| Evangelical Leader Pat Robertson On Saudi Arabia: 'We've Got To Cool The Rhetoric' Posted: 17 Oct 2018 05:39 PM PDT  Evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson called this week for Americans to
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| Julián Castro says he's 'likely' to run for president in 2020 Posted: 17 Oct 2018 12:36 PM PDT  Julián Castro, former San Antonio mayor and U.S. secretary of housing and urban development in the Obama administration, was unusually open about his political ambitions in an interview with Yahoo Finance.
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| Yahoo News Explains: What Canada's cannabis legalization will look like Posted: 17 Oct 2018 06:20 AM PDT  Here's what you need to know about Canada's recent legalization of cannabis.
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| Police officer lectures boys playing with BB gun: 'Do you think I want to shoot an 11-year-old?' Posted: 17 Oct 2018 06:43 AM PDT  An Ohio police officer is being praised online after turning a call that could
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| Prosecution admits to new error in Weinstein case Posted: 17 Oct 2018 03:55 PM PDT  The prosecution has admitted to a new embarrassing error in the Harvey Weinstein case, saying a police detective told one of the disgraced Hollywood producer's accusers to delete from her phone anything she wanted to keep private. In a letter to Weinstein's attorney dated Tuesday, prosecutor Joan Illuzzi-Orbon acknowledged that the lead detective had made the recommendation to one of two women accusing Weinstein in the case, in which he faces charges of rape and a forced oral sex act. "This new development even further undermines the integrity of an already deeply flawed indictment of Mr Weinstein," his lawyer Ben Brafman was quoted by a spokeswoman as saying.
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| Egyptian mediators race to restore calm in Gaza Posted: 17 Oct 2018 09:31 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A high-level Egyptian delegation on Wednesday held urgent talks with Gaza's Hamas rulers, seeking to restore calm after a rocket from the Palestinian area slammed into a home in southern Israel and the Israeli military responded with airstrikes on Hamas targets.
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| White Woman Calls Police On Black Man Watching His Son's Soccer Game Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:08 PM PDT  A white woman who called the police on a black man cheering on his son at a
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| The Saudi-Turkey struggle to control the narrative over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi Posted: 17 Oct 2018 11:00 PM PDT  The lurid details of Jamal Khashoggi's alleged death revealed on Wednesday were perhaps the most shocking so far in a slow drip of revelations over the past two weeks. The saga surrounding the fate of Saudi Arabia's best-known journalist has played out in claims and counterclaims published in the world's media, as both Turkey and Riyadh struggle to control the narrative. Since news of Mr Khashoggi's disappearance broke, journalists have had to rely on carefully controlled releases of information from Turkey - a country which has in recent years muzzled its relative free press - and Saudi Arabia, which never enjoyed one to begin with. The singular fact that both countries can agree on is that Mr Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul at 1.14pm on October 2, leaving his Turkish fiancee Hatice Cengiz waiting outside. Turkey gave Saudi Arabia a day to come up with an explanation, but Riyadh was not forthcoming. The kingdom claimed that the journalist met with officials at the consulate and left shortly after, saying they noted nothing out of the ordinary. Ms Cengiz, who stood by the exit for more than four hours before raising the alarm, said that was impossible. A security guard walks into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey Credit: AP Saudi's response appeared not to be satisfactory for Turkey either, which was under mounting pressure to investigate an alleged state-ordered assassination on its soil. Then, just before midnight that Friday and three days after Mr Khashoggi was last seen, Reuters news agency - quoting two unnamed Turkish police sources - claimed that the journalist had been killed inside the consulate. It was a bombshell allegation, particularly for his family - which had not yet been given any indication he might be dead. By doing so, Turkey indicated that it would not be dismissed so easily. The next day, Saudi's consul-general invited Reuters for a tour of the consulate - the alleged murder scene - in an attempt to appear transparent. "We are worried about him," Mohammad al-Otaibi told the camera as he opened various cabinets, telling the journalists "but look, he is not here." Missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi's Turkish fiancee Hatice (L) and her friends wait in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Credit: AFP It was only after that the leaks to the press started coming thick and fast. CCTV footage of Mr Khashoggi, 60, entering the consulate was passed to the Washington Post, the US paper which had been publishing comment pieces by the dissident journalist. Anonymous Turkish sources introduced the theory that the murder was premeditated