| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tells Mike Huckabee To Leave 'False Statements To Sarah' Posted: 03 Dec 2018 09:51 AM PST  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Mike Huckabee on Twitter on Sunday,
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| Roger Stone: I would never 'bear false witness' against Trump Posted: 02 Dec 2018 09:02 AM PST  Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone said Sunday morning that he would never testify against the president.
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| Michelle Obama Cancels Two Book Tour Events To Attend George H.W. Bush's Funeral Posted: 02 Dec 2018 05:27 PM PST  Former first lady Michelle Obama canceled a pair of events for her book tour
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| Best Bites: Butter pecan cupcakes Posted: 03 Dec 2018 05:00 AM PST  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Fuel supplies, schools hit on Week 3 of 'yellow vest' protests Posted: 02 Dec 2018 04:16 PM PST  Dozens of French "yellow vest" demonstrators blocked access to a major fuel depot and several highways on Monday on the third week of anti-government protests which led to major riots in Paris at the weekend. Around 50 people blocked the fuel depot in the port of Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseille, where police have repeatedly intervened to dislodge demonstrators since small-town and rural France erupted in protests over rising living costs on November 17. Traffic was also backed up on highways leading to the southern cities of Aix-en-Provence, Orange, Montpellier, Nimes and Sete as the movement, which began over fuel tax increases but has morphed into a broader wave of resistance to Macron's pro-business policies, rumbled on.
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| Dutch Court Rules 69-Year-Old Man Can't Legally Declare Himself 20 Years Younger Posted: 03 Dec 2018 09:16 AM PST  A 69-year-old Dutch man has failed in his attempt to legally declare himself
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| Russia's Putin escaped critique for Ukraine actions at G20-German conservative Posted: 03 Dec 2018 02:27 AM PST  BERLIN (Reuters) - The G20 summit in Argentina failed to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for his actions with regard to Ukraine, despite significant efforts by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in bilateral meetings, a key Merkel ally said. "President Putin escaped nearly unscathed with his renewed aggression against Ukraine," Juergen Hardt, foreign policy spokesman for Merkel's conservatives in parliament, said in a statement on Monday. ...
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| Comey Ends His Subpoena Fight, to Speak Behind Closed Doors Posted: 02 Dec 2018 11:52 AM PST  Comey had sued to block the summons last week, contending that the sealed testimony would be leaked and distorted by Republicans for political purposes. Early on Sunday, two days after Comey's attorney conceded in court that no federal trial judge had ever batted down a House subpoena, the former Federal Bureau of Investigations chief -- who was fired by President Donald Trump in 2017 -- withdrew his request.
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| Mexican city shuts down migrant shelter near US border, blaming 'bad sanitary conditions' Posted: 02 Dec 2018 05:16 PM PST  The city of Tijuana has closed down a migrant shelter close to the US border where as many as 6,000 Central American migrants have been staying as they wait for their asylum claims to be processed. The migrants are now being moved from the sports centre where the shelter had been located to a former concert venue that is much further from the US-Mexico border, officials have said. The facilities were designed to hold about half as many people as had been placed there as the migrants arrived from their long journeys north through Mexico.
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| Saudi crown prince visits Algiers without meeting president Posted: 03 Dec 2018 10:59 AM PST  Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika called off a meeting with visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday because of ill health, the national news agency APS reported. Bouteflika postponed a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in February 2017 and was last seen on Algerian television on November 1 laying a wreath at the country's independence war memorial. Prince Mohammed, on his first foreign tour since the October 2 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, held talks instead with Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, Algeria's presidency said, during a low-key visit that was kept largely out of the media spotlight.
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| George Conway Suggests New Donald Trump Tweet May Break The Law Posted: 03 Dec 2018 11:10 AM PST  President Donald Trump tweeted praise of his longtime adviser Roger Stone on
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| Temperatures to plummet in D.C. as George H.W. Bush lies in state at Capitol Rotunda Posted: 02 Dec 2018 12:13 PM PST  The late President George H.W. Bush will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., early this week, and the temperature is expected to plummet.
