| Trump Aide Larry Kudlow Calls Justin Trudeau Trade Comments A 'Betrayal' Posted: 10 Jun 2018 07:51 AM PDT  White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Sunday intensified the
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| Florida Police Recover Body Of Missing Woman Attacked By Alligator Posted: 08 Jun 2018 09:07 PM PDT  Florida police have recovered the body of a woman who was attacked by an
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| Witness tampering allegation a serious problem for Manafort Posted: 09 Jun 2018 07:02 AM PDT  Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, explains to Rachel Maddow the seriousness of the witness tampering accusation against Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and how Robert Mueller's prosecutors are likely to use it in their case.
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| Pope Francis Warns Oil Executives That Fossil Fuels Threaten Humanity Posted: 09 Jun 2018 07:05 PM PDT  Pope Francis met with oil and gas executives and investors in a closed-door
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| That Colorado wedding cake case: How libertarians view it Posted: 09 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT  For libertarians, the issue was neither marriage equality nor the prerogatives of religion, but (as in most disputes, in the libertarian view) the free market.
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| Graphic Cement Tile, Floral Wallpaper, and More New Products We Love Posted: 10 Jun 2018 08:09 AM PDT |
| Sadness at Vietnam noodle shop where Bourdain dined with Obama Posted: 09 Jun 2018 03:55 AM PDT  The owner of a Hanoi noodle shop where Anthony Bourdain slurped down 'bun cha' with former US president Barack Obama expressed her shock and sorrow Saturday over the death of the globetrotting American celebrity chef. Bun Cha Huong Lien restaurant in the Vietnamese capital's leafy Old Quarter soared to fame after the 2016 sit-down between Obama and Bourdain for his CNN show. Bourdain died by suicide while in France filming an episode of his Emmy-winning CNN food and travel program "Parts Unknown", the network said Friday.
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| Bill Maher Scolds Libs: Forget The Culture, Grab The Government Posted: 09 Jun 2018 12:33 AM PDT  Bill Maher got down to business Friday night in a not-so-funny monologue
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| Merkel: G7 agree on commitment to rules-based trade Posted: 09 Jun 2018 09:50 AM PDT  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that G7 leaders had agreed on the wording of a common statement at their ongoing summit which would include a commitment to a "rules-based" trade framework. "By any reckoning we will have a final communique," Merkel told journalists on the final day of the summit in Canada, which has been held amid anger towards the US for imposing tariffs on allies, circumventing the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the process. The German leader said there was "a common conviction" about the need for changes to the WTO, although it was not immediately clear if there would a clear call for reform in the final statement.
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| Kim Jong Un Lands In Singapore Ahead Of Historic Summit Posted: 10 Jun 2018 01:14 AM PDT  SINGAPORE -- Kim Jong Un has landed in Singapore, two days before his historic
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| Israeli troops kill four Palestinians as Gaza protest resumes Posted: 08 Jun 2018 05:50 PM PDT ![Israeli troops kill four Palestinians as Gaza protest resumes]( "Israeli troops kill four Palestinians as Gaza protest resumes") By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed four Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others on Friday with live fire and tear gas used against protesters at the Gaza border, medics said. Israel said it was defending the frontier against crowds that threw stones and burned tyres in an attempt to cross. The protests tapered off around sunset when many demonstrators left border camps for the evening meal that breaks their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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| Fashion and Healing at This Year's Puerto Rican Day Parade Posted: 10 Jun 2018 11:40 AM PDT  'This year's Puerto Rican Day Parade feels more significant than ever,' writes photographer Maridelis Morales
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| Trump’s Crimea remarks “disgraceful”: Susan Rice Posted: 10 Jun 2018 08:58 AM PDT  Susan Rice, former national security adviser to President Obama, says President Trump made a "disgraceful statement" when he blamed his predecessor for allowing "Russia to take Crimea." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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| America Should Loan South Korea and Japan Nuclear Weapons Posted: 09 Jun 2018 07:39 PM PDT  The only way to get the result America wants in negotiations with North Korea is to get a nuclear force in place in South Korea and trade it away in exchange for the North's nuclear arsenal. The United States made a terrible mistake to pull its nuclear weapons out of South Korea in 1991, but today it has a chance to rectify that error.
