CNN) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill commemorating Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician elected to public office in the state, a...
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ZURICH – The foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, France and the European Union gathered Saturday in Switzerland to watch Turkey and Armenia sign an...
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This morning, North Korea launched 5 short-range missles off of its east coast. This comes even as South Korea is attempting to engage in working-level talks with them.
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Golf and rugby sevens have been added to the Olympic schedule from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday. From Reuters
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The Indiana Court of Appeals says six inmates at the Greene County Jail didn't commit a crime when they sneaked into each other's cells to have sex. The...
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to nominate an openly gay lawyer as the United States' ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, an administration official...
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WASHINGTON - Assaulting people because of their sexual orientation would become a U.S. hate crime in legislation the House is set to vote on Thursday. The bill...
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NASA has successfully steered an empty rocket hull into the moon's south pole in a search for hidden ice.
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US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee said he was awarded it for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen...
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Marking the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons, Marge Simpson is featured in a three-page pictorial and on the cover of the November 2009 issue of Playboy magazine.
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A male UCLA student slashed the throat of a female student at a campus science lab this afternoon, authorities said. Details about the attack were sketchy. The...
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At least eight people are killed in a suspected bomb blast at a market in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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Maldives Cabinet Meets Underwater to Stress Threat from Rising Sea Levels by Andrew Buncombe "The president of the Maldives is desperate for the world to...
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The global Muslim population stands at 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly 1 in 4 people in the world practice Islam, according to a report Wednesday billed as the most...
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On September 29th, Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin posted the ad, which originally appeared on a blog dedicated to pointing out suspected retouched images called...
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A colossal dust ring is seen encircling Saturn, extending some 13 million km (eight million miles) into space.
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Levi Johnston is going for the ultimate exposure — his bare body. The 19-year-old father of Sarah Palin's grandchild will pose nude for Playgirl, his...
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All Nippon Airways is launching a campaign associated with the weight of the airplane, the weight of the passenger and toilets.
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Meleanie Hain, the pistol-carrying Lebanon mom who received national attention for taking a loaded gun to her daughter’s soccer game, was shot to death...
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On the eve of the National Equality March expected to draw thousands to the nation's capital this weekend, President Obama is scheduled to deliver the keynote...
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