| Former Trump butler calls for Obama's execution on Facebook Posted: 12 May 2016 03:12 PM PDT  Donald Trump may have offended plenty of people with his presidential campaign rhetoric, but even the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's foulest language is no match for the harsh words spouted by one of Trump's oldest and most loyal servants. One of several facebook posts by Donald Trump's former butler Anthony Senecal calling for President Obama to be killed.
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| 5 takeaways from the Ryan-Trump meeting Posted: 12 May 2016 12:55 PM PDT  The House speaker downplays disagreements with the presumptive GOP nominee, but they remain miles apart.
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| Chicago standoff ends; suspect apparently shot himself Posted: 12 May 2016 03:32 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — After hours in a standoff with a man suspected of killing three people, Chicago Police SWAT officers rushed into the house Thursday afternoon to find the man had apparently shot himself.
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| California Dreaming: Clinton sees big win, Sanders an upset Posted: 12 May 2016 03:33 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the primary season's biggest prize in play, Hillary Clinton has fashioned a strategy to reprise her 2008 victory in California when she defeated Barack Obama by running up big margins with Hispanics and women. Bernie Sanders is hoping for an upset to sustain his argument to stay in the race.
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| San Francisco soda tax backers say measure will be on ballot Posted: 12 May 2016 03:42 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backers of a sugary drink tax say the issue will be on San Francisco's November ballot, despite missing a key deadline by one day.
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| Donald Trump and Paul Ryan deliver unity message after much-hyped meeting Posted: 12 May 2016 09:29 AM PDT  House Speaker Paul Ryan and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump expressed hope on Thursday that their fractured party could come together before the general election. The two GOP leaders released a joint statement after a highly anticipated meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. "That is why it's critical that Republicans unite around our shared principles, advance a conservative agenda, and do all we can to win this fall," Ryan and Trump said in the joint statement.
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| New era for Brazil as Rousseff cedes power to Temer Posted: 12 May 2016 04:48 PM PDT  Brasília (AFP) - Brazil entered a new era Thursday as interim president Michel Temer took power from suspended leader Dilma Rousseff, installing a business-friendly government that ends 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest nation. The center-right former vice president wasted no time in putting his stamp on Brazil, naming a new government he said would restore "credibility" after months of economic and political turmoil. One key nomination was a respected former central bank chief, Henrique Meirelles, for finance minister, with the task of helping the huge economy claw out of the deepest recession in decades.
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| Trump: Muslim ban was ‘just a suggestion’ Posted: 12 May 2016 07:00 AM PDT  "It's a temporary ban," Trump said Wednesday in a Fox News radio interview. "I'd back off on it," he said in a separate interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren. "Ultimately, it's my aim to have it lifted," Trump added.
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| Trump needs unity less than you think Posted: 12 May 2016 02:00 AM PDT  You can imagine what goes through Donald Trump's mind whenever he finds himself dragged to Washington. Chances are Trump views the most powerful figures in Washington much the same way the elite of Silicon Valley and Wall Street do. But here Trump is, arriving today for a Reykjavik-like sit-down with Republican leaders — most notably the speaker of the House, Paul Ryan.
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| 2nd website posts auction for gun that killed Trayvon Martin Posted: 12 May 2016 02:43 PM PDT  An online gun auction website yanked George Zimmerman's ad to sell the pistol he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, saying it wanted no part in the deal, but a second site offered to post ...
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| James Baker warns about Trump foreign policy Posted: 12 May 2016 03:15 PM PDT  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's foreign policy proposals would make the world a less stable place, former Secretary of State James Baker told a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday as the Republican presidential candidate met elsewhere with party congressional leaders. Under questioning from Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a former Trump rival in the presidential race, Baker said the world "would be far less stable" with a weaker NATO or if more countries had nuclear weapons as Trump has proposed.
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| Max Scherzer ties MLB record with 20 strikeouts against Tigers Posted: 11 May 2016 06:51 PM PDT  Max Scherzer struck out 20 Detroit Tigers in a historic performance on Wednesday night.
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| Trump, Ryan, pledge to work together; endorsement may come Posted: 12 May 2016 10:28 AM PDT  Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan met face to face for the first time as they sought to repair their breach and unify a party torn over Trump's rise to the cusp of the GOP presidential nomination.
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