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• Alabama Election a 'Double Earthquake' for GOP, Trump

  12-12-2017 23:58
  Ex-George W. Bush official David Frum says Doug Jones' surprise win in Alabama brings two problems for the GOP: One less vote in the Senate, and renewed focus on accusations of sexual misconduct against Pres. Trump. Maria Teresa Kumar.
  
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• San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dies at 65: mayor's office

  12-12-2017 23:50
  San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, a champion for the technology sector and former civil rights attorney who sued the city on behalf of tenants and would go on to lead as its first Chinese American mayor, died early on Tuesday, officials said.Lee, 65, died of a heart attack, the San Francisco Examiner said."He was a true champion for the people," U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, whose district includes San Francisco, said on Twitter.
  
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• Roy Moore's spokesman gets fact-checked

  12-12-2017 23:49
  CNN's Jake Tapper fact checks Roy Moore campaign spokesman Ted Crockett, who inaccurately claimed that a Christian Bible must, by law, be used when being sworn into office.
  
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• White House says Trump's tweet to Gillibrand was not 'sexist at all'

  12-12-2017 23:40
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Trump's tweet saying Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would “do anything” for campaign donations.
  
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• Many young U.S. men at high risk for HIV do not take anti-HIV pill

  12-12-2017 23:20
  By Natalie Grover(Reuters Health) - Less than 4 percent of young adult men-who-have-sex-with-men in the U.S. – a population at significant risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – reported ever using the pill that protects them from the virus, in a recently published study.“We have had a sense that PrEP is not reaching the communities that could benefit from it most, but the overall level of 3.4% is surprisingly low,” said Dr. Ryan Westergaard, an infe
  
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• How New York Guards Against Terror On Its Subway

  12-12-2017 23:17
  Twenty-seven year-old Akayed Ullah suffered burns and lacerations on Monday after his attempt at attacking New York’s subway system went awry, and the makeshift pipe bomb under his shirt detonated but failed to have its devastating intended effect.
  
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• U.S. Congress to let Iran deadline pass, leave decision to Trump

  12-12-2017 23:14
  By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will allow a deadline on reimposing sanctions on Iran to pass this week, congressional and White House aides said on Tuesday, leaving a pact between world powers and Tehran intact at least temporarily.In October, Trump declined to certify that Iran was complying with the nuclear agreement reached among Tehran, the United States and others in 2015.Congressional leaders have announced no plans to introduce a resolution to reimpose sancti
  
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• Celebrities Flee California Community as Ash Falls Like Snow - Venture County Timelapse

  12-12-2017 23:09
  Ash fell like snow and heavy smoke had residents gasping for air Monday as a huge Southern California wildfire exploded in size again, becoming the fifth largest in state history and driving celebrities from a wealthy hillside enclave.
  
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• China marks 80th anniversary of Nanjing massacre

  12-12-2017 22:56
  China on Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre by Japanese troops, an enduring source of bad blood as present-day rivalry between the two countries keeps a spotlight on historical animosities.Top leaders will preside over memorial services in the eastern city, Beijing says, but it is yet to confirm whether President Xi Jinping will lend weight to the occasion by attending.According to China some 300,000 civilians and soldiers were killed in a frenzy of murder, torture, rap
  
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• Oreo Just Announced 3 New Fan-Created Flavors

  12-12-2017 22:53
  Cherry Cola Oreos, Kettle Corn Oreos, and Piña Colada Oreo Thins head up the #MyOreoCreations contest submissions you can soon try for yourself.
  
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• North Korea: US ready to meet and talk without preconditions, says Rex Tillerson

  12-12-2017 22:47
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States is prepared to negotiate with North Korea without preconditions.“We are ready to have the first meeting without precondition,” Mr Tillerson said in a speech in Washington, DC.The statement from America’s top diplomatic official underscores the urgency of efforts to blunt the threat of an increasingly belligerent North Korea.
  
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• Doug Jones Built No-Holds-Barred Campaign

  12-12-2017 22:33
  Rachel Maddow points out that in addition to other factors like African-American turnout and women voters, the Doug Jones campaign itself was well run and a testament to burgeoning Democratic political power in the South.
  