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| Suit Dropped Against Egyptian Actress Rania Youssef Over Sheer Red Carpet Dress Posted: 03 Dec 2018 08:43 AM PST  UPDATE: 1:30 p.m. ― The three lawyers who sued actress Rania Youssef with
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| Michelle Obama revisits London school that inspired education drive Posted: 03 Dec 2018 10:23 AM PST ![Michelle Obama revisits London school that inspired education drive]( "Michelle Obama revisits London school that inspired education drive") Michelle Obama returned on Monday to the London girls' school that inspired her global education initiative when she was U.S. First Lady, nine years after her first visit as part of a tour to promote her memoir. Obama urged students to believe they could do anything if they were prepared to work hard enough and called on colleges and universities to do more to attract less privileged pupils. The ethnically diverse school, which Obama visited in 2009 on her first official trip to Britain, has around 60 languages spoken among its 900 female pupils.
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| George H.W. Bush makes final trip to Washington Posted: 03 Dec 2018 10:31 AM PST  Former President George H.W. Bush and his family are being flown from Houston, Texas on Special Air Mission 41 to the nation's capital; chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel reports.
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| Mexico says presidential jet to be sold Posted: 02 Dec 2018 05:17 PM PST  Mexico is putting the presidential jet on the auction block, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's team said Sunday, making good on the new president's campaign pledge on his second day in office. The Boeing 787-8's last mission took outgoing president Enrique Pena Nieto to the G20 summit in Buenos Aires this week. Lopez Obrador vowed a "deep and radical" change in Mexico as he assumed the country's presidency Saturday, five months after winning a landslide election victory.
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| Trump Had 'Informal' Conversation With Putin At G-20 Summit Posted: 02 Dec 2018 09:00 AM PST  Donald Trump had an "informal" conversation with Vladimir Putin at the G-20
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| India Stocks Fluctuate as Oil, Polls Offset Trade Truce Cheer Posted: 03 Dec 2018 02:34 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Indian stocks were volatile on Monday as as the biggest surge in oil prices in two years and uncertainty around the outcome of state elections offset cheer from a U.S.-China trade truce.
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| Evil Genius Turns Giuliani's Typo-Ridden Tweet Into Hilarious Anti-Trump Message Posted: 03 Dec 2018 01:10 PM PST  An angry tweet that Rudolph Giuliani intended to criticize Robert Mueller
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| The Latest: Paris police chief says 112 cars torched in riot Posted: 02 Dec 2018 03:24 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — The latest on French protests against higher taxes (all times local):
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| The Flats Meghan Markle Made Famous Are Now At Nordstrom Posted: 03 Dec 2018 02:39 PM PST  When Meghan Markle wears something, it's safe to say the internet goes on a
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| Death of 4-year-old girl at South LA home investigated as homicide; victim's father arrested Posted: 03 Dec 2018 05:36 PM PST  A man was arrested in connection to the death of his four-year-old daughter after she was found with some type of trauma at her South LA home.
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| George HW Bush's service dog lies next to former president's casket: 'Mission complete' Posted: 03 Dec 2018 06:26 AM PST  George HW Bush's service dog Sully has been photographed lying next to his master's casket ahead of his funeral. In the photo, Sully wears his vest and appears to be sleeping in front of the flag-draped casket. The photo was also shared on Sully's Instagram @sullyhwbush, where the dog has more than 96,000 followers.
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| China grain traders await lower tariffs before returning to U.S. market Posted: 03 Dec 2018 07:02 AM PST  China will need to drop its steep tariffs imposed on a range of American farm products earlier this year before it can fulfill its pledge to buy a "very substantial" amount of U.S. goods, said Chinese traders on Monday. China and the United States agreed on Saturday to refrain from setting additional tariffs that would further escalate a months-long trade war that has roiled global markets and halted sales of American soybeans to the world's top buyer. The temporary truce on trade followed talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of a two-day gathering of world leaders in Argentina.
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| Scott Stearney, Top U.S. Naval Commander In Middle East, Found Dead In Bahrain Posted: 02 Dec 2018 05:25 AM PST  Vice-admiral Scott Stearney, the head of U.S. Navy operations in the Middle
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| Mexico’s Leader Sells Off ‘Too Lavish’ Presidential Boeing 787 Posted: 03 Dec 2018 08:47 AM PST  The 787-8 aircraft is headed Monday to a facility in California where Boeing can help maintain the presidential jet until a buyer is found, Finance Minister Carlos Urzua and Banobras development bank director Jorge Mendoza said in a message to reporters in Mexico City. Lopez Obrador has criticized the plane, which cost more than $200 million, as ostentatious -- more luxurious than Air Force One, which flies U.S. presidents around the world, and too lavish for the leader of Mexico.
