| House Democrats agree: It's time for the same generation Posted: 29 Nov 2018 02:00 AM PST  A few of the Democratic Party's young stars in the House took on Nancy Pelosi this week and proved mainly that none of them have anything like the political acumen to replace her.
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| Postal service responds to 7-year-old boy who sent 'letter to dad in heaven' Posted: 30 Nov 2018 07:16 AM PST  While most children are gearing up to send their Christmas wishlists off to
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| Police Arrest Suspect In Thanksgiving Day Shooting At Alabama Mall Posted: 29 Nov 2018 03:43 PM PST  Police have arrested a 20-year-old suspected of carrying out a shooting inside
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| New Complaint Targets School That Banned Child With Dreadlocks Posted: 29 Nov 2018 01:11 PM PST  In August, 6-year-old Clinton Stanley Jr. was kicked out of his new school
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| Meet Russia's New Weapon Against Ukraine: The Coast Guard Posted: 29 Nov 2018 07:42 AM PST  The Kerch Strait operation reflects a new use of the Russian coast guard, more akin to Chinese or Iranian use of paramilitary and constabulary maritime forces and "lawfare."
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| 20 Car-Themed Apparel Choices for Gifts or Your Own Wardrobe Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:00 AM PST |
| The Latest: Walking dead march in Buenos Aires before summit Posted: 29 Nov 2018 01:27 PM PST  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Latest on the Group of 20 summit in Argentina (all times local):
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| 18 Gaza protesters wounded by Israel gunfire: ministry Posted: 30 Nov 2018 09:04 AM PST  At least 18 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire Friday in small protests along the Gaza border, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. The 18 were hit with live ammunition as a few thousand gathered in different spots along the heavily-guarded border line, the ministry said. Palestinians in Gaza have since March 30, especially on Fridays, held often violent protests backed by the strip's Islamist rulers Hamas.
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| New Jersey mansion murders: Motive is believed to be financial, prosecutor says Posted: 29 Nov 2018 08:58 AM PST  Paul Caneiro charged with four counts of murder in connection to fires
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| Cambridge Analytica Knew How You'd Vote If You Wore Wrangler Posted: 29 Nov 2018 05:43 AM PST ![Cambridge Analytica Knew How You'd Vote If You Wore Wrangler]( "Cambridge Analytica Knew How You'd Vote If You Wore Wrangler") In another set of data, Wylie said it showed that individuals seen to be engaged with Vogue magazine and Macy's were on average more liberal and extroverted, which helped Cambridge Analytica focus its micro-targeting of political messaging. Cambridge Analytica collapsed following revelations earlier this year that it had held swathes of Facebook user data after it was obtained from a University of Cambridge researcher without user consent.
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| North Carolina Delays Certifying Results Of Congressional Race Amid Probe Of Irregularities Posted: 29 Nov 2018 07:29 PM PST  Election officials in North Carolina are delaying certifying the results of a
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| Drug lord who changed his face testifies against 'El Chapo' Posted: 29 Nov 2018 04:27 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A former Colombian drug lord known for an extreme plastic-surgery makeover meant to hide his identity testified Thursday at a U.S. trial about his lucrative drug-trafficking alliance with notorious Mexican counterpart Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
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| Southwest Apologizes To Girl Named Abcde After Gate Agent Made Fun Of Her Posted: 29 Nov 2018 11:01 AM PST  Southwest Airlines is apologizing to a Texas mom and her 5-year-old daughter
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| Majority of Republicans now recognize reality of climate change: Poll Posted: 29 Nov 2018 11:30 AM PST  Nearly two-thirds of Republicans — 64 percent — acknowledged that the world's climate is changing, according to a new poll from Monmouth University.
