| Trump's USDA Pick With Ties To Russia Investigation Withdraws Nomination Posted: 02 Nov 2017 08:14 AM PDT  Sam Clovis, President Donald Trump's pick to become the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientist, has withdrawn his nomination.
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| Walmart Shooting Suspect Arrested After High-Speed Chase Posted: 02 Nov 2017 09:09 AM PDT  The manhunt for a shooter who killed three shoppers at a Walmart outside of Denver Wednesday, escalated in a high-speed chase and the arrest of a man Thursday morning with no known motive.
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| NYPD: Harvey Weinstein Could Be Arrested Posted: 03 Nov 2017 01:23 PM PDT  The New York City Police Department disclosed Friday that it is gathering evidence behind a rape allegation against Harvey Weinstein, who could be facing arrest as a result.
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| This Mom Is ‘Disgusted’ After School Robocall Mispronounces Her Daughter’s Name as Racial Slur Posted: 03 Nov 2017 04:04 PM PDT  A mother says she received multiple robocalls from her city's school district that mispronounced her daughter's name as a racial slur
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| LA Times columnist faces backlash after comparing Sarah Huckabee Sanders to a 'chunky soccer mom' Posted: 03 Nov 2017 11:52 AM PDT  A Los Angeles Times columnist faced criticism this week after his latest piece took aim at the White House press secretary's physical appearance.
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| California family missing in Brazilian jungle found safe Posted: 02 Nov 2017 04:07 PM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — A California couple and their two daughters who had been missing for days after pirates attacked their boat in the Amazon River delta area have been found alive.
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| U.S. and AT&T discuss conditions for approval of Time Warner deal Posted: 02 Nov 2017 02:12 PM PDT  AT&T Inc and the U.S. Department of Justice are discussing conditions the No. 2 wireless carrier needs to meet in order to win government antitrust approval for its acquisition of Time Warner Inc , sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday. Wall Street largely believes the transaction will go through, but its success is not assured, and the issue has become a political battleground. Donald Trump, who has accused Time Warner's CNN and other media of being unfair to him, criticized the deal on the campaign trail last year and vowed that as president his Justice Department would block it.
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| Russia Documents Mean Trouble for Sessions Posted: 02 Nov 2017 02:01 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow outlines the many ways that Sam Clovis is intertwined in the Trump Russia scandal and why the latest unsealed court documents mean Jeff Sessions is in big trouble with the Senate.
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| A Tax Cut That Republicans Could Pass, Flaws And All Posted: 02 Nov 2017 04:18 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― House Republicans released their long-awaited tax cut bill on Thursday, with some interest groups coming out immediately against the legislation and most Republicans enthusiastically supporting the bill anyway.
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| Teen Ordered to Jail Over Road Rage Case Flees Court, Slams Into Family's SUV Posted: 02 Nov 2017 05:42 PM PDT  Cyrus Mathews had just been ordered to spend 60 days in jail.
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| Syria army captures Deir Ezzor city from IS: monitor Posted: 02 Nov 2017 01:11 PM PDT  Syria's army and allied fighters have captured the city of Deir Ezzor from the Islamic State group in a Russian-backed operation, a monitor said on Thursday. There was no immediate confirmation from official sources, though state media earlier reported army advances in the city in the country's east. "Regime forces and allied fighters... with Russian air support have full control of Deir Ezzor city," the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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| CIA releases 470,000 more files from bin Laden raid Posted: 01 Nov 2017 06:46 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Never-before-seen video of Osama bin Laden's son and potential successor was released Wednesday by the CIA in a trove of material recovered during the May 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida leader at his compound in Pakistan.
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| Pope, at U.S. military cemetery, makes emotional anti-war address Posted: 02 Nov 2017 01:48 PM PDT  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis made one of his most emotional anti-war addresses on Thursday, saying during a visit to a U.S. military cemetery that the world seemed to be headed into war perhaps bigger than any before. Francis said a Mass for several thousand people at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in the town of Nettuno, south of the Italian capital, on the day Roman Catholics commemorate their dead. The burial ground is the final resting place for 7,860 American soldiers who died in the liberation of southern Italy and Rome in 1943 and 1944.
