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ScienceTake: Curious Orangutans, Raised by Humans, Do Better on Cognitive Tests
The New York Times - 12 Dec 2017 10:30
Orangutans who were raised around people in safe environments are more curious and score better on cognitive tests.
Charles Jenkins, former U.S. deserter to North Korea, dies at 77
USA Today - 12 Dec 2017 11:53Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Chinese and Studying in America
The New York Times - 12 Dec 2017 12:45
The determination and perseverance that have made Chinese students winners at home can deepen their sense of frustration abroad.
Someone will get this $2.6M mansion for just $14
New York Post - 12 Dec 2017 21:46
A British bigwig is raffling off his $2.6 million mansion -- complete with a Rolls Royce and fully stocked wine cellar - for just $14 a ticket. The anonymous millionaire is giving away his 10-acre Devon estate because he...
Hezbollah Shifts Its Focus to Israel in the Wake of Washington's Jerusalem Move
Time - 12 Dec 2017 04:09
The group hopes this marks the "beginning of the end" of the Jewish state
Firefighters hold back massive Southern California wildfire
Reuters - 12 Dec 2017 05:43
VENTURA, Calif.
Roy Moore's wife Kayla: We can't be anti-Semitic because 'one of our attorneys is a Jew!'
The Week - 12 Dec 2017 05:37
Well, that settles it then: While introducing her husband at a rally Monday night in Midland City, Kayla Moore, wife of Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, said that "fake news will tell you that we don't care...
Inmates battle to save famed rose garden from Thomas wildfire
USA Today - 12 Dec 2017 04:35Heroic officers pinned NYC terror suspect to the ground and removed bomb: Official
ABC News - 12 Dec 2017 03:41
"Those four guys are heroes," PAPBA President Paul Nunziato told ABC News.
Man found guilty in 1992 slaying of 21-year-old Tufts graduate
Boston - 12 Dec 2017 07:25
James Witkowski, 45, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Lena Bruce’s killing.
Trump to Let Assad Stay until 2021, as Putin Declares Victory in Syria
The New Yorker - 12 Dec 2017 03:06
Robin Wright on the Trump Administration's announcement that Bashar al-Assad will be allowed to remain in power until the next Syrian Presidential election, in 2021.
Attorney gives son $4 million birthday party
USA Today - 12 Dec 2017 01:53
Last year Thomas J. Henry spent $6 million on his daughter Maya's quinceañera. This weekend, he made sure his son's 18th birthday didn't fall short.
Yemeni officials say police kill 3 militants in Aden
Miami Herald - 12 Dec 2017 16:57
Yemeni officials say security forces have killed at least three suspected militants in a raid in the southern port city of Aden. They say three policemen were killed in a …
Naked model plunges to her death after partying with 'swingers'
New York Post - 12 Dec 2017 16:41
A model plunged to her death from a 20th-floor apartment in Malaysia following a drug-fueled night of partying with American “swingers,” according to a new report. The family of Dutch teen Ivana Smit suspect foul pla...
Counties to watch as Alabama votes for U.S. senator
USA Today - 12 Dec 2017 14:45
The lengthy campaign between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones is reaching its end.
Medic who saved N Korean: He was going to die
CNN - 12 Dec 2017 03:51
The American medic who helped save a North Korean soldier thought the defector would be dead shortly after he was rescued. Sgt. 1st Class Gopal Singh relives the moment with CNN's Paula Hancocks.
U.S. military still fails on gun background checks
USA Today - 12 Dec 2017 03:44Congresswoman: Roy Moore Poses 'Threat to the Safety' of Teenage Pages at the Senate
Time - 12 Dec 2017 03:06
The Senate page program employs high school juniors who are at least 16 years old
'Womb raider' pleads guilty in pregnant neighbor's death
New York Post - 12 Dec 2017 02:54
A North Dakota woman has pleaded guilty in the killing of a pregnant neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby. Thirty-eight-year-old Brooke Crews could face life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to con...
Op-Ed Columnist: Steve Mnuchin Pulls a Paul Ryan
The New York Times - 12 Dec 2017 02:01
A Treasury report on tax cuts that's a sick joke, but very much in the modern G.O.P. tradition.
Feds: Suspect taunted Trump before NYC bombing
CBSNews - 12 Dec 2017 18:44
Akayed Ullah allegedly posted statement on Facebook before attack, stating president "failed to protect" nation
Businessman with terminal cancer hosts 'end-of-life' party
New York Post - 12 Dec 2017 17:01
It was the party of a lifetime. A Japanese businessman with terminal cancer held an "end-of-life" shindig Monday so he could thank the people who made his time on Earth special. Satoru Anzaki, the 80-year-old former head...