| Congress reaches spending deal, lowering odds of government shutdown Posted: 30 Apr 2017 08:04 PM PDT  Congress has reportedly agreed to fund the federal government until September in a bipartisan deal that rejected President Trump's demand for a border wall.
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| Trump invited Duterte to the White House. Here are some outrageous things the Philippine leader has said. Posted: 01 May 2017 09:08 AM PDT  President Trump shocked both human rights advocates and, reportedly, members of his own administration this weekend when he extended an invitation for a White House visit to Rodrigo Duterte, the outlandish authoritarian president of the Philippines. Duterte said he might be too busy to swing by Washington, but the invitation itself is striking. He has been been accused of inciting extrajudicial killings as part of a violent crackdown on drug abuse and crime that's resulted in thousands of civilian deaths since he took office last June.
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| Fox News Co-President Resigns Amid Harassment Scandals Posted: 01 May 2017 09:12 AM PDT  Longtime executive Bill Shine resigned from his position as co-president Monday after being with Fox News since its beginning 20 years ago.
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| Mexico captures protégé, turned rival, of drug lord Chapo Guzman Posted: 02 May 2017 09:08 AM PDT  Mexican security forces on Tuesday arrested accused drug kingpin Damaso Lopez, believed to be locked in a bloody struggle for control of the Sinaloa Cartel against the sons of its captured leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. The attorney general's office announced that its agents with the help of the army had captured Lopez, one of the top-ranking figures in the world's most successful drug cartel, which has been destabilized by "El Chapo's" extradition in January to the United States.
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| Tornado spotted in East Texas, where storms are blamed for deaths of at least 4 people Posted: 30 Apr 2017 07:40 PM PDT  A tornado was spotted near Canton, Texas, east of Dallas, on Saturday, April 29.
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| Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin 'agree to work together on North Korea' Posted: 02 May 2017 11:47 AM PDT  Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to work together to make diplomatic progress on the threat posed by North Korea, following weeks of escalating tensions between the state and the US. The White House said in a short statement on the call the two leaders spoke about the best way to resolve the "very dangerous" situation in North Korea. The Kremlin said that Mr Putin and Mr Trump have agreed during a phone call to try to schedule a face-to-face meeting in Germany in July - around the G20 summit in Hamburg.
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| Chief: Car driving away when officer fatally shot Texas teen Posted: 01 May 2017 07:23 PM PDT  A suburban Dallas police chief acknowledged Monday that an officer who fatally shot a black 15-year-old in a moving vehicle fired as the car was driving away — not as it reversed toward officers, as the department had previously asserted.
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| This is the stupidest thing on Microsoft’s new laptop Posted: 02 May 2017 12:01 PM PDT 
Microsoft has a new laptop. It's called the Surface Laptop, and it appears to do many things well. It's basically a spiritual successor to the MacBook Air, but more quirky, because it comes in various colors and has fabric on the keyboard. Unfortunately, Microsoft took its rather good-looking laptop out behind the woodshed and murdered it with one particularly dumb choice: there's no USB-C port.
Microsoft chose to go with its proprietary magnetic charger, a USB-A port, a miniDisplayPort, and a headphone jack. Apple was lambasted (and rightly so) for the lack of ports on its new MacBook, but at least it had an explanation: USB-C is the future, therefore we're just going to stick only USB-C ports on our futuristic laptop. Microsoft's approach seems to just be to give a stiff middle finger to common sense. USB-C is the future. It's not the only port you need right now -- chances are you still have a whole bunch of things that use USB-A -- but it is a fantastic standard for the future. The port is tiny, you can connect it both ways, and it's incredibly powerful. You can use it to charge device, you can use it to hook up a laptop to a monitor and charge it with just one cable. You can use the same cable that you use to charge your phone to charge your laptop. Even better, using USB-C for charging gives people choice over chargers. I've been using a tiny USB-C charger for my laptop for months now, and it really does feel like the future. Remember when cellphones used to have proprietary chargers, and then everyone switched to microUSB and the world became a better place? That's what's about to happen with laptops, but Microsoft apparently doesn't want to be a part of it. During the education-focused event, Microsoft said that the Surface Laptop would be "just as good on graduation day as day one." As USB-C infiltrates portable hard drives, projector hookups, flash drives and phone cables, Surface Laptop-toting students are going to be left behind. That's the opposite of what Microsoft wants, and I just don't understand.
