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Brooks says hospital reneged on deal
An Oklahoma hospital executive discussed country singer Garth Brooks asking for a $500,000 donation back in an email to staff members. The Tulsa World reports...
NATO helicopter crash kills 6
A NATO helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing six members of the international military force, the U.S.-led coalition said Friday. A coalition...
Gingrich's scandalous marital past
Newt Gingrich's scandalous marital past is coming back to haunt him two days before the all-important primary in the socially conservative, family-values...
Child charged with murder
A child was charged with murder and felony assault in the fatal stabbing of a 12-year-old boy, authorities said Wednesday. San Diego County district...
Russia backs Syria
Syria's powerful allies in Russia are vowing to block any Western attempts to intervene militarily in Syria as Damascus fights off an increasingly chaotic...
Costa Concordia Cpt: 'I tripped'
ROME - An Italian dad and his 5-year-old daughter. A retired American couple treating themselves after putting four children through college. A Hungarian...
Wikipedia editors blue over blackout
Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The planned shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its...
Occupy protesters throwing smoke
An apparent smoke bomb was thrown over the fence of the White House as hundreds of Occupy protesters massed outside the gates. The crowds were dispersed...
Transcript: coast guard blasts captain
Here is a translation of the transcript of the conversation between Capt. Francesco Schettino, commander of the grounded Costa Concordia, and Capt. Gregorio De...
It came from Mars
Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: meteorite chunks that fell from the red planet over Morocco last summer. This is only the fifth...
Dead 5 days in a theatre bathroom
A man who was missing for five days was found dead in a locked movie theatre restroom after workers noticed an odour and forced their way in, authorities said....
Shipwreck: searching for 29 bodies
Italy's cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak...
Taking the Globes home
Williams won for actress in a musical or comedy as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn," 52 years after Monroe's win for the same prize at the...
Captain jailed for capsizing cruise ship
The jailed captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized deviation from the programmed course, a blunder that led to its deadly...
Principal uses cellphone jamming device
An Austrian high school principal narrowly escaped legal action after going after potential exam cheaters with a high-tech, but illegal, idea. Gerhard Klampfer...
Car bomb in northern Iraq
Iraqi officials say a car bomb outside the northern city of Mosul has killed at least eight people. A Mosul police official says the blast struck a Shiite...
UN worker kidnapped in Yemen
A Norwegian man who was working for the United Nations was kidnapped by armed tribesmen in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday, officials said. Norwegian...
US drone aims at Taliban leader
Intercepted militant radio communications indicate the leader of the Pakistani Taliban may have been killed in a recent U.S. drone strike, Pakistani...
UN chief tells Syria to stop the killing
The U.N. chief demanded Sunday that Syria's president stop killing his own people and said the "old order" of one-man rule and family dynasties is...
Costa Concordia death toll rises
The Italian Coast Guard says its divers have found two more bodies aboard the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship. The discovery of the bodies brings to five...