| In White House, Flynn Pitched Nuclear Plan From Company He'd Advised: Reports Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:22 PM PST  Earlier this year, House Democrats accused retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn of secretly lobbying for a huge Middle East nuclear power deal while serving as President Donald Trump's national security adviser.
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| David Cassidy Dies at Age 67 Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST  Cassidy's family says the actor, musician and star of "The Partridge Family" passed away "with joy in his heart."
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| Bangladesh court upholds death sentence for 139 for mutiny Posted: 27 Nov 2017 10:03 PM PST  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's High Court has upheld a verdict by a trial court sentencing 139 border guards to death for their actions in a 2009 mutiny in which 74 people, including 57 military commanders, were killed.
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| Rex Tillerson's State Department Reorganizer Resigns After Just 3 Months Posted: 27 Nov 2017 06:17 PM PST  The senior official charged with remaking the State Department in Secretary Rex Tillerson's image has resigned after three months on the job, an agency spokesman confirmed to NBC on Monday.
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| Top Chinese General Commits Suicide Amid Corruption Probe Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:09 AM PST  It is the most senior suicide yet in President Xi Jinping's five-year crackdown on graft
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| Sen. Paul says man who tackled him spoke to him after attack Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:47 PM PST  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says a man who tackled him in his yard spoke to him afterward about why he was unhappy, but Paul said no explanation would have justified what he called an unprovoked attack.
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| 3-Year-Old Girl Disappears In North Carolina, Sparking FBI Search Posted: 28 Nov 2017 07:37 PM PST  Federal agents have joined the search for a missing three-year-old girl.
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| Venezuela's Maduro says he could stop oil sales to US Posted: 28 Nov 2017 06:02 PM PST  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro floated the idea Tuesday of cutting off oil sales to the United States, which buys almost half its output. Never one to shy away from provocative rhetoric, socialist Maduro said that US sanctions against Caracas were over the top, and maybe not worth the trouble. Venezuela produces 1.9 million barrels per day of which the United States buys 750,000.
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| Pope Francis Preaches Forgiveness in First Public Mass in Myanmar Posted: 28 Nov 2017 10:25 PM PST  Pope Francis urged Myanmar's long-suffering people to resist the temptation to exact revenge for the hurt they have endured, preaching a message of forgiveness Wednesday to a huge crowd in his first public Mass in the predominantly Buddhist nation.
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| The Birther's Back: Trump Reportedly Reignites Racist Lie About Obama Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:00 PM PST  President Donald Trump is reportedly reviving the racist "birther" conspiracy theory, which claims that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States.
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| Turkish gold trader details money laundering scheme for Iran Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:45 PM PST  A Turkish-Iranian gold trader described in a U.S. court on Wednesday how he ran a sprawling international money laundering scheme aimed at helping Iran get around U.S. sanctions and spend its oil and gas revenues abroad. Reza Zarrab, who has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors in the criminal trial of a Turkish bank executive, told jurors in federal court in Manhattan that he helped Iran use funds deposited in Turkey's state-owned Halkbank to buy gold, which was smuggled to Dubai and sold for cash. The testimony, given through Turkish interpreters, came on the second day of the trial of Halkbank executive Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who has pleaded not guilty.
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| Monica Lewinsky 'Fixes' Title Of HLN Special To Focus On The Real Scandal Posted: 28 Nov 2017 05:49 PM PST  This time around, Monica Lewinsky won't let the media lasciviously frame the story that turned her into a household name two decades ago.
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| Roy Moore Criticizes Effort To Make Sure All Eligible Voters Can Vote In Alabama Posted: 29 Nov 2017 11:46 AM PST  Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for an Alabama U.S. Senate seat, accused Democrats on Tuesday of attempting to register felons in order to sway the special election to his Democratic opponent.
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| Big California dam's new spillway already has cracks in it Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:12 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Small cracks have appeared in a new concrete spillway at Oroville Dam, a development state officials say was expected but an engineering expert says could lead to serious safety issues.
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| 2018 Jeep Wrangler: An All-New Version of an Icon! Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:01 PM PST  Diesel power, hybridization, and full-time all-wheel drive join the party.
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| A Student Was Suspended for Sexual Harassment. Now He's Quoting Betsy DeVos to Sue His School Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:57 PM PST  The Education Secretary has rolled back Obama-era guidelines on investigating assault
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| Native American Leaders Slam Trump For 'Culturally Insensitive' Pocahontas Remark Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:34 AM PST  Native American leaders fired back at President Donald Trump's referring to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
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| Texas victim's family files first claim against U.S. Air Force over church massacre Posted: 28 Nov 2017 05:10 PM PST  Parents of one of the victims killed in the Nov. 5 shooting rampage at a Texas church filed a claim on Tuesday against the U.S. Air Force in what appeared to be the first legal action in connection to the incident. The administrative claim, which was filed directly with the Air Force in Washington, said the military acted negligently when it failed to report the criminal record of gunman Devin Kelly to a federal database that would have prevented him from legally purchasing a firearm. Kelly killed 26 people and wounded more than 20 at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
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| Prince Harry And Meghan Markle's Wedding Is A Big Shift For England's State Church Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:15 PM PST  Wedding planning can be stressful for any couple whose families come from different religious and cultural backgrounds.
