| Pope Francis On Climate Change Denial: 'Man Is Stupid' Posted: 11 Sep 2017 03:31 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — Climate change denials amid catastrophic hurricanes are a reminder that humans are not a particularly smart species, Pope Francis said Sunday while flying over areas in the Caribbean decimated by Hurricane Irma.
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| Trial for accused 9/11 plotters likely still years from starting Posted: 11 Sep 2017 03:15 PM PDT  The military trial for five men accused of plotting the 9/11 terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans continues to be stalled at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison with no trial date in sight.
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| Russian Pol: Russia Elected US President Posted: 11 Sep 2017 11:00 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow rounds up some of the day's major headlines, including news of a Russian parliamentarian saying on a TV show that U.S. intelligence "slept through" Russia electing the U.S. president.
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| DACA Recipients Detained At Border Region Checkpoint, Attorney Says Posted: 11 Sep 2017 04:11 PM PDT  Multiple recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program were detained for hours on Monday at a Customs and Border Protection checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas, according to an immigration attorney.
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| Texas man arrested in ex-wife's disappearance day of Harvey Posted: 11 Sep 2017 01:46 PM PDT  The body of a Texas real estate agent was found in a marshy wooded area Saturday more than two weeks after she disappeared the day Hurricane Harvey made landfall, authorities said.
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| The Tribute in Light Posted: 11 Sep 2017 09:20 PM PDT ![The Tribute in Light]( "The Tribute in Light") In what has become one of the most moving — and visible — 9/11 memorials, two giant pillars of light near where the World Trade Center's twin towers once stood were turned on in lower Manhattan this week to mark the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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| NYFW: Gigi Hadid handles losing shoe like a total pro at Anna Sui Spring 2018 show Posted: 12 Sep 2017 09:53 AM PDT  Gigi Hadid closed the Anna Sui Spring 2018 show on Monday night, but she suffered a minor hiccup -- a lost stiletto!
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| ‘Fox & Friends’ Host Asks If 9/11 Memorial Will Face Same Fate As Confederate Statues Posted: 11 Sep 2017 10:07 AM PDT  Leave it up to a Fox News Channel talk show host to ask a tone-deaf question.
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| Physics Explains Why It's Especially Dangerous to Fire Guns at a Hurricane Posted: 11 Sep 2017 09:16 AM PDT  Storm winds can shift a bullet's path more than you think.
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| What The 2 Deadliest Mass Shootings This Year Have In Common Posted: 12 Sep 2017 11:35 AM PDT  On Sunday, 27-year-old Meredith Lane invited a group of friends over to her house in Plano, Texas, to watch football and grill.
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| A Silk Road Marriage Posted: 12 Sep 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Are cross-cultural marriages the key to integrating a region?
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| Anger in Singapore as no election for president Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:04 AM PDT  Singaporeans Tuesday poured scorn on the process to select their new president after an establishment figure was deemed the only eligible candidate, meaning no election will be held. Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament from the city-state's Muslim Malay minority, will be the first woman to hold the largely ceremonial role if -- as expected -- she is formally nominated to the presidency Wednesday. Two were disqualified as they were not Malay -- the presidency was on this occasion reserved for members of the ethnic minority -- while two Malay businessmen were disqualified as their companies were too small.
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| 95 Canadian Tourists Not Allowed To Board Air Canada Evacuation Flight Posted: 11 Sep 2017 03:38 AM PDT  According to the Air Canada authorities, they had received confirmations that "the charter flight would be authorized" to fly back with the Canadian tourists stranded on the island.
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| Iconic 9/11 images: 16 years later Posted: 11 Sep 2017 04:00 AM PDT  The 9/11 attacks in New York City were documented extensively in photographs, and rebuilding in the World Trade Center area has been too. Here, in interactive displays that combine original images and current photos, you can compare then with now.
