We Lost Our Daughter to a Mass Shooter and Now Owe $203,000 to His Ammo Dealer

Weekly Standard contributing editor and frequent Fox News guest Charles Krauthammer published an editorial Friday in which he chided the Republican field of presidential candidates for being so weak they can’t even defeat the “godsend” of Democratic candidates they’ll be pitted against. Up to this point, he wrote, the GOP campaigns have been a “festival of ad hominems interrupted only by spectacular attempts to alienate major parts of the citizenry.” The most recent example is Ben Carson, whose remarks about having a Muslim in the White House violate both the letter and the spirit of the Sixth Amendment. “His reason is that Islam is incompatible...

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Charles Krauthammer: GOP presidential candidates’ bigotry is “sincerely felt” but “it remains morally outrageous”

Weekly Standard contributing editor and frequent Fox News guest Charles Krauthammer published an editorial Friday in which he chided the Republican field of presidential candidates for being so weak they can’t even defeat the “godsend” of Democratic candidates they’ll be pitted against. Up to this point, he wrote, the GOP campaigns have been a “festival of ad hominems interrupted only by spectacular attempts to alienate major parts of the citizenry.” The most recent example is Ben Carson, whose remarks about having a Muslim in the White House violate both the letter and the spirit of the Sixth Amendment. “His reason is that Islam is incompatible...

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Zuckerberg, Gates make bid for universal Internet access

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates on Saturday threw their weight behind the goal of bringing Internet access to everyone in the world by 2020. The pledge comes amid a United Nations effort to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, a goal set on Friday during a special summit at the global body. The Internet became commonplace in developed countries in the 1990s, but UN officials estimate that half the world does not have reliable access -- especially women and girls, whose education is vital to development. "When people have access to the tools and knowledge of the...

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Fired Raising Cane's employee shares chain's famous sauce recipe on Twitter

A former Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers employee did not take lightly being fired from the fast-food chain and took to Twitter to share their famous sauce recipe. On September 16, Twitter user @JanniAreYouOkay told her Twitter followers “Canes fired me.” She went on to say their famous sauce is nothing "but mayo, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper [and] garlic powder." But it didn’t stop there. The tweet quickly spread, with thousands of retweets. An hour later, she updated her followers with exact measurements of the ingredients. Raising Cane’s released a tweet two days later, on September 18, saying “only [their] Restaurant...

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Rick Santorum Wants Pope Francis To Stop Talking About Climate Change

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says he loves Pope Francis, but he wants the pontiff to stop talking about climate change. Santorum, a devout Catholic, told Philadelphia radio host Dom Giordano on Monday that the pope should "leave science to the scientists." His comments come as the pope, who holds a degree as a chemical technician and worked as a chemist before turning to the priesthood, becomes increasingly vocal about climate change. Pope Francis is preparing a groundbreaking encyclical to be released in the coming weeks that's expected to make the case that taking action to fight climate change is a moral and religious...

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10 Totally Disgusting Shots Only Hardcore Drinkers Would Dare To Try

Liquid Steak One part Worcestershire sauce and one part rum. It won't actually taste like steak, but it will taste terrible. Cement Mixer Can typically be a mix of anything the bartender wants to throw in there, but this one is made of one part Bailey's Cream and one part lime juice. This sounds delicious, but the lime juice curdles the cream. Prairie Fire Take one part whisky or tequila and mix it with Tabasco sauce, then sprinkle it with pepper to taste. You'll see a lot of Tabasco on this list, because it makes any drink immediately unpalatable. NEXT relatedPostsWidget({ 'containerSelector':'div.post-body' ,'load...

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Hyundai issues recall for nearly 500,000 Sonata sedans with faulty engines

DETROIT — Hyundai is recalling nearly a half-million midsize cars in the U.S. to replace key engine parts because a manufacturing problem could cause them to fail. The recall covers 470,000 Sonata sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years equipped with 2-liter or 2.4-liter gasoline engines. The company says metal debris may not have been removed from the crankshaft. That can restrict oil flow to the connecting rod bearings, causing them to fail. If that happens, the engines could stall and cause a crash. Dealers will inspect the cars and replace engine assemblies if necessary for free. The company also will increase the engine warranty...

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Israeli Soldiers Shoot 7-Year-Old Palestinian Girl In Face For No Reason At All (VIDEO)

Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian child in the face while she played on the balcony of her family home in the West Bank, this month. The case exemplifies the growing and increasingly lawless violence meted out across the West Bank by Israeli occupation forces. On Friday September 25, seven-year-old Maram Abed al-Latif al-Qaddumi was standing on the balcony of her family home in Kafr Qaddoum, when Israeli soldiers shot her in the face with a rubber-coated bullet. Maram is not the child of a suspected terrorist (and would not be “fair game” even if she were), she is the daughter of Nablus Police Chief  Colonel Abdul-Latif al-Qaddoumi. Her...

