helaine Perlman granted Gantulga release on $12 000 bond saying his crimes weren't serious enough to be eligible for mandatory detention. | 2Positive
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774 | 'They say we are cult but the globe is the biggest cult of all': Inside a meeting of the flat Earth movement | Mark Sargent | Mark Sargent a software analyst from Boulder now living in Seattle is the primary organizer of the movement and has made more than a thousand videos. He believes Colorado’s open-mindedness accounts for its prominent position among believers.
Back in 2015 when he typed “flat Earth” into YouTube he ’d get 50 000 hits. Now it’s more than 18.7 million beating out Lady Gaga and closing in on Donald Trump at about 21.3 million. Sargent said he suspects millions of believers remain “in the closet” to avoid ridicule.
“My channel broke 10 million views in December ” he said. “This is my full-time job now.”
Sargent 49 became a believer after watching videos and realizing he could “no longer prove the globe.”
The flat Earth revival he said can be explained in large part by YouTube increased skepticism of authority and the message of hope it conveys.
“Science doesn’t even get their arguments out there ” Sargent said. “They try to beat us with math but people don’t understand it. It might as well be static so they listen to me .” | [TGT]is the primary organizer of the movement and has made more than a thousand videos. [TGT] believes Colorado’s open-mindedness accounts for its prominent position among believers.
Back in 2015 when [TGT] typed “flat Earth” into YouTube he ’d get 50 000 hits. Now it’s more than 18.7 million beating out Lady Gaga and closing in on Donald Trump at about 21.3 million. [TGT]said [TGT] suspects millions of believers remain “in the closet” to avoid ridicule.
“My channel broke 10 million views in December ” he said. “This is my full-time job now.”
Sargent 49 became a believer after watching videos and realizing he could “no longer prove the globe.”
The flat Earth revival he said can be explained in large part by YouTube increased skepticism of authority and the message of hope it conveys.
“Science doesn’t even get their arguments out there ” [TGT]said. “They try to beat us with math but people don’t understand it. It might as well be static so they listen to me .” | 1Neutral
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775 | Mindy Kaling confirms Oprah gives the most insane baby gifts ever | Mindy Kaling | But when you're friends with Oprah Winfrey things get a little more epic. Just ask Mindy Kaling who welcomed her first child daughter Katherine in December.
"I got a call from my assistant. She said 'Oprah's assistant contacted me she 'd like to drop off a present.' I'm thinking that's so nice like (it's) probably flowers. I had a kid I'm a single mom. That's really nice Oprah remembered " Kaling told USA TODAY on Sunday sitting with Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon her Wrinkle in Time co-stars.
"Two men are going to be coming to your house they said with a U-Haul truck " Kaling continued.
"All you want in life is to hear that two men in a U-Haul truck are coming to your house because Oprah sent them " said Kaling . "I was supposed to go to work that day (but I was like) I gotta be here."
What Oprah-endorsed wonder awaited the newborn? "They arrived with a hand-carved bookcase prettier than any professional dollhouse you had ever seen that contained a hundred of the classic essential books in children's literature " said Kaling . "And I held my baby up to it and I said 'Did you see what Miss Winfrey did for you?'"
"Now it only looks like a beautiful castle " deadpanned Kaling .
"It's the most amazing gift " said Kaling . | But when you're friends with Oprah Winfrey things get a little more epic. Just ask [TGT] who welcomed her first child daughter Katherine in December.
"I got a call from my assistant. She said 'Oprah's assistant contacted me she 'd like to drop off a present.' I'm thinking that's so nice like (it's) probably flowers. I had a kid I'm a single mom. That's really nice Oprah remembered " Kaling told USA TODAY on Sunday sitting with Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon her Wrinkle in Time co-stars.
"Two men are going to be coming to your house they said with a U-Haul truck " Kaling continued.
"All you want in life is to hear that two men in a U-Haul truck are coming to your house because Oprah sent them " said Kaling . "I was supposed to go to work that day (but I was like) I gotta be here."
What Oprah-endorsed wonder awaited the newborn? "They arrived with a hand-carved bookcase prettier than any professional dollhouse you had ever seen that contained a hundred of the classic essential books in children's literature " said Kaling . "And I held my baby up to it and I said 'Did you see what Miss Winfrey did for you?'"
"Now it only looks like a beautiful castle " deadpanned Kaling .
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776 | Family of Baltimore mom fatally shot by cops awarded $37 million | Korryn Gaines | The jury took several hours to reach its decision in a civil lawsuit filed against the Baltimore County government and police Cpl. Royce Ruby who shot Korryn Gaines The Baltimore Sun reported Friday .
The six-women jury found that the first shot which killed Gaines and wounded her then 5-year-old son was not reasonable and violated their civil rights under state and federal statutes according to the newspaper. It said jurors awarded more than $32 million to Kodi in damages and $4.5 million to his sister Karsyn. The panel awarded about $300 000 apiece to Gaines' father mother and to her estate.
Fatal shooting of Korryn Gaines ' justified ' prosecutors say
Korryn Gaines was fatally shot by police on August 1 2016. (Facebook)
He told jurors two officers had tried to serve arrest warrants on Gaines and her fiance that day. When no one would open the apartment door officers eventually kicked it in jurors heard. He said the first officer who entered the apartment was "confronted with Korryn Gaines with a shotgun pointed right at him."
Family of Korryn Gaines files wrongful death suit in Maryland
Gaines' fiance left with their infant daughter. However Gaines remained with the 5-year-old boy.
Ruckle said Ruby decided to shoot after he saw Gaines' braids and the barrel of her shotgun rise from behind a wall. | The jury took several hours to reach its decision in a civil lawsuit filed against the Baltimore County government and police Cpl. Royce Ruby who shot [TGT]The Baltimore Sun reported Friday .
The six-women jury found that the first shot which killed Gaines and wounded her then 5-year-old son was not reasonable and violated their civil rights under state and federal statutes according to the newspaper. It said jurors awarded more than $32 million to Kodi in damages and $4.5 million to his sister Karsyn. The panel awarded about $300 000 apiece to Gaines' father mother and to her estate.
Fatal shooting of Korryn Gaines ' justified ' prosecutors say
[TGT]was fatally shot by police on August 1 2016. (Facebook)
He told jurors two officers had tried to serve arrest warrants on Gaines and her fiance that day. When no one would open the apartment door officers eventually kicked it in jurors heard. He said the first officer who entered the apartment was "confronted with Korryn Gaines with a shotgun pointed right at him."
Family of [TGT]files wrongful death suit in Maryland
Gaines' fiance left with their infant daughter. However [TGT]remained with the 5-year-old boy.
Ruckle said Ruby decided to shoot after he saw [TGT]braids and the barrel of [TGT] shotgun rise from behind a wall. | 2Positive
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777 | Lebanon's Hariri Delays Resignation Vows to Protect Nation | Saad Hariri | Premier had announced he was quitting during trip to Riyadh
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri suspended his resignation after the country’s president called for talks on how and why he ended up in Saudi Arabia this month and quit suddenly.
Hariri said he accepted a request from President Michel Aoun to delay his departure temporarily defusing a crisis that’s drawn in regional and global powers and rattled investors. The premier who had said he feared for his life in Lebanon has denied he was pressured by the Saudis to step down. He returned to Beirut late on Tuesday.
Saad Hariri in Beirut on Nov. 22. Photographer: Marwan Tahtah/AFP via Getty Images
Lebanese bonds rallied after Hariri ’s speech with yields on the nation’s Eurobonds due in October 2022 plummeting 42 basis points to 7.18 percent according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Hariri a long-time ally of Saudi Arabia announced he was quitting on an unexpected trip to Riyadh on Nov. 4 accusing Iran and the Hezbollah militant group it backs of destabilizing his country and threatening his safety. He returned after a near-three-week absence that raised concern Lebanon would again be caught in a showdown between the Middle East’s two chief rivals for influence.
Hariri supporters gathered at his home in downtown Beirut in a show of loyalty to the prime minister. They waved blue flags the color of his Future Movement and raised placards that said: “We’re all with you” and “You are our Lebanon.” The crowd chanted “Saad Saad” when he appeared at a window.
“This is an unforgettable moment ” Hariri told them. “We are staying together to be the first line of defense for Lebanon.” He then went down to walk among his supporters shake hands and take selfies.
Earlier on Wednesday Hariri joined Aoun and other top leaders to mark Lebanon’s 74th Independence Day. | "Premier had announced he was quitting during trip to Riyadh
[TGT] suspended [TGT] resignation after the country’s president called for talks on how and why he ended up in Saudi Arabia this month and quit suddenly.
[TGT]said [TGT] accepted a request from President Michel Aoun to delay his departure temporarily defusing a crisis that’s drawn in regional and global powers and rattled investors. The premier who had said he feared for his life in Lebanon has denied he was pressured by the Saudis to step down. He returned to Beirut late on Tuesday.
Saad Hariri in Beirut on Nov. 22. Photographer: Marwan Tahtah/AFP via Getty Images
Lebanese bonds rallied after [TGT] ’s speech with yields on the nation’s Eurobonds due in October 2022 plummeting 42 basis points to 7.18 percent according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Hariri a long-time ally of Saudi Arabia announced he was quitting on an unexpected trip to Riyadh on Nov. 4 accusing Iran and the Hezbollah militant group it backs of destabilizing his country and threatening his safety. He returned after a near-three-week absence that raised concern Lebanon would again be caught in a showdown between the Middle East’s two chief rivals for influence.
Hariri supporters gathered at his home in downtown Beirut in a show of loyalty to the prime minister. They waved blue flags the color of his Future Movement and raised placards that said: “We’re all with you” and “You are our Lebanon.” The crowd chanted “Saad Saad” when he appeared at a window.
“This is an unforgettable moment ” Hariri told them. “We are staying together to be the first line of defense for Lebanon.” He then went down to walk among his supporters shake hands and take selfies.
