| Olympian Gus Kenworthy Mourns Death Of Dog He Adopted From Meat Farm Posted: 28 May 2018 08:08 AM PDT  U.S. freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy wrote a gut-wrenching goodbye Sunday to a
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| Alberto, first named storm of the season, threatens Gulf Coast Posted: 27 May 2018 08:39 AM PDT  Residents along the Gulf Coast are preparing for Alberto, which is expected to dump up to a foot of rain across parts of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. All three states have declared states of emergency.
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| Rudy Giuliani Admits White House Is Trying To Discredit Russia Investigation Posted: 27 May 2018 10:25 AM PDT  President Donald Trump's lawyer flatly admitted that the White House is waging
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| Full Panel: 'The Chinese want a seat at the table' on North Korea talks Posted: 26 May 2018 11:34 PM PDT  Victor Cha joins Andrea Mitchell, Eugene Robinson, Amy Walter and Matthew Continetti to talk about the back forth over whether the North Korea summit will still take place in Singapore.
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| Earthquake shakes northeast China, but no apparent damage Posted: 27 May 2018 11:13 PM PDT ![Earthquake shakes northeast China, but no apparent damage]( "Earthquake shakes northeast China, but no apparent damage") BEIJING (AP) — A moderate earthquake shook northeastern China early Monday, but no damage or injuries have been reported.
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| 'Hero' Indiana Teacher Says Confronting School Shooter Was ‘the Only Acceptable Action’ Posted: 28 May 2018 07:13 AM PDT  "I deeply care for my students and their wellbeing"
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| India steps up hunt for origin of mysterious brain-damaging virus Posted: 28 May 2018 06:16 AM PDT  By Subrat Patnaik and D. Jose MUMBAI/KOCHI (Reuters) - India began a fresh round of tests to trace the origin of a rare brain-damaging virus that has killed 13 people, a health official said on Monday, as initial tests on animals suspected of carrying the Nipah virus showed no sign of the disease. All animal samples, including those from bats, cattle, goats and pigs from the southern state of Kerala, sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, were negative for Nipah, said animal husbandry officer A. Mohandas. The department was now collecting samples of fruit bats from Perambra, the suspected epicenter of the infection and nearby areas, Mohandas said.
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| China Has Dispatched Warships to Challenge U.S. Vessels Sailing Near Disputed Islands Posted: 27 May 2018 10:25 PM PDT  The Chinese military says it has dispatched warships after U.S. Navy vessels sailed near Beijing-claimed islands in the South China Sea.
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| Republican Congressman On Retiring Early: All I Do Is Answer Questions About Trump Posted: 28 May 2018 08:33 AM PDT  Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.) isn't running for Congress again next year because
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| 26 Syria regime, 9 Russia fighters killed in IS attack: monitor Posted: 27 May 2018 04:31 AM PDT  At least 26 Syrian regime forces and nine Russian fighters were killed in an Islamic State group attack earlier this week in Syria's eastern desert, a monitor said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the jihadists had targeted a group of Syrian and allied Russian fighters near the town of Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor province on Wednesday. Some of those Russian nationals were government troops, but not all of them," said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
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| Video Shows Police Officer Punching Woman On New Jersey Beach Posted: 28 May 2018 06:53 AM PDT  The police department of Wildwood, New Jersey, is investigating a viral video
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| Hormel Recalls 228,000 Pounds Of Spam Posted: 28 May 2018 12:02 AM PDT  Hormel Food Corp. is recalling more than 228,000 pounds of canned pork and
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| Correction: Venezuela-Jailed American-Improbable Release Posted: 27 May 2018 12:19 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 26 about the release of an American jailed in Venezuela, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. government had imposed sanctions on Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores. It has not.
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| Russia urges harshest punishment for Ivan the Terrible painting attacker Posted: 28 May 2018 11:03 AM PDT  Russia on Monday called for the harshest possible punishment after a visitor to Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery caused serious damage by attacking a famous 19th-century painting of Ivan the Terrible. Russia's deputy culture minister Vladimir Aristarkhov told a news conference the gallery on Monday that his ministry expects the man to receive "the most severe punishment possible". "We would like to initiate a discussion on toughening up the punishment for the vandalism of art," Tretyakov Gallery director Zelfira Tregulova added, speaking in the Repin Room of the gallery where the crime took place.
