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"The U.S. Navy submarine USS Tang was sunk by her own torpedo. Patrolling off China in October 1944, she fired at a Japanese transport and the electric torpedo, its rudder jammed, curved to the left in a great circle.…"
Clinton puts many Trump backers in 'basket of deplorables'
SF Gate
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton verbally banished half of Donald Trump's backers to a "basket of deplorables," and the Republican presidential nominee quickly pounced, saying Saturday she had smeared many Americans and would pay a heavy political price. Read the full story
330 million Americans and these are the two we're choosing between?
GREENFIELD — The intense smell of burnt rubber and billowing white smoke filled the air. Plastic fragments and entire bumpers lay strewn across the dirt, and the crowd whooped and hollered with each destructive collision.
The US Air Force may not have recovered all the nukes its lost
Business Insider
Retired Air Force Colonel and author of Breaking the Trust Barrier JV Venable told us the US Air Force has lost nuclear weapons. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Read the full story
Guinness World Records has a new top dog
New York's Nathan's Famous hot dogs break the Guinness World Record for Longest Line of Hot Dogs. Angela Moore reports.
We relish Nathan's achievement.
Seoul: North Korea's 5th nuke test 'fanatic recklessness'
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said it conducted a "higher level" nuclear test explosion on Friday that will allow it ...
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"Reckless" is getting worn out.
NASA launched a spacecraft skyward Thursday evening on an ambitious seven-year voyage to intercept an asteroid more than 100 million miles from Earth, scoop up a piece of it and bring the sample home.
The practice allegedly allowed bank employees to earn bonuses, while customers incurred fees for accounts they did not request.
At least 12 people in Arkansas have been charged with crimes related to USDA feeding programs.
…authorities say a small group deliberately defrauded the system and pocketed at least $10 million in federal funds intended to feed at-risk youths in a place with one of the highest rates of child hunger in the United States.
A reminder of the permanent wars: Dozens of U.S. airstrikes in six countries
The startling flurry of attacks over Labor Day weekend highlights the endurance of militant threats.…
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And he decided it doesn't look so good for Trump.
This is dumb. But everybody (as you can see) is doing it. Maybe Clinton's people have figured out she's better off to just stay hidden and let other people campaign for her. Maybe they're right.
But never mind. Clinton and Trump are not equivalent in the scandal department because Trump is a sleazy Manhattan real estate developer and Clinton is, or was a the critical time, the highest-ranking diplomat of the most powerful nation on earth, a Secretary of haha State, and recognized all around as a possible, even probable, future president.
Trump, whatever he did, was simply doing what sleazy real estate developers do. Clinton was doing what a Secretary of State should not do, and her apologists know it. Or should.
And if you don't see the difference there, let me put it another way: Is your criterion for a president really less corrupt than Donald Trump?
The Daily Beast
A laptop containing a copy, or "archive," of the emails on Hillary Clinton's private server was apparently lost—in the postal mail—according to an FBI report released Friday. Along with it, a thumb drive that also contained an archive of Clinton's emails has been lost and is not in the FBI's possession. The Donald Trump campaign has already called for Clinton to be "locked up" for her carelessness handling sensitive information. The missing laptop and thumb drive raise a new possibility that Read the full story
If Hillary Clinton worked for your company, would you keep her?
Teen Cries Foul After Bakery Refuses To Make 'Trump 2016' Birthday Cake
The Huffington Post - US
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This foldable bike helmet is made from paper
CNN
28-year-old designer Isis Shiffer created a foldable, recyclable paper helmet that she hopes to sell through vending machines at bikeshare stations. Read the full story
Goldman Sachs issued an internal memo earlier this month banning top employees from contributing to certain political campaigns, including the Trump-Pence ticket.
The Clinton-Kaine camp, however, is not out-of-bounds, according to the memo first obtained by Politico.http://goo.gl/wQIpx0
Bill Clinton accuses Trump of using charity money to ‘pay off’ Pam Bondi - POLITICO
"Former President Bill Clinton defended his family’s foundation and took a shot at Donald Trump in the process Wednesday at a rally in Orlando, telling the crowd that Trump 'attacked my foundation. He uses his foundation's money to pay off your attorney general.'"
If it's equivalence you're looking for, what Trump did is more like what those guys who gave the Clinton foundation money did—tried to buy off a pol. Buy a little juice.
Trump may be a sleaze but he wasn’t the Secretary of State.
And then there’s this gem…
“Saying you’re going to make America great again is like me saying I’d like to be 20 again.…Actually, I would. But I wouldn’t vote for anybody who promised to make me 20 again.”
Whaaat?
Come on. You think we’re stupid, right?
Bank robbery suspect: Incarceration beats living with wife
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A 70-year-old man accused of robbing a bank in Kansas told investigators he would rather be imprisoned...
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Longhorn Leap: Texas in AP Top 25 for 1st time under Strong
Wisconsin, which beat LSU 16-14 at Lambeau Field, matched a record for the best season debut in the Top 25 with its No. 10 ranking.
Five reasons Hillary could be blowing it - POLITICO
"No one — not the bullpen of the New York Mets, not the French army, not Wile E. Coyote, not even Al Gore — is better at squandering a commanding lead than the Queen of Coasting, Hillary Rodham Clinton."
Clinton, aides consistently claim amnesia on secret server details | New York Post
"Hillary Clinton and her aides were unable to recall details of her secret private email server on 327 occasions, according to an analysis from the Republican National Committee."
Let the fried dough flow - The Recorder
The Recorder GREENFIELD - Locally made fried dough and French fries will flow for another year at the Franklin County Fair now that concerns about strict fire code…
Researchers have known for decades that women tend to beat men on environmental metrics. They generally use less fuel and energy…
Millions of bees in traffic accident near Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Drivers along an interstate north of Kansas City were told to be on the lookout...bee experts said between 8 million and 11 million bees were in the truck. Some of the bees flew away from the accident scene.
Earlier this year, in a Manhattan conference room littered with half-eaten lunches, water bottles, laptops and easels, a group of color forecasters from PPG Brands was wrapping up a week of work.
"The rich are now paying Barney’s $650 a pair for sneakers that have been pre-dirtied, frayed-laced, banged up and some even duct-taped. That must cost extra, since those seem to be sold out."
(Photo at the link, about halfway down.)
Clinton needs to reboot with clean slate: Column
USA TODAY
Although a confirmed, albeit rather passive Democrat, I am appalled at the frightening perils and forces the current presidential campaign has unleashed and the electoral choice Americans face. Read the full story
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