| For liberal media, Trump's visit to US troops in Iraq can't go uncriticized: Today's talker Posted: 27 Dec 2018 01:51 PM PST  As the news media bashed Trump for not visiting troops this Christmas, he was on his way to Iraq. Instead of fessing up, critics doubled down.
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| No 'perp walk' for Kevin Spacey? He's trying to avoid his arraignment on sex-crime charge Posted: 28 Dec 2018 01:21 PM PST  Will Kevin Spacey avoid showing up for his arraignment on a sex-crime charge on Nantucket? Not if the district attorney has anything to say about it.
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| Syrian surprise: How Trump's phone call changed the war Posted: 28 Dec 2018 02:26 AM PST  In the phone call two weeks ago, Trump had been expected to deliver a standard warning to the Turkish president over his plan to launch a crossborder attack targeting U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, U.S. officials say. Instead, in the course of the conversation Trump reshaped U.S. policy in the Middle East, abandoning a quarter of Syrian territory and handing Ankara the job of finishing off Islamic State in Syria. "Trump asked: 'If we withdraw our soldiers, can you clean up ISIS?'", a Turkish official told Reuters.
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| Kroger issues recall for shrimp products due to potential health hazard Posted: 28 Dec 2018 10:37 AM PST  Kroger is recalling nine different kinds of cooked shrimp that are actually raw or undercooked.
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| Children in Border Patrol Custody Are Still at Risk Despite New Guidelines, Pediatricians Say Posted: 27 Dec 2018 03:16 PM PST  'No amount of time in detention is safe for a child'
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| No aliens: NY transformer explosion lights sky, knocks power Posted: 28 Dec 2018 12:46 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A transformer explosion at an electrical plant set the skies above New York City ablaze in an eerie, pulsing blue light Thursday night, causing scattered power outages, delaying flights and sparking a social media storm of jokes about an alien invasion.
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| Ex-president Rajoelina wins Madagascar vote Posted: 27 Dec 2018 11:04 AM PST  Former Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina has beaten his rival and predecessor Marc Ravalomanana in an election beset by allegations of fraud, the electoral commission said Thursday. Rajoelina has returned to power after he won 55.66 percent against 44.34 percent for Ravalomanana in the run-off vote held last week, it said. The defeated candidate filed papers with the Constitutional Court just hours after the electoral commission announced the election's complete results.
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| Robert Mueller, House Democrats and slowing economy will end Trump's 'great time' in 2019 Posted: 28 Dec 2018 05:10 AM PST  A slowing economy. Robert Mueller. New York investigators. House Democrats. Prediction: A year from now, Donald Trump won't be having a 'great time.'
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| Father who worked as Santa at Walmart arrested after bodies of 2 children found buried in yard Posted: 27 Dec 2018 11:42 AM PST  A Georgia father and three other adults were arrested after the bodies of two
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| Beyond Pluto: Spacecraft to fly by distant space rock 'Ultima Thule' on New Year's Day Posted: 27 Dec 2018 11:18 AM PST  NASA's unmanned New Horizon spacecraft, now zooming into outer space beyond Pluto, will fly by a small space rock known as Ultima Thule on New Year's.
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| UK says rising migrant Channel crossings are a 'major incident' Posted: 28 Dec 2018 09:48 AM PST  British interior minister Sajid Javid has said the fast-growing number of would-be immigrants crossing the English Channel from France in dinghies is a "major incident." Nearly 70 people have been intercepted in the past three days as they try to reach England by crossing one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Javid is also seeking an urgent call with his French counterpart over the weekend, his ministry said. "He has insisted the Home Office treat the situation as a major incident and has ... asked for daily updates," it said in a statement.
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| Japan bolts whaling commission, but tensions may ease Posted: 27 Dec 2018 05:39 PM PST  Japan has made good on years of threats by bolting the International Whaling Commission, but its decision may also offer a way out of tensions that looked inextricable. Japan, which calls whaling part of its cultural heritage, said Wednesday it would withdraw from the seven-decade-old commission which since 1986 has banned commercial killing of the ocean giants. Australia and New Zealand have been outraged by Japan's incursions into waters they consider a whale sanctuary and activists harassed the whalers in often dangerous chases.
