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5 Things You Didn't Know About Vladimir Putin's Personal Life
ABC News - 2 Apr 2014 20:20
The Kremlin confirmed today that the divorce of Russian President Vladimir Putin from his wife of 30 years, Lyudmila, has been finalized.
Knights Templar drug lord killed
BBC - 2 Apr 2014 05:36
Mexican security forces confirm the death of one of the leaders of the Knights Templar drug cartel after fingerprint tests.
5 Dead After Powerful Quake Strikes Off Chile's Coast
ABC News - 2 Apr 2014 07:17
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 has struck off the coast of Chile, triggering a tsunami that has already started hitting the coastline.
New York assault weapons ban circumvented with simple modification
The Guardian - 2 Apr 2014 07:11
The Safe Act was billed as the nation's toughest, but a surprisingly easy loophole makes the weapons legal to sell
Colorado Town Won't Issue Drone-Hunting Licenses
Time - 2 Apr 2014 06:46
Voters in the town of Deer Trail, Colo. voted down a unique proposal, which highlighted unhappiness with government surveillance and would have allowed residents to get licensed to shoot down drones in local airspace
Michigan Woman Assaulted After Her Same-Sex Wedding Was Featured on the News
The Atlantic Wire - 2 Apr 2014 00:40
An unnamed Michigan woman was beaten unconscious on Monday, after her attackers allegedly recognized her from a televised report on same-sex marriage in the state.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits On Campaign Donations
IBTimes - 2 Apr 2014 18:30
The Supreme Court has struck down limits on the overall amount an individual can donate to political campaigns, according to reports Wednesday. CNN reported that the court's justices ruled 5-4 that regulations in the Fed...
Malaysia mystery 'may not be solved'
BBC - 2 Apr 2014 07:02
Malaysia warns the reasons behind the missing plane's disappearance may never be known, as its PM heads to Australia for talks on the search.
Seoul examines 'North Korea drone'
BBC - 2 Apr 2014 05:39
South Korea says it is analysing what it believes to be a North Korean drone that crashed on a border island amid an exchange of fire with North Korea.
Malaysia releases transcript of last words from missing plane
Reuters - 2 Apr 2014 05:22
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Sex, death and dissonance: the strange, obsessive world of Anton Bruckner
The Guardian - 2 Apr 2014 01:41
There's no doubt Anton Bruckner was an oddball, a man with an unhealthy interest in dead bodies and teenage girls. But the composer's obsessions and terrors also gave us some astonishing music A credulous yokel who propo...
Police: Man spent days with corpses in Nevada home
Boston - 2 Apr 2014 01:20
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) -- A 30-year-old man accused of killing his mother and sister in their North Las Vegas home spent a couple of days dismembering one of the bodies and trying to clean up the bloody scene, a poli...
Congress Sends Obama Bill to Aid Ukraine
Time - 2 Apr 2014 01:14Russia Could Invade Ukraine 'Any Day Now,' NATO Officials Warn
IBTimes - 2 Apr 2014 18:30
NATO intelligence officials operating in Ukraine warn that Russia could invade its neighbor to the West "any day now" as Moscow moves highly equipped forces near Ukraine's eastern border, the global defense publication, ...
American spy's release in play for Mideast peace
Boston - 2 Apr 2014 00:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Every president since Ronald Reagan has refused to release Jonathan Pollard from prison. A CIA director once threatened to resign when Bill Clinton briefly considered freeing the convicted spy as part ...
Anchorman 2 Writer-Director Adam McKay on Why Anchorman 3 Still Could Happen
Time - 2 Apr 2014 23:41
The writer and director of Anchorman 2 talks about the R-rated version, ensemble comedies and the possibility of another sequel
VIDEO: Why are chocolate bars shrinking?
BBC - 2 Apr 2014 23:59
Consumers are starting to notice that although they are paying the same, some food items they buy are getting smaller.
Italian Police: Venetian 'Terrorists' Planned Assault In Homemade Tank
Time - 2 Apr 2014 20:48
The 24 separatists are alleged to have hatched a scheme to violently sever ties between Venice and the rest of Italy
AP Interview: Yanukovych was 'wrong' on Crimea
Boston - 2 Apr 2014 18:13
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) -- In his first interview since fleeing to Russia, Ukraine's ousted president said Wednesday that he was "wrong" to have invited Russian troops into Crimea and vowed to try to persuade Russia t...
Civil society participation vital for public-health programming
OpEdNews - 2 Apr 2014 17:35
The Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) survey results underline the payoffs of civil-society participation in public-health programming.
2 killed in Little Haiti shooting
Miami Herald - 2 Apr 2014 16:17
A man and a woman were shot and killed in a gruesome early morning drive-by shooting in Little Haiti Wednesday that has left a neighborhood stunned and police searching for a motive.
50 Cent Joins Cast of Melissa McCarthy's Spy
Time - 2 Apr 2014 14:46
The rapper will play himself in the secret agent comedy directed by Paul Feig of "Bridesmaids" fame