| Couple Ordered To Pay Enslaved Nanny $121,000 After 2 Years Of Work Posted: 07 Jan 2018 02:39 PM PST  A Texas couple who pleaded guilty to charges related to forcing a Nigerian woman to work as their nanny for two years without pay has been ordered to pay her more than $121,000 in restitution, a judge ruled Friday.
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| Trump: I'm a 'very stable genius' Posted: 06 Jan 2018 05:52 AM PST  President Trump, pushing back on a new book by Michael Wolff, says he's not only smart but also a genius.
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| A U.S. Mountain Was Just The Second-Coldest Place On Earth Posted: 06 Jan 2018 01:17 PM PST  The temperature atop New Hampshire's Mount Washington plummeted early Saturday to an astonishing minus 36 degrees Fahrenheit, making it one of the coldest places on the planet.
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| Sen. Tom Cotton on Wolff book: Trump has 'been active, engaged and effective leader' Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:21 AM PST  Trump ally Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark), responds to the new book "Fire and Fury" and discusses border wall funding on "This Week."
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| Wing explodes in flames after on-ground collision at Toronto’s airport Posted: 06 Jan 2018 08:25 AM PST  Almost 200 terrified passengers and crew scrambled to escape from a Boeing 737 after another jet hit the plane. Several grabbed luggage, despite a plea to get out quick.
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| Norwegian Cruise Line sailed right through the nightmarish winter storm Posted: 06 Jan 2018 09:07 AM PST  As a powerful 'bomb cyclone' ravaged the U.S. East Coast with snow and high winds this week, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship sailed right into its path, giving thousands of passengers a fearsome experience they aren't likely to forget. SEE ALSO: Incredible photos from space show off the historic East Coast 'bomb cyclone' Passengers on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise were treated to monstrous waves, winds, rain, and flooding for multiple days as the ship made its way to New York City, navigating right into the storm that made headlines all week, passengers told CBS New York Friday. The videos that passengers shared are harrowing. #BOMBCYLONE at sea aboard the #NCLbreakaway pic.twitter.com/o2T4s7iv5M — Christina Mendez (@christinamendez) January 4, 2018 Some were more in awe of the boat-rocking waves than afraid of them. Even if passengers steered clear of the deck and windows on the cruise, the onslaught of rain caused flooding, and one passenger shared a video showing running water on the carpeted floor and more leaking through the ceiling. Passengers who spoke to CBS New York shared stories of people crying and throwing up, and general panic. "When you're on a boat in the middle of the ocean and water is pouring down the stairs, you're thinking 'this is not going to end well,'" passenger Karoline Ross told CBS New York. "This was the worst moment of my life." "I'm completely traumatized," passenger Emma Franzese told CBS New York. "I'll never go on any type of boat again in my life after this." After the tumultuous trip, Norwegian Cruise Line apologized to guests in two statements, saying the ship "encountered stronger than forecasted weather conditions." Though as meteorologists were quick to note on social media, the storm was well-forecast, and the ship should not have been in that location. Oh look, another cruise ship with a death wish sailing into a massive talked about for days storm, then saying 'that storm wasn't forecast...duno where it came from' https://t.co/seGtXVr1xB — Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) January 6, 2018 WATCH: This NYC store is an environmentalist's wonderland
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| People rally in solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran Posted: 06 Jan 2018 03:35 PM PST ![People rally in solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran]( "People rally in solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran") Hundreds of Iranians held rallies on Saturday in support of the anti-government protests in Iran, in cities including Washington, D.C., Stockholm, London, Paris and Berlin.
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| Merkel optimistic at start of government talks with Social Democrats Posted: 07 Jan 2018 01:12 AM PST ![Merkel optimistic at start of government talks with Social Democrats]( "Merkel optimistic at start of government talks with Social Democrats") German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she was "optimistic" going into exploratory talks with the Social Democrats (SPD), whose leader Martin Schulz said his party would not draw any red lines at the start of discussions. Merkel's conservative bloc and the SPD have scheduled five days of talks to see if they can find enough common ground to form a re-run of the 'grand coalition' that has governed Germany for the last four years. Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) - the Bavarian sister party to Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) - said he was going into the talks in "high spirits" and said the parties needed to come to an agreement.
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| US Navy locates crashed plane deep on Pacific seabed Posted: 05 Jan 2018 07:09 PM PST  TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy has located a transport aircraft deep on the Pacific Ocean floor where it crashed in November, killing three sailors on board.
