| Ferguson: Violence flares as outsiders enter the fray Posted: 19 Aug 2014 10:55 AM PDT  Two people were shot and 78 people arrested during clashes between police, protesters in Missouri.
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| 700 troops sent to Pakistan's 'Red Zone' Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:25 AM PDT  Soldiers deployed to halt thousands of anti-government protesters approaching Islamabad's high-security zone.
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| Islamic State vows to 'drown all of you in blood' Posted: 19 Aug 2014 08:52 AM PDT  The Islamic State is vowing retribution should U.S. According to Reuters, a newly released video by the Islamic State shows a picture of an American man who had been beheaded in Iraq during the initial U.S. The Islamic State has focused on its goal of establishing a caliphate by seizing land in Iraq in Syria before launching any potential attacks on the West. Osama Bin Laden famously warned of the risks of establishing a caliphate too early, writing in a document seized in the raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan that an Islamic State could have the adverse affect of dividing the Sunni population.
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| 2 Italian air force jets collide over Italy Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:44 AM PDT  ROME (AP) — Two Italian air force fighter jets carrying a total of four crew members collided during a training mission over Italy on Tuesday and crashed into a hilly, wooded area that erupted in flames, the force said.
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| Gaza-based Islamist group added to U.S. terrorist list Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:42 AM PDT  An Islamist Palestinian group based in Gaza has been placed on the US terrorist black list, the State Department announced Tuesday. Since its founding in 2012, the "Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem" has claimed responsibility for a number of rocket attacks on Israel and a cross-border attack with explosives that killed a civilian at an Israeli construction site, according to the State Department. It said the group was composed of several jihadist sub-groups, and had declared its support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a militant group that has declared a caliphate in areas of Iraq and Syria that it controls.
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| Police: LA school shooting plot thwarted Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:28 AM PDT  Two boys arrested; said to have plotted to kill S. Pasadena school staff and students.
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| US airstrikes intensify in Iraq Posted: 19 Aug 2014 10:53 AM PDT  Saddam's hometown Tikrit targeted by Iraqi forces, as President Obama ratchets up anti-jihadist strikes.
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| Natanyahu orders home Israeli team from cease-fire talks Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:42 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian effort to broker an end to a monthlong war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to collapse Tuesday after Israel walked out on the talks in response to a barrage of Palestinian rocket fire.
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| Famed Iranian poet Behbahani dies at 87 Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:04 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Famed Iranian poet Simin Behbahani, who wrote of the joys of love, demanded equal rights for women and spoke out about the challenges facing those living in her homeland, died Tuesday at the age of 87.
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| 1-year-old left in Fla. car while mother shopped for booze Posted: 19 Aug 2014 08:39 AM PDT  LEESBURG, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a Florida mother faces child neglect charges after leaving her 1-year-old daughter in the car while she shopped in grocery and liquor stores.
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| Why were 100,000 elephants slaughtered over 3 years? Posted: 19 Aug 2014 07:37 AM PDT  The insatiable demand for ivory is causing a dramatic decline in the number of African elephants. Poachers are hunting the animal faster than it can reproduce, with deaths affecting more than half of elephant families in the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya, a new study finds. In 2011, the worst African elephant poaching year on record since 1998, poachers killed an estimated 40,000 elephants, or about 8 percent of the elephant population in Africa. In the absence of poaching, African elephant populations grow about 4.2 percent each year, the researchers found based on detailed records from Samburu.
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| After shooting, dozens seek Walmart security camera footage Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:15 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A crowd of about 100 people gathered at the Ohio attorney general's office to call for the release of store security video in the fatal police shooting of a man at a Dayton-area Wal-Mart.
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| 3 of Pope Francis' relatives killed in car crash Posted: 19 Aug 2014 07:31 AM PDT  3 dead after car slammed into back of truck on highway in central Argentina; 4th in serious condition.
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| Oscar Pistorius' brother discharged from hospital ICU Posted: 19 Aug 2014 07:01 AM PDT  STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius' brother is recovering and has been discharged from a hospital intensive care unit after suffering internal injuries in a car crash and going into respiratory failure, a spokeswoman for the Pistorius family said Tuesday.
