Paul Bocuse, modest but grandiose French chef, dies at 91

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5a63a766/turbine/ct-paul-bocuse-dead-20180120 He was modest about his accomplishments in the kitchen but grandiose in his dreams. Paul Bocuse credited his long reign as France's master chef to everything By: Elaine Ganley Read More: http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-paul-bocuse-dead-20180120-story.html _{2018-01-20T20:34:18Z}

Open, Closed or Something in Between: What a Shutdown Looks Like

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/01/21/us/21dc-shutdown-2/21dc-shutdown-2-facebookJumbo.jpg The vast machinery of the federal government began grinding to a halt, but much of the bureaucracy will stay in motion for a while. By: Mark Landler Read More: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/20/us/politics/government-agencies-shutdown.html _{2018-01-20T20:04:00Z}

Gunmen attack Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, take hostages, deaths reported

https://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20180120&t=2&i=1223683911&w=1200&r=LYNXMPEE0J0R4 A group of as many as four gunmen attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday night, seizing hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces as the building caught fire and residents and staff fled. By: Reuters Editorial Read More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attacks/gunmen-attack-kabuls-intercontinental-hotel-idUSKBN1F90W9 _{2018-01-20T19:52:30Z}

Trump, McConnell to meet Saturday afternoon as shutdown continues

https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2018/01/20/Editorial-Opinion/Images/Trump_One_Year_Photo_Gallery_09503-39655-2429.jpg?t=20170517 President, GOP Senate leader to discuss way to end impasse as parties pass blame on one another. By: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ed-OKeefe/147995121918931, https://www.facebook.com/paul.kane.3367 Read More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/government-shuts-down-after-senate-bill-collapses-negotiations-fail/2018/01/20/dca0d7e0-fda6-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html _{2018-01-20T19:43:41Z}

Protesters gather for a second Women's March in nation's capital

https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2018/01/20/Interactivity/Images/crop_90image6.JPG?t=20170517 Thousands of demonstrators descended on the Mall. By: Read More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-gather-for-a-second-womens-march-in-nations-capital/2018/01/20/c641bf16-fdef-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html _{2018-01-20T19:38:01Z}

Missouri governor: 'no blackmail,' 'no violence' in affair

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/9e/89e84058-938e-557d-9ca1-2b74537e95d9/5a6396668835c.image.jpg?crop=512%2C288%2C0%2C26&resize=512%2C288&order=crop%2Cresize Greitens said he won't resign from office. The interview was his first since KMOV-TV reported about the affair shortly after Greitens' State of the State speech on Jan. 10. By: David A. Lieb and Summer Ballentine • Associated Press Read More: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/state-and-regional/missouri-governor-no-blackmail-no-violence-in-affair/article_5535c2a7-af72-561e-ac89-b3bb5c7a1ae6.html _{2018-01-20T19:20:30Z}

Church conservatives question pope's airborne nuptials

http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2018/01/20/APTOPIX_Chile_Pope.JPG_t1200.jpg?298603a24e8d51915fce203907ff2746e482a5a6 A day after Pope Francis grabbed headlines by pronouncing two flight attendants man and wife while flying 36,000 feet over Chile, the conservative Catholic commentariat on Friday questioned the legitimacy of the impromptu sacrament and warned it could cheapen… By: null Read More: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jan/20/church-conservatives-question-popes-airborne-nupti/ _{2018-01-20T18:52:00Z}

Singer Ed Sheeran is engaged

http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170309153720-ed-sheeran-super-tease.jpg A simple internet search will show that scores of newly-married couples have chosen Ed Sheeran's ballad "Thinking Out Loud" for their first dance. Now, the British singer-songwriter will get to decide if he wants it to play at his own nuptials. By: Ben Geier, CNN Read More: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/20/entertainment/ed-sheeran-engaged/index.html _{2018-01-20T18:52:00Z}

Patrick Meehan, Congressman Combating Harassment, Settled His Own Misconduct Case

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/01/21/us/politics/21dc-meehan1/21dc-meehan1-facebookJumbo.jpg Representative Patrick Meehan, a Republican member of the House Ethics Committee, used taxpayer money to pay a former aide who had seen him as a father figure before he made unwanted advances. By: Katie Rogers and Kenneth P. Vogel Read More: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/20/us/politics/patrick-meehan-sexual-harassment.html _{2018-01-20T18:48:00Z}

North Korea to send 22 athletes to Winter Olympics in rival South Korea

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5a638e0c/turbine/ct-north-korea-olympics-20180120 A Korean unity deal for the Pyeongchang Olympics will see 22 North Korean athletes cross the border with South Korea to compete and march together under a By: Graham Dunbar Read More: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-north-korea-olympics-20180120-story.html _{2018-01-20T18:45:19Z}

