| Roy Moore Files Lawsuit Contesting Alabama's Senate Election Results Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:27 AM PST  Former Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore filed a lawsuit on Wednesday night contesting the outcome of the state's special election.
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| Mueller probe outgrows its ‘witch hunt’ phase Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  Trump has returned to one phrase — "witch hunt" — time and again — and repackaged with typical Trumpian hyperbole. "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" Trump tweeted last May after ex-FBI director Robert Mueller was appointed as Justice Department special counsel to oversee the probe.
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| Ohio Teens Charged With Tossing Sandbag Off Overpass That Killed Man Posted: 27 Dec 2017 11:59 AM PST  Four Ohio teenagers have been charged with murder for allegedly throwing a sandbag off an overpass that struck and killed a 22-year-old man.
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| Mueller Probing GOP Work With Russian Hacking Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:11 PM PST  Natasha Bertrand, political correspondent for Business Insider, talks with Joy Reid about a report that the Mueller investigation is expanding to look at the extent to which RNC digital operations overlapped with Russian hacking activity.
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| Women speaking out changed 2017. Will it be a permanent shift? Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  Time magazine dubbed 2017 the year of the silence breakers, as powerful men who misused their power were brought down by the women they'd wronged.
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| Tokyo-bound Flight with Chrissy Teigen Forced to Return to Los Angeles Posted: 27 Dec 2017 08:20 AM PST  Supermodel Chrissy Teigen was live tweeting her flight that made a U-turn four hours in after the crew discovered an "unauthorized" passenger on board.
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| Utah Deputy Broke Through a Frozen Pond to Save an Eight-Year-Old Boy on Christmas Day Posted: 26 Dec 2017 05:50 PM PST  The deputy stomped to break through the ice and work his way deeper, pounding with his hands and fists
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| N. Korean boat skipper 'charged over Japan theft' Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:30 AM PST  Japanese prosecutors reportedly charged a North Korean fishing boat captain for theft on Thursday, accusing him of making off with items ranging from home appliances to solar panels. The 45-year-old was among 10 North Korean "fishermen" spotted aboard a tiny wooden boat struggling in bad weather off the northern island of Hokkaido in late November. Some of them admitted to "taking out" some electronic products from a remote Japanese island where they landed briefly to take refuge.
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| Russia: Explosion injures 10 at St. Petersburg supermarket Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:26 PM PST  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — At least 10 people were injured Wednesday by an explosion at a supermarket in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city and the site of a deadly subway bombing this year.
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| Pro-Trump Singer Says Corey Lewandowski Sexually Assaulted Her At A Party Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:31 AM PST  Singer Joy Villa, who unironically wore a "Make America Great Again" dress to the 2017 Grammys, says she has filed a sexual assault complaint with police against President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
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| The year in late night: Laughs, tears and politics in 2017 Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:04 PM PST  From Jimmy Kimmel's heartfelt plea for health care reform to Melissa McCarthy's memorable Sean Spicer impression, watch 2017's best moments in late night.
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| Suicide bombers kill dozens at Shi'ite center in Afghan capital Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:39 AM PST  By Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi and Akram Walizada KABUL (Reuters) - Suicide bombers stormed a Shi'ite cultural center and news agency in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing more than 40 people and wounding scores, many of them students attending a conference. Islamic State said in an online statement that it was responsible for the attack, saying the center received support from Iran. It was the latest in a series that the movement has claimed on Shi'ite targets in Kabul.
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| Inspector Gen.: DOJ has ‘systemic’ issues addressing harassment Posted: 26 Dec 2017 11:50 PM PST  According to a report by the Inspector General, top Justice Department officials were among those mishandling sexual harassment complaints. NBC's Julia Ainsley reports.
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| Dollar General To Create 400 New Jobs In Texas As It Expands In Rural America Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:54 PM PST  Dollar General, a favorite spot for household staples across the country, is expanding even further.
