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• Twitter reacts to Schiano reports - WSMV Nashville

  26-11-2017 23:55
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  Twitter reacts to Schiano reports
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  Sunday afternoon, reports began circling that Greg Schiano would be the next head coach of the University of Tennessee football. Schiano is currently the Associate Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator at Ohio State. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. Almost ...
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• Twitter Says Blocking a New York Times Account Was 'an Error' - New York Times

  26-11-2017 23:32
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  Twitter Says Blocking a New York Times Account Was 'an Error'
  New York Times
  SAN FRANCISCO — As Twitter has tried to draw bright lines between what is acceptable and not acceptable on its platform, it has stumbled over them itself. The company was criticized after it froze the account of the actress Rose McGowan in October ...
  
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• Las Vegas Shooting Survivor Killed In Hit and Run

  26-11-2017 23:19
  A man who survived the Las Vegas shooting that killed 58 people has reportedly died in a hit and run. For more on the story here is Zachary Devita.
  
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• How to Join Someone's Instagram Live and Broadcast as a Guest - Lifehacker

  26-11-2017 23:02
  Lifehacker
  How to Join Someone's Instagram Live and Broadcast as a Guest
  Lifehacker
  Instagram Live doesn't have to be a one-way street. If smashing that heart button isn't enough, if commenting isn't satiating your need for interaction, now you ...and more »
  
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• Egypt jails 14 for homosexuality

  26-11-2017 22:47
  An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 14 men convicted of being homosexuals to three years in jail each for "abnormal" sexual relations, a defence lawyer said.Homosexuality is not expressly outlawed in Egypt, but gays have previously been charged with debauchery in the deeply conservative Muslim society.In recent months, authorities have cracked down on people who practise so-called "abnormal" sexual relations, which in Egypt means homosexuality, or for inciting debauchery.
  
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• Nurse tied to controversial social media posts no longer employed by IU Health - WISH-TV

  26-11-2017 22:33
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  Nurse tied to controversial social media posts no longer employed by IU Health
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  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A nurse at the center of an investigation into a number of controversial social media posts was not allowed access to patient care on Saturday and was no longer employed on Sunday afternoon, according to a spokesperson for the ...and more »
  
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• New York Times Defends Its Inflammatory Nazi Sympathizer Profile

  26-11-2017 22:32
  In the wake of widespread backlash against its profile of a Nazi sympathizer, The New York Times said on Sunday it regrets offending readers and defended elements of the story criticized as normalizing white extremism.
  
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• Nick Lachey Appeals to Public for 'Justice' for Employee Shot in the Face

  26-11-2017 22:31
  Elizabeth “Ellie” Richardson was leaving her job at the bar, Lachey’s, early Thursday when someone in a black van shot her.
  
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• Careers In Social Media And Business Highlighted In Featured Jobs - Patch.com

  26-11-2017 22:21
  Careers In Social Media And Business Highlighted In Featured Jobs
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  AUSTIN, TX -- This week's featured jobs are focused on industries seeing a lot of growth especially in the Austin area. Careers in travel and social media management are among some of those available for those eager and motivated to start a job with ...
  
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• Bali's Mount Agung has first major volcano eruption since 1963

  26-11-2017 22:21
  Indonesian and regional authorities heightened flight warnings around Bali’s Mount Agung on Sunday as the volcano’s eruptions sent a plume of volcanic ash and steam more than 6,000 meters into the skies above the popular holiday island. The eruptions marked the first major activity from Mount Agung since 1963.Ash covered roads, cars and buildings near the volcano in the northeast of the island, while scores of flights were cancelled and overnight a red glow of what appeared to b
  
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• Celebs Rally For Cyntoia Brown, A Child Sex-Trafficking Victim Who Killed A Man

  26-11-2017 21:46
  Cyntoia Brown was just 16 years old she killed a Tennessee real estate agent who solicited her for sex, for which she was sentenced to life in prison.
  
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• 3 Teens Plotted to Kill New Classmate Who 'Disrupted' Social Order: Police

  26-11-2017 21:27
  Two boys and one girl, all 16, are accused of planning to kill an 18-year-old classmate who was new to Kiona-Benton City High School, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said.
  
