| New York Times | - 2 hours ago |
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Donald
J. Trump has won three nominating contests in a row, and Thursday
night's face-off in Houston is the last best chance for his rivals to
slow him down before Super Tuesday next week, when 12 states will vote.
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| Apple Insider | - 5 hours ago |
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Amid
government pressure on Apple to build an iOS encryption workaround, the
company is said to be developing stronger iPhone and iCloud safeguards
that would render obsolete any exploit it might be compelled to create.
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WAVERLY,
Va. -- Storms systems killed at least five people on the East Coast
Wednesday, four from tornadoes, and brought heavy snow that canceled
hundreds of flights in the Midwest.
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| Hollywood Reporter | - 1 hour ago |
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The
report in 72 cases of abuse by Savile, a former TV personality, found
an "atmosphere of fear" at the British public broadcaster led to
"serious failings," but it exonerates senior management.
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| E! Online | - 42 minutes ago |
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Only
in Hollywood do people get to eat gold. And if you're going to enjoy
the precious metal what better place to do so than at the Oscars?
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| Los Angeles Times | - 1 hour ago |
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Hillary
Clinton and Bernie Sanders have a similar agenda when it comes to
issues of special concern to black and Latino voters, but take starkly
different approaches to winning them over.
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During
an interview after a Clinton rally, Vennochi notes, Richards admitted
there may be some “daylight” between Trump and his rivals, though
perhaps not enough to make a difference.
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| CNNMoney | - Feb 24, 2016 |
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Should
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen be worried about life under a
President Donald Trump? Trump is looking more and more like the
potential Republican presidential nominee after his landslide victory in
the Nevada caucuses on Tuesday.
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While
Apple and the FBI fight in court over the government's demand that the
tech company to help it break into the iPhone of one of the San
Bernardino shooters, Congress is trying to find its own solution to the
digital security/national security debate.
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| Washington Post | - 22 hours ago |
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As
the Democratic presidential primary contest between Hillary Clinton and
Bernie Sanders has grown much closer, some commentators suggest that
Clinton's campaign is being bombarded with sexist invective - especially
from Sanders supporters.
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China's
Shanghai Composite share index dropped more than 6% on Thursday, its
biggest fall for a month. The index ended the day down 187.65 points, or
6.4%, at 2,741.25 as concerns persisted over the country's slowing
economy.
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Back
in the early 1990s, when I was on my way to join the first British
troops despatched for peace-keeping duties to Bosnia, I stayed overnight
at a Vienna hotel.
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Australia
has announced a surge in defence spending, a move that reflects concern
over military expansion in the region. Military spending will grow by
A$29.9b ($21.4b, £15.4b) over next 10 years, the 2016 Defence White
Paper outlined.
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At
the migrant camp at Idomeni, on the border between Greece and
Macedonia, there is desperation in the air. "I am begging Macedonia to
let us in," said a young Syrian man as he queued at the border gate.
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Communications
watchdog Ofcom has said BT must open up its cable network and allow
competition to improve UK internet connections.
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When
actor Sanjay Dutt left a prison in the western Indian city of Pune on
Thursday, he walked away with some experience of making paper bags and
being a radio disc jockey.
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| BBC News | - 11 hours ago |
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London
skyline Image copyright Reuters Image caption How do London schools
look when compared with other global cities? London's schools are
falling behind many global competitors, according to an analysis of
international tests.
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| BBC News | - 11 hours ago |
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As
a young dancer with feminist tendencies Bee Rowlatt was scandalised to
find herself on stage alongside topless dancers. Many years later, after
writing a book about early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, she visited
the Moulin Rouge in Paris to talk to ...
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UNITED
NATIONS The United States will submit to the U.N. Security Council on
Thursday a draft resolution that would expand sanctions against North
Korea over its latest nuclear test, a spokesman for the U.S.
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| Reuters | - 23 minutes ago |
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BRUSSELS
The European Parliament called on the European Union to impose an arms
embargo against Saudi Arabia on Thursday, saying Britain, France and
other EU governments should no longer sell weapons to a country accused
of targeting civilians ...
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TEHRAN
Friday's vote for Iran's parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the
body that will pick the next supreme leader, have assumed an importance
well beyond the perennial battles between hardliners entrenched in power
and reformists seeking to ...
