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• Trump's ‘Pocahontas’ Punchline Ignores The Violence Native Women Face Every Day

  29-11-2017 23:58
  Most people are horrified when President Donald Trump uses “Pocahontas” as a racial slur to attack Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
  
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• 2018 Lexus RX L SUV Delivers Long-Needed Three-Row Capability

  29-11-2017 23:48
  With the introduction of the 2018 RX 350L and 450hL models, Lexus is finally offering the modern, three-row SUV that luxury buyers want, supplementing its long-running, truck-based offerings. The...
  
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• Turkish gold trader details money laundering scheme for Iran

  29-11-2017 23:45
  A Turkish-Iranian gold trader described in a U.S. court on Wednesday how he ran a sprawling international money laundering scheme aimed at helping Iran get around U.S. sanctions and spend its oil and gas revenues abroad.Reza Zarrab, who has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors in the criminal trial of a Turkish bank executive, told jurors in federal court in Manhattan that he helped Iran use funds deposited in Turkey's state-owned Halkbankto buy gold, which was smuggled to Dub
  
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• We Finally Know Why Adam Driver Hasn't Talked About Emo Kylo Ren

  29-11-2017 23:30
  Following the release of “Star Wars: Episode VII,” there was a great disturbance in the Force.
  
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• All-New 2018 Jeep Wrangler Modernizes an Off-Roading Icon

  29-11-2017 23:29
  Jeep officially took the wraps off the next-generation Wrangler at the LA Auto Show, following a tease and catalog showcase of customization parts at the recent Specialty Equipment Market Associa...
  
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• Commander of elite U.S. Air Force demonstration squadron removed

  29-11-2017 23:24
  The head of the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds, an elite military demonstration squadron, was removed because of a loss of confidence in his leadership, the military said on Wednesday.In a separate statement, Major Ray Geoffroy, a spokesman for the Thunderbirds, said Heard had not been removed because of a recent crash."While he led a highly successful 2017 show season featuring 72 demonstrations over 39 show sites, concerns arose that his approach to leading the team was resulting in increased r
  
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• AT&T CEO says blackout ban shows company willing to settle U.S. Department of Justice fight

  29-11-2017 23:24
  The U.S. Department of Justice last week sued AT&T to block its planned acquisition of Time Warner, saying the combination could raise prices for rivals and pay-TV subscribers while hampering the development of online video."We’re prepared to make concessions," AT&T's CEO, Randall Stephenson, said at an Economic Club of New York luncheon.U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, in Washington, D.C., who is overseeing hear the case filed by the Justice Department, on Wednesday set the
  
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• Nearly half of Americans oppose Republican tax bill: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  29-11-2017 22:57
  By Amanda Becker and Chris KahnWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Opposition has grown among Americans to a Republican tax plan before the U.S. Congress, with 49 percent of people who were aware of the measure saying they opposed it, up from 41 percent in October, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.Congressional Republicans are trying to rush their tax legislation to a vote on the Senate floor before the end of the week.President Donald Trump strongly backs the bill and wants t
  
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• These Weird Christmas Gifts Will Make The Holidays Hilarious

  29-11-2017 22:54
  These are weird times we live in, so the Christmas gifts you give should reflect that.
  
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• U.S. demands countries end ties with North Korea's 'sick puppy' Kim

  29-11-2017 22:52
  “Little Rocket Man … he is a sick puppy,” Trump said in the middle of a speech focused on the Republican tax-cut plan in Congress.
  
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• Parents Arrested After Fentanyl Was Found in Dead 8-Month-Old Girl’s System, Police Say

  29-11-2017 22:35
  A baby who died last week had the potent opioid fentanyl in her system
  
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• Scheduling glitch leaves thousands of American Air flights in December pilotless

  29-11-2017 22:29
  A system scheduling error has left thousands of American Airlinesflights in December without scheduled pilots, the carrier's pilots union said as the airline heads into one of the busiest travel periods of the year.The Allied Pilots Association estimated that more than 15,000 flights from Dec. 17 to 31 were affected by a glitch in the system in which pilots bid for time off based on seniority.The system error was disclosed to pilots on Friday, the union said.
  