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| The Latest: Trump tweets he's waiting for Dems to make deal Posted: 29 Dec 2018 08:15 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the partial government shutdown, now in its second week (all times local):
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| Armed man surrenders following 10-hour siege after negotiator sings White Christmas to him Posted: 29 Dec 2018 08:58 AM PST  A man with a rifle who held off a team of armed police in a 10-hour siege gave himself up after an officer sang a Christmas carol to him. Nathaniel Lewis, 34, allegedly started shooting at the specialised police who rushed to his home in Pennsylvania, US, when a relative reported him acting erratically on Christmas evening. The shots hit a police vehicle, a house and another vehicle, and the Swat (Special Weapons and Tactics) team returned fire.
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| Stocks claw back from earlier losses and end higher, extending historic rally Posted: 28 Dec 2018 04:16 AM PST  Stocks rebounded from losses to end the day higher. The turnaround extending gains from the previous day when the Dow surged over 1,000 points.
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| UAE reopens Syria embassy in boost for Assad Posted: 27 Dec 2018 12:53 PM PST  DAMASCUS/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, marking a diplomatic boost for President Bashar al-Assad from a U.S.-allied Arab state that once backed rebels fighting him. The UAE said the move aimed to normalize ties and to curb risks of regional interference in "Arab, Syrian affairs" - an apparent reference to non-Arab Iran, whose support for Assad has been critical to his war effort. "The UAE decision ... came after a conviction that the next stage requires the Arab presence and communication in the Syrian file," tweeted Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs.
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| Was the Austin Metro really Britain's biggest motoring failure? Posted: 28 Dec 2018 09:08 AM PST  On this day in 1997, the Austin Metro and Rover 100-series production line fell silent. We commemorate 21 years with a look back on one of the Britain's less loved cars
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| Good Samaritans Rewarded With $100 After Trying to Help Homeless Man Posted: 27 Dec 2018 12:36 PM PST ![Good Samaritans Rewarded With $100 After Trying to Help Homeless Man]( "Good Samaritans Rewarded With $100 After Trying to Help Homeless Man") YouTuber Brian Breach gave anyone who offered to help him $100.
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| Boeing's F-15X Fighter: A Good Idea or Waste of Time? Posted: 27 Dec 2018 04:38 PM PST  Can it relieve critical F-22s and F-35s to more important tasks? Or is this a multi-billion dollar mistake?
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| 35 photos capture extreme weather events that hammered the US in 2018 Posted: 28 Dec 2018 06:33 AM PST  Bomb cyclones, major hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and major flooding produced some memorable and tragic photos in 2018.
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| Top Asian News 4:45 a.m. GMT Posted: 28 Dec 2018 08:45 PM PST ![Top Asian News 4:45 a.m. GMT]( "Top Asian News 4:45 a.m. GMT") MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An undersea 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Saturday and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that it has a potential to generate a tsunami. No casualties or damage have been reported immediately. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in an initial report that the quake was detected at a depth of 49 kilometers (30 miles) and a magnitude of 7.1 about 162 kilometers (100 miles) off Davao Oriental province. It said that it could generate aftershocks but the agency did not expect any damage. The Philippine agency did not mention any tsunami threat.
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| Manhunt for suspect who allegedly shot cop continues Posted: 28 Dec 2018 08:32 AM PST  Police say the suspect who allegedly gunned down an officer was in the U.S. illegally.
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| America's best restaurant chains: Top-rated brands according to TripAdvisor Posted: 28 Dec 2018 11:02 AM PST ![America's best restaurant chains: Top-rated brands according to TripAdvisor]( "America's best restaurant chains: Top-rated brands according to TripAdvisor") TripAdvisor names the top U.S. restaurant chains. Eddie V's Prime Seafood, The Capital Grille and Ruth's Chris Steak House are the best reviewed.
