| In close House race, Republican Karen Handel gets help from Paul Ryan Posted: 15 May 2017 03:04 PM PDT  The word "Trump" is conspicuously absent in Karen Handel's fierce campaign against Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District.
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| Two Killed As Business Jet Crashes, Burns Near NJ Airport Posted: 15 May 2017 08:39 AM PDT  Two crew members were killed and several buildings were set ablaze when a Learjet carrying no passengers crashed Monday while trying to land at a New Jersey airport, authorities said.
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| Woodward and Bernstein say Comey firing is different than Watergate Posted: 15 May 2017 06:26 AM PDT  But the famed former Washington Post investigative reporters whose Pulitzer Prize-winning work ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon differ on their reasons.
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| WaPo: Trump Shares Secret Info With Russians Posted: 15 May 2017 11:00 AM PDT  Greg Jaffe, one of the Washington Post reporters who broke the news of Donald Trump sharing highly classified information with Russian officials while they visited the Oval Office, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the story came together.
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| Are Journalists Safe In Mexico? Posted: 15 May 2017 11:51 PM PDT  The murder of Javier Valdez Cárdenas, who covered drug trafficking and organized crime, was the latest in the string of journalist deaths in Mexico.
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| Mom, 55, Killed After Shoving Her 16-Year-Old Daughter Out of Harm's Way on Mother's Day Posted: 15 May 2017 09:55 AM PDT  "You could see the mother kind of throw the daughter out of the way and sacrifice herself trying to save her own daughter," a witness said.
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| Yemen rebels declare state of emergency over cholera outbreak Posted: 15 May 2017 12:57 PM PDT  Rebel authorities in Yemen's capital have sounded the alarm over a spreading cholera outbreak that has killed dozens in the war-torn country, calling for urgent international assistance. The International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday said 184 people had died of cholera since April 27, with another 11,000 suspected cases diagnosed across the country. This is the second outbreak of the disease in less than a year in Yemen, where less than half of the country's medical facilities are functional two years into a war between Iranian-backed Huthi rebels and the Saudi-supported government.
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| Anti-Maduro protests continue in Venezuela Posted: 16 May 2017 06:27 AM PDT ![Anti-Maduro protests continue in Venezuela]( "Anti-Maduro protests continue in Venezuela") Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro staged sit-ins and roadblocks across Venezuela on Monday, May 15, to press for elections, sparking new unrest.
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| Former Obama Justice Department official slams Sessions over drug sentencing reversal Posted: 15 May 2017 02:10 PM PDT  Vanita Gupta, the former head of the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, called Attorney General Jeff Sessions' harsh new sentencing policy "incredibly disappointing" in an interview Monday. Last week, Sessions directed all federal prosecutors to pursue "the most serious, readily provable offense," including those that carry mandatory minimum sentences — effectively reversing course on Obama-era policies aimed at drug sentencing reform. Gupta, who also served as principal deputy assistant attorney general in the Obama administration, said the move was not entirely surprising given Sessions' record in the Senate of resisting criminal justice reform.
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| How to Protect Yourself from WannaCry Ransomware Posted: 15 May 2017 01:45 PM PDT  UPDATED 5:42 p.m. EDT Monday with information that WannaCry also encrypts data on some backup drives. Microsoft released a patch that prevents WannaCry infection back in March, two months before this latest version of the ransomware appeared. Open the Windows Start menu, type in "windows update," click Check for Updates and permit installation of anything marked "Important." Let Windows Update run its course, and then restart the system.
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| Giant Rotting Sea Creature Mystery Solved By Scientists Posted: 15 May 2017 09:34 AM PDT  Unfortunately, it's not a brand new species.
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| Donald Trump's aides heard 'yelling' in White House office as presidency descends into chaos Posted: 16 May 2017 02:38 AM PDT  The White House has been engulfed by fresh chaos over allegations Donald Trump revealed classified information to Russian officials, sparking bizarre scenes as aides reportedly turned up televisions to drown out shouting between top aides. Dozens of reporters crowded into the hallway outside Sean Spicer's office after the Washington Post published its report on Mr Trump's discussions with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Press officers walked through the pack in silence as journalists asked for more information, while televisions in the press area picked up on the story, just days after the furore over the sacking of FBI director James Comey.
