| Trump won’t discuss a pardon for Flynn – yet Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:45 AM PST  With a single syllable in comments to reporters Friday morning, the president suggested he may have the last word in the matter of Michael Flynn. Trump also appeared to question the integrity of the FBI, even though he was on his way to a graduation at the bureau's academy.
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| Ryan Zinke Fires 4 Department Of Interior Employees For Harassment Posted: 15 Dec 2017 06:13 AM PST  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke fired four senior staffers at the Department of the Interior for inappropriate conduct in response to a bombshell employee survey revealing widespread harassment within the agency.
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| One of Kim Jong Un’s top generals has Vanished Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:34 AM PST  South Korean intelligence agencies are reporting that a top North Korean general may have been executed, despite being seen by Kim Jong Un's side as recently as September.
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| Australia's Child Sex Abuse Commission Exposes National Tragedy Of Systemic Violence Posted: 14 Dec 2017 10:25 PM PST  SYDNEY ― Australia's child sex abuse Royal Commission on Friday handed over its final report to the government in a move that increases pressure on lawmakers, religious groups and civic institutions to immediately adopt more than 400 recommendations.
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| 2-Year-Old Steals Baby Jesus From Manger During Nativity Pageant Posted: 15 Dec 2017 09:50 AM PST  One eager Tennessee 2-year-old took matters into her own hands during her church's recent Nativity pageant
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| The best days to get Your Last-Minute Gifts Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:26 AM PST  Consumer spending in November was more than double what was expected, but it was a tumultuous year in retail, so companies are tacking on last-minute deals to end the season on a high note.
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| The Latest: Penn State says it promotes safety in Greek life Posted: 15 Dec 2017 10:19 AM PST  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a grand jury report on excessive drinking in Penn State's fraternity system (all times local):
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| France cautious over U.S. 'evidence' on Iran weaponry in Yemen Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:10 AM PST ![France cautious over U.S. 'evidence' on Iran weaponry in Yemen]( "France cautious over U.S. 'evidence' on Iran weaponry in Yemen") France reacted cautiously on Friday to U.S. evidence which allegedly proved Iran supplied weapons to Houthi militia in Yemen, saying it was still studying information at its disposal and the United Nations had yet to draw any conclusions. The United States on Thursday presented for the first time pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons supplied to the Houthis, describing it as conclusive evidence that Tehran was violating U.N. resolutions. The arms included charred remnants of what the Pentagon said was an Iranian-made short-range ballistic missile fired from Yemen on Nov. 4 at King Khaled International Airport outside Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, as well as a drone and an anti-tank weapon recovered in Yemen by the Saudis.
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| GOP Sen. Kennedy: Trump's nominee should have been able to answer my questions Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:24 AM PST  Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said that he has supported nearly every one of President Trump's picks, but that he doesn't support them blindly: "I ask questions that I expect them to be able to answer. In doing so, I'm just doing my job."
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| What School Safety Looks Like 5 Years After Sandy Hook Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:43 AM PST  On the morning of Nov. 14, staff members at Rancho Tehama Elementary School in Corning, California, heard the sound of a single gunshot in the vicinity of the campus.
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| Missing From Amazon's Search For A Second Home: The Climate Effects Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:45 AM PST  When Amazon kicked off a bidding war for its second North American headquarters in September, the company laid out a vision of its perfect suitor.
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| Florida UPS Delivery Man Steals Package off Porch Posted: 14 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  Police delivered Jason Mohn to prison and charged him with grand theft.
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| Matt Lauer's First Accuser Lives 'In Constant Fear' Of Being Identified Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:01 PM PST  Matt Lauer's original accuser is "terrified" that her identity will become public.
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| Are the U.S. Marines Dying? Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:41 PM PST  The U.S. Marine Corps is arguably the best amphibious-warfare force in the world. The issue is that relentless overseas commitments have strained marine resources so badly that it can't conduct the other training that it needs to maintain its combat edge. A review of readiness data from 2014 to 2016 revealed that "Marine Corps units were unable to fully accomplish training for other amphibious operations priorities," according to the GAO report.
