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• Hedge Fund Bets Bilked Kentuckians Out Of Their Pensions, Lawsuit Says

  28-12-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Years of risky hedge fund investments helped plunge Kentucky’s public pension system billions of dollars into the red, making it one of the worst-funded state pension systems in the country.
  
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• Prosecutors delay decision on Minnesota cop who fatally shot Australian

  28-12-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a statement that he would not decide before the end of 2017 as he had hoped in the death of Sydney native Justine Damond, 40, who was shot once by Somali-born Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor from his patrol car."The investigation and review of the case will not be rushed.
  
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• Brazil's top court suspends parts of President Temer's Christmas pardons

  28-12-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  By Ricardo Brito and Jake SpringBRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's Supreme Court suspended parts of a Christmas decree from President Michel Temer granting pardons to convicted criminals on Thursday, saying Temer's actions needed further examination by the court.Cármen Lúcia ruled largely in favor of a legal challenge by Brazil's top prosecutor, Raquel Dodge, who said on Wednesday that the pardons were unconstitutional and threatened a probe into the country's largest-ever c
  
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• Trump removed fewer Mexican immigrants from US in 2017 than Obama did in 2016

  28-12-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  The US sent fewer Mexican nationals back to their home country this year than last, despite Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants upon taking office.The US sent 151,647 Mexican nationals back across the border in the first 11 months of this year, compared to 219,905 over the same time period last year, according to data from the Mexican Secretary of the Interior.The numbers represent a 26 per cent decrease in the number of removals this year.
  
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• Records say paraplegic Palestinian shot during protest

  28-12-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian medical records in the Gaza Strip show that a paraplegic man who died during a violent protest along the border with Israel earlier this month was killed by a bullet that struck him in the head.
  
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• NY mobster jailed two years after heist acquittal

  28-12-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  Two years after he was sensationally acquitted of murder and the 1978 Lufthansa heist, New York mobster Vincent Asaro finally got his comeuppance Thursday, sentenced to eight years for arson.Asaro, 82 -- a capo from the Bonanno organized crime family -- now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars for ordering an arson attack on a car in 2012.The namesake grandson of late New York mobster John Gotti also pleaded guilty over the arson.
  
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• Jones certified U.S. Senate winner despite Moore challenge

  28-12-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Alabama officials on Thursday certified Democrat Doug Jones the winner of the state's U.S. Senate race, after a state judge denied a challenge by Republican Roy Moore, whose campaign was derailed by accusations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls.Jones won the vacant seat by about 22,000 votes, or 1.6 percentage points, election officials said.The seat was previously held by Republican Jeff Sessions, who was tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump as attorney general.
  
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• President Trump Says He's Signed More Laws Than Any President Since Truman

  28-12-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  President Trump falsely claims that he has signed more legislation than any president since Harry Truman.
  
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• A Dog Was Found Frozen Solid on Porch of Home, Humane Society Says

  28-12-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  A bitter cold snap has gripped much of the United States
  
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• Apple sued over slowing phones in France, where planned obsolescence is a crime

  28-12-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  The legal fallout over Apple slowing down old iPhones could produce a criminal court proceeding after a French organisation filed a criminal lawsuit.Since it emerged that Apple slowed old iPhones to prevent them from malfunctioning due to poor battery performance, the company has faced a slew of lawsuits in the United States and Israel.In a statement, the organisation claimed Apple’s actions violated a 2015 French law that prohibits “the practice of planned obsolescence, which is def
  
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• The Best Comments From Milo Yiannopoulos' Editor On His Spiked Manuscript

  28-12-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  You may recall the literary drama that unfolded about this time last year as Simon & Schuster granted, and later revoked, a book deal for a memoir by former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos.
  
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• Happy New Year From The Rachel Maddow Show!

  28-12-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Thanks very much to everyone who has watched the show this year. See you in 2018!
  
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• 31 Tweets That Perfectly Sum Up New Year's Eve For Parents

  28-12-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  New Year’s Eve festivities look a little different when you add kids to the mix.
  
