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Commercial spaceflight is no longer a pipe dream. Here’s what’s next

New York (CNN Business)The commercial spaceflight industry is growing up. But just like any maturing industry, some companies will go bankrupt, others will join forces to survive and some could be snapped up by bigger competitors. IPOs Last year, Virgin Galactic (SPCE), the venture founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, became the first space tourism company ever to make a stock market debut. Many heralded the move as a sign of the space industry’s maturity. But the listing took place through a reverse merger. That meant the company bypassed the…

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Army veteran who said prosthetic legs were repossessed to get new pair from VA

Jerry Holliman shows where doctors had to amputate his legs below the knee.  (Fox News/Charles Watson) ARMY VETERAN SAYS HIS PROSTHETIC LEGS WERE REPOSSESSED AND VA WON’T PAY FOR THEM Holliman, who is considering taking legal action against the VA, told Fox News this week the government agency had refused to pay for a set of prosthetic legs he needed after a case of gangrene forced doctors to amputate both his legs below the knee. “It’s something I’m thinking about doing. It’s like a roadblock that they don’t want to budge,”…

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Buttigieg warns against ‘going to the extreme’ on election issues

Washington (CNN)Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday warned against “going to the extreme” on important election issues a day after he was assailed by his liberal competitors at the CNN/Des Moines Register Democratic debate for being too moderate. On Tuesday night, six candidates participated in the last debate before next month’s Iowa caucuses, where voters will cast the first votes of this election cycle. Buttigieg, who has cast his “Medicare for all who want it” plan as a viable alternative to Warren and Sanders’ “Medicare for All” plan, faced…

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Where does Bernie Sanders stand on the issues?

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a fundraiser for the Nevada Democratic Party, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) WARREN’S ‘FANTASY’ WEALTH TAX: HERE’S ALL THE PROGRAMS 2020 DEM CLAIMS TO COVER WITH FUNDING TRICK “Taxing the extreme wealth of the top 0.1% is not radical,” Sanders wrote on Twitter in September. “What’s radical is that the Walton family makes $25,000 a minute while their workers at Walmart are paid poverty wages.” His wealth tax would feature several brackets, extracting 1 percent per year…

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6 takeaways from the Democratic debate in Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)Caution ruled the night of the final Democratic presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses. Here are six takeaways from the debate: Warren’s pitch for a woman candidate Sanders and Biden spar over Iraq War vote Tuesday night brought the most substantive foreign policy debate of the Democratic race to date, with tensions flaring in the Middle East bringing the issue to the forefront. It started with Sanders attacking Biden’s 2002 vote to authorize the use of military force in Iraq. “Joe and I listened to what Dick…

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Storm cuts power to 1,000 homes and affects travel

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionStorm Brendan: What is causing the stormy weather? More than 1,000 properties were left without power as high winds swept across Wales, felling trees and causing disruption on the roads Western Power Distribution (WPD) said homes in Newcastle Emlyn and Cardigan in Ceredigion had been affected Gusts reached 79mph on Mumbles head in Swansea and the windy weather was due to continue late into the night. A school closed due to a power failure after a tree fell on power lines and…

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Meghan Markle plans to move to Los Angeles only after Trump leaves office, report

FILE – In this Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020 file photo Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave after visiting Canada House in London after their recent stay in Canada. In a stunning declaration, Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, said they are planning “to step back” as senior members of the royal family and “work to become financially independent.” A statement issued by the couple Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 also said they intend to “balance” their time between the U.K. and North America. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FILE)…

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The Oscar nominations are a bit mixed up – just like a movie industry that’s in transition

(CNN)If the “snubs” and oversights feel a little more acute and arbitrary with the latest round of Oscar nominations, blame that in part on a year that produced an abundance of good movies, and few genuinely great ones. Both “The Irishman” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” are fine movies. For many, however, each paled next to signature works by the directors responsible for them — “Irishman,” another mob drama, falling short of Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” while “Once Upon a Time” is arguably the fourth or fifth best…

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Los Angeles cops arrest man accused of trying to take girl, 6, who was sitting on mother’s lap: report

Evan McLaurin-Nelson, 31, allegedly approached the family multiple times as they were eating dinner, attempting trying to grab the six-year-old girl who was sitting on her mother’s lap outside the patio of the unnamed pizza restaurant in Venice, Calif.  (Los Angeles Police Department) “They got him down, but the whole time he was just yelling out loud, ‘Save the girl, I need to save her,’” Riley told Los Angeles’s KABC. Riley said it appeared McLaurin-Nelson was on drugs. BALTIMORE SEES 12 SHOT, 5 DEAD IN JUST 1 DAY OF SHOOTINGS…

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White House continues stonewalling on slew of issues

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s the most transparent president in American history, but just in the span of a week, his administration has stonewalled a number of inquiries for information to be made public. But the lack of transparency has been systemic. During the impeachment hearings and in further congressional investigations, members of the administration have refused to testify before Congress, even under subpoena. Agencies including the Office of Management and Budget, the Defense Department, the State Department and the White House turned over none of the documents…

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