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• GOP Tax Bill ‘Designed’ To Kneecap Renewable Energy In Favor Of Fossil Fuels, Democrats Say

  12-12-2017 22:30
  The Republican tax bill aims to cripple the solar power, wind power and electric vehicle industries at the behest of GOP campaign donors from the fossil fuel sector, seven Democratic senators said Tuesday.
  
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• 26 Gifts For Teens Who Are A Struggle To Shop For

  12-12-2017 22:10
  If you thought buying a gift for dad was hard enough, try finding the perfect present for a teen.
  
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• Charles Jenkins, American Held By North Korea For 40 Years After Defection, Dies At 77

  12-12-2017 21:56
  Charles Jenkins, a former American soldier who defected across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea in 1965 and was held by the totalitarian regime for 40 years, died in Japan on Monday at the age of 77.
  
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• Lead Cop In Felony Trial For Trump Inaugural Protesters Sent Anti-Activist Tweets

  12-12-2017 21:44
  WASHINGTON ― The police detective who has spent virtually all of this year aiding the prosecution of individuals arrested en masse on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration was questioned on Tuesday about tweets he sent, retweeted or liked that were critical of Black Lives Matter and “leftist goons.”
  
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• Opioid crisis strains foster system as kids pried from homes

  12-12-2017 21:40
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The case arrives with all the routine of a traffic citation: A baby boy, just 4 days old and exposed to heroin in his mother's womb, is shuddering through withdrawal in intensive care, his fate now here in a shabby courthouse that hosts a parade of human misery.
  
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• Why I Responded Live On The Air To A Viewer Who Called Me A Racial Slur

  12-12-2017 21:36
  Editor’s note: This piece includes the uncensored use of racial slurs and graphic language that may be disturbing to readers.
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders Defends Trump's Sexist Attack On Kirsten Gillibrand

  12-12-2017 21:36
  WASHINGTON ― White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, attempting to explain President Donald Trump’s latest sexist attack, this time against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), claimed it was “very obvious” that Trump was referring to “the corruption of the entire political system.”
  
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• It Turns Out Legal Weed In Colorado Hasn't Led To Kids Abusing The Drug

  12-12-2017 21:32
  Opponents of marijuana policy reform have warned that legalizing cannabis could give way to an epidemic of young people abusing the plant.
  
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• Woman with 84 Great Danes guilty of animal cruelty charges

  12-12-2017 21:27
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A woman who had dozens of filthy and sick Great Danes living in her New Hampshire mansion was found guilty Tuesday of 10 animal cruelty charges.
  
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• Why Recognizing Jerusalem Is Good for Peace

  12-12-2017 21:12
  Until the Palestinians realize that Israel is here to stay and start negotiating in earnest, it behooves Washington to signal that they are losing ground.
  
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• Investors turn against fossil fuels at Paris climate summit

  12-12-2017 21:12
  Major investors vowed Tuesday to move away from Earth-warming fossil fuels as world leaders met in Paris seeking to unlock new cash to save humanity from climate "doom".Two years to the day since 195 nations sealed the Paris Agreement to avert worst-case climate change, banks and companies announced billions of dollars of intended divestments from coal, oil and natural gas at a finance-themed climate summit."We are losing the battle" against climate change, French President Emmanuel Macron told
  
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• The Latest: Homeland Security watching Alabama election

  12-12-2017 21:03
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on Alabama's U.S. Senate election (all times local):
  
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• Honeymoon Horror: Newlywed Bitten by Shark During Post-Wedding Getaway

  12-12-2017 20:31
  Sarah Illig was on her honeymoon in the Bahamas when the beast bit down on her arm.
  
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• Man Arguing With Girlfriend Threw Good Samaritan Off Bridge: Police

  12-12-2017 20:30
  A Connecticut man is facing an attempted murder charge after he allegedly threw another man off a bridge during an argument with his girlfriend.
  
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• McMaster rips Russian 'campaigns of subversion'

  12-12-2017 20:28
  President Trump’s national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, accused Russia on Tuesday of waging “campaigns of subversion” against the United States and its allies.
  