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| Oregon man kills mother on Mother's Day, brings her severed head to store, police say Posted: 15 May 2017 10:58 PM PDT  A man killed his mother on Mother's Day in rural Oregon, then showed up at a nearby grocery store carrying her decapitated head and stabbed a checkout clerk, authorities said Monday.
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| U.S. court rejects Georgia inmate's bid to die by firing squad Posted: 16 May 2017 02:55 PM PDT  A U.S. appeals court has rejected a Georgia death row inmate's motion that his scheduled Tuesday execution by lethal injection be halted and that he be put to death instead by a firing squad, which his lawyers said would be less painful for him. J.W. Ledford, 45, has spent about a quarter century on death row after being convicted of the 1992 robbery and murder of a doctor who lived near him. Lawyers for Ledford said he wanted to be executed by firing squad because a drug he takes for nerve pain would lead to an "excruciating death" under Georgia's lethal injection protocol.
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| Woman Unknowingly Wears Engagement Ring Inside of Necklace for More Than a Year Posted: 15 May 2017 07:37 AM PDT  Talk about a surprise!
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| The Latest: Twin explosions rock refugee camp near Jordan Posted: 15 May 2017 01:58 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Syria (all times local):
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| I Ate Like Christina El Moussa for a Week and It Wasn't the Worst Posted: 15 May 2017 11:55 AM PDT  The 'Flip or Flop' star *really* likes her salmon.
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| This is the Retina MacBook Apple needs to make Posted: 16 May 2017 02:17 PM PDT 
A new report suggests that Apple is planning on upgrading the entire MacBook line at WWDC, its big developer conference held at the end of May. Some upgrades we can already call: the new MacBook Pro and old MacBook Air line will probably get Intel's latest version of Core i7 processor, and new iMacs are almost a lock. But beyond a minor spec bump, it's difficult to know exactly what Apple plans to do with the Retina MacBook.
Right now, the Retina MacBook is sitting in a weird place. In many ways, it's meant to be the definition of thin-and-light computing: good battery life, remarkably thin, and enough processing power to handle everyday tasks, and nothing more. But according to Apple's own rationale, it's made redundant by the iPad Pro, which is supposed to have PC-level performance in the convenience of a tablet form factor. Worse, the low-end specs of the Retina MacBook make it an easy target for cheap Windows laptops and high-end Chromebooks. Asus's high-end Chromebook, for example, gets you the same CPU and RAM as the Retina MacBook for less than half the price. Sure, the build quality is prettier on the MacBook, but it's also stuck with one single USB-C port. Even setting the price aside for a second, the Retina MacBook just isn't a particularly appealing laptop anymore. Without the Retina MacBook as a viable option, Apple's low-end options look weak. Sure, the MacBook Pro is a thin and capable computer, but even the cheapest option starts at $1,500. In a world of perfectly usable $300 Chromebooks, that's a big ask. Long story short, Apple needs to do something to the Retina MacBook, and fast. It's already ruled out the option of giving us the updated MacBook Air that we all want, so it's time to double down and build a Retina MacBook that's actually appealing. Realistically speaking, here's what that would look like. The form factor has to stay more or less the same, which rules out much more power -- there's just not room. I expect Apple to start by adding a second USB-C port on the other side of the laptop, which gives far more versatility, and (best of all!) means you can charge from either side. When the Retina MacBook first came out, I suspect it was limited to one USB-C port because of the cost and size of the USB-C controller inside. These days, they're much cheaper and smaller, and there's no real reason not to put at least one port on each side. Do that, put in Intel's latest Core m5 and at least 8GB of RAM, and you have a genuinely usable everyday laptop in a thin form factor. Drop the price down to $899 for a cheap model with 128GB of storage (have to make the savings somewhere), and you'd convert the majority of people looking at a fancy Chromebook.
