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Britain’s Princess Anne says ‘let them eat horsemeat’
She may be known for her love of horses, but Britain’s Princess Anne has now suggested that her compatriots should consider eating the animals like the French. Queen Elizabeth II’s daughter, a former...
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Hundreds of rare primates seized from animal smugglers in Indonesia
Hundreds of slow lorises have been seized on Indonesia’s Java island as animal smugglers were about to send the protected primates to markets to be sold as pets, officials said on Friday. Government...
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Hundreds held in global investigation of Canadian child porn site
Toronto police said a global investigation into a Canadian child porn website had led to the arrest of 341 people including teachers, doctors and police officers, and the rescue of 386 sexually abused...
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CIA amassing a huge database on Americans’ financial data
The Central Intelligence Agency is amassing a huge database of international money transfers that includes the financial and personal data of millions of Americans, The Wall Street Journal reported....
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Actor Russell Brand prevented from leaving London over passport problems
British actor and comic Russell Brand was forced to cancel a planned stand-up gig in Johannesburg Friday, after being denied permission to board a flight because his passport was not in order. Brand...
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Vatican downplays alleged mafia threat against Pope Francis
The Vatican has downplayed a warning that Pope Francis could be targeted by the mafia because of his reforms to Holy See financial bodies. “There is no reason for concern, and there is no need to feed...
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Atheist ‘megachurches’ undermine what atheism’s supposed to be about
A so-called godless church wants to establish more US congregations. These ‘places of worship’ come across as a joke It’s not easy being an atheist. In a world that for centuries has been dominated...
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Local TV reporter interviews a cat on air about water rate hike
A local TV reporter salvaged a dog of a story by interviewing a cat. Garrett Brnger, of WICS-TV in Springfield, Illinois, reported Wednesday that water rates were going up 27 percent in nearby...
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Fugitive complains about ‘most wanted’ post on Facebook: ‘I’m not armed and...
A New Hampshire fugitive took exception to the way he was described in a “most wanted” listing posted on a TV station’s Facebook page. Nicholas Emond is wanted by federal authorities on a probation...
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Maddow: Think Obamacare rollout is messy? You should have seen Romneycare
If you think the rollout of the Affordable Care Act — also known as “Obamacare” — is messy, said Rachel Maddow on her show Thursday night, “you should have seen the rollout of the now wildly popular...
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Bill Maher tells Boston to get over bombing: ‘Your city was not leveled by...
Bill Maher has had enough of “Boston strong.” The talk show host said during Sunday’s broadcast of his HBO “Real Time” program that he thought it was time for the city to move on from its grieving over...
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Rafael Cruz again claims atheism and secular humanism cause sexual abuse
In a speech at Liberty University urging Christians to get involved in politics, Rafael Cruz said Wednesday that atheism and secular humanism resulted in sexual abuse. Cruz, the father of freshman...
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Some Obamacare state exchanges doing well, but at least one is a disaster
Wednesday, the Seattle Times reported that the Washington Health Benefit Exchange had reported numbers that were even better than those released earlier in the day by Kathleen Sebelius and the...
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Transgender student verbally harassed prior to fight at California school
A transgender student in California said she was assaulted by other girls at the school in an attack captured on cell phone video. The Hercules High School student said the girls had been verbally...
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Homeowner charged with murder and manslaughter in Detroit woman’s shooting death
A man who fatally shot a Detroit woman who crashed her car near his Dearborn Heights home has been charged in her death. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said 54-year-old Theodore Wafer has been...
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Illinois bishop pledges to ‘exorcise’ state in wake of same sex marriage...
A Catholic bishop in Springfield, IL has announced that he will be performing prayers of “supplication and exorcism” when the state’s law legalizing same sex marriages goes into effect next Thursday....
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British gynecologists say more and more women are seeking labial reduction...
British gynaecologists warned on Friday that increasing numbers of teenage girls and women are undergoing genital cosmetic surgery, driven in part by unrealistic images of how they should look based on...
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Jihadists in Syria accidentally behead one of their own
Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Syria have admitted beheading a fellow rebel by mistake after believing him to be an Iraqi Shiite fighting alongside regime forces, a watchdog said on Friday. A video...
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Another diner stiffs LGBT server on tip and leaves rude note instead
Another restaurant customer apparently thinks it’s OK to stiff your server on a tip if you suspect she’s a lesbian. Server Dayna Morales said a family dining at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, New...
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U.S. thinks nuclear deal with Iran is possible next week
A nuclear deal with Iran is possible at the next round of talks in Geneva, a US official said Friday, but warned tough issues still had to be hammered out. “We are going to work very hard next week. I...
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