| Justice Department Will Tell Public About 'Persistent,' 'Pervasive' Attacks On Democracy Posted: 19 Jul 2018 09:19 PM PDT  The Department of Justice unveiled a new report detailing a campaign of
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| Father of 2 Parkland shooting survivors fatally shot during armed robbery Posted: 20 Jul 2018 09:35 AM PDT  The father of two students who survived the Parkland high school shooting in
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| Russian warship ‘carrying £100 billion in gold’ discovered off South Korea Posted: 19 Jul 2018 05:19 AM PDT  A South Korean salvage team has discovered the wreck of a Russian warship that was sunk in a naval battle 113 years ago and is believed to still contain a trove of gold bullion and coins worth 150 trillion won, or £100 billion. The Russian Imperial Navy cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi was discovered at a depth of more than 1,400 feet about one mile off the South Korean island of Ulleungdo. Shinil Group, the company behind the discovery, says it is aiming to raise the ship later this year Credit: Shinil Group A joint team made up of experts from South Korea, Britain and Canada discovered the wreck on Sunday and used two manned submersibles to capture footage of the vessel, with the company behind the discovery promising to use a percentage of the money to fund the construction of a railway line linking Russia and South Korea through North Korea. The video includes images of extensive damage to the vessel caused in an encounter with Japanese warships in May 1905, along with cannons and deck guns encrusted with marine growth, the anchor and the ship's wheel. The identity of the 5,800-ton warship was confirmed when the crew of one of the submersibles were able to read the name on the stern. "The body of the ship was severely damaged by shelling, with its stern almost broken, and yet the ship's deck and sides are well preserved", the Seoul-based Shinil Group said in a statement. Launched in St Petersburg in August 1883, the Dmitrii Donskoi was designed as a commerce raider and fitted with both a full set of sails and a coal-fired engine. The ship spent most of its career operating in the Mediterranean and the Far East and was deployed to Imperial Russia's Second Pacific Squadron after the Japanese fleet destroyed the majority of Russia's naval power in the Far East in the opening salvoes of the 1904 Russo-Japanese War. The Dmitri Donskoii was sunk in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese war Credit: Shinil Group The squadron was intercepted by the Japanese fleet in May 1905 and decimated at the Battle of Tsushima. Assigned to protect the transport ships at the rear of the formation, the Dmitrii Donskoi managed to evade the attacking force, but was later intercepted steaming for the Russian port of Vladivostok. Haul: the Imperial Navy Cruiser Dmitri Donskoii sank more than a century ago with - it is thought - 5,500 boxes of gold bars and coins still on board Credit: Shinil Group Around 60 of the 591 crew were killed and further 120 injured before Captain Ivan Lebedev anchored off the island of Ulleungdo and ordered his men ashore. The following morning, May 29, 1905, the ship was scuttled offshore and the crew were taken prisoner by Japanese landing parties. Captain Lebedev later died of his wounds. There are reports that the Dmitrii Donskoi was carrying the fleet's funds and went down with 5,500 boxes containing gold bars as well as a separate haul of 200 tons of gold coins. The gold was being stored in the ship's holds to stop the Japanese seizing it. Shinil Group estimates the gold would have a total value today of £101.3 billion. Half of any treasure found on board will be handed over to the Russian government Credit: Donskoii The company says it is aiming to raise the ship in October or November. Half of any treasure found aboard the vessel would be handed over to the Russian government, the company said, while 10 percent of the remainder will be invested in tourism projects on Ulleungdo Island, including a museum dedicated to the vessel. A portion of the rest of the treasure will be donated to joint projects to promote development in north-east Asia, the company said, such as a railway line from Russia to South Korea through North Korea.
