| Manhunt in Missouri For Accused Police Killer Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:35 AM PDT  39-year-old Ian McCarthy has been on the run since Sunday when he allegedly opened fire on a police officer who pulled him over for a traffic violation.
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| Trump blasts Sen. Blumenthal for backing Russia probe: 'Now he judges collusion?' Posted: 07 Aug 2017 06:26 AM PDT  The president tore into the Connecticut Democrat after he voiced his support for Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's possible Kremlin ties.
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| ISIS’ Newest Battleground: The Philippines Posted: 07 Aug 2017 09:11 AM PDT  ISIS captured the city of Marawi in the Philippines three months ago, stirrings fears that the terrorist network is using the city as a springboard into Asia.
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| San Francisco street sells for $90K. Neighbors aren't happy Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:47 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — These days, the price of a San Francisco home can easily top a million dollars. But one savvy investor has bought up a whole street in the city's most exclusive neighborhood for a mere $90,000.
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| Road Rage on the Rise, Experts Say Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:39 AM PDT  Police are searching for driver who was caught on camera pointing a gun at another driver in Texas, while a four year-old boy is recovering after being shot in the head in Ohio.
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| Night swim leaves Australian teen bloody and bewildered Posted: 08 Aug 2017 08:01 AM PDT  An Australian teenager emerged from a night-time dip in the ocean with blood streaming from his feet and ankles in a gruesome mystery that doctors have struggled to explain. Sam Kanizay waded waist-deep into the water at Brighton Beach in suburban Melbourne on Saturday evening, standing still for about 30 minutes. Washing the blood off his legs in the shower did little to stem the flow from what his family believed was an attack by sea lice.
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| Diplomacy to defuse India, China border crisis slams into a wall: sources Posted: 08 Aug 2017 05:22 AM PDT  By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's diplomatic efforts to end a seven-week military standoff with China have hit a roadblock, people briefed on the talks said, prompting Chinese state-run media to trumpet rhetoric of "unavoidable countermeasures" on the unmarked border. China has insisted that India unilaterally withdraw its troops from the remote Doklam plateau claimed by both Beijing and Indian ally Bhutan. In the low-key diplomatic maneuvers that took place outside the public eye, the Chinese countered with an offer to move back 100 meters (328 ft), so long as they received clearance from top government officials.
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| Julian Assange offers job to fired Google employee who wrote anti-diversity memo Posted: 08 Aug 2017 05:15 AM PDT  Julian Assange has offered the Google employee who was fired for writing an anti-diversity memo a job at Wikileaks. Assange, who is currently in the Ecuadorian embassy, tweeted multiple times in support of James Damore, the engineer who wrote the memo which went viral. He said: "Censorship is for losers. @WikiLeaks is offering a job to fired Google engineer James Damore. "Women & men deserve respect. That includes not firing them for politely expressing ideas but rather arguing back." He had previously tweeted: "Identity politics 2.0 wars come to Google. Oh no. But mass spying is fine since its equal opportunity predation." 1/ Censorship is for losers. @WikiLeaks is offering a job to fired Google engineer James Damore. https://t.co/tmrflE72p3— Julian Assange �� (@JulianAssange) August 8, 2017 The engineer who wrote the memo was fired for "perpetuating gender stereotypes", he said in an email to Reuters on Monday. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told employees in a note on Monday that portions of the anti-diversity memo "violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace," according to a copy of the note seen by Reuters. Mr Damore's memo attacked the idea that gender diversity should be a goal. "The distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes and ... these differences may explain why we don't see equal representation of women in tech and leadership," Damore wrote in the internal company memo last week. Inside Google London offices Google's vice president of diversity, Danielle Brown, sent a memo in response to the furore over the weekend, saying the engineer's essay "advanced incorrect assumptions about gender". The 10-page document was initially posted on the company's internal forum. Critics reacted angrily to its argument that the lack of women in tech companies was down to genetic factors, saying it was evidence of Silicon Valley's hostility to women and minorities.
