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High stakes for Trump on GOP health care bill
Ryan insisted to reporters that the bill was still on a path to pass the House and that Republicans have been working "hand in glove" with the White House on the repeal plan. Dennis Ross, R-Fla. They say a GOP proposed tax credit to help people pay medical costs is too generous, and they want to terminate all of Obama's insurance requirements, including mandatory coverage of specified services like drug counseling.
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Beauty and the Beast (2017) - Worth an RSVP?
I actually want a sequel or prequel just focusing on LeFou. It's hard to not sing along with the movie when you're in the theater. Although the " Harry Potter " star does not have the vocal prowess of a Broadway star, she makes up for it by giving a genuine and emotional touch to the story.
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Microsoft begins blocking updates for older Windows versions on newer hardware
The Creators Update where this new policy is found is still pre-release software but given Microsoft's response it's unlikely this will change. By far one of the busiest in Windows Insider Program history and if you go back to last Friday, the 10th of March, the total number of build moves is seven (5 PC and 2 Mobile).
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Glenn Maxwell Mocks Virat Kohli's Shoulder Injury
Kohli has been dismissed by five different bowlers so far - Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Steve O'Keefe, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins - for an aggregate of 46 and an average of 9.20 this series. The Australian all-rounder too had to dive in order to save the ball from going over the ropes and while getting up Maxwell mimicked Kohli by grabbing his shoulder with a smirk on his face.
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How Can Water Bears Survive Desiccation?
These TDP genes form "non-crystalline amorphous solids (vitrify) upon desiccation, and this vitrified state mirrors their protective capabilities". The process is known as vitrification, and it allows microscopic organisms to keep their molecules and proteins together until better weather conditions appear and the organism is rehydrated.
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Republicans to challenge Trump over climate change
USA environmental group the Sierra Club has asked the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general to investigate whether the agency's head, Scott Pruitt, violated internal policies when he said he did not believe carbon dioxide was a major contributor to climate change, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
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Trump quotes a Nigerian poem, calls it Irish proverb
Patrick and his legacy. The White House gets the little things wrong about as often as it gets the big things wrong: "During the annual White House meeting with the Irish Prime Minister on Thursday, President Donald Trump shared one of his favorite proverbs with Taoiseach Enda Kenny ".
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Insider Activity for Investors: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBGI)
These analysts have also projected a Low Estimate of $0.3/share and a High Estimate of $0.33/share. (NASDAQ:SBGI) is now showing its ROA (Return on Assets) of 4.2%. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share. At present, 0 analysts call it Sell, while 1 think it is Hold.
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Salman Khan is exploring the wild side of films
The global action crew, led by Struthers, is ensuring all safety guidelines to train the wolves for the sequence. The film-makers have roped in Hollywood stunt crew, lead by Tom Struthers to train Salman Khan for the scene. Salman is now in Austria where the film is being shot. Yes, Salman Khan is now being very much anxious and cautious about Katrina Kaif on the sets of Tiger Zinda Hai after she hurt her back during the shooting of Jagga Jasoos .
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Prosecution summons SK chief Chey over scandal of impeached president
The row comes as Ms Park was called for questioning and named as a suspect in the wide-ranging corruption scandal that eventually led to her downfall. The Ministry of Interior said Wednesday that May 9 has been chosen as the date for the election. At that meeting, Mr Hwang said he would not run in the election, dealing a blow to conservatives looking for viable candidates, reported Yonhap news agency.
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Trump's Budget Will Include Cuts to NASA and Several of Their Programs
Overall, the budget proposal shows Trump's continued support for NASA . The Stennis Space Center's Astro Camp summer program, which is funded by NASA's educational department, allows kids to learn from and work with real agency engineers.
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Century Air Traffic Control Infrastructure Reflected in White House Budget
Simply put, those favoring privatization are those who would profit most from it. Privatization will turn over the air traffic control system to airlines - the same companies that are responsible for your shrinking seats, baggage fees and lost luggage.