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| S. Korea liable for botched ferry rescue, court rules Posted: 18 Jul 2018 10:27 PM PDT  The South Korean government is liable for the botched rescue of more than 300 people, mostly schoolchildren, who drowned when their overloaded ferry sank, a court ruled Thursday, ordering the state to compensate relatives. In a landmark ruling, the Seoul Central District Court awarded the next of kin of each deceased passenger from the Sewol ferry 200 million won ($177,000), a further 40 million won for each of their parents, and smaller sums for other relatives. The vast majority of the victims of the 2014 sinking off the southwestern coast, one of the country's worst-ever maritime disasters, were high school students on an excursion and the sinking dealt a crushing blow to now-ousted president Park Geun-hye.
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| Microsoft Says It Stopped Cyberattacks on Three 2018 Congressional Candidates Posted: 19 Jul 2018 12:53 PM PDT  Microsoft VP says the same tactic was used by hackers in 2016 election
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| New Time Cover Has Some Creepy Trump-Putin Photoshopping Posted: 19 Jul 2018 05:25 AM PDT  The latest issue of Time magazine isn't holding back when it comes to the
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| Brazilian police arrest 'Dr. Bumbum' after patient dies Posted: 19 Jul 2018 04:27 PM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police arrested celebrity plastic surgeon Denis Cesar Barros Furtado on Thursday, five days after he went on the run following the death of a patient he gave injections to enlarge her buttocks.
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| Kremlin Launches Twitter Flash Mob To Free Alleged Russian Agent Maria Butina Posted: 19 Jul 2018 05:29 PM PDT  Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a Twitter flash mob to free
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| Republican Tim Scott Tanks One Of Trump's Judicial Nominees Posted: 19 Jul 2018 12:41 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― In a stunning defeat for President Donald Trump, Republican Sen.
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| Rescued Thai football boys pray at Buddhist temple as they begin first day back home Posted: 19 Jul 2018 04:23 AM PDT  The Thai football boys and their coach began their first day back home with their families since they were rescued from a flooded cave with a trip to a Buddhist temple on Thursday to pray for protection from misfortunes. The 11 boys and the coach kneeled and pressed their hands in prayer to the tune of chanting monks. They were joined by relatives and friends at the Wat Pra That Doi Wao temple, overlooking Myanmar on Thailand's northern border. The remaining member of the Wild Boars football team - Adul Sargon - is not a Buddhist and did not attend the ceremony, meant to extend one's life and protect it from dangers. The team has already said they would ordain as Buddhist novices to honour a former Thai navy SEAL diver who died in the cave while making preparations for their rescue. On Wednesday evening, the boys and coach faced the media for the first time since their ordeal, describing their surprise at seeing two British divers rising from muddy waters in the recesses of the cave. It would be another week before they were pulled out of the Tham Luang cave. Members of the rescued football team take part in a religious ceremony Credit: AP "We weren't sure if it was for real," 14-year-old Adul said. "So we stopped and listened. And it turned out to be true. I was shocked." In one poignant and emotional moment at the news conference, a portrait was displayed of Saman Gunan, the Thai diver who died. One of the boys, 11-year-old Chanin "Titan" Vibulrungruang, the youngest of the group, covered his eyes as if wiping away a tear. "I feel sad. And another thing is I'm really impressed with Sgt. Sam for sacrificing his life for all 13 Wild Boars to be able to live our lives outside happily and normally," he said. "When we found out, everyone was sad. Extremely sad, like we were the cause of this that made the sergeant's family sad and having to face problems." The Wild Boars had entered the cave on June 23 for what was to be a relaxing excursion after football practice. But rain began, and water soon filled the cavern, cutting off their escape, and they huddled on a patch of dry ground deep inside the cave. Coach Ekapol "Ake" Chanthawong said the trip was meant to last one hour, simply because "each of us wanted to see what was inside." The boys hold a portrait of Saman Gunan, the Thai SEAL diver who died during their rescue Credit: AP When the hour was up, they were pretty deep inside and already had swum through some flooded areas in the spirit of adventure. But in turning back, he discovered the way was not at all clear, and he swam ahead to scout the route, attaching a rope to himself so the boys could pull him