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Obama's golf outing forces soldiers to relocate wedding
The president's golf outing in Hawaii forced a pair of soon-to-be-newlywed U.S. Army officers to relocate their picturesque wedding.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Objects resembling a body, luggage, a life vest and debris suspected to be part of an AirAsia jet that disappeared over the Java Sea were spotted by a pilot involved in the search operation, domestic media reported on Tuesday. "The body seemed bloated," said First Lieutenant Tri…
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Associated PressThis may be the best evidence yet that the Sony hack was an inside job
Was the North Korean government really the mastermind behind the massive hack on Sony? Many researchers have continued to express skepticism about this claim and The Security Ledger reports that researchers at security firm Norse may have uncovered the best evidence yet that the Sony hack was…
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Mother pleads not guilty in babies' deaths
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who lived in a squalid home where police said they found the skeletal remains of three babies pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of murder.
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SYDNEY (AP) — Australian officials were hunting for a shark on Tuesday that killed a teenager off Australia's southwest coast in the nation's second deadly attack in as many weeks.
Associated PressBrooklyn mother dies in fall from chairlift at Hunter ski area
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 44-year-old Brooklyn woman died of injuries suffered when she fell 25 feet from a chairlift at Hunter Mountain ski area in New York's Catskill Mountains, the Greene County coroner said on Monday. The woman, who was killed after she slipped from the lift on Sunday afternoon,…
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The AtlanticExclusive: Former China president Hu approved probe into aide - sources
By Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping secured the blessing of his still influential predecessor, Hu Jintao, before launching a corruption probe against a former senior aide to Hu - a sign that internal Communist Party harmony and respect for elders…
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CROWLEY, Texas (AP) — Officers responding to a report of a suicide attempt found four people dead inside a North Texas home Sunday afternoon, police said.
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The ripples from the massive National Security Agency leak orchestrated by former contract worker Edward Snowden continue to be felt even now. While most of the eye-opening revelations are behind us, the sheer volume of confidential documents exposed by Snowden has resulted in a continued trickle…
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By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unarmed 25-year-old black man slain by Los Angeles police officers in August suffered three gunshot wounds, including one to his back, a long-awaited autopsy report showed on Monday. Police have said two officers shot and killed Ezell Ford, described by a…
ReutersNYC mayor Bill de Blasio gets both boos and applause as 884 new cops graduate from NYPD academy (16 photos)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio faced a mix of boos and applause as he took the stage to address a graduating class of 884 newly minted NYPD recruits Monday. The speech at Madison Square Garden comes at a tense moment between the mayor and the NYPD. Hundreds of police officers turned their backs…
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BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group published on Monday an interview with the Jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed in northern Syria.
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Takepart.comObama golf forces Army couple to move wedding: How big a deal?
It’s a story made in heaven for conservative media: President Obama decides to play golf while on vacation in Hawaii, and in the process forces a couple to move their wedding. And it’s not just any couple: The bride and groom are both captains in the Army.
Christian Science MonitorRed and white debris sighted off Kalimantan is probably from AirAsia jet: official
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Red and white debris sighted off Indonesia's Kalimantan coast is likely to be part the AirAsia jet presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, a transportation ministry official said on Tuesday. An Airbus AIR.PA A320-200 carrying 162 people and operated…
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Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric talks to Common about his recent appearance at a protest on the steps of New York City Hall to support a list of demands that included the immediate firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo who was involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and his family go hiking in Oahu while on vacation in Hawaii. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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Now watching Up nextGeorge H.W. Bush Taken to Hospital
A family spokesman said,former President George H.W. Bush was admitted to a Houston hospital Tuesday evening after experiencing a shortness of breath. According to spokesman Jim McGrath, Bush, 90, was taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist Hospital as a "precaution." McGrath said in a statement, He "will be held for observation, again as a precaution." Bush spent nearly two months in the same hospital and was discharged in January 2013 after treatment for a bronchitis-related cough and other issues. The White House said President Barack Obama, who is vacationing in Hawaii, has been notified about Bush's hospital admission.
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Now watching Up nextJapan, Wary of North Korea, Works to Secure Infrastructure After Sony Attack
Officials said, Japan, fearing it could be a soft target for possible North Korean cyberattacks in the escalating row over the Sony Pictures hack, has begun working to ensure basic infrastructure is safe and to formulate its diplomatic response. The hacking of the U.S. unit of Tokyo-based Sony Corp has been seen in Japan largely as an American problem, but the officials said the government is now moving actively to confront the issue after President Barack Obama blamed North Korea and vowed to respond "in a place and time and manner that we choose."
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Now watching Up nextAs U.S. Troops Return to Iraq, More Private Contractors Follow
A senior U.S. official said, the U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack Obama's growing effort to beat back Islamic State militants threatening the Baghdad government. The official said, how many contractors will deploy to Iraq - beyond the roughly 1,800 now working there for the U.S. State Department - will depend in part on how widely dispersed U.S. troops advising Iraqi security forces are, and how far they are from U.S. diplomatic facilities.
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Now watching Up nextStephen Colbert: Your Backstage Pass to the Finale
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Now watching Up nextFire Breaks Out at Nagoya Department Store
A fire broke out in a department store in Nagoya, Japan, on the morning of Tuesday, December 30. The fire was reported at around 10:30 am at the Meitetsu Department Store, next to the Meitetsu-Nagoya train station. The fire was extinguished within 30 minutes and no one was injured, according to <a href="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20141230-OYT1T50028.html" target="_blank">local reports</a> citing emergency services sources. This video shows plumes of smoke, and flames on the roof of the building. Credit: Facebook/Youjirou Kubo
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Snow depths reaching up to 20 inches (50 cm) were <a href="http://www.igluski.com/slovenia/snow-reports" target="_blank">recorded</a> in Slovenia on December 30 as fresh snow continued to accumulate in various cities, including the capital Ljubljana. This time-lapse video, from December 27, shows around 10 inches (25cm) of fresh snow blanketing a neighborhood in central Ljubljana over the course of 24 hours. Credit: YouTube/JusMedic
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Now watching Up nextIndonesia expands search for missing AirAsia jet, U.S. sends warship
Asian countries step up the search in the Java sea for a missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people, as unidentified debris is spotted. Sarah Toms reports.
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