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| Hamas softens stance on Israel, drops Muslim Brotherhood link Posted: 01 May 2017 01:53 PM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Tom Finn GAZA/DOHA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Monday dropped its longstanding call for Israel's destruction, but said it still rejected the country's right to exist and backs "armed struggle" against it. In a policy document presented in Doha by its leader Khaled Meshaal, Hamas also said it would end its association with the Muslim Brotherhood, a move apparently aimed at improving ties with Gulf Arab states and Egypt, which view the Brotherhood as a terrorist group. Israel responded to the announcement by accusing Hamas of trying to "fool the world", while the group's main Palestinian political rival, the Fatah faction of President Mahmoud Abbas, also reacted coolly to the policy shift.
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| 'Humans of New York' captured a precious moment between Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Posted: 02 May 2017 06:39 AM PDT  Brandon Stanton, the brains behind the popular Humans of New York series, has a magical way of getting folks around the world to open up in ways that even celebrities are not immune to, no matter how many years of media training they've endured. The photographer was on hand during the 2017 Met Gala once again this year, and the first image he's shared with the world is of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Reynolds takes the opportunity to get really personal, and shared an honest side of the couple—married in 2012—that we normally don't get to see of celebrities. SEE ALSO: All the wild looks from the 2017 Met Gala red carpet "She always responds with empathy. She meets anger with empathy. She meets hate with empathy. She'll take the time to imagine what happened to a person when they were five or six years old. And she's made me a more empathetic person," Reynolds told Stanton. "I had a very fractured relationship with my father. Before he died, she made me remember things I didn't want to remember. She made me remember the good times." "She always responds with empathy. She meets anger with empathy. She meets hate with empathy. She'll take the time to imagine what happened to a person when they were five or six years old. And she's made me a more empathetic person. I had a very fractured relationship with my father. Before he died, she made me remember things I didn't want to remember. She made me remember the good times." A post shared by Humans of New York (@humansofny) on May 1, 2017 at 6:33pm PDT Other images from the night have yet to be released, but will probably start trickling in soon—so grab your tissues and buckle up. WATCH: 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2' is more of the same good stuff
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| Quadruplets Who All Got Accepted to Ivy League Schools: 'We Pick Yale!' Posted: 01 May 2017 03:14 PM PDT  The Wade brothers are all headed to Yale.
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| 7 Nutrients That Keep Your Brain Young, According To Science Posted: 01 May 2017 01:00 PM PDT  While genetics and exercise play a large role in your brain health and risk of developing dementia, diet is quite influential, too.
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| CNN president: ‘Fox is state-run TV’ Posted: 01 May 2017 09:23 AM PDT  In a radio interview, CNN president Jeff Zucker was asked to give his assessment of cable news in the Trump era. He called out Fox News for "extolling the line out of the White House."
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| Demonstrations against Venezuela's President Maduro's government in Caracas Posted: 02 May 2017 11:25 AM PDT ![Demonstrations against Venezuela's President Maduro's government in Caracas]( "Demonstrations against Venezuela's President Maduro's government in Caracas") Venezuela's opposition blocked streets in Caracas on Tuesday to denounce a decision by unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro to create a new super-body known as a "constituent assembly," a move critics say is a veiled attempt to cling to power by avoiding elections.
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| US army releases images taken by combat photographer of mortar explosion that killed her Posted: 02 May 2017 07:58 AM PDT  The US Army has released images captured by a combat photographer of the explosion that killed her. Specialist Hilda Clayton, 22, died when a mortar tube blew up in front of her during a training exercise in Afghanistan. A total of five people died in the blast, which also marked the first death of an Army combat documentation and production specialist in Afghanistan, according to the Army Times.
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| Woman critical after shark attack on California beach Posted: 01 May 2017 04:52 PM PDT  CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A woman who lost part of her right leg in a shark attack while wading at a popular Southern California beach was listed in critical condition Monday at a hospital.
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| Gunman kills one, injures others at San Diego pool party Posted: 01 May 2017 01:42 AM PDT  A man holding a gun in one hand and a bottle of beer in the other opened fire on people around a swimming pool in a San Diego apartment complex, killing one and injuring others before police shot him dead on Sunday, media said. The gunman launched his attack during a birthday celebration in the complex in the city's University City section, NBC News' San Diego affiliate reported. The gunman was killed after pointing his weapon at police, San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman told reporters.
