| Trump's Explanation For Removing Sudan From His Travel Ban Is Cringeworthy Posted: 27 Sep 2017 03:45 PM PDT  At a press briefing on Wednesday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump attempted to explain why Sudan was not included in the latest version of his travel ban, which restricts entry to America for nationals of eight countries. "First of all, can you explain to us why Sudan was removed? "Well, the people ― yeah, the people allowed ― certain countries ― but we can add countries very easily and we can take countries away," Trump replied.
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| Indiana teen allegedly tried to kill infant niece by lacing breast milk with pills Posted: 28 Sep 2017 07:40 AM PDT  Police say a 19-year-old from Indiana has been wanted on an arrest warrant for months after allegedly trying to kill her 11-week-old niece old using poisonous breast milk.
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| How The Obamas Are Teaching Their Daughters To Be Leaders Posted: 27 Sep 2017 12:08 PM PDT  Former President Barack Obama has a clear sense of what leadership values he wants to instill in his daughters.
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| Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond and Her Husband Ladd Share the Secrets to Their 21-Year Marriage Posted: 27 Sep 2017 10:16 AM PDT  Food Network star Ree Drummond shares how she and her husband Ladd have maintained a long-lasting, happy marriage.
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| Christian to head Syria parliament for first time in decades Posted: 28 Sep 2017 07:17 AM PDT  A Christian legislator was Thursday elected speaker of parliament in predominantly Muslim Syria for the first time in decades. Hammudeh Sabbagh, a 58-year-old Syriac Orthodox Christian graduate in law and member of President Bashar al-Assad's Baath party from Hasakeh province in northeast Syria, won 193 votes out of 252 cast, state media reported. Before the 2011 outbreak of war in Syria, Christians of 11 different denominations made up about five percent of the population.
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| Here Is Everything We Know (And Don't) About Russia's Mysterious ICBM Tests Posted: 27 Sep 2017 04:54 PM PDT  Russia's Strategic Missile Forces tested a RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile on September 26. The missile was launched from Kapustin Yar to the Sary-Shagan test site. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the launch was designed "to test an advanced combat payload" which is designed to "overcome missile defenses." The data gathered from the experiment will be used to develop future Russian ballistic missiles technology to counter missile defenses.
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| FBI considers white supremacist groups as much of a threat as Isis Posted: 28 Sep 2017 06:27 AM PDT  The threat of white supremacist violence in the US is as at least as dangerous as that posed by Islamist groups such as Isis, the head of the FBI has revealed. Chris Wray, the recently confirmed new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), said there were currently 1,000 ongoing investigations into domestic terror groups and a similar number of probes into groups driven by radical Islamist ideology. "We take both of them very, very seriously," he told senators on Capitol Hill.
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| Portraits of earthquake volunteer rescuers in Mexico Posted: 29 Sep 2017 07:29 AM PDT ![Portraits of earthquake volunteer rescuers in Mexico]( "Portraits of earthquake volunteer rescuers in Mexico") Mexicans have responded to last week's 7.1-magnitude earthquake with an outpouring of neighborly charity and civic activism. Here, snapshots of volunteers.
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| 'Big decisions will have to be made': Trump shares ominous message on future of Puerto Rico Posted: 29 Sep 2017 05:36 AM PDT  President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday morning to defend his administration's handling of the crisis in Puerto Rico, but left questions as to how the recovery efforts will be financed.
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| How One Houston Synagogue Is Facing Yom Kippur After Hurricane Harvey Posted: 28 Sep 2017 04:11 PM PDT  Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement that falls on Friday this year, is one of the holiest days on the Jewish religious calendar.
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| Melania Trump means business in stylish look for session on opioid crisis Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:11 AM PDT  Melania Trump has dazzled us in recent weeks with her casual ensembles -- like the $650 Calvin Klein shirt she wore after a weekend at Camp David or the $1,380 Balmain flannel she wore while gardening -- but it seems she has also mastered the art of business attire as well.
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| Tax Reform Could Mean A Cut For The Rich, An Audit For The Poor Posted: 28 Sep 2017 01:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The Republican tax agenda unveiled this week would repeal an inheritance tax that affects only the richest 0.2 percent of the population.
