| Tweeters Criticize CNN Over 'Propaganda' Piece On Kim Jong Un's Sister Posted: 10 Feb 2018 11:32 PM PST  CNN is catching heat online for publishing an article about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, which critics claim paints her family's repressive regime in a positive light.
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| Dan Rather Calls Trump's Defense Of Porter A 'Heat-Seeking Missile' Posted: 10 Feb 2018 08:23 PM PST  Long-time CBS anchor Dan Rather called President Donald Trump's defense of Rob Porter, a former White House staff secretary accused of domestic abuse, a "heat-seeking missile" aimed at some of the president's "biggest vulnerabilities."
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| 71 feared dead in Russian passenger plane crash Posted: 11 Feb 2018 05:46 AM PST  A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital's Domodedovo airport, officials and local media said. The Antonov An-148 plane operated by the domestic Saratov Airlines was flying to Orsk, a city in the Urals, and crashed in the Ramensky district on the outskirts of Moscow. Russian news agencies reported 65 passengers and 6 crew were on board and all were feared dead.
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| Long Island man arrested on cockfighting charges Posted: 10 Feb 2018 02:42 PM PST  ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Police searching for drugs at a home in New York discovered more than 60 caged roosters, a mistreated pit bull, a pheasant and equipment used to stage illegal cockfighting matches.
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| California science fair project tying race, IQ sparks outcry Posted: 10 Feb 2018 08:15 PM PST ![California science fair project tying race, IQ sparks outcry]( "California science fair project tying race, IQ sparks outcry") SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California school district is investigating how a science project correlating low intelligence with racial groups was on full display at a science fair, where it drew outrage from some students, parents and staff.
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| These Marine Aces Were Some of the Best Fighter Pilots of World War II Posted: 10 Feb 2018 05:00 PM PST  Warfare History Network
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| ICE Set To Deport Undocumented Father Whose 5-Year-Old Son Is Battling Cancer Posted: 10 Feb 2018 07:09 AM PST  Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to deport an undocumented man from Mexico whose child is battling cancer.
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| Top Democrat’s Return Sows Uncertainty for Iran Deal Posted: 10 Feb 2018 02:01 PM PST  Iran hawk Bob Menendez's reinstatement as top Democrat on Senate Foreign Relations Committee could alter politics around the nuclear deal.
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| 'Unacceptable' to endanger lives of Russian soldiers in Syria: Moscow Posted: 10 Feb 2018 05:22 AM PST  Russia on Saturday called for "restraint" from all parties in Syria and said it considered risking the lives of Russian soldiers "absolutely unacceptable" following large-scale Israeli air strikes inside Syria. "We strongly call on all sides involved to show restraint and avoid all acts that could lead to complicating the situation further," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. "It is absolutely unacceptable to create threats to the lives and security of Russian soldiers that are in the Syrian Arab Republic on the invitation of the legal government to assist in the fight against terrorism," it added.
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| Boston Radio Host Suspended After Using Fake Asian Accent To Mock Tom Brady's Agent Posted: 10 Feb 2018 05:33 PM PST  The popular co-host of a Boston radio sports program has been suspended after using a fake Asian accent to impersonate the agent of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
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| South Africa's ANC official urges patience during Zuma exit talks Posted: 10 Feb 2018 10:59 PM PST  By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans should be patient with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) leader Cyril Ramaphosa as he holds talks with President Jacob Zuma for a transition of power, the party's national chairperson said on Saturday. Ramaphosa has been lobbying for Zuma to resign and has said he hopes to conclude talks with him "in coming days ... in the interests of the country." Addressing an ANC rally in the eastern province of Mpumalanga, Gwede Mantashe said ANC officials should be fearless and must be able to make difficult decisions, but leaders had a duty to "analyse and mitigate risks".
