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• Man Accidentally Shoots Self, Wife During Gun Safety Discussion

  18-11-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  A Tennessee man accidentally shot himself and his wife Thursday during a discussion at their church about gun safety concerns.
  
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• Moore critic: Alabama Senate race a battle for nation's soul

  18-11-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A leading figure among religious liberals says the candidacy of Republican Roy Moore for U.S. Senate is a struggle for the "soul of the nation."
  
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• Argentina's search for missing sub hampered by bad weather

  18-11-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  Argentina's military pushed forward Saturday with the hunt for a submarine that has been missing with 44 crew aboard for days, but said that bad weather has hampered the search.There has been no contact with the ARA San Juan since early Wednesday, according to the navy, prompting Buenos Aires to launch an air and sea search for the missing vessel.Nearly 80 percent of the search area has been scoured by ships and aircraft so far, Argentine navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told a news conference.
  
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• Amazon Black Friday 2017 Deals Countdown: PC, PS4, Xbox One Bundles Discounted

  18-11-2017 23:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Amazon's starting Black Friday season early with the Countdown to Black Friday Week sale. With discounts on everything from home goods to tech accessories, the sale has plenty for gamers. Right now, today's deals are all about PC accessories and a few PS4 and Xbox One S deals.For the pro PC gamer, the best deals of the day are a KrBn Typewriter mechanical keyboard down to $110, a JAR-OWL A1 gaming mouse for $12, and Ferrino XL gaming chairs at $300. But there are plenty of deals for the more cas
  
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• Turkey launches investigation into U.S. prosecutors over Zarrab case: Anadolu

  18-11-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  Turkish authorities have opened an investigation into the U.S. prosecutors who brought charges against a Turkish gold trader facing trial in New York, state media said on Saturday, after Ankara said the case was based on fabricated documents.The Istanbul prosecutor's office is investigating former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and acting U.S. Attorney John H. Kim, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, following allegations that their case was based on documents Turkey says were fabricated.
  
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• Family Sues After Death of Boy, 5, Who Was Crushed at Rotating Restaurant

  18-11-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  He died shortly after at the hospital.
  
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• David Cassidy Hospitalized In Critical Condition

  18-11-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  David Cassidy has reportedly been hospitalized and is in critical condition with organ failure.
  
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• Humble Bundle's Rockstar Sale Includes Deals On GTA, LA Noire, Bully, And More

  18-11-2017 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Before Black Friday rolls around this week, Humble Bundle has a plethora of Rockstar titles on sale right now. Everything from Grand Theft Auto V to L.A. Noire is currently marked down from 50 to 70 percent off.This Humble Bundle sale only pertains to those of you on PC, so if you're looking to snag a copy for your consoles, you'll be out of luck here. But if you haven't already gotten your hands on these titles, now's a good chance.GTAV is down to $30, L.A. Noire Complete Edition is $9, Max Pay
  
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• David Cassidy Has Been Hospitalized with Organ Failure

  18-11-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  David Cassidy has been hospitalized and is currently in critical condition
  
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• The Best Cosplay From Anime NYC 2017

  18-11-2017 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  You can probably guess exactly what Anime NYC is all about just from the name, but it is more than just anime--you can also spot plenty of manga and video game cosplayers on the show floor. These are the best we saw, from One Piece to One Punch Man.If you're a Dragon Ball Z fan, there are a few shots here just for you. And if you're eagerly awaiting Dragon Ball FighterZ in January, you can check out our gallery of all the confirmed characters so far. @AlliZCosplay @waifuhuntersofficial@commissa
  
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• A U.S. Warship Just Collided With a Tugboat in Japanese Waters

  18-11-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  It's the fifth crash this year for the Navy's 7th Fleet
  
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• Mom of 3-Year-Old Sherin Mathews, Found Dead Last Month, Charged With Abandonment

  18-11-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  Her body was found in a culvert last month.
  
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• Greg Gianforte misled police after assault of Guardian journalist, incident report shows

  18-11-2017 21:12 via yahoo.com
  Greg Gianforte pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge and was sentenced to community service, anger management classes and a $385 fine.US congressman Greg Gianforte misled police after his assault of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs in May, falsely stating that Jacobs had initiated physical contact and that the “liberal media … is trying to make a story”, according to the police incident report.
  
