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Ex-husband of Norway royal says Spacey groped him in 2007
FILE - In this June 11, 2017 file photo, Kevin Spacey arrives at the 71st annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York. High-profile sex-related accusations against celebrities, politicians and media members have put a spotlight on sex addiction. Skeptics question whether it’s a true addiction or a made-up condition used by misbehaving VIPs to deflect blame. Spacey has been accused by at least two dozen men of sexual misconduct or assault. A former publicist for Spacey said he is seeking unspecified treatment.(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
With Trump, some African Americans to skip Mississippi event
US writer is detained in Cameroon, meets with lawyer
In this undated photo provided by Stony Brook University, Professor Patrice Nganang is shown. According to advocacy group PEN America, the Cameroonian-American writer and university professor has been detained in Cameroon on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, as he tried to leave the country after criticizing the government. ( Stony Brook University via AP)
Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 76 years later
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense shows Navy Fireman 1st Class Samuel Crowder. The remains of the recently identified Kentucky sailor who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago will be buried with full military honors. A statement from the Defense Department says Crowder's remains will be interred Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, in Louisville. Crowder's nephew said the fallen sailor will be buried beside his mother. ( U.S. Department of Defense via AP)
Ugh, it’s getting tougher to be debt-free, particularly for seniors
Uganda controls deadly Marburg fever outbreak, WHO says
The idea of the radical, leftist university is a misleading caricature
South Africa's deputy 'would believe' Zuma rape accusation
The Latest: White House says president has called for calm
Slovenian magazine apologizes to US first lady Melania Trump
First lady Melania Trump, accompanied by Santa Claus, smiles as she takes questions from children before reading The Polar Express to children at Children's National Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Video key in ex-officer's stiff sentence for killing
FILE - In this April 4, 2015 image from video, Walter Scott, left, is shot by police officer Michael Thomas Slager in Charleston, S.C. Slager, a white former South Carolina officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, for fatally shooting Scott, an unarmed black motorist in the back in 2015, wrapping up a case that became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement. (Feidin Santana via AP, File)
On historic trip, Turkey's Erdogan meets Muslims in Greece
A policeman with a dog inspects outside Kirmahalle Cammi before the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the northeastern Greek town of Komotini, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. Erdogan will meet the members of Greece's Muslim minority as the leaders of Greece and Turkey publicly aired their grievances Thursday in a tense news conference as a two-day visit to Athens by Erdogan got off to a rocky start. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
Watch China's efforts to influence as Canada pursues trade, says former envoy
China accuses Australian leader of undermining trust
Polish govt gets more power over the courts, defying EU
In this Dec. 5, 2017 photo Poland's Finance Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, attends a cabinet meeting in Warsaw, Poland. Poland's conservative ruling party said Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 that Polish Prime Minister, Beata Szydlo, has resigned and will be replaced by Morawiecki. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
The Latest: Tillerson confirms Lebanese PM to remain in post
Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri, left, meets U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson before a gathering of world diplomats in Paris, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. It's the first major gathering of key nations to discuss Lebanon's future since a crisis erupted following Hariri's resignation while in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
Image of Asia: Praying with incense sticks in Beijing
Visitors hold incense sticks as they pray at the Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. The temple complex, which dates from the Qing Dynasty, is one of the largest centers of Tibetan Buddhism in China's capital. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Vancouver's latest tool for housing the homeless getting rough reception
Protesting residents gather across the street from the site where temporary modular housing will be constructed to house homeless people, in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday December 7, 2017. The City of Vancouver was granted an injunction earlier this week from the Supreme Court of B.C. against protesters who were preventing work crews from accessing the site in the neighbourhood of Marpole. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Alabama Democratic Senate candidate tries to keep it local
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Denmark's Maersk: 1 dies after oil rig accident off Norway
2018 needs to be year feds put flesh on bones of climate change framework
Ex-national ski coach Bertrand Charest gets 12-year prison sentence
Bertrand Charest, who faces a total of 56 charges involving 11 young females, is seen on a court drawing during a bail hearing on March 16, 2015 in St-Jerome, Que. Former national ski coach Bertrand Charest is set to be sentenced today after his previous conviction on various sex-related charges involving teenage girls. A judge called Charest a sexual predator when he found him guilty last June on charges involving nine of the 12 women who'd accused him of crimes dating back more than 20 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike McLaughlin
2 suspects in Hawaii vacation rental home killing in custody
This photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department Records & ID Division shows Stephen Brown. Brown, 23, and Hailey Kai Dandurand, 20, were arrested on suspicion of murder, according to police booking records. They were arrested on suspicion of killing a woman in a Hawaii vacation rental home. (Honolulu Police Department Records & ID Division via AP)
German exports decline for 2nd month, trade surplus narrows
Citizens' group seeks US accountability for CIA renditions
Fast-moving flames force people to flee on a moment's notice
Vatican prosecutors urged to go after money laundering
A 21 meters (69 feet) high Christmas tree coming from Poland is backdropped by the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. (Fabio Frustaci/ANSA via AP)
Like Trump, Moore breaking the rules of modern-day politics
In this Dec. 5, 2017, photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally in Fairhope Ala. Moore has ignored all the rules of modern-day politics. But on the ground in Alabama, some believe the Republican Senate candidate is poised to win the state’s special election on Tuesday in a race that features extraordinary parallels with President Donald Trump’s White House run one year ago. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Nepal begins counting votes for new provincial assemblies
Angry worshippers lash out against Trump across Muslim world
A stronger global economy is helping boost the US job market
In this Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, photo, a recruiter from a driller in the shale gas industry, left, speaks with an attendee at a job fair in Cheswick, Pa. On Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, the U.S. government issues the November jobs report. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Muslims in Asia rally against Trump's Jerusalem move
Protesters waves Palestine flags during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. Malaysian Muslims, including members of the ruling party, were protesting outside the U.S. Embassy over Washington's controversial move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Gay marriage becomes law in Australia; weddings start in Jan
Philippines wants money back from Sanofi for dengue vaccine
Canucks acquire forward Nic Dowd from Kings for defenceman Jordan Subban.
