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In “A Sliver of Light,” the three American hikers seized as hostages in Iran in 2009 reveal for the first time their harrowing ordeal of endurance behind bars in Tehran. Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were waved into Iran by a duplicitous border guard. The men were imprisoned for more than two years.

A hotshot banker dumped his model girlfriend, and she got the ultimate revenge — by driving his precious Mercedes into the backyard pool, he said. Modal Trigger Kristina Kuchma Russian-born model Kristina Kuchma was furious with Guy Gentile for breaking up with her during a dinner out near his Bahamas home, rather than fund her marketing business venture. “Lier!” Kuchma, 24, texted Gentile in broken English on Saturday night after the dirty deed. “You told me you will help me to start a business! That were your words! Now you want to be an investor??? Well investor I have a...

Alia Al Mansoori, the young Emirati winner of the "Genes in Space" competition, told the Pearl FM, the Middle East’s first radio station dedicated to children, that her dream is to be the first Emirati woman to visit Mars. Under the sponsorship of the Global Space Congress, Al Mansoori went to Florida, USA, earlier this year and witnessed the launch of Falcon 9, her very own scientific space experiment. In the interview with Pearl FM’s "The Breakfast Club" hosted by Emirati presenter Saif Abdulla, Al Mansoori spoke about NASA and her dream to go to space. She also discussed her...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A manhunt is underway in Ohio for a suspect in the shooting deaths of four people including a 7-year-old boy, whose body was apparently hidden in a home where the others were also found, authorities said. Warrants were issued Thursday afternoon for 23-year-old Arron Lawson for three counts of murder and one count of aggravated murder, as the search for the suspect focused on a wooded area near the southern tip of the state. Lawrence County sheriff's deputies found the bodies of three adults inside a house trailer Wednesday evening. While at the scene, they were...

Welcome to Megyn Kelly Today, Today, a new daily column in which we will share the most memorable things that happened on Megyn Kelly Today every morning until we are no longer able to watch Megyn Kelly Today without feeling like there will be no tomorrow. ·While teasing today’s episode in voiceover, Megyn Kelly said, “Plus, true or false: could it be risky to share your partner’s toothbrush?” ·Megyn Kelly came onstage in a white blouse and, like, slate suede pants. ·Megyn Kelly showed a video I referenced in this morning’s Dirt Bag. ·The audience groaned after Harvey Weinstein said,...

Take Action: Please call your State Senator ASAP at the MA State House, 617-722-2000 and urge them to oppose the "bump stock" language passed today by the MA House in entirety. Today, with no warning, the Massachusetts House of Representatives added an emergency amendment to their budget based on legislation filed by Representative David Linsky (D) Natick. They voted it through with only three no votes. The language of the amendment was in three parts. The first outlines a ban on components that can be added to a firearm, rifle, or shotgun that could increase the rate of fire, “Whoever...

Colorado’s legal marijuana dispensaries generated over $1 billion in sales during the first eight months of 2017 — a 21 percent year-over increase putting the Centennial State on path to having its best year yet in terms of retail pot sales. Licensed pot shops in Colorado sold a total of about $1.02 billion worth of marijuana products between January and August 2017, including $733,057,112 in recreational sales and $291,978,141 in medical sales, according to data released Wednesday by the state’s Department of Revenue and analyzed by The Cannabist, the Denver Post’s marijuana news portal.

I see this having a huge unintended consequence: the creation of "factory high-rate semi-autos", rifles that _come_ with bump stocks, gatling cranks, other creative mechanical solutions capable of out-of-box pushing the physical limits of how fast a semi-auto can be "fired". The buyer can then either remove the annoying high-rate device and use it normally, or just enjoy the popularization of a new exciting category of firearm. They haven't even had the first vote on it, and already we're cooking up workarounds and marketing methods.

It sounds sort of like a mass of crickets. But not quite. A high-pitched whine, but from what? It seems to undulate, even writhe. Listen closely: Some hear multiple, distinct tones colliding in a nails-on-the-chalkboard effect. The Associated Press has obtained a recording of what some U.S. Embassy workers heard in Havana, part of the series of unnerving incidents later deemed to be deliberate attacks. The recording, released Thursday by the AP, is the first disseminated publicly of the many taken in Cuba of sounds that led investigators initially to suspect a sonic weapon. The recordings from Havana have been...