back if necessary. He said he had to be pulled out. Ekapol said he told the boys: "We cannot go out this way. We have to find another way." The boys told reporters of their reactions at that point. "I felt scared. I was afraid I wouldn't get to go home and my mum would scold me, said Mongkol Boonpiam, 13, prompting laughter. Ekarat Wongsukchan, 14, said they decided "to calm ourselves first, to try to fix the problem and find a way out. Be calm and not shocked." The group had taken no food with them and survived by drinking water that dripped from the cave walls, Ekapol said, adding that all the boys knew how to swim, which had been a concern for rescuers. The boys inside the cave Credit: AP Titan said he tried hard not to think about food. "When I'm starving, I don't think of food otherwise it'd make me more hungry." Adul said they were digging around the spot when they heard the voices and Ekapol called for silence. He recounted how Ekapol told them to "'quickly get down there, that's the sound of a person, or else they're going to pass on by,' something like that." But he said his teammate holding the flashlight was scared, so Adul told him "If you're not going to go, then I'll go." "So I quickly took the flashlight, and quickly went down, and I greeted them, 'hello,'" Adul added. Psychologists had vetted the journalists' questions in advance to avoid bringing up any aspects of the rescue that might disturb them. The dangers of the complicated operation, in which the boys were extracted in three separate missions with diving equipment and pulleys through the tight passageways, were not discussed. Doctors said the 13 were physically and mentally healthy. Although they lost an average of nine pounds during the more than two weeks they were trapped in the cave, they have since gained about six and a half pounds on average since their rescue. They were treated for minor infections. The team bow before novice Buddhist monks during the ceremony Credit: AFP Asked what he had learned from their experience, 13-year-old Mongkol Boonpiam said he felt stronger. "I have more patience, endurance, tolerance," he said. Adul said it had taught him "not to live life carelessly." While many of the boys wanted to be pro football players when they grow up, at least four of them said they hope to become navy SEALs, so they could help others. All expressed their apologies to their families. "I wanted to apologise to my parents. I know that I will get yelled at by mum when I get home," said Pornchai Kamluang, 16. Ekarat said sheepishly he wanted to apologise to his parents because while he told them he was going to a cave, he told them the wrong one. "I told them I was going to Tham Khun Nam," he said. "I didn't tell them I went to Tham Luang. So I was wondering how they found us at the right cave."
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| 71-year-old man dies from bacterial infection after eating oyster in Florida Posted: 19 Jul 2018 11:07 AM PDT  A 71-year-old man has died from a bacterial infection after eating an oyster in a Florida restaurant in Sarasota County, according to local reports. The Florida Department of Health has not identified the man or the restaurant but the man died on 10, July. In posts published to Twitter, the health department identified the bacteria in question as Vibrio vulnificus, a rare bacterium that normally lives in warm seawater and that is naturally occurring in warm salty or brackish water.
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| Philippines issues new order to expel Australian nun Posted: 18 Jul 2018 05:14 PM PDT  The Philippines issued on Thursday a fresh deportation order for an elderly Australian nun who angered President Rodrigo Duterte, as her lawyers pledged to block her expulsion. Sister Patricia Fox, 71, has been accused of illegally engaging in political activism as the government cracks down on foreign critics on its soil. "We find Fox Patricia Anne, Australian national, in violation of the limitations and conditions of (the Philippines immigration law) and order her deportation to Australia," said the government order shown to AFP by her lawyers.
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| Fox News Host Kimberly Guilfoyle Leaving The Network Posted: 20 Jul 2018 07:51 AM PDT  Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle is leaving the network, the network announced
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| UN diplomats: Russia and China block US on North Korea oil Posted: 19 Jul 2018 01:38 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China blocked the United States on Thursday from getting the United Nations to publicly accuse North Korea of smuggling in refined petroleum products beyond the annual quota of 500,000 barrels allowed under U.N. sanctions, diplomats said.
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| 1,000-HP Hennessey Charger Hellcat Races A Stock Corvette Z06 Posted: 18 Jul 2018 03:21 PM PDT  This doesn't seem like a fair fight.
