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CNN -- More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.The Democrat outpaced President-elect Donald Trump by almost 2.9 million votes, with 65,844,954 48.2% to his 62,979,879 46.1% , according to revised and certified final election results from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.Clinton s 2.1% margin ranks third among defeated candidates, according to statistics from US Elections Atlas. Andrew Jackson won by more than 10% in 1824 but was denied the presidency, which went to John Quincy Adams. In 1876, Samuel Tilden received 3% more votes than Rutherford B. Hayes, who eventually triumphed by one electoral vote.Though the legitimacy of his victory has never come into serious doubt, Trump has repeatedly argued, usually via Twitter, that he would have won the popular vote, too, if that had been his focus. I would have done even better in the election, if that is possible, if the winner was based on popular vote -- but would campaign differently, he tweeted as recently as Wednesday morning, more than six weeks after the election. In late November, Trump also falsely claimed that millions of Clinton voters had cast ballots illegally. Meanwhile, high-profile Clinton supporters have held up adidas samba the dissonant results as an arg airmaxplus ugg ument for fundamentally changing the system.A week after the election, retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat and vocal Clinton backer, introduced a bill to abolish the Electoral Colleg

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POLK CITY, Fla.-- An Auburndaleman was arrested after deputies say he set his girlfriend s house on fire with the family still inside.Jose Bernardo Rosas Madrigal is a senior at AuburndaleHigh School, and was upset when his girlfriend had to move back in with her parents in Polk City.In response, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says he burned down their house.Deputies confronted him about it when they saw him on surveillance video at the house at the time of the arson.But Madrigal said a black guy did it. Later, when deputies continued to press him, he changed his story to say his brother did it.He a uggs skor lso reportedly drew a heart out of flammable liquid on the fence closest to where his girlfriend s bedroom was.Judd says evidence against Madrigal includes:Surveillance video putting him at the house at the time of the arsonCannisters with flammable liquid found in his carSnapchats saying he would set the house on fireGoogle searches about yeezy how to burn down a brick house Had he been better at what he was doing an yeezy d chosen a time when they were all in bed asleep, this could have been really really really bad, Sheriff Judd said.Madrigal had a history of domestic violence as an adult, and is currently in jail.He is charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree arson and possession of alcohol by a minor. No one s trying to bond him out, Judd said. Of course if they did, and he got angry with them, he may try to burn their house down as well.

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The Odd Truth is a collection of strange but factual news stories from around the world compiled by CBSNews s Brian Bernbaum. A new collection of stories is published each weekday. On weekends, you can read a week s worth of The Odd Truth.They re Not Getting Any YoungerHAMILTON, Ohio - Deciding they weren t getting any younger, two eighty-somethings who had been sweethearts six decades ago tied the knot mdash; in the local Wal-Mart where she works. Betty Howard, 82, a greeter at the store, and Estel Barrett, 84, married Friday during a ceremony thrown for them by Howard s co-workers. I m just a plain, simple old lady, Howard said. I ve never had anything exciting in my life. This is so wonderful. Friends in childhood, Howard and Barrett kept in touch ov stanley mug er the years. Both were married for more than 50 years before the deaths of their spouses three years ago. They happened to meet just before Thanksgiving and began seeing each other, said Howard s lifelong friend, Pearl Bowling. And he said to her, You know, we re not getting any younger. Recalling her childhood sweetheart status, Howard said, All that meant was holding hands as we walked to church. But they never forgot. Now, she said, He needs me and I need him. And he is just wonderful. stanley mug Americans Can t Get Enough Of EmBEIJING - China is reporting progress in breeding pandas.The Xinhua News Agency says 12 giants pandas were bor stanley website n in captivity in 2002, and 1 Gupt Rev. David Wilkerson killed in Texas car crash
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Updated 7:50 p.m. ETZANESVILLE, Ohio - Sheriff s deputies shot nearly 50 wild animals -- including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions -- in a big-game hunt across the Ohio countryside Wednesday after the owner of an exotic-animal park threw their cages open and committed suicide in what appeared to be one last act of spite against his neighbors and police.As homeowners nervously hid indoors, officers equipped with high-powered rifles and shoot-to-kill orders spread out through fields and woods to hunt down about 56 animals that had been set loose from the Muskingum County Animal Farm by its owner, Terry Thompson, before he shot himself to death Tuesday. Animal bodies are seen scattered near a barn at the Muskingum County Animal Farm, near Zanesville, Ohio, Oct. 19, 2011. WBNS stanley water bottle At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Muskingum County Sherriff Matt Lutz announced that of the 56 escaped animals, 48 were put do stanley bottles wn. They included 18 Bengal tigers, 17 lions, eight bears and a wolf, Lutz said. Six animals were captured alive and taken to the Columbus Zoo. The two remaining loose animals at the time of the press conference were a monkey and a wolf. CBS affiliate WBNS Columbus reported shortly thereafter that the wolf has been sho stanley cup t and recovered by police. That leaves only the monkey, which Lutz warned may carry herpes B. The direc Ohdc Airport Marshals Eye Odd Behaviors
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Record rainfall claimed two more lives in southeastern Spain as it caused widespread flooding. The overall death toll rose to six from the storms, authorities said Saturday.An estimated 3,500 people are missing, according to BBC News.Emergency rescue workers saved thousands of people during the storm that slammed into the Mediterranean coastal regions of Valencia, Murcia and eastern Andalusia this week. Local authorities said some towns and cities reported their heaviest rainfall on record. The downpour forced the closure of airports in Almeria and Murcia as well as intercity train lines, major roads and schools. A fifth victim was found late Friday by police in the village of Redovaacute;n. News agency Europa Press reported that police said the 58-year-old man was swept away by rushing waters when he got out of his vehicle. A sixth victim was confirmed by a mizuno uthorities on Saturday mdash; a 41-year-old m crocs hausschuhe an in the town of Orihuela, where the Segura River overflowed its banks on Friday. A man wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in San Javier, Spain, September 13, 2019. SERGIO PEREZ / REUTE asics RS One man was killed after getting stuck inside a flooded tunnel, BBC News reports. Reuters reported that another man was found dead in the village of Redovan in Valencia after leaving his home on foot earlier on Friday. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Saacute;nchez fle Sfae Putin: Bloodshed in eastern Ukraine must be stopped immediately
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