| President Trump To Release JFK Files Posted: 20 Oct 2017 11:52 PM PDT  President Trump announced on Twitter that he will be releasing the classified JFK files on Oct. 26. The move will allow thousands of documents detailing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to be released to the public.
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| Niger Ambush: Funeral Held for Sgt. La David Johnson Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:01 AM PDT  Johnson, a 25-year-old father, was killed in an ambush in Niger earlier this month along with three of his comrades. This week, his death was at the center of a firestorm between a congresswoman and the White House.
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| Some Truly Excellent Costumes From NYC's Famous Halloween Dog Parade Posted: 22 Oct 2017 07:43 AM PDT  Every year, New Yorkers and their beloved canine pals embark on a time-honored tradition: The Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade.
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| Toddler Who Disappeared After Father Allegedly Put Her Out For Not Drinking Her Milk is Found Dead: Report Posted: 22 Oct 2017 01:43 PM PDT  She was missing since Oct. 7.
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| Sen. Sherrod Brown: Steve Bannon 'Is A White Supremacist' Posted: 22 Oct 2017 12:20 PM PDT  was right to call former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon a white supremacist, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) contended on Sunday.
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| New Tax Proposal Could Affect 401K Plans for Millions of Americans Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:16 AM PDT  According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the proposal being considered would reduce the amount a worker could contribute tax-free to just $2,400 a year.
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| Death toll in Kabul Shiite mosque attack jumps to 56: officials Posted: 21 Oct 2017 03:33 AM PDT  The death toll in the Shiite mosque attack in Kabul has jumped to 56, officials said Saturday, as the Afghan capital reels from the latest deadly violence. "The toll from yesterday's Imam Zaman mosque attack has increased to 56 killed, including women and children, and 55 wounded," an interior ministry spokesman told AFP. Officials had previously put the number of dead at 39 and 45 wounded in the attack claimed by the Islamic State group, which belongs to the rival Sunni branch of Islam.
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| Women Say They Were Burned and Branded by Doctors During Initiations Into a Secret Sorority Posted: 21 Oct 2017 02:00 PM PDT  State officials will examine whether the women's complaints warrant an investigation now
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| Donald Trump Says Public Spats With Lawmakers Can Help His Agenda Posted: 20 Oct 2017 08:40 PM PDT  President Donald Trump may be using his public spats with Congress as a whip to get his agenda moving.
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| Graham: Trump Administration 'Has a Blind Spot' on Russia Posted: 21 Oct 2017 11:13 PM PDT  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says that Russia isn't letting up on its meddling with American elections.
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| Tom Hanks Offers Suggestion To Those 'Frustrated' With Current Affairs: 'Read History' Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:05 AM PDT  Actor Tom Hanks recommends this: Brush up on your history.
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| On the USS Reagan amid growing nuclear tensions Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:17 AM PDT  ABC News' Chief Global Correspondent Martha Raddatz travelled to the USS Reagan for an exclusive look at U.S. military preparations near North Korea.
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| Steve Bannon Attacks Bush for Anti-Trump Speech Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:04 AM PDT  Steve Bannon ripped into former President George W. Bush Friday night, calling Bush's presidency "destructive" and saying he had "embarrassed himself" with an anti-bigotry speech earlier this week.
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| Missing California Hikers Found In Embrace After Apparent Killing-Suicide Posted: 20 Oct 2017 06:12 PM PDT  A young California couple who vanished during a hiking trip in the desert almost three months ago died in a murder-suicide near a trail, investigators said Friday.
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| Three wounded in shooting near US mine in Papua Posted: 21 Oct 2017 10:05 PM PDT  At least one gunman has wounded three people near a huge Indonesian gold and copper mine owned by US firm Freeport-McMoRan, the company said Sunday. The attacks on Saturday injured two policemen and a security contractor, according to Freeport spokesman Riza Pratama.
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| Several Injured in Mass Knife Attack in Germany Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:31 AM PDT  Five people were wounded in the attack in the German city of Munich Saturday.
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| Strudel The Obese Dog's Fitness Journey Is Nothing Short Of Inspiring Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:55 AM PDT  The dramatic weight loss of a severely chunky golden retriever mix could be an inspiration to people caring for overweight pets.
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| The Latest: Russia accuses US of 'barbaric' bombing of Raqqa Posted: 22 Oct 2017 08:54 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the war in Syria (all times local):
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| Oxford Students To Alumna Aung San Suu Kyi: Rohingya Inaction Is 'Inexcusable' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:51 AM PDT  Students at St. Hugh's College in Oxford have joined an international chorus of critics in condemning their alumnus Aung San Suu Kyi, now the de facto leader of Myanmar, for her response to the crisis engulfing the Rohingya in the country's Rakhine State.
