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For instance, <<['Represent the article to find a fitting news title', 'The final major demonstrations of the loyal order marching season will take place in six main venues on August 26, with members of the Royal Black Institution on parade.\nThe Institution has 17,000 members in around 350 preceptories, and will demonstrate in Comber, Antrim, Castledawson, Lisburn, Omagh and Aughnacloy for the traditional ‘Last Saturday’ event.\nSovereign Grand Master Millar Farr, who will be taking part in the Castledawson procession said the institution was once again looking forward to the much-anticipated day in the parading calendar.\nHe said: “The ‘Last Saturday’ traditionally brings the curtain down on the loyal order parading season and we are expecting yet another magnificent finale.\n“The various demonstrations will offer a wonderful spectacle of culture and pageantry, attended and enjoyed by large crowds at six different venues across the Province.”\nCOMBER\nThe largest parade of the day will be in Comber where 5,000 members of the loyal order will be on parade. A total of 107 preceptories and approximately 100 bands will take part in the procession.\nThe districts represented will be Lower Iveagh, Lecale, Castlewellan, Newry, Banbridge, Rathfriland, Mourne, Largymore, Ballynahinch, Newtownards, Saintfield, Bangor and Comber.\nAmong the many preceptories stepping out will be the largest in the Institution, Elijah’s Chosen Few RBP 208 from Mourne District, with more than 250 members.\nA large crowd is expected to turn out to watch the parade, which was last held in the Co Down town in 2004.\nThe main procession moves off at noon from Parkway via Killinchy Street, The Square, High Street, Braeside, Ballygowan Road, Railway Street, Glen Link and Belfast Road.\nThe religious service will begin at 3pm and will be chaired by Brian Hunter, Co Down Grand Master. Rev Stanley Gamble will conduct the service of worship.\nAssistant Sovereign Grand Master, William Baillie, will be the guest speaker.\nANTRIM\nUp to 80 preceptories will take part in the demonstration in Antrim.\nThe main parade will assemble at Fountain Hill at 12.30pm and proceed through the town via Fountain Street, Church Street, High Street, Bridge Street and Dublin Road to the field on the Randalstown Road.\nThe participating Co Antrim preceptories will come from six districts representing Antrim, Lisburn, Ballymena, Larne, Ballymoney and Ballyclare.\nIt is expected there will be 75 bands and 2,500 members of the Royal Black Institution on parade.\nThe platform proceedings will begin at 3pm under the chairman, Charles Hamilton, Antrim District Master. Co Antrim Grand Chaplain, Robert Campbell, will conduct the service of worship.\nThe guest speaker will be Rev William Anderson, imperial deputy grand master and imperial deputy grand chaplain.\nA Last Saturday parade was last held in Antrim town in 2011.\nCASTLEDAWSON\nSovereign Grand Master Millar Farr will be the special guest at the Co Londonderry demonstration in Castledawson.\nThe village is hosting a Last Saturday parade for the first time.\nThe demonstration will include 35 preceptories representing districts in South Londonderry, City of Londonderry, Coleraine and Raphoe, Co Donegal.\nThirty bands will accompany the parade, which begins at midday from Hillhead Road proceeding through the village to the demonstration field on the Magherafelt Road.\nThe platform proceedings are at 2pm and the preacher will be Rev John Noble, imperial deputy grand chaplain.\nThe principal speaker will be the sovereign grand master.\nLISBURN\nThe City of Belfast Grand Black Chapter demonstration will be held this year in Lisburn.\nIt is tradition for members of the institution in Belfast to parade in various provincial towns and cities.\nA total of 54 preceptories, representing seven districts, will step out in Lagan Valley, accompanied by 33 bands.\nThe main parade will move off at noon from Wallace Park and the procession route will be Seymour Street, Castle Street, Market Street North, Market Street South, Market Street, Smithfield Street, Market Place, Bow Street, Antrim Street, Antrim Road and North Circular Road, returning to Wallace Park for a religious service.\nThe principal speaker will be City Grand Master, William Elliott, with the service of worship conducted by Alan McIntosh, city grand chaplain.\nCity Grand Registrar, Christopher Cunningham, will chair the proceedings.\nOMAGH\nTwenty-four preceptories will be on parade in Tyrone’s county town on the Last Saturday.\nSir Knights from Omagh, and neighbouring Castlederg and Strabane districts, will be accompanied by as many bands for the annual procession.\nThe event will be a special occasion for Omagh District and Omagh Olive Branch RBP 185, who both celebrate their 150th anniversaries.\nThe main parade will commence at 1pm and move via Crevenagh Road, Irishtown Road, Dublin Road, Market Street, High Street, John Street, James Street, Church Street, George’s Street, High Street, Bridge Street, Drumragh Avenue, Market Street and Campsie Road before returning to the Crevenagh Road for a religious service.\nThe platform proceedings will begin at 2.30pm and the chairman will be Stanley McFarland.\nThe service of worship will be conducted by Co Tyrone Grand Chaplain, Rev Alan Irwin, and the preacher will be Rev Nigel Reid, an imperial grand chaplain.\nThe guest speaker will be Ivan Kelly, past assistant sovereign grand master.\nAUGHNACLOY\nUp to 80 preceptories and a similar number of bands will take part in the demonstration in Aughnacloy.\nThe large parade in the south Tyrone village, hosting a Last Saturday procession for the first time since 2006, will commence at 11.45am.\nThe districts represented are from the Republic of Ireland, Fermanagh, Primatial, Summerisland, Killyman, Aughnacloy and East Tyrone.\nSenior Sir Knights in attendance will include Imperial Grand Registrar, Billy Scott, and Imperial Grand Treasurer, David Livingstone.\nThe main parade will commence from the assembly field on the Tullyvar Road and proceed via Moore Street to the demonstration field on the Caledon Road.\nThe religious service, starting at 2.15pm, will be chaired by Aughnacloy District Master, Harold Erskine.\nCo Tyrone Grand Master Richard Emerson will be the principal speaker. 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Say this about Marc Bergevin: By ripping the guts out of his Montreal Canadiens, he’s showing plenty of them himself.
But does being bold — at least in the past year — necessarily equate to making the smartest moves?
We’re about to find out.
Consider this.
In less than eight months, Bergevin has made two huge moves.
First, he traded away P.K. Subban, a former Norris Trophy winner who was embraced by the community for, among other things, pledging to donate $10 million to the Montreal Childrens Hospital.
Then on Tuesday he fired coach Michel Therrien, who is said to have supported the Subban deal in order to change the culture inside the Habs dressing room, and replaced him with former Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien who, like Therrien, will be behind the Montreal bench for a second stint.
These are the type of storylines you’d expect to find in the pages of a Hollywood script. Instead, they are being authored out of the Montreal office of a general manager who now has the spotlight squarely on his shoulders.
No longer can Subban’s huge personality be blamed for the Habs’ shortcomings. Nor can disgruntled fans point to Therrien’s conservative ways as the reason for the team not reaching its potential.
This is now on Bergevin.
Sink or swim. No more excuses.
Admittedly, the savvy Bergevin could not have predicted that all-world goalie Carey Price would be mired in a slump, one that is reflected in a Canadiens swoon that has seen them lose six of their past seven games.
Nevertheless, when you pull the trigger on the type of franchise-altering decisions that significantly move the seismic needle of the NHL landscape such as these two have, the statement you are making is clear: The window to win is now.
As such, Bergevin becomes the man on the hottest seat in all of La Belle Province, even with his team still on top of the Atlantic Division with 70 points. And, apparently, he knows it.
To that end, within a couple of hours of the Habs announcing the hiring of Julien, a number of NHL executives told Postmedia that they expect Bergevin to be quite active in the two weeks leading up to the March 1 trade deadline. Much of the speculation revolves around forwards Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche and Martin Hanzal of the Arizona Coyotes, although the asking price for both is said to be quite steep.
How the final two months of the season play out — and what moves, if any, the Habs GM makes to augment his roster — could very well dictate what Bergevin’s future holds with the Canadiens.
Of course, the players need to absorb part of the blame here, too.
During the summer of 2016, there were rumblings out of Montreal that the team’s leadership core was growing tired of Subban’s flamboyant ways and welcomed the leadership that Shea Weber was bringing from Nashville.
Then, on Tuesday, came speculation out of Habs Land that that same group of players perhaps had grown weary of Therrien’s tactics and thirsted for change.
Are we to believe that Subban and Therrien were the sole reasons for the Canadiens underachieving? Of course not.
That leaves the question to be asked: Are the inmates running the asylum here?
And, to that end, at what point do the guys lacing up the blades become accountable?
Whether you agree with Bergevin’s moves or not, he hasn’t been shy in making waves. If they don’t work, Bergevin might be the one waving goodbye.
Having said that, the fact that the Bruins dismissed Julien just eight days earlier likely accelerated Therrien’s departure. The chance to scoop up a Stanley Cup-winning coach like Julien, who is familiar with the rigours of coaching the Canadiens, probably was too delicious an opportunity to ignore.
