| What's Behind Iran's Massive Anti-Government Protests Posted: 02 Jan 2018 11:34 AM PST  The largest protests to hit Iran in almost a decade have swept across the country in recent days, sparking violent retaliation from government forces.
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| Former federal prosecutor: Mueller investigation not ending 'anytime soon' Posted: 02 Jan 2018 02:47 AM PST  Former federal prosecutor and chief of staff to James Comey, Chuck Rosenberg, spoke on MSNBC about said that while Robert Mueller's investigation seems to be moving along at a good pace, he doesn't concur with Trump's remarks that it will end soon.
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| Eight newborn puppies found frozen to death in brutally cold weather Posted: 02 Jan 2018 02:21 PM PST  A litter of newborn puppies died from prolonged exposure to the frigid outdoor temperatures in Knox County, Illinois, just one day after Christmas, according to WQAD. The black lab mix's owner had apparently been keeping her outside in below-freezing temperatures and didn't even realize she was pregnant until she gave birth on Dec. 26. After noticing the litter of puppies, the dog's owner called the Knox County Humane Society for assistance.
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| Notorious Escaped Killer Says He Discovered a Way to Bust Out of Another Maximum Security Prison Posted: 02 Jan 2018 06:46 AM PST  David Sweat led authorities on a three-week manhunt after breaking out of a New York prison in 2015.
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| Living the high life: Pilot's amazing photos from the cockpit Posted: 02 Jan 2018 08:37 AM PST ![Living the high life: Pilot's amazing photos from the cockpit]( "Living the high life: Pilot's amazing photos from the cockpit") Christiaan van Heijst certainly seems to be living the high life and has taken numerous photos to give people a view from the cockpit. The Boeing 747-8 cargo plane pilot has seen thunderstorms, shooting stars and sunsets from up above the clouds and has looked down on mountaintops, carpets of cloud and cities lit up at night. The incredible pictures give a glimpse of the view from the pilots are treated to every day.
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| Russia Says Its S-300 Missiles Tracked "Nervous" U.S. Pilots Over Syria Posted: 03 Jan 2018 07:31 AM PST  Moscow says that U.S. bombers and reconnaissance aircraft "reacted nervously" when tracked by Russian anti-aircraft missile batteries over Syria. U.S. pilots allegedly got the shakes when Russia's advanced S-300V4 air defense systems tracked them at ranges of 200 to 300 kilometers (125 to 186 miles), Lt. Gen. Alexander Leonov, chief of Russia's air defense forces, told Izvestia (Google translation here).
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| Trump: Hispanics will start 'falling in love' with me Posted: 02 Jan 2018 08:40 AM PST  President Trump predicted Tuesday that Hispanic people will fall in love with Republicans, including himself, because Democrats supposedly have not done anything substantive regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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| The Latest: Shooter in Colorado attack was lawyer, war vet Posted: 01 Jan 2018 06:58 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a sheriff's deputy in Colorado (all times local):
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| 15 Times Running Water Was No Match For This Crazy Cold Weather Posted: 02 Jan 2018 03:08 PM PST  Mother Nature's New Year's gift to the U.S. appears to be cold weather not suitable for humans.
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| 2018 Opens with frigid Cold Posted: 02 Jan 2018 01:53 PM PST  Rachel Maddow alerts viewers to extreme cold (and a good chance of a northeast snow storm) forecast for the end of the first week of the year.
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| First pictures of New Jersey family 'murdered by teenager' on New Year's Eve Posted: 02 Jan 2018 05:24 AM PST  A 16-year-old boy gunned down his parents and a family friend minutes before the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve, authorities in New Jersey said. Mary Schultz, 70, was also shot dead. The 16-year-old, who has not been named, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
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| No rise in autism in US in past three years: study Posted: 02 Jan 2018 10:06 AM PST  After more than a decade of steady increases in the rate of children diagnosed with autism in the United States, the rate has plateaued in the past three years, researchers said Tuesday. The findings were based on a nationwide study in which more than 30,000 parents reported whether or not their children had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). "The estimated ASD prevalence was 2.41 percent among US children and adolescents in 2014-2016, with no statistically significant increase over the three years," said the research letter by experts at the University of Iowa, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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| Iran's leader blames enemies for unrest as death toll rises Posted: 02 Jan 2018 08:06 AM PST ![Iran's leader blames enemies for unrest as death toll rises]( "Iran's leader blames enemies for unrest as death toll rises") By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader accused the country's enemies on Tuesday of stirring unrest, as the death toll from anti-government demonstrations rose to 21. On the sixth day of protests, riot police were out in force in several cities, footage on social media showed, as security forces struggle to contain the boldest challenge to Iran's clerical leadership since unrest in 2009. More than 450 protesters were arrested in the capital in the last three days, Tehran's deputy provincial governor said, and hundreds of others were detained around the country, with judicial officials saying they would be severely punished.
