• He’s the World’s Biggest TV Star

    Kerry Washington, Sofía Vergara, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Hamm, Neil Patrick Harris, Ellen DeGeneres—hell, even Kim Kardashian—all have held up their end of the bargain. NCIS, which stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is not only the third most popular show on TV (just behind Sunday Night…

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  • 3 surrender in Philadelphia gay beating case

    A week after online sleuths used social media to identify suspects in the beating of a gay couple, three suburban Philadelphia defendants surrendered to police Wednesday and were charged in what one defense lawyer called merely a "fist fight that got out of hand." Police said 24-year-old Philip…

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  • Russia Condemns U.S. Airstrikes on ISIS and al-Qaeda; Assad Approves

    In the wake of the first American-led airstrikes against Islamic State forces in Syria, we're learning that the operation did not just focus on ISIS installations and its oil trade, but also the al-Nusra Front as well. According to Reuters, strikes against the al Qaeda-linked group in northern…

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  • Islamist fighters advance in Syria despite U.S. strikes

    President Barack Obama, speaking at the United Nations, asked the world to join together to fight the militants and vowed to keep up military pressure against them. "The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force, so the United States of America will work with a broad…

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  • Florida man admits to killing family in 911 call

    With an edgy yet calm voice, Donald Spirit told a 911 dispatcher he had just killed his six grandchildren, including a baby, and would wait until authorities arrived before going to his back porch and killing himself.

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  • Louisiana 14-year-old shot dead by police after altercation

    By Dave Minsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A black teenager was shot dead during an altercation with a black police officer investigating reports of armed males entering an abandoned house in a small city near New Orleans, Louisiana state police said on Tuesday. The altercation between the Terrebonne…

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  • New photos show toll of age, prison on pop legend

    Two newly released photos of Phil Spector show the toll of age and prison on the once flamboyant music legend. The most recent photo shows a bald, somber-looking 73-year-old Spector staring straight into the camera on Oct. 28, 2013. An earlier photo of a smiling Spector is dated July 24, 2013.

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    Paris paramours foil love lockdown (9 photos)

    A Paris push to rid the city of the thousands of "love locks" weighing down its bridges is being thwarted by tourists' relentless romance. For years, visiting couples have hung brass padlocks on the iron grills lining the city's bridges to symbolize their undying love - they write their names on…

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  • Family hope for toddler saved from 'mass murder' shipwreck

    Dozens of families have offered to adopt a Syrian toddler who survived the "mass murder" of a migrant shipwreck in which 500 people were deliberately drowned, Greek authorities said Tuesday. "Dozens of Greeks call every day to be informed about the state of health of the child and to express their…

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  • White tiger kills youth at New Delhi zoo

    A white tiger on Tuesday attacked and killed a youth who apparently jumped into its enclosure at a zoo in the Indian capital. One witness said he raced to the enclosure after hearing screams to see the victim locked in the tiger's jaws, "writhing badly in pain". The head of the zoo told AFP that a…

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  • Death threats for Saudi pilots after raids on jihadists

    Saudi pilots who conducted air strikes on jihadists in Syria received online death threats Wednesday after photos were published of those involved, among them a son of the crown prince. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) released photographs of eight airmen it said were involved in Tuesday's…

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  • Turkish leader says world not doing enough

    The president of Turkey on Wednesday accused the international community of doing too little to stem the flow of foreign fighters to Syria and slammed the U.N. Security Council's inaction on some of the world's most pressing issues. In two separate speeches in New York, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said…

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  • Kris Jenner files to divorce Bruce Jenner

    Kris Jenner is ending her 22-year year marriage to Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner. The "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" matriarch filed for divorce on Monday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. The pair's relationship and its troubles have been featured prominently on the…

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  • Mexico: 2 burned bodies found in congressman's SUV

    Two charred bodies were discovered Tuesday inside a burned-out vehicle in which a congressman and his driver were kidnapped at gunpoint the previous day, Mexican authorities said. Zacatecas state prosecutor Arturo Nahle said that although the vehicle was completely burned, the license plates left…

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  • Windows smashed, arrests made in Ferguson protest

    Five people were arrested and two law enforcement officers were hurt in Ferguson after protests over the death of Michael Brown again intensified, authorities said Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said it wasn't clear if a fire at a makeshift memorial for Brown led to the unrest…

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  • Grandmother of girl killed by Detroit police testifies at trial

    By Aaron Foley DETROIT (Reuters) - The grandmother of a girl killed by a Detroit police officer wept on the witness stand on Wednesday as she described how the 7-year-old was shot in the head while she was sleeping. Joseph Weekley, a Detroit police officer, is accused of involuntary manslaughter…

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  • Bill O'Reilly's own guest mocks his plan to defeat the Islamic State

    Bill O'Reilly thinks he has a plan to defeat the Islamic State militants: A 25,000-person mercenary army. "Elite fighters who would be well-paid, well-trained to defeat terrorists all over the world," the Fox News host said on Monday's "O'Reilly Factor." "Here's how it would work: The fighters…

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