Special News and Updated: December 2017

Sunday, 31 December 2017

Anthony Sibilia, Joseph Marino

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The Top 17 Inspirational Stories of 2017

CBN News brought you some remarkable stories over the past year, reporting God's amazing power to redeem and restore. Here's a list of 17 of the best inspirational stories of 2017.

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Ann Nguyen, Andrew Dewhurst

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Alicia Franck, Brinkley Serkedakis

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What’s on TV Sunday: New Year’s Eve Celebrations and Dave Chappelle

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Greek Prime Minister Seeks to Block Asylum for Turkish Officer

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Corrections: December 31, 2017

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New top story on Hacker News: Introduction to RAW-sockets [pdf]

Introduction to RAW-sockets [pdf]
27 by lainon | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: San Francisco’s Skyline, Now Inescapably Transformed by Tech

San Francisco’s Skyline, Now Inescapably Transformed by Tech
53 by rising-sky | 79 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Stanford scholar gets six-figure settlement from James Joyce Estate (2009)

Stanford scholar gets six-figure settlement from James Joyce Estate (2009)
76 by walterbell | 13 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Coming Soon: Machine-Checked Proofs in Everyday Development

Coming Soon: Machine-Checked Proofs in Everyday Development
96 by fuklief | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Fakespot – measure the legitimacy of reviews on popular sites

Fakespot – measure the legitimacy of reviews on popular sites
110 by throwaway13337 | 60 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Brittleness comes from “One Thing”

Brittleness comes from “One Thing”
95 by gmays | 22 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Amazon Flywheel (2016)

The Amazon Flywheel (2016)
16 by gmays | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Long-Term Stock Exchange Comes to Life

The Long-Term Stock Exchange Comes to Life
290 by kawera | 134 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How to make a rain on a windshield shader in ShaderToy [video]

How to make a rain on a windshield shader in ShaderToy [video]
39 by adamnemecek | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Spamnesty – A Bot to waste spammers' time

Spamnesty – A Bot to waste spammers' time
571 by dgellow | 130 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Name to a number

Name to a number
22 by Tomte | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A history of S_IFMT

A history of S_IFMT
87 by vletrmx | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Mathematical picture language program

Mathematical picture language program
13 by lainon | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How Taiwan transformed its health care system

How Taiwan transformed its health care system
84 by Osiris30 | 27 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Cleanup at the slaughterhouse

Cleanup at the slaughterhouse
67 by SQL2219 | 33 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How to draw oscilloscope lines with WebGL

How to draw oscilloscope lines with WebGL
100 by noch | 15 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The curious case of high blood pressure around the world

The curious case of high blood pressure around the world
62 by known | 21 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: First 100 miles on my E-Bike

First 100 miles on my E-Bike
192 by yilunzh | 204 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police

LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
347 by mcone | 644 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Measuring up to Heisenberg (and since)

Measuring up to Heisenberg (and since)
19 by ColinWright | 16 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Fitbit Firmware Modifications and Data Extraction [video]

Fitbit Firmware Modifications and Data Extraction [video]
51 by DyslexicAtheist | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: ReCurta: Our goal is to build the first Curta calculator since 1972

ReCurta: Our goal is to build the first Curta calculator since 1972
25 by 0xdada | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Much Assembly Required: Assembly Programming Game

Much Assembly Required: Assembly Programming Game
111 by ingve | 12 comments on Hacker News.

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

Nepal bans solo climbers from Mount Everest
123 by sjcsjc | 72 comments on Hacker News.

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

RaspiReader: An Open-Source Fingerprint Reader Facilitating Spoof Detection
22 by lainon | 1 comments on Hacker News.

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

The Many Lives of Herbert O. Yardley (1981) [pdf]
9 by jpelecanos | 1 comments on Hacker News.

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

Bluetooth Low Energy WarDriving 101
82 by infosecrf | 18 comments on Hacker News.

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]
90 by teamhappy | 10 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Creating believable crowds in Planet Coaster

Creating believable crowds in Planet Coaster
164 by tnolet | 11 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How to test a random number generator (2010)

How to test a random number generator (2010)
62 by Cieplak | 30 comments on Hacker News.

LA Man Arrested For 'Swatting' Call That Led To Innocent Kansas Man's Death

Authorities arrested a 25-year-old man in California for a “swatting” prank emergency call that led to the death of an innocent 28-year-old Kansas man who was shot by police responders on Thursday evening as he stood on his front doorstep.

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Trump talks China, North Korea in impromptu interview

Speaking with the New York Times, the president acknowledged he’s “been soft” on China on trade, and decried the Russia investigation, but said he thinks Robert Mueller is “going to be fair.”

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Obama: Here are some inspiring 2017 stories

For the New Year, former President Barack Obama shared three uplifting news stories from 2017, encouraging Americans to look beyond the negativity that has seemed to dominate the news this year.

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Gainesville 'Hot Cop' Resigns Amid Investigation Over Alleged Anti-Semitic Comments

Investigators were also looking into allegations Michael Hamill had consensual sex while on the job.

