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Witness says he doctored documents at Troy Kelley's behest

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A key witness in the government's fraud case against indicted Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley told jurors Thursday that he doctored documents to get a client of Kelley's former real-estate-services firm "to leave us alone, basically."

Jason JeRue worked for Kelley's company, Post Closing Department, during ...

Antonin Scalia Is Going To Have A Law School Named For Him

New name purchased with $30 million donation to George Mason

Snapchat is down after Chat 2.0 boosts interest

Snapchat isn't working for many users, with Stories failing to load and snaps not sending. The outage comes just days after Snapchat released its big Chat 2.0 update that brought stickers and other new features, but possibly more traffic that the service could handle. DownDetector shows a massive increase in problem reports over the past few hours. Users also appear to be having… Read More

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Day After Self-Imposed Gag Order, Limbaugh Breaks Silence on Media's 'Vitriolic Hate' for Trump Campaign Manager

"Ah, ah, ah, I violated the gag. I shouldn't have said that. I want you to — aw, darn it."

Alabama Governor's Scandal Brings Resignation of Top Aide

Wetumpka, Ala. (AP) -- Trailed by an unusually large crowd of reporters, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley walked the halls of an overcrowded state women's prison Thursday, trying to focus on his legislative agenda but still dogged by questions about his relationship with a former top aide.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Obama commutes more sentences for drug dealers, including some with firearms offenses

(Paul Mirengoff) Yesterday, President Obama commuted the sentences of 61 drug offenders. Here is a list of the 61. I have three observations. First, Obama did not commute the sentence of Weldon Angelos, the poster child (and rightly so) of the sentencing leniency movement. Angelos was sentenced to 55 years in prison for selling marijuana. The sentencing judge, conservative Paul Cassell, followed the sentencing guidelines. He has called the sentence the must

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Obama to Release Ex-Fighter from Bin Laden's  55th Arab Brigade From Gitmo

The Pentagon plans to transfer roughly a dozen detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to other nations, including an Islamic extremist who fought in Osama bin Laden's 55th Arab Brigade.

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Senate agrees to ban sex offenders from door-to-door sales

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Convicted sex offenders in Louisiana would be unable to work in door-to-door sales, if the state House of Representatives agrees to a measure that won unanimous support from the Senate.

Already in Louisiana, registered sex offenders can't drive a bus or taxi or work in ...

How To Make Attempted Murder All About Me

When dramatic new stories break, some journalists like to pounce on the moment and insert themselves in the story. This happened earlier this week after the explosive news broke of a Florida blogger being charged with attempted murder. Javier Manjarres, a conservative writer who many Washington journalists have encountered at CPAC, is in a Broward County jail cell for […]

Flex is an alternative to tampons you can have sex while wearing

Things can get messy if you have sex on your period, so many couples avoid it. But The Flex Company wants to replace outdated pads and tampons with a sleek, disc-shaped blood blocker. Flex can be worn during sex to prevent making a mess. The disposable Flex discs are disposable, can be worn for up to 12 hours, and even comes in a stylish little packet. They're doctor-approved to be… Read More

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Cecile Richards: We Need to 'Really Humanize' Abortion

"I do think that was such a powerful episode."

See Why This 'Courageous' Blackface Photo of a German Soccer Team Is Making Waves Across the Internet

"Thank you for this courageous and creative action!"

Hassan Hubby's 'Insufficient' Response to Sexual Misconduct with Students

New Hampshire Senate hopeful Maggie Hassan's educator husband failed to cut ties with a teacher who admitted to having sexual relations with a student.

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Politician Teams Up With Colombian Narcos In Stunning 'Anti-Narco' Rally

A conservative Colombian politician who made his career being tough on drug crime is teaming up with narco-terrorists for a massive political rally, according to Colombian media. Senator Alvaro Uribe — who was the Colombian president from 2002 to 2010 and became a senator in 2014 — is said to be getting "logistical support" from Urabeños narcos […]

How creative thinkers can thrive in a regulated industry

So you want to change the world and help people — and you've started a healthcare startup. You know it will take a great team to pull it off, and you're starting to build the initial group that will mold the company's DNA. You're (hopefully) spending time thinking about the kind of people, culture and environment you want to permeate the office and define your… Read More

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Shots Fired at Greyhound Bus Station in Virginia; Two Officers Reported Injured, Suspect in Custody

Developing…

Chris Christie Finally Explains Viral Photo of Him Eating M&Ms

"I like to linger over my M&Ms and enjoy them."

Number of Californians Moving to Texas Hits Highest Level in Nearly a Decade

The number of Californians leaving the state and moving to Texas is at its highest level in nearly a decade, according to data from the Internal Revenue Service.

According to IRS migration data, which uses individual income tax returns to record year-to-year address changes, over 250,000 California residents moved out of the state between 2013 and 2014, the latest period for which data was available. The tax returns reported more than $21 billion in adjusted gross income to the IRS.

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The Latest: Tense start to US visit by Turkey's president

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the nuclear security summit convened by President Barack Obama in Washington (all times local):

1:10 p.m.

It's a tense start for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Washington for a nuclear security summit.

Turkish security officials tried to remove a journalist at a ...

