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A Minnesota teenage girl swam across a lake after she had been kidnapped for a month. She had many forms of abuse while being held captive by her kidnappers. On Tuesday, when she was finally left alone she tried asking for neighbors help but no one answered. She hopped in the lake and found a farmer who helped her out. Thankfully she has been receiving treatment at a local hospital and is reunited back with her family.

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iPhone X has been released for pre-order. This is apples 10th anniversary and the biggest change in the iPhone ever. The new iPhone contains many new features.

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CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept 12 (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday rolled out its much-anticipated iPhone X, a glass and stainless steel device with an edge-to-edge display that Chief Executive Tim Cook called "the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone."

The launch contained few surprises, with leaked details on the phone and other products including an updated Apple Watch proving largely accurate. But the iPhone X's $999 price still raised eyebrows, and its Nov. 3 ship date prompted questions about possible supply constraints ahead of the holiday season.

Investors and fans have viewed the tenth-anniversary iPhone launch as an opportunity for Apple to refresh a smartphone lineup that had lagged the competition in new features. Last year the company's revenue declined when many consumers rejected the iPhone 7 as being too similar to the iPhone 6.

The iPhone X has wireless charging, an infrared camera and hardware for facial recognition, which replaces the fingerprint sensor for unlocking the phone. The home button is also gone, and users instead tap the device to wake it up.

Apple normally ships new products within a week or two of announcing them, though Cook said the later date was consistent with earlier guidance to investors.

"It's great to have a product but we'd have liked it sooner rather than later, more like the beginning of October or mid- October," said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh.

Apple shares closed down 0.4 percent. They had traded as much as 1 percent higher during the launch event before reversing course.

Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer of Solaris Asset Management in New York, said he was not worried about the ship date and liked the new phones features, but also flagged a lack of surprises.

"It's sell on the news," he said. "They didn't talk about the evolution of Apple beyond the iPhone and into artificial intelligence."

The screen on the iPhone X is about the size of the current iPhone 7 plus, though the phone is smaller. It features richer colors thanks to a new technology called OLED that other vendors are also rolling out.

But in an embarrassing moment for Apple senior vice president Craig Federighi, the face ID unlocking did not work on his first attempt during the on-stage presentation.

Apple also introduced the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, which resemble the iPhone 7 line but have a glass back for wireless charging. The company said it was working on a new device, called the Airpad, that would charge all newer Apple products.

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The wireless charging uses a standard called Qi, also used by Samsung, and will work with third-party devices.

The new phones all feature Apple's first proprietary graphics processor, which provides greater speed, improved cameras and some features for augmented reality apps.

The company had previously used graphics chips from Imagination Technologies Group PLC, which put itself up for sale earlier this year after Apple said it would make its own technology.

Apple is moving to design more of the internal components of the iPhone, squeezing some suppliers but giving Apple control of key technologies.

The cheapest of the iPhone 8 models have 64 gigabytes of memory, up from 32 gigabytes in previous models, and will sell for $699 and $799.

The bump-up in memory should help suppliers of memory chips, and Apple is now angling to own a piece of the memory-chip business being sold by Toshiba Corp

Apple also introduced an upgrade to the Apple Watch. The new Series 3, which can make calls and access the internet without the user carrying an iPhone, will cost $399 and support a range of third-party apps.

Gene Munster, an analyst with Loup Ventures, believes sales of the watch could double or even triple because of the new connectivity.

An upgraded Apple TV will support the high resolution display known as 4K and will feature more programming options as Apple steps up efforts to cut content deals and produce its own shows.
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Cook opened the event at the Steve Jobs Auditorium on Apple's new campus with a tribute to the company's co-founder and former CEO Jobs, who died in 2011.

The Apple building itself was considered to be Jobs' final product, and Cook spent a few minutes boasting about the design, energy-saving features and public spaces at the new campus, including a flagship Apple Store.

The theater, never before open to the public, features an expansive glass-enclosed lobby, with two massive white stone staircases leading down to the auditorium. Inside, the decor is similar to that of Apple's stores, with hard maple flooring and tan leather seats.

The company has sold more than 1.2 billion iPhones over the past decade as it ushered in the era of mobile computing.

