1. Theon Greyjoy's Body Double on 'Game of Thrones' Died on Christmas Eve  TMZ
2. Game of Thrones actor dies at home on Christmas Eve  Yahoo News
3. Game Of Thrones actor Andrew Dunbar dies suddenly at home on Christmas Eve  Daily Mail
4. Tributes paid to NI Game of Thrones extra Andrew Dunbar following sudden death  Belfast Telegraph
5. Andrew Dunbar Photos, News, and Videos  Just Jared
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1. Ohio State vs. Clemson odds, line: College Football Playoff picks, optimal predictions from model on 8-2 roll  CBS Sports
2. Fiesta Bowl Preview: #3 Clemson vs. #2 Ohio State  Shakin The Southland
3. College Football Playoff semifinals: Who will win?  Washington Examiner
4. Briggs: For better or worse, Fiesta Bowl will transform Ohio State  Toledo Blade
5. College football bowl games today: Schedule with predictions, picks, odds, lines for Saturday  CBS Sports
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1. LSU beats Oklahoma in Peach Bowl blowout, 63-28  WDSU New Orleans
2. Oklahoma DB Brendan Radley-Hiles commits extremely dumb targeting penalty, gets ejected from Peach Bowl  Yahoo Sports
3. Peach Bowl update: Latest on Clyde Edwards-Helaire, more  The Advocate
4. Peach Bowl 2019: LSU's Clyde Edwards-Helaire 'will play in a limited role' vs. OU per ESPN  Daily Advertiser
5. Oklahoma DB Brendan Radley-Hiles ejected for targeting vs. LSU  ESPN
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The death toll from a Christmas typhoon that tore through the central Philippines rose to 28 on Friday, with 12 people missing, the disaster agency said, as authorities moved to restore power and residents tried to repair damaged homes. Typhoon Phanfone hit late on Tuesday with winds of up to 120 kph (75 mph) and gusts of 150 kph, dumping sheets of uninterrupted rain on a string of islands, damaging hundreds of homes and causing flooding in eight areas. It was the seventh typhoon to strike the Philippines this year and came as millions of people in the predominantly Catholic country were heading home to celebrate Christmas with families.

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Columnist Bret Stephens relied on a study about IQ tests written in part by a professor who is associated with white supremacist groups.

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Cyclist Anna Heuseler filmed a koala drinking her water just outside Adelaide in southern Australia while the country faces an extreme heat wave.

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Fox News host Katie Pavlich on Friday walked back her assertion that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s cut of Donald Trump’s Home Alone 2 cameo was “censorship,” noting that the edit took place years before Trump actually became president.During Thursday’s broadcast of Fox & Friends, Pavlich took issue with the CBC axing Trump’s seven-second scene from their airings. After fellow co-host Ed Henry called it “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Pavlich groused that it was “also censorship.” Hours later, Trump tweeted out a link to an article recapping Pavlich’s comments while adding: “The movie will never be the same! (just kidding).” The president also suggested the Canadian prime minister was behind the edit.At the end of Friday’s edition of Fox News chatfest The Five, Pavlich—serving as one of the hosts—took a moment to issue something of a mea culpa. After co-host Dana Perino noted that the CBC insisted the film wasn’t edited for political purposes, which guest host Michael Loftus called a “lie,” Pavlich addressed her previous remarks.“I have to issue a correction,” the conservative Fox host stated. “Because apparently this edit happened in 2014.”“I was saying it would have been censorship if they did it now,” she added. “Because it would have been political. But it happened before he was president. So I apologize for that. However, it is still stupid.”Pavlich’s correction comes on the heels of Fox running full boar with this “controversy” for two days now, even though it was revealed almost immediately that the CBC edited eight minutes of the film back in 2014 to make room for commercials. Fox Business anchor Charles Payne, for example, said Canada had “Trump Derangement Syndrome before everyone else” while his producers played “womp womp” sound effects to mock a Fox reporter for pushing back on that narrative.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. denied a report that it’s demanding South Korea pay as much as 20% more to host American troops, as funding talks between the two nations continue.The 10%-20% figure referred to in Korean media is “ungrounded speculation,” a Trump administration official said by email. U.S. negotiators will seek a “fair and equitable” outcome at the next round of talks in early January, the official said.Last month, U.S. negotiators walked out of a meeting on troop funding in Seoul after South Korea balked at a $5 billion price tag for hosting U.S. troops -- a fivefold increase. Citing a diplomatic source it didn’t identify, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported earlier this week that the White House had dropped that demand after receiving assurances Seoul would purchase more American weapons. The increase may now be about 10%-20% above the current level of nearly $1 billion, the newspaper said.The deal, known as the Special Measures Agreement, technically expires at the end of this year. But both sides are likely to agree to some sort of temporary extension as they negotiate, allowing for the continued operations of about 28,500 U.S. military personnel on the peninsula.The talks with South Korea could affect other countries that host U.S. troops, as the Trump administration is seeking funding increases from other American allies.To contact the reporter on this story: Kanga Kong in Seoul at kkong50@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Shamim Adam at sadam2@bloomberg.net, Edward Johnson, Tom RedmondFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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A Navy SEAL platoon leader controversially pardoned of war crimes by US President Donald Trump was described as "toxic" and "freaking evil" by veterans who served with him in Iraq, The New York Times reported Friday. Video testimony provided to war crimes investigators and published by the newspaper showed former members of Eddie Gallagher's elite commando unit accusing him of shooting at a 12-year-old and discussing the accusations that Gallagher targeted civilians. "The guy is freaking evil," special operator first class Craig Miller, one of the most experienced members of Alpha Platoon's SEAL Team 7, told the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).

