| Explosion Rocks London Tube Station, Sending Commuters Into Panic Posted: 15 Sep 2017 01:31 AM PDT  LONDON ― At least 22 people were injured after bomb exploded in a West London underground station during rush hour on Friday, causing a fire inside a train and a stampede of panicking travelers.
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| Trump abruptly attacks 'chain migration,' a term that worries immigration advocates Posted: 15 Sep 2017 11:44 AM PDT  President Trump warned lawmakers that he would not sign any immigration bill that would allow for more "chain migration."
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| Police Investigating Student Death at LSU Frat House Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:48 AM PDT  The university president has suspended all Greek-life activity on campus as police at Louisiana State University investigate the death of a teenage student that may have been related to fraternity hazing.
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| Officials: Returning Keys residents must be self-sustaining Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:56 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — As the devastated Florida Keys began reopening to residents who fled Hurricane Irma, officials warned the returning islanders to bring enough supplies to sustain them for a while, because no one yet knows when water and power will be fully restored.
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| 20 Practical Things You Can Buy On Amazon For Under $20 Posted: 15 Sep 2017 09:22 AM PDT  When it comes to Amazon, you'll usually find yourself lost in the abyss that is "customers who bought this item also bought."
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| Syria's Assad Sends Thanks to Iran, North Korea Posted: 15 Sep 2017 11:25 AM PDT  Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have stood behind Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, despite accusations of human rights abuses.
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| Police arrest teenager over London train attack, hunt for other potential suspects Posted: 16 Sep 2017 01:57 PM PDT  British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the ferry departure area of the port of Dover on Saturday on suspicion of being involved in the bombing of a London Underground train and were looking for more potential suspects on the loose. The man, who has not been named, was arrested on suspicion of committing, preparing or instigating an act of terrorism after Friday's attack in which 30 people were injured at Parsons Green station. "We're keeping an open mind around whether more than one person is responsible for the attack," Neil Basu of London's Metropolitan Police told reporters.
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| FAKE MEOWS: Trump Fans Share Bogus Snap Of Him Saving Cats From Harvey Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:22 AM PDT  Don't believe that viral photograph which purportedly shows President Donald Trump rescuing cats in Texas from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
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| Watch Live: NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Self-Destructs in 'Grand Finale' on Saturn Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT  It will make its final plunge into Saturn on Friday morning
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| Juggalos Draw Bigger Crowd On The National Mall Than Pro-Trump Rally Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:08 PM PDT  Nine months into the administration of President Donald Trump, fans of the eccentric Detroit rap duo Insane Clown Posse assembled a larger rally on the national mall this Saturday than the president's diehard supporters stationed a few hundred yards away.
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| Man burned by caustic beer at casino eatery awarded $750,000 Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:23 PM PDT  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A man whose esophagus and stomach were severely burned when he drank a beer tainted by a caustic chemical at an Atlantic City casino restaurant has been awarded $750,000.
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| About 1.5 million, mostly in Florida, without power in Irma's wake Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:34 PM PDT  About 1.5 million homes and businesses in Florida and Georgia remained without power on Friday after Hurricane Irma, including 46 of Florida's nearly 700 nursing homes caught in the deadly storm's path. Irma, which ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record before striking the U.S. mainland as a Category 4 hurricane on Sept. 10, killed at least 84 people. Florida Power & Light, owned by NextEra Energy Inc and the state's biggest electric company, said it was working aggressively to restore power to the 23 percent of its customers still in the dark.
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| Turns Out Real Maple Syrup Isn't That Much Healthier Than Fake Maple Syrup Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Most of us can agree that pancakes, waffles and French toast make a great breakfast, and they're made even sweeter with syrup.
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| Protests turn violent in St Louis after white former police officer acquitted of black man's murder Posted: 16 Sep 2017 05:28 AM PDT  Dozens of people were arrested after violence erupted at a protest about a white police officer being found not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of a black man in the US city of St Louis. The Missouri city's police department said that nine officers had been injured and one was taken to hospital after an injury sustained from a thrown brick. Protesters also broke windows at the house of St Louis' Mayor Lyda Krewson, and damaged the city's public library, before riot police dispersed the crowd with tear gas and pepper balls.
