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The mayor of Surrey says she will ask the federal government for $10 million in funding for anti-gang programs in British Columbia’s fastest-growing city, where people are dealing with “emotional upheaval” after recent acts of gun violence.
Linda Hepner said Tuesday the money would be spent over five years after a task force aimed at preventing gang violence issued a report with six recommendations, including an expanded gang exit and outreach program that has been led by a combined police and border services unit for about 18 months in the province.
“We first piloted it and it’s the only one in the country that I know of,” Hepner said.
“In less than two years, it’s actually worked with more than 100 people that are in gangs. They’ve actually now got a chance to be part of a gang free future but that is in jeopardy because we need funding for that.”
Hepner said “dozens” of people have left gangs because of the program, which the province has committed to funding until the end of the year.
Surrey residents have held anti-violence rallies calling for action, including more RCMP officers, after two teenage boys were recently found shot to death on a rural road and a father and hockey coach was gunned down outside a home.
The task force, which Hepner led after launching it last October, also recommended more police enforcement and the launch of an initiative that would allow nightclubs and other businesses to ban alleged gangsters.
The expansion of early intervention programs to deter children from entering the gang lifestyle was among the recommendations, and Hepner said some kids lured into gangs are as young as 10 and come from a range of backgrounds.
“The profile is so different in British Columbia than anywhere else in North America,” she said. “They could be affluent, they could be poor, they could be middle income. They run the gamut here.”
Hepner said youths are joining gangs for difference reasons.
“Generally, those that are more affluent are out for glory and glamour,” she said. “The ones that are in more vulnerable economic circumstances have often been subject to trauma. Lots of them are subject to seeing domestic abuse, some of them not feeling that they fit in culturally and don’t feel part of the community.”
Other recommendations include the development of strategies to help at-risk children and their families, as well as stronger neighbourhood-based and culturally appropriate programs.
The mayor is also calling for more funding from the provincial government.
The Public Safety Ministry announced $1.12 million in funding Tuesday to expand an anti-bullying program based in schools called Expect Respect and a Safe Education, or ERASE, in communities across the province where gang-affiliated behaviours have been identified. It said the strategy is designed to prevent, identify and stop harmful behaviours, whether they occur in school or online.
The task force in Surrey included citizens, people from the business community, police and a local member of Parliament. It said RCMP statistics suggest gang members involved in conflicts between 2014 and 2016 were age 23 on average and had committed their first criminal offence at the average age of 16.
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Like the provincial budget next week, the Throne Speech read Tuesday by Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon offers a look at likely themes B.C.’s governing Liberals plan to target during the spring election campaign. Premier Christy Clark will be seeking a fifth consecutive term for her party.
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Here’s are a look at some of the major issues in the speech:
Time to give back
The speech’s overarching theme is that it’s time to repay British Columbians for their sacrifices during difficult times. The province’s economy is strong, the speech says, which means the government can spread the wealth to taxpayers. Next week’s budget – which will only pass if the Liberals win re-election in May – will be balanced for the fifth year in a row, and the B.C. economy is among the country’s strongest.
However, there is no hint in the speech of just what that payback might look like. Possibilities include a cut to the provincial sales tax, or a change to (or even elimination of) provincial health-care premiums. Neither would be cheap.
The government may also consider tinkering with income tax, BC Hydro electricity rates or lowering premiums at the Crown-owned Insurance Corp. of B.C.
After years of sacrifice by all of us in British Columbia through challenging times, working together with a plan, your government is now in a position to pay you back, to relieve some financial burdens, and to invest in your household and in your families.
Housing
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Housing affordability in the Vancouver region, where house prices have skyrocketed by more than 40 per cent and where detached houses now fetch well over a million dollars, has been one of the most talked-about issues this past year, and it’s likely to factor heavily into the spring campaign.
The government has introduced a series of policies designed to cool the housing market and make it easier for people to graduate from renting to owning. They include a tax on foreign buyers in the Lower Mainland and a new loan program to help first-time buyers with their down payments. The Liberals will argue its policies are working – the Vancouver-area housing market has been showing signs of softening for months.
This [the loan program] is an investment in British Columbians who are starting their adult lives, working hard, saving a down-payment for their first home. They can now count on the government to match their investment to build their savings.
Education
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the B.C. government last year in a case involving its teachers that could end up costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation successfully challenged legislation in 2002 that removed language related to class size and composition from teachers collective agreements.
The province and the union announced a $50-million agreement last month that will support the hiring of as many as 1,100 teachers. But that’s only an interim arrangement until a permanent – and far more costly – response to the court ruling can be ironed out. The Throne Speech acknowledged the court loss, which will also loom large over next week’s budget and the election campaign.
The Supreme Court has spoken. Your government is committed to working in good faith with our teachers to put our students first.
Overdose crisis
A drug user injects in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Rafal Gerszak/For The Globe and Mail
As an overdose crisis fuelled by powerful opioids such as fentanyl spreads across the country, British Columbia continues to be hardest hit. More than 900 people died of overdoses in the province last year, and that pace appears to be getting worse.
British Columbia declared a public-health emergency last year and has been implementing measures to respond to the crisis, including expanding the availability of naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose; setting up spaces where drugs users can inject; pushing for more formal supervised-injection sites; and continuing an earlier plan to increase addiction-treatment beds. However, the government’s critics, including Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, say the province is still not doing enough.
The Speech says the government is ready to do more, though it does not offer any specifics.
British Columbia was the first province to declare a public health emergency for fentanyl, and the first to deregulate life-saving naloxone kits, and get them into the hands of first responders and at-risk British Columbians.
Softwood lumber
The province’s forestry industry, which has been struggling in recent years, is bracing for a potential trade war with the United States over softwood lumber. The 2006 Canada-U.S. softwood-lumber deal has expired, and a one-year agreement that has kept the dispute at a standstill expired last October.
Looking ahead at what are expected to be contentious negotiations with the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the B.C. government announced the appointment Tuesday of an envoy to Washington to represent the province’s interests. David Emerson is a former federal cabinet minister and former chief executive of Canfor, one of the province’s largest lumber exporters. He played a key role in securing the 2006 agreement.
B.C. supplies half of Canada’s softwood lumber exports. Your government will name an envoy to Washington to make sure BC has continued access to the American market, working with the forestry sector and the federal government to secure a new agreement on softwood lumber.
What’s missing: Campaign finance reform
B.C. Premier Christy Clark is photographed in her office at the Provincial Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Dec. 16, 2016. Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
The issue of political fundraising was notably absent from the Throne Speech. Premier Christy Clark has been under fire over the past year for holding private cash-for-access fundraisers, as well as for collecting a $50,000 yearly stipend from her party, which prompted allegations it put her in a conflict of interest. Those controversies amplified calls for legislation to ban corporate and union donations, as well as to place limits on the size of donations. A story in The New York Times recently described the province as the “Wild West” of political finance in Canada.
Ms. Clark announced last month that she would no longer collect the stipend but would instead claim expenses for party business. However, she has resisted calls to do more to limit the influence of money in politics, and the government had nothing to offer on the subject in its Throne Speech.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. employers posted slightly fewer job openings in October than the previous month, but the number of people being hired improved.
The Labor Department says nearly 6 million jobs were available at the end of October, down from 6.18 million in September. Manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers and the information sector advertised fewer jobs.
But total hires rose 4.4 per cent to 5.55 million.
The government said last week that employers added a net total of 244,000 jobs in October and 228,000 in November. That partly reflected a recovery in hiring after the hurricanes dragged down jobs gains in September.
Despite the healthy job market, many people are staying in their jobs rather than departing for new ones. The number of quits held steady for a second straight month at 3.18 million.

