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ISIS Has Been Defeated in the City of Ramadi, the Iraqi Military Says
Time - 28 Dec 2015 06:31
Mopping up operations are the next step, according to army spokesman
The Pink Sisters have prayed nonstop for 100 years
New York Post - 28 Dec 2015 18:38
PHILADELPHIA -- For more than 100 years, the cloistered nuns known as the Pink Sisters have worked in shifts to ensure nonstop prayer in Philadelphia’s Chapel of Divine Love. Now, to address their shrinking numbers and...
California Wildfire 75 Percent Contained
ABC News - 28 Dec 2015 06:58
California wildfire 75 percent contained; landslides are new concern
Adele's 25 Continues to Break Records, Sells Another 1.15 Million Copies
Time - 28 Dec 2015 05:59
It's the third week that 25 has sold more than a million copies
Bombshell report alleges Theranos deleted data to make its proprietary technology look more accurate
Business Insider - 28 Dec 2015 04:56
WSJ Two ex-employees of the blood-testing startup Theranos are alleging that the company deleted quality control data of its proprietary machines and cherry-picked data when comparing those machines to traditional lab ma...
At least 15 dead after Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
The Week - 28 Dec 2015 04:42
On Sunday, at least 15 people were killed after Boko Haram extremists opened fire and detonated explosive belts in a village near the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria. Nigerian army repels Boko Haram attack near Ma...
Minorities Exploited By Warren Buffett's Mobile-Home Empire
The Huffington Post - 28 Dec 2015 02:37
The company is controlled by Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest men, but its methods hardly match Buffett’s honest, folksy image: Clayton systematically pursues unwitting minority homebuyers and baits them in...
New Iran sanctions fight looms in 2016
Fox News - 28 Dec 2015 18:51
Despite President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran that provides a gradual easing of decades of crippling economic sanctions, senators are fighting to renew a vital law that would preserve the sanctions option should Iran ...
Mosque Bombing Kills at Least 20 in Nigeria
Time - 28 Dec 2015 16:55
The explosion bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram
The Wall Street Journal: China OKs controversial law requiring tech firms to help decrypt data
Market Watch - 28 Dec 2015 05:23
China passed a new anti-terrorism law that requires technology firms to help security agencies in the decryption of electronic data, but dropped an earlier proposal that would have required telecoms and Internet service ...
Game of Thrones is TV's Most Pirated Show of 2015
Time - 28 Dec 2015 05:15
'GoT' tops the chart for the fourth year in a row
Argentina's New President Moves Swiftly to Shake Up the Economy
The New York Times - 28 Dec 2015 02:52
Mauricio Macri's economic changes are roiling Argentina, accentuating the divide he wanted to bridge and leading some Argentines to doubt whether he will be a change for the better.
China's New Law Requires Tech Companies To Hand Over Encryption Keys
Ubergizmo - 28 Dec 2015 02:45
When it comes to complying with the law, this is where it gets tricky for companies operating in multiple countries, where what is legal in one country might not be in another. While tech companies in the US seem to be s...
A Wall Streeter reportedly spent $300,000 at a New York strip club in one week
Business Insider - 28 Dec 2015 18:53
Flickr, CC / brh_images New York Magazine has published a rare look inside the world of the dancers who cater to finance professionals and other high-rollers in New York, and it has got a lot of people talking. Jessi...
South Africa: 9 people killed in fires over holiday weekend
Miami Herald - 28 Dec 2015 16:28
A Cape Town fire department spokesman says nine people were killed in fires in the South African city over the weekend. …
Russians pay the price of new anti-Turkish measures
Al Jazeera English - 28 Dec 2015 15:59
Russia imposes sanctions on Turkey and marginalises Turkish interests in Russia to its own detriment.
You've Never Seen Drake's 'Hotline Bling' Danced Like This Before
The Huffington Post - 28 Dec 2015 15:49
It's Drake's "Hotline Bling" -- but not as you know it. British TV news anchor Jon Snow copied the rapper's moves in a hilarious sketch aired in the United Kingdom on Saturday night, reports the Evening Standard. Snow, ...
For Google, a 2016 War Over Artificial Intelligence Lies Ahead
Re/code - 28 Dec 2015 14:59
And another bombshell Theranos report from the Wall Street Journal.
Activists Welcome China's 1st Domestic Violence Law
ABC News - 28 Dec 2015 14:56
Activists welcome China's 1st domestic violence law, but warn it doesn't cover gay couples
King says terror threat coming from mosques, calls for better surveillance
Fox News - 28 Dec 2015 07:15
New York GOP Rep. Peter King on Sunday called again for better surveillance of mosques in the U.S., suggesting Islamic terrorists visit them and said that critics can "cry all they want" about the tactic amounting to a c...
Southern California man accused of burning woman alive on Christmas Day arrested
Fox News - 28 Dec 2015 07:01
Authorities in Southern California have arrested a man who allegedly doused a woman in gasoline and set her on fire during a Christmas Day domestic dispute.
Deadly car bomb explodes at Kabul airport
Al Jazeera English - 28 Dec 2015 06:52
Interior ministry says explosion happened at airport's eastern gate, which is used by NATO troops.