| Jeff Sessions Admits He Has No Idea What DOJ Is Doing To Prevent Election Hacking Posted: 14 Nov 2017 01:59 PM PST  More than a year after Russia attempted to interfere in the U.S. elections, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he was unsure what the Justice Department was doing to make sure it doesn't happen again.
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| Sick death row inmate will be given special pillow to help him breathe during lethal injection Posted: 14 Nov 2017 11:16 AM PST  A sick death row inmate set to die by lethal injection this week will be given a special wedge-shaped pillow to help him breathe as he is executed.
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| 4 Dead In Shooting At Northern California Elementary School Posted: 14 Nov 2017 12:59 PM PST  At least three people are dead and several injured after a shooting early Tuesday morning at an elementary school in Northern California, local authorities report.
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| The Latest: Over 400 dead from earthquake Posted: 13 Nov 2017 12:52 PM PST  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on a powerful earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border that has killed more than 400 people (all times local):
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| British doctor saves himself by punching shark in face during surfing attack in Australia Posted: 13 Nov 2017 04:00 PM PST  A 25-year-old British man escaped from a shark after "punching it in the face" while surfing in Australia, saying his feat was inspired by professional surfer Mick Fanning. Charlie Fry, a doctor who moved to Australia two months ago to work, was surfing at Avoca beach, north of Sydney, when a shark leapt out of the water and bit him. He said he heard a "massive thud" and initially thought it was a friend playing around but turned and "saw a shark's head come out of the water with its teeth". "I turned to the right and I saw a shark's head come out of the water with its teeth and I just punched it in the face," he told Nine News. "I saw a shark's head come out of the water... and I just punched it in the face," Charlie Fry has told #9News, after he was attacked on the NSW Central Coast. https://t.co/YK830EQ5gRpic.twitter.com/n2a5C2ygXs— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) 13 November 2017 "[I] got back on my board, shouted at my friends who were there and then managed to catch a wave in. So it was a bit of a close call." Dr Fry said he learnt of the escape technique from a YouTube video featuring an interview with Fanning, an Australian who famously punched a shark to survive an attack during a surfing competition in South Africa in 2015. "Me and my friends have just started surfing, and we saw the YouTube clip of Mick Fanning saying he punched [a shark] in the nose," he said. "So when it happened I was like, 'Just do what Mick did, just punch it in the nose'." He added: "If you are watching or listening, Mick, I owe you a beer. Thank you very much." Surfer Mick Fanning has another close call with shark 01:04 Dr Fry suffered minor scratches and bite wounds from the "hectic" encounter and was driven to hospital by his fellow surfers, who were also doctors. A rescue helicopter service later spotted a ten-foot shark near the site of the attack – a section of the beach known as "shark tower". "I didn't feel the teeth going in, it felt like I was smacked, it felt like a hand, a hand grabbing me, shaking me," Dr Fry said. "I didn't really notice it at the time, because when you're surfing, all I was thinking was 'I'm about to die', and I was just ... thinking about getting in [to shore] as fast as possible. You just ride the wave as long as you can and start paddling for your life." Dr Fry said he would take the week off and was "racing" to return to the water but might choose a different spot to surf. "I probably wouldn't go to that point for a while," he said. "It is called 'shark tower' for a reason, so I will probably just go somewhere else. The surf was rubbish yesterday, so it wasn't even worth it." Australia has had a spate of shark attacks in recent years, including one fatality and ten injuries this year. Authorities closed the beach at Avoca and said surrounding beaches would be "closely monitored". Life-saving advice | How to survive a shark attack
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| eBay's newest 'Don't Wait for Black Friday' campaign to roll out Black Friday deals all week Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:26 PM PST  Black Friday is still days away, but with deals that start earlier and earlier every year, it seems like the anticipation of the holiday has been dragging on for months.
