| Trump walks back joint U.S.-Russia ‘impenetrable cyber security unit’ Posted: 10 Jul 2017 07:09 AM PDT  After seeming to propose a collaboration with Russia on Sunday morning, the president dismissed the idea later in the day.
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| Pres. Trump Says U.S. Must Move Beyond Election Controversy Posted: 09 Jul 2017 08:31 AM PDT  In a Sunday tweetstorm, the president said he had expressed his opinion to Russian President Vladimir Putin on allegations regarding Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election but that it was now time to move on.
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| Teen bit in head by bear wakes up to "crunching sound" Posted: 09 Jul 2017 05:50 PM PDT  WARD, Colo. (AP) — A teen staffer at a Colorado camp fought off a bear after waking up Sunday to find the animal biting his head and trying to drag him away.
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| ‘If Not Us, Who’s Going to Do It?’ Parents Fight for Fraternity Changes After Son's Penn State Hazing Death Posted: 10 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT  "If not us, who's going to do it? We're going to wait for another tragedy?"
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| Lawmakers Asking Questions After String of Recent Deaths Tied Posted: 09 Jul 2017 08:36 AM PDT  Eliza Sears lost her son Caleb after he was put under general anesthesia to have an extra tooth removed. His death is one of many that has lawmakers asking questions and demanding answers.
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| Seth Rich's Family Speaks Out On First Death Anniversary Posted: 10 Jul 2017 01:42 AM PDT  In May, conspiracy theory surrounding Rich's death re-surfaced after hacker Kim Dotcom said the DNC staffer was a Wikileaks source.
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| Official: FBI arrests Hawaii-based soldier on terror charges Posted: 10 Jul 2017 05:23 PM PDT ![Official: FBI arrests Hawaii-based soldier on terror charges]( "Official: FBI arrests Hawaii-based soldier on terror charges") HONOLULU (AP) — An active duty Army soldier has been arrested by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges after he allegedly attempted to provide classified documents and a drone to the Islamic State group, officials said Monday.
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| US high school student scores Mattis interview scoop Posted: 10 Jul 2017 09:02 AM PDT  A US high school student has scored an exclusive interview with Pentagon chief Jim Mattis after an aide of President Donald Trump inadvertently exposed the defense secretary's cell phone number. The Washington Post in May ran a photo of Trump and his bodyguard Keith Schiller walking outside the White House, with Schiller clutching a bunch of papers. Sharp-eyed readers noticed that atop the papers was a yellow sticky note that said "Jim, Mad Dog, Mattis" along with a phone number.
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| Iraqi Prime Minister congratulates armed forces for Mosul 'victory' Posted: 09 Jul 2017 11:49 AM PDT  By Stephen Kalin MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday and congratulated the armed forces for their "victory" over Islamic State after nearly nine months of urban warfare, bringing an end to jihadist rule in the city. Islamic State's defeat in Mosul three years after taking the city is a major blow for the hardline Sunni Islamist group, which is also losing ground in its operational base in the Syrian city of Raqqa from where it has planned global attacks. The group, however, still controls territory in Iraq and is expected to revert to more conventional insurgent tactics such as bombings as its self-proclaimed caliphate falls apart.
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| 19-year-old wins the lottery twice in 1 week, proving life isn't fair Posted: 10 Jul 2017 02:36 PM PDT  Winning the lottery is a stroke of luck few have the privilege of experiencing even once in their lives. This 19-year-old just did it twice. In one week. California resident Rosa Dominguez was driving home from Arizona when she stopped at a gas station in Paso Roble, California where she bought a $5 Power 5 scratch off ticket. SEE ALSO: Someone in Tennessee just won a $420.9 million Powerball jackpot A few scratches later, Dominguez won $555,555 — the top prize for the ticket. Testing her luck, Dominguez decided winning the lotto once just wasn't enough, so she bought a different $5 scratcher, this time from a local gas station in Greenfield. Again, she won the top prize — a cool $100,000 — on the ticket. Dominguez revealed to the California Lottery what she would like to buy with her lucky winnings. "She wants to go shopping and buy herself a new car," the lottery representatives wrote on its website. How typical. WATCH: Amazon Echo review
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| Boy, 3, Beaten to Death for Drinking From Milk Jug: Cops Posted: 10 Jul 2017 09:22 AM PDT  Xavier Mokarzel-Satchel, 3, died of blunt force trauma Friday evening.