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NH-born woman now 8th in Iditarod sled dog race
Mushers come from all over the world to compete in the historic race, traversing 1,000 miles of Alaskan wilderness with their devoted teams of dogs. Wade Marrs, a 26-year-old veteran who had his highest finish at fourth last year, was the first to leave the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race checkpoint in Tanana on Tuesday.
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Nintendo plans to double Switch production for coming year
It enjoyed a successful first weekend, becoming the best launch for a Nintendo console in Europe and North America. Nintendo obviously wants to follow the success of the Wii, the Wii U's predecessor launched in 2006 that reportedly sold 101.63 million units as of 2016.
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Anti-Trump McDonald's tweet a cautionary tale for social media managers
In a new and unlikely-to-be-deleted message, McDonald's claims its account was " compromised " before the tweet was unleashed, and that they're "investigating" the incident . The Tweet was even pinned for a time before the social-media cleanup crew could sweep it away-which, as noted above, would seem to dispel the suggestion that it was a employee error.
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15060: More Bug Fixes
If you're hoping to start running Windows 7 or 8.1 on a shiny new AMD Ryzen or Intel Kaby Lake processor, you might want to rethink those plans. If that does happen, visit Settings Update & security Windows Update to check if you need to restart your PC.
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White House resists GOP pressure, stands by wiretap claim
On Wednesday, House of Representatives intelligence committee chairman Devin Nunes, a Republican, and top Democrat Adam Schiff said they had seen no evidence Trump Tower was tapped and they would ask Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey about the issue during a public hearing on Monday.
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McDonald's Investigating Anti-Trump Tweet Sent From Company Account
It was even pinned to the top of the page, before it was deleted approximately 20 minutes later. The company said that it was notified by the micro-blogging platform that its account had been compromised . "There are just so many ways, if you're not careful, for an adversary to have access to your social media accounts", said Michael Bailey, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of IL at Urbana-Champaign.
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Windows 10 Creators Update may force updates over metered connections
Microsoft has changed things a bit with Windows 10. If you're using one of the 400 million computers running on Windows 10, there's a really good chance you love it. When Microsoft initially announced the restrictions, they were also meant to impact some PCs that use 6th-generation Intel processors ("Skylake"), which went on sale in late 2015.
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Prove it or apologize, Quigley tells Trump on wiretapping
Democrats are likely to push Comey to say explicitly that Trump made the entire thing up, a statement that would mean the Federal Bureau of Investigation chief was accusing his own boss of lying. Nunes and Schiff said they are waiting for information from the country's Department of Justice by next Monday about whether the agency knows of any court-ordered wiretaps of Trump, but said they have learned of no such bugging in their investigation.
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Did President Trump Announce Plans to End the 'Meals on Wheels' Program?
In the budget blueprint , Trump's promised border wall will get a cash influx of $1.5 billion, with possibly more funds flowing to that project in next year's budget. It says it would save $175 million. "The administration's proposed cuts to nondefense discretionary spending would touch on programs and services that many Americans turn to every day", the Center for American Progress, a left-wing Washington, D.C.
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Garth Brooks to Free Show for Austin Residents on Saturday
Gates open at 11 a.m., and Brooks will hit the stage at 8 p.m. Amazon Music announced that admission by complimentary ticket to this event will be restricted to residents of Austin and surrounding areas. He'll discuss his new partnership with Amazon Music. "When you come back here, Austin is the home of the music and the heart, the content... this was the place that fed us when we couldn't afford to feed ourselves, and a man can make a living in Texas alone just playing Country music", ...
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Yahoo shareholders suing company over hacking, data breach
Whitehall sources said that MI5 was brought in to investigate the threat because the activities of Russia's FSB intelligence agency fitted into its remit to target "hostile actors", whether or not the email accounts of British citizens were targeted.
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Seahawks bring back Luke Willson, DeShawn Shead
He's versatile, too. Shead has been trained at both safety spots, has experience playing nickel and was the Seahawks' special-teams captain last season. The first and second waves of signings passed without him finding a deal he liked. Once Cook cleared, the Seahawks made a decision to bring back Willson.
