| Charles Jenkins, American Held By North Korea For 40 Years After Defection, Dies At 77 Posted: 12 Dec 2017 12:56 PM PST  Charles Jenkins, a former American soldier who defected across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea in 1965 and was held by the totalitarian regime for 40 years, died in Japan on Monday at the age of 77.
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| Trump says Sen. Gillibrand 'would do anything' for campaign cash after she calls for his resignation Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:14 AM PST  President Trump lashed out Tuesday at one of the Democratic lawmakers calling for him to resign over the multiple allegations of sexual assault against him.
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| 2 people killed after being stuck inside a burning school bus Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  Authorities are investigating why the student and school bus driver couldn't escape the burning vehicle.
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| Shark Viciously Attacks Woman On Her Honeymoon Posted: 13 Dec 2017 02:38 PM PST  Sarah Illig's dream honeymoon in the Bahamas turned out to be a nightmare after she was bitten by a shark.
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| Alabama Voters To Decide Whether Accused Child Molester Becomes Their Senator Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  For many in the state, the special election has become a way to project a message to the rest of the nation on what Alabama is. Supporters of Democrat Doug Jones want to shed the stereotype of Alabama as a stagnant backwater. Jones is best known for his work as a U.S. attorney in the 1990s, prosecuting Ku Klux Klan members for blowing up a black church in 1963.
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| Prosecutors move to keep death penalty an option in slayings Posted: 13 Dec 2017 09:46 AM PST ![Prosecutors move to keep death penalty an option in slayings]( "Prosecutors move to keep death penalty an option in slayings") DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors have moved to hold onto their ability to seek the death penalty against two cousins in the deaths of four men found buried on a Philadelphia-area farm, although attorneys have said a deal with one defendant would take capital punishment off the table.
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| N.C. Toddler Freezes to Death on Porch as Mom Slept Inside with Drugs in Her System Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:07 PM PST  A North Carolina woman whose 3-year-old son froze to death on their porch has been sentenced to prison for being unconscious at the time with drugs in her system, PEOPLE confirms
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| Firefighters defend homes as huge California wildfire rages on Posted: 13 Dec 2017 01:27 PM PST ![Firefighters defend homes as huge California wildfire rages on]( "Firefighters defend homes as huge California wildfire rages on") Firefighters grappling with a wildfire that has burned out of control for 10 days on California's scenic coastline, destroying more than 700 homes, sought on Wednesday to defend homes from flames whipped by resurgent Santa Ana winds. The so-called Thomas Fire, already the state's fifth-largest wildland blaze on record, remained a threat to the communities of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, Summerland and Montecito despite gains made by crews during a lull in the winds a day earlier. "Very high fuel loading, critically low fuel moistures, above average temperatures and single-digit relative humidities will continue to support fire growth on the west, east and north sides of the Thomas Incident," the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a statement.
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| Scientists to investigate if cigar-shaped asteroid could be an alien spacecraft Posted: 13 Dec 2017 01:32 PM PST  A team of researchers, including Stephen Hawking, is investigating whether the first known object from outside the solar system contains the first sign of life beyond our planet.
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| McMaster rips Russian 'campaigns of subversion' Posted: 12 Dec 2017 11:28 AM PST  President Trump's national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, accused Russia on Tuesday of waging "campaigns of subversion" against the United States and its allies.
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| US, EU and Japan up the pressure on China at WTO Posted: 12 Dec 2017 07:07 PM PST  The United States, European Union and Japan jointly rounded on China's "market-distorting subsidies" at the World Trade Organization conference in Argentina Tuesday. A joint statement from the three powers made no direct mention of China, but said "severe excess capacity in key sectors, exacerbated by government-financed and supported capacity expansion, unfair competitive conditions caused by large market-distorting subsidies and state-owned enterprises" were serious problems for international trade.
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| Keaton Jones' Mom Responds to Criticism Over Confederate Flag Photos: 'I Can't Take It Back' Posted: 12 Dec 2017 11:07 AM PST  Kimberly Jones also claims she has nothing to do with a GoFundMe page that has raised $58,000 for her son.
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| Kayla Moore On Anti-Semitism Claims: 'One Of Our Attorneys Is A Jew' Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:43 PM PST  On the eve of the Alabama election that's put the character of Republican candidate Roy Moore in the spotlight, his wife's attempt to defend their family's tolerance seriously backfired.
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| U.S. Congress to let Iran deadline pass, leave decision to Trump Posted: 12 Dec 2017 02:14 PM PST  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will allow a deadline on reimposing sanctions on Iran to pass this week, congressional and White House aides said on Tuesday, leaving a pact between world powers and Tehran intact at least temporarily. In October, Trump declined to certify that Iran was complying with the nuclear agreement reached among Tehran, the United States and others in 2015. Congressional leaders have announced no plans to introduce a resolution to reimpose sanctions before Wednesday's deadline and aides say lawmakers will let the deadline pass without action.
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| 26 Gifts For Teens Who Are A Struggle To Shop For Posted: 12 Dec 2017 01:10 PM PST  If you thought buying a gift for dad was hard enough, try finding the perfect present for a teen.