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| California teenager with rare skin condition braves sunshine to attend graduation Posted: 10 Jun 2018 11:37 AM PDT  A teenager with a rare skin condition preventing her from going outside braved the sunlight for one day to attend her high school graduation ceremony. Riley McCoy stepped out in the daylight wearing a special protective hood so she could receive her diploma alongside peers at Dana Hills High School in Dana Point, southern California. The 18-year-old was born with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) - a rare genetic skin condition that leaves suffers extremely sensitive to ultraviolet light.
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| Italy's Salvini threatens to block migrant ships in row with Malta: reports Posted: 10 Jun 2018 11:04 AM PDT  Italy's new interior minister Matteo Salvini threatened Sunday to close access to Italian ports for migrant rescue ships if Malta refuses to take hundreds of people saved by an NGO, reports said. La Repubblica newspaper reported Salvini sent a letter to the Maltese authorities saying he would "be forced to close Italy's ports" if the 629 migrants saved by French NGO SOS Mediterranee weren't allowed to land at Malta's capital Valletta. Italy's interior ministry told AFP they were still trying to confirm the existence of the letter.
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| Trump: I'll Know In 1 Minute If North Korean Talks Are Going Well By 'My Touch, My Feel' Posted: 09 Jun 2018 09:17 AM PDT  President Donald Trump said he will know within the very first minute if his
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| More evacuations ordered near southwestern Colorado wildfire Posted: 09 Jun 2018 02:14 PM PDT  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — More people were ordered to get out of the path of a growing wildfire in southwestern Colorado on Saturday as ground crews contended with hot, dry and windy weather.
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| Iraq extradites suspected killer of 14-year-old girl to Germany Posted: 09 Jun 2018 01:19 PM PDT  By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Iraq has extradited a 20-year-old Iraqi suspected of raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in Germany last month, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Saturday. "I'm glad that the alleged perpetrator wanted by German authorities is back in Germany," Seehofer said in a statement, adding that the investigation of the case could now be accelerated. "But for the state and our society, it is important that crimes are cleared up and suspects are brought to justice." Police in the Kurdistan region of Iraq said on Saturday the Iraqi suspect had admitted to the murder of 14-year-old Susanna Feldman in Germany, where the case has stoked the immigration debate.
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| A Sikh Soldier Became the First to Wear a Turban at Trooping the Colour Posted: 09 Jun 2018 07:48 AM PDT  "I hope that more people like me will be encouraged to join the army"
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| Probe finds PG&E power lines sparked deadly 2017 California wildfires Posted: 08 Jun 2018 07:32 PM PDT  By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A dozen of the wind-driven blazes that swept northern California's wine country last fall, killing 46 people in the deadliest firestorm in state history, were sparked by PG&E-owned power lines, state officials said on Friday. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CalFire, also said its investigators had found "evidence of alleged violations of state law" by Pacific Gas & Electric Company and referred those cases to county prosecutors for further review. PG&E issued a statement in response saying the company looked forward to reviewing the CalFire reports, adding, "We continue to believe our overall programs met our state's high standards." The findings could have tremendous implications for the San Francisco-based utility company in terms of potential legal liability for one of California's most lethal and costly disasters.
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| Harry and Meghan turn out for Trooping the Color spectacle Posted: 09 Jun 2018 06:24 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his new wife, the former actress Meghan Markle, joined the pageantry of the annual Trooping the Color ceremony Saturday in London to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday.