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Seahawks agree to deals with Luke Willson, DeShawn Shead
Shead suffered a torn ACL and meniscus in the Seahawks' divisional round loss to Atlanta and the timetable for his return remains unclear. That said, there is little doubts about his play before the injury. Another option for the team is if they want to sign Shead to a multi-year deal, the contract could become extremely incentivized. The news of Shead's re-signing could mean the team is now more optimistic about a speedier recovery.
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Swatch is preparing for a smartwatch OS battle with Google and Apple
The new software, it's claimed, will do a better job of protecting your personal data and use significantly less battery life, Engadget said. The traditional watch industry which has been all these years shielded from the competition is now finally waking up to the fact that new found outsiders have managed to create a significant dent in their sales and profits with the advent of smart watches.
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April the giraffe expected to give birth soon
Yesterday, after several medical checks, veterinarians said April's back end had become "significantly larger and relaxed" with "motion and pulsing" in the area. The new calf is expected to be about 150 pounds and 6 feet tall at birth and up and walking in about an hour. Giraffes are pregnant for 15 months. Whether April has her baby in one day or 10, everyone just wants the offspring to be healthy.
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Rumored To Feature 1000fps Video Recording
The tech company is speculated to release the foldable Galaxy X in the fourth quarter of 2017. It's claimed that the Galaxy S8 will have a 1000fps option, as opposed to Sony's 960fps feature . On the front, the tablet offers a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture and auto-focus for video calling and selfies. Another interesting nugget of information is that Samsung will apparently have an upgraded iris scanner, after the technology appeared in the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7.
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The Trump presidency on March 17 at 1:23 PM EDT/1723 GMT
Trump, who as a presidential candidate criticized Merkel for allowing hundreds of thousands of refugees into Germany, will seek her support for his demand that North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations pay more for their defense needs.Relationship building is a less overt but important agenda item.
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LG G6 is Coming To AT&T April 7th
The Big Red carrier will open LG G6 pre-orders starting March 17, while retail availability is slated for the 20 of this month. We would like to bring it to your notice that among all the carriers, AT&T does not have a clear price chart - the monthly pricing is either $24/month for over 30 months or $24/month for more than 30 months.
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AMD Radeon Crimson 17.3.2 has Mass Effect: Andromeda support
AMD sends word that its new Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition (RSCRE) 17.3.2 drivers have landed . If you're using an AMD GPU and experiencing black screens, flickers, and other performance anomalies with Mass Effect: Andromeda , start with this driver update.
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Google shrinks JPEGs by 35% with Guetzli algorithm
The announcement by Google software engineers Robert Obryk and Jyrki Alakuijala explains that the new compression algorithm does not affect web compatibility (like the average video format, digital image formats are essentially wrappers for content that could be encoded in any number of ways - the important thing is that the browser/viewer/player knows how to handle the different compression formats it might find after the JPEG marker).
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European Union demands policy changes from Twitter, Google and Facebook
Facebook, Twitter, and Google-all of which are routinely blasted by regulators and lawmakers in Europe-have one month to submit proposals for how they plan to comply with the EU's demands. "It is not acceptable that EU consumers can only call on a court in California to resolve a dispute", said EU Commissioner Věra Jourová in a statement Friday.
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Australian activists lodge protest against Adani coal mining
Ian Chappell was quoted as saying: "Cricket has a bit to do with the feeling between India and Australia". "Yes we did", the Premier replied, before Ms Simpson accused Ms Palaszczuk of risking tourism jobs and putting the reef at risk by supporting the Adani project.
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Emiliano Grillo and Matthew Fitzpatrick Share Slim Arnold Palmer Invitational Lead
He is no stranger to team competition, having taken part in several European events, including the Scottish boys' stroke play championship, the European boys' team championship and the Scottish youths' championship. soil since 2009 at Cherry Hills in Denver, Colorado. He and Fitzpatrick are one clear of England's Paul Casey, while Rory McIlroy opened with a two-over 74.