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| Report says Syria shot down Israeli war plane but Israel denies it Posted: 29 Nov 2018 02:05 PM PST ![Report says Syria shot down Israeli war plane but Israel denies it]( "Report says Syria shot down Israeli war plane but Israel denies it") Syria's air defense forces shot down an Israeli war plane and four missiles on Thursday, Russia's RIA news agency said citing a Syrian security source, but Israel's military said the report was bogus. The area where the incident is said to have occurred is where Hezbollah, a group backed by Iran, has its communications and logistics hub for southern Syria near the Israeli border, according to two senior regional intelligence sources. Israel is concerned that Iran's growing presence in Syria poses a threat to its own security and has struck dozens of Iranian and Iran-backed positions in Syria over the course of the country's seven-year conflict.
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| This unusual 1984 Porsche 911 Turbo is pure '80s cool Posted: 30 Nov 2018 09:00 AM PST  Finished in the rare shade of Rubinrot Metallic, this Porsche 911 Turbo caught our eye in the classifieds. Its 3.3-litre turbocharged engine is good for 300bhp
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| Teen Rescued After Getting Trapped in Old Bank Vault With No Money at All Posted: 29 Nov 2018 09:08 AM PST  The 17-year-old was stuck inside the vault for nearly four hours
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| Fed likely to raise rates in December but concerns mounting: minutes Posted: 29 Nov 2018 01:12 PM PST  US central bankers believe another interest rate hike is due "fairly soon," boosting widespread expectations the Federal Reserve will raise lending costs next month, according to meeting minutes released Thursday. The minutes from the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee's November 7-8 meeting showed a rising level of uncertainty in the central bank about the near future. Stocks had also rallied Wednesday after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said interest rates were already close to estimates of "neutral" -- the rate which neither accelerates not restrains economic activity -- meaning they might not have to rise much higher.
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| Michael B. Jordan Meets Fan Who Tweeted A Photoshopped Picture Of Them Together Posted: 30 Nov 2018 11:33 AM PST  Michael B. Jordan has thanked Twitter for meeting a fan of his for the "second
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| Top lieutenant to 'El Chapo' sentenced to life in prison Posted: 30 Nov 2018 02:46 PM PST  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A top lieutenant to drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced in a Virginia courtroom Friday to life in prison.
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| Winter Hair Mistakes You’re Making, According To The Pros Posted: 30 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  Cold, dry winter weather is basically your skin's worst enemy. Unsurprisingly,
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| Exclusive: Boeing eyes Lion Air crash software upgrade in 6-8 weeks Posted: 29 Nov 2018 04:26 PM PST  SEATTLE/PARIS (Reuters) - Boeing Co is weighing plans to launch a software upgrade for its 737 MAX in six to eight weeks that would help address a scenario faced by the Lion Air crew during last month's deadly crash in Indonesia, two people briefed on the matter said on Thursday. Crash investigators are focusing on the possibility that a new anti-stall system that repeatedly pushed the Lion Air jetliner's nose down was being fed by erroneous data from a faulty sensor left in place after a previous hazardous flight. Boeing has said cockpit procedures that were applied on the previous flight are already in place to tackle such a problem, and that its 737 series remains safe to fly.
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| Trevor Noah Blasts Paul Manafort For 'Resting Snitch Face' Posted: 28 Nov 2018 09:56 PM PST  Trevor Noah, host of "The Daily Show," has refocused his attention on the
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| Evacuations ordered in California amid mudslide and flash flood fears Posted: 29 Nov 2018 09:07 AM PST  Up to 10 inches of rain have fallen in the past eight days.
