| On Ukraine's 'other side' to the west, fears of familiar crisis brew Posted: 27 Aug 2014 09:14 AM PDT  Another crisis on Ukraine's borders may be brewing — this time on the west, in tiny Moldova.
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| U.S. commander: Afghans face Taliban test in 2015 Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:42 AM PDT  Afghanistan's election stalemate this summer hurt progress in training the country's military, and resolving the political chaos will be key to that military's success in 2015, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford said as he stepped down as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
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| Israeli PM Netanyahu declares victory in Gaza war Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:08 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister declared victory Wednesday in the recent war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, saying the military campaign had dealt a heavy blow and a cease-fire deal gave no concessions to the Islamic militant group.
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| Mom pleads for U.S. journalist's release Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:21 AM PDT  Mother of Steven Sotloff, held hostage by ISIL, made plea in video aimed at his captors.
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| U.S. Coast Guard fires at Iranian boat in Gulf Posted: 27 Aug 2014 10:37 AM PDT  A U.S. Coast Guard vessel fired in self-defense on an Iranian boat in the Persian Gulf, the Navy said Wednesday, an encounter that could exacerbate tensions between the two countries as they work to hammer out a lasting deal over Iran's nuclear program.
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| McDonnell daughter: Mom had 'mild obsession' with exec Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:19 AM PDT  The eldest daughter of former Gov. Bob McDonnell testified Wednesday that her parents' marriage had been troubled for many years and her mom developed "a mild obsession" with the Virginia businessman whose gifts to the family are at the heart of the McDonnells' corruption trial.
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| US F-15 fighter crashes in Va. Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:11 PM PDT  Officials say jet, based in Mass., went down near Deerfield. Va.; pilot's fate not known.
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| Suspect wounded in NYC shootout with US marshals Posted: 27 Aug 2014 08:52 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say a fugitive wanted for nearly two decades on drug charges was wounded during a shootout with U.S. marshals who tracked him down in Queens, New York.
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| Humor us: Fallon to lead Kennedy Center honors for Leno Posted: 27 Aug 2014 09:37 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Fallon will lead top comedians in saluting his "Tonight Show" predecessor Jay Leno with the nation's top humor prize in October at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
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| US considers another relief operation in N. Iraq Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:47 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering launching a humanitarian relief operation for Shiite Turkmen in northern Iraq who have been under siege for weeks by Islamic State militants, U.S. defense officials said Wednesday.
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| Third top doctor in Sierra Leone succumbs to Ebola Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:26 AM PDT  FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as a leading American health official warned that the outbreak sweeping West Africa would get worse before it gets better.
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| Nine-year-old girl with Uzi accidentally kills gun instructor Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:27 AM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — "All right, full auto," the firing-range instructor tells a 9-year-old girl. She braces the Uzi submachine gun and opens fire at a black-silhouette target. But the recoil wrenches the fully automatic weapon upward, and the instructor is shot in the head and killed.
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| How 'political correctness' protected UK pedophiles Posted: 27 Aug 2014 08:08 AM PDT  1,400 children feared abused in N. England while authorities' fear of appearing racist stopped action.
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| 2 rescued as disabled boat neared Niagara Falls' edge Posted: 27 Aug 2014 05:53 AM PDT  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say two boaters were about two miles from the brink of Niagara Falls when they were rescued from their disabled vessel by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter.
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| Muslim extremism's appeal in UK Posted: 27 Aug 2014 04:00 AM PDT  British filmmaker chronicles stepbrother Richard Darl's turn to jihadism in 2009.
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| Police chief vows to stay in wake of enormous child sex abuse scandal in UK Posted: 27 Aug 2014 06:00 AM PDT  South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) rejected calls for his resignation Wednesday following a shocking report into the abuse of hundreds of young people in Rotherham. The report, commissioned by Rotherham Council and published Tuesday, revealed that some 1,400 minors were sexually abused in the Yorkshire town over a 16-year period. It detailed "utterly appalling" incidents of gang rape, kidnapping and trafficking of girls as young as 11, and blamed local authorities for a "blatant" failure to act over child exploitation, the full scale of which is still not known. Rotherham Borough Council leader Roger Stone resigned immediately after the report's publication and PCC Shaun Wright, who was head of children's services at the council from 2005 to 2010, faced mounting calls Wednesday to follow his lead.
