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North Korea has announced plans for a space development program.

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North Korea has announced new ambitious plans for a space program aiming to pave the way for "space conquest."

A commentary published in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the mouthpiece of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee, detailed a five-year National Space Development plan aiming to build a satellite communication system by June 2019 to contribute to "economic development, including geostationary satellites, and people's lives."

Following a series of missile test launches and its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date, the country has renewed its focus on outer space. The U.S. has long considered the space program to be a pretext for developing missile technology, as rockets used in satellite launches share similar designs, engines and other technology with intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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The North Korean press attacked the U.S. for "imposing various unreasonable conditions" hampering space technology development, in reference to U.N. sanctions imposed on the country following its first successful satellite launch in December 2012 after a series of failures in 1998, 2006, 2009 and April 2012.

At the time, the country claimed to have launched a communications satellite into orbit, but no signal had ever been detected from it. North Korea then conducted another satellite rocket launch in February 2016, the Kwangmyongsong-4, just weeks after conducting its fifth nuclear test.

This time, South Korea confirmed the rocket had put an object into orbit but, according to a U.S. defense official who spoke to CNN, it was virtually useless. Following the launch, the U.S. imposed tough new sanctions and South Korea ended operations at the shared Kaesong industrial complex.

Feeling constrained by earthly boundaries of regulations, sanctions and conventions, North Korea now looks to the universe as a lawless territory ripe for exploitation. "The reality is that competition for the conquest of the universe is growing in developing countries and that space development is becoming a global trend," the Rodong Sinmun article read.

"The universe is an abundance of mankind, and there are no boundaries or boundaries in the infinite universe space, such as those on earth's land masses or seas," it added.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was also quoted in a separate article calling for faster scientific developments.

"We need to accelerate the construction of a science and technology powerhouse, bring a new leap forward in the country's science and technology development in a short period of time, open up the era of scientific advancement, and bring about a revolutionary transformation in the construction of socialism," he reportedly stated.

Following the February launch, Kim exhorted North Korean scientists to pursue more satellite launches. In September 2016, he supervised the test of a new rocket engine to launch geostationary satellites and hailed another high-thrust engine test in March as the "birth" of the country's rocket industry.

The country's deputy ambassador to the U.N. already hinted at the plans at a General Assembly committee meeting on "International Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space" earlier this month and defended his country's space ambitions.

According to the country's delegate Kim In Ryong, no U.N. article states that satellite launches threaten international peace and security. "Nor is there any article stipulating that one cannot use ballistic rocket technology in launching a satellite," he added, quoted in the Associated Press.

The latest information about the country's space development plans come amid concerns that North Korea may carry out another provocation as President Donald Trump makes a tour of Asia.

After holding trilateral talks in Hawaii, senior defense officials from the U.S., South Korea and Japan urged Pyongyang "to refrain from irresponsible provocations that aggravate regional tensions, and to walk away from its destructive and reckless path of development," Reuters reported Monday.

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North Korea is reaching for the stars with plans to conquer space

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North Korea has announced new ambitious plans for a space program aiming to pave the way for "space conquest." A commentary published in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the mouthpiece of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee, detailed a five-year National Space Development plan aiming to build a satellite communication system by June 2019 to contribute to "economic development, including geostationary satellites, and people's lives."

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22 women driving down dies after 12 year boy lands on her car as the boy was attempting suicide she died by crash the car and the boy lived and charged for 2 degree murder.

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A 22-year-old woman was killed after a 12-year-old boy attempting suicide by jumping off an overpass in Virginia landed on her car Saturday afternoon, investigators said.

Virginia State Police said Marisa Harris, 22, of Olney, Md., was driving east on Interstate 66 when the boy landed on top of her Ford Escape, WRC-TV reported.

While the boy's jump left Harris "incapacitated," he survived and was being treated for life-threatening injuries at Inova Fairfax Hospital.

Harris' boyfriend, who was sitting in the SUV's passenger seat, steered the car to the side of the road, police added. Harris died at the scene.

Harris' family members told WRC she was a graduate student at Marymount University in Arlington, where she studied clinical counseling.

WDCW reported police are investigating the incident as a suicide.