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| The Latest: Video records man with gun before officer shot Posted: 01 May 2017 03:02 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on the critical wounding of a Detroit police officer (all times local):
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| Merkel pushes Putin on Ukraine, gay rights Posted: 02 May 2017 08:44 AM PDT  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin insisted Tuesday that there was no alternative to a stalled Ukraine peace plan as they struggled to mask deep rifts during a first meeting in Russia since 2015. Merkel pushed Putin at a frosty encounter to ensure a ceasefire in war-torn east Ukraine, but the Russian leader laid the blame on Kiev for a European-brokered peace deal hitting a dead end. The rare visit also saw the German chancellor confront Putin over rights issues in Russia, including the alleged persecution of gay men in the North Caucasus region of Chechnya.
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| Reality Star Takes Mel B's Side Against Estranged Husband She Claims Assaulted Her Posted: 01 May 2017 01:52 PM PDT  Nicole Contreras is the mother of Stephen Belafonte's 12-year-old daughter.
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| The sound of a spacecraft passing between Saturn and its rings is straight out of 'Alien' Posted: 02 May 2017 11:42 AM PDT  On April 26, NASA's Cassini spacecraft shot between Saturn and its innermost ring, going where no human-made object has gone before. Cassini has already made some new discoveries thanks to its dive through the ring plane. One of those insights is that the area between the planet and its rings "sounds" different than other parts of space surrounding Saturn. SEE ALSO: The Cassini spacecraft dove between Saturn and its rings: Here are the photos to prove it According to new audio files released by NASA, the 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its distinctive rings actually sounds pretty empty. A raw image of Saturn as seen by Cassini not long after its ring dive.Image: NASA/JPL-CaltechOther parts of space around Saturn are filled with particles of dust that can be heard by Cassini's plasma detector. This instrument picks up the signal from dust that vaporizes as it hits the fast-moving spacecraft. But the gap between Saturn and its rings is comparitively, and unexpectedly, silent. "The region between the rings and Saturn is 'the big empty,' apparently," Cassini project manager Earl Maize said in a statement. "Cassini will stay the course, while the scientists work on the mystery of why the dust level is much lower than expected." Scientists compared data picked up from Cassini's ring dive and a previous pass through a faint ring of dust and debris on Dec. 18, 2016. The 2016 data sounds crackly, with a high number of plasma pops heard as Cassini passed through the ring itself. The data taken by the instrument late last month, however, sounds very different. Instead of crackly pops, the April data sounds more like static from a TV screen punctuated by a high whistling noise that, according to NASA, is a type of plasma wave that scientists are planning to investigate further. "It was a bit disorienting — we weren't hearing what we expected to hear," Cassini scientist William Kurth said in the statement. "I've listened to our data from the first dive several times and I can probably count on my hands the number of dust particle impacts I hear." During that first ring dive, the bits of debris Cassini ran into were only about the size of the particles found in smoke, NASA said. Cassini is now in the last phase of its mission at Saturn. The spacecraft will continue to make dives through the gap between Saturn and its rings until the planned end of its mission in September, when it will make its death dive into the world's thick atmosphere. WATCH: Watch clouds move above Saturn's largest moon in new NASA video
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| May Day around the world: Holiday marked with defiant rallies for workers rights Posted: 01 May 2017 07:33 AM PDT ![May Day around the world: Holiday marked with defiant rallies for workers rights]( "May Day around the world: Holiday marked with defiant rallies for workers rights") Workers and activists marked May Day around the world Monday with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions.
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| Elizabeth Warren says Barack Obama does not understand 'lived experience of most Americans' Posted: 01 May 2017 12:33 PM PDT  Talking about her new book This Fight Is Our Fight, Ms Warren also did not rule out a possible 2020 presidential bid. Senator Bernie Sanders, who ran against Hillary Clinton for the party's nomination in 2016, recently said he supports Democratic candidates who are pro-life.
