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Shkreli, CEO Reviled for Drug Price Gouging, Arrested on Securities Fraud Charges — 32-year-old suspected of plundering Retrophin to pay debts
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Trump calls ‘highly respected’ Putin's comments a ‘great honor’ — Donald Trump said on Thursday it was a “great honor” to be complimented by “highly respected” Russian President Vladimir Putin. — “It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within …
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Putin praises Trump: He's a really brilliant and talented person — Russian President Vladimir Putin had kind words for his “stablemate” Donald Trump during an annual end-of-the-year Q-and-A session in Moscow. — “He's a really brilliant and talented person, without any doubt,” …
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Putin Endorses Donald Trump For President
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Watch Ted Cruz Flub A Fox News Interview On Immigration — He struggled to defend confusing claims he made during Tuesday's GOP debate. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) got a little flustered trying to defend his opposition to immigration reform on Wednesday. — Fox News' Bret Baier grilled …
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Cruz-Rubio battle makes GOP immigration muddle worse, not better
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Ted Cruz, Shunned in the Senate, Plays Unpopularity to His Advantage
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Criminal Charges to Be Brought Against Enrique Marquez, Ex-Neighbor of San Bernardino Shooters — Federal prosecutors have decided to bring criminal charges against the friend and former neighbor of one of the San Bernardino shooters. — Several federal law enforcement officials tell NBC News …
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The Electoral College Challenge — One of the fundamental errors of analysis that Republican strategists made in 2012 was their presumption that African-American voters would be less enthusiastic about reelecting Barack Obama than they had been about electing him in the first place.
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Adelson son-in-law orchestrated family's purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal — The son-in-law of billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson arranged the $140 million purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Adelson's behalf, sources confirmed Wednesday. — Patrick Dumont …
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Millionaire Cleared of Rape Charge After Claiming He Tripped and His Penis Fell Into Teen — That's not how these things work. — 37.8k — 32.7k — 5k — Pin It — Ehsan Abdulaziz, a Saudi millionaire property developer, was cleared of rape charges in London this week …
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert recovering from stroke — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who's awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in a federal hush money case, suffered a stroke and has been hospitalized for about six weeks, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Democracy For America Endorses Sanders Over Clinton — WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders added more progressive grassroots support to his campaign Thursday, picking up the endorsement of the Vermont-based Democracy For America, which was founded out of Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign.
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The Election and the Death Throes of White Male Power — The rage on the main stage of the debate is just a mirror to what is brewing across the country in the face of extraordinary change. — 4.5k — 4k — Pin It — On Monday night, protesters interrupted a Donald Trump rally …
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New York Times reviewing reporting on San Bernardino assailants — The New York Times is taking a second look at its reporting on the Internet activities of the assailants in the San Bernardino, Calif., massacre, according to Executive Editor Dean Baquet. “We are reporting it out,” Baquet told the Erik Wemple Blog in an email.


Federal agents raid home of Harrisburg teen charged with supporting ISIL — HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - A Harrisburg teen has been arrested and charged in connection to conspiring and assisting persons seeking to travel to and fight for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).


As lawmakers clash over refugees, Syrian immigration quietly tops 100,000 since 2012 — A proposal to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees to the United States has ignited a bitter debate in Washington, but more than 10 times that number of people from the embattled country have quietly come to America since 2012 …
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Tonight, a Brazilian judge blocked WhatsApp for more than 100 million people who rely on it in her country. — We are working hard to get this block reversed. Until then, Facebook Messenger is still active and you can use it to communicate instead. — This is a sad day for Brazil.
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Riot police fire warning shots as THOUSANDS of protesters storm the site of a planned asylum centre for 1,500 migrants in Holland — Police had to fire warning shots into the air when thousands of Dutch protestors stormed the site of a planned asylum centre, shortly to open for 1,500 refugees.
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Navy SEALs, a Beating Death and Claims of a Cover-Up — The three Navy SEALs stomped on the bound Afghan detainees and dropped heavy stones on their chests, the witnesses recalled. They stood on the prisoners' heads and poured bottles of water on some of their faces in what …
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Bad blood: Reid-McConnell relationship hits new low — Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell sat down for a rare face-to-face meeting on the last day of November. The agenda was straightforward — plotting out the legislative agenda for the end of the year — but what transpired has pushed …
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Mike Huckabee cuts salaries of senior staff — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign, struggling with its low standing in the polls and underwhelming fundraising, slashed the salaries of senior staffers amid the departure of its top communications aide.
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Parenting in America — Outlook, worries, aspirations are strongly linked to financial situation — Contemporary debates about parenthood often focus on parenting philosophies: Are kids better off with helicopter parents or a free-range approach? What's more beneficial in the long run …
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FAU takes steps to fire prof who said Sandy Hook was a hoax … Privacy Policy — Florida Atlantic University is trying to fire James Tracy, a controversial professor whose conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook massacre and other tragedies brought the school unwanted publicity.
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Sheriff's Deputy Resigns After Joking About Killing ‘Black Lives Matter’ Activists On Facebook — Jason Shierling quit his job as sheriff's deputy of Thomas County, Georgia, after he was suspended without pay for apparently making a joke about killing Black Lives Matter activists in a Facebook post.