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Posted on December 25, 2014

Russia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hack

FILE - This Wed., Dec. 17, 2014 photo shows a movie poster for the movie "The Interview" on display outside the AMC Glendora 12 movie theater, in Glendora, Calif. In an unprecedented move, Sony Pictures broadly released "The Interview" to digital platforms Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, a reversal of its previous plan not to show the film after hackers released thousands of documents online and threatened violence at theaters showing the comedy that depicts the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has offered sympathy to North Korea amid the Sony hacking scandal, saying the movie that sparked the dispute was so scandalous that Pyongyang’s anger was “quite understandable.”

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Posted on December 25, 2014

Former WWE star ‘Diesel’ and son arrested

Alcohol-fueled hostility ended with a famous professional wrestler pinning his son down at their Florida home early Christmas Eve, sheriff’s deputies said.

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Posted on December 25, 2014

Book Talk: Patricia Cornwell on writing about darkness, loss

NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the crime fiction realm, author Patricia Cornwell’s fame may be surpassed only by her brainchild and longtime heroine, forensics expert Kay Scarpetta.

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Source:: Reuters

      

Posted on December 25, 2014

Veteran Smith: ‘Excited to join Rockets’

By ESPN.com news services Wanting to play for a winning team with a chance to win the title, Josh Smith said Wednesday he has decided to join the Houston Rockets. …read more

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Posted on December 25, 2014

Andrea Coombes’ Working Retirement: 8 secrets for success from early retirees

Billy and Akaisha Kaderli, both 61, retired when they were 38 — more than two decades ago. Here’s how they did it.

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Source:: Personal Finance

      

Posted on December 25, 2014

You can’t help but smile when you meet this ‘elf’

Dryden Shirks is only 6 years old, but she is on a mission to help kids with cancer have a merry Christmas. Shirks knows a little something …

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Source:: USA Today

      

Posted on December 24, 2014

Jennifer Waters’s Consumer Confidential: 7 Christmas carols that teach investment lessons

Behind every beloved Yuletide carol and holiday song, there’s an investment message.

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Source:: Personal Finance

      

Posted on December 24, 2014

Kobe keeps faith that Lakers’ brass has plan

By ESPN.com news services Kobe Bryant, having watched Carmelo Anthony and Rajon Rondo not join him in Los Angeles, still firmly believes in the Lakers’ hierarchy to come up with a plan to turn it around. …read more

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Posted on December 24, 2014

Southeast storm turns deadly

Pack a raincoat if you’re in the East and traveling for the holidays or doing last-minute shopping. People in the West and Northeast aren’t out of the woods, either.

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Source:: CNN

      

Posted on December 24, 2014

IS shoots down warplane in Syria, captures Jordanian pilot

A still image released by the Islamic State group's branch in Raqa on jihadist websites on December 24, 2014 purportedly shows a Jordanian pilot (C) captured by IS group's fighters after they shot down a warplane from the US-led coalition near Raqa

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Islamic State group captured a Jordanian pilot after shooting down his warplane over Syria, Jordan said Wednesday, in the extremists’ first successful downing of an aircraft from the international coalition waging an air campaign against the extremists.

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