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North Korea requests meeting with U.N. Security Council
CNN - 18 Mar 2016 03:35
The North Korean ambassador to the U.N. has filed a request for the body's Security Council to meet over the ongoing U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises.
2 Test Positive for Ebola in Guinea
Time - 18 Mar 2016 02:28
The deadly two-year epidemic had been declared over in West Africa this year
Doctors are flummoxed by Toronto crackhead's cancer
New York Post - 18 Mar 2016 15:28
Doctors are determining the next steps in former Toronto May Rob Ford's cancer treatments as he continues to work on rebuilding his strength to resume chemotherapy treatments, his chief of staff Dan Jacobs said Thursday....
WHO sends specialists in response to Guinea Ebola flare-up
Miami Herald - 18 Mar 2016 15:42
The World Health Organization deployed specialists to southeast Guinea on Friday after two new Ebola cases were confirmed. …
Apple Engineers Might Refuse to Help Government Unlock iPhones
Time - 18 Mar 2016 15:27
Some engineers have threatened to quit their jobs
Brazil's crisis is spiraling out of control
CNN - 18 Mar 2016 14:36
A judge's injunction barring former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from becoming chief of staff to the South American nation's current leader has been overturned -- the latest, but hardly last twist in Brazil's spir...
These books are banned in S. Korea
CNN - 18 Mar 2016 13:01
On the fifth floor of the National Library of South Korea, there is a room full of books and magazines that are mostly banned in this country.
Construction worker dies in 800-foot fall from Los Angeles skyscraper
Fox News - 18 Mar 2016 06:15
An electrician in his second day working on a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper that will be the tallest building in the West plunged some 800 feet to his death Thursday.
Girl does backbend, ends up paralyzed
CNN - 18 Mar 2016 05:37
A 5-year-old girl is paralyzed after doing a backbend, which caused damage to her entire spine. CNN affiliate KTLA reports.
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea, South Says
Time - 18 Mar 2016 00:44
Days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered tests of a nuclear warhead
Performer catches fire at pep rally
CNN - 18 Mar 2016 00:28
A performer accidentally caught on fire Thursday during a pep rally at a Florida high school.
Russia marks 2 year anniversary of Crimea annexation
Miami Herald - 18 Mar 2016 15:26
Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Crimea on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the peninsula's annexation and inspect construction of a bridge meant to link it to mainland Russia. …
Now Parisians Can Get Sausages And Steak From Vending Machines
Time - 18 Mar 2016 13:58
They can already get their baguettes from machines
Purple bread: The next superfood?
CNN - 18 Mar 2016 03:24
"For the past 10 years, bread has been under attack."
Petraeus to testify before Benghazi again
CNN - 18 Mar 2016 02:30
Former CIA Director David Petraeus will make a second appearance before House Select Committee on Benghazi, according to a source familiar with the committee's deliberations.
Exclusive: U.S. sees new Chinese activity around South China Sea shoal
Reuters - 18 Mar 2016 02:19
WASHINGTON
Maryland Moves to Finally Scrub 'Northern Scum' From State Song
Time - 18 Mar 2016 01:57
The tune is familiar — it’s “O, Tannenbaum”/”O, Christmas Tree.” But the words to Maryland’s state song are anachronistically odd: The despot’s heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple d...
European Leaders Agree on Migrant Plan
Time - 18 Mar 2016 01:39
They will propose the plan to Turkey's Prime Minister on Friday
Fox News Celebrates St. Patrick's Day With Vomit-Inducing Bigotry
Mother Jones - 18 Mar 2016 00:38
Hello. Here is a clip from Fox News that is going to make you want to vomit. this is ridiculous and upsetting on so many levels: s://t.co/lDlzUYfUIh pic.twitter.com/kwhLHOaZJm — alazar (@zarzarbinkss) March 17, 2016 "A...
Arizona Man Found Guilty of Conspiring to Support ISIS
Time - 18 Mar 2016 00:16
He also was convicted of providing guns for a Muhammad cartoon contest attack
The Angle: Divorcing While Female Edition
Slate - 18 Mar 2016 21:42
Welcome to the era of Infinite Scroll!
Oklahoma doctor claims $300 'Jesus Shot' can cure chronic pain
Fox News - 18 Mar 2016 19:44
News broke this week that a Texas lawmaker had allegedly traveled to Oklahoma on taxpayers' dime to get an experimental treatment he says has cured his chronic pain, bringing a controversial medical procedure called the ...