and the kingdom had assembled a "hit squad" of 15 assassins, which travelled from Riyadh to Istanbul the day of Mr Khashoggi's consular visit. The flight manifestos of their flights between Riyadh and Istanbul were released, along with photographs of them arriving at Ataturk airport. Online sleuths managed to identify the men: at least nine worked for the Saudi security services, military or other government ministries. The CCTV image of Jamal Khashoggi entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul Among those was Salah Muhammed al-Tubaigy, president of the Saudi Fellowship of Forensic Pathology who specialises in gathering DNA from crime scenes and dissecting bodies. He arrived in Istanbul early morning on October 2 and flew out again at 11pm the same day. He was joined by Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, a diplomat assigned to the Saudi Embassy in London in 2007. Records show he travelled extensively with the crown prince on foreign trips. Images were also released of a convoy of black vans with diplomatic licence plates arriving shortly before 1pm and driving away at 3.08pm. Turkish sources implied that members of the squad carried out bits of the journalist's body to the cars and drove them to the consul-general's house a short distance away. All this pointed to a premeditated murder, not simply the case of an interrogation gone wrong. Around this time that Turkey made it be known that they had audio of the killing, which they claimed was from an Apple smartwatch he was wearing at the time. However, experts later said it was more likely to have come from a bugging device that Ankara did not want to admit to having placed in the consulate. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, on October 16, 2018 Credit: AFP Perhaps the leak was intended to scare the kingdom into confessing. But Riyadh, which is not accustomed to being held to account, did not address the claims other than to call them "baseless". Instead it attempted to undermine the reports by focusing on the source of information and the idea that Turkey does not have a neutral viewpoint, in part due to its ties with Saudi foe Qatar. US President Donald Trump, who has closely aligned himself with the bin Salman family, proposed the idea that the men were "rogue killers", a semi-plausible alternative that could allow the kingdom's rulers to distance themselves from the growing saga. While the theory may seem improbable to those who have been paying attention, it could still prove to be the only one to get the US and Saudi Arabia out of their tight spot. Neither country is looking for a high-level diplomatic confrontation and both have strong incentives to agree a version of events that absolves Crown Prince Mohammed. President Donald Trump places his hands on a glowing orb as he tours with other leaders the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh Credit: Reuters Adding a new element to the mix was the US pastor detained by Turkey on charges of espionage. The issue had threatened ties between the two countries, with Ankara refusing to release Pastor Andrew Brunson despite the threat of US sanctions. When he was somewhat unexpectedly released last Friday, it prompted speculation it had been done in return for US silence over the Khashoggi case. Recent developments, however, have made it increasingly difficult for the crown prince to deny involvement. Turkish police investigators - which were for two weeks denied permission from Saudi to search the consulate - were allowed in on Tuesday. While their findings are not yet known, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed that investigators were looking at "toxic materials" and fresh paint on the walls. On Wednesday, the recording of the killing was leaked to pro-government daily newspaper Yeni Safak, which decided not to publish the audio but instead detailed its graphic contents. Turkish forensic and investigation officers arrive at Saudi Consul's residence for a search Credit: AFP Mr Khashoggi is reportedly heard screaming as he has his fingers cut off one-by-one. Apparently there had been no attempt made to first interrogate him. As one of the men allegedly starts to dismember the body, he is said to put on earphones and is heard in the recording advising other members of the squad to do the same and listen to music. At some point, Saudi's consul-general enters the room and tells the men to leave or he will "get in trouble". The latest reports are the most damning yet. It is unclear what either side's next move will be. Both have had to think about how the episode plays domestically and internationally. Turkey cannot afford to sever diplomatic relations with Saudi over the killing, but turning a blind eye to foreign countries carrying out assassinations on its soil would set a dangerous precedent. While at first the Turkish leaks appeared chaotic and at times contradictory, they have become much more consistent and on-message. "One can only imagine that the Turks' expectations of what Riyadh is going to do have changed," H.A. Hellyer, a senior nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council in London, told the New York Times. Turkish investigators were on Wednesday searching consul-general Mr Otaibi's residence. Reporting has suggested that they are likely to find Mr Khashoggi's severed head and dismembered body in its garden. That is, if reports are to be believed.
