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Osama Bin Laden during an interview by Pakistani journalist, Hamid Mir, near Kabul in 2001.
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Bin Laden Killer Revealed

The identity of the Navy SEAL who shot and killed Osama bin Laden in May 2011 was a closely held secret until Thursday, when a site operated by former Seals disclosed the name of Robert O’Neill, a 38-year-old Montana native

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Obama's Secret Penpal

President Barack Obama wrote a secret letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last month, laying out a shared interest in fighting ISIS

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Toy Story 4 Is Happening

Woody, Buzz and the rest of the gang are coming back to the big screen in June 2017 for yet another film in the iconic Disney/Pixar series

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Study: PTSD Raises Risk of Premature Birth

An analysis of more than 16,000 births by female veterans found that women with post-traumatic stress disorder are significantly more likely to give birth prematurely, providing strong support for the need to treat mothers with PTSD

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Nike Drops Adrian Peterson

The Minnesota Vikings player pled no contest to charges of reckless assault Tuesday. Nike has dropped three other athletes besides Peterson this year: Baltimore Ravens' Ray Rice, Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, and UFC fighter Jon Jones

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It May Be Possible To Prevent HIV Even Without a Vaccine

Until now, natural immunity protection was only possible with diseases like chicken pox or polio. But now, scientists at Harvard University say that people might soon arm themselves against HIV in a similar way, but through a different method

Dallas Nurse Discharged From Emory Hospital After Recovery From Ebola Virus

Ebola Survivor Amber Vinson Opens Up About Her Experience

The 29-year-old nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas remembers the moment a doctor confirmed her diagnosis. "Even when he told me I had it, it's like I didn't hear it. Because you don't want to hear that you have Ebola"

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AC/DC Drummer Accused of Trying to Arrange Murder

Phil Rudd is set to appear before a New Zealand court on Thursday to face charges of attempting to procure a murder after being arrested during a police raid on his home in the city of Tauranga. He was also found to be in possession of methamphetamine and cannabis

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez wipes sweat from his brow as he sits in the dugout before a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore on Sept. 11, 2013.

Report: Yankees’ A-Rod Admits to Manipulating Drug Tests

That Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez admitted to federal prosecutors that he repeatedly used banned performance-enhancing drugs will surprise no one. However, writes TIME's Sean Gregory, what's especially revealing is the way in which A-Rod says he beat the tests

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Green Card Lottery Hits 11 Million

More than 11 million people applied for the annual U.S. visa lottery this year, up 11% from a year earlier, as the program may be on the verge of ending