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SYDNEY
- Australia's government warned on Thursday that terrorists may be in
the advanced stages of preparing attacks in Indonesia, and urged
travelers to exercise a high level of caution when visiting the
southeast Asian nation, including the popular ...
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| New York Times | - 22 minutes ago |
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JAKARTA,
Indonesia - The Indonesian Supreme Court has overturned a lower court's
decision to free two educators who had been convicted of sexually
assaulting kindergartners at a prestigious international school, a court
spokesman said on Thursday, ...
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BEIJING
- China's Defense Ministry says the commander of U.S. forces in the
Pacific smeared China while seeking additional defense funding from
Congress.
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LONDON
Net migration to Britain from the European Union rose nearly 9 percent
in the year to September 2015, official data showed on Thursday, putting
pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron in the run-up to a vote on
membership of the European ...
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NEW
YORK, Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Dawn Porter started
filming abortion clinic workers in the U.S. South three years ago, she
was drawn by their dedicated struggles to stay standing amid an
onslaught of laws aimed at restricting ...
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NEW
YORK (AP) - Authorities say a Coast Guard vessel overturned after it
was sent to assist a fishing vessel that ran aground off the Queens
section of New York City.
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| New York Times | - 12 hours ago |
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HOUSTON
- The highest criminal court in Texas dismissed a case against former
Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday, apparently ending the long-running
abuse-of-power accusations that dogged Mr. Perry during his failed run
for the Republican nomination for ...
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RAYTOWN,
Mo. -- Officers from Raytown and Kansas City, Mo., are investigating an
alleged assault Thursday morning. A source close to the investigation
told FOX 4 that Raytown police were called to a gas station upon reports
of an alleged assault around ...
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The
Pennsylvania State Police academy revealed Wednesday that 29 cadets
have been forced out of the program following a cheating investigation.
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| The Week Magazine | - 7 hours ago |
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Usually
when someone nearly breaks a tooth while eating dinner, it's not a
joyous occasion, but one woman is celebrating the fact that buried in
her frutti di mare was a rare Quahog pearl.
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| Washington Post | - 1 hour ago |
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It
was a shocking story splashed on headlines around the country: five
teenage boys had approached a man and his daughter at night on a
Brooklyn playground, ordering the man away at gunpoint before gang
raping the 18-year-old woman in public.
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LONDON
European shares bounced after two days of falls on Thursday and
sterling steadied having been pounded all week by 'Brexit' fears, though
a 6 percent drop in Chinese stocks kept worries over China's economy on
the boil.
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Sears
Holdings Corp., the department-store operator run by hedge fund manager
Edward Lampert, posted a $580 million fourth-quarter net loss as sales
continued to slide.
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| Arkansas Online | - 4 hours ago |
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Target
stores, like this one in Boston, saw a 1.9 percent increase in sales in
the fourth quarter, the company said Wednesday. Comments; aAFont Size.
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| Los Angeles Times | - 1 hour ago |
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California
drivers will pay 2.2 cents less for a gallon of gasoline, starting in
July, after a divided Board of Equalization voted to cut the state
excise tax.
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| Bloomberg | - 6 minutes ago |
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Toronto-Dominion
Bank said fiscal first-quarter profit rose 7.9 percent on gains in its
Canadian and U.S. retail businesses. The lender raised its quarterly
dividend 7.8 percent to 55 cents a share.
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China's
entrepreneurs continued to mint money in 2015, despite a stock market
crash and an ongoing economic slowdown. China added 104 new US dollar
billionaires last year, while the US lost two, on the back of IPOs of
companies.
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| Huffington Post | - 3 hours ago |
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The
company is rolling out a new security feature which will allow
cardholders to use a selfie or a fingerprint to verify their identity.
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Facebook
unleashed its new Reactions on the world yesterday. Instead of just
“liking” a post, you can also now tell your friends, coworkers, and
family how you really feel (assuming your feels are limited to “love,”
“haha,” “wow,” “sad,” and “angry ...
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Microsoft
loves Linux, so Microsoft must live cuddly monkeys. Spanish speaking
Xamarin co-founder is Miguel de Icaza, just as 'mono' (Xamarin's parent
project) means monkey in Spanish, Xamarin derives from the Spanish for
the Tamarin species.
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| Tech Times | - 1 hour ago |
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Google
has given its Google Docs on the Google Chrome browser a significant
update. Google Docs now allows its users type, edit and format text
using their voice.
