| Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore Laments Racial Divisions Between 'Reds' And 'Yellows' Posted: 18 Sep 2017 12:40 PM PDT  Alabama Senate GOP candidate Roy Moore appeared to use racially insensitive language to refer to Native Americans and Asian-Americans, according to footage obtained by The Hill newspaper on Monday.
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| Hurricanes Jose Could Lash East Coast as Hurricane Maria Heads Toward Caribbean Posted: 17 Sep 2017 08:47 AM PDT  Hurricane Jose is whipping 90-mile-per hour winds, creating dangerous currents as it barrels up the East Coast while Hurricane Maria, just behind it, strengthens as it heads straight for the Virgin Islands, St. Martin and Barbuda.
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| Family Of Chicago Teen Found Dead In Hotel Freezer Demands FBI Investigation Posted: 18 Sep 2017 10:07 AM PDT  Family and friends of Kenneka Jenkins, a teenager found dead last week in the freezer of a Chicago-area hotel, want the FBI to investigate after local police said they don't suspect foul play.
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| Video Shows Police Fatally Shooting Georgia Tech Student Posted: 17 Sep 2017 08:10 AM PDT  A 21-year-old student was shot and killed on Georgia Tech's campus on Saturday, September 16. Police said he was carrying a knife. The incident was caught on camera.
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| Photo Of Rohingya Woman Mourning Her Dead Infant Underscores Worsening Crisis Posted: 18 Sep 2017 02:52 AM PDT  The bloodshed overtaking Myanmar's Rakhine state forced Hamida, a Rohingya Muslim, to run from her homeland last week.
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| Alec Baldwin calls out Donald Trump during acceptance speech at 2017 Emmys Posted: 17 Sep 2017 06:12 PM PDT  As predicted, Alec Baldwin won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at Sunday night's Emmy Awards for his turn on "Saturday Night Live" as Donald Trump and, naturally, he took aim at Trump during his acceptance speech.
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| 10-Year-Old Boy Killed in Fire in Mobile Home Without Power After Hurricane Irma Posted: 17 Sep 2017 09:28 AM PDT  A neighbor said the fire was ignited by a candle.
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| US federal government auctioned off disaster-response trailers days before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas Posted: 17 Sep 2017 03:03 AM PDT  The US federal government auctioned off disaster-response trailers at very low prices in the days before Hurricane Harvey devastated southeast Texas, according to a new investigation. More than 100 trailers - which are used to house people made homeless in emergencies or disasters - were sold in the two days before the hurricane made landfall. An Associated Press analysis of government data showed the trailers sold off were all of the latest 2017 model.
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| Russia touts essential role in Syria's advance against IS Posted: 17 Sep 2017 09:06 PM PDT  As the Islamic State group seems to crumble across Syria, a top Russian commander points to a pulverised tank once used by the jihadists as proof of his country's essential role in their demise. In recent months, Syrian troops have rolled IS back in the country's northern province of Aleppo, Hama and Homs in the centre, and most recently, Deir Ezzor in the east. Jihadists would pack anti-tank mines and TNT into the vehicles, retrofit them with protective armour, then detonate them at Syrian army positions.
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| Mario Batali Thinks It's A Bad Idea To Increase The Minimum Wage Posted: 18 Sep 2017 08:28 AM PDT  Mario Batali, the man behind the Eataly empire, owner of several restaurants across the globe and the person responsible for buying most of the world's orange Crocs, thinks the minimum wage increase is a bad idea for the restaurant industry.
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| Boeing lands $600M contract to design new Air Force Ones Posted: 17 Sep 2017 06:39 PM PDT  The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday awarded Boeing a contract worth just less than $600 million to begin the preliminary design of the next Air Force One planes.
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| Stanislav Petrov, the 'man who saved the world' dies at 77 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 06:48 AM PDT  The former Soviet military officer credited with saving the world from nuclear destruction has died at the age of 77. Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defence Forces, was the officer on duty at the Soviet Union's early warning centre when malfunctioning computers signaled the United States had launched missiles at the country in September 1983. His decision to ignore warnings is credited with averting nuclear armageddon. Karl Schumacher, a German film maker who first publicised the story in the West, said in a statement that he learnt of Petrov's death when he tried to get in touch to wish him happy birthday. Petrov's son, Dmitry Petrov, told Mr Schumacher that his father had died on May 19. Stanislav Petrov was born in Vladivostok on September 7, 1939. On the night of September 26, 1983, he was on duty at the Soviet Union's early warning centre near Moscow when computers warned that the United States had fired five nuclear missiles at the country. The 1983 false alarm is perhaps the closest the world has come to nuclear war Credit: Getty Images Contributor "The machine indicated the information was of the highest certainty," he later recalled. "On the wall big red letters burnt the word: START. That meant the missile had definitely been fired." He had just minutes to decide whether to assess the attack as genuine and inform the Kremlin that the United States was starting World War Three - or tell his commanders that the Soviet Union's early warning system was faulty. Guessing that a genuine American attack would have involved hundreds of missiles, he put the alarm down to a computer malfunction. Lt Col Petrov was vindicated when an internal investigation following the incident concluded that Soviet satellites had mistaken sunlight reflected on clouds for rocket engines. The Soviet government's policy in the event of a US nuclear attack was to launch an immediate and all-out retaliatory strike in accordance with the principle of Mutually Assured Destruction. Although Petrov was feted by his colleagues and initially praised by superiors for his actions, he was not rewarded. He later complained that he was scolded by superiors for failing to complete a routine paperwork during the incident and had been scapegoated by generals embarrassed by the failure of the early warning system. He took early retirement from the armed forces the following year and retired outside Moscow. The incident was only made public in 1998 with the publication of the memoirs of General Yury Vontintsev, Mr Petrov's superior at the time. In the 2014 documentary The Man Who Saved the World, Mr Petrov said: "All that happened didn't matter to me — it was my job. I was simply doing my job, and I was the right person at the right time, that's all."