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| Michelle Wolf defends Sarah Sanders joke: 'It wasn't looks-based - it was about her ugly personality' Posted: 28 May 2018 01:27 PM PDT  Comedian Michelle Wolf has defended the controversial jokes she made about Donald Trump's press secretary, saying they were not about her looks but about "her ugly personality". In a performance at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) annual dinner in April, Ms Wolf made headlines and divided opinion in a routine that took aim the president, the media that covers him and the woman paid to speak on his behalf - Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Ms Wolf's barbed attack on Mr Trump's press secretary, who was seated just feet away from her in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton, led a number of journalists to issue apologies to Ms Sanders, saying they believed the comedian had gone too far.
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| Focus-Based Mach 1 Electric SUV Report Might’ve Been Inaccurate Posted: 27 May 2018 02:32 PM PDT  The plot thickens. Sort of.
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| One killed, three injured in fresh Nicaragua violence Posted: 27 May 2018 10:21 PM PDT  A Nicaraguan government employee was killed and three other people injured over the weekend, officials said Sunday, the latest casualties of deadly political unrest that has wracked the Central American nation for more than a month. The fatality brings to 84 the number of people killed since protests began on April 28, while more than 860 have been wounded, according to humanitarian groups, police, and relatives of victims. Initially triggered by now-aborted reforms to the near-bankrupt social security system, the unrest broadened into a rejection by many Nicaraguans of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo.
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| One Harvey Weinstein accuser says she won't celebrate his arrest in a must-read thread Posted: 27 May 2018 03:03 PM PDT  In the days following Harvey Weinstein's arrest, some within the entertainment industry have posted a statement released by Time's Up — the organization created in the wake of the scandal. Others, like actress Annabella Sciorra, have taken things a step further. Sciorra was one of the women to come forward in Ronan Farrow's follow up stories featured in The New Yorker. On Sunday, she shared that she felt the farthest thing from celebratory when she heard the initial news about his arrest. SEE ALSO: Harvey Weinstein hands himself in to police in New York "The law finally caught up with Harvey Weinstein on Friday and charge him with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault," she tweeted. "But nothing about that felt celebratory to me." The law finally caught up with Harvey Weinstein on Friday and charged him with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault. But nothing about that felt celebratory to me. — Annabella Sciorra (@AnnabellSciorra) May 27, 2018 "The smirk on his face as he was led out of the police station in cuffs made me physically sick," she continued. "The public statement from his lawyer was intended only to denigrate all the brave women who came forward and spoke out against him." "All that says is, money buys VIP treatment in the justice system no matter how serious or violent the crimes," she tweeted, after referencing his "million dollar bond." Compare that to the case of Kalief Browder, who was denied bail after being accused of a misdemeanor, then spent four years in Rikers, over half of it in solitary confinement, awaiting a trial that never occurred. — Annabella Sciorra (@AnnabellSciorra) May 27, 2018 "Compare that to the case of Kalief Browder, who was denied bail after being accused of a misdemeanor, then spent four years in Rikers, over half of it in solitary confinement, awaiting a trial that never occurred," she went on, referencing the tragic case of Browder, who ultimately committed suicide at the age of 22 because of mental distress due to his incarceration. "If there was truly 'equal justice under the law,' Harvey Weinstein would be behind bars in Rikers today, waiting for his own day in court, not free to roam New York, his other hunting ground, wearing an ankle bracelet," Sciorra wrote. If there was truly 'equal justice under the law', Harvey Weinstein would be behind bars in Rikers today, waiting for his own day in court, not free to roam New York, his other hunting ground, wearing an ankle bracelet. — Annabella Sciorra (@AnnabellSciorra) May 27, 2018 Mira Sorvino, who has been a vocal Time's Up supporter and came forward with her own Weinstein story in 2017, chimed in and thanked Sciorra for her words. This thread is so important. I feel the same way, there was no jubilation although I was heartened that he was starting the process of standing trial. — Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) May 27, 2018 WATCH: 82 women walked this year's Cannes red carpet in protest, calling for gender equality in the film industry
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| Spider-Man' of Paris, 22, Climbs Building to Save Child, 4, Dangling from Balcony Posted: 28 May 2018 07:34 AM PDT  Everyday heroes are just as spectacular as the ones in comic books!
