| Clinton blasts Don Jr.'s 'absurd lie' about Russian lawyer meeting Posted: 13 Sep 2017 07:59 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton isn't buying Donald Trump Jr.'s latest explanation for meeting a Kremlin-connected lawyer during the presidential campaign.
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| 2 Florida Men Accused Of Stealing Enormous Power Pole After Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:36 AM PDT  Police in Jacksonville, Florida have arrested two men for allegedly trying to steal a gigantic power pole in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
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| Exclusive: Michael Flynn’s Son is a Subject of Russia Investigation Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:39 AM PDT  Michael G. Flynn, the son of President Trump's former national security adviser, is a subject of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election, according to four current and former government officials.
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| One dead, others wounded in Washington state school shooting Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:40 AM PDT  (Reuters) - One person was killed and at least several others wounded when a suspect opened fire on Wednesday at a high school near Spokane, Washington, police and local media said.
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| Teacher Spends 70 Hours Creating Incredible 'Harry Potter'-Themed Classroom Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:59 PM PDT  An Oregon teacher transformed his classroom into a magical oasis.
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| No country for migrant stowaways caught on ferry between Ukraine and Turkey Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:13 AM PDT  By Julie Astrid Thomsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Twelve migrants, apparently from North Africa, have been sailing to and fro on a Danish passenger ferry between Istanbul and Odessa for the last seven weeks locked in four cabins, with no country willing to take them. According to the Danish DFDS ferry operator, Turkey and Ukraine both refuse to accept the men, who have been violent and threatening suicide. "There has been a tendency to violence and aggressions and they have threatened to jump overboard... so there is no alternative to locking them inside the cabins," a DFDS spokesman told Reuters on Thursday.
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| Chicago Newspaper Hits Back After Police Union Attacks Reporters For Doing Their Job Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:34 PM PDT  The Chicago Sun-Times published a blistering editorial Wednesday night, denying a police union's demand that effectively told the newspaper's reporters to stop doing their job. "Chicago needs a great police force," the board wrote. On Tuesday, the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police sent a letter to Sun-Times investigative reporters Tim Novak and Robert Herguth and managing editor Chris Fusco, criticizing them over their recent piece on lax discipline for Chicago police officers who violate department policy on alcohol and drug use.
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| Man who killed estranged wife, 7 others had drinking problem Posted: 13 Sep 2017 01:57 PM PDT  PLANO, Texas (AP) — Meredith Hight had gathered friends at her suburban Dallas home for a day of grilling and watching football when her estranged husband showed up and opened fire, killing her and seven others before a police officer killed him.
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| Cassini spacecraft to end its mission tomorrow with a 70,000mph death plunge into Saturn's atmosphere Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:23 AM PDT  Nasa scientists are preparing to kill off the Cassini space probe with a spectacular suicidal dive into Saturn's atmosphere on Friday. The 22ft robot craft will break into fragments and burn up as it ploughs into the ringed planet's cloud tops, ending a 20-year mission that cost £2.9 billion. Cassini was launched in 1997 and took seven years to travel two billion miles to Saturn, before embarking on a 13-year journey of discovery that delivered a wealth of scientific data on the planet and its moons. The north pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is seen in an image from the Cassini spacecraft on 14 October 2015 Credit: NASA Now with the spacecraft running out of fuel, and soon to become impossible to steer, controllers have chosen to bring the mission to a fiery end. Scientists expect to lose contact with the probe at around 12.55pm UK time as Cassini begins to feel the effects of drag from Saturn's atmosphere and starts to tumble, causing its dish antenna to lose sight of Earth. At this point the craft will be roughly 930 miles above the planet's cloud tops. From then on, Cassini will start to burn like a meteor and tear apart. Within two minutes of signal loss the probe will be completely consumed. In brief | Nasa's Cassini mission During the dive Cassini will be travelling at around 70,000mph. Its plunge to destruction will mark the end of a series of 22 daring orbits that allowed the probe to slip between Saturn and its rings. Because Saturn is so far away, the spacecraft's last gasp transmissions will take 83 minutes to reach Earth. Earl Maize, Cassini project manager at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said: "The spacecraft's final signal will be like an echo. It will radiate across the solar system for nearly an hour and a half after Cassini itself has gone. "Even though we'll know that, at Saturn, Cassini has already met its fate, its mission isn't truly over for us on Earth as long as we're still receiving its signal." Cassini: Getting to Saturn Right up until it beams its final signals to Earth