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Hurricanes Harvey and Irma damaged not only Texas and Florida but also the U.S. jobs picture, as payrolls fell by 33,000 in September. That drop came even as the unemployment rate fell to a 16-year low of 4.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
The jobs loss was the first monthly decline in seven years, when the economy was still pulling out of the Great Recession.
Even with the surprise jobs number, the closely watched hourly wages figure jumped higher, to an annualized rate of 2.9 percent.
Economists surveyed by Reuters expected payroll growth of 90,000 in September, compared to 169,000 in August. The unemployment rate was expected to hold steady at 4.4 percent. It declined even as the labor force participation rate rose to 63.1 percent, its highest level all year and the best reading since March 2014.
"The lousy returns from the September jobs report will make little impression on observers, who essentially gave the labor market a free pass due to the impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma," said Curt Long, chief economist at the National Association of Federally Insured Credit Unions.
An alternate number that includes discouraged workers as well as those working part-time for economic reasons also tumbled, falling from 8.6 percent to 8.3 percent, its lowest reading since June 2007.
The number was expected to be lower than usual due to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma that hammered Texas and Florida respectively, as well as other states. Policymakers at the Federal Reserve watch the report closely to help guide future policy, though this month's report may be treated as outlier due to the weather impact.


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Under a scorching sun just a short walk from Colombia's border with Venezuela, hundreds of hungry men, women and children line up for bowls of chicken and rice — the first full meal some have eaten in days.
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An estimated 25,000 Venezuelans make the trek across the Simon Bolivar International Bridge into Colombia each day. Many come for a few hours to work or trade goods on the black market, looking for household supplies they cannot find back home.
But increasingly, they are coming to eat in one of a half-dozen facilities offering struggling Venezuelans a free plate of food.
"I never thought I'd say this," said Erick Oropeza, 29, a former worker with Venezuela's Ministry of Education who recently began crossing the bridge at 4 a.m. each day. "But I'm more grateful for what Colombia has offered me in this short time than what I ever received from Venezuela my entire life."
As Venezuela's economy verges on collapse and its political upheaval worsens, cities like Cucuta along Colombia's porous, 1,370-mile (2,200-kilometer) border with Venezuela have become firsthand witnesses to the neighboring South American nation's escalating humanitarian crisis.
According to one recent survey, about 75 percent of Venezuelans lost an average of 19 pounds (8.7 kilograms) last year.
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The Colombian government has crafted contingency plans in the event of a sudden, mass exodus, but already church groups and nonprofit organizations are stepping in, moved by images of mothers carrying starving babies and skinny men trying to make a few bucks on Cucuta's streets to bring back home.
Paulina Toledo, 47, a Colombian hairstylist who recently helped feed lunch to 900 Venezuelans, said seeing how hungry they were "hurt my soul."
"Those of us here on the border are seeing their pain," she said.
People living on either side of the Colombia-Venezuela border have long had a foot in both countries: A Colombian who lives in Cucuta might cross to visit relatives in San Cristobal; a Venezuelan might make the reverse trip to work or go to school.
In the years when Venezuela's oil industry was booming and Colombia entangled in a half-century armed conflict, an estimated 4 million Colombians migrated to Venezuela. Many started coming back as Venezuela's economy began to implode and after Maduro closed the border in 2015 and expelled 20,000 Colombians overnight.
Oropeza said he earned about $70 a month working at the Ministry of Education and selling hamburgers on the side — twice Venezuela's minimum wage but still not enough to feed a family of four. Once a month his family receives a bundle of food provided by the government, but it only lasts a week.
"So the other three weeks, like most Venezuelans, we have to make magic happen," he said on a recent afternoon.
Desperate for money to feed his family, he left his job and traveled to the Venezuelan border town of San Antonio. He wakes up at 4 a.m. each morning to be among the first crossing the bridge into Cucuta, where he earns money selling soft drinks on the street.
He goes straight to the "Casa de Paso," a church-run shelter that has served 60,000 meals to Venezuelans since opening two months ago. On an average day, 2,000 Venezuelans line up for meals, getting a ticket to reserve their spot and then waiting four hours for a meal served at outdoor plastic tables.
Workers stir gigantic metal pots filled with chicken and rice set on the bare dirt floor. Volunteers hand out boxes of juice to tired-looking children. Adults sit quietly, savoring their bowl of food as chickens waddle between them.
"Every day I have to remind myself why I am here," said Oropeza, dressed in a faded striped collared shirt. "I try to repeat it to myself so that I won't, you know, so those moments of weakness don't affect you so much."
When he's not helping out or waiting in line at the shelter kitchen, Oropeza sells malted soft drinks for about 50 cents each. He's been able to bring money back to his family and has earned enough to buy a cellphone, which he'd lacked for two years.
Jose David Canas, a priest, said his church will continue to serve food "as long as God allows."
"Until they close the border," he said. "Until everything is eaten or until the province tells us that they no longer have lunches to give out. And then it's the end."
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AP Writer Christine Armario contributed to this report from Bogota, Colombia