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| The Curiosity Rover Has Been Exploring Mars For Five Years Now Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:53 PM PDT  NASA's Curiosity has been roving Mars for five years now and has taken more than 200,000 videos.
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| Director of bombed mosque says it lacks security cameras Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:47 PM PDT  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota mosque that was bombed over the weekend doesn't have outside security cameras that could have captured what happened, its executive director said Monday.
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| Sen. Rubio doesn’t think Trump’s new immigration bill will pass Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:51 PM PDT  The RAISE Act unveiled last week would slash the number of green cards given to family members of U.S. citizens. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., predicts the bill won't pass the Senate.
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| Kellyanne Conway brings up Benghazi scandal while discussing Donald Trump Jr's meeting with Russian lawyer Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:36 AM PDT  Kellyanne Conway claimed the Obama administration told "big lies" about both the 2012 Benghazi controversy and Obamacare, when pressed on conflicting narratives surrounding a meeting with a Russian lawyer. Ms Conway was being questioned on ABC's "This Week" programme on Donald Trump Jr's June 2016 meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a lawyer with ties to the Kremlin. The President's eldest son initially said the meeting was to discuss Russia's halt on adoptions of children by US citizens.
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| Hikers Stunned as They Suddenly Come Face-to-Face With Mountain Lion: 'What Are We Supposed to Do?' Posted: 08 Aug 2017 02:44 PM PDT  The animal looked like it was ready to pounce.
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| Parents' lawsuit blames schools for bullying, child suicide Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:07 AM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — The parents of an 8-year-old boy who hanged himself blame a "treacherous school environment," alleging in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that school officials allowed and covered up bullying.
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| Stunning images capture the moment lightning strikes over Monument Valley Posted: 08 Aug 2017 08:24 AM PDT ![Stunning images capture the moment lightning strikes over Monument Valley]( "Stunning images capture the moment lightning strikes over Monument Valley")
These stunning images captured the moment lightning struck over Monument Valley. Jennifer Khordi, 47, was storm-chasing in Arizona when she came across the mesmerizing scenes. Khordi, from New Jersey, watched as the sky turned a deep purple and pink lightning forks pierced through the epic storm clouds. The iconic landmark casts a perfect silhouette against the ferocious storm. Khordi, a semi-professional photographer, said, "The images were taken in Arizona during a trip I took to capture lightning and storm images from their active monsoon season." "I was very lucky to get such good images — I love the whole experience." See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photos, Twitter, and Tumblr.
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| Boko Haram kill 31 fishermen in Nigeria Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:37 PM PDT  At least 31 fishermen have been killed by Boko Haram jihadists in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, fishermen and vigilantes fighting the Islamists told AFP late Monday. Armed jihadists stormed the fishing islands of Duguri and Dabar Wanzam in the freshwater lake Saturday, attacking fishermen working in the area and shooting and hacking their victims. "Boko Haram attacked Duguri and Dabar Wanzam islands and killed 31 people," a member of a local militia fighting the jihadists in Maiduguri, Babakura Kolo told AFP.
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| U.S. to haul stricken destroyer from Japan back to U.S. for repairs Posted: 08 Aug 2017 03:36 AM PDT  The U.S. Navy on Tuesday said it will haul the guided missile destroyer severely damaged in a collision with a freighter in Japanese waters back to the United States for repairs as soon as September. The collision killed seven sailors aboard the USS Fitzgerald and ripped a hole below the vessels waterline. "The Fitzgerald may be moved in September but it could be later than that," a spokesman for the U.S. Seventh Fleet said.
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| The Latest: Northwestern fires professor accused in stabbing Posted: 07 Aug 2017 04:21 PM PDT  DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a Northwestern University professor and a University of Oxford employee accused in the fatal stabbing of a Chicago man (all times local):
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| US, allies slam Chinese island-building Posted: 06 Aug 2017 05:51 PM PDT  The United States, Australia and Japan on Monday denounced Beijing's island-building and militarisation of the South China Sea, in contrast to the increasingly tepid response from Southeast Asian nations over the festering issue. China claims nearly all of the sea, through which $5 trillion in annual shipping trade passes and which is believed to sit atop vast oil and gas deposits. Its sweeping claims overlap with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei -- all members of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc -- as well as Taiwan.