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| Sean Spicer makes surprise appearance during Stephen Colbert's opening monologue at the 2017 Emmys Posted: 17 Sep 2017 05:31 PM PDT  Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer shocked the star-studded audience at Sunday night's 2017 Emmy Awards by appearing on stage during host Stephen Colbert's opening monologue.
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| This Couple Eloped At Asheville City Hall, And They're So Glad They Did Posted: 18 Sep 2017 07:34 AM PDT  Amanda Magee first met her now-husband Sean five years ago while working at the department store Belk in Mooresville, North Carolina.
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| Police release man questioned over slayings of two black men in 'possibly racially motivated' crimes Posted: 18 Sep 2017 12:01 PM PDT  A man questioned about two possibly racially-motivated homicides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been released on bail after a drug arrest, reports say. Mr Gleason was arrested on suspicion of drug possession unrelated to the killings. Kenneth Gleason, 23, posted his $3,500 bail and was released from prison, according to the Advocate, a newspaper in Baton Rouge.
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| Israel gets first joint US military base Posted: 18 Sep 2017 10:30 AM PDT  Israel on Monday inaugurated with its US ally a joint missile defence base on Israeli soil, the first ever, a senior Israeli air force officer said. The new facility, at an undisclosed location in southern Israel, was announced as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to meet US President Donald Trump in New York on the fringes of the UN General Assembly. "We inaugurated, with our partners from the United States Army, an American base, for the first time in Israel," Brigadier General Tzvika Heimowitz, head of Israeli missile defences, told journalists.
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| Ohio State Student Killed In Murder Suicide Posted: 18 Sep 2017 04:33 PM PDT  An Ohio State University student and her boyfriend were found dead early Sunday morning in an apparent murder suicide
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| Chester Bennington's Wife Shares Video Of Him Laughing Hours Before His Death Posted: 17 Sep 2017 03:12 PM PDT  Just hours before Chester Bennington's death by suicide, the Linkin Park frontman was filmed laughing and joking around with his family, showing that "depression doesn't have a face or a mode," his bereft widow said.
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| Trudeau: Canada could stop dealing with Boeing over dispute Posted: 18 Sep 2017 01:47 PM PDT  TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday his government could stop doing business with Boeing if the U.S. company doesn't drop a trade complaint against Canadian plane maker Bombardier.
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| Donald Trump Is Demanding An Apology. Don Lemon Has The Perfect Response. Posted: 17 Sep 2017 11:44 PM PDT  President Donald Trump demanded an apology from ESPN after the network's Jemele Hill called him a "white supremacist."
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| Christian 'Researcher' Claims The Rapture Starts On Saturday Posted: 18 Sep 2017 02:34 AM PDT  The name Elohim, which is the name of God to the Jews, was mentioned 33 times [in the Bible]," Meade told the newspaper. Meade believes global catastrophes will be caused by a secret planet called Nibiru passing the Earth on Saturday. "Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax," the space agency said on its website a few years ago when similar doomsday predictions went viral.
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| Dad Using Clown Mask to Scare Daughter Prompts Neighbor to Fire Gun, Both Arrested: Cops Posted: 18 Sep 2017 11:36 AM PDT  The Ohio man reportedly told cops he didn't want to spank the girl because her mother was in jail for harming her.
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| Putin watches as Russia intensifies war games that have rattled West Posted: 18 Sep 2017 09:53 AM PDT  By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin observed Russia's biggest war games in years on Monday, watching as his forces successfully repelled an imaginary enemy and launched a tank-led counter offensive, part of an exercise that has rattled the West. NATO officials say they are monitoring the "Zapad-2017" ("West-2017") war games with "calm and confidence", but many are unnerved about what they see as Moscow testing its ability to wage war against the West. Russia says the exercise is rehearsing a purely defensive scenario.
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| 28 Hilarious Parenting Hacks From Crafty Moms And Dads Posted: 18 Sep 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Parenthood has a way of bringing out people's crafty sides.
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| Blood and embalming fluid seeps onto street outside Baton Rouge funeral home Posted: 17 Sep 2017 08:13 AM PDT  Blood and embalming fluid leaked from a storage tank onto the street outside a funeral home before it was spotted by passersby. Images showed the mix of blood and formaldehyde as it seeped onto the street behind the Greenoaks Funeral Home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A blockage in the storage tank had caused the leak, which lasted around 20 minutes.
