| US, North Korea offer dueling accounts of talks breakdown Posted: 28 Feb 2019 05:51 PM PST  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — In open dispute, the U.S. and North Korea offered contradictory accounts Thursday of why the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un broke down, though both pointed to punishing American sanctions as a sticking point in the high-stakes nuclear negotiation.
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| Church sex abuse scandal: Vatican opens investigation into Cardinal George Pell Posted: 27 Feb 2019 01:02 PM PST  Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's third-most powerful official, was remanded to prison in Australia for sexually abusing two choirboys.
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| Saved from Pakistani mob, downed Indian pilot becomes face of Kashmir crisis Posted: 27 Feb 2019 09:13 AM PST  With Pakistani villagers and soldiers filming his capture and captivity on Wednesday in clips that have since gone viral on social media, the pilot identified by Islamabad as Indian Wing Commander Abhi Nandan has fast emerged as the human face of the dangerous flare-up between the arch-foes. India has not confirmed the pilot's identity. The pilot and the Indian Air Force (IAF) are at the heart of the crisis between two countries who have conducted air strikes on each other's territory in the last two days.
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| Ivanka Trump occupies a different reality from most working women Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:00 AM PST  Responding to a question about Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposed Green New Deal and its call for a federal job guarantee, Ivanka Trump this week offered sage wisdom: "I've spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last four years," she said. In light of this recent controversy, it's worth revisiting Ivanka Trump's views on work through the lens of her now defunct, eponymous website dedicated to building her personal lifestyle brand – think Goop for the recently lobotomized, with fewer jade eggs and a hint of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In. Judging by the kinds of women highlighted on her site, the working women she has in mind mostly are CEOs for jewelry and wellness companies, including her fellow bootstrapping go-getter Lauren Bush Lauren, niece of George W Bush.
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| Mountain lion killed by Colorado trail runner was a kitten, necropsy report says Posted: 28 Feb 2019 12:36 PM PST  The final necropsy report of the mountain lion killed by Colorado trail runner Travis Kauffman estimates the age of the lion at three to four months.
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| Woman Says She's Receiving Threats After Posting Photo of What Group Calls `Trophy Kill` Posted: 27 Feb 2019 08:43 AM PST  A Colorado hunter is being blasted on Facebook for hunting a mountain lion. The hunter says her kill was legal, but members of an environmental group are taking her to tasksaying she is nothing more than a gory-hungry trophy hunter.
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| Guaido rallies support, vows to return to Venezuela 'despite threats' Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:15 PM PST  Brasília (AFP) - Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido vowed on Thursday to return home "in the coming days... despite threats" from President Nicolas Maduro's regime, as he continues a tour of regional allies to rally international support. Guaido, recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries, met with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday afternoon while Paraguay's leader Mario Abdo announced Guaido would be in Asuncion on Friday. After flouting a travel ban by Maduro's regime, Guaido went to Colombia last Friday where he met President Ivan Duque, US Vice President Mike Pence, Abdo and Sebastian Pinera of Chile.
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| Stick to Marx not 'ghosts and spirits', China warns party members Posted: 27 Feb 2019 03:13 AM PST  China's ruling Communist Party warned party members on Wednesday to stick to Marx and Lenin and not believe in "ghosts and spirits", in the latest effort to root out superstitious practices. China officially guarantees freedom of religion for major belief systems like Christianity, Buddhism and Islam, but party members are meant to be atheists and are especially banned from participating in what China calls superstitious practices like visiting soothsayers. There have been numerous scandals in recent years where senior party members have been accused of involvement in superstition.
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| 'Have Fun in Prison!' The Republican National Committee Just Taunted Michael Cohen in a Video Posted: 27 Feb 2019 08:53 AM PST  He previously served as deputy national chairman of the RNC
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| Man who bought $540 of Girl Scouts cookies is arrested Posted: 27 Feb 2019 02:00 AM PST ![Man who bought $540 of Girl Scouts cookies is arrested]( "Man who bought $540 of Girl Scouts cookies is arrested") GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who bought more than 120 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies to help the scouts escape the cold has been arrested on drug charges.