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| Islamic State: What happened to all the foreign fighters? Posted: 15 Dec 2017 06:39 PM PST  An estimated 40,000 people traveled from around the world to take up arms for the Islamic State group as it occupied territory in Syria and Iraq and declared a caliphate in 2014. How many have gone elsewhere to fight?" said Seth Jones, director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the Rand Corporation. International counterterror groups are putting huge efforts into answering those questions, working hard to name, count and track IS foreign fighters.
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| So, The FCC Repealed Net Neutrality. What Does That Mean For You? Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:52 AM PST  If you woke up with a chill in your bones and a faint sense of dread, it could be this: On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission decided to give internet service providers, like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, the power to meddle with your internet traffic.
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| U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort Posted: 15 Dec 2017 12:49 PM PST ![U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort]( "U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort") By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge on Friday said she would release former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort from house arrest once he meets certain conditions, expressing satisfaction that the $10 million he agreed to forfeit would be available if he ever failed to appear for court proceedings. In her order, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said to be released from home confinement, Manafort must execute documents agreeing to forfeit four properties, including two in New York, one in Alexandria, Virginia, and his Florida home. Manafort is charged with conspiring to launder money and failing to register as a foreign agent working on behalf of the government of Ukraine's former pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych.
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| AP PHOTOS: Best of 2017 for the Middle East Posted: 14 Dec 2017 10:33 PM PST  In 2017 the Islamic State group was driven from its last strongholds in Iraq and Syria at an enormous cost, Pakistanis broke their silence to speak about sexual abuse in Islamic schools, and the U.S. declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel ignited widespread protests.
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| Jamie Oliver Says He'd Do This Disgusting Thing If He Had To Cook For Donald Trump Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:11 AM PST  Jamie Oliver isn't planning on cooking a meal for President Donald Trump anytime soon.
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| A Man Accused of Driving into a Crowd of Protestors Faces a First-Degree Murder Charge Posted: 14 Dec 2017 07:18 PM PST  The Aug. 12 attack in Charlottesville left 32-year-old Heather Heyer dead and dozens injured
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| Mario Batali Apologizes For Sexual Harassment With Cinnamon Rolls Posted: 16 Dec 2017 10:03 AM PST  Mario Batali, the former host of "The Chew" who stands accused of sexual misconduct, issued an apology to fans on Friday through his newsletter and inexplicably ended it with a recipe for cinnamon rolls.
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| Trump on cusp of tax reform victory as wavering Republicans pledge support Posted: 15 Dec 2017 05:10 PM PST  Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker had both expressed reservations about the landmark legislation, but they said they were now on board. Mr Corker, a Tennessee Republican who has feuded publicly with Donald Trump, said he would back the legislation despite concerns about the measure inflating the deficit. A Congressional Budget Office analysis of a version of the legislation found it would add some $1.4 trillion to the deficit, but supporters argue surging economic growth would offset that.
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| Hong Kong 'milkshake murderer' challenges life sentence Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:42 AM PST  American Nancy Kissel, dubbed the "milkshake murderer" for one of Hong Kong's most notorious crimes, was back in court Friday to challenge her life sentence for murdering her banker husband. Kissel lost an appeal in 2014 against a conviction for drugging her husband -- a senior executive at US bank Merrill Lynch -- with a sedative-laced strawberry drink before clubbing him to death with a lead ornament in their luxury home in the southern Chinese city. With bobbed hair and wearing glasses, she took copious notes throughout the judicial review hearing into her case at Hong Kong's High Court on Friday.
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| Kelly Cutrone Says Russell Simmons Tried To Rape Her In 1991 Posted: 15 Dec 2017 09:12 AM PST  Kelly Cutrone is the most recent woman to accuse hip-hop producer Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct.
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| Prominent 9th Circuit judge faces sex misconduct inquiry Posted: 14 Dec 2017 06:19 PM PST ![Prominent 9th Circuit judge faces sex misconduct inquiry]( "Prominent 9th Circuit judge faces sex misconduct inquiry") SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that he has opened a misconduct inquiry into a judge accused of inappropriate sexual conduct and comments by six women.