eight of the spacecraft's 12 scientific instruments will be gathering data from the top of Saturn's atmosphere and transmitting information about its structure and composition. Cassini's cameras will capture their final images of looming Saturn and its moons several hours earlier. They will be radioed to Nasa's Deep Space Network antenna complex in Canberra, Australia, before being posted on the mission website. Cassini: The spacecraft A high point of the mission came in January 2005 when a small European Space Agency lander called Huygens detached from Cassini and descended to the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan. The probe touched down on a pebble-strewn surface with the consistency of wet sand. It was the first successful landing on a world in the outer solar system. Are there lifeforms on Enceladus? | Dr Daniel Brown of Nottingham Trent University analyses the new research As it parachuted down through Titan's thick nitrogen and methane atmosphere, Huygens captured images of features that looked like shore lines and river systems on Earth. Scientists now know Titan has lakes and seas filled with liquid methane and ethane. Another key discovery made by Cassini was a global ocean under the icy surface of another moon, Enceladus, that may sustain life. An image of earth taken by Cassini from within Saturn's rings Credit: PA The decision to send Cassini to its fiery grave was taken in order to avoid any chance of the spacecraft crashing onto Titan or Enceladus and possibly contaminating the potentially life-hosting worlds with Earth bugs. British scientists played a major role in the mission, wholly or partly contributing several of the spacecraft's instruments. Open University planetary scientist Professor Simon Green, who helped develop Huygens' surface science package, said: "The Cassini-Huygens mission has transformed our understanding of the second largest planet in our solar system, Saturn, with its vast ring system and its unique moons. "Landing on Titan revealed a cold, but surprisingly Earth-like landscape, shaped by the flow of methane rather than water, and the icy volcanoes of Enceladus hint at a habitat for life below its frozen surface. "The scientific legacy of the mission will extend long beyond its fiery end in the clouds of Saturn." Google doodle marks Cassini's final mission 01:19
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| Trump blames delayed message to Mexican quake victims on bad phone reception Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:24 PM PDT  Trump's message of condolence represents his first public comments on the earthquake. Donald Trump has offered condolences to Mexico's president one week after the country's worst earthquake in a century, claiming he had been unable to reach Enrique Peña Nieto for several days because of bad mobile phone reception.
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| Democrats Flip State House Seats In 2 Districts That Trump Won By Double Digits Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:04 AM PDT  Democrats won two GOP-held legislative seats in Oklahoma and New Hampshire on Tuesday, bringing the total number of state legislature seats the party has flipped since the November election to six.
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| Newark Customs Officers Arrested For Alleged 'Rape Table' Assault Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:18 AM PDT  Three Customs and Border Protection officers working at Newark Liberty International Airport were arrested on Wednesday over a disturbing ritual dubbed a "rape table."
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| Boys 'cried from barred windows' as Islamic school blaze kills 23 in Malaysia Posted: 14 Sep 2017 03:06 AM PDT  By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A blaze at an Islamic boarding school in the Malaysian capital killed at least 23 people on Thursday, most of them teenage boys who cried for help from barred windows, officials and witnesses said. The fire broke out at around 5.40 a.m. in a top-floor dormitory in the three-storey building, firemen said, where most of the students were sleeping in bunk beds, with many of the windows covered by metal grills. Two teachers were also killed in the fire at the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, a 15-minute drive from the iconic Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, police said, adding that most of the victims died from smoke inhalation.
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| Jonathan Adler Outfits a Condo in Manhattan’s Trendy 70 Charlton Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:56 AM PDT |
| Motel 6 Admits Arizona Sites Were Reporting Guests To ICE Without Chain's Approval Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:56 PM PDT  Employees at Motel 6 locations in Phoenix have ceased working with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in light of a new report that revealed motel staffers were reporting guests who appear to be undocumented immigrants, according to a spokeswoman for the motel chain.
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| 7 Facts Surrounding The Death Of Kenneka Jenkins Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:30 AM PDT  Here's what we know so far about the developing "death investigation" of 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins.
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| Russian navy fires cruise missiles into eastern Syria Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:21 PM PDT  ABOARD THE ADMIRAL ESSEN (AP) — Russia fired a salvo of cruise missiles from the Mediterranean on Thursday and said they struck Islamic State targets in eastern Syria. Activists there said at least 20 civilians were killed in what they described a "fanatical" bombardment — blaming some of it on Russia and some on the United States.
