| Here's What We Know About The Florida Keys After Hurricane Irma Posted: 11 Sep 2017 02:45 PM PDT  Irma had been downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it crawled north out of Florida on Monday.
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| Irma: Tampa Bay Empties Out Ahead of Huge Storm Surge Posted: 10 Sep 2017 08:48 AM PDT  On Sunday, Tampa Bay and other bays and canals up and down the Gulf coast emptied out — a rare phenomenon that typically precedes a massive storm surge.
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| Florida Deputy Aiding Storm Shelter Killed In Crash With Prison Officer, Who Also Died Posted: 10 Sep 2017 11:26 AM PDT  A Florida sheriff's deputy was helping supply an evacuation shelter ahead of Hurricane Irma's landfall Sunday morning the vehicle she was driving crashed into one driven by a state prison employee, killing them both, according to local reports.
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| Irma: Manatees found stranded on Florida beaches after hurricane sucks up water from sea Posted: 11 Sep 2017 02:18 AM PDT  People in Florida have teamed up to save a number of manatees left stranded after Hurricane Irma suddenly sucked back the tide. The phenomenon has led to ocean waters disappearing as the storm continued to tear through the region. It is caused when low air pressure inside the hurricane acts as a vacuum for the surrounding ocean – sucking up water and dumping it as it travels inland, leaving several sea creatures stranded on dry land.
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| Two-by-two: Flamingos evacuate zoo in perfect formation as parrots find shelter from Irma on 22nd floor of Florida hotel Posted: 11 Sep 2017 01:30 AM PDT  The exotic birds in a Miami zoo appeared to know a storm was coming. A video shows flamingos strutting in line to their hurricane shelter before Irma struck: Flamingos moved to safety as Hurricane Irma approaches 00:22 The flock walked two-by-two to safety indoors to wait out the storm which has hit Florida. In their secure room Credit: REUTERS Another woman, Laura Aguiar, shared a picture on Facebook of a strange sight she saw outside her hotel window. Seemingly knowing a storm was coming, two parrots took roost on the 22nd floor of her hotel. The parrots were peeking in her window Credit: Laura Aguiar Animals have been sheltering in strange places all over Florida. One woman shared a picture her friend took of some flamingos he was sheltering in his laundry room in Key West: A friend in #KeyWest is sheltering some flamingoes in his laundry room! pic.twitter.com/CJW9pul5j2— Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (@cheryltan88) September 10, 2017 According to the poster on Twitter, the flamingos pictured were from a nearby butterfly conservatory. The pair of birds huddled in the corner as they waited out the storm. Hurricane Irma | Key articles
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| Irma sends cranes tumbling in flooded Miami Posted: 10 Sep 2017 03:39 PM PDT  While southwest Florida bore the deadly brunt of Irma's wrath Sunday, the coastlines of Miami and the neighboring island of Miami Beach were heavily inundated by storm surges as hurricane winds sent two giant construction cranes crashing down. The hurricane, which weakened to a Category Two as it headed north along the east coast of Florida toward the city of Naples packing winds of 110 miles (177 kilometers) an hour, killed three people when it struck the southern Keys island chain as a more powerful Category Four. Miami had been preparing for a direct impact before Irma turned and headed west, but was still hit by the outer bands of wind at 90 miles (145 kilometers) an hour and some spontaneous tornadoes.
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| Saakashvili plans to unite Ukraine opposition against president Posted: 11 Sep 2017 08:41 AM PDT  By Sergei Karazy and Margaryta Chornokondratenko LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - A day after forcing his way past border guards back into Ukraine, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said he would unite the opposition against his former ally President Petro Poroshenko and planned to campaign for support. Saakashvili wants to unseat Poroshenko at the next election, accusing the president of reneging on promises to root out corruption and carry out reforms made during the 2014 Maidan protests, which ousted a pro-Kremlin leader. At present it seems unlikely that Saakashvili, who studied in Ukraine and speaks fluent Ukrainian, will come to power.
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| Hunter S. Thompson's 9/11 Essay Is Still Chillingly Accurate 16 Years Later Posted: 11 Sep 2017 10:18 AM PDT  When terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, no one knew exactly what the future would hold.
