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Trump spokeswoman claims Clinton has rare brain disease

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© Provided by The Hill Trump spokeswoman claims Clinton has rare brain disease A top spokesperson for Donald Trump claimed Thursday that Hillary Clinton has brain damage that impairs her ability to communicate. Speaking on MSNBC, Katrina Pierson alleged that Clinton has a disorder called "dysphasia," a condition brought on by brain trauma that erodes a person's ability to speak or comprehend language. "What's new are the other reports or observations of Hillary Clinton's behavior or mannerisms ... as well as her dysphasia, the fact that she's fallen, she has had a concussion, there are really interesting things out there," Pierson said. Trump has long claimed that Clinton lacks the physical stamina to be president and has stated repeatedly that she takes weekends off to catch up on her sleep. But Trump and his campaign have not directly engaged with conspiracy theories, circulated on ultra-right wing blogs and talk shows, that Clinton's health

Uber's Self-Driving Car Fleet Will Hit The Road This Summer

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Uber is almost undoubtedly the biggest name in ride-sharing in the 2010's and the company is looking to go even bigger. While the company currently relies on hiring drivers to bring passengers from point A to B, Bloomberg reports today that self-driving Uber cars will hit Pittsburgh as early as this summer. That beats competitor Lyft 's goal of getting automated vehicles on the road by 2017 by almost half a year. The choice of Pittsburgh can be traced back to Uber's close relationship with Carnegie Mellon. While Uber didn't quite partner up with the university, it did poach 40 Carnegie Mellon researchers to work on autonomous vehicles for the startup. The researchers hired away hail from CMU's robotics center-- many of which were software developers . Uber has retro-fitted Volvo XC90 sport-utility vehicles to support its driverless car software. Autonomous Ubers will be sent to Pittsburgh-residing Uber users at random, meaning you won't be able to specificall

Rio-Olympics: “Dream Team VI disgraced Me”- Siasia

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Head Coach of Dream Team VI, Samson Siasia, has admitted that the National team did not deserve to play in the finals of the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic soccer games. “I am disappointed; Even though we had glaring chances, we couldn’t score; we failed to utilise them. The German team did better. It is a shame. “We did not have the right spirit for the game. Maybe most of them stayed up late and did not observe rest when they should. “When you reach this level of the competition, you do not need anybody to teleguide you on how to conduct yourself to scale through. They had the chances, am I going to get into the field of play to score for them? “We are going to review the match and think of a strategy to win the third place match. That is what it has boiled down to. It is better than nothing. “I am disappointed with the team; We did not play like people hungry to play in the finals at the famous Maracan Stadium,” Siasia said, a fact that his captain, John Mikel re-echoed , stressing

Rio-Olympics: Nigerians Must Learn How To Be Patriotic – Adamu

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Former Director-General of the defunct National Sports Commission, Amos Adamu, has urged Nigerians not to be disappointed with the Dream Team VI over their loss to Germany. The national U-23 team on Wednesday lost 0-2 to their German counterparts in the semi-finals of the football event of the ongoing Rio Olympics. “Nigerians should be proud of these boys, in the face of the hostility they encountered; they performed better than my expectations. “I never thought they would qualify from the group stage talk less of getting to the semi-finals, they gave their all as you can see in their matches. “They played against a more technically inclined Germany, the better side won. “In sports, you win some, you lose some; I’m so proud of them because irrespective of the drama surrounding their stay in Rio they kept together. “I believe we can get the bronze medal with God and luck on our side. “I have never seen a team so focused as this team, I salute the courage of the players, they were not

Usain Bolt dominates for 200-metre gold, Andre De Grasse gets silver

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Jamaican icon 3-peats again, De Grasse adds silver to 100 bronze The 200-metre final went as scripted, with Usain Bolt proving his dominance yet again Thursday and Canada's Andre De Grasse delivering another message to the sprint world. The Jamaican ran the 200 in 19.78 seconds to easily win his third straight Olympic title in the event, adding to gold from Beijing and London. It also brings his career gold medal tally to eight, including his 100 victory on Sunday. De Grasse, from Markham, Ont., comfortably took silver with a time of 20.02, a second Olympic medal to pair with his 100 bronze. France's Christophe Lemaitre was awarded bronze, edging Great Britain's Adam Gemili in a photo finish after both were given a time of 20.12 seconds. Afterwards, Bolt declared it his last individual race at the Olympics ahead of his retirement next year. He can add another medal in the 4x100 relay final on Friday. The Canadians also qualified. "I've proven to the world I'm

Nigeria to allocate $180 mln more in capital spending - Kemi Adeosun

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Aug 19 Nigeria's government is to allocate 60 billion naira ($180 million) more spending on capital projects as part of the 2016 budget and in addition to earlier releases, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Friday, as it tries to boost the economy. Africa's largest economy is in the middle of its worst financial crisis for decades as a slump in oil revenues hammers public finances and the naira. The central bank governor has said recession is likely. Government capital spending so far has exceeded 400 billion naira this year, Adeosun said, despite the record budget being held up for months by wrangling between President Muhammadu Buhari and parliament. (Reporting by Chijioke Ohuocha, Camillus Eboh and Felix Onuah; Editing by Louise Ireland)