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| Melania Trump tweets footage from Marine One of devastating Florida flooding caused by Hurricane Irma Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:04 AM PDT  First Lady Melania Trump and President Trump headed to Florida on Thursday to assess the damage done by Hurricane Irma.
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| Man Posts 'Slaves 4 Sale' Sign Next To Confederate Flag To Prove He's No Racist Posted: 13 Sep 2017 05:04 PM PDT  A Missouri man angered his neighbors by posting a "Slaves 4 Sale" sign right above his Confederate flag.
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| Boyfriend Arrested For Alleged Murder of Missing Pregnant Teacher Found In Shallow Grave: Cops Posted: 14 Sep 2017 06:39 AM PDT  Laura Wallen's boyfriend, Tyler Tessier, was earlier seen crying at a news conference and rallying behind the victim's parents.
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| Nancy Pelosi: Republican Leaders Got Rolled On The Spending Deal Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:34 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
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| Laci Peterson's mother recalls last time she spoke to her Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:03 PM PDT  Sharon Rocha told "20/20" that the last time she saw Laci, she let her feel the baby kick and said, "Scott doesn't like to do this."
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| China mourns death of oldest panda Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:19 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — China is mourning the death of the world's oldest panda, Basi, who attracted millions of visitors during a visit to the United States 30 years ago.
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| 8 Foods That Contain Probiotics (And They Aren't Yogurt) Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:01 AM PDT  Everybody knows that yogurt is a good source of probiotics ― even people who don't really know what probiotics are.
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| Elephants hide by day, forage at night to evade poachers Posted: 13 Sep 2017 12:53 PM PDT  Like escaped convicts, elephants in eastern Africa have learned to travel at night and hide during the day to avoid poachers who are hunting tuskers into extinction, researchers reported Wednesday. "As most poaching occurs during the daytime, their transition to nocturnal behaviour appears to be a direct result of prevailing poaching levels," said Festus Ihwagi, a researcher at the University of Twente in The Netherlands. In an upcoming study, Ihwagi details his findings, based on data gathered from 60 elephants in northern Kenya tracked with GPS devices for up to three years during the period 2002 to 2012.
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| Trump Marveled At Historic Hurricanes — Until Someone Brought Up Climate Change Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:10 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — Days after expressing amazement at the size of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, President Donald Trump on Thursday suddenly didn't seem too impressed about their ferocity when asked about climate change's impact.
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| 'We’re Having Gang Wars All Over Again' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:45 AM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas ― Brian Silva, an unemployed African-American man from one of Little Rock's roughest neighborhoods, still struggles on a daily basis not to go back to the life of crime he knows so well.
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| Seat Deal! Mom Negotiates $4G From Airline After Giving Up Spot on Overbooked Flight Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:23 AM PDT  She plans on going to Hawaii with the money.
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| Lifehacker Writer Whitesplains Chopsticks; Asian People Reject It Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:03 PM PDT  A writer for Lifehacker, a popular tech and lifestyle blog, has issued an apology after running a short article about chopsticks that stirred up some feelings within the Asian community.
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| WWII remains on Pacific island identified as Michigan man Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:57 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan airman whose plane crashed during World War II has been identified among the remains recently discovered on a Pacific Ocean island, the U.S. government said Thursday.
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| Video Of McDonald's Employee Misbehaving With Hispanic Woman Goes Viral Posted: 12 Sep 2017 11:30 PM PDT  The Charlotte woman posted the video on Facebook that shows a manager of a drive-thru McDonald's insulting her probably due to her accent and appearance.
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| Turkey will take its own security measures after Russia defense deal: Erdogan Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:05 AM PDT  By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday dismissed NATO allies' concern over Turkey's deal to buy a missile defense system from Russia and said Ankara would continue to take the security measures it thought right. Turkey, whose relations with its allies have frayed in recent months, said it opted for the S-400 because Western companies had offered no "financially effective" alternative.
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| Irma's wrath was especially hard on Keys, Jacksonville Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:57 AM PDT  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Irma seemed to inflict special wrath on some unlucky communities, even though it didn't cause the catastrophic destruction that was feared in Florida and the rest of the Southeastern United States.
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| Anti-Immigration Conservatives Flip Out Over Trump-Dem Deal Reports Posted: 14 Sep 2017 03:12 AM PDT  Anti-immigration conservatives flipped out over news that President Donald Trump made a deal with Democratic leaders on immigration.
