COLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald Trump said Thursday that he thinks Pope Francis was likely misinformed about his stance on building a border wall, and said the Mexican government probably egged the pontiff on to criticize the Republican front-runner.
"I think he was given false information," Mr. Trump said ...
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"I feel really bad for him."
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"There is a culture of dishonesty, top to bottom, in the Cruz for President campaign."
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If you're the kind of person who likes to talk to businesses on Twitter, the company is rolling out some new options to improve those interactions. First, businesses can now can add a "send a private message" button to their tweets. So you might start a conversation with a business via public tweets, but at a certain point they can ask you to move to direct messaging… Read More
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - As many as three dozen members of Congress are expected in South Carolina next month to explore the role the state has played in the fight for civil rights and to worship at the Charleston church where nine black parishioners were gunned down last year.
The ...
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"I do urge him to make better decisions with his life."
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"I did what I had to do to protect the person I love."
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The lead poisoning of the entire city of Flint, Michigan was preventable and should never have happened. Numerous pundits and industry experts have said this. Most of them, however, explain that if government had functioned properly, the environmental agencies would have properly communicated to their higher-ups and the problem would have been spotted much sooner. Those with a more cynical… Read More 
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Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao has already lost his endorsement contract with Nike over derogatory comments he directed towards the gay community, but Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), who has built a relationship with the boxer over the years, remains mum on the issue.
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Thursday said the "establishment" is afraid of him and told his supporters to "keep the faith" and keep their seat belts fastened as the 2016 GOP presidential nominating contest moves forward.
"The establishment never liked Ronald Reagan," Mr. Kasich said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," echoing ...
"Listen, the guy's been busted…he's white and presenting himself as black."
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The proposal has garnered a fair bit of debate.
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Vera, the cloud service that wants to protect data regardless of where it's stored or used, announced a $17 million Series B today led by Sutter Hill Ventures. That may not seem unusual, but companies are at least anecdotally finding those B and C rounds increasingly difficult to come by, especially from traditional venture capitalist like Sutter Hill. Vera did not seem to have a… Read More 
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The Marine who led the charge up Mount Suribachi to place the first American flag over Iwo Jima in World War II died last week.
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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said he'd give brokering a peace accord between Israel and Palestine "one hell of a shot" as president but that he didn't want to start pointing fingers at who's to blame since it might hurt the efforts down the road.
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"Stanley Kubrick, Picasso, Apostle Paul, f***ing Picasso and Escobar. By 50 percent more influential than any other human being."
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"We have the first recorded instance of 'Trump Derangement Syndrome."
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IBM announced its intent to buy Truven Health Analytics today for a whopping $2.6 billion. It is the fourth major purchase for Watson Health since the unit was was established in 2014. Watson Health was formed when IBM purchased Phytel and Explorys in April, 2014. Both companies had the common denominator of being data-driven health companies. The unit added Merge Healthcare for… Read More 
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - The largest Mexican grocery store chain in the Milwaukee area is closed as employees head to Madison for a rally against legislation they consider anti-immigrant.
El Rey is closing its factory, warehouse and four grocery stores so its 400 workers can go to the state Capitol Thursday.
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Nathan Eagle was a Fulbright scholar from MIT, teaching at the University of Nairobi, when he had his "aha moment." Specifically, Eagle was teaching a mobile phone programming curriculum at the school when he and his students built an SMS system that enabled rural nurses to text information about low blood supply levels to centralized blood banks. (Earlier, the nurses depended… Read More 
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Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont is better-liked among overall voters and runs ahead of 2016 Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in match-ups with top 2016 GOP candidates, according to a poll released Thursday.
Mr. Sanders led Ohio Gov. John Kasich by 4 points, businessman Donald Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio ...
While the Nest founders came into Kleiner Perkins with nothing more than a makeshift prototype, it was their passion and vision for a connected home that swayed Randy Komisar and the firm to make an early investment. Five years after launching the smart thermostat and other connected devices for the home, Google acquired Nest for $3.2 billion in 2014. On a recent KPCB ventured podcast, I spoke… Read More 
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico Legislature is approaching the finish line of a 30-day session with major political compromises in place to revise driver's licenses for immigrants, overhaul the state's bail bond system and trim spending next year to offset plunging state revenues linked to oil revenues.
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Google is building its first engineering team devoted to Southeast Asia, and the search giant has gobbled up Pie, a Slack-like team communications app based in Singapore, to kick start things off. Read More 
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