Thursday, October 27, 2016

Government alleges former NSA contractor stole 'astonishing quantity' of classified data over 20 years and other top stories.

  • Government alleges former NSA contractor stole 'astonishing quantity' of classified data over 20 years

    Federal prosecutors in Baltimore on Thursday said they will charge a former National Security Agency contractor with violating the Espionage Act, alleging that he made off with “an astonishing quantity” of classified digital and other data over 20 years in what is thought to be the largest theft of classified government material ever. In a 12-page memo, U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein and two other prosecutors laid out a much more far-reaching case against Harold T. Martin III than was previously ..
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  • At Al Smith Dinner, Donald Trump Turns Friendly Roast Into 3-Alarm Fire

    At Al Smith Dinner, Donald Trump Turns Friendly Roast Into 3-Alarm Fire
    Enlarge this image Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump laugh during Thursday's Al Smith Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Cli..
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  • Peanut butter vandal mistakes gathering for Trump rally

    Peanut butter vandal mistakes gathering for Trump rally
    Disorderly conduct charges are pending against a woman who authorities say smeared peanut butter on 30 vehicles outside a gathering in central Wisconsin that she mistakenly thought was a Donald Trump rally. WSAW-TV reports that investigators say the Monday night conservation group gathering in Amherst had nothing to do with politics. Authorities say the 23-year-old woman was drunk when she entered the meeting and began yelling about how she hates Trump. She departed when asked to leave, but aut..
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  • 'My son is not breathing': Harrowing video shows hero cop saving toddler in distress

    'My son is not breathing': Harrowing video shows hero cop saving toddler in distress
    Dashcam footage shows a police officer in Grandview, Tex., giving a toddler CPR after he stopped breathing. The boy has a made a full recovery. (Grandview Police Department) “My son is not breathing.” Seconds after a distraught Texas father uttered those chilling words to a 911 operator, Officer Chase Miller was on his way. He didn’t have to respond; the emergency dispatcher was already sending paramedics to the KFC in Granbury, Tex., where a 3-year-old boy was unresponsive and his sobbin..
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  • WikiLeaks poisons Hillary's relationship with left

    WikiLeaks poisons Hillary's relationship with left
    LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump is pointing to a stream of hacked emails as proof that Hillary Clinton would be a compromised president, but a surprising number of progressives are drawing similar conclusions — albeit for totally different reasons. Some of the left’s most influential voices and groups are taking offense at the way they and their causes were discussed behind their backs by Clinton and some of her closest advisers in the emails, which swipe liberal heroes and causes as “puritanical,” “..
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  • Florida officials: Daughters confess to burying father, 94, in yard

    Florida officials: Daughters confess to burying father, 94, in yard
    EUSTIS, Fla. -- Investigators say two women panicked when they found their 94-year-old father dead in his central Florida home and buried him in the yard.Lake County Sheriff’s spokesman Fred Jones said Thursday that Melvin Kort’s daughters confessed to burying him. Their secret started unraveling in September after deputies received a tip about a body buried near the home.Authorities were conducting a DNA test to confirm Kort’s identity. An autopsy showed no signs of trauma. Jones says Kort die..
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  • US web provider says probing East Coast cyber attack

    US web provider says probing East Coast cyber attack
    Some major internet companies suffered service disruptions on Friday due to what internet infrastructure provider Dyn said was a cyber attack that affected some sites, mainly for users on the U.S. East Coast. Some U.S. internet users had trouble accessing sites including microblogging site Twitter (TWTR.N), music streaming service Spotify, discussion site Reddit and news site Vox, but others found the sites accessible in Europe or via mobile phones.Amazon's web services unit said on its site t..
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  • Cardinal Dolan: In private, Trump praised Clinton as 'tough' and 'talented'

    Cardinal Dolan: In private, Trump praised Clinton as 'tough' and 'talented'
    “I was very moved by the obvious attempt on behalf of both Secretary Clinton and Mr. Trump to kind of be courteous," Dolan says. | AP Photo Cardinal Dolan: In private, Trump praised Clinton as ‘tough’ and ‘talented’ By Nolan D. McCaskill 10/21/16 09:49 AM EDT Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton did more than trade barbs Thursday. The Republican who has threatened to jail his political opponent and the Democrat who has maintained that..
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  • Former top Christie aide set to testify in Bridgegate trial

    Former top Christie aide set to testify in Bridgegate trial
    USA Today Network Dustin Racioppi, The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record 6:57 a.m. EDT October 21, 2016Bridget Anne Kelly arrives at federal court in Newark on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Kelly, the former deputy chief of staff to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to take the stand Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, in her trial over lane closures on the George Washington Bridge.(Photo: Jennifer Brown, The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record)NEWARK — After three years of virtual silence since sending ..
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  • Women exposed explicit online messages in hot car death trial

    Women exposed explicit online messages in hot car death trial
    Women exposed explicit online messages in hot car death trial Ross Harris breaks down in court again Michael King, WMAZ 9:30 PM. EST October 20, 2016 Ross Harris on Oct. 18, 2016 Four different women were paraded through the witness stand on Thursday to discuss the nature of their sexually explicit online relationships with Ross Harris. Each of the women, who were in their late teens at the time, exchanged sexually provocative text messages and images with ..
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