| Obama approved ‘cyber weapons’ in response to Russian attacks: report Posted: 23 Jun 2017 07:31 AM PDT  President Barack Obama's team reportedly debated dozens of options for making Moscow pay for attempting to influence and discredit last year's presidential election.
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| Judge: Another Mistrial in Case Against Former Officer in Deadly Ohio Shooting Posted: 23 Jun 2017 08:36 AM PDT  A mistrial was declared Friday in the retrial of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, who was accused of murder and manslaughter in the 2015 shooting death of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed black motorist.
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| Key GOP senator on health care law: ‘This bill is not the answer’ Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:17 PM PDT  Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., announced at a Friday press conference that he'd vote against the Republican bill to repeal Obamacare.
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| JetBlue Flight Makes Emergency Landing in South Carolina Posted: 22 Jun 2017 09:00 PM PDT  Passengers and crew noticed smoke halfway through the flight, leading to an emergency landing in Charleston.
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| Grandmother, 81, Sparks Police Chase After Driving Wrong Way While on Coffee Run Posted: 23 Jun 2017 02:16 PM PDT  Nancy Strader was arrested and spent 14 hours in jail.
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| Who Is Mohammed Bin Salman? Posted: 23 Jun 2017 05:41 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia's new Crown Prince has earned a reputation at home as a reformer and has called for a loosening of some conservative social restrictions.
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| EU Underwhelmed by U.K.’s Brexit Offer for EU Nationals Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:45 PM PDT  "It was not a breakthrough," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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| California father buries wrong man after coroner's mistake Posted: 24 Jun 2017 12:53 PM PDT  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Eleven days after laying his son to rest, Frank J. Kerrigan got a call from a friend.
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| Ex-Homeland Security head: Trump is ‘sending signals’ that Russian hacking is tolerated Posted: 23 Jun 2017 06:43 AM PDT  Former Homeland Security Chief Jeh Johnson said that President Trump is "sending signals" that Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election is acceptable.
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| Police Shooting Mistrial Ignites Nationwide Protests Posted: 22 Jun 2017 09:00 PM PDT  The jury was deadlocked in the trial of the former Cincinnati police officer charged with killing an unarmed black driver during a traffic stop.
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| Hillary Clinton: ‘If Republicans pass this bill, they’re the death party’ Posted: 23 Jun 2017 03:21 PM PDT  Hillary Clinton didn't mince words Friday when it came to the Senate Republicans' health care legislation unveiled the day before.
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| Trump vs. Medicaid Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:16 PM PDT  Despite repeated campaign promises not to cut Medcaid, Trump supports the Senate health care bill, which one GOP senator said cuts health care for "tens of millions."
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| North Korea: Otto Warmbier’s Death Is a ‘Mystery to Us As Well’ Posted: 23 Jun 2017 08:40 AM PDT  North Korea claimed Friday that it doesn't know why American college student Otto Warmbier's health was so poor when he was allowed to be evacuated to the US.
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| 15 dead, scores missing hours after landslide buries Chinese village Posted: 24 Jun 2017 10:19 AM PDT  By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed in a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday and about 100 were believed to be still buried in the debris and feared dead, state media said. The landslide swept over more than 60 homes as dawn broke in Xinmo, a remote village in north Sichuan province. Rubble slid 800 meters (half a mile) down a steep slope to block a 2 km stretch of river and 1.6 km of road, official state news agency Xinhua said.
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| Conjoined McDonald Twins Surgeons Reflect On Separating Babies Posted: 23 Jun 2017 09:58 AM PDT  "The one thing we knew was to expect the unknown."
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| Trump: I bluffed Comey on ‘tapes’ to keep him honest Posted: 23 Jun 2017 07:17 AM PDT  President Trump's warning last month that his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey might have been taped was an attempt to affect Comey's public statements and his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the president admitted in an interview Friday morning. After refusing to comment for nearly six weeks, Trump finally acknowledged Thursday that he has no such tapes. "When he found out that I, you know, that there might be tapes out there, whether it's governmental tapes or anything else, and who knows, I think his story may have changed," Trump said of Comey in a "Fox & Friends" interview.
