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APNewsBreak: Russell Brand, Katy Perry to divorce
Fri,30 Dec 2011 10:07 PM PST
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photoRussell Brand and Katy Perry are getting a divorce, the British comedian told The Associated Press Friday.


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North Korea Restores Order to Kim Funeral With Photoshop
Thu,29 Dec 2011 06:01 PM PST
ABC News -

photoThe funeral procession for Kim Jong-Il was carried out with military precision and when a handful of dawdlers messed up those regimented lines, they were eliminated. From the photo, that is. A photo released by the North Korea's state news agency and transmitted by the...


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Florida Marine Veteran Shot in Craigslist Robbery Used Fingers to Plug Bullet Wounds
Thu,29 Dec 2011 09:28 AM PST
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photoKarl Trenker's Military Training and Physical Condition Might Have Saved His Life


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Man caught trying to board flight with loaded handgun
Thu,29 Dec 2011 03:16 PM PST
Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - A man trying to board a Delta Airlines flight in Kansas City with a loaded handgun was charged on Thursday with carrying a concealed weapon, authorities said. Anthony Winn, 26, of Kansas City was caught by a security screener Wednesday with what appeared to be a gun in his carry-on bag, according to U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips of the Western District of Missouri. Officers at the airport found a loaded 9 millimeter Glock handgun with 23 live rounds of ammunition, including one in the chamber, said a criminal complaint filed Thursday. ... Full Story
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'Synthetic' marijuana is problem for US military
Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST
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photo U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called "Spice," which mimics a marijuana high, is hard to detect and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.


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Alaska teen who was injected with heroin dies
Thu,29 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST
Associated Press - An Alaska teenager allegedly injected with heroin by a 26-year-old man died Thursday, almost a week after suffering the drug overdose, Anchorage police said. Full Story
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Satellite Photo Shows New Island Rising from Earth's Red Sea
Thu,29 Dec 2011 11:11 AM PST
SPACE.com - The Red Sea has a new inhabitant: a smoking island. Full Story
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Man, 99, Divorcing Wife Over 60-Year-Old Affair
Thu,29 Dec 2011 03:48 PM PST
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photoThis year  has been filled with its share of sudden and surprising divorces in the entertainment and political world, but this split may take the cake. A 99-year-old Italian man filed for divorce from his 96-year-old wife of 77 years after he found letters from...


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In a first, gas and other fuels are top US export
Fri,30 Dec 2011 06:31 PM PST
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photo For the first time, the top export of the United States, the world's biggest gas guzzler, is — wait for it — fuel.


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Romney son jokes about Obama's birth certificate
Fri,30 Dec 2011 02:53 PM PST
Associated Press - One of Mitt Romney's sons has an answer for those who say his father should release his tax returns. He jokes that President Barack Obama should go first and release his birth certificate and other records. Full Story
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Authorities: Abortion doctors charged with murder
Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:43 PM PST
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photo Two out-of-state doctors who traveled to Maryland to perform late-term abortions have been arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder, an unusual use of a law that allows for murder charges in the death of a viable fetus.


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Titanic artifacts up for auction in NY in April
Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:48 PM PST
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photoMore than 5,000 artifacts salvaged from the Titanic are to be sold in one lot at auction in New York, 100 years to the day after the luxury liner sank in the Atlantic with some 1,500 people on board.


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Mystery trust beats the clock for lottery jackpot
Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:30 PM PST
Associated Press - Iowa Lottery officials had more questions than answers Friday as they tried to unravel the stunning mystery behind a year-old winning ticket turned in less than two hours before Thursday's deadline for a jackpot worth up to $14.3 million. Full Story
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Virus sickens 110,000 in Vietnam, kills 166
Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:38 AM PST
Associated Press - Vietnam says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has infected more than 110,000 people this year and killed 166, most of them children under 5 years old. Full Story
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Texas Teen Ben Breedlove: More than 1,500 Attend Memorial Service
Fri,30 Dec 2011 06:32 AM PST
Good Morning America -

photoRapper Kid Cudi Talks About Breedlove's Heartbreaking Video


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South Dakota bar owner charged with raping 3 girls
Thu,29 Dec 2011 11:29 AM PST
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photo The shots of alcohol and mixed drinks began flowing in the early morning hours. Three friends — two 14-year-olds and a 12-year-old — were supposed to be babysitting over a Saturday night. Instead, police say, they met up with a bar owner, who drove them to his closed tavern and began pouring them drinks — vodka shots, orange juice and vodka, vodka and coke and energy drinks.