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California restaurant employee tried to flush newborn down toilet

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'Hand in Hand' telethon raises more than $44 million for hurricane survivors

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Mayor resigns after child sex-abuse allegation

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Murray, a Democrat and the city's first openly gay mayor, said he was resigning effective 5 p.m. Wednesday so the scandal would no longer overshadow his office.

The mayor's announcement comes after his cousin gave an interview with the Seattle Times alleging abuse, the latest in a series of similar accusations. The cousin is the fifth person to publicly accuse Murray of child sexual abuse since a lawsuit was filed against him in April.

Murray denied the allegations, as he has in the past. Previously, he called them part of a political effort to stymy his progressive agenda and support for LGBTQ and immigrant rights.

"While the allegations against me are not true, it is important that my personal issues do not affect the ability of our city government to conduct the public's business," he said in a statement.

"To the people of this special city and to my dedicated staff, I am sorry for this painful situation."

Council President Bruce Harrell will become mayor upon Murray's resignation. Harrell has five days to decide to hold the position for the remainder of Murray's term, which ends in December.

Murray, 62, was elected in 2014 after 18 years as a state lawmaker. In his statement Tuesday, he touted his accomplishments from his political career. As an openly gay state legislator, he sponsored Washington state's historic marriage equality law and a landmark bill banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.

As mayor, he raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour, passed ambitious affordable housing legislation, and laid the groundwork for a city-owned sports and entertainment arena. He was a party to a lawsuit filed in March on behalf of the city against the Trump administration over its executive order on so-called sanctuary cities.

But, in light of the latest allegations, he said it was clear it is best for the city for him to step aside.

He withdrew from the Seattle mayor's race in May, after a lawsuit accused him of repeatedly raping a man about 30 years ago. Murray denied the allegations, saying he never heard his accuser's name before the lawsuit. But he said he was dropping his re-election bid so the scandal would not overtake the election.

Delvonn Heckard said he was 15 and Murray was 32 when the sexual acts occurred, claiming that Murray paid him for them.

The complaint further alleged that Heckard was not the only child abused by the mayor. On at least one occasion, Heckard said he was at Murray's apartment when another boy who appeared underage was there. "D.H. was of the understanding that Mr. Murray was having sex with the other boy for money at the same time," the complaint alleged. A spokesman for the mayor said the allegations were unfounded.

Heckard withdrew the lawsuit in June to complete counseling, according to his lawyer. In a news conference following the withdrawal, Murray said the lawsuit was politically motivated. He vowed to continue his "progressive agenda."

Since the lawsuit, four more men have publicly accused Murray of various forms of sexual abuse when they were teens. CNN has not independently verified the claims.

CNN's Artemis Moshtaghian contributed to this report.

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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns after latest child sex-abuse allegation

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Murray, a Democrat and the city's first openly gay mayor, said he was resigning effective 5 p.m. Wednesday so the scandal would no longer overshadow his office. The mayor's announcement comes after his cousin gave an interview with the Seattle Times alleging abuse, the latest in a series of similar accusations.

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Hurricane Jose was 840 miles east of Florida on Wednesday and they're saying that its strength could loop it around back to the US and Bahamas this weekend. It could also take a different path and not end up hitting the US at all.

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parts of Disney World are closed and will remain closed until later this week due to damages caused by the hurricane.

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Here's What Disney World Looks Like After Hurricane Irma

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Guests at Disney World's Magic Kingdom Park, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios have been sharing photos of the Florida resorts on social media showing damage caused by Hurricane Irma.

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A Husband strangled his ex-wife before hurricane Harvey in Texas. Crystal McDowell was murdered by Steven McDowell hours before the storm hit. He confessed to it after the hurricane hit.

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A man shot and killed eight people at a Dallas-area home where people had gathered to watch a Dallas Cowboys football game on TV, authorities say. A police officer who was called to the home in Plano on Sunday shot and killed the gunman there, authorities said.

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A police officer who was called to the home in Plano Sunday shot and killed the gunman there, authorities said.

The names of the victims and the gunman were not immediately released. The gunman had a connection to the house, Plano Police Chief Greg Rushin said, without elaborating.

