• 2 charged in death of boy hung by feet, beaten

    A Pennsylvania couple went car shopping, bought pizza and took a nap as the woman's unresponsive 3-year-old son lay dying after weeks of escalating abuse that ended in three days of systematic torture, officials said Thursday.

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  • Remains of missing Hollywood executive identified

    (Reuters) - California authorities have positively identified the remains of a Hollywood studio executive who disappeared in mysterious circumstances in 2012, officials said on Wednesday. Hikers near Palmdale, some 60 miles (97 km) north of Los Angeles, discovered human remains on Oct. 26 which…

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  • Senate Democrats dump ads in Louisiana

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats' campaign committee on Thursday began canceling plans for television ads in Louisiana's major markets to help Sen. Mary Landrieu's runoff campaign against Republican Bill Cassidy, making her re-election bid an even steeper challenge.

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  • Japan body artist paints visions of the impossible

    A talkshow host peering out of a man's stomach and a piece of skin peeling away from a hand to unveil tangerine segments beneath are two of the impossible visions offered by one Japanese body artist. The intense realism of the painting, part of Tokyo Designers' Week, would last only hours, destined…

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  • Gay marriage ruling means high court review likely

    CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld anti-gay marriage laws in four states, breaking ranks with other courts that have considered the issue and setting up the prospect of Supreme Court review.

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  • Texas' Perry slams abuse of power charge at court hearing

    By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry made his first court appearance on Thursday to answer felony abuse of power charges and afterward criticized a special prosecution that has cast a shadow over his possible Republican presidential run in 2016. Lawyers for Perry…

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  • Philippine sin city was magnet for Briton charged in Hong Kong

    A wealthy British banker charged over grisly twin murders in Hong Kong was a regular in a shabby red-light district of the Philippines where he liked to flash his cash and was treated like a king. The women in skimpy outfits working the short stretch of go-go and hostess bars of Angeles City…

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  • Used-car GPS helps police find abducted woman

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman snatched off the streets of Philadelphia was rescued with the help of a GPS device that had been installed on the suspect's car by the dealer in case the vehicle needed to be repossessed, authorities said Thursday.

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  • AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd charged with murder plot in New Zealand

    The drummer with legendary rock band AC/DC, Phil Rudd, was accused Thursday of trying to hire a hitman to kill two men after police raided his luxury New Zealand home. Police swooped on the veteran rocker's waterfront house at Tauranga in the North Island in the early hours and charged him with…

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  • Pakistani police officer axes man to death over blasphemy

    By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) - A policeman in Pakistan hacked a man to death for allegedly making derogatory remarks about the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, police said, just two days after a Christian couple was lynched over blasphemy in the same province. The man, Tufail…

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  • Quadruple amputee sought in Florida after his parents are killed

    By Barbara Liston ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida man who lost parts of all four limbs during a childhood illness is being sought as a “person of interest” in the shooting deaths of his parents earlier this week, law-enforcement officials said on Thursday. Sean Petrozzino, 30, is believed to be…

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  • Miranda Lambert makes history at 2014 CMAs

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Miranda Lambert has reached new heights as a female country performer: The fiery singer is the most decorated female artist in the history of the Country Music Association Awards.

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  • Maryland teen was too drunk to carry out school attack plan: police

    By John Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 16-year-old Maryland boy who police allege planned a school shooting was too intoxicated to carry off the attack, according to charging documents released on Wednesday. Sash Nemphos, who told police he had been bullied for years, had planned to kill his…

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  • Mia Love, the Obama of the Republican Party?

    Mia Love instantly became the darling of the Republican Party on Wednesday, after being elected as its first black female member of Congress -- and she is a Mormon to boot. She has also rapidly drawn comparisons with Barack Obama, not least since she wowed her party's 2012 national convention with…

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    McCain: "Very Likely" Will Run for Pres. in 2016

    Republican Sen. John McCain discusses Tuesday's elections, the likelihood of a presidential run in 2016 and his disapproval of President Barack Obama's policies after meeting with supporters at a Phoenix hotel. (Nov. 6)

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  • Bills' owners commit to new home

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Terry and Kim Pegula have no immediate plans to tinker with their new NFL team.

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  • Boehner warns Obama on immigration

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blunt post-election warning, House Speaker John Boehner cautioned President Barack Obama on Thursday against taking sweeping action on immigration without congressional approval, saying "when you play with matches you take the risk of burning yourself."

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