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| Veteran rock climber proposes to girlfriend, later falls to death in Yosemite Posted: 19 Aug 2014 10:53 AM PDT  SEBASTOPOL, Calif. (AP) — A veteran Northern California rock climber died in a fall while climbing alone in Yosemite National Park, apparently just hours after he proposed to his girlfriend during another a climb in the park, authorities said.
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| Man charged in fatal stabbing of 1-year-old niece Posted: 19 Aug 2014 10:50 AM PDT  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man was charged with murder, accused of fatally slashing his 1-year-old niece in her abdomen while babysitting, police said.
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| Six Flags park apologizes to Marine for gun shirt error Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:20 AM PDT  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A 33-year-old disabled Marine who wasn't allowed into a New Jersey amusement park because he was wearing a shirt with a red, white and blue assault rifle on it has been given an apology.
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| Another night of chaos in Ferguson Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:42 AM PDT  National Guard kept its distance as protesters clashed with police; 31 arrested.
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| SNL icon passes away Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:08 PM PDT  Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose booming baritone became as much a part of the cultural landscape as the shows and products he touted, died Monday. He was 96.
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| Afghan Sikhs stuck in airless container for 18 hours Posted: 19 Aug 2014 12:07 AM PDT  34 people, all suffering severe dehydration and hypothermia, were found alive after they were heard banging and screaming.
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| Runaway Ebola patients found Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:49 AM PDT  Liberia claims that those who fled a quarantine center have been located.
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| Top Saudi cleric declares "enemy No. 1" of Islam Posted: 18 Aug 2014 05:55 PM PDT  Saudi Grand Mufti has harsh rhetoric for terrorist groups.
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| Israel-Palestinian deadline before fighting resumes Posted: 18 Aug 2014 05:21 PM PDT  Negotiators in Cairo face a new ticking clock before the bloodshed resumes.
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| Reddit comes to Xbox One this week with ReddX app Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:30 AM PDT  Reddit has come to Xbox One through an app called ReddX, Microsoft announced today, bringing the social networking/news sharing website directly to a video game console for the first time. The ReddX app, available today in North America, functions much like Reddit does in a Web browser, Xbox Live's Larry Hryb said, and can be snapped to the side of the screen while playing another game or using another app in Xbox Live. "Using ReddX also allows you to upvote or downvote a thread with just the touch of a button, as well as easily add your comments using your Xbox One controller, media remote or Xbox SmartGlass on your smartphone, tablet or laptop," Hryb wrote.
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| Hatch Off: Get Your Live Hatch Off News at Eater Detroit Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:28 AM PDT  Cockadoodle. The final four contestants are set to prove to a panel of business owner judges the viability of their business plan during the 2014 Comerica Hatch Detroit Hatch Off tomorrow night at Ford Field. That means the public...
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| Eater Guides: Get Ready for a Blockbuster Fall with These Anticipated Restaurant Openings Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:28 AM PDT  China Chilcano Big names like Daniel Bolud and José Andrés. Expansions of beloved local restaurants like Chez Billy and Kapnos. Interesting local projects like Pop's Seabar and El Camino. It's shaping up to be an impressive fall for D.C. restaurants....
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| Somalia TV sales grow as many avoid public places Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:28 AM PDT  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Inside the small office, the line of sweating clients waiting to renew their satellite TV subscriptions keeps growing. Technicians crimp wires and test signal strength of boxes while others go to homes across the Somali capital to install new systems or fix faulty ones.
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| Video Interlude: Watch Charles and Ray Eames Debut Their Iconic Lounge Chair Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:28 AM PDT  Photo via Penccil To get a feel for what it was like to encounter the now widely beloved and collected Eames Lounge Chair for the very first time, pretend you're a viewer of NBC's Home show in 1956 and watch...
