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Articles from the November 26, 2016 edition


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  • Trump Releases Thanksgiving Message on Facebook, Rather Than Speak Through the Press

    Observer Staff|Nov 26, 2016

    "The press swooned over Barack Obama and cried over Trump as they did over Bush. They keep connecting him to neo-Nazis, whom they call the Alt-right. Did the press go nuts about Farrakhan endorsing Obama in 2008? No," said former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. This explains why the President Elect released a holiday message on Facebook, rather than through the TV networks. Eric Bolling interviewed Fleischer on FoxNews' O'Reilly Factor. Bolling point out that the newspaper "USA Today...

  • Thanksgiving Weekend's Free "SING SATURDAY" Advanced Screening at AMC Theatres

    Zane

    First 200 Moviegoers in Line at 200 AMC Theatres Nationwide Can Enjoy Biggest Advance-Screening Program in Universal's History Illumination Entertainment, Universal Pictures and AMC Theatres today announced a Thanksgiving weekend event for audiences of all ages: "Sing Saturday," a celebration of free screenings of the new event film from Illumination at 200 AMC Theatres nationwide, on November 26. From the creators of Despicable Me, Sing-in which Academy Award® winners Matthew McConaughey an...

  • Pregnant Woman Stabbed, Murdered at Pacific and Windward in Venice

    Observer Staff|Nov 26, 2016

    5 year old Jasmine Preciado was on a date with her boyfriend Monday night in Venice, near Pacific and Windward. This is a very busy intersection, full of pedestrians, and lined with the historic buildings built by Abbott Kinney 100 years ago. It's also near the famous VENICE sign. Preciado got into an argument with a man, who stabbed her and left in a vehicle with two women. The Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Station responded. The young mother was taken to UCLA Hospital, where she...

  • Cuba's Fidel Castro Dead at 90

    Observer Staff Writer|Nov 26, 2016

    Fidel Castro, leader of the Communist Revolution in Cuba and the country's Cuba's former president, has died aged 90, state TV has announced. There were no further details. Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for nearly 50 years before handing over the powers to his brother Raul in 2008. His supporters said he had given Cuba back to the people, but opponents accused him of brutally suppressing opposition. Castro gave a rare speech in April, on the final day of the country's Communist Party...

  • Knowing She Would Lose, Clinton Cancelled her Hudson Fireworks Display Before Election Day

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 26, 2016

    On October 31, 2016 Hillary Clinton's campaign requested permission to shoot off two minutes of fireworks. But at 3 pm the day before Election day, Monday November 7, 2016, the Clinton Campaign abruptly cancelled a planned Election Night "victory" fireworks display, The New York Post reports. It's clear that she knew she would lose that afternoon. Otherwise, why would she cancel a paid for and already approved fireworks display? The Clinton campaign had contacted the Coast Guard last week for...

  • 70 Chinese Construction Workers Die in Collapse of Bamboo Scaffolding at Power Plant

    Observer Staff|Nov 26, 2016

    Traditional bamboo scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China collapsed into a deadly heap on Thursday, said Chinese State TV. Iron pipes, steel bars and wooden planks tumbling down on about 70 workers in the country's worst work-safety accident in over two years. The application of bamboo scaffolding to large modern construction sites has lead to many accidents, in combination with the lack of safety enforcement by the Chinese government. Chinese President Xi Jinping promised a full...

  • Florence Henderson Dies Thanksgiving Day at age 82

    Liz Miller|Nov 26, 2016

    Florence Henderson, one of America's most beloved television moms, has died with heart failure at age 82. Her manager, Kayla Pressman, says Henderson had not been sick, and her death came as a great shock to all who knew her. The actress died surrounded by friends and family at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The actress played Carol Brady on the popular TV show "The Brady Bunch" for ten years, from 1969 to 1979. The show about a blended family with six adorable children became a...

  • Fidel Castro, 90, Cemented the Revolution in Cuba, But Failed to Spread It to Latin America

    Observer Staff|Nov 26, 2016

    Cuban revolutionary and dictator Fidel Castro has died, said his brother Raul in a statement read on Cuban State TV. Raul, 87, succeeded his brother years ago as the country's leader. Born in Birán as the son of a wealthy farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imperialist politics while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista,...