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• Female Comedian From 'Last Comic Standing' Sued For Banning Men From Show

  28-12-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  A man is suing comedian Iliza Shlesinger for waging a “War On Men” after he was denied entry to her November show, “Girls Night In With Iliza — No Boys Allowed.”
  
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• Puerto Rico Crisis Lingers as Trump Moves On

  28-12-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan, Puerto Rico, talks about the challenges the island is still dealing with months after catastrophic hurricanes, problems made worse by the Trump administration's bungling of the response and the new Republican tax law
  
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• Ariz. Dad Allegedly Bent His Infant Son's Body in Half to Try to Stop Him From Crying: Police

  28-12-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  A 6-month-old boy has died from injuries inflicted after his father allegedly bent his body in half and applied pressure in an effort to stop him from crying, PEOPLE confirms
  
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• African-American Vote threatens Red South

  28-12-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Alabama State Representative Merika Coleman talks with Reid about how the African-American community expressed themselves in the Alabama special election of Doug Jones and the emerging strength of African-American voters, including in red Southern states
  
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• 5-Year-Old 'Star Wars' Fan Gets Stormtrooper-Inspired Prosthetic Hand

  28-12-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  It was the ultimate Christmas gift for the young man.
  
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• Trump says China 'Caught RED HANDED' allowing oil into North Korea

  28-12-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  By David Brunnstrom and Susan HeaveyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was "very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea" and that such moves would prevent "a friendly solution" to the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear program."Caught RED HANDED - very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea.There will never be a friendly solution to the North Korea problem if this continues to happen!" Trump wrote in a post on Twitt
  
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• Quadruple Homicide in Upstate New York Unfolded Just Miles from Cold Case Killing of Another Family of 4

  28-12-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  The 2014 killings of the Chen family have never been solved.
  
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• 12 Style And Fashion Trends On Our Radar In 2018

  28-12-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  Because we’re always looking to stay on top of the newest, coolest, weirdest and most interesting trends, we’ve already got our eyes on the style trends that’ll dominate fashion headlines in 2018.
  
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• Claire’s Pulls Makeup After Mom Finds Asbestos In 6-Year-Old’s Kit

  28-12-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Claire’s, a store that sells accessories and makeup to young girls and teens, has pulled some of its items after it was found that cancer-causing asbestos was present in some of its products.
  
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• Trump opens up about Mueller, Russia probe

  28-12-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Michael Schmidt, national security reporter for the New York Times, talks with Reid about his impromptu interview with Donald Trump in which Trump discussed the Robert Mueller investigation, the Department of Justice, and his value to news media ratings
  
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• Italy to vote on March 4, with hung parliament feared

  28-12-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  By Gavin Jones and Isla BinnieROME (Reuters) - Italy will vote on March 4 in an election expected to produce a hung parliament, instability and possible market turbulence in the euro zone's third largest economy.Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni's cabinet set the date of the vote after the president dissolved parliament on Thursday, formally opening an election campaign which in practice has already been raging bitterly for weeks.With opinion polls suggesting no one will win a parliamentary majorit
  
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• Alabama officials dismiss Moore claims of voter fraud; Jones certified as winner

  28-12-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill laughed off the assertion by Roy Moore campaign spokeswoman Janet Porter that there is a "one in 15 billion" chance voter fraud did not occur in the state’s special U.S. Senate election.
  
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• Suicide bombers kill dozens at Shi'ite center in Afghan capital

  28-12-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  By Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi and Akram WalizadaKABUL (Reuters) - Suicide bombers stormed a Shi'ite cultural center and news agency in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing more than 40 people and wounding scores, many of them students attending a conference.Islamic State said in an online statement that it was responsible for the attack, saying the center received support from Iran.It was the latest in a series that the movement has claimed on Shi'ite targets in Kabul.
  
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• Alabama officials certify Jones as Senate winner despite Moore challenge

  28-12-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Alabama officials on Thursday certified Democrat Doug Jones the winner of the state's U.S. Senate race, after a state judge denied a legal challenge by Republican Roy Moore, whose campaign was derailed by accusations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls.Jones won the vacant seat by about 22,000 votes, or 1.6 percentage points, election officials said.The seat was previously held by Republican Jeff Sessions, who was tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump as attorney general.
  