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| Rare frilled shark with unusual teeth and 'snake-like' head found off Portugal's coast Posted: 12 Nov 2017 06:54 PM PST  Sink your teeth into this. A little-known frilled shark has been found off the Algarve coast in Portugal by scientists, who were conducting research on minimising unwanted catches in European fisheries. SEE ALSO: This baby flamingo in blue boots will make your day It's a rare discovery given the depths in which the shark Chlamydoselachus anguineus is found, living 500 to 1,000 metres below the sea. In this case, the shark was caught at a depth of 700 metres. Researchers from Portugal's national meteorological, seismic, sea and atmospheric organisation, IPMA, said it was a "true living fossil," because its remains had been unchanged for 80 million years, according to BBC News' translation of a Sic Noticias report. Image: ipmaThe male fish measures about 1.5 metres long, and has a "long, slender body and a snake-like head." It also has a rather unique teeth arrangement, but there's little else known about the shark's biology or ecology. However, the shark gets its name from the 300 teeth that line its mouth in a frilled appearance, "which allows it to trap squid, fish and other sharks in sudden lunges," Professor Margarida Castro of the University of the Algarve told Sic Noticias. It has a "wide but very patchy" distribution across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, according to the IUCN, and is on rare occasion caught as bycatch. A freaky catch in this case, to say the least. WATCH: A giant sculpture translates vibrations of 40,000 live bees into an explosion of light and sound
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| Hezbollah, crown jewel of Iran's spreading influence Posted: 13 Nov 2017 05:11 AM PST  Lebanon's Hezbollah, blamed by Saad Hariri for his shock resignation as premier, has grown over the three decades since its founding into a mighty army used by Iran to project regional influence. Hariri criticised the powerful Shiite movement for its meddling across the Middle East during a televised interview from Saudi Arabia on Sunday, his first media appearance since he stepped down on November 4. Hezbollah has participated in Hariri's government for almost a year.
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| Florida Police Believe A Serial Killer Has Struck Again Posted: 14 Nov 2017 11:55 AM PST  A suspected serial killer shot and killed a man as he crossed a street early Tuesday morning in Tampa, Florida, police say, the fourth such murder in little more than a month.
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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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| Woman Says George H.W. Bush Groped Her When She Was 16: 'I Was a Child' Posted: 13 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PST  The alleged incident happened in 2003, while she was photographed standing next to the former president. "My initial reaction was absolute horror. I was really, really confused," she told TIME, speaking publicly for the first time about the encounter
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| Unrest Growing in Zimbabwe as Tanks Close in on Capital Posted: 14 Nov 2017 10:19 AM PST  Mugabe last week fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and accused him of plotting to take power, including through witchcraft.
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| 16 holiday gifts for wine lovers Posted: 14 Nov 2017 12:46 PM PST  There's nothing cozier than curling up your couch and ending a crazy day with a nice glass of red wine.
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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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| That tweet trolling a Muslim woman during the Westminster attack was actually by a Russian bot Posted: 14 Nov 2017 05:43 AM PST  On the day of the Westminster attack that left 6 dead, a Twitter troll shared an image of a Muslim woman on the phone, wrongly claiming she was ignoring the victims on the bridge: Image: screengrab/twitter/@southlonestarBoth the photographer and the woman in the image debunked @SouthLoneStar's account of the scene, saying it was taken out of context: Please circulate: Statement from the Muslim woman photographed on Westminster Bridge during #WestminsterAttack (via @TellMamaUK) pic.twitter.com/2sHFb56lEu — TellMAMAUK (@TellMamaUK) March 24, 2017 Nonetheless, the tweet got over 1,800 likes and 1,600 retweets, picked up by alt-right personalities and white nationalists like Richard Spencer: Walk on by... pic.twitter.com/8kCHYoNTIh — Richard �� Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) March 22, 2017 Now, it turns out that this account that spews hatred and anti-Muslim sentiment to its 16,000+ followers is a Russian bot, which has since been closed by Twitter, according to Wired. The report looks at a cache of posts from 2016 collected by New Knowledge, an American security startup, and reveals a network of Russian bots posting about "the Brexit vote, pictures of London Mayor Sadiq Kahn, anti-Muslim language around European terror attacks and racial slurs against refugees." In June 2016, @SouthLoneStar, which claimed to be a "Proud TEXAN and AMERICAN patriot", tweeted about Brexit: "I hope UK after #BrexitVote will start to clean their land from muslim invasion!" Image: Screengrab/twitter/@southlonestarThe account also appears in the Russian congressional investigation released by U.S. democrats. WATCH: Flying taxis could be here by 2020 thanks to Uber
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| Missing Teen Feared Abducted For Sex Trafficking Posted: 13 Nov 2017 10:21 AM PST  It's been almost two months since a Pennsylvania teen who'd recently moved to New York City disappeared.