“Claude Julien is an experienced and well respected coach with a good knowledge of the Montreal market,” Bergevin said in a released statement. “Claude has been very successful as an NHL coach and he won the Stanley Cup. Today we hired the best available coach, and one of the league’s best. I am convinced that he has the capabilities to get our team back on the winning track.”
Perhaps the most headscratching aspect of this coaching move involves the Bruins.
When Boston defeated the Canadiens 4-0 on Sunday, it marked Therrien’s final game behind the Canadiens bench. In the wake of the loss, the Habs asked permission from the Bruins to talk to Julien.
Why would the Bruins even consider doing that?
Why, oh why, would you grant your most bitter historical rivals — the Canadiens — the opportunity to scoop up one of the most respected bench bosses in the game, a proud man who will want to crush you for firing him just one week earlier?
Sure, Bruins president Cam Neely hasn’t seen eye to eye with Julien in the past dating back to 2010 when then-GM Peter Chiarelli refused the suggestion of upper management to fire the coach. Even so, allowing Julien, a man who certainly has an axe to grind with the Boston hierarchy, to go to your biggest enemy is a questionable decision.
Back in 2003, the Habs fired Therrien and replaced him with Julien. On Tuesday, history repeated itself.
“I came to the conclusion that our team needed a new energy, a new voice, a new direction,” Bergevin said.
If Bergevin’s decisions don’t work out, ownership one day might be seeking a “new direction” — one that doesn’t include him.
TEAMS TREADING WATER IN ATLANTIC DIVISION
Just how much is the NHL’s Atlantic Division in turmoil?
When the Maple Leafs are considered one of the more stable outfits in the division, you know chaos reigns supreme.
Here’s a quick breakdown:
* With the Montreal Canadiens having axed Michel Therrien Tuesday and replaced him with Claude Julien, half the teams in the Atlantic have fired coaches in the past 10 months, including the Habs (Therrien), Boston Bruins (Julien), Florida Panthers (Gerard Gallant) and Ottawa Senators (Dave Cameron). Tampa Bay is the only Atlantic Division team among the eight not to have made a coaching change in the past two years.
* The struggling Detroit Red Wings are in danger of having their remarkable run of 25 consecutive playoff appearances come to an end, not to mention having their beloved owner, Mike Ilitch, pass away last week.
* Among the pre-season favourites to win the Stanley Cup, the Lightning lost Steven Stamkos early in the season with a knee injury and started play Tuesday four points out of a wildcard spot.
* There are rumblings among disgruntled Sabres fans that Buffalo’s rebuild is going slower than expected.
Other than that ...
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The Federal Government has renamed the Federal University in Ebonyi State as Alex Ekwueme University.
The university is located in Ndufu Alike Ikwo in Ebonyi.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo announced the honour on Friday at the funeral rites for the former vice-president at the St John of the Divine Church, Oko Anambra state.
The ceremony was attended by former president Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience.
Osinbajo said that Ekwueme, who was Nigeria's vice-president between October 1979 and December 1983, was being immortalised for his selfless service, integrity and contributions to national development.
He described Ekwueme as a true Nigerian icon and statesman whose life and times were worthy of celebration.
He said he wasn't only being remembered as an accomplished scholar, or for his architectural prowess or for having occupied high public offices but because he practiced eternal principles that set men and women apart from their peers whether they were poor or rich.
Osinbajo said the deceased showed bravery in the face of terror and set an excellent example of loyalty as a vice president.
“Ekwueme was a man of principles, of personal sacrifice for others and service to those who cannot offer him reward,” he said.
In his sermon, Primate Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Dr Nicholas Okoh, described Ekwueme's burial ceremony as a crusade rather than a funeral service.
Okoh said a lot had been said about Ekwueme's good Christian upbringing, public service, educational accomplishments and enjoined Nigerians to emulate his virtues.
Okoh who tagged his sermon “Get into the Ark” said that the Biblical story of Noah's Ark reminded us of salvation and destruction.
He noted that if people lived right they will enjoy Divine fellowship when they die and condemnation if they lived badly.
“Even if you are doing business, in public service or in the Lord's vineyard and you lack integrity, things will not work fine,” he said.
The Primate consoled the Ekwueme family and thanked God for having him as their late patriarch.
Some of the dignitaries who graced the occasion included, Secretary to the Federal Government, Mr Boss Mustapha,former Vice president Alhaji Namadi Sambo and 10 serving governors.
Others were Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National President of Ohanaeze, Chief John Nwodo, National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Odigie John-Oyegun, PDP chairman, Uche Secondus and many others.
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Kufre Ekanem (right), Corporate Affairs Adviser NB Plc handing over keys to a block of classrooms, library and toilet facilities built and equipped by Nigerian Breweries - Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund for Egbuoma Secondary School in Imo State to Prince Eze Madumere, Deputy Governor of Imo State (left) to the admiration of Prof. Anthony Anwukah (middle), Honourable Minister of State for Education.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies and Congress will continue to investigate Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election, even after President Donald Trump fired his national security adviser for providing inaccurate accounts of his contacts with the Russian ambassador last year.
Democrats said an independent investigation was the best way to answer questions about the Trump administration's ties to Russia. But Republican leaders continue to refuse to consider that option and said three congressional investigations underway were enough.
Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was fired late Monday. The White House said he misled Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with the Russian ambassador.
This isn't the first time Trump has distanced himself from an adviser in light of relationships with Moscow. In late August, Paul Manafort resigned as Trump's campaign chairman after disclosures by The Associated Press about his firm's covert lobbying on behalf of Ukraine's former pro-Russia governing political party. Trump has long held a friendly posture toward the long-time U.S. adversary and has been reluctant to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin, even for Putin's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region in 2014.
"This isn't simply about a change in policy toward Russia, as the administration would like to portray. It's what's behind that change in policy," said California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, one of the congressional bodies investigating.
Under the Obama administration, U.S. intelligence agencies said Russia interfered in the 2016 election with the goal of electing Trump. Trump has acknowledged that Russia hacked Democratic emails but denies it was to help him win.
The New York Times reported late Tuesday that members of Trump's campaign, including Manafort, had repeated contacts with Russian intelligence officials during the year before the election. The U.S. knew about these contacts through phone records and intercepted calls, the Times said.
Reached late Tuesday, Manafort told The Associated Press he has not been interviewed by the FBI about these alleged contacts.
"I have never knowingly spoken to Russian intelligence officers and I have never been involved with anything to do with the Russian government or the Putin administration or any other issues under investigation today," Manafort said.
Officials who spoke with the Times anonymously said they had not yet seen any evidence of the Trump campaign cooperating with the Russians on hacking or other attempts to influence the election.
The investigations and the unusual firing of the national security adviser just 24 days into his job have put Republicans in the awkward position of investigating the leader of their party. The congressional probes are ultimately in the hands of the Republican committee chairmen, and the executive branch's investigation is now overseen by Trump appointees.
Republican leaders focused on the idea that Flynn misled Pence about the nature of his contacts with the Russian ambassador — not on any questioning of the relationship between Flynn and the ambassador. Democrats said a key issue is whether Flynn broke diplomatic protocol and potentially the law by discussing U.S. sanctions with Moscow before Trump's inauguration. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, said the committee had not yet seen the transcripts of Flynn's calls.
The Justice Department had warned the White House late last month that Flynn could be at risk for blackmail because of contradictions between his public depictions of the calls with the Russian ambassador and what intelligence officials knew about the conversations.
"You cannot have a national security adviser misleading the vice president and others," said Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
California Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House intelligence committee, said he was concerned Flynn's rights were violated in the interception of his conversations with the Russian ambassador.
"I'm just shocked that nobody's covering the real crime here," Nunes said. "You have an American citizen who had his phone call recorded and then leaked to the media."

