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Microsoft creates bot you can chat with on Twitter
Another post said feminists "should all die and burn in hell". As well as being on Twitter it is also on messaging platforms Kik and GroupMe. Users can also play an emoji guessing game with it. Although it's weird that Microsoft wouldn't anticipate this kind of thing and, at a minimum, maybe instruct Tay not to use racial slurs. [Full Article...]
Donald Trump Targets Ted Cruz's Wife on Twitter Again
However, as comedian Jimmy Kimmel points out, the two candidates share a curious amount of common ground. "The things that Donald Trump says are not based in reality", she said. "I have no ability to control the rhetoric used by Donald Trump ", said Cruz, redirecting the question. Cruz, is under attack for that outrageous call, so Thursday he stood before the cameras and launched yet another ... [Full Article...]
Phoenix official backtracks after blaming voters for lines
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton wants the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether Maricopa County elections officials illegally put fewer presidential primary polling locations in poor or minority-heavy areas. According to the Washington Post , other people complained that the pages froze while some said they were confused by the web page setup. "Thousands of citizens waited in line for... [Full Article...]
Should Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley step down?
Robert Bentley simply hung his head and asked for advice on how to get out of it", Collier said. "She does an outstanding job", Bentley said. Bentley denied having a "physical affair" with his adviser Rebekah Mason . The smoking gun was audio recordings that Collier said a family member made in 2014 hoping to catch Bentley in the act. At his own news conference, Collier said he had personal kn... [Full Article...]
SunEdison (SUNE) Stock Falls Further on Bankruptcy Concerns
The stock is presently down another 20% in after-hours trading, as of 5:42 AM EST. The market capitalization of the company is $147.81 Million, with the average Volume of $1.61 Million. The company has a market cap of $472 million and the number of outstanding shares have been calculated to be 316,721,370 shares. On a consensus basis analysts have a $5.863 on shares of SunEdison, Inc . [Full Article...]
Brussels attackers: Airport bombers identified, linked to Paris attacks
He said: "The lives of people who were most likely travelling without a care in the world, going to work or to school, lives that have been broken by extremism". One of the injured Mormon missionaries, Mason Wells, a 19-year-old from Sandy, Utah, was at the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013. The airport and all public transport in Brussels were shut down after the explosions. [Full Article...]
Captain America: Civil War - 10 Massive Plot Predictions From The New Trailer
When asked which part of Civil War was his favorite, the masked "Chris Evans" quickly responded, "Paul Rudd". "Doctor Strange" is now in production and is scheduled for release in November. [Full Article...]
Dow Jones: Air Products in talks to sell unit to Evonik Industries
The western swing includes in Southern California next Sunday as the green flies over the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto club 400 . "I was jumping around like he'd won it, and then they were like, 'I don't know!" It was the second race of this young season with a finish that close. [Full Article...]
Oil prices drop as Iran raises output
Brent crude was trading near $40 a barrel, up from a 12-year low of $27.10 reached in January. Oil broker PVM said the meeting was "an encouraging step" but was skeptical that the freeze deal, which ministers have said is based on January 2016 output, would prop up prices. [Full Article...]
Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea recall cans over health risks
A little over 100,000 cans of Chicken of the Sea fall under the recall which affects 5 oz. canned chunk light tuna in oil and in water. According to Tri-Union, their decision to recall the products was due to the possibility of the canned tuna being undercooked in relation to an equipment malfunction during its production in the Georgia facility. [Full Article...]
Woman who started shooting at Detroit gas station now in custody
The woman shot at the driver of the vehicle, who then ran over another man standing outside of the auto. Although the woman's name has not been identified, Craig said she was apprehended while driving about a mile away from her house after someone recognized her and called police. [Full Article...]
Russian military continues to conduct airstrikes in Syria
That tallies with an updated Reuters calculation based on state TV and other footage, which shows that as of Thursday morning 18 or half of Russia's estimated 36 fixed-wing military jets had flown out of Syria in the past three days. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom asks for boat name, Internet overwhelmingly responds: Boaty McBoatface
The Natural Environment Research Council invited people to submit ideas for the name the ship should bear on its hull. Just a day after the NERC launched its poll to name the £200m vessel which will first head to Antarctica in 2019, the clear favorite was RRS Boaty McBoatface , with well over 18,000 votes. [Full Article...]
Peyton Manning Officially Announces Retirement with Emotional Speech
But Favre threw a bad pick to Tracy Porter in the conference championship and it was Drew Brees' New Orleans Saints, not the Vikings, who won the Super Bowl. When the Denver Broncos signed Manning on March 20, 2012, I did not think he would he would have the astounding individual success nor lead his team to the pinnacle for one reason: It had never previously been done. [Full Article...]
Clinton wins Missouri Democratic primary as Sanders concedes
Kasich and Ted Cruz pulled out of Monday's GOP debate after Trump announced he's skipping it. Clinton led Sanders by 1,531 votes, though some absentee votes still need to be counted. Sanders within the next couple weeks might have small effect on Sec. Sanders is hoping to turn things around next Tuesday, when Arizona, Utah and Idaho vote in the Democratic contest. [Full Article...]
IPhone 7 Plus Leaks With Dual-Lens Camera and Smart Connector Features
He thinks the anticipated introduction of the 4 of in a few days -inch "iPhone SE" is just a proper transfer by Apple to increase current customers' update cycles. Possibly the most noteworthy amongst them is the Live Photos feature, which lets iPhone users take moving pictures (no sound though, sorry). Even if we don't see the Apple Watch on display at the next event, there will still be plen... [Full Article...]
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) Recent Analyst Updates
Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, sixteen have given a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. The Company operates in two segments: Exploration and Production, and Marketing, Gathering and Compression. The year-over-year decreases in adjusted ebitda and operating cash flow were primarily the result ... [Full Article...]
Trump video jabs Clinton for barking like a dog
Trump has always been a critic of Clinton, who he sees as his rival during the general election. 'Is this what we want for a President?' Trump wrote in a message accompanying his Instagram video. Clinton, meanwhile, has taken a hard line stance on Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric and has accused him in sharp terms of encouraging a culture of violence at his campaign rallies. [Full Article...]
Amgen Wins Patent Suit Against Regeneron/Sanofi Drug Praluent
Drug-buying middlemen, called pharmacy benefit managers, have vowed to limit their purchase of the drugs until larger studies, still underway, can show that lowering people's cholesterol by blocking PCSK9 actually saves lives. The verdict will prevent Sanofi and Regeneron from selling Praluent for now, Reuters notes. Both drugs are similar and part of a class of drugs known as PSK9 inhibitor... [Full Article...]
Super Tuesday primaries: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton lead USA presidential race
They're going to leave us a fractured nation. Cruz is still waiting on results in Missouri, the home state of his campaign manager, where is he in a tight race with Trump. During his concession speech on the night, Rubio stated that "America is in the middle of a real political storm, a real tsunami and we should have seen this coming", but added that he and his supporters were on the right side... [Full Article...]