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| Family of boy killed by gator helps kids getting transplants Posted: 27 Sep 2017 05:14 PM PDT  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The family of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World last year has created a foundation to help families with children receiving organ transplants.
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| Body-positive model Instagrams photo of her cellulite to encourage women to love their bodies Posted: 29 Sep 2017 03:14 AM PDT  A body-postive model has posted an empowering photo of her cellulite on Instagram in an effort to encourage women to love their bodies. SEE ALSO: Women destroy body-shamer's tweet in most empowering way Model Sophie Turner posted an image of herself taken from a photo shoot, expressing how it made her feel "angry" to see her cellulite. "It was on my mind but why should it? I am more than cellulite, I am more than the belly rolls, and the back fat, and cellulite is normal!!" she wrote. A post shared by S O P H I E T U R N E R (@sophieeturner) on Sep 26, 2017 at 8:51am PDT Turner wrote that "it's natural for us ladies" to have cellulite, and "we need to stop seeing it as disgusting or ugly." "I've had cellulite since I was about 12 which is normal. After living with something for a decade it's all a part of being me," she added. Love the skin you're in ❤️ #nophotoshop #noretouchingneeded #nofilterneeded A post shared by S O P H I E T U R N E R (@sophieeturner) on Sep 25, 2017 at 9:35am PDT But, she says she's "still learning to love" her cellulite and "not hate it." "It's a slow road to self love but it's the best thing you can do for your confidence and mental health," she continued. WATCH: Why you probably, definitely shouldn't buy into this beauty trend
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| Teacher Reprimands Kneeling 6-Year-Old: 'We Stand for the Pledge' Posted: 28 Sep 2017 07:21 AM PDT  A 6-year-old student joined the high-profile NFL protests of racial injustice by kneeling for the Pledge of Allegiance in his classroom
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| Vietnam court sentences to death PetroVietnam ex-chairman in mass trial Posted: 29 Sep 2017 01:42 AM PDT  By Kham Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam sentenced to death a former chairman of state -run PetroVietnam on Friday after finding him guilty in a mass trial of 51 officials and bankers accused of graft and mismanagement that led to losses of $69 million. The death sentence for ex-PetroVietnam chairman Nguyen Xuan Son was the first time in years it had been given to such a senior former official and comes amid an intensifying corruption crackdown and maneuvering within the ruling Communist Party. The death penalty had been recommended by the state prosecution.
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| Michelle Obama faces backlash after saying female Trump voters went 'against their own voice' Posted: 28 Sep 2017 08:53 AM PDT  Michelle Obama is getting heat on Twitter after saying that women who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election went against their "own voice."
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| Katrina Commander Swears On Live TV Over Puerto Rico Response Posted: 28 Sep 2017 09:24 PM PDT  The retired lieutenant general who righted the recovery response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 slammed President Donald Trump's administration over the humanitarian crisis left by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
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| Thousands flee huge 'sabotage' explosion at Ukraine arms depot Posted: 27 Sep 2017 03:05 PM PDT  One of Ukraine's largest arms depots caught fire and exploded in what prosecutors said Wednesday was a likely act of "sabotage" that forced the evacuation of more than 30,000 people. The Ukraine military prosecutor's office said it had opened an investigation into "sabotage at a military facility" in the central Vinnytsia region. "We have to learn to defend our strategic facilities from sabotage groups," President Petro Poroshenko said during an emergency evening meeting of his top military commanders.