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| New Year's Eve party in Times Square to cheer for press freedom Posted: 29 Dec 2018 09:20 AM PST  Reporters will be the guests of honor at the New Year's Eve party in New York's Times Square on Monday, in what organizers said was a celebration of press freedom after an unusually deadly year for journalists at U.S. news outlets. Two attacks in particular weighed on organizers as they discussed in autumn whom to give the honor of initiating the ceremonial ball drop just before midnight, according to Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance. One was the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi columnist for the Washington Post and U.S. resident, inside a Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey.
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| Barn find Bugatti trio found in Belgium is worth over $1m Posted: 28 Dec 2018 10:01 AM PST  Three classic Bugattis and a Citroen is a major barn find discovery, with all four cars heading to auction in February
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| Why This New Electric Porsche Will Be the Hottest Car of 2019 Posted: 28 Dec 2018 07:50 AM PST  A lot is riding on this otherwise humble four-door sedan
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| China's New Russian-Built S-400 Missile System: A Threat to Taiwan? Posted: 29 Dec 2018 05:16 AM PST  Should Taipei be worried?
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| Pompeo to visit Colombia amid tensions with Venezuela Posted: 27 Dec 2018 02:13 PM PST  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Colombian President Ivan Duque in the resort city of Cartagena next week, as tensions flare with neighboring Venezuela. Duque and Pompeo will seek to "continue strengthening the bilateral relationship and discuss the crisis provoked by the dictatorship in Venezuela" of President Nicolas Maduro, a statement from the Colombian president's office said Thursday.
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| Government shutdown, Day 7: With no movement in House, Senate until next week, standoff expected to slide into new year Posted: 28 Dec 2018 07:28 AM PST  The partial government shutdown ends its first week with little hope of breaking a stalemate as both sides dig in over whether to fund a border wall.
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| Mike Tindall reveals garish Christmas suits he wears at Sandringham have Queen's approval because she 'loves bright colours' Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:19 AM PST  A garish, red patterned suit may not spring to mind as the first choice of what to wear to Christmas with the Queen at Sandringham, but Mike Tindall has said his festive attire has her stamp of approval. The former professional rugby player, who is married to Zara Tindall, the Queen's granddaughter, said the monarch loves bright colours and encourages the family to wear them in happy times. "This year we opened presents on Christmas Eve - I wore one of these. "And just to give a little punch on Christmas Morning I came down in a different little set up. "The queen loves bright colours it's why she wears all those amazing colours that she does wear, she thinks that dark colours are for sad times." Speaking to website JOE, he also revealed that two years ago, when the Queen was unwell and he and his wife were recovering from a miscarriage, the three spent Christmas morning together. Mike Tindall, husband of Zara, wears garish suits to Christmas at Sandringham Credit: JOE He explained: "Christmas, two years ago, [the Queen]wasn't feeling very well so she didn't go to church. We'd obviously been through what we'd been through with our pregnancy, which we lost, so we did our own little private just as a three. "I had a suit on like this and thought 'maybe I should be wearing something a little bit different today' but I was trying to raise the mood." Christmases at Sandringham are a world away from the festive celebrations he enjoyed in Otley, West Yorkshire, when he was growing up, he said. Mr Tindall revealed: "It's quite a strange day as if you're from up north...I usually spend the whole day in my boxer shorts or my tracksuit so by the time I'd have normally got up I've been to church twice, which is quite strange for me. "It's completely different - I've never had to take as many outfits anywhere." The Royals celebrate Christmas with presents and a turkey feast on Christmas Eve, because the Queen likes to give her staff the day off on the 25th. Mr Tindall added: "Basically she loves all the staff that she has working for us so she would give as many the day off that she can." He also said the Queen watches her own speech on Christmas Day with her family.