"They (the victims) knew who he was. It wasn't a stranger-on-stranger crime," Rushin said at a news conference Monday.

The victims were men and women in their 20s and 30s, Rushin said.

"We've never had a shooting of this magnitude. We've never seen this many victims before. It's just a terrible event," the chief said.

Calls reporting multiple gunshots came in to Plano Police dispatch around 8 p.m. Sunday. An officer nearby approached the residence just two minutes later, where he heard gunfire and found shooting victims down in the backyard, Rushin said.

The officer "showed great bravery," immediately engaging and fatally shooting the armed suspect who was inside the residence, Rushin said.

Seven of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, and two more were rushed to the hospital. One of the hospitalized patients later died.

The status of the surviving victim is unknown, Rushin said.

Multiple firearms of different types were recovered at the scene, the chief said.

The shooter may have been seen with a gun at a bar near the residence just before the shooting occurred, he added.

Police are not pursuing any other suspects, Rushin said.

The investigation is ongoing. Texas Rangers are handling the police-involved shooting investigation. The Plano Police Department is also conducting an internal administrative review of the officer, who has not been identified.

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8 killed in shooting at Dallas Cowboys watch party in Plano, police say

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A police officer who was called to the home in Plano Sunday shot and killed the gunman there, authorities said. The names of the victims and the gunman were not immediately released. The gunman had a connection to the house, Plano Police Chief Greg Rushin said, without elaborating.

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Russia proposed full normalization with US under trump.

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The report was based on a document obtained by BuzzFeed, which outlined the proposal a top Russian diplomat made directly to the US State Department.

Asked about the report, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert would neither confirm nor deny its accuracy. Nauert said in general terms that the US and Russia share the goal of improving diplomatic relations between the countries.

A Russian official confirmed to CNN that the document was authentic.

"We are sorry to hear that documents keep leaking from the (Trump) administration, though it shows that Russia keeps doing its best to normalize relations‎," the official said.

Earlier Tuesday, Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon met with his Russian counterpart in Finland. The meeting was their third of the year to discuss so-called "irritants" in the relationship. Nauert said the meeting provided an opportunity to "raise questions or concerns," but did not say if the two had resolved anything.

The proposal, BuzzFeed wrote, called for the US to restore all channels -- diplomatic, military and intelligence -- that had been cut following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and intervention in Syria.

In the coming months, the proposal called for Russia and the US to collaborate on information security, Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, North Korea and eventually a full face-to-face meeting between the top national security officials of the two nations.

Relations between the United States and Russia have soured considerably since the opening of the Trump administration, when many expected Trump might bring the nations closer together as he said repeatedly was his goal during the campaign.

Russian military involvement in Ukraine and Syria, as well as the US intelligence community's conclusion that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered an attempt to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election, has cast a shadow on the US side over the potential rapprochement.

The US under then-President Barack Obama increased sanctions on Russia following the country's alleged election interference, and moved to shutter some of the Kremlin's facilities in the US.

Trump met with Putin face-to-face in a scheduled meeting at the G20 summit in July then spoke again during an unannounced conversation at a dinner for world leaders during the summit. Trump went on to propose a joint US-Russia cyber effort, then after sustained criticism of the proposal, Trump said he knew "it can't" happen.

Russia responded in kind to the US' sanctions after several months delay and ordered large cuts in the US diplomatic staff in Russia. Around the same time, Trump signed a bill putting more sanctions on Russia and restricting his ability to lift them.

He also thanked Putin for forcing the US to reduce its diplomatic staff in a comment the White House later described as sarcastic. Before Moscow's deadline for the US to reduce its diplomatic staff in Russia, the US ordered the closure of three Russian facilities in the US.

CNN's Laura Koran contributed to this report.

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Georgia teacher removed from classroom after comparing Trump slogan to swastika

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A Georgia teacher who told students in her math class that they are not allowed to wear "Make America Great Again" T-shirts because the campaign slogan is akin to a swastika, will no longer be teaching in the classroom.

Lyn Orletsky was seen on a viral video telling at least two River Ridge High School students in Cherokee County that wearing the slogan made popular during President Trump's 2016 presidential campaign was like wearing the symbol of Nazism, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Cherokee County School District quickly released an apology and said that the students were not in any trouble.

