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Question: Sen. Mike Lee: Americans Don’t Want Obamacare Bailouts

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The Republican Congress that was elected to repeal Obamacare is now considering bailing it out. It shouldn’t.
Earlier this month, America’s Health Insurance Plans, the lobbying arm of the health insurance industry, sent a letter to the Republican leadership demanding billions of dollars in new subsidies for Obamacare insurance policies.
The letter did not mention that health insurance companies are already enjoying record high profits without additional taxpayer subsidies.
Unfortunately, the congressional leadership appears committed to giving the insurance companies what they want. The omnibus spending bill set to be released Monday will likely contain a provision that would send Obamacare insurers $10 billion in “reinsurance” payments a year for three years — 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Instead of repealing the Obamacare regulations that have caused premiums to more than double since 2013, Republicans are set to buy off insurance companies to hide the true cost of rising premiums.
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While advocates for these insurance subsidies argue that these payments will reduce premiums, it’s essential to understand that they do not reduce premiums in real terms.
There’s no real decrease in costs. They hide part of the premium by shifting it to taxpayers. That’s a bailout.
Don’t think for a second that this would be a one-time $30 billion price tag. Why would a future Congress allow a $10 billion annual bailout to end on a cliff in 2022? Insurers’ lobbyists will be back in 2022 leveraging their control over premiums for the spigot to continue.
What congressional leadership would be agreeing to by including reinsurance bailout funds in this omnibus is a $10 billion annual corporate bailout in perpetuity.
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On top of being bad policy, these reinsurance payments will fund abortion unless the Hyde Amendment — a pro-life protection preventing taxpayer funding of abortion coverage — is specifically applied.
Pro-life groups were clear in 2017 that unless the Hyde Amendment is included, any member voting for the reinsurance payments would “not only be voting to sustain what many have called the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade, but would also be voting to directly appropriate taxpayer dollars for insurance that includes abortion.”
Thus far, none of the bailout proposals have included the Hyde Amendment.
Congressional leadership needs to listen to the voters who sent them to Washington to end Obamacare. In a recent poll, 61 percent of Americans opposed Congress paying health insurance companies to temporarily lower premiums.
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What Americans need is real relief from the Obamacare regulations that are already raising the cost of health care. We need to allow the states to run their own health insurance markets again.
Bailing out Obamacare’s fundamental failures only puts the real goal further out of reach.
Mike Lee is the junior Republican senator from Utah. A version of this Op-Ed appeared on The Daily Signal website under the headline “Americans Don’t Want Obamacare Bailouts.”
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website.
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Question: Treasurer Scott Morrison rejects $126 billion GST reform

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NSW and Victoria will pay billions of dollars to fund services in other states under the first redesign of the GST in almost two decades, as the Turnbull government sets state premiers a deadline to settle tax disputes months before a federal election.
Casting aside the key recommendation of a highly anticipated inquiry he initiated into the GST, Treasurer Scott Morrison on Thursday will announce a $7.2 billion fund in a bid to silence voter anger in key electorates and ensure no state is worse off.
This year, more than $126 billion in GST - up to half of all state revenues - will be distributed so that each state can provide the same basic facilities, including schools and hospitals, as the strongest state in the country.
Until 2009, that had always been Victoria or NSW, but the mining boom in Western Australia triggered wild distortions in the system, leaving it with a temporary boom in revenues that have since faded, while being stuck with GST revenues a third of the size of the east coast.
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GST revenue in Perth has fallen to as low as 30 cents for every dollar, transforming the tax into an election defining issue that now threatens the positions of cabinet ministers Christian Porter and Michael Keenan.

Here’s your calendar for the next decade. Personal income tax changes — seven years; GST reform — eight years; corporate tax cuts — 10 years.
The overhaul of the GST has resulted in the Federal Government embracing an extended time frame that will surprise many WA voters.
But it has long been on the cards given the problems inherent in fixing the GST quagmire, especially for a Government that promised no State or Territory would be worse off.
The Productivity Commission’s plan has been dumped in favour of something politically palatable in Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. At the same time WA finally gets some certainty and fairness.
For voters the equation is simple: both sides of the political fence are offering $2.1 billion to WA over the next three years but with a much bigger pie beyond that on offer from Malcolm Turnbull.
The Government has found a way to change the GST system in a way that makes it fairer to WA.
The Government has broken from the Howard and Costello decision to make the GST the “States’ tax”. Under that deal, every GST dollar was to flow back to the States and Territories.
To ensure no State is worse off, the Federal Government will pay $600 million in 2021-22. Over the six years, allowing for indexation, that’s an extra $5.2 billion going into the GST pool.
It’s a sign that the Government isn’t worried by ideology and more focused on outcome.
Whether a future government will be happy is another question.


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Question: RUNOFF RESULTS: Wooten wins SC House runoff election for Distric - wistv.com - Columbia, South Carolina

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Chris Wooten is now the Republican nominee for the South Carolina State House of Representatives District 69 seat that was left vacant by former representative Rick Quinn following a corruption investigation.

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Question: Speeding BMW driver caught doing more than 150mph in Highlands

Police have issued a speed warning after a driver was caught travelling at more than 150mph on the A9.
A 25-year-old man has been reported to the Procurator Fiscal after his BMW was caught on camera speeding at 153mph in a 70mph dual carriageway section south of Aviemore at 10pm on Tuesday.
He was recorded shortly after a 53-year-old motorcyclist was charged for speeding at 95mph in a 60mph area of the same road near Brora.
Officers said any collision at such speeds would be “catastrophic”.
Sergeant Ewan Calder said: “Motorists who think they can disregard the speed limits to this extent show a blatant disregard for their own safety and the safety of every other innocent person on the road.
“The outcome of a collision at these speeds would have been catastrophic.
“The consequences of excessive speed are well documented and very real. Speed limits exist for a reason.
“Please slow down, respect the safety of other road users and if you’re tempted to speed then think about what the consequences of this choice could be.
“Anyone who has concerns about excessive speed can call 101 or 999 in an emergency. Please only call if it is safe to do so.”

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A trucker was pulled over by police as he headed the WRONG WAY along the M6 Toll.
Officers from the Central Motorway Police Group stopped the lorry on the pay-as-you-drive motorway in Staffordshire .
The group’s Twitter account published a picture of the HGV pulled over in a layby near a toll area.
It said: “Driver of this goods vehicle dealt with for dangerous driving after heading the wrong way on the @M6tollRoad @StaffsPolice area.”
The incident was one of several on the M6 Toll on Monday, as three other drivers were stopped doing more than 100mph.
In one case, a Volkswagen motorist was clocked at an eye-watering 119mph on the southbound carriageway – and claimed they were “running late for a birthday party”.
About an hour later, another driver was pulled over after police clocked the motorist at 114mph.
And a third driver was caught doing 115 mph shortly before 1.40pm.
That vehicle was seized as it was untaxed, police said.
All three drivers were told they would have to attend court.


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Question: Rolf Harris to face retrial for three sex offences and one new charge

Disgraced veteran entertainer Rolf Harris is to be retried on three sex offence charges and face one new count.
Last week a jury found the 86-year-old Australian not guilty of three assaults, following a trial at London's Southwark Crown Court.
Harris, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and dark tie, appeared via video-link for Wednesday's hearing.
The former TV star is accused of four indecent assaults against three female teenagers, spanning two decades.
He will be retried for the alleged indecent assault of a 14-year-old girl in 1971, a 13-year-old girl in 1983, and a teenage girl in 1978.
He faces a new count of assault against the same complainant in relation to the 1978 allegation.
The retrial date is set for May 15.
Judge Alistair McCreath remanded Harris in custody, to which the defendant replied: "Thank you."
A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said they had decided to seek a retrial "after careful consideration" following the jury being discharged last week.
He added: "This decision was taken after consideration of all the matters set out in our legal guidance on seeking re-trials when a jury has failed to agree on a verdict.
"The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against Rolf Harris remain active and that he has a right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.