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| Russia Warns U.S.: Don’t ‘Meddle’ In Upcoming Presidential Election Posted: 28 Dec 2017 05:23 AM PST  Russian President Vladimir Putin's government has issued a warning to the U.S.: Don't "meddle" in the country's upcoming election.
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| The Type A's Must-Have Guide To Getting Organized In 2018 Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:15 PM PST  The holidays can definitely be a time of gluttony, and we don't mean just the food.
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| Tillerson defends foreign policy record at year's end Posted: 27 Dec 2017 08:14 PM PST  The United States' top diplomat defended his country's foreign policy record on Wednesday, saying progress had been made in the last year to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions and to counter the "immense challenges" posed by Russia, China and Iran. In an opinion piece in the New York Times, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said some 90 percent of Pyongyang's export earnings had been cut off by a series of international sanctions after the Trump administration "abandoned the failed policy of strategic patience".
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| Ex-army boss to be sworn in as Zimbabwe vice president on Thursday Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:07 AM PST ![Ex-army boss to be sworn in as Zimbabwe vice president on Thursday]( "Ex-army boss to be sworn in as Zimbabwe vice president on Thursday") Retired army chief Constantino Chiwenga and veteran politician Kembo Mohadi will be sworn in as Zimbabwe's vice presidents on Thursday, state-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation said on Wednesday. The pair, appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, were elevated to similar positions in the ruling ZANU-PF party on Saturday. Chiwenga retired from the military this month.
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| China: US should curb demand for opioids, not blame China Posted: 28 Dec 2017 05:47 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — The United States should look within to cut down demand for opioids which are fueling its deadly drug crisis rather than stressing unsubstantiated claims that China is the major source of these chemicals, a top Chinese drug enforcement official said Thursday.
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| 18 Tweets That Capture The Struggle Of Translating For Immigrant Parents As A Kid Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:45 PM PST  If you grew up with immigrant parents who didn't speak English, you probably remember your first job as a child: family interpreter.
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| Putin says St. Petersburg supermarket bomb blast was terrorist attack Posted: 28 Dec 2017 06:55 AM PST ![Putin says St. Petersburg supermarket bomb blast was terrorist attack]( "Putin says St. Petersburg supermarket bomb blast was terrorist attack") Russian President Vladimir Putin said a bomb blast in a St. Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was an act of terrorism.
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| 31 Tweets That Perfectly Sum Up New Year's Eve For Parents Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:17 PM PST  New Year's Eve festivities look a little different when you add kids to the mix.
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| US Republican explains call for FBI 'purge' over anti-Trump bias Posted: 27 Dec 2017 08:00 PM PST  After saying he supported a "purge" of the FBI and Department of Justice a Republican US lawmaker on Wednesday toned down his call but still said he was "frustrated" with investigators he thinks may be biased. "I'm very concerned that the DOJ and the FBI, whether you want to call it 'deep state' or what, are kind of off the rails," Rooney said.
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| Russia accuses U.S. of training former Islamic State fighters in Syria Posted: 27 Dec 2017 01:26 AM PST ![Russia accuses U.S. of training former Islamic State fighters in Syria]( "Russia accuses U.S. of training former Islamic State fighters in Syria") The chief of the Russian General Staff has accused the United States of training former Islamic State fighters in Syria to try to destabilize the country. Russia says the U.S. base is illegal and that it and the area around it have become "a black hole" where militants operate unhindered. Islamic State has this year lost almost all the territory it held in Syria and Iraq.
