| Clinton blasts Don Jr.'s 'absurd lie' about Russian lawyer meeting Posted: 13 Sep 2017 07:59 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton isn't buying Donald Trump Jr.'s latest explanation for meeting a Kremlin-connected lawyer during the presidential campaign.
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| Newark Customs Officers Arrested For Alleged 'Rape Table' Assault Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:18 AM PDT  Three Customs and Border Protection officers working at Newark Liberty International Airport were arrested on Wednesday over a disturbing ritual dubbed a "rape table."
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| Exclusive: Michael Flynn’s Son is a Subject of Russia Investigation Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:39 AM PDT  Michael G. Flynn, the son of President Trump's former national security adviser, is a subject of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election, according to four current and former government officials.
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| Teacher Spends 70 Hours Creating Incredible 'Harry Potter'-Themed Classroom Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:59 PM PDT  An Oregon teacher transformed his classroom into a magical oasis.
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| No country for migrant stowaways caught on ferry between Ukraine and Turkey Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:13 AM PDT  By Julie Astrid Thomsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Twelve migrants, apparently from North Africa, have been sailing to and fro on a Danish passenger ferry between Istanbul and Odessa for the last seven weeks locked in four cabins, with no country willing to take them. According to the Danish DFDS ferry operator, Turkey and Ukraine both refuse to accept the men, who have been violent and threatening suicide. "There has been a tendency to violence and aggressions and they have threatened to jump overboard... so there is no alternative to locking them inside the cabins," a DFDS spokesman told Reuters on Thursday.
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| Chicago Newspaper Hits Back After Police Union Attacks Reporters For Doing Their Job Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:34 PM PDT  The Chicago Sun-Times published a blistering editorial Wednesday night, denying a police union's demand that effectively told the newspaper's reporters to stop doing their job. "Chicago needs a great police force," the board wrote. On Tuesday, the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police sent a letter to Sun-Times investigative reporters Tim Novak and Robert Herguth and managing editor Chris Fusco, criticizing them over their recent piece on lax discipline for Chicago police officers who violate department policy on alcohol and drug use.
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| Cassini spacecraft to end its mission tomorrow with a 70,000mph death plunge into Saturn's atmosphere Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:23 AM PDT  Nasa scientists are preparing to kill off the Cassini space probe with a spectacular suicidal dive into Saturn's atmosphere on Friday. The 22ft robot craft will break into fragments and burn up as it ploughs into the ringed planet's cloud tops, ending a 20-year mission that cost £2.9 billion. Cassini was launched in 1997 and took seven years to travel two billion miles to Saturn, before embarking on a 13-year journey of discovery that delivered a wealth of scientific data on the planet and its moons. The north pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is seen in an image from the Cassini spacecraft on 14 October 2015 Credit: NASA Now with the spacecraft running out of fuel, and soon to become impossible to steer, controllers have chosen to bring the mission to a fiery end. Scientists expect to lose contact with the probe at around 12.55pm UK time as Cassini begins to feel the effects of drag from Saturn's atmosphere and starts to tumble, causing its dish antenna to lose sight of Earth. At this point the craft will be roughly 930 miles above the planet's cloud tops. From then on, Cassini will start to burn like a meteor and tear apart. Within two minutes of signal loss the probe will be completely consumed. In brief | Nasa's Cassini mission During the dive Cassini will be travelling at around 70,000mph. Its plunge to destruction will mark the end of a series of 22 daring orbits that allowed the probe to slip between Saturn and its rings. Because Saturn is so far away, the spacecraft's last gasp transmissions will take 83 minutes to reach Earth. Earl Maize, Cassini project manager at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said: "The spacecraft's final signal will be like an echo. It will radiate across the solar system for nearly an hour and a half after Cassini itself has gone. "Even though we'll know that, at Saturn, Cassini has already met its fate, its mission isn't truly over for us on Earth as long as we're still receiving its signal." Cassini: Getting to Saturn Right up until it beams its final signals to Earth eight of the spacecraft's 12 scientific instruments will be gathering data from the top of Saturn's atmosphere and transmitting information about its structure and composition. Cassini's cameras will capture their final images of looming Saturn and its moons several hours earlier. They will be radioed to Nasa's Deep Space Network antenna complex in Canberra, Australia, before being posted on the mission website. Cassini: The spacecraft A high point of the mission came in January 2005 when a small European Space Agency lander called Huygens detached from Cassini and descended to the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan. The probe touched down on a pebble-strewn surface with the consistency of wet sand. It was the first successful landing on a world in the outer solar system. Are there lifeforms on Enceladus? | Dr Daniel Brown of Nottingham Trent University analyses the new research As it parachuted down through Titan's thick nitrogen and methane atmosphere, Huygens captured images of features that looked like shore lines and river systems on Earth. Scientists now know Titan has lakes and seas filled with liquid methane and ethane. Another key discovery made by Cassini was a global ocean under the icy surface of another moon, Enceladus, that may sustain life. An image of earth taken by Cassini from within Saturn's rings Credit: PA The decision to send Cassini to its fiery grave was taken in order to avoid any chance of the spacecraft crashing onto Titan or Enceladus and possibly contaminating the potentially life-hosting worlds with Earth bugs. British scientists played a major role in the mission, wholly or partly contributing several of the spacecraft's instruments. Open University planetary scientist Professor Simon Green, who helped develop Huygens' surface science package, said: "The Cassini-Huygens mission has transformed our understanding of the second largest planet in our solar system, Saturn, with its vast ring system and its unique moons. "Landing on Titan revealed a cold, but surprisingly Earth-like landscape, shaped by the flow of methane rather than water, and the icy volcanoes of Enceladus hint at a habitat for life below its frozen surface. "The scientific legacy of the mission will extend long beyond its fiery end in the clouds of Saturn." Google doodle marks Cassini's final mission 01:19
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| Man who killed estranged wife, 7 others had drinking problem Posted: 13 Sep 2017 01:57 PM PDT  PLANO, Texas (AP) — Meredith Hight had gathered friends at her suburban Dallas home for a day of grilling and watching football when her estranged husband showed up and opened fire, killing her and seven others before a police officer killed him.