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The storm created traffic snarls in California as it moved northeast after dumping snow in Arizona.

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Russia says it has deployed its first hypersonic missiles which President Putin claims are capable of transporting nuclear warheads at 27 times the speed of sound. The location of the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle has not been confirmed but has been widely reported to be the Urals, a mountain range in western Russia. Sergei Shoigu, Russia's defence minister confirmed that the missiles entered service at 10am Moscow time on Friday, describing their deployment as a "landmark event".  Vladimir Putin said that the missiles put Russia ahead of the rest of the world. "Not a single country possesses hypersonic weapons, let alone continental-range hypersonic weapons," he said, arguing that the West was "playing catch-up with us". "The Avangard is invulnerable to intercept by any existing and prospective missile defence means of the potential adversary." Vladimir Putin said that the West is now "playing catch-up" Credit: REUTERS Moscow said the Avangard is launched on top of an intercontinental ballistic missile but it can make sharp manoeuvres on the way to its target, making it more difficult to intercept. The Russian government had announced the missiles last year and in March 2018 Mr Putin likened the missile to a "meteorite" and a "fireball" in a state address. The Avangard, which Mr Putin said could penetrate current and future missile defence systems, can carry a nuclear weapon of up to two megatons. The Pentagon responded to the deployment by saying it would "not characterise the Russian claims" about the Avangard's capabilities. The United States has its own hypersonic missile programme, as does China, which in 2014 said it had carried out a test flight. The US has been developing hypersonic weapons in recent years. In August, Mark Esper, the defence secretary, said the Pentagon was some years from deploying its own missiles.

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A federal judge has ruled the city of Dallas is not liable for an off-duty police officer fatally shooting a man in his own apartment last year. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn dismissed the city from civil lawsuit that the family of Botham Jean brought after the 26-year-old was killed by Amber Guyger. The ruling leaves the 31-year-old former officer as the sole defendant in the suit, which argues she used excessive force and that better police training could have prevented Jean's death.

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Nicole Meyer endured years of sexual abuse allegedly at the hands of her former school principal. The lengthy, Kafkaesque legal saga over the sex crimes suspect’s fate has not only agonized Meyer but is testing the relationship between Israel and one of its closest allies, Australia. Malka Leifer’s case is still far from resolved and even Australia’s pro-Israel Jewish community is losing patience.