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• 'Is Ambassador Kislyak in the Room?' Jeff Sessions Jokes About Russia Ties During Conference

  18-11-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  The attorney general's relationship with Russia is under scrutiny
  
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• Palestinians threaten to cut ties with US if PLO office is shut

  18-11-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  The Palestinians will freeze their ties with the US if it follows through on a threat to close the Palestine Liberation Organisation's office in Washington, a senior PLO official warned Saturday.The surprise American move and Palestinian backlash came as US President Donald Trump seeks bargaining chips in his bid to broker an elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.Trump has a 90-day window to avert the closure if he deems progress has been made.
  
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• The Latest: France sees 'negative' foreign sways in Lebanon

  18-11-2017 20:49 via yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on developments surrounding Lebanon's crisis with Saudi Arabia in the wake of Prime Minister Saad Hariri's resignation (all times local):
  
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• 'All I See Is Little Legs.' 2 Boys Killed on Sidewalk as Crash Sends Police Car Off Road

  18-11-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  A car heading to an emergency crashed and ran onto the sidewalk, killing two
  
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• Turkey prosecutors open probe of former, acting US attorneys

  18-11-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation Saturday of two United States prosecutors involved in putting a Turkish-Iranian businessman on trial for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions against Iran, according to Turkey's official news agency.
  
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• Elated Zimbabweans celebrate as Mugabe era fades

  18-11-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of overjoyed protesters flooded Zimbabwe's streets Saturday celebrating President Robert Mugabe's slipping power on the eve of crunch talks with the military to determine the veteran leader's fate.In scenes of public euphoria not seen since independence in 1980, huge crowds marched, danced and sang their way through the capital Harare and other cities, demanding that Mugabe, 93, finally step down.Following the mass demonstrations, the catholic priest chairing talks between Muga
  
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• 13 times nature was scary AF in 2017

  18-11-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Never underestimate the power of nature — it continues to be filled with the most alarming creepy crawlers in the world. Every year it seems like there's no escaping from what nature has to offer. There were 13 times (and definitely more) of nature not holding back from being absolutely terrifying. SEE ALSO: Here are some of the most stunning nature photographs of 2017 There's no where to run from slithering snakes in gas pumps and bears breaking into your homes.  1. When spider crabs
  
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• Animal Welfare Groups Slam Proposal To Speed Up Poultry Plant Lines

  18-11-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Animal welfare advocates are joining worker rights and food safety groups in opposition to a poultry industry proposal to speed up portions of processing lines at chicken plants.
  
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• Puppies Rescued From Puerto Rico May Have Infection That Can Be Transmitted to Humans

  18-11-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  One dog has tested positive so far
  
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• Manhunt for Rookie Police Officer's Killer Continues After Traffic Stop Shooting

  18-11-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Officer Brian Shaw, 25, was shot after a traffic stop
  
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• 'I Actually Felt Human.' Psychiatric Patient Said He Escaped to Prove He Could Be Free and Not Hurt Anybody

  18-11-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com
  Randall Saito spoke from a jail in California, before briefly appearing in court and telling a judge he doesn't want to go back to Hawaii
  
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• Party set to sack Mugabe, Zimbabweans celebrate expected downfall

  18-11-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  By Joe Brock and MacDonald DzirutweHARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling party will dismiss President Robert Mugabe on Sunday and reinstate Emmerson Mnangagwa, the vice-president he fired, two party sources told Reuters on Saturday, as ecstatic crowds celebrated the expected downfall.Mugabe's 37-year rule has been effectively at an end since the army seized control on Wednesday, confining him to his residence, saying it wanted to target the "criminals" around him.State television said Mugabe woul
  
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• The Latest: Church leaders who oppose Roy Moore hold rally

  18-11-2017 19:01 via yahoo.com
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama (all times local):
  
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• 'He Will Not Step Down.' Roy Moore Allegations Divide Women in Alabama

  18-11-2017 18:57 via yahoo.com
  The accusations of sexual misconduct are dividing Republicans and women
  
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• Israeli tank fires warning shot at Syrian Golan post: army

  18-11-2017 18:11 via yahoo.com
  An Israeli tank fired a warning shot on Saturday at a Syrian military position in the demilitarised zone in the northern Golan Heights following construction work there, the army said.A spokeswoman for the Israeli army told AFP that the Syrian army work "violated the 1974 ceasefire agreement" which "prohibits the entry of heavy construction tools or military vehicles into the demilitarised zone"."In response, the IDF complained to UNDOF (the UN Disengagement Observer Force) and fired a warning s
  
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• Russian investigative journalist: Snowden is 'a sort of ghost'

  18-11-2017 18:03 via yahoo.com
  Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov discusses how Snowden has not been seen in Russia during his exile.
  
