Saturday, October 1, 2016

Don King's use of racial slur sparks war of words with old rival over politics and other top stories.

  • Don King's use of racial slur sparks war of words with old rival over politics

    Don King's use of racial slur sparks war of words with old rival over politics
    Boxing promoter Don King’s voice on the telephone was booming, full of excitement. It was as if he had a major fight to announce, but this time, he was talking politics.King said he was aboard Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s airplane, talking to Yahoo Sports about why, at 85 years old, he’s getting himself mixed up in one of the most rough-and-tumble campaigns in years.“We’re going to fly this thing all the way to the White House,” King said, guffawing. “I’m supporting the will ..
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  • Education Department proposes major changes to state's ELA, math standards

    Education Department proposes major changes to state's ELA, math standards
    Hammered again and again by teachers and parents over the Common Core, the State Education Department responded Wednesday by proposing changes to more than half of the state learning standards for math and English language arts.Two committees of more than 130 educators and parents helped draft the revisions, which recommend changing 60 percent of the ELA standards and 55 percent of the math standards for students in grades pre-school through 12.In some cases, the changes mean replacing one stan..
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  • Mia Farrow's Son Thaddeus Dead at Age 27

    Mia Farrow's Son Thaddeus Dead at Age 27
    Twitter Mia Farrow's son Thaddeus Farrow has passed away.The actress and longtime activist's 27-year-old son died from an injury stemming from a car accident, TMZ reports. According to local media reports, Thaddeus was found "gravely injured in his car along Route 67" earlier today. He was then taken to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead at 2:30 p.m.Back in 1994, Mia adopted Thaddeus from Calcutta, India. He was one of Mia's ten children that she has adopted over the years.Thaddeus w..
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  • Firefighter dies, 1 hurt as 1000 battle raging California wildfire

    Firefighter dies, 1 hurt as 1000 battle raging California wildfire
    LOS ANGELES –  A firefighter among those battling a central California wildfire died Wednesday and another was hurt when the water truck they were in overturned on a highway miles from the fire lines. The accident happened as firefighting crews gained ground in their effort to contain the 19-square-mile fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The truck crashed just before dawn at a roundabout on Highway 246 about two miles (3.2 kilometers) outside the city of Lompoc, Ventura County Fire Department s..
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  • Dad drags daughter by her hair in Walmart as she pleads with him to stop

    Dad drags daughter by her hair in Walmart as she pleads with him to stop
    It was just another day doing some grocery shopping at Walmart for Erika Burch, until she saw a scene that enraged her, and apparently has enraged thousands of others across the country.As Burch picked out Lunchables for her children in Cleveland, Texas, she saw a man pulling his 5-year-old daughter along, his hand grasping her hair and wrapping it around the handle of the shopping cart as she pleaded with him to stop.“She was saying ‘please stop, I promise I won't do it again please stop!’” Bu..
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  • NC governor declares state of emergency after another night of violence in Charlotte

    NC governor declares state of emergency after another night of violence in Charlotte
    CHARLOTTE — After a second night of violent demonstrations here that left one man clinging to life and several businesses damaged, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency just before midnight Wednesday and sent the National Guard and state troopers to assist local police. A march of a few hundred people turned chaotic after dusk, after protesters attempted to follow police in riot gear into the lobby of an uptown hotel. Officers used tear gas, and then a reporter heard a ..
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  • Officials to tour Utah's drought-stricken Great Salt Lake

    Salt Lake City — On the southern shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake, more than 100 boats are sitting high and dry in a parking lot, unable to sail the shallow, drought-stricken sea. North of the nearly empty marina, salt-loving bacteria thriving in the low water has turned the liquid pink. The massive lake, key to the state's economy and identity, is skirting record low levels after years of below-average precipitation and record heat. A few dozen lawmakers are taking a road trip Thursday and F..
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  • Clinton makes an unusual push: To win over disabled people and their families

    Clinton makes an unusual push: To win over disabled people and their families
    ORLANDO — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is pushing intensively to win over a group of voters who don’t typically get much attention during elections but who have become an increasingly potent political force: disabled people and their families. With the race tighter than it was a month ago and Clinton struggling to generate enthusiasm within the Democratic base, her appeal to disabled people and their families comes amid a broader effort to win over voters. After weeks of mos..
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  • Third Parties Enjoy Their Day in Sun

    Third Parties Enjoy Their Day in Sun
    Sept. 21, 2016 8:10 p.m. ET A pair of third-party presidential candidates is complicating the electoral math for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, as voter interest in alternatives to the Republican and Democratic tickets hits a level unseen in more than two decades. Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein have shown remarkably durable support in polls as the race enters the seven-week sprint to Election Day. In the Real Clear Politics average of recent p..
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Britain approves controversial Chinese-financed nuclear-reactor, with a catch .Amazon's Alexa-powered Echo and Echo Dot arrive in the UK and Germany .
With millions of helpers (and $100M), SETI 'still hasn't found ET'— here's why .iPhone 7 Vs iPhone 7 Plus: What's The Difference? .

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