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Virginia driver killed after 12-year-old boy attempting suicide jumps, lands on her car

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A 22-year-old woman was killed after a 12-year-old boy attempting suicide by jumping off an overpass in Virginia landed on her car Saturday afternoon, investigators said. Virginia State Police said Marisa Harris, 22, of Olney, Md., was driving east on Interstate 66 when the boy landed on top of her Ford Escape, WRC-TV reported.

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Google CEO addresses Hamburger emoji debate

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The burger emoji is sparking some controversy online.

Google's version of the emoji on Android shows the cheese beneath the burger and above the bun. While the cheese placement isn't new, a writer and media analyst started a debate that went viral over the weekend over whether or not it should be placed on top or below the burger.

"I think we need to have a discussion about how Google's burger emoji is placing the cheese underneath the burger, while Apple puts it on top," he tweeted.

Twitter users were quick to weigh in on what they thought was the proper order of a burger's toppings.

"Obviously, cheese must be on top of meat," wrote one Twitter user.

I think we need to have a discussion about how Google's burger emoji is placing the cheese underneath the burger, while Apple puts it on top pic.twitter.com/PgXmCkY3Yc
- Thomas Baekdal (@baekdal) October 28, 2017

"They're both wrong. Google's cheese is wrong, Apple's lettuce is wrong. The correct order, from bottom up, is burger - cheese - toppings," said another user.

Following backlash on Twitter, Google CEO Sundar Pichai tweeted he would "drop everything" on Monday to address the debate, clarifying "if folks can agree on the correct way to do this!"

However, no changes have happened yet.

Related: Apple teases hundreds of new emoji, including gender neutral options

Companies like Google and Apple comes up with their own interpretation of the symbols approved by the Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit that sets the global standard for emoji and other software. That's why emoji -- like the burger -- look different on iPhones than on Android devices.

Android recently redesigned its emoji following criticism that it resembles blobs.Earlier this month, Apple teased hundreds of new emoji, such as a gender neutral option, a Chinese takeout box and a hedgehog.

Although there may not be a "right" way to assemble a cheeseburger, some Twitter users believe Microsoft's depiction of the emoji was the most accurate.

"The burger emoji battle is fun, but let's take a moment to point out that Microsoft is the only one that gets it completely right," one user wrote.

CNNMoney (New York) First published October 30, 2017: 12:42 PM ET

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Google's version of the emoji on Android shows the cheese beneath the burger and above the bun. While the cheese placement isn't new, a writer and media analyst started a debate that went viral over the weekend over whether or not it should be placed on top or below the burger.

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Virgina driver, Marisa Harris, dies after 12 year old boy attempting suicide jumps off bridge and lands on her car. She dies but the boy survives.

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A 22-year-old woman was killed after a 12-year-old boy attempting suicide by jumping off an overpass in Virginia landed on her car Saturday afternoon, investigators said.

Virginia State Police said Marisa Harris, 22, of Olney, Md., was driving east on Interstate 66 when the boy landed on top of her Ford Escape, WRC-TV reported.

While the boy's jump left Harris "incapacitated," he survived and was being treated for life-threatening injuries at Inova Fairfax Hospital.

Harris' boyfriend, who was sitting in the SUV's passenger seat, steered the car to the side of the road, police added. Harris died at the scene.

Harris' family members told WRC she was a graduate student at Marymount University in Arlington, where she studied clinical counseling.

WDCW reported police are investigating the incident as a suicide.

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Virginia driver killed after 12-year-old boy attempting suicide jumps, lands on her car

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A 22-year-old woman was killed after a 12-year-old boy attempting suicide by jumping off an overpass in Virginia landed on her car Saturday afternoon, investigators said. Virginia State Police said Marisa Harris, 22, of Olney, Md., was driving east on Interstate 66 when the boy landed on top of her Ford Escape, WRC-TV reported.

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The U.S. military is reportedly investigating the possible involvement of two SEAL Team 6 commandos in the strangulation death of an Army Green Beret while on a secret assignment in Mali, The New York Times report. Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar, 34, was found dead on June 4 at the embassy housing he shared with several other special operations forces working in West Africa on training and counterterrorism missions, the New York Times reported.