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| Staff Interacted Several Times With Vegas Mass Shooter, Hotel Says Posted: 05 Jan 2018 08:33 PM PST  The staff at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas either interacted with mass shooter Stephen Paddock or entered his room at least 10 times before the night he killed 58 people at a music festival from his suite, a hotel representative has reportedly revealed.
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| Ex-Sheriff David Clarke Faces Trial Over Facebook Taunts Against Plane Passenger Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:00 PM PST  Staunch Donald Trump ally and former Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke faces trial this month for Facebook taunts against a plane passenger who Clarke thought disrespected him.
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| Water main break floods terminal, delays flights at New York's JFK Airport Posted: 07 Jan 2018 02:22 PM PST  A water main break flooded a baggage claim area at New York's JFK International Airport on Sunday afternoon, delaying international fights into Terminal 4 and soaking luggage.
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| GOP tax change sparks creative counters in high-tax locales Posted: 06 Jan 2018 08:28 AM PST  Lawmakers in traditional Blue States are looking to morph taxes into "donations" so they can still be deducted from Federal returns after the new law limits deductibility.
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| Thieves steal estimated millions in jewelry in real-life ‘Italian Job’ heist Posted: 06 Jan 2018 08:32 AM PST A manhunt is underway for thieves who were caught on camera stealing jewels and gold belonging to the royal family of Qatar. The heist happened Wednesday in Venice, Italy at the Doge's Palace Museum.
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| Marijuana Industry Not Freaking Out Over Threat Of Federal Crackdown Posted: 05 Jan 2018 08:11 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― The marijuana industry and its advocates collectively held their breath this week following the release of new Justice Department guidance that gave federal prosecutors the go-ahead to aggressively pursue state-legal marijuana operations.
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| Palestinians attack car of Greek Patriarch in protest against land deals Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:45 AM PST ![Palestinians attack car of Greek Patriarch in protest against land deals]( "Palestinians attack car of Greek Patriarch in protest against land deals") Palestinian Christians on Saturday pummeled the car of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem during a visit to the occupied West Bank in protest against the church's decision to sell land to Jewish groups. The Greek Orthodox church is one of the biggest private landowners in the Holy Land and in recent years has stirred controversy both among Israelis and Palestinians by trying to sell prime assets to private investors. Hundreds of Palestinians blocked Patriarch Theophilos III's convoy as he drove to a church in Bethlehem to attend an Orthodox Christmas mass.
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| Battle looms for rebel-held Syrian province after IS defeat Posted: 07 Jan 2018 12:27 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces and allied militiamen are advancing on the largest remaining rebel-held territory in the country's north, forcing thousands of civilians to flee toward the border with Turkey in freezing winter temperatures.
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| Takata Adds 3.3 Million Air Bags to Massive Recall Posted: 07 Jan 2018 07:02 AM PST  Takata is expanding the largest automotive recall in U.S. history
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| Trump's Demands To Help Dreamers Could Doom Deal, Top Dem Says Posted: 05 Jan 2018 05:53 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump sent senators a lengthy set of demands on Friday that could tank a deal to help Dreamers ― young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children ― and might risk a government funding agreement in the process.
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| Climate Change Has Quadrupled Ocean 'Dead Zones,' Researchers Warn Posted: 05 Jan 2018 09:03 PM PST  The size of oxygen-starved ocean "dead zones," where plants and animals struggle to survive, has increased fourfold around the world, according to a new scientific analysis.
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| School district changes bullying policy after child suicide Posted: 07 Jan 2018 10:36 AM PST ![School district changes bullying policy after child suicide]( "School district changes bullying policy after child suicide") CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio schools district changed its policies concerning bullying, but its superintendent hasn't directly said whether those changes were influenced by the 2017 suicide of an 8-year-old boy who was reportedly bullied.
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| Turkey to reopen iconic 'Iron Church' after revamp Posted: 06 Jan 2018 11:45 PM PST ![Turkey to reopen iconic 'Iron Church' after revamp]( "Turkey to reopen iconic 'Iron Church' after revamp") The leaders of Turkey and Bulgaria are Sunday due to reopen the Bulgarian St Stephen's Church in Istanbul after seven years of restoration, in a gesture of harmony in an often turbulent relationship between the two neighbours. The Bulgarian Orthodox church in Balat, a historic Istanbul neighbourhood on the shores of the Golden Horn traditionally home to Christians and Jews, was built in 1898 after its original wooden structure was destroyed in a fire. For President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who hosts Bulgaria's conservative Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the ceremony will be a riposte to charges that Turkey's Islamic-rooted government does not do enough to protect the rights of Christian minorities and their heritage.
