| Barack Obama Records Robocall For Doug Jones In Alabama Senate Race Posted: 11 Dec 2017 08:31 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Former President Barack Obama has jumped into the highly anticipated Alabama Senate race, recording a robocall to rally support and voter turnout for Democratic candidate Doug Jones, on the eve of Tuesday's special election.
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| Sandy Hook Promise releases new PSA about the response to school shootings Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:22 AM PST  A new video called "Tomorrow's News" imagines a local news item that reports, a day ahead of time, a mass shooting at a school. "Tomorrow I'll probably say that I wish I told someone," says one interviewee. The video was released by Sandy Hook Promise, which was founded by parents of the victims of the Newtown shooting.
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| Surveillance footage captures man detonating pipe bomb in New York terror attack Posted: 10 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  Officials identify the man as Akayed Ullah, who moved to New York from Bangladesh seven years ago.
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| Trump slammed for throwing insults at the media in the wake of attempted terror attack in NYC Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:47 AM PST  President Donald Trump is receiving backlash for attacking the "failing" New York Times shortly after being briefed on an attempted terror attack in New York City Monday. ".@POTUS has been briefed on the explosion in New York City," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Twitter at 8:13 a.m.
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| Daredevil 'Rooftopper' Plunges To His Death From Chinese High Rise Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:37 PM PST  An incredibly agile Chinese social media star and fearless "rooftopper" plunged 62 floors to his death from a high-rise in the city of Changsha, police confirmed to Chinese media.
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| Massive Thomas Fire grows to 5th largest in California history Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:04 AM PST  One week since it first began, the destructive and challenging Thomas Fire has already soared into the record books as one of the largest wildfires in California history.
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| Tennessee boy's heart-wrenching video about bullying rallies massive support Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:40 AM PST  A Tennesse boy's emotional video about the relentless bullying he experiences in school is stirring support across the country.
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| “What Putin Really Wants”: The Atlantic’s January/February Issue Cover Story Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:50 AM PST ![]() Washington, D.C. (December 11, 2017)—Vladimir Putin is no chess master. He's a gambler who has taken larger risks in recent years. And while the subversion of the 2016 U.S. election was a spectacular geopolitical heist pulled off on a shoestring budget, Americans have a key misunderstanding of Russia and the man that pulls the strings. The Atlantic staff writer Julia Ioffe spent months reporting on her native Russia to determine "What Putin Really Wants,"appearing on the cover of The Atlantic's January/February 2018 issue and published today at TheAtlantic.com. In the wide-ranging cover story, Ioffe offers the definitive telling of how the Kremlin, despite its limitations, pulled off one of the greatest acts of political sabotage in modern history. And she describes how far an emboldened Putin is prepared to go—in 2018, in 2020—in order to get what he wants.
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| A Roy Moore victory would put Senate GOP in a tough spot Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:13 PM PST  A victory for Roy Moore means the Senate majority leader will be able to hold onto his slim two-vote majority, but the former judge brings to the Senate a toxic mix that few Senate Republicans are keen to accept.
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| Mario Batali Advocated Doing 'The Right Thing' Weeks Before Being Accused Of Misconduct Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:29 AM PST  Mario Batali, who stepped down from his restaurant group on Monday after four women accused him of sexual misconduct, spoke out in support of women's equality at an event in October.