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| Relatives of Former Cheer Coach Accused of Killing Newborn Say Baby Was Stillborn Posted: 28 Sep 2017 01:24 PM PDT  Relatives and friends of the 18-year-old Ohio woman accused of killing her newborn baby before burying it in a shallow grave behind her parent's home have opened up about the allegations — and they insist the child was stillborn
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| Woman who claimed she's deathly allergic to dogs forcibly pushed off plane, and Twitter has no sympathy Posted: 27 Sep 2017 05:54 PM PDT  Another plane booting video is gaining traction online months after the violent United incident. A woman was forcibly removed from a Southwest flight Tuesday, but this time around the passenger is getting very little sympathy online. SEE ALSO: Unsettling video captures United passenger being forcibly removed from overbooked flight The woman, identified as 46-year-old Anila Daulatzai from Baltimore, had complained about two dogs on her flight from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles. She said she was deathly allergic, but when crew informed her they couldn't remove the dogs, one of which was a service dog, she was told to leave the plane. That's when things went south. After the woman couldn't show medical papers about her allergies and refused to leave the plane, law enforcement arrived to remove her, Southwest said in a statement. She's since been charged with disorderly conduct, failure to obey a reasonable and lawful order, disturbing the peace, obstructing and hindering a police officer and resisting arrest, but released by authorities, according to KTLA. A low-quality video recorded by another passenger shows the woman struggling on Flight 1525 with officers down the aisle of the plane. The video is embedded at the top of this story. At one point she tells the officers her father has a surgery scheduled and to not touch her, while one of the officers grabs her from behind and shouts. Other passengers urge her to walk off the plane on her own. When an officer grabs her, she yells, "Don't touch me!" He loudly demands "Walk!"as a response. "Geez, lady just get off the plane," another passenger says as she's pushed down the aisle. More chatter can be heard about how she said she had allergies. The comments caught on tape are similar to the response online. Many seem to think the woman brought her troubles upon herself and she could have handled the situation better. It also doesn't help that she wanted the dogs removed from the flight so that she could fly. To be fair, the officer grabbing her isn't winning points either. "If you look at the police, they were being overly aggressive," Bill Dumas, the passenger who recorded the incident, told CBS. "Really, she wasn't giving them much of a choice, and the people on the plane were saying, 'Just get off the plane,'" he said. Southwest also acknowledged the use of force in a statement and said it was unfortunate officers resorted to forcing her off the plane. "We are disheartened by the way this situation unfolded," Southwest said. I have a deadly pet allergy, but NO! I will NOT get off the plane. 樂 https://t.co/5RKmKfFYIc — Brian McIver (@bmciver) September 27, 2017 Get over it passenger, pets are allowed on flights; take a shot for your allergies or drive. https://t.co/LOpRrQNii6 — Cricket (@AbsurdWeb) September 27, 2017 If I had a true "life threatening" allergy to a pet, and saw one on the plane. You couldn't get me off the plane fast enough. Not buying it — Joe Coppola (@thor82405) September 27, 2017 Yes a win for the dogs — ENM (@rr_enm) September 27, 2017 Let's assume passenger at risk did continue her journey, she went to a life death convulsion, what would #SouthWest position be, Act of God? — Hampton Brown (@hebrwn) September 27, 2017 This Southwest video has me heated. Learn the facts before you post some shit about boycotting. The passenger was in the wrong. — B Padre (@RUTHLESSC0UTURE) September 27, 2017 Public records show Daulatzai was arrested in 2006 for an unspecified misdemeanor citizen arrest through the Los Angeles Police Department. In the video, she can be heard telling the officers, "I'm a professor, what are you doing." She's listed as a new faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She was previously a visiting assistant professor of Women's Studies and Islamic Studies at the Harvard Divinity School. The airline also apologized to Daulatzai. But Twitter isn't commiserating. WATCH: This house can fold and unfold itself in 10 minutes
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| Megyn Kelly's cameraman accidentally stepped on screen and yelled a curse word Posted: 28 Sep 2017 01:32 PM PDT  Another day, another controversy on "Megyn Kelly Today."
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| Pitbull Is Flying Cancer Patients From Puerto Rico To Mainland U.S. On His Private Jet Posted: 27 Sep 2017 01:01 PM PDT  Pitbull sent his private jet to Puerto Rico to transport cancer patients on the hurricane-ravaged island to mainland U.S. for chemotherapy treatment, CNN reports. Puerto Rico Congresswoman Jenniffer González thanked the rapper on Twitter for the kind act on Tuesday. "Thank you @pitbull for lending your private plane to move cancer patients from PR to USA so that they can get chemo," she wrote.
