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China's middle class is growing incredibly fast. According to most expectations, China's middle class is on track to number more than 600 million people by the end of the decade. That's a huge number of new consumers who will be spending money and driving economic productivity.
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While China has burned many investors, there's still wonderful opportunity in the Middle Kingdom, and savvy investors who make the right investments could do incredibly well on the rise of China in coming decades. Below, three of our contributors offer up companies they think are best-positioned to profit from increasing wealth in China: two are just getting started there, athletic apparel and footwear upstartUnder Armour Inc(NYSE: UA)(NYSE: UAA)and genetic sequencing expertIllumina, Inc.(NASDAQ: ILMN), and one company has been feeding Chinese diners for years, though it's a new ticker on the public markets, Yum China Holdings Inc(NYSE: YUMC).
China's middle class will be double the U.S. total population in less than a decade. Image source: Getty Images.
China could become Under Armour's biggest market
Jason Hall (Under Armour): Investors in fast-growing athletic apparel and footwear company Under Armour have had a tough year-plus, with shares down more than half at this writing over that period. In some ways, this isn't unexpected. While still growing at a fast pace, the company's revenue isn't increasing as quickly as it has in the past, and management has had to back down on some of its projections for income growth.
There has also been more competitive pressure and weaker-than-anticipated demand in North America, the company's most important market. Under Armour's North American sales only increased 6% last quarter after years of steady double-digit growth.
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The company has also seen its gross margin get squeezed. Gross margin was 46.5% in 2016, down from 48.1% in 2015. In the fourth quarter, gross margin was 44.8%, well down from 48% in the year-before period. Factor in more spending to expand the business, and profits and operating income both fell last quarter.
With all that happening, it's easy to lose track of the (much) bigger picture. As important as North America is and will likely be for decades to come, it's probably not going to be Under Armour's biggest market in 20 years, while China very well could be the one to displace it.
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Under Armour's North American sales only grew 6% last quarter, while international revenue was up a whopping 55%. For the full year, international sales increased 63% (69% on a currency-neutral basis). Yet even with that astounding rate of growth, international sales only accounted for 15% of Under Armour's sales.
From a profit perspective, the company's investments in international growth are paying off. International operating income was up 294% last quarter and up 416% for the year.
China is the most important cog in Under Armour's international growth. Last year, CEO Kevin Plank highlighted this on the company's Q1 earnings call when he pointed out that sales in China had tripled year over year, making that country the company's largest international market. And when one considers how large China's middle class is on track to become, it should be readily apparent that very few companies are positioned to benefit from this as much as Under Armour.
It's in the DNA
Keith Speights(Illumina):China intends to be the leading superpower in precision medicine -- treatment and prevention of disease that takes individual genetic factors into account. The country announced plans in March 2016 for a 15-year precision medicine initiative and U.S.-based genomic-sequencing company Illumina stands to be a big winner from China's multibillion-dollar effort.
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While China gets the ball rolling with its precision-medicine initiative, Illumina is already generating revenue by selling itsNextSeq desktop-sequencing system to Chinese customers for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). Chinese organizations are also buying the company's sequencing systems for oncology research.
Illumina already profits tremendously from its operations in China. While the company's fourth-quarter sales in the Americas fell year over year, sales in China soared 50%. The country provided Illumina's largest sales growth of any geographical region.
A new high-throughput sequencing platform recently introduced by Illumina called NovaSeq should give the company an even larger competitive advantage over rivals. I look for China to be a significant market for this new system and an increasingly important driver of Illumina's continued success.
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Rich Duprey (Yum China): It probably goes without saying that a company in China selling to the Chinese people ought to do well from a China that's ascendant, but Yum China has special reasons why it, in particular, should profit.
Spun off from Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) late last year at the behest of activist investors spooked by a series of tainted-food crises in the country, the fast-food chain's China division has over 7,300 restaurants consisting of about 5,000 KFCs and 1,600 Pizza Huts, far outstripping in size their nearest Western competitors.
Yum China is already one of the biggest restaurant companies in the country. Image source: Yum China.
They accounted for more than half of Yum's total revenues and almost 40% of its operating profits before the separation, and until the foodborne illness scandals, had operated for decades largely without issue. (It was the first fast-food chain to open in China in 1987.) It will likely continue to operate just as well for decades to come.
Of all the fast-food companies out there, only two have been able to successfully make a go of it in China: Yum and McDonald's.Wendy's has no presence there, and Burger King parent Restaurant Brands Internationalhas just several hundred stores, though it does have plans to expand.
That speaks to not only how well Yum has been run, but how difficult it is to crack the Chinese market, giving Yum China something of a competitive moat. There are some challenges before it, such as a value-added tax implemented last year that fluctuates month to month, as well as China's aggression in the South China Sea, which has led to protests and boycotts -- not to mention a more recent war of words with President Trump that hurt same-store sales by 400 to 500 basis points last quarter.Still, Yum China should do well from a rising China.
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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.

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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.
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Question: Indians Should Look To Marlins For Potential Free-Agent Replacements

CLEVELAND (92.3 the Fan) – The Miami Marlins will not be contending any time soon following the lopsided, cost-cutting trade of Giancarlo Stanton. The Cleveland Indians will be contending for the foreseeable future.
The Miami Marlins should have a fire sale to accelerate the replenishment of their minor league system. The Cleveland Indians will retain two of four five free agents at most, it would seem, and will need to replenish those five important spots despite a lack of free agent dollars.
Considering Jay Bruce was a replacement for Michael Brantley, and the latter is back already, a spring training invitee will suffice behind him with depth. Greg Allen’s service clock has already started, for that matter.
That is, unless Carlos Santana does escape in free agency, at which point Brantley seems the favorite to be an internal replacement at first base. Jason Kipnis seems better fitted to be dealt, and it feels more each day like he will be shipped out.
Say Bruce, Santana, Joe Smith, and Bryan Shaw depart, a likely scenario. It just so happens the Marlins have young, controllable players on decent salaries that could be had for the right price.
It just so happens the best players in that bunch that remain all fit the positions vacated by the Indians’ potential deserters.
Who are they?
OF Christian Yelich – 4 years, $42.25M remaining ($15M club option in Year 5)
If Jeter is selling assets, Yelich will be the most coveted. The 26-year-old has plenty of money remaining on his contract, which the Indians will not be willing to take on, so we won’t spend much time here.
He is a near-.300 hitter annually with above average speed and can hold his own in left field. His arm does not play well enough to man right field, and his metrics in 2025 innings in center field are far into the negatives.
A 4.5 fWAR player in three of his five full years, Yelich still retains enough value where he would cost a high-level prospect. Given the Indians financial situation, again, it would not be worth it.
OF Marcell Ozuna – Arb. 2, $3.5M in 2017
An All-Star with two more years of control at a position of need? Sounds like someone the Indians would target, right?
Ozuna only scored $3.5 million in his first year of arbitration, following a 2015 where he was optioned to Triple-A and a 2016 where he slashed a pedestrian .266/.321/.452. He broke out in 2017 with a .312/.376/.548 mark including 37 home runs and 142 wRC+.
The 27-year-old also plays a pretty decent corner outfield.
The issue with a breakout season is a breakout paycheck. MLBTradeRumors.com estimates that Ozuna will receive $10.9M in arbitration, which would also price him out of Cleveland’s range.
Reports also emerged Monday night out of the Winter Meetings that the market for Ozuna is heating up, including the Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. The latter two were involved in the Stanton sweepstakes, meaning they’re pretty invested in acquiring an outfield upgrade of this size.
If the Indians wanted to make a big splash like last year’s Edwin Encarnacion signing, this could be it, but it would involve a financial and trade commitment.
1B Justin Bour – Arb. 1
Despite his showing in the Home Run Derby at Marlins Park, Bour is more than just a one-dimensional bat. He slashed .289/.366/.536 over 108 games in 2017, and his wRC+ is consistently rising year to year.
Bour has never played more than 129 games in a season at a low impact position where he is below average for even a first baseman.
The redeeming factor is that Bour is only projected to receive $3.5M in arbitration, and the fact that he is already 29-years-old means he will not be in the fold when the Marlins are able to compete again.
Bour does not seem like the kind of player the Indians would covet given his lack of versatility and wealth of left-handed bats, but if things get desperate at first, he could be a low-cost option.
RP Kyle Barraclough – TC3
At 27, Barraclough is still one year away from arbitration, so he might actually be valuable to the Marlins some day. That does not mean they should keep him.
Barraclough had his worst season statistically, though it was just his second full year. His velocity also dipped across the board. He still managed a 3.00 ERA, 3.66 FIP and 4.18 xFIP through 66 appearances.
The righty’s fastball still touches 95 consistently, with a plus-slider. The price should not be too high for a reliever with one career save, no matter how controllable.

