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Buried as snow falls off roof

Buried as snow falls off roof

New Hampshire Feb 25, 2015 / 10:54 pm

A New Hampshire man has survived being buried in the snow for more than three hours. Drew Mullins says he was using a snow rake to clear snow off the metal roof...

Rare identical triplet boys

Rare identical triplet boys

Detroit Feb 25, 2015 / 9:01 pm

A suburban Detroit couple who have two older children are adjusting to life after becoming parents to identical triplets — a multiple birth that's...

How Niagara Falls freezes

How Niagara Falls freezes

Feb 25, 2015 / 2:24 pm

It's a stunning sight: Niagara Falls, the world's most famous waterfall, apparently frozen in place. The icy spectacle, brought on by weeks of severe...

ISIS hostages focus of fight

ISIS hostages focus of fight

Syria Feb 25, 2015 / 10:20 am

Islamic State militants have moved a large group of Christians they abducted to one of their strongholds as fighting raged on Wednesday between the extremists...

'Given up' on Iran nukes

'Given up' on Iran nukes

Israel Feb 25, 2015 / 10:17 am

In his sharpest criticism yet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that world powers "have given up" on stopping Iran from...

Guilty: American Sniper verdict

Guilty: American Sniper verdict

Texas Feb 25, 2015 / 8:50 am

A Texas jury has rejected the insanity defence of a former Marine in the deaths of famed "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and another man. After a...

Entire village for rent

Entire village for rent

Hungary Feb 25, 2015 / 6:07 am

If "king for a day" sounds too majestic, a small Hungarian village will let you become deputy mayor for a few days. The village of Megyer, population...

108 feared dead in avalanches

108 feared dead in avalanches

Afghanistan Feb 25, 2015 / 6:01 am

Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow killed at least 108 people in northeastern Afghanistan, an emergency official said Wednesday, as rescuers clawed...

'American Sniper' guilty verdict

'American Sniper' guilty verdict

Texas Feb 24, 2015 / 8:40 pm

A former Marine has been convicted in the deaths of "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and Kyle's friend at a shooting range. Jurors returned the...

Sinkhole swallows couple

Sinkhole swallows couple

South Korea Feb 24, 2015 / 7:10 pm

A couple disembarked from a bus only to be swallowed by a sinkhole, in Seoul, South Korea, and it was all captured on CCTV video footage. According to media...

Paving way for medical pot

Paving way for medical pot

Jamaica Feb 24, 2015 / 7:00 pm

Jamaican lawmakers on Tuesday night passed an act to decriminalize small amounts of pot and establish a licensing agency to regulate a lawful medical marijuana...

No federal charges in shooting

No federal charges in shooting

Florida Feb 24, 2015 / 6:15 pm

George Zimmerman, the former neighbourhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin in a 2012 confrontation with the teenager, will not face federal...

3-parent embryos OK'd

3-parent embryos OK'd

England Feb 24, 2015 / 5:16 pm

Britain has become the first country in the world to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people, a technique intended to help mothers...

Explosion levels home

Explosion levels home

New Jersey Feb 24, 2015 / 5:09 pm

A gas explosion destroyed a home in Ocean County, N.J., and injured 15 people Tuesday morning. An odour was detected in the neighbourhood just before 9 a.m.,...

Snow to go: $89 for 6 lbs

Snow to go: $89 for 6 lbs

Massachusetts Feb 24, 2015 / 1:49 pm

A Massachusetts man has found a way to profit from the several feet of snow in his yard: He's shipping it to people in warmer climates for the bargain price...

Obama vetoes pipeline

Obama vetoes pipeline

Feb 24, 2015 / 12:50 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have approved construction of the privately funded Canadian Keystone XL oil pipeline. The White House...

Driver grilled in train crash

Driver grilled in train crash

California Feb 24, 2015 / 10:20 am

A commuter train crashed into a truck and derailed Tuesday, injuring dozens of people in farmland northwest of Los Angeles. The collision sent three cars of the...

Dozens injured in train crash

Dozens injured in train crash

Los Angeles Feb 24, 2015 / 7:48 am

A Southern California commuter train crashed into a truck and derailed early Tuesday, injuring dozens of people. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto...

Manatees freed from drain

Manatees freed from drain

Florida Feb 24, 2015 / 5:58 am

Rescuers working late into the night freed 19 manatees who were stuck in a storm drain in central Florida. Capt. Jay Dragon of the Satellite Beach Fire...

Pot legalized in Alaska

Pot legalized in Alaska

Alaska Feb 24, 2015 / 5:57 am

Alaska on Tuesday became the third U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, but organizers don't expect any public celebrations since it...

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