Former Alorton mayor's son convicted of 2 murders

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The son of a former mayor of the southern Illinois city of Alorton has been found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for a 2009 double homicide.

A St. Clair County jury delivered the verdict Thursday against Randy McCallum Jr., and was quickly escorted out ...

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Trump On Being Audited: 'Maybe Because Of The Fact That I'm A Strong Christian'

Donald Trump thinks he knows why his tax returns are always being audited. In an interview Chris Cuomo on CNN after Thursday night's primary debate, the billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner suggested that the IRS might be persecuting him because he is "a strong Christian." "But the one problem I have is I am always audited by […]

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Ryan Says He Can Work With Any Republican Presidential Nominee

"We're going to be able to work with whoever our nominee is," House Speaker Paul Ryan tells reporters, while declining to comment more specifically on GOP presidential primary contest. Ryan says he views his role as chairman of GOP convention as more "ceremonial," hasn't familiarized himself with delegate allocation process

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Inside the Ring: U.S. Mulls Pledge on Disputed Philippines Outpost

The U.S. military should consider offering new security guarantees to the Philippines similar to those promised to Japan in response to any military attacks by China in maritime disputes in Asia, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said this week.

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Tennessee Gov. Haslam Endorses Rubio

'his conservative ideas will bring the Republican Party --- and America --- into the future'

Via: The Daily Caller

New Dating Website Targets Singles Who Want to 'Feel the Bern'

"The 1% aren't the only ones getting screwed this election season."

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John Kerry: Terrorist Released From Guantanamo Who Rejoined Al Qaeda Is 'Not Supposed to Be Doing That'

"Let me just ask one question…."

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Zumper Acquires PadMapper And Relaunches It With An Updated Interface

 Zumper, the Kleiner-backed apartment rental platform that launched at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012, has acquired PadMapper, the popular map-centric apartment rentals site that was once embroiled in a prolonged legal fight with Craiglist. The acquisition actually closed in January and the combined Zumper and PadMapper teams used the last few weeks to build updated versions of both… Read More

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Cruz, Clinton Lead in Texas: Monmouth Poll

Ted Cruz leading in Texas with support from 38% of likely primary voters, according to Monmouth University poll. Donald Trump is in second place at 23%, followed by Marco Rubio at 21%, Ben Carson at 6% and John Kasich at 5% Cruz would maintain a double digit lead if race was down to 3 candidates, earning 43% in a hypothetical match up against just Rubio, at 26%, and Trump, with 23% Hillary Clinton holds a 64% to 30% lead over Bernie Sanders in the Texas Democratic primary NOTE: in 2008, Clinton

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The Latest: East Asian soccer fed. to support Sheikh Salman

ZURICH (AP) - The Latest on the FIFA presidential election (all times local):

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5:20 p.m.

Sheikh Salman has been pledged nine votes from the East Asian Football Federation in Friday's FIFA presidential election.

Japan, South Korea, China, North Korea, Hong Kong, Guam, Taiwan, Macau and Mongolia say they will ...

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Former AG Eric Holder Says Marijuana Should Be Rescheduled

'I believe Holder's statements will inspire more high-ranking officials to speak publicly'

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Academy Award-Winner Jamie Foxx Deflates #OscarsSoWhite Controversy With Two Jarring Words

"If you turn the camera on and say 'OK, win an award, and action,' we'll all have taken, like, 10 steps back."

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Top Senate Republican: Obama Plans to Nominate 'Moderate' Justice

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Trump Leads Rubio in Rubio's Home State, Quinnipiac Poll Finds

Donald Trump has 44%-28% lead over Marco Rubio in Fla., Quinnipiac University poll finds. Ted Cruz gets 12%, John Kasich 7%, Ben Carson 4% Feb. 21-24 poll of 705 likely Republican voters has error margin of +/- 3.7 ppts NOTE: Fla. primary set for March 15

Source: Bloomberg Politics

The way the world should work

(Scott Johnson) At a Senate subcommittee hearing yesterday Senator Mark Kirk questions Secretary Kerry yesterday regarding Ibrahim al Oosi, a terrorist released released by the Obama administration from the detention facility at Guantanamo who has since returned to work for al Qaeda. Kirk asked Kerry for his thoughts on Ibrahim al Qosi while a staffer held up a picture of al Qosi to jog Kerry's memory (video below). Kirk expressed the fond

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In The Apple Encryption Debate, Can We Just Have The Facts Please?

