| Trump Laughs As Philippine Leader Duterte Calls Journalists 'Spies' Posted: 13 Nov 2017 11:58 AM PST  President Donald Trump laughed on Monday as his counterpart in the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, shut down reporters' questions on human rights and referred to journalists as "spies."
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| White House official: Roy Moore has 'more explaining' to do Posted: 12 Nov 2017 10:19 AM PST  White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short said on Sunday that if the allegations against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore are true, there's a "special place in hell" for him — but cautioned against a rush to judgment.
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| Take Our Quiz On Gun Violence In America Posted: 13 Nov 2017 12:05 PM PST  Published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit, investigative newsroom covering gun violence in America.
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| Walmart cashier in Mississippi helps calm nervous man paying with change Posted: 13 Nov 2017 11:23 AM PST  A Walmart cashier's simple act of kindness has shown that slowing down and showing patience can sometimes make all the difference.
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| Race Car Driver, 8, Dies After Slamming Her Car into Cement Barrier Posted: 13 Nov 2017 09:13 AM PST  An 8-year-old drag race driver is dead after he car collided with a cement barrier.
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| Maduro says Venezuela will 'never' default on its massive debt Posted: 12 Nov 2017 01:43 PM PST  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro insisted on Sunday that his cash-strapped country would "never" default, as he prepared to meet with creditors in Caracas to discuss rescheduling part of the country's massive $150 billion debt. "Never, default will never reach Venezuela," he declared on his weekly television show. Maduro pointed to ongoing negotiations with his allies China and Russia, to which Venezuela owes, respectively, $28 billion and $8 billion.
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| Iran-Iraq earthquake: More than 400 dead as 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near border Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:55 AM PST  Iranian rescue teams were struggling Monday to reach isolated villages cut off by landslides after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake which killed more than 400 people and injured almost 7,000. The powerful earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border region on Sunday night, shaking the Middle East as far as Israel and Turkey, but the worst of the devastation was borne in western Iran. Iran said at least 407 people had been killed but the death toll was expected to rise as rescuers reached more remote parts of the mountainous Kermanshah province. Another 6,700 people were injured. At least seven people were killed in Iraq's Kurdish region and more than 300 were reportedly taken to hospital with injuries. The earthquake was the worst in Iran since 2005, when 612 people were killed in the country's southeast. It was also the deadliest earthquake of 2017, overtaking the 369 people killed in Mexico City in September. A collapsed house is seen hours after the 7.3 magnitude earthquake Credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Iran's government said it was mobilising the army, militia forces, and the elite Revolutionary Guard Corps to help with relief efforts but as the sun set on Monday rescuers were still struggling to reach parts of the disaster zone. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, exhorted rescue teams to move as quickly as possible while there was still a chance to save people buried by the quake. "It is the duty of the authorities in these first hours with all their determination and ability to help the injured, especially those trapped under the rubble," he said. Graphic: Iraq earthquake Aid workers used rescue dogs and heat sensors to try to find those trapped inside collapsed buildings while helicopters and heavy construction equipment were brought in to support the search. More than 200 people were reportedly killed in Sarpol-e Zahab, a city of around 34,000 people which sits a few miles from the Iraqi border. Photographs from the scene showed buildings that had completely collapsed and a mother weeping in the street as she held the body of her young daughter. Another woman and her baby were pulled from rubble, according to local media. In one video posted online on Monday morning, a resident said soldiers were working to help people without gloves or any special equipment and there was no sign of rescue teams. Narrator: 100s of soldiers with no masks/gloves/equipment; theft is rampant and stopped by locals; and no officials present since the quake #Kermanshah#Iranpic.twitter.com/ugujpV8dMu— Holly Dagres (@hdagres) November 13, 2017 "There has been no help yet, neither food nor water, no clothing, no tents, there is nothing," said another man. "Our electricity, water, gas, phone lines are out, everything is completely out, the whole city has been destroyed, it is wrecked." Eshaq Jahangiri, one of Iran's vice presidents, said many of the buildings which had collapsed had been built under the Mehr Housing Project, a government building programme championed by former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mr Jahangiri said there would be an investigation into the structures, which were build for poor Iranians as a part of Mr Ahmadinejad's populist domestic policies. Devastated families gather around one of the victims in Sarpol-e Zahab county in Kermanshah Credit: Reuters Thousands of people in Tehran and other cities waited in long lines to donate blood after the earthquake. Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, offered "deepest condolences" to both Iran and Iraq. "The UK stands ready to help the victims and the recovery effort," said Mr Johnson, who is expected to visit Iran in the coming weeks. The Pope and other world leaders also sent their sympathies. "Upon the injured and the emergency and civil authorities engaged in rescue and recovery efforts, His Holiness invokes the divine blessings of consolation and strength," a Vatican spokesman said. Mourners gather around the body of one of the victims Credit: Reuters The Turkish Red Crescent dispatched 33 aid trucks to the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah while Turkey's military flew a cargo plane with aid and rescue workers into Iraq. Turkey said it was prepared to help Iran also if aid was requested. The earthquake struck Iraq's Kurdish region just weeks after fighting between Iraqi government forces and Kurdish troops after a disputed independence referendum. Baghdad said it would help all Iraqis, regardless of the recent tensions in the area. Sherwana Castle, an historic 18th century fortress built by a Kurdish king, appeared to have been badly damaged by the quake.