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More than 2 million Muslims in Saudi Arabia start hajj

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — More than 2 million Muslims on Tuesday started the first rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's largest pilgrimages that draws the faithful to the holy city of Mecca for rituals and prayers to erase their sins. Newly arrived pilgrims circled the Kaaba, the black cubic structure in Mecca's Grand Mosque. In a sign of humility and equality before God, the pilgrims shed symbols of materialism, entering a state of "ihram." Women forgo makeup and perfume and wear loose-fitting clothing and a head covering, while men are dressed in seamless, white terry cloth garments. Islam requires all able-bodied...

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'Blood Moon' seen as sign of end times by some Mormons

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A rare confluence of a lunar eclipse and a supermoon set to happen this weekend has prompted such widespread fear of an impending apocalypse that the Mormon Church was compelled to issue a statement cautioning the faithful to not get caught up in speculation about a major calamity. Sunday night's "blood moon" and recent natural disasters and political unrest around the world have led to a rise in sales at emergency-preparedness retailers. Apocalyptic statements by a Mormon author have only heightened fears among a small number of Mormon followers about the looming end of time. The eclipse will give the moon a red tint...

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Man Shoots Self in Groin as Officers Approach: NYPD

A man accidentally shot himself in the groin early Saturday morning in Brooklyn as he was approached by officers, who believed he was urinating in the street, police said. The 26-year-old man was standing with his back to traffic near Clarkson Avenue and East 93rd Street in Flatbush around 1:15 a.m., police said. The uniformed officers, who had been patrolling the area in an unmarked van, thought he was urinating in public and pulled their vehicle over. Mom Kept Premature Baby Alive Until Cruise Reached Port As the officers approached the man, they heard one gunshot erupt from where the man was standing. After the gunshot, the suspect allegedly...

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Teen fights off would-be robber with tire iron

LAKELAND (FOX 13) - Polk County deputies are crediting a 17-year-old with fighting off a dangerous would-be armed robber. Investigators say Luther Dunn, 32, approached Nate Stewart, 17, Friday while he was alone in his mom's car outside the Sunoco on U.S. 92 East near Lakeland. Deputies say Dunn demanded money from the teen at knife point. The teen then ran inside the gas station, where his mom works, and when he came back out Dunn approached again. According to a police report, Stewart opened the trunk of his mom's car and grabbed a tire iron, beating Dunn into submission and body-slamming him to the ground. "Nate picked him up, flipped...

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Government Finds Emails With David Petraeus That Hillary Clinton Didn’t Hand Over

The U.S. Defense Department has found an email chain that Hillary Clinton did not give to the State Department, the State Department said on Friday, despite her saying she had provided all work emails from her time as secretary of state. The correspondence with General David Petraeus, who was commander of U.S. Central Command at the time, started shortly before she entered office and continued during her first days as the top U.S. diplomat in January and February of 2009. The Defense Department provided the emails to the State Department in "the last several days," State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. The exchange...

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Quantum teleportation passes 100km, paves the way for 'unbreakable encryption'

QUANTUM DATA transfer has taken another sizable jump forward, after scientists managed to 'teleport' data from one proton to another 63 miles away. Despite being, at this stage, of naff-all practical use, the achievement is a massive one because usually in these situations, the data would have got lost almost straight away. The scientists at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have fixed this with a new type of light detector. If this could be translated into hundreds or even thousands of miles, then the technology could be used to send data in quantities and at speeds that would open up possibilities for...

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First magnetic wormhole created in lab

Researchers in Spain have created the first–ever magnetic wormhole in a lab. The specially designed sphere is capable of transferring a magnetic field from one location to another via a process that is magnetically undetectable and only visible by light. The Autonomous University of Barcelona research team was inspired by the theoretical work of Allan Greenleaf, who, in 2007, introduced the concept of an electromagnetic wormhole that would transfer electromagnetic waves between its ends while the tunnel itself remained electromagnetically invisible. Actually building one, however, proved to be problematic as the materials needed were impractical...

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Did Fidel Castro predict the thaw in US-Cuba relations more than 40 years ago?

“The United States will come talk to us when it has a black president and the world has a Latin American pope,” Fidel Castro supposedly told the world in 1973, a joke or prophecy that predicted the rise of Barack Obama, Pope Francis and the work to bring the US and Cuba together again. Or so the internet would have you believe, with memes, portraying the elder Castro brother as a cigar-chomping Nostradamus, spreading online ahead of the pontiff’s historic trip this month through both Havana and Washington. But facts – or the absence of them – should give pause to those ready to believe that the octogenarian revolutionary either sarcastically...

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BERMUDA TRIANGLE: SHIP REAPPEARS 90 YEARS AFTER GOING MISSING

Havana| The Cuban Coast Guard announced this morning, that they had intercepted an unmanned ship heading for the island, which is presumed to be the SS Cotopaxi, a tramp steamer which vanished in December 1925 and has since been connected to the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. The Cuban authorities spotted the ship for the first time on May 16, near a restricted military zone, west of Havana. They made many unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the crew, and finally mobilized three patrol boats to intercept it. When they reached it, they were surprised to find that the ship was actually a nearly 100-year old steamer identified as the...