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| GOP Rejects Two Resolutions Affirming Support For U.S. Intelligence Community Posted: 19 Jul 2018 11:30 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Republicans on Thursday objected to doing the bare minimum in
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| Russian spy offered sex for access and was praised for 'upstaging Anna Chapman', US prosecutors claim Posted: 18 Jul 2018 04:01 PM PDT  A flame-haired female Russian student was a Kremlin spy who offered sex as she sought to make influential connections in the US political system, a court heard. Maria Butina, 29, took part in a "years-long conspiracy" to secretly advance the interests of the Russian government in America, it was alleged. Butina appeared in court in Washington on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy, and acting as a foreign agent, which carry a possible 10-year jail term. Dressed in an orange jump suit, and pink training shoes, she showed little emotion and said nothing, taking copious handwritten notes during a lengthy hearing. Judge Deborah Robinson denied bail, saying there was no other way to prevent Butina seeking diplomatic refuge at the Russian Embassy. Maria Butina in a picture from her Facebook page The court was shown an FBI surveillance photograph of Butina having dinner with a Russian intelligence officer at a restaurant called Bistro Bis in Washington. Prosecutors said there were also photographs of her with Sergey Kislyak, the former Russian ambassador. For several years Butina had been studying at American University in Washington, and she also became a high profile pro-gun activist, telling how she learned to hunt wolves and bears in Siberia. In a 29-page complaint, which read like an extract from a spy novel, prosecutors alleged that was a cover story. At one point she had been praised by her Kremlin handler for "upstaging" the former Russian spy Anna Chapman, it was alleged. Maria Butina in a picture from her Facebook page Ms Chapman, a red-haired Russian intelligence agent, was expelled from the US in 2010 and has since become a celebrity in Russia. After a series of news articles were published about Butina's gun activism a Russian official wrote to her: "Good morning! How are you faring there in the rays of the new fame? Are your admirers asking for your autographs yet? "You have upstaged Anna Chapman. She poses with toy pistols, while you are being published with real ones." Through her gun activism Butina had her photograph taken with a string of high profile Republican figures including state governors Scott Walker, Rick Scott and Bobby Jindal, Senator Rick Santorum, and National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre. A courtroom sketch depicts Maria Butina, in orange suit listening to her attorney Robert Driscoll as he speaks to Judge Deborah Robinson during a hearing in federal court in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Credit: Dana Verkouteren/AP She also asked Donald Trump a question about Russia following his speech at a National Prayer Breakfast event in February last year. In another message she was praised by a Russian official for being a "daredevil" after she shared a photograph of herself near the US Capitol on Mr Trump's Inauguration Day. Butina wrote back: "Good teachers!" Prosecutors alleged Butina developed a relationship with a 56-year-old American. He was named in court only as "Person 1" but US media reported that he was a Republican strategist. In papers seized by the FBI, Butina allegedly "complained about living" with the older man and "expressed disdain for continuing to cohabitate" with him, according to prosecutors. Maria Butina in a picture from her Facebook page It was also alleged that Butina offered another person "sex in exchange for a position within a special interest organisation". The FBI also allegedly found a hand-written note with the words "How to respond to FSB offer of employment". The FSB is the successor to the KGB. In her communications Butina repeatedly referred to a billionaire Russian oligarch as her "funder," prosecutors alleged. Butina was arrested after the FBI suspected she might trying to leave the country. Robert Driscoll, Butina's lawyer, told the court she denied wrongdoing. He said: "There's a completely innocent explanation. She's accused of having dinner at Bistro Bis. She's accused of going to political events. She's accused of going to the Capitol on Inauguration Day."
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| CDC Reports Widespread Salmonella Outbreak From Eating Turkey Posted: 19 Jul 2018 06:46 PM PDT  Ninety people across 26 states have been sickened and 40 hospitalized since last November due to an outbreak of salmonella linked to raw turkey products, according to data released by the Centers...
