Sunday, 31 December 2017

Great white shark tracked for years has fallen off the radar

Great white Mary Lee, who is with a transmitter, has not sent a ping since June.

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Physicists are trying to create the perfect snowflake

Nothing in nature is perfect — but frosty, shimmery snowflakes come pretty close.

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Starfish making comeback in California after mysterious syndrome killed millions

Starfish are fighting their way back to the West Coast, years after a mysterious syndrome killed millions of them.

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For Trump, a Year of Reinventing the Presidency


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Kristaps Porzingis’s 30 Points Help Knicks Top Pelicans and End Skid


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Rosanna Perretta, Robert Menna


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Merav Silverman, Ian Ramsay


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Kelly Jones, Daniel Howell


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Katherine Davis, Michael Golden


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New top story on Hacker News: Nepal bans solo climbers from Mount Everest

Nepal bans solo climbers from Mount Everest
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Erica Andersen, Jonathan Donenberg


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New top story on Hacker News: RaspiReader: An Open-Source Fingerprint Reader Facilitating Spoof Detection

RaspiReader: An Open-Source Fingerprint Reader Facilitating Spoof Detection
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Elizabeth Nugent, Nicholas Lotito


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New top story on Hacker News: The Many Lives of Herbert O. Yardley (1981) [pdf]

The Many Lives of Herbert O. Yardley (1981) [pdf]
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Bette Marston, Brian Canter


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New top story on Hacker News: Bluetooth Low Energy WarDriving 101

Bluetooth Low Energy WarDriving 101
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New top story on Hacker News: Are all BSDs created equally? A survey of BSD kernel vulnerabilities [video]

Are all BSDs created equally? A survey of BSD kernel vulnerabilities [video]
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New top story on Hacker News: Creating believable crowds in Planet Coaster

Creating believable crowds in Planet Coaster
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New top story on Hacker News: How to test a random number generator (2010)

How to test a random number generator (2010)
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How to Be Healthier, Happier and More Productive: It's All in the Timing

When is the best time to exercise or do creative work? Research on the science of timing has answers.

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Where deadly Bronx fire raged, an eerie, icy calm

Where deadly Bronx fire raged, an eerie, icy calmThere are barely any traces of fire on the apartment building's facade, no puddles of water on the ground, and only a handful of onlookers. On Friday, only two fire trucks, their lights still flashing, hinted at the drama that had unfolded the evening before in the Bronx.




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US eyes increased pumping from biggest federal water project

US eyes increased pumping from biggest federal water projectSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it will look at revving up water deliveries to farmers from California's Central Valley Project, the largest federal water project in the United States, in what environmental groups called a threat to protections for struggling native salmon and other endangered species.




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Alleged 'Nigerian Prince' Email Scammer Arrested In Louisiana

Alleged 'Nigerian Prince' Email Scammer Arrested In LouisianaPolice in Slidell, Louisiana, have arrested a man who allegedly helped scam people out of thousands of dollars in “Nigerian prince”-style email schemes.




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Iran protests: 'Iron fist' threatened if unrest continues - BBC News


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Iran protests: 'Iron fist' threatened if unrest continues
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Brigadier-General Esmail Kowsari told the ISNA news agency: "If people came into the streets over high prices, they should not have chanted those slogans and burned public property and cars." Iran's interior minister has also warned the public that ...
Iran protests: Third day of anti-government ralliesAljazeera.com
Trump administration responds to Iran protests: "The world is watching"CBS News
Iran protests: Violence on third day of demonstrationsBBC News

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Pence neighbors in Aspen hang 'Make America Gay Again' banner - Fox News