 As Apple and federal law enforcement continue to hurl rhetoric about encryption, one thing has become crystal clear: today's encryption debate is neither healthy nor well-informed. Read More

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Finney: Hillary Clinton Has Been 'Incredibly Transparent' About Her Wall Street Speeches

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Group: Lawmakers' open meeting exemption unconstitutional

BOSTON (AP) - A watchdog group says the Legislature's exemption from the requirements of the state's open meeting law is unconstitutional.

The Pioneer Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank, said Thursday the exemption restricts public access to certain legislative meetings and undermines the constitutional tenet that government be accountable to the ...

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Chinese Stocks Implode As Investors Scramble For Cash

'People are nervous, they expect a recession'

Via: The Daily Caller

Here's How Ted Cruz Responded When Asked if He Would Pardon Planned Parenthood Filmmakers

"I think he performed an incredible public service."

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84-Year-Old Woman Paid Taxes on Family's Land Every Year — She Can't Believe What City Officials Are Telling Her After 60 Years

"She asked if I was volunteering to pay taxes."

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Glow Debuts A New App For Tracking Baby's Milestones, Plus Plans For Premium Services

 Glow, the company behind a suite of apps for tracking female and male fertility, pregnancy, menstruation, and sexual health, is again expanding its lineup with the launch of an application for new parents: Glow Baby. The app allows its users to track baby's key developmental milestones, including things like when the baby first lifts its head, grabs with both hands, smiles, makes… Read More

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CNN Compares Donald Trump To 'Death Star'

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Hillary Supporters Hiss At Black Lives Matter Protester Who Interrupts $500-Per-Person Fundraiser [VIDEO]

"I'm not a super-predator'

Via: The Daily Caller

Woman Was Dining at Italian Restaurant When She Bit Into Something Hard — It Turned Out to Be Something Very Rare

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Netanyahu: Iran Continues Funding Terrorism 'Even After the Nuclear Agreement'

"It will finance the families of the terrorists and murderers."

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Overnight, The App For Booking Last-Minute Spaces With Local Hosts, Closes $2.5M Seed Round

 The hospitality industry has been drastically shaken up by entrants to the space like Airbnb and Hotel Tonight. But a new startup that combines the sharing aspect of Airbnb and the last-minute booking of Hotel Tonight is looking to shake things up even more. Overnight, an app that lets people book same-day spaces with local hosts, has today announced the close of a $2.5 million seed round, led… Read More

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There's a Science of Snap Political Judgments—and Trump and Clinton Are Winning

Who looks the most extroverted? The most competent? The least mean? Parsing the 2016 field scientifically—by strictly superficial standards—finds Trump and Clinton in the lead.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

UN diplomats: US and China agree on new NKorea sanctions

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and China have reached agreement on a U.N. resolution that would impose tougher sanctions on North Korea as punishment for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch, U.N. diplomats say. The council likely will discuss the draft Thursday afternoon.

One Security Council diplomat ...

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John Kerry On Freed Gitmo Detainee Now Recruiting For Al Qaeda: 'He's Not Supposed To Be Doing That'

Say what you want about Secretary of State John Kerry, but you have to respect his firm grasp of the obvious: When the United States releases detainees from Guantanamo Bay, they're not supposed to return to the battlefield. Here's Kerry yesterday, appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee to justify the State Department's 2017 budget request. […]

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Actress Jennifer Garner Reveals Why She's Now Taking Her Kids to Church Every Sunday: 'I Fell So in Love…'

"It was a transformative experience…"

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Jide's Slick Remix OS Tweaks Android For PC-Style Productivity

 A startup comprised of a trio of ex-Google engineers is doing something Google has roundly failed to do: make Android compelling on larger screen devices like tablets and even PCs. Read More

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Apple Plans To Make iPhone And iCloud More Secure To Keep The Government Away

 Apple is already thinking about ways to make it harder to hack iPhones, reports say. According to the New York Times, the company wants to prevent passcode-free recovery mode in future iPhones. According to the FT, Apple also wants to encrypt iPhone backups on iCloud. Read More

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Mitch McConnell Confronts a Changing Republican Party

With several senators facing challenges from right wing conservatives, the Majority Leader has been forced to adopt a new strategy for keeping control of the U.S. Senate.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

China's Didi Kuaidi Is Raising $1 Billion More To Battle Uber

 Didi Kuaidi, the company giving Uber a tough battle in China, is currently in the midst of securing $1 billion in additional fundraising. Read More

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