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| Trump Trades In Steak For Shark Fin Soup In Vietnam Posted: 14 Nov 2017 12:33 AM PST  President Donald Trump reportedly dined on shark fin soup during a meal in Vietnam.
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| Erdogan swipes at Russia, U.S. missions in Syria Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:21 PM PST  ANKARA/SOCHI (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan took swipes at U.S. and Russian interventions in Syria on Monday and said if countries truly believed a military solution was impossible, they should withdraw their troops. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump said in a joint statement on Saturday they would continue to fight against Islamic State in Syria, while agreeing that there was no military solution to the country's wider, six-year-old conflict. "I am having trouble understanding these comments," Erdogan told reporters before flying to Russia for talks with Putin.
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| Toshiba sells TV business to China's Hisense Posted: 13 Nov 2017 11:53 PM PST  Struggling Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said Tuesday it has decided to sell its television business to China's Hisense Group as part of its efforts to restore its balance sheet. Toshiba agreed with the Chinese group to sell 95 percent in shares of its unit Toshiba Visual Solutions (TVS) for about 12.9 billion yen ($114 million), it said in a statement. "Toshiba has been considering structural reforms that will ... strengthen Toshiba's financial base," the firm said.
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| Georgia sheriff facing charges over school search suspended Posted: 13 Nov 2017 12:49 PM PST ![Georgia sheriff facing charges over school search suspended]( "Georgia sheriff facing charges over school search suspended") ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor on Monday suspended a sheriff who faces charges including sexual battery after a drug search at a high school earlier this year.
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| Texas Gunman's Ex-Wife Reveals How He Bragged About Killing His Dog Posted: 13 Nov 2017 10:04 AM PST  Tessa Brennaman spoke exclusively to Inside Edition about her abusive marriage to Devin Kelley.
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| EU bans sale of arms to Venezuela after Britain sells riot gear to regime Posted: 13 Nov 2017 08:05 AM PST  The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on Venezuela, including a ban on exporting arms that could be used by the country's government against its own people. The decision, made at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, comes after a forceful crackdown by President Nicolas Maduro's government against opposition elements in the country. The UK itself has sold millions of pounds worth of equipment to the country since 2008, despite the Foreign Office having noted it as a country of "concern" over its human rights record.
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| Trump Wants To Give Lifelong Judgeship To Lawyer Who Has Never Tried A Case Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:50 AM PST  Brett Talley, the deputy assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, may soon land a lifelong appointment on the federal bench without ever litigating a case in court.
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| Myanmar military denies atrocities against Rohingya, replaces general Posted: 13 Nov 2017 03:27 PM PST ![Myanmar military denies atrocities against Rohingya, replaces general]( "Myanmar military denies atrocities against Rohingya, replaces general") By Wa Lone YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's army released a report on Monday denying all allegations of rape and killings by security forces, having days earlier replaced the general in charge of the operation that drove more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. No reason was given for Major General Maung Maung Soe being transferred from his post as the head of Western Command in Rakhine state, where Myanmar's military, known as the Tatmadaw, launched a sweeping counter-insurgency operation in August. "I don't know the reason why he was transferred," Major General Aye Lwin, deputy director of the psychological warfare and public relation department at the Ministry of Defense, told Reuters.
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| Sandy Hook families argue in court gun companies 'courted' shooter Posted: 14 Nov 2017 02:08 PM PST  A vigil for those killed in the shooting in Las Vegas and calling for action against guns on 4 October 2017 in Newtown, Connecticut. A lawyer for the family members of victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting argued gun companies were negligent to market a dangerous military-style weapon to civilians in court on Tuesday. Family of the victims were in court once again to fight an uphill battle to hold gun companies accountable for marketing and selling the AR-15-style rifle used to kill 20 children and six adults in December 2012.
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| Polish leaders condemn 'xenophobia' after huge far-right march Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:15 PM PST  Poland's right-wing leaders on Monday spoke out against xenophobia after a controversial Independence Day march organised by far-right groups. Having started small in 2009, the annual event attracted a large following this year, with police estimating the crowd on Saturday in Warsaw at around 60,000. Dramatic images of the event showed some marchers holding banners saying "Pure blood" and "Europe will be white", while others chanted "Pure Poland, white Poland" and "Refugees get out".