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• Tehran Police Say Women Will No Longer Be Arrested For Violating 'Islamic' Dress Code

  28-12-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  Police in Iran’s capital are loosening up restrictions regarding dress code after decades of pushback from women in the country.
  
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• US, Turkey put end to visa spat

  28-12-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  The United States and Turkey on Thursday turned the page on a visa crisis triggered nearly three months ago by the arrest of a staff member at the American mission in Ankara, but relations between the NATO allies remain tense.The two sides announced the resumption of full visa services for each other's citizens, but their statements revealed lingering misgivings between the countries, who are partners in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.
  
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• Ivanka Trump's Vacation Picture Has A Confederate Flag In The Background

  28-12-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  One of Ivanka Trump’s photos from her family’s holiday break in Florida is causing quite the stir.
  
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• Updated Obamacare enrollment figure dips to 8.7 million

  28-12-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  The number represented a slight decline from the 2017 enrollment figure when about 9.2 million people signed up for health insurance policies from private insurers on the HealthCare.gov platform.It was slightly lower than the 8.8 million figure given last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).Proponents of Obamacare, as former President Barack Obama's healthcare law is known, said the 2018 figure was relatively strong given President Donald Trump slashed the program's adve
  
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• George Weah, former world footballer of the year, set to become president of Liberia

  28-12-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Ex-football superstar George Weah was announced the winner on Thursday of Liberia's presidential run-off, beating Vice President Joseph Boakai in the first democratic transfer of power in decades following two devastating civil wars. Weah is set to replace incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who took over at the helm of Africa's oldest republic in 2006. The National Election Commission (NEC) said Weah had won an insurmountable 61.5 percent of Tuesday's vote, which was delayed several weeks after a
  
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• Mindfulness can lead to selfishness, warns psychiatry expert  

  28-12-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  Mindfulness has grown in popularity as people search for meaning in life.  But doing it alone could actually make you more selfish, an expert at the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned.  Dr Alison Gray, chair of the spirituality special interest group at the College, which advises psychiatrists on how to deal with spiritual issues, said more "inward-focused" types of spirituality "can become self-involved".  "In as much as religion is about binding people together, spir
  
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• Demi Lovato Is Already Cool For The Summer In Plunging Cherry Swimsuit

  28-12-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  Move over, winter, Demi Lovato is ready for swimsuit season.
  
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• Death Of Argentine Prosecutor Investigating Massive Terror Attack Ruled A Murder

  28-12-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  More than two decades after the deadliest bombing in Argentina’s history, the details of the unresolved massacre are only becoming more mysterious.
  
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• Russia to investigate Putin foe's call for election boycott

  28-12-2017 18:37 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities will investigate whether opposition leader Alexei Navalny is breaking the law with his campaign for boycotting next year's presidential election, the Kremlin said Thursday.
  
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• Brazil's top prosecutor challenges President Temer's Christmas pardons

  28-12-2017 18:25 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Brazil's top prosecutor has launched a legal challenge against pardons granted by President Michel Temer just before Christmas, saying they are unconstitutional and threaten a probe into the country's largest-ever corruption scandal.The pardons traditionally granted by the Brazilian president around Christmas are applied to criminals meeting certain conditions, including having already served part of their sentence.Prosecutor General Raquel Dodge said in a statement late on Wednesday
  
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• Tehran police: No more arrests for flouting dress code

  28-12-2017 18:12 via yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police in Iran's capital said Thursday they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution.
  
