| The Dictator Whose Hunger For Power Helped Tear Yemen Apart Is Dead Posted: 04 Dec 2017 05:00 PM PST  Yemen's former authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was killed by political rivals on Monday outside the capital, Sanaa.
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| Woman Who Disappeared After Tinder Date Found Dead Posted: 05 Dec 2017 06:02 AM PST  A 24-year-old Nebraska woman who went missing after an online date has been found dead three weeks after she disappeared.
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| Confronting a nuclear North Korea: Lessons from China Posted: 05 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST  A scene-setter for current tensions with North Korea? Yes, but also a fair description of events in 1964, when the People's Republic of China, ruled by Mao Zedong, conducted its first successful test of a nuclear bomb
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| Protesters out in droves against GOP tax bill Posted: 04 Dec 2017 12:19 PM PST  Rachel Maddow looks at protests across the United States against the Republican tax bill, recognized widely as a giveaway to corporations and rich people at the expense of middle class Americans.
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| An American Tourist Was Killed By a Shark While Scuba Diving in Costa Rica Posted: 04 Dec 2017 08:45 AM PST  Officials say it was an isolated incident
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| US, Russia deep-search vessels join hunt for Argentine sub Posted: 04 Dec 2017 02:53 PM PST  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — U.S and Russian ships carrying remotely operated vehicles capable of deep seafloor searches are joining other vessels hunting for an Argentine submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic 19 days ago, the navy said Monday.
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| Wildfires in Southern California force thousands to flee Posted: 05 Dec 2017 07:05 AM PST ![Wildfires in Southern California force thousands to flee]( "Wildfires in Southern California force thousands to flee") Thousands were forced to flee their homes on Monday as firefighters battled a fast-moving wildfire in Southern California that had charred at least 25,000 acres of land.
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| Why Did NASA Wake Up This Interstellar Spacecraft After 33 Years? Posted: 04 Dec 2017 02:22 PM PST  Actually, it's awesome.
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| US Patriot missiles may have failed in Saudi Arabia: report Posted: 04 Dec 2017 11:01 AM PST  When Shiite rebels blasted a ballistic missile from Yemen toward the Saudi capital last month, Riyadh officials said they had intercepted and destroyed the incoming rocket. The November 4 attack was the first missile Shiite rebels had aimed at the heart of the Saudi capital, underscoring the growing threat posed by the raging conflict in Yemen. The Times and researchers, mainly from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, said the bits of missile Saudi officials collected and put on display were all from the back end of the rocket, believed to be a Scud variant, raising the question that the Patriot system may not have worked.
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| Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Goes To Bat Against FBI And Robert Mueller For Trump Posted: 05 Dec 2017 01:33 AM PST  The Wall Street Journal editorial pages has emerged as one of the President Donald Trump's staunchest allies in his efforts to undermine the investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election.
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| Missing girls found after alleged kidnapping by 'doomsday prepping' father who followed self-proclaimed prophet Posted: 05 Dec 2017 12:16 PM PST  Sisters Dinah and Hattie Coltharp went missing along with their two brothers in September, in the midst of contentious divorce proceedings between their parents. The mother claims their father, John Coltharp, is a "doomsday prepper" who belongs to a fundamentalist Mormon sect. Mr Coltharp was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and obstruction of justice days before the children were discovered.
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| Weight Watchers Relaxes Its Guidelines for 200 New 'Freebie Foods' Posted: 04 Dec 2017 08:08 AM PST  The weight loss company is now saying members can eat more foods like eggs and seafood, but some say the move is a tactic to cash in on the holiday season and New Year's resolutions.
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| Ex-RNC Chair Says 'Sanctimonious' GOP Needs To Find A 'Backbone' On Roy Moore Posted: 04 Dec 2017 09:01 PM PST  The "sanctimonious" party that loves to tell people how to live needs to find a "backbone" and take a moral stand on Roy Moore and his Alabama race for the U.S. Senate, declared Michael Steele, former chair of the Republican National Committee.
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| Boyfriend Allegedly Killed Colo. Woman Missing Since 2013 After She Told Him She Was Pregnant Posted: 05 Dec 2017 12:48 PM PST  A former college basketball standout is facing first-degree murder charges in Colorado, where he stands accused of murdering his girlfriend, who vanished from Denver in 2013 just hours after learning she was pregnant, PEOPLE confirms
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| Ford Recalls 177,000 Pickups and SUVs for Seat Issue Posted: 04 Dec 2017 10:52 AM PST  Ford is recalling more than 177,000 select 2016 F-150 pickup trucks and 2016 Explorer SUVs in the U.S. because a bolt in the powered front seats can fail or fall out. Ford says the missing bolt c...
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| Parents of Caitlyn Frisina 'Relieved' She's Been Found, as Lurid New Details Emerge in Case Posted: 04 Dec 2017 10:51 AM PST  After she disappeared, her father found explicit messages between her and soccer coach Rian Rodriguez.