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| House OKs bill slightly cutting former presidents' pensions Posted: 13 Nov 2017 04:14 PM PST ![House OKs bill slightly cutting former presidents' pensions]( "House OKs bill slightly cutting former presidents' pensions") WASHINGTON (AP) — Former presidents get lucrative book deals and high-paid speaking gigs. So there's no need for taxpayers to support them to the degree that the federal government has done in the past.
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| 2018 Ford Mustang GT: First Drive Posted: 13 Nov 2017 10:03 AM PST  Ford's updated Mustang GT is more of a good thing.
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| 16 Questions To Ask On A First Date, According To Marriage Therapists Posted: 13 Nov 2017 09:14 AM PST  If you're an introvert ― or just hate small talk ― few things are more stress-inducing than a first date.
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| 15 People Have Caught Fire and 5 Have Died After Being Tasered Near Flammable Materials Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:10 PM PST  Over the course of 24 years
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| Trump Administration Detaining DACA Recipient With Disability Posted: 13 Nov 2017 02:01 PM PST  A 20-year-old undocumented immigrant with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status has been in ICE detention for a month, despite President Donald Trump's promises not to go after young people with DACA protections, an advocate for the young man said on Monday.
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| In photos: Cronut creator Dominique Ansel's new Los Angeles restaurant Posted: 14 Nov 2017 06:21 AM PST ![In photos: Cronut creator Dominique Ansel's new Los Angeles restaurant]( "In photos: Cronut creator Dominique Ansel's new Los Angeles restaurant") Dominique Ansel, who earlier this year was named the world's best pastry chef in large part for giving the world the croissant-donut hybrid the Cronut, has opened his first full-service, sit-down restaurant at The Grove in Los Angeles. The first floor houses the Dominique Ansel Bakery, while the second floor houses the restaurant 189 by Dominique Ansel. The menu is described as modern American, with comfort foods like roast chicken, given new twists.
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| Russia, China, others boycott U.S. meeting at U.N. on Venezuela Posted: 13 Nov 2017 05:41 PM PST  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia, China, Egypt and Bolivia boycotted an informal public United Nations Security Council meeting on Venezuela on Monday organized by the United States, saying the 15-member body should not be involved in the situation. "The issue is about meddling with the internal domestic affairs of Venezuela," Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters, adding that he hoped the country could settle its issues peacefully without any external interference. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the meeting: "The fact that the (Venezuelan) government would go so far as to try and get people not to show up to a meeting is guilt.
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| China maintains reign over world supercomputer rankings: survey Posted: 14 Nov 2017 01:26 AM PST  China now has more high-performance supercomputers than ever before, again besting the United States in global rankings, a supercomputer tracking organisation said. The standing corresponds with China's growing reputation as the global leader in supercomputers, as the Asian power prepares to launch in June 2018 a prototype exascale computing machine -- a "super supercomputer". Some 202 of the world's fastest supercomputers are in China -- compared with 143 in the US -- according to Top500, a site that has tracked supercomputer development for more than two decades.
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| Police: Man fatally shot tried to run, fought with officer Posted: 14 Nov 2017 05:37 PM PST  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A man killed by a Baton Rouge police officer had tried to run when confronted during a child abuse investigation, fought with the officer and kept resisting after being shot, authorities said Tuesday.
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| Mike Pence's NFL Stunt Cost Police Department $14,000 Posted: 14 Nov 2017 09:54 AM PST  A planned political stunt by Vice President Mike Pence, in which he walked out of an NFL game in protest of players kneeling during the national anthem, cost the Indiana Metropolitan Police Department more than $14,000, new records show.
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| 27 Really Funny Tweets About Married Life That Are Undeniably True Posted: 14 Nov 2017 09:00 AM PST  After the honeymoon period has come and gone, it might seem as though marriage has lost some of its luster.
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| The 'Ligchine' concrete machine can cut the labor time in half Posted: 13 Nov 2017 02:55 PM PST  This machine that smooths out concrete is mesmerizing to watch
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