| In Israel, even the left backs Trump on Jerusalem Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:04 AM PST  Jerusalem has a special status in Israeli life and politics, and with few exceptions, parties from across the political spectrum agreed that it was time for America to recognize their country's capital. But President Trump's decision highlighted differences with mainstream Jewish groups in America.
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| Appeals Court Denies New Trial For 'Making A Murderer' Subject Brendan Dassey Posted: 08 Dec 2017 04:10 PM PST  In a case featured in Netflix's documentary series "Making a Murderer," a federal court ruled Friday that Brendan Dassey's confession in the 2005 Wisconsin murder of Teresa Halbach was not coerced and denied him a new trial.
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| CBC chairman on Roy Moore slavery comments: 'Appalling' Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:10 AM PST  Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus talks to NBC's Andrea Mitchell about the White House and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Roy Moore.
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| Are Silver Dragées Edible Or Not? Posted: 08 Dec 2017 05:59 AM PST  You've probably heard the warning every year since you were a kid: Don't eat those little silver balls on your Christmas cookies, because they're "poisonous."
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| White Nationalists Have Been Saying 'Diversity Is Not Our Strength' For Years Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:24 PM PST  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has again flirted with being an open white nationalist.
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| The Latest: Woman, 70, is California fire death victim Posted: 08 Dec 2017 05:35 PM PST  FALLBROOK, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local):
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| Court filing: Mueller issued 15 search warrants in Manafort case Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:29 AM PST  According to a new court filing, Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued 15 search warrants in the case against Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort and his business associate.
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| Protesters gather in Kiev after police recapture ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:54 PM PST  By Alessandra Prentice and Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian police recaptured the former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday, prompting further protests in central Kiev by his supporters who freed him from police custody earlier this week. The development is the latest twist in a long feud between Ukrainian authorities and Saakashvili, who has turned on his one-time patron President Petro Poroshenko, accusing him of corruption and calling for his removal from office. General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko, who says Saakashvili is suspected of assisting a criminal organization, said the opposition leader had been detained by police and was in a temporary detention facility.
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| Deputy national security adviser Dina Powell to leave White House Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:18 AM PST  The White House confirmed Friday that Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser to President Trump, will leave her post in January. NBC's Hallie Jackson reports on the circumstances of the amicable departure.
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| Obama Warns Americans Against Following In The Path Of Nazi Germany Posted: 09 Dec 2017 09:22 AM PST  It's not that democracy is "fragile," exactly, but it is "reversible," according to former President Barack Obama.
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| Video shows fatal police shooting of unarmed father in an Arizona hotel Posted: 08 Dec 2017 08:12 AM PST  Shocking police body camera footage was released just hours after the police officer who fatally shot Daniel Shaver was found not guilty of second degree murder. The video showed Shaver sobbing with his hands up, begging for his life in his final moments.
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| Tomi Lahren Says It's Wrong To Believe Every Sex Assault Claim Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:23 AM PST  Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren knows how to push the right buttons.
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| Roy Moore Believes America Was Great During Slavery. Twitter Users Detonate. Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:16 PM PST  GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore stunned some listeners when he said he thought America was "great" during the era of slavery.
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| Why America Should Beware a Resurgent China Posted: 08 Dec 2017 05:17 PM PST  The world is witnessing a new, more assertive phase in China's foreign engagement under President Xi Jinping. As it makes its presence felt in every corner of the world and posits an alternative to the Western liberal-democratic order that has underpinned international relations since the end of World War II, China is beginning to experience some of the blowback that other global leaders before it have been met with. With doubts over the future of U.S. global leadership rising and democracies worldwide arguably entering a period of fatigue, we are witnessing a new, more assertive phase in China's foreign engagement under President Xi Jinping.
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| California firefighters make gains ahead of strong winds Posted: 09 Dec 2017 02:25 PM PST  By Caroline Anderson VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) - Firefighters in Southern California made progress on Saturday in their multifront battle against a slew of wildfires that have killed at least one person, destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced more than 200,000 people from their homes this week. As the dry Santa Ana winds that have fueled the blazes abated slightly, officials lifted evacuation orders for parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, and crews started getting the upper hand in containing some of the area's major fires.
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| Mike Pence's Cat, Pickle, Has Died Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:39 PM PST  Vice President Mike Pence and his family are mourning the loss of their 16-year-old cat, Pickle.
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| Russia says ready to exert influence on North Korea: Ifax Posted: 08 Dec 2017 12:17 PM PST  Russia has communication channels with North Korea open and Moscow is ready to exert its influence on Pyongyang, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov as saying on Tuesday.
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| As Russia Subverts Missile Treaty, U.S. Looking at New Weapons Posted: 08 Dec 2017 12:43 PM PST  Since 1987, Europe has been off limits for medium-range missiles. Russia — and now the United States — seems ready to tear up that detente.
