| Trump Is On The Verge Of Politicizing The Census, Advocates Say Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:05 AM PST  President Donald Trump is reportedly leaning toward tapping an academic for the No. 2 position at the U.S. Census Bureau, a decision that has alarmed advocates who say the pick lacks adequate management experience for a massive operational role and has political views that would undermine the credibility of the agency.
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| Man who claims Earth is flat says he'll prove his belief by taking flight in a DIY rocket Posted: 23 Nov 2017 02:01 AM PST  Science has long been the target of conspiracy theories, some of which have persisted for centuries.
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| Chef José Andrés Prepares 40,000 Thanksgiving Meals In Puerto Rico Posted: 23 Nov 2017 09:37 AM PST  As Americans give thanks this Thanksgiving, celebrity chef José Andrés is busy giving back, by preparing what he estimated as 40,000 Thanksgiving meals for Puerto Ricans.
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| Trump Hotel Owner Pays Trumps to Leave Posted: 22 Nov 2017 12:22 PM PST  Andrea Bernstein talks with Rachel Maddow about the problems the Trump family has had with the Trump SoHo Hotel and today's news that the owner has paid the Trump's to exit the contract early, as the Trump name is seen as damaging to business.
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| Police Storm Detention Center As Australia Slammed Over 'Humanitarian Crisis' Posted: 22 Nov 2017 07:17 PM PST  Law enforcement officials in Papua New Guinea moved to evict hundreds of asylum seekers from a former detention center on Manus Island after the Australian government closed it late last month.
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| Yemen port, airport to reopen to aid: Saudi-led coalition Posted: 22 Nov 2017 02:51 PM PST  The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Wednesday it would reopen a key Red Sea port and Sanaa airport to aid, after a more than two-week blockade following a missile attack on Riyadh. The coalition said it would reopen Hodeida port to receive "urgent humanitarian and relief materials" and Sanaa airport to UN aircraft from midday on Thursday (0900 GMT). Hodeida, which is controlled by Huthi rebels backed by Saudi Arabia's arch-rival Iran, is a key conduit for much-needed food and medicine imports to Yemen.
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| Elite Royal Navy rescue team sent as possible calls detected from missing Argentine submarine Posted: 22 Nov 2017 03:33 AM PST  The Royal Navy has deployed its elite submarine rescue team to join the search for a missing Argentine submarine, after failed satellite calls thought to be from the vessel raised hopes the crew were still alive. HMS Protector also began scouring the South Atlantic as part of the international hunt for the missing vessel, and HMS Clyde was being diverted from South Georgia. Argentine officials said naval bases had detected seven incomplete satellite calls over the weekend attributed to the sub and were now trying to use them to pinpoint its location. The communication attempts "indicate that the crew is trying to re-establish contact, so we are working to locate the source of the emissions," the Argentine Navy said on its Twitter account, adding that the calls lasted between four and 36 seconds. An international team of ships and aircraft were braving heavy seas and high winds to search for the German-built ARA San Juan which has been lost since last week. Argentine navy loses contact with submarine carrying 44 01:08 The Royal Navy said it was flying the Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) to the region to join the hunt. The highly trained team of medics, engineers and escape specialists is continuously on six hours notice to go anywhere in the world. Team members are parachute trained so that they can leap into the water at the scene if needed, but in this case will embark on HMS Protector. They carry inflatable boats and life rafts, medical equipment and communications gear which allows them to talk to trapped crews. Arrived on task in the search area in the early hours of this morning and have commenced sonar and visual search for #ARASanJuan as part of the ongoing multinational operation. Conditions remain challenging given current weather. pic.twitter.com/Sxgi9MZGo5— HMS_Protector (@protector_hms) November 19, 2017 The San Juan and its 44 crew last made contact on Wednesday when she was 267 miles off the coast in the Gulf of San Jorge. The latest possible calls were a sign for "cautious enthusiasm", naval experts said, showing the crew may be alive, afloat and at a shallow enough depth to attempt to communicate. HMS Protector has begun sonar scans to hunt for the submarine Credit: MOD Claudio Rodriguez, whose brother Hernan is aboard the submarine, told a local television channel: "They've got to be afloat. Thank God. That gives us hope, because we knew that if they were down below, they would be screwed." HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's 5,000 ton ice patrol and survey ship, was diverted to join the search from a routine mission in the area and can bring its high definition sonar to bear on the search. Search and rescue mission for Argentinian submarine The hunt also includes help from Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and the United States. America on Sunday said it was sending a second P-8 Poseidon submarine hunting navy patrol plane to join the search. The US Navy has also dispatched two submarine rescue chambers that can dock onto stricken boats and ferry crew to the surface from hundreds of feet underwater. ARA San Juan submarine Credit: Argentine defence ministry/AFP The San Juan is a TR-1700 class submarine which had been returning from a routine mission to Ushuaia, near the southernmost tip of South America, to its base at Mar del Plata, about 250 miles south of Buenos Aires. Timeline | Submarine accidents Among those on board is Argentina's first female submarine officer, 35-year-old weapons officer Eliana Krawczyk. Rescuers are focusing on an ocean patch about 190 miles in diameter located about 270 miles from the coast of the southern province of Chubut.