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| After NYC terror attempt, Trump says he will end chain migration Posted: 12 Dec 2017 01:34 AM PST  Pointing to the New York terror attempt, President Trump says that he will end visa lottery and chain migration.
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| Biggest LA fire spreading more slowly as survivors pick up the pieces Posted: 12 Dec 2017 07:42 PM PST  Crews battling wildfires ravaging southern California for a week have managed to slow the spread of the worst of the blazes, officials said Tuesday, as residents were taking stock of the catastrophic damage. Evacuation orders were in place for threatened areas in the Santa Barbara region about 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of Los Angeles. In the past day or so, the blaze figure has grown by around a thousand hectares.
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| China warns against livestreaming after 'rooftopper' falls to death Posted: 12 Dec 2017 03:49 AM PST ![China warns against livestreaming after 'rooftopper' falls to death]( "China warns against livestreaming after 'rooftopper' falls to death") A young Chinese climbing enthusiast's fatal fall from a skyscraper while making a selfie video on a $15,000 "rooftopping" dare has spurred warnings by state media against the perils of livestreaming. Wu Yongning plunged to his death from a 62-storey building in central China on Nov. 8, the day he stopped posting videos of his skyscraper exploits on Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter.
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| Why I Responded Live On The Air To A Viewer Who Called Me A Racial Slur Posted: 12 Dec 2017 12:36 PM PST  Editor's note: This piece includes the uncensored use of racial slurs and graphic language that may be disturbing to readers.
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| Oreo Just Announced 3 New Fan-Created Flavors Posted: 12 Dec 2017 01:53 PM PST  Cherry Cola Oreos, Kettle Corn Oreos, and Piña Colada Oreo Thins head up the #MyOreoCreations contest submissions you can soon try for yourself.
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| The Latest: Homeland Security watching Alabama election Posted: 12 Dec 2017 12:03 PM PST  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on Alabama's U.S. Senate election (all times local):
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| San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Dies At 65 Posted: 12 Dec 2017 03:02 AM PST  San Fransisco Mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday, a hospital spokesman told HuffPost.
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| Pistorius injured in prison brawl over phone Posted: 12 Dec 2017 01:03 AM PST  Former Paralympic champion and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has been injured in a prison brawl over the use of a public phone, a South African official said on Tuesday. The double amputee -- who is serving a 13-year jail term for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp -- was left with a bruise after "an altercation with another inmate over the use of a public phone" on December 6, according to the department of Correctional Services. "Oscar Pistorius sustained a bruise following an alleged incident with another inmate over the use of a public phone in the special care unit where both offenders are detained at Attridgeville Correctional Centre," spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo said.
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| White House says Trump's tweet to Gillibrand was not 'sexist at all' Posted: 12 Dec 2017 02:40 PM PST  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Trump's tweet saying Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would "do anything" for campaign donations.
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| NTSB investigates Delta plane that nearly landed on taxiway Posted: 13 Dec 2017 02:25 PM PST ![NTSB investigates Delta plane that nearly landed on taxiway]( "NTSB investigates Delta plane that nearly landed on taxiway") WASHINGTON (AP) — A Delta Air Lines plane nearly landed on a taxiway that was occupied by another plane at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, federal accident investigators said Wednesday.
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| Rights group criticizes China for mass DNA collection in Xinjiang Posted: 13 Dec 2017 03:29 AM PST ![Rights group criticizes China for mass DNA collection in Xinjiang]( "Rights group criticizes China for mass DNA collection in Xinjiang") Chinese authorities have collected DNA and other biometric data from the whole population of the volatile western region of Xinjiang, Human Right Watch said on Wednesday, denouncing the campaign as a gross violation of international norms. Hundreds of people have been killed in Xinjiang in the past few years in violence between Uighurs, a mostly Muslim people, and ethnic majority Han Chinese, which Beijing blames on Islamist militants. Police are responsible for collecting pictures, fingerprints, iris scans and household registration information, while health authorities should collect DNA samples and blood type information as part of a "Physicals for All" program, the New York-based group said in a statement, citing government a document.
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| ‘Nobody On the Republican Side Is a Winner.’ GOP in Blame Game After Roy Moore's Loss Posted: 13 Dec 2017 11:32 AM PST  Some say it's Steve Bannon's fault, while others blame Mitch McConnell. Either way, the defeat exposes the rifts within the Republican Party
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| Woman with 84 Great Danes guilty of animal cruelty charges Posted: 12 Dec 2017 12:27 PM PST ![Woman with 84 Great Danes guilty of animal cruelty charges]( "Woman with 84 Great Danes guilty of animal cruelty charges") CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A woman who had dozens of filthy and sick Great Danes living in her New Hampshire mansion was found guilty Tuesday of 10 animal cruelty charges.
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| Storm-hit Puerto Rico starving for tourists Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:06 PM PST  Until Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Jose Figueroa did brisk business renting kayaks to tourists itching to see a lagoon that lights up by night thanks to millions of microorganisms. "We do not know if we will have any work tonight," Figueroa said.
