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A well-known and extreme right-wing activist in France shot himself inside France iconic Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, possibly as a protest against a new gay marriage law.
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The shareholders of Citigroup voted to reject the generous pay package of the CEO Vikram Pandit this week, setting up a potential showdown that could ripple throughout the financial world.
Iraqi insurgents killed more than 30 people with a series of bombings across the country on Thursday morning.
With much less fanfare — and international condemnation — India says it successfully tested a long-range nuclear-capable missile that has the ability to reach Beijing and other Chinese cities.
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The state of Ohio plans to execute convicted killer Mark Wiles on Wednesday, ending an unofficial ban on the practice that lasted all of six months.
The general election hasn't even officially started yet, but the 2012 races has already scaled some pretty lofty heights of ridiculousness.
Mitt Romney's campaign has set a fundraising target of $800 million for this election cycle, setting up a race with President Obama that could see each side spending more than $1 billion by November.
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The third and final winner of last month's record Mega Millions jackpot has come forward in Illinois, the only one of the three who won't be protected by anonymity laws
A dazed and confused Robert Beckel livened up a debate Hannity last night when unleashed a curse word at a fellow panelist, then refused to believe he was actually on the air.
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An attack on a prison in northwest Pakistan led to the escape of 384 prisoners, including terrorist and militant fighters, some of whom had been given death sentences.
A fundraising email sent by the Romney campaign offers donors the chance to attend "the first Presidential Inaugural retreat" even though the actual presidential election is seven months away.
The trial of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik got underway in Oslo today, with the defendant admitting that he killed 77 people last July, but that he was acting in self-defense and doesn't recognize the authority of the court anyway.
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Pro-choice supporters are ridiculing Arizona's new restrictive abortion bill, but its most controversial provision isn't actually that controversial if you're an obstetrician.
The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns to his hands after rushing into a burning building last night to help a rescue a woman inside.
After all the bluster and hand-wringing over North Korea's big provocative rocket launch, the missile itself broke apart shortly after liftoff, falling into the Yellow Sea.
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What could possibly move Ann Romney to start using Twitter? How about an attack on her credentials as a "working" mom?
As the trial of disgraced former Senator John Edwards begins today, The Washington Post has the must-read piece on what his life has become: a sad, single father, alone with his regrets.
A Thursday morning deadline to end hostilities in Syria has passed and no major incidents have been reported, but government troops have not yet withdrawn from their positions.
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Nearly 900 high school seniors got an email this weekend congratulating them on their admission into UCLA, even though they were actually still on the waiting list.
The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.6 (and several big aftershocks) have struck off the western coast of Indonesia, setting off tsunami warnings all across the Indian Ocean.
U.N. envoy Kofi Annan said today "I believe it’s a bit too early to say that the [peace] plan has failed,” despite all evidence that it already has.
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Police in Tulsa announced that the two white men accused of shooting five black people last Friday confessed to the shootings almost immediately after they were arrested.
A day after getting dismissed by National Review and hours after undergoing chemotherapy, John Derbyshire seems unperturbed by the uproar he caused with his awful "non black" version of "The Talk."
George Zimmerman's lawyers have confirmed that the hastily constructed website at therealgeorgezimmmerman.com does in fact belong to the real George Zimmerman.
There have been many tributes offered to legendary 60 Minutes reporter Mike Wallace, but the best way to remember his remarkable career is to simply watch the reporter in action.
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It's become a common practice for police look into the online activities of people they are investigation, but authorities come calling to people who have that info, what exactly do they find out?
Meteorologists say that temperatures in the United States aren't just above normal — they're shattering all the records on the books.
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Shouldn't a hashtag be beneath the President of the United States?
The President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, died on Friday after suffering a heart attack, prompting some cheers over his death and some concerns over succession.
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A retired pharmacist struggling under Greece's troubled economy committed suicide in the middle of a public square in Athens, becoming a powerful symbol of the country's fiscal crisis.
Search warrants in the case of Iraqi-American woman who was beaten to death last month suggest that there may be more to the story than just a case of anti-Muslim violence.
Four former police officers were sentenced to prison terms from 38 to 65 years for their role in the shooting deaths of two unarmed men in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans.
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A Board of Trustees meeting at Santa Monica City College turned chaotic on Tuesday night when protesting students were pepper sprayed, indoors, by police trying to control the unruly crowd.
Recently unemployed news anchor Keith Olbermann stopped by The Late Show with David Letterman last night to give his first public, non-Twitter explanation for what went wrong on Current TV.
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The man responsible for killing seven people at an Oakland, California, college yesterday was a former student who had reportedly been kicked out of the school and had returned looking to attack an administrator with whom he had a dispute.
The U.S. government has offered a $10 million reward for Hafiz Saeed, the man believed to be the "mastermind" of the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai that killed 166 people.
One man was shot and fires were set all across Lexington, but Kentucky fans mostly behaved themselves while celebrating their eighth national championship in basketball.
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