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| Ventura glad legal battle against 'American Sniper' is over Posted: 04 Dec 2017 03:42 PM PST  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura denounced the late "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle on Monday as an "American Liar" and said he feels vindicated in his five-year legal battle against the former Navy SEAL and his estate, though he declined to say how much his settlement is worth.
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| PBS Announces Replacement For Charlie Rose's Show Following Sexual Harassment Allegations Posted: 04 Dec 2017 03:03 PM PST  PBS has announced a replacement program for Charlie Rose's eponymous interview show.
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| Trump Said Probing His Finances Would Be A 'Red Line.' That's Exactly What Robert Mueller Is Now Doing. Posted: 05 Dec 2017 09:06 AM PST  Special counsel Robert Mueller has taken his Russia investigation closer to the heart of Donald Trump, looking into the finances of the president and his family.
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| Yemen rebel alliance crumbles as 'street war' rocks capital Posted: 03 Dec 2017 08:33 PM PST  Gun battles forced shops and schools to close in Yemen's capital on Sunday as residents warned a three-year rebel alliance was collapsing into a "street war" which has left dozens dead in the city. The Iran-backed Huthi rebels' partnership with powerful ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh fell apart after he reached out to a Saudi-led coalition fighting the insurgents. Referring to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged country, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Yemen, where he is "deeply concerned about the sharp escalation of armed clashes" over the past several days, his spokesman said.
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| Now, That's Deep! Mariana Trench Fish Lives 5 Miles Down Posted: 04 Dec 2017 12:28 PM PST  But a deceptively vulnerable-looking fish is not only right at home in the very deepest ocean environment on Earth — where few creatures can survive — it's also one of the region's top predators. Dubbed the Mariana snailfish, it swims in the Mariana Trench near Guam, at a depth of about 26,200 feet (8,000 meters). The snailfish's small, pink and scaleless body hardly seems capable of surviving in such a punishing environment, but this fish is full of surprises, researchers reported in a new study.
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| Jordan Klepper Destroys GOP Bill That Sells 'Good Guy With A Gun' Myth Posted: 05 Dec 2017 07:22 AM PST  Jordan Klepper of Comedy Central's "The Opposition" isn't afraid to shoot down iffy gun legislation.
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| How Social Security Will Change in 2018 Posted: 05 Dec 2017 12:30 PM PST  The big news for Social Security in 2018 is a small pay hike for the program's 61 million beneficiaries. The average monthly payment will go up by 2 percent: from $1,377 to $1,404 next year. It's...
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| College Freshman Dies After 'Welcome' Event for New Fraternity Members Posted: 05 Dec 2017 09:08 AM PST  The State University of New York student had a mix of drugs and alcohol in his system
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| Amanda Seales Claims Russell Simmons Asked If They 'Ever F**ked' During Meeting Posted: 04 Dec 2017 02:58 PM PST  Comedian and actress Amanda Seales has a public service announcement for anyone tempted to ask a victim of sexual assault why they waited so long to say something: Don't.
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| Meghan McCain Hits Back After Michael Flynn Coverage On ‘The View’ Posted: 04 Dec 2017 04:04 PM PST  ERRONEOUS FLYNN REPORT DISCUSSED: After we shared an ABC News report on Michael Flynn last week that was later deemed incorrect, the co-hosts react and discuss.
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| 23 Stunning Holiday Trifles Posted: 05 Dec 2017 10:07 AM PST |
| Pentagon signals open-ended troop commitment in Syria Posted: 05 Dec 2017 01:11 PM PST  The US military plans on staying in Syria as long as necessary to ensure the Islamic State group does not return, a Pentagon official told AFP on Tuesday, as the fight against the jihadists winds down. "We are going to maintain our commitment on the ground as long as we need to -- to support our partners and prevent the return of terrorist groups," Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon said. The United States currently has approximately 2,000 troops on the ground in Syria, where they have been helping train and advise Kurdish and Arab partner forces in the fight against IS.
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| Arctic sea ice melt to exacerbate California droughts: study Posted: 05 Dec 2017 02:03 AM PST ![Arctic sea ice melt to exacerbate California droughts: study]( "Arctic sea ice melt to exacerbate California droughts: study") By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Melting Arctic sea ice could render sun-soaked California vulnerable to a recurrence of the severe drought suffered in recent years as it is likely to cause high pressure systems that push away rain-bearing storms, a study released on Tuesday said. As temperatures rise, the Arctic Ocean is expected to become ice-free within two or three decades, resulting in more of the sun's heat being stored in the Arctic Ocean, leading to atmospheric circulation changes and cloud formations in the tropical Pacific that move north. "This has the potential to make a drought very similar to the one we had in 2012 to 2016," said Ivana Cvijanovic, an atmospheric scientist at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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| Why the World Should Fear North Korea's Type 73 Machine Gun Posted: 05 Dec 2017 10:39 AM PST  Not surprisingly, many of the machine guns ended up with other armed factions, including Christian Babylon Brigades, according to Armament Research Services, another independent monitoring organization. It is entirely possible that many of the weapons changed hands more than once in the fighting with Islamic State terrorists. By March 2016, Type 73s had spread to Syria and Yemen.