Earlier on Wednesday Hariri joined Aoun and other top leaders to mark Lebanon’s 74th Independence Day." | 2Positive
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778 | 2 fullbacks 2 very different jobs heading into Rose Bowl | Dimitri Flowers | LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oklahoma’s Dimitri Flowers and Georgia’s Christian Payne have the same title but very different job descriptions.
Both are listed as fullbacks. For Flowers that’s really a misnomer. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley thinks of Flowers as an H-back as in hybrid. The senior lines up everywhere — receiver tight end tailback — allowing the Sooners’ offense to quickly morph from one look to another.
“Really really tough ” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said Saturday at Rose Bowl media day. “Most guys just learning to play one position well is difficult. For (Flowers) you’re talking about playing three of four different positions and being able to do them at a high level.”
Flowers said he has lined up in as many as eight different spots during a single game.
“Besides quarterback he ’s got to know as much as anybody ” co-offensive coordinator Cale Gundy said.
Flowers has only 36 touches this season (13 carries and 23 catches) but he has scored eight touchdowns (four rushing and four receiving). As a runner the 247-pounder mostly handles short yardage averaging 2.0 yards per carry. As a receiver he is a big-play threat at 17.9 yards a catch.
Flowers’ versatility allows the Sooners to operate up-tempo because they don’t need to change personnel as often. Tight end Mark Andrews provides similar benefits. The All-American is split out wide or lined up in the slot far more than he is in tight next to an offensive tackle. He ’ll occasionally line up in the backfield. Running back Rodney Anderson is also a major part of Oklahoma’s passing game with 16 catches for 283 yards and five touchdowns. | LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oklahoma’s [TGT]have the same title but very different job descriptions.
[TGT]are listed as fullbacks. For Flowers that’s really a misnomer. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley thinks of [TGT] as an H-back as in hybrid. The senior lines up everywhere — receiver tight end tailback — allowing the Sooners’ offense to quickly morph from one look to another.
“Really really tough ” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said Saturday at Rose Bowl media day. “Most guys just learning to play one position well is difficult. For (Flowers) you’re talking about playing three of four different positions and being able to do them at a high level.”
[TGT]said [TGT] has lined up in as many as eight different spots during a single game.
“Besides quarterback [TGT] ’s got to know as much as anybody ” co-offensive coordinator Cale Gundy said.
[TGT]has only 36 touches this season (13 carries and 23 catches) but [TGT] has scored eight touchdowns (four rushing and four receiving). As a runner the 247-pounder mostly handles short yardage averaging 2.0 yards per carry. As a receiver he is a big-play threat at 17.9 yards a catch.
Flowers’ versatility allows the Sooners to operate up-tempo because they don’t need to change personnel as often. Tight end Mark Andrews provides similar benefits. The All-American is split out wide or lined up in the slot far more than he is in tight next to an offensive tackle. He ’ll occasionally line up in the backfield. Running back Rodney Anderson is also a major part of Oklahoma’s passing game with 16 catches for 283 yards and five touchdowns. | 2Positive
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779 | A new negative ad aimed at Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie came from a Latino group concerned that Democrat Ralph Northam wasn't getting enough support from Latinos | Ed Gillespie | A television ad depicting minority children running from a pickup truck sporting a bumper sticker for Virginia Republican Ed Gillespie is designed to criticize the gubernatorial candidate’s ties to President Trump — and to address concerns that Democratic candidate Ralph Northam is struggling to connect with minority voters according to people familiar with the strategy.
The ad was removed late Tuesday after a terrorism attack in New York City involved a pickup truck running down people on a bike path.
But before it was removed it was designed to appeal to Latino voters. Public polling shows Northam easily beating Gillespie among black and Latino voters but a recent private poll shared widely among minority advocacy groups sparked worry about the Democrat’s appeal. Northam’s campaign urged the groups not to release the poll’s findings according to multiple people familiar with the matter — a point not disputed by his campaign.
In the weeks since the poll was conducted progressive groups have worked to tie Gillespie to Trump whose approval rating among Latinos nationwide hovers in the teens. They worry that if Gillespie wins his campaign ads — which raised concerns about illegal immigration and “sanctuary cities” and voiced support for Confederate-era monuments — could be replicated nationwide next year by GOP candidates eager to turn out conservative voters.
Seeking to shore up support among younger and Latino voteres Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) campaigned for Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie spotted to Rubio’s right in the background on Oct. 30 2017 in Sterling Va. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
Alex’s group produced the new ad “American Nightmare ” which features four young children — two Latino boys an African American child and a Muslim girl wearing a headscarf — running from a white man driving a pickup truck adorned with the Gillespie sticker and a Confederate flag. The truck chases the children through a suburban neighborhood into a dead-end alley — at which point the children awake from a bad dream.
[Ad features minority kids chased by truck adorned with Gillespie sticker Confederate flag]
[How Ed Gillespie went from ‘big tent’ Republican to culture warrior]
A Washington Post-Schar School poll released Tuesday did not poll enough Latino voters to generate a measurable sample. But among nonwhite voters overall Northam leads Gillespie 73 percent to 17 percent — similar to Clinton’s margins in Virginia last year. Other statewide polls conducted last month by the Wason Center and Fox News showed Northam trouncing Gillespie among nonwhite voters.
[ Gillespie appears with Sen. Rubio as protesters accuse him of racism]
“Ed Gillespie talks about us he demonizes us with divisive and racist language calling us criminals ” an announcer says in Spanish. “Let’s not allow Trump’s policies in Virginia.”
[Obama rips into Gillespie ’s MS-13 ads calls them “as cynical as politics gets”] | [TGT]is designed to criticize the gubernatorial candidate’s ties to President Trump — and to address concerns that Democratic candidate Ralph Northam is struggling to connect with minority voters according to people familiar with the strategy.
[TGT]was removed late Tuesday after a terrorism attack in New York City involved a pickup truck running down people on a bike path.
But before [TGT] was removed [TGT] was designed to appeal to Latino voters. Public polling shows Northam easily beating [TGT] among black and Latino voters but a recent private poll shared widely among minority advocacy groups sparked worry about the Democrat’s appeal. Northam’s campaign urged the groups not to release the poll’s findings according to multiple people familiar with the matter — a point not disputed by his campaign.
In the weeks since the poll was conducted progressive groups have worked to tie Gillespie to Trump whose approval rating among Latinos nationwide hovers in the teens. They worry that if Gillespie wins his campaign ads — which raised concerns about illegal immigration and “sanctuary cities” and voiced support for Confederate-era monuments — could be replicated nationwide next year by GOP candidates eager to turn out conservative voters.
Seeking to shore up support among younger and Latino voteres Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) campaigned for Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie spotted to Rubio’s right in the background on Oct. 30 2017 in Sterling Va. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
Alex’s group produced the new ad “American Nightmare ” which features four young children — two Latino boys an African American child and a Muslim girl wearing a headscarf — running from a white man driving a pickup truck adorned with the Gillespie sticker and a Confederate flag. The truck chases the children through a suburban neighborhood into a dead-end alley — at which point the children awake from a bad dream.
[Ad features minority kids chased by truck adorned with Gillespie sticker Confederate flag]
[How Ed Gillespie went from ‘big tent’ Republican to culture warrior]
A Washington Post-Schar School poll released Tuesday did not poll enough Latino voters to generate a measurable sample. But among nonwhite voters overall Northam leads Gillespie 73 percent to 17 percent — similar to Clinton’s margins in Virginia last year. Other statewide polls conducted last month by the Wason Center and Fox News showed Northam trouncing Gillespie among nonwhite voters.
[TGT][TGT] demonizes us with divisive and racist language calling us criminals ” an announcer says in Spanish. “Let’s not allow Trump’s policies in Virginia.”
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780 | Google relaxes rules on free news stories plans subscription tools | Richard Gingras | “Over the last year we got clear indications that yes it was going to be important for publishers to grow subscription revenues ” said Richard Gingras Google’s vice president for news.
He said the number of news outlets with paywalls had reached a critical mass in the last year to the point that it made sense for Google to start developing tools for them.
The goal is to facilitate fast purchases that could take as little as a single click Gingras said. Customers’ names and emails would be shared with the publishers.
A separate tool would give publishers data on how to maximize sign ups with personalized offers. Gingras said Google hasn’t determined whether it may charge a fee to recoup costs of that program.
“Google search is valuable because there’s a rich ecosystem out there ” Gingras said. “To the extent the web is healthy that’s very good for our core business. Our objective is not for this to be a new line of business.” | “Over the last year we got clear indications that yes it was going to be important for publishers to grow subscription revenues ” said [TGT].
[TGT] said the number of news outlets with paywalls had reached a critical mass in the last year to the point that it made sense for Google to start developing tools for them.
The goal is to facilitate fast purchases that could take as little as a single click Gingras said. Customers’ names and emails would be shared with the publishers.
A separate tool would give publishers data on how to maximize sign ups with personalized offers. Gingras said Google hasn’t determined whether it may charge a fee to recoup costs of that program.
“Google search is valuable because there’s a rich ecosystem out there ” Gingras said. “To the extent the web is healthy that’s very good for our core business. Our objective is not for this to be a new line of business.” | 2Positive
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781 | Rachel Maddow Explains How Money Could Be Laundered in Russia | Rachel Maddow | Rachel Maddow Explains How Money Could Be Laundered in Russia
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow imagined how she would launder $10 million out of Russia if she were a criminal instead of a broadcaster.
“The first important thing to know about Deutsche Bank in this story it’s up to its German neck in Russian money laundering ” Maddow noted.
“I’m a Russian crook and I grew up practicing judo with Vladimir Putin and he’s given me leave to steal stuff or strip the assets out of some formally state-run company ” Maddow said explaining the character she would play in her role-playing. “I’m a Russian bad guy. I’ve got ill gotten gains.”
“I’ve got stolen money and I would like to enjoy my stolen money and so in order to do so I have to secret those funds away somewhere where they won’t get noticed by law enforcement. Where they won’t get taxed. And where anybody who might prosecute me or persecute me for the way I got this money they won’t be able to find it and reclaim it and trace it back to me ” Maddow continued.