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| Indian priest thankful, even to abductors, after release from Yemen Posted: 16 Sep 2017 08:24 AM PDT  An Indian priest kidnapped last year during a deadly attack by Islamist militants in Yemen thanked on Saturday all those involved in his release, and even had a kind word for his abductors for not harming him. "The best weapon against any enemy is love and prayer," Uzhunnalil said at a press conference in Rome after an intervention by the authorities in Oman to secure his release. Muscat said Tuesday that it had "coordinated with Yemeni parties" to mediate the release of Uzhunnalil, a Salesian priest who had last appeared in a video circulated online in December 2016, in which he appealed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pope Francis to secure his release.
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| Trump to ESPN: 'Apologize for untruth!' Posted: 15 Sep 2017 05:28 AM PDT  President Trump demanded an apology from ESPN Friday after one of its labeled him a "white supremacist."
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| Family returns to home near Houston to assess damage after Harvey flooding Posted: 16 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT  A family affected by the heavy flooding from Hurricane Harvey returned to their home outside Houston to assess the damage as Larry Koser Sr. and his wife, Brenda, sorted through the remains. Larry Sr. recounted how they evacuated their home as floodwaters kept rising and how he and his son borrowed kayaks to return to the home to collect important documents and valuables.
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| Nancy Pelosi Will Not Let The White House Mansplain To Her Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:00 PM PDT  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reportedly had enough of the 10 men at the table talking over her during her dinner at the White House on Wednesday night.
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| Coroner: High blood alcohol level found in dead LSU student Posted: 15 Sep 2017 01:53 PM PDT  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hospital tests found a "highly elevated" blood alcohol level in the body of a Louisiana State University student whose death police are investigating as a possible result of fraternity hazing, a coroner said Friday.
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| Jets strike U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria Posted: 16 Sep 2017 12:45 PM PDT  By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed militias in Syria said they came under attack on Saturday from Russian jets and Syrian government forces in Deir al-Zor province, a flashpoint in an increasingly complex battlefield. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting with the U.S.-led coalition, said six of its fighters were wounded in the strike. The Pentagon said Russia bombed a position east of the Euphrates river where it knew SDF fighters and coalition advisers were stationed.
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| Truck Driver Says Giving Away Plywood in Irma's Path Got Him Fired: 'I Was Just Being an American' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 06:27 PM PDT  His company has disputed the claim.
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| US policy is 'not to defend Canada' from an attack by North Korea Posted: 16 Sep 2017 03:56 AM PDT  It is official US policy not to protect Canada in the event of a missile attack by North Korea or any other country, a leading general has warned. "The extent of the US policy is not to defend Canada. This statement surprised many in Canada, with public broadcaster CBC saying it had "demolished a long-held political assumption" that the US would intervene.
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| 21 boys who died in school fire buried in Malaysia Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:14 PM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Twenty-one young boys who died in a fire at a private Islamic boarding school were buried in Malaysia on Friday amid renewed calls for better regulation of religious schools.
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| Shunning dollar, Venezuela lists oil prices in Chinese yuan Posted: 15 Sep 2017 06:56 PM PDT  The goal is to restrict Venezuela's access to vital bond and equity markets. Maduro railed that they amounted to a financial and economic blockade, as ratings agency Fitch downgraded Venezuela and warned default was now likelier.
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| Trump Again Proves His Claim About Waiting For 'Facts' After Charlottesville Was Garbage Posted: 15 Sep 2017 11:33 AM PDT  U.S. President Donald Trump explained his botched response to a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last month by saying he needed "the facts" before broadly denouncing violence from racist groups.
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| Wendy's Throws Serious Shade On Carl's Jr. In 1 Delicious Tweet Posted: 15 Sep 2017 10:48 AM PDT  Another fast food chain tried to start a Twitter beef with Wendy's and, once again, got thrown in the metaphorical meat grinder.
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| China punishes 31 for deadly construction accident Posted: 16 Sep 2017 01:43 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — China has ordered 31 people to be placed under "coercive measures" for a collapse last year at a construction site that killed 73 people, the state news agency reported Saturday.
