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Mayor: 2 dead in shooting, 1 wounded but stable
The Associated Press This photo provided by Basileus Zeno shows police at the scene of an active shooting in Long Beach, Calif. Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. Police say there are multiple victims at the scene but nothing about the number or their conditions. (Basileus Zeno via AP). LOS ANGELES — A man ...
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'Shutdown' of Bitcoin Exchanges in the Future: Govt Official
As CCN has reported, South Korea announced a bevy of new regulations governing cryptocurrency exchanges located in the country. Under the new measures, users will no longer be allowed to trade anonymously, and both minors and foreigners will be barred from creating trading accounts. Moreover ...
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Motive sought in California law firm shooting with 2 dead
The Associated Press This photo provided by Basileus Zeno shows police at the scene of an active shooting in Long Beach, Calif. Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. Police say there are multiple victims at the scene… LOS ANGELES— Police are trying to learn what motivated a man to walk into a law firm where he ...
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Remembering Those We Lost in 2017
It's almost time to flip the page to 2018, but before we do so, StarTrek.com is taking a moment to pay final tribute to the members of the Star Trek universe who passed away in 2017. Each and every one left an indelible imprint on Star Trek, and to them we say, "Thank you, and farewell." Len Wein.
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Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting
schwit1 shares a report from The Daily Dot: A man was killed by police Thursday night in Wichita, Kansas, when officers responded to a false report of a hostage situation. The online gaming community is saying the dead man was the victim of a swatting prank, where trolls call in a fake emergency and...
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8 Python developers that inspired me in 2017
2017 has been the first year in a long time that I've not been in a full-time technical job. I'm currently managing Talent Development (learning and professional development) at a large Enterprise…
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An Egyptian court has sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi and 19 others to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary. Morsi, democratically elected after Egypt's 2011 revolution, was deposed following mass protests and a military coup in July 2013. He served just one year of a ...
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The actor Richard E Grant has been robbed at a cash machine while on holiday in South Africa. The Withnail and I star wrote on social media that he felt "like a right mug" after being robbed at an ATM while spending Christmas with his family in Cape Town. Grant, who holds dual Swazi-British citizenship ...
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A spot in the pointy end of the plane will be an even more enviable location next year as some of the world's most luxurious airlines battle for rich fliers. Singapore Airlines recently unveiled new first-class suites on the upper deck of its Airbus A380. They feature beds, which can be turned into a full bed ...
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Protests over the Iranian government's handling of the economy spread to several cities on Friday, including Tehran, in what appeared to be a sign of unrest. President Hassan Rouhani began his second term in August after winning re-election on promises to revitalize an economy hurt by sanctions.
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Here's one piece of evidence to suggest that cryptocurrency remains an extremely hot commodity despite recent crashes in the price of Bitcoin: Armed gang members kidnapped a top executive at U.K.-registered cryptocurrency exchange Exmo Finance this week and only released him after they were ...
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Al Jazeera spoke to Mohammad Marandi, professor at Tehran University, about the reasons behind the recent anti-government rallies. Al Jazeera: Why have people been protesting over the past few days? Mohammad Marandi: There are economic difficulties in the country. After the JCPOA, many of the ...
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At the high end, that breaks down to the price of about two packs of cigarettes per day in New York City or a month's rent in Omaha, Nebraska, or Fresno, California. Despite racking up those charges, the unemployment rate among habitual drug users is much higher than the 4.1 percent reported by the ...
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From indigenous rights in the Amazon to Catalonia's secession battle; Kenya's two controversial presidential elections, ISIL and the growing refugee crisis stretching from Iraq, Libya to Europe and beyond - Talk to Al Jazeera has covered these events through in-depth interviews with key figures. We look ...
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In a New Year telegram to U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia's President Vladimir Putin says a constructive dialogue between the two nations is essential for global stability. The Kremlin said Saturday that Putin emphasized in his Seasons Greetings to Trump that Russia and the U.S. could develop a ...
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A tool for self-improvement. "In the journal, I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself," said American writer Susan Sontag. Journaling helps you track your personal growth. When you jot down your emotions and experiences regularly, you can easily look back to ...
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Business has been boosted for some manufacturers by strong demand from overseas buyers following the depreciation of sterling and a pick-up in global growth. During the same period the services sector, which makes up four-fifths of the UK economy, grew by 1.4 per cent. Despite an increase in new ...
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We are more than a decade into the superhero franchise bonanza, and if audience fatigue is setting in, it's not evident from the box office. Three of the top 5, and 7 of the top 15 domestic grossing releases of 2017 were superhero movies according to Box Office Mojo, and the top two (Disney's Beauty and ...
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In the American narrative of success, it's often assumed that good schools are the key to climbing the economic ladder. But research this year from the UC Berkeley economist Jesse Rothstein complicated that story, finding that differences in local labor markets and family structures had a larger effect ...
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Global stock markets have roared ahead in 2017, with the MSCI index of bourses in 47 countries up by 22% and almost $9tn (£6.6tn) according to Reuters. This has been fuelled by a boom in growth among developed nations and Donald Trump's plan to cut US corporate tax rates – which is expected to ...
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The CFAA makes it illegal to engage in "unauthorized access" to a computer connected to the Internet, but the statute doesn't tells us what "authorization" or "without authorization" means. This vague language might have seemed innocuous to some back in 1986 when the statute was passed, but in ...
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