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| Two Dead In Gaza During Anti-Israel 'Day Of Rage' Posted: 08 Dec 2017 04:19 AM PST  Israeli police took additional precautions Friday in anticipation of heightened protests as "day of rage" demonstrations continued across the Middle East and southeast Asia.
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| Video key in ex-officer's stiff sentence for killing Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:24 PM PST  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The video was viewed millions of times around the world. It was somewhat blurry, recorded from a distance, but it clearly showed an unarmed black man running from a white officer, who shot him five times in the back.
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| A Terminally Ill Progressive Activist Confronted Jeff Flake About The Tax Bill On A Flight Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:20 PM PST  A leading progressive activist with Lou Gehrig's disease appealed to Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to reconsider his support for the Republican tax bill during a flight to Phoenix on Thursday.
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| Be 'ready to GO!' Southern California warns residents as fires rage Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:01 PM PST  FARIA BEACH/LILAC, Calif. (Reuters) - Fanned by gusting winds, wildfires raged in densely populated Southern California for a fourth day on Thursday, with a new blaze north of San Diego exploding in size in just a few hours and dangerous conditions forecast until Sunday. Flames hopscotched over highways and railroad tracks, and residents rushed to evacuate their homes with only minutes' warning, some leaving behind holiday gifts. About 200,000 residents were evacuated from their homes at one point, though some were due to return on Thursday evening.
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| Ron Swanson Tells FCC Chair Ajit Pai He Has No Honor For Trying To Kill Net Neutrality Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:21 PM PST  Ron Swanson has no time for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and his bid to repeal net neutrality.
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| Zimbabwe court postpones U.S. citizen's subversion case to January Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:18 AM PST  A Zimbabwean court has postponed to Jan. 4 the trial of a U.S. citizen accused of attempting to undermine the authority of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's government. Martha O'Donovan, 25, who is currently free on bail, denies the charges which center on a Twitter post the state says she wrote in October calling 93-year-old Mugabe a "selfish and sick man". Mugabe resigned a few weeks later in the wake of a de facto military coup and was succeeded by Emmerson Mnangagwa, who Mugabe had sacked as his deputy only a week before.
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| Yemen After Saleh’s Death Posted: 08 Dec 2017 05:19 PM PST  On November 29, 2017, Al Arabiya, a Saudi Arabia sponsored news outlet hailed a clash between Yemen's former president Ali Abdallah Saleh, and a Zaidi Shia militia, the Houthis as an overdue but rightful uprising of the Yemeni people against the sectarian- and Iranian-backed Houthi militia. The Saudi government unequivocally stood by Saleh and his party, the General People's Congress, whom it considered to be a dangerous threat just a few weeks ago. Overnight, Saleh and the Saudis found common ground and forged an unusual alliance to crush the Houthis.
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| Oregon cedes freedom of speech case against red light camera critic Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:01 PM PST ![Oregon cedes freedom of speech case against red light camera critic]( "Oregon cedes freedom of speech case against red light camera critic") It is, perhaps, human nature to harbor grandiose dreams of fighting a traffic ticket, even to the point of arguing before a local judge. For the past four years, however, an Oregon man has taken that fantasy to extreme levels, ultimately resulting in the state's senior assistant attorney general admitting in federal court that the state violated constitutional right to free speech. What started out as a simple traffic ticket in 2013—issued to the wife of Beaverton, Oregon resident Mats Järlström—resulted in a federal court case involving the first amendment. Ultimately, the Oregon Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying capitulated, agreeing that it violated the constitutional rights of a man who had the audacity to critique the timing of red light cameras. Mr. Järlström, who holds a degree in electrical engineering and served in the Swedish Air Force as an aircraft camera mechanic, wrote to the board in 2014 asking for nothing more than to present his research, which concluded that yellow lights in the state were too short, both creating a public safety risk and increasing state revenue via aggressive ticketing. The board, however, responded with a $500 fine in accordance with an Oregon law that prohibits anyone from practicing engineering unless they are licensed as such by the state. According to court documents, senior assistant attorney general Christina L. Beatty-Walters wrote on behalf of the Board of Examiners, "We have admitted to violating Mr. Järlström's rights," and acknowledged that the state's use of its engineering practice law "was not narrowly tailored to any compelling state interests." The board has since refunded Järlström's $500, and the court has now officially ruled in his favor, but he isn't happy with the result — yet. He and his lawyers intend to seek an injunction against the board from applying the same law to other engineers — licensed or not — when there's no specific state interest in doing so. His attorney, Samuel Gedge, from the Institute for Justice, said "The existence of these laws and the way they've been applied time and time again has violated free speech rights. Past history suggests the board can't be trusted on how the laws should be applied constitutionally."
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| Ryan Zinke Dismisses Reports On His Use Of Helicopters As ‘Fabricated’ Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:00 PM PST  WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Saturday swung back at recent media reports about his costly use of government helicopters, calling them "total fabrications and a wild departure from reality."