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| British police arrest London bomb suspect at Dover border point Posted: 16 Sep 2017 12:35 PM PDT  By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Police arrested an 18-year-old man in the departure lounge of the port of Dover on Saturday in what they said was a "very significant" step in the hunt for whoever planted a bomb on a London commuter train that injured 30 people a day earlier. Prime Minister Theresa May put Britain on the highest security level of "critical" late on Friday, meaning another attack may be imminent, and deployed soldiers and armed police to strategic locations such as nuclear power plants. On Saturday morning officers in Dover, a ferry port on the southeast coast from which passenger ships sail to France, arrested a man and then partially evacuated the area, recovering a number of items, the police said without elaborating.
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| 5 Things to Know About Front-Load Washers Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:00 AM PDT  Sales of front-load washers picked up steam about a decade ago, and the best in Consumer Reports' tests deliver excellent cleaning with unmatched gentleness, as well as water and energy efficienc...
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| London terror attack: Trump says internet must be 'cut off' to stop further attacks Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:52 AM PDT  Donald Trump says that the internet must be "cut off" to stop further terror attacks. Responding to the terror incident at Parsons Green Tube station, he said that the internet was a terrorist "recruiting tool". The tweet came after another message in which he appeared to suggest that the attacker had been known to police, despite Scotland Yard not having said so.
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| Porsche plows into spectators at Idaho car show; 11 hurt Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:02 PM PDT ![Porsche plows into spectators at Idaho car show; 11 hurt]( "Porsche plows into spectators at Idaho car show; 11 hurt") BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Porsche plowed into a crowd of spectators at a Boise, Idaho, car show, injuring 11 in a horrifying scene that saw bystanders scrambling to tend to the injured, authorities and witnesses said.
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| Harvard revokes Chelsea Manning fellowship invitation after criticism Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:22 AM PDT  Harvard University revoked convicted US intelligence leaker and transgender activist Chelsea Manning's visiting fellowship position on Friday after sharp criticism from the Central Intelligence Agency. Dean Douglas Elmendorf of the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School of Government said naming Manning as one of 12 new visiting fellows "was a mistake," after CIA Director Mike Pompeo accused the university of honoring a "traitor" and cancelled a speaking appearance on Thursday. Pompeo's move followed former CIA acting director Mike Morrell's announcement that he was stepping down as a senior fellow at The Belfer Center, part of the Kennedy School, for the same reason.
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| Police obtain search warrant in probe of eight nursing home deaths Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:54 AM PDT  Police obtained a search warrant on Thursday in their criminal investigation of the deaths of eight elderly patients exposed to sweltering heat inside a Miami-area nursing home left with little or no air conditioning after Hurricane Irma struck. The loss of life in Hollywood, Florida, brought the overall death toll from Irma to 82, with several hard-hit Caribbean islands, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, accounting for more than half the fatalities.
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| Bernie Sanders Slams Trump: 'Let Me Tell You What A Curse On The American People Is' Posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:01 PM PDT  Minutes after President Donald Trump tweeted an attack on Bernie Sanders' "Medicare For All" proposal yesterday, the Vermont senator, in an interview with me on SiriusXM Progress, fired back, slamming the president's attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act and his recent decision to end protections for immigrant youth.
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| Fox News Host Has A Meltdown Over 'Illegal Alien' Superman Defending Immigrants Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:49 PM PDT  A Fox News radio host and columnist doesn't like the idea of Superman protecting immigrants from being massacred.
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| Nigeria Says Biafra Activists Are ‘Terrorist’ Group Posted: 15 Sep 2017 09:31 AM PDT  The Indigenous People of Biafra is calling for a separate state in southeast Nigeria, raising fears of another civil war.
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| How to Protect Your Credit in the Wake of the Equifax Breach Posted: 15 Sep 2017 10:19 AM PDT ![How to Protect Your Credit in the Wake of the Equifax Breach]( "How to Protect Your Credit in the Wake of the Equifax Breach") For anyone who takes protecting their credit score and identity seriously, the news was probably like getting a punch in the gut. As you've no doubt heard, Equifax, one of the nation's largest credit bureaus, was hacked -- it is believed that 143 million American consumers' personal information was exposed to online criminals. During that time, hackers were able to collect people's names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses and even, for some people, driver's license numbers.
