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Tuesday September 26th, 2017 morning edition

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'Narcos' Star Pedro Pascal Show Can't Continue If Cast and Crew Aren't Protected.

'Narcos' Star Pedro Pascal Says Show Can't Continue if Cast and Crew Aren't Protected.

"Narcos" star Pedro Pascal is riding the wave of popularity, yet he says the Netflix show can't go on unless there's a way of protecting cast and crew.

We got Pedro -- who plays DEA agent Javier Peña -- out at LAX Sunday and asked about the respected location scout who was murdered in an area near Hidalgo.

As we reported ... Carlos Muñoz Portal's body was found earlier this month riddled with bullets.

Muñoz was scouting in Mexico for season 4 ... where Peña zeroes in on the Mexican drug cartels.

The way Pedro sees it, everyone's a target now, so something has to be done. »

Anthony Weiner Gets 21 Months in Prison for Sexting With Teenager

Authored by nytimes.com

The judge, Denise L. Cote of Federal District Court in Manhattan, told Mr. Weiner that his offense was “a serious crime that deserves serious punishment.”.

The judge said Mr. Weiner was finally receiving “effective treatment for this disease,” including attending group therapy and Sex Addicts Anonymous.

After the judge left the bench, Mr. Weiner remained seated at the defense table between his lawyers, Arlo Devlin-Brown and Erin Monju. »

India unveils $2.5 billion plan to electrify all households by end 2018

Authored by in.reuters.com
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a $2.5 billion project to electrify all of the country’s households by the end of 2018.

“No fee will be charged for electricity connection in households of poor citizens,” Modi said at an event where he launched the project.

The government said it would distribute solar power packs with a battery bank to un-electrified households in such areas. »

North Korea accuses US of declaring war

Authored by bbc.co.uk

North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country and said Pyongyang had the right to shoot down US bombers.

Mr Ri's remarks - not the first time that North Korea has used the phrase "a declaration of war" in relation to the US - are the latest in an increasingly angry war of words between the two countries.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Ri Yong-ho says Donald Trump "declared a war on our country". »

Russia Will Team Up with NASA to Build a Lunar Space Station

Authored by popularmechanics.com
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Partners on the International Space Station program including the European, Canadian, and Japanese space agencies have been conducting quiet but intensive consultations with NASA about their contributions to the near-lunar station.

However, the TsNIIMash research institute, Russia's key space strategy think tank, concluded the agency would not be able to fund the Earth-orbiting space station and the lunar program at the same time.

Anatoly Zak is the publisher of RussianSpaceWeb.com and the author of Russia in Space, the Past Explained, the Future Explored. »