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Giffords to Newtown After Bloomberg Meet

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Giffords to Newtown After Bloomberg Meet Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly met Wednesday with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, a man who shares their passion for stricter gun laws. According to Mayor Bloomberg’s office, the closed-door meeting lasted one hour and was the first time Giffords...


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Gender-Bending Model on Elle Cover

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Gender-Bending Model on Elle Cover Andrej Pejic models male and female looks inside the January issue.


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Colo. Springs Cops Crack 1976 Murder

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Colo. Springs Cops Crack 1976 Murder DNA analysis linked incarcerated man to cold case murder.


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1st Grader Suspended for Gun Gesture

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1st Grader Suspended for Gun Gesture The parents of a Maryland first grader have hired a lawyer to fight their son's suspension for making a gun gesture with his finger and saying "pow."


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Christie Hauls in More Than $2 Million

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Christie Hauls in More Than $2 Million New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who blasted members of his own party Wednesday for abandoning a $60 billion relief bill for superstorm Sandy victims, had a fruitful fundraising period, raising more than $2.1 million since he announced his re-election Nov. 26. The campaign pulled in...


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Idaho Inmates Sue Beer, Wine Companies for $1B

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Idaho Inmates Sue Beer, Wine Companies for $1B Five Idaho inmates  are blaming alcohol for the crimes that put them in prison and are suing some of the nation’s top liquor and wine companies for $1 billion. Keith Allen Brown, Steven Thompson, Woodrow Grant, Cory Baugh and Jeremy Brown all claim that alcohol...


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Agents Arrests 245 Alleged Pedophiles

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Agents Arrests 245 Alleged Pedophiles US Immigration and Customs enforcement agents have rescued 44 children from people who have been sexually abusing them as part of an extensive child pornography investigation which resulted in 245 people being arrested over the course of five weeks late last year.


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9 Most Contentious Taxes in Cliff Deal

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9 Most Contentious Taxes in Cliff Deal While Congress has yet to discuss spending cuts to defense and some domestic programs, they have drawn the line on tax increases and tax break extensions.


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Jodi Arias Trial: A Timeline of Events in the Murder Case

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Jodi Arias Trial: A Timeline of Events in the Murder Case The murder trial of 32-year-old Jodi Arias, who is accused of the murder of her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander will outline the twists and turns in the investigation into his 2008 death as well as Arias different versions of exactly what happened.


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'Drunk' Women Force Landing of Flight

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'Drunk' Women Force Landing of Flight Two reportedly drunk women forced the landing of a British Airways flight in Lyon, France, earlier this week. Flight BA2664 was headed from London’s Gatwick Airport to Tunis. The flight was diverted to Lyon, the airline said, following “the continued disruptive behavior of two female...


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Photos: 'Do Not Publish' Diana Photo to be Sold

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Photos: 'Do Not Publish' Diana Photo to be Sold A teenage photo of the late Lady Diana labeled "not to be published," will be up for sale at an auction on Jan. 17. The photo is stamped Feb. 1981, and was taken some time before she moved into Buckingham Palace on Feb. 23, 1981. She married Charles, the Prince of Wales, on July 29, 1981.


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1 in 24 in US Drives Drowsy, CDC Says

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1 in 24 in US Drives Drowsy, CDC Says One in 24 American drivers has admitted to falling asleep at the wheel in the past month, according to a new report on drowsy driving by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, based on a survey of nearly 150,000 drivers in...


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U.S. Journalist Captured in Syria

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U.S. Journalist Captured in Syria An American journalist covering the bloody civil war in Syria has not been heard from since he was kidnapped on Thanksgiving Day, less than a year after he was captured and held by government forces in Libya, his family said.


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Boehner Poised to be Reelected Speaker

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Boehner Poised to be Reelected Speaker After enduring a bumpy ride during the “fiscal cliff” negotiations and watching 151 members of his conference vote against the deal he supported, rumors swirled across Capitol Hill Wednesday that House Speaker John Boehner could resign as speaker. Boehner’s speakership seemed to be threatened even...


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Congress Ushering in New Members

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Congress Ushering in New Members Congress ushering in new members Thursday with the old, deeply divided government


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Snooki Touts Line of Tech Gear

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Snooki Touts Line of Tech Gear Snooki hasn’t only spent the last couple of months nutring her baby son Lorenzo. She’s also been preparing her new line of audio gear. Oh yes, you heard that right. Snooki, who partnered with iHip last year to release a set of headphones, is back at...


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Hospital Fires Nurses for Refusing Flu Shot

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Hospital Fires Nurses for Refusing Flu Shot An Indiana hospital fired eight employees who refused to get flu shots.


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Worker Let Husband View Lanza's Body

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Worker Let Husband View Lanza's Body   An employee at Connecticut’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has been placed on paid leave for allowing her husband to peek at the body of  Sandy Hook school shooter Adam Lanza, officials told ABC News today.   Jean Henry, an administrative worker in...


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