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BOA VISTA, Brazil (Reuters) - Last August, Victor Rivera, a 36-year-old unemployed baker, left his hometown in northern Venezuela and made the two-day journey by road to the remote Amazonian city of Boa Vista, Brazil.
Clothes dry on a tent outside a gym which has turned into a shelter for Venezuelans and is run by Civil Defense with meals provided by Evangelical churches in Caimbe neighbourhood in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil November 18, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Although work is scarce in the city of 300,000 people, slim prospects in Boa Vista appeal more to Rivera than life back home, where his six children often go hungry and the shelves of grocery stores and hospitals are increasingly bare.
“I see no future in Venezuela,” said Rivera, who seeks odd jobs at traffic lights in the small state capital just over 200 km (124 miles) from Brazil’s border with the Andean country.
Countries across Latin America and beyond have received a growing number of Venezuelans fleeing economic hardship, crime and what critics call an increasingly authoritarian government.
The once-prosperous country, home to the world’s largest proven oil reserves, is struggling with a profound recession, widespread unemployment, chronic shortages and inflation that the opposition-led Congress said could soon top 2,000 percent.
At least 125 people died this year amid clashes among government opponents, supporters and police.
As conditions there worsen, nearby cities like Boa Vista are struggling with one of the biggest migrations in recent Latin American history. With limited infrastructure, social services and jobs to offer migrants, Brazilian authorities fear a full-fledged humanitarian crisis.
In Roraima, the rural state of which Boa Vista is the capital, the governor last week decreed a “social emergency,” putting local services on alert for mounting health and security demands.
“Shelters are already crowded to their limit,” said George Okoth-Obbo, operations chief for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, after a visit there. “It is a very tough situation.”
He noted the crush of migrants also hitting Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean country to Venezuela’s north, and Colombia, the Andean neighbor to the west, where hundreds of thousands have fled.
Not even Venezuela’s government knows for certain how many of its 30 million people have fled in recent years. Some sociologists have estimated the number to be as high as 2 million, although President Nicolas Maduro’s leftist government disputes that figure.
BRAZIL “NOT READY”
Unlike earlier migration, when many Venezuelan professionals left for markets where their services found strong demand, many of those leaving now have few skills or resources. By migrating, then, they export some of the social ills that Venezuela has struggled to cope with.
“They’re leaving because of economic, health and public safety problems, but putting a lot of pressure on countries that have their own difficulties,” said Mauricio Santoro, a political scientist at Rio de Janeiro State University.
International authorities are likening Venezuela’s exodus to other mass departures in Latin America’s past, like that of refugees who fled Haiti after a 2010 earthquake or, worse, the 1980 flight of 125,000 Cubans by boat for the United States.
In Brazil, Okoth-Obbo said, as many as 40,000 Venezuelans have arrived. Just over half of them have applied for asylum, a bureaucratic process that can take two years.
The request grants them the right to stay in Brazil while their application is reviewed. It also gives them access to health, education and other social services.
Some migrants in Boa Vista are finding ways to get by, finding cheap accommodation or lodging in the few shelters, like a local gym, that authorities have provided. Others wander homeless, some turning to crime, like prostitution, adding law enforcement woes to the social challenges.
“We have a very serious problem that will only get worse.” said Boa Vista Mayor Teresa Surita, adding that the city’s once quiet streets are increasingly filled with poor Venezuelans.
A Venezuelan family rest inside a tent outside a gym which has turned into a shelter for Venezuelans and is run by Civil Defense with meals provided by Evangelical churches in Caimbe neighbourhood in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil November 18, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Most migrants in Boa Vista arrive by land, traveling the southward route that is the only road crossing along more than 2,100 kms of border with Brazil.
Arriving by public transport in the Venezuelan border town of Santa Elena, they enter Brazil on foot and then take buses or hitch rides further south to Boa Vista.
Staffed only during the day, the border post in essence is open, allowing as many as 400 migrants to enter daily, according to authorities. For a state with the lowest population and smallest economy of any in Brazil, that is no small influx.
“Brazil’s government is not ready for what is coming,” said Jesús López de Bobadilla, a Catholic priest who runs a refugee center on the border. He serves breakfast of fruit, coffee and bread to hundreds of Venezuelans.
Despite a long history of immigration, Latin America’s biggest country has struggled this decade to accommodate asylum seekers from countries including Haiti and Syria. Although Brazil has granted asylum for more than 2,700 Syrians, the refugees have received scant government support even in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s richest state.
A senior official in Brazil’s foreign ministry, who asked to remain anonymous, said the country will not close its borders. Okoth-Obbo said his U.N. agency and Brazil’s government are discussing ways to move refugees to larger cities.
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Boa Vista schools have admitted about 1,000 Venezuelan children. The local hospital has no beds because of increased demand for care, including many Venezuelan pregnancies.
In July, a 10-year-old Venezuelan boy died of diphtheria, a disease absent from Roraima for years. Giuliana Castro, the state secretary for public security, said treating ill migrants is difficult because they lack stability, like a fixed address.
“There is a risk of humanitarian crisis here,” she said.
Most migrants in Boa Vista said they do not intend to return to Venezuela unless conditions there improve.
Carolina Coronada, who worked as an accountant in the northern Venezuelan city of Maracay, arrived in Brazil a year ago with her 7-year-old daughter. She has applied for residency and works at a fast-food restaurant.
While she earns less than before, and said she makes lower wages than Brazilians at the restaurant, she is happier.
“There was no milk or vaccines,” she said. “Now I can sleep at night, not worried about getting mugged.”
Others are faring worse, struggling to find work as Brazil recovers from a two-year recession, its worst in over a century.
One recent evening, dozens of young Venezuelan women walked the streets of Caimbé, a neighborhood on Boa Vista’s west side.
Camila, a 23-year-old transsexual, left Venezuela nine months ago. She said she turns tricks for about $100 a night - enough to send food, medicine and even car parts to her family.
“Things are so bad in Venezuela I could barely feed myself,” said Camila, who declined to give her last name.
Rivera, the unemployed baker, one afternoon sheltered from the equatorial sun under a mango tree. He has applied for asylum and said he is willing to miss his family as long as he can wire his earnings from gardening, painting and bricklaying home.
“It’s not enough to live on, but the little money I can send home feeds my family,” he said.


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Question: World Cup 2018 to get live 4K, HDR and VR broadcast on BBC iPlayer

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The BBC has committed to airing 29 of the World Cup 2018 matches live in 4K UHD as well as HDR but not only that, it'll be sharing coverage in VR too. The BBC iPlayer will be used to stream the content over the internet so those with a 4K and HDR enabled TV can enjoy the games at the highest quality that FIFA offers. There is a catch. The BBC will only be able to deliver the games to a certain number of viewers. That means you'll need to get in early if you want to watch at full quality. The BBC says the high-quality content will be available to "tens of thousands" of people, but on a first come first served basis.
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You will require a decent internet connection to enjoy the full experience as anything too slow will be automatically presented with a lower quality version. The BBC said: "For the full 3840 pixel Ultra HD, you'll need at least a 40Mbit/s connection. If your connection is 20Mbit/s and above, you'll be presented with 2560 pixel Ultra HD. All footage will be shown at 50 frames per second." A wired TV connection, over Wi-Fi is also recommended for maximum quality. The BBC did previously trial a UHD and HDR live sports event with a single rugby game streamed to the iPlayer Beta. The World Cup in 4K will work on the normal BBC iPlayer as found on many smart TVs. The full list of supported televisions can be found here.
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While the broadcast is called HDR, for high dynamic range, it actually uses a BBC specific format called HLG, Hybrid Log Gamma. It's essentially the same but optimised for broadcast. The HDR quality will not only work on most HDR TVs but should also work on standard dynamic range UHD TVs too. You won't see the same range but it should push whatever TV it is to its limit for quality. The BBC says this will be useful for future live broadcasts: "The experience and data gathered from this trial will help the BBC to optimise UHD delivery in the future. The trial also helps the BBC and wider industry prepare for a time when delivering such large-scale events in such high quality, for larger audiences, over the open Internet is normal."
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"It’s a pleasure to be able to capture every aspect of our wonderful sport and broadcast it to the world,” said Manel Arroyo, Managing Director of Dorna Sports. "We have a highly competitive Championship that usually goes down to the wire at the end of the season, with a group of incredible contenders for the title and ten riders battling it out for second. This will be the 27th year that Dorna has managed the television rights of the MotoGP World Championship and we do it with the same level of passion as ever."
MotoGP was one of the first world-class sports that launched its own subscription-based streaming service, just like what Formula 1 is about to do this year. Their smartphone-based service hasn't stopped the series from partnering with TV networks and developing cutting-edge products to cater to tech-savvy audiences. In the U.K. and Ireland, BT Sports and MotoGP will soon launch "360 OnBoard," which will provide live 360-degree footage from select motorcycle-mounted cameras.


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The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local):
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Stocks are opening mostly higher on Wall Street led by gains in technology and energy stocks.
Advanced Micro Devices rose 1.5 percent in early trading Monday and Chesapeake Energy rose 2.2 percent.
Trading in Bitcoin futures began Sunday. They fell slightly in early trading Monday from their overnight high. The futures contract that expires in January was trading at $17,820.
Traders are looking ahead to an announcement on interest rates Wednesday from the Federal Reserve. The Fed is expected to raise rates for the third time this year.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1 point to 2,652.
The Dow Jones industrial average added 3 points to 24,332. The Nasdaq composite added 15 points, or 0.2 percent, to 6,856.