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| 9 Easy Thanksgiving Side Dishes Posted: 03 Nov 2017 09:09 AM PDT  It's getting down to the wire and you still haven't planned your menu for Thanksgiving.
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| House Democrats sue for records on Trump International Hotel lease Posted: 02 Nov 2017 09:08 AM PDT  The lawsuit represents the latest legal challenge to President Trump's controversial decision to retain ownership of his international real estate firm, which operates the Trump International Hotel in a building leased from the government's General Services Administration.
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| Nordstrom Just Low-Key Dropped A Huge Fall Sale You Can't Miss Posted: 02 Nov 2017 11:31 AM PDT  Nordstrom just quietly dropped a sale so good, we can't keep it a secret.
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| Samantha Bee Breaks Down Why She's So Disappointed With John Kelly Posted: 02 Nov 2017 01:37 AM PDT  Samantha Bee feels very let down by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
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| Meth Fueled Ex-Coach to Kidnap, Rape and Murder 10-Year-Old Hailey Owens, His Attorney Says Posted: 02 Nov 2017 06:55 AM PDT  The trial for the Missouri man accused of killing 10-year-old Hailey Owens in 2014 began Monday with his attorney admitting his client kidnapped, raped and murdered the girl
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| World's priciest whisky bought by Chinese millionaire revealed to be fake Posted: 02 Nov 2017 05:48 AM PDT  When Chinese millionaire, Zhang Wei, splashed out £7,600 on the world's most expensive whisky shot in a Swiss bar, he boasted to his fans that it was the same age as his great, great grandmother would have been – 139 years old. Unfortunately for the martial arts fantasy writer, the headlines generated not only admiration, but suspicion by experts who doubted the authenticity of the spirit's true provenance when they spotted discrepancies in the bottle's cork and label. An analysis from Scottish experts has now confirmed that Mr Zhang was unwittingly duped into buying a fake dram, and the Waldhaus am See hotel in St Moritz has recently flown its manager, Sandro Bernasconi, to China to reimburse him, reported the BBC. Analysis has shown the whisky was not as advertised Credit: David Cheskin/PA Wire The whisky had been poured from an unopened bottle labelled as an 1878 Macallan single malt, and Mr Zhang's shot is believed to have been the largest sum ever paid for a poured dram of Scotch. Had the bottle been genuine, it would have been worth £227,000. When doubts emerged about its provenance, the hotel sent the whisky to specialists in Dunfermline who carried out carbon dating tests that showed it was probably made between 1970 and 1972. Further lab tests revealed it was probably a blended a Scotch and not a single malt. Mr Bernasconi flew to China to break the bad news to Mr Zhang and to pay him back but he said the author was not angry. "He thanked me very much for the hotel's honesty," he told the BBC.
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| Broadcom eyes mega-deal for US chip rival Qualcomm: reports Posted: 03 Nov 2017 12:54 PM PDT  Shares of Qualcomm leapt on Friday after unconfirmed media reports said rival computer chip giant Broadcom may make an unsolicited takeover bid. Broadcom is considering an acquisition plan, which it could put into motion as soon as this weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an unnamed source it said was familiar with the matter. The news came a day after Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan appeared at the White House with President Donald Trump to announce plans to move the tech company back to the United States from Singapore.
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| Iraqi forces enter al-Qaim in final offensive on Islamic State-held territory Posted: 03 Nov 2017 04:01 AM PDT  By Raya Jalabi ERBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have entered al-Qaim, one of the last remaining territories in the country still held by Islamic State militants, the Joint Operations Command said on Friday. Units from the Iraqi army, Counter-Terrorism Services, Sunni tribal and Iranian-backed Popular Mobilisation forces (PMF) are participating in an offensive to recapture al-Qaim and Rawa, two towns which lie on the border area with Syria. Iraq's security forces retook a border crossing with Syria from the militants, hours after entering al-Qaim, according to the Joint Operations Command.