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| Majority of Americans wish Obama was still president instead of Trump, poll finds Posted: 16 May 2017 10:14 AM PDT  A majority of polled voters wish Barack Obama was still president instead of Donald Trump, a new national poll shows. The Trump White House has had a chaotic couple of weeks. Last week, Mr Trump abruptly dismissed FBI Director James Comey, and then contradicted his press team and Vice President Mike Pence when explaining the reasoning behind the firing.
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| Indian woman battered to death with bricks after being gang-raped Posted: 14 May 2017 10:01 PM PDT ![Indian woman battered to death with bricks after being gang-raped]( "Indian woman battered to death with bricks after being gang-raped") An Indian woman was gang-raped and then brutally murdered by men who smashed her skull with bricks after she had threatened to inform authorities, police in the northern state of Haryana, said on Monday. Police have arrested two men for rape and murder in Sonipat town, and six more were being investigated after the victim's mother accused them of involvement, superintendent of police Ashwin Shenvi told Reuters. The 23-year old woman, a laborer, was taken by the men - at least one of whom knew her - by car from near her home in Sonipat to the nearby city of Rohtak, where they raped her, Shenvi said.
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| Supreme Court rejects appeal over N.C. voter ID law Posted: 15 May 2017 07:16 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal to reinstate North Carolina's voter identification law, which a lower court said targeted African-Americans "with almost surgical precision."
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| Former 'Real Housewife' Robbed by 2 Masked Home Intruders in Her New Jersey Home Posted: 16 May 2017 09:31 AM PDT  Dina Manzo was coming home from the communion of her goddaughter, the child of her 'Real Housewife' co-star Teresa Giudice.
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| White House calls Wash Post report that Trump gave classified info to the Russians 'as reported, false' Posted: 15 May 2017 05:47 PM PDT  National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster made a statement at the White House on Monday, calling the Washington Post report that President Trump revealed classified information to Russian diplomats last week "false." McMaster took no questions from the press. The Post stands by its story.
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| Plastic trash chokes remote South Pacific island Posted: 15 May 2017 08:24 PM PDT  One of the planet's most remote islands is polluted with the highest density of plastic particles ever reported, with more than 3,500 pieces washing up daily, researchers said Monday. Henderson Island is uninhabited, and lies far out in the South Pacific -- east of New Zealand and west of Chile -- some 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) from the nearest major land mass. "What's happened on Henderson Island shows there's no escaping plastic pollution even in the most distant parts of our oceans," said lead author Jennifer Lavers, a researcher at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania, who co-authored the report with the British conservation charity the Royal Society for the Preservation of Birds.
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| 9 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today Posted: 16 May 2017 10:29 AM PDT 
If you thought our last post covering paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free was a good one, just wait until you check out Tuesday's collection. We've got nine great apps for you to enjoy today, but be sure to hurry before these sales are over. These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. There is no way to tell how long they will be free. These sales could end an hour from now or a week from now — obviously, the only thing we can guarantee is that they were free at the time this post was written. If you click on a link and see a price listed next to an app instead of the word "get," it is no longer free. The sale has ended. If you download the app, you will be charged. Moogli 
Normally $3.99. • Moogli is designed for families, couples and flat shares and is perfectly suited for collaborating on shopping lists and all kinds of daily tasks. What users say:
– "I really enjoy using the app!"
– "Thank you so much for the fantastic app!!"
– "By the way - your app is great and has big potential." • The name Moogli comes from a combination of "Common Moorhen" and "Sugar Glider" – two animals that are among the world's cleverest to help each other in everyday life! – Create shopping lists and get quick suggestions for articles you've used before.
– Assign tasks or put them into a joint group called "Pool".
– Be informed about the activity carried out by those you're with.
– Define a reward in form of points and/or text label.