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Bond yields climbed Tuesday after Fed Chair Janet Yellen told Congress that the Fed is still on track for more interest rate increases. Bank stocks gained, and Goldman Sachs was on track for a record high close.
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Question: Canadiens loan defenceman Victor Mete to Canada's junior national team

MONTREAL — Defenceman Victor Mete was loaned by the Montreal Canadiens to Canada's national junior team on Monday, a day before its selection camp for the upcoming world championships begins.
Mete will be joining 32 other players at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ont., on Tuesday. Hockey Canada will narrow its roster of 18 forwards, 11 defencemen and four goaltenders down to 22 players by Friday.
"We've made the decision to allow Victor Mete to join Team Canada's Selection Camp to give him an opportunity to participate in a very beneficial experience for his development," said Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin. "The World Junior Hockey Championship is a very elite and very competitive tournament, and this can be a very rewarding opportunity for a young player."
Mete is one of six Canadian junior-eligible players in the NHL this season and the first to be loaned to Canada's junior team. Columbus centre Pierre-Luc Dubois, Arizona defenceman Jakob Chychrun, Philadelphia centre Nolan Patrick and Colorado Avalanche defenceman Samuel Girard and centre Tyson Jost are the other eligible players.
Canada has until Dec. 19 to add any other NHLers to its roster for the world junior championships that begin on Dec. 26 in Buffalo, N.Y.

Kitchener — Long time Kitchener Rangers trainer Dan Lebold has been added to Canada's staff for the upcoming world junior hockey championships.
He'll join head coach Tim Hunter's crew for the tournament, which runs in Vancouver and Victoria this December.
This will be Lebold's fourth appearance for Canada at the world juniors. He was part of the gold medal winning bench in 1997 and claimed silver with the Canucks in 2010 and 2011.


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Question: FAA Investigating After Harrison Ford Flies Over Jetliner Awaiting Takeoff

Noted aviator and actor Harrison Ford flew his private plane over a jet airliner on the ground at a Southern California airport Monday. It's not the first time the Star Wars and Indiana Jones star has had problems landing.
The 74-year-old Ford was instructed to land on a runway at Orange County's John Wayne Airport but mistakenly landed on a parallel taxiway, passing over a Boeing 737 carrying 110 passengers and six crew members.
On a recording, Ford asked air traffic controllers, "Was that airliner meant to be underneath me?" according to NBC News, which first reported the incident.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the pilot heard and read back the correct landing instructions, according to The Associated Press. Gregor did not confirm it was Ford who was piloting the plane, a single-engine Aviat Husky. The AP reports that he didn't say how close Ford's plane came to hitting the jet on the ground.
No one was injured and the jet, American Airlines Flight 1456, took off for Dallas shortly after without incident.
The FAA is now investigating, which "could result in a simple warning letter to a suspension of Ford's pilot's license," NBC reports.
Ford collects vintage planes and has been flying for decades. According to NPR's Russell Lewis, Ford is "a highly-skilled and highly-rated pilot. He's qualified to fly single and twin engine planes, sea planes, helicopters and he's also an instrument-rated pilot." In 2015, Ford said he owned "eight or nine various types of airplanes," according to NTSB documents posted on AirSafe.com.
Ford reported on a medical certificate application that he had logged at least 5,200 flight hours, according to the NTSB.
He was a 2008 honoree and received the Legends Aviation Legacy Award from Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, and subsequently had an award named after him.
Ford was seriously injured in March 2015 when he crash-landed a restored World War II-era trainer plane on a golf course near the Santa Monica Airport shortly after takeoff. A National Transportation Safety Board report found the crash was caused by a loose engine part.
In 2000, Ford's plane "departed" a runway in Lincoln, Neb., because of a gust of wind, according to AirSafe.com. He was flying a Beechcraft Bonanza which "sustained minor damage," though Ford and his passenger were not injured.
And in 1999 he crash-landed a helicopter during a training flight in Ventura County, near Los Angeles, according to the AP. "Although the helicopter rolled over on its left side, neither Ford or the instructor were injured," AirSafe.com notes.

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Question: Chargers' Melvin Gordon: Carries ball six times in opening preseason contest

Gordon (knee) carried the ball six times for 14 yards in Sunday's preseason loss to the Seahawks.
Gordon and the rest of the first string barely played, ceding control to the second unit after an extended drive in the first quarter. While Gordon didn't break off any long runs, the Chargers were happy to see their star RB make it through the first preseason contest unscathed - especially given the team's recent injury woes.

Nix caught two passes for five yards in the Steelers' overtime win against the Browns on Sunday.
Targeted twice, Nix had his first receptions this season, matching his 2015 total. He still has no rushing attempts in his two NFL seasons, a trend that should continue when Pittsburgh hosts Miami in the Wild Card round.


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Shots rang out in the quiet suburban neighborhood of Del Ray Wednesday morning as a gunman opened fire during a baseball practice for Republican members of Congress.
The horror that unfolded next not only had the nation scrambling for answers but stunned the cozy community located just eight miles outside the nation’s capital.
On Dewitt Street, yellow police tape blocked off the scene of the incident. Beyond the tape, fire trucks, first responders, ambulances and police cars stretched into the distance -- after parademics whisked away the wounded including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others.
The contrast was striking for a neighborhood, in the Alexandria area, that was just waking up when shots rang out.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom,” said Reba Winstead, who lives in the area, describing what she heard. Winstead was getting her daughter ready for school when “all of a sudden there was gunfire in our neighborhood.”
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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky was in the batting cage along the right-field line when the shooting started. Paul said he heard 50 to 60 rounds.
Two Capitol Police officers assigned to Scalise’s security detail started to shoot back at the suspect, identified as 66-year-old James Hodgkinson. The officers were injured along with an aide and a lobbyist.
Reports of violence are rare in tight-knit, upscale Del Ray. Independent restaurants, coffee shops and vintage boutiques line the main street. A quiet refuge from the capital, the neighborhood bustles in the evenings as families pushing strollers typically gather for large helpings of custard and pizza -- not to gawk at a crime scene.
The neighborhood where the shooting took place also has a basketball court, soccer field and a popular dog park. It shares a parking lot with the YMCA.
Former defense contractor and Alexandria resident Owen Britton was working out inside that YMCA when he heard the gunshots. Britton, talking to reporters shortly after the incident, said the suspect “was crouched behind a wooden structure exchanging fire with what I believed to be police officers who were hiding behind a black SUV. One was shooting over the engine block and another was lying down behind the SUV.”
Still in his workout clothes and with his headphones around his neck, Britton said one of the police officer’s rounds passed through the YMCA windows.
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“Two rounds,” he said. “It hit the windows. One went through and landed in the pool. Another lodged between two panes of glass.”
Britton, who was huddled with about five others in the lobby of the YMCA, said everyone remained calm.
“No screaming, no crying, no yelling,” he said.
Back outside, it was a much different scene.
Katie Fillus had taken her dogs to the nearby park when she heard “very loud popping sounds.”
“Everybody started screaming, ‘Hit the ground! Hit the ground!’”
Down the street at the CVS, workers had locked themselves in.
When asked through the door if they were okay, a dark-haired woman replied “thank God, yes.”
“Words can’t describe how I feel right now,” said DeShawn Michael, who was heading to the YMCA at the time of the shooting. “Words can’t describe it,” he said, before lighting a cigarette and walking away.