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| Scientists say 'prelude' to the sixth mass extinction is happening right now Posted: 10 Jul 2017 12:20 PM PDT  When plant and animal species go extinct, it's usually a clear sign that humans have messed up. We've over-hunted, destroyed habitats, polluted waterways, and altered the climate by burning fossil fuels, wiping species off the planet for good. We tend to study extinctions to understand just how much we have disrupted the planet's ecosystems. But in a new scientific study published on Monday, scientists said we're not paying nearly enough attention to the "prelude" to global extinction — as in, the dwindling population sizes and ranges of existing species that can be a warning sign of a bigger extinction event to come. SEE ALSO: 800 wildlife species at risk from Trump's 'beautiful' border wall As with extinctions, these declines have serious consequences for the natural systems we all depend on for clean air and water, food, and shelter. "This is the case of a biological annihilation occurring globally, even if the species these populations belong to are still present somewhere on Earth," Rodolfo Dirzo, the study's co-author and a biology professor at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, said in a press release. TROPICAL FOREST LOGGING HAS CONTRIBUTED TO POPULATION DECLINES IN MANY ANIMALS, INCLUDING THE BORNEAN GIBBON, KNOWN FOR ITS WHOOPING CALL.Image: GERARDO CEBALLOS/UNAMFor their analysis, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dirzo and his colleagues mapped the ranges of 27,600 species of birds, amphibians, mammals, and reptiles worldwide. The sample represents nearly half of all known land-based vertebrate species. Scientists estimated that, of these species, nearly one-third of the vertebrates are declining in population size and range. Shrinking ranges mean animals — especially migratory species — have less room to hunt, breed, and hunker down. As ranges decline, population numbers also dwindle, pushing a species closer to the edge of extinction. Tropical regions saw the greatest number of decreasing species, particularly in south and southeast Asia. In Thailand and Myanmar, for instance, illegal hunting and logging of rosewood trees has drastically reduced the population of Indochinese tigers. Indonesia's Sumatran orangutan has lost roughly 60 percent of its habitat as farmers burn and drain swamp forests to produce palm oil. Temperate regions had similar or higher proportions of decreasing species compared to tropical regions, according to the study. A Kakapo flightless parrot seen in January 2011.Image: Shane McInnes/REX/ShutterstockDirzo and his co-authors also looked at 177 well-analyzed mammal species and examined population losses between 1990 and 2015. Within this group, all have lost 30 percent or more of their geographic ranges. Some had been hit especially hard: more than 40 percent of the species have lost over 80 percent of their ranges. "It is a prelude to the disappearance of many more species and the decline of natural systems that make civilization possible," Gerardo Ceballos, the study's lead author and an ecology professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, said in the press release. Monday's research adds to the broader scientific debate about the "sixth extinction" — which is likely happening to the planet right now, and might be the biggest mass extinction since the dinosaurs disappeared 66 million years ago. During Earth's 4.5-billion-year history, five major extinction events have wiped out nearly all the species on the planet, the geological record shows. Asteroid strikes, volcanic eruptions, and natural climate shifts were likely to blame for those past events. Asian giant softshell turtle.Image: YOEUNG SUN/WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYHowever, this sixth mass die-off is largely due to human activities, such as population growth, habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change. In their paper, Dirzo, Ceballos, and Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich suggested that billions of animal populations that once roamed the Earth are gone. A separate 2016 study by World Wildlife Fund said global populations of vertebrates have declined by 58 percent between 1970 and 2012. The authors of Monday's paper said their research shows "Earth's sixth mass extinction has proceeded further than most assume." They added that the steep population declines amount to a "massive erosion of the greatest biological diversity" in Earth's history. WATCH: China's big, beautiful, green 'vertical forests' will suck up toxic smog
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| First Tesla Model 3 Rolls Off Assembly Line Posted: 09 Jul 2017 10:02 AM PDT  Production of Tesla's first car aimed at a broad market, the Model 3, is under way. CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter Saturday that the first production Model 3 was "built and going through final che...
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| Casey Anthony 'Blacked Out' Daughter Caylee's Death, Lawyer Says Posted: 10 Jul 2017 08:35 AM PDT  "She didn't know what she was doing or what she was saying," said defense attorney Cheney Mason.
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| Graft probe of Pakistan PM finds wealth 'disparity' Posted: 10 Jul 2017 08:49 AM PDT  ISLAMABAD (AP) — An official investigation into corruption allegations against Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family has found a "significant disparity" between their declared wealth and known sources of income.