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| Ohio police chief weeps for officers killed on duty Posted: 11 Feb 2018 09:27 AM PST  Westerville, Ohio, police chief Joe Mortbitzer gave a tearful tribute to two police officers killed while responding to a 911 call. Eric Joering, 39, and Anthony Morelli, 54, were fatally shot during the middle of the day after checking on a potential domestic situation in the Columbus, Ohio suburb. Mr Morbitzer said the officers were "true American heroes" who "gave their lives in defence of others".
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| NBC apologizes to South Koreans for analyst's remark Posted: 11 Feb 2018 08:00 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has apologized to South Koreans for an on-air remark by an analyst that cited Japan as an example that has been important to the country's own transformation.
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| Rep. Devin Nunes: Dems packed memo full of sources, methods Posted: 11 Feb 2018 07:32 AM PST  House Intelligence Committee chairman says on 'Sunday Morning Futures' that the Democrats included sensitive material in their FISA memo, causing the White House to block its release.
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| Thousand Oaks freshman dies from flu complications Posted: 09 Feb 2018 06:20 PM PST  A freshman student at a Thousand Oaks high school has died from complications of the flu.
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| President Who Loves Making False Accusations Suddenly Pleads 'Due Process' Posted: 10 Feb 2018 09:35 AM PST  President Donald Trump, a man notorious for throwing around patently false accusations, has suddenly appealed for "due process" as top White House aides have been cast out over domestic violence allegations.
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| Netanyahu says Israel undeterred after Syria shoots down F-16 Posted: 11 Feb 2018 05:18 AM PST  By Jeffrey Heller and Lisa Barrington JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israeli forces would press ahead with Syria operations despite their loss of an advanced warplane to enemy fire for the first time in 36 years. Syrian anti-aircraft fire downed the F-16 as it returned from a bombing raid on Iran-backed positions in Syria early on Saturday. The Iran-backed forces are supporting President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's near seven-year civil war.
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| No cars allowed: Georgia considers highway just for trucks Posted: 10 Feb 2018 02:50 PM PST ![No cars allowed: Georgia considers highway just for trucks]( "No cars allowed: Georgia considers highway just for trucks") ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia transportation officials are exploring the idea of a separate highway for trucks only.
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| Three Cameroon soldiers killed in restive anglophone region Posted: 11 Feb 2018 12:38 PM PST  Cameroon's national youth holiday was marred by violence on Sunday, with three soldiers killed and a local official feared kidnapped by suspected separatists in the country's restive English-speaking regions. Authorities imposed a week-long curfew in the troubled areas on Saturday, citing fears of an "imminent" attack by separatists after numerous online threats. Army spokesman Colonel Didier Badjeck on Sunday said the three soldiers were killed in the southwestern village of Kembong, adding that there had been some "scattered attacks".
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| U.S. rail official steps down after questions raised over outside work Posted: 10 Feb 2018 01:56 PM PST ![U.S. rail official steps down after questions raised over outside work]( "U.S. rail official steps down after questions raised over outside work") A senior Trump administration rail safety official resigned on Saturday after questions were raised about whether he was conducting outside work after taking the post, the U.S. Transportation Department said. Politico reported Saturday it had raised questions about whether Hall was simultaneously working as a public relations consultant for a Mississippi sheriff's department. Hall, who started work in June as deputy FRA administrator and served as acting administrator for more than six months, took a leave of absence last month for family reasons.
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| No Olympic truce for US, North Korea in Pyeongchang Posted: 10 Feb 2018 02:17 AM PST  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Forget an Olympic truce. The rhetoric war between North Korea and the Trump administration hasn't skipped a beat in Pyeongchang.
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| 2 Ohio Police Officers Were Shot and Killed Responding to a 911 Hangup Posted: 10 Feb 2018 01:18 PM PST  They were responding to a 911 hangup
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| Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur also did landscaping at nearby apartments Posted: 10 Feb 2018 08:17 AM PST  The alleged serial killer accused of killing at least six people and stuffing them into planter boxes also did work on nearby properties, according to neighbors. "He would work on the lawn, take care of flowers, planters, and stuff like that," Frederic Bisson, a former neighbour of the area, told CBC Canada. The alleged killer, Bruce McArthur, has been charged for first degree murder for nearly half a dozen deaths after investigators found bodies of several individuals in planter boxes.
