| Elijah Cummings Wants Brian Kemp To Testify In Washington About Voter Suppression Posted: 03 Dec 2018 01:48 PM PST  Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the incoming chairman of the House Committee on
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| Trump praises Roger Stone's 'guts,' demands 'a long prison term' for Michael Cohen Posted: 03 Dec 2018 08:47 AM PST  President Trump on Monday sounded off on the Russia investigation, suggesting his former personal attorney Michael Cohen should not receive leniency for cooperating with the probe and declaring that former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone had "guts" for refusing to testify against him.
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| Oil prices surge on output cut pledge, US-China deal Posted: 03 Dec 2018 12:38 AM PST  Oil prices soared on Monday after Russia and Saudi Arabia renewed a pact to cap output, while the US agreed to halt raising tariffs on Chinese imports, stalling a trade row that many feared could hit demand for the commodity. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "have agreed to extend our agreement" to limit production as prices slump on global markets. An existing deal committing OPEC and non-members to cuts expires this year.
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| Massive earthquake rocks Alaska Posted: 03 Dec 2018 01:13 PM PST  Recovery underway after 7.0 quake causes major damage.
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| Sully The Service Dog Arrives To View Owner George H.W. Bush's Casket Posted: 04 Dec 2018 11:36 AM PST  Former President George H.W. Bush's unfairly maligned service dog, Sully, was
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| Markets Right Now: US stocks dive as trade jitters return Posted: 04 Dec 2018 01:46 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
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| Georgia group can prove illegal voter purge by Kemp, leader says Posted: 03 Dec 2018 02:00 AM PST  The leader of a group formed by Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams says it can prove that voters were illegally removed from state rolls over the past few years by the office of former Secretary of State Brian Kemp.
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| France To Delay Fuel Tax Increases: Reports Posted: 04 Dec 2018 01:25 AM PST  PARIS (AP) -- French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is to announce a
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| Huge Marriott Hotel Strike Ends With San Francisco Workers Winning Better Pay Posted: 03 Dec 2018 05:25 PM PST  A nine-week, multi-city strike involving thousands of workers at the Marriott
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| Saudi crown prince visits Algiers without meeting president Posted: 03 Dec 2018 10:59 AM PST  Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika called off a meeting with visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday because of ill health, the national news agency APS reported. Bouteflika postponed a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in February 2017 and was last seen on Algerian television on November 1 laying a wreath at the country's independence war memorial. Prince Mohammed, on his first foreign tour since the October 2 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, held talks instead with Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, Algeria's presidency said, during a low-key visit that was kept largely out of the media spotlight.
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| Ikea to open its first store in Manhattan next year Posted: 03 Dec 2018 11:42 AM PST  Ikea is coming to Manhattan in spring 2019.
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| David Attenborough's Dire Climate Warning: ‘Our Greatest Threat In Thousands Of Years' Posted: 03 Dec 2018 09:59 PM PST  David Attenborough, the famed naturalist and conservation advocate, issued a
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| Trump Wants Stormy Daniels to Pay Twice for Her Failed Lawsuit Posted: 03 Dec 2018 04:26 PM PST ![Trump Wants Stormy Daniels to Pay Twice for Her Failed Lawsuit]( "Trump Wants Stormy Daniels to Pay Twice for Her Failed Lawsuit") The adult movie star whose real name is Stephanie Clifford could be hit with a bill for as much as $778,806 after she alleged that Trump defamed her when he accused her of a "total con job" in a tweet and a judge concluded the president was just exercising his free speech rights.
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| Camp Fire Death Toll Lowered After Remains of At Least 1 Person Were Mistakenly Sorted into Separate Bags Posted: 04 Dec 2018 05:56 AM PST  Butte County Sherrif Kory Honea said DNA proved the remains belonged to the same case
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| George H.W. Bush Was The Last President To Really Get Tough With Israel Posted: 04 Dec 2018 10:07 AM PST  One of George H.W. Bush's greatest accomplishments, a flurry of even-handed
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| Soyuz arrives at ISS on first manned mission since October failure Posted: 03 Dec 2018 11:11 AM PST  A Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian, American and Canadian astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, following the first manned launch since a failed launch in October. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome earlier in the day.
