Secret Service agent's badge, gun stolen near agency headquarters

The badge, gun, radio, handcuffs and flash drive belonging to a Secret Service agent were stolen near the Secret Service's headquarters in Washington, according to multiple reports.

The incident, which took place Monday, will do little to restore faith in the Secret Service, which has come under fire for a number of humiliating security lapses over the last few years.

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According to CNN which first reported the theft, the items were stolen from an agent's personal vehicle on Monday while it was parked near the agency's headquarters. A Metropolitan Police Department report filed after the incident and reviewed by CNN said that the stolen items were "a black Sig Sauer handgun, an APX6000 radio, handcuffs, a USB flash drive, a black Patagonia bag and a Secret Service badge, number 1266." Read more...

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Watch the trailer for Richard Linklater's spiritual sequel to 'Dazed and Confused'

Instead of the '70s, it's the '80s. Instead of high school, it's college. Instead of hazing with paddles, it's hazing with copious amounts of duct tape

It's the trailer for Everybody Wants Some, Richard Linklater's spiritual sequel to his laid back 1993 high school classic Dazed and Confused. Named after Van Halen's energetic song, the film follows college freshmen on a baseball team as they navigate the school's social circles

Actor Blake Jenner plays Jake, the spiritual Mitch of the squad, who's just trying to fit in with the older guys and flirt with a girl named Beverly (Zoey Deutch). Read more...

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What the San Bernardino shooters said about their relationship in a U.S. visa application

Tashfeen Malik's U.S. visa application reveals more details about the woman who is still a mysterious figure behind the San Bernardino attack

Malik, who is originally from Pakistan, got engaged to Syed Farook in Mecca in 2013 and first entered the U.S. on a fiancé visa in 2014. The application documents, which officials released on Tuesday, detail of the couple's relationship prior to that time.

“We met through a matrimonial website. We got engaged on 10/03/13 in Mecca, KSA when I went for Hajj," Farook wrote in his portion of the application

See also: Photo shows Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook entering the U.S. Read more...

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Woman calls cops after she says she heard neighbors chant 'ISIS is good' during sex

An 82-year-old woman from Brown Deer, Wisconsin, might be rethinking eavesdropping after she says she overheard some unconventional dirty talk

She was so concerned after she says she overheard a couple yelling "ISIS is good, ISIS is great" while having sex, that she called 911 and report them to police.

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Local news network CBS 58, who first reported the story, said police decided not to rush to the scene

Instead, they told the woman to call back if she heard anything else unusual. But police didn't think the awkward terror-themed moans that the woman may or may not have actually heard were any cause for concern Read more...

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Oberlin College students voice concerns about dining hall 'cultural appropriation'

Cultural appropriation is an ongoing social issue but it's the relation to food that is now garnering national attention at Oberlin College

The Oberlin Review reported on Dec. 12 that the Black Student Union protested against Campus Dining Service's "failure to address their concerns outlined in a petition submitted to the College in late November."

The November petition, which began circulating on Nov. 18 and got almost 500 signatures, found fault with the food offered in the Lord-Saunders Dining Hall. The requests included making fried chicken a fixed Sunday night menu item, more vegetarian and vegan options and suggestions of "authentic food ideas" and ingredients Read more...

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