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Beached whales beginning to leave Florida coast
The fate of some 40 whales stranded in a remote region off Florida’s Everglades National Park was unclear Friday, with officials saying they had lost track of more than half. Twenty-four of the mammals...
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Astronomers find ‘Super Jupiter’ in record-setting orbit
What’s that Jupiter-like thing doing so far afield from nearest star? (via The Christian Science Monitor) This is an artist’s conception of a young planet in a distant orbit around its host star. The...
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Justice Dept. urges Supreme Court to review case of Argentina’s default
The US government has urged the Supreme Court to intervene in Argentina’s fight over paying up on its defaulted debt, saying a lower court ruling against the country was wrong. In an brief filed with...
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Obama and Bush families will head to South Africa for Mandela memorial
US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will travel to South Africa next week to pay their respects to the late Nelson Mandela together with former first couple George W. and Laura Bush....
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Chris Hayes: Nelson Mandela’s death reveals that some are still on wrong side...
Despite his best intentions, MSNBC host Chris Hayes argued on Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) Facebook page provided a look into how many conservatives really feel about the late Nelson Mandela. Cruz...
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Can you make sense of a bizarre “War on Christmas” ad airing on MSNBC?
A commercial which has been airing on MSNBC may be the most bizarre salvo in the “War on Christmas” yet. The ad opens with a smiling little girl, named by an unseen narrator as “Amy.” “She lives in...
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85-year-old American war veteran Merrill Newman released from North Korea as...
North Korea Saturday released a detained American veteran of the Korean War as US Vice President Joe Biden visited the world’s last Cold War frontier. US officials said Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old...
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New documentary ‘Narco Cultura’ shows ‘grisly’ influence of Mexican drug...
A new documentary shines a worrying and grisly light on a growing Latino pop culture phenomenon in the United States inspired by the deadly drug violence which has ravaged neighboring Mexico. “Narco...
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Tech titans gather in Silicon Valley to make winners of ‘Breakthrough Prize...
Silicon Valley hosts lavish ceremony for Breakthrough prize that aims to give scientists celebrity status and inspire interest in life’s ‘big questions’ Silicon Valley has a tendency to tackle social...
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New NYC police commissioner Bill Bratton thinks good community relations will...
If Bill Bratton’s record in Los Angeles is any guide, New York will see little dramatic reduction in the police tactic of stop-and-frisk but improved targeting and community relations will soothe...
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‘His Day is Done’: Dr. Maya Angelou writes moving poem in honor of Nelson...
Angelou’s poem, His Day is Done, is circulated in 15 languages as a tribute to Mandela ‘on behalf of the American people’ The American writer Maya Angelou has written and recited a poem in honour of...
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How video games can help us overthrow capitalism
The challenge is to design a game where instead of being a badass in LA, you can be a goodass on a communal farm You walk into a village inn and it turns out the landlord sells swords. You’re short of...
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New Mexico cop fired for shooting at minivan full of kids
A New Mexico police officer who shot at a van loaded with children in October has been fired from his job. According to CBS News, a spokesman for the New Mexico State Police confirmed Friday that...
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Nigerian farmers ‘abandon food crops for cannabis’
Most Nigerian farmers now abandon growing food and economic crops for cannabis in a bid to become instant millionaires, the country’s anti-narcotics agency said on Saturday. In a statement, Ahmadu...
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Congress may throw wrench into Iran nuclear deal
US lawmakers are preparing a possible vote on new sanctions against Iran, a move President Barack Obama and his P5+1 partners fear could sabotage the nuclear deal reached in Geneva. Administration...
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Japan’s controversial new state secrets law condemned as ‘the largest ever...
Japan’s controversial new state secrets law was condemned Saturday as “the largest ever threat to democracy in postwar Japan” by a group of academics, including two Nobel prize winners, reports said....
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WTO hails ‘historic’ first global trade agreement
Commerce ministers capped days of hard negotiations on Saturday by approving a WTO agreement on international commerce they hailed as a “historic” boost for the trade body. The agreement still falls...
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Australia’s first same-sex marriages held ahead of court ruling
Australia’s first gay marriages were celebrated Saturday in the national capital Canberra, despite the prospect of a High Court decision ruling against the unions later this week. As soon as the...
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Woman from abusive past seeks to ‘rent’ family on Craigslist for the holidays
A 26-year-old woman with a turbulent past took an unconventional route to finding peace and happiness over the holidays this year. According to Stockton, CA’s Channel 10 News, William Jessup University...
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Atheists to Bill O’Reilly: ‘Religion does more than just hurt people....
On Friday night on his Fox News Channel show, Bill O’Reilly made a show of attempting to understand the motivations and thinking of the people he deemed “angry” atheists, asking, “Are they that bitter...
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