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Pence neighbors in Aspen hang 'Make America Gay Again' banner
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A rainbow banner reading "Make America Gay Again" appeared in front of the house where Pence is staying. (The Aspen Times/Jason Auslander ). It's been said that good fences make good neighbors. But in Aspen, Colo., this week, Vice President Mike Pence ...
The Danger of President PenceThe New Yorker
VP Mike Pence gets message from Aspen neighbors: Make America Gay AgainAspen Times
Here's What Mike Pence Said on LGBT Issues Over the YearsTIME
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Man arrested in 'Call of Duty' 'swatting' hoax that led to fatal police shooting - Fox News


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Man arrested in 'Call of Duty' 'swatting' hoax that led to fatal police shooting
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Dexerto, an online news service focused on gaming, reported that the series of events began with an online argument over a $1 or $2 wager in a "Call of Duty" game on UMG Gaming, which operates online tournaments including one involving "Call of Duty ...
Los Angeles man arrested in 'swatting' call that preceded fatal police shooting in KansasNBCNews.com
Serial prankster arrested in 'swatting' trick that led to fatal police shooting of unarmed Kansas manNew York Daily News
Call of Duty gaming community points to 'swatting' in deadly Wichita police shootingWichita Eagle
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Trolls, Bots, and Fake News Made 2017 a Terrible Year for Internet ... - WIRED


WIRED

Trolls, Bots, and Fake News Made 2017 a Terrible Year for Internet ...
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Trolls, bots, and fake news posed a serious threat to internet freedom this year—and there's no easy answer in sight.

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President Trump turned cable news into must-see TV in 2017 - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

President Trump turned cable news into must-see TV in 2017
Los Angeles Times
Fox News finished 2017 as the most-watched cable network in all of TV for the second consecutive year, with an average of 1.5 million viewers, up 8% over last year. MSNBC finished third among all cable competition with 890,000 viewers, up 48% to a new ...
In a 30-minute interview, President Trump made 24 false or misleading claimsWashington Post
EXCLUSIVE: White power at the White House – Trump intern flashes 'alt-right' symbol used by notorious extremists ...Daily Mail

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California city official is gunned down while vacationing in Mexico - Fox News


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California city official is gunned down while vacationing in Mexico
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On Saturday, Mexico News Daily reported that less than an hour south of Ixtapa, just hours before Bradley was killed, the mayor of Petatlán was killed by a gunman. Violence in the region is attributed to gang turf fights involving drug trafficking ...

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Old Man Winter is ringing in the New Year with Arctic blast - CBS News


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Old Man Winter is ringing in the New Year with Arctic blast
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The bone-chilling cold is causing havoc across much of the country, from traffic accidents to some New Year's Eve celebrations being canceled. And it's expected to last into next week. The subzero temperatures have left Niagara Falls covered in ice ...
Ice-covered Niagara Falls, a spectacular winter attractionBuffalo News

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Trump's Russia inquiry 'started by Australian tip-off' - BBC News


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Trump's Russia inquiry 'started by Australian tip-off'
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The investigation into possible connections between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign began after a tip-off from Australia, the New York Times reports. Trump adviser George Papadopoulos allegedly told Australia's top UK diplomat that ...

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Call for tech giants to face taxes over extremist content - BBC News


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Call for tech giants to face taxes over extremist content
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Internet companies should face a tax punishment for failing to deal with the threat of terrorism in the UK, security minister Ben Wallace has said. Mr Wallace said firms such as Facebook, Google and YouTube were too slow to remove radical content ...

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Man Found Slain in 1983 Gets Headstone on His Grave After 34 Years

Man Massaged Boy at Airport Then Handed Him Money and ‘Alarming Note,’ Police Say

The Powerball and Mega Millions Jackpots Are Both More Than $300 Million Right Now

Protesters call for overthrow of Ayatollah Khamenei

CNN's Nic Robertson reports that Iranian protesters are calling for the overthrow of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Several people have reportedly been shot during the protests.


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Trump to Iran: 'The world is watching!'

President Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted his support for protests taking place in Iran this weekend, writing, "The world is watching!"


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Protests spread throughout the country

Anti-government protests have spread into several cities in Iran and President Trump is vocally supporting the protesters.


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