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| The U.S. Navy Had a Crazy Plan to Build 'Super' Battleships (But Super Obsolete) Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:02 AM PDT  Had the U.S. built the Montanas, they likely would have had similar post-war careers to those of the South Dakotas. Because of their speed, the Iowas were more useful at every job except fighting other battleships. Having built the ships in the late 1940s, the USN would have sold them for scrap in the early 1960s. In the early 1940s, the U.S. Navy still expected to need huge, first rate battleships to fight the best that Japan and Germany had to offer.
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| Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:32 AM PDT ![Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years]( "Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years") PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Regulators in Oregon have shuttered a day care after a second baby died there in as many years, an unprecedented number of deaths at a single day care center for the state.
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| Jimmy Carter Wants to Help President Trump Resolve the North Korea Crisis Posted: 22 Oct 2017 11:20 AM PDT  "I told him that I was available if they ever need me"
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| Fox & Friends draws ire by dressing up black child as watermelon slice for Halloween Posted: 22 Oct 2017 12:13 PM PDT  In what one would hope was just a terrible oversight, Fox & Friends this weekend aired a Halloween segment that featured children in various cute costumes -- including a black child dressed as a watermelon slice.
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| Australian police offer record reward in serial killer cold case Posted: 20 Oct 2017 08:11 PM PDT  Australian police offered a record $4.75 million in rewards Saturday to catch the serial killer or killers behind the murders of six Melbourne women in the 1980s. The women, ranging in age from 14 to 73, disappeared in separate incidents as they traveled on foot around Melbourne over an 18-month period in 1980-1981. The police in Victoria state, where Melbourne is located, announced on Saturday six rewards of AUS$1 million ($780,000) each for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever was behind the murders.
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| Indonesia demands answers after military chief denied U.S. entry Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:50 AM PDT  By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia intends to send a diplomatic note to the U.S. secretary of state and summon Washington's deputy ambassador in Jakarta to explain why the head of its military was denied entry to the United States, Indonesian officials said on Sunday. Armed Forces Commander General Gatot Nurmantyo was about to board a flight on Saturday when the airline informed him that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection had denied him entry, military spokesman Wuryanto told a news conference in Jakarta.
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| Former CIA director Petraeus calls nuclear war with North Korea unlikely Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:10 AM PDT  Former CIA Director David Petraeus discusses the North Korea threat and more on "This Week."
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| Joe Biden finds feud between John McCain and Donald Trump 'laughable' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:23 PM PDT  Former Vice President Joe Biden has found the feud between Republican Senator John McCain and Donald Trump laughable, according to the New York Times. "The idea that Trump is going to intimidate John McCain? Mr Biden served as vice president to Democratic President Barack Obama.
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| King's legacy still felt strongly as Thailand bids goodbye Posted: 21 Oct 2017 10:59 PM PDT  HUAY HOM, Thailand (AP) — Half a century has passed and the king is dead, but the villagers of Huay Hom still haven't forgotten the day Bhumibol Adulyadej descended by helicopter into their remote, impoverished mountain valley in northern Thailand and changed their lives forever.
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| Police Close Case of Teen Who Died in Freezer, Release Timeline of Events Posted: 21 Oct 2017 08:20 AM PDT  Police previously said the teen died of hypothermia.
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| Eric Holder: Harvey Weinstein Revelations Must Prompt Culture Shift On Sexual Harassment Posted: 21 Oct 2017 04:05 PM PDT  In the wake of the explosive revelations about alleged sexual harassment and assault perpetrated by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and other powerful men, former United States Attorney General Eric Holder called on men to take responsibility for creating a culture that allowed such abuse to occur ― and act to change.
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| Abe eyes big win as Japan votes under N. Korea threats Posted: 22 Oct 2017 01:33 AM PDT  Millions of Japanese braved typhoon conditions Sunday for a snap election likely to hand Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a fresh mandate to revive the world's third-largest economy and press his hardline stance on North Korea. If pre-vote surveys prove correct, Abe's conservative coalition will cruise to a crushing majority to win a fresh term at the helm of the key US regional ally and Asian economic powerhouse. Despite the bad weather, voter turnout excluding early voting rose to 12.24 percent by 11:00am from 11.08 percent in the previous election three years ago, while a record 15.64 million had cast early votes by Friday, the government said.