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| Quality of fake 'supernotes' found in Seoul fan suspicions that North Korea is forging $100 bills Posted: 11 Dec 2017 04:10 AM PST  Suspicions are growing that North Korea has resumed forging $100 dollar bills that are so realistic that they are virtually indistinguishable from genuine currency. It took a team of forgery specialists at South Korea's KEB Hana Bank to confirm that a single $100 bill found at a branch in Seoul in November was a fake. The discovery has triggered alarm because authorities have no idea how many similar "supernotes" - named because they are so similar to real banknotes - are now in circulation. While previous "supernotes" were dated either 2001 or 2003, the new forgeries are dated 2006 and are even more sophisticated in the ink, the printing processes and the material that they use. The forgeries also change colour when they are viewed from a different angle, just as genuine notes should, while the slightly rough texture of the note has also been accurately copied, a spokesman for Hana Bank told South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper. The quality of the forgeries has immediately led to suspicion falling on North Korea, which has a track record of forging foreign banknotes in order to earn hard currency for the regime. Pyongyang is also in increasingly dire need of funds as international sanctions imposed due to the regime's ongoing development of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles begin to bite. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visiting Mount Paektu in Ryanggang Province Credit: AFP "It seems that whoever printed these supernotes has the facilities and high level of technology matching that of a government", Lee Ho-jung, a bank spokesman said. "They are made with special ink that changes colour depending on the angle, patterned paper and Intaglio printing that gives texture to the surface of a note". Another bank source told The Hankyoreh newspaper, "To print supernote-level forgeries, you need a minting corporation-level production line in place, which costs hundreds of billions of won. "This makes if difficult for ordinary criminal organisations to produce them". Earlier versions of supernotes have been around for at least 15 years, with US government officials estimating in 2006 that as much as $250 million worth of fake $100 bills could be in circulation worldwide. Case study | Counterfeit cash in the UK In recent years, Pyongyang appears to have scaled back its forging operation, which is reportedly overseen by the shadowy Division 39, although that may have changed given the pressure that the regime is now under. In the past, North Korea was believed to distribute the bills overseas through criminal groups and by transporting them abroad through the diplomatic pouch to embassies from where they could be slipped into circulation. In December 2011, the Irish High Court dismissed an application from the US to extradite Sean Garland, the alleged chief of staff of the Official Irish Republican Army, in connection with passing fake supernotes. Mr Garland had been observed travelling to Moscow and visiting the North Korean embassy in the company of a number of former KGB officials. Fake notes were later allegedly smuggled into Ireland and the UK and exchanged for pounds or other currencies.
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| The Second Coming, brought to you by — who else? Donald Trump Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:18 AM PST  In recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Donald Trump excited evangelical Christians and many orthodox Jews, who see it as laying the groundwork to rebuild the Holy Temple and a precursor to the Second Coming of Christ.
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| 'Cruel and Vicious.' Woman Who Killed Pregnant Neighbor to Keep Baby Pleads Guilty Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:14 PM PST  22-year-old Savanna Greywind was 8 months pregnant when she disappeared
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| 13 Great Gifts For The Ultimate Host Or Hostess Posted: 12 Dec 2017 11:31 AM PST |
| Akayed Ullah: New York terror suspect named as 27-year-old Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:48 AM PST  Police have named the suspect in the New York explosion as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah. Four people have been left injured after a bomb exploded on a Manhattan subway platform. The city's police force said the "explosion" was of "unknown origin" and was located near the Port Authority bus terminal on 42nd street and 8th avenue.
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| 'Dear Alabama' Goes Viral As Folks Make Heartfelt Pleas To Reject Roy Moore Posted: 12 Dec 2017 03:20 AM PST  People online are issuing heartfelt pleas for Alabamians to reject GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore in Tuesday's special election. The "Dear Alabama" term began trending on Twitter late Monday as celebrities and activists joined thousands of others in making the case for why the President Donald Trump-endorsed former state judge, who faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, should not be elected to office. Instead, they urged voters to side with Democratic candidate Doug Jones.
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| On Mideast trip, Putin orders partial withdrawal from Syria Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:09 PM PST  Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Monday for the last leg of a day-long diplomatic dash, during which he ordered the partial withdrawal of Russia's troops from the war-torn country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Putin at his presidential complex in Ankara for a closed-door meeting. This is the eighth face-to-face meeting between Putin and Erdogan this year, a sign of the intensity of a relationship that had hit rock bottom in November 2015 when Turkey shot down a Russian war plane over Syria.
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| Trump denies 4- to 8-hour TV habit: ‘I seldom, if ever, watch CNN or MSNBC’ Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:27 AM PST  Monday morning, shortly after CNN discussed a New York Times report describing Trump's TV viewing habits, Trump took to Twitter to dismiss the article. Though he claimed he doesn't watch much TV and seldom if ever watches CNN, many have seen signs that he does.
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| Supreme Court's Wedding Cake Case Isn't About Faith, Religious Leaders Warn Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:54 AM PST  The Supreme Court wrestled with a clash between religious freedom and LGBTQ rights last week when justices heard oral arguments in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
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| MSC Seaside named best new ship of 2017 by Cruise Critic Posted: 12 Dec 2017 07:50 AM PST  MSC Seaside was named best new ship of the year Tuesday in the annual awards handed out by Cruise Critic, the cruise website.