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The U.S. military is reportedly investigating the possible involvement of two SEAL Team 6 commandos in the strangulation death of an Army Green Beret while on a secret assignment in Mali, The New York Times report.

Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar, 34, was found dead on June 4 at the embassy housing he shared with several other special operations forces working in West Africa on training and counterterrorism missions, the New York Times reported.

A military medical examiner reportedly ruled the cause of Melgar's death to be "a homicide by asphyxiation," or strangulation. An investigating officer was reportedly sent to Mali within 24 hours following the incident, suspecting foul play.

The cause of the death is listed as a homicide, according to the Washington Post. A military spokesman could not release additional information except that the incident is still under investigation.

There have been no charges, but the two members of the SEAL Team 6 - the famous counterterror unit that killed Usama Bin Laden in 2011 - were flown out of Mali and placed on administrative leave, The Times reported.

The commandoes were initially described as "witnesses" but later changed to "persons of interest" as the authorities continue to determine the exact degree of participating of the commandos in the homicide, the report said.

The possible involvement of the elite force members has sparked speculations among the Green Beret community about the possible motive for the death, some suggesting it was a personal dispute, while others wonder whether Melgar have uncovered some illegal activity the commandos were involved in, according to the Times who spoke with the troops and their families.

Melgar was the 34-year-old Afghanistan veteran who joined the army in 2012 and assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group - the same unit of soldiers that was attacked by Islamic militants in Niger on October 4 and resulted in the deaths of four soldiers.

The Green Beret soldier was in Mali on a mission to provide intelligence about the Islamic militants to the U.S. Ambassador Paul A. Folmsbee in the country and protect the staff against possible attacks, the Times reported.

Melgar is scheduled to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on November 20.

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Report: Two Navy SEALs eyed in strangulation of Green Beret in Mali

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The U.S. military is reportedly investigating the possible involvement of two SEAL Team 6 commandos in the strangulation death of an Army Green Beret while on a secret assignment in Mali, The New York Times report. Staff Sgt. Logan J.

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Somewhere you can go to vocation without payment

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent emergency surgery after suffering a brutal knee injury that reportedly put him in danger of him losing his leg.

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent emergency surgery on Sunday night after suffering a brutal injury to his knee that reportedly put him in danger of losing his leg. Initial reports from the field indicated that Miller suffered a dislocated left knee during a third quarter touchdown attempt, with ESPN later citing sources that the 33-year-old required vascular surgery to repair a damaged artery as a result of the injury.

According to the ESPN report, team sources said the injury was "more significant" than a regular dislocation, and that the surgery required grafting tissue from Miller's right leg to repair the damaged artery in his left leg.

At the time of the injury, Miller was attempting to haul in a 25-yard touchdown pass from rookie quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, but his left leg bent awkwardly as he landed. The play was originally called a touchdown, but as Miller was carted off the field officials overturned the call and said that the ground caused the ball to loosen in his grasp as his upper body crashed to the turf.
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"I didn't watch it after I saw it the first time. To go from the elation of, 'What a play, what a throw!' in that situation of the game to overturn and Zach obviously being injured ... it's really unfortunate," Kyle Long, a Bears offensive lineman, told The Chicago Tribune. "We lost a really good guy today."

Following Chicago's 20-12 loss, Bears head coach John Fox said the team's thoughts and prayers were with Miller.

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Bears tight end reportedly undergoes emergency surgery after gruesome leg injury

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent emergency surgery on Sunday night after suffering a brutal injury to his knee that reportedly put him in danger of losing his leg.

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent emergency surgery on Sunday night after suffering a brutal injury to his knee that reportedly put him in danger of losing his leg. Initial reports from the field indicated that Miller suffered a dislocated left knee during a third quarter touchdown attempt, with ESPN later citing sources that the 33-year-old required vascular surgery to repair a damaged artery as a result of the injury.

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent emergency surgery on Sunday night after suffering a brutal injury to his knee that reportedly put him in danger of losing his leg. Initial reports from the field indicated that Miller suffered a dislocated left knee during a third quarter touchdown attempt, with ESPN later citing sources that the 33-year-old required vascular surgery to repair a damaged artery as a result of the injury.