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California set for New Year's buzz with recreational marijuana sales

California adults not content to ring in the New Year with the traditional fizz of champagne can look forward to celebrating with the buzz of marijuana, purchased for the first time from state-licensed retailers of recreational pot. Dozens of newly authorized marijuana stores are due to open for business across California on Jan. 1, launching yet another chapter in America's drug culture and the largest regulated commercial market for cannabis in the United States - one valued at several billion dollars. Newly permitted retailers will rely on a hodge-podge of marijuana producers in the state's illicit "gray market" to stock their shelves for the next six months, until state-licensed growers can harvest their first crops.

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San Juan Mayor Says Trump Lacks 'Good-Hearted' American Values

One-hundred days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz on Friday again slammed President Donald Trump’s response to a disaster the president says wasn’t a “real catastrophe,” even though it left at least 64 dead.

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Luann de Lesseps Checks Herself into Alcohol Treatment Center After Palm Beach Arrest

Days after her headline-making arrest, Luann de Lesseps is heading to rehab

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2018 ISIS fight to rely more on general forces

Secretary of Defense James Mattis previewed what’s next in the fight against ISIS, telling reporters that the U.S. will rely less on special forces and more on general forces, especially in Africa. NBC’s Hans Nichols reports.

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2 Dead, 1 Injured In Shooting At California Law Firm

A shooter opened fire at a southern California law firm Friday, killing one man and injuring another before fatally turning the gun on himself, police said.

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Dear 2018: Six Americans lay out their hopes for the new year

We spoke with Americans on their hopes for the U.S. in 2018. Here’s what they had to say.

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Trump Reportedly Terminated All Members Of HIV/AIDS Council Without Explanation

The White House has reportedly fired the members of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) without explanation.

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Where deadly Bronx fire raged, an eerie, icy calm

There 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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Gardening games: from 'Yonder: The Cloud Chronicles' to 'Flower Design'

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Donald Trump Heats Up Feud With Iran By Praising Anti-Government Protests

The Iranian government denounced President Donald Trump on Saturday after he escalated his support for the anti-government protesters who have been holding demonstrations in the country for three days.

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The Latest: Self-closing doors mandatory in fire building

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on New York City's deadliest residential fire in decades (all times local):

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North Korean nuclear scientist deported by China 'commits suicide in prison hours before interrogation'

A North Korean nuclear scientist deported back to his home country after defecting to China has reportedly committed suicide in his prison cell hours before he was due to be interrogated. The defector, who is in his 50s, was a lead researcher in the physics centre of the State Academy of Sciences in Pyongyang. He was identified by Radio Free Asia as Hyun Cheol-huh, although it is not known if this was his real name. A source in North Hamgyong province told RFA that he was forced back on November 17 and placed in solitary confinement at the state security department in Sinuiju city, where he consumed poison. “He died before he could be questioned about the reasons for his escape, who had helped him and what his route had been,” he said. Mr Hyun is said to have taken leave from his job “because he was showing signs of anxiety over his research projects,” added the source. “Suddenly, he visited relatives near the border without letting his family know and without carrying valid documents for travel. And when he learned that the authorities were looking for him, he simply disappeared.” Reports have suggested that Mr Hyun had attempted to join up with other defectors and that the Chinese were unaware of his true identity when they were tipped off by North Korean intelligence. Despite building evidence of human rights atrocities, there has been a reported surge in deportations back to the North from China, the most common escape route for defectors. On Friday the Daily NK reported that North Korean border forces have been ordered shoot defectors trying to escape, even if they have already entered Chinese territory, or face the firing squad themselves. The crackdown followed the high profile defection of Oh Chong-song, a young soldier whose daring dash for freedom was caught on camera and broadcast around the world. The orders state that “the entire border region should now be considered the front-line of defence” and be turned into an “impenetrable fortress.” The draconian measures come at great human cost. Last month North Korean defector, Taewon Lee, 29, made a heartbroken plea for international help to save his wife and young child from being deported back after they were caught by the Chinese en route to join him in Seoul. Despite desperately lobbying South Korea’s foreign ministry for help, he discovered late last month that they had been forced back to the North. Little is known of their fate, but in an earlier interview with the Telegraph, Mr Lee was clear about his fears for their wellbeing if they were returned. “They will definitely be sent to a prison camp. In the worst case, they will be killed,” he said.

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Ukraine kidnappers free bitcoin analyst after $1 mln ransom paid

By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1 million in bitcoins as ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday. Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on Dec. 26, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website. "This is the first such case in Ukraine linked to bitcoins," Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said in a phone text message.

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Alleged 'Nigerian Prince' Email Scammer Arrested In Louisiana

Police 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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Woman Takes Her Wedding Vows Just Hours Before Cancer Takes Her Life

On Dec. 23, 2016, school psychologist Heather Lindsay was diagnosed with the breast cancer that would eventually take her life.

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Keepers Wrangle Ally the Alligator So They Can Save Her Record-Breaking 60 Eggs

The zoo's general manager Tim Faulkner explained the eggs wouldn't hatch in the Australian heat if they were not moved.