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| South Africa's ANC aims to announce new leader on Sunday Posted: 15 Dec 2017 05:02 AM PST ![South Africa's ANC aims to announce new leader on Sunday]( "South Africa's ANC aims to announce new leader on Sunday") By Alexander Winning and Mfuneko Toyana JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) expects to announce Jacob Zuma's successor as party leader on Sunday, a spokesman said, concluding a bruising leadership battle that threatens to tear it apart before a 2019 election. The race between Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a former cabinet minister and ex-wife of President Zuma, the two frontrunners to replace Zuma, is too close to call. The stakes are high because the ANC's electoral dominance means whoever wins the party's top job is likely to become the next president of South Africa after the next national election.
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| California Has Nearly Hit A Record On Wildfire Spending -- Halfway Through Its Budget Year Posted: 16 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST  California's state firefighting agency is within days of spending more to fight fires in a single year than ever before, and the fiscal year still has six months to go.
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| How Washington Lost Its Status as an Arab-Israeli Mediator Posted: 14 Dec 2017 05:49 PM PST  The Trump administration has abdicated Washington's role as a responsible custodian for Arab-Israeli affairs. Much has been made of the immediate ramifications of President Trump's Wednesday announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and initiating the relocation of the U.S. Embassy: namely, the specter of Palestinian violence in Israel and the occupied territories and implications for a future two-state solution.
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| Barack Obama Dressed Up As Too-Cool-For-School Santa For His Latest Appearance Posted: 15 Dec 2017 09:56 AM PST  The former president dropped by a Boys & Girls Club branch in D.C. in a statement outfit — with a festive touch.
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| 93-Year-Old Woman Spends 2 Nights In Jail After Eviction From Senior Housing Posted: 16 Dec 2017 10:58 AM PST  Florida authorities released an elderly woman from jail on Thursday after police arrested her for allegedly not paying rent at the senior housing community where she had lived since 2011.
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| Watch Blue Origin's 'Mannequin Skywalker' ride into space Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:43 AM PST  Behold one of history's greatest partnerships: Man and mannequin, working together so that both may be joined in eternal embrace beyond the stars. SEE ALSO: Blue Origin shares a preview of its giant New Glenn rocket Earlier this week, we excitedly shared video of a successful rocket launch by Jeff Bezo's spaceflight company Blue Origin. In that video, the company offers a peek at Blue Origin's launch site as it sent its suborbital New Shepard rocket and capsule, which included a test dummy nicknamed "Mannequin Skywalker," to the edge of space. The rocket reached 322,032 feet above Earth's surface before successfully returning to terra firma but now — BUT NOW! — we have video from inside the capsule showing Mannequin Skywalker's trip in full. The video gives us all a good idea of what it'll feel like when people make the trip. That is, if you don't consider Mannequin Skywalker a person (which is fair). But have you been to the edge of space? Didn't think so.
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| Bodies of Canadian Billionaire and His Wife Found in Their Home in Apparently 'Suspicious' Death Posted: 16 Dec 2017 10:15 AM PST  A Canadian billionaire and his wife were found dead in their Toronto home, under conditions which the police have called "suspicious," according to multiple reports
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:56 AM PST  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways.
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| Female candidate quits Kansas race over 2005 harassment suit Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:08 PM PST  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A female congressional candidate dropped out of the Kansas race Friday over a 12-year-old lawsuit accusing her of sexually harassing a male subordinate, an unusual case of a woman facing the sort of misconduct allegations that have forced numerous men out of their jobs in recent weeks.