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| Ranking The Best Shows On Netflix You Can Watch Right Now Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:08 AM PDT  Netflix has become that friend who just won't stop proposing outlandish new ideas.
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| Hamas deputy leader says to continue Iran ties, armed fight Posted: 22 Oct 2017 07:52 AM PDT ![Hamas deputy leader says to continue Iran ties, armed fight]( "Hamas deputy leader says to continue Iran ties, armed fight") The deputy head of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas vowed to keep close ties with Israel's arch-enemy Iran and to maintain its weapons, Iranian media reported on Sunday, rejecting Israeli preconditions for any peace talks. Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist group by Western countries and Israel, signed a reconciliation deal this month with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction. "Undoubtedly, the Palestinian resistance forces will never give up ... their arms," the semi-official news agency Mehr quoted Saleh Arouri as saying at a meeting with the Iranian parliament's speaker Ali Larijani in Tehran.
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| Father Dies After Being Hit With Rock Thrown Over an Overpass Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:27 AM PDT  A Michigan father has been killed after a rock allegedly thrown over an overpass by teenagers hit him on his way home from work
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| Jews and Arabs unite to try to save Jerusalem’s Hill of Evil Counsel from being turned into luxury flats Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:00 AM PDT  In another city, the fight over the hilltop property plot might be an unremarkable planning battle, pitting profit-driven developers against unhappy local residents. But Jerusalem is no ordinary city and the Hill of Evil Counsel is no ordinary hill. The hilltop is so called because it is the spot where Caiphas, the Jewish high priest, decided to betray Jesus and hand him over to the Romans for crucifixion. It is a key site in the New Testament and the birthplace of the centuries-old anti-Semitic trope of Jews as "Christ killers". Now, Jews, Muslims and Christians are fighting to keep the area from being turned into luxury flats. The Hill of Evil Counsel, which has sweeping views of Jerusalem's Old City, had been administered for hundreds of years by the Greek Orthodox church, which owns huge swathes of property in the city, including the land on which Israel's parliament is built upon. In recent years the church has gone on a controversial land-selling spree, taking in millions of dollars from property deals. In one of the deals, it agreed to sell a 110-year lease for the hilltop to Michael Steinhardt, an American financier and David Sofer, a London-based Israeli businessman. Theodore Friedgut, a retired Canadian-Israeli professor, has lived on the site for more than 50 years and will lose his home if development goes ahead Credit: Quique Kierszenbaum The developers plan to cement over the open space - once used by British military bands for practices - and build apartment buildings, where the flats and their epic views will likely end up in the hands of wealthy foreigners who visit Jerusalem a few times a year. The developers' project, and the church's decision to sell them the lease, have infuriated local residents. "The Greek church have no right to lease it and to destroy it. They are supposed to protect it, not sell it off the highest bidder," said Sarah Sallon, a British-Israeli doctor who has lived in Jerusalem for 30 years. "'This magnificent view is all of our heritage and we fight for it as a group of Jews, Christians, and Muslims." Sarah Sallon has been involved in trying to stop the development going ahead Credit: Quique Kierszenbaum / Telegraph A church official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the current Greek patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos, had inherited a mountain of debt from his predecessor, who was forced from power in 2005 and exiled to a small room in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre compound. "We did not wake up one morning and say: Hill of Evil Counsel, lets develop that area. We came into power with a big problem and with 40 million shekels (£8.7 million) in debt connected with the area and we had no choice. We had to deal with it," he said. The church relies on income from its property portfolio to survive, the official added. The Abu Tor neighbourhood where the hill is located is divided between Israeli and Palestinian residents and was a frontline during the 1967 war. Israeli troops once used the second floor of a hilltop monastery to look down on Jordanian forces below. Abu Tor literally means "father of the bull", after one of Salahedin's generals who according to legend rode a white bull into battle against the Crusaders. The Greek Orthodox church has administered the site for hundreds of years Credit: Quique Kierszenbaum / Telegraph Palestinian families from the eastern part of Abu Tor said they joined with their Jewish neighbours in opposing the plans, and were worried an entrance road planned for the development might force some of them out of their homes. "We will join any demonstrations against this," said Nawal Zakaria Bazalamit, the 74-year-old matriarch of her family. A law firm representing the developers did not respond to a request for comment. Opponents of the plans don't know if they will prevail against the well-heeled developers. Theodore Friedgut, a retired Canadian-Israeli professor of Russian history, has lived on the hill for more than 50 years and remembers surveyors coming immediately after the 1967 war, looking for potential opportunities. "We saw there was interest in develop all the way back then," he said. But Mr Friedgut points out that misfortunes have befallen those who have previously tried to commercialise the site. In the 1980s a consortium tried to take over the Hill of Evil Counsel in partnership with the church, but the project collapsed and the two sides fought a bitter legal battle. Another time, a Greek priest allegedly began to put pressure on the few families who lived in rent-controlled houses on the hill, demanding they pay more. According to locals' stories, he drowned in the River Jordan soon after, not far from the spot where Jesus is said to have been baptised.