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• Trump's anti-Muslim retweets prompt backlash in Washington: 'The president is racist'

  29-11-2017 22:27
  Donald Trump is ‘cynically trying to divide people along racial and religious lines’, Keith Ellison said.A top Democrat condemned Donald Trump as a “racist” hours after the president retweeted a series of anti-Muslim videos on Wednesday that were posted by the deputy leader of a British far-right group.
  
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• PEOPLE Writer Natasha Stoynoff, Who Accused Donald Trump Of Sexual Harassment, Opens Up On Matt Lauer Accusations

  29-11-2017 22:16
  Matt Lauer was terminated by NBC News on Wednesday following a complaint alleging 'inappropriate sexual behavior'
  
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• US military says civilians not killed in Somali raid

  29-11-2017 22:05
  US military investigators said Wednesday that only enemy fighters were shot dead in a joint US-Somali raid in August, amid allegations that multiple civilians were killed.At issue is an August 25 operation at a farm near Bariire in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, when Somali troops and US special forces attacked a suspected hideout for fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab group.Local elders called a news conference in the capital Mogadishu and displayed nine bodies, two of them childre
  
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• 'Everyone Knew' Matt Lauer 'Cheated On' Wife, but Misconduct Allegations Are 'a Shock': Sources

  29-11-2017 21:53
  Ousted Today host Matt Lauer had multiple extramarital affairs, sources allege to PEOPLE
  
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• Foreign visitors to US fall sharply from 2016

  29-11-2017 21:44
  The number of international visitors to the United States through June fell sharply from last year, according to government data released Wednesday.Total foreign visitors fell four percent compared to the first six months of last year, with travelers from Mexico down more than nine percent and from Britain down six percent, but visits from Canada up nearly five percent.Excluding Canada and Mexico, overseas visitors fell nearly six percent, but business travel dropped nearly nine percent compared
  
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• 2018 Jaguar E-Pace Joins the Compact Luxury SUV Party

  29-11-2017 21:37
  As Jaguar’s first entry into the hugely popular compact sport-utility segment, the E-Pace commands a starring role for the British brand here at the Los Angeles Auto Show. With a starting price o...
  
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• Trump video retweets could be playing with fire

  29-11-2017 21:29
  The president drew widespread condemnation for sharing with his Twitter followers incendiary videos from the right-wing British anti-Muslim party Britain First.
  
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• The Far-Right Group Trump Amplified On Twitter Has A History Of Open Anti-Muslim Hate

  29-11-2017 21:17
  Britain First is a far-right, anti-immigrant political party in the U.K. The fringe group is known for spreading hoaxes about Islam, conducting aggressive “mosque invasions” of Muslim worship spaces and campaigning for an outright ban on Islam in their country.
  
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• 2019 Subaru Ascent Fills an SUV-Sized Hole

  29-11-2017 21:03
  Subaru owners are a dedicated bunch, and our survey data show that they're a mostly-satisfied group when it comes to their cars. But it’s hard to remain loyal when your needs for a larger vehicle...
  
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• Twitter Responds Perfectly After Marvel Editor-In-Chief Exposed For Posing As Asian

  29-11-2017 20:46
  After news broke that Marvel’s new editor-in-chief, C.B. Cebulski, had posed as a Japanese comic book writer for a year, Twitter decided to use its powers for good.
  
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• Roy Moore Criticizes Effort To Make Sure All Eligible Voters Can Vote In Alabama

  29-11-2017 20:46
  Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for an Alabama U.S. Senate seat, accused Democrats on Tuesday of attempting to register felons in order to sway the special election to his Democratic opponent.
  
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• Instagram testing GIF search for Stories - The Verge

  29-11-2017 20:40
  The Verge
  Instagram testing GIF search for Stories
  The Verge
  Instagram is testing a number of new features including the ability to search for GIFs to upload in your stories, according to screenshots obtained by The Next Web. TNW also detailed a number of other new features Instagram appears to be testing: a ...
  Instagram is testing a lot of new features, including a repost buttonEngadget
  Instagram is Finally Testing a Regram FeaturePetaPixel (blog)
  Testing, testing: Instagram experiments with
  
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• Twitter is about to mark a historic milestone - CNBC

  29-11-2017 20:33
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  Twitter is about to mark a historic milestone
  CNBC
  In every full calendar year since the social media company's initial public offering in November 2013, the stock has posted double-digit losses. This year, Twitter is up nearly 29 percent year to date, on pace for its best full year on record. The ...
  
