| The White House Keeps Attacking Congresswoman Who Has Been Right All Along Posted: 20 Oct 2017 11:08 AM PDT  Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) took a victory lap in her feud with President Donald Trump after the White House was caught falsely maligning her for the second time this week.
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| These Are The Three Richard Spencer Fans Arrested For Attempted Homicide In Gainesville Posted: 20 Oct 2017 07:04 PM PDT  GAINESVILLE, Fla. ― About five hours before his companion allegedly fired a bullet toward several protesters, and a day before police charged him with attempted homicide, Colton Fears, in an interview with HuffPost, laid out the grievances that had brought him to town.
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| Is There a Serial Killer in Tampa? Posted: 20 Oct 2017 08:38 AM PDT  Police are offering an $18,000 reward for help finding a man captured on surveillance camera who they believe may be responsible for at least three recent murders.
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| Mom shares horrifying photo of legs after trip to pumpkin patch Posted: 20 Oct 2017 06:59 AM PDT  A California mother is speaking out to remind autumn revelers across the country of a common danger that may be lurking in pumpkin patches.
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| Off-duty officer killed in Vegas shooting left funeral notes Posted: 20 Oct 2017 03:39 PM PDT  HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A Las Vegas police officer and U.S. Army veteran who was among 58 people killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history provided instructions ahead of time for those at his memorial not to mourn, a pastor told the crowd at his funeral on Friday.
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| 24-year-old Man Taken Into Custody After Guns and Homemade Bombs Allegedly Found at His Home Posted: 19 Oct 2017 09:00 PM PDT  Aerial maps of schools in the area were allegedly found along with rifles, handguns and homemade bombs; the man has no criminal history or record of mental health issues.
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| Boy kicked out of Cub Scouts after challenging Republican senator accused of racism Posted: 20 Oct 2017 10:38 AM PDT  Ames Mayfield of Broomsfield, Colorado, decided to do some research on Senator Vicki Marbles before she visited his Cub Scouts den, his mother says. "I didn't, that was made up by the media," Ms Marble responded.
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| Tiger Kept At Truck Stop For 17 Years Dies, But The Legal Battle Isn't Over Posted: 20 Oct 2017 05:25 PM PDT  The tiger at the center of a years-long legal battle between animal rights activists and a Louisiana truck stop owner has died, but the owner's desire to get another tiger means the fight likely isn't over.
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| Trump blames rise in British crime on Islamic terror, surprising Britain Posted: 20 Oct 2017 06:52 AM PDT  In a Friday morning tweet, the president correctly cited a figure from a new report on British crime but seemed to pin the entire rise on one cause, which the report doesn't do. The president's tweet caused confusion and pushback in Britain.
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| Obama Condemns 'Cynical' GOP Race Baiting In Virginia Governor's Race Posted: 19 Oct 2017 06:04 PM PDT  Former President Barack Obama condemned Ed Gillespie, the GOP nominee for Virginia governor, for airing a misleading, race-baiting ad tying Democratic opponent Ralph Northam to the notorious MS-13 gang, calling the advertisement "cynical" and "corrosive."
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| Catalan leader pressured from all sides Posted: 21 Oct 2017 02:57 AM PDT  The battle between Spain's central government and the separatist leaders of Catalonia escalates day after day, forcing Catalan society to take a stand. Political parties, football clubs, businesses and civic society groups have picked their side -- for or against independence, for or against holding a referendum -- and they are all trying to convince Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. FC Barcelona, one of the world's most popular football teams whose motto is "more than a club", has long been a symbol of Catalan nationalism.
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| Before execution, Alabama inmate defiant with words, actions Posted: 20 Oct 2017 08:14 AM PDT  A convicted cop killer who sued Alabama over its lethal injection method was put to death Thursday night, but not before he cursed at the state and said: "I hate you."
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| The Latest: Navajo leader supported death penalty in case Posted: 20 Oct 2017 03:09 PM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a man charged in the killing of a Navajo Nation girl (all times local):
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| Father Killed On His Way Home Work When Teens Allegedly Throw Rocks Off Highway Overpass Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:17 PM PDT  The teens have since been arrested.
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| The Most Common Financial Mistakes To Avoid Posted: 20 Oct 2017 05:46 PM PDT  Whether you're living paycheck to paycheck or managing a healthy nest egg, there are certain classic money blunders you'll want to avoid.