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| Monkey selfie case: British photographer settles with animal charity over royalties dispute Posted: 11 Sep 2017 07:15 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. Monkey selfies 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. 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. David Slater, the photographer behind the monkey selfie pictures Credit: Thomas Gaffney/Caters News Agency 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 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." Lawyers for the group and Mr Slater asked the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the case and throw out a lower court decision that said animals cannot own copyrights. Monkey selfie photographer enters legal battle with PETA 01:17 Mr Slater had argued that his company, Wildlife Personalities Ltd, owns worldwide commercial rights to the photos, including the now-famous selfie of the monkey's toothy grin. US District Judge William Orrick said in a ruling in favour of Mr Slater last year that "while Congress and the president can extend the protection of law to animals as well as humans, there is no indication that they did so in the Copyright Act." The 9th Circuit was considering Peta's appeal. The lawyers notified the appeals court on August 4 that they were nearing a settlement and asked the judges not to rule. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit heard oral arguments in the case in July.
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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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| Parents Sue Boy Scouts After Son Dies of Heat Stroke During Hike Posted: 12 Sep 2017 11:26 AM PDT  The family is blaming negligence on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America for the death of the 15-year-old three months ago.
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| CNN anchor Don Lemon's body-positive remarks to 'chunky' reporter go viral Posted: 12 Sep 2017 06:36 AM PDT  CNN anchor Don Lemon's body-positive remarks during a recent segment are now going viral. Lemon was talking to CNN news reporter Sara Sidner who was in Daytona Beach, Fla., to cover Hurricane Irma. Sidner told Lemon that the windy, torrential rainstorm was strong enough to topple her over.
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| Uncontacted Tribe Allegedly Killed By Gold Miners In Brazil Posted: 11 Sep 2017 01:20 AM PDT  At least 10 members of an uncontacted tribe in Brazil's Amazon Basin were allegedly killed last month by illegal gold miners, according to Survival International.
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| Quarter of houses in Florida Keys destroyed: US official Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:15 AM PDT  Irma destroyed a quarter of the houses in the Florida Keys, where it first made landfall in the United States as a Category Four hurricane, the US emergency response chief said Tuesday. "Some of the initial estimates are -- and this is why we asked people to evacuate, largely from storm surge -- 25 percent of the houses in the Keys initially have been destroyed and 60 percent have been damaged," FEMA director Brock Long said. "Basically every house in the Keys has been impacted some way or another," Long told a news conference.
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| Hezbollah declares Syria victory, Russia says much of country won back Posted: 12 Sep 2017 11:25 AM PDT  By Tom Perry and Katya Golubkova BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war while Russia said government forces had driven militants from much of the country where President Bashar al-Assad's rule seemed in danger two years ago. The comments from two Syrian government allies mark the most confident assessments yet of Assad's position in the war, though significant parts of the country remain outside the government's control. Russia's assertion that the army had won back 85 percent of Syria was dismissed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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| Senator’s Corruption Trial Reveals State Department Favors Posted: 11 Sep 2017 08:00 AM PDT  Menendez stands accused of using his oversight role to guarantee visas and business transactions for friend.
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| Watch these flamingoes form an orderly queue to escape Hurricane Irma Posted: 11 Sep 2017 03:03 AM PDT  It's not often you get to see flamingos marching in single file — but extreme situations call for extreme measures. American news channels recently released this footage of flamingos at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida being led to safety ahead of hurricane Irma. SEE ALSO: How to prepare for natural disasters Watch their majestic procession: "Single-file line, just like in elementary school!" Flamingos being moved to safe areas at @BuschGardens. pic.twitter.com/d7oiERZCFL — Bay News 9 (@BN9) September 10, 2017 Far from being in a flap, the flamingos are better behaved than most people, following their human shepherds in a calm and orderly manner. They're being led to a safer, closed enclosure to shelter. Flamingoing... flamingoing... flamingone! WATCH: Damaging winds and flooding as Hurricane Irma moves on Florida
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| Richard Branson reveals Irma's devastating impact on his private island home Posted: 11 Sep 2017 07:31 AM PDT  Virgin boss Richard Branson has revealed the extent of damage to his private island in the Caribbean as he called for urgent government help for those in the Caribbean in desperate need after Hurricane Irma. In a series of tweets and postings on Instagram, Mr Branson showed the extensive damage to Necker, his own island in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
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| Chicago Teen Found Dead In Hotel Freezer Sparks Outrage, Confusion Posted: 12 Sep 2017 01:59 PM PDT  The mysterious death of a Chicago teenager at a local hotel has angered her family and friends, some of whom are demanding that the hotel be closed.