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• Matt Lauer Is Focused on Family After Being Fired, Source Says

  29-11-2017 20:22
  Matt Lauer is putting his attention on his family after he was terminated from NBC over allegations of “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace”
  
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• James O'Keefe's Credibility Is On Trial As DOJ Seeks Felony Convictions For Trump Protesters

  29-11-2017 20:19
  WASHINGTON ― The background of conservative activist James O’Keefe came under scrutiny in D.C. Superior Court on Wednesday morning, as prosecutors continued to seek felony convictions for six individuals swept up in a mass arrest on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  
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• David Duke celebrates Trump's sharing Britain First anti-Muslim video

  29-11-2017 20:19
  Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke praised President Trump on Wednesday after he retweeted a series of anti-Muslim videos, saying "Thank God for Trump!"
  
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• FCC Chairman Pai is swiping again at tech, Twitter and social media — this time for the spread of 'harassment' and ... - Recode

  29-11-2017 19:48
  Recode
  FCC Chairman Pai is swiping again at tech, Twitter and social media — this time for the spread of 'harassment' and ...
  Recode
  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday lamented the “harassment” and “threats” and “unfiltered rage” that often dominate social media, concluding he didn't have an answer as to whether it had actually resulted in any “net benefit to American society ...
  FCC chairman lambastes Twitter as net-neutrality debate draws heatCh
  
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• Sioux Leader To Trump: 'Leave The Office You Bought And Take Your Swamp Things With You'

  29-11-2017 19:35
  A Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe leader issued a damning response Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s “Pocahontas” slur earlier this week during an event meant to honor Navajo Code Talkers.
  
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• Top women diplomats, defense officials join #metoo movement

  29-11-2017 19:31
  More than 220 serving and former US diplomats, defense and national security officials have added their names to the #metoo movement, releasing a letter saying that sexual harassment is rife in their professions."We, too, are survivors of sexual harassment, assault, and abuse or know others who are," they wrote in the letter headed #metoonatsec.The signatories include women who serve in or have served in senior positions at the Department of Defense and State Department, White House and intellig
  
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• Most-liked Instagram posts of 2017 revealed - The Independent

  29-11-2017 19:23
  The Independent
  Most-liked Instagram posts of 2017 revealed
  The Independent
  The top five most-liked Instagram posts of 2017 are out, and - apart from all belonging to celebrities - most of them share a common theme. The list, which is comprised of posts from Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, and Cristiano Ronaldo only, centres around ...
  This Beyoncé Picture Is the Most-Liked Instagram Photo of 2017TIME
  Beyoncé's iconic pregnancy photo is 2017's most liked Instagram postThe Verge
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• Bosnian war criminal dies after drinking poison in court as he loses Hague appeal

  29-11-2017 19:19
  The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague itself became a crime scene on Wednesday when a convicted war criminal committed suicide with poison he had smuggled into the courtroom. Slobodan Praljak, a commander of Croat forces during the 1990s war in Bosnia, swigged poison from a flask moments after a panel of appeals judges upheld his 20 year sentence for war crimes on Wednesday morning. He was pronounced dead two hours later. Dutch police declared the courtroom a
  
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• Aspiring actress details allegations against Weinstein

  29-11-2017 19:18
  An aspiring actress who met Harvey Weinstein by chance in 2014 detailed in tears Tuesday how she said the media mogul made her stand in front of a mirror in his hotel room in Cannes, France, while he stood behind her, groping her and forcing her to perform a sex act after pretending to be interested in her career.
  
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• 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLS-class: Pretty Again, and Powered by an Inline-Six

  29-11-2017 19:00
  Underneath the shapely new skin, a pioneering powertrain.
  
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• Rich San Francisco Residents Got Their Street Back After a Tax Dispute

  29-11-2017 18:54
  Officials voted to rescind the sale of the tax-defaulted gated community
  
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• Castile's girlfriend reaches settlement over police shooting

  29-11-2017 18:50
  ST. ANTHONY, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota city that employed a police officer who fatally shot black motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year has reached a settlement with Castile's girlfriend and her daughter, who were in the car with him when he was killed.
  