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| Watch Barack Obama Joyfully Dancing About 7,000 Miles Away From Trump Posted: 18 Jul 2018 04:47 PM PDT  While President Donald Trump was repeatedly refusing to hold Russian leader
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| Trump Told Of Putin's Meddling 2 Weeks Before Inauguration: Report Posted: 19 Jul 2018 12:50 AM PDT  Donald Trump was informed of the Russian government's organized effort to
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| Spiky Utah dinosaur had more than 'a face only a mother could love' Posted: 19 Jul 2018 10:06 AM PDT  With its head and snout covered in bony armor shaped like cones and pyramids, a spiky tank-like dinosaur unearthed in southern Utah was not just another pretty face. Scientists on Thursday announced the discovery of fossils of a dinosaur named Akainacephalus johnsoni that lived 76 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. It was a four-legged, armour-studded plant-eater with a menacing club at the end of its tail. It was a member of a dinosaur group called ankylosaurs, among the most heavily armored animals ever on Earth - and for good reason, considering the predators around at the time. The unique shape and arrangement of its head and snout armor may be its most intriguing trait, the researchers said, giving clues about the Asian ancestry of some of the ankylosaurs that roamed western North America near the end of the dinosaur era. Akainacephalus johnsoni Credit: Reuters "Someone once told me that Akainacephalus, and ankylosaurs in general, were quite ugly and had a face only a mother could love. I must say that I wholeheartedly disagree. These are quite extraordinary and beautiful animals," said paleontologist Jelle Wiersma of James Cook University in Australia. Akainacephalus was a medium-sized ankylosaur, about 16 feet (5 meters) long, with a short boxy head covered in bony armor and a beak and small teeth for cropping vegetation, said paleontologist Randall Irmis of the Natural History Museum of Utah and the University of Utah. It had a short neck and wide torso, walked on four short stout legs, and may have whacked predators with its bony tail club. It inhabited a warm, humid environment similar to southern Louisiana's bayous, with slow-moving streams and rivers and associated swamps. The largest predators were the 30-foot-long (9-meter-long) Tyrannosaurus rex cousin Teratophoneus and 42-foot-long (13-meter-long) crocodilian Deinosuchus. The extensive skeletal remains, including a complete skull, were excavated in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Akainacephalus, as well as a cousin called Nodocephalosaurus that lived in New Mexico a couple million years later, possessed spiky head armor similar to Asian members of this dinosaur group. Other related North American dinosaurs such as Ankylosaurus had relatively flat armor covering the head. This indicates Akainacephalus and Nodocephalosaurus were close kin to Asian ankylosaurs and that multiple emigration events involving this group occurred from Asia to North America late in the Cretaceous Period, the researchers said. This resulted in two distinct lineages in North America of club-tailed ankylosaurs. The research was published in the scientific journal PeerJ.
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| Former Hong Kong leader hospitalised after misconduct jailing Posted: 19 Jul 2018 10:07 PM PDT  Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was hospitalised Friday after losing an appeal bid against a misconduct conviction in one of the city's most high-profile corruption cases. Tsang was jailed last year after being found guilty of failing to disclose his plans to lease a luxury flat from a major investor in a broadcaster, which was later granted a licence from the government while he was leader. The 73-year-old, who held the leadership post of chief executive for seven years from 2005, is the most senior city official ever to be convicted in a criminal trial and the highest-ranking one to be put behind bars.
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| Mark Zuckerberg Says He Didn't Intend to Defend Holocaust Deniers in a Recent Interview Posted: 18 Jul 2018 02:23 PM PDT  The Facebook CEO was explaining why the site doesn't remove certain content
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| This Deadpool Toilet Seat Cover Is Something We Should All Get Behind Posted: 20 Jul 2018 10:54 AM PDT  A crappy promotion is leaving San Diego Comic-Con attendees flush with
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| Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez to rally Democrats in deep-red Kansas Posted: 20 Jul 2018 02:37 AM PDT  TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) — Two luminaries in the democratic socialist movement — one its national leader, the other its new star — are descending on solidly Republican Kansas on Friday, taking their emboldened liberal message to an unlikely testing ground before next month's congressional primaries.
