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NEW YORK — A group of election lawyers and data experts has asked Hillary Clinton’s campaign to call for a recount of the vote totals in three battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — to ensure that a cyberattack was not committed to manipulate the totals. There is no evidence that the results were hacked or that electronic voting machines were compromised. The Clinton campaign did not respond to a request for comment this week as to whether it would petition for a recount before... Читать дальше...

As Americans feasted on turkey Thursday during the nation’s first major post-election holiday, some took to social media to describe the political gloating, loathing and subject avoiding they experienced around the Thanksgiving table.

Josephine.com

Every other week, dozens of Bay Area families sit down to dinner that is prepared, packaged and partially grown by seventh and eighth graders at Willard Middle School in Berkeley and ordered through the website Josephine.com. The younger students are in charge of the cooking, and the older students are in charge of the business end. The profits are reinvested in the school’s gardening and cooking program, which lost its federal funding in 2014. So far, they’ve raised over $100,000. Читать дальше...

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Secretive big data firm Palantir Technologies raised another $20 million in November, according to forms filed with the SEC on Wednesday.

As noted by TechCrunch, the Form D filing lists November 8 as the date of first sale, and says that the funding came from one backer, who wasn't identified. Other details are scarce. 

Palantir did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

The $20 million figure is a curiously low amount for a company that... Читать дальше...

UK’s Brexit locomotive and UKIP leader Nigel Farage has reportedly been considering moving to the US, according to some insiders close to the politician. However, later reports suggest this was a friendly prank.

Five countries, including Russia and Turkey, sent fire fighting planes to assist Israel in tackling the fires, which officials said might have been started intentionally -- possibly for nationalist motives.

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Wayne Rooney surpassed Ruud van Nistelrooy as Manchester United’s all-time top scorer in European competitions on Thursday, leading the English club to a 4-0 win over Feyenoord and keeping it alive in the Europa League.

A man was arrested this morning after robbing a Subway sandwich shop and leading police on a chase in the clerk’s vehicle, according to Metro Police. The suspect entered the Subway at ...

In a rare move, Israel called up hundreds of military reservists to join overstretched police and firefighters and was making use of an international fleet of firefighting aircraft sent by a slew of countries. Netanyahu did not elaborate on the identity or motives of the suspected arsonists, but Israeli officials typically use the term “terror” to refer to Arab or Palestinian militant activity. Netanyahu’s accusations could test already brittle relations between Israel’s Jewish majority and its Arab minority... Читать дальше...

The Ravens got full practice participation from both outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil and guard Marshal Yanda on Thursday. Dumervil has missed the last five games due to a foot injury. He appeared to be on track to return last week but the Ravens listed him as doubtful last Friday and decided to keep him out.…

A small theater company in Montana, Hamilton Players, faced the wrath of online commenters after the cast of the hit musical Hamilton addressed a message to Vice President-elect Mike Pence last week.

Bailey White, 13, stood patiently in line with her little brother Keaton at the gift store inside the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, each clutching a stuffed terrier named Charlie that cost $35 per item. The beagle, with a Trump monogram on its white bandana, was modeled on the pet dog of Eric Trump, the son of President-elect Donald Trump. It was one of the few items left on the shelves of the store, which had sold out of that morning's fresh batch of red "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" t-shirts by noon.

An earthquake off Central America's Pacific Coast was magnitude 7.2, says the US Geological Survey.

NEEDE - De 70-jarige Frank Lehr uit Neede is terecht. De Needenaar was al vanaf begin november vermist, nadat hij niet terug was gekomen naar Nederland met zijn camper. 

The England international has responded to recent criticism by breaking a club record and is now just one goal behind Sir Bobby Charlton in the club's all-time list

Let Them Eat Dirt is a new parenting book written not by child psychologists but by two microbiologists, Marie-Claire Arrieta and Brett Finlay. Their aim is to encourage parents to ease up on hygiene. Children, they say, should be outside more, playing in the mud and coming into direct contact with the natural world.

A new peace accord was signed between FARC rebels and President Juan Manuel Santos, who said he would seek congressional ratification instead of a popular referendum.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — No. 21 Iowa State kept firing away until some of its shots finally began to drop.

Wilbur Ross is expected to be President-elect Donald Trump's choice for commerce secretary.

I aspire to this man’s Instagram game, and eyebrows.

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