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| Anti-Pipeline Activist Found Guilty After Being Barred From Mentioning Climate Change Posted: 23 Nov 2017 01:07 PM PST  After a short trial lasting just a day and a half, climate activist and retiree Leonard Higgins was found guilty on Wednesday of a serious felony charge for his role in the "valve turner" protest last year that resulted in the brief shutdown of a tar sands pipeline in Montana.
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| David Cassidy dead at 67 Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:08 AM PST  David Cassidy, whose starring role on "The Partridge Family" made him a teen heartthrob in the 70s, passed away Tuesday night from organ failure.
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| First House Dem Calls On Rep. Conyers To Resign Posted: 23 Nov 2017 04:59 AM PST  Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) became the first Democrat in Congress to call on Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to resign from Congress in light of recent sexual harassment allegations.
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| Drug-maker Teva set for major layoffs in Israel, US: report Posted: 23 Nov 2017 10:12 AM PST  Pharmaceutical giant Teva is preparing to sack thousands of employees in Israel and the United States, including one quarter of its Israeli workforce, a business newspaper said Thursday. Israel-based Teva, the world's biggest manufacturer of generic drugs, will sack 25 percent of its 6,860 employees in Israel and more than 10 percent of its 10,000-strong workforce in the US, Calcalist daily said. Teva shares in the United States have taken a plunge this year as the company has faced harsh financial woes.
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| Detained Venezuelan-U.S. Citgo executives to be tried as 'traitors': Maduro Posted: 22 Nov 2017 06:01 PM PST ![Detained Venezuelan-U.S. Citgo executives to be tried as 'traitors': Maduro]( "Detained Venezuelan-U.S. Citgo executives to be tried as 'traitors': Maduro") WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that Venezuelan-American executives at refiner Citgo who were arrested in a corruption sweep this week would be tried as "corrupt, thieving traitors" despite a request by the United States to free them. Five of six executives of U.S.-based refiner Citgo [PDVSAC.UL] who were arrested in Caracas this week are U.S. citizens, according to a source familiar with the matter, possibly complicating Venezuela's corruption sweep of the oil industry.
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| US declares 'ethnic cleansing' against Rohingya in Myanmar Posted: 22 Nov 2017 10:19 AM PST  The United States declared the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be "ethnic cleansing" on Wednesday, threatening penalties for military officials engaged in a brutal crackdown that has sent more than 600,000 refugees flooding over the border to Bangladesh.
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| Man Wrongfully Convicted of 1978 Murder Is Freed From Prison After Nearly 40 Years Posted: 22 Nov 2017 06:31 PM PST  Coley has maintained his innocence since he was arrested
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| FCC Faces Scrutiny For Refusing To Turn Over Evidence On Net Neutrality Comments Posted: 22 Nov 2017 01:38 PM PST  The Federal Communications Commission received millions of suspicious comments in support of its plan to repeal net neutrality, and it ignored multiple requests for evidence that would explain their origin.
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| Roy Moore Follows Donald Trump Playbook On Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:00 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore has executed a familiar playbook when it comes to allegations of sexual assault and harassment.
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| Lisa Murkowski Says She's OK With Killing The Health Insurance Mandate Posted: 21 Nov 2017 07:27 PM PST  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) cast a decisive, dramatic vote to save health care for millions of people over the summer.
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| Hariri says resignation on hold, pledges to stay in Lebanon Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:02 AM PST  Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Wednesday he was suspending his surprise resignation, pending talks, providing a potential way out of a political crisis that has rocked the country. Lebanon has been thrown into turmoil by Hariri's shock November 4 announcement from Saudi Arabia that he was stepping down, as well as his prolonged absence afterwards. The resignation was seen as a ratcheting up of tensions in the long-running rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and raised fears that Lebanon would be paralysed by regional tensions.