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| Scott Pruitt aides protected him from formaldehyde while suppressing report on its dangers Posted: 19 Jul 2018 03:21 PM PDT  Staff at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) organized for a new office desk to air out in a remote warehouse for a week so that former agency head Scott Pruitt wouldn't have to breathe in any traces of the carcinogenic chemical formaldehyde from his furniture, emails obtained by Politico have revealed.
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| Republicans Tell White House To Reject Russia's 'Absurd' Request To Question Americans Posted: 19 Jul 2018 08:36 AM PDT  Republican lawmakers are slamming the White House for considering Russian
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| Cancer patients who choose complementary medicine are twice as likely to die within seven years, study suggests Posted: 19 Jul 2018 10:25 AM PDT  Cancer patients who choose complementary medicine over treatments like chemotherapy, or surgery, are twice as likely to die within seven years, the first major study has shown. Researchers from Yale University followed 1,290 patients who were diagnosed with breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer between 2004 and 2013. Of those, they found 258 used complementary medicine and 1,032 used conventional therapies. After seven years, the research showed that around 85 per cent of people who used recommended medical treatment survived, compared with just 70 per cent of those who chose alternative methods. "The fact that complementary medicine use is associated with higher refusal of proven cancer treatments as well as increased risk of death should give providers and patients pause," said lead author Dr Skyler Johnson chief resident in radiation oncology at Yale School of Medicine. "Unfortunately, there is a great deal of confusion about the role of complementary therapies. "Although they may be used to support patients experiencing symptoms from cancer treatment, it looks as though they are either being marketed or understood to be effective cancer treatments." In numbers | Cancer in the UK The research showed that people who used complementary medicine alongside traditional treatments did neither better or worse than those on conventional regimes, suggesting it was the refusal of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery that was driving the poorer outcomes. "Past research into why patients use non-medical complementary treatments has shown the majority of cancer patients who use complementary medicines believe their use will result in improved survival," said the study's senior author, Dr James Yu, associate professor of therapeutic radiology at Yale Cancer Center. "We became interested in this topic after we reviewed the literature, and found that there was scant evidence to support this belief." The research was published in journal JAMA Oncology.
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| 9 Common Student Loan Myths That Can Cost Borrowers Big Time Posted: 19 Jul 2018 08:34 AM PDT  Student loans: If you don't have them, you know someone who does. And you've
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| Andrew Lincoln Finally Confirms He's Leaving 'The Walking Dead' Posted: 20 Jul 2018 12:56 PM PDT  After eight seasons of blood, guts and zombies, the only person who could take
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| Hawaii town hopes lava tourism will bring economic relief Posted: 19 Jul 2018 03:31 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — Stunning images of Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano have captivated people around the world. But ironically it's nearly impossible for residents and visitors on the ground to see the lava — a fact that's squeezing the tourism-dependent local economy.
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| Evacuation of two pro-Assad Syrian villages underway Posted: 18 Jul 2018 04:36 PM PDT  The Shi'ite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya are expected to be emptied of all their residents and fighters. More than 100 buses arrived to transport out residents and fighters from the villages to nearby government-held territory in Aleppo province. The evacuation began with ambulances ferrying out the sick, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported.
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| NYC explosion: Steam pipe blast engulfs Flatiron district in smoke causing traffic chaos Posted: 19 Jul 2018 02:48 PM PDT  A steam pipe has exploded beneath a street in Manhattan's Flatiron District, blasting a whole through the asphalt of Fifth Avenue. The New York Fire Department closed a number of roads in Manhattan's Flatiron District, causing disruption to many peoples' morning commutes. There were multiple reports that a number of manhole covers exploded into the air from West 19th Street to West 21st Street.
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