– Simply put up repetitive tasks, and get notifications of whoever's turn it is.
– Set Objectives, they can be anything (object, gift, an adventure, etc). • Moogli synchronizes content fast and automatically across multiple devices. • Moogli has an easy to use activity feed and Push Notification support. • Moogli provides a world class opportunity to accumulate points/credits by performing tasks throughout the month. How about giving rewards related to the total? Anyway, it is not required to give points for doing tasks. • What else can Moogli do?
– You can set Objectives to collect points. Or make a contest and have fun towards the goal.
– You can easily postpone task that has a due date.
– You can set permission to members, so only you can give points or approve completed tasks.
– You can globally and individually change the properties of reminders about not completed tasks.
– You can easily categorize tasks by selecting "areas" such as kitchen and bathroom.
– You can choose among more than 60 symbols to get recognizable appearance on the tasks.
– You can use color to get even better visual control of tasks / chores.
– You can enable more details in lists, so you can quickly see whether they are repetitive or have a due date. • It is certainly not Ok if you feel that things are not working out as expected. Therefore, send an email to: mail@moogliapp.com • Future development plans:
– Image support.
– Wall / tablet to handling information and such. Also project management.
– Ability to create contests on tasks / chores.
– Lists / TAG to get a better opportunity to prioritize and get a better overview.
– Priority of tasks (visually).
Download Moogli Mole Hammers 
Normally $0.99. Super simple fun for two! "Mole Hammers is easily recommendable for players of all ages thanks to its one button controls and addicting game elements.", 4/5 - 148Apps.com
"A game that you understand in seconds", Appgefahren.de
"Exciting 1 VS 1 challenges with friends", iPhoneItalia.com
"Guaranteed you'll have fun with this two player quick-response game", @pimcoumans
"Another fantastic super simple game by this developer, perfect for a quick match against a friend!", @LorenzoPilia Whack the mole before your opponent does, swing your hammer with perfect timing and build up the combo multiplier! FEATURES:
• TWO PLAYERS on a single screen!
• One button controls
• Random Moles, Big Moles and Rabbits
• Quick Match option
• Single player against the AI
• Game Center high scores and achievements
• No IAPs
Download Mole Hammers Earth Lists 
Normally $4.99. Earth Lists is a simple and delightful way to keep all your lists and tasks. The app is simple to use while offering a compelling way to get things done.
You can use Earth Lists for: • To do Lists
• Shopping Lists
• Packing Lists
• Inventories
• Bucket Lists
• Wish Lists
• Needed Items
• Projects
• Checklists
• Goals
• Outlines and Points to cover
• Places to visit
• Your Favorite Things
• And Much More! We've designed Earth Lists to be powerful while remaining down-to-earth. Give it a try today!
Download Earth Lists Tank of Tanks 
Normally $0.99. Four players, one iPad! Dominate your friends in chaotic one-minute deathmatches. "It's everything a local multiplayer game should be: simple and fun." — PocketGamer
"This multiplayer game played on a single iPad is simple, chaotic fun." 4/5 — 148Apps Tank of Tanks is an easy-to-learn one-button arcade tank game for up to four players on a single iPad. Controls:
Push the button to move and shoot. Release to turn. Features:
• Massively local four player action!
• Simple one-button controls
• Frantic 60-second deathmatches
• Fun levels like Arena, Revolver and Box Pit
• Game Center leaderboard and achievements
• Customize your play, enable bouncy bullets and icy surface for even crazier combat
Download Tank of Tanks Cloud App for iCloud Mobile 
Normally $3.99. Cloudapps:
Sync your clouds service files: Dropbox, Google drive.
Create and manager your playlist of videos, files.
Import file by more ways: internet, clouds downloads...
Download Cloud App for iCloud Mobile Advanced Video Trimmer Pro 
Normally $1.99. * Over 1,00,000 daily users :) Have you ever shot a video on your phone that's too long because of extra filler? Here's how to trim videos on your device using the default video player, so you only share the good parts. Advanced Video Trimmer application is use for it. Play any major video format without conversion . Video Playback :-
•Directly play videos in the app
•Play almost any video format..