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Image caption Married couple Derek Jessop and his wife Malee Kadram deny all the charges
A married couple have gone on trial accused of historical sex offences against children over several decades.
Derek Jessop, 74, is accused of 10 indecent assaults, one attempted rape and three rapes, a jury at Preston Crown Court heard.
His wife Malee Kadram, 39, is accused of indecency with a child and indecent assault. His former wife, Lesley Jessop, also faces two charges of indecent assault against a boy, 15.
The defendants deny all the charges.
Image caption Lesley Jessop, Derek Jessop's former wife, denies two allegations of indecent assault
The trial revolves around a series of alleged sexual offences against a total of eight children in the Blackpool area.
They are said to have been committed between the 1960s and 2004, the jury was told.
The three defendants, all from Blackpool, say they are the victims of malicious allegations driven by potential financial gain.
Prosecuting barrister Paul Brookwell told the jury the alleged victims of Mr Jessop, who is a former businessman, were girls aged between four and 12.
The trial is due to last up to six weeks.


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Question: What’s the Catch? Coarse season could throw up some surprises

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At long last the new coarse-fishing season on Britain’s rivers is upon us and there will be enthusiastic anglers hoping to get the new season off to a flying start, writes Roger Poole, chairman of Petworth and Bognor Angling Club.
Experience led me to realise that a river last fished in March was very different in June: the baits, the tactics, the swims needed re-appraisal rather than expectation that what worked three months ago would work again, so now a different approach is well worth the effort and time just looking and watching is time well spent.
Petworth and Bognor Angling Club are always looking for youngsters to join and enjoy a pastime that gets you out in the countryside and away from those screens that are taking over our lives.
The legal close season is there for a purpose, the main one being time for fish to spawn. Having done so their natural desire is to build their strength and for anglers this means using baits to suit that purpose, so it’s worth offering a variety to test what bait takes their fancy, depending on the variety of fish the angler is hoping to catch.
The one thing you can be certain of is nature providing a wide variety of natural foods – bugs, worms, flies and grubs are close to the river in bankside shrubs and trees.
Let’s hope for another good fishing season, not only on the rivers but on the ponds and lakes throughout our lovely county.
We are blessed with both and my club (www.sussexangling.co.uk) along with others would like to see more people taking up angling as a pastime.
To encourage them we have the National Fishing Month led by author and TV presenter of River Monsters Jeremy Wade and TV presenter and angler Nick Hancock, who together with the angling trade are backing more than 250 events across the UK targeting youngsters and adults.
The scheme is backed by the Environment Agency and if you are interested visit www.nationalfishingmonth.com – remember, children under 16 can enjoy a free fishing licence – check www.gov.uk/fishing-licences/buy-a-fishing-licence.
National Fishing Month actually runs from July 27 to September 2 to coincide with the school holidays.
Petworth and Bognor Angling Club are always looking for youngsters to join and enjoy a pastime that gets you out in the countryside and away from those screens that are taking over our lives.
When my club ran a couple of events for children to try fishing from one of our ponds at Walberton, they went wild with excitement and pleasure when handling a small rudd with its lovely red dorsal fins, and after putting them back in the water unharmed they couldn’t wait to catch another.
Sadly we can’t arrange weekend events for children throughout the year, but it’s certainly something today’s adult anglers need to consider to help ensure the survival of angling as well as the clubs themselves.
Fortunately my club retain and grow our membership through the dedicated effort in looking after our venues on both still waters and stretches of the Rother and Arun to ensure there’s good reason to enjoy a day’s fishing.
What’s out there to tempt these early-season anglers? Well the tench are certainly active in the early morning from our ponds, but on the rivers chub seem to dominate at the moment and are always active especially in the margins.
Under tree and shrub cover they take most baits and last year soft cheese caught a good number of quality chub especially from the Rother.
Light tackle float trotting mid-stream with a size 16/18 hook with a single maggot should catch dace, roach and the occasional perch, ideal on the Rother but on the Arun the same tactics work the opposite and best in the margins, while mid-water on the Arun using a feeder or ledger is more likely to find bream and chub and, if you are really lucky, a barbel.
You need to experiment with your choice of baits in these early days – remember, the river is full of natural food.
Tight lines and enjoy your fishing.
Roger Poole
Chairman, Petworth & Bognor Angling Club

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E.g. ['Represent the article to find a fitting news title', '"How do you reconcile public safety and the First Amendment?" That\'s the question Charlottesville, Va., Mayor Mike Signer asked in an interview on Sunday.\nAnd it\'s a question city and state governments are likely grappling with after the weekend\'s violence in Charlottesville.\nAround the country, white nationalists and other groups have protested efforts to remove statues and other symbols of the Confederacy. As counter-demonstrators arrive to protest the white nationalists, the resulting scenes are often tense and brimming with the potential for violence.\nState and local officials prepared for Saturday\'s protests in Charlottesville, which were known about for months. But in the wake of fierce brawling in the streets of the usually quiet college town, and then a driver plowing his car into a crowd of pedestrians, killing one and injuring 19, many are asking what Charlottesville authorities could have done differently—and what could be done to prevent such violence in the future.\nCity Permitting and Free Speech\nVirginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe told NPR\'s Morning Edition that local authorities had done what they could to head off the fighting that erupted, but that they were foiled by a federal judge\'s decision to allow the Unite The Right rally to go on in Charlottesville\'s Emancipation Park.\nCharlottesville tried to revoke the permit it had issued for the rally to be held in Emancipation Park, in order to move the protestors about a mile away to McIntire Park, which offered more open space.\n"That was the place it should have been. We were unfortunately sued by the ACLU and the judge ruled against us," McAuliffe said. "That rally should not have been in the middle of downtown ... where [people] dispersed all over the city streets, and it became a powder keg. We\'ve got to look at these permits, and we\'ve got to look at where we put these rallies and protesters."\nThe ACLU responded that the injunction was the city\'s fault because it mounted a weak legal case.\n"The Governor\'s anger about what happened is understandable," ACLU Virginia Executive Director Claire Guthrie Hastings said in a statement to NPR. "We are angry, too. The situation that occurred was preventable, and our lawsuit challenging the City to act constitutionally did not cause it. ... All we did was ask the City to live up to the requirements of the Constitution. That it failed to do so is on the City, not us."\nCharlottesville Police Tactics Scrutinized\nAlso under scrutiny was the action – or inaction – of the Charlottesville police.\nMcAuliffe told Morning Edition that the police did "a magnificent job," and said the potential for violence had been high.\n"They had to be very careful," the governor said. "We had been planning for this for a while. We had to show tremendous restraint because ... these people all came armed. I\'ve never seen so many weapons. These people were wearing better gear than my own state police were wearing. They had body armor, helmets. I mean people were walking around with semi-automatic rifles through the streets."\n"[If] one person fired one shot, it would have been a melee, and I would be talking to you today with a lot of body bags. None of that happened."\n"Think of this," McAuliffe said. "Not one window was shattered, not one ounce of property damage, not one shot fired, and not one person went to the hospital, except for the 19 who were hit by a car terrorist. Which, you can\'t, you know – there\'s no preparation\'s that\'s gonna prepare for some nut, some murderer, who\'s going to turn his car into a weapon and run through a crowd."\nBut both protesters and counter-protesters criticized the police response.\n"There was no police presence," Brittany Caine-Conley, a minister in training who locked arms with other clergy members in counter-protest, told The New York Times. "We were watching people punch each other; people were bleeding all the while police were inside of barricades at the park, watching. It was essentially just brawling on the street and community members trying to protect each other."\nPrinceton professor and activist Cornel West, who was also at the protest, told The Washington Post "the police didn\'t do anything in terms of protecting the people of the community, the clergy."\nThe Unite The Right rally\'s organizer, Jason Kessler, was also critical. "Charlottesville refused to honor permit as ordered by a federal judge. CPD didn\'t even show up until 1.5 hrs into the permit," he tweeted. "Inside the park was peaceful. Outbreaks of violence occurred where police refused to separate or even pushed the feuding groups together."\nWhite nationalist Richard Spencer, another organizer, said the police had failed to protect the people who had gathered for the rally. "We came here as a demonstration of our movement," Spencer told the Post. "And we were effectively thrown to the wolves."\nThe ACLU\'s Hastings also criticized the policing on Saturday, which she said "was not designed to be ... effective in preventing violence."\n"I was there and brought concerns directly to the Secretary of Public Safety and the head of the State Police," said Hastings. "They did not respond. In fact, law enforcement was standing passively by, waiting for violence to take place, so that they would have grounds to declare an emergency, declare an \'unlawful assembly\' and clear the area."\nCharles Ramsey, who formerly headed the police in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., told the Post that demonstrators and counter-demonstrators "need to be in sight and sound of each other, but somebody has to be in between .... That\'s usually the police."\n"The whole point is to have overwhelming force so that people don\'t get the idea they can do these kinds of things and get away with it," he said.\nAn NPR request for comment from the Charlottesville Police Department was not returned.\nLt. Joseph Hatter, a commander with the Charlottesville police, told the Post that officers tried to create separate areas. "It didn\'t work, did it?" he admitted. "I think there was a plan to have them separated. They didn\'t want to be separated."\nHe told the newspaper that he doesn\'t know that police waited to react to the violence. "I think we did the best we could under the circumstances."\nPublic Assembly and Public Space\nQuestions about how governments manage protests are likely to continue, and to be argued in court.\nOn Friday, a federal judge granted a temporary injunction, ruling that the city could not revoke the permit it had issued to Kessler to hold the demonstration in Emancipation Park.\nIn his opinion, Judge Glen Conrad said Kessler was likely to prevail on his claim that Charlottesville\'s decision to revoke his permit was content-based.\n"Kessler\'s assertion in this regard is supported by the fact that the City solely revoked his permit, but left in place the permits issued to counter-protestors," Conrad wrote. "The disparity in treatment between the two groups with opposing views suggests that the defendants\' decision to revoke Kessler\'s permit was based on the content of his speech rather than other neutral factors that would be equally applicable to Kessler and those protesting against him. This conclusion is bolstered by other evidence, including communications on social media indicating that members of City Council oppose Kessler\'s political viewpoint."\nThe judge wrote further that though the city maintained its decision to revoke Kessler\'s permit was due to the number of people likely to attend his demonstration, "their concerns in this regard are purely speculative." He added, "there is no evidence to support the notion that many thousands of individuals are likely to attend the demonstration."\nFollowing the events in Charlottesville, those worried about potential violence have fresh evidence.\nPublic protests can become especially complicated when people are carrying guns and dressed in full camouflage, as some did this weekend in Charlottesville.\nMcAuliffe argues officials need help from the courts if governments are to maintain public safety while allowing people to exercise their First Amendment rights.\n"We\'ve got to get a better understanding with these judges to understand our job is to keep our community safe," he said. "The judiciary needs to do a better job of working with us."\nAnd the ACLU\'s Hastings says that whatever strategies authorities use, they need to be lawful and in keeping with the Constitution: "It is my firm hope and desire that the Governor and other local officials will learn from this past weekend how constitutionally to prevent events like the horror we saw in Charlottesville."'] == ['Represent this title to get a news article that provides more details about it!', "Charlottesville Violence Highlights Cities' Struggle To Balance Rights And Safety"]