According to the ESPN report, team sources said the injury was "more significant" than a regular dislocation, and that the surgery required grafting tissue from Miller's right leg to repair the damaged artery in his left leg.

At the time of the injury, Miller was attempting to haul in a 25-yard touchdown pass from rookie quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, but his left leg bent awkwardly as he landed. The play was originally called a touchdown, but as Miller was carted off the field officials overturned the call and said that the ground caused the ball to loosen in his grasp as his upper body crashed to the turf.
PARENTS SHARE HEARTBREAKING PHOTOS OF BABY SET TO LOSE LIMBS TO MENINGITIS
"I didn't watch it after I saw it the first time. To go from the elation of, 'What a play, what a throw!' in that situation of the game to overturn and Zach obviously being injured ... it's really unfortunate," Kyle Long, a Bears offensive lineman, told The Chicago Tribune. "We lost a really good guy today."

Following Chicago's 20-12 loss, Bears head coach John Fox said the team's thoughts and prayers were with Miller.

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Bears tight end reportedly undergoes emergency surgery after gruesome leg injury

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent emergency surgery on Sunday night after suffering a brutal injury to his knee that reportedly put him in danger of losing his leg.

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During a cross country race a racers leg snapped. Another racer couldn't leave him be and carried the racer across the finish line even though he could be disqualified.

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Runner sacrifices race to carry teammate

A high school cross country runner carried a teammate with a broken leg across the finish line despite knowing that he would be disqualified for making contact with another racer.

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Runner sacrifices race to carry teammate A high school cross country runner carried a teammate with a broken leg across the finish line despite knowing that he would be disqualified for making contact with another racer.

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Trump campaign adviser pleads guilty to misleading investigators about Russia contacts

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George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump 's presidential campaign, pleaded guilty earlier this month to making false statements to FBI agents about his correspondence with Russian nationals and attempts to arrange a meeting between the campaign and Russian officials.

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News of the plea came Monday morning, shortly after Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's longtime business associate Rick Gates were indicted on charges including conspiracy against the United States, money laundering and working as unregistered foreign agents.

Papadopoulos admitted to making false statements and making material omissions to investigators in January probing interference in the 2016 presidential election in relation to his contacts with a Russian professor with ties to the Russian government.

As outlined in the statement of Papadopoulos' offense, the foreign policy adviser met with an individual who put him in contact with a woman whom he believed to a relative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He later told Trump that he might be able to arrange a meeting between the candidate and the president. One of Papadopoulos' contacts told him in April 2016 that the Russians "have dirt on" Hillary Clinton, after which he told campaign associates he had "interesting messages coming in from Moscow."

After he was interviewed, Papadopoulos deactivated a Facebook account which contained information about his communications with his Russian contacts and stopped using his then-current cell phone number. He was arrested in July and has been "met with the Government on numerous occasions to provide information and answer questions" since then, according to the plea documentation.

Manafort surrenedered to federal authorities in Washington, D.C. Monday morning after a grand jury approved the charges recommended by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller Friday. The indictment, which includes Gates, contains 12 counts including conspiracy against the U.S., conspiracy to launder money, serving as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading Foreign Agents Registration Act statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.

The series of charges are the first handed down as a result of Mueller's five-month investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion between Trump campaign associates and Russia.

Manafort originally emerged as a key figure in Special Counsel Robert Mueller 's inquiry because of consulting work he did in 2014 on behalf of the Ukrainian government.

In July -- the same month in which he retroactively registered as a foreign agent because of his lobbying work -- the FBI executed a search warrant at Manafort's Virginia home, stemming from the Russia investigation. A source familiar with the matter described armed FBI agents' waking Manafort early in the morning as they knocked on his bedroom door.

Trump responded to the news about Manafort via Twitter Monday, writing: "Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren't Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????"

Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren't Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2017

"....Also, there is NO COLLUSION!" he added in a subsequent tweet.