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| Ecuadorean Dad Has Deportation Suspended After His Arrest During Pizza Delivery Posted: 10 Jun 2018 02:52 PM PDT  A federal judge has suspended an undocumented Ecuadorean man's deportation
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| Trump Threatens To End Trade With United States' Closest Allies Posted: 09 Jun 2018 09:54 AM PDT  President Donald Trump said Saturday at the Group of Seven summit in Quebec,
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| Santa Clarita brush fire 50 percent contained Posted: 10 Jun 2018 09:04 AM PDT  A 175-acre brush fire that erupted near Newhall prompted temporary evacuations and caused traffic delays on the 5 Freeway Saturday afternoon.
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| Queen's Birthday Honours List: Keira Knightley and Mary Beard among increasing number of women recognised Posted: 08 Jun 2018 11:23 PM PDT  The renowned historian and broadcaster Professor Mary Beard and the film star Keira Knightley have received two of the country's highest honours following rows over the number of such honours given to women. Prof Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University and presenter of BBC's Front Row Late and Civilisations, is being made a Dame for her services to the study of classical civilisation, along with Emma Thompson. Knightley receives an OBE. The proportion of women receiving the highest level of awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours List has risen to 41 per cent this year, compared to 39 per cent in the most recent New Year's Honours List. But the improvement is particularly pronounced when compared to 2015 when just seven Dames were created in the Birthday Honours, compared to 33 knighthoods. This year there are 11 Dames and 21 Knights and the number of women receiving the higher awards of CBE and above has risen by ten per cent in the past three years. The shift is part of a deliberate move to reflect the increasingly prominent role of women in public life and comes on the 100th anniversary of the first women being given the vote. Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge Credit: Clara Molden/The Telegraph Prof Beard - who has described her on-screen appearance as "slightly creaky old lady with long grey hair" - has long used her role as a broadcaster to challenge the way women in the public eye are expected to be portrayed and has frequently been subjected to vicious comment on social media as a result. She was also once described by the late TV critic AA Gill as "too ugly for television", but she responded in characteristic style, accusing him of being part of "the blokeish culture that loves to decry clever women". But she drew criticism from fellow feminists after suggesting it would be hard to sustain 'civilised' values in a disaster zone" such as Haiti, following revelations that Oxfam aid workers there had allegedly taken part in the sexual abuse of women and children. Dame Mary said: "It is of course a smashing honour. I feel especially pleased that someone working on the ancient classical world gets honoured in this way. "I'd like to treat it as a bit of a tribute to the Greeks and Romans themselves - as well as to all my wonderful academic colleagues." She added: "I have lived through a gender revolution in my lifetime...but there is still a hell of a long way to go." Knightley receives an OBE for her services to drama and charity some 16 years after bursting onto the scene playing a football mad teenager in Bend It Like Beckham. She was nominated for an Oscar in 2006, as best actress for Pride & Prejudice, and again for best supporting actress for The Imitation Game in 2015 and has gone on to work with several charities and campaign groups, including Amnesty International, Unicef and Comic Relief. Also receiving a Damehood is the actress Emma Thompson, while Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, the soprano, becomes a Companion of Honour. Emma Thompson, seen here as Goneril in the BBC's King Lear, has been made a Dame Credit: Ed Millar/ BBC/Playground Entertainment Other women recognised in the list include the lawyer and businesswoman Margaret Casely-Hayford, who is made a CBE for her work in pushing for greater number of women to be represented in company boardrooms. Dr Frances Carolyn Saunders becomes a Dame after working to encourage more women and young people from all backgrounds to go into science, technology and engineering. Another pioneering woman recognised in this year's Birthday Honours is Kathleen Moore, who became a carpenter after leaving school - only to find herself "the only woman on site" - and went on to set up Women Into Construction (WIC), to encourage and train women to go into what has traditionally been a male industry. Ms Moore, who is made a MBE, said of her own experience: "The women in the class would be really enthused, but at the end of the course it would the guys that got the jobs. I thought it was time we did something about this." Overall just under half (49 per cent) of the 1,057 individuals recognised in this year's Birthday Honours are women. A Cabinet Office source said: "In the 100th anniversary year of women's suffrage, there is a range of awards for women at the forefront of their professions who have championed women's rights." Lifelong poppy seller honoured