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| Mindfulness can lead to selfishness, warns psychiatry expert Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:51 AM PST  Mindfulness has grown in popularity as people search for meaning in life. But doing it alone could actually make you more selfish, an expert at the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned. Dr Alison Gray, chair of the spirituality special interest group at the College, which advises psychiatrists on how to deal with spiritual issues, said more "inward-focused" types of spirituality "can become self-involved". "In as much as religion is about binding people together, spirituality can become inward looking and selfish," she said. "In no way does that happen to everyone - in many cases increases their passion for the whole world. But there's a potential for it to become inward-looking and basically self-centred." She warned that meditation can lead to problems as people uncover the more negative aspects of their personality, which they might previously have buried. "When you look inside yourself what you find can be quite negative and quite destabilising, and so you need a community around you to help process this stuff and keep you healthy", she told the Daily Telegraph. Meditation and mindfulness can mean people notice "selfish drives and ambitions, bits of themselves that they previously projected onto other people, anger hatred, all the negative emotions." To counter this, the practises should be done in groups. "I would encourage people to be in with a community," she said. Practises such as meditation and mindfulness have been growing in popularity in the UK and other western countries as people who do not have religious beliefs turn to "spirituality" instead. Mindfulness is increasingly offered by schools and workplaces to help employees and students improve their mental health. Dr Gray said she believed people were "rediscovering the old ways". Mindfulness: a cheat's guide "We're still the same human beings that have been around for thousands of years. The neanderthals had basic religion and ways of burying the dead, it's always been there. "I would suggest that it's a rediscovery of the old ways rather than anything completely new - the newness is the recombination of different traditions." Several studies have linked religion with better health and wellbeing. Data from the Office for National Statistics published last year found that people with no religion have below-average happiness and life satisfaction levels. On average respondents scored their life satisfaction as 7.53 out of 10 and their happiness the previous day as 7.38, while those who describe themselves as having no religion scored their happiness slightly below average, at 7.22 out of 10. But the data on spirituality is less clear, with the vague meaning of the word making it hard for scientists to define.
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| Officer plotted to blackmail wife; she plotted his murder Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:03 AM PST ![Officer plotted to blackmail wife; she plotted his murder]( "Officer plotted to blackmail wife; she plotted his murder") STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer has pleaded guilty to a plot to blackmail his wife over having sex with a 14-year-old boy while she has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill her husband.
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| Disneyland Theme Park Loses Power On One Of The Busiest Days Of The Year Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:04 PM PST  A power outage at Disneyland took some of the magic out of the day for thousands of guests on Wednesday.
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| How Achievable The 6 Most Common New Year's Resolutions Really Are Posted: 27 Dec 2017 03:17 PM PST  With the holidays coming to a close, it's time to get serious and set some New Year's resolutions for 2018. In the spirit of setting achievable goals, we asked therapists to weigh in on six of the most common resolutions and grade them on a scale of 1-5 (with 1 being "very attainable" and 5 being "very difficult"). It also requires, rather uncomfortably, changing your diet and exercise ― two of your three most basic behavioral patterns (the other being sleep) ― and then maintaining those changes indefinitely. Before I was a psychologist, I worked as a personal trainer: You have to have structured goals and set attainable goal posts.
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| 18-year-old daughter asks stepdad to adopt her in the best Christmas gift ever Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:49 AM PST  Some gifts are totally priceless. Makayla Dabney, an 18-year-old from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, gave her dad the best Christmas present anyone could hope to receive. SEE ALSO: At Christmas, these UNESCO protected botanical gardens turn into a living fairytale She wraps it really, REALLY well. (In the video, it takes him about five minutes to get through all the boxes and wrapping paper! If you're really impatient, skip ahead to about 5:30.) There's a lot going on as she gives an emotional speech — the other kids playing around, with the excitement of Christmas. But when her dad, Stephen Dabney, opens it, he's moved to tears. It's adoption papers — an amazing thank you to the man who has helped raise her since she was 5. Her mother said he "stepped up when he didn't have to." Not a dry eye in the room.
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| Claire’s Pulls Makeup After Mom Finds Asbestos In 6-Year-Old’s Kit Posted: 28 Dec 2017 12:04 PM PST  Claire's, a store that sells accessories and makeup to young girls and teens, has pulled some of its items after it was found that cancer-causing asbestos was present in some of its products.