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| Police Move In As Clashes Erupt At Right-Wing Rally At University Of Washington Posted: 10 Feb 2018 10:22 PM PST  Five people were arrested Saturday when counter-protesters clashed with members and supporters of a controversial right-wing "Patriot Prayer" group at the University of Washington campus in Seattle.
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| 'We Stand With Women,' RNC Spokeswoman Says Posted: 11 Feb 2018 09:16 AM PST  The Republican Party stands with women said a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, despite a whole host of positions taken by the GOP in recent months that seem to contradict the statement.
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| Is China's J-20 Stealth Fighter Really 'Operational?' Posted: 10 Feb 2018 05:10 AM PST  The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has declared its Chengdu J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighter operational. With the J-20 formally attaining initial operational capability, China becomes the only the second nation-state to have developed an operational stealth aircraft after the United States. Russia, which is currently developing the Sukhoi Su-57 PAK-FA, is running behind that pack since its new fighter will not enter operational service for some years to come.
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| Oroville crisis drives harder look at aging US dams Posted: 11 Feb 2018 09:18 AM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One year after the worst structural failures at a major U.S. dam in a generation, federal regulators who oversee California's half-century-old, towering Oroville Dam say they are looking hard at how they overlooked its built-in weaknesses for decades.
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| US Navy probes alleged drug use by sailors in Japan Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:04 PM PST  The US Navy said Saturday it was probing sailors at a base in Japan over alleged drug use and vowed no tolerance for any misconduct. "Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is investigating Yokosuka-based sailors for alleged drug use and distribution," the 7th Fleet said, referring to its home base southwest of Tokyo. "The Navy has zero tolerance for drug abuse and takes all allegations involving misconduct of our sailors, navy civilians and family members very seriously," it said in a comment emailed to AFP.
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| Investor Soros pledges new donation to pro-EU group Posted: 11 Feb 2018 03:39 PM PST  (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros will pledge an additional 100,000 pounds ($138,130) to Best for Britain, a campaign group seeking to keep Britain in the European Union, the group said in an email to Reuters. Soros, who donated 400,000 pounds to the campaign last week, will match any donations given to Best for Britain up to 100,000 pounds after attacks against him in the right-wing press, the group said. "I am happy to take the fight to those who have tried to use a smear campaign, not arguments, to prop up their failing case," Soros told the Guardian, which had reported on the donation earlier on Sunday.
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| Pence upstaged by 2 Koreas' efforts to warm ties Posted: 10 Feb 2018 05:04 AM PST  GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence's efforts to keep North Korea from stealing the show at the Winter Olympics proved to be short-lived, quickly drowned out by the images of the two Koreas marching and competing together, as the South appeared to look favorably on warming ties on the Korean Peninsula.
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| An American Man Actually Won A Luge Medal At The Olympics Posted: 11 Feb 2018 07:07 AM PST  Chris Mazdzer won a silver medal in the luge singles at the Winter Olympics on Sunday in Pyeongchang, South Korea, becoming the first U.S. man to earn a medal in the event.
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| The RNC Asked Tweeters To Take A Donald Trump Approval Poll. They Did So With Glee. Posted: 11 Feb 2018 12:35 AM PST  The Republican National Committee is being mocked online after it asked people to take part in this February approval poll for President Donald Trump: We want to hear from YOU.
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| Scaramucci talks Dems' FISA memo, Rob Porter and John Kelly Posted: 10 Feb 2018 07:20 AM PST  Former White House communications director shares his perspective on 'Fox & Friends.'
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| Bishop declares nun's recovery as 70th Lourdes miracle Posted: 11 Feb 2018 01:39 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — A French bishop declared Sunday that the recovery a long-debilitated nun made after she visited the shrine in Lourdes was a miracle, the 70th event to be recognized as an act of divine intervention at the world-famous Catholic pilgrimage site.