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(Bloomberg) -- At least 79 people, many of them university students, died when a truck bomb exploded during rush hour at a busy intersection in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, according to the Associated Press and other news reports.An explosives-laden vehicle hit the taxation office near a junction in Mogadishu, Ahmed Abdi Hussein, a Somali police officer, told Bloomberg News by phone. Another police official said the target was Turkish engineers who were in a vehicle near the intersection, without elaborating on how he got the information.Two Turks were killed in the attack, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.At least 125 people were wounded and were being treated at nearby hospitals. The number of dead could exceed 100, Anadolu Agency said, quoting Ambassador Mehmet Yilmaz.The explosion took place at a checkpoint after police blocked the truck from entering the city, the Associated Press reported, citing the nation’s police chief.No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. The al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab last week said they carried out a car bombing that killed eight people in central Somalia and the group has been blamed for an October 2017 bombing that killed more than 500 people.Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed blamed al-Shabab for what he called a “heinous act of terror.”“This dark day has robbed our nation of dozens of innocent lives, the perpetrators of this heinous act of terror will never dim the spirits of the people of Somalia,” he said in a statement posted on Twitter. “Let’s join hands in countering this evil in our midst. Let’s move fast and help out the survivors.”The U.S. embassy in Somalia, speaking on behalf of Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, sent its “deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims” in a Twitter message.The United Nations issued a statement on behalf of Secretary General Antonio Guterres that “strongly condemns” the attack and expressed condolences to the injured and families of the victims.“He stresses that the perpetrators of this horrendous crime must be brought to justice,” the UN said in the statement. “The Secretary-General reiterates the full commitment of the United Nations to support the people and Government of Somalia in their pursuit of peace and development.”The African nation is among the world’s poorest, and is struggling to rebuild after decades of civil war.(Updates death toll in first paragraph.)\--With assistance from Taylan Bilgic and Susan Decker.To contact the reporters on this story: Mohammed Omar Ahmed in Garowe at mahmed76@bloomberg.net;Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Mogadishu at msheikhnor@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Shamim Adam at sadam2@bloomberg.net, Ros Krasny, Matthew G. MillerFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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The Bek Air flight from Almaty to Nusultan plunged into a building in the village of Almerek just after take-off on Friday, amid foggy conditions.

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A Norwegian woman on holiday in India's southern state of Kerala has been told to leave the country after she joined a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new citizenship law, authorities said on Friday.

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Innovative Industrial Properties in 3 Charts  Motley Fool

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1. The Nintendo Switch was a masterstroke in a decade of ups and downs  TechRadar India
2. The Best Video Game Console Of The Decade  Forbes
3. Nintendo Direct January 2020: Will there be a January Direct? When will be the date?  Express
4. Score these 10 post-Christmas Nintendo Switch game deals for up to 50 percent off right now  AOL
5. Feature: The Best Hidden Gems And Underrated Switch Games Of 2019  Nintendo Life
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10 deals you don’t want to miss on Saturday: Free Echo Dot, $15 Wi-Fi extender, Ring Doorbell deal, $14 Alexa for cars, more  BGR

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1. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to make ‘pregnancy announcement’ in 2020  Express
2. Meghan Markle, Prince Harry File Trademark After Split from Kate Middleton, Prince William's Charity  PEOPLE.com
3. Meghan Markle Reportedly Mulling Launching Her Own Newspaper  Sputnik International
4. Why Meghan and Harry Got Turned Down for a Reservation in Canada  ELLE.com
5. Why 2020 Won't Be a Better Year for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry  Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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1. The 1 Reason This Canadian Restaurant Owner Refused a Reservation From Prince Harry and Meghan Markle  Showbiz Cheat Sheet
2. Ummm, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Were Denied a Reservation at a Restaurant in Canada  Cosmopolitan
3. B.C. restaurant rejects Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's reservation  CANOE
4. Canadian restaurant turns down Meghan Markle and Prince Harry  NEWS.com.au
5. Canadian restaurant turned away Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Christmas day  WPEC
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1. NFL odds, picks, lines, spreads for Week 17: Advanced computer model unveils top predictions  CBS Sports
2. Giants vs. Eagles: Week 17 staff picks and predictions  Giants Wire
3. Key questions for NFL Week 17  msnNOW
4. Week 17 NFL odds, picks, schedule, how to watch and stream: Expert picks against the spread, lines and more  CBS Sports
5. Week 17 NFL Picks Against the Spread and Over/Under  BettingPros
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1. 49ers vs. Seahawks: 3 biggest difference-makers for 49ers offense  Niners Wire
2. 49ers vs Seahawks: Five Keys to Victory and Score Prediction  49ers Webzone
3. 49ers lose DL Jullian Taylor for season with torn ACL  ESPN
4. The Seahawks are winning and rebuilding at the same time  Field Gulls
5. The 5 best Week 17 rivalry games in NFL primetime history (so far)  SB Nation
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Pelosi's refusal to transmit the articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate has robbed the president of what he wants most.

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