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| John Kelly Lied in Attack on Rep. Wilson Posted: 20 Oct 2017 02:28 PM PDT  Rachel reports the latest developments in the mess Donald Trump has made politicizing military next-of-kin notifications with the fact that Trump chief of staff John Kelly's attack on Rep. Frederica Wilson in his defense of Trump was completely false.
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| 25 Last-Minute Thanksgiving Decorating Ideas Posted: 20 Oct 2017 01:59 PM PDT |
| 7 Misleading Things EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Said In His Interview With Time Posted: 20 Oct 2017 04:31 PM PDT  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's tense look broke into a toothy grin at the end of a 22-minute interview with Time Magazine when the reporter called his response to a question "good, but lawyerly."
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| UNICEF: Rohingya children refugees face 'hell on earth' Posted: 20 Oct 2017 07:54 AM PDT  GENEVA (AP) — UNICEF says the children who make up most of the nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar are seeing a "hell on earth" in overcrowded, muddy and squalid refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh.
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| Soda tax supporters try to pivot from Chicago setback Posted: 20 Oct 2017 10:46 PM PDT  US public health advocates are hoping to pivot after a major setback in Chicago, where local lawmakers repealed a soda tax after only two months following fierce industry-backed lobbying. On October 11, the Cook County Board of Commissioners, which includes Chicago, nullified the penny-an-ounce levy, which was seen as a means to discourage consumption of sugary drinks that can lead to obesity, diabetes and other ills. "It's a setback," said Jim O'Hara, director of health promotion policy at the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest.
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| FBI trafficking sweep rescues 84 children - one just three months old Posted: 19 Oct 2017 05:51 PM PDT  US authorities have rescued 84 children, one just 3 months old, and arrested 120 people in a nationwide sweep of child sex trafficking that exposed the growing use of technology by traffickers, officials said on Thursday. Many of those arrested were advertising and selling children online for sex, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in a statement. The four-day sweep, which ended on Sunday, was the 11th annual effort by the FBI and other authorities to battle child sex trafficking. Called Operation Cross Country XI, it was conducted at hotels, casinos and truck stops, as well as street corners and Internet websites, they said. "The sad reality is some things stay the same, that there's still a need to do this," said Staca Shehan, executive director of the NCMEC's case analysis division. "What has changed over time is the places and the ways that child sex trafficking is occurring," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Historically, kids would be recruited in face-to-face environments, at malls and at bus stops or in schools or in and around foster homes," she said. "All that stuff happens, but now what we see more often than not is kids are recruited online, and they're controlled online and sold online." BABIES, TODDLERS, TEENS The average age of the children caught up in the operation was 15, authorities said. The 3-month-old girl and a 5-year-old girl were offered to an undercover officer in Denver for sex for $600, the FBI said. The person trying to sell them was a friend of the children's family. Related operations were conducted in Canada, Britain, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines, the FBI said. The sweep also involved the arrests of a number of adult sex workers, including 20 prostitutes in the state of Oregon. Earlier incarnations of Operation Cross Country have come under criticism by advocates for sex workers who say they are victims of exploitation and should not be charged with crimes.
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| End of Australia auto-making sector as Holden closes doors Posted: 20 Oct 2017 01:55 AM PDT  The last car rolled off the production line of Australian automaker Holden on Friday, marking the demise of a national industry unable to stand up to global competition. The closure of the Elizabeth plant in South Australia is the end of an era for Holden, which first started in the state as a saddlery business in 1856 and made the nation's first mass-produced car in 1948. The brand has long been an Australian household name, with 1970s commercials singing that "football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars" were part of the nation's identity.
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| New U.S. Budget is a "Hoax" Says GOP's Bob Corker Posted: 20 Oct 2017 02:19 AM PDT  Tennessee Republican says the 2018 budget is really about pushing through tax reform.
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| Kit Harington Read The Final 'Game Of Thrones' Scripts And Couldn't Help Crying Posted: 21 Oct 2017 03:43 AM PDT  Kit Harington knows everything about the final season of "Game of Thrones."
