Miss Universe show, host apologize for crowning wrong woman
NEW YORK (AP) — The Miss Universe pageant and host Steve Harvey doubled down on the apologies Monday after an excruciating live television moment — announcing incorrectly that Miss Colombia had won and then taking the crown from her head to give to a rival from the Philippines.Associated Press
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woman and injured at least 35 pedestrians when she plowed her car into
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Angeles (AFP) - "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" set a record for the
highest-grossing opening weekend at the US and Canadian box office with
an estimated $238 million in sales, Walt Disney studios said Sunday.
Globally, the latest "Star Wars" space epic raked in an estimated $517
million, Disney…
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Tony-winning actress and TV soap star Patricia Elliott dies
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YORK (AP) — Patricia Elliott, who won a Tony Award on her Broadway
musical debut, went on to star opposite David Bowie in "The Elephant
Man" and spent 23 years aboard the TV soap opera "One Life to Live," has
died. She was 77.
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Texas senior dies after random attack by three brothers: police
Jesse
Perkins, 20, Edward Perkins, 19, and Thomas Perkins, 18, are accused of
randomly attacking Dessie Hancock, 83, on Friday when she was walking
up a driveway to visit a neighbor, according to the Irving, Texas,
police. The men are charged with aggravated assault, but could be facing
murder…
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Clinton daughter Chelsea says expecting second child
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is pregnant with her second child. Chelsea's mother is the Democratic
frontrunner and is widely expected by next summer to be her party's
nominee, ahead of the November election. Hillary Clinton routinely
invokes her…
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Bay Area family ID'd weekend Bakersfield plane crash
Officials
said five bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a private
plane that crashed near Bakersfield Saturday afternoon after taking off
from a small airport in San Jose.
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Outraged Colombians look for blame in Miss Universe mix-up
Colombians
celebrated for a little more than two minutes what appeared to be an
unprecedented feat for this beauty pageant-obsessed South American
nation: back-to-back Miss Universe titles. From President Juan Manuel
Santos to Miss Colombia’s relatives in the Caribbean port city of
Barranquilla,…
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Victim killed by driver on Las Vegas strip identified: coroner
A
woman killed by a driver who authorities said intentionally ran her car
onto the sidewalk of the Las Vegas Strip has been identified as Jessica
Valenzuela of Arizona, Clark County Coroner-Medical Examiner
administrative assistant Colleen Pitre said on Monday. Pitre said
Valenzuela, 32, was from…
Reuters
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Saudi intercepts missile from Yemen
Saudi
Arabia intercepted a missile fired before dawn Monday from Yemen
towards its southern border region, the coalition said, in the latest
such attack despite a ceasefire and peace talks. In a brief statement,
the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen since March said air defences
stopped the…
AFP
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"I'll follow [Trump] to the end of the world."
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Despite
legal action from the Mall of America, Black Lives Matter organizers
said in a statement Monday that the demonstration will proceed as
planned unless their demands are met. “We just don’t want it to be like,
‘Oh, we marched and now we did our part,’” Brettina Davis, a media
coordinator for…
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28-year-old grandson of Jimmy Carter dies in Georgia
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) — Jeremy Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, has died near Atlanta. He was 28.
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SpaceX aims for historic rocket launch, landing
SpaceX
aims to make history Monday by landing its most powerful Falcon 9
rocket in an upright position after launch, a key step toward making
rockets as reusable as airplanes. The takeoff from Cape Canaveral,
Florida is planned for 8:29 pm (0129 GMT Tuesday), marking SpaceX's
first launch since an…
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Photos of the day - December 21, 2015 (21 photos)
Choristers
from the Salisbury Cathedral Choir practice ahead of the services that
will be held in the cathedral marking Christmas Eve in England,
thirteen-year-old orangutan named 'Pacquiao' reaches for the tip of his
Santa Claus hat during the 'Animal Christmas Party' at the Malabon Zoo
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US troops killed near Bagram, Taliban insurgency intensifies
KABUL,
Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden
motorcycle into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol Monday, killing six American
troops in the deadliest attack on international forces since August. Two
U.S. troops and an Afghan were wounded.
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Government panel backs preventive statin use by adults 40 and over
By
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and other experts, a U.S. government-backed panel now suggests that
adults as young as 40 without a previous heart attack or stroke may need
to start on a low or moderate dose of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
People ages 40 to…
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'Affluenza' Texas teen's mom listed as missing, search on for truck
Tonya
Couch, 48, may be with her son, Ethan, 18, the Tarrant County Sheriff's
Office said in a statement. Ethan Couch is being investigated for
violating the probation imposed in the 2013 fatal crash. Tonya Couch is
listed as missing in U.S. national databases, the statement said.
Reuters
Looking at the idea of third-party challenge to Trump
This
weekend, veteran political journalist Jeff Greenfield said that some
GOP insiders are theorizing about a third-party candidate to oppose
Donald Trump, if he wins the Republican nomination. By any means, that
scenario is complicated but with some precedent.