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| Graham: CIA Briefing Confirmed That Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi’s Murder Posted: 04 Dec 2018 10:16 AM PST  Senator Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that a briefing with CIA director Gina Haspel confirmed his initial belief that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered at the direction of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. "I left the briefing with high confidence that my initial confidence is correct," Graham told reporters after exiting the briefing. Graham, who led the bipartisan call for the White House to allow Haspel to brief lawmakers after she was reportedly barred from a briefing last week, said bin Salman's role in Khashoggi's assassination disqualified him as a potential diplomatic partner to the U.S.
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| 10 Things to Know for Today Posted: 03 Dec 2018 03:23 AM PST  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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| Twitter Users Get Salty After Researcher Reveals Just How Few French Fries You Should Actually Eat Posted: 04 Dec 2018 12:09 PM PST  No one can seriously call french fries are "healthy" and keep a straight face,
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| Mexico's President Stays Silent on Pledge to Scrap $13 Billion Airport Posted: 03 Dec 2018 02:48 PM PST  It's part of his administration's strategy to placate investors who loaned money for building a new Mexico City hub and have since been told that the project isn't going to happen, sending prices for Mexican assets plummeting as analysts questioned whether the new government is committed to business-friendly policies. Officials on Monday unveiled an offer to buy back as much as $1.8 billion of the securities and create a revenue stream to repay the remaining notes, but it can only happen if a majority of investors agree to scrap the covenants that allow them to demand their money back if the airport is canceled.
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| Congress Will Push the Shutdown Deadline. It's Still Not Clear How It Will End Posted: 03 Dec 2018 01:42 PM PST  Lawmakers are debating just how far to kick the can down the road
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| 85-year-old man survives alligator attack in Florida retirement community Posted: 04 Dec 2018 08:24 AM PST  The 9-foot, 9-inch gator was captured by a wildlife trapper; the man was rushed to the hospital after he was bitten.
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| This Gingerbread Trifle Is E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G Your Holiday Table Needs Posted: 04 Dec 2018 10:39 AM PST |
| Michelle Obama: I Didn't Believe America Was Ready For A Black President Posted: 04 Dec 2018 06:39 AM PST  Former first lady Michelle Obama admitted again Monday that she never believed
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| Xi arrives in Portugal to boost trade ties Posted: 04 Dec 2018 08:04 AM PST  Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Portugal on Tuesday for a two-day visit to boost economic ties, despite concern in some EU capitals over China's growing influence across the continent. The initiative offers loans to build railways, roads and ports across Asia, Europe and Africa. "Portugal is an important hub in the land and maritime silk routes," Xi said.
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| German conservative questions future of Russian gas pipeline Posted: 03 Dec 2018 08:08 AM PST ![German conservative questions future of Russian gas pipeline]( "German conservative questions future of Russian gas pipeline") A key ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday raised questions about the future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline amid growing concern about Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian ships and their crew off the coast of Russian-annexed Crimea. Juergen Hardt, foreign policy spokesman for Merkel's conservatives in parliament, told Reuters that further sanctions against Russia would have to be considered unless diplomatic efforts were able to resolve the conflict. "When diplomatic efforts to ease tensions fail, we cannot ignore the question of whether it is responsible to further increase the dependence of Germany and the European Union on Russia gas," he said.
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| Honduras mother waits for migrant son missing en route to US Posted: 04 Dec 2018 09:25 AM PST  SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Haydee Posadas had waited eight years for her son to come home. On the last night of her long vigil, she was too agitated to sleep.
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| Wall Street dives on angst over growth, US-China truce Posted: 04 Dec 2018 02:27 PM PST  Wall Street stocks plunged Tuesday on worries about US economic growth and revived doubts about trade wars as the Trump administration sent mixed signals on their detente with China. A day after global stocks rallied on a weekend US-China announcement suspending new tariffs, international markets mostly pulled back as investor focus shifted to the lack of concrete progress in reaching a long-term agreement to the dispute. "Can the US and China really resolve their differences in 90 days?" asked Rodrigo Catril, senior strategist at National Australia Bank.