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A Baptist church in South Carolina plans to remove a hand-carved statue of Jesus Christ because some congregants believe it's too "Catholic" for their place of worship.
The hand-carved, 7-foot (2-meter) statue and accompanying reliefs depicting scenes from Christ's life have been displayed outside Red Bank Baptist Church in Lexington for a decade.
But in a letter to the artist, Pastor Jeff Wright said the art would be removed this week.
"We have discovered that there are people that view the art as Catholic in nature," Wright wrote in the letter to Delbert Baker Jr. A friend of Baker's posted the letter on Facebook.
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Wright wrote that the statue and reliefs bring into question "the theology and core values of Red Bank Baptist Church," but he didn't elaborate.
The pastor did not return telephone calls or respond to messages The Associated Press left in person with his staff at the church Wednesday.
The letter said Baker had until Thursday to remove the art if he wanted to keep it. If not, it would be destroyed. Workers at the church refused to tell the AP if that deadline remained in place.
The dispute is a symptom of a larger "dysfunction" in the Southern Baptist Convention, said Bill Leonard, a professor of Baptist studies at Wake Forest University.
"Almost week to week there's another incident in which southern Baptists portray themselves ... having convictions that look like bias and prejudice in the larger culture," Leonard said. "The bias is so deep that they even think they have the wrong Jesus is in front of their church."
In his own letter responding to Wright, Baker explained his vision of the art, saying it was meant to show Red Bank Baptist had a focus on Christian outreach.
"This is why Christ is represented as though he is stepping outside of the building, not just confined to the idleness of inner walls," Baker wrote in the letter, which his friend also posted on Facebook. "Under each arm, the reliefs depict scriptural and historical events that we as Christians believe represent the life of Christ."
The reason that has been given for removing the art makes no sense, Baker added, because a large sign out front identifies the building as a Baptist church. Instead, the explanation makes it appear that congregants are disparaging Catholics, Baker wrote.
"I was obedient to my Lord in creating it and after much prayer I must respectfully decline to take part in its removal," Baker wrote.
Baker did not respond to telephone messages from the AP on Wednesday.
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This Pacific island nation of 33 atolls, or coral islands, are together around the same size as Dominica — just 313 square miles. But because the atolls are so spread out, Kiribati is the only country in the world to fall into all four hemispheres (northern, southern, eastern, and western). Only 21 of the islands are inhabited with the country's 108,000 residents. Visitors to Kiribati enjoy some of the best deep-sea fishing in the world, as well as miles of saltwater flats. But see this tropical paradise before it is no longer — rising seas are threatening to swallow the country whole. Here are more breathtaking places to visit before they disappear.

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LONDON — After a rare English Premier League swap deal, Alexis Sanchez and Henrikh Mkhitaryan made an immediate impact at their new homes on Saturday.
Sanchez injected a fresh dose of dynamism to Manchester United and scored — immediately after missing a penalty — on debut to beat Huddersfield 2-0.
Mkhitaryan, who struggled to convince Jose Mourinho of his qualities at United, marked his first Arsenal start by providing three assists — including one for fellow new recruit Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — in a 5-1 rout of Everton.
When so much focus was on Mkhitaryan and $80 million record signing Aubameyang, Aaron Ramsey chose the wrong day to score his first-ever hat trick.
For Arsenal and United, the January signings were made with an eye on next season in the Premier League. Any title aspirations faded long ago.
Even though Manchester City dropped points for only the fourth time this season in a 1-1 draw at Burnley, the leaders still only had their advantage cut to 13 points by United with 12 games remaining.
The tussle to stay in the Premier League is far tighter.
Southampton escaped the relegation zone after winning at West Bromwich Albion 3-2 to end a 13-match winless run in the league.
Swansea is out of the danger zone only on goal difference after drawing with Leicester 1-1.
But Stoke sunk back into the bottom three after Bournemouth followed up recent fine wins against Arsenal and Chelsea by beating the less illustrious opposition 2-1. Bournemouth climbed to ninth ahead of Everton, which was at Arsenal in the late game.
Brighton ended West Ham’s six-match unbeaten run by winning 3-1 to move three points clear of the drop zone.
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Arsenal will join Manchester City in the race to sign Riyad Mahrez this summer after the Leicester star's move to the Etihad broke down on deadline day.
The Algerian winger submitted a transfer request and has since gone AWOL, missing training with the Foxes.
Claude Puel left his star man out of the 1-1 draw vs Swansea and now the Gunners are looking to take advantage of the situation.
Leicester will likely sell their star man this summer to extract maximum value - with only two years remaining on his contract - and the Star report the Blues now have a fight on their hands to sign him in the next window.
A dream to work with Pep Guardiola may be spurned by Mahrez is Arsene Wenger offers him a starring role at the Emirates.
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Question: Yeti Snubs NRA, Competitor Had Simple Answer

