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Fast Forward Annie Leibovitz Snaps Stunning First Pictures of Caitlyn Jenner
Former Olympic athlete and reality TV star Bruce Jenner, who is transitioning to life as a woman, revealed her new name as Caitlyn Jenner on Monday and posed in a white strapless leotard on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. In a video on the magazine’s website, Jenner said the cover, which features the headline…
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Fast Forward Mila Kunis Stalker Escapes From Mental Facility
A man convicted of stalking actress Mila Kunis has escaped from a Los Angeles-area mental health facility by breaking out of a bathroom window, authorities said on Monday. Stuart Lynn Dunn, 30, left the locked Olive Vista Behavioral Health Center in Pomona, a community less than 30 miles (48 km) east of Los Angeles, on…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves Tougher Penalties for Stone-Throwers
Israeli cabinet ministers approved on Sunday legislation aimed at imposing tougher penalties on stone-throwers, a measure that stemmed from a wave of Palestinian protests last year in occupied East Jerusalem. A draft law that won preliminary parliamentary approval late last year allowed for sentences of up to 20 years in jail for throwing a rock…
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Fast Forward Israel Moves To Toughen Sentences for Stone-Throwers
Israeli cabinet ministers approved on Sunday legislation aimed at imposing tougher penalties on stone-throwers, a measure that stemmed from a wave of Palestinian protests last year in occupied East Jerusalem. A draft law that won preliminary parliamentary approval late last year allowed for sentences of up to 20 years in jail for throwing a rock…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden’s Son Beau Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 46
Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, died on Saturday after battling brain cancer, the vice president said. He was 46. “The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words,” Vice President Biden said in a statement released by the White House. “We know that Beau’s spirit will live on…
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Fast Forward Anti-Islam Demonstrators Rally Outside Phoenix Mosque
More than 200 protesters, some armed, berated Islam and its Prophet Mohammed outside an Arizona mosque on Friday in a provocative protest that was denounced by counterprotesters shouting “Go home, Nazis,” weeks after an anti-Muslim event in Texas came under attack by two gunmen. The anti-Muslim event outside the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix was…
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Fast Forward Jewish, Arab Youths Promote Harmony in Israel Through Music
Arab and Jewish students in Israel are trying to bridge the gap between their two communities one note at a time through classical music programs that bring together some of the country’s best musicians. The Polyphony Foundation, which was created in 2011 by New York residents Deborah and Craig Cogut and artistic director Nabeel Abboud-Ashkar,…
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Fast Forward U.S. Defense Aid to Israel Will Increase — Possibly Over Iran
U.S. defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides said on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington’s efforts to assuage its ally’s fears over nuclear diplomacy with Iran. A current package worth $3 billion a year expires in 2017. A U.S. official, speaking to Reuters on condition of…
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