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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy kicked off a congressional grilling of Google CEO Sundar Pichai by noting a "widening gap of distrust" between tech companies and the American people. (Dec. 11)  AP WASHINGTON – Rep. Zoe Lofgren wants to know why so many pictures of President Donald Trump appear when she does a Google search for "idiot."  "Right now, if you Google the word 'idiot' under images, a picture of Donald Trump comes up. I just did that," the California Democrat told Google CEO Sundar Pichai during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday in Washington. "How would that happen? How does search work so that would occur?" Lofgren asked Pichai. The Google CEO – who was at the hearing to address allegations of political bias in his company's widely used search engine – said the results are based on billions of keywords ranked according to more than 200 factors such as relevance and popularity.  "S...

Kirk Douglas  remarkably celebrates his 102nd birthday on December 9, 2018. The three-time Oscar nominee appeared in dozens of movies in a career that spanned decades. But how many of those titles are classics? In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best. Born in 1916, Douglas kicked off his acting career after serving in the Navy during WWII. He made his film debut with a small role in “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” (1946). His first Oscar nomination as Best Actor came just three years later for  Mark Robson ‘s boxing drama “Champion” (1949). He earned two more Oscar bids working with director  Vincent Minnelli , first for the Hollywood melodrama “The Bad and the Beautiful” (1952) and again for the  Vincent Van Gogh  biopic “Lust for Life” (1956). The latter film brought him victories at the Golden Globes and New York Film Critics Circle. SEE Honorary Oscars: Full gallery of acting recipients inc...