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| Chris Cuomo's Eulogy For George H.W. Bush Serves As Scalding Takedown Of Trump Posted: 04 Dec 2018 12:33 AM PST  CNN's Chris Cuomo paid tribute to former President George H.W. Bush on Monday
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| Shell to set sector-leading emissions targets after investor pressure Posted: 03 Dec 2018 09:16 AM PST  Rivals BP and Total have already set short-term targets on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but these are limited to their own operations. Shell's targets, which will be introduced in 2020, will be more extensive with inclusion of the so-called Scope 3 emissions from the burning of fuels sold to millions of customers around the world, the company said. Monday's move marks a change of tack for Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden, who had previously resisted setting hard goals, saying it would be "foolhardy" to expose Shell to legal challenges.
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| Reports: In a Bid to Halt Violent Protests, France Will Delay Fuel Tax Hikes Posted: 04 Dec 2018 01:30 AM PST  It's a major U-turn in an effort to appease the gilet jaunes protest movement
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| UN Security Council to meet on Iran missile test Posted: 03 Dec 2018 04:28 PM PST  The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Tuesday at the request of France and Britain after they accused Iran of test-firing a medium-range missile at the weekend, diplomats said. The United States said the missile launch on Saturday was a violation of a UN resolution that endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, from which Washington has withdrawn.
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| Ukrainian police search homes of Russian Orthodox priests Posted: 03 Dec 2018 08:48 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian police searched the homes of Russian Orthodox priests and Russian Orthodox churches in several cities Monday, stepping up pressure as Kiev pushes for the creation of an independent Ukrainian church.
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| TVR Griffith reboot delayed by stalled factory construction Posted: 03 Dec 2018 04:16 AM PST  The long-awaited second generation of the V8 sports car will have to wait a little longer due tos European Union regulations
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| Stephen King Draws Startling Comparison Between Trump And George H.W. Bush Posted: 03 Dec 2018 12:17 PM PST  This weekend marked the passing of former President George H.W. Bush, who died
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| Fifteen migrants die in boat off Libya, Egyptian survivor says Posted: 04 Dec 2018 06:59 AM PST  Fifteen migrants have died in a boat off the Libyan coast after spending 12 days at sea without food or water, an Egyptian survivor said on Tuesday. Only 10 migrants from the capsized boat survived, all of whom were suffering from severe dehydration, Othman Belbeisi, head of the U.N. migration agency IOM in Libya, said on Twitter. The owner of a beach chalet found the migrants washing up on the shore near the city of Misrata and called authorities, who brought them to the Red Crescent relief service and hospitals, residents said.
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| Sri Lanka Court Restrains Rajapaksa Acting as Prime Minister Posted: 04 Dec 2018 12:47 AM PST  The court issued its order on Monday after 122 members of Sri Lanka's parliament, who are allied with ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, filed a legal action on Nov. 23 challenging Rajapaksa's authority as prime minister. In a statement emailed on Monday evening, Rajapaksa said he did not accept the appeal court's ruling and would take the matter to the Supreme Court. Wickremesinghe appeared on local television Tuesday to say he was willing to face an election, but that it must be conducted with the legitimate government in place, acting within the constitution and with the consensus of all parties in parliament.
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| Try This Homemade Pizza and Never Order Delivery Again Posted: 04 Dec 2018 03:45 PM PST |
| Grim holiday tidings as Paris businesses count cost of riots Posted: 03 Dec 2018 07:14 AM PST  President Emmanuel Macron was elected on a promise to burnish France's image on the global stage, but as shops and hotels counted the costs Monday of rioting over the weekend, many fear they won't have much to cheer for Christmas. Violent anti-government protests on Saturday engulfed chic Paris shopping districts, where a police lockdown and vandalism forced many stores to shut. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire met with business representatives Monday to tally the damage from arson and shattered windows, looted shelves and lost revenue as the scenes of urban unrest stopped locals and tourists alike from venturing out.
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