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Rand Paul staffer who quit over noxious comments says GOP needs to get over...
A former top aide to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) who quit after news reports publicized his career of making inflammatory statements about race and American history says he was only playing an outrageous...
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Pope Francis meets with Putin to discuss the Syria conflict
The Vatican said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Francis on Monday discussed the need for talks to resolve the Syria conflict, as international officials met in Geneva to discuss a date for a...
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South Carolina 16-year-old may face charges for throwing cat into fire
Law enforcement officials in South Carolina are considering charging a 16-year-old boy after he was accused of throwing a cat into a fire last week. In a Saturday Facebook post, the Darlington County...
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One question remains unanswered in final report on Sandy Hook shooting: Why?
The lone gunman who killed 26 people during a massacre last year in Newtown, Connecticut, was obsessed with guns, school shootings and harming children, investigators said. But the State Attorney’s...
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Honduras leftists accuses ruling party of fraud after latest elections
Political tension loomed over violence-torn Honduras on Monday as the conservative candidate led the early count in presidential elections while his leftist opponents claimed fraud. Juan Orlando...
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Former Italian PM Berlusconi requests trial review ahead of Senate expulsion
Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi on Monday requested a review of his tax fraud trial head of a vote this week that will likely force him from parliament for the first time in 20 years and make him vulnerable...
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Tunisian rapper and journalist each get suspended jail terms for...
A Tunisian court Monday handed suspended four-month prison sentences to a Tunisian rapper and a journalist accused of insulting public officials, and acquitted another musician, their lawyer told AFP....
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Kuwaiti woman gets death sentence for murdering maid
Kuwait’s supreme court upheld Monday a death sentence against a woman for murdering her Filipina maid after torturing her, and confirmed a 10-year sentence on her disabled husband. The ruling is final...
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Animal rights activist charged with abuse after exposing cattle company’s...
Employees at a Colorado cattle ranch are facing animal cruelty charges after being caught on video mishandling newborn calves — but so is the woman who brought their activities to the attention of...
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FDA orders Google founder’s ex-wife’s startup to stop selling DNA analysis kit
US health officials have ordered a startup headed by the ex-wife of a Google co-founder to halt a service of DNA testing to determine health risks. The Food and Drug Administration said in a warning...
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‘Family Guy’ fans protest death of Brian the dog
Fans of hit US television show “Family Guy” launched a protest petition Monday after Brian the dog, a main character since the series’ 1999 launch, was killed off. The unexpected plot twist in Sunday...
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Slovakian senior’s stuffed animal zoo wins fans young and old
A Slovak pensioner has opened a zoo like no other: one filled with dozens of abandoned stuffed animals. Tibor Marko, a 70-year-old retired construction worker and grandfather, told AFP the idea behind...
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Obama defends Iran policy amid Israeli criticism
US President Barack Obama defended his administration’s Iran policy on Monday but said “huge challenges” remained to successfully implement a landmark deal on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Obama has come...
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Dick Dynasty VI: And Lord help the sister who comes between me and my mandate
In an attempt to show that sisterly love can exist in a maelstrom of vicious back-biting, vindictiveness, bile, and sibling hatred that knows no bounds and makes Whatever Happened To Baby Jane look...
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Police find 12-gauge shotgun, rifle, and more than 100 rounds at George...
Authorities found more than 100 rounds of ammunition and several firearms while searching the home of George Zimmerman’s girlfriend, while Zimmerman himself identified himself as homeless to police....
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British women having lesbian sex has quadrupled in 20 years
London (AFP) – The number of British women having lesbian encounters has quadrupled in the last 20 years, according to the largest-ever survey of Britain’s sexual habits which was published on Tuesday....
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U.S. lifts restrictions on anti-diabetes drug Avandia
US authorities on Monday lifted restrictions on the prescription and use of the anti-diabetes drug Avandia after a new study indicated it did not carry an elevated risk of heart attacks. The US Food...
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Supreme Court will hear Hobby Lobby birth control case on Tuesday
Can a company deliberately exclude health insurance coverage of the morning after pill for its employees, in the name of freedom of religion? That’s a question the US Supreme Court could take up on...
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Detective charged with manslaughter in Chicago woman’s shooting death
Twenty-one months after shooting and killing an unarmed woman, a Chicago police detective has been charged in connection with her death. WBBM-TV reported on Monday that 45-year-old Detective Dante...
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Is hydrogen the secret to water on Mars?
Is hydrogen the secret to water on Mars? (via The Christian Science Monitor) This section of Valles Marineris is over a hundred miles wide, and its floor is heaped with rocks, sediments, and landslide...
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