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A cooler company popular among sportsmen abruptly severed its ties with the National Rifle Association, according to a recent statement posted by the lobbying group’s Institute for Legislative Action.
Marion Hammer, the executive director of Unified Sportsmen of Florida, wrote an advisory explaining that Yeti announced without explanation it will no longer sponsor the Friends of NRA Foundation Banquets and other events.
Hammer, who previously served as NRA president, wrote that these functions “raise money to support youth programs and educational programs nationwide.”
He used the public statement to denounce the manner in which Yeti delivered the news.
‘”They will only say they will no longer sell products to The NRA Foundation,” he wrote. “That certainly isn’t sportsmanlike.”
Hammer went on to assert that the company “should be ashamed” for making the decision to divest from an organization that has continued to shed corporate support across multiple industries in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Florida earlier this year.
“They have declined to continue helping America’s young people enjoy outdoor recreational activities,” Hammer wrote. “These activities enable them to appreciate America and enjoy our natural resources with wholesome and healthy outdoor recreational and educational programs.”
Where one company saw a demand to cut ties with the NRA, another saw an opportunity to reach out to new customers.
By posting a Facebook image of the Second Amendment’s text, RTIC Coolers sparked its own conversation on the issue.
Within two days, the post had been shared nearly 75,000 times. Many of the thousands of responses offered words of support for the company’s post.
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“The fact that Rtic posted this will ensure my purchases from them in the future,” one user wrote. “I respect the fact that they have not yet folded to liberal pressure.”
Another said he recently “liked” the company’s Facebook page, but is now more likely to be an actual customer.
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“I probably wasn’t going to buy anything,” he wrote. “However now that I know what side of the fence you stand on, I guarantee you that I will be making a purchase in the near future from you.”
Others identified a potential profit motive in the post’s timing.
“The NRA posted earlier that the ‘Y’ Company is no longer a sponsor,” a Facebook user wrote in response to a previous comment. “I think that is why RTIC posted this today to show they are available LOL.”
As for Yeti, a number of previous customers have expressed support for a boycott. As WCMH reported, one South Carolina man staged a dramatic statement of his displeasure.
Bryan Atkinson of Hartsville reportedly packed his Yeti cooler with explosives and detonated it in a field.
“Yeti can’t stand behind the NRA, I ain’t standing behind Yeti no more,” he said in a video of the explosion. “Y’all get ready. It’s going down.”
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Question: TSX opens to new record high as financials gain

Canada's main stock index rose for the seventh straight day on Wednesday to set a fresh record high, led by gains for its financial services group after strong economic data from both Canada and the United States.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 15.03 points, or 0.10 per cent, at 15,801.06. Six of the index's 10 main groups rose.
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U.S. stocks opened little changed on Wednesday, after a recent spate of record highs, as upbeat economic data that bolstered the prospects of an interest rate hike.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1 point, or 0 per cent, at 20,505.41, the S&P 500 was down 2.13 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 2,335.45 and the Nasdaq composite was down 4.06 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 5,778.52.
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While AU stocks traded lower alongside regional equities on Wednesday, futures show a strong open is in store with a move back toward 6,030. At 8am, futures are pointing to a 40 point, or 0.7 per cent gain at the opening bell.
Futures do still point to pain for Chinese shares however as the CSI 300 looks set to trade lower by ~2.5% as trade concerns unique to China mount in the latest round of Trump's tariffs. Wednesday saw four stocks in the ASX hit a 52-week low while the index as a whole fell below the 6,000 mark. The index has traded above the 6,000 mark for the majority of May with a monthly high of 6146.8 on May 14. Overnight trade has BHP and Rio Tinto set to trade higher on the open by 2.8% and 2.0% respectively.
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Question: NASA releases image of 'celestial fireworks' in honor of Independence Day

In honor of Independence Day, NASA released a photo of sparkling stars that the space agency compared to a "burst of celestial fireworks."
"Like a July 4 fireworks display, a young, glittering collection of stars resembles an aerial burst," NASA said in a press release about the photo, which is actually a combination of two images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009.
The cluster of stars is surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust — the raw materials for the creation of new stars, NASA said.
The nebula, located 20,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina, contains a central cluster of huge, hot stars, called NGC 3603, the space agency said.
"Appearing colorful and serene, this environment is anything but," NASA said. "Ultraviolet radiation and violent stellar winds have blown out an enormous cavity in the gas and dust enveloping the cluster."
Most of the stars in the cluster were "born" around the same time but have different colors, temperatures, sizes and mass, NASA said. The cluster includes stars at various stages of their lives, giving scientists a chance to perform detailed analysis of stellar life cycles.
"NGC 3603 also contains some of the most massive stars known," NASA said. "These huge stars live fast and die young, burning through their hydrogen fuel quickly and ultimately ending their lives in supernova explosions."
Star clusters give scientists important clues to help them understand the origin of massive stars, the space agency said.
"Astronomers also use massive clusters to study the distant starbursts that occur when galaxies collide, igniting a flurry of star formation," NASA said.
The relative closeness of NGC 3603 to Earth "makes it an excellent lab for studying such distant and momentous events," NASA said.
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SAN FRANCISCO — A drone light show could be the future Fourth of July entertainment in wildfire-prone northern California — but not this year. Hundreds of drones, set to wow viewers with a patriotic display of flashing lights in the sky, were grounded Wednesday by windy conditions.
Intel's "Shooting Star Drones," which you may have seen at the Winter Olympics, Coachella or Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show in 2017, were set to perform Wednesday at Travis Air Force Base, north of San Francisco, but the show was postponed until July 5th, at 9pm, pending weather conditions.
The Travis Air Force Base show plans to use 500 drones and feature a gigantic red, white and blue image of an American flag and California icons, all synchronized to music that will be broadcast for the viewers.
Intel drones can fly in up to 18 mile per hour winds, but winds are expected to be 30 miles per hour in the area at Wednesday's planned flight time, the company said.
Travis Air Force Base is just an hour south of Yolo and Napa County wildfires that forced evacuations this week.
Drone shows could be a safer alternative to fireworks in the future, and fire officials in California are happy to see the shift toward drones.
From a fire safety perspective, it's "definitely worth it to use a drone over live fireworks,” said Lynne Tolmachoff, chief of public education for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as CalFire.
Several drought-prone cities in the West turned to drones this Fourth of July when city officials said fireworks wouldn't be allowed due to fire danger.
A couple Fourth of July drone shows at Civana Carefree in Arizona weren't affected by wind and were still a go, said Rianna Riego, the chief brand and wellness officer there. That event will be put on by Firefly Drone Shows, a Detroit-based company.
You can watch those shows via live stream on Civana's Facebook page, Riego said.
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Question: The Latest: UN says no 'plan B' for Mideast peace

WASHINGTON — The Latest on U.S. President Donald Trump's planned meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (all times local):
10 a.m.
U.N. chief António Guterres says there is no "plan B" for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after the White House suggested a two-state solution was one of many options for making peace.
Speaking to reporters in Cairo, Guterres said the international community must do everything it can to bring about a two-state solution.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, standing next to Guterres, did not comment on the issue.
The two-state solution has wide international backing and has been a cornerstone of American diplomacy in the Middle East for more than two decades.
A senior White House official said Tuesday that Trump hopes to bring the two sides together and facilitate a peace agreement, but that peace — and not necessarily a Palestinian state alongside Israel — was the priority. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to preview the meeting.
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4 a.m.
A Palestinian official says the goal of establishing a state of Palestine alongside Israel enjoys broad international support, expressing surprise at a Trump administration suggestion that a peace deal may not come in the form of a two-state solution.
Husam Zomlot, an adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, says the "two-state solution is not something we just came up with."
Zomlot spoke ahead of a White House meeting on Wednesday between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A White House official has said that it's up to Israelis and Palestinians to decide what peace will entail, and that peace, not a two-state solution, is the goal.
Zomlot says it's not clear if the comments signal a shift from long-standing U.S. policy of supporting a two-state deal.
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The White House says rebooting the Mideast peace process is a very high priority for the Trump administration, although peace may not come in the form of a two-state solution.
A senior White House official says President Donald Trump is eager to begin facilitating a peace deal and hoping to bring the Israelis and Palestinians together sometime soon.
Trump is meeting Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The official says that peace is the goal, regardless of whether it comes in the form of a two-state solution. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to preview the meeting.