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| Barzani vows to press on with Kurdish referendum, defying Iraq parliament Posted: 12 Sep 2017 11:54 AM PDT  By Ahmed Rasheed and Raya Jalabi BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani vowed on Tuesday to press ahead with a referendum on Kurdish independence on Sept. 25 despite a vote by Iraq's parliament to reject the move. Earlier the parliament in Baghdad authorized the prime minister to "take all measures" to preserve Iraq's unity. Western powers fear a plebiscite in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region - including the oil-rich city of Kirkuk - could ignite conflict with the central government in Baghdad and divert attention from the war against Islamic State militants.
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| This Wild Hair Dryer Will Make Your Blowouts Go Way Faster Posted: 11 Sep 2017 08:50 AM PDT  Try as we may, we can never quite get our hair to look as good at home as it does when we leave the salon.
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| The 5 Best Jobs for People With ADD and ADHD Posted: 11 Sep 2017 10:20 AM PDT  For adults who have problems focusing at work and have been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, here are the top 5 jobs that work with your disorder.
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| 'France isn't liberal England', hardliners tell Emmanuel Macron, as tens of thousands protest labour reforms Posted: 12 Sep 2017 08:06 AM PDT  France will not be turned into "liberal England', Emmanuel Macron has been warned, as clashes broke out in protests against loosening labour regulations seen as a key public test of the president's reformist resolve. Stone-throwing protesters in Paris clashed with police who responded with tear gas as some 4,000 strikes were called around France by the country's biggest public sector trade union, the hardline CGT. Rail workers, students and civil servants were urged to protest in cities from Paris to Toulouse. By mid-afternoon, the CGT had already deemed the protests a "success", with at least 100,000 in force in provincial France and 60,000 in Paris. Police said there were 24,000 protesters in Paris. The numbers were, however, well below protests against another labour reform last year. Hundreds of masked protesters dressed in black clashed with police in Paris, who responded with tear gas and water cannons. Clashes between police and protesters at demonstration against the French government's labor reforms in Paris Credit: IAN LANGSDON/EPA The reference to Britain came not from the unions but from far-Left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who pledged to force Mr Macron to "backtrack" on business-friendly changes to France's labour code, which he recently called a "social coup d'état". "What is going to be a surprise is when he (Macron) ends up giving way," the leader of opposition party France Unbowed told reporters as he joined a protest in the southern port of Marseille. "This country doesn't want the liberal world... France isn't England," he added. French leader of La France Insoumise far-left coalition Jean-Luc Melenchon (C) speaks with a CGT union's demonstrator during a protest called by several French unions against the labour law reform in Marseille, southern France, on September 12, 201 Credit: ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP Mr Mélenchon, who came fourth in this year's presidential elections, taking 19.6 per cent of around seven million votes sees Mr Macron, an ex-investment banker, as an Anglo-Saxon ultra-liberal whose aim is to unpick the French social model. Polls suggest he is currently seen as Mr Macron's most credible opponent, given the parlous state of the mainstream Right and Left. Unions are wary of the charismatic orator stealing their limelight as protest figurehead. They are not best pleased his party is organising a separate march on September 23. Mr Macron, meanwhile was thousands of miles away from the marches visiting hurricane-struck compatriots in the French Caribbean. France's President Emmanuel Macron waits on the tarmac of Pointe-a-Pitre airport, Guadeloupe island, before boarding an helicopter en route to French Caribbean islands of St. Martin and St. Barthelemy Credit: CHRISTOPHE ENA / POOL/ AP POOL He made no mention of the strike protests as he visited the devastated islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy, where residents are angry at the speed of the rescue effort. But he will have kept a close eye on the scale of protests today against his business-friendly changes to the labour code. If the reform passes smoothly, it will bode well for a slew of other upcoming reforms on unemployment insurance, professional training and - most controversially - pensions. Protest leaders had hoped that ill-advised comments by Mr Macron apparently likening striking