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Major phishing attack targeted Google Docs users

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Doug Whaley Fired by Bills, Owner Terry Pegula Releases Statement

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Why the f*** are you talking s*** with kids in the room?

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Welcome to the Swear Zone.

Remember the good old days, when decorum was still intact? The days where without a hot mic we never would have heard George W. Bush call a reporter a "major-league asshole" or Joe Biden's aside to Barack Obama that passing health care reform was "a big fucking deal."

Those days are over. Politics are not only wildly unpredictable, they're NSFWAF. Blame Donald Trump for taking us to new lows, but here's something new: the Democrats are jumping deep in the mud with him.

Last weekend, for example, with children on stage behind him, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez leaned right into a microphone and told an audience in Las Vegas that Trump "doesn't give a shit about health care." In Portland, Maine, Perez said, "They call it a skinny budget, I call it a shitty budget." Earlier this month the DNC began selling a t-shirt that read, "Democrats give a shit about people."

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand appeared to agree: Of her Congressional cohort she told New York magazine "If we're not helping people, we should go the fuck home." Nice.

I consider myself an expert at swearing. I love a good F-bomb. But we have a problem here. All good swearers know -- the art of swearing is knowing the time, use and place.

A spokeswoman for the DNC, Xochitli Hinojosa offered this explanation for their chairman, "Tom is angry, and he's angry because Donald Trump continues to stick it to the American people."

I have a different explanation -- politicians are swearing more because it works. There's science that suggests why. A team of researchers from the United States, Netherlands, the UK and Hong Kong found that people who use profanity are less likely to be associated by others with lying and deception.

University of California, San Diego, professor Benjamin Bergen's research on profanity shows that this perceived honesty has a neurological basis. The brain's language center is in the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex but swearing is controlled by the limbic system -- which is the part of the brain that processes emotions.

What does that mean? It means, when you swear, other people process it in the emotion center of the brain so you don't sound so "scripted" and that makes you seem more authentic and passionate about what you're saying. And there's yet another benefit to swearing. Author, Michael Adams argues that it can help you bond with people. In his book, "In Praise of Profanity" he writes that swearers "are unexpectedly useful in fostering human relations because they carry risk ... We like to get away with things and sometimes we do so with like-minded people."

And the greatest benefit of all to politicians? When you swear you don't sound like one. You sound like the rest of us.

Trump, the billionaire who lives in a golden mansion and is actually nothing like the rest of us, is the poster child for this strategy. He rolls out the crass and offensive language and the crowd goes wild. Remember this? And remember the shock of hearing him gloat on tape about moving on a woman "like a bitch" and how he loves to "grab 'em by the pussy."

When it happened, I argued that the comments would not hurt him, and in a sick way those comments (and his apology later) would actually help him.

Consider the opening lines of his apology: "I've never said I'm a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone that I'm not." He was making it clear -- I'm not a stiff Washington insider -- I swear, I make mistakes and I tell it like it is ... just like you. Clearly, it worked. According to a new poll, only 2% of the people who voted for Trump regret it.

Now that we've stepped into the Swear Zone, there's no turning back. Indeed, when Gillibrand dropped the f-bomb, people actually floated the theory that she's swearing because she's gearing up for a presidential run.

There's good reason to worry that these new, profane politics will distract us even further in an already confused and partisan time -- that we'll all be too romanced by the drama, emotion and swearing that we'll forget about what's really important for all our futures: thoughtful discussion on policy and the issues. There's a time and place for bad words, and the place isn't every time a politician steps up to a mic.

I can just imagine a politician explaining it to you this way:

"This political correctness s--t has to stop! When I swear, you think I'm being honest because of the limbic system in your f-ing brain and it makes me more goddamn convincing to you! I don't sound like a dumbass politician talking all kinds of fancy bulls--t. I sound like that buddy you drink beers with. How f-ing cool is that?"

It's not. Not fucking cool at all.

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Why the f*** are you talking s*** with kids in the room?

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Welcome to the Swear Zone. Remember the good old days, when decorum was still intact? The days where without a hot mic we never would have heard George W. Bush call a reporter a "major-league asshole" or Joe Biden's aside to Barack Obama that passing health care reform was "a big fucking deal."

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Man kicked off flight because he had to use the bathroom

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A passenger who was on board a Delta flight says he was kicked off because he had to use the lavatory while the plane was waiting to takeoff.

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This mural is getting a lot of backlash.

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But the mural, by Chicago artist Chris Devins, has sparked intense debate -- and not for the usual political reasons.

Shortly after Devins finished the mural last Friday, criticism began bubbling up online. People accused him of copying the image from Rhode Island art student Gelila Mesfin, who had posted a nearly identical portrait of Michelle Obama on Instagram last year.

News of the mural's existence came as a huge surprise to Mesfin, too.

"How can you just steal someone's artwork... someone's hard work and claim it like it's yours..." she wrote Saturday in an Instagram post.

"How can you go on record and say you designed this... this is so disheartening and so disrespectful on so many levels..." Mesfin added. "It's one thing to share or even profit from someone's work but to claim it as yours is just wrong!"