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Question: Beyoncé Orders Biëryoncé Beer to Cease and Desist

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Production of a Brooklyn pilsner called Biëryoncé halted production after Beyoncé, the beer’s namesake and label inspiration, ordered the creators to cease and desist. The beer brand was launched this fall and Beyonce’s legal team took action as soon as they found out about it. Now, members of the Beyhive can seek out cans as limited edition collectibles.
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Lineup Brewing owner Katarina Martinez insists that both the name and the Bey typography-inspired label were intended as a compliment.
“As a Hispanic, female-run business, I am very inspired by her so I thought I’d pay homage,” Martinez told Pitchfork. “We’re disappointed she didn’t take it as a compliment, but oh well. It was fun while it lasted!”
Bey and her representatives have not commented.
The Biëryoncé brew earned attention from industry bibles, including Bon Appetit magazine, which wrote that it’s “perfect for those chilly-but-sunny Sundays when every song that plays from your phone is your favorite song.”
We’d suggest pouring one out in memory of Biëryoncé, but it’d be a shame to waste it.

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Question: Mexican immigrant 'dreamer' in Seattle sues US over arrest

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Question: Remodeled fitness center opens in Bucksport

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BUCKSPORT — “Bucksport strong” is a motto that has appeared on the backs of many a Bucksport T-shirt over the years. But just how strong is Bucksport exactly?
Now, area residents can answer that question themselves at the newly remodeled fitness center in the G.H. Jewett School.
“I’m pretty pumped on how this turned out,” said Nick Tymoczko, the operations director for the YMCA in Bucksport.
Earlier this year, Tymoczko asked for feedback from people using the old fitness center down the hall. He found that the center was in need of an upgrade, and he submitted a successful proposal for the Town Council to help support the YMCA’s effort to remodel the gym.
With $8,000 from the Town Council, Tymoczko and other YMCA workers got to work reupholstering the cardio equipment, putting down a new floor and slapping a fresh coat of bright purple-and-gold paint on the walls.
“I’m proud of the atmosphere we’re going to have,” said the Bucksport native at the fitness center’s grand opening on Monday. “Above anything else, it’s going to be a social environment. People will be able to come chat, and that’s the whole mind-body-spirit connection.”
The gym will have a morning and an evening supervisor, which Tymoczko hopes will help enhance the social feel of the place.
“They’ll be a welcoming face,” he said. “I don’t need a muscle-head walking up to you and challenging you to a bench press. I want someone who wants you to feel as good as they do.”
The evening supervisor, Eleanor Shorey, embodies that attitude. Earlier this year, Shorey underwent a gastric sleeve surgery and a severe emotional funk.
Coming to the Jewett fitness center to hit the weights and the elliptical, she said, has been an uplifting experience.
“I love how it has helped me confidence-wise,” said the 46-year-old. “Just being here is great for me.”
One of Shorey’s tasks is to help members learn to safely use the wide range of equipment at the fitness center, which includes treadmills, elliptical machines, stationary bikes, a rowing machine, kettlebells, exercise balls and free weights.
“Hopefully I’ll be able to help others here as well,” she said.
One of those people Shorey might help paid a visit to the fitness center at the grand opening.
“I work at the senior center, so I can just come by and a get a workout in,” said Sue Ann Craig, the director of the Bucksport Senior Center. “It’s in a very central location, close to the schools and the health center.”
Membership at the fitness center is $10 a month. The gym is open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 7 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. For more information, call 469-3518.

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Question: Samsung unveils first smartphones since Note 7 debacle

Samsung announced on Monday a batch of cheaper, water-resistant smartphones.
The move marks the company's first product unveiling since the launch of the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7.
Later this month, Samsung (SSNLF) will launch three new versions of its Galaxy A smartphone, the low cost alternative to the flagship Galaxy S line. As of now, the devices are set to launch in Russia and expand to other markets thereafter.
Called the Galaxy A3, A5, and A7 -- differentiated by screen size -- the devices are water and dust resistant for the first time. The phones will also include a new 16-megapixel camera, including a "selfie mode" that lets you tap anywhere to take a photo.
The A3 features a 4.7-inch display, while the A5 clocks in at 5.2 inches, and the A7 is 5.7 inches.
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The A series resembles Samsung's high-end Galaxy S line and features a fingerprint sensor, metal frame and a 3D glass backing (available in black, gold, blue and pink). However, the inside of the phones pack less processing power than Galaxy S phones and and max out at just 32GB of internal storage, without an external SD card.
Pricing has not yet been announced, but the Galaxy A series devices -- which debuted in 2014 -- typically start at under $400 for the smaller-sized models. Samsung's Galaxy S line starts at $800.
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The update to the line comes as the company looks to move past the Note 7 recall that cost the company billions of dollars last year. Samsung has reportedly finished its investigation into what caused some devices to catch fire, but it hasn't publicly revealed the findings.
It's next big smartphone launch isn't expected until February, but the company will show off some of its new technology at CES 2017 on Wednesday.

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The Samsung Galaxy S8 doesn't launch around the world until Friday, but some in South Korea are already finding issue with it.
Some customers in the country who preordered the phone received their units early. Reports surfaced on social media soon after saying the display on some S8s had an odd, red tint.
Samsung has reacted to the matter, with a spokesman telling South Korean media the tint isn't a quality issue and that it can be fixed in the phone's settings menu, reports ZDNet.
Pictures of the S8 and S8+ phones with reddish displays have been posted to Instagram, as well as South Korean tech forums like Ruliweb and Ppomppu, where customers are claiming they can't fix the issue in settings.
Samsung was contacted for comment.
The phone is the first to use "Deep Red" OLED tech, which Counterpoint Research analyst Neil Shah suspects is the problem, saying it can "make the usual whites look reddish" and calling it a "software calibration issue."
The full details aren't yet known, but it could be a bad look for Samsung with the company already under the microscope following last year's Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. After several Note 7's around the world started overheating and catching fire, the electronics giant was forced to recall millions of units.
It also comes as Samsung Electronics' de facto head, Jay Y. Park, stands trial in a political corruption scandal, where he's accused of bribing the suspended South Korean president, Park Geun-hye.
The phone will no doubt sell millions of units upon its release, with it being even more preordered than last year's S7 and S7 Edge.
Update, 6:27 p.m. AEST: Added comment from Counterpoint Research.


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Question: West Sussex reacts to PM’s call for snap general election

Comments have flooded in since the Prime Minister’s surprise call for a general election this morning.
See below for a summary of the comments as they come in.

Prime Minister Theresa May is to make a statement at 11:15am today - a time usually reserved for the most serious announcements.
After BBC reporter Laura Kuenssberg tweeted that the PM would be making a speech at Downing Street this morning rumours have been circling as to what it may be.
People are speculating that it may be a call for an early general election, something that would be a bit of a reversal from the Conservative's fixed five-year terms.
There are also rumours that May will say she is to step down due to health reasons, others are speculating the death of a member of the royal family, while some suggest an announcement of military action.
All will be revealed outside Downing Street at 11:15am, join us for all the latest updates.


