| New York Times Beefs Up Security Amid Anonymous Op-Ed Controversy Posted: 07 Sep 2018 08:44 PM PDT  The New York Times has beefed up its security in light of the controversial
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| Sen. Ben Sasse Admits He 'Regularly' Considers Leaving The GOP Posted: 09 Sep 2018 05:37 AM PDT  Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) acknowledged on Saturday that he "regularly" considers
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| Serbian leader says resolving Kosovo conflict 'very hard' Posted: 08 Sep 2018 12:15 PM PDT  GAZIVODE, Kosovo (AP) — Serbia's president said Saturday that an agreement resolving his country's dispute with Kosovo will be difficult to achieve given European opposition to remaking borders in the Balkans region.
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| Cincinnati victims didn't have any known links to gunman Posted: 08 Sep 2018 01:18 PM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — The three people shot and killed in the lobby of a Cincinnati office building didn't have any apparent connection to the gunman.
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| Serious new allegations against CBS chief amid departure talks Posted: 09 Sep 2018 01:38 PM PDT  Six more women have stepped forward to accuse influential CBS chairman Leslie Moonves of sexual harassment and assault, as reports circulated that his negotiated departure from the network might be imminent. The New Yorker reported Sunday that the women say they were harassed or assaulted between 1980 and the early 2000s by Moonves, who in more than two decades with the network helped lift it from last place to profitable status as America's most-watched. The accusations were more serious than those from six other women who The New Yorker reported in July had accused Moonves of unwanted touching or kissing.
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| Egypt set to release Lebanese tourist jailed over Facebook post Posted: 09 Sep 2018 12:59 PM PDT ![Egypt set to release Lebanese tourist jailed over Facebook post]( "Egypt set to release Lebanese tourist jailed over Facebook post") A Lebanese tourist who was sentenced to eight years in prison for posting a video on Facebook the authorities claimed had insulted the country is set to walk free after a court cut the prison term and suspended it, the state-run MENA news agency said on Sunday. A Cairo court in July found Mona el-Mazboh guilty of deliberately spreading false rumors that would harm society, attacking religion, and public indecency. El-Mazboh was arrested at Cairo airport in June at the end of her stay in Egypt after a 10-minute video in which she was complaining of sexual harassment and conditions in Egypt using explicit language went viral on social media.
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| Death toll rises, flights resume, power back in Japan quake Posted: 07 Sep 2018 09:51 PM PDT  SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Japanese rescue workers and troops searched Saturday for the missing for a third straight day in a northern hamlet buried by landslides from a powerful earthquake. Power was restored to most households and international flights resumed to the main airport serving the Hokkaido region.
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| Nike's Online Sales Soar After Colin Kaepernick Ad Campaign Launches Posted: 07 Sep 2018 07:13 PM PDT  Nike's online sales have rocketed since the company revealed that former San
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| Yahoo News explains: Removing a president under the 25th Amendment Posted: 07 Sep 2018 07:05 PM PDT  The bombshell anonymous New York Times op-ed written by a "senior official in the Trump administration" said there were "whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment." How exactly did it come about, and has it been used before? Yahoo News explains.
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| Regime, Russia in fresh air raids on Syria's Idlib Posted: 09 Sep 2018 08:39 AM PDT  Regime and Russian aircraft pounded Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib with missiles and barrel bombs on Sunday, killing at least two children, a monitor said. "Regime helicopters dropped more than 60 barrel bombs on the village of Hobait in Idlib's southern countryside," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said. In the neighbouring province of Hama, Russian jets carried out more than 10 strikes on rebel positions in the village of Al-Latamneh, he said.
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| As CBS Decides Les Moonves’ Fate, Women Demand ‘No Reward’ For Alleged Misconduct Posted: 09 Sep 2018 02:48 PM PDT  As CBS reportedly finalizes Les Moonves' departure as the network's chairman
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| Anti-immigration party set for gains as Sweden swings right Posted: 08 Sep 2018 03:09 PM PDT  The influx of 163,000 asylum seekers in 2015 has polarized voters and fractured the cozy political consensus.