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| The Proud Boys, The GOP And 'The Fascist Creep' Posted: 17 Oct 2018 05:39 PM PDT  NEW YORK -- Gavin McInnes, the founder of the violent neo-fascist gang the
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| Multidrug-resistant salmonella linked to chicken products sickens nearly 100 people across 29 states Posted: 17 Oct 2018 12:18 PM PDT  A multidrug-resistant strain of salmonella linked to raw chicken products has
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| Texas floods: One dead after state of emergency declared over near-record downpour Posted: 17 Oct 2018 09:53 AM PDT  Texas faces the threat of further flooding after days of heavy rain - with at least one person having died thanks to the downpour. A state of emergency has already been declared in 18 counties with the flooding having led to the collapse of a bridge. Within a span of 24 hours, the Llano River, northwest of Austin, Texas, rose from 10 feet to nearly 40 feet, just shy of an all-time record.
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| New Banksy Video Suggests Shredded Painting Stunt Didn't Go Entirely To Plan Posted: 18 Oct 2018 03:56 AM PDT  Banksy stunned the art world this month with the partial shredding of his "Girl With Balloon" artwork moments after it sold at Sotheby's auction house in London for $1.4 million.
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| O’Rourke releases attack ads against Ted Cruz Posted: 17 Oct 2018 12:27 PM PDT  Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke releases attack ads against his opponent, Sen. Ted Cruz.
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| 3 top Afghan officials killed by guards, US general survives Posted: 18 Oct 2018 08:27 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The three top officials in Afghanistan's Kandahar province were killed when their own guards opened fire on them at a security conference Thursday, the deputy provincial governor said, and a Taliban spokesman said the target was Washington's top general in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, who escaped without injury, according to NATO.
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| SAP to stay in Saudi Arabia, hopes for clarity on missing journalist Posted: 18 Oct 2018 06:46 AM PDT  SAP, Europe's most valuable tech company, will continue to do business in Saudi Arabia, a top executive told Reuters, saying he hoped the circumstances of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi are clarified. "We can't put a long-term commitment to a market into question in response to an isolated incident," Chief Financial Officer Luka Mucic told Reuters. "Having said that, I would hope that this case can be cleared up as soon as possible." Mucic had not been planning to attend a conference in Saudi Arabia next week that has been hit by high-profile cancellations amid concerns that Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post, was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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| Trump Threatens To Order Military To 'Close Our Southern Border' Over Immigration Posted: 18 Oct 2018 05:09 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to shut the U.S.-Mexico border,
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| Melania Trump's plane forced to turn around after smoke fills cabin Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:23 AM PDT  Melania Trump's plane was forced to return to an airbase after a mechanical issue caused smoke to fill the cabin. Journalists travelling with the First Lady reported that a thin haze of smoke and a burning smell spread through the plane around 10 minutes after it took off. Reporters were brought wet towels to hold over their faces if the smell became too strong. Nobody was hurt in the incident and the plane landed safely back at Joint Base Andrews. Mrs Trump was travelling to a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to meet with families of children who were affected by exposure to opioids while in the womb when the incident occurred. One of the journalist's on the plane said an aide to the First Lady came into their compartment to inform them that there was a "mechanical problem". Photos from pool producer @meghankwelsh showing @FLOTUS getting off her plane this morning. Meghan reports the First Lady's trip is still on; and a new plane is being readied now. pic.twitter.com/XnvtQlEsWj— Mike Emanuel (@MikeEmanuelFox) October 17, 2018 The Boeing C-32A jet returned to Joint Base Andrews shortly after 9am local time and a replacement aircraft is being arranged for the trip. Mrs Trump could be seen departing the original plane dressed in a belted blue coat. Alex Azar, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, was also on the flight. Stephanie Grisham, Trump's communications director, told CNN the incident was a "minor mechanical issue". "Everything is fine and everyone is safe," she said. Mrs Trump also plans to tour a neonatal intensive care nursery on Wednesday and speak at a US health department conference on a new system that tracks infants suffering from opiate withdrawal. Regarding this morning's incident with @FLOTUS plane to Philly, which made an emergency return to @AndrewsAFB minutes after takeoff after smoke entered the cabin, @StephGrisham45 tells, CNN it was a "minor mechanical issue. Everything is fine and everyone is safe."— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) October 17, 2018 The First Lady's visit is part of her "Be Best" campaign, which focuses on major issues affecting children, including the importance of healthy pregnancies.