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| Khmer Rouge leaders deliver closing defense at trial Posted: 23 Jun 2017 03:40 AM PDT  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — As his trial for genocide ended, the former head of state of Cambodia's 1970s Khmer Rouge regime on Friday rejected the charges against him, saying the allegation was concocted by the country's traditional enemy, neighboring Vietnam.
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| US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan quits post Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:39 PM PDT  Washington's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan stepped down on Friday, just as the United States is preparing to send thousands more troops to the region. A senior State Department official told AFP that acting special representative Laurel Miller left the post without a replacement being named. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Miller is returning to a position at the Rand Corporation and that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has not yet decided what to do with post.
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| Conservative Republican Senators Oppose GOP Healthcare Bill Posted: 22 Jun 2017 11:05 PM PDT  The GOP healthcare bill faces a tough road ahead as four conservative Republican Senators have already opposed it on grounds that it does not properly repeal Obamacare.
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| The 9 funniest lines from a coal kingpin's lawsuit against John Oliver Posted: 22 Jun 2017 05:41 PM PDT  John Oliver is facing the legal wrath of a lawsuit-happy coal baron after a brutal segment in which the host tore into the American coal industry. The document accuses Oliver of a "ruthless character assassination" of Robert Murray, CEO of the nation's largest coal mining operation, Murray Energy. SEE ALSO: Coal company sues John Oliver for being John Oliver It didn't exactly come as a surprise; in fact, Oliver more or less dared the notoriously litigious coal boss by mocking an earlier cease-and-desist letter from his company on the show. And at least one first amendment lawyer has said Murray doesn't have much of a leg to stand on. But that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the absurd spectacle of the legal team for the man Oliver described as a "geriatric Dr. Evil" trying to out-bombast the HBO comedian's signature hyperbolic wit in dry legalese. Here are some of the lawsuit's best moments: Murray's giant squirrel tormenter "Defendants continued their ruthless character assassination and attack on Plaintiffs' business reputations by describing Mr. Murray as someone who 'looks like a geriatric Dr. Evil' and arranging for a staff member to dress up in a squirrel costume and deliver the message 'Eat Shit, Bob!" to Mr. Murray.'" This is one of the lawsuit's several references to a staffer dressed as a giant squirrel whom Oliver brought out to insult Murray. The stunt was a reference to some apocryphal company lore about a squirrel urging Murray into the coal business — it's a long story. Suffice to say, Mr. Nutterbutter seems to have really gotten under Murray's skin. BTW Murray didn't actually talk to a squirrel, OK? "Specifically, in reference to an absurd story that Mr. Murray claimed a squirrel had told him he should operate his own mines, Defendant Oliver stated 'You know what, I actually believe him on that one.'" At least everyone's in agreement that Murray didn't actually consult a squirrel about his business decisions. Maybe there's hope for an amicable resolution yet! Oliver endorses Mr. Nutterbutter's vulgar harassment "If that were not enough, after the live taping, Defendant Oliver exclaimed to the audience that having someone in a squirrel costume tell Mr. Murray to 'Eat Shit' was a 'dream come true.'" On second thought, he's got a point. Have you no decency, Mr. Nutterbutter? Good faith efforts "Even worse, toward the end of the broadcast, Defendant Oliver confirmed that Defendants intentionally expanded their attack against Mr. Murray and the Plaintiffs as retaliation for Plaintiffs' good faith efforts to ensure the accuracy of the broadcast. Defendant Oliver stated "Bob Murray, I didn't really plan for so much of this piece to be about you, but you kind of forced my hand on that one." Murray's lawyers seem to be working under a loose definition of "good faith efforts" that encompasses cease-and-desist letters. Neither ceasing nor desisting "Intentionally and in obvious retaliation for this humanitarian request, Defendant Oliver boldly announced '[a]s we have been explicitly told to cease and desist, let us do neither of those things, and let's talk about Bob Murray.'" How many lawsuits are able to claim that a defendant explicitly announced their intention to ignore them on national television? Clinton