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| Total solar eclipse 2017: When is it, why is it happening and how can I see it in the UK? Posted: 08 Aug 2017 07:58 AM PDT  What's happening? On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will witness an eclipse of the sun for the first time in 99 years, where the Moon will pass in front of the Sun casting darkness across swathes of the Earth's surface. Dubbed the Great American Eclipse, the moment will see the Sun, the Moon and the Earth become perfectly aligned in a once-in-a-lifetime celestial spectacle seen from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Although we won't see a perfect alignment in the UK, we will be able to see a partial eclipse (where the moon covers only a part of the sun). 10 amazing places in America to watch the 2017 solar eclipse Who will see it? Everyone in North America, parts of South America, Africa and Europe - including the UK - will see at least a partial solar eclipse, where the moon covers only a part of the sun. However, 14 states across the United States will experience a total solar eclipse with more than two minutes of darkness descending in the middle of the day over the course of 100 minutes. More than 12 million Americans live inside the path of totality and more than half of the nation live within 400 miles of it. Millions more are expected to travel to cities along the path to witness the phenomenon. Eclipse path of totality in black. 14 states across the United States will experience it. Credit: Nasa What causes an eclipse? The diameter of the Sun is 400 times that of the Moon but it lies 400 times further away - which means if you are in exactly the right alignment on the surface of the Earth at the right time, you will see the two celestial bodies overlap exactly. Credit: Nasa Where can I see the eclipse in the UK? Sadly Brits won't get a total eclipse like our friends across the pond, but we will be treated to a slight partial eclipse which will still be worth watching. It will be visible in parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from around 19:35 on August 21 - but make sure you're in a spot where there's no cloud. UK eclipse circumstances for August 21 2017 What areas will see total blackout? Anyone within the path of totality will see the sky become dark for several minutes as the moon completely covers the sun. The path is relatively thin, around 70 miles wide, and stretches from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. It will first be seen at Lincoln Beach, Oregon at 9:05 PDT, with totality beginning at 10:16 PDT. Over the next 90 minutes, it will cross through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North and end near Charleston, South Carolina at 14:28 EDT. The lunar shadow will leave the US at 04:09 EDT. Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds. Solar eclipse 2017, in pictures What time can I see the total eclipse? Here are the mid-eclipse times for some of the major towns and cities along the path of totality, according to Nasa. All times are local. Where to see it | The Great American solar eclipse Will there be a live stream? Yes - Nasa will host an Eclipse Megacast for four hours during the eclipse which will be picked up by local, national and international TV stations. You can also follow all the action via the Telegraph. How can I see it safely? Never look directly at the Sun, even through sunglasses or dark material such as a bin liner or photographic negative. Makeshift filters may not screen out the harmful infrared radiation that can burn the retina of the eye risking permanent eye damage and blindness. Also, viewers must never use binoculars or a telescope. Wear special eclipse viewing glasses - not ordinary sunglasses - or construct a simple pinhole camera which projects an image of the Sun onto a blank piece of paper. Solar eclipse: how to watch the eclipse safely When will Britain next see a solar eclipse? There was a pretty spectacular eclipse in Britain in March 2015, but the last total eclipse in the UK was in August 1999. You might be waiting a while for the next decent one too - it won't take place until August 12, 2026. On that date up to 95 per cent of the Sun will be obscured. Britain will not see a total solar eclipse until September 23, 2090. How we watched the 1999 solar eclipse - in 90 seconds 01:42 Total solar eclipses in history Eclipses have both fascinated and terrified civilisations for centuries. When King Henry I of England, the son of William the Conqueror, died in 1133, his death happened to coincide with a total solar eclipse plummeting the nation into darkness for four minutes and 38 seconds. Historian William of Malmesbury wrote in 1140 that "the darkness was so great that people at first thought the world was ending."
