Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Boys and Men
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Word + Quiz: ascetic
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Where Pedestrian Deaths Are Up, Is Marijuana to Blame?
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Diesel Cars, Italy’s Upcoming Election, Jared Kushner: Your Wednesday Briefing
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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Looming Tower’ and ‘Waco’
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As Xi Tightens His Grip on China, U.S. Sees Conflict Ahead
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Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump
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11 Sickened by Hazardous Envelope Opened on Military Base
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Judge Orders Tarps Removed From Confederate Statues in Charlottesville
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Quotation of the Day: N.R.A. Battle Pits Business Against G.O.P.
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Review: ‘The Amateurs’ Takes On God, Noah’s Ark and the Plague. For Laughs.
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Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Accelerating
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Corrections: February 28, 2018
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What We’re Reading
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Marching Orders
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Steve Wynn Is Accused of Rape and Coercion in Police Reports
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The Life, Death and Career of Harper Lee
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Democrats appear to extend streak with another red/blue flip
CDC doctor's disappearance: Parents share chilling last text message from missing son
The parents of missing doctor Timothy Cunningham shared the last text message they received from their son before his disappearance two weeks ago. Cunningham, a highly regarded epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, went missing after he left work mid-day on Feb. 12, complaining of feeling ill. After Cunningham, 35, failed to report to work or contact his family over the next two days, his parents, Terrell and Tia-Juana Cunningham, drove down to Georgia from their house in Maryland to check on their son.
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Gun-Carrying GOP Lawmaker Calls For Assault Weapon Ban: 'Not One More School Shooting'
Supreme Court hears arguments on power of public employee unions
Jared Kushner's Security Clearance Has Been Downgraded: Reports
All other White House aides working on high-level interim clearances also had their access downgraded, according to a memo reportedly sent to staffers on Friday. Earlier that same day, Trump said he would leave it up to his chief of staff, John Kelly, to decide what access Kushner should have.
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Two stowaways on US-bound flight from Ecuador die after falling from aircraft
Two men thought to have been stowaways on a US-bound flight from Ecuador have died after they fell from the aircraft, it has been reported. The Jose Joaquin de Olmedo airport in Guayaquil was closed for an hour and a half as their bodies were removed from the runway. Employees at the airport noticed three objects falling from the plane and officials believe the pair either fainted or were ejected.
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Florida student who threatened to kill classmates arrested with pipe bomb, weapons
A 16-year-old Florida boy who allegedly threatened to kill other students at his school had weapons in his possession when he was arrested on Monday night, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. An anonymous person tipped off the Boca Raton Police Department, who notified Broward County authorities after they found that the teen lived in Pompano Beach, Florida. Deputies with the sheriff's office bomb squad, along with representatives of Homeland Security and the FBI, went to the teen's residence on Monday night and discovered a homemade pipe bomb along with other weapons in his possession, officials said.
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Disparate dots find connections in Robert Mueller indictments
#BackfireTrump Will Tweet Every Gun Death At The President
After Saying He'd 'Monitor Every Penny,' Ben Carson's Office Spent $31,000 On Dining Set
The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent more than $31,000 on a new dining set for Secretary Ben Carson’s office last year, according to procurement documents obtained by The New York Times. It was purchased by a staffer in Carson’s office shortly after another HUD employee expressed concerns over a costly redecoration request that would’ve exceeded federal limits. Tuesday’s report also comes as HUD is facing a $6.8 billion cut to its fiscal budget that would affect elderly and poor Americans.
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Citigroup refunding $330 million to customers after overcharging interest
Former White House photographer Pete Souza drags Trump over Florida high school shooting comment
Prison fight caught on camera
Family Dog Walks Out Of Rubble After 5 People Killed in Tornado, Deadly Floods
Doyle Lee Hamm execution: Repeated jabbing of death row inmate in attempted lethal injection amounts to torture, says lawyer
Convicted murderer Doyle Lee Hamm, 61, who has spent more than half his life on death row, was returned to his cell after more than two hours of effort by the execution team. Bernard Harcourt, who has represented Hamm for 28 years, claimed the “botched” execution attempt led to at least 12 puncture wounds from failed needle placements. “It was a gory, botched execution," he said.
