| Another Attempt To Discredit The Washington Post's Roy Moore Reports Backfires Posted: 27 Nov 2017 03:37 PM PST  For weeks, Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore and supporters of his Alabama campaign have attacked the journalistic integrity of The Washington Post for publishing what they say are false allegations that Moore sexually harassed teenage girls when he was in his 30s.
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| Iraqi archbishop pleads with Trump: ‘We need your help now’ Posted: 27 Nov 2017 02:09 PM PST  A senior Iraqi Catholic leader, Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, is urgently pleading with President Trump to provide millions of dollars in aid to rebuild thousands of Christian homes destroyed in the war with ISIS.
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| Watch This British Archbishop End His Decade-Long Protest Of Robert Mugabe Posted: 27 Nov 2017 11:57 AM PST  Nearly 10 years ago, Dr. John Sentamu, the archbishop of York, dramatically cut his clerical collar into pieces on live television.
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| The cost of engagement rings within the royal family Posted: 27 Nov 2017 12:59 PM PST  The news of Prince Harry's long-anticipated engagement to actress Meghan Markle finally broke Monday morning via an official announcement from Kensigton Palace.
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| Franken returns to work 'tremendously sorry' for pain he caused women Posted: 27 Nov 2017 10:54 AM PST  Sen. Al Franken returned to work Monday to face reporters on Capitol Hill for the first time since allegations by multiple women of sexual harassment were made against him.
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| Actress' Lawsuit Accuses Weinstein Brothers Of Sex Trafficking Posted: 27 Nov 2017 05:53 PM PST  British actress Kadian Noble has filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein brothers and the company they founded, arguing that Harvey Weinstein's alleged assault of her at the Cannes Film Festival and the company's complicity in it constituted sex trafficking.
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| Nancy Pelosi Believes A John Conyers Accuser One Day After Being Wishy-Washy Posted: 27 Nov 2017 05:30 PM PST  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday that she believes one of the women who has accused Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) of harassment and that she has "not had the opportunity" to talk with the other women accusing the longtime congressman of sexual misconduct.
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| United Airlines flight carrying hundreds of passengers sees tyres 'blow up' on landing Posted: 27 Nov 2017 12:33 PM PST  A plane carrying hundreds of people experienced "tyre issues" upon landing, with passengers reporting that two of the tyres had exploded. The United Airlines flight 961 was landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday having departed Frankfurt International Airport hours earlier. There were 264 passengers and 15 crew on board at the time.
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| Trump labels himself 'your favorite President' while raging against media Posted: 27 Nov 2017 08:18 AM PST  The president, who's seldom away from social media for long, took to Twitter Monday morning to attack the news media and praise himself. Polls suggest Trump's view of his popularity is a bit off.
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| Senate Republicans Looking To Play 'Let's Make A Deal' On Tax Cuts Posted: 27 Nov 2017 06:16 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans are moving quickly toward a vote on their tax proposal this week, with GOP leaders still tweaking the bill to win over reluctant Republicans.
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| Argentina: US rescue module delayed in "critical" sub search Posted: 28 Nov 2017 12:14 PM PST  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Bad weather has delayed the arrival of a U.S. undersea rescue module at an area in the South Atlantic where an Argentine submarine went missing with 44 crew members 13 days ago, the Argentine navy said Tuesday.
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| 'Ghost Ship' Found With Skeletal Remains Eyed As North Korean Vessel Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:45 AM PST  A fishing boat carrying the skeletal remains of eight individuals was found on the northwestern coast of Japan late last week, leading to speculation that its crew may have originated from North Korea.
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| Missing Florida Teen, 14, Disappeared One Week After Witnessing a Murder: Police Posted: 27 Nov 2017 05:55 PM PST  Police say a 14-year-old Florida boy missing for nearly three months apparently witnessed a fatal shooting on a Sarasota vacant lot one week before his disappearance, PEOPLE confirms
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| New tests at Jesus's presumed tomb back traditional beliefs Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:12 AM PST  Scientific testing at what is believed to be Jesus's tomb dates material there to the fourth century, supporting traditional beliefs surrounding the site, an expert involved in the study said Tuesday. The study offers no further evidence whether or not Jesus was actually buried at the site in Jerusalem, but was consistent with the historical belief that the Romans built a monument there some 300 years after his death. It is the first time such testing has been carried out at the site, located at what is now the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and encased in an elaborate shrine, or edicule.
