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• Obama tells Poroshenko of 'deep concern' over Ukraine violence

  14-02-2015 23:35
  
  US President Barack Obama called his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Saturday to express his "deep concern" and "sympathy" over spiraling violence as a ceasefire came into force in eastern Ukraine. "The president spoke with Ukrainian President Poroshenko today to express his sympathy for the mounting toll of the conflict in eastern Ukraine and his deep concern about the ongoing violence, particularly in and around Debaltseve," a White House statement said.
  
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• Obama speaks to German, Ukrainian leaders about Ukraine violence

  14-02-2015 23:04
  
  President Barack Obama spoke to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday and expressed concern about the violence in Ukraine while pressing for implementation of a ceasefire agreement, the White House said. “The president spoke with Ukrainian President Poroshenko today to express his sympathy for the mounting toll of the conflict in eastern Ukraine and his deep concern about the ongoing violence, particularly in and around Debaltseve,” the White Ho
  
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• Labor secretary to help reach West Coast port deal

  14-02-2015 22:36
  
  By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Labor Secretary Tom Perez will travel to California to help broker an agreement between shipping companies and dockworkers in a dispute that has led to a partial shutdown of ports along the U.S. West Coast, the White House said on Saturday. The shipping companies said they were unwilling to pay union workers higher wages for weekend shifts and the Presidents Day holiday on Monday while productivity declines and cargo backups reach the point of near gri
  
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• Watch: ‘House of Cards’ Season 3 Teaser Spells Marital Trouble

  14-02-2015 22:03
  
  Just days after “House of Cards” season three temporarily leaked in its entirety on Netflix, the streaming site has released a new teaser for their hit political drama. Frank and Claire Underwood are “under the lights” in more than one sense of the phrase. As the dysfunctional couple sits for their White House portrait, their... Read more »
  
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• Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers a fantastic, touching speech about why online privacy matters

  14-02-2015 20:43
  
  YouTube Tim Cook speaks at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University on February 13, 2015. On Friday, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University. The speeches all focused on the importance of online security, and making sure companies and individuals don’t fall victim to practices that may leave their information vulnerable. Cook had a very important message about online privac
  
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• Labor secretary to push for West Coast port deal

  14-02-2015 20:05
  
  Labor Secretary Tom Perez will travel to California to help broker an agreement between shipping companies and dockworkers in a dispute that has led to a partial shutdown of ports along the U.S. West Coast, the White House said on Saturday. The move by the Obama administration came after shippers vowed to prevent the loading and unloading of freight through Monday from container ships at the 29 ports, barring a settlement in talks with the dockworkers' union. "The negotiations over the
  
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• Labor secretary to press 2 sides in West Coast port dispute

  14-02-2015 17:26
  
  President Barack Obama is sending his labor secretary to California to meet with both sides in a contract dispute that has affected the flow of goods from Asia into West Coast ports. A White House spokesman, ...
  
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• Obama asks labor secretary to mediate in West Coast Ports dispute

  14-02-2015 17:14
  
  President Barack Obama has asked Labor Secretary Tom Perez to travel to California to help spur an agreement in talks with the dockworkers' union that have led to closed ports along the U.S. West Coast, the White House said on Saturday. "The negotiations over the functioning of the West Coast Ports have been taking place for months with the administration urging the parties to resolve their differences," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said. "Out of concern for the economi
  
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• Why Apple is making a car

  14-02-2015 15:44
  REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during a presentation at A Apple is exploring development of its own car, according to multiple reports.  CEO Tim Cook approved development a year ago, according to Daisuke Wakabayashi and Mike Ramsey at The Wall Street Journal. Steve Zadesky, an Apple VP, has permission to hire 1,000 people to build an electric car. This is fairly stunning news.  Apple makes high-margin computers that are replaced every 2-5 years. When people buy a car, they
  
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• Waiting for the Conservative Jon Stewart

  14-02-2015 15:00
  
  First, George W. Bush moved into the White House. Over the years, Stewart and his cohort mastered the very difficult task of sorting through all the news quickly and turning it around into biting, relevant satire that worked both for television and the Internet. Now, as Stewart prepares to leave the show, the brand of comedy he helped invent is stronger than ever. Stephen Colbert is getting ready to bring his deadpan smirk to The Late Show.
  
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• Money already paving the way to 2016 White House

  14-02-2015 14:41
  
  A year remains before party primaries for the US presidential election -- and 21 months until the vote itself -- but potential candidates are already cranking on a core task: raising cash. Jeb Bush, for example, has yet to lay out his vision for America. Politico reported that the son and brother of two presidents this week travelled to New York, where admissions to a Bush event hosted by private equity mogul Henry Kravis sold for a staggering $100,000 apiece. For America's billionaires, a
  
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• Apple CEO Tim Cook says everyone entitled to privacy, security

  14-02-2015 08:45
  Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): Apple CEO Tim Cook says that every person has a right to privacy and security. According to CNN, speaking at the White House cybersecurity summit on Friday, and defended Apple's right to protect its customers' privacy. He said that it was Apple's responsibility to safeguard users' personal information. He said that that people have entrusted the company with their most personal information, adding that Apple owed them nothing less than the best protections that it can p
  
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• Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei sent Obama secret letter -WSJ

  14-02-2015 01:28
  
  WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to overtures from U.S. President Barack Obama amid nuclear talks by sending him a secret letter, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Citing an Iranian diplomat, the paper said the Iranian cleric had written to Obama in recent weeks in response to a presidential letter sent in October. Khamenei's letter was "respectful," it quoted the diplomat as saying. The paper said a senior White House official d
  
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• Cybersecurity summit: Will government, businesses cooperate more?

  14-02-2015 01:27
  
  President Obama hosted the first White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University in California on Friday. "It’s one of the great paradoxes of our time that the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm," Mr. Obama said, addressing the summit. During the event, Obama signed an executive order to promote the sharing of cybersecurity-threat information among US companies and between the private
  
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• Obama adviser John Podesta's biggest regret: Keeping America in dark about UFOs

  14-02-2015 01:08
  
  Outgoing senior Obama adviser John Podesta reflected on his latest White House stint Friday, listing his favorite moments and biggest regrets from the past year. Chief among them: depriving the American people of the truth about UFOs.
  
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• Cyberattacks grave national security threat: WH

  14-02-2015 00:13
  
  The attackers are becoming more sophisticated and the number of attacks are increasing exponentially, White House senior advisor Valerie Jarret said.
  
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