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| The Latest: Catalan leader urges strong response to Spain Posted: 21 Oct 2017 02:24 PM PDT  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on Catalonia's effort to break away from Spain and the Spanish government's response (all times local):
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| Transcript errors and omissions prolong Jodi Arias appeal Posted: 21 Oct 2017 08:35 AM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias' case remains a headache for Arizona's court system long after her murder trial had spectators lining up for seats, attorneys squabbling in court and two different juries deadlocking on whether she deserved the death penalty.
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| Donald Trump's 2012 Yankees Tweet Proves There Really Is A #TweetForEverything Posted: 21 Oct 2017 10:20 PM PDT  A strange phenomenon has happened since President Donald Trump took office.
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| Two dead as typhoon slams into Japan after election day Posted: 22 Oct 2017 12:50 PM PDT  A powerful typhoon ripped into central Japan early Monday, leaving two dead and more than 10 injured, hours after millions struggled to the polls for a national election. Authorities advised thousands living in coastal areas or near rivers to evacuate to shelters as Typhoon Lan, described as "very large and very strong", made landfall in Shizuoka southwest of Tokyo at around 3.00 am (1800 GMT Sunday). The typhoon was moving northeast as winds slowed slightly, and may hit Tokyo and surrounding regions during Monday morning rush hours.
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| Ranking The Best TV Shows You Can Watch Online Right Now Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:12 AM PDT  You've got free time to kill, and you want to spend these rare moments with a TV show, but you've got a ton of options on a handful of streaming platforms.
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| Could Iran Sink a U.S. Aircraft Carrier? Posted: 20 Oct 2017 06:28 PM PDT  The United States and Iran have been on bad terms—occasionally spilling into open hostility—since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. One instrument of American policy and prestige in the Middle East region are the aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy. The Iranian government is well known to despise these offshore platforms of American power, and that leads us to this question: if the two sides came to blows, does Iran have the firepower to sink an American carrier?
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| U.N. ends month-long Libya talks in Tunisia without proposing new date Posted: 22 Oct 2017 12:12 AM PDT  A month ago U.N. envoy Ghassan Salame, the latest in a series of Libya envoys since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising ended Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule, announced a one-year action plan for a transition toward presidential and parliamentary elections. Since then the U.N. has hosted in Tunis delegations from rival parliaments from eastern Libya and Tripoli, which are meant to draw up amendments to a previous U.N.-mediated plan signed in December 2015. "There are some area of consensus ... but there are parts which need discussions with the political leaderships inside Libya," Salame told reporters, without giving details.
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| Munich stabbing: Eight injured in knife attack as suspect arrested Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:41 AM PDT  A man with a knife attacked eight people in Munich on Saturday and then fled, police said. The suspected assailant, a local German already known to police for theft and other offenses, was arrested a few hours later. No one was seriously hurt in the attack that started at around 8.30 am in the Haidhausen area, east of downtown Munich. Police said they believe it was not a terror attack, they suspect instead that the assailant had psychological problems. The lone attacker apparently went after passers-by indiscriminately with a knife, police said. He attacked eight people in all, including a 12-year-old child, at different sites. They mainly had superficial stab wounds and in at least one case had been hit. About three hours later, police arrested a man matching a description they had issued based on witness reports. They said he was heavy, unshaven with short blond hair and had a black bicycle and a backpack. The 33-year-old suspect, who was carrying a knife when he was arrested, was already known to police for bodily harm, drug offenses and theft, city police chief Hubertus Andrae told reporters. The suspect didn't immediately give police any information on his motive. "There are absolutely no indications at present of a terrorist, political or religious background, though we can only rule things out when all the questioning is finished," Mr Andrae said. "Rather than that, we believe that the perpetrator had psychological problems." He said police have "no serious doubts" that the suspect was the assailant, and that there was no longer any danger to the public. Munich attack
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