In an interview Tuesday with CNN, Devins denied any wrongdoing. He said he didn't know who Mesfin was prior to last week and only learned of her artwork after someone on Instagram notified him of her accusations.

"I credited Ms. Mesfin for her work immediately. I've taken the heat and will gladly do so as long as the kids have a mural they can look up to," he said.

Devins said he got the idea for the mural from an image he found on Pinterest that depicted the former first lady as an Egyptian queen. He said he didn't know where it had originated.

Devins, who calls himself an urban planner as well as an artist, is known for painting large outdoor murals and installations around Chicago. He said he chose the mural's location -- across the street from an elementary school Michelle Obama once attended on the city's South Side -- because "I wanted a mural that would serve as an inspiration for the young ladies on Chicago's South Side and young ladies everywhere."

Devins launched a GoFundMe page and raised nearly $12,000 before completing the mural.

In recent days he has been careful to credit Mesfin in all his social media posts. He said he has not spoken directly to Mesfin about the controversy but has offered to pay her a licensing fee and is negotiating with her attorney.

"For me, this is a time for learning and self-reflection, not justification. Though I did not receive any funds based on Ms. Mesfin's work, I was granted money based on a socially responsible message about Black women," he said in a statement. "She has accepted my extended hand of friendship and collaboration."

Devins is certainly not the first artist to appropriate someone else's work. In fact, Mesfin herself adapted her Obama portrait from a photograph by Collier Schorr that appeared last fall in the New York Times' magazine. She has consistently credited Schorr in her Instagram posts.

CNN has reached out to Mesfin for comment but has yet to hear back.

But in a statement posted on her social media accounts, Mesfin said she has been in contact with Devins in hopes of resolving the issue "in a professional manner."

"I only ask that everyone keep this positive towards him; I preach love, not anger or hate of any kind," she added.

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Chicago artist creates a mural of Michelle Obama and no one's happy

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But the mural, by Chicago artist Chris Devins, has sparked intense debate -- and not for the usual political reasons. Shortly after Devins finished the mural last Friday, criticism began bubbling up online. People accused him of copying the image from Rhode Island art student Gelila Mesfin, who had posted a nearly identical portrait of Michelle Obama on Instagram last year.

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100 days that changed America

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Jeff Goldblum is returning for Jurassic Park.

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Airline passengers caught with 10 kilos of cocaine in pants, officers say

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No guarantee that the middle class won't pay more under new tax plan. ( Or if will even effect Trump )

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Airline passengers caught with 10 kilos of cocaine in pants

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Larry Bird's eye-popping entrance at NBA headquarters.

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And to be sure, this delivery was something special.

Bird drove up to NBA headquarters on Fifth Avenue in an IndyCar racer, similar to the ones they drive at the Indianapolis 500. Except this ride was tricked out in the Indiana Pacers' blue and yellow colors.

Growing up in the tiny Indiana town of French Lick and then later attending Indiana State University, Bird followed his Celtics career by returning home to join the Pacers as coach and president of basketball operations. He is now the team president.

On Monday, the 60-year-old Bird somehow crammed his lanky 6-foot-9-inch body into the car's tiny driver's seat and performed the photo op, with onlookers standing by.

Indianapolis has made a name for itself as a sports-friendly city -- as home to the NCAA and host of the 2012 Super Bowl. Hosting the game can inject tens of millions of dollars into a city's economy. Officials in several cities -- including Detroit, Sacramento, Cleveland, Houston, Portland, Orlando and Milwaukee -- are hoping to win the All-Star Game in either 2020 or 2021, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. Houston, Los Angeles and New Orleans are vying to be included in a "regular rotation of hosts," the Journal reported.

The Pacers haven't hosted the All-Star Game since 1985.

The All-Star Game is traditionally played in February, preceded by a 3-point shooting contest and a slam dunk contest. The announcement of the 2021 host city is expected sometime in October.

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Larry Bird's eye-popping entrance at NBA HQ

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And to be sure, this delivery was something special. Bird drove up to NBA headquarters on Fifth Avenue in an IndyCar racer, similar to the ones they drive at the Indianapolis 500. Except this ride was tricked out in the Indiana Pacers' blue and yellow colors.

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Canadian firefighters rescue woman from crane in Toronto.

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Firefighters perform risky rescue of woman stuck atop a crane in Toronto; she faces a mischief charge. "I'm not a hero ... I'm just doing my job."

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keep your children away from energy drinks.

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Man kicked off flight for using bathroom

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airline passenger caught with twn kilos of cocain in pants

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Avery Antill - Delaware trooper's suspected killer surrounded in home hours after shooting

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Avery Antill - Delaware trooper's suspected killer surrounded in home hours after shooting

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The suspect in a fatal shooting of a Delaware state trooper remained barricaded inside his home Thursday morning, and officials were using explosives to breach multiple entry points into the residence but hadn't gone inside.

Police said the suspected gunman fired at officers who were outside his home around 4 a.m. It was not known what type of weapon he was using. There were no reported injuries and nearby residents had already been evacuated.