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| Palestinian billionaire Masri detained in Saudi Arabia: sources Posted: 16 Dec 2017 09:27 AM PST ![Palestinian billionaire Masri detained in Saudi Arabia: sources]( "Palestinian billionaire Masri detained in Saudi Arabia: sources") By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Sabih al-Masri, Jordan's most influential businessman and the chairman of its largest lender Arab Bank, was detained in Saudi Arabia for questioning after a business trip to Riyadh, family sources and friends said on Saturday. Masri's detention, which follows the biggest purge of the Saudi kingdom's affluent elite in its modern history, has sent shockwaves through business circles in Jordan and the Palestinian territories, where the billionaire has major investments. A Saudi citizen of Palestinian origin, Masri was detained last Tuesday hours before he was planning to leave after he chaired meetings of companies he owns, according to the sources.
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| Report: Music Promoter Offered To Set Up Putin, Trump Meeting During Campaign Posted: 15 Dec 2017 04:14 AM PST  A British music promoter offered to set up a meeting for then-candidate Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the presidential campaign, according to The Washington Post.
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| California Is One Step Closer to Recreational Pot Sales Posted: 14 Dec 2017 08:43 PM PST  The state will allow people 21 and older to legally possess up to an ounce of cannabis and grow six marijuana plants at home
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| What Does A Healthy Relationship Look Like? Experts Weigh In Posted: 15 Dec 2017 01:23 PM PST  A healthy relationship doesn't just happen by accident.
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| Man charged in shooting of cops saved by bulletproof vests Posted: 15 Dec 2017 09:43 AM PST  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 37-year-old man was charged Friday in the shooting of two suburban St. Louis police officers who were saved by their bulletproof vests.
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| Unilever selling margarines for 6.8 bn euros to US giant KKR Posted: 15 Dec 2017 09:27 AM PST  Anglo-Dutch food and consumer giant Unilever said Friday it had reached a 6.8-billion-euro ($8-billion) deal with US private equity giant KKR to sell its margarines business. Unilever "has received a binding offer from KKR to purchase its global spreads business for 6.825 billion euros on a cash-free, debt-free basis," the company said in a statement. After spurning a takeover by US rival Kraft Heinz earlier this year, Unilever announced in April it would spin-off its margarines, which include such brands as Flora, Blue Band and Rama, as part of a restructuring plan.
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| 'All Dogs Can Smell Marijuana, But Only A Few Of Them Are Snitches' Posted: 15 Dec 2017 06:22 AM PST  Separated from their cellphones, standing under running water often allows people's minds to run free.
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| Harley-Davidson Trademarks the Bronx Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:15 AM PST ![Harley-Davidson Trademarks the Bronx]( "Harley-Davidson Trademarks the Bronx") Harley-Davidson Trademarks the Bronx New York borough's name conjures tough, urban image According to a recent report on Motorcycle.com, the folks at Harley-Davidson have filed a trademark application that would allow it to reference one of New York City's
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| Catalan election to return hung parliament: poll Posted: 15 Dec 2017 04:37 AM PST ![Catalan election to return hung parliament: poll]( "Catalan election to return hung parliament: poll") By Sonya Dowsett MADRID (Reuters) - An election in Catalonia will fail to conclusively resolve a political crisis over an independence drive in the region, the final surveys before the Dec. 21 vote showed on Friday. The ballot will result in a hung parliament, a Metroscopia poll showed, with parties favoring unity with Spain tipped to gain a maximum of 62 seats and pro-secession factions 63, both short of a majority in the region's 135-seat legislature. Spain's worst political crisis since its transition to democracy four decades ago erupted in October, when Madrid cracked down on an independence referendum it had declared illegal and took control of the wealthy northeastern region.
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| Beijing Can’t Understand Taiwan’s Democracy Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:01 AM PST  The Communist Party is baffled — and angered — by the new activism across the straits.
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| U.S. Prosecutors Are Rushing to Cash In on a Drug-Ring's Seized Bitcoins Posted: 14 Dec 2017 07:09 PM PST  The bitcoin cache was worth less than $500,000 a year ago, but has exploded in value to about $8.5 million
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| Carrie Fisher's Dog Saw 'The Last Jedi' And 'Perked Up' When She Was On Screen Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:24 AM PST  Carrie Fisher's dog, Gary, clearly misses his mom as evidenced by his behavior at a screening for the latest "Star Wars" film, "The Last Jedi."
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