“If I want to get $10 million out of Russia I want to convert it from Rubles into some other currency. To get it out without anybody noticing it has to look like that money is leaving the country as some part of legitimate transaction ” Maddow noted. “That’s where Deutsche Bank comes in.”
“So you need to have something you’re going to buy for a lot of money. So you have somebody abroad go to the bank and say ‘I have this highlighter and the price of this highlighter I want to sell is $10 million.’ Miraculously simultaneously at that same moment you pop up in Moscow with your $10 million in ill gotten Rubles and say hey office ‘do you know anybody selling something I might be able to buy for $10 million? I was thinking of investing in a highlighter. Do you know anybody selling one for $10 million?’ Maddow explained holding up a highlighter.
“I’m the dude in Russia I hand $10 million in dirty Rubles into the Moscow office. They say you purchased a highlighter ” Maddow recapped. “Then over in their other office abroad in London or wherever that bank’s office they pay their client $10 million in euros or dollars or whatever and they you know collect the highlighter that’s just been sold. And that’s it that’s how the money moves.” | [TGT]Explains How Money Could Be Laundered in Russia
MSNBC anchor [TGT]imagined how [TGT] would launder $10 million out of Russia if [TGT] were a criminal instead of a broadcaster.
“The first important thing to know about Deutsche Bank in this story it’s up to its German neck in Russian money laundering ” [TGT]noted.
“I’m a Russian crook and I grew up practicing judo with Vladimir Putin and he’s given me leave to steal stuff or strip the assets out of some formally state-run company ” [TGT] said explaining the character [TGT] would play in [TGT] role-playing. “I’m a Russian bad guy. I’ve got ill gotten gains.”
“I’ve got stolen money and I would like to enjoy my stolen money and so in order to do so I have to secret those funds away somewhere where they won’t get noticed by law enforcement. Where they won’t get taxed. And where anybody who might prosecute me or persecute me for the way I got this money they won’t be able to find it and reclaim it and trace it back to me ” [TGT]continued.
“If I want to get $10 million out of Russia I want to convert it from Rubles into some other currency. To get it out without anybody noticing it has to look like that money is leaving the country as some part of legitimate transaction ” [TGT] noted. “That’s where Deutsche Bank comes in.”
“So you need to have something you’re going to buy for a lot of money. So you have somebody abroad go to the bank and say ‘I have this highlighter and the price of this highlighter I want to sell is $10 million.’ Miraculously simultaneously at that same moment you pop up in Moscow with your $10 million in ill gotten Rubles and say hey office ‘do you know anybody selling something I might be able to buy for $10 million? I was thinking of investing in a highlighter. Do you know anybody selling one for $10 million?’ [TGT] explained holding up a highlighter.
“I’m the dude in Russia I hand $10 million in dirty Rubles into the Moscow office. They say you purchased a highlighter ” [TGT] recapped. “Then over in their other office abroad in London or wherever that bank’s office they pay their client $10 million in euros or dollars or whatever and they you know collect the highlighter that’s just been sold. And that’s it that’s how the money moves.” | 1Neutral
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782 | Officers killed in the line of duty in 2018 | Decharlos Brooks | When Doss and other officers arrived a man identified as 43-year-old Decharlos Brooks allegedly opened fire on police officers while they were still in their patrol car. Doss was shot in the incident.
Brooks was taken into custody and charged with eight counts of assault with intent to murder seven counts of resisting and obstructing one count of carrying a dangerous weapon and 17 counts of felony firearms.
Doss who was taken to a nearby Detroit hospital after he was shot succumbed to his injuries on Jan. 28.
He worked for the Detroit Police Department for two years and is survived by his Emily Crouse his girlfriend of nine years their 9-month-old son Eli and his parents. | When Doss and other officers arrived a man identified as [TGT]allegedly opened fire on police officers while they were still in their patrol car. Doss was shot in the incident.
[TGT]was taken into custody and charged with eight counts of assault with intent to murder seven counts of resisting and obstructing one count of carrying a dangerous weapon and 17 counts of felony firearms.
Doss who was taken to a nearby Detroit hospital after he was shot succumbed to his injuries on Jan. 28.
He worked for the Detroit Police Department for two years and is survived by his Emily Crouse his girlfriend of nine years their 9-month-old son Eli and his parents. | 1Neutral
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783 | Powerful leftist DC swamp dweller forced into humiliating apology for baseless charge of bigotry | Hilary Rosen | CNN guest commentator Hilary Rosen is on the hot seat after she publicly and baselessly panned a Georgetown University sports fan as anti-Semitic — because he was wearing a bacon suit during his school’s recent basketball game against Syracuse University.
“Hey it’s ‘bacon man.’ It’s actually Mr. Bakan — pronounced ‘bacon.’ Just a fun costume ” Bakan tweeted at Rosen .
Rosen tried to save her own bacon by claiming she was given some bad intel.
Rosen never clarified what “bad info” she got about the legendary ‘Cuse-Georgetown rivalry or how it had to do with Judaism. | CNN guest commentator [TGT]is on the hot seat after [TGT] publicly and baselessly panned a Georgetown University sports fan as anti-Semitic — because he was wearing a bacon suit during his school’s recent basketball game against Syracuse University.
“Hey it’s ‘bacon man.’ It’s actually Mr. Bakan — pronounced ‘bacon.’ Just a fun costume ” Bakan tweeted at [TGT] .
[TGT]tried to save [TGT] own bacon by claiming [TGT] was given some bad intel.
[TGT]never clarified what “bad info” [TGT] got about the legendary ‘Cuse-Georgetown rivalry or how it had to do with Judaism. | 1Neutral
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784 | Facts and graphics: Life and death of the North Korean leader's half brother Kim Jong Nam | Kim Jong Nam | Kim Jong Nam is the exiled half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Here he is pictured at Beijing airport in China in 2007.
As of 2003 he lived in exile in Macau and other neighbouring regions after falling out of favour with his father who accused him of turning "into a capitalist " according to an email sent to the editor of the Tokyo Shimbun by Kim Jong Nam . He said: "After I went back to North Korea following my education in Switzerland I grew further apart from my father because I insisted on reform and market-opening and was eventually viewed with suspicion."
In 2012 Kim Jong Nam heavily criticised his family's North Korean leadership. He said: "The Kim Jong-un regime will not last long. Without reforms North Korea will collapse and when such changes take place the regime will collapse " according to excerpts from Japanese journalist Yoji Gomi in Tokyo Shimbun newspaper.
On February 13 2017 Kim Jong Nam was about to leave on a flight to Macau where he lived with his wife and two children.
But he died on his journey. South Korea was quick to accuse North Korea of dispatching a hit squad to murder him at the airport in Kuala Lumpur saying two female assassins poisoned him and then fled in a taxi. | [TGT] is the exiled half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Here [TGT] is pictured at Beijing airport in China in 2007.
As of 2003 [TGT] lived in exile in Macau and other neighbouring regions after falling out of favour with [TGT] father who accused [TGT] of turning "into a capitalist " according to an email sent to [TGT] . [TGT] said: "After I went back to North Korea following my education in Switzerland I grew further apart from my father because I insisted on reform and market-opening and was eventually viewed with suspicion."
In 2012 [TGT]heavily criticised [TGT] family's North Korean leadership. [TGT] said: "The Kim Jong-un regime will not last long. Without reforms North Korea will collapse and when such changes take place the regime will collapse " according to excerpts from Japanese journalist Yoji Gomi in Tokyo Shimbun newspaper.
On February 13 2017 [TGT]was about to leave on a flight to Macau where [TGT] lived with [TGT] wife and two children.
But he died on his journey. South Korea was quick to accuse North Korea of dispatching a hit squad to murder him at the airport in Kuala Lumpur saying two female assassins poisoned him and then fled in a taxi. | 2Positive
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785 | Hurricane Nate makes landfall on Gulf Coast as Category 1 storm | Nate | Hurricane Nate roared onshore near the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana Saturday night lashing the central Gulf Coast region with powerful winds and drenching rains.
Nate made a second landfall near Biloxi Miss. where it threatened to trigger floods and topple trees.
As Nate bore down on the Gulf Coast authorities rescued five people from two sailboats caught in the storm. No injuries were reported.
Nate killed at least 30 people as it swept through Nicaragua Costa Rica and Honduras as a tropical storm last week.
Air Force and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft detected that Nate moving along at a brisk 23 mph strengthened as it passed over the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday according to the hurricane center.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Nate's sustained winds have risen to 90 mph and warned strong winds rains and a significant storm surge could spell disaster for several Southern states. (HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images)
Nate tore through Central America with heavy rains sparking mudslides and flash floods on Thursday killing at least 16 people in Nicaragua 10 in Costa Rica two in Honduras and two others in El Salvador. | [TGT]roared onshore near the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana Saturday night lashing the central Gulf Coast region with powerful winds and drenching rains.
[TGT] made a second landfall near Biloxi Miss. where it threatened to trigger floods and topple trees.
As [TGT]bore down on the Gulf Coast authorities rescued five people from two sailboats caught in the storm. No injuries were reported.
[TGT]killed at least 30 people as it swept through Nicaragua Costa Rica and Honduras as a tropical storm last week.
Air Force and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft detected that [TGT] moving along at a brisk 23 mph strengthened as it passed over the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday according to the hurricane center.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said [TGT]'s sustained winds have risen to 90 mph and warned strong winds rains and a significant storm surge could spell disaster for several Southern states. (HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images)
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786 | Inside the Failed Yemen Peace Talks a Hard | Matthew Tueller | Despite the fact that the United States had paid for the cranes one senior U.S. diplomat opposed their delivery. Matthew Tueller the U.S. ambassador to Yemen argued that it was pointless to deliver the equipment because it would only be destroyed either by coalition bombs the opposition Houthis or a future military offensive by the United Arab Emirates.
Tueller was and remains a central figure in peace negotiations which have not resulted in a peace deal or a lasting cessation of hostilities. As talks have faltered a cholera epidemic is spiraling out of control the nation’s infrastructure has been reduced to rubble and some 50 000 children are expected to die of disease and starvation by the end of this year.