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| Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Leader, Dies at 104 Posted: 12 Dec 2017 06:36 AM PST  Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, the spiritual leader of Israel's non-Hassidic ultra-Orthodox Jews of European descent and one of the country's most influential and powerful rabbis, died on Tuesday. He was 104.
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| 14 Awesome Kitchen Gifts That Are Under $25 Posted: 12 Dec 2017 11:31 AM PST |
| Video Shows Trump Supporters Saying 5-Year-Old Girl 'Looks Like' A Terrorist Posted: 13 Dec 2017 01:32 PM PST  In a video that went viral on Twitter, people wearing American flag-themed clothing, including one wearing a shirt supporting President Donald Trump, can be seen laughing at a Palestinian-American family who attended a pro-Palestine rally in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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| The Latest: Homeless camp fire sparked Los Angeles blaze Posted: 12 Dec 2017 08:13 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
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| Five years after Sandy Hook, U.S. gun-control advocates switch strategy Posted: 12 Dec 2017 03:07 AM PST  Instead of pressuring lawmakers to push new gun-control measures through the U.S. Congress, volunteers from groups including Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America are now running for office themselves. Nine of 13 volunteers trained by the group ran for office this year and won seats, ranging from New Hampshire state representative to city council member in West University Place, Texas. Fourteen more have already declared their intentions to run for office in 2018, seeking seats in Congress, state legislatures and local government, all running as Democrats.
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| Goat Cheese And Roasted Garlic Beehive, The Best Appetizer Ever Posted: 13 Dec 2017 01:36 PM PST  You know a dish is a hit when guests come back after the party to ask if there's any left over.
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| The Navy's Electronic-Warfare Planes Could Soon Become 'Motherships' Posted: 12 Dec 2017 04:34 AM PST  Slow-flying unmanned aerial vehicles that could extend the distance at which Growler crews can pinpoint enemy radars. Northrop Grumman is trying to convince the U.S. Navy to transform the branch's EA-18G Growler electronic-warfare planes into motherships for small, slow-flying unmanned aerial vehicles that could extend the distance at which Growler crews can pinpoint enemy radars.
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| Reddit's Net Neutrality Protest Was So Huge It Beat the Super Bowl Posted: 12 Dec 2017 04:43 AM PST  The FCC vote drew a massive amount of attention.
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| Volkswagen releases 2019 Jetta sketches ahead of Detroit reveal Posted: 13 Dec 2017 03:15 AM PST ![Volkswagen releases 2019 Jetta sketches ahead of Detroit reveal]( "Volkswagen releases 2019 Jetta sketches ahead of Detroit reveal") It might be hard to believe for anyone outside the United States, but the Jetta is still Volkswagen's biggest-selling model in America. Despite the continuing decline of sedan sales, the seemingly unstoppable rise of the SUV, the sheer quality of the Golf, and the age of the Jetta, it really is still VW's most important model in the US. It's therefore a pretty big deal that the German automaker has now released some sketches of the all-new 2019 Jetta ahead of a full reveal at the Detroit Auto Show in January.
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| It Turns Out Legal Weed In Colorado Hasn't Led To Kids Abusing The Drug Posted: 12 Dec 2017 12:32 PM PST  Opponents of marijuana policy reform have warned that legalizing cannabis could give way to an epidemic of young people abusing the plant.
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| Google opens AI centre in China as competition heats up Posted: 13 Dec 2017 12:16 AM PST  Google announced Wednesday that it will open a new artificial intelligence research centre in Beijing, tapping China's talent pool in the promising technology despite the US search giant's exclusion from the country's internet. Artificial intelligence, especially machine learning, has been an area of intense focus for American tech stalwarts Google, Microsoft and Facebook, and their Chinese competitors Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu as they bid to master what many consider the future of computing.
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| PolitiFact's Lie Of The Year: Donald Trump And 'This Russia Thing' Posted: 12 Dec 2017 09:03 AM PST  PolitiFact on Tuesday revealed its 2017 "Lie of the Year," focusing on how President Donald Trump has regularly disputed whether Russia interfered in last year's election and questioned the widely held conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies, which he has frequently undermined and dismissed as "political hacks."
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| Mother who 'blacked out' during baby's death gets 13 years Posted: 13 Dec 2017 01:53 PM PST  BELFAST, Maine (AP) — A woman who drank multiple shots of liquor and smoked marijuana on the night of her infant son's death was ordered Wednesday to serve 13 years in prison.
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| Putin must nudge Syria into U.N. peace deal, mediator says Posted: 13 Dec 2017 12:29 PM PST ![Putin must nudge Syria into U.N. peace deal, mediator says]( "Putin must nudge Syria into U.N. peace deal, mediator says") By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura urged Russia on Wednesday to convince its ally the Syrian government of the need to clinch a peace deal to end the nearly seven-year-old war. De Mistura, speaking on Swiss television station RTS, said failure to make peace quickly through United Nations mediation could lead to "a fragmentation of Syria".
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