• Newlywed man, 95, dies after wife taken away

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A 95-year-old newlywed Virginia man has died just weeks after his 96-year-old wife was taken away by family members to Florida.

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  • Idaho Woman Shot by Son at Walmart Remembered as Scientist, Loving Mom

    The young woman who was accidentally shot and killed by her 2-year-old son with her own gun is remembered as a loving mom and a scientist who was a star student at her rural high school in Idaho.Veronica Rutledge, who police say died after her toddler removed a concealed handgun from her purse at…

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  • Leelah Alcorn: Friends Speak About After Teen's Death Sparks Outrage

    The death of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn has sparked outrage and sadness as her friends talk about some of the difficulties the teen faced.Alcorn, born Josh Alcorn, was killed Sunday after being hit by a semi-truck. The death of the 17-year-old is being investigated as a possible suicide by the…

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  • Hitchhiker charged in deadly South Carolina carjacking

    By Colleen Jenkins (Reuters) - A South Carolina man accused of shooting two people who gave him a ride on Christmas Eve and dumping them on the side of an interstate has been arrested on a murder charge, a sheriff said on Wednesday. John Asher Farrell Villarreal, 22, was jailed on Tuesday after a…

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  • U.S. says it is deeply troubled by Palestinian move

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday the move by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to sign on to 20 international agreements, including the International Criminal Court, was of deep concern and unhelpful to peace efforts in the region. "It is an escalatory step that will not…

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  • 1st of 9 bodies from AirAsia crash identified

    SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 became the first victim of the crash to be returned to her family Thursday, one of many painful reunions to come, as search crews struggled against wind and heavy rain to find more than 150 people still missing.

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    #1 of 10 Most Popular Galleries of 2014: Red Carpet at the 2014 White House Correspondent's Dinner

    Here's a look at the red carpet walk at the 100th anniversary White House Correspondent's Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C on May 3, 2014. Celebrities and journalists arrive for this annual affair to celebrate another year of White House coverage... and oh yes, to see what the…

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  • The Beautiful Tree, the Bats, and the Boy Who Brought Ebola

    It’s widely believed that “patient zero” for the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak was a two-year old boy from the remote village of Meliandou, Guinea. Like many children in his farmland town, the boy would play around and catch bats in the large hollow Cola trees that surrounded his small…

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  • APNewsBreak: Elon Musk, actress wife split again

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Elon Musk split up with wife, Talulah Riley, for the first time, he told the whole world.

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  • New Year revelry hurts hundreds in Philippines

    Firecrackers and gunfire during New Year revelry in the Philippines left 354 people injured, with more than a dozen requiring amputations including a five-year-old boy, the top health official said Thursday. The annual tide of injuries during New Year celebrations dropped to the lowest in five…

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  • Sister: Hospital gunman shot wife 'out of love'

    DOVER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man walked into his wife's hospital room early Tuesday, fatally shot her then killed himself, a murder-suicide that he foretold in a candid and emotional Facebook posting to friends and family.

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  • Button starts the year as a married man

    LONDON (Reuters) - McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button entered the New Year as a married man after tying the knot with long-term girlfriend Jessica Michibata in Hawaii. "Happy New Year from Mr & Mrs Button," the 2009 world champion told his 1.9 million followers on Twitter shortly after…

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  • Mother sues feds after agents kill son in Nevada

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A mother has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and two unidentified rangers who shot and killed her 20-year-old son during a chaotic confrontation on a state highway outside Las Vegas.

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  • Data point to 'unbelievably' steep climb before AirAsia crash: source

    By Siva Govindasamy SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Radar data being examined by investigators appeared to show that AirAsia Flight QZ8501 made an "unbelievably" steep climb before it crashed, possibly pushing it beyond the Airbus A320's limits, said a source familiar with the probe's initial…

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  • Fanged Frog Species Gives Birth to Live Young

    A newly described species of frog gives birth to live tadpoles, and is the only known frog to do so, researchers say. The discovery happened one night last summer, when researcher Jim McGuire was tromping through the rainforest in Sulawesi, an Indonesian island east of Borneo. "As soon as I picked…

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  • Taylor Swift, crystal orb usher in 2015 in New York

    As many as a million revelers braved frigid weather and poured into New York's Times Square for America's annual New Year party, which this year featured Taylor Swift. Revelers in the Big Apple, wearing red traditional festive top hats, kissed and snapped selfies as a giant illuminated crystal ball…

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