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He attended Democratic President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address as a special guest of a congressman. He learned to bike and rollerblade, took martial arts and gymnastics classes and spent his summer playing soccer and swimming in a lake at a day camp in the Boston suburbs.
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Question: Trapped Thai team gets diving lessons as rescuers weigh extraction

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CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash courses in swimming and diving on Wednesday as part of complex preparations to extract a young soccer team trapped in a cave, and hoping for a swift end to their harrowing 11-day ordeal.
Divers, medics, counselors and Thai navy SEALS were with the 12 schoolboys and a 25-year-old assistant coach, providing medicines and food while experts assessed conditions for getting them out safely, a task the government said would not be easy.
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"The water is very strong and space is narrow. Extracting the children takes a lot of people," Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told reporters.
"Now we are teaching the children to swim and dive," he said, adding that if water levels fell and the flow weakened, they would be taken out quickly.
The SEALS posted photographs on Facebook showing their members working in chest-deep water in the cave, adding that it was pumping water as "fast as possible" as it prepares to bring out the stranded group.
About 120 million liters of water had been pumped out by late on Tuesday, or about 1.6 million every hour.
It was unclear what the options were to get the "Wild Boar" team out of the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai province and how they would be steered through tight, fluid conditions and uncertain weather.
Experts say divers have required three hours to reach the boys, located about 4 km (2.5 miles) from the mouth of the cave.
A video released by the SEALS showed two rescuers seated on an elevated part of the cave beside boys wrapped in emergency foil blankets who appeared to be in good spirits, occasionally laughing.
A torch is shone on each boy, who says hello and introduces himself with head bowed and palms pressed together in a traditional "wai" greeting.
One wears what appears to be the red jersey of the England soccer team in Tuesday's World Cup second-round victory over Colombia. Another wears the blue shirt of English team Chelsea.
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The group was discovered by the SEALS and two British cave diving experts on Monday, having been incommunicado since June 23, when a post-practice outing went awry, prompting the high-profile search and rescue effort.
The multinational operation has included divers from the Australian Federal Police, U.S. military personnel, British cave experts and teams from China, Japan, Laos and Myanmar.
The Thai army has sent in 31 divers to support the navy's SEALS, a spokesman said.
News that the team had survived sparked relief, celebrations and an outpouring of praise in a country transfixed by the drama and its almost blanket media coverage.
Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn said the authorities were keen to get the boys out and suggested that might have to happen in phases.
"All 13 don't have to come out at the same time," he told reporters. "Who is ready first can go first."
Officials have dismissed as speculation reports that the boys could be trapped for up to four months, although supplies have been prepared for that period of time.
There was much work to be done in preparing the boys for what could be a demanding task, and rescue teams should not be pressured to act faster, said a deputy government spokesman,
Weerachon Sukondhapatipak, who was at the cave on Wednesday.
"Some of them can't swim, so therefore it will take time for them to adjust," he said.
"Officials would teach them how to move, how to dive, how to move their body under those circumstances."
Somboon Sompiangjai, 38, said his son Peerapat, 16, was able to swim, adding that he was confident the SEALS' experience and professionalism would help get the boys home safely.
"I am not worried if the kids have to swim and dive," he told Reuters.
"I felt much better after seeing the clips with the children in good spirits, even though they were in there for 10 days."
(Additional reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat in CHIANG RAI and Amy Sawitta Lefevre, Chayut Setboonsarng, Panarat Thepgumpanat, Pracha Hariraksapitak and Aukkarapon Niyomyat in BANGKOK; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Clarence Fernandez)

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Fireworks to mark the Fourth of July holiday explode as fans sit on the outfield grass of Coors Field after a baseball game Tuesday in Denver.
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Fireworks, food and family: Get the most out of the Fourth of July
Happy birthday, America! Looking to show your love for the red, white and blue? Here's what you need to know to make the most out of your holiday week:
Heat, humidity and perhaps rain on these parades
Across the nation, high temperatures, humid air and thunderstorms are anticipated, possibility putting an end to outdoor Fourth of July festivities and fireworks for some. For northern states such as Minnesota, the upper Midwest and western portions of Wisconsin, severe thunderstorms are a high possibility — and will be accompanied with large hail and damaging winds. From the Rockies to the East Coast, temperatures in the 90s are predicted, with highs of 100 degrees in the Desert Southwest. While temperatures along the West Coast and into the Northwest will range from the 60s to 80s, humidity is expected to remain in form control of the Plains all the way to the East.
Summer's heat starts to sizzle A boy cools off from the heat on the Swann Memorial Fountains in Logan Square Park, in Philadelphia, June 17, 2018. 01 / 07 A boy cools off from the heat on the Swann Memorial Fountains in Logan Square Park, in Philadelphia, June 17, 2018. 01 / 07
Or just stay inside to watch these shows and movies
July Fourth is big for America. And for Hollywood. Once you get your fill of sparklers and corn on the cob, here's our movie viewing guide for every mood you might find yourself in. And here's what you can binge-watch from home, whether you are a war-movie buff or you're looking for some fireworks.
Rescuers start to teach boys trapped in Thai cave to dive
Rescue workers assisted by Thai navy SEALs started teaching some members of a young soccer team and their coach how to swim and dive Wednesday, more than a week after they became trapped in a cave in northern Thailand. The boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach, have been stranded deep inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai province for 12 days. They disappeared after they went exploring after a soccer game on June 23 and were found by rescue divers late Monday. But risky conditions, challenging terrain and heavy rains forecast for the weekend have complicated plans to safely extract them.
Search for trapped soccer team in Thailand Thai officials carry oxygen tanks through a cave complex during a rescue operation for a missing soccer team at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 1, 2018. Rescuers in northern Thailand looked for alternative ways into a flooded cave as they continued the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing in Tham Luang Nang Non cave after monsoon rains blocked the main entrance. U.S. Forces and British divers joined the search as they worked their way through submerged passageways in the sprawling underground caverns as the search intensifies for the young soccer team, aged between 11 to 16, and their their 25-year-old coach. 01 / 08 Thai officials carry oxygen tanks through a cave complex during a rescue operation for a missing soccer team at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 1, 2018. Rescuers in northern Thailand looked for alternative ways into a flooded cave as they continued the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing in Tham Luang Nang Non cave after monsoon rains blocked the main entrance. U.S. Forces and British divers joined the search as they worked their way through submerged passageways in the sprawling underground caverns as the search intensifies for the young soccer team, aged between 11 to 16, and their their 25-year-old coach. 01 / 08
Stars headline action-packed Wimbledon round
Wimbledon rolls on Wednesday at the All England Club with several marquee names in action. The women’s draw sees both Williams sisters in action as No. 9 seed Venus Williams takes on Alexandra Dulgheru (8 a.m. ET) while No. 25 seed Serena Williams faces Viktoriya Tomova (12:30 p.m. ET). Fellow American Madison Keys, in the No. 10 spot, leads off by taking on Luksika Kumkhum at 6:30 a.m. ET. The big highlight on the men’s side is, who else, No. 1 Roger Federer. The defending champion takes on Lukas Lacko at 10 a.m. ET.
Top shots from the 2018 Wimbledon Championships Heather Watson of Great Britain accidentally throws her racket during first-round match against Kirsten Flipkens. 01 / 21 Heather Watson of Great Britain accidentally throws her racket during first-round match against Kirsten Flipkens. 01 / 21
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Question: Project Runway's Chris March Reveals He Suffered ''Debilitating Accident'' That Left Him in a Coma

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Project Runway star Chris March is facing a serious health battle.
The fashion and costume designer, who appeared on season 4 of the reality competition series, shared details of the "debilitating accident" he suffered last summer. His loved ones launched a GoFundMe campaign on Monday to help March offset the financial burden of his continued recovery, saying he is still in a "very fragile state."
"Dear Friends," the message stated, "Our beloved Teddy Bear from Project Runway, Chris March, has had a rough 9 months. Back in June of last year, he suffered a debilitating accident and had to be placed in a medically induced coma where he stayed for many weeks."
It continued, "Thanks to the miracle of modern science he has pulled through, but is still in a very fragile state. His right arm has been paralyzed and at this moment, has limited use of his hands and legs. In addition, he's dealing with respiratory issues that demand constant care."