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| Sioux Leader To Trump: 'Leave The Office You Bought And Take Your Swamp Things With You' Posted: 29 Nov 2017 10:35 AM PST  A Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe leader issued a damning response Wednesday to President Donald Trump's "Pocahontas" slur earlier this week during an event meant to honor Navajo Code Talkers.
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| US military says civilians not killed in Somali raid Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:05 PM PST  US military investigators said Wednesday that only enemy fighters were shot dead in a joint US-Somali raid in August, amid allegations that multiple civilians were killed. At issue is an August 25 operation at a farm near Bariire in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, when Somali troops and US special forces attacked a suspected hideout for fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab group. Local elders called a news conference in the capital Mogadishu and displayed nine bodies, two of them children, saying they were civilians killed in cold blood by Somali troops.
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| Nurse loses job after saying white boys should be ‘sacrificed to the wolves’ Posted: 28 Nov 2017 02:02 AM PST  A nurse in Indiana has lost her job after she was reportedly found to have written "several troubling posts" on social media, one of which claimed sons of white women should be "sacrificed to the wolves". The nurse, who worked for Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, tweeted under the name "Night Nurse". Local reports have linked the account to a woman named Taiyesha Baker.
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| Net Neutrality: The Courts Can Stop the FCC's Plan to Kill the Open Internet Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:45 AM PST  The facts aren't on Ajit Pai's side, and that matters.
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| Saudi hawk minister leads campaign against Iran and proxies Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:54 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince relies on a small core group of advisers, none more provocative than Thamer al-Sabhan, the fiercely anti-Iran government official whose fingerprints were on the hurried and ultimately unsuccessful resignation of Lebanon's prime minister earlier this month.
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| New report reveals bear facts about the Yeti Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:37 AM PST  Legend-slaying scientists on Wednesday dismantled the myth of the abominable snowman, the towering yet furtive half-human rumoured for centuries to inhabit inaccessible reaches of the Himalayas. It turns out, they report in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, that the long-sought creature, also known as Yeti, is in fact a bear. "Our findings strongly suggest that the biological underpinnings of the Yeti legend can be found in local bears," said lead scientist Charlotte Lindqvist, associate professor at the University of Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences.
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| These Weird Christmas Gifts Will Make The Holidays Hilarious Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:54 PM PST  These are weird times we live in, so the Christmas gifts you give should reflect that.
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| Missing Florida Teen, 14, Disappeared One Week After Witnessing a Murder: Police Posted: 27 Nov 2017 05:55 PM PST  Police say a 14-year-old Florida boy missing for nearly three months apparently witnessed a fatal shooting on a Sarasota vacant lot one week before his disappearance, PEOPLE confirms
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| 22 Stunning Holiday Trifles Posted: 29 Nov 2017 04:03 PM PST |
| Japan detects radio signals pointing to possible North Korea missile test: source Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:49 AM PST  TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan has detected radio signals suggesting North Korea may be preparing another ballistic missile launch, although such signals are not unusual and satellite images did not show fresh activity, a Japanese government source said on Tuesday. After firing missiles at a pace of about two or three a month since April, North Korean missile launches paused in September, after it fired a rocket that passed over Japan's northern Hokkaido island. Japan's Kyodo news agency reported late on Monday that the Japanese government was on alert after catching such radio signals, suggesting a launch could come in a few days.
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| Rex Tillerson: state department can be cut as we will soon solve global conflicts Posted: 28 Nov 2017 12:00 PM PST  Rex Tillerson said that Russia would continue to face sanctions unless Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity were restored. Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that the Trump administration's proposal to slash the state department and foreign aid budget is in part based on an expectation it will be able to resolve some of the global conflicts that have been absorbing costly diplomatic and humanitarian support.
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| Commander of elite U.S. Air Force demonstration squadron removed Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:24 PM PST ![Commander of elite U.S. Air Force demonstration squadron removed]( "Commander of elite U.S. Air Force demonstration squadron removed") The head of the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds, an elite military demonstration squadron, was removed because of a loss of confidence in his leadership, the military said on Wednesday. In a separate statement, Major Ray Geoffroy, a spokesman for the Thunderbirds, said Heard had not been removed because of a recent crash. "While he led a highly successful 2017 show season featuring 72 demonstrations over 39 show sites, concerns arose that his approach to leading the team was resulting in increased risk within the demonstration which eroded the team dynamic," Geoffroy said.
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| Fastest Four-Doors to Lap the Nurburgring Posted: 29 Nov 2017 09:05 AM PST |
| Twitter Responds Perfectly After Marvel Editor-In-Chief Exposed For Posing As Asian Posted: 29 Nov 2017 11:46 AM PST  After news broke that Marvel's new editor-in-chief, C.B. Cebulski, had posed as a Japanese comic book writer for a year, Twitter decided to use its powers for good.