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Did Fidel Castro Predict The Future?

Did Fidel Castro Predicted The Future? Share your opinion  "United Stated will come to dialog with us when the President is Black and in the world there will be a Latin American Pope " ~Fidel Castro 1973 #FidelCastro Clarin Article EL Diaro De La Carlos Paz Hava Time...

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Canada's Newest Voting Incentive: Weed (and Snoop Dogg)

A marijuana dispensary in Vancouver is doing its civic duty to get people engaged in the upcoming federal election by offering voters free weed and a chance to see Snoop Dogg in concert. Eden Medicinal Society — a dispensary with five locations in Vancouver — has launched a get-out-the-vote campaign geared toward those passionate about marijuana policy. "There's a lot of big choices on the table this time around," Danny Kresnyak, an Eden Medicinal Society spokesperson, told VICE News. "We believe that our voices have been left out and it's time that we're heard." Any of Eden's 15,000 members who prove they voted can win the chance to judge...

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Infographic Claims to Show What Happens to Your Body After Eating Big Mac

McDonald’s Big Mac is not exactly known for being the “healthy” food choice, but a new report claims to show exactly what happens to your body after indulging in the popular fast food menu item. Fast Food Menu Price studied the body after chowing down on a Big Mac, and reported their findings in an infographic that does not speak too fondly of the juicy burger. The famed menu item raises blood sugar, dehydrates the body and can make you feel like you need another full meal just 40 minutes after eating it, according to the report. It also claims it can take up to three days for your body to digest it. Here is exactly what Fast Food Menu...

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Fordham, Marquette rescind honorary degrees they gave Cosby

NEW YORK (AP) — Fordham and Marquette universities have rescinded from Bill Cosby honorary degrees amid allegations from women accusing the comedian of sexual assault. The two Jesuit schools announced the actions Thursday. In Milwaukee, Marquette's Board of Trustees approved a resolution rescinding an honorary degree presented to Cosby in 2013. Fordham's Board of Trustees also voted to take back an honorary doctor of fine arts degree given to him in 2001. Both schools say it is the first time they have rescinded an honorary degree. Cosby admitted having extramarital relationships with several women, including some who now...

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Oh My God, Pope Francis Is Releasing a Pop-Rock Album

Though he’s in the midst of his historic trip to the United States right now, Pope Francis is going to bless us by releasing a pop-rock record. According to Rolling Stone, the Pontiff will “spread his message of hope, faith and unity in the form of a prog-rock-infused album titled Wake Up!” The record features excerpts from several of Pope Francis’ most inspirational speeches and sacred hymns in multiple languages, and pairs them with uplifting music from such varied genres as prog-rock and Gregorian chant. Wake Up! arrives November 27 via Believe Digital, and is available for pre-order now. Check out the Pope’s lead single, “Wake Up!...

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Saudi prince arrested in LA over alleged sexual assault

A Saudi prince has been arrested on charges of trying to force a worker at a Beverly Hills estate to perform oral sex, Los Angeles police have said. Majed Abdulaziz Al Saud , 28, was arrested on Wednesday and was released on a $300,000 (£197,000) bond the next day. The Los Angeles police department said the prince did not have diplomatic immunity, according to the Los Angeles Times and KCBS-TV. The Times said police descended on the huge estate after a neighbour saw a bleeding woman screaming for help as she tried to scale the property’s surrounding wall on Wednesday. The $37m property, in one of the most exclusive enclaves in the world,...

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Inmate Jailed for Traffic Ticket Dies After Being Denied Prescription Medicine

The brother of a man who died while in jail for failing to pay a traffic ticket claims jailers and medical staff watched the man suffer through "excruciating" withdrawals after denying him access to his prescription medicines. David Stojcevski, 32, was originally set to serve a 30-day sentence in Macomb County Jail in in Mt. Clemens, Michigan after getting a traffic ticket for careless driving and then failing to show up in court, according to Detroit's local channel 4 TV station WDIV, which broke the story. But just 16 days after Stojcevski was booked into the jail in June 2014, he was taken to a local hospital, 50 pounds lighter than when...

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Exclusive: City to pay $70K to settle suit alleging NYPD erased footage of beating

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The city will pay $70,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging an NYPD officer let CCTV footage of a suspect's beating get erased before the suspect or his lawyer could review it. Keashon Gillam, 22, alleged in a federal lawsuit that an NYPD "VIPER" camera recorded an Oct. 8, 2011 incident outside the Stapleton Houses where officers pummeled him badly enough to leave him with a concussion, medical staples and a scar on his head. One of the officers who worked inside the housing complex's camera room rushed out to join the beating, the lawsuit alleged, then failed to flag the footage for archiving, meaning that, by NYPD policy,...

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