"Her actions were wrong, as the 'Make America Great Again' shirts worn by the students are not a violation of our school district dress code," Cherokee County Schools spokeswoman Barbara Jacoby said at the time.

Orletsky allegedly asked the students to turn their shirts inside out for the remainder of the class, according to a Change.org petition.

"This type of ignorance should not be tolerated in our community and goes against the ethics that we as Americans come to expect," the petition, which had 636 signatures as of Wednesday, stated.

River Ridge High School Principal Darrell Herring sent the parents of Orletsky's students a letter Friday, announcing she was not teaching, "effective immediately," adding that the school assigned a substitute teacher and would continue to search for a new, permanent math teacher.

Click here for more from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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A California restaurant employee tried to flush a newborn down the toilet. She gave birth in the restroom stall.

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A restaurant employee in California is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to flush her newborn baby down a toilet after giving birth in a workplace restroom stall last week.

According to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office, despite complaining of stomach pains throughout the night, 25-year-old Sarah Lockner finished her evening shift at the restaurant, but remained in the restroom after clocking out, the Daily Journal reported.

A female employee who checked on Lockner found her in a restroom stall surrounded by a pool of blood. Not long after, a fellow employee looked over the stall door to see Lockner holding a baby to the toilet, prosecutors claimed.

The employee then heard the toilet flush, and was asked by Lockner to not call the police, prosecutors said. However, authorities were called to the scene, and took the baby to a hospital. It wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse, but is expected to survive.

Lockner told authorities she wasn't aware she was pregnant, and was surprised by the birth, according to prosecutors. She appeared in court Monday on charges of attempted murder.

Her case is scheduled to continue Sept. 18. Bail is set at $11 million, according to prosecutors.

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A restaurant employee in California is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to flush her newborn baby down a toilet after giving birth in a workplace restroom stall last week.

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The Caribbean people are running low on food and fresh water.

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Hurricane Irma leaves 'nuclear landscape' in Caribbean

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Residents of far-flung Caribbean territories and former colonies devastated by Hurricane Irma last week have a message for their longtime rulers: Don't forget us.

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'Hand in Hand' telethon raises more than $44 million for hurricane survivors

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A-list celebrities came out in droves on Monday night to take part in the Hand in Hand hurricane relief benefit, which has already raised more than $14.5 million for the victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

During the telethon, Stephen Colbert announced that Apple was donating $5 million and Jimmy Fallon added that Albertsons Cos. and Merck each gave $1 million.

NBA star Chris Paul also said that the NBA Players Association, which donated $500,000, would match any professional basketball player's donation up to $20,000.

"We come together today to love on people that have been devastated by the hurricanes," Wonder, who sang "Lean on Me," said at the start of the telethon. "When love goes into action, it preferences no color of skin, no ethnicity, no religious beliefs, no sexual preferences, and no political persuasions. It just loves."

Throughout the hour-long benefit, which was broadcast on four networks, including ABC, celebrities stressed the importance of unity. However, the current politic climate was referenced at several points. In video addresses, Drake admitted that that news cycle recently has been "extremely overwhelming," while Beyoncé noted that, "it's impossible to watch the news without seeing violence or racism in this country."

"Just when you think it couldn't possibly get worse, natural disasters take take precious life, do massive damage, and forever change lives, leaving behind contaminated water, flooded hospitals, schools, and nursing homes and countless families are now homeless," she continued. "Natural disasters don't discriminate. They don't see if you're an immigrant, black or white, Hispanic or Asian, Jewish or Muslim, wealthy or poor. It doesn't matter if you're from [Houston neighborhoods] Third Ward or River Oaks, we're all in this together."

Beyoncé, a Houston native, also touched on climate change, pointing out other natural disasters that have taken place around the world in the past few weeks, including flooding in India and an earthquake in Mexico. Wonder also discussed the issue, and had harsh words for climate change deniers.

"Anyone who believes that there is no such thing as global warming must be blind or unintelligent," he said.