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| Report: Scaramucci telling friends that Trump wants him back in the White House Posted: 02 Jan 2018 07:11 AM PST  Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci made waves during his 10 days with the Trump administration last summer, and he is reportedly bragging about a possible West Wing return.
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| Spieth starts a new year with a new status: He's engaged Posted: 02 Jan 2018 03:10 PM PST  KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Jordan Spieth now can remember 2017 for a silver jug and a diamond ring.
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| Arkansas Mosque Pays Fines For Man Who Helped Vandalize Its Building Posted: 02 Jan 2018 03:35 PM PST  Hisham Yasin, social director of the Masjid Al Salam in Fort Smith, told HuffPost on Tuesday that his congregation had forgiven the convicted vandal, Abraham Davis, long ago. The back is gone," Yasin said.
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| Tired of waiting, Ryanair passenger gets out and sits on wing Posted: 03 Jan 2018 08:58 AM PST  The passenger of a Ryanair flight from London to Malaga in southern Spain, apparently tired of waiting inside the plane on arrival, got out and sat on the wing, a witness and the airline said Wednesday. "We had been waiting around half-an-hour to get out of the plane," Fernando del Valle, another passenger, told AFP of the incident on Monday evening. Del Valle filmed the incident and posted it on his Facebook page.
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| Michele Bachmann Says She's Considering Running For Al Franken's Senate Seat Posted: 02 Jan 2018 10:59 AM PST  Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said over the weekend that she is considering running for Senate.
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| LA district attorney reviewing Harvey Weinstein cases from police Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:27 PM PST  Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing multiple cases against Harvey Weinstein, who has faced allegations of sexual assault but not criminal charges. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said "two cases have been presented to our office by the Beverly Hills Police Department regarding Weinstein and are under review". It was not clear what allegations underlay the Beverly Hills Police Department's investigation of Weinstein.
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| One-of-a-kind 1954 Plymouth concept up for auction Posted: 02 Jan 2018 07:57 AM PST  There will be a lot of rare and classic cars going under the hammer at Barrett-Jackson's Scottsdale auction that runs between January 13 and 21 in the US state of Arizona, but cars don't get any rarer than the 1954 Plymouth Belmont concept that could be yours if you were to win the bidding. Motor show concepts are often futuristic and exciting, but until quite recently, most never went anywhere near a production line, even in a very watered-down form. At one point in its life, after its appearance at the New York Auto Show, the car was owned by famed Chrysler designer, Virgil Exner.
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| Palestinian militant chief in Lebanon camp says he's moved to Syria Posted: 02 Jan 2018 02:35 AM PST ![Palestinian militant chief in Lebanon camp says he's moved to Syria]( "Palestinian militant chief in Lebanon camp says he's moved to Syria") A prominent Palestinian militant whose followers have fought other factions in a refugee camp in Lebanon has traveled to Syria, he said, removing one of the main combatants in one of Lebanon's most volatile settlements. A statement by Bilal Badr, who led a hardline Sunni Islamist faction against mainstream Palestinian groups in the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp at Sidon, did not say when or how he had traveled to Syria. The rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad has drawn militant Sunnis from across the region.
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| The Latest: Hezbollah chief downplays Iran protests Posted: 03 Jan 2018 11:20 AM PST  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on protests in Iran (all times local):
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| Legal marijuana off to blazing start in California Posted: 01 Jan 2018 07:10 PM PST  It's the first day that marijuana can be bought and sold legally in California, and store owner Nicole Salisbury's stock of pot edibles is already running low. "I'm so excited but I'm also a little bit nervous," says Salisbury, who has been in the marijuana business for a decade and opened Green Pearl Organics as a medical dispensary two years ago. "For the first time, I feel comfortable telling people that I own a marijuana shop," added the 35-year-old, who has vibrant blue-green hair.