This portrait of Tueller and his role in the failed peace negotiations is based on interviews with six current and former senior State Department and national security officials who worked closely with Tueller . All of them asked to remain anonymous in order to share diplomatically sensitive details.
Yemen’s President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi right talks with U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller left during a meeting in Aden on March 2 2015. Photo: Reuters
Tueller is a career foreign service officer who has held posts throughout the Middle East serving in Egypt Iraq and Kuwait. A graduate of Brigham Young University and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a father of five he rose steadily through the State Department ranks gaining a reputation as a well-respected and deeply knowledgeable diplomat. He became ambassador to Kuwait in 2011 and attracted little public attention aside from a happenstance run in with Kim Kardashian.
Multiple sources in Washington briefed on the negotiations said Abdul Salam’s version was indeed consistent with Tueller ’s position that the Houthis had to accept the agreement as is or else the Yemeni people would face worsening humanitarian conditions though the sources were not in the room for the conversation.
Whether Tueller made that specific threat or not it ’s notable that the Houthi negotiator would make such a charge publicly. At the very least Abdul Salam’s statement suggests a deep distrust between Tueller and a key party to the conflict.
By the spring of 2016 — more than a year into the war – both the Obama White House and State Department began to question why Tueller was pushing such a one-sided plan.
In May 2016 Jon Finer Kerry’s chief of staff sent an email to Tueller asking why he didn’t support the formation of a national unity government. A unity government would include members of the various factions giving the Houthis a seat at the table in the form of ministerial positions or other roles.
The email was one of several exchanges with Tueller that were widely circulated around the State Department. Its contents and those of other exchanges with Tueller on the topic were described to The Intercept and confirmed by multiple former officials.
Finer’s concerns were seconded by Eric Pelofsky senior director for Yemen on Obama’s National Security Council who also wrote directly to Tueller . Finer and Pelofsky in their emails urged Tueller to move past the framework provided by U.N. Resolution 2216 and offer something the Houthis might actually accept.
Tueller responded by saying that the Houthis were negotiating in bad faith. Saleh had already violated the internationally brokered agreement that put Hadi in power he argued so why wouldn’t they violate a future agreement that prescribed them a limited role in government?
As the negotiations stretched on State Department officials in D.C. began to feel like they were in the dark about exactly what Tueller was doing. Kerry’s staff pushed to receive more frequent updates. When press reports emerged about the negotiations being deadlocked Finer pressed Tueller again on why he wasn’t pushing negotiations toward the idea of a unity government.
But the secretary of state didn’t trust Tueller to carry out his instructions. Kerry thought he had to be involved in the talks to push the new approach and he spent much of the remainder of 2016 participating in Yemen’s peace negotiations. Kerry even met personally with Houthi representatives who were growing frustrated with Tueller . Tueller meanwhile argued that Kerry personally intervening in the talks was premature and would not get the outcome Kerry wanted.
In a statement to The Intercept State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert described Tueller as a “devoted career diplomat” and said he has the “full confidence” in the new administration.
“The U.S. policy in Yemen remains unchanged: to work with our international partners to bring peace prosperity and security to Yemen ” said Nauert. “We have consistently supported the work of the U.N. Special Envoy and comprehensive peace negotiations under the auspices of the U.N.” | Despite the fact that the United States had paid for the cranes one senior U.S. diplomat opposed their delivery. [TGT]argued that it was pointless to deliver the equipment because it would only be destroyed either by coalition bombs the opposition Houthis or a future military offensive by the United Arab Emirates.
[TGT]was and remains a central figure in peace negotiations which have not resulted in a peace deal or a lasting cessation of hostilities. As talks have faltered a cholera epidemic is spiraling out of control the nation’s infrastructure has been reduced to rubble and some 50 000 children are expected to die of disease and starvation by the end of this year.
This portrait of Tueller and his role in the failed peace negotiations is based on interviews with six current and former senior State Department and national security officials who worked closely with Tueller . All of them asked to remain anonymous in order to share diplomatically sensitive details.
Yemen’s President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi right talks with [TGT]left during a meeting in Aden on March 2 2015. Photo: Reuters
[TGT]is a career foreign service officer who has held posts throughout the Middle East serving in Egypt Iraq and Kuwait. A graduate of Brigham Young University and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a father of five he rose steadily through the State Department ranks gaining a reputation as a well-respected and deeply knowledgeable diplomat. He became ambassador to Kuwait in 2011 and attracted little public attention aside from a happenstance run in with Kim Kardashian.
Multiple sources in Washington briefed on the negotiations said Abdul Salam’s version was indeed consistent with [TGT] ’s position that the Houthis had to accept the agreement as is or else the Yemeni people would face worsening humanitarian conditions though the sources were not in the room for the conversation.
Whether [TGT]made that specific threat or not [TGT] ’s notable that the Houthi negotiator would make such a charge publicly. At the very least Abdul Salam’s statement suggests a deep distrust between Tueller and a key party to the conflict.
By the spring of 2016 — more than a year into the war – both the Obama White House and State Department began to question why [TGT]was pushing such a one-sided plan.
In May 2016 Jon Finer Kerry’s chief of staff sent an email to [TGT] asking why [TGT] didn’t support the formation of a national unity government. A unity government would include members of the various factions giving the Houthis a seat at the table in the form of ministerial positions or other roles.
The email was one of several exchanges with Tueller that were widely circulated around the State Department. Its contents and those of other exchanges with Tueller on the topic were described to The Intercept and confirmed by multiple former officials.
Finer’s concerns were seconded by Eric Pelofsky senior director for Yemen on Obama’s National Security Council who also wrote directly to [TGT] . Finer and Pelofsky in their emails urged Tueller to move past the framework provided by U.N. Resolution 2216 and offer something the Houthis might actually accept.
[TGT]responded by saying that the Houthis were negotiating in bad faith. Saleh had already violated the internationally brokered agreement that put Hadi in power he argued so why wouldn’t they violate a future agreement that prescribed them a limited role in government?
As the negotiations stretched on State Department officials in D.C. began to feel like they were in the dark about exactly what [TGT]was doing. Kerry’s staff pushed to receive more frequent updates. When press reports emerged about the negotiations being deadlocked Finer pressed [TGT]again on why he wasn’t pushing negotiations toward the idea of a unity government.
But the secretary of state didn’t trust Tueller to carry out his instructions. Kerry thought he had to be involved in the talks to push the new approach and he spent much of the remainder of 2016 participating in Yemen’s peace negotiations. Kerry even met personally with Houthi representatives who were growing frustrated with [TGT] . [TGT] meanwhile argued that Kerry personally intervening in the talks was premature and would not get the outcome Kerry wanted.
In a statement to The Intercept State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert described [TGT]as a “devoted career diplomat” and said he has the “full confidence” in the new administration.
“The U.S. policy in Yemen remains unchanged: to work with our international partners to bring peace prosperity and security to Yemen ” said Nauert. “We have consistently supported the work of the U.N. Special Envoy and comprehensive peace negotiations under the auspices of the U.N.” | 2Positive
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787 | Kobe Steel sent products with tampered data to second nuclear company | Kobe Steel | TOKYO (Reuters) - Kobe Steel Ltd supplied parts with false specifications for nuclear equipment owned by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) JNFL said on Friday adding that the products were not used.
Kobe Steel has not told JNFL whether there are any safety issues with the parts the spokesman said. A Kobe Steel spokesman confirmed the company had fabricated data about specialized coatings used on the parts adding the company had not identified any safety issues.
Tokyo Electric Power Co said earlier this month it had taken delivery of pipes from Kobe Steel that were not checked properly.
Japan's atomic regulator has asked nuclear operators to check whether they are using Kobe Steel products at nuclear plants it said on Wednesday adding it has received no reports that Kobe Steel 's data tampering scandal has affected safety.
The unfolding data tampering scandal has spread from Kobe Steel 's copper and aluminum business to most areas of the company and sent companies at the end of complex supply chains across the world scrambling to check whether the safety or performance of their products has been compromised.
Kobe Steel said on Thursday 88 out of 525 affected customers had yet to confirm its products were safe in the light of widespread tampering of specifications but that it had not received any requests for recalls. | TOKYO [TGT] supplied parts with false specifications for nuclear equipment owned by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) [TGT] said on Friday adding that the products were not used.
[TGT]has not told [TGT] whether there are any safety issues with the parts the spokesman said. A [TGT] spokesman confirmed the company had fabricated data about specialized coatings used on the parts adding the company had not identified any safety issues.
Tokyo Electric Power Co said earlier this month it had taken delivery of pipes from Kobe Steel that were not checked properly.
Japan's atomic regulator has asked nuclear operators to check whether they are using [TGT]products at nuclear plants it said on Wednesday adding it has received no reports that Kobe Steel 's data tampering scandal has affected safety.
The unfolding data tampering scandal has spread from Kobe Steel 's copper and aluminum business to most areas of the company and sent companies at the end of complex supply chains across the world scrambling to check whether the safety or performance of their products has been compromised.
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788 | Oscars 2018 best dressed: Our favorite looks from the Academy Awards red carpet | Dan MacMedan-USA | Gina Rodriguez (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Margot Robbie (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Laura Dern (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Dee Rees arrives at the 90th Academy Awards. (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Timothee Chalamet (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Kidman has been a bright spot over the last year in more ways than one. Her always-spectacular wardrobe has remained on point down to the smart bow on this Armani Privé gown.
Saoirse Ronan (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Allison Janney (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Eiza Gonzalez (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Lupita Nyongo (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Jennifer Lawrence (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Gal Gadot (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK) | Gina Rodriguez (Photo: [TGT] TODAY NETWORK)
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Dee Rees arrives at the 90th Academy Awards. (Photo: Dan MacMedan [TGT] TODAY NETWORK)
Timothee Chalamet (Photo: [TGT] TODAY NETWORK)
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman (Photo: [TGT] TODAY NETWORK)
Kidman has been a bright spot over the last year in more ways than one. Her always-spectacular wardrobe has remained on point down to the smart bow on this Armani Privé gown.