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A man was taken to hospital this morning after a road traffic collision involving two lorries on Back Lane, Long Lawford.
An ambulance, an air ambulance and two fire engines attended the incident, which was reported at 11am this morning, Friday October 6.
One casualty was trapped and released by firefighters using cutting equipment.
A man in his fifties was treated on the scene for leg injuries before being taken by land ambulance to University Hospital Coventry.
The last fire engine left the scene at 12:05pm.

A Sheffield police officer was assaulted when he attempted to make an arrest over a disturbance in a city suburb.
The officer, who sustained minor injuries, was assaulted on Knutton Crescent, Parson Cross, following a disturbance on nearby Yew Lane at 11.50pm yesterday.
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South Yorkshire Police said the officer detained the culprit during the incident.
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Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons have recorded double-doubles and Robert Covington has hit a three-pointer in the final minute to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 120-116 NBA win over the Brooklyn Nets.
Australia's Ben Simmons has notched a double-double for Philadelphia in their NBA win over Brooklyn.
Embiid finished 24 points and 19 rebounds on Friday and Australian rookie Simmons added 21 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds for the Sixers, who began the night in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Barring a complete collapse, Philadelphia appear headed back to the play-offs for the first time since the 2011/12 season.
The 76ers had trouble putting away the struggling Nets on Friday, though.
Caris LeVert gave the Nets a 115-113 lead with 1:16 to play. Covington answered with a three-pointer on the Sixers' next possession and TJ McConnell hit a pair of free throws to put Philadelphia in front 118-115 with 19 seconds to play.
Spencer Dinwiddie missed a potential tying three-pointer for the Nets and Embiid sealed the win with a pair of free throws.
Simmons' double-double came after his 66th game for the Sixers on Thursday, when he joined Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson as the only NBA rookies to reach 1000 points, 500 assists and 500 rebounds.
In other NBA games on Friday, a shorthanded Boston Celtics beat Orlando Magic 92-83, the Toronto Raptors downed the Dallas Mavericks 122-115 and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the LA Clippers 121-113.
And in the day's late games, Sacramento beat the injury-hit Golden State Warriors 98-93 and Goran Dragic scored in the dying seconds to lift the Miami Heat to a 92-91 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

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While James Harden rightly gets most of the praise for helping the Rockets lead the Western Conference, teammate Clint Capela's emergence has made the team elite.
Capela has thrived since his move to full-time starting center, highlighted by his 28 points on 13-of-14 shooting with eight rebounds and five blocks Monday in a 130-123 win over the Pelicans.
Harden added 26 points with 17 assists and six steals, spearheading Houston's late charge. The Rockets outscored the Pelicans 34-20 in the final quarter.
Rockets point guard Chris Paul did a little of everything Monday, scoring 20 points with nine rebounds, six assists and three steals. The three-headed attack of Harden, Paul and Capela looks as daunting as any "Big Three" in basketball.
Jrue Holiday led the Pelicans with 37 points, and E'Twaun Moore added 36 points, but it wasn't enough to earn the win. Rajon Rondo also recorded a triple-double, which made the Pelicans the fourth team in which he's accomplished the feat with. He scored 13 points with 12 rebounds and 12 assists.
The Rockets (21-4) have now won 10 straight games while maintaining a slender lead over the Warriors out West.
Stud of the Night
Hornets center Dwight Howard scored 23 point on 9-of-13 shooting with seven rebounds and two blocks to lead Charlotte to a 116-103 road victory over the Thunder. The Hornets have struggled to find consistency this season, but Howard has enjoyed a career resurgence. The win snapped a three-game Hornets losing streak.
Dud of the Night
The Celtics: Playing without Kyrie Irving (quad contusion) and Marcus Morris (knee), Boston fell 108-85 to the struggling Bulls. Al Horford led the team with 15 points, but it was disappointing to see Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart struggle when given the opportunity to lead.
Highlight
Where was the defense on this Evan Turner slam:
Evan Turner gets the easy slam early on in Q1!@trailblazers x @warriors pic.twitter.com/F0OvYdMf2Z — NBA (@NBA) December 12, 2017
What's Next
76ers (13-13) at Timberwolves (16-11) 9:30 p.m. ET — Two of the best young teams in the NBA face off in a battle for playoff position. The 76ers have lost four straight, and five of their last six, but they've endured a tough schedule and still performed admirably. Rookie Ben Simmons is nearly averaging a triple-double, and the Timberwolves allow over 107 points per game, so he should find more success.


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The IoT revolution is gathering pace, impacting people’s lives and the way they interact with the everyday ‘things’ around them. According to Cisco's 11th annual Visual Networking Index: Global IP Traffic Forecast Update, the number of connected devices will have grown nearly 2.5-fold, from 4.9 billion in 2015 to 12.2 billion by 2020, when global IoT spending is predicted to have reached $1.29 trillion, as outlined in a new IDC Internet of Things Spending Guide.
The European IoT startup scene in particular is a hotbed of innovation, attracting the interest of VC and angel investors. While continental IoT hubs have yet to be established - Barcelona and London look set to be the first - in almost every European country there are IoT startups that people are talking about.
H&D Wireless
One of Sweden’s fastest growing high-tech start-ups, H&D Wireless is an IoT cloud and platform system provider for homes and businesses. Since its launch in 2009, the Stockholm-based company has shipped more than a million Wi-Fi units for smart home and wireless multimedia solutions across the globe, and won a number of awards, including a Red Herring Global 100 listing.
Last year, H&D Wireless secured $3 million in investment from the Blasieholmen Investment Group and its network of Swedish and European private entrepreneurs and investors. The money will fund the firm’s continued global expansion and the launch of a new IoT cloud platform that allows B2B cashless payments and location tracking services. H&D Wireless has also announced plans for an IPO on NASDAQ First North this year.
Evrythng
British IoT startup Evrythng has developed a smart products platform that allows product manufacturers to connect their consumer products to the Web. The platform allows them to track their goods through the supply chain, as well as manage data and analytics relating to those goods along the way. The consumer can also use the Evrythng platform to interact with these products, for example, to find out how they were made, and also to access things like loyalty and reward points. Launched in the UK in 2012, the company now has offices in London, New York, and San Francisco. Its total funding to date is $34.8 million, which includes the recent Series B round of $24.8 million, led by Sway Ventures. Other backers include Cisco Investments, Samsung, Atomico, BHLP, Cisco and Dawn Capital.