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You know what’s exhausting? Dinner. Well, not eating it, but deciding what to have. In my household we can take hours tossing the question back and forth, “What do you want?” only to have the other one say “I don’t know. What do you want?” And then polite society crumbles as the hungry inhabitants repeat this every 10 minutes until one of us gives up and searches out the cereal bowl or the take-out menu.
The dinner debate doesn’t sound too bad, but when you factor in that we’re all cranky from our lengthy commutes and the long work week — it’s akin to poking a bear with a stick.
In an effort to skirt the dinner debate you could try this savory and gloriously cheesy recipe for Sun-Dried Tomatoes with Chicken Florentine Pasta. It includes chicken, pasta and veggies and the holy grail that is cheese. (Have I mentioned my love of cheese yet? No. OK, I love cheese the way picky toddlers without food allergies love peanut butter.) So it should work with even the fussiest eaters at your table. If you’re trying to feed people who don’t like cheese … well you might want to look at one of our non-cheese recipes online.
Did I mention that this sounds fancy? This recipe can trick people into thinking you know how to cook — and it takes less than half an hour to make.
Sun-Dried Tomatoes with Chicken Florentine Pasta
Serves 4
8 oz. ziti
1 lb. chicken (sliced into bite-size pieces)
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon all purpose seasoning for chicken
¼ teaspoon cayenne
7 oz. sun-dried tomatoes
3 cloves garlic/ tablespoons diced garlic
½ cup half-and-half
1 ½ cup milk
½ cup chicken broth
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
3 cups spinach
Boil a pot of water for the pasta. While waiting for the water, add the butter to a skillet on a medium heat. Add the chicken to the skillet with the seasoning and cayenne until the chicken is sauteéd (I used herbes de Provence but any basic seasoning works). While the chicken is cooking in the skillet, drain and rinse the oil from the sun-dried tomatoes. Cut them into smaller pieces if desired. Once the chicken is cooked through, add the garlic and sun-dried tomatoes to the skillet and sauté for four minutes. Add the pasta to the boiling water and stir until al dente. Add the milk, half-and-half, chicken broth and cheese to the skillet and stir until the cheese melts into the sauce and it’s smooth. Once the pasta is done, drain the water and stir the pasta and spinach into the skillet. The spinach shrinks up to nothing, so if you’re preparing the dish for people who enjoy spinach or Popeye the Sailor, feel free to add a few more cups. Once all the ingredients are stirred together it is ready to serve.

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Question: Amazon takes a page from Toys ‘R’ Us with a holiday catalogue

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The toy catalogue move is part of Amazon’s push to incorporate traditional retailers’ tools into its business model. Photo: Reuters
New York: Amazon.com Inc. is looking more and more like a traditional retailer.
In a drive to win the business up for grabs after the demise of Toys “R” Us Inc., the online giant is going conventional with plans to publish a holiday toy catalogue, according to people with knowledge of the strategy. The printed guide will be mailed to millions of US households and handed out at Whole Foods Market locations, the grocery chain Amazon bought last year, said the people, who asked not to be named because the plan isn’t public.
The move is part of Amazon’s push to incorporate traditional retailers’ tools into its business model. It even looked at acquiring some Toys “R” Us locations earlier this year, according to people familiar at the time. That came after its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods made a big splash as it pushed into brick-and-mortar retailing. Amazon has since been integrating the chain into its larger business, including marketing its voice assistants and discount membership in stores.
A spokeswoman for Amazon declined to comment.
Big book
For all its woes, Toys “R” Us, which is closing all US stores after failing to emerge from bankruptcy, was still a force during Christmas. Its “Big Book” toy catalogue was a staple at 100 pages or so, with toymakers often starting their holiday advertising to coordinate with its arrival in late October. Even with the emergence of screen time and smartphones, kids still enjoy searching through toy catalogues—which Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. also produce—to make their wishlists.
Toys “R” Us generated $6.5 billion in US sales last year. That has pushed many retailers—even ones not known for toys—to angle for a piece of the defunct chain’s business. Take Party City Holdco Inc., which is opening 50 pop-up toy shops for the holidays.
The traditional market leaders are also getting more aggressive. Target said in May that it was bolstering its assortment as Toys “R” Us liquidated. Target is also expanding shelf space for toys for the coming holiday season, according to people familiar with the plans.
A Target spokesman wasn’t immediately available to comment.
Amazon has become a toy shopping destination in its own right. The big reason is that toys, especially during the holidays, draw shoppers. In 2007, the company copied traditional retailers and published an online hot-holiday toy list that featured playthings expected to be in demand. It’s been gaining market share in the category ever since, and now it’s taking another page from legacy chains.

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“Of all the big chain stores closing down, this one makes me the most sad.” “You know what is sad, Toys ‘R’ Us was a family experience once.” Newsroom readers are feeling nostalgic after news broke that Toys “R” Us is closing hundreds of stores in the U.S.
Toys “R” Us is about to shut down after 70 years in business. Six months after filing for bankruptcy in the U.S., the company will be closing or selling more than 700 stores, with thousands of employees losing their jobs. There’s an overall sadness in Newsroom with commenters sharing their memories of being a Toys “R” Us kid: “I got my first Cabbage Patch Kid at Toys ‘R’ Us.”
Unable to recover from debt and keep up with online competition, the famous retailer will say goodbye in the coming months.
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Question: Foy: 'Crown' pay gap issue 'definitely opened my eyes'

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Claire Foy says the controversy over her pay for the Netflix series "The Crown" has changed her approach to Hollywood.
Foy says it opened her eyes about what she's "allowed to have an opinion about."
A producer disclosed last month that Foy, who starred as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, was paid less than Matt Smith, who played Prince Philip, because Smith was better known.
Foy was in Las Vegas promoting "The Girl in the Spider's Web," which completed filming this month. It's based on the fourth book in Stieg Larsson's popular Millennium series revolving around hacker Lisbeth Salander, previously been played in movies by Noomi Rapace and Rooney Mara.