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| Over $150,000 Raised For Roy Moore Accuser After Home Suspiciously Burns Down Posted: 07 Jan 2018 02:54 PM PST  A GoFundMe page has raised over $150,000 to support one of Republican judge Roy Moore's sexual misconduct accusers after her house suspiciously burned down last week.
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| Iraq returning displaced civilians from camps to unsafe areas Posted: 06 Jan 2018 11:43 PM PST ![Iraq returning displaced civilians from camps to unsafe areas]( "Iraq returning displaced civilians from camps to unsafe areas") By Ahmed Aboulenein AMRIYAT AL-FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces are forcibly returning civilians from refugee camps to unsafe areas in the predominantly Sunni Anbar province, exposing them to death from booby-traps or acts of vigilantism, refugees and aid workers say. Managing more than two million Iraqis displaced by the war against Islamic State is one of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's most daunting tasks. Authorities are sending back people against their will, refugees and aid workers say, to ensure that the election takes place on time.
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| Syria regime forces push towards Idlib airbase: monitor Posted: 07 Jan 2018 09:45 AM PST  Syrian regime forces on Sunday seized a strategic town as they pushed towards a jihadist-held airbase in an offensive to reclaim ground in northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said. Government forces backed up by Russian air power are conducting an operation to carve out a foothold in the southeast of the province, the last one that had remained completely beyond regime control. Troops captured Sinjar, the "biggest town in southeast Idlib", from Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate and were within 14 kilometres (9 miles) of the Abu al-Duhur military base, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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| Pope baptizes 34 cooing, crying babies in Sistine Chapel Posted: 07 Jan 2018 03:04 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday baptized 34 cooing and crying babies in the splendor of the Sistine Chapel, and encouraged their parents to make sure the "language of love" is spoken at home.
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| Will talks between North and South Korea help ease tensions? Posted: 07 Jan 2018 09:22 AM PST  ABC News' Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz reports from South Korea.
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| Twitter Says Blocking Accounts Of World Leaders Would 'Hamper Necessary Discussion' Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:34 AM PST  Twitter appeared to clear up any confusion over whether it might block the account of President Donald Trump, publishing a blog post on Friday that said removing content from world leaders would "hamper necessary discussion around their words and actions."
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| Memphis Megachurch Stands By Pastor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teenager Posted: 07 Jan 2018 07:47 AM PST  Responding to a recent report that one of their pastors had allegedly sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl while serving as a youth minister at his previous church, leaders of a megachurch in Memphis, Tennessee, said they'd long known about the incident.
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| Planes collide at Toronto's Pearson Airport; passengers safe Posted: 06 Jan 2018 05:43 AM PST ![Planes collide at Toronto's Pearson Airport; passengers safe]( "Planes collide at Toronto's Pearson Airport; passengers safe") Dozens of passengers were evacuated from an aircraft at Toronto's Pearson Airport late on Friday after a plane under tow struck an arriving jet that was waiting to park, sparking a small fire, the airport authority said. Fire and emergency services responded to the collision between the two planes from Sunwing Airlines and Westjet Airlines , which happened at 6:19 p.m. (2319 GMT), the Greater Toronto Airport Authority said in a statement.
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| Just off Israeli highway, 500,000-year-old site found Posted: 06 Jan 2018 04:23 PM PST ![Just off Israeli highway, 500,000-year-old site found]( "Just off Israeli highway, 500,000-year-old site found") Israeli archaeologists announced Sunday they have uncovered a rare site dating back some half a million years -- just next to a modern highway and only several metres underground. Archaeologists envision the site at Jaljulia, northeast of Tel Aviv, as a sort of "paradise" for prehistoric hunter-gatherers, with a stream, vegetation and an abundance of animals. "It's hard to believe that between Jaljulia and highway 6, five metres below the surface, an ancient landscape some half of a million years old has been so amazingly preserved," Ran Barkai, head of Tel Aviv University's archaeology department, which participated in the dig, said in a statement.
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| South Korea Has Its Own Massive Artillery That NATO Loves (and North Korea Hates) Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:04 PM PST  In December 2017, Norway announced it would purchase twenty-four K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers from South Korean firm Hanhwa for $215 million, with an option for up to twenty-four more in the future. The K9 edged out an upgraded M109 howitzer offered by the Swiss firm RUAG and the German Panzerhaubitze 2000, which has a similar main gun and performance profile, but a slightly faster rapid-fire rate compared to the K9. This marks just the latest success of the South Korean howitzer system, which is already serving with Turkey and will soon enter service with three other NATO countries, as well as India and Finland.