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| Kremlin 'regrets' Trump decision to cancel Putin talks as Ukraine bans Russian men from crossing border Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:34 AM PST  Ukraine has barred Russian men of military age from entering the country amid an escalating military and diplomatic standoff following last weekend's naval clash. Petro Poroshenko, the president of Ukraine, said the ban on male Russian citizens between the ages of 16 and 60 would be imposed under the state of martial law he declared in a response to Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian ships and their crews in the Black Sea on Sunday. "These are measures to block the Russian Federation from forming detachments of private armies here, which in fact are representatives of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," Mr Poroshenko said. The move will "not allow them to carry out the operations that they tried to conduct in 2014," he added. Mr Poroshenko was referring to Russia's deployment of large numbers of unmarked soldiers and undercover agents into Ukraine during its annexation of Crimea and a subsequent separatist uprising in the east of the country four years ago. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko leads a National Security and Defence Council meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday Credit: Mykhailo Markiv/ Presidential Press Service But the move is likely to have a devastating impact on millions of Ukrainians and Russians with family and business links on both sides of the border. Russia's foreign ministry said it had no plans to retaliate with a similar ban on Ukrainian citizens. Russian forces rammed, fired on, and boarded three Ukrainian ships trying to pass through the strait of Kerch, the seaway that links the Black and Azov Seas on Sunday. It was the most dangerous clash between the two sides since the last large-scale fighting in eastern Ukraine ended in 2015, and has raised fears of open conflict. Moscow has charged the 24 crewmen it took prisoner with illegally crossing the Russian border and sentenced them to two months' detention. Trump and Putin at their first summit in Helsinki in July Crimea's human rights ombudsman Lyudmila Lubina said the 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia had been moved to Moscow. Ukraine described the Russian move as as illegal attempt to impose a blockade its industrial and military ports on the Sea of Azov. The move came a day after Donald Trump cancelled a scheduled meeting with Vladimir Putin because Russia has not released the captured Ukrainian sailors. The two presidents were scheduled to hold their first formal sit-down meeting since July at the G20 summit in Argentina on Saturday Speaking to reporters in Buenos Aires, Mr Trump said on Friday that the naval clash was the "sole reason" for cancelling the meeting. The Kremlin called the move "regrettable". "This means that discussion of important issues on the international and bilateral agenda will be postponed indefinitely," Dmitry Peskov, Mr Putin's spokesman, said. He said Mr Putin "is ready to have contacts with his American counterpart." On Thursday Michael Cohen, Mr Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty to lying about his client's links with Russia before he was elected president. The clash has also exposed rifts within Europe, with British, Baltic, and Polish calls for new sanctions being rebuffed by France and Germany. Bulgarian MPs gave the go ahead for the country to join the TurkStream, a gas pipeline project designed to re-route Russia exports around Ukraine. Earlier in the week Germany rebuffed calls from Ukraine and the United States to to re-think Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline linking the country with Russia.
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| House Democrats' 1st bill aims for sweeping reforms Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:16 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Friday unveiled more details of their first bill for the new Congress, a good-government package that would limit big money in politics, make it easier for citizens to vote and require presidents to disclose their tax returns.
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| Audi unveils concept for forthcoming all-electric coupé Posted: 29 Nov 2018 03:58 AM PST  The German automaker's fully electric e-tron GT concept made its global debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the public Friday, November 30, 2018. Volume production is scheduled to start in late 2020. The Audi e-tron GT concept is a fully electric four-door coupé that's particularly powerful. It has two separate electric motors, fitted on the front and rear axles, for system power of 434kW, equivalent to 590 horsepower.
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| Tour Brian Atwood and Dr. Jake Deutsch's Striking NYC Apartment Posted: 29 Nov 2018 01:32 PM PST |
| The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week (Nov. 24-30) Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:25 PM PST  The ladies of Twitter never fail to brighten our days with their brilliant ―
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| BMW Fact-Checks Trump On ‘Major New Plant,’ Which Hasn't Been Finalized Posted: 29 Nov 2018 09:06 AM PST  President Donald Trump on Thursday attempted to paint General Motors' plant
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| 1995 Audi RS2 Avant: Porsche's gift to Ingolstadt Posted: 30 Nov 2018 08:40 AM PST  Genesis to the now iconic RS line of Audis, the RS2 Avant co-developed with Porsche is now a cult classic. This example on sale looks particularly tidy
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| Merkel protege suggests blockade of Russian ships over Ukraine crisis Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:41 AM PST  Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who is leading the race to succeed Merkel as leader of her ruling conservatives, also said Germany must be ready to take more responsibility in foreign policy and to spend more on defense. Russia seized the Ukrainian vessels and their crews on Sunday near Crimea, the Ukrainian region which Moscow annexed in 2014, over what it said was their illegal entry into Russian waters, which Ukraine denies. "If it's confirmed that the aggression came from Russia ... then I think there must be a clear answer," Kramp-Karrenbauer told Reuters in a television interview.