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| 21 Children, 2 Adults Injured In Gym Stairwell Collapse Posted: 12 Nov 2017 08:14 AM PST  A wooden platform and stairwell at Vault PK, an acrobatic gym in San Diego, collapsed Saturday on Kids Night, sending many children to the hospital to be treated for spinal injuries, scrapes and bruises.
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| Trump Attacks Kim Jong Un In Bizarre Twitter Rant: 'I Would Never Call Him Short And Fat.' Posted: 11 Nov 2017 07:38 PM PST  President Donald Trump launched into a wild Twitter rant on Saturday after a statement from North Korea referred to him as an "old lunatic."
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| People Destroy Keurig Coffee Makers After Company Pulls Ads From Sean Hannity Programs Posted: 12 Nov 2017 11:19 PM PST  Conservatives are publicly destroying their Keurig coffee makers in response to the company's decision to pull its advertisements from Sean Hannity's television and radio programs.
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| 'Roy Moore' Even 'Too Alabama' For Kate McKinnon's Jeff Sessions On 'SNL' Posted: 11 Nov 2017 09:42 PM PST  Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) November 12, 2017 "Saturday Night Live" skewered Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore in the cold open with Beck Bennett's Mike Pence pleading with Mikey Day's Moore to step aside in the wake of allegations he behaved inappropriately with a 14-year-old girl.
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| Israel signals free hand in Syria as U.S., Russia expand truce Posted: 12 Nov 2017 10:21 AM PST  By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel signaled on Sunday that it would keep up military strikes across its frontier with Syria to prevent any encroachment by Iranian-allied forces, even as the United States and Russia try to build up a ceasefire in the area. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday affirmed joint efforts to stabilize Syria as its civil war wanes, including with the expansion of a July 7 truce in the southwestern triangle bordering Israel and Jordan. A U.S. State Department official said Russia had agreed "to work with the Syrian regime to remove Iranian-backed forces a defined distance" from the Golan Heights frontier with Israel, which captured the plateau in the 1967 Middle East war.
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| 4 Adults Arrested After Fight Caught on Camera Outside Chuck E. Cheese's Restaurant Posted: 13 Nov 2017 10:10 AM PST  Their children had allegedly bumped into one another.
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| Emirates orders 40 Boeing 787 Dreamliners for $15.1 bn: chief Posted: 12 Nov 2017 02:07 AM PST  Emirates Airlines on Sunday agreed to purchase 40 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners for $15.1 billion, its chief Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum said at the opening of the Dubai Air Show. Emirates is already the world's largest client for Boeing's 777, with 165 jets and another 164 on firm order. Sheikh Ahmed said the deal raises total orders from Boeing, the global competitor of Airbus Industries, to as high as $90 billion.
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| Foul-Mouthed State Prosecutor Berates, Threatens Uber Driver Posted: 13 Nov 2017 03:28 PM PST  A Texas prosecutor identified as the woman heard in an audio clip berating an Uber driver has been fired, The Dallas Morning News reports.
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| The Powerful Earthquake Along the Iran-Iraq Border Has Killed More Than 400 People Posted: 12 Nov 2017 12:25 PM PST  Iran sits on many major fault lines and is prone to near-daily quakes
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| Ex-intelligence chiefs: Trump is being played by Putin and US is in 'peril' Posted: 12 Nov 2017 09:59 AM PST  Two former US intelligence chiefs have said Donald Trump poses "a peril" to the US because he is vulnerable to being "played" by Russia, after the president said on Saturday he believed Vladimir Putin's denials of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Former director of national intelligence James Clapper and former CIA director John Brennan issued a stern rebuke to Trump after the president called both men "political hacks" for their support of an intelligence agency consensus that Russia meddled with the US election.