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ISIS
has issued a threat to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter
founder Jack Dorsey over the companies' effort to take down
terror-affiliated accounts, according to a published report.
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| Los Angeles Times | - 1 hour ago |
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This week, Tomita will stand onstage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and accept an Academy Award. Except the actress has never appeared in an Oscar-nominated film. For more than 20 years, she's worked as a professional rehearsal actor, standing in ...
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| Us Weekly | - 12 hours ago |
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Lady Gaga performs onstage during the 87th Annual Academy Awards. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images. Although not every actor was lucky enough to receive an Oscar nomination, many bold-faced names will still be attending the 2016 Academy Awards ...
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| International Business Times | - 20 hours ago |
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The nominee pool won't be the only thing lacking racial diversity at the Oscars
this weekend. The red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles will
be missing a few of Hollywood's biggest black stars and directors, too.
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The Big Short, Bridge Of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room and Spotlight. At the Oscars on Sunday, one of those films will be named Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards. But at the box office, the winner has ...
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| UPI.com | - 40 minutes ago |
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Actress
Sarah Michelle Gellar appears backstage with the Favorite Actress in a
New TV Series award she garnered at the 40th annual People's Choice
Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on January 8, 2014.
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| Digital Trends | - 1 hour ago |
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Gary
Oldman paid an emotional tribute to David Bowie at the Brit Awards in
London on Wednesday night. The movie actor was a close personal friend
of Bowie, and attended the ceremony - the UK's equivalent of the Grammys
- to accept an “icon” award on ...
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Adele
wins four awards at the annual music award show, including Album of the
Year. 2:44 | 02/25/16. Share. Title. Description. Share From.
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| Huffington Post | - 6 hours ago |
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With
Netflix about to unveil the Full House sequel whimsically called Fuller
House, it's safe to say some fans of the original have wondered over
these last 20 years how life was treating D.J.
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| CBSSports.com | - 5 hours ago |
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Giants
defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has filed a lawsuit against ESPN and
reporter Adam Schefter for violating his privacy after he suffered a
severe hand injury following a fireworks mishap on July 4. The lawsuit
was filed on Wednesday in Miami Dade ...
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| New York Times | - 11 hours ago |
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Continue
reading the main story. PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Before he elevated the
driver's side door of his black Lamborghini Aventador and vroomed out of
practice Wednesday, Yoenis Cespedes celebrated a pretend birthday.
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MIAMI
-- The league's leading shot blocker was coming at him, and even that
wasn't enough to bother Stephen Curry. It was the biggest moment of the
night, and the MVP delivered.
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| NBCSports.com | - 1 hour ago |
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But
it wasn't due the nerves of being a first-time head coach, it was an
actual lump in his throat. Via Darryl Slater of NJ.com, the Jets head
coach had surgery in January to remove a benign mass in his throat.
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| New York Times | - 18 hours ago |
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WASHINGTON
- President Obama's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, Dr.
Robert M. Califf, was finally confirmed for the job by the Senate on
Wednesday, in a vote of 89 to 4, after weeks of opposition from a
handful of lawmakers who had ...
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| Medical Xpress | - 4 hours ago |
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(HealthDay)—Many
Ebola survivors have brain symptoms that last long after other signs of
the potentially fatal infection are gone, a new study finds.
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| University Herald | - 1 hour ago |
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Researchers
at the University of North Carolina have found a way to turn skin cells
into cancer-hunting stem cells that can find and kill remnant brain
tumor cells, UPI reports.
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LANSING,
MI - Michigan's first Zika virus case has arrived in the middle of
winter. The message from health officials: Please don't freak out.
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| Washington Post | - 39 minutes ago |
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Astronomers
have been perplexed by Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) for over a decade, but
now at least part of the mystery has been solved.
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| Space.com | - 15 minutes ago |
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An
incredible new picture of the Milky Way shows our home galaxy glowing
eerily in wavelengths that are invisible to the human eye, revealing
zones of hidden star birth.
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One
of the entries if you look up for word 'dodo' in the thesaurus is
'fool'. But a new research aims to change that perception and has
unveiled that dodo, the flightless bird, was quite smart.
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Organisms
such as cacti and desert beetles can survive in arid environments
because they've evolved mechanisms to collect water from thin air.
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