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- Activists disappointed in Dharun Ravi jail sentence
- Income gap in NYC twice national average: Report
- Lauren Odes: Woman claims she was fired from lingerie company for having big breasts
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May 22, 2012
Less than a month before a stunt artist will walk a tight rope over Niagara Falls, a man survived a plunge in an attempted suicide.
May 22, 2012
How many Ryan Seacrests would it take to be as tall as the Tokyo Skytree?
May 20, 2012
The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people has died, his brother said on Sunday.
May 07, 2012
Al Qaeda is believed to have produced the explosive device that was to be used by a suicide bomber on an aircraft.
VIDEO: 'Golden Dawn' leader makes Fascist-style speech after Greek elections
May 07, 2012
In a matter of 24 hours, the Greek people took a giant step in the wrong direction.
Connyland: Zoo rave leads to dolphins' heroin overdose, report says
May 07, 2012
A toxicology report reveals that two dolphins died as the result of a heroin overdose following a rave at the zoo where they were housed.
Dead baby powder pills exist, apparently, in Korea
May 07, 2012
In particularly disturbing international news, South Korean customs agents have confiscated thousands of pills containing the powdered flesh of dead babies.
Lawmakers: Taliban stronger after US surge
May 06, 2012
The Taliban is stronger now than before President Barack Obama ordered a surge of troops to Afghanistan, two senior U.S. lawmakers said yesterday.
Chen Guangcheng: Clinton applauds China allowing dissident to apply to study in U.S.
May 04, 2012
China said on Friday blind dissident Chen Guangcheng could apply to study abroad, a move praised by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Don't have sex in our gondolas, says Chinese park service
May 03, 2012
If this tram's a' rockin', it might fall off its tracks and crash into the ground below.
Documents: Osama bin Laden hoped Joe Biden would become president
May 03, 2012
One of his Laden's plans was an assassination of President Barack Obama in an effort to thrust Vice President Joe Biden into the oval office.
Clive Palmer: Australian billionaire tempts fate with Titanic II
April 30, 2012
This one could top our list of potentially disastrous ideas.
Karla Vanessa Perez: Mexican woman pregnant with nine babies
April 27, 2012
Move over, Octomom. Cause Nuevemom Karla Vanessa Perez is about to spawn all over the place.
What Madeline McCann would look like today
April 25, 2012
British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the three-year-old who went missing in Portugal five years ago sparking a global hunt, still hope to find her alive.
Suspect in Natalee Halloway case, Joran Van Der Sloot, to be extradited to US?
April 24, 2012
Joran Van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the infamous disappearance of American teen Natalee Halloway, could soon be heading to the United States to face the U.S. justice system.
No racism against world's first white orca
April 23, 2012
The white whale is a symbol of all that is pure, wild and extraordinarily exciting about the ocean, said Erich Hoyt, the co-head of FEROP.
Wal-Mart's Mexico probe could lead to departures at the top
April 22, 2012
Allegations that Wal-Mart Stores Inc stymied an internal investigation into extensive bribery at its Mexican subsidiary is likely to lead to years of regulatory scrutiny.
Titanic, 100 years later
April 13, 2012
The maritime disaster still fascinates us like no other accident.
Vancouver bans bagpipes, cripples musical freedom
April 09, 2012
The air over Vancouver, once filled with the haunting noble sound of the bag pipe, now sits silent, empty.
Free pillows offered on Craigslist after International Pillow Fight Day
April 09, 2012
A Craigslist poster is offering a literal truck load of free pillows to anyone who cares to show up and claim them.
BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch to quit
April 03, 2012
James Murdoch, under fire over his handling of a phone hacking scandal that has shaken his father Rupert's media empire, is to step down as chairman of pay-TV group BSkyB.
Major 7.6 earthquake on Mexico Pacific coast outside Acapulco
March 20, 2012
A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck 120 miles east of Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday.
Soldier investigated for Afghan killings reportedly suffered brain injury
March 12, 2012
Military officials say the American soldier being investigated in the murders of 16 Afghan villagers may have suffered a traumatic brain injury and was going through marital problems.
Afghan civilian deaths spark calls for U.S. exit
March 12, 2012
The massacre of 16 villagers by a U.S. soldier has triggered angry calls for an immediate American exit from Afghanistan.
'That’s not our country!' Ugandans say Stop Kony campaign is wrong
March 08, 2012
Invisible Children's video went viral with almost 30 million views and celebrity endorsements. But on-the-ground witnesses say the video distorts facts and history.
International Women's Day: You are not a bitch, and neither is she
March 08, 2012
We need to take control of the message women send to each other, and about each other: you’re not bossy, you’re assertive; you’re not emotional, you’re intuitive.
'Sexist' clothing label orders women to do laundry
March 08, 2012
A clothing label with laundry instructions that read, "OR – GIVE IT TO YOUR WOMAN, IT'S HER JOB" has sparked outrage.
Thief steals 900-year-old heart of Saint Laurence O'Toole
March 06, 2012
"Stolen heart" takes on a literal meaning after the preserved vital organ of St. Laurence O'Toole was pilfered from a church in Dublin, Ireland.
Costa Cruises liner Allegra adrift after fire on board
February 27, 2012
A liner owned by the same company as the Costa Concordia, on which at least 25 people died when it ran aground off Italy last month, was adrift in the Indian Ocean on Monday after a fire in the engine room left it without power, the company said.
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