•Play videos attached in your email directly when opening the app... Supported video formats :
•mov, mp4, 3gp, avi, wmv, mpeg, mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, rmvb, flv, f4v, mkv, dat, vob, mts, ogg, mpg, wma. File Manager :-
▪Manage your videos easily and delete files.
▪iTunes file sharing folder.
▪Video thumbnails.
▪Export video to Camera Roll.
▪Share videos on Facebook and also by Email.
▪Wifi File Sharing option to share all supported videos... Trimming :
▪Provide feature to trim videos
▪you can trim unlimited videos and store them in your device Sharing :
▪Share videos via Email with your friends
▪Easily share videos via WhatsApp
▪Also provide feature to upload videos and share. Very Good Application and Use Daily Basis with Best Price. Buy now and you will get free upgrades with many new features!!! MORE FEATURES COMING SOON! We are working hard on our next version, Thank you for your patience !!
Download Advanced Video Trimmer Pro Circles 
Normally $0.99. The happiest moment I had last week was the moment when I figured out how to solve this puzzle. After hundreds of frustratingly aimless moves, the solution turned out to be so simple and elegant. Now I wish to share that feeling of the success with you. Looks pleasant for eyes, Sets a challenge for brains!
Fight the Entropy's dice: Bring all colors in order again.
Rotate the Rings and Slide the Sectors. - 21 Levels with the increasing difficulty
- Compete for the Best time in each Level
- Find the Strategy to solve every puzzle
- Elegant Graphics and Calming Music Thank you for downloading the Game!
Download Circles Fresh Cats 
Normally $0.99. Do you like cats?
If you like them, this is the perfect App for you.
Fresh cats features the best cat Stickers. There are much different Stickers, showing cats doing fun and sweet stuff.
Show your friends how creative you#re able to integrate cats in your chat.
You'll love all of these Stickers.
For everybody who loves, hates, own or all of these things fell for cats
Download Fresh Cats My Own Clock 
Normally $0.99. My Own Clock is a nice clock app, that allows you to design your own beautifull clocks. You can use any image from your Camera Roll as the background for your clock.
Design your digital clock, from 8 fonts, all colors and many textures.
Or use one from analog clocks. You can create and save a lot of nice clocks, rotate, zoom and move it OPTIONS: - Auto lock - on, off
- 12 or 24 Hours
- Date - on, off
- Many analog clocks
- 8 fonts for digital clocks
- 22 textures for digital clocks
- Any colors for digital clocks
- Digital clock - ordinary or raised
- All clocks are freely movable, zoomable, rotatable
- Up to 16 clocks digital and analog to save (total of up to 32)
- Lock on, off, (for move the clock)
- Adjust the brightness (pranks on the Display up and down if lock is closed)
Download My Own Clock
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| Israel wants White House to explain U.S. official's Western Wall comment Posted: 15 May 2017 05:01 PM PDT  By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel wants the White House to explain why a U.S. diplomat preparing President Donald Trump's visit to Jerusalem said Judaism's Holy Western Wall in its Old City is part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an Israeli official said on Monday. Israel considers all of Jerusalem as its indivisible capital, a claim that is not recognized internationally, and the Western Wall - the holiest prayer site for Jews - is part of territory it captured in the 1967 Middle East war.
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| Deliveryman takes pizza to riders on stalled Amtrak train Posted: 15 May 2017 01:13 PM PDT  NEWPORT, Del. (AP) — A pizza delivery man in Delaware got an order from an unusual address: a stalled Amtrak train from New York on its way to Washington.
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| Tehran's mayor drops out of Iran election to back hard-liner Posted: 15 May 2017 08:46 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran's conservative mayor dropped out of Iran's presidential election on Monday to back a hard-liner believed to be close to the country's supreme leader, consolidating the opposition aiming to unseat moderate President Hassan Rouhani.
