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Alleged Philly mob boss' trial postponed over his heart problems
NY Daily News - 17 Jan 2018 16:14
Reputed Philadelphia mob boss "Skinny Joey's" racketeering trial will be postponed until the end of January following his heart problems.
Man and female friend jailed for life for murder of his wife in Leeds
The Guardian - 17 Jan 2018 18:35
Akshar Ali and Yasmin Ahmed each receive 22-year minimum terms for killing Sinead Wooding A man and his female friend have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife and dumping her body in woodland. A jury ...
Watch: Safari 11 Tips and Tricks
AppleInsider - 17 Jan 2018 02:46
Apples web browser, Safari, has been updated to Safari 11 with iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra with some pretty impressive updates that might go overlooked by casual users. We round up the best new features in this video.
UFC 223 opening odds: Champ Tony Ferguson a firm underdog vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
MMAjunkie - 17 Jan 2018 22:30
Tony Ferguson will enter UFC 223 as the champion but not as the favorite.
Hawaii's missile alert agency stored its passwords on Post-it Notes
Digital Trends - 17 Jan 2018 21:13
Concerns about security at Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency were apparently justified by an image showing a password stored on a Post-it Note. Obviously, the agency's systems have been characterized as poorly designe...
Donors pony up for horse with penis cancer
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 18:41
A sick pony in Maine is getting a new “little Richard” thanks to some generous activists. Bridgton's Animal Rescue Unit has raised over $5,000 to help Richard, a 15-year-old Shetland mini cross with a painful cancer ...
Navy at a crossroads after string of deadly disasters
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 05:14
The sailors were likely asleep when the water rushed in. Just 30 seconds earlier, officers overseeing the steering of the USS Fitzgerald had put their ship directly in the path of a much larger civilian container vessel ...
GOP leaders push another short-term spending bill as shutdown looms
USA Today - 17 Jan 2018 05:04Dylan Farrow On Woody Allen: "Why Shouldn't I Want To Bring Him Down?"
Deadline - 17 Jan 2018 15:37
In a short preview of tomorrow’s interview with Dylan Farrow, CBS This Morning aired a clip today of co-host Gayle King asking Farrow whether she wants to “bring down” her father Woody Allen by resurrected decades-...
White House Memo: Debate Continues Over What Trump Said. But Does the Exact Word Matter?
The New York Times - 17 Jan 2018 04:30
If the argument seems to amount to a distinction without a difference, neither the White House nor its allies have acknowledged it.
Bannon refuses lawmakers' questions, following 'White House instructions'
The Guardian - 17 Jan 2018 04:13
Democrat says Bannon's lawyer said former strategist, facing subpoena, would otherwise have been willing to respond Steve Bannon refused to answer questions from the House Intelligence Committee during a closed-door sess...
Is your PC vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre CPU exploits? InSpectre tells you
PC World - 17 Jan 2018 17:03
The vital information you need to know about the serious Meltdown and Spectre CPU exploits isn't whether your PC is inherently vulnerable to them--it is--but whether your system has been patched to protect against the fl...
Why many click farm jobs should be understood as digital slavery
Phys.org - 17 Jan 2018 16:53
The digital economy has created new opportunities and ways of working. But it has also created millions of tasks or jobs that involve intense competition, unregulated working conditions and extremely low rates of pay.
The U.S. Has Cut Half of Its Aid to Palestinian Refugees Pending U.N. Reform
Time - 17 Jan 2018 05:03
The U.S. is the largest donor to the agency that supports millions of Palestinian refugees
Feds can't explain why ICE detained activist Ravi Ragbir
NY Daily News - 17 Jan 2018 04:45
Government lawyers said they couldn't explain why ICE agents detained Ravi Ragbir for deportation days before his legal status expired.
Marathon runner dies two days after flu diagnosis
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 02:50
A 40-year-old mother in San Jose, Calif., died two days after catching the flu, The San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing local media. Katie Denise Oxley Thomas, who was considered healthy and liked to run marathons, ...
Armie Hammer on the making of 'Call Me by Your Name'
ABC News - 17 Jan 2018 23:55
Armie Hammer is hoping movie goers are in the mood for a good love story.
Saudi Arabia transfers Yemen $2 billion to save local currency from 'complete collapse'
Chicago Tribune - 17 Jan 2018 14:13'Taken': Bryan Mills Survives A Plane Crash In Season 2, Episode 2
IBTimes - 17 Jan 2018 05:55
Bryan Mills' survival skills are put to the test in this week's episode of "Taken." According to the synopsis for Season 2, episode 2 of the NBC action thriller, a plane carrying Bryan (Clive Standen) and a key witness i...
G.O.P. to Use Children's Health Insurance as Lure for Averting Shutdown
The New York Times - 17 Jan 2018 04:37
With no immigration deal in sight, Republicans are eyeing a stopgap bill to keep the government open past Friday, sweetening it with an extension of the child health program.
Former CIA officer arrested, accused of stashing top secret info
CNN - 17 Jan 2018 04:11
A former CIA officer who allegedly kept small notebooks with handwritten lists of the real names of covert agency employees was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday night, the Justice Department sa...
Japan city uses emergency alert to recall blowfish packages
NY Daily News - 17 Jan 2018 04:08
A Japan city used an emergency alert to recall four packages of blowfish meat after discovering a fifth one had a potential deadly liver.