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| Did Pakistan Just Blink? Posted: 28 Feb 2019 01:38 AM PST  Things did not go as Islamabad planned.
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| Marine Corps confirms investigation of officers in apparent 'blackface' video Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:58 PM PST  The Marines have launched an investigation after two of their members appeared on a social media posting appearing to wear blackface.
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| J&J resumes production of baby talc in India after tests find no asbestos Posted: 28 Feb 2019 06:08 AM PST  "Johnson & Johnson has resumed production of its Johnson's Baby Powder at plants in Baddi and Mulund, India, after government sanctioned testing reaffirmed that the product does not contain asbestos," J&J said in a statement to Reuters. Reuters reported earlier on Thursday that the federal regulator had not found any asbestos in the company's talc, citing sources familiar with the matter. The federal regulator and its counterparts in Indian states launched an investigation into J&J's Baby Powder following a Reuters report in December that the firm knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos could be found in the product.
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| Netanyahu says graft allegations a 'witch hunt' to topple him Posted: 28 Feb 2019 11:07 AM PST  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called corruption allegations a "witch hunt" meant to topple him after the attorney general announced plans to indict him. Speaking in a televised statement a couple of hours after the attorney general's announcement, Netanyahu said he planned on being prime minister for a long time to come despite the allegations. "The left knows it cannot beat us at the polling booth, so for the past three years they have been carrying out an unprecedented witch hunt which has one aim: to topple the right-wing government which I lead," he said.
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| Jim Jordan: Cohen Hearing ‘First Step’ in Dems’ ‘Crazy Impeachment Plans’ Posted: 28 Feb 2019 05:49 AM PST  Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, the ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said Wednesday evening that Democrats called Michael Cohen to testify before the panel in order to set the stage for President Trump's impeachment."I do not think you could believe much of what this guy says. What I do think was going on today is that this was the first step in the Democrats' crazy impeachment plans," Jordan said during an appearance on Fox News's "Special Report."Jordan's comments came hours after Cohen publicly disparaged his former boss as a "racist," a "conman," and a "cheat" during his public testimony before Congress. Though Cohen accused Trump of engaging in "illicit acts" while in office, including the reimbursement of hush-money payments made during the campaign to his former mistresses, the former attorney admitted he did not have knowledge of any collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.Jordan and fellow Republicans on the Oversight Committee spent the hearing impugning Cohen's credibility, frequently raising the fact that he previously lied to Congress under oath about the timing of plans to build a Moscow Trump Tower when he testified in August.Democrats, meanwhile, said their Republican colleagues were angry that Cohen had stopped lying to protect the president, and argued he had nothing to gain by continuing to lie. Despite Cohen's Wednesday testimony, Democratic leaders remain hesitant to openly broach the prospect of impeachment."Isn't it interesting that not one person on our side even mentioned the word impeachment?" Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) said after the hearing. "Not one."Speaker Pelosi told reporters Wednesday that she did not watch Cohen's testimony.
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| New solutions for the old problem of illegal massage parlors Posted: 27 Feb 2019 07:33 PM PST  BOSTON (AP) — They're nestled amid bustling downtowns and tucked into nondescript strip malls across quiet suburbs. Brothels posing as massage parlors and Asian spas have been part of the American landscape for decades, hidden in plain sight.
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| Forget about North Korea: Pakistan and India Are Near the Nuclear Abyss Posted: 27 Feb 2019 11:43 PM PST  What happens now?
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| PG&E likely started the Camp Fire and expects a $10.5B impact to its bottom line, it tells regulators Posted: 28 Feb 2019 11:59 AM PST ![PG&E likely started the Camp Fire and expects a $10.5B impact to its bottom line, it tells regulators]( "PG&E likely started the Camp Fire and expects a $10.5B impact to its bottom line, it tells regulators") Amid PG&E's bankruptcy, the company notified investors that the evidence points to its transmission equipment, In a regulatory filing.
