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Marines Postpone Pull-Up Test for Female Recruits
Time - 3 Jan 2014 04:05
The corps is struggling to find a fair fitness exam
On patrol with the U.N. in South Sudan
CNN - 3 Jan 2014 04:23
CNN's Arwa Damon joined a patrol of U.N. peacekeepers in violence-stricken Juba, South Sudan. Take a look.
Israel prepares for funeral of ex-PM Sharon
Al Jazeera English - 3 Jan 2014 04:07
Doctors treating Sharon say his life is in danger and his vital organs are suffering from critical malfunction.
Miami's mega car museum
Fox News - 3 Jan 2014 12:53
More than 1,000 cars on display.
Massive winter storm wallops Northeast, dumps 22 inches of snow in Mass.
Fox News - 3 Jan 2014 07:00
Residents and emergency management officials in New England and parts of New York prepared on Wednesday for a winter storm predicted to help usher in 2014 with snow and frigid temperatures across much of the region.
Florida governor signs death warrant for boy's killer in notorious case
Fox News - 3 Jan 2014 06:13
Forty-six-year-old Juan Carlos Chavez is scheduled to die by injection Feb. 12 for the Sept. 11, 1995, slaying.
Cold front may push temps below zero for 2 days
Chicago Tribune - 3 Jan 2014 04:52SKorea dismisses NKorea's calls for improved ties
Boston - 3 Jan 2014 05:33
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea on Friday dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's calls for improved ties and urged his government to take nuclear disarmament steps first.
Reporter sues NY police over Occupy protest arrest
Boston - 3 Jan 2014 04:37
NEW YORK (AP) -- A journalist says New York City police officers tackled him and unfairly arrested him while he was covering the anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Gang Rape Sparks Protests In Kolkata After Police Reveal Young Victim Was Pregnant, Burned Alive
The Huffington Post - 3 Jan 2014 01:28
Protesters took to the streets of Kolkata Thursday during a vigil for an adolescent gang-rape victim who died in India earlier this week. The young girl, who was allegedly gang-raped twice in October, succumbed to her in...
Dutch Police Nabs Sinaloa Cartel Top Enforcer
ABC News - 3 Jan 2014 23:54
Dutch police nabs Sinaloa cartel's top enforcer, wanted by US on drug charges
NSA stands for "No Such Amendment": Intelligence agency violates US Constitution
OpEdNews - 3 Jan 2014 21:22
For the first time in history, all three branches of the US government are complicit in violating the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution by facilitating illegal surveillance said former CIA officer Ray McGovern. The...
India's Leader Lashes Out at Rival Party Candidate
Time - 3 Jan 2014 10:50
Singh: Narendra Modi would be "disastrous" as the PM
2 foreigners found dead on Libya beach
CNN - 3 Jan 2014 04:53
Libyan authorities have found the bodies of two foreigners who appear to have been shot during a picnic on a beach west of Tripoli, media officials said Thursday.
Fluff ball? Clump of spiders? Viral video shows something else
Fox News - 3 Jan 2014 14:52
A video circulating around the net shows what looks to be a scary clump of spiders, but in reality it shows a harmless cluster of opillonids, aka "daddy long legs" just trying to stay warm.
Miami appeals court throws out murder charges for man claiming self-defense in double killing
Miami Herald - 3 Jan 2014 04:46
An appeals court rules an Opa-locka man was justified in using deadly force against two unarmed men who initiated a fistfight in April 2008
Italy navy saves hundreds off Sicily coast
Al Jazeera English - 3 Jan 2014 02:43
Italians work with Maltese Navy to save five boatloads of migrants and search for three others in Mediterranean Sea.
Queues, Caution as Cannabis Sales Continue in Colorado
ABC News - 3 Jan 2014 02:39
For Colorado's groundbreaking retail pot market, lines have been long and sales brisk since Wednesday when the state became the first in the U.S. to allow legal marijuana sales to anyone older than 21. At Lodo Wellness i...
Man Sells Stolen Brains on eBay
Time - 3 Jan 2014 01:20
Indianan tries to make fast buck off museum body parts
FBI: SF Chinese Consulate fire not terrorism
Boston - 3 Jan 2014 01:18
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The FBI says a fire at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco was not an act of terrorism.
Scorn in Germany Over Politician's Quick Move to Business Post
The New York Times - 3 Jan 2014 23:59
Ronald Pofalla, who ran the German chancellery, was reported to be taking a specially created lobbying post at the national rail network said to carry compensation of more than a million euros a year.
How the Dow Jones Industrial Average Did Friday
ABC News - 3 Jan 2014 23:58
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major indexes fared on Thursday