A male found burned Wednesday in a Billings West End neighborhood apparently caught fire while filling a car with gasoline, according to the Billings Fire Department.  Firefighters were dispatched to Concord Drive and Birchwood Drive at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, said Jeff McCullough, deputy fire marshal. It was still unknown Wednesday night how the fire started, McCullough said. The male was flown to Denver to be treated for his injuries, McCullough said. Neither the male's age nor the extent of his injuries have been released. "I just know he was trying to go fill up his car with gas and next thing...

Forget Fermat’s last theorem. The most vexing challenge in mathematics just might be the Monty Hall problem. Monty Hall — born Monte Halparin — presented nearly 5,000 episodes of Let’s Make a Deal, the US game show that inspired the puzzle. It is an onion of a conundrum; layer after layer, and guaranteed to make you cry. The puzzle is this: a contestant faces three doors. Behind one of them is a big prize such as a Cadillac. Each of the other two doors conceals a booby prize such as a goat.

Welcome to Megyn Kelly Today, Today, a new daily column in which we will share the most memorable things that happened on Megyn Kelly Today every morning until we are no longer able to watch Megyn Kelly Today without feeling like there will be no tomorrow. ·Megyn Kelly walked onstage in a black and white dress. ·Megyn Kelly opened the show with news about Harvey Weinstein. ·Megyn Kelly welcomed Ari Melber to the stage to discuss Harvey Weinstein. ·Ari Melber discussed Harvey Weinstein. ·Megyn Kelly discussed Harvey Weinstein. ·Once again, Megyn Kelly didn’t mention her former bosses at Fox News....

How can you resist applying it to the collective meltdown of Harvey Weinstein and Democratic Hollywood? Yet another Hitler video. This one is the best yet.

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Washington, D.C. – Oct. 11 – Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will appear in an exclusive CNN Town Hall Debate on President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s tax code. Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper and Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash will moderate this live event from Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 9 p.m. ET.Here we go again! Seeing Cruz on the debate stage is like seeing Tiger Woods golf before age 30, Van Gogh paint before cutting his ear, and Michael Jordan fly before becoming a Wizard. This time, the topic...

ASHINGTON - Fugitive Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui has posted photographs on social media of two separate meetings in less than a week with former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon, raising eyebrows. The billionaire businessmen posted on social media website Twitter on Tuesday (Oct 10) that he first met Mr Bannon for lunch in Washington last Thursday after attending an event at the National Press Club. The second meeting between Mr Bannon and Guo, who is wanted in China on corruption charges, came on Tuesday, when Mr Bannon and his team visited Guo's home in New York for a three-and-a-half...

Hillary Clinton: "I was shocked and appalled by the revelations about Harvey Weinstein. The behavior described by women coming forward cannot be tolerated. Their courage and the support of others is critical in helping to stop this kind of behavior."" Claude Rains in Casablanca: "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here." Hillary Clinton is not shocked about Weinstein. And she attacked Paula jones, Juanita Broderick and the many vulnerable women who were victimized by Clinton. She never spoke of their courage.

The position of Secretary of Homeland Security has been vacant since July, when current White House chief of staff John Kelly left for his present position. Four unnamed administration officials confirmed to Politico on Wednesday that Trump will nominate Nielsen, a veteran of the department who served as Kelly’s chief of staff, and reportedly has his absolute confidence and support. "She would be the first person to run the department who has actually worked there," an unnamed person "close to the administration" told Politico. "She has a deep familiarity." Nielsen's structured way of working has reportedly ruffled some feathers in...

A policeman has been fired from the Cumbria force for gross misconduct after making a Facebook comment that was judged as likely to cause offence to Muslims. Ross Lister, a serving PC in Barrow-in-Furness for three years, was dismissed following a Misconduct Special Case Hearing at Cumbria Constabulary headquarters, the North-West Evening Mail reported Tuesday. Speaking at the hearing, Chief Constable Jerry Graham said: “The conduct admitted by PC Lister today … refers to a Facebook post that he wrote that he either knew or should have known, or at least reasonably have foreseen, would have caused offence and be...