A
63-story luxury hotel was engulfed in flames even as a massive New
Year's fireworks display kicked off at the world's tallest skyscraper
nearby, while tens of thousands of people whistled and cheered at early
Friday's pyrotechnics.
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Updated,
3:53 p.m. | Fresh upheaval engulfed Ben Carson's troubled presidential
campaign on New Year's Eve as his campaign manager and spokesman both
resigned abruptly.
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| Washington Post | - 5 hours ago |
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LONDON
- Suspected plots to wage New Year's Eve violence led to an arrest in
New York state and raids in Belgium, as security agencies around the
world imposed extraordinary measures amid heightened fears following
attacks in Paris and California.
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Two
Munich train stations were evacuated Thursday due to an “imminent
threat” of a terror attack just minutes before New Years celebrations
were set to hit the German city.
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| USA TODAY | - 12 minutes ago |
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MIAMI
GARDENS, Fla. - Breaking down No. 1 Clemson's 37-17 win against No. 4
Oklahoma on Thursday in a College Football Playoff semifinal at the
Orange Bowl: THE BIG PICTURE: Clemson is headed to the College Football
Playoff national ...
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| Washington Times | - 1 hour ago |
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Twenty
years after President Clinton tackled gun control by drastically
reducing the number of licensed firearms dealers in the U.S.
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But
gun control advocates told the cable news channel they are expecting
the actions to be announced ahead of Obama's annual State of the Union
address, scheduled for Jan. 12.
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| Daily Mail | - 2 hours ago |
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The influx of more than a million refugees should be welcomed as an 'opportunity', Angela Merkel told Germans last night.
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| The National Interest Online | - 1 hour ago |
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Political
and media elites inside and outside the Republican Party are gradually
moving from denial to acceptance of Donald Trump's success in winning
substantial popular support in advance of the party's 2016 presidential
candidate nomination process.
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MAIDUGURI,
Nigeria (AP) - Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck a city and a town
in northeastern Nigeria with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple
suicide bombers Monday, killing at least 80 people, witnesses said.
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A
jazz singer performing in the Dubai skyscraper which was engulfed in
flames has described the ordeal. Anita Williams said there was a
"stampede" as people tried to flee the building, and said she was "never
so terrified".
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Out
of all of the deserving recipients on the 2016 New Year's Honours list,
one name that jumps out is Jonjo Heuerman. The 13-year-old has raised
almost £250,000 for a cancer charity with football-themed fundraising
challenges and has been rewarded ...
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The
leniency showed by a US court to a rich young teenager who killed four
people in a drink-driving accident surprised many. Ethan Couch's family
money didn't just buy him the best defence, it was his defence.
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| BBC News | - 10 hours ago |
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A
US woman in New York state has avoided drink-driving charges after
arguing that she suffers from a rare condition called "auto-brewery
syndrome".
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Police
in Ukraine believe an explosion caused damage to an electricity pylon,
bringing fresh disruption to power supplies in Crimea.
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| BBC News | - 11 hours ago |
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Flats
were evacuated on Coronation Terrace, Nantyffyllon, after the pavement
collapsed on Thursday morning, leaving a hole six metres (19.6ft) deep.
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| BBC News | - 11 hours ago |
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The
entire BBC website experienced major technical issues on Thursday
morning. Users said they were unable to access BBC websites including BBC News and iPlayer catch-up services. Sources within the BBC said the sites were offline thanks to what is ...
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A
52-year-old motorcyclist has been killed in a road crash in County
Galway. The man was fatally injured in a collision with a car on the N17
at Polkeen, Castlegar, at about 21:45 local time on Wednesday.
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| Daily Caller | - 2 hours ago |
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Defense
Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told media that the new carrier is a
Chinese design and will be built in the port city of Dalian.
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| USA TODAY | - 5 hours ago |
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Extreme
turbulence over Alaska forced Air Canada AC088, heading to Toronto from
Shanghai, to divert to Calgary International Airport Wednesday
afternoon.