Los Angeles Kings center Nic Dowd, left, fights, with Winnipeg Jets center Adam Lowry during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Los Angeles. The Vancouver Canucks have acquired forward Nic Dowd from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for defenceman Jordan Subban. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark J. Terrill
The Latest: Labour leader says 'wait and see' on Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May, left, walks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Kings beat Senators for 7th straight win
Geoffrey Rush sues Sydney newspaper over theatre story
FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, file photo, Australian actor Geoffrey Rush arrives for the screening of the film 'Final Portrait' at the 2017 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany. Rush is suing a Sydney newspaper for allegedly portraying him as a sexual predator in its reporting of an actress's complaint of "inappropriate behavior" against the Oscar-winning actor. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
Elite thoroughbred race horses killed in California wildfire
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Lebanon PM seeks international support at Paris summit
FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2017 file photo, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during a regional banking conference, in Beirut, Lebanon. Hariri formally rescinded his resignation following a consensus deal reached with rival political parties. The Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, announcement came at the end of the first cabinet meeting to be held since Lebanon was thrown into a political crisis following Hariri’s Nov. 4 surprise resignation from Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Oklahoma border town leery of planned bioterror test
British foreign minister in Oman, West's Iran interlocutor
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks during an address at the Foreign Office in London, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. (Victoria Jones/Pool Photo via AP)
Jordan's plan of shiny city in the desert met by skepticism
In this Nov. 27, 2017 photo, a truck drives down a bleak desert highway near the city of Azraq, Jordan where the government announced it will build a yet-to-be-named new city. The shiny new high-tech utopian city is planned to rise from Jordan's bleak desert over the next three decades, potentially rivaling the capital of Amman, a congested, increasingly unwieldy metropolis of 4 million people. Critics say it's often more efficient to address problems in existing cities and that new city projects tend to be risky endeavors. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)
China logs strong exports, imports, as economy gains steam
In this Dec. 6, 2017, aerial photo, a container ship is docked at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port near Shanghai, China. Chinese customs data show strong growth in both exports and imports last month in a reassuring sign for the world's second-biggest economy. (Chinatopix via AP)
Bought a $450M painting? In NY, don't worry about the tax
Subaru, Hyundai top insurance industry's safety awards
2 Democrats: Minnesota governor's top choice mulling '18 run
NYC Ballet chief accused of harassment takes leave from job
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2011, file photo, choreographer Peter Martins attends a New York City Ballet's gala opening night in New York. Martins, the influential leader of New York City Ballet for three decades, has taken a leave of absence pending an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. The company confirmed late Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, that 71-year-old Martins had requested and was granted a temporary leave from both the company and the affiliated School of American Ballet until an independent investigation concluded. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
Gostisbehere and Giroux lead way, Flyers beat Canucks 4-1 for third straight win
Philadelphia Flyers centre Sean Couturier (14) celebrates his goal past Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom (25) during second period NHL action in Vancouver, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Museum's collection of Hamilton-Burr letters to be published
South Korea mulling ways to curb craze for bitcoins
Graphic outlines the bitcoin transaction process; 1c x 5 inches; 46.5 mm x 127 mm;
Sen. Warren critical of Trump decision on Jerusalem
2 Dallas officers indicted after man dies following arrest
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Review: Pyewacket is a weak-minded horror film featuring narrow performances, weak dialogue
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Jones makes game-saving INT, Falcons beats Saints 20-17
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Metropolitan Opera conductor Levine denies sex allegations
FILE - In this July 7, 2006 file photo, Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox., Mass. Longtime Metropolitan Opera conductor Levine has denied allegations of sexual misconduct and says he wants to resume his work "with full concentration and inspiration." "As understandably troubling as the accusations noted in recent press accounts are, they are unfounded," Levine said in a statement issued Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, to The New York Times . "As anyone who truly knows me will attest, I have not lived my life as an oppressor or an aggressor." The opera suspended Levine on Sunday after the Times published accounts from three of the accusers who say that Levine sexually abused them when they were teenagers. A fourth accuser later came forward. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
India police: Murder of Muslim was apparent religious attack
Indian Muslims gather at the Jama Mosque ahead of Friday prayers in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. Muslims are about 14 percent of India's 1.3 billion people while Hindus make up about 80 percent of the population. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Chief priest, 2 others dead in Tokyo shrine stabbings
Police officers walk near the scene of a stabbing incident at Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. Police say three people have died in the stabbing attack on Thursday night at the prominent shrine, including the head priest and the attacker, who apparently took his own life. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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