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| Report: Wells Fargo Bankers Overcharged Hundreds In Latest Scandal Posted: 27 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST  Wells Fargo bankers chasing bonuses charged hundreds of clients inflated foreign transaction fees, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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| 6 Things to Know About the Electric Tesla Semi Truck Posted: 27 Nov 2017 10:47 AM PST  Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, unveiled a truly striking, potentially game-changing semi tractor at a glitzy event on Thursday, November 17th, that he says will be cleaner, faster, and safer on ...
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| CBS Cancels Jeremy Piven Show Amid Sexual Assault Allegations Posted: 27 Nov 2017 03:01 PM PST  CBS plans to end "Wisdom of the Crowd" after just one season, sources close to the show told TVLine Monday, as more women come forward with allegations of sexual harassment by lead actor Jeremy Piven throughout his career.
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| U.S. general sees no change in Pakistan behavior despite Trump tough line Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:04 PM PST  By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan's support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. U.S. officials have long been frustrated by what they see as Pakistan's reluctance to act against groups such as the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network that they believe exploit safe haven on Pakistani soil to launch attacks on neighboring Afghanistan. In August, Trump outlined a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, chastising Pakistan over its alleged support for Afghan militants.
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| House panel to weigh bill expanding gun rights Posted: 27 Nov 2017 12:44 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans moved forward on legislation to expand gun owners' rights, the first gun-related measure since mass shootings in Las Vegas and Texas killed more than 80 people.
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| America's P-8 Poseidon Submarine Killer: The Plane North Korea, Russia and China Hate Posted: 28 Nov 2017 10:07 AM PST  As trans-Pacific relations assume new prominence in the twenty-first century, the P-8 will remain one of a number of means by which the United States and other operators assert their presence over international waters. In the event of conflict, they would also serve a vital role hunting down marauding submarines and tracking the movements of surface adversaries. There is a decent chance you have already flown on one of the U.S. Navy's key new aircraft—or rather, the 737 airliner it is based on.
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| 18 Funny Holiday Cards For Couples Who Hate Cutesy Stuff Posted: 27 Nov 2017 11:39 AM PST  After you've picked out an awesome holiday gift for your significant other, a generic, cheesy card just won't suffice.
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| Vietnam jails activist for 7 years over toxic leak protests Posted: 27 Nov 2017 03:35 AM PST  A Vietnamese court on Monday jailed a blogger for seven years for disseminating anti-state "propaganda" including articles which supported protests against a Taiwanese firm responsible for a toxic leak. Nguyen Van Hoa, 22, an environmental activist, was accused of instigating protests against authorities via his Facebook account, mainly following the 2016 toxic leak at a steel factory operated by Taiwan's Formosa. Formosa was fined $500 million after being blamed for dumping waste along Vietnam's central coast, which poisoned fish and decimated the incomes of fishing communities.
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| Mom With Cancer Who Killed Disabled Daughter Commits Suicide Posted: 27 Nov 2017 12:51 PM PST  A woman with terminal cancer, who killed her disabled daughter with a pill overdose by way of her feeding tube, has allegedly committed suicide by overdosing on pills after recently being sentenced to go back to prison
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| 10 Of The Best Cyber Monday TV Deals You'll Actually Want To Shop Posted: 27 Nov 2017 10:37 AM PST  Cyber Monday is here and if you were looking for a time to replace your old TV, now is the time.
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| Resourceful Octopus Escapes Shark By Using Armor Made Of Shells Posted: 27 Nov 2017 03:23 PM PST  "Blue Planet II" aired an episode on Sunday in the U.K. that featured incredible footage of one resourceful octopus.
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| Folks Imagine The Statue Of Liberty Speaking, And It's Nothing Good About Trump Posted: 28 Nov 2017 02:57 AM PST  President Donald Trump wouldn't like what the Statue of Liberty (apparently) has to say.
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| Cops Photograph Car with Massive Christmas Tree Tied to Its Roof Posted: 27 Nov 2017 02:13 PM PST  Many people on Facebook thought it was a stunt right out of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."
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| Thousands of foreign troops in Syria _ but will they leave? Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:36 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's long-running civil war may be winding down slowly, but the country is awash in weapons and a confounding array of local militias and thousands of foreign troops, some of which may never leave.