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| Obama re-emerges on global stage with trip to Asia, France Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:27 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Now a private citizen, former President Barack Obama re-emerged on the global stage Tuesday as he opened a three-country tour that includes meetings with the leaders of China and India, just as President Donald Trump courts those same world powers.
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| 23-Year-Old Charged After Her Father Finds Baby in Plastic Bag Under Porch Posted: 28 Nov 2017 12:28 PM PST  He was putting up Christmas lights when he made the shocking discovery.
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| New tests at Jesus's presumed tomb back traditional beliefs Posted: 28 Nov 2017 02:34 PM PST  Scientific testing at what is believed to be Jesus's tomb dates material there to the fourth century, supporting traditional beliefs surrounding the site, an expert involved in the study said on Tuesday. The study offers no further evidence whether or not Jesus was actually buried at the site in Jerusalem, but was consistent with the historical belief that the Romans built a monument there some 300 years after his death. It is the first time such testing has been carried out at the site, located at what is now the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and encased in an elaborate shrine, or edicule. The tests on mortar at the site were done in connection with recent restoration work, which saw the cave where Jesus is believed to have been buried opened for the first time in centuries. Antonia Moropoulou, chief scientific coordinator of the restoration works, said the testing was consistent with historical beliefs that the Romans built a monument at the presumed tomb during the era of Constantine the Great, circa 326. Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles during the ceremony of the "Holy Fire" as thousands gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 15, 2017, during Orthodox Easter ceremonies Credit: AFP "This is a very important finding because it confirms that it was, as historically evidenced, Constantine the Great responsible for cladding bedrock of the tomb of Christ with the marble slabs in the edicule," said Moropoulou, a specialist in preservation from the National Technical University of Athens. The dating of the mortar shows historical continuity at the site, stretching through the Byzantine era, the Crusades, the Renaissance period and beyond, she said. Tradition holds that Constantine had the monument to Jesus built on what was thought to be the site of his burial as he began the Roman empire's transition to Christianity in the fourth century AD. Other monuments were built over it in later years. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre houses the shrine today, along with the nearby presumed site of Jesus's crucifixion – the holiest sites in Christianity. In March, the newly restored shrine surrounding the tomb was unveiled following months of delicate work. A 19th-century edicule surrounds the tomb with an onion-shaped dome above. In October 2016, perhaps the most dramatic moment in the renovation occurred when the cave thought to be the tomb of Jesus was opened for the first time in centuries. The Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Roman Catholic denominations share custody of the church, but disputes between the three had led to renovations being delayed for decades.
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| Elon Musk is Latest to Troll Flat-Earthers in Hilarious Tweet Posted: 28 Nov 2017 10:43 AM PST  Why. Why. Why.
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| 15 suspected communist rebels dead in clash: Philippine army Posted: 29 Nov 2017 03:43 AM PST  Fifteen suspected communist guerrillas including six women have been killed in a gunbattle, the Philippine military said on Wednesday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks. Duterte last week vowed to go to war with the rebels and threatened to categorise them a "terrorist" group over deadly attacks against soldiers and police. Late Tuesday residents reported seeing armed men boarding a van and a truck in the town of Nasugbu 65 kilometres (40 miles) south of Manila, prompting authorities to send troops, said local military spokesman Colonel Teody Toribio.
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| N.Y. murder conviction tossed because juror applied for prosecutor job Posted: 28 Nov 2017 12:24 PM PST ![N.Y. murder conviction tossed because juror applied for prosecutor job]( "N.Y. murder conviction tossed because juror applied for prosecutor job") A New York state appeals court on Tuesday threw out the April 2014 conviction of a man in Manhattan's East Harlem section for killing his girlfriend, because a juror failed to disclose she had applied for a prosecutor's job in the office handling the case. The Appellate Division in Manhattan ruled 5-0 that Equan Southall's second-degree murder conviction and prison sentence of 23 years to life for the August 2011 killing of Camila Guzman must be vacated, citing the juror's "implied bias" in favor of the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
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| Sean Hannity Flips Out After Seeing His NY Times Magazine Cover Photo Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:37 AM PST  Sean Hannity really doesn't like the picture the New York Times chose for its cover story of him in the newspaper's Sunday magazine.
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| 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:50 PM PST  First lesson: Steer clear of raccoons.
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| Trump makes 'Pocahontas' joke at ceremony honoring Navajo veterans Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:19 AM PST  Donald Trump made a racial joke about Native Americans on Monday during a White House ceremony honoring Navajo veterans of the second world war. Addressing Native American veterans, Trump repeated a favorite taunt about Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren, a political opponent who he refers to derisively as "Pocahontas".
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| Meghan Markle Will Be Baptized Before Her Wedding To Prince Harry Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:59 AM PST  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are going to the chapel, and they're gonna get married ― St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, that is.
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| Louisiana Mother Allegedly Threw Newborn at Boyfriend During Argument, Breaking Infant's Skull Posted: 29 Nov 2017 03:29 PM PST  Police have arrested a 24-year-old mother accused her of fracturing her three-week-old son's skull when she allegedly threw the baby during a heated argument with the child's father, PEOPLE confirms
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