In Cairo, Pence praises the friendship and partnership between the US and Egypt

https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/Wires/Images/2018-01-20/AP/Egypt_Pence_Middle_East_19819-ae77e.jpg?t=20170517 Egyptian authorities tried to prevent press access to the meeting between Pence and Egypt's president, at one point physically barring reporters from leaving a bus. By: https://www.facebook.com/wpjennajohnson Read More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/01/20/in-cairo-pence-praises-the-friendship-and-partnership-between-the-u-s-and-egypt/ _{2018-01-20T18:40:34Z}

Kidnapped Americans, Canadians rescued in Nigeria, police say

http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130217162220-nigeria-police-file-story-top.jpg Two Americans and two Canadians who were abducted by gunmen in northern Nigeria this week have been rescued, a police official said Saturday. By: Alla Eshchenko, CNN Read More: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/20/africa/nigeria-abducted-americans-canadians-rescued-intl/index.html _{2018-01-20T15:59:06Z}

Latest Forecast: Strong Winter Storm Arrives Tonight

https://cbsdenver.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/chris10.jpg?w=1280 A winter storm that moved into California late Friday night will pass over Colorado during the day on Sunday. By: http://www.facebook.com/cbsdenver Read More: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/01/20/latest-forecast-strong-winter-storm-arrives-tonight/ _{2018-01-20T15:58:26Z}

A year of Trump's 'America First' agenda has radically changed the US role in the world

https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2018/01/20/Foreign/Images/TRUMPWORLD017.JPG?t=20170517 Across the globe, foreign officials and analysts say American clout has diminished. By: https://www.facebook.com/griff.witte, https://www.facebook.com/michael.birnbaum1 Read More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-year-of-trumps-america-first-agenda-has-radically-changed-the-us-role-in-the-world/2018/01/20/c1258aa6-f7cf-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html _{2018-01-20T15:48:42Z}

The Latest: Turkey's FM, Tillerson confer over raid on Syria

https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2018/01/20/Foreign/Images/AFP_X91QS.jpg?t=20170517 The Trump administration had urged Turkey not to pursue the attack on the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, arguing it could distract from the ongoing battle against Islamic State militants. By: null Read More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-latest-syrian-forces-reach-rebel-held-air-base/2018/01/20/74e9c928-fdcd-11e7-9b5d-bbf0da31214d_story.html _{2018-01-20T15:22:30Z}

A Stormy (Daniels) situation: Donald Trump's porn-star (non)-scandal

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7B0F/production/_99530513_zz-stormy.jpg Why aren't reports of a six-figure payment and a salacious interview with a porn star making this Trump story fly? By: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews Read More: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42739556 _{2018-01-20T11:59:12Z}

China 'warns off' US destroyer near South China Sea's strategic Scarborough Shoal

https://cdn3.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/620x356/public/images/methode/2018/01/20/be9a87e6-fdb5-11e7-b2f7-03450b80c791_image_hires_235811.JPG?itok=Y9GoSTjt China says it warned off a US Navy destroyer near a group of disputed islets in the South China Sea last week.... By: Kinling Lo Read More: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2129805/china-warns-us-destroyer-near-south-china-seas _{2018-01-20T11:19:33Z}

Twitter to tell 677000 users they were had by the Russians. Some signs show the problem continues.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/10/26/National-Economy/Images/2014-10-07T194742Z_01_TOR342_RTRIDSP_3_TWITTER-NSA.jpg?t=20170517 The social media company also found some 14,000 new Russian accounts. By: null Read More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/01/19/twitter-to-tell-677000-users-they-were-had-by-the-russians-some-signs-show-the-problem-continues/ _{2018-01-20T03:35:19Z}

Some parts of the federal government will remain open during a government shutdown

http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5a628dafa244448d048b4c17-1190-625/some-parts-of-the-federal-government-will-remain-open-during-a-government-shutdown.jpg As Washington faces a shutdown, "non-essential"... By: Michal Kranz Read More: http://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-2018-what-stays-open-close-2018-1 _{2018-01-20T01:00:27Z}

Hundreds of journals found in home with 13 captive children

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/5a83da95519f13f23248550ed3ad82a42f9fddc2/c=133-255-2789-1756&r=x803&c=1600x800/local/-/media/2018/01/19/USATODAY/USATODAY/636519820590738311-011918turpin-house.jpg One expert thinks that these diaries-turned-evidence could have been what kept the siblings sane. By: Brett Kelman Read More: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/19/turpin-torture-diaries/1049928001/ _{2018-01-20T00:20:31Z}