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| Kamala Harris To Decide On 2020 White House Run 'Over The Holiday' Posted: 02 Dec 2018 12:45 PM PST  Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Saturday she'll decide whether to launch a
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| The Latest: Earthquake doesn't disrupt supply chain of goods Posted: 02 Dec 2018 12:51 PM PST  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of a powerful earthquake striking near Anchorage (all times local):
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| Oil prices surge on output cut pledge, US-China deal Posted: 03 Dec 2018 12:38 AM PST  Oil prices soared on Monday after Russia and Saudi Arabia renewed a pact to cap output, while the US agreed to halt raising tariffs on Chinese imports, stalling a trade row that many feared could hit demand for the commodity. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "have agreed to extend our agreement" to limit production as prices slump on global markets. An existing deal committing OPEC and non-members to cuts expires this year.
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| Merkel protege suggests reducing gas flow through Nord Stream 2 pipeline Posted: 02 Dec 2018 03:16 PM PST  Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a top candidate to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel as leader of the Christian Democrats, told public broadcaster ARD it would be "too radical" to withdraw political support for the project, but Berlin could reduce the amount of gas to flow through the pipeline. Russia is resisting international calls to release three Ukrainian ships seized last weekend in the Kerch Strait near the Crimea region that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Moscow has accused the 24 sailors of illegally crossing the Russian border, which Ukraine denies.
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| Here's How Amazon Prime Members Spent Their Time And Money In 2018 Posted: 03 Dec 2018 11:19 AM PST  You want it when you want it. That's according to just-released data from
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| Mexico's new president takes aim at violence during first day in office Posted: 02 Dec 2018 11:51 AM PST  In a Sunday morning speech, Mexico's first leftist president in decades continued to pivot from an emphasis during the campaign on peaceful reconciliation and even amnesty for some involved in the country's grueling drug war to a more traditional approach defined by more soldiers and police. "We must adjust to a new era," he said, flanked by generals at a military base in the capital, while emphasizing that his security policy will also respect human rights. In the first phase of his plan, a 60,000-strong national guard force made up of army, navy and other federal police will battle crime while a constitutional reform will be pursued to cement the new strategy.
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| Portugal, Peru and Armani-designed hotel big winners at 'Oscars' of travel world Posted: 03 Dec 2018 02:36 AM PST  The Oscar for world's best hotel 2018 goes to a five-star hotel in Dubai designed by Armani, while the Oscar equivalent for best destination this year has gone to Portugal, one of the most trending holiday destinations of 2018.
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| Gloria Estefan Opens Kennedy Center Honors With Tribute To George H.W. Bush Posted: 02 Dec 2018 08:27 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Singer Gloria Estefan opened Sunday's taping of this year's
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| Damaging police report looms over Netanyahu re-election bid Posted: 02 Dec 2018 11:43 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges, adding to a growing collection of legal troubles that have clouded the longtime leader's prospects for pursuing re-election next year.
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| Big Brussels climate march marks COP24 start Posted: 02 Dec 2018 07:44 AM PST  Tens of thousands of marchers took to the streets of Brussels on Sunday to mark the start of the UN climate summit in Poland. Speaking through a blow-horn, activist Evert Nicolai of Oxfam Action urged leaders to do what was needed towards fighting climate change. The march, dubbed Claim The Climate, ended with speeches and performances at the Parc Cinquantenaire that overlooks the European Union institutions.
