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A 2002 photo shows a TU-154 plane of Bashkirian Airlines, the same type of aircraft that went down Sunday over the Black Sea.

Russian military plane with 92 aboard crashes into the Black Sea

All aboard likely perished, including a famed Russian Army choir on its way to Syria.

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Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) throws a pass against the Indianapolis Colts during a NFL football game at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum.

Raiders QB Derek Carr out indefinitely with broken fibula
Carr is scheduled to undergo surgery on Sunday.

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Volunteers on the NORAD Tracks Santa line handle about 4,000 calls every 30 minutes on Christmas Eve.

Tracking Santa: How NORAD brings Christmas joy to kids everywhere
"It's everything I thought it would be," said grinning first-time volunteer Maj. Brian Tuzzolino of the U.S. Air Force.

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National Park Service officials close the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in winter because of heavy snowfalls and difficulty in accessing it from more populated areas. This photo was taken in May 2014 during a snowstorm.

Sheriff's official: Family's rescue near Grand Canyon's North Rim 'a Christmas miracle'
The husband and wife had split up after becoming stuck on a snowy, closed Forest Service road.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., shown in a 2015 file photo from Orlando, said Dec. 23, 2016, that he will work to pull congressional funding for the United Nations if its Security Council does not repeal a resolution condemning Israeli settlements as il

Graham threatens to pull funding for U.N. over Israeli settlement vote
The South Carolina senator says U.S. abandoned Israel by allowing resolution to pass

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Trump spokesman Jason Miller is not joining the White House after all.

Trump spokesman Miller won't be joining White House
There's already been a shake-up on President-elect Donald Trump's communications team

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Matt McGloin was kept for this reason; now we will see if Raiders were right
Raiders were sure to protect their backup QB in the offseason.

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'Escaping the KKK,' originally titled 'Generation KKK, was to have premiered Jan. 10.

A&E drops 'Escaping the KKK' after learning subjects were paid
Cable network says producers paid some subjects for access, violating ethical policies.

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A line of bushes that previously was straight now slopes toward a nearby street, an indicator of the sinkhole that opened Dec. 24, 2016, in Fraser, Mich., and is endangering the house behind it.

Sinkhole opens up in suburban Detroit, damages home
Some expect that the house will end up collapsing into the cavern caused by a leaky sewer line eroding a cavern 55 feet underground.