| Trump Again Proves His Claim About Waiting For 'Facts' After Charlottesville Was Garbage Posted: 15 Sep 2017 11:33 AM PDT  U.S. President Donald Trump explained his botched response to a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last month by saying he needed "the facts" before broadly denouncing violence from racist groups.
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| Former acting CIA director quits Harvard over Chelsea Manning post Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:26 AM PDT  Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell on Thursday resigned from Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs to protest the appointment of convicted leaker Chelsea Manning to a fellowship at the university's Kennedy School.
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| How Police Say Scott Peterson Reacted to Wife's Disappearance, Part 1 Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:00 PM PDT  After his pregnant wife Laci Peterson disappeared in 2002, police say Scott Peterson kept his cool and called his then-mistress from Laci's vigil.
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| 2 Florida Men Accused Of Stealing Enormous Power Pole After Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:36 AM PDT  Police in Jacksonville, Florida have arrested two men for allegedly trying to steal a gigantic power pole in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
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| Fanged sea creature washes up on Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey creature Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:51 AM PDT  A mysterious fanged sea creature that washed up on a beach in Texas following Hurricane Harvey quickly went viral after images emerged on Twitter.
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| Key GOP lawmaker: Go after North Korea with sanctions and short-wave radio Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:22 AM PDT  House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R.-Calif., called Wednesday for tough new sanctions on Chinese banks that do business with North Korea.
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| Hurricane Irma's Tiniest Victims Are Getting Vital Help Posted: 14 Sep 2017 05:32 PM PDT  They may have the smallest of cries, but these animals are receiving a huge outpouring of help.
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| Trump vows to veto Sanders's single-payer health care plan: 'A curse on the U.S. and its people' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:11 PM PDT  President Trump assured Republicans that he would veto any bill from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders moving the U.S. toward a single-payer health care system.
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| Qatar's emir says ready to talk to end Gulf crisis Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:43 AM PDT  Qatar is ready to sit at the negotiating table to try to end a dispute with its Gulf Arab neighbors, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said on Friday in Berlin. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade links with Qatar on June 5, accusing the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas of financing terrorism and cozying up to their arch-rival Iran. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke by phone with Sheikh Tamim a week ago in what looked like a breakthrough.
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| 'The University Has Coddled Students Too Long.' Conservative Firebrand Roils Berkeley Posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:05 AM PDT  Protests took place at UC Berkeley as Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro came to give a speech.
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| The Latest: Activists say 20 dead in east Syria strikes Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:24 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
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| These Cops Helping Out With Irma Have The Internet All Hot And Bothered (UPDATE) Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:56 PM PDT  Responding to Hurricane Irma calls and stealing hearts is all in a day's work for these Florida cops.
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| 12 Giant Foods That Prove Bigger Is Always Better Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:03 PM PDT |
| Florida Nursing Home Was Supposed To Be A Refuge. Then It Became A ‘Death Warehouse.’ Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:03 PM PDT  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. ― Almost every night, Jacqueline Ventura makes the five-minute drive from her house to the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills to see her mother, who is 82 and has dementia. The area outside Hollywood Hills had become a crime scene by Wednesday morning.
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| Hillary Clinton taunts Trump after president revives 'Crooked' jab Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:24 AM PDT  The former Democratic nominee fired back at the president after both he and the White House slammed her explanation for her loss in the 2016 election.
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| Typhoon tears across Vietnam, skirting key coffee region Posted: 15 Sep 2017 05:40 AM PDT  By Kham Nguyen and Minh Nguyen HA TINH, Vietnam (Reuters) - A typhoon tore a destructive path across central Vietnam on Friday, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, whipping off roofs and knocking out power in the country's most powerful storm in years. Four people were killed, more than 5,000 houses were submerged, 19 collapsed and nearly 24,000 houses in Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces were damaged, the disaster agency said in a report. Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces bore the brunt of Typhoon Doksuri and power cuts were widespread after winds brought down or damaged thousands of electricity poles, trees and billboards.
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| Michelle Rounds, Ex-Wife Of Rosie O'Donnell, Dead At 46 Posted: 15 Sep 2017 01:52 PM PDT  Michelle Rounds, the ex-wife of Rosie O'Donnell, died on Monday at her home, TMZ reports.
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| Chicago Hotel Freezer Death Footage Sparks Dispute Posted: 15 Sep 2017 01:22 AM PDT  Jenkins' mother said that the activist, Andrew Holmes, had not been appointed to represent the family.