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| Facebook’s Health Groups Offer A Lifeline, But Privacy Concerns Linger Posted: 28 May 2018 02:45 AM PDT  When Mel Neve founded her Facebook group Women with PTSD United four years
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| EU foreign ministers seek to keep Iran nuclear deal alive Posted: 28 May 2018 09:52 AM PDT  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is seeking to shield the bloc's strategic and economic interests in Iran in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the international nuclear deal, as the EU foreign policy chief insisted Monday that the unity of the member states was unquestioned.
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| Carl Bernstein Warns Of 'Authoritarianism' As Trump Repeatedly Attacks Mueller Probe Posted: 28 May 2018 07:12 AM PDT  Legendary journalist Carl Bernstein warned President Donald Trump's attacks on
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| EU moves to ban single-use plastics Posted: 28 May 2018 05:38 AM PDT  The European Commission on Monday proposed banning single-use plastic products such as cotton buds and plastic straws and putting the burden of cleaning up waste on manufacturers in an effort to reduce marine litter. Under the proposal, single-use plastic products with readily available alternatives will be banned and replaced with more environmentally sustainable materials. The proposal also requires EU countries to collect 90 percent of single-use plastic drink bottles by 2025 and producers to help cover costs of waste management and clean-up.
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| BMW M8 Gran Coupe Concept Filmed At Villa d'Este 2018 Posted: 28 May 2018 01:12 AM PDT  We can only hope the production version will look that good.
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| Northern Ireland under pressure after historic abortion vote Posted: 27 May 2018 04:10 AM PDT  Pressure mounted on Sunday for British-ruled Northern Ireland to liberalise its strict abortion laws after a historic referendum in the neighbouring Republic of Ireland overturned its ban. A traditionally Catholic country, Ireland voted by a landslide to ditch its strict abortion laws in a referendum that Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said lifted decades of stigma and shame. Varadkar's government has promised to approve the drafting of abortion legislation at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday and is aiming to enact the new law before the end of the year.
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| Alan Bean, former Apollo 12 astronaut and fourth person to walk on moon, dies Posted: 26 May 2018 06:03 PM PDT  Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86. Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon during two moonwalks, deploying surface experiments with commander Charles Conrad and collecting 75 pounds of rocks and lunar soil for study back on Earth. Bean died on Saturday in Houston, Texas, following a short illness, a Nasa statement said. "As all great explorers are, Alan was a boundary pusher," Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement that credited Bean with being part of 11 world records in the areas of space and aeronautics. "We will remember him fondly as the great explorer who reached out to embrace the universe." With Bean's passing, only four of 12 Apollo moonwalkers are still alive - Buzz Aldrin, Dave Scott, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt. Astronaut Alan L. Bean holds a Special Environmental Sample Container filled with lunar soil collected during the Apollo 12 mission Credit: Reuters Schmitt, the lunar module pilot for Apollo 17, was one of many astronauts who mourned Bean's death and paid tribute on Saturday to his accomplishments that blazed trails for future space exploration. "His enthusiasm about space and art never waned. Alan Bean is one of the great renaissance men of his generation - engineer, fighter pilot, astronaut and artist," Schmitt said in a statement, adding that the wide array of lunar samples Bean helped collect from the moon was "a scientific gift that keeps on giving today and in the future." In 1998 Nasa oral history, Bean recalled his excitement at preparing to fly to the moon. "When you're getting ready to go to the moon, every day's like Christmas and your birthday rolled into one. I mean, can you think of anything better?" Bean said. Left to right: Mission Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.; Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean Credit: AFP After Apollo, Bean commanded the second crewed flight to the United States' first space station, Skylab, in 1973. On that mission, he orbited the Earth for 59 days and travelled 24.4 million miles, setting a world record at the time. Born March 15, 1932, in Wheeler, Texas, Bean received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Texas in 1955. He attended the Navy Test Pilot School and was one of 14 trainees selected by Nasa for its third group of astronauts in October 1963. "I'd always wanted to be a pilot, ever since I could remember," Bean