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In free speech case, justices troubled by Fla. man's arrest
Fire breaks out in overhead storage on Chinese aircraft
A fire broke out in the overhead storage of a Chinese passenger jet moments before it was scheduled to take off. Flight attendants and a passenger threw water and juice over a bag in the luggage compartment as it was engulfed in heavy smoke and flames. The fire was thought to have been triggered by a power bank that was being carried in the bag, reports said. The owner was taken away by police for questioning. All the passengers were forced to disembark the Boeing 777 following the fire, which happened while the plane was parked on the tarmac at Guangzhou Airport in southern China. It was scheduled to fly to Shanghai. The passengers and crew were taken to a different aircraft which took off just after 3pm, three hours after the original flight was scheduled to depart. Fire caused by portable charger on China Southern flight in Guangzhou was put out promptly, while passengers were relocated to another plane pic.twitter.com/HYwShVN1t3— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 25, 2018 The power charger was not in use when the fire started, Chinese media said. The video of the fire was shared widely on Chinese social media, where many were commenting on why only bottles of water and juice were used to extinguished the flames. “Don’t they have proper fire extinguishers on planes,” said one comment on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. The fire on the aircraft Credit: Weibo However, other observers said the crew reacted to the fire correctly. “Using water is standard operation procedure,” said a Tweet from ChinaAviationReview, which tweets updates on Chinese aviation news. “Water is actually better than… extinguisher in case of lithium battery fire.” Chinese airlines allow lithium batteries to be taken onto aircraft in hand luggage, but they are not allowed to be packed in checked-in luggage. Additional reporting by Christine Wei
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Poll: Most Voters Think The NRA Is Bad For America
Most voters think the National Rifle Association supports policies that are bad for the country, new polling finds, as an increasing share favor stricter gun laws. In a Quinnipiac University National Poll conducted after the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, 51 percent of voters said the NRA supports policies that are bad for the U.S. That’s an uptick from October, when the poll found that 47 percent of respondents thought the NRA supported bad policies.
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Major quake cuts communications, halts oil and gas operations in Papua New Guinea
By Charlotte Greenfield and Sonali Paul WELLINGTON/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - At least one company began evacuating non-essential personnel after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea's energy-rich interior on Monday, causing landslides, damaging buildings and closing oil and gas operations. The tremor hit in the rugged, heavily forested Southern Highlands about 560 km (350 miles) northwest of the capital, Port Moresby, at around 3.45 a.m. local time (1545 GMT Sunday), according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). A spokesman at Papua New Guinea's National Disaster Centre said by telephone the affected area was very remote and the agency could not properly assess damage until communication was re-established.
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NSA chief: Trump 'has not ordered disruption of Russia election meddling'
A top national security official told lawmakers on Tuesday he had not been directed by Donald Trump to disrupt Russian efforts to meddle in US elections, and that Vladimir Putin had come to the conclusion there was “little price to pay” for such actions.
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US deputy branded a 'coward' breaks silence, defends actions
Now, after nearly two weeks of opprobrium, the sheriff's deputy accused of failing to take action during the Florida high school shooting is fighting back. Scot Peterson, 54, broke his silence on Monday and defended his conduct during the shooting at Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 14 students and three adult staff members dead. "Let there be no mistake, Mr. Peterson wishes that he could have prevented the untimely passing of the 17 victims on that day, and his heart goes out to the families of the victims," his attorney, Joseph DiRuzzo III, said in a statement.
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The Latest: Obama not planning to attend Graham memorial
Oakland mayor warns residents of ICE immigration raids
Escalating California’s resistance to federal immigration enforcement, Oakland’s mayor has warned residents that she believes an operation was imminent. “I am sharing this information publicly not to panic our residents but to protect them,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said in a press release, citing her “moral obligation” and directing people to immigration law resources. “I know that Oakland is a city of law-abiding immigrants and families who deserve to live free from the constant threat of arrest and deportation,” she added, saying immigration authorities have “used activity rumors in the past as a tactic to create fear”.