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| The Latest: Venezuela opposition urges nationwide protest Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:26 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela's political confrontation (all times local):
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| Arizona woman sentenced to death for murder of 10-year-old cousin Posted: 08 Aug 2017 09:58 AM PDT  An Arizona woman was sentenced to death on Monday for killing her 10-year-old cousin, who was locked inside a small storage bin as punishment for taking a Popsicle without permission.
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| Mom Takes Hilarious Swimming Pool Photo to Celebrate Kids Returning to School Posted: 08 Aug 2017 09:03 AM PDT  Jena Willingham planned the funny photo shoot.
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| Birthplace of Apostle Peter found in Israel: archaeologist Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:08 AM PDT  Researchers may have found the home town of Peter and two other apostles of Jesus near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, an archaeologist said Monday. Israeli and American archaeologists have likely uncovered the lost Roman city of Julias near the banks of the lake, also known as Lake Tiberias, Mordechai Aviam of Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archeaology said.
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| Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders? Posted: 08 Aug 2017 12:01 AM PDT ![Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders?]( "Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders?") A 25-year-old Florida man was arrested Aug. 4 after he touched two girls inappropriately at a Walmart store. Several such incidents have been reported at the Walmart stores across U.S. in the last few years.
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| U.N. investigating reports of 25 killed in South Sudan Posted: 07 Aug 2017 07:28 AM PDT  The United Nations said on Monday it was investigating reports that 25 people had been killed in South Sudan's central Gok state in clashes between two tribal factions. Thousands of people have already died in South Sudan from a four-year civil war pitting forces loyal to incumbent President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar. A U.N. official in South Sudan's capital Juba, spoke on condition he should not be named, told Reuters they had received reports on Saturday that 25 civilians had been killed and 27 wounded in clashes between Waat and Ayiel, two ethnic groups that are part of South Sudan's Dinka Gok tribe.
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| Deaths of toddlers left in hot car by mother to ‘teach them a lesson’ ruled homicide Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:32 AM PDT  The deaths of two toddlers who were left in a hot car by their mother as punishment have been ruled as homicides, after an autopsy revealed the children died from heatstroke. Two-year-old Juliet Ramirez and one-year-old Cavanaugh Ramirez, of Weatherford, Texas, died in May after being locked in a hot car by their mother Cynthia Marie Randolph. Randolf, 24, originally said her children locked themselves in the car, according to officials.
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| 35 years later, Kenya's Odinga is enigmatic on coup attempt Posted: 07 Aug 2017 03:28 AM PDT  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, the opposition leader who wants to be Kenya's next president, says he'll fight corruption and ethnic divisions. Yet he is also an enigmatic figure who was allegedly involved in an Aug. 1, 1982 coup attempt that exacerbated tensions in a country whose democracy remains vulnerable to ethnic feuding.
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| Trump vows to 'win' against opioid epidemic, offers no new steps Posted: 08 Aug 2017 02:57 PM PDT  By James Oliphant BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump promised to win the fight against a U.S. epidemic of opioid drug use, but offered no new steps to do so and did not act on a recommendation made by a presidential commission that he declare a national emergency. Trump spoke at an event he had billed as a "major briefing" on the opioid crisis during a two-week "working vacation" at his private golf club in New Jersey. The Republican president said the United States has no alternative but to stem spreading opioid use, but more than six months into his presidency announced no new policies to combat a public health crisis that kills more than 100 Americans daily.
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| Everything You Know About 'Secure' Passwords Is Wrong Posted: 08 Aug 2017 06:48 AM PDT  Bill Burr, formerly of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, now says that his 2003 guide on creating strong, secure passwords could actually make you more vulnerable to hacking. "Much of what I did I now regret," Burr, now 72 and retired, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. The advice led users to insert obvious special characters in place of letters (like using a dollar sign instead of an "s"), tossing in a few numerals and potentially unexpected capital letters.
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| 2018 Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Starts at $85,900 Posted: 08 Aug 2017 09:25 AM PDT  That makes it just $1000 cheaper than the Challenger SRT Demon.