People can’t help but weigh in on the Roseanne Barr drama after the cancellation of her ABC sitcom. One racist tweet about former Obama White House aide Valerie Jarrett, and the world said goodbye to Barr and her show.
Barr deleted and apologized for the Tuesday night tweet (“Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby = vj,”), which she later blamed on her use of Ambien.
As the backpedaling continues, conversations about the fallout keep coming. Most people are applauding ABC’s move to end the show before next season; others are gleaning lessons and how-tos from the incident. The world is standing up to the bullying and saying, nope, not today. And that’s a great thing.
Social media giveth, and it taketh away. You’d think Barr would recall her many controversial tirades (e.g. Pizzagate, false accusations about a Parkland, Fla., shooting survivor, her support for President Donald Trump, etc.) and know when to poke the bear and when to pull back. Also, who can forget her “Star-Spangled Banner” rendition at a 1990 MLB game? The outrage was epic, and that was before social media.
Each of these incidents raises the question: Do some people just feel untouchable? In a land of ego and ids, do they consider themselves above the wrath of the public?
I reached out to Franchesca Ramsey, author of “Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist” to get her thoughts. Having been thrust into the limelight after her YouTube video “What White Girls Say … to Black Girls” in 2006, the book is her attempt to “show social media mistakes are inevitable and what’s important is how we use them to make a better world.”
“It’s interesting because it’s not the first time that she has ever said really ignorant or just completely fabricated things on social media. ... Roseanne was participating in that behavior for a while,” Ramsey said.
The difference this time: Barr was employed by ABC. She’d already deleted several questionable tweets from her account when the show, a reboot of the original “Roseanne,” was announced.
“So you have to suspect that she knew that the things she was saying on Twitter were inappropriate and controversial, and she knew that those could potentially harm her employment,” Ramsey said. “The fact that she had the presence of mind to delete past tweets tells me that she should have known better, and I don’t have any sympathy for her. Her repeated behavior tells me she has no interest in learning or growing or actually taking responsibility for the things that she has said and done.”
Ramsey expressed disappointment that a TV star faces greater consequences for her ignorant, racist outbursts than our president has.
“He has just said so many blatantly inappropriate homophobic, sexist, racist things, and to think that a comedian who faces consequences to what she said, swifter consequences from a television network than within our own government, it’s embarrassing.”
I, for one, can’t wait to see what growth comes from this national conversation.
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Congressional leaders would do this by agreeing not to renew a current federal law, the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, which prevents the Justice Department from interfering with medical-marijuana decisions made at the state level.\n-----\nFinally, some good news. Urban legends to the contrary, the chances of you swallowing a spider while sleeping are slim to none. But we\'re not completely out of the woods. According to the FDA, there is an average of 60 or more bug fragments per quarter pound of chocolate. Peanut butter has 30 or more insect fragments per quarter pound. Everything you eat likely has critter parts in it.\n-----\nJPMorgan Chase pulls Megyn Kelly ads over interview with Alex Jones. Kristin Lemkau, chief marketing officer, tweeted earlier on Monday that "as an advertiser, I\'m repulsed that @megynkelly would give a second of airtime to someone who says Sandy Hook and Aurora are hoaxes." Indeed, it seems nobody wants NBC to air Megyn Kelly\'s Alex Jones interview, not even Alex Jones.\n-----\nReligious liberals sat out of politics for 40 years. Now they want in the game. Faith leaders whose politics fall to the left of center are getting more involved in politics to fight against President Trump\'s policies.\n-----\nRussian cyber hacks on U.S. electoral system far wider than previously known. Pre-election hacking was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.\n-----\nHearing aids at the mall? Congress could make it happen. Bipartisan support for a bill that would remove the audiologist middle-man and permit over-the-counter hearing aid sales at a fraction of the cost.\n-----\nThe liver: a \'blob\' that runs the body. The underrated, unloved liver performs more than 300 vital functions. No wonder the ancients believed it to be the home of the human soul.\n-----\nWell, there\'s your problem... your kitty has "whisker fatigue."\n-----\nSenate Republicans back off proposed restrictions on media. Senate Republicans on Tuesday quickly backed away from a proposal to restrict media access in the Capitol after an angry backlash from reporters and an emergency meeting between the Senate Rules Committee and the media gallery directors.\n-----\nReza Aslan, Kathy Griffin and Bill Maher: TV takes offense- selectively. Aslan and Griffin lost their jobs. Not so Bill Maher.\n-----\nEpiPen maker faces revolt over exec\'s $98 million pay package.\n-----\nA new study of wireless carriers has bad news for Verizon.\n-----\nDrug that creates a \'real sun-tan\' could eliminate need for cancer-causing sun exposure.\n-----\nSwell. E-cigarettes potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes, study says. UConn researchers found that e-cigarettes loaded with a nicotine-based liquid are potentially as harmful as unfiltered cigarettes when it comes to causing DNA damage.\nEven sweller: Eight-year study finds heavy French fry eaters have \'double\' the chance of death. But the researchers warn the cause of increased mortality may be the result of a whole lifestyle of choices surrounding heavy fries consumption.\n-----\nTrump Dump:\n(As of midnight...)\nHere\'s a handy tool with an easy-to-remember URL: www.trumptwitterarchive.com. Conveniently broken down by categories like latest tweets, fake news, losers, etc.\nJeff Sessions testifies; GOP writes secret health care bill- A Closer Look:\nOther acerbic takes on Sessions\' testimony:\nKindly Senators try to help confused elderly gentleman who wandered into Capitol building; Man ravaged by amnesia somehow able to hold down demanding legal job; Jeff Sessions tries to distract Senate intelligence committee by reminding them he\'s a racist.\nThe questions Sessions left unanswered. He defended himself against what he called "scurrilous and false allegations" related to Russia. But he repeatedly refused to answer senators\' queries.\nIf you\'re in New York, The Daily Show\'s Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library opens Friday. Located at 3 West 57th Street near Fifth Avenue, a convenient stone\'s throw from Trump Tower, admission is free and open to the public between 11 AM-7 PM ET.\nWhat stops Republicans from behaving rationally? 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Question: Travis Tritt, Scotty McCreery, Kane Brown & More Added to Star-Studded Lineup for Randy Travis Tribute Concert

Country stars are coming out in full force to be a part of 1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time: A Heroes & Friends Tribute to Randy Travis on Feb. 8 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
Travis Tritt, Kane Brown, James Dupre, Scotty McCreery, Joe Nichols, Collin Raye, The Bellamy Brothers and Ricky Traywick have been added to the already stellar lineup that includes Alabama, Kenny Rogers, Rodney Atkins, Chris Janson, Jamey Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, Michael Ray, Ricky Skaggs, Michael W. Smith, The Randy Travis Band, Tanya Tucker and Josh Turner.
More artists will be announced in the coming weeks.
After suffering a massive stroke in 2013, Randy has made remarkable strides toward recovery, recently singing “Amazing Grace” at his Country Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony in October as well as the tagline to his iconic “Forever and Ever, Amen” at the 2016 CMA Awards in November. A portion of the proceeds of the tribute concert will go to the Randy Travis Foundation, a nonprofit that raises money for stroke research and rehabilitation.
Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations and the Bridgestone Arena box office.

