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Anthony Bourdain Calls Out Toxic Kitchen Culture in Speech to Culinary School Grads
New Democratic leader orders party to 'organize everywhere'
10 promises Trump kept in 2017
Bitcoin plunges below $13,000, heads for worst week since 2013
Chicago police say Facebook 'secret groups' used to sell guns, drugs
Bitcoin plunges as investors suffer 'reality check'
The U.N. Is Considering Another Round of Sanctions Against North Korea
2 rail buffs who pushed for faster trains killed in accident
Dog Owners Should Be on High Alert for Chocolate Poisoning Over the Holidays, Vets Warn
Almost 9 Million People Enroll In Obamacare, Despite Trump's Sabotage Attempts

Anthony Bourdain Calls Out Toxic Kitchen Culture in Speech to Culinary School Grads

Posted: 22 Dec 2017 10:12 AM PST

The Parts Unknown host addressed the newest crop of Culinary Institute of America graduates before receiving his honorary doctorate.

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New Democratic leader orders party to 'organize everywhere'

Posted: 22 Dec 2017 09:35 AM PST

Tom Perez, the head of the Democratic National Committee, sees organizing as central to rebuilding the party.

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10 promises Trump kept in 2017

Posted: 22 Dec 2017 07:10 AM PST

Donald Trump in 2017 moved from being a chaos candidate to a chaos president. He shoots for the moon (literally), routinely says things that aren't true, and often makes pledges that generate enormous attention but very little follow-through. Many of his signature policy efforts have been tied up in or blocked by the courts, his campaign is under investigation by the FBI, and his approval rating is at historic lows for a first-year president.

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Bitcoin plunges below $13,000, heads for worst week since 2013

Posted: 22 Dec 2017 05:25 AM PST

LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitcoin plunged below $13,000 on Friday after losing around a third of its value in just five days, with the digital currency on track for its worst week since 2013 after a blistering ascent to a peak close to $20,000 on Sunday. The biggest and best-known cryptocurrency had seen a staggering twentyfold increase since the start of the year, climbing from less than $1,000 to as high as $19,666 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange on Sunday and to over $20,000 on other exchanges. It fell to as low as $12,560 on Bitstamp, marking a fall of almost 20 percent on the day.

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Chicago police say Facebook 'secret groups' used to sell guns, drugs

Posted: 22 Dec 2017 03:50 AM PST

Chicago Police arrested 50 people for using "secret groups" on Facebook to sell guns and drugs, the police said on Thursday, and they criticized the world's biggest social media network as being unhelpful during the 10-month investigation. Police did not detail the charges filed against the 50 men and women arrested through Thursday, but said there were "dozens and dozens" of the secret groups. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, at a news conference to announce the arrests, criticized Facebook for not helping police.

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Bitcoin plunges as investors suffer 'reality check'

Posted: 22 Dec 2017 01:35 AM PST

Bitcoin prices plunged by a quarter on Friday as investors cashed out just before Christmas after the wildly volatile currency's stratospheric rise in recent weeks. The precipitous drop comes after a series of warnings by analysts and governments about a bubble that could burst at any moment as investors, many inexperienced, piled into the unit hoping to enjoy some of the eye-watering gains. At its height, Bitcoin had soared almost 30-fold since the start of the year and has moved into the mainstream as two major US exchanges began trading futures in the unit.

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The U.N. Is Considering Another Round of Sanctions Against North Korea

Posted: 21 Dec 2017 11:28 PM PST

The new measures are intended to target North Korea's economy, but don't go as far as the Trump administration hoped

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2 rail buffs who pushed for faster trains killed in accident

Posted: 21 Dec 2017 09:33 PM PST

SEATTLE (AP) — It was a given that the two pals who loved trains and spent their lives advocating for better rail access would be there on that day in history.

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Dog Owners Should Be on High Alert for Chocolate Poisoning Over the Holidays, Vets Warn

Posted: 21 Dec 2017 07:57 PM PST

Veterinarians see an increase in food-related illnesses—particularly those caused by chocolate, which pets can't digest well—from Halloween through Christmas, says Michael Topper, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association. "