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Yes, We Can: Obama Defends Hits on Romney's Biz Career as Central to RaceMon, 21 May 2012 17:41:39 -0400
At the close of the NATO Summit, taking questions from reporters, President Obama launched his most direct attack yet at challenger Mitt Romney, defending his campaign’s attacks on Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital and full-throatedly saying "this is what this campaign is going to be...
Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail by a New Jersey judge today.
Authorities have arrested an alleged Zetas drug cartel leader nicknamed "El Loco," AKA the Fool or the Crazy One, on charges that he dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway outside Monterrey, Mexico. When the Mexican Army came to arrest Daniel Elizondo Jesus Ramirez, say authorities, he attempted to elude capture by shooting and troops and throwing a fragmentation grenade.
Nike co-founder's daughter-in-law loses volunteer coaching job after escorting teen to prom
It was rush hour on Mount Everest this weekend with 150 climbers reaching the summit, including a 73-year-old woman, but the world's tallest peak also claimed the lives of three climbers and two more are missing.
Boy was trapped on ledge for nearly nine hours.
More than four tons of marijuana – reportedly worth more than $3 million -- was found floating listlessly off the coast of Southern California with no suspected owners in sight, authorities said.
The jury in John Edwards' political corruption trial ended its second day of deliberations this morning in Greensboro, N.C., still focused on the "Bunny" money. The jury appears to be taking a meticulous, count-by-count approach to their discussions.
Thirty-one years after Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed by a would-be assassin, an online auction house on the island of Guernsey (an autonomous British protectorate and controversial tax haven just off the northern coast of France) is making available to the highest bidder a...
Daughter 'Begged' for Spanking Instead of Mom's Embarrassing Web PhotoMon, 21 May 2012 13:20:31 -0400
At first, it might seem like your typical case of modern parental discipline: A Texas mom has prohibited her 12-year-old daughter from using the photo-sharing site Instagram after she caught the girl posting a photo of herself holding an unopened bottle of vodka with a...
Skeptics such as prominent Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz question whether evidence in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin supports the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman, given the confessed shooter's apparent injuries and freshly released eyewitness accounts. 'There is no second-degree murder evidence in this case,' Dershowitz said. 'It's a very close case.'
The United States Preventive Services Task Force today has made a final recommendation on prostate cancer screening: not needed, regardless of age. Specifically, the Task Force found that prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, blood tests, the traditional test used to detect evidence of prostate cancer, do more harm than good.
ABC News’ Jason Volack reports: For the first time, a major comic book character won’t be ambiguously gay anymore. DC Comics, whose portfolio includes such iconic characters as Batman and Robin, Superman, and Wonder Woman, plans next month to reintroduce one of its major superheroes...
Like kids in a candy store, more women are seeking out a type of silicone breast implant that one doctor calls the "gummy bear."
Celebrity chef Paula Deen has revamped her diet and lost 30 pounds, she told the co-hosts of "The View" today. Today’s episode, which took a look at increasing American obesity rates, was titled "The Fat Show." Co-host Joy Behar quipped to Deen "and you’re the...
"Dancing With the Stars" fans are waiting with baited breath tonight as Latin heartthrob William Levy, singer Katherine Jenkins and Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver go head-to-head one last time for the finale. But as they take the stage tonight for one more...
Celine Dion has decided to unload her French Normandy-style, four-story chateau on her private island in Gagnon -- complete with furnishings and artwork -- for $29.5 million, which will make it one of the five most expensive residences in Canada.
Robin Gibb died at age 62 after a brave battle with cancer, the latest in a series of tragedies for the Brothers Gibb.
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A man who climbed over a retaining wall and leaped into the Horseshoe Falls in Ontario, Canada, earlier today is at an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to news reports. Witnesses — many of whom were out celebrating Victoria Day, a Canadian holiday — told...
Just as we thought Facebook CEO and newly minted billionaire Mark Zuckerberg was on top of the world, he surprised even his friends by marrying his college sweetheart, 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, just after he led the company to one of the biggest IPOs in tech history. Zuckerberg has been...
Swinging parties, where couples openly swap partners for a night of sex and debauchery, have become a growing trend in a sort of new sexual relationship revolution -- and those who swing say the rest of us monogamists are missing out.
The skeleton, which was 75 percent complete and belonging to a cousin of the T-Rex, was sold for more than $1 million this weekend by Heritage Auctions but Mongolia believes it originates from there.
Emeril's best barbecue recipes for summer for "Good Morning America."
This time-lapse video of an annular solar eclipse was shot Sunday by Cory Poole, a 33-year-old physics and math teacher from Redding, Calif., who has an interest in science and astronomy. "Once I found out that the path of the annular eclipse went directly through my...
Great shots of the annular solar eclipse seen from Asia to California to Texas.
Lauren Odes, 29, accuses her bosses at a lingerie wholesaler of discrimination.
Disco legend starred with brothers in 1970s.
Miley Cyrus' "Hannah Montana" days are far behind her.
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Celebrities glam up for the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival.
The winners of the 2012 Billboard Music Awards.
TripAdvisor shared the most frequently visited beach pages on their site as of May 2012.