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| MS-13 stabs man 100 times, beheads corpse and rips out heart near Washington DC, police say Posted: 23 Nov 2017 12:50 AM PST  A man was murdered by MS-13 gang members who stabbed him more than 100 times, removed his head, and ripped out his heart, Maryland police say. The body was discovered on Tuesday in Wheaton Regional Park, on the outskirts of Washington DC, in a grave that had been dug before the killing. Miguel Angel Lopez-Abrego, 19, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after detectives received information it was committed by MS-13 members.
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| This real-time Black Friday tracker shows just how much we shop online Posted: 23 Nov 2017 04:10 AM PST  Shopping season is upon us — even if Thanksgiving is just getting started. To really see how much everyone's dropping on deals, online shopping platform Shopify has a real-time dashboard showing how much and what (and from where) people are buying online. SEE ALSO: Black Friday 2017 deals from all over the internet, compiled just for you in one handy spreadsheet With over 500,000 online merchants, Shopify's dashboard this year will track shopping habits as the purchases happen. Based on feedback from last year's visualizer, the company is including more data about shopping trends. They'll show what categories are most popular, like fashion and apparel, health and beauty products, and toys and electronics. You'll also be able to see the size and scale of Black Friday-Cyber Monday shopping with reports on numbers of orders and dollars spent — down to the minute. Black Friday is of course a big retail "holiday" in brick-and-mortar stores. Then after a weekend of shopping, Cyber Monday has blown up as its own "holiday" for all the online deals and tech purchases. Now the lines have blurred and it's turned into a massive post-Thanksgiving consumer extravaganza. "It is all one event," Shopify VP of product Satish Kanwar said in an interview. "It's not as black and white. It's kind of a singular marathon that's happening." The shopping marathon brought in $555,716 in a single minute to Shopify merchants last year. Overall, consumer spending hit $3.45 billion on Cyber Monday last year, according to Shopify. This year is set to be even bigger — which seems nuts. "We're expecting the [shopping] season to be larger," Kanwar said. He said sales are starting earlier and countries outside of the U.S. are getting in on the discounts. More people are shopping from their phones, as well, he said. Shopify's Kanwar called all the shopping excitement this weekend the "Super Bowl of commerce." He's hoping to get a new winter wardrobe and a Nintendo Switch.A holiday shopping survey from WalletHub found that the most wanted gifts this year were gift cards, clothes and electronics. Better remember to stretch before whipping out that credit card. WATCH: KFC made a $10,000 pod to help you escape the holiday internet chaos
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| Violent Feud Between California Shooter and Neighbors Brewed Months Before Deadly Rampage Posted: 22 Nov 2017 06:00 AM PST  Months before a shooting rampage that killed five people, a violent feud brewed
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| Gayle King Further Addresses Charlie Rose Allegations Posted: 22 Nov 2017 04:07 AM PST  TONIGHT: Gayle King of @CBSThisMorning wraps up a difficult day by speaking with Stephen Colbert about her former co-host Charlie Rose.
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| Zimbabwe prepares for swearing-in of new leader Mnangagwa Posted: 23 Nov 2017 08:35 AM PST  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — As Zimbabwe prepares to swear in a new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, questions remain on the future of Robert Mugabe, who ruled for 37 years, and the wife who just days ago was poised to succeed him.
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| 'Zero Hope For Denuclearizing North Korea,' China Expert Says Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:05 AM PST  BEIJING ― President Donald Trump's designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism may not be the best way to quell the country's nuclear ambitions, according to one expert in China.
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| Venezuela debt defaults pile up with fresh S&P warning Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:11 AM PST  Venezuela moved closer to a possible all-out default on Wednesday, with ratings agency S&P Global saying the country had failed to make repayments on two more loans. The oil-rich, cash-poor South American country failed to make $237 million in payments on bonds due 2025 and 2026, now past their 30-day grace period, the US ratings firm said in a statement. "Two additional coupon payments are overdue, but within their grace period.
