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2017 WGC-Mexico Championship: Top picks and how to watch

How to watch 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship: The top 10 prospects include Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy.

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Iraqi forces take control of key road, battle for Mosul's Wadi al-Hajar district

March 1 (UPI) -- Iraq took control of the last major road out of Mosul leading to another Islamic State stronghold as the sides battle for the district of Wadi al-Hajar.

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Scotland elementary school students give goldfish Viking funeral

March 1 (UPI) -- Students at an elementary school in Scotland honored their class goldfish by sending them off in a Viking funeral.

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Lightning strikes Seattle's Space Needle twice in one day

March 1 (UPI) -- Seattle's thundersnow storm this week brought with it another unusual weather occurrence -- lightning striking the Space Needle twice in a single day.

U.S. News // 1 hour ago

Obama to be paid more than $20 million in book deal with Penguin Random House

March 1 (UPI) -- Penguin Random House announced it will publish the memoirs of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.

U.S. News // 3 hours ago

Trump signs bills promoting women in STEM, rescinding Obama gun rule

March 1 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump signed two bills that aim to promote women in the STEM fields and one rescinding a rule blocking gun sales to some mentally ill people.

Energy News // 4 hours ago

Oil industry asks Trump about drilling offshore

March 1 (UPI) -- Despite general White House support for the oil and gas sector, a trade group said more than 90 percent of the reserves offshore remain off limits to producers.

U.S. News // 4 hours ago

FBI investigating Kansas shooting of Indian men as hate crime

March 1 (UPI) -- The FBI said it will open a hate crime investigation into the fatal shooting of an Indian man in Kansas by a man who allegedly used racial slurs.

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After oil deal, Russia backs Libyan autonomy

March 1 (UPI) -- Weeks after wading into its oil sector, and on the eve of a state visit, a Kremlin spokesman said Libya should be free from foreign intervention.

U.S. News // 4 hours ago

Beshear highlights Obamacare in Democrats' response to Trump speech

March 1 (UPI) -- Former Gov. Steve Beshear highlighted the Affordable Care Act in the Democratic Party's official response to President Donald Trump's address.

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Top Stories
•	Sanjiv Singh appointed IOCL chief
•	Modi to inaugurate Rs 30,000 crore OPaL petrochemical project in March
•	Electric vehicles for commercial use may not require permits
•	Tatas write to Sebi, say Mistry flouted trading rules
•	OPINION: Boom & Not-So-Boom Cycle by Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar

Oil & Gas
•	Government bails out ONGC, Oil India of Rs 22,000 crore royalty liability
•	Reliance buys naphtha to feed growing domestic demand Reuters.com
•	Saudi Arabia wants oil prices to rise to around $60 in 2017 - sources
•	Saudi Arabia needs to forget oil and go solar, says man behind Kingdom's crude clout
•	BP lifts outlook for core oil business after cost cuts
•	L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering gets 5-year job order from Shell
•	Biodiesel sector jittery over imminent lapse of excise duty exemption
•	TN gas project safe, will generate Rs 300 crore, 500 jobs, says Centre

Renewable
•	Viability of low wind tariffs to depend on low cost debt: ICRA
•	Odisha clears 11 investment proposals worth Rs 2,000 crore
•	Wind power auction: PTC India to facilitate 1,000 Mw electricity trade
•	EU wins court backing on anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panels Reuters.com
•	Financing in UK energy sector rose in 2016 despite Brexit - investors

Power
•	Discrimination on religious ground in electrification in UP: Piyush Goyal
•	Bank investors beware! Power loans may trip next
•	Debt-heavy infra cos may look hot, but be wary
•	GDP Q3 growth at 7 per cent, boost for govt in state poll season
•	India's core sector growth slows down to 3.4 per cent in January
•	India to generate 1,229 billion units of power in 2017-18 from thermal, hydro, nuclear sources
•	Asia must spend $26 trillion on infrastructure by 2030: ADB
•	Tata Power generation capacity goes up 8 per cent in December quarter
•	Private sector power plants can bid for states' coal quota

Coal
•	Coal blocks allocation scam: CBI court to hear matter of re-investigation
•	China says coal consumption falls for third year
•	China' coal power plants exposed to write-downs, bankruptcy - Oxford study
•	NTPC floats tender for north-west quarry of Pakri Barwadih coal mine

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7 Bad Ideas Plaguing the Democratic Party By Les Leopold, AlterNet If Democrats are going to be an agent of change that takes the country back from financial and corporate elites, they're going to have to think differently. READ MORE» Activists Are Turning Up the Heat on Republicans in Congress By Ilana Novick, AlterNet Resistance is building in red states, as evidenced during the calls for accountability over the congressional recess. READ MORE» Fact-Checking Donald Trump's First Presidential Address to Congress By Alan Yuhas, The Guardian From foreign policy to immigration, the facts and his statements were at odds.  READ MORE»