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| Bill Gates Says Humanity Is Getting Better Posted: 15 May 2017 01:59 PM PDT  Billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates goes on an advice tweetstorm and reveals a "big" personal regret.
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| Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R: Everything You Need to Know Posted: 15 May 2017 11:56 AM PDT  First there was Z/28. Then IROC. Now, meet the GT4.R.
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| Family Says Video Proves Cops Could Have Saved 15-Year-Old They Shot Dead Posted: 16 May 2017 10:26 AM PDT  Members of Jayson Negron's family say his death could have been prevented.
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| Donald Trump recorded phone conversations, claim former employees Posted: 15 May 2017 04:19 AM PDT  Donald Trump used to tape conversations and meetings in his Trump Tower offices prior to becoming President, according to three unnamed high-ranking former employees. The claim comes after the President appeared to threaten the sacked FBI chief James Comey, tweeting that he "better hope there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press". At a press briefing on Friday, press secretary Sean Spicer repeatedly refused to say whether Mr Trump was secretly recording meetings with visitors.
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| Hewlett Packard Enterprise reveals powerful computer prototype Posted: 16 May 2017 06:03 AM PDT  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co on Tuesday unveiled a new computer prototype that it said could handle more data than any similar system in the world. The Palo Alto, California-based company said the prototype contains 160 terabytes of memory, capable of managing the information from every book in the U.S. Library of Congress five times over. It is the latest prototype from "The Machine" research project by HPE, which aims to create super-fast computers by designing them around memory.
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| The Latest: UN suspects cruel treatment in Syrian prisons Posted: 16 May 2017 10:50 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
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| Macron, Merkel vow new momentum for Europe Posted: 15 May 2017 12:30 PM PDT  France's new President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday vowed to give a new impetus to Europe, even if it requires treaty change, after Macron appointed a prime minister from the conservative camp. Macron, the fervently pro-European centrist sworn in as head of state on Sunday, in keeping with tradition made his first trip abroad to Berlin, its power couple partner at the heart of the European project. There, the 39-year-old leader urged a "historic reconstruction" of Europe to battle populism sweeping the continent, following his defeat of far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
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| Researchers found a dinosaur that still has its skin and guts Posted: 15 May 2017 06:01 PM PDT 
When archeologists hunt for fossils what they're typically after are bones, footprints, and other fossilized traces of ancient creators having once roamed the planet. What they almost never even hope to find is a dinosaur that still has some of its most delicate bits and pieces, but that's exactly what paleontologists uncovered in Alberta, Canada, over half a decade ago. Now, after years of piecing together and studying the historic remains of the 3,000-pound creature, the fossil is finally ready for the public eye, and it's a truly stunning sight.
The fossil is that of a nodosaur, a type of herbivorous dinosaur that lived between 110 million and 112 million years ago. Despite being a plant eater, it was an absolutely monstrous beast, measuring 18 feet long, with heavy armor plating and spiked scales stretching from head to toe. The remains were found completely on accident, when mine workers sliced through part of the dinosaur's fossilized skin. Once they realized they'd discovered something strange they alerted archeologists who unearthed the rest and found it to be the most spectacularly preserved example of a fossil of this type, not to mention a totally new species of nodosaur. Just half of the creature's remains were able to be located — from the tip of its nose down to its hips — but the state of the fossilized skin and some of its organs is a truly rare treat. 
As you can see in the images, the skin is in such remarkable condition that even its individual scales and be seen, along with its large spikes, details of its skull, and shoulders. The fossil is currently on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta, Canada in a new "Grounds for Discovery" exhibit.
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| Spicer says President Trump ‘has made it clear what his position is’ on the alleged White House ’tapes’ Posted: 15 May 2017 12:53 PM PDT  White House press secretary Sean Spicer repeatedly told reporters during Monday's daily briefing that the president 'has made it clear what his position is' on the alleged 'tapes' of recorded conversations in the White House, including those with former FBI Director James Comey.
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