conspiracy "[HBO parent Time Warner] is widely reported as a top ten donor of Hillary Clinton, as tracked by the Center for Responsive Politics at OpenSecrets.org. As a presidential candidate, Mrs. Clinton's agenda was to 'put a lotta coal miners and coal companies outta business.'" Murray's lawyers have connected the dots. This one goes all the way to the top. Anti-Trump agenda "[The defendant's statements] advance their biases against the coal industry and theirdisdain for the coal-related policies of the Trump Administration." What's a controversy these days without a Donald Trump cameo? Oliver's job description "Instead, presumably to boost ratings, line their pockets with profits and advance the show's anti-coal agenda..." The first two items are, after all, Oliver's job. As for the third, it seems pretty fair to say he's not a huge fan of the industry's practices. Public shame and disgrace "The Defamatory Statements are defamatory per se in that, on their face, they reflect upon Plaintiffs' reputation and character in a manner that: injured Plaintiffs' reputation and subject Plaintiffs to public hatred, ridicule, shame, or disgrace." This would actually make a good blurb for Oliver's show. WATCH: John Oliver proves Trump's scandals are way worse than Clinton's with raisins
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| Panda mania hits Germany as China's cuddly envoys arrive Posted: 24 Jun 2017 01:55 AM PDT  Germany was bracing for panda mania as furry ambassadors arrive from China on Saturday, destined for a new life as stars of Berlin's premier zoo. The pair, named Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, will be jetting in on a special Lufthansa cargo plane, accompanied by two Chinese panda specialists, the Berlin Zoo's chief vet and a tonne of bamboo. Berlin's mayor, China's ambassador to Germany and a gaggle of journalists will greet the VIPs as LH8415 pulls to a stop on the tarmac of Schoenefeld airport.
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| Contractors brought in to CIA heaquarters steal $3,000 in vending machine snacks Posted: 23 Jun 2017 04:03 AM PDT  Multiple CIA contractors have been sacked after stealing more than $3,000 (£2,360) worth of snacks from vending machines, it has been reported. The machines work with cards that need to be topped up online, so hackers unplugged a cable connecting the machines to electronic payment systems and used unfunded cards to get food at no cost. When the CIA realised that an unusual amount of snacks were disappearing from their vending machines they set up cameras to catch the culprits.
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| White House wants more ‘outrage’ over Johnny Depp comments Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:35 PM PDT  The White House spoke against suggestions of violence by an actor and a play but said less against similar remarks last year by a campaign supporter.
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| Twin Cities Pride officials apologize, will let police march Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:55 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twin Cities Pride Parade organizers apologized Friday for asking law enforcement to minimize their participation in Sunday's annual event in downtown Minneapolis due to tensions over the shooting of Philando Castile, and said officers are welcome to march after all.
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| Israel launches air raid on Syria in return for fire: army Posted: 24 Jun 2017 12:34 PM PDT  An Israeli aircraft carried out a strike on Syria after 10 projectiles fired from the war-torn country hit the occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, an army spokesman said. The Israeli Air Force also targeted two Syrian regime tanks in the northern part of the Golan, the spokesman said, adding the projectiles did not cause any casualties. "Because of the unacceptable violation of Israeli sovereignty", Israel has protested to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) which monitors a 1974 ceasefire between the two countries, he added.
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| Minnesota police officer's brutal arrest of driver was 'disturbing', ACLU says Posted: 23 Jun 2017 10:19 AM PDT  A Minnesota arrest in which a driver was dragged from his vehicle and repeatedly punched and kneed by a police officer was a "disturbing and completely unnecessary" example of an excessive use of force, the state ACLU has said. Video recently obtained by the Minnesota chapter of the ACLU shows Buffalo Ridge drug taskforce agent Joe Joswiak initiating a traffic stop with his gun leveled at the driver's seat of the vehicle, shouting expletives at the driver, and violently removing him from the vehicle – seemingly before he had a chance to comply with the officer's commands.