The NRA's Latest Propaganda Effort Will Sell More Guns... and Make America a More Dangerous Place By Amanda Marcotte, Salon Despicable and unpatriotic tactics. READ MORE» Why the EU Is Deeply Responsible for Major Humanitarian Crisis By Sarah Lazare, AlterNet A new report from Médecins Sans Frontières shows how African migrants are paying far too heavy of a price for looking for new opportunities. READ MORE» 3 Hard Political Truths That Trump Is Facing By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet Trump is on shakier ground than it seems. READ MORE» Jeff Sessions Is an Alternative Facts Guy When It Comes to Marijuana By Tony Newman, AlterNet If only Sessions could comprehend that any violence is due to prohibition and the absence of legal regulation, not the plant itself. READ MORE» Trump Blames His Own Generals for Yemen Raid That Killed Navy SEAL By Brad Reed, Raw Story The man who bought his way out of military service caused a needless death. READ MORE» Hit Movie 'Get Out' Taps into Real-Life Racial Tension, and Audiences Are Packing in to Watch By Katie Serena, Salon Since its Friday premiere, the film has made almost seven times its production budget—and sparked serious conversation about race. READ MORE» Israel Hands Out Two Grossly Unequal Forms of Justice for Jewish and Palestinian Victims By Ben Norton, AlterNet An Israeli extremist faces 11 years in prison for stabbing a Jew, while attacks on Arabs go virtually unpunished. READ MORE» Trump Plans to Boost Military Spending by a Staggering $54 Billion—What's He Planning to Cut? By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Funneling money for war at the expense of our people and our planet. READ MORE» WATCH: Police Push 86-Year-Old Woman to the Ground During Tucson Immigration Protest By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet She's never experienced anything like this in her 50 years of demonstrating. READ MORE» Why Having Doulas for the Dying Process Could Make Life a Lot Easier By Henry Fersko-Weiss, Conari Press A former hospice social worker reflects on his own father's death and how to add meaning to the last moments of a life. READ MORE» How Biased Media Is Undermining Human Rights and Democracy in India By Teesta Setalvad, AlterNet Corporate media outlets are fueling oppression and violence during a heated election season. READ MORE» 8 Natural Substitutes for Sugar By Kayla McDonell, Authority Nutrition Added sugar is probably the single worst ingredient in the modern diet. Fortunately, there are healthier alternatives. READ MORE» Extinction 2017: California Edition By Dan Bacher, CounterPunch The environmental injustice behind the Oroville Dam crisis.  READ MORE»

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

That presidential look, that presidential feel Reuters' James Oliphant analyzes the latest Trump performance, his one-night engagement before Congress on Capitol Hill. He emphasized softer notes and tones than we have been used to hearing, seeking the harmony needed to get lawmakers to advance his agenda. As Oliphant reports, some experts wondered what life would be like if Trump behaved like this every day. Defense Department keeps it green, even under Trump President Donald Trump and his top advisers have often scoffed at government support of green energy. His chief strategist called it “madness.” But the largest U.S. government agency, the Department of Defense, plans to forge ahead under the new administration with a decade-long effort to convert its fuel-hungry operations to renewable power, senior military officials told Reuters. A long wave goodbye at the NSA The National Security Agency risks a brain-drain of hackers and cyber spies due to a tumultuous reorganization and worries about the acrimonious relationship between the intelligence community and Trump, according to current and former NSA officials and cybersecurity industry sources. Reuters' Dustin Volz and Warren Strobel report from Washington. Mexico floats a Carlos Slim trial balloon Mexico's telecoms regulator has discussed forcing billionaire Carlos Slim to legally separate part of his landline telephone unit Telmex from the rest of the company, a move that would intensify antitrust rules against the company. If this happens, the move would come more than three years after Mexico's president pushed through reforms designed to curb Slim's dominance of the local telecommunications market. Crossing the line to play backgammon in Jerusalem Reuters' Luke Baker visits a backgammon tournament where Arabs and Jews face off against one another. It's a conflict of a different kind, but one that involves lots of cigarettes, beer, singing and dancing. "You want to win, but it's friendly too," said Karem Joubran, a 27-year-old from Shuafat camp, a Palestinian refugee neighborhood in north Jerusalem, who had to cross checkpoints to get to the event. "It's good, it brings people together." Reuters photo of the day Still the winner of the 'most active volcano in Italy' award Mount Etna, Europe's tallest and