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• Joe Biden gets standing ovation at Oscars
• U.S. Air Force vet one of first to face trial for Islamic State support
• Clinton focuses on general, while Sanders sticks to script
• Rubio puts Trump on defense, but still trails in most polls
• Oscars crown 'Spotlight' but diversity had the limelight
• Highs and lows from the 2016 Oscars
• Leonardo DiCaprio finally gets his Oscar
• Donald Trump on retweeting Mussolini: 'It's a very good quote'
• Oscar host Chris Rock delivers searing, hilarious opening monologue
• Home of Disneyland has a history intertwined with the KKK
• Trump plays the victim card against Hispanic judge

Joe Biden gets standing ovation at Oscars Posted: 29 Feb 2016 09:00 AM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

U.S. Air Force vet one of first to face trial for Islamic State support Posted: 29 Feb 2016 07:11 AM PST A U.S. Air Force veteran charged with trying to join the Islamic State is set to go on trial in New York on Monday, one of the first of more than 75 Islamic State-related cases brought against Americans to reach trial. Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, 48, was detained by Turkish authorities in Istanbul in January 2015 after he returned from a year-long stint living in Egypt. U.S. investigators say they found a letter to Pugh's Egyptian wife on his computer declaring his intention to "defend the Islamic States" and saying he had only two options: "Victory or Martyr." They also discovered approximately 180 jihadist videos on his laptop, including one that showed Islamic State militants executing several prisoners, according to prosecutors. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Clinton focuses on general, while Sanders sticks to script Posted: 29 Feb 2016 03:21 AM PST OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In the wake of her blowout win in the South Carolina primary, Hillary Clinton is looking to the future, while Bernie Sanders seems stuck in the past. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Rubio puts Trump on defense, but still trails in most polls Posted: 28 Feb 2016 11:53 PM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Oscars crown 'Spotlight' but diversity had the limelight Posted: 28 Feb 2016 11:20 PM PST An underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Highs and lows from the 2016 Oscars Posted: 28 Feb 2016 11:02 PM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Leonardo DiCaprio finally gets his Oscar Posted: 28 Feb 2016 09:35 PM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Donald Trump on retweeting Mussolini: 'It's a very good quote' Posted: 28 Feb 2016 09:17 PM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Oscar host Chris Rock delivers searing, hilarious opening monologue Posted: 28 Feb 2016 08:22 PM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Home of Disneyland has a history intertwined with the KKK Posted: 28 Feb 2016 05:48 PM PST The home of Disneyland, the self-proclaimed Happiest Place on Earth, is also the town where the Ku Klux Klan once ran the City Council, burned crosses and rallied 10,000 people in a city park. That rally ... This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Trump plays the victim card against Hispanic judge Posted: 28 Feb 2016 03:29 PM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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• Donald Trump refuses to disavow KKK support, then does
• U.S. court test on abortion reflects success of strategy shift
• Quincy Jones will discuss diversity, but not on Oscar show
• Rubio, Cruz release tax summaries in challenge to Trump
• Iran's pragmatic Rouhani cheers election wins, says government stronger
• How Clinton won battle for black vote in South Carolina
• Hillary Clinton wins South Carolina as Bernie Sanders flops with black voters

Donald Trump refuses to disavow KKK support, then does Posted: 28 Feb 2016 11:09 AM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

U.S. court test on abortion reflects success of strategy shift Posted: 28 Feb 2016 10:50 AM PST When the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday hears a major abortion case for the first time in nearly a decade, the regulations at issue will not involve fetuses or the mother, but rather standards for doctors and facilities where the procedure is performed. "It took a while to see the impact" of state laws imposing regulations on abortion providers, said Elizabeth Nash, a policy analyst at the Guttmacher Institute, which tracks abortion policy and supports abortion rights. One of the two Texas regulations before the court requires doctors who provide abortions to have "admitting privileges" at a local hospital so they can treat patients needing surgery or other critical care. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Quincy Jones will discuss diversity, but not on Oscar show Posted: 28 Feb 2016 05:16 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones wants to talk about diversity, just not on the Oscar show. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Rubio, Cruz release tax summaries in challenge to Trump Posted: 28 Feb 2016 01:13 AM PST Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz released summary pages of their recent tax filings on Saturday, seeking to capitalize on GOP front-runner Donald Trump's refusal to release similar ... This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Iran's pragmatic Rouhani cheers election wins, says government stronger Posted: 27 Feb 2016 11:44 PM PST By Samia Nakhoul TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won an emphatic vote of confidence and reformist partners secured surprise gains in parliament in early results from elections that could accelerate the Islamic Republic's emergence from years of isolation. While gains by moderates and reformists in Friday's polls were most evident in the capital, Tehran, the sheer scale of the advances there suggests a legislature more friendly to the pragmatist Rouhani has emerged as a distinct possibility. A loosening of control by the anti-Western hardliners who currently dominate the 290-seat parliament could strengthen his hand to open Iran further to foreign trade and investment following last year's breakthrough nuclear deal. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