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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)
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What a little gentleman! Prince George sweetly put his arm around sister Princess Charlotte and guided her into the hospital to meet their new little brother. We’ve got the adorable video.
Prince George, has shown that he’s going to be the best big brother to his newborn sibling by showing sister Princess Charlotte, 2, some adorable love while going to see the new little one. Their dad Prince William, 35, brought the young royals to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital in London on Apr. 23 to meet their new baby brother just hours after the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, 36, gave birth. While Charlotte charmed the crowd by giving several waves, it was four-year-old George who ended up melting our hearts in a barely seen piece of video.
The door was closing behind the two siblings just as we caught a glimpse of George reaching over and putting his hand sweetly on Charlotte’s back, as if he was helping guide her down the hallway. A split second later and they wouldn’t have been in view, but the adorable moment is now captured forever in our hearts. We haven’t had very many glimpses as to how the children get along together when not on public appearances with their parents, and it’s clear that they have such a loving brother and sister bond. Now they’ve got a brand new sibling, and if George is as good a big brother to the yet named baby as he is to Charlotte, we’re sure they’ll grow up with the same kind of bond that William has with his younger brother Prince Harry, 33.
George and Charlotte both wore blue outfits to the hospital to meet their little brother for the first time. George wore his standard navy shorts with a matching sweater, while Charlotte looked adorable in a cute light blue dress by Little Alice London that costs just $62 USD. It was designed by an old friend of Kate’s, Alice Avenel, and a with her fashionable mom, Charlotte’s frock sold out immediately. Kate and future sister-in-law Meghan Markle, 36, both are famous for wearing an outfit and having it become so in demand that brands can’t keep it in stock! Now the littlest female royal is having the same effect.

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Windies keep qualification hopes alive with narrow win
Brendan Taylor's spectacular century went in vain as three half-centuries from Windies' top four helped them pip the hosts by four wickets in their Super Sixes tie of the Word Cup Qualifier at the Harare Sports Club in a close contest, much to the dismay of the locals who turned up in numbers on Monday(March 19). Windies pulled off their highest successful run-chase in this tournament, now leaving their fate of qualification for the 2019 World Cup in England in their own hands with one game to play, but depriving Zimbabwe of the chance of sealing their spot today in what turned out to be a sensational win.
Windies now climb to the top spot with six points, while Zimbabwe are second with five; both teams now need to win their last games of the stage against Scotland and UAE respectively, to seal their progress, irrespective of the other results.
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(Sunday morning view of The Brothers, photographed from Alki Beach by David Hutchinson)
Last day of winter, but spring seems to have arrived early, as evidenced by the two beautiful photos gracing today’s list. Highlights from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:
SOUTHWEST SEATTLE YOUTH ALLIANCE: This group working on “community and school strategies to reduce and prevent underage drug and alcohol use” meets at noon at Neighborhood House High Point. (6400 Sylvan Way SW)
SOUTHWEST POOL IS OPEN AGAIN: We confirmed that the city-run indoor pool reopened Sunday, one day later than planned after almost three weeks of maintenance work. Today’s swim sessions per the schedule include adult/senior, noon-1:30 pm; lap swims, 3-4 pm and 5:30-6:30 pm; public swim, 7:30-8:30 pm. (2801 SW Thistle)
FREE TAX HELP: Drop in, no reservation required, but it’s first-come, first-served, 2-7 pm today at Delridge Library – details here. (5423 Delridge Way SW)
LIGHT SEARCH AND RESCUE: Want to be REALLY prepared in case of catastrophe? This class offered by the city at the Joint Training Facility in southeast West Seattle might be for you. 6-8 pm. Check to see if there’s room – free but registration required. (9401 Myers Way S.)
FAMILY STORY TIME: 6:30 pm at High Point Library, for kids of all ages! (35th SW/SW Raymond)
(Sunday moonset, photographed by Chris Frankovich)
LAST SUNSET OF WINTER: 7:20 pm, according to the daily list on the WSB West Seattle Weather page; moonset, 9:58 pm. And remember that tomorrow (Tuesday) night brings Alice’s spring-equinox sunset watch!

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Question: Derbyshire police issues warning over iTunes gift card scam

Derbyshire Constabulary is warning about a new scam in which vulnerable and elderly people are getting tricked by fraudsters who tell them to buy iTunes gift cards to pay their tax bills.
The cruel offenders fooled one victim into handing over £15,000 worth of gift cards.
Most victims are over 65 and lose £1,150 each on average.
The force has issued the advice to try and raise awareness and has encouraged people to tell their loves ones.
Detective Inspector Debbie King, who leads Derbyshire police’s economic crime unit, said: “Criminals are always changing the methods they use and this is the latest ruse to defraud people of their money.
“This type of crime is often directed at vulnerable members of society who are more likely to be taken in by this type of fraud.
“iTunes gift cards are easily redeemed and easily sold on. Scammers don’t need the physical card to redeem the value and instead get victims to read out the serial code on the back over the phone.
“The same scam has been used in the USA where criminals posed as attorneys, debt collectors and even police officers.
“We have been backing the Take Five campaign and I would urge anyone to take five minutes to make sure they pass the below advice onto friends, family and colleagues.”
Security schemes such as the Banking Protocol are designed to stop people from withdrawing large amounts of money unchallenged, however, this scam bypasses those procedures and can leave people thousands of pounds out of pocket.
There are three main ways in which fraudsters are contacting victims. These are through:
- Voicemails: Fraudsters are leaving victims automated voicemails saying that they owe HMRC unpaid taxes. When victims call back on the number provided, they are told that there is a warrant out in their name and if they don’t pay, the police will arrest them.
- Spoofed calls: Phone numbers are able to be hijacked with criminals able to ring from what looks to be the official HMRC number - 0300 200 3300 – and convincing them that they owe unpaid tax.
- Text messages: Fraudsters are sending text messages that require victims to urgently call back on the number provided. When victims call back, they are told that there is a case being built against them for an outstanding debt and they must pay immediately.
While people have been taken in by this scam are some simple ways to make sure you, or others you may know, don’t become a victim. These are:
- HMRC will never use texts to tell you about a tax rebate or penalty or ever ask for payment in this way.
- Telephone numbers and text messages can easily be spoofed. You should never trust the number you see on your telephones display.
- If you receive a suspicious cold call, end it immediately.
- Do not provide the numbers on the back of the card to someone you do not know.
- Immediately report potential scams to www.actionfraud.police.uk or call 0300 123 2040.

