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Facebook, which acknowledged this week that it sold $100,000 worth of political ads in the last two years to accounts linked to a Russian troll factory, came under stinging criticism Thursday over its refusal to release copies of the ads to the public — or to congressional investigators.

A $22 product designed to protect the most sacred of things when flying –- personal space -– led to an unscheduled landing in Chicago during a flight from Newark to Denver. Two passengers aboard the diverted United Airlines flight got into a heated argument Sunday after a male passenger used the product, the Knee Defender, to prevent the woman in the row in front from reclining her seat. The man, who was not identified, placed the Knee Defender’s brackets on his tray table attached to the back of the seat in front of him, 11B. The female passenger seated in...

Randy Cunningham has not been helping federal authorities as they continue to probe the former North County congressman's web of corruption, a top Pentagon investigator said Tuesday. Rick Gwin, special agent in charge of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service's western regional office, said he is troubled by the lack of assistance, particularly in light of Cunningham's plea agreement that calls for him to tell all that he knows. "In my opinion, he has not been cooperative and I have not gotten any information from him to further develop other targets," Gwin said in a telephone interview from his office in...

Tony Blair's efforts to secure United Nations backing for war against Iraq were strengthened last night when weapons inspectors said that Saddam Hussein's co-operation on disarmament had been "very limited". Details of a draft report from Hans Blix, the chief weapons inspector, emerged as Mr Blair stepped up efforts to win backing for a fresh UN resolution on Iraq after being rocked by his most serious backbench revolt. Hans Blix A copy of Dr Blix's report obtained by the BBC said that Iraq could have made greater efforts to find any remaining banned weapons or provide evidence of their absence....