The telethon was also punctuated by stars including Kerry Washington, Sean "Diddy" Combs; Oprah Winfrey and Cher; and Justin Timberlake telling stories of those who were directly impacted by the hurricanes, as well as performances in locations around the country. In Nashville, Usher and Blake Shelton sang "Stand By Me," while George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett sang "Texas" and "I Believe" from San Antonio. Other performances included Luis Fonsi and Tori Kelly singing "Hallelujah," Brad Paisley, Demi Lovato, Darius Rucker, Cece Winans performing "With a Little Help from My Friends," and Dave Matthews singing "Mercy.

"This is what we can give people with our donations tonight. We can't bring back what they lost, but we can help them know where to take the next step and provide some solid footing for them to place their next foot. A path to stability. To a place where they can rebuild," Matthew McConaughey told viewers. "This is what they need and this is what we can give them."

Also answering phones during the telethon: Justin Bieber, George Clooney, Julianne Moore, Bruce Willis, Sofia Vergara, Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, among others. Billy Crystal closed the telethon thanking everyone at all the call centers, and reminding people that the phone lines and donation centers will be open all night. He concluded, "This is what America is really all about."

Comic Relief USA, the nonprofit behind Idol Gives Back, will manage the donations and distribute them to organizations including the Rebuild Texas Fund, Feeding Texas, Habitat for Humanity, United Way of Greater Houston.

Originally, the Hand in Hand telethon was meant to benefit the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, it was later expanded to include those affected by Irma, which hit the southeast, as well. It has been estimated that the storms caused between $150 billion and $290 billion in damage to Texas and Florida.

At least 70 people died during Hurricane Harvey, and 12 deaths have been reported in the U.S. from Hurricane Irma.

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Peek inside Egypt's latest tomb discovery

The tomb is in Luxor, Egypt. It is 3500 years old and was the tomb of a goldsmith and his family

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A registered sex offender has been charged with the rape of an 11 year old girl.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A registered sex offender has been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a Springfield hospital while she was visiting a woman who had delivered twins.

Fifty-seven-year-old Dave Saffeels was charged Saturday with nine felonies, including child molestation, stemming from allegations that he assaulted the 11-year-old and a 2-year-old girl. The Springfield News-Leader reports he is jailed on $500,000 bond. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.

The probable cause statement says the older girl was repeatedly assaulted in August in a patient room of Cox South Hospital, where Saffeels also was a visitor. Cox spokeswoman Kaitlyn McConnell says the hospital wasn't aware of the allegations at the time.

Saffeels was registered as a sex offender because of a 2002 conviction for sexually abusing a 6-year-old.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A registered sex offender has been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a Springfield hospital while she was visiting a woman who had delivered twins. Fifty-seven-year-old Dave Saffeels was charged Saturday with nine felonies, including child molestation, stemming from allegations that he assaulted the 11-year-old and a 2-year-old girl.

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Yup, it costs $999. But you'll pay it.

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Holy hardware! The next iPhone costs $999.

The iPhone X comes with all the bells and whistles: an edge-to-edge screen, face recognition, wireless charging and an improved camera.

But is anyone going to pay such a high price for an iPhone? You bet.

"Apple has cultivated a class of buyers who pay more and expect to pay more for a type of brand prestige," Steve Wozniak, Apple's cofounder, told CNNMoney on Monday. "Even techies want to show off that they have the very latest iPhone."

The iPhone X is the first iPhone in three years to look substantially different from the iPhone 6.

Although some may want the latest and greatest, Apple fans weren't always willing to shell out so much for a new iPhone. A decade ago, consumers feigned shock and horror when the company said the first iPhone would cost $599. Apple eventually cut the price by $200 and offered credits to customers who already bought one.

Fast forward to today: The average selling price of an iPhone is $605 -- and no one blinks an eye. The 256 GB iPhone 7 Plus had cost $969. So some folks have already paid $1,000 for their iPhones.

Related: Will $1,000 iPhone = $1 trillion value for Apple?

Apple and the rest of the smartphone industry have done an impressive job removing the sticker shock by moving to a monthly payment model.

The average iPhone sold last quarter cost just $25 a month over two years. At $999, the iPhone X will cost $42 a month over two years. That means $17 a month more than what many are already paying.

Apple analyst Gene Munster, now with Loup Ventures, believes between 30% and 40% of Apple's customers would be willing to pay the $999 to buy the new iPhone.

