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Jesse Jackson Jr. says ticket purchase for girlfriend was not an ethics violation Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., said Monday that he did not violate House ethics rules when he had a longtime friend...
Updated : 2012.02.08 13:31
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LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Doctors in Peru have found a ``parasitic twin'' in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue Monday. Dr. Carlos Astocondor of the medical team at L...
Updated : 2012.02.01 11:16
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A woman in the state of Iowa has given birth to a boy weighing 13 pounds and 13 ounces (6.2 kilograms) -- without the aid of surgery. Asher Stewardson was born Thursday at M...
Updated : 2012.01.31 10:38
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Federal agents say they are investigating a picture on the Internet allegedly showing Arizona men holding guns and a bullet-ridden image of President Obama. The picture allegedly...
Updated : 2012.01.29 16:15
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WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Protesters from Occupy DC, facing a clampdown on their encampment Monday, stripped down for a topless street party Saturday outside a black-tie gala for Washington's biggest mover...
Updated : 2012.01.29 15:26
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A remote-controlled helium-filled shark toy stunned an airborne pilot in New Zealand, NZ Newswire reported. The passenger jet was on its descent about 9 kilometers from Christchurch International Ai...
Updated : 2012.01.04 11:21
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Updated : 2011.12.27 22:26
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TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese baby survived a 10-floor fall virtually unscathed after being deliberately dropped by his father from their apartment on Thursday, reports said. (Bloomberg) The one-year-ol...
Updated : 2011.12.15 20:32
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A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said. Amina bint Abdulhalim Nassar was execute...
Updated : 2011.12.13 11:10
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SINGAPORE (AP) _ Hundreds of people gathered at a park in Singapore on Sunday to protest sexual violence against women as part of the global ``SlutWalk'' movement, in a rare public demonstration in t...
Updated : 2011.12.05 11:42
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TAIPEI (AFP) - A Taiwanese man who said his hand had to be amputated after a savage robbery in China was questioned Monday by the island's police amid allegations the injuries were self-inflicted. R...
Updated : 2011.11.29 11:45
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BO, Sierra Leone (AFP) - A city in Sierra Leone is offering a five-year scholarship to girls who keep their virginity until they complete university. The aim is to cut teenage pregnancies by ensurin...
Updated : 2011.11.27 12:07
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MIAMI (AP) - A woman who wanted to work at a nightclub started searching for someone who could perform plastic surgery at a cheap price to give her a curvier body. Police say what she found was a wom...
Updated : 2011.11.21 09:10