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| Michelle Carter Spotted First Time In Public After Guilty Verdict Posted: 23 Jun 2017 06:11 AM PDT  Photos of the 20-year-old Massachusetts woman, who encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself, were posted by Daily Mail on Thursday.
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| Dinosaurs That Once Roamed Antarctica 'Live' Again in Exhibits and Film Posted: 23 Jun 2017 06:42 AM PDT  But nearly 200 million years ago, Antarctica was very different. There were no polar ice caps, it was far warmer and wetter than it is now, and its lush, forest environments were inhabited by a variety of animals — including dinosaurs. Scientists dedicated to uncovering Antarctic dinosaur fossils spend months at a time camped on glaciers and digging in a frozen desert in order to excavate and reconstruct beasts that lived in the distant past.
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| The Mautes of the Philippines: from monied family to Islamic State Posted: 22 Jun 2017 10:04 PM PDT  By Raju Gopalakrishnan and Manuel Mogato MANILA/MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Before they formed one of the most dreaded militant groups in the Philippines and pledged loyalty to Islamic State, the Mautes were a wealthy, political family in the southern region of Mindanao, largely influenced by the matriarch, Farhana. Soft-spoken and reserved, 60-year-old Farhana Maute owns property in Mindanao and in Manila, and runs a construction business, say people who know the family and security analysts who have scrutinized its background.
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| California man vists Disneyland 2,000 days in a row Posted: 22 Jun 2017 09:13 PM PDT  As one of the world's largest entertainment companies, Disney is used to adoring fans but one man has topped them all, visiting its California theme park 2,000 days in a row. Jeff Reitz marked the milestone on Thursday, using his Disneyland Resort annual pass which had enabled his trek to the park on a daily basis since January 1, 2012. "What we mostly know about him is that he loves Disneyland," said John McClintock, a spokesman for the theme park.
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| Over 1,000 Uber employees demand reinstatement of ex-CEO Travis Kalanick Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:38 AM PDT  More than 1,000 Uber employees have signed a petition calling for the board to reinstate Travis Kalanick in an operational role after he resigned as chief executive of the embattled ride sharing company earlier this week. Mr Kalanick, who helped establish Uber around eight years ago and was instrumental in growing it into a transportation behemoth, announced last week that he would be taking a leave of absence for an unspecified period of time. On Tuesday he resigned, buckling to pressure from major investors in response to a string of scandals that have plagued Uber in recent months.
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| Trump reaches out to lawmakers on healthcare as another says 'no' Posted: 23 Jun 2017 04:17 PM PDT  By Jeff Mason and Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump made calls to fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday to mobilize support for their party's healthcare overhaul while acknowledging the legislation is on a "very, very narrow path" to passage. Five Republican senators have announced they will not support the bill, which is designed to repeal and replace Obamacare, in its current form. White House officials said on Friday that Trump has been in touch with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and made calls on Thursday and Friday to other lawmakers.
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| 2 in Thunderbirds jet accident in Ohio in good condition Posted: 23 Jun 2017 07:18 PM PDT ![2 in Thunderbirds jet accident in Ohio in good condition]( "2 in Thunderbirds jet accident in Ohio in good condition") CINCINNATI (AP) — A Thunderbirds Air Force jet went off a runway and overturned Friday during preparations for an Ohio air show, injuring the pilot and causing a performance to be canceled.
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| At least 13 dead in SW Pakistan explosion Posted: 22 Jun 2017 05:46 PM PDT  An explosion targeting a police vehicle in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta city on Friday killed at least 13 people and injured around 20 others, officials said. The blast, in front of the office of the Quetta police chief, was claimed by both the local affiliate of the Islamic State group and by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, according to the SITE monitoring group. Islamic State Khorasan Province, the Middle Eastern group's affiliate in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been known to work with the myriad of Pakistani militant groups in previous attacks, including with JuA.