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• Why The Flash Is So Funny In Justice League

  18-11-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Minor spoilers for Justice League belowJustice League is easily the funniest DC movie to date. Central to that humor is the Flash--A.K.A. Barry Allen--played by Ezra Miller. He's not all comic relief, but he's most of the comic relief. And what relief it is.We sat down with Miller and asked him why the Flash is so funny in Justice League."I was really trying to follow the thread of this character as I unraveled it from the comics history. That's what I referred to," Miller said. "I'm very proud
  
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• China wants Bangladesh, Myanmar to solve Rohingya crisis bilaterally

  18-11-2017 17:54 via yahoo.com
  By Serajul QuadirDHAKA (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday urged Bangladesh and Myanmar resolve the Rohingya crisis through bilateral negotiations instead of an international initiative."The international community should not complicate the situation," Wang said in a press briefing at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka."Actions in the United Nations Security Council must help Bangladesh-Myanmar bilateral cooperation to resolve the problem peacefully", the minister told reporters.
  
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• First The Incredibles 2 Trailer Shows Off Jack-Jack's Powers

  18-11-2017 17:29 via gamespot.com
  
  The first teaser for The Incredibles 2 is here. The sequel to Pixar's 2004 superhero adventure is set to be released next summer, and this early promo gives a first look at the movie.The teaser doesn't give much away and mostly features Jack-Jack, the baby son of Bob and Helen Parr, testing out his powers. It ends with Bob holding his baby, and nearly getting frazzled in the process. Check it out above.The Incredibles 2 is directed by Brad Bird, who helmed the first movie. All the main cast memb
  
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• Republican congressman Greg Gianforte ‘misled authorities’ on assault against reporter

  18-11-2017 17:24 via yahoo.com
  Greg Gianforte told an officer that Guardian newspaper reporter Ben Jacobs had grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him to the floor of his campaign office after “interrogating” him, according to notes from a Gallatin County sheriff’s officer who interviewed the politician after the incident unfolded.“He grabbed my wrist, he spun and we ended up on the floor ... so he pulled me down on top of him,” the sergeant quoted the politician as saying.
  
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• After Macron meeting, Hariri says will clarify position in Lebanon

  18-11-2017 17:17 via yahoo.com
  By John Irish and Marine PennetierPARIS (Reuters) - Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon's prime minister this month while in Saudi Arabia, said on Saturday he would clarify his position when he returns to Beirut next week.Hariri's resignation on Nov. 4 threw Lebanon into political crisis and put it centre-stage in the Middle East's overarching rivalry between Sunni Saudi Arabia and its allies and a bloc led by Shi'ite Iran."With regard to the political situation in Lebanon, I will go to Beir
  
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• 12 Characters We Still Want To See In Dragon Ball FighterZ

  18-11-2017 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Bandai Namco's highly anticipated new Dragon Ball game, Dragon Ball FighterZ, is shaping up to be one of the first major releases of 2018. It launches in the US and Europe on January 26, and it's being developed for PS4, Xbox One, and PC by fighting game experts Arc System Works, the studio behind the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series.On top of its fluid and flashy gameplay, one of the most exciting aspects of Dragon Ball FighterZ is its roster, which features some of the most recognizable charac
  
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• Vatican says investigating alleged abuser who became priest

  18-11-2017 16:56 via yahoo.com
  The Vatican said on Saturday it had opened an investigation intoreports that a former teenage altar boy, who allegedly repeatedly forced a dormitory mate to have sex with him, went on to become a priest.The allegations concerning the St. Pius X Institute, known as a pre-seminary, were made in a recent book and in Italian television reports.The pre-seminary is a residence inside the Vatican for altar boys who serve at masses in St. Peter's Basilica mostly presided over by priests, bishops and car
  
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• Spain: Ex-Caracas mayor meets leader after fleeing Venezuela

  18-11-2017 16:47 via yahoo.com
  MADRID (AP) — The ousted mayor of Caracas pledged to spread his protest against Venezuela's socialist government across the world as he arrived in Spain on Saturday, a day after escaping from house arrest and slipping past Venezuelan security forces into Colombia.
  