People spend more than four hours a day on their phones, according to comScore. That makes them far more valuable than any other gadget -- including laptops, which easily sell for over $1,000.

"Your greatest return on investment for any piece of technology is your phone," Munster said. "People have become more comfortable spending lots of money on their phones."

Related: Apple's big iPhone reveal is coming

The counterargument is that there are really great phones on the market now for less than $400. Xiaomi, OnePlus and Motorola have raced to offer competively-priced devices that maintain surprisingly high quality. Even Apple understands the appeal of lower-cost devices with its iPhone SE for $399.

But Horace Dediu, an Apple analyst with Asymco, believes offering a super high-end iPhone is the right move for Apple, because it follows a classic retail strategy.

Consumer goods makers typically offer low-end, mid-range and high-end products, and customers typically find themselves buying in the middle. Apple has offered a less-expensive and a mid-range iPhone, but it hasn't yet come out with a bells-and-whistles, aspirational iPhone for its biggest fans.

"Without an aspirational product, it assumes there's no value in a phone beyond its utility," Dediu said. "But some people want to buy expensive things to feel good about themselves, because they want to give expensive gifts or feel powerful or influential."

How does Apple's biggest fan feel about the $999 price?

"I'm sure that I'll want at least one of the new iPhone, but maybe not five of them, like in the past," Wozniak said.

Updated: A version of this article was published on Monday, before the Apple announcement.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 12, 2017: 3:10 PM ET

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2 American women raped by Italian Police

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The probe into the alleged rape of two American women by members of Italy 's paramilitary police corps continued this week, as the policemen were questioned, DNA testing in the case advanced, and a top Italian official promised a "firm" response.

The American women, who were studying in Florence, say that two policeman in Italy's Carabinieri force raped them after driving them home in the city early Thursday morning.

Prosecutors said on Monday they were awaiting test results for DNA samples taken from the landing and the elevator in the apartment building where the women lived, where the assaults are alleged to have taken place.

Italian media is reporting that one policeman was questioned by investigators in recent days, and he reportedly told prosecutors he had sex with one of the women. His lawyer told reporters that her client maintained the sex was consensual, and the woman was not drunk.

Italian news agency Ansa reported that the second policeman was questioned for about two hours on Tuesday by prosecutors in Florence. The policeman spoke to the prosecutor voluntarily, before being summoned, according to the report. The prosecutor's office would not confirm the details of this report to ABC News.

The Carabinieri said the two policemen were suspended last week pending the outcome of the probe. Neither has been officially identified by authorities, nor have they been charged.

"It is an extremely serious case, just thinking of these girls and thinking that whoever did this was wearing a uniform that usually signifies security and closeness to citizens," Italy's Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti said Tuesday. "We will follow the work of the prosecutors but we will be firm."

The two women were renting an apartment in the upscale center of Florence. The uniformed officers were reportedly called to a Florence nightclub called Flo, near the city's Piazza Michelangelo, to calm a brawl in the disco. This is where they met the women before driving them home and allegedly assaulting them.

Gabriele Zanodini, a lawyer for one of the women, told ABC News today that, under Italian law, what happened clearly would prompt a rape investigation. Under Italian law, prosecutors have six months -- which can be extended -- to carry out their preliminary investigation before deciding on charges. Details of the investigation cannot legally be made public until charges are made and a trial is conducted.

Italian media is reporting that the women were 19 and 21 years old. ABC News does not typically report the name of victims of potential sexual assault, and under Italian law, the names may not be made public.

Zanodini said his client's family "should arrive soon" in Italy, and that the family of the other woman had already arrived. ABC News was not able to reach the other woman's lawyer.

Italian Police Chief Franco Gabrielli said Monday that "individual cases should be judged extremely firmly, with extreme severity."

"Fortunately we have strong and solid institutions that will surely experience these situations with great pain and unhappiness," Gabrielli said, "but this will not remotely affect the history of the Carabinieri paramilitary police corps that has, for more than 200 years, guaranteed legality, and the respect for the rules, and laws of our country."

A former prime minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi, called the case "a blood-curdling use of the uniform." Renzi, who is also a former mayor of Florence, said, "What happened in Florence is of an unprecedented gravity."

