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Little Red Riding Hood

Pixie O’Harris art exhibition set for 2020 after missing paintings from 1950s mysteriously reappear

Posted May 25, 2019 08:03:05 It is not every day you stumble upon a long-lost collection of paintings by a renowned artist which have been mysteriously left in an office without a note or explanation. Key points: Paintings by Pixie O'Harris and her brot…

bubmagMay 25, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

‘Absolutely Unprecedented’: Why Japan’s Leader Tries So Hard to Court Trump

Michael Crowley is White House and national security editor for Politico. This article was based on a trip sponsored by the independent, nonprofit Foreign Press Center Japan. TOKYOFlying nearly 7,000 miles is not President Donald Trumps idea of a good time. …

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Brexit

UK’s Rudd opts out of Conservative Party leadership race: Telegraph

(Reuters) - Britain’s work and pensions minister Amber Rudd has ruled herself out of the Conservative Party leadership race, the Telegraph newspaper reported. "There are all sorts of plans I would like to have when we do leave the European Union but I don't…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Julian Assange

New US charges against Assange may slow extradition from UK

WASHINGTON (AP) A new indictment against Julian Assange could further delay what was already expected to be a protracted battle to get the WikiLeaks founder out of a London jail cell and into a U.S. court, opening the door for his legal team to argue that the…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Obamacare

6/28/17: Red and Blue

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

The Trump Administration Is Declaring a Fake Emergency to Sell Weapons to Saudi Arabia

Under the 1976 Arms Export Control Act, the State Department must notify Congress 30 days before concluding an arms sale, which gives Congress the chance to vote on halting the weapons transfer. Under the rarely used provision, however, the president can cert…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Checkpoint

Army veteran who saw the wall come down returns to Berlin 30 years later

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (Tribune News Service) Nearly 30 years ago, St. Cloud native Gregg Bursey witnessed a pivotal moment in history. Newly graduated from Apollo High School, Bursey was a military policeman in the U.S. Army stationed in West Berlin. When midnig…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Elon Musk

Tesla’s bad news accelerates as Wall Street loses faith – The Globe and Mail

Tesla 2018 Model 3 sedans sit on display outside a Tesla showroom in Littleton, Colorado on July 8, 2018. The Associated Press Late last year, Tesla Inc. was fully charged and cruising down the highway on Autopilot. Shares were trading above $370 each, sal…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Star Wars

Friday in nerd-film news: Sonic delayed to fix its VFX, Star Wars: KOTOR rumors

3 with 3 posters participating How many more Star Wars films and TV series do we need? Our answer to that question became "at least one more" when we learned on late Thursday that a pretty juicy Lucasfilm project is in the works: the first-ever Knights of th…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Julian Assange

Assange’s Espionage Act Charge Sets Up A Fight Over The First Amendment

Espionage charges filed by U.S. prosecutors Thursday against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange put his case on a direct path for a First Amendment fight one that should have journalists and supporters of a free press concerned. The 17 charges released this we…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Pixie O’Harris art exhibition set for 2020 after missing paintings from 1950s mysteriously reappear

‘Absolutely Unprecedented’: Why Japan’s Leader Tries So Hard to Court Trump

UK’s Rudd opts out of Conservative Party leadership race: Telegraph

New US charges against Assange may slow extradition from UK

6/28/17: Red and Blue

The Trump Administration Is Declaring a Fake Emergency to Sell Weapons to Saudi Arabia

Army veteran who saw the wall come down returns to Berlin 30 years later

Tesla’s bad news accelerates as Wall Street loses faith – The Globe and Mail

Friday in nerd-film news: Sonic delayed to fix its VFX, Star Wars: KOTOR rumors

Assange’s Espionage Act Charge Sets Up A Fight Over The First Amendment

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