....Also, there is NO COLLUSION!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2017

As outlined in the statement of Papadopoulos' offense, the foreign policy adviser met with an individual who put him in contact with a woman whom he believed to a relative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He later told Trump that he might be able to arrange a meeting between the candidate and the president. One of Papadopoulos' contacts told him in April 2016 that the Russians "have dirt on" Hillary Clinton.

Manafort, 68, joined the Trump campaign in March 2016 as the campaign's convention manager and was promoted to campaign chairman two months later.

He was fired from the campaign by then candidate Trump in August 2016 amid questions about his foreign business ties.

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Gates, 45, joined Manafort's international firm, Davis Manafort Partners, between 2006 and 2007. Gates' connections to Trump before and after the election include his leading operations on the ground at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, serving as a top deputy to inauguration chairman Tom Barrack on the 2017 Presidential Inauguration Committee.

Gates later joined the nonprofit America First Policies created after the election, a C4 committee which the president has endorsed.

Mueller was appointed special counsel in May by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein; Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself in March from all matters related to last year's presidential election.

In addition to the action taken by Mueller's team, Manafort has been heavily scrutinized by the multiple congressional committees conducting their own investigations into Russian meddling. In August, sources close to Manafort told ABC News that the former campaign chairman provided the committees with about 400 documents, including paperwork related to Ukraine.

CNN first reported last week that a federal grand jury in Washington had approved the charge brought by Mueller's team.

Trump seemed to react over the weekend to the news of a potential charge, tweeting, as he has previously, that the investigation was a "witch hunt" promoted by Democrats. He further seemed to suggest that it was a distraction from items on his administration's agenda, such as tax reform.

President Trump's attorney Ty Cobb later swatted down any connection.

"Contrary to what many have suggested, the president's comments today are unrelated to the activities of the Special Counsel, with whom he continues to cooperate," Cobb said in a statement to the White House press pool.

ABC News' Jack Date and Veronica Stracqualursi contributed to this report.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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First indictments arising Robert Mueller investigated with hints to regarding to the future provides for the special council problems

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The use of sealed indictments and Mueller's decision to do an 11-year look back into former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's prior business operations will make President Trump's personal lawyers very nervous today. Will the special counsel do a similar look back to 2006 on any aspects of the Trump business empire now that the Manafort indictment has opened the door?

As CNN reported Monday, Manafort and former Trump campaign official Rick Gates have turned themselves in to Mueller, who unsealed an indictment against them on 12 counts, including conspiracy against the US, conspiracy to launder money, being an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, and making false statements.

The criminal justice system is presumptively open to public view. The only exceptions to this rule apply to grand jury proceedings and occasional matters relating to such things as national security, confidential informants or threatened witnesses. This transparency, required by the US Constitution, is obviously even more important in a free society when a criminal investigation focuses on the sitting president's election campaign and claims of "collusion" and possible tampering by a hostile foreign power.

So why the sealed indictment in a case that cries out for full disclosure? Such indictments are generally used when there is a fear that a criminal suspect, with knowledge of a pending indictment, might flee the jurisdiction, destroy evidence or even threaten witnesses likely to testify against him at trial.

In cases involving organized crime, drug dealers and crimes of violence, sealed indictments are a sensible way to make sure the suspect doesn't escape and that witnesses are not harmed. For instance, the infamous Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, alleged leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel who is now awaiting trial in a Brooklyn federal jail, was indicted via a sealed indictment.

In so-called "white collar" investigations like the Mueller probe, the sealing and delayed disclosure of the indictment is sometimes done, not out of prosecutorial fear, but as a courtesy to a prospective defendant who has been generally cooperative. This enables the suspect's attorney to arrange a quiet, voluntary surrender of his client without one of those embarrassing handcuffed "perp walks" often staged by then-US Attorney Rudolph Giuliani in the 1980s and by other publicity-seeking prosecutors.

The high-profile nature of the potential targets in the Mueller investigation make it unlikely that they could successfully flee the United States to avoid prosecution. Of course this cannot be entirely ruled out, because so much of the probe focuses on the relationship Trump campaign officials allegedly maintained with Russia, a hostile power which has sheltered American fugitives such as Edward Snowden.

Sending a message

Early indictments in high-profile investigations often "send a message" to other potential suspects that anyone who seeks to obstruct the investigation may face indictment regardless of who they are or who they know.