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| The Next-Generation Porsche Macan Will Be Fully Electric Posted: 27 Feb 2019 07:01 AM PST  Due in 2021, the next Macan will ride on an electric platform shared with the second-gen Taycan.
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| Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch for sale: Listing price slashed 70 percent to $31M Posted: 28 Feb 2019 10:13 AM PST  Neverland is co-owned by the Jackson estate and the investment firm Colony Capital and Michael Jackson's estate. Once listed for $100 million, the price has been slashed to $31 million.
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| Expert: President Trump did the right thing by walking away from the negotiating table with North Korea Posted: 28 Feb 2019 12:13 AM PST  Harry Kazianis, director of Korea studies at the Center for National Interest, predicts a third summit with Kim Jong Un.
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| Nigeria's opposition to launch legal challenge after Buhari wins second term Posted: 27 Feb 2019 10:03 AM PST  Nigeria's opposition leader is to mount a legal challenge after President Muhammadu Buhari secured a second term in an election marked both by apathy and violence that claimed hundreds of lives. The electoral commission officially declared Mr Buhari the victor of Saturday's poll, saying he had won 56 percent of the vote, against 41 percent secured by his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar. But Mr Abubakar insisted he had been cheated of the chance to lead Africa's most populous state after a conspiracy between the commission and the president's ruling party. "It is clear that there were manifest and premeditated malpractices in many states which negate the results announced," Mr Abubakar, a former vice president, said as he announced that he would file a legal petition to overturn the vote. Mr Buhari, a former military dictator who returned to office as a civilian in 2015, insisted that the election was "free and fair", claiming the vote was "another milestone in Nigeria's democratic development." Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari walks to the lectern to address the crowd gathered at an electoral commission ceremony in Abuja Credit: AP Observers have so far raised no objection to the conduct of the vote, although analysts say there were troubling aspects to it. Most controversially, the president suspended the country's chief justice last month after accusing him of improperly declaring his assets. In so doing, he removed an independently minded figure who would have presided over the hearing of Mr Abubakar's case. As a result, the petition is thought unlikely to succeed. The suspicion of some Nigerians was also raised after the electoral commission delayed the vote by a week just hours before polling was due to start. Because many voters who had travelled to their rural homes to cast their ballots were forced to return to work, turnout was barely more than a third. Many Nigerians, particularly in the predominantly Christian south, were little enthused by either candidate, both of whom are Muslim northerners. Despite the apathy, at least 327 people have been killed since campaigning began in October, an independent group that monitors violence in Nigeria said. Most died in attacks by Islamist jihadists or in fighting between gangs and the security forces close to polling stations. More than 60 have died since Saturday. Illustrating the challenges facing the president in a country struggling to emerge from recession and plagued by violence, a non-Islamist insurgent group in an oil region in the south has said it would resume its rebellion after a two-year lull should Mr Buhari win. The president will face less opposition in parliament, however, after his most formidable opponent, Bukola Saraki, the head of the senate, lost his seat.
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| Five ways Cohen implicated Trump in a possible crime Posted: 28 Feb 2019 09:36 AM PST  A day after Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen delivered bombshell testimony to Congress about his former boss, here is a look at five ways he implicated the president in possible crimes. Cohen said he did not know of any "direct evidence" that Trump or his presidential campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election, the principal focus of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Moscow's meddling. Stone told Trump in a phone call that he got the information directly from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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| Kraft pleads not guilty to solicitation charges Posted: 28 Feb 2019 10:32 AM PST  New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft pleaded not guilty to solicitation of prostitution charges and is requesting a non-jury trial.
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| Q&A: What's at stake as India-Pakistan tensions rise? Posted: 27 Feb 2019 08:45 PM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan face their worst tension in years over the disputed region of Kashmir, with Islamabad saying they shot down two Indian warplanes Wednesday and captured a pilot. Pakistan, which previously said it captured two pilots, immediately shut down its civilian airspace in response.
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| Hyundai, Kia recall over 500K vehicles as fire risk spreads Posted: 28 Feb 2019 10:09 AM PST  DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia have added more than a half-million vehicles to 3 ½-year string of U.S. recalls for engine failures and fires.