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| Trump says China could have hacked Democratic emails Posted: 01 May 2017 07:11 AM PDT  President Donald Trump said China may have hacked the emails of Democratic officials to meddle with the 2016 presidential election, countering the view of U.S. intelligence officials who have said Moscow orchestrated the hacks. In an interview transcript published on Sunday, Trump gave no evidence backing his allegation, first made on the eve of the Nov. 8 presidential election, that China could have hacked the emails of his rivals. "If you don't catch a hacker, okay, in the act, it's very hard to say who did the hacking," the president said in an interview with CBS "Face the Nation." "(It) could have been China, could have been a lot of different groups." The hackers roiled the presidential campaign by making public embarrassing emails sent by Democratic operatives and aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
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| 16 dead after tornadoes, floods ravage Midwest, South Posted: 01 May 2017 02:17 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several southern states braced for more severe weather Monday in the wake of storms, tornadoes and flooding that claimed 16 lives and left authorities in Arkansas searching for two children swept away by raging waters.
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| Milwaukee jury: Charge staffers in inmate dehydration death Posted: 01 May 2017 05:25 PM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A jury on Monday recommended criminal charges against seven Milwaukee County jail staffers in the dehydration death of an inmate who went without water for seven days.
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| N. Korea warns of nuclear test 'at any time' Posted: 01 May 2017 12:19 AM PDT  North Korea warned Monday that it will carry out a nuclear test "at any time and at any location" set by its leadership, in the latest rhetoric to fuel jitters in the region. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been running high for weeks, with signs that the North might be preparing a long-range missile launch or a sixth nuclear test -- and with Washington refusing to rule out a military strike in response. A spokesman for the North's foreign ministry said Pyongyang was "fully ready to respond to any option taken by the US".
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| Boaters stranded 4 miles from land were saved by Siri on an iPhone 7 Posted: 01 May 2017 12:12 PM PDT 
The iPhone's "Hey Siri" feature helped save three fisherman from what could have otherwise been a tragic turn of events. According to Fox 4 News out of Florida, three fisherman were cruising along about 4 miles off the coast when they began encountering a violent spate of waves. Before long, the crew's 18-foot boat proved no match for the waves as water began overtaking the boat.
Per the report, one of the fisherman used the "Hey Siri" feature on his iPhone 7 to call 911. Shortly thereafter, a helicopter from the coast guard went out in search of the trio before finding them and bringing them back to safety. "They had an iPhone 7, which I'm learning today is waterproof. However, he couldn't touch the screen with his fingers because they were cold, but he used Siri to call 911," Sgt. James Barrett said. Notably, this isn't the first instance we've seen of iPhone owners utilizing "Hey Siri" in order to call for help when dialing 911 wasn't feasible. Just a few months ago, for example, a four-year old used the feature in order to call 911 after his mom passed out. And this past summer, a mother in Australia used the feature to call for help while she tended to her 1-year-old daughter who had stopped breathing. As the BBC reported a few months back: Stacey Gleeson grabbed her iPhone and ran to the child's room to help her but dropped it as she turned on the light. She shouted at the handset to activate Siri and told it to get the emergency services on speakerphone as she began CPR. Ms Gleeson told the BBC she feels it may have saved her daughter's life.
The "Hey Siri" feature on the iPhone was originally introduced on the iPhone 6s and is made possible by Apple's M9 motion coprocessor. Apple has advertised the feature as a helpful way to use the iPhone's various features hands-free -- with the company's Cookie Monster commercial being a prime example -- but "Hey Siri" appears to be incredibly useful in emergency situations as well.
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| Total Solar Eclipse August 2017 Posted: 01 May 2017 02:48 PM PDT  The total solar eclipse in August is your last chance to see one in the United States until 2024.
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| India says two soldiers killed, mutilated by Pakistani troops Posted: 01 May 2017 07:51 AM PDT  By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - India's army accused Pakistani troops of killing two of its soldiers paroling the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region on Monday before mutilating their bodies, and vowed to exact revenge. Past accusations that Pakistani forces have mutilated dead Indian soldiers have outraged the Indian public and intensified the dispute between the two nuclear-armed neighbors over the Himalayan region. Pakistan's military denied the allegations.
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| Asian nations pulled into China's orbit as Trump puts America first Posted: 01 May 2017 05:13 AM PDT  By Martin Petty and Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - Across Asia, more and more countries are being pulled into Beijing's orbit, with the timid stance adopted by Southeast Asian nations on the South China Sea at a weekend summit a clear sign this fundamental geostrategic shift is gathering momentum. U.S. President Donald Trump's flurry of calls at the weekend to the leaders of the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore might cheer those who fear his predecessor Barack Obama's "pivot" to Asia has been abandoned in favor of an "America First" agenda.