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| Pope tells bishops to fight abuse, culture behind it Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:55 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis told newly ordained bishops Saturday that they must reject all forms of abuse and work in communion to fight the clerical culture that has fueled the sex abuse and cover-up scandal rocking his papacy.
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| North Korea shows off achievements, but not missiles Posted: 08 Sep 2018 10:50 AM PDT  North Korea began celebrating its 70th birthday Saturday with a showcase of its achievements -- without a missile in sight. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed on September 9, 1948, three years after Moscow and Washington divided the peninsula between them in the closing days of the Second World War. The anniversary is a major occasion in the North, and is being marked with a series of events expected to include a military parade and the return of the 'Mass Games' -- unique acrobatic shows that are staged on a vast scale.
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| Alibaba's Jack Ma to unveil succession plan next week, remain chairman Posted: 08 Sep 2018 07:47 AM PDT ![Alibaba's Jack Ma to unveil succession plan next week, remain chairman]( "Alibaba's Jack Ma to unveil succession plan next week, remain chairman") Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan on Monday to hand the reins of his sprawling empire to a new generation of leaders but will remain executive chairman for the time being. Ma will announce the plan on his 54th birthday and the handover strategy will stretch over a significant period of time, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper reported citing a company spokesman. Alibaba declined to comment but pointed towards the SCMP story when asked about Ma's plans.
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| Mike Pence Says He's 'More Than Willing' To Sit Down With Robert Mueller Posted: 09 Sep 2018 09:30 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday he's "more than willing" to be
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| Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian at Gaza border: army Posted: 09 Sep 2018 09:18 AM PDT  The Israeli army said Sunday that it shot and fatally wounded a Palestinian man who sought to damage the fence on the flashpoint Israel-Gaza border. "Troops recognised a suspect who approached the security fence and attempted to sabotage it," an English-language army statement said, adding that they opened fire at the man. Palestinian security officials said that the dead man was Atef Mohammed Saleh, 32, from Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, near the border with Israel.
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| Classics for sale: Audi TT quattro Sport Posted: 08 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  A brilliant car with an unusual reputation, the Audi TT was one of the sportscars of the 2000s. And there's one in our classifieds for a bargain price
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| Power restored in most of Japan's quake-hit Hokkaido; Toyota plants to shut Posted: 07 Sep 2018 09:15 PM PDT  Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the confirmed death toll was 21, with six people in cardiopulmonary arrest - a term used in Japan to describe a victim's condition before death is officially confirmed - and 13 people were missing. The earthquake triggered landslides that buried houses and paralyzed Hokkaido with widespread power and transport cuts, the latest natural disaster to hit Japan after typhoons, floods and deadly heat waves in the past two months. Toyota Motor said it would suspend work at the 16 plants on Monday due to the shutdown of its transmission factory in Tomakomai in Hokkaido following the quake.
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| Russian Forces are Adding a Silent-but-Deadly New Weapon to Their Arsenal Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:47 AM PDT  According to a report from Jane's 360, the Russian Ministry of Defense plans on acquiring new "silenced" mortar systems to help its commandos remain undetected downrange.
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| Armed groups agree to keep Tripoli ceasefire: U.N Posted: 09 Sep 2018 10:22 AM PDT ![Armed groups agree to keep Tripoli ceasefire: U.N]( "Armed groups agree to keep Tripoli ceasefire: U.N") Armed groups vying for control of the Libyan capital have agreed to set up a mechanism to "consolidate" a recently agreed ceasefire, the United Nations' Libya mission, UNSMIL, said on Sunday. On Tuesday, the United Nations persuaded various armed groups to halt fighting that had killed dozens in Tripoli, one of the many sites of unrest gripping the oil producer. "Parties agreed today to freeze their forces' movements, a monitoring & verification mechanism to consolidate the ceasefire + development of a plan to withdraw armed groups from sovereign locations and critical infrastructure in #Tripoli," UNSMIL tweeted.
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| Graham on Kavanaugh hearings, bid to declassify documents Posted: 09 Sep 2018 08:18 AM PDT  Senator Lindsey Graham discusses contentious Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings, reacts to Obama's comments about the DOJ on 'Sunday Morning Futures.