workers to "slackers" would swell the ranks of demonstrations around France. CGT leader Philippe Martinez said he was "scandalised" by the comment. "The president should listen to the people, understand them, rather than cause divisions," Mr Martinez told France 2. This was just "phase one" of protests, he insisted. Another is planned for September 21. Although the reform concerns the private sector, his union called for strikes across transport and other public sector businesses. A CGT union's demonstrator walks amid smoke of flares during a protest called by several French unions against the labour law reform in Rennes on September 12, 2017 Credit: DAMIEN MEYER/AFP CGT workers from the rail, oil and power sectors also heeded his call. Roads into several major cities were blocked and some trains cancelled. Budget airline Ryanair accused unions of "holding Europe to ransom" after being forced to cancel 110 flights. Furious, its marketing director Kenny Jacobs slammed the French government and European Commission saying: "They cannot stand idly by as more disruption and travel misery is inflicted upon Europe's consumers and airlines." Travellers were advised to check its website. Demonstrators, holding CGT labour union flags, attend a national strike and protest against the government's labour reforms in Marseille Credit: JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER/Reuters Some students' unions also called on members to take action. In the early hours of Tuesday, lorries were already blocking Paris' iconic Champs-Elysées and Place de l'Etoile, while staff at the Eiffel Tower were also due to go on strike in the afternoon. In one unexpected development, fairground workers - including the boss who runs the big wheel at Paris' Place de la Concorde - led blockages in Paris and elsewhere, furious at a totally unrelated administrative decree passed in April. A less radical reform of France's labour code sparked huge blockages and sometimes violent protests last year, but the Socialist government stood firm - a sign that the unions no longer have the clout to strong-arm Gallic governments to backtrack. This time, Mr Macron took comfort from the fact that two other unions, Force Ouvrière and the CFDT, the largest in the private-sector, declined to join the protests. However dozens of local units of the normally pugnacious FO ignored their leader's call to stay away and marched regardless. After weeks of negotiations, the government last month set out measures including a cap on payouts for dismissals judged unfair, and greater freedom for companies to hire and fire. Secretary-General of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) French worker's union, Philippe Martinez Credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP The reform hands firms more flexibility to set pay and working conditions. The government plans to adopt the new measures, being implemented by decree, on Sept. 22. During a trip to Athens on Friday, Macron told French business leaders: "I am fully determined and I won't give any ground, not to slackers, nor cynics, nor hardliners." Bruno Cautres of the Cevipof political research institute said Mr Macron had "thrown oil on the fire" with his choice of words."With the 'slackers' comment, there are all the ingredients for this to heat up," he said. Mr Macron insisted that the term "slackers" referred to those who had failed to push through reforms in the past "in France and Europe", but many viewed it as an attack on the unemployed or on workers on highly-protected staff contracts. In Bordeaux, protesters chanted: "Macron you're screwed, the slackers are in the streets" while in Paris others carried placards reading: "Slacker on strike". Asked on Monday if he regretted his comment, he replied: "We cannot move forward if we don't tell it like it is." "It's Macron's style," said Jerome Fourquet of pollster IFOP. "He's not going to back down, make apologies. That carries a risk." The president's stated aim is cut unemployment from 9.5 per cent to 7. 5 per cent by 2022. The reforms are seen in Germany as a test of the French president's resolve to "re-found" the eurozone's second-biggest economy, key if he is to win Berlin's backing for broader reforms to the currency union. An opinion poll published on September 1 indicated that voters have mixed views on the reform. Nearly six in 10 said they opposed Macron's labour decrees overall. But when respondents looked at individual measures, most received majority support. Emmanuel Macron - Satisfaction with French presidents in first 100 days Mr Macron's attempts to push through the changes come as France's economic growth is accelerating, unemployment appears to be falling, and the unions are divided. Finance minister Bruno Le Maire told the newspaper Les Echos that voters had chosen Mr Macron "to carry out the reforms that France has shrunk away from for 30 years".