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| Astronauts blast off for space station on Russian rocket after October crash Posted: 03 Dec 2018 03:05 AM PST  A Russian, an American and a Canadian astronaut have taken off for the international space station in the first manned launch of a Soyuz rocket since a harrowing crash in October. Monday's launch of the MS-11 ship was a closely watched test for Russia's space industry, which has suffered several high-profile failures in recent years but remains the only reliable way to deliver crew to the orbiting station. A source of national pride for both the Soviet Union and Russia under Vladimir Putin, missions into the cosmos are virtually the only area of cooperation left between Russia and the United States after the Ukraine crisis. Space station veteran and mission commander Oleg Kononenko, 54, Quebec family doctor David Saint-Jacques, 48, and Anne McClain, 39, a US army helicopter pilot who earned masters degrees from the University of Bath and Bristol in the UK, lifted off in a cloud of flame and smoke from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on Monday afternoon. From bottom, Oleg Kononenko, Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques board their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday Credit: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters In the course of an eight-minute flight through the atmosphere, the craft first jettisoned its boosters and then its second stage rocket to successfully deliver the spacecraft into orbit. The trio were scheduled to dock with the space station six hours later to relieve the current crew, which will return home on December 20. On Tuesday, Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to launch from Cape Canaveral a long-delayed reusable Falcon 9 rocket with 5,600 pounds of research equipment and supplies including holiday food for the space station. The MS-11 mission was moved up after the same kind of Soyuz spacecraft and FG rocket booster crashed at Baikonur in October, risking the lives of Russian commander Alexei Ovchinin and Nasa astronaut Nick Hague. One of the four boosters caught on the second stage as they detached, sending the rocket careening toward the ground a little more than two minutes after takeoff. The capsule automatically aborted the mission and parachuted the two men to safety about 250 miles away on the plains of Kazakhstan. Soyuz MS-10 takes off from Baikonur before its crash in October Credit: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Russia blamed the crash on a sensor in the booster separation system that was damaged during installation in what the space agency head could have been an act of sabotage. Having taken apart two rockets during an investigation, its specialists have now fixed the problem, a special commission said. Arianespace launched a European weather satellite into orbit on an unmanned Soyuz rocket last month. Monday's mission follows a scare at the space station in August when a drop in pressure was traced to a small hole in a panel in a Soyuz MS-09 module, which had docked with the station in June. Russia's space czar at one point suggested the hole could have been drilled by the German or American crew member on the station. MS-11 crew member Anne McClain said she had absolute confidence in the Soyuz despite the crash, telling CBS News she "would have gotten on a rocket the day after that happened". But crashes of unmanned Russian spacecraft in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 have called into doubt the viability of the country's space industry, where low wages have reportedly hurt operations. In the most egregious incident, an unmanned Soyuz rocket carrying 19 international satellites crashed in November 2017 after it was programmed with the coordinates for the wrong launch site. A Russian Orthodox priests blesses the MS-11 spaceship with holy water on Sunday Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Monday's mission started from the same launchpad that Yuri Gagarin did when he became the first man in space in 1961. Russian Orthodox priests flicked holy water on the rocket, launch team and assembled journalists during a blessing the day before. On Friday, Russia launched three communications satellites into space and an unidentified fourth object that some think could be a new spy satellite.
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| George H.W. Bush wants Trump at his funeral despite bitter family rivalry Posted: 03 Dec 2018 08:25 AM PST  Government shutdown on hold in wake of former president's death.
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| The 14 Hottest New Vehicles at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show Posted: 03 Dec 2018 09:44 AM PST |
| The One Where Netflix Confirms ‘Friends’ Is Not Leaving The Service (UPDATE) Posted: 03 Dec 2018 10:47 AM PST  UPDATE: 6:20 p.m. Monday ― The Holiday Armadillo has spoken. Netflix tweeted
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| Iran says OPEC members who increased output should take lead on cuts Posted: 03 Dec 2018 07:24 AM PST  The comments underline tensions within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ahead of this week's meeting to discuss curbing output and prolonging a supply-limiting pact with Russia and other non-members into 2019. Iran has been angered by higher production from Saudi Arabia and Russia, which chair a panel called the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), after calls from U.S. President Donald Trump to pump more oil to offset a drop in Iranian exports hit by U.S. sanctions. "This is very regrettable and we understand their frustration," Iran's OPEC governor, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, told Reuters, referring to Doha's announcement on Monday.
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| Congress Will Push the Shutdown Deadline. It's Still Not Clear How It Will End Posted: 03 Dec 2018 01:42 PM PST  Lawmakers are debating just how far to kick the can down the road
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| California wildfire survivors face new challenge: rebuilding Posted: 02 Dec 2018 03:16 AM PST  At least 88 people were killed in the Camp Fire and nearly 200 others are still listed as missing, making the wildfire the deadliest in state history. Christopher Gregg, whose home in Paradise was a total loss, said he's not getting answers to the question of when he will be compensated by his insurance company. Insurance teams began gathering in Chico in the early days of the fire that erupted on Nov. 8 and rapidly engulfed Paradise about 20 minutes away and surrounding communities.
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