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789 | Japan election: Shinzo Abe's coalition wins supermajority | Shinzo Abe | In an interview with NHK after polls closed Abe said he would push for an amendment.
“The ruling parties have been granted a majority ” he said. “I think it was the people’s voice telling us to make progress in politics and bring results with a stable political base.”
For a leader touting stability the election had been a gamble. Abe had called the vote more than a year early justifying it by saying that he needed a new mandate to deal with the threat posed by North Korea and to work through the details of a consumption-tax increase.
Many analysts said Abe ’s motive was more opportunistic however with the prime minister taking advantage of the disarray of the Democratic Party Japan’s main opposition party and a small bump in his approval ratings after a number of scandals earlier this year.
The LDP has long dominated postwar Japanese politics. For many Japanese voters Abe ’s leadership represents stability after years of short-lived governments before he returned to the prime minister’s office in 2012.
Some analysts suggest however that the weakness of the opposition may mask discontent with Abe and a lack of support for many of his policies. One exit poll cited by Kyodo showed 51 percent of voters saying they don’t trust Abe while 44.1 percent said they do.
Koichi Nakano a professor of political science at Sophia University said that the election exposed a lack of widespread support for Abe ’s policies. Abe did not win “because people enthusiastically support him ” Nakano said. “People are disaffected and the opposition is divided.”
The bad weather may have also helped Abe . The approaching Typhoon Lan left voters battling strong winds and heavy rain to make it to polling stations. On Monday Kyodo estimated the final turnout at 53.69 percent only marginally above a record low in the 2014 election.
Despite the rain a number of voters could be found exiting a polling station in Tokyo’s cosmopolitan Roppongi neighborhood Sunday morning. Nobue Koizumi a 67-year-old retired translator said she had felt compelled to vote because of fears about Abe ’s security policies.
“I don’t particularly support Abe but I do support” the LDP said Hiroki Shinohara a 54-year-old wholesaler at the Tsukiji fish market. “I feel it’s doing what’s right for Japan and Japan needs it.” | In an interview with NHK after polls closed Abe said he would push for an amendment.
“The ruling parties have been granted a majority ” he said. “I think it was the people’s voice telling us to make progress in politics and bring results with a stable political base.”
For a leader touting stability the election had been a gamble. Abe had called the vote more than a year early justifying it by saying that he needed a new mandate to deal with the threat posed by North Korea and to work through the details of a consumption-tax increase.
Many analysts said Abe ’s motive was more opportunistic however with the prime minister taking advantage of the disarray of the Democratic Party Japan’s main opposition party and a small bump in his approval ratings after a number of scandals earlier this year.
The LDP has long dominated postwar Japanese politics. For many Japanese voters Abe ’s leadership represents stability after years of short-lived governments before he returned to the prime minister’s office in 2012.
Some analysts suggest however that the weakness of the opposition may mask discontent with Abe and a lack of support for many of his policies. One exit poll cited by Kyodo showed 51 percent of voters saying they don’t trust Abe while 44.1 percent said they do.
Koichi Nakano a professor of political science at Sophia University said that the election exposed a lack of widespread support for Abe ’s policies. Abe did not win “because people enthusiastically support him ” Nakano said. “People are disaffected and the opposition is divided.”
The bad weather may have also helped Abe . The approaching Typhoon Lan left voters battling strong winds and heavy rain to make it to polling stations. On Monday Kyodo estimated the final turnout at 53.69 percent only marginally above a record low in the 2014 election.
Despite the rain a number of voters could be found exiting a polling station in Tokyo’s cosmopolitan Roppongi neighborhood Sunday morning. Nobue Koizumi a 67-year-old retired translator said she had felt compelled to vote because of fears about Abe ’s security policies.
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790 | Inside Caitlin Coleman and Joshua Boyle's ordeal as Taliban prisoners | Caitlan Coleman | A Taliban-linked faction has freed American Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle who were abducted more than five years ago in Afghanistan and had three children in captivity. (Joyce Lee/The Washington Post)
It must have felt like such an exciting time: Caitlan Coleman and her husband Joshua Boyle were embarking on a six-month adventure through Central Asia.
But their exuberant trip ended in a nightmare: In the fall of 2012 they were kidnapped by Taliban fighters. Over the next five years relatives and friends could do little but pray for the couple's well-being. Hope came in the form of short video clips released by the captors. It was through that footage that the couple's families got to glimpse Coleman and Boyle's three children born in captivity.
Here's a look at how Coleman and Boyle's ordeal unfolded:
July 4 2012: Shortly before she hopped on a plane Coleman sent an email to her friends. “Our flight leaves at 4 p.m. " she wrote. “Only God knows exactly where it will lead or what all can be accomplished seen experienced or learned while we travel. So we put ourselves in His hands.”
Coleman and Boyle planned to spend several months hiking through Tajikistan Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan the “safe ’stans ” Coleman told her parents. She promised that she wouldn't go to Afghanistan though Boyle was fascinated by the country. Coleman and Boyle had another secret too — Coleman was pregnant.
September 2012: Coleman emailed with friends every several weeks. In one missive she wrote:
Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle in an undated photo. (Coleman Family/AP)
Oct. 8 2012: Boyle sent an email to Coleman 's parents saying they were in an “unsafe” part of Afghanistan. The next day the couple made their final withdrawal from their bank account. Soon after they were abducted in Afghanistan's Wardak province a Taliban stronghold southwest of the capital. Officials believe they were eventually moved to Pakistan.
June 4 2014: Coleman's family released the two videos it received in 2013 of the couple with their children. As The Washington Post reported at the time: “The videos offer the first and only clues about what happened to Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle after they lost touch with their families 20 months ago while traveling in a mountainous region near the capital Kabul.”
The video clips were emailed to Coleman 's father in July and September by an Afghan man who said he had ties to the Taliban. In one Coleman — her head covered — appeals to “my president Barack Obama” for help. “I would ask that my family and my government do everything that they can to bring my husband child and I to safety and freedom ” Coleman then 28 says.
November 2015: Coleman 's family received a letter stating that she has given birth to a second child in captivity. “I pray to hear from you again to hear how everybody is doing ” the letter said.
January 2016: Canadian officials brokered a deal to free Colin Rutherford another Canadian held captive by militants along with Coleman and Boyle. Rutherford was freed but the couple and their children remained in custody.
This image from video provided by the Coleman family shows Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle. The videos offered the first clue about what happened to Coleman and Boyle after they lost touch with their family. ( Coleman family/AP)
June 2016: Coleman 's family sent a videotaped message to the Taliban during the holy month of Ramadan thanking the militant group for keeping their daughter alive and pleading for her safe return. “We desperately want to be with and hold our daughter and grandsons ” James Coleman said in the video. “As a man father and now grandfather I am asking you to show mercy and release my daughter her husband and their beautiful children.”
December 2016: The Taliban released a fourth video of the family. “We have waited since 2012 for someone to understand our problems the Kafkaesque nightmare in which we find ourselves ” Coleman says in the video. “My children have seen their mother defiled. We ask in our collective 14th year of prison that the governments on both sides reach some agreement to allow us freedom.” | A Taliban-linked faction has freed American [TGT]and her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle who were abducted more than five years ago in Afghanistan and had three children in captivity. (Joyce Lee/The Washington Post)
It must have felt like such an exciting time: [TGT]and her husband Joshua Boyle were embarking on a six-month adventure through Central Asia.
But their exuberant trip ended in a nightmare: In the fall of 2012 they were kidnapped by Taliban fighters. Over the next five years relatives and friends could do little but pray for the couple's well-being. Hope came in the form of short video clips released by the captors. It was through that footage that the couple's families got to glimpse Coleman and Boyle's three children born in captivity.
Here's a look at how Coleman and Boyle's ordeal unfolded:
July 4 2012: Shortly before she hopped on a plane Coleman sent an email to her friends. “Our flight leaves at 4 p.m. " she wrote. “Only God knows exactly where it will lead or what all can be accomplished seen experienced or learned while we travel. So we put ourselves in His hands.”
Coleman and Boyle planned to spend several months hiking through Tajikistan Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan the “safe ’stans ” Coleman told her parents. She promised that she wouldn't go to Afghanistan though Boyle was fascinated by the country. Coleman and Boyle had another secret too — Coleman was pregnant.
September 2012: Coleman emailed with friends every several weeks. In one missive she wrote:
Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle in an undated photo. (Coleman Family/AP)
Oct. 8 2012: Boyle sent an email to Coleman 's parents saying they were in an “unsafe” part of Afghanistan. The next day the couple made their final withdrawal from their bank account. Soon after they were abducted in Afghanistan's Wardak province a Taliban stronghold southwest of the capital. Officials believe they were eventually moved to Pakistan.
June 4 2014: Coleman's family released the two videos it received in 2013 of the couple with their children. As The Washington Post reported at the time: “The videos offer the first and only clues about what happened to [TGT] after [TGT] lost touch with [TGT] families 20 months ago while traveling in a mountainous region near the capital Kabul.”
The video clips were emailed to Coleman 's father in July and September by an Afghan man who said he had ties to the Taliban. In one Coleman — her head covered — appeals to “my president Barack Obama” for help. “I would ask that my family and my government do everything that they can to bring my husband child and I to safety and freedom ” Coleman then 28 says.
November 2015: Coleman 's family received a letter stating that she has given birth to a second child in captivity. “I pray to hear from you again to hear how everybody is doing ” the letter said.
January 2016: Canadian officials brokered a deal to free Colin Rutherford another Canadian held captive by militants along with Coleman and Boyle. Rutherford was freed but the couple and their children remained in custody.
This image from video provided by the Coleman family shows [TGT] and Joshua Boyle. The videos offered the first clue about what happened to Coleman and Boyle after they lost touch with their family. ( Coleman family/AP)
June 2016: [TGT] 's family sent a videotaped message to the Taliban during the holy month of Ramadan thanking the militant group for keeping their daughter alive and pleading for her safe return. “We desperately want to be with and hold our daughter and grandsons ” [TGT] said in the video. “As a man father and now grandfather I am asking you to show mercy and release my daughter her husband and their beautiful children.”