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| Southwest Airlines wing scrapes runway during aborted landing in Hartford Posted: 27 Feb 2019 05:56 PM PST  A Southwest flight from Orlando to Hartford, Connecticut, ended up diverting to Rhode Island after trying to land three times in high winds.
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| Martha Stewart partners with marijuana producer Canopy Growth to create hemp-derived goods Posted: 28 Feb 2019 12:57 PM PST  The businesswoman and television personality will be advising the company as it develops this new line, starting with animal health products.
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| Cohen brought to tears by Rep. Cummings at end of House hearing Posted: 27 Feb 2019 03:17 PM PST  After spending nearly eight hours testifying about his role as a fixer for President Trump, Michael Cohen was brought to tears by House Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings at the end of Wednesday's hearing.
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| Why is there only one human trafficking charge in Florida massage parlor busts? Posted: 27 Feb 2019 06:22 AM PST  Lanyun Ma and Yongzhang Yan, a married Orlando couple, owned multiple Florida spas. Police said they both were sex traffickers.
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| Rolls-Royce pulls out of race to power future Boeing plane Posted: 28 Feb 2019 02:35 AM PST  Rolls-Royce no longer wishes to be a candidate to make the engine for a new midsize passenger jet proposed by US planemaker Boeing, the troubled British group said Thursday. Rolls gave the update alongside news that it had dived into a net loss last year as its Trent engines were hit by costly repairs and a decision by Boeing's European rival Airbus to stop making the A380 jumbo. "Rolls-Royce has decided to withdraw from the current competition to power Boeing's proposed middle of the market -- or New Midsize Airplane (NMA) -- platform," the British group said in a statement.
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| Marie Kondo Helps Celebs Like Jennifer Garner, Hasan Minhaj Get a Head Start on Spring Cleaning Posted: 27 Feb 2019 12:27 PM PST  The tidying expert has gone viral following the premiere of her Netflix series Tidying Up With Marie Kondo
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| Top Bristol-Myers shareholder comes out against $74 billion Celgene deal Posted: 27 Feb 2019 05:04 PM PST ![Top Bristol-Myers shareholder comes out against $74 billion Celgene deal]( "Top Bristol-Myers shareholder comes out against $74 billion Celgene deal") The announcement strengthens the hand of activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP, which filed a slate of nominees to challenge Bristol-Myers' board last week, and has been canvassing its shareholders seeking to oppose the deal. Boston-based Wellington Management rarely makes its views public. Celgene shares fell 8.5 percent in after-hours trading following Wellington's statement, while Bristol-Myers shares rose 3 percent.
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| Buhari Triumphs in Nigeria Poll as Opposition Rejects Result Posted: 27 Feb 2019 10:18 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari easily won a second term as president of Africa's biggest oil producer with promises to revive an anemic economy and tackle security threats including a devastating insurgency by Islamic State. His main opponent rejected the results.
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| Upland PD: Mother to face charges after daughter dies, son thrown off balcony Posted: 27 Feb 2019 08:45 AM PST  An Upland mother is expected to face charges for killing her infant girl and throwing her son off a balcony, police say.
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| Cohen: President Trump told me to lie about Stormy Daniels hush-money payment Posted: 27 Feb 2019 11:36 AM PST  At his hearing before the House Oversight Committee, Cohen testified that President Trump directed him to lie to reporters about his knowledge of the $130,000 payment Cohen made to keep the porn star quiet.
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| At least 4,500 abuse complaints at migrant children shelters Posted: 26 Feb 2019 06:45 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday.
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| Pakistan ready to free India pilot if leads to 'de-escalation' Posted: 28 Feb 2019 02:00 AM PST  Pakistan said Thursday it is prepared to release a captured Indian pilot if doing so will ease soaring tensions with India that have fuelled fears of conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals. "We are ready to hand over the Indian pilot if it leads to de-escalation," foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal told AFP, attributing the statement to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The incident was the latest in a dangerous sequence of events between the two countries that have sent tensions rocketing, as major world powers including China, the US and the UN urged restraint.
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