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| Judge: Sessions can't deny grant money for sanctuary cities Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:27 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions can't follow through — at least for now — with his threat to withhold public safety grant money to Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to impose new tough immigration policies, a judge ruled Friday in a legal defeat for the Trump administration.
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| The history behind that fake photo of a shark swimming on a highway Posted: 14 Sep 2017 08:31 AM PDT  The internet has always been filled with hoaxes, fakes, liars, and cheats, long before the term "fake news" became a household phrase. But no matter how many times a fake image of a shark swimming on a flooded highway shows up, the internet continues to fall for it. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma had major impacts on the U.S. in the last few weeks, which means social media was ripe with incredible stories, videos, and pictures of the storms and their aftermaths. Among the real stories, there were of course fakes. On Aug. 27, Twitter user Jason Michael shared an infamous photo of a shark swimming on a flooded highway. "Believe it or not, this is a shark on the freeway in Houston, Texas," he wrote. SEE ALSO: 'Pilot' says he Photoshops his selfies, and yet somehow people still think they're real Believe it or not, this is a shark on the freeway in Houston, Texas. #HurricaneHarvy pic.twitter.com/ANkEiEQ3Y6 — Jason Michael (@Jeggit) August 28, 2017 Turns out the Dublin-based journalist was apparently just trying to make a point. The tweet received over 88,000 retweets, and Michael later responded that he was concerned how easy it was to fool so many people with fake news. When America is this easy to troll with #FakeNews we should all be worried. https://t.co/3Iqp9UGql9 — Jason Michael (@Jeggit) August 28, 2017 As Hurricane Irene was battering Florida on Sunday, the same image was shared by Twitter user @mopage19. He claimed the photo was taken on I-75 outside of Naples. A shark photographed on I-75 just outside of Naples, FL This is insane. #HurricaneIrma pic.twitter.com/cRBDsRJQsF — Maury Page (@mopage19) September 10, 2017 "This is insane," he wrote. Later, someone asked if he knew where the photo actually originated. Mopage19 made it clear that he was just trolling. Photo shop — Maury Page (@mopage19) September 10, 2017 The shark in this photograph is indeed real, but the shark swimming through a flooded highway is fake. The shark was initially captured by renowned National Geographic photographer Thomas P. Peschak off the coast of South Africa over 10 years ago. On his website, Peschak explains that he was working with the White Shark Trust for more than 10 months to capture images of white sharks in South Africa that would help depict the current scientific research. Great white shark following a scientist in a kayak off South Africa's coast. This photograph is on the cover of my latest book 'Sharks and People' published by University of Chicago Press. #sharks, #greatwhite, #kayak, #kayaking, #southafrica, #whitesharktrust A post shared by Thomas Peschak (@thomaspeschak) on Dec 29, 2013 at 6:20am PST The image of the shark stalking a small kayak went viral when Peschak first published it on his website. He claims the photo attracted "more than 100,000 visitors" in 24 hours. Given the stunning nature of the image, the photographer says that it garnered its fair share of skeptics claiming the image was altered in some manner. The original image even has its own debunking on Snopes. Peschak maintains the image was not altered in any way, in fact, he told AOL Travel in 2014 that the photo was captured "on slide film Fuji Provia 100 using a Nikon F5 Camera and 17-35 mm lens." On his site, he writes, "all magazines and prints were taken from a high-resolution scan of the slide with no post-production work." This means the original photo never even touched Photoshop, until someone decided to take that shark and put it on a flooded highway. It appears as if the first hoax surrounding the image occurred in April 2006, when the French magazine Le Magazine des Voyages de Peche published a joke article about a fisherman in Australia that accidentally caught a shark in one of its nets. After freeing the shark, affectionately named Cindy, it followed the fisherman around years, scaring away his catch in the process. Two years later, someone turned the April Fools' Day joke into a YouTube slideshow, racking up over 1.6 million views. Here's a another clip with over a half million views that was uploaded in 2013, pushing a similar narrative. We were unable to track down the original YouTube upload. The shark gets moving The first known record of the viral image of the shark on a flooded highway that we know today occurred in 2011 when Hurricane Irene hit Puerto Rico, causing flooding across the island. The image of the shark on the highway was picked up by WSVN 7 News out of Miami and credited to a man named Ramon Garganta. The image was quickly debunked, and the sharks origin was even linked to Peschak's shark, but it didn't matter. The damage was done, people fell for the shark swimming on a highway, and have been falling for it ever since. The shark showed up again in 2012, this time it was swimming next to another shark at the bottom of an escalator at the Scientific Center or a mall in Kuwait. The hoaxers claimed that a shark tank collapsed, but it didn't. The photo of the escalators in actually from Union subway station in Toronto, which flooded in June of 2012. Essentially, it was originally a meme that was repurposed by someone into a hoax. Shark tank collapse in a shopping mall in Kuwait . Great photo !! pic.twitter.com/kY5rxwit — Niall Boylan Show (@niallboylan4fm) July 7, 2012 The photo of the shark on the highway surfaced again when Hurricane Sandy wreacked havoc on the northeast. Mashable