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A Fifth Woman Accuses Senate Candidate Roy Moore of Sexual Misconduct — WASHINGTON — A fifth woman accused Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, on Monday of making sexual or romantic advances toward her when she was a teenager, as senior Republicans in Washington called …
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Locals Were Troubled by Roy Moore's Interactions with Teen Girls at the Gadsden Mall — Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate and former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, was born in Gadsden, a small city flanked by Interstate 59 and the Coosa River, an hour northeast of Birmingham.
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50 pastors sign letter of support for Roy Moore — Kayla Moore, wife of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, shared a letter on Facebook indicating support from more than 50 Alabama pastors. — Moore's wife Kayla posted the letter to her Facebook page Sunday after days of controversy surrounding …
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Gadsden locals say Moore's predatory behavior at mall, restaurants not a secret — Roy Moore's penchant for flirting with teen girls was “common knowledge” and “not a big secret” around Gadsden, according to some area residents. — The Senate candidate has denied any wrongdoing in the wake …
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Woman Says Roy Moore Tried to Rape Her When She Was 16 and Signed Her Yearbook … A woman on Monday accused Roy Moore of attempting to rape her when she was 16. — Beverly Young Nelson is the fifth woman to accuse the Alabama Republican candidate for Senate of sexual misconduct and the first woman to accuse him of attempted rape.
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Roy Moore is an embarrassment. Doug Jones deserves to win. — But for the bomb, the four would be in their 60s, probably grandmothers. Three were 14 and one was 11 in 1963 when the blast killed them in the 16th Street Baptist Church, which is four blocks from the law office of Doug Jones, who then was 9.
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Moore expulsion idea splits Senate Republicans — Senate Republicans are escalating their demands for embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to leave the race, including a growing faction calling for him to be expelled if he wins next month. — But some senior Republicans are wary …
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New Roy Moore accuser to disclose sexual assault allegations, Gloria Allred says

McConnell, Senate GOP campaign chief repudiate Roy Moore's candidacy following allegations …

New woman accuses Moore of sexual misconduct when she was a minor
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The GOP Establishment Wants To Burn Down The Village To Save It...For Itself
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BREITBART'S COMING EXPLOITATION OF THE BELIEVE WOMEN MOVEMENT
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NRSC Chairman Cory Gardner Statement on Alabama's Special Senate Election
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Ignore the spin. Trump and the GOP have made a devil's bargain with Roy Moore.
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Text of Beverly Young Nelson's Accusation Against Roy Moore
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The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks — Just before the stroke of midnight on September 20, 2016, at the height of last year's presidential election, the WikiLeaks Twitter account sent a private direct message to Donald Trump Jr., the Republican nominee's oldest son and campaign surrogate.
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Trump Jr. corresponded with WikiLeaks ahead of election
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Trump Judicial Pick Did Not Disclose He Is Married to a White House Lawyer — WASHINGTON — One of President Trump's most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel's Office.
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Owners have their own nuclear option for dealing with Jerry Jones — When it comes to the lingering dispute regarding the Roger Goodell contract extension, much has been written and said about the potential nuclear option possessed by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
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Group of N.F.L. Owners Warns Jerry Jones and Threatens Penalties
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Woman Says George H.W. Bush Groped Her When She Was 16: ‘I Was a Child’ — Roslyn Corrigan was sixteen years old when she got a chance to meet George H.W. Bush, excited to be introduced to a former president having grown up dreaming of going into politics. — But Corrigan was crushed …
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No One Knows What Omarosa Is Doing in the White House—Even Omarosa … It's nearly 9 a.m. in the West Wing lobby. The room is quiet save for two staff assistants whispering about weekend plans, and me, waiting on an over-firm red sofa to meet with Omarosa Manigault.
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Keurig CEO: Tweet regarding ‘Hannity’ created an ‘unacceptable situation’ — Ring up any social-media expert, and you'll get the same advice: Engage with people on Twitter and Facebook and etc. — Over the weekend, Keurig Green Mountain, that mainstay of water-cooler proximity, did just that.
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Angry Sean Hannity Fans Are Smashing Keurigs on Twitter Because 2017 Is Dumb as Heck
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‘Transracial’ man born white feels like he is Filipino … TAMPA, Fla. — Riding in a flamboyant purple vehicle, Ja Du shows up to a coffee shop to open up about his new identity. — Ja Du, born a white male named Adam, now considers himself a Filipino. Turns out the purple ride …

Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien's Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels, The Lord of the Rings, for Television with a Multi Season Production Commitment — Television adaptation, exploring new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, slated to debut exclusively on Prime Video
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Amazon Sets ‘The Lord of the Rings’ TV Series In Mega Deal With Multi-Season Commitment
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Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced — He's been vilified by millions and locked out of the NFL—all because he took a knee to protest police brutality. But Colin Kaepernick's determined stand puts him in rare company in sports history: Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson—athletes who risked everything to make a difference.
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James Woods Named by Actress Elizabeth Perkins at #MeToo Rally … Elizabeth Perkins called out the actor James Woods on Sunday, holding a sign bearing the words “James Woods #MeToo” as she joined a Los Angeles march designed to raise awareness of sexual assault and sexual harassment, and to demonstrate solidarity with the victims.
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Menendez trial in turmoil as jurors admit hearing explosive comments — Gallery: The trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. — NJ Advance Media for NJ.com — NEWARK — Seven of the 16 jurors and alternates in the trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez raised their hands …
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Menendez jurors tell judge they're deadlocked
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Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is nominating white men to America's federal courts at a rate not seen in nearly 30 years, threatening to reverse a slow transformation toward a judiciary that reflects the nation's diversity.
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Bill Clinton: A Reckoning — The most remarkable thing about the current tide of sexual assault and harassment accusations is not their number. If every woman in America started talking about the things that happen during the course of an ordinary female life, it would never end.
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‘One of the most secretive, dark states’: What is Kansas trying to hide? — The statement was simple. Factual. — A Kansas spokesperson was acknowledging that the state highway department didn't have the money to rebuild a dangerous stretch of Interstate 70 that had been the scene …
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Trump personally asked Xi Jinping to help resolve case of UCLA basketball players arrested in China — MANILA — President Trump personally asked his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to help resolve the case of three UCLA men's basketball players who were arrested for shoplifting while in Hangzhou …
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Rand Paul: ‘No justification’ for ‘hitting somebody from behind and breaking their ribs’ — In his first interview since being sucker-attacked 10 days ago while doing yard work in Kentucky, Sen. Rand Paul said there was “no justification” for what happened.
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