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| 'Soul-crushing' video of starving polar bear exposes climate crisis, experts say Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:27 PM PST  Video footage captured in Canada's Arctic has offered a devastating look at the impact climate change is having on polar bears in the region, showing an emaciated bear clinging to life as it scrounged for food on iceless land. The scene was recorded by the conservation group Sea Legacy during a late summer expedition in Baffin Island. "My entire Sea Legacy team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear," photographer Paul Nicklen wrote on social media after publishing the footage this week.
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| California's Getty museum survives wildfire, ready for quakes Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:32 PM PST  Southern California's Getty Center, one of the world's wealthiest art institutions, said it had survived a wildfire tearing through Los Angeles thanks to a disaster plan that has it ready for earthquakes as well. Fires that have chased almost 200,000 Californians from their homes covered the Getty's hillside location in smoke this week. Perched above the busy 405 freeway, an artery of California's traffic system, the Getty is among the most visited U.S. museums and reopened on Friday after two days closed.
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| DNC Unity Commission Agrees On Slate Of Historic Reforms Posted: 09 Dec 2017 03:00 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― At its final meeting on Friday and Saturday, the Democratic National Committee's Unity and Reform Commission agreed to a set of dramatic revisions aimed at restoring faith in the presidential nomination process and the management of the DNC.
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| The American Who Paid for Israel's Nuclear Bomb Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:07 AM PST  Although Israel doesn't officially acknowledge it, it is well understood that the country possesses a nuclear weapon arsenal (although the exact number of warheads are in dispute). It is similarly well understood that the United States opposed Israel's nuclear weapons program during the John F. Kennedy and, to a lesser extent, Lyndon B. Johnson administrations. One part of the history that is less well known is that much of the funding for Israel's nuclear weapons program came from private Americans in an effort that was spearheaded by, Abraham Feinberg, a prominent American who served as an unofficial advisor to both President Kennedy and President Johnson.
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| Two teens killed in US school shooting, attacker dead: police Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:17 PM PST  Two teens were killed in a shooting at their high school in the southwestern US state of New Mexico on Thursday, police said, adding that the assailant was dead. The attack took place at Aztec High School, New Mexico State Police said on Twitter. Initial reports of other people being wounded are wrong, San Juan County Sheriff Ken Christesen told a press conference.
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| Tweeters Give Melania Trump Vacation Ideas After ’Deserted Island’ Holidays Joke Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:48 AM PST  Twitter users have some travel advice for Melania Trump.
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| ‘Tis the Season: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals a Reindeer as a Passenger Posted: 08 Dec 2017 08:51 AM PST  Reindeer are uncommon in Indiana, according to police.
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| 14 UN peacekeepers killed, 53 hurt in Congo attack Posted: 08 Dec 2017 10:34 AM PST  Rebels attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in eastern Congo, killing at least 14 peacekeepers and wounding 40 others in the worst violence against the mission in this Central African country in years.
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| Protests in Ukraine raise specter of another uprising Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:15 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In the raw cold and winter rain, Serhiy Hrey stood amid a protest tent camp outside Ukraine's parliament, making firebombs and declaring his readiness to fight.
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| Health Insurers See Higher Prices And A Big Mess Ahead Without The Obamacare Mandate Posted: 09 Dec 2017 06:19 AM PST  Health insurance companies know that an insurance market without the requirement that everyone get coverage will be worse for them and their customers.
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| Oklahoma Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Deaf Man Will Not Face Criminal Charges Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:52 PM PST  The Oklahoma City District Attorney said the shooting was "lawful"
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| Inside The Real (And Really Secret) Middle East Peace Process Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:18 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― A little over a month ago, Iran established something close to a diplomatic presence in Saudi Arabia for the first time in nearly two years.
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| Franken and Franks resign as misconduct charges batter Congress Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:03 PM PST  By Makini Brice and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Al Franken announced his resignation on Thursday after facing a series of sexual misconduct allegations, and Republican Representative Trent Franks also said he was stepping down as he too was hit with ethics charges. Franken, buffeted for weeks by sexual harassment charges and under pressure from party colleagues, said on the Senate floor he would leave in a few weeks, although he denied some of the allegations against him and questioned others. ...
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| Jake Tapper: Trump Attacks FBI Only When His Side Is Threatened Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:59 PM PST  President Donald Trump has dramatically different opinions about the FBI — depending on who's being investigated, noted CNN anchor Jake Tapper.
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| F-22 vs. F-23: Why the Ultimate Stealth Air Duel Won't Happen Posted: 08 Dec 2017 07:32 AM PST  "Interestingly the YF-22 and YF-23 had exactly the same trimmed AoA of 60°. The YF-23 could do it without thrust vectoring. "The YF-22 probably had an advantage at very, very low airspeeds but neither company had enough time to investigate dynamic low speed, high AOA maneuvering.
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