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Question: Manhunt expanded for suspect in Facebook video killing

This Sunday, April 16, 2017 frame from video posted on Facebook shows Robert Godwin Sr. in Cleveland moments before being fatally shot. The search for murder suspect Steve Stephens put authorities in surrounding states on the lookout Monday after police said the man might have left Ohio. (Facebook via AP)
CLEVELAND — Authorities in several states were on the lookout Monday for a man police say shot a Cleveland retiree collecting aluminum cans and then posted video of the apparently random killing on Facebook.
“He could be nearby. He could be far away or anywhere in between,” FBI agent Stephen Anthony said on Day 2 of the manhunt for Steve Stephens, a 37-year-old job counselor for teens and young adults.
Police said Stephens killed Robert Godwin Sr., a 74-year-old former foundry worker, on Sunday.
Investigators said that Godwin was the only victim so far linked to Stephens, despite the suspect’s claim in a separate video on Facebook that he killed over a dozen people.
Officers searched dozens of places around the city and spoke with the suspect by cellphone, police said.
Police Chief Calvin Williams warned residents to be careful as the go about their day.
Authorities also warned people in Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana and Michigan to be alert for Stephens, who was wanted on a charge of aggravated murder.
Godwin apparently was shot while out picking up cans in a plastic shopping bag, his daughter said.
“Not because he needed the money, it was just something he did,” said 52-year-old Debbie Godwin. “That’s all he was doing. He wasn’t harming anyone.”
She said her father, who had 10 children, was a gentle man with nothing mean about him.
“We called him the junk man,” she said. “He’d pick up things off the street and fix them. He picked up bikes and he fixed them.”
The motive for the shooting wasn’t entirely clear from the shaky video, in which Stephens told Godwin a woman’s name and said, “She’s the reason that this is about to happen to you.” Godwin did not seem to recognize the woman’s name.
The suspect then pointed a gun at Godwin, who shielded his face with the plastic bag.
Facebook said the video was posted after the killing but wasn’t broadcast on Facebook Live as police initially indicated. The suspect did go live on the social media site at another point Sunday.
The video of the killing was on Facebook for about three hours before it was taken down. Stephens’ Facebook page also was eventually removed.
“This is a horrific crime and we do not allow this kind of content on Facebook,” the company said. “We work hard to keep a safe environment on Facebook, and are in touch with law enforcement in emergencies when there are direct threats to physical safety.”
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In the separate video, Stephens said: “I killed 13, so I’m working on 14 as we speak.”
Police said they have not verified any other shootings or deaths.
Stephens worked at Beech Brook, a behavioral health agency headquartered in Pepper Pike, near Cleveland. He helped young people develop job skills and find employment, said Beech Brook spokeswoman Nancy Kortemeyer.
An extensive background check before he was hired turned up nothing worrisome, she said.
“We just hope Mr. Stephens is apprehended as quickly as possible so that no one else is injured,” she said.
In one of the videos, Stephens could be seen holding up his employee identification and said: “I’m killing with my Beech Brook badge on, too.”


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Question: 2 Kansas police officers on leave pending DOJ investigation

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say two police officers are on administrative leave pending the outcome of internal and criminal investigations.
The department released no details other than saying it possibly involves misconduct and the move was prompted by another agency’s criminal probe.
Some 2015 phone calls of former state Sen. Michael O’Donnell, now a Sedgwick County commissioner, were intercepted by investigators. The paper says two former employees were sent letters by the Justice Department saying their calls with him had been intercepted.
O’Donnell did not respond to a message seeking comment.
Wichita businessman Brandon Steven told the paper he is the subject of an inquiry into poker and efforts to open a casino. Federal officials notified several parties that calls with him also were intercepted.

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Question: Curtain Call's Summerstock Junior Dramatic Arts Workshop (Ages 6 to 11): Session Two

CURTAIN CALL’S SUMMERSTOCK PROGRAMS are full-day, dramatic arts workshops. We provide a well-balanced curriculum where students rotate between a team of instructors (in age-appropriate groups) to receive specialized instruction in various subjects. OUR SUMMERSTOCK JUNIOR SESSION ONE FOR AGES 6 TO 11 runs August 7 to August 18, 2017, Monday to Friday from 10:00am to 3:00pm. The program provides a well-rounded curriculum featuring acting, movement, music and stage craft and culminates in a showcase performance for family and friends on August 18 at 3:00pm. Students should bring a lunch, snack and water bottle. Programs take place at the Sterling Farms Theatre Complex with two stages, three studio classrooms, air-conditioning and playground access. Drop off is no earlier than a half-hour prior to the program’s start and pick-up no later than a half-hour after the program’s end.
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A PIECE OF MY HEART by Shirley Lauro Directed by Alejandro Rosa Produced by Anne Taetzsch Fitzgerald Show Dates and Times ? ? ? ? ? May 5-7 and 12-14 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 pm Sunday matinees at 3:00 pm TICKETS: Online through Vendini ~ www.shenanarts.org Box office hours - Wed. 1:30-5:30 & Fri.
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Question: American Animals is a new way of telling a crazy true story

American Animals is a truly idiosyncratic movie.
One part of it is a documentary, featuring interviews with childhood friends Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, Eric Borsuk, and Chas Allen, who plotted to steal two of the rarest books in the world when they were students.
While the other is a crime drama in the mold of “The Killing” and “Ocean’s Eleven,” as writer and director Bart Layton brings their heist and its planning to life with cinematic panache.
These two approaches mold together beautifully, as Layton flaunts storytelling tradition to pull you closer and closer in for a riveting and hugely entertaining experience. Layton recently talked me through the production of “American Animals,” revealing that he originally stumbled upon the story by accident.
“I picked up a plane magazine years ago and just read about the story and thought it was kind of bonkers. My background is in documentaries, so I am always on the look out for something that is stranger than fiction but is a true story.”
“This was a group of seemingly well-educated, privileged young men from seemingly good families that had planned to execute one of the most audacious art thefts in American history. I just desperately wanted to understand why they would attempt something like that, and if they ever thought they would get away with it.”
“I was intrigued. But I didn’t think for a second at that moment how to make a movie about it.”
Layton’s first step was to write to those involved in the heist. “I started to write to them. It was the things they put into their letters that made me think that it was more than a good story, it was a brilliant story. And it was about something worth making a movie about. It is about lost young men looking for an identity.”
It was during these correspondences that Layton realized he had a unique opportunity to blend narrative drama with documentary. “My starting point is always what is the best particular way to tell this story.”
“I made a film a few years ago called ‘The Imposter.’ Which was probably the most incredible true story I have ever come upon. It was clear that if you fictionalized that and turned it into a straight narrative you would lose a lot of what made it so great.”
“With this it was a similarly unbelievable story, but it was about young men trying to inhabit a movie instead of reality. I thought there was the opportunity to find a new way of telling a true story that you haven’t ever seen before.”
“It wasn’t in any way a documentary. It is a proper heist movie, it is a rollercoaster ride, but at the same time there is a way of connecting the audience to the fact that it really happened, and that these guys are real, and that the consequences are real. You are effectively engaging on a deeper level with the whole thing.”
You can try and engage with “American Animals” on this deeper level when it is released on June 1st.

