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Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and the rest of the dominant Golden State Warriors team caused a problem for eBay. A stormy start to the baseball season didn't help either.
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1 in 4 Tesla Model 3 orders has been canceled, analyst says
Tesla is finally making enough cars -- it just can't sell enough of them. Cancellations for Model 3 orders have picked up in recent weeks. Refunds now outpace deposits for Tesla's new mass-market electric car, according to Needham & Co. analyst Rajvindra Gill.
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Trump, facing fury, says he misspoke with Putin
President Donald Trump, facing an onslaught of bipartisan fury over his glowing remarks about Vladimir Putin, said more than 24 hours afterward that he had misspoken during his news conference with the autocratic Russian leader.
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Opinion: Sorry, Mandela, my generation has failed you
"Who are the potential Mandelas of our generation?" The question hung in the air after I had asked it. I didn't intend to, as young South Africans hosted me at a Cape town event May this year, but it had slipped out as we engaged in an honest interrogation of our contributions to our nations.
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Spanish holiday resort Palma bans topless parading, anti-social behavior
Planning a trip to the holiday island of Mallorca, Spain? Better pack something a little less revealing.
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Authorities in the island's capital, Palma, are mounting a war on what they call "the tourism of excesses," cracking down on public nudity, drinking, sex …
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Donald Trump just can't stop saying nice things about Vladimir Putin
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Toyota Launches Car Share Service in Honolulu
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Rescue ships docked as hundreds of migrants die crossing Mediterranean
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At least 270,000 Syrians flee latest deadly regime offensive
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China Mobile faces US ban over spying fears
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Whistleblower: EPA's Pruitt kept secret calendar to hide meetings
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides have kept "secret" calendars and schedules to overtly hide controversial meetings or calls with industry representatives and others, according to a former EPA official who is expected to soon testify before Congress. A review of EPA documents by CNN found discrepancies between Pruitt's official calendar and other records.