Of course, prosecutors will deny indicting someone just to "send a message," but even an entirely legitimate indictment based on strong evidence can have this collateral effect. Even ethical prosecutors would say that there is nothing wrong with allowing a perfectly proper indictment to serve a dual purpose.

The type of charges that would send a message include lying to the FBI or other federal investigators. Anyone who tells such a lie can be charged with a felony, as can anyone who testifies falsely about a material fact before Congress.

Charges relating to obstruction of justice can also be lodged in situations even where the original suspected crime cannot be proven. The old saying that "it's not the crime but the coverup" that you must worry about is quite true. This message can be sent with frightening clarity to all potential White House witnesses through early "message sending" indictments.

Sometimes tough prosecutors pick on surprising targets to inflict pain and induce cooperation from resistant suspects. They go after family and close associates. Since Mueller is following the tax and money-laundering road, he can really exert pressure with a threat to arrest a wife or other family members who may have been involved in the suspect's business and/or signed off on tax returns.

The arrest of a wife or child is a strong inducement to get cooperation from a stubborn and resistant "target." And yes, such indictments and arrests really do happen in high-profile tax and money laundering cases.

Make no mistake, the widely praised Mueller is no softie and is capable of such a maneuver. We already know that Mueller's team executed a "No Knock" warrant permitting a pre-dawn raid at Manafort's home. Raiding agents seeking financial records reportedly also rummaged through closets looking at clothing and other items there. It is obvious in hindsight that they were exploring the subject of money laundering or even possible tax charges in seeking such records and making visual observations to see if the Manafort lifestyle was commensurate with his reported income. A similar approach was used to get Al Capone.

Paul Manafort has continually maintained that he is innocent of any wrongdoing.

Mueller may have had to move quickly in bringing charges against Manafort because the six-year statute of limitations for tax fraud may be expiring. This statute of limitations could have been a key determining factor in selecting early indictment targets.

Such charges based on business operations and tax returns filed prior to the Trump campaign but "arising from" the election tampering investigation are perfectly legal under Mueller's charge from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

Yet a look back at pre-campaign business operations would be likely to send a chill through the White House. This would suggest that an examination of Trump's pre-campaign business operations is now a real possibility, crossing the previous "red line" described by the President.

Trump's Achilles heel may well be found in the pre-campaign operation of the complex and varied transactions of his business empire rather than in an explicit conspiracy with the Russians to tamper with the American election.

The president will not find solace or refuge in the pardon power of the presidency should the Mueller probe zero in on him by "flipping" witnesses with early indictments. In fact, pardons will backfire since a pardoned suspect can no longer avoid testifying by asserting the 5th Amendment's protection against self-incrimination.

Once pardoned, the witness faces no criminal exposure for his underlying crimes and can be forced to testify. And the Fifth Amendment cannot be used as a shield against perjury charges as a pardon, when bestowed, cannot apply to future crimes.

Given the serious developments today, the President is likely to adopt a new policy: vetting his tweets about the Mueller Investigation with his personal counsel.

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The use of sealed indictments and Mueller's decision to do an 11-year look back into former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's prior business operations will make President Trump's personal lawyers very nervous today. Will the special counsel do a similar look back to 2006 on any aspects of the Trump business empire now that the Manafort indictment has opened the door?

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Bears tight end undergoes emergency surgery after gruesome leg injury. He went in for surgerey for a vascular surgery to repair a damaged artery as a result of the injury.

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent emergency surgery on Sunday night after suffering a brutal injury to his knee that reportedly put him in danger of losing his leg. Initial reports from the field indicated that Miller suffered a dislocated left knee during a third quarter touchdown attempt, with ESPN later citing sources that the 33-year-old required vascular surgery to repair a damaged artery as a result of the injury.

According to the ESPN report, team sources said the injury was "more significant" than a regular dislocation, and that the surgery required grafting tissue from Miller's right leg to repair the damaged artery in his left leg.