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• Garrison Keillor Fired From Minnesota Public Radio Over Alleged Inappropriate Behavior

  29-11-2017 18:36
  Garrison Keillor, longtime host of the syndicated public radio variety show “A Prairie Home Companion,” said Wednesday he’s been fired by Minnesota Public Radio after accusations of inappropriate behavior.
  
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• 2019 BMW i8 Roadster: i-Opener

  29-11-2017 18:25
  The open air greets BMW's range-topping hybrid sports car.
  
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• Evidence Mounts Against So-Called Climate Change Hiatus

  29-11-2017 18:20
  Evidence is mounting against the so-called climate change hiatus — a period lasting from 1998 to 2012 — when global temperatures allegedly stopped rising as sharply as they had before.This misconception can be explained, in part, by missing temperature data from the Arctic, a new study finds.That seeming pause in rising global temperatures had been used as evidence by climate skeptics to suggest that the Earth wasn't really warming at an unnatural pace.
  
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• Accuser's open letter to Roy Moore: 'Where does your immorality end?'

  29-11-2017 18:12
  Leigh Corfman, the first woman to accuse Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor, publishes an open letter to the former judge Tuesday demanding he stop calling her a liar.
  
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• We regret to inform you the president of Twitter has logged on - AV Club

  29-11-2017 18:07
  AV Club
  We regret to inform you the president of Twitter has logged on
  AV Club
  Heralded by a million dead and ancient modems awakening to screech a hellish “Hail To The Chief,” the president of Twitter has logged on and, my fellow Americans, the president is once again mad on the internet. The commander of Tweets began his ...
  
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• Bubble trouble? Bitcoin tops $11,000 after $1,000 surge in 12 hours

  29-11-2017 18:07
  LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin zoomed past $11,000 to hit a record high for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday after gaining more than $1,000 in just 12 hours, stoking concerns that a rapidly swelling bubble could be set to burst in spectacular fashion.Bitcoin's rapid ascent has led to countless warnings that it has reached bubble territory."What's happening right now has nothing to do with bitcoin's functionality as a currency – this is pure mania that’s taken hold," said Garr
  
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• Theresa May Calls Trump's Anti-Muslim Retweets 'Wrong'

  29-11-2017 17:48
  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump as “wrong” for retweeting anti-Muslim videos, reviving tensions between the two governments.
  
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• The Weeknd finally deleted Selena Gomez from his social media - Mashable

  29-11-2017 17:40
  Mashable
  The Weeknd finally deleted Selena Gomez from his social media
  Mashable
  We're sad to announce that the The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) and Selena Gomez are now, for real, no more - both romantically and on social media, according to E! News. They broke up just about a month ago, but we all know that a relationship isn't really ...
  The Weeknd Deletes Selena Gomez From His Social Media ...PEOPLE.com
  The Weeknd deletes ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez from his social media – despite 'amicable' b
  
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• Matt Lauer Already Scrubbed from 'Today' Social ... Mostly - TMZ.com

  29-11-2017 17:32
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  Matt Lauer Already Scrubbed from 'Today' Social ... Mostly
  TMZ.com
  Matt Lauer, formerly the face of NBC, is already a ghost as far as the network's online presence is concerned. Lauer's been replaced on the "Today" cover photos for the show's social media -- specifically Facebook and Twitter. They used to feature Matt ...
  'Today' host Matt Lauer's firing leads to surprise, vindication on social mediaTribune-Review
  Social media explodes after NBC fires Matt LauerNJ.com
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• Missing Teen Girl Might Have Had 'Blossoming' Relationship With Soccer Coach, Police Say

  29-11-2017 17:20
  A 17-year-old Florida girl and her soccer coach have both been missing for days
  
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• Trump Sparks International Outrage for Re-Tweeting Anti-Muslim Videos

  29-11-2017 17:19
  "It is wrong for the president to have done this," Prime Minister Theresa May said in a statement.
  
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• Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's First Official Post-Engagement Event Will Be Nod To Diana

  29-11-2017 17:19
  The newly engaged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have scheduled their first official event since announcing their engagement: an appearance on World AIDS Day, as a tribute to the legacy of Harry’s mother, Princess Diana.
  
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• Suspected Tampa Serial Killer is Behind Bars

  29-11-2017 17:17
  Tampa police said Wednesday that they are confident a 24-year-old man taken into custody the night before is the man wanted in a string of shooting deaths.
  
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