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| Sweden 'naive' about integration: ex-Peshmerga Swedish MP Posted: 08 Sep 2018 07:41 AM PDT  Sweden's "naive" approach to integrating asylum seekers has opened the door to the far-right, an outspoken lawmaker told AFP ahead of elections expected to see the country's once-marginal anti-immigration party make gains. Amineh Kakabaveh is an Iranian Kurdish ex-peshmerga fighter who sought asylum herself in Sweden in the 1990s and has been a member of parliament since 2008. Sweden is "increasingly divided", said the 40-year-old politician, whose views have earned her enemies among her own formerly-communist Left Party who accuse her of stigmatising immigrants.
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| Tweeters Stir Over Donald Trump's Claim He 'Fell Asleep' To Barack Obama's Speech Posted: 08 Sep 2018 01:54 AM PDT  People online mocked President Donald Trump after he joked about falling
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| Japan quake toll up to 20 as rescuers dig through landslides Posted: 07 Sep 2018 06:49 PM PDT  ATSUMA, Japan (AP) — The toll from an earthquake that rocked Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido rose to 20 on Friday, and 19 others remained unaccounted for in one small town after an entire mountainside collapsed on their homes.
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| 84 dead in fighting in Yemen's Hodeida after talks fail Posted: 09 Sep 2018 08:21 AM PDT ![84 dead in fighting in Yemen's Hodeida after talks fail]( "84 dead in fighting in Yemen's Hodeida after talks fail") Clashes and air strikes have left 84 people dead around Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeida since the collapse of UN-brokered peace talks, hospital sources said Sunday. The sources in Hodeida province, controlled by Huthi rebels, said 11 soldiers and 73 insurgents had been killed since the talks were abandoned on Saturday. The pro-government coalition, which includes Saudi and UAE air forces, has been pushing to close in on Hodeida, the entry point for some 70 percent of Yemen's imports including food and aid, since June.
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| The 2020 Kia Telluride Three-Row SUV Is Big, Boxy, and Bold Posted: 08 Sep 2018 03:45 PM PDT  The new eight-seater slots in above the Sorento.
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| Crews fight to outflank raging Northern California wildfire Posted: 08 Sep 2018 01:14 PM PDT ![Crews fight to outflank raging Northern California wildfire]( "Crews fight to outflank raging Northern California wildfire") Firefighters battled on Saturday to outflank a wildfire that has forced the closure of an interstate highway in Northern California as the blaze swept through explosively dry mountain timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest for a fourth day. As of midday Saturday, the Delta Fire had scorched nearly 37,000 acres (14,973 hectares) in the Cascade range since erupting on Wednesday in a forest canyon along the Sacramento River, about 250 miles (402 km) north of San Francisco, fire officials said. No serious injuries or deaths have been reported, but the blaze has caused major travel disruptions.
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| Should You Be Using a Blood Pressure Monitor? Posted: 08 Sep 2018 11:30 AM PDT  More than 100 million Americans have high blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), but only about half of them have it under control. Now preliminary research suggests t...
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| Pressure grows on German spy chief over Chemnitz protests Posted: 08 Sep 2018 08:16 AM PDT  Germany has been deeply shaken by the most violent right-wing protests in decades after the Aug. 26 killing of the German man in Chemnitz, in the eastern state of Saxony, for which two immigrants were arrested. Friday's comments by Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the BfV domestic intelligence agency, aggravated tensions about whether politicians and the authorities are being too complacent in the face of rising xenophobia in Germany, where many thought the lessons of its Nazi history had long been learned. Maassen said he was skeptical about "media reports on right-wing extremists hunting down people in Chemnitz", adding that a video circulating showing that happening could have been faked.
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| Soon the Air Force Will Select One of these Three Jets to Become its Jet Trainer for the 21st Century Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:32 AM PDT  And they'll help train pilots even when on the ground.
