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Jun 13, 2021
Reigning 400 champion Mack Horton misses Australia team for Tokyo
The 25-year-old missed the top-two finish that would have allowed him to defend his title at next month's Olympics by just 0.65 seconds.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 17, 2019
U.S. House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings of Maryland dies: AP
U.S. House Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings, a key figure in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry and a fierce critic of President Donald Trump, has died, AP reported.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 18, 2019
House poised to hold William Barr, Wilbur Ross in contempt over census fight
The House is nearing a vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for withholding documents on now-canceled plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 13, 2019
Ahead of contempt vote, Trump shields census documents from Congress
President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege on Wednesday to keep under wraps documents on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census, defying a House panel's subpoena in another move to stonewall Democratic lawmakers' investigations.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 27, 2019
White House consents to congressional interview of ex-staffer
The White House said on Friday it has consented to a former staffer appearing before a congressional panel for an "on the record interview," accompanied by his lawyers, regarding security clearance policies and procedures.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 3, 2019
Democrat-led House panel subpoenas ex-White House personnel chief in security clearance probe
A Democratic-led congressional committee voted on Tuesday to subpoena a former White House security clearance chief over whistle-blower allegations that the Trump administration inappropriately reversed career officials' decisions to deny security clearances to some of the president's advisers.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 22, 2019
White House snubs congressional Democrats' demands for records of secretive Trump-Putin talks: reports
The White House has rejected a request by Democratic lawmakers to provide information about President Donald Trump's communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to media reports on Thursday.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2019
Trump pushes back: White House snubs Democrats' demands on security clearance information
The White House is pushing back against a demand by House Democrats for information on security clearances for top officials, including the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in an early sign of how the Trump administration plans to resist a slew of probes.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2018
Trump White House faces new Democrat demands for answers that Republicans didn't pursue
The Democrat who'll become chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday set a Jan. 11 deadline for the White House and executive agencies to respond to previously ignored requests for documents and information, another signal of the heightened scrutiny that President Donald Trump's administration will face next year.
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BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2018
Democrats to probe if Trump used his power to block AT&T-Time deal and punish Amazon
When Democrats take control of the U.S. House they plan to investigate the Trump administration's attempt to block AT&T Inc. from acquiring Time Warner, and whether officials sought to punish Amazon.com Inc. by prodding the U.S. Post Office to hike shipping prices for the world's largest e-commerce company, a senior Democrat and a congressional aide said on Sunday.
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CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2018
Partners in grime: The Butterz label thanks Japan with a birthday bash in Tokyo
With its rapid-fire rapping, lyrics that are often impenetrable to outsiders and raw, synthetic timbres, grime was never an obvious candidate for international success. But from east London's tower blocks to the stages of California's Coachella festival, the genre has grown from humble origins to become the U.K.'s latest music export.
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2016
'The Trust': Cage makes a creepy comeback
These days, two things practically never happen with a movie starring Nicolas Cage: 1) we see his real hairline; 2) it's actually a good film. Online movie gossip claims Cage is knee-deep in financial trouble, which is why he's been working like a slave, apparently on anything, for the past decade or so. This year alone Cage has already starred in five movies, two of which are awaiting release or heading straight to the DVD pile. The man is prolific, but not very selective — he seems to be a dedicated follower of the "Just Do It" motto, results be damned.
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CULTURE / Film
Nov 19, 2014
Open Windows: 'Sliding into the creep zone'
What has happened to Elijah Wood? The former child star whose career out-survived most of his contemporaries is slipping further and further into the creep zone. In the decade since his signature role as Frodo in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, his roles have gone from nerdy and vulnerable to nerdy and homicidal. He even starred in "Maniac" (2012), a grisly film about a murderous owner of a mannequin shop — a film that undoubtedly riffed on his pretty-boy features.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on