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Saturday, February 17, 2018

Outside NRA Headquarters, hundreds gather in vigil and protest - Washington Post

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Outside NRA Headquarters, hundreds gather in vigil and protest
Washington Post
Gillian Beard shivered and cried outside of the National Rifle Association headquarters Friday night as she stood among strangers and tearfully mourned the killing of her best friend, one of the 17 victims gunned down this week at a Parkland, Fla. high ...
To Repeat: Repeal the Second AmendmentNew York Times
Technology Can Redefine the Mass-Shooter ProblemWall Street Journal
Democrats, spare me your hypocrisy on gunsCNN
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USGS: Earthquake Shaking South and Central Mexico has Preliminary Magnitude of 7.5

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A powerful earthquake is shaking buildings in Mexico City.

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Uber to report crimes direct to police to boost safety

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The taxi-hailing app will also set up a round-the-clock telephone line to help improve public safety.

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Tesco's Cardiff call centre closes with loss of 1,100 jobs

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The supermarket is moving its customer engagement operations to a single site in Dundee.

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UK retail sales show weak growth despite gym wear boost

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Rising prices dampened shoppers' spending in January, but sales of sports goods are stronger than usual.

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Anger at Google image search 'peace deal'

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The search giant will remove features from its image search to appease Getty Images.

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Regulator to investigate energy firm Iresa

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Ofgem will investigate Iresa's treatment of customers following a raft of complaints.

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Why young people can't afford to buy homes

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The biggest decline in home ownership in the past 20 years has been among young people on middle incomes.

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A tale of two Indian tech cities

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Hyderabad is giving Bangalore a run for its money as a start-up destination in India.

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Africa's farmer-to-farmer text service

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Offline knowledge-sharing platform WeFarm enables farmers to ask other farmers for advice.

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Energy from rubbish to power Addis Ababa

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A new plant in Addis Ababa will convert waste into a source of energy for the city.

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No charge

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A third of UK car-owners do not have a driveway - so charging an electric car can be difficult.

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Kiwis crackdown

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New Zealand is set to introduce a radical measure to tame its soaring property market

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U.S. charges Russians with 2016 U.S. election tampering to boost Trump

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian propaganda arm oversaw a criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign to support Donald Trump and disparage Hillary Clinton, said an indictment released on Friday that revealed more details than previously known about Moscow's purported effort to interfere.

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FBI admits failure to act on Florida school gunman, drawing anger

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PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Friday it had failed to act on a tip warning that the man now accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school possessed a gun, the desire to kill and the potential to commit a school shooting.

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Confluence of crises crashes Trump's 'Infrastructure Week'

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This was supposed to be “Infrastructure Week” for U.S. President Donald Trump, a time to unveil a long-promised plan to create jobs by revitalizing America's roads and bridges.

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U.S. top court mulls whether to take up 'Dreamers' dispute

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday discussed in private how to handle President Donald Trump's appeal of a judge's decision blocking his plan to end protections for young illegal immigrants dubbed "Dreamers," and the nine justices could announce as early as Tuesday whether they will take up the case.

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Trump had affair with Playboy model: New Yorker report

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump had an affair with a Playboy model at the same time he was in a relationship with a porn star and the National Enquirer tabloid paid the model $150,000 to prevent her story being made public, the New Yorker reported on Friday.

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Monsanto loses bid to stop Arkansas ban on farm chemical

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Arkansas judge on Friday dismissed a Monsanto Co lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a controversial farm chemical the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically engineered seeds.

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Gunfire rumors prompt brief lockdown at Washington state college

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(Reuters) - A college near Seattle locked down its campus for about two hours on Friday, prompting police to respond to reports of gunfire that turned out to be unfounded, according to the college and police.

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U.S. charges three with exporting drone parts to Lebanon's Hezbollah

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal authorities have charged three men with illegally exporting drone parts and other material from the United States to Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

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Al Qaeda operative gets life sentence for killing soldiers, bomb plot

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man convicted of participating in a 2003 attack on American soldiers in Afghanistan that killed two people and plotting to bomb a U.S. embassy in West Africa was sentenced to life in prison on Friday.

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South Carolina teen who fatally shot two charged as adult

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A 15-year-old accused of killing his father and driving to a South Carolina elementary school playground in 2016 where he opened fire and fatally wounded a 6-year-old student, will be tried as an adult, a South Carolina judge ruled on Friday.