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| Tillerson declares his nostalgia for old oil life Posted: 09 Jul 2017 11:40 AM PDT  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, expressed nostalgia for his former life as an oilman while picking up an industry award in Istanbul on Sunday. Tillerson said when he was first notified he was going to receive the award -- before being nominated by President Donald Trump as top US diplomat -- he thought he would merely be interrupting a retirement spent fishing in the mountains.
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| What Comes After ISIS? Posted: 10 Jul 2017 05:30 AM PDT  The jihadi group's defeat in Mosul and Raqqa is about to usher in a new era — and new conflicts — across the Middle East.
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| Dying "Mother Ganga": India's holy river succumbs to pollution Posted: 10 Jul 2017 04:44 AM PDT  By Danish Siddiqui DEVPRAYAG/VARANASI/SAGAR ISLAND, India (Reuters) - India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into toxic sludge on its journey through burgeoning cities, industrial hubs and past millions of devotees. Lokesh Sharma, a 19-year-old priest in Devprayag, a small hill town where two rivers converge to form the Ganges, is his family's fourth generation to lead riverbank prayers. Devprayag is a heaven for me.
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| Afghanistan combat vet charged with killing wife, trooper Posted: 10 Jul 2017 04:09 PM PDT  A New York state police trooper responding to reports of gunfire was shot to death by a soldier who had just killed his wife at their home near his Army base, authorities said Monday.
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| Mesmerizing storm clouds Posted: 10 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT ![Mesmerizing storm clouds]( "Mesmerizing storm clouds") Mike Olbinski, 42, captured the stunning scenes while storm chasing with a group of friends northeast of Bismarck, N.D.
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| Tennessee parents charged in hot car death of 11-month-old Posted: 10 Jul 2017 10:09 AM PDT  Tennessee parents charged in hot car death of 11-month-old.
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| Tiger Shark Bites Man's Hand After He Tried Grabbing Its Tail Posted: 10 Jul 2017 05:55 AM PDT  After being injured, the man is seen making his way to the shore of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, clutching his wounded hand.
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| Trump cuts isolated figure on world stage Posted: 08 Jul 2017 10:19 PM PDT  During a difficult visit to Europe Donald Trump appeared out of sync with traditional allies, struggling to show that unorthodox strategies toward rival powers Russia and China can deliver results. At one point Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel exchanged a knowing glance as the US president veered off on another tangent. "If she weren't my daughter it would be so much easier for her," Trump said.
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| Militants kill six Hindu pilgrims: police Posted: 10 Jul 2017 01:20 PM PDT  Militants killed six Hindu pilgrims and wounded 14 others Monday in Indian-administered Kashmir, police told AFP, after their bus came under attack. India's Central Reserve Police Force, which provides security for the two-month long annual pilgrimage, said gunmen first opened fire on a security checkpoint but no injuries were reported. "Militants further attacked the pilgrims' bus at Batingu (six civilians killed and 14 injured) and escaped towards Arwani," the CRPF said in a statement.
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| FDA panel to focus on safety of Novartis gene therapy drug Posted: 10 Jul 2017 06:27 AM PDT  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will ask a panel of advisors to focus on the safety of Novartis AG's experimental gene therapy drug when it meets to review the product on Wednesday. The keenly anticipated preliminary review of the leukemia treatment, posted on the FDA's website on Monday, comes two days ahead of the advisory panel meeting, which will discuss the drug and vote on whether the benefits exceed the risks. If approved, the drug, tisagenlecleucel, would be the first gene therapy to be approved in the United States.