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Question: Parkland killer boasted of mass murder plans in cell phone videos

FILE PHOTO: Nikolas Cruz sits next to his attorneys appointed by the Broward Public Defender’s Office as a judge determines if he can afford his own lawyer, in Broward Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., April 11, 2018. Taimy Alvarez/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
By Rich McKay
(Reuters) - The teen charged with shooting 17 people dead at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, boasted of plans to commit mass murder in a series of cell phone videos recorded by him before the rampage and released on Wednesday by prosecutors.
In one of the three video clips, Nikolas Cruz, 19, calmly declares, "Hello. My name is Nik and I'm going to be the next school shooter of 2018." He goes on to say: "My goal is to kill at least 20 people with an AR-15," referring to the assault-style rifle he is seen holding in the footage.
Brandishing the rifle at another point, Cruz says: "You're all going to die," adding with a chuckle, "Can't wait."
The video clips were part of an inventory of prosecution evidence recently shared with the defense team during the pre-trial discovery process, said Constance Jones-Simmons, a spokeswoman for the Broward County state attorney's office.
The Miami Herald and other media outlets obtained copies through a public records request after seeing mention of the footage in court documents, she told Reuters.
The three videos, none longer than 90 seconds in duration, are believed to have been made a short time before the shooting rampage on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but Jones-Simmons said she did not know precisely when they were recorded.
Cruz, a former Stoneman Douglas student expelled for disciplinary problems, has been described by former classmates as a social misfit and trouble-maker who was fascinated with guns. Police have said they responded to numerous calls related to the teenager in the years leading up to the massacre.
But authorities, who say Cruz confessed to the killings after his arrest, have never offered a possible motive for the bloodshed. Release of the video "selfies," posted online by the Herald, shed little new light on that question except to suggest Cruz felt he was treated as an outcast.
In one video, Cruz said his former classmates thought he was "an idiot and a dumb ass." He also professed his love for a girl he mentioned only by first name, and said he hoped to see her in the "afterlife."
The gun seen in the video is apparently the rifle authorities say Cruz legally purchased from a licensed gun dealer last year and ultimately used as the murder weapon.
He is charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder stemming from the Parkland killings, which rank as the second-greatest loss of life from gun violence at a public school in modern U.S. history, after a 2012 shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 20 first-graders and six adult educators dead.
The Florida shooting triggered an extraordinary protest movement and lobbying campaign for tougher gun control restrictions led by student survivors of the Parkland massacre and parents of the victims.
Cruz, whose own lawyer had called him a "broken human being" who feels remorse for his crimes, is being held in the Broward County jail without bond in Fort Lauderdale, and is on suicide watch, officials said.
(Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Michael Perry)

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PARKLAND, Fla. (CNN) – The Broward County Sheriff says while people were being shot during the deadly school rampage, one of his armed deputies waited outside of the school.
“What I saw was a deputy arrive and he never went in,” Sheriff Scott Israel said.
The only armed police officer stationed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resigned, amid revelations that he waited outside as the massacre unfolded.
Sheriff Israel says he should have gone in addressed the killer and then killed the killer.
Sheriff Israel says surveillance video shows the deputy Scot Peterson taking a position outside the building for four minutes as gunshots rang out but failed in his duty to stop the attacker.
“Devastated. Sick to my stomach. There are no words. These families lost their children. We lost coaches. I’ve been to the funerals. It’s just, there are no words.”
Peterson retired Thursday after being suspended without pay.
Records show he was recently nominated twice for Deputy of the Year.
Two other deputies now on restricted duty and are being investigated for how they handled tips warning about the killer.
Authorities announced that they have received twenty-three calls involving the killer and his family, starting in 2008 when the killer was just nine years old.
The most serious warnings began two years ago when an anonymous caller alerted police that the killer threatened “to shoot up the school” on Instagram and posted pictures of himself with a gun.
The Miami Herald reports that seven months later a peer counselor reported that the killer possibly ingested gasoline, wanted to buy a gun and attempted to commit suicide by cutting himself.
Days later an investigator for Florida’s Department of Children and Families determined that he was low-risk.
Later that month the family that initially took the killer in after his mother’s death and called the police to report a fight.
The family revealed this disturbing detail.
“He also dug in the backyard because he knew he was not allowed to bring it here and we found that he did… he was going to bury the gun there.”
The next day a tipster from Massachusetts called the sheriff’s office to report that the killer was collecting guns and knives.
The tipster told police he “will kill himself one day and believes he could be a school shooter in the making.”
Acting FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich said Thursday that proper protocols weren’t followed on a January tip about Cruz.
The FBI revealed last week that someone close to Cruz reported concerns, including information about Cruz’s gun ownership, his desire to kill people, erratic behavior, disturbing social media posts and the potential of him conducting a school shooting.


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Question: Rugby: Drop fears loom large as Rotherham Titans slip to defeat again

Relegation fears are mounting for Rotherham Titans after they suffered another heavy Championship loss.
Justin Burnell’s side had hoped to pick up a much-needed win at London Scottish but were out-played by opponents who were 36-3 up after just 57 minutes.
Although Rotherham scored tries from flanker Tom Calladine and scrum-half Matthew Walsh late on, Brett Connon adding a conversion to his first-half penalty, it did not disguise how worrying things are becoming at Clifton Lane.
Scottish had been vanquished 37-5 by troubled London Welsh on Christmas Eve but easily swept aside their visitors, who are now sitting just 11 points above the relegation place.
Atkinson scored inside eight minute and there was further tries for scrum-half Ed Hoadley, winger Jason Harries and centre Patrick Kelly before the interval, full-back Peter Lydon adding three conversions and a penalty for a 29-3 lead.
He improved Robert Fergusson’s 57th-minute try, too, as Rotherham struggled for any foothold in the game.
They had a quartet of Northampton Saints player on dual-registration – Howard Packman, Rory Hutchinson, Lewis Ludlam and Jordan Onojaife – as well as Ollie Bryant from Leicester Tigers, while Callum Wilson came in from Ealing. But the fresh faces did little to prevent 10th-placed Titans from falling to another loss and they remain with just four league wins this term.
Titans: Thomas; Wilson, Hutchinson, Bryant, Packman; Connon, Walsh; Tom Williams, Maddison, Herriott, Salmon, Hicks, Onojaife, Calladine, Ludlam. Replacements: Graham, Toby Williams, Williams, Normandale, Curry, Ryan, Barker.