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| Spain Takes Control of Catalonia, Pushing a Crisis Into Higher Gear Posted: 21 Oct 2017 07:03 AM PDT  Spain has acted upon Article 155
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| Solar industry fears for thousands of jobs should U.S. impose import restrictions Posted: 20 Oct 2017 09:19 AM PDT  By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore-headquartered solar panel maker REC hopes to be exempt from potential U.S. restrictions on imports following a recent trade finding that said no significant injury to the United States had been caused by makers including those from Australia, Canada and Singapore. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce by early next year measures which his administration will take to limit imports after the U.S. International Trade Commission found in September that U.S. panel makers had been harmed by cheap imports. Many companies have warned that a solar trade dispute involving potential import tariffs between the United States and other countries could cost thousands of jobs and slow down the development of the clean energy technology.
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| Steve Bannon: George W Bush's presidency most 'destructive' in history, claims former White House adviser Posted: 21 Oct 2017 02:29 AM PDT  Steve Bannon has launched a scathing attack on George W Bush, calling his presidency the most "destructive" in history. The former White House adviser made the remarks following Mr Bush's speech in New York earlier this week, in which he denounced bigotry in Trump-era American politics and warned that the rise of "nativism" had clouded the nation's true identity. Mr Bannon told the California Republican Party convention Mr Bush had embarrassed himself and did not know what he was talking about.
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| The U.S. Army Has a Deadly New Sniper Rifle Posted: 20 Oct 2017 06:37 PM PDT  Heckler & Koch showed off its M110A1 7.62mm semi-automatic sniper rifle this week. Despite a brief period of ambiguity wrought by budget-jousting among lawmakers in Congress, the Army's new and improved sniper rifle is alive and well. Heckler & Koch showed off its M110A1 7.62mm semi-automatic sniper rifle, selected for the Army's Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) program on the floor of the Association of the U.S. Army's annual conference and exposition in Washington this week, a first up-close-and-personal look at the lightweight rifle.
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| KFC Is Only Following 11 People On Twitter For A Totally Genius Reason Posted: 20 Oct 2017 04:57 AM PDT  In a marketing move that Colonel Sanders himself would have been proud of, someone on Twitter noticed the fast-food chain is highly selective about who it follows on the micro-blogging service.
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| Man denies raping stepdaughter he 'married' when she was 11 Posted: 20 Oct 2017 02:38 AM PDT  Henri Piette, 62, from Oklahoma, is accused of holding a then 11-year-old girl captive for 19 years and raping her until she escaped. The alleged victim, Rosalynn McGinnis, now 33, has spoken out about her ordeal. By the time she was 11, Piette had started to sexually assault her at their home in Wagoner.
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| Fact or fiction? Doubts over China's 'rising nationalism' Posted: 19 Oct 2017 08:33 PM PDT  The Shanghai site of the first Chinese Communist congress 96 years ago might be expected to draw admiring crowds as the party gathers in Beijing for its 19th such meeting. The twice-a-decade meeting in Beijing will further enshrine the leadership of President Xi Jinping, who has launched an unprecedented push for a stronger China since taking over in 2012, stirring worries over resurgent nationalism.
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| At Least 60 Dead After Suicide Bombers Attack Mosques in Afghanistan Posted: 20 Oct 2017 12:10 PM PDT  Suicide bombers struck two mosques in Afghanistan during Friday prayers, a Shiite mosque in Kabul and a Sunni mosque in western Ghor province, killing at least 63 people at the end of a particularly deadly week for the troubled nation.
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| Trump Rips 'Wacky' Congresswoman For Criticizing His Phone Call To Combat Widow Posted: 20 Oct 2017 03:23 AM PDT  President Donald Trump resorted to name-calling in a tweet late Thursday, blasting a congresswoman as "wacky" for criticizing his condolence call to the widow of a Florida soldier slain in Niger.
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| The Latest: King: Catalonia is "an essential part" of Spain Posted: 20 Oct 2017 11:40 AM PDT  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the Spain-Catalonia political crisis (all times local):
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| 11 Pretzel Hacks That'll Rock Your Whole World Posted: 20 Oct 2017 03:34 PM PDT |
| Fox signed O'Reilly again knowing of new harassment settlement: report Posted: 21 Oct 2017 03:03 PM PDT  Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News commentator forced to resign in April, agreed to a $32 million sexual harassment settlement in January, and the network's parent knew about the deal when it gave him a new contract the next month, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The previously undisclosed agreement, at least the sixth involving O'Reilly or the company related to harassment charges against him, was "extraordinarily large" for such cases, according to the newspaper, which cited two people "briefed on the matter" as its sources. Twenty-First Century Fox Inc acknowledged that it had been aware of O'Reilly's settlement with Lis Wiehl, a former Fox News legal analyst, when it signed a contract extension with "The O'Reilly Factor" host in February.