Authorities have identified the suspect but haven't publicly named him.

"Multiple Special Operations Response Teams and Conflict Management Teams from allied police agencies are attempting to make contact with the male subject and are continuing to attempt to persuade him to surrender," Master Corporal Gary Fournier said in a statement.

The standoff occurred after the suspect is believed to have gunned down a state trooper in a Wawa parking lot.

Delaware State Police Superintendent Nathaniel McQueen said the trooper approached a "suspicious vehicle" with two men inside. McQueen said a struggle ensued and the trooper was shot multiple times by one of the men, who then fled the scene. The second man was arrested at the scene of the shooting.

One witness, Clarence Travers, told The News Journal of Wilmington that he heard gunfire while sitting at a red light and saw a police officer fall to the ground. After the initial gunfire, Travers said he saw a man get out of a car and shoot the officer on the ground multiple times before getting away.

Police have not corroborated Travers' version of events.

The trooper was identified late Wednesday as Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard, 32. He had been on the force for more than eight years, according to state police spokesman Sgt. Richard Bratz.

"This is a sad day for our state and for the Delaware State Police family," McQueen said, with Gov. John Carney at his side.

"My heart is with the officer's family and the officers who have served beside him," Carney, a Democrat, said in a statement.

Police tracked the gunman to his home in a subdivision of two-story houses in Middletown, about 15 miles south of where the trooper was shot.

Sarah Adkins, 18, who lives with her parents on the same street where the suspect was barricaded, said that shortly after arriving home early Thursday afternoon, she started hearing sporadic gunfire that lasted for about an hour and resumed at other intervals.

"It's been scary," said Adkins, who was told by police to go to her basement and stay there.

Adkins said the man believed to be the suspect went to school with her brothers, and has always seemed friendly, smiling and waving at her when she last saw him a couple of weeks ago.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Delaware trooper shot outside Wawa dies; suspect surrounded in home

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The suspect in a fatal shooting of a Delaware state trooper remained barricaded inside his home Thursday morning, and officials were using explosives to breach multiple entry points into the residence but hadn't gone inside. Police said the suspected gunman fired at officers who were outside his home around 4 a.m.

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Boris Johnson says UK likely to strike Syria if asked by US

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A passenger who was on board a Delta flight says he was kicked off because he had to use the lavatory while the plane was waiting to takeoff.

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A passenger who was on board a Delta flight says he was kicked off because he had to use the lavatory while the plane was waiting to takeoff.

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A toddler survives being run over twice in a row on a busy street in China.

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A toddler survives being run over twice in a row on a busy street in China.

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Milwaukee man kicked off Delta flight for using bathroom as plane waited on tarmac

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A toddler was run over twice in china on a busy street and finally someone came to save it.

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A toddler survives being run over twice in a row on a busy street in China.

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Mr. Kohl-  Congress trying to agree on Budget. Trump saying the spending bill had to include funding for a US-Mexico border wall. Now, the fight’s shifted to healthcare. Yesterday, House Republicans said they’ll only pass a bill if it doesn’t include funding for Obamacare subsidies.

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Mr. Kohl-  Congress trying to agree on Budget. Trump saying the spending bill had to include funding for a US-Mexico border wall. Now, the fight’s shifted to healthcare. Yesterday, House Republicans said they’ll only pass a bill if it doesn’t include funding for Obamacare subsidies.

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The Republican chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations committees have endorsed the idea of a short-term spending bill to keep the government open while budget negotiations continue.

The stop-gap spending measure, introduced by House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey would and put off the deadline to May 5 th.

"I am optimistic that a final funding package will be completed soon," Frelinghuysen said. "It is time that this essential work is completed so that critical programs and activities - including national defense - are properly and adequately funded for the year."

Republican Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran of Mississippi said, "We've made substantial progress on an agreement to complete the 2017 appropriations process. Let's pass this new continuing resolution, and make good use of this extra time to enact overdue legislation to provide for national defense and meet our country's needs."

The bill still has to pass both chambers by midnight Friday to avoid a government shutdown. But the progress comes as President Trump threatened to derail negotiations with last-minute demands. Earlier this week, the president tweeted about border-wall funding, military spending and cutting off subsidies for the Affordable Care Act.

In reality, border funding and Obamacare subsidies would be big fights on their own, let alone jammed into a spending bill to keep the lights on in the government, because Congress has been unable to pass a budget.

The Trump White House floated trying to swap, dollar-for-dollar, border funding for Obamacare subsidies. That was a nonstarter with Democrats, especially given what little leverage in public opinion they see for Republicans. Both the GOP health-care proposal and the border wall have been unpopular.

There are also complications within the GOP. Plenty of border-area Republicans are against a wall, and moderates are in favor of administering Obamacare in a good-faith way.

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Congress Likely To Avoid Government Shutdown (At Least For Another Week)

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The Republican chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations committees have endorsed the idea of a short-term spending bill to keep the government open while budget negotiations continue. The stop-gap spending measure, introduced by House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey would and put off the deadline to May 5 th.