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| The Boston Globe | - 4 hours ago |
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TOKYO
- Just days after the Japanese and South Korean governments announced a
surprise agreement to resolve a decades-old dispute over war-time sex
slaves, opposition on both sides is threatening to derail it.
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| New York Times | - 5 hours ago |
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JERUSALEM
- Israel's Ministry of Education has decided not to include a novel
about a romance between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man on the
list of required reading for Hebrew high school literature classes,
prompting a stormy debate over how ...
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| Newsweek | - 12 hours ago |
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31_12_KimJongun_snowboarders
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the newly built ski resort in
the Masik Pass region, in an undated photo released by North Korea's
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on December 31, 2013.
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| Voice of America | - 11 hours ago |
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December
31, 2015 9:08 AM. ISLAMABAD—. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said
Thursday his security forces have killed scores of pro-Islamic State
fighters in operations this week, dismissing criticism that the
government has failed to prevent the terror ...
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While
2015's high-profile murders and militant attacks cause it to stand out,
the plodding and ineffectual investigations that have followed make it
just like any other year.
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CHICAGO
Chicago's top prosecutor on Thursday said she asked the U.S. Federal
Bureau of Investigation to help probe the fatal police shootings of two
black residents over the weekend, as protesters renewed calls for the
resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel ...
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NEW
YORK More than a million people were expected to crowd into New York
City's Times Square under heavy security on Thursday to celebrate the
arrival of 2016 with the traditional dropping of the New Year's Eve
crystal ball.
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A
25-year-old man accused of planning to attack a restaurant in upstate
New York on New Year's Eve has been arrested and charged with attempting
to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group, the
U.S.
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SAN
ANTONIO -- TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin tweeted out an apology late
Thursday after being arrested early Thursday and charged with felony
assault of a police officer.
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| New York Times | - 4 hours ago |
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Politwoops
will once again be able to collect and publish the deleted tweets of
American politicians after Twitter announced Thursday that it reached a
deal with the organizations that run the website.
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| New York Times | - 2 hours ago |
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HOUSTON
- Texas is so gun-friendly that it is easier to get into the Capitol in
Austin with a firearm than without one - licensed, gun-carrying
lawmakers and members of the public have their own no-wait security
lane, and the unarmed masses have to ...
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| E! Online | - 43 minutes ago |
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Bill
Cosby has something to say. The comedian, who has been the center of
headlines in recent months after being accused of sexually assaulting
numerous women throughout the years, took to Twitter to break his
silence after yesterday's court proceedings.
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Wall
Street dropped on Thursday, leaving the S&P 500 marginally lower
for a year marked by record highs as well as a major selloff.
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Video-streaming service Netflix and online retail juggernaut Amazon, two of the beloved "FANG" stocks, were the No. 1 and No.
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| New York Times | - 5 hours ago |
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WASHINGTON
- The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits
rose sharply last week, a potential signal the job market was losing
steam although some of the increase might be attributed to temporary
holiday factors.
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| Bloomberg | - 2 hours ago |
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Bill
Ackman, the activist investor who has been a staunch defender of
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., trimmed his fund's holdings
of the stock for tax reasons.
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| Fox Business | - 3 hours ago |
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Wall
Street waved goodbye to a rocky year on Thursday as traders closed out
2015 on the broader averages not far from where they started.
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| San Jose Mercury News | - 5 hours ago |
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OAKLAND
-- The future of Pacific shipping loomed large on the bay Thursday as a
giant container ship docked at the Port of Oakland.
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Many
investors prefer the idea of buying a basket of stocks through a mutual
fund or exchange-traded fund rather than picking and choosing
individual stocks but the task of selecting the right fund can be a bit
overwhelming.
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| New York Daily News | - 4 hours ago |
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It's
like 2015's version of Y2K. Select Facebook users were wrongfully
notified on Thursday that they had friended certain people on the site
exactly 46 years ago - impossible because the internet as we know it,
and many of its frequent users, weren't ...