debunked it back then, along with a slew of other fake photographs. While this hoax and others like it will not be going away anytime soon, there is some hope following the photo's most recent appearances. The media widely debunked the story of the shark on the highway quickly after it went viral on social media, and it was pointed out by many that it was fake. In the age of fake news, always be a little skeptical of things you see, even if there is photographical evidence. And when in doubt, use Google image search. Peschak did not respond to Mashable's request for an interview. He admits on his site that he had no idea when he started documenting sharks that this image would be his "most well-known image to date." "I always look forward to receiving e-mails from friends and family who have spotted the same white shark in a different context," Peschak writes. "While I will probably never become a legend in my own right, at least my white shark is well on her way." WATCH: How to respond when your coworker asks you, "How was your weekend?"
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| Here's Why You Probably Don't Want To Freeze Your Credit Posted: 14 Sep 2017 05:05 PM PDT  In the aftermath of the Great Equifax Breach of 2017, many consumers are asking, "Should I freeze my credit?"
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| Body of British journalist killed by crocodile found in Sri Lanka Posted: 15 Sep 2017 06:44 AM PDT  Sri Lankan police Friday found the body of a 24-year-old British journalist, Paul McClean, who is suspected to have been killed by a crocodile. Divers found McClean's corpse in the mud of a lagoon in the coastal village of Panama, 360 kilometres (225 miles) east of the capital Colombo by road, a police spokesman said. "There were six or seven wounds on his right leg," a police official told AFP.
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| 'Fixer Upper' Couple Blasted On Social Media Over New Target Line Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:00 PM PDT  HGTV fans will soon have a new reason to shop at Target.
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| U.S. judge will not dismiss accused Mexican drug lord El Chapo's indictment Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:31 PM PDT  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected an effort by Joaquin Guzman, the accused Mexican drug lord known as "El Chapo," to dismiss a massive international narcotics conspiracy indictment on the ground he was extradited improperly to Brooklyn. While not challenging the merits of the case, Guzman's lawyers claimed that the indictment violated the extradition treaty between the United States and Mexico because Mexican authorities initially agreed to extradite their client only to southern California or western Texas.
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| Russia's Latest War Games Are Causing Jitters in Europe Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:11 AM PDT  Russia and Belarus began major war games Thursday, an operation involving thousands of troops, tanks and aircraft on NATO's eastern edge.
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| Cambodia retaliates for visa ban, suspends US MIA searches Posted: 14 Sep 2017 06:57 PM PDT  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday he will retaliate against a U.S. halt on the issuing of most visas to senior foreign ministry officials and their families by suspending missions by U.S. military-led teams searching for the remains of Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War.
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| Mission controllers reacting to the end of the Cassini mission at Saturn will make you emotional Posted: 15 Sep 2017 06:09 AM PDT  Scientists aren't exactly known for their public displays of emotion, but sometimes, that's what a moment calls for. On Friday, as the long-running Cassini mission at Saturn came to a close, mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California couldn't help but get a little teary as they said goodbye to a spacecraft that had been in space for two decades. SEE ALSO: Cassini, one of humanity's best spacecraft, is officially dead at Saturn Even though the mission's end was planned for years, it didn't make it any easier to watch lines of data come back indicating that Cassini had broken apart in Saturn's atmosphere, becoming a part of the planet it studied at close range for 13 years. "Things never will be quite the same for those of us on the Cassini team now that the spacecraft is no longer flying," Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker, said in a statement. "But, we take comfort knowing that every time we look up at Saturn in the night sky, part of Cassini will be there, too." Earl Maize, left, and Julie Webster, right, embrace after the end of Cassini.Image: NASA/Joel KowskySome of the researchers on the Cassini project have been with the mission since it began, as it launched to space in 1997, when Bill Clinton was still president. It arrived at its target planet in 2004. During its time at Saturn, the probe has re-shaped our understanding of the ringed planet and its place in the solar system, sending back amazing photos and scientific data about the world's moons, rings, and environment. For example, the spacecraft is responsible for helping us see the lakes and rivers of methane below the moon Titan's hazy atmosphere. Cassini also helped researchers figure out that Enceladus likely has an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface. WATCH: NASA has discovered a water world in our solar system capable of sustaining life
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| Steve Mnuchin Asked To Use Government Plane For His European Honeymoon Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:09 AM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin formally requested to use a government plane for his honeymoon to Scotland, France and Italy earlier this summer.