How Clinton won battle for black vote in South Carolina Posted: 27 Feb 2016 05:01 PM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Hillary Clinton wins South Carolina as Bernie Sanders flops with black voters Posted: 27 Feb 2016 04:44 PM PST This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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• #OscarsSoWhite creator says will not watch Oscars
• Trump wants to weaken libel laws amid feuds with reporters
• Syria guns mostly silent as truce takes hold
• Michigan governor's aides urged switch away from Flint River
• Mexicans back ex-President Fox in vulgar spat with Trump
• Syria ceasefire begins under U.S.-Russia deal
• Kansas mass shooting suspect had been served protection order
• Syria ceasefire takes effect under U.S.-Russia deal

#OscarsSoWhite creator says will not watch Oscars Posted: 27 Feb 2016 01:30 PM PST By Gina Cherelus NEW YORK (Reuters) - The creator of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag on Twitter on Saturday said she will watch and tweet about a 1999 coming-of-age movie featuring three black actors rather than Sunday night's showing of the Academy Awards, joining a growing list of activists and entertainers snubbing the event for its lack of diversity. April Reign, managing editor of BroadwayBlack.com, said she will watch "The Wood," starring Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones and Taye Diggs on Netflix on Sunday night as the Oscars show airs on ABC. "What I'm doing is attempting to amplify the discussion," Reign said at Saturday's conference, hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Trump wants to weaken libel laws amid feuds with reporters Posted: 27 Feb 2016 05:05 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is threatening to weaken First Amendment protections for reporters as president, making it easier for him to sue them. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Syria guns mostly silent as truce takes hold Posted: 27 Feb 2016 04:13 AM PST The ceasefire is seen as a crucial but fragile step toward ending a war that has claimed 270,000 lives and displaced more than half the population. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Michigan governor's aides urged switch away from Flint River Posted: 27 Feb 2016 02:26 AM PST By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Quality problems prompted two of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's top lawyers to urge that Flint be moved back to the Detroit water system just months after a decision to draw water supply from the Flint River, according to emails released on Friday. Flint switched its water supply from Detroit to the Flint River in April 2014 in a bid to cut costs when the city was under a state-appointed emergency manager. While the city switched its water source back to Detroit in October 2015, corrosive water from the river had already leached lead from city pipes, posing a serious threat to public health. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Mexicans back ex-President Fox in vulgar spat with Trump Posted: 27 Feb 2016 12:21 AM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans backed former President Vicente Fox in his verbal spat with Donald Trump on Friday, after Fox called the Republican front-runner "crazy" and a "false prophet" and Trump replied that he ought to be "ashamed of himself" for using a profanity. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Syria ceasefire begins under U.S.-Russia deal Posted: 26 Feb 2016 10:05 PM PST Guns fell silent across Syria on Saturday after a landmark UN-backed ceasefire came into effect, as a special task force led by rivals Moscow and Washington prepared to begin monitoring the fledgling truce. Monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was quiet in the north of Latakia province and in the central provinces of Homs and Hama. The nationwide cessation of hostilities is the first pause in five years of a civil war that has claimed more than 270,000 lives. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Kansas mass shooting suspect had been served protection order Posted: 26 Feb 2016 03:40 PM PST The man suspected of killing three people at the Kansas lawnmower factory where he worked had been served a protection order 90 minutes before his shooting spree, which also wounded 14 people, authorities said on Friday. The first police officer to reach the scene, Hesston Police Chief Doug Schroeder, killed Ford in an exchange of gunfire, said police secretary Jeannine Hoheisel. "The man was not going to stop shooting," Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said on Friday, noting that there were up to 300 people in the Excel Industries factory where the worst of the rampage took place. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Syria ceasefire takes effect under U.S.-Russia deal Posted: 26 Feb 2016 03:23 PM PST A landmark UN-backed ceasefire came into effect at midnight in Syria on Friday -- the first major truce in five years of civil war that have claimed more than 270,000 lives. On the stroke of midnight, guns fell silent in the Damascus suburbs and the devastated northern city of Aleppo, AFP correspondents said, after a day of intense Russian air strikes on rebel bastions across the country. Russia and the United States, the sponsors of the ceasefire deal, have warned that applying it will be difficult in a country that has been torn apart by a conflict that broke out in March 2011. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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