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Canadian Couple Welcomes 100th Grandchild
Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:28 AM PST
ABC News - Just in time for Christmas, Viktor and Aneta Urich of Grande Prairie, Alberta, welcomed their 100th grandchild, the Daily Herald-Tribune reported. The Urichs, who are in their early 60s, have 16 children. Their eldest son, Heinrich – father of newborn Henry – has nine kids younger... Full Story
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Making big bets on Iowa: Gingrich and Perry, not Romney
Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:14 AM PST
The Signal - After months of speculation over how much effort Mitt Romney will put into winning in the Iowa caucus, the Huffington Post is declaring him "All in." Romney will spend Friday in New Hampshire before coming back to Iowa on Saturday and staying through the Tuesday caucuses. Previously, some observers assumed he would stay another day [...] Full Story
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2 abortion providers charged with murder in Md.
Fri,30 Dec 2011 04:58 PM PST
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photo Authorities say two out-of-state doctors who traveled to Maryland to perform late-term abortions have been arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder, an unusual use of a law that allows for murder charges in the death of a viable fetus.


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Obama delays request for $1.2T debt limit increase
Fri,30 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST
Associated Press - President Barack Obama is delaying his request for another $1.2 trillion increase in the United States' debt limit at the request of congressional leaders. Full Story
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Christie warns he'll return 'Jersey style' if Iowans don't vote Romney
Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:58 AM PST
The Ticket - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa--Chris Christie came to Iowa on Friday, not as a 2012 presidential candidate, as many Republicans in the state had hoped, but as Mitt Romney's most high-profile surrogate in the final days before Tuesday's first-in-the-nation caucuses. More than 100 people turned out before daylight in the parking lot of a Hy-Vee supermarket, [...] Full Story
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North Korea's new leaders lash out at South Korea and allies
Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:42 PM PST
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photoSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sounded a bellicose note in its first communication with the outside world since the death of leader Kim Jong-il, saying its confrontational stance against South Korea would not change and labeling its opponents "foolish." Since Kim Jong-il died on December 17, the outside world has been watching to see whether his son Kim Jong-un, aged in his 20s, would stick to its hardline "military first" policies that have seen the isolated nation move closer to nuclear weapons capacity. ...


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Israel kills al Qaeda-linked chief in Gaza strike
Fri,30 Dec 2011 03:27 PM PST
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photoGAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters)- Israel killed the leader of an al Qaeda-inspired faction in the Gaza Strip on Friday, accusing him of involvement in firing rockets and a planned attack on the Jewish state from the neighboring Egyptian Sinai. The deadly air strike was Israel's second against a Salafi Islamist militant this week. Militants identified him as Momen Abu Daf, chief of the Army of Islam, among a loose network of Palestinian groups which profess allegiance to al Qaeda and have been reinforced by volunteers who slip in from the Sinai. ...


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Settlement in Elly Mae Clampett Barbie doll suit
Thu,29 Dec 2011 03:04 PM PST
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photo The actress who played pigtailed, critter-loving Elly May Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" has settled her lawsuit over a Barbie doll that uses the character's name and likeness.


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Video: Des Moines coffee-shop owner evicts Occupy protesters; 'You're not allowed to ever come back'
Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:58 AM PST
The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--On Friday morning before a planned event appearance by Newt Gingrich, some members of "Occupy Iowa" made a stop at Java Joe's, a coffee shop here that MSNBC has been broadcasting from. The protesters didn't get far before the owner of the shop gave them the boot. About four or five Occupiers stood chanting [...] Full Story
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Video: Newt Gingrich tears up in Iowa while speaking about his mother
Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:23 AM PST
The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--In a rare personal moment on the campaign trail for Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate broke down when asked to speak about his mother, Kathleen Gingrich. At a town hall meeting at a coffee shop here, Gingrich reflected on the role his mother played in his life, and [...] Full Story
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Missing Arkansas Mother's Torched Car Found in Forest
Fri,30 Dec 2011 12:58 AM PST
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photoPolice Emergency Dispatcher and Mother of 3 Vanished Days Before Christmas