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| 'El Chapo' moves to hire top-flight NY mafia defender Posted: 08 Aug 2017 03:19 PM PDT  Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman wants to dump his US public defenders for a quartet of top-flight criminal defense lawyers, including attorneys who got an infamous New York mafia boss out of prison. Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals who twice escaped prison in his native Mexico, has moved to hire Jeffrey Lichtman, Marc Fernich, Eduardo Balarezo and William Purpura, three of the lawyers confirmed to AFP.
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| Mother and Boyfriend Arrested For Keeping Toddler in a Cage: Authorities Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:49 AM PDT  The child was held captive for 23 hours a day and fed only small amounts of food, according to deputies.
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| NASA Observes Sunspot For 2 Weeks Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:25 AM PDT  The observations of solar activity come weeks ahead of the upcoming total solar eclipse, the first one to be visible from the United States in 99 years.
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| Google employee fired over diversity memo considers legal action - but experts say case appears weak Posted: 08 Aug 2017 12:10 PM PDT  A Google engineer who was fired for a memo assailing the company's diversity policies is considering legal action, but seemingly faces long odds of a successful case. James Damore caused an uproar and ultimately lost his job after authoring a 10-page essay that said women are not biologically fit for certain technology roles. After he was terminated, Mr Damore - whose sacking has not been officially confirmed by the company - told Reuters that he was exploring his options and said he had filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board before he was fired.
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| Iraqi Shiite militia says 40 of its fighters killed in Syria Posted: 08 Aug 2017 10:21 AM PDT ![Iraqi Shiite militia says 40 of its fighters killed in Syria]( "Iraqi Shiite militia says 40 of its fighters killed in Syria") BAGHDAD (AP) — A powerful Iraqi Shiite militia said Tuesday that at least 40 of its militiamen were killed in an attack the previous day on its positions across the border in Syria. The militia blamed the U.S.-led coalition for the assault but the Islamic State group claimed its fighters had targeted the militiamen.
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| 'Clean' debt ceiling bill unlikely to pass House of Representatives : lawmaker Posted: 08 Aug 2017 02:02 PM PDT  The U.S. House of Representatives is unlikely to raise the country's debt ceiling without conditions to rein in spending, a Republican lawmaker said on Tuesday, raising the specter of another potential clash even as Republicans control both Congress and the White House. The Trump administration has asked Congress to extend the federal borrowing capacity to meet U.S. payment obligations with a "clean" bill that does not include any other provisions. Asked if the House would act to pass such a bill when lawmakers return to Washington next month, U.S. Representative Tom Cole said "probably not clean." "Most Republicans want to do something to lower the trajectory of the debt," Cole, a member of the House Appropriations and Budget committees, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program.
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| Three killed in Mexico Cabos beach shootout Posted: 06 Aug 2017 06:49 PM PDT  Three men were shot dead Sunday on a busy beach in Mexico's popular Los Cabos international tourist area where organized crime has surged in recent months. Prosecutors in Baja California Sur state said tourists sunning themselves on the beach and stunned locals were on hand when the deadly incident jolted Pamilla beach in San Jose del Cabo. Two other people were wounded and taken to a local hospital.
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| 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe Z71 4WD Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:35 PM PDT  Blacked-out big rig.
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| More Than 30 Years After Teen Couple Plotted to Kill Her Abusive Dad, They're Still Together Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:31 PM PDT  Cheryl Pierson and Rob Cuccio hired a hitman to kill her dad in 1986.
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| Philippine president on human rights: "Don't go there" Posted: 07 Aug 2017 06:51 PM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met Monday with America's top diplomat, where he voiced solidarity with the U.S. amid global concerns over North Korea's nuclear program and angrily dismissed media questions about human rights abuses by his government.
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| International Cat Day: Facts And Photos Posted: 08 Aug 2017 04:10 AM PDT  The day was created to encourage people to adopt more cats as only 37 percent of the 3.4 million cats that enter shelters in the U.S. every year find homes.
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