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| 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli jailed after Clinton threat Posted: 13 Sep 2017 06:13 PM PDT  Martin Shkreli was sent to jail on Wednesday after a US judge revoked the bail of the former pharmaceutical executive over a threat aimed at Hillary Clinton -- which he insists was a joke. Once dubbed "The Most Hated Man in America" for jacking up the price of an HIV drug, the 34-year-old was convicted of securities fraud last month for mismanaging two investment funds. Freed on a five-million-dollar bail while awaiting sentencing, Shkreli was hauled back into court to answer for having offered a $5,000 reward to anyone who would grab a strand of Clinton's hair.
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| Bernie Sanders To Introduce Single-Payer Bill With Major Support In Senate Posted: 13 Sep 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will introduce on Wednesday a new version of his plan to give everybody government-run health insurance, potentially opening a new chapter in the ongoing debate over how to make health care in the U.S. more affordable and available.
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| Meet the Billionaire Immigrant Who Just Made One of the Largest Donations to Hurricane Harvey Relief Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:25 PM PDT  Meet the Billionaire Immigrant Who Just Made One of the Largest Donations to Hurricane Harvey Relief
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| Bella Hadid shouts at security guard for pushing female paparazzo: 'Do not touch her!' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:14 AM PDT  Just days after saving sister Gigi on the runway during a New York Fashion Week show, Bella just gave us another reason to love her even more. Paparazzi swarmed the 20-year-old model while leaving the Michael Kors Spring 2018 show during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday. During Milan Fashion Week last year, Bella's sister Gigi found herself in a similar situation involving notorious internet prankster Vitalii Sediuk.
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| Mother of 3 Injured by Falling Tree in Central Park to Sue for $200 Million Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:51 AM PDT  Anne Monoky was walking with her three sons when a 75-foot-tall tree suddenly fell and landed on top of the family on Aug. 15.
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| Indian bullet train met with criticism as Modi celebrates with Japanese PM Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:19 AM PDT  Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone of a £14.4bn high-speed train project in his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi's western home state of Gujarat on Thursday. Funded largely by a loan from Japan, the bullet train is expected to reduce the time of the 310-mile long journey between Gujarat's largest town of Ahmedabad and the port city of Mumbai to less than three hours, which currently takes eight. The 750-seat train travels at a speed of 217mph, more than twice the maximum speed of any Indian Rail locomotive, is scheduled to run from mid-August 2022 to mark the country's 75th Independence Day anniversary. Indian Rail officials said the major portion of the train's route would be elevated, except for a 4.3 mile stretch under the sea. Mr Abe and Mr Modi visit Ahmedabad Credit: HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images "This enterprise will launch a revolution in Indian railways and speed up India's journey into the future" Mr Modi said, adding that it will be an engine of economic transformation for the country. But political allies of Mr Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), opposition leaders, analysts and economists strongly disagree. They question the necessity of the bullet train project at a time when money is desperately needed for other projects that have been starved of resources. "We are getting a bullet train without asking for it and do not know exactly what problems this will solve," said the Shiv Sena, the BJP's ultra Right-Wing ally in the federal government, that politically controls Mumbai. "Modi's dream is not of the common man, but of the rich" the party declared, adding the bullet train is being introduced at the cost of the cash-strapped and broken down local rail network. Founded by the Colonial administration in 1853, Indian Railway is the world's third largest network and transports 23 million people every day. Indian commuters at a railway station in New Delhi Credit: PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images Currently, however, it is broke due to decades-long recurring losses spawned by inefficiency and corruption. Senior officials admit Indian Railway barely has enough money to pay for itself, let alone invest in modernisation and safety measures, resulting in frequent accidents. The federal Railway Ministry recently told parliament that over 800 people had died in around 450 accidents between 2013 and 2017 due to poor maintenance, outdated rolling stock, corroded rail lines and bridges dating back to colonial times. Roughly 15,000 people a year were run over by speeding trains while crossing rail tracks, and around 3,000 of them were hit on Mumbai's busy suburban network, which transports over seven million commuters. "The big question that will not go away, is whether the same investment on upgrading the entire Indian Railway network would be more economically beneficial, than a single, high cost bullet train project," said economic and political analyst Mohan Guruswamy.
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| New Pictures Emerge Out Of Florida Keys In Irma's Aftermath Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:34 AM PDT  Initial assessments said 90 percent of homes on the island chain were damaged.
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| Ruling may be imminent in St. Louis police shooting case Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:26 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge may be close to a ruling in the case of a white former St. Louis police officer charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 death of a black man who was a drug suspect, and Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Thursday that he has put the National Guard on standby in case unrest breaks out.
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