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The Mitt Romney restoration: A vision of a past we can believe in
Fri,30 Dec 2011 05:53 AM PST
The Ticket - DAVENPORT, Iowa--I'm told the reason it remains illegal to raise chickens in Iowa City, where I live, is because Iowans moved to our relatively cosmopolitan college town to get away from the country people and, by extension, their chickens. Twentysomethings from bigger cities, where it is fashionable to raise your own chicks and harvest fresh [...] Full Story
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Biologists: Lone gray wolf crosses into California
Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:30 AM PST
Associated Press - A lone gray wolf has wandered across the Oregon border into California in what wildlife officials hailed Thursday as the historic return of a species not seen in the state in more than 80 years. Full Story
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Nation's largest welfare state makes deep cuts
Thu,29 Dec 2011 06:25 AM PST
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photo Advocates of welfare reform in California often cite one, eye-popping statistic as they have pressed for cuts and changes to the program in recent years: The state has one-eighth of the nation's population but one-third of all welfare recipients.


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Some crew still aboard burning Russian nuclear sub
Fri,30 Dec 2011 02:14 AM PST
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photo A major fire aboard a docked Russian nuclear submarine that injured seven crew members with toxic fumes and left others stuck inside the vessel appeared to be brought under control on Friday, and officials said the blaze had caused no radiation leaks.


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Rescue group in crisis mode after cat euthanized
Wed,28 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST
Associated Press - Animal lovers threatened to pull donations to an animal rescue group and the public flooded the agency with scathing comments and calls after a man's cat was euthanized when he couldn't afford its medical care, prompting the Arizona Humane Society to go into damage-control mode Wednesday. Full Story
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White House delaying debt ceiling request
Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST
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photoHONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has agreed to delay submitting a debt ceiling increase request until next month to allow lawmakers time to consider it while they are in session, the White House said on Friday. Under an August deal between Obama's Democrats and the Republicans, Congress is unlikely to block the expected $1.2 trillion increase request, ensuring that the debt limit will not be reached again until after November's presidential election. ...


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Can You Cure a Hangover?
Fri,30 Dec 2011 05:01 AM PST
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photoRinging in the New Year with too much bubbly might make for a rough start to 2012. But a new wave of hangover-fighting pills and patches, plus a handful of old standbys, claim to spare you the headache, fatigue and upset stomach brought on by booze....


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Bolivia to sell rice seized from US businessman
Fri,30 Dec 2011 02:59 PM PST
Associated Press - Bolivian authorities plan to sell more than 13,000 metric tons (14,000 tons) of rice seized from a jailed American businessman, an official said Friday. Full Story
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Romney says Paul doesn't represent mainstream
Fri,30 Dec 2011 11:14 AM PST
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photo An Iowa victory within reach, an increasingly confident Mitt Romney on Friday cast chief GOP presidential rival Ron Paul as a fringe candidate and said: "I'm working harder than anyone to make sure he's not the nominee."


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Verizon ditches $2 fee after customer uproar
Fri,30 Dec 2011 03:41 PM PST
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photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless has reversed its decision to charge a $2 fee for telephone and online bill payments, bowing to a storm of criticism from consumers and the U.S. communications regulator. The biggest U.S. wireless operator retracted its decision on Friday, just a day after it announced the fee for one-time payments, which was to have begun January 15. The consumer victory comes after Bank of America recently decided against a new $5 monthly fee for debit card users after consumers and lawmakers protested the charge. ...


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Think before you "Like" on Facebook
Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:00 AM PST
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photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Annie Scranton has a little problem. The founder and president of New York City's Pace Public Relations is a successful and sober-minded individual, but when it comes to this one thing, she has a definite compulsion. It's the "Like" button on Facebook -- she just can't stop clicking it. "I'm totally obsessed with it," says the 31 year old. "Just like a lot of people I know. My friends and I call it 'Like-Bombing', where you go online and like everything. ...


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Wash. man arrested with marijuana wrapped as gifts
Thu,29 Dec 2011 03:07 PM PST
Associated Press - A Washington state man faces felony marijuana trafficking charges after an officer found 3.3 pounds of marijuana wrapped up as Christmas gifts during a traffic stop in northern Idaho. Full Story
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GOP's Bachmann limps to Iowa caucus finish line
Fri,30 Dec 2011 11:28 AM PST
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photo Encountering small crowds and fresh viability questions, Republican Michele Bachmann slogged into the final weekend of Iowa caucus campaigning Friday looking for any spark to her flagging bid.


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