December 2016: The Taliban released a fourth video of the family. “We have waited since 2012 for someone to understand our problems the Kafkaesque nightmare in which we find ourselves ” [TGT]says in the video. “My children have seen their mother defiled. We ask in our collective 14th year of prison that the governments on both sides reach some agreement to allow us freedom.” | 2Positive
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791 | Eight | Dante de Kort | Last winter Dante de Kort -- an eight-year-old boy who lives in central Arizona -- found a dead collared peccary a wild pig-like animal near his house. He set up a motion-controlled camera nearby and over the next ten days was surprised to discover footage of the peccary's herd returning to visit their dead herd-member over and over.
When he wrote up his findings in a school science-fair presentation it caught the attention of local biologist Mariana Altricher. It looked like the wild pecarries were in mourning which was surprising: Scientists have seen grief-like behavior in animals like elephants dolphins and primates which are known for their high level of intelligence. But never in these creatures as National Geographic reports:
Having studied the social pig-like mammals for years Altrichter knew how tightly bonded peccaries could be. But she'd never witnessed herd members return to a body repeatedly ... “It was pretty amazing because it wasn’t just an immediate reaction and then they moved on—it went on for 10 days ” says Altrichter chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Peccary Specialist Group. [snip] In the videos the peccaries pay close attention to the body nuzzling biting sniffing and staring at it. They slept next to the carcass and even tried to lift it by wedging their snouts under the body and pushing upward. And when a pack of coyotes approached their fallen peer the herd chased them away. “It really surprised me that they would stand up to the coyotes ” says de Kort noting the peccaries were outnumbered.
Altricher used the video evidence to write a scientific paper -- "Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) behavioral reactions toward a dead member of the herd" -- that lists de Kort as its lead author. | [TGT]found a dead collared peccary a wild pig-like animal near [TGT] house. [TGT] set up a motion-controlled camera nearby and over the next ten days was surprised to discover footage of the peccary's herd returning to visit their dead herd-member over and over.
When he wrote up his findings in a school science-fair presentation it caught the attention of local biologist Mariana Altricher. It looked like the wild pecarries were in mourning which was surprising: Scientists have seen grief-like behavior in animals like elephants dolphins and primates which are known for their high level of intelligence. But never in these creatures as National Geographic reports:
Having studied the social pig-like mammals for years Altrichter knew how tightly bonded peccaries could be. But she'd never witnessed herd members return to a body repeatedly ... “It was pretty amazing because it wasn’t just an immediate reaction and then they moved on—it went on for 10 days ” says Altrichter chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Peccary Specialist Group. [snip] In the videos the peccaries pay close attention to the body nuzzling biting sniffing and staring at it. They slept next to the carcass and even tried to lift it by wedging their snouts under the body and pushing upward. And when a pack of coyotes approached their fallen peer the herd chased them away. “It really surprised me that they would stand up to the coyotes ” says de Kort noting the peccaries were outnumbered.
Altricher used the video evidence to write a scientific paper -- "Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) behavioral reactions toward a dead member of the herd" -- that lists de Kort as its lead author. | 2Positive
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792 | Beyonce's makeup artist explains what's wrong with the beauty industry | John | Sir John left with 'American Beauty Star' host Adriana Lima is a makeup artist (to celebs like Beyonce) and L'Oreal Paris brand ambassador. (Photo: Connor Colebrook)
And that's a problem says makeup artist Sir John.
John who's best known as Beyoncé's makeup artist serves as producer and mentor on new Lifetime competition series American Beauty Star . On the show he encourages aspiring beauty directors competing for a Teen Vogue gig and $250 000 cash prize to "make it hot " and more specifically stay away from the "cookie-cutter idea of what beauty is."
So how do aspiring makeup artists and hairstylists avoid being derivative? John offers some advice.
"Be careful who you're following " John says. "Taste levels change. The blind are leading the blind at this point. Makeup artists: Don’t just follow other makeup artists. Don’t just follow YouTubers don’t follow me." Instead "go to a museum look at a painter look at an unorthodox view of how you can place blush on the cheek a wash of color on the forehead translate it to skin of three-dimensional canvas " he says. "if you’re just following the people who are following the people then you’re never going to have anything to contribute." | [TGT]left with 'American Beauty Star' host Adriana Lima is a makeup artist (to celebs like Beyonce) and L'Oreal Paris brand ambassador. (Photo: Connor Colebrook)
And that's a problem says [TGT].
[TGT]who's best known as Beyoncé's makeup artist serves as producer and mentor on new Lifetime competition series American Beauty Star . On the show he encourages aspiring beauty directors competing for a Teen Vogue gig and $250 000 cash prize to "make it hot " and more specifically stay away from the "cookie-cutter idea of what beauty is."
So how do aspiring makeup artists and hairstylists avoid being derivative? [TGT]offers some advice.
"Be careful who you're following [TGT]says. "Taste levels change. The blind are leading the blind at this point. Makeup artists: Don’t just follow other makeup artists. Don’t just follow YouTubers don’t follow me." Instead "go to a museum look at a painter look at an unorthodox view of how you can place blush on the cheek a wash of color on the forehead translate it to skin of three-dimensional canvas " he says. "if you’re just following the people who are following the people then you’re never going to have anything to contribute." | 2Positive
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793 | CBS suspends Charlie Rose amid sexual misconduct allegations | Charlie Rose | CBS News has suspended veteran journalist Charlie Rose after eight women accused him of sexual misconduct in interviews with The Washington Post. Three additional unnamed women came forward in a story published by Business Insider later on Monday.
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" Charlie Rose is suspended immediately while we look into this matter. These allegations are extremely disturbing and we take them very seriously " CBS News said in a statement.
Five women told The Washington Post that Rose an anchor for "CBS This Morning " groped them; two said that he walked naked in front of them; and one accused Rose of firing her after he allegedly touched her inappropriately and made sexually charged remarks to her.
The newspaper reported that Rose 's accusers either worked with or aspired to work with him on his PBS show "Charlie Rose " from the late 1990s to 2011. At the time of the alleged incidents the women ranged in age from 21 to 37 according to the newspaper.
Rose issued an apology to the Post and later he shared it on Twitter.
My statement in full. pic.twitter.com/3kvFrqF2dT — Charlie Rose (@charlierose) November 20 2017
Kyle Godfrey-Ryan a former assistant to Rose in the mid-2000s and one of the three accusers who spoke to the Post on the record claimed that Rose walked nude in front of her at one of his homes in New York City and called her in the wee hours to describe fantasies of watching her swim naked. She said that she reported his calls to Rose 's longtime executive producer Yvette Vega who apparently told her "That's just Charlie being Charlie." Vega told the Post and later confirmed to ABC News that she regretted not doing more for Godfrey-Ryan and others who mounted similar complaints.
“I should have stood up for them ” she said. “I failed. It is crushing. I deeply regret not helping them.”
Godfrey-Ryan said that ultimately Rose fired her and she later left journalism.
“He took me out to lunch and told me how embarrassed he was how he didn’t treat me like that ” she said. “It was really about how I got it wrong and obviously I couldn’t work there anymore.”
Reah Bravo who worked alongside Rose beginning in 2007 claimed to the Post that she was groped -- sometimes forcefully -- by Rose on more than one occasion. In 2008 she said that as she prepared to accept a new job Rose offered her a position in Washington D.C. and the opportunity to live in his Georgetown residence. She declined.
“I was leaving because I was getting away ” she said. “I would never want to live someplace where he had keys.”
Megan Creydt the third woman who spoke to the Post on the record overlapped with Godfrey-Ryan when she worked as a coordinator on Rose 's show from 2005 to 2006. Creydt claimed that Rose put his hand on her thigh which alarmed her .
"I don’t think I said anything ” she said. “I tensed up. I didn’t move his hand off but I pulled my legs to the other side of the car. I tried not to get in a car with him ever again. I think he was testing me out.”
In a statement to ABC News Yvette Vega executive producer on “ Charlie Rose ” said: “I should have stood up for them. I failed. It is crushing. I deeply regret not helping them.” | CBS News has suspended [TGT]after eight women accused [TGT] of sexual misconduct in interviews with The Washington Post. Three additional unnamed women came forward in a story published by Business Insider later on Monday.
Interested in Charlie Rose ? Add [TGT]as an interest to stay up to date on the latest [TGT]news video and analysis from ABC News. Add Interest
" [TGT]is suspended immediately while we look into this matter. These allegations are extremely disturbing and we take them very seriously " CBS News said in a statement.
Five women told The Washington Post that Rose an anchor for "CBS This Morning " groped them; two said that he walked naked in front of them; and one accused Rose of firing her after he allegedly touched her inappropriately and made sexually charged remarks to her.
The newspaper reported that Rose 's accusers either worked with or aspired to work with him on his PBS show "Charlie Rose " from the late 1990s to 2011. At the time of the alleged incidents the women ranged in age from 21 to 37 according to the newspaper.
Rose issued an apology to the Post and later he shared it on Twitter.
My statement in full. pic.twitter.com/3kvFrqF2dT — Charlie Rose (@charlierose) November 20 2017
Kyle Godfrey-Ryan a former assistant to Rose in the mid-2000s and one of the three accusers who spoke to the Post on the record claimed that Rose walked nude in front of her at one of his homes in New York City and called her in the wee hours to describe fantasies of watching her swim naked. She said that she reported his calls to Rose 's longtime executive producer Yvette Vega who apparently told her "That's just Charlie being Charlie." Vega told the Post and later confirmed to ABC News that she regretted not doing more for Godfrey-Ryan and others who mounted similar complaints.
“I should have stood up for them ” she said. “I failed. It is crushing. I deeply regret not helping them.”
Godfrey-Ryan said that ultimately Rose fired her and she later left journalism.