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| U.S. judge warns of mistrial in Nevada rancher Bundy's trial Posted: 11 Dec 2017 03:12 PM PST ![U.S. judge warns of mistrial in Nevada rancher Bundy's trial]( "U.S. judge warns of mistrial in Nevada rancher Bundy's trial") A U.S. federal judge in the criminal conspiracy trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and three other men on Monday warned that prosecutors' failure to produce documents that could support defense arguments may lead to a mistrial. The four men, including two of Bundy's sons Ammon and Ryan, are accused of conspiring to use the threat of force in a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents near Bundy's ranch. The revolt was sparked by the court-ordered roundup of Bundy's cattle by government agents over his refusal to pay fees required to graze the herd on federal land.
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| 39 Amazing Chicken Thigh Recipes Posted: 12 Dec 2017 09:38 AM PST |
| Ellen DeGeneres Evacuates Her Pets As California Fire Bears Down Posted: 11 Dec 2017 04:00 AM PST  Ellen DeGeneres tweeted Sunday that she and wife Portia de Rossi evacuated their pets as California's raging Thomas Fire closed in on their home in Santa Barbara County, an area packed with celebrities.
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| Celebrities Urge Alabamians To Stay On #RightSideOfHistory As Election Looms Posted: 11 Dec 2017 03:37 AM PST  With Tuesday's nail-biter of a special Senate election approaching in Alabama, celebrities and others have been taking to social media to urge the state's voters to stay on the #RightSideOfHistory.
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| Warning to Congress: Bad Iran Legislation Is Worse Than No Iran Legislation Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:20 AM PST  President Trump can't let the House and Senate play politics with Iranian nuclear deal.
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| New York explosion latest: Suspect had 'improvised bomb' strapped to him on Manhattan subway, say NYPD Posted: 11 Dec 2017 05:50 AM PST New York City police say a man had an explosive device strapped on when it detonated while he was underground in the subway. It was a pipe bomb, attached by velcro and zip ties, but FBI bomb technicians and police officers are investigating further. The device went off in a corridor connecting the Times Square and Port Authority stations on the city's west side, one of the busiest commuter hubs, at 7:30am during the morning rush.
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| The Latest: Celebrities among thousands fleeing wildfire Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:24 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
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| North Korean Prisons Are Worse Than Nazi Concentration Camps, Says Holocaust Survivor Posted: 12 Dec 2017 08:52 AM PST  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's mistreatment of political prisoners is at least as egregious as that carried out in World War II concentration camps, according to a former international judge who survived Auschwitz.
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| Nazi Germany's 'Star Wars' Tank Was a Total Disaster Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:42 AM PST  The unique Kugelpanzer, or "ball tank", was built in Germany and at some point shipped over to Japanese-occupied China. The kinship with World War I-era prototypes ties the Kugelpanzer's concept to an era in which the tank's advantage in "mobility" related to its ability to negotiate the cratered and trench-strewn battlefields of World War I, rather than execute Blitzkrieg-style rapid advances. The Star Wars prequel movies featured various monowheel robots and vehicles amongst its various fantastical elements.
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| U.S. not granting loan relief to defrauded students: inspector general Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:22 AM PST  The U.S. Education Department under President Donald Trump and Secretary Betsy DeVos has stopped cancelling the student-loan debt of people defrauded by failed for-profit schools and those borrowers face mounting interest and other burdens, its inspector general said on Monday.
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| The Rape and Murder of a 6-Year-Old Girl in India Has Reignited Outrage Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:42 PM PST  Protests erupted in the northern state of Haryana
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| Committeewoman Resigns Over RNC's Support For Roy Moore Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:29 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― A member of the Republican National Committee resigned Monday over the committee's support for Roy Moore, the Alabama GOP Senate candidate who faces multiple accusations of preying on teenage girls decades ago.
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| France Awards Climate Scientists With 'Make Our Planet Great Again' Grants Posted: 11 Dec 2017 04:56 PM PST  Eighteen climate scientists from the U.S. and elsewhere hit the jackpot Monday as French President Emmanuel Macron awarded them millions of euros in grants to relocate to France for the rest of Donald Trump's presidential term.
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| Jake Tapper Calls Out Trump's Hypocrisy On 'Fake News' Attacks Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:28 PM PST  Jake Tapper responded to President Donald Trump's latest attacks on the press spreading "fake news" with a bulleted list of the former businessman's most egregious lies.