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• Instagram's latest test adds recommended posts to your feed - Engadget

  12-12-2017 20:22
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  Instagram's latest test adds recommended posts to your feed
  Engadget
  Instagram is testing a new feature that would add posts you might like to your main feed. The Verge reports that this "Recommended for You" section would include posts that your friends have liked or posts that Instagram's algorithm thinks you might ...
  Exclusive: Instagram will now let you follow hashtags in your main ...The Verge
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• Keaton Jones' Mom Responds to Criticism Over Confederate Flag Photos: 'I Can't Take It Back'

  12-12-2017 20:07
  Kimberly Jones also claims she has nothing to do with a GoFundMe page that has raised $58,000 for her son.
  
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• Instagram: Here's How to Edit a Story Highlight - Adweek

  12-12-2017 19:11
  Adweek
  Instagram: Here's How to Edit a Story Highlight
  Adweek
  Instagram recently added Stories to its Archive feature, allowing users to save their Stories posts within the application after they've expired from public view and to share these posts in Highlights on their profiles. Our guide will show you how to ...and more »
  
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• The Sweet Ways Billie Lourd Honored Carrie Fisher At The 'Star Wars' Premiere

  12-12-2017 19:07
  Billie Lourd found two beautiful ways to pay tribute to her late mother, Carrie Fisher, at the premiere of her mom’s last “Star Wars” film.
  
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• Twitter officially launches 'threads,' a new feature for easily posting tweetstorms - TechCrunch

  12-12-2017 19:03
  TechCrunch
  Twitter officially launches 'threads,' a new feature for easily posting tweetstorms
  TechCrunch
  Twitter today is announcing the launch of a new feature that will allow people to more easily post tweetstorms – that is, those series of connected tweets that have grown to become a popular workaround for getting past Twitter's character count ...
  Those Huge Multi-Tweet Threads are Twitter's Newest Official FeatureWIRED
  Twitter officially recognizes tweetstorms with a new threads fea
  
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• Another Ex-Facebook Executive Rips the Company - U.S. News & World Report

  12-12-2017 19:03
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  Another Ex-Facebook Executive Rips the Company
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  A former Facebook executive urges people to spend less time on social media. Chris Jackson/Getty Images. Facebook Inc (Nasdaq: FB) has accumulated a massive user base of customers and has grown into the gold standard of social media. Investors ...
  Ex-Facebook VP: Social media destroying society with 'dopamine-driven feedback loops'Chicago Tribune
  Former execs say Facebook 'exploits' psycholo
  
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• Kentucky lawmaker won't resign; says assault claim false

  12-12-2017 18:52
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Republican state representative in Kentucky says a woman's claim that he sexually assaulted her in 2013 has no merit and he will not resign.
  
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• Marshall Faulk, 2 Others Suspended By NFL Network For Alleged Sexual Misconduct

  12-12-2017 18:25
  A former NFL Network employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that she endured repeated sexual harassment and abuse from co-workers, including ex-football stars Marshall Faulk, Donovan McNabb, Eric Davis and Warren Sapp.
  
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• Tig Notaro Says It’s A ‘Huge Relief’ To Have Louis C.K.'s Name Off Her Show

  12-12-2017 18:21
  Tig Notaro feels free to open up about her complex history with Louis C.K.
  
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• Democratic Congresswomen Call For Investigation Into Trump Sexual Misconduct Allegations

  12-12-2017 18:20
  Leaders of the Democratic Women’s Working Group are urging Congress to open an investigation into the multiple sexual misconduct allegations against President Donald Trump.
  
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• The Latest: Sessions says he's voted in Alabama Senate race

  12-12-2017 18:18
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on Alabama's U.S. Senate election (all times local):
  
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• The Geminid Meteor Shower Is One of the Best of the Year. Here's When to Watch

  12-12-2017 18:10
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• New Instagram test adds posts your friends like into your feed - The Verge

  12-12-2017 18:05
  The Verge
  New Instagram test adds posts your friends like into your feed
  The Verge
  Instagram has started testing a new “recommended for you” section within the feeds of a small group of users. The new section will show you Instagram posts that your friends have liked or that the algorithm thinks will appeal to you directly in your ...
  Instagram's latest test adds recommended posts to your feedEngadget
  Instagram becomes an interest network with hashtag followingTechCrunch
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• PolitiFact's Lie Of The Year: Donald Trump And 'This Russia Thing'

  12-12-2017 18:03
  PolitiFact on Tuesday revealed its 2017 “Lie of the Year,” focusing on how President Donald Trump has regularly disputed whether Russia interfered in last year’s election and questioned the widely held conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies, which he has frequently undermined and dismissed as “political hacks.”
  