ISIS Using Christians As Human Shields As Troops Encircle Capital

The Islamic State has barred Christians from leaving its de facto capital of Raqqa in an apparent move to use them as human shields as the terrorist group's enemies in Syria begin to surround the city. Activist-journalist group Raqqa Is Being Silently Slaughtered (RBSS) reported via social media Tuesday that ISIS officials are forcibly preventing the […]

Microsoft's new tools let businesses integrate Skype into their own web and mobile apps

Following yesterday's news about bringing bots to the Skype platform, Microsoft today unveiled two more SDKs for its Skype platform which will allow businesses and application developers a way to integrate Skype's capabilities into their own applications. On stage at its annual Build conference, the company took the wraps off two new toolkits for developers: the Skype Web SDK and… Read More

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The 3 Words in an AP Tweet and Headline That Have One Reporter Charging That the Outlet Is 'Openly Pushing Democratic Talking Points'

"There's no excuse for inserting that opinion into a headline."

Peter Schiff Warns of 'Real Problem' With U.S. Economy: 'When Is the Fed Going to Acknowledge It?'

"Central bankers at the Fed bark but they won't bite."

Trump, Priebus Said to Meet in Washington After Pledge Backtrack

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump was set to meet with party chairman Reince Priebus in Washington on Thursday, said a Republican with knowledge of the plans.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Ben's descent

(Scott Johnson) Donald Trump's treatment of Ben Carson presents as a kind of case study in his technique. He first treated Caron respectfully. Then he turned on him, drawing on autobiographical passages in Carson's books to question his veracity and mental balance. When Carson dropped out and endorsed Trump, however, the good times rolled again. Trump speaks kindly of his friend Ben. But all has not been smooth sailing. Carson has had

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'Everytown' ad urges veto of Georgia campus carry bill

ATLANTA (AP) - A national group is urging Georgia's Republican governor to veto legislation allowing guns on college campuses.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a group backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The group says it will spend $25,000 on ads to air in metro Atlanta from ...

Boston Bombing Survivor: I Run For Those Who Can't [VIDEO]

The terrorists can't break her

Wealthfront is updating its service with multiple integrations to give a more holistic view into financial health

Wealthfront, the West Coast robo-advisor battling Betterment for the top spot in tech-enabled wealth management, is launching a new version (and vision) of its wealth management service. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company is integrating with tools like Venmo and Redfin, to get an even more complete picture of its customers financial holdings. Read More

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Ivy League Professor Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Possession

Pastor Says Churches Have 'Done a Disastrous Job Dealing With Homosexuality.' Here's His Take on Exactly What the Bible Says About Gay Relationships.

"I love gay people, God loves gay people…"

Trump Nuclear Comments Go Against Years of Doctrine: White House

It would be "catastrophic" for the U.S. to shift positions and indicate it backs the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes tells reporters at briefing during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. Rhodes, responding to question about comments from GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump that Japan and South Korea should consider exiting U.S. nuclear umbrella and build their own arsenals, says that notion "flies in the face of decades of bipartisan na

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Lawsuit: Trump Aide Funneled Mob-Linked Ukrainian Oligarch's Fortune into U.S. Real Estate

A senior aide to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump helped a scandal-plagued Ukrainian oligarch with ties to political and criminal figures in Russia park millions of dollars in offshore real estate investments, according to documents released as part of a federal racketeering suit.

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Brazil's sports minister resigns, president's office says

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's sports minister is resigning four month before the country hosts the Olympics, the office of embattled President Dilma Rousseff says, amid continuing uncertainty over the fate of six other Cabinet ministers.

Rousseff's office announced late Wednesday that George Hilton had asked to leave the ...

Cruz Campaign Accuses Kasich of Fraud in Montana

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has ramped up his crusade to make the GOP presidential race a two-man contest… Reports surfaced yesterday that the Cruz campaign is pushing to have Ohio Gov. John Kasich knocked off Montana's June 7 primary ballot. The Associated Press had obtained emails that revealed these assertions and released them yesterday. The […]

Apple releases iOS 9.3.1 with fix for bug that causes tapping links to crash iPhones

Well that was quick. A couple of days after a bug affecting iOS started making the news, Apple has released a fix. iOS 9.3.1, now available on the iPhone and iPad, fixes this bug. The changelog is quite sort as there's only one item. "Fixes an issue that caused apps to be unresponsive after tapping on links in Safari and other apps," it says. This is a developing story… Read More

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Paris Attacks Suspect to be Extradited Back to France From Belgium

"The transfer is possible."

Watch This Marine Surprise the Mother He Hasn't Seen for Nearly Two Years During Her First Chemotherapy Counseling Session

"It was just a crazy and very emotional and amazing moment."

Obama Hosts Abe, Park as Trump Puts Alliance Under Spotlight

President Barack Obama met today with the leaders of Japan and South Korea in Washington, two of the closest U.S. allies in Asia whose hosting of American troops has come under the spotlight in the Republican presidential race.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Hillary Clinton's $600 Haircut Snarls Traffic

Hillary Clinton visited Bergdorf Goodman Wednesday to receive her $600 haircut while the presidential hopeful's entourage blocked traffic outside of the Fifth Avenue luxury department store.

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If Only Rush Limbaugh Had The Moral Clarity Of Charlie Sykes

Donald Trump appears poised to lose the Wisconsin primary next week, and at least one of the reasons cited by observers is the state's talk decidedly anti-Trump radio hosts. Compare this to national conservative radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham, et al.—all of whom (at one point, or another) helped boost Trump—and the […]