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| New Ratings Reveal Top-Tier Car Insurance Companies Posted: 20 Oct 2017 05:00 AM PDT  With the price of automobile coverage rising four times faster than the overall rate of inflation, now more than ever you want to get the best insurance service for your dollar. The good news is ...
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| Why This Church Is Providing 'Sanctuary' To Undocumented Immigrants Posted: 20 Oct 2017 02:01 AM PDT  At a time when undocumented people nationwide are living in fear under President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies, one church continues to lead the way in supporting them.
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| Robert Mugabe made 'goodwill ambassador' by World Health Organisation Posted: 20 Oct 2017 04:48 PM PDT  Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has long faced United States sanctions over his government's human rights abuses. But the World Health Organization's new chief is making the longtime African leader a "goodwill ambassador." With Mugabe on hand, WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus told a conference in Uruguay this week on non-communicable diseases that he'd agreed to be a "goodwill ambassador" on the issue. Tedros, an Ethiopian who became WHO's first African director-general this year, said Mugabe could use the role "to influence his peers in his region." A WHO spokeswoman confirmed the comments to The Associated Press on Friday. In his speech, Tedros described Zimbabwe as "a country that places universal health coverage and health promotion at the center of its policies to provide health care to all." Two dozen organizations - including the World Heart Federation, Action Against Smoking and Cancer Research U.K. - released a statement slamming the appointment, saying health officials were "shocked and deeply concerned" and citing his "long track record of human rights violations." WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus Credit: Anfitti/EFE The groups said they had raised their concerns with Tedros on the sidelines of the conference, to no avail. The southern African nation once was known as the region's prosperous breadbasket. But in 2008, the charity Physicians for Human Rights released a report documenting failures in Zimbabwe's health system, saying that Mugabe's policies had led to a man-made crisis. "The government of Robert Mugabe presided over the dramatic reversal of its population's access to food, clean water, basic sanitation and health care," the group concluded. "The Mugabe regime has used any means at its disposal, including politicizing the health sector, to maintain its hold on power." The report said Mugabe's policies led directly to "the shuttering of hospitals and clinics, the closing of its medical school and the beatings of health workers." The U.S. in 2003 imposed targeted sanctions, a travel ban and an asset freeze against Mugabe and close associates, citing his government's rights abuses and evidence of electoral fraud. U.N. agencies typically choose celebrities as ambassadors to draw attention to issues of concern, but they hold little actual power. Last year, the U.N. dropped the superhero Wonder Woman as an ambassador for "empowering girls and women" after the decision drew widespread criticism.
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| Amber Tamblyn Says She Believes Woman Who Accused Husband David Cross Of Racist Remarks Posted: 20 Oct 2017 04:48 AM PDT  Actress Amber Tamblyn reached out to the comedian who accused Tamblyn's husband David Cross of racist behavior ― and said she believes her.
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| Kurd disarray highlights Iraq army's newfound prowess Posted: 20 Oct 2017 04:16 AM PDT  The speed with which Iraqi troops this week overwhelmed Kurdish forces in oil-rich Kirkuk, days after ousting the Islamic State group, marks a radical change in the balance of power, analysts say. For 14 years since the US-led invasion, the Kurds had taken advantage of the weakness of the federal army to slowly chip away at territory they had long claimed outside their autonomous region in northern Iraq. The Kurds' precipitous withdrawal from thousands of square kilometres (miles) of cherished territory highlighted the newfound prowess of the Iraqi army -- rearmed, retrained and battle-hardened during three years of fighting against the Islamic State (IS) group.
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| People Running From Trump Are Getting Asylum In Canada Posted: 20 Oct 2017 07:27 PM PDT  The country has been portrayed as a safe haven for asylum seekers, but not all Canadians are happy.
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| Mercedes finally says farewell to the G Class Posted: 20 Oct 2017 05:03 AM PDT  When it hasn't been celebrating the 50th anniversary of its tuning arm, AMG, Mercedes has spent most of 2017 reminding car connoisseurs of the G Class, its iconic status among the SUV fraternity and the fact that after 38 years of continuous production, the car is finally being phased out. This particular take on the venerable G-Wagon will be limited to 65 numbered examples.
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