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Police in Massachusetts say a bearded dragon lizard was turned over to animal control after a woman suspected of drunken driving revealed she had the animal stuffed in her bra.

"There was nothing casual about this," Yates said in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, reacting to White House press secretary Sean Spicer's assertion that her warning about Flynn's interactions with Russian representatives was a "heads up."

They can hack our political campaigns, but they think spraying water on computers is a smart move...

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said in a letter to the FBI that he's making the request to determine whether the president attempted to influence or impede the bureau's investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

A Manteca teen was killed Monday night after being hit by a train. Classmates at Sierra High School described the 15-year-old as always smiling.

The 48-year-old Guilfoyle was originally considered for press secretary during the presidential transition, but the job went to Spicer, who was spokesman for the Republican National Committee.

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Virginia authorities say a 4-year-old boy fatally shot himself at the home of his child care provider, which is also the home of a Stafford County sheriff's deputy.

(The original quote is from George Santayana).

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An official from a European country told the Associated Press that it may stop sharing intelligence information with the United States if it could confirm President Trump shared classified information with Russian officials.

Confusion at the upper levels of US government was on display Monday as the White House scrambled to respond to a report that President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to Russian officials last week.

You can't make this stuff up.  At least I couldn't.  Maybe Neil Gaiman can...

The USDA’s research section studies everything from climate change to nutrition. Under the 2008 Farm Bill, its leader is supposed to serve as the agency’s “chief scientist” and be chosen “from among distinguished scientists with specialized or significant experience in agricultural research, education, and economics.”

But Sam Clovis — who, according to sources with knowledge of the appointment and members of the agriculture trade press, is President Trump’s pick to oversee the section — appears to have no such credentials.

Clovis has never taken a graduate course in science and is openly skeptical of climate change. While he has a doctorate in public administration and was a tenured professor of business and public policy at Morningside College for 10 years, he has published almost no academic work.

Clovis is better known for hosting a conservative talk radio show in his native Iowa and, after mounting an unsuccessful run for Senate in 2014, becoming a fiery pro-Trump advocate on television...

Catherine Woteki, who served as undersecretary for research, education and economics in the Obama administration, compared the move to appointing someone without a medical background to lead the National Institutes of Health. The USDA post includes overseeing scientific integrity within the agency.

“This position is the chief scientist of the Department of Agriculture. It should be a person who evaluates the scientific body of evidence and moves appropriately from there,” she said in an interview...

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I'll close the comments on this one; there is no possible counterargument.

Trump warning to former FBI Director James Comey against leaking anything negative about him –...

Over 15 years ago, I bought my maternal grandmother a toaster. I think this was a Mother's Day gift, although it could have just as easily been her birthday. She was an extremely thrifty woman who would never buy anything beyond the least expensive version of any item. I knew she needed a new toaster, and I knew that the one I bought her - while not exactly a high-end model - was of much better quality than anything she would have bought for herself. It was a GE brand in stainless steel, and it seemed like it would be quite durable.

It turned out to be very durable indeed. I know this because my mother gave it to me after my grandmother died. Strangely, I did not even have a toaster at the time. It was nice to have one, and it held up well over the years. But nothing lasts forever, and I recently had to replace it. Even when turned up to its highest setting, it just wasn't toasting anymore. A single piece of thin bread would require at least 2 full rounds of toasting on the highest setting to be acceptable. That took forever and was getting worse. It should take 10 minutes to toast a piece of bread. It was time for a new toaster.

When I set out to find a replacement, I had two requirements. First, I didn't want to spend much money. It is just a damn toaster, after all. While I briefly considered spending more to get a toaster oven instead, I decided I wouldn't use the oven features enough to be worthwhile. Second, I wanted to make sure that whatever I bought would handle bagels well. That is, I wanted a toaster with a setting to make sure that bagels could be toasted on only one side. Surprisingly, this ruled out several models that had bagel settings that still toasted both sides. I chose one of the better-reviewed inexpensive toasters I could find, a Krups KH732D50.

When it I got it home and out of the box, my initial impressions were that this was a nice-looking toaster (brushed and chrome stainless look) that seemed far less solid than my old one. This was a clear case of "they don't build these things like they used to." The new toaster probably weighed less than half what the old one weighed, and it was clear that the finish was not real steel. The controls felt flimsy compared to what I was used to. I realized I was going to have to treat this toaster gently if I wanted it to last.

How did it work? The first several pieces of toast I made were awful, but I recognized that it would take some trial-and-error to find the optimal setting for the bread I was using. The first few pieces were barely toasted. I then managed to burn a couple pieces before finding the right setting. Once I found the right setting, it was apparent that this toaster toasts much faster than my old one had in a long time. The primary drawback is that it does not toast both sides to the same level. One side is always quite a bit darker than the other. From the reviews I read, this seems to be a common complaint with this model. It made me wonder whether I should return it. It isn't like the lighter side isn't toasted at all, it is just toasted to a lesser degree than the darker side. I have not tried the bagel setting yet.

Would I recommend this toaster? Probably not, but it depends on what you are looking for and willing to live with. The inability of the Krups to toast both sides of the bread to the same degree is going to be a deal-breaker for many. Based on the build quality, I don't predict great long-term durability either. If your toaster is going to be heavily used, I'd look elsewhere. If a bagel setting that only toasts one side was not important to me, I would have bought an Oster Jelly Bean toaster instead. They get great reviews and are slightly cheaper, but their bagel setting still toasts both sides. If I thought I'd use the oven functions enough to justify the extra cost, I probably would have gone with a Panasonic Flash Xpress toaster oven. They also get great reviews and take up little counter space.

In his resignation letter, Michael Stack wrote "the community apparently wants me out, so I hereby grant them their desires."

President Donald Trump is delivering his first commencement address at Liberty University, the Christian school whose leader was among Trump's earliest and most vocal supporters

There are Christians around the world who are really, truly being persecuted.None of them live in the United States.

The president posted a series of tweets that defended his administration.

Contradicting previous White House explanations, President Donald Trump declared Thursday he had planned to fire FBI Director James Comey all along

The so-called "anti-vaccination amendment" sparked heated debate among Republicans

  Broths made with Fuji water for purity of flavor, and simmered for 10 hours. Noodles aged for three days in-house. Plus a modern spin on ingredient combinations. That’s what Jinya Ramen Bar is all about. With more than 20 locations in the United States and Canada, the first Northern California one opened in February at Westfield Oakridge Center in

Andrew McCabe is testifying on Capitol Hill two days after his former boss was fired.

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A driver cited an unusual reason for being distracted prior to an accident in Michigan.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that he's not in favor of the idea of a special prosecutor to look into Russian involvement in the 2016 election.

Bethune-Cookman University graduates greeted U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with boos and then stood and turned away as she began the commencement address.

Timothy Piazza consumed what prosecutors said was a life-threatening amount of alcohol during a hazing ritual on Feb. 2.

Here are the top five things we learned from their appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism on Monday:

A mother and father are grateful to the firefighters for boosting their son's spirits.

The South Carolina Republican's comments come a day after a hearing with former acting AG Sally Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.