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Question: Arrest made after bacon strips left at California mosque

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DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 30-year-old woman is being charged with hate crimes after police say she broke windows and left bacon at a Northern California mosque.
The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2leLQOa ) that the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of Lauren Kirk-Coehlo of Davis on Tuesday.
She is charged in the vandalism of the Davis Islamic Center last month. The vandal broke six windows and two bicycles and put bacon strips on door handles.
Muslims are prohibited from eating pork products.
Earlier this month in the region, Roseville’s Tarbiya Institute was spray-painted with obscene and racist slurs, including “Muslim out.” The two communities are about 34 miles apart.
Roseville police say that also is being investigated as a hate crime, though there is no sign the two incidents are related.

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Question: Miranda writer Paul Kerensa in Worthing

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Paul Kerensa admits he will probably be leaving it all to the last minute as he ponders his set for his latest visit to Matt’s Comedy Club in Worthing (Connaught Studio, Thursday, March 29, 8pm).
“You see something looming in your diary, and you start thinking ‘I had better define what I am going to be talking about!’ But really also it is that attitude that you want the audience to think that you are standing there, making it up as you go along, that the jokes are just pouring out of the top of your head and that it is all fresh for them… and so you leave it to the last minute, and maybe that is actually what is having to happen.
“The show I am doing at the moment is a retelling of the Bible via comic songs and silliness, and Matt’s Comedy Club came along and said ‘Great, do your show, but we don’t want anything religious.’ I thought ‘Ah! But this is actually all about the Bible!’ So I might actually have some fun trying to do the whole show without mentioning the Bible. That might be fun.
“I think there is always a certain element of living on your wits as a comedian. I wear so many different hats – I don’t mean literally. I do my stand-up, I write for sitcom and I do television, and I have just started doing some radio. And then you end up with eight different deadlines in the same week, and you realise, no, there is nothing like leaving things to the last minute to actually get you to do them!”
Paul has written for various sitcoms, including BBC1 hits Not Going Out and After You’ve Gone, the award-winning Miranda and sketch shows including Dead Ringers, ITV’s Headcases and BBC3’s The Wrong Door.
Inevitably Paul’s own stand-up will be rather different: “You have to adapt for the people that you are writing for. But the people I have ended up writing for, like Miranda and Lee Mack, are people that tend to have the same sense of humour as me anyway.
“But I do think you have to adapt and be flexible.”
And that’s why Paul describes his comedy as open to all. The family-friendly ethos of Matt’s Comedy Club in Worthing suits him perfectly.
“I have been doing stand-up for 16 years, and much as I still do pubs and clubs and stags and hens and all sorts of other animals, I have also always enjoyed churches and schools. For me, really it is all about being broad and open.”
He’s delighted to be back in Worthing: “It has been nice over the years to come back and revisit Matt’s Comedy Club. It has always been a nice one to do. There is a great set-up before you even walk on, and the team behind it, particularly Russ, have always been great at putting together a good show from an audience perspective.”
Support comes from the Jay Foreman, plus the best local acts, all hosted by resident Matt’s MC Russ Bravo. Thursday , March 29, 8pm, Connaught Studio. Tickets from Worthing Theatres.
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Question: Taylor Swift Wins Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Former Radio Host

A Denver jury found fully in pop singer Taylor Swift's favor Monday, delivering a unanimous verdict in a trial over whether she was groped by a former radio host during a Denver meet-and-greet. Wanting the trial to serve as an "example to other women," the star had sought a single dollar in damages, which she was granted.
In his closing statements, Swift's lawyer Douglas Baldridge referenced the example that Swift hoped her suit could be for others in similar situations "by returning a verdict on Ms. Swift's counterclaim for a single dollar — a single symbolic dollar, the value of which is immeasurable to all women in this situation."
In his own closing arguments, David Mueller's attorney Gabriel McFarland wondered why his client would introduce himself by name and then almost immediately after, reach under the skirt of "one of the planet's, one of the country's, biggest superstars?"
The case was largely fought on the credibility of Swift and Mueller.
Late this past Friday, a federal judge threw out part of the case brought against Swift by Mueller, saying he had not proved Swift had set out to get him fired.
Swift countersued Mueller for sexual assault after his own suit was filed in 2015, leading to the Denver trial, which began jury selection last Monday. Swift initially had sought to keep the incident quiet.
By Friday, most of the principals in the case had been heard from — most notably Swift herself, who had several sharp rejoinders to questions from Mueller's attorney. Asked about Mueller's firing, Swift responded: "I am not going to allow your client to make me feel like it is any way my fault, because it isn't."

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Question: In tax push, Trump's team uses a dubious growth estimate

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department just gave Republicans ammunition that their tax cuts would pay for themselves.
But the one-page memo relies on a mathematical gimmick: It includes an assumption that tax cuts and other Trump administration policies would cause the economy to expand at a 2.9 per cent annual pace over 10 years. Economic growth at that level would, in theory, be enough to keep the national debt from rising.
But most analyses have concluded that the Senate tax overhaul would add at least $1 trillion to budget deficits in the next decade because the analyses foresee significantly less growth resulting from the tax cuts.
The Treasury Department report enables President Donald Trump to claim that the Senate tax overhaul would pay for itself, even though outside analyses show otherwise.
When the same report tries to estimate how much growth the tax cuts would actually produce, it also finds that the national debt would likely increase by at least $1 trillion during the next decade.
Many economists and tax experts were quick to dismiss the Treasury memo.
“It’s a joke,” David Kamin, a law professor at New York University and former economic policy aide in the Obama White House, said on Twitter.
Sen. Ron Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said, “It’s no more than a thinly veiled attempt by the Trump administration to cover up an economic agenda that showers corporations with goodies while taking money and health care away from those who need it most.”
Most economic analyses — including one by Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation — assume that the tax cuts would cause the debt to rise significantly because the cuts would fail to deliver significantly faster growth.
An analysis of the Senate plan released Monday by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center found that even after factoring in additional economic growth, deficits would rise by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years when including the additional interest costs.
A separate analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model found a similarly sized increase in budget deficits.
None of the top academic economists surveyed by the University of Chicago said the tax cuts would likely generate enough growth to pay for themselves.
The Treasury Department report, though, might provide a tool for Republican lawmakers to sell to a skeptical public tax cuts that largely help corporations and the wealthy. Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan have said that the tax cuts wouldn’t add to budget deficits.

Georgia special
The special election in Georgia to fill HHS Secretary Tom Price’s old congressional seat could end with a historic Democratic upset. The Sixth District seat has been held by a Republican continuously since Newt Gingrich won it in 1978, but changing demographics and what’s known as a “jungle primary” are giving Democrat Jon Ossoff a shot at winning today’s vote.
Georgia tea leaves
Spanning wealthier and Republican-leaning suburbs north of Atlanta, Tom Price’s old seat is just the kind of place Democrats would love to pull off an upset. They’d point to it as evidence of excitement in their base, and support from the upper-income Republicans and college graduates who eluded them in 2016. But winning will be tough. We look at data from the 50,000 early votes already cast to gauge the contest.
Custody battle
A lawyer for conservative radio show host Alex Jones says his client is nothing more than a showman. He said it in a Texas court, where Jones is fighting for custody of his children. His ex-wife argues the views and conspiracy theories on Jones’ radio show prove he’s unfit for fatherhood.
Silver lining
Whatever your feelings about tax day, retailers want you to know they feel your pain (or relief). The tax day freebie has become something of a modern tradition as corporations angle for new customers. Here’s a sampling of the companies trying to take some sting out of today by offering big discounts and free stuff.
Church cops
Alabama lawmakers could send a bill to the governor this week that would allow a megachurch to establish its own police force. The bill has already passed the state Senate and is awaiting a House vote. We take a look at why the plan is getting mixed reactions.
Corn sole
Reebok is creating its first shoe made entirely from biological materials. The shoe, available this fall, will have a cotton upper and a sole made from Susterra, a corn-based plastic substitute. It’s intended to be completely compostable, and will even use biologically derived glue to join the pieces together.
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Question: Soggy Alberto triggers mudslides, threatens dam failure

