Saturday, December 31, 2016

Vermont utility finds malware code attributed to Russians and other top stories.

  • Vermont utility finds malware code attributed to Russians

    Vermont utility finds malware code attributed to Russians
    Danny Pyka, an Austinite who worked for Mercedes-Benz for about 10 years, had been suffering from depression for so long and so severely that he was certain his suicidal thoughts would eventually lead to the end of his life. "It was just miserable," said Pyka, who found work as a handyman, but found it difficult to have a normal life or relationships with his wife and 18-year-old daughter not affected by his condition. "I was secluding myself... I'd close the house off and just sleep pretty muc..
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  • Trump and Putin: A relationship where mutual admiration is headed toward reality

    Trump and Putin: A relationship where mutual admiration is headed toward reality
    For much of this year, Donald Trump and Vladi­mir Putin have been engaged in a long-distance courtship. They have said kind things about each other in public and separately expressed visions of a mutually agreeable future. Since Trump’s election, the anticipation has become more explicit. It culminated this week in the U.S. president-elect’s call for America to “move on” from allegations of Russian electoral hacking, and the Russian president’s blithe pronouncement Friday that he would rather ..
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  • Taiwan Leader Urges China for 'Calm' Talks as Pressure Grows

    Taiwan Leader Urges China for 'Calm' Talks as Pressure Grows
    TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's leader on Saturday urged China to engage in "calm and rational" dialogue to maintain peace, vowing not to give in to Beijing's recent moves to "threaten and intimidate" the self-ruled island."As long as we can be calm, rational, and maintain a flexible attitude, I believe we should be able to find a solution that allows both sides to maintain peaceful and stable relations," President Tsai Ing-wen said in a year-end news conference.Tensions have grown since China sus..
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  • Wife and Her Lover Are Arrested in Killing of Greek Envoy in Brazil

    Wife and Her Lover Are Arrested in Killing of Greek Envoy in Brazil
    Photo Greece’s ambassador to Brazil, Kyriakos Amiridis, in May, after presenting his credentials in Brasília. Credit Marcos Correa/Brazilian Presidency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images RIO DE JANEIRO — The killing of the Greek ambassador was shocking even by the standards of this crime-weary city: Investigators say his wife had him murdered in a home they owned in Rio by her lover, a police officer, who then set the diplomat’s remains on fire.Police investigator..
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  • Baghdad Blasts Kill at Least 28

    Baghdad Blasts Kill at Least 28
    BAGHDAD — A pair of bomb blasts targeting a market in central Baghdad Saturday killed at least 28 people and wounded at least 54, according to police and medical officials.The attacks took place early Saturday morning in al-Sinak, a busy market selling car accessories, food and clothes as well as agricultural seeds and machinery.Details were sketchy in the immediate aftermath. Police at first said a pair of back-to-back roadside bombs exploded. Later a police official said first a roadside b..
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  • Man accused of killing stepdaughter, 5, allegedly 'snapped' after she asked for food

    Man accused of killing stepdaughter, 5, allegedly 'snapped' after she asked for food
    A Michigan man accused of murdering his 5-year-old stepdaughter allegedly told police he "snapped" when she asked for food, stabbing the little girl to death and then setting her body on fire in an effort to cover up the crime, officials said in court.Thomas McClellan, 25, allegedly became incensed when Luna Younger wouldn't leave his bedroom in their Holt apartment after she asked him to get her something to eat on November 1, Ingham County Detective Chuck Buckland testified during a prelimina..
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  • Syria conflict: UN to vote on Syria ceasefire deal

    Syria conflict: UN to vote on Syria ceasefire deal
    Image copyright Reuters Image caption Opposition activists said the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma was shelled on Friday The UN Security Council will vote on a Russian resolution endorsing the ceasefire agreement in Syria. The draft text calls for rapid access for the delivery of humanitarian aid throughout Syria. It also expresses support for a political process to end the conflict, with talks between the government and opposition, brokered by R..
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  • Behind Russia's Cyber Strategy

    Behind Russia's Cyber Strategy
    MOSCOW—Russia’s military laid out what is now seen as a blueprint for cyberwarfare with a 2013 article in a professional journal by Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of Russia’s General Staff. Cyberspace, wrote Gen. Gerasimov, “opens wide asymmetrical possibilities for reducing the fighting potential of the enemy.” At the time, Russia’s...
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  • British leader Theresa May breaks with John Kerry's condemnation of Israel

    British leader Theresa May breaks with John Kerry's condemnation of Israel
    BRUSSELS — British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned a blunt speech this week by Secretary of State John F. Kerry on the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an unusual move that boosted Britain’s relations with the incoming Trump administration at the expense of President Obama. The rare diplomatic spat between Britain and the United States, which was met with surprise by the State Department, highlighted the fast-collapsing influence of the lame-duck White House. It also pointed to ..
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  • A Twitter hoax briefly convinced Britain that Queen Elizabeth II was dead

    A Twitter hoax briefly convinced Britain that Queen Elizabeth II was dead
    Looks like a fake BBC account reporting that the queen is dead pic.twitter.com/kVKYucUv88 — Anthony Cheung (@AWMCheung) December 29, 2016 Many people would argue that 2016 has been the year of celebrity deaths. Others might say it was the year of “fake news.” A story from Britain this week showed it could perhaps be both. Late Thursday, a Twitter account with the handle @BBCNewsUKI sent out a message claiming Buckingham Palace had announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the reignin..
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Bob Stoops' judgment no longer can be trusted after release of Joe Mixon video .Japan Overtakes China as Largest Holder of U.S. Treasuries .
Trump to nominate Carson to lead US housing, urban policy .Yahoo hack: Should I panic? .

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