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| Former UK leader advises immigration curbs instead of Brexit Posted: 10 Sep 2017 06:37 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is not giving up his campaign to prevent Britain from leaving the European Union, using a Sunday Times article to propose that Britain instead toughen its rules on EU immigration.
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| Hurricane Irma Looters Caught By News Camera On Alleged Spree Posted: 11 Sep 2017 09:50 AM PDT  These suspected Hurricane Irma looters could be gone with the wind ― behind bars.
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| These Areas in Florida Should Boil Their Water After Irma Posted: 11 Sep 2017 04:51 AM PDT  Five counties are affected
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| White Supremacists Go Back to School Posted: 11 Sep 2017 03:40 AM PDT  White supremacist group Identity Evropa doubles down on recruitment efforts at U.S. colleges and universities.
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| Cruise ship heads into unknown after detour because of Irma Posted: 10 Sep 2017 08:03 AM PDT  When they first boarded the Norwegian Escape a week ago, passengers knew exactly where they were going. Now they have no idea.
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| Finally, powerful women are speaking up for the rights of men. Equality just got a step closer Posted: 11 Sep 2017 12:40 PM PDT  Last Thursday, a gaggle of women demonstrated outside a building in Virginia where US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was speaking. Shouting slogans and brandishing placards that declared De Vos and Donald Trump were "standing up for rapists", the women were protesting against DeVos's determination to mitigate the excesses of the rape panic that has gripped American university campuses; and, also, they were bellowing their opposition to De Vos's promise to insist on fair hearings and due process for anybody accused of sexual misdemeanours. Similar protests were repeated a thousand times on Twitter under the hashtag #StopBetsy. There's no evidence that DeVos took any notice of that predictable and wearisome feminist hyperbole; but, for the first time, it looks as if women's voices coming from an entirely different quarter may actually have had more influence on the Secretary's – and thus the government's – thinking and policies. Families Advocating for Campus Equality (FACE) was founded in 2013 by three mothers of sons who had been falsely accused of sexual misconduct at their respective colleges. Largely organised and run by women (even though the victims of the injustice they are campaigning against are mostly men), FACE has built a formidable legal case and established itself as a serious political presence in the US. Earlier this year, representatives of FACE – including their co-president, the steely California lawyer Cynthia Garrett – had a lengthy discussion in person with Betsy DeVos. After that meeting, Garrett was asked by Candice Jackson (the Education Secretary's equalities enforcer) to provide a written opinion on recommendations concerning campus trials drawn up by the American Bar Association. In addition, FACE supplied other research, recommendations and stories from close to 100 of the families with whom they are in touch. Please listen to DeVos' actual words before jumping on the mob hysteria freight train. @kcjohnson9@CathyYoung63https://t.co/IqVMspY6wl— Cynthia P Garrett (@cgarrett101) September 10, 2017 These may have included stories DeVos herself recounted in her speech last Thursday – such as the Amherst College student who was expelled for sexual assault, even though he had credible evidence that his accuser had assaulted him. Or the Colorado State University student, Grant Neal, who was accused of sexually assaulting a female sports trainer – but not by her. When questioned, the trainer said, "I'm fine and I wasn't raped." Nonetheless, university officials insisted that according to existing rules, it was up to them, not her, to decide whether she had been assaulted. Neal was deemed guilty and expelled. Many of those appalling stories will have tallied with the terrible family tragedies we have heard ourselves in the UK – such as that of Karin Cheshire, aged 55, who hanged herself in July 2016 a year after her son 17 year-old Jay had hanged himself over false rape allegations. Or 21 year-old Louis Richardson, a Durham history undergrad and former head of the university's debating society, who was cleared in 2016 of rape and sexual assault after suffering devastating years of suspicion and opprobrium. On behalf of their sons, their grandsons and their husbands, women are demanding better treatment for boys in schools and for fathers in the family courtsNeil Lyndon If FACE's dossier did influence Betty DeVos's deliberations, it might be a sign that serious, systematic work may, at last, be supplanting the bluster and hyperbole of the demonstrators shrieking outside the building and on Twitter. Asked if members of FACE staged any kind of counter-demonstration in Virginia, Ms Garrett crisply replied: "holding placards