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Out of the Rec-oning - Wasps centre reported to have been 'snubbed' by former club
Kyle Eastmond's future remains undecided, according to The Rugby Paper , who have reported he was snubbed by former club Bath.
The 28-year-old centre was believed to be under consideration by Todd Blackadder at The Rec before the announcement was made that British Lion Jamie Roberts is joining from Harlequins at the end of the season.
Toulouse are also believed to be interested in the six-times capped England international.
Eastmond is suspended from Wasps action until April 17 following his red card against Quins last month and will miss clashes with Leicester Tigers, Sale Sharks and Worcester Warriors before becoming available again for the final two Aviva Premiership regular season games against Northampton Saints and Newcastle Falcons.
(Image: Richard Lane/Richard Lane Photography.)
It's Park life for Wasps for play-off semi-final encounter
Wasps will finish third this season, according to the Leicester Mercury.
Ahead of Sunday's clash with Leicester Tigers at Welford Road, the title has given its predictions for how the Aviva Premiership table will end up following the final five rounds of games.
Wasps, currently sitting pretty in second that would earn a home play-off semi-final, will drop down to third according to the Mercury with the Tigers finishing fourth.
Champions Exeter Chiefs top the table with Sararcens finishing runners up - meaning Wasps
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A-grade display by black-and-golds gets week off to a flier
Wasps claimed a bonus point win from an entertaining A League game against Leicester Tigers played in the hospitable but freezing cold surroundings of Aylesbury RFC’s 4G surface.
Tries from TJ Harris, Marcus Garratt and George Thornton plus two conversions from Jacob Umaga saw Wasps lead 19-14 at the break with Ben Pointon and Matt Smith's interception try, both converted by Joe Ford, accounting for Tigers' points.
Will Stuart's try after the break secured the bonus point, Connor Eastgate moved Wasps further ahead after good work from Craig Hampson - who soon afterwards scored his side's sixth try.
Umaga upgraded the try with another fine kick, and he repeated the dose 12 minutes from time when Coventry prop Jack Higgins applied the finishing touch to a lineout drive.
The Tigers had the last word through Ford’s conversion of winger Bamidale Fadahunsi’s try which followed a long spell of continuity, but it was Wasps who claimed the spoils from their best A League display of the season.
England injury curse strikes Bath's British Lion
It's not only Wasps suffering from the England injury curse - as Bath will testify.
While the black-and-golds must cope without Nathan Hughes for the final months of the campaign, Bath must conclude their season without the services of Anthony Watson after he suffered an Achilles injury against Ireland.
Bath Director of Rugby, Todd Blackadder, told www.bathrugby.com: “Anthony has been in superb form this year, and we’re obviously really disappointed to have lost him at a critical part of the season."
My Wray or the highway - the problem doesn't lie with the clubs!
Saracens chairman Nigel Wray has defended the way players are looked after following criticism some England players looked 'out on their feet' against Ireland.
That was England's 2003 World Cup winning head coach Clive Woodward's comments about Maro Itoje following the Six Nations finale at Twickenham.
Wray told the Daily Mirror : “The number of club games hasn’t gone up, the number of international games has soared. The pressure’s only coming from one direction.
“England are having more and more time, that the clubs have given them, with the players. I would ask how much more time do England want players for?"


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The BC Lions crashed an aquafit class in Kamloops this week
If you like their moves on the field you’ll be delighted with what they bring to the pool.
The BC Lions held their annual training camp in Kamloops this past week, but what was different about this year was an impromptu team workout session.
The football players piled into the pool at the Canadian Games Aquatic Centre for a little aquafit workout.
Several members of the Lions were filmed splashing about after taking a break from their training at Hillside Stadium.
Players also invited members of the public to attend their club’s 2018 FanFest, last weekend, where those big and small had a chance to watch a practice and meet the Lions.
The team will be in Kamloops until June 7 for training.
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Question: Panicked UPS workers flee California gunfire that killed 4 - wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather & Sports

A San Francisco hospital has received multiple victims from a shooting at a sprawling UPS warehouse and customer service center.
A San Francisco hospital has received multiple victims from a shooting at a sprawling UPS warehouse and customer service center.
The Latest: UPS driver says he saw co-worker get shot
The Latest: UPS driver says he saw co-worker get shot
By PAUL ELIASAssociated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A UPS employee opened fire at one of the company's package delivery facilities in San Francisco on Wednesday, killing three co-workers and then himself as officers closed in and workers ran frantically into the streets, police and company officials said.
Two other United Parcel Service employees were wounded in the shooting that prompted a massive police response in an industrial neighborhood, Assistant Police Chief Toney Chaplin told reporters.
Officials, UPS employees and neighbors described chaos and panic as shots rang out during a morning meeting before drivers were sent on their delivery routes.
"They were all in rapid succession," Raymond Deng, a 30-year-old tech worker who lives across the street from the warehouse, said of the gunshots. "It was like tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat."
Police arrived in minutes. Officers found wounded victims and pulled them to safety and then confronted the gunman, who was armed with an "assault pistol," Chaplin said.
"The suspect put the gun to his head and discharged the weapon," Chaplin said, adding that police have not determined a motive.
Mayor Ed Lee said authorities saved lives with a "very proactive response."
"It could have been worse," he said, "lives were saved today."
It was not immediately clear how many employees were at the facility, but UPS said the warehouse employs 350 people. The shooter and all the victims were employees, UPS said in a statement.
UPS driver Marvin Calderon told KNTV that he recognized the gunman as a fellow employee, but he did not know him personally.
"I just started running out like crazy, like I've never run before," Calderon told the TV station.
After the gunfire, auto shop owner Robert Kim said he saw "a mob of UPS drivers" running down the street screaming "shooter, shooter."
Deng watched from his window in the Potrero Hill section of San Francisco as workers fled the building shouting. He said another group of about 10 people gathered on the roof and held up their hands waving for help.
"I saw police officers go up from the ramp and then storm the buildings," he said. "It's crazy."
The shooting came the same day a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice, wounding U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several others.
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Associated Press Writers Janie Har, Sudhin Thanawala and Jocelyn Gecker in San Francisco and Mike Balsamo contributed reporting from Los Angeles.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. One woman is dead and another has been hospitalized following an Easter Sunday shooting in the Algonquin neighborhood.
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Question: Soccer-Real Madrid face formidable PSG test