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| American Fighting for ISIS Reportedly in Custody Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:11 PM PDT  Military and State spokespeople say they are aware of reports.
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| 'We’re Having Gang Wars All Over Again' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:45 AM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas ― Brian Silva, an unemployed African-American man from one of Little Rock's roughest neighborhoods, still struggles on a daily basis not to go back to the life of crime he knows so well.
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| Melania Trump tweets footage from Marine One of devastating Florida flooding caused by Hurricane Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:04 AM PDT  First Lady Melania Trump and President Trump headed to Florida on Thursday to assess the damage done by Hurricane Irma.
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| 7 Facts Surrounding The Death Of Kenneka Jenkins Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:30 AM PDT  Here's what we know so far about the developing "death investigation" of 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins.
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| Motel 6 Admits Arizona Sites Were Reporting Guests To ICE Without Chain's Approval Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:56 PM PDT  Employees at Motel 6 locations in Phoenix have ceased working with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in light of a new report that revealed motel staffers were reporting guests who appear to be undocumented immigrants, according to a spokeswoman for the motel chain.
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| Trump Voter Fraud Commissioner Was Alarmed Democrats Would Have A Say On Panel Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:46 AM PDT  A member of President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission expressed outrage that Democrats would be appointed to sit on the panel, saying they would only obstruct its work.
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| China mourns death of oldest panda Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:19 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — China is mourning the death of the world's oldest panda, Basi, who attracted millions of visitors during a visit to the United States 30 years ago.
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| Fanged Mystery Creature Discovered On Texas Beach Puzzles Internet Posted: 13 Sep 2017 04:56 PM PDT  Several experts struggled to identify the mysterious marine creature.
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| Couple Sentenced to 5 Years Probation Over YouTube Pranks They Pulled on Kids Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:27 AM PDT  Michael and Heather Martin entered Alford pleas to two counts of child neglect.
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| Laci Peterson's mother recalls last time she spoke to her Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:03 PM PDT  Sharon Rocha told "20/20" that the last time she saw Laci, she let her feel the baby kick and said, "Scott doesn't like to do this."
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| Trump Marveled At Historic Hurricanes — Until Someone Brought Up Climate Change Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:10 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — Days after expressing amazement at the size of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, President Donald Trump on Thursday suddenly didn't seem too impressed about their ferocity when asked about climate change's impact.
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| Ohio killer to be put to death Wednesday seeks age reprieve Posted: 12 Sep 2017 06:31 PM PDT ![Ohio killer to be put to death Wednesday seeks age reprieve]( "Ohio killer to be put to death Wednesday seeks age reprieve") The now 45-year-old inmate's appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court to halt his Wednesday execution at a Lucasville, Ohio, prison cites an August decision by a Kentucky circuit court that ruled as unconstitutional executing inmates younger than 21 at the time of their crimes. On Tuesday, that court denied a separate petition for a stay of execution filed on behalf of Otte.
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| WWII remains on Pacific island identified as Michigan man Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:57 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan airman whose plane crashed during World War II has been identified among the remains recently discovered on a Pacific Ocean island, the U.S. government said Thursday.
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| Seat Deal! Mom Negotiates $4G From Airline After Giving Up Spot on Overbooked Flight Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:23 AM PDT  She plans on going to Hawaii with the money.
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| Wednesday's Morning Email: What You Need To Know About Bernie Sanders' Single-Payer Plan Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:53 AM PDT  TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday?