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| Iran may drop nuclear deal if U.S. withdraws, foreign minister tells al Jazeera Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:25 AM PDT  Iran may abandon the nuclear deal it reached with six major powers if the United States decides to withdraw from it, Iranian foreign minister told Qatar's al Jazeera TV in New York. U.S. President Donald Trump has called the 2015 deal an "embarrassment". The deal is supported by the other major powers that negotiated it with Iran and its collapse could trigger a regional arms race and worsen tensions in the Middle East.
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| Odds of War With North Korea Seen Rising Under Trump Posted: 28 Sep 2017 10:26 AM PDT  The key to solving this quagmire could be China, North Korea's largest trading partner.
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| Michigan State Police head under fire over NFL protest post Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:07 PM PDT  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus and civil rights groups on Wednesday called for the resignation or firing of the head of the State Police for sharing a Facebook post calling NFL players who protest during the national anthem "anti-American degenerates."
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| Student Says She Doesn't Regret Running Off With Her Teacher Posted: 27 Sep 2017 12:18 PM PDT  Elizabeth Thomas's disappearance sparked a nationwide manhunt for teacher Tad Cummins earlier this year.
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| Michelle Obama Has Some Words For Women Who Voted Against Hillary Clinton Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:45 PM PDT  Fifty-three percent of white women and 42 percent of women overall voted for President Donald Trump rather than Hilary Clinton in the 2016 election.
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| 2018 Harley-Davidson Heritage Classic 114 – First Ride Posted: 27 Sep 2017 11:14 AM PDT  2018 Harley-Davidson Heritage Classic 114 – First Ride Much-loved low-frills tourer receives host of upgrades If you want to get a sense of just how good the new Harley-Davidson Heritage Classic really is, I suggest you first take a test ride on the equally
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| Police Arrest Suspect in Decades-Old Killer Clown Case Posted: 27 Sep 2017 12:42 PM PDT  After 27 years, a woman is in custody for allegedly killing the wife of her current husband while masquerading as a clown, police in Florida say.
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| A single genetic glitch may explain how Zika became so dangerous Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:44 AM PDT  By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A single genetic change that occurred in 2013 may explain how Zika acquired the ability to attack fetal nerve cells, causing a severe birth defect in babies whose mothers were infected while pregnant, Chinese and U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Scientists have posited many theories about why Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that had been linked with only mild symptoms since its discovery in 1947, could suddenly be associated with thousands of cases of the birth defect known as microcephaly, as it was in Brazil in 2015.
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| Puerto Rico supply failure stops food and water reaching desperate residents Posted: 29 Sep 2017 12:00 AM PDT  People line up to get into a Walmart store in San Juan. Nine days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, thousands of containers of food, water and medicine are stuck in ports and warehouses on the island, as logistical problems continue to stop desperately needed supplies from reaching millions of Americans. In many parts of the US territory, food, medicine and drinking water are scarce, and amid a growing humanitarian crisis, local researchers have suggested the death toll could be much higher than the 16 deaths reported so far.
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| Meghan McCain Hits Back Over Report That Trump Has Been Mocking Her Dad Posted: 28 Sep 2017 10:33 AM PDT  Behind closed doors, President Donald Trump has reportedly been mocking the physical gestures and appearances of Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Meghan McCain is not happy. According to the story from Axios co-founder Mike Allen, Trump has been reenacting how McCain delivered his dramatic thumbs-down to the health care repeal bill this summer.
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| Erdogan, Putin agree joint push to end Syria war Posted: 28 Sep 2017 02:53 PM PDT  President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday agreed to step efforts to bring peace to Syria, with the Russian leader declaring the right conditions now existed to end the over six-year civil war. After late night talks at Erdogan's presidential palace in Ankara, Putin and Erdogan agreed to push for the creation of a "de-escalation" zone in Syria's key northern province of Idlib, currently controlled by jihadists.
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| 3-year-old girl becomes Nepal's new living goddess Posted: 28 Sep 2017 04:18 AM PDT  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A 3-year-old girl became Nepal's new living goddess Thursday, revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in the Himalayan nation.
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| Dog Dumped on Side of the Road Adopted by Loving Owners: 'Now We Can Give Her a Happy Home' Posted: 28 Sep 2017 11:21 AM PDT  The SPCA says KD the dog is lucky to have survived her ordeal.
