| 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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| 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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| 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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| “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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Racial dispute at beloved bakery roils liberal college town Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:32 AM PST  Students at Oberlin College have long enjoyed pastries, bagels and chocolates from Gibson's Bakery, a century-old, family-owned business near campus. That sweet relationship has turned bitter amid hotly disputed accusations of racism, roiling a school and town long known for their liberal politics.
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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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| Bullied Tennesee student Keaton Jones' mom faces backlash over Confederate flag photos Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:02 PM PST  During the weekend, a Tennessee woman took to Facebook with her son Keaton Jones' emotional video about the relentless bullying he experiences in school that went viral almost instantly.
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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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| '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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| 'Womb Raider' Pleads Guilty, Admits Stealing Pregnant Woman's Baby Posted: 11 Dec 2017 12:42 PM PST  She had allegedly plotted the crime.
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| The White House Previewed Roy Moore's Next Argument About Sexual Misconduct Allegations Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:53 PM PST  If he wins the election
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| Mother of Keaton Jones says Confederate flag photos were supposed to be 'ironic and funny' Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:36 AM PST  The mother of Keaton Jones is addressing backlash on social media after controversial photos emerged of her and her son posing with Confederate flags.
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Women Who Accuse President Trump of Sexual Misconduct Are Speaking Out. Watch Here Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:25 AM PST The women are holding a press conference asking Congress to investigate their claims
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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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| 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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| 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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| How to Make Pickled Shrimp Posted: 11 Dec 2017 03:18 PM PST  This delicious shrimp recipe has plenty of zing, and will have your holiday guests begging for more, Watch the video to see how to make this healthy seafood appetizer.
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| Tasmanian tiger doomed long before humans came along Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:42 PM PST  The Tasmanian tiger was doomed long before humans began hunting the enigmatic marsupial, scientists said Tuesday, with DNA sequencing showing it was in poor genetic health for thousands of years before its extinction. Scientists genetically mapped the animal -- also known as a thylacine -- using the genome of a pup preserved more than century ago in a jar. The research revealed the creature began to undergo a decline in genetic diversity more than 70,000 years ago, leaving it less resilient to environmental change even before Aborigines are believed to have first inhabited the continent 65,000 years ago.
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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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| 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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| Opioid crisis strains foster system as kids pried from homes Posted: 12 Dec 2017 12:40 PM PST  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The case arrives with all the routine of a traffic citation: A baby boy, just 4 days old and exposed to heroin in his mother's womb, is shuddering through withdrawal in intensive care, his fate now here in a shabby courthouse that hosts a parade of human misery.
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| 7 of the Best Bank Stocks to Buy for 2018 Posted: 11 Dec 2017 12:23 PM PST ![7 of the Best Bank Stocks to Buy for 2018]( "7 of the Best Bank Stocks to Buy for 2018") The first year of the Trump administration was great for the financial sector, which, with a few weeks left in the year, had risen 19 percent in 2017 alone. CUBI is a small-cap regional bank that looks like one of the most undervalued names in the entire market. CUBI suffered in 2017 after writing off a bad investment that damaged earnings per share, but with that impairment almost totally behind it, EPS is expected to rise 27 percent in 2018 -- and it wouldn't be shocking for CUBI to rise that amount, either.
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| How Nazi Germany Could Have Won World War II: Not Declaring War on America? Posted: 11 Dec 2017 08:01 AM PST  Both Hitler and Roosevelt believed that war was inevitable, and they were both probably right. Restraining the war machine in December of 1941 might have bought some additional time for Germany in the Med and (possibly) in the skies, but would have forced the Kriegsmarine to forego an offensive that it believed could win the war.
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| Not Real News: Alabama Senate race spurs false reports Posted: 11 Dec 2017 08:52 AM PST  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As Alabama's high-profile Senate race heads toward a Tuesday vote, supporters and opponents of GOP candidate Roy Moore are bending the truth — or shattering it to pieces — in the campaign's final stretch.
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| 5 Things That Truly Don’t Matter When You Buy Your First House Posted: 12 Dec 2017 02:51 AM PST  All those concerns you have about money are quite legitimate, and the mortgage process can be confusing.
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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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| 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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| 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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