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| Employee used crisp packet as 'Faraday cage' to hide his whereabouts during work Posted: 27 Nov 2017 07:45 AM PST  A man in Australia was sacked after he relied on a 180-year-old scientific discovery to help prevent his colleagues discovering his whereabouts while he played golf during work hours. Tom Colella, a 60-year-old electrician in Perth, lost his job after an anonymous letter to his firm claimed that he left work to play golf at least 140 times over the last two years. Australia's Fair Work Commission, a workplace tribunal, heard that Mr Colella blocked his whereabouts by storing his personal digital assistant, a phone-like device that has a GPS inside, in an empty foil packet of Twisties, a puffy cheese-based snack that is popular in Australia. The tribunal found that the packet was deliberately used to operate as an elaborate "Faraday cage" - an enclosure which can block electromagnetic fields - and prevented his employer knowing his location. The cage set-up was named after English scientist Michael Faraday, who in 1836 observed that a continuous covering of conductive material could be used to block electromagnetic fields. "I can find no plausible explanation why Mr Colella would create a Faraday cage around his PDA, except to obstruct the GPS collecting capacity of the device," said Bernie Riordan, a commissioner at the tribunal. The Faraday Cage effect: How to block a mobile phone signal "Mr Colella appears to have been deliberately mischievous in acting in this manner." The tribunal ruled that Mr Colella was fairly sacked and that he had been "deliberate in trying to hide his whereabouts and deceive his employer". It also relied on less scientific evidence, including records from the golf club and records from an electronic gate which showed that he had not entered a worksite as required. Commenting on Mr Colella's use of a crisps packet, Phil Dooley, a science writer at the Australian National University, said that any object could work to create a Faraday cage as long as it was metallic. "The main point is just that it is foil," Mr Dooley told ABC News. "A birdcage, anything else metallic would have worked… An aeroplane, which is metal, acts as a Faraday cage. When you are travelling in a plane, you could get struck by lightning and it wouldn't hurt [because] the electricity stays on the outside of the metal and the people in the cabin don't feel it at all." Mr Colella is now reportedly working as an Uber driver.
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| Hamas due to hand over Gaza in major step toward unity Posted: 27 Nov 2017 09:18 PM PST  Hamas is due to end its decade-long dominance of Gaza by Friday in its biggest step yet towards Palestinian unity, but hopes raised by a reconciliation deal have already given way to doubts. The Palestinian Authority is supposed to take control of the strip by December 1 under a landmark unity deal signed in October, but its power is likely to be limited to civilian affairs for now -- and perhaps only partially. Hamas's armed wing, which includes some 25,000 militants, remains a major force in the Gaza Strip and has no plans to relinquish its weapons despite calls for it to do so.
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| NatGeo Travel releases its 'Best of the World' list 2018 Posted: 28 Nov 2017 07:17 AM PST  Travelers in search of an escape from the rat race and urban jungle of city life, meanwhile, may want to consider heading to the newly opened, 400-mile (644 km) Jordan Trail hiking path, believed to have been tread by Jesus, Moses and Mohammed.
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| FDA Warns Dog Owners to Avoid Bone Treats After 15 Dogs Die Posted: 28 Nov 2017 02:42 PM PST  It's a classic image: a dog contentedly gnawing on a bone. According to the Food and Drug Administration, it's a scene that can turn fatal fast
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| Retired Miner With Black Lung Begs EPA To Save Power Plant Rules: ‘We're Literally Dying' Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:51 AM PST  In 2014, Stanley Sturgill traveled 1,300 miles from his home in Harlan County, Kentucky, to Denver, where the Environmental Protection Agency held one of four public hearings and 11 listening sessions on new rules to limit pollution from power plants.
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| Former Trump Adviser Says He'd Rather See Doug Jones In Office Than 'Disaster' Roy Moore Posted: 27 Nov 2017 02:59 AM PST  A former Donald Trump adviser broke with the commander-in-chief by denouncing embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.
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| These Wealthy San Francisco Homeowners Lost Their Private Street After They Didn’t Pay Taxes. Now They Might Get It Back Posted: 27 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PST  The city's Board of Supervisors will consider rescinding the sale at a hearing on Tuesday
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| Sen. Paul says man who tackled him spoke to him after attack Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:47 PM PST  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says a man who tackled him in his yard spoke to him afterward about why he was unhappy, but Paul said no explanation would have justified what he called an unprovoked attack.
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| Grandma Who Accidentally Invited a Stranger to Her Thanksgiving Dinner Hosts Him for Second Year Posted: 27 Nov 2017 10:45 AM PST  "How could I say no?" 18-year-old Jamal Hinton said. "She's like a second grandma."