is generally not how we operate". In my view, what happened last week in Virginia may be one of the most hopeful developments of recent times. Everybody who cares about equality and justice should rejoice but men, especially, should go down on their knees and offer up a heartfelt prayer of thanks. At last – perhaps for the first time in any Western democracy – we saw last week a woman in a powerful office of state acting, not on behalf of women's sectional interests but neutrally, in the genderless service of justice. It just so happens in this case the beneficiaries are largely going to be men. I have been longing to see something like this happen for at least 10 years. In 2006, I made a speech to the Equal Parenting Alliance saying that bodies like Fathers 4 Justice, Families need Fathers, the UK Men's Movement and Mankind had made very little difference to the laws, the courts, the conventions and the culture of our time because they had failed to enlist the support of powerful and influential women (that speech is reproduced in Sexual Impolitics). Eight reasons why it's essential children spend time with their fathers Such was the hold of the gynocentric, feminist creed, I argued, that nobody would admit that inequalities could apply to men – no matter how obvious and incontestable the facts – if it was solely men who were pointing out those injustices. The automatic, knee-jerk response was invariably to jeer that there must be something wrong with those guys – they must be misogynistic woman-haters or suffer some inadequacy like having a little willy or being unable to get a girlfriend. If, however, the protests and the arguments came from women – especially if those women were manifestly mature, educated, balanced and successful in their own lives – then no such philistine, sexist reaction would be possible. The only knee-jerk dismissal available is to sneer that such women must have "internalised their own misogyny". Anybody who fancies their chances should try that line on Cynthia Garrett and see how it goes. The mothers who have banded together in FACE are part of a growing worldwide movement consisting of women speaking on behalf of men. In the UK, they can be found among The Liberty Belles and Women against Feminism. In the US, they include Karen Straughan of girlwriteswhat (@girlwriteswhat ) and Cassie Jaye, maker of the ground-breaking documentary film The Red Pill. On behalf of their sons, their grandsons and their husbands, these women are demanding better treatment for boys in schools and for fathers in the family courts. With nothing to gain for themselves, they are standing up against manifest injustice, just as the men of this country and the West, led by John Stuart Mill and Henry Fawcett, acted to repair the manifest inequalities and injustices in the position of nineteenth century women. Men – and the world – now need ten million more such women to make their voices heard.
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| U.N. nuclear watchdog chief says Iran playing by the rules Posted: 11 Sep 2017 06:59 AM PDT  By Shadia Nasralla VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday Iran was abiding by the rules set out in a nuclear accord it signed with six world powers in 2015, after Washington suggested it was not adhering to the deal. The State Department must notify Congress every 90 days of Iran's compliance with the deal. The next deadline is October and U.S. President Donald Trump has said he thinks by then the United States will declare Iran non-compliant.
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| After Irma, fear and looting grip tense St Martin Posted: 10 Sep 2017 05:35 PM PDT  Marigot (AFP) - "For pity's sake, do something," Estelle Kalton begs the police. A crime wave on the Franco-Dutch Caribbean holiday island of St Martin, five days after hurricane Irma ripped through, has everyone on edge. It is only by making a scene on the steps of a makeshift security centre set up in Marigot, the main town on the French side of the island, that Kalton is able to confront officials.
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| DNA Test Reveals Powerful Viking Warrior Was Actually A Woman Posted: 11 Sep 2017 07:51 AM PDT  A study of the skeletal remains of an influential Viking military leader ― who was long-assumed to be a man ― revealed that she is actually a woman.
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| The Latest: Mother of slain Tennessee woman faints in court Posted: 11 Sep 2017 04:50 PM PDT  SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a man charged with kidnapping and killing a Tennessee nursing student (all times local):
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| These 9/11 Families Still Don't Have Their Relatives' Remains 16 Years Later Posted: 11 Sep 2017 03:00 AM PDT  The remains of hundreds of 9/11 victims have never been identified
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| 'Little People, Big World' Stars Jeremy And Audrey Roloff Welcome Baby Girl Posted: 11 Sep 2017 02:19 PM PDT  The "Little People, Big World" stars are now parents to a baby girl, Jeremy's rep confirmed to People.