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| These 25 Hurricane Michael Photos Show The Struggle To Survive, 1 Week On Posted: 17 Oct 2018 11:28 AM PDT  It's been one week since Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle
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| Ebay sues Amazon, saying it tried to poach its sellers Posted: 17 Oct 2018 04:55 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Ebay filed a lawsuit against Amazon Wednesday, saying the online retail giant used eBay's messaging system to steal its sellers.
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| Cheech and Chong star tries to travel to Canada for cannabis legalisation day 'but can't find passport' Posted: 17 Oct 2018 01:45 AM PDT  Canada's most famous stoner, comedian and actor Tommy Chong, is unsure if he can make it back home for the day cannabis is legalised because he has lost his passport. The 80-year-old, who starred in the famous reefer comedy Up In Smoke in 1972 and now lives in California, was supposed to appear at an event in British Columbia on Wednesday but discovered while packing that he has mislaid his travel documents. Chong became one of the most well-known marijuana advocates along with his comedy partner, Cheech Marin, during the heydey of the stoner era in the 1970s.
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| Simple Debate Question Stumps Ted Cruz Into 6 Seconds Of Painful Silence Posted: 17 Oct 2018 01:40 AM PDT  It was the kind of softball question often used in debates to break up the
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| Losing Patience Over DACA, Trump Administration Eyes Supreme Court Posted: 17 Oct 2018 08:03 AM PDT  If the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit doesn't issue a decision by Oct. 31, the administration will go straight to the Supreme Court for a finding on whether an injunction against the plan should be lifted, the Justice Department said Wednesday in a letter to the appeals court. The Supreme Court in February declined to hear an immediate appeal in the case, saying the justices assumed the appeals court would "proceed expeditiously to decide this case," according to the letter.
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| SocGen CEO cancels attendance at Saudi Arabia investment conference Posted: 17 Oct 2018 04:36 AM PDT  The chief executive of French bank Societe Generale has canceled his attendance at a Saudi Arabia investment conference, as leading business executives pull out amid widespread concern about the fate of a Saudi journalist. The withdrawal of SocGen's CEO Frederic Oudea was confirmed by a spokesman for the French bank on Wednesday, and came a day after BNP Paribas Chairman Jean Lemierre had also canceled his attendance at this month's conference in Riyadh.
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| Astronaut remembers failed launch Posted: 17 Oct 2018 01:56 AM PDT  NASA astronaut Nick Hague recounted last week's failed launch to the International Space Station and how he and another astronaut were able to escape. ABC News' David Kerley reports.
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| Republicans Will Repeal Obamacare If They Get The Chance, Mitch McConnell Says Posted: 17 Oct 2018 01:21 PM PDT  Republicans could make another run at repealing the Affordable Care Act if
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| Many Floridians Still Lack Cell Service After Hurricane Michael Posted: 17 Oct 2018 04:07 AM PDT  The Federal Communications Commission head said he plans to investigate the
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| Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border over migrant 'onslaught' Posted: 17 Oct 2018 05:59 PM PDT  US President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to send the military to close its southern border if Mexico fails to stem the "onslaught" of migrants from Central America, in a series of tweets that blamed Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. The attack comes with Trump's Republicans fighting to retain control of Congress in the November 6 vote, and as thousands of migrants from impoverished Honduras were marching north through Guatemala toward the United States. "I am watching the Democrat Party led (because they want Open Borders and existing weak laws) assault on our country by Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, whose leaders are doing little to stop this large flow of people, INCLUDING MANY CRIMINALS," Trump said.
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| Uber driver kidnapped and ‘groped’ woman before charging her $1,047 for unwanted 80-mile trip Posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:59 AM PDT  The unnamed victim alleges Harbir Parmar, a 24-year-old from New York, drove her almost 80 miles away from Manhattan – where she was picked up – and then put his hand under her shirt to touch her breasts. According to charging documents filed in a New York court, Mr Parmar took advantage of the woman after she fell asleep in the back seat of his Toyota Highlander, and fraudulently charged her $1,047 (£800). "No one – man or woman – should fear such an attack when they simply hire a car service," Geoffrey Berman, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said when he announced the charges.
