| Live: Explosion rocks central Bangkok, killing 16, police say Posted: 17 Aug 2015 09:18 AM PDT  An explosion rocked central Bangkok on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens more, officials there say.
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| Where the 2016 presidential candidates stand on climate change Posted:  Some laugh off man-made climate change as a hoax; others accept the scientific consensus.
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| US Army skydiver dies from Chicago air show injuries Posted: 16 Aug 2015 09:51 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. Army skydiver who had served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan died Sunday from injuries suffered in a midair collision with another jumper during a stunt at the Chicago Air & Water Show, authorities said.
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| Treacherous terrain hampers rescue efforts for crashed Indonesian plane Posted: 17 Aug 2015 05:19 AM PDT  By Hidayat Setiaji and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) - Treacherous terrain in Indonesia's Papua province on Monday hampered rescuers' efforts to reach a passenger plane that crashed with 54 aboard, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the sprawling Southeast Asian archipelago. Rescuers have yet to detect the aircraft's black boxes and news of survivors depends on a ground team now trekking slowly towards the mountainous area, the rescue official overseeing the search said. Rescue teams arriving at the site will have to build a helipad to fly in help, Guru told a news conference in the Indonesian capital, adding that 266 people were involved in the operation, while 11 aircraft scoured the thickly forested area.
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| White House launches plan to counter explosion in heroin use Posted: 17 Aug 2015 09:30 AM PDT  The White House announced a new strategy on Monday to tackle the explosion in heroin use in a collection of eastern states, focusing on treating addicts rather than punishing them and targeting high-level suppliers for arrest. The move is a response to a sharp rise in the use of heroin and opiate-based painkillers, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has described as an epidemic. An estimated 45 percent of U.S. heroin users are also addicted to prescription painkillers.
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| Planned Parenthood seeks injunction against Florida health agency Posted: 17 Aug 2015 11:12 AM PDT  By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood sought an emergency legal injunction on Monday against Florida health officials to block the use of what it says are "new and unpublished" standards to define pregnancy gestation periods. The legal move filed in circuit court in Tallahassee comes after Florida's Republican Governor Rick Scott ordered a probe last month of the state's 16 Planned Parenthood locations which resulted in three clinics being cited Aug. 5 for illegally performing abortions in the second trimester. Planned Parenthood said the abortions in questions were first trimester abortions and that the state had arbitrarily changed the way it measures the first trimester, shortening it to 12 weeks from 14.
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| Army parachutist dies after collision at Chicago air show Posted: 17 Aug 2015 03:47 AM PDT  Army Golden Knights parachutist Corey Hood had collided with an unidentified Navy parachutist during the Chicago Air & Water Show, the Chicago Sun Times reported. Hood, who was from Cincinnati, served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| Trump: Illegal immigrants 'have to go' Posted:  The Republican presidential frontrunner says he wants to end "birthright citizenship" for their children.
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| Jason Day wins PGA Championship in record fashion Posted: 16 Aug 2015 04:10 PM PDT  After years of contention, the popular Australian finally broke through at Whistling Straits
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| Notable Mississippians join chorus to change state flag Posted: 16 Aug 2015 06:54 PM PDT  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jimmy Buffett, John Grisham, Morgan Freeman and former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning are among famous current and former Mississippi residents asking the state to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its flag.
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