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Death toll in Vietnam flooding raised to 41, with 80,000 people displaced     

Boeing investigators are headed to Russia to help investigate the crash that killed 50 people. CNN's Phil Black reports.

Teen who dismembered 5th-grader in Denver suburbs to be sentenced; faces up to life in prison     

Seventy percent say the country's headed in the wrong direction.     

Erik Prince, the founder of the private security firm, Blackwater Inc., is either a great American patriot, used and then dumped by the United States government, or one of the biggest war profiteers in the history of arm...

Dallas Zoo lion killed by fellow big cat; park officials unsure what happened     

Toronto City Council has voted to strip Mayor Rob Ford of most of his authority, but the embattled city leader continues to resist growing pressure to step down.

It's been almost five years since Bernie Madoff was arrested and we found out he'd been running a multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme for decades. Today, his indirect victims became eligible for compensation.     

Violence in the Central African Republic risks spiralling out of control, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns, backing the deployment of a UN force.

NYC police stop-and-frisk numbers down nearly 80 percent, fewer guns and knives recovered     

8 stabbed to death in Mexico border city Juarez may have known their killer, officials say     

1,000 pages of declassified government surveillance documents released     

Like many 13-year -olds, Quin Etnyre loves computer games. But this California teenager is now teaching technology classes to MIT graduates.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner returns to work following brain surgery to remove a blood clot and thanks well-wishers for their support.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The lack of access to a decent toilet is no joke for a third of the world's people, but a matter of life and death.     

Nicholas Mevoli died after attempting to set the free dive record.

Tired celebrities like James McAvoy, Jason Biggs show up on Broadway for 'The 24 Hour Plays'     

Indonesia's president says ties with Australia have been "damaged" by spying reports and accuses PM Tony Abbott of belittling the row.

"Selfie" is selected as the word of 2013 by Oxford Dictionaries, with "twerk" and "binge-watch" among others on the shortlist.

Protesters in Haiti have clashed with police as thousands rallied to demand the resignation of President Michel Martelly.

Japan is in awe as Caroline Kennedy becomes ambassador, 50 years after her father's assassination. Kyung Lah reports.

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