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| Parsons Green terror attack: Donald Trump labels bucket bomber 'loser' who was 'in sights of Scotland Yard' Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:50 AM PDT  Donald Trump has called the perpetrator of a bombing on the London Underground a "loser terrorist" who was "in the sights of Scotland Yard". Police said they were treating the explosion, which occurred at around 8.20 at Parsons Green Underground station, as a "terrorist incident" and they have launched an "urgent manhunt" for the bomber. "Another attack in London by a loser terrorist," Mr Trump said.
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| S.Korea's Lotte to sell China shops in face of boycott Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:02 PM PDT  South Korea's Lotte Group is to sell some of its Chinese stores in the face of crippling measures imposed by Beijing over a US missile defence system, it said Friday -- and could dispose of them all. Lotte provided a golf course to Seoul for the THAAD missile-interception system installed by South Korea and the US to defend against the North's missile threats. China strongly opposes the system as a threat to its own security, and has hit the retail giant -- South Korea's fifth-biggest conglomerate -- with unofficial sanctions.
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| How To Buy A House When You're Pretty Sure You Can't Afford One Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT  The obstacles to buying a first house may appear insurmountable: Home prices have risen, mortgage interest rates are poised to rise, and by most people's definition we're in a market that favors sellers.
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| Pregnant Teacher's Boyfriend Charged in Her Killing Sent Texts Pretending to Be Her: Arrest Warrant Posted: 15 Sep 2017 10:00 AM PDT  Tyler Tessier, 32, also allegedly admitted to being engaged to another woman.
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| With China in mind, Japan, India agree to deepen defense Posted: 14 Sep 2017 06:16 AM PDT  By Amit Dave and Sanjeev Miglani GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The leaders of India and Japan agreed on Thursday to deepen defense ties and push for more cooperation with Australia and the United States, as they seek to counter growing Chinese influence across Asia. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived this week in his counterpart Narendra Modi's home state, skipping the tradition of visiting the capital of New Delhi, for the tenth meeting between two leaders since Modi came to power in 2014. Relations have deepened between Asia's second and third largest economies as Abe and Modi, who enjoy a close personal relationship, increasingly see eye-to-eye to balance China as the dominant Asian power.
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| Dangers linger as Florida recovery picks up momentum Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:02 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Nearly a week after Hurricane Irma walloped Florida, the recovery mission picked up momentum as more people had electricity and schools made plans to reopen.
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| Most Americans Oppose White Supremacists, But Many Share Their Views: Poll Posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:51 PM PDT  A new poll in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, finds that while Americans widely say they oppose racism and white nationalism, many still appear to hold far-right, white supremacist views.
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| 20 Practical Things You Can Buy On Amazon For Under $20 Posted: 15 Sep 2017 09:22 AM PDT  When it comes to Amazon, you'll usually find yourself lost in the abyss that is "customers who bought this item also bought."
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| Hillary Clinton Says James Comey Should Be Questioned Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:13 AM PDT  Clinton made the remarks despite Comey's decision to reopen the FBI probe into her private email server during the campaign.
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| Here’s How Much Steven Mnuchin and Louise Linton’s Honeymoon Jet Would’ve Cost Taxpayers Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:46 AM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has come under fire for using government aircraft for personal use.
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| This Is What Being 30 Looks Like Around The World Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:59 PM PDT  The milestone often prompts all sorts of introspection: evaluating career goals, feeling pressure about finding love or comparing the person you are now to the one you thought you would be at 30.
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| Teen wanted for deportation is accused of California killing Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:53 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal agents were tracking a young immigrant who was facing deportation when he fatally shot a popular community volunteer during a robbery in San Francisco, authorities said Friday.
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