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| EU to resettle 50,000 refugees from North Africa Posted: 27 Sep 2017 09:38 AM PDT  The European Union is planning to resettle 50,000 refugees directly from war-torn countries into Europe in its latest bid to stabilise migration to the bloc, it announced on Wednesday. The European Commission said that it has set aside €500m (£440) to fund the resettlement of refugees from Libya, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, Chad and Ethiopa in order to deter illegal migration and reduce the attraction of people-smugglers. "People who are in genuine need of protection should not risk their lives or depend on smugglers," said Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU's migration commissioner. Migrants wait to be rescued by the Aquarius rescue ship "Europe has to show that it is ready to share responsibility with third countries, notably in Africa," he added. The initiative comes as Jean-Claude Junker, the European Commission president, tries to take the lead on addressing the migration crisis amid continued squabbling between EU member states over migration burden-sharing. A compulsory quota scheme to distribute 160,000 migrants within the EU ended this week in failure and recriminations after just 29,000 migrants were relocated and the Commission promised legal action against Hungary and Poland for refusing to accept the quotas. The Commission is also pushing EU member states to maintain the spirit of its passport-free Schengen travel area which has come under pressure from the twin threats of migration and terror. Dramatic moment desperate migrants jump from burning dinghy 01:06 Mr Avramopoulos said that from November there would be "stricter" requirements on states wanting to introduce temporary border checks during times of emergency, limiting the checks to a maximum of three years. "We propose to prolong the maximum deadline from six months to one year, for the temporary re-introduction of border controls. At the same time, we are adding stronger procedural guarantees ensuring that such controls remain an exception used only as a measure of last resort," he said. "In the case of long-lasting security threats, an extraordinary possibility for prolonging border controls and internal borders for another two years is added. This can only happen on the basis of a recommendation by the Council. The new restrictions could put officials in Brussels on a collision course with France and Germany, who wanted the period to be extended to up to four years. Migrant rescue worker: 'difficult conditions mean more casualties' 01:25 The Commission also wants to extend the 26-member zone to Romania and Bulgaria, telling EU member states it was "high time" they were admitted to the zone. Germany diplomatic sources expressed scepticism Bulgaria and Romania were capable of maintaining an external border. However Mr Avramopoulos said failure to live up to the ideal of the Schengen zone posed a potentially existential threat to the concept of the European Union's freedoms of movement of goods, services and people. At a press conference in Brussels, Mr Avramopoulos said: "If all theses rumours that Schengen is at stake are justified and Schengen dies, I'm afraid it will be the beginning of the end of Europe. "Today we send a very clear message - Schengen must be preserved and we are all responsible for that."
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| Here's The First Look At MAD Magazine's Version Of Disney World Posted: 28 Sep 2017 09:54 AM PDT  The December issue of MAD Magazine debuts in digital form on Friday with the "Stranger Things" cast MAD-ified on the cover.
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| Video Shows Homicide Suspect Being Shot By Police On California Freeway Posted: 28 Sep 2017 03:48 AM PDT  A homicide suspect died during a standoff with police in the middle of a San Francisco Bay Area freeway leading to the closure of westbound traffic on Interstate 80 for almost eight hours.
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| The Latest Ford Super Duty Truck Is $80,000 Posted: 28 Sep 2017 08:43 AM PDT  The Super Duty Limited now tops Ford's range, and costs as much as a Corvette Z06.
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| Hundreds of immigrants arrested in sanctuary cities across US Posted: 28 Sep 2017 06:12 PM PDT  The Trump administration's immigration enforcement division arrested hundreds of people in raids across "sanctuary" cities in recent days, in an operation directly targeting communities that are resisting the president's aggressive deportation agenda. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) announced on Thursday that it had arrested 498 people in a four-day operation and that it was dedicating more resources to the liberal jurisdictions that limit police cooperation with federal agents.
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| Scientists Say They've Found What Could Be the Oldest Life on Earth Posted: 29 Sep 2017 07:03 AM PDT  Organic material dating back 3.95 billion years found in Canada may be the some of the earliest known life on Earth
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| The 80 Most Delish Taco Recipes Posted: 28 Sep 2017 01:14 PM PDT |
