The Short List: Charlie Sheen's HIV status; Europe on edge; we're 'face with tears of joy' over word of the year

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Charlie Sheen is HIV-positive, and positive about other stuff, too
Charlie Sheen took a "mule kick"*to his soul, and he's ready to shed his bad boy image. Philanthropic days are ahead for the former Two and a Half Men*star, who revealed today he is HIV-positive. He's lived with the diagnosis for "roughly four years," and has been blackmailed out of millions by people who threatened to tell his secret. The stigma around HIV is so great;*we really haven't had the celebrity-HIV conversation since "Magic" Johnson in 1991. It's a teachable moment, the Twitterverse says.*But Sheen can expect to live a long and healthy life, thanks to his daily medical cocktail. *What remains to be seen: Are his partners safe? (Brooke Meuller is.)*Will more partners come forward? Will lawsuits be*filed? Is his public image restored?

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Charlie Sheen reveals on NBC's TODAY Show with Matt Lauer that he's been HIV-positive for four years and has been blackmailed about it in the past. (Nov. 17) AP

Russia vows retaliation for ISIL's retaliation, and the rest of the world is on edge, too
This shouldn't come as any surprise: Russia said Tuesday that a passenger plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai last month was blown up by a homemade explosive device. And who should claim responsibility?*The Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS and other acronyms, who*said it was in retaliation to Russia's airstrikes in Syria. Meanwhile, the search continued for Salah Abdeslam, a Belgian-born suspect in Friday's horrendous attacks on Paris,*and investigators refocused on a Brussels neighborhood that has been portrayed as a jihadist breeding ground. And if things weren't tense enough in Europe,*police in Germany*canceled Tuesday's soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands and evacuated the stadium after a bomb threat.

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A car rented by Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam that may have been used in the preparation of the carnage is found in a northern district of Paris, police sources say.
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The word of the year? It's an emoji. Because of course.
No spelling required for this year's Word of the Year from Oxford Dictionary. Insert :face with tears of joy: emoji here, because in a first, the word of the year is actually an emoji. The "Face with Tears of Joy" made up 20% of all emojis used in the U.K., and 17% of those in the U.S., according to SwiftKey. Other contenders: Fleek. Lumbersexual. Dark Web. They. Other emoji news:*Twitter is getting a little more ... expressive.
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With apologies to Willie:*'On the road again, we can totally wait to get back on the road again ...'
We don't know about you, but we're so not ready to race head first into the blob of 46.9 million Thanksgiving travelers*—*and then wait. Wait in traffic. Or at the airport. But most of us will wait in traffic, because 90% of travelers will drive to Grandma's this year and gas prices remain well below last year’s levels and the lowest since 2008, according to the AAA. So when can we expect Gridlock Hell?*Waze says the Sunday after Thanksgiving is going to be the absolute WORST. You can find a list of all the really terrible traffic times here.

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These five tips will help prepare you for the holiday driving season. USA TODAY

RadioShack is having an early Black Friday event, but what's a RadioShack?
Our sources say it's some sort of electronics*retailer that's trying to have some sort of comeback that includes appealing to holiday shoppers with Black Friday deals*on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.*Stores will feature nearly 100 different deals*and stay open an hour later than normal on Wednesday. On Thanksgiving, stores will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. only, giving shoppers a chance to finish their hunt for savings before*most other retailers plan to open and*before the turkey has*finished cooking.

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Don't wait until Black Friday to take advantage of those holiday deals. Matt Granite has a list of all the major stores open on Thanksgiving day. VPC

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Have you seen it?*From up above and in the middle of the night, Michigan looks pretty amazing. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured the magnificent mitten from aboard the International Space Station.
In the world of the famous, this has got to be the equivalent of being "Facebook official."*Blake Shelton made Gwen Stefani*blush over a "booty call"*joke on The Voice.
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Our GOP Power Rankings are out, and Sen. Marco Rubio takes the top spot for the week.*Even so, the terrorist attacks in Paris are likely to be a turning point in the race, and it's unclear yet which candidate*might benefit from his or her responses to the crisis.
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The Short List: Charlie Sheen's HIV status; Europe on edge; we're 'face with tears of joy' over word of the year

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