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Nepal bans solo climbers from Everest

Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents, an official said Saturday. The cabinet late Thursday endorsed a revision to the Himalayan nation's mountaineering regulations, banning solo climbers from its mountains -- one of a string of measures being flagged ahead of the 2018 spring climbing season. "The changes have barred solo expeditions, which were allowed before," Maheshwor Neupane, secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, told AFP.

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Videos of Egypt Church Shooting Show Gunman Calmly Leaving Scene

Clips show the gunman who killed nine walking away unchallenged for 10 minutes

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Model Lauren Wasser on Second Leg Amputation: 'It’s a Hard Decision, But My Only Way to Freedom

Lauren Wasser is again opening up about the toll toxic shock syndrome has taken on her life

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Trump shakes up diplomacy in first year

From "Rocket Man" to glowing orbs and all the awkward handshakes in between, take a look back at all the ways President Trump shook up global diplomacy in his first year in office.

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Russia calls ongoing strain with US a major disappointment

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin views the continued strain on Russia's relations with the United States as a major disappointment of the year, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said Friday.

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Teen Mom Catelynn Lowell Heads Home After Treatment For Suicidal Thoughts

“Teen Mom OG” reality star Catelynn Lowell Baltierra is heading back home to Michigan after six weeks in a treatment center following a struggle with suicidal thoughts.

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10 Winter Hats For Natural Hair That'll Protect Your Beautiful Curls

I know the struggle that is trying to find a winter hat or beanie that will stylishly fit over my massive head of hair ― which I recently transitioned back to its naturally curly state.

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Pour One Out, Flavortown Fans: Guy Fieri's Times Square Restaurant Is Closing

“Flavortown” fans, put on your best flame shirt and prepare to bury your feelings in a whole lot of donkey sauce.

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Mattis sees larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that he expected to see a larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria, including contractors and diplomats, as the fight against Islamic State militants nears its end and the focus turns toward rebuilding and ensuring the militants do not return. The United States has about 2,000 troops in Syria fighting Islamic State. Mattis' comments are likely to anger Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has previously called U.S. troops "illegal invader" forces.

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Police shoot man dead after alleged Call of Duty 'swatting' hoax

The 28-year-old was shot by police after his address was allegedly given to police in prank call.

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Call for tech giants to face taxes over extremist content

Internet firms are "ruthless profiteers" who fail to fight terrorism, the security minister says.

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Iran protests: 'Iron fist' threatened if unrest continues

After three days of demonstrations, the country's Revolutionary Guard threatens a crackdown.

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

An Australian diplomat was told about "dirt" on Hillary Clinton in a London bar, reports say.

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Police shoot man dead after alleged Call of Duty 'swatting' hoax

The 28-year-old was shot by police after his address was allegedly given to police in prank call.

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Greece seeks to cancel Turkish pilot's asylum

The helicopter pilot was among eight Turkish soldiers to flee after the 2016 failed coup there.

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Nepal bans solo climbers from Mount Everest under new rules

New regulations also prohibit double amputee and blind climbers from scaling the world's highest peak.

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Egypt's Morsi sentenced to three years for insulting the judiciary

Mohammed Morsi has been detained since he was overthrown in 2013.

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St Petersburg supermarket bombing suspect arrested

So-called Islamic State has said it was behind the supermarket blast, which injured several people.

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Eric Garner death: Activist daughter Erica dies aged 27

She became a Black Lives Matter activist after her father died while under police restraint.

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Padmavati: Controversial film 'cleared by Indian censor board'

The controversial period epic has sparked protests across India by Hindu and caste groups.

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Australia rugby star Karmichael Hunt faces drugs charge

Karmichael Hunt was arrested in Brisbane after being found with a white powder, reports say.

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Sue Grafton: Alphabet crime author dies aged 77

Sue Grafton's series of murder mystery 'alphabet' novels have been translated into 26 languages.

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Unrest at protests in many Iran cities

Footage from the town of Dorud shows a crowd carrying what appears to be a wounded man.

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Call of Duty ‘swatting’ death explained

A man has been arrested after an alleged prank call led to police shooting dead a 28-year-old man.

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How I divorced Islamic State

The ex-wife of an American leader in the Islamic State group describes her journey out of extremism.

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Nerves of steel: High up on China's power lines

Workers on some of the highest electricity cables in the world give a new meaning to "power walking".

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'I just want to see my mum'

Deen Mohammed Noori, a Rohingya, goes from Bradford to a refugee camp in Bangladesh to see his mum.

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Parents prank daughter with joke Christmas present

Parents of a Lorde fan turned her request for concert tickets into a joke that delighted social media.

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Vin Diesel named 2017's biggest box office draw

Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot top a list of 2017's top-grossing actors.

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Teenage kicks

Teenage environmentalist Autumn Peltier will speak in front of the UN General Assembly this spring.

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2018 and Brexit

What are the key dates and developments to watch out for as Britain and the EU move forward?

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Justice denied?

After the end of the tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, will wider worldwide justice be done?

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Shared shame

The case of Tyler Haire, a 16 year old locked up for years without trial, reveals a deeper problem.

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