| Rep. Adam Schiff Warns Of GOP Plans To Shutter House's Russia Probe Posted: 15 Dec 2017 04:01 PM PST  Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee may be looking to prematurely shutter the committee's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a ranking Democrat warned Friday.
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| GOP Sen. Kennedy: Trump's nominee should have been able to answer my questions Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:24 AM PST  Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said that he has supported nearly every one of President Trump's picks, but that he doesn't support them blindly: "I ask questions that I expect them to be able to answer. In doing so, I'm just doing my job."
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| Florida UPS Delivery Man Steals Package off Porch Posted: 14 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  Police delivered Jason Mohn to prison and charged him with grand theft.
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| Ryan Zinke Fires 4 Department Of Interior Employees For Harassment Posted: 15 Dec 2017 06:13 AM PST  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke fired four senior staffers at the Department of the Interior for inappropriate conduct in response to a bombshell employee survey revealing widespread harassment within the agency.
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| One of Kim Jong Un’s top generals has Vanished Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:34 AM PST  South Korean intelligence agencies are reporting that a top North Korean general may have been executed, despite being seen by Kim Jong Un's side as recently as September.
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| The Latest: Penn State says it promotes safety in Greek life Posted: 15 Dec 2017 10:19 AM PST  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a grand jury report on excessive drinking in Penn State's fraternity system (all times local):
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| The best days to get Your Last-Minute Gifts Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:26 AM PST  Consumer spending in November was more than double what was expected, but it was a tumultuous year in retail, so companies are tacking on last-minute deals to end the season on a high note.
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| Are the U.S. Marines Dying? Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:41 PM PST  The U.S. Marine Corps is arguably the best amphibious-warfare force in the world. The issue is that relentless overseas commitments have strained marine resources so badly that it can't conduct the other training that it needs to maintain its combat edge. A review of readiness data from 2014 to 2016 revealed that "Marine Corps units were unable to fully accomplish training for other amphibious operations priorities," according to the GAO report.
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| 2-Year-Old Steals Baby Jesus From Manger During Nativity Pageant Posted: 15 Dec 2017 09:50 AM PST  One eager Tennessee 2-year-old took matters into her own hands during her church's recent Nativity pageant
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| California Has Nearly Hit A Record On Wildfire Spending -- Halfway Through Its Budget Year Posted: 16 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST  California's state firefighting agency is within days of spending more to fight fires in a single year than ever before, and the fiscal year still has six months to go.
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| A Man Accused of Driving into a Crowd of Protestors Faces a First-Degree Murder Charge Posted: 14 Dec 2017 07:18 PM PST  The Aug. 12 attack in Charlottesville left 32-year-old Heather Heyer dead and dozens injured
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| Australia's Child Sex Abuse Commission Exposes National Tragedy Of Systemic Violence Posted: 14 Dec 2017 10:25 PM PST  SYDNEY ― Australia's child sex abuse Royal Commission on Friday handed over its final report to the government in a move that increases pressure on lawmakers, religious groups and civic institutions to immediately adopt more than 400 recommendations.
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| U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort Posted: 15 Dec 2017 12:49 PM PST ![U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort]( "U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort") By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge on Friday said she would release former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort from house arrest once he meets certain conditions, expressing satisfaction that the $10 million he agreed to forfeit would be available if he ever failed to appear for court proceedings. In her order, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said to be released from home confinement, Manafort must execute documents agreeing to forfeit four properties, including two in New York, one in Alexandria, Virginia, and his Florida home. Manafort is charged with conspiring to launder money and failing to register as a foreign agent working on behalf of the government of Ukraine's former pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych.
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| What School Safety Looks Like 5 Years After Sandy Hook Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:43 AM PST  On the morning of Nov. 14, staff members at Rancho Tehama Elementary School in Corning, California, heard the sound of a single gunshot in the vicinity of the campus.
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| Grand Jury Slams Penn State for 'Rampant and Pervasive' Fraternity Hazing After Tim Piazza's Death Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:32 AM PST ![Grand Jury Slams Penn State for 'Rampant and Pervasive' Fraternity Hazing After Tim Piazza's Death]( "Grand Jury Slams Penn State for 'Rampant and Pervasive' Fraternity Hazing After Tim Piazza's Death") "No fraternity's existence is worth more than the life of Tim Piazza"
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| Missing From Amazon's Search For A Second Home: The Climate Effects Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:45 AM PST  When Amazon kicked off a bidding war for its second North American headquarters in September, the company laid out a vision of its perfect suitor.
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| Fatah calls for protests against US VP Jerusalem visit Posted: 16 Dec 2017 05:22 AM PST  Breaking with decades with US policy, President Donald Trump announced on December 6 his decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and that he would move the US embassy to the city. The move has stirred global condemnation and sparked angry protests across Arab and Muslim countries, as well as deadly clashes in the occupied territories between Palestinians and Israeli forces.