“He took me out to lunch and told me how embarrassed he was how he didn’t treat me like that ” she said. “It was really about how I got it wrong and obviously I couldn’t work there anymore.”
Reah Bravo who worked alongside Rose beginning in 2007 claimed to the Post that she was groped -- sometimes forcefully -- by Rose on more than one occasion. In 2008 she said that as she prepared to accept a new job Rose offered her a position in Washington D.C. and the opportunity to live in his Georgetown residence. She declined.
“I was leaving because I was getting away ” she said. “I would never want to live someplace where he had keys.”
Megan Creydt the third woman who spoke to the Post on the record overlapped with Godfrey-Ryan when she worked as a coordinator on Rose 's show from 2005 to 2006. Creydt claimed that Rose put his hand on her thigh which alarmed her .
"I don’t think I said anything ” she said. “I tensed up. I didn’t move his hand off but I pulled my legs to the other side of the car. I tried not to get in a car with him ever again. I think he was testing me out.”
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794 | Records Show 45 Family Service Calls About Parkland Shooter Cruz Brother | Nikolas Cruz | The discrepancy is part of a wider narrative regarding law enforcement's response surrounding the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida where former student Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people on Feb. 14 .
Cruz 's run-ins with police prior to the shooting have been a sticking point in the gun control debate. Israel and the sheriff's office claim they received no more than 23 family service calls regarding Cruz or his brother CNN reported.
Of those calls 18 involved Cruz but the sheriff’s office stated that none of these “appeared arrestable under Florida law.”
In the interest of full transparency we are making available the list of all 23 calls for service at the Cruz home. 18 involved Nikolas Cruz. None appeared arrestable under Florida law. However two of the calls remain under internal investigation. https://t.co/JJANWVeo9q — Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) February 23 2018
According to CNN’s review of the records there were at least 19 calls relating to Cruz and an additional 25 regarding his younger brother. The calls report escalating behavior from the brothers ranging from fighting running away hitting their mother and an accusation against Cruz for shooting a chicken with a BB gun.
The records include a disturbing revelation: In 2016 a neighbor warned the sheriff's office that Cruz posted on Instagram about "planning to shoot up the school." The neighbor spoke to CNN this week and said she was told at the time that authorities could do nothing about the threat until Cruz actually did something.
The day that Cruz ’s mother died on Nov. 1 a family member contacted the Broward Sheriff's Office and voiced concerns that Cruz was collecting rifles. On Nov. 30 a Massachusetts tipster cautioned that Cruz was “collecting guns and knives” and “could be a school shooter in the making ” according to CNN.
The FBI has also admitted that it failed to follow up or investigate tips on Cruz . | The discrepancy is part of a wider narrative regarding law enforcement's response surrounding the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida where [TGT] killed 17 people on Feb. 14 .
Cruz 's run-ins with police prior to the shooting have been a sticking point in the gun control debate. Israel and the sheriff's office claim they received no more than 23 family service calls regarding Cruz or his brother CNN reported.
Of those calls 18 involved [TGT]but the sheriff’s office stated that none of these “appeared arrestable under Florida law.”
In the interest of full transparency we are making available the list of all 23 calls for service at the Cruz home. 18 involved [TGT]. None appeared arrestable under Florida law. However two of the calls remain under internal investigation. https://t.co/JJANWVeo9q — Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) February 23 2018
According to CNN’s review of the records there were at least 19 calls relating to Cruz and an additional 25 regarding his younger brother. The calls report escalating behavior from the brothers ranging from fighting running away hitting their mother and an accusation against Cruz for shooting a chicken with a BB gun.
The records include a disturbing revelation: In 2016 a neighbor warned the sheriff's office that Cruz posted on Instagram about "planning to shoot up the school." The neighbor spoke to CNN this week and said she was told at the time that authorities could do nothing about the threat until Cruz actually did something.
The day that Cruz ’s mother died on Nov. 1 a family member contacted the Broward Sheriff's Office and voiced concerns that Cruz was collecting rifles. On Nov. 30 a Massachusetts tipster cautioned that Cruz was “collecting guns and knives” and “could be a school shooter in the making ” according to CNN.
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795 | Haribo: sweetened with forced labor and abused animals / Boing Boing | Haribo | Haribo: sweetened with forced labor and abused animals
In "The Haribo Check " aired on German public broadcast ARD a documentary team audits Haribo's supply chain and finds "modern day slaves" in Brazil working to harvest carnauba wax a key ingredient in the sweets: the plantations pay $12/day and workers (including children) sleep out of doors drink unfiltered river water and have no access to toilets under conditions that a Brazilian Labor Ministry official called "modern-day slavery."
Meanwhile the gelatin that goes into Haribo sweets comes from suppliers to the agri-giant Westfleisch whose pigs are pen-raised with open sores and abscesses wallowing in excrement crammed up against animals that had died of mistreatment.
In response to the documentary Westfleisch said it was "not aware" of any violations of German animal cruelty laws at its farms. Gelita said it supported all measures for "species-appropriate animal farming." Gelita also claimed that the pigskin it used came "exclusively from healthy animals that are slaughtered in approved slaughterhouses and are subject to examinations." In response to the ARD's documentary Haribo offered a statement saying that they were not aware of a "violation of our guidelines" but that it would "proactively" pursue the issues with its suppliers. "We are a company that wants to bring joy to children and adults " the statement added. "We can therefore not accept the disregard of social and ethical standards." Haribo pledged to examine conditions along its entire supply chain in an effort to uncover abuses. The Bonn-based firm added that it did not know where the footage in the pig farms had been recorded or whether this was one of Haribo 's direct suppliers. The company said it had asked the broadcaster to supply it with more information and that "in principle everyone in society must think about how to deal with species-appropriate animal farming. We are committed to that and are aware of our responsibility."
Haribo gummy bear ingredients made by modern slaves documentary shows [Deutsche Welle] | Haribo: sweetened with forced labor and abused animals
In "The Haribo Check " aired on German public broadcast ARD a documentary team audits Haribo's supply chain and finds "modern day slaves" in Brazil working to harvest carnauba wax a key ingredient in the sweets: the plantations pay $12/day and workers (including children) sleep out of doors drink unfiltered river water and have no access to toilets under conditions that a Brazilian Labor Ministry official called "modern-day slavery."
Meanwhile the gelatin that goes into [TGT] sweets comes from suppliers to the agri-giant Westfleisch whose pigs are pen-raised with open sores and abscesses wallowing in excrement crammed up against animals that had died of mistreatment.
In response to the documentary Westfleisch said it was "not aware" of any violations of German animal cruelty laws at its farms. Gelita said it supported all measures for "species-appropriate animal farming." Gelita also claimed that the pigskin it used came "exclusively from healthy animals that are slaughtered in approved slaughterhouses and are subject to examinations." In response to the ARD's documentary [TGT] offered a statement saying that [TGT] were not aware of a "violation of our guidelines" but that it would "proactively" pursue the issues with its suppliers. "We are a company that wants to bring joy to children and adults " the statement added. "We can therefore not accept the disregard of social and ethical standards.[TGT]pledged to examine conditions along [TGT] entire supply chain in an effort to uncover abuses. The Bonn-based firm added that it did not know where the footage in the pig farms had been recorded or whether this was one of [TGT] 's direct suppliers. [TGT] said [TGT] had asked the broadcaster to supply [TGT] with more information and that "in principle everyone in society must think about how to deal with species-appropriate animal farming. [TGT] are committed to that and are aware of [TGT] responsibility."
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796 | Bond Giants Lay Out Their Top Trades for 2018 | Bob Michele | “Europe just looks healthy ” said Bob Michele who oversees $483 billion as head of global fixed income currency and commodities at JPMorgan Asset Management.
Bob Michele Photographer: Kholood Eid/Bloomberg
The biggest risk “is that inflation picks up the Fed does four hikes not three and without QE suddenly you get some steepening of the curve ” Michele said in an interview. He expects that to play out.
Michele hedges away much of the interest-rate risk in his portfolio with futures. Credit spreads though they’ve tightened still have room to absorb broad interest-rate increases in his view.
What doesn’t he like? Anything the European Central Bank bought. | “Europe just looks healthy ” said [TGT]who oversees $483 billion as head of global fixed income currency and commodities at JPMorgan Asset Management.
Bob Michele Photographer: Kholood Eid/Bloomberg
The biggest risk “is that inflation picks up the Fed does four hikes not three and without QE suddenly you get some steepening of the curve ” [TGT]said in an interview. [TGT] expects that to play out.
[TGT]hedges away much of the interest-rate risk in [TGT] portfolio with futures. Credit spreads though they’ve tightened still have room to absorb broad interest-rate increases in his view.
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797 | No. 4 Penn State is plenty good with plenty of room to improve | Saquon Barkley | Penn State's Saquon Barkley tries to run away from Indiana defenders. (Photo: Jeremy Long Lebanon Daily News)
STATE COLLEGE Pa. — Saquon Barkley demands your attention. He took the opening kickoff Saturday against Indiana 98 yards for a touchdown skipping over a would-be tackler just steps from the end zone to add another moment to his Heisman Trophy highlight reel. No one catches Barkley from behind especially Indiana.
“The game has evolved and the game has changed and you have to take advantage of your playmakers in a variety of different ways ” said Penn State coach James Franklin. “ Saquon makes it easy to do that. He ’s just got so many tools in his tool box. Every week for us it’s how do you take advantage of him ?”
Barkley can be hard if not impossible to ignore. For the first time in more than a decade this program can tout a true Heisman contender one who stands among the best players in the nation regardless of position and seems capable of shouldering enough of a load to carry the Nittany Lions back to the top of the Big Ten Conference.
But Penn State had this Barkley a year ago — he might be a little faster a little bigger and a little stronger but he was roughly this good as a sophomore if without the national fanfare and attention. And while very good last year’s team had its flaws; the offensive line took a step forward yet remained a concern continuing a trend and the defense ranked in the bottom half of the conference.