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| UN gives top prize to Chibok girls negotiator Posted: 18 Sep 2017 03:01 AM PDT  A Nigerian lawyer who helped secure the release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram was on Monday awarded one of the United Nations' top prizes. The UNHCR said Zannah Mustapha was given the annual Nansen award for his "crucial mediating" role as well as his work helping children affected by the long-running conflict. Last year's recipients of the award were more than 2,000 volunteers who saved the lives of thousands of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
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| Trump Still Hasn't Officially Declared The Opioid Crisis A National Emergency Posted: 18 Sep 2017 08:39 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― More than a month after President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced that he would declare a national emergency on the opioid crisis, he has yet to make it official.
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| Are Nicole Kidman's Scientologist children forbidden to speak to her? Emmys speech leads to speculation Posted: 18 Sep 2017 11:02 AM PDT  Nicole Kidman's impassioned acceptance speech was one of the highlights of the Emmys -- but careful listeners noticed something both telling and troubling.
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| Mea Culpa: I Said Trump and Bibi Would Blow Up Posted: 18 Sep 2017 12:17 PM PDT  But eight months in, the U.S. president is still playing nice with Israel — thanks to a moribund peace process.
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| 2 charged in alleged rape of university student on bus Posted: 18 Sep 2017 01:14 PM PDT ![2 charged in alleged rape of university student on bus]( "2 charged in alleged rape of university student on bus") AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Two men who worked for a company that runs the Auburn University transit system have been charged in the alleged rape of a student on one of the buses.
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| 6 Bad Carbs That Are Actually Good For You Posted: 18 Sep 2017 01:20 PM PDT  Some natural foods that rank high in carbohydrates can also provide essential nutrients. Here's a list of our favorites.
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| 15 Honest Quotes About Fatherhood From Jason Sudeikis Posted: 18 Sep 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Jason Sudeikis is learning the ins and outs of parenting.
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| Watch Out 'Hot Cops'! Police Parody Stephen King's 'It' in Viral Photo Posted: 17 Sep 2017 10:51 AM PDT  The officers said they just wanted to engage with the community.
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| St. Louis Police Chant 'Whose Streets? Our Streets!' After Arresting Protesters Posted: 18 Sep 2017 09:52 AM PDT  A refrain commonly chanted by Black Lives Matter activists was shouted Sunday night by St. Louis police officers as law enforcement officials arrested more than 80 people during the city's third night of unrest. The phrase was chanted twice, reported David Carson, a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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| Wild elephants kill two Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh Posted: 18 Sep 2017 12:32 AM PDT  Wild elephants trampled two elderly Rohingya refugees to death Monday as they slept underneath a plastic sheet near a forest in Bangladesh, police said. The incident occurred on the outskirts of Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar district, where tens of thousands of Rohingya have set up makeshift shelters since fleeing violence across the border in Myanmar. "We can confirm that two people were killed by wild elephants," local police chief Abul Khaer told AFP, adding both the deceased were Rohingya civilians.
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| Dreams of a fairer future on hurricane-hit St Martin Posted: 16 Sep 2017 08:15 PM PDT  Quartier d'Orléans (St Martin) (AFP) - The Caribbean island of St Martin was a place of spectacular inequalities before Hurricane Irma flattened rich and poor neighbourhoods alike -- but some residents now dream of a fresh start. "A land of contrasts" was how French authorities, which run the northern half of the island devastated by last week's Category Five hurricane, described it in a 2016 report. US President Donald Trump is among the super-rich who own property on the island, while six in 10 of his neighbours on the French side receive government handouts.
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| The Latest: China rejects US demands for pressure on NKorea Posted: 18 Sep 2017 08:03 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on tensions following North Korea's firing of an intermediate-range missile over Japan (all times local):
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| Ford, Mahindra alliance reflects pressures on automakers Posted: 18 Sep 2017 03:56 PM PDT  By Swati Bhat and Joseph White MUMBAI/DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and Indian vehicle maker Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd said on Monday they will launch a strategic alliance to counter challenges posed by fast-changing technology and global competition. The agreement, which builds on a former alliance that was unwound in 2005, is another sign that Ford's Chief Executive Jim Hackett, who took over in May, has begun to steer the automaker in a different direction. Ford and other global automakers are under pressure as policymakers demand they shift their product lines entirely to electric vehicles over the next two to three decades.
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| Kate Walsh Reveals She Was Diagnosed With Large Brain Tumor Posted: 18 Sep 2017 07:30 AM PDT  Kate Walsh might be best known for playing a doctor on TV, but that doesn't mean she was prepared to face a health crisis of her own.
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| Hero Ride Operator Falls While Saving Kids Trapped on Ferris Wheel, Miraculously Survives Posted: 18 Sep 2017 01:23 PM PDT  Remarkably, the ride operator suffered only a broken finger in the fall.
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| New Ken Burns Doc Dismisses Origins of the Vietnam War Posted: 17 Sep 2017 10:31 AM PDT  Ken Burns aims to win hearts and minds with his epic Vietnam series, but loses sight of how we got involved.
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