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| 22-Year-Old Rapper Meets 81-Year-Old Words With Friends Opponent Posted: 04 Dec 2017 02:22 PM PST  There are no words for this: A 22-year-old rapper and producer living in Harlem finally met the 81-year-old woman he considered his "best friend."
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| Ex-Illinois Rep. John Anderson, who ran for president, dies Posted: 04 Dec 2017 02:11 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — Former longtime Illinois Rep. John Anderson, who ran for president as an independent in 1980, has died at age 95.
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| The Best Baked Brie Recipes On Planet Earth Posted: 05 Dec 2017 02:46 AM PST  There are many reasons we love brie. This French cheese is soft, buttery and mild enough to go with pretty much anything. It's a mellow partner for super savory flavors and an even better match for sweet ones. Perhaps our favorite thing about brie, however, is how incredible it becomes when it's baked. Easy to make and good for a crowd, baked brie recipes are perfect for holiday parties, cold-weather snacking or just keeping your crackers company.
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| Netflix Ousts Actor Danny Masterson Amid Rape Allegations Posted: 05 Dec 2017 05:30 AM PST  Actor Danny Masterson has been ousted from the Netflix show "The Ranch" amid multiple rape allegations, the streaming service announced in a statement sent to HuffPost on Tuesday.
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| 48 Deliciously Easy Seafood Dinner Ideas Posted: 05 Dec 2017 02:34 PM PST |
| The Latest: Texas officer killed serving warrant identified Posted: 04 Dec 2017 05:31 PM PST  SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a Central Texas police officer shot and killed while serving a warrant (all times local):
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| Five questions on potential US declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital Posted: 04 Dec 2017 05:45 AM PST  US President Donald Trump faces a Monday deadline to decide whether to move the US embassy in Israel to the disputed city of Jerusalem. Israelis and Palestinians are eagerly watching to see whether he again renews a waiver delaying the move, as his predecessors have done. There are suggestions he will sign the waiver and decline to move the embassy for now, but later this week declare Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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| Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders killed in Afghanistan: officials Posted: 05 Dec 2017 11:12 AM PST  A senior Al-Qaeda leader on the Indian subcontinent and the head of the Taliban's "special forces" in southern Helmand have been killed in recent days in Afghanistan, Afghan and US forces said Tuesday. According to Afghan intelligence services, and a spokesman for US forces in Kabul, "Omar Khetab, number two in the al-Qaeda network for the Indian subcontinent" was killed on Monday. "He was directly involved in fighting against the Afghan government and foreign troops and had a role in advising in the use of heavy weapons such as rockets, mortars and training for Taliban night attacks," the US command's statement added.
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| 12 Gift Ideas For Couples Who Don’t Take Themselves Too Seriously Posted: 04 Dec 2017 08:49 AM PST  Nailing down the perfect holiday gift for your significant other can be tricky. Jewelry is pretty but predictable and a tech gift like the Amazon Echo is practical, but feels impersonal.
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| Michael Flynn's Former Deputy Appears To Contradict Herself On His Russia Contacts: Report Posted: 04 Dec 2017 08:27 PM PST  K.T. McFarland, former deputy to former national security adviser Michael Flynn, appeared to contradict herself about Flynn's communications with the former Russian ambassador, reports The New York Times.
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| Kids Cry Tears of Joy as They Receive New Dog After Theirs Was Killed in Fire Posted: 04 Dec 2017 07:34 AM PST  It had been six months since the fire.
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| The 2019 Lamborghini Urus Truly Is the Lambo of SUVs Posted: 04 Dec 2017 10:20 AM PST  The brand's second utility vehicle after the 1980s LM002 takes the super-SUV to entirely new levels.
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| Former Florida congresswoman sentenced to five years for fraud Posted: 05 Dec 2017 09:05 AM PST  Former U.S. Representative Corrine Brown of Florida was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for her role in helping raise more than $800,000 for a bogus charity that was used as a slush fund, federal court officials said.
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| U.S. defense chief urges Pakistan to redouble efforts against militants Posted: 04 Dec 2017 01:28 PM PST  By Idrees Ali ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met Pakistan's civilian and military leaders on Monday and urged them to "redouble" their efforts to rein in militants accused of using the country as a base to carry out attacks in neighboring Afghanistan. Mattis, on a one-day visit to Pakistan, said the South Asian nation had made progress in the fight against militancy inside its borders but needed to make more. More than 100 days since U.S. President Donald Trump announced a South Asia strategy that calls for a firmer line toward Islamabad, U.S. officials and analysts say there has been only limited success and it is not clear how progress will be made.
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