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| Firefighter Arrested After He Allegedly Beat A Man Who Refused to Give Him a Cigarette: Cops Posted: 24 Jun 2017 12:32 PM PDT  The victim sustained injuries to his face before a bartender broke up the fight.
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| Casey Anthony’s Parents Counter Sue Over Family Home Foreclosure Posted: 23 Jun 2017 12:29 PM PDT  Caylee Anthony lived with her mother and grandparents at the home at the time of her death in 2008.
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| Tesla is interested in constructing a Gigafactory in China Posted: 22 Jun 2017 08:00 PM PDT 
With Tesla's Gigafactory in Las Vegas already producing lithium-ion batteries for the upcoming Model 3, there are reports that Tesla is already taking concrete steps to develop yet another Gigafactory in China. Hardly a surprise, Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently said during a TED Talk presentation that the company would ideally like to construct as many as four Gigafactories all across the globe. "I will announce locations for between two and four Gigafactories later this year," Musk said on stage, "probably four."
While nothing is set in stone just yet, it's widely believed that Tesla is eyeing another location in the United States along with a location in Europe and China. As for Tesla's ambitions in China, the company earlier today confirmed that it's actively exploring the possibility of developing a manufacturing plant in Shanghai. "Tesla is deeply committed to the Chinese market, and we continue to evaluate potential manufacturing sites around the globe to serve the local markets," a company spokesperson said today. "While we expect most of our production to remain in the US, we do need to establish local factories to ensure affordability for the markets they serve." China of course remains a huge target market for Tesla, and a local production plant in the country would help Tesla avoid a "25 percent import tariff that makes Tesla's Model S sedans and Model X sport utility vehicles more costly than in U.S. showrooms," Bloomberg reports. Speaking to the strategic importance of China, the company in 2017 sold $1 billion worth of cars in the country in 2016 alone.
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| Iran holds annual anti-Israel rallies, displays missiles Posted: 23 Jun 2017 04:10 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran staged anti-Israel rallies across the country on Friday, with protesters condemning Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and chanting "Death to Israel" as the powerful Revolutionary Guard displayed its ballistic missiles, including the type used this week in Syria.
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| 7 Ridiculous Foods You'll Only Find At This Summer's State Fairs Posted: 23 Jun 2017 09:02 AM PDT  Make your list and check it twice!
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| White police officer shoots off-duty black officer in St Louis Posted: 24 Jun 2017 03:30 AM PDT  A black off-duty police officer has been shot by a white colleague who "feared for his safety" in the US. The St Louis Metropolitan Police Department described the shooting as a "friendly fire incident" but the injured officer's lawyer said he had been "automatically feared" as a black man. Acting police commissioner Lawrence O'Toole said officers were pursuing a stolen car when three suspects inside opened fire on Wednesday night.
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| Trump, Putin and Erdogan behave like autocratic rulers: Germany's Schulz Posted: 23 Jun 2017 05:03 PM PDT ![Trump, Putin and Erdogan behave like autocratic rulers: Germany's Schulz]( "Trump, Putin and Erdogan behave like autocratic rulers: Germany's Schulz") The European Union must become stronger in response to a weakening of democracy in the United States, Russia and Turkey, the leader of Germany's centre-left Social Democrats said in remarks published on Saturday. Martin Schulz, who is also a former president of the European Parliament, said that U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan behaved like "autocratic rulers". Not only through words but also through concrete policies," Schulz told the Passauer Neue Presse.
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| Egypt's Sisi ratifies island handover to Saudi Arabia: cabinet Posted: 24 Jun 2017 09:27 AM PDT  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified a treaty that hands over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal that had sparked protests and a police crackdown, the cabinet said Saturday. Sisi ratified the maritime border treaty days after parliament approved the deal, which has been the subject of a confusing legal battle with one court annulling the treaty and another upholding it. The accord had sparked rare protests in Egypt, with Sisi accused of having traded the islands of Tiran and Sanafir for Saudi largesse.
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| 2 Amazing Pictures Of Space Taken By An Amateur Posted: 24 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  These are some of the most visually striking things related to space.
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