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| Putin urges 'compromise' ahead of new Syria peace talks Posted: 22 Nov 2017 01:40 PM PST  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that efforts to end Syria's six-year war were entering "a new stage" ahead of a planned meeting of Syrian government officials and opposition leaders, warning both sides that compromise would be necessary. The new talks should happen soon, Putin said after a summit with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, insisting that they would reinvigorate a hobbled peace process. "It is obvious that the reform process will not be simple, it will require compromise and concessions from all parties, including obviously the Syrian government," Putin said after two hours of talks with Rouhani and Erdogan in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
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| Woman who stole 'Make America Great Again' cap from fellow student could be jailed for up to a year Posted: 23 Nov 2017 03:41 AM PST  Riverside Country District Attorney's Office has filed a charge of theft against University of California student Edith Macias, after she was allegedly filmed brandishing the red hat and condemning racism. Ms Macias said the message on the hat represented genocide. It was never f****** great, never," she says in the footage captured by fellow student Matthew Vitale.
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| Woman Gets Prison After Boyfriend Dies From Meth-Laden Kiss Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:20 AM PST  An Oregon woman whose inmate boyfriend died from a meth-laden kiss after a prison visit was sentenced to two years behind bars Tuesday on a drug conspiracy charge.
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| U.S. team doctor Nassar pleads guilty to criminal sexual conduct in Michigan court Posted: 22 Nov 2017 11:34 AM PST  (Reuters) - Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor, pleaded guilty in a Michigan court on Wednesday to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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| Landmark Buildings Around The World Light Up Red To Honor Christian Persecution Victims Posted: 22 Nov 2017 02:41 PM PST  Buildings in the United Kingdom and other countries are glowing a deep red on Wednesday in honor of Christians around the globe who have been persecuted for their faith.
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| The Latest: Triumphant Hariri declares "Lebanon First!" Posted: 22 Nov 2017 04:25 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Prime Minister Saad Hariri's return to Lebanon (all times local):
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| Jay-Z Stops Concert To Give Empowering Message To 9-Year-Old Girl Posted: 22 Nov 2017 02:14 AM PST  Jay-Z interrupted his own show to deliver some inspirational advice to a young girl in the audience.
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| Republican lawmaker on Roy Moore abuse allegations: 'I'd break his face' Posted: 23 Nov 2017 12:36 PM PST  Roy Moore has refused to drop out of the Senate race despite allegations of sexual misconduct. A Republican congressman has said he would have beaten up Roy Moore, the GOP nominee for a US Senate seat in Alabama, if any of the women who have made sexual misconduct allegations against the judge had been his daughter.
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| Mnangagwa: Zimbabwe's 'Crocodile' to snap up the top job Posted: 23 Nov 2017 01:26 AM PST  Nicknamed "the Crocodile" for his ruthlessness, Emmerson Mnangagwa who will take over as Zimbabwe's next president, is a hardliner with ties to the military who could prove as authoritarian as his mentor Robert Mugabe. It was his political ambition to take over which set off a bitter succession battle between him and Grace, the president's 52-year-old wife, triggering the crisis that toppled the autocrat, who resigned on Tuesday. When Mnangagwa was dismissed as vice president by Mugabe on November 6, it initially looked like he'd been outfoxed by the first lady, forcing him to flee the country.
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| Experts Break Down The Difference Between Google Home and Amazon Echo Posted: 23 Nov 2017 02:45 AM PST  The world is so full of tech that sometimes it's hard to keep up.
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| Exonerated Baltimore man: $15 million verdict brings justice Posted: 22 Nov 2017 06:25 PM PST  BALTIMORE (AP) — Sabein Burgess spent nearly two decades behind bars for a murder he always insisted he had nothing to do with. Now, a federal jury has given final vindication to the wrongfully convicted man by awarding him $15 million in his lawsuit against the Baltimore Police Department and two detectives.
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| What To Buy On Black Friday On Amazon Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:05 PM PST  Last week, we shared with you a sneak peek at Amazon's Black Friday deals that we just couldn't wait for.
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| Germany's figurehead president now best hope of unlocking political crisis Posted: 22 Nov 2017 01:16 AM PST  By Andrea Shalal BERLIN (Reuters) - Frank-Walter Steinmeier was hardly Chancellor Angela Merkel's first choice for the largely ceremonial job of German president, but the lifelong Social Democrat may be her best hope of holding onto power amid an unprecedented political crisis. Steinmeier, 61, a two-time foreign minister, met on Tuesday with political leaders from the Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) after Merkel's bid to forge a three-way coalition with those parties collapsed. On Wednesday, he will meet with Horst Seehofer, head of the Bavarian sister party of Merkel's conservatives.
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| Two More Women Accuse Sen. Al Franken Of Inappropriate Touching Posted: 22 Nov 2017 04:10 PM PST  Two more women have told HuffPost that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)
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