AMAZON shoppers are being warned about a scam where fraudsters hack into accounts and order items without the customers knowledge.
FIRSTLY, remember that if something seems too good to be true, it normally is.
Check brands are “verifed” on Facebook and Twitter pages – this means the company will have a blue tick on their profile.Look for grammatical and spelling errors; fraudsters are notoriously bad at writing proper English. If you receive a message from a “friend” informing you of a freebie, consider whether it’s written in your friend’s normal style.
If you’re invited to click on an URL, hover over the link to see the address it will take you to – does it look genuine?
To be on the really safe side, don’t click on unsolicited links in messages, even if they appear to come from a trusted contact.
Be careful when opening email attachments too. Fraudsters are increasingly attaching files, usually PDFs or spreadsheets, which contain dangerous malware.
If you receive a suspicious message then report it to the company, block the sender and delete it.
MOST READ IN MONEY The retail giant says shoppers should be way of emails that appear to come from Amazon but could be used to steal personal details.
The retail giant is warning about the scam
This could allow fraudsters to access accounts and place bogus orders.
They often intercept the goods before they reach the intended address, making it hard for Amazon to track down the offenders.
An elderly couple from Plymouth lost almost to £200 to scammers and struggled to get a refund from Amazon or their bank, according to the Daily Mail.
It’s not the first time that we’ve warned about this type of scam.
MOST READ IN MONEY The retail giant says shoppers should be way of emails that appear to come from Amazon but could be used to steal personal details.
The retail giant is warning about the scam
This could allow fraudsters to access accounts and place bogus orders.
They often intercept the goods before they reach the intended address, making it hard for Amazon to track down the offenders.
An elderly couple from Plymouth lost almost to £200 to scammers and struggled to get a refund from Amazon or their bank, according to the Daily Mail.
It’s not the first time that we’ve warned about this type of scam.
How to protect yourself from scams
In March last year we wrote about how one customer has £160 worth of gift cards stolen and £112 worth of items fraudulently ordered from his account.
He also discovered that an Amazon Prime subscription – costing £79 a year – had been taken out in his name.
In this case they were able to get a refund from Amazon, plus compensation.
The emails, which looks like genuine ones from Amazon, tricks customers into thinking there is a problem processing their order or asks them to log in to change details on their account.It then asks you to click on a link and confirm your account details. The phishing scam then collects up your personal information – giving fraudsters access to your personal and financial information.
Scammers then use your details to access your account.
The best way to ensure that you do not respond to a false or phishing email is to always go directly to your account on Amazon to review or make any changes to your orders or your account.
Action Fraud has previously warned abut a string of complaints from people who’ve also been conned by fake Amazon emails.
A spokesperson from Amazon said: “From time to time, customers may receive e-mails appearing to come from Amazon, which are actually false e-mails, sometimes called ‘spoof e-mails’ or ‘phishing e-mails’.
“These can look similar to real Amazon e-mails but often direct the recipient to a false website where they might be asked to provide account information such as their e-mail address and password combination.
“We would ask any customer who believes that they have received a false or phishing email to alert us via our stop-spoofing@amazon.com e-mail address.” Read more at Source
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The children pile into the stadium in shiny clothes, clutching green-and-white Pakistani flags. Their parents light the area with cell phones to record the event as they scream, chant and cheer, watching soldiers close a gate that separates India from Pakistan.
In the evening ritual at the Wagah-Attari border, near Lahore and Amritsar, soldiers from both countries high-kick, shake their fists, then shake hands – and slam the gate shut.
It is deeply visceral for many Pakistanis: an acknowledgement of their border, of a plucky country they feel they have sacrificed so much to create.
Pakistan was imagined more than 70 years ago by a stern, British-educated, whiskey-drinking Shiite lawyer. Muhammad Ali Jinnah hoped for a nation as cosmopolitan as he was. He led the fight to carve the country out of British-ruled India. In a new, independent India, Muslims were fearful that they would be dominated by a Hindu majority.
But in the decades since, the sense of who is a citizen in the Muslim state hasn't been resolved. The question has come at a high price: Although Pakistan's constitution specifies the protection of minority rights, "the government limited freedom of religion," according to the State Department. The country's tiny minorities of Sikhs, Christians and Hindus are vulnerable to persecution. Certain laws, such as blasphemy laws, are often used to target them.
Within the Muslim community as well, the definition of who exactly is a Muslim has narrowed.
The seeds of Pakistan's intolerance were sown within the country's very ideology as a Muslim state, says Taimur Rehman, a political scientist at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
That intolerance was "inherent in the very way in which Pakistan was created and the very purpose which it was supposed to serve of being a Muslim state," he says. "By its very definition, it has already singled out a community in opposition to another one," he says, referring to Muslims and Hindus. "And it's very easy for that community to be to be narrowed further."
Over the decades, he argues, the narrowing has been exacerbated by the military, Pakistan's most powerful institution, which cultivated hard-line Islamists to wage a jihad in the disputed region of Kashmir, among other things.
This has given right-wing religious groups outsize influence. "Despite never having won an election," Rehman says, "they are nonetheless able to dictate the narrative in the country because of the support that they have from the military establishment."
Perhaps none have suffered more than members of a small Muslim sect, known as Ahmadis, whose beliefs clash with the dominant Sunni version of Islam. They played a key role in founding Pakistan. They are a community of over-achievers: An Ahmadi physicist, Abdus Salam, received one of only two Nobel prizes awarded to Pakistanis.
But the state declared Ahmadis as heretics via a constitutional amendment in the 1970s and restricted their rights further in the 1980s. They're not allowed to call themselves Muslims, and can't refer to their houses of worship as mosques. Over the years, militants have attacked their mosques and targeted them in killings.
In a leafy suburb near Lahore, the Khans live in a two-story home behind a high gate that's firmly bolted. Mrs. Khan stands on the balcony every morning, waiting for her husband to return from prayers at their local mosque. She's terrified that somebody will kill him.
"We are frightened," she says. "For the life." (Her first name isn't being published out of concern for the family's safety.)
Most of her family already fled overseas.
So far, Mrs. Khan insists on staying. She runs a clinic that dispenses free medicine to her poorer neighbors. "If I go, the people will suffer," she says.
She doesn't want to "just sit and eat" in exile. "This is not the meaning of life."
She's also worried about her nephew. Twice, somebody threw a note into his house warning him to convert to Sunni Islam — or die. He hides out here when he's afraid.
He repeatedly tried to flee Pakistan – but he says the U.K., Sweden and Canada all rejected applications.
The roots of intolerance run deeper than just how Pakistan defines itself as a Muslim state, says Anam Zakariya, an oral historian in Islamabad.
She traces it back to Pakistan's birth story – at the time of Partition, in 1947, when millions of Hindus and Sikhs fled to India and Muslims to Pakistan. Mobs raped and butchered each other — around a million people died.
But Zakariya says those events are pushed aside. Pakistan focuses on celebrating its creation – and emphasizes how Muslims were victims.
"Now if it's your biggest victory to date," Zakariya says, "you have to make sure that the bloodshed is portrayed to the younger generations as perpetrated by Indians — Hindus and Sikhs."
It's to drive home the point: "And that's why there was a need to create Pakistan."
There are challenges emerging to that narrative. In a sprawling park in the heart of noisy, smoggy Lahore, a museum will soon open that will look at Partition through the stories of the people who witnessed it. It's a collaboration between the Citizens Archive of Pakistan, a nonprofit, and the government of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province.
"This is the first place in the entire country where you'll experience what the refugees in 1947 experienced," says Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and head of the Citizens Archive.
Being exposed to stories from survivors of Partition will help create a more inclusive Pakistan, she believes, but it's a race against time – the people who lived through Partition are fading away.
And 70 years on, the very idea of what Pakistan is meant to be – an Islamic state, in opposition to Hindu-dominated India – feels hard to shake.
Near the museum construction site, the Abdul Aziz family huddles under a shelter as a sudden summer rain drenches the park. Their patriarch, Yousef, isn't sure of his age, but says he used to work in fields alongside Hindus – and so he predates Partition. When the Hindus left Pakistan, he said, Muslims became free.
"We are now in a country where we can say, 'There is no God but God and Muhammed is his messenger,'" he says, reciting the Muslim declaration of faith.
In Pakistan, he says, "There is no idolatry" – a reference to polytheist Hinduism.
His granddaughters Sania, 22, and Aya, 19, nod in agreement. He says he's proud of Pakistan, which he describes as a "fort of Islam" where it's safe for his grandchildren to grow up.
Sania says she's not interested in a museum. She's already heard her grandfather's stories of Partition, and she'll tell them one day to her own children.
Besides, she says, "I know history — the Islamic history of Pakistan."

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Question: Bowen remains in NBA draft amid ongoing federal probe

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Brian Bowen is reaming in the NBA draft after the NCAA told South Carolina he would miss at least all of next season before he would be eligible to play as the federal investigation into college basketball continues.
Bowen announced his decision to stay in the NBA draft through the school on Wednesday.
The decision means Bowen, the one-time Louisville recruit who transferred to the Gamecocks in January, won't ever play in college. He was suspended by Louisville after the school said it was being investigated as part of the federal corruption probe into the sport.
The federal complaint stated an Adidas executive and others attempted to funnel $100,000 to a recruit's family for him to play at Louisville. Details in the documents made clear investigators were referring to Bowen.