Rosemary Powell receives an MBE for her services to charity, having sold poppies for most of her life Credit: Royal British Legion A pensioner who has devoted her life to selling poppies for wounded veterans has become the oldest woman in living memory to receive an honour. Rosemary Powell becomes a MBE at the age of 103, in recognition of her charitable services, having spent an incredible 97 years volunteering for the Royal British Legion. She began helping her mother Evelyn sell poppies on Richmond Bridge, in south west London, for the Legion's first Poppy Appeal in 1921, when she was just six. From 1975 to the mid-1990s, Mrs Powell lived in France with her husband Selwyn, a Royal Navy officer, and sold blue cornflowers, the French equivalent to British poppies. She even continued selling poppies after moving into a nursing home three years ago. News of the award comes a few days after Mrs Powell, who lost two godfathers and three uncles during the First World War decided to retire from her fundraising activities. "Collecting has kept me going all these years," she said. "It has always been a very important cause for me," she said. We did it in memory of those men who were killed, for their sacrifice." Mrs Powell's first fiance, Robin Ellis, a commander in the Royal Navy, died in 1944 when the Lancaster bomber he was flying in crashed near Inverness, and her younger brother Peter, a major in the Army, died during the Second World War. Her son Giles said: "The MBE is a tremendous reward for years and years of hard work and loyalty. "Mum is absolutely over the moon. It's great recognition for a lot of hard work." Her other son Nick added: "There is no doubt that she was inspired by the terrible loss her mother suffered, as well as her own personal loss of her fiance, Robin Ellis." 'Honours recognition for migrants makes us feel included' Akeela Ahmed, who has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, at Lancaster House, London Credit: Victoria Jones/PA A community activist who campaigns for more Muslim women to take part in public life has said that honouring migrants helps give them an equal stake in British society. Akeela Ahmed, who receives a MBE for her work in encouraging Muslim women to vote, said her recognition in the Queen's Birthday Honours sent a powerful signal about social cohesion and inclusivity. Mrs Ahmed said: "For me, as a second generation migrant, to receive an honour is so important for migrants generally to be able to say we are here and we are as much a part of this country as anyone else and we are as proud as anyone else to be recognised." "My real hope is that they realise it doesn't matter if you're a woman of colour, you can have your achievement recognised and valued." This year ten percent of honours recipients come from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background, roughly the same as last year. Mrs Ahmed, 39, founded an online forum called She Speaks, We Hear four years ago to encourage Muslim women to speak out about issues which matter to them after she became increasingly disenchanted with the way they were being portrayed in the media. She made it her mission to urge women from the Muslim women to exercise their franchise, in the face of assertions from extremist groups that voting is against Islam. "It's really important that women from different communities feel they can take part in all areas of society," she said. "So often their stories and voices go unheard." Mrs Ahmed said she was so shocked at receiving the letter informing her of the award that she had to ask her husband to read it, just to make sure.
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| Environmentalists Rip Ryan Zinke For Booting Yellowstone Bison Protector Posted: 08 Jun 2018 11:01 PM PDT  Environmentalists have accused Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of pushing out
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| Rise in U.S. suicides highlights need for new depression drugs Posted: 09 Jun 2018 12:17 PM PDT  By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A spike in suicide rates in the United States has cast fresh light on the need for more effective treatments for major depression, with researchers saying it is a tricky development area that has largely been abandoned by big pharmaceutical companies. U.S. health authorities said on Thursday that there had been a sharp rise in suicide rates across the country since the beginning of the century and called for a comprehensive approach to addressing depression. The report was issued the same week as the high-profile suicides of celebrities Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade.
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| At least two more die in fresh Nicaragua clashes Posted: 09 Jun 2018 02:18 PM PDT  At least two more people died in violent protests overnight, a Nicaraguan rights group said Saturday, bringing to 137 the death toll since demonstrations demanding President Daniel Ortega step down began in April. The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH) told AFP that one person had been killed in the northern city of Jinotega and another in Managua. The young man who died in Jinotega was killed during an armed attack on protesters who were guarding a road barricade intended to keep security forces back, according to student organizers.