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| Everyone Knew Roy Moore Dated High School Girls, Says Former Colleague Posted: 11 Nov 2017 08:10 PM PST  A former prosecutor who worked in Alabama with GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore in the early 1980s told CNN on Saturday that it was "common knowledge" that Moore dated teenagers — and people thought it was "weird."
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| Lebanon PM says he will return to seek settlement Posted: 12 Nov 2017 02:22 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — In his first TV interview since he announced his surprise resignation last weekend, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday he will return to his country from Saudi Arabia "within days" to seek a settlement with the militant group Hezbollah, his rivals in his coalition government.
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| Woman avoids 10 years in jail for marrying her mother after they 'hit it off' Posted: 13 Nov 2017 03:54 AM PST  A woman who reportedly married her estranged mother after the pair later "hit it off" when they got back in contact has avoided a potential 10-year jail sentence. Misty Velvet Dawn Spann, 25, hadn't seen mother Patricia Spann, 43, since her childhood, when Patricia lost custody of her and two other siblings who were put up for adoption, court records show. Social services officials later discovered the incestuous relationship between the mother and daughter – which is illegal – and the pair were arrested and taken into custody.
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| Pollution spikes in Delhi amid warnings no relief in sight Posted: 12 Nov 2017 09:50 AM PST  Air pollution in New Delhi worsened again Sunday and officials warned of little relief in sight from the smog, which has even caused one airline to cancel flights to the world's most polluted capital. The US embassy website Sunday showed levels of the smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants reached 676, about 27 times the World Health Organization's safe maximum, after falling slightly late last week. Delhi authorities have halted all construction, shut brick kilns and banned lorries from entering the city but pollution levels have remained stubbornly high, hovering around hazardous levels for six days in the city and other parts of north India.
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| 21 Stellar Thanksgiving Side Dishes You Can Make Ahead Of Time Posted: 13 Nov 2017 08:07 AM PST  Thanksgiving can quickly turn from an enjoyable holiday into a hectic cooking marathon if you don't prepare ahead.
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| Trump Court Pick Forgot To Mention He's Married To A White House Lawyer Posted: 13 Nov 2017 12:30 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― One of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees didn't tell the Senate about a major conflict of interest in his bid to become a lifetime federal judge: his wife is chief of staff to White House counsel Don McGahn, who oversees the president's judicial nominations.
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| Qualcomm rejects Broadcom's $103-billion takeover bid Posted: 13 Nov 2017 10:13 AM PST  Shares of Qualcomm were up 1.8 percent at $65.74 in early afternoon trading, while those of Broadcom were down 0.4 percent at $263.95. Broadcom said it would seek to engage with Qualcomm's board and management, adding that it had received positive feedback from key customers and stockholders. "We continue to believe our proposal represents the most attractive, value-enhancing alternative available to Qualcomm stockholders and we are encouraged by their reaction," the company said.
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| Photographer travels the world snapping incredibly realistic yet completely fake cities Posted: 13 Nov 2017 06:35 AM PST ![Photographer travels the world snapping incredibly realistic yet completely fake cities]( "Photographer travels the world snapping incredibly realistic yet completely fake cities") For a few years now, an Austrian photographer has been nosing out and photographing places that simulate other places. Examples are a re-creation of Mosul, Iraq, in California's Mojave Desert and a Dutch village in China.
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| Donald Trump Jr. Messaged With WikiLeaks During Presidential Campaign Posted: 13 Nov 2017 03:01 PM PST  President Donald Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., communicated with WikiLeaks over Twitter direct message during the 2016 presidential race, according to a report in The Atlantic published Monday.
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| Chinese President Xi makes state visit to Vietnam Posted: 12 Nov 2017 02:39 AM PST  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam gave Chinese President Xi Jinping the red carpet treatment Sunday at the start of a state visit, as the two communist neighbors try to broaden their economic ties and work on resolving territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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| Crisis-stricken GE to unveil painful roadmap to recovery Posted: 12 Nov 2017 09:19 AM PST  Iconic American industrial behemoth General Electric, which has lost investor confidence amid bad investment decisions, is preparing to slice up its empire again, selling major business segments and laying off thousands. "There is no sacred cow," newly installed CEO John Flannery has said repeatedly about the need to cut costs and restructure. "They have a crisis of investor confidence," he told AFP.
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| 2018 Ford Mustang Posted: 12 Nov 2017 09:01 PM PST  The latest escalation in the pony-car arms race.
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| Hundreds In Hollywood Protest Rampant Sexual Misconduct Posted: 12 Nov 2017 03:02 PM PST  Hundreds of demonstrators brought an online movement to life Sunday, marching across Hollywood to denounce sexual assault and harassment.