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| Taiwan quake toll rises to 15 as bodies pulled from rubble Posted: 10 Feb 2018 05:32 AM PST  The toll from a deadly 6.4-magnitude quake in Taiwan rose to 15 Saturday as rescuers searching for a missing family of Chinese tourists discovered three more bodies in a partially toppled building. Scores of emergency workers combed the rubble at the foot of the 12-storey Yun Tsui apartment block that was left leaning at around a 50-degree angle by the quake, complicating rescue efforts due to fears of an imminent collapse. The three bodies and the last missing pair are believed to be members of a family from Beijing who arrived in Taiwan on Monday, authorities said.
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| Carnival lights up Rio despite crime wave, yellow fever scare Posted: 10 Feb 2018 03:01 PM PST ![Carnival lights up Rio despite crime wave, yellow fever scare]( "Carnival lights up Rio despite crime wave, yellow fever scare") Carnival festivities took over Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, as revelers danced and drank at block parties with names like "fire in the underpants," despite an extended crime wave in the city and a spike in yellow fever cases throughout Brazil. Over 6 million people, including 1.5 million visitors, are expected to take to the streets of Rio for the annual celebrations, which pit the city's 13 best samba schools against one another in ornate parades that can cost over $2 million a piece.
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| Canadian PM Trudeau and LA mayor toast friendship with hike Posted: 10 Feb 2018 12:44 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Capping off a three-day swing through California that's mostly been focused on business and trade, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau toasted his country's friendship with Los Angeles on Saturday by taking a brisk morning hike with Mayor Eric Garcetti.
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| Woman killed, 12 injured in Beijing mall knife attack Posted: 11 Feb 2018 12:43 AM PST  A woman was killed and 12 other people injured after a man carried out a knife attack in a mall in a busy shopping district in the Chinese capital, Beijing, police said on Sunday. Beijing police said in a short statement they had detained a man over the early afternoon attack at the Joy City Mall in the Xidan district. Beijing radio showed pictures on their WeChat account of blood spattered on the floor in part of the mall and at least one injured person being taken from the scene.
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| Johnny Weir Says He's A Commentator, Not A 'Complimentator' Posted: 10 Feb 2018 08:37 AM PST  Johnny Weir made it clear Saturday he's from the tell-it-like-it-is school of broadcasting.
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| 10 Reasons No Nation Wants to Go to War with Israel Posted: 10 Feb 2018 05:41 AM PST  The Jericho III is the third missile to serve as Israel's land-based nuclear deterrent. The Jericho III is believed to have a range between 4,800 and 6,000 kilometers, and is capable of carrying a 1,000 kilogram warhead payload. A range of 4,800 kilometers would enable it to strike from Morocco to eastern India, while an 6,500 kilometer range would enable it to target as far as western China.
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| Two Ohio police killed while responding to emergency call Posted: 10 Feb 2018 06:41 PM PST  Two Ohio police officers were shot and killed while responding to an emergency call during a possible domestic violence incident Saturday, authorities said. Officers Anthony Morelli, 54, and Eric Joering, 39, were "immediately met with gunfire" when they arrived around noon at an apartment in Westerville, Police Chief Joe Morbitzer told reporters. Morelli had served on the force for 29 years, while Joering had been with Westerville police for 16 years.
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| Rose McGowan Responds To Former Manager's Death Posted: 10 Feb 2018 01:43 PM PST  Actress Rose McGowan addressed the death of former manager Jill Messick in a brief Instagram caption Saturday, three days after Messick's suicide.
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| False alarms highlight weaknesses in national alert system Posted: 10 Feb 2018 05:57 AM PST  Weather junkie John Grosso knew it was highly unlikely a monster wave was barreling toward the Connecticut coast. Still, when a tsunami warning appeared out of the blue on his phone Tuesday, he felt a twinge of fear. His co-workers, who got the same alert, asked whether they should evacuate.
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