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| So, The FCC Repealed Net Neutrality. What Does That Mean For You? Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:52 AM PST  If you woke up with a chill in your bones and a faint sense of dread, it could be this: On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission decided to give internet service providers, like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, the power to meddle with your internet traffic.
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| Hong Kong 'milkshake murderer' challenges life sentence Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:42 AM PST  American Nancy Kissel, dubbed the "milkshake murderer" for one of Hong Kong's most notorious crimes, was back in court Friday to challenge her life sentence for murdering her banker husband. Kissel lost an appeal in 2014 against a conviction for drugging her husband -- a senior executive at US bank Merrill Lynch -- with a sedative-laced strawberry drink before clubbing him to death with a lead ornament in their luxury home in the southern Chinese city. With bobbed hair and wearing glasses, she took copious notes throughout the judicial review hearing into her case at Hong Kong's High Court on Friday.
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| Joanna Gaines on What Really Happened on Her Snowy Magnolia Cover Shoot: 'I Was Slowly Sinking' Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:12 AM PST  PLUS: See the larger-than-life birthday present Cardi B got fiancé Offset for his 26th birthday blowout
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| South Africa's ANC aims to announce new leader on Sunday Posted: 15 Dec 2017 05:02 AM PST ![South Africa's ANC aims to announce new leader on Sunday]( "South Africa's ANC aims to announce new leader on Sunday") By Alexander Winning and Mfuneko Toyana JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) expects to announce Jacob Zuma's successor as party leader on Sunday, a spokesman said, concluding a bruising leadership battle that threatens to tear it apart before a 2019 election. The race between Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a former cabinet minister and ex-wife of President Zuma, the two frontrunners to replace Zuma, is too close to call. The stakes are high because the ANC's electoral dominance means whoever wins the party's top job is likely to become the next president of South Africa after the next national election.
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| Matt Lauer's First Accuser Lives 'In Constant Fear' Of Being Identified Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:01 PM PST  Matt Lauer's original accuser is "terrified" that her identity will become public.
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| Female candidate quits Kansas race over 2005 harassment suit Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:08 PM PST  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A female congressional candidate dropped out of the Kansas race Friday over a 12-year-old lawsuit accusing her of sexually harassing a male subordinate, an unusual case of a woman facing the sort of misconduct allegations that have forced numerous men out of their jobs in recent weeks.
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| Barack Obama Dressed Up As Too-Cool-For-School Santa For His Latest Appearance Posted: 15 Dec 2017 09:56 AM PST  The former president dropped by a Boys & Girls Club branch in D.C. in a statement outfit — with a festive touch.
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| Mario Batali Apologizes For Sexual Harassment With Cinnamon Rolls Posted: 16 Dec 2017 10:03 AM PST  Mario Batali, the former host of "The Chew" who stands accused of sexual misconduct, issued an apology to fans on Friday through his newsletter and inexplicably ended it with a recipe for cinnamon rolls.
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| Jamie Oliver Says He'd Do This Disgusting Thing If He Had To Cook For Donald Trump Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:11 AM PST  Jamie Oliver isn't planning on cooking a meal for President Donald Trump anytime soon.
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| Trump on cusp of tax reform victory as wavering Republicans pledge support Posted: 15 Dec 2017 05:10 PM PST  Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker had both expressed reservations about the landmark legislation, but they said they were now on board. Mr Corker, a Tennessee Republican who has feuded publicly with Donald Trump, said he would back the legislation despite concerns about the measure inflating the deficit. A Congressional Budget Office analysis of a version of the legislation found it would add some $1.4 trillion to the deficit, but supporters argue surging economic growth would offset that.
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| 6.5 magnitude quake strikes Indonesia's Java island Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:44 AM PST  A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's main island of Java late Friday, leaving at least one person dead and rattling nerves in the capital Jakarta. There was no immediate indication of a tsunami, but authorities said they had issued a warning following the tremor, which struck a coastal region some 300 kilometres (190 miles) from the capital. National disaster mitigation agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said a 62-year-old had died in the Ciamis region in West Java after becoming trapped in a collapsed house.
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| 93-Year-Old Woman Spends 2 Nights In Jail After Eviction From Senior Housing Posted: 16 Dec 2017 10:58 AM PST  Florida authorities released an elderly woman from jail on Thursday after police arrested her for allegedly not paying rent at the senior housing community where she had lived since 2011.
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| Final Republican tax bill slashes U.S. corporate rate, voting next week Posted: 15 Dec 2017 05:17 PM PST ![Final Republican tax bill slashes U.S. corporate rate, voting next week]( "Final Republican tax bill slashes U.S. corporate rate, voting next week") By Amanda Becker and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans on Friday unveiled the final version of their dramatic U.S. tax overhaul - debt-financed cuts for businesses, the wealthy and some middle-class Americans - and picked up crucial support from two wavering senators ahead of planned votes by lawmakers early next week. Passage of the biggest U.S. tax rewrite since 1986 would provide Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump their first major legislative victory since he took office in January. Prospects for approval soared after Republican senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker pledged support.