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| Victims of the Manhattan bike path attack Posted: 02 Nov 2017 02:27 PM PDT ![Victims of the Manhattan bike path attack]( "Victims of the Manhattan bike path attack") Those killed in the New York bike path attack reflect a city that is a melting pot: a mother of young sons from Belgium, five Argentine classmates, two Americans - a young software engineer and a project manager for Moody's Investors Service.
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| First lady Melania Trump to be protected by Japan's first-ever, all-female police squad Posted: 02 Nov 2017 11:49 AM PDT  Melania Trump will be protected by an all-female unit of officers during her and President Trump's upcoming visit to Japan.
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| Papa John's Gets Badly Burned In Twitter War With DiGiorno Posted: 02 Nov 2017 08:40 PM PDT  If you smelled charred pizza, that may have been Papa John's ― because the company got badly burned in a Twitter war.
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| The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week Posted: 03 Nov 2017 11:29 AM PDT  The ladies of Twitter never fail to brighten our days with their brilliant ― but succinct ― wisdom.
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| Acquaintances say bike path suspect was argumentative, angry Posted: 02 Nov 2017 04:28 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Some saw him as disagreeable and argumentative, others as quiet and prayerful. He was said to be hardworking but also seemed to simmer with disillusionment over financial and career setbacks.
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| Amanda Knox says she was never allowed to mourn Meredith Kercher Posted: 02 Nov 2017 02:34 PM PDT  Amanda Knox has written an essay on the 10th anniversary of Meredith Kercher's death describing how much she misses her "closest friend" but adding that she was never able to mourn properly because of suspicions she was involved in her roommate's death. Kercher was found stabbed to death on 1 November 2007 in the apartment she shared with Miss Knox in Perugia, Italy. Knox and her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty of her murder before their convictions were overturned. In an essay for the Westside Seattle newspaper, she recalls the time she spent with Kercher, sunbathing on the terrace or sipping espresso. "I remember that I loved her accent. I remember the time I wanted to get dressed up and she happily loaned me a pair of her tights, like a big sister. Amanda Knox was finally cleared in 2015 Credit: Reuters "And I remember the last time I saw her, ten years ago today, slinging her purse over her shoulder and waving goodbye to me on her way out to meet up with her British friends." But she says the fond memories are buried beneath recollections of post-mortem photographs, media slurs, wrongful imprisonment and death threats. And she feels she was never allowed to mourn her friend. "There are some people who believe I have no right to mourn Meredith," she writes. "They believe that I had something to do with her murder—I didn't—or that Meredith has been forgotten in the wake of my own struggle for justice—she hasn't." Court clears Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of murder 01:35 Miss Knox was finally cleared by the Supreme Court in Rome in 2015.She has lived in Seattle ever since, writing for her local paper. Another man, Rudy Guede, was tried in a separate, fast-track trial and found guilty of Kercher's murder in 2008. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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| Elizabeth Warren Thinks the DNC System Was Rigged to Help Hillary Clinton Posted: 02 Nov 2017 05:25 PM PDT  Elizabeth Warren said Democrats must hold their party "accountable" in the wake of the election
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| Missing US travel-blogger family found alive in Brazil Posted: 01 Nov 2017 08:21 PM PDT  An American family missing for three days in northern Brazil was found alive Wednesday, after a drama in which they were robbed while on a boat trip. The public safety ministry in Para state released a photo showing Adam Harris Hateau, 39, his wife Emily, 37, and their two young daughters alongside a member of the police and others in the Furo Grande area where they went missing on Sunday. The family recently lived in the southern resort and university city of Florianapolis.
