| Asian markets mostly up as volatile week draws to close Posted: 01 Sep 2017 12:48 AM PDT  Asian markets headed into the weekend on a cautious note Friday, bringing an end to a volatile week, with eyes now fixed on the release of key US jobs data and the impact of deadly storm Harvey. Traders were given another positive lead from Wall Street, where all three main indexes ended on a high after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he expects to overhaul the tax code by the end of the year. The New York tycoon's promise to slash tax, ramp up infrastructure spending and wipe out red tape was one of the key drivers of a global markets rally in the months after his November election win.
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| After Taiwan stop, fugitive Red Bull heir's path a mystery Posted: 01 Sep 2017 12:28 AM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — With the clock about to run out on a hit-and-run charge, the whereabouts of an heir to the Red Bull energy-drink empire accused of killing a Bangkok police officer five years ago are unknown. The fugitive, whose family is worth billions, has apparently found a way to disappear.
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| Receding waters reveal Harvey's devastation as death toll reaches 44 Posted: 31 Aug 2017 10:52 PM PDT  Members of the Nguyen family return to their home for the first time since Harvey floodwaters arrived. Rescuers continued plucking people from floodwaters across Texas on Thursday even as waters receded from Houston, revealing swathes of devastation wrought by former hurricane Harvey. Donald Trump pledged to donate $1m in personal funds to the relief effort.
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| Amazon Is Now The Boozy Friend Who Can Bring You Alcohol In Less Than Two Hours Posted: 31 Aug 2017 09:02 PM PDT  Sometimes, you need liquor because you have a party to go to and you need to bring some sort of offering to say, "Thanks for having me, let's imbibe together!"
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| 5 tragedies throughout history that Obama really should've handled better Posted: 31 Aug 2017 08:00 PM PDT  Mashable Humor: original comedy every day. Or most days. We're people, just like you, and we're trying our best. President Donald Trump has been roundly criticized for his awkward, self-centered handling of Hurricane Harvey, where he showed up outside the disaster zone, bragged into a megaphone about how big the crowd was, and did little else. Trump just can't catch a break when he is bad at being president. But the situation makes one wonder: Did we apply the same rules to President Barack Obama? SEE ALSO: 5 bible passages that prove Trump's advisor is right: God supports Trump 'taking out' Kim Jong-un Bots and the Trump supporters who retweet them asked if Trump's doing so badly, what do liberals have to say about Obama's actions during Katrina? Where even was Obama during Hurricane Katrina? It really got me thinking. So, I compiled a list of five tragedies that I think we can all agree Obama really dropped the ball on. Let's start with Katrina. 1. Hurricane Katrina We already kind of touched on this. But it bears repeating that Obama didn't do nearly enough in the aftermath of Katrina. I mean, sure, as an Illinois senator in 2005, a year without a presidential election, he went to the Astrodome in Houston to meet with evacuees and then openly criticized George W. Bush and the federal response to the storm, calling it "achingly slow." But he didn't even bother to become president for another four years. Come on dude. What the hell? 2. The JFK Assassination The nation was shocked and saddened in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald. The aftermath left the country in turmoil and in desperate need of direction. And where was your beloved President Obama? His 2-year-old self was certainly not on TV addressing a troubled nation to reassure its citizens that the state of the Union remains strong and unbroken. 3. Pearl Harbor Remembered as the moment the United States was pulled into World War II, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor galvanized a divided nation into action. The day after the attack, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his legendary Infamy Speech, but it speaks volumes on Obama's character that he was nowhere to be seen in the direct aftermath of Pearl Harbor, choosing to take a back seat in the sensitive matters of his shattered country. 4. The Boston Massacre One of the defining moments of the American Revolution was that cold fateful March eve in 1770 where several Parliament-loyal British soldiers fired into a crowd of unarmed people, killing five. The incident inspired the colonies into rebellion, eventually sparking the Revolutionary War. Yet, in every historical account of the event I've read, your favorite president Barack Obama's name doesn't come up even one time. You'd think he'd have something — anything to say after one of the critical events leading to his country's formation, but he said and did nothing. What a complete disgrace. 5. The Black Death In the 14th century, an epidemic known as "Black Death" or the bubonic plague, swept across Europe and Asia, killing millions in its wake. It goes without saying that Barack "Obungler" didn't have the courtesy to even extend his best wishes in the form of a raven's scroll to Europe's richest kings, denouncing the disease and offering solutions to the labor shortage that was certainly imminent. A fractured world could have used comforting words from the leader of the free world in those years. But Obummer had the audacity to not even exist in a physical form for another 600 years. An embarrassment to the office of the presidency. WATCH: Here's another 5 picks for most brilliant moments in film history
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| Activists decry Oregon court ruling to 'debark' dogs Posted: 31 Aug 2017 06:20 PM PDT  Debra and Dale Krein sued in 2012 after enduring years of what they deemed incessant barking by several Tibetan Mastiff dogs owned by their neighbors, Karen Szewc and John Updegraff, court documents showed. A jury awarded the Kreins $238,000, and the presiding judge ordered all the dogs on the property to undergo "total devocalization" surgery. The dogs' owners appealed that decision and the Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the judgment and surgery order.
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| U.S. fuel shortages from Harvey to hamper Labor Day travel Posted: 31 Aug 2017 05:39 PM PDT  By Devika Krishna Kumar and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - Travelers and fuel suppliers across the United States braced for higher prices and shortages ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend as the country's biggest fuel pipelines and refineries curb operations after Hurricane Harvey. Just six days after Harvey slammed into the heart of the U.S. energy industry in Texas, the effects are being felt not just in Houston, but also in Chicago and New York, and prices at the pump nationwide have hit a high for the year.
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| A Look At Mecca, Islam's Holiest Site, At The Height Of The Hajj Pilgrimage Posted: 31 Aug 2017 04:02 PM PDT  The annual Hajj pilgrimage is one of the world's largest religious gatherings, as some 2 million people flock to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to participate in one of Islam's five pillars of faith.
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| AP PHOTOS: Searching for survivors in Harvey-swamped homes Posted: 31 Aug 2017 03:17 PM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — Rescuers pounded on doors and shouted for survivors as they did a block-by-block search Thursday of tens of thousands of Houston homes deluged by Harvey.
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| Bipartisan Group of Governors Propose Obamacare Fixes, Beg Congress To Consider Posted: 31 Aug 2017 02:41 PM PDT  A bipartisan group of eight governors on Thursday handed Congress a proposal for shoring up the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces, which in many states remain extremely fragile enterprises.
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