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| Wanted: Volunteer shooters to thin Grand Canyon bison herd Posted: 11 Sep 2017 03:21 PM PDT  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service plans to thin a herd of bison in the Grand Canyon through roundups and by seeking volunteers who are physically fit and proficient with a gun to kill the animals that increasingly are damaging park resources.
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| Behind-The-Scenes Pics Show How Disney World Prepared For Hurricane Irma Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:59 AM PDT  For only the fifth time in history, Disney World closed for two days Sunday and Monday as Hurricane Irma rolled over Florida.
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| Cop Takes Money From Wallet Of Hot Dog Vendor Who Had No License Posted: 12 Sep 2017 05:55 AM PDT  The UC Berkeley Police are claiming the money was evidence.
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| 'Abducted, Raped and Burned Up.' Former Traveling Carnival Worker Pleads Guilty to Killing Young Sisters in 1975 Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:18 AM PDT  A man charged in the killing of two young sisters from Maryland pleaded guilty Tuesday, more than four decades after the girls vanished during a trip to a local shopping mall
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| Chris Christie Trashes Steve Bannon For Questioning His Loyalty To Trump Posted: 12 Sep 2017 06:48 AM PDT  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has a lot to say about former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.
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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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| BBC Documentary-Maker’s Pet Dog Was High On Cocaine When It Attacked Him Posted: 12 Sep 2017 04:38 AM PDT  Following the incident, Major's urine was tested for possible toxicity and samples of cocaine and morphine were found in it, equal to 'eight times the drug drive limit' of a human.
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| US asks Russia's RT to register as 'foreign agent' Posted: 12 Sep 2017 02:50 PM PDT  The US Justice Department has asked Russian broadcaster RT to register its American operations as a "foreign agent," putting fresh pressure on a major media group that Washington regards as Moscow's propaganda arm. RT said late Monday that the company that supplies all the services for its RT America channel was told by the DOJ in a letter that it is obligated to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, an act aimed at lobbyists and lawyers representing foreign political interests. RT is "consulting with our lawyers and are reviewing the request," the broadcaster's spokeswoman Anna Belkina told AFP on Tuesday.
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| Top 10 Foods Dietitians Won't Eat Posted: 11 Sep 2017 10:04 AM PDT  We all know we should eat more fruits and vegetables, but everyone indulges in "bad" foods from time to time. Even registered dietitians will tell you that eating these—often processed—foods won't change your health over the long haul.
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| White House Social Media Director Busted For Tweeting Fake News Posted: 10 Sep 2017 07:51 PM PDT  White House social media director Dan Scavino Jr. tweeted a video on Sunday he initially claimed showed a flooded Miami International Airport during Hurricane Irma.
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| Bridal Party's Doughnut Bouquets Are A Delicious Idea Posted: 11 Sep 2017 04:29 PM PDT  There was more flour than flower in these unusually sweet wedding bouquets.
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| Biracial Boy Pushed Off Table With Rope Around His Neck: Family Posted: 12 Sep 2017 10:24 AM PDT  The boy was brought to a hospital where he was treated for cuts to his neck.
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| Somali army repels al Shabaab after attack, at least 17 killed Posted: 11 Sep 2017 02:49 AM PDT  By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali government forces have regained control of a town on the border with Kenya after al Shabaab militants stormed an army base there on Monday, causing heavy clashes in which at least 17 people died, the military said. "We were awoken by a suicide car bomb this morning and then fierce battle followed," Major Mohamed Abdullahi told Reuters from the town. "We chased al Shabaab out of the town," he said.
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