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| Someone drilled through the International Space Station from the inside, astronaut says Posted: 28 Dec 2018 12:43 AM PST  Someone appears to have drilled a hole in the International Space Station from the inside, according to a member of its crew. One of the Russian cosmonauts who explored the strange gap found in the outside of a capsule attached to the International Space Station said Russian law enforcement is now looking to understand how the opening was drilled from inside the spacecraft. Sergei Prokopyev said investigators were looking at samples he and crewmate Oleg Kononenko collected during a 12 December spacewalk.
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| FCC probes outage of CenturyLink 911 emergency call service Posted: 28 Dec 2018 12:45 PM PST  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating a nationwide CenturyLink Inc network outage that has affected service on 911 emergency phone calls across the country, agency chairman Ajit Pai said on Friday. "The CenturyLink service outage is ... completely unacceptable, and its breadth and duration are particularly troubling," Pai said in a statement. "I've directed the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau to immediately launch an investigation into the cause and impact of this outage." Asked about the FCC investigation, a spokeswoman for CenturyLink said the company had been in contact with the federal agency and would cooperate fully.
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| 2nd man nears end of historic solo trek across Antarctica Posted: 27 Dec 2018 11:54 AM PST  A British adventurer was close to becoming the second person to traverse Antarctica completely unassisted just a few days after an American became the first to conquer the feat, which was previously said to be impossible.
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| Which Cars Are You Most Excited to See in 2019? Posted: 28 Dec 2018 09:06 AM PST  These are the coming year's most eagerly awaited debuts.
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| Pedialyte Is Embracing Its Reputation as a Hangover Treatment With a Sparkling Drink for Adults Posted: 28 Dec 2018 11:19 AM PST  Just in time for New Year's Eve.
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| Strike call, protests in DR Congo after new election delay Posted: 27 Dec 2018 03:29 PM PST  A DR Congo opposition bloc called Thursday for a nationwide stoppage and police clashed with demonstrators in two eastern cities after upcoming elections were placed on hold in their region. Lamuka, a coalition of parties supporting opposition candidate Martin Fayulu, called for cities to be brought to a standstill on Friday, two days before polling day. A diplomatic storm with the European Union meanwhile erupted into the open as the government demanded Brussels withdraw its envoy to Kinshasa within 48 hours -- a call the EU said was "completely unjustified".
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| Storm whips up blizzards, dumps snow in Dakotas, Minnesota Posted: 27 Dec 2018 04:44 PM PST  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Post-holiday travelers were finding driving difficult as a winter storm dumped heavy snow and whipped up gusty winds across parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota on Thursday.
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| Pompeo to meet Netanyahu in Brazil after Syria decision Posted: 27 Dec 2018 02:55 PM PST  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet next week in Brazil with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington prepares to withdraw troops from Syria, the State Department said Thursday. Pompeo and Netanyahu will meet in Brasilia where both will be attending the New Year's Day inauguration of president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing firebrand who has vowed to move Brazil closer to Israel and US President Donald Trump.
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| UIC student reported missing comes forward, tells police she was 'never missing' Posted: 27 Dec 2018 02:04 PM PST  A University of Illinois-Chicago student who was previously reported missing walked into a police station and told them she was never missing, police said.
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| Sears to close 80 more Sears and Kmart stores: Here's the list Posted: 28 Dec 2018 05:51 PM PST  As Sears Holdings' bankruptcy effort awaits a potential bidder, the company announced 80 more Kmart and Sears stores it will close within two months.
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| Bright light in big city mystifies New Yorkers after transformer fire Posted: 27 Dec 2018 10:30 PM PST  "There was a boom and a bang and a flash of light," said Jim Long, a spokesman for Fire Department New York. The blue flashes that briefly lit up the night sky in the Astoria area of Queens, New York, shortly after 9 p.m. (0200 GMT) were caused by a power surge and electrical "arching" and sparked a transformer explosion and a small fire, said Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee.
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| 3 Surprising Resolutions for a Healthy New Year Posted: 28 Dec 2018 03:02 AM PST  If you're like many Americans, your New Year's resolutions may involve eating healthier foods and getting more exercise. Those are worthy goals. Only about half of adults get the 150 minutes of m...
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