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| Kelly Cutrone Says Russell Simmons Tried To Rape Her In 1991 Posted: 15 Dec 2017 09:12 AM PST  Kelly Cutrone is the most recent woman to accuse hip-hop producer Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct.
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| AP PHOTOS: Best of 2017 for the Middle East Posted: 14 Dec 2017 10:33 PM PST  In 2017 the Islamic State group was driven from its last strongholds in Iraq and Syria at an enormous cost, Pakistanis broke their silence to speak about sexual abuse in Islamic schools, and the U.S. declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel ignited widespread protests.
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| 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Posted: 16 Dec 2017 01:45 PM PST  The boss is in the house.
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:56 AM PST  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways.
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| Trump wraps up week with attacks on FBI and US immigrants: 'The worst people' Posted: 15 Dec 2017 11:10 AM PST  The US president also made the false claim that foreign countries send the "worst of the worst" to America through the green card immigration lottery system. Having recently claimed the FBI's reputation is in "tatters", Trump launched his latest criticism following reports that former an FBI agent watered down director James Comey's statement – in the midst of the 2016 presidential election race – on Hillary Clinton's private email server and text messages.
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| Former on-air personality says ESPN was hostile workplace Posted: 15 Dec 2017 12:56 PM PST  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — A former ESPN personality is accusing the network of trying to silence her and other women who assert they were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment.
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| This Couple Lost 8 Family Members in the Texas Church Massacre. But They’re Still Finding Joy at Christmas Posted: 15 Dec 2017 10:00 AM PST  "It won't be long until we'll be there with the rest of the family," Joe, 86, said
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| Islamic State: What happened to all the foreign fighters? Posted: 15 Dec 2017 06:39 PM PST  An estimated 40,000 people traveled from around the world to take up arms for the Islamic State group as it occupied territory in Syria and Iraq and declared a caliphate in 2014. How many have gone elsewhere to fight?" said Seth Jones, director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the Rand Corporation. International counterterror groups are putting huge efforts into answering those questions, working hard to name, count and track IS foreign fighters.
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| Catalan election to return hung parliament: poll Posted: 15 Dec 2017 04:37 AM PST ![Catalan election to return hung parliament: poll]( "Catalan election to return hung parliament: poll") By Sonya Dowsett MADRID (Reuters) - An election in Catalonia will fail to conclusively resolve a political crisis over an independence drive in the region, the final surveys before the Dec. 21 vote showed on Friday. The ballot will result in a hung parliament, a Metroscopia poll showed, with parties favoring unity with Spain tipped to gain a maximum of 62 seats and pro-secession factions 63, both short of a majority in the region's 135-seat legislature. Spain's worst political crisis since its transition to democracy four decades ago erupted in October, when Madrid cracked down on an independence referendum it had declared illegal and took control of the wealthy northeastern region.
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| 'All Dogs Can Smell Marijuana, But Only A Few Of Them Are Snitches' Posted: 15 Dec 2017 06:22 AM PST  Separated from their cellphones, standing under running water often allows people's minds to run free.
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| Harley-Davidson Trademarks the Bronx Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:15 AM PST ![Harley-Davidson Trademarks the Bronx]( "Harley-Davidson Trademarks the Bronx") Harley-Davidson Trademarks the Bronx New York borough's name conjures tough, urban image According to a recent report on Motorcycle.com, the folks at Harley-Davidson have filed a trademark application that would allow it to reference one of New York City's
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| Carrie Fisher's Dog Saw 'The Last Jedi' And 'Perked Up' When She Was On Screen Posted: 15 Dec 2017 08:24 AM PST  Carrie Fisher's dog, Gary, clearly misses his mom as evidenced by his behavior at a screening for the latest "Star Wars" film, "The Last Jedi."
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| Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos Share Adorable 'Kid Approved' Holiday Family Photo Posted: 15 Dec 2017 07:30 PM PST  Happy holidays from the Consuelos clan!
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| Americans pessimistic about Trump, country: AP-NORC Poll Posted: 15 Dec 2017 10:11 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump frequently casts his first year in office as a string of successes and campaign promises fulfilled. But less than a quarter of Americans think Trump has made good on the pledges he made to voters while running for president, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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| Lorenzen Wright's Ex-Wife Has Just Been Charged With His 2010 Murder Posted: 16 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST  Authorities say Sherra Wright, the ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, has been charged with first-degree murder in his death
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| UN Syria talks in doubt as Russia takes on dealmaker role Posted: 15 Dec 2017 06:41 AM PST  The failure of Syria peace talks this week has cast doubt over UN efforts to mediate a solution to the country's devastating war, while regime backer Russia has emerged as a key dealmaker, analysts say. UN mediator Staffan de Mistura acknowledged that "real negotiations" never took place during the eighth round of talks. "I am disappointed," he said, blaming the Syrian government for refusing to enter into dialogue and calling the round "a golden opportunity missed".
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