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Sen. Mary Landrieu loses runoff in Louisiana to Rep. Bill Cassidy

Washington Post - ‎8 minutes ago‎
Republicans put the finishing touches on a triumphant midterm election by picking up a ninth Senate seat Saturday when Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.
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Failed Hostage Rescue: How It Went Wrong

ABC News - ‎50 minutes ago‎
ABC News' Brian Ross and former National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen on the death of American Luke Somers during a failed rescue attempt against al Qaeda in Yemen.
Hostages Luke Somers, Pierre Korkie die in failed rescue
Dog May Have Tipped Off Luke Somers' Captors During Failed Rescue Bid
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US defends failed Yemen rescue operation - Sanaa AFP - US officials have said they had no choice but to launch a special forces rescue operation in Yemen that ended with Al-Qaeda killing an American photojournalist and a South African teacher.The hostages -- 33-year-old American Luke Somers and 57-year-old South African Pierre Korkie -- were killed by their captors when US commandos stormed an Al-Qaeda hideout early on Saturday.T ... http://ow.ly/2RHP3Y
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George W. Bush: Jeb Would Beat Hillary Clinton In 2016

Huffington Post - ‎46 minutes ago‎
George W. Bush says that he badly wants his brother Jeb to run for president -- and that if he were to face off against Hillary Clinton, he would "absolutely" beat her in a 2016 matchup.
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Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, Ohio State make first College Football Playoff

USA TODAY - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Alabama will meet Ohio State and Oregon will face Florida State in the inaugural College Football Playoff. The top four seeds, announced Sunday afternoon, will play in the Sugar and Rose Bowls on Jan. 1, with No.
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Israeli jets 'strike near Damascus' - Syrian army

BBC News - ‎5 minutes ago‎
The Syrian military has accused Israel of carrying out two air strikes on Syria, near the capital Damascus. Israeli planes bombed the area near Damascus international airport and the town of Dimas, the Syrian army said in a statement carried on state ...
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North Korea denies attack on Sony, praises hackers

VentureBeat - ‎34 minutes ago‎
North Korea has hilariously denied that it was involved in the digital security breach carried out against Sony Pictures last month, the New York Times reports today.
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Mexico Identifies Body of 1 of 43 Students Amid Protests

Businessweek - ‎1 hour ago‎
Mexico identified one of the 43 missing college students from bone fragments collected where a drug gang allegedly dumped them as thousands of protesters took to the streets of the nation's capital.
Mexico missing student 'identified' from remains
Argentine specialists confirm human remains belong to missing Mexican student
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Good morning! Here are today’s headlines:  Athens erupts in riots over killing of a teenager by police six years ago  http://eurone.ws/FueIq Renewed protests in Mexico as remains of one of missing students identified http://eurone.ws/FueM9 Conflicting versions of conflict in Syria as US and partner nations continue airstrikes against ISIL http://eurone.ws/FueJi Pope delivers message in support of Christian and Yazidi refugees  http://eurone.ws/FueJR Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe says he will remain in office ‘as long as he has s...
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Six Guantanamo detainees sent to Uruguay

Daily Mail - ‎11 minutes ago‎
Six men detained at Guantanamo for more than a decade were transferred for resettlement Saturday to Uruguay, whose leftist leader made the "humanitarian" gesture to help President Barack Obama fulfill his long-delayed promise to close the US military ...
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Remembering Pearl Harbor Attack By Honoring The Truth

People's Pundit Daily - ‎14 minutes ago‎
Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, left, gave his famous “Infamy Speech” shortly before Congress declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941, in response to the surprise morning attack on Pearl Harbor, right, on December 7, 1941.
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Protest over chokehold decision turns violent

USA TODAY - ‎9 minutes ago‎
Quiet finally fell on a main thoroughfare of Berkeley, Calif., on Sunday after a night of protest turned violent and left several businesses battered and looted.
Eric Garner protests at UC Berkeley turn violent
Chokehold Death Protest Gets Violent in California
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BERKELEY PROTEST: Police say six people were arrested after demonstrators threw bricks, pipes, and other items at officers during a late night protest in Berkeley. But it wasn’t all violent. Some protesters stepped in to try to prevent looting and damage to the city. FULL STORY --> http://abc7ne.ws/1IkOvJN SHARE this with others who’ve been following the Bay Area protests.
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Acid reflux causing Obama's sore throat

SFGate - ‎1 hour ago‎
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Acid reflux is responsible for the sore throat President Barack Obama has complained about for the past couple of weeks, the White House said Saturday, shortly after the president returned from undergoing diagnostic tests at a ...
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Hiring Surge Shows Strength of US Economy as Bears Flee

Businessweek - ‎Dec 6, 2014‎
Job seekers wait to be interviewed during a job fair in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. The jobless rate held at a six-year low of 5.8 percent and earnings rose by the most since June of last year.
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Bank for International Settlements sounds alarm over dollar

Financial Times - ‎19 minutes ago‎
Global financial policy makers have sounded the alarm about the impact of a resurgent US dollar on emerging markets, where companies have racked up large debts denominated in the American currency.
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'Righteous' North Korean Supporters May Be Sony Attackers