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• Student's simple homage to deceased dad lights up Twitter - USA TODAY

  26-11-2017 21:20
  USA TODAY
  Student's simple homage to deceased dad lights up Twitter
  USA TODAY
  A Tennessee college student whose deceased father had pre-paid for delivery of flowers on her birthday posted a simple, poignant thank you on social media that has caught fire on Twitter. Bailey Sellers, of Knoxville, turned 21 on Friday. "My dad ...
  Dad's touching birthday flower delivery goes viral on TwitterKHQ Right Now
  This is the last birthday gift her Dad will ever give her — and it's heartbreakingMiami H
  
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• Franken says he's 'ashamed' by harassment allegations but 'looking forward to getting back to work'

  26-11-2017 21:13
  Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said on Sunday that he is “embarrassed and ashamed” about the allegations by multiple women of sexual harassment against him, but added that he is “looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow.”
  
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• Restaurant Employee Helps Injured Vet With Meal in Heartwarming Video

  26-11-2017 21:04
  Without being asked, the woman walked over to the man and cut his food for him.
  
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• Israeli minister resigns over railway Sabbath 'desecration'

  26-11-2017 20:19
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's health minister, who heads a powerful ultra-Orthodox political party in Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, resigned on Sunday, saying he opposed continued maintenance work on the country's railways on the Sabbath, when all labor is strictly prohibited by Jewish law.
  
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• Dad's touching birthday flower delivery goes viral on Twitter - KHQ Right Now

  26-11-2017 20:19
  KHQ Right Now
  Dad's touching birthday flower delivery goes viral on Twitter
  KHQ Right Now
  When Bailey Sellers turned 21 on Friday, her dad had flowers delivered to her home in Knoxville, Tennessee. Michael William Sellers has done the same thing for her daughter every year since her 16th birthday. On Friday, Bailey shared photos of the ...
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• Saudi vows new Islamic alliance 'will wipe terrorists from the earth'

  26-11-2017 19:34
  Saudi Arabia's crown prince vowed to "pursue terrorists until they are wiped from the face of the earth" as officials from 40 Muslim countries gathered Sunday in the first meeting of an Islamic counter-terrorism alliance."In past years, terrorism has been functioning in all of our countries... with no coordination" among national authorities, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also Saudi defence minister, said in his keynote address to the gathering in Riyadh.The summit is the first meeting of d
  
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• Egypt's Sufis reeling but defiant after mosque massacre

  26-11-2017 19:33
  Sufi Muslims in Egypt plan to proceed with a major annual celebration despite a Sinai mosque massacre that killed more than 300 people and appeared to have targeted them.While no group has yet claimed Friday's horrific attack or said why the mosque was targeted, it is widely believed in Egypt that it happened because Sufis worshipped there.Despite mourning the jihadist attack thought to have been carried out by the Islamic State group, the Sufis say they will mark the birthday of the Prophet Moh
  
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• Pelosi defends Conyers as 'an icon' amid sexual harassment claims

  26-11-2017 19:25
  House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi defended Rep. John Conyers on Sunday amid accusations of sexual harassment, calling the 88-year-old Democratic congressman from Michigan “an icon in our country” who “has done a great deal to protect women.”
  
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• John Conyers quits House judiciary committee amid sexual harassment allegations

  26-11-2017 19:24
  John Conyers said he looked forward ‘to vindicating myself’ before the House ethics committee.The Democratic congressman John Conyers stepped down from the House judiciary committee on Sunday, amid allegations he used taxpayers’ money to settle cases with women who accused him of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Iran, Turkey sign deal with Qatar to ease Gulf blockade

  26-11-2017 19:24
  Iran and Turkey signed a deal Sunday with Qatar aimed at boosting commercial ties with the Gulf state which is under blockade by its Arab neighbours, Iranian state television said.The broadcaster's website said the agreement provides for the creation of a "joint working group to facilitate the transit of goods between the three countries".It also said the three nations aimed to tackle "obstacles to sending goods from Iran and Turkey to Qatar".
  
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• Twitter: Can't Nick Lachey pay employee's medical bills after shooting? - Cincinnati.com

  26-11-2017 19:19
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  Twitter: Can't Nick Lachey pay employee's medical bills after shooting?
  Cincinnati.com
  After an employee at a bar owned by Nick Lachey was shot Thursday in Over-The-Rhine, the former 98 Degrees singer asked people to donate to help her and her family. Please help Ellie and her family get through this most difficult time. Thank you!!https ...and more »
  
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• Elle UK Interviews Daisy Ridley While She Builds A Lego Millennium Falcon

  26-11-2017 19:08
  She’s talented and beautiful and she plays Luke Skywalker’s new padawan, Rey, in one of the most anticipated “Star Wars” films of all time, but now comes the true test: Can Daisy Ridley build the Millennium Falcon with Legos?
  