said in the 1998 Nasa oral history. "I think a lot of it just had to do with it looked exciting. It looked like brave people did that. I wanted to be brave, even though I wasn't brave at the time. I thought maybe I could learn to be, so that appealed to me." Bean retired from Nasa in 1981 and devoted much of his time to creating an artistic record of space exploration. Alan L, Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, starts down the ladder of the lunar module Credit: Universal Images Group Editorial His Apollo-themed paintings feature canvases textured with lunar boot prints and embedded with small pieces of his moon dust-stained mission patches. "Alan Bean was the most extraordinary person I ever met," astronaut Mike Massimino, who flew on two space shuttle missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope, said in a statement. "He was a one-of-a-kind combination of technical achievement as an astronaut and artistic achievement as a painter." Many fellow space explorers posted tributes to Bean on Twitter. Retired U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly said the world had not only lost "a spaceflight pioneer ... but also an exceptional artist that brought his experience back to Earth to share with the world." Kelly added: "Fair winds and following seas, Captain." Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas Credit: AP US astronaut Karen Nyberg called Bean a kind, gracious and humble man and a true role model. "As a girl who grew up with passions for spaceflight and art, Alan Bean was my hero," she wrote. "I feel fortunate to have met him." Retired astronaut Clayton Anderson tweeted "#RIP Alan Bean. Thank you for letting me stand upon your shoulders." Bean's wife of 40 years, Leslie Bean, said in a statement that Bean died peacefully at Houston Methodist Memorial Hospital surrounded by those who loved him. "Alan was the strongest and kindest man I ever knew," she said. "He was the love of my life and I miss him dearly." He is survived by his wife, a sister and two children from a prior marriage, a daughter Amy Sue and son, Clay.
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| Nicki Minaj Has Relationship Advice For You: 'Queen, Know Your Worth' Posted: 27 May 2018 08:51 AM PDT  Sit down, because Nicki Minaj has a lot to tell you about relationships and
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| U.S. proposes U.N. sanctions against six senior South Sudan officials: draft Posted: 27 May 2018 12:19 PM PDT ![U.S. proposes U.N. sanctions against six senior South Sudan officials: draft]( "U.S. proposes U.N. sanctions against six senior South Sudan officials: draft") The United States has proposed the U.N. Security Council impose sanctions against several South Sudanese ministers and officials, accusing them of obstructing peace efforts and blocking humanitarian assistance to civilians, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Sunday. A resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, France, Britain or the United States to pass. The council sanctioned several senior South Sudanese officials on both sides of the conflict in 2015, but a U.S. bid to impose an arms embargo in December 2016 failed.
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| Republicans Who Thought North Korea Summit Would Save Election Now Rebooting Posted: 28 May 2018 02:55 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― While President Donald Trump may have seen a successful summit
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| Iran sanctions shadow falls on smaller German banks Posted: 26 May 2018 07:24 PM PDT  Germany's biggest lenders have shied away from business with Iran after past penalties for breaching US sanctions, but smaller banks have leapt on opportunities afforded by the nuclear deal rejected by Donald Trump. There are just months to go until a November deadline issued by Washington after the US president abandoned a hard-fought agreement that loosened business restrictions on the Islamic Republic in exchange for Tehran giving up its pursuit of nuclear weapons. "We will continue to serve our clients," for now, said Patrizia Melfi, a director at the "international competence centre" (KCI) founded by six cooperative savings banks in the small town of Tuttlingen in southwest Germany.
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| BMW i8 Roadster First Edition Handover Event Had 18 Cars Posted: 27 May 2018 07:00 AM PDT  The first 18 out of 200 hybrid roadsters roll out of Munich.
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| Croatia blocks extradition of suspect in Hamas murder Posted: 28 May 2018 11:26 AM PDT  Croatia's top court on Monday blocked the extradition of a Bosnian man to Tunisia over the alleged murder of an aerospace engineer, described by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas as one of its members. Mohamed Zaouari, 49, was killed in a hail of bullets outside his house in the Tunisian city of Sfax in December 2016. "The Supreme court accepted the appeal of the suspect... and rejected the request for extradition from the Republic of Tunisia," the court said in a statement.