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. >> Mudslides triggered by the soggy remnants of Alberto forced evacuations below a dam and closed an interstate highway in the western mountains of North Carolina on Wednesday.
Forecasters warned that the leftovers of the Atlantic hurricane season’s first named storm are still capable of causing treacherous flooding as heavy precipitation spreads deeper into the nation’s midsection. Flash flood watches were in effect for parts of several states from Alabama through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, the Carolinas and Virginia and West Virginia.
About 2,000 people were evacuated after emergency managers said the Lake Tahoma dam in western North Carolina was in danger of “imminent failure.” Heavy rain triggered landslides at the dam, and the National Weather Service said “evacuees are being asked to flee.”
Just before dawn Wednesday, McDowell County Emergency Management deputy director Adrienne Jones told The Associated Press that the dam had not failed, but an engineer who had inspected the scene was concerned enough to order the evacuation until the dam could be examined in daylight.
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Jones said about 200 residents were in three shelters, set up in Marion, Old Fort and Glenwood. She said five minor injuries have been reported during water rescues as creeks and streams overflowed their banks and rock slides closed roads.
The big, messy storm caused more than 25,000 power outages in Alabama on Tuesday, a day after making landfall on the Florida Panhandle. Many of the outages were caused by trees rooted in soggy soil falling across utility lines.
“We’ve had a lot of rain, but we got lucky. It was a constant rain but not a heavy rain,” said Regina Myers, emergency management director in Walker County northwest of Birmingham.
Subtropical storm Alberto rolled ashore Monday afternoon in the Florida Panhandle before quickly weakening to a depression. By Tuesday morning, beachcombers had returned to the white sands of the Northern Gulf.
In Cuba, flooding damaged an oil refinery and caused crude oil to spill into Cienfuegos Bay as the remnants of Alberto continued to drench the island in heavy rain. State-owned TV showed authorities using barriers Tuesday to try to contain the spill from the Cienfuegos refinery in central Cuba about 150 miles southeast of Havana.
In North Carolina, a television news anchor and a photojournalist were killed Monday while covering the weather, when a tree became uprooted from rain-soaked ground and toppled onto their SUV, authorities said. WYFF-TV of Greenville, South Carolina, said news anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer were killed.
“Two journalists working to keep the public informed about this storm have tragically lost their lives, and we mourn with their families, friends and colleagues,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said in a statement.
Alberto was more of a rainstorm than a wind threat, but the National Weather Service said at least one tornado had been confirmed.
The weather service said its meteorologists confirmed a weak tornado with maximum winds of 85 mph hit an area around Cameron, South Carolina, on Monday afternoon. No one was hurt.
Associated Press writers Jennifer Kay in Miami Beach, Florida, Kate Brumback in Atlanta and Jeffrey S. Collins in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.

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At Facebook’s annual F8 conference , which officially kicks off in San Jose, California, on April 18, expect the social media giant to focus on the potential of augmented reality, a more powerful Messenger, and how the platform is tackling fake news and violent videos.
It’s the first conference since founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a 10-year roadmap for the company last year, focusing on technologies that will completely transform the way we use the platform. It will be the third year in a row that Facebook has held the conference, after taking a few hiatuses since launching the event back in 2007.
This year’s conference is expected to kick off with a keynote from Zuckerberg where he will unveil new Facebook products and talk about the social network’s plans for the future followed by yet another keynote on Wednesday, including more than 45 different sessions.
Until then, here’s our preview of what to expect at the highly anticipated conference. And as soon as it kicks off at 10 a.m. (PST) on Tuesday, we’ll keep you on top of all the action with live updates.
Augmented Reality
Expect a big focus on AR and its potential to completely change how we use our smartphones when we shop, travel, and play games. “Think Pokemon Go but on steroids,” notes USA Today, adding that Facebook’s AR lenses (glasses or contact lenses) won’t likely be available for a few years, but that the company is working to incorporate the experience into our phones as much as possible and in some unexpected ways for the time being.
Instagram
Facebook is likely to reveal more about some new features for Instagram, such as a Camera Effects Platform that allows you to add photo and video overlays and a Places Graph that enables developers to use Facebook’s location database. Per the description for the session focusing on the latter: “Power your app with the Places Graph. We’re providing free access to the same place data that powers Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. Learn how to use data in about 140M+ places around the world to create location aware app experiences.”
Messenger
Earlier this month, Facebook announced that its Messenger service has reached 1.2 billion users. The social network is expected to launch a few new Messenger features during this year’s conference, including new chat bots for group conversations, reports TechCrunch. The bots would likely be less chatty in nature than their predecessors and instead provide information pertinent to the group such as current sports scores or stock prices.
Virtual Reality
One thing we’ll definitely see a lot of at this year’s F8: virtual reality. Since its last developer conference, Facebook has made huge strides in terms of 360 video and virtual reality experiences, now allowing 360 video and photos to be shared on the site. In March, Facebook took things a step further and introduced Facebook 360 for Gear VR.


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Now representing the National Capital Region as part of UST's taekwondo team, Gianne Chiong competes for her family's future
MANILA, Philippines – Gianne Chiong has come a long way from her Agusan National High School roots.
Moving on from her high school Taekwando club after being granted an athletic scholarship at the University of Santo Tomas (UST), the 17-year-old has proven to be an excellent young athlete.
After previously representing her native Caraga region in a losing effort in last year’s Palarong Pambansa in Albay, Gianne, now a Grade 11 member of UST’s taekwando girls’ team, is slated to set foot once again on the national stage.
This time around, her eyes are set firmly on the gold medal.
Learning respect
Gianne was introduced to the sport when she was in the first grade after her aunt encouraged her to learn how to defend herself. But she made the decision to take up taekwando herself.
“I've loved taekwondo. I’m a fan of physical fitness and martial arts. It’s unique, (because in) taekwondo, you use your fists and your feet. You do kicking and punching,” she said in a mix of English and Filipino.
Gianne added that there’s more to the sport than meets the eye. “You learn a lot of moral lessons through the sport. I learned to be more respectful of those who know more than I do, and to have discipline in everything I do."
Fanning the flames
The road to this year’s Palaro is no cakewalk.
The young taekwando standout shared how preparing for Palaro has been tiring. It entailed severe restrictions on diet, weight conditioning, and hours of rest.
But while Gianne prepares rigorously for her second Palaro campaign from April 23 to 29, she said that what drives her to persevere is her family in Agusan.
“Through taekwando, po, matutulungan ko family ko. I received a scholarship through this sport and this will help my family financially.Kapag may problema, hindi na sila kailangan gumastos ng malaki sa education ko,” she said. (Through taekwondo, I am able to help my family. Whenever we face financial problems, at least they don’t have to spend anything for my education.)
An ‘emotional’ hunt for gold
Gianne is no stranger to defeat. She holds herself to account when she comes up short.
To this point, in losing bouts, she gives herself “deductions” when she hits below the belt or steps outside the mat; and even when she makes the slightest of mistakes on the playing field.
Palaro has been a learning experience for her, Gianne said.
“Yung knowledge ko po sa laro, importante. When I was competing, na-pick-up ko na 'wag maging overconfident sa sarili kasi that will take you down,” Gianne noted. (My knowledge of the game is very important. When I was competing, I learned not to be overconfident because that will take me down.)
“Just always listen, listen to the coach din kasi ‘yun ‘yung makakatulong sayo para manalo.” (Just always listen, listen to the coach because that will help you win.) It’s not chartering new territory to see athletes place much pressure on their performance.
Gianne is an ‘emotional’ athlete, and for reasons Filipino athletes know all too well.
“I’m an emotional athlete because when I play, I always think of my family. They made a lot of sacrifices for me so I want to bring back my achievements to them...It’s not easy for them to spend money on me, to put all that on the line for me,” Gianne said.
When asked about her biggest goal for this year’s Palarong Pambansa, Gianne made herself clear: “The gold, of course.” – With a report from Jaen Manegdeg/Rappler.com
Fidel Feria is a Rappler intern from Colegio San Juan de Letran.
This story was first published on X. Follow Rappler's coverage of Palarong Pambansa 2017 here.

