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Poet's deathbed text 'Don't be afraid'

Sep 2, 2013 / 6:59 am

Ireland mourned the loss of its Nobel laureate poet, Seamus Heaney, with equal measures of poetry and pain Monday in a funeral full of grace notes and a final...

Dad sells comic to help pay for wedding

Sep 1, 2013 / 7:39 pm

A Cleveland Heights dad was getting worried about the costs of his eldest daughter's upcoming wedding. Then, Spider-Man to the rescue! The Plain Dealer of...

India launches 24-hour wedding channel

India launches 24-hour wedding channel

Sep 1, 2013 / 7:35 pm

Weddings and reality television: Indians are obsessed with both. Now, Shagun TV, a new television channel headquartered in a sprawling suburb of India's...

Mandela released from hospital

Mandela released from hospital

Sep 1, 2013 / 6:12 pm

Nelson Mandela went home in an ambulance on Sunday after nearly three months in a hospital that became the focus of a global outpouring of concern, but...

David Frost interview highlights

Sep 1, 2013 / 6:03 pm

Veteran British broadcaster set a milestone in TV history when he drew extraordinary admissions from disgraced former President Richard Nixon in 1977. Armed...

Music fest cut short after drug deaths

Sep 1, 2013 / 2:32 pm

The last day of a New York City dance music festival featuring high-profile acts including Avicii, David Guetta and Diplo was cancelled Sunday after the deaths...

Cal. wildfire now fourth-largest ever

Sep 1, 2013 / 11:59 am

The wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park has become the fourth-largest conflagration in California history. CalFire spokesman Daniel Berlant...

US: 'case is building' for strike in Syria

Sep 1, 2013 / 7:14 am

Secretary of State John Kerry asserted Sunday that the United States now has evidence of sarin gas use in Syria and said "the case gets stronger by the...

British broadcaster David Frost dies

Sep 1, 2013 / 7:11 am

Veteran British journalist and broadcaster David Frost, who won fame around the world for his TV interviews with former President Richard Nixon, has died, his...

Clinic to offer 'Breaking Bad' rehab

Sep 1, 2013 / 7:03 am

An Albuquerque mental health clinic is using hit show "Breaking Bad" and its methamphetamine trafficking theme to help fight addiction. KRQE-TV...

At least 24 ambushed, killed in Nigeria

Aug 31, 2013 / 8:52 pm

Suspected Islamic sect members ambushed and killed at least 24 members of a youth vigilante group who were on a mission to find and fight the sect in northeast...

Aftershocks expected after Alaska quake

Aftershocks expected after Alaska quake

Aug 31, 2013 / 7:58 pm

Dozens of noticeable aftershocks above magnitude 4.0 are expected in the remote Aleutian Island region off Alaska in the days and weeks following a major 7.0...

Nyad tries swimming to Cuba again

Aug 31, 2013 / 6:19 pm

The Florida Strait, a dangerous stretch of sea that is home to sharks, jellyfish, fickle currents and sudden, violent storms, has stubbornly resisted Diana...

White House resolution sent to Congress

Aug 31, 2013 / 6:15 pm

The White House has sent Congress a draft of a resolution authorizing President Barack Obama to use military force against Syria. The draft follows through on...

Obama seeks approval for military strike

Aug 31, 2013 / 12:00 pm

Delaying what had appeared to be an imminent strike, President Barack Obama abruptly announced Saturday he will seek congressional approval before launching any...

Earthquake recorded in Aleutian Islands

Aug 31, 2013 / 7:11 am

Another strong earthquake has rattled a remote and sparsely populated Aleutian Island region off Alaska. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.1 temblor...

NKorea withdraws US envoy invite

Aug 30, 2013 / 9:06 pm

North Korea has rescinded its invitation for a senior U.S. envoy to travel to Pyongyang to seek the release of a detained American, the State Department said...

Muslim Brotherhood switches tactics

Aug 30, 2013 / 7:01 pm

Reeling from a fierce security crackdown, the Muslim Brotherhood brought out mostly scattered, small crowds Friday in its latest protests of Egypt's...

Obama edges toward strike on Syria

Aug 30, 2013 / 6:56 pm

Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing "limited and narrow" action as the administration...

Practice bomb lands in pub's parking lot

Aug 30, 2013 / 1:22 pm

An electronic failure may be to blame for a practice bomb that was dropped from a jet onto a tavern's parking lot, a Maryland National Guard official said...

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