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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It's been the year of the gun in Tennessee. In a flurry of legislative action, handgun owners won the right to take their weapons onto sports fields and playgrounds and, at least briefly, into bars. Full Story »
WASHINGTON -- The American people got a good glimpse of the chaos in Iran in 1979 when Americans were held hostage for more than a terrible year -- but perhaps you really had to be in the Middle East to see and feel what a profound effect the "Islamic Revolution" had in that era on the entire region. Full Story »
BERKELEY, Calif. - Police on Friday arrested 65 protesters inside a classroom building that was partially taken over for several days at the University of California, Berkeley. Full Story »
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When a film brashly asserts that it will change moviemaking forever, one feels the urge to either take its "king of the world" arrogance down a notch or hail it as the masterpiece it claims to be. Full Story »
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NICOSIA, Cyprus - Grave robbers stole the corpse of former hardline Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, digging up his coffin during a thunderstorm just before the first anniversary of his death, police said Friday. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - In a victory for people with cancer and other serious medical problems, the White House agreed Friday to help close a loophole in the Senate health care bill allowing annual dollar limits on their care. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian family is turning heads with a rotating house that can guarantee a different view every time they wake up. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says Hanukkah's lessons should inspire everyone to be thankful for what they have. Full Story »
Ancient Greeks living in Sicily built their sacred temples to face the rising sun, new research suggests. Full Story »
AKRON, Ohio - Police in Ohio say the mother of Pittsburgh Steelers star James Harrison has been charged with assault following a brawl at a game-watching party in a community hall. Full Story »
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The wife of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford said on Friday that she was filing for divorce, six months after Sanford traveled secretly to Argentina for what he later confessed was an extramarital affair. Full Story »
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SEATTLE - About 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer. It almost worked. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department has told four bailed-out companies that they can't pay some top earners more than $500,000 cash per year. But it's told the official who made that decision that the rule shouldn't always apply. Full Story »
The Empty Gesture of Copenhagen Full Story »
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ORLANDO, Fla. - A Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter sobbed in court Friday as a prosecutor speculated that the toddler was methodically drugged and suffocated with tape. Full Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" on Friday — and turned the tables on actor William Shatner. Full Story »
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SARGODHA, Pakistan — Pakistani police arrested five American Muslims this week on suspicion of planning terrorist actions after Khalid Farooq, the father of one of them, turned them in, alarmed that they were determined to fight U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Pakistani officials and friends of the family said Friday. Full Story »
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KAMPALA (AFP) - Uganda's parliament has unanimously voted to outlaw female genital mutilation, imposing a 10-year penalty on anyone who conducts the procedure and life in prison for those who physically force a woman to submit to the act, one of the bill's main sponsors told AFP Friday. Full Story »
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