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| Supreme Court lifts restriction on Trump 'Muslim ban', barring 24,000 people from entering US Posted: 11 Sep 2017 11:40 AM PDT  The US Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily lift restrictions on the President's travel ban, quashing an opportunity for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the country. At the request of the Justice Department, the Supreme Court stayed a lower court ruling that would have exempted some people for the administration's ban on refugees. In a one-page ruling, signed by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court announced that the exemption would be stayed, pending a response from the states involved in the suit.
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| Florida Keys evacuees told they cannot return home after Irma Posted: 11 Sep 2017 03:25 PM PDT  Residents who fled the Florida Keys in anticipation of Hurricane Irma's wrath were told they could not return to their island homes on Monday, news that angered evacuees anxious to get back to assess the damage.
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| For Florida's low-lying Naples, surging seas pose deadly threat Posted: 10 Sep 2017 10:59 AM PDT  Even more than the fierce winds whipping tall palm trees and threatening to rip roofs from houses, the beach resort of Naples in southwestern Florida was bracing Sunday for what could be a deadly rise in sea levels. Authorities say powerful Hurricane Irma could send waters surging 10 to 15 feet (three to 4.5 meters) above normal levels along the shoreline, putting low-lying Naples -- one of the richest communities in the US -- at grave risk. The scene from a storm-battered beach in Naples just hours before Irma's full-force arrival was hardly comforting.
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| Group Founded By Obama Administration Alumni Says Joe Arpaio Pardon Was Unconstitutional Posted: 11 Sep 2017 02:17 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― An advocacy group run by former government attorneys says President Donald Trump's pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio is unconstitutional, and is urging a district court judge to refuse Arpaio's request to vacate his contempt of court conviction.
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| Sikh Canadian Politician Brilliantly Foils Racist Woman During Event Posted: 09 Sep 2017 10:10 PM PDT  Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh was meeting with his constituents on Wednesday in Brampton, Ontario, when a woman stormed up to him and began to harass him.
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| Man charged with killing 5-year-old boy in Kentucky Posted: 11 Sep 2017 05:37 PM PDT ![Man charged with killing 5-year-old boy in Kentucky]( "Man charged with killing 5-year-old boy in Kentucky") FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man was charged Monday with the murder of a 5-year-old boy who watched helplessly as his mother was beaten, bound and pushed off a cliff over the weekend. The mother survived and was found by two hikers who alerted police, prompting a two-day search that ended earlier Monday when the boy's body was discovered near where his mother was left for dead.
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| 2018 Harley-Davidson Softail Slim – First Ride Posted: 11 Sep 2017 05:00 AM PDT  2018 Harley-Davidson Softail Slim – First Ride Bobber-styled machine part of an overhaul of the Softail line When the news hit a few weeks ago that Harley-Davidson was getting rid of the Dyna line, many people were surprised at the bold move. But truthfully
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| Monkey selfie case settled as British photographer agrees to share royalties with animal charities Posted: 11 Sep 2017 04:21 PM PDT  The long-running legal battle over who owns the royalties to the famous "monkey selfie" has been settled. David Slater, the photographer whose camera was commandeered by a crested black macaque, has agreed to donate 25 per cent of the royalties generated by the photos with animal charities dedicated to protecting the monkeys' natural habitat. The agreement brings to an end to a dispute which originated in 2011 when Mr Slater travelled to Sulawesi, Indonesia, and spent a week taking pictures of macaques. At one point he mounted the camera on a tripod and one of the monkeys started pressing the shutter button. The popularity of the pictures triggered legal action after Mr Slater asked Wikipedia to take down one of the pictures which it had published without his permission. Wikipedia refused, claiming the copyright belonged to the monkey. David Slater, the photographer behind the monkey selfie pictures Credit: Thomas Gaffney/Caters News Agency Then despite the US Copyright Office ruling that animals could not own copyright, an American charity, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), entered the fray. It sued Mr Slater in 2015, arguing that the copyright belonged to one of the macaques, Naruto. In a bizarre hearing in San Francisco, lawyers argued not only whether a monkey could claim copyright but whether Naruto was even the correct monkey. Mr Slater, who said he made around £100 every few months from image sales of the grinning monkey, was confronted with legal bills running into thousands of pounds. Facing financial ruin he even considered giving up wildlife photography and becoming a tennis coach or dog walker instead. Finally, agreement has been reached. In a joint statement, Peta and Mr Slater said that the case raised "cutting edge issues" about the legal rights of non-human animals. "We must recognise appropriate fundamental legal rights for them as our fellow global occupants and members of their own nations who want only to live their lives and be with their families."