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| Puerto Rican Day Parade to shine light on hurricane struggle Posted: 09 Jun 2018 11:14 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — There will be floats, musicians and brightly colored costumes when the Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way along Fifth Avenue this Sunday, as there always are.
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| US fears of 'mystery weapon' revived by new China diplomat cases Posted: 09 Jun 2018 12:12 AM PDT  A US health alert issued for China over a mysterious illness has revived fears of a rumoured sonic weapon that first surfaced after a scare involving American diplomats and their families in Cuba two years ago. The new cases eerily echo the odd noises and subsequent illnesses suffered by 24 US diplomats evacuated from Cuba since 2016, deepening a baffling medical enigma. According to a New York Times report, US officials have privately raised questions about whether China, or Russia, might have separately or in tandem targeted the diplomats.
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| Trooping the Colour: Former Chief of Defence staff Lord Guthrie falls from horse during ceremony Posted: 09 Jun 2018 06:04 AM PDT  Field Marshal Lord Guthrie, the former Chief of the General Staff, was injured after falling from his horse during Trooping the Colour on Saturday. Lord Guthrie, 79, was treated on The Mall by paramedics after appearing to collapse and slip from his steed. He was taken to hospital, where aides said he was "being well looked after". Lord Guthrie, who was taking part as Colonel of the Life Guards, was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1994 to 1997, and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1997 until his retirement in 2001. The incident took place close the Victoria Memorial, at the top of the Mall, in front of dozens of people waiting to watch the fly past and appearance of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Trooping the colour: Royal birthday celebrations, in pictures Pictures show Lord Guthrie on the ground, as officers rushed to his aid while another officer leads his horse away. Emily Dance, 22, said: "We were standing further up the mall and we saw the guy on his horse, and his posture was just sloped, he was lent back at a 45 degree angle. We spotted him way off. He looked like he was going to faint. Police officers at the scene Credit: PA Wire "Once the Queen had gone past we then followed her up the Mall, and we got closer and heard from people near us that he was shaking, and people were propping him up, next to him. "He was behind the Queen, and just in front of the monument he fell off, and there were loads of paramedics and they put a screen up as well. Then we thought, something bad is really happening. " Will Berry, 22, added: "There were a pair of policemen next to him, within that crowd, keeping their eye on him all the time." John Nichol, the former Iraq prisoner of war turned author, said: "Really hope all is OK - a nicer General Officer you could not hope to meet. Wishing you well Sir." Police came swiftly to Lord Guthrie's aid Credit: PA Wire During Lord Guthrie's military career he saw service with the Welsh Guards and the SAS and was closely involved in military operations in Northern Ireland. Police stand by as Lord Guthrie receives medical attention Credit: PA Wire He advised the Government on the conduct of the Kosovo War and also cautioned against a British invasion of Zimbabwe to remove the then-dictator Robert Mugabe. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said that Lord Guthrie was receiving medical attention. Trooping the Colour: the most stylish royal looks from 2018's ceremony Meanwhile, a 51-year-old woman was arrested for a public order offence after an item was thrown towards a procession at Trooping the Colour, Scotland Yard said.
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| Florida car thief arrested with pet monkey Posted: 10 Jun 2018 07:58 AM PDT  Body cam footage shows Florida officers separating a suspected car thief and his pet monkey.
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| MSNBC Host Asks If Silent Ivanka And Melania Trump Are 'Dead Inside' Posted: 08 Jun 2018 07:32 PM PDT  MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace wondered this week if Melania and Ivanka Trump were
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| Brexit campaigner Banks says story on Russian ties 'absolute garbage' Posted: 10 Jun 2018 09:34 AM PDT  By Guy Faulconbridge and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Arron Banks, a British businessman who bankrolled one of the main campaigns for Brexit, hit back on Sunday after a report said his links with Russia went further and deeper than he had previously disclosed, saying he was a victim of a "witch hunt". Britain has said it had not seen evidence of Russian interference in its votes, but lawmakers are investigating whether the country tried to influence public opinion before the EU referendum as part of a broader inquiry into "fake news". Banks said he would tell a committee of lawmakers on Tuesday about his connections with multiple countries during the referendum campaign.