At the time of the injury, Miller was attempting to haul in a 25-yard touchdown pass from rookie quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, but his left leg bent awkwardly as he landed. The play was originally called a touchdown, but as Miller was carted off the field officials overturned the call and said that the ground caused the ball to loosen in his grasp as his upper body crashed to the turf.
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"I didn't watch it after I saw it the first time. To go from the elation of, 'What a play, what a throw!' in that situation of the game to overturn and Zach obviously being injured ... it's really unfortunate," Kyle Long, a Bears offensive lineman, told The Chicago Tribune. "We lost a really good guy today."

Following Chicago's 20-12 loss, Bears head coach John Fox said the team's thoughts and prayers were with Miller.

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Bears tight end reportedly undergoes emergency surgery after gruesome leg injury

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A bad storm , and over 900 thousand people without power in Northeast

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More than 900,000 customers were without power in the Northeast on Monday as a major storm battered parts of the region with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain.

The power outages spanned several states -- including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire -- as the coastal storm made its way toward the Greater Boston area early Monday morning.

New Hampshire and Massachusetts accounted for the bulk of the outages with 227,242 and 232,832 customers without power, respectively.

Passengers at LaGuardia Airport in New York City were experiencing delays up to two hours over the weekend, according to FlightAware, which estimated that more than 250 U.S. flights had been canceled due to the storm.

Major Northeast cities were hit with dangerous flash floods -- including areas near Albany, NY -- as the storm brought as much as 5.40 inches of rain to some areas, meteorologist said.

Parts of New Jersey, northwest Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire were all under flash-flood warnings.

Meteorologists said the excessive rain could cause rivers to rise throughout the week, but they did not expect any major river flooding.

Wind gusts totaled more than 80 miles per hour in parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, ripping down trees and knocking down power lines. Flash flood and high wind warnings were issued across the region.

On Sunday, a motorist in Newark said he got in high water in the city's east ward and was forced to escape through his car window..

"I didn't know it was that deep ... just put the window down and got out," he told ABC's New York station WABC.

Separately, a mother in Kearny, N.J., located about 15 minutes east of Newark, said she and her son had to be rescued from their car by boat on Sunday as rain fell faster than the roads could handle, WABC reported.

The powerful storm was intensified by moisture and wind from the remnants of Tropical Storm Philippe, which caused a couple of tornadoes and damages in areas of Miami-Dade and Palm Beach on Saturday. Philippe, which packed maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour, is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone by Monday night.

The coastal storm is forecast to wind down for most of the northeast on late Monday morning.

"The threat for widespread flash flooding has passed for most - with exception being in extreme northern New England, like New Hampshire and Maine," ABC Meteorologist Daniel Manzo said Monday. "The threat for very high winds is also winding down, with the exception being extreme northern New England, and northern New York, Vermont and New Hampshire."

He said wind gusts could come in as high as 50 mph in the Greater NYC area through much of Monday.

ABC News' Will Gretsky and Daniel Manzo contributed to this report.

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent "urgent" surgery to repair artery damage in his knee after suffering a dislocation in Sunday's loss to the New Orleans Saints.

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller underwent "urgent" surgery to repair artery damage in his knee after suffering a dislocation in Sunday's loss to the New Orleans Saints.

The Bears confirmed the procedure in a statement Monday, adding the surgery was successful and Miller will remain in the hospital for evaluation.

Miller, 33, suffered a gruesome knee injury in the third quarter when attempting to make a touchdown reception. The dislocation of his knee was apparent on the field, and he needed an extended period of medical attention before being carted off the field.

Bears head coach John Fox confirmed to reporters he spoke with Miller and that the tight end is in "good spirits."

"He pretty much wanted his touchdown back," Fox said when updating Miller's condition.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter first detailed the surgery, which Schefter categorized as an attempt to save Miller's leg from amputation.

Mortensen later reported Miller is undergoing an MRI after the surgery to "evaluate blood flow and anatomy" of the injured leg.

"Zach means a lot to this team beyond the X's and O's and what he brings to the field but what he brings to us as a person," Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky told reporters. "Specifically how much he has helped me grow in this process. You never want to see a teammate go down like that."

Miller recorded 20 receptions for 236 yards and two touchdowns through the Bears' first eight games of the season. He is second behind only Tarik Cohen for the most targets on the team with 35.