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• Egyptian village where mosque was attacked had been warned

  26-11-2017 19:02
  CAIRO (AP) — Elders of a village in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula where militants killed 305 people in a mosque had been warned by Islamic State operatives to stop collaborating with security forces and to suspend rituals associated with Islam's mystical Sufi movement, security officials and residents said Sunday.
  
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• 12 Of John Conyers' Female Former Staffers Come To His Defense

  26-11-2017 18:58
  female former staffers are defending their ex-boss amid a wave of sexual harassment allegations against him.
  
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• Republican Party passes responsibility for Roy Moore's candidacy to voters who will be 'judge and jury'

  26-11-2017 18:47
  The Republican Party has passed on the responsibility of Roy Moore’s candidacy onto Alabama voters.The Republican, who has been accused of child sex abuse, is running against Democrat Doug Jones to fill Alabama’s Senate seat.Ronna Romney McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, said Alabama voters will have to be the “judge and jury” on whether Mr Moore is elected.
  
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• Grand coalition 'best option' for Germany, says CSU chief

  26-11-2017 18:29
  Hopes were raised for an end to Germany’s political impasse on Sunday, as Horst Seehofer, leader of Angela Merkel's sister CSU party, said a renewed grand coalition is "the best option” for the country. In a difficult week, chancellor Angela Merkel fought to save her political career and avoid snap elections, after negotiations between her Christian Democrats (CDU) and smaller parties broke down more than four weeks after they began, following Germany’s federal electi
  
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• Cuba holds municipal elections on road to Castro era’s end

  26-11-2017 18:29
  By Marc FrankHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba took another step on Sunday toward the end of the Castro era, with millions of residents placing paper ballots in cardboard boxes for ward delegates to municipal assemblies.The vote comes the day after the first anniversary of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro’s death and precedes another election early next year for provincial and national assembly deputies.The new national assembly, where 50 percent of the deputies must be ward delegates elected on Su
  
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• Fast food employee tricks Twitter with soda cup illusion - Fox News

  26-11-2017 18:17
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  Fast food employee tricks Twitter with soda cup illusion
  Fox News
  A Jack in the Box employee started a stir over his soda cup illusion, but it was quickly debunked. (iStock). A fast food employee worked Twitter up into a frenzy after a video showing three different sized cups being filled with the same amount of ...
  
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• George H W Bush becomes longest-living US president

  26-11-2017 17:46
  George H W Bush has become the longest living president in US history at the age of 93 years and 166 days. He reached the milestone on Saturday, surpassing Gerald Ford who was 93 years and 165 days old when he died in December 2006 and Ronald Reagan who lived until he was 93 years and 120 days old. Jimmy Carter, who is still alive, is currently in fourth place at 93 years and 56 days. Mr Bush, who served two terms as Ronald Reagan's vice president, was elected to the Oval Office in 1988, serving
  
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• Congressman Calls Trump 'An Idiot' For Using Egypt Mosque Attack To Promote Border Wall

  26-11-2017 17:44
  Rep. Filemon Vela (D-Texas) lashed out at President Donald Trump for using Friday’s deadly mass shooting at an Egyptian mosque to keep up his push for construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• A company you've probably never heard of became bigger than Facebook last week

  26-11-2017 17:41
  A tech company barely known in the western world briefly eclipsed Facebook as one of the top five largest corporations in the world.Tencent, a 19-year-old company which now offers games and a WeChat messaging service, hit a market capitalisation value of $529.9 billion last week, overtaking its Silicon Valley counterpart at $528.5 billion.Around 750 million Chinese internet users are flocking to online games, messaging apps and online shopping, propelling Tencent and Alibaba, another Chinese com
  
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• Advocates say Texas exploiting day laborers after Harvey

  26-11-2017 17:35
  HOUSTON (AP) — Guillermo Miranda Vazquez starts his day in a parking lot near the Home Depot where he easily finds work alongside other day laborers who are cleaning up Houston after Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Man Who Survived Las Vegas Massacre Killed in Hit-and-Run

  26-11-2017 17:34
  Roy McClellan, 52, was killed Nov. 17 when he was struck by a Chevrolet Camaro in Pahrump, about 60 miles west of Las Vegas, officials said.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi Won't Say If John Conyers Should Resign

  26-11-2017 17:33
  WASHINGTON ― House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
  
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• Women get chance to 'one-up' the men in mixed infantry units

  26-11-2017 17:27
  The Army's introduction of women into the infantry has moved steadily but cautiously this year. As home to the previously all-male infantry and armor schools, Fort Benning had to make $35 million in renovations, including female dorm rooms, security cameras, and monitoring stations.
  