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• 4-Year-Old Boy With Autism Meets His New Service Dog

  18-11-2017 16:34 via yahoo.com
  The family had been fundraising to buy the dog for two years.
  
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• Egypt warns Ethiopia Nile dam dispute 'life or death'

  18-11-2017 16:24 via yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, for the second time in as many days, delivered on Saturday a stern warning to Ethiopia over a dam it is building after the two countries along with Sudan failed to approve a study on its potential effects.
  
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• Police officer killed in Pennsylvania, gunman at large

  18-11-2017 16:21 via yahoo.com
  NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — An intense search continued Saturday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a rookie police officer.
  
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• 100 full moons: Blazing fireball lights up Arctic sky

  18-11-2017 16:13 via yahoo.com
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A blazing fireball lit up the dark skies of Arctic Finland for five seconds, giving off what scientists said was "the glow of 100 full moons" and igniting hurried attempts to find the reported meteorite.
  
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• Sri Lanka arrests 19 after Buddhist-Muslim violence; four injured

  18-11-2017 16:02 via yahoo.com
  By Shihar AneezCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan police arrested 19 people after a clash between "extremists" from the majority Buddhist and minority Muslim communities in which four people were injured, a spokesman said on Saturday.Tension has been growing between the two communities this year, with some hardline Buddhist groups accusing Muslims of forcing people to convert to Islam and vandalizing Buddhist archaeological sites.Some Buddhists nationalists have also protested against the presence i
  
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• Hero police officer saved 'many lives' by bear hugging suicide bomber  

  18-11-2017 15:49 via yahoo.com
  A 'hero' Afghan police officer saved “many lives” by putting a suicide bomber in a bear hug, authorities say. Sayed Basam Pacha died when he confronted the man wearing an explosive vest in the Afghan capital of Kabul on 16 November. His brave actions prevented the bomber from getting closer to a security checkpoint outside a hotel where a political meeting of supporters of an influential regional leader had just finished. The bomber killed 14 people, including seven more police
  
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• Palestinian Official: U.S. Threat to Close Washington Office Is 'Extortion'

  18-11-2017 15:46 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration's threat aims to spark peace talks with Israel
  
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• Trump: 'Hillary, get on with your life'

  18-11-2017 15:26 via yahoo.com
  President Trump attacks Hillary Clinton again after she questions the "legitimacy" of his win.
  
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• Jeff Sessions Yuks It Up Over Russians In Speech To Lawyers

  18-11-2017 15:13 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions had lawyers rolling in the aisles with a surprising string of Russian quips at the start of a speech he gave Friday.
  
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• U.S. destroyer slightly damaged in collision with tug off Japan: U.S. Navy

  18-11-2017 15:07 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. guided-missile destroyer, USS Benfold,, sustained slightdamage when a Japanese tug drifted into it during a towing exercise off central Japan on Saturday, the U.S. Navy said.The U.S. Navy announced a series of reforms this month aimed at restoring basic naval skills and alertness at sea after a review of deadly ship collisions in the Asia-Pacific region showed sailors were under-trained and over-worked.Seventeen sailors have been killed this year in two collisions with commercial vessels
  
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• Syria troops, allies retake most of last IS-held town: monitor

  18-11-2017 15:02 via yahoo.com
  Syrian troops and allied fighters advanced Saturday to capture most of Albu Kamal, a monitor said, in a tug-of-war over the Islamic State group's last urban stronghold in the country.The town in Syria's oil-rich Deir Ezzor province has changed hands several times, with government troops announcing its capture but losing it to a blistering IS counter-attack a week ago.Syria's army and Lebanese, Iranian and Iraqi loyalists re-entered Albu Kamal two days ago and by Saturday had taken most of it fro
  
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• Fighting leaves seven dead in Indian Kashmir

  18-11-2017 14:55 via yahoo.com
  Six suspected rebels and an air force commando were killed Saturday in a fierce gunfight in Indian-administered Kashmir which also injured another soldier, the Indian army said.The shootout began when soldiers cordoned off a neighbourhood in the northern area of Hajin after a tip-off that armed militants were hiding there, said army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia.Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947.
  
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• So, About That Tax Break For Private Jets

  18-11-2017 14:01 via yahoo.com
  Tucked away inside the Senate Republican’s tax bill, already jam-packed with goodies for U.S. businesses, is a provision that seems specially tailored to spark massive populist outrage: a tax break aimed at private plane travel.
  
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