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| Rebels, Indian forces fight in disputed Kashmir; 2 killed Posted: 28 May 2018 07:36 AM PDT ![Rebels, Indian forces fight in disputed Kashmir; 2 killed]( "Rebels, Indian forces fight in disputed Kashmir; 2 killed") SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Rebels attacked an Indian army camp and an armored vehicle, leading to fighting in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Monday. A soldier and a civilian were killed and three soldiers were wounded.
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| 'He has a gun' Woman held captive by boyfriend slips note to veterinarian for help Posted: 28 May 2018 04:19 AM PDT  Police say the woman convinced her boyfriend to take their dog to the veterinarian, where she slipped a note for help to a staff member.
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| Saudi Arabia Told The World Its Problem Was Islam. It's Actually Tyranny. Posted: 27 May 2018 04:47 PM PDT  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman doesn't apologize for much. In the past
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| Harry and Meghan to visit Canada on honeymoon, reports suggest Posted: 28 May 2018 04:52 AM PDT  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to spend their honeymoon at the Royal family's favourite Canadian cabin, according to US reports. Harry and Meghan will travel to the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta, Canada, for their first holiday as a married couple, TMZ reported. However, a spokeswoman for the lodge said they were "not currently booked for a stay". Angela Moore, regional director of public relations, said: "We are declining further comment at this time, as our top priority is always the safety and privacy of all of our guests. We appreciate your understanding." The lodge they were rumoured to be staying in is the 6,000 square foot Outlook Cabin, which has previously hosted the Queen and Prince Philip in 2005 as well as the Queen Mother, who visited in 1939 with King George VI. The £2,000-a-night lodge comes with a conservatory and veranda, private parking, a terrace with a barbecue, six bedrooms and six bathrooms. It was rebuilt following the exact floorplan of the original, after being destroyed in a fire in 2000. The resort's brochure says the cabin "exudes the elegance and grandeur that has welcomed King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1939 as well as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in 2005." Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: The story of their relationship, in pictures The cabin is nicknamed "the Royal retreat" and can cost from around £2,000 up to around £5,000 a night, according to online booking websites. It adds: "Supreme comfort is present in every detail of the comfortable bedrooms, enclosed verandas and two majestic stone fireplaces that warms both the dining room and great room - the perfect place to entertain family & friends or celebrate a special occasion." There had previously been suggestions that the couple would opt for an African destination for their honeymoon, given both Harry and Meghan's interest and experience in charity work on the continent. The entrance to the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Credit: George Rose /Getty Images North America They took a romantic holiday in Botswana shortly after they first met in the summer of 2016, before visiting southern Africa again the following year. However, the Duchess has a longstanding connection with Canada, having lived in Toronto for several years while filming the series Suits. A spokesman for the Royals declined to comment.
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| New Zealand to spend $600 million to eradicate cattle disease Posted: 27 May 2018 11:08 PM PDT  New Zealand, the world's biggest dairy exporter, will spend more than NZ$880 million ($610 million) in a bid to eradicate the mycoplasma bovis cattle disease, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday. The disease, which is common in many countries, was first detected in New Zealand at a farm in the South Island last July and some 37 properties have now tested positive for the illness. "Today's decision to eradicate is driven by the government's desire to protect the national herd from the disease and protect the base of our economy – the farming sector," Ardern said in a statement.
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| Spain saves over 500 migrants at sea Posted: 27 May 2018 09:33 AM PDT  Spain's maritime rescue service said Sunday it had rescued 532 migrants who were attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa this weekend. Rescue boats intercepted 239 migrants travelling in eight small boats off Spain's southern coast on Sunday, a day after 293 migrants were pulled from nine vessels. Three of the boats sank on Sunday right after the migrants were plucked from them due to their "poor state", the maritime service said in a Twitter message.
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| Spyder Invasion In The Alps: Audi R8 RWS Meets The R8 GT S By ABT Posted: 28 May 2018 05:26 AM PDT  The rear-wheel-drive droptop supercar had a tête-à-tête with a first-gen V10 tricked out by ABT.
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