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| Donald Trump Denies DACA Deal, But Doesn't Dispute Its Key Points Posted: 14 Sep 2017 03:35 AM PDT  President Donald Trump refuted assertions from top congressional Democrats that he had agreed to a new border security package that would have excluded his long-promised wall.
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| 8 Foods That Contain Probiotics (And They Aren't Yogurt) Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:01 AM PDT  Everybody knows that yogurt is a good source of probiotics ― even people who don't really know what probiotics are.
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| Tillerson Offers State Department Employees First Look at Redesign Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:33 AM PDT  Not everyone is impressed. "It's fluffy, meaningless B.S."
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| Ohio executes double murderer by lethal injection after appeal fails Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:09 AM PDT  Gary Otte, 45, found guilty of shooting both a man and a woman in the head at a suburban Cleveland apartment complex in 1992, died at 10:54 a.m. local time by lethal injection at a prison in Lucasville, Ohio, prison officials said. Otte's appeal for a stay on the grounds it was unconstitutional to execute inmates younger than 21 at the time of their crimes was denied by the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday morning.
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| APNewsBreak: Walruses in Alaska may have died in stampede Posted: 13 Sep 2017 05:12 PM PDT  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of Pacific walrus are coming to Alaska's northwest shore again in the absence of summer sea ice and not all are surviving.
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| Bella Hadid shouts at security guard for pushing female paparazzo: 'Do not touch her!' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:14 AM PDT  Just days after saving sister Gigi on the runway during a New York Fashion Week show, Bella just gave us another reason to love her even more. Paparazzi swarmed the 20-year-old model while leaving the Michael Kors Spring 2018 show during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday. During Milan Fashion Week last year, Bella's sister Gigi found herself in a similar situation involving notorious internet prankster Vitalii Sediuk.
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| Mother of 3 Injured by Falling Tree in Central Park to Sue for $200 Million Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:51 AM PDT  Anne Monoky was walking with her three sons when a 75-foot-tall tree suddenly fell and landed on top of the family on Aug. 15.
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| New Pictures Emerge Out Of Florida Keys In Irma's Aftermath Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:34 AM PDT  Initial assessments said 90 percent of homes on the island chain were damaged.
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| Lifehacker Writer Whitesplains Chopsticks; Asian People Reject It Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:03 PM PDT  A writer for Lifehacker, a popular tech and lifestyle blog, has issued an apology after running a short article about chopsticks that stirred up some feelings within the Asian community.
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| Meet the Billionaire Immigrant Who Just Made One of the Largest Donations to Hurricane Harvey Relief Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:25 PM PDT  Meet the Billionaire Immigrant Who Just Made One of the Largest Donations to Hurricane Harvey Relief
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| Anti-Immigration Conservatives Flip Out Over Trump-Dem Deal Reports Posted: 14 Sep 2017 03:12 AM PDT  Anti-immigration conservatives flipped out over news that President Donald Trump made a deal with Democratic leaders on immigration.
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| Senate Candidate Was On Radio Show With Pastor Who Said Gays Should Repent Or Die Posted: 12 Sep 2017 06:32 PM PDT  A U.S. Senate candidate and former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice has repeatedly appeared on the radio show of a fiercely homophobic pastor who believes being gay is "worthy of death," according to a new CNN report.
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| Report: Officer lost control before arresting Utah nurse Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:33 PM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah police chief will decide any possible punishment for an officer caught on video dragging a nurse from a hospital and handcuffing her after a review board found he lost control and got aggressive.
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| Fearing Russia, Sweden holds biggest war games in 20 years Posted: 14 Sep 2017 03:40 AM PDT  By Johan Ahlander GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) - Neutral Sweden has launched its biggest war games in two decades with support from NATO countries, drilling 19,000 troops after years of spending cuts that have left the country fearful of Russia's growing military strength. On the eve of Russia's biggest maneuvers since 2013, which NATO says will be greater than the 13,000 troops Moscow says are involved, Sweden will simulate an attack from the east on the Baltic island of Gotland, near the Swedish mainland. "The security situation has taken a turn for the worse," Micael Byden, the commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, said during a presentation of the three-week-long exercise.
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| Evidence of 'night parrot', one of world's rarest birds, found in Australia Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:38 AM PDT  A feather from one of the most elusive birds in the world has been found in South Australia, the first proof in more than a century that it lives there, wildlife experts said Thursday. The "night parrot" ranks among the world's rarest avian species and was thought extinct until an intrepid Australian naturalist provided photo evidence of one in Queensland state in 2013. It has since also been spotted in Western Australia.
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| See Stunning Before and After Photos of Hurricane Irma's Impact on the Caribbean Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:45 AM PDT  These before and after photos below show the physical impact of a storm that left so many struggling in its wake.
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| Two Muslim Teens On Navigating Girlhood And Islamophobia In Their America Posted: 13 Sep 2017 07:54 AM PDT  Welcome to "The Story We Share," a series of Q&As that profile two people with similar identities ― but who live in very different places.
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