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Police begin to impose Ferguson curfew on protesters
New York Post - 17 Aug 2014 08:07
FERGUSON, Mo. -- Police have fired multiple smoke canisters into a crowd of defiant protesters in a St. Louis suburb where a black teen had been shot by a white...
Armed men loot Ebola isolation ward in Liberia
Eyewitness News - 17 Aug 2014 17:17
Officials say blood-stained bedding was looted and fears of the Ebola virus spreading continue to rise.
Ukraine Crisis: Troops Take Police Station In Separatist-Controlled Luhansk
IBTimes - 17 Aug 2014 17:30
Ukrainian troops have taken possession of a police station within the city limits of Luhansk, which has been controlled by pro-Russian separatists for months, Reuters reported. Although Ukraine captured a key area of the...
Vulnerable Senate Democrats wary of Obama using executive powers on immigration
Fox News - 17 Aug 2014 09:15
Senate Democrats at risk of losing re-election in moderate or conservative-leaning states this fall are wary about President Obama using his executive powers to sidestep Congress and act alone on immigration reform.
Los Angeles weighs cash incentive in bid to boost voter turnout
Fox News - 17 Aug 2014 09:00
Near-perfect weather and an abundance of "I voted" stickers haven't been enough to lure Los Angeles residents to the polls. Now some city officials are floating another idea: cash.
Pope tells Asia's communist nations not to fear Christians
Reuters - 17 Aug 2014 08:22
HAEMI South Korea
Report: UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Arrives in Iran
ABC News - 17 Aug 2014 07:52
Report: UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Iran, his second visit in less than a year
Argentina Default: President Fernandez Rails Against Holdout Creditors
IBTimes - 17 Aug 2014 07:30
(Reuters) - Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez took toFacebook on Saturday to rail against her country's holdout creditors, calling them greedy and bent on thwarting a solution in order to keep Argentina mired in d...
Turkey's First Presidential Elections Were No Democracy
Time - 17 Aug 2014 06:01
Erdogan's relentless campaigning was politics theatrics
Libyan clashes continue despite truce calls
Al Jazeera English - 17 Aug 2014 23:43
Rival militias trade gunfire and shells in capital Tripoli, ignoring international appeals for a ceasefire.
Boston Man Killed in Pepperell Skydiving Incident
Boston - 17 Aug 2014 20:14
Daniel Pelrine, 37, died during a skydiving incident at the Skydive Pepperell Center on Nashua Road this morning, WCVB reports.
Iraq Crisis: Cameron Warns of ISIS Militants' Threat on 'Streets of Britain'
IBTimes - 17 Aug 2014 19:30
David Cameron has warned Islamic State Sunni militants, who are presently ravaging Iraq, could grow bolder and pose a direct threat to the U.K.
Ferguson Curfew Extended As Justice Department Orders Second Autopsy
Time - 17 Aug 2014 19:07
As Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon slams local police for releasing robbery video allegedly showing Michael Brown's involvement
Bicyclist, 44, killed near Midway Airport
Chicago Tribune - 17 Aug 2014 14:17WW1 Welsh Memorial Unveiled in Belgium
Boston - 17 Aug 2014 11:09
A new memorial has been unveiled in Belgium to commemorate the services of Welsh men and women during World War One.
Why some Muslims want to destroy the Yazidis by genocide
New York Post - 17 Aug 2014 06:01
To hear President Obama tell it, one might think that recent bombing raids by the US against jihadist positions between Mosul and Erbil in northern Iraq have already removed the...
A Year After Drug Deaths, the Electric Zoo Music Festival Tries Again
The New York Times - 17 Aug 2014 05:24
Mike Bindra and Laura de Palma, who run the festival, where two attendees died in drug-related episodes last year, are in the middle of a discussion within the world of electronic dance music about how to stem the tide o...
Robin Williams' 'Aladdin' quote inspires Syrian rebels
New York Post - 17 Aug 2014 04:51
Robin Williams has inspired Syrian rebels fighting both the Assad government and the Islamic extremists establishing a repressive religious regime across a wide swath of Syria and Iraq. A photograph...
Ukraine: 1,200 Soldiers And 150 Armored Vehicles Joining Separatists After Russian Training
IBTimes - 17 Aug 2014 04:30
Pro-Russian separatists announced 1,200 troops and 150 vehicles including tanks trained in Russia will join their increasingly desperate fight against the Ukrainian military. Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko, who...
Researchers say Richard III dined on exotic birds, drank heavily
Fox News - 17 Aug 2014 09:08
What did it mean to eat like a king in the late-15th century? For Britain's Richard III, immortalized by Shakespeare as a "poisonous bunch-backed toad," it meant dining on exotic birds like swan, crane and heron, all was...
Serena Williams into Cincinnati final
CNN - 17 Aug 2014 02:00
Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki for the second time in just over a week to move into the final of the Cincinnati Masters Saturday.
Kevin Sutherland Shoots 1st 59 on Champions Tour
ABC News - 17 Aug 2014 01:56
Kevin Sutherland shoots first 59 in Champions Tour history; bogeys 18th with chance at 58