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Former President Carter's grandson dies at 28: media
The
newspaper said Carter, who two weeks ago said he is now cancer-free,
appeared at the Maranatha Baptist Church to teach his regular Sunday
school class and told church members that his grandson had died a few
hours before. The 91-year-old former president told the church Jeremy
Carter had felt…
Reuters
The Latest: Police say woman intentionally drove into crowd
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest about a fatal car-pedestrian crash Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip (all times local):
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Zimbabwe to expand use of yuan as China cancels $40 mn debt
Zimbabwe
said Monday that China plans to cancel $40 million in debts as the
southern African country seeks to expand use of the yuan in its
multi-currency economy. "They (China) said they are cancelling our debts
that are maturing this year and we are in the process of finalising the
debt…
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Accident kills Fresno County parents, leaves 3 kids without parents
Matthew
and Sharnae Cuellar along with their three daughters were on their way
home Thursday when the couple was killed in a crash on a country road.
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In Kenya Bus Terror Attack, Muslim Passengers Protect Christians by Refusing to Separate
A group from Somali is suspected to be responsible for the Kenya bus terror attack.
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'Fat but fit' is not good for health, according to new study
A
new Swedish study has dismissed the idea that 'fat but fit' is ok,
finding instead that obese men with a high aerobic fitness level were
still at a higher risk of death than those of a normal weight but with a
lower fitness level. Aerobic fitness level and obesity have been well
studied in older…
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The Latest: Hundreds of leads in search for 'affluenza' teen
DALLAS
(AP) — The latest on the disappearance of Ethan Couch, the Texas
teenager who killed four people in a 2013 drunken-driving wreck and
whose lawyer invoked an "affluenza" argument that his wealthy parents
coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility (all times local):
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Trump beats Republicans, not Clinton, in one-on-one matchups
By
Megan Cassella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump would win a
hypothetical head-to-head contest against either of his two closest
Republican U.S. presidential rivals, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, but he
would fall short of beating Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton if
the election were held…
Reuters
N.J. Boy Scout leader held captive by frightened bear. Avoidable?
A
Boy Scout leader was attacked by a bear at Split Rock Reservoir in New
Jersey Sunday afternoon while trying to show three of his scouts inside a
cave. After the bear grabbed Christopher Petronino, 50, by the foot,
the scout leader hit the bear twice with a rock hammer before pulling
his…
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King Tut's wet nurse may have been his sister: expert
An
archaeologist said Sunday that Maia, Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun's wet
nurse, may have actually been his sister Meritaten, reviving
speculation about the identity of the mother of the boy king. DNA tests
have proved that the pharaoh Akhenaten was the father of Tutankhamun,
but the identity of…
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Police: Driver in Vegas crash was seeking estranged partner
LAS
VEGAS (AP) — A homeless woman accused of slamming a car carrying her
3-year-old daughter into a crowd of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip
was likely on her way to Dallas to find the girl's estranged father,
authorities said Monday.
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China tests railroad launch of DF-41 long-range missile
China’s
military has tested a railroad launch of a DF-41 long-range missile on
December 5 that is capable of reaching US soil, The Washington Free
Beacon reported.
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Honda Ridgeline looking to pick up attention in Detroit
The
fourth completely reimagined or refreshed light truck from the Japanese
car maker within the last two years, Honda has very high hopes that
Ridgline will make a huge impact on the US market despite the immense
competition in the segment from the likes of the Ford F 150 and
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Texas man charged with Oklahoma drivers' murders in suspected road rage
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Texas man suspected of killing two people during a possible road rage
incident on a highway west of Oklahoma City last week was formally
charged on Monday with two counts of first-degree murder, officials
said. Jeremy Doss Hardy, 36, of Pasadena, Texas, was charged in Custer
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Turkey set to restore diplomatic ties with Israel. Why now?
After
more than five years of deep hostility, Turkey and Israel are poised to
restore full diplomatic relations, which were severed in 2010 after
Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish activists in a raid on a
Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship. At the time the ties were severed, Turkey
had reoriented its…
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Ousted Burkina leader Compaore charged in Sankara killing
Burkina
Faso has issued an international warrant for ousted leader Blaise
Compaore for his suspected role in the mysterious 1987 killing of his
former comrade, ex-president Thomas Sankara, a judicial source said
Monday. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that
Compaore, who is…
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Bear pulls Boy Scout leader in cave by foot; Scouts get help
ROCKAWAY
TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A Boy Scout leader was pulled into a cave by a
bear in northern New Jersey but beat the animal away with a rock hammer
while the three Scouts with him called for help, authorities said.
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Photos of the day - December 20, 2015 (31 photos)
People
walk at Manezhnaya Square illuminated to celebrate the upcoming
Christmas and New Year next to a subway near Red Square in Moscow, a nun
leaves a polling station as Guardia Civil officers stand guard, after
casting her vote for the national elections in Madrid and Masked men
throw petrol…
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Hezbollah chief says his group to retaliate for Qantar's killing
Hezbollah
leader said on Monday that his group will retaliate for the killing of
Lebanese militant Samir Qantar in an Israeli strike in Syria at a time
and place of its choice. Nasrallah was speaking hours after the group
buried Qantar in a cemetery in the southern suburb of Beirut in a style…
Reuters
Bronx father charged with death of 2-month-old son; boy buried in wooded area
A
51-year-old Bronx man has been arrested in connection with the death of
a 2-month-old boy whose body was discovered in a wooded area in
Dutchess County.
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