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| Decomposing Bodies of 3 Women Found at Farmhouse Posted: 09 Jul 2017 02:19 PM PDT  Police are searching nationwide for the owner of an Idaho farmhouse where the badly decomposing bodies of three slain women were discovered
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| Amelia Earhart mystery: Forensic dogs scent human remains on remote Pacific island Posted: 10 Jul 2017 01:32 AM PDT  Four dogs trained to detect the scent of human bones have located a site on a remote Pacific atoll where Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, may have died on their ill-fated attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. The four border collies were taken to Nikumaroro, part of the Republic of Kiribati, as part of the latest expedition to the atoll by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) and the National Geographic Society. TIGHAR believes Ms Earhart managed to land on Nikumaroro - which was at the time an uninhabited British territory known as Gardner Island - but soon succumbed to hunger, thirst or illness. Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished on their ill-fated attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. The Delaware-based organisation has carried out numerous visits to the island and discovered some compelling indications that Ms Earhart's Lockheed Electra landed there after being unable to find Howland Island, its intended target. That evidence included aluminium skin from an aircraft, plexiglass from a cockpit, a zip made in Pennsylvania in the mid-1930s, a broken pocket knife of the same brand that was listed in an inventory of Ms Earhart's aircraft and the remains of a 1930s woman's compact. Amelia Earhart - Jaluit Atoll The theory is supported by British colonial records in Fiji reporting the discovery of the partial skeleton of a castaway who perished shortly before the island was settled in 1938. The bones were found in the shade of a tree in a part of the island that fits the description of the encampment that TIGHAR has been excavating. The site is dotted with the remains of small fires on which meals of birds, fish, turtle and even rat were cooked. In an attempt to locate conclusive evidence, such as a bone or DNA, forensic dogs were brought to the island for the latest search, with all four dogs independently sitting at the bases of a tree at the castaways' site and locking eyes with their handler - the way they are taught to "alert" for the scent of human remains. Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan Scientists say the dogs are able to detect the odour of human bones long after the bones have decomposed and subsequent excavation of the site did not recover human remains. Instead, archaeologists have recovered soil samples from different depths and will submit the samples to a laboratory in Germany that specialises in extracting DNA. Amelia Earhart final flight map Researchers told National Geographic magazine that DNA from Neanderthals has been extracted from soil in a cave in France, although "the odds of securing DNA from a tropical environment like Nikumaroro are very long". The TIGHAR expedition has coincided with the airing of a documentary on The History Channel in the US that claims a photo discovered in US archives proves that Ms Earhart and Mr Noonan were captured by the Japanese and transported to Jaluit in the Marshall Islands. The theory adds that they were both later executed. This 1937 photo shows Amelia Earhart before takeoff in Miami for an attempted round-the-world flight. Les Kinney, a long-time proponent of the theory that Ms Earhart and Mr Noonan were on a spying mission for the US government shortly before the outbreak of World War II, told the Associated Press the image shows Ms Earhart sitting on a sea wall with her back to the camera, Mr Noonan standing with a group of islanders and a Japanese survey ship identified as the Koshu towing a barge carrying the Electra. TIGHAR researchers say they have been aware of the photo for several years but have discounted it for a number of reasons. Documentary argues Amelia Earhart was captured by the Japanese military 02:47 The person identified as Ms Earhart in the grainy picture has hair much longer than when she took off on the final leg of her journey, they claim, while the image used to corroborate the suggestion that the man is Noonan has been horizontally reversed, meaning that his distinctive parting and hairline no longer match. TIGHAR also points out that the ship is too small to be the Koshu and that what Mr Kinney claims is the aircraft on a barge "is just an indistinct blob". It has also been pointed out that the photograph is marked as being taken in 1940, three years after Ms Earhart's disappearance. Profile | Amelia Earhart
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| 3 Reasons to Register for the Earliest SAT, ACT Exams Posted: 10 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT ![3 Reasons to Register for the Earliest SAT, ACT Exams]( "3 Reasons to Register for the Earliest SAT, ACT Exams") Your junior year of high school can easily become the Year of College Preparation. From standardized test review to building a strong resume of extracurriculars and challenging classes to preliminary research into colleges and majors, you will have many demands on your time. One way to buy yourself a bit of breathing room is to register for the earliest SAT or ACT test date.
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| What Happened To Donal Logue’s Daughter Jade? Posted: 09 Jul 2017 12:45 AM PDT  Donal Logue's openly transgender daughter, Jade, has finally been found!
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| Trump, Asian allies seek counter to North Korean 'menace' Posted: 09 Jul 2017 12:10 AM PDT  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Wrapping up his second European tour, President Donald Trump searched for consensus with Asian allies Saturday on how to counter the "menace" of North Korea after its test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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| Jihadists battle Libya forces in 'liberated' Benghazi Posted: 09 Jul 2017 01:21 PM PDT  Jihadists are still battling Libyan forces in Benghazi days after strongman Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled army declared victory in the eastern city, his forces said Sunday. Colonel Miloud Zwei, spokesman for Haftar's Libyan National Army, said the fighting persisted in the district of Soug al-Jarid, located between the central neighbourhoods of Soug al-Hout and Al-Sabri, the jihadists' last strongholds. Zwei said 20 LNA soldiers have been killed by "terrorists" who had been hiding in houses since Haftar on Wednesday announced the "total liberation" of Benghazi.
