Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell appears in the following:

Americans Who Were Detained After Speaking Spanish In Montana Sue U.S. Border Agency

Friday, February 15, 2019

"I saw that you guys are speaking Spanish, which is very unheard of up here," an agent told two women in a convenience store. The two friends were born in California and Texas.

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'Do Not Travel To Haiti,' U.S. Tells Citizens, Citing Violent Unrest

Friday, February 15, 2019

The advisory comes after anti-corruption protests exploded over allegations about billions of dollars in development money. Haiti's President Jovenel Moise is refusing to resign.

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Lufthansa Airlines Sues Customer Who Skipped Part Of His Return Flight

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

The Lufthansa passenger paid around $741 to fly business class from Oslo to Seattle and back. But on his return trip, he got off in Germany — and the airline wants him to pay more than $2,000.

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U.S. National Debt Hits Record $22 Trillion

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Federal deficits are now expected to average $1.2 trillion, or 4.4 percent of gross domestic product — far higher than the average over the past 50 years.

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Mars One Fizzles Into Bankruptcy After Promising A New Life In Space

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

The company had recently whittled down its list of would-be Martians to 100 names, after more than 202,000 people applied to leave the Earth for a one-way journey.

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Trump Supporter Violently Shoves BBC Cameraman At Rally In El Paso, Texas

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

"The crowd had been whipped up into a frenzy" against the media, a BBC producer says of President Trump's rally on Monday night.

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Bootleg Liquor Kills 100 In India's Worst Outbreak In Years

Monday, February 11, 2019

The deaths from the homemade booze, known to many Indians as "hooch" or country liquor, have sparked protests, accusations and finger-pointing.

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Lindsey Vonn Retires As The Winningest Female Skier In History

Sunday, February 10, 2019

"I have always pushed the limits of ski racing and it has allowed me to have amazing success but also dramatic crashes," Vonn said, summarizing a storied career.

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Thai Princess Registers To Run For Prime Minister, And Thai King Moves To Stop Her

Friday, February 08, 2019

Princess Ubolratana Mahidol hoped to shatter a long-observed division between royalty and politics. But the king, her brother, says her candidacy is "inappropriate."

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Jeff Bezos Says 'National Enquirer' Tried To Blackmail Him Over Personal Photos

Thursday, February 07, 2019

In purported emails posted online by Bezos, executives for National Enquirer's parent company threaten to publish intimate photos of Bezos if The Washington Post publishes a story about the tabloid.

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Facebook Can't Gather Users' Data From Other Websites, German Antitrust Office Says

Thursday, February 07, 2019

Facebook "was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power," says Andreas Mundt of Germany's Federal Cartel Office.

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BB&T And SunTrust To Merge, Forming 6th-Largest Bank In The U.S.

Thursday, February 07, 2019

The new bank is set to have its headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. Both of the banks are calling it a "merger of equals," but the deal is weighted toward BB&T, whose CEO will be in charge.

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N.M. Governor Pulls National Guard From Border, Citing A 'Charade' At Federal Level

Wednesday, February 06, 2019

"I reject the federal contention that there exists an overwhelming national security crisis at the Southern border," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said.

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Taliban Attack Kills Dozens Of Soldiers And Police, Even As Peace Talks Continue

Tuesday, February 05, 2019

The assault on a military post in Kunduz province comes as the Taliban is meeting with current and former Afghan government officials for talks in Moscow.

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Says It Can't Access $190 Million After CEO Unexpectedly Died

Monday, February 04, 2019

The QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange says its founder and CEO, Gerald Cotten, was the only one who knew crucial passwords to access some $190 million in bitcoin and other funds.

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5 Die As Plane Breaks Apart, Crashes Into Neighborhood In Southern California

Monday, February 04, 2019

Several witnesses described a dramatic scene in which the aircraft, a 1981 twin-engine Cessna 414, burst into flames and began breaking apart. Four people were killed in a house in Yorba Linda.

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Polar Vortex's End Is Near, Forecasters Say, Promising A Strong Warmup

Thursday, January 31, 2019

By Saturday, the National Weather Service says, the central Plains area will see temperatures in the low 60s — nearly 20-25 degrees above normal.

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Homeland Security Created A Fake University In Michigan As Part Of Immigration Sting

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Eight alleged recruiters who were paid thousands of dollars for connecting students to the bogus university — which had an actual office space in Farmington Hills, Mich. — have been indicted.

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Toronto Gardener Pleads Guilty To Killing 8 Men, Some Of Whom Were Buried In Planters

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Bruce McArthur, 67, admitted to killing the men between 2010 and 2017 and disposing of their bodies on or near a client's property. Nearly all the victims had ties to Toronto's LGBT community.

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USPS Suspends Mail Delivery In Parts Of 10 States Because Of Dangerous Polar Vortex

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

"Some places could see wind chill readings as low as 60 below zero," the postal service said as it halted delivery for a day in parts of the Great Plains and Midwest.

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