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| What To Watch On Amazon Prime That’s New This Week Posted: 09 Jun 2018 06:03 AM PDT  Streamline recommends the second season debut of "Goliath" as the thing you
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| Kate Spade items fly off virtual thrift shop shelves after designer's death Posted: 09 Jun 2018 04:17 AM PDT  The unexpected death of fashion designer Kate Spade on Tuesday has shoppers rushing to buy her brightly colored handbags, raising prices of used merchandise several times over, second-hand online retailers said. Online fashion market Tradesy saw a sextupling of average prices, a doubling of supply and an 800 percent increase in purchases for Kate Spade handbags on the day of her death. "Whenever an artist of any kind passes, it's a common thing that you see both demand for their products increase and average price also increase," said Kamini Lane, chief marketing officer of the Santa Monica-based company.
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| #MeToo crisis jolts Southern Baptists ahead of key gathering Posted: 09 Jun 2018 07:34 AM PDT  The Southern Baptists are facing their own #MeToo crisis as the biggest Protestant denomination in the U.S. heads into its annual meeting next week.
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| Closing North Korea's vast nuclear program poses challenges Posted: 08 Jun 2018 09:19 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An unknown number of nuclear warheads. Stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium. ICBMs. Weapons factories — and the scientists who work at them.
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| BMW X6 M Muscles Up On Tuner Steroids To Fight Lamborghini Urus Posted: 09 Jun 2018 07:00 AM PDT  This X6 M spent way too much time at the gym.
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| Buyers travel thousands of miles to pick up first batch of Elon Musk's flamethrowers Posted: 10 Jun 2018 02:32 PM PDT  The first batch of flamethrowers sold by Elon Musk's tunnel construction business The Boring Company have been handed out to customers - with some people traveling thousands of miles to pick one up. The Tesla entrepreneur had suggested the idea of selling a flamethrower at the end of 2017, with the project aiming to raise $10m for The Boring Company, which was founded with the intention of building a network of tunnels to help reduce traffic congestion across the US. Mr Musk claimed that the company had sold 20,000 of the $500 in four days in during January this year, with the first flamethrowers handed out at Boring's Hawthorne, California offices over the weekend.
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| Plan to diversify elite NYC schools draws fire from Asians Posted: 09 Jun 2018 07:17 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A plan to diversify New York City's most elite public high schools is drawing fire from the minority group that has come to dominate the schools in recent years: Asian-Americans.
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| Russia brushes off possibility of G8 return Posted: 09 Jun 2018 07:20 AM PDT  Russia has not asked to rejoin the group of the world's leading economies and is perfectly happy working with the larger G20, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump called for Russia's return. Lavrov said on national television that Russia "never asked anyone to return" to the Group of Seven following the 2014 decision to suspend Russia over Moscow's annexation of Crimea. Ahead of the annual meeting of G7 leaders Trump said Russia should be allowed back, a suggestion quickly rejected by Britain, France and Germany.
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| 2019 Mercedes GLE: This Is (Most Of) It Posted: 10 Jun 2018 02:10 AM PDT  The new BMW X5 better watch out as Mercedes is almost ready to unveil the revamped GLE.
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| Milwaukee Brewers Kill It In This 'Dumb And Dumber' Tribute Posted: 09 Jun 2018 12:10 PM PDT  > You'll like this video. You'll like it ahh-lawt. pic.twitter.com/pZagdF8H14
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| Celebrity suicides highlight troubling trend in midlife Posted: 08 Jun 2018 07:30 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — The deaths of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade highlight a troubling trend — rising suicides among middle-aged Americans.
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