COLUMBIA, SC (THE BIG SPUR) - South Carolina point guard PJ Dozier took to Instagram on Monday afternoon to confirm a morning report that he will, in fact, hire an agent for the 2017 NBA Draft process, cutting off any chance to remain eligible for college basketball. Dozier first announced he would go without representation, but made his most recent decision over the weekend.
The Columbia, SC native and former McDonald's All-American went on to thank his supporters, head coach Frank Martin, and the Gamecocks program and fan base.
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Question: Nightmare: Facebook Gave Users the Option to Search for Child Pornography

Facebook has apologized for its search auto-fill function suggesting sexual acts, including with minors.
The Hill reported that Facebook users began posting images on social media of the search suggestions popping up when they typed “videos of” last week.
There were multiple references to sexual acts involving minors.
Facebook released a statement apologizing for the issue.
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“As soon as we became aware of these offensive predictions we removed them. Facebook search predictions are representative of what people may be searching for on Facebook and are not necessarily reflective of actual content on the platform,” the company said in a statement to The U.K. Guardian.
“We do not allow sexually explicit imagery, and we are committed to keeping such content off of our site,” Facebook added.
Earlier this month, Facebook admitted to making another “mistake” when it sent a survey out questioning whether pedophiles requesting pictures on Facebook should be permitted.
“There are a wide range of topics and behaviors that appear on Facebook,” read one question, The Hill reported. “In thinking about an ideal world where you could set Facebook’s policies, how would you handle the following: a private message in which an adult man asks a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures.”
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Users were given answers to choose from ranging from the content should not be allowed to it “should be allowed on Facebook, and I would not mind seeing it.”
A follow-up question again involving an adult men soliciting a 14-year-old girl for explicit pictures gave the option for letting “Facebook users decide the rules by voting.”
Company vice president Guy Rosen tweeted, “We run surveys to understand how the community thinks about how we set policies. But this kind of activity is and will always be completely unacceptable on FB.”
“We regularly work with authorities if identified,” he added. “It shouldn’t have been part of this survey. That was a mistake.”
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We run surveys to understand how the community thinks about how we set policies. But this kind of activity is and will always be completely unacceptable on FB. We regularly work with authorities if identified. It shouldn't have been part of this survey. That was a mistake. — Guy Rosen (@guyro) March 4, 2018
Yet another controversy rocked Facebook on Friday, when it was reported that data for 50 million users was revealed during the 2016 presidential race.
Bloomberg reported that Facebook stock fell 8.1 percent to $170.06 in trading in Monday, which represented its largest single day drop since 2015.
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Question: Man gets life in 1991 murder of Los Angeles fashion student

LOS ANGELES (AP)  A man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the 1991 rape and murder of a fashion school student who had lived in Los Angeles for less than a month when she was killed.
Ahjeeb Boyd, 47, was sentenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court for the murder of 22-year-old Jill Sampson, whose body was found so badly burned in a car in South Los Angeles on Sept. 29, 1991, that coroners had to use dental records to identify her.
Sampson was a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise in downtown Los Angeles.
DNA evidence recovered from Sampson led to Boyd, who was arrested in February 2014.
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Detectives believe sexual assault was the motive and that Sampson was suffocated and then lit on fire to destroy evidence.
Los Angeles police Detective Roger Allen, who started working on the cold case six years ago, said it was important to him to find Sampson's killer.
"I identified with her, I identified with the family, and I took it personally," he said at a news conference.
Prosecutor Gloria Marin said Sampson's family finally has some closure, 26 years after her killing.
"Justice was finally achieved for Jill Sampson," she said.

JJurors on Wednesday began deliberating in the case of a man accused in the Christmas Day shooting three years ago of a 1-year-old girl in Chapel Hill.


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Question: Arkansas judge barred from execution cases after protest

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A judge who lay on a cot as though he were a condemned man on a gurney after issuing an order halting Arkansas' multiple execution plan was barred Monday from taking up any death penalty-related cases and referred to a disciplinary panel.
The state Supreme Court reassigned the cases from Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen days after he participated in the anti-death penalty demonstration outside the governor's mansion. Griffen's protest has sparked outrage among death penalty supporters, including Republican lawmakers who described it as judicial misconduct and potential grounds for Griffen's removal from the bench.
"To protect the integrity of the judicial system this court has a duty to ensure that all are given a fair and impartial tribunal," the court said in its two-page order. Justices also referred Griffen to the state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission to consider whether he violated the code of conduct for judges.
This photo provided by Sherry Simon shows Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen taking part of an anti-death penalty demonstration outside the Governor's Mansion Friday, April 14, 2017 in Little Rock, Ark. Griffen issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the state from using its supply of vecuronium bromide after a company said it had sold the drug to the state for medical purposes, not capital punishment. Local media outlets had tweeted photos and video of Griffen appearing to mimic an inmate strapped to a gurney at the demonstration. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge's office said she planned to file an emergency request with the state Supreme Court to vacate Griffen's order, saying Griffen shouldn't handle the case. (Sherry Simon via AP)
Griffen did not immediately return a message Monday seeking his reaction to the high court's order. He has said he's morally opposed to the death penalty and that his personal beliefs alone shouldn't disqualify him from taking up certain cases. For years, he has been pushing the boundaries of how much a judge can speak out on controversial issues.
"We have never, in my knowledge, been so afraid to admit that people can have personal beliefs yet can follow the law, even when to follow the law means they must place their personal feelings aside," Griffen told The Associated Press on Saturday.
On Friday, Griffen granted a restraining order preventing Arkansas from using its supply of vecuronium bromide, one of three drugs it uses in executions, because the supplier said the state misleadingly obtained the drug. The state has appealed the ruling, which blocked a plan to execute eight men in 11 days in four double executions, starting Monday night.
The case involving the drug was reassigned to another judge shortly after the Supreme Court issued its order Monday.
Lawmakers have suggested Griffen's actions may be grounds for the Arkansas House to begin impeachment proceedings, saying the demonstration and a blog post Griffen wrote on the death penalty last week may amount to "gross misconduct" under the state constitution.
"He is outside the bounds of normal behavior for most judges probably anywhere in America," Republican state Sen. Jason Rapert said.
The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission confirmed Monday an investigation of Griffen is pending following the state Supreme Court referral. Griffen, who served 12 years on the state appeals court, previously battled with the judicial discipline panel over remarks he made criticizing President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. The panel ultimately dropped its case against him.
Griffen testified before the state Legislature in 2015 against a religious objections measure that was criticized as anti-gay, and he regularly blogs about current events in posts that weave in Biblical passages. They include a post days before his ruling that criticized the execution push in Arkansas.
"While the world meditates about divine love, forgiveness, justice, and hope, Arkansas officials plan to commit a series of homicides," he wrote.
Griffen, 64, is a Baptist minister who was first elected as Pulaski County judge in 2010. He ran twice unsuccessfully for state Supreme Court - including a bid for chief justice in 2004. In his other state Supreme Court race in 2006, Griffen challenged his rival to a debate over the free-speech rights of judges.
Griffen said he wouldn't consider a person's participation in an anti-execution event enough, on its own, to warrant disqualifying a juror from a death penalty case. The question, he said, is whether the juror could set his or her personal views aside and follow the law.
"We do not require people to come into court with blank slates, either in their minds or their heart," he said Saturday.
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Protesters gather outside the state Capitol building on Friday, April 14, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark., to voice their opposition to Arkansas' seven upcoming executions. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
Former Arkansas death row inmate Damien Echols talks with the media before speaking at a rally opposing Arkansas' upcoming executions, which are set to begin next week, on the front steps of the Capitol Friday, April 14, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. (Stephen B. Thornton /The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

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Say hello to the Vancouver Airport’s new assistance pups
What’s better than a golden retriever puppy?
The Vancouver International Airport has three brand-new golden retriever puppies ready to be trained in partnership with Pacific Assistance Dog Society.
“We support programs and organizations that focus on advancements in inclusivity, universal access and access to opportunity,” said YVR community relations manager Kim Halowski. “That’s why we are proud to support Pacific Assistance Dogs Society and the work they do to remove barriers and give persons living with disabilities independence.”
But first, the trio needs to be named. There are one female and two males, and YVR wants your help.
Tweet your best YVR-themed puppy names using #YVRPADSPUPS and the airport will put the best names to a vote next week.