In his third season with the Bears, Miller has had a career plagued by injuries. He did not record a single offensive stat from 2012 to 2014 due in part to injuries, and he has never played in a full 16-game season. In 2016, he set a career high with 47 receptions for 486 yards but was limited to 10 games due to a broken foot.

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A couple that survived the Las Vegas shooting recently died in a car crash outside down the street from their home.

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A college student was arrested over threatening to kill his classmates and harassing them.

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Childhood friends die on the same day a half mile apart from opioid.

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Robert Sakosky bravely intervened when a suspected armed robber attempted to steal from a bank in Pennsylvania, according to Scott Township Police. The incident was captured on surveillance camera.

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Kevin Spacey apologizes for alleged sex assault with a minor

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In an interview with Buzzfeed, Rapp said Spacey picked him up, put him on his bed and "was trying to get with me sexually." Spacey was 26 at the time.

In response to the allegations, Spacey tweeted that he was "beyond horrified to hear [Rapp's] story."

Spacey tweeted: "I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago.

"But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years."

Spacey, who has been famously private about his personal life, said that he now lives as a gay man -- which marked the first time the actor has made a public statement about his sexual orientation.

"This story has encouraged me to address other things about my life," Spacey said in his tweet. He continued that he has had "relationships with both men and women," and added, "I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man."

Allegation against Spacey

Rapp, an actor with a long Broadway career who is now a regular on the TV series "Star Trek: Discovery," was a child actor in 1986 when he says he met Spacey. They were both performing on Broadway shows, he told Buzzfeed. They met at a post-show gathering and Spacey invited him to a party at his Manhattan apartment that was happening a few days later.

Rapp attended the party alone, but got bored because everyone else there was an adult, and he did not know anyone. He told Buzzfeed he went into a bedroom and watched TV past midnight. Rapp said he realized that the other guests had left the party when Spacey appeared at the doorway and approached him.

Rapp said his initial impression when Spacey came in the room was that he was drunk.

"He picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don't, like, squirm away initially, because I'm like, 'What's going on?' And then he lays down on top of me."

"He was trying to seduce me," Rapp told the website. "I don't know if I would have used that language. But I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually." He said he felt Spacey "pressing into me" and "tightening his arms."

Rapp said he was able to "squirm" away and left the apartment.

Rapp told Buzzfeed that he had disclosed details of the encounter in 2001 in an interview with the Advocate, but he did not name Spacey on the record in that account. The Advocate's executive editor at the time, Bruce Steele, told Buzzfeed that Rapp had been talking about Spacey in his account.

CNN has not independently verified the allegations and has reached out to both Rapp and Spacey's representatives.

Why Rapp spoke out

Rapp began acting on Broadway at the age of 9. He was one of the original cast members of the smash hit musical "Rent."

Since his alleged encounter more than three decades ago, Rapp said he had hoped he would never see Spacey again.

Rapp, who is now 46, released this statement through his publicist.

"I came forward with my story, standing on the shoulders of the many courageous women and men who have been speaking out, to shine a light and hopefully make a difference, as they have done for me. Everything I wanted to say about my experience is in that article, and I have no further comment about it at this time."

The allegation against Spacey comes in the wake of a New York Times story this month detailing numerous accusations of sexual misconduct against powerful movie producer Harvey Weinstein. More than 40 women have accused Weinstein of inappropriate behavior, ranging from sexual harassment to rape. Through a spokeswoman, Weinstein has "unequivocally denied" all allegations of rape.

Since then, other powerful men have been accused of sexual harassment and misconduct.

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Authorities in Mississippi say an officer has been shot and a suspect is dead after a highway standoff following a police chase

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Authorities in Mississippi say an officer has been shot and a suspect is dead after a highway standoff following a police chase.

The Clarion-Ledger reports that authorities say the man refused to stop for Hernando police on Sunday and ended up in a standoff on Interstate 55 near Senatobia.

Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain told the newspaper that the suspect wrecked his car, which led to the standoff. The suspect and officers exchanged fire. The man was shot and killed.

An unidentified officer was also hit, but his injuries are said to be non-life-threatening. Further details have not been released.

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