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| Ivanka Trump says father did not authorise lethal force against migrants, before being shown clip of him authorising lethal force Posted: 29 Nov 2018 04:08 AM PST  Ivanka Trump insisted her father had not authorised the use of lethal force on migrants at the US border. The president's daughter and adviser appeared visibly uncomfortable after being confronted with the video during an interview on ABC News. Moments earlier she had described pictures of migrant families being tear-gassed by American forces at the US-Mexico-border as "devastating" and "heartbreaking".
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| U.S. touts new evidence of Iranian weaponry in Yemen, Afghanistan Posted: 29 Nov 2018 10:15 AM PST  The presentation of hardware by the Pentagon, much of which was handed over by Saudi Arabia, coincides with growing concern in Congress over U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's civil war, which has led to a deep humanitarian crisis. Members of Congress have escalated their opposition to Saudi Arabia after the October killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Despite administration pleas not to downgrade ties with the Saudis and thereby counter Iran, the Senate voted on Wednesday to advance a resolution to end military support for the Saudis in Yemen.
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| How to Avoid Paying Credit Card Fees Posted: 29 Nov 2018 06:00 AM PST ![How to Avoid Paying Credit Card Fees]( "How to Avoid Paying Credit Card Fees") Credit card holders can spend hundreds of dollars on fees annually just to use their cards. Know what triggers your credit card fees so you can sidestep these charges. Many popular travel credit cards come without foreign transaction fees.
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| FBI 'unraveling' extent of convicted killer's crimes after he confesses to 90 murders Posted: 29 Nov 2018 02:55 AM PST  Samuel Little, 78, is currently serving three consecutive life sentences.
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| 2 San Diego teenagers among trio shot to death in Tijuana Posted: 30 Nov 2018 05:14 PM PST ![2 San Diego teenagers among trio shot to death in Tijuana]( "2 San Diego teenagers among trio shot to death in Tijuana") SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities were searching Friday for whoever killed two San Diego teenagers and a Mexican youth at an apartment complex in Tijuana last weekend.
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| Jim Parsons Spoils Kaley Cuoco's Birthday Cake Surprise In Sitcom-Like Flub Posted: 30 Nov 2018 11:07 AM PST  Jim Parsons may be a wonderful co-star for Kaley Cuoco on "The Big Bang
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| Every Photo of Nissan's New Leaf NISMO RC Electric Race Car Posted: 30 Nov 2018 10:55 AM PST |
| Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty In Mueller Investigation Posted: 29 Nov 2018 06:30 AM PST  President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty
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| Dutch church holds 24/7 service to shield asylum-seekers Posted: 30 Nov 2018 08:00 AM PST  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — For more than a month, a rotating roster of preachers has been leading a non-stop, round-the-clock service at a small Protestant chapel in The Hague in an attempt to shield a family of Armenian asylum-seekers from deportation.
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| Ukraine bars entry to Russian men of combat age, EU sees renewal of sanctions on Russia Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:57 AM PST  Ukraine announced it was barring entry to Russian men between 16-60 years and a senior state security official said Kiev was considering whether to respond in kind with "mirror actions" to the Black Sea incident. Earlier, in a move applauded in Kiev, U.S. President Donald Trump called off a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Argentina to signal Washington's disapproval of Russian behavior in the naval clash with Ukraine. The Russian rouble, which is sensitive to events that might lead to new sanctions being imposed on Russia, fell on news of the canceled meeting.
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| House race in limbo after North Carolina voter fraud claims Posted: 30 Nov 2018 03:06 PM PST  Harris edged Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes in the Nov. 6 congressional election. The board voted 7-2 to hold a hearing due "to claims of numerous irregularities and concerted fraudulent activities related to absentee mail ballots," Joshua Malcolm, vice chairman of the board of elections, said in a recorded session on Friday. It is the second time in as many years the board has considered voter fraud accusations in Bladen County, with charges after the 2016 elections ultimately dismissed.
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