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Courtesy Indianapolis International AirportEvery year, the Airports Council International rates the best airports in the world by size and region. In North America, the Indianapolis International Airport stands up above the rest, winning top in the continent for six of the past seven years. The only slip in its streak was in 2011, when it was “just” second in the region. (Check out the airport rated best in the whole world, too.)
ACI bases its ratings on customer satisfaction, and if you fly into Indianapolis, you’ll see why it got such high marks. You’ll be blown away immediately by the stunning art throughout the airport. The terminal has a collection of 37 works of art by 17 artists, almost half of whom have Indiana ties. Plus, IIA updates its installations every few months with new artwork from Central Indiana artists.
Courtesy Indianapolis International AirportWhile waiting for your next flight, might as well charge your phone. No need to sit still when you’ll be on a plane for the next few hours, though. The airport has “human-powered” charging stations where the outlets only work if you work the pedals attached. (Use this map to learn airport Wi-Fi passwords at IIA and around the world.) It’s like fitting in a SoulCycle class while you scroll through Instagram. No matter where you’re stuck, learn how to make the most of a layover.
If you need a bite to eat, you won’t be stuck with refrigerated sandwiches and fast food burgers. There are plenty of local Indianapolis eateries, like Indianapolis 500 Grill, Shapiro’s Delicatessen, Naked Tchopstix, and Cafe Patachou. Learn what nutritionists call the healthiest things to eat an an airport.
Indianapolis International Airport even houses its very own bee farm. Honey bees—which are crucial to helping crops and other plants pollinate—are dying out, so IIA is working to protect them. The apiary also educates the community and trains beekeepers. (In your own backyard, plant these 5 flowers that help bees thrive.)
Courtesy Indianapolis International AirportBees aren’t the only way the airport is helping the environment, though. Before you land, you’ll probably notice something weird about the airport. What are the weird rectangles on the ground? Indianapolis is home to the world’s biggest airport solar farm. Every year, the solar panels generate enough electricity to power more than 3,650 homes for a year.
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Flying is never fun, but Indianapolis makes it a little more pleasant. If you aren’t flying through IIA, read up on these 16 airport mistakes to make your next flight go more smoothly.


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Question: Jeter says Stanton didn't want to be part of rebuilding

MIAMI (AP) — Derek Jeter says that when his ownership group took over the Miami Marlins in October, he thought Giancarlo Stanton would be with the team in 2018.
Jeter says the Marlins traded Stanton because the National League MVP didn't want to be part of the franchise's rebuilding and instead wanted to move on.
Jeter says the deal with his former team, the New York Yankees, was the best one available to the Marlins, giving them much-needed financial flexibility while helping a weak farm system.
The Marlins' new CEO made his comments Monday shortly before Stanton held a news conference at baseball's winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, to discuss a trade being celebrated in New York but panned by beleaguered Miami fans.
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Question: Thirty Seconds to Mars to Release New Single ‘Walk on Water’

By Abby Hassler
The wait for new music will “soon” be over for 30 Seconds to Mars fans. The band released a humorous teaser video to announce their upcoming single “Walk on Water,” which will arrive Aug. 22.
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In the video, a label executive chastises the band for not putting out a new album in four years and that they keep telling their fans they will put out new music sometime “soon.”
“People are sick and tired of soon,” the executive says. “Soon doesn’t mean s—. F— soon. We need to go now.”
Watch the explicit announce now on Radio.com.

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Question: Bomet resident wins Sh10 million in Lotto’s Easter draw

For 39-year-old Kipng’eno Koech, this Easter period could not have come at an opportune time following his bumper harvest courtesy of Lotto.
The Bomet resident scooped a whopping Sh10 million in the power draw in the fast attractive gaming platform.
The Lotto Road team led by comedian Mshamba to hand over the cheque visited the father of one yesterday. Koech who is a primary school teacher was an elated man after becoming just the second winner in the draw competition.
An elated Koech who teaches sciences and English, is keen to push further with his studies following the big money that came his way. He was home resting with the family when he received the news and stated that it was a lovely surprise.
“I want to pursue my PhD in Education and Administration at the Maasai Mara University,” said the part-time farmer who credits education for having got him thus far.
The 151st draw brings in total the number of LOTTO winners to 1,743,239 with 19,488 winners coming from Lotto’s 151st draw alone. With the latest draw, including Supa Sunday, the total number of Lotto millionaires stands at 147 Millionaires and 17 multimillionaires since Lotto’s inception in November 2015.
Koech’s 10,000,000 shillings prize win was accompanied by the other winners of the night; Hiriam Njuguna Nguyo (who won Sh250,000), and Jefrees Nandwa (who won Sh100,000), along with Peter Nyabera, Janet Esther Idoli, Lewis Mbogo, David Kipkurui Ngeno, Joseph Gitonga Gatambia, William Mwaniki Wanaiya, and Lucy Wanja, who clinched Sh50,000 each respectively.

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Question: Congress entrapped in blue whale game, final episode on December 18: PM Modi

The Congress is "entrapped" in 'Blue Whale' challenge and will see the final episode on December 18, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, invoking the dangerous online game which culminates in the player committing suicide, to attack the opposition party.Addressing a rally here in northern Gujarat on the penultimate day of campaigning for the second and final phase of Assembly polls, Modi targeted Congress's president-elect Rahul Gandhi , saying he was born with a "golden spoon" and has not seen poverty.He also rejected allegations levelled by Rahul Gandhi that he works only for a few industrialists, and accused him of spreading "falsehood and half-truths" about Gujarat and trying to "fool and insult" the intelligence of the people of the state."When there are indications that the BJP has emerged victorious in the first round (of voting held on December 9), Congressmen are busy trying to find ways to defend Rahul Gandhi. One hour after the start of voting, senior leaders started shouting EVM...EVM...EVM..EVM.One senior leader, he said, even claimed that an EVM was hacked by connecting it to bluetooth."They do not understand that the EVM is a standalone machine, it has no Internet, it cannot get connected to blue tooth. Can you connect your pen to a bluetooth?" Modi asked the crowd."They are shouting bluetooth, bluetooth (a low-power wireless connectivity technology ), but actually they are entrapped in Blue Whale game and the final episode of the game will be played on December 18," Modi said.Counting of votes for the keenly contested Gujarat election is scheduled for December 18.Blue Whale is a mobile game in which participants are instructed to complete a range of challenges - the final of which is committing suicide. According to reports, a large number of young people who played the game have ended their lives.Modi alleged Gandhi has been levelling false allegations against him."This Congress leader, on whose shoulders the entire responsibility of the party has come, has been alleging day and night that Modi works for five top industrialists of the country."You have seen me working here as chief minister for 13-14 years, I have grown up before your eyes. Have I ever worked for a few industrialists?" Modi asked the crowd which responded with an emphatic "no".The prime minister asked his audience to exact "revenge" from those levelling such "baseless" allegations, and went on the list development works done by him for the poor of the country.He said as the Gujarat chief minister he used to conduct 'shala praveshoutsav' (school enrolment drive) as part of which he would to go to villages every year to ensure 100 per cent enrolment."Was this work for Ambani or for the poor children of the state? I used to conduct 'krushi mahotsav' every year in which the entire government machinery, including the chief minister, used to go to villages to guide farmers on latest technology. Was this for Ambani-Adani, Tata-Birla or for the poor farmers of the country?"Modi claimed Rahul Gandhi and the Congress were spreading "lies"."We have problem with this blatant lie that has been spread by the Congress. You have not seen what is poverty. You do not know the pain one feels when you are walking barefoot and stone pierces your feet. You were born with a golden spoon," he said.Gandhi has been alleging that Modi works just for 5-10 top industrialists of the country."Our problem is, by repeating the same falsehood for over two months, you are underestimating the intelligence of the people of Gujarat."You are trying to fool people. You are insulting the people of this state," Modi said, adding voters are not fools and it will show in the election results.The second and final phase of polling in 93 Assembly seats will be held on December 14.