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| Woman Wins Dallas Marathon With the Help of a Stranger After Falling Near Finish Line Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:24 AM PST  Chandler Self was helped to her feet by a kind teen each of the four times she fell.
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| Hopper From 'Stranger Things' Wore A Holiday Sweater And Became A Meme Posted: 12 Dec 2017 04:37 AM PST  Actor David Harbour is spreading the festive cheer with a holiday sweater snap, which is now going viral.
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| Man Arrested in 1995 Kidnapping of 9-Year-Old Girl Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:54 AM PST  Kevin Lin was taken into custody in Southern California by the U.S. State Department on Friday after applying for a passport with his real name, authorities said.
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| Russia and China Are Doing Joint Air Defense Drills to Prepare for a Surprise Attack Posted: 11 Dec 2017 05:30 PM PST  Russia and China are kicking off a series of joint air defense exercises called Aerospace Security-2017, highlighting the growing strategic partnership between the two great powers. In recent years, Russia and China have more or less set aside their differences dating back to the Soviet-era to jointly push back against the American-led liberal institutional world order.
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| Morawiecki sworn in as Polish PM amid dispute with EU Posted: 11 Dec 2017 11:17 AM PST  By Marcin Goclowski and Lidia Kelly WARSAW (Reuters) - Mateusz Morawiecki was sworn in as Poland's new prime minister on Monday and European Council President Donald Tusk called on the new leader to pursue European unity. Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) is at odds with the EU over immigration, logging in an ancient forest and government attempts to control the courts and the media.
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| Christmas time means loads of sneaky cats getting stuck in trees Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:19 AM PST  'Tis the season to be a total jerk if you're a cat. Oh wait, that's ALL YEAR ROUND. SEE ALSO: Upside down Christmas trees are trending, and the internet is outraged People on Twitter have been sharing images of their feline pals clambering into their Christmas trees. just caught my cat climbing up the Christmas tree hahahhaha pic.twitter.com/egcBS59jL1 — emma (@emseymourx) December 10, 2017 We told my cat we were decorating my Christmas tree, next thing you know, she is the decoration pic.twitter.com/n71lox074V — Leila (@leila_leducxx) December 9, 2017 Every time the cat gets stuck in the christmas tree, I'm gonna take a photo. This time he meowed to be taken out, so I turned on the lights and started snapping pics. #catshaming pic.twitter.com/6I81yw2oej — Punk&Spice Latte (@sch4) December 6, 2017 Inevitable cat in Christmas tree photo. pic.twitter.com/HfNGRhnvSf — Simon Spanton (@SimonGuy64) December 8, 2017 So we bought a christmas tree and my cat is climbing it pic.twitter.com/Ol3Oh5BLxr — Theo (@MoopacBC) December 8, 2017 If you can't find the cat, check the Christmas tree�� pic.twitter.com/lLzT1w1DNY — Alice Mellors (@alicemellors) December 6, 2017 Cat cam in the Christmas tree! ������ pic.twitter.com/VSKkiYFwuh — Lori Clark Weatherly (@LoriWeatherly) December 7, 2017 I woke up like this. My cat on my Christmas Tree ������ pic.twitter.com/5jITmc7Z1r — Ali. ◟̽◞̽ �� (@adovreash_) December 10, 2017 No words!! Yes the cat is in the middle of my Christmas tree at the top eye level with me ! ���������� pic.twitter.com/eln9FUegHs — Jayde (@Jayde_Musk) December 7, 2017 Christmas tree if you have a cat pic.twitter.com/QQy9EiDabx — kiki (@juliettebaba) December 8, 2017 Christmas cat knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake. He knows this because he's trying to work out when you're at your most vulnerable so he can put a dead mouse on, or in, your mouth. Thank you and good night. [H/T Twitter moments] WATCH: The internet is deathly afraid of this year's White House Christmas decorations
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| 14 Awesome Kitchen Gifts That Are Under $25 Posted: 12 Dec 2017 11:31 AM PST |
| Trump Lawyers Want A Second Special Counsel Posted: 12 Dec 2017 04:04 AM PST  President Donald Trump's legal team says it's fed up with the Justice Department and the FBI "witch hunt" into whether his campaign colluded with the Russian government.
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