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| China says hopes U.S. can 'help, not cause problems' in South China Sea Posted: 03 Nov 2017 01:42 AM PDT  By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes the United States can "help and not cause problems" in the disputed South China Sea, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday ahead of next week's visit to Beijing by President Donald Trump. The United States has criticized China's construction of islands and build-up of military facilities in the sea, and is concerned they could be used to restrict free nautical movement. U.S. Navy ships have also carried out freedom of navigation patrols in the area, angering China.
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| How to Keep Track of Your Student Loans Posted: 03 Nov 2017 08:51 AM PDT ![How to Keep Track of Your Student Loans]( "How to Keep Track of Your Student Loans") If you aren't a student loan borrower, it may sound ridiculous that anyone would need advice keeping track of student loans. You owe money. You pay it off every month. Where's the confusion?
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| Trump takes Asia: A look back at President Trump and Melania Trump's trips of 2017 Posted: 02 Nov 2017 10:35 AM PDT  Trump is set to depart for Asia on Friday, marking his first visit as president to five countries. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel first to Hawaii on Friday before continuing on to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. The president is expected to meet with a series of world leaders while on the Asia excursion.
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| Kevin Spacey Reportedly Dumped By Talent Agency And Publicist Posted: 02 Nov 2017 10:08 PM PDT  In the wake of mounting accusations of sexual harassment and assault against actor Kevin Spacey, his publicist and talent agency will no longer represent him, the Los Angeles Times is reporting.
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| Patty Jenkins 'Extremely Distressed' Over Brett Ratner Allegations Posted: 02 Nov 2017 11:45 AM PDT  Patty Jenkins responded on Wednesday to allegations of sexual assault against producer Brett Ratner.
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| 'I See a City: Todd Webb's New York' Posted: 03 Nov 2017 02:13 PM PDT !['I See a City: Todd Webb's New York']( "'I See a City: Todd Webb's New York'") Here's a look at images from "I See a City: Todd Webb's New York," an evocative portrait of New York City in the 1940s and 1950s by master documentary photographer Todd Webb.
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| Struggling Venezuela looks to restructure debt Posted: 02 Nov 2017 06:46 PM PDT  Crisis-hit Venezuela, seen by many investors on the threshold of default, will try to restructure its debt after its oil company makes a scheduled $1.2 billion payment, according to President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday. "After this payment, I decree a refinancing and a restructuring of all external debt and all of Venezuela's payments," Maduro said in a statement broadcast on state television. US sanctions imposed on Venezuela in August, however, threaten to complicate Maduro's ambition.
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| Teva shares topple on profit warning, uncertain future Posted: 02 Nov 2017 10:57 AM PDT  By Steven Scheer and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries , the world's biggest generic medicine maker, came under investor and market pressure on Thursday after saying it would miss 2017 profit forecasts. Shares in the Israeli-based company dropped by as much as 20 percent after it issued the profit warning, which it said was due to falling prices of generics in the U.S. market and weakening sales of its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone, which fell 7 percent in the third quarter in the United States. Investors are pushing Teva, which is battling narrowing profit margins, a nearly $35 billion debt burden that could lead to a credit rating downgrade, for clarity on its future.
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| Trump: 'We'll See' If Rex Tillerson Stays 'For The Duration' Posted: 03 Nov 2017 03:12 AM PDT  President Donald Trump brushed off concerns that the State Department still has key unfilled jobs, telling Fox News' Laura Ingraham that he's the only one who matters.
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| 'Seinfeld' Fans Name The Show's Most Valuable Life Lessons Posted: 03 Nov 2017 04:56 AM PDT  "Seinfeld" wasn't just a television show to these fans.
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| Terrified Rohingya Muslims await chance to enter Bangladesh Posted: 01 Nov 2017 06:26 PM PDT  PALONG KHALI, Bangladesh (AP) — The scene has played out with heartbreaking regularity as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled persecution in Myanmar and escaped to neighboring Bangladesh: terrified knots of men, women and children crossing the swollen Naf river and waiting along the border for permission to cross.
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