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TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol: Central Visayas racked up 12 gold medals at the start of swimming competition of the 2018 Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Games on Tuesday at Victoriano D. Tirol Jr. Aquatic Center here.
PRISAA veteran Razal Cabajar and newbie Kent Francen Cagape led Central Visayas by winning three gold medals in their respective events.
The 19-year old Cabajar defended her crown in the girls’ 19-25 200-meter butterfly event with a time of 2:56.57. She also won gold in 50m freestyle (30.17) and 200m medley relay (2:23.09).
“I didn’t expect to win three gold that’s why I feel very happy because my months of training were really worth it,” said the fourth year BS Biology student from University of San Carlos.
Cabajar is hoping to sweep her remaining events including the 50m and 100m butterfly, 200m individual medley, and 4×50 freestyle relay.
Meanwhile, the Ateneo de Cebu incoming Grade 11 student Cagape snatched the first gold in swimming with his 2:11.95 showing in the boys’ 13-18 200m freestyle event.
He bested Davao Region tankers Jomarie Berja (2:13.03) and Alteddy Jamesa Sumaoy (2:14.35), who settled for silver and bronze, respectively.
A PRISAA first timer, Cagape proved his grit by dominating the 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle relay.
“I cannot contain my happiness when I grabbed the first gold in the competition since it was my first time also to join PRISAA,” said 16-year old Cagape.
Central Visayas topped the medal count in swimming with 12 gold, five silver and six bronze medals followed by Western Visayas (11-9-4) and Davao Region (5-6-5).
Leading the charge for the Davao Region was Berja, who also earned three gold medals apart from his silver-finish in 200m freestyle.
The 17-year old stalwart from Davao Oriental topped the 100m breaststroke and was part of the 400m individual medley and 200m medley relay teams.
Central Visayas strengthened its bid to win their fourth straight overall title and seventh overall PRISAA title by winning 17 gold medals in the weightlifting competition.
Bohol Institute of Technology weightlifters France Ivan Lorete, Justine Luke Lorete and Kid Perez chipped in three gold apiece from the boys’ youth division.
Dave Lloyd Pacaldo got two gold and one silver in the men’s senior category while RJ Polan and Paula Lamit contributed six medals combined from the women’s youth division.
In athletics, Melody Perez ran away with the first gold after dominating the women’s 3,000m (11:33.81) while Western Visayas tracksters Kim Villaruz and Marjorie Basea took the 1-2 position in the 3000m secondary girls category.


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Two great voices that sound great together.
Such was the case at London’s Royal Albert Hall over the weekend (Dec. 8) when Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant welcomed Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders to perform a pair of songs during his show with his band the Sensational Space Shifters.
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Hynde joined Plant to perform “Bluebirds Over the Mountain,” the Ersel Kichey cover from Plant’s latest solo album, Carry Fire, that features Hynde. She stuck around to sing 1983 Pretenders single, “2000 Miles.”
Watch fan footage of the inspired performance below.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Newly elected Hall of Famer Jim Thome won't be enshrined with Chief Wahoo.
Thome played most of his career with the Cleveland Indians and "fully" supports the team's decision to remove the divisive Wahoo logo from its uniforms. He prefers to have the club's block "C'' logo on his Cooperstown plaque.
The slugger feels the "C'' logo is "the right thing to do." Thome plans to speak with his wife, Andrea, and Hall of Fame officials before making a final decision.
Thome wore the Chief Wahoo logo while playing for the Indians from 1991-2002 and again when he returned in 2011. The left-handed hitter belted 612 home runs, eighth on the career list.
Foam Chief Wahoos line the shelf at the Cleveland Indians team shop, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, in Cleveland. Divisive and hotly debated, the Chief Wahoo logo is being removed from the Cleveland Indians' uniform next year. The polarizing mascot is coming off the team's jersey sleeves and caps starting in the 2019 season. The Club will still sell merchandise featuring the mascot in Northeast Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
The Wahoo logo will be removed from jersey sleeves and caps starting in the 2019 season, when Cleveland hosts the All-Star Game.
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Fans of a certain age (mine) cheered last week when the Phillies announced Pete Rose will finally be enshrined into the team’s Wall of Fame this summer. Say what you will about Rose’s gambling, lying and low character (true, true and true), he will always be an iconic figure in franchise history.
Rose, now 76, played just five seasons here. But he proved to be the missing piece the Phils needed to win the 1980 World Series. He drove his teammates to be better. He hit .326 in 25 postseason games wearing red pinstripes. He was beloved by fans.
This one’s not debatable. And that’s important. Because in recent years, the Phils seem to have abandoned border patrol on their Wall of Fame, allowing the entry standard to drop from all-time great to kinda good.
Mike Lieberthal permanently enshrined? I realize “Lieby” played 13 seasons here, but also know those years perfectly coincide with the Phils streak of missing the playoffs. That is not coincidence.
John Kruk? A valuable part of those 1993 World Series rascals, to be sure. A popular guy. Fine broadcaster. But if you start ranking every Phillie by career WAR, you’ll pass 49 others before you land on Kruk. Pat Burrell, a 2015 inductee, is another seven pegs below that in career value.
Beyond minimum playing-time standards, there is no hard-set logic determining who gets into these things (read: Dave Schultz in the Flyers Hall of Fame). For the Phils, it seems, the motivation in recent seasons has been honoring popular players who may jack up mid-summer attendance. Hello, Jim Thome.
Maybe that’s fine. Maybe having Burrell and Leiberthal share gold-leafed permanence with Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton only annoys me.
By my thinking, three criteria should play into this: Was the player an all-time franchise great? Was he an important cog on winning teams? Was he a fan favorite? Any player who doesn’t check two of those boxes probably shouldn’t be enshrined.
In the future, this won’t be a problem. Soon we’ll enjoy the parade of Rollins, Utley, Howard and Hamels (assuming those guys ever retire). Carlos Ruiz and Shane Victorino will have their day, and deserve it. Maybe Brad Lidge. Maybe Jayson Wer – oh, never mind.
But in the interim, Scott Rolen and Bobby Abreu are probably on deck. Outstanding players, for sure, but two who played for lousy teams and sure didn’t connect with the fan base. That’ll be a festive weekend, listening to Rolen wax poetic about how he demanded a trade out of town.
Nothing cheapens Halls of Fame like an open-door policy. The Flyers, to their credit, discovered there were no more Bullies to honor after Schultz and skipped five years before the 2014 double-enshrinement of Eric Lindros and John Leclair.
The Phils should consider the same. Give it a rest after Rose. Stall a few seasons until the 2008 heroes are eligible. Honor the great, the impactful, the truly beloved. Otherwise, at this rate, we’ll soon be facing Pete Incaviglia Night.


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