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Is
a nation state behind those hacking hands? C.J. Burton/Corbis. If
you're using Microsoft's online email and file-storage services, you'll
now get a special heads-up if your accounts are hit by state-sponsored
hackers, a warning that you should take ...
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| TechCrunch | - 6 hours ago |
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Sometimes timing creeps up on you and you have to move things back. It's an ugly reality for hardware creators, but it happens.
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Car
tech, wearables, and virtual reality are just a few of the cooler
technologies that will be on parade at at CES 2016. Cars: The latest
automotive tech will be a major theme at CES 2016, with more than 115
automotive tech companies and nine ...
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| Los Angeles Times | - 20 minutes ago |
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George
Lucas may have mixed feelings about parting ways with the galaxy he
built. In an interview on "Charlie Rose" the "Star Wars" creator called
the past films he directed his "kids" and likened the split from the
franchise to that of a breakup with ...
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| New York Times | - 3 hours ago |
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Downton
Abbey - the country house, if not the wildly popular PBS drama - begins
the show's final season on Sunday night in a depleted state.
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| Christian Science Monitor | - 4 hours ago |
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Appearing
on the sitcom star's web show Wednesday night, Obama chats about crazy
world leaders, the surreality of living in the White House, and the time
he went golfing with Larry David.
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| E! Online | - 2 hours ago |
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Kendall
Jenner and Harry Styles continue to add fuel to the romance fire. The
Keeping Up With the Kardashians star and the One Direction crooner
already have been spotted grabbing dinner together while on vacation in
Anguilla, but now they're heating ...
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FOXBOROUGH,
Mass. -- A Winter Classic game has never meant this much. That's the
raw, unvarnished truth of this season's Jan. 1 spectacle.
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| Bleacher Report | - 20 minutes ago |
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In
arguably the most anticipated matchup of the postseason, second-ranked
Alabama clashes with No. 3 Michigan State under the lights of AT&T
Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with both programs aiming to earn a Cotton
Bowl-stamped ticket heading for the ...
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| The Boston Globe | - 3 hours ago |
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FOXBOROUGH
- This was not a place that Alexander Khokhlachev thought he would find
himself. Until Wednesday, Khokhlachev had been in the minors, playing
for Providence for the 10 days since his last brief call-up with the
Bruins.
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| USA TODAY | - 5 hours ago |
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VILLANOVA,
Pa. (AP) - Ryan Arcidiacono hit seven three-pointers, scored 27 points
and showed No. 16 Villanova may again be the team to beat in the Big
East, thumping No.
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| Washington Post | - 5 hours ago |
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Choosing
to have a baby outside a hospital comes with a slight increased risk of
death to the baby in the United States but a lower likelihood of a
C-section, according to a study of Oregon births published this week in
the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Progression
of the disease was stopped by researchers using the CRISPR/Cas9 method
of gene editing. By Stephen Feller | Dec. 31, 2015 at 3:48 PM.
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Governor
David Ige just signed Senate Bill 1030 into law, making it illegal to
sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.
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(CNN)
Do military-themed culinary creations like parachute pork, battalion
brownie pops or Ranger red hot party mix sound appealing to you?
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Social, human-like robots "Nadine and "EDGAR" were developed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
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| Space Daily | - 20 hours ago |
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In
2015, NASA explored the expanse of our solar system and beyond, and the
complex processes of our home planet, while also advancing the
technologies for our journey to Mars, and new aviation systems as the
agency reached new milestones aboard the ...
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| Los Angeles Times | - 13 hours ago |
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California's
forests have already lost millions of trees in recent years due to
rising temperatures, the drought and a plague of bark beetle
infestations.
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They'll
ruin the element of surprise. Anyone who's seen Boston Dynamics'
four-legged robots in action typically is wowed by their speed,
strength, and agility, but also note how loud they are.
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