Seen anything good on the tele lately...?!?!
Me neither. That's why I borrow films and tele series' from the library! It's a much better way of being in control of what you're actually watching during screen time, and you can tailor your viewing to perfectly suit your taste and your timetable, WIN-WIN and, no more infomercials!!
And it's really just about good old-fashioned storytelling isn't it!? For me, film and television is a coming-together of multiple artforms that, when it's done well, has the ability to move you at a level many other artforms might not individually.
So here's a list of the best films and series' that I've had the pleasure of viewing this year, so far - many more to come!
List created by DevilStateDan
These are the best films and television series' that I have explored throughout the year so far, all available to you through Christchurch City Libraries membership.
Post WWII Estonia. The Germans are gone and the Russians are taking control. They're especially interested in those Estonians that fought for the Germans and are systematically hunting them out. This story is about one such man, a world-class fencer who is concealing himself as a sports teacher for a country college. This is a stunning and heartfelt film about humanity, strength, and love.
The fencer
A gripping story of a young black man heading away for a weekend with his as-yet un-met in-laws... what comes after is a web of dark intrigue and something is definitely not right!
Get Out
Ever wanted to know more about the mysterious Hieronymus Bosch?!? Then get a load of this - it's a part of the 'Exhibition on Screen' series that takes viewers on a tour of the works and life of some of history's great artists. This one is all about Hieronymus Bosch and is surprising in its revelations about who he was and where his inspirations were drawn, plus you get up close with some of his most amazing works!
The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
The latest telling of the life, love, and music of the great jazz saxophonist, John Coltrane. Rare footage and loads of interviews with music legends that were close to him. He was truly a musical visionary and died at such a young age from liver cancer, it begs the questions of how much more impact could he have had on contemporary music!? A must-watch for all music fans!
Chasing Trane
An old man and his adult son go on a wine-tasting road trip around France in order to reconnect. Sounds normal, but this is French comedy and things get strange! Good story..
Saint Amour
I really liked this film - a Victorian Whodunnit! I loved the Victorian era look of it, the clever direction, the story was weaving and uncertain - as it should be for a classic whodunnit! And the acting was solid and dramatic without being over the top. It's a small shame that I picked the killer in the first 20mins but I still liked the story and enjoyed it to the end!
The Limehouse Golem
A family of privileged white Americans meet for a very posh dinner to discuss an incident that involved their children. The details slowly emerge as the film unfolds and explores the issues of parenting, mental health, social navigations etc. Great performances from the four lead actors.
The Dinner
A short series about the engrossing world of metal detecting in rural Britain. Written and directed by Mackenzie Crook (from the Office, and Pirates of the Caribbean), it's full of pathos and at once hilarious, cringey-embarrassing, and full of heart. It's about how even small lives are big and important and that everyone deserves to be happy. Highly recommended if you like British comedy
Detectorists
A dark and twisted crime series with an uniusual device; the story is told in reverse. We begin with the outcome of a police investiagtion into a series of acid-burn murders, from there we go back in increments of hours/days as the foundations are explored and new light begins to show on reasons for behaviours evident earlier/later... it's a little confusing to explain so just watch it, it's quality crime drama!
Rellik
A gloriously retro look at family life in 1970's Australia. Try to think of every brand name, in-safe parenting practice, cliché, and add a bit of over-styling and you've got it. Loosely wrapped as a coming-of-age story, it centres around 3 Aussie families living, loving, and loafing. Very funny film, especially if you've lived through some of these circumstances.
Swinging Safari
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Question: In America's Heartland, A Power Company Leads Charge For Electric Cars

In the world of electric cars, there's a chicken-and-egg problem: More people might buy electric vehicles, or EVs, if they were confident there would always be a charger nearby. And businesses might install more chargers if there were more EVs on the road.
Now, utilities are stepping forward to solve this problem, and not just in California or the Northeast. A $20 million project launched two years ago by investor-owned Kansas City Power & Light, whose service area straddles the Kansas-Missouri border, has turned a Midwestern metropolitan area into one of the fastest-growing electric vehicle markets in the country.
"There's a little movement afoot here in the middle of flyover country," says Chuck Caisley, KCP&L's vice president for marketing and public affairs. "We're awfully excited about the prospect of this kind of transportation, and so we wanted to be catalytic to that."
At a time when Caisley estimates there were only 400 to 500 electric cars in the area, KCP&L announced it would install 1,000 charging stations throughout its service territory of more than 800,000 customers.
The stations are going up at workplaces, in apartment garages, at grocery stores, in city parking lots and malls, and near the baseball and football stadiums. The idea is to allow people to charge their cars as they do their cell phones, plugging in as they go about their daily lives.
For the first couple years, charging at the Clean Charge Network is free — and will remain free until at least this summer.
On a recent day, Sara and Adam Foote parked their car at a charging station in a public garage in Leawood, Kan., while they went for a drink. In the hour or so they spent in the bar, they added about 25 miles of charge to their Nissan Leaf, which they purchased 15 months ago.
"We've adapted our lifestyle, but I'd say that the charging stations — the abundance of them in Kansas City, has definitely made it very easy for us," Sara Foote says.
For KCP&L, this project is about clean energy and clean air, but it's also about selling more electricity without having to build more power plants. Caisley says KCP&L's power grid, which was built to work on hot summer days when air-conditioning use is at a maximum, is underutilized 80 percent of the time. Customers have already paid for the electrical grid and the power plants. A dramatic increase in electricity use would drive down KCP&L's per-unit cost, and could mean lower power bills for its customers.
"When you turn on an additional TV in your home, that's not enough to change that equation," Caisley says. "But when you talk about a segment [the auto industry] that's as much as 25 to 30 percent of the entire economy, and electrifying it, you're talking about a significant amount of increased electricity use, which means we're now using that infrastructure that customers have paid for so much more efficiently."
Caisley adds that the electricity the company is selling is getting cleaner all the time. Fossil fuels generate a declining share of the area's electricity. Nuclear and renewables account for nearly half of it.
"We just happen to sit in the Saudi Arabia equivalent of wind," he says.
KCP&L asked utility regulators in Missouri and Kansas for permission to add a 2- to 3-cent monthly fee to customers' bills to help pay for the installation and maintenance of the charging stations. Missouri regulators have yet to rule. Kansas regulators said no. They said the utility failed to prove a need for such an extensive network of charging stations, and they said KCP&L didn't make a compelling argument for why it should be taking the lead.
"We think KCP&L is certainly free to roll out whatever Clean Car Network program they want. The question becomes whether or not they impose the costs on a captive consumer. Our take on that is, simply not," says David Nickel, consumer counsel with the Kansas Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board, the state agency that represents the interests of utility customers.
A version of this played out on a much larger scale in California a few years ago. Initial regulatory resistance there gave way to a legislative mandate to provide charging infrastructure.
Despite the Kansas ruling, KCP&L has moved forward with money from its investors. The company has built 850 of the 1,000 charging stations it has planned.
Overseeing this is Larry Kinder, founder and CEO of LilyPad EV. His company sells, installs and maintains charging stations for customers all over the country. KCP&L is his biggest customer by far.
From his home office in Overland Park, Kan., Kinder can monitor the stations his company has sold to see when they're in use and how long they're in use. Here's one measure of their abundance: At about 9 a.m. one weekday, only about 75 cars were charging at those 850 stations. But what Kinder has learned is: If you build it, they will come, and sometimes, very quickly.
Recently, a new charging station was installed outside an office building, and not two minutes after Kinder put it on the network, it was in use.
"Now, that was an employee who was sitting in his office, watching the electrician do the installation. He ran out, moved his electric car, plugged in and charged his car up," Kinder says. "It was wonderful."
Kinder, who has driven EVs since before they were sold commercially, says he's already thinking about what's needed next. For road trips, uninterrupted by long charging stops, there's a need for fast chargers that can add, say, 90 miles of range in a half-hour. Those are much more expensive to install. KCP&L and other companies have begun to invest along highway corridors.
"We're a little beyond Wild, Wild West, but I think not everything's laid out," Kinder says. "This is all still evolving. It will all still be evolving for 10 years, or more."