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Dec 11 (Reuters) - Holders Real Madrid will have to overcome a sizeable obstacle when the Champions League resumes in February after Monday's draw pitted the 12-times winners against Paris St Germain.
Bidding for a third successive title in Europe's elite club competition, Real paid a heavy price for not winning their group as they were drawn with the big-spending Parisians who were tipped as many people's favourites ahead of the draw in Nyon.
Five-times champions Barcelona will face English champions Chelsea, one of five Premier league clubs in the draw.
Tottenham Hotspur, who topped their group ahead of Real Madrid thanks to a 3-1 victory at Wembley, will face Serie A champions and last seasons' runners-up Juventus.
Manchester City, who clocked up a record 14th successive Premier League victory on Sunday, are now listed as favourites after being handed a last-16 clash with Swiss club Basel.
Five-times winners Bayern Munich, who finished below PSG in the group, will be happy with a two-legged clash with Turkish outsiders Besiktas.
Europa League champions Manchester United take on Sevilla, Liverpool will meet Porto and AS Roma's reward for winning their group ahead of Chelsea is a tricky tie against Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Champions League has proved beyond even the vast riches available to PSG and last season they were stunned in the last 16 by Barcelona, losing the second leg 6-1 after beating the Spanish side 4-0 in the French capital.
A clash with Real is hardly what they would have desired at such an early stage but with Neymar and Edinson Cavani having scored six goals apiece in the group, they will be hopeful - if they can keep Real's nine-goal Cristiano Ronaldo quiet.
"This could have been the final, given the power of the two clubs. The last 16 is a bit early, we could say. Logically, we are both challengers for the trophy," Emilio Butragueno, Real's director of institutional relations, said.
"I don't think it's a good draw for them either. It will be a thrilling tie."
PSG and Real have played six times in Europe, most recently in the 2015-16 group stage when the sides drew 0-0 in Paris and the Spanish side edging the return match 1-0.
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Chelsea and Barcelona will renew a regular Champions league rivalry that last surfaced in the 2012 semi-final when Chelsea won 3-2 on aggregate before going on to claim the trophy for the only time in their history.
Barcelona won the 2009 semi-final on away goals, Andres Iniesta breaking Chelsea's hearts with a 93rd-minute decider.
"We've had some great times at Stamford Bridge, haven't we?" Barcelona said on Twitter.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte said past events were of no consequence.
"Our reaction must be positive. The past is the past, the present is another story," he said.
The other English qualifiers fared better, especially Manchester City. While Basel are a formidable side at home and have taken big English scalps in the Champions League before, Pep Guardiola's side will be firm favourites to progress.
"We have to be careful, they deserve to be here," City's technical director Txiki Begiristain said.
Tottenham will face Juventus for the first time while Manchester United and Sevilla have also never met before.
Bayern Munich will face Besiktas for the first time since winning 2-0 home and away in the 1997-98 group stage.
"Bayern are a powerful team but we are not a piece of cake either," Besiktas president Fikret Orman said.
The first legs, with group winners PSG, Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester United, Roma, Manchester City, Barcelona and Besiktas away first, take place on Feb. 13-14 and Feb. 20-21 with the returns on March 6-7 and March 13-14. (Reporting by Martyn Herman,; Editing by Ed Osmond)

Juventus beat Barcelona 3-0 in Turin last week in the first leg of the Champions League quarter finals. (Source: AP) Juventus beat Barcelona 3-0 in Turin last week in the first leg of the Champions League quarter finals. (Source: AP)
Comeback heroes Barcelona will be hoping for another miracle as they prepare to host Juventus for the second leg of the Champions League on Wednesday night. The Serie A leaders beat Barca 3-0 in Turin last week to gain advantage. A Paulo Dybala brace reflected confidence in a club that is regarded to have the best defense.
Giorgio Chiellini added to the goal tally to crush the Spanish side in their away game. Argentinian Dybala made his national team captain Lionel Messi look helpless as the hosts refused to leave them with any space for the ‘MSN’ magic to come out.
However Juventus must not forget that they are not facing any ordinary team. Spanish champions, who will have the home advantage, are known for their comebacks. Last month, they came from behind to destroy Paris St Germain 6-1 after being beaten 4-0 by the French team in the first leg. It seemed impossible then. It seems less difficult now.
Juventus have to their advantage former Barcelona defender Dani Alves who knows Neymar’s game and succeeded in keeping him at bay in the first leg. However a confident Neymar said, “We did it once and we can do it a second time. We have to give our absolute maximum. If everything goes well, there will be another comeback. I believe in the team and in our power. Everything is lost (already), so we have nothing to lose and everything to gain.”
Barcelona, who are trailing Real Madrid by three points in the Spanish league, return confident after a 3-2 victory against Real Sociedad on Saturday, in Neymar’s absence, who has been suspended for three La Liga matches, including the El Clasico. Juventus too saw a victory on the same day against bottom placed Pescara.
Barcelona’s only hope to enter the semi finals is by being able to break the Italian defense this time at Camp Nou and pull a comeback similar to the one against PSG. But, easier said than done.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Predators stalwart Pekka Rinne briefly stopped to marvel when informed of the elite NHL goaltending company he joined in becoming a three-time 40-game winner — and after a shutout, no less.
Only six players — Martin Brodeur and Terry Sawchuk, among them — have ever done that.
"When you say that, it sounds pretty cool," Rinne said, after stopping 35 shots in a 4-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night. "Those guys are legends of this game. They've done so much not only for the game of hockey but for the position of being a goalie. That's great. That's a credit to my teammates, big time, and also my coaching staff."
Rinne has been nearly unbeatable in winning his 11th straight game and improving to 40-9-4. And the 12-year veteran is carrying the NHL-leading Predators along with him in approaching numerous franchise milestones.
Nashville set a team record by extending its point streak to 15 games (14-0-1). And the Predators won their ninth consecutive road game as part of a run in which they're 12-0-3 in their past 15 to break yet another team record.
"He's unbelievable," teammate Ryan Johansen said of Rinne. "In our opinion, he's been the most valuable player for us."
The rest of the Predators have been no slouches during a stretch in which they haven't lost in regulation since a 3-1 setback against Detroit on Feb. 17.
Johansen and Mike Fisher scored goals 4:34 apart in the second period. Filip Forsberg and Ryan Hartman then sealed it by scoring in the final four minutes.
First-year Sabres coach Phil Housley could only tip his hat to Nashville, where he spent the previous four seasons as an assistant. Though the final score didn't reflect it, Housley was pleased with how the Sabresm last in the Eastern Conference, held their own against the Predators for mostly two periods.
"I can't fault the way our guys played. I thought they brought their best game," Housley said. "One thing I'd like to see our guys do better is stop in front of the net and start pounding it, whacking at some loose pucks there."

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Petr Mrazek looks to continue his strong recent play. He is 3-0-1, with a 0.97 goals-against average and .968 save percentage in his past four starts, including shutouts in the Red Wings' past two road games, 4-0 at Chicago and 3-0 at New Jersey.
The Hurricanes have won three in a row, including a 2-0 victory Thursday against Montreal, as Cam Ward made 27 saves. Teuvo Teravainen leads the Hurricanes with 40 points and Sebastian Aho leads the team with 17 goals.


