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Woman charged with murdering baby
BBC - 17 Apr 2014 17:25
Police charge a 30-year-old woman with the murder of a baby in Belfast.
Russia's moles
CNN - 17 Apr 2014 07:07
Ukraine claims Russian provocateurs have been sent to stir up trouble.
Eyefi Cloud Is the Best Wi-Fi Camera Experience Yet
Time - 17 Apr 2014 11:00
New apps and a web-based service make it much easier to get to your photos from anywhere.
Nasa Kepler telescope discovers planet believed to be most Earth-like yet found
The Guardian - 17 Apr 2014 20:57
Kepler-186f is 10% bigger and occupies its star's 'habitable zone' where temperatures would allow liquid surface water A newly discovered planet may be the most Earth-like yet found in another solar system, scientists be...
Malaysian Opposition Figure Killed in Car Crash
Time - 17 Apr 2014 08:14
Karpal Singh, one of the leading lights of Malaysia's opposition movement, has died in an accident that also claimed the life of his personal assistant and left three others injured, two of them critically
Ukraine Interior Minister: 3 Dead, 13 Injured After Clashes at Black Sea Military Base.
ABC News - 17 Apr 2014 08:11
Ukraine Interior Minister: 3 dead, 13 injured after clashes at Black Sea military base.
Voting begins on India's biggest polling day
Al Jazeera English - 17 Apr 2014 06:51
Phased parliamentary elections cross the half-way mark, with 121 constituencies casting their ballot.
Syrian regime accused of chlorine gas attacks
Al Jazeera English - 17 Apr 2014 04:59
Videos purport to show victims of fresh attack on Kafr Zita, while residents show remnants of bomb cases marked "CL2".
9 Insightful Quotes From Teens Who Really 'Get It'
The Huffington Post - 17 Apr 2014 22:18
Life can be tough for people at any age, but most would agree that being a teenager is exceptionally difficult. When else can you can wake up with the comforts of childhood, and go to bed with the painful weight of aware...
VIDEO: Search for ferry survivors continues
BBC - 17 Apr 2014 06:19
Emergency services continue to search for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry carrying more than 470 sank off South Korea.
Invading Crimea May Have Cost Russia $200 Billion So Far
Mother Jones - 17 Apr 2014 06:07
Russia's military actions are costing it dearly: Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region last month and the instability it created in Russian financial markets were cited by government officials for record capital...
Facebook Adds a Feature That Lets People See Your Location -- But It's Optional, Optional, Optional
Time - 17 Apr 2014 20:20
The social networking site has announced a new feature for its iPhone and Android apps called "Friends Nearby." The feature will notify users when they have friends in their vicinity -- but it only works if users turn it...
Spy leaks 'criminally irresponsible'
BBC - 17 Apr 2014 04:44
Ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden risked the lives of secret agents by leaking documents containing their names, Conservative MP Liam Fox says.
Plane evacuated after bomb threat on Twitter
New York Post - 17 Apr 2014 04:33
A United Airlines flight was de-boarded at JFK airport at around 7 p.m. Wednesday after a bomb threat was made on Twitter, sources said. The plane, which was at Terminal...
Key Geneva talks over Ukraine crisis
BBC - 17 Apr 2014 04:15
Senior officials from the US, Russia, the EU and Ukraine meet in Geneva as differences over the crisis in eastern Ukraine deepen.
Students Lip-Sync 68 Songs in 6 Minutes for Fundraiser
ABC News - 17 Apr 2014 01:43
Six weeks of planning end with six minutes of sheer exhilaration.
Algeria's Bouteflika poised to win elections
Al Jazeera English - 17 Apr 2014 23:58
A fourth term for ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is a foregone conclusion, local independent newspapers report.
Miami Herald town hall focuses on protecting children
Miami Herald - 17 Apr 2014 23:58
A month after it began publishing the Innocents Lost series of investigative articles, the Miami Herald on Thursday is hosting a town hall meeting to discuss Florida’s failure to protect kids — and what might be done...
Watch Hillary Clinton Tell an Undocumented 19-Year-Old Why She Supports Immigration Reform
Mother Jones - 17 Apr 2014 23:57
A 19-year-old undocumented immigrant confronted Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and not-quite-presidential candidate, about immigration reform at an event hosted by the Clinton Foundation Thursday. An hour...
Racist Website Called 'Murder Capital of the Internet'
ABC News - 17 Apr 2014 23:54
A group of men who were allegedly prolific posters on the white supremacist website, Stormfront, were responsible for killing almost 100 people over the past five years, according to a report released today by the Southe...
U.N. inquiry chief wants North Korea hauled before international court
Reuters - 17 Apr 2014 23:52
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The Miraculous Life of Gabriel García Márquez
Time - 17 Apr 2014 23:50
The Nobel-winning author was a literary Columbus discovering a New World. His famous work One Hundred Years of Solitude established him as the defining member of what was called the "boom" in Latin American writing and a...