Bloomberg - ‎3 hours ago‎
North Korean supporters may have attacked the computer systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment in “righteous” anger over the upcoming release of a comedy about a plot to assassinate Kim Jong Un, state-run Korea Central News Agency said yesterday, ...
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DirecTV shoots satellite into space to bolster 4K Ultra HD offering

BetaNews - ‎3 hours ago‎
This holiday shopping season, 4K televisions are all the rage. With that said, buying a 4K TV is arguably silly, as there is not much content, and prices will only go down.
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Karreuche Tran appears to hit back at Chris Brown

Daily Mail - ‎5 minutes ago‎
When this relationship first started u knew what it was and even participated in threesomes. I slowed all that s*** down. 'So let's not try to save face for public opinion because I don't need to play victim so people can take my side.
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Nicki Minaj spoofs Kim K's nude photos on 'SNL'

New York Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
James Franco may have been the host of "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, but Nicki Minaj stole the show. The "Anaconda" rapper stepped in as Kim Kardashian on "Weekend Update" to explain the true meaning behind the Paper magazine nude photos.
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'Hunger Games' Tops Slow Weekend at the Box Office

ABC News - ‎2 minutes ago‎
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" continues to dominate the domestic box office, but awards season hopefuls "Wild" and "The Imitation Game" proved their might with impressive limited release showings on this sleepy post-Thanksgiving weekend.
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College Football Playoff Rankings 2014: Twitter Reacts to Final Reveal

Bleacher Report - ‎18 minutes ago‎
There weren't any major upsets on championship weekend, but the circumstances of the best teams' victories sparked plenty of debate ahead of Sunday's final College Football Playoff rankings.
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CM Punk explains his decision to join UFC

USA TODAY - ‎42 minutes ago‎
Former WWE champion C.M. Punk announced at UFC 181 that he will be fighting in the octagon in 2015. The 36-year-old left the WWE after the 2014 Royal Rumble, and has since been singing at Chicago Cubs games and writing comic books for Marvel.
CM Punk signs with UFC as 36-year-old Phil Brooks leaves professional ...
Former WWE wrestler CM Punk to join UFC in 2015
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Former + WWE  Superstar #CMPunk appeared on the FOX Sports 1 + UFC - Ultimate Fighting Championship  181 post-show tonight. Punk talked with Ariel Helwani about signing with the company. Below are some highlights: * Punk said he's been a fan of UFC for a long time and it's been in the back of his mind for a while. He's fortunate enough to be here now and re-evaluate things. He said he took one fork in the road earlier in life and now he's here to take the ot...
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Derrick Rose wears protest shirt

ABC News - ‎41 minutes ago‎
CHICAGO -- Bulls star Derrick Rose wore an "I Can't Breathe" T-shirt in pregame warm-ups prior to Saturday night's 112-102 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
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Week in Geek: Pluto edition

MSNBC - ‎3 hours ago‎
In case you haven't had enough solar system exploration this fall after the excitement at Mars and more recently the excitement at Comet 67P/C-G, I've got good news for you!
NASA's New Horizons probe awakens on approach to Pluto
NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes Up for Pluto Encounter in 2015
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On Pluto’s Doorstep, NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Awakens for Encounter From NASA on Dec. 6: Operators at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., confirmed at 9:53 p.m. (EST) that New Horizons, operating on pre-programmed computer commands, had switched from hibernation to “active” mode. Moving at light speed, the radio signal from New Horizons – currently more than 2.9 billion miles from Earth, and just over 1...
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Nivolumab is the New Weapon Against Cancer

The Utah People's Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
After conducting serveral clinical trials on patients with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, researchers believe that nivolumab is the new weapon against cancer.
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FDA advisory committee recommends approval of Actavis' (ACT) Antibiotic

Voice Chronicle - ‎11 minutes ago‎
The US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)'s committee has given green light to the miracle drug Actavis Antibiotic, also called as ceftazidime-avibactam, which can be used for treating both urinary tract infections (cIAI) and intra-abdominal infections (cUTI) ...
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As Ebola Rages, Poor Planning Thwarts Efforts

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
KERRY TOWN, Sierra Leone - On a freshly cleared hillside outside the capital, where the trees have been chopped down and replaced with acres of smooth gravel, the new Ebola treatment center seems to have everything.
2 more Sierra Leonean doctors die of Ebola
Nigerian Ebola volunteers fly into Liberia, Sierra Leone
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Music for health In Sierra Leone, the fight against Ebola continues and one of the ways information about the disease has been disseminated to the public is through music. Musician and government minister Mustapha Bai Attila has just released eight songs about Ebola. But is music an effective way of getting health messages across? http://bbc.in/1ztE4xh
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Arizona County Plans a Ban on Hiring Smokers

WallStreet OTC - ‎2 hours ago‎
Arizona County Plans a Ban on Hiring Smokers On Friday, Pima County, one of Arizona's major counties, announced that it plans to ban smokers from municipal offices and sanction current employed smokers by surcharging them on health insurance.
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