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| In images: six connected devices that hit the headlines in 2017 Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:35 AM PST |
| La. Man Survives Fiery Christmas Eve Crash That Killed Pregnant Fiancée and Their Infant Son Posted: 27 Dec 2017 05:06 PM PST  A 19-year-old mother and her 7-month-old son were killed on Christmas Eve in a car crash after an impaired driver slammed into their car.
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| US, Turkey put end to visa spat Posted: 28 Dec 2017 11:22 AM PST  The United States and Turkey on Thursday turned the page on a visa crisis triggered nearly three months ago by the arrest of a staff member at the American mission in Ankara, but relations between the NATO allies remain tense. The two sides announced the resumption of full visa services for each other's citizens, but their statements revealed lingering misgivings between the countries, who are partners in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.
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| Russia says Tokyo's deployment of U.S. missiles a blow to relations Posted: 28 Dec 2017 05:30 AM PST ![Russia says Tokyo's deployment of U.S. missiles a blow to relations]( "Russia says Tokyo's deployment of U.S. missiles a blow to relations") A decision by Japan to deploy a U.S. missile defense system will damage Moscow's relations with Tokyo and is a breach by Washington of a landmark arms control treaty, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Japan formally decided this month it would expand its ballistic missile defense system with U.S.-made ground-based Aegis radar stations and interceptors in response to a growing threat from North Korean rockets. "Actions like these are in direct contradiction to the priority of building military and political trust between Russia and Japan, and, unfortunately, will impact in a negative way on the whole atmosphere in bilateral relations, including negotiations over the peace treaty problem," Zakharova told a weekly briefing.
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| Judge praises teen for progress since killings when he was 8 Posted: 27 Dec 2017 06:17 PM PST  ST. JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona judge and the family of a teenager who fatally shot two men in 2008, including his father, heaped praise on him Wednesday for the progress he's made as his time on probation comes to an end.
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| President Trump and GOP Congressional Leaders are Planning their 2018 Agenda Posted: 27 Dec 2017 05:37 PM PST  Trump will host Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell at Camp David on Jan. 6-7
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| Steph Curry, Chance The Rapper Join Barack Obama In Inspiring PSA Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:01 AM PST  Chance the Rapper and NBA star Steph Curry have teamed up with former President Barack Obama to deliver a powerful message on self-worth.
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| Apple sued over slowing phones in France, where planned obsolescence is a crime Posted: 28 Dec 2017 01:31 PM PST  The legal fallout over Apple slowing down old iPhones could produce a criminal court proceeding after a French organisation filed a criminal lawsuit. Since it emerged that Apple slowed old iPhones to prevent them from malfunctioning due to poor battery performance, the company has faced a slew of lawsuits in the United States and Israel. In a statement, the organisation claimed Apple's actions violated a 2015 French law that prohibits "the practice of planned obsolescence, which is defined by the use of techniques by which the person responsible for the marketing of a product aims to deliberately reduce the duration to increase the replacement rate".
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| Demi Lovato Is Already Cool For The Summer In Plunging Cherry Swimsuit Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:30 AM PST  Move over, winter, Demi Lovato is ready for swimsuit season.
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| Beer stores near American Indian reservation fight tax bill Posted: 28 Dec 2017 10:47 AM PST ![Beer stores near American Indian reservation fight tax bill]( "Beer stores near American Indian reservation fight tax bill") LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The owners of four now-closed stores that sold millions of cans of beer next to an American Indian reservation where alcohol is banned are fighting a steep Nebraska tax bill.
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| China Communist Party takes control of paramilitary police Posted: 27 Dec 2017 09:13 AM PST  China's paramilitary police force will soon be commanded by the Chinese Communist Party's armed forces, a report said Wednesday, the latest sign of the leadership's resolve to centralise power. The move puts the force, which maintains domestic security, squarely under the command of President Xi Jinping, who is also head of the military. It is currently under the dual leadership of the government's cabinet, the State Council, and the party's Central Military Commission.
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