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• Instagram best nine 2017: How to make your photo year in review ... - The Independent

  12-12-2017 17:58
  The Independent
  Instagram best nine 2017: How to make your photo year in review ...
  The Independent
  Instagram users have started posting their “#bestnine2017” collages to the site, to celebrate the year coming to an end. They group together the nine most popular pictures you've posted to the social media site this year, arranging them in a three-by ...
  Here's how to generate your 2017 Best Nine Instagram photo ...wtkr.com
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• North Korean Prisons Are Worse Than Nazi Concentration Camps, Says Holocaust Survivor

  12-12-2017 17:52
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s mistreatment of political prisoners is at least as egregious as that carried out in World War II concentration camps, according to a former international judge who survived Auschwitz.
  
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• Instagram becomes an interest network with hashtag following - TechCrunch

  12-12-2017 17:39
  TechCrunch
  Instagram becomes an interest network with hashtag following
  TechCrunch
  Instagram has always been a social network where you follow friends and creators, but today it's evolving with a new way to follow hashtags so you see top posts and Stories about a topic on your home page. Rather than having to dig this content out of ...
  New Instagram test adds posts your friends like into your feed - The ...The Verge
  Instagram's latest test adds recommended posts to your feedEngadget
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• Instagram Gave Hashtags a Major Upgrade, and We Are So Here For It - POPSUGAR

  12-12-2017 17:38
  
  Instagram Gave Hashtags a Major Upgrade, and We Are So Here For It  POPSUGAR
  
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• Democrats rally behind Gillibrand after Trump’s ‘sexist smear’ on Twitter

  12-12-2017 17:38
  President Trump lashed out at New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Twitter after she called on him to resign over recent sexual misconduct allegations.
  
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• Alabama Native Channing Tatum Encourages Followers Not To Vote For Roy Moore

  12-12-2017 17:34
  When Alabama native Channing Tatum casts his vote for the state’s special election on Tuesday, he’ll be supporting Democrat Doug Jones in his bid for a Senate seat.
  
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• San Francisco mayor, city's first Asian-American leader, dies

  12-12-2017 17:19
  Ed Lee, the first Asian-American mayor of San Francisco who presided over the city's growth as a high-tech juggernaut, died early Tuesday, his office said in a statement.While no cause of death was given, former mayor Willie Brown told San Francisco media that the 65-year-old Democrat suffered a heart attack while shopping for groceries late Monday."It is with profound sadness and terrible grief that we confirm that Mayor Edwin M. Lee passed away on Tuesday, December 12 at 1:11 am (0911 GMT) at
  
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• Exclusive: Instagram will now let you follow hashtags in your main ... - The Verge

  12-12-2017 17:15
  The Verge
  Exclusive: Instagram will now let you follow hashtags in your main ...
  The Verge
  Today, Instagram is introducing a new way to interact with hashtags. You can now "follow" a hashtag the same way you would follow an account. It's a fundamental change to one of the largest social media platforms in the world, elevating your interest ...
  Instagram's latest test adds recommended posts to your feedEngadget
  Instagram becomes an interest network with hashtag followingTechCrunch
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• The Air Force Is Training F-35s To Fight Russia and China in a War

  12-12-2017 17:00
  The Air Force F-35 is using “open air” ranges and computer simulation to practice combat missions against the best Chinese and Russian-made air-defense technologies.While the Air Force aims to prepare for the unlikely contingency of a potential engagement with near-peer rivals such as Russia or China, Air Force planners recognize that there is much more concern about having to confront an adversary which has purchased air-defense technology from the Russians or Chinese.The Air Force
  
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