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Question: Man To Plead Guilty To Buying Weapons Used In San Bernardino Attack

Enrique Marquez Jr., 25, of Riverside, Calif., is accused of purchasing the assault rifles used in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, and has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges.
Benjamin Gottlieb of member station KCRW tells our Newscast unit:
In his plea, Marquez admits that his friend, Syed Rizwan Farook, paid him for the assault rifles used to kill 14 people and injure 22 others in December of 2015. That's when Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik opened fire at a holiday party of Farook's coworkers at the Inland Regional Center. Marquez also admits he conspired with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to attack Riverside City College (RCC) — as well as commuter traffic on a major freeway in Southern California. Those plans never materialized.
U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker said, "While his earlier plans to attack a school and a freeway were not executed, the planning clearly laid the foundation for the 2015 attack on the Inland Regional Center."
Prosecutors say there is no evidence that Marquez participated in the San Bernardino attack or had advance knowledge about it.
He did acknowledge that he was a "straw buyer" when he purchased two high-powered rifles used in the San Bernardino attack.
According to a Justice Department statement:
"Straw purchasers are criminals who are the beginning of the chain of violence in our country," said ATF Special Agent in Charge Eric D. Harden. "It is purchases like Marquez's that led to the terror on that tragic day in San Bernardino. The crime goes beyond making a false statement on a government form. It puts guns in the hands of criminals who will victimize the community. In this case, the straw purchase is as reprehensible as the attack."
Mandy Pifer, whose boyfriend Shannon Johnson was killed in the terror attack, told The Associated Press that Marquez's plea agreement brought mixed emotions:
"It's a hell of a day to come out, Valentine's Day," the 42-year-old Los Angeles resident said. "I'm relieved that it won't be a long trial. If it'll be finished sooner, I'm all for it." She said she planned to speak at Marquez's sentencing about the impact her boyfriend's killing has had on her. In his last moments, Johnson huddled with a colleague under a table, shielding her from the bullets. "It is what it is," she said. "Nothing's going to bring him back."
Marquez is expected to formally enter his guilty pleas Thursday morning.
He has been in custody since he was ordered detained at his initial court appearance in this case on Dec. 17, 2015.
Marquez faces up to 25 years in federal prison.

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-- Border Patrol Agent Acquitted In 2012 Fatal Shooting Of Mexican Teen.
-- Prince's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital, Pharmacy Chain.
-- Facebook Updates Community Standards, Expands Appeals Process.
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Report: Confirmation Hearing To Be Delayed For V.A. Nominee. (Washington Post)
Suit Filed Against New Indiana Abortion Law. (Indianapolis Business Journal)
Government Seeks E-Coli Source In Contaminated Lettuce. (Washington Post)
Despite Government Action, Nicaragua Protests Continue. (Los Angeles Times)
New Afghanistan Attacks Leave 9 Dead. (RFE/RL)
Ukrainian Agency Hit By Ransomware. (Reuters)


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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — It wasn’t the Easter bunny that startled a South Carolina homeowner and his family. It wasn’t even a burglar.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reports Susie and Steve Polston were worried that someone was trying to get into their home on Sunday. Instead, Polston’s 16-year-old son found the intruder: a nine-foot alligator crawling on their second-story porch.
The family says the alligator climbed a back stairwell to the porch, crunched through the aluminum screen door and nestled between a sofa and a swinging bench.
State law requires a nuisance-trapped alligator to be killed, but the family didn’t want that. The other choice was to wait it out, but the alligator was eventually euthanized.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say a dog named Scarface attacked a family who tried to put a sweater on it.
Tampa police say the pit bull mix bit a 52-year-old woman who was trying to dress it Friday and her husband was attacked while trying to pull the dog off her.
Police say the couple’s 22-year-old son was attacked while trying to stop the dog by stabbing it in the neck and head.
The three people escaped the house and left the dog in the backyard.
They ended up in the hospital.
Police say animal control officers shot it with a tranquilizer gun, but it managed to get back into the house where two children were. Police used a bean bag gun and stun gun on Scarface before catching it.
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Question: NHCH takes sole possession of fourth place in Red Division basketball standings

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Ho'okele Staff | Apr 14, 2017
Story and photo by Randy Dela Cruz Sports Editor, Ho‘okele
There are a lot of bad things that can happen at the start of any game, and having only four players to start a basketball game is certainly one of them.
In the battle for fourth place in the Red Division, Naval Health Clinic Hawaii (NHCH) managed to defend the fort as they walked out on the court with only four players in their game versus Sentinel Warriors from the 8th Intelligence Squadron on April 12 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
Although NHCH was out-manned for the first five minutes of play, they kept the game close with the Sentinel Warriors, who held a one-point 5-4 lead at the time.
Once NHCH got enough players on the court, the team quickly turned things around and then held on for the 45-37 victory.
“Well, we knew our players would come, so we slowed down the tempo and then we tried to draw them out, Hospital Corpsman Bradley Williams said. “When they came out, we scored.”
Williams was a huge reason why NHCH was able to hang around before taking the lead, as he clicked for 11 points in the first half.
The game was tied three times in the first 11 minutes, but once Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Carlton Dyke filled in as the team’s fifth player and got warmed up, the tide began to turn.
Up by only a basket, Dyke got a lay-up for two points and then added two free throws to give NHCH a 16-point lead at 15-9.
“He’s (Dyke) an energetic player,” Williams said about his teammate. “When we saw him, he gave us the energy to push forward, set the pace, and get our points up.”
Williams remained hot and with the clock ticking down to halftime, he stepped up and dropped a long ball from beyond the arc to give NHCH their first double digit lead at 22-12.
In the second half, each time the Sentinel Warriors tried to cut into the lead, NHCH somehow managed to respond and maintain their 10-point advantage.
The Sentinel Warriors cut the lead down to six points, but with only 4:00 on the clock, Dyke scored on a drive to the basket to put NHCH back up by 10 at 37-27.
“We’re just all a lot of gritty players,” Williams said. “We never give up, so we just had to keep that attitude the whole game and it helped us win.”
One of the biggest reasons why NHCH was able to hold the Sentinel Warriors at bay was the ability of NHCH to control the boards — especially while on offense.
“Offensive rebounds, that’s something we practice,” Williams said. “We tell our people to crash every time.”
While things were looking good for NHCH, the Sentinel Warriors had one last run up their sleeves.
After the basket by Dyke, Sentinel Warriors guard Kendel Giles, a military family member, fired in a trey to make it 37-30.
Then on the team’s next trip down the court, teammate Staff Sgt. Ouinton Daulton copied Giles with a three-point shot of his own to further cut the lead down to four at 37-33.
Instead of folding, NHCH got a big putback basket by Cryptologic Technician (Maintenance) 1st Class Tim Taylor, another late arrival, that may have broken the Sentinel Warriors back with only 1:03 left in the game.
With the playoffs right around the corner on April 29-30 and May 1, Williams couldn’t give a prediction as to how the team will do.
Although he did admit that NHCH could pull off a surprise or two in the postseason.
“We might,” he said. “You never know. All I know is that we’re going to play our best every game. We’ll give it our all and leave it on the court.”

The 2nd ranked Roughriders beat the Archers Friday 2-0 to move on in the Region 16 tournament.