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| Michelin-Starred Chef Reveals A Surprising Secret To His Scrambled Eggs Posted: 11 Sep 2017 09:41 AM PDT  Many food gurus have attempted to perfect scrambled eggs, some by adding ingredients and others by altering cooking times and methods.
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| Cambodian leader threatens ban on opposition party Posted: 10 Sep 2017 09:29 PM PDT  By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened on Monday that the main opposition party would be dissolved if it continues to back detained leader Kem Sokha, who has been charged with treason over an alleged plot to gain power with U.S. support. Kem Sokha was arrested on Sept. 3 and is the only serious election rival to Hun Sen, a 65-year-old former Khmer Rouge commander. Western countries have criticized the arrest, which marked a an escalation in a crackdown on critics ahead of a poll next year that could pose the toughest electoral challenge Hun Sen has faced in more than 30 years of rule.
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| The German Election Is a Christian Civil War Posted: 11 Sep 2017 11:12 AM PDT  Germany's far-right is saying out loud what Angela Merkel's party has always quietly believed: that Christian culture depends on Christian demographics.
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| Hurricane Irma is starting to move west Posted: 10 Sep 2017 05:11 AM PDT  ABC News' Senior Meteorologist Rob Marciano gives updates on the severe storm from Naples, FL.
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| Beached Manatees Rescued From Low Tide In Wake of Hurricane Irma Posted: 10 Sep 2017 05:17 PM PDT  A group of Florida residents came across two beached manatees Sunday afternoon in a bay that had dried up as a result of Hurricane Irma.
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| California Sues Trump Administration Over DACA Elimination Posted: 11 Sep 2017 12:28 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO ― California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) announced Monday he is suing President Donald Trump's administration to block it from ending protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants.
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| Pence: Flight 93 passengers might have saved my life on 9/11 Posted: 11 Sep 2017 12:03 PM PDT  SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence told relatives and friends of the victims of United Flight 93 attending the 16th anniversary ceremony Monday in Pennsylvania that the passengers might well have saved his life.
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| Dallas Cowboys party shooting: Gunman kills seven after opening fire at Texas home Posted: 10 Sep 2017 11:02 PM PDT  Seven people have died after a gunman opened fire at house party in Plano, Texas. It is believed the shoot-out was prompted by a "domestic dispute" at the party for fans of NFL team the Dallas Cowboys. When the first police officer arrived on the scene just after 8pm in a suburb north of Dallas, he saw bodies on the ground and the suspect shot at him.
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| Surfer 'mauled in Australia shark attack' Posted: 10 Sep 2017 03:08 AM PDT  A surfer was thrown into the air and his board snapped in a suspected great white shark attack off Australia's east coast Sunday that left him with bloody cuts to his right hip. The man, named in local media at Abe McGrath, was surfing at Iluka in New South Wales early Sunday when his board was hit from below by what he assumed was a shark, police said. McGrath's friend Bryce Cameron said he was "pretty much the luckiest man on earth right now", with the marine predator suspected to be a great white.