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No Jail For Texas Teen Who Lied About Being Raped By 3 Black Men
On Thursday, 19-year-old Breana Harmon of Pottsboro pleaded guilty to four felony charges of tampering with physical evidence and government documents in relation to false reports of kidnapping and sexual assault. “She’s very remorseful for what she did and what she said, and that’s why she decided to plead guilty,” Harmon’s attorney Bob Jarvis told the Sherman Herald Democrat. On March 8, 2017, Harmon was reported missing to the Denison Police Department after witnesses noticed the door to her vehicle was open with personal items, including a phone and keys, scattered on the ground.
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After Unsuspecting Mom Is Crushed in Central Park, How to Spot a Troublesome Tree
Homeless students: Finding shelter outside the classroom
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Anthony Wong: Hong Kong actor on looking for his father
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Skins: The TV show with an A-list alumni
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'I prayed to die' after FGM aged six, says victim
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How humans echolocate 'like bats'
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Amelia Earhart's stolen car found in Los Angeles
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China warns parents after boy filmed peeing in lift
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Georgian boy runs away to the zoo, finds it closed
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Russian TV airs video game as Syria war footage
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Winter Olympics: Is window for US-N Korea peace closing?
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How France hopes to help radicals escape jihadist net
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Five films compete for the best foreign language Oscar
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Reality Check: Is Chinese an official language in Pakistan?
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'Euphoria killing' women jailed in Australia
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Fury over India's reporting of Sridevi death
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Fox News Breaking News Alert
Letter opened at Virginia's Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall triggers hazmat situation; 11 fall ill
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Judge accused of bias by Trump rules against challenge to border wall
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Trump names Brad Parscale as campaign manager for 2020 re-election bid
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President Trump strikes deal with Boeing for new Air Force One planes
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New best story on Hacker News: After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat
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Toys R Us and Maplin face collapse with 5,500 jobs at risk
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Levi Strauss to use lasers instead of people to finish jeans
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Foxtons hit as London housing market ebbs
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Cannes property show accused of sleaze and sexism
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iQiyi: 'China's Netflix' to list on US stock market
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Amazon buys 'smart' doorbell firm Ring
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Disney plans €2bn expansion at Disneyland Paris
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Takata airbag scandal: Australia recalls 2.3 million cars
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Trump reaches informal Air Force One deal with Boeing
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Diesel ban approved for German cities to cut pollution
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Doorstep lender to return £169m to customers
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Ryanair to axe Glasgow Airport base
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Credit card debt: Deadline set for new rules
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The app that helps feeds kids
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Moon to get 4G mobile network
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Huawei: US scared we are too competitive
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Drink up
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Waiting game
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FOX NEWS: California town bans plastic cutlery, straws to protect environment
California town bans plastic cutlery, straws to protect environment
Only paper, wood or bamboo items will be allowed.
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FOX NEWS: Couple gets married at Whole Foods
Couple gets married at Whole Foods
The reception was held in the café area.
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FOX NEWS: McDonald's worker shot in the face with paintball gun over broken drink machine
McDonald's worker shot in the face with paintball gun over broken drink machine
The employee said the paintball gun looked like a real handgun.
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FOX NEWS: Bellagio chef arrested for stealing close to $2G worth of lobster tails, police say
Bellagio chef arrested for stealing close to $2G worth of lobster tails, police say
A chef at the Bellagio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing close to $2,000 worth of lobster tails.
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FOX NEWS: 1 in 20 diners has left a restaurant without paying, study finds
1 in 20 diners has left a restaurant without paying, study finds
If you’ve ever dined and dashed, you’re not alone.
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FOX NEWS: McDonald's Szechuan Sauce might not be worth the hype, according to latest reviews
McDonald's Szechuan Sauce might not be worth the hype, according to latest reviews
McDonald’s may have been wise to limit its previous releases of Szechuan dipping sauce.
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FOX NEWS: Beef industry fighting back against 'fake meat'
Beef industry fighting back against 'fake meat'
They're arguing for stricter regulations when it comes to labeling this increasingly popular product.
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FOX NEWS: 13 US meat plants slammed with thousands of hygiene violations, documents say
13 US meat plants slammed with thousands of hygiene violations, documents say
Uh oh.
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