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| Brad Pitt Bids Six Figures To Watch 'Game Of Thrones' With Emilia Clarke Posted: 07 Jan 2018 01:51 PM PST  On Saturday in LA, actor Brad Pitt offered up over a hundred grand for the chance to watch an episode of "Game Of Thrones" with Daenerys Targaryen herself, Emilia Clarke.
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| Saudi fighter jet crashes, Yemen rebels claim downing it Posted: 07 Jan 2018 09:47 AM PST ![Saudi fighter jet crashes, Yemen rebels claim downing it]( "Saudi fighter jet crashes, Yemen rebels claim downing it") RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's Royal Air Force said two of its pilots whose fighter jet crashed during an operation in Yemen on Sunday have been rescued.
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| New-born baby found dead on plane in Indonesia Posted: 07 Jan 2018 05:30 AM PST  Indonesian police Sunday detained the suspected mother of a new-born baby who was found dead in a aircraft toilet at Jakarta's international Airport. Hani, a 37-year-old migrant worker from Cianjur in West Java, was held soon after arriving from Bangkok at Soekarno-Hatta airport around 1:00 am, said airport police chief Ahmad Yusef. Police suspect that Hani, who had worked as a domestic helper in Abu Dhabi for four years, secretly gave birth during an Etihad flight from there to Jakarta on Saturday.
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| High tech, low tech: Big U.S. cities embrace twin approach to crime Posted: 06 Jan 2018 01:03 PM PST ![High tech, low tech: Big U.S. cities embrace twin approach to crime]( "High tech, low tech: Big U.S. cities embrace twin approach to crime") Gun violence in major U.S. cities fell in 2017 as police used the latest crime-fighting software combined with a revival of old-fashioned community policing to build trust with a skeptical public. Law enforcement officials and criminologists credit that dual approach with helping extend the decades-long reduction in crime in New York City and reducing gun violence in Chicago by 20 percent in 2017. Chicago became a symbol of U.S. gun violence after homicides soared nearly 60 percent in 2016, drawing frequent criticism from Donald Trump during his campaign for the presidency and after he was elected.
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| Readers write: Mosaic nation, intriguing tour, possibilities for every area Posted: 06 Jan 2018 03:00 AM PST ![Readers write: Mosaic nation, intriguing tour, possibilities for every area]( "Readers write: Mosaic nation, intriguing tour, possibilities for every area") Regarding the Nov. 27 cover story, "Heartland strong": I loved this article because it shows the mosaic substance of our nation. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test? Regarding the Nov. 20 cover story, "A billionaire's war on poverty": This article was so full of wonderful details of George Kaiser's support for his community of Tulsa, Okla., that I found myself applying these ideas here in St. Louis, Ferguson, and other nearby suburbs of Missouri.
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| This War Turned China Into a Military Superpower Posted: 05 Jan 2018 06:34 PM PST  When the Sino-Vietnamese war ended on March 16, 1979, it was hardly a definite resolution of the conflict. Both sides claimed victory, and Vietnam continued to pressure China's allies in Cambodia and Thailand. As a result, the PLA continued to apply pressure to Vietnam by launching attacks across the Vietnamese border throughout the 1980s.
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| US senator says no evidence of 'sonic attacks' in Cuba Posted: 06 Jan 2018 10:46 AM PST  HAVANA (AP) — Republican Sen. Jeff Flake says the U.S. has found no evidence that American diplomats in Havana were the victims of attacks with an unknown weapon.
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| Rob Bishop Continues His Taxpayer-Funded Feud With Patagonia Posted: 06 Jan 2018 09:39 AM PST  WASHINGTON — For the second time in as many months, the House Committee on Natural Resources has taken a public swing at Patagonia.
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| Math Reveals Your Royal Roots Posted: 06 Jan 2018 11:11 AM PST  But don't go around calling yourself "royal highness" yet.
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| South Africa's parliament to review rules on removing president Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:35 AM PST ![South Africa's parliament to review rules on removing president]( "South Africa's parliament to review rules on removing president") By Joe Brock JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) - South Africa's parliament said on Sunday it would review its rules relating to removing the country's president, after the constitutional court said on Dec. 29 that lawmakers had previously failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account. The court ruling has piled pressure on Zuma and his allies as his opponents within the ruling African National Congress (ANC) are pushing for him to be removed as head of state before his term ends in 2019, when national elections will be held. Zuma is in a weakened position after Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected leader of the ANC last month, narrowly beating Zuma's ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
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