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| Putin says Crimean school shooting result of 'globalisation' Posted: 18 Oct 2018 06:40 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the mass school shooting in Crimea a day before was the result of "globalisation" and the continuation of an American trend. "It's a result of globalisation. On social media, on the internet, we see that there is a whole community that has been created. Everything started with the tragic events in schools in the US," he said at a forum in Sochi. He said unstable young people were creating "fake heroes for themselves" and "reaching out for a surrogate for heroism" in the absence of the real thing. "We're not creating healthy (internet) content for young people... which leads to tragedies of this kind," he said. "But there is a place for real heroism in today's life," he said. CCTV footage shows Vladislav Roslyakov putting firearm shells into a backpack at an arms shop several days before the attack Credit: REUTERS An 18-year-old identified as Vladislav Roslyakov on Wednesday killed at least 20 students at a college in the Moscow-annexed peninsula before killing himself. More than 40 others were injured in what local press dubbed "Russia's Columbine", a reference to a 1999 US high school massacre. Authorities said they were working to establish the motive for the attack. An ex-girlfriend told Russian state media Roslyakov had spoken to her about taking revenge for bullying at the school. The head of Crimea said on Thursday the shooter couldn't have organised the attack alone and investigators are looking into "who prepared him for this crime". Russian state television has suggested Ukrainian agents were to blame and discussed his mother's membership in the Jehovah's Witnesses "sect". The shooting is the latest in half a dozen school attacks in Russia this year, although the previous incidents involved knives and traumatic pistols rather than high-powered firearms. Several of the attacks were inspired by the Columbine high school massacre in Colorado in 1999. The shooter in Crimea wore a white t-shirt that seemed to resemble that worn by one of the Columbine shooters. Also on Thursday, Mr Putin's spokesman called the incident part of a "dangerous trend".
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| Twitter's Plea To 'Be Sweet When You Tweet' Quickly Flies Off The Rails Posted: 18 Oct 2018 01:55 AM PDT  Twitter made a simple request on Wednesday, but many users of the social
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| At Vatican, South Korean leader says he's certain of peace Posted: 17 Oct 2018 05:50 PM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — South Korea's president said he was certain peace could be achieved on the Korean Peninsula as he prepared for an audience Thursday with Pope Francis where he's expected to extend an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for Francis to visit.
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| At Facebook, public funds join push to remove Zuckerberg as chairman Posted: 17 Oct 2018 03:03 PM PDT  State treasurers from Illinois, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, co-filed the proposal. A similar shareholder proposal seeking an independent chair was defeated in 2017 at Facebook, where Zuckerberg's majority control makes outsider resolutions effectively symbolic.
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| How The Khashoggi Scandal Looks When You've Been Bombed And Starved By Saudi Arabia For Years Posted: 17 Oct 2018 05:06 PM PDT  Global media and international decision-makers, right up to the president of
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| Trump Threatens To Withdraw Honduras Aid Over Approaching Migrant Caravan Posted: 16 Oct 2018 12:23 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a threat to Honduran President Juan
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| Philly crime boss ‘Skinny Joey’ gets two years in prison for illegal gambling Posted: 18 Oct 2018 04:28 AM PDT  Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino was living what many a middle-aged gangster would consider a coveted life. But trouble overran Merlino's new life. Merlino, long known for courting the media, bucked the trend and his case went to trial in January.
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| 2019 Chevrolet Blazer Prices Start Under $30,000 but Get Expensive Quickly Posted: 16 Oct 2018 11:49 AM PDT  The "Blazer" is back, although it's not what you might have been expecting.
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| Rod Rosenstein Offers 'Forceful Defense' Of 'Appropriate' Russia Probe: WSJ Posted: 17 Oct 2018 08:27 PM PDT  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has offered what The Wall Street
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| Sears' bankruptcy will have ripple effect, not all of it bad Posted: 16 Oct 2018 03:17 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Sears' Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing will have ripple effects on everything from landlords to suppliers to workers.
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| Death toll from Florida hurricane at least 29, hundreds missing Posted: 16 Oct 2018 02:29 PM PDT  The death toll from Hurricane Michael rose to at least 29 as crews scoured for hundreds reported missing in Florida.
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| Iran's Navy-Killer Missiles Now Have Double the Range Posted: 18 Oct 2018 05:02 AM PDT  Iranian Revolutionary Guard aerospace division chief Amirali Hajizadeh declared Tuesday that Iran had boosted the range of its land-to-sea ballistic missiles up to 700 km, or 435 miles, Reuters reports, capable of hitting "any vessel or ship" at that range.
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| Washington Post publishes missing journalist's last op-ed Posted: 18 Oct 2018 03:19 AM PDT  Jamal Khashoggi warned of the lack of a free press in the Arab world in his last column. ABC News' Janai Norman reports.
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