Silvio Berlusconi on the Brink in Italy
Italy's Prime Minister says he wants to "look my traitors in the face," but it may not be enough to preserve his tenuous grip on the nation's politics
A new study of population and income trends has found that the poverty which has long been associated with inner cities, has now moved out to the suburbs along with everyone else.
Italy's Prime Minister says he wants to "look my traitors in the face," but it may not be enough to preserve his tenuous grip on the nation's politics
Herman Cain managed to find a fews laughs in the latest sexual assault claims made against him when he appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night.
Former heavyweight champion of the world Joe Frazier has died, just days after his family announced that he was suffering from liver cancer. He passed away in his home town of Philadelphia.
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The single Occupy Atlanta protester pictured above was arrested after ignoring a curfew order last night, as the ongoing tug of war between police and demonstrators continued over the weekend.
A report from United Nations energy officials claims Iran has already mastered the steps necessary to build nuclear weapons, putting the nation on the brink of joining the world's nuclear powers.
The New York Times' man about the world had a dramatic evening last night as he accompanied police on a raid to shut down a brothel trafficking in underage girls.
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The New York Post got more ammunition for its thesis that violent, homeless criminals have hijacked the Occupy Wall Street protests, after an unstable man kicked down tents looking for a fight in New York's encampment.
Get ready for another of tech bubble paranoia after Groupon hits the NASDAQ later this morning.
The front page of The Washington Post takes a couple of new shots at Herman Cain today, looking beyond his recent to scandal to suggest that the real problem with his job at the National Restaurant Association is that he wasn't very good at it.
Daniel Craig and new director Sam Mendes announced the cast and title for the 23rd James Bond movie that will open next year.
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The former captain of Pakistan's national cricket team was sentenced to 30 months in prison today, and two other teammates also received jail time for conspiring to fix international matches.
Police and protesters in Oakland continue to do battle into the early morning hours on Thursday, in what has become the most confrontational of the Occupy demonstrations.
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is making the talk show rounds this week to promote the realease of her new memoir, No Higher Honor.
London's High Court has rejected an attempt by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to block his extradition to Sweden to face rape charges.
The office of French magazine Charlie Hebdo was destroyed after the satirical paper put a drawing of Muhammad on the cover and jokingly named him its "editor-in-chief."
After a months-long battle over the fate of one of baseball's iconic franchises, beleaguered owner Frank McCourt has finally agreed to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The Los Angeles Times reports on researchers at UCLA who have been working with the LAPD on a computer model that analyzes data of past crimes to identify the perpetrators of gang activity.
Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou has upset European leaders (and their financial markets) by calling for a public referendeum on the negotiated bailout package that he had agreed to last week.
No one seems more eager to put an end to Michele Bachmann's presidential run than her former campaign manager, Ed Rollins, who continues to undermine the candidate's struggling organization.
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Rick Perry got more bad news today as pundits continue to pile on the Governor's faltering campaign.
Four planes filled with around 700 passengers were ran out of water and working toilets after being abandoned on the tarmac at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport for more than seven hours.
Politico reported late on Sunday that Herman Cain was twice accused of "inappropriate behavior" by women who worked with him when he ran the National Restaurant Association in late 1990s.
A Turkish teenager was pulled from the wreckage of a collapsed building on Friday, more than 108 hours after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Ercis.
Warner Bros has announced that it will stop shipping all DVD and Blu-ray versions of the eight Harry Potter films on December 29, putting them back "in the vault" to increase scarcity — and the value of future, yet-to-be-made special editions.
With less than a month to go before the deadline to produce a debt deal, it appears that the Congressional deficit-reduction committee is nowhere close to a deal.
After being one strike away from elimination in back-to-back innings, the St. Louis Cardinals twice rallied from two runs down to win an 11-inning classic and force Game 7 of the World Series.
Mitt Romney has stepped in it again, this time in Ohio where he appeared to back off his support for a controversial anti-union bill, then quickly pivoted again say he's for it "110 percent."
A huge storm brought the first snowfall of the season to Colorado knocking out power to thousands and laying the groundwork for the coming ski season.
Stock markets in Europe and Asia are responding positively this morning to news that European leaders have come to an agreement on how to (painfully) solve the region's ongoing debt crisis.
Barack Obama made his second visit as a sitting president to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to talk about serious topics (Libya, Iraq, Osama bin Laden) and also goof on the Republican presidential candidates.
A 27-year-old teacher and a 18-year-old college student were saved from the wreckage of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, more than 60 hours after the 7.2 earthquake that leveled parts of Turkey.
In news that will shock almost no one currently trying to occupy Wall Street, a new government report shows that the income of the top 1% is larger than ever and continuing to grow.
The NBA will reportedly cancel two more weeks of the upcoming regular season as the ongoing lockout continues to drag on with no end in sight
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Libya's National Transitional Council says that Muammar Qaddafi was buried at dawn on Tuesday, in a secret desert location.
A new YouTube ad put together by the Herman Cain campaign has quite a few people scratching their heads.
If the Occupy Wall Street protests are aiming to take down the "1 percent" of Americans who control the biggest chunk of of our nation's wealth, perhaps they need to redirect their efforts to somewhere other than Wall Street.
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At least 239 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured in this weekend's earthquakes in Turkey, as rescue teams continue to dig through the rubble in the hope of finding more survivors.
Human Rights Watch has discovered the bodies of 53 people, believed to be supporters of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, that appear to have been executed approximately one week ago.
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