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| Former Hostage Joshua Boyle Facing 15 Charges, Including Assault Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:14 PM PST  A Canadian man held captive by a Taliban-linked group for five years was arrested Monday in Ottawa on charges of assault, sexual assault and unlawful confinement, among others, his lawyer told Canadian Press.
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| Taiwan court orders dentist to pay mother for raising him Posted: 02 Jan 2018 10:06 PM PST  Taiwan's top court has ordered a dentist to pay his mother around Tw$22.33 million (US$744,000) as reimbursement for the money she spent raising and educating him. The supreme court Tuesday upheld a previous ruling that the 41-year-old, identified by his family name Chu, should honour a contract he signed with his mother 20 years ago promising to refund her. The plaintiff, surnamed Lo, divorced her husband in 1990 and raised their two sons on her own.
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| Arizona Family of 4 Found Dead in Cabin on New Year's Day From Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Posted: 03 Jan 2018 02:00 PM PST  A family of four was found dead in a cabin on New Year's Eve and police believe carbon monoxide poisoning might be to blame.
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| US weather latest: Dog frozen solid on Ohio doorstep amid arctic conditions Posted: 03 Jan 2018 10:18 AM PST  Animal protection workers are investigating after a dog was found "frozen solid" on a porch in Toledo, Ohio. The dead animal, believed to be a three-year-old American Bulldog, was found curled up outside a house in King Street in the city by the Toledo Area Humane Society, which works to prevent cruelty to animals. "I don't know how long she was out there, she was frozen solid," Megan Brown, an investigator for the organisation told local newspaper The Blade.
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| Hopes raised for release of British human rights activist jailed in Ethiopia Posted: 03 Jan 2018 10:56 AM PST  Hopes have been raised that a British human rights activist jailed illegally in Ethiopia could soon be released, after the country's prime minister announced the pardoning of political prisoners and the closure of a prison where he may have been detained and tortured. Andy Tsege, 62, was abducted by Ethiopian security forces in 2014, having been tried and sentenced to death in absentia. The Ethopian government claims he is a terrorist, while human rights campaigners say the father-of-three was illegally detained on politically motivated charges. But in an unexpected announcement on Wednesday, HailemariamDesalegn, the Ethiopian prime minister, said he would drop charges against political prisoners and also close the notorious Maekelawi Prison. "Political prisoners that are facing prosecutions and are already under arrest will be released," Hailemariam said. "And the notorious prison cell that was traditionally called Maekelawi will be closed down and turned into a museum." It remains unclear whether Mr Tesge is among those due to be set free, but human rights campaigners say his release is long overdue and that he has been tortured by his captors. There is a real opportunity for the Ethiopian Government to release British father Andy Tsege after the Ethiopian PM announced some political prisoners will be freed #Ethiopiahttps://t.co/Jbuu57aMgapic.twitter.com/I5kgGtynms— Reprieve (@Reprieve) January 3, 2018 "This is a real opportunity for the Ethiopian government to recognise Andy's desperate situation and ensure he is one of those released. "After being kidnapped, illegally transported to Ethiopia, tortured and locked up on death row for the past three and a half years, it is long past time that Andy is returned to his partner and three children in London," said Maya Foa, director of the legal charity Reprieve, which has supported Mr Tsege's case. The activist was born in Ethiopia but became a British citizen after seeking political asylum in London in 1979, and he has raised a family in the UK. Some of the prominent politicians currently in custody include opposition leaders Bekele Gerba and Merara Gudina. A number of journalists also remain in detention. "Potentially big news," Human Rights Watch researcher Felix Horne said on Twitter after the announcement, as some observers waited to see the government's next move. The protests demanding wider freedoms began in late 2015 and led to hundreds of reported deaths and tens of thousands of arrests while disrupting one of Africa's fastest growing economies. "The crackdown on the political opposition saw mass arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment, unfair trials and violations of the rights to freedom of expression and association," rights group Amnesty International has said.
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| Trump Tweets Support For Iranians While Banning Them From The U.S. Posted: 02 Jan 2018 10:39 AM PST  President Donald Trump once again praised Iran's anti-government protesters on Tuesday ― and the irony was not lost on many, given his administration's repeated attempts to block Iranians from coming to the U.S. "The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime," Trump tweeted early Tuesday morning.