Good morning, here are our early stories:
-- U.K. Prime Minister Calls For Early Election.
-- In Japan, Pence Talks Trade And North Korea's Threat To The Region.
-- In The Rockies, Climate Change Spells Trouble For Cutthroat Trout.
And here are more early headlines:
Blanket Primary Today for Georgia Congressional Seat. (FiveThirtyEight)
U.N. Says "Staggering" Number Of People Fleeing Mosul. (UN News Centre)
Hollywood Writers Will Vote On Possible Walkout. (New York Times)
Boeing Laying Off Hundreds Of Engineers, Mechanics. (USA Today)
Suspect In Deadly Washington State Mall Shooting Kills Self. (UPI)
All 4 NHL Playoff Games Went Into Overtime Last Night. (AP)
NASA Puts 360 Degree Camera Aboard Rocket For Today's Launch. (PBS)
Sweden's 'Failure' Museum Highlights Commercial Flops. (Daily Mail)


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Question: The Latest: Energy Department details Perry's trips by air

By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the inquiries about travel practices of Trump administration officials: (all times local):
6:45 p.m.
The Energy Department says Energy Secretary Rick Perry has taken at least six trips on government or private planes costing an estimated $56,000.
The report comes as top officials in the Trump administration undergo scrutiny for their use of costly private or military air travel at taxpayers’ expense.
Three of Perry’s trips were on government planes, including one on an Energy Department plane to the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state, and two military flights to national labs in Idaho and New Mexico.
Perry also flew on private planes to visit a Pennsylvania coal plant and nuclear sites in Ohio and Kansas City.
Perry’s office released details about the flights to the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating non-commercial travel by the Trump administration.
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5:10 p.m.
The inspector general at the Environmental Protection Agency says it is expanding an inquiry into Administrator Scott Pruitt’s frequent taxpayer-funded travel.
The watchdog office said the review will now include all travel by Pruitt through Sept. 30. Previously, the inspector general was focusing on Pruitt’s travel to his home state of Oklahoma through July 31.
A spokeswoman said Friday the scope of the review was expanded after requests by members of Congress,
The Associated Press and others reported in July that Pruitt traveled to Oklahoma at least 10 times.
An EPA spokeswoman said the trips were warranted.
The inspector general’s office said its review will look at whether Pruitt followed EPA travel policies and whether those policies are sufficient to prevent fraud, waste and abuse.
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Question: Wajahat Ali: Why I Was Disinvited by the ISNA

The decision marks the culmination of a years-long campaign by some online activists and religious leaders to limit the range of voices at such events.
On Tuesday, I was disinvited from the 55th annual conference of the Islamic Society of North America, which proclaims itself one of the leading American Muslim organizations. My crimes? Talking to Zionists, writing an article about it, and thanking God for a bowel movement. In a one-page letter, the program committee chair wrote that “our Muslim speakers” are “expected to support broadly our values,” including “our community’s support for the Palestinian people of all faith traditions, in their struggle against occupation and dispossession.” He added that he found my “recent work … troubling.” He also objected to my “continued use of language referencing Allah in manners not befitting His Majesty, whether in jest or otherwise.” The proximate trigger for the letter appears to have been my story in The Atlantic’s June issue, “A Muslim Among the Settlers.” But it marks the culmination of a years-long campaign by some online activists and religious leaders to limit the range of voices at such events.
The controversy stems from my involvement with the Shalom Hartman Institute and its Muslim Leadership Initiative—a program that promotes engagement between American Muslims and Jewish scholars, both in Israel and in New York City, to learn how diverse Jewish communities debate and discuss Israel, Zionism, and Judaism. I am neither a Zionist nor a supporter of Israel’s occupation. Neither am I an agent of Mossad and the CIA forged in a Tel Aviv lab and sent to infiltrate and destroy American Muslim communities—although that would be an awesome plot for a TV show. But that has not kept these activists from pushing organizations to disinvite me, and other MLI participants, from communal events. They use words like ban, stop, marginalize, and remove. Their boycott has been largely unsuccessful, but I give credit where it’s due: They successfully had me disinvited from a CAIR-NYC function last year. (In fact, my presence caused CAIR-NYC to cancel the entire program, a Thanos-level act of destruction.) And I’m not alone. Rabia Chaudry, of Serial podcast fame, had a “Top Muslim Achievers” award rescinded in Chicago, and she was recently disinvited by Harvard’s Islamic Society. Just last week, some activists tried to have me disinvited from Northwestern University, where I gave a speech about Ramadan. A few months ago in Austin, three young students passed out some leaflets at an ISNA fundraiser where I was speaking with some false, interesting, and amusing accusations about me and MLI. Most audience members had no idea what MLI was. They enjoyed the speech, thanked me for coming, and we all devoured a tasty halal Pakistani dinner together. That was one of three regional fundraisers for the ISNA at which I’ve spoken in the past year alone.
But now, it seems, things have changed. Activists have ripped statements from their context to provide pretexts for their campaign of exclusion. In October, after a violent Muslim extremist rammed a car through a crowd in New York while yelling “Allahu Akbar,” I took to Twitter to explain how a phrase many Americans associate exclusively with terror is actually an integral part of ordinary Muslim life. In one of my many tweets, I wrote, “I’ve said Allahu Akbar after taking giant dumps.” I stand by the tweet because there is literally a prayer of thanks both before and after you enter the restroom, because it was important to explain to an audience unfamiliar with or afraid of the phrase that Muslims use it as a way of saying thanks and also in prayer, and, well, because it’s true. Related Story A Muslim Among Israeli Settlers But people spent days debating this tweet. It was the main topic of conversation in various Muslim WhatsApp groups. Various American Muslim leaders were obsessed with what I had written. They demanded and commanded that I remove the tweet; some resorted to threats. Meanwhile, Trump was engaging in anti-Muslim bigotry, promoting his Muslim ban, and recommending an end to the diversity-visa lottery program. Priorities. In The Atlantic piece, I wrote: “Throughout the trip and afterward, I kept asking: Is this land worth all the pain and suffering and bloodshed? I couldn’t ask God, because I’m convinced that he’s now an absentee landowner. He sold Abraham’s children a lemon."
Thankfully, the majority of those who read that line realized I was using figurative language. But those who would excommunicate me found in this, as in the earlier tweet, evidence of kufr—disbelief. I am a practicing Muslim who prays, fasts, just completed the Hajj, and believes in God. If the great Muslim poets Rumi and Hafiz were alive today and writing verses, these people would destroy them. Literalism, like political absolutism, has become a disease in our communities. But even taking its claims at face value, the ISNA’s letter leaves me with a long list of troubling questions. It claims that other than “creed,” there is “perhaps nothing more exemplary and unifying than our community’s support for the Palestinian people.” The organization supports a two-state solution, but many Muslims are pushing for a one-state solution. Some Muslims support recognition of the state of Israel, others adamantly oppose it. How can the ISNA’s “unifying” position—whatever it is—represent the diverse viewpoints of 1.7 billion Muslims? Second, why does the issue of Palestine stand alone next to “creed”? Does that mean Palestine is a religious issue, and not a purely political question as many activists and academics have long insisted? Why is this issue more important than, say, the genocide of Rohingya? The conflict in Kashmir? The plight of the Uyghurs in China? The massacre of innocents in Syria? Do these issues not rise to similar importance?
What happens if people disagree? Are they going against the “creed,” and is that in some way un-Islamic? The ISNA says its Muslim speakers are expected to “support broadly their values as a unifying Islamic organization.” What values, specifically? What happens if someone simply disagrees with them, or has a different interpretation of these values? If engaging with Zionist Jews is disqualifying, then how does the ISNA reconcile its own interfaith and civic-engagement work with many self-described Zionist Jews? What is the ISNA’s institutional position on working with Jews who self-identify as Zionists? If my own recent language referencing Allah is not “befitting His Majesty, whether in jest or otherwise” and “is troubling,” and causes “conflict with [the ISNA’s] principles and potentially harms the purposes for which [the ISNA] exists,” then how does it reconcile the use of language and God and religion by some invited speakers that attacks women, Shia, minorities, and the LGBTQ communities? How does it reconcile inviting representatives of the Turkish government and supporting President Erdogan, when his administration has jailed so many journalists? Why is there no conflict with leaders and speakers working actively with Saudi Arabia, which is currently bombarding Yemen, or with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, countries which have very dubious track-records on human rights and women’s rights?

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'This is Our Nation, Now Get the F**k Out': Not the First Time America's Witnessed Hate, Not the Last