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Anthony Castagna's company helps protect the cyber secrets and detect financial crimes within the world's most powerful institutions, including the Serious Fraud Office in Britain, US Homeland Security, the Australian defence force, ASIC, even the Office of the President of the US.
Now the Sydney-based co-founder and chairman of Nuix, majority owned by Macquarie Bank, faces a potential 20-year jail term after being charged with tax evasion and dealing with the proceeds of crime.
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Link Dr Anthony Castagna at his Gordon home. Photo: Nick Moir
Dr Castagna, 70, has been the target of two of Nuix's major clients: the Australian Federal police and the Australian Tax Office through Project Wickenby, their long-running tax probe.
The charges relate to payments from Macquarie Bank which were allegedly channelled into offshore companies controlled by his cousin Robert Agius, who was sentenced to a non-parole period of 6 years and 8 months' jail in 2012 for operating unrelated tax avoidance schemes via his Vanuatu-based accountancy firm.
In addition to Dr Castagna's criminal charges, the ATO is pursuing him for unpaid taxes and penalties in excess of $10 million.
For decades, the tech guru has been a rainmaker for Macquarie Bank. The bank has ploughed millions of dollars into his cyber security and forensic services company Nuix. A totally owned Macquarie Group subsidiary owns more than 70 per cent of Nuix and over the last year Macquarie advisors have been talking up a billion-dollar float of Nuix on the Australian stock exchange.
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Nuix insiders expressed concern that Dr Castagna's decision not to stand aside pending the outcome of his criminal proceedings could damage the company.
"With the sort of customers we have – intelligence agencies, police, government and taxation organisations – how could you have a chairman facing those charges?" said one insider.
However, the Nuix board is standing by their chief. "The charges against our chairman, Dr Tony Castagna, are totally unrelated to the company and date back to matters which occurred about 18 years ago, well before Nuix existed," said the company in a statement.
"The board is aware of the impending proceedings and continues to fully support Dr Castagna, who has not been convicted of any offence and remains entitled to the presumption of innocence."
The board also maintained that the charges "have had no bearing" on the company's operations.
On the 21 May 2008, the AFP executed search warrants at Dr Castagna's home in Gordon, on Sydney's north shore, as well as at his Macquarie Bank office.
At the same time the AFP, in conjunction with Vanuatu police, raided the Port Vila home and office of then Vanuatu-based accountant Agius.
According to documents tendered in the Federal Court, for many years Dr Castagna, who has a PhD in finance from the University of NSW, has been on the payroll of Macquarie Bank.
An expert in technology start-ups, Dr Castagna was a director of Macquarie Technology Ventures from 1997 until 2013.
It is these payments by Macquarie Bank which form the basis of his criminal charges. Prior to 1998, when he returned to Australia, Dr Castagna was based in Silicon Valley in the US. Up until 2008 Macquarie Bank paid consultancy fees to Billbury Ltd, a UK company associated with his cousin Agius. Billbury in turn paid Dr Castagna.
Dr Castagna, who denies any wrongdoing and is vigorously defending the charges, claims in documents filed with the Federal Court that in 1997, when he was living in the United States, Macquarie Bank rejected his proposal that he be employed by the bank.
Instead Macquarie Bank, and later Macquarie Equities (USA), "reached an agreement with Billbury Ltd for the provisions of services," claims Dr Castagna in court documents.
Dr Castagna maintains that he then reached an agreement with Billbury to be paid a fixed monthly amount, which Dr Castagna says he declared as assessable income.
The rest of the money from Macquarie Bank was paid by Billbury into Dr Castagna's superannuation fund.
The tax years in dispute are from 1999 to 2008. The ATO claims Dr Castagna owes $5,677,329 with further penalties of $4,899,748.
Two senior Macquarie associates David Standen and Daniel Phillips are directors of Nuix, alongside former US ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich. There is no wrongdoing alleged against these men or any of Nuix's other directors.
Nuix started in the year 2000, when a group of computer scientists began working on a processing engine for unstructured data, the New Universal Intelligence eXchange. Dr Castagna set up the corporate entity Nuix in late 2005 with the ultimate holding company being a NZ company, Ferodale Ltd. Corporate records show Ferodale's two directors were Dr Castagna and the now-disgraced NZ businessman Anthony Walpole Bowden.
In June 2012, only a month before Robert Agius was jailed here in Australia, over in New Zealand Bowden was struck off as an accountant and sentenced to nine months home detention after pleading guilty to charges relating to the $50 million collapse of NZ company Five Star.
A year after establishing Nuix, Dr Castagna stepped down from its parent company Ferodale and was replaced by his cousin Agius.
Ferodale has since been renamed Blackall Ltd and its current directors are Robert Agius's son Daniel and Dubbo resident Roy Grady, 70. Mr Grady is also a current director of Nuix.
Blackall's shareholding in Nuix is worth an estimated $26 million.
On paper Dr Castagna does not appear to have shares in Nuix, nor does he appear to be connected to the Ferodale/Blackall company.
But the company names appear to be derived from his holiday home at Ferodale near Port Stephens and an investment property in Blackall Street, Hamilton, a suburb of Newcastle. Both of these properties have been frozen under the Proceeds of Crime Act.Dr Castagna and Agius have also been charged over $4.5 million which Agius allegedly lent to Dr Castagna. The police are alleging that these loans were a sham and were established to return money back to Dr Castagna in Australia, and thereby avoiding tax.
Just before his arrest in Perth in April 2008, Agius lent $3.6 million to his cousin by way of mortgages over a number of properties in Dr Castagna's extensive holdings.
The AFP is alleging that these loans form the proceeds of crime and as such they have frozen Dr Castagna's sizeable property portfolio.
Among the assets frozen are the Castagna family mansion in St Johns Avenue, Gordon, which Dr Castagna purchased back in 1999 for $1.3 million.
He has also been restrained from dealing with a property in Carwarra Street, Gordon, as well as a string of townhouses and an industrial property in Newcastle. His holiday home at Ferodale, near Port Stephens, is also the subject of proceeds of crime order.
Dr Castagna has sought a delay on the ATO's pursuit of back taxes and penalties until his criminal trial for tax evasion and dealing with the proceeds of crime is heard.
The trial of Dr Castagna and his cousin Robert Agius is due to be held in 2018.
Macquarie Bank, which is not accused of any wrongdoing, declined to comment on Nuix.
Nuix – the New Universal Intelligence Exchange – provides cyber security and forensic investigation services to law enforcement, defence, intelligence and security agencies around the world.
It is majority-owned by Macquarie Bank, via a totally owned subsidiary, and two senior Macquarie personnel David Standen and Daniel Phillips sit on the board.
Earlier this year, Jeffrey Bleich, the former US ambassador to Australia and onetime Special Counsel to President Barack Obama, was appointed to the Nuix board.
Keith Lowry, Nuix's senior vice-president in the US served as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Human Intelligence, Counterintelligence and Security at the Pentagon.
In 2009 Nuix chalked up the first of many impressive contracts when the US Security Exchange Commission used its software for digital investigation and analysis.
Last year, Nuix provided the investigative technology essential for 150 journalists across the globe to mine and analyse the world's largest data leak – 11.5 million documents which became known as the Panama Papers.
Nuix's technology enabled the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to sift through the millions of documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Nuix has 1500 customers in at least 60 countries. Its clients include Interpol, the US Secret Service, United Nations, the US Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Japanese Securities and Exchange Commission, ASIC, Australian Customs, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Defence Force, the United States Department of Homeland Security, the Serious Fraud Office in the UK and the Office of the President of the United States.
The company's clients also include many of the world's leading advisory firms, financial institutions and leading pharma and technology companies.

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