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| Restaurant right by a waterfall looks like the perfect getaway spot Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:08 PM PDT  This is one restaurant that definitely has a no-shoes policy. The Labassin Waterfall Restaurant in the Philippines, is as the name suggests, actually sits at the base of a waterfall. SEE ALSO: Filipinos are confused about Ivanka Trump's party snack choice Guests are able to have their meals on bamboo tables at the foot of the majestic water feature, while soaking in the water. Buffet Lunch by a waterfall. "It's more fun in the Philippines" A post shared by John (@jespanola_travel) on Sep 26, 2016 at 5:33am PDT Not many people can say they have dined barefoot in the middle of a waterfall. Well at the Labassin Waterfall in the Phillipines, you can do just that! A post shared by DAE (@daelive) on May 25, 2017 at 3:53pm PDT The restaurant is located in Tiaong, some two and a half hours away from the capital city of Manila, and is run by the Villa Escudero Resort. Once diners get to the resort, they are brought to the waterfall in carts pulled by water buffalos. The waterfall was man-made, but that doesn't seem to have hurt visitor reports of the place. And check out the food too: Delicious food at Labassin Waterfall Restaurant. Where you can eat with your feet wet right next to a waterfall. #foodie #foodblog #foodporn #waterfall #labassin #labassinwaterfall #rice #filipino #pinoy #pinay A post shared by Daisy (@daisythefoodie) on Sep 28, 2015 at 10:21pm PDT I love FILIPINO FOOD This is what they served us at the "Waterterfall Restaurant" in Villa Escudero Plantation and Resort PHILIPPINES. We ate with your hands while water rush through our feet. Best feeling ever! 珞 #wowphilippines #onlyinthephilippines #whattoeatph #wheninmanila #itsmorefuninthephilippines A post shared by Becky (@hungrycakes) on Jun 18, 2016 at 8:32pm PDT Diners can also enjoy a leisurely soak after their meal. Getting wet and eating, that's my kind of fun #Philippines A post shared by Jorge U (@j.urrix) on Jun 18, 2016 at 9:54am PDT Freezing cold water at Labasin Falls in Villa Escudero Plantation and Resort #PHILIPPINES #beckgoestoPI #wowphilippines #wheninmanila #itsmorefuninthephilippines A post shared by Becky (@hungrycakes) on Jun 19, 2016 at 2:41pm PDT What a way to spend an afternoon! WATCH: This 19-year-old skiing champ's training routine is straight out of a Spiderman movie
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| 17 Tricked-Out Caramel Apple Recipes You Must Make Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:01 PM PDT |
| Desperate Europe-bound migrants turn to capricious Black Sea Posted: 16 Sep 2017 03:18 AM PDT  While the arrival of exhausted migrants may be common on Mediterranean shores, it's a rare sight on the Black Sea coastline. Shortly before dawn on Wednesday, around 150 people, a third of them children, were rescued in the Black Sea -- the fifth migrant boat to be intercepted by Romanian authorities since mid-August. In 2014, the last year of relative activity, close to 300 migrants crossed the Black Sea to reach Romania.
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| Sign Language Interpreter Signed Nonsense During Hurricane Irma Press Conference Posted: 16 Sep 2017 12:07 PM PDT  The Deaf community is demanding an apology after a an alleged sign language interpreter failed to deliver a clear message during a press conference for Hurricane Irma
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| Donald Trump Uses London Tube Attack To Promote Travel Ban Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:07 AM PDT  President Donald Trump responded to a terror attack in a London Underground station on Friday by saying that the U.S. should expand his ban of travelers from predominately Muslim countries. Another attack in London by a loser terrorist.These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard.
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| Sean Spicer Won't Deny Trump Was Upset A Woman Played Former Press Secretary On 'SNL' Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:06 AM PDT  There's only one word to describe Jimmy Kimmel's Wednesday show: spicy.
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