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| Series of small quakes rattle area near Mount St. Helens Posted: 03 Jan 2018 02:30 PM PST ![Series of small quakes rattle area near Mount St. Helens]( "Series of small quakes rattle area near Mount St. Helens") SEATTLE (AP) — A series of small earthquakes around Mount St. Helens in Washington state startled residents as far away as Portland, Oregon, and Seattle early Wednesday.
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| India buys Israeli missiles ahead of Netanyahu visit Posted: 02 Jan 2018 03:53 AM PST  India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the defence ministry announced Tuesday ahead of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Barak missiles made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems are to be used for India's first aircraft carrier which is under construction. Netanyahu will lead a business delegation to India on a four day trip expected in mid-January.
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| This Elon Musk Easter Egg is Hidden in the Tesla Model 3's Tablet Posted: 02 Jan 2018 05:47 AM PST  Tesla does love easter eggs.
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| Is a Harley-Davidson Breakout a Good First Bike? Posted: 03 Jan 2018 05:00 AM PST  Ask RideApart: Is a Harley-Davidson Breakout a Good First Bike? Reader's local dealership told him it's a bad idea Dear RideApart, I am a 32-year-old guy, 6 feet 2 inches tall, about 200 lbs, and I am dead set on getting a bike. The first one that caught my
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| Doctors Save Mother's Unborn Child Following Deadly Shooting Posted: 02 Jan 2018 11:36 AM PST  Marlazia Jones-Mattox was 35 weeks pregnant when she was shot and killed.
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| Colorado shooting: Police were 'warned about shooter' before he opened fire on deputies Posted: 02 Jan 2018 02:37 PM PST  Weeks before a gunman opened fire on Colorado sheriffs deputies, police officers had reportedly been warned about the assailant posting disturbing messages online. Douglas County Sheriff's Department officials have identified the shooter as 37-year-old Matthew Riehl. According to Wyoming's K2 radio, students at the University of Wyoming's law school received an email in early November warning about a "suspicious behavior involving a former student" and attached an image of Mr Riehl, who had graduated from the school.
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| Behold These Beautiful New 'Game Of Thrones' Postage Stamps Posted: 03 Jan 2018 03:14 AM PST  There's no need to send a raven to Westeros anymore.
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| Trump Jokes About 'Fake' Media Awards, But Twitter Was The Real Winner Posted: 02 Jan 2018 06:42 PM PST  President Donald Trump had Twitter in an uproar for a lot of reasons Tuesday.
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| Get a pencil: California's marijuana-tracking system delayed Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:26 PM PST  California's legal pot economy was supposed to operate under the umbrella of a vast computerized system to track marijuana from seed to storefronts, ensuring that plants are followed throughout the supply ...
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| Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'take economy flight to Nice for New Year celebrations' Posted: 02 Jan 2018 09:23 AM PST  Prince Harry whisked his fiancee, Meghan Markle, to the French Riviera for a New Year break, it has been claimed. The pair are said to have taken a scheduled, British Airways flight to Nice. In a bid to avoid being spotted by other passengers, they boarded first and headed straight to the back of the plane, next to the rear toilets. They also took up three rows of economy seats, either side of the aisle, even though there were only themselves and three "edgy and nervous" bodyguards in their party, according to the Daily Mail. Prince Harry, 33, sat next to the window with a baseball cap pulled over his face, while Ms Markle, 36, sat next to him in a black beanie hat. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pose for an official engagement photo Credit: Alexi Lubomirski via Getty Images The pair are said to have been met by armed officers from the French border police and are being protected during their stay by members of France's elite Service de la Protection, the police unit responsible for the protection of foreign dignitaries. One told the newspaper: "It would have been offered and would have been non-negotiable. "After what happened to his mother in this country and the issue of terrorism, it would be insisted on even for a private trip such as this." The couple, who are due to wed in May, are said to have hired catering firm Table Talk for their big day, which was also used by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for their 2011 wedding and by Pippa Middleton when she married last year. Kensington Palace declined to comment.
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| Pakistan allows use of Chinese yuan for trade, investment Posted: 03 Jan 2018 12:14 AM PST  Pakistan will allow the Chinese yuan to be used for imports, exports and financing transactions for bilateral trade and investment activities, in a move economists said Wednesday would simplify a massive Chinese investment project. Both public and private sector enterprises may use the yuan for bilateral trade and investment, the central State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement issued Tuesday. "As per current foreign exchange regulations, Chinese Yuan (CNY) is an approved foreign currency for denominating foreign currency transactions in Pakistan," it said.
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