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• The Best Sci-Fi Movies And Shows of 2017

  28-12-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  While 2017 saw three classic sci-fi properties--Star Wars, Star Trek, and Planet of the Apes--continue to make their mark on the big and small screens, there were also plenty of other amazing movies and shows too. From blockbuster sequels and much-anticipated seasons, to some highly unusual original releases, this year truly showed the breadth of modern sci-fi. Not to mention a sequel that many fans thought would never happen in the shape of Blade Runner 2049. Let's take a look at the best scie
  
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• Islamic State kills 41 in attack on Afghan cultural center

  28-12-2017 17:44 via yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Islamic State suicide bomber struck a Shiite cultural center in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 41 people and underscoring the extremist group's growing reach in Afghanistan even as its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria has been dismantled.
  
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• Dig Deep: DARPA Contest Aims to Take People Underground

  28-12-2017 17:41 via yahoo.com
  From the seas to mountain peaks, humans have colonized almost every inch of Earth's surface.The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced its latest challenge, called the Subterranean or "SubT" Challenge.The global competition asks entrants to develop systems that can help humans navigate, map and search in underground locations that are normally too perilous to visit.
  
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• Trump claims China has been 'caught red-handed' allegedly allowing oil into North Korea: 'There will never be a friendly solution if this continues'

  28-12-2017 17:30 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has accused China of allowing oil into North Korea in violation of international sanctions, despite denials from Chinese officials.“Caught RED HANDED – very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea,” Mr Trump tweeted.The tweet came shortly after South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported that the US had photographed Chinese ships selling oil to North Korean vessels on around 30 occasions.
  
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• Brazil defense ministry opposes giving up Embraer control to Boeing

  28-12-2017 17:12 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Brazil's defense minister voiced opposition on Thursday to selling control in Embraer SAto Boeing Co , saying the defense operations of the Brazilian planemaker cannot be separated from the commercial business.Boeing and Embraer said last week they were discussing a "potential combination", in a move that would consolidate a global passenger jet duopoly provided Brazil's government gives its blessing.Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said on Thursday the ministry was concerned that the
  
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• Video shows police officers risking their lives to save trapped teenagers

  28-12-2017 17:10 via yahoo.com
  Body cameras captured the moments when two Milwaukee police officers rescued two teenagers who were trapped inside a burning car.
  
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• Trump has spent a third of his presidency so far at Trump-branded properties

  28-12-2017 17:09 via yahoo.com
  Since the president opts to spend working vacations at Trump properties and has not fully separated from his business, government money spent there could ultimately end up in his pocket.
  
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• Increased police presence in Times Square on New Year’s Eve

  28-12-2017 17:05 via yahoo.com
  In the wake of the recent attempted suicide bombing in New York City and the Las Vegas hotel shooting, the New York Police Department announced new steps to protect people in Times Square on New Year’s Eve.
  
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• Gruesome murder leaves 2 children, 2 adults dead

  28-12-2017 17:05 via yahoo.com
  Investigators in Troy, New York are on the hunt for the people responsible for murdering two children, their mother and her girlfriend. The bodies were found a day after Christmas.
  
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• The Best Superhero Movies And Shows Of 2017

  28-12-2017 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
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  If the superhero bubble is getting close to bursting, you'd never guess it by looking back at 2017. This year saw the release of too many comic book inspired shows and movies to really count, spanning just about every genre and demographic target you can imagine, from goofy and kid friendly to hyper violent and grim.Busy as 2017 was for the business, the end of the year presents the perfect opportunity for reflection--and more importantly--for ranking. The competition was fierce, but w
  
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• The Best Horror Movies And Shows of 2017

  28-12-2017 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  2017 was the biggest year for horror since... well, ever. Not only was the year's most profitable movie--in terms of budget to gross--a horror film, the year also saw the release of what now stands as the most financially successful horror movie ever made. And while big box office is not always a mark of quality, in the case of Get Out and It, it absolutely was. Beyond that, the year was marked by an incredibly diverse mix of films, with zombies, cannibals, demons, killer dolls, and demonic clo
  
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• The Best DC Cosplay Of 2017

  28-12-2017 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  DC cosplay had a strong presence this year at events across the world as fans dressed up as their favorite characters from various DC properties. Check out some of the best cosplayers we saw in 2017!For more amazing cosplay we saw this year, check out the best Marvel Cosplay and Overwatch Cosplay we saw in 2017.
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