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| Grand jury probe announced in NY police arrest death Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:26 AM PDT  A New York prosecutor announced Tuesday he will convene a grand jury to probe the death last month of a 43-year-old black man placed in a chokehold by police. Eric Garner, a father of six who was suspected of illegally selling cigarettes, was wrestled to the ground by several white police officers after resisting arrest in Staten Island July 17. Garner lost consciousness and was pronounced dead of a heart attack after being transferred to a hospital. Classified as a homicide by the New York medical examiner's office, his death set off intense reactions and several protests in New York reminiscent of those in Ferguson, Missouri, over the August 9 police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.
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| Somali pirate kingpin arrested: security sources Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:25 AM PDT  Somali security forces have arrested one of the country's most powerful pirate chiefs, who once hijacked giant vessels earning him multi-million dollar ransoms, security sources said Tuesday. Mohamed Garfanji was seized late Sunday in the capital Mogadishu along with several of his well-armed bodyguards, according to foreign and Somali security sources.
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| Fall Tracking: Nashville's Most Anticipated Fall Restaurant Openings Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:25 AM PDT  Fall is right around the corner. Which means along with a massive amount of football, comes a new bumper crop of restaurant openings. So to help you navigate the scene in the coming months, here, now, is the Eater...
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| CornerSpotter: Cornerspotted: The Schaefer Brewery on Kent Avenue Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:24 AM PDT  This week's historic New York City photo prompted two new commenters to try their luck, and one of them was right. Lawface correctly identified the bland building as the F & M Schaefer Brewery. Owned by Prussian immigrant brothers...
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| Shitshow Week 2014: Caliente Cab Co. — After 30 Years, Still on Top? Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:23 AM PDT  For three decades Caliente Cab Company has lingered at the prized West Village corner of Bleecker and Seventh Avenue South, outlasting dozens of other restaurants that have come and gone in the immediate vicinity. It certainly must be doing...
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| BHP announces spin-off plan, no share buyback for now Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:22 AM PDT  By Sonali Paul and Silvia Antonioli MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest mining company, BHP Billiton, announced plans to spin off businesses worth an estimated $16 billion, most of them acquired in a 2001 merger, to focus on its most profitable activities. Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie said the widely expected move to simplify BHP around the "four pillars" of iron ore, copper, coal and petroleum - with potash as a potential fifth pillar - would spur cashflow growth and boost returns. The spin-off company, dubbed NewCo for now, will bundle BHP's aluminum, manganese, Cerro Matoso nickel in Colombia, South African energy coal, some Australian metallurgical coal assets and the Cannington silver, lead and zinc mine. It will not include Nickel West in Australia, for which a separate sale process was continuing, Mackenzie said.
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| Medals shared in 50 fly at Euro swimming Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:22 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Florent Manaudou of France and Yauhen Tsurkin of Belarus shared the gold medal in the men's 50-meter butterfly at the European championship on Tuesday.
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| Wildfire near Yosemite sparks 13,000 evacuation orders Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:22 AM PDT  Californian authorities said Tuesday they have issued more than 13,000 evacuation orders near Yosemite National Park due to a wildfire encroaching on the US tourist attraction. Some 600 firefighters were battling the blaze that so far has burned some 1,200 acres (500 hectares), according to the Madera County Sheriff's Office. With no containment in effect, the road allowing access to Yosemite from the south has been closed. In July, another inferno threatened a grove of famous giant sequoia trees in Yosemite, which welcomes several million visitors annually.
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| Landowners cited for pile that damaged Del. bridge Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:21 AM PDT  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The owners of land in Delaware where a huge mound of dirt caused damage to an interstate highway bridge on a key East Coast artery have been served with violation notices by state environmental regulators.
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| Taste Tests: Members of the Daily News's Taste... Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:20 AM PDT  Members of the Daily News's Taste Kitchen took the new Yonekichi rice burgers for a spin yesterday and were not impressed, complaining that the rice buns had an unpleasing gumminess to them. The kinpira, made with lotus root, carrot, and...
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| Fall Tracking: Chicago's Most Anticipated Fall Openings Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:19 AM PDT  It's hard to believe, but summer's coming to an end soon and fall is right around the corner. There are some high profile restaurants set to debut in the coming months and below are the most buzzed about. Look...
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