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Protestors wearing Guy Fawkes masks hold the logos of the international hacker group Anonymous during a demonstration against Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in Budapest, Hungary, in February 2012. The "hacktivist" group announced Nov. 2, 2015, they were going to release data on 1,000 KKK members.(Photo: 2012 photo by Janos Marjai, AP)
Anonymous announced it was going after the KKK<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— and then things got complicated
Anonymous is at it again. This time the “hacktivist" group — that’s short for hacker/activist<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— is targeting the Ku Klux Klan. Anonymous says it’s going to give out personal information of 1,000 KKK members on Thursday as part of a social media campaign using the hashtag #HoodsOff. But nothing is simple in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>murky world of online activism.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>After<span style="color: Red;">*</span>someone leaked phone<span style="color: Red;">*</span>numbers and emails that were purportedly<span style="color: Red;">*</span>KKK members', a lot of denials followed and then another person or group claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous tweeted that it had not released any information and implied that to do so was reckless.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>So who is Anonymous? And what's with the Guy Fawkes image?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Reporter Elizabeth Weise explains all that here.
The Volkswagen emissions scandal just got worse
The EPA says the German automaker not only cheated emissions regulations on diesel cars, but it also installed a "defeat device" in some VW, Porsche and Audi<span style="color: Red;">*</span>SUVs. You might recall that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>he EPA first accused the company of cheating emissions regulations in September.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>At the time, Volkswagen admitted that it had flouted regulations on up to 11 million cars worldwide.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>But Monday's revelation broadens the scandal to more than 10,000 additional vehicles —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>just in the USA: the 3-cylinder diesel engine versions of the 2014 Volkswagen Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and Q5.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>This means VW could face more than $375 million in Clean Air Act penalties — on top of the $18 billion in penalties it could incur from the previous violations.
Wow. 'Brangelina' chat it up with Tom Brokaw —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>about everything
Or almost everything. In a rare and very candid interview<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on the Today show, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt opened up about their marriage, Jolie's health and their new movie, By the Sea. All three aspects of their lives were intertwined<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and not just because the movie portrays a troubled marriage (which Jolie emphasized was NOT based on their own). While the film was being edited, Jolie learned she could have signs of early-stage ovarian cancer, and she decided to have her ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>just two years after she underwent a preventive double<span style="color: Red;">*</span>mastectomy. Pitt, who described his role in the ordeal as "support," said it only brought the couple and their six children closer together.
It's official! After seven years together, the couple get engaged. Here, Angelina Jolie sports an engagement ring as she and Brad Pitt view works from the Chinese collection with their son Pax at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in April 2012. ORG XMIT: V1P-1204131510521820 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Chinese Collection Art patrons and supporters, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and their son, Pax view works from LACMA's Chinese collection, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Photo by Howard Pasamanick, Museum Associates/ LACMA [Via MerlinFTP Drop]<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Howard Pasamanick, Museum Associates/ LACMA
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People are getting sick at our favorite restaurant
And it's making us nervous. You might have heard that over the weekend Chipotle closed its restaurants in Oregon and Washington<span style="color: Red;">*</span>state after at least 22 people were sickened by E. coli that was traced to Chipotle meals purchased between Oct. 14 and Oct. 23. No one has died, but about a third of the people have been hospitalized. The food-safety scare is seriously unwelcome news for the fast-casual chain, driving stock prices down Monday and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>coming on the heels of a less-than-stellar October sales report.
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The Oregon Health Authority is investigating a possible E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants in Oregon and Washington state. At least 22 people have been sickened; most of them reported eating at Chipotle. USA TODAY
There was a thing called the World Series<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— and the Mets didn't win it
And so it came to the end for the 2015 Mets at Citi Field on Sunday. So many times throughout their roller-coaster year, these Mets felt like a team of destiny, one that endured so many strange and wonderful moments that it seemed the only appropriate end to the season must be a World Series championship. Alas, the Kansas City Royals was the team that refused to go away, the team that refused to quit. The Royals played good baseball and handily<span style="color: Red;">*</span>outplayed the Mets on the sport’s biggest stage, winning Game 5, 7-2, in 12 innings and ending a 30-year championship drought. Here's a look at seven defining moments in the Royals’ title run.
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