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| Chubby Labradors are 'genetically hungry', say scientists Posted: 10 Sep 2017 11:54 AM PDT  Labradors are Britain's most popular dogs for the very good reasons that they are friendly, loyal and easy to train. But as most owners soon realise, there is a downside - they are rather too fond of their food and are prone to getting fat. However, scientists have now said owners should stop automatically blaming themselves if their beloved pet becomes a little portly, because, for many of them at least, it is all in the genes. This is a common genetic variant in Labradors and has a significant effect on those dogs that carry itDr Eleanor Raffan, Cambridge University New research carried out by the University of Cambridge found a genetic variation which they believe drives some Labradors and flat coat retrievers to be naturally obsessed by food. It means that when a dog begs incessantly or starts drooling at the sound of a biscuit tin being opened, it could well be because it is "genetically hungry", rather than spoiled by overly indulgent humans. The University of Cambridge researchers behind the study say they hope the results can "shift the paradigm away from owner-blaming". They also caution against attempts to breed the responsible variation, known as POMC, out of the Labrador gene pool, as that risks also losing many of the traits which make the breed so popular. Published in the journal Cell Metabolism, the study involved analysing the genes of 310 Labradors, combined with weighing the animals and assessing their "food motivation using an owner questionnaire. The researchers found that nearly a quarter carried at least one copy the POMC variant, one of three potential obesity-related genes being looked for. For each copy of the gene carried, the dog was found to be on average 1.9 kg heavier. The team said this effect size was particularly notable given the extent to which owners, rather than the dogs themselves, control the amount of food and exercise their dogs receive. Some Labradors are 'genetically hungry' Credit: Getty "This is a common genetic variant in Labradors and has a significant effect on those dogs that carry it, so it is likely that this helps explain why Labradors are more prone to being overweight in comparison to other breeds," said Dr Eleanor Raffan, who led the research. "However, it's not a straightforward picture as the variant is even more common among flat coat retrievers, a breed not previously flagged as being prone to obesity." Roughly a quarter of British households own a pet dog, with one in three believed to be overweight. Being overweight reduces a dog's quality of life and can exacerbate joint disorders such as arthritis. "But equally, being hungry is a welfare issue, and these dogs are genetically hungry," said Dr Raffan. She warned that trying to get rid of the mutation could change the personality of the breed. Dr Giles Yeo, a Cambridge colleague who also worked on the study, said: "Labradors make particularly successful working and pet dogs because they are loyal, intelligent and eager to please, but, importantly, they are also relatively easy to train. "Food is often used as a reward during training, and carrying this variant may make dogs more motivated to work for a titbit." Separate research is currently being undertaken at the University of Liverpool in an effort to design treatments for ligament damage in Labradors, the most common orthopaedic problem encountered by vets. Scientists are using advanced imaging technology to assess exactly how the breed's knee bones work together and how walking contributes to the risk of ligament injury or rupture. Future treatments, such as customised knee implants, would be of particular use to overweight dogs.
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| Exclusive: Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, children of suspected Islamic State fighters Posted: 10 Sep 2017 07:03 PM PDT  By Raya Jalabi and Ulf Laessing SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters after government forces expelled the jihadist group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said. Most came from Turkey. The wives and children are being held at an Iraqi camp south of Mosul.
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| Girl, 6, Opens Lemonade Stand to Help Pay Off Her Classmates' Lunch Debt Posted: 10 Sep 2017 11:27 AM PDT  "Every kid at school needs lunch, so that's my way of helping," 6-year-old Amiah told InsideEdition.com.
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| Russian strikes kill 34 civilians in Syria's Deir Ezzor: monitor Posted: 10 Sep 2017 11:43 AM PDT  Russian air strikes Sunday killed 34 civilians on ferries fleeing violence in Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor, where jihadists face separate assaults by US-backed forces and Russian-backed government troops, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor initially reported 21 deaths but later raised the toll to 34, saying that "more bodies have been found in the river" Euphrates. Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said nine children were among those killed fleeing fighting and that "dozens" of people were wounded in the strikes.
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| Endangered Florida deer spotted after Irma raised fears for species Posted: 11 Sep 2017 12:32 PM PDT  Several endangered deer found only in the lower Florida keys were sighted on Monday, easing fears about the fate of the tiny species after Hurricane Irma swamped their vulnerable archipelago ecosystem. With the highway to the Keys open only to emergency vehicles, power mostly out and communications disrupted, experts said it was too early to tell how the overall population of up to one thousand Key deer had fared. "So thrilled ... can you imagine how terrified they were and are!?" wrote one North Carolina-based tweeter, Tina O'Connor.
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| A History Of Donald Trump's Tasteless Comments About 9/11 Posted: 11 Sep 2017 06:45 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Monday commemorated the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, leading a moment of silence at the White House to mark the moment the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York.
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| Sporting a black eye, pope urges Colombians to reconcile Posted: 10 Sep 2017 08:50 PM PDT  CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up his Colombia trip Sunday by honoring a fellow Jesuit who ministered to African slaves and urging Colombians today to follow his lead in working for a more peaceful future.
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