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| Iowa inmate captured after killing deputy during escape Posted: 01 May 2017 03:45 PM PDT ![Iowa inmate captured after killing deputy during escape]( "Iowa inmate captured after killing deputy during escape") COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — An inmate shot two sheriff's deputies, killing one of them, and escaped from an Iowa jail on Monday before he was recaptured a short time later following a high-speed chase across the state border in Nebraska.
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| Tarek and Christina El Moussa Look Like a Happy Couple At the Daytime Emmys Posted: 02 May 2017 01:10 PM PDT  The exes played nice on the red carpet together at the awards on Sunday.
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| The Latest: Venezuela leader decrees constitutional assembly Posted: 01 May 2017 06:06 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
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| IS attack kills dozens at Syria camp Posted: 02 May 2017 12:48 PM PDT  A jihadist assault led by suicide bombers killed dozens Tuesday at a camp for the displaced near Syria's border with Iraq, as pressure grows on the Islamic State group in both countries. The violence left at least 46 people dead and came as another surprise IS attack on Tuesday killed 10 soldiers in Iraq, to the south along the border. As the tolls mounted, US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the need for "safe zones" in Syria in a telephone call, said the White House.
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| Amazon Echo is on sale right now at its lowest price of 2017 Posted: 02 May 2017 10:27 AM PDT 
The Amazon Echo is the speaker that started it all. In fact, speakers like the Echo have grown so popular now that even Apple seems poised to copy them. Alexa is clearly still the best in the business, but $180 is a tall order for many people. Of course, that's why Amazon went on to release its less expensive Amazon Tap and Echo Dot speakers. They're both terrific products as well, but neither one can match the range or sound quality of the original Echo. Well guess what: now is your chance to get an Echo speaker at a big discount. While supplies last, Amazon is selling refurbished Amazon Echo speakers for just $134.99, which is the Echo's lowest price of 2017 so far. Remember Amazon's refurbs ship with a warranty, so there's nothing that should be stopping you from jumping on this great deal. Here are a few highlights from the product page: - A Certified Refurbished Amazon Echo is refurbished, tested, and certified to look and work like new
- Plays all your music from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more using just your voice
- Fills the room with immersive, 360º omni-directional audio
- Allows hands-free convenience with voice-control
- Hears you from across the room with far-field voice recognition, even while music is playing
- Answers questions, reads audiobooks and the news, reports traffic and weather, gives info on local businesses, provides sports scores and schedules, and more with Alexa, a cloud-based voice service
- Controls lights, switches, and thermostats with compatible WeMo, Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, Wink, Insteon, and ecobee smart home devices
- Always getting smarter and adding new features, plus thousands of skills like Uber, Domino's, and more
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| Microsoft Surface Laptop Photos Leak Online Posted: 02 May 2017 03:07 AM PDT  The new Surface Laptop is expected to be officially announced today during Microsoft's special press event in New York City.
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| San Diego police kill beer-drinking poolside gunman who shot eight Posted: 30 Apr 2017 10:26 PM PDT San Diego police said on Sunday they had shot and killed a man who had opened fire beside a pool at an apartment complex, while holding a beer in his other hand, wounding eight people. San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman told an evening news conference the gunman was killed after pointing his weapon at police, who had responded to reports of shots being fired at an apartment complex in the wealthy enclave of La Jolla just after 6 p.m. local time (0100 GMT Monday). A resident of the apartment complex who witnessed part of the incident told television station KFMB-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Diego, he saw several people who had been shot before the gunman was killed by police.
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| Dunkin Donuts' New Fruit Punch Has An Amazing Twist Posted: 01 May 2017 11:05 AM PDT  It'll wake you up faster than a shot of espresso.
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| 5 Takeaways From Trump’s Call With Putin Posted: 02 May 2017 01:33 PM PDT  What they didn't say reveals as much as what they said.
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| Health Benefit of Cayenne Pepper Posted: 01 May 2017 06:06 AM PDT  Cayenne pepper is more than a flavor enhancer, it has a bunch of health benefits too. Did you know this capsaicin-rich vegetable can help relieve pain or help you lose weight? Watch the video to learn more.
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| 67 pounds of marijuana found in casket at Arizona checkpoint Posted: 01 May 2017 04:58 PM PDT  TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) — Border Patrol agents have seen numerous ways people try to smuggle drugs across the Arizona border in recent years. They can now add marijuana hidden in a casket to the list.
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