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| Pamplona festival gang rape trial wraps up in Spain Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:21 AM PST  The trial of five men accused of gang raping a woman at Pamplona's bull-running festival wrapped up Tuesday in case that shocked Spain and sparked protests against violence against women. The men, aged 27 to 29, are accused of having raped the woman, then aged 18, at the entrance to an apartment building in Pamplona on July 7, 2016 at the start of the week-long San Fermin festival, which draws tens of thousands of visitors. "We don't see a sexual assault, we see sexual relations, period," the lawyer for three of the accused, Agustin Martinez Becerra, told reporters.
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| Why the World's Most Dangerous Flashpoint Isn't North Korea: Its Between India and Pakistan Posted: 27 Nov 2017 05:20 AM PST  One factor Indian leaders would be forced to consider is how the other third of Asian nuclear triangle, China, would react. Although the Stimson Center event focused primarily on India and Pakistan, China has always been the primary focus of India's nuclear program. Beijing is also a staunch if informal ally of Pakistan, with a growing economic stake in the country.
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| Mikayla Holmgren Blazes Trail As First State Miss USA Contestant With Down Syndrome Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:13 AM PST  Mikayla Holmgren made history Sunday night at the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, where she became the first woman with Down syndrome to compete in a state Miss USA pageant.
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| 'Glee' Star Naya Rivera Charged With Domestic Battery Posted: 27 Nov 2017 04:25 AM PST  Former "Glee" star Naya Rivera was charged with domestic battery after her husband told police she struck him on the lip and head while the two were walking in West Virginia with their year-old son.
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| Politicians Bash Donald Trump Over Use Of 'Pocahontas' Slur At Navajo Event Posted: 27 Nov 2017 02:00 PM PST  President Donald Trump's use of "Pocahontas" to take a jab at Sen. Elizabeth Warren during an event honoring Native American veterans Monday sparked outrage among politicians.
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| Beijing clears poor migrants in gentrification push Posted: 27 Nov 2017 04:09 AM PST  Poor rural migrants who have lived in Beijing's high-end business district for decades serving snacks and noodles to office workers are among thousands who have been ordered to leave their homes as part of a city-wide campaign to force out "low-end" people. The mass evictions have fuelled concerns that officials are pushing out the poor in a bid to gentrify Beijing's smarter districts, and comes within a wider drive to decrease the city's population. Authorities ramped up evictions following a fire in the southern outskirts of Beijing last week, which killed 19 people who were mainly migrants. Thousands have been forced to leave their homes near the site of the fire as officials seek to demolish 'illegal structures' over safety concerns. View of the wreckage after a fatal housing block fire in Beijing, which killed 19 people Credit: RYAN MCMORROW/AFP But they have also launched a city-wide 40-day campaign targeting thousands of poor quality homes where the city's migrants often live. The crackdown has sparked anger in China, where decades of booming economic growth have left millions rich, but have created huge gaps in the distribution of wealth. More than a hundred Chinese intellectuals have signed a petition urging the Beijing's municipal authority to cease the campaign. The drive to force out what the government terms "low-end populations" has caused alarm among the poor who live in Guomao, Beijing's eastern business district and home to its most iconic modern skyscrapers. In a housing development just yards from the China headquarters of several multinational companies, designer boutiques and high-end apartments, The Telegraph spoke to three migrants who have been told by officials in the last week that they have to vacate their homes. One of them, Mr Zhou, came to Beijing more than 30 years ago from the eastern province of Anhui. The Beijing house of Mr Rao, from Inner Mongolia. He has lived there for 18 years but has been told to leave Credit: Neil Connor/Telegraph He lives at a noodle and steamed bun restaurant he runs with his wife and two children, but says his family have been ordered to leave within ten days. "Why are we being punished?" asked Mr Zhou, aged 48. "It is the officials who are responsible for the deaths from that big fire who should be held responsible." Mrs Wu, a neighbour who runs a shop selling snacks and drinks, said she has been told to leave when all her stock has been sold. "We had a closure notice put on our door the day after the fire," said Mrs Wu, who moved to Beijing ten years ago from her hometown in Henan province, central China. "We have no choice but to return home and do farm work." Mrs Wu has lived in Beijing for 18 years, but has been told to leave her home, the local shop Credit: Neil Connor/Telegraph A man who lived nearby said he had been trying to avoid meeting with officials since the fire, as they had already forced his neighbours to leave. "There is nothing for me back in my hometown in Inner Mongolia," said Mr Rao, who also has a notice on his front door. "I just don't know where I will live in the future." Beijing last carried out a crackdown on illegal structures ahead of the 2008 Olympics, resulting in the displacement of 1.5 million residents. Additional reporting by Christine Wei
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