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PM Modi in Lucknow during the Parivartan rally. (Source; Twitter/@BJP4India) PM Modi in Lucknow during the Parivartan rally. (Source; Twitter/@BJP4India)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh during his Parivartan rally in Lucknow. The prime minister hit out at opposition parties for criticising demonetisation and other policies rolled out the government for the welfare of the poor. Without naming he said that some parties are stuck in their bid to do dynasty politics, while others are trying to hide their black money and asserted that the BJP was the only party which wants to develop UP.
WATCH | PM Narendra Modi’s Parivartan Rally In Lucknow: Here’s What He Said
BJP president Amit Shah, senior leaders like Rajnath Singh, Kalraj Mishra and Uma Bharti were among those attending the rally. Shah and Singh addressed the crowds shortly before the prime minister. Both leaders hit out at the ruling SP and Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Parties, the two political parties who have ruled the state for long duration. They praised Modi and his policies aimed for the upliftment poor and backward classes, in particular the recent demonetisation scheme.
The rally, first by Prime Minister Modi after the expiry of 50-day grace period of demonetisation on December 30, can be seen as a culmination of the four Parivartan yatras carried out by the BJP in the state recently. This will probably be the last party rally before the Election Commission announces the dates for the elections in the state.
See real time updates from his address below:
3.12 pm: The prime minister concludes his speech after chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ with the crowds.
3.09 pm: BJP wants development for those who are with us, and for those against us: Modi
3.05 pm: The opposition parties have become irrelevant: Modi
3.01 pm: BJP is the only party trying to save UP, every other party is either trying to do dynasty politics or trying to save their money: Modi
2.59 pm: If there’s politics involved in development, no development happens: Modi
2.57 pm: They say remove Modi, I say remove black money, now the public can decide what they support: PM
2.56 pm: After years of rivalry, SP and BSP united against me: PM Modi
2.54 pm: ‘Parivartan’ (change) is necessary for the development of UP: Modi
2.53 pm: The UP state government hasn’t worked for the welfare of farmers inspite of getting full support from the Centre: PM Modi
2.49 pm: If the funds released for the state were put to correct use, Uttar Pradesh would have reached new heights by now: PM Modi
2.46 pm: For India to move forward, UP must move forward: Modi
2.44 pm: For 14 years, since the BJP last ruled the state, there has been no development in UP: Modi
2.41 pm: Political analyists won’t have to make an effort to guess what is going to happen in the UP elections after seeing today’s rally: Modi
2.37 pm: Lucknow is the land of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and several great leaders: Modi
2.33 pm: The prime minister starts addressing the rally, says haven’t addressed such a huge crowd in his lifetime.
2.30 pm: The audience was requested to switch on the flashlights in their phone and cheer ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ to welcome the prime minister.
2.20 pm: Home Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the crowds, says Uttar Pradesh hasn’t been developed the way it deserved.
HM Rajnath Singh speaking at BJP Parivartan Rally in Lucknow pic.twitter.com/4dEichxAji — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) January 2, 2017
2.00 pm: PM Modi arrives at the venue, welcomed by party workers and leaders.
Uttar Pradesh: PM Narendra Modi at Parivartan rally in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), to address shortly pic.twitter.com/ALmLddGloG — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) January 2, 2017
1.55 pm: “UP is seeing a display of attention-seeking actions every day now,” says Amit Shah hitting out at the Samajwadi Party.
1.50 pm: Amit Shah starts speaking, says that the opposition hasn’t been able to pin any corruption charges on the Narendra Modi government in the past two and a half years.
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Question: Dylann Roof competency hearing closed to public

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Skip in Skip x Embed x Share The accused Charleston church shooter had a troubled past even before he was arrested for killing nine people at Emanuel AME Church in June 2015. USA TODAY NETWORK
In a self-portrait taken shortly before his June 2015 attack on Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., Dylann Roof poses in front of the Angel Oak near Charleston, a tree believed to be hundreds of years old. The patches on his jacket are flags of the defunct states of Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa, popular symbols among white supremacists. (Photo: Courtesy of U.S. District Court of South Carolina)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A competency hearing to determine whether the man convicted last month of killing nine people in a Charleston, S.C., church, can continue to serve as his own attorney will be closed to the public, the judge overseeing the death penalty case ruled Monday morning.
The pervasiveness of social media as well as Roof’s right to a fair trial were factors in the decision of U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel, who said he would be compelled to sequester the federal jury if he allowed the public and press to attend the hearing.
Noting the “saturation in coverage,” Gergel said jurors can be inadvertently exposed to new information in the case while shopping at the grocery store or driving a car.
“I can’t walk down the street without hearing people talk about this case,” he said.
Roof, convicted of 33 federal counts in the June 2015 attack on Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, last week told the court he planned to offer an opening statement in the sentencing phase of the trial, but would offer no evidence and call no witnesses in his defense. The 22-year-old defendant appeared at a hearing to determine whether the hearing should be closed wearing a jail jumpsuit, handcuffs and leg shackles.
That public announcement prompted his defense attorney, David Bruck, now in the role of standby counselor, to request a competency hearing to determine whether Roof has the capacity to represent himself.
“This defendant’s announcement (on Wednesday) that he will not defend himself against the death penalty — following a government presentation that is expected to involve more than 38 additional witnesses and hundreds more exhibits — raises in especially stark fashion the question of whether the defendant is actually unable to defend himself,” Bruck wrote in a motion regarding the Monday hearing.
Gergel granted the motion, and Roof was examined for five hours over the weekend by Dr. James C. Ballenger, a forensic psychiatrist based in Charleston.
Ballenger's examination of Roof is the second in as many months. In November, the psychiatrist examined Roof after Bruck and the defense team asked for a competency hearing as jury selection was set to begin.
That move came after Roof sought to dismiss his team of four counselors who together offer nearly a century in death-penalty litigation experience. They had sought to offer a mental health defense, one that Roof blocked shortly after becoming his own lawyer.
This second competency hearing is scheduled one day ahead of the beginning of the sentencing phase of Roof's trial, where jurors will weigh a sentence of life imprisonment against the death penalty.
The closure comes over the objections of media outlets and family members of the nine victims shot to death in the attack.
Gergel said his instinct is to not close the proceeding, but the hearing would in part cover Roof’s planned strategy, one that he said includes more than not offering witnesses or evidence. The judge said he plans to release transcripts of the competency hearings after a verdict is reached.
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We have new information on the murder trial of the man accused of killing Aleah Beckerle.
The defense attorney of Terrence Roach, Glenn Grampp, will stay with the case.
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According to court documents, Grampp filed a motion to withdraw on Monday. He decided to withdraw the motion Thursday in court.
There is no word on why Grampp asked for the withdrawal.
Court officials say it will not be made public because it contains confidential information.
The trial is still scheduled to begin on May 21.
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