ABC News's Phoebe Natanson in Rome and The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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Carribean Islands are running out of food and water

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hurricane irma leaves 'nuclear landscape' in caribbean - cnn

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Hurricane Irma leaves 'nuclear landscape' in Caribbean

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Residents of far-flung Caribbean territories and former colonies devastated by Hurricane Irma last week have a message for their longtime rulers: Don't forget us.

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A registered sex offender was charged with assaulting a 11 year old in a Springfield hospital visiting a women that just gave birth to twins.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A registered sex offender has been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a Springfield hospital while she was visiting a woman who had delivered twins.

Fifty-seven-year-old Dave Saffeels was charged Saturday with nine felonies, including child molestation, stemming from allegations that he assaulted the 11-year-old and a 2-year-old girl. The Springfield News-Leader reports he is jailed on $500,000 bond. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.

The probable cause statement says the older girl was repeatedly assaulted in August in a patient room of Cox South Hospital, where Saffeels also was a visitor. Cox spokeswoman Kaitlyn McConnell says the hospital wasn't aware of the allegations at the time.

Saffeels was registered as a sex offender because of a 2002 conviction for sexually abusing a 6-year-old.

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Sex offender accused of raping 11-year-old girl in hospital room

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A registered sex offender has been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a Springfield hospital while she was visiting a woman who had delivered twins. Fifty-seven-year-old Dave Saffeels was charged Saturday with nine felonies, including child molestation, stemming from allegations that he assaulted the 11-year-old and a 2-year-old girl.

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A hunter from Norway was on a remote mountain when he found a 1,100 year old viking sword.

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The incredibly well-preserved Viking sword was found by a reindeer hunter on a remote mountain in Southern Norway.

The Glacier Archaeology Program at Oppland County Council was recently notified about the sword, which was found in late August in the high mountains of the Lesja area. "It is a common type of Viking sword - what makes it special is the context and the preservation: It was found at 1640 m [5381 feet] above sea level," explained Lars Pilø, an archaeologist at Oppland County Council, in an email to Fox News. "To my knowledge, a Viking sword has never been found at such a high altitude before."
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Researchers accompanied hunter Einar Ambakk, who found the sword, back to the site with a metal detector, but were unable to find any other artifacts nearby.

Pilø told Fox News that the sword had been lying on the mountain surface for around 1,100 years. " That a sword should survive more than a thousand years in the open is hard for some people to believe," he explained, but added that, for professional glacier and high altitude archaeologists, it is less surprising. "Previously we have found iron arrowheads that are even older, with the same degree of preservation," he added.
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Pilø attributed the sword's incredible preservation to excellent quality of Viking iron, as well as the cold, dry conditions on the mountain. Additionally, the sword was found lying in scree, or small, loose stones, as opposed to soil, which helped preserve it, he said. "Just to be clear: the sword is not from the ice, though of course it would have been covered with snow and ice for much of the year," he said.

In a post on the Glacier Archaeology Program's website, Secrets of the Ice, Pilø speculates that, given the inhospitable terrain, it is possible that the sword's owner became lost during a blizzard. "It seems likely that the sword belonged to a Viking who died on the mountain, perhaps from exposure," he said. "However, if that is indeed the case, was he traveling in the high mountains with only his sword? It is a bit of a mystery..."
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In his email to Fox News, Pilø explained that retreating glaciers and ice patches have revealed a trove of artifacts in Oppland County. "We have more than half of such finds worldwide, the oldest dating back 6,000 years," he said. "The retreat of mountain glaciers and ice patches here in Oppland is part of a worldwide phenomenon linked to climate change."

The sword is just the latest fascinating archaeological find in Norway. Last year, for example, archaeologists in Trondheim unearthed the church where Viking King Olaf Haraldsson was first enshrined as a saint.
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Viking sword discovery: Hunter finds 1,100-year-old weapon on Norwegian mountain

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The incredibly well-preserved Viking sword was found by a reindeer hunter on a remote mountain in Southern Norway. The Glacier Archaeology Program at Oppland County Council was recently notified about the sword, which was found in late August in the high mountains of the Lesja area.