| Trump aide's tweet, aimed at Cruz, misses. Badly. Posted: 11 Dec 2015 03:11 PM PST  A senior adviser to Donald Trump's campaign discovered the perils of social media when he accidentally posted a very personal image on Twitter in the wee hours of Friday morning.
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| Republican candidate Ben Carson may consider independent bid Posted: 11 Dec 2015 11:50 AM PST  By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson threatened to leave his party and launch an independent White House bid on Friday, accusing Republican Party leaders of trying to manipulate who wins the 2016 nomination. Carson's threat came a day after party operatives said the race is so unpredictable that it could result in a contested convention in July when delegates meet to formally pick their presidential nominee. Carson's concern is that party officials will rally around a candidate of their choice and exclude him.
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| Probe intensifies in California shooting case as poll shows safety concerns Posted: 11 Dec 2015 10:56 AM PST  Investigators searched for motives and evidence in the case of a California couple who killed 14 people at a holiday Christmas party, while a poll released on Friday showed Americans are losing faith in the U.S. government's ability to protect them from militant attacks. A Gallup poll of 1,013 adults conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday showed 55 percent of respondents had a "fair amount" or "great deal" of confidence that authorities could prevent further attacks, a 12-point drop from June. Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 29, committed what the Federal Bureau of Investigation has called an act of terror when they opened fire on the party in San Bernardino on Dec. 2.
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| What are the odds? Daily fantasy sports win reprieve in N.Y Posted: 11 Dec 2015 02:23 PM PST  By Michael Erman and Suzanne Barlyn NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge on Friday ruled that the leading daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings must cease operating in the state, in what could be a crippling blow to the fast-growing, multibillion-dollar industry. New York Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez granted an injunction sought by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman after hearing arguments last month over whether daily fantasy sports games amounted to illegal games of chance or lawful ones involving skill.
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| U.S. confidence in protection from attack lowest in over a decade Posted: 11 Dec 2015 10:15 AM PST  By Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) - Confidence in the U.S. government to protect its citizens from militant attacks has fallen to its lowest in more than a decade after a pair of suspected militant Islamists gunned down 14 people at a holiday party in California, a poll released on Friday found. Only 55 percent of respondents said they had "a fair amount" or "a great deal" of confidence that authorities could protect the country from further attacks, according to data collected by Gallup on Dec. 8-9, just days after the San Bernardino massacre.
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