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| Serena Williams To Umpire: 'I Don't Cheat To Win, I'd Rather Lose.' Posted: 08 Sep 2018 03:13 PM PDT  Serena Williams lashed out against the umpire during her U.S. Open tennis
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| Kellyanne Conway: Trump Believes Op-Ed Writer Is In National Security Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:16 PM PDT  President Donald Trump believes the author of the anonymous New York Times op-
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| Bredesen seeks votes from women in Tennessee Senate race Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:15 PM PDT  GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn could make history by becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in Tennessee.
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| Mattis holds UAE talks after Yemen support warning Posted: 08 Sep 2018 04:45 AM PDT  Pentagon chief James Mattis held talks in the United Arab Emirates late Friday after warning last month that US support for its military intervention in Yemen was not unconditional. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed tweeted that his talks with Mattis covered "the enhancing of defence and military ties" and "issues of mutual interest." He did not give further details.
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| Syrian rescuers say government bombing kills infant Posted: 09 Sep 2018 07:53 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — An infant girl was killed on Sunday as Syrian government forces bombed rebel-held villages in Idlib and Hama provinces, rescuers and a war monitoring group said.
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| Kate Spade brand honors its late founder at New York fashion show Posted: 09 Sep 2018 02:20 AM PDT  On a glitter strewn runway, models glided by sporting a host of flowy dresses and separates rendered in the pastels and playful prints.
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| Oklahoma Police Search for Man Accused of Killing Wife, Shooting Eight-Year-Old Daughter Posted: 08 Sep 2018 02:11 PM PDT  A manhunt is underway in Stilwell after Aubrey Johnson III allegedly murdered his wife and injured their young daughter.
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| Iran completes facility to build centrifuges: nuclear chief Posted: 09 Sep 2018 01:07 PM PDT ![Iran completes facility to build centrifuges: nuclear chief]( "Iran completes facility to build centrifuges: nuclear chief") Iran has completed a facility to build advanced centrifuges, Iran's nuclear chief was quoted on Sunday as saying, as Tehran prepares to increase its uranium-enrichment capacity if the nuclear deal collapses after the United States exits. In June, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said the facility at the Natanz nuclear plant would be completed within a month. Salehi's statement in June came days after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he had ordered preparations to increase the country's uranium enrichment capacity if the nuclear agreement with world powers collapsed.
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| May wraps 'suicide vest' around UK over Brexit, says Johnson Posted: 09 Sep 2018 02:55 AM PDT  "We have wrapped a suicide vest around the British constitution – and handed the detonator to (EU chief negotiator) Michel Barnier," Johnson wrote. "For Boris to say that the PM's view is like that of a suicide bomber is too much," he said on Twitter. "I'm sorry, but this is the political end of Boris Johnson.
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| Ariana Grande Posts Sweet Photo Of Mac Miller After His Death Posted: 08 Sep 2018 02:49 PM PDT  Ariana Grande posted a tribute to her former boyfriend and rapper Mac Miller
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| Jeff Sessions Was 'Enthusiastic' About President Trump-Putin Meeting, Former Aide Says Posted: 09 Sep 2018 12:34 PM PDT  The Attorney General has testified that he opposed such a meeting
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| China's Next Act: Invade Taiwan? Posted: 08 Sep 2018 11:00 AM PDT  Would Xi dare?
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| Despite Outrage, Nike Sales Increased 31% After Kaepernick Ad Posted: 08 Sep 2018 12:08 PM PDT  After the ad, many Nike customers blasted the decision on social media
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| Russian police detain hundreds protesting against pension reform Posted: 09 Sep 2018 12:07 PM PDT  The protests, organized by jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his supporters, were a challenge to the authorities who were hoping for a high turnout at regional elections also being held on Sunday, despite anger over the pension move. Footage of the protests, which were held in more than 80 towns and cities, showed the police sometimes using force to disperse rallies, beating participants with batons and dragging them away. The authorities refused to authorize most of the meetings, declaring them illegal.
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| Women celebrate size inclusivity at alternative fashion week Posted: 08 Sep 2018 09:15 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — To woots and cheers from the crowd, women with bodies not often seen on fashion runways strutted with smiles on their faces wearing pieces from Loft's new plus line, including five cast from hundreds who attended an alternative New York Fashion Week event, The Curvy Con.
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