RELATED: No. 4 Penn State blows out Indiana; more highlights for Saquon Barkley
Saquon Barkley's encore after last week's performance? A 98-yard TD return ON THE OPENING KICK: pic.twitter.com/OfpOTrZNA4 — Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) September 30 2017 | [TGT]tries to run away from Indiana defenders. (Photo: Jeremy Long Lebanon Daily News)
STATE COLLEGE Pa. — [TGT]demands your attention. [TGT] took the opening kickoff Saturday against Indiana 98 yards for a touchdown skipping over a would-be tackler just steps from the end zone to add another moment to [TGT] Heisman Trophy highlight reel. No one catches [TGT]from behind especially Indiana.
“The game has evolved and the game has changed and you have to take advantage of your playmakers in a variety of different ways ” said Penn State coach James Franklin. “ Saquon makes it easy to do that. He ’s just got so many tools in his tool box. Every week for us it’s how do you take advantage of him ?”
[TGT]can be hard if not impossible to ignore. For the first time in more than a decade this program can tout a true Heisman contender one who stands among the best players in the nation regardless of position and seems capable of shouldering enough of a load to carry the Nittany Lions back to the top of the Big Ten Conference.
But Penn State had this Barkley a year ago — he might be a little faster a little bigger and a little stronger but he was roughly this good as a sophomore if without the national fanfare and attention. And while very good last year’s team had its flaws; the offensive line took a step forward yet remained a concern continuing a trend and the defense ranked in the bottom half of the conference.
RELATED: No. 4 Penn State blows out Indiana; more highlights for Saquon Barkley
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798 | New Zealand teen fired shot near Queen Elizabeth II in 1981 | Christopher John Lewis | The documents say 17-year-old Christopher John Lewis wanted to kill the queen but didn't have a good vantage point or a sufficiently high-powered rifle. He fired a single wayward shot which likely passed above the crowd.
At the time police told journalists who heard the noise that it was a sign falling over and later said it might have been firecrackers. Police appeared to downplay the seriousness of the incident and only charged Lewis with possessing and firing a weapon in public.
He would later kill himself at age 33 while in prison awaiting trial on murder charges in an unrelated case.
When questioned by police at the time Lewis claimed to be part of a group called the National Imperial Guerrilla Army that was carrying out terror operations. He said there were two other members called the Snowman and the Polar Bear but later admitted he 'd made them up.
The documents say police found a .22-caliber rifle with a discharged cartridge on the fifth floor of a building after Lewis told them it was there.
" Lewis did indeed originally intend to assassinate the queen " the documents say "however did not have a suitable vantage point from which to fire nor a sufficiently high-powered rifle for the range from the target."
The documents say the angle of fire and range would have made it difficult for Lewis to shoot the queen and that buildings would have screened her for all but a few seconds.
During a later visit by the queen according to Stuff police were so worried that Lewis might make another assassination attempt they paid him to go on a 10-day vacation to a remote island. They gave Lewis free accommodation daily spending money and the use of an SUV.
The news website said people close to the case thought Lewis got off lightly due to political interference and worries that New Zealand would lose future royal tours due to the security lapse. | The documents say [TGT]wanted to kill the queen but didn't have a good vantage point or a sufficiently high-powered rifle. [TGT] fired a single wayward shot which likely passed above the crowd.
At the time police told journalists who heard the noise that it was a sign falling over and later said it might have been firecrackers. Police appeared to downplay the seriousness of the incident and only charged Lewis with possessing and firing a weapon in public.
He would later kill himself at age 33 while in prison awaiting trial on murder charges in an unrelated case.
When questioned by police at the time Lewis claimed to be part of a group called the National Imperial Guerrilla Army that was carrying out terror operations. He said there were two other members called the Snowman and the Polar Bear but later admitted he 'd made them up.
The documents say police found a .22-caliber rifle with a discharged cartridge on the fifth floor of a building after Lewis told them it was there.
" Lewis did indeed originally intend to assassinate the queen " the documents say "however did not have a suitable vantage point from which to fire nor a sufficiently high-powered rifle for the range from the target."
The documents say the angle of fire and range would have made it difficult for Lewis to shoot the queen and that buildings would have screened her for all but a few seconds.
During a later visit by the queen according to Stuff police were so worried that Lewis might make another assassination attempt they paid him to go on a 10-day vacation to a remote island. They gave Lewis free accommodation daily spending money and the use of an SUV.
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799 | Restaurants now want you to pay up before you even see a menu | Tock | I dread many things about dining out in the coming year from closings of beloved restaurants to ever-weirder ramen mutations. But the scariest of all may be the expansion of the online reservation app Tock which makes you pay in advance for your meal at the time of booking — mostly at super-luxury eateries but increasingly at lower-priced places too.
The great Eleven Madison Park is the only place in Manhattan that currently uses three-year-old Tock for all seatings (though it’s also one of the very few restaurants worth such hassle). In Williamsburg tiny Aska also uses the app exclusively. Now Tock — which is used by just 300 US restaurants compared to 43 000 for OpenTable and 1 000 for Resy — is trying to lure in lesser joints such as Té with Tock Intro.
Backed by millions of dollars in venture-capital funding Tock promises great things to owners. Its platform can help them better manage reservations and reduce no-shows. Customers supposedly benefit from avoiding the hassles of reserving by phone.
But I hate having to buy a ticket for a meal — even for a world-class place such as Eleven Madison Park or Chicago’s Alinea which is co-owned by Nick Kokonas who also happens to be the founder of Tock.
Certain places that use OpenTable or Resy require a $50-a-head credit-card deposit. I’m not crazy about that but at least we’re not giving them an interest-free loan of nearly $1 200 as a table for four would be at Eleven Madison Park reserved months from now on Tock.
Tock is striving to make inroads here by handling New Year’s Eve bookings at places that would otherwise use OpenTable or Resy. “New Year’s Eve has notoriously high demand and no-show rates so we’re seeing a large number of restaurants using Tock Intro to combat the no-show issue ” says a company rep.
Among them: The Lambs Club and Lupa Osteria Romana — where you can only book the $275-per-head “Roman feast” starting at 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 31 using Tock .
Tock ’s strategy is to persuade users of the limited service to switch to the site full-time. Tock ’s rep says “Many restaurants start with Tock by offering a single prepaid experience which is what you’re seeing with Lupa’s NYE dinner. After they see the full platform … they often transition all reservations over to Tock .” | I dread many things about dining out in the coming year from closings of beloved restaurants to ever-weirder ramen mutations. But the scariest of all may be the expansion of the online reservation app Tock which makes you pay in advance for your meal at the time of booking — mostly at super-luxury eateries but increasingly at lower-priced places too.
The great Eleven Madison Park is the only place in Manhattan that currently uses three-year-old Tock for all seatings (though it’s also one of the very few restaurants worth such hassle). In Williamsburg tiny Aska also uses the app exclusively. Now Tock — which is used by just 300 US restaurants compared to 43 000 for OpenTable and 1 000 for Resy — is trying to lure in lesser joints such as Té with Tock Intro.
Backed by millions of dollars in venture-capital funding [TGT] promises great things to owners. Its platform can help them better manage reservations and reduce no-shows. Customers supposedly benefit from avoiding the hassles of reserving by phone.
But I hate having to buy a ticket for a meal — even for a world-class place such as Eleven Madison Park or Chicago’s Alinea which is co-owned by Nick Kokonas who also happens to be the founder of [TGT].
Certain places that use OpenTable or Resy require a $50-a-head credit-card deposit. I’m not crazy about that but at least we’re not giving them an interest-free loan of nearly $1 200 as a table for four would be at Eleven Madison Park reserved months from now on [TGT].
[TGT] is striving to make inroads here by handling New Year’s Eve bookings at places that would otherwise use OpenTable or Resy. “New Year’s Eve has notoriously high demand and no-show rates so we’re seeing a large number of restaurants using Tock Intro to combat the no-show issue ” says a company rep.
Among them: The Lambs Club and Lupa Osteria Romana — where you can only book the $275-per-head “Roman feast” starting at 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 31 using Tock .
[TGT] ’s strategy is to persuade users of the limited service to switch to the site full-time. Tock ’s rep says “Many restaurants start with Tock by offering a single prepaid experience which is what you’re seeing with Lupa’s NYE dinner. After they see the full platform … they often transition all reservations over to Tock .” | 2Positive
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800 | 2 Utah girls found miles from alleged kidnapper's cult compound | John Coltharp | Their two brothers ages 6 and 7 were found hours earlier when police raided a compound used by the polygamist cult Knights of the Crystal Blade which their father John Coltharp created with the self-styled prophet Samuel Warren Shaffer the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The four Coltharp children had been missing since September.
John Coltharp was arrested in Utah Dec. 1 2017 for investigation of kidnapping according to police. (Sanpete County Jail)
Family members who spoke to the Denver Post believed Coltharp gave his two daughters to Shaffer as brides and feared for their safety given previous comments threatening to kill his children if the government tried to take them.
Coltharp was arrested Friday on suspicion of kidnapping and obstruction of justice but refused to tell authorities where his children were.
The Iron County Sheriff’s Office then raided the Knights of the Crystal Blade compound on Monday morning and found Coltharp ’s two sons.
Acting on a tip the Iron County Sheriff’s Office managed to arrest Shaffer who then told authorities where his two daughters along with the two Coltharp girls were located the Spectrum reported. | Their two brothers ages 6 and 7 were found hours earlier when police raided a compound used by the polygamist cult Knights of the Crystal Blade which their father [TGT] created with the self-styled prophet Samuel Warren Shaffer the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The four Coltharp children had been missing since September.
[TGT] was arrested in Utah Dec. 1 2017 for investigation of kidnapping according to police. (Sanpete County Jail)
Family members who spoke to the Denver Post believed [TGT]gave [TGT] two daughters to Shaffer as brides and feared for their safety given previous comments threatening to kill [TGT] children if the government tried to take them.
[TGT]was arrested Friday on suspicion of kidnapping and obstruction of justice but refused to tell authorities where his children were.
The Iron County Sheriff’s Office then raided the Knights of the Crystal Blade compound on Monday morning and found Coltharp ’s two sons.
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