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• Trump Stands By Roy Moore, As GOP Senators Keep Their Distance

  26-11-2017 17:20
  WASHINGTON ― Republican senators on Sunday continued to distance themselves from alleged sexual predator Roy Moore, while President Donald Trump reiterated his implicit support of the Alabama GOP Senate candidate.
  
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• Arrest In Florida Road Rage Shooting

  26-11-2017 17:12
  After a manhunt for a gunman who opened fire on a major highway in Florida, a suspect has been arrested. Authorities are investigating it as an act of road rage, a growing problem in the United States.
  
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• Syria: At least 23 civilians killed ahead of UN talks

  26-11-2017 17:07
  BEIRUT (AP) — Government airstrikes and shelling outside the Syrian capital killed at least 23 civilians, activists reported Sunday, as fighting in the area showed no signs of letting up ahead of the resumption of U.N. peace talks in Geneva.
  
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• George H.W. Bush Is the Longest Living President in U.S. History

  26-11-2017 17:07
  He surpassed predecessor Gerald Ford
  
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• Trump makes the case for voting Roy Moore — again

  26-11-2017 16:59
  President Trump reiterated his tacit support for Moore in Alabama Senate race despite multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and assault against the former judge.
  
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• Twitter Moves To 52 Week Highs Despite Major Shareholder Arrest - Seeking Alpha

  26-11-2017 16:36
  Seeking Alpha
  Twitter Moves To 52 Week Highs Despite Major Shareholder Arrest
  Seeking Alpha
  Generally when a major shareholder of a company faces such circumstances, the market can worry about forced liquidation of his/her shares. The market seems to be ignoring that risk and pushing Twitter to new 52 week highs regardless. This could mean a ...
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• Grandma Who Texted Wrong Teen Last Thanksgiving Invites Him Again

  26-11-2017 16:36
  One of the best Thanksgiving invite mixups has become a holiday tradition.
  
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• A Star Psychiatrist Swerves From Nuclear Armageddon To Climate Change

  26-11-2017 16:33
  NEW YORK ― Robert Jay Lifton has spent his life trying to understand some of the most unfathomable milestones of the 20th century.
  
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• Naya Rivera Charged with Domestic Battery After Alleged Altercation with Husband Ryan Dorsey

  26-11-2017 16:32
  Former Glee star Naya Rivera was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery after an alleged altercation with her husband Ryan Dorsey on Saturday night in Kanawha County, West Virginia, police confirm to PEOPLE
  
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• Pakistan protests grow as military stays silent

  26-11-2017 16:27
  Thousands more protesters massed in Pakistan's major cities Sunday after attempts to disperse an Islamist rally in Islamabad ended in deadly violence, with the military hesitant to respond to a government appeal for help.An estimated 5,000 demonstrators were occupying roads between Islamabad and neighbouring Rawalpindi, AFP reporters saw, more than twice the number that were in the streets when police and paramilitaries began a bungled operation to clear them one day earlier.At least 4,750 were
  
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• Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack

  26-11-2017 16:21
  By Yusri Mohamed and Mahmoud MouradISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - The mosque was packed with hundreds of worshippers for Friday prayers in Egypt's North Sinai when gunmen in military-style uniforms and masks appeared in a doorway and at windows.The ease with which they mounted an attack - killing more than 300 people in the worst bloodshed of its kind in Egypt's modern history - highlighted the threat militant groups pose in the most populous Arab country.After four years of battling Islamic State
  
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• Is it legal for Trump to block you on Twitter? Maybe not - Salon

  26-11-2017 16:04
  Salon
  Is it legal for Trump to block you on Twitter? Maybe not
  Salon
  Trump's Justice Department argues that Twitter accounts aren't a “town hall” or open forum. Many activists disagree. AddThis Sharing Buttons. Share to Facebook Share to Facebook Messenger Share to Twitter Share to Reddit Share to Email Share to More ...
  
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• CDC: Increased social media usage linked to teen suicides - Cleburne Times-Review

  26-11-2017 16:03
  Cleburne Times-Review
  CDC: Increased social media usage linked to teen suicides
  Cleburne Times-Review
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a study and found that with increase usage of social media, there's an increase of teenagers who are more likely to commit suicide. Suicide is the third largest cause of death for youth between ...and more »
  
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