 | Suicidal jumper's fall kills South Korean girl, police say
South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death also killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building.
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 | Brewers team up on beer to help military families
Craft breweries from around the country are teaming up to raise money for military families by selling a beer aged on baseball bats.
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 | NYC lawsuit over alleged Brett Favre texts settled
A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over racy text messages said Friday the case has been settled.
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 | Fox reality chief Mike Darnell exiting the network
Fox reality chief Mike Darnell, the network's President of Alternative Entertainment, says he's leaving the network after an 18-year stay.
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 | Tunisia's 'topless feminist' faces jail for having pepper spray
The lawyer of a Tunisian woman who gained notoriety for posting online topless pictures of herself as a protest says she faces six months in prison for carrying a dangerous object.
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 | Actress Bynes tossed marijuana bong out window, police say
Actress Amanda Bynes appeared in court in New York on Friday, where she has been charged with reckless endangerment -- for allegedly tossing a marijuana bong out the window of her high-rise apartment.
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 | Anti-war protester shouts at Obama during speech
President Barack Obama was interrupted three times by a woman on Thursday, who shouted about drones and detainees in Cuba as he delivered a speech on national security.
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 | San Onofre execs made 'Star Trek'-themed video
Managers at the San Onofre nuclear generating plant made a "Star Trek"-themed safety video two years before the plant was shut down because of damaged water pipes.
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 | Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous
Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody.
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 | 3 council members abstain from vote on abstaining
Three City Council members in Michigan have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.
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 | Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores
Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez says she's opening a chain of cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Mobil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos.
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 | Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case
A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison sentence.
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 | First lady lauds effort to preserve DC slave house
Michelle Obama says stories of toil and sweat by slaves once housed at a historic home within sight of the White House are an important part of U.S. history that must be preserved for future generations.
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 | Children bitten by fox at Georgia elementary school
Animal control officials said Wednesday that two elementary students in Georgia were bitten by a fox while they were on a school playground.
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 | Police investigate video of man jumping on manatee
Wildlife officials are investigating an online video that shows a man jumping on two manatees, which are protected by both state and federal laws.
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 | Pope Francis accidentally performs exorcism
Pope Francis' obsession with the devil has taken on remarkable new twists, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man from four different demons, despite the Vatican's denials that a papal exorcism took place.
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 | Goat on the lam snarls NJ's Pulaski Skyway traffic
A goat escaped on one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.
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 | Harry Potter book with author notes sold for $228K
A first edition copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that contains author J.K. Rowling's notes and original illustrations has sold for 150,000 pounds ($228,000) at a London auction.
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 | 4 falcon chicks living on NY-NJ bridge are banded
Four falcon chicks that live on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey have gotten identifying bands around their legs.
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 | Woman accused of trying to poison family with cheese
A North Carolina woman has been charged with trying to poison five of her family members, after one of them refused to share some cheese with her.
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 | Sunken WWII ships may pollute US waters, report says
A new government report details nearly 100 shipwrecks that could pollute U.S. waters with oil -- most of which were sunk during World War II.
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 | Colo. firefighters use ladder truck to rescue bear
It was a bigger-than-average tree rescue for firefighters in Colorado Springs -- as they had to use a ladder truck to reach a black bear after it fell asleep in a tall pine tree after being tranquilized Sunday.
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 | Ferris wheel record-breaker achieved in Chicago
An employee of Chicago's Navy Pier has met his goal, breaking the record for the longest Ferris wheel ride and bringing the record to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.
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 | Calif. suspects mistakenly dial 911 during crime
Two suspects arrested for breaking into a car in central California accidentally called 911 on a cell phone, which led police straight to them.
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 | Drug company halts sale of drugs used for executions
A drug company has stopped selling a drug to Arkansas because officials in the U.S. state planned to use it to execute death row prisoners.
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