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| U.S. deploys advanced anti-aircraft missiles in Baltics for first time Posted: 10 Jul 2017 10:04 AM PDT ![U.S. deploys advanced anti-aircraft missiles in Baltics for first time]( "U.S. deploys advanced anti-aircraft missiles in Baltics for first time") The United States deployed a battery of Patriot long-range anti-aircraft missiles in Lithuania to be used in NATO wargames from Tuesday - the first time the advanced defense system has been brought to the Baltics where Russia has air superiority. The Patriot battery was brought to the Siauliai military airbase on Monday, ahead of the Tobruk Legacy exercise, and will be withdrawn when the exercise ends on July 22, a Lithuanian defense ministry spokeswoman told Reuters. The NATO wargames take place ahead of the large-scale Zapad 2017 exercise by Russia and Belarus which NATO officials believe could bring more than 100,000 troops to the borders of Poland and the three Baltic NATO allies - the biggest such Russian maneuvers since 2013.
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| 3 Ways the LSAT Prepares Students for Law School Posted: 10 Jul 2017 07:00 AM PDT ![3 Ways the LSAT Prepares Students for Law School]( "3 Ways the LSAT Prepares Students for Law School") The exam plays a large role in your law school admissions results and requires extensive studying. With the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and Harvard University Law School accepting GRE scores in lieu of the LSAT, aspiring J.D.s may hope that other programs will follow suit. Here are three ways your LSAT preparation pays dividends beyond test day .
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| 8 Things You Should Never Do At Work Posted: 10 Jul 2017 07:07 AM PDT  Certain habits could cost you your job. Here are some big ones to avoid.
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| The Best Homemade Dips and Sauces for French Fries Posted: 10 Jul 2017 12:26 PM PDT  As a food writer whose job is to taste pretty much anything I can get my hands on, I'm ready to make a bold and potentially delegitimizing statement: French fries are my favorite food. Nothing has ever come close to the fried potato's crunchy-soft ratio, ability to withstand unhealthy levels of salt, versatility in shapes and sizes, and—perhaps its most important quality—option to be dipped and dunked in hundreds of sauces. In celebration of National French Fry Day (because it's an actual holiday I wrote down in my calendar), I've pooled together nine simple french fry-friendly dips and sauces that you can create in your own kitchen.
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| 6 Ways To Reduce Dementia Risk Posted: 09 Jul 2017 05:27 AM PDT  Dementia is thought of as an inevitable part of growing older, but it doesn't have to be.
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| 3 bodies found in condo parking lot in Mexico resort town Posted: 09 Jul 2017 05:02 PM PDT ![3 bodies found in condo parking lot in Mexico resort town]( "3 bodies found in condo parking lot in Mexico resort town") CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say three people were found shot to death in a car abandoned in the parking lot of a condominium in the hotel zone of Cabo San Lucas.
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| Trump keeps it friendly with Xi at G20 on North Korea threat Posted: 09 Jul 2017 06:07 AM PDT  By Jeff Mason HAMBURG (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump took a conciliatory tone on Saturday at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping where the leaders agreed to keep working on two pressing issues: the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and bilateral trade irritants. Trump campaigned in last year's presidential election on cracking down on China for its trade practices, but he softened his rhetoric after taking office, saying he wanted to work with China on the nuclear issue. When the two leaders first met in April at Trump's Florida resort, they appeared to hit it off.
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| Japan PM Abe's support dips to lowest level: polls Posted: 09 Jul 2017 10:35 PM PDT  Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has fallen to the lowest level of his premiership, opinion polls showed Monday, after scandals and a historic defeat of his ruling party in Tokyo elections. Abe took power in December 2012 on the back of widespread frustration with the previous administration's handling of the March 2011 nuclear disaster and a faltering economy which he vowed to revive. For months Abe has been dogged by scandals, most recently claims he showed favouritism to a friend in a business deal, an accusation he denies.
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| Inmate who paused to chew gum while killing guard gets life Posted: 10 Jul 2017 03:04 PM PDT  SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A prison inmate who briefly stopped his fatal bloody stabbing attack on a guard to clean his hand and chew gum from the dying guard's pocket has been spared the death sentence.
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| Mother of Organ Donor Gets to See Recipient Walk His Daughter Down the Aisle Posted: 09 Jul 2017 12:21 PM PDT  It was a special moment for all involved.
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