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| Lebanese president presses Saudi to say why Hariri has not returned Posted: 12 Nov 2017 05:40 AM PST  By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's president called on Saudi Arabia on Saturday to clarify why Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri could not return home, a week after he stunned his country by resigning while in the kingdom. A senior Lebanese official said President Michel Aoun had told foreign ambassadors Hariri had been "kidnapped" and should have immunity. Hariri's shock resignation has thrust Lebanon back into the frontline of a power struggle between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Iran - a rivalry that has wrought upheaval in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Bahrain.
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| Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) May Finally Get the Best of Home Depot Inc (HD) Posted: 13 Nov 2017 02:34 AM PST ![Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) May Finally Get the Best of Home Depot Inc (HD)]( "Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) May Finally Get the Best of Home Depot Inc (HD)") Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) is expected to report on Wednesday morning, and competitor Lowe's Companies, Inc. ( LOW) will report exactly one week later. Home Depot has also consistently outpaced Lowe's when it comes to same-store sales growth. KeyBanc analyst Bradley Thomas says investors should expect more of the same from best-in-class home improvement retailer Home Depot in the third quarter.
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| John McCain says there is 'nothing America First’ about believing Putin on election meddling claims Posted: 12 Nov 2017 03:11 AM PST  Senator John McCain has said there is "nothing 'America First'" about "trusting' President Vladimir Putin, following President Donald Trump's meeting with the Russian leader at the APEC summit in Vietnam on Saturday. The comments follow the recent Robert Mueller probe into the Kremlin's suspected "meddling" in the 2016 US presidential elections, which saw the first charges filed in the case but are sealed under order from a federal judge. In a statement on his official website, McCain said: "There's nothing 'America First' about taking the word of a KGB colonel over that of the American intelligence community.
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| 18 Ugly Christmas Sweaters For Couples That Are So Corny They're Cute Posted: 13 Nov 2017 02:58 PM PST  Be the couple-envy of your upcoming holiday party with these cringeworthy, Insta-winning ugly Christmas sweaters.
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| Polish president sharply condemns weekend nationalist march Posted: 13 Nov 2017 02:25 PM PST  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish president has sharply condemned expressions of xenophobia and racism at a weekend march by nationalists, saying there is no place in the country for anti-Semitism and "sick nationalism."
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| 8 Bad Relationship Habits You Need To Kick Before Getting Married Posted: 13 Nov 2017 09:13 AM PST  When you've been dating someone for a while, it's easy to form bad relationship habits, which, if left unchecked, have the power to crack the very foundation of your partnership.
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| Myanmar army denies Rohingya abuses ahead of Tillerson visit Posted: 13 Nov 2017 09:50 AM PST  Myanmar's army cleared itself of any abuses against Rohingya civilians on Monday, following an internal probe that a rights group said aimed to "whitewash" an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Muslim minority. The findings were released ahead of Wednesday's visit by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is expected to adopt a firm tone with the military over its treatment of the Rohingya, more than 600,000 of whom have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh in two and a half months. The crisis detonated in late August after Rohingya rebels attacked police posts in Myanmar's Rakhine state, triggering a military crackdown that saw hundreds of villages reduced to ashes and sparked a massive exodus.
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| ESSENCE December Cover: Maxine Waters Posted: 13 Nov 2017 02:18 PM PST  Maxine Waters shares the importance of being her most authentic self, from her style to her career. Additionally, she drops gems on what you need to know before running for political office.
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| Aly Raisman On Larry Nassar Abuse Allegations: I Was 'Brainwashed To Believe I Was Fine' Posted: 13 Nov 2017 10:15 AM PST  Aly Raisman says she believes she was a "textbook victim" of sexual abuse.
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| Chipotle denies link to 'Supergirl' actor's illness Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:12 PM PST  (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc on Monday denied allegations by actor Jeremy Jordan that eating at one of its restaurants landed him in the hospital. Jordan, who plays Winn Schott on TV show "Supergirl," posted an Instagram video on Thursday of himself on a hospital bed, saying that food he ate at a Chipotle made him severely sick and that he "almost died," according to a People.com report. "There have been no other reported claims of illness at the restaurant where (Jordan) dined.
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| Philippines President Duterte Serenades Trump With Love Song at Gala Posted: 13 Nov 2017 09:43 AM PST  "You are the light of my world — a half of this heart is mine" were just some of the lyrics to the classic Filipino love song.
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| Chip And Joanna Gaines Head To Italy After Last Episode Of 'Fixer Upper' Posted: 13 Nov 2017 02:44 PM PST  Chip and Joanna Gaines finished filming their final season of "Fixer Upper."
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