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| Journalist held captive in Syria arrives in U.S. Posted: 27 Aug 2014 10:47 AM PDT  American journalist Peter Theo Curtis has returned home to the United States, two days after being freed by a Syrian extremist group.
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| These Walls, Talking: A North Carolina home whose construction... Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:14 PM PDT  A North Carolina home whose construction was halted by a neighbor believing it to be too modern for Raleigh's historic Oakwood neighborhood is awaiting a court ruling, and a sympathetic someone voicing the home's interior monologue on Twitter is turning...
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| Beer Here!: Ferndale's M-Brew Highlights Michigan Products Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:13 PM PDT  M-Brew. M-Brew is a new Ferndale spot which serves only Michigan products, from the food to the taps and everything in between. The Metro Times reports that owner Dean Bach, who has also run Dino's for the past 13...
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| 'Drug nexus' may be connected to Fairmount Park victims Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:12 PM PDT  Investigators say some kind of "drug nexus" may be at the center of a case in which three victims were abducted, stabbed and thrown in the Schuylkill River.
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| Chopper that crashed in South Sudan was attacked: UN Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:12 PM PDT  The UN Security Council said Wednesday that a UN cargo helicopter that crashed in South Sudan had been attacked and called for those responsible to face justice. The Mi-8AMT helicopter from the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) went down Tuesday near the northern oil town of Bentiu, killing three Russian crew members and injuring a fourth. The 15-member council urged UNMISS and the South Sudan government to conduct a "swift, thorough and transparent investigation" and said "those responsible must be held accountable."
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| Dad acquitted in slaying of driver who killed sons Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:11 PM PDT  ANGLETON, Texas (AP) — A jury on Wednesday acquitted a southeast Texas man of murder in the fatal shooting of a drunken driver who had just caused an accident that killed the man's two sons.
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| Gaza truce holding but Israel's Netanyahu under fire at home Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:11 PM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An open-ended ceasefire in the Gaza war held on Wednesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced strong criticism in Israel over a costly conflict with Palestinian militants in which no clear victor has emerged. In Israel, sirens warning of incoming rocket fire from the Gaza Strip fell silent. Netanyahu told a news conference Israel had dealt Hamas its toughest blow ever and had rebuffed its demands for a truce.
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| These Walls, Talking: A North Carolina house whose construction... Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:10 PM PDT  A North Carolina house whose construction was halted by a neighbor believing it to be too modern for Raleigh's historic Oakwood neighborhood is awaiting a court ruling, and a sympathetic someone voicing the house's interior monologue on Twitter is turning...
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| Let's Be Food Friends: Hey there, have you clicked over... Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:10 PM PDT  Hey there, have you clicked over to Eater San Diego on Facebook and given us a "like"? It's a no muss, no fuss way to keep up with the latest in local restaurant and bar news - a direct download...
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| Benched: Big Blue Bus Won't Have Benches Because People Sit on Them Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:09 PM PDT  The Big Blue Bus system updated its stops a few months ago with fancy designs by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects and riders responded immediately with intense hatred, directing a lot of the negativity at the stops' tiny, backless, individual seats;...
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| ExpansionWire: Alamo Drafthouse Has Big Plans for Las Colinas Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:08 PM PDT  Austin-based movie theater and more Alamo Drafthouse has just announced plans for a third DFW location to be located in Las Colinas, at the upcoming $165M Music Factory entertainment complex. The complex will also feature an 8,000 seat amphitheater,...
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| Brazil's Silva winning over investors in presidential race Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:08 PM PDT  By Walter Brandimarte RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Investors are warming up to a possible victory by Marina Silva in Brazil's presidential election as the popular environmentalist emerges as their best shot at avoiding four more years of a government they strongly dislike. Disdain for President Dilma Rousseff's leftist policies runs so deep in Brazilian financial markets that one comment making the rounds there says: "Marina is like Russian roulette, but Dilma is like a fully-loaded revolver." It captures the mistrust that many investors feel toward Silva, whose history of volatile decisions, lack of executive experience and emphasis on eco-friendly policies, even at the possible expense of economic growth, have all raised red flags.
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| Taney Dragons parade today; street closings, SEPTA detours Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:08 PM PDT  An afternoon parade has been scheduled for today in Philadelphia to celebrate the Mid-Atlantic Little League champions Taney Dragons.
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| Watch the Trailer for Amazon's Transparent, Which Now Has an Official Premiere Date (VIDEO) Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:08 PM PDT  Amazon is trying to be much more than just an online destination for buying the latest YA book about werewolf vampires; it also wants to help you put a new dent in your couch by adding original TV programming to its endless virtual aisles. So far, the going has been slow ( Alpha House? Ehhh...), but that could change with the upcoming dramedy Transparent, which turned heads as part of Amazon's third wave of pilots. The series stars Arrested Development's Jeffrey Tambor and is about... well, I thought we weren't supposed to tell you what it's about because if we did we'd spoil the big secret that's revealed at the end of the pilot, but the trailer pretty much comes right out with it, so I'll let the video do the spoiling for you: Transparent is by far the best original series that Amazon has put together to date, and it should provide plenty of watercooler-chatter fodder for fans of indie cinema. Tambor is fantastic in it, and the themes of identity, gender, and purpose will be the gas that fuels endless internet thinkpieces from the most academic of online voices. Brace yourselves! The trailer's release coincides with news of a premiere date: All 10 episodes of Transparent will be be available to stream via Amazon Prime Instant Video in the U.S. and LOVEFiLM in the U.K. on Friday, September 26. Are you planning to check out Transparent ? TV.com's 2014 Fall Preview: New Shows, Network Schedules, Trailers, and More
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| Executions a 'common spectacle' in jihadist-held Syria: UN Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:07 PM PDT  Public executions, amputations, lashings and mock crucifixion are a regular fixture in jihadist-controlled areas of Syria, a UN probe charged Wednesday, also accusing Damascus of repeatedly using chemical weapons against civilians. "Executions in public spaces have become a common spectacle on Fridays" -- the Muslim holy day -- in parts of Syria under control of the Islamic State (IS), the independent Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Syria said. In a 45-page report covering the period from January 20 to July 15, the commission also detailed a wide range of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by the Syrian government and other armed opposition groups.
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| Hot Hot Heat!: Cosplay convention Dragon Con arrives in... Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:06 PM PDT  Cosplay convention Dragon Con arrives in Atlanta on August 29 so Eater Atlanta put together a handy map of restaurants and bars for hungry attendees. There are tips on where to find drink specials, free appetizers, great views, and even...
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| 'Cops' crew member killed in Omaha police shooting Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:06 PM PDT  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The production company behind the "Cops" television show confirms that a crew member was killed when police opened fire on a robbery suspect.
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| VIDEO: Taney Dragons bust a move at parade Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:06 PM PDT  Erik "Lippy" Lipson and the Taney Dragons were dancing along the parade route!
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| Three Qaeda suspects die in clash with Yemen troops Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:06 PM PDT  Three Al-Qaeda suspects were killed in a clash with troops Wednesday in the southeastern Hadramawt province, the scene of frequent attacks on the army, a military official told AFP. The suspects attacked troops setting up a checkpoint and camp on the outskirts of the historic city of Shibam, sparking a clash that left "three Al-Qaeda militants killed and two others wounded," the official said. Three soldiers were also hurt and the remaining extremists fled, he added. On August 23, Al-Qaeda suspects planted a bomb on a road linking the towns of Seiyun and Shibam killing three soldiers when it exploded as an army vehicle passed.
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| Construction Watch: 'Long-Standing Eyesore' in Eastie Getting Hotel Makeover Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:05 PM PDT  Might it become one of the choicer lodging options near Logan Airport? It might. Plans are afoot from the folks who brought you downtown Boston's XV Beacon boutique to rehab the six-story building at 175 Orleans Street in Eastie...
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| Arrested Development: Chris Scarduzio Won't Run New Restaurant on Passyunk Ave Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:05 PM PDT  Previous rendering via Passyunk Post Chef Chris Scarduzio won't be heading up the brand new restaurant space currently undergoing construction (or demolition) at 12th and Morris Street near East Passyunk Avenue. Apparently, he's taking a step back and focusing on...
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| curbedwire: Priciest Somerville Sales; T Record; Allston Christmas; More! Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:05 PM PDT  SOMERVILLE—Numbers guru David Bates is back with the priciest condo sales in the city by square foot so far this year. __ HUB-WIDE—Verification, please! "Tim Meagher and his buddy Brendan Hurley were on a mission to beat the record...
